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The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
BERLIN ENJOYS
RENEW PARLEY
WITH RUSSIANS
Annexationists Demands S
Abandoned by Teutons
at Brest-Litovsk.

Amsterdam, Feb. S.-Annexatisnist
sword rattling has been abandoned by
the central powers at Brest-Litovsk.
Suave, almost sweet, speeches, aiming
at persuasion have taken the place OF
Gen. Won Hoffman's fist-banging
threats.
How the Russians are acting as the
result of the backdown is not clear
from today's dispatches, though their
trend indicates the Bolshevik attl-
tude has become firmer as the Teuton
attitude has weakened.
Peace parleys have been resumed,
and at last accounts no break seemed
Imminent.
Barely recovered from the internal
crises, chiefly due to the annexation
ist demands. the central powers can
not now afford to court new troublo
at Brest
There is no doubt in the minds of
well-informed observers here that the
German government would like moth
ing better than a complete break with
the Bolsheviki.
To both Teutonic governments the
recent strikes, with their demands
for non-annexationist peace, have
been handwriting on the wall and
they must continue to negotiate.
All the time the Bolsheviki SOL
diers' hold on Russia is being
strengthened. Today news came
from Petrograd that the social rev.
olutionaries, their erstwhile bitter
est antagonists, have realized there
Is no chance to break the Lenine
rule and consequently have decided
to get as much of a share in it as
they can. Victor Tchernoff, whom
the short-lived constituent assem-
bly, elected chairman over the Boil
sheviki delegate, is one of the So
cial revolutionaries who. have ac-
cepted seat in a new all-Russian
soviet of 900 members, under Boil
shevist sponsorship.
Znamia Trude, of Petrograd, nat
ly states today the Germans would
not dare to break of now, adding
We. must continue our policy oi
deepening the German revolution"
There was a report from Moscow
by way OF Berlin, that Gen. Brus'
iloff, who launched the last great
drive against the Germans under
czardom, has been arrested in the
ancient capital.
Civil warfare in Finland contin-
ues unabated.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
BY VICTOR MORGAN.
Editor of the Cleveland Press.

for the living today and less for those
yet unborn.
Famine-dropsy, hunger-typhoid, tu-
berculosis-all due to lack of proper
food-have seized upon thousands of
children in Germany and threaten
to wreck their health permanently if
more is not done for their relief.
With true German thoroughness,
DR.. Thiele has reduced the situa-
ton to figures. Health records for
600 children have been kept through
out the period of the war. Almost
without exception the children have
lost weight, or have failed to make
the gains that should accompany in
creases in years.
Many Below Normal.
This loss of weight" said DR.
Thiele in a medical report, supposed
to circulate among doctors only, lis
due, of course, to the fact that foods
to which the children have been ac-
customed have disappeared from
their meals"
Fifty-six per cent of the children
were below normal, judged by the
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The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
T.R.'SCONDITION
SHOWS GREAT
IMPROVEMENT
Wife Remains Near Bedside
Many Inquire About Dis
tinguiished Patient,

New York, Feb. S-Col. Roosevelts
condition showed marked improve
ment tonight. At 9 O'Clock II was an
nounced at the Roosevelt Hospital no
further conference of his physicians
would be held until tomorrow morn
ing. At that hour Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, the Colonel's daughter. left
the hospital for the night. Roosevelt s
illness, which has necessitated two
operations and seriously endangered
his life. permitted him to rest tonight
DR.. Walton Martin, the former P-esi-
dents physician, reported early in the
evening that his temperature was
again normal
The bulletins that were issued at the
hospital from 8 o'clock this afternoon
until O'Clock tonight reported the
Colonel improving with each hour.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who spent last night
in the room next to her husband re-
tired at an early hour tonight.
There was an endless stream Of call
ers at the Roosevelt Hospital all day,
Although no one except the former
Presidents immediate family was ao-
mitted, all were assured that the pa
TENTS condition showed progress
Gables from Europe poured in today in
large numbers.
All were answered Immediately Upon
receipt, but the names OF the sender:
of the transatlantic messages were not
| revealed.
1t is presumed that many Of then
were from officers in the American
army in France, many Of whom are
| intimate friends of the, Colonel.
The telephone switchboard at th'
| hospital ALSO did its part IN setting
at ease the fears of the anxious
friends and admirers of the Colonel
About $50 this evening q boy called
the hospital and after a wordy battle
with the operator succeeded in getting
| the clerk on the wire.
How is my old friend the Colonel.
demanded the boyish voice.
who wants to know retorted the
clerk.
well, its only a newsboy; but like
! the Colonel"
The boy learned that his ''old friend
was resting well.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Hun Battery Blown
Up by u. 5. Artillery
Fire; Raid Repulsed

