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The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
Anas, Bapaume, Epehy, Ham and
Chauny, Demolished in Former
Battles, Are Now Objectives
KAISER STAKES ALL ON EFFORT
Austrian Artillery Rushed to Front in Fierce
Assault Upon Allies Defenses-Rheims
and Verdun Storm Centers.

London. March 2I.-Amageddon crashed loose Just be-
fore dawn today
Hindenburgs Western drive is in full swing His opening
volcano of steel and being hurled against the British
5Ome 'front.' from the Sape. long since better known
the River of Blood" down Wendell below St. Quentin
This front late this evening seemed broken or penetrated
in at least four sectors.
The Germans driving forward in the direction of
Aras. Bapaume. Epehy. Ham and Chauny All are ruined
landmarks of Hindenburg's famous strategic retreat
The Somme battlefield looms tonight the of the
supreme clash between Teuton and Brton.
FRENCH FORCES ALSO ATTACKED.
The battle spreading norhwsrd far the Severest
fighting also has broken several sectors Of the French
front Verdun Rheims and the Champagne the storm eene
Three main immediate objects late tonight apparent from
the German procedure:
SUPREME EFFORT INDICATED.
To drive wedge between the British and
their junction point somewhere Fere
To extend the drive northward from Menes
with Dunkirk and Calais objectives.
Battcring and attacking important
OF the 'front.' with the twofold aim
a) OF preventing reenorcements being
b) of feeling for the weak through
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
JAPS EXCHANGE SHIPS
FOR AMERICAN STEEL
Toxic to Give Tonnage of 10000
10 y. S.

San Francisco. March 21-In ex-
change for American steel. Japan has
decided to turn over TO the United
States l5O,OOo tons of her merchant
ships, according to a Toxic cable to a
Japanese paper here. The transfer to
the American flag will take place in a
short time. the dispatch says.
1t Is not stated how many of the
ships are already in commission, but
1t is understood the ships are mostly
of comparatively new construction.
The negotiations had been in prog
ress for some time. and Japanese ship
owner finally were persuaded to give
up the 10000 tonnage, because with
out steel the Japanese shipbuilding in
dustry cannot be maintained.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
MARTIALLAW
FOR WISCONSIN
FBERGER WINS
County Council Of Defense
Foresees Need Should
Socialists Gain.

Milwaukee. March 81. Martial
law may be demanded in Wisconsin
by the County Council Of Defense
if Socialist candidates for mayor
and Senator are elected April ..
This was indicated tonight by
Wheeler P. Bloodgood. vice chair
man Of the council. in a formal
statement in which he declared that
Milwaukee loyalists were ready 10
meet even revolution. il necessary,
TO prevent the Socialists from TAX
ing office.
No man standing upon such a
platform should be permitted to take
Office ran the statement III the
people see ft to elect such men there
must be an appeal to the law and
to the Federal authorities.
The time for mincing words and
lodging facts has passed. II the
majority in this county want to Join
Mr.. Berger in a revolution, let US
have il now"
Mr.. Bloodgood's statement was
issued in an editorial in a morning
newspaper pointing out that Mil
Waukee gave Thompson, the La Fol-
lette candidate at the primaries, and
Mr.. Berger more votes than were
given all three ''professed loyalty
candidates combined"
Analysis of the vote at Tuesdays $
primary has convinced officials OF
the league that a fusion Of all the
loyalty forces of the State will be
required to assure the defeat OF the
Socialist candidate, Victor Berger
Latest returns practically complete
from all counties give Lenroot a
lead of 2,411 over Thompson. Len
roots vote is 69,5i7; Thompson's, s,
67.Sl6.
Victor Berger received 37.OO3. Ber-
ger and Thompson together polled
lO4, ,1S9, or 34,592 more than Benroot
and only approximately 5000 less
than the combined vote Of the candi-
dates who made the race on loyalty
platforms
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
.JABS IN HOUSE
FOR BURLESON
P.0. METHODS
Democrats Join in Con-
demning Secretary's
Penuriousness.
MAY INCREASE WAGES
Indications Are that Clerks
Will Get Higher
Salaries.

