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The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
ALLIED AIRMEN
SHOOT BOMBS
into GERMANY
and English Aviators
Engage Huns and Destroy
Enemy Machines.
Special Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.

Special Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.
London, Jan. 26.-Vast air fighting
activity has developed as the feature
Of the Western front. Both the French
and British have raided into Ger
many, besides bombing many points
In the occupied portions Of France and
Belgium.
Twenty enemy airplanes known to
be destroyed or driven down out of
control were recorded in official state
ments given out in London and Paris
today.
The British air statement issued to-
day, dealing with the events OF
Thursday, said that machines had
made direct hits on factories, docks
and other points.
The city of Mannheim was lombard
ed, also the barracks and railway sta
ton at Treves, the steel works at
Thionville and the railway stations at
Saarbruecken and Oberbiiiig.
Several large explosions were re-
ported by the British pilots and a big
fire broke out at Treves.
French Take Photographs.
The French on Friday, it was an
nounced today, attacked Thionville
and Fribourg, in Breisgau, the Ri
dische RaschisD aniline plant at Lud-
wigshafen and cantonments near Lon
guyon. dropping 5000 Kilograms Of
bombs. A feature of the French air
activities is the large amount OF pho
tographic work done.
Cameras were leveled at German
military works as much as nineteen
miles behind the front and 800 plates
were brought back to serve as guides
for the artillery.
In their work in the war theater
the British dropped more than 300
bombs on the Courtrai, Ledeghem
and Douai railway stations, the air.
dreenel near-Courtrai and German
cantonments west OF CambraI
otheI targets included the hostile
hangars at Douai. In a night raid
British flyers assailed a German air.
drome northeast Of Client and other
atrdromes near Courtrai and Billets
around Roulers.
The admiralty announced that
naval aircraft made direct hits on
a German airdrome at Varssenaere
Friday. The British army aviators
downed several hostile machines in
duels and five were driven out of con-
troll.
British Take Prisoners.
The fighting on land was confined
to the usual raids and artillery dueIs.
The Germans claimed the capture of
twenty-four prisoners and one ma
chine gun by Westphalians in an as
sault at Avocourt Wood, near Yer
dun. The British took prisoners
southwest of Cambria. Paris described
the repulse of a German thrust on
the western edge of the forest Of
st. Gobain.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
BY CASPAR WHITNEY.

Written for The Washington Herald York
Among the admirable essays constructive patriotism
making in the American by the Young
sociaon needed its effort
bring deeper understanding soldier
they arr in France.
That nifty OF given hundred picked
American would comprehension WHY thev
in unbelievable Yet the Y. NJ
sured this is probably low; boys
have clear idea of the import of this engung struggle
OF its meaning America; of tie u.s. that thou
sands of them moved enlist example
spirit OF adventure and that comparatively realize
they are in France to fight the battle of liberty
The statement left incedulous confess that deter
nedf ties; for myself asking
soldier hesfe but for purpose of comDar;son
carrying the experiment also by putting the
question the first OF in paris
happened to be me
The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
HENEY CLAIMS
PACKERS SPIES
STOLE PAPERS
Investigator Charges Theft
of Private Documents
from Government.

