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The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
WAR RESUME PROVES i. S. READY
Germans in ReheatLa Toilette Gred From Senate FJoo,
NEW STRIKE RIOTS
GRIPPING ARGENTINA,
REPORT BLOODSHED

Buenos Aires, Oct. g. Strike riots
broke out in the northern sections Of
Argentina tonight.
The situation In Buenos Aires is still
peaceful. but no decision Ia as yet in
sight. Ali negotiations for a. settle
nent Of the strike have been fruitless
so far.
Count Won Luxburg. the dismissed
German charge. like the legendary
Flying Dutchman." is appearing
everywhere. not only in all parts OF
the Argentine republic. but OF the
other South American nations as well.
Every hour brings a new rumor that
he has either arrived or departed after
a short. mysterious stay. incognito.
As matte of fact. no one knows
where the count is.
His movements have been for some
days shrouded by absolute secrecy.
with the cooperation of the foreign
Office, presumably prompted by fear
that the Teuton diplomat might meet
with violence at the hands OF an IN
furiated people.
Police officers deputized recently to
escort the count also have disappeared.
The foreign minister refuses all infor-
nation on the subject. The chief OF
police disclaims all knowledge.
The prevailing opinion is, however,
ttat the count has not yet left the
country.
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RAID GERMAN PAPER
AND EDITORS HOUSE
Documents Seized But Officials De-
cline to Reveal Nature.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Oct. 6.-The volks-
blatt "a Ger,nan-language morning
newspaper, was raided this afternoon
by Federal and city officers. All ma
teriai bearing printed or written
words was taken in charge.
simultaneously another group of se-
cret Service operatives descended upon
the homes of Henry Danzinger, edi-
tor; Gerhard Huelsmann, business
manager. and Carl Plotz. city editor.
Many pepers wore seized in the houses
but the officials declined to reveal
their nature.
Danzinger stated later that he is
an out-and-cut. AreT' an and in u.
way pro-German. FeIeral officers,
however. declare 'hat recent utter
ances r.uhlls!.cd in ih' rolksblatt DO
not bear out his :iuinI.
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were not his under the Constitution.
and said that under the coEditions
now existing il was almost impossible
for the voice OF The people TO be heard.
mo conviction is stronger with the
people today" he said. than that
there should be no future wars except
in the case of actual inve sion. unless
supported by referendum, a plebis-
cite, vote Of ratification upon the
declaration c. wer before it shall be-
come efieolve"
Il heard every word OF the Senator.
1 read his St Paul speech. and ! do
not know where he stands, The
American people are wondering where
he stands.
There is 70 compromise" continued
Robinson, There are only two sides
-Germanism and AmericaniSm,
'Pro-Germans in this country, hired
agents of the German government.
those who would bcusy their flag
and their country and those who are
foolish enough not to know their
duty had better get 10 cover,'
The hour has come" shouted Rob
inson. wheeling and stretching his
hands wide apart. Tor loyal Ameri-
cans 10 assert their manhood. We
don't want any half-hearted- support
of that flag hanging yonder.
You had the right to question the
wisdom of the war II YOUR honest
Judgment doubted II. Eut when Con-
sress declared war. then instead OF
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Milwaukee Boy Grlns.
\ wide grin covered the face of the
Milwaukee boy as he trotted leisure
ly around the bases. l., was happy
inside and outside, was Happy"
Felsch, but no happier than the s. 900
persons packed into the baseball park
of the Chicago White Sox, champions
OF the American League.
The Sox already had one run when
Felsch hit his home run. but after
that the National Leaguers scored
one, so II waS "Happy's" terrific
smash that decided one OF the clos
est and most bitterly fought games
that a world series has ever known.
Working on the margin Of Felsch's s
home run. Eddie Cicotte. the chunky
right-hander, who has seen some doz-
en- baseball seasons come and go since
first he entered the big league, pitch
ed superbly against the slugGers
from Manhattan leland.
For years Cicotte's only ciaim for
fame was that he came to the big
league from the same club and at the
same thno as Tyrus Cobb. He was
the cast-on OF two other American
League. ciulfs- Ee had a delivery they
called the "knuckle ball" 1t was not
regarded az anything remarkable in
baseball Then. suddenly Cicotte be-
gan showing exceptional pitching
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ton and authorizations. Seven billion
dollars has been loaned to our allies
in the great war.
A single item in the enormous ex-
penditure for the nations safety was
s64o, 100000 for a gigantic air fleet. SO
that the slogan America must win
the war through the air. would be
justified.
Almost every individual in the coun-
try will be affected by the greatest
bill designed to raise revenue for the
war ever passed by a nation.
Perhaps the most vital legislation
besides the actual declaration Of war
was the selective draft law, engineer
ed through the Senate by Chamber
lain. or Oregon, and in the House BY
Dent, of Alabama.
Roosevelt Incident.
In connection with this bill. which
takes $4,000 men from all classes of
society to serve the flag, came the
sensational incident when Congress
insisted that former President Roose-
welt be allowed to raise a volunteer
legion, but President Wilson refused
to let Roosevelt go abroad. There was
a strong fight for volunteer service in
stead of the draft. Hardwick and
Gore lately unsuccessfully attempted
to amend the bill so that drafted men
should not be sent to France without
their consent.
Weeks Of acrid debate occurred be-
fore the bill creating Herbert C.
Hoover food dictator" was at last
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The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
SEO|TION WAR
JUST STARTED
United States Plans More
Drastic Drive on Enemy
Propaganda.
BY FRANK MARTIN.

