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The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
SPEAKER CLARK
UNBURDEKS SELF
Mixes Advice, Rebuke, Poll,
tics, History and Story-Tell-
ing Before Citizens.

For one hour and thirty minutes
Champ Clark scared on the wings OK
reminiscence at the Municipal Building
last night. and by 10 O'Clock the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations had heard
more inside political history than has
been told in Washington since the Riggs
House was torn down.
With fine abandon. he mixed advice.
rebuke, politics. history and plain story
sequences, and only once did he ever
touch upon the waK When he hsd
finished, two reporters had a real human
document Of Washington spread out in
cold notes before them.
Here are a few Of the things he said
Washington shotid never have been
located here.
The Potomac got the Capital through
political Iog-roIling between Thomas JET
fersoR and Alexander Hamilton.
They'll never move il until the ciD
Is sacked again by an invading enemy.
stop knocking Congress and say
something good about it. if you want re-
suits.
Congress has the right to debate any
war issue because this is free country.
l don't know how long it will BE- Out
it's a free country yet.
"A boy Of Is revolutionized the puoliI
school system Of Washington.
washington ought to have delegate
in the House. 1t would save trouble all
around.
.'MilHonaires trying to break into So
ciety have made your cost Of living hlGh
in the District of Columbia.
George Washington didn't want to be
President because he was afraid OF losing
his Revolutionary War reputation.
There ought to be an amendment 10
the Constitution. limiting the member
ship Of the House TO 800 men.
German methods of education ought
to be put into effect in the United
States"
That's the way his talk ran. tripping
from one subject to an:ther long enough
to jolt his audience. then of again on a
new topic. Beginning at the beginning.
Mr. Clark said:
90 Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
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The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
BRITISH SINK
2 WARSHIPS
Teuton Torpedo Boats De-
stroyed in Sea Battle
Off Dover.
By the International News Service

By the International News Service, }
London. April 2L--At least two German
torpedo boats have been sunk in a naval
engagement OF Dover
Possibly a third German warship was
LIST
News of the British sea victory was
given out by the admiralty this after
noon.
There were five German torpedo boats
in the squadron that attempted to raid
the British coast
The British did not suffer any losses.
The German mosquito feet is believed
to have come from the German base at
Zeebrugge, Belgium.
In addition to the two German torpedo
boats known to have been destroyed, it
was stated that another was so badly
damaged by British shells that she prob
ably went down.
The admiralty announced that 105 Ger
mans were rescued from the sinking war
craft.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

Arras front. telling of strong artillery
action north of the Scarpe River.
Marked improvement in the weather
today gave the aeroplanes a chance to
resume their cooperation with the
artillery. Sir Douglas Haig tonight
reports good results, though his re-
port admits two British machines are
missing. One German aeroplane was
brought down.
German storming columns were cut
to pieces by the British barrage fire
today when they made vain attempts
to retake Gonnelieu. The British
pressed forward north of the Scarpe,
east of Fampoux, and made slight
gains to the northwest of Lens Here,
too, German counter-thrusts proved fu-
tile. The Germans made a minor raid
south of Ypres.
Gen. Nivelle's forces. reaping the
fruits Of their victory at Sancy, smash
ed ahead on the plateau to the north
of this town. They also gained ground
in grenade fighting near Hurtebiss.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Herald Sunday Sermon
By Rev. D. H. Martin

The sermon in this mornings
Herald is by the Rev. D. H. Martin
d. D., newly assigned pastor, of
the Wesley Chapel. Fifth and F
streets northwest.
Rev. DR.. Martin was born in Ma
lone, N. Y. He received his degree
from the st. Johns College of An
napolis. Nd, and was ordained a
minister in 1902, assigned to a cir
cult In Hartford County, Nd,
where he remained for one year.
DR.. Martin for the past three
years has been the pastor of the
Dumbarton Avenue Methodist
Church here. but was transferred
at the last session of the Balti-
more Conference to the Wesley
Chapel. where he has just taken up
his new work.
The subject of his sermon. writ
ten expressly for the Sunday
Washington Herald is 'our
Nations Real Strength"
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Tale of Teuton Atrocities
In Belgium Told by Envoy
Pictures of Horror
In Whitlock Report

