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The Washington herald., 1917-11-12

his sweetheart standing with Turner
He commanded her to come outside,
which she refused to do. Enraged he
then commenced shooting.
DR.. Chapman said last night, at do
not feel that Miss Padgett is to blame
for any part of the disgraceful af-
fair. The man was overjealous and
must have been insane when he at
tempted the two murders"
DR.. Chapman stated that when Miss
Padgett told him of Readmond's
threat to kill her she had not seemed
in the least frightened. He said that
from statements that he had heard
at various times he had drawn the
conclusion that the man was very
Jealous Of the girl.
Miss Padgett could not be seen last
night. having been sent to bed by DR..
Chapman In an almost Frustrated con-
dition from the affects Of the shoot
ing.
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A MACHINE GUN ATTACI

down and said. "he was my kid
brother and only eighteen, / hope !
can get some Germans myself some
time"
The company commander. ssho l. :
tyoung offee.c from civil life sf.@ws
the effects OF the strain He behaved
with great gAllsntry on the night Of
the raid. and went through the Ger
man barrage three times.
Are Better soldiers.
I'VE lost some men," he said, but
the rest of Us are 100 per cent better
soldiers for the lessons the Germans
taught u.s."
I'VE met the lieutenant who was
commended for his work In trying to
summon aid on the night Of the raid.
He Is a soldier who has risen from the
renks. and il was his first platoon
which repulsed the second German
attack. His hand was bandaged ana
one Of the soldiers explained that
when the bombardment destroyed the
rocks from which signal rockets
were sent UP. the lieutenant simply
held the rocket In his hand and let
it go on.
THAT was Just to save time" the
officer explained. He pointed out q
soldier who had refused to go into
the dugouts on the night OF the bonn
bardment, saying that IL his officer
was going to go through the barrage
he would too.
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TROOP TRAIN WRECK
MPERILS 500 MEN
Soldiers Coming East Shaken Up
When Four Cars Leave Tracks.

st. Paul, Mimi. Nov. 1.-Two train
men were severely injured, several Of
ficers slightly hurt, and a score of
soldiers badly shaken up tonight when
a Great Northern passenger train
carrying 500 soldiers en- route East
was wrecked at Cedar Lake, just out
side Minneapolis.
The train was travelling at forty
miles an hour when four rear cars
were sent hurtling from the track
with their load OF 200 soldiers. Three
of the cars turned over.
Railroad authorities believe the
mechanism Of the last car. in which
the officers were riding. had been
tampered with. Capt Lambs back
was wrenched and Lieut.. Spohr was
badly cut about the faet -
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MAKING TRENCH BARBED WIRE.

The building was new and occupied
the entire block between 1l7th aud
11Sth streets. II was i've, stories In
height Between It and the river was
q two-story building. The IRE was
believed. to hare -started "a % near
the engine rooms
An entrances to the factory were
guarded, because Of the numerous re-
cent waterfront fires IL today's fire
was started by an incendiary, as
many believe. he must have made his
way secretly into the building.
Workmen were obliged to fee for
their lives. SO rapid was the spread OF
the flames.
As the flames and dense smoke rose
to a considerable height, a number of
tremendous explosions occurred. -Four
huge oil tanks on the top floor burst.
and the infsammable fluid caused the
fire to burn with a greater intensity.
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Germans Fall Back.

Germans Fall Back.
Signals for a barrsge by the Amen.
can artillery brought a Quick re-
sponse. and the German raiders. hnd-
ing everybody ready for them retirsds
Several charges. sush as were used
to blow the barbed wire entangie-
ments in the previous thrust, were
found, but they had not been exploded
this time, indicating the Germans had
retired in some haste.
We were allowed today to visit the
battalion which was subject to the
FIRST German attack. The men seem
ed to have snapped back to normal
after the grilling which they received
few hours after their entrance into
the trenches.
Only q FeInt.
The Germans put an artillery bar
rage on a small sector last night, but
kept II up for only a few minutes,
and evidently intended only to worry
the men in the first trenches.
They were sent to the dugouts, but
rushed out with alacrity as soon as
the lombard llent ceased, to see what
the Germans had to offer. 1t proved
only a feint.
The men were all In good spirits
when we saw them, except one, who
explained that his brother had been
captured by Germans in the raid He
appoiogized little for being cast
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PASSENGERS REMOVED
FROM BRITISH LINER
English S, .amer Prince John En-
counters Distress Near Victoria.

