davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
SoLONS PROTEST ATTACK
Senator Thomas Objects to
Aspersions Published in Record.

Senator Thomas OF Colorado caused
a stir in the Senate this afteSnoon by
making a sharp protest against the
publication in the Record of large
number of communications rejecting
on the motives of the Senators who
voted against the war resolution.
When Senators read the Record to-
day they were surprised to find that
Senator John Sharp Williams had put
into IT a long list OF kilograms and
communications, some of which as
sailed Senator La Toilette, Senator
Vardaman, Senator. Norris, and others
who voted against the war resolution.
Senator Thomas added that unless
Senators were to be permitted to eX-
press their convictions there would be
an end of free discussion In the
Senate.
Senator Smoot took substantially the
same position. Senator Williams was
absent from the Senate when the
matter was brought up this after
noon.
Senator Thomas proposed to eN-
punge the offensive matter from the
records. but said he would not press
the motion until Senator Williams
was present.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
MIDDIEs ADVANCED YEAR
Third Class to Be Graduated In
June, 1913.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. April lit was
announced at the Naval Academy today
that the present third Class. which un-
der ordinary conditions. would be grad
uated in June 1919, will finish in the
latter part OF June. 1918. The present
first class. as announced, will graduate
on September Is. OF the present year
AS arranged at present, there is no sec
ond class. So far as at present au-
thorized. the ,present fourth class will
not be graduated in advance Of the
completion Of the regular four years
course.
An order has been Issued at the Nav al
Academy arranging the course in con-
formity with the advanced graduations.
Until further orders there will be no re-
view months nor term examinations, but
monthly examinations will be held as
usual In most OF the subjects, the
work will be somewhat increased so as
to cover the regular amount in the
shortened period.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
HELD ON CHARGE OF
KILLING STEPSON
Good Hope Road Shoemaker
Tells Police He Was De-
Tending Self.

Peter w. Allen, hfty-three years
old, a shoemaker, living on Good
Hope road, is locked up at the Elev-
enth precinct today on a charge of
having shot to death Ernest Allen,
L. stepson and nephew, at the for
mer's house.
The elder Allen claims self-defense
in explanation of the shooting.
Ernest Allen, who was thirty-six
years old, and was employed by the
Washington Steel and Ordnance Com
pany. at Giesboro Point, was killed
about 6 O'clock this morning. The
elder Allen was arrested at the house
few minutes after the shooting by
Policeman Louis Gee.
When questioned by Captain An
derson, aat the Eleventh precinct
station, the elder Allen said that he
had ne quarrel with his stepson, but
the latter came after" him.
He Is said to have added that he
did not want to kill his stepson. but
that he had to.
According to the records OF the
Juvenile Court the dead man was
charged on October 4 last with fall
ing to support his three children. Re
turning from work last night the
younger Allen called at the Anaeos-
tia station house and left for his
wife. Mrs. Hattie Allen, the weekly
allowance ordred by the. Juvenile
Court.
The police say that he then went to
ris step-father's home. where he has
been staying lately. and, 1t Is alleged
a colloquay ensued as to whether he
should be let into the house.
Mrs. Susie Allen. wife Of the man un-
der arrest and mother OF the dead man,
was in the house, and probably will be
called upon at the coroners inquest to
tell what she knows OF the AFFAIR
The dead mans father was William
Allen. Twelve years ago Peter Alien
married his brothers widow.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
MANNED SOLDIERS
OF FRANCE AT PLOW
Army Nurses Teach Troops to
Run Motors in the Fields
Near Troyes.

