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The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-18
German First Line Positions Over a Front of Nine and
 aThird Miles Were Taken.

The Attack of the French Was Irresis- tible and the Great Offensive in the SouthernPart of France Goes on Un- abateq, a Continuation of Which Menaces the German Front Running| From Lens to SoiSsOns.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-18
CRUISER BIRMINGHAM
 HALTS BRITISH STEAMER

Boston. April 1.-The United States cruiser Birmingham reported by radio today that she had halted the British steamship Southdown hy a shot across her bow of Nantucket iightship this morning. The steamsr was allowed to proce after an ex- animation.
 No further details were given and naval officers did not seem inclined to attach much significance to the incident except as it showed the strict watch ept over all shipping in these waters.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-18

Al "" No steamer SrrtoN available martin, o~ Al British steamer been a familiar waters.
 v3Fy
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-18
A FOR RENT AID WILL RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the Sentinel-Record is almost sure to bring you a customer.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-18

CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
Advertising the Loan

All kinds of machinery have been
set IN motion to accomplish the sale
Of the S2y000,000,0 900 bonds. The task
Of the Secretary of the Treasury is
primarily one Of generalship. Yet it
may well be worth few days of Mr..
McAdoo's time to make some public
statements in few of the chief CEN
tiers Of the nation. 1t is announced
that he will address meetings in
New York on Monday and on follow
ing days in Boston, Detroit, St.
Louis, New Orleans, Birmingham,
and other cities. In giving out his
itinerary the Secretary said:
While there IS every indication that
the loan Is progressing satisfactorily,
assurance must be made doubly sure.
II Is Of vital Importance that the Lib
erty loan be oversubscribed. as evil
dence that the people of the United
States are deeply imbued with the
purposes Of the war and determined
to prosecute II vigorously. We want
to force an early peace and re-estab-
Ish Justice and liberty.
II VIII be very interesting to notice
the character Of the Secretary's
audiences and the spirit manifested.
Whether or not the addresses are
successful in striking a popular note,
they should at least reach the more
thoughtful men of each community
and through them affect the general
situation.
On the other hand it is to be hoped
that Mr.. McAdoo will take occasion
to talk with citizens representing all
classes and all sections, thus inform
ing himself Of the actual conditions
that must be met, the difficulties Of
operation and of public sentiment
that must be overcome. If he does
this the trip will be well worth while,
whatever effect it may have on
others.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

to stay where they can develop fully
and be prepared to give the fullest
service in the final account. This
does not refer, of course. to those
who leave school with the unselfish
purpose of aiding their families. But
cases are not uncommon of boy in
a well-to-do household leaving school
because he is tired Of study and one
of his poorer comrades remaining in
the class, to earn support for him
self and a widowed mother in odd
hours snatched from study.
DR.. Claxton points out the fact
that 100000 boys and girls will grad
uate this spring from high school.
Normally 10000 of them would IN
dertake some further course. These
are the ones that are in danger of
yielding to the constant temptation
to drop out. Yet the next few years
are the ones that will fix their in
tellectual habits and determine their
place in the ranks of skilled or un-
skilled workers. Says DR.. Claxton:
The more mature young men are,
the more serviceable they are in the
army. The selective draft will take
only those between twenty-one and
thirty. In the total of 1000, 900 peo-
pie of productive age in the United
States the $4,000 students in col
leges and normal schools and tech
nfro1 nd a.hn4Ig - Oh
grade constitute only about one-half
of 1 per cent More than half of
these live in cities and cannot be en-
ployed in agricultural production ex-
cept as few OF them may ind work
on the farms during the summer.
Their going to college will not lower
the productive capacity Of the coun-
try as a whole in any appreciable de-
gree. The colleges, normal schools,
and technical schools will all be open
with undiminished income from pub
lie funds and endowments and the ex-
pense Of their maintenance will con-
tinue. II is quite probable that many
Of the older students will not return
next fall, and the higher classes will
be smaller than usual. The gradu-
ates from the high schools should see
to 1t that the lower classes more
than make up for this deficiency.
If the war lasts for years there
will be continued need for more men
and women Of the highest skill and
intelligence. II peace comes soon
the demand for constructive workers
of every kind will be enormous.
Americans with collegiate and tech
meal training are already doing
work of great importance in Europe
and in the East And the beginning
of a new world era is upon US. For
the young the task of preparation is
the duty Of the present stay in
school.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
Free Speech Abused

