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The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Running Fight.

Running Fight.
Burgess was taken after he had els-
gagged in a running fight with the po-
lice and rushed to police headquarters
at Clifton, Va.
The alleged attack upon Mrs. Mil
Ter was made late Friday afternoon.
Two hours later it was followed by
an outrage upon a child less than Z
years old.
The arrest last night was accomp-
Ished after four different posses.
aided by blOodhounds. had deter
mined to run down the perpetrator OF
the assault.
Sheriff James Morgan declares the
people are up in arms and may not
be retrained unless the District Of
lcials cease to bring Federal prisoners
Tor construction work and other
duties to Occoquan.
since November !, the sheriff
Gains that siXty-five prisoners have
been brought to Lorton from Fort
LeavenwOrth, Kan, and that seven
ty-ilye more have been brought to
LortOn from Atlanta, Ga. Ar,ng
these Federal prisoners have been
twenty-five who have escaped and
who have not been captured. Bur
CESS was among this group, and the
latitude given these desperate GRIM
lnals is alleged to be responsible for
.he crimes that have occurred in this
section Of Virginia recently.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Speaks High Praises.

Then the distinguished visitors were
escorted through all the departments
of the Academy-the engineering,
where modern battleship appliances
are used in training; the drill hall,
where husky youths were doing stunts
OF coached athletes; the barracks
where the middies, with queer inscrip-
tions on their ditty boxes. reflected
the good nature of the cadets. Once
again the little Ambassador remarked
Magnificent; wonderful"
1t was Viscount Ishii's first visit to
the Academy; Admiral Takeshita had
been there seventeen years ago. Both
told to Capt. L. E. Eberle, the super
intcndent of the Academy, their keen
appreciation OF the effectiveness and
thoroughness of the American train
ing. They said the Academy was the
most marvellous institution of its kind
in the world-but they modestly re-
served to Japan's similar institution
the prize for beauty of surroundings
and arrangement.
Viscount Ishii and the rest of the
delegation went over from Washing
ton early in the day. They were met
by an escort of middies and led up
to the wide plaza where the fourth
class men were lined up in front of
them, spic and span, erect and strong.
With the Stars and Stripes floating in
brilliant sun over them, the band
played the Japanese national anthem.
Viscount Ishii and his commissioners
stood at salute with the American Of
ficers.
Then Capt. Eberle escorted the lit
tie men of the East into the won
ders of the Yankee naval engineer
ing works. He showed the latest
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Married MEN
AREEXEMPTED
President Holds They Are
Not Liable for Military
Service.

President Wilson yesterday ruled
that wives of men selected in the draft
should not, because they had employ
ment before marriage, be thrown upon
their own resources or upon the char
lty or their own or their husband S
parents for support. He ordered that
all men upon whose labors their wives
or children depend entirely for sup
port, should be exempted. His action
was taken i'll response to nation-wide
protests against the harsh interpreta-
ton placed on the draft law by the
Provost Marshal Generals office, that
a woman whose parents or whose hus-
bands parents were able and willing
to support her and her children, or
who was qualified to gain her own
support, should be thrown upon those
resources and her husband sent to
war.
The Presidents orders were con-
tanned in n letter to Secretary of War
Baker. Immediately upon their re-
Ceipt the Secretary got into touch with
Provost Marshal General Crowder and
two conferences followed. After the
second, which lasted an hour and
three-quarters, Gen. CTOwder came
out Of Mr.. Bakers office with a bull
letin 10 local boards in his hand
through which he announced the
Presidents s letter and the ruling Of the
department
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Bridge to Naval Base
Set on Fire by Spies

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 25.-An Mt
tempt wns made tonight to de-
troy the railway over which
was carried wOrknen and sun
plies to the jamestown naval
base.
The yiaduct has been set afire
and IL now burning. 1t was the
second attempt to destroy the
bridge.
Several weeks agO there were
rumOrs that German spies were
operating in this vicinity and at
tempts to wreck Industrial plants
were frustrated.
Guard forces were Increased,
but in spite of the vigilance
small damage was done at Va
riOus places.
Secret Service agents have
been especially active recently
to run down what Is believed to
be a well organized Hun plot
to destroy vital points here.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
LABOR Threatens
RUSSIAN CONFERENCE
Most MOmentOus" Gathering B.
ing Retarded as Clouds Gather,
By the International News servjc.

