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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
DASH OF ST. LOUIS
PROVES EXCITING
American Ship Driven as New
er Before Through For
hidden Zone.

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rum >'"" o"i''si'"" II" " " ~ w
LONDON. Monday, March 70 tdeiaEed
hy censor).-The St Louis, the first
.,,,,.,, ,-assa, ,arr,-iue tho A,neri
can nag l" cross NV -''i''ii'iN '''''
GermanyS declaration of unrestricted
s,,I,,,a,iua drstruc,ion. and the first
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afil'e" \ N'iiei ''h' i'''' ~ :
pean port since thc W;tf DeSail, dlii\Sd
mis- morning She carried a neager
,,,,,,,,,a,. az ,sse, ,,,ars--birtv-tbrc. All
-,
toiu-but l1f nous were fiii'" ~ ''' -
uacity V it'll uon-contraband freight.
,rba St Io,Ijs cam., through without
,. -
efru''f'h' ~ 'u'i''' 'A'''
sighted, nor We're there at any time
anv Indications that German undersea
- e. a., ,;, ,;,,or IF ,,,,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
PRESIDENTS MIND
STILL HELD OPEN
ON WAR PROGRAM
No Indications Yet as to What
He Will Recommend to
Congress.
THREE POSSIBLE COURSES
ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION
Matter Discussed by Cabinet Follow
ing White House Conference
With Senator Hitchcock.

President Wilson still has "an
open mind a. to what he will rec
ommend To Congress when that
body meets next Monday in eN-
traordinary session to deal with
the ruthless submarine warfare
being wa9ed by Germany against
American lives and American
shipping.
This became known this after
noon. following, half-hour con-
ference Senator Hitchcock OF
Nebraska had with the President
at the White House. and from
other quarters Ii was learned that
the President has not vet begun
the writing of his special message
to Congress ON the international
situation, and Is not likely to do
50 until the night before he de-
liverS it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
STAKES U. S. TO MILLION.
J. P. Morgan Lends Sum Without In.
terest to Buy Army Supplies.

NEW YORK. March 21.--Under Or
binary circumstances, 4 man who
walked into the office Of J. T. Morgan
& co. and announced that he had come
to borrow S1,o00,000 without interest
for an indefinite term, upon security
legally worthless, would find a cold re-
cepuion. But this is just what Edwa rd
L. Page did, and he got the loan.
Mr. Page is chairman of the New
York committee of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, ap-
pointed to cooperate with the New
York depot Quartermaster in the pur-
chase of supplies for the army. After
Congress failed to pass the army def
cheney bill and the local quartermaster +
was compelled to stop payment for
supplies Mr.. Page laid the situation
before the Morgan firm. which ad-
vanced S1.000.000, without interest to
be used for the purchase of supplies
urgently needed.
1t is recalled that in a simila" emer-
gency number of years ago tie late
J. =. Morgan for several months car
ried the army officers pay vouchers
with his private funds. Mr.. Morgan
did the same thing a few years ago,
when no government money was avail
able to pay the salaries Of customs en-
rloyeS at this port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
RUSSIAN PRINCES
SURRENDER LANDS
Turn Over to Government Their
Wealth and Grants At
tached to Their Station.
PROBING ILLEGAL ACTS

Sy As>oCiste,i Press.
PETROGRAD, March -, via London
1919 p.m-Yhe grand dukes and the
royal princes in Il joint telegram ad-
dressed TO the provisional government
to-day. not only formally associate them
selves with tile abdication OF Grand Duke
Michael but also turn over 20 the new
government, their official wealth. namely,
their holdings of crown lands and Other
state grants heretofore attaching to their
station.
The telegram reads:
Grand Dukes Nicholas Noholaie
witch. Nicholas Michaelovitch. Alex
ander Michaelovitch and his family;
Boris Vladimirovitch. Serge Michaelo-
witch. Georges Michaelovitch and
Dmitre Constantinovitch. and Princess
Gabriel Constantinovitch. Ignor Con-
stantinovitch and Alexander of Olden-
burg inspired by love of country. have
associated themselves entirely in the
considerations expressed in the act of
abdication signed by Grand Duke
Michael AleXandrovitch and express at
the same. time the firm resolution to
support in every way the provisional
government.
LAS to their appanaSe. the grand
dukes express the opinion that in con-
sequence of this act it becomes the
property Of the state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
MAY BAR ARMED U. S. SHIPS.
Disposition in Denmark to Exclude
Them From Ports.

