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The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Americans Sail
On Armed Liner
White Star Steamer Canopiic
to Mount Guns at
Gibraltar.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, March 3.-Before the White
Star Liner canopic sailed today for the
Azores, Gibraltar and Naples, Captain R.
W. James notified the passengers that
the vessel Will be armed on her arrival
at Gibraltar with guns to be used in ca Sc
the Canopic is attacked-sy submarines in
the Mediterranean.
There were $50 persons. including pass
engers and crew, on board. Among them
were three American citizens.
NJ. and Mrs. Charles Bellows, of Brook
IN said the arming of the liner would
not deter them They have made three
trips through the war zone. The third
American citizen who sailed was W. w.
Nichols, of Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
HOUSE TO VOTE
DOWN MEASURE
HITTING WILSON
Lower Chamber Today Prob
ably Will Table McLe-
more Resolution.
VICTORY is DISPUTED
Both Sides Claim Success in
Connection With Senate's
Action Tabling Matter.

The conflict between President Wilson
and Congress is about to end, temper
arily at least, in a truce-with both dis
putants claiming the advantage. -.
Afoverwhelming majority of the House
will vote, probably today, to table the
MeLemore resolution.
By vote OF almost five to one the SEN
ate yesterday voted to table the Gore
resolution. Both of these resolutions
warn Americans of belligerent vessels.
On the third anniversary of his inau-
guration, the President last night ex-
pressed complete satisfaction with the
action of the Senate, and admitted that
similar action by the House would be
equally satisfactory.
But Washington last night held the view
that the President has won an empty
victory. and that the attitude OF Con.
gress insofar as the issue in question
is concerned has not altered by so much
as a hairs breadth.
The two outstanding facts which last
night were being emphasized in every
discussion Of the situation were that
the President demanded a showdown
and that Congress has refused to &C.
cede to the demand.
UnequtyocaI Refusal.
Analysts Of yesterdays action by the
Senate and today's planned action by the
House point to the fact that to table a
resolution is in effect to declare that II
is matter unfit for determination. The
Presidents original demand called fol
nothing short Of an out-and-out declara.
tion by Congress. Congress answer IL
an unequivocal refusal.
Denial Of the Presidents request ex.
pressed in his letter to Representative
Pou, acting chairman of the Rules Com.
mittee, was made by the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. In this letter tn,
President demanded two days ago that
Congress be given an Immediate oppor.
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The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Ill Strike sympathisers Jailed.

Baltimore, Nd, March 1-one hundred
and eleven men and women, sympathlz-
'ers of the sixty members Of the Amslsa-
mated Clothing Workers Union, who
are on strike at the clothing factory Of
/. Grief and Brother here, spent the en-
tire night IN the Northeastern police sta
ton.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
By MILDRED MARSHALL kooNcE.

With the officers of the army and navy
as special guests, the President and Mrs.
Wilson entertained last evening at the
last Of the Official levees which complete
the White House season. In point of
brillIsnce and colorfuI details. the army
and navy reception supplies as nearly as
possible the place of the respondent
diplomatic functions of other days and
brings forth. not only a distinguished as
semblage. but an unusual display of
lovely gowns and jewels
In Difference to the official character Of
the reception last evening, the men of the
service wore the fuIl-dress uniforms Of
their rank, which lent an air of brilliance
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Carmen Sylva's Funeral

Bucharest, March S.-The funeral Of
Queen Mother Elizabeth Of R.
who died yesterday Of pneumor -
be held on Sunday The Queen Mo- .
who was 70 years old, was better know.
by her pen name Of Carmen sylvia. UNI
der which she produced many poems and
ESSAYS
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
siI Charges MADE.

