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NO. 4158.
WEATHER?RAIN.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918.
ONE CENT 1
JAPAN TURNS
EYES TO 0. S.
IN RUSS CRISIS
Delays Action Until Advices
Reach Tokyo Concerning
America's Plans.
STATE DEPT. ADVISED
Belief Is Nippon Expedition
to Siberia Will Follow Ex
change of Notes.
Tokyo. March 14.?The Jap
anese government will not act in
Siberia without the United States
having previous knowledge of
what the Tokyo government in-1
tends.
This was learned today from a j
trustworthy source.
The Japanese government is
awaiting further knowledge as to j
just what the attitude of the|
United States is. It is the belief
here that a Japanese expedition
to Siberia is only a question of j
time.
Aabasudor Rrturai.
Word is expected at almost any time]
as to Just what the attitude of the
Washington government is.
One of the mo3t significant devel- !
opmenta of the present time in the j
tjrient is the return here from Peking !
of M. Hayashi. the Japanese Ambas- J
sador to the Chinese government.
M. Hayashi s return also may be
? onnected with plans for mediation
"?'tween North and South China
with a view of unification.
It is believed important in view
of the need of a unified China in
case of action in Siberia. The pres
ent attitude of Japan on this ques- I
tion is a reversal of the former!
policy observed as regards China, j
The Japanese officials are remain-,
ing reticent on the question re
garding action in Siberia, but it is
the belief here that the dispatch off
an expedition will occur shortly. |
Commenting last night on the dis- j
"atch from Tokyo. State Department I
? ?fflcials confirmed the idea that Japan, !
before acting, would rpake her inten- :
ona In Siberia entirely plain Whether
I his had already been dbn^ liow^er.
could not be learned. Nor would these
officials venture to say that Japan
t.ould not act without American ap
proval.
The exchanges that have been pass
ing back and forth among the pow- i
em concerned, it wa* stated, have been 1
entirely amicable In tone.
U. S. Stands Pat.
No definite confirmation could be ob
lained for the impression, convoyed
by the Tokyo dispatch, that Wash
ington had been asked again for a
statement of its attitude, ita original
position in opposing the Japanese
move, it was stated, has not altered, j
This was based entirely on the
sround that intervention, however dis
interested, might tenj) to antagonize
the Russian people if it were under
taken without their consent or with
out their leave being asked.
TRACTION CO.
RAISES OFFER j
TO EMPLOYES
Officers and Men Hope to
Reach Wage Agree
ment.
President George K. Hamilton, of |
the Capital Traction, has made a
ompromlM proposal to the union em- I
ployes on his line that. Indications
were last night, will settle the wage 1
controversy without arbitration.
.Summarised, the scale of wages he
proposed ranged from 29 cents to 35 )
cents an hour. It is in effect, consid
erably- largor than his original pro
posal of a straight two cent Increase.
Iateraatloaal Off leer Here.
International Executive Patrick J. I
O'Brien, of Worcester. Mass.. who
has been summoned here to take
. charge of the negotiations on behair
* of the Amalgamated employes, favors
dealing directly with the company and
avoiding arbitration.
A secret meeting of the employes
was exceedingly lively, when a num
ber of the uniformed force In attend
ance proposed the complete rejection
of the proposed scale of President
Hamilton and a demand for compen
sation ^t the rate of 3S. 38 and 40
cents an hour.
In opposing this. O'Brien declared
that his long experience in the ad
justment of wage controversies for
the Amalgamated locals led him to
believe that better results could be
obtained by direct dealings with the
company officials, if the latter showed
a disposition to be fair. When he waa
interrupted by opponents of his plan.
O'Brien shouted;
la 3.me rapper.
-Cone up here and I'll lick you all
one at a time."
No definite action waa taken at the
meeting, but conferences were In pro
gress last night with indications that
the men may reach an agreement di- |
reet with President Hamilton.
Should no agreement be reached be
fore Monday, the scheduled arbitra
tion hearings before the District Com
missioners will open, but prominent
union leaders are of the opinion that I
the controversy will be settled before I
that time.
Heat and Be Well at Gr... t- . .
inn. Aaheville. N_ Finest resort
?tm -rv-|j| N|0|j}BT,al<'*' Bc chu*
SOLONS AND WAR HEADS
JOIN HANDS FOR VICTORY
Department Chiefs in Frank Conference Please
Military Committee Senators; Will Meet
House Members Today.
