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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
GREGORY ASKS4
CHANGES IN LAWS

A law making the warrant OF arrest
by a United States court run to all
sections Of the country is one of four
recommendations to Congress in the
report for the fiscal year ended June
20, 1918, Of Attorney General T. w.
Gregory. the man who has waged war
against the enemy alien in this coun-
try.
The report points out that a person,
under the present Federal criminal
procedure. successfully may resist re-
moval from one district to the district
in which he was indicted by repeatedly
giving and forfeiting bond.
other Laws Asked.
The Attorney General also urges:
A law making 1t an offense to
send threatening letters through the
mails. At present this is only an
offense IL the letters are sent to de-
fraud
Legislation providing for the pun
ishment OF a single individual who
defrauds or attempts to defraud the
United States. The present statute
only Furnishes two or more persons
for this.
A law to allow the Government 10
sue any corporation in any district
in which IT actually transacts bust
ness. Under the existing law the
United States cannot sue a corpora
ton in any district other than in
which is located its principal place
of business within the state where
the corporation was created.
Better PoIIeed Than Ever.
The United States today is policed
tory. the report asserts.
The report. reviews in detail the
vast amount OF work accomplished
by the Department of Justice-th4
battle against enemy propaganda.
sabotage. sedition. the control of
enemy aliens. the corraling OF draft
evaders. and scores OF minor tasks.
zone of the distinctive achieve
ments OF the American people has
been the maintenance of order, the
comparative failure OF eremy activi-
ties. and the general sels-control and
self-restraint exhibited throughout
the country in critical situations"
says the report in a revieY OF The
history OF the country sin e: its en-
try into the war.
Only Isolated Disorders.
There have been instances of out
RACES and disorder. but only in iso-
lated cases directed against individ-
uaIs, and the number has been negli-
gible. This condition II, of course.
chiefly due to the law-abiding in
stinct of the people, but it is be-
lieved that 1t is due, also. to the
attitude and policies adopted by this
department"
Since the war the increase in the
| lawsuits and other business coming
under the Department OF Justice has
been great. Typical OF this. the num-
Der of civil litigations begun in the
southern district of New York in 1917
was 1S6 and in 1918 233, while on the
criminal side there were STS prosscu-
tions in 1917 and 2.070 in 1918. The
prosecutions disposed OF by trial
numbered 432 in 1917 and 1.7s0 in
1918.
Il is emphasized in the report that
the results obtained by the Depart
ment of Justice show the suffciency
of the civil process and the needless
ness OF the military tribunal in this
country.
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Treasury Has No Official
Record Of Financing Of
Civil Wal, McAdOO Finds

There exist in the Treasury
Department no official records OF
the financing of the civil war
and 1t is doubtful IL such records
were ever made.
This amazing condition was I'M
eartbed by Secretary McAdoo
when he sought to draft a COM
parison OF American war COSTS
he stated today.
There are some desultory book
keeping records, but no official
report of the cost of the war shat
ragged in this country from 1851
to 1855, the Secretary said.
The best We could find" he
declared. was scrap-books OF
newspaper clippings contempor-
aneous OF the times and preserved
all these years by some old lady
clerks still employed here"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
HER PoCKETB0OK STOLEN
AS SHE KNEELS IN PRAYER

While at prayer at ST. Pauia
Church, Fifteenth and V streets north
west. Miss Julia Hammill. 250l Four
tenth street northwest. was robbed
of her pockctSooI containing s..
She was kneelinE in prayer when 4
young white boy about seventeen
years old came in the same pew with
her. Her pockctbools was lying beside
her. she said. and when the young
man left the church she found her
pccketbook was missing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
FINANCIAL

NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF ruNTEu
STATES TREASURY CERTIFICATES
OF INDEBTEDNESS OF SERIES I'VE,
DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1918, AND MA
TURING JANUARY 2, I9Is.-AH United
States Treasury Certificates Of Indebted-
ness of Series I'VE. dated September 81
1913, and maturing January :. 1919, ara
hereby called for redemption on Decembef
-. 1918. at par and accrued interest. pun
suant to the provision for such redemptiOo
contained in the certificates. On Dece-It.
Der Is, 1918. interest on all certificates Of
said series Will cease to accrue
W. q. Nc ADO i
Secretary Of the TrsAsnry :
December {, 1918. dee.s ,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
WANT DEMAND MADE FOR
INDEPENDENCE OF KOREA

Koreans in the United States have
appealed to President Wilson and the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
to demand at the peace conferences
that Korea be given her independ-
ence from japanese domination.
They declare that under a treaty
made in 1882. the United States Is
morally bound to do everything pos
sible to preserve the independent sov-
ereignty OF Korea Korea was ans
nexed by Japan in 1910.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
TopAY's SALES.
GAS BONDS.

