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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20
Who They Are.

Sir: am the shy. obIiging guy
who calamity offers his subway seat
TO dame in fairly crowded car and
frantically desires to hide his bushes
on mothers shoulder when he hears:
Thanks; I'm getting off here"
H. r. H
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20
TO TALK ON PANAMA.

L. Cantor. recently returned from
Panama, will speak before members
of the Y. w. H. A. on Jewish life In
Panama, at the home of the associa-
ton, 1880 Tenth street northwest,
,yaursday at s:30 o'clock
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

As sung by Nicholas, the end ma
of the Romanoff family:
Abdication is vexation,
Ructions are as bad,
Liberty, IL bothers me,
But czarship drives me mad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

A morning contemporary speaks OF
the population. OF Russia as GROWING,
by leaps and bounds" The effect Of
the Russian dances, no doubt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

the course of one war is goin5 some,
anyhow you look at It.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20
Amuaemenfh

Belaseo-NaEimova In '''Ception Shoals" s:2u
p m
New National-Phfladelphia Orchestra, $50 D.
m: Ziegfeld Follies, SIS D. m
Poh's-New Poll Players. IN Poor Man, Rich
Man." z:15 and s:1S1p. m.
B. +. Reith's-vaudeville 2:I5 and Sis D. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays, 1850 ~ m to
IL p. m.
Strand-Photoplays .. m. to II D. m
Garden-Photoplays, II o. m to IL p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20
SUFFRAGE MAUD MULLERs
Woman's Party Hopes to Pay Rent
With Vegetable Garden.

By converting the front of the
quaint old headquarters on Lafayette
Square into a garden OF purple, white
and gold flowers, the National
woman's Party will keeps its colors
before the public all summer long.
But in side garden, screened from
the public by brick wall with iron
spikes on the top OF 1t, the soil has
been turned into a vegetable garden
for the raising OF onions, potatoes
and other products. By the sale of
these the Woman's Party hopes not
only to pay Its rent, but to make
some money for campaign purposes
as well.
The secret leaked out today, when
Mrs. s.. P. Martin, the only woman
florist In Washington, began poking
holes in the yard OF the Lafayette
Square headquarters.
Expect Crop To Pay Rent.
A passing reporter was attracted
by SO much feminine energy. and in
quired why all the excavating. Then
was unfolded the plan OF Horticulture
for the front portion OF the property.
Fine" said the newspaper man,
but how about q vegetable garden?
Are you going to have one?"
Mrs. Martin looked at him pity
ingly.
do you think we'd overlook that.
with potatoes worth more per pound
than violets? I should say not. We
expect our potato and onion crop to
pay the rent, and they're going to
do II, too, because we women are
going to dig this garden and look out
for II all by ourselves. No mere man
shall enter the sacred precincts, not
even with a spade"
Suffrage Maud MuIIers.
The reporter saw a vision OF a
corps OF suffrage Maud MuIlers, and
glanced at the brick wall with its
iron spikes that hides the site OF the
proposed vegetable garden from pry-
ing eyes.
"Digging's pretty hard work for a
woman" he ventured.
Mrs. Martin gazed at him syuapa-
thetically. Then:
my dear young man, IL you had
ever worked for suffrage you would
consider digging a garden pure recre-
alton"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

This Hindu music is IIavier to the
including us.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

A person who is just "passable' 4
always fated to be passed.
BON MARQUIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

Old Frank Adams has got a contro-
versy stirred up as to whether the
word "elm" should have the value OF
two syllables or one in verse. II ALI
depends, Frank. II is one syllable
when attached to a real estate exten-
sion that il trying to be a fashionable
suburb, and two syllabIes when refer.
ring to that winsome, chinsome re-
freshment of our woodland haunting
youth, slippery ellum." ANY one
might live in Elmhurst; no one ever
chewed slippery elm"
Traversing the dank marshes n,
Interior Flatbush. far beyond the do
main OF Ebbets and the preserves ~
the Consumers Beer COMPANY a. n
street called Elm avenue. II ia he
tween Avenue l. and Avenue NJ. some
OF the inhabitants give it the one
syllabled effect; others claim that n
is a combination OF L and NJ and
should be pronounced In, or EIIun
the slippery way. The guards on the
Brighton Beach elevated also mako n
a neuter noun of the second declen.
sion.
A person who Is just 'passable" is
II. 20 ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

