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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
VIII Notify Relatives
OF Deceased Soldiers

Adjt. Gen. H. p. Mccain to-
night announced that the DEPART
ment would continue to send In
dividual notice to- the relatives Of
all men who die in the service.
All deaths among the expedi-
tionary forces will be published
in the official bulletin as soon as
received.
The official notice of death will
be confined to the date. place and
cause. Details will be furnished
relatives by the commanding Of
fcer Of the deceased. When personal
property is not claimed within a
reasonable period IL Is sold
and the proceeds deposited in the
Treasury, subject to future claim.
Claims for the property Of the
dead soldier should be Immediately
addressed to his commanding Of
hcer. with proof Of the right to
make such a claim. Arrange
ments for the removal OF remains
must be made through the Quar-
termaster General at Washington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
WAR REVENUE BILL
SUDDENLY BOBS UP
Report Expected Today Involves
Disposition Of Food Control Bill.

Sudden decision was made yesterday
by the Senate Finance Committee to
present toGay the report on the war
revenue bill This came as a surprise,
for It had been said that the bill
would not be brought in to Congress
until the matter OF liquor legislation
had been definitely concluded. This
would involve the actual disposition
Of the food control bill.
However, Senator Simmons, chair
man Of the committee. said yesterday
afternoon;
Il will present the report tomorrow,
and the bill may come up for discus
sion Wednesday or Thursday. The
sentiment seems to be TO begin talk
on the bill None OF the prohibition
taxation will be discussed yet, as we
must wait until the food control bill
has been altered or left as ii is.
The revenue bill has not been
changed in any important aspect.
II DO not know what the conference
between the House and Senate will
do on the Smoot amendment directing
the President to commander liquor.
But we have not yet considered any
substitute for the taxes expected from
this liquor II not commandeered."
The general impression prevails that
the Finance Committee believes that
the President viii be allowed to use
his discretion on the commandeering
Of liquor. and will not exercise this
privilege 70 the detrnRent OF the reye-
nae bill
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His once is at the end OF a corrt-
dor on the second floor OF the low
building on the corner of the Rue de
Grenelle and the Rue de Constantine; /;
its windows look full on the old in
trative office, and the Eiffel Tower
also bulks largely in the view.
Simple Furnishings.
Pershing's desk occupies a corner; it
is no more than a plain oak table
and the office furniture and fittings
are altogether of the simplest descrip-
tion. A red drugget covers the floor
space, about fifteen feet square ana
there are no pictures on the walls
which are panelled and painted in
cream after the style of the ola
French mansions.
The passage to the generals room
is guarded by orderlies and at the
head OF the stair case leading to the
corridor two or three soldiers sit at
a desk. The building is being torn
to pieces and adopted for offices while
the officers are doing their work ana
the clank of the hammers mingle
with the rythmic click of hundreds
of typewriters. The only piece or
carpet in the building covers the
floor in Gen. Pershing's office.
A wooden barrier has been set up
in the entrance hall, where a dozen
orderlies are posted. But there is
complete absence of red tape in
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
COLLEAGUE ASSALS
WTLLFUL' SENATOR
oheIan Attacks Works for Publica-
ton Of Revolutionary"
Causes of War.

One Of the little group Of willful
men" former Senator John D.
Works. Of California. was assailed
yesterday in the Senate by his erst-
while colleague, Senator Phelaa.
An article by Mr.. Works in a Los
Angeles publication stated that this
country had no cause for war. and
That IL made a great mistake in en-
EerinE the conflict
The war is not for democracy.
but was inaugurated for the benefit
Of munition manufacturers" wrote
Senator Works. who is well known
for his pacihst tendencies.
Now that we are actually at war,
7 must say that any comment of the
character contained in this article
country by serving to undermine that
sentiment upon which this war Is
conducted. but II is dangerous in
bringing to the enemy even the in
tinnation that among a considerable
body Of our citizens, claimed by
Senator Works to be 75 per cent,
there is disloyalty and lack of har-
mony in prosecuting the war"
Mr.. Phelan's remarks ELECTED
from Hiram johnson:
Il have not always agreed with
Senator Works, but we must re-
member that he came to the de-
fense Of the republic in 1851 and
shouldered a rifle all through the
war
Senator Borah affirmed his deep
respect" for Senator Works as a man
Of courage and conviction. even
though. said Senator Borah. he sell
dom agreed with the former Sen
ator
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
Congress INTENDED
PERMANENT INCREASE
Representative Gallivan Scores All.
tation Before Employees
Get Raises.

