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but is laid down on the map of the
geological survey as Bells mill. 1t may
be presumptious to assume that every
person who likes the country and likes
to read of the country does not know
everything about the wild violets.
Along most of the ways around Wash
ington one meets q wealth of these
flowers, and interesting among these
are the early blue or palmated violets.
Everybody knows this friendly flower
with its bearded side petals, with va
riable basal leaves ranging from heart
shape with rounded teeth and unbroken
edge to palmate cleft leaves with five
or seven rounded lobea. Then, one
comes upon patches of that beautiful
violet called because of the form of its
leaves the bird-foot violet. 1t is the
largest of the blue violets that grow
around Washington, 1t has two very
dark purple petals and a bright orange
center.
OF course, there are millions of the
common violets-those violets that
grow in the woods. marshes. meadows
and along the roadsides. In some
specimens these flowers are deep pur-
pie and some dark blue or light blue,
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in Louisiana and Texas, along the Mex
lean gulf from Houston to Galveston.
Port Arthur, on that coast. is great OIL
spigot. into which rivers of petroleum.
from four or five states are now pour
ing. and the output from there goes IN
tank steamers to Europe, Asia and At
RIGA. and. in fact. to most parts of the
world. The government has taken this
great oil factor into account, and care
will be used to conserve not only the
OIL but the vast quantities of gas that
flow from the wells.
The south of the future will bulk
large in furnishing the goods we havs
lacked on account of the great war IN
Europe. They are already establishing,
dye works in Tennessee and other
states. to free US of cur dependence
upon Germany. In the past six months
town of 5000 people has grown up &C
kingsport, which is making dyes Of
coal tar, and the by-products of the coal
mines are such that the quantity o.
coloring matter can be Indefinitely in
creased
Another industry which the war d.
mand calls for is ship building In thi,
the south is bound to take a large par.
and especially in making vessels of wood
Little shipyarGs are already springing II,
along the gulf coast. There are several
in western Louisiana. At Orange, eight
cen miles east Of Beaumont, an Italian
named Paggio is building fleet of five
masted ocean sailing vessels. He has
one already completed. and five others
under way. The first is now ready to
sail, and 1t will take a cargo of lumber
to Europe. l understand that he has
already engaged return cargo, and that
If the round trip is successful. the profits
of that trip alone will pay for the vessel
At Slidell. near New Orleans, they have
started to build ocean vessels, and others
are being constructed on the Natchez
river, which will find their way out to the
harbor Of Port Arthur. At Lake Charles.
La. they are building ocean-going barges
which have gasoline engines and sails, so
that they can move by their own power
if they should become detached from the
steamers that are towing them.
FRANK G. CARPENTER. Ii
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Prime Minister Ribct. head of the
French government (and husband of an
American wife). addressed the two
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hundredfoid the aid which Frenchmen
like Lafayette and Rochambeau once
gave to them, we express our ardent
sympathy-and to President Wilson.
the worthy successor of Washington
and Lincoln. our respect and admira-
ton"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
DAY OF THANKS
MADE SOLEMN
BY WORLD WAR
Military Touch Will Be 4
Feature of Services in
Churches Here.

Tomorrow. set aside by President
Wilson to be observed throughout the
nation as a day Of Thanksgiving. will
be observed as probably such a day
never was before.
I'm the midst Of a tragedy OF a
world shaken by wars and 1mmeas-
urable disasters" Washington will
ease up in its feverlsh wartime activi-
ties to offer a thanksgiving that will
remain fresh in the memory of all and
set this particular Thanksgiving Day
apart from others as unique in the
history Of the country.
Special Services Planned.
Churches throughout the city of all
denominations and beliefs will hold
special services during the day. and
President Wilson will attend a union
service Of seven Methodist churches
in conjunction with the Junior Order
OF American Mechanics at the Metro
politan Memorial NJ. Z. Church, where
Bishop William F. Mcdowell will de-
liver the sermon.
Members of the Supreme Court OF
the United States and OF the Su-
preme Court of the District. most
of the diplomatic corps and other
high government officials will at
tend the annual Pan-American mass
held on Thanksgiving Day at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church.
Homes throughout the city will
be thrown open to lads from the
training camps around Washington
and the marine and navy stations
nearby. Thousands OF lads in the
uniform of Uncle Sam will eat a
Thanksgiving dinner at the tables
of strangers. whom the war has
brought close TO them.
The proclamation OF President
Wilson setting aside tomorrow as
Thanksgiving Day will be read in
all the churches of the city and
prayers for a lasting peace win
mingle with those for victory to the
arms OF the nation.
Charitable institutions have made
special arrangements for aidinS the
poor. The necessity for charity work
ia greater today, Il is said, than ever
before and the cost OF extending aid
has risen greatly. Just what the thou
sands of baskets that are given an
nually on this day to the poor Of thc
city will contain will depend. to an
extent. upon the price of turkeys and
poultry, and the dishes that have been
associated with Thanksgiving Day for
generations.
Just where the turkey that will
grace the table at the White House
will come from is not yet known. An
nually many turkeys are sent to the
President in the Executive Mansion,
but so far not one has been received.
1t is probable. however. that South
Trimble, clerk of the House OF Rep
CONTINUED On PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
BYNG RETAKEs
PART OF TOWN
NEAR CAMBRIA
Teutons Resist Desperately,
but British Advance Into
La Fontaine.

