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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
KAISER'S PEACE SUIT
REJECTED BY CAR
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

at rest. Time Is on Russia's side. In all
the fundamental economic factors. such
as the area of agricultural productive
ness and the size of population. her ad-
vantage over her enemies is enormous.
While German industry has been
paralyzed by the suspension of foreign
trade, Russia's peasantry. 81 per cent OF
her people. are actually In a better posi-
ton than they were before the war. This
is partly the result of enforced sobriety
and partly because of the great demands
of the army commissariat.
THE economic heart OF Russia Is sit
uated 800 miles from the frontier and is
inaccessible to the enemy's sword.
The enemy is making frantic efforts to
secure at any rate part Of the booty he
expected to fall into his clutches with
Warsaw and the Vistula line.
Vigorous attacks have been made on
the fortresses of Kovno and Ossowiec
and toward Ostrov, to the south OF the
Narew. and in the neishborhood of
Serock, where he Is trying to cut the
rear line of Novo Georgievsk. The ad-
vance from the south between the Vistula
and the Bug also is being pushed on
ceaselessly.'
The opinion of military authorities
here is that the main plan of the enemy
has already failed, but 1t Is still open to
question whether he may not strike a
severe blow at some portion of the Rus
sian forces.
At present the facts available suggest
that the regrouping of the Cars armies
will be carried out without serious mo.
lestation.
The evacuation of Riga, which is being
vigorously executed, is now described as
merely a precautionary measure.
kilograms from the towns suggests
that certain officials, who are of the
German race. are seeking to retard the
work
Large numbers OF refugees from Riga
have arrived here and have filled up the
hotels. The railway stations In the Bal
tic capital are still crowded with people
waiting to secure tickets and register
their luggage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
GEORGE WILLIAMSON TO
Be BURIED WEDNESDAY
Following Services at House. Requiem
Mass Will Be Celebrated at
St. Pauls Church.

Funeral services for George William
son, AFFILIATED with the Shoemaker Com
pany. 1311 e street northwest for nearly
thirty-five years. will be held at his
home, 202a Fifteenth street northwest.
Wednesday morning. The funeral pro-
cession will proceed to st. Paurs Cath
Ole Church. where requiem mass will
be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Williamson dropped dead at his
home yesterday morning while playing
with his pet dog. Teddy Roosevelt"
Mr.. Williamson had been under medical
treatment for several months. and his
physician had warned him to avoid I'M
due excitement. He attended the double
header between the Washington and
Chicago baseball team Friday afternoon.
and friends believe the excitement Of the
games may have hastened his death.
News Of the death brought sorrow to
hundreds, for George Williamson had
friends in every walk of life. Govern
ment officials. newspaper correspondents
business men and others who visited his
place of employment will miss the gen.
ial secretary Of the Shoemaker Com
pany. August Noack. long associated
with Mr.. Williamson in business. was
one Of the first to arrive at the house
yesterday following the death.
Mr.. Williamson was born in this city
September 26. 1s49. He was of English
descent He leaves two brothers, John
T. and Walter Williamson, and sister,
Mrs. George r. Aiken. One niece. Miss
Rena Williamson. lives in Philadelphia.
and another niece. Miss Aiken. lives at
the Fifteenth street home.
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Philadelphia, Aug. s.-Col. Edward
Dudley. who lives at 80 North Second
street. Camden. faces a suit for $4,000
filed by his wife in the Federal Dis
trict Court in New York for articles
removed from their former home, 1928
Locust street, this city. a little more
than ten years ago
The articles, Mrs. Dudley declares,
were removed from the house in her
absence during the summer of 1905.
These are among the things she
hopes to recover: Photograph of King
Edward; photograph of Queen Vic
toria; photograph of King George,
Queen Mary. and their children: auto
graphed photos of Joseph Jefferson,
Ignace Paderewski. Jan Kubelik. and
Col. Alexander Mcclure; pale blue
crown of velvet; Louis XIV throne:
gilt coronation chair; Marie Antoinette
twin beds; New York Yacht Club sailor
hat: Jewel box, golf sticks. and pow
der boxes; twelve cakes of soap
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
Plan for Keeping u. S. on War
Footing Is Revealed by Edison
Distinguished Inventor Says He Would Make This Country
Vast Battery, Charged with Forces that Might
Be Liberated on the Instant

