Today
Col. RooseYelt Is Excited.
Brewing 7. rble for 1920.
(hr War Is No Failnre.
And Americans Know It
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
(Coprrtfht. Ills.)
Long am Voltaire said: "The
linjr in the world which it is
toceived that one can roost easily
J -without is an Emperor.'
"Amen," say Austria and Ger-
tway.
The ItaliuT is said to have ex-
tressed a desire to become presi
pnt of a German republic.
B.ut -when people decide that an
imperor is something they can do
itaout, they also decide -what to
o with the emperor, ims uie
nfortanate Russian Czar dia-
vered.
He planned to po to his estates
, the south and work in his
ranipTi.
"I am renr fond of my flowers,"
aid he. Now. voor man. flowers
re growing out of what is left
f him.
There are ugly muttering in
he armies of Austria and Ger
lany: old men of the German
landttum, sent to the front in
pite of their age, weary of, war
nd hunger, are saying, "We shall
ave something to do when we
t bade in Berlin." That some-
bing-wul -perhaps not be; pleasant
or "autocracy;
Tha Austrian Emneror. in his
Blest message, says practically,
Bo anything you please; cut -up
ay land into independent Wng-
loms, one -for each of the forty
lationalities in my dominions, if
tra will. BUT LET ME HAVE
'EACE."
And with aU this, Colonel Roose-
elt, who has been fighting WI1
on, while Wilson has been fight
og Germany, tells us that it is
lecessary to elect a Republican
3ongress "TO WIN THE WAR."
It is a free country; each man
an Vote as he pleases. But the
iverage American had an idea
hat America vas winning the war
ilready.
Colonel Roosevelt makes charges
igainst the President that would
and a little Socialist editor in Jail
a twenty-four hours. .Read, for
nstance, this extract from Colonel
Icosevelfs speech:
The world would be better
off now by hundreds of thou
sands of fearless lives and
many- billions ot dollars of
treasure if JSr, fTOsoa Aa4
been Trillin g-to supplement his '
,owp- seU-frttfileient Ignorance
by the counsel of those who
would gladly have counseled
him wisely, but who would not
creep into his presence as
slaves."
The wise- counselors that would
hot creep include Colonel Roose-
relt, presumably.
One paragraph from Colonel
Jooseveltfs speech may come home
o roost unpleasantly in 1920. We
-efer to Colonel Roosevelt's per
sonal and intensely insulting ref-
Tence' to the President Colonel
Joosevelt said it was small won
ler that in the cloakrooms of the
louse the bitter jest circulates:
'Here's our Czar; last in war, first
award peace, long may he waver."
There are hundreds of men
oeked in detention camps for of
fenses less serious than that.
When two million American
mldiers come back from France
hey will not report that Wood
ow Wilson was a Czar, or last
n war, or that he wavered.
It may turn out that Colonel
Roosevelt in his attacks on the
President of the United States in
war times is serving the Republi
:an party about as well as he did
arhen he started the Bull Moose
ire aad cooked poor Mr. Tart
If it be true, as Colonel Roose
relt asserts, that in the cloak
rooms of the House, Republican
Members circulate insults be
littling the President of the United
States, what becomes of Colonel
Roosevelt's statement that the Re
publicans have loyally supported
PToodrow Wilson?
la it loyal support to say that
the Commander-in-Chief of the
United States army and navy is a
Czar, "last in war, first toward
peace, long may he waver?"
Do you wonder that the Presi
dent responsible for the ending of
this war, and for important legis
lation dealing with difficult and
dangerous problem of unemploy
ment and lower wage after the
tear, should request that the people
send to Washington men who will
jo-operate with him in the dif
Seult work that the people have
given him to do?
What Colonel Roosevelt calls
fitter jests," the people of the
United States will call "shame
ful." The Attorney General of the
United States has put men in
prison for'' statements such as
Colonel Roosevelt made in a
speech to Republican members of
Congress. The Attorney General
atight as well demand of Colonel
Soosevelt the names of those dr
alatfng such treasonable state
ments, and take action against
them, if not against' the Colonel,
ho repeats the insults and gives
them publicity fa every newspaper
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NUMBER 10,966.
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Bntered a oofld-cUoo matter, at tat poet-
office at Wasblastoa. D. O.
WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30. 1918.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
JjL-j
AUSTRIANS
TROOPS
LOSE
45,000
IN
PIAVE
CIVIL SERVICE
RULE AGAINST
RELATiVESHf
WORKERS ENDS
The rule against more than two
members of one family working for
tha Government was suspended to
day by President Wilson.
The action of the President is one
of the biggest victories for Govern-
m eat .workers scored m months, and
is in accord with numerous editorials
in The Times.
The text of the order issued by
the President .follows
"In view of conditions eriirting in
Washington, D. d, due to the influ
enza epidemic and the inadequate
housing facilities, the Civil Service
Commission is authorized as a war
measure to certify to the- executive
"I LOVED HER SO,"
CRY OF HUSBAND
WHO KILLED WIPE
r BySlMlUDl ITKVaEHSON:
BAIHMOEEOct 30. Flame to him and ice a all
others that was Carlyle Webster's ideal of a woman, a
sweetheart, or a wif e.
And, because jealousy and not common sense ruled him,,
his bride of less than a week lies in her casket in her bridal
satin while he is fighting almost certain death as a result
of bichloride of mercury poisoning.
SUSPICIONS UNFOUNDED.
lishments'fn the District of 'Coram'
bia for probations! (orf permanent)
appointment the names of persons,
who, by reason of having two -or
more members of theireamily in the
service, would otherwise be barred
from consideration for such appoint
ment"
Effective Immediately.
The order, which is to bo Into ef
fect Immediately, will permit the ap
pointment of several thousand Wash
ington residents who hare heretofore
been restrained from taking civil
service positions.
Congress has been repeatedly nixed
by the Civil Service Commission to
take action similar to A at decided
upon by the President, but no prog
ress was made because tha unani
mous consent of Congress was neces
sary before the measure even could be
considered, Finally the situation be
came so acute that the President was
appealed to and action was promptly
forthcoming.
The civil service act provided that
whenever two or more persons were
already in classified service, no other
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FIRE WIPES OU
I
VILLAGE IN OH 0
AT.T.TT.-rw, Ohio, Oct. SO. Han
over, a village in Columbian county,
southwest of this city, virtually was
wiped out by fire early today.
The property loss is estimated at
between $150,000 and $200,000 The
fire Is believed to have been Incendiary.
That W Jealous suspicions War
absolutely unfounded is patent to
everyone but himself, but oven to
day as 'his wife's bruised aad bat
tered body 1ST betas; borne to tha
grave ha is stin unconvinced of bar
loyalty. Besentment against her
still burns aa fiercely in his breast
as" it did at the moment of tha
crime.
The true story of what happened
in that bridal suits at the Belvedere
Hotel from tha tlmo the yeans; cou
ple arrived last Friday sight until
her dead body and his unconscious
one were discovered wonder after
noon is yet to be told. .TBe girl
wife's lips axe sealed by death. Boa
cannot , defend herself. Bit by bit
and piece by .piece the tragiehoaey
jnoon le being' wave U.tip&
taavt-3shrS-Biaii- rm
show -this modern .TJeSdenionavwetJt
through: twenty-four' hours r lt
ter denunciation and torture before
her husband's cruel fingers dosed
in a. vice-tike grip around bar throat.
Held a Pxiat-acr.
That she was either dead twenty-
four hours before Webster admits
killing her or that she was held a
prisoner in the bridal suite, destined
to be a death chamber, is the belief
of the girl's immediate family. They
last talked with her over tha tele
phone Just before noon Saturday. Af
ter that all telephone calls to ber
were answered by Webster himself
aad one excuse after another was
made by him as to why she could not
coma to the .telephone. The last call
was put In at 0:80 Monday morning
by Edna Chaaey, the bride's nineteen-
reaceid sister.
"Brn!c 1 asleep." Webster told
the sister.
T. think ne told tha truth," Edna
says today. "Hr sister was-ln her
llasr long sleep."
Webster declares his wife was allva
at that hoar, and that ha dldnot kill
her-nntll halt an hour-later, Tha swt,
terbellevsf thatit was ber teleaoM
fiirWTilrhTSlnelii'.Mre.' re 'tes-erfiir
poison. Vy ' ' ,
Bister's Theavy.