SIX Charges Made.
Five times their comrades threw their
lives into a storm Of shells in an effort
TO relieve the heroic troops and i've
times were driven back. leaving hun
dreds Of dead cSrPeting the heights
which rise to Douaumont.
The sixth attack. that reported TO-DAY.
not only succeeded in relieving the
beleaguered garrison. but the Germans,
sweeping beyond, have driven their ad-
vance almost a mile nearer 70 the heart
Of VerdGa and have thrown in a large
group behind the chain. Of fortresses on
the Meuse HeiEhcs. which they are BON
harding from the east
The French are lighting vsliantly in
the outskirts Of Douaumont village 70
halt this drive. as they did that Of last
week. Their massed 7Ss have inflicted
losses on the Germans which the French
describe as cruel" The fighting. says
the statement issued in Paris this mid
night lie still hot"
Hold Part of Knoll.
We hold part OF the high knoll on
the northern slope Of which the village
Douaumono is situated" says.
Spirited counter-attacks launched by
US have enabled US to regain ground on
the immediate outskirts Of the village.
The bombsrdment is maintained with
great violence on both the west and east
sides Of the Mouse and in the Woeyre.
Our artillery has executed concentrated
fires on the enemy's points Of assembly,
notably near Beaumont where column
on the march was dispersed.
The great battle Of verdun is now in
its second phase. This development was
reached when the Germans, after a day
Of inaction, opened a terrific fire along
the entire front So great was the can
nonade that It was heard behind closed
doors 800 kilometers away.
Pepper Ridge CCoIe du POivre), and
DOuaumont, east Of the Mouse, as well
as the entire chain Of forts along the
heights which rise up out Of the woevre
plain, were subjected to a tornado of
fire. Dead Mans Hill and the forts
west Of the Meuse also were swept by
steel.
Guns Roar Forty-eiEbt Hours.
According to French reports the bonn
bsrdment has continued for forty-eight
hours. Terrific attacks in the Douau-
mont region have been made across Ter
rains, wiped clear OF acknowledgements by
the curtain Of FIRE.
The village Of Douaumont chanRed
hands three times before the Germans
finally established possession. according
to dispatches from the front
The first attack was made early I'm the
morning after a night made hioeous BY
the blasting Of the big guns and the
shnek Of shells. A strong storming col
umh advanced in the face OF a heavy
French fire from guns posted in com
handing positions beyond. No sooner
had the Germans wrested the VILLAGE
from the defenders in q hsnd-to-hADd
battle than strong reserves. brought I'D
from the rear, launched an immediate
eounter-attSck. The French drove tn.
Germans, stin flushed with their victory,
from the disnsntied town at the point
of the bayonet.
Twice more this hghting vas repeated.
the Germans at the end succeeding IN
holding the main section OF the village.
while the French, fighting like msdmen
against crushing ODDS. established them
selves In the outskirts.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Steals $25, 900 Of Jewels.

Chicago. March a-A slender young
man Of excellent appearance was being
sought today by the police for the theft
Of tray containing between $500 and
$4,000 worth Of precious ssonsa
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
MASS MEETING HELD
Protest Gathering Is Convert
ed Into Recruiting Cam
paign, 300 Joining.
LABOR LEADERS IN CHARGE
Unpopular Rider Is Denounced in For
nal acknowledgement Tells
of Unions Possibilities. .--

The fight on the Borland rider took an
unexpected turn last night when officers
Of the American Federation of Labor or
ganized more than 800 government en-
ployes into the Federal Civil Service
Employers Union Of Washington, at a
mass meeting in National Rifles Armory.
The obligation of allegiance to the
American Federation OF Labor was ad-
ministered by Thomas F. Flaherty. of
the National Federation Of Postofice
Clerks
H. NJ. McLarin, of the War Depart
ment. was elected temporary president
OF the new union with ]. H. Kesecker,
OF the Interior Department, temporary
secretary, and Paul D. May, of the War
Department. temporary treasurer. Presi-
lent McI-arin announced that the next
meeting will be held at Typographical
Temple on Friday night, when perma-
nent officers will be elected and commit
tees appointed to enroll the thousands
of unorganized Federal employees in the
District.
The action Of the American Federation
came as a complete surprise even to the
government clerks themselves. The mass
meeting was called by the Central Labor
Union Of this city. presumably for the
purpose of protesting against the Bor-
land amendment to make all government
clerks in the District work not less than
eight hours a day.
GOmPers Makes Appeal.
Samuel Gompers. president Of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor, made a spirited
appeal to the 1.5OO government employees
who filled the hall TO take advantage of
this psychological moment which Mr..
Borlsnd has given you" to organize to
prevent a recurrence OF such propositions
as the Borland rider.
Mr.. Gompers' appeal caused an outburst
Of applause that lasted for several min
utes, and when. a few moments later,
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. urged all who
were in favor of organizing a government
employees union to raise their hands,
-A'SAS NAAehAA mai AAlOoC present ACSPOAAAGl-
Gratiied with the result. Mr.. Morrison
announced that he would organize them
after the protest meeting
In making his appeal for organization.
Mr.. Gompers said:
Il haven't any doubt but that the Bor-
land amendment will find respectable in
terment in the House. 1t deserves it.
From my viewpoint. now that we know its
life is limited and we will hear little Of It,
I think we all. and you in particular, owe
Mr.. Borland a debt of gratitude. It is
evident he has done something no one
else has been able to accomplish.
Il am quite confident that It wasn't the
intention Of Mr.. Borland to arouse the
latent courage OF the government en-
ployes in Washington. And, so, I firmly
believe that Mr.. Boriand's proposition has
resulted IN bringing the Civil Service EN-,
ployes to realize that too long have they
been unmindful Of their own welfare, and
it has made them determine to be on the
firing line in future to see that no wrongs
are imposed upon them.
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The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Russ Prepare for Drive.

