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deavors to influence the public through
the press show how very little Count
Bernstorff. DR.. Dernburg, DR.. Albert and
that pseudo noble Franz Rintelen c*er
understood the American people.
Dcrnburg, before he returned here
shortly after the beginning of the war.
was accounted clever man, in fact one
of the ablest of the kaiser's Ministers Of
State, who had in his younger days re-
celved the greater part OF his business
training in Wall Street, New York. Yet
as a prOpogandist he was a complete fail
ure, and instead of winning friends for
his native land he made enemies. His
methods We're sgnalized by characteristic
cally Teuton tactlessness and brutality.
and even when endeavoring to persuade
men to his way of thinking he repealed
them by his affectation of superior intelli
gence and knowledge. He gave offence
even to Americans of German origin by
his boorsh manner and presumptuous ut
terances, and on one occasion when ex-
pressing to one of the foremost of Ger
man American bankers my amsZement at
the ignorance of American life and con-
ditions displayed by the Berlin Govern
ment in contiding its interests in the
United States to such men as Bernstorff
and Dernburg, who. by the bye, were
always fighting with one another, the
fnancier bitterly described them with the
expressive German word as "Grobian"
and 'Trottel' IA boor and nincom-
poop.
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Dernburgs Mission Failed.

-Four years ago, at the beginning Of the
war, popular sentiment In this country
was pretty equally divided with regard
to the belligerents The German Amer-
can was looked upon as valuable citi-
zen and the commercial and industrial
relations of the United States with Ger
many were very extensive and very init
mate. By the time that the Lusitania
was torpedoei American sympathy for
Germany had dwindIed from 80 per cent
to 10 per cent. and when some months
later President Wilson" found himself
compelled by the requirements of the
national honor and of national interest
to throw down the gantlet to the Kaiser
the entire people of the United States
with few miserable exceptions were
at the back of their Chief Magistrate,
and sympathy for Germany in America
had gone by the board.
While of course much OF this loss of
American sympathy for Germany was
due 10 her atrocious treatment OF Bel
GUM and of the invaded districts of
France, there is no doubt that the aliena-
ton was very largely brought about by
the Enthusiastically tactless. brutal and
therefore offensive methods of Teuton
propaganda in the United States The
recent disclosures revealing the vast sums
Of money reckessly spent in futile en-
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To Supply Authentic
Information, Not to
Garry on Propagan-
da, the Function of
Bureaus Established
in This Country by
France and England
ByF. cUNLIFFE-oWEN.

r ORD ROBERT CECIL, when called
l. upon in the House of Commons
The other day in his capacity as Under
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to
make the grant of passports for the
United States conditional upon cast iron
pledges to abstain from public speaking
while on this side of the Atlantic, depre
Gated the idea of instituting any such
species of preventive censorship upon
British citizens in friendly country.
Lord Roberts's judicious refusal to be
II party to the institution of a preventive
censorship upon the utterances of his
rountrymen visiting the United States
must not be miseonstrued into. anything
in the nature of official approval Of So
called propagandists. From the very out
set of the war four years ago France and
Great Britain have been strongly opposed
TO everything sayoring of propaganda in
The United States. Inc TWO IoWeIS III
ui,estion were fortunate in being repre-
sented at the time by couple Of Ambas-
sailors at Washington possessed Of an
altogether exceptional understanding of
American life and conditions. This was
particularly so in the case of Jean Jules
.Iusserand, who has been in charge Of the
interests of France in the United States
Tor over fifteen years, and as such Is
looked up to by all his colleagues on the
hanks of the Potomac as the dean of their
corps. 1t has often been said of him that
he knows more about the American peo-
pie than they do themselves, and this Is
horne out by his writings.
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Allies Policy Justified.

10 other instances Sir Cecil was not
SO fortunate Men came from England
who would not listen to warnings. and
whose indiscretions Of speech and tact
lessness of manner were rendered the
more troublesome beca,lsc OF the intlma-
tlon which they sought t. convey. that
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French Bureau of Information.

While France and Great Britain thus
wisely abstaincd from anything in the
nature of propaganda, they in Difference
to the suggestions of sagacious American
friends established in the United States
what may be described as a Government
service of information, the credit for the
formation of which belongs mainly to
Andre Tardieu, who, formerly a Captain
of Chasseurs and on the staff of Marshal
Joffre, has now become member of the
Cabinet of Premier Clemenceau and
full fedged Minister Of State In charge
Of Frances relations with America A
bureau was organized In New York rs
part and parcel of the High Commission.
and was placed by Tardieu under the i'm
mediate direction of Stephane Lausanne,
editor in chief of the Mdtin, with Mar
eel kuecht as his principal lieutenant.
Their task was not TO undertake anything
in the nature Of propaganda but merely
TO furnish information concerning
Frances course in the present war
They have done this only on invitation
That is to say. when newspapers. Sc
rial publications, educational institutions.
&c, found themselves in need Of expiana-
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British Literary Lights Shut of.

