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The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
.51,600 MEN CALLED
TOCAMP BEFORE JUNE
300 District Boys Start for For,
Oglethorpe May 20.

Two draft calls aggregating ST.
500 men were issued by Provost
Marshal Gen. Crowder last night.
Only white men are included in
the calls. They are to be sent to
recruitment depots, whence they
will be drawn upon to fill vacancies
in units already organized.
Local boards are instructed to in
duct under these calls only such
registrants as are qualified for gem
eral military service.
The movement of the first portion
Of these mem 25.S00. will besin on
May 20 and be completed May "a.
The second 25.ooo will entrain on
May 20. and the movement to camps
is scheduled to be completed June ..
In the first movement 800 District
of Columbia men will go to Fort
Oglethorpe. Ga.
With these calls. the aggreeat.
number of draft men ordered into
military service during the month
of May Is approximately $50, 600.
The June quota. II was said at
the War Department today, Is not
expected to be quite as large as the
May movements.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
TELEGRAPHERS
MAKE PROTEST
AGAINST DELAY
Prepare to Strike Unless
Attention to Demands
Is Given at Once.

The National War Labor Board
was informed late yesterday that
the organized telegraph operators
of the country are on the verge
of a strike. The men are dis
satisfied with what they interpret
as slow progress being made in
the mediation of their controversy
with the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph Companies.
S. ]. Konenkamp. international
president of the Commercial Tele-
graphers' Union. presented to the
board yesterday afternoon a num-
ber of kilograms from local opera
tors unions in various parts of the
country. These messages contained
appeals for speedy action and gave
warning of the danger of a strike
if something definite is not done
without further delay.
Promise Ruling Tomorrow. ,
The board discussed the new turn
in the situation in executive ses-
sion. Konenkamp later was inform
ed that he might advise his men
that the board probably would have
some announcement to make Thurs
Noys AhC dPpCdA as dAhSL any
tic action pending the result of
mediation was renewed.
Lack of adequate legal authority
to enforce their decrees is caus-
ing the board embarrassment IN
the telegraph dispte. it was learned
last night. The threat of govern
ment control is the strongest
weapon the mediators can employ.
kA
regard to entering into the proposed
mediation.
Representatives of the telegraphers
last night charged that the COM
panie3 Were circulating among the
operators a story that decision al
ready had been reached, but that 1t
was being kept secret. Th~ whole
thing would be over within ten days,
according to the reported story, and
the settlement would be entirely in
favor Of the companies.
Protests From Many Cities.
This and the absence of any ap-
parent evidences of progress being
made in the mediation, said Konan-
kamp, is inflaming the men Tele-
grams Of protest were received yes
terday from Detroit Shreveport, La. (;
Aalanta, Cleveland, Seattle, Balti-
more. Philadelphia. Hartford, Conn.
Buffalo, Salt Lake City, San Antonio
and Dallas, Texas. and several other
points.
One hundred operators have been
discharged since the board announced
its decision to mediate. on May 10,
said Konenkamp. This brings the
number Of dismissed union. telegraph
ers I'D to 800.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
WAR LORDS PLAN
FUTURE OF POLAND
Development of ':Mittel Europa
Union Arranged.

Dispatches reaching here from
Swiss sources. notably Geneva, last
night, give further details about the
important conference of the Teuton
emperor's and was chiefs at German
headquarters in the field. Among
those present. It is learned, were the
kings Of Bavaria and Saxony, and
the chief subjects Of the deliberations
were the immediate constitution of a
"mittel Europa" and the future Of
Poland. -
The Paris press agrees that here
after Austria will! be Germany's vas
sal, Germany promising Austria to
help repressing the non-German ma
tionalities in Austria provided that
Austria starts the delayed offensive
on the Italian front or sends troops
to the quiet sectors of the French
fnont. opposite the future positions Of
the coming American army.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
3 RUSS REDS TAKEN
In NEW YORK CITY
Had 5000 Pamphlets Urging Re-
volt Against Private Property.

