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TTTR WASHINGTON TDlgS; SUNDAY, JMARCH 31 1918.
Ejrst Photographs of U. S. Troops on Aisne Front arid lit Treitfhean forjaine
SEC. BIER
BACKSOFFER
OflRSIG
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By llE-VUl -WALKS.
U-JTH THn AMEKICAN ARMY IN
TFR-VCE, March -30 In a statement
issued 'here this afternoon, faecretary
6T War Baker said that he was de
lighted with the prompt action of
General Pershing In placing- all of
Hie Ainsffiean Irooj.s In Tranc at the
disposal of tne allle tie said he
was certain this action -aould meet
with the heartiest Yppro-val In the
"United -Mate. here- the people -desire
the expeditionary forces to be of
the" utmost service In .the -common
causa. v
Secretary-Baker Is anxious to return-
to the United State and impart
the knowledge he ealned-here to the
yUnrJcanGovemment and pople and
to confei; with President Wilson and
the Cabinet retarding- the future.
During- his Islt to the British
frontalmultaneously with the com
mencement of the great German drive
Secretary Baker saw actualities the
saddest phases of warfare Including
the civilian evacuation of Teronne
and" Bapaume before the enemy
troops stormed those places.
At-a railroad crossing Mr. Baker,
o he told the correspondents, en
countered an American made automo
bile. He thought It waamerican
and questioned the girl driving the
machine. - '
"I am Miss Hackettand I'm Eng
lish, not American." answered the.
young chauffeur adding, "but I fancy
It doesn't make much difference so
lone aa w are allies.
ilr. Baker did not state Just when
ha would return to- America and!
whether he was going- to Italy first
He -reiterated, however, that he waa
longing; to reach Washington and
take iip -various Important matters.
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Photo by International.
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showing bTnStte Ane front They had -just arrived at a warfare preparations with the Sk,U and thorouesg gat igfcy
. ifnt far hlhfnd t1 firing line when the camera wrapped ' of their comntdevin-arras who hnye-toeen in the field lon-c enouRh. to
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. What It
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Billion-Dollar Day at 4e Capitol Breaking All Records ii Ose
Days Work The Boad Bill Passed.in the House-The War
FmaBce Bill Agreed Oi In Coaference Effect of 'Takag the .
LimitOriaWartiBe-towaHd High FmaBciermg oa Cea
- tracts A New "Iroaclad Oath" Proposed - for .Hectiws A
, 'Comrassion to Restore Business After Peace Cofflfan4eer
" kg Property "Real, Personal, and Mixed" Mr. Hoover's
FluctnatioBs.
on "Billion Dollar Day" in Contrress,
add te three and a half billions
authorized for the new War Finance
Corporation, or ""Central War Bank
of the United States."
By W. V. BYARS.
The 'day's workof the House -ot conference on the war finance bill.
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STRAND
TODAY AND ALL WEEK
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tnUITlIl -TODAY ALtCE DRADY In
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I TODAY HARRY JIOREY In "THE
I OTHER -MAN" and BE.VJ UtNr CHAPIN
tin TENDER MEMORIES."
fmnnru today and tomorrow
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It wut coir you nothing- to
com-vIn and rlet our Dr.
Kinjtston. aa. -expert op
tometrist; examjne. vour eyes
and'itTnsy-javp'ou years
of misery.
If glasses -are .needed, he
will preseribev--thV 'correct
ones and fit themperfectly.
Their cost wiU-fee-yery mod
crate, and you may pay, it
50c weekly if you -wish. .-
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Representatives was the most im
portant In Its history, and If It does
not break all records In the political
history o the world, no one at the
Capitol cared to soany further in
record-breaking at the end ot the
day. It consisted of debating and
passing the new bond bill authoris
ing th Secretary ot the Treasury
wljthlhe approval of the President,
to borrow not exceeding twehe thou
sand million dollars and to issue
therefor bonds of the United States,
In addition io the two thousand mil
lion dollars Jmloads already .Issued
or offered tor subscrjption.under the
act of April 24, 1917.
