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Evening star., 1918-08-17
.H|LLSAND VALLEYS
NOT TOBELEvELED
Arts Commission Wants the
Suburbs to Preserve Pic
turesque Landscape.

Notifications of plan for a pern,a-
nent system of highways in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, with a view to
adapting the suburban highways to
the topography, are under serious
consideration by the District Com
missioners. the chief of engineers
Of the Army and the members of the
National Commission of Fine Arts.
Building operations in suburbs
hereafter should be regulated, SO far
as possible, in the opinion of the
1ne arts commissioners, with spe-
cial regard to the location of the
proposed highways.
Big Grading Expense.
"The tendency" said the art COM
mission, in a recent report on the
subject "is to tear down the hills and
to fill up the valleys, thereby destroy
ing the charm of large portions Of
the District and creating monot-
snous development in the shape of
blocks of houses instead of isolated
residences. Often these changes are
made at large expense to the Dis
'trict for grading.
Especially is it desirable to retain
the country roads as park entrances
and park connections. The plan of
1901 provides for number 'of boule-
vaEa connections between Rock Creek
and Anacostfa parks; but the fact that
no consideration was given to those
recommendations has forever made
impossible the establishment of sew
eral of the boulevards proposed.
Immediate Attention Needed.
"Unless the matter Immediately re-
cefves the attention it deserves the
creation of the remaining connections
will be precluded by building opera
tions and the result inevitably will be
that the great parks on the east and
west of the District win have no suit
able connections between them
LAS a matter Of preparation for the
future, a study should be made for the
development Of a boulevard connection
between Potomac Park and the Wal
College, and thence to the Anacostia
Water Park, and this study should be
recorded for use in the improvement o!
the water front along the Washington
channel. The development of this
frontage is now proceeding in haphazard
fashion. without adequate consideration
of the function Of that thoroughfare a.
a connecting link In the system OF parks
which ultimately will surround the en-
| tire District So. too. the connection:
en- the north between the Anacostia an6
Rock Creek parks should receive atten.
| tion. and the permanent system OF high.
ways should be revised with this enc
in view. By such a study, made at thi.
time. many existing country roads car
be prese erved as park entrances and con-
rections. with the result Of saving ten:
of thousands of dollars in future stree
| improvements"
Evening star., 1918-08-17
STUPID INSPECTORS
HARASSF|GHTERS
Used Too Much Ammunition
in Desperate Battles,
One Complains.
SENTRY HITS THREE HUNS
BY HERBERT COREY.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
July 1.-Fighting men are usually
good natured when off duty. This if
odd, but it is fact. Most OF the men
who for n month were blown up oS
high explosives and burned by gas
and potted at by machine guns In
Relleau wood are as clipper as grigs
whatever may be grig-now that
they are at last out OF it. But this
morning 1 encountered one fighting
man who was not running true to
form. He was peevish.
"So-and-So." said he. naming the
man. "is several sorts Of a fool!'
The person thus unhappily described
Is an inspector of parts. There comes
a time in the life of every man who
has persisted in the vocation OF IN
specting when he is unable to see the
mountain for the trees. 1t was his
job to look over the accounts and
conditions of the heroes of the Bots
de Belleau.
Evening star., 1918-08-17
Tack censors Would Take.

HE was not to blame" the censor
will say. I know as well as though ]
already heard him just what the censor
will say. He will explain to me that II
was the duty Of the inspector to in
spect, and that under the system he
had no option but to state facts as he
found them. So that the men who took
Belleau wood at a loss-I use the mill
tary targon here-'-not disproportionate
to the objective obtained must stop in
the job of getting rested up and cleaned
up and quieting their nerves to explain
why:
So many bullets were used in killing
boche.
Why they did not pause in the task
of carrying out the wounded to wash
the blood from the stretchers.
Some of those stretchers ought never
to be washed. They ought to go back
home just as they are, hard and black
clotted and glazed. so that Americans
might realize how proud they are OF
the men who bled and died upon them.
There is nothing horrible in the powder
blackened and blood-stained battle flags
of Antietam and Missionary Ridge.
But the peevish fighting man / have
been telling about may cheer up. Amer
leans learn by experience. Just as Other
people do, even il we do not learn as
rapidly as we once thought we would
There is a startling lack of care for the
sensibilities of worthy but unintelligen'
officers in this Army that Gen. John ]
Pershing is creating. 1t takes time tt
run down the unintelligent. but they arr
frightfully run down in the end. Here.
q story to prove it:
Evening star., 1918-08-17
"Wasted Munitions

