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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
U.BOAT DISABLED
BY AMERICAN GUN
CREW ON TANKER

After an hours battle with a Ger
man submarine on the morning of
March /, the American oil tanker
EPauIsboro sent the enemy vessel be-
meath the waves damaged and in
distress" thee Navy Department re-
ported today.
1t was the tanker's second. struggle
with a submarine in six days
In the first encounter a torpedo
missed the boat BY twenty-five yards
Four shots at the submarine sent her
diving away.
In the second battle a submarine.
about 5000 yards dead ahead opened
the attack, using tandem fire. then
salvos. Some OF her fifty shots reach
ed their mark. coming close to the
American gun crew in charge OF Chief
Gunner's Mate Reiter. of 1920 Myrtle
street, Menomlnee, Mich.
Telling OF the struggle after the
submarine had started to maneuver
astern, Reiter's report said:
THE after gun appeared TO have
more velocity than the forward gun,
and the shells passed over the ship
and struck near the starboard bows.
a fierce firing was kept up from that
angle until the submarine got astern.
Apparently picking her position she
remained slightly on the vessels port
stern, and fired from that position,
-the forward guns shells still dropping
short.
THE submarine then drew closer.
using both guns at tandem fire, the
shells falling on both sides of the
la - knFy
and some OF the sheAs burst before
contact, scattering about the deck.
One shell burst against the ships side
on the port beam.
shells fell In all directions on
both sides and over the length OF the
ship. A shell burst cose to the ships
stern. Fragments of It became en-
bedded in the wooden deck at the
rear OF the guns crew. Another shell
burst alongside OF the starboard bow.
The tremendous conclusion threw all
the men on the platform TO the deck,
face forward
Both OF the PaulSboro's guns now
had the range OF the submarine, and
a rapid fire was kept up.
The submarine apparently dropped
back and ships shells fell either on
top of the submarine or close to .her
bow. The submarine then ceased fir
ing. swung broadside to and submerg-
ed or sank. bow first, with the stern
up at an angle of about 10 degrees.
She disappeared in about twenty sec
onds. 1t is believed that the SUBJ
marine was damaged and in distress"
The Vacuum oil Company praised
the gun crew and the master of the
vessel, Frank W. Chapman, added his
praise for them, for Reiter and for
Conrad Johannson, who was at the
wheel
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Bv w. v. BYARS.

that all the force OF certainty in il
means condemnation for attack from
the rear at crisis when issues are
undecided.
To choose such a time Of possibly
great misfortune for such an attack
is to demonstrate 4 lack Of judgment,
a lack of knowledge of the rudiments
of good politics" which no political
party can persistently use and hope
to survive. AS perhaps no American
administration ever needed oppose
ton from the standpoints Of Ameri-
can constitutional laws of sound poll
tics and sound sense more sorely
than the administration now in con-
troll, it may seem the more deeply re-
gretable that no such opposition is
probable under such auspices.
The subject of the attack was (a)
compulsory military service (that
universal training") for boys of
nineteen, as proposed by the new
amendment to the bill drafting, (b)
all young men automatically as they
reach their twenty-frst year, and (c)
the question of how far behind the
Administration is in getting its great
feet of aeroplanes ready for making
Europe Safe for Democracy"
Manifestly the aeroplanes were
not ready for the great battle, raging
when the attack on the Administra-
ton began to rage in the Senate.
But even more manifestly, it was not
the time for sarcasm, for invective,
for denunciation-even though il
were conceded to be fully deserved.
and challenged. Senator Lodge did set
forth the challenge for it as he re-
volted against the policy of suppress
ing facts. The worst results might
perhaps have been prophesied in ad-
vance, had it been known to be true
in advance, as was said in the Senate,
that there had been a sustained at
tempt to substitute for free speech
and full discussion, the work of
"forty-seven publicity bureaus" off
cially conducted at public expense
to decide what publicity" ought to
be as far as permitted. But as Sen
ator Poindexter followed Senator
Lodge, the grievance before the
Senate appeared first in the differ
ence between battle planes" and
combat planes"
Some academic expert had CLASH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
YOUTHFUL ORATOR
LOSESPRIzE WHEN
TWO WORDS DIFFER

