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The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
GERMAN AGENT
DETECTED BY
BOGUS CABLE
Plans of Fort Hamilton
Are Found In His
Possession.

New York, March ia German
agent, whose name government agents
refused to reveal, was arrested here
tonight following an investigation of
a cable message he attempted 10 send
to Mexico.
Complete plans of the Bethlehem
steel works and OF Fort Hamilton,
here, were found in his possession
Every cable sent out of this country
is closely examined for hidden mean
ing before it is allowed TO pass over
the wire The name and address OF
the sender is required and many Of
the messages filed never are sent be-
cause upon Investigation they were
deemed suspicious by the cable cen
sors.
CONGRATULATIONS" Happy birth.
dav," Have signed all articles" and
Close at once" are a few of the thou
sands of apparently very innocent
cable messages that persons attempt
TO send to foreign countries. Thou
sands of them are kept and never
sent: copies of all messages filed are
kept together with the nazse and ad-
dress of the sender and the person
to whom the message is addressed.
Scores of German agents have been
captured through their attempted use
of the cables. Mexico has been a IA
vorite place TO send rnCssag ges. some OF
them containing valuable military Sc
crets, and have been transmitted from
that country to German agents await
ing the information.
While no official will discuss the
matter in any Way il is known that
Mexican ports on both the Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts and scores OF
places along the American border
are rendezvous OF German agents and
headquarters to which is sent in
formation gathered by conspirators
in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
COnhIet Is Growing.


The conflict between the Bolsheviki
and the social revoludonaries Of the
leftover ratification Of the pact 10
growing
constituent assembly to form a cosli-
ton cabinet are becoming stronger.
NJ. Manespirodowow. leader Of the
Left faction. appealed to the peasants
to rally to the defense OF the land
against the Germans. declaring the
Left represents the masses.
The Bolshevik factiOnsl peace vote
followed Premier Lenine's speech TO
the Moscow soviet in which he said
The broad masses are undergo
ing self-discipline. We are com
PEELED to stand unheard of hunilis
ton. but we will stand Il without
surrendering our position.
We have the right to expect aid
from our only friends-namely the
proIetsriat Of ell countries who will
understand that we are defending
Socialism, not militarism.
, Tens Of millions Of Russians
must be made to understand this
First we must conquer the present
chaos: otherwise We will be una
BILE to defeat the international
bourgeoisie. When the interns-
tionsl proletariat hurries to our
aid. we will win
Justice Commissary Steinberg de
clared his violent opposition to the
peace terms.
The pan-Soviet must tear up the
! Brest-Litovsk treaty and create the
necessary government for defense,
I Steinberg declared
War Minister Trotzky. working on
the creation OF a new army. declared:
Germany knows a robber peace
! cannot last"
The Cossscks and Ukrsinians are not
strongly represented in the congress.
The movement OF German and Turk
ish forces in the Transcaucasus region
is regarded as a violation of the clause
4 Of the pact in which the Russians
agreed to evacuation OF this TERRITORY.
! but did not agree to Turkish Occups-
tIon.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
MAN LOSES LIFE AS
AUTO TURNS TURTLE
John Fitzgerald Victim of Accident
at Laurel, Md.

John Fitzgerald, 80 years old, of
318 Third street northwest, died last
night at the Casualty Hospital,
from injuries received when an au-
tomobile in which he was riding
overturned near Laurel, Nd, late
yesterday afternoon.
According to information that
reached the police late last night
Fitzgerald was riding with three
companions. along the Baltimore
pike. near Laurel. when the machine
overturned, and pinned him be-
meath it.
He was placed in an automobile
truck and started for the hospital
here. An ambulance from the Cas-
ualty Hospital met the truck and
rushed the injured man to the hos
pital. where he died q short time
later,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
ITALIANS DISPERSE
STRONG FOE PATROL
War Office at Rome Issues En-
couraging Statement.

