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The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Fancy Potatoes
Decline in Price

In the face of heavy receipts.
the price of potatoes slumped again
yesterday. The price of fancy Vir-
ginia "spuds" has declined from
IS on Saturday to $3.50 a barrel,
which was yesterdays quotation
based on actual transactions. A
barrel contains from two and one
half to two and three-fourths
bushels. One commission man ex-
pressed the opinion that il the
heavy receipts continue the price
will drop to $3.50 before the end
of this week. Dealers have about
1000 barrels on hand, and new con-
signments are constantly arriving.
Although 1t generally takes the
retailer several days to respond to
a decrease in wholesale prices,
large, fancy Virginias were selling
at one store on Pennsylvania
avenue yesterday at so cents a
peck. Some stores are selling
mixed sizes the smallest of which
are no bigger than marbles for
the same price.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Capitals Celebration
Of Nations s Birthday

10 a. m,-Celebration at the foot
OF the Washington Monument by
the Sons of Veterans and the Sons
Of the American Revolution.
1880 a. m.-Picnic and games,
Clan MacLennan and Lady Mac
Lehman. Georgia avenue at Dis
trict HE.
a. m., continuing all day
Celebration by Piney Brancf.
Citizens Association.
All day-Picnic of Holy Rosary
parish at Benning race track.
9:l5 a. m. continuing all day
Ninth annual celebration by the
citizens of Petworth.
10-12 a. m. Outdoor concert,
front of Cosmos Theater.
IL a. m.-Regular meeting of
Oldest Inhabitants Association,
followed by patriotic exercises.
3 H. m.-Pienic and exercises of
Park View Citizens Association
at Soldiers Home.
10 a. m, continuing all day
Patriotic exercises and open house
at w. c. T. u. rest rooms, l4ls
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
2 p. m.-Annual Independence
Day tournament of the Roman
Catholic congregation of Congress
Heights.
II a. m.-Start of Liberty tourna-
ment at Columbia Country Club,
p. m.-Patriotic drama by d.
A. r. at Continental Hall for tho
benefit of the Red Cross.
S:15 p. m.-"The Call OF the
Allies" war pageant at National
Sylvan Theater.
War recruiting drives TO be con-
Quoted at celebration OF citizens
associations and other exercises,
and at Glen Echo. Chevy Chase
Lake and other out-of-town re-
sorts.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
RUSSIA CAN WIN,
SAYS BAKHMETIEFF
News of Success Brings Joy to En-
bassy Staff in Washington.

Joy prevailed among the members
OF the Russian mission here yesterday
as they received official confirmation
Cesses. Throughout the day the Hen
men Jennings House, on Massachusetts
avenue, which the Russians are oc-
cupying was one of the busiest places
in Washington. Scores Of officials
called to congratulate the ambassa-
dor. They represented, not only our
government. but the governments of
the other allies.
1T proves two things of incompar-
able Importance" NJ. Bakhmetieff told
the newspaper men. THE army has
realized that effective fighting against
Germany is necessary to accomplish
the aims of the revolution. The Ger
man hope of a separate peace is
dead"
Ten thousand prisoners" he said,
is = vast number to capture in so
short a time. 1t shows the size and
success of the offensive. 1t shows
that our soldiers can win. 1t makes
IT impossible for Germany to with
draw troops for the western front"
1t was but natural" said the am
bassddor. that disorganization should
follow i'm the train of the revolution.
TOday's news means that the army
has now been reorganized. and that
il will fight to the end for the preser-
walton OF the fruits of our internal
attainment Of freedom"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
SEEKS COLLEGE AID, 8
IN FOOD CAMPAIGN
Herbert Hoover Sends Out First Of
Ten Lectures.