PARIS, April ia "Motor cul-
ture" school is beginning at Chapelle-
Saint-Luc, just outside Of Troyes. 1t
inaugurated a new era in French
Agriculture. On the movement de-
pends, perhaps, the solution OF a
grave food crisis that France certain
ly has before her.
Fifty army nurses OF the older
classes are there, teaching MANNED
soldiers to run automobile plows and
other traction implements OF every
sort. In four crews, the pupils in
turn drive the tractors in the field,
learn repair work at the forge and
the principle of the motor in a series
of lectures. As soon as they are
able to repair a broken part as well
as drive a motor efficiently, they are
placed at the disposal OF the me
chanical cultivating commission" and
assigned to one OF the farming CEN
ters that has been provided with motor
implements for the common use OF
the farmers OF the neighborhood.
This is only one of number OF
similar schools In France. At Ondee,
Bordeaux, Grenoble. Grignon and
Noisy de .Grand, also, MANNED farm
cIS anu ldTIn ldDOTtTss "nO COAhpiiSc
go per cent OF the total of soldiers
who have suffered amputation, are
being retrained for the new method
OF farming.
The purpose is to prepare the mu-
tilated soldiers to take up their old
profession, IL possible, or another IL
physical disability prevents.
The experience OF the school at
Chapelle-Saint-Luc tends to show
that the use of tools appropriate TO
work that interests the patient is far
more effective in relieving and cur
ing anklosis due to wounds than any
OF the special mechanical appliances.
Many a mechanic who dreamed of
country life before the war is timber
ing up his muscles in learning to
handle farm Implements: on the other
hand, many a farmer who had lost
interest in his calling is losing the
stiffness of his joints by the man
ipulation OF the tools of the cabinet
maker and mechanic.
Basket making Is a favorable trade
adopted here on the edge Of the
Champagne wine country where, tht
great demand for champagne baskets
keeps these war apprentices busy.
Locksmiths, tinsmiths, horseshoers,
blEcksmiths, and shoemakers, also
are turned out by these establish
ments.
The MANNED drivers OF motor farm
machines graduated here will er-
gage in a contest at Grignon in April.
for which the government has pro-
vided $4,000 francs In prizes for
motor plowing. narrowing, ctc
other prize contests will be arranged
in the vicinity OF the other schOolA
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
SHIPBUILDERS STRIKE
Nearly 1000 Employees Of Harlan
and HoIIinqsworth Co. Walk Out.

WILMINGTON. Del, April l1.-with
the Government urging the speeding
up of al Industries nearly 1000 en-
ployes in the shipyards of the Harlan
and Hollingsworth Corporation. a
Bethlehem interest, went on strike
here today. The men demand an
eight-hour work day and an increase
OF cents an hour. Officials of the
company refuse to discuss the
troubles.
Pickets have been stationed at the
various entrances to the plants and
so far there has zeen no disorder.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
SEEK ARTlLLERYMEN
Officers Of Guards Corps Now Aim
to oraanIze eattAIIen.

Realizing that coast defenses may
play an important part In the present
war, officers of the coast artillery
of the District national guard are
speeding up their plans to organize a
battalion here.
with a view to better prosecuting
its energetic campaign for recruits.
the First Company Coast Artillery has
moved its station from 513 Eleventh
street northwest to $50 F street north
west.
Capt. w. f. Burns. commanding the
company. made a patriotic address at
fredericksburg. Va, last evening, in
the interest OF recruiting. He expects
number Of enlistments from that
town. as the young men who heard
his address professed to be keenly in
terested.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
THETA DELTA CHI ELECTS.

' Roy l.. Neuhauser. manager OF the
bond department OF the Munsey Trust
Company. was elected president of the
Washington Graduate Association of
the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at the
annual meeting OF the organization
last night in the fraternity house.
Is42 Calvert street. other officers.
elected were NJ. s. Farmer. Jr., vice
president; John N. SwartZeIl, secre-
tary: Delos II. Smith. treasurer. Wal
ter NJ. Gilbert was chosen editor OF
the Shield. the official organ OF the
fraternity.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
70 SHIPS LOST BY GREECE.

ATHENS. April 11.-According to
statistics furnished by the Hellenic
government. seventy vessels of the
Greek merchant marine have been
lost at sea during the year 1916. This
total includes those ships sunk by
submarines or floating mines. as well
as those wrecked or subject to acci-
dents not incident Ito war.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
is BENEVOLENT NEUTRAL
Argentina t"RseesnIzss Justice" o
U. S. War on Germany.

BUENOS AIRES, April 11.-Argen-
tina today formally. "recognized the
Justice" of Americas declaration OF
a state of war against Germany, but
announced her strict continuance as
a neutral.
Just exactly what the formal an
nouncement means was not clear but
Il was accepted as a plain bid to
placate the United States in the hope
Of averting a threatened coal en-
bargo to Argentina.
The announcement showed clearly
that while Argentina maintained her
present status as a neutral, she had
not decided as yet on a future course.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
SUBMARINE BIDS OPENED
offers Close to Limit of Authorized
Cost.

Bids for construction OF thirty
eight SO0-tOn subma rines. opened at
the Navy Department today. ranged
from S1,22S,OO0 each to 81 .592 900
each.
The authorized limit OF cost is
81 300. 900, although emergency ap-
priations exist to care . for extra
speed-up expense.
The three companies bidding also
submitted offers to construct the
boats Of cost plus percentage
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
,YAssAR AHANpoNs DANCES.

