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Evening star., 1917-11-07
Plans Outlined for Week
of Conservation in District

Clarence r. Wilson. food adminis-
traitor for the District, outlined plans
for the Washington conservation week.
to begin November - or 20. before the
Columbia Heights Citizens Association.
meeting at the Powell School last even
ing.
Heads of all citizens associations, he
said. today Will receive a request to
cooperate in the campaign. with in
structions as to how they are to work,
and officers of women's clubs also will
be called upon to furnish 1000 volun-
teers to make a city-wide canvass for
signsrs to the pledge cards.
The city will be divided into sections.
along the lines of the divisions of the
draft law districts. with central head
in each district. Upon the citizens as
tions will devolve most Of the work of
mobilizing the city's population for food
conservation.
Mr. Wilson described the object of the
economy, not stinting. in the homes
and in the eating places of the city.
We aim at reducing the consumption Of
bread. meats. sugar and fats"
One man in each of the districts will
be responsible for the work in that dis
,trict MI Wilson said. Since an appeal
to housewives could best be made by
women. Mr.. Wilson said appeal for the
volunteer canvassers had been made to
the women's clubs.
Wants Traffic Laws Obeyed.
Lieut.. Albert ]. HeadIey. head of
the Districts traffic squad, made an ap-
peal for better observance of trafic
regulations. He went into the details
of many Of the regulations. explaining
the reasons for them.
Following the addresses Of Mr.. Hoover
and Mr.. Wilson a business session was
held, at which resolutions were intro
Evening star., 1917-11-07

in the District, THIS committee was
Harry A. L. Barker, DR.. Seneca B. Balm.
H. W. Nichols and ]. Clinton Hiatt.
Mr.. Rice also appointed a committee
to prepare suitable resolutions OF re-
gret for the death OF James Lansburgh,
on which were named Mr.. Hiatt, H. c.
Cole and DR.. Bain.
New members elected were Robert L.
Anderson. S. P. Ambrogi and Francis
w. Savage.
Evening star., 1917-11-07

p Boys Two-pants Norfolk Suits,
of fancy cashmere: dark patterns;
Trench coat and patch pocket mod
els: full lined and taped Knicker-
booker pants; sizes to IS years.
Third Floor.
Evening star., 1917-11-07

crate under Q scent fare they may
appeal to the utilities board for per-
mission to charge 10 cents. So far, no
application Of this sort has been re-
ceived.
Evening star., 1917-11-07

Puritan and Colonial Brand Gre
tonnes, in washable fast colors:
light and dark floral. stripe. Verdi
and bird designs. Suitable for cur
tains. draperies. furniture, cushion
and trunk covers. sewing bags, etc.
Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1917-11-07
So and $3.50 Lace c1 OE
Curtains Thursday .tDl.1O

/. Scotch and Nottingham Lace
Curtains. 21a. 8 and BIZ yards
long; white and Arabian shades;
copies Of Brussels. Tambour, Irish
Point, Cluny and novelty laces;
also. scrim and marqufsette cur
taiQs, edging and insertion of Hen
kleNlAce. Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1917-11-07

The Commissioners order banishing
the jitney from certain streets where
traffic is congested and establishing
Evening star., 1917-11-07
MORE J1TNEY LINES ALLOWED.

Applications Of Twenty-Three Motor
Bus Services Approved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Austrian Ruler Near
Death by Drowning
Rescued by Prince Felix When
He Falls Into Swollen
Mountain Torrent

AMSTERDAM, Nov. IL Emperor
Charles of Austria Hungary is reported
IN a dispatch from Gorilla to have mar
rowly escaped death in a mountain tor
rent on his return from visit to Pal
manova, In northern Italy, near Udine.
At the time he was accompanied by
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
His automobile broke down while he
WAS crossing a swollen mountain
stream. Two footmen attempted to
carry him ashore, but lost their foot
ing. and all three were swept consld-
erable distance by the swift current.
Finally the Emperor was rescued by
members Of his suite, led by Prince
Felix of Parma, who. being a strong
swimmer, jumped into the stream and
took charge of the rescue work. The
Fmperor is said to be none the worse
for his experience.
Further details of Emperor Charless
narrow escape say that the Emperor
was saved only by catching hold of a
willow hanging over the bed OF the
stream. The Emperor was constantly
submerged. as the willow bent under
his weight and the force Of the cur
rent. His companions, after great eNer-
tions. procured a heavy beam, with the
aid Of which all reached shore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Nears
Petrograd;Civil
War Is Begun
Finland Declares State
Of War; Gusts Russian

