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The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
LESSEN
CRITICISM OF
TAKING SHIPS
international Law Expert IN
!. Holland Tells People
Cause Is Right.

Criticism. of the United States and
the allies for taking over the Dutch
merchant ships Is waning in the NethA
erlands, according to advices received
sby the state Department. The busi-
ness intsrests, Of the larger cities
realize that the United States and
Great Britain were quite within their
rights, under. International law, TO
make use of Hollands vessels, and
the cries Of robbery which were
set up by some OF the pro-German
papers are being stilled by pubhca-
ton OF the laws under which the
transfer Of ships was made.
A digest of an article by a prominent
Dutch authority on international law
has been received here and indicates
that resentment against the United
States is being effectively overcome.
The article was published in the Al
gemeen Handelsblad, the leading COM
mereial paper OF the Netherlands.
The article points out that inter-
! national authorities agree upon the
right Of nations to take over the prop
ertyyof nentFals, especially ships. and
emphasizes that the laws under which
such action is taken make no provision
guaranteeing the owners OF the ships
full compensation for their prop
erty. nor do they provide that such
vessels, II lost. must be replaced. In
asmuch as the United States has
agreed not only to full compensation
for the use of the vessels, but also
to replace any lost, it is held that
there are no GROUNDS for adverse
criticism on the part Of the people OF
the Netherlands.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
Army Ordnance Experts
Given Report on Big Gun
Information from Allied Officers Shows That
Weapon Is Impractical Because, of I'M
nense Cost for Mite of Damage. Y.

United States army ordnance ex-
perts have received a confidential
report of the construction and de-
sign of the seventy-four mile gun
which began shelling Paris soon
after the German forces began their
drive on the Somme. although the
allies have yet to receive complete
details of the powerful machine. its
fundamental theory Of design is
'Bslissed ImpraeticaE :
The report wa 4 ca gefIy scanned by
the United States experts. They
agreed. however. that the military
value Of the new engine Of destruc-
tion Is not worth the great cost nee
essary to 1t operation, and stated
that 1t is highly unlikely that the
allies or this country will attempt
to build cannon Of q similar design
and power.
The cannon used against Paris
is remoulded 15-inch gun made for
the German navy. The gun was
taken to one of the artillery plants
of the Rrupps and under q special
process. its barrel was shrunk to
fit a nine and half Inch she'll while
the breech or firing chamber was
left as before. BY this change the
huge gun had an explosive power
sufficient to hurl a heavy shell con-
centrated behind a much lighter
shell.
- Heavy Base Needed.
1t was recognized that a special
base would be necessary and heavy
trusses were constructed. Up to the
time the report was forwarded to
the Ordnance Department. 1t was be-
lieved that the Germans had turned
out but one gun OF this type.
The United States officers scout the
theory that the Germans will attempt
to place more guns of the design into
the war. They say the shell is inca
pable Of doing great damage. that its
direction cannot be controlled because
of the varying air currents encountered
in its long flight, and that the huge
charge Of powder required to propel
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the projectile is.a prohibitory expense
when the results achieved are reckoned
with. 8 ~
The gun, II Is believed, was. made
and put in action merely as a part OF
the program Of frightfulness which
the German mind conceives as being a
powerful factor in destroying the
morale of an enemy. The fact that
the new engine has failed to create
panic in Paris will discourage the Ger
man gunmakers from attempting to
produce more Of these long-range guns.
One of the American army officers
said: "The plan used by the Germans
appears very feasible. As far as that
goes. the American gunmakers could
put a gun into the field which would
equal the performance of the gun used
against the French capital, We find
that to throw a shell seventy-two
miles the projectile must have a mug
zle velocity of 400 feet seconds; in
other words. 1t must be going at the
rate of something like two-thirds Of a
mile a second. -.t 90
Il Political Gun. H. s. .
I'VE have obtained a muzzle veloc-
ity Of $500 feet second in tests Of coast
defense guns. and it would be easy for
us to run that up the necessary addi-
tional 600 feet. But ther Is no object
in getting a gun to FIRE on such We
locity as that. The fire OF the explo-
sion is terrific, and several charges
necessary to fire projectiles at that
rate would cause the steel to melt as
il II were so much cheese.
You cannot control the flight Of a
projectile under such long-range con-
ditions. You might fire one shell near
the center Of a distant city. and using
the same angles and directions have
your next shell land a mile away from
the first.
THE Paris long-range gun is a po-
litical gun. 1t has failed in its pur-
pose. We will only hear OF 1t now and
then when the Germans by the use
Of bogey tactics wish to try and
frighten some one"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
General Foch Looms Up
MAS Allied Military Genius
New Supreme Commander of Freedoms Army
Is Able Strategist and Has Won Ad-
miration by Remarkable Record.