Henry Reuterdahl pictures the pos
sibility of a German battle cruiser
dropping a salvo or two of fifteen
inch shells into the Brooklyn Navy
Yard"
Citizens of Brooklyn are now ask
ing themselves anXiously: How far
does a navy yard splash when II Is
hit by a ffteen-inch SHELF"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-20

The cost Of Huin0 Is so high that
only an employee IN munitions Jdc-
tory can afford to lead double Rfe
these days.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
NJ 'ADOO MENTIONED
AS NEXT. PRESIDENT

Washington. May 26.--Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo. as the dem
ocratic candidate for president in
1920, Is the gossip in the capitol
building here today. Even war
can't stop the habit Of politics here,
and that Is why both democrats and
republicans are watching with the
closest attention results Of McAdoo's
trip around the country in the in
terests OF floating the liberty loan
bonds,
There Is no attempt to conceal
their satisfaction over the reception
McAdoo Is receiving everywhere. his
apparent popularity through the
west, and his success In, as they said,
delivering the goods"
Neither republicans nor democrats
attribute any politics to the secre-
tary's present tour. but both admit
II Ia. bringing the secretary into
touch with the people on a great pa
triotic question and Is bound there
force to establish him as a permanent
identity In their minds.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
HARD TO AGREE ON
APPROPRIATIONS

Washington, May 26.-Chairmar
Fitzgerald Of the house appropria-
tions committee. reported to the
house the committees recommends
tions on the general deficiency bill.
passed by both house and senate.
The report asks disagreement to all
amendments. but appropriations for
$755.0O0.000 for ships. To men,
Ibers who questioned Fitzgerald re-
garding General Goethals' speech in
New York, in which he declared the
wooden ship project to be hope
less" he said:
81 understand there will be about
$50 to 222 wooden ships"
Included in the senate amendment
to the deficiency bill are appropria-
tions OF $500, 900 for the council of
national defense; $4,000. 900 in
crease for army transportation; $780,
000.0 for army subsistence; &c.
000.0 for the army medical de-
partment; $S.5OO,00O more for civil
ian training camps: $4,000 for
recreation at mobilization camps:
$40. 900, 900 for war department en-
ergency fund; $1.000,0o0 for de-
tention OF interned aliens: authori-
Sation Of 1900 additional cooks for
the army; $2,600.0 900 more for
schools or camps of instruction Of
naval recruits; $4,000 900 for a fleet
base at the late jamestown expo
sition grounds In Hampton Roads;
$2.500, 900 for an east coast brigade
post for marines; $500. 900 more
for naval hospitals.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
AuSTMANs HAD MADE EI.ABOR.
ATE PLANS FOR oFrENsivE
ALONG ITALIAN FRONT
BEATEN BY cOUNTER-OFFENSVE
Italy Holds Mastery Over Long iAnss
of Underground and Rock.buiit
rortificatioas

Rome. May 20, Italian troops TO.
day stood as masters OF tho various
aud complicated Notifications which
Austrians have been constructing all
winter TO bar the way to Trieste. Last
November General cadorna pushed u
threatening salient forward In the
Carso and his obiectlve--rrieste ---
was plainly apparent 70 the enemy,
Then came tho grip OF winter In the
mountains, forcing u cessation OF
massed fighting activities. Through
all tho SHOWS and blizsards. tho Aus
trians worked increasingly fortifylng
against this Italian wedge. hollow
Ing out, vast underground passages.
ccmentiug rocky barricades. bring
ing up artillery.
II Ia along thia maserly series Of
Notifications that the Italians have
secured their grip and were reach.
Ing ont today stiil more grasping to-
ward Trieste and IaBache.
Battle front dispatches today told
OF repnlse OF furious counter-attacks "
Ny both wings OF the italian front,
They were continuing almost with
staccato.like inslstence and the fight
Ing was Intense.
Austria has plenty OF troops along
the whole Italian front, They had
been concentrated there under plans
Of the German Austrian general
staffs for great offensive. hut
General Cadorna took the initiative
too quickly and gained tho mastery
by surprisingly swift blows.
While Italy's fighting men have
achieved prodigles OF valor. fighting
up and down rocky ravincs. around
beetllng craRs and down low caver-
nous passages, attention was ofiiclal-
ly called today to another set OF
equally deserving heroes. They con
stItuto tho Italian commissariat
corps,
The difficulties OF transport OF
food, water and supplies to troops
over the rugged mountain country OF
the CarsO haye been titanic, Even
the water must be carried long dis
tances.
Announcement was made today
that the king had personally wit
messed the principal phases OF the
latest successes. achieved by his
troops. being often exposed directly
to shell fire at advanced observa-
tlon posts, His presence has fired
his troops to the utmost zeal.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
SENATE KILLS
TAX ON SALES
senate Finance Committee Eimfn-
stes House Plan for Special Gross
Sales Tax on Common Articles