"tfe knew It wss only. matter of
time when Z would come to the
hotel." aha told the writer; "he did
not dare to face me."
Apparently as happy a two chil
dren, they registered at tha Belvedere
Friday afternoon. Anxious to share
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"MYSTERY GIRL"
HELD AS BURGLAR
NEW TORK, Oct 30-EUzabeth
Lehman remains the "girl of mystery."
Through finger prints taken by the
New York police at the time she
robbed the home ef Mn. George W.
Perkins, at Riverdale, K. T the girl
was Identified in Newark. K. J, where
she is being held on a charge of at
tempting to rob St. Colurania'a Church,
of that city, and the Church of Our
Lady of Good Counsel, In the Wood-
side section.
Though she wss arrested on the
complaint ot the Iter. Father XL J.
White, of St. Columbia's Church, and
later charged with having attempted
to steal sliver pieces from the altar.
and still Identified by the Rev. Father
Thomas J. Judge, assistant rector at
the church of our Lady of Oood coun
sel, the girl refused to make a state
ment.
Finally her flnrer prints were taken
and seat to the police here, who sent
word that the girl was Elizabeth Leh
man; but that does not clear her Iden
tity. Where she lives, where her rel
atives live, or anything additional
about herself she absolutely refuses
to divulge.
She wss first In the hands of the
police after being arrested for the
theft of a pocketbook from the Per
kins home. Confined in the Bronx
county Jell she refused to glre her
name and was arraigned as "Jane
Doe." Later she said her name was
Elizabeth Rose and still after that it
was Elizabeth Lehman.
She was placed on probation on Sep
tember 5 for the robbery at the Per
kins home and disappeared from
sight Saturday night Father White,
about to turn down tha lights In the
church, noticed a shadow near the
altar. Investigating he found the
girl, and, it Is alleged, she was In the
act of removing one of the silver can
dlesticks from the altar. Re bad the
girl arrested.
TO ERECT MEMORIAL
LUCCA, Italy, Oct 30-A com
mittee has been formed here to raise
funds for a monument to President
Wilson.
BRITISH FRONT QUIET
LONDON, Oct 30. "Apart from pa
trol encounters. In which we made
progress and secured a few prisoners,
there Is nothing to report" the war
office announced today.
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.as the Genera caauaanlcattso
sew befBreahoyeraainea confer
enee. It skoals be considered by
that bdy lausedlately.
LONDON, Oct 30-It-was
reported from a Swiss source to
day that Count Anixassy, the
Anstro-Hungarian foreign min
ister, has decided to open direct
negotiations with Italy.
Germany has sent a supplementary
communication to the United States
on the subject of peace. It reached
the Swiss legation this forenoon,
and was delivered by the Swiss
charge shortly before 12 o'clock.
The new message describes what
Germany is doing in the way of con
stitutional changes to make the" gov
ernment responsible to the people.
It was said that it does not alter
the peace situation as it stands to
day by making any new proposals.
It is understood to have been un
solicited and constitutes a volun
tary move on the part of Germany.
The text may not be made public
immediately.
Say President "Knows."
The supplementary message was by
way ot amplifying previous state
ments ot the German government that
It had been politically reformed. The
note, which it supplements, declared
that the President "knows" about
these reforms.
It was regarded here, therefore, as
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BOLSHEVKI DECIDE
UPON GENERAL
-MASSACRE ,
LONDON", Oct 90 The Bol
afceviki have dedeted upea a gen
eral mi mum. f all tha upper
classes ea Nemfcex 10, said
aa Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Cayemhages today.
It wa he another "St Bar
thefoaeVa night," acerdlng to
the dispatch.
The upper classes in Germany
an ia paste of igdeatrfbahle
pnpotUeac.
KAISER TO QUIT,
SAYSBERLIN
REPORT
-CDPSJTHAfl"wr . Get JO. The
IjiaW- ''TWgy
Bopeieeav ana xs prapaxsa. to aooi-
-cate, according to on report reach.
ing here from Berlin today.
The Kaiser is reported to have
reached this decision following i
meeting of the leaders of tha var!
ous German states.
Travelers from Germany declared
today that a definite statement i
gardlng the abdication of tha Kaiser
may be forthcoming within twenty
four hours.