Congress passed the and 10 per cent
increases for Federal employees in the
H,So grade and below with a definite
understa nding they would be perma- =
nent and expressed the conviction that
they were needed by the existing high
cost OF living.
Representative James A. GaIlivan.
member Of the House Committee on
Appropriations made this emphatic in
a statement to The Washington Herald
last night
Il dislike to take issue with any
body on facts" he said. 1t appears,
however, to be very poor policy to
start an agitation against continuing
benefits to people before they actually
receive them"
There was not a man In Congress.
who understood the situation and who
voted for these increases" said the
member from Massachusetts," who
had other than the idea that he was
voting for something that was to be
permanent. Even those who were
or posed to the Increases based their
opposition upon the fact that the in
creases II granted would be permanent
and would never be taken away"
Members and officials of the Fed
eral Employees Union would not COM
ment officially upon the inspired story
yesterday, which had Representative
John J. Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, leader in a movement to take away
the increases.
Representative Fitzgerald is the one
man that the government employees
had to convince before he agreed to
a schedule Of increases. His opposi-
ton was finally removed and made
victory complete.
The government employees have not
yet secured the increase in their
monthly envelopes, although II Is
coming. The movement to take II
away has apparently started.
The increases are effective with the
fiscal year beginning July l. 1911. They
must be continued in annual appro-
priations for future years. They will
De continued unless opposition persists
in calling attention to the fact that
they are only temporary.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
RUSSIAN Lines
ARE SHATTERED
Correspondent Pictures Re-
treat as Most Tragic Since
Napoleon S Time.

London, July 23.-Tarnopol, the FIRST
big city in Eastern Galicia that fell to
the Russians in their invasion of the
Austrian crownland in 1914, has been
recaptured by the Teuton forces in
their headlong rush that followed the
break through" Of the Russian
front.
Admissions OF the gravest character
continue to mark the Russian oficial
accounts. Today the Petrograd wal
once. after reporting that the Rus
SLAMS broke through the Teuton lines
north OF the Pinsk marshes on a front
OF two miles. frankly adds that the
moral weakness and instability OF
certain Russian detachments jeopar-
died this unexpected success, in
which more than 1000 Teutons were
taken prisoners. This indicates that
the dissolution that brought about
the disaster in the south has spread to
the north.
The full extent of the Galician re-
verse, now officially hinted at as a
'debacIe" cannot yet be estimated. A
week ago the Russians were less than
ID miles from Lemberg. Today. fee
ing westward from Tarnopol, they are
some seventy miles from the Cali
clan capital.
Front Everywhere CEumbling.
Some twenty miles more OF this
headlong retreat, and the Galician
border is reached. To clear the
Crownland OF the Russians. and to
follow this US by driving the Mus
covites out Of the Bukowina in the
south and from Volhynia in the
north, Is the strategical aim OF the
Teuton commander dictated by the
break through"
To the southeast OF Lemberg
Stanislau and Halicz already are
virtually surrounded by the Teu-
tons as the Russian front Is crum-
bling. Below Stanislau Gen Rornil-
of's army. outflanked. is fleeing
into the Carpathian hills and there
faces a fate similar to that which
overcame the Serbians in 1915 and
the Rumanians last year; systematic
capture or annihilation. Altogether
275 miles Of the Russian front from
the Pinsk marshes down to the
Bukowina threatens to cave in.
Most military units, says an Of
icial telegram from the southwest
srn front to the authorities at Petro-
grad are in a state of complete
Reorganization. The spirit for the
offensive has utterly disappeared"
A picture more tragic than any
hing imagined since Napoleon's re-
kreat from Moscow is then enfolded
BY the telegram.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
WAR BOND BUYERS
PAY IS PER CENT
Liberty Loan Plans Carried Out
Without a Hitch.

