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The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Enthusiasm Over Big Parade
Surpasses All Expectations

Herald that the force OF clerks in
the District Building would not be
behind the United States government
departments when it came to Irac-
teal display of AmericaniSm. The
Brightwood Citizens Association has
also made known its intention of
joining the ranks of the paraders.
District Troops in Line.
1t is understood that the troops un-
der Gen. Harvey, comprising most of
the Districts allotment of the Ma
tional Guard, have not yet received an
invitation to join in the parade. 1t
is thought to have been an oversight
on the part of the men in charge and
the District National Guard will prob
ably receive requests to join the line
of marchers.
The list of marchers of the first
division as they will probably appear
in the parade was announced last
night to be as follows:
Leading the parade will be a troop
Of mounted police; following the
bluecoats will be the grand marshall
of the parade escorted by his staff;
the first marcher in the first division
will be Woodrow Wilson, President of
the United States, preceded by the
Marine Band, followed by an escort
composed of the citizens parade COM
mittee. After the first man of the
land, will march the honor men of the
parade. the Districts contribution to
the cause of democratic independence,
the Washingtonians selected for the
national army The Senate and the
House of Representatives will form
the rear guard of the first division.
In the second division will be found
most OF the regular military force,
which is to march. Among the United
States regulars in the line of march,
who will be in this division. are: The
United States Engineers Band, Sixth
Regiment of Engineers, two companies
Of the Coast Artillery. two troops of
the Second Cavalry, Twelfth Field
Artillery Band, Twelfth Regular Field
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01

With practically all the government
departments of Washington signify
ing their willingness to take part in
the parade for the selective service
men of the District Tuesday, and with
the House, Senate, Fort Myer stu
dents, the District municipal force of
clerks, not counting thousands of reg
uars of the army, navy and marine
corps, who havs been ordered to
march, rapidly bringing themselves
into the highest presentable shape,
the success of the gigantic Liberty
Army Parade" suggested by The
Washington Herald and adopted by
every newspaper in the city, is now
absolutely sure of nationwide fame,
and of international Importance.
Officials high in diplomatic life re-
gard the parade as an event to be
looked upon as being not merely ma
tional in Importance, inasmuch as it
originated in the capital of the nation,
but international in its significance,
since it will place the United States
on a level with the countries now al
lied in the cause of democracy by
sending thousands of Americans-and
not merely Washingtonians-dow the
most famous avenue in America in
wholehearted defiance to the auto
cratic policies Of the German Hohen-
zollerns.
Civic Bodies to March.
Up to a late hour last night Mai
Crodier, the marshars chief of stan,
was receiving notices of acceptances
from many different civic organiza-
tions of Washington.
According to William F. Gudc,
chairman of the citizens committee
in charge, the following departments
will participate in the parade,
although they have not yet made
final arrangements: The State De-
partment. the Navy Department, the
War Department, the Government
Printing ONCE, the Department OF
Agriculture, the Department of JUS
tlce and the Postoffice Department.
Secretary of District Commissioners
Donovan last night assured Tho
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01

OHicihls comment.
But high official, acquainted with
every detail of the movements, said:
The aviation program is well
along. The first contingent of our
new air army is already across. And
machines have been sent over, too.
Il can't give exact figures, either
on what has been done or what is
being done. But the first of the new
air feet have been trained and equip
ped and we have thousands more un-
der training now"
Training For ASiators.
All year training camps for Ameri-
can aviators have been established at
places where weather conditions will
permit almost continuous work. Here
a vast number of the technical school
ella ssmen, college graduates and
others who were first to enlist for SER
vice in the air have been sent. A
second contingent is said to be al
most ready for actual service.
Every indication at the War Depart
ment today is that there will be a
full quota for the vast aviation field
which Gen. PershIng is having made
ready in France. There soon will be
men enough to fill the barracks,
which. according to reports from the
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
CHICAGO IN TURMOIL
BY BANDIT CRUSADE
Squads of Police Scour City for
More Members of Gang.