Amsterdam, March a-The Russians
are reported to be preparing for fresh
offensive against the Austrians on the
Bessarabian-Bu kowina frontier in an eff
fort to take Czernowitz.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
French Steamer Reported Sunk.

Bordeaux, France, March a-The
French steamship Lakme is reported to
have been sunk by German submarine
southwest Of the island Of Dyeu. Six
members of the crew are missing.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Crown Prince Leads Series of Furious Charges
Ending in Relief Of Germans In
-. 49, Shattered Fortress Douaumont.
NOW A MILE NEARER VERDUN
Six Times Attackers Throw Themselves Forward Before
Heights Are Gained Hundreds Are Slain.
Bombardment Unprecedented
Kaiser Wires Princess of Victory.

o
Paris March 3The Kaiser tessphns PRINCESS Ehzsbe Of
SaIony says;
with the help Of God have advanced The B,sSenburs troops
took the powerful stronghold Of Deuaunon Thus broken
through the defense thought npeernabe
MAY God still further help heroes. He is with u.s."
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Wife SLAYER PAYS Penalty

Ossining, N. Y, March 3-Walter Wat
son was put to death in Sing Sing Prison
today for the murder Of his wife in
Brooklyn two years ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
Russ CAPTURE Bitlis.

London, March 3.-According to q
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd the
Russians have captured Bitlis, in the
Lake Van region of Armenia.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
an.esest Service q. naiun.r..

Baltimore and Ohio Every Hour on
the Hour, with up and down town
terminals. Rate Saturdays and Sundays.
N;soi other days, Sl.fs round utp-
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
SHELLS LEVEL
FRENCH TOWNS
Farms Swept Away and
Ground Torn Up for Miles
Around Verdun.
Eyewitness Tells of German Masses
Moved Down By Hail of Bullets
in Fierce Charges.

Special cAbls 10 The wasAingtou Hcrzh
Paris, March "a dozen villages
around veriun have been wiped from
the face OF the earth by the mighty ar
tillery duel which has ragged there for
more than a week.
How such hamlets as Brabant sur
afeuse, Ornes, and Besonvaux we're
blotted out of existence BY the frightful
gun fire of the German and French ar
tillery may be gagged from the descrip-
tion given Of the present condition OF
Vaux, by its mayor. Paul Gabriel.
NJ. Gabriel, who arrived in Paris from
Verdun, gave the following exclusive in
terview to The Herald correspondent:
Nothing at all remains Of what a
fortnight ago were the finest farms in
France. Here and there are parts Of
stone walls and piles Of brick, but that
is all that remains of what was once the
thriving village OF vaux.
The soil is cleaned bare. Houses and
buildings Of every other description have
been razed. Whole forests have been
blasted to spIinters by the big shells and
mines.
Fearful Cyclone of Fire.
with my family and $50 villagers I
saw the opening Of the battle Of verdun
on February q.
The Germans hurled against our lines
a fearful cyclone Of fire, sweeping the
French rear with a curtain Of drum fire
through which nothing could pass.
With field glasses I watched the. first
German attack on Ornes. Three times in
a single day the Germans charged in
dense formation, each time moving up to
the very muEzles of the French 75s and
machine guns.
Those gray-clad masses were wiped
out completely by the devastating fire
I'm the ravine winding around the
farm lands northwest OF vaux the
ground was covered with German corpses
for miles. The charging soldiers stamped
upon the bodies of the fallen. Language
cannot picture the scene OF carnage"
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04

a S first announced January |.
4 \ 1916. The Herald guarantees
full moneys worth to the purchasers
of articles advertised in the display
columns of this paper by any Wash
ington merchant.
(Cireaiar Furnished Upon Reqaest).
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04

Is temporary reduction made necessary
by. the fact that our regular eight
column presses are IN process Of re-
moval to the new Herald Building.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-04
UnequtyocaI Refusal.