Tearing the veil away from the
secret manipulations Of the so-called
big Five" packers combine, Fran
els J. Heney, special Federal inves-
tigator, yesterday presented evidence
before the Federal Trade Commission
that:
Agreements were made to control all
the cattle, beef. hogs and sheep in
the United States.
The activities Of the packing mag
mates extended to the manufacture
of powder with s2oOoo.OOO government
contract.
big Five" adopted a percentage
system to defray expenses of politi-
cal contests against unfavorable Con-
gressmen.
Kansas City Traction system DOM
mated by the interests behind the
packing industry.
American tin industry included in
plans of nationwide control plan.
Banking institutions in New York
and other cities allied with the mea,
combine.
Slush fund used to employ special
agents in Washington to watch Fed
eral investigators.
Obtained possession of confidential
Information In the offices of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
Employed Colin H. Livingstone, Of
Washington. associate Of Charles w.
Morse, as a general agent.
Tabled Congressman who supported
Representative Borland in his reso-
luton for q Judiciary Committee in
vestigation Of packing conditions.
fn
tigation provided immunity of GRIM
inal action was assured.
Quotes Private Letters.
Delving into ;he private correspon-
dence of the Swifts. Armours, Morris,
Wilson's and Cudahys, Francis J.
Heney revealed to the Federal Trade
Commission the aspirations of the
packers to extend their control
beyond the meat industry, as it was
organized, to the hearts of the
ranches.
The evidence shows proofs that
the packers were in a combination
to take over all the cattle. hogs,
beef and sheep in this country" Mr..
Heney summed up
when Investigations were pend
Ing cattle loans were called. II an
Independent wanted to borrow money
the bank would ask Mr.. Wilson or
Mr. Armour about extending him
credit. And the files show a close
relation between Armour and the du
Pont Powder Company"
Placing as evidence a slip of paper
taken from the vault Of Edward F.
Swift. on which there appeared the
notation, "H. A. C. Can you give me
percentage N. p. c." The Federal in
vestigator asked Walter Twombley, a
special agent Of the commission, as to
conversation he had with II. A.
Chatham. bookkeeper of the Swift
Company. ~,
He said the figures represented the
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The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
MADE
BY ANTI-SUFFS
TO MISS PAUL
Statement Infers Pres
ident in Secret Deal
with Pickets.

In public apology last night TO Miss
Alice Paul, head of the Woman's
party. and director of the White
House pickets. the National Associa-
ton Opposed to Woman Suffrage, ac-
cepts as true a report that President
Wilson was in secret understanding
with the pickets to support the Fed
eral suffrage amendment.
The secretary of the association
making the apology is Mrs. Robert
Lansing, wife of the Secretary OF
State. Mrs. James W. Wadsworth,
jr., wife Of Senator Wadsworth, OF
New York, is president.
The letter of apology. addressed to
Miss Paul and signed by Miss Bron-
son, general secretary of the national
association. reads:
Text of the Letter.
Miss Alice Paul, The woman's party.
Washington, d. c.
Dear Madam: Will you permit me.
through yourself. TO apologize to the
Woman's party, the Socialists, and
Mr.. Victor Berger. for having
publicly questioned the truth of the
statement that an emissary of Presi-
dent Wilson visited you in Occoquan
jail and promised that the President
would secretly assist the passage Of
the Federal suffrage amendment.
This story was circulated through
out the United States, and appeared
in the Milwaukee Leader Socialist
organ edited by Victor Berger). Of
December Is, 1917, under the signature
of John D. Barry, as follows:
"'while Miss Alice Paul was in
jail hunger striking said Miss Maud
Younger, of San Francisco, at the
great meeting in Washington recently
of the National Woman's party,
where $4,000 was raised, she received
visit one evening at O'Clock, an
hour after the time when all the
prisoners were supposed to be in bed.
from q gentleman known to be closely
associated with the administration.
If he hadn't been closely associated
with the administration. he couldn't
have got into the prison.
Visited I'm jail.
The attorneys OF Miss Paul had been
forbidden to see her even during vis-
iting hours.
Although it was understood that none
.of our women should be visited in
prison without their consent, Miss Paul
was not consulted. and she was very
much astonished to see the man stand
ing at her bedside. He stayed for two
hours talking over the situation.
He asked Miss Paul how long she
CONTINUED on PAGE f1vK
The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
CHAMBERLAIN
GUARDS DEAD,
BAKER TOLD
Senator Refuses to Identify
Letter-Writers Who De-
scribed Camp Tragedies.

