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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
SAYS VISCOUNT GREY MAY
PAY A VISIT TO AMERICA

LONDON, October 13-The Globe to-
day says it is expected that Viscount
Grey. former secretary of state for
foreign affairs, will visit America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
Landing Announced.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 13.-The Germans
have landed troops on the Islands of
Oesel and Dago, in the Gulf of Riga, ac-
cording to a Reuter- dispatch from Pet
rograd.
PETRoGRAD, October 1s.-The Ger
mans are working stubbornly to
clear the entrance to the Gulf of
Riga near Courland. says today's Off
cial statement. The activities of the
enemy in landing forces were rendered
difficult by moles constructed by the
Russians and by bad visibility. The
garrison of Cesel island is fighting Ger
man forces which landed.
Gen. Alexieff, former commander-ip
chief of the Russian armies, on his ar
rival at headquarters to obtain from
the government instructions as to his
mission to the interallted conference
to be held in Paris. said to a represen
tative of the Moscow newspaper Outro-
tain the exact strength of Russia. her
combative power and her attitude to-
ward the other nations of the entente.
If the internal situation in Russia at
that time was not such as to inspire
confidence among the allies. he added.
it would be better not to send him.
IN fact" said Gen. Alexieff. Il should
fuse to CO."
Cen Aiexier concluded by saying
that Russia's complete weakness would
be recognized at the conference. He
expresses the view that Japan would
make her entry into the European
theater, but that she certainly would
demand compensation at the expense of
the weakest nation-RuSSia.
Kerensky Is Ill.
Premier Kerensky Is slightly Ill and
has been confined to his bed since his
arrival at general staff headquarters at
Mohilev. The premier is reported to be
in no danger. He telephoned to Vice
Premier Konovalofr. saying that he was
the army, in which there was better
feeling between the officers and men.
The premier expects to visit all the
fronts before returning to Petrograd.
Admiral Verdesvski, minister of ma
rine, returned to Petrograd today to
negotiate a settlement of the differences
between the ministry and the fleet. For
eign Minister Terrestchenko and War
Minister Verkhovsky will return to
Petrograd from Mohilev.
Russ Recapture Ground.
BY a counter attack Russian troops
recaptured the trenches lost Wednesday
south of the Pskoff road in the Riga re-
gion the war Office announced. North of
the road Russian advance posts were
draw In where they were exposed to
a violent artillery fire by the Germans
"Rumanian front-On Tuesday the
enemy, after artillery fire. attacked in
the Buczacz region and took several
trenches. which were restored by coun-
ter attacks.
The enemy yesterday several times
bombarded GalatZ.
Caucasus front-In the RevanduZ re-
gion we occupied a height fiftv miles
south of Urmia, driving out the Turks.
"Aviation-In the ZbrocZ sector two
enemy airplanes attacked a Russian
balloon, which began to descend
The observer was mortally injured, be-
cause of his parachute falling to open.
The balloon was undamaged."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
ARTISTIC TREATMENT OF
PROJECTS is DISCUSSED
National Commission Of Fine Arts
Considers Various improvements.
New Members Present.

The National Commission of Fine
Arts held an all-day session in their Of
fees in the Lemon building today and
considered questions relating to the
artistic treatment of various improve
ments, under way or projected, in the
city Of Washington. John r. Pope, ar
chitect of New York, a new member of
the commission. and Col. Clarence s..
Ridley, the engineer officer in charge
of public buildings and grounds, who Is
ex-oficio executive officer and secre-
tary Of the commission, were present at
today's meeting for the first time in
their new official capacities.
One of the principal questions consid-
cred was the selection of a site in this
city for the Ericsson memorial to the
inventor of the monitor, for which
Congress has appropriated $4,000. and
for which Swedish-American societies
are raising an additional fund of
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
Face Greatest Difficulty.

on the right of the advance. which
roughly was in the direction of Pass
chendaele, the British were faced with
the greatest difficulty. About the Ra-
yesbeek river the ground was awful. In
addition, there We're numerous strong
German positions along the slopes of
the Passchendaele ridge. which domi-
mated the advance and made 1t possi-
BILE for the enemy to pour a heavy ma
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
GUARD TO GET MEN
TOF|LL UP RANKS
War Department Orders
Transfer of 78,4O0 From the
National Army.
MORE SELECTS TO GO SOON