Chiiago. Aug. 3l.-This city resem-
bieS in many particulars, a mining
eashp OF years ago, today. The big
sdturnn drive for bandits was on.
: Poics followed by crowds of hun
Fdreds. frequently thousands. singly
and in squads, hunted bandits in all
sections OF the city.
The afternoon papers got out many
extra editions with big headlines
proclaiming another bandit battle
near"
Bandit battle expected every
minute"
Every time a patrol wagon full of
policemen would be seen on the street
shouting crowds would follow in its
wake. The police have 81 men and
II women under arrest as suspects
in the pay roll robbery" of several
days ago. when two men were killed.
All of this follows the capture of
Ammunition" Whead. who, in a bat
lie with officers yesterday, wounded
three Of them.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
GERMANS DRIVE ON RIGA
BELIEVED NEAR AT HAND
Big Russian Port About to Be Attacked-Lull
An Fighting Between Austrians and
Italians; Active About Lens.
CBy international News seryIcea

London Aug 3Germany long expected combined land and
drive Riga believed be hand Forty Teu,on aero
planes during the last enur hours descended upon the vao,
islands in the gulf of the big Russian Baltic port throwing bombs pro-
m;scuously.
At the same hm according to official word from Peograd Ger
man mosquito fohlas submarines and armed aw made their
the Riga Bay The TeutOn raiders hurled ninety
bombs Russian shipping and habOr oraOns Russian ma
chimes ascnded the raiders finally driving them off, None
of the Russian machines harmed
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Vanguard of Americas
Air Fleet Reaches Goal
On French Battlefield
First of Big Armada Reported Safe After Voy
age Across the Atlantic; Brdmen
Begin Training =

The vanguard of Americas air fleet has reached French SOIL
The first of the armada of 10000 apanes with which the United
States hopes crush German mtars by giving the hunters
much that they will welcome kind have safely crossed
the Atlantic, together with well trained avor operate them.
This fact became known guarded the War De-
partment yesterday The number of machines which have been
transported is, of military information and subject pub
cation. The holds for the number of
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
FNE-CENT BREAD
is Thing OF PAST
Herbert Hoover Says Ten Cents
Will Be Charged.

Prospects for a scent loaf Of
bread to the general public in the i'm
mediate future were sent glimmering
last night by Herbert c. Hoover, the
Presidents Food Administrator. En-
phasis was lent Mr.. Hoover's state
ment by an interview given out by {.
I Corby, one of the largest bakers in
Washington, and representative here
Of the baking industry throughout the
country. Mr.. Corby declared that the
bakers would make no changes in
prices until a further understanding
was had with Mr.. Hoover
AT the prospective prices for flour"
said Mr.. Hoover. 1T Is improbable
that a full sixteen ounce loaf can be
delivered to the consumer for less
than 10 cents per loaf, unless the
consumer will join with the bakers
and retailers in the elimination Of
needless waste.
1t may be possible 20 reduce the
price of bread by about ? cents
per loaf if cooperation of the bak-
ers, retailers and consumers can be
secured to effect standardized loaf.
and If wasteful practices which have
crown up out Of competitive condi-
tions can be eliminated and a reduc-
tion in delivery and credit be brought
about"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01

Arrests Increase.
In the week that The Herald has
given publicity 10 evil conditions ex-
isting in Washington, especially in
the southwest, and has brought tine
attention of Secretary of War Baker
and Secretary OF the Navy Daniels,
Mat Pullman, head of the Police De-
partment, and the people of the city
to the existence of vicious conditions,
the increases in the number of ar
rests show beyond doubt that results
are being obtained.
Vice Ring Here.
That a gigantic ring of vice and
immoraNy is operating in the very
heart of Washington is evident by
a form OF open solicitation exposed by
The Herald within the past week.
Since the publication of the article of
Wednesday morning, August 90 it has
been demonstrated that the form of
solicitation of men, soldiers and sailors
included, by means of an automobile
load of girls, driven by an accommo-
dating chauffeur, who knows a good
road house." is a nightly practice on
the streets of the city, including even
Pennsylvania avenue, within two
blocks of the Municipal Building.
Nightly, chauffeurs drive down side
streets, and at times the Avenue,
with cars filled with their girl
friends" The girls hail the men,
call them over to the side OF the car
and tell them about their plans for
might of it, at a road house some
where outside of the District lines.
Cases of women. white and colored,
singly or in little groups of two or
three openly soliciting on the streets,
are reported to The Herald office
daily from all sections of the town and
from all classes of people. Most OF
these reports, after investigation, are
found to have been made in good
faith and to be founded on truth.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
THIEF FINDS "SOFT
SPOT" in A SALOON

