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The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
ORGANIZER OF
VICTORY
HALLS BAKER
Cheered by Vast Throngs,
War Secretary Wins
Prompt Popularity.

Paris, March i1.-Cheered by vast
throngs and hailed by the French
press as the "organizer Of Victory"
Newton C. Baker. Secretary OF War
of the United States, arrived in Paris
today.
He was met by the Executor OF
victory" General Pershing. His first
visits were to President Poincare and
Premier Clemenceau, the American
commander in chief introducing him
After brief stay in the capital the
Secretary will proceed to the front.
He will make a thorough inspection
of the American sectors and train
ing camps. but will also see every
other vital segment Of the Western
battle line.
Will See ArmageddOn.
The big guns of both sides are tun-
ing up to drumfire. The weather is
clearing. From the North Sea to the
Swiss border there is q hustle and
hustle foreshadowing big things. I'm
less all signs fail, Mr.. Baker has
arrived just in time TO witness the
opening of Armageddon.
AS he stepped from the special
train that brought him and his staff
here from the French port where an
American cruiser landed them yes
terday. Secretary Baker was at once
attacked by an army of French news
papermen. His jovial smile, however.
finally broke the barrage of rapidfire
questions hurled at him and his cap
tors dispersed good humoredly when
he announced he might have some
thing to say later on but nothing
now"
They understood and appreciated
the finesse of etiquette which prompt
ed him to defer all public utterances
until he had called upon the Presi-
ident and Prime Minister of the
country he is visiting.
At the station he was met by Gems.
Pershing, Bliss and Squier, Admiral
Wilson, representing the American
embassy, as well as personal ennis
saries Of President Poincare and the
foreign office. Admiral Moreau and
the mayor and councillors of the mu-
ntcipality were members OF the
French reception committee at the
port OF landing yesterday. Mr.. Baker
was Visibly impressed by the warmth
Of the welcome extended him.
Salute "Victory Organiser,
There was a little incident at the
station. Stepping toward the waiting
automobile, the Secretary accidently
jostled French laborer. The two
looked at each other for a moment.
half surprised, half curious. Then the
Frenchman, after the European FASH
ion. tipped his hat, with a slight bow.
Mr.. Baker with winning courtesy did
likewise.
There was something inspiringly
democratic about the whole scene.
brief as it was, and a look at the
crowd showed that the American
Cabinet member had made a decided
hit.
Epitomizing the sympathy Of the
press, Excelsior says: Baker comes
to see with his own eyes the employ
ment of the vast military effort OF
which he is the principal worker,
AT the moment he touched the soil
Of France we saluted this organizer
of victory"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
BLUEJACKETS TO BEAR
MEYER TO THE GRAVE
Funeral of Former Secretary of the
Navy Today.

Boston. March 11.7Funeral services
for George Won L. Meyer. former Sec
retary of the Navy. whose death oc-
CURED Saturday night. will be held at
the Cathedral Church of st. Paul, in
this city. tomorrow afternoon. Bish-
op William Lawrence. Of the Episco-
pal diocese of Massachusetts, will Of
ficiate. In recognition of Mr.. MEYERS
service to the navy a detachment Of
bluejackets will serve as active pail
bearers.
Among the honorary pallbearers
will be Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Rear Admiral Leigh Palmer, Presi-
dent A. Lawrence Lowell. of Harvard
University; Francis L. Higginson and
Philip Dexter.
The burial will be at Hamilton. The
services at the grave will be private.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Mrs. De Saulles Legal
Possessor of Little Son

New York. March 11.-Mrs. Blanca
De Saulles, the Chilean heiress who
was acquitted in December Of the mur-
der of her husband, John L. De Saulles,
whom she slew at his country home in
Westbury last summer, was today
given legal possession Of her little son,
John L. De Saulles. by Surrogate Fow-
Ter. 1t was because her husband de-
MED her the right to see the boy that
she slew him. The child is now with
her in California.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
British Progress In East.