Ambassador ,Iusserand and his Eng
lsh colleague, the late Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, realized from the outset that the
PEOPLE of the United States would be dis
posed to resent anything in the nature of
propaganda in the light of n reflection
upon their education and intelligence. 1t
Is all very well TO lack information about
this or that question, especially if 1t re-
lates to foreign countries. But the as
sumption that one is ignorant about the
matter is offensive. Americans are al
ways willing to learn. But they do not
relish the imputation of being fools, and
that is what propaganda amounts TO.
A few weeks after the beginning Of
the war whole shipload of British lit
erary lights, of varying degrees of efful-
,,ency, sailed from Liverpool with the self
imposed mission of laying before the
American people, by means of lecturing
tours, the rights of England and the
wrongs Of Germany in this titanic con-
hict. Their voyage did not receive any
countenance whatsoever from the English
Government. The ocean Inner on ITS ar
rival at Quarantine in New York was
boarded by two or three personal ennis
saries of Sir Cecil Spring Rice, who APP
pealed TO the patriotism Of the missioners
TO abandon their project, as calculated to
do infinitely more harm than good, and
urged them to return home by the very
next boat above all, to abstain from pub
lie speaking. To their credit be it said
that they yielded TO the Ambassadors So
licitations, on the ground that he pos
sessed knowledge and an appreciation
of American conditions just then 10
which they could lay no claim. Nearly
the entire party sailed back to Liverpool
before the end OF the week, and the very
few who remained refrained from speak
ing. and only stayed on to learn.
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Nj ore Enemies for
Germany the Only
Fruit of the Tactless
Nj e tn DDS and tn e
Millions Used by
Bernstorff and Dern-
burg in America

tor and enlightenment concerning tins OF
that matter in France, military, naval,
political, administrative or economic, they
knew that they could apply to the infor-
nation bureau Of the High Commission
of France at the Vanderbilt Hotel in New
York, and that in response to their re-
quest all the necessary data Of an 9TH
cially authentic nature would be at once
furnished to them.
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Harrison and Russell Hughes. An
exact description of the finding OF the
body was furnished today by Mr..
Hughes.
Paul Marshall found the body
about thirty yards from the spring"
he said 'T was walking around the
other side of the thicket and heard
him say, Here she is'"
"She was laying with her back
against a tree The belt which goes
around her apron was tied in a hard
knot around her neck and close up to
her chin. You couldn't get a knife
blade between the flesh and string to
cut it of. Her lower limbs were
partially bare Her right foot was
doubled under her left. Her chin
rested on her left shoulder. Her
clothing was not torn very much, but
there were heavy scratches on the
neck and body. Her face was disd-
figure, and on her chin were the
marks of teeth, as on her ears
Shoe Tracks Found.
The surface of the little tree above
her head was unmarked, showing that
she was not struggling when tied to
the tree. After finding the body, the
searching parties were called in from
every direction, and we examined the
ground Papers from her lunch were
scattered about the ground around
the spring. Tracks OF a mans shoe
were traced from the spring to a de-
serted house on the hillside The
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shoe appeared to be about a size IL.
Before finding her. we traced her
footprints as she followed her herd
of cows"
Bloodhounds were brought into
play after the body was found. In
Halls deserted house a piece of cloth
ing was found which was still SMELL
ing of his body. The hound was
given the scene and started to bay,
but later the plan of running the
murderer down was abandoned as un-
advisable because the scent was more
than twelve hours old.
From the condition OF the body"
said Sheriff J. r. Allison, who placed
Hall under arrest, 1.-The crime must
nave been committed early in the
day."
The fact that the girl had eaten
her lunch indicates that IL must have
been before noon. The belief that
an escaped convict from Occoquan
committed the crime is not pIausi-
BILE. These woods are ten miles from
Occoquan. Two prisoners were re-
ported to have escaped shortly before
the murder of Eva Roy took place.
THE district where the crime was
committed, is, on the whole, a very
poor section. The girl was very
brigtt and much liked in the com
munity. She took a number of prizes
for her scholarship at school.
Between II and l o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, Lou Hall stopped at
Davis place, country. store near
Barker's Crossroads, ten miles from
Fairfax. In the stretch Of woods
where she was killed there are about
5000 acres of the thickest timber. 1t
Is the section called Lee Chapel, and
Is place Of tragedy and ignorance,
wild and untamed in some parts"
To complicate the case, a warrant
has been issued for the arrest of a
negro. Wilbur Wooster, II years old,
charging him with a criminal attack
on negro girl. Whether there Is
any likelihood that Wooster commit
ted the crime on Eva Roy is the sub
ject of an investigation being made
today.
Passed the Spring.
Walter Wood. a white man en-
pIoyed as a woOdcutter. was with Lou
Hail about II o'clock the day of the
murder, according to his statement to
the sheriff. He and Hall cut down q
bee tree in the hope OF finding some
honey. and then separated. Hall GO
ing toward his home His steps led
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OPERA STAR, ONCE
CZAR'SGUARD, NOW
At VIRGINIA CAMP