COPENHAGEN. March -, via London,
2:S0 p.m.-The Danish government has
not replied to the inquiries from Wash
ington regarding the admission of armed
American merchantmen to Danish ports,
but the indications are that it will follow
the example of Holland in barring them
The American minister. DR.. Maurice
Esan. has had several conversations on
this subject with the foreign Office but
has not cited a precedent which the Dan
ish authorities regard as adequate to JUS
tify reversal of the present policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
RUSS ARE FORCED BACK
I'M DAREVOL LABUZY REGION

PETROGRAD March -, Via London.
o:33 u m. British admiralty, per Wire
less lreSs-In the region of PoStavy
south of RaranoVichi. German artillery
Displayed greater activity. In the re-
eion of DarevolahuZy, after artillery
ire and mine throwing, the enemy at
tackled our troops occupying positions
on the western bank OF the River Shara
The first attack was repulSed, but a
second. accompanied by a discharge of
asphyXiatimg gases. Obliged our troops
TO falI back in an eaSterly direction
Enemy airpIanes set fire to two of our
captive balloons. In the region Of the
it'll. town of SToltichi, east of Barano-
vichi and northwest of kipolung, two
enemy airpIanes were hit by our fire
and fen into cur lines. The aViutorS
were made prisoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
RUSHING THEP[ANS
F0RPUBL|C SAFETY
First Separate Battalion, N. G.
D. C., Ready to Be Muster
ed Into Service.
PROPERTY UNDER GUARD

With the 1st Separate Battalion
y. G. D. g., awaiting muster into the
federal service to take up the work
the guarding of government and rail-
road property in and about Washing
ton is being continued today by troop
ers from the I'd United States Cavalry
stationed at Fort Myer, Va, the local
police force, railroad detectives and
operatives of the secret service, De
partment Of Justice ami other branches
of the government.
Preparations are being rushed to in
crease the protection which has hastily
been thrown about the vulnerable
points and to establish it on L petma
nent basis. As soon as the men of the
1st Separate Battalion take up the
guard work now being done by the
regular cava1rymen arrangements Will
be made to quarter them near the
points where they will be stationed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Held for kidnapping Half-Sister.

Los ANGELES. March Ell O Per
line. forty-five years old. and Susie.
known as his fourteen-year- daughter,
were held here today pending an attempt
to identify them as Oscar Il. Whitehead
of Hertimer. \. V, and his half sister
Helen, who disappeared in November.
1914. and have been sought by the police
since. Both denied such identity. The
police said q charge Of KIDNAPPING was
filed against Whitehead at the time the
eirl disappeared. They said he had been
traced to rar,s and thence here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Strikebreakers Arrested
on Charges of Assault

Alfred Davis and Edward Capon.
strihebreaking employees on the Ana
costa line, We're arrested yesterday aft
ernoon on charges of assault and re-
leased on 500 collateral 1t is stated
that persons gathered at South Capitol
and E streets southeast addressed of
fensive epithets to the strikehreakers,
and it is charged that they left the car
and assaulted two bystanders who took
no part in the affair-Harry u. Tram
nell and Carl T. Forsythe, residents of
Southeast Washington. The case will
lie heard in Police Court next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Called Triumph Over Anarchy.

The Times Riga correspondent, in a
long account of Guchkoff's visit there
to convey the greetings of the gov
ernment to the troops and to explain
the differences with respect to ;hc in
ternal situation and the danger of IN
vasion. says
The scenes at all the stations from
Petrograd to Riga abundantly testified
TO The triumph of PATRIOTISM over
anarchy. All the garriSons and local
inhabitants turned out to welcome the
minister. The troops made a splendid
appearance with regular officers in
command. There was indescribab BILE en-
thusiasm everywhere.
m. Guchkoff reviewed and addressed
the soldiers, warmly thanking them for
their services, assuring them that their
interests now We're III the hands OF the
nation and appealing to them to unite
in the defense Of new liberties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27

ents quickly disappeared. A physician
was required to dress Il scalp wound
Coates received.
a charge of disorderly conduct was
preferred against Coates, and he de-
posted SO collateral for his appear
ance in Police Court this morning. He
failed to appear and the collateral was
forfeited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Licenses for Jitneys Required.

