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The Washington times., 1918-07-14
Festivities Lacking At
Preach Embaasy Here.

Festivities Lacking At .
French Embaasy Here.
BastiIle Day, the great national fete
day Of the French, is being celebrated
with enthusiasm throughout the coun
try as & small indication of our re-
alization of the. great debt we owe te
( indomitable France and OF the real
friendship which has grown up be-
! tween the two sister republics. But
curiously enough. the festivities al
the French embassy today were
rather icss imposing than in other
years, the departure OF the ambassa'
dor for New York, where he is taking
pat in big meeting at Madison
Square Gardens this EVENING" pre-
venting the dinner party and fecep-
ton which have come to be regarded
AS an Integral part OF Washington
Fourteenth Of July program The
Ambassador aud Kline. Jusserand did
have q reception this morning, but II
was entirely informal. and only mem
hers offth, embassy stan and OF the
French mission and the French OF.
ficers now in town were included
among the guests.
The return of Dr. Romulo s. Naon
from Argentina as high commissioner
as well as ambassador sets one won
deTins whether Washington Is about
TO start on a new round OF dinner
giving-"in honor OF the High Com
mission of Argentina" The person
me! of this commission has not yet
been made public. but presumably
some OF its members arrived in tow
.of Ambassador Naon. Its object
high commissions always seen to
want neutrality-suspicious. to be money
and ships-especiaIly ships. The idea
,seems to be that Argentina will
help in the war not so much with
.armIes as with food. She has pbnty
%. wheat and hight even raiieSs the
beef str,ngebcy il she could get The
,s1!ps. The RcH Commission is Prtn-
,cipaiIy concerned with persua1lig
;Eac:e Sam TO furnish them.
This time Ambassador Naon wasn't
IN town long enouh to be caught up
Into any round f-diRneF-giEiug.A lIe
day. Nine. Naon coming
id0Wn from the Blue Ridge Mountains
tic meet him. and set out the next day
lS0r Beuns Vista Springs. Pa, where
the embassy : established for the
.summer. am not quite clear whether
THE cottage which the NRons pur-
chased from the estate OF Mrs. Fer
dinand Lstrobe, OF Baltimore, was
thought for the Argentine government
as permanent summer embassy. or
simply as the private property OF Am
bEssador and Nine. Naon- It's more
likely the latter, since. as 1 recall II,
the argentine government does no.
own an embassy building in Wash
inSton- and scarcely would be likely
10 buy summer quarters before it
bought its regular Washington home
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Many Neutrality-suspicious.
Now Mt Wnrrcnton.

In the good old days before the au-
tomobile snuffed out interest in fine
horses, the quaint little Virginia tow n
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nss MARY rRuxruN GARLANl

