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The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
u. 5. SHIPPING
TO rule WAVES
Mastery of Seas Assured
by Presidents Steel
Embargo.

The shipping of the world is TO be
controlled by the United States dur
ing the war. At the end of the con-
fiict, the United States Is TO emerge
as the master of the seas, with the
greatest mercantile marine afioat.
Every ounce Of steel that might
enter into the building of ships will
be kept In this country after August
Is. The President yesterday issued an
order placing a. embargo on the ex-
port of steel and iron products that
will effectually prevent any foreign
nation getting supplies from this
country for the building up of a
merchant marine which might DOM
mate the seas at the close of the
war.
Hits Jap Plans.
1t was not denied in high official
circles that the steel embargo would
prove a severe blow to Jaran. I'M
mense quantities of steel have been
exported TO Japan in recent months
for use in shipbuilding.
BY preventing the importation OF
steel for ship construction TO all
countries. the United States holds the
reins of the seas. Munitions and rails
may go to our allies. but steel plates
and structural shapes are taboo. Eng
land and France, two great shir-
building countries, will suffer along
with Japan.
Capps' Task Gigantic.
Admiral Capps. general manager of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, Is
facing the most gigantic task ever
0acfCrad g. A.
him to turn the great quantities of
steel into ships. He discussed the
Communicating OF plants with the
members of the Shipping Board yes
terday, and IL is likely his program
will be announced before Saturday.
In preparation for the management
OF the great merchant marine which
viii be created under the present plan,
the Shipping Board has before II a
tentative gausfnr the appointment OF
chief OF operations. who practicaIiy
will cont ol the shipping of the world.
He will have under his charge the
management of the great feet to be
built in this country, the vessels COM
Wandered and the vessels purchased
abroad. His word will be fnaL no
ship may leave an American port
without his approval; no ship may
clear empty without his o. X.
Nansen Sees President.
The Scandinavian countries already
have anticipated the policy of the
United States, and DIR. Fridtjof Nan
sen. head OF the special Norwegian
mission, yesterday conferred with Ad-
miraI Caps and Chairman Edward
n. Hurley of the Shipping Board,
with a view to trading Norwegian
ships for use in the coastwise trade
for food products.
In official and diplomatic Washing
ton, the Presidents action is consid-
cred one of the master strokes Of the
war and one that will make the
United States the dictator of any
terms of peace that may be proposed.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
CzERNIN IS willing
To ACT AS MEDIATOR
Austrian Foreign Minister Sees No
Obstacle to Negotiations.

London, Aug. "A dispatch from
Zurich to the Wireless Press says:
"A semi-offlcial Vienna dispatch
says that Count Czernin. the Aus
tro- Hungarian Foreign Mini ter.
read with great pleasure certain
statements of Lord Robert Cecil.
minister of Blockade, in the House
of Commons. which he interpreted
as meaning that England does not
regard Austria as a real enemy.
From this the deduction Is
drawn that there are no real OBJ
stacles to peace negotiations be-
tween Vienna and London.
THE message adds that Count
Czernin would be willing to act as
q mediator between Berlin and Lon
don and he has noted that in
France as well as in England there
is no direct hostility to Austria.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Export Much, Import
Little" German Motto

Amsterdam. Aug. 2-According TO
the Berliner Mittag zeitung. the
finance minister yesterday declared
in the wuerttemberg Chamber of
Deputies that Germany's watchword
after the war must be Export much
and import little" The minister added
that German already had expended
1000 0oo, 600 marks (ss3, 800. 100000 on the
war and that the interest on this sum.
plus war pensions, etc. would be about
!, 200, 10000 marks (s1.z5o. 100000 yearly.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Local Men May Get
First Exemptions

Two Washington men will prob
ably have the distinction of be-
ing the first of a prospective con-
script army of 100000 to be al
lowed exemption
They are Marshall Elwell, 10i5
Tenth street southeast. and Charles
E. Forester. so4 North Carolina
avenue southeast.
Both claimed exemption because
of dependents and their applica-
tions have been approved by Dis
trict board No. 5. Ratification Of
this decision by the appellate
board will make them the first
men exempted in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
AEROPLANE CONVOY
DRIVES OFF U-BOAT
Sub Launches Torpedo at Ship,
But Misses.

