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The Washington herald., 1917-09-02

Immense platform, drawn by the
eight famous prize-winning horses of
George NJ. Oyster, jr.
Floats In Line.
Two other floats have been arranged
Oy the Y. NJ. c. A. witt figures rep
resenting the work being done by
that organization among the differ
ent training camps of the country at
the present time.
comprising the employees of the
Treasury and coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, and from the District Branch
of the United States Training Camps
Association, will march under the
leadership of Capt. R. D. LIE Garde.
Q. s. A, who has been in charge of
the instruction of the men.
Secretary Of War Baker, will head
the contingent of civil employees of
the War Department.
Department Employees.
Four thousand employees of the
Treasury Department, including the
force of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, will turn out under the di-
rection of Maj. Harry Coupe, who
was appointed marshal for the con-
tirgent. The force will be headed by
Secretary McAdoo.
Secretary of Agriculture David F.
Houston, has announced that he will
lead 500 clerks and employees Of his
department.
The force of District employees will
enter the parade headed by Ben L.
Prince, collector of taxes for the Dis
trict 1t is understood that the Dis
trfct Building will be closed at least
half a day Tuesday.
Among the patriotic organizations
In line will be the Spanish War
Veterans. who have been ordered to
turn out in full force by the COM
coNTtNrrrn ON pxcr ervv,A
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02

Nine Girls Detained.
Nine girls, all in their teens.
were taken by the vice squad at
different times in the evening from
O'Clock until midnight and were
held at the First precinct police sta
tion to await the arrival of their
parents. No charges were preferred
against the girls. but their parents
were told OF the conditions under
which they were taken.
Lieut.. HartleyS of the First pre-
cinct. explained to the parents that he
was satisfied that the girls were TAX
en- under circumstances which their
parents certainly would not approve
of. He said that he was certain OF
the existence of vice and that he
was going TO make every effort to
stamp it out.
with the girls, William c. Jarvis,
aged 81, of 424 Seventh street
southeast. was arrested on charge
of disorderly conduct and held un-
der 500 collateral at the First pre-
cinct station house. Mrs. Sarah
Farling, woman member of the po-
lice department, was largely in
strumental in the arrest.
1t is said that the vice squad was
warned of the existence of organ
ized traffic at the. dance hall from
the same sources that The Herald
obtained it's information Friday
night that enabled it to predict the
existence of the ring. While salts
fed that the vice conditions existed,
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
GERMANS GRILL WILSON:
REPLY TO POPE STANDS
Kaiser Must Speak Wish Of
His Country Before War
Will Be Brought to a
Close, Is Belief America
Backs Wilson in Reply.
Rome Staggered by His
Firmness.