Fearing that the dead may be
impeached," Senator Chamberlain
has refused to deliver 20 the Secre-
tary OF War the names of those who
wrote the dramatic letters telling
Of brutal treatment to dead and dy-
ing soldiers in army camps.
, Il will not give the names unless
the writers Of the letters consent"
said the Senator. The Secretary
OF War may be of the utmost sin
certify in his desire TO fasten respon-
sibility upon those who are TO
blame. But those who are really
guilty would trace the cases and
attempt to impeach the dead and
their friends"
The Secretary has said that two
or three cases Of the kind mention
ed have occurred and that officers
have been ourt-martialed and pun
ished. He says he is anxious to in
vestigate the circumstances detail
ed in the letters. He does not know
IL these are the same cases that
have already been handled.
sharpe StartIes Senator'S.
Inspection of testimony given by
Hehs hsnIy VI. ChaTpS. guar EleInds-
ter General, in secret session. shows
that five weeks ago Senators on the
Military Affairs Committee predict
ed the impression that would be
made upon the country by disclos-
ures that American boys had died
from carelessness or callousness in
the army camps.
On December q, when Gen. Sharpe
testified:
when boys go away in good health
and come back to their families in a
pine box it will have a depressing
effect upon the American people and
somebody is going to be held accoun-
table for that"
At the same hearing Senator New
said:
when the American public feels
that II is the result OF some blunder
and that the deaths were unneces-
sary. there is going to be a great
amount Of complaint"
Quotes PresIdent's view.
Gen. Sharpe drew the conclusion
that. because of the effect 1t would
have upon the Germans. President
Wilson considered Il ''all right TO
send American soldiers into the field
improperly equipped, even IL this lack
resulted IN death.
He also testified he had protezted
that troops could not be fully equip
ped until December 81, but ne was
overruied.
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The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Many Soldiers
Don't Knou WHY
They Are in War
Sanmies Out to "Can the KAISER" But
Haze No Understanding of Causes Un-
derlying World Confict---Y M. c. A.
Spreads Message of Democracy's Fight
Against Menace of KAISER Rule.

(NOTE-Caspar Whitney, traveller writer, explorer
one OF the bestknown correspondents in the world
member OF the Hoover Commission for Relief Belgium
the United States with Germany. In December
last he joined the staff of the New York Tribune
France general correspondent He by
dions there that his initiative he bring to
the American people uncensored that would
wait This is the third OF several articles The purpose
printing them threefold Light Truth is COM
pelng The mind OF great democracy requires to be moved
-Editor)
The Washington herald., 1918-01-27

Reasons for Fighting.
Three Australians were the first to
reward my search for light, and the
prompt reply OF their spokesman was:
Yes. we know, because the Boche
tried to put us of the map, and We
rad to fight or wear a German COL
lar"
The next to be sighted was Cana
dian, who said. among other things.
and speaking with much seriousness:
England came in to keep her word
10 Belgium: but we knew when We
did il that it was our life or Ger
many's. We had to choose between
living as free men or as practical
subjects Of the Hun. We know We
must beat the Boche or lose all that
We hold dear, and We are to win or
leave our bones under the French
sod, as so many of US already have
and as the rest of US are ready to
do"
An English Tommy was studying
an open war map in the window Of
a book shop when 1 stopped at his
side and after some preliminary skir-
mishing put my question.
why am ere. Ell? Well I'm ere
because the bIoomin Kaiser wanted
10 run the whole bloomin world show,
and we'ere here, me and me pals,
to have a look in and put i'm where
he bIOomin well belongs. That's why"
1t was five days before / had the
opportunity to ask an American, for
our soldiers are not much given the
liberty OF Paris. and then l ran into
two soldiers and a young Yoeman of
the navy recently arrived to join
the hydro-plane service.
To "Can the Kaiser
Il was drafted. I had TO come.
answered one of the khaki-clas
youths. Il wanted to get into the
game" was the half amused response
of the other.
But" 1 asked again, what are
you here for. why is our army
hsreg'
''oh. we're going to can the Kali
SER"
But why?" 1 persisted.
Because England and France
want our help, and so we've come
over" they agreed.
And as they all started OF down
the street, "Oh, boy, think of me in
Paris" exclaimed the soldier laddfe
to his companion.
Yet the ignorant boys do but re-
feet the complacent provincialism,
the world Inconsistencies of the
average among their non-thinking
home folks. accustomed as they are
TO take unquestioning their foreign
viewpoint as it is interpreted for
them.
When We recall that for two years
before our entrance the meaning of
the war had been steadfastly obscured,
our concern" in its purport denied,
our neutrality in thought and deed
urged by President Wilson. it is not
cause for wonderment IL now, when
we have come in. these same people
should be vague in their understand
ing of our reasons for doing so, OF
of our newly discovered concern with
the wars objects. OF of our relation
to its settlement
spirit In Admirable.
They were first numb to our vital
interest In the struggle, then per-
picked beyond ability to appreciate
its significance. and. as with that
average among our people who look
TO some one to do their thinking for
them. the home folks. like their boys.
need to be awakened and enlightened.
The spirit of the boys in France
is all right, their eagerness 10 be
shown is everywhere patent, and
the haze which now clouds their
perception of interest they and
their country and their home folks
have In the outcome of the war is
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.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Found Dead from Gas.

