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The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Germany Asks Further
Levies for Reserves

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Amsterdam, April A.-In addition to
statement OF the German war minister,
Gen. Won Stein, that every available Mt
man has been taken from the lines Of
communication, from depots, and from
garrisons for service at the front, Of
fetal information comes that Germany
is now doing her utmost to procure more
men for immediate dispatch to the ac-
tive armies and thus fill up the tremend-
"us gaps caused by the recent fighting.
The instructions Issued to the authort-
ties, concerned by the war office state
ment, says that Germany has yet at her
disposal an immense army Of exempted
men at home. an army which exceeds by
many thousands the strength Of the field
army employed in the war Of 1870
Arrangements have been made by
which the greater part OF that army Will
be freed for service in the field, and the
vacant places in the national and eco
have been called upon for national serv-
ice and by women.
There is to be an exchange between
the front and home services. The older
and married skilled workers. especially
those with families, are to be, as far as
military exigencies permit sent back
from the front for war work at home.
In order to increase the output of coal
miners are to be withdrawn from the
army and replaced by substitutes from
home.
1t IS further stated doubtless to calm
the public mind, that work on the land
will not be disturbed.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
FAIR WOMEN ROCKIES
POSTPONE FLOWING
Weather Interferes with Agricultural
Activities at National Service School.

Spring blowing. which was to have
started yesterday at the National serv-
ice School. Conduit road at the District
line. was postponed until the first sunny
day of this week. and the new overalls
which are being brought into camp to
supplant the khaki will not be donned
until the agricultural venture emerges
from the mud and ooze.
Meanwhile the young girl farmers are
plugging on agricultural handbooks TO
learn the inside facts on how to raise
corn, onions and potatoes. An instructor
from the Department of Agriculture will
oversee the project and lectures will
be given at intervals by experts in the
government service.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon
lecture was given in Dewey Hall by
Mrs. James Carl Frazer, on Comfort
for Soldiers" followed with a talk by
Miss Olive NJ. Leslie.
This afternoon at o'clock, the Right
Rev. Shahan, president of Catholic Uni
versity, will conduct a service, and to-
morrow Brig. Gen. Joseph e. Kuhn will
address the students on Mobilization"
In Dewey Hall, at o'clock
Carl Vrooman. Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture, will speak to the fair con-
tingent In the morning, after which drill
and hikes will follow.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
MADE
FOR Child WELFARE
Congress of Mothers and Teachers
Continues Successful Session,

OOnunucs OucccSSful Sessions.
The nrst step in carrying on the WORK
OF child welfare was taken BY the
Franklin Thompson School Parent-Teach-
er association yesterday when Mrs n
II. Darton, president. reported that tie
association had voted an assessment OF
cents each on all members Of the
rrahkin-Thompson branch. to start the
endowment fund contributions for the
Congress of Mother and Parent-Teacher
Association in session lat the Raleigh.
yesterday afternoon was devoted 70 an
illustrated lecture on the "Activittss :,
Los Angeles Schools" by Mrs. j
Francis, of Columbus. Ohio. The flr1
used was one OF the number PREPARED ana
exhibited at the Panama Pacific "a.
position. and brought out forciblv ~,
industrial phase Of the vocational schools
in the West
The child welfare e4hibst in woodward
Iothrop's auditorium. which is being
conducted conjointly with the sessions
OF the congress. attracted a large crowd
IN the afternoon. DR.. Woodward, health
omcer OF the District, answered dues-
tions pertinent TO mothers.
A free dental clinic for children under
II years Of age was established yester-
day morning at the auditorium under
the auspices OF the Congress Or. Bernard
l. Dietz. Of Georgetown University, was
in charge. The clinic will continue over
Monday, and plans are being made 70
have a clinic established permanently fo-
school children Of Washington.
Mr.. H H. Wheaton. Mrs. Frank r.
Hill and Mrs. W. F. Thacher spoke al
the evening session Of the congress.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Soldiers Are Anxious,
Gen. Won Stein Admits

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Copenhagen. April 27.-Gen Won Stein,
minister of war. admitted during a dis
cussion of military affairs by the Reich
stag com mittee yesterday that field post
letters from soldiers at the front showed
a certain amount of discouragement.
This. however, was only a passing senti-
ment, he explained and in general the
spirit OF the troops was good. In a
war like the present one could not ex-
Dect an unbroken stress of victories, he
said.
Gen. Won STEMS report is thought to
have Influenced the committee In send
'n2 through Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg greetings and assurances OF solid
support to the army, which the Radical
Socialist members of the committee
-lOne refused to sign.
The committee rejected a Radical So
cialist proposal to establish a commit
tee Of parliamentary control to supervise
the conduct Of the war.
During the discussion Herr Stuecklein,
a Socialist member. complained that men
were sent to the front as a punishment
and that this method was used regularly
as a threat. He produced the text Of a
company order in substantIation of his
assertion
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
"ENOCH ARDEN" IN MUSIC.