Direct contact between Congress and the administration in the
conduct of the war was established last night when the Senate Military
Affairs Committee conferred with the superwar council at the War
Department.
This meeting was at the request of the Acting Secretary of War. I
The House Military Affairs Committee will have a similar session i
this afternoon.
First ?( Series. 1
This marks the first of a series of 1
general conferences to be conducted
weekly throughout the war. so Con
gress may know every step taken. It
will represent the flrst tangible move
to bring the efforts of Congress and
of the administration together, for a
successful prosecution of the war. j
The harmonious co-operation of the
civil and military forces will meet J
more than half way those critics of
the administration who have been ac- |
live in demanding a Congressional '
committee for the supervision of the
war.
Frankly and bluntly the Super War
Council laid its cards on the table.
The members told where the army
was ahead, where it was behind, and
just the requirements In the field in
France today. They freely admitted
that the country was "far behind"
in its aviation program. They show
ed that it was making satisfactory
progress in its shipping program, al
though that had been somewhat de
layed In the start.
Super War Board.
Secretary Crowell. and the other
members of the Super War Council,
i xcept Gen. Crosier, were present,
including Gens. March, chief of
stafT; Goethals, Weaver, Crowder
and Sharpe and Edward R. Stettin
ius. who recently has been given the
task of supervising purchasing for
the army. Senator Chamberlain,
chairman of the Senate Military Af
fairs Committee, was not present,
owing to nines*. Senator Hitch
cock acted as chairman, and with
him were Senators Myers. Thomas,!
McKellar. Warren. Wadsworth. {
Sutherland. New and Frelinghuysen. |
Charts, diagrams and plans were
spread out on the large conference
table, showing the status of the J
troops in France. Informal talks
were given by the generals and by
the Senators, both sides saying
frankly what they thought of the
conditions of the various branches
of the service. Cablegrams from
Gen. Pershing were read to make
dearer to the Senators the various
points brought out in the confer
ence. * " "**"
Various phases of the problems to
be met in this country were pre
sented. and neither the Senators
nor members of the council stinted
themselves in criticism.
Senator Hitchcock Pleased.
Senator Hitchcock, after the con- '
ference. said:
"The whole situation is coming'
along satisfactorily. The war sit-1
nation was visualized splendidly.
'We received full knowledge of the J
whole general situation. They j
showed where our army was behind
and where ahead.
? "The shipping situation is in sat
isfactory shape, but the aviation i
program 1s bad. it is very far be- '
hind. They told us that frankly
and bluntly, so 'hat we could take
measures to see just how far behind
I we were and where the fault lay.
1 A committee, of which H. Snowden '
I Marshall, Is chairman, will go over ,
j the whole aviation situation, to I
i speed It up and find where the fault j
'lies. The committee was appointed1
by the President.
"The ^hipping problem is fast be- i
ing systematized, the trips are being
I shortened and the delays In the
French ports cut down."
Senator Hitchcock expressed the
opinion that all of his colleagues
were highly pleased with the results
obtained fn the first conference and
the promises for the future.
OHIO RIVER TOWNS
MENACED BY FLOOD!
I
i
Third Downpour Within 4 Months i
i. Causes Heavy Damage.
Cincinnati, Ohio. March 14. ?
1 Towns in the Ohio Valley are men
I aced by the third flood in four
! months.
Heavy rains and consequent high
water have tied up railroad traffic
in parts of West Virginia and
southern Ohio, and In some Instan
ces landslides cover the track for
several feet.
At Adrian, W. Va.. the desk of O.
N. Neely, the station as;ent, was
swept atvay by an inrush of water
J while he was at work upon it.
] The Little Kanawha River is
rising rapidly and a number of
iailroad bridges have been swept
:<way. The river is expected to go
up to a stage of 55 feet here by
' Saturday or Sunday, according to
! the predictions of the weather
' forecaster.
Hurley Inspects Two
Government Shipyards
| The shipbuilding yards at Baltimore
j were inspected yesterday by Edward
N. Hurley, chairman of the Shipping
j Board: Charles Pie*, vice president and
I general manager of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation; other members of
the Shipping Board and Emergency
Fleet Corporation, and several news
paper correspondents.
