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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-05-10
AIR SHIP PROFITEERS LOOT u.
S. TREASURY

With the ousting of the air craft
board by President Wilson sensational
disclosures are being made on the
manner in which the government has
been looted of nearly billion dollars.
To date the airship program has not
developed single plane, while de-
mocracy is endangered on the west
ern front and the looters covering
their tracks with shouts of "watch
the trade unions"
In an article published by the New
York Times, Gutzon Bergium, special
investigator appointed by the presi-
dent to study the causes of the fail
ure in air craft production, says that
Chief Signal Officer Squier was "the
official rubber stamp for group of
American junkers necessary to them
to release nearly billion dollars
which they placed, precisely as they,
in their uniformed advisory capacity,
chose and distributed to their own OF
affiliated interests, all to serve
common plan and purpose, and all
under a contract system so ingenious
| that it could intime absorb the entire
appropriation and not deliver ser
viceable plane-and this, in fact, it
has largely accomplished"
1t is declared that the conduct Of
+bo uovarn,,o ort'c ain, craft hoard WAS
unfair, unjustifed, and, in the ma
TONS emergency, criminal"
These looters, their newspaper
hackers and others, are paying less
attention to the squandering of the
peoples money and an absence of air
planes in this world crisis than they
would to group of workers who
have been forced on strike by an en-
ployer's refusal to arbitrate demands
for a living wage.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-05-10
OUR MOTHERS
Mother Both the Evening and the
Morning Star of Life
(By John Bush)

Sunday, May 12, should be looked
upon as the nations greatest day. 1t
is the day designated as mothers day.
The day on which we pay tribute to
the worlds most precious jewel, our
mother; and although no sculptured
marble be erected to her memory, nor
engraved stone bear record of her
deeds, yet he memory should be as
lasting as the land she honored. 1t
is upon this day that we should all
ask of ourselves this question: Are
we today what our mother hoped we
would be?
If we would all put forth an earnest
effort to so live that our mothers
would realize their hopes, what ma
ton would this be.
So intense is the power of mother
hood that the mere remembrance OF
praying mothers hand laid on the
head of infancy has many times held
back son or daughter from guilty
acts when temptation presents itself,
as it so often does in every life, with
smiling face and gay colors.
I lost my mother over thirty years
ago. nevertheless she follows me from
age to age. l have travelled nearly
all over the world. Yet | find, after
seeing many of the great things we
read and hear about, that the one
place in all the world is home. Home
the golden setting in which the
brightest jewel is mother. There is
no velvet so soft as a mothers lap
no rose so lovely as her smile, and nc
path so f1owery as that imprinted
with her footsteps.
Men and women frequently forget
each other, but everybody remembers
mother. Nature has set motherhood
upon such a pinnacle that our infant
ewes and arms are first uplifted to 1t
we cling to it in manhood anC
womenhood and worship it in old age
A most important work is allotted
her in the economy Of nations
Mothers constitute the only universe
agent of civilization. Nature ha'
placed in her hands both infancy ant
youth. The vital interests of Amerlc;
hang largely upon the influence o
mothers. The great Napoleon cher
ished a high conception of mother
power and believed that the mother
of the land could shape the destinie
of his beloved France. And he onc'
said: "The great need of France i
mothers"
The queen who sits upon the thron
of home, crowned and sceptered a
none other ever can be, is mother
Her enthrOnement is complete, he
reign unrivaled and the moral issue
of her empire are eternal. Her chill
dren should on this day, Sunday, Ma.
12, arise to pay tribute to her memor.
and call her blessed.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-05-10
THE GREAT DUTY

AS we go about our daily tasks in
peace and safety, men are dying every
minute on the battlefelds of Europe
to save civilization. Our own gallant
soldiers are shedding their blood in
France and our sailors engulfed in
the waters of the Atlantic as they go
in defense of Americas rights and
honor.
Upon our performance of the work
committed to US depend the lives of
thousands of men and women, the
fate of many nations, the preserva-
tion of civilization and humanity it
self; and the more efficient and
prompt we people of America are in
doing our part, the more quickly will
this war come to an end and the
greater the number of our soldiers
and sailors who will be saved from
death and suffering and the greater
number of the people of other nations
released from bondage and saved from
death.
To work, to save, to economize, to
give financial support to the Govern
ment is a duty of the nation and to
the world, and it is especially duty
to our fighting men who on land and
sea are offering their lives for their
country and their countrymen.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-05-10
ADVERTISING IN A LABOR
PAPER.