which can or will coerce predator.
nations. and therefore the other ma
tons must take precautions of thei
| own.
Prize for Predatory Nations.
| "As 1 see the world, nearly every ma
ton excepting the United States Il
| more or less predatory; we are SO oc
cupied with our own development tina
| we have no reason to be predatory
but we are SO rich now that we woult
! be splendid prize for any predator!
nation or combination of nations.
The United States must not be tn
prey of nations, and therefore i
should prepare to defend itself agains
an invasion from any quarter. And i
| should not postpone these prepare
| tions: it should start now.
The war of today is largely a mat
ter of supplies-particular of artil
| lery and ammunition: ii is a sort o.
| half mechanical. half civil engineering
| undertaking, and the nation which cal
| produce unlimited quantities of sup
plies will win. The training of tn,
privates is still important, but it hard
ly counts with the importance Of tn,
machines. their supplies and the mer
| to handle and direct them All of thi!
works out particularly well for the
| United States. Because, of course. We
do not want to be a military nation
III doubt that we could II we really
wanted to. Our problem is. to reor'
! ganize the United States SO that it car
| be an efficient war powerdf war i:
| ever forced upon us.
II would organize the nation for de-
tense at once and I would organize on
very broad and comprehensive lines. taxi
ing full advantage of the factors which
do = tv,- hat 10 To-
day. The country needs the services OF
| the big business specialists. such as the
heads of the great trusts and corpora
tons; these men have had the expert
ence of the rapid mobilization of the
gigantic forces of industry.
Il would put the whole matter of ma
tional defense in the hands of a genei al
staff, which should incluue not only the
best military officers, but also the civil
ians who have proved their worth. The
military men could direct the campaigns
lille the civilian engineers and captains
of industry would hustle and see that
things were done quickly and economi-
cally.
The men of bis business know how
to marshal the resources of the nation
more quickly than any other men b.
cause they have been lighting industrial
battles all their lives
81 would have this board adopt sour e
thing OF the German methods in An
elaborate and laborious tabulation and
coordination of all tho factors that
might enter into a defense Of our cUun-
try
Using the Business OrEanizers.
The power of a general staff of such
men would be the greatest and most re-
sourceful force that the world has ever
L cnnld
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09

The German troops on arriving at War
saw We're greeted by enthusiastic crowds
as their liberators from Russian terror
FlagpoIes and houses were draped album
dainty with bunting and the sueets
were filled with jubilant men. women and
children.
The population had disresarded the or.
ders of the Russian commander to leave
the town before the evacuation by the
troops The peasant families, who had
been driven by the Russians into War
saw. already have emigrated and have
been restored to their homes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
Sues Husband for Soap, Throne and
Photos She Says He Took in 1905


Mr.. Dudley insists that an examina-
ton Of the list justifies his defense on
the grounds of the statute of limita-
tons. He does not think that II Is
unreasonable to suppose that the
twelve cakes of soap should have been
used up during the ten years that have
elapsed since he obtained possession
of them. After the most careful and
sparing use of them he was unable to
make the entire twelve last longer
than the summer Of 1910. A cake ana
fifth of soap a year is not An ex-
travagant allowance, he feels.
AS to the sailor hat. Mr.. Dudley
says it is worn out.
The Dudleys were married in Naples
in 1899, but did not live together very
long. Since they separated their suits
have figured many times in the news
papers. The present suit originated
in the Supreme Court Of New York.
but since Mr.. Dudley lives in New
Jersey it was transferred to the Fed
eral Court.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
RUSSIANS GIVEN ONLY
Eight BULLETS DAILY
Berliner Tageblatt Reports that War
saw Gave Germans an
Ovation.