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov.
1l.--A state of war has been de-
clared in Finland. The Provisional
Soldiers Committee has appoint
ed a sailor named Schiecks Com
missary Of Finland in place of
Governor General Nekrasoff.
The Diet is in session and Rus
sian representation in it has been
completely ignored. 1t has voted
to elect a state directorate, with
supreme power.
Professor Won Wendt, a Dele
gate of the Diet, has telegraphed
President Wilson that owing to
the poor harvest the country faces
starvation unless food can be OBJ
tanned in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

! tion wagon and four mules into the
German lines on pitch black night.
lie drove past the American tirst-llne
trench in the dark, and was finally
stopped when comrade from an ad-
yanced listening post ran out and
waved to him to go back.
"What's the natter" asked the
driver.
"You're going right toward the Ger
mans" said the man at the listening
most. in a low voice, "and don't shout
again. Just whisper"
whats the use OF my whispering
exclaimed the driver. 1--WE got four
mules. | can't even turn them around
without yelling
He managed to get himself ard his
r,uIes ont Of No Mans Land, although
machine guns were turned on him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Pershing Says Troops
And Supplies ArriUe
In Large Numbers

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 11.-Conditions in the
American sector continue TO be nor
NAL. with intermittent artillery firing
on both sides. At one place the Ger
mans observed that the grass had been
,rodden down in the rear, and they
threw in a hundred shells. with no re-
suit other than to churn up the mud.
General Pershing said to the corre-
spondents to-day: Troops and sup
plies are arriving in increasing num-
bers."
Thanks TO the French, British and
American navies, he continued. the
submarines 10 date had not claimed the
life OF a single American soldier on
the troop ships bound for France. The
French officers. he said, were enthu-
siastic over. the character, Intelligence
and eagerness of the young officers who
are arriving in France to continue
their instruction. and the American
army is proud Of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

indicating the Germans had retired IN
some haste.
We were allowed to-day TO visit the
battalion which was subject TO the first
German attack. The men seemed to
have snapped back TO normal after the
grilling which they received lew
hours following their entrance into the
trenches.
The Germans put an artillery bar
rage on a small sector last night, but
kept it up for only few minutes and
evidently intended only to worry the
men in the first trenches. They we're
sent TO the dugouts, but rushed out
with alacrity as soon as the lombard
ment ceased to see what the Germans
had to offer. II proved only a feint.
The men were all in good spirits
whom we saw them, except one, who
eynlained that his brother had been
cap.ured BY Germans in the raid. He
apoloeized a little for being cast down
Md said:
@Ie was my kid brother and only
eighteen. | hope ] can get some Ger
mans myself some time
The company commander, who IS a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Foch to Direct
Italian Stand
Against Foe
Paris "Matin" Says Venice
May Be Given Up to
Invader

PARIS, Nov. 1l.-Premier Panleve
returned at noon yesterday from his
visit with French and British officials
TO the Italian front, and expressed un-
wavering confidence in the victory OF
the forces of freedom.
"Their very principle Of liberty
means that they cannot impose upon
themselves the brutal discipline Of the
Central Powers" said the Premier.
Theirs is entirely different discipline,
forged by trials as metal under the
hammer"
A meeting of the War Council was
held at 8 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
and the Cabinet was in session from
$3.50 until 8. After the Cabinet meeting
a semi-official note was issued con-
frming the news of the establishment
of a permanent Inter-Allied staff un-
der Generals Foch, Wilson and Cador-
na. to sit at Versailles. The note adds
that nothing has impressed the Italian
government and people more than the
extraordinary CELEBRITY with which their
allies arrived at this decision.
at is the first time that unity Of
action on a united front has been truly
realized" says the note. Nothing VIII
do so much to heighten the prestige oil
France"
The "Matin" says IT was decided at
the conference in Italy that France
and Great Britain would increase the
armed support already given to ltal y
the effort to be shared equally by the
two powers. The United States also
has been considered, the newspaper
SAYS, in planning for future coopera-
tion. The Italian campaign VIII De
directed by the lnterAllied War Com
mittee. General Foch, the frencL rep
resentative, will remain in Italy for
the time being and will play pre-
ponderant role in direction OF tnH
operations, which must take wide
scope. .,,,
continues, that the Italian withdrawal
would end at the Piaye River, bu'
that is now impossible, inasmuch as
the invaders by debouchlng from the
Trentino will compel the Italian army
TO withdraw at least to the Adige line
This plan, which General Foch ,ap.
proves, is to be put into effect, and II
Is probable that if the Italian troops
continue to display satisfactory morale
the Adige positions will permit the Of
fering Of sufficient resistance.
The British Premier, David Lloyd
George, who attended the conference
of British, French and Italian repre-
sentatives in Italy, and Premier Veni'
zelos. Of Greece, who has been IN
Rome. arrived to-day in Paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