The drive on enemy propaganda
in the United States has only begun.
There is every reason TO believe
that 1t is going much farther. For
a long time President Wilson was
reluctant 10 open a campaign which
might so easily be misrepresented as
form Of political "frightfulness"
and terrorism. but these scruples OF
his have finally been conquered by
some of his jealous subordinatcs.
He has been shown that there is
only one way to deal with the covert
experiments in seditlon and disloy-
atty which have been attempted by
the foreign language press-and GER
tain of their allies-since war was de-
clared on Germany. That way is to
crush 1t under heel. For weeks At
torney General Gregory has been pre-
senting evidence TO him with the
strong recommendation OF a more
drastic policy.
One Of the things which swung the
Presidents decision, and which
reused in him the most intense in
dignation. was the revelation that in
the rural districts insidious falsifi-
cation. anti-war. anti-draft, anti-food
conservation had been spread by
enemy agents. The Oklahoma anti
draft riots showed clearly the thor
oughness with which German agents
had done their work. including GER
tain l. w. W. leaders
Find the Sourr~.
In certain sections OF the South and
West. the promotion OF disloyaIty and
disaffection- has had a pronounced DO
litical reaction in Washington. Ad-
ministration leaders were at a loss 10
explain II, until they found the springs
and sources of the trouble
More publicity has been given the
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U-BoAT MENACE
RAPIDLY WANES
Navy Department Reports
Two Con9uests Of
Submarines.

Two stories OF the conquest OF sub
marines by destroyers were made pub
lie by the Navy Department ycster-
day. The "westwego" incident was
explained as the loss of one merchant
man, the injury of another. and the
loss of a German submarine.
In the other case an American Ge-
stroyer behaved so calamity as to
earn the commendation of the British
admiralty.
These two incidents, announced on
the same day. confirm the lessening
power of, the submarine. Hard-head-
cd business took cognizance Of this
fact when the War Risk Insurance
Bureau of the Treasury Department
announced that the rate on vessels
bound through the danger zone has
been cut from 61z to 3 per cent.
The Treasury was moved to this oy
the Navy Departments knowledge tt
conditions as well as by the British
figures given out last week showing
the smallest sinking Of tonnage since
the campaign began.
The embargo against sailing ships
for the danger zone is maintained.
Steps have been taken 10 prevent the
leakage OF oil and canned goods
through Mexico to Spain. The gen.
eral opinion in Washington last night
was that through the fighting power
Of our destroyers, the skill of our
armed guards and the rigor of our
exports control the submarine men
ace Is well on its way to the past.
Builds Larger U-Boat.
There is no information in the Navy
Department, Admiral Benson said
yesterday, to indicate what Ger
many's submarine building program
is or the number of U-boats she now
has at sea. 1t is to be believed that
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VICE CHANCELLORSHIP
DOOM IS SOUNDED
Parliament Votes to Annul Office
After Next March.