Both in Mesopotamia and Palestine
the British invading armies have
registered further progress. North
west OF Bsgdad the Turks have re-
tired twenty-five miles, leaving the
town OF Hit to the British without a
cannon's shot in defense In PaIes-
tine the troops OF Gen. AIlenby have
pushed forward on a front Of thirteeu
miles. The advance is in the direction
Of Nablus, on the road from Jerusalem
On the Italian front the Teuton
preparations for a resumption Of N.
Venetian drive go on day and night
without, however. causing any uneasi-
ness TO the Italian high command. the
defense positions being constantly i'm
proved upon.
Teuton fiiers have raidsd SapIe-. the
rival Of Venice in beauty and popu-
Aarity among tourists from all parts
OF the world in times Of peace. More
than a dozen persons were killed Ia.
bombs. a hospital was struck aud
damage was caused chiefly in the resi-
Dental section.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Indian Chief Enlists.

San Francisco, Cal, March H.
Chief Bert Newman. who. by the In
dian laws, is next in line of success
sion as head of the Piute nation, is
today a full-Hedged member Of the
Coast Artillery Corps. U. s. A. Thus
has royal blood been infused into
the American army and the son OF
a redoubtable fighting family stands
ready to battle for Uncle Sam -.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
SAFE CONDUCT FOR LUxBURG.

Buenos Aires. March 1.-THE Brit
ish government has granted a safe
conduct to Holland for Count Won
Luxburg, the former German ambas-
sador to Argentina, but has refused
to allow his German physician to ac-
company him. The date Of his sail
ing has not been fixed.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
81 RESTAURANTS TO CLOSE.

New York, March 11.-Fifty-seven
restaurants will close at midnight to-
night for twenty-four hours. The pro-
prletors are reported to have violated
the Food Administration regulations
by selling beef and pork products last
Tuesday. The local food board rec
commended to the Food Administration
that drastic action be taken. Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover today issued the
one-day closing order.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
British Airmen Raid
Hun Airship Nests

London. March u.-British aviators
of the naval air service yesterday
made q raid over Belgium. dropping
bombs on the airdrore and smmuni-
ton dump at Engel, the admiralty
announces. Two fires were started.
In aerial combats three enemy air
planes were destroyed and four others
driven down out of control All
the British airplAnes returned safely
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
q. S. Wins $4O,OOO,O 900
Case Against Railroads

Involving more than $4,000 OOO q
decision was handed down by the
Court OF Claims yesterday in fsovr
Of the government. as against the
New England railways. but the rail-
ways will be enabled TO renew their
contention in ether cases before the
lower courts.
The railways brought action on the
contention that their resources were
being taken from them as they were
not under contract to carry parcel
post mail and have not received Just
compensation for this service.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
GUNMEN NOW AT BAY
FIGHT SHERIFF'S BAND
Three Slayers Trailed by Blood
hounds to Natural Fort.

Huntington. W Va. March Ii
Protected in a natural fort in a re-
mote section of Lincoln County. three
men who stepped from a train at
Farrellsburg. near here. and shot and
killed Enos Adkins and Earl Comb
lin. are battling for their lives with
a posse under command Of Sheriff
keenan, Toney.
Causes leading up to the shooting
are unknown here.
Bloodhounds trailed the men into
the mountains, and the posse fol-
lowed until it was stopped by round
of shots from the mountainside
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
British Wipe Out Enemy
Garrison In Macedonia

London. March IA British official
communication dealing with the opera
tions in Macedonia says:
Near Nechori, at the mouth of the
Struma, our infantry rushed a hostile
post Friday and killed the entire gar
rison."
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
ALLSENATORS
VOTE TO CUT
GERMAN CHAIN
Agree that Teuton Control
of American Commerce
Must Cease.