Suppose you eSuld have a batting
average OF 1000 per cent in efficiency
when it came to reeiting THE Star
Spangled Banner"-and your record as
an orator was fiawIess. Then. when
you were ready to be acclaimed by a
happy audience. found that your de-
livery was questioned because your
version differed by two words with
the original and supposedly authentic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
ADMITS THAT.
HIS CIGARETTE.
WAS CAUSE Of
BIG EXPLOSION

NEW YORK, March Ell. Altman
q weigher in the Jarvis warehouse IN
Jersey City, confessed to the police,
they announced today, that he threw
a lighted cigarette on the floor OF the
plant, starting the fire which destroy
ed the plant and did damage totaling
nearly 100000 in the Erie yards
district.
The blaze spread toward several
tons Of chlorate of potash, he was
quoted as saying, and more than
dozen men who were working in the
stock room ran for safety and jumped
through windows. The giant eNplos-
ions. which shook the New York dis
trIct. followed within a few minutes.
The police, who shortly previous
had announced discovery OF powder
near the scene pointing to a set bomD'
were inclined TO take Altman's story
at its face value, and abandoned the
alien enemy theory Of the origin OF
the disaster.
Officials Of the company declared
there were no high explosives in the
building. saying that they have CO.
operated with city officials to see
that no high explosives are stored
within the limits of Jersey City since
the Black Tom disaster caused such
havoc.
All reports made to Mayor Hague,
he said today, indicated clearly that
the force of the blast could only have
been caused by explosives OF great
power.
Explosives "PIanted."
High explosives must have been
smuggled into the warehouse in viola
tion of the law or else planted there
on purpose for the explosion, he said
Edward ]. Jarvis, in his statement
earlier today, pICsding for hiring
squad, declared no explosives were
stored in the building.
1--WE had only approved stores in
the warehouse" Jarvis said. There
were Ave: explosions: doesn't IL seem
reasonable there were I'VE bombs?
Shipment of shells through this
yard have been permitted by agree
nnent between the city and Fderal Of
ficials In speed emergencies, giving
rise to reports yesterday that cars
OF 1T. n. T" shells had let go. While
a thorough checking Of the books was
under way to learn whether eXplo-
sives OF any kind had been smuggled
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manuscript. Tow would you swallow
the pill OF defeat?
Robert Lyman. a bright-eyed Boy
Scout, member Of Troop No. ?, took
the bitter. announcement today with
smile: Bobbie outdSstancea his com
peitors in the speaking contest con-
Quoted az Boy Scout headdaarters last
night under the. auspices Of the Ma.
tionai Anthem Society. which offered
a S prize to the winner.
His defamation of the version USED
IN the schools was letter-perfect. oat
the point raised by the organizatiohas
ofAciaIs was sustained and the money
reverted 10 the treasury OF the 'soctefy-
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through, Jersey City and Federal Of
ficials were strongly Inclined to the
time bomb theory OF the origin OF the
disaster.
Loss of shops Felt.
Vast quantities OF Government
stores destined for the use OF Amer
lean forces lie consumed or shoulder
ing in the wrecked district today.
Equally disastrous in view of the ef-
forts TO speed war plans is the loss
of the Erie machine shops.
While the railroad continues to bat
tie Government transport problems, it
will do so hampered by the fact that
its nearest machine shops where
equipment can be repaired is at Sus-
quehsnna, nearly 80 miles away
James r Connolly. inspector OF com
bustibles for Jersey City, today said
it was possible that the explosion re-
suited when fire which preceded it
reached four carloads of chlorate OF
potash. While reports OF wholesale
arrests were current, Federal agents
detained and questioned many Jarvis
employees regarding reports that GER
tain strangers had been active about
the district for days. buying drinks
for the men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
Congress Did M Yesterday IT