The War Department made publle to-
day details of the orders providing for
the transfer of 7s,400 men from Ma
tional Army environments to the various
National Guard divisions to fill them to
war strength. State quotas in this proc
ess will be determined Upon the basis
of congressional representation, and. so
far as practicable, the drafted men from
a state Will be assigned to National
Guard units from the same state.
The divisions of the National Guard
forces showing the greatest deficiency
in men are the 3Gth. 10000; 3lst, 10000;
ssth, 5000: SD. 500: 5sth, 5000; 10th,
5000 ........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
Transfers by Divisions.

The orders authorize the commander
of the 30th Division to call upon camps
jackson and Gordon of the National
army cantonment group for 10000 men
from North and South Carolina; the
31st Division to call upon Camps Jack
son, Gordon and Pike for $4,000 men
from Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
29th Division to call upon Camp
Pike for 5000 men from Arkansas,
Louisiana and mississippi; 29th Divi-
sion TO call upon Camp custer 1or o'ooe
men from Michigan and Wisconsin; 5Sd
Division to call upon Camp Grant for
$500 men from Illinois, and on Camp
Dodge for goo men from Illinois, 3Sth
Division to call upon Camp Taylor for
5000 men from Indiana and Kentucky;
ASH Division to cali upon Camp Meade
frr 1,00o men from Pennsylvania, 3tth
2.000 men from West Virginia and upon
Camp Sherman for 5000 men from
Ohio, 34th Division to call upon camp
Dodge for 3,000 men from Iowa, Min
nesofa and North Dakota and upon
Camp Funston for 1000 men from Ne
braska and South Dakota; 35th Division
to call upon Camp Funston for 5000
men from Missouri and Kansas; 40th
Division to call upon Camp Lewis for
1900 men from California, Nevada and
Utah. and upon Camp Funston for 5000
men from Colorado. New Mexico and
Arizona; 3Sth Division to call upon
Camp Travis for 5000 men from Okla
homa and Texas.
Commanders of the National Guard
divisions are directed to state the num-
ber of men required to inform the COM
mander of the National Army canton
number of men or special qualifications
Eeeded, and the dates on which the
levies can De received and accommo-
dated at the guard camps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
Aeroes Attack Infantry.
Y in their trenches. One hostile
line was brought down yesterda
,mbat. and another was shot dow
IT infantry. Two other enemy
lines were driven down out of cor
i've of our airplanes are missing.
All Assaults Repulsed.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 13.-German forces
last night made several attacks on the
French positions north of the River
Aisne. The official statement issued
this afternoon by the French war Of
fee says that all assaults were re-
pulsed.
The announcement follows:
"On the front north of the Aisne the
Germans during the night delivered
several attacks against our positions in
the sector between Hurtebise and Chey-
reaux. Notwithstanding the violence
of his efforts the enemy was able only
to gain a footing momentarily In our
advanced line at one point. West of
Hurtebise monument and south of La
Royere we dispersed German detach-
ments which attempted to approach our
lines.
ION the right bank of the Meuse tVer-
dun 'front.' there was heavy artillery
fighting in the region of Chaume wood.
There is nothing to report from the re-
mainder OF the front"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
To Postpone Action on Site.

Several sites are under consideration.
but it is stated that final action will
be postponed until another meeting in
November in order to give time for
consultation with the members of the
Ericsson memorial commission.
During the day the members of the
art commission made a personal in
spection of the improvements in pro-
gress in Meridian Hill Park. Montrose
Park In Georgetown and Rawlins Park
on New York avenue, between 18th and
18th streets. A model of the Noble
fountain has been placed in Rawlins
Park. and. If approved by the art COM
mission. will be replaced by a per-
manent structure of the same design.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
Transfers From Cantonments.