With one voice sixty-four Senators
agreed yesterday afternoon that the
chain Of commercial activity Germany
has drawn across this country must
be torn away. The vote was upon
the amendment allowing the Alien
Property Custodian to sell the vast
properties in the United States fnanc-
ed by German capital.
For a time there was a question
whether the amendment did not vio-
late a century-and-a-quarter-old trea-
ty. There was debate upon this But
in the end the Senate followed the in
functions of men like Martin, of Vir-
ginia, the Democratic leader, and I'm
derwood. OF Alabama.
Hits German Junkers.
It's the German 1unker class that
has invested this money" cried Un-
derwood. Take it over, and let the
junkers know that America has her
back to the wall and there will be no
end without a victorious settlement"
An interesting amendment was pass
ed on motion Of Senator Frelinghuy-
sen, OF New Jersey, providing that none
Of the property should be sold to any
less it was offered at public auction.
This, he explained, was to protect the
minority stock holders, some Of whom
were American citizens.
Early in the day the Senate passed
dent to buy the German steamship
line piers at Hoboken. No question
was raised on the amendment, and it
Ganrffnnad hr- viva
Senator Knox. of Pennsylvania, a
former Secretary of State, was the
man who raised the point about the
ancient treaty with Germany. He
was fully in sympathy with the OBJ
ject of the resolution, but explained
that he wished to find out the State
Departments Interpretation.
Are We violating the treaty, or
notT' he inquired. Il simply want
light"
Statement from Lansing.
Senator Martin was armed with a
memorandum from the State De-
partment upon the subject. This
related to an article in a treaty
OF 179e. The article provided that
in wartime merchants should be
III tdSh hlhS
months time to settle their busi-
nesses and depart freely. They
would be allowed to transport their
effects" In addition. ''all women
and children. scholars of every
faculty. cultivators of the earth,
artisans, manufacturers and fisher
men" were included IN the benefits.
they to be allowed to continue their
work unmolested. and if anything
was to be taken from them they
should be paid for 1t.
While the treaty was made in
1899, it was included in another
treaty in 1S2S.
The State Departments memor-
andum held that the treaty was in
force and 1t would seem that the
practice OF nations as a rule recog-
nize the exemption of private prop
erty as a policy which ought to be
followed save in exceptional cases
One OF the arguments advanced
showing that the treaty did not bind
was made by Senator Thomas, who
cited the attempt of the German
Emperor to hold Ambassador Ger
ard practically as a hostage IL the
American did not promise that Ger
man property in the United States
would be fully protected. Senator
Thomas said this would never have
been done if the treaty had been d
fective.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Prospective PrI.,,.r. Go,,-

With the American Army in France.
March m-For fully half an hou-
American troops early today fouEht
brilliant hand-tO-hand combat i'm
German trenches on the Ton
front borrainel in the first larSs
scale raid undertaken BY our men
since their arrival in France. Support
ed by a smashing barrage from our
big guns. they surEed forward across
No Mans Land" driving the Ger
man advanced line troops TO flight
Then they dashed into the eneny's
positions to depth Of more than sop
yards and cleaned Up" In hand-to-
hand fighting they killed many Ger
mans and finally returned laden with
trophies and highly Informative ma
pers and insignia. No prisoners were
taken, for the reason that there were
none to take. Those OF the Germans
who had not fed were trapped in their
dugouts and killed in msn-to-msn
combats.
This was the first exclusively Ameri-
can raid on the Toul front
The American batteries began their
destructive drUmfire, sprinkling tie
German positions on a line selected
for the raid just after the stand l.
signal. when the enemy was manuin ?
the fire-siep in his front line posi-
tions
Hell Boxes" EnectuaL
Following the custom observed in
view Of heavy bombardmeut. the en-
eny evidently Withdrew the bulk OF
his advanced garrison TO The rear.
evading the loss in prisoners
The American gunfre blew lanes
through the enerny's barbed wire and
pioneers dashed forward blowing tho
remaining entanglements TO bits with
hell boxes" long pipes packed tiEtt
with high explosives. They were pro-
tected by our box barrage which cut
OF the enemy. preventing him from
counter attacking during the Ameri-
can incursion.
Our troops crossed the narrow strip
Of No Mans Land. traversed the torn
Up wire fields and the enemy's she'll
shattered advanced positions. They
found that a certain number OF Ger
man dugouts had been smashed by di-
rect hits and that their trenches had
been in many places shot 10 pieces by
our barrage.
Meanwhile the enemy batteries
awoke to a desultory harassing fire.
but failed to impede the execution
of our raid in any way. American
machine guns kept up an indirect
| fire at the German communication
trenches throughout. preventing re-
Inducements from coming up. Ger
mans occupying a listening post in
No Mans Land attempted to fire at
the Americans as the latter were re-
| turning. but We annihilated their
post. Their raid lasted thirty min
| utes
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Wilson Sends Souiets
Message of Sympathy
In Freedom, Struggle
Says United States Not in Position to Give
Direct Aid, But Heart of America with Rus
sia in Attempt to Shake OFF Autocracy.

President Wilson pledged last night the aid Of the United States
restoring Russia complete sovereignty and independence
Warning the Russian people against the plans of the German
soey ride all the liberties by the revolution he eabed
message the Congress of Soviet which assemblies
Moscow.
The Presidents message follows:
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Dr.. William Lee Howard Dead.