Many Of those whose personal dis
taste for war leads them to express
that feeling loudly and to declare
that it is everybody's duty not to 20
to war make their shrillest outcry Of
all when they are advised to set q
watch upon their lips. They demand
free speech" and their idea of free
fspeech is to stand on street corners
and scream out every yeasty theory
which they carry in their pudding
bags Of heads.
The loud laugh brings its own in
ference, and shrill ranting in protest
is the normal reaction of the undisci-
plined mind to sudden contact with a
new and unwelcome fact, fixed real
ity, piece Of law. Down with it, we
won't have it, let every freeman join
to drive out the invader of our liber-
ties-and so on. Thus, the pacifsts,
not many Of whom, proportionately,
are "reds" and dangerous haters of
law and order.
Let all the discontinued bear this
fact in mind. The theory and prac-
tice Of CONSUMPTION are open to full
academic discussion. The law is I'M
doubtedly constitutional, though even
this point, also, is open to academic
discussion, though such discussion is
futile and very childish and unwise,
under the present circumstances, for
Congress has passed the CONSUMPTION
bill and the President has signed it,
and it is now an integral part of the
law Of the land. The requirement of
registration is part of that law, and
to advise or to use printed arguments
to induce anybody to disregard the
requirement to register is to urge
disobedience to law. This is the
point where honest, if wrong-headed,
persons must make a sharp distinc-
ton to avoid trouble. Talk, if you
must, your hot young heads off about
the sin and folly and waste Of war,
but don't advise anybody to evade
registration. To do so is to commit
a criminal offense, and an offense of
this kind in war time land we are at
war; is liable to severe punishment.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
A Vote of Confidence in the Press

In defeating the press censorship
clause the House has shown more
confidence in the newspapers of the
country than in the Administration
which demanded power to silence
them. The measure was an Admin
istration measure, put forth under
the plea of military necessity, and
with the example of censorship as
practiced among allied nations to
back it. Yet it was rejected by 184
votes to 144, an adverse majority
made possible by the votes of thirty
seven Democrats. Few of the Rep
resentatives have not felt the power
of the press keenly enough to realize
how much better off they would be
if they could control its utterances.
They have therefore paid an involun-
tary tribute to the standing of one of
the country's institutions.
The real cause for objection in the
anti-press provisions of the spy bill
lay in the sweeping kind of Govern
ment restriction for which it pro-
vided. While purportInR to stop at
the suppression of information help
full to the enemy, the power pro-
vided in the bill was capable of in
definite extension, for who but the
censor would have the work Of in
terpretiAg what was meant by help
ing the enemy?
There may be news which the press
can obtain and innocently publish,
yet in the interest of the American
cause should not publish. The pro-
jected censorship was not restricted
to the suppression of such news as
this. Therefore its obvious oppres-
siveness, the general press opposi-
ton, and the impressive defeat the
scheme has Just sustained.
Later on. by means yet to be or
ganized. indiscreet publication Of in
formation likely to help the enemy
win need to be prevented. For the
time being the question when our
troops will move is still unsettled.
The bulk Of our armies is still to be
raised. There is still comparatively
little danger Of betraying military
secrets, since comparatively few
such secrets yet exist. There is on
the contrary an early prospect Of
difficulties and mistakes in the great
and difficult work of organization
confronting the departments Of
Messrs. Daniels and Baker. Better
that the press should have a free
voice in criticism at the initial stage,
in which not only the creation of the
forces but the health and lives of the
men and even the course of the war
are at stake.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
tn. Man Of Straws.