Maj. Raymond Pullman. superintendent
of police today ordered all captains of
precincts to check the operation of jit-
news which are running without licenses.
This resulted in a call at the office of
the license clerk of about thirty union
men who have been operating automo-
hiles, to make application for licenses.
The cost of such licenses is SO per
year for an automobile carrying ten
passengers or less, and $l2 per year for
vehicle carrying more than ten pas
sengers. Licenses to operate until No
vember / can be obtained for the first
sclass of automobiles for 81 and for the
second-llamed class for IS.
The strikers We're told that it would
take about ten days TO act upon the ap-
plicatiouS. and that, III the meantime,
they might operate. They also Were
called upon TO pay 30 cents apiece for
badges
No parlor meetings viii be held to-
day. Mrs. G. II. Whitaker, i'll charge OF
arranging these meetings. said that one
would be held tomorrow at Somerset
and another, Thursday, at bethesda. ad
dresses and times TO be announced
later.
The tag day, which was to have been
conducted today and tomorrow under
| the auspices of the Central Labor
| Union has been postponed until Friday
| and Saturday. because of the inclement
weather today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Trickle Through Underbrush.

As the correspondent watched the
countryside over which the attacking
troops were proceeding not a vestige
could he seen Of the advancing men ON
foot. They trickled through under Gov
or of the brushwood until they had as
..n,,led in sufficient strength and near
nough for striking blow. Meanwhile
r.ar,tau :irrncn circlcd overhead u;-
~ Ia lof.at.- them. Then an Inferno of
.,,t.IIcry fire broke forth from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27

under present rules could be referred
to one of two or three of these COM
mittees 1t would he in the interest
of expeditions legislation if the rules
could be changed so as to remove all
doubt as to legislative jurisdiction of
committees in the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
scissors Is Bombarded.

The correspondent had come up froi.i
scissors through a territory lald waste
as had been the countryside everywhere
elsewhere the Germans had been forced
to evacuate. scissors itself is still bonn
barded ALMOST daily and the final effort
before the Germans left the adjacent
trenches on March Is WAS an endeaVot
to set fire to the town and the much
battered cathedral. The latter was
showered with inc.ndiary shells. but
these died out without affecting the
heavy stone roof The remainder OF
the cathedral had been much damaged
during the previous hon'bardment. and
"a German oiiiced's diary found in an
abandoned battery position shows THAT
the attempt to destroy ii was methodi-
cal.
The French troops are enthusiastic
over their recent successes in open
warfare in this vicinity. one of the
most brilliant featS of which was the
capture of Pont Rouge 10y the famous
Alpine rifle corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Women to Picket Lines.

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Mackaye an
nounced today She is planning to Or
ganize wives and sisters al strikers to
picket the Mount Pleasant and George
town lines. She explained that many
women rode on these lines who could
not he reached by the parl"r meetings.
officers of all labor unions in the Dis
trict have been requested to attend an
executive committee meeting Saturday y
night in Painters Hall. 9Th and q
streets. to discuss means of aiding the
strikers.
Commissioner kutz of the public
utilities commission late yesterday
afternoon sent a communication to the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, calling attention to the law
prohibiting the sale OF detached tickets.
Strikers and syinpathZerS crowded
the aNtional Rifles Armory for a mass
meeting at which Mother Jones was
the principal speaker She delivered
an epigram matte address. urging union
men to fight the company to a finish.
Messrs. Wilburt and McMorroW and
various leaders spoke. and Rev. John
RYAN Of CatrolIc University said
he attended because of letter ad =
ut-SSec uy Mr.. King to the clergy,
which be characterized as IAN insult
to our intelligence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Many Anxious to Serve.

service, a number of applications al
ready have been received by the bat
talon of colored troops from prospective
recruits. and arrangements have been
made to enlist them
To bring the strength of the other
units of the District National Guard up
to standard. so that they will be bet
ter prepared to serve the government
in event they are called into service,
particularly that of the ID Infantry.
Brig Gen. William l.. Harvey has
launched a recruiting campaign. He
has called a meeting of unit command
ers for tonight to discuss the matter.
Announcement was made today that
the War Department does not contem-
plate calling any other units of the
district Guard into the federal service
at this time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27

French guns, after which n final squirt
by the infantry carried the position,
which on this occasion was a big
farmhouse near Margival. This was
held in the face of desperate counter
attacks.
The Germans themselves had few
trenches in this vicinity. relying for
the most part on organized centers OF
resistance and their heavy artillery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Talk of Provisional Organization.