Berlin (by wireless via Sayville) Aug.
a-The semi-official Trans-Oceanic News
Bureau transmits the following:
The special correspondent Of the Ber-
liner Tageblatt reports that citizen OF
Lemberg, who succeeded in escaping
from the besieged city Of WARSAW, says:
Despite the most strict surveillance
exercised by the Russian authorities.
proclamations were circulated in the
city appealing to the population to op-
pose the military authorities and pay
Off old scores against the Russians.
The only representatives of neutral
countries remaining at their posts were
the American and Norwegian diplomats.
Agents of the ochrana IAN anti
Jewish organization) organized the rab-
BILE into bands Of guerillas.
Prince Leopold of Bavaria received
a tremendous ovation on his entrance
into Warsaw. Most all the citizens and
subjects Of neutral countries parttci-
pated, especially the American war cor
respondents.
Russian prisoners from Ivangorod
declare that lately they received only
eight cartridges daily.
AN officer of the Russian general
staff admitted that Brest-Litovsk would
be unable to resist such a charge as
that made by the army Of Gen. Won
Woyrsch.
"Despite the fact that the Russians
have removed all the supplies and had
set fire to all the villages, the German
and Austrian railroads were reopened
speedily and the problem of restoring
traffic for the purpose Of forwarding the
troops was quickly solved.
Great herds Of cattle. which were driv-
en- behind the advancing Teutonic troops,
permitted the latter to receive three warm
meals daily. The colossal organization Of
the victorious Germans caused a verita-
BILE sensation in the evacuated villages.
This organization enabled the Germans
to maintain hundreds Of thousands Of
troops between the Vistula and the Bug
in much the same manner as they would
have lived at home. Millions of bottles
Of mineral water were distributed among
the troops"
Ovation for Germans.
Berlin (by wireless via Sayviile). Aug
G-The Trans-Oceanic News Bureau says.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
ITALIANS MAKE
Steady ADVANCE
Austrians Make Desperate Ef-
forts to Check Progress of
Foes Right Wing.
TRENTINO IS BOMBARDED
- D.
TRENTNO is BOMBARDED
Rovereto SheIled. Hall of Justice Be-
ing Destroyed. and Other
Buildings Damaged.
By ANDRE BEAUMONT.

Milan, August S-Progress, slow bu,
steady continues to be made by the
Italian army on the Carso plateau The
Austrian defense now seems intermittent
a violent attack one day followed by a
respite the next, during which the 1tal-
ians make a slow. systematic advance.
The Italians are now firmly estab-
lished at Doberdo, which means an ad-
vance of five kilometers east of Monfal-
conc
To oppose their further advance, the
Austrians made an attack on Friday all
around Doberdo. bringing fresh troops
- to the front lines, but with the usual
result Their ranks were Immediately
thinned by well-placed shells from the
Italian batteries.
Re-enfOrcemeBts Brought Up.
up by the Austrians. and the battle
which continued all day. was one of the
most stubborn yet fought, but at dark
the Italians once more had the advan-
taee and occupied several trenches. from
which the Austrians had been driven
either by artillery or infantry attack,
and 40 prisoners remained in their
hands
The Italians have opened a strong bonn
bardment in the Trentino. and have
shelled Roveretoo with their guns. Shells
destroyed the Hall of Justice. dismantIed
two railway stations, and inflicted other
heavy damages.
North of Gorilla the Austrians have
tried to avail themselves of their nu-
merous heavy batteries and forts to
dislodge the Italians from their po-
sitions around PLAYA A furious can
nonade on Friday night was followed
by two violent infantry attacks. both
of which were repulsed. The Italian
artillery succeeded in silencing the
guns of the batteries brought up by
the Austrians.
Italians Hold Ground.
More than ten sorties have been at
tempted by the Austrians at PLAYA.
Each time the Italians have victori-
ously held their ground.
Monfalcone was the object of a Sc
rious attack by the Austrians on the
Eame day, their heavy guns having
aimed a number Of incendiary shells
nj the naval yards. which took fire.
The conflaEration was on a large
scale. Aattempts to eXtinguished the
fire were interfered with for a while
Ivy a hail of shrapnel from n long dis
lance gun. The italian troops, never
theleSs. soon succeeded in Circum-
scribing the area of the fire and linn
ting the damage
This incident is taken as proof that
efforts to check the Italian right
cing's advance in the direction of
Trieste.
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Official War Statements.
GER