BERNE, Oct 30. "The world war
will nqt last longer than a fsw days;
we must arrest the vain flow of our
blood," declared the Socialist news
paper Vorwaerts, which is now re
garded as virtually a German gov
ernment organ.
BUDAPEST IN RIOT,
SIEGE PROCLAIMED
ZURICH. Oct 30. A state of siege
has been proclaimed In Budapest fol
lowing the attempt of a hundred
thousand demonstrators to enter the
palace of Archduke Joseph. The dem
onstrators are demanding a republic.
German troops are reported to be
arriving.
Students In the city have formed a
council to co-operate with the Magyar
national council.
MANY KILLED IN
BUDAPEST RIOTS
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 30. Rioting;.
In which many persona are already
reported to have been killed. Is con
tinuing at Budapest, said a dispatch
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T7ITH THE TTAT.TA'Nr Ammra in THE HELD,
Oct. 30. The Italian and Bri&h armies, completely
piercing the Anstrians' last line of resistance, are ad-;
vancing rapidly eastward between the two railway
lines feeding the Anstrians on the Piave front
They have cat off all lines of communications on.
the Venetian plains.
PAEB3, Oct 30 (12:45 p. m.). French and Ameri
can troops, attacking northwest of Bethel, have penfe? .
. tatted deeply into the German positions at many point
' reaching the support lines, wjuch-jspere. ahno3tjl'mpyi'J
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bka 23flOQ'TWu a-nofe than 200 ftac m tMr
pfetat OafwuiTty it wh ofidaHy annotgaceJtoay. Total
Auatrka cm1B an ectaxactee at 4000. (
Huravry torn by intemaT tTigeriHoa and frsmticaBy
eeldnf peace, the allie are battering ber arrmec to bka
on the Italian front and rapidly approaching rfangurtttst
territory at several points in the Balkan.
The Italian front offenaive is rapidly aaaing tlM
proportioM of an utter rout 1
British and Italians are across the Rare on' a thirty
mile front west of Valckbbiadene to the Trerito-Odcaef
railway. They have advanced about eight rmlea beyond
the river on this front, capturing more; than a headrest
villages, meludmg tha Important raOt
GROENER SUCCEEDS
LUDENDORFF AS
ARMY CHIEF
Oct
was
COPENHAGEN,
SO. Announcement
made in Berlin today
that General Greener has
succeeded General Ln
dendorff as first quarter
master general of the
German army.
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JSJSO pJliouus have eeBdaSy
counted.
American troops, comiulitfuf- OaM
units, are across tha Piava. part)etaw
ting- in tha advance. KTng Vtaterf'
Emanuel parsed over tha river 'at. Oaj
head, of a regiment of BaraaclierL, XI
la reported to hava bean chaared! h
Austrian prisoners.
The allies are wlthte seven mSas 4
Vlttorio. the principal Austrian sopaq
bass for tha whole Venattaa phaaw
region. "
In the Grappa district, tha, ItataaW
are advancing' slowly in tha faoe o
stubborn resistance. Tha battle, frsat
Is biasing westward dear to th-Aj
ago region, making a total tcttrt
front of -more than fifty miles.
Tha battle front now extends sat
follows: ,
Ua at BatOa.
South of Aslago; northwestward ef
Uont Slsemel; eastward to Tesxt
northwestward to Mont Solarola;
eastward to Alaao: eastward throuzh
Valdobbladene, San Pletro, Farra,
and Refrontolo: southeastward
through Conegllano, Clmetta. and
Fontanelle: southward to Fonts dl
PUve.
The allies are sweenlnr thronvh
Serbia like a prairie fire. At three
points northwest of Negotln, and
northwest and southwest of Ushltse
they are within twenty miles of Hun
garian soil. The Serbs, in the greet
Morava valley, are within forty miles
of Belgrade, their former capital.
juro-eiavs, operating In aConta.
negro, have passed Ipek and DIakova,
ana runner to the westward ra
naartng the frontier ef Bengovtna.
The battle una rn the Halknns ap
parently runs aa follows:
From Negotln in practical!
straight line westward to a point
northwest of Chaenak: southward
through Montenegro to Kukus in
Albania: southwestward to fits
Adrlatle at a point north ef AHssta.
The latest reports from neutral
sources indicate that the Hungarians,
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