POUGHKEEPSIE. April 11.-vassar
College yesterday put into effect a
program of wartime economy. Large
dances, including the senior prom and
the minor ball. were called of at a
meeting of the students association
il was decided to simplify the COM
mencement season by emitting the
hoop dance and daisy chain. The COL
lege will devote all it's spare energies
10 preparation for war service.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
WEATHER REPORT.

Forecast for the District Of Colum-
bia and Maryland-Fair tonight and
probably Thursday: somewhat warm
er tonight: moderate west and south
west winds.
For Nirginia-Fair tonight and
Thursday; somewhat warmer tonight;
moderate westerly winds.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
CORNELL ALUMNI TO ENLIST

Inspired by the stories of Pierre
Boal. a French cavalryman just from
the trenches on the Somme. local
alumni of Cornell University. at a re-
union at the POwhatan Hotel last
night. pledged their support to the
President in the war with Germany.
Many expressed a determination to en-
LIST
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
ARcENTINIANs FAVOR WAR.

PARIS. April 1.-THE Argentine
colony here today held formal meet
ing to adopt resolutions urging their
government to follow the example OF
Brazil against Germany.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
REseRVIsTs MOBILIZE.

SANTIAGO. Chile. April 11.-MobiIi-
zation Of German reservists in Chile
"for service In Mexico" was reported
here today. Allied ministers put
enough credence in the report to ap-
prise their respective governments.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
A TREAT
TO THE BOYS

Novel idea OF walking the stilts
has aroused the boys of Washington
10 such an extent that the progress
sive clothinE firm of LIVINGSTON'S.
s0s 7th St. n. w. who are distribut-
. ing a pair of stills free with every
$49S boys suit. are making hundreds
Of little friends.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
TemperRtures.
Tide Table.

Average temperature for this date
for the last 33 years-5l.
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
HUNDRED THOUSAND
ONLY A BEGINNING
Red Cross Chairman Points to
Montreal Generosity As
An Example.

"one hundred thousand dollars is a
good beginning, but only begin
ming" declared Henry b. F. Macfar-
land, chairman of the finance commit
tee of the District of Columbia Red
Cross at the daily meetings today.
"MQntreal has given the Red Cross
hundreds of thousands of dollars
since the war began said Mr.. Mac
farland," and Washington must not
fall behind this example OF patriot
ISM"
Speakers predicted 100000 will be
subscribed by the end of the week.
Announcement was made of the dona-
tion of $500 by Mrs. ]. ]. Duff and of
the donation of $3.50 by the Old Dutch
Market, Incorporated, and manay
donations sof smaller amounts.
The subscription of 800 by Mt.
Vernon Chapter. No. 3, Royal Arch
Masons, to be paid every year of the
wsr, was also announced today.
The executive board Of the finance
committee, comforting with Chair
man Macfarland, issued another ap-
peal for prompt action by patriotic
Washington organizations and ,c1ti-
zens.
Chairman MacfRrland read a letter
from W. w. Maloney. of the duckpin
league of the American Secdrity and
Trust Company, which said that the
league had called OF it's annual ban
quet and would donate the $50 cover
ing banquet expenses to the Red
Cross
p Following is a list of contributors
The Washington times., 1917-04-11
Sun and Moon Table.

Light automoblle lamps 7:l2 P. N.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01

1t costs s75.00o,0o for needless de.
livery of grocery packages for year
but you can't make anyone believe
that he pays any part of it,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01
ANOTHER PROUD Day FOR CANADIAN
SOLDIERS; CROSS SEAS OF MUD IN
FLANDERS and DRIVE GERMANS BACK