Amsterdam, Oct. 6.-The Reichstag
has sounded the doom to the vice
chancellorship, an office occupied by
DR.. Henerich. who has been for
months a thorn in the side of the
German law makers.
At the time OF the big governmental
shake-up. Hefferich's official head was
saved much to the disgust of his
man yopponents in the Reichstag. Now
the chancellor. Or. MichaeIis, has
bowed TO the will of the Parliament
which on Recommendation OF its main
committee has voted that the office
be annulled on March 81 OF next year.
At the time of the last crisis II was
said that Hefferich was being saved
for the work incident to making peace.
The Reichstag has adopted the Par
Hamentary budget
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ability, until he finally became known
as one Of the best men in the game
He has trick OF rubbing the ball on
his shirt front before delivering, first.
however, applying 1t to a spot on his
knee. Ball players have claimed that
this rubbing produces a small shiny
place on the ball. and makes IL take
cdd quirke and turns. They call it the
shine ball"
Cfeotte Rubs Ball.
Many an American League PLAYER
and manager protested Clcotte's prac-
tice. They said it was illegal. Time
and again games have been DELAYED in
that league while the players and
umpires examined the ball used by
Cicotte, but II was never established
that Cicotte was using any foreign
substance to aid his delivery.
He rubbed the ball a great deal to-
day. but the New York Giants paid
little attention to his rubbingA Be-
fore the game they had reached the
conclusion which Is probably true,
that the "shinc ball"ls largely a
matter of the imaginatio9 and that
-cicotte's real secret was his great con-
troll and fact ball.
Alternating at first and third base,
CONTINUED on FACE TWELVE,
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Uruguayan Congress
NAV Declare War

Montevideo, Oct. 6.-The Uruguayan
Congress is tonight in secret session
the advisability of de-
claring state Of war to exist between
the republic and Germany.
II such declaration results from
the all-nisht session it will be fol-
lowed Immediately by the converting
OF Montevideo into a base of opera
ton for the allied fleets. 1t was stated
IN authoritative quarters. Fourteen
senators and 100 deputies are taking
part IN the secret council.
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FOUR SERIOUSLY INJURED
WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE

-Four persons badly injured automobile accident
early this morning the Rams Horn Inn when their machine
plunged embankment
The injured W. A. Smith, rs, Of Grand Rapids Meh
Paul Weao S. Of Michigan; Robert Godfrey, $40 street
northeast and Robert L. Dorsey Il, 1905 street northwest
All Of the with the exception Of Densy had their leg,
broken The men were driving in h1ie.b Several wsrs IN
iured internally.
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La Toilette Leaves Chamber.
These words hurled in a terrific
verbal broadside by Senator Robinson.
of Arkansas, at Robert La Folletc
on the floor of the Senate yesterday
afternoon forced the Wisconsin Sena-
tor to rise and leave the chamber.
No Word of Apology.
Senator Robinson's denunciation OF
Senator La Toilette followed i'm
mediatelS on the heels OF a stirring
defiance by the latter in which he
tod those who have demanded his
impeachment for disloyalty that
neither the clamor OF the mob nor
the ursurpation OF powers of Con-
gress could move him from his stand.
In a crowded chamber more tense
than any which has filled that end Of
the Capitol since the closing hours
of the last Congress when the armed
ship bill was defeated by the "wiiful'
twelve, Senator La Toilette, of Wis
consin defended himself.
He submitted not a word of apology
for his speech at st. Paul on Septem-
ber % and said that. neither the
clamor OF the mob nor the voice OF
power would deviate him a hairs
breadth from the campaign which he
has mapped out against our further
participation in the war.
MIsrepresents Causes.
He misrepresented the causes for
our entrance into the conflict. accused
the President of the United States
of usurping TO himself powers which
The Washington herald., 1917-10-07