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The Washington herald., 1916-03-04

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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-12-29

Bakst to the newest Nobel Prize-list.
Concentrated on soil of it's own under
conditions that might stimulate afresh
it's spiritual genius, this stock might we'll
produce super-state, kultur, not of
militarism but of humanism.
1t all requires a radically imaginative
policy, dealing in futures as we'll as
pasts by men ready to rescue human
history from it's monotonous factors of
blood and gold. Napoleon, under the spell
of the forty centuries that regarded him
from the Pyramids, announced his design
to restore the Jews to their land. Will
England, with Egypt equally at her feet,
carry out the plan she foiled Napoleon in?
Had she the power and the genius to do
so, new chapter would be opened in the
history of mankind, the ends of the ages
would meet, and the tribe of the wander
ing foot and weary breast" which for
nineteen hundred years has prayed for
Palestine some twenty times day, would
find itself on it's holy soil under the aegis
of the greatest empire in the world, vic
toriOus after the greatest struggle in
her history. And inasmuch as by her
union with Russia, England would have
marched to this victory over the bodies
of the Russian Jews, her restoration of
Palestine to their race would be at once
peace offering to her own conscience
and consoling assurance to the martyrs
of the Pale that they had not agonized
in vain.
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ton our ravaged world will have to turn
the old Jewish ideals, "to do justice,
have mercy and walk humbly with thy
Cod The claims of the Jewish race
do not rest on it's separate blood but on
it's quality and it's history.
Without knowledge of the Bible
which, in the words of Lord Bryce, is
"the one piece of literature, ancient or
modern, that is common to all the peo-
pies of European origin in both hemi-
Spheres" European art and literature
would be unintelligible. After collision
with every great ancient empire and per-
secution by every modern, the race that
wrote the Old Testament and the New
survived to write the gospels of modern
socialism, and remains today one of the
factors of human evolution, one of the
roads to the super-race.
It's existence even in dispersion en-
riches the world, giving in our own day
a Meldola to British science, a Bergson
to French philosophy, Schechter to
Austrian drama, an Enrich to German
medicine, a LuZZatti to Italian states
manship, a Josef Israels to Dutch paint
ing, Brandes to Scandinavian criticism
a Ronetti Roman to Rumanian poetry
a Rubinstein to Russian music, "a YAM
berry to Hungarian adventure an Enver
Pasha to Turkish arms, Zamenhof to
Esperanto internationalism, a Sarah
Bernhard to the worlds stage, Leon
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stirring noble thoughts and calling forth
new strivings after the better things.
We Russians might and can learn much
from the Jews"
In this spirit block composed of
groups of the Duma and Imperial Coun-
Gil of all parties except the extreme right
and the extreme left has long demanded
the complete abolition of all Jewish dis
qualifications indeed, there is majority
for this demand in both houses. Even
the bureaucracy with touch of right
feeling has abolished the educational re-
strictions in favor of the relatives of
soldiers at the front On every side the
rotten fencing of the pale is giving way
of itself-at one brave knightly blast
from Sir Edward Grey's horn it would
collapse like the walls of Jericho. Even
the Poles are beginning to bethink them
selves. In Warsaw, under the mitigated
affliction of the Kaiser's rule, they are
cooperating with the Jews in keeping
public order.
Their common misfortunes said Prince
LubOmirsky, the Mayor of Warsaw,
would beget harmony. Professor va
vorsky, the President of the Chief Polish
Council, has published at Vienna a state
ment admitting that Jews should receive
full rights in an Independent Poland.
Whether in Poland or in Russia, the
Jews will be loyal and valuable citizens.
They do not cherish rancor.
1t is with grim amusement that I have
watched this much-abused maxim of the
barbarous Jew glorified into a popular
slogan of contemporary ChristendOm.
No, there will be no danger to Russia
from Jewish emancipation. The only
danger will be to the Jewish race de-
prived of the ring-fence of persecution
within which an unintelligent anti-Sem-
itism has conserved it. Such a solution
of the Jewish problem unless accom-.
panied by the concession of a core of
nationality under a Federal concept,
might we'll be the dissolution of the Jew.
That is why even the most satisfactory
measure of emancipation would leave the
Jew unsatisfed if the peace settlement
produced a world parliament, as some
hopelessly hopeful spectators still an
ticipate.
There must, if the f1ux is to be sud-
denly frozen, be a universal readjust-
ment on the basis of reason and love.
Otherwise, can any one tell me why Rus
STA should be left in perpetual possession
of half of Europe and third of Asia,
or one-sixth of the land of the globe,
while Jewry owns not single square
inch Of national territory. The Germans
demand the freedom of the seas. The
Jews demand the freedom of the lands.
Though half my manhood has been
devoted to the quest for a Jewish State,
l have never regarded a world settle
ment. based on racial differences as
final goal, nor do share the current en-
thusiasm for the smaller nationalities.
The world always has been and always
will be a melting pot.
The alien internment camps through
out Europe are like scientific illustra-
Of fbo fin Gil in tho
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He speaks :. his mellow
voice imparts
answering faith with every
sound;
His words drop slowly on our hearts
Like golden rain on sun-parched
ground.
We know him not, but do not fail
To know, when once we see his
face;
This is the man whom men will hail
A leader of an ancient race
P. M. RASKIN.
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He stands before us stately, tall,
With head erect and eye aglow,
And as he speaks he to us all "a
Appears a seer of long ago.
At last he sees that beauteous goal
He ever knew, but could not NAM
At last the spark that in his soul
Long smouldered, burst into
flame.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-01-28
TEST SEED CORN FOR 1T IS
ALWAYS PROFITABLE
Especially Necessary This Year To
Determine Viability of Seed.