The men. shivering from cold
and fear. the parting from weeping
wives and children, the barriers of
brutal Uhlans, all this made the
scene a pitiable and distressing
one
The rage, the terror, the despair
excited by this measure (deporta-
tom all over Belgium were be-
yond anything we had witnessed
since the day the Germans poured
into Brussels.
The wagons Of the breweries. the
one institution that the Germans
have scrupulously respected, are
hauled by oxen.
Even II a modicum of all that is
told is true. there still remains
enough to stamp this deed as ore
Of the foulest that history records.
They (the Germans) have dealt a
mortal blow to any prospect they
may ever have had OF being toler-
ated by the population OF Flanders.
A deed so cruel that German SOL
iders are said to have wept in its
execution and so monstrous that
even German officers are now SAID
10 be ashamed.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Balfour Lauds President
For War to Save Humanity
And Democracy from Fiiends

at it Why should they? 1t hasn't been
brought home to them yet as it has to
the people OF the allied countries. millions
of whom have lost their dear ones in the
war. But the United States will realize
It And when the people OF the United
States act. they act quickly. OF course
from the very nature of its position,
the United States cannot be expected to
enter into the war TO the extent that
European nations have.
-- Don't Understand u. 5.
Germany would never have driven the
United States into this war II she under
stood the American people. Because they
lacked imagination they failed to gauge
accurately the temper OF the people of
this country. and they don't understand
It now. But they will some time-they
will some time" continued Balfour with
a grim smile.
Then the famous statesman launched
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
BRAZILIANS BATTLING
TEUTONIC COLONISTS
Desperate Warfare Raging, with Many
Killed on Both Sides.
NBy DC InteInntIonaI ~. scrrIc..l b

my the international News Service.l
Buenos Aires. April ol.-German colou-
lists Of the several large German COM
munities in Southern Brazil are engaged
in desperate warfare with native civil
lans, who in many cases are being on
cered by Brazilian army men. Many
have been killed on both sides
The zone OF the fighting, adviCes said
tonight, was extended today over the en-
tire southern portion Of Brazil. from the
city Of Porto Allegro. on the coast to
Cruguayana, on the Brazilian-ArEeptins
border.
As in Porto Allegro. the German color
lists OF Urguaysna have been fiEhting for
Two days against the Brazilians. defend
ing themselves and their wives and chill
oren against hundreds Of unorgauized na-
tiVes who surround the barricaded build
ings and pour fire from pistols and rifles
against the calculating IRE Of the Ger
mans rifles.
The rising in Southern Brazil against
the Germans now has become general.
and the fighting, All reports agree. has
reached stage OF actual warfare.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
By the International New. serviee1

CBy the International News Serviee.)
Somewhere in the United States. April
Sl.-In the brilliant and forceful fashion
which has won for him an enviable posi-
ton among the worlds ablest statesmen,
the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour,
Great Britain's foreign minister, dis
cussed the entry of the United States
into the great war. upon his arrival yes
terday in this country to confer, with
the American government officials as %
the common policies the =Upited States
and Great Britain will adopt in the prose-
cution OF their common cause against
the German government.
THE people of the United states, in my
opinion. are not themselves fully cor
scious Of the part they are assuredly to
play in this conflict" said the veteran
diplomat. "I have heard that many per-
sons Eere do not take the war very seri-
ously-do not appreciate the proposition
they are up against.
That may be true. l do not wonder
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