He went to buy a new and nobby hat,
In spite OF churly skies and weather
raw;
And 'ons there was which, pancake
nat,
Within the cleaning window-case
he saw.
All, true, there never was q hat like
that:
A bright brown band upon a yellow
straw!
He bought 1T. yea, he Sought 1T on the
spot,
And wore it for a day in bursting
pride,
Until he saw q combination hot,
A red tinged feather stuck into its
side.
A band Of green and purple polka dot
About IT. Prithee, brother, do
This fool for charging straight into
the store,
Himself unto that vivid thing to
bind:
He bought. ere four days passed, an
other four
OF that same general flaming, gam
ing kind
Nay, blame him not! We shall not
hold the floor
Against him, but shall Just 60 slow
ly blind
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
STAY in School

A more urgent and timely appeal
to the young people of the country
could scarcely be sent out than that
which is now issued by DR.. P. P.
Claxton, United States Commissioner
Of Education. He warns college and
high school students and those who
had been preparing to enter on
courses Of technical training against
giving up their educational plans be-
cause of the war.
Restlessness and love of change is
q natural characteristic of youth.
Under proper control it is a force
that leads to growth and progress.
But change for the sake Of change
is mere childish weakness. Even in
normal times many boys leave school
because they think business life is
more manly, when the best proof of
genuizs manhood th- Nauld give is
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
TOdaysCalendar
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District OF Columbia, Mary.
land. and ENTHUSIASTICALLY showers
and thunderstorms tonight and sun
day: continued mid temperature;
moderate southsrly winds.
Middle Atlantic states-Showers
Sunday viii be followed By generally
fair weather during the next several
days. The temperature VIII average
near the normal during the week.
The storm that was central over
Oklahoma Thursday morning moved
northeastward gaining in intensity.
and this morning It's center Il ovss
eastern Iowa As this storm VIII
doubtless increase further IN IN
tsnsity storm warnings have bean
ordered for Lakes Huron and MichI-
Ean. During the last twenty-four
hours this disturbance has been a..
tended BY showers and thundergtorms
over the middle plains States and the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and Ten
nessse. Showers have also fallen IL
the Middle Atlantic and New Eng.
land States and the far Northwest
The temperature continues unssas
sonably low over the Plains States
and the Rocky mountain region. with
the lowest temperature Of record for
the month OF June IN western Kansas.
and temperatures equaling the lowest
for June In Oklahoma and parts oe
New Mexico.
Moderate Temperatures prevail gsns
orally through the Atlantic and Gulf
The indications are that the weather
will be overcast, with probably show
ers tonight. and Sunday IN the Attain
tic States, the upper Ohio valley. and
the lower lake region In the upper
lake region. the lower Ohio valley,
Tennessee, and the east Gulf States
rains this afternoon and tonight viii
be followed BY clearing Sunday.
The temperature will be lower to-
night in the lower Ohio valley. Ten.
nessee. and the east Gulf States
The winds along the New England
and middle Atlantic coasts VIII BE-
moderate to fresh southerly: on the
south Atlantic and east Gulf coasts
gentle to moderate variable.
Steamers departing today for Euro
Dean ports will have fresh southeriy
winds and overcast, showery weather
TO the Grand Banks
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
PoILU WINS DIVORCE HERE
Soldier Of France Also Awarded
Custody Of HIa Son.

Emile Beauvais, soldier Of France,
has won peace with victory IN the
District Supreme Court, Justice Stat
ford yesterday granting him an abso-
lutte divorce from his wife, Adele
Beauvais, and giving him custody Of
their six-year-old boy. Beauvais Is
now battling with the Germans some
where in France and the child IL with
its grandparents in that country.
Beauvais and his wife were married
In September. 1910, and for several
years conducted . restaurant at 900
Seventh street northwest.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

In its inimitably specious. almost
plausible. way, the Vossische zeitunE
informs its readers that the U-boat
has defeated Americas object in en-
tering the war, which was to seize
Germany's trade with South America.
What crime has cost Greece nearly
half her merchant marine?
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
DEFENSE LEACUERS
ADMINISTRATION
Director Sends Call to Thou
sand Members.
WILL REPORT ON SUSPECTS
To Take Notes on Sympathies and
Activities Of Individuals.
WILL REPORT ON SUSPECTS

The Department Of Justice has
asked for assistance on registrs-
ton day, and therefore the menu
bers Of the Home Defense League
in all sections Of the District Of
Columbia are instructed to see to
the registration on Tuesday, June
5, Of all male persons between the
ages Of twenty-one and thirty
one In their precincts, and to pre-
serve notes showing the personal
sympathies and activities Of in
dividuals. and to render all pos
sible assistance to the Metropoi-
tan Police.
Reports should be sent prompt
ly to the Office Of the Home De-
tense League. Room sos District
Building.
W. P. EMO. Director.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

1t may make a difference to Hun
gary whether zicht or Tisza is pre-
mier, but for conversational purposes
the change will not be very noticeabIs
over here.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

The message Of the King OF Italy to
as though he might have had it worked
into an aria by Puccini and commits
stoned Caruso to sing It.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

The Princeton professor who thinks
the aim Of eugenics is to make a race
Of human beings like a certain popular
automobile ISLANDERS an excellent ma
chine.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
Alleges Unfair Practice In Connection
with War Charity.