Teaching the teachers TO teach ths
public.
Working on this philosophy, Robert
c. Hoover, food administrator. has
devised a course OF ten lectures on
food conservation TO be used This
summer in the most progressive
schools and colleges In the United
States
Through the $4,000 teachers In the
country, representing 12s.Ooo communi-
ties. Mr.. Hoover hopes TO reach every
man, woman and child The first OF
the ten lectures, copies Of which have
already been sent 10 schools and col
leges impresses upon the student that
the great necessity for winning the
war is conservation Of food.
The last lecture In the course on
Methods of Organizing Local Groups
into a Working Unit Is published In
full Six other lectures on wheat con-
scrvation with a demonstration on
war bread, conservation Of meat. con-
servation Of sugars and fats. food
presavation with a demonstration
on canning and the fundame ntsls OF
an adequate diet for adults. children
and infants. are given in outline.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Memorial Service Held
For Deceased Veteraz

The last meeting of the season for
camp 1n, United Confederate NeteT-
ans. was held yesterday evening in
Confederate Memorial Hall, 49, Yer
mont avenue northwest.
Gabriel Edmondson Of the Govern
ment Printing Office, was elected
treasurer of the Camp TO hH the va
cancy created by the death OF Robert
NJ. Narrower. \ memorial service for
Mr. Narrower was held after the reCu-
lar business of the camp had been
transacted. Many members Of the
Daughters of the Confederacy were
present.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
SUFFRAGISTS GET
THEIR MONEY BACK

Seven OF the nine suffragist pickets
who were arrested last week for
pickcting in front Of the White Housa
presented themselves to Prosecutor
RinGgold Hart yesterday in Police
Court and asked for the return OF
the IS which each had left for her
appearance. The matter was referred
to Judge Mullowny. who accepted
their personal bonds in lieu Of the
money and the cash was returned.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
SIGNAL CORPS NEEDS
MORE TELEGRAPHERS

Owing 20 the expansion OF the
regular army. there are now 1000
vacancies in the Signal Corps for
men specially qualified as radio
and telegraph operators, according
TO an announcement yesterday by
Sergt- W. c. Hunt. in charge OF
the tent recruiting station. The
announcement follows:
In view OF the fact that steps
are being taken TO organize q num-
Der Of new field and telegraph bat
talions OF the Signal Corps, instruc-
tions are hereby given to all re-
cruiting officers TO enlist cable.
telegraph. and radio operators. in
side and outside wiremen. electri-
tricians. mschinists. photographers.
and men familiar with the con-
struction and maintenance OF tele-
graph and telephone systems"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
QUESTIONS MOTIVES
OF Cloth MERCHANT
Senator Mcclellan Takes Exception
to Rosenwalds Criticism.

julius Rosenwald, the millionaire
Chicago merchant and philanthropist,
was under fire in the Senate yester-
day McKellar. of Tennessee, objected
to alleged criticism by Rosenwald that
proposed legislation in the food con-
troll bill was stupid. short-sighted.
| nonsensical and foolish" Vardaman,
OF Mississippi, supported McKellar
enthusiastically, and Reed. OF Missouri,
also seconded the Tennesseean.
Lately, there has been vitriolic at
tack on various members of the ad-
| visory commission of the Council Of
| National Defense. The Rosenwald
| fight followed the attack on Davis, of
the aluminium committee. Rosen-
wald is chairman OF the committee on
| supplies. Reading from, who's Who"
of 1917, Senator Reed said:
"Mr. Rosenwald is the senior mem
Der of a clothing house. He is chair
man of the committee on supplies, and
that includes clothing"
The insinuatlons that the men on
the council would be unable to pur-
| chase in a disinterested fashion the
supplies with which they are familiar.
or with which they are allied. found
no favor with Senator Brandegee, Of
Connecticut.
II regret this issue OF the Council
OF National Defense Is being brought
! UP so often in connection with the
! food control bill," he said. 1T en-
| braces such a large subject that fun
discussion will delay the passage of
! the main bill.
There has been a dearth of infor-
/ nation on the council, and its activi-
! ties. / feel it would be wiser IL we
were more thoroughly informed before
/ We criticise these gentlemen who have
come here voluntarily when the gov
| ernment Is in need.
Senator Gore lined up with Nickel
| lar, saying he had rendered a public
service" by calling the matter to the
attention of the Senate. Senator
Lewis. of Illinois. spoke in the highest
| terms of MIR. Rosenwald, and said he
thought imputations against him ut
| terly unjust.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

