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New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Italians Repulse
Enemy i7, AysQ Valley

ROME, March 27.-"Our advanced
posts in the Arsa Valley repulsed
enemy detachments by rife fire." says
to-day's official communication. "Pa-
troll encounters occurred along the
Piave and east of Montello.
"On the remainder of the front
there were dcsultory artillery actions,
which were more intense at intervals
in the coastal region"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Casualties Among Our f.
Fighting Men Abroad
Wednesday s List Shows Nine Killed in Action, Sixteen
Wounded and That Four Died of Disease

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The casu-
atty list made public to-day by the War
Department contained thirty names,
divided as follows: Killed in action,
nine; died of accident, one; died Of
disease, four; wounded severely, two;
wounded slightly, fourteen.
The department announced that the
name Private Tony Wisniski appearing
in yesterdays list should have read
Private Tony Wisnski.
No officers were named in to-day's
list, which follows:
Killed in Action
NATHAN, Thomas c., cadet.
ALLEN, John E.. private.
BOERSTLER, Harry E., private.
COHO. Walter T., private.
CRIST, Garry, private.
HENDERSON, Archie, private.
JONES, Clarence NJ, private.
KOOPMAN. Jesse L., private.
MILLER, Alex, private.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
q w F. 4 3 e 6 n ID a a.

order, or it is due to the use of the
guns up to the last moment in
lnn1n,lctlng as heavy casualties as pos
to be remembered that this war is not
gong to be lost by losing ground, but
hX losing men. That fact is chan ging
all theories. When the truth be
somes known about what is going on
now on tho West front it will un.
doubtedly be found that great ad-
vance has been made both in the art
OF the offensive and the art of the
defensive.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Kaiser Finds Job
For Another Son

LONDON, March 27-Emperor Will
lam haa appointed his fourth son,
dam, 10 learn civil administration, says
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam.
II il believed that this is "A pre-
lininary step to the princes appoint
ment TO yice-regal pos. in Lithuania
or Courland.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Germans March Six,
Nights to the Front

AMSTERDAM, March 27.-~GcrmaA
troops going forward to the attack on
the British front in France dctrained
far behind The fines, even behind the
Belgian frontier, according to the dor
respondent at the front Of the "Rhein-
ischc Wcstfaelische Zcitung." These
forces marched for six consecutive
nights, no columns showing themselves
on the roads in the daytime.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28

ing strong reserves intended for a
flank assault on our attacking army.
".Attacks of combined Allied forces
yesterday against the pivot of the Ger
man attacking front near La Fore were
particularly heavy. These counter at
tacks did not find Us unprepared. It
testites to the superior foresight of
the German command that these at
tacks, in which American troops Ger
tainly participated only symboically,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
British Loss of
Guns Disquieting


The wedge has been driven furthe,
OF the Disc. that is to say, where the
land is lowest and hattest and defence
is most difficult. Once the bend in
the Somme west of Peronne is passed
the two rivers run into the heart OF
france, the Somme extending to
Amicns, which some think is the Ger
man objective. and the Disc in the
general direction of Paris. The Ger
mans are astride Of the Sommc but
their position is not so easy on the
Disc, where thew are proceeding along
the western bank and the French hold
the eastern bank firmly. The terri
tory berg what it is, not easily de-
fcnclblc. good stategy would call for
Yielding OF 1T before a powerful thrust
if such yielding would not imperil
valuable position on either side The
most optimistic view is that the Brit
ish have been unwilling to pay the
price in men necessary to hold this
low land. but have concentrated their
energies on holding strong positions
to the north: Meanwhile they are TAX
ing their toll of the Germans AS they
advance, leaving their big funs be-
hlnd them and perhaps exposing them
selves to sudden and decisive counter
thrust.
Against this optimistic view weighs
the great sacrifice in guns and ma
tcrials the British have made. That
is the one disqucting feature of the
situation. Haig confirms the German
claims in this respect. 1t is to be
borne in mind, however, that this war
has changed the whole theory of mill
tary men about the loss of artillery.
The view used to be that to lose a gun
was disgrace, somthing like losing
the flag. This war became a war OF
artillery, and the increased Importance
Of big guns instead. of making their
loss more serious made it less serious.
IT was seen that unless chances were
taken with big guns and their loss
sometimes incurred they could not be
used effectively: That idea has been
growing steadily in Allied quarters.
and each big retirement of theirs now
means bigger loss of guns The
present loss is due either to the un-
cxpectcdly rapid advance of the Ger
mans, which, however. did not prevent
the retirement Of the British in good
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28

