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The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
WILL Send OUT new
DRAFT ORDER TODAY
Lists of Questions Must Be Answer
ed by Registered Man.

Copies Of the QUESTIONABLE, or series
OF interrogatories which every man
who was registered for the national
army and Is not now In the service
must answer. will be sent out by the
local exemption boards today and to-
morrow.
The questions are very much In
volved and cover a magnitude of sub
jects and those members Of the exemp-
ton boards who perused them express
ed an opinion that any man who fill
ed out his blank correctly without
the aid of a committee of lawyers,
could consider himself well educated.
Under the law the registrant must
return the QUESTIONABLE filled out in
accordance with the instructions with
in seven days after the receipt OF the
form. Failure to do SO is a misde-
meanor punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment for one year and may re-
suit in an immediate Induction into
the military service.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
R Reconstructed Church
May Save Holy Russia .
Peasant Class, Concededly Most Religious
Population on Globe, May Be Guided to
Sanity by Reorganized Orthodoxy.

tally patriotic. and. of course. the
peasant II . very primitive attach
ment to the soil and the village COM
munity. not an educated nationlism
and passion for the state and the
nag such a. one sees in western
Europe. Z
czars the peasants had no patriot
isrn.'
Holy Russiar to him was the soil,
and the fellowship OF the Russian
Christians-not the Russian govern
ment.
I'm the same way his religion was
primitive and personal. = The ofiicial
Russian Orthodox church-a mere de-
partment Of the autocracy-was not
the object Of his devotion. The Of
fical church-the heirarchy-was a
thing apart, something imposed from
above. like the autocratic state.
Neither was a natural growth from
the souls Of the people like the
states and churches of western
Europe.
Mast Act Gradually.
"The official church TODAY Is shar-
'as shS
q complete Reorganization. Formerly
the car named the holy synod; the
synod named the bishops and the
higher clsrsy, the higher clergy
named the village priests and SO on
down to the bottom OF the organi.
zation.
:. Congresses Of the priests and the
lay members are being held for the
provinces and for the entire nation.
AS the church gets closer to the
people 1t will be able to express the
sentiment OF the peasants for the
protection of Holy Russia from her
enemies without and within. 1t is in
this way that the Russian church
VIII act as a saving force for the
nation, but this force will act grad
ually. There can be no sudden inter-
ventions, as in the more highly or
ganized churches Of the west"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
HAS sONs,s
NEPHEWS in WAR
AGAINST HUNS
DR.. F. W. Grenfell's 5 Family
Is Doing Its Bit
for Allies.

DR.. F. w. Grenfell, veterinary sur
geon, 1916 H street northwest, con.
siders his family is doing its bit for
the allies.
He dropped into the main recruiting
station Of the navy yesterday after
noon to make inquiry about his
youngest son. After finding out that
the young man Is all right, 1t develop
ed that DR.. Grenfell has another son.
+. A. Grenfell. who is a second lieu
tenant in the veterinary corps OF the
army at Camp Sam Houston, Tex. !;
still another, William Grenfsll, Of
ficiating as acting farrier with the Dis
trict Guard at Camp Mcclellan. An
niston., Ala.
That's not all. over on the battle
fronts of Europe he has eight
nephews, all fighting for the allies
under the flag Of Great Britain, be-
sides a niece in the ambulance corps.
"Oyer there Maj. Eustis Grenfell
has distinguished himself in the avia-
ton corps in France, while another
nephew is captain in the Royal Artil-
lery of the British army now. facing
the Huns in Italy.
'I wouldn't mind taking a hand in
the game myself" said DR.. Grenfell.
MY eldest son is only "a, William is
q, while Carroll j., the kid of the
family, is but Is. He is naval ap-
prentice at the Norfolk Training Sta
tion, and II the worst comes to the
worst, you can count me in"
The following new enlistments were
reported yesterday from the U. s.
Navy Recruiting Station. sos Ninth
street northwest:
John Harlan Dodge, 1120 Vermont
avenue northwest; Chauncey Joseph
Spering, 1914 Sixth street southwest;
Herbert Augustin McProuty, 716 L
street northeast; Russell Harrison
Carroll, Twenty-fifth street and
Alabama avenue southeast; Philip
William White, 1133 Park place north
east; Frank Lorraine Dorsey, 921 first
street southwest: Daniel Aloysius
OConnor. 1854 Wisconsin avenue
northwest: James Patrick McVeny,
1916 W street southea st: Britton Cor
nelius BASKERVILLE, Baskerville, Va,
and Charles Taylor Wells, Abingdon,
Va.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
ARMY Wants DRIVERS
FOR Big war TANKS
Several Thousand Chaufeurs Need.
ed to Pilot Fighting Machines.