young officer from civil life, showed
the effects of the strain. He behaved
with great gallsntry on the night OF
the raid and went through the German
barrage three times.
I'VE lost some men, he said. "but
the rest Of US are 100 per cent better
soldiers for the lessons the Germans
taught u.s.
Held Rocket in Hand
We met the lieutenant, who was com
mended for his work in trying to sum.
mon aid on the night of the raid. He
rose from the ranks. II was his first
platoon which repulsed the second Ger
man attempt. His hand was bandsged
and ore of the soldiers explained tina,
when the bombardment destroyed the
racks from which signal rockets were
sent up the lieutenant simply held the
rocket in his hand and let it go off.
That was just TO save time" the of
ficer explained. He pointed out a sol
dier who had refused to 60 into the
dugouts on the night of bombardment
saying that if mis- officer was going to
20 through the barrage he would, too.
Back of the lines we met teamster
who almost added TO the Germans tote
of prisoners recently by driving a ra-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Gallo and Monte Serragh
Recaptured in Stiff
Counter Thrust
Whole Line Braces
Along the Piave
Diaz Relieves Menace to
Left Flank in Deter
mined Stand

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Italian mill
tary situation seems to show an i'm
provement to-day. The whole defensive
line along the Piave, from the Adriatic
to the Trentine Alps, has stiffened like
a wall in the face OF. Austro-German
pressure, and for the first time since
the great retreat began King Victor's
troops have struck back effectively.
On the extreme northern front, east
of Asiago, which the Teutons occupied
last week, the forces of General Disz
turned on the enemy at dawn yester-
day and drove him backward, recon-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Danger Of Situation
Sounded by Official

Ooe Official. whose name is WIN
held. fears that Germany placed splc9
ir The FrankfOrd Arsenal years 2eIoIe
.se ,,esert war broke out. lie Is
deBbffgI whether all German agents
have beer eliminated from the ar
seral. despite the government ciose
,e,sti,., and constant surveillance OF
Ne ,,,s1 army Of workers. HIS fears
s,e yc,y .iroiiar % those entertained
bv o..c,s iJentifed with the arsenal.
afr. sbou. time" be said, mat
N. noodle Of the United states learn
tss. tSsir zoe IL a subtle and dan
geyous one. German plots ana prop
aganda are deeply rooted ana thoi-
og1sfy orgauiZed. InYestiRallhg
alsrtg a. various departments OF
The United states declare tnat every
plot has come relation % e|sry other
one Tb> origin and execution AZ
uays ,oints 10 the same master
misd mean 20 say that the IN
tyi1ge s,d treason against the
United States ia not suooen cOn
spirscy since the war, but ~ DeEa"
ysars ago, and that German agshto'
spies and secret Deryice ntn h@1o
been preparing for this siuatioh Ioi
yesfs. The director OF this "'S"
of espionage - now here IN ths
United states. and the immense Ger
man sDy machine is operating 'noer
bis direction.
"As far ~ the Germans, either
naturalizsd or born IN Germany
working IN the arsenal are con
esrnsd, that n condition over
which 10 one could have any con
troll The most skilled toolmakers
and mechanics are German. ~ ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Wholesale
Surface Merely Scratched