MISS MARY TRUXTUN GARLAND,
Daughter Mrs John Spottsood Garland marriage
William George Hill will Saturday afternoon
August g. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garland
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mania, picturesque sister OF Nine.
Zaldivar, who spent the winter at the
legation OF Salvador. This rather
emphasized the fact that she reg
listers as "of Roumania and Paris. -'
thought heretofore the Paris" has
been rather more accented.
There is considerable speculation
among Washingtonians nowadays as
to just where and how former Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft are going to mt
in" next winter. Mr.. Taft-he de-
precates all titles. preferring the
plain "Mr." to either Judge" or Pro
fessor"-will mt beautifully. He is
absolutely the most unassuming and
uneXacting man who ever held Of
fetal position in Washington-and
one OF the most lovable. Already he
is recognized as a most useful mem
Der OF the social structure. who can
always be trusted to help out a din
ner company, being quite the right
person to invite to meet any guest
however distinguished. He's a god
SEND to hostesses.
But Mrs. Taft-well, a woman is
always a little different. isn't she?
And for former mistress of the
White Aouse-a mistress moreover
who aspired to. and achieved a rec
ord for a brilliant social regime
to come back TO Washington and live
in comparative obscurity. isn't II go
ing to be rather a difficult situation?
II is one that Washington has not
been called upon to meet-so far
as I knov-since the day OF DoIIs
Madison. And it is hardly probably
that Mrs. Taft will repeat Dolly
Madison. And it is hardly probable
Torrance.
For one thing she is not in very
good health. and Miss Taft, who
never did have any social am
billions and has in the five years
House created entirely new inter
ests for herself. and made herself a
very desirable position with every
full career at Bryn Mawr. is not like
~ to be able 20 be here very much
of the time. Mr.. Taft has taken an
apartment in one OF the handsome
new apartment buildings up on
Washington Heights-at 2O29 Con-
necticut avenue, just above the High
lands, and will undoubtedly settle
down there in the fall quite con-
tented. with his work on the labor
arbitration board TO keep him busy
and happy in the sense OF usefulness.
He will find many old friends here,
and he is the sort who will make
many new ones. But Mrs. Taft will
find her old circle badly scattered.
some OF her particular friends dead,
some away from Washington-and.
OF course. her cabinet circle non-ex-
istent. And Washington, which has
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MISS DOROTHY BROWN,
Who is visiting Senator and Mrs.
James A. Reed Of Missouri at their
home in Biltmore street.
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MISS KATHEEy7g HITCHCOCK,
Daughter Of Mrs. ]. N. Speel, who
is to marry Lieut.. John Blair
Shumaker, U. S. A.
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immensely popular. 49,
The Oscar 7. Crosbys have one Of the
show place about 'Warrentons a.gfeaf
house perched atop View Tree Hiil,
and Overlooking the little town NJ.
Crosby expects to return before long
to France, there to take up his new
duties as United States. commissioner
or finance: and Mrs. Crosby, Juliette
Crosby, and the eldest daughter,
Countess Caraeeiolo, di Melito. are al
ready in Paris; but there is another
daughter. celestine. who seemS 70 pre-
fer to remain in this country. and who
ID at the Warrenton place. Since his
return to this country Mr.. Crosby has
been there to see his daughter off and
on. spending what time he has been
Joseph Pierce.
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Washington Qualities As q
Sunnner Resort, Bm-he First
Locust Forecasts Warm Weather

ing a regular summer White Hous'
until after the war.
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How VIII TaIts Fit
TatO Society Next Season!

Among those who were instru-
mental in arranging the recital were
Mrs. Theodore V. Boynton. whose
house guest. Nine. sylvan h c h
sounds so much better than Mrs.
Smith-was; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Bleyden-Mr. Bleyden sang. as did
Lieutenant Stoica: and Andre Polah
did wizard work with his violin:
Mrs. John Allen Dongherty and
Princess Ghika. OF Paris and Rou-
mania, picturesque sister OF Nine.
Zaldivar, who spent the winter at the
legation OF Salvador. This rather
emphasized the fact that she reg
listers as "of Roumania and Paris. -'
thought heretofore the Paris" has
been rather more accented.
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Mrs. B. Lauriston Hardin. wife Of
]. Hardin, who was one OF the War
renton SCOTS, Is spending the summer
a. her. old home. The Maurice Pilsons
who are in Warrington off and on
have an attractive place on the out
skirts Of town, opposite Miss Bon
ligny's school, and are "in residence
this summer. He's q son Of Mrs. Ben.
jamIn F. Pilson, and she, q Richmond
girl, I believe.
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other familiar people saw during
my brief visit were Estelle Wheeler.
the clever secretary Of the Wishing
ton Diet Kitchen Association, who.
with her mother, was in town for q
little visit and was staying with Nj.
and Mrs. Hugh Hamilton; Ara. Kate
Kearney Henry, that pretty Miss
Yates. who used to live At the wash
fngton Navy Yard when her brother,
Lieutenant Commander Yates. was
stationed there, and Edith Wallaeh-
She-Aiss Wallaeh-is q Warrenton
girl by rights, for her parents. Mr..
ana Mrs. Richard Wallaeh. have .
place near town: but she spends most
OF her time In Washington with her
aunts. Mrs. Woodbury. Blair. Mrs Ed
ward Mitchell. and Mrs. John r Aer-
riman. and usually goes to Newport
with the Blairs in the summer. She's
an awfully attractive girl pretty as 4
pink. and wears decidedly chic
clothes.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Provost Marshal General crowder may, exempt ball players from service for the 1918 season.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Further gains have been made by the French troops in the fighting in the region near Montdidier and Noyon, where in addition to the capture of territory near Belloy and St. Maur, the center of the line. 400 additional Germans have been made prisoner and some guns and machine guns have beeni taken. Numerous German counter attacks have been repulsed, but the enemy succeeded at one point in crossing the Matz river.
 On the eastern side of the Disc river the French have carried out a strategic retirement along the line of Belloy, Tracy-le-Val and Nampoel, un- observed by the enemy.
 Farther south, north of the Marne, In the region of Chateau Thierry, the French have recaptured the village of Montcourt and a portion of the village of Brussiares.
 In violent fighting between the Aisne liver and the forest of Villers Cottrets ..he~ enemy made slight gains against the French
 Southwest of Montdidier, where the allied forces on Tuesday in violent counter attacks made notable gains against the enemy, American artillery men have been thrown into the fray. No other Americans have thus far taken part in the fighting.
 To the north of Montdidier the Ger
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
sEc'Y BAKER ADDRESSES
 WEST POINT GRADUATE
Asserts More Than a Million Aneri can Fighting Men Will Be in France in Near Future.

