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Today
Said McLean, "Read Utopia."
Melaumed's White Hole.
"Traceless" Treatment for
Prussia.
Professor White Rabbit
The United States Is building
now 778 ships to be owned by
the people, paid for by the people,
and, let us hope, kept in. the serv
ice and ownership of the people
after this war is orer.
It the selfish .and dishonest cor
porations had not fought success
fully against the ship bill backed
tjr Secretary UcAdoo, with the ap
proval of the President, we should
have ships NOW, and everybody
knows what they would be worth.
An English flying man went
from .England, to Constantinople
dropped dynamite on that city
and amazed the Muezzin, who
.was busy with Allah.
This would interest Mohammed,
whose Koran fells how he. mounted
on the white mole Alborak, rode
op to the- stars and saw the angel
with a forehead many miles wide.
Science is actually making real
the lies' that Mohammed Invented
which shows that whatever man
can imagine he can DO.
John Barrett suggests union
of twelve American republics
against Germany and presumably
against any present or future ef
fort at conquest by anybody.
"While this plan Is under way, it
would' be Interesting to get the
facts, concerning which nothing
"has been published, about alleged
concentrating of Argentine troops
in the direction of Brazil.
Between Argentina and Brazil
there Is a little country called
Uruguay that may. need some Bel
gian sympathy.
A few of the Russians suddenly
decided to fight the Turks end are
at it now. There is a little com
fort in this, but not for the Turks.
These gentlemen feel as the
Arabs did, when long ago thay
were attacked by the Abyssiniana
and first encountered the war ele
phant and smallpox. '
fc For a faithful Mohammedan
to be attacked in Turkey by Bol
shevfld, Cossacks, ADD Socialists,
must be hard on the faithful.
Mr. McLean's Post inquires,
yja tfie pen of George Bothwin'
Brown, -why England was keeping
tarn million of HER soldiers -at
home, nnj flovd George at tha
same time -urging us, to hurry and
set a million American soldiers
to France.
The answer Is that England has
always h&i t! government that
looks after .England and1 English
men which after all is the busi
ness of government:
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As soon as E. B. McLean read
George Bothwell Brown this morn
ing, he telephoned him. "Dear
'Brown, sit down at once, read
Moore's Utopia, and learn that
the inhabitants of the blessed,
well-managed island never send
their own men to war except as a
last resort''
The records show that one hun
dred and twenty-two ships have
been sunk by the Germans with
out trace. That is the- famous
"Spurlos," or traceless sinking
recommended from South America
in the dispatches that went
through Sweden.
This means that German ad
vocates of high culture having
sunk the ships, also destroyed the
crews, struggling for life in the
water or in lifeboats.
The Prussian idea is that poor,
feeble outside nations will he ter
rified by the horribleness of the
noble Kaiser who destroys and
leaves no trace.
But All Highest civilization also
destroys and leaves no trace, out
side of the museums
Presently it will be the turn of
your, government, your dynasty,
and your family to experience a
little of the "spurlos" treatment
That won't be so pleasant.
It would be a pity should thU
. war end without public execution,
on the public square in Paris of a
considerable number of the most
important German murderers.
Cyrus the Great, telling how
he captured a king, says casually.
"I cut off his ears and his lips and
chained 'him at my door." Th;t
is the kind of thing that modern
Prussia would understand noth
ing more gentle.
Prof. Whipple, of the University
of Virginia, imagines himself to be
different from other white rabbits,
but isn't.
Be says, "Russia will be the
spiritual leader of the next gener
ation because she has faith."
Russia would be a miserable serf
nation, the workers exploited and
the leaders bribed by Prussia if
this nation and the allies allowed
it.
The same gentle professor says,
"You cannot exploit a nation's
soul." Maybe not, but you can sit
oh a nation's head, and you can
murder the women and the chil
dren of a nation.
Six months in a German prison
ers camp would probably do Pro
fessor Whipple much good and
revive the spirit of his two an-
ecs'on who, he tells us, signed the
declaration of Independence.
WEATHER:
COLDER
TONIGHT
SATURDAY
FAIR
NUMBER 10,356.
CAMBRAI BURNING, GERMANS
U. S. OFFICERS
PRESS MUST
Censorship Question Reopened
by Speech in ' New York
Which Bared Identity of Unit
Abroad.
By DATH LAWRE5CE.