The army wants men to drive the
tanks. Chauffeurs for wars newest
and most tdrrible juggernauts are
the latest kind OF specialists needed.
Mechanics, machinists. blacksmiths
and storage battery experts to whom
this most modern service appeals
should apply for enlistment for the
term of the war to the Chief or Ord
nance, Motor Section, Carriage Di-
vision. 1908 New York avenue.
The men who join this service will
also be used in such other work as
the driving and care of the new four
wheel-drive trucks. caterpillar trac-
tors and armored cars, and for work
in connection with maintenance and
repair of field artillery. artillery car
riage, trailers, and recoil mechanism.
Several thousand men will be
needed.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Rev. E. B. Bagby Will
Write HeraId's Sermon

Rev. E. B. Bagby, of the Colum-
bia Heights Christian Church, who
will write The Herald's sermon
this Sunday, came to this city in
1891 and built up the large and
fiourishing Ninth Street Christian
Church from a little mission in the
outskirts of the city.
After spending a few years in
Baltimore, he was again called to
Washington to take charge OF. Co.
lumbia Heights Church in Septem-
ber. 1917, and has succeeded in
more than doubling the member
ship of his congregation since his
accession to the ministry.
Like many other notable men of
this city, Rev. Mr.. Bagby, is vir-
ginian, having been born in King
and Queen County of that State, on
Sept. %, 1865. He received his early
education in Richmond at Aber-
deem Academy Later he attended
Kentucky University, but was
graduated from the Yale Divinity
School. He was at one time chap
lain Of the House of Representa-
tives
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Here's Ballad They Sing
In British Air Service

London, Oct. 2s (by maiL)-Though
Kipling has stopped writing ''Barrack
Room Ballads" the ballads themselves
have not stopped. Here is one of the
favorites of the British air service.
Note the fine chance for CLOSE har-
mCny."
a handsome young airman lay dying
Chorus: Lay dying,
And as on the er'dome he lay Che lay)
To the mechanics who round him
came signing (came sighinO
These last dying words he did say Che
did say):
Take the cylinder out of my kidneys
(of his kidneys),
The connecting rod out of my brain
(of his bmain),
The cam box from under my backbone
(his backbonel.
And assemble the engine again
(again.)"
Try it over On the piano to the tune
of "The Dying Lancer"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
PREPARES FOR DRIVE
ON COAL PROFITERS
Attorney General Gregory Advises
Federal Prosecutors of Car
field Rulings.

Strengthening the growing organiza-
ton for the prosecution Of violators of
the Lever act. or price rulings as fixed
by the President. United States attor-
neys throughout the country are being
brought into closer cooperation with
all Federal. State and municipal
means OF investigation and punish
ment of profiteers.
To every Federal attorney. 1t was
announced last night by the Fuel Ad-
ministration, Attorney General Greg
ory has sent special instructions to
take every step possible to apprehend
price boosters.
The office of every United States dis
trict attorney is being furnished with
copies Of all rulings and orders of the
United States Fuel Administration
for particular cooperation with Mr..
Garfield's organization for the sup
preston of extortion in the sale OF
coal
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17

ports, which folds up and is carried
inside the body, Is q part Of the out
at and on camping trips serves as
one Of three beds. the other two being
the portmanteau and the sidecar IT.
selt, which has removable upholstery
that is covered with leather on one
side and with cloth on the other. This
serves very satisfactorily as a mat
tress Another important article pro-
vided with the car is a thoroughly
waterproof tent with a frame COM
posed Of telescoping parts. II meas
ures fourteen by ten feet and Is divid-
ed By a curtain into two rooms.
The Dutch authorities are reported
TO have recently tested and found
practical a device for steamships in
vented by one OF their naval oficers.
which cuts anchor chains OF floating
mines and prevents the latter from
coming in contact with a vessel pass-
ing through a mine field.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
SAYSU. S. HELP .
MEANS SUCCESS
FOR THE ALLIES
Viscount Ishii, Jap Envoy
Expresses Confidence IN
Kaiser's Downfall.