Washington Railway As, 10000
72A. 1.0O0972A. 1.OOOQT2A.
Potomac Electric Cons. SIS, 81, 0009
OF.
Capital Traction, 1o6SS.
Washington Railway preferred. 1OG
69&. 25G7O, 25@To, 2597O, 256TO,
S6TO.
After call-Washington Railway
gen. 6's, 81 ,000G961a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
BELIEVE NEW R. R. HEAD
WON'T BE NAMED TILL JAN. |

That no successor to Director Cen
rraI Of the Railroads William G. Nc
Adoo would be named before the
first of the year was the general be-
lief in official circles here today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06

Don't forget that victory must he
paid for. sRd TINT our war expenses
do not cease when actual nEhtinE
ceases. Keep your war savings
pIedKe and buy more w. 8. 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06

Il mAy take more than two year,
to demobIIiEe our lighting forces, and
until that time the Government VIII
need our money. Keep your w. 5. 8.
pledge and buy more W. 8. 8.
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B|ELASKI TELLS OF
FOE PROPAGANDA

Before the overman subcommittee
today. A. Bruce Bielaski, chief of the
Bureau of Investigation of the De-
partment of Justice, told in detail
about the workings of the German
propaganda machinery in this country
today.
Mr.. Bielaski set forth that William
Bayard Hale was a German agent in
the United States, and that DIR. Ed
ward Rumely, the indicted editor of
the New York Mail, was in conferences
held by DR.. Dernberg in this country
to discuss propaganda policies.
! shows Cablegram.
Bielaski made public for the first
time a cables ram in possession of the
State Department sent by Count Won
BernstorfT, former German Ambassa-
dor. to the German foreign office via
Buenos Aires and Stockholm. II sug-
gested that the time was favorable to
send a first rate journalist to Berlin
! TO present the German side of the
war TO the American people. 1t sug-
gested William Bayard Hale who. IL
| said, had been in the employ of the
embassy since the beginning of the
war and was under contract until
June -, 1918.
Bielaskf went into much detail about
the German propaganda in this country
and the persons regarded as favorable
to the German cause.
The first meeting to organize
propaganda was held in New York
November 5. 1914 He produced the
minutes of the meeting. DR.. Dern-
berg outlined his policies TO a gath
ering which included Hale, Rumley,
George Sylvester Viereck, and officials
of the Hamburg-American line. Other
meetings were held frequently at 1923
Broadway.
Bernstorff Present.
Ambassador Won Bernstorff was
present a short time at the first meet
, sng. but soon departed.
Dernberg at the meeting urged
enlargement of propaganda and said
a situation was being created which
was very uncomfortable for England.
The English government in conse-
quence had sent Mr.. Elliott and
Former Ambassador Bryce to this
country to counterfeit it to "agitate
America against Germany"
Dernberg said at the meeting that
| English tranSlatiOnS OF General
Bernhardi's book, Germany and the
Next War;" had done the greatest
damage to the German cause in this
country. The propagandists must
on every occasion emphasize that
such writings were condemned il
Germany.
Among other things DR.. Dernberg
emphasized the need of paying every
attention to the American correspon-
dents in Berlin. The American-Irish
must be successfully handled. He
suggested that James K. Mcclure, {,
former mayor of Syracuse, be sent to
Berlin as the guest of the German
government.
He revealed that up to that time
/ SIS 900 had been spent on the press
in this country.
Direct bribery, he thought, gained
nothing. but ship news reporters and
small editors writing heads" could
| be worked, Dernberg thought.
He had considered, he said. taking
"that famous and clever journalist,
Mcclure" into the service to organize
press campaign with a fund OF
81 5 ,oOOSat his disp osd.
Bielaski said Hale was regarded
as a particularly valuable man be
cause he was thought to have close
relations with President q Wilson.
Dernberg, through Hale. sought to
interview the President, but was IN
able to do SO.
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Take your basket TO market"
Just say, Don't wrap it.