PARIS, March PA French mill
tarX commentator, writing in reference
TO the situation to-day, says concerning
the Americans:
"At various points on the front our
a'lles are BRINGING to the British their
valiant support"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Nanking Plague Kills Fifteen
tn TIE Assoesa,ea prsssj

tn Yrs Assoesased pysssj
FEKisG, March zl.~~Eiftoen deathg
from the plague haze occurred at
nnasnking, capital OF the Province Of
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Japan TO Open Argentine Bank

BUENoS AYRES, March 27.-Thc
fokohoma Specie Bank, Limited, will
open branch mere in April. 1t will
1nHc u. care OF the rapidly growing
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28

were not only beaten off, but were
thrown back on the Disc Canal by Am
energetic blow"
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
Separate and Distinct Utilities
Commission Necessary
By BILL PRICE.

II.
Clearly demonstrated in connection with important pub
lie utility questions is the pressing need for separate and
distinct Public Utilities Commission small body Of high
class who will give all their time unencumbered By
other duties, to these matters.
Fault is not to be found with the work of officials new
composing this commission The fault is with any law that
saddles upon any three the multiplicity Of duties de
volxing upon Commissioners Brownlow, Gardiner, anS
Knight. ss
These are the municipal heads of the District nov
having half million of people They also by law, com
fair that three should be burdened with duties
these These hundreds of questions consan
presented to the Commissioners OF the District are ap
sufficient to occupy their attention every minute of on
working day Add to these duties those of utilities commits
soners and there exists imposition that should not exist
Fortunately for the District and her people, three able
intelligent honest have been doing this double duty
these stirring times. One minute they in session
Commissioners considering weighty questions not
nected with utilities The next they become utilities com
mssloHers passing upon troublesome and important que
tons Before the this humanity possible and bJ
many considered desirable because of interviewer relations
of many District matters.
ties, necesstating degree of executive attention
thought little understood appreciated by not charged
with this work.
Most difficult of all the war brought readiustment
and changes in utilities that had to be laid before
the Utilities Commission for decson-mportant questions
touching upon rates and service to the public The
three have patiently, unrngy devoted themselves
these things and their decisions far have encountered
strong public disapprova On the contrary, the civic on
CARNATIONS of Washington representing in the absence
suffrage representation in Congress- the sentiments of the
people, have approved acquesced with here and there
exceptions
What the war put forward in knotty utility problems
be nothing to what the settlement of the war and the
dustment of several years afterward may place before
the commission.
There can be no appropriate time for the separa
ton Of the duties of District Commissioners and utilities
commissioners with provision for three wepaid utitie
commissioners given additional power and sufficient ap
preparations to employ ample expert and clerical assstanc
The Washington times., 1918-11-01

When Washington schools open next Monday children
who have colds viii be excluded from classes.
This is one of the biggest of the lessons we have
learned from the influenza epidemic, which has cost
hundreds of lives here.
Some day we shall have enough health inspectors in
the schools of Washington and other cities throughout the
nation to keep children from injecting each other In the
classrooms
The youngster that sits in schooroom and sneezes
about him the germs Of influenza any OF score OF otner
malades should be kept at home placed IN separate
room where he can't spread his infection to others.
When all the wars are over, and our Government has
begun spend its billions for constructive activities we
shall do these things better.
health inspector will consider TIE case of every
child sent to school with cold other ndisposon and
viii turn him over to physician for treatment or send him
home with orders to the parents to what to do with the
little patient.
Excluding children with colds from the schools now
long step in the right direction After the war; some OF
cur numerous welfare organizations may well devote their
energies to extension of this work.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01

Constant Reader" and others
who are "backwardT about having
their names published declare they
see no reduced prices in restaurants
in this city as planned by Mr.. VIII
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
Writes Workers
Especially for Washington Women