There has been considerable talk in
the last day or TWO of a provisional
organization of the House. whereby
the republicans would allow the demo
Gratis to go ahead and organize for the
reception of the presidential message
and the transaction of business neccS-
sary in the emergency now facing tn"
country The plan " ould be to agree
on AN organization to remain effective
until the opening of the regular session
in December.
However. REPRESENTATIVE Mann did
not look with favor on the plan when
presented to him this morning.
THE emergency now facing the roun-
try" he said. ''in my opinion. VIII not
have. disappeared by December"
Continuing. he said. Il am willing to
enter Il bipartisan organization of the
Euuse and have 50 advised my ropuhii-
can friends suppose ! would get the
votes Of republicans for $pea kcrship.
hut my plau would be bipartisan or
ssaniZatiCn whereby Nj. Clark would
be made Speaker i think the demo
Gratis know this. If not officially from
US. from the UewsEapors and especially
from the new SpdpCr men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
French Forge Ahead.

Farther 10 the south the French have
forged we'll 20 the west OF 81. Quentin,
hammering Il great dent in tDe German
line between that town and La Fere.
The advance of this salient three miles
farther would give the French posses
sion of the last direct railroad line be-
tween the two towns
South of La Fere the French troops
have swung in great curve around
the forests of Coucy and St. Gobain.
the formidable natural barrier which
lies between them and Laon. the south
ernmost fortress on the Hindenburg
line. The village of Coucy Chateau
has been taken. In the center of the
kurve Gen. Niveile has forced wedge
into the forest. but about ten miles of
'heavily timbered country must yet be
conquered before he reaches his goal.
ON the northern section of the great
battle line the situation is somewhat t
obscure. Neither British German
Stficial communications throw much
fight on the operations here. Some
4roeress has been made in the direction
OF Cambrai by Gen Haig. but apparent
iy the determined resistance of the
Germans has checked the British ad-
vance along the whole Arras sector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Investigating Illegal Acts.

LONDON. March %. 40 ANA
Reuters Petrograd dispatch says a spe-
cial commission has begun an investiga-
tion of Illegal acts committed by former
minister's heads of departments and other
officials of the old regime. About 500
machine guns have been found hidden in
different parts OF FetroGrad.
At the first performance at the Marie
Opera House since the revolution. Two
members of The duna executive committee
addressed the audience from what was
formerly the imperial box. Delegates of
the worlmen and soldiers delivered
speeches from another box.
According to the Bourse Gazette. Ras-
putins body has been burned near Petro-
grad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27

cred fairly on both sides. and if they
don't accept this then we will meet
on the first day and the side which has
the ma jority of votes will elect a Speak
er and probably organize the House"
RepresentativeF Mann was asked
whether in his opinion. the bipartisan
organization of the House would not
entail many bitter personal struggles
to retain chairmanships.
NO" he answered Il believe not.
OF course it might be necessary to
change chairmanships. which would be
a mere incidt mt: and if there are any
who love their chafrmanshipS better
than they lova their country they might
let their personal ambitions stand in
the way of harmonizng the Congress -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Volyusky Guards Pledge Loyalty.

The Nolyusky Guards. 1st Regiment
which declared for the revolution, march
ed Monday to the Tauride Palace to eX-
press loyalty to the government and the
necessity of carrying on the war to a
victorious end, says n Reuter- Pctrograd
dispatch. The guards carried 4 number
of red banners and their band played til.
Marseillaise. Among the inscriptions on
the banners We're: Don't Betray Your
Comrades in the Trenches and "Msek
Shells
Attempts by few pacifistS to obtain
a hearing Were promptly silenced
Reuters Petrograd correspondent an
nounces the arrival of Alexander !
Guchkoff, Russian minister of war. al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
New Senate Formed in Finland.