CBy the International News Service. D
MOSCOW, Aug. 25.-Just as the eS-
traordinary congress. the most mo-
mentous gathering in Russia's his
tory was getting ready for its OPEN
ing session today organized labor
of Russia threw the gauntlet down
10 government. law and order,
threatening general strike
throughout the land. The workers
of Russia, through their leaders,
have made it clear that they con-
slider the congress dangerous to the
new freedom. They assert il is the
outgroWth Of the long SeothinC
counter revolutionary movement.
Strong detachments of troops are
guarding the opera house, where
the congress holds its session. There
is widespread alarm as to what the
events OF the next foTty-eight hours
will bring forth. Everyone feels
that herensky is about TO make the
fight OF his life. The old struggle
between him and Professor Paul
Miliukoff is about to break out in
full force again. These two men
and the ideas and movements they
represent hold Russia's destinies in
their hands today. The first act Of
Kerensky when he entered the gov
ernment was to topple MiHukoff
Dissension over the Dardanelles
was the main issue. Keren-
sky being the first man to urge
abandonment OF Russia's dream for
possession of the straits.
Gen. Kornilof is strongly advo-
eating the militarization of the rail-
ways to coUnteract the threaten
ing strike
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Special Police Detail
Guards Notorious Diue
In South Washington
Superintendent of Gospel Mission Called the
Attention of War Department to Immoral
Conditions on Four-and- -a-half Street
Herald's Expose of Washington Vice
Is Substantiated by Gospel Mission

Representative Nelson Of wisconsin president of the Gospel
Marshall
tons in
vice secretary;
ident, and S. NJ Croft,
The letter The Washington
Kline
Editor Washington Herald
Dear sirI glad The Herald has taken cognizane
wretched conditions in South Washington.
And unless
places
by mission
OF this state of affairs nclose
Tdings which
stantiates IN
Personally
this other
chapel have anything
Washington
Trusting
city, 1 sincerely yours
W.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

Surrounded by a large detail of
police. the notrioUs establishment on
FOUr-and-a-half street southwest,
exposed by The Washington Herald
yesterday. was peaceful last night.
1t still had its negro and white
women congregated about the tables
mingling with uniformed men OF the
army. Along the bar was the
customary collection Of colored and
white men. but the orgies that have
featured the after dark happenings
for some time were missing.
1t may have been the presence of
an extra detail of police, many in
uniform and others in plain clothes,
that served to maintain peace and
order. but the general opinion was
that the spotlight Of publicity turned
on the dive by The Washington
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Jumps from Window; Kills
Self and Injuries Child

New York. Aug. 25.-Clasping his
tTo-year-old daughter in his arms,
James Bryne, 2J. leaped from the
fifth story OF his home in East One
Hundred and Twenty-ffth street
today and was killed. The little
girl Is in a serious condition. The
act is said to have followed a fam
lily quarrel
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
YOUNG CAPTAIN KILLS
SELF In CLUBROOMS
In Fit of Dependency Frederick
Dew Takes Life.

tBy the international! News Service.) }
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, Aug. 25.-Capt.
Frederick Dew, Sc. one of the regu-
lar army instructors at the first
training camp. and assigned to COM
mand a battalion in the second
camp. killed himself in his rooms at
the Bachelor Club in the fort last
night. The news of his suicide was
withheld until tonight by the mill
tary authorities.
The cause for the act is believed
to have been overwork and despond-
ency. His name was reported to
have been on the list for promotion
because of his work at the first
camp. The last list published. how
ever, failed to contain the recon-
mendation.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Two Artillerymen
Killed In Explosion

Fort Sill, Okla, Aug. 25.-
Two members of Battery A, Sec
ond Missouri Field Artillery,
were killed and four others seri-
ously injured, when shrapneI
shell exploded on the cantonment
range late today, completely
wrecking the mess hall I'm which
they were preparing their first
meal after arriving at the Okla
homa post. All are from Kan
sns City.
The dead;
Private Nelson.
Private James Kelly.
The injured are; Prlyates
Oakley, Bloomcr, McGraw and
Raymond.
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Herald was the real cause that kept
decent conditions prevailing.
Maj. Pullman Silent.
Maj. Pullman, superintendent Of
police. had no official comment to
make yesterday upon the conditions
exposed by The Herald. The fact that
members of the vice squad and groups
or officers in UNIFORM lined the
corners in and about the vicinity OF
the alleged near beer" saloon which
has been a favorite rendezvous OF
the men in uniform apparently
attested that the police were alive to
the conditions.
H. w. Kline. superintendent Of the
Gospel Mission, states in a letter to
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Did NOT Recognize
The NAVY LEAGUE
Secretary Of Treasury McAdoo Says
He Was Misrepresented