Honolulu. Nov. 1s,--The attitude. OF
the United States toward the war in
sures its successful termination. Wis
count Kikujiro Ishii. head Of diplo-
matte mission now returning to Japan,
declared in an address at a luncheon
here today in honor OF the party.
what We have seen on the CONT
nent OF America gives absolute, un-
changeable confidence in the final out
come and complete victory of our
cause. which insures national individ-
ual independence" he said.
II carried to the United States a
message, assurances and a pledge Of
comradeship; a guarantee of partner
ship. From the East to the West
shores I found the message ana its
purpose accepted and understood in a
kindred spirit.
"The barrier OF languages was
broken down. / am convinced that a
good understanding has been reached
that Will clear the menace of unpleas-
ant entanglements hitherto maintained
by our common foe.
I'VE are proud bearers to our be-
loved country of the answer from our
true friend to the message we
brought"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
POULTRY PRICE
MAY TAKE DROP
Food Administration Orders
Immediate Sale of Birds
in Storage.

New York, Nov. 16.-Drastic action,
ordered today by the Food Admins
tration, may greatly cheaper the
price Of frozen poultry to the con-
sumner. The order directs:
i. The immediate sale Of all poul-
try in storage from last year to avoid
penalty for boarding food under the
United States War Act.
2. The sale of 1.769, 1876 pounds of
frozen turkeys before Thanksgiving.
8. The sale Of similar amount of
frozen turkeys before New Year,
4. The sale of all poultry now In
cold storage before March /. 1918.
Poultry in Storage.
Reports from 215 warehouses
throughout the country revealed 46,
200, 600 pounds of frozen poultry now in
storage. OF this 3.5Ss, S95 pounds con-
sist of turkeys, or 2i2 per cent more
turkeys than were in storage last
year.
The Urner-Berry Company queried
the Food Administration and its re-
sponse. in which the above order was
embodied, was received today. 1t was
signed by the United States Food Ad-
ministration, by W. F. Priebe. poultry
and egg section. perishabie food di-
vision
Later in the day the following was
received from the Food Administration
at Washington:
'In order to eliminate the wasteful
practice of farmers selling and ship
pers buying and shipping immature
turkeys We request that you notify
shippers that young hens from sta
tions north OF Texas and Oklahoma
should weight not less than eight
pounds and young gobblers twelve
pounds. From Texas and Oklahoma
hens seven pounds and young gcbblers
twelve pounds. To comply with this is
a patriotic duty"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
PACFSTS SILENCED
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contract to the Ribot ministry, which
contained no Socialists.
Though Lloyd George is organizing
for war. that does not mean that he
is going to shut his eyes to peace.
One OF his best French friends is AL
bert Thomas, who met him when both
were minister. OF munitions in their
respective countries.
Backed by Col. House.
1t is stated in the press here that
Col. E. N. House will sit in the allied
war council with Gen. Tasker Bliss.
Chief of Staff Of the United States
army.
The Evening Standard says: I'VE
have good reason for stating that il
the Western allies had not decided
upon such scheme as Lloyd George
has outlined, Col House would have
submitted almost Identical proposals"
The admiralty announces that since
the arrival here of Admiral Benson
and his stan they have been in fire.
quent conference with Admiral Jel-
licoe, and that very great benefit has
been derived from these meetings and
from the interchange of ideas, and the
corporation of the American and
British navies has thus been made
easier and more complete"
U. s. In Thick of II.
All of this indicates that America Is
getting into the war as an important
factor, and that it IS her strength
combined with Britain's, which must
carry the allies over the present
treacherous shoals.
When President, Wilson told the
American Federation OF Labor about
the archaeological Railway he
bucked up a lot Of people on this side
who had their eyes focused on Italy
He made people feel that America is
fighting not only as an ally, but with
the allies.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
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nine and Trotzky Immediately upon
gaining power called for an armis-
tice of three months duration, in
which "the peoples should choose
their representatives that are to
make peace" 1t was an indirect
call to revolt to the proletariat in
the countries of friend and foe.
Ready to Answer Call.
Those who know the German radl-
Gals of the Liebknecht type were GER
tain tonight shat this minority wing
of the German Socialist party is ready
and willing to answer this Russian
call to revolt; that they propose to
make row" In the reichstag session
which they demand.
The appearance of Bolsheviki
movement in Germany in the immedi-
ate future is, therefore, looked for
with certainty.
Between the radicals, or prospective
German Bolsheviki. and this govern
ment which they expect to try to
overthrow stands the majority Social
ist party as the most likely mediator.
.eAlready this majority wing, accord
ing to today's Berlin news, has be-
gun nationwide campaign for an
immediate armistice and a speedy
peace.
There are those in quarters well
Informed on the Russia Bolshevlki
movement who assert that Lenine and
Trotzky are the victims OF slander;
that neither would ever consent to a
separate peace; or even to a general
peace in which the German govern
ment as at present constituted would
be a partner. II that is true, and II
it has been made clear to the radi-
Gals In Germany, a new political up
heaval in the empire is regarded inevi-
table, and in that upheaval the ma
jority Socialists would be counted on
to rise to unprecedented power.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Bt L. HARPER LrpoH.

