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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
JOHN v. SAXON PRAISED
FOR COURAGE At FRONT
Former Central High Student First
American to Enter Foe Trenches
in Big Raid.

John W. Saxon. captain of Central
High School foot ball team in 1916.
was the first American to enter the
enemy trenches vixen the whole 29th
Division attacked the Germans in an
important engagement August 80 and
81.
This was learned yesterday when
Serst. SaXon's father. an employe of the
Treasury Department, and living at
kcnsington, Md, received a letter
from his boy. saying:
Keep this scrap of paper for me
till | get back"
The scrap of paper referred to was
a personal letter from the ma or general
commanding the division. 1t follows:
Il have read with much pride the
report of the commanding general of
the 18th Brigade regarding your dis
play of courage and skill in recon-
noissance preliminary to a raid on the
German trenches the 3Oth and 31st
of August. 1918. when you had the
hiaE honor to be the first man of
this division to enter the enemy
trenches in an attack. ] have ordered
your name and deed inscribed on the
record book for such purposes at.these
headquarters. e. j. MORTON,
Ma jor General, Comma nding 10Th
Division
Serst. Saxon is twenty years old.
He came to Washington from Texas
vixen a small boy. and was educated
in the kensington and Chevy Chase
grammar schools. and Central High
school. While in Central High School
he was Il star on the foot ball team.
as well as being it's leader He also
was prominent in General High School
r;Lternity circles.
VIXEN the Mexican trouble came
to /, crisis in 1916 he enlisted in the
MARYLAND National Guard and served
Ut the border before he embarked for
France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
MiDEUROPEAN UNION
OPENS HEADQUARTERS
Work of Unity of Oppressed Ma
lions to Be Undertaken
in This City.

With a program that is one Of the
most responsible undertaken by any
group of men since the beginning of
the war, the newly organized Demo-
cratic Mideuropean Union has just
opened headquarters in the McLachlen
building, at 10th and G streets.
Briefly, the purpose of the Demo-
cratic Mideuropean Union is to ef-
feet a unity of effort among the OPP
pressed nations of central Europe to
smooth out and adjust their differ
ences, and to provide common coun-
Gil chamber, where their representa-
tives may meet together and discuss
their problems from time to time.
The unions president is DR.. Thomas
G. Masaryk, also president of the
Czecho- Slovak national council. Its
executive director is Herbert Adolf
plus Miller. formerly professor of So
GEOLOGY in Oberlin College and for
many years a close student of the
races of middle Europe.
|. There are seven groups represented
in the union-the Czecho-SlovakS. the
Poles, the RumanianS, the Jugo-SlaVs
the Lithuanians. the Ukrainians ano
the Italian 1rredentists; other ma
lions will be admitted later, if they
seek representation-theL Let's. Firms
Esthonians, Albanians. Unredeemet
Greeks and others. Even the Bulga-
rians If they show thorough change
of heart and a desire to subscribe tt
the aims of the federation. Will moi
find the way barred to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
NINE. RAYBAUD DIES
OF INFLUENZA IN SPAIN
Embassy Here Gets News of
Wife's Death.

n cablegram just received by Col.
Eduardo Raybaud, military attache
Of the embassy of Argentina, an
nounces the death on Sunday morn
ing of his wife, Nine. Raybaud, at ST.
Bastian, Spain.
Nine. Raybaud went to Spain about
two years ago. accompanied by her
daughters. Though she had not been
Wen for some time, the immediate
cause of death was influenza She
and her family were important social
factors in the diplomatic corps and
in society in general during their
residence here. The home of Col
Raybaud was the meeting place for
all younger members of the corps.
The marriage of their daughter.
Miss Sara Raybaud, to Abel V. Ezeyza,
which took place in the spring OF
1916, was Il brilliant event.
Nine. Raybaud was born at Alcira
Araoz, and is Il member of one of
the most prominent families of Ar
gentina.
Col. Raybaud will go to Spain as
soon as circumstances admit, and
will take his daughters to Argentina
to live.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
HOUSEPLANSCURB
ON WAR PROF|TEER
Debate on Big Deficiency Bill
Tends to Drastic
Action.
MAY HOLD NIGHT SESSIONS