Some of the company officers used
too much ammunition" he reported.
The fighting man / am not quoting.
because he became unQuotable. asked
what the inspector knew of conditions
in Belleau wood. A certain unit
which under the rules of the censor
may no longer be named had been
sent in there to hold the wood. Moth
ing had been said about the financial
limit on the expenditure of shells. 1t
was simply told to hold the wood. IN
cidentally, it took a holy lot of boche
machine guns and several million
million is the word-rounds of cart
ridges and used some of them against
the boche. They might be entitled to
a credit for this, but they didn't
get it.
"And he said our stretchers were
bloody" said the fighting man.
Stop and think what that charge
amounts to. The men who have been
fighting in Belleau wood were at 1t
for close on to a month-with one
brief break of rest. They felt them
selves mighty lucky to have stretch
ers at all. Every wounded man who
could walk out of the wood did so.
The stretcher bearers carried the 9TH
ers at the great risk of their lives.
Drinking water was carried to Bel
leau wood and to the nearby ruins in
which first aid posts were estab-
lished in canteens No one had time
or water-or the disposltlon-to stop
in the midst o. the bloodiest and most
concentrated fighting in which Amer
lean troops have yet been engaged in
France to wash up the stretchers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15

Escape. From. Il Nose. Diving BOChc
the time trying to spray me with n
stream OF bullets.
|. /. So into a "vrille." or tail spin, I
went. Now let the Hun keep my rap
idly revolving machine in his gun
sights if he could. a..
I .lI recovered. reduced speed. flatten-
ed to a level keel and found my dizzy
self close, TO d French two-seatcr ar
tillery .sp0tting wireless machine. the
observer or which was. very excited
and had his gun pointed up at my
tormentors.,
But the Germans, finding. that they
had. run into a flock. Of ~Frenchmcn.
had broken off the fight and turned
Berlinwards. ~
i f1uttered around for a while to
show my new-found friends that l
was, still alive, n then beat it for
home. a..
/; Everybody rushed out to greet my
return. MY mechanics went over. cv-
! erything and found that my machine
| had. not been, touched. L reported the
fight to- the, captain, giving. him. quito
a surprise My 1anle-duck7 convey I
learned had got back safely. e
AT s,pnssr;' when we got our nrders
for the next day was in~fotmed:.that
the scrap had been confirmed. by the
artillery machine to whom J. owed
the. meal. I4.was enjoying: -. 49,. ..a
IL also Informed that the f6l-
flowing morning /. might have Spad.
7 T. had made good!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
PROPAGANDA
FAILS TO SLOW
!. UP SAMMIES
Corning Amistice" One Of
Earliest Reports Circd-
lated in Trenches.
s(By Junius b. Woody