Worse Than Reported.
Many believe that the situation is even
worse that reported, Notwithstanding the
fact that Berlin this afternoon oficially
denied that there had been any riots
or street fighting. asserting that the
strike was already settled"
News OF internal upheavaI in Hungary
came from Rome. Vatican advices''
were quoted as saying that a revolution
In the kingdom was imminent and that
as q result Of various disturbances the
capital, Budapest. and twenty-five other
cities and towns had been placed in q
state of siege.
Reports of the strike troubles In Ger
many were sept by correspondents on
the Dutch-German frontier. They told OF
an unsuccessful attempt by 1000 strikers,
mostly munitions workers in MagdeburG.
fortified capital Of the Prussian province
of Saxony, to burn the town hall.
Pitched battles were fought between the
rikers and troops, many rioters being
killed or wounded. The city as been
declared in a state Of siege, the dis
patches said.
Try to Ineite Brethren.
Meanwhile some 5000 ammunition
workers in Berlin and Spandau, refusing
TO resume their work, which they
abandoned last Monday chiefly as the
result of the reduction OF bread rations,
are making organized efforts to incite
their brethren who are stin working to
Join the strike. Throughout the day there
came many conflicting rumors about
serious outbreaks in other German cities.
particularly in the Rhine province.
The German public, frontier advices
assert, is bitterly discouraged over the
course the fighting in the west has taken
The workers. feeling that they can ex-
ercise. the whiphand OF Indispensable
Iibor, are seizing upon the OPPORTUNITY
10 demand not only more food ana more
suuita bic distribution OF foods Is. but
also better wages. shorter hours, anc
other reforms. To these demands is
added the cry for peace.
mentions Output Menaced.
proof that the labor situation. pardcu-
larry as regards the munitions output
two days ago looked extremely grave Is
seen in the warning issued by Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg to the WorkInen'
saving that 'sny strike at this time now
ever small was an "inexcusable crime
snd spelled grave danger to the empires S
safety. -.
Today's dispatches from holianu seq
that this warning. coming as 1t did from
the idol of the German people, was OF no
avail; that riots grew in number and vlo-
lence, and that the strike Is spreading
rapidly.
The entire German press, copies OF
newspapers received here by way OF
8oTland, Is warning the people not to
''tafk hunger" -
''Citizens," reads an appeal, your duty
Is not to talk Of food conditions. Every
word thereof helps the enemy and en-
dangers the fatherlsnd."
AS TO Hungary. no one here familiar
with that country doubts that once the
sparks Of revolt have been famed TO
lame, the situation will become extreme
ly nsnscing to Austria and may force
the dual monarchy to withdraw large
forces from the front to reestablish order.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
For Conscription
In Both Houses Expected
By Middle of This Week
Senate Starts Debate with a
SAT- e Ma ajority Certain.
House Committee Reports
Amended Bill.

The fight for President Wilson'S bill to
raise an army by selective conscription
took definite shape at the Capitol yester-
day with every prospect of another ad-
ministration victory by the middle of this
week.
In the Senate, debate was begun on the
bill reported out of the Senate Military
Affairs Committee-in substantially the
form drafted by the General STAFF of the
army, and approved by Mr.. Wilson. 1t
is expected to pass the Senate by safe
majority.
In the House the problem will be to
overturn the action OF the military COM
mittee of that branch of Congress. The
House committee yesterday finally and
formally voted to report an amended bill
embodying both the volunteer and con-
scrtptton features. A vote in commit
tee for the amended bill, despite the pro-
tests Of the administration, was u to
The vote was the same as taken last
Wednesday, except that Representative
Caldwell of New York, Democrat, voted
present" when his name was called yes
derday. Previously he had voted with
Chairman Dent and the other members
OF the committee, who thwarted, at least
temporarily, the plans OF the administra-
ton for a bill based solely upon the prin-
ciple of selective conscription.
Debate Begins Tomorrow.
But the eight committee members who
have stood unshaken throughout the long
committee fight for the bill in the form
the President asked for it are confident
they can win out finally on the floor Of
the House. Debate on the measure will
begin in the House tomorrow.
Chairmsn Dent will defend the action OF
the committee in amending the army
general stan bill. The spokesman OF the
administration and of straightaway Sc
lective conscription will be Represent
ative Kahn, of California, ranking Re-
publican member of the House Military
Affairs Committee. Friends of the ad-
ministration point to Representative
CaldwelPs last minute neutral action as
indicating a general rallying round the
administration measure when the vote
finally comes in the House.
OF the eight men who signed the minor
ity report yesterday. four served in the
volunteer army in the Spanish war. The
report embodied the letter which Secre-
tary Baker wrote Chairman Dent earlier
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The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
$4,000 Teutons Captured
Since Spring Drive Began

(By the International News Serviee.) }
Lon5on, April 2.-Thirty-three thousand
prisoners and sss cannon had been taken
by the french and British western armies
up to this evening since the big spring
drive began oil April 8. Paris announced
officially tonight. ....-
The British headquarters statement is
sued tonight told of additional gains
made by the British today, following up
their capture in the early morning hours
OF village of Gonnelieu. between st.
Quentin and Cambria
The French, too. smashed further ahead
toward their chief objective. Laon.
Berlin's official statement today an
nounced the repulse of the new French
cnslaughts. The night report stated there
was ION the whole less activity on
the Aisne and in the Champagne, though
in some sectors the activity increased
at times" The bulletin foreshadowed q
resumption ef the British rush On Ihs
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Twenty-fOur in Party.

