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Evening star., 1918-04-09
Sherman UNCOVERS
U. S. AS 'PROF|TEER'
Reveals, in Senate Debate,
One Woman's Rent Was
Raised 600 Per Cent.
GIVEN SEVEN DAYS TO MOVE

Senator Sherman of Illinois revealed
:, ~. c.,.+. x,.s+erdov durino The de-.
- '-o
bate on the sedltlon bill case which
ho aao1.-ad ~ ha a,,ro6tear;no in rantsu
no 'o " "
on the part Of the government itself.
c ch. ,,,tea - ln,v ~ oft-
senator oliefn'an "a.''o " " =,
er the passage Of the sedition bill, he
-. All. - ;.,,n,,,,t--;f ;,.,,-;.an II he
criticised the government for this act.
q ~ - !. ,.,s c.,.to-
shouio Hhe u Aho"' s1
Sherman, whether could read letter
If date Of April 4. 1918, addressed to a
-L,..4. Hr,.. r,
s...-. ,.,.,h
Keyser Of % street northwest, Wasn-
inpton. d. C.-and make appropriate
A. In v,eu If fhe fact that
coii'iiehes o ~ -. -,
there is an anu-pronteerlng rent oiii
nendine in the committee on the Dis
80 =, co,,n,h,. whether 7 could
trice VI Soio'a -. :.
read this letter and comment upon inc
governmental action. without landing
.,,, ,fJ ala so At anv n1ace
myseii III 1a'A'
outside of the Senate chamoerE
Senator Sherman read the following
1900.
ing ieee1.
referring to your CONTRACT Win this
department, dated November 1S, 1916,
,sa.;- -, ,,,,, nran,,ses No Al r street
Ieasns ~ Su & ~ .aanth - month at a
ss+,an nor.nM VS. ~ ss nar manth. T have
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Scholarship to Honor American Girl,

NEW YORK. April Sin memory Of
an American girl. Miss Anabel Roberts,
who lost her life in nursing service on
the western front. four scholarships
have been given to the vassar train
ing camp for nurses. it was announced
here today, by the vassar class of 1913,
of which Miss Roberts was a member.
The Roberts scholarships are for $3.50
each. s.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
EIGHT MEN ENTOMBED
WHEN MINE GAS EXPLODE

HARTFORD. Ark, April s.-Etrht
men are .entombed in the Hartford VAL
ley Fuel company's mine near here as
a result of an explosion of gas this
morning. One man. Robert Barr. part
owner of the mine. was rescued. He is
slightly burned.
The explosion occurred at the bottom
of shaft 1s0 feet deep.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Medical Unit to Go to Palestine.

NEW YORK. April 9.-Forty-one doc
tors, nurses, sanitarfans. mechanics,
pharmacists and dentists. representing
the American Zionist medical unit. will
leave soon fof Palestine to Cooperate
with the Jewish administrative COM
nilesion which is laying the foundation
The unit was equipped at cost of
$250.000 by Hadassah, the women's
branch Of the Zionist cause. "A hospital
In Jerusalem already has been placed
tingent
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Live Wire Causes Students Death.

RICHMOND. Va. April s.-First Lisut.
John n. Ware. twenty-three years old,
was accidentally killed yesterday after
noon by picking up a live wire in the
mess hall Of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute. He was to have graduated In June.
His body was brought here today for
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Mr.. Broussard's Condition Seriou..

NEW IBERIA. La. April s.-The con-
dition Of United States Senator R. r.
Broussard. critically i'll at his home
here. continued very serious" early to-
day. according to members Of his family
Physicians in almost constant attend
ance at the senator's bedside stated
there had been no change for the better
in the last eighteen hours.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
8-HOUR Amendment
OMITTED FROM BILL
Legislative, Executive and Ju-
diciaI Appropriation Measure
Reported to Senate.
INCREASES PAY OF CLERKS