Berlin. Aug. Sin the western theater
French hand grenade attacks near
Souchez and counter attacks against the
trenches taken from the French on Fri
day in the western Argonne were re-
pulsed. Fighting in the Vosges north OF
Muster was renewed yesterday afternoon.
However. the night passed quietly.
In the EASTERN theater:
German troops on the Narew are ap-
preaching the Lomza- Ostrov- Wyszkow
road. South of Wyszkow the river Bug
has been reached. Serock, at the mouth
of the Bug, has been occupied. Near
Novo Georgievsk our siege troops have
taken the forts of Segrze. Near War
saw we have gained the eastern bank OF
the Tistula.
In the southeastern theater:
Under pressure by the troops of Gen.
Won Woyrsch the Russians are retreat
ing in an easterly direction Between the
Vistula and the Bug the left wing armies
under Gen. Won Mackensen have driven
the enemy back in a northerly direction.
Our right wing Is still fighting in the
direction of the river Vieprz.
ITALIAN.
Rome, Aug Sour Alpini continents
yesterday advanced along the difficult
rocky crest of Vale del Monte and sur
prised and dispersed the entrenched Aus
trian troops at Punta Del Cavallo. cap
turing a quantity of ammunition and war
material.
On the same day our artillery expelled
other Austrian troops entrenched at
Malga-Paludei. northeast of Punta Del
CavaIlo, in the Valley of Sexten.
After ample artillery preparation our
infantry advanced gradually and repulsed
the enemy who had reached the slopes
of Montenero as far as Burgstal, which
he had fortified.
In the Carso region yesterday the
enemy endeavored to check our advance
and made frequent counter-attacks which
were repulsed. Our artillery bombarded
a column which was marching along the
Devetaki front. These troops had been
responsible for a number of explosions
and fires near Marcotini.
FRENCH.
Paris. Aug son Newport the Ger
mans tried to destroy two hydroplanes
of the allies, using guns of heavy cali
bre. Our artillery very soon silenced the
German batteries. OF the two hydro
planes one came back under its own
power and the other was towed to the
beach without being damaged.
In Artois there has been the usual hand
grenade combats around Souchez.
In the Argonne, at the close Of the day
of the eth, the Germans succeeded In
one of our projecting works
in the western portion of the forest
north of Fointaine Houyete. They were
driven out by a counter-attack and were
unable to maintain anything except an
observation post in front Of our first
line.
During the night the enemy attacked
our positions at File Morte. The Ger
mans obtained a footing in one of our
trenches. but were Immediately driven
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09

Ovation for Germans.
Berlin (by wireless via Sayville). Aug.
G-The Trans-Oceanic News Bureau says.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09

II cases where husband and wife ar.
accidentally killed toeeth"r the common
law rreSsumCs that the man. being the
stronger. oUtlived the woman, no matter
f"~ how short 4 time
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out except on a front Of about thirty

out except on a front Of about thirty
yards.
In the Vosges the German attacks OF
yesterday afternoon were Of an extreme
ly violent character. The attacks were
directed against our positions at Linge-
kopf. Schratzmaennele and the ridge
separating the two heights. Our as
sailants were completely repulsed. sus-
tanning heavy losses. On the front Of
only one of our companies more than 100
dead Germans were left among the
barbed wire entanglements.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-09
TURKISH.

Constantinople. Aug. Son the Caucas
front the enemy Is retreating to the
westward
On the Dardanelles front. near Avi
Burnu, our left wing made a surprise
attack on the enemy trenches. In the
afternoon stiff fighting occurred nea,
Sedd-el-Bahr. A stubborn enemy attach
south OF Sigin-dere was repulsed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-31
RELATION OF new
CORN TO HOG DISEASE

There will be considerable soft corr
fed to live stock Of all kinds this fall,
and it is safe to say that hogs will re-
ceive their full share. says the Iowa
Homestead. The situation is such as
to arouse interest in the possible rela-
tionship between the practice of feed
ing soft corn to hogs and disease. par
ticularly cholera.
In the outset it may be said that hog
cholera result only from infection.
This means that the invisible germ of
cholera must find Judgment in a hogs
digestive system or In the lungs before
the disease can show itself. This in
visible germ Is not present in new
corn any more than in old. but this Is
not equivalent to saying that there is
no more danger of spreading the dis
ease when quantities of new corn are
being fed than there is during the win
ter, spring and summer months. This
is due to the fact that hogs are fire.
quently thrown out OF condition by
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-31
The At Of Writioo.