Secretary McAdoo yesterday denied
that he had recognized the Navy
League in the face of the disapproval
OF Secretary Daniels. He declared
that the letter to the Navy League
asking Col. Thompson's help in pass
ing the pension bill was sent before
the controversy with Mr. Daniels
started. Col. Thonpson's reply given
out yesterday by the Navy League
created what Mr.. McAdoo calls an
impression that have recognized
the Navy League"
"On the contrary" said Mr.. Nc
Adoo. Il have always felt that the
attitude of the omicers of the league
toward the Secretary of the Navy
was grossly unfair and unjust"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
CAR STRIKE AT MERIDIAN

Meridian, Miss, Aug. 25.-Not whee,
Is turning tonight as the result of a
Walk-out of 40 motormen this after
noon' Of the Meridian Light and Rail-
way Company, operated by the
Doherty Company. Of New York. The
men ask for an increase of 4 cents
per hour, or 2S cents an hour.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Magnificent" Verdict of
Jap Head When He Views
Middies at u. s. Academy

Seven hundred and fifty fourhcass the United States
Naval Academy blood of the American navy lined
yesterday before Vcoun Ih Admiral Takesha and the
Japanese Mission
They made magnificent showing in their stawa freshness and
vgor.
The little Japanese Ambassador smiled generously and remarked
Magnihcen'
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

An armed Of hundreds of and searched Fairfax
County, Va for FIVE hours last night intent upon nchng the
responsible for the attempted assault upon Mrs Mildred Miller and
an outrage committed 6year-od girl in the same locality
Sheriff Alison of Fairfax County finally arrested the negro after
he had been shot through the left arm at the wrist
The George Burgess said to be Federal prisoner
from the Atlanta (Ga.) penitentiary.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

Nine arrests made last night from the of Four-and
ahaf street southwest surrounding the deputabe establishments
mentioned by The Washington Herald yesterday.
The police active and the detail succeeded rounding
FIVE coored coored and three white men for
drunkenness and other msdemeapor
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
AUSTRIAN TROOPS FLEE
BEFORE ITALIAN DRIVE
Terrific Cannonading and Fierce Air Attacks
With Machine Guns-Tri-Color Mounts
Monte Santo Summit

London Aug S-Breakng through that omnous word which
holds the notch record of frivolous frequency in the ztbe,
OF enthusiastic correspondents but which used by war Offices
only when the line actually cavng n found in the
opening paragraph of tOday's official Italian statement
he gallant troops of the second army reported Cen Cadoma
having broken through the line of defense at several points are
closely pursuing the who is retiring defending the d
hcult ground yard by yard"
SCORE SERIES OF VICTORIES
lays fighting egons have within one week. scored serie,
OF victories that have their Hapurg foe reeng backward along
the whole front from Pava the Adac As triumphant climax
to the hrs phase OF their drive they captured yesterday the 224
oothgh Monte SantO, the Dead Man Hill" of the Gorilla front
seven miles north of the city.
Since yesterday says the Rome war Office the tcoor ba,
been flying the summit of Monte Santo"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
TAXICAB BANDITS ESCAPE.

Passaic. y. j.. Aug. g5.-Two
taxicab bandits today held Up Bird
s. Bennett. paymaster for a comb
factory and robbed him Of S2.1OO.
They escaped.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Berlin Is silent.