Testing seed corn for termination
always a profitable farm practice-is
an absolute necessity this year in
many sections. In number of dis
tricts the last corn crop from which
seed for the coming planting will be
taken was late in maturing or so moist
when harvested as to call for special
precautions. A high moisture content
makes seed corn particularly suscep-
tible to damage from freezing or heat
ng. Farmers in the sections where
corn failed to ripen normally who do
not test their seed early enough to be
able to replace their own bad seed
with good seed secured from other
sources will be taking an unnecessary
risk. 1t is also especially important
for holders of seed in such districts
to take unusual care during the re-
mainder of the winter to protect it
from frQ zing.
While complete testing for germina-
ton should take place shortly before
The seed is planted, the specialists of
the department believe that it will be
simple forehandedness for farmers
who have any reason to be doubtful
about the viability of their seed to
make a preliminary terminating test
with a few typical ears taken at ran
dom from the rack. If these prelim-
nary tests show that the seed is good.
the owner then can continue his pre-
cautions to guard it from weather
damage, IT, however, this test with
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-01-28

school; third, G. E. Garman; fourth
Walter Larkin, Emmett.
Alsike-First, w. J. Winslow, oil
Greenleaf; second, A. ]. luck, Kim
berley; fourth, John Kohler, Buhl.
White clover-First, c. c. Tobias
Caldwell; second, Warner Harris
Twin Falls; fourth, E. P Parrish, OF
Bull.
Sweet clover-E. F. Dahlquist, OF
Buhl.
Navy beans-First, A. C. Johnson &
Sons, Caldwell; second, G. w. Bar
rier. Athol; third, M. F. Root, Athol
Other varieties beans-First, R. M
White, Caldwell; second, c. w. Whit
fin, Caldwell; third, Clark L. Roberts,
Caldwell fourth, M. l.. Root, Athol
Garden peas-First, Teton High
school, briggs; second and third, M.
L. Root, Athol; fourth, Paye:te High
school
Field peas-First, A. C. Johnson 4
Sons, Caldwell; second, G. w. Bar.
rier, Athol; third, M. L. Root Athol.
Awards in the grass department
follow:
Timothy-T. A. Allen. Meridian.
Sudan grass-C. c. Tobias, Cald-
we'll.
Club Winners.
There was good showing of ex-
hibits by the school clubs of the state
in their department of the show. The
prizes were awarded as follows:
Lot |. best exhibit of seeds except
corn-First,, Teton High school, OF
briggs: second, Payette High schoo:
Lot 2, best exhibit of co-n-First,
Greenleaf High school; second, Teton
High school, briggs.
Lot 8, best exhibit of corn. peas,
clovers, alfalfa and legumes-F'rst,
Payette High school; second, Buhl
High school.