''Enoch Arden" a poem by Alfred Ten
nyson. was interpreted by music for the
first time in the National Capital last
night before the students of Belcourt
Seminary. Thirteenth and Girard streets
northwest.
Miss Pearl Waugh. pianist, assisted by
Miss Victoria Siddons, reader, gave a very
able Interpretation OF the world famous
lyric.
"Enoch Arden" is the story of a man
whG was shipwrecked on a desert island
and upon his return finds his wife happi-
ly married to his rival. Instead OF step
ping In and breaking up his rivals home,
Enoch Arden goes away and dies alone.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
ORPHANS CIRCUS DAY
ARRANGED BY HERALD
Wednesday Afternoon the Big Time for
Kiddies at Johnny Jones Show.

ANh1dACo az JOiiAhAhy JOuCo AIAOWs
Joy has come to town in the person of
Johnny Jones. Even the champions OF
pessimism must lay down their arms for
a brief respite and join in the mammoth
entertainment which viii be staged by
Johnny Jones and The Washington Her
aid fo- the orphans of the city. at FIJI
teenth and II streets northeast, Wednes-
day afternoon.
This day will be a red letter one. on the
calendar OF the parentless. Not only will
there be nice car ride out TO the show
grounds, but there will be, oh! such won
derful sights to see after one has arrived
there.
There will be cowboys and Indians and
trained animals and monkeys and mid
gets. to say nothing of the hundreds Of
other attractions, too many to enumerate.
A representative of the Associated
Charities already has seen the circus and
she thinks its simply great" and she
is happy to think that Johnny Jones and
The Washington Herald are going to see
that every little orphan in the city has
delightful afternoon viewing 1t.
Not only will the little ones eyes be
feasted with every sort of attraction,
but they also viii be invited to ride to
their hearts content on a good, old
fashioned merry-go-round. {.
The management has arranged time
ly preparedness exhibit showing models
Of warships and submarines. It is re-
quested that each group of orphans be
accompanied by someone from the
orphanage.
Remember, the day is Wednesday, May
2, the time Of the show 2:30, the place
Fifteenth and H streets northeast, and
each orphanage that intends to send
their boys and girls should phone i'm
mediately to The Washington Herald for
reservations.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Cable Dispatches from Foreign
Countries Bearing on the War
Resume of Cable Dispatches.

An evjden of the for Germany owing to the
aig and Nvee ofnses the German
minister Cen Stein that all the depot and other points
being stripped of their guards for duty the front Even the
guarding lines communication and of being hnned
because of the demand men,
said there class of exempted Germans which be called
but this in which has
hitherto been considered indispensable has been physically below the
grade that Germany has required of her soldiers.
Gen. quoted dispatch from Copenhagen admitting
dependency German soldiers He is
temporary detailed widespread
shakup wen generals and headquarters officers having
deposed Minister Guckkof This
military Reorganization Russia well
unde way
ngeng French brethren indicated the
the Russian provisional
Socialist agitation peace
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
ENLISTMENT Tagging
AS CONGRESS DEBATES
Consumption Action Blamed for Falling
of of Enlistments.

As Congress nears a decision on the
matter Of conscription, enlistment In
the army. National Guard and even the
naval reserve, has been decreasing. Only
one man enlisted In the army yesterday
from Washington. while the National
Guard also had one enlistment to show.
The army got one man yesterday, two
men on Friday and none on Thursday,
according to the records, while the Ma
tional Guard broke a three-day losing
streak by taking one recruit into camp.
The naval reserve, which has rarely
fallen below ten enlistments a day, fell
to three yesterday, all recruits being men.
A hurry call has been sent out by this
branch Of the service for seamen, fire.
men, locksmiths and coppersmiths.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Dane Carries Peace
Offer TO Russians

