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Evening star., 1917-02-27

Representative and Mrs. Charles Ben
nett Smith entertained at dinner last
evening at Congress Hall in honor of
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mrs George d. wills, and MIRA John c.
Kelton.
Mrs. John Van Rensselaer, Hon and
Mrs. Ulysses @. B. Pierce will preside at
8. Kelton Of Seattle, Mrs. Edwin Kelton,
Miss Adelaide Ames, Mrs. Arthur
Sweetser, Miss Fay Pierce and Miss
Johnston.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mrs. John A. Peters gave luncheon
yesterday at the Powhatan following
an auction bridge party.
Lavender sweet peas and jonQuils
formed the table decoration, and the
guests were Mrs. James e. MARITIME,
Mrs. Joseph ]. Russell. Mrs. Homer p.
Snyder, Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey, Mrs
James w. Hustled, Mrs. Walter r
Stiness, Mrs. Walter NJ. Chandler, Mrs
George F. OShaunessy, Mrs. Walter w
Magee and Mrs. Edwards Of Kansas
The assistant secretary of war and
Mrs. William NJ. Ingraham were the
honor guests at an informal dinner
given by Representative and Mrs
Peters Sunday evening.
Mrs. NJ. H. Dooley, who went t.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Senator-elect and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry will entertain party for the
inaugural parade on Monday. Mr.. John
Philip Hill of Baltimore will be among
the guests. A luncheon will be served
during the parade.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mrs. Samuel Hill of New York is at
the Plaza Hotel.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bacon have re-
turned to Boston from Washington.
where they were with Mrs. Bacon s
parents, Rear Admiral William H. H.
Southerland. U. S. N. retired, and Mrs.
Southerland
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mrs. J. E. Watkins will entertain at
dinner tomorrow evening in honor of
the wedding party which will attend
her daughter, Miss Ruth F.. Watkins,
and Mr.. Charles H. Morefield at their
Evening star., 1917-02-27

marriage Thursday evening and the
out-of-town guests.
These latter will include Mr.. John
Elfreth watkins, DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus
Adler and Mrs Gertrude Judge Of Phil
adelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis D. Wat
kins Of Montreal, Canada, Mr.. and Mrs.
q. NJ Newbold and Mr.. Herbert Fair
banks of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Knoxville for the funeral Of Mr.. Dooley,
has returned to Washington. Mrs.
Dooley will give up the apartment she
has been occupying and will make her
homo with her daughter. Mrs. George
Norfeet.
Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall will receive
informally tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Miss Rosale Spang entertained at
dinner last evening at the Willard. Her
guests We're Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck
Wendell, Mr. and Mrs. William Miller
Collier and Lieut.. Gen. Miles.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mr. Thomas Spring-Rice of the staff
of the British embassy has gone to
Asheville. n. c.. and is stopping at
Grove Park Inn,
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mrs. NJ H. Dooley. who went t
Evening star., 1917-02-27

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Lansing returned to Washington this
morning. after spending the week end
at White Sulphur Springs. They, spent
yesterday driving about the trails and
took tea at Elmhurst, leaving last
night for Washington.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

Mrs McAdoo will be the honor guests
at a dinner this evening given by Judge
and Mrs. William Bailey Lamar.
Evening star., 1917-02-27

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

/ true defence. which is the destruction
Of the enemy.
Building Many Submarines.
"The Germans are adding to their
underwater fleets faster than we are
subtracting from them That is 10
say, they are not only reducing our
available shipping at the net rate OF
nearly 100000 tons a year ar.
Lloyd George gave the monthly net
average for the first half year as
under 25o. 600 tOns'), but they are
also destroying the shipping Of our
allies and Of neutrals and building
up their flotillas of U-bOats for some
possibly more direct military purpose.
in the last - months enemy sub
marines have been responsible for the
destruction of five hlttleships. five
cruisers. u destrOyers, two subma-
rines. seven mine sWeeuers. and eight
auNiliaries (such as armed liners) be-
longing 90 the allies. In the same pc
Rod our enemies are not known 10
have lost anything above the grade Of
a destroyer. such facts indicate that
the submarines have NOT yet been eN-
hausted: indeed. the opinion of many
Of our most thoughtful and progress
sive officers is that we have hardly
touched the fringe OF them any more
than we have Of the use Of the mine
in fleet tactics
by the way. the prime minister
told us that losses from mines are
not very considerable; they are most
ly from submarines. IL comes to
much the same thing. however. since
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
BRITISH AND GERMANS
DEATH LOCKED IN HAND
I'd HAND BATTLE Clash
Fight for Hours in Streets Of Village with Dead ano
Dying Piled Around Them German Soldier Tells
of Conflict Which Ended Only When German
Reserves Forced British Retirement.