Chairman Hurley operated one of the
: pneumatic drills, boring several holes
in the steel deck plates. *
The two yards visited, the Baltimore
Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Company
and the Bethlehem Steel Company !
varda at Sparrow's Point, expect this
? ear to tarn out ships to the amaint
oi 164,900 tons.
SAYS DEITY AGAINST WAR.
Scran ton. Pa., March 14.?Declaring
in a vision God had Inatructed him
not to |o to war. Hayden Korean,
it*. a Scranton minister, today noti
| Hod the draft board that he will not
ji?^ ?- "*r
CASUALTY LIST
OF U. S. SOLDIERS*
The followftig casualties
are reported by the command
ing general of the American
Expeditionary Forces:
6 killed in action.
2 died of wounde.
7 died of disease.
2 wounded severely.
11 wounded slightly.
Total 28
Killed In Action.
Private Harry L. Anderst.ii.
I'rlvate Homer Dawson.
Corp. William F. Gehring
Private Homer W. Klein
Private John Le Gall.
Sergt. Paul H. Ludwig.
Died of Wounds.
Private Guiseppi Fanucchl.
Corp. Rudolph O. Hoff, trau
matism by cutting instru
ment.
Died of Disease.
Private Fern W. Bristol,
pneumonia.
Private John Bailey Gill, dip
theria.
Corp. Clyde B. Jones, pneu
monia.
Private Loren H. Mitchell.
pneumonia.
Private Jess E.Moody, mumps.
Private George Washington
Rutledge, meningitis.
Private Maurice L. Schwartz,
pleurisy.
Wounded Severely.
Sergt. Virgil H. Brady.
Private Jerrell E. Jennings
Wounded Slightly.
Capt. Archibald B. Roosevelt
Private Nicholas Christow.
Private Willie N. Cornelius.
Private Edward B. Darland.
Private Jacob Keller.
Private Robert H. Mater.
Private Edward S. Parry.
Corp. William Seibert.
Corp. Charles R. Simmon.*.
Private Howard L. Spidcl.
Private Joseph Tesesnk.
RAINBOW UNIT
GIVEN PRAISE
BY PERSHING
Overseas Commander An
nounces Their Bravery
to War Department.
American troops that repulsed the
< lerman raid of March 5 were from
the Forty-Second or Rainbow divi
sion, which is made up of National
Guardsmen, Gen. Pershing reported
yesterday. k
The commander of the American
division was personally congratulated
by Gen. Gerard, commander of the
Eighth French army, for the manner
in which the Americana conducted
themselves.
Official Memtage.
Gen. Pershing's message, as given
out by the War Department, follows:
"Summary of activities of Forty
second (Rainbow) division, night of
4th and 6th of March. Enemy at
tempted trench raid early morning
March 5. Raid was repulsed with
losses to the enemy. Our losses re
ported light, no missing or prisoners,
j Gen. Gerard, commanding Eighth
I French army, congratulated division
commander on way in which the
troops repulsed raid."
I The Rainbow division was the first
big American unit to leave for France.
It was made up of picked guard
troops from almost every State,
among them the famous Sixty-ninth
Regintent, of New York City, now
known as 165th Infantry and men
formerly In the D. C. National Guard.
I (The German raid on the night of
March 4-5 was reported in the French
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
DYNAMITE PLOT
UNEARTHED AT
HOG ISLE YARD
245 Pounds of Explosive
Found Hidden, Says
Official.
SUSPECT RUSSIANS
Secret Service Investigating
to Trace Source of Al
leged Enemies.
' Secret Service agents are probing:
at the great Hog Island ship yards
to find out who hid 245 pounds of
dynamite there.
This was made known yesterday
at the hearing by the Senate Com
merce Committee.
There are plenty of pliens upon
the island. But these are Italians
and Russians. There are no Ger
mans or Austrian* there.
One theory Is that some of the
Russian workmen with Bolshevik
ism tendencies* have planned to
blow up the plant.
D. R. Kennedy, the manager of the
Industrial Relations Department at
the ship yard, let the cat out of the
bag. He was explaining an item]
for the pay <^f guards.
Hidden Inder Material.
"Recently," he said, "we have un
covered a total of 245 pounds of dy
namite?.sufficient to destroy the i
greater part of the plant. The stuff!
was scattered throughout the yard
and hidden under piles of materials, i
and in several instances buried. In
one place we found twenty pounds
secreted under a pile of materials."