The allies have found a leader of
heroic size. an inspiring single figure
about whom they can rally. Foch is
a name to conjure with because it
has never been coupled with defeat.
Victory has crowned every OPERA
tton over which he had CONTROL
This is the way a French officer
who earned his Croix de Guerre un-
der Foch spoke of his old commander.
the new generalissimo of all free
dom's armies in France, last night.
he spoke with shining eyes. His opin-
ion is echoed by British officers as
we'll
At least, they: say, the allies have
hlled the great gap in their lines. As
II required Wellington to fuse the
armies against Napoleon and make
them win, as Grant rose through the
ranks of able but unsuccessful Union
generals and forced the surrender of
the unbeaten Lee, so now comes Foch
to drive with the force of his win
ming personality the armies which
will crush the great Hindenburg.
Great Lsader.
Not ony is he a great military lea
der, say MEMBERS Of the allied mis-
sion. but he win be great popular
hero. Confidence of troops and people
will build about him and personal de-
votion will hold up his able hands.
These predictions are based on the
mans record. Not only have his
poilus never known defeat, but he has
already led British troops to victory.
Furthermore, he knows the battle
ground in Picardy as a man knows
the work Of his own hand. Here is
his record:
Foch commanded the French center
at the battle OF the Marine. 1t out
manoeuvered and overwhelmed the
Frussian guards and annihialted the
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
Ten Thousand in N. Y.
Pay Tax Good Friday

New York, March 29.-More than
1000 people visited Big Bill" Ed
wards, collector of internal revenue,
at the custom house today to file in
come tax returns. Many took ad-
vantage of the Good Friday holiday in
the financial district to step up and
settle.
Sergt. Maj. Charles E. Hughes, jr.,
came in from Camp Upton to report a
great shortage of blanks at the can
tonment. He left with a huge bundle.
Collector Edwards explained that SOL
diers in America have to make out
their blanks like anyone else. while the
troops abroad will not be required to
make returns for their 1917 incomes
until ninety days after the proclama-
ton OF the President of the United
States declaring the war closed.
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brought down two more German
airplanes, making a total OF five,
Of which four are Official"
While patrolinE the German
lines, Putnam was attacked by
three monoplanes After Q sharp
fight he brought one down end the
others fed.
Later, Putnam was attacked By
two biplanes He brought down one
Of them.
Putnam was decorated with the
French war cross and promoted 10
sergeant He has not yet obtained
his transfer to the Americsn air
forces.
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Kaiser's finest troopers in the
marshes of SaintGond.
Foch commanded the troops which
saved Ypres.
Foch was comander-In-chief of the
French forces at the battle of the
Somme. They swept back the Ger
mans over the very ground through
which for the last eight DAYS they
have advanced at such frightfuI
cost.
Fought With British.
Foch commanded at the battle of
the User. There he was commander
in-chief of the British forces. There
were more British than French
under his orders. Joint command
will not be new to him.
And last and most daring. Foch
was commander-in-chi of the
Anglo-French army which rushed
into Italy and stopped the Hun on
rush into the plains of Venetia.
Tommies and Bersaglieri know
him and idolize him only less than
do his own poilus. II any man can
take the supreme command of the
British armies without. infIictirg
heartburn in England, 1T is Cen,
Foch, according to the opinion of
British military men here. Officers
at the Itanian Embassy have well
coined the news with cheers.
British opposition to the appoint
ment of a generalissimo when such
a step was first urged by Col.
House at Paris months ago, it Is re-
called here yesterday, was almost
wholly political and at home. The
British army never objected. Now.
it is the opinion here, with the bad
scare the British public have had.
mo politician in England will dare
to raise, his voice against the new
leader. particularly as he is Gen.
Foch.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
GENERAL CONFERENCE
ON LABOR SITUATION
Inter-Departmental Meeting Held
for Co-ordinating Needs.