patriotic community meeting at the
John Dickson Home. Fourteenth and
Emerson streets. at Sis o'clock in the
evening.
Petworth AssocIa tion.
The Petworth Citizens Association
will hold a recruiting rally for the
regular army, and will have a recruit
ing sergeant on hand to take appli-
cations.
Oldest Inhabitants Rally.
The Association of Oldest Inhabit-
ants will hold a patriotic rally at the
engine house, Ninteenth and II streets
northwest, from II to Il o'clock this
morning.
|. De luxe theatrical attractions to be
held both at the Sylvan Theater and
Memorial Continental Hall will bring
the nations birthday to a fitting con-
Clusion.
Sylvan Theater Program.
The Spirit of the Allies" which is
the title OF the production TO be given
at the Sylvan Theater at O'Clock
and at which soldiers and sailors are
to be the invited guests is an ap-
propriate propaganda pageant. writ
ten and produced by Mrs Christian
Hcmmick.
Prior TO the production of the play
at the Sylvan Theater there will be an
elaborate musical program and com
munity song" conducted by Reginald de
koven. At the Memorial Continental
Hall the Colonial play. The Con-
tinental Congress-" will be repeated
at p. m. under the auspices of the
National Society Of the d. A. r. and
employees Of the Interior Department
All characters in the play will be
costumed to portray the spirit OF
"a" Music will be furnished by
the Marine Band
For the first time in a score of years,
the exhibition of fireworks on the
/ Monument lot will be omitted.
Confederate Veterans.
Members of Camp III, United Con-
federate Veterans. will assemble in
uniform and have a group picture
taken in front of the Confederate
Memorial Hall today at 10 o'clock. At
) O'Clock a patriotic celebration will
be held, after which a light luncheon
will be served to the veterans by
members Of the Daughters OF the Con-
federacy.
Mckinley Memorial Church.
The Baptist Ministers conference of
/ Washington and the vicinity will at
tend the Mckinley Memorial Church
services in a body this evening to
hear the patriotic address to be de-
livered by Rev. DIR. NJ. W. D. Norman,
pastor Of the Metropolitan Baptist
| Church and president OF the con-
ference.
DR.. ]. II. Lee will preside.
Camp Good VIII.
Fourth OF July will be celebrated at
Camp Good Will with special games
and exercises under the direction of
the Navy Yard Committee, Irving r.
Schwinger, chairman. The $50 mothers
and children now in camp will fur
nish volunteer talent for charades,
recitations and songs.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
JULY nth PROGRAM
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

President Wilson, members OF Con-
%ress, all foreign ambassadors, Minis
ters of the French, English. Italian
and Belgian nations and other special
commissions now in America, the
army. navy. Marine Corps and to
many distinguished Americans.
The French Amba ssador. dean OF the
diplomatic corps. and Madame Jusser-
and have already accepted invitations
to be present.
Patriotic music for the occasion will
be played by the Marine Band and
songs will be sung by a quartet. Boy
Scouts in the city will have charge
of the grounds and of seating the
public.
salute ut Fort Myer.
Several of the festive gatherings viii
he featured by the participation OF
the soldiery of the country. There
will be a forty-eight gun salute by
the student reservistS at Fort Myer.
Other celebrations include recruiting
meetings, athletic contests, picniCs,
tournaments and outdoor theatrical
productions,
Program at OccOquan.
n unique lOl III VI Ntlfb4 fhAl'll 10
promised by W. II. Whitaker. super
intendent of the Government Re
sCrmatory and Workhouse at Deco
guam, who. with the citizens of Fair
lax and Prince William counties, has
prepared elaborate entertainment for
visiting WashinGtonians.
Residents of Washington who make
the trip may take the train at the
g. I
reach the reformatory grounds by
automobile or pleasure boats. Miss
Mabel Boardman. of the Red Cross.
will speak at this gathering. There
will be band concerts and an open-air
moving picture show in the evening.
Not only will all of the many thou
sands of Federal employees be granted
a holiday to-day but also all mail car
riers, no regular deliveries being made
and all windows in the postoffice like
wise being closed.
Cosmo. Theater Concert.
In front of the Cosmos Theater on
Pennsylvania avenue an outdoor con-
cert ny n band OF twelve musicians.
headed by the Maxwell Brothers, will
play patriotic songs. Addresses will
also be made at this point in the in
tcrest of recruiting.
Other particular efforts to swell the
ranks of the army will be made by
the various citizen associations of the
city which have called special patriotic
GATHERINGS. President Wilson will not
appear at any of the patriotic gath
erings today, as far as possible Ccle-
brating this Fourth of July by taking
n much needed rest. In the afternoon
he will go crushing on the Potomac on
the yacht Mayhower.
All divisions OF the Congressional
Library. including the copyright office.
will be closed today. Both the Lii
brary Building and the Public Library
will be closed for the fun day.
Community celebration will be held
in the afternoon by the Park View
Citizens Association at the Park View
School at 3 o'clock. Jules Jusserand.
French Ambassador. will attend the
exercises. as will Senator Robert ID.
Owen and DR.. P. p. ClaXton. United
States Commissioner of Education.
Piney Branch Association.
The Piney Branch Citizens Asso-
citation will hold a big celebration.
On their program is included a pic
mic, parade and potato planting and
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
U.BOATS Make ATTACK
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their ships, through lack of speed.
were the most defenseless ag ainst
submarines. 1t was for this reason
that the War and Navy Departments
have been in a mental terror since
premature publication was made sew
eral days ago by permission of the
Creel committee on public informa-
ton Of the arrival Of the first contin-
gents OF troops.
Spy Problem Alarming.
And there is another thing-a
vicious thing that an immediate in
YestiGation is to be ordered to delve
into and bring to the surface and
sunlight. 1t is the question of spies in
the very heart OF the naval service,
for otherwise German submarines not
only would not have been able T..
know that the American troops were
coming, and most certainly would not
have known the course they We're
able to lie in a water ambush for
them far outside the boundaries ~
the ordinary danger zone.
How this information was obtained,
by whom, and how il was sent to
Germany in order that a fleet of sub
marines might be sent out to waylay
and slaughter the American troops
and cast chill of terror throughout
the American nation-eXample of Ger
man frightfulness-is what the in
vestigation is to determine.
How another fiotilla of German sub
marines could know the port for
which the American ships were hound.
so as to lie in the right spot within
the submarine zone ard attack an
other contingent. is further proof. ac-
cording to the belief here last night,
of leak OF government secrets which
imperil5 the life of every American
sailor and soldier who sails the high
seas.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