"Who did it?" exclaimed Senator
Xelson, of Minnesota.
"We don't know." replied the wit- j
ness. "We know the Secret Service
is investigating now. I better not
say any more about it."
Walter Goodenough, general man
ager of the plant, was asked if he
wiished to make a statement regard
ing the criticism of his $25,000
salary.
"Ther ar#? two questions," he an
swered. "one is?is the position
worth that money? The other is?
in the present incumbent suitable?
The work and responsibility are
fully worth the money. Whether I1
am suitable is for someon else to j
say."
Formerly Drew f 12.000.
Mr. (Joodenough received $12,000'
annually from Stone & Webster be
fore he went to Ho? Island.
In answer to questions ho declar
ed the number of shipw*ys had not
been reduced from 50 to 32 but that
18 postpone^ for a time wero now
being constructed. He also said
lack of steel was delaying work.
"The navy has the first shot at
steel." he explained. ?
Letters from Minneapolis citizens
read by Senator Nelson scoffedl at
George B. Gillette. B. W. Harris
and l^eo B. Harris, all men from'
that city now occupying positions
at Hog Island. One of the Har-1
rises receives $12,000, the other
$8,500 and Gillette $15,000. One of
the letters read:
"The Hog Island crowd are more
of a menace than the Kaiser, I<a
Follette and the I. W. W."
Mr. Goodenough said that nil
three were experienced men and of
great value in their work.
U. S. WOMAN KILLED
IN FRENCH AIR RAID
Among 100 Killed and 79 Wounded
by Hun Flyers.
Paris, March 14.?One American
woman was killed and an American
man and woman were wounded in
Monday's air raid over Paris, it was
learned today.
Miss Winga Caroline Martin, 32
years old, of Rockville Center, L. I.,
was one of six killed in a hospital
which was struck by a bomb. She
was a Y. M. C. A. canteen worker.
Mrs. W. B. Phillips and Mr. Salzer
were wounded.
The total casualties were 100 kill
ed and seventy-nine wounded.
First Concrete Ship
Launched by America
?A Pacific Port, March 14.?Launch
ing ceremonies of the steamship Faith,
the*fir8t reinforced concrete ocean-go
ing vessel built in the United States,
attracted thousands of guests and
spectators here today.
The vessel is 320 feet long, forty
four feet wide and thirty feet deep
and will carry 5,000 tons of cargo.
The launching was scheduled for the
afternoon.
3,000,000 Armenians
Facing Massacre by Turks
Huns Urging Slaughter of Christians Upon
Tartars to Incite American Declaration
of War on Turkey.
Boston, Mass.. March 14.?More]
than 3,000,000 Christian Armenians,
Georgians and others, among, whom
are seventeen American mission
aries, who are in imminent perial
of being massacred by the Turks
and Tartars in northeastern Tur
key and Transcaucasia.
This information was contained
in private caMes to the American
Board of Missions here and was an
nounced through the Copgrcgation
allst today.
The advices, which came from
agents of the board now in the line
of the Teuton drive In the East,
said the Turks and Tartars, under
I German direction, are being incited
to wipe out the Christians. The de
I tails of the Teuton plan "would
I strike terror to the civilised world,"
'according to the report.
1
name, for diplomatic reasons, can- j
not be giv^n, said Germany would
welcome a declaration of war on
Turkey by the United States.
It was pointed out that, despite
beliefs to the contrary, the* major
ity of the Turks are not friendly to
Germany. In this connection it
! was shown that a declaration of
I war by the United States on Turkey
! would give Germany the excuse she i
| desires to solidify the Turkish j
opinion against the allies,
j Germany is making every effort,
j and with tangible results, to incite
the Tartars and Turks to unite in
I an attack on the Armenians and
j Georgians, for the reason that
Germany wishes to eliminate the
Armenians and Georgians from the
political Issues of the transcaucasus
$1,325,000,000
V0TEDF0RNAVY
BEATS RECORD
[s Largest Appropriation
Ever Approved in
One Bill.
BIG SUM FOR FLYING
President Wilsor> Is Given
$ 100,000,000 to Spend on
Defeating U-Boats.
America's sea fighters are to be
backed next year with the biggest
supply of money ever voted them.