Postmaster General Burleson was
hotly assailed in the House yester-
day as debate opened on a proposal
to increase the pay OF all postal
clerks II per cent.
Democrats Joined in the charge
that in his efforts to make a paper
profit" Burleson had kept wages so
low that great numbers of his
skilled force had resigned. demor-
alizing the service.
Representative Harrison, of Mis-
sissippi, an administration stalwart,
declared that last year 5000 more
rural free delivery carriers had quit
the service than usual. and that the
utmost difficulty was encountered
in obtaining new ones.
The so-called gag rule" under
which the Postoffice Department is
charged with refusing to permit its
employees to organize or to petition
Congress for better working con-
ditions was attacked in a bitter
speech by Representative Dyer, of
Missouri.
Representative Gallivan. of Mas
sachusetts. Joined the general as
sault with a criticism of the state
ment in Burlesons annual report
that the postal employees should re-
member they were better paid than
the soldiers in the trenches.
Prospects are that the bill grant
ing the increase will be passed.
Il object" said Representative
Kelly. of Pennsylvania. to the Post
master Generals whole theory of
Observation-Disclosures money should
be made out of the government duty
OF furnishing communication and in
formation to the people.
Does Congress realize that postal
salaries have not been raised since
1897, although the cost of living has
gone up 81 per cent the last twelve
months?"
Representative Dyer. of Missouri.
said in part:
Information of the department
comes from a publicity bureau en-
ployed for the sole purpose of boost
ing the present administration. Does
this House know that, three DAYS
before Christmas. this bureau sent
out. for later release. a story that
mail had been carried better than
usual, despite the great congestion ?
In other words. the department S
press agent had the Christmas mail
all disposed of better than usual
three days before it was in the Of
flee. What do you think of that kind
Of official self-pufinS and press
agenting?"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
Six Months Hard Labor
For Camp Meade Deserter

Camp Meade, Mr., March 2l.-Ben-
jamin F. Link, private of Battery
F, 312th Field Artillery, will be
confined for six months at hard
labor and will forfeit $3.50 Of his
pay monthly for a like period. be-
cause he was found guilty of deser-
tion at a court-martial.
1t was specified that Link desert
ed from Camp Mease January q
and was apprehended at Philadel-
phia February 3. The original SEN
tence OF the court was two years al
hard labor and a forfeiture of $3.50
monthly for a like period, but in a
review OF the case the verdict was
mitigated.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
ALBANY 'DRYS" YIELD
TO BEER AND WINE"
Senate, However. Votes Bone Dry
After September 80, 1920.

Albany, N. Y, March 21.-Balked in
their attempt to bring immediate rati-
fication Of the Federal prohibition
amendment, dry legislators today
compromised with a faction of the
''wets" on bill barring traffic in IL
auors other than malt liquors and
wines after December 81, next.
This move came just after the Sem
ate by a vote OF q to 2, had adopted
a concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment to the State constitution
prohibiting forever after September
%, 1870. the manufacture, sale, or
transportation Of intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes. The amend
ment was adopted after less than an
hours debate. by a coalition OF four
teen Republicans and thirteen Demo-
Gratis.
Dry forces are expected to support
the beer and wine bill
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
JAIL BREAKERS YET
ENJOYING FREEDOM
Only One of Those Escaping from
D. c. Jail Returned.

District >police still were waiting
last night for the return to Jail OF
seventeen escaped prisoners who still
are at liberty after breaking from
the local Jail.
Eighteen men, two of them CHARGED
with murder. escaped from the jail
last Sunday. One of them later re-
turned. saying he had only been
out for a little air.
There now are seventeen prisoners
at liberty who have broken from
the local Jail In two escapes. An
investigation probably will be order
ed by the Commissioners as a result
of the preliminary examination into
the escape which already has been
made.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
FRENCH FORCES ALSO ATTACKED.