CAMP HUMPHREYS, V9. Aug. o
Prominent among the 1000 members
OF the Fifth regiment, a command
composed exclusively of draft men
from New York City and Brooklyn,
Is G. de Ariagroff, Of the Metropoli-
tan Grand Opera Company, and
former member Of the Imperial
Guard of the late Nicholas Romanoff,
Car OF Russia.
Private de Ariagrof, who. a few
days ago was earning thousands Of
dollars a week az an opera singer,
handles the pick. shovel and stump
puller during the day for Uncle Sam
for $50 a month, but after the days
work is done he comes into his own
again. Ever since his arrival here
he has been devoting a great deal of
his leisure to entertaining the SOL
dIers, with whom he IL immensely
popular.
There Is no more patriotic soldier
at Humphreys. Before being called
in the draft, De Aragiof had tried to
enlist several times. but was turned
down on account of his eyes.
Another prominent member OF his
company is Max Saher, fiction writer,
and contributor to. Smart Set" and
other important periodicals..
The desire or the military authorl-
ties that the army be a singing
army is finding its fulnllment here.
under the direction of J. W. Ery-
nolds, cantonment singing master.
Mr.. Reynolds. who was formerly
evangelist singer with Rev. DR..
Chapman and "Gipsy" Smith, has Cb-
tanned really wonderful results with
his pupils. His latest plan to en-
courage chorus singing among the
soldiers Is to visit them while they
are at work digging trenches or
pulling stumps. II it is time for a
"rest" period. the officer in charge
will call a halt and soon the whole
battalion will be singing under the
leadership of the song
leader.
Private William Dillon, of the
Eighth Company, noted song
writer of New York, has written a
song for the men on their favorite
slang expression, You'll Like It"
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ADVERTISEMENT
To Remove Redness,
Tan, Freckles, Blotches