CBy the International News seryiee.)
An Atlantic Port. Aug. 2.-Passen-
gers arriving today on French liner
reported the vessel was conveyed for
two days by hydroplanes operating
from a mother ship. On the first day
out of French waters a U-boat was
sighted. but submerged just as a bomb
was dropped at It from the hydro
plane.
Passengers stated that the U-boat
launched a torpedo at the vessel and
was suomerging when sighted by the
hydroplane.
Among the passengers were four
French army OF GERS enroute to Wash
ington to join the French commits
sion and thirty French naval off,
GERS and sailors who will report to
the American naval authorities for
detail on instruction work.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
COOL WEATHER
Brings Relief
Five Washngtonians Die
and Scores Were Pros
trated Yesterday.

With the wards Of practically every
hospital In the city flooded with VIC
tins of the. days heat, with scores
paying tribute TO the sungod with
their lives during the three days in
which he has frowned upon the
bleached earth. with men throughout
the city in shirt sleeves. and with a
toll OF i've deaths and scores OF pros
trations rolled up. relief from the in
tense heat reached the city during the
latter part OF yesterday.
When II seemed the heat would be
everlasting in its reign a breeze crept
up from the South and gave parched
Washing gtonians the first breath of
real air they had experienced for half
a week.
Cooler Weather Promised.
And more welcome news than
this. the weather man promises a
days relief from the intense heat
waves which have been radiating
from the soft asphalt and the over
baked bricks of the city. Through
out the day. the prophet of the
Georgetown weather bureau, pre-
diets that we will have only mod
erately warm weather. The tenn
perature will go down for a few
hours and Washingtonians will be
able to draw in their breaths with
out burning their throats.
Beginning Saturday. however, the
heat king will resume his sway. al
though the prophet promises that
he win not be so heartless as here
tofore.
As a result Of the heat expert
enced in the city for the last three
Gays. nve men have given up their
liveA
Victims of Heat
They are:
Arthur Bowers, 10 years OF age,
1212 Potomac street northwest, found
dead in his room after a serious case
Of prostration.
William Dawson, 20 years old, of
ses street southwest, who was over
come with the heat at his home and
died In the Casualty Hospital ambu-
lance.
OF age, who was found suffering
from prostration in a garage at s.
New York avenue northeast, and
died at the Emergency Hospital
early last night. He was five feet
seven inches tall. was wearing shabby
clothes, soft hat and had a small
gray mustache.
The fourth victim of Old Soils scythe
was William Naming. IS years of age.
a plate printer at the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, who toppled
over at his press, early yesterday. and
6ied shortly after reaching the Emer-
Eency Hospital Mr. Naming was sin
gle and q native of New York City.
He had been In Washington only a
month
William Kerns. q years OF age. was
taken from his room at 929 l. street
northwest. early last night suffering
from the heat He died at the Emer-
gency Hospital later. making the If
CONTINUED OK PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
KIRSCHNER, ARTIST, DEAD.

New YORK. August 2.-Raphael Kir-
schner, portrait painter and origina-
tor of The Kirschner Girl" and the
art studies The Seven Deadly SINS"
which acorn the lobby of the Century
Theater. died today after undergoing
an operation for appendicitis He was
Il years old. native of Vienna. and
had been in America about two
yearh
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
u. S. Buys Steel Rails
For Railroad IN France
The Iron Age today SAYS:

The Iron Age today says:
TChief OF passing developments
have been the buying Of $4,000 tons
of rails by the government for the
building of a double track railroad
from It's French port to its battle
front
The Washington governments rail-
road operations in France will be on
a large scale and a vast engineering
program Is involved There will also
be considerable buying of light rails
for portable tracks. DELIVERIES are to
be completed by October L"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
American Surgeons Aid
Wounded During Drive

British Front In France and
Belgium, Aug. 2.-Americans play
ed small but important part in
the battle Of Flanders.
A number of American surgical
teams" who were brought TO. the
front from the base hospital by
the director general Of the med
ical service worked side by side
with their British allies in caring
for the wounded.
Each team consists OF a surgeon.
anaesthetist. nurse and an orderly,
and they have been doing excellent
work. -.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Nationwide Search Starts
for Marjorie Thompson,
l5-Year-Old School Girl,
Who Left Home for Stage
Career, Threatening Sui
eide if Followed.