British Plight BrayeIy.
So gigantic is this supreme effort
the last card upon which Hindenburg
has staked the fate Of the empire
and so tremendous are the possibili-
ties involved both in its failure and
success, that names, distances and
| numbers, captives and booty, dwin-
died into insiEnifcance from the mo-
ment II was seen that this is THE
effort. will they break through
is the only question.
Austrian guns are aiding the Ger
man artillery. Berlin laid stress on
this fact in its official bulletin TODAY.
There has been bitter opposition in
Austria to this drive. The people
Of the dual monarchy thus are sIyly
| impressed with the fact that they.
too, have something at stake
British Fight BraveIy.
What this volcano did to the ad-
vanced British lines is yet TO b.
told; fact is. that when the Ger
man infantry legions were finally
sent forward the very thought OF
holding the foremost trenches
would have been suicide. Il was
the same old story Of every often
Isive-tremendous concentration OF
, artillery on a specific front: the re-
suit, not the beginning, OF the sub
sequent infantry rush counts
Yet, bulldog-like. the British fought.
slashing lanes Of red through the on
rushing columns: slowly hitting back
every inch OF the way. they Welded
to the crushing wall of flesh and steel.
Late tonight nothing had yet come
from the front 10 indicate the Ger
mans had effected a ''break-through. %
in the accepted sense OF the word
the only sense that counts. But they
had succeeded. according 20 front dis
patches, in enfecting local piercing
thrusts through the British lines. 20
the north Of Lampicourt and Lou
veral. They were still advancing to-
night on the St Quentin Ridge. on the
edge OF the Cambria salient. had pass
ed through Gauche Wood, Just be-
low Gouzea court Village Of strategic
retreat fame, and had gotten beyond
the brick fields near Croisilles-Sur-
ViIlers.
In the carly morning hours the
weather had been foggy and the
'eyes" Of both armies were vainly
trying TO serve the guns and rghting
hANh btlo"s DuN as lle tnFlnE sun
brought a clearing, the cavalry OF the
air dashed into action. Der Tag"
had come for the aviator. and he was
going TO give a good account Of him
self. A myrid planes swooped.
spinned and lowered overhead: many
a machine toppled TO earth as clash
after clash was fought
Meanwhile the roar OF the fire-belch-
ing guns on the enemy's side took on
an ever wider radius northwards, un-
til pretty soon terrific artillery bat
tie was developing far above the at
tacking front.
kaiser's Troops Advance.
On and on stormed the Kaiser's
picked battalions; in many sectors
they bit granite, and in those
where the Krupps and the skodss
had pulverized every bit OF defense
: the Tommies made the German
| fantrymen pay dearly for G
yard. Nor were the BritisI big
guns idle, a terrIfe counter r rage
was unloosed Immediately ler the
drumfire signal had been ocketed
up on the other side. II vas kept
I up throughout the day.
Then came word from French
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The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
GEN. WHEELER DECLARES
SACKERS MUST DEPART
FROM ORDNANCE FORCES
Reorganization Under Way to Eliminate
Those Commissioned by, Influence While
Congress Prepares to Turn Spotlight on
Officers Now Subject to Draft.

Es7IHE Washington Herald is fighting for the
thing that the Ordnance Department is fighting
accomplsh-the elimination of the Stacker in uni
form. Your aims the And. while 1
say that like the great publicity given
to the matter, will appreciate any cooperation which
your paper may give
81 cannot say too emphaticaly that men of the
Stacker class found in the Ordnance Department will 60
quickly Their presence mpars the efficiency and
morale of the Experimentation c. B. Wheeler Acting
Chief of Ordnance.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22

In twohour interview with a representative of The
Washington Herald Cen c. Wheeler acting ordnance
discussed the reorganization scheme put into effect
the Ordnance Department with wedding Stacker off
GERS who have obtained commissions
vorism.
We conducting inquiry into every commission
granted by the Ordnance Department since the
Cen NhcnIor
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
Rumanians Get Extension.

A 01elayed message from Consul
Voplcka at Jassy said Gen. Mackensen
representing the Berlin government.
had given the Rumanian authorities
until March 10 to accept the German
peace terms.
II not accepted by that time Mack
ensen threatened to add new condI-
tions to those already announced
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
KING RESIGNS
FROM W. W.R..& E.;
WAGES RAISED
Street Car President Called
by New York Interests.
Men Pay Up 3 Cents.

Clarence r. King. president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
and subsidiary companies, including
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany. resigned late yesterday after
noon
Mr.. Kings resignation was tender
ed at the regular monthly meeting of
the board of directors of the company,
and became effective Immediately.
w. F. Ham. vice president of the
company. win act as chief executive
until a successor to Mr.. King Is
chosen by the board of directors.
Effective next Monday, March 25. an
increased scale of pay for employees
of the railway. ranging from 81 to 81
cents per hour. was adopted by the
board at the meeting. The present
scale of pay ranges from 3 to "a cents
per hour.
Announcement OF his resignation
was made by Mr.. King himself. and
other officials of the company re-
fused to discuss the action in any
way.
n. Y. Interests Call Him.
New York interests with which he
- IuehIiheu are demanding MS lTp-
mediate and personal attention and
made his resignation from the local
companies necessary. Mr.. King said.
in his letter Of resignation to the
board Of directors.
He will make his headquarters in
New York City. he said last night,
but was not prepared to make any
further announcement Mr.. King be-
came president of the Washington
Railway and Electric and subsidiary
companies in 1911, and since that time
has been the storm center OF many
labor disputes.
Prior to becoming chief executive OF
the group of companies from which he
resigned yesterday he was head of the
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
Huns Seize Cable Station.

