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Wise Woodrow Wilson.
Poverty Kills Monarchy.
Red-Haired Man and Devil.
Five Hundred Villas.
Bj ARTHCR BRISBAXE.
As chief Investigator of the so
called "aviation scandal" President
Wilson appoints Mr. Hughes, who
ran against him last fall as a can
didate for the Presidency.
By tills characteristic act Mr.
"Wilson, as he has often done, an
swers and confounds insincere and
Ignorant critics.
Republicans in Congress and out
have sought to make partisan
political capital of difficulties that
were inevitable in the sudden un
dertaking of a great war.
Mr. Wilson says to them: "Very
well; I shall give you rope. I
appoint the head of your party to
inrestigato the charges that you
make In a partisan spirit,"
The President knows that Mr.
Hughes is honorable and able, and
that is all he asks. He chooses
for the aviation investigation the
man who drastically and success
fully investigated the insurance
scandal in New Tork city.
HINDENBURG MOVES TROOPS FROM ROUM ANI A TO BELGRJM
WEATHER:
Fair tonight and to
morrow; warmer tomor
row. Temperature at 8
a. nu, 58 decree, C Je
Itreen cooler than arer
aire for May 16 for last
thirty years.
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NUMBER 10,530.
WASHINGTON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16. 1918,
IQomz Wail Street Prices.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Let it be remembered, by the
way, that it was President Wilson
who BEGAN the investigation of
the aviation department, demand
in? results and explanations and
' himself reorganizing the service.
The Queen of Holland, for the
first time in her life, has been
hissed by crowds in Amsterdam
streets.
"Republics are destroyed by
wealth, monarchies are destroyed
by poverty," said Prudhomme.
Holland feels the pinch of pov
erty in the form of hanger, and
when this war ends may be in
cluded in the "formerly a king
dom" list, with the good, little
Queen and her husband keeping
house as "Mr. and Mrs. "
The Associated Press says that
Germany is planning to take the
channel ports and to "Germanize
the United States."
Quite a plan, particularly the
Germanizing of this country.
It took the United States a hun
dred years to Americanize a small
collection of Indians with a few
weapons and ponies and the job
isn't yet quite finished.
How lonsr would it take the
Kaiser to "Germanize" a hundred
million of Americans fairly well
supplied with fighting materials,
food and railroads?
WAR MACK
IS MOVING IN
WITHIN U. S. AI
RECORD SPEED
Grace Lusk, the Wife She
Killed, and Man She Blames
The Kaiser's Germanizing plan
denfOJBHfites" 'the"" kindness of
Providence which makes stupid
ity destroy itself.
Frank L. Johnson, reverend
pastor of a Pentecostal church in
California, observed in the con
gregation a man with red hair,
decided that a devil possessed the
man, and tried to beat out the
devil with a chair, saying, "The
Divine spirit tells me to drive out
the sin vtjth forces"
Not long ago it was customary
to treat in that way the insane
and epileptic Poor creatures
ere often beaten to death by
well-meaning Christians in the ef
fort to drive out Satan.
Unprecedented Success Marks
Department's Efforts In
Handling Constantly Increas
ing Number of Drafted Men.
The Reverend Mr. Johnson, driv
ing an imaginary devil out of a
red-headed person by force, is
only religious sincerity out of
date.
Similarly the Kaiser is a char
acter from the fourteenth century
accidentally misplaced in the
twentieth. This war will put him
in the right place.
Think of Russia for a minute,
and you will be del.'ghted with the
United States in spite ' of high
food prices.
Semeneff, the Cossack leader, is
"active again" which means that
he and his followers are murder
ing the Bolsheviki.
Semeneff is one "Russian Villa"
and there are 500 more "Villas"
IJce him murdering and burning
1 roughout Russia. Mexico is a
happy hamlet, compared with the
land of the ex-czar.
The "regular government" of
Russia, according to the Pptrc
grad newspapers, has a machine
worked by electricity, invented by
an engineer named Brum, which
will cot off the heads of 500 politi
cal prisoners in an hour.
Villa, of the Mexican mountains,
and Dr Guillotine, of the French
revolution, are simple pre-Raph-aehtcs
compared with Russia.
Success chances us all. Mr.
Lenine, who could not endure the
cruelty of the Czar, finds himself
In power and requires a machine
to cut off heads that will work
with the speed of an American
corn sheller.
And the Russians knout that
servants of the Czar used to swing
on the backs of revolutionists is
now In the hands of Kaiser's ser
vants, and very effective, it is
said. In causing Russia to pre
tend to love Prussian government.
The publication, representing
moderate socialists in Russia, is
quoted by the Literary Digest, as
follows-
'We are tired of the war, of the
revolutions, of exciting spectacles
and strong emotions. We do not
believe tbat the Itnmlnn people
will now accept a program of new
terrors.''