Need for Army hospitals and COM
Wandering authority equivalent to
confiscation, in order that some few
who are trying to profiteer in the gov
ernment's emergency may be checked.
was discussed on the floor of the House
today during debate on the big def
cheney bill for the military establish
ment.
Chairmen Dent of the House mill
tary affairs committee reported to
the House testimony presented to the
committee at a hearing last week.
Medical Corps and the military COM
mittee believe there is imperative
need for prompt action by Congress.
Leaders on both sides of the House
expressed hope that the bill carry
ing nearly seven billions of dollars
to pay expenses of the military pro-
gram may be passed before adjourn
ment tonight.
There was some talk of a night Ses-
sion if this was found necessary.
To expedite early passage of the
appropriation bill the Senate finance
committee today began hearings on
the measure before it was received
from the House.
Representatives of the Post Office
Department asked for. 100000 to- en-
ploy additional clerks, and the De-
partment of Commerce asked for an
additional amount for the bureau of
standards.
Consideration of the bill Will be re-
s,1med Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
CARELESSNESS REVEALS
NEW GERMAN TRICK
CabIeEram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

Cabiegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, October 1S.-The men of
the illinois Division discovered a new
German trick when they made sudden
advance on the east bank of the Meuse,
capturing Consenvoye and Bots Platch-
enc beyond.
From the last ridge before entering
the village they were able to see what
apparently was a German dressing sta
ton sheltered by trees around the OBJ
seryatory, which the crown prince once
used.
At regular intervals men with Red
Cross brassards appeared carrying
stretchers on which were supposedly
wounded men, taking them behind the
dressing station. One pair of stretcher
bearers masquerading under the pro-
lection of the Red Cross gave the trick
away when they tossed the supposedly
wounded soldier out of the Stretcher
Field glasses disclosed that they were
carrying machine guns and putting
them into position under the guise of
this work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
Bureau Attacked and Defended.

Denunciation of the bureau of war
risk, insurance as "outrageously in
efficient and filled with idlers" was
terday by Representative Madden of
Illinois.
Partisan politics also delayed action
on the big appropriation measure.
Chairman Sherley gave warning that
it would be impossible for the House
to pass this measure along to the Senate
this week unless discussion was con-
fined to what is in the bill"
Communication and condemnation of
the work of the war risk bureau were
freely voiced during the two-hour dis
cussion of appropriations of $1,000, 600
for clerk hire and. $40, 100000 for addi-
tional family allowances, both of
which were approved.
Representative Treadway of Massa-
chusetts, republican. defended the bu-
reau for accomplishing a great volume
of work in a short time, while other
members exchanged information re-
garding the bureaus work, seeking
explanation of delays in checks going
to soldiers families.
In the political discussion which
ended general debate as the bill went
to amendment under the five minute
rule Representatives Magee of New
York and Campbell of Kansas, repub-
liCans, advocating a congressional
expenditures, appealed for election of
a republican Congress.
Representative Hef1in of Alabama,
democrat, in reply, referring to cleo
ton expenditures in several states,
charged the republicans with "abso-
lutely trying to buy the House and
Senate"
. Pay for the Army, amounting to
s6a6.327. 900. was the only important
military appropriation considered yes
terday. 1t was passed without dis
cussion. Several appropriations for
civil departments also were approved
as were legislative actions giving
definite authority for the enlarged
powers of the shipping board for ex-
tension of shipyad facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
RED CROSS TAKES OVER
RELIEF AT PORTO RICO
Earthquake and Tidal Wave Leave
Hundreds Home
less,

Announcement is made that the
Red Cross chapter at San Juan. Porto
Rico. has, through relief committees.
and working in cooperation with the
insular government and with military
and naval authorities. taken over re-
lief work in connection with the re-
cent devastation by earthquake and
tidal wave there. The death toll SO
far as known is about 100, with prob
ably 500 injured.
The City of Mayaguez, third largest
on the island. was practically destroy
ed by the wave. Aguadilla was badly
damaged.
Hundreds of families are homeless.
Property loss will exceed 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
REPORT OF THE EXECUTION OF :
DOCTORS AND NURSES DENIED
Rumor That Number Were Shot for In
fecting Soldiers With Influenza Is ::
" Declared Deliberate Lie.