II can be said authoritatlvely that
this amount of foodstuffs represents
but the surface scratching of,the situa-
ton. The presence of twelve million
mounds of sugar in warehouses in New
York City, Hoboken, Jersey City, and
other immediate points comprising the
so-called metropolitan district was dis
covered in a comparatively superficial
examination.
The linseed oil cake and cottonseed
meal referred TO in Chief Flynn's re-
mort are used as fodder for cattle, and
have been two Of the big items in the
cxports from this country to neutral
nations who are known to have been
in the habit of supplying Germany with
American goods. The bulk Of this cat
tie fodder is understood to have been
destined for Germany.
Included in the items Chief Flynn
groups as metals, cotton, etc" is a
quantity Of steel, copper, oil, Jute and
chemicals that Germany is sorely IN
need Of, and which some Of the agents
of Germany operating as business men
of Holland, Sweden and Denmark have
vainly tried to get out Of this country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

quering the positions Of Gallo and
Monte Serragh and relieving the threat
to their left flank, which was in immi-
nent danger Of collapsing and carrying
the entire line backward with it.
Further to the north, in the Sugana
Valley, another counter blow by the
Italian Alpini succeeded in isolating
and capturing a hostile vanguard in the
hamlet of Tezze.
Admission of Italian successes east
Of Asiago is made by the Berlin War
Office tonight, which plainly reflects
the increasing stubbornness of the ltal-
ian resistance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12

Developments on the Vest
Front, British advdnce IN
Palestine and other nelCs Of
the war on Page 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Plant
Employing
AliensBurns
Harlem Water Front Wire
Plant Mysteriously
Destroyed

Fire of suspicious origin yesterday
destroyed the plant of the Washburn
Wire Works, East River and 1lSth
Street, where parts of rifles for Ameri-
can soldiers were being manufactured.
Fire Marshal Thomas f. Brophy's in
vestigation, which started Immediately,
brought forth these admissions from
Daniel c. Turner, manager of the plant:
That from twenty to twenty-five
Germans or German-Americans were
employed at the plant, which is To-
Gated in a zone barred to aliens.
That at least one Of these Germans
had not received barred zone per-
nit from the Federal authorities.
That 200 of the plants 500 en-
ployes were Austrians.
Cause Of Fire Mysterious
The cause Of the fire, which wrought
damage estimated at s1,500,000 to the
buildings and the machinery. was as
yet undetermined, Marshal Brophy an
nounced last night, He added that the
facts surrounding the fire were "mys-
terious." and said that he would start
a rigorous, formal examination in his
Office in the Municipal Building at 9
o'clock this morning. He would notify
United States Marshal Mccarthy. he
said, that hundreds of aliens were en-
ployed in the factory, and that the Ger
man who had failed to get zone per-
nit entered the barred zone and worked
in the plant every day.
Agents Of the Federal government will
watch the results Of to-day's investiga-
tion closely, and may carry on a sepa-
rate examination of witnesses. The
probability of the fire being of in
cendiary origin is considered great.
Deputy Police Commissioners Scull
and Dunham reached the fire soon af-
ter it started and also started an in
vestigation. Commissioner Scull said:
From what learn, this fire GER
tainly requires some investigation. We
are conducting one now"
Coming after a series Of fires in
food storage places and along the wa
terfront, yesterdays spectacular blaze
was regarded with suspicion as soon as
the first alarm was turned in, at 1890
p. m.
Doubt as to the precise p'ece the
fire started emphasized the belief that
it was the work Of enemy rioters.
Statements by two eye witnesses that
the fire started simultaneously n three
different parts Of the large plant
heightened this belief
Mr.. Turner was authority for the
statement that il was unlikely that
the fire started from spontaneous com
bustion. He said that the flames start
ed in the basement on the 11Sth Street
side of the building nearest Pleasant
Avenue. That explanation Of the place
Of origin was born out by other wit
nesses who appeared before Marshal
Brophy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
American Troops Repulse Second
Raid by Germans on Trenches
Invaders Put to Flight When They Find Dough-
boys Waiting for Them in Surprise Attack
Preceded by Closeup Machine Gun Barage
By Haywood Broun

(Accredited to the PcrshiuJ Army IN France
for the Ne,C Yort Tribune and Syndicdte)
rcopyrsht. 1917. by The Tribune AssocIationl
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 10.-A second attempt
to raid the American trenches has been
repulsed.
The Germans adopted new method
and planned a smaller scale operation
than the previous one. There was no
artillery preparation. 1t was strictly a
surprise attack. The enemy brought his
machine guns within couple of hun
dred yards of the first line trench and
put down barrage.
Our doughboys replied with auto
matte rifles, grenades and rifles. As
soon as the machine gun fire ceased they
showered the ground in front of the
trench with hand grenades. Signals
for a barrage by the American artillery
brought quick response, and the Ger.
man raiders, finding everybody ready
for them, retired without attempting an
attack on the trenches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Secret Service Unearths
Nearly 10000, 1000 Pounds
of Sugar Here
Enemy Aliens Own
Much of Property
Supplements the Discovery
of $35, 5,449,O28 in
Metals, Etc.