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
Gothenburg, Sweden, April 27.-The
Copenhagen correspondent of the It'd
ningen telegraphs that he has learned
from q dependable source that NJ.
Borgjerg. editor of the Social Demo
krateh of Copenhagen, is carrying a
German peace proposal to Russia.
The proposal, the correspondent al
leges, was formulated by the German
social majority group after a con-
ference between Philip Scheidemann
and Imperial Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg.
Borgjerg, he says, has Just succeeded
in obtaining permission to enter Russia
after a fortnight's effort
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Enlistment Of Son
Pleases Sec. Daniels
''I am pIeasedl"

h4u QltdbtQa
This was the expression of Sec
retary Of the Navy Josephus Dam
iels. commenting upon the ac-
ceptance- of his n-year-old son.
Josephus. Jr.. as a private, class
four, In the Marine Corps.
Il had a talk with my son." the
Secretary continued. before he
enlisted. He told me he wanted to
do his duty. but didn't want to en-
list in the navy because he wasn't
a very good swimmer. / recon-
mended the Marine Corps. He was
delighted with the suggestion"
Immediately after his enroll
ment, young Daniels viii be trans
ferred to the training station at
Philadelphia.
Daniels, until recently, has
: worked on his fathers newspaper,
the Raleigh News and Observer.
A slight defect in vision was dis
closed in his physical examination,
but this barrier to service was
waived.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
CRITICALLY HURT

Walter Vickers Lambert, aged 2. a
conductor operating a Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company car, while at
the intersection Of Sixty-first and Foot
streets northeast yesterday afternoon,
was yanked heavenward through the
rear window of his car by the trolley.
He is in Casualty Hospital, said to be
in a critical condition. Lambert lives at
sos street southeast
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Alsace-Loraine May
Be Made Autonomous

STecial Gable to The Washington Herald
Copenhagen, April 2S-The Politiken
publishes an interview with NJ. Troelstra,
the president of the executive committee
OF the international Socialist Bureau.
He pointed out that the French and
German Socialists in 1913 reached a COM
plete agreement on the question of Al
sace-LOrraine, which was to be an auton-
omous German State.
The German Socialists, he said, must
surely have struck Is this program,
while the French were supposed to be
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
COLLEGE MEN ABROAD,

Paris. April 2S.-Seventy-four volun-
teers for the American ambulance ield
service, all American college men, ar
rived today. Among them are thirty-two
men from Cornell. FIVE from the Univer-
sity of Chicago, three from Princeton and
three from the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
SONS OF VETERANS
Will ENCAMP HERE
Annual Sessions Of Maryland Division
to Be Held IN June.

The thlrty-frst annual encampmenf Of
the Maryland Division OF Sons Of veter-
ans, u. 8. A, is 70 be held IN Washing
ton Tuesday and wednesday. June ~ and
20 this city having been selected By the
Maryland division council at Baltimore
yesterday. Commander Charles NJ Over
acker. Of the Maryland division. has Gp-
pointed the following. who are members
Of local camps. as a committee on ar
rangements for the encampment:
Everett F. Warner. chairman; Francis
z. Cross, J. Clinton Hiatt, Corbin Birch.
George S. Hiil. Eugene z. Stevens J. s.
Greene, A. L. Grfndiey, Victor L. Gar
rigus. Edward T.. Byrnes. z. p. Grove,
and A. Marks
The ladies' auxiliary of Maryland a.
vision VIII also hold their annual meet
ing in Washington. and Commander
overacker has appointed Mrs. Rose s.
Rutledge. Mrs. Anna J. Kirl(ly and MrA
Anna J. Marks as members Of the COM
mittee on arrangements. as both the en-
campments and meeting OF the auxiliary
Will hold their sessions at the same time.
II IA estimated that MON lr,e-c.,
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
GUATEMALA BREAKS

Panama, April 2S-Confrmation that
Guatemala has followed the lead OF
Brazil and broken of diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany was received here
tonight. The German minister has been
given his passports, the dispatch stated
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29

A recently patented sanitary shaving
brush has a sponge instead Of bristles,
and the handle is made to contain soap.
Monaco's army seventy-five guards,
seventy-fiye carabiniers and twenty fire.
men-is the smallest in the world.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
BALTIMORE MILK ADVANCES.
Dealers Announce Raise In Cost in
May and July,