nave been Sent TO the divisional COM
manders of the National Army to fur
nish the men as required. and also to
make the following transfers between
the National Army cantonrents:
Camp Gordon. the transfer OF all re-
manning white men TO Camp jackson
from Camp Devens. 1000 from Camp
Upton 5000 from Camp Dix, 5000 from
Camp Meade and 1900 from Camp Lee
Orders to Camp Lee direct that the
transfer to Camp Gordon be COM
posed of Pennsylvanians. This is the
only case where transfers to other
National Army divisions are speclhed
by state quotas, as Is done with al!
transfers to National Guard divisions.
Camp Pike, after all remaining white
men have been transferred to Camp
jackson, is to receive 1000 whites
from Camp Custer, 1000 from Camp
Grant. 1900 from Camp Taylor, 5000
from Camp Sherman, 5000 from Camp
Dodge, 5000 from Camp Funston and
1000 from Camp Travis.
The effect of these transfers Will be
to mobilize at Camp Gordon $4,000 men
from eastern states to form the new
assemble 1900 men from the middle
western territory to reform that divi-
sion.
May Call Others Soon.
From current discussion of the ad-
visibility of expediting the call for
the second increment of the draft army
at the War Department it appears
likely that the date may be fixed for
some time in December or January.
Mobilization of the first Increment
of 6S9 goo men is now far enough ad-
yanced TO show clearly that there will
be big deficiency for the seventeen
National Army divisions. More than
go, 900 of the first increment are still
TO be assembled, but it already is evil
dent that there Will be available at
the sixteen cantonments, quarters for
an additional regiment at each post
and at some for full brigade of two
regiments.
The strength of the new regimental
organization is $500 men With a regi-
ment lacking at each cantonment, this
alone would mean shortage of nearly
$4,000 men. In addition, there has been
authorized separate division of col
ored troops. which means nearly 10000
men withdrawn from the original num-
Der assigned to the sixteen cantou-
mentS.
Must Fill Other Ranks.
The shortage is due partially to the
necessity of taking out of the National
Army men TO NIL up National Guard di-
visions. Two complete National Army
divisions of southern troops have been
absorbed in that way. The remnants OF
three other southern National ARMY di-
Nisiohs WIZ DC consolidated TO form Il
single divisional unit, and the surpIus
men from other camps will be sent
south to make up the missing divisions
Drafts on the National Army forces
also must be made to fill up the enlist
ed personnel of the aviation service
the Medlcal Corps and the service bat
talions needed behind the fighting lines
abroad. Eventually there will be ESQ
600 men In the last-named service
alone, and aviation and the medical
service Will take nearly as many more
though not all OF them will be taken
from the National
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
Even the Wounded Smile.

1t was over such ground that the men
from the British Isles and overseas
were fighting. But their spirit was not
broken. by the handicap. Even the
wounded who returned from the for
ward lines were cheerful and full of
grit. though suffering from pain. dog
.ired and caked from head to foot with
nasty mud. 1t was a revelation to
see the smiles on their faces as they
waited their turn in the dressing sta
ton.
There has been more rife and bayonet
work than in the last battle or two.
The machine guns played an important
part of the German defense. The en-
emy fought better than usual in some
places, but In others he has shown Il
iac elk of fighting spirit.
The Germans evidently guessed in ad-
vance that the attack was to be
launched at daybreak During the
night they shelled the communicating
loads and front lines heavily. and as
early as o'clock in the morning they
threw large number of gas shells
along the British forward positions. AS
the attack began the enemy made
heavy machine gun barrase over large
sections Of the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
RAIN ALONE HALTS
GEN. HA|G'S DRIVE
Germans Kept From Counter
Attacking British by
Seas of Mud.
FRENCH REPULsE FOE

In Flanders the heavy rain, which
stopped Field Marshal Haig's drive yes
terday before all his objectives were at
tanned, was continuing today, increasing
the depth of the sticky mud through
which the British have been struggling
in their advances. The mud evidently
was hampering the Germans equally,
for they failed to deliver q counter
attack during the night.
On the French front the chief activi-
ties have been in the Aisne region. The
German crown prince made several at
tacks last night on French positions on
this front. He was met with effective
resistance by Gen. Petain's forces, how
ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
WEATHER.