The Administration Attacked in the Senae-COlOnel ROOse
ves Forces &c Cover the Top Against the Administration
As the Allied Armies Are Forced Back in France Combat
and Battle" As Dictionary Definitions for AerOpanes-
Postal Salary Bill MOtorRoute Delivery for Food for Cities
War Insurance As System Limited to the War Period
ington Apartment Rentals Income Tax Payments.
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fed combat planes" las now being
manufactured in this country for
bombing and scouting) apart from
battle planes" When the Republi-
cans found that they had been de-
ceied by some fine scholastic distinc-
tion between a battle" and a "com-
bat" they were no doubt justified in
putting before the public the discov-
cry they alleged that real battle
planes with machine guns and other
full fighting equipments are now
being supplied our troops only I'M
der French contracts. This might
have been done in five minutes What
was done was to display unbounded
indignation over charges OF UMPIRE
paredness" in connection with a de-.
mand for a permanent system Of
Prussian "Kultur" for the United
States after the war. Senators Borah
and Vardaman extracted from Sem
ator New the admission that II was
his hope to make the conscription Of
boys OF nineteen permanent. On
Borahis objection to sudden action.
the whole subject was postponed and
the Senate took up the Indian appro-
priation bill as the unfinished bust
ness OF the day. 1t was not complet-
ed. AS the defense OF the Admins
tration had devolved on Senator
Overman, he was at a disadvantage
in not having a loud and terrifying
voice. But he really said the worst
in condemnation Of the entire attack
in saying that 1t was not the time or
place for it. That was the blunder
OF 1t. The attack that wins must be
from the front and from the front
only on issues of American-not Of
Observation-Disclosures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

The House discussed and finally
passed the postal salary increase bill
and adopted the conference report on
the urgent deficiency bill, with the
amendments providing for COM
Wandering and administering all
alien enemy property in the United
States. AS far as il Is found neces-
sary to sell it at auction, it Will pass
completely under American control,
but discretion is left as to the extent
winding it up" shall proceed. Bust
ness need not be disturbed nor need
rights suffer. The best feature OF
the days work was the appropriation
of $500, 900 in the postal bill for be-
ginning experiments in regular
motor-service food-delivery, connect
ing large cities with their rural ter
ritories. In explanation of the oppor-
tunity for its usefulness, II was said
that s. worth OF food at country
prices now costs 81 in Washington:
The District of Columbia Commit
tee of the Senate began open hear
ings on the johnson anti-protiteer-
ing bill. Representatives of apart
ment houses rented by the year al
legged thta they had made virtually
no increase in rents yet. They e%-
meet to be forced to do so next Oc-
tober. They want a rent admins
TRAITOR" system to regulate them IN
stead Of an excess proht tax.
Under a bill introduced by Chair
man Sims of the House Committee
on Interstate Commerce American
insurance will be authorized for
ships and cargoes of friendly coun-
tries under American management
also for their crews. The bill linn
its the entire system to the war
period.
As Senator Thomas reported bach
his own resolution from the Mill
tsry Affairs Committee, it was
amended by the omission of an I'M
nortant word. He had asked the
Secretary of War to report the num-
Der of "non-combatant" officers now
holding commissions. AS reported,
they will be otherwise classified.
General Pershing is in favor of
decorations from allied governments
for American troops. This APP
peared when the bill authorizing
their acceptance was favorably re-
ported to the Senate.
The Bankhead bill in the House
corresponds in purpose with the
Hoke Smith bill in the Senate. 1t
authorizes the education of adult
illiterates to a limited extent, but
it is not to proceed without the au-
thorization of the State chief
school officers" This will be ac-
ceptable south Of the Ohio,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

The Roosevelt campaign for the
control Of the next Congress and the
Presidency later, developed into vol
canic activity in the Senate yester-
day, Immediately following the ap-
pearance of Gen. Leonard Wood be-
fore the Senate Committee OIL Mill
tary Affairs. The greater part of the
days session Of the Senate was taken
up in a violent attack on the Ad-
ministration. II was evidently plan
ned in advance. Senator Lodge, who
opened it, did all that could have
been expected of man OF his ability
in promoting the purposes Of what,
regardless OF its merits or dement's
otherwise, all concerned are likely to
be able TO recognize later as a poll
teal blunder of the first Tor worst
class.
No matter what the purpose or the
subject, the occasion was the par
ticipation of the Administration in
the bloody and unspeakably tragic
life and death struggle going on in
EUROPE, Wits lulb ShSop vel uol ~
tack from the rear was going on in
the Senate. 1t is fact, perhaps bet
ter known to thousands of mere out
siders" than It is to the best inform
ed in Administration circles" that
Americans are submitting to all that
is demanded OF them, and waiting
with marvellous patience to JUDGE
RESULTS and responsibility for re-
suits. Final results, measured in
life-cost, now are the test. There
is no other. From the judgment on
them there can be no appeal. II,
after all, they have submitted to at
his demand. the people find the Presi-
dent at such fault as was charged
upon him yesterday. they will drive
out of power all who are convicted
with him. This is so certainly true
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
GIRL BITTEN BY DOG,