field-gray and kahki FLASHED and the
bl0odiest hand to hand fight Wit
messed by me began. Hundreds Of
hand grenades exploded, cold steel
flashed in clouds Of smoke and dust
and the shouts Of the fighting SOL
diers and groans of the dying filled
the air. The fighting troops quickly
became mixed. Man battled against
man and in the surging chaotic mass
the British could only be dis
tinguished by their leggings and the
Germans by their boots
The wild struggle lasted nearly
half an hour Then the British, who
fought like lions. began to fail back
because more German reserves came
Up. The field-Eray Teuton soldiers
peached the next village and stOrmed
the houses in the outskirts one Of
the buildings was hardly damaged,
but when the German soldiers entered
they found whole room filled with
English warriors who had been killed
by poisonous gases from bombs
Canary Bird Sings During Battle.
"A canary bird which miraculOusly
had escaped death was singing Justify
in its cage.
Two minutes after the Germans
left the house IL was struck by a
shell and torn TO pieces. over the
hundreds Of cOrpses in the streets the
battle ragged on, from house to house.
man and against man, until the night
came and the exhausted soldiers
dropped almost where they stood TO
snatch . few hours Of sleep
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
GERMANY STARVING, READY FOR REVOLT
BRITISH MA VAL WRITER SA VS.
Observation-Disclosures Y.
TO HER SUBMARINE FLEETS

the great majority or enemy mines
are also from submarines.
He no where said that we are
making greater Roadway than before
with the primary and vital tasks OF
destroying the U-bOats. The admir-
atty plans are increasingly successful,
are meeting with considerable sue
cess but if the enemy is increasing
the number Of his sea keeping sub
marines il is clear that the plans are
not successful in the luly sense in
which success ought to be measured
To paraphrase something that lord
BeresfOrd said 80 years ago, we don't
want to stop the enemy from hitting
us-we want to hit him. and hard
Under the cover OF our defensive
measures, whose success. pro TEN, is
certainly written legibly enough in
the sinking returns, the Germans are
making good use Of their submarines
Zainsr both warshins and merchant
men and at the same time building
up strong and even more numerous
flotillas.
Germans Have Purpose In View.
while that is going on II is absurd
for u 10 claim success The Germans
are building with a purpose. which
may or may not be the one they
pirate about so loudly; and if we are
20 Illustrate that purpose we must
sink the U-boats- We did not set rid
of the cruiser corsair by conveying
our merchantmen, but by capturing
the enemy's over sea bases and sys-
tematically hunting down his ships.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
Weather Aids Germans;
Rains Handicap Allies
In Most OffensiUe,

London. England. Sept. lis Ju-
piter Pluvius in Hun payf a leading
British observer has this 10 say about
IL.
Seeing that by a strange coincI-
dence almost every offensive we uu-
dertake is Handicapped BY unfavor-
able weather. superstitious people are
asking whether Jupiter Pluvius is In
German pay The facts are w0Eth
studying.
Rain mad fallen the night before
the Pilkem ridge attack and the air
had been so misty that though We
had driven the enemy temporarily
from the air. our men had TO fight
practically without aerial observa-
ton.
in the battle OF Neuve Chapeue IL
was the same; the weather for the
most part did not permit Of aerial OBJ
servation, in the fight for hill SO the
elements favored the enemy
At LCos the weather was bad, and
the struggle went on in rain, mud and
darkness that materially helped the
Germans.
The relief operations 10 free Gen.
TOwnshend and his gallant staff in
kut were rendered unsuccessful
largely by weather Of the vllest de-
scriptiOu-
When we took vimy ridge the
weather was simply terrible
We have had the same fortune At
sea in the Falkland islands battle
the Dresden escaped owing TO the sky
as early as 4 o'clock becoming cloudy
and overcast; i'm the Jutland battle
the torpedo attacks, on which the
visibility and the state Of weather.
which were ideal for the purpose, and
also for enabling their ships TO keep
out Of gun range.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
REASONABLE Charge
Made Against Royal
Family of Monteneqr,