with the American Army in
France, Feb. Sour '1heavies"
this morning blew mp q German
battery. A heavy explosion was
observed behind the enemy's
eamouflage, and the German bait
terry was set afire, one of our
shells evidently having landed In
a munitions dump.
Sometime prior to this our bar
rage foiled an attempted raid of
two strong enemy patrols, which
were unable to advance through
harnssing machine gun, auto
matte rifle, and grenade fre.
The Germans attempted to
sTstrafe" our trenches and were
answered by effective counter
battery work, the Americans
Joining In breaking mp the enemy
hre. -
Our patrols have displayed in
creased activity within the last
twelve hours. The enemy pa
troll activity, on the other hand,
In diminishing.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
40 HELD PRISONERS
ON SUSPECTED LINER
Secret Service Agents Making Rigid
Probe of Alleged Hun Plot.

An Atlantic Port, Feb. S.-Forty per-
sons were detained by the Federal au-
thorities on board of the Nieuw Am
sterdam, Holland-American liner. and
the vessel is still in cfarge of the navy
officials. and marines are walking the
decks with drawn bayonets tonight.
The forty prisoners-as they may
now be termed-are detained on board
until the Secret Service men, detec-
tives, special agents of the Treasury
Department and the Department of
Justice are able to decide their cases.
There are thirty-three men and seven
women held.
The fate of the great liner itself is
not yet decided, it was stated tonight
by members of the Federal investigat-
ing committee. The vessel will prob
ably be turned back to the Holland
American Line, but this is not even
certain.
Chemists from the Department of
Agriculture are analyzing all sus-
picious articles that might possibly
contain germs rumored to be aboard
the ship as a part of the German plot
to destroy the wheat crop in this coun-
try.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
EIGHT STATES
Tn SOUTH FREE
OF.COALBAN
Garfield Order Modification
Indicates Monday Will Be
Last Fuelless Holiday.

Indication that next Monday will
be the last fuelless holiday was given
yesterday by Fuel Administrator Gar
field. when he received the coal
saving regulation as affecting eight
southern States.
In a series of conferences a CO.
operative program affecting transpor-
talion of fuel, food and shipbuilding
material was discussed by Director
McAdoo, Food Administrator Hoover,
DIR. Garfield and Chairman Hurley,
of the Shipping Board.
With this program as a basis and
reports from all parts of the coun-
try showing improved weather con-
ditions, the officials charged with
handling of war necessities were hope
fulsof speedy relief.
Transport Lines Gain.
Director McAdoo announced that the
transportation systems were opeTat-
ing under better schedule than =
time since the cold weather Il Il.
He issued an order giving prefer
ence to box cars for movement of
grain and grain products in the West.
Every effort should be made by
farmers, grain dealers and others TO
facilitate the accumulation, prompt
loading and shipment of all kinds of
grains," the instructions read.
In partially lifting the fuel ban in
the East. DR.. Garfield notified the ad-
ministrators in the States east Of Mis-
sissippi and Minnesota that necessary
fuel may be furnished on Mondays to
heat and light lofts and workshops
occupied by members of the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union.
The states In the South which are
removed from the Monday closing list
are North Carolina, Tennessee, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana
Reports from New England states
received by the fuel administrator in
dicated that shipments Of coal were
going through rapidly and at the same
time the material required at the gov
ernment shipyards is being delivered
in larger quantities.
The Middle West also reported the
opening of many transportation lines
which were blocked by storms.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Empey's "Ouer the Top
Begins in The Herald Monday

ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY begn the ub-
icaton of Sergt Guy Empeys 1t be
nued from day most remark
of the world war
Guy Empey New Jersey England Joined
Kings and fought Flanders
have thrilled
serial having paid large sum for the
privilege.
Newsdeaers will be wise copies
days ISSUE for reader starting the Top
will want hat lows. 80
Prospctye readers orders with news
dealers today tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Relatives of Men Who Sailed on
Transport Sunk by U-Boat
Beg for News.
OFFICIAL SLOWNESS CRITICISED,
2,134 of Tuscania's 2,41S Saved.