With the Borland eight-hour amend
ment, which would compel employees OF
the government departments to work a
minimum of eight hours a day, with nc
overtime pay, stricken out the 1eg1sla-
tive. executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill was reported to the Senate to-
day by Senator Martin, chairman Of the
appropriations committee.
That the Senate will concur in the
action of the committee is regarded as
certain, and it Is expected that the
House will accept the Senate amend
ment.
AS reported to the Senate the legisla-
tive bill carries the increase Of $120 a
year for the employees up 10 tnose re-
ceiving $1,000 year. The Senate COM
mittee advanced the increase from the
$4,000 limit to the $2,500 limit.
AS in the case of the House bill. the
1920 increase will be in addition to sal
aries paid prior to the s and 10 per
cent increases granted under the law
ASA sAAS ~ SSSAS 4ASNA4 yS0As
Bill Carries $40, Gee, 1896.
The bill as reported to the Senate
carries $7o,096. .323.25. This Is about
$500, 900 more than the bill provided as
1T passed the House. and 1t is about
$4,700, 900 less than the estimates.
The increases were granted as fol-
lows:
Senate: Salaries and miscellaneous
items. s123,050. Capitol police: Sala-
ries, $4,000. Library Of Congress, s., 900
Department of State, $1,440; Treas
ury Department, S34.1o0.000.
Henry Park reservation, salaries. $42,-
500.
Department of the Interior, general
land office. $500.
Post Office Department. $107.7oo, OF
which $4,000 is for the enforcement
Of the espionage bill and trading with
the enemy act.
Department of Justice, $1,000.
Department Of Commerce, $S8,065 In
cluding $4,000 for securing informa-
tfon for the census report.
Decreases in House Bill.
The decreases from the House bill
were as follows: Department Of the In
terror, $3.50; Department of Justice,
$I.75O. and Department Of Labor, $500
|. The Senate committee struck from
the bill the provision inserted by the
House which would do away with the
subtreasury in New York. Chicago and
other cities six months after the end
of the war.
The action Of the Senate committee
in striking out the Borland amendment
is believed to put an end to the agi-
tation for that legislation, at least for
the present session. 80
During the debate in the Senate on
the agricultural bill. which also carried
the Borland eight-hour amendment, 1t
was clearly demonstrated that the Bor-
land amendment did not provide for the
standard eight-hour day which has
come to be recognized tho country over
but that it provided for a minimum
eight-hour day. leaving it in the power
of the department and bureau heads to
compel the clerks to work sixteen
hours If they desired without any pro-
visions for compensation for that extra
time.
BY a vote of 40 to 20 the Senate
struck out the Borland amendment and
the conferees on the agricultural ap-
preparation bill have accepted the SEN
ate amendment.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
German Surprise Attack
On Americans Dispersed
Machine Gun and Automatic Fire Drives
Teutons Back to Oiun Lines---U S.
Troops Attack Enemy.

without being able to reach any OF the
American positions.
A corporal in listening post saw the
Germans approaching. He waited unul
they were within few yards of them
and then challenged. The enemy an
swered with rifle fire, whereupon the
American outposts opened with heavy
machine gun and automatic fire. scatter
ing the Germans and driving them back
to their own lines. :,
A violent artillery duel went on all
through the night along the whole
length Of the American front. The Ger
mans threw more shells into the Ameri-
can positions than in any similar period
for the past few months. The American
batteries replied vigorously.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
By the Associated Press.

BY the-AsSocIAted PfeSS.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Monday April S.-American
outposts in the Lorraine sector attack
ed German patrol this morning and
killed one of the enemy party. The
Americans dragged the body across no
mans land into their own trenches for
Identification. There were no Ameri-
can casualties.
A large German patrol attempted a
surprise attack on the American out
posts in the sector northwest of Toul
early this morning, but was dispersed
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our the support from their own heavy
artillery.
Looks Badly on Map.
On. the map the Germans look desper-
ately near to Amiens. but they were six
miles nearer to verdun on the 26th day
OF February. 1916. and in the next six
months they advanced only mile and
q half Unless Hindenburg can break
the sides Of the angle. the German
offensive In Picardy will be stopped.
sacrifice many thousands Of men, as
they sacrificed other thousands on the
Meuse.
All French strategy at verdun was
the Germans until the British were
ready. The allied strategy now must
have similar direction and an iden-
tical purpose.
Meantime the German has got to ex-
plain to his public why he has not won
the war in his first battle: why the
second Somme was not Dunajec or
an Isonzo. He has got to deal with an
apprehension provoked by the new
and not forgotten Verdun experience.
The fact that the German must go
on-that he has staked all upon this
blow-is sufficient to make the allies
optimism. There Will be other con-
vulsions. There may be other retreats.
The allies will sell ground at a high
price and retire at many points. Their
to wear out the fury Of the German
attack as Petain wore 1t out at verdun
now yielding, now counter attacking,
now standing firm-keeping the Ger
ans or
when new armies and fresh reserves
will permit the allies to take the Of
fensive.
Must Be No Break in Line.
All that Is vital now is that there should
not be breach In the allied lines and a
new separation of the British and French
armies. Even the fall of Amiens would
be Of minor importance now il this did
not happen. =
We seem to be at the beginning of an
other Verdun. with greater stakes. vastly
greater forces engaged and q far wider
front involved. but the problem seems the
same. The German has rushed into a
salient between the French and British
armies. He cannot hammer his way
through at the l,o.nt of the salient. but
must break down the sides, and SO far all
efforts have ended in complete defeat
As for the slight advance of the Ger
mans on Sunday south of the Disc. this
does not seem to be a threat to Paris,
as was reported. but rather a retire.
ment of the French line, made neces-
sary by the German advance north of
the Disc river. The French have near
ly Strengthened out their line and hold
of the country would seem to pre-
clude a. German thrust south toward
Paris along the east bank of the Disc
river. The true pathway to Paris lies
west Nof the Oise. but 1t does not seem
to be Paris that the German is think
ing of. just as the French armies are
not his objective. He is endeavoring
to separate the British and French
armies and roll the British back on
Calais and Boulogne. But he is not
making any progress in this direction,
and has made no material progress
since the end of the first week.
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KAISER STAKES ALL m NEW
VERDUN, SAYS F. H. SIMOrlDS
Pushes His Army Into Salient Which He
Cannot Hammer Through. and Efforts to
Break Down Sides Have Been Defeated
Bv FRANK H. SIMONDS.