President Wilson determined not
to yield one iota from the stand
ne mas taken in his reply to the
Popes peace proposals. and is calm
ly awaiting further developments.
CONFIDENTIAL advices to the State De-
partment indicate that a new noli-
teal upheaval is imminent i'm Ger
many which may put an entireI,
new complexion upon the peace
prospects. President Wilson is be-
ing flooded with conRratuIatorv
messages and.Ietters from all parts
OF the country.
Ihere viii be no change I'm Presi-
dent wilson's stand on the termina-
ton Of the war as expressed in his
reply to the Pope. No peace discussions
Will be possible except with a gov
ernment which responsibly represents
the German people.
Thls attitude was reflected in high
administration circles yesterday. when
dispatches from Rome, telling of the
ropes anxiety to mollify the Presi-
dents stand were adverted to,
"A member of the White House stan
stated yesterday That nothing the
President has ever done has met with
such hearty accord as did his reply
TO the Pope. This approval has been
testified to in floods OF letters and
telegrams which have come from all
parts OF the country and apparently
from men and women of all shades
Of belief.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
COUNCIL
HOLDS Meeting
Delegates to Gathering in
Chicago Defy Order
of Governor.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The Peoples Coun-
ell for Democracy and Terms of
Peace tonight defied Gov. Lowden's
order prohibiting their meetings in
Chicago. held a conference and laid
plans by which the prohibitory order
may be evaded tomorrow and the
object Of their gathering-the election
of officers and the ratification OF an
already existing temporary organiza-
tion-may be accomplished.
Delegates in Minnesota under the
leadership of Professor Dana. of
Columbia University, were ordered TO
leave there for Chicago tonight and
assist in carrying out the plans to-
morrow.
The plans provide for secret meet
ings by the delegates from each State
who are to elect one delegate from
their number, who in turn will at
tend another secret meeting at which
the organization will be perfected.
II this move fails through the
watchfulness of the police, it was said
ship will be chartered which will
take fifty or more delegates to Riga,
Russia, for a meeting.
Police step Meeting.
The decision to attempt what
amounts to a defiance of Governor
Lowden's order was reached by the
delegates this afternoon after the
| police had broken up a Meeting they
had started on the West Side.
Twelve policemen under Deputy
Chief of Police Westbrook forced their
way into the hall and demanded that
| the meeting disperse at once.
Go quietly and we are your friends;
! II not We must arrest you." the dele
gates were warned. Scores demanded
that they be placed under arrest.
If they do not let us hold meetings
publicly We will be forced to hold them
secretly In cellars as they did in Rus
sia," shouted Seymour Stedman. Chi
cargo Socialist leader. chairman of the
! meeting. He was placed under arrest.
Got room for me?" demanded Vic
| tor Berger, of Milwaukee, showing
| his large bulk alongside Stedman, He
also was placed under arrest. The
TWO were walked to the street ana
then were released.
At the Fort Dearborn Hotel, where
| the delegates are making their head
| quarters, a score of detectives and
police in plain clothes were stationed.
Every gathering of the pacifists was
| broken up and finally the members
OF the nominating committee were
! forced to slip out, one by one, to
| the secret place where their plans
for defying the Governor were laid.
Senator Due In Chicago.
Senator Works, of California, is
expected to arrive in the city to-
morrow, but whether he will take
part in any of the State confer
| ences or in the final meeting of the
| delegates elected at those confer
ences is not known.
Il question the governors au-
! thority to give orders to the police
of Chicago and l intend to take
some action in the matter" the
! mayor declared. Il do not believe
in bending the Constitution of the
United States to meet the whim of
any faction or persons and so long
| as factions, societies or organiza-
! tions of any kind want to hold meet
ings in Chicago without violating
the laws of the nation. State'or city,
l shall take no means to stop them"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
CHICAGO HAS CRIME WAVE.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The lenient parole
law was blamed by the States attor-
ney's Office today for the crime wave
which reached a climax here a few
days ago in a robbery and murder by
two ex-convicts. and their subsequent
capture by the police. The death
penalty will be asked.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Montreal, Quebec, Sept IA charge
of attempted murder was made today
against Ellie Lalumiere. arrested in
connection with the plot to blow up
the home OF Lord Athelstan.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Hun Newspaper Claim the
President Is Endeavoring:
to Cause Revolt Among
Teuton People to Make
Easier the Crushing Of
Empire Gives Peace a
Tremendous Lift.
(By one InternationnI New. serriee.l