Tha naval appropriation bill, finally
approved by the House Xaval Af
fairs Committee yesterday, carries |
ti,S5,000.000, the largest single naval
measure ever proposed.
Although this Is less by 1300,000.000
than last year's total naval appro
priations. they came In four separate
bills. Others are excepted to come
this year.
The surprise of the bill was a S100.
WO.000 lump sum given President Wii
*?n to diapose of as he may see nt
a?n ant?-*ubmarine program.
^ ? did not wish the country's
enemies to known our building pro
5JJ5 J0 we "Imply appropriated lioo,
craft' and left It to
the President to spend the sum as
*aw I1-" "aid Chairman Padgett.
The only limitation is that it be
snh? J?" ",?rpedo boa< destroyers,
submarine chasers and such other
naval small craft and for each and
p,'r)po"e connected therewith as
the President may direct."
T. Pa.h S-Year Program.
rnr'fh-1'0" alS? SiVe" ,n ,he bill
ror the completion of the next three
years building program at one*. In
tl?h?n "It battle"cru*aer, three bat
tleships three scout cruisers, nine
:L^rt>n"; tW? fuel ?h|P*- ?ne
destroyer tender, one
cU!."? 1 b?at on? Kunboat.
Construction of these has been held
v^rrt1 'he dimcnl,y setting ship
yard space. The navy, therefore
ar~ng??ned|.,? conUnue grPatl> en
PerMnni. i .Jlavy yard P'ants.
Personnel of the navy is ordered in
creased from 150.000 to UK.OOn, ^ thc
PrI>1LH0rP* ,r?m 30'M(, to ??"?
Cor^nHh 1,01,1 ,h< Mar,n?
autw? navy are assured by
hrigadler genera"'
?dd?d 58# "*otenant-comm*i?dar??to
?.;^l. understood.
ailllM. I. \aval Aviation.
.e
large appro^^oM^re!"Rewrve0^
Telle," ,"UPI>1"'"- new ??
ta t?3 ""r- WMS*. ammuni
SSggSfcr? "nd ?rdnan?
f?r variou' navy
-SfSSt t utt
roj.thJwbo'.eV^
priatcd for present year tkI .
smaller appropriations are expected
^ / * *<*ufoot channe . Th#? drv
i .ha?".? f**"* "??? are tied '?
>;hiUde,ph,a,"~ h' COmrnU^
Norfolk. Va., K,9oo.ooo.
?Mare Island. Cal.. 11 ono tvm
tural shop; C00000 r0l ' . , struc
000 for power pl^.t drcds"'^ ?<*'
Boston. 175,000
vert "?,yal- s- c- KIO.OOO
ew Orleans, ??,ooo
HOUSE VOTES
APPROVAL OF
RAILROAD BILL
Needs Only Signature of
President Wilson to
Make It Law.
Final congressional action was
taken yesterday on the administration
railroad bill, the largest property
measure ever considered by any leg
islative body.
By a -jyote of 30S to 26. the House
approved the conference report on
which th? Senate acted Wednesday.
Only President Wilson s signature re
mains necessary to enact the measure
into law. It will put under govern
ment control property valued at from
115,000,000,000 to >20,000,000,000?a seventh
of the nation's wealth.
It is two and a half months since
President Wilson ucged Congress to
take "expeditious action" on the
measure. Several features of railroad
nationalization?chiefly financial?have
been postponed by Director General
McAdo untll'flnal action of Congress.
Anlouncements of new policies by
the director general are expected now
by congressmen in the next two or
three days.
Debate was perfunctory.
Democratic Leoder'Kitchen said he
thought the protection allowed the
short-lines was not all that could be
desired, but that this defect was not
sufficient to induce him to vote
against the bill. Most men who voted
against the bill are Westerners who
think the measure over-generous to
the ifoads. ?
Itemoval Pennsylvania Railroad City
Ticket Office.
At the close of business Saturday.
March 16th, the Pennsylvania Rail
road City Ticket OfTlce. at the corner
of Fifteenth and G streets north
west. will be moved to its new loca
tion at M19 New York avernte north
west, where business will be re
sumed at 8.00 a. m. Monday. March
UUl. until Iurth?r PtUgc.?Ady,
CLERKS' PAY-INCREASE DELAYED
IN HOUSE WHILE MEMBERS KEEP
IIP BICKERING OVER THE AMOUNT
___________ A A
U. S. Control of Phones
and Street Cars Over
Until April 8.