When any one tells you that nurses
and doctors at Camp Meade, Camp
Humphreys or other camps have been
caught red-handed in the act of in
fecting sick soldiers with influenza
germs and have been summarily exc
cuted. simply say:
That is Il lie"
Stories purporting to emanate from
Camp Meade. Camp Humphreys. Camp
Lee and other Army environments have
been circulated in this city for the
last week % the effect that Red Cross
nurses and Army doctors, in num-
hers varying from two or three at
whatever camp the story concerned, to
half II dcz. Il or more. had been caught
~ the ACT Of injecting soldiers in the
camp hospitals with influenza or
pneumonia, and that these doctors and
nurses had been shot at sunrise.
Deliberate EaLrications.
According 20 the Intelligence serv-
ice O. In" War Department and state
Iu"uJs from commanding officers at
The camps. th-s" stories are deliber-
ut" fibHItatIo n<. without even = shred
of truth as :, basis.
According 10 officials of the sur
lse"n generals Office the stories first
made their appearance in Boston
There it was told with great detail
how nurses and doctors at camp
1'rvenS. Mass. had been caught in the
act of injecting sick soldiers with in
fiurnZa ana had been. shot without
even 4 trial
From Boston. officials say, the
stories spread to New York, where
;Ec events described We're said to
have occurred at several of the camps
ON Long island and in nearby New
Jersey.
Then the stories gained currency
in Philadelphia. th" scene of the
!,OiSouiu=+ ami subsequent eNecu-
1ions being laid AZ New Jersey
camps.
Circulated in Washington.
About a week ago the stories be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
SAVE TWO FROM GAS FUMES.
Others in House Force Door and
Find Couple Unconscious.

Timely discovery of gas escaping
ir. the room of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Gardner, 219 John Marshall place,
early last night probably saved them
from asphyxiation.
Charles Hummelford, a roomer in
the house, smelling gas, traced it to
the Gardner room. The door was
forced and the couple found uncon-
scious. They we're hurried to the
Emergency Hospital Under treat
ment they revived. Mr.. Gardner eX-
planned that he had forgotten to turn
off the gas in the cooking range.
He is in a serious condition. His
wife, the physicians say, will recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
YANKEES IN SWAMP
DEFEAT BOL SHEWK|
Surprise Forces at BIueber-
ry Feast and Take
Trench.
REPULSE COUNTERATTACK

WITH TIL. AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE b|Nh. Tuesday, October l..
thy the Associated PresSt An an
noEin@ trench from which 2 bolshevik
l'onp"m ..ad shclled our advanced
positions for Il week, WAS taken to-
Day in an assault by American troops
1t WAS captured after II difficult march
and n OF fight.
The Americans debarhed at dawn
from i whecZy old river boat within
sound of the bolShevik gunboatS
Smelling villages upstream.
After trudging five miles over u
road deeper III mud than there is in
Flanders. through struggling villages
and past j. roadside chapel near which
are the graves of four americans
Killed Il months I@o. the troops; halted
at noon to rest in the lower end of
Il ahell-sprinkied village. The little
garrison Of the hamlet had been hold
ing OF for u week superior attack
iIi-- forces aided by :, fleet of gun
mounted river boats. Here 4. runner
directed til" contingent TO slip i'm
mediate1y through u wooded swamp
Q" tie faul: OF the enemy who was
enCirCllug tne VILLAGE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
ON VISIT HERE; MISSING.
William Anderson, Seventy Five, Is
Called by Daughters Illness.

William Anderson. seventy-five
years of age, stranger in the city,
is missing from 1910 Irving street
northeast. The police have been ask
ed to find him.
Mr.. Anderson came to WaShin gton
with his wife to see his daughter,
who is ill. He wandered away from
the Irving street house yesterday and
has not since been seen.
The missing man has white hair and
a long white beard. He is Of medium
build and wore a gray suit and black
hat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
Interrupt BoIshevik Jollity.