More than 80 per cent Of the liberty
loan had been paid in up to June 90,
and by the present time, 1t is believed,
the payments will total close to 70
per cent. The total paid in on June
30, was ST. ,Oo4,i ,i56. These facts are
shown by the Treasury statement
dated June 30. but held up until yes
terday because Of the great mass Of
work falling upon the banks as a
result of the loan.
One of the most remarkable things
shown by the statement is the entire
absence of panic or violent fiuctuation
in the various banks handling the
liberty bonds. 1t was feared in many
quarters that the flood of gold to the
Treasury as a result of bond payments
might unsettle the money market, but
the plan evolved by Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo for keeping a large
percentage Of the payments in the
Treasury repositories, is shown to
have worked out to such a nicely that
the transfer of the immense sums
involved was accomplished with
hardly flicker IN the market.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
BARE BIGPLOT
IN RUSS CRISIS
Present Condition Result oi
Most Colossal Bargain
in History.
(By the International News serviee.)

Nns inc clhtcEhdtiOhai News ScfNtccsJ
Amsterdam. July 23.-Alexander Ker-
ensky early today received the formal
grant Of unlimited powers from the
hands of the two most powerful rep
resentative bodies, the Council OF SOL
diers' and Workmen's Delegates. and
the Council of Peasants of All Rus
sia.
In his hands alone rests the task
Of averting complete military debacle
at the front and crushing anarchy
at home
The correspondent is able today to
reveal exclusively. upon the highest
authority, a sensational chapter from
the most recent history Of the dark
forces that have almost succeeded
In bringing about this debacle and this
anarchy. 1t is as yet only whispered
in the inner circles Of the powers
that be. but it is destined 10 become
the. property of the world before
many days have passed.
1t appears from this secret informa-
tion that the present state of affairs
in Russia is the result of the most
colossal bargain in hnstory. a bargain
the BotshiviH CRussian majority So
cialists) and anarchists on one hand
and the German ma ajority Socialists,
and probably part of the centrists, on
the other. The fate OF a nation. per-
faps OF all Europe, was the stake.
Bargain for Peace.
Theobald Won Bethmann-H -HoIlweg's
head the price. with his successors .
Endorsement Of res-e without - an
nexatiors and indemnities thrown In
for good measure. The ultimate aim
of the bargaining parties was, and
is. peace: not necessarily a separate
Russo-Teuton peace. but a general
peace forced by Russians elimination
as an active belligerent.
The bargain was concluded, Il is al
legged, at the recent confab in Stock
holm between Russian and German
delegates. Significant in this connec-
tion. perhaps. is the fact that DR..
Matthias ErZberger. leader Of the Cen
trist party, whose shrewd maneuRers
led directly to HolIweg's fall, to the
| formation of the Reichstag's bloc.
and to the passage Of the peace reso-
luton, was with Scheidmann and the
other Socialists at Stockholm.
The Russian ultimatum at those
historic. though, at the time. scarce
" noticed. conferences in the Swedish
capital, is said to have been absolute
surrender by the German government
to the principle of peace without an
neNations and indemnities. Russia
had abandoned her centuries-old dream
for the possession Of the DardanelIes.
The Russian Socialists who had forced
this renunCiation upon the provisional
government, insisted that it was worth
equivalent concessions by Germany.
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
Widow Receives Savings
Deposited so Years Ago

New York. July 2S.-In 1857 F. A.
Gastinssu placed his savings in the
Brooklyn Savings Bank. After Gasti-
mean married and moved to Yonkers
he forgot al ASout it.
Forty-s.x years the sum lay In the
banks vaults listed under unclaimed
deposits. Yesterday City Treasurer
Albert Van Houten, OF Yonkers, an
nounced the heir to the money, Gasti-
neau's widow, had been located, and
the money turned over to her. With
accrued interest 1t amounted to 81 500.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
TO INSURE FIGHTERS
Government Will Provide for Sol
diers, Sailors and Marines.