combat the submarine for more than
three months.
The navy had heard OF the first at
tack on the American transports while
they were still outside the danger
zone. That is why unheard of efforts
were made TO call back. to prevent
publication at any cost Of the report
from Paris OF the arrival Of the first
contingent. There were other contin-
gents TO follow and their peril was
believed to be doubled by the publi-
cation of the report. But it was too
late that action was taken. The COM
mIttee on Public Information had ap-
proved the story and it had been
flashed by telegraph all over the
country and run off in extra editions
of the newspapers.
So. in order to put the best aspect
on things and. if possible throw the
Germans off the scent, it was printed
broadcast next morning that the
troop movement was complete; that
all Of PershinS's men were in France
and had crossed the sea without the
loss of a life.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Men in Command.

Vice Admiral William :. Sims. in
command of the American ships In
European waters. and Rear Admiral
Albert Glcaves. in direct command Of
the destroyer flOtiIla. are the men TO
whom credit for bringing the Amer
lean troops safely through must be
given. Behind the scenes is Rear
Admiral Benson, chief Of operations,
who planned out the entire expedition
and every detail of it. lie is the
man who told the others what TO do.
And here is the story of the whole
expedition, now permitted to be pub
lIshed for the first time.
The regulars and marines who COM
prise the expedition were moved from
their various posts to the sclboard
with the utmost secrecy. Not word
of what was going on was printed
Even men in the service
cid not know their comrades in the
next tent were going away or where
they had gone after they went.
The force is made up of trained and
seasoned men, the troopers veterans
of Mexico and Philippine service; the
marines men from the battlehelds OF
Sdnto Domingo, Hayu and Cuba.
There also was a sprinkling Of re-
for European sery-
ice who were especially picked at
their own request. These men were
mostly newcomers in the Marine
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Censorship system.

Meanwhile the War Department
moved to prevent any repetition of
such an error. The censorship sys-
tenn was changed and Brig. Gen. Frank
Mcintyre was placed in sole author
ity relating to military matters. A
day later it was made known that
no further arrivals of troops would
ever be made known, that all Amer
lean expeditions overseas in the fu-
ture would be secret.
The censorship on cables also is to
ne tightened to the utmost as a re-
suit of the leak of information to
Germany. it was believed last night.
American officers censor the cables to
South and Central America, but the
European cables. both outgoing and
incoming, are left practically entirely
to the British and French censor
ships. The government depends upon
her allies. trained by long study of
the question. to halt any doubtful
message to Europe. To other nations
those TO the sOuth-Only certain codes
are allowed by the United States CEN
sorship and they must be designated
in the message.
But there was a leak somewhere.
In several South Amrican countries
Germany has established powerful sta
tions and there is believed to be A.
possibility that harmless CONNER
Cial message contained the news
which, to the trained eye of a Ger
man spy meant that the American
troops were sailing. It might then be
relayed by radio to Nauen. But where
the inside information" Of the routes
they would take and their plans for
rendezvous leaked from is something
to be determined by the proposed
probe.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