Berne. Switzerland. Sept 22-Seri-
Gus charges Of treason, which caused
a sensation in Europe, recently were
made against the AIontegrin royal
in Switzerland short time ago
pamphlet entitled "J'Accuse." ad-
dressed to the MOntnegrin people.
This pamphlet disclosed some sensa-
tional facts about King Nicholas and
his sons. The Gazette de Lausanne
reviewing the revelations, which
were widely circulated in France. re-
calls the strange rumors which cir
culated at the time the army Of Mon
tenegrO abandoned Mount Lovtchen to
the Austrians. Never in the course
Of the war. so fruitful i'm receptions
had the Austrians gained laurels so
easily But the military critics be-
gan to have suspicious about the af-
fair And from that moment King
persons acquainted with the situation
in Montenegro.
The kings general attitude in his
French residence" at Neuillv-sur-
Seine and his sons going to Vienna to
streW flowers on the tomb Of emperor
Francis contributed 70 the strength
eninE Of the suspicious. It was said
that matter that the royal family Of
Montenegro doubling a final victory.
had cunningly divided its roles and
given counter assurances in view Of
possible accidents.
According to the author Of the
Servian pamphlet the sovereign OF
Montenegro had always conducted a
able to choose between Vienna and
Petrograd. receiving aid from both
and paying back with alternate pleas
antries.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
L. S. Trade With Balkan
Countries Leads AHLnnds

Athens. Greece. Sept 22.-Because
Of The war. the trade OF the United
States with the Balkans heads that
OF all the countries OF the world.
while the trade Of England, France
and other countries which used TO
supply the Balkans, is steadily falling
off This resulted for the first time
last year. when the United States sent
100000 tons Of supplies TO Greece
alone. England coming next with
$4,000 tons, and France and Italy
falling off to 1900 tons each.
This was chiefly wheat and food
stuffs. Of which America had plenty
and the European nations could spare
none The American increase Of
trade was about five fold over the
preWar conditions the goods from
America being worth last year STA
200 600. as against S2.5ao 600 before
the war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
Secret Belgian Papers
Fool euton Officials

Geneva. Switzerland. Sept. 90
The Gazette de Lausanne reports
that the BelCiaus still manage to
secretly print and distribute
newspapers. in spite Of the
watchfuluess Of the German mill
tary authorities. One Of these
underground papers is Ia Libre
BelEiQue Gree Belgium, a copy
Of which recently reached l-au-
same. In a statement printed in
large type on the first page Of
the sheet the editors and pub
fishers say
we have to ask the indulgence
Of our readers Some OF them
recently complained about the
bad odor of some OF our issues.
We regret this. but il cannot be
helped. I'm time OF war nobody
is able 20 select his travelling
companions la Libre BelEilue
often is compelled 20 travel with
sour lerriugs. LimburEer cheese,
calcium carbide and German SOL
diers- That accounts Tor the
awful oLor. but in the future we
may try 20 perfume our paper
r-irl extracts OF roses and vIsle-s-
This mum. -ufn-r-Ilr eIr APP
pears tela-ei. because H. had 20
be printed twice The hoches
were on our heels and we had a
very narrow escape. To save our
uecks we had 20 throw the whole
edition into the water. BY q new
trick we have been able TO in
crease our circulation consider
ably. We are now using the Huns
10 carry our paper into districts
which we were not able 90 reach
before. Tt viii take the dull
witteI boches a Ions time until
they find out what fools we have
made Of them"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

ONDON. Eng, Sept "a writer
in a London new spaper has the
- following to say regarding U-boat
warfare and the development of de-
fensive measures:
a good deal has been added with
in the last few days to our knowledge
Of the war against the U-boat, but the
most significant Of what to the pub
lie are the new facts is in danger OF
being overlooked. The prime min
lister gave US what was in many re-
spects a reassuring statement Of the
position. Comparing July with APRIL
our losses fell by 43 per cent. but as
they increased 81 percent from March
to April wide the weekly returns).
an upward movement must not be re-
garded as an impOssibility. In the best
mOnth-the siEth-Of the 1915 block
ade' we lost Il merchantmen. but in
the four following weeks So were sent
to the bottom.
Making No Real Progress.
1.-THE remarkable thing that Lloyd
George told us. however, is that the
number of submarines is increasing.
Coupling this with the diminutiOn i'm
the sinllings. what does il mean II
means that our war against the U-boat
is primarily a defensive war-that we
are giving better protection TO our
merchantmen, but are making no real
progress along the line Of the only
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
French Airmen Make
Successful Assault
On German Infantry