Fair tonight: killing frosts; tomor-
row fair.
Temperatures for the past twenty
four hours ending pm. today: High
est, 5s, at pm. yesterday. Lowest, 81.
at 5:45 am. today
Full report on page 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
German Losses Heavy.

The official statement issued from the
war Office last night says:
During the day the artillery was
very active in the sector of Moulin de
LaffauX and in the region of Craonne.
Further information concerning the
enemy's surprise attacks last night
Thursday in the region of Souain
and Auberive, which we repulsed show
that they were carried out by heavy
electives and were preceded by bonn
hardment of thirty-six hours Three
attacks were made by detachments of
about 40 men each. including shock
troops and pioneers. They were re-
ceived by our artillery fire and the fire
of our machine guns. These attacks
resulted in lively engagements in
which We clearly showed our superior
ity The enemy left ten prisoners in
our hands. The enemy's losses were
very hea W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
British Official Report.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 13.-"There was
heavy rain throughout the night. which
is still continuing" says today's official
statement. No counter attacks by the
enemy have developed thus far on the
battle 'front.' On the rest OF the British
front there is nothing to report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13

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British Courage Wonderful.


BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM. October 13.-All day yester-
day the British fought their way for
ward doggedly. foot by foot. over the
mud locked battlefield northeast of
Ypres. They made appreciable gains
in the face of almost inconceivable diff
ficulties along the six-mile front The
greatest advance appears to have been
along the crest of the Passchendale
ridge, where the attacking troops had
pushed forward to an extreme depth of
pehaps 1900 yards from their starting
point
The three years of war have produced
few such days of terrible hardships
Not since the world conflict began,
however, has there been a more won
derful display of courage by the Brit
ish. From the start it has been a mer-
ciless struggle against the odds pre-
sented by the hideous morasses for
which Flanders is famous.
Not even the mud fields of the Somme
battlefront presented such difficulties
as have been encountered during the
last few days in Flanders. Even the
infantry, without equipment to carry,
found it hard to make progress over
these she'll -pitted morasses. which
sometimes drag men and beast down
20 death. A week ago it often took a
full twenty minutes for "A man without
gun or baggage to negotiate a hundred
wards. and since then the rains have
greatly intensified the obstacles.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-09-20
A Story Of the
Spanish Armada
By ELINOR MARSH

Travelling one summer In Ireland,
stopped at a farmhouse on Donegal
bay. The farmer and his wife looked
like other people of Irish descent, ex.
cept that the mother did not have the
clear, peachy Irish complexion, while
the children we're brunettes. | remark
ed to the farmer upon this dark skin
of his children, whereupon he told me
that there was Spanish blood I'm their
veins. Going to a desk, he took out
manuscript and handed 1t to me. II
was written I'm a woman's hand on
parchment and evidently was very old
was sufficiently interested In 1t to
take copy Of 1t. Here 1t Is:
1t was midsummer. 1888, when one
morning l was picking berries in the
field and stopped to rest. Looking out
over the bay, saw a ship. Scattered
here and there far and near were other
ships. One of them was SO close to
the shore that could see the standard
she bore, and 1t was strange one.
The ship, which was a large one and
with portfolios for guns, was coming
into the harbor. Her foremost was
gone, and what sails she carried were
In tatters.
This was the year Of the famous
Spanish armada. We in the north of
Ireland had heard something about the
Spaniards intending to invade Eng.
land, but we get little news from a
land so far away, and We had not
heard that they had sailed up the Eng
lish channel; that there had been
running fight: that many of the Span
ish ships had been wrecked In a storm
that the rest, cut off from returning tc
Spain over the course they had come
had sailed to the northward of the
Orkney islands and were coming
southwark around the west coast OF
Ireland to get back home.
This ship I saw came into port evil
IDENTIFY in distress. We had no means
of defending ourselves. Indeed, we
needed no defense, for the ship came
In only to make such repairs as might
enable her to make the voyage back
to Spain.
went down to the shore, where
watched boat coming from the ship
1t landed near where stood, and the
sailors carried man wrapped in blan
kets on to the beach and laid him Oh
the sand. The sun was shining, ant
the sand was warm and not hard to liz
upon. The sailors left the man, re
turned to their boat and pulled bacl
to the ship.
l went to the man and looked down
upon him. His eyes were closed; but
hearing me, he opened them. He wa
no doubt very III or much reduced from
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-09-20