Paper saved is paper made"
ABCNDANT-Cabbage. kGIe, beets. carrots
onions, potatoes. apples, bananas
NORMAL - Parsnips cauliSower o7stSr
plant. pumpkins. spinach. squash. grape
fruit, celery. lemons. Florida ora nEes
SCARCE-Sweet potatoes. lettuce, tona-
toes. cranberries, grapes. California
oranges. pears.
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TOday's Market Hints

Prices to retailers ana general market
Information furn shed by Bureau OF Mar
kets, u. ). Department of Agriculture;
fair prices to consumers. BY the District
Food Administration
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COTTON MARKET.

Furnished The Washington Times b, y
l.. Carpenter 4 Co.. "eW York. BrAneA
snIcs. Woodward Building. Herbert II
Brown. manager.
New York prey
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CHICAGO MARKET.

Furnished The Washington Times by n. L.
Carpenter & Co. New York. Brarch office
Woodward bldg. Herbert II. Brown. man.
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ctnct station. Men and women
paraded down the historic Avenue
carrying handbags, suitcaSes ana
parcels of varying descriptions con-
tanning the evidence"
Biggest Raid.
The biggest single raid occurred
at the White House station. Fifteenth
and H streets northeast. shortly after
Z o'clock last night when the boot
leg special" of the Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis electric line ar
rived at the terminal. As the spe-
cial train pulled into the yard. cor
don of policemen and detectives under
the direction of Major Pullman and
Captains Hartley, Harrison, Peck and
Fathers, surrounded the cars and ar
rested scores of persons as they
aIighted from the train. heavily laden
with liquor. More than $50 of the ZIG
passengers were taken in this raid.
They were taken to the Ninth pre-
cinct station where they were booked
and charged with bringing liquor
within a five-mile military zone.
News of the raid leaked out early In
the afternoon, police officials believe.
They are Of the opinion that many
'hootIeggers'' were tipped on by long
distance telephone When the train
arrived at the District Line. a negro,
IL is said, boarded the train and told
the passengers the police were to con-
duct a raid on the train when 1t ar
rived at the terminal. Many Of the
passengers aIighted from the cars and
came TO the city on street cars. They
were unmolested.
Other passengers, less timid. decided
to remain in the train and take a
chance that the Tip" was wrong.
During the ride to the city, these pas
sengers observed a number Of detec-
tives following the train in automo-
5iles. Panic seized them, and many
threw their packages from the train
before they reached the White House
station. Sever suitcases, II is said.
were thrown into the Eastern branch
and fields along the railroad.
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Five Coaches Filled.

The train pulled into the station
with five coaches filled with men and
women. Conductors on the special"
stated that ZIG fares had been paid al
the Baltimore end. but only $50 per-
sons were arrested at the station here.
Police of the Tenth precinct were
detailed to watch the highways lead
ing into this city from Baltimore.
They, stopped a. number OF autono-
biIes and six persons were placed un-
der arrest. Two Of the caTs stopped
by the police centsined 59ge guam
titles OF liquor.
The most exciting feature OF the
raid in. the Tenth precinct7eoccurred
when en- automobile occupied by
three colored men was ordered to
stop at Queens Chapel road and
Michigan avenue. Brookland. by Cap
tain Judge, Lieut. S. ]. Stoll and Po-
licemen Darnall and Norsavage. The
driver OF the automobile tried to run
over Captain Judge and then put on
speed in an attempt to escape. Nor
savage jumped on the running board
but was knocked of BY the men. The
police gave chase in an automobile
and a two-mile race at forty miles
an hour commenced.
At First and w streets northwest,
the bootleg" automobile lost a front
tire and narrowly escaped turning
over. The chase continued as far as
Second and Rhode Island avenue
northwest, where the colored men,
finding that they were being over
taken, abandoned the car and allowed
il to run into a tree. Four cases
and two packages OF whiskey, and a
quart of gin were found in the car.
The men ESCAPED
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- Gallons In Car.