West Point. N. Y, June 12-More than a million American fighting men will be in service in France in the near future, declared Secretary of War Baker. in an address today to 137 graduates of the United States Mill tary Academy.
 Supplementtng his recent announce ment in Washington that United States troops exceeding 100000 in numbers, have disembarked on French soil, the secretary told the cadets it IS not unfair to speculate that we will shortly pass the million mark"
 General Peyton C. March. chief of staff, who made commencement day the occasion of his first official visit to the academy, said neither the menace of raiding German submarines of the Atlantic coast, nor the territorial gains of the enemy on the western front will affect Americas policy of send ing men to France as fast as ships can carry them.
 Today's graduation was that Of the class of 1919, whose members were awarded their diplomas a year ahead cf time, the first since 1877 to at tain that distinction. because of the urgent demand in the army for train ed officers.
 Secretary Baker. who awarded the diplomas to the graduates, told then they were destined to have a part ir leading the armies of the nation to ( victorious peace. After that" ht said, "as officers of the regular army you will prepare, not for war. but be ready for another war if anybod1 | wants to make it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
WESTERN RAILROADS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE REGIONS Directors Were Appointed by Seere-
 tary MeAdoo Yesterday.

Washington, June F. = Territory west of the Mississippi river was di- vided today by Director General Nc Adoo into three railroad operating re- gions with R. H. Ashton. director of the northern portion headquarters at Chicago: Hale Holden, president of the Burlington, director of the Central
 division. headquarters at Chicago; and B. F. Bush. receiver for the Mis- souri Pacific director of the south western division, headquarters at St Louis. Later a district manager will l he named for the Pacific coast.
 This reorganization of the west brings, the number of operating re-
 sions to seven, with director at the head of each. responsible for, active management of all roads in his terri tory and answerable to Director Gen. eral McAdoo only in the broadest matters of policy. It is considered probable that no more regions will be created.
 The policy of naming managers fol the. individual roads will be the same in the west and elsewhere. A fedora
 manager will be given supervision
 over trunk system together will several smaller lines physically con nected with the trunk. General man agers will be named for individua lines without other connections.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
New Britain Hard
 It By Wind Storm ROOFS WERE TORN OFF SEVERAL
 HOUSES
 300 TREES UPROOTED A Chicken Coop Was Picked Up, Blown Over a Four Foot Fence and De. / posted in an Adjoining Yard.
300 TREES UPRoOTED