exposure. lie spoke little English
and told me that he had been wound
ed fighting in the English channel. Tho
rolling OF the ship greatly injured
him, and he had begged his com
rades TO take him ashore. III not res
cued by some landsman he would pre-
fer TO die there rather than on ship
board.
He seemed greatly relieved to be ~
ing where he was, so ! left him to go
to the house and tell father and mother
about him took back to him some
milk, which he drank and seemed to
relish. Father was not minded to save
a hated Spaniard from death. but Mt
last I prevailed upon him to go with
me to the stranger, and when father
saw him and that he was very young
and well favored he would have car
ried him to the house, but the invalid
preferred to remain where he was so
long as the sun shone upon him and
the breeze famed his cheek.
But when evening came he was re-
moved to our house, where gave him
some bread and honey for supper, and
he was laid upon bed and at once fell
Into a sleep from which he did not
awaken till the next day at noon. The
first question he asked was whether
the ship that had brought him had
sailed, and when told that It had he
was much cast down, for he said that
he felt much stronger and would have
returned to Spain I'm her.
These things he communicated part
" in English words and partly by
signs. Ne one except myself could I'M
derstand him, so whenever he wished
to communicate anything he did 1t
through me. I nursed him and prepar-
ed his meals for him. and he would
not permit any one else to do anything
for him.
BY the time he had recovered a
Spanish ship that had been wrecked,
but had been repaired, was ready to
sail for Spain, and the Spaniard sent
word to her commander that he would
go with him as one Of the crew. A
boat was sent for him. and he babe
goodby to father and mother and the
children. I went with him to the place
where the boat was waiting for him.
But we never reached 1t. Looking
down from an eminence upon the boat,
tried to permit him to go to 1t. but
could not, nor could he leave me. We
remained where we were. and when
the night was coming on the sailors
pulled away and len us.
have written this that my children
and my children's children may know
how 1t came about that the blood OF
Spain and Ireland was mingled In
them at the time of the great armada.
My husband has long ago renounced
his allegiance to the king Of Spain and
is now lawful subject Of King James.
One thing has tended to balance the
difference in blood-we are both Of the
same religion, being of the true and
only Catholic church.
The farmer told me that the narrator
of the episode was his grandmother
many generations back. The offspring
Of the pair were girls alone. so the
Spanish name was lost.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-09-20

save by a few gestures Of despair.
Again finding his voice, and a great
deal Of Il, he demanded: "Do you real
lie that Miss Pratt will be here within
less than half an hourf What do you
suppose she'd think Of the people of
this town II she was invited out ex-
pecting decent treatment and found
two thirds Of the cakes eaten up be-
fore she got there and what was left
Of 'em all paved over and chewed up
lookin' from some wretched childf"
"Now, willie," said Mrs. Baxter gen.
fly, you'd better go upland brush
your hair again before your friends
come. You mustn't let yourself get so
excited"
Excited he cried incredulously.
DO you think I'm excitedf Ye godsf'
lie smote his hands together and In
his despair Of her intelligence would
have flung himself down upon a chair,
but was arrested halfway by stimuli
taneous loud outcries from his mother
and Jane.
Don't sit on the CAKEsr' they both
screamed.
Saving himself and the pan Of wa
fers by a supreme contortion at the
last instant, william decided to remain
upon his feet "What do ! care for
the cakes3" he demanded contemptu-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-09-20
Disease Carriers.

There are numbers Of people who are
what is called carriers" Of disease
l. e.. they have always the germs OF
typhoid, diphtheria. infantile paralysis
or other communicable diseases In their
systems in such numbers that they
cause infection in people around them.
They are not themselves sick. and they
generally do not themselves know OF
the peculiar condition in which they
are, but they do carry the infection to
persons around them. and they are
therefore veritable menace to the
health and life Of the community.
Since these cases are durable under
proper treatment. ii is only fair that
the community demand them to Sc
cure such Observation-Disclosures.