The German trouble He has battle and not
pan when nothing than campaign satisfy his needs His
winning the campaign improving visby the
days 90 bv He has Verdun time table before him. and
although he does discover old parallels for difficulties
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Fines, $40 to 1900. .

Fines running from SO to $500 are
provided for violations Of tho act.
The bill provides that four labor
inspectors should be appointed by the
District Commissioners at q salary not
exceeding $1,000 . year, to enforce the
provisions OF this act
II passed by Congress this measure
would take effect on SeptemhsE I 1S1s.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
British Lines shellsd.

LONDON. April s-rhe German artiI-
lsry developed great activity early thia
morning ON the British front ON ths nne;
from La Bassee canal TO south Of Arr
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Honor Flags to Be Distributed.

The honor flag and the Honor sys-
fem" viii not be confined to Individual
bomes. but government departments.
department. stores. ofnces, retail stores,
bublio schools. churches, fraternal or
kenizations, clubs and all other places
fhat purchase bonds will be entitled
70 them.
Nothing on the honor nag" will show
~ amount subscribed by the person in
khose window It will be placed.
The committee has received word
krom George q. Ol1er that $23,050 had
keen subscribed among employees at
he Emergency Fleet Corporation and
he shipping board. The auditing di-
tlSion subscribed 100 per cent.
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GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was Nothing. So Good
for Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old.fashioned mustard.
plaster burned and blistered while It
acted. Get the relief and help that
mustard plasters gave, without the
plaster and without the blister.
Musterole does it. II Is a clean,
white ointment made with oil of mus.
tard. II is scientifically prepared, so
that it works wonders, and yet does
not blister the tenderest skin.
Gently massage Musterole in with the
finger-tips. See how quickly it bringsre.
lief-how speedily the pain disappears.
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron-
chitis tonsilitis. Group, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache; conges'
pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles bruises, chill.
blains, frosted feet, colds of the chest
(it often prevents pneumonia).
SOC and Coo jars; hospital size SEQ
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Test Newest Ship
UNITED Press Leased Wire.