New Britain, Conn, June 12.-Con siderable property damage was caused in the residential section here by a storm of cyclonic proportions which swept through the city late today. So far as known only one person was hurt, William O'Mara. police officer at work in his yard, being cut on the head by flying house blind.
 Roofs of Houses Torn Off.
 The roofs of some thirty houses were damaged and in several instanc- es torn off, smaller buildings were blown away, and four private garages weer crumpled up or blown down. One of these was completely overturned with with an automobile inside it, while it's doors were found on the roof of a dwelling 100 yards away. Tin roofs on three houses were torn off and dropped in field half. mile dis tant. In one instance a chicken coop was picked up by the wind, lifted over a four foot fence and deposited in a neighhor's yard. One large dwelling house was found to have been moved two inches on it's foundation. Win dows in many dwellings were blown 1T and one householder reported that ar ticles of furniture had been blown from his kitchen into the dining room.
 More Than 300 Trees Uprooted.
 More than 300 trees were up-rootet or broken off, and traffic on severa streets was blocked by them. Eleceric- al light and power wires were carried down by the falling trees and sev' eral small fires started from thu broken wires, but were quickly ex i tinguished. As a measure of safet, the electrical current was cut off iron the section affected by the storm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
DETAILS OF AERIAL COMBAT
 OFF THE DUTCH COAST Between One American, Three British and Twelve German SeapIanes.

London, June 12.-Additional details have been received at American naval headquarters here concerning the fight off the Dutch coast June 4 between one American and three British and F German seaplanes, in which two Ger man machines were downed and the American machine was forced to land ill Dutch territory, where the pilot was interned The interned fiier is Ensign Eaton, of Connecticut, and he is the first American aviator to be thus detained.
 Ensign Eaton was the pilot of a large American flying boat which, with the three other machines, was making long reconnaissance flight ! over the North Sea. It was while the three British machines were running in protecting circles around Eaton, who had been forced to alight on the water because of engine trouble, that five German machines attacked them In the first few minutes of the com bat Lieut.. Haljayne. the second pilot i of a British ~lachine. was instantly killed by at passing through his mouth.
 The first pilot Ensign K. B. Reyes was equal to the occasion, however He clutched the control, changed seats with the dead man and brought his machine safely out Of action.
 | Meanwhile, the Germans were rein forced by seven machines, five origi- nally having attacked, including scouts and two seaters. The action lasted half an hour. during which two Ger mans were downed in flames. The others finally headed homeward Ensign Eaton landed on Texel Isl. and with his oil tank punctured, gaso- line leads severed and his glasses sho- away.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

mans several times have tried to drive out the Americans from the village of Cantigny but each time they have been repulsed. One party of 40 Ger mans was routed by the revolver fire of the defenders of the village.
 Northwest of Chateau Thierry the Germans have thrown five divisions against the Americans, fighting side by side with the French, but without avail. Attempts by the enemy to re- capture the village of Bouresches went for naught.
 South of the Aisne river there has been fierce fighting down to the re- zion of Villers Cotterets, where the Germans are attempting to break through and bring their line west o1 Soissons toward Compiegne. Except that the combats were particularly severe on the front of Dommiers, Gu | try and south of Ambleny, no further details are available.
 In the other war theatres there have been no noteworthy activities. Two Italian torpedo boats have car ried out successfully a daring raid against an Austrian naval division 1T 1 the Dalmatian Islands. The dread naught Szent Istvan was torpedoeG and sunk, according to an official an nouncement made in Vienna, while the Italian commander reports that a sec ond battleship was damaged by a tor pedo.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
GERMANS REALIZE FIGHTING
QUALITIES OF AMERICANS
reutons Make Fruitless Attemps to
 Reeapture Bouresehes.

London. June 12.-The Germans are taking seriously the American thrust at the apex of their line in the Clig non valley (northwest of Chateau Thierry) and thus far have used five divisions in attempting to counter it, but entirely without success. Reuters correspondent at French headquarters telegraphs under Tuesday date: Two fresh divisions were thrown at the American center at Bouresches this morning and a fruitless attempt made to recapture the village.
 Trusting to the deep woods north west of the village and the twisted spur of hin to conceal them the lead 'ng divisions advanced in mass forma- tion. They. however, were observed ----- 'A. pe' de Balleau and were
 lnder a destructive hail of
 ael before they could deploy. The
 was so severe that the attack was tisorgsnfzed and no progress could be made for some time.
 When the Germans did succeed in penetra ting the defences they were met with such enthusiasm in cold steel hat their only choice was death or surrender.
 Tn the capture of the wood to the northwest of Bouresches the Ameri- cans had to deal with machine gun nests. a game at which they are be- coming expert Gun after gun was cap tured and turned upon it's late pos sessors and the advance never was materially delayed.
 Fierce fighting continued when the fringe of the wood was reached, the Germans being afraid of the oper slopes behind them and over whicl their retreat had to be conducted When at last they broke from the GOV sr of the wood they came under 2 tempest of bullets. Surrender being impossible. they turned and ran, bu reTy few reached ground where they could find refuge"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
HOW THE EDWARD PIERCE
 ESCAPED GERMAN U-HoAT.
Was Chased by Submarine Until
 Coast Lights Came Into View.