The Russian people will have
little to say about it They locked
up their slow moving bear, the Czar,
and opened a case of a thousand
I niHSfan hvenas, and "tired of
strong emotions" or not, they must
go through with the performance.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
ICopjrltht. lilt, by New Tork Evening Port
Company.)
So rapidly are American troops
being moved to Europe that tie
mobilization of drafted men is pro
ceeding with unprecedented speed.
And the biggest and most important
problem before the War Department
is internal transportation.
To move 50,000 troops requires at
least ten days' notice as schedules
must be rearranged and traffic ad
justed to absorb the troop trains.
There hasn't been the best kind of
provision in this matter and conges
tion is resulting, but the authorities
have probably learned a lesson
about overnight mobilizations of
draft army contingents that will
stand them in good stead in the
future.
War Machine Speeding.
When It U oonsldered that in the
month of May alone more than 400.
000 men will have been called to the
colon, and that In previous months
the most that was ever summoned
was In the neighborhood of 30.000,
one Idea of the speed with which
the war machine Is being- compelled
to move these days can be obtained.
Camps and cantonments are being
enlarged and space Is being- made for
the new troops by the shipment of
the trained divisions to Europe.
The Rovpramrnl K91I nn Ma fKaf It
i could transport troops as rapidly as
the present emergency has made pos
sible and the War Department's call
for drafted men has tended to upset
railroad plans somewhat
Nevertheless cars are belnc pro
vided, only there must necessarily be
some delays In the handling of coal
and raw materials for troops will
have preference everywhere.
Men Before Supplies.
Another Inevitable difficulty Is the
agricultural situation. The Govern
ment had practically promised that
the biggest drain of drafted men
would come later In the year but in
stead the young men are being called
In the midst of the planting season
This Is causing a good deal of disap
pointment and naturally will Interfere
somewhat with food production, but
the decision to place men above sup
plies was made by the allies and the
United States is rushing men to the
western frtnt to create a big reserve
army that ahsll protect the entente
against emergencies In the year 1018.
Large numbers of troops are al
ways required for Mexican border
patrol as It is desired to prevent am
munition smuggling and border
raids, which. If Ignored and not pre
vented, could lead to more serious
complications. America has 100.000
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"Belgium Seething With Prep
arations" for- Renewal of
Drive As Troops Pour in From
Roumania.
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An artillery battle was blazing
over approximately 200 miles of the
western front today, from the North
Sea to the southern reaches of the
Picardy fighting rone.
Von Hindenburg, however, con
tinues to hold his German hordes in
th,leMh and the only infantry op-
crauvus inai were reported were
small and unimportant.
Amsterdam reports that "Belgium
is seething with preparations" for a
renewal o. the offensive apparently
on both the Flanders and Picardy
fronts.
Troops continue to arrive in Bel
gium from Boumania a country
that now lies helpless under the heel
of German militarism and the Bel
gian hospitals are being vacated in
preparation for the fresh numbers
of wounded that will inevitably fiU
them when the great battle is re
sumed.
Fleet Concentrated.
The Germans are reported to be con
centrating their entire fleet at Kiel,
which Increases the probability that a
sea oenslve may be launched simulta
neously with the renewal of the grand
assaults on land.
The defection of Russia has made It
possible for the Germans to withdraw
their sea forces from the Ilaltlc and to
concentrate all their sea strength against
sea offensive may be launched slmulta-
Ilaltlc fleet has never been revealed, and
s possioie mat tne uermans may have
President Sends Name of Asso
ciate Justice McCoy to Sen
ate to Succeed Him T. J.
Bailey Takes McCoy's Place.!
At the top is Miss Grace Lur.k.
teacher of psychology at Waukesha,
wis., now on trial for killing of Mrs.
Mary Newman Roberts shown
below. Miss Lusk blames Dr. David
Itoberts for creating the mental
condition that Id to the tragedy.
"He swore hi loved us both," she
says.
By BILL PRICE.
Chief Justice J. Harry Covington,
of the Supreme Court of tht Dis
trict of Columbia, has handed his
resignation to President WHson.
The President sentXo tfc Senate
this afternoon thrwrnmation. at
AssodaleJusticV'Walt H. Mc
Coy to Justice Covington's seat.
The President also named Thomas
Jennings Bailey, of Nashville, Tenn-,
to be associate justice of the Su
preme Court of the District.
WiU Practice Law.
Chief Justice Covington's resigna
tion was made personally and for
mally to the President some days ago,
Mr. Covington at the same time giv
ing his reasons for resigning.
Mr. Covington will return to the
practice of law In this city and Gas
ton, his Maryland home. He will con
tinue to maintain his legal residence
In Maryland, but will ha7e an office
hre.
Of active nature. Justice Covington
does not take readily to the confine
ment and tedious duties of the
bench. He was made chief Justice of
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four years ago. I
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HARRY COVINGTON,
Who has resigned as Chief Justice
of the
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia.