So, being completely off their
guard, they stumble into love a
hundred times more quickly and
more desperately than if a young,
untried girl had inspired the emo
tion.
But not all men who court
widows show this headlong blind
ness.
Some approach the siren de-
liberately, knowing quite well what
they are about. Not that they al
ways expect to be ensnared.
"A widow is like a delicately
opened, fragrant flower" one lover
explained. "A mere bud hasn'
any fragrance, Just as a young
girl can't have any fascination"
But those who expect merely to
sniff this metaphorical perfume,
and 90 on their way, usually find
that it goes to their heads and that
they become infatuated lovers be-
fore they are even aware of hav-
ing chosen their inamorata. Or so
men say of each other. | don't
know that the mystery we start
ed with is thereby explained.
The Cautious Lover.
There's one wooer Of the widow,
however, who isn't mysterious.
And suspect there are a good
many of him. He's the man who
hates experiment and detests risk.
He marfies, usually, he even falls
in love-but with what caution!
He never admires a girl without
fearing lest she later become
something different. She may be
attractive largely because her
sweetness is mingled with shyuess
and hesitancy. How will such a
girl, he wonders. weather the ex-
perience OF marriage? VIII the
estate of wife and matron become
her? Can he be sure. in short,
that he will admire the way she
will look and act in five years
time? And dare he, in the face Of
this uncertainty, propose to her?
But in the case of a widow, the
cautious man knows that he does
not have to ask himself these
questions. She herself is the
Charming answer to them. II he
proposes to her. as he shortly
will, he knows. or believes he
knows, just what he is asking for.
His none too romantic feet are
treading on solid ground, and for
him that's more satisfactory than
mounting the divinest arch of the
delusive rainbow
But what is the real truth about
widows themselves? Have they
greater or less capacity for love
than other women? Who shall
say?
| suspect that 'Perplexed," at
least, hasn't yet learned the true
lesson Of love, or she would know
that her own heart must choose
from among her four lovers, and
that no one else can help her.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
Find Fault InteIligently or Not At !

Continued From First Coumn.) 49,
more searching than in the of workers who have only
to please superintendent manager hoorwaker, wha
ever boss they happen to be working for.
But it should be INTELLIGENT criticism, the corred
ton of the shoemaker who KNEW HOW MANY LATOHl
ETS THERE WERE ON SHoE-not the fault finding Of
the same shoemaker, WHO KNEW NOTHING WHAT
EVER ABOUT THE ANATOMY OF HUMAN LEG
Make your criticisms on what your friends are doing
sensible and honest
When you KNOW they are doing things wrong, ter
them so. \
When you are not sure you had better say nothing
at all unless you can HONESTLY praise.
That the kind of criticism you ought to expect and
it is the kind that helpful and dsnterestsd friend
you ought to give.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01

they feel more comfortable and at
ease with them than with unmar-
ried girls.
In snite of all the warnings that
have been shouted to the four cor
ners of the earth as to the dan
Gerousness of these seductive crea-
lures, men actually fly to them
with a sense of seeking safety. and
recklessly drop all their defenses
on the way. This of course seems
very puzzling.
You see, normal men need the
society of women. Usually, they
know that they need it. But they
are not always willing to appear
in the character of a suitor or pos
sible husband, and thev suspect
all unmarried girls of looking at
men in that light.
But a widow-here, at least,
they say to themselves, is a wom-
an who isn't husband-hunting.
She's had her husband. She's safe.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
TODAY'S TOPIC
WHY WIDOWS FASCINATE.

ness in other girls. Their ad-
vantage is natural and legitimate.
When nature has been lavishly
generous TO a girl, it is a matter
of course that men should pay her
tribute. But to be loved, and loved
by multitudes, just because one has
already been married, doesn't seem
reasonable. There's something
mysterious about it that one re-
sents a little.
Mems Own Testimony.
In order to get as nearly as pos
sible to the heart of this mystery,
i have consulted, not widows them
selves, who mightn't know or
mightn't tell me, but men, the be-
witched and captive.
And, so far as they can explain
their own bewitchment, the truth
seems to be that men first seek the
company of widows, that is, of
reasonably attractive ones, because
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
HEARD AND SEEN