Withsthe American Army in France,
March 9a5,-One of the favorite YEA
pons. Oh. which Germany relies in his
great struggle is insidfous propaganda.
calculated to break down the morale
of theVVforces opposing shpr.3 Anything
which sWeakens the determination to
kgtt, casts a douBtS$oh. the j~uafness of;
the demand for .MHkd democracy or
p~resunTes to glosAaSsSnSxlerrs the silmperial-;
ism of@the Hohsfxole nns affects. the.
morale..s PropagApda also sIfea lot
the kaiser is. Such crude Emethods
were worn out long ago, HISTORY IS
circulated in a roundahouuts way gath
ering details in the telling. and sink.
ing insgradually. " -. 10 4.
"ThesGermans do not want to light
U.s." was a saying which, sbread
through the trenchess when the Amer
leans first took oyer ,theM sector
northwest of Toul. AZ -.
It. did not receive \ m Il cTredance.
and after the ,firsta f,murderous on.
slaughts almost as. SOON: as 5ouisz men
stepped into the trenches il: was mot
heard ;again. Nobody who has; passed
sleepleSs days andY. nights in+Ahose
trenchss has any doubt that the.
mans are just as ready: to. fight. the
Americans as they are to fight ,:any
other nation which will not submit to
their demands for world imperialism
No Chance for Armisticc.
"AnAarmistice is being considered
RI the fighting will stop before the
week Is over was another propa-
gandisf5 story which circulated a few
days later. #@ 5.
Its evident purpose was to slow up
the fighting vigor of the Americans.
It. did mot succeed. Perhaps they had
too much of the SHOW me first" spir-
it. They were ready to keep on fight
ing as long AS the men in the trench
es across the barbed wire waste of
No MANS Lane wanted to light and to
send Back more ethan they received,
The arnistice talk had a feetinE cir
cuation for Il few days, and, Just like
6he preparations for the millennium,
the day passed and it did not come.
Stories of the vigilance and far
reaching %tentacles of the German Sc
cret service which spreads these
propaganda stories and gathers infor-
m%atioisgive it credit for almost super
natural omnipresence. Strictest pre-
Cautious are. taken against enemy
spies iNl the fighting zone That is one
~,easonsswlly the civilian population is
e~vacuS1ed from cities and villages
Hear the army. They would stay
around their homestcads amid the
tally bDmbardments, but there is too
much danger Of spies mingling among
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15

-: i'icutdnant >N1nS-Solldlns
It was, all very new and. Interesting.
My nervousness had gone, Below. me,
at the 1900 or 14bO-yard level were
a number of our ordinary artillery
sporting machines lodging -"Archies."
'anti7craft shells. Their maneuvers
fascinated me. a T.
Twas thus. calmly enjoying myself
when above the ROAR Of the j:motor 1
WAS. started by a peculiar "~rat-tat-tat"
behind me. 1t sounded like, a pneu-
matte riveter putting Iup. an Ameri-
can .s~kyscraper. 80, 70.
/ looked around. and 10 and be-
hold, there were two big ugly. black
crosser .Albatross sinElc,seater.r scouts
they were behind And, above. ! was at
ttheir mercy! i. ~. .e"..
r1nstinctively' l. threw on full motor
to climb higher. Zip. zip, zip" The
Germans were using ''trater''' bullets.
1S:could-. see the incandescent things
flashing: oyer my top wing II l mount
ed l, would run. into the fine of fire
, and be posted, that night as missing"
There was Just n way out.
! Jerking over the stick" l. Topped
-my 4 machine; dont its ,sidet:anASidid Il
,viertica wing: slide. 1t was one of my
tricks learned at Pau: ''*a -
DowI'1 dropped at a. 200.mile' clip:
: The Roches couldn't get over me,
as r was failing and going forward DIT
the same time. - :
! But escape wasn't so easy. A s1uint
Hup%ovcrs my left shoulder Showed me
that the first Boche was n~6sesdIving
almost vertically behind me and all
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
NY BA7 TILE WITH THE HUN!
How Found. Two. 81. the
Boches Peppering Me with
Bullets: and Made Good.
My Escape5W With a Wing
Slide"