Miss Elsie Haas, fourteen years old,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John L
Haas, 32S5 r street northwest, today
is nursing a badly lacerated hand as
the result OF having been bitten by
dog.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

FpAUnAII1c American Iat Il n. I.
SnhNUhLL y TODAY-AIAE MARSH
in POLLY OF THE CIRCUS" TOMoR-
ROw-Juns Eividge In Broken Ties"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

Or A7A 434 9th st. ". w.
Lain TODAY AND TOMORROW
AIarsaTftA Fischer in ''JIltsd Janet"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

tfADnrH TODAY AND TOMORROW
,yAhUEN ALICE JOYCE in THE
tsONG oFvTHE SOUL"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

cDANnAII,C AVE. GRAND.
LhRNDHLL } sl5 Pa. Ave. 8. r.
TODAY AND TOHfORROW-W. s. HART
IN BLUE BLAZES RAwDEN."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

CDAUnAII1C Apollo, GA II At. ne.
SkHNUhLL y TODAY - WALLACE
REID in THE THING WE LOVE "
TONORROw-ELSIE FERGUSON in
THE SONG OF SONGS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

RANDAIJ'S KnIckerbosksr.
TODAY-MABEL NORAAND in THE
FTOOR BELOW" TOMORROw-Enid
Bennett in The Keys OF the Righteous. ="
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

General Pershing is in favor of
decorations from allied governments
for American troops. This APP
peared when the bill authorizing
their acceptance was favorably re-
ported to the Senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

JCinCD 5O7 9th st. y. w.
LEiiDLIt TODAY AND ALL WEEK
WILLIAM FARNUM In Les hiSerables
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nINnAIIJc TheaIer, 9th & f sTs.
SnHlNUhLL y TODAT-ELSIE FER
OLSON in SONG OF SONGS" To-
MORROW - ROBERT WARWICK IN
ssT-EJE MAD LOVER"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

CkhNUALL } To-Day AND ALL
wEEK-E. K. LINCOLN AND EAR
RARL CASTLETON In FOR THE
ERECTION OF THE WORLD"
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ADJUSTMENTS

HOME .I:3o c street Northeast
HUME TODAY =. SONIA. MARhONA
in "a HEARTS REVENGE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

mANNAIT,c Savoy 18th & Col I'd.
LnHNDHLL y DAY - HAROLD
LOCKWOOD in BROADWAY BILL. I"
Touorrow-Alice Brady in The Knife"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

nj VMDIC TODAY AT $50 r. VI.
ULI III " FLORENCE REED
1871 u ST. in TODAY"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
RELICS OF FIRST CENTURY
Portraits Of Christ and the Apostles
Dug Up From the Ruins
Of Antioch.

Portraits of Christ and the apostles
which, it is believed, may be authentic,
are on an old chalice dug up from the
ruins of Antioch and now In the pos.
session Of firm of art dealers In this
city, it became known last night.
The chalice, according to the deal.
ers, came directly to them from the
hands of the excavators in 1910. II
can be dated with certainty to the sec
Ond half Of the first century A. D.,
says DR.. Gustavus A. Elsen, the ar
cheologist, who Is now In this country,
and who, has made a preliminary re.
port upon It In the American Journal
Of Archaeology.
1t was found by Arabs digging a
well in Antioch, Syria. At the depth
of many meters they cane upon I'M
derground chambers, one Of which con-
tanned the treasure.
II Is probable, say experts, that the
chalice is a replica Of the cathedral
erected In Antioch by Constantine the
Great after his removal Of the capital
Of his empire to Constantinople.
This Antioch church was intended
to be the center Of Christian worship
In the East, and remained standing
until the year 500, when, during an
assemblage of 100000 Christians, the
city was leveled by an earthquake so
disastrous that one building could not
be distinguished from another among
the ruins.-New York Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
Saved by Bullet.