ACTION WILL AWAIT
NEXT DISTRICT MONDAY
House Committee Reported
Favorably on Both Prop
ositions Yesterday.
Now that the House has dis
posed of the profiteering bill
aimed to prevent extortion in
rents here in the District, Chair
man Johnson said last night that
he hoped to have the legislative
decks soon cleared (or action on
the bills advocating government
ownership of this city's telephones
and street railways," which were
favorably reported by his commit
tee yesterday.
Neither of these bflls can be
given consideration in the House?
before next District Monday?
April 8?without the granting of
a special rule, which is unlikely;
but it is certain that they will be
taken up then with the bill which
provides for the government own
ership of telephones being given
the preference.
Prufdeicf ?f X? MummL
Representative Hilliard, of Colo
rado, who wrote the telephone re
port, said last night that he be
lieved that his measure would be
the flrst brought up. but this ques
tion of preference was of no great \
moment. This bill provides that the
Federal government shall take over
and operate telephones In the Dis
trict with the Postmaster General
designated as director general of
the system.
It im known that Chairman John
son and his committee were prac
tical! j unanimous lu their approval
of the telephone measure. No rec
ord vote was taken, however, on
either the telephone or street rail
way report. 1
j Representative Crosser. of Ohio, [
wrote the favorable report on his
bill which authorizes the District
i government to take over and oper
?ate the street railway lines in the
j District.
Third Measure of Kisi.
j Chairman Johnson's telephone bill |
j is the third measure of this kind J
which he introduced in quick sue- '
j cession in the House within the last
two weeks and there is every rea- J
son to believe that he will secure !
i the same satisfactory action on it
' as he did on his anti-profiteering
measure.
The Crosser bill for street rail- j
way ownership and operation in the i
i District by the District government i
is the same measure which has been
! twice previously favorably reported ;
i from the House District Committee.
! Representative Hilliard's report
on the telephone ownership bill is ,
particularly interesting in that it ?
includes an expository statement of
1 costs and revenues of a postalized ,
automatic telephone system, which j
i will ultimately set a penny a call '
rate for telephone calls in Washing- j
ton.
These estimates contemplate the
purchase of the existing telephone
plant in the District, the substi
tution of automatic equipment forj
the present manually operated
switchboards, and the operation of
the plant by the postal department.
Representative Hillard's report points I
out: ;
The present charge for telephone j
service in the District of Columbia |
averages nearly 4 cents per message.
The proposed initial rate under post- j
alixatlon is 2 cents per message.
The proposed ultimate rate is 1 cent
per message.
A summary of the statements and
estimates detailed here in and on
which these proposed rates are based :
is as follows: .
Cost of existing plant. $6,293,050.00.
Cost of converting to automatic,
I2.115.i80.00.
Total first cost, $s.408,?nn0. Or $153.90
per station.
I The House District Committee also
| favorably reported out yesterday the
i bill introduced by Representative Dent,
i of Alabama, at the request of the War
CONTINUED ON PAGE POLK.
EXILE GRAND DUKE
FOR ROYALIST PLOT
! Petrograd, March 14.?(Delayed,
j March 14),?The Grand Duke Mich
| ael, arrested in connection with an
alleged German-inspired plot to re
store the monarchy and place him!
on the throne, has been exiled and
sent to Perm, it was announced to
day.
(Perm is the capital of the prov
ince of that name. It is about 700
miles east of Moscow, near the Si
berian border.)
Vandals are raiding government
cfflcers, stealing valuable furniture
and paintings and carting them
[home or selling them on the street |
corners for a few rubles. Sailors |
I are carrying off wagonloads of art |
| treasures, loading them on ships and j
taking them to Kronstadt.
The government is so occupied
with peace and the Siberian situa- i
tion that it is unable to impose re- j
straint on this looting.
Newspaper Men in Class 3.
Syracuse, N. Y.. March 14.?Newspa
permen were held to be entitled to
enrollment in class 3, in the draft
j list, in a decision reached !t>day by
the district draft board on the ground
that newspapers are neoessary to the
war's success. ?