Tentative plans were completed yes
terday for providing insurance and
indemnifying the officers and men of
the army, navy and Marine Corps.
The whole proposition Is based upon
the fundamental idea that the gov
ernment should. as a matter Of JUS
tice and humanity, adequately pro-
teCt its fighting men on land and sea
and their dependent families.
II is planned. too, that provision
be made for the support Of depend
ents Of soldiers and sailors by Civ
ing them an allotment out of the
pay of the men, supplemented by an
allowance from the government; that
officers and men be Unidentified
against death or total or partial dis
ability; that a system Of rehabilita-
ton and re-education of disabled
men be inaugurated, and that the
government insure the lives OF sailors
and soldiers on their application at
rates of premium based upon ordI-
nary risks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
IS Submarines Bagged
By American Gunners

New York. July S.-The Kaiser's u
at the hands of American gunners
since the United States entered the
war, II stories told by officers and
enthusiastic passengers on arriving
ships are entirely correct In less than
four months that have elapsed since
the war declaration, American gum
ners are credited with having ac-
counted for hfteen submarines,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
$3,25O,0OO, 900 War
Credit for England

Isoudon, July BIN the house
of commons tomorrow the gov
eminent win ask for a vote OF
credit of s65o, ,Ooo 900 Cs3. 20, 900, 0Oo).
the largest single vote since the
opening of the war 1t will bring
up the total for the war to s5,292,-
0oO, 90 CS26, $50, lo0, 900.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
CHALO LONER'S LAWYERS
REFUSED THEIR FEES
Alienists' Bill of Millionaire Also
Rejected. by Court.
CBy the International News Service.

(by the international News SerVice.) }
New York. July 23.-Deciding that
the matter had not been brought to
the courts attention in proper manner,
Supreme Court Justice Weeks today
declined to approve the application of
John Armstrong Chaloner for an order
requiring his committee in this state
to pay out of the income of his pro-
perty lawyers fees and alienists' bills
amounting to $4,000.
R. C. Walker. counsel for Chaloner,
told the court that two of the larger
claims sought to be paid by Chaloner
had been reduced to judgment, and
that there was grave danger of his
Virginia property being sold to satisfy
them.
Thus" he said, "Mr. Chaloner
would be in the anomolyous position
OF being a pauper in Virginia and
worth two or three millions in this
state, where, because he has never
been declared sane. he dare not come. +"
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Would Impede BIs Task.

WOuId Impede His Task.
Section q is not only entirely
foreign to the subject matter OF the
food administration bill In which IL N
incorporated. but would, II enacted
INTO law, render my task OF conduct
ing the war practically impossible.
l cannot believe that those who pro-
posed this section sCrutinized Il with
care or analyzed the effects which its
operation would necessarily have. The
constant supervision OF executive sc-
ton which II contemplstes would
amount TO nothing less than an as
sumption on the part OF the leEisla-
tive body n the executive work Of the
administration.
There is a very ominous precedent
IN our history which shows how such
a supervision will operate I refer
TO the committee on the conduct Of
the war constituted by the Congress
during the administration OF Mr. Lin
coin. Il was the cause Of constant
and distressing harassment and rem
dered Mr.. Lincoln's task all but i'm
possible.
Does Not Question Motiyes.
I am not. I beg YOU 10 believe. in
any way questioning what rnight BE-
ihe motives or the purpose Of the
members Of such a committee I am
ready 10 assume that they would wish
to cooperate in the most patriotic
spirit. but cooperation OF that kind
Is not practicable in the circurn-
stances. The responsibility reste
Upon the administration. There are
abundant existing means Of invesu-
Eation and OF the effective enforce
ment OF that responsibility.
I sincerely hope that upon the
reconsideration Of this matter both
houses OF Congress will see that my
objections rest upon the indisputable
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BY c. J. BARTELLI.
a Cnrresnnndent of the Int

BY c. J. BARTELLI.
Stan Correspondent of the Interna-
tional News Service.
Paris, July Is Thy maiD.-Maj. Gen.
Pershing. commander of the Amer
lean contingent, at the general head
quarters of the American force here,
has been occupying the wires be-
tween Paris and the quarters taken
tions. He is at his desk most of the!
day and is somewhat restive under
unavoidable obligations which take
him away.
This week I sounded a number of
stan officers, clerks and orderlies
working at the Rue De Constantine
Mansions, which are now the Amer
lean headquarters, with a view OF
plumbing their feelings towards their
chief.
PershIng's Manly Man.
One and all agreed that he is a
splendid man to work for-just,
downright considerate. exacting to
the point of insisting that his orders
be carried out to the letter: always
kind, sometimes moved to the right
eous anger of a manly man, but
never petulant or peevish.
"A real he-man," was the terse
but eloquent judgment vouchsafed by
newly appointed officer. who has
met most of the worlds big generals.
The chief works in a room fur
nished with a simplicity that would
move a Wall Street clerk to scorn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
Politics IN the Draft
Charged BY Democrats

me nrst charge Of politics in the
oratt was made here yesterday. A
sEoup OF Democratic country commit
teemen from upstate New York coun-
tles caned upon Secretary Tumulty
ana complained that the list of per-
sons selected by Gov. whitman for
appellate boards was almost wholly
RepublicanA
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
TRY TO DESTROY
ATLANTIC CABLES
Three Men Arrested by Soldiers Of
Manhattan Beach.
CBy the InternstIOnnI News servtes.)