London. Nov e7.-At latest unofhcisl
accounts this evening the British un-
der Gen. Byng had fought their way
back into the northwestern part Of
the village of La Fontsine Notre
Dame, only two and three quarter
miles from Cambria.
Teuton resistance in the village was
o; the utmost stubboTness, but the
Tommies :. ere making steady head
way toward the main street, which
runs east and west
Whole companies OF Teuton snipers
were entrenched upon the roofs,
where they had installed scores Of ma
chine guns. and from every window
bullet streams poured forth into the
invading ranks. The Germans evil
IDENTIFY had orders to hold the village
at all odds. 1t was a matter Of pride
with the Teuton commander, since la
Fontaine marked the furthest point
of advance OF the British on the first
day of the Cambria drive, toward the
end Of which they were driven out
again. The British hold on the vii
lage now is described as firm by cor
respondents.
a fierce continuous battle RACES
around Bourbon Wood and in and
about the village Of the same name.
Sir Douglas Haig reported today
the crushing of another Teuton
counter attack against the British
Positions on the northeast edge OF
the wood. Berlin asserted both the
village and woods were still in Ger
man hands.
The British tanks, which paved the
way for the great advance last Wed.
nesdaS,- served as veritable fortresses
The weather is stormy and wet.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
JURY COMPLETE
IN MEANS TRIAL
Men of Soil Dominate in
North Carolina Case; De-
fendant Shows Alarm.
BY DAVID VI. CHURCH.

Concord. n. c., Nov. IA jury to
try CASTOR B.~Means on the charge of
numbering Mrs. Maude a. King was
completed here shortly before o'clock
tonight.
1t is a jury of farmers and mill
operatives. Eight of the members are
farmers and four work in cotton mills.
The composition of the jury in the
order in which they were drawn fol-
lows;
C.'P. CuIp. farmer: r. B. Buchanan,
weaver: NJ. n. Lipe. farmer; H. NJ.
Hunnicutt, farmer; James E. Wright,
mill operative; ]. c. Williams, farmer;
Frank Goodman, farmer and county
commissioner; J. G. White. farmer; o.
T. Walker. farmer; W. J. Erwin.
farmer; r. P. Hill, operative. and ]. II.
Reeder, operative.
1t is q jury composed of men with
the soil still upon their hands-men Of
firm convictions. for all of them passed
a gruelling examination by the attor-
neys for both State and defense be-
fore they were selected for duty.
f. T. Cansler. conducting the ex-
animation for the defense, exercised
the right of challenge ten times. The
State used but three of its four chal-
lenges.
Considerable difficulty was expert
enced in selecting jurors. because
many veniremen had already formed
opinions. One hundred and forty-one
talesmen were examined before the
box finally was filled. The majority Of
the men excused were allowed to go
because they had an opinion. Several
were excused because of an unwilling
ness to convict on circumstantial evil
dence, and several more were opposed
to capital punishment.
CASTOR B. Means grew more and
more nervous as the selection of the
jury wore on. He was nonplussed at
the considerable number of men who
admitted they believed that he had
committed the murder. One talesman
explained in strong terms his belief
that "he either killed her or knows
who did," and Mrs. Means shuddered
at the remark and clutched at her
husbands coat sleeve.
Indications were made by the de-
fense that Means will plead that for
the sake of his wife and family he
would not have committed the crime.
The defense was careful that each
Juror should be married man with
a family. Several times, when coun-
sci for the defense failed to ask this
question, Means prompted the attor-
ney.
Means displayed an active interest
in the picking Of the jurors and sew
coNrSuEr ON PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
Penalty for Treaehery.