II your skin Is unduly Redeemed,
tanned or freckled. just dab little
pure mercoliZed wax on the face and
allow II to remain over night When
you wash on the wax in the morning
fine. fiaky, almost invisible particles
OF cuticle come with it. Repeating
this daily, the entire outer skin is
absorbed, but SO gradually and
gently, there's not the slightest hurt
or Inconvenience. Even the stub
bornest freckIes are affected. The
underlying skin which forms the new
complexion is so clear, fresh and
youthful looking you'll marvel at the
transformation. It's the only thing
faded. muddy or bIotchy complexion.
One ounce Of mercolized wax. pro-
eurable at any drug store, is suf-
ficient in most cases.
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him past the spot where the murder
was committed, which was compare
lively close to his home. He must
have, passed the spring where Eva
/ Roy was eating her lunch since there
was no other way to his house.
A coroner's jury, composed OF C. P.
Henry, foreman, W. p Marshall, G.
@. White, A B. Carter, R. A Farr,
and c. N. Stewart returned a verdict
of death at the hands of an unknown
man after the inquest Wednesday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
By inquiry, Sheriff Allison learned
that Hall had gone to the home Of
his brother, Joseph Hall, a laborer
living at Accotink. When Sheriff
Allison took him into custody Hall
made no protest. He did not ask any
questions. according to the sheriff
He got his hat and entered the car
He did not have a coat. He seemed
worried, said the sheriff. He talked
little during the fourteen-mile ride,
White, who accompanied the sheriff,
asked Hall why he killed Eva Roy
Hall replied:
Il didn't kill her. Is that why
am arrested?"
Told that bloodhounds had been
on the search for him, Hall said he
supposed they were searching for the
two escaped convicts. He denied the
murder, but seemed to take his ar
rest as matter OF course, failing to
ask questions until they neared the
jail, when White spoke to him.
Hall is thirty-three years old and
has a wife and two children
Eva came home one day from
tending the cows and told us how
she had seen Hall beating his wife,"
said Mrs. Jerman, the dead girls sis
ter. Eva was frightened to death
Of Hall, but she told US she would
reprimand him II she saw him do 1t
again"
Hall is about feet IL inches tall,
has light. hair and eyes, and is thin
and wiry. When arrested he wore n
hickory shirt. overalls. a felt hat, and
was barefoot
Thursday morning. Joseph Hall
called to see his brother They talked
for several minutes, but nothing was
said of the crime Hall gave his
brother 81 with which to purchase
some tobacco. He is the only visitor
the accused man has received since
his arrest. with the exception OF The
Times reporter and county officials.
In answer to n series of questions
put by the reporter. Hall steadily re-
piled:
II don't know"
He has no lawyer as yet
The scene OF the murder is one of
the widest spots in this section of
the country. After leaving a cross
roads near the home OF the Roys. the
trail leads down into a deep bottom
land. Trees spread their branches
overhead until there is a network:
of green foliage Obscuring the sky.
To each side are thick woods, heavy
with underground and small trees. |
Tall beeches and oaks and elms
abound in the timber, and 1t was in
here that Hall worked-when he
worked at all-cuttlng wood. He
was employed by Norman Stewart, Of
Burks.
where Hall Lived.
Pohick run. a small creek. cuts |
through the bottom land. On the |
trail taken by Eva Roy as she fol- |
lowed her herd Tuesday morning |
there are numbers OF difficult cross
ing places where bridges have been |
washed away. On the old Hanse |
place, as some call II, there are two
springs. about 500 yards apart by |
the winding pathway.
Between the two springs Hall Ives |
in a little ramshackle house with his |
wife and children.
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HER PET ROOSTER
GOES INTO DISCARD

NEW YORK, Aug 9.-'He is a fam
lily pet and we raised him from a
chick we bought at the poultry show
last winter, but we have now sent
him to the country" said Mrs. Francis
INLAND, 234 West Nineteenth street.
when arraigned in Jefferson Market
Court
She was charged by the board of
health with a violation OF the sani-
tary laws by keeping a big red
rooster in her fiat.
Have you never heard OF in
somnia?" asked the magistrate, as he
discharged the woman under a sus-
pended sentence.
Occupants of flats I'm the same
building had complained that the
Growing OF the rooster kept them
awake nights.
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"HEINIE" NO. is
GOOD AEROSPORT,
SAYS u. S. FL YER

Copyright. 1918. by the United Press).
W1TH THE AMERICAN AIRMEN
IN FRANCE, July 10 Cby maiD.-
There's a certain German airman
I'd like to meet after the war, II he
lives and I do said Lieut. Eddie
Rickenbacker, American lace" and
former auto racer.
"If we meet in the States I'll buy
him an ice-cream soda, and II it's in
Germany TIL expect him TO buy Us
both beers. He flies No. 16 in a GER
tain German squadron. His machine
Is an observing and hghting type
combined. For a German he IL an
exceptional sport We had four days
successive rendezvous together with
out result, and IL was real fighting
all the time.
"The first morning I hoped into
the can and went up to a pink tea,
looking for anything in general and
nothing particular. 1 soon spotted
No. 16 and he spotted me. We Jock
eyed for position, both OF us trying
to get the blind spot in front of the
sun
Cot on HIS Tall
FINALLY 1 got on his tail, after
half an hour OF maneuvering this
way and that and let him have it.
The gun fired two shots and jammed.
There was nothing to do but zoom
of home. which I did.
Next morning I went up at the
same hour and over the same spot.
There was Heinie No. 16. escorted by
two German fighting planes. He was
higher than me, but 1 was higher
than they, so I jockeyed for posi-
ton Again the gun jammed and 1
fell into a vrille to get out OF his
range.
"When I zoomed away, I got the
gun working again. and again jock
eyed for position with Heinie; the
two others had been driven of. He
began shooting out his belly at
me. and 1 zigzagged to dodge his bull
let's. which were whizzing by me.
Then we began playing around
and kept it up for three-quarters OF
an hour, each trying to get a bead on
the other. Finally got in the blind
spot and started down on him Again
my gun jammed. and. OF course, he
had the edge on me.
Enough for the Day
'Tnstead OF running. which would |
have been dangerous, since he had |
the altitude after dived past him,
T again jockeyed for position, though |
| knew my gun wouldn't shoot. I
wanted to fox him and make him
think / was still in the fight
"It worked. for after few minutes |
Of maneuvering he decided ii was |
enough for a day, since neither of us |
could get position. So he fred two |
shots wild as a good-by, waved his |
hand, and went home. II was good |
thing for me. because my motor went |
cuckoo a minute later, and 1 strug-
glsd home on a glide, barely making |
II over the lines.
THE boys Rad seen me come down. |
and my mechanics were beginning to |
figure their Eskimo WASH I coming |
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
NAVY TAKES over
NORFOLK TRACTION
AND LIGHT PLANT