Washington. May 2s.-The con-
sumsr will bear the burden under
the governments great $1.soo.ooo.-
900 revenue bill. II the senate fin
ance committee, now working on the
measure. pursues It's apparent pres
ent course. II the policy adopted
today Of excluding the gross sales tax
continues. some S118.750,000 will
have to be raised otherwise.
Manufacturers probably win be re-
LIVED Of all gross sales taxes under
the revenue bill adopted by the sem
ate. This became evident when the
senate finance committee struck ont
OF the bill as sent over by the house
the Ave per cent tax on sales Of au-
tomobiles. automobile trucks. auto
wagons, motorcycles and auto-bicy-
Gle and motorcycle tires including
inner tubes.)
The action was taken because the
committee does not approve Of the
principle Of gross sales tax. This in
dicates that sales taxes on other
manufacturers provided under the
house measure-musical Instruments
motion picture films. jewelry. pleas
urs boates, athletic goods. proprietary
medicines, perfumery. cosmetics and
chewing gum will also he eliminat-
ed. The loss in revenue resulting
from the elimination OF the so-called
auto tax will reach approximately
$50. 500 900. s4
The committee today also struck
out the sur-tax on incomes ranging
from 10 per cent on those over
$4,000 to As per cent on those over
81 100000 The other income tax
increases approved by the house and
adopted by the committee today will
net additional funds above those now
received amounting to $532.000.000.
Unmarried men must pay tax
on incomes over $1,000 and married
men on incomes over $4,000.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
ARMY DRAFT THREATENED
THROUGH LOCAL POLITICS
Eiaesee That b Many Communities Attssph n,y Be
Made 10 Use Selscdve Service Plan to Play
Politics al Advance Fassies

Washington. May 2s.---Local com
munity politics threatened to cheat
Americas new army OF men Il ought
to have. That Ia the fear today Of
some men concerned In working out
the nelective service plan--and II Is
not alone q fear for outcroppings Of
the political angle evident recently.
In the nrst place. II is feared local
boards may be swayed by political
considerations In making exemptions.
II is feared that local doctors. either
for political or personal considera-
tions, may discover" physical de-
fects where they do not exist, there
By freeing the men drafted. 4
Heavy penalties attach to any
such intrigue. Despite this. hoY-
ever. there are signs In some quar-
ters that local boards and doctors
may shift conscience aside and take
a chance on their rulings.
War department officials deplore
such a spirit. and will do all possible
to check II and punish II. In South
Carolina there have been suggestions
that the Blease faction intended to
shunt Manning devotees into the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
BOY SCOUTS GIVEN
IMPORTANT DUTIES

Chicago. May ga move ia
broaden the activities OF the Boy
Scouts OF America to include tho sale
OF liberty bonds. Red Cross work
gardening and food conservation. will
Ibe started ut a meeting OF the scout
masters and troops committeeman n
from all parts OF the country here
next week.
The frst conference OF visiting
scout officers will be held Monday al
the Hotel LaSalle. The conference
will conclude Tuesday with ban
quet In honor OF 500 older hoy
Scouts who are leaving to join the
American ambulance corps In France
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

army, regardless OF draft and give
Blease men exemptions, The Blease
faction has suggested that the oppo-
site plan was 10 be used by the
Manning crowd wherever they held
control.
While the charges probably can
not be proven In advance OF actual
registration and exemption. the gov
eminent will keep Its eyes on South
Carolina.
There has been evidence placed
before navy department oficials tend
Ing to show that politicians are at
tempting to advance their favorites
In the naval reserve. Amy such at
tempts. upon being proved. the de-
partment said. would be met by stern
rebuff. To forestall such attempts,
Secretary Daniels has notified re-
cruiting officers Of the reserve to re-
cord every instance. proof OF which.
Daniels said. would be SUFFICIENT
cause for dismissal or disciplinary
action against the reservists in
volyed.
Enlisted men are expected to no
tify their friends that political ac-
tivity will harm their chances.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
GOVERNMENT ON
GREAT SPY HUNT
knowledge That Germany Knew
Port Of Arrival II ships
Starts Rigid Investigation