Baltimore. April 2S.-It has been an
nounced by leading dairy companies
that beginning May 1, the retail price
of milk will be IL cents a quart and
1-2 cents a pint until July 1, when It
will increase to IL cents a quart and
cents a pint
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29

making larger claims now after the
events OF recent years. But. said Troel-
stra. there was a willingness on the
part Of the Germans to negotiate with
the French and he put great confidence
In the possibility Of a new agreement
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29

II is estimated that 5000 American
settlers have entered Canada since the
outbreak OF the war.
Evening journal., 1917-04-21
AMT
NATURE
WONDERFUL
THE MYSTERY MYSTERIOUS.
PAR, Thrpp.l

With an air OF determination. Law
renee Idaresay, the great detectuff,
climbed the great elm. peering eau
tiously TO the right and left. Smyth
his genial assistant, stood guard be-
low, his fingers nervously twitching
the tennis racquet he held firmly in
his teeth. The top reached. Idaresay
wound up the gyrO camera and start
ed shooting exposure after exposure
of the mysterious, yea. maybe, ghast-
ly object near the hay stack. Great
beads Of perspiratlon rolled OFF
Smyths wrists as he bent the steel
fishing rod into pretzel like shapes
When the last click OF the camera
had died away in an echo over the
foothills, Idaresay quickly threw off
the maltese cat disguise and deftly
dropped into a Mississippi possum
disguise. Before descending the great
elm he hit the flask once more, and
upon finding it empty let Il drop into
the oily waters OF the lagoon and they
both sneaked away under cover Of the
splash through the thickets.
Ahal The plot sickens.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Evening journal., 1917-04-21
Davenpon's Escape Almost a Miracle

wearing a Brownie uniform today 10
the surprise of several hundred thous-
and fans, who expected to mourn the
death of one Of the games iron men
when they read that he had dropped
a gun and received a wound in his
huge frame above his waist
Perfect physical condition probably
has helped him out considerably. for
he declared a few days ago that he
would be ready to help Fielder Jones
team this year just as much as ever
That statement probably is stretch
ing it a little. for there are few men
who can receive the wound that Dav-
export did and live TO tell about it,
He can hardly be just as good as ever.
Davenport is weak and he walks
with limp. but the news that he was
going to take a whirl at baseball again
this summer was considerably encour-
aging to the Browns
1 II is possible Davenport will carry
] the marks of his accident all his life.
He can't move his body in the long.
swinging motion essential to pitching
Ee can't open his mouth to its full
extent because he received part Of thu
charge of shot in his chin. Outsfa OF
that he's nearly all right The wound
didn't hurt his heart any The grit
that carried him through a double
header last summer is still there. If
he can pitch with anything like his
former form the Browns VIII he much
more dangerous than anyone has ex-
pected.
Evening journal., 1917-04-21

and then the rod. equally, Of course;
the rod is of first Importance, then
the line, and then the fly The vicious
circle; you can play both ends against
the middle and the middle against
both ends and never lose Look we'll
to your leaders. The reel needs be
one with a fairly large spindle to ac-
commOdate the bulk of the enameled
line. And the rod, one made in this
country will do very well, indeed a
really good one is as rare as a fine
fiddle and should last as long. and
will If treated right. The fine rod is
a joy forever and the best is the
cheapest, which is true of all tackle
The Fly Of the Future.
"As has been said the development
of fiy-tying is a business. It may be
an art and a fine art at that. The fly
of the future will undoubtedly be of
hair and hair combined with feathers.
These flies have been found wonder.
fully efficient, met every requirement,
and may be made in many forms. EN-
bracing an infinite variety of shades
and colors and varying from the finest
of trout flies to those for pike and
I muskellunge. Royal sport may be had
casting for muskellunge with one OF
these flies. A grilse or salmon rod
may be used or a regular bait cast
| ing rod. A seven-ounce, ninefoot fly
rod Is a rather sporty proposition, too
in this musky game.
"Those who have never seen really
fine hair flies can hardly imagine
their remarkable appearance and ac
tion in the water When skillfully tied
they are the most killing flies, for al
fish so taken. They seem alive and
give off glints of color and produce
an effect that must be seen to be un
! derstood Fly-casters can now try
something new with confidence and
to their advantage. while bait-casters
who have had none too much done
for them by commercial fy-tyers, will
| find the long-sought lures adaptable
to the heaviest as we'll as to the
lightest forms of bait-casting. The
hair fly responds as no other type o
fly can to the manipulations of thu
rod and line and much depends OF
how-after being delivered properl!
"a fly is controlled in the water. TIL,
hair fly also makes a very fine dr..
fly. the hairs having a spidery twitcl
on the surface.
81 have known so heavy bass to b.
taken by one of these hair flies il
five hours, those over the limit throw
back uninjured. of course, the fly be
ing good for many more, owing 10 It
durability. Even greater records Lav
been made with a single fly in us
from season to season. These file
have been called the Artificial File
Par-EXcellence, and have bee
, praised unstintedly by all anglers VIII
have seen and used them"
Not bad at all, old man. for bit q
info from the father of the hair ide
, in flies. and before you hit the strear
this season take a look-see at tn
hairy twitchers which sure awake
an interest in the big fellows.
DIXIE.
Evening journal., 1917-04-21