Lured from her home by the desire
for stage and screen career. pretty
fifteen-year-old Majorie Thompson,
daughter of Mrs. Marie H. Thompson.
10 Grant place northwest, Is today
the object of a nationwide search.
The girl disappeared from home on
August l, leaving behind her a
melodramatic note, couched in the
language of the screen characters
whose adventures she had followed
with avidity for years, threatening
to commit suicide by swallowing
poison If she discovered that any
attempt was being made by her
parents to follow her.
The girls frantic mother, and even
the police officials who are working
on the case, are depressed by the
fear that she has been swallowed up
In the net of white slavery in New
York, where 1t is supposed she has
gone.
The note containing the suicide
threat, found by Mrs. Thompson
after her daughters departure. added
that Majorie was tired of the hum
drum life In Washington, with it's
dearth of boy or girl friends and was
leaving the city forever.
Inquiry among the employees at the
Union station revealed the fact that
a girl, answering Miss Thompson's
absorption, was seen in the woman's
room there on the day of her dis
appearance. A matron at the loung-
ing room says that she attended a
young girl dressed in clothes that
correspond to those taken by Miss
thompson when she left.
Large Cities Notified.
/ The police Of New York and twenty
seven other large cities have been
notified to be on the lookout for the
girl. A search of the theatrical
houses and movie-booking offices has
been begun by an aunt of Miss
Thompson in New York. She is ex-
pected to arrive in Washington at
any moment, bringing with her news
of the progress Of the search.
A wonderful dancer and an accom-
plished elocutionist. voted undeniab bly,
pretty and attractive by the girls of
the neghborhood. Miss Thompson,
acquaintance say, would have lit
tie difficulty in securing a place on
the stage II 1t was assured that she
had arrived safely at any one of the
hundreds of booking offices in New
York.
That Miss Thompson reached her
decision TO leave home suddenly was
shown by the fact that she had made
plans to spend the evening of the
day she disappeared with a boy
friend in the same apartment house.
Mrs. Thompson says that the last
she saw or heard of her daughter
was on the morning of the first
when she left for her work in a
down town office building. At that
time her daughter said goodby, pre-
sumably for the day and bolted the
door of the apartment from the
inside.
When Mrs. Thompson reached home
in the evening she received the first
intimation that her daughter had left.
by the appearance of her room and
then by the note.
Took SIS From Mother.
Investigation showed that Mar
jorie had taken SIS in bills and
change and her mothers travelling
bag. A rose colored sports sweat
er. several morning and afternoon
dresses, with accompanying under
garments and q dark blue coat suit
constituted the wardrobe taken.
After waiting . day IN N sEQpz
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
OfSixty-6ve ReportedMiss-
ing Last Month, Two
Women, Five Men and
Three Boys Still Unac-
counted for in Metropoli-
tan Police Records.

During the month of July there were
reported to police headquarters sixty
five cases of persons missing from
their homes. OF that number all the
cases save ten have been marked 20
K.," indicating that the missing per-
sons have either returned to their
homes or have been otherwise account
ed for.
A large percentage Of the missing
people are made up of small children
who stray away from their homes
and who are little later picked up
and returned to their parents The
number of cases the past month is
away above the monthly average by
reason of the warm weather.
number of the cases reported
are boys in their teens who for one
cause or another leave their homes
and strike out in the world for Them
selves. "A small percentage of the
missing people come from that class
of men who desert their families.
Others are where men go on prolong-
ed sprees and debauches. Occasion
ally a young girl chafing under home
restrictions or unpleasant home con-
ditions leaves her home. Practical.
ly all of these cases are quickly clear
ed up.
Girl Mysteries All Solved.
Occasionally a girl leaves the city
and is not heard from fyr weeks or
months, but is finally located. There
are no mysterious disappearences of
young girls unsolved on the police
books of Washington similar to cases
In the larger cities.
Another class of cases handled by
the police are the escaping of patients
from the Government Hospital for the
Insane at st. Eiizabeth's. The per-
centage of missing children is largely
among colored children.
still Unaccounted For.
The cases unaccounted for are:
Earl Finnacow, Is years old, Balls
ton. Va, ran away on July s.
George Harper, 81, cl9 street north
west, missing since July 6.
Mrs. Minnie III. Wesley. 30 years old,
9oS Eighth street northeast, missing
since July IA.
John L. Boyd, jr., 80 years old, 1896
Sixth street northeast, missing since.
July 6.
Paul Alexander Clemento, % years,
300 Second street northeast, missing
since July Is
John w. Glascoe. 3e years old, 1875
X street southeast. missing since July
IS.
Raymond Kemp, 1s years old. 41S
Sixteenth street southeast. missing
since July q.
David Mckee, 80 years old. 212o Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, missing
since July q.
Frank M. Grinder, II years old. 1909
street southeast, missing since
July %.
Miss Marie H. Thompson. Is years
old. apartment 4. s15 Grant place, miss
ing since July 81.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
JOUR KILLED In TRAIN WRECK