(Ccpyrisnt. 1K7. far Mew Tortc SnaSug Poet
Brig. Gen. Ell D. Hoyle, com
mander-in-chief of the Department
of the. East, may or may not have
been Indiscreet In hla speech at a
dinner of the Ijtfth, Avenue Asso
ciation in New York; on -Wednesday,
wherein he revealed that the first
shot that heralded America's en
trance Into the war was fired by the
Sixth Field Artillery in France.
But the Washington viewpoint on
such questions Is confusing, the Com
mittee on Public Information and
the War Department Itself main
taining that it is absolutely essen
tial that the ldently ot any Ameri
can unit abroad be withheld from
publication. Under the rules ot the
so-called voluntary censorship on
this side of the Atlantic and the re
strictions, placed by the military au
thorities at Amerflcan headquarters
bffteaietf lhev AkeiiciL"people;Bj
prevented from knowing w&oju&e-Uaa.
men .performing deeds ot valor on
the Dauieironi.
Censorship Kills Iaterest,
The speech of General Hoyle, there
fore, attracts very much attention be
cause It may open up the entire ques
tion ot "what shall 'or shall not be
printed about the American expedi
tionary forces.
Ever since the first party of Ameri
can troops entered the trenches there
hai been a feeling- here outside the
Government that the real interest of
the American people in the war was
by no meant Intensified a a conse
quence of the colorless reports that
have been coming" from France. Be
ing "mentioned In the dispatches' U
one of the means by which the fight
ing blood of the younger men In the
country is aroused aa they strive to
emulate the deeds ot those fortunate
enough to participate In the great
actions on -the western front.
Hitherto it has been contended that
to reveal the names of the units would
be to give military Information of
value to the enemy. It is not. how
ever, essential to dlacloee the identify
of units, but merely of some of the
men conspicuously engaged from day
to day In the operations at the front.
TVeuId Brims War Home.
This would be one of the means by
which the war could be brought home
to the people In various sections of
the country. Aa It la now. the only
names that are permitted to come
through the censorship are on the
casualty lists, and the Inspiration
that would, result from a narration ot
the deeds of the living la entirely
lost.
Had It been known, for example,
three weeks ago that the Sixth Field
Artillery fired the first shot, the pa
rents and relatives of ytt man In
that unit would have had the satis
faction of knowing that their repre
sentatives at the front were in the
iction. It would have been a matter
for local-pride In many cities.
Officials here answer that the pur
pose of withholding Information con
cerning the Identity of units Is to
prevent the Germans from knowing
Just what forces are engaged against
them This might be valuable in
formation with reepect to the British
and French armies, which are com
posed at native as well as colonial
troops, and It Is, ot course, valuable
to know the character of men on each
sector of the line, but with American
troops of uniform, strength, the In
formation is not such that the enemy
can be really benefited by it. J
Enemy aeroplanes detect the num
bers of troops, and dispatches printed
In the United States concerning indl-
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Over the Corresponding Day' (Nov. 23) Last Year
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CLASH OF REILLYS
Fearful that her husband may lose
his life on the European battlefields,
where he Is working for the Red
Cross, and In view of a reconciliation
affected shortly before he l?ft this
country, Mrs. Clara II. Rellly today
asked that her suit for absolute dl
vorce against James Forrest Itellly.
be dismissed. She also asks that his
answer be dismissed and the entl.-e
record expunged for the sake of their
Infant daughter.
Mrs. Rellly's suit was filed April 14,
1816.
She says that July 14, last, she re
ceived two telegrams from her hus
band, who was staying at the Marl
boro Hotel In New York, asking her
to join htm there. She wa. unable
to go on account of business detain
Ing her here Her husband came on
to -Washington and a reconciliation
took place.
Mrs Itellly says that her husband
Is a member of the New York lied
Cross unit -and sailed for France Au.
g-ust 2, last, and has written, telling
her of his safe arrival. He asked her
to Join him In France.
Mrs. Rellly said she applied at the
State Department for the necessary
passport for herself and daughter,
but was refused on account of war
conditions. She saya she Informed
her husband to that effect and told
him that s'te would ask the court to
dismiss the suit.
Publither.
WASHINGTON. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 23. 1917. OisstWiIsWfifreiJ " TOSI5iSasmv "
DIFFERENT AGAIN'
Otmrlfht: 1917: SrJobaT.XeCatcbson
COtfCeATUlATlOHS,
HlrttN0Uf?&!