While standing in a saloon in Penn
sylvania avenue near Four-and-a-half
street northwest. just before midnight
last night, in company with another
man whom he had just met. Anthony
Maria, 500 Nicholson street, Rich
mond. Va, was robbed of a twenty
one-jewel watch valued at SIS, an ex-
pensive watch fob valued at SS, a
quarter of a karat diamond ring and
SIS in cash. Maria describes his
stranger companion, who presumably
made the theft, as being about SO
years. feet S inches in height,
weighing 80 pounds and having a
small black mustache. He wore
gray wooden shirt and a dark soft
hat.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01

Last night in the Fourth precinct,
where the first investigation n vice
conditions in the CITY was made, there
were many arrests made for solicita-
ton, drunkenness. disorderly conduct
and vagranCy.
Shoemaker Complains.
Claiming that near beer" is fully
as intoxicating as beer. although
larger quantities must be consumed
10 produce the EFFECTS of true beer,
and claiming that the sale of near
beer" in tSG Dist often done in
a manner con 20 law, A. E.
Shoemaker. attorney and executive
secretary of the District branch of the
Anti-Saloon s.Aesue of America, made
a statement TO The Herald last night.
He said:
The Herald is doing the people Of
the city ana the city as a whole a
good service in bringing the attention
of existing vice conditions to the
police and to the public.
The sale of near beer is a viola
ton of the law, in my judgment,
and ought to be stopped.
The conditions described by The
Herald as occurring on Four-and-a-
half street are possible where even
near beer is sold. 1t is easy to sell
stronger beer under cover of the
weaker beer because the taste and
looks of the two yarities are almost
the same. I made the trip through
the southwest district outlined by
The Herald several months ago. At
that time the conditions were bad.
THE Herald has rendered a service
TO the community by calling the at
tention of those in authority to the
evil conditions. The Anti-Saloon
Lea que of the District of Columbia
will cooperate with The Herald in
any way possible to do away with
the vicious conditions existing IN
Washineton
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
ltaly's Poet-Aviator
Wounded in Skirmish

Rome, Aug. 3l.-Gabriele dan
nuncio. Italy's poet-aviator. has been
wounded in an aerial combat over
the Austrian lines.
A dispatch late tonight from Milan
says the famous poet had a miracu-
lous escape from death. He was
lightly wounded on the left hand.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Newly Married Men
Not EXEMPT. Is Ruling

New York. Aug. 3l.-Men who have
married recently and who have no
one depending on them other than
their wives will not be exempted from
the draft. This decision was reached
today by the district board of which
Charles f. Hughes is chairman. The
decision was made when the board
ordered three men into the army who
recently became benedicts.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
''SUFP BANNERS
TO FLY TODAY
tickets to Appear Again at
Gates of the White
House.

At 1 p. m. today. the militant
tickets will again attempt to dis
1lay their suffrage banners before
he White House.
The suffragists maintain that their
light to picket mas never been denied
~ the courts and until such pro.
edure is taken by the administra-
ion they will continue their DEM
nstrations.
Miss Lucy Burns went to OccoquaH
esterday and talked with the six
. risoners confined at the workhouse
he stated that she found them thin
nd weak. Miss Natalie Gray, or
colorado. has lost ten pounds in
ight days and Miss Lavinia Dock.
4 Pennsylvania. who is 90 years of
sc, has lost two pounds since she
las been confined.
Conditions at Occoquan have been
lreatly improved. according TO the
eaders at Cameron House. out are
Jet far from ideal The quality of
he food has been bettered, but il Is
1till deemed unit for the women
1risoners.
Rejects Miss Burns Food.
Miss Burns stated that the pickets
uffer mostly froIa what is practical
y solitary confinement. Four of
hem have been placed in separate
oons in the hospital section and are
rot permitted to communicate with
sach other
Miss Lucy Ewing, who is the daugh-
Ter OF i prominent Democratic leader
u Chicago, receives the most liberal
treatment granted to any of the
tickets. and has been given special
God twice. Despite a promise given
senator Lewis. by Mr.. Whitaker last
sunday. that the pickets may have food
dven them by visitors. Miss Burns
vas not allowed to give them the
ood she took TO Occoquan. or to leave
4 for them.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
ITALIANS PRAISE
WILSON WAR NOTE