Twenty-fOur in Party.
Twenty-four men comprise the visiting
commission which Mr.. Balfour will bring
70 Washington
They will be met at the station by
an oflcial reception party. headed BY
secretary OF State Lansing and Mai
Gen. Leonard Wood, commander Of the
Department Of the East. representing
the army, and Admiral Frank 2.
Fletcher, representing the navy.
Army and navy officers Of lesser rank.
hrltlsh Embassy officials, and other Of
hcials will make up the rest OF the re-
ception committee
The British commission landed AZ an
American port late Friday
Cavalry a. Escort.
Every frecautlon will be taken 10
guard the distinguished visitors on tbei-
arrival here and for the period OF their
stay.
Around the Union Station TODAY will
be thrown two troops Of the second
Cavalry, commanded by Lieut.. Col Fen
ton The troopers will escort the com
mission to the quarters which have been
provided for them in a handsome resi-
dence in Sixteenth street and in the
Hotel Shoreham No one will be al
lowed to penetrate the cavalry and polio.
: Afl Us 1lllESS armed with the proper
credentials showing he has business
there.
Secretary Lansing vii! greet Mr. Bal
four when he steps from the train Ac-
companying him will be Counselor Polk.
Of the State Department. Assistant Sec
retary OF State Phillips Col. Harts aide
to President Wilson, Col Niche. Third
Assistant Secretary OF State Brecken-
ridge Long, ana others. Eight carriages
will convey the visitors to their quarters.
Personnel of CommIssIon.
The personnel o. the commission rs an
nounced last night follows. The Right
Honorable Arthur James BaIf0ur. NJ. P
o. NJ: the Honorable Sir Eric Drum
mond, X. c. NJ. C. c. B: Nj Ian Nal
coin, NJ. P: Nj. c. F. J Dcrmer. Mr.
Geofrrey Bublcr. Rear Admiral Sir Dud-
ley r. s. de Chair. r. y. X. z. B.. NJ Y.
O.; Fleet Paymaster Gen. Vincent A Law
ford, r. y. D. :. O.; Major Gen. G. =.
NJ. Bridges, 9. NJ G., D. s O.: Capt Il
II. Spender-Clay, NJ P: tie Lord Gun
life OF Headley. governor oS the Bank
OF England: Major l.. W. B. Rees. V. c
NJ. c. Royal FLYING Corps: Major c p.
Dansey, war Office: the Lord EustaCs
Percy, foreign office: M A A. Patton.
foreign Office: Mr.. F. P. Robinson. board
OF trade. Mr.. s McKenna, war trade
intelligence department; Mr.. NJ d. Peter
CONTINUED on PACE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Must March Through Hell,
He Saws. to Reach Utopia

; -PhIladelphia, April H.-Ihe United
states viii march through he'll for peace!
This IS the declaration today Of Oscar
s. straus, public service commissioner
OF New York. and former Ambassador
to Turkey, before the American Acad-
snay Of Political and Social Science here.
Before we entered the war We heard
tho glorious phrase Utopia or hell.
Naturally we chose Utopia. Now we see
NAT to reach Utopia America will have
70 march through hell"
He characterized himself as bel
uEerent pacifist."
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
LOAN
RAISED IN DAY
5000, 900, 900 Issue of Certi6-
Gates Oversubscribed, Nc
Adoo Announces.

The administration was given much
encouragement as to the prospects of
success of the war financing yesterday
when the banks of the country, by a
flood OF letters and kilograms, in one
day oversubscribed the 500, 100000 issue
Of Treasury certificates placed on the
market by Secretary McAdoo.
Beginning Friday night applications
for certificates came into the Treasury,
and the avalanche continued through
out the day. By noon the whole issue
was oversubscribed.
So eager are the banks to lend the
government money, even at the low
rate OF per cent when rs to be paid
on the certificates, that Secretary Nc
Adoo last night was considering the
advisability Of increasing the amount
of the present issue by at least $780,
600, 900.
VIII BE Apportioned.
The Treasury certificates are to be ap-
portioned among the bank by Federal
reserve districts. The details Of this al
lotment now are being worked out by the
Treasury Department.
Secretary McAdoo is planning to call
for the cash on the subscriptions to :he
certificate issue next Wednesday or
Thursday. Gov. w. P. G. Harding, of
the Federal Reserve Board, yesterday
telegraphed the governors of the twelve
Federal reserve banks notifying them to
instruct the banks in their districts to
have the money ready for deposit to the
credit OF the Treasurer of the United
States by that time.
VIII Paw for s--nrt.
Secretary McAdoo plans to use these
funds in paying for government sup
plies of various kinds In this way the
money will go back into circulation AL
most immediately and consequently the
government loan wll not cause any con-
traction even in the cities from which
the largest subscriptions come
There will be at least sixty days DELAY
in the Issuing Of The regular war bonds.
according to Secretary McAdoo, because
OF the great amount of mechanical WORK.
as well as official consultation which
must be disposed OF before the securities
can be put out.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Chile May Fight Bolivia
If Argentina Declares War