Last Minutes Busy.
Senator Fall, the last man to an
swer La Toilette, was interrupted
send in last-minute nominations and
clean UP the routine.
In rapid-fire time, Pershing and
Scott were confirmed as full generals
in open session. At the same time,
army corps commanders were made
lieutenant generals and members o.:
the stan corps major generals.
Votes of thanks were drawn in res
olution form for Vice President Mar
shall and President pro tempore Will
lard Salisbury. Of Delaware.
Probably 200 members of the House
were on hand for the final session.
They closed a short business session
with every member on his feet sing
ing America"
President Wilson. in paying his re-
spects to the adjourning Congress. ex-
pressed his confidence that everything
had been done to assure the success
of the American arms and of the
allies, for world peace.
Session Sets Record.
republic was there such a Congress as
the, one which adjourned yesterday.
Within six months, the Congress de-
clared the nation at war with Ger
many, and set up the most elaborate
scheme of preparation for the nation
al defense that could be imagined.
Almost $4,000. 10000 dollars were
spent by Congress In direct appropria-
The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
REFORM IN PRUSSIA;
HOUSE Is CHANGED
Labor Is Granted Forty-Eisht Seats,
Princes Twelve.

Amsterdam. Oct. 6.-An epoch-mak-
ing reform was announced by the Ger
man government today.
The makeup Of the Prussian house
Of lords, heretofore always one Of the
main bulwarks of junkerism, is to be
thoroughly reconstructed. Forty-eight
seats are conceded to Representatives
Of labor. while the landowners are
to have only twenty-four. Twelve
princes are to be among the l2o rep
resentatives which the Kaiser will
name. ~
The representation under the new
plan will be as follows:
To be named by the Kaiser, l2o; la
Dor. IS; industry. IS; municipalities. IS;
landowners. "a; bursomast sters of large
towns. 20; clergy. IL; education, Is:
trade, IL; rural communities. 81 and
agriculture. 1
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NO NEW COUNTER ATTACK

There counter attacks the last "a hours. The
British continued consolidate their lines although the Bavaran
Crown Princes big guns played steady concerted Ere upon them
Otherwise there only raids the British 'front.' Correspondents
continue report the magnitude of the German Thursday
The southern extremity of the battle fron-the
tending from the YpMnn highway nohwad by Poderhoek,
the position which the Germans were dvotns the most attention.
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Congress Formally Ends
Record-Breaking Session
All War Work Cleared Up With Exception OF
Few Measures Which Are Left
Over Until December.

Gayes both houses of Congress pounded down upon pres
officers desks sharp yesterday and the FIRST of
the Sh Congress end President Wilson arrived his
outside the Senate chamber heequa of hour before ad
that he could any late bills He affixed his
the soldiers and sailors insurance BILL -
The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
SIX MONTHS WAR LIFTS
u. S. EFFICIENCY PLANE
Resume of First Half Year of Participation in
Conflict Shows What America
al Has Done -, s~s.r-.

Six months Of warfare have transferred the United States from
sumbens military babe mailed giant with army navy and
dust marshsed the greatest potential machine the world
Since April 6. when declared civilians Congress- CON.
missions and committees have eoornaed for the Of liberty
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HAIG HOLDS ALL LINES;
HUN SLAIN STREW FIELD
Once Fortresses Through Artillery Dom
nation Crown Prince Active at Verdun

London Oct 6-The strategic consequences of Field Marshal
Hs victory Thursday the Pashenaee Ridge began show today
when the Germans withdrew from series of positions which safe
for the day before Hags attack but unensble now that
the British artillery completely dominates them
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La Toilette Under Verbal
Fire Leaves Senate Floor
Attacked in Scathing Terms by Senator Rob-
inson Following His Speech in Defense
Against Disloyalty Charges.
By TRACY HAMMOND LEWIS

Instead of going about the stirring sdon gathering the
Socialists and dsconened elements and seeking infae them
against your aa and Cod ought
sand here and support the Gag and the President and help bring
victory 10 American arms
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5000 Weavers Strike.