Voiia Pqr5ICHT 15
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A GERMAN BULLETIN.
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Of the eight men arrested on
charges of being drunk In "dry
Washington, six decided It would be
more profitable to forfeit bonds today
than to stand trial In Police Court.
Frank E. Lynch, John J. Shea, J.
M. Blaylock, Egbert W. Thomas, and
Mason L. Fowler, were arrested last
right for being Intoxicated on the
streets. They were released on bond,
but did not appear In court today.
Richard M. Graham. 2106 Flagler
place, was arrested and accused of
driving an automobile while being
Intoxicated. He forfeited hie bond.
William H. Parker and Harry E.
Kldd were arrested shortly after their
return from Baltimore yesterday on a
charge of intoxication. Each was
fined J25 or thirty days.
TRADE BOARD ALLEGES
2 FIRMS WERE'UNFAIR
The Federal Trade Commission to
day limed formal complaints against
the Mlshawaka Woolen Manufactur
ing Company, of Indiana, and the
Cudahy Packing Company, of Chi
cago. Price discrimination and unfair
methods of competition were alleged
In refusing to sell to Jobbers and
dealers who do not adhere to resale
prices set by the companies
Hesrings were set for January 7
and 14, respectively. Important prec
edents relating to business practices
are Involved In the two cases.
AGED WOMAN DYING
AFTER FALL ON STEPS
Miss M J. Ramsay, fifty, ot 1337 U
street northwest, lies at the point of
death today at Emergency Hospital,
her skull fractured by a fall down the
outside steps of the Murray Unlver
sallst Society rooms. Thirteenth and
L streets northwest.
After services last night. Miss Ram
say walked from the church with
friends. At the top of the steps she
tripped, striking her head In ber
descent
Physicians at Emergency declare
hi ehsnee of recovery is negligible.
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A JOHN BULLETIN.
6 FORFE T BONDS
RATHERTHANFACE
CHARE
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DEVIL OR KAISER
v
'BILLY' SUNDAY'S
Billy Sunday lot his first lieuten
ant fh his tight against the devil
today, but the Kaiser has a new foe.
George Sunday, twenty-five, son of
the evangelist and business manager
for his crusader arrived In Washing
ton and has offered his -services to
tht Government In the motor truck
dlv'.lon of the quartermaster corps.
"Fighting the Kaiser ought to come
pretty easy to rn." he said. "Dad
and I have ben fighting the devil
so long it will fet quite natural."
"I felt It was my duty to offer my
services and I have selected the branch
of the service In which I think I could
be of the most use to the Government.
I operated a touring agency on the Pa
cific coast for a number of years and
know a great deal about automobiles,
driving them and how to keep them
up. However. I am willing to go al
most anywhere they send me. I want
to fight the Kaiser In the most effective
way that I can."
Mr. Sunday conferred with officials of
the War Department during the day
and Is awaiting a decision from them
on hla application for a commission in
the motor division. If there Is not an
opening, he said, he would offer his
services In some other cspaclty. He
will remain In Washington several days.
U.S. WAR RISK BUREAU
AGAIN REDUCES RATE
The diminishing efectlveness of the
German submarine waa officially
recognised by the United States Gov
ernment today. The Treasury De
partment. acting on the decrease In
sinkings by he U-boats and the In
creased destruction of tnem revealed
by Lard George, reduced the war risk
Insurance rates on American ehlps
and cargoes entering the war sone
from 8 per cent to 4.
STREET CARS WiLSTOP
IF COAL IS NOT FOUND
Shut-down of street. railways, elec
tric light plant Mas works and fac
tories was declarud Inevitable by the
National Coal A.noclatfpn today un
less some methsd Is found to relieve
railroad congestion.
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ITALIANS
FRENCH LINES HOLD GROUND
BRITISH MAKE GAIN AT YPRES
Rosso-German Peace Proceedings
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 23. A Riaan atploaat,
bearing peace etfara to Rhmm frew tin cmixtl pow
era, left here on a epeckl tram today for Petrognsl,
accordiof.to the ncwipepw TislenJe.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23. Ruk's amiatice
proposal cannot be rejected, bat neTertheleea ought
to r carefully exajwned from the taadpot'of the'
.ntire mSkary situation is the tuHragaotts efHwea of
the BerUa pre, reported in dwpatches today.