Tn tu"y rushed quietly across Il
'l"a ring to I'll" next forest strip. They
heard the hol>lievlki talking and
Juggling. Behind the trees they
."rnitd q >NIrmish lire within Il hun
bred feet Of The enemy.
suddenly The! were discovered. The
hu!>h"N Ii shouted. shoot them: they
ere behind IL" There were scatter
.U- sH"tS. ard then came IL Gathering
III along tue line. the Americans
shooting hard ami fast as they lay
LAT. Juggling the ground they had
cursed on the march. hut which row
Vas "t'ctirg tHUrl from the bullets
WhISrIIaE oNrlh';Id.
Then the Americans again sprang
forward under fire to within ten
Yards of the road The bolsheyiki
attempted Ia rust them. The Ameri-
cans fell back Il few yards. firing as
they Went. one of the enemy ran into
the arms OF the Americans and sur
rendered. while another. with arms
unliftcd. tottered aueerly through the
swamp in their direction.
Don't shoot, he's wounded" one
American soldier shouted. The boil
over I moss hummock and fell into
thu water The Russian guides of the
Americans Questioned him. but he
begged all the time that the Ameri-
ans should not kill him. He said he
had been forced TO fight by the boil
sheviki. The kind-hearted Americans
lifted the officer out of the water
and then dressed his wounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
MOTOR CARS TO RELIEVE
CAPITALS TRAFFIC JAM
Emergency Committee Division
Proposes to Put Plan Into Op-
Grafton on Monday.

For several days the division on
transportation of the governmental
emergency committee has been work.
ing on a. plan to relieve traffic con-
gestion in this city through the utili-
cation of private automobiles.
Chairman William 2. Emo of the
transportation division, it is under
stood. will announce the details of
this plan next Sunday. and the present
intention is to put it into operation
Monday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
Arguments in Opposition.

1t was urged that winter snow and
winter frosts are hard enough to con-
tend with and citizens should not be
urged to meet them at an earlier hour
than necessary. Moreover, in apart
ment houses where it is the custom to
supply heat from. Z o'clock in the
morning until 10 o'clock in the even
ing, janitors would not be disposed to
get up an hour earlier to start the
fires, it was contendeu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
FINE RECORD Is REWARDED.
F. M. Alligood Appointed on Police
Force-Youngest Member.

Frank M. Alligood, for several. years
connected with police headquarters,
driving the automobile of Maj. Pull
man and cars assigned to look after
automobile thieves at night, has been
appointed a full-f1edged member of the
police force. The appointment was on
the meritorious record made by Mr..
Alligood.
He is the youngest member of the
force. For period of. more than a
year he made 100 per cent record as a
thief taker, specializing in the cap
ture of auto thieves and recovery of
stolen cars.
If you want work read the want COL
umnS of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
They're Afraid. Cries Officer.

Then an officer nearby shouted: AT
them, men; they're scared OF us" A
Sma shinE and cracking of musketry
and. machine guns followed and the
Americans were i'll possession CT the
trench and the pompon gun and other
equipment it contained.
Two rideriesS horses picked their
way between the bodies of dead boil
sheviki lying in the road. one of
the bodies was that of the captain COM
1nanding the trench. Wounded bolshe-
Wiki stood on the edge OF the forest
1numbling incoherently. Others were
fleeing into the woods on the American
right, firing as they ran. They were
pursued bat as darkness approached
they rallied and the American line fell
back and occupied the captured trench.
The American losses were slight. Some
Who Were lost in the swamps wandered
about under shrapnel fire all night. but
>Tund their way back to the American
line III the morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
TROUBLED WITH |
ECZEMA 3 YEARS
Burned So Could Hardly
Stand It. Cuticura Healed.

II had eczema on my head and it
got all over me. twas in tlisters and
my scalp was sore and the breaking
out burned 80 badly I could hardly
stand It. could not work and could
not sleep. Ny hair fell out, and had
the trouble FOR three years.
Then I used cutieurs Soap and
Ointment. They gave relief in q short
while, and used three cakes of Soap
and thre. boxes Of Ointment when I |
was healed" (Signed) Miss Apple
Gilkerson. Wayne, VIVA, Jan. 10, '18. |
Having Obtained clear healthy skin
by the use Of Cuticura, keep it clear by |
using the Soap for all toilet purposes
assisted by touches Of Ointment as |
needed. Cuticura Soap Is ideal for the |
eomplexion, It is 90 delicaae and creamy.
80 1.sh IN, ~ 1.1. Aaa..n postcard: |
6oaV3c. oiitmenf s and Zoe. Talcun Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
Leap From Bog to Bog.