PRINTERS INK, the recognized
authority on advertising, after thor
rough investigation on the subject,
says:
"A labor paper is far better ad-
vertising medium than an ordinary
newspaper in comparison with circu-
latiOn. A labor paper, for example,
having 1000 subscribers is of more
value to the business man who ad-
vertises in it than an ordinary paper
with 10000"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-05-10

One special duty we owe ourselves
is, to see that the union liable is on
everything we buy with our wages,
earned under union wage scale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
BIG GUN MYSTERY
PUZZLES BRITISH, WHO
SUGGEST ZEPPElINS

LONDON. March 25.-The unex-
planned arrival of high-powered Ger
man shells in Paris is today regarded
here as the greatest mystery OF the
war .-
British experts suggest the posi-
bility of the shells being propelled
from ZeppelIns at a great height. pos
sibly behind the German lines. Re
port of a big German gun located
more than seventy miles from Paris
has not been confirmed.
Experts here. who are frankly
skepticaI, considered various theories,
including the possibility of a newly
discovered propellant OF power eI-
polling a sectional shell. Such a
shell by explosions at intervals in
the air. might surpass any previous
possibilities.
The Germans undoubtedly desire to
spread the belief that they have de-
veloped such a gun, in hope OF de-
moralizingS public morale in Paris
and London. the English coast. In
GLIDING Dover, being within Its range.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

note further hostile activity in Italy,
which may be the prelude to an. Of
fensive in this theater. An Austrian
detachment launched a heavy assault
in the Frensela valley and was sbls
to penetrate into the advance OUT
posts. but were thereupon cheek
ed.
Continue Russian Advances.
peace between Russia and the CEN
trail powers has been ratified at Mos
COW. However. the enemy Is eontipu-
ing TO advance into Russia. Petro-
grad has been evacuated. The Rus
sian. general star has moved from
smolensk to Moscow. While the Ger
mans have made no serious attempts
to advance IN Esthouia and Livonis
beyond the line held previously, It 10
reported that they are now again On
the march"
The review outlines briefly the
principal events OF the week on other
fronts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
PRESIDENT PRAISES
MOVIE COOPERATION

President Wilson's letter laudinG
the motion picture theater managers
for their excellent cooperation with
the Government, will be read to mil
lions of movie fans throughout the
country this week. The message of
appreciation sent to William McCor-
mick Blair. director OF the four-min-
ute men reads:
Tho motion picture theaters of the
country are rendering so substantial
a service in aiding the four minute
men as spokesmen Of the national
cause that ! would not willingly fall
to acknowledge the debt the country
owes these theater managers. Their
response TO the requests have been
hearty. and their cooperation is most
helpful"
"Will you please convey TO them my
appreciation Of their aid in giving
this exclusive privilege TO your
speakers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
EXPERTS Split
OVER REPORTS
Of GERMANY'S
SUPER-CANNON

Reports from Paris Of the city
being shelled from a distance Of
more than seventy miles by Ger
man super-cannon have divided
scientists and military men into
two opposing camps.
One faction holds that the reports
are erroneous and that the manu-
facture Of a gun of such power is
impossible.
The other side maintains as stout
ly that a super-gun is logical de-
velopment Of present-day ordnance.
How These Line Up.
On the side OF the dissenters are most
Of the experts Of the United States army.
Major General Leonard Wood. just back
from France after an intensive study
of battlefield conditions. is one OF the
most emphatic doubters.
The experts Of the Aero Club Of
America are in the same group. They.
with General Wood, find an explanation
Of the Smelling OF Paris in either an at
an aerial. torpedo.
On the other side are ranged q num-
Der OF scientists who have made a spe-
eial study OF ordnance problems.
General Woods View.
General Wood. In New York. thus ex-
pressed himself on the reports OF the dis
covery Of the new long-range gun:
81 have read all OF the reports re-
EGrding the attack upon Paris" said
General Wood, "and I am convinced
that no new gun OF marvellous range
is involved in the German operations.
In my opinion. a great aerial attacks
taking place, and It seems very pos
Gible that a very radical development
. of aeroplane guns by the Germans is
involved
az hold to this belief, despite the as
SertIon that the position of the great
new gun has been actually ascer-
tanned. At the present time thirty
mile range Is attained by but very
few guns, and any onelfamiIiar with
the construction and Improvement of
these huge guns will Immediately dis
credit the report of q gun with more
p than twice their power and range. ]
am sure that within a, short time #
will be established that a very in
tense aeroplane bombardment has re-
suited in the misleading report Of the
great German instrument OF war"
Cause For Rejoicing.
ut Is quite practicable to build
an ordinary Maxim silencer that
would deaden the report of a gun
throwing. shells into Paris from the
suburbs OF the city" Hudson Maxim,
famous inventor Of explosives. de-
clared today in New York, after read
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