New York, May A-A charge Of
conspiring to overthrow the Amer
lean government was lodged against
three alleged Russian anarchists ar
rested yesterday by detectives Of the
neutrality squad They described
themselves as Leon Bobkin. Ivan No
vikoff and Alexander Derwach.
Three thousand copies of PAM
phlet containing anarchist propa-
ganda Of pronounced character were
seized, according to Lieut.. Busby. OF
police headquarters. The pamphlets
were to have been distributed to an
archist organizations in Detroit,
Pittsburg. Baltimore, Tacoma and
McKees Rock, Pa, whence they
were to have been distributed through
an endless chain m ovef the coun-
try. Eovikoff admitted printing PAM
phlets. Novikoff and Berwach, ac-
cording to, ,Busby, had been affiliated
with Lenine and Trotzky.
10 Novikoff's possession was a list
Of contributors to the defense fund Of
the I. w. w. tried In Chicago. A
translation Of part Of an article en-
titled "Damnable Trinity" printed in
Russian in the pamphlets, was de-
clared to have .read:-~
Away with private property: away
with the government; let live ma
uonai self-control, freedom. equality
and brotherhood. Let live anarchy:
Make one big stride and you shall
De free. free in brotherhood and
equality. Eliminate Immediately the
private property. and. over the heads
OF all laws and governments, or
ganize free and Independent self gov
erning communes.'. =
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
ANARCHISTS DEFY
BOLSHEVIKI RULE
Rebels Well Equipped with
Armored Cars and
Munitions.
BoLSHEvIKI CAPTURE REBEL
HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
Fighting Renewed Sunday Morning
and Continues Unabated-Petro-
grad Indifferent to Uprising.

Petrograd, May I4-Moscow
has been in the throes of civil
war since Saturday evening.
Reports from the ancient capi-
tai are fragmentary, but at last
accounts, received late yesterday,
the city was the scene OF violent
street fighting between Bolshevist
and anarchist forces. The latter,
well organized and amply supplied
with arms and ammunition, are
carrying on a determined warfare
against the Bolsheviki govern
ment.
Counter Revolt Has Started.
The counter revolt which Lenine
warned a few days ago was show
ing its head, evidently has broken
out into full flame. If it sweeps on
the Germans will be compelled to
send forces into the capital district
and maintain them there for a long
period of policing.
b. The Bolsheviki are faced by the
same sort Of warfare, the same tao
ties and the same reckless and un-
compromising campaign that they
pitched against Kerensky when they
overthrew his government and un-
dermined law and order. Their po-
sition is, however. infinitely more
perilous than that of the provisional
government. for the social and in
dustrial chaos has toppled the last
remaining pillars of stability. Given
half a chance, the anarchists are
fully expected to bring about the
fcommunistic stage of the French
revolution.
Pitched Battle In City.
Open strife broke out last Sat-
urday when a pitched battle was
fought in the center of Moscow.
Soviet forces surrounded the build
ings occupied by the anarchists, i'll
cluding the latter's headquarters
and began regular siege operations.
The anarchists refused to surrender
the guns and armored cars accumu-
LATED in the vast court yard which
the Soviet forces demanded in order
to disarm them and forestaI future
trouble on an even larger scale.
For fully half an hour the head
quarters was shelled by light ar
tillery and machine guns. the an
archists finally hoisting the white
flag. But the truce was only short
lived. Street fighting flared up carly
Sunday. lasted all day and was
again in full swing at noon yester-
day.
Petrograd views the turmoil in
Moscow with almost ironical indif-
ference. The populace derives solace
from the fact that this Is no longer
the capital and is consequently far
removed from the turmoil incident
to the counter revolt which has
been looked for as inevitable ever
since the Bolsheviki usurped the
governmental reinS.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
RUSS CHARGE
|. UNSPEAKABLE
HUN HORRORS
Petrograd Wirelesses Berlin
Protest Against Outrages
By Troops.
SACK, KILL AND BURN
German Army Accused Of
Plunder, Theft, Extor-
ton and Murder.
SACK, KILL AND BURN