Late this evening this word came
. from The 1I-nt cf an iugla.gur 5at.-.
IN HE sector Where the French and
hllJ.sh lines JON northeast Of Nures.
Both Ietru-raG and Berlin were silent
IN the new German offensive in the
north aimed at Riga. At latest ac-
counts Prince Le0p0ld's picked B1-
FSr.an troops had reached the river
mar the Baltic coast. thus uerac.rc
iAt Russian TOrl faom a distance OF
Little more ;Lan - miles from the
west Russian military critics. how
ever, believe the real thrust IL UNDER
iah,n VIII come again from the south.
AT one point below Eskkan the Ger
mans are only seven and ore-aalf
miles from Riga.
In the forefront Of all war news
stood a-aIn the Italian Offensive toGa-.
The brief official statements nom
Home We're supplemented ty .Lur-.-at-
ing unorc.al DISPATCHES. some OF them
iIom Austrian sources.
- earih-shakiug is the Italian drum
IRE that ushcrs in every new attack.
according 10 news reaching here Ma
be-no, it is literally ham.rcrinE down
the AuS;ro- Hungarian morale. select
AGs-LlaH soldiers in the front line
trenches. who yesterday Crlune5 de-
Nance across the pa1apots. waiting
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SPY blew Up
MARE island
Daniels Reports Findings Of
Navy Yard Explosion
On Pacific.

The powder explosion at the Mar,
Island Navy Yard was the work oi
SPY, designed to cripple America IN
the war.
That is the decision of the investi.
eating board whose lons-awaited re.
port finally was made public yester,
day.
The explosion. the board finds, was
due TO the deliberate act OF some per
son or persons unknown" Govern
ment agents are conducting a spy
hunt to trace down the culprits.
In making public its findings the
board also takes occasion to white
wash Secretary Daniels OF the charges
brought by >officials Of the Navy
League, which resulted in the break
between the navy and that orraniza-
ton, that he had hamrered he in
vestigation.
Accompanying il. also. is telegram
from the ordnance inspector at Mare
Island, Commander Mark st. c. Ellis.
eXculpating labor men of charges tha:
they tried to hinder the probe.
The report. summarized by three IN
spectirg officers in Washington. orI-
cials Of the Bureaus Of Ordnance and
9avigatton and the Judge Advocate
General of the navy. says:
Findings Of Department.
THE record contains the testimony.
Of l7y witnesses and has attached to
IL twenty-seven separate exhibits sub
mitted in connection with the evidence
adduced by the board.
"A careful reading Of the orders
creating this board and the record Of
daily proceedings clearly indicates the
absence OF any hampering instructions
or restrictive direction as to the
method of investigation. The boards
inquiry was conducted with the ut
most latitude and thoroughness.
The only person seen to enter this
building on the morning of the ex-
plos'on was Ordnance Man Neil c.
Damstedt. a trusted employe Of TWEEN
ty-one gears continuous magazine
service. Damstedt was killed.
The board in its findings states
that 1t is of the opinion that Dam
stedt was in no way implicated in
the explosion and that the testimony
anu Attending circumstances do not
in any way implicate any ammuni-
ton depot employe or any member
OF the ammunition depot guard.
Further, the board states that.
after having carefully considered all
testimony and attending circum-
it is OF the unanimous opin-
ION that the explosion was not an
accident, but was due to the deIiber-
ate act Of some person or persons
Secretary Daniels declared the r.
'estigation would know no rest until
trace was found of the persons i'm
plicated in the explosion. The ex-
olos.on was designed to wreck the
entire naval station at Mare Island I
and deprive the Pacific warships of 4
their principal base
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Letter of President.