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Foreign Minister Tells Commons
Serious Proposals Would Be
Dealt With In Full Confidence
With Allies.
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seized' the Russian men of war to re-
enforce their own high staM fleet.
Heard Across Channel.
In connection with the possibility of
action on the high seas Interesting and
Important Information was received
(Continued on lage 2, Column 1.)
MR.ISBELL,
advertising manager of
King's Palace, had an
ad in The TIMES for
salesladies. He said
the ad brought splendid
results.
Better y follow the
crowd.
They're coming our
way.
Phone your ads in.
Main 5260.
THE STRANGE WAUKESHA CASE
Grace Lusk, on Trial for Killing Wife of Man She Loved, Visits
Scene of Killing, While Jury Watches Her.
Wants to Stay There Always.
b WAUKIWU, Wis. May 1 -Craxe i finally selertei tlm State's attorney
Uisk ghl-heart-d. smlllns; and chat .nude the request that the court ad
ting Joyously, left the nldgr.y court-1-" ZXZ "ZLT nT
house on the mill today and went
back to the little brown stuc-o home
where last June she shot and killed
Mrs. Mary Newman Hohrrts
For a while she darted about the
pretty little garden In the rear of the
place She rri'd out over the fra
grant blossoming of a gnarled crab
apple tree. She smiled at the begin
ning of a homely bed of turnips in the
black soil. Then with a bough of
cherrv blossoms In her trembling
arms, she stepped Into the house of
death and stood on the spot whern
she sacrificed another woman to her
Jection. asking that Judge Martin
I.ueck be the official guide of the
party.
Not only did they Inspect the
brown ntucro home where Mis I.usk
lived with Miss nianct Mills and Miss
Myrtle Lull. They also went to the
home of Ir. Itoberls. where, accord
ing to Miss I.usk. sIib and the doctor
met the night before the shooting.
Another stop was made at his office,
and then the V M. C A. building,
where Miss I.usk and Mrs Roberts
were suppoed to have made an en
gagement some days before the slaying.
MELT FREDERICK
mad love for Vr. David Roberta.
"Oh I never want to gi back to Reaction Came Later.
that coia. lernuio tuun.i..uc i.u -Ine rvacimn rrom the strange Dru-
cen. sne cui.iiu. - - -j ceedlngs came a bit later The nsriv
....- .v.rvihlni- Is co beautiful here" . . '' " ine party
""-' " returned to the courthouse. The
jorr '" '" prosecutor began his opening state
Ana an mo wn.ic n.c ......- .ooct- ment. an Impassioned attack on the
faced, keen-eyed Jurors, who will de- defenie of "insanity." and becan tn
clde the fate of the gifted teacher of outline the State's terslun of the
v.irklnc-v- watched her narrowlv snooting.
Such was the real opening of the M,M '-usk. Mill rarrvlng the cher
trlal of Orace Lusk. It was a strange y blossoms, slipped forward In her
scene, and one that would seem fiuite ea l?url'a "er face in her arms,
ImnoKslble under any other conditions and "bbed.
than those which surround this spec The laM motions of selecting fie I wllITi: SULnitlR SITINGS, w. Ta.
tacular trial. Jury were gone through swiftly. I Tb Jrnbrir vurotan plan. Wonderful
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GREAT'S STATUE,
BILL PROVIDES
Now America proposes to send Fred
erick the Great against Hlndenburg.
Senator Calllnger of New Hamp-
snirc lino mirrnonn introduced a
resolution In the Senate Instructing
the Military Affairs Committee to In
quire Into the possibility of melting
the statue of Frederick the Great, re
cently removed from the War College
ground. Into munitions of war tit be
tisi'd by tne American expeditionary
forces. Action on the resolution was
deferred until tomorrow
The statue of the Frederick the
Great was presented to the United
States by Germany some years ago
A few weeks ago after Senator Thom
as of Colorado had made a protest
against the statue being allowed to
stand. It was quietly taken from Its
pedestal and stored away In a Gov
ernment building. Now members of
the Senate would have It made Into
war munitions.
"I can bay that there la no lack o'
precedence In buch procedure, for our
forefathers used George III this way."
Senator Chamberlain, cahlrman of the
Military Affairs Committee, said.
"I had that historic event In mind
when I drew the resolution," Senator
GalllngVr said.
RICHMOND. May IS. Dr. Lemuel J.