British ETre::4 in Belgium. Nov. l.
Theforces of Crown Prince Rup-
precht, of Bavaria, yesterday suffered
another singing defeat when the Bri-
fish reached out across a sea of mud
and wrenched away still more of the
few remaining defences in the enc
mys Passachendaele system. 1t has
been another proud day for Canada.
Her troops this afternoon were sit
ting almost at the gates of >Passchen-
daele, and from their positions astride
the Broodeseinde-Passch high
way along the bridge they could see
only four hundred yards away the
great church which stands in the CEN
ter of the village.
While the Canadians were battling
their way forward here in the face
of fierce resistance from the Bava-
rians comrades on ~neir left were
hammering their way along the Meet
cheele or Bellevue spur to points
which seem to have carried them
well beyond the hamlet of Meetcheele
and the numerous machinegun de-
fences with which that elevation was
covered. There was sangutnary
fighting in both sections. The Ger
man losses were heavy and the men
from overseas did not achieve their
triumph without some cost in casu-
alties.
Meanwhile British home troops on
the left of the Canadians had under
taken the task of crossing the Pad
debeek River and the morasses in Or
der to bring their line forward and
protect the Canadian flank. The men
from the British Isles knew that this
must be done and they did it. How
they accomplished the drive through
the clinging mud probably they them
selves could not tell
One heavy counter-attack delivered
by the Bavarians, as early as $3.50
o'clock. from Masselmarkt against the
Canadians was caught by artillery and
machine-gun fire and smashed. The
gain on the Canadian front averaged
between 500 and 1000 yards along
most of it.
The Canadians encountered a stiff
position early in the advance at Fries
| land Copse, a 1nachine-gun defence ly-
| ing in the valley of the Ravebeek
| which runs down the slopes at the
junction of the Meetchele spur anc
the Passchendaele ridge. The enemy
turned a heavy machine-gun fire or
the advancing troops and when they
closed in, fought bitterly to retain G
hold on their concrete defence. But
Friesland Copse fell and the Cana
dams pushed on up the slopes.
The infantry, working eastward
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01
DR.. Howard, Psychologist,
Whose Prediction Came True

That ancestral blood lust" would
make it impossible for the people of
the United. States to remain neutral
in this war, was the opinion advance
ed shortly after the outbreak of the
great conf1ict-by DR.. William Lee
Howard, the eminent psychologist,
sociologfst and author. With the pos
sible exception OF DR.. Woods Hutch
inson, DR.. Howard is the foremost of
American Literary M. DIS" who have
devoted their time and talent to the
production of medical and sociological
articles for the popular press. DR..
Howard declared two years ago that
for Americans who ''have brains to
think and hearts to suffer-" such a
mental state as neutrality about the
war is impossible. He declared that
sooner or later we would be drawn
into the war, and his prediction, ably
assisted by German ruthlessness, has
come true. AS a psychologist and stu
dent Americans should strive to re.
main ION the fence" in regard to the
causes and issues of the great war
He asserted that to, have done SO
would have invited mental restless
ness and thep angs of an uneasy con-
science. DIR. Howard was born 81
yOdio d6O tOody III I1dTllOFu. he re-
ceived his early education from tutors
in England and France, and after
ward studied at Williston Seminary,
Columbia University, Oxford Univer.
sity, the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, the University of Vermont,
the universities of Bonn and Goet-
tingeR, in Germany; the University of
Edinburgh, and the Ecole de Medi-
cine in Paris. Aside from this he
has had no educational advantages
and is self-taught. During the inter-
walls of his schooling he spent much
time on the sea. and became a prac-
teal sailor and won a masters certif1-
cate. He was on a whaling voyage
for two years, and spent a year in
Iceland. From 1890 to 1906 he prac-
t1ced medicine in Baltimore, and
achieved wide fame as a specialist in
mental disorders. Hec contributed to
the Saturday Evenin Post and other
popular journals as well as to the
medical press, and has aimed a wide
reputation as an author
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01

along the crest of Passchendaele ridge
toward the village, progressed rapid
ly, although under severe fire from
many points, Crest Farm, just north
Of the highway, put up a strenuous
resistance, and a hard struggle took
place here. The farm was armed
heavily with rapid fire guns, and the
Canadians attacked it with rifles and
bombs.
While the British were struggling
with the enemy at Crest Farm, the
| troops on their left were meeting with
trouble from the enemy guns, which
concentrated their fire on them. The
| British artillery came to the rescue
with such an intense fire against the
German batteries that the hostile
Smelling decreased greatly. In this
lun the Canadians rushed ahead and
| stormed their way to the village Oh
Meetcheele. A violent struggle oc-
cured at close quarters among the
| cottages in this little place. Those of
| the enemy who were able retreated
toward Masselmarkt, but at $50
o'clock the Bavarians rushed out of
| Masselmarkt for a counter-attack.
The Canadians at Crest Farm, 1000
yards south Of Masselmarkt, were the
| first to see this threat developing
4
| captured enemy machine guns were
brought into play against the au-
vancing Bavarians with u.5astrous re-
suit. AT almost the same time sig
nails reached the British artillery, and
| the enemy was caught in a swirl of
gunfire that caused a hasty retreat.
| Shortly afterward numbers of the
\ enemy were seen running eastward
from Masselmarkt. evidently having
| had too strong a taste of the barrage
fire.,
| Atsthe left the Canadians and Eng
| lish pushed rapidly across the Paddle
beck River, and assaulted numerous
enemy defences on the eastern bank.
The ground was in very poor condi-
ton. The Paddebeek was not in
flood, but the whole country sur
rounding 1t was a marsh, in which
| the men floundered. To add to their
| troubles there were hundreds of great
shell holes filled with water, into
4 which they often plunged, and from
which they were extr1cated with diff
| ficulty.
j Such strongholds as Sourd Farm
and Cource Farm maintained a heavy
machine-gun fire against them from
the moment the advance began. In
spite of these difficulties they pushed
their line forward and established
contact with the Canadians on Their
right.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01
HAvE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking
Olive Tablets