Suppose they are shot, or arrested.
or spirited away TO Siberia.
In that case, explained one who 10
well posted on Teuton aims. Germany,
at last supplied with a convenient eK-
cuse, would tear with her Eastern
forces through the broken ranks OF
the starving Russian armies. and, on
the pretext Of revenge for "treachery''
overrun half OF Russia and hold it as
ransom. At present there seems but
one man who can avert such a dis
aster, and who also may wreck what
ever plans Lenine and his German
oficer guests are Matching: Kalendine.
idol OF the Cossacks.
At the head Of a devoted, weII-fed
and well-disciplined army. he is re-
ported to have bottled UP Russia's re-
sources in food. provisions and gold.
He is an arch-foe Of anarchy, BeI-
shevikism, Leninism. Upon him the
allied world is tonight pinning its
hopes for the rescue Of Russa out OF
the Teuton web now being spun at
Petrograd.
The report OF the arrival OF Ger
msn officers in the capital il cred
ited TO an authentic source. Trne
or not. II would only be part of thy
Tsuton campaign designed not only
40 make peace with Russia but 10
'osptore her as an ally. chiefly econ
omic. The campaign has been fe-
verishly carried on ever since
Kerensky was overthrown. 1t has
been surreptitiously prepared bong
before hand II is now going on in
the open.
With Russia as an economic ally.
the central powers hope 10 thwart
the entente plans for commercial
boycott after the war. To make
her an ally. Germany is holding out
as the main inducements TO Russia
the promise to rebuild the crippled
realm by Prussian organization
methods.
To discuss the terms. the German
officers are believed to be now in
Petrograd. Included among then
will be the exchange OF prisoners,
immediate rebuilding OF Russias
CONTINUED on PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
81 ARRESTED IN
BIC LIQUOR raid
Police Search Passengers
{ From Baltimore; Seize
$50 Bottles.

Raiding three returning Baltimore
trains at the w. B. & A. terminal at
Fifteenth and H streets northeast at
10. II and Il o'clock last night. Wash
ington police, cooperating with the
Department of Justice, arrested sixty
one persons on charges of violation
of section 30 of the penal code. which
forbids interstate shipping of intoxi-
cants in unlabeled packages
As each train rolled in, the police
raided the cars, and took passengers
to the Ninth Precinct for search.
Men Held Under Bail.
Everyone charged with violating the
penal code, was held under 81 900 to
5000 bail. The Ninth Precincts cells
were probably filled with more per-
sons last night than ever before in
the memory Of the local generation of
policemen.
More than $50 bottles of aiquor we're
confiscated
Section 249 of the Penal code pro-
hibits the shipment "of any pack
age containing any spirituous, vim
Gus. matted. fermented. or other in
toxicating liquor of any kind. unless
such package be so labeled on the
outside cover as to plainly show
The name of the consignee, the nature
Of its contents and the quantity con-
tained therein
The penalty is a fine of not more
than $500.
One person had a life belt loaded
with whisky.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
.48-HOUR BATTLE
Won BY ITALIANS
Teutons Fail in Desperate
Onslaught Against Bren-
ta-Piave Front.

A desperate blow. launched with the
full strength of twenty Austro-Gefman
divisions-2O0.O0 900 men-against the Ital-
ian front between the Brenta and
Piave rivers. has failed. according to
semi-official dispatches from Rome
A series Of attacks over a period OF
forty-eight hours failed to break the
Italian resistance. and the invaders re-
tired after having suffered staggering
losses. Directed by two Teutonic
military geniuses, Krobatin and Won
Buelow. crack divisions, which in
cluded Prussians, were thrown into the
battle.
Make Desperate Effort.
The dispatch from Rome says:
The correspondent Of the Tribuna
telegraphs that the forces Of Krobatin
and Won Below united in the noun
famous zone between the Piaye and
Brenta in a desperate effort to break
the Italian line. They availed them
selves Of their enormous reserves, es-
timated at twenty divisions, easily
shifted
THE enemy attacked again for
forty-eight hours. only to be driven
back by Italian counter-attacks.
The Regina brigade for eight
consecutive days sustained the
brunt of a score Of actions.
For the entire period the temper
ature was never more than ten de-
grees below the freezing point.
German Flights Austrian.
Some of the enemy outposts, in
the confusion of the struggle,
fought among themselves. In this
way, the Thirty-first Landstrum,
during an action near Monte Flor,
fought from the evening until dawn
against other Austro German
troops. which were decimated.
From the Asiago plateau to the
Piave, the enemy has suffered appall-
ing losses without getting any ad-
vantage.
Between the Piave and the Bren-
ia the enemy has already worn out
six divisions
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
PLAN TO Make over
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Government Hospital at Staten Is
land Will Mend Disabled Troops.