"Acceptance," aaid the Vociache Zettaar, "dc
pends entirely oa the fechatcal condkioBaef the pro-k
pca-JwKcY certaMy wiH be benereleBtly Timiwid
with de regard to the mffitaiy potkkm."
LONDON, ttor. 23. The BoWwvild of Rutek
today anwwriced the loTO chtM the ari
ratcased from tenrice itmnedfatary Other clanea wifl
be similarly chsmobflwad, a wireless Message received
here asserted.
CLERKS' RELAYSHOOTING OF
Mir
T BIXL, 'PRICK.''
Government officials, members of
the Utilities Commission, and street
railway officials have- today reached
an almost unnl-nous conclusion that
the only relief for the present street
railway situation In this city will be
for a change In the working hours of
the .Government departments, so that
the railway will not have to handle
enormous crowds at the same time
morning and afternoon.
Commissioner Brownlow virtually
Indorsed a plan that may change the
working hours In nearly alt Govern
ment departments If Government of
ficials co-operate, as they are expect
ed to do. owing to the Government's
deen Interest In local street railway
conditions, which now frequently re
sult in Government workers report
ing late at their desks.
"Only One Thing e De.
"It begins to look to me as If there
Is only one thing that will give the
Immediate relief that Is necessary in
Washington," said Mr. Brownlow to
The Times, "although the members of
the Utilities Commission are giving
this problem serious consideration
every day. studying It from every
angle.
"What Is calli-d the peak of the
railroad rush In Washington la the
carrying of 9 oslock workers for the
Government to titlr duties, with a
similar rush In the afternoons when
the department cose at 30 o'clock.
There Is no othr rlty In tne country
where this rush Is concentraiea inio
such short time. If arrangements can
be made with Government depart
ments by which om of them will
go to work at 8 o clock in the morn-inn-
.nit nth.r. between that hour
and 0.30 o'clock ihe lomplalnts that
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MUCK, ETAL, MUST
STAY OUT OF DISTRICT
President Wilson's alien enemy proc
lamation and its Interpretation by the
Department of Justice, according to
United 8tatea Marshal Splaln pe-mlts
of no exceptions to be msde In favor
of anybody.
- a rule will be applied rigidly to all
aes and will excludo frpn the District
of Columbia all ji-is ral or dramatic
artists who are bowid for tha eeascn
In Washington an! vho are alien ene
mies. This ruling -xcludes Dr. Muck,
the conductor of the fotn f-jrnipbony
Orchestra from Washington during the
war.
MAN HANGS HIMSELF
ALEXANDRIA PLANT
Roger Brawnsr. seventeen years
old. son of Walter Brawner, of 322
South Pitt street. Alexandria, hanged
himself In a room at the plant of the
Alandrra T.rtlU.r and Chemical
CP.tbodyaw.,s found .horUy-before
noon. Cofoner t M. Jones gave a
verdict of death V wlclde. No mo
tive for the act It, known.
F
STRIP CITJf
REPULSE ATTACKS
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DESCRIBED
MINEOLA, N. Y, Nov. 3&-atarshaU
Ward, a close friend of John L. Tie
Seniles, told the jury In Mrs. Blanca
De Saulles murder trial today how
she killed her husband when he re
fused to give no-their child, Jsxlc
Ward was the first eyewitness to
the actual shootlnr. A little dapper
man, he atepped briskly to the stand
without a glance at the little Chilean
heiress who sat at the foot of the
lawyers' table, on trial for her life.
Deeeslbee Sheetias;.
Describing the shooting: In detail.
Ward said he met the victim of the
tragedy the day of the killing at a
luncheon In New York, "at which Dud
ley Field Malonev former collector ot
the port of New York, waa present.
"I accompanied De Saulles and his
father to The Box that evening and
we had dinner there," Ward said. "Af
terward we went Into the living room
and played the phonograph. Mra.
Degener took little Jack upstairs.
Mrs. De Saulles stepped Into the living
room." Ward continued. "Jack walk
ed toward her and held out his hand.
walked toward tha. mantelpiece.
"Mrs. De Saulles said she wanted
to take little Jack home. This De
Saulles declared Impossible, as It was
his day to have the boy," Ward went
on. "lie refused to argue with her.
De Saulles turned his back to hi
former wife and stepped away. She
said: There's only one thing to do.'