son. One ventures the assertion that
any war worker who can live In 9
Washington restaurant for 81 per
day must be reducing. 9
Restaurants should be treated. an
readers agree, as are grocery stores
and others violating the Food Ad-
ministrator's regulations.
STEVE s. TILLAIAN, adjutant %
the Presidents Own Garrison" o
the Army and Navy Union, says tha
the garrison has collected and for
warded TO recuperating soldier boys
in St Elizabeth's Hospital severa
hundred packages Of tobacco "mak
ings." Another consignment Is .tc
be sent November z. Anyone who
would like to contribute SeftheI
money or smokes" in the next batch
may send to Mr.. TILLMAN, P. o.
Box 1907, or TO Heard and Seen
b A Government clerk writes that IN,
the estimates and requiremeutsS
division of the Ordnance Depart
hAoAA VI NAo army OuAy IAlCGu 10I8
leave Of absence has been granted,
while elsewhere in the department
employees we're allowed thirty days
Of leave. do not such things as
this breed discontentT' Is the in
quiry.
Not knowing the conditions that
caused this discrimination against
hundred employees. / can not speak
authoritatively, but / know that in
many bureaus and departments
where the leaves of absence were
greatly curtailed there Is now .
strong disposition to give clerks all
that the law and discretion allows
feel sure that these ordnance en-
ployes will be given fair treatment
HARRIS CONRAD wants to know
why the alleged shortage Of men on
the street car lines is not made up
by putting trailers on cars and add
ing women 10 the conductor list.
Mr.. Conrad is asking a question
that hundreds Of people daily ask
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The campaign of the navy for the
fourth Liberty loan was a triumph,
as you probably know, and feel that
part of the credit for the unusual
showing must go to The Washington
Times, which was always willing and
anxious to help in the campaign. The
daily stories were instrumental in
urging navy people in Washington to
subscribe TO their utmost, and they
answered the appeal whole-heartedly.
With true Washington spirit they ran
the Navy Department subscription up
to a total greater than the entire navy
subscription to the first loan.
As the navy Liberty loan officer. 1
particularly appreciated the printing
Of the official navy slogan at the top
Of your front page on one evening
Of the campaign. That slogan, Flight
Or Buy Bonds Navy Does Both" /"
Jypified the entire campaign of the
naval service. The men in addition to
fighting, bought bonds to the limit,
with the result that our total sub
scription to date has reached $4,000.
OO0-twenty million more than the
navy quota. This subscription was
$4,000 900 greater than the entire
amount which was subscribed to the
first three Liberty loans. Tho sub
scriptiOn Of each man represented a
real sacrifice. but navy men were only
too glad to do this additional service.
Secretary McAdoo was so struck by
the showing of the navy that he cahed
upon the country to follow its lead.
and the slogan, Match the Navy" be-
came the watchword in the last few
days of the campaign. Undoubtedly
this helped to put the whole country
over the top.
The newspapers did much to popu-
lariZe the Match the Navy" slogan,
The Washington Times doing more
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
C6NVJHAT are the arts that
w widows employ to

NN IhAl are lne dTls lhat
w widows employ to
charm men?' an officer
OF the United States army writes
to inquire. a
How is it that a bachelor can
resist the springlike smiles and
the dimpled innocence of a thou
sand ipgenues, only to surrender
Internationally to the first light,
beckoning glance from the widow
who has chosen him?'
1t may be that there exists some
skeptic, ignorant of the world Of
love and lovers, who will deny
that widows have such opportunity
of choice: but all the testimony Of
all the ages is to the contrary.
And in this respect, at least, !
think that men-and widows
haven't changed.
It's only a few days ago that a
letter came to me from a young
widow whose pen name is Per
picked" And her situation is
truly one that warrants perplex-
ity. After explaining that she IS
twenty years old and that her hus-
band died two weeks after their
marriage, she writes:
II am now deeply in love with
four men. One is two years my
senior, the next is twenty years
my senior, the third Is one year
my Junior, and the last is four
teen years older than |. They all
have asked me to marry them. The
first is an accountant, the next is
a banker, the third soldier, and
the last manufacturer.
"Will you please advise nc what
to do?"
Need Not Be Beautiful.
Now there is no way of knowing
what bewitciments this young
woman exercises, in addition to
being a widow. She may be more
beautiful than Helen of Troy. her
charm may be no less intoXicat-
ing than Cleopatra's. But ! don't
for a moment believe this. | think
OF leT as b"cclS bOOu ASS'NA'-5 .
girl who has simply the enormous
advantage of understanding men
better than Unmarried Eighteen
who lives next door to her.
So that because of this impor-
tant difference between them, Un-
married Eighteen, who may have
a much lovelier face and a more
sparkling intelligence, is not like
ly ever to have to consider the
proposals of more than one suitor
at a time, while Widowed Twenty,
with four patient, faithful lovers,
standing in a row, so to speak,
outside Of her door, has merely to
decide on the one that suits her
best.
II doesn't seem fair. If unmar-
ried girls feel jealousy of widows,
! think they are to be forgiven.
One isa't, or one shouldn't be,
jealous of wit or beauty or good
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
From The Public To The Editor