To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
VIII you kindly allow room for q
protest which deem timely?
A short time ago a woman entered
the downtown office where I am EN-.
ployed and left cards with our en-.
pIoyer to be sold at 50 each. He sold
almost all she left him among the
clerks employed there. She had told
him the money so collected would be
sent TO the wounded and sick in Ger.
tain French hospitals, and that those
holding the cards would be given an
autographed picture of Marshal
Joffre, as II was a cause dear to his
heart
Some days afterward she called
again to get the money collected, and
the obIiEing chief asked her when
his clerks would receive the auto
graphs.
ooh" she answered alriIy, there
is only one, you know. We told Won
everyone subscribing would receive
an autograph. but that, of course, is
impossible. 1t is really a lottery and
one person receives the autographed
picture. We had to tell that to sell
our cards and raise a respectable
sum"
Now, I am a poor woman. but was
willing to do my little part in re-
lieving the distress OF our brave al
lies, and more than willing when by
so doing could receive the auto
graph OF Frances grand good man.
But hereafter my purse is shut. What
assurance have / that what I give
reaches those for whom I intend II
II there is dishonesty and cheating
like that at the very beginning OF the
transaction?
/ happened to find out that bit of
lying. but ! do not know how many
Others have cheated me in my little
charities since the outbreak Of this
war. Hereafter my mite will be spent
at home and bestowed by my own
hands directly Whether wisely or
foolishly given shall have the salts
faction Of knowing that II reaches the
hands for which ? intended II and
that no dishonest mediator has cheat
ed me or the object OF my charity.
MARIAN HART.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

The retroactive income tax pro-
vision does not compel the paying OF
a tax twice. but merely one and a
third times.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

There isn't much danger that any tax
on tea will lead TO another Boston Tea
Party. The people that would like TO
see one had rather drink tea than pitch
II into the harbor.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
ALL JEALOUS.

He-You fondle that pug puppy I'M
til am actually jealous of him!
She-You're all alike. This puppy
Is Jealous OF you.-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

HIGH TIDE8. LOW TIDE
g:15 q m. hsiEht a. I1.f3 ,. N. hsIEht a.
Ssd p N, height Al
sun AND NOON TABLES.
Sun rose 1s1 q m. Moon rises 80 p n.
Light automoblls lamps At IN D. m
Observations a. United states Wsafnsr Bu-
reau stations. taken at - N today, ssyentys
nfth meridian time:
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
PROCLAMATION OF THE GERMAN
MILITARY CENSOR OF AMERI-
CAN HUMOR

All further speculation on the
RoenigIlche und Ksiserliche limerick
of the Pelican Is hereby verboten,
Zufhciency!
Assurance IL hei sby given that the
mystery will be solved through These
channels at the earliest opportunity,
when Prof. Dixon Merritt. author OF
the X. and X. limerick Of the Peli-
can will give the original and only
genuine version.
And the Professor knows. He
wrote it. @. W. GABRIEL.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

Baecalaureate sermon, WashinEtou CoIlsrs Of
Law, ST. Stephens Protestant Episcopal
Church. Fourteenth street and Columbia
road. 80 D. m.
Installation Of officers, Social Club Of He
brew Home for Aged. tiS n street D. m.
Addresses At prohibition meeting. First Con-
gregational Church. .. m. Senator Myers
will speak.
Memorial exercises for Confederate dead IN
Arlington National Cemetery under aus
piees Of Camp IN, U. C. ". .. m.
Baecalaureate sermon for graduating Glasses,
George Washington Cniversity Foundry NJ
z Church. Sixteenth and Church streets
northwest, 4 .. m Rev. william Fraser
Mcdowell viii deliver the sermon
Commencement exercises, Trinity Coiiexs 1
p. m. Pontincal mass In morning BY Rev.
Thomas J. Shahan. rector OF Catholic Uni
versity.
Exercises In memory Of Joaquin Miller by
California State Association, Rock Creek
Park. p m
Flag raising. lawn 81 AIMS Church, 4 .. m.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
Don Marquis
Column