London. May 1.-THE Russian gov
ernment has wirelessed a protest to
the German foreign Office against ter
rible outrages which it says have been
committed on the population of White
Russia by the German invading
troops. Russia demands the appoint
ment of a Russo-G German commission
to investigate the outrages.
German detachments, the protest as
serts. have carried out Pogroms. tor
lures and executions of innocent Rus
sian civilians. have burned whole viii
lagos and plundered whole districts.
Polish legions in the invading army
seized all money. stopped all. bush
ness and fired and plundered to their
hearts content. Peasants have been
forced to give up their horses and
cattle to the landlord. the majotity Of
whom are Polish officers.
Gold Levies Are Laid.
When the peasants were unable
to pay the levies OF gold imposed
upon them by the invaders, their
villages were set on fire and hun
dreds were killed by Uhlans. viii
lages with Jewish population suf-
fered especially. Persons suspected
as Bolsheviki were shot. Similar
TERRORISM was INDUCED in by the
Germans at Minsk.
The White Guards in Finland
equally outraged the civilian popu-
lation. especially at viborg, the
statement says.
The Russian note of protest fur
ther charges that in some villages
peasants. women and children en-
deavoring TO eseaps were fired on
and parsued bysAr,ans, whoA cut
them to pieces with $seir swords or
logged them with whips.
In one village, an old Jew was
first fiogged and then hanged in the
presence of the villagers.
BeIshevikI Arrested.
The Uhlans told the people they
were clearing the Jewish villages
for the Poles.
All those who had any connection
with the Bolshevist army were ar
rested. Thousands of men, women
and children were driven westwards
Old men were hound TO the saddles
Of Uhlan horses and dragged along
for miles.
At Viborg, Finland, 800 corpses.
mostly Of Russian officers and school
boys, were found after the White
Guards reign OF terror. According
to other witnesses. coo were executed
in two days.
One town was surrounded. set on
fire and laid in ruins by the invaders,
when the inhabitants were unable
to pay the levy imposed on them
Several hundred ps SAINTS were killed
After plundering the ruins. the
,Uhlans returned to their base. with
blood-stained whips and clothes,
singing songs of victory
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
GERMANY PAVES WAY
FOR TAKING HOLLAND
Aims to Create Pro-Teuton Senti-
uent Through Books in Schools.

Quotations from German newspapers
received in diplomatic dispatches
here yesterday show that the Ger
mans are boasting that by the num-
ber of their books being used in the
Dutch universities Germany will soon
dominate Holland through the peaee-
full penetration OF her learning From
fifty to sixty per cent of the rocks
in the universities are alleged to be
I'm German. while the Dutch books
form but eighteen to twenty-five per
cent. French books come next In fire.
quency of use and English last
German theorists will next affirm,
II these figures are true" says tire
French dispatch. "that Holland .,
really German in mind and should be
Incorporated in the empire
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15

Constitutes Organie Union.
These terms. diplomats say. require
an organic union, not an alliance.
They mean, to all intents and pur-
poses. one sovereignty. They are
comparable In strength for binding
the two states t6gether to the Con-
stitution Of the United States. They
revive the old Germanic Federation.
But this time Berlin will be the cap
ital, not Vienna. as she was pre-
vious to 1S44.
Karl was forced to submit to these
hard terms because OF the many kinds
Of aid he requires from Germany.
The question of the very existance
of the Austro-Hungarian state has
been raised. not from without, but
from within. Kari needs the Ger
mans to supp'ese his subject peo-
pies. He needs them to help fight
cff Italy. ~.
According to advices received here
yesterday both kinds. Of aid have
been promised. But in return Karl
has had to agree to the complete Ger
manization Of his empire. 1t viii
require a two-thirds vote of the Aus
tI1an Reichsratn to make effective
as agreements. But in the light Of
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
REVOLT IN RUSSIA; BATTLES REPORTED:
HUN CAVALRY MOVES TO WEST FOR DRIVE
Overman Bill
Gives Wilson
These Powers

Here are the main provisions
of the Overman bill, which has
passed both Houses Of Con-
;ress:
Authorizes the President to
consolidate or coordinate any
executive or administrative
commissions, bureaus, offices
or agencies of the government
Permits the transfer of du-
ties and functions and person
mel of one office or bureau to
another.
Enables the President to use
mon ~ appropriated for one Of
fice to any other office to
which the functions of the for
mer may have been trans
ferred.
The only restrictions placed
upon this new power are:
lit is limited to matters re-
lated to the conduct of the
war. .---..
2-Changes made under the
law will continue in force for
six months after the war.
3-No bureaus or Offices may
be abolished without q report
to Congress.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
AERIAL MAIL
TOBESTARTED
AT 11:3O TODAY
Wilson Will Receive First
, Stamp for
Red Cross.