Wants More Money
For Store Workers
Perhaps the most interest
ing' amendment proposed dur
ing discussion of the *120 flat
increase for Federal employes
yesterday was one Introduced
by Representative Robert T.
Thomas. Jr.. of Kentucky,
which would call upon "all
department stores and all per
sons selling merchandise In
the District" to pay each of
their employes a wage of not
less than $3 per day.
Not satisfied with the lib
erality of these Increases, Rep
resentative Thomas further
provided In his amendment
that "all newspapers publish
ed in the District pay each of
their compositors, pressmen
and reporters a wage of not
less than |4 per day."
The latter caused quite a
stir of merriment among
members on the floor and cor
respondents in the press gal
lery-.
Representative T h o m a s's
amendment was knocked out
r>n a point of order made by
Representative Caldwell.
DUTCH SHIPS
TO BE TAKEN
FOR ARMIES
U. S. and England Will Com
mandeer 600,000 Tons
for War Purposes.
Six hundred thousand tons of
Dutch shipping in allied ports are
to be taken over by the United States
and Great Britain to speed the move
ment of American troops to Franca.
Will Compensate.
Full compensation is to be made
to the Dutch owners, and generous
i provisions are to be made to insure
food for Hohand. This wss empha
| sised in official circles.
Taken only after painstaking oor
' alderation, the action emphasises, as
no single act in months. President
I Wilson's will to win the mar.
I The additional tonnafre. 4ftn.ont> tons
jof which are In American ports, will
make easily possible the execution
: of the new orders that have gone
forth from the White House to speed
up the armies to France.
I The effect of the action, which is
expected to be taken within four
i days' time, is to round up Anally
to the uses of the United States an1
the allies, for the period of the mar.
jail neutral shipping of the world.
The proposition before Holland is to
place her ships in the service of the
allies voluntarily before March IS. or
| have them requisitioned. With a Ger
, man gun pointed at her head, it is
' n?t expected that she will enter into
ja voluntary arrangement.
New Regulation*.
In line with Its determination to ac
I cord generous treatment to the Dutch
j respecting shipments to that country
| of feedstuffs and other much needed
commodities, the War Trade Boaro
| last night made public the procedure
that must be followed by private ship
, pers intending to make such ship
ments.
I Under the plan announced the Neth
erlands Overseas Trust Company,
semi-official agency of the Dutch gov
ernment. is in all cases to be the con
; signee. so that responsibility can be
fixed for preventing the transhipment
i of these foodstuffs or other commodi
ties or their equivalent into Germanv
from Holland.
i Private importers in Hollands, as
the procedure is outlined, must obtain
from the Netherlands Overseas Trust
t'ompany an import certificate, the
identification marks of which must be.
I forwarded to the prospective Ameri
I can exporter.
The latter, in turn, is directed to
! make application to the Bureau of
I Exports of the War Trade Board
for permission to make the shipment,
j setting forth its character, size and
j gross weight and at the same time
j give the details of indentification he
i has received concerning the Dutch im
porter concerned.
I With this information in hand the
War Trade Board, after due consid
eration. if deemed advisable, will
check up the particulars of the ca*e
j through its own agents in Holland to
j see that all Is regular. When satis
factory data is obtained, the export
license will be Isued for the particu
lar shipment, it being expressly un
derstood, however, that the shipment
must be consigned directly to. and
i only to the Netherlands Overseas
| Trust Company, who will be obligated
to see that it reaches its proper des
tination.
ESCAPES WAR INJURY;
BREAKS LEG AT MEADE
War Hero Breaks Leg in Motor
cycle Accident.
Camp Meade. Admiral Md.. March
H-?After fighting for three years
I in the trenches, participating in
j Verdun and other big engagements
without sustaining the alighteat
injury. Lieut. Guy Le Breton, a
French instructor here, is at ?the
base hospital suffering with a brok
en leg.
The lieutenant was riding tn a
motorcycle sidecar when the motor
cycle skidded and overturned.
Delaware Howe Ratifies "Dry."
Dover. Del.. March 14.?By a Tote
of 27 to ft, the lower house of the
State legislature this afternoon rati
fied the Federal prohibition amend
sunt. The banaU baa still to sot.
Efforts to Add to Proposed
$120 Flat Raise Was
Voted Down.