London. England. sept 22--Is Ju-
able instance OF the facility with
which French fighting planes can
transform themselves into weapons of
assault against infantry was fur
nished by the SO hours battle recently
in trenches northwest OF St quentin
a night attack by shock troops on
French trenches east OF the village
Of Fayet enabled the enemy 10 cap
ture the front line over a width OF
500 or coo meters Immediate counter
attacks expelled them from q part
Of the ground. but they held on TO the
remainder OF the captured line, meet
ing our counter attacks with fresh
attacks OF their own until the evening
OF August II. when a battalion Of the
18th regiment. coming fresh into the
FRAY. drove them from the position
with bomb and bayonet
DUNG the fighting OF August 10
and II the French airplanes coutin-
ually swept over the ground flying
low and pouring a constant hail OF
machine gun bullets into the trenches
held by the enemy
An army order thanking the troops
Of all arms concerned says During
the counter attacks powerful squad
rous OF airplanes engaged IN the
fighting. secouding the infantry with
a courage which won the admiration
Of all The planes came back from
the battle riddled with bullets. Since
the battle Of the Somme the action Of
the airplanes engaging the enemy
with our own infantry has been no
new thing. but 10 is probable that they
have never been engaged in land
fighting in such numbers, IN such a
systematic manner. and on such a
narrow front"
The order mentions that while
fighting the Germans in their trenches
as described the French aviators brill
Iiantly discharged their ordinary duty
of keeping the French command in
formed of the progress OF the battle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
MOSCOW Taxes
HOLIDAY, ALL
PLANTSGLO5E
City Packed With Soldiers
From Front Bent on
Good Time.
MANY ON STRIKE
FOR HIGHER PAY

ONDON. Eng, Sept 22.-One OF
the representatives OF a motor
- company. arriving in London
from Moscow. says that the city IS
full to overflowing. refugees and
soldiers 'holidaying'' from the front
swelling the normal population
enormously. When he left hardly
anybody was working. and all the
factories and many shops were
closed. due 10 the universal demand
for higher wages. Restaurant en-
pIoyes and even domestic servants
have struck in a body for salaries
their employers could never hope To-
pay them.
The rich peOple-and they are sin
numerous-havs to do all their own
Cafes and cabarets are open an
night. and the whole city is enjoy
mig itself eLtravagantly.
Prices for food and clothes are
ruinous. Il had to give 400 roubles
for ready made suit and s. rou-
bles for a light pair OF brown shoes
which I used 70 get FOR IS shiuings
in London. In MOSCOW today 225
roubles equal roughly, a ten pound
note.
7 had to get my passport vised
before I could buy my shoes. and ir
was the same with my new suit or
clothes. Fvervthfnr else is r-isti---
" dear. and under its present system
OF local government the city is an
ucipating the winter with much auV-
fety"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
Cuban GCUernment to
Take OUer Columbus
Cathedral to SaUe Il

Havana, CUBA. sept. ----Ihe pro
posed sale Of the historic Columbus
cathedral here by the ecclesiastical
authorities and fear that It would be
destroyed have aroused such a force
Of opposition that the edifice- which
is 211 years old. probably viii soon
pass into the ownership OF the Cuban
government as permanent national
monument. The cathedral was COM
pleted by the Jesuit fathers in 1lU4.
and il is asserted that the bones Of
Christopher Columbus were removed
from SautO Domingo to its crypt IN
the following year though this IS
disputed by SautO DOmiIicans-
The bones were removed by the
Spanish officials at the evacuation in
1900.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
Halt Million Pairs of
Shoes Monthly VIII
Be Subblied in France

Paris. France, sept 15.-Half a mil
lion pairs OF boots are TO be made
available monthly for the poor by the
French government, at prices varying
from $3.50 for men 20 S4-75 for Wom-
en-. and less for children This COM
pares more favOrably with present
shop prices, which have iournered un
OF more or less reliable boots
The national boot is the precursor
OF a movement which may see The
Matchmaking OF many other articles
OF wear. for there is actually talk
now OF state made clothes. with state
manufactured fabrics Before these
things make their appearance. how
ever, France VIII have the national
loaf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