New York. July 23.-Three men
all American born OF American pa
Tentage-were arrested tonight by
United States soldiers on the charge
Of trying TO destroy the three great
Atlantic cables that rise from the
bed OF the ocean OF Manhattan
beach.
The men are Eugene Jones. Rob-
ert c. Pollock and William Horn.
Jones and Pollock are New York
Central employees.
According 20 Sergt Edward ].
Velsor, commanding twelve resu-
lars from the Forty-seventh Infan-
try. United States Army, on guard
at the cable station, his sentries
saw the three men in a power boat
trying to lift one Of the shallow
cables out-of the shallow water.
The cables are the French. Mexi-
can and South American. All are
under government control The,
French cable Is constantly loaded
with messages 70 and from the
American army headoparterH IN
feru -N
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-07-24
GERMAN AEROPLANES ATTEMPT TO LOCATE
AMERICAN TROOPS Behind FRENCH Front
Efforts Unsuccessful-Driven Off by Allied
Fliers-Pershing Busy in Paris
Headquarters
Headquarters.
BY DANIEL DILLON,


SaH Correspondent International News Service
American Training Camp France July . (passed by censo)-
German aeropanes have been trying locate the American
They have been unsuccessful Today attempt of the German flyers
frustrated by the French.
American officers touring far from the camp witnessed
fifteen machines fighting the sky The Germans driven off.
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SHIPPING ROW
GETS SHAKE-UP
President Takes Hand and
Changes in Personnel
Are Promised.

The shipping row will be settled
/ within twenty-four hours. The
President, alarmed yesterday at re-
ports OF the delay to the program.
laid strong hands upon the contro-
versy between Gen. Goethals and
Chairman Denman.
As a result changes in the per-
sonneI OF the Shipping Board are
predicted with certainty in high
quarters. These changes will ease
/ the friction between the board and
Gen. Goethals.
The most likely change in the per-
sonnel of the Shipping Board sug-
gested here last night was the Pres
ident would take advantage of
| Capt. Whites resignation to name
| a new member OF the board. pos
sibly designating him as chairman
in place OF DR.. Denman. In such
an event it is considered likely that
, DR.. Denman would not long con-
tinue to serve.
With a new man as the head of
the Shipping Board. the develop
ment OF the shipbuilding program
might at least be expected to pro-
coed without acrfmony, and with a
speed which 1t has hitherto lacked
Since the points now in dispute are
settled IT is considered likely that
Mr.. Denman will retire.
Beginning as a personal alterca-
ton. the situation between Chair
man Denman and the canal builder
has gotten to the point where the
friends Of each are making bitter
charges against the other. Friends
/ of Chairman Denman have charged
that Gen. Goethals has showed un-
due favor to steel men. Friends
of Gen. Goethals have alleged that
the chairman is interested in lum-
ber contracts. Both charges are
authoritatively denied. The charges
are merely an instance Of the bit
terness which has grown up between
the partisans of the two men.
President Gets Busy.
President Wilson realized yesterday
that changes must be made II the
work of building ships is to proceed.
The President took the matter I'D
Immediately upon his return to Wash
ington yesterday morning. In the af-
ternoon he hurried over to the office
Of Acting Secretary Frank Polk, then
to the office of Secretary of War Ba-
ker. There gathered in that ofice
Immediately Secretary Daniels, of the
Navy Department. Chairman Denman,
of the Shipping Board, and the ship
ping committee of the Council Of Ma
tional Defense.
Immediately after this meeting the
White House authorized the state
ment that the whole shipping matter
will be Strengthened out within
twenty-four hours.
It was learned that the prin-
cipal difficulty between Gen. Goethals
and his BOARD of directors arises
cut Of the plan for Communicating
ships now in the water and over con-
tracts for the shipyards which the
government will build.