An inter-departmental conference on
the general labor situation, with a
view to co-Urdinating government
labor needs, was held last night, It
was learned, between Representatives
of the War and Navy Departments,
the Shipping Board and the Ship
building Labor Adjustment Board.
Those at the conference were:
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy: Stanley King. As
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
SPECIAL SERVICES
FOR GOOD FRIDAY
Churches Observe Sacred Anniver.
sary by Penitential Program.

Good Friday, the anniversary Of the
death of Jesus Christ, was celebrated
yesterday in Washington churches of
all denominations with penitential
services.
st. AlOysius' Church made the ceIe-
bration Of the three hours agony"
the feature service of this year. So
Ereat We're the number of applicants
for seats at this service during past
years that this years tickets were dis
tTibuted.
Protestant churches celebrated the
day by evening services and sermons.
Catholic churches conducted the spe-
cial service Of the Way Of the
Cross and the rosary in special
commemoration of the death of
Christ.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
MILITARY FORCE ENDS
RIOTING IN QUEBEC

Quebec, March 2s.-Military forces
were called out late tonight to
save the city from the hands Of a
mob, enraged by efforts of the mill
tary police to arrest deserters. The
mob hred the Auditorium Building,
destroyed all documents in the reg
lstrars office and wrecked the
chronicle and Lvenment newspaper
Offices. = , :.
me mob spread terror through
out the city until the arrival of the
military forces who scattered them
with bayonet charges.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30
MAP TALK FEATURE.

A map talk" will be the feature OF
the Monday meeting of Y. W. C. A.
book lovers at p. m. in the Y. W. c.
A. headquarters at Fourteenth and q
streets northwest. Miss Alice Hutch
ins Drake will discuss the sections of
Europe now being devastated by the
battling armies of Germany and the
aIlies
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sistant Secretary Of War in charge OF
labor matters: Charles Piez, vice pres
ident and general manager of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation OF the
Shipping Board; V. Everitt Macy,
chairman of the ShipbUildng Labor
Adjustment Board.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-30

YOU ARE PAYING A HIGH RENT
because you want to live in that kind
OF a house or apartment. You may
have an extra room, and a desirable
tenant would pay you enough for that
room TO put your own rent expense
on a simpler basis. Why not use the
classified?
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Wounded Slightly.

Wounded Slightly.
Mai. A. Rasmussen.
Capt. Albert FlOrian.
First Lieut.. Charles c. Grouse.
First Lieut.. Clarence II. Huebner
First Lieut.. John b. Mutt.
First Lieut.. William F. Rigney.
Lieut.. Howard T. HnrvrOn.
Sergt. Mai. Harvey VI. Grove.
Sergt. Albert SOrensOn.
Corp. Roy Taylor.
Private Logan BrOuss.
Private George r. Garrison.
Private Francis Higher.
Private William II. Kephart.
Private Vain -.
Private william Potts.
Private Patrick J. standton.
Private Leonard NJ. Stewart.
Private Frank A. UffeIman.
Private Charles r. Walker.
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AMERICAN BOY DOWNS
TWO GERMAN FLYERS
Prize Aviator from Massachusetts,
Adds to His Casualty List.

Paris. March 2e-Davice Putnam.
Of Brookline. Mass. a member of
the Lafayette Escadrille. has
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An Indiana man is the inventor q
extra rims TO be bolted TO the rear
wheels OF motor trucks 10 give sew
eral inches additional bearing on SOFT
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Latest Casualty List
From Gen. Pershing