tBy the International News Seryiee.)
London. Sept. mo sooner had the
full text of President Wilson's reply
TO Pope Benedict's message been
printed in the Cologne Gazette. than
there burst forth from the leading
German organs a storm Of resentment.
Stung by the American executives
assertion that the German people are
helpless, vciceless tools in the hands
OF the autocratic military caste, and
feeling the eyes of the whole world
fixed upon every line of comment.
the chief makers of public opinion in
the empire hastened to unite in
thunderous summons to the German
people to- present a wall of granite
10 what is interpreted as an effort to
unloose revolt within in order to make
easier the crushing Of the empire by
armed force from without.
The storm still RACES full blast. The
Socialist and Radical papers have not
yet been heard from Indications are.
however. for the time being at least.
solid front will be made against the
Presidents differentiation between the
people and their government. The
motives of this conserted Counter
drive range from piqued vanity to
the sincere conviction that the slight
est yielding to outside pressure for
characterization will mean the DOWN
fall OF the empire. The sentiments
thus far expressed may be sum-
married. thus.
system Is Wrong.
I'VE know our present system IS
wrong. We want reforms and we are
going to get them. but not by the
grace of foreigners"
Every one OF the big journals that
poured out its bitterest doses of in
vectiye against President Wilson. OBJ
serves in the same breath that the
characterization changes in Germany's
governmental system are as sure to
come as the sun will rise on the NOR
row
Here then lies the crux Of the situa-
ton, the most curious paradox in a
nations psychological history:
The Germans reject with acrid
unity President Wilson's 'meddling'
in their internal affairs. But as one
man they agree that the very re-
forms which he stipulates as the
sine qua non condition for peace
must come and will come"
A Hopeful Omen.
In this national realization, clearer
and stronger today than two days
ago. shre~d observers who have their
ear TO the ground for the approach
Of peace tonight saw the most hope
full omen recorded since the fatefui
days Of August, 1914.
who cares by what route de-
mocracy enters the Kaiser's realm. -
they argue president Wilson no
doubt will gladly take all the abuse
that can be showered by the con-
solidated founts OF German journal
istic vitriol. after relieving them
selves of their wrath the German press
and people proceed to gain for them
selves that voice which Mr.. Wilson
says they must have before he will
talk about peace"
The consensus in well-informed
quarters tonight, was that despite all
appearances to the contrary, Presi-
dent Wilson's reply to the Pope has
given the possibility OF peace a tre-
mendous lift.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Arrests By Wholesale
FoHow Heralds Expose
OfVice Conditions Here

Quickly following the Saturday morning. Herald
of the Of ring the very heart of the city, whole
sale young girls made by the squad of the police
department dance hall Ninth and Pennsylvania
northwest
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02

Growing Unrest Among People.
The outburst against Capelle, in
which the admiralty chief was accused
of falsifying figures of enemy tonnage
losses, in order to keep down the
wrath of the Germans Is only one
evidence, according to these dis
patches, Of the growing unrest among
the German masses.
Germany sees her fondest hope. that
of bringing England to her knees by
submarine warfare, dwfndling. and
the wrath of the German people is al
ready turning upon the men who have
fooled them by false figures and lying
claims.
The dispatches containing details of
the clash between Erzberger and Ca
pelle were sent by American special
agents. They were received in admin
istration circles several days ago. but
no hint CT them has been permitted to
be made public.
Accused of FnIsifying.
According to excerpts obtained yes
terday DR.. ErZberger. during dis
cussion of the submarine situation,
fatty accused Admiral Won Capelle of
falsifying figures and defied him to
deny It. Capelle was unable to make
a satisfactory answer TO the charso
or TO give the method by which the
figures, showing large destruction Of
English tonnage, which he had pre-
sented to the main committee, had
been arrived at.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Emperor Charles Soldiers
Continue Furious Coun-
ter Onslaughts Without
Avail-French Spring a
Surprise on Aisne-Pe-
trograd Reports Increas-
ed Artillery Activity.
CBy the Internnti...I View, s.-,..