A seven-passenger touring car
which was stopped. was found to con-
tain twenty-four gallons of whiskey
in three-gallon jugs and two quarts
OF wine. The driver gave his name
as Henry Hunter" and, after a good
deal of hesitation, gave his home as
-Giesboro, Md.-No, l meant d. c.
After his fingerprints had been taken
he was asked to sign his name, but
unfortunately, had forgotten the name
he had given, and was forced to con-
suit the record to find what his name
was.
Fifty-one quarts OF whiskey and two
cases of imported wine, containing
twelve quarts to the case, were taken
from a seven-passenger car driven
by a man who claimed he was chauf-
feur for a prominent family OF this
city. He was placed in a cell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-06
THE CURB MARKET.

}. m prices furnished by W. p. HIbbs
p. members Of New York Stock EI-
g. Bid. Asked
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cfnct station. Men and women
paraded down the historic Avenue
carrying handbags, suitcaSes ana
parcels of varying descriptions con-
tanning the evidence"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23
co. COUNCIL OF DEFENCE.
A Local Organization Effected,
Subordinate to the State
Council.

At the town hall yesterday
evening there was a gathering
of leading citizens ,called to
meet former Governor Thos. E.
Campbell, who .came from the
State Council of Defence, with
power to organize the Santa
Cruz County Council, subordin-
ate to the state organization.
When the meeting had been
called to order Governor Camp
bell addressed the assemblage
upon the subject of his visit,
outlining the duties of the pro-
posed new body, and its .rela-
tions with the State Council.
An organization was effected
by selection of officers: James
A. Harrison, chairman; BENZ. J,
Jones, treasurer; j. B. Bristol,
secretary.
Chairrnen were provided for
a number of working commit
tees, each chairman to select his
own membership. Those made
chairmen were:
r. R. Earhart, committee of
public defence.
Mrs. A. L. Gustetter, COM
mittee of public welfare.
Leslie Hardy, committee Of
food conservation productions.
Bracey Curtis, committee on
liberty bonds and thrift stamps.
Judge w. A. lO'Connor and Phil
Herold were named on this COM
mittee because of their connec-
ton with preceding drives for
liberty bonds and thrift stamps.
The meeting was adjourned to
Tuesday evening, March 26th,
at the town hall at 7:30 o'clock
|p. M, at which time committees
will report progress.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23

"The palmer the better" has become
almost an axiom in the case of tailored
blouses. We believe it each season
with few reservations to cover those
clever novelties that are not as plain
as they look. This spring materials
are in plain colors and in narrow
stripes, there are blouses in which the
accessories, collars and cuffs, are
made of checked silk or fine ginghams,
and then plenty of small tucks and al
most imperceptible plaits in both plain
and striped waists.
In tailored blouses there Is also a
veering toward high-necked styles.
Narrow striped voiles have high col
lars and small chemisettes in white
set In and finished with rows OF very
small pearl buttons. These close-set
rows of buttons, by the way, are fea-
tured on all the best blOuses whether
they belong to the tailored or the
dressy class. But the high-necked
blouse is not likely to supersede, or
even equal, the blouse with open throat
in popularity, because the open throat
is much more comfortable In hot
weather.
Wash satins, for constant wear,
have made good and this spring finds
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23
To the Public.

1t has come to the attention
of the undersigned that there
has been wrought among the
soldiers in Camp Stephen D.
Little at Nogales a feeling
against the Nogales Pool Hall,
which feeling has been pushed
insidiously by someone who has
conceived a hatred for the own
ers on account of reasons with
which the proprietors of the
pool hall have nothing to do. It
is surmised that a great deal of
this feeling has been worked up
by a single individual whose
sole ambition appears to be to
make as much trouble as posi-
BILE for those who will not trade
with him.
Among other things that are
related as having come from the
party to whom this allusion is
made has been the assertion
that "these Greeks are not citi-
zens." That assertion is with
out foundation; and further
more the Nogales Pool Hall is
represented by one young man..
my nephew, Nick Kerson, who
is a part owner in the business,
and he is now in the 158th In
fantry at Camp Kearney.
Where soldiers fall to working
a boycott against the pool hall
they are working a boycott
against one of themselves; and
l believe they would not take
part in any such measures if
they knew all the facts.
Moreover, let me say that in
the armies of the United States
today there are more than 5O,-
900 Greeks, all ready to fight
for America and for. liberty; !;
who are declared by their Off
GERS to make splendid soldiers,
and who should not be held to
scorn, by anyone.
l am making this statement
to the American soldiers in No
gales, Knowing them to be all
Ifair-minded men, and that with
all the facts before them they
would not resort to a boycott.
- CHRIS KERSON.
'Nogales, March %, 1918. adv.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23
From the Yaqui Delta.