Rome, March 1.-THE war office
statement issued today reads:
West of Bezzecca strong enemy
parties who attempted to capture
one of our patrols were dispersed
by our fire. The enemy exploded
a powerful mine on Monte Pasu-
bio, but our positions were not
damaged.
Our artillery dispersed two enc
my troops and working parties in
the Asiago basin and conveys along
roads in the Brenta and Seren val
leys. There was slight hostile artil-
1ery activity in the Upper Val
Tellina and along the Middle Piave.
At Bassano a field hospital, visibly
marked with a red cross, was hit.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

cal authorities. A battalion of the
American Expeditionary Force
stood in line, its band playing to
the colors as the secretary, Gen.
Pershing at his side, stood bare
headed receiving the inspiring sa-
Lutte.
Docks Three Miles Long.
The party motored of to inspect
the docks, which are three miles
long and capable of accommodating
sixty vessels. Everything here has
been built up by Yankee industry.
Mr.. Baker walked the entire length
of the docks, bravely keeping up
with Pershing's long military
stride. The war secretary took the
keenest interest in everything he
saw and ell was thoroughly ex-
planned to him. Gen. PershinE
pointed out the main bases OF dis
tribution- Mr.. Baker plunged en-
Enthusiastically through the sand.
stepped over the trestle-work and
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
GERMANS MASSDNG
TROOPS In BELGIUM
Hindenburs and Ludendorf Estab.
hsh Western Headquarters.

London. March 16.-The German
high command. according to latest
ldvices, is pouring great masses of
troops into Belgium and the two
German war chiefs. Hindenburg and
Cudendorf, with their stats are
said to have moved to the Spa. the
famous Belgian resort some eigh-
teen miles southeast of the fort
.ess Of Liege.
Except in the Ypres sector the
5erman big guns displayed no un-
Isual activity today. Welsh troops
distinguished themselves in a raid
rear Armentieres. taking fifteen
prisoners and two machine guns.
On the Verdun front the gunfire
las been violent during the last "a
hours
In Macedonia the Bulgarians
aave again shelled Monastir.
The Italian front was compare
lively quiet
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
BOARD WILL BUILD
NONSINKABLE SHIP
Equipment Designed by Hudson
Maxim to Be Tested.

Another non-sinkable ship is to
be built according to designs by
Hudson Maxim. the United States
Shipping Board announced last
night.
This second type Of on-sinkabIe
ship depends on super-buoyant
apparatus installed in any vessel.
The details are not revealed, but
it is different from the sustaining
device of the first invention by e,
F. Donnelly, of New York, now be-
ing tested in the Lucia.
Mr.. Maxim's cOntrivance, 1t is
said, can be placed in a ship and.
if it is found later to be ineffective,
readily removed. The Maxim de-
vice." says the Shipping Board an
nouncement, possesses many points
that seem practicable"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
COAL DEALERS
MUST PROCURE
U. S. LICENSES
President Issues Proclama-
ton to Back Up DR.. Gar
fields Order.
PENALTIES PROVIDED
Chief Executive Warns Mer-
chants Against Infringe
ment of Rule.
PENALTIES PROVIDED

President Wilson yesterday is
sued a proclamation putting under
license all }obbers and other dis
tributing agents OF coal and coke.
Licenses must be obtained on or be-
fore April 1.
Regulations and rules issued by
DR.. Harry A Garfield, The Federal
Fuel Administrator. with the ap-
proval OF the President. allow pur-
chasing commissions. briefly. as fol-
lows:
Fifteen cents a ton on bituminous
coal and twenty cents a ton an
anthracite coal east of Buffalo;
thirty cents a ton west of Buffalo
and per cent of the delivered price
on smithing coal.
Presidents Proclamation.
President Wilson. after reciting
the Congressional authority for his
action. states:
Now therefore, 1 Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States,
by virtue of the powers conferred
upon me by said act Of Congress,
hereby find and determine and by
this proclamation do announce that
IL is essential in order to carry
into effect the purpose of said act.
to license certain classes of distrib-
utors of coal and coke to the eX-
tent hereinafter provided:
"All persons. firms. corporations
and associations, except those specif-
icaIly exempted by said act of Con-
gress, producers and miners Of coal
and manufacturers OF coke, distrib-
uting exclusively their own pro-
duct, and retail dealers as defined in
the United States Fuel Administra-
gagged in the business OF distrib-
uting cGaf or coke as Jobper.
broker, selling agent. purchasing
agent, wholesaler. or in any capacity
whatsoever. are hereby required to
secure a license on or before April
!, 1918. which license will be is
sued under such rules and regula-
tions governing the conduct of the
DuSIleSs as may IIOIn llihO " AlIilS
be prescribed by the President of
the United States or by the Fuel
Administration. acting by virtue of
the authority heretofore as afore-
said. or hereby. delegated to him
by the President.
THE United States Fuel Admins
traitor shall supervise, direct and
carry into effect the provisions of
said act, and the powers and
authority thereby given to the
President, as the same applies to
coal, coke and other fuel, and to
any and all practices, procedure and
regulations authorized, or required
under the provisions of said act. in
cluding issuance, regulation and re-
vocation, in the name OF the Fuel
Administration, of licenses under
said act and in this behalf he shall
also do and perform such other acts
and things as may be authorized or
required of him from time to time
by direction of the President and
under such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the President
from time to time.
ANY person. firm. corporation or
association, other than those here
inbefore excepted. who, without a
license, shall have been revoked
knowingly engages in or carries on
after the date aforesaid, any busi-
ness for which a license is regarded
under this proclamation, will be
liable to the penalties prescribed by
said act of Congress"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
employees
TO GET is P. G.
SALARY RAISE
Recommendation for Nc
Adoo Involves This Fig
ure as Average.
WILL SATISFY MEN
Workers Show Disposition
to Accept Grant by
Government.
WILL SATISFY MEN