NORFOLK, Va. Aug. e.-The Nor
folk and Portsmouth, Traction Com
pany will be formally taken over to-
day by Rear Admiral Harris. chair
man of the war Industries COMMITTEES
Of the Fifth naval district. This
course was made necessary to con-
serve and utilize the supply OF cleo
trio current for more important lines
of industry and transportation
Many users of current In non-essen-
tial plants will be cut on entirely.
This move will be only temporary.
however. since additional generators
are expected to arrive shortly.
The traction situation has become
50 acute here that IL has been impos-
BILE TO furnish satisfactory service
for workers at the naval base. the
army depot. and navy yard.
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SAL VATION ARMY
LASSIES LOVED BY
MEN"OVER THERE

Salvation Army lassies in France
have made the biggest hit OF any
organization working for the com
fort and recreation of the American
soldiers "over there" according to
statements made today by four New
England soldiers at Walter Reed
Hospital here. The bright spots" :"
as the soldiers called the Salvation
Army girls. have won an enviable
place in the hearts OF the American
soldIery.
We used to see them op the cor
ners OF the cities in which we lived.
We made fun OF the Salvation Army
girls then-but we're sorry now.
They're one OF the bright spots in the
soldiers life in France"
Donald U. HiIdreth, OF Reading.
Mass. made this statement today as
he sat on the veranda of the "over-
sea- ward with three of his pals.
also from New England. who had
come over from France several days
ago.
Worker Under Fire.
The Salvation Army girls stuck to
the front lines, even under the
heaviest barrage fire." Hildreth con-
tinued. when we came out Of the
trenches, they had cigarettes, pies.
doughnuts, and other comforts for
US. Suppose we didn't have any
money? oh. that didn't matter.
They gave US all the eats we want
ed. and gladly.
They're wonders. those girls. We
used to make fun OF them and sneer
at them over here. We're ashamed
OF ourselves now."
Hildreth's pals. Henry Granucei. OF
Wallingford, Conn; l. w. >Barrows.
of Hartford. Conn, and Fred Becker.
OF New Britain, Conn. emphasized his
statements when he had finished.
Praises Surgeons.
Private E. W. Barrows. OF 1s4 New
Britain avenue. Hartford. Conn, told
The Times representative that one OF
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ADVERTISEMENT
NEW YORK MUSIC TEACHER
Says "Vinol Cures Chronic Coughs"

Says "Vinol Cures Chronic Coughs"
New York City, 121 Nicholas Av-
enue.-"I teach piano and singing
and when suffering from chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis, use
Vinol as / find it cures when other
remedies fail."-Henry Albers.
The reason Vinol is so successful
in such conditions, is because it is a
constitutional remedy containing beef
and cod liver peptones, iron and
manganese peptonates and glycero-
phosphates. 1t strengthens and re-
vitalizes the entire system and as
sists nature to expel the disease.
We know of many such cases.
O'Donnell's Drug Stores and drug
gists everywhere.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
WILL LOOK FOR RADTUM
IN MINERAL SPRINGS

ROME. Aug. 9.-owing to the in
creased use of radium, Nine. Curie, on
behalf Of the French and Italian gov
ernments. will visit Italy to investi-
gate the possibilities OF using italian
mineral springs to develop sources of
radiUm
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
NOTED LTTHoeRAPHER DIES.

CHICAGO, Aug. 0.-word has been
received by relatives here of the
death of Max Rosenthal, a we'll
known artist, at his home in Phila-
delphia. He was born November IS,
1888, in Russian Poland, and came to
the United States in 1919. He intro
duced the use of chrome lithograph-
ing and received a medal from the
Franklin Institute. He Is said 20
have made the first illustrated book
in the United StateA