Readers of the sport pages the 9th
er day were surprised by the account
of a game pitched by Eddie Cicotte,
veteran White Sox knuckle ball ar
tist. in which he let the st. Louis
Browns down without hit or run.
No-hit games are scarce enough at
the best, but one pitched early in the
season is all the more remarkable.
To Cicotte goes the honor of having
pitched the earliest hitless game, the
earliest heretofore having been nine
innings of a 13-inning game hurled by
Red Ames for New York, April Is.
1909. and a contest won by Marquard
April Is. 1915. Ames, however, lost
his game in the thirteenth inning. Ci-
cote pitched his game April IA.
Only 60 hitless games have been
pitched in the two major leagues, Al
in the National and 2l in the Amer
lean. OF the 62 only five occurred in
April.
Amole of the Buffalo team, in tho
American league was the first pitcher
Evening journal., 1917-04-21
CicOttc, White SOx Veteran,
Sets Early Mark for HitIoSS Game

to hurl a swatless contest in April,
turning the trick against Detroit,
April 10, 1900.
The next April game in which a
pitcher got away without a hit was
Ames' game. already spoken of. In
1910 Addie Joss pitched his first nc
hit game against Chicago. This was
on April 20, and April Is, 1915, Rubs
Marquard pitched a nO-hit game
against Brooklyn.
There is a popular superstition IN
baseball that the older pitchers are
not so effective in the early spring as
they are later in the summer.
Cicotte's feat is a direct refutation
of this. Cicotte is one of the oldest
pitchers in the American league in
point of service This is his eleventh
year in the league.
Eddie Cicotte is one of the hardest
pitchers in the American league to
score against. With the exception of
1915, when he had bad year. Cicotte
has allowed probably less earned
runs than any pitcher in the league.
Evening journal., 1917-04-21

American league records have
shown the effectiveness Of pitchers
only since 1913. and in that time Ci-
cote has allowed 2.11 earned runs per
game.
In 1916 he allowed LIS runs per
game being second in effectiveness
to Babe Ruth, who allowed LIS runs
per game In 1915 Cicotte had a bad
year, allowing 3.02 runs per game In
1914 he allowed 2.O4 runs each nine
innings, and in 1913 was second to
Walter Johnson in Johnsons greatest
year. That year Cicotte allowed 1.61
runs per game and Johnson 109.
feat which has been eclipsed only
once. in 1916, when Ferd Schupp set
record of 80.
Cicotte's effectiveness is due prim-
arily to his knuckle ball, a delivery
which he invented and perfected and
which other pitchers have never been
able to use effectively. Cicotte says
he uses the knuckle ball about half
the time.
Evening journal., 1917-04-21
Y. M. H. A. BOYS HOPE
FOR SPEEDY TEAM

Much interest is centered in the
next practice game of the Y. NJ. H..
A. team 10 be held az Shellpot Park
tomorrow morning With the open
ing game but two weeks off, the squad
most likely will be cut after this
practice. and possibly tho first team
will be picked.
The locals will also have two more
recruits out, Lewis. an infelder. and
Goldman. a pitcher. These. in addi-
tion to the strong material which has
already answered the call for candi-
dates. gives promise that the wearers
OF the blue and white will be one OF
the best teams in town.
The locals will be represented at
the league meeting in Norristown
when final arrangements for the sea
son will be made Coatesville has
mad, application for a berth in the
y. NJ. H. A. League and It is probable
that they will be admitted in place OF
Camden,