Philadelphia, Oct. 6. - weavers In
forty-two Of the army cloth manufac-
tories here and vicinity went on strike
hero today. Nearly 1000 hands walked
out. They demand :5 per cent wage
increase.
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Starting with that drew the contempt of the autoersey
she fight with navy scarcely stronger than past emergencies
demanded with comparatively nothing that required warfare
the modens hight submanes aipan seapanes bombing brig
ade bsad bssdes tanks machine trench dsse-e
has gained that has drawn admiration of tn. powerful
allies with whom she has linked her might.
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HITS SECOND PITCH.

His home the fourth inning of the opening game of base
balls annual championship struggle this afternoon beat the New York
Giants The final was 2 to l.
The leathe left of old Harry Saee the tall thin veteran
of the Giants pitching ashed just balls Fech direction
Happy hit the second into the crowd the hed bIeachers
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80, 900 RABID FANS
CHEER WHITE SOX
WBEATlWG GIANTS
Felsch's Home Run and Cicotte's Pitching
Main Factors in 2-to-I Result of
Worlds Series Opening Clash
By DAMON RUNYON

Chicago. Oct 6-Esppy Fesch-Happy by nickname and just
happy by hero Number of the world of 1917
He the blockybui madn Milwaukee center-6elder of the Chi
White So born Milwaukee raised Milwaukee and developed
in Milwaukee.
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The Washington Herald

lis . Home paper-9oing INTO
more homes, proportionateiy, than
any other Washington morning
paper--3oc a month-delivered-
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-21

What is the workingman to get
ont OF this war; Everybody knows
that millions of toilcrs thruout the
world are sacrificing their lives and
that most Of the suffering Is yet TO
come. We have been told repeatedly
that war is hell-and so II is.
But put II down as fact that out
of this world war there will come new
ideals of democracy. These Will be
purchased at terrible cost and the
present generation may not bcneht
fully because of IL.
And yct-isn't this always the way
great blessings are brought to the
race. Nothing worth while is ever Sc
cured excepting thru somebody's sac
rificc and suffering Who would have
thought six months ago that the car
would abdicatc and that the horr1oin
conditions which have cursed Russia
for so many years would in few
DAYS be thing Of the past. But the
freedom in Russia was purchased with
the blood of martyrs.
Who knows what may happen IN
Gcrmany-even before this article Is
printed Or Austrin7 Or England
yes. the United States? For does
anyone imagine that our country Will
escape?
When the rest of the world is paying
it's price for the purchase Of redemp-
ton can the foremost republic OF TINS
generation hold itself aloof? Undoubt.
edly America will receive its share oil
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-21

All organizations and public move
ments must have their own chosen,
edited and directed journalistic mouth,
piece il they expect to advance ana
succeed in their missions.
The executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor has regular
ly and emphatically impressed this
fact upon the general membership OF
the Federation. Each year brings
increases in the power and number OF
the labor papers," says one of these
reports. "They are tremendous dy-
manic forces, giving publicity to the
cause of human welfare and the strug-
gle of the workers for justice and n
better life. They herald abroad the
news of labor-the ideals which touch
the things Of daily life and make them
glow with the glory of humanity. The
labor papers by bringing about under.
standing of conditions are powerful
element in helping to unity and give
direction to the labor movement" This
fact having been so thoroly recognized
and we'll established by the American
Federation of Labor, the individual
members and local unions and councils
would profit in knowledge by their
substantial support of the labor press
and at the same time bring their great
cause correctly before the world.
Literary laziness" is the symptom
Of n thoughtless time; the energy and
vitality of labor union organizations
are and will be measured by the abil.
ity Of their members to do analytical
and logical thinking.
Good reading Is food for thought. 1t
is to be found in your official paper