Practically all the employees of
the government-operated railroads
will receive increases OF wages ac-
cording to a recommendation to be
made to Director General McAdoo
on April !, by the Railroad Wage
Adjustment Commission, of which
Secretary Franklin X. Lane. is the
head.
Definite forecast OF the percentage
of increase cannot be made now
but 1t is unofficially stated that
there will be a sliding scale of ad-
vance of from IL per cent to %
per cent. There will be compare
lively few to receive the higher
rate or the lower rate. the general
average being something around Is
per cent.
Cost Of Living Adduced.
Those branches OF labor which
have received grants of increases
within the last three years will be
held to a reasonable advance
while the great groups of unor-
ganized and organized labor who
have not been favored, will come
into a fairly gratifying measure OF
raise. Definite figures have been
presented to the commission to
show that the railroad laborers
have been hard hit by the great
jump in the high cost of living
Naturally the more poorly paid
workers have Jared worse than
others. The new figures will be
based on this proposition. State
ments submitted to argue the side
Of "a lns.nVnnfiN-n
ductors. signal men, telegraphers
and train despatchers have not
brought out the effect of high liv-
ing costs in such startling manner
as those submitted of the lower
wage men. And. what is regarded
as a fine example set. these branch
insistent as they might otherwise
have been, had not the necessity
of the lowest-paid men been SO
manifest.
Bittle dtssatIsfsctfou win be ex.
pressed by the labor men over what
ever advance is granted, 1t was
said last night on the authority of
n labor ofcial. They take the posi-
tion that while the government is
at war and still in the experiment.
stage of government operation OF
the railroads. labor will take no
stand that might prove antagonistic
TO the prosecution of the war.
McAdoo Has Last Word.
The labor men contend that liv-
ing costs have gone up 33 per cent
in the last year. and a demand for
that increase has been made. but
that was from the privately owned
railroads. No such figure is being
held out for in the present in
stance. and some OF the labor men
al ready have said that a 20 per cent
increase, as an average. would be
accepted by the men without any
feeling of bitterness at not reCeiv-
ing the higher figure. SUmethinr
like 100000 employees will be af-
fected by the new increase.
There can be no appeal from
whatever figure is set. Director
General McAdoo is the court of last
resort. lie can accept the recon-
mendations of the commits sion in
full. or make such changes as he
may deem right. However, little
change is expected in the Director
Generals office. because it is known
that he has full confidence in the
ability OF Secretary Lanes commits
sion and himself has hardly given
the problem a thought since it was
turned over to the commission.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
NEW REVOLTS BREAK
OUT In GERMAN FLEET
Newspaper Reports Disafection
Among Seamen of Kaiser.

Petrograd, March 1S.-Fresh disord-
ers have occurred in the German fleet
of the Aland Islands. according to
the Russian military newspaper,
Krasnaya Armia.
The Germans. it is added. have oc-
cupied Razdielnaya station. on the
Odessa Railway line. and the evacua-
ton of Odessa and Nicholiev is pro-
ceeding. The German Admiral Siegert
has been appointed commander of
Odessa. Before the occupation of
Odessa by the Germans anti-Jewish
riots occurred there
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
Social Revolutionary Members
Quit Cabinet, Opposing Pact
as Yet Unrati6ed.
WILSON TO DEFINE ATTITUDE
President is Expected to Use Chance for
Stating Sympathy and Disclosing
Siberian Policy.