| In his letter the President said
! We ought, as far as practicable. 10
/ raise this new national army without
creating the hardships necessarily en-
| tailed. when the head of a family is
| taken and I hope that for the most
/ part those accepted in the first call
would be found 40 be men who had
not yet assumed such relations.
The selective service law makes
the fact of dependents. rather than
the fact of marriage, the basis for
exemption, and there are, undoubted-
/ ", many cases within the age limits
| fixed by law of men who are married
and yet whose accumulations, or 9TH
er economic surroundings, are such
that no dependency of the wife exists,
| in fact. Plainly the law does not con-
template exemption for this class of
men.
The regulations promulgated on
June go 1917, should be regarded as
controlling these cases, and orders
issued under that regulation directing
exemption boards to establish the fact
of dependents in addition to the fact
OF marriage ought not to be abro-
gated"
Ruling of Gen. Crowder.
The most important paragraph OF
the bulletin. pointed out by Provost
Marshal General Crowdcr as the
heart of the new rules" saws:
Paragraph B. compiled rulings of
this office, No. g. addressed a state
Of affairs where the parents or other
relatives of the wife or husband are
able, ready and willing adequately to
support the wife and children, if any,
during the absence of the husband.
This ruling was responsive to a class
of cases that had been brought to the
attention of this office where claims
of discharge had been made on the
ground of dependency on a husband
who, as a matter of fact, was not de-
pendent upon himself The ruling d.
rected the attention OF local boards to
the fact that scrutiny of cases of this
Kind might disclose that no discharge
was advisable.
1t was not intended that para
graph B of the compiled rulings
should apply to the case of the head
of a family whose family at the time
OF his summons, and prior thereto, |
were and had been mainly dependent
upon his labor for support"
SAthse OF huIinRs.
The last paragraph Of the bulletin
IS a defense of the rulings of hte |
local boards to date, and instruc- |
uons to district boards to modify |
such rulings in view of the Presi- |
dents new Interpretation of the law.
The Presidents attention had been
called to the decisions of some local
boards that women who had worked
prior to marriage could return to
the Industrial world, or that parents
shrould be put in the position of sup
porting their married daughters or
anu grandchildren.
by Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts,
1t was in response to a letter and
visit from Senator Weeks that he
acted.
simultaneously with his letter to
Secretary Baker directing the rein
depreciation of the law, the Presi-
1cnt again wrote to Senator Weeks
thanking him for directing attention.
% the inequalities which had &C.
;urred.
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SCORE SERIES OF VICTORIES
Gains Made Everywhere.

Gains Made Everywhere.
The French. too, We're victorious
again in the last twenty-four hours.
Pushing forward from Hm sgi
captured yesterday they maoe them-
selves masters OF three powerful Ger
man field fortresscs. They brought the
tctal number Of prisoners taken. since
Monday up TO S1u.
Nor were the British idle. Berlin
was forced 10 admit that the Teuton
line was pressed back a little" on the
front astride the Ypres Menin road.
At the same time the dczred Canadi-
ans bit themselves further into the
outskirts Of / as. On both sides OF
the railway leading into the citys
heart they DloGshod ahead with bomb
ana bayonet. They suatchod trench
thousand yards from the railway
station Just within the CITY limits.
Things were not. however. all rosy
on the Ang.o-GCTUan front Fired
perhaps by the ka.ser's speerh 10 the
troops Few days aE0, describing
england as the arch enemy Who must
1e beaten. the Tsu-1u rrro-s au1rTy
Ie-tHIoTceC, aIe hitting back at the
Siltlsh WITH oLoI,t6.e1 violence. They
succeeded In retakinE Iveruess Cous
ana thus bending the British rlzht
back somewhat, while they also re-
Iart-.-l 4... Mont 4ag.I. 10 the
south Of NerdhuuIc.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
FAIRFAX COUNTY MOBS
FIGHT TO LYNCH NEGRO
Hundreds OF Armed Men and Women, With
Packs Of Bloodhounds, Capture Man
Who Assaulted Woman.
BULLETIN.

dispatch from Clifton at 23O o'clock this morning says tnat
mob of ard dragged George Burgess the jail
there and lynched him.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

| types of marine engines. boilers, i'm
proved machinery for closing matches
electrically, torpedo boat engines in
| full operation and models Of the new
est steamships.
From here the Japanese were taken
into the library where Japanese
trophies hung; thence into the big
auditorium, from the ceiling of which
depended flags of all nations-but not
single Japanese emblem.
Where is the Japanese fiag?" in
quired the frank, wondering Wis
count
There is none here" was the re-
sponse, with a smile
None at all?"
No Jnpanese Flag.
No; you see all of these flags were
captured in war and in actions in
which Americans took part-we have
never taken a japanese flag"
The viscount again beamed Won
drously.
From there the commissioners went
to the little shrine where hangs the
bronze bell presented to Commodore
Perry by the japanese government on
the occasion of the commanders
visit which opened Japan's eyes TO
the greatness of the world. And then
they visited the chapel where. the
body of the immortal John Paul
Jones lies.
The barracks were reached when
the future admirals were preparing
Tor mess. Some of them were uE-
dressed, some half-dressed and others.
SLICK and fresh. Around the floors
lay the ditty boxes. some opened. 9TH
ers closed. Inscriptions like Lady
Killer Chief Mutt" Bone Head.
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