The free channels Of the upper air
will be thrown open to the United
States mail at II 20 o'clock this morn
ing. rain or shine.
Postmaster General Burleson, ac.
eompanied by-~ifIs yell-known um.
, brelEa. viii be on hand 10 fnaugurats
the aerial service The umbrella OF
Postmaster General Burleson is nc
sign of the weather. He never leaves
home unaccompanied by the shower
stick. And in the same way the aero
plane mail service between the Ma
tional Capital and the greatest city
will not depend upon the weather.
One thing that Postmaster Genera
Burleson wants the people to under
stand is this: The aerial mail be-
tween Washington. Philadelphia anC
New York is no experiment, no was
measure. II is the inauguration of 4
regular service. and the schedule will
be adhered to as closely as Is humanity
possible. If the aeroplanes fail. de-
livery will be made by special courier,
and the safest and quicket mail routs
between the cities named will be via
the open air.
Ol sht
Cabinet and other high ofiicials In
, Washington have been invited to be
present at the Polo Grounds, south
Of the White House. at n:30 O'Clock
this morning to witness the start OF
the pony express of the air.
1t was decided yesterday that the
aerial mail shall be as free to parcel
post as the land routes. All aerial
| aH r.rfll hn ALL L.
destination. and therefore no cumber-
some packages can be accepted. The
S0-inch packages will be received un.
livered promptly.
The bulk Of the first aerial mail
probably will require the flight ol
two machines from Washington tc
New York. and two from New York
TO Washington.
First Letter For President.
President Wilson. as president of the
American Red Cross, will receive the
| first letter. sent over an authorized
aeroplane route in the history. of the
world. The letter will be addressed
to him from Gov. Charles S. Whit
man, of New York, and will contain
the New York governors best wishes
to President Wilson for the success of
the Red Cross campaign to raise
500, ,0oO.Oco for war relief, which starts
Monday. Wishes for the success of
the District of Columbia chapter in
raising $5oo,ooo are also expressed in
the letter.
Aeroplanes will leave New York and
Washington simultaneously at u:So
The aeroplane leaving New York for
Washington will be driven by First
Lieut.. Howard p. Culver as far as
Phils delphia. and by Second Lieut.. ].
c. Edgerton from Philadelphia tC
Washington. The one leaving Wash
ington for New York will be drI zen
as far as Philadelphia by Maj. AZ. n.
Fleet. and from Philadelphia to New
York by First Lieut. Walter Miller.
The stamp on the first letter to be
! carried over the aero-mail route from
Washington to New York will be
cancelled and autographed by Presi.
dent Wilson. 1t will be auctioned for
the Red Cross
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15

State Department through Ameri-
can diplomatic sources in Sweden,
but was given out as unofficial since
the text of the note has not yet be-
come available.
Indicates Exhaustion.
The ultimatum from Germany to
Russia. as anslyzed here. is but the
fulf1llment of the policy the Berlin
Government is endeavoring to sad
die upon all sections of the East
which have been oyerpowered by
the German military forces. That
the attempt is being made so soon
to carry out the plan in central
Russia, where conditions are still
greatly disturbed. is regarded as
certain proof of the reported ex.
haustion Of German resources.
Haste in demanding the return of
German and Austrian prisoners of
war Is susceptible of but one con-
struction. 1t is declared. This is the
urgent need of man-power in Ger
many and of reserves for the Hin
denburg armies, which have been
fought to ,standstill on the West
ern front.
A considerable number Of German
prisoners have already managed to
get out Of Russia, but have been
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
CIRCASSIA DECLARES
UNFETTERED REPUBLIC
Caucasian People Assert Indepen-
y dence of Russia.

Amsterdam, May H.-An independent
republic has been set up in Circassia
Circassia Is q region In the Western
Caucasus and has been hitherto an
integral part of the Russian empire.
II Is bounded in the southwest by the
Black Sea and in the north by the
River Cuban. The Circassians have
fought bloody wars for centuries
against the Russians from whom they
strove to become independent. In
1854 they were definitely subdued. The
Clrcassians are Mohammedans. One
Of their customs has been for decades
to SELF their most beautiful girls to
the Turks.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
MUST GET PEACE BY SWORD.
British Secretary Says Issue Will Be
Fought to End.

London. May H-Austin Chamber
lain. former secretary for India, who
recently was reappointed to a cabinet
post, said in a speech here today, that
the government was not indifferent
to peace. but that 1t was idle TO dis
cuss 1t, until the great trial of
strength has been fought out upon
the battlefields."
The speaker said the home rule
question concerned Scotland. England
and Wales, as well as Ireland. He
added II was question whether the
Unionists would keep their former at
fitpde. in view of the changed cir
cumstances.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15