United States Minister Norris at
Stockholm reported to the State De-
partment yesterday that the Germans
had seized the cable station on the
Aland Island No details were given
except that another line remains open.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
Mai. G. L. Peterson Acquitted.

Raleight, y. C. March H.-"Not
guilty was the verdict today of the
jury which tried Mai. George l..
Peterson for the alleged embezzIe-
ment of the North Carolina National
Guards funds.
Mai. Peterson will return to his du-
ties on the Quartermaster's s>starf at
Camp jackson.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22
l67 German Airplanes
Shot Down This Month

With the British Armies in
France, March 2l.-The air war
on the West front is record
breaking.
One hundred and sixty-seven
enemy airplanes Ahave been
downed so far this month in
daylight flying, including TWEEN
lry-three on st. Patrick's Day.
OF these 102 were reduced to
kindling wood, while sixty-five
were forced earthward beyond
control.
Night flying is unprecedented.
There is much mutual bombing
at night. The British bombers
seem positively tireless.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22

VIII Go quickly.
Il cannot say too emphaticaIIy that
men of the Stacker class found in
the Ordnance Department will go out
OF it quickly Their presence inn
pairs the efficiency and morale of
the department. Men of this char
acter will not find a haven in tn"
Ordnance.
The Herald is fighting for tho
same thing that the Ordnance De-
Partment is working to accomplish
the elimination OF the Stacker in uni
form Your aims are the same as
ours. And while cannot say that
7 like The great publicity that has
been given to the matter. we Will ap-
preciate any corporation which your
paper may give US"
\ number Of commissions have been
cancelled in Gen. wheeler's depart
ment lately. several men having been
taken out of uniform.
while. i'm this new inquiry into
commissions. We are only adopting a
practice of thOroughness which prob
ably should have been in force since
the beginning Of the war" said Gen.
Wheeler. lit should be borne in mind
that the tremendous emergencies of
the carly months OF the war made
Il impossible to give a really ex-
haustive consideration to the grant
ing OF commissions.
shows Increase.
The Ordnance Department has in
creased in the past year from ninety
seven clerks to an Office force of over
5000 The number of officers has in
creased in like proportion. There are
over 1000 officers in the Ordnance.
Naturally with such a tremendous
expansion within a short time there
have been a number OF mistakes
made in issuing commissions. Just
how many, am not prepared to
say. The stringent investigation.
which We are now conducting, will
bring the facts out.
NO one has less use for a Stacker
than / have. II there are many of
that sort in America. we might as
well give up the country to Kaiser
Bill But believe that the propor-
tion Of men seeking to avoid service
is very small.
Oommenos some.
II also wish to mention that we
have a number Of young men of the
draft age physically disqualified for
other branches of the service to
whom 1 wish to give the highest
praise.
These young men. after having
been refused admission to other
branches of the service on account
of physical disqualification, have
been accepted by the Ordnance De-
partment and are doing splendid
work. I believe that any of them
would give ten years of his life to
go to France"
In discussing the granting of
commissions to War Department
clerks employed under the civil sery-
ice, Gen. Wheeler said that oficers,
commissioned under these circum-
stances were not permitted to re-
main in Washington and were inn
mediateIy assigned to duty at out
side ordnance establishments
When furnished with exact data
by The Washington Herald repre-
sentative. including names of sew
eral H. 200 clerks commissioned
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22

Rest and Be We'll at Grove Park
Inn. Asheville, N. c. Finest resort
in the world. No invalids. no chill
dren under 10.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-22

snRTNUED ON PAGE TWO.
Evening star., 1918-11-17
B. F. KEITH's

Lillian Russell, the famous stage
beauty. with new and old songs, will
be the central attraction at b F.
Keith's Theater this week. Miss Rus
sell has been devoting her time to re-
cruiting for overseas work, and be-
cause of her activity has been given
an honorary title in the marines, and
will appear at Keith's with an escort
from the marine barracks. An added
attraction will be Jack Norworth's
Somewhere With Pershfng," an ex-
cerpt from odds and Ends Of
1917 presented by E. F. Hawley
and a competent cast Other at
fractions will be Ruth Roye, singing
comedienne. in exclusive songs; Dut-
tons Society Circus; Lynn Cowan,
The Son of Syncopation"; Fred AL
len. in Trying to Get Along; Green
and Parker, in 'At the Depot; John
ny Singer and his dancing dolls, and
the Hearst-Pathe news pictorial.
Today. at 3 and s:15 pm, George
White and his dancing quartet. and
Muriel Worth and company, with
others of last weeks list, will appear.
Evening star., 1918-11-17
POLI'S.