If anyone reading this, finds him
self in doubt of what It means, he is
exactly In the position of everyone
who helped. pass th6.bUJ, aftetIt was
done. N'tf one knew, 0 could know
the meaning of these vast- sums Jn
billions ot dollars. It had been de
cided that It was necessary to vote
up to these totals 'to win the war."
They were -xoted accordingly. Those
whose heads begin to ache when they
try 'to Imagine a billion dollars, 'need
not try. it is useless, ii cannoi uo
done. Interest in the most,xcmaJk-.
able day's work in American political
history does not belong to these In
comprehensible figures, but to -the
way It was done In this, therewas
nmothlnir more 'absorbing 'than can
be put on paper It was the life In
terestmen with, .highly trained
minds, knowing they were acting
wholly beyoqd their powers, groping
In the dark but Eolng forward, at
any rate.
Chairman Kitchin, of the House
Ways and -Means Committee, who
opened" forthe bill, was treated with
the greatest' respect on both sides of
the House, and,especially on the He
publican side, as he'explained it sec
tion by section. The explanation
was: that the-bill authorized -an ad
ditional bond issue bf not quite four
and a half billion dollars ($4,461.
000,000), increasing' the issues al
ready authorized from seven an a
half to twelve billion dollars. With
expenditures for the year ending
June 30, 1918, estimated at over
sixteen billions and receipts at only
twelve and a half billions, the deficit
was of something -over three and a
half billions. In addition to this, it
was necessary to provide ior uie
allies at the' rate of half a billion a
month during, tb,e rest of the fiscal
year and for the quarter ending with
next September. -This called for a
total of a billion and a. half. The
rest is a matter of making bonds at
tractive to investors, especially to
State banks, by lowering their as
sessments when holding the bonds,
and of what bonds may be exchanged
for those carrying four and a quar
ter per cent interest. On this lat
ter point it is explained that "the
four per cent bonds are now con
vertible into a subsequent issue
bearing a higher rate, and the three
and a half per cents are also con
vertible. This proposed four and
,a quarter bpnd i?sue wijl got be con
vertible." . . "- " -i
.When Mr.rKitchinJconcluded, he
-X 1 announced that he was called-to the
As agreement was reached In con
ference between the House and Sen
ate, the new "war bank" will have a
cash canltal of half a billion dollars
trod a bonded capital ot three bil
lions. The membership of the "Cap
ital Issues Committee" Is changed
from five to seven, -who "may bo all
of one party or of no party. No rail
road while under Government con
trol can secufe more than $50,000,
000 in a single loan; and while under
.Government control, railroads,
though required tp give "adequate
lr-iiHv'i-nr pmmnted from the re
quirement that the security on Joans
must bo 12X per cent. This. Jiqw
.ever. doesnot require actual col-
.v- -
lateral, but may mciuae me esti
mated laluo of property on which
the loan Is made. The Interest rate
must h so adiusted as not to Dis
turb the buslnes of central reserve
banks, and' In "exceptional cases" of
distress the person or torporation
relieved must show; that while de
serving help. It was not possible to
get It from the banks or In ordinary
channels. The conference report will
probably be made on Monday to the
Senate, where the Overman bill will
h the reeular order. The Senate
was not in session yesterday.
The worst ot the "bad blood" after
the cMl var dee!oped oer test
oaths preventing oters from cast-ine-
their ballots without swearing
to their loyalty. A variation ot the
test oath to suit tne present .was
proposed In a bill Introduced by a
member from Oklahoma.