Rome, Aug. '3l.-Italian press COM
ment on the American reply to the
Pope's peace proposal is on the whole
highly commentary of President Will
son. The Corriere DItalia comments
upon the energetic tenor of the Amer
ian executives answer and agrees
with Mr. Wilson that no peace is
possible with the brutal regime OF
the Hohenzollerns. A similar view
is that of Tribuna.
Observatore Romano, the semi-ofi-
cial Vatican organ, merely states
that the Pontiff is deeply disap-
pointed" over the Presidents reply.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Sc LOAF GONE TO STAY.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-According to
'hicago bakers and trade publica-
ions. the fixing of S2.2O as the ba-
ic price for wheat will not bring
TACK the old-time Scent loaf which
iisappeared long ago with the sky
'oeketing Of wheat prices. It was
said the reduction would merely
permit the bakers to continue in
Npsiness without a loss. as it was
legged some of them have been
ping.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
FIXES OCTOBER |
FOR Second loan
McAdoo Announces Latest Possibl.
Starring Date for Campaign.

Money from the bonds OF the sec
ond Liberty Loan of 1917 must be on
its way TO the United States Treasury
by November !. To make certain
funds are on their way at that date.
Secretary McAdoO yesterday fixed Oc-
tober l as the latest possible starting
date for the new Liberty Loan cam
paign
Work will begin as soon as Con-
gress has passed the Sll.5Ss ,ooo. .o10
bond and certificate BILL TO be re-
ported in the House today. The
Treasury Department. in the hope
that the legislation may he enacted
before October !. + already prepsr-
ing ior the campaign. Secretary Nc
AdoO yesterday urged all Liberty
Loan committees TO get ready. and
a. I'D for the formation OF new COM
n-t tees wherever possible.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
NEWSPAPER WINS CASE.

Savannah, Ca, Aug. S1.-Federal
Judge Speer has decided in favor of
Thomas E. Watson and the Jeffer-
sonian Publishing Company. in the ac-
ton of the government barring anti
draft publications from the mails, says
a dispatch from Thomson.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Hearst Abandons Race.

New York, Aug. S1.-The declination'
OF William Randolph Hearst to run
in the Democratic primary for the
mayoralty nomination was announced
today. The formal declination was
filed with the board OF elections this
afternoon. The document was dated
San Francisco, August % -
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
CONTRACTS LET
FOR 26S SHIPS
F Fabricated Steel Vessels to
Be Turned Out with
Rapidly.

Contracts for approximately 26s
fabricated steel ships were awarded
yesterday by the United States Ship
ping Board. All the vessels will be
standardized. An idea OF the rapid
ity with which the construction pro-
gram will be carried out Is contained
in the statement OF one OF the sue
Cessful bidders. which promises that
one complete 5,o1)-ton ship will be
turned out every two working DAYS.
The contracts for fabricated ships
Will 90 10 the Submarine Boat Cor
poration. which will start with TWEEN
tr-eiEht ships. the American lntefna-
uonal Corporation, which will build
30 ships. and the Merchant Ship
building Corporation which will put
out forty ships.
Rapid Construetion Planned.
The Submarine Boat Corpora uon
announced yesterday that its plant
would he located at Newark. y. j..
, where WAYS and buildings have been
constructed to permit Of building
: twenty-eisbt snips at one time. The
other yards are understood to he sim
ilarly Well equipped for rapid con-
strUctiOn.
The plan for building fabricated
steel ships wsS srst suggested by
, Henry Il. Sutphen. vice president OF
the Submarine Boat Corporation. II
was set forth in a stateHsnt gotten
out YESTERDAY by re 2 ng Board
i;:E<smas5 2 & ion On. 6si5 Issi
1P. up 9sSSs : ls-Denman conuo-
ver "a S.plan called for utilizing
the III cilities Of structural steel shops
that heretofore have been furnishing
fabricated steel for bridge building,
structural steel buildings. water tow
ers and other construction wherr
steel was used.
Cnn Use New Labor.
The governments ambitious naval
program and the scarcity Of ship
steel in shapes and plates made the
plan especially attractive to the gov
eminent. for it is expected that there
by a large amount Of labor in shops
and in the neld. not employed on
shipbuilding. will row be directed to-
ward getting out the standardized
shapes.
Adoption OF the fabricatinE plan is
expected to result in the turning out
Of ships more rapidly than was ever
dreamed of before, in the shipbuild-
ing world. So long as the flow Of
raw materials can be kept W. 1t was
stated yesterday, the fabricating
plants can turn out ships at the rae
Of more than one ship every two days.
The parts will be assembled in gov
eminent yards.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
BOYS
IN FIRST drill
Selective Men Take Train
ing at Convention Hall
for Parade.