WASHINGTON D. c., Mbrch 5-Tests of shp
Lucia being conducted today board headed by Admiral
Wntershae at Hsmpton Roads 1t likely
submitted orpedong
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weak before monster so gigan-
tic, recoils from the struggle, and
would like to creep away into a
hole somewhere, and numbly ex-
list until the storm has passed.
1t is necessary to still that
panic of the mind, for 1t is little
less than a panic, a recoil and a
quailing of self against disaster
so universal that no human crea-
ture may feel safe from its i'm
minence.
An atom cannot stop the rush
ing of a flood, says Fear.
To the aid of the indi-
vidual Reason must come, as
1t has come to this nation Of
France, through her indt-
viduals. Enduring rocks are
made of atoms which cling to
gether.
The rage against war, the pas
sionate protest against the very
possibility of war is here from the
highest to the lowest, for. these
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energy and all it's mind, and all
the resources of the teeming earth
to the one gristly business Of
death?
There is no sane mind but that
stops, startled, to ask this unan-
swerable question, no properly
constituted soul which does not
cry out in an agony of passionate
protest against this awful condi-
ton.
We must stop 1t! There must
be no more war!
We rail. for a time, until there
comes the chilling thought of the
impotence of our fury. What
can we do that we are not al
ready doing?
Never Waiver.
There succeeds a feeling of ut
ter helplessness, a feeling that
this ruthless cataclysm Of carnage
Is supernatural In it's immensely,
and there is a faint moment when
one, seeming pitifully small and
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, roses and green-clad hills and
white chateaux, there bends a Sc
rene blue sky, deep, fathomless,
with only here and there a fleck
of fleecy cloud to make the blue
more vivid.
oh, 1t is a beautiful worlds
beautiful!
Ambulances Pass.
And to think that all this glori-
GUS Paradise was given to man
to be its lord and master, given
to him that he might enjoy Its
boundleSs wealth, and live in
peace and plenty.
But what Is that new
movement on the road among
the hills?
Something gray passes there; a
big, covered wagon; another, an
other, a long procession OF them.
Ambulances, for up In the hills
there are vast hospitals for con-
valescent wounded.
War! The whole dream,
the vision of peace and
plenty, the thought Of thanks
giving for the gift Of all this
beauty of sea and sky and
shifting, breathing life, fades
away.
War! There Is war In the
world, a war SO colossal. so far
reaching, that no human being,
even in the most sequestered spot
of this terrestrial universe, can
be free from 1t deadening touch.
A sudden rage fills the heart.
Why should there be war; this
war; any war?
Why? Why?
Why. where all nature is de-
voted to the business Of living.
and blossoming into beauty, should
human kind have suddenly fallen
upon itself to main and mangle
and destroy?
Why should humanity have
risen in one mighty appalling
to kill itself?
Why should it have bent all its |
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with as much as possible on the
winning side.
Deaf, Dumb, Blind.

Will dS muCu as poosipio oh ehS
winning side.
Deaf, Dumb, Blind.
The same German blindness!
The same German deafness and
dumbness! IL the French were
playing a political and an econo-
mic game, as Germany is, II they
were trying to pretend, as Ger
many is, that they hold a royal
flush in place Of only pair Of
deuces, then they might be
frightened out by stack Of blue
chips, or a Misunderstanding
chuckle of lEotended confidence;
but they are not playing a game.
The French are pouring
out their hearts blood be-
cause they are filled, through
and through, with rage
against war, and they are de-
termined that there shall be
no more of 1t!
Let Russia collapse, and let the
German loudly proclaim that now
the war is over, since there is no
need to wait for America; and let
him loudly call that now his
beaten foes may come to the
peace counter and haggle for such
scraps Of peace as may still be
bought.
Only Single Answer
No answer from the French,
except that their original purpose
is unchanged. They will fight on
until France is saved, and until
the world is safe for humanity!
They are filled with a rage against
war!
Let the German assiduously cir
culate blood-curdling reports
about the great offensive which,
before America can get into the
war, is to be conducted with the
troops released from Russia; and
the answer is the same.
The French will meet the Of
fensive, and they will fight on,
for they are filled with a rage
against war, and they are deter
mined to end 1t, once and for
all!
Let Italy meet a terrific re-
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BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
AND LILLIAN CHESTER.
Copyright, 1918.