Mr, Dent Introduced In the House
the bill already Introduced In the
conntfi authorizing the Administra
tion to take over any sort of prop
ortu "ral. nersonal. or mixed" for
and that the bond bill would be left
in charge of Judge Hull of Ten
nessee. As the "drive" for the new
Liberty loan was to begin April 6,
the bill ought to pass both houses
not later than April 4.-
witn iir Kitchin s disappearance.
there was a diversion which Involved
no opposition to the passage of the
mil. Mr. Fbrdney of Michigan illus
trated the habit of counting In bil
lions .of dollars as It extends from
"highest up to lowest down." He
had 'a bundle of letters and memor
anda from Hog Island and elsowhere,
illustrating the operations of patriot
ism on the percentage base and on
cost plus contracts. Taken seriously,
they would have shonn that below
the surface corruption Inevitably In
creases to its greatest possible ex
tent as tne "limit Is off" on expendi
tures during the war period. As a
relief from the attempt to think In
thousands of millions, they were ludi
crous. One case was of $75 for haul
ing 3,000 feet of lumber half a mile;
another was $10 60 a cubic yard for
hauling gravel the same distance. It
was alleged that on contract in MIs-
rn'MipjJJ fai uao oeea m ume-p" """,: - -. . hu
rieper at $5 a day for eery ten men,tFw" purposes. "7uo '" " u
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WILL WIELD HOES
TO BEAT KAISER
Women of IVaahlng-ton will take up
the hoe and the plow this sprint on
VlrlnUuand Marjland farms to "help
halt the Hun."
This Innovation waa inaugurated at
a meeting- yesterday. In the District
building of forty truck farmera and
crow era of Virginia and. Maryland.
Br a resolution unanimously adopted
theytaereed to b1v employment to
Washington, women and elrbi who
may apply to till the ntlds for this
season's crops.
Women farm hands will be recruit
ed xrom the ranks of housewives,
school girls and society maidens who
heretofore have known tne rarm oniy
as a hot weather resort. Preliminary
training for the workers - -will Be
riven on an extensive' scale at- the
National Training School on Conduit
road.
The women who volunteer for farm
work will be quartered In tents. In
charge of a woman foreman who will
superintend their work and conduct.
They will be employed by farmers In
groups, receiving their board, lodging
and -ft ages. Mrs. F. L. Ransoms will
have charge ot the employment of
women for nearby truck growers.
Edward V. Colladay presided at
yesterday's meeting of the truck
Krowers.
SAMMIES- GIVEN
ANOTHER RESPITE
A further stay of sentepee fn the
case of the four members of the
American expeditionary forces re
cently given the death penalty after
trial by court-martial baa been- au
tomatically alllowed by the action or
the 'Acting Secretary,-ofWarrln-k-Ing
for more specific information 're
garding the cbargea. Tne papers in
the cases were .returned. to Uie Judge
advocate general, r . ,
The fate of the two soldiers sen
tenced to be shot for murdering a
sentry In Texaa 'still rests, la the
hands of President Wilson. The pa
pars were forwarded, to the Actlnr
Secretary of -JV'ar and -the, matter re-J
ferred to the White House lorjinai
decision! r - S 'vr
Two of the four men sentenced to
die in France were convicted of sleep
ing,, in listening 'post. The other
two disobeyed otdera of a superior
officer.
Jt is understood that Oenerar Per
shing waa asked for additional de
tails In these "clses: ThJa action
waa unofficially. Ipterpreted a an
indication that Executive-clemency.
Is to be granted It mitigating: circum
stances sufficient to Warrant such a
course can. be found. Commutation to
long-term Imprisonment is antlcl
oated. ,
BEQAMOFF
M
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TOOK SEWS
Operation otthe-rsSed Duteh tlaera
baa been seriously embaraaseeT by tha
taking away by their aWppera of th
sextants, it was learned at tt Ktt
Department late yesuroay areeraeeo.
These .laatrussents areeehtiMlr
bard to 'obtain, and because of the de
appearaace'af the sextants, the personal
property o -the- officers, the aalllag of. ,
the Neluw Amsterdam, upon which many
of UmS Dutch officers baefceaV-war de
layed that naval officers micnt ooiaia
WELL FIXaj-T - .