uc way tHe pd-stdnent was recent
i. prorogued to save a minister, in
the light Of German methods with
the popular assemblies in Ukraine and
Russia and in the light Of recent
revelations Of German political plans
for her eastern expansion, diplomats
and officials here do not doubt that
the plan will be carried through.
Austrian Liberty sarrendered.
The correspondent OF the Franklin
ter Zeitung. frankly admits the
gravity of the decision taken, saying
1T Is the greatest Austrian ques-
ton in Its entirety which has been
raised-the question of the existence
of Austria as an Individual state, an
existence which already the Germans
In the country and ell the Slavs dis
own today The latter wish to make
OF this staSe an entire series of small
sovereignties with q particular foreign
policy; the former, on the contrary,
desire the return Of the Germanic
confederation. which would put an
end to the separatist tendencies Of the
small nations. One sees that the con-
ference Of the two emperors has for
CONTINUED M PACE rFfprr
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
FRENCH.

Paris. May 14.-Tonight's war Of
fee communique says:
There was Intermittent lombard
ing in the Grivesnes sector. Our
batteries dispersed enemy concen-
tration and conveys in the region
of Montdidier and on the road from
Noycn to Guiscard.
In the Champagne an enemy sur
prise attack in the region Of Butte
de Mesnil was completely broken up
by our fire.
The situation was calm else
where"
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
|0VERMAN BILL
PASSED BY
HOUSE
Sweeping Majority Clothes
President with Powers
| to Reorganize.
MAY NOW STIR UP
| BUREAUS FOR WAR
Wilson Scope Extended to
All Branches Without
| Exception. -
REPUBLICAN EFFORTS
PROVE UNAvAILING
Attempts to Exclude Certain Execu-
tive Organizations Are
Checked.
MAY NOW STIR UP
| BUREAUS FOR WAR
REPUBLICAN EFFORTS
PROVE UNAVAlLlNG

The House yesterday afternoon
passed the Overman bill, clothing
the President with wide powers
for a reorganization of the govern
ment. for war purposes. The
measure, which has passed the
Seate. will now go to the Presi-
dent for his signature.
The vote was 2os to 2. Not a
single change was made in the
measure from the form in which
it passed the Upper Branch OF
Congress. The opposing votes
were those of Gillett,! of Massa-
chusetts, and Sterling, of Illinois.
Yesterdays action followed two
days of debate. Although Acting
Minority Leader Gillett and other
Republican leaders opposed the
bill, it was defended by "Uneie
Joe Cannon, who, IN speech
yesterday, compared the attacks
on President Wilson with the at
taeks leyeled against President
Lincoln in the civil war.
Exemptions Sought.
An attempt, supported mostly by
Republicans, to exempt the Inter-
state Commerce Commission from
abolition or Reorganization, was de-
feated 81 to 2l3. A similar move as to
the war finance corporation and
capital issues committee was beaten
81 to 100. These were the most nearly
successful of many attempts at
amendments.
Representative Webb. Of North
Carolina, in charge Of the bill. said
he had been assured by the President
that the latter would seek no radical
.overturn of these bodies. Even
were their powers curtailed. he as
serted. the President would avail
himself of the advice of their ex-
perts.
In vigorous partisan speeches, Rep
resentatives Gillett, and Longworth,
Of Ohio. attacked the bill as grant,
ing more power to the President than
now held by any ruler except the
Kaiser.
They declared Congress, under the
bill, might as well abdicate its
former authority. Longworth said the
measure was another of that class
of bills which originate outside Of
Congress and which we are expected
to take on faith, drafted probably by
a clerk, sent to headquarters for an
o. r., and brought here to US to
pass"
Representative Gould. OF New
York. made an unsuccessful fight
to confer on John ID. Ryan. new Air
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
ALSAcE-L0RRAINEANS PLEA.
Natives Of Provinces Express De
sire 10 be French Only.

Delegates from all of the groups =,
natives Of Alsace-Lorraine living
Switzerland held a meeting at y ..
near Zurich. Saturday and : iday
and unanimously adopted q re- luton
declarin- that no settlement Of the
questi' Alsace-Lorraine could be
considered which did not uns aalinedly
return the lost provinces - Francs.
according TO French disp. .ehes re-
seived here yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
Official Reports
From, War Fronts
BRITISH.

Lopdon, May 1.-THE war Office to-
night announced:
This morning the enemy attacked
at Morland Court and succeeded at
one point. Elsewhere he was re-
pulsed. Afterwards ne was pushed
out again from the positions in which
he had established a foothold.
There was local fighting at night
time north of KENNEL, where the
enemy attacked in the direction of
Klein Vierstratte. The enemy was re-
pulsed by the French"