By rI~ie,fanan I'M r.,,-.,.
/ (American All, ~ ~. III u,loSk
FLYING Corrs. tTrsnoh .ns Ea.ayeIt
(Copyrirht1 teis ~ ~. ISEEn asekionl
Entcrnrise "A ssasis.,a, :" Y PEI
Though. + sn.;,aa r aon.y
little scared, whsn VS. ,fea!iy 2
came. for nv -Arst sshv. , ..n,e ~ .asS
airmen:s> 80 ~. ~ Hah
"WonId%x,o,;
lines to- nrotsct = ..s,,s i, = utei lne
was the fnoiftes d ,,,;ita tIa,,t ~" ~ s3Ss, a
Jean Derode tbs. s~aronSS"aa Cap.dli
the front. :, 80 Ms " = -
"Yes sir ,,Y1 \
! "Verv s l,,,s, ~, ptonaptiy were !.
!. This usss .in1v 179stss.. ~
lust, finished nv +ran S1. ssas. nau
assigned to Snuad ron ~ ~ tx.
was. then -. Su,sdS = wnlc!l
to the French frat armu - .u, y lsL.ms
l was the onlV "a n,ericaT ,n"+ha snG oai \
ron Of Is. -, ~ - - '4uau
our can,n was IN +h. p.,rt,,
tier.3 west of I1ixmuda' NJ al LII alo y
the Beleian RIGHT and +ha ux 90
The hliies were inr.n ! ti,, = Df rn,.s1a, i Ell.
drive un the Relpisn - cns.t - IL
nm The i'm. rine : h.shs = ~ e.eaA,
! and. Zeehrnrpa sss - NJ v ! ! : no
whose insignia uos a. ,ara - -,
engaged in ;sa nca " Vas :
verXselaborate and. I'M nr nt ~ st"r
and gOf.a kind never hnforo ,%+nn, 80 !.
Ne$had the .hest, "a ~. !. n, "'aen,..n.pssss.u =.
and the best machines - W. "."aS
/ had been e;r o,.. s..t.s
Newport 120-horsepower News
,comers .alu,av VIC re+: t.' ..ei Lei Nse".
spad is far too i 1 ha r,s IS ::
with, a green pilot,
While getting into INV avinp +ors :,
rendezvous, $500 meters .nyer orr
field, was arranged Nv nhone. wifi .thc
two-seater, which ;. brlorred tn "a
neighboring !. squadron and. INV
Cuckoo, was ha,,led. ont. ne The ,has'
soneaux. -. ,.s.N. -, >
+, Amy shed in France. ia a.;hanra =.
I That for EnlaneI. - a.sone., ~, 60
icalled after it's YER ~ =.
The whole camp:came 4out IN see
the Yankee make his first trim 80.
Once in the machine n nuicklv 4est
ed the controls: looked at tho s,es,
sence'. uage. and: finding cvery1hinr
o. K, nodded to- NV mechanic. .
Captain Derode ann the. skv
to see that.thc air was, c1ear4of hnn,ey
coming planes. and with q wawe. ~
the hand gave the familiar command.
En- route" - ~
Contact" shouted, thc mocha mic
as he. prepared to swingsmy nroneiler1
1 turned ON the switch the. Ia
Rhone moto,. roared. and j: was OFF, ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
ADAMS TO j;
~. VISIT THIS CITY

The tour of Maude.AdaMs is to
bring her at an carly date to this city.
The play, in which she is o be seen
Is James Matthew Barrie's fanciful
comedy t"As-Kiss for Cinderella" To.
those who keep in:'touch with the
things Of the theater it iserot neces-
safy to ,dilate on, the charm of. this
play or. of Miss Adams in it. Tire
comedy ran all last winter in New
York and it seems destined 70 add to
the laurels of Sir James as author
and of. Maude Adams as actress. Up
on its original production in this
country much stress was laid on the
artistry with which the : play was
staked.. The setting of the big scene,
the dream-ball of the neglected lit
tie London waif. is an adaptation of
what is considered to be a celebrated
painting. The original production Of
the play is to be given here.
49, W. -r ~--. rSAn~<- DAA6 - 49,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
ACE OF ACES" :.
BRINGS DOWN !:
AZ PLANES
Canadian Youth wins Thrill
ing Victories Over Hun
Airmen..
(ByS Paul Ayres Rockwell.)