Washington. May 2S.--what 1,
perhaps the greatest spy-hunt the
government has instituted since the
civil war. Ia on here today.
Every secret investigating agenc,
OF the government Ia engaged In the
ferreting out OF the men or women
who dipped" TO Germany the
news that the American torpedo des'
troyer fiotilia had left American
shores for Europe In time for Ger.
man submarines to mine tho port ol
arrival.
Careful censorship obtains at coast
cable oiilces and Mexican border tele-
graph points. but despite this. the
Germans had tho news four days be.
fore the fleet arrived. Hidden wire
less stations In this country or Mex.
leo. however. may DO tho means Of
communication. Reports stlll per
sist that the government has been
unable TO weed out oil Illicit wireless
stations. II In entirely possible also
that n German agent crossed into
Mexico with his valuable information
and sent II from there. or perhaps
have communicated II 10 some other
transmission base In Central or
South America.
The spy story may be used as u
reason for censorship law. but some
officials admitted today that both the
English and Germans know OF the
fleet story before the American press
or public we're taken into the gov.
ornmcnt's confidence.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
FIRST sUCCESFUL AIRCRAFT
ATTACK ON ENGLISH COAST
SINCE WAR BEGUN
IEMy one HUNDRED KILLED
British Planes Give Eattie in tho Ar
and Shoot Down Part of In
vading Hosts

London, May 2e.--Death dealing
German attacks by is enemy aircraft
resulting in the killing and injuring
Of scores Of women and children and
followed by battles in the clouds b.
tween British and enemy air planes,
yesterday. marked tSe bloodiest Teu-
tonic aerial attack on England since
the wars opening. Details we're ~
vealed today In admiralty and homo
defense statements. The casualty
list was oficially fixed at rs killed
and 174 injured. ~ women and -
children among the dead, and ~
women and 10 children among the
injured.
Royal Flying corps machines
which arose to battle with the i'm
vaders as they winged their way
across England. downed three Of the
Germans. Royal Naval air servics
air planes at, Dunkirk. called into
action Immediately swung into bat
tie array above the channel. Here
series Of thrilling encounters oc-
Cured. One British machine gave
battle with three of the enemy craft
and shot one Of the trio down.
The two sped on with the other raid
ers to encounter more naval planes
over the Belgian coast. Far aloft
the two forces sailed and maneuver-
ed and fought. Before the enemy
forces could escape, two twin en-
gine machines were shot down to the
ground. or the 16 aircraft partici-
pating in the raid. six were there
fore accounted for.
THE raid occurred over the south
east coast" according to the official
announcement. Most Of the damass
was done in one town.
Sixteen enemy aircraft lombard
ed the southeast coast last night"
Lord French's statement said. Sew
enty-six we're killed and ia injur-
ed. Bombs were dropped at num-
Der OF places, but the damage was
mostly in one town. Three enemy
airplanes were downed. r. F. c.
aeroplanes pursued the enemy and
they were also pursued by r. N
forces to Dunkirk. All our machines
are safe"
Coincident with the announcement
Of these air battles. the admiralty
announced raid by British naval
aeroplanes on the enemy aerodrome
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
GEAR AND FAMILY
~ TRY SIMPLE LIFE

Petrograd. May 26.-Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Romanoff. with the Misses
Romanon aud Master Romandn, have
Joined the back to the soil" move
ment. They are planting and hoe
Ing potatoes in the park OF Tsarkoe-
Selo palace where the same group.
when they were known as the royal
family, used to deal out life and
death to all the Russians. The spec
tacle OF the seven members of the
erstwhile royalty garbed In peasants
clothes and doing peasants work.
was enjoyed by big audience today.
Soldiers and civilians alike lined the
fence to the estate, peering through
the steel bars and watching every
movement OF the shovels and trowels
that the former czar. czarina, czare-
Witch and four grand duchesses made.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
GERMAN MOVE ST|RS
BRAz|L'S WAR TALK