A great base hospital where wound
ed American soldiers will be reha-
bilitated to return to civil life. is
to be built by the army at Fox Hills,
Staten Island. 1t will have q ca
pacity Of from 1,5OO to $500 beds.
The troops disabled in Europe whose
condition is such that they can be
sent back across the seas to con-
valesce will be taken from aboard
ship at quarantine and brought di-
rectly to the hospital. loo yards
away. in motor cars over a macadam
road.
Plan3 for the hospital have been
completed and. construction will begin
Immediately, Surgeon Gen. Gorgas
announced yesterday.
Each soldier" Surgeon Gen. Cor
gas says, will be fitted for a trade
for which he is peculiarly adapted
and, at the time Of his discharge,
it will be the duty of the govern
ment to assist him IN returning to
his proper place in industry and Of
various civil ORGANIZATIONS further to
supervise him until he has become
completely rehabilitated-that Is.
placed once more on a firm economic
foundation In society"
The Staten Island Hospital will be
merely a receiving hospital, from
which special cases will be ,distrib-
uted to other hospitals now being Sc
iected IN various parts Of the United
states Tor special tsestment
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
CONFESSES TO
MANY MURDERS
Italian Held for Killing Boys
Admits Part in Twenty
three Homicides.

New York. Nov 27.-Rslph Danielle.
alias Ralph the Barber" himself re-
Gently from Reno, New. TO answer
for the killing Of a Brooklyn boy, to-
day confessed a charge of twenty
three murders in New York and Phils-
delphia. His confession was made
before District Attorney Swami Of
this city, Assistant District Attorney
Renaud and Assistant District Attor-
ney wartusse, OF Brooklyn.
The story he told was logical. I'M
hurried and contained revelations
that caused these men amaEement.
He gave explanation Of murders that
had puxzeled the Police Department
Of New York for years.
Acting Immediately upon startling
facts he revealed, Detectives Di Mar
tino, Puccisno and Gratano, who had
brought Dsnielle from Nevada, were
sent out to round up some OF the men
he named. Within a few hours the
detectives returned with Giro and
Vincent Morelli OF the Harlem Italian
neighborhood. and Nicholas ARA OF
Little Italy" nephew OF 'Lupe the
Wolf" who is serving a 4O-year sen
tence in the Atlanta penitentiary for
counterfeiting. The men were az
raigned and held in $4,000 bail each
pending an investigation by the grand
jury.
DanielIe declared himSelf glad TO ten
all he knew. He had waited long for
chance at revenge. He describes
how he had ben a member Of q gang
in Brooklyn, known az the Neapoli-
tans.. Twenty-three men. who had the
temerity TO defy them, died. Guissello
Gallucci. the gambling king OF Hsr-
lem" was murdered by the NeeBoli-
tan-Sicilian organization. Ralph. the
barber. 1oS only affirmed this. but
gave the attentive district attorney
intimate facts OF the case that has
gone down in police annals as un-
solved.
Joe Chuck. another Harlem gambler.
was also q victim
Other less famous gambling mur-
ders that Ralph, the barber. had at
his fingers tips were those OF GUiseppl
and Salvatore de Marco End Charles
lombard Salvatore had never re-
turned from Long Island City. where
he had gone 70 avenge the death OF
his brother Guiseppi.
The men who had committed the
murders had once been his friends. He
now hated them.
He determined to get those men
as he had known them TO get" others.
Then he wrote letters TO the police OF
New York telling them about the
crimes he knew. The police responded
by coming and getting hip
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
Confident Jury viii
Free Mrs. De Saulfes
From Murder Charge

Mineola, Long Island, N. Y,
Nov. H.-H. Hornley Uterhart,
chief counsel for Mrs. Blanca De
Saulles, was jubilant today over
the effect of his clients appear
ance as a witness in her own be-
half yesterday. He predicted a
speedy verdict of acquittal when
the case reaches the jury.
Though in tears himself during
the dramatic recital of the shoot
ing by the petite defendant. the
attorney also was aware OF the
effect her story was having on
others. He saw twelve jurors sit
ting with bowed heads an1 five
of them in tears. He saw Justice
Manning, sitting In the case. in
dustriously applying his handker-
chief to his eyes. And he heard
sobs from all over the courtroom.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
SUBWAYS IN DC.
CONSIDERED BY
UTILITIES BOARD
Gardner Tells Southeast
Citizens Of Traffic Con-
sestion Problems.