Overcome by Illuminating gas.
Thomas Moore. q years old. lIOl New
Hampshire avenue northwest. was
found dead in bed early this morning
by his daughter. Katherine.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Quotes PresIdent's View.

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spirit In Admirable.

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The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION
 DEFEATED IN STATE
VOTE WAS TIE LIGHTEST EVER ROLLED IN AN ELECTION
 HELD IN STATE.

Little Rock, Arh., Dec 1L-Cefea- cf the proposed new constitution which was submitted 10 Arkansas voters today was conceded by l-s supporters late tonight
 Incomplete returns from 70 of the 5 counties a.cg lG723 votes in Ia. yor of adoption and lSo76 against. However. it is almost certain that later returns will increase the major fig against adoption as the return lave snown ttat the cities, Whica were the first 10 report generally fa- yorad inc new constitution, while the rural district went against it.
 Most of the meagre returns age from remote precincts Bad weather and the epidemic of influenza through out the state greatly reduced tl1 vote
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15
AEROPLANE STARTS
 ON 5000 MILE TRIP
MACHINE WAS ORIGINALLY DE. SIGNED TO BOMB BERLIN AND IS CAPABLE OF FLYING SIX
 TEEN HOURS

London, Dec IA giant Handley- Page aeroplane. carrying six members of the Royal air force, started from tho aerodrome near Ipswich, at 9:50 o'clock last night and headed across the channel for France on d flight to Karachi, India, and thence to Delhi
 The craft ran into bank of thicH fog, however. and was compelled Co make a landing on the French coast The journey. it was announced, will be continued
 The distance to Delhi IS something more than 5,700 miles.
 This machine was originally as signed to bomb Berlin It measures 127 feet from wing-tip to wins trp and weighs with fuel and passengers about 27000 pounds It can make so miles an hour and can carry 1,20C gallons of petrol sufficient for a flisht of nearly sixteen hours
 Malor Archibald MacLaren, and Captain HIolley famous as "a long distance bombiing pilot, are the pilots Of the machine.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15

New York Dee If Taps to the volunteer system of raising armies iii war time by thc United States Was sounded here tonight by Major Gen cral Epoch H. Crowder provost mar snal general ia an address to the a- thing menloers ot 1>9 New Tors Graft boards jIe earnestly advocat- ed that the selective service system should become the permanent meth od of raising American armie5 in tne future.
 General Cfowder declared t4at the aelectiye service law Tad enabled the government in thi- War to register 4s74301o Americans. put into thc held nearly three million fighters, and to have ,n readiness to eutrain on November llth. when the armisticc was signed, two milton more, all within a period of eish,een months It would be a calamity he said, for the United States to revert to the volunteer system, in view of such q successful test of sclactiye service adding that the American conscriptf had shown tae valor, aggressiyeness and initiative of the most seasone, troops
 The provost marshal general con trastcd the draft methods of tae Uu.tod States with those of England and showed how lLis country had proGted b. the mistakes made by tho British who. after shree years Of tiia with the volunteer system, and tho oisorgauization of industry, weye obliged to adopt conscription
 "When the United States war de pament. in its effort to heed tn les on Of England. sought the enact nent of the selectiye service aet General Clowder said that the tradt iional method of raising armies b, the volunteer system was so strons with the American people that it wa deemed eypedient in the very bill th' department presented to congress fo' enactment to provide that limited vol vY .eering migh go on.
 Ha recalled tae great opposition ,' ihe draft and how through the in isteacc of the president, D bill sup
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15