(By> Paul >Ayres. Rockwell.)
Paris, April Isl have already
written about the young Canadian
aviator, Major w, A. Bishop, the ACC
of aces Of the British aviation corps,
who has destroyed forty-sevenT Ger
man airplanes in"taerial .combats. A
recent citation of Major Bishop men;
and great intrepidity, frequently at
lacking single handed entire fornia-
lions and showing IN every occasion
aD admirable conibative Spirit.
There are two other great English
aces. Captain Philip Fletcher Full
lard, with 'sforty-two Victories. and
Captain~Byford McCudden, who has
shot down thirty-four enemy ma
chimes whose names and exploitssar e
although they enjoy the highest pres
tige among the British and. allied
aviators. a'N' ~.
Bullet Hits Goggles.
He has DESTROYED fortY-two. enemy
airplanes ana burned down three OBJ,
servation balloons. In, one day he
put tour German ulachi1es out of
action. He has had numerous mar
row' escapes from injury or. death;
in one combat..a bullet. shattered. his
goggles; another time his airplane
LUX AlkCS=0HO ~ was VHAS
Guilty and by skillfult plotting that. he.
succeeded in getting down safely
within his lines.>
Nan;ed.commander Of an s%escadrille,
forsthree months he has led the same
,groups.of six pilots without a single
loss. His escadrille counts $50 vic
'0f Dispatches h from the British front
have more than Dnce mentionedSthe
exploits Of Captain McCudden, with
out giving his name. u. This; lad q
years old, Is renowned among his
comrades as an intrepid tiger. Three
Of his thtrty-fourssficlal victims were
secured within the same hour.
Retreat Cut Short
Captain McCudden, attacked.a Ger-
man observation machine; one of his
bullets struck the motor. which stop
ped, The German observer raised
his arms, in token of aasurrender. and
the .Engiishmah ~sceased firing. q
The pilot started to follow cCl1:
den to<a landing within the British
lines, s.but. his motor. suddenly rctak-
ing. turned and headed. for his own
territory. MoCudden turned hts ma
chine gun on the German atrpldne
and cut short its retreat by sending
it crashing to earth. %ss ia
nav \ YAhar&v 1ond-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
ENGLAND TO SUPPLY BOOTS.

London April 15:-LarEe contracts
viii shortly be. placed in England tor
supplies of boots to the American
army in France, it is announced. IN
anticipation of these requirements,
leather supplies to, manufacturers Of
civilian shoes have been ..uiLlil"d.
and stringent restrictions will. ON
into force early next month.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
sly : xAssrty 1oad-

A HINT. s..s.s.sy ",
when I.ddn;tsWatt a m~An'ssattenA;
ton and he asks mo wheras I siiyAgssI
sAysin the subprbA"
2 "Ha! ha! Excellent; but WhAtA s:d4
YOU really live. Miss RAAebau1hfEatss.sass
..ln..the suburbs. NJ. sJohn StAtset
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
COL. ROOSEVELI'S
 CONDITION SHOWS
 BIG IMPROVEMENT
Physicians Will Today De- termine If Another Oper-
 atjon Necessary.

New York, Feb. s.-Marked inn provement during the past "A hours in the condition of Col. Roosevelt was indicated at 9 o'clock tonight by the physicians attending hi mat Roose- welt hospital. The bulletins said the outlook is very encouraging. "Dr. Duale called on Colonel Roosevelt at S:15 o'clock" said the text of the bull letin. "The colonel has had very comfortable day and is progressing favorably in every way. Temperature and pulse have been normal turnout the day. The outlook is very encour- aging"
 Despite the encouraging tone of to- days bulletins, Colonel Roosevelt's doctors have indicated that they would be unable to determine before to- morrow whether further operations would be necessary. Tuesday the colonel underwent an operation for abeesses which had formed in his ears, altho he was only recovering from another operation performed a few days before at his Oyster Bay home for fstula. Yesterday acute in flammation developed in the colonel's inner left ear which resulted in the hurried calling of conferences by spe- cialists who have been attending him, as they feared it might extend to the mastoid process. At their conclusion it was announced that the patient 5 condition was "serious but not criti- cal" and the doctors would be unable to say until 4S hours had elapsed whether another operation would be necessary.
 Members of Colonel Roosevelt 5 family who have been at the hospital yesterday and today were very opti- mistic over the reports of the physi- clans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
TUSCANIA DEATH
 LIST MOUNTS AGAIN
(Continued from page one.)