ifyour skin Is yellow-complexio pallid
tongue coated-appet poor-you have
a bad taste in your mouth-a lazy, no-good
feeling-you should take Olive Tablets.
I DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a substitute
orcalomel-were prepare by d.. Edwards
aft II years of study with his patients.
J DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil.
You will know them by their olive color.
To have clear. pink skin, bright eyes,
no pimples, a feeling Of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act On the
liver and bowels like calomel-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
| They start the bile and overcome consti-
patton. That's why millions of boxes are
sold annually at 1Oc and 25c per box. ALI
druggists. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing geszlts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01
LOSS OF APPETITE,
LOSS OF WEIGHT,
SLEEPLaESSNESS, ETC.

are all overcome by Recupertabs, they.
are made after the formula Of DR.. AL
bert Robin, the famous French physi>
clan, and are being used very largely
in Paris and other European capitals.
When taken for q short while they
viii give positive relief in ali cSses OF
nervous exhaustion. mental depression.
lack vitality. general debility, ane-
mia. etc.
The Glycerophosprates of which
Recupertabs are composed, contain
the element necessary to overcome
these conditions. They are now being
prescribed and recommended by many
physicians in this and foreign coun-
tries as the best, quickest and surest
nerve and blood tonic tina. they know
of
Recupertabe are for sale at all drug
stores at soc and 800 per package
or will be sent direct upon receipt of
price.
Curtis Chemical Co., No. 414 West
93rd St., New York Distributed in
Bridgeport and vicinity by ]. y. Harti-
gam, No. 81 Fairfield Avenue dv-
| Ri tfs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-01
PAPER
is QUOTED BELOW
PAR BY CHINESE
Paper Money of Islands Not
Acceptable to Many of
the Merchants.

Manila, Nov. 1.-PhiIIppine paper
money is quoted below par by the
vast army of Chinese merchants who
control 80 per cent. of the retail bus
mess of the islands. Silver coins, in
Guiding the peso, the bullion in which
Is now worth $1.15, are being quoted
by Chinese merchants at a ten per
cent. advance. Meanwhile the gov
eminent is considering measures to
cope with the situation which is re-
garded as a serious menace to the
commercial prosperity of retail bus
mess here. The average Chinese re-
taller today refuses to make sales un-
less the purchaser has with him the
exact change necessary. If he pre-
sents a two peso bill for payment
the two peso bill being the smallest
paper currency in use-he is told that
he must accept a ten per cent. dis
count on it or go without the goods.
At the same time, the Chinese are
paying a peso for so centavos in silver
| coin.
The chief factor in causing the
present situation is declared to be in
creasing business. Philippine trade
has gone ahead SO rapidly in recent
months that the circulation Of money
In the lSlandS mas not Kept pace with
| 1t. Then came recent advances in
the prices OF silver, increasing the
value. of the peso to Is centavos above
par. Prohibited by law from export
I ing silver pesos, the Chinese are said
to be boarding them. There rs sus-
picion also that, they are exporting
the bullion obtained from melting
them down, although there is a law
on the local statute books forbidding
melting of coins.
i This boarding has withdrawn many
silver pesos from circulation Their
owrk has been done by the smaller
coins, so, 20, 10 and centavo pieces
and the burden of trade has been toe
great for them to carry. The refusal
lof Chinese. store keepers to give
lchange is regarded as indication tina,
they are boarding the smaller coins
also.
i Several months ago the insu1ar gov.
ernment saw the danger to the peso
in the increasing price of silver and
authorized the Philippine Nationa
Bank, the government institution, tt
contract for the printing of 1900, 0Ot
peso bills. 1t is the intention also tt
TASK the insular Legislature for author
lity to issue UP to $4,000, 900 in bills.