Thirty-two names appear on the
casualty list issued by the War De-
partment yesterday. classified as
follows:
killed In action.
died from accidents.
: died from disease.
died of wounds.
L died from other causes.
wounded severely.
20 wounded slightly.
Total i
Killed in Action.
Private Bell Alderman.
Died from Accident.
Capt. Ira :. Penferthy.
Private Ben Pryor.
Died of Disease.
Second Lieut.. Louis II. Lathrop.
Sergt. John ). Connolly.
Private Perry DOdd.
Private Paul Richard Hecht.
Private Raymond F. Solomon.
Died of Wounds.
Corp. Albert W. Williams.
Thomas p. MinOEue.
Died Of Other Causes.
Cook Henry EhIert.
Wounded Severely.
Private William J. HRraIson.
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Died from Accident.
Capt. Ira :. Penferthy.
Private Ben Pryor.
The Washington times., 1918-08-11

i like every dog in the worlt but there
are only few that | really want round
the house"
ana Just about now in comes Miss
Holmes, led or rather dragged, by a splen-
did police dog.
Now that" said Mr. Holloway, "is my
idea of a great dogs
Almost from that moment it was all over
Dut the marriage ceremony. Mrs. Grace
saw all the possibilities of the AFFAIR and
had Miss Holmes arrange TO spend sew
eral months as her guest in her beautiful
Long Island home. In this way the dog
Question was almost entirely eliminated
for Mr.. Holloway was simply mad about
Pershing-the police dog-and did all of
mis- counting right under his black eyes.
That dog would be wonderful on my
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Holiness maiden mind when the rich
young bachelors began paying court
There are plenty of people. including the
ladys own sister, Mrs. Charley Hoffman,
who believe that Hilda used her dogs as
blind; that she was waiting all the time
for the right man to come along, and that
she knew what she was about every time!
But let us hark back to the days of long
ago, six years ago, to be exact. when dogs
first assumed their great importance in our
heroine's scheme of life. Miss Holmes was
the younger daughter of Artemas Holmes,
Esquire.
Mrs. Holmes was a daughter of William
r. Grace, one-time Mayor of New York and
at all times considerable of a millionaire.
When Hilda was ten years old some one
gave her brindle bull pup, which turned
out rather unfortunately as time went on.
The pup grew up and rapidly added other
pups to the family. As the Holmes coun-
try place was extensive, no one minded
how numerous the dog family became
Dogs have fashion of repeating them
selves, and one day Mrs. Holmes awoke 10
the fact that the original brindle bull had
twentyfour descendants. all alive and
noisy. Despite Hilda's protests. drastic re-
ductions were made in the kennels: but.
after all, ii is impossible to be too restric-
tive! Again the dogs increased. and every
where that Hilda went a whole train of
pups went too.
Finally Hilda grew up and had a wonder
full debutante party. One of her coming
out" presents was an Airedale pup bred in
Colonel John Jacob Astors kennels at
Ferncliffe. II was said later that this pup
was blood brother to the dog that went
down on the Titanic with Colonel Astor.
As debutante Miss Holmes was a great
success. She became one of the leading
lights in the Junior League and her mother
breathed a sigh of relief-dancing. not
dogs, began to take up most of the debu-
tante's time. But the mother sighed too
soon,
1t was during Hilda's first season that
dog shows forced their wav into the DO
litest of polite society. Ali Newport and
Long Island went mad on the subject of
dogs and shows. and Miss Holmes Sleep
ing passion awoke in most virulent form
Everywhere that dog show was scheduled
there she would appear, and if she had no
dogs of her own ready to exhibit she would
play nurse 10 her friends dogs.
Thornton Wilson. who was a grandson
Of Mrs. William Astor, and Frank Burke
Roche were very much interested in Miss
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Holmes and her passion for dogs. Thorn
ton gave her lots of advice on how to train
and feed the brutes. but honestly confessed
that he simply could not stand them round
the house.
Poor deluded man! The day he made
this remark was his last in the warm
affections of Miss Holmes! Her dogs
should be permitted to run all over the
house, and if she had ever dreamed of
saying Yes" to Mr.. Wilson his cruel and
inhumane speech shattered that dream.
Mr.. Burke Roche did better. He sent
Miss Holmes a toy bull raised by his
mother in her Newport kennels and even
arranged several exhibits for her. But
one day the toy bull disappeared and Mr..
Burke Roche went in for good works.
Some say that the toy bit Mr.. Roche on