Subway transportation as the So
luton of washington's steadily in
creasing transit difficulties is being
considered by the Public Utilities
Commission. according to District
Commissioner w. Gwynn Gardiner.
The Commissioner disclosed this i'm
portant municipal project in an ad-
dress last night before the Southeast
Citizens Association.
Mr.. Gardiner did not go into de-
tails concerning the proposed under
ground SYSTEM, which he mentioned
in connection with a suggestion that
Office hours Of government clerks
might be so divided that they could
travel to and from their work. in
distinct groups, thus relieving traffic
congestion.
For Better Service.
Commissioner Gardiner declared that
he was thoroughly in sympathy with
demands for better street car service.
and has devoted many hours to con-
sIderation of relief methods.
Il shall keep everlastingly at it,
he added. ut is one of the principal
things occupying the attention of my
self and my colleagues
He spoke at the celebration of the
tenth anniversary of the organization S
foundation. II has become one of the
largest and most influential civic
bodies in Washington.
Commissioner Gardiner said he
would petition Congress to afford re-
lief to citizens of the District through
legislatiou~from existing high rates
for fire insurance. He said that pre-
miums had advanced tremendously
and without Justification in the past
five years.
Proiteering was condemned by
Charles S. Shreve. president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations
who blamed tenants and not real es-
tate agents for the great increase in
rentals.
PROFIT on Leases.
'I know of cases where people have
rented houses for SO and $40 per
month, stocked them with furniture
and then sublet them for $50 to $12i
q MONTH" he said. These people are
who seek exhorbitant profits on food
stufts and war supplies
Mr.. Shreve outlined proposed
changes in the constitution of the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Clarence r. Wilson. District food
administrator. told how the men,
bers could help win the war by
conservation of food, and Assistant
U. s. District Attorney Frederick
Rice made a plea for the fullest CO.
operation in the District suffrage
movement.
President A. G. Hermann told OF
the achievements of the association
and there were selections by an Or
chestra.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
Six Sons IN Army;
One Remaining Home
First to Be Killed

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Mr. and Mrs
Richard A. McGuaran. ST, wh'
have given six OF their nine sons
to the war. lost one of the remain
ing three today in an automobile
accident.
Mr.. McGuaran. ST, and two other
men in the automobile were seri-
ousIy injured when it collided with
a street car. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Guaran recently received q letter
from President Wilson commend
ing them for giving six sons TO the
war.
Its Gods will. but who would
have thought that the boy back
home would be the first to 60" said
Mrs. McGuarsn. as she viewed the
body of her son.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
U.S.. Loses Z in Action;
2Dead, S Badly Wounded
Gen. Pershing Reports Casualties Suffered by
Artillery, Supposedly as Result of Discovery
of Position by Enemy Airmen.

gency address. z. B. Peek. Hartwell.
Ga.
sERGT. ANDREW ENGsTRoM.
Mrs. c. Engstrom (wifel, Fort Sill,
Okla.
PRIVATE HARRY c. WATKINS.
Fannie B. Watkins (mother), North
Road, Ore.
PRIVATE OSCAR F. JONES Mrs.
Marie Jones (motherl. Lucas, Ohio.
PRIVATE JOSEPH LEVITT,
Roy Woodside, (friend). Mt. Holly,
n. J.
Died of natural causes:
PRIVATE WILLIAM J. LOGAN,
engineers, measles complicated by
bronchitis and broncho-pneumonia
Rosie Windhsm (sister), Atkins, S.
c.
PRIVATE HARRY ]. MORRISON,
headquarters troop, broncho-pneu-
monia: Airs. Minerva Morrison
Cmother), r. F. ID. No. ;, Punxsu-
tawney, Pa.
PRIVATE RAYMOND H. RUN
NER- provisional aero squadron, Sig
nal Corps. pulmonary edema. result
of accidental fall; Mrs. Mary Run
ner (mother). 80 North Cole street,
Indianapolis.