What part will the Russian church
play in welding Russia into an e.
fective political and war-making unit
The Russian peasant class, constitut-
ing IS per cent Of the people and 81
per cent of the armies, u conceded
to be the most fundamentally reiig-
ious population on the globe. Yet the
church as factor in the national
life has hardly been heard from in
the revolutionary turmoil.
Recent dispatches from Russia re-
porting the organization of q large
body Of peasant troops into a League
to Save Holy Russia" seemed to In
dicate the religious factor is begin
ming to be felt, and is throwing its
strength to the nationalistic side of
the controversy and against the an
archist internationalism of the Bolshe-
Wiki.
Merely Germ Of Truth.
These dispatches are rather dis
counted by Russians in the United
States and at the Russian embassy to
whom talked. For obvious reasons
no Russian official in America could
afford to be quoted, that the following
observations by Russian ofiicial, who
asked that his name-be withheld, pre-
sent an interesting view:
1T is very easy to exaggerate the
possible importance of churchly inter-
ference in the internal struggle Our
information would indicate any dis
patches foreshadowing the formation
of any religious association with
definite political or war-making aims
in or out Of army are untrue. Such
statements are an effort to give a
concrete form to a generally dinused
and unorganized sentiment:
They indicate the hopes Of the cor
respondent rather than the facts They
have a germ Of truth.
Patriotism Quite Prfmitive.
THE Russian peasant is funda-
mentally religious and fundamen-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
TIcKET.vENDING SEMAPHORE.

At Kansas City an electric inter-
urban railway has tried out, with
gratifying results, coin-operated
sen1aphore intended for way stations
where cars do not stop unless signal
ed. To operate the signal. one places
a nickel in the slot and presses a
lever. This actuates the semaphore
arm, ignites a red lamp. and issues a
five-cent ticket to the prospective
M ssenger
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
les-of-Mutton the Best Cut.

The leg-of-mutton is the most de-
sirable cut The loin is termed the
highest priced cut OF mutton. II can
be distinguished by the small muscle
under the backbone. which is called
the tenderloin. The rib Is used the
same as roasts and chops."-Farm and
Fireside.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
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of the Teutons who could not get back
/ in time inevitably perished.
| Thus the Italians have, for the pres
! ent at least, safeguarded their right
/ wing.
| But up in the mountains, where the
| foe is trying to cut to their rear in a
far more menacing flanking move, and
where there are no flood gates to be
| opened, things looked grave.
| The Teutons there have taken Cis-
I mon, another gateway to the plain.
| This town lies only eleven miles north
/ of Bassano, and from that city to Cit
| tadella, the intersection on the Italian
| life line" is only eight miles. More
over. the army under Gen. Krobatin,
| which operates here, is now advancing
| through open space between the noun
tains of the Settle Communi and the
| big ridge to its east.
They are not "dashing" southwark.
| There is nothing of a break through
| in their advance. But they are mov-
! ing on, nevertheless. slowly, relent-
| lessly. though the intrepid Alpini are
/ yielding only inch by inch. In the
! mountains to the east and west the
/ Italians are displaying n valor and
/ tenacity that mock the very thought
Of broken morale.
Holding Their Own.
Along the lower and middle course
of the Piave they are holding their
own, and their artillery is answer
ing shell for shell across the stream.
But the Krobatin army, every military
critic here agreed tonight, must be
/ stopped and stopped at once, or all
the Italian tenacity and heroism on
the other fronts will have been in
vain.
| There Is one other menace which
\ Gen. Diaz is relied upon to have con-
stantly in mind. 1t lies in the possi>
bility of a Teuton crossing at Ner-
vesa, near where the Trevino-Udino
Railway crosses the Piave. Here the
Piave is narrowest, and in the middle
of the stream lies a long shoal that
presents an excellent stepping stone"
to the foe. The danger in the Teu-
tons presence on the Eastern bank
here lies in the fact that if Bellows S
center pushes across he would threat
en- to outfank the whole italian line
down to the Adriatic and part of the
Italian left wing.
The capture Of Cismon was an
| nounced today. The German war Of
fee statement also reported the cap
ture of 1000 Italians by Hungarians
advancing near the sea along the
western bank of the .Piave But in
view of the news from Rome of the
opening of the flood gates, 1t is be-
lieved that this success antedates the
climax Of the italian ruse. since the
only other explanation would be that
the ruse failed to do the damage Rome
dispatches indicate 1t did.
High praise is given the Italians in
Gen. Diaz's bulletin from the front. He
lauds the great courage. boldness and
admirable clan" Of his mountain troops
who not only resisted the violent on
slaughts Of the Teutons between the
Asiago Plateau and the Piave, but
counter attacked promptly and in
many sectors drove back the invaders.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
-Four Zones Marked.