"How are you fixed for cal at your
fuU Itvthe- bin and the promki of .taora poeIon of th ezfe&tr Utfoufa Ml
I ..1r mw wn f 1eaAs
in a week or two."
or lease.
though In Mr. Fordney's business, one
was enough for 400 men. In another
case, the number of foremen was
more than half the total ot the num
ber of men under them This recital
continued until Democrats protested
though rather feebly and Mr.
Fordner ended in a splendid patriotic
outburst from which It might have
been Inferred that he was as ready
to vote In trillions. If necessary, as In
billions regardless of grafting by
both high and low financiers.
This was the general tone of the
Republican side. Mr. Fordney had
protested .against increasing taxes
on this generation instead of issuing
more bonds. He said the proportion
of "fifty-fifty" between bonds and
taxation was grossly unfair to a
country 'struggling with the high
cost of living. On the Democratic
side, Mr. Huddleston, of Alabama,
said that while he had voted stead
ily for all money demanded to carry
on the war, he thought poorly of the
kind of modern civilization which
had brought about such a holocaust.
This was followed by applause from
the galleries, with men in uniform
joining in it. He condemned bound
less inflation of debt as not only
dangerous, but unnecessary, when
the Government might raise the
cash by proceeding to take it from
those who had it In excess of the.ir
right to it
So the House proceeded, with
members tiring of billions and drop
ping out until just before 3 o'clock
there were only forty-three present
The debate continued until
said to have come from the War De
partment Mr. Dent labelled It "by
request."
After the war ends "ome time,"
it will be necessary to get business
back on a peace basis of which, if
the war lasts long enough, business
will be as much afraid as it was of
the war basis to begin with. Under
the Emerfon bill, a commission
would be appointed to begin study
ing qut the problem as soon as pos
sible.
Federal judges will be provided
with higher salaries and other ad-
vantagfs, u the Uarlm bill passes.
The Secretary of Agriculture is to
proceed with the "voluntary mobili
zation" of labor, under the Rubey
bill, which provides proper safe
guards against paying the railroad
fares of colored Republicans who
are devoting their attention to cot
ton instead of politics.
Mr. Frank Lon appeared before
the House Committee on Interstate
Commerce in the interest of steamor
competition for railroads. An inter-1
catirg fact he disclosed is that vio-1
lation of law. due to cheap through
rates, disappears as soon as railrod
and water lines combine and can put
the rate high enough. j
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Mr. E. C. Lasater. of Texas, told
the Senate Committee on Agricul- i
ture that Mr. Hoover had been
guilty of a breach of faith. It con-
after , sisted of startine out to "stabilize"
sunset, without a point of order of' (or '"bull") meat prices, and then
"no quorum," and the bill passed I undergoing the most distressing
without division t fluctuations. The constituents of the
Agricultural Committee are eamest-
In addition to the four and a half y convinced that fair' prices on all
billion increase in bonds authorized, I food, products begin high and go
the Secretary of the Treasury is higher in becoming fairer. When
authorized -to increase certificates . Mr. Hoover agreed with them they '
of indebtedness outstanding at one thought him the most eminent living
time from-' four "to-'elght billions. financier,' but when he fluctuates
iriii tnWn tetaVrff iKe" tia'jr wnrfc -riiv-uVnr.'h words' as "consnlracy.""
We carry a complete line of
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and
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Silk Faille Cloth Oxfords -
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At $3.85
Bought from Jon Ebberts Co., Brooklyn,
At About Half Their Actual Value
THESE new shoes will appeal to you. They are graceful and springlike, with their
lonir slender lines and Louis heels. Wear well too. We sold severaUhousand
pairs' of boots, made of same material last fall without one single. pair returned
to us for unsatisfactory service.
A few pairs of BOOTS, same material, also in this sale.
Also SPRING PUMPS in Patent Leather and Black. ..'
Brown, low heel Military Pumps. i . .
And balance of those "FOX SAMPLES" Slippers, Pumps.
And Oxfords values to S6 and $7 pair." ' ',.."
All in One Quick-Action fcO QC - - - .
After-Easter Sale at ipO.WtJ
Lots of Other "Spring Novelty Shoes" at Popular Prices
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