Here the latest figures which the War and Navy depart
have the number board the Tuscania
survivors:
Total board 24IS including II7 American officers and
1000 enlisted (Brsh) and civilian passengers
Total reported saved including American officers and
soldiers, passengers and
Total unsccOunted for, 2S including Americans and British
The State Department has received additional figures since
Thursday night when the total number Americans unaeeounted
for placed 26I
The War and Navy departments latest figures to
yesterday morning. did all
the Americans members of the British They stated
that survivors had been reported follows:
Landed Buncranna Ireland officers and American
enlisted
Landed Larne Ireland officers and of the
Landed Isay, Scotland approximately American Of
ficers and enlisted
Reported addition hospitals approximately" soldiers
and members of the
military hospital Londonderry, members of and
u soldiers.
In Loushfoyle Hospital Londonderry, soldiers.
County Jn6rmary Londonderry soldiers and members Of
the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Early Hope DfmIrishes-

Early Hope DtmI.ishes-
Early morning hopes IN ofioial cir
cles that the number Of dead would
go below 100 dwindled somewhat dur
ing the day with the receipt Of uD-
ofiicial advices from London, indicaS-
ing that the loss Of life would prob
ably be greatly in excess Of that ns-
ure.
There is q disposition in oficisi
quarters to find fault with the slow
ness with which the American con-
suls and army representatives at vari-
Gus points where survivors have been
landed are sending in their reports.
To make possible more expedi-
tious identifications in future trag-
edies of the kind. Secretary OF War
Baker directed changes in the sys-
tenn Of Identification tags. which all
soldiers are required to wear about
their necks. Key numbers as well
as names and thumbprints are to
be employed.
Disk for Each Man.
Every officer and enlisted man on
board the Tuscania was supposed to
have a metal disk bearing his name
secured to cloth-covered wire
around his neck. Where the men had
been assigned to designated units the
number of the unit was also on the
tag, it was stated.
, Identification will be comparatively
easy. however, even IL tags were not
on the bodies when recovered. Finger
prints of all enlisted men are taken
at recruiting stations. 1t was said
further that officers recently have
had their finger prints taken. Com
parison OF finger prints are conclusive
in the event of bodies being disin-
TERED for that purpose.
The finger print system was
adopted to avoid confusion in cases
where more than one man bears
the same name. To make the plan
perfect, prints Of the entire hand
are recorded.
The Tuscania victims will be ac-
corded full military honors. Inn
pressive funeral services will be
held and representatives OF the
Entente nations are expected to
participate in the ceremonies, War
Department officials indicated.
Number for Each soldier.
In order to insure prompter identi-
fication henceforth OF all American
soldiers killed in action or who may
! lose their lives in future transport
sinkings. Secretary of War Baker yes
terday issued the following order.
which has been approved by General
Pershing:
In order to insure prompt and ac-
curate Identification, the department
has adopted a system Of numbering
enlisted men of the army only, which
system provides for but one series ,oc
numbers. without alphabetical prefix.
for all enlisted men in or who NAV
enter the army. REGARDLESS Of organi-
zation, arm. corps or department.
Numbering begins with one and con-
tinues consecutively without limit
For Current Reports.
Consecutive plumbers will not be
given men Of same surname.
THE number assigned a soldier will
become a part Of his official designa-
ton. will never be changed and will
never be assigned TO another soldier.
1t will be entered on identific: a
tags and will be entered plainly IN all
individual records OF soldiers I'D will
be used In connection with Soldiers Q
name in rolls. reports and sturus in
which his name eppears.
"As some time will els zee before
records OF soldiers on lie In tn.
CONTINUED on rAsx rva
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
watch on the Rhine"
viii Be Gummed Up

Pawtucket r. l.. Feb. s.-As a
measure of retaliation and rebuke for
the sinking of the Tuscania, the Cen
trail Falls school committee has voted
unanimously to paste together the
pages of the school song books con-
tanning the German national air. The
Watch on the Rhine" So glue pots
are being hauled out for the big past
ting bee that will take place at once.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Forty-6ve Indicted as |. w. W.