To q Butterfly On the Avenue.
From what wild garden OF perennial
Spring
on drowsy wing,
Down this grim, golden aisle Of trade
you come
The freighted hum
OF drowsy fields pitched low behind
your flight,
1 know not; but the memories you
bring
OF faIlow field, and stream, and the
delight
OF murmurous bowers
Fire the dull seeming OF relentless
hours
To leav me dumb.
From what dim garden of ephemeral
noon,
That all too soon
Vanished in misty glory long ago.
Do you bestow
An airy hope. a delicate nuanee
OF haunting sadness as a precious
boon,
PIucked idly from the shores Of old
Romance?
What do you, then,
Inconstant symbol, in the marts OF
Whittier dost blow?
HARRY H. CRAIGIN.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02

The Society Of American hd0sc1d"s,
mine hundred strong, gave their annual
dinner last night. Most Of the mem
bers vere tCise enough to ledpe their
todtebes at home.
There tuas a separate table, OF course,
for the stCord stodllooers.
But mine hundred UptTrned and emp
tied silk hots could not produce one
dnti-su bndrIne device. UHltke the CEN
sors, these gentlemen had HothiH0 up
their sIeeves.
The Washington times., 1917-06-02
The Perfect Sergeant.

We had given up hope of ever fnd-
ing that picturesque recruiting ser.
geant There were no MulvAnSys in
the American army, we had decided.
Then suddenly. yesterday. we came
upon him. He fulfilled all the require
ments. 1t was as II he had stepped
from out OF the pages Of one OF Capt.
Charles Kings stories OF barracks
life. He embodied all things mill
tary.
He held himself stif, erect, I'M
blinking. His hands stayed down in
nat, unyielding parallel with the
outer seams OF his trousers. There
was never a twitch to his stern lips,
| never the slightest CULVER to his
! long, sleek, black mustRche. Never
for a moment did his feet shift or his
shoulders shrug. 1t was as II he
could not have relaxed, even had he
wanted to.
There was a fierce luster to every
detail OF his makeup. The patent
leather viLor of his cap came down
across his straight nose with CLEAN
ing fnality. The brass buttons OF
his blue coat The was a sergeant of
marinesD were so many little suns
His belt and his gloves were chalked
to snowy dazzle. Even his
cheeks, clear and pink. and his eyes,
black, direct, almost piercing in their
control, had the shine OF health, of
power, of inpeccability. And his
huge gold chevrons were like so
many strong bars against my desire
to question him. to learn the least
thing of him. Every line of him spoke
of discipline.
A little moth, huttering about his
head. suddenly swooped down and
settled on his vizor. II found no
food there, evidently. for soon enough
IL began to move down across his
face, its wings beating dustily on his
eyes.
But he never moved. His attitude
Of attention" never lapsed for even
one brush OF his hand across his face.
He might have been one OF those
wax figures which are to be seen in
the windows Of the military outftters.
And, as a matter OF fact, he was!
Communication From the Dead Past.
with GiIly Bear to watch DER Ar
ehis'G veal,
And check Hermione from excess
While she and Fothy DER the psy-
chic moiled.
Don Marquis left the desk where
he had toiIed
And sought a spot in which some
rest to steal.
The Dial still must wind its endless
reel.
And daily furnish forth a mental
meal,
How can the board be spread, and
hunger foiled
With Gilly bare?
What though his jokes bring forth
no laughing peal.
And though his quips were old when
Noah's keel
Sped DER the flood-e'en when the
serpent coiled
About the tree, ere sin the soul
had soiled
OF Adam; though we've heard them
all yet we'll
with Gilly bear? d. A.
PROCLAMATION OF THE GERMAN
MILITARY CENSOR OF AAIERI-
CAN HUMoR.
All further speculation on the
RoenigIIche und Kaiserliche limerick
of the Pelican Is hereby verboten.
Efficiency!
Assurance IL heTsby given that the
mystery will be solved through these