"I saw her bring a pistol from her
sweater .pocket, ana she fired four
shots In rapid succession. I saw De
Saulles stagger. Mrs. De Saulles
said: 'It bad to be done.'"
Fheaed For Phyalelan.
'Ward said that after the shooting
he rushed to the telephone and sum
moned a physician.
On cross-examination Ward said he
was associated with Jack De Saulles
In business from August. 1914. until
Jack's death. He said he and Jack
were handling war contracts.
The witness ssld he didn't want to
hear the conversation between Jack
and Mrs. De Saulles. so he moved
over near the piano on the other side
of the room.
The defendant's tytt flashed when
the witness testified that he grabbed
her by the arm after the shooting,
and she smiled aa he said he remained
In the room until he waa compelled
to phone for a physician.
While the witness was describing
the shooting. Attorney Uterhart shot
the words at htm: "Ward, were you
ever convicted for a erlmeT"
The witness moved uneasily In his
seat:
"No."
nu Held la Jell.
Tapers were then Introduced showing-
that the witness was arrested at
Rector's for fighting, was fined 10.
and was held in jalL
Ward then admitted the charge ot
conviction.
Later he waa asked about a sal ot
J8.000 worth of bonds he had made to
a dressmaker and the subsequent
charge of fraud placed against him.
Ills memory failed him, but court
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FN
EDITION
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READY TO
BIG BASE
Moving of SuppHea From Cam
brai Imffeatts Enemy ! Pre
parifrs to MamfM Grttt
Strataffe Supply Canter.
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LONDON, Nr. atPsMMtsMi
rf Sir JaHsa srfttHsi Hwtssav
at reaersl to the f aH rttakr erf
areacril, to -TeWf-tMea of kfe
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tia-m eaualui itlHmuta $ Csm-
taeUe isertfceta Fzsoste; -W ttW
HiBdeBterjj Use wm r--i-- o
Taefleky, Held 3iarha4 HI-teekj
turned his atteatf cm to Bdgis-a.
The British drovs feWrel &
east of Tpres, gaisisg av grevai
from the German. lNiOMMta
of Tuesday's brffllsat vfetery.
CambraJ, German mtwfir cesser.
is reported burning aad the detaa-
ers preparing' to leave.
la northern Italy, the ctsrdy Ital
ians are winning tie adairatfca of
the world by their gallant ataad .
a-ainit the Teuton hordea that an
surging against their Uses. Heavy
fighting continues along the upper
Piave river and across the Aste;o
plateau.
Saaer of Peaee Wfer.
A new element of gloom was.
thrown into the Kasetan -situation -today
by a report from Stockholm that
a Russian diplomat is on his way to
Fetrograd bearing a peace offer from
the central empires.
A wireless dispatch received in
London this afternoon said that the ,
Leninists in Petrograd have decided '
to reduce the strength of the Russian
army. The release of the class of
1899 has been ordered.
GERMANS STRIP CAMBRAI
OF STORES WHILE RUSHED
RESERVES OPPOSE ALLIES
LONDON, Nov. 2i- R-pforeed
with fresh troops hastily rushed to
the front, the Germans are making t
desperate defense of Csmbrsl. la
northern France.
The city, which the Germans had
n.fiit & fuii alnea Vfln ITtaeie'a
hordes overran northeastern JTsnes"
in the autumn of 1914. Is crumbling
under the fire of British guns ind Is
In flames.
Germaaa Strl City.
The Germans xsve begun stripping
the city of its military stores,
Tha British f-wps which had en
tered Fontaine No're Dame, two anaT
three-quarters of 1. mlln westof Cam
brat, have uken r-p a position slight
ly to the west across the Bapauza.
Cambral roaiL.
Consolidation of th newly won
British positions h-.s now been accom
plished, the new British line being
linked up with tha old.
German artlllnry was very active
throughout the night, said advices
from the front toay Both, stdea or
the deep salient -trlven Into the Ger
man front by th; great British vls
tory of Tuesday irt Wednesday wsr
deluged with shil's of all calibers.
Within this ral'entll the wreck
of a doxen 'villages frpm which the
Germans were d.-lven hd the elab
orate works maklnz up tht itttvtfS
of tha Htndenbur line throsgii wSlcl
the Tjsira iinu.'a army snte&e ttx
"" .. W. a
North of the salient, fromtsAls
of Moeavres-Bourloux to thsa'J"
TEUTONS
EVAOA