than its share in that respect, and for
it. the entire navy owes your paper a
vote OF thanks.
Yours for the Fifth Liberty Loan.
T. J. COWIE,
Rear Admiral. Pay Corps, U. S. N,
Navy Liberty Loan Officer.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
Kindly Contribution For Chill
dren Affected BY Epidemic.

To the Editor Of THE TIMEs:
l have heard indirectly that there
are a number OF children who have
been left destitute in this city dur
ing the present epidemic and that
funds are needed to supply them with
necessaries.
1t occurred to me that IL would be
ih order to suggest the starting of
a fund for the benefit of these needy
orphan children. | have no doubt
there are many persons in the city
who would be glad to contribute a
sum, no matter how small, to such
q cause.
Persons who have been fortunate
enough to escape from the effects
of the disease ought to be willing
to help these less fortunate beings.
/ enclose my check for 500 for
this purpose. and will appreciate it
very much II you will see that some
Of these children who have been left
destitute may in some way get the
beneht of this sum.
With the very kindest regards, I
am,
Friendly yours.
SIMON LYON.
1.-THE Times has forwarded this kindly
contribution TO Walter S Udord OF the
Associated Charities, for the bcnef. Of
children in influenza work. The orKantza-
tion was notified, almost coincident with
arrival Of the check. that two children had
been made orphans in one home By the
ravages OF innuenza.-Editor.l
The Washington times., 1918-11-01

Mr.. HOOVER'S Food Admins
ration employees are declared to lie
feasting, three meals q day, on less
than S1.0O per diem. / am assured
that TO cents will cover their daily
food expenditures in their own
restaurant, which was started as an
experimental affair and Is now such
a success that everybody is happy.
BEN ALLEN and others Lave in
vited me to see for myself by being
on hand at any meal time.
why, / had a luncheon for 30
cents the other day that was twice
as much rs should have eaten"
declared Mr.. Allen. =,
When Clarence Wilson, local food
administrator, appealed for the en-
largement of lunch rooms m Govern
mental departments to aid in COM
batting the high, prices in Washing
ton, the National Food Administra-
ton, which formerly served lunch
con only to employees, began extend
ing the service to breakfast and din
ner.
lOh GfAAN l. nCNAON0Ay - -
Chamber OF Commerce, runs the
kind Of eating establishment CLAIR
ENCE WILSON commends. Tom
Axes luncheon for himself and
friends in the chamber every day.
He makes lots Of coffee in a fancy
percolator and has that ready. Then
when he sees how many guests are
going to be on hand he slips out,
buys rolls, canned goods. olives, etc
Tom loses money on the PROPOSE
ton. Every man who gets a sight
Of the appetizing things on the table
invites himself to the repast.
Toms best stunt is to ask how
YOU like his Accent coffee It's
grand. Of course Then he Ups
you of that it cost only % cents per
pound.
Constant Reader" and others
who are "backwardT about having
their names published declare they
see no reduced prices in restaurants
in this city as planned by Mr.. VIII
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
The Student Who Is Ill

Sending Him Home Is Good Thing for Him and For
His Associates.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
Find Fault InteIligently, or Not
At All

Don't Be Like the Shoemaker Who Criticised the Great
Greek Painter.