London March 6-The Russian Pan-Soviet Congress Moscow
had voted ratification the German peace pact Saturday
night according to latest dispatches received here.
The casting of 453 favor of the pact merely Bohe
Vk according to dispatches from several
Social revolutionary have quit the Russian cabinet
pending settlement of the peace question the Moscow PanSo Con-
gress They have decided leave the government the German dc
taed terms ratified
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
One Killed and Eight
Injured in Collision

Detroit, Mich. March 1S.-Frank J.
Koenig. of Newark, N. j., was killed
and eight other men injured tonight
in a collision between a street car and
a truck.
Koenig and all those injured are
members of an army aero squadron.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
s Persons Killed
In Zeppelin Raid
Over HarHepool

London, March 16.-EiEht per
sons were killed and twenty
two injured In q German Zep-
peIIn raid over HartIePOOI, Lord
French, commander OF Home
Defense forces, announced today.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
Removal PennsyIvania Railroad City
Ticket Office.

At the close of business Saturday,
March 18th. the Pennsylvania Rail-
road City Ticket Office, at the corner
OF Fifteenth and G streets north
west, will be moved to its new Ioca-
tfon at 1919 New. York avenue north
west, where business will be re-
sumed at 500 ann. Monday, March
18th. until furthek notice.-Adv,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
RUMANIAN CABINET QUITS.

News OF the resignation Of the Ru-
manian Cabinet headed by NJ Aver
escu Is contained In = dispatch to the
State Department from Jassy.
A new cabinet, the message said
WIN be formed hy n EsrEhmaloz-1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
FIRED LAST SHOTS IN WAR
WITH SPAIN: NOW SHAKE HANDS

New York, June 25.--rThe Spaniard
who fred the last shot In the Span
ish war and the American who re-
cetved II shook hands over the desk
In the United States customs intel
ligencs Office here today. alruo
twenty years after.
Samuel Feltman an inspector Of
customs. was the American. He told
the story thus:
The last shot OF the war was fred
from the fort at fhe entrance of San
Juan harhor, Porto Rico. onto Ad-
miral Sam pson's flagship. | was there
and ! got il, The she'll fragments
smashed up both my legs. And when
woke mp in the sick bed and they
told me the war was over. ! swore
that II ever got the guy that fired
that last shot Ia -----.
Well. this morning there walks up
10 the desk one Miguel E.stere Bianv.
of Porto Rico. with his passport 10
he vised. II attracted my attention
when ! noticed his birthday was the
same AS mine, We got chatting and
the first thing i know he tells me !
fred the last shot I'm the war Of 'qs.
from the fort at the entrance OF san
Juan harbor.'
And got that shot told him
And instead OF doing what ia sworn
Ia do for twenty years. | stuck out
my hand and we shook, He tells me
that II I'll come 10 the plantation
where he's made fortune in sugar
can live forever
We didn't really hate those fell
lows in that war, Feltman conciud-
ed. But then. they werent PruS-
slams"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
JOUR- FARM TRACTORS
GAVE THE TANK IDEA
Inventor of View War Machine Tells
for FIRST Time Story OF His Dis
covcry.
BUuT IN a GREAT SECRECY
Gen. Swinton Asserts Even Work
men Constructing Them Were kcnt
In Complete fgnorance--Name Was
First Bit of Camoufiage.