Washington, Dec 1.-The story of how enemy propagandists used Ger man Lutheran pastors to preach love for the fatheuand, and devotion to it's cause, and tried in vain to stir up negroes in the United States with ra- ports that if Germany won, part ol this country would be assigned ex- cusively to them, was told today to the senate committee investigating propaganda, by Captain George By Lester, of the army intelligence scr vice,
 The witness also continued his tes- timony of yesterday, seekinig to show "pro-German anti-English and anti American policies of William Ran doluh Hearsts newspapers, as direct cd oY William Bayara- k ss1 ~Hearst correspondent in BSrlin, after D.. ing of relations with Germany
 The hearing wifi be resumed Tues day when several men whose names have been mentioned by witnesses during the inuiry, including Samuel untemeyer, of New York will be heard
 Some German Lutheran preach CTS spread the doctrines promoted by the German government, both before and after this country entered the war, Captain Lester declared, and a few who continued these utterances after joining the army, are now in prison, Many church leaders recog- nized the pro-German tendencies ot the ministers and tried assidiously to have them removed, the officer ex- plained
 The efforts to stir up race troubles among American na3roes failed, said Captain Lester but it persisted unD a congress of negro leaders in Jy last year formally recognized tho ? paganda and denounced the r ment
 One cable from Hale atf to the New York American the committee was interpAis Captain Lester as proving that tho German government did not regard the notorious Zimmerman note, dis closing a movement to involve Mex ico, and the United States in war "as frame-up by the British
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15
FIGHTING CIVILIANS
 ARE MUSTERED OUT
BRAVED ALL DANGERS AT THE FFINT IN ORDER TO KEEP
 UP THE SERVICE OF SUPPLY,

New York, lLec 1.-The first l49 fighting civilians" to be returned from over seas were mustered ou, here today in the offices of the con tracting firm under whose direction they braved all the dangers of the front. in order 70 keep up tho service of supply
 Each of the service ol supply mon, known to the army as "thc s. O SN wore on his steevc 3 gold service stripe All are skilled artisans. They proved that they were not seeking to epade service as fighters wlen al Cambrai. they dropped picks and shoyels and seized rifles to aid the British in checking the adyancips Germans. Many made the supreme sacrifice on that field.
 The detachment mustered od, ner1 today built 509 river barges at the front. which were dscd in transport ing troops across streams as they ad vanced and constructed scores oI Nidees over which Inc troops and itleir supplies moved forward
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15

standing about the neighborhood until we'll after dark
 A large American flag was raised on Q tall role over the main entrance this afternoon The crowd. at least two Llcck8 away| checrcd Themselves Loarce. first shouting Wilson. Wi- aon, Nilson!" and then cheering for the United States
 There were many impromptu pa rades m which French. American, British and Belsian soldiers and crowds of civilians both men and women marched through the streets of Paris in the direction of the Murat house. singing and waving flags
 Arriving where French guards larred tha way the marchers cheer ed for monont and then marched off again
 Par sians who were unable 10 see thc president satisfied themselves by kissing all American uniformed men.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-15
STRIKERS OFFER ID
 RETURN TO WORK
OVER ONE HUNDRED CARS OP- ERATED BY KANSAS CITY
 LINES.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 14-.Mayor James Cowgirl of Kansas City, Mo, and Mayor Henry Mendenhall, of Kansas City, Kansas, and councillors of the two cities, after a conference here this afternoon announced late today no arrangements had been made for ageneral meeting of interests concerned in the local street car strike which has been in progress since Wednesday, They add that their own conterenoe would not be continued
 Late today sixty patrolmen were called to lisperse a crowd that had Igathq'dd dwhen a Ai-ur5aitceE ice cured on street car.
 The company operated 121 cars during the daylight hours today yabout one fifth the normal number. No effort was made to operate cars tonight
 In a public statement late tonight leaders of striking street railwaymen offered to return to work pending another interpretation by the nation al war labor board of it's wage award. The statement was issued by Frank O'Shea, international vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway employees.
 'l am wiling to discuss the general strike situation at a conference" said Philip J. Kealey, president of the Kan sas City Railways company, following the offer by the employees