kswsnee, Ill, Aug. 2-Four people
were killed tonight when a Burling-
ton train struck an automobile at
West Altoona They were Mrs. Hilda
Boqusst and her 4-yesr-old son. and
Misses Hazel and Edna Larson. Of Al
iona Mrs Ray Abernathy and Miss
Alice Larson, were badly hurt
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03

of suspense for her daughters re-
consideration of her act, Mrs.
Thompson reported the case to the
District police and furnished a de-
scription OF the girl, and a recent
photograph, a cut of which is
shown.
The District Detective Bureau
has assigned Detective Armstrong
to the case. He is working on the
theory that the girl has left for
another city for a place as actress.
1t is not thought possible that she
is in Washington, as inquiry has
been made among her girl friends
in the neighborhood. and among
these who attended Holy Cross
Academy with her up to June 10.
AS described by her mother, Miss
Thompson is about five feet one
inch tall, and weighs 80 pounds.
She has fair complexion, has dark
hair and black eyes. When she dis
appeared she wore dark blue
coatsuit, which had a white collar
and buttoned belt. and a large leg
horn hat trimmed in light blue.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Fletcher and CarTaaxa Confer.

bassador Henry NJ. Fletcher and Pres
ident Carranza had two-hours. con-
ference at the nstionsl palace to-
day. The ambassador refused 10 dis.
cass the conferences At - compile
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Exemption Rules strict.

Last ! 'ght officers OF the local ex-
emption boards stated that their
would be hundreds Of exemption
claims turned down. The majority OF
these will be rejected because the ap-
plicant will not be able to file the
necessary affidavits.
The fact that Is per cent Of the
re gistrants in the District have failed
to respond to the summons for ex-
animation and that the percentage
holds good throughout the United
States led to the issuance Of explicit
| Information by the War Department
! with respect to the delinquents. 1t
says:
Upon failure to report, or refusal
| to submit to examination, the name
of the person concerned Is forwarded
| to the proper authorities. The per
son is shortly afterwards notified that
he is regarded as physically fit and
held for military service. II he con-
tinues to disobey the law to the ex-
tent of ignoring notice to proceed to
the mobilization point. he Is liable
to punishment as a deserter, which
in waf-time may be death.
To Punish sIackers.
1.-THE procedure in such cases Is as
follows:
"The names of persons certified to
District boards, who do not file claims
within the time prescribed will be
| listed. Those who appear. or file
claims, have their names cancelled
from the list.
The district board will then for
ward the list to The adjutant general
of the State, stating that the persons
whose names are listed have been
called for military service and have
not responded, and have not been ex-
empted nor discharged.
THE a jutant general will then mail
to the D rson listed notice inform
| ing hin, that he has been selected
| for mill iry service, and ordering him
to report for military service to the
adjutant general within five days.
From that time, the person notified
is in the military service ot the United
States. Those who ignore this last
summons are then posted to the adj
jutant general of the army. Proceed
ure against them as deserters may
then be started"
One of the peculiar problems pre-
sented to the exemption board. some
where in Washington" follows:
Applicant claims exemption because
of dependents. Wife appears later and
says she has supported herself and
child without the aid of friend hus-
band and will continue to do SO.
Later a second woman appears and
pleads for exemption for said appli
cant because he is her husband.
Last night the local board chairman
was pondering over whether it was
question for the Police Court or
| the appellate board to decide.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
DRAFT PROCESS
WORKS SLOWLY
Number of Men Enlisted
Here Falls Far Below
Estimate.

While the machinery of the draft
worked constantly yesterday. the num-
Der of new soldiers enlisted in the
District falls far below the expected
numbers.
District No 5 Is the first to COM
plete it's examinations OF the first
quota and the board is now working
upon exemption claims. Its statisti-
cal results are as follow:
Summoned 1s2. claiming exemption.
us: passed for service as physically
fit and fling no exemption claims. q:
disqualified for physical imperfec-
tion. IS; one in Jail: enlisted since
registration, s: transferred to other
boards for examination, 3; failed to
report. 5; aliens, 5; sick in tire hos
pital. l.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Woman Marshal Nav Omit.