A. h. Woods will present for the
first time new play in four acts,
Roads of Destiny" at Polls Theater.
this evening and all this week It Is
described as "a theme with varia-
tions." suggested by o. Henry's ia
nous short story. but not, however,
in any sense a dramatization Of the
O. Henry story. A prologue recurs
before each act, and each member of
the cast has been intrusted with four
roles Besides the principals, fifty
lesser parts are necessary to the ac-
ton. A medical score composed by
Paul Eisler will be one of tho feat
ures.
Roads Of Destiny" will mark Flor
ence Reeds first appearance as a star
and her return to the A; b. Woods
management after an absence of four
years. Besides having achieved per-
sonal success in "The Wanderer" and
"Chu Chin Chow" Miss Reed has won
fame as a photoplay star.
The supporting company includes
John Miltern, Malcolm Williams, Ed
mund Lowe, Alma Belwin. Arnold
Lucy, Claude Brooke, Edward Walters,
Charles Seelon and Alma Kruger.
Evening star., 1918-11-17
Metrupolitan.

Under Four Flags" the third off,
cial United States war picture. re-
leased by the division Of films Of the
committee on public information.
will be presented at Crandalrs New
Metropolitan Theater as the opening
attraction at washington's new pic
ture palace, five days, beginning next
Saturday.
Devoted in all of its scenes to
actual battle operations or to the ac-
tivities Of the naval forces in COM
batting the menace of the U-boats.
the picture gives comprehensive
idea Of the war, with episodes OF the
fighting operations of the American,
British, French and Italian forces, on
their respective fronts.
Beginning with the couIcil Of Yer
sailles, when the supreme command
was given to Marshal Foch, the pic
ture shows the retreat of the French
armies, the refugees leaving their
homes and the American forces hurry
ing overseas with the aid that was to
are given Of the Italians In their
fighting on the Piave and in the re-
gion Of Mont Grappa: the fierce bat
tie that saved Venice and the snbse-
quent struggles that formed the
turning point of the war on the 1tal-
British forces are shown blasting
their way to the Hindenburg line.
Scenes are shown of the activities
of the Red Cross right up at the bat
tie front.
H. NJ. Crandall of the Metropolitan
and his staff are cooperating with
Director Charles S. Hart and the pro.
ducing department of the division of
films to insure the success of the new
government picture and to give 1t a
scenic and musical setting that will
make its premier memorable.
Evening star., 1918-11-17
NEXT WEEKS PHOTOPLAYS.

LOEw'S PALACE.-Enrico Caruso.
the famous tenor, pictured In NY
Cousin" supplemented with an Ar
buckle comedy, The Sheriff." news
and scenic pictures.
STRAND-Lilliam Walker, IN "A
Grain of Dust" film version Of the
David Graham Phillips novel
KNICKERBOCKER- war;
wick in "An Accidental Honeymoon.
Douglas Fairbanks, in He Comes Up
Smiling; Mabel Normand. in "A F9r-
feet :6,' and Florence Reed. in The
Struggle Everlasting"
COLUMBA.-Charles Ray, In The
Law of the North" and Vivian Martin,
in 'Mirandy Smiles"
RANDALLS.-Norma Ta1mad9A IN
The Forbidden City; "A Perfect 36"
and Fred Stone. in "The Goat"
GARDEN.-olive Tell. in Secret
Strings; Sir Johnston Forbes Ro1ect.
son, in Tho Passing Of the Thfr3
Floor Back" and Carmel MyerA In a
Society Sensation"
sAvoY.-Dorothy Gish and GeerfN
Fawcett, in 'The Hun Within: MAs
Marsh, in Hidden Fires: Robert
warwick. in IAN Accidental Honsy-
NOON: Montagu Love, in The
Crouch: Bert Lytell, in "Unexpected.
Pleasures" and Dorothy Dalton. in
| ''Vive Ia France"
AVENUE GRAND.-WiM Rogsea. IN
Laughing Bill Hyde: Unexpeeted
Ia france" '-The Crouch" and IAN Ae-r
cidental Honeymoon"
APoILo-Ths Hun Within JuAa
Elyidee, In me AppeaFanoe Of 1yay
Ethel Cnyten, fn '.Ths Girl Whe CANs
BsnE.: srhs Struggle Dvesaa9tfng~
and 'Unexpected PleasureA