Johnson, the young North Carolina den
tist on trial id hustings court here.
charged with the murder by poisoning
of Alice Knight Johnson, his secret bride
of three months, today began to display
signs of nervousness aa one after an-
tha
and had court In the defendant's presence and
Al Ihn Hm. nf hl nnmln!lfnn h
Alh,. rtt .ba..... wl..fn.B .i..il
was a member of the House of Rep- -" - - ....uu . .
resentatlves from Maryland,
(Continued on Page 11, Column 4 )
RED ROSS PARAD
E
SATURDAY WILL BE
TABLE PAGEANT
Complete roster of parade and
full direction to participants on
rage 13 of this paper.
swore they were so convinced of his
guilt that It would be Impossible for
them to give a fair and Impartial
trial
From the panel of thirty-six
venleremen called today only four
Jurors were accepted, this being the
third paneL From the first two
panels of twenty each, eight jurors
were seated. Four more must be se-
(Coutlnued on Page 13, Column 4.)
Br FLOYD MacGRIFF,
InternaUdnal News -Service Suit
CorresponiJeat
LO.VDON. Marlfc-lf any belUeer-
ent representatlin. rtrslred seriously
to" par forward peace proposals they
would be dealt with In full confidence
with the allies. Foreign Minister A.
J. Balfour announced In the House of
Commons today during debate upon
the peace letter which Emperor
Charles of Austria sent to Prince
Slxtus shortly more than a year ago.
Mr. Balfour's statement was called
forth by a question put to Walter
Runclman. former president of the
board of trade, regarding the Aus
trian Emperor's letter. 1
AsqoJth Lauds Statement,
Former Premier Asquith lauded
Mr. Balfour's opportune statement,
saying it was to the satisfaction of
the world at large that the British
had not closed the door to any over
tures toward an honorable peace.
He added that the.-e had not been
nor should there be any contraction
or extension of the allies' war aims
and purposes.
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CAPITAL'S
FIR
T
All plans are laid, all details are
complete, everything Is In readiness.
for the Red Cross parade, which on
Saturday will end the publicity week
of the Ited Cross $300,000 campaign
In this city, and which coincidentally
will usher In the real drive week,
when Washington hopes to far ex
ceed her half million dollar quota.
The country Is asked to raise a
hundred million dollars for the lied
Cross. O' this, the Capital Is ex
pected tc give iSOO.000. The present
week has been given over to pub
licity that was Inaugurated last week
with the visit of Pershing's fifty
veterans to Washington. The parade
is expected to be a brilliant culmina
tion of pre-campalgn publicity ef
forts', and a gigantic appeal to Wash
Ingtonlans to wake up to their re
sponsibility to the Red Cross.
rages nt To De ftotablc.
The parade will be divided into
eight divisions, and 2H uniformed
Red Cross companies will parade.
Seven bands will furnish music, and
there will be numerous special fea
tures. The parade will be under the
direction of Melvln P. Haxen.
What do you want to know about
the parade?
If the Information on page 13 of
(Continued on Page 13, Column 1 )
AIRMAIL OFF ON
SECOND START
Washington's first airplane mall
for Philadelphia. New ork. and other
cities made its second start from
the polo field In Potomac Park on the
minute of 11:30 o'clock this morning.
Lieut. James C. Ldgerton piloted
out for Philadelphia, the big army
biplane of the Curtiss type, in which
he bruoght the New Tork and
Philadelphia mail Into Washington
yesterday.
H" left the ground at 11:25 and
circled the field until he had made
an altitude of 3.000 feet, when he
straightened out to the northeast, on
a beellne for the Bustleton field, near
Philadelphia, crossing the hangar
here on his straight flight at Just
11:30 o'clock.
Lieutenant Bdgerton's start today
was as impressive as his landing yes-
(Contlnued on Page 13, Column 7.)
DEAD
3 INJURED
IN AUTO SMASH ON
DEAD MAN'S WE
Burns Demar, S03 I street southeast,
forty years old. boss rigger at the
navy yard, was killed and three other
Washlngtonlans were Injured severe
ly today, when an automobile la
which they were returning from
Baltimore to Washington went Into a
ditch at Dead Man's Curve on the
Baltimore-Washington boulevard.
The Injured are George Sanderson,
of 710 Seventh street southeast.
Stephen Glrardl. and a man who gave
his name as Dan Clifton. The third
Injured man was not Identified.
Demar and several friends went t
Baltimore yesterday afternoon.
News of Demars death reached his
wife through navy yard employes at
noon. He was a well-known athlete.
Beside his wife, he Is survived by a
fifteen-year-old son.
PRESIDENT WILL GO TO
NEW YORK TOMORROW
President Wilson will go to New
York tomorrow, and on
evenine; wl" I1OO.00O.OO0
Red c- S3 drive at a mass meeting In
the Metropolitan Opera House. It was
learned at the White House today.
PORTO RICANS TO TRAIN.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
today ordered 200 Porto Ktcans to
camp Los Cass 3 fur training lm-i
mediately. I
READ K. C B.
On the Editorial Page Every Day.
K. C Beaton, one of the best-known news
paper writers in America, will hereafter be a Tegu
lar contributor to l he Washington rimes.
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