Baltimore, March n.-Dr. william
Lee Howard, who>was sent to rescue
the Jeannette exploring party near the
North Pole, died here today. He frst
introduced hypnotism a. q treatment
for nerves IN America.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Killed I'm Action.

'risoners-
Killed I'm Action.
Private GEORGE ADKINS
Private MIKE AHERN.
Private OSCAR AMMON.
Private THOMAS G. BRAGG.
Private PALUCH BRITT.
Private JOE D. BRAKEFIELD.
Private ARTHUR CHRISTFCLLY.
Private FRANK D. COChRELL
Lieut.. JOHN H DAVID.
Private WILLIAM DRAIN.
Private PHILIP FINN.
Private EDWIN J.. FITCH.
Corp. RALPH r. FLORA.
Private JOHN J. HASPEL
Private ARTHUR HEGNEY.
Private GEORGE Z. HOEEY.
Private EDWARD J. KEARNEY.
Private JAMES 3. KENNEDY.
Private PETER LAFFEY.
Private FRED r. MCGILL.
Private FRANK A. MEAGHER.
Private WILLIAM A. MOYLAN.
Private JAMES Z. MJTLVEHILL.
Private WILLIAM n. SAGE.
Private WALTER w. SANDERS.
Private GEORGE s. SANFORD.
Private ROBERT SNYDER.
Corp. EDWARD V. SULLIVAN.
Died from Accident.
Corp. MARSHALL JONES.
Private FREDERICK E. PIEPER.
Private JOHN UHLIANIUK.
Died of Wounds.
Private HUGH ]. HUNT.
Died of Disease.
Private CARL s. BCRGETT.
Private JAMES Q. FLOWERS.
Private JOHN X. HORTON.
Private CLARENCE V. LlGAL.
Private ALRAM H. PHILHOwER.
Severely Wounded.
Private HERMAN D. GENTRY.
Slightly Wounded.
Private JOHN X. BENTON.
Corp. FREDERICK c. CARTER.
Lieut.. RALPH NJ. DAVENPORT.
Lieut.. STEPHEN c. MARKOE.
Private GUST Z. OLSON.
Private JOHN OPENDHAw.
Corp. CHARLES STARACE.
Prisoners.
Private JOHN W. HILL.
Private HUGH LEWIS.
Private FREDERICK w. CAL
ley.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

Rest aad ne Wei at Grove Prrk
Inn. Asheville, N c. Finest resort
in the world. No invalids- no chill
dren under 1o.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
lU. S. SOLDIERS|
KILLED IN ACTION |

The names Of twenty eight Ameri-
can soldiers killed in action in
France were announced by the War
Department late yesterday after
noon. other casualties announced
were: Died from accidents. 3; died
from wounds, /; died from disease,
s; severely wounded, /; slightly
wounded, Z. Three previously re-
ported as missing now reported as
prisoners
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-05
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The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-05
Algonquin Flats

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The Adair County news., 1918-03-13
ATTENTION, PATRONS.

The first of February the sub
scription price of the Adair
County News was advanced to
one dollar and fifty cents. 1t is
hardly necessary to state the
reason forSadvancement,ss every
body is perfectly familiar with
the high cost of material, and
also the high cost of living.
Blank paper, upon which the
News is printed, went sky high
some time!ago, and at that time
nearly all the weekly papers in
the State advanced their SUBJ
scription price. We discussed
advancing the price of the News.
and concluded that we could run
at the old price if high prices
had reached the limit, but not
80, and at this time the paper
could not be published for one
dollar per year without serious
loss to us. Everything grown
upon the farmIhas advanced four
fold and therelis a ready market
for all products. Our friends
should be loyal to this publica-
ton, and we believe they will
not hesitate to pay the one dol
lar and fifty cents as long as
material remain at the present
high prices. We would be glad
to send the paper at the old
price if it would be possible for
us TO so 90.
We hope all patrons of the pa
per will take a philosophical
view of the situation, pay the
one dollar and fifty cents, having
our promise to reduce the sub,
scription price IS soon as mater.
ial can be bought at cost tt
Justify it. This much has beer
said in order that there may be
no misunderstanding between
the publisher and his patrons.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13

Next year a United States
Senator will have to be elected,
and from the tone of the papers
that come to this office the pres
ent Senior Senator seems to be
the unapious choice to succeed
himself. He has been a Senator
in these trying war times, and
he has stood shoulder to shoulder
upon every proposition laid down
by President Wilson. He has
never lost an opportunity to de-
fend the administration when its
acts have been attacked by de-
signing politicians. Ollie James
is a big, brainy man. who is for
his country as his every act has
shown, and he should be re-elect.
ed without opposition from either
the Democratic or the Republi.
can party. He has been in the
Senate long enough to be useful
to his State and country, hence
it is not the time to make 9
change. He is an American who
would be willing to make any
kind of sacrifice for the benefit
of his country. Reflect Ollie
James and you will be sure tt
know that there will be continued
in the Senate an able exponent
of American principles.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13
THE 1912 ACT.