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. s.-The Fed.
eral grand jury today returned in.
dictments against forty-five persons
charged with conspiring with "Bis
Bill" Haywood, secretary Of the 1. w
W., to prevent the execution of the
laws of the United States and hin.
dering the prosecution Of the wal
with Germany.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Deny Won Kuehlmann
Will Wed Rich Woman

Amsterdam. Feb. S.-The engage
ment of DR.. Won Kuehlmann, the Ger
man secretary of foreign affairs, to
Frau Won Friedlanderfuld is denied
in telegram sent to German papers
by the semi-oficial wolff Bureau OF
Berlin.
The betrothal of DIR. Won Kuehl.
mann and Frau Won Friedlanderfuld,
who Is said to be one of the richest
women in Germany. was reported In
an Amsterdam dispatch received In
London Febryf
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Polygamy Encouraged,
Though Unofficially
By German Government


Officially the Kaiser approve But unoiciay the
German government encourages it, writes Victor Morgan
Morgan editor of the Cleveland Press He Europe
just WHAT IS GOING ON IN GERMANY TO-DAY. His articles
appearing exclusively in Washington The Herald This
BY VICTOR MORGAN.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09

With the death roll of the Tucania s matter Of
certainty the War Department late last still unable
the of the American soldiers missing and unacooun,ed for
In the meantime parents and relatives of belonging t
military that sailed the Inflated vessel beechns the
eminent for definite information.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
Improving Birth Rate.

Improving birtn Etutts
One thing the Kaiser dares not do
he dares not officially approve the
introduction of polygamg into the
empire.
For some time the semi-official
newspapers of Germany carried on
a discreet propaganda, doubtless at
the behest of the authorities, to test
the temper of the people on the sub
ject. No progress could be made.
So officially the government con-
demns polygamy; unofficially it en-
courages it.
As a result, free love colonies have
sprung up in many parts of Ger
many. The Berliner Tageblatt, pre-
sumable the mouthpieee of the Kai-
ser, recently commented on this fact.
The tone of the comment was by
no means condemnatory.
"All these organizations" says the
Tageblatt. desire to improve the
German birth rate"
While the exact number of the Ger
man killed is not available, 1,5000OC
would be a conservative estimate,
the fathers of the future.
always all al
fection for number in population
Early marriages have been encour-
aged; race suicide condemned. Ille-
gitimacy in Germany has always
been treated with greater liberality
than In any other country save Rus
sia.
Numbers That Count.
1t was numbers that counted
men for the armies of the future
and the Kaiser was on the side oi
those measures that made for in.
crease.
The German Society for the Re.
generation of the Race is the name
of the leading organization which
believes that only plural wives car
overcome the vast disparsity be-
tween the number of men and thu
number of women in the empire
after the war. There are other or.
ganizations of like character, known
as the Ariana Society, the EdeI
Colonies and the New Order.
The various societies advocating
the practice of polygamy advanc,
| so much Of scientific cant in theil
| reasons for existence that it is cas-.
| to trace in them the hand of thu
university savants, in peace tint
J the pets of the Kaiser. No man IL
to have more wives than he cal
support. The rights of the wivei
shall be equal. Every marriage i
for q lifetime. And so on.
| Child Health Declines.
! There is another group, led by Prof
1 Thiele, medical director of the schools
at Chemnitz, which believes it Il
important that more should be dom
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
child Health Declines.