Victoria. b. c., Nov. 11.-Passengers
and crew are being removed from the
British steamer Prince John. which
went ashore In Alliford Bay Queen
Charlotte Islands, yesterday after
noon.
Meager wireless advices received
from there state that q high wind is
raging. No other details are given.
The Prince John belongs to the
Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship Com
pany and Is commanded by Capt.
Harries.
She was bound from Prince Rupert
for Vancouver when the accident hap
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HIS FORMER SWEETHEART.

The bullet went through Miss Pad
gett's hat. Readmond's murderous re-
volver was raised again and he fired
at James z. Turner, aged -2s years,
an attendant at the hospital. who was
standing with Miss Padgett.
This shot Futile.
This shot was also futile. Read
mond. then apparently haif-crazed
with his attempts TO murder. turned
the gun to his own head. sending q
bullet through his right temple. The
bullet emerged from the other side.
Ross McC. Chapman, the first assistant
physician at the hospital, stated at an
early hour this morning that Read
mond would not live many more hours.
From Officers Scherer and Farquhar.
both OF the Eleventh precinct, who
Investigated the case, the particulars
OF the shooting we're learned last night.
Readmond was a former attendant
at the hospital. whete he became in
fatuated with Miss Padgett. A few
months ago he Joined the army. On
coming back to Washington Novem-
Der 5 on ten days leave he learned
that his sweetheart had been receiv-
ing attentions from James Turner, ac-
cording to oficer scherer.
wensn Not to Blame.
Last Thursday he visited the hos
pital where he threatened that he
would kin the girl. This statement
was repeated to DR.. Chapman by
Miss Padgett.
Yesterday. on the eve, of his de-
parture for Fort Benjamin Harrison,
his lesve expiring this morning, he
again visited the hospital According
TO Dr. Chapman. he was seen about
tne grounds during the day. but then
till last night.
went to the laundry shortly before Q
o'clock last night. according to on,cer
scherer. Just inside the door be saw
.
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OFFICER
HONORED in FRANCE
First to Shed Blood for Right. JUS
tee and Liberty"
BY NEWTON c. PARKE,
STAR Cerrespondent Internstiessi
News Service


with the American Army In France,
Nov. u.-An American major general
this afternoon personally presented q
citation which was awarded by
French corps commander TO a lieu
tenant from Vermont. the first Ameri-
can oficer to beSwounded in France.
The document was engraved with
this recital:
Wounded IN the head. October -
by a shell while working in a trench
under enemy observation, the nrst
American oficer 20 shed his blood ON
the soil Of France for right, 1usucs
and liberty"
The major general congrstulstsd the
husky young oficer who is recover-
ing at q beld hospital The lieuten-
ant licked the citation under his ph-
low.
private - Cnsrns deletedD. who was
wounded by the same she'll VIII re.
ceive q similar citation st the. nelo
hospital where he Ia recovering
The situation on the ASertcsn ses'
/ tof OF the front xxs normal tooass .
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Several adjacent tenement houses
caught fro and the occupants fied
precipitately. A number of vessels
docked In the immediate vicinity we're
meyed to places OF safety. y !.
Hundredsf Of freinen and ali the
city's nreboats. added by volunteer
tugs, fought the flames for hours.
The hreboats steamed close to the
river front and soon had big streams
OF water pouring upon the fire.
When the explosions occurred a
large section of the walls fell. injur-
ing three firemen- A number were
overcome by smoke. These were
treated by surgeons in waiting ambu-
Iances and most of them pluckily re-
turned to work.
Thousands Of persons viewed the
spectacular fire from near and far.
The flames and smoke could be seen
for miles.
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U. S. MUST BUILD
SHIPS OR LOSE
PRESENT WAR
Responsibility Rest with
Charles A. Piez, Who Sue
ceeds Admiral Capps.
BY TRACY HAMMOND LEWIS.