More than 700 OF the District boys
who may soon be "over there" gath
cred at Convention Hall last night
and had their first taste of military
service.
They were all Serious men, stern
of visage, strong limbed and earn
est Most of them had no previous
military training but were eager to
learn how TO march and enough fnili-
tary tactics to present a creditable
showing when they appear before the
people of Washington Tuesday for the
parade to be given in honor Of the
Districts quota OF the national army.
Col. Richard d. Sims, Of the military
legion, put the men through the first
course -of instruction and Lieut.. How
ard Fiske Of The navy assisted him.
From All walks.
IT. was a cosmopolitan gathering.
Men in silk shirts. others with white
buckskin shoes and wearing apparel
that spelled wealth and refinement
rubbed shoulders with men I'm rough
working shirts, run down heels and
other evidences OF a life, none too
easy.
When the men assembled they were
grouped into companies from each To-
cal district. Those who had military
experience were assigned TO lead the
companies.
For the first time the majority OF
the men learned how to dress up
left face" and forward march," in
response TO military commands.
The colored companies made par
ticulariy creditable showing. They
were grouped together, and there were
more than 200 colored men in the gath
ering that answered the first un-
official call to the colors.
Work Is Elementary.
Nothing but elementary instruction
on marching was attempted. In COM
Iany front, squad formation and pla-
toon groups, the men were taught how
to march.
Coats were discarded and for two
hours the men drilled up and down
Convention Hall.
Adit. Gen. Donovan was so pleased
by the turnout and the seriousness
of the men that he made an EFFORT to
get Gen. CrOwdcr, the provost mar
shall general to review them, but was
unable to reach that official.
All Of the local exemption boards
were on hand for the drill.
Long Training In I. =.
The draft army will have at least
nine months training on American soil
before starting for France, it was
indicated yesterday, just four DAYS
before the first Of the men begin TO
leave their homes for the mobillza-
ton camps.
The Surgeon Generals Office Of the
army is receiving numerous reports
on the physical examinations Of Sc
lccted men which have been conducted
BY the local boards. AS a result II
is estimated unoficially that a con-
$. cTao.a percentage OT the men who
leave home for the mobilization camps
viii be away only a few days. From
u to 25 per cent Of the men passed
by local board physicians rs mt for
military service will he rejected by
the army surg ons al the camps. ac-
Cording to various estimates made
here.
This will entail the calling out OF
considerable number OF men not vet
reached on the draft list in order that
the gaps may be filled.
CONTINUED On PAGE THREE.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
GEORGE W. DECKER DIES.

Newburgh, y. Y. Aug. Sl--GeorSe
W. Decker. superintendent Of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company. died to-
day.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Prepare Public For Defeat.


Milan. Aug. I.-Authenuc advioes
from Vienna state that the Austro-
Hungarian government is preparinz
the public for a great defeat as the
ultimate outcome Of the Italian sue
cesses on the Bains!zza plateau. The
Vienna newspapers upon the Official
adNlce, are beginning 10 discuss the
probability OF an Austrian retirement
from the present lines. both on the
Carso and northeast OF Gorizia- Some
OF the leading organs even hint at the
possibility OF giving up Trieste.
On the AnEIo-German front there
were signs OF German plans 10 re-.
gain the initiative. The Teutons nm.
loosed heavy Eunfire on the Brit
ish positions five miles southeast OF
Lens, near ArIeuN-en-GoehslI ars
attempted raiding operations. The
British nre stopped ell these efforts.
according to the war Office repot.
Berlin reported. today officially
the recapture Of ground 10 the
south or l1e CEteiet recently won By
the British.
French Best on Attacks.
The French beat OF minor Ger
man attacks at Verdun and north
OF the Aisne. Paris reported.
The German war Office asserted thar
In large scale raid. the Germans
on the Ruma-ian front near SEala,
penetrated the Russian lines after
crossing the ZburucE River. They re-
turned with prisoners after destroy
ing Russo-Rumsnisn defense works
Russian attacks near Narccz Lake,
sixty miles south Of Dwinsk. were
without success. Berlin declares.
The British scored a new gain on
the Palestine front. advancing on a
line OF 81 yards 10 the southwest Of
GAIA
Total British Casualties during Au-
gust we're G0.S73, IL vas officially an
noun-ed today. The figure includes
l2.N>l killed. OF whom 1,5l7 were on
GERS.