tBy the InternstiesaI Nevs ser,5.~a
Rome Sept LIN their steady pro-
gress on a seventy-nile front. IN.
Italians during the last eleven d.v,
have taken z7,SO2 prisoners. fncIud,nx
20 officers IT was ofbcislly announces
TO-DAY.
Ihe Austrians are continuing their
furious counter onsIsughts on Mont.
San Gabrielle and to the east a,
Gorilla. but according to the Italian
war once, without avail. All Efforts
70 regain lost ground were frustrateo
by the Italian fire. There has been
a slackening in the hghting on the
Bainsizza Plateau. The Italian,
registered new hesdway on the Carso-
French Carry obJeetives.
London. Sept. L-"At a single
bound" as the Paris Official com
munioue puts II. the French last
night carried every objective they set
out TO win on a front OF nearly a
mile 20 the northwest Of Hurtebise on
the Aisne. The smash came as a com
plete surprise. For many weeks the
on this front The poilus took f5a
prisoners, including six officers. ana
captured seven machine guns. They
penetrated the Teuton lines TO a
depth OF 800 meters. Three herce
counter attacks were beaten on.
French flyers did extraordinary
useful work cooperating with the
infantry. They few at an altitude
OF from 100 TO 500 meters and
charged the TeUton troops. adding
greatly 10 the panic caused by the
surprise blow. In other sectors OF
the front the French carried out
successful local operations.
Berlin officially admitted that the
French penetrated the Teutop lines
near Hurtebise. but added that thev
were elected by counter attacks.
Quiet About Riga
Neither the German nor the Rus
sian war Offices had anything TO say
today about the situation before RIGA.
where intense preparations by the
Teutons for a drive have been for
weeks an open secret.
Petrograd reports iacrea sed artillery
activity along the sector below Duinsk
and the repulse by the Rurnanians Of
Teuton attack IN The Focsani re-
gion- Berlin announced the capture
OF large numbers OF Russians on the
lower Sereth. The Russian lines were
penetrated, it is asserted.
Capt. KozakofI. a Russian army
flyer. brought down his sixteenth air
plane. The occupants Of the Teuton
machine were killed.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Ne.D Rupture in Reichstag
Threatens to Bring Crisis
In German Government
Admiral Won Capelle Accused of Falsifying
Submarine Destruction to Appease Re-
voting Public, Washington Hears.

Confidential information of serious rupture in the German gov
eminent between the main block of the Recg and the admiralty
the submarine warfare has reached Washington
The situation which described critical followed violent de-
nuneaon Admiral Capee head of the German admiralty by
Dr. Matthias Erzberge leader of the before the main
mittee of the Rechstag.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
ERZBERGER FOMENTS REVOLT.

Dr. Eberser the who brought about the recent crisis
which resulted the overthrow of Behmannwes chancellor and
led an imperial rescript promising the characterization of the P
sian electoral system He of the leading workers Ger
man
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Figures Are ExeIsded.

All figures kre vigorously excluded
from any military informs ton on the
situation available here. II is not
denied, however, that the Italian loss
es have peen on an unprecedented
scale II is claimed that the Aus
trian losses have been even heavier.
Cadorna has became the idol OF the
allies as well as OF the Italians. He
has been in undisputed command for
two years, patiently testing out the
Austrian line in the hills and valleys
Of the lower Alps. He has never been
affected by politics and politics have
never been permitted to affect his
operations. In this he has been ui-
que among commanders on both sides
of the "far-fiung battle line" And
more remarkable than all, he has never
talked. The embassy dispatches thus
describes his talk Of yesterday:
::It is impossible to give any infor-
mstion as to the number Of troops en-
gagged on this wide 'front.' because such
information would be OF benefit 10
the enemy. Naturally at some points
the advance of the Italians has been
speedier than at others. Still all OF
the objectives at which the Italians
have aimed are now within reach OF
the Italian armies"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Rome Is Surprised.

This approval. at home, taken with
the approval which the note has called
forth abroad have confirmed the
President in his stand, if anything
was needed to confirm a notably de-
termined man in a position upon which
he had satisfied himself he was
thoroughly right.
II Rome was surprised at the Presi-
dents firmness. the administration is
surprised that Rome did not recog-
nize beforehand that the situation
would have to be treated with such
hrmness. No immediate reply from
Rome Is expected. Nor is it expected
here that the central empires will at
this moment speak in answer to the
Pope or the President
II was pointed out yesterday that
Austria is actually engaged in a life
and-death struggle with the on-rush-
ing Italians, The belief of the State
'DepartBsent continues firm that poll
teal developments of the vastest i'm
portance may be expected in Berlin
at any moment Every advice that
comes from Berlin. both through the
usual channels and through channels
of which the. department. says moth
ing, confirms this belief
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Believe Base DESTROYED.

Such an attack would not only be
pregnant Of success for itself but IL
would cut OF the defenders of Trieste
and the Austrian feet at Pola-
No Austrian airplane has been seen
in days. II is believed that the air
plane bases at Trieste and Pola have
been destroyed as the Italian aviators
claimed several days ago.
But one thing can now check Italy.
That is the lack Of raw material Coal,
steel and copper she must have for
her great factories. II is learned to-
night hat important measures have
been taken to secure these things for
her from the United States and from
England.
The embassy here processes TO see
in the latest Austrian papers and
officiaI statements a disposition to
prepare the people for a great mill
tary disaster. That Cadorna is speak
ing almost in a tone OF exultation,
makes those who know him believe
his is preparing the Italians for a
great victory. That he is not say
ing more Is due TO the knowledge
that this victory will come only after
another fight OF the most desperate
bitterness.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Wants People Satisfied.