As reorganized yesterday. the new
shipping board and the Emergency
Fleet Corporation have ahead OF 1t
the most important task, without ex-
ception, Of the war. Stated as briefly
as possible our problem Is to build
ships or lose democracy's fight II
is hoped and expected that the re-
yigorated body will abandon the mis-
takes which have characterized the
two preceding organizations and pre-
cede with its work with expedition
and efficiency.
To effect this, the obsolete red tape.
delaying argument and the injection
of driving power which were lacking
under the former management must
be injected It Is thought that, al
though Il Is cnly coming now after
the country has been at war for seven
months, that this will be accomplished
through the appointment Of Charles
A Piez, a Chicago engineer and presi,
dent Of the Link Belt Company, In
supreme charge Of the governments
shipbuilding program with particular
reference to the steel ships
While Admiral capps win remain
with the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton. at least temporarily, the real re-
sponsibility for seeing that the nation
Is supplied with fits most vital In
struments for warfare will rest with
this able business man. The turning
over to him OF the shipping direction
Is no reflection upon Admiral Capps'
patriotic spirit nor his ability In
other lines, for he never professed to
have any capacity as a business di-
rector essential for such a task. and
wss drafted Into the service. -
FoBswes Natural Lines.
Being q naval constructor. and
not a business man, he followed the
lines most natural to him. Plans
Tor the construction of admiral
ships were perfected by him but his
|insistence upon certain details not
as essential as speed, and his In
ability to push forward the work
as a trained organizer would have
done. were responsible for his fall
ure to measure up to the Job.
Chas. A. Piez was appointed. as the
head of the government to build
ship as speedily as It should. He
found a hopeless tangle Of red tape
and lack Of adequate methods. Yards
were not obtaining material as
quickly as was necessary and a gen.
eral lack OF harmony was found to
exist between workmen and manu-
facturers.
It is generally understood that
the credit for the new order of af-
fairs rests with Chairman Hurley.
of the Shipping Board. who saw
what was lacking in the present sys-
tenn and Immediately took remedial
steps.
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Another New York Waterfront Blaze
of Mysterious Origin Causes Damage
Estimated at 81, ,0O0, 900 or More.
FIVE MEN SUFFER INJURIES
Workers Flee for Lives as Huge Oil Tanks
Explode and Add Fuel to Rapidly
Spreading Flames.

New York. Nov l-Another waterfront FIRE Of mysterious origin
destroyed the plant of the Washburn Wire Company 7
| 18th and East River this afternoon.
Five injured perhaps fatally
Not until officials Of the have checked up the 900
employees of whom foreigners will be known whether
any lost their lives in the flames.
MAKING TRENCH BARBED WIRE.
The Washbun Wire Company manufacturing barbed wire
for enchont enansmens for the American army and the allies
Its orders of such pressing that forces of
kept constantly a work, Sundays.
As shift had taken place just before the ALARM only about
so work when the FIRE. which spread great rapidly
drove them from the building
The loss is estimated at 100000 or more
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four AIRWAYS
Plan APPROVED
FOR AMERICA
Wilson, Wrights, Langley,
Chanute and Bell Honor
ed IN Designations.

New York. Nov. The plan for
establishing four trans-continental
airway5, to be named The Wood
row Wilson Airway." The Wright
Brothers Airway." The Langley
Airway" and The Chsnute and Bell
Afrway," has been approved by the
executive COMMITTEES of the Aero
Club of America.
Alan r. Hawley. chairman of the
committee. has advised Rear Ad-
mir1l Peary, chairman Of the COM
mittee on landing places Of the
Aero Club. to make all possible
haste in carrying out this plan.
1t is also proposed to have these
airways intereonnected by air
routes. the principal of which will
be named in honor of pioneers in
aeronauties and government officials
who haye contributed to the de-
velopment Of aeronautics.
Honor for Mrs. Bell.
Z The four trans-eontinental airways
win be as follows:
The Woodrow Wilson Airvay-A
straight line from New York to San
Francisco. touching Cleveland. Toledo,
Chicago and other important cities.
The straight line has Teen generally
approved because it represents the
best principle Of air travel, as the
aviators can make their own route.
flying over all distractions.
The Wright Brothers Airway-Start-
ing from Washington, going through
North Carolina. through Georgia,
Alah.n, NFfgafaofr1nf far
Texas, with a station at San Antonio.
then through New Mexico and Ari-
zcna, ending at San Diego. Cal
The Langley Airway-The general
opinion Is that thls airway should
start in Washington anj end at Los
Angeles.
! The Chanuts and Ben Airway-Ex-I
tending from Boston 10 Seattle. touch
ing Albany, New York, Syracuse.
Rochester. Erie. Buffalo, Detroit.
Grand Rapids. MinneapoliS Bismarck.
". D., and Great Falls. Mont and
other cities
Routes Over Continent
In naming the northern airway
Chanute and Bell Airway. there Is
implied recosnition not only Of the
two pioneers, Octave Chanute and
Alexander Graham Bell, but also Mrs.
Bell, whose financial support to the
Aerial Experiment Association in 1907
1908 made possible their experiments
which resulted in Glenn H. Curtiss
and ]. A. D. McCutdy taking an
active part in the development Of
aeronautics.
The Atlantic Airway will extend
fro-a Bangor. Ne. to Key West, Fla,
and will touch every important city
on the Atlantic seaboard-
The Gulf Airway will extend from
Key West to the mouth of the Rio
Grande. following the coast and
touching every important city on the
Gulf seaboard.
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Germans Being Driven Back
Along Whole Pave
River Front.
BRITISH PRESSING ON
TO NORTH In FLANDERS
Extreme Depth of 500
Yards on 2,250-Yud
Front Is Gained.