Buenos Aires, April 2L-Chile will de-
clare war on Bolivia II Argentine de-
clares war on Germany
This statement. made In an article In
the weekly Revista by Senior Jaimemo-
lima, foremost writer on South American
International affairs, created a sensation
in diplomatic circles here today.
The bone OF contention between Chile
and Bolivia is the province of Parija.
Chile's success IN a war with Bolivia
would. however. depend upon the neu-
trality of Peru.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
BRITISH COMMISSION
ARRIVES IN CAPITAL
AT 3 O'CLOCK TODAY
Delegation, Headed By Foreign Minister
Balfour, Will Be Met At Union Station
By High Officials.

The brains of England and America will combine this week complete
the downfall of Puian marm and sutocracy make
safe for democracy.
This afternoon o'clock the official commission headed by
Arthur James Baour the foreign Will Washington To-
will the of of conferences looked upon
the most important war meeting of the world conflict.
War plans the areahng character calculated 10 bring Great
Britain and the United States closer together than they before
been in history. will be discussed
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

son or a brother away from broken
homss. has intensified the hatred in the
hearts of the Belgians to such an extent
that they would never consent to live
under German domination.
Mr.. Whitlock's report in part. follows:
In order fully to understand the situa-
ton, 1t is necessary to 60 back to the
autumn Of 1914 At the time we were or
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
TWO KILLED
AT CROSSING
Train Crashes Into Automo
bile and Passengers Of
Local.

Hyattsvine, Nd, Aprh ., a. IN. CSun-
day) Two persons were killed,
two were fatally injured and six
others were injured at an early hour this
morning when a passenger train crashed
into an automobile at the Baltimore and
Ohio crossing here and struck passengers
who had Just alighted from a local train.
W. A. Morton, of Beltsville. Nd, and
Miss Anna Handy. of Hyattsville, Nd,
were the two persons killed.
They were driving a Ford automo-
bile truck when struck by the train
Both were instantly killed. They are
about 80 years OF age.
Isaac Snowden, colored, the gate
tender at the place Of the accident, was
arrested by Sheriff Garrison on the
charge of criminal negligence.
The local train had just pulled out OF
the station when passenger train No. 3,
due in Washington at 1:S o'clock this
morning, came rushing along at ter
rifle speed.
More than half a dozen people and a
Ford automobile carrying two men and
two women, were directly in the path
of the onrushing train.
The automobile was the first to be
struck. The machine was smashed 10
spIinters and parts Of IL were hurled
in every direction together with its
occupants. One of the dead persons
was thrown several hundred feet and
when found was beyond identity. The
other person killed was so badly man
sledN that the body was nothing more
than a mass OF crushed flesh.
William Towers, q years Of =, OF
lHyattsville, was brought to Ca ualty
hospital early this morning by 1erin
Garrison. of Hyattsville. Towers 81 tain
ed broken joints, decorations OF the head
and probable conclusion OF the Irain.
physicians say.
Towers, when questioned. said he had
no resonection of the accident He coulc
not say whether he was member OF the
automobile party. The only thing he re-
membered was a terrible crash. and later
regatninK consciousness IN the hospital
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
19 AMERICANS SAVED
WHEN SHIP IS SUNK
Norwegian Missing After Destruction
of Relief Vessel Kongsalis.

OF NeneI NeSSel hongsallS.
The Hague, April 21.-The relief ship
Kongsalls has been sunk either by q
mine or torpedo. with the loss of one life,
says a dispatch from Ymuiden today.
The Kongsalis was sunk on Friday
night while in the safety zone"
There were nineteen Americans in the
crew and all were landed safely at
Ymuiden. The other fifteen were Europ-
cans. The missing man was Nor
wegian.
The vessel was struck on the starboard
side and sank rapidly. The survivors
were picked up by trawlers. No sub
marine was seen.
Portland, Me-, April 21.-The relief ship
.Kongsslis sailed from this port last
Monday with a cargo which included
5000 tons of wheat The commanding
officer was Capt. S. o. Olsen and the
crew, 1t is said. was composed mostly Of
Americans.