= Rio de Janeiro, May 26.--An at
tempted dynamiting OF u government
depot here today by Captain Vendig
and eight German seamen from the
interned German ship Coburn, caused
tremendous excitement. and added to
the war spirit against Germany. The
Germans we're arrested, How near
Brazil Ia to a declaration OF war
against Germany was indicated by to-
days announcement that the fleet Is
patroliing the Atlantic. Tho Brazil
ian congress continued It's secret dis
cusslons Of the International situa-
tion. Anti-war advocates were still
fillbusterlng. and no decision was
yct possible.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
DARE DEVIL AUTO DRIVERS
FOR pERSHING's STAFF

Washington May 26.---Four OF
Americas dare devil auto drivers
have been picked to pilot the huge
machine Major General Pershing and
his stan will use on tho western
front. The men are Ray Middleton,
sales manager Of the Detroit Steel
Products company; John J. Jennings,
sales manager Of Detroit banking
firm; George Llnthicum, head Of the
factory department OF u Detroit au.
tcmobile company. and Elgln Brain,
= successful race uriver,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
ENEMY AGENTS TRY
TO WRECK WIRELESS

Portsmouth, Va, May 26.---Flfty
shots were exchanged and Frederick
Roach, wireless operator, was wound
ed In brush between guards at the
government wireless station at vir.
ginia Beach and supposed enemy
agents early today. The intruders
were driven of as marines and blue
Jackets reached the scene, As far AZ
could be learned, none OF the intru.
ders we're injured.
Several suspects were rounded up
In a search that extended several
miles. Those arrested were turned
over to federal ofiicials ut Norfolk.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
SHASTA LIMITED IS
SLATED FOR DISCARD

San Francisco, May 26.-De luxe
trains must go.
There IL no place on American
railroads for them In war time. &C
cording to the publicity department
Of the Southern Pacific today.
Officials OF all roads west Of tho
Mississippi will meet in Chicago juno
5 to consider details OF curtailmept
OF through train service to meet the
exigencies Of the war situation. In
addition to abandonment Of de luxe
trains, It is proposed to curtail pas
senger trains. lengthen the running
time Of trains. work out plans for
coordination Of express and mail ser
vice. reduce overland trains to actual
need. and simplify the dining ear
service.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
WAR REPORTS COME
FROM ALL cAP|TOLS

London. May 26.--Slight improve
ment OF the British position to the
right OF the river Scarpe was re-
ported by General Haig today In a
statement revealing continued gen
eral lull on the western front.
North OF Gouseacourt and east OF
Armentieres at night our position
was slightly improved. At night, be-
tween Croisilles and the Scarpe, hos
tile artillerying increased"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
GOVERNOR CONTROLS
MASSACHUSETTS FOOI

Boston, May s6.--A bill making
the governor OF Massachusetts virtu-
ally a food dictator. with power to
seize and distribute foodstuffs and
fix nrices as he sees tit. was passed
ea,iy today in the closing hours OF
tns state legislature.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
EDISON WORKING ON
U-BOAT INVENTIONS

Washington, May 26,--While
working tests OF promising" anti.
submarine devices were under way,
on the sea coast. the naval consult
Ing board met today to examine
other new inventions and ideas.
From naval officials II was learn
cd Thomas Edison has submitted
several preliminary plans to COM
bat the German U boat. He is still
working day and night on other de-
Vices.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

Berlin, via London. May &c
Complete repulse OF British forces
In battle at Loos was announced
In today's official statement. Pris-
oners and machine guns were taken
by the Germans. The statement
adds:
"ln n successful raid, our air
squadron bombed Dover and Folkes'
tons and the south coast OF Eng
land"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

Paris. May 26.--Progress around
Mount Cornillet and taking Of l20
German prisoners there. was report.
cd in today's ofiicial statement. No
general offensive moves we're de.
tailed.
Along the Chemin des Danes, the
war Office said there was considerable
artillerying. West of Cerny. Ger
man attacks were repulsed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Howard re-
turned to their home at Ashland yes
terday after visiting their daughter,
Mrs, +. J. Spaulding. at Wonder.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

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