BY the train from the south
last night there arrived Mr.. w.
Sidney Smith, division engineer
for the Richardson Conservation
Company, owning and operating
the big canal system which
waters 100000 acres of the most
fertile land in the world, in the
Yaqui delta. The gentleman is
going out to California for a
short vacation Of a couple of
weeks.
Mr.. Smith reports that in the
Yaqui delta this season there
has been planted to garbanzos,
corn, tomatoes, wheat and other
products a larger acreage than
ever before, that the crops are
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23
CAN BE NO COMPROMISE.

there any compromise in the issues before the
today passes understanding Unless the principles laid
by President Wilson recognized and admitted by all the
world there alternatives and that complete world SUBJ
jugation by Prussia That is what will amount to- Prussia
dominates and controls all the of the Gemanc states And
her checked and her ambition curbed her will will
be forced upon Russia Rumania Poland France and Belgium
With area prestige population and material advantages
she will by absorption of those countries Prussia will bet
prepare for big drive against the rest
of the world. And probably effectively
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23

The woman who dresses with skill
requires much of her Easter hat. 1t
must be chic, becoming, suited to the
season and expressive Of some phase
Of the new styles. Our hats are fail
ures If we do not look better with
them than without them; that is the
acid test of millinery. They must re-
veal our good points and conceal de-
fects-"Be to our faults little blind,
and to our virtues not unkind."
The foundation Of becomingness lies
in shapes, and those who originate and
design shapes have to have subtle
knowledge of lines that are becoming
to the various types of faces. 1t is
worth while to take plenty of time
to find becoming hat, for it will be
q. Joy as long as it lasts.
Three lovely hats for Easter are
shown in the group above. A wide
brimmed, all-black hat Of malines with
milan crown has suggestion of the
poke bonnet in the brim that lifts at
the front, droops at the sides, and
curves upward at the back. 1t has a
lattice-work design applied about the
brim edge, which may be Of slipper
straw or Of a narrow, velvet ribbon.
There is handsome ornament at the
front of the airiest feathers, in black.
which does not conceal the contour OF
the crown. 1t is one of those mys-
teries in feathers which only the man.
ufacturer can clear up. This is a hat
for a youthful face.
Suited to more mature head is the
charming hat at the left Of the group.
It has very graceful, rolling brim
faced with silk and bound with the
same soft pliable braid that forms the
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23
RIPPLING RHYMES.
(By Walt Mason)
Avoiding Treason.

would like traitor fall my back against limestone
wall firing squad 'front.' would be dismal way-to end the
little path humbly wend this finish to stunt So keep tab
upon tongue that loyal words when rear
up spiel soya words do great harm and paraze some
ar make him drop his Steel The careless takers
drift around and scod and the ground perhaps
they they'd be panied if they COULD know how far
idle yawpng to hearten Kaiser Bill In times OF peace
each native gent could stand and the government until bis
lungs alme to do it, confess all enjoyed more
less ndrosed the Free speech numbered with
the boons which fathers soaked their spoons and sroppe
the songox BARE here once more we'll all
he privileged around and But sweet
peace done he who his breath to gmbe
complain show that all do is is striving doury
proong the Teuton Trant reign would not like traitor
swing tall where robins sing around
neck spring kind of dope that reeks with confidence
and hope and always will by heck.
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams)
The daily morning oasis., 1918-03-23
NO INDEPENDENT NATIONS.

1t is amenabe fact that Germany there is not an in
dependent the world today Take the entire list Austria
Bulgaria and Turkey practically under German suzeranty
and Spain not much BETTER Great Britain France, Portugal
Italy Serbia Belgium fighting for their inde
pendence the United States fighting against submission to
arbitrary exacons independent nation would admtas
Brazil Argentina Japan China Cuba while Norway Sweden io
land have submitted and helpless before her
all history has there been such condition