The story Of the invention and
manufacture of the armored tanks
is told in it's entirety for the fret
time by Major-General r. D. Swinton.
Of the British army. Although he
. tank was a British invention Mai or-
/ General Swinton gives America in
direct credit for it. for II It had not
been for the manufacture Of agrioul-
tural tractors in this country the
( tank would never have been thought
OF. The adaptation of the tractor
idea to military purposes was ac-
! compiished by Major General Swim
ton, who Is known as the father Of
the tanks. and others
There had long been demand
for an adequate method of protect
, ing infantry. on an advance said
the general. The fundamental pur-
pose for which the tank is intended
( has long been recognized. The an
cient Romans had the equivalent of
the tank in what were called tortoise.
and in the middle ages the belfrv
was used. In this war in particular
some antidote for the machine gun
was required, for the Germans had
learned lesson from the Russo Jap
4nese war. and We're plentifuliy sup
piled with machine guns. The Ger
mans did not mind how many ma
chlne guns were captured each one
vas used 10 get the last possible m1u.
America must he credited with
I both the machine gun and its anti
dote. for in Antwerp in 1914 z friend
of mine saw for the first time n
/ American agricultural caterpillar
tractor, He wrote to me. fnquirinr Z
IT there were not some military use
to which ia ~
the invention Of the tank resulted.
OF course, great secrecy had to
be maintained The first nit Of capIou-
fiaEe used in connection with the
manufacture df the machines was
the name tank. They were called
tanks 80 that not even the working
men who we're making them would
know what they were manufacturing
and the rumor was circulated among
the men that they were to be used
in connection with the watering o.
our men In Egypt.
Later. when it became time to
punch holes in their sides for the
guns. another story had to he invent
cd. I. was then rumGred that they
we're snow pluEhs to he used i'm Rus
STA. and 10 carry out this dere ption
each tank was s,enclilea with Petrc-
grad address. and when the tanks
" - - lliidliF ctlippHH II WIS EeDcFdILS
believed that they were going 10 Pet
roErad
IN the final days Of the constitute
ton Or the tanks zoe sentries. N
three coTdons, wcre thrown around
The field in which stood the tanks
Matters were so ARRANGED that the
seutries Of the outside Gordon were
not even aware what WIS going on
inside II was shortly before the FIRST
of the tanks was shipped TO France.
in Septen her. 1915. that a Zeppelin
lowered over the tanks one might.
The Zepp, however. came accidental
~, and as they did not throw n
searchight to the earth the secret
Was never disc oVered Its crew. AZ
cordinEly, departed without knowing
how close they have come 10 making
a great discovery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
POULTRY AND VEGETABLE
REGISTRATION THURSDAY
Boy Scouts VIII Ask Each Family III
Food Is Being Raised In Back
Yard.

W., r.I.s s.. ,..
ne oni'eo states ueih'f .nleht Oh
as iou,sute rs ashins ioi ihloli ilas'o u
nsaS M ioou pefis piouuceu III
~, aoa',,u ~, ,s. 'hls ua.a ',is
,,a,aS,s ~s.,.tn an,
49, e'n'i a''oh 'ii h"i 9"as %
e".s
Every family raising vegetables or
pultry H asked to pin a paper to the
'front.' door or TO the front window,
having on II vegetables or "Ponl-
try or poth II raising botn., Every
FAMILY Is asked TO be prepared TO
answer tully and promptly the in
CURRY OF the Boy Scout who calls.
This cooperation will facilitate the
WORK or the BOY scouts, winch Is
arduous' patriotic service. and help
secure the facts desired by the gov
eminent.
In charge of the wards from which
the Scouts will go out are:
jefferson ward Ca plain, Mrs. G..
Carlton Jackson. Ginter Park. Pre-
cinct lieutenants-Mrs. william c.
Norman, II North Twenty
street; Mrs H r. Kidd, ITO North
Twenty fourth. Mrs Herbert McMinn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

Re Jackson, until recently Of the
Rite Sex bali team, besides possess
IN extraordinary athletic talents. is
| man OF unusual physical develop
fAnt Presumably he would make an
Ieellent hShting man But IL ap-
ars that Mr.. Jackson would prefer
ID 10 light
{The facts seem 10 ne that jackson
W abcut to be drafted Into the army,
{2ereupon he obtained a position in an
kEtern shipyard. He Ia said to he
ing his part To beat THE Huns by
hitting Shira whether this work Ia
moufsage--- @e refer TO the method
| pstnting--has not been announced
jackson Is not the only man in pro-
ssional baseball who has discovered
I@ciai gifts that apparently could he
kploysd 10 special advantage some
here outside the firing line. It is TO
hoped that the American public will
|ep these men in mind We need
/ phaiiders to win the war. but when
man on the eve OF being drafted into
> army suddenly finds that he can
|st serve the nation by painting ships,
. cd Americans viii not be very en-
Elsiastfc over seeing him play base
III after the war lis over. The "srecia
fte" that disauaIfy him for the
'my will likewise disqualify him for
|%cisi popularity in the great Amert-
h game.
IA word of praise should be said for
|ose hall players who have entered
d military forces They will un-
|uhtedly make good record. and II
[these men in particular that We shall
INIT to see back on the diamond
icago Tribune,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
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