the ankle. Some say that he was jealous
OF Miss Holmes interest in Mr.. Roche.
and at least one person heard him yap at
Mr.. Roche's heels every time he happened
round.
Now, the average suitor dislikes having
his ankles bitten and his heels yapped at
1t is so undignifed One day the toy got
a dig in its ribs and ran yelping to Miss
Holmes. All these things and more led to
the final break. But no one could under
stand the coincidence of the pups and
Mr.. Roche's disappearance.
Mrs. Holmes, being a fashionable
mother, bred to correct society conven-
tions, was in a great state of mind. To
have her beautiful home overrun with dogs
was bad enough, but to have her daugh-
ters marriage interfered with by the same
yelring brutes was something much worse
1t was soon no secret that men who
really liked Miss Holmes, whose beauty,
charm and wealth made great appeals.
were actually intimdated by the fear of
her jury of dogs. Just at this time. Elise
Ladew, who has always been Miss Holmes
chum and constant friend, made up a
party for yachting trip round the world.
Mrs. Ladew was in rather poor health
and gladly arranged to take the party on
her big yacht Columbia. 1t was on this
remarkable trip that Harvey Ladew, who
would some day inherit a great fortune.
decided to make a business of wooing
Hilda.
One could imagine her saying to her
daughter in acrid tones, DO you expect to
please all your dogs when you marry?"
And OF course Miss Holmes replied,
Yes and no! | cannot marry a man un-
less he loves my dogs as well as he says
he loves met or course. when ! find such
man l will first do as they do in the
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theatres, | will try him on my dogs! II
The majority like him, why, that will be
enough for me-"
One great advantage had Mr.. Ladew,
There were no dogs on board the Colum-
bia-that is. at first. And so he had a fair
field. All the way down the coast of South
America and onward he made excellent
hay while the sun shone. In fact, Mrs.
Ladew expected an interesting announce
ment every day after the Columbia passed
through SueZ Canal.
But nothing startling happened until the
party landed in China. There Miss Holmes
saw some wonderful bluetongued chow
logs and fell in love with their fascinating
foXlike faces. Mr.. Ladew bought the most
perfect one he could find and Immediately
Miss Holmes centered her entire attention
on "Chink" When the gay party landed
)nce more in New York "Chink" was its
most important member.
But after all, Mr. Ladew kept up his in
tense interest in Miss Holmes, and, as we
nave already mentioned, Newport and New
York we're quite sure that, dogs or no,
this would be a real love match.
In the meantime Mrs. Ladew died, leav-
her only son a large fortune, and shortly
afterwards, her only daughter. Elsie, mar
ried Mr. Russell Grace, ana HiIda Holmes
was her maid of honor. After the mar
riage Mrs. Grace did her very best to bring
Hilda to accept brother Harvey, but al
ways in the background were those terri
flying dogs
Unfortunately the trip round the world
had reused deep sense of the esthetic in
Mr. Ladew He had always been keen
about art but his visit to the Orient made
him simply mad about early Eastern art
and dogs and art can not occupy the same
house.
II was just another repetition Of the
Thornton Wilson affair. Miss Holmes did
not care to marry art and give up dogs,
and Mr. Ladew most certainly would not
exchange his wonderful porcelains and pot
teries for any old set of dogs.
Recently Miss Holmes and Mr.. Ladew
have been the best of friends and evidently
there was no broken heart on either side
When Mrs Holmes and Mrs. Grace had
about given up all hope of securing a hus-
band for Hilda. along came a most per-
sonable and delightful man from Peru,
South America
Mrs. Grace took to him at once for al
though older than herself. he was her
nephew by marriage. do you like dogs?"
she asked him one day.
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place in the mountains" murmured NJ;
Holloway, one day. Well-it is no fsi
tattling love conversations, so let us jus
skip to the wedding
The ceremony took place in Mrs. Grace's
lovely drawing room one day in July
Pershing and Chink were the only dogs
present, and they behaved most cordially
to the bridegroom.
AS TO her attitude toward dogs and the
lovers who formerly courted her. it is but
fair to say that, judging from the present.
she was never really interested in the
past! 1t is perfectly evident that even
if Mr.. Holloway did not love her dogs as
he loves herself, Miss Holmes would have.
married him. 1t happens you see. that in
him she found the man that she could love
better than she did her dogs