London, Nov. 1l.-The Italian
army has rallied and d divi,x
the Ausre-Gerusn invading forces
back along the whole Pizve line,
apparently removing immediate
perl Of a successful fissLiss
movement BY the enemy.
SUPPORTED BY. THE BRITISH.
Batteries Of British heavy .rts-
lep have taken their positions
along the Italian front line, pre-
pared to give support to the heroic
services heretofore eh;eay bor,s
BY the Italian rear rr.rds.
The re-fornshss Of the It.Ii..
my along tAe establahed pssaiss
b PnseseS;p5 IN good srdsr, and
here has been no material ehaase
for the last day or Two.
/ The agreement for n central mili-
tary council for the eHtire Western
'front.' for the first time recognizes
and incorporates the Italian as part
Of the Western zone-
/ This terminates the Italian front an
a separate entity, and establishes q
reciprocal control. giving Italy a voice
in the British and French campaign.
British @CnrryInr On.s
British Front in Belgium. Nov. n
British troops in their attack In the
Passchendaele region, On the Flanders
front. have reached an extreme depth
Of 500 yards on a 2.5OO-yard front. They
not only obtained their objectiyes. but
some Of their troops have some beyond
them to the north along Passchen-
dsele ridge.
They passed many strongly fortified
farms north and northwest OF Goe-
berg. At this point they were hght-
ing nearly half a mile from their
tumping-on place.
The line was pushed northWard
along the Passchendaele ridge almost
to the point at which the highest
crest starts sloping downward
The attack was begun in the rain.
which had been falling nearly slT
night The ground along the crest OF
the ridge was IN comparatively good
condition for the advance, but TO the
westward. In the valley Of the Pad
debeek, 1t was extremely mArshy.
Says British Failed
Berlin, Nov. 1.-THE supplementary
report from headquarters this even
ing says
i In Flanders strong British attacks
yesterday between Poelcapells and
Passchendaele broke down, with
sanguinary losses, in our defensive
zone
In Italy the pursuit in the r,sun-
tains continues"
| Turks Admit withdrawal
Constantinople Nov. 1.-The report
issued Friday by the Turkish war
office follows:
"on the Sinai front. In the face Of
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U. S. SOLDIERS REPULSE
HUNS in TRENCH RAID
Grenades and Rifle Fire Break Up Surprise
Attack American Officer Displays
Wonderful Courage Under Fire.
By HEYwoOD BRoUN

by
With the American Army France Nov l0A second attempt
raid the American trenches has been repued The Germans adopted
method and planned smaller scale operation than the previous
one. There artillery preparation.
MACHINE GUN ATTACK
a strictly surprise attack The enemy brought their
chine guns couple of hundred yards of the FIRST line trench and
put o a barrase FIRE.
Our boys replied with rifles and grenades As
the machine gun FIRE ceased they howered the ground front of the
trench with hand srenades.
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z DEATHS TOLL
OF ACCIDENTS
Washingtonians Also Injur-
ed In Motor Vehicle Mis-
haps Saturday Night.
pedal to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Baltimore. Nov. 1.-Two deaths and
several persons injured. was the toll
of a series Of motor-vehicle accidents
occurring on the Washington Boule-
ward Saturday night. The dead are:
Joseph hewitt. IS years old, 313
Seventh street northwest, Washing
ton; fractured skull and mangled
body. He was pronounced dead at
the Franklin Square Hospital
An unidentified negro, who was
riding in the automobile belonging
to K. Mendel. COS Seventh street
southeast, Washington.
hewitt was killed on Dead Mans
Curve" a hill near Hanover. Howard
County, when the motorcycle on
which he was riding crashed into an
automobile truck He was thrown
under the machine and crushed. E.
Van Tassell, 10 Wire street northwest.
Washington, who was riding In side
car attached to the motorcycle, was
hurled fifteen feet into the air. He
sustained a broken ankle and cuts
and bruises about the body. With
>Nevitt, he was taken to the Franklin
Square Hospital by Geo. z. Gray.
who passed the scene Of the accident
Others Are injured.
The negro was killed when Mendel
drove too far to the side of the roau-
way to give the right of way to an
other machine. His automobile crash
ed into pole on the Devils Bend, :"
a sharp turn on hill about two
miles outside OF Elk Ridge. Mendel
escaped with a few cuts. II was stat
- 10 Sue IT,, <y- 49,
were slightly injured when the ma
chine ran up on the bank to pre-
vent a collision.
Richard Daniels. of Newton street.
Brookland, Washington, was danger
ousiy injured when struck by an auto
mobile near Laurel
Ramsey said that the machine that
struck Daniels belonged to Charles
Hayes. 3i22 Ashley terrace. WASH
>Agton. and that there were three
women In the car at the time.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-12
TROOPS QUIT LENINE.