HELSlNGFoRS. Finland, March 26.
via London. March 21-rhe leaders of
the Finnish party, after prolonged ne
Sotiations. have agreed on the conlpo-
sitiOn of a new senate, which is Fin
lands supreme executive y senate of
twelve members has been chosen aD-
proXimately -tCcor riding to party division
in parliament. The head of the gov
ernment is a social democrat and for
mer president of the diet. NJ. Tokoi.
who was once miner in the United
States
The new government also has organ
lied a judicial department. excluding
reactionary officials with Russian asso-
Citations and appointing instead the
countrNs best Jur!Sts a majority of
whom We're dismissed under the reac-
tionary regime.
The post OF attorney general Will be
offered to Judge Svinhufvud, former
speaker of parliament, Finland's great
est lawyer and most popular citizen,
whose exile To Siberia in 1915 by Gov
ernor General Seyn created intense bit
terness. Judge SNiuhufvud now is on
his way home from Siberia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
FRENCH ARE GAINING
IN BATTLES RAGING
AROUNDST. QUENTIN
Two of Four Railroads Enter
ing Town Cut by Al
lied Forces.
NlVELLE'S MEN TAKE
COUCY-LE-CHATEAU
Throw Line Around Last Natural
Obstacles Before Laon-British
Apparently Checked.

Driving forward north and south of
s. Quentin. heart Of the. HiudenburS
l,-s. tsg allies have cut two OF the four
sisin railroads which feed the city.
while = third is well within reach Of
.as FrSnch guns
Tsra LS Fsre Inundated by the re-
treating Germans and two OF its domi-
-x-t1S tovSs n the hands OF the French.
tSs caiet interest in the tremendous
e.st-io which has been raging for a
vsSS o. AT ssEh,y-nlils front shifts TO
scc-sc = Quentin
ne Germans are making desperate
s2G bloody a-sscIpts % w-eSt from the
French rNs E,sS <ry-EsnAy plateau,
iron, wclca Cssr- Njvslle's guns COM
wG1d the southern approaches TO the
civ and render It's position. in the
opinion of military critics. one of grave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Wants Change in House Rules.

Speaker Clark today emphasized the
necessity for a slight change in the
House rules and expressed the wish
that the rules could be amended soon
after the convening of the special ses-
sion. The hoped-for changes mainly
cover the question of jurisdiction of
committees At present there are half
a dozen committees whose duties cause
an overlapping of jurisdiction, making
il embarrassing sometimes to the
Sneaker in the reference of legislation.
The principal committees the Spca keI
has in mind are those on merchant
marine, territories, judiciary and inter-
state and foreign commerce.
Bills are sometimes introduced W hiCh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-27
Gain in Coucy Forest.

Ey the Associated Press.
PARIS. March 21.-The war office
statement follows:
south of the Disc we continued to
make progress in the lower forest OF
coucy, all of the northern part of which
we occupied. The enemy was driven be-
yond the Barisis-Servais line South of
the forest our troops made brilliant
night attack and captured the village
Of Coucy-le-Chateau. which was de-
Tended energetically by the Germans.
In the region north of scissors we
captured farm northwest of Marginal
and point of support held in strength
by the enemy.
In the Argorne we made success
ful surprise attack in the sector of Four
de Paris. taking prisoners. In Lorraine
enemy attacks on small French posts in
the region of Letricourt We're repulsed
completely.
Lagn1court Is Captured.
LONDON, March 11.-The latest Of
fetal report reads:
This morning CMonday) we attacked
and captured the village of Lagnicourt
North of the Bapa ume-Cambrai road
we took thirty prisoners and a ma
chine gun. During the afternoon the
enemy delivered determined counter
attacks from the east and northeast,
but were driven off. \ third attack
caught in the open by our artillery,
failed to develop.
Another bombing attack made by
the enemy during the night upon our
post north of Beaumet les Cambria
was TCpulSed. Parties of the enemy
who endeavorsd to approach our lines
in the neighborhood Of Fauquissart and
east Of Npres were dispersed by our
machine gun fire
There was COnSidera BILE artillery
activity today by both sides
East OF NiveIle-SI NasSt and Ar
mentteres there was much fighting in
the air yesterday. in the course OF
which two German machines were
brought down and three others v-er.
driven down damaged. Seven of oul
machines are missing"