ONDON. England. Sept. %. - An
Englishwoman. the wife OF a
L. Swiss bank official. who has
just succeeded in reaching Switzer-
land after several years sojourn IN
Berlin. sends a vivid picture Of the
condition Of the German people, de-
claring the people on the verge OF
revolution writing to a friend at
Tewkesbury she says:
No Cards, No Food.
we had a most beautiful fiat with
wonderful silver and linen, but moth
ing to eat. lIangeI wurzles and a few
potatoes formed many a dinner You
can 90 from one end OF Berlin TO an
other and find nothing. except with
YOUR cards and when these are eX-
hausted you have nothing more until
the next week 4 bun tWnen you Ilnq
IT'D costs $500: one-fOurth pint OF bad
oil 50. There are no soap, cheese,
cake. biscuits, fat. coffee, tea, rice.
cereals, soda, cocoa, milk, chocolate,
sweets. Jam, bacon. sausage or beer
Often there are no potatoes
our only weekly food allowance
was as follows 2 - pounds OF
dreadful black bread Cmade OF wood
shavin-s. inferior flour. potato skins,
etc) 81 pound flour; Is ounce but
ter. 2 ounces bad meat ounces
sugar. one egg per month A cluli-
flower costs Sis. A cabbage go cents
Nobody over five years Of age has
milk
Everybody Broken Down Physically
Everybody IS broken down for
want Of proper food We have paid
$3.50 for q pound OF biscuits. one
cannot buy a pair OF stockings with
out a police permit The people are
dead sick OF everything That the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
- URIcH. Switzerland, Sept. %

~ URICH, Switzerland. Sept. ga
correspondent Of the "Neue
- Zuericher Zeitung" on the Ger
man front in Flanders sends the fol-
lowing thrilling account Of one Of the
terrible battles which are raging
there day after day since the British
started their new offensive between
Tpres and the coast
We were out in the most advanced
lines. The British 'heavies' had been
hammering US more than q hours.
Hundreds Of shells exploded in the
village through which the German
trenches ran. The houses that had
long been the restful quarters OF the
soldiers were thrown high into the
air with enormous clouds Of red,
brown and black smoke and the
streets and the gardens with their
innuuerable shell Craters looked like
a map Of the noon
Welcomed sHunest Fighting"
Early in the morning the COM
mauder Of the company received a
telephone message. Turning 20 his
men he shouted. We are going to
nave an honest --EAL again Inc
trench war is over and we viii be
soldiers once morei Get ready" The
rest Of his words were drowned by
the Internal roar Of the German bat
teries- British stOrmiug waves ap-
preached and pressed forward, in
spite OF the terrible havoc wrought
in their lines by our artillery and
machine gun fire which greeted them
suddenly the fire on our side stopped
A few orders were shouted The men
lighted their last cigarets and picked
up their hand Erenades- The five
minutes that elapsed seemed an eter-
nifty. Then came the command TO
counter attack. With a shout the
company and the reserves which had
come I'd hastily advanced, but u
seemed Impossible 20 break throush
the indescrib bale British barrage 1ire-
in q few moments the ground was
covered with dead and dying Il
looked as If not a single man would
pass through the hail Of shells alive,
but what seemed impossible was &C
cUmplished-
About 500 Yards from our village
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
Germans Set Traps For
British Tanks, Spread
Oil and Cement in Path

London, Ing, sept "a new
method employed by the enemy 20
hinder the advance Of the allies in
Flanders was described by a private
who has just arrived in London. Per
haps the most interesting is the latest
German device TO trap a tank
Two Germans. greatly puzzled TO In
vent some effective obstacle which
would not be crushed under the body
Of the leviathan, hit upon the idea
OF spreading the bottoms OF the large
craters with a mixture OF oil and
Jumps Of cement The object was 20
get the spaces I'm the caterpillar
cloEged so that the tank could not
stir and become fair target for any
enemy guns that happened to be left
in range in the neighborhood.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

seeds OF revolution are fast being
sOwn in Germany no one can deny.
but this oppressed, voteless people.
crushed by the villainous police sys-
TEN, dare not speak. They know Moth
ing Of the real state OF affairs.
we did a little propaganda BY
lending them neutral papers. but, OF
course, we had to be very careful
always found the German people very
kiFd and openhearted, but the mo-
ment one touched OfficialdOm they
were worse than savages- Things
looked very bad just before my hus-
band left Che remained behind for
some time). There were even SOL
diers IN the Dresdner bank and every
body had 70 give a password before
they could enter The authorities were
afraid OF the mob.
such is life in BerIin-"