There is another group, led by Prof.
Thiele, medical director of the schools
at Chemnitz, which believes it is
important that more should be done
Evening journal., 1918-06-08
STATE LAWS STILL OBTAIN.

vxf HEN the Supreme Courts decision that the Federal
w child labor law Is unconstitutional reached the
offices Of the National Child Labor Committee the COM
mittee Immediately went into consultation with experts
10 ind out whether there is any way for the Federal
government prohibit child labor which will pass the
test OF consttutionality
Naturally greatly disappointed" said owen
r. Lovejoy general secretary OF the committee FOR
were confident the law would be found constitutional
and had hoped for much from it at this particular time
when there such vital need Of conserving the children
OF the nation 1t is disheartening to think that
when need healthy. well-educated children to take
the places OF the losing in France i2year
old children going back into mills and canneres
and going to work eleven and twelve hours day;
that OF the coal we next winter win have been
mined by i4year-od boys who ought to be in school or
out In the open air and that children under sixteen
will be used the night shift In glass factories and In
many factories working orders. It is impossible
to conceive that such conditions viii be permitted to re-
turn, Surely the people I'm the states which afford
such inadequate protection 10 children can be counted
not to tolerate again the disgrace Of oyer-worked and
under-educated children The nation whole, through
It's representatives at Washington set It's stamp Of
dsapproval on any standards lower than the fourteen
year limit for factories and canneries the eighthour
day. and the slxeenyear limit for mines and few states
win to risk this national dlsapprova by refusing
TO adopt these standards
The National Child Labor Committee calls attention
to the fact that the supreme Courts decision nn
affects state child labor laws, statutes which
similar advance OF tho Federal law remain In
force and States which had lower standards revert TO their
old laws. 1t is possible that way will be found to
regulate child labor through the Federal government
and n this be done State laws will again be super
seeded by the Federal law. Otherwise State legislation
win be the only method Of controlling the employment
OF children.
Delaware friends OF the child labor movement win
ind some encouragement In the Lovejoy statement
Evening journal., 1918-06-08
IRON AND BLOOD.

Few people know that every
courageous, red-blooded person,
such as our own soldier boys
at the front, has within his
body fifty grains of iron, or as
much as is contained in an ordi-
nary "tenpenny" nail. To be
brave, courageous and active
one must have good, red blood.
Our men of iron are men with
good blood, good circulation and
an active liver. The poor, weak
as a C k O. r" who is not brave
enough to go to war, is probably
unfit because of thin, watery
blood. 1t is easy to acquire
strength and red-blood corpus
cles by taking regular exercise
in the outdoors, breathing exer-
cises in the morning, and some
thing to increase the appetite
and the red-blood corpuscles.
The newest iron tonic is
'Irontic," discovered by DR..
Pierce and his staff of physi-
Evening journal., 1918-06-08

OF 81 and as years. unmarried and morally and physically
At
For home service the age requirements not SO
strict
Our State has hundreds OF women who eager 10
their country in useful capacities. 1t seems to
that form OF activity by could be
nobler than the devotion Of time and effort to the saving
Of the lives Of nations lighters. who stand with
the OF the other democraces Of the world in
opposition to Hohenzollern autocracy
Delaware has done than her allotted part in
other work With the Red Cross back Of the nurse
recruiting campaign is safe to that she VIII
not be recreant in any to the present demand
made upon her womanhood.
Evening journal., 1918-06-08
OUR OBJECTIVE IN MEXICO
From the New York Trlbune.)

One bad effect OF the U-boat raid will
be the enhancement Of German prestige
In Mexico. Human nature would not
be human nature II the Carranzistas
did not gloat little over the exagger-
ated reports OF German submarine ex-
ploits served up to the Mexican pub
lie.
II might as well be admitted that we
have few friends left in Mexico. We
have travelled far from the earlier days
OF the Diaz regime, when Mexican
gratitude for our Intervention against
Maxlmilian was stlll general anu heart
felt. The old amity has disappeared
The incidents Of the Mexican reyolu-
ton have created a new temper. That
temper. which IS accentuated IN the
altitude az the Carranza government,
is distrustful and full OF rancor.
You cannot argue against q state OF
mind. Our policy in Mexico since 1918
has left deep scars. Even II our gov
ernment should still hold that It's pol
icy was sound and helpful land that
would be an extreme assumptionl the
fact would remain that the Mexicans
think differently. Carranza surprised
US by lasting through tho revolution.
He was the one entry with staying
qualities. But we put our money on
other entries. He has been an ex-
tremely touchy and difflcult person to
deal with. We showed a vast lack OF
tact IN dealing with him. Yet there no
is-the unchallenged head Of the new