1t is better to be born lucky than
rich, they say, and no doubt certain
policeman of Acton, Ill.,, will sanction
the sentiment. He was one Of squad
sent recently to arrest two desperate
criminals who had been located hiding
In boarding house.
When cornered, one Of the men at
bay pressed the muzzle of his revolver
against the policeman's abdomen and
pulled the trigger twice.
The first bullet rammed in the bar.
rel about an inch from the cylinder.
This effectually barred the pathway Of
the second shot, the force Of which
tore strip from the barrel an inch
long through which the bullet escaped,
thus destroying the usefulness Of the
weapon.-Popular Science Monthly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
An Observing Male.

The lady lecturer had got her second
wind. She was going strong.
YES" she cried, waving her arms,
women have been wronged for ages.
They have suffered In a thousand
ways"
She paused a moment to let this mo-
mentous statement sink In.
There's one way which they have
never suffered" breathed a meek little
man.
The lady lecturer fixed him with 0
baleful eye.
"And what way is that2" she Kissed
"They have never suffered In. 81
lence."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
SUBURBAN HOME
FOR SALE.

Residence containing IL rooms and hath
room; large and roomy; all city conv D1In
ences electric lights and sewer, Isrsa
grounds situate on main street Of ROE
VILE Nd; five minutes walk from r 20
X X electric cars pass the door Address
P.0. BOX 81,
apr <-lm Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
Doctors Don't Know Everything.

Uoctors DON'T NhoW Everything.
II thought you told me that your
doctor had ordered you to quit drink
ingr said Smith.
Jaw, these doctors don't know what
they are talking about" replied
Brown, as he stirred his highball. 81
quit drinking for two days and didn't
feel q bit better"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
WHAT THE CITY GIVES BACK
Those Who Return Home to Stay Are
often Nothing but Empty
Shells.


We who knew him in the days be-
fore the city swallowed him up (that
was 40 years ago) had forgotten all
about him until the other day, when
the morning train rolled In and we
stood ready to help unload the coffin
and then to follow 1t to the place on
the hill prepared for him, Tom Bodine
writes in the Paris (Mo.) Mercury. Ev.
cry now and then someone like him
comes home to stay, and 1t Is the same
story so far as we who remain are con-
cerned. Not until the train comes to
a standstill and the baggage car door
thrown open do we remember-and
sometimes 1t is poignant. When the
city took him he was young, and.
though bearing grieyous burden, he
went hopefully. When the city gave
him back to us he was an old man
broken by many griefs, and desolation
looked up from the dead face, whereon
the majesty of the final peace more
often sits enthroned.
What the city takes and what II
gives back are always different. Some
times 1t sleeps them in folly and re-
turns dead wrecks, whereon we look
and read an ancient regret for things
that might have been better-and per
haps in the end, happier. Again II
swallows them up In the vortex Of the
great unceasing, pitiless economic
struggle, and, having Slapped brain.
body and soul, returns to us the empty
shell that once housed our friend.
That is what 1t did to him.
Are not some fated to be bound to
the wheel and others to walk In the
glad places, and at the end Of the
dOlorosa way is not there heavenly
compensation? Perhaps, but somehow
down deep In our hearts will continue
the bitterness of an ancient revolt be.
cause Of empty and joyless lives. the
deep resentment because of that blind
fatality, which even through love,
wrecks human aspirations and makes
Of life an unending tragedy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
FOR SALE.

! have for sale Lot No. II, Section No ?
containing $3.50 square feet ION Darnes'
Town road, just outside Of Rockville1. and
LOT Q, IN Section 8. containing l2O0O an
H., IN West End Park. just west of Rocf,
vile, Md. Offers are wanted for these Iots
J. ABBY HENDERSON.
aug z4-im Rockville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
Operations and Operations.

Operations and Operations.
"After ALL success is merely mat
ter OF environment"
"As for example2"
well, the greatest surgeon might
be dismal failure operating on the
stock exchange"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville, Md, Sept. 10, 1916.
Ordered this day that the Glenmont-
Colesville road be closed to public travel
until further notice. The object of closing
this road is to reconstruct same, and all
persons are hereby warned that they travel
said road at their own risk.
JOHN X. LEWIS, Prest.
BERRY E. CLARK, Clerk.
sep 29-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-02-22
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN.
: cI;a ! have to loan for
s- client the sum Of 81 500 at per cent. on
nrst MORTGAGE real estate security.
J. DAWSON WILLIAMS.
NOV I'm Ksnsinston, Md.