were missing, 113 of them being American soldiers British admiral ty figures given to the Associated Press at London tonight show 166 missing. 147 of them American sol diers. 4 officers and 143 enlisted men,
 In spite of the realization that the loss were remarkably small consider ing the number carried by the liner, the revised admiralty report was re ceived with bitter disappointment. Press dispatches last night indicating that the dead all told might not ex- ceed 100 had led to the hope that possibly not more than 90 of the sol diers had perished. Additional de tails of the splendid conduct of the nntried soldiers, as described in press dispatches today. were received with undisguised pleasure Ey army off cerS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
CRAzEO NEGRO KILLS
 TWO, WOUNDS ANOTHER

Estill Springs, Tenn, Feb. B. Pierce Rodgers and Jesse Trigger are dead, and Frank Tiggert perhaps fa- tally wounded, as result of the run ming amuck of Jiln McClartin, a ne gro here late today. Jesse Tiggert was shot dead in his tracks, and, as the other men started to run, they were shot in the back
 There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy, and no one seems to know what caused it. Bloodhounds from Nashville are to be put on the trail of the negro
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
Embarrassment.

In all probability there Is no state of embarrassment more acute than that which is suffered by the bald man who has to sit through a long ser. mon based on the text: "Even the hairs of your head are numbered."- Philadelphia Inquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
Queen of Hearts,

The name, Queen of Hearts, was given In the low countries to Eliza beth. daughter of James l and the unfortunate queen of Bohemia. When her fortune was at the lowest ebb she never lost her dignity of spirit, and poverty and distress only rendered her the more an object of admiration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
Historical Wauram.

Wagram, known by its ciSn people as Deutsch-W agram, Is village of Austria, situated on the plain of Marchfeld. eleven and a half miles northeast of Vienna, Austria. Here on July 5 and 6, 1S0s. Napoleon Bona. parte defeated the Austrians, com. manded by the tschduke Charles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
Sensitive Plant.

Tbs Aensitiveness of some plants has been matter of deep study by bot anists. The sensitive plant and all the mimosas. and the sundew and others are so susceptible to disturbance that a footstep nearby causes flowers and leaves to curl up and droGD. After the jarrlnS has ceased they slowly re. oein their upright positions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
SOME VAULTER, IS HOLLAND.

Jumping 5 feet 3 IA inches from the ground, Albert Holland, son of MT. and Mrs. J. J. Holland, won the high jump prize in contest at Camp Jackson, Columbia C., where he is now stationed with the U. s. forces. While stationed at Camp Pike, young Holland won the high jump in field day contest, clearing feet ? inches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09

Miss Agnes Nestor. who is to rep resent women on the labor advisory conuncil which has just been nomin- ated to serve under John Lind. is former president of the Glove Work CTS union.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09
Wilson Wires Symnathy.

Washington, Feb. & President Wilson today sent to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt the following telegram:
 "May 1 not express my warmest sympathy, and the sincere hope that MT. Roosevelt's condition is improv- ipOv
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09

There will be wild scramble in Pittsburgh this summer to fill the shoes of the veteran Wagner at short Wagner was in Pittsburg what Cobb is in Detroit, and the final word from him that he was absolutely through with baseball will cause the scramble for his position at short. Wagner af- ter quitting the game last year, was coaXed back along in the middle of the season and covered first for the Pirates. He will always be remem- bered by the fans as one of the great est players of the National game.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09

When a schooner was tied up re- gently at Port Townsend. Wash, for lack of a crew, three women of that town volunteered to sign on the yes sel as sailors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-09

Mrs. Robert A. Morton, of Chey. enne. former president of the Wyom. ing Federation of Women's clubs, has superintendent of public instruction on the Republican ticket.