Inc RUSSIAN situation has also ap-
peared in a more encouraging light
today There is sti1l doubt of the
immediate success OF Kerensky or any
government in Russia, but the State
Department is convinced that abso-
lutte disaster has for the moment been
warded of. 1t Is not believed that
Germany is now in condition to take
the advantage she might have taken
a year ago, or six months ago. of the
disorganization of the Russian armies.
1t was again made plain yesterday
at the State Department that Presi-
dent Wilson does not deal in person
alities with regard to his requirements
upon Germany. AS stated in these dis
patches, there is no disposition to die
tate to the Germans that they must
cast out Wilhelm II and his son.
They may hold the royal family for
such decorative value as they may
assign to it. But they must convince
the President that the government
which speaks for them. be 1t Hohen-
zollern or Reichstag, speaks the gen.
uine wish OF the entire German people.
Following are characteristic ex-
cerpts from leading German news
papers so far received by way of
Amsterdam.
BerIiner Tageblatt-"Presiden Will
son speaks of the democratization of
Germany. which we also desire, but it
is an internal question and one we
consider forbidden territory for
foreigners, as a condition OF peace"
Lokal Anzeiger-"Presiden Wilson
will not give US freedom to determine
our own fate. He would take 1t from
us
Morgen Post-"The German people
will not fail to return the answer
which already has been made by the
President of the Reichstag, with the
unanimous accord of the members of
Parliament, which is elected on the
basis of the most liberal franchise in
the world This time. however. the
answer will be clearer, much clearer" ="
The Cologne Gazatte, which was the
first to print the full text of the
American Presidents message, made
no comment.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
AUSTRIANASSAULTSFAIL::
VIENNA IS ITALY'S GOAL
Cadorna The Silent" Turns
Army from DirectAttack
on Trieste, and, Swing
ing Northwestward,
Chases Austrians Into
Open-E m b assy Here
Receives News.

Even now a victorious Italian army
may be driving the Austrians before
IL straight toward the heart Of the
Hapsburg empire-yienns.
General Cadorna. the silent one, Z"
has spoken. A dispatch giving his
estimate Of the recent Italian sue
cesses has been received at the Ital-
ian Embassy here. That he has spok-
en- at all, presages much in the opin-
ion Of competent military critics who
have seen the dispatches. The things
he leaves unsaid can be interpreted
in but one way
The Italians have turned from a d.
rect attack on Trieste. Swinging to
the northeastvard they have chased
the Austrians into the open. The way
TO Trieste Is blocked by the still pow
erful. Hermads and other mountain
fortresses.
Between the point where the Italians
broke through the Bainsizza plateau
line. and into the Tarnovo wood
between that point and Vienna, il is
not believe that the Austrians have
had time to prepare an elaborate de-
fense system.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-24
OFFICERS
AID IN SALE Of
LIBERTY BONDS
All Envelopes to Garry Appeal
TO the People,

Your patriotic duty-buy a liberty
loan bond"
All letters which may he sent out by
the state departments will have the
above suggestion stamped on the en-
velope
Letter From MeAdoo.
Governor Williams today sent to all
state officials copies of letter which
he received yesterday from William G..
MoAdoo, secretary OF the treasury. The
letter is as follows:
1T occurs to me that in order to'give
the liberty loan the widest possible pub
licity, II would he an excellent idea to
have all envelopes and other official
mail containers stamped in red with
the following line:
Your patriotic duty-buy a liberty
loan bond
Order Requested.
IL shall order tha, this be done in all
the bureaus and branches OF the treas
ury department throughout the country,
and beg to request tha, you issue SINH
lar orders"
The several officials today were hav-
ing stamps prepared to begin carrying
out the suggestion