Considerable Legislative"
controversy has been engaged in,
regarding the holding of office
by T. R. Jones of Galloway
county, of the State Tax Com
mission, and M. F. Pogue who
holds a position as assistant in
spector of schools by appoint
ment of V. O. Gilbert, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton under the present state ad-
ministration. M. o. WATSON
Frankfort correspondent of a
Louisville paper states:
Inspector Pogue has been in office
six years and was a member of the
1912 Legislature which created the
Office. At the time he entered upon
his duties Barksdaie Hamlett was
State Superintendent of Puplic In
struction, and it is said the latter
went on the bonds of the two inspec
tors named by him, thereby making
the bondsmen of Hamlett liable fol
the salary paid to Inspector Pogue
during the first four years OF his
term, in the event the courts should
hold that the State has the right to
recover"
L. V. Armentrout, Frankfort
correspondent of another Louis.
vile paper states:
"Senator Glenn said that. while
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13

Pogue was a member of the 1912
Assembly, which created the position,
he entered the Department Of Edu-
cation as clerk that year and acted
as inspector without appointment to
the position after a conference with
Auditor Bosworth.
The Act referred to Chapter
13, section 2, Acts of 1912,
states: "The assistants appoint
ed by the Superintendent MAY
be required by him. subject to
the approval of the STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION, to
make such bond as THEY may
deem sufficient, etc. Such bond
shall be filed in the Office of the
Superintendent of Public In
struction."
AS q matter OF fact, no such
appointment was ever made and
no such bond ever required. It
is not an anomaly to those fami-
liar with things" at Frankfort,
that while there was an Auditor,
a Governor, an Attorney General,
with numerous special Assistant
Attorneys General, and many
other folks holding other offices.
it took less time to discover that
Mr.. Jones held and drew from
the state treasury it's emolu-
ments therefor, an office in
violation of the law and consti-
tuition, than it took two admins
trations to discover this in re-
gard to Mr., Pogue. When Mr..
Jones was appointed to serve
under the present State Auditor
the Pogue case must have been a
precedent for guidance.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13
ABOLISHlNG OFFICES.

1t is useless to talk about put
ting folks into "holes." The
law of gravitation will lead
them there eventually any way
whether Democrat or Republi-
can. But one thing is sure, and
the event is practical: There is
no virtue in the move to abolish
useless offices at Frankfort I'M
less it means immediate abolish
ment.
If these Offices are useless
and this legitimized graft is
not necessary as a part of the
tax payers burden, then let us
tighten this Ubiquitous burden
right now. If these sinecure
offices deserve to be abolished,
the elements of control in the
democratic party who propose
this salutary> movement, should
do it now, else their representa-
tons to the people are not only
false, but politically speaking
very inconsistent.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13

to make it unlawful to teach and
learn the German language in
Kentucky schools, may be pat
riotic in their ignorance. and the
legislature could do nothing bet
ter, before it is too late, than
make an additional appropriation
for the Illiteracy Commission
to be especially applied for use
under the direction of Mrs. Cora
Wilson Stewart for Missionary
work among such benighted pat
riots.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13

Nothing is more essential to
the defeat of Germany than that
the German language shall be
universally taught In America
This is as important as the max
ing of shells, the growing of
corn and wheat, and the build
ing of ships.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13

Our army is being well and
rapidly equipped, but the great
est menace that we confront to-
day is the Germen spy system.
Thousands of lives of our best
young American blood can be
saved by putting a few of these
spies whether German or native
born, and the worst are native
born, in line before the firing
squad.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-13

The conglomerate aspect of
things in Russia should be con-
strued optimistically for the uli-
innate outcome of the cause for
which the Anglo French Ameri.
can Allies are fighting. The
resignation of the German agent
and spy, Trotsky, augurs well
for the ultimate outcome of
democracy in this great new re.
public.