PARIS, March 8.--Roses
grow I'm the south OF France.
In the shelter OF the green
hills, where summer hides
until she can once more
spread her fairy carpet over
the world, and deck II with
bright colors, the gay blos-
SONS cluster against garden
walls and Chamber over
quaint trellises and nod from
the very wayside.
A road winds down along the
sea and twists among the cliffs,
and up there CLEAN whate cha
teaux. red-roofed and yellow
rooted, amid their oddly mingled
palms and pines.
Along the road the tiniest of
horses, drawing the gauntiest and
tallest of carts, comes plodding
patiently, its bells tinkling, and
Its driver. wide-cheeked fellow
with a pipe in his mouth and a
peppermint stripe across the end
of his muffler, sits in drowsy con-
tent, the reins dangling loose.
A bright-eyed old woman steps
bliskly along, her market bask ct
on her arm; sturdy peasant girl
with push cart; a boy racing
with a dog; just enough move
ment to give life to the restful
panorama.
A Beautiful HOrld.
Out there the deep blue water,
held lovingly in the arm OF a
green-sloped promentorX, and
spreading beyond to a blue in
finity.
The waves tumble merrily in
on the beach, sparkling and flash
ing in the sunlight, and tossing
their dainty caps of pearl on the
sand with reckless extravaganza.
! A few gulls ride fat-breasted on
the water, bobbing like corks;
few others circle lazily in the air;
and above all, over gulls and sea
and beach and winding road, cart,
old woman, girl and boy and dog,
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are human people, and cruelty is
abhorrent to them; but exactly
because the rage against this war
and all war, is In them, they have
fought and are fighting, at the
side Of their staunch allies, with a
sublime courage WHICH HAS
NEVER WAVERED FROM THE
FIRST, AND WILL NEVER
WAIVER TO THE LAST; for that
is the only way in which war is to
be stamped out.
Psychology Reversed.
There is no rage SO terrific as
that which holds itself calm; and
that is the secret of the French
mans never-changing attitude to-
ward this colossal conflict; and
1t Is his greatest strength.
The German loudly proclaims
himself. Let him win a slight ad-
vantage, and he boasts to the
world that he is already victori-
GUS!
Even as he does so, he discov-
ers that the French, entirely un-
disturbed by the reverse so far
steadily treading to the front, are
as their plans are concerned, are
steadily marshaling their re-
sources. are steadily facing the
line of living flame.
Let the French obtain a slight
advantage, and the German
boasts to the world that he has
laid strategic trap, and that he
is already victorious.
Even as he does SO, he discovers
that the French, entirely undis-
turbed by the advantage so far as
their plans are concerned, are
steadily treading to the front, are
steadily marshaling their re-
sources. are steadily facing the
line of living flame.
II we have correctly read
the psychology of events, 1t
worries the German, that
calmness Of the French.
It is apparently reversal of
racial characteristics, that the
German should be nervous and
the Frenchman phlegmatic.
But there is reason.
The Germans started this hor-
rible saturnalia of murder as a
game, and they are playing it as
a game, in which they hope to win
all they can, and keep all they
get; or losing, which was a later
thought, give up the least posi-
BILE.
Just One End.
There can be but one end to a
conflict between the cold trick
cry of greed and the passionate
to high purpose; for,
on that day when honest men de-
termine to be no more under the
of a murderous bully
the days of that bully are num-
bered.
This one knows 1t.
When the German pro-
claims his belief in an ulti-
mate victory, shifting his
guage of the extent of that
victory with the shifting &C.
currences Of the day, accord
ing to his warped judgment
of how the occurrences of the
day may affect other peoples,
he lies, and he knows that
he lies!
The handwriting is on the
wall for Hohenzollernism, and
hat fact may best be known by
he size of the scarecrow which
he German attempts to flaunt be-
ore the world, for the louder he
shouts the more. he is scared. His
only hope is now, before his next
'everse shall come, to SO brighten
he world by his brazen buster
ngs that he can finish lhis game
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verse, and there is but one an
swer to the blatant growing of
Germany. anxious to make peace
before America can get in. to quit
while the quitting is good! Only
one answer; the French will fight
on, for there is in them a pas
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By Ahern

sionate rage against war. and war
must go out of a world inhabited
by civilization, since there Is no>
room for both!
Another article by the ChestezN
will appear in The Times to-
morrow.
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E. r. Roberts Dies

e. Roberts, park ana
head the ysc died Tuesday
1906 No. Eighth st. A
He suffered cancer.
Coming at Wapae
lake Roberts services expert gardener dev
park and began work P Defiance belonged
city 80 A.
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Fever Volunteers
Omitted Press Leased Wire.>


PARIS Sixty enlisted
greatest power known
modern armies The soldiers all of whom
have inoculated with
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Bel6ians Protest
UNITED Press Leased Wire.)


WASHINGTON d. c., March Popular in occupied
Belgium has assumed increasing volume
said passing
fled frontier wires brought word avre
people, bishops judges, civil authorities merchants and
have Joined In protest." the cables said.
The protest originated attempt
make Flanders independent political state-spng Belgium
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GAGS School Girl
UNITED Press Leased Wire,


SACRAMENTO Cal March 5-A sheriffs deputies
and citizens combing the country Of
today In search OF who bound gagged and attacked
Thema Davis, 14-yearod dressing Gait
grammar school late yesterday afternoon
According the GIRL
ing the dressing bound her hands
her into