Writing began with the rude pic
ture writing on bone and rock and
passed slowly by a natural and in
evitable transition from the literal
representations Of the objects to
the symbolic suggestion of idea. to a
word alphabet and then to pure
sound signs. The whole process is
manifest from the very infancy of
Egyptian picture writing, as crude as
that with which the savage peoples
still record their deeds. From these
crude signs the process went on in
it's slow transformation to the pho
netic writing typiied in the Kosetha
stone to the Phocnician, Greek and
Roman notifications which brought
us to the arbitrary sound symbols
which the voice combines into ar
ticulate' speech.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-31
Hybrid Indian Name,

Minnehaha, laughing water-what
pretticr name in sound and in sense
could there be? But the saddest
thing about American nomenclature
is the way in which languages have
been crossbred, with ~deplorable re-
suits. All these Indian mime"
names are delightful when left
alone, and the white man did we'll
in naming the state of Minnesota
after the river, which, being inter-
preted, is "sky tinted water" But
then he must go and contrive Min
neapolis for its chief town, a shock
ing mixture of Indian and Greek.
What lovely names they must have
missed when they imported their
Jacksonvilles to dispossess the red
mans language!-London Chron-
1o1o
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-31
When Immigrant. w.r. Sold.

1t is pointed out by the London
Chronicle that, although the mod
ern immigrant to American ports
may be ttsold'' in a way, he is never
sold in the same sense as we're those
emigrants of the eighteenth cen
fury whose fate one gathers from
an advertisement in a New York
paper of 1774. The advertisement
runs: Servants just arrived from
Scotland, to be sold on board the
Commerce, Captain Ferguson mas
ter, lying at the ferry stairs, among
which are a number Of wcavers, tay-
lors, blacksmiths, nailers, shoemak-
ers, butchers, matters and spinsters
fourteen to thirty-fve years of age.
For terms apply to Henry White or
said master on board"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-31
a. shssis Spoke ,nsLunnsn.

The city}clerkahhaas a;;hi1ncheon lin
go all his own, writes a correspond
ent. Thus, a cafe au lait is COM
monty known as a s'white baby;;"
coffee without milk, a .'small black"
If you would regale yourself with
two poached eggs on toast ask for
adam and Eve on a raft" If you
desire them scrambled and hank
er after being considered "smart"
tersely add, "Wreck 'em," thereby
greatly impressing the diminutive
junior clerk at the. next table
London Standard.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-31
CURIOUS CHINESE FOODS.

And Vet the Idea 10 Perfectly Simple
When You Grasp II.
Gone time l entered q Chinese
medical restaurant with my inter-
prefer. This was in Canton, and
doctors sent patients there to eat
food which would cure them of GER
tain illnesses. All around we're live
animals and dead ones-monkeys,
owls, cats, lizards, snakes, deer and
80 on. l paused to glance in a glass
case filled with live snakes when an
other patron came up, a Chinese,
who carefully picked out a certain
snake, which an attendant then took
from the cage, and which was at
once killed and cooked.
81 asked my interpreter what on
earth that Chinese gentleman want
ed to eat snake meat for, and the
interpreter replied: You know,
sir, how fast a snake can travel on
the ground, Notwithstanding the
fact he has no legs? Well, sir, try
to imagine how fast a snake could
travel if he did have legs. The gen.
tleman who is now consuming that
snake is troubled with rheumatism
in his knees, which prevents him
from walking fast or far. Therefore,
he eats snake to get strength in his
legs
Perfectly simple!" Mr.. Uhrlaub
continued, laughing. otis a wonder
I hadn't thought Of it myself. As
for monkeys, you know that a mon
key has extraordinary strength in
his hands, wrists and arms; that is
why he can swing from limb to limb
Of a tree, the ablest of living gym
nasts. Well, lots of people in that
medical restaurant were eating
monkey steak and chops. My in
terpreter pointed out several who
had equity affections of the finger
joints, and so on, according to his
statements.
"Another kind of restaurant
which ! certainly did enjoy was "a
tea house of several stories. If you
sit down IN the ground floor you
pay a fraction of a cent for your
tea, and all the patrons here we're
coolies. The price of tea increases
the higher you 60, and on the very
top floor each patron pays about 20
cents in American money for his
tea.
"Here l found the guests to be
the very best classes of Chinese 30
ciety. Many brought with them
their favorite pet birds in cages,
and these cages were hung up on
hooks provided for the purpose
while the guests were slipping tea
and chatting. There was a constant
ripple of joyous bird music all
through that uppermost floor, and
it was a scene long to be remember
ed "-Pittsburgh Gazette Times.