Tho guides led the WatCr-Snakcd ed.
mud-Coat-,i soldiers single file mile
:fttr mile through the tundra which
one Americas soldier described as Il
biz. soft pulling. The soldiers
jumped from one moss hummock to
another. .svr,.'S Gear. cold puddlcS.
bat plunged i'll up to their thighs
where The EUmmDci< WIS imfrc4ueHt.
The Americans spent hours in this
Tr.-;4d o<,r&ladr the sun was setting
.tad the wind whipping the moss
bearded trees as they reached the
.dCc OF the forest bordering the road
"u which stood the boiShcVIk trenches
ma field guns. The soldiers were
pirEinE blueherrics as they advanced
silently. The rifle of one of the men
caught IN the low hanging limb of a
rTs,' AND Was discharged. All the
troops ti"iTed face down i'll the swamp
water and they We're not discovered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
U-BOATS ORDERED BACK
TO BASES, SAYS REPORT

AMSTERDAM, October 1.-THE
Handelsblad publishes with reserve a
report that the German admiralty has
issued wireless instructions to all sub
-1"riraS to return to their bases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
NEW ENVOY COMING TO U. S.
J. T. Cremer Named as Dutch Min
ister to Washington.

THE HAGUE, October III. T.
Cremer, former minister of the colo
MES, has been appointed Dutch min
lister to Washington, it was off1clall
announced tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18

The board of trustees of the Uni
versity of Georgia and the Georgia
School of Technology have voted to
permit women to enter the agicul-
tural and mechanical schools of the
university and the Peabody Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
Views of Fuel Saving Differ.

1t was also contended that no saw
ing in fuel would be effected, be-
cause what the citizens didn't burn
in the late evening they would con-
sumo in the early morning. On the
represented that much coal would be
saved and urged that the law be made
permanently effective.
Prof. Jacoby of Columbia University
represented a strong body of citizens
who claimed that the daylight saving
law, if extended to the winter months
would be prejudicial to public health.
This argument seemed to be more po-
tent with leaders of the House than
any other arguments advanced either
for or against the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18

DURING CONVALESCENCE FROM
JAdnenza and Pneumonia take Imperial Granum
Food - NoUrishing, Strengthening, Delicious,
with no sickish sweetness. Any druygist-s5c.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
TO TURN CLOCKS BACK
MORNING. OF 0CT0BER27
House Refuses to Concur in Senate
Action to Continue Day
light Saving.

Daylight saving is not to be extend
ed beyond October 26. On the morn
ing following all clocks will be turned
back one hour
Senator Calder made a hard fight
for HIS bill to continue daylight saw
ing. He was supported by Chairman
Baruch Of the War Industries Board
The bill was passed by the Senate,
but the House refused to concur.
Chief among the reasons given for
the action of the House leaders is
that many physicians say it would be
dangerous to change winter habits
of a lifetime. The doctors contended
that to get up an hour earlier than
usual during the cold season would
cause many to acquire colds which
might develop pneumonia and in other
ways imperil the public health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18

gan to circulate in Washington.
The first of the yarns, told here with
minute detail except as to names,
dates. etc. was to the effect that four
| Red Cross nurses and two Army doc
tors had been caught in the act Of
| injecting soldiers sick in the base
| hospital at camp with influenza
germs, and that all had been shot the
| following morning.
! one bit of realism attached to this
story was that one of the nurses,
, beautiful girl, exclaimed just before
The voliey rang out that ended: her
life:
! You've got me. but 1 got three hun
dred men first
Later the stories were told of
nurses and doctors at Camp Hum
phreys. and little later the plot CEN
tered at Camp Lee.
Officials charged with investigation
work in the Department of Justice
declare the stories are all barefaced
At the office of the surgeon general
of the Army it was stated:
These stories are in each and every
instance deliberate and malicious fab
relations. designed. by weakening con-
tidence in the Army Medical Corps
and the Red Cross nursing corps, to
destroy military and civilian morale"
Investigation Under Way.
Investigations are under way to
learn the identity of persons guilty
of disseminating these stories. and
it is stated that swift and condign
punishment will be melted out to the
guilty ones as soon as they are APP
pretended.
At the War Department it was
stated that. under an executive order
issued nearly year ago by President
Wilson. no sentences of capital pun
ishment can be. executed, no matter
what the offenSe may be, until the
finding of the court-martial has been
finally reviewed and approved by the
President. This order. it was stated,
applies to all -cantonments training
schools. posts or other Army sta
tons in the United States and to all
branches of the American forces
abroad. and applies equally to mem
hers Of the military establishment and
to civilians employed in any capacity
in connection with the Army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18

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