Almost twelve million pounds Of
sugar, rs we'll as vast stores of other
foodstuifs. the total value Of wb en- is
S38,496,742. have been found by United
States Secret Service agents boarded in
warehouses and cold storage plants in
and about New York City.
Cotton, copper. steel. oil. chemicals,
leather. jute and similar commodities,
to the value Of $35,449,O2s. have also
been discovered in local warehouses by
the Secret Service. The seizure of a
vast quantity of this material was made
some time ago. and was announced in
The Tribune of October 22.
William j. Flynn, chief OF the
Secret Service, has made a full report
Of the findings of his agents to Her
bert c. Hoover, Food Administrator.
Some Owned by Enemies
Some of the property is owned by
enemy aliens and some of it was pur-
chased with money from the Deu:sche
Bank, the German financial institution
through which Germany poured mill
ions into this country for all forms
Of propaganda. 1t is believed that no
small portion Of the vast stores, whose
total value is s73,9l5,77O, is owned di-
rcctly or indirectly. by Germany. All
enemy alien property will be seized
The following table, given out by
Chief Flynn last night. shows the
value of the various foodstuffs his
agents have located here in the last
four weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Belluno Is Occupied

During the day the Austro-Germans
entered Belluno. on the west bank OF
the Piave, about fifty miles north OF
Venice, beyond which the heavy fight
ing operations had been carried a day
rrevious. The Teutons likewise claim
gains in the Sette Commune and the
Sueana Valley. but here. also. the Ital-
ians are materially slowing up the in
yaders' progress.
The German communicate says. "The
enemy has made a stand on the lower
Piave." Having given up their last
bridgehead on the eastern bank Of the
stream at Vidor. and having destroyed
the span at that point, the entire Ital-
ian forces are now reorganized on the
west bank. from which, with Franco
British reinforcements. they probably
will soon launch one Of the greatest
counter actions of the war. Already
the big guns have begun TO thunder on
both sides.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Collateral for Loans

II is known that about tnree-quarters
of the foodstuffs, cotton, iute, metals
oils, chemicals, etc, are held IN stor-
age as collateral for loans made by
hanks. Whether this indicated that
tho hulk Of the goods was held by spec
later no one connected with the Sc
cret Service would say. .-..
This is a matter for Food Admins rs,
.rator Hoover to determine, and If Mr.
Hoover decides that the bulk Of this
stored food is being boarded by speecug-
iators he has the power to seize 1t IN
the name Of the people Of the United t
states. Any that may be owned by
Germans, directly or indirectly can De be
.eized without any trouble by A.
Mitchell Palmer, custodian oi alen
enemy property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Tbree.fourths of Workers
in Philadelphia Plant of
German Lineage
Many Oppose
u. S. War Plans
Gould Reveal Military Sc
crets or Cause lrrep-
arabic Damage
Nov. Ito un-
- derstand the difficult nature Of

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Ito un-
- derstand the difficult nature Of
Il the governments problem with
n. enemy alien, or. with what is even
more battling, the enemy within, one
should travel to a suburb of this city
called Frankford, where the arsenal is
situated.
OF the 5000 men employed in the
great United States Arsenal at Frank
ford. one Of this country's largest mu-
njtion-making plants, more than three
fourths are either German born or of
German parentage.
Many Of them are known positively
not only to sympathize in secret with
the Teuton cause but to oppose the
participation of America in the war.
Owing to the nature Of the posi-
tons occupied by those men, 1t Is
possible at any time for them to
cause irreparable damage to the ar
senal or to reveal secrets to the enemy
which would work great INJURY 10
Uncle Sans military plans.
The presence of these workers has
been and still is a cause of great
embarrassment to the government at
Washington, which thus far has re-
moved or transferred few men hold
ing particularly responsible positions
Thousands remain undisturbed.
An explosion in the arsenal on
September 9, 1917, did considerable
property damage, killed three men
and injured twenty-three. The cause
was never established. 1t is one Of
the long string Of mysteries that is
generally attributed TO the German
SPY system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-12
Retired in Haste

Several charges such as were used to
blow up the barbed wire entanglements
in the previous thrust were found, but
they had not been exploded this time,