The Moscow garrison has gone
back to Kerensky's side. The gar
'riison Of Petrosrad. Lenine's chief
|weapon, Is waverins1
Troops backing Kerensky have
taken Tsarkoe-Selo. where Nicho-
las had his great palace that later
became his prison.
Details of how Kerensky sue
ceeded in escaping the fate Of his
fellow ministers are as yet lack
ing, but in its rough outline the
story could be pieced together to-
night from eye-witnesses, reports
and rumors.
Fled In Ambulance.
The night that the Bolsheviki,
pcrched on motor cars bristling with
machine guns, tore loose against the
provisional government. there came
dashing from the direction Of the
Tauride Palace a great grey automo-
bile ambulance. Its changing bell COM
manded gangway everywhere. causing
even the rebels to pause In their wild
venture, to let the sick man" pass.
At top speed the ambulance raced
through the Novsky Prospect and dis
appeared in the darkness.
1t was manifestly a hurry call, a
race for life. Some of the Bolsheviki
chieftains voiced displeasure. II SEEM
ed an i'll omen. Had those who cast
curious glance behind them been
able to penetrate the heavy curtains
that covered the glass part Of the am
bulance door, they would have only
seen a great white sheet covering an
apparently lifeless form.
Under that sheet lay Alexander Feo-
dorevitch Kerensky. He was indeed
racing for life; not SO much his own.
as for that of Russia
That was Wednesday night.
Rallies Loyal Forces.
whittier the ambulance took him Is
not known. Fact is that a day or
two later he appeared at general
headquarters and rallied strong
force of loyal troops behind him.
Whether he had conferences with
Kornilofr or Kaledine, or with both,
is also uncertain. But there is a
strong report that he. did, ind that
the three ks then and there formed
sacred alliance. with the vow to
save Russia from her foes. at home
and at the front.
Meanwhile, the Bolsheviki hold
onto the capital. and the rest Of Rus
sia is fast breaking to pieces.
Premier Lenine seems to have
been tried and found wanting by his
countrymen in short and convincing
test. What will happen to him and
to Trotzky. the former New York
East Side newspaper reported, once
the workers. soldiers and peasants
become convinced that these two
men attempted to deliver Russia into
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French 10 Drill Latins.

/. Rio De Janeiro. Nov. ia French
military mission is on the way to
Brazil to give a course Of instruction
in modern trench tactics to Brazilian
kroops
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other- Are injured.

see ..eksEes Of yeIle VIM be give.
Convention Hall-Adv.
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SOLDIER SHOOTS SELF IN HEAD
when MURDER ATTEMPT FAILS
F. F. Readmond Fires At Former Sweetheart
And Male Friend; Jealously Said To Be
Cause-Trooper's Recovery Doubtful.

Jealousy said be the of attempted murders
and what will probably be successful suicide o'clock last
night the grounds Of ST. Eabehs Government Hospital for the
Insane in Anacosta
HIS FORMER SWEETHEART
Frank Ford Readmond aged n years. former Wa.hnstonn
who lived 1916 southeast, who private in the
United States Ambulance Corps Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana. shot at his former sweetheart Miss Nete Irene Padseu
aged n employee the laundry the hospital who lives
Meadows Nd. when he became enagd with jealousy seeing
another with the girl
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Support Of Lenine- -Trotzky
Bund Fast CrumbEng
in Capital.
PETROGRAD GARRISON
/. Is LIKELY TO DESERT
May Follow Moscow Troops
Against Bolsheviki-Am-
bulance Saved Premier.

London. Nov. Il.|Kerensky is
back in the ring.
At the head of some 100000
loyal troops. be is reported march
ing on Petrosrad.
In the capital the support be-
hind the Lenine- Trotzky bund is
fast crumblins. The Railway
Workers Union. which can he up
all Russia overnight. has deserted
the Bolsheviki government and a
strike Is threatened.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-12

Fair today and probably iomor-
row; little change m temperature.
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