sible.
Four Zones Marked.
This means the air warfare of next
year will be concentrated In four great
zones, which we may call the battle
zone," the bridge zone" the ''muni-
tions zone" and the "U-boat zone.
Fighting for aerial supremacy in the
battle zone is. of course, going on to-
day as 1t has been for three years. ibu'
it will not reach its full intensity until
next spring. Then the allies plan TO
have twice and, If possible, three times
as many fast fighting planes in this
zone as the Germans and to make the
fighting so furious that no German
aviator will dare to take the air within
twenty miles of the trenches.
The United States will not be eX-
pected to furnish any of the fast fight
ing planes for this part of the cam
paign. our expert aviators being sup
piled with, fighting planes by the
French and British. Bombardment
during this phase of the campaign
will be concentrated on airplane sheds
and railway functions less than fifty
miles behind the trenches.
America's Part.
American airplanes. will not take any
significant part in the air campaign
until II reaches its second phase
bridge bombardment about the first of
June.
BY that time there should be at least
1900 allied bombing planes ready for
action-1o,0o American. 5000 British
and French.
What can 1900 bombing planes do
Look first of all at the Rhine bridges
/ across which must pass every gun, all
the ammunition and almost all the
food of the German army. There are
scores Of bridges across the Rhine
but only the railroad bridges matter.
Only six of these are Of strategic i'm
portance-at Duisburg, Dusseldorf
Cologne. Coblenz, Mainz and Mann
helm. Each OF these bridges is as
vital to the German army as an artery
is to the human body. Destroy them
and the German army must retreat
| across the Rhine or be cut off from
its supplies.
5000 bombing Planes.
Three thousand bombing planes
working in squadrons of a hundred
will do the work. There are just
six great railroad bridges and a sin
gle hundred-pound bomb dropped
from any one of a hundred planes
flying in close order win shatter 8
span. Day after day the lombard
ment will be continued so that re-
pairs and new bridges will be un'
| availing.
Above these bridges will come the
first pitched air battles of the war
Thousands Of feet above the Rhine
the allied air snuadrons will comba
the defensive German planes anS
maneuver to pass the barrage fir,
If the German anti-aircraft guns.
Twelve thousand bombing planeI
will be left for the long -distanc,
bombardment of the munitions cen
tiers and the U-boat ports. For thil
work the allied plans will operate
In large units-squadrons of 500 plane.
at least.
To Attack Essen.
The destruction of the Krupps' grea
plant at, Essen would be a greater
blow to the Kaiser than the wipin
out OF an army corps. And ever.
aeroplane authority interviewed be
lieves 1000 bornbingj planes equippe'
with twelve-cylindef Liberty motor
and carrying 1000 t6ns Of bombs cal
u feE bomba ardu1dats wipe Essen Of
the ~ ~ IL naau - - 80
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Fire Kills Two; Five Missing.

Tulsa. Okla, Nov. 1.-two work.
men are dead and five others miss
ing as the result Of a fire which de-
stroyed the Standard Oil Company s
refining plant at Norfolk today. The
loss Is $500. 900.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
: ,I,sgg KssgIqs g,o,.s The os9sIy ossg9ssII.ty Up

,LAxaTfvE BRoMo otiSiNE. the World.
Famous Cure for Colds and Grip Is now soc per
box. On account Of the advance IN the price
Of the six different Medicinal, Concentrated
Extacts and Chemicals contained in LAxA-
TIVE BR0M0 QUININE, 1t vas necessary to
~ tst for ! Qnarter q i C<ntury, II + usei
y sss5 civillstd NstIpn. .-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
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the locks of the Kiel Canal and dam
aging Heligoland as much as pos
sible.