Nufsie. Ind. Aug. Mrs. Maude
,. ssfnuels. town marshal of River
nde CITY. may have to quit her job.
sne has refused to arrest men and
,oys who go in bathing and leave
aQr clothes on the bank.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Just Learned Of War.

,McKeesport. Pa. Aug 2.-Leroy
Christian, negro. did not know that
the United states was at war until yes
terday. He had been working in Non
INA 8olt miles frQm . railroad
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
ASKS RAILROAD INVENTORY

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Yesterday called upon all rail-
roads to furnish inventories of phys
ical values and all changes in physical
values since June 30, 1914.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
YOUNG GIRL VANISHES AS
CLIMAX TO SERIES OF 65~
MISSING HERE FOR JULY
arjorie Thompson,

Marjorie Thompson, of
Washington, who disappeared
on Wednesday to seek the,
white lights of the stage, and
whose aunt is aiding the police
of New York in their search
of the city's white slave dens.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
Army AYlater KILLED.

Mineola, N. Y, Aug. 2.-Capt r,
L. Taylor. army instructor, was killed
when his aeroplane fell 500 feet today.
Serst. Thomas f. Pell. who was in the
machine with the captain. suffered a
broken jaw and. possibly internal in
juries.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
RUSS RETREAT
ON riga front
Galician Retirement Con-
tinues; Drive Foe Back
In Rumania.

SPECIAL Gable 10 The Washington Herald
Petrosrad. Aug. 2.-German forces
have occupied the Usluu bridge
head. on the Northern Russian front,
fifteen miles southeast OF Riga, &C
cordins to reports received here from
the battle front The position had
been evacuated By the Russisns
Between the River Zbrocz. on the
Russo-Galacian frontier. and the
Dniester River. northwest OF Kholin,
the Russians yesterday abandoned
their positions. says the official state
ment issued today by the Russian war
department. The Russian forces also
retired in an easterly direction be-
tween the Dniester and Pruth rivers.
West Of the .Putna River. in the
Carpathians. the Russians were
pressed back.
In the Moldavian region Russian
troops took the offensive and drove
back the enemy. capturing some pris-
oners
KcrniIofr Heads Armies.
Gen. Alexis A. BrusilofI. command.
er-in-chief of the Russian armies. has
resigned. Gen. L. G. Kornilof1, COM
mander-in-chief OF the Russian armies
on the Southwestern front. has cen
appointed generalissimo. Gen. Tcher-
emissoff, commander of the Eighth
army. has been appointed to succeed
Gen. Kornilon on the Southwestern
front.
Gen. Nassilkovski. a Cossack officer.
has been appointed to cpmmsnd the
troops in Petrograd- in place Of Gen.
Polovtseff, who recently resigned as
military governor. and who has been
given a command at the front.
Army Makes Demands.
London. Aug. 2.-According TO Pet
rogIad dispatch to the Post. Russian
army commanders had a conference at
headquarters recently and virtually
sent an ultimatum TO Premier and War
Minister Kerensky that unless the
army was kept outside politics and
treated merely as a fighting machine
they would resign as being unable
to carry on the war victoriously. The
correspondent believes the ultimatum
will be accepted.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
ALLIED DRIVE MAY BRING
PEACE TO WARRINC WORLD
Great Push in Flanders, Aimed at U-BoaI
Bases, Seen as Decisive Turning Point
of Conflict by European Capitals.
KAISER CALLS WAR COUNCIL
CB- ,r.-r,7esn,i N.-,s ssrr,ee,

London August 2-on the battle progress Flanders do
pends possible This the impression which gained ground to-
night from all quarters came reports of important Developments
which make the allied drive stand the vital of the sr
Their hr detectives attained the greater part of the front the
British and French awaiting the clearing the skies before
launching another blow.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-03
CALL WAR CONFERENCE

The Germans moblzng that blow. A great war
council presided by the Kaiser and attended by Field Marshal Won
ndenbus Quaemaer General Ludendorf the German crown
prince Crown Prince Ruprech of Bavaria commander of the Ger
man armies the Flanders 'front.' Vice Admiral Cspe head of
the German admiralty and director Of the Uboa and Grand Duke Al
bech of Wuemburg addition to Others in high circles is being
held at Brussels behind the German front
The tremendous importance attached the battle by the Germans
is acsted by this huey called conference of the hsh command
Meanwhile the British and French leaders plotting the stroke