LEADERS PREDICT
SUM WILL BE NAMED
Crucial Test On Today, Pre
ceded by Debate on
Eight Hours.
With both the Senate and House
| centering their attention upon the
Borland eight-hour amendment and
every indication that a vote will
be taken on it in both the Lower
and Upper House before ad
journment. today will probably
prove the crucial one in the life
of this now famous measure.
Immediately after the disposal
! of morning business the House, it
i is expected, will devote one hour
to the discussion of Mr. Borland's
amendment, which he injected
into the flat wage increase com
mittee amendment to the legisla
tive. judicial and execabve appro
priation bill )ust before adjourn
ment yesterday evening.
Predict *120 IUIh Will Carry.
leaders In the House Admitted ls*t
night that in all probability the Si:">
I flat increase a* originally recommenc
Ied by Chairman Byrna mould be ac
cepted and no increase over this
amount allowed
l Several attempts mere made yester
i day* to increase this tl2* flat Increase
{or to at least make ths Increase
: greater for those salaries under I!.>?"
but ?ach time these proposed amend
ments were voted down. Prominent
among these was Representati \ ?
j Heating's amendment which wood
! have granted the clerks an ?? fl*;
) increase. Re present stivs Hamlin, of
, Missouri, after mylng upon the Hons*
1 that ths H3S flarlncrease was Inff
' flcient. introduced sn amendmet
| which mould have gi\en all clerks re
I oeiving between 14*) and SMC a S? flat
increase and all clerks receiving be
tween tf.W and fl.VK) a SIM flat In
crease.
Faror. Married Mem.
Representative Cox. of Indiana. In
troduced an amendment which would
have given the Si 20 flat increases anlv
to clerks who were married or who
hsd dependents upon there and a
flat increase to single clerks with
out dependents. This waa voted down
br a vote of C nays to 4 dyes
loosing this point. Representative
Cox then introduced another amend
ment. asking that the 1120 flat in
creases apply only to those who are
receiving S1.W or leas, but this also
faied of adoption.
Miss Rankin lake* C'adgel.
Miss Rankin was permitted two
minutes in which to take up the cud
j gel in favor of the clerks, She msd*
a forceful argument for the Federal
employes, bringing evidence to pro\e
thst the S120 flat increase mss insuf
ficient In that it was not commen
surate with the increasing high cost
of living and mould not permit the
clerks "to live up to American stand
ards."
Representative' Nolan, of Califor
nia msde the opening address in
favor of a higher flat Increase tin
told the House he did not believe thrr
mere giving the clerks a "square de? "
and that In his opinion they should
fix a basis with a minimum of I*
a day.
"How Caa Thej Bay Bondaf"
"If Uncle Sam does not treat these
clerks fairly how can he expect them
to respond with the same patriotic
fervor with mhich they have been"
How can he expect there to buy lib
erty bonds as they have been If they
are now hardly making enough to
keep them out of debt?**
Applause of friends of clerks in
the gallery mingled with that of
some members on the floor after
Representative Nolan concluded,
mhfreupon the Speakers warned lis
teners in the gallery that they must
refrain.
Representative Rainev. of Illinoi*.
mho led the opposition to the In
crease. which be pleases to call a
raid on the Treasury." caused mer
riment when he prefaced his address
1 by saying what he had to say would
I bring no applause from the galleries.
Sees Injustice te Soldi era.
Representative Rainey and others
mho opposed the increases made ad
dresses which were intended to prove
that mas an injustice to the sol
diers over there in the mud trenches
of France to spend such a gigantic
OOKHKCED OJf PAGE POL*
BRITISH MAKE GAINS
ON PALESTINE COAST
I ?
Villages Captured in Three-Mile
Plunge.
| London. Marsh 14.?Attacklng over
! an eleven-mile front on the coastal
section in Palestine, East Anglian
! South Anglian and Indian troops
j have advanced to an average depth
of three miles, according to an official
statement Issued by the War Office
The official statement says:
"We captured the villages of Fenti?
El lubban. Delr Ball'it. Mejdel. Tabs
and El Mlrr, on either side of Wadl
Abulejja and Wadl Delr BaUut. which
were passed In the course of the for
ward movement. The enemy resisted
stubbornly about Deir Ballot and El
Mlrr. Our air service co-operated
with the Infantry and dispersed en
emy troops with bombs and mactte*
sun Cra."