Several of the festive gatherings viii
he featured by the participation OF
the soldiery of the country. There
will be a forty-eight gun salute by
the student reservists at Fort Myer.
Other celebrations include recruiting
meetings, athletic contests, picniCs,
tournaments and outdoor theatrical
productions,
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Secrecy Maintained.

The men were moved to the sea
board and went about ship at several
Atlantic ports It was known alonS
the water fronts OF several OF the
ports in question what was going on,
but the general public did not know
and the censorship on all cables was
depended upon to prevent news of the
movement from reaching Germany.
After the troops were at sea, their
ships filled with equipment of all sorts
everything they could possibly need
from gas masks to bully beef. days
went past without a word. There was
little wirelessing dOne-So that no Ger
man station could pick out Of the air
a hint of the movement, or judge by
the radio waves the location of the
TRANSPORTS. Each of the transports
was conveyed by warships. The other
warships already in European waters
had been notified by cable where to
meet the transports.
New Invention Effective.
The army had laid itself out to give
the men everything in the shop. Army
depots were practically stripped that
the first armed force to carry the flaS
to Europe might be a model contin-
gent, equipped to the last word and
tit and ready to take its place in the
trench lines where democracy Is driv-
ing an outlawed and outgrown autoC-
racy back from the soil it has pol
luted.
The navy had gone to its utmost to
provide every means of safety. The
under-sea grenade described by Secre-
tary Daniels was held in reserve for
just such an emergency as that in
which it proved itself so effective. 1t
is a new weapon of offense against the
submarine, an American offering to
democracy to drive the shark that
preys on human life from the seas.
The grenade was perfected. it is said.
by the special Naval Consulting Board
which has been at work on methods to
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

The Piney Branch Citizens Asso-
citation will hold a big celebration.
On their program is included a pic
mic, parade and potato planting and
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Petworth Associa ton.

The Petworth Citizens Association
will hold a recruiting rally for the
regular army, and will have a recruit
ing sergeant on hand to take appli-
cations.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

a patriotic community meeting at the
John Dickson Home. Fourteenth and
Emerson streets. at Sis o'clock in the
evening
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-26

mems before advice can be given.
When I came here, l asked the our
ty commissioners if a couple of boys,
Boy Scouts or garden club boys, were
available to visit farms and bring in
specimens and carry back the answer.
They referred me to the farm bureau
and they to the boy scouts, who were
already too busy with liberty bono and
chautauqua drives just then. But it
soon appeared that 500 boys in garden
club work were in need of just such
help; and no one was doing it for
them. So we propose to interest them
at a meeting tomorrow night at the
high school, by means of colored Ian
tern slides of the common pests and
their work.
you understand that l have had
my choice to go to any city in this
state to carry on my work and that
the research end of it can be better
done by keeping away from all invi-
tations to speak at Commercial clubs
and high schools; but when l see doz-
ems of good farmers losing thousands
of acres of hard-worked crops, I be-
gin to feel that we are all in some
measure our brothers keeper. Or, are
we not our brothers keeper?
1T is also u patriotic duty at this
time to see that our brother has the
best choice to raise all the crops he
wants to raise. Next to enough water,
enough labor and enough aid to fight
his crop pests are essential. Now !
find your druggists and some other
stores have tried in their W way to
provide our brother, the farmer, with
crop pest defense, often at almost a
loss. On inquiry, 1 find these grave
business mistakes are being made
The farmer will not order early
enough in advance what h
needs for poison, her he rushes the
druggist in a hurry for what may take
two months to deliver in the city
then it may be too late to treat the
epidemic; then the farmer refuses t
purchase what he ordered; then th'
druggist feels that he has been trap
ped into investing money in what HI
can not sell, at least for another sea
son. First of all, your farmer doe
not know what pest he must expec
from year to year and month to month
This takes an intelligence service
Then the druggist does not know how
much he should order"