An Atlantic Port, June 12.-How the American steamer Edward Pierce es- capped both shell fire and a torpedo from German submarine off the Vir- ginia capes Monday night in stern chase that ended only when coast lights were sighted, was related here today by Captain Wade, master of the vessel. The attack came soon after the Norwegian steamer Henrik Lund was sunk 12O miles east of Cape Hat teras and probably was made by the same submarine.
 Captain Wade said his first warning of the presence of the sea wolf was in a flash of light and a shell crossing his bow It was dark and the captain decided he would depend upon that and speed to save his ship. All steam was crowded on the vessel and a zig gag course was run. The submarine continued to fire, but the marksman- ship of the gunners in the darkness was poor.
 Finding his guns unavailing, the German. according to Captain Wade, launched a torpedo. but it went, wide, though the captain and members of the crew saw it pass their vessel at a rapid speed. The chase lasted for two hours, the submarine evidently draw ing off when the coast lights came into view
 Captain Wade said his wireless calls were answered by the Cape Sable, Nova Scotia. station and the American steamer Walter D. Moves The latter vessel reported on it's arrival here that it had sighted what was believed to have been submarine, but the Moves was not attacked.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
WEDDING.
Baker-VanderbiIt.

Lenox, Mass, June 12.-Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was married at Holmwood, her country home here, late today to Raymond T. Baker, director of the U. s. mint. : Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt was matron of honor and U. S. Senator Key Pittman of Nevada best man. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Ben son N. Wyman. pastor of the Lenox Congregational church, who read the Episcopal service.
 Among the guests were Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo; Joseph P. Tumulty secretary to the president, and Mrs Tumulty; Rear Admiral Cary T. Cray son, U. s. N, and Mrs. Grayson. and George T. Marye, who was American ambassador to Russia while MT Baker was secretary of the embassy at Petrograd.
 The bride was given in marriage by her father, Isaac E. Emerson, ot Baltimore.
 Mr and Mrs. Baker left here to- night for California.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
TWONOrWegianShips
 Were Sunk Saturday
ABOUT 2oo MILES EAST OF CAPE
 CHARLES, VA.
CREWS WERE PICKED UP
Eighty Tons of Copper Insots, Part of the Cargo of One of the Vessels, Were Taken Aboard the U-Boat.

New York June 1.-Two Norweg- ian steamships, the Vindeggen and Henrik Lund were sunk by a German submarine when about 200 miles east of Cape Charles, Va, on last Satur- day and Monday, respectively. This brings the total of vessels sunk by U- boats since they began their campaign in these waters to 18
 Crew Picked Up.
 Their crews totalling 6S men were brought here today by Danish steam ship which picked them up, at sea af- ter they had been set adrift in their small boats.
 Transferred Cargo of Copper.
 Eighty tons of copper ingots, part of the cargo of the Nindeggen were taken aboard the U-boat before the steamship was sunk by means of bombs. The vessel was stopped by i the submarine on June and the crew was obliged to unload the copper into the ships small boats and transfer ii to the U-boat. Then the small boats were taken in two until the Henrick Lund was sighted on June 10. Crews Were Taken in Tow. The Henrick Lund was from Nor folk for New York. Stopped by the submarine, the crew of this ship was likewise ordered into small boats anG the ship sent to the bottom by bombs | Then the two crews were taken 1T tow and when the Danish vessel wa: submarine cut the adrift and sub sighted according to their story, th' merged.
 | The Vindeggen was bound here iron a South American port her cope consigned to the American Smelling &o Refining Company.
 | Four Norwegian Ships Have Been SunI The destruction of these two ship makes four flying the Norwegian fla; which have been victims of German 1 submarines in American waters. Tn two others were the Vinland, sunl June , and the Eidsvold sunk Jun l 1, both off the Virginia capes.