supported by artillery. waS able to
stop the attacking coiumns before
our trenches were reached. Our
troops raided hostile works east OF
Luneville. In the Laon area the en-
envy used a considerable number OF
gas shells, causing only slight casual
ties. Gas Commandments were noted
in Lorraine.
"The French front has also been
extremely active. Large raiding op-
erations were undertaken, more espe-
cially In the Verdun area. A brisk
French attack against the hostile
trenches in Malancourt wood resulted
in the penetration OF the enemy line
on a front of 400 yards to depth OF
500 yards Eighty prisoners were
taken. Another very successful French
raid was conducted against the ada
cent positions near Cheppy wood,
where. on a frontage of over 500
Yards, a depth OF 800 yards was at
tanned and numerous prisoners were
captured. American officers, who are
training with French units, partici-
pated in these operations.
Prisoners Taken.
"The Germans in turn temporarily
were able to penetrate the French
trenches in samogneaux, Caurieres
wood, and Bezouvaux. while south
west OF OF ornes and west OF Apre-
mont the enemy thrust forward a
number OF units and succeeded in
overrunning the French positions and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

a second, which we haven't heard OF
yet
at the same time. that 7.O00-foot
velocity would represent a pressure
inside that nc gun could Withstand
that the best steel could not with
stand. Our hardest metal-nickeled
steel-couldn't stand Il, and Its re-
sistance is 100000 or more pounds
square inch.
my opinion is that the Germans
are short OF airplane bombs and they
have been compelled to fall back on
the use OF the ordinary prcjectiles
for rifles and are using the shells for
bombing purposes. They may have
Iow-velocity gun mounted on their
aircraft"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

took prisoners Hitherto there has
been no indication Of an extension OF
the German offensive TO the French
front.
we also note that Belgian units
have taken over the important North
Sea segment OF the western front.
which for q long period had been
held by the French.
Simultaneous with the German Of
fensive operations In the west. we
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
Officers Under Fire
Scout Berlin's Claim
OF Bnishers' Defeat

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD. March 24.-In
the midst OF the most stubborn
fighting. the British cannot resist
smiling at the German wireless
claim that a considerable portion
OF the British army Is defeated.
Extraordinary! We didn't know
It ourselves.1 exclaimed . British
officer.
The wireless said the offensive
was "a surprise"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

ing accounts Of mysterious shells in
Paris.
"If the Germans really have built q
seventy mile long range gun, II would
be so expensive and futile as to indi-
cate their mental deterioration, and
should be the cause for great allied
rejoicing"
Officers Attitude.
Army officers here take the same at
titude. General Peyton c. March,
chief OF STAFF, is dubious, although he
would not be quoted. General c. B.
Wheeler. chief OF ordnance. said:
From my experience in the con-
struction OF guns and my knowledge OF
ordnance / do not think that such a
gun as the one talked about il a prob
ability, perhaps not even a POSSIBLE
ity. 1 was skeptical yesterday; 1 am
just as skeptical today. 1t is not at
all likely that there has been much
advance over the twenty-mile range Of
the best modern ordnance known"
Among those who scout the Paris
reports there are some who feel sure
the Germans have managed to pene-
trate the French lines in some way
and plant their guns near Paris.
Among these is the Aero Club OF New
York. In a statement by Alan r.
Hawley. president OF the club. il is
suggested that one OF the POSSIBLE
titles is that Paris is being sheIled by
guns hidden somewhere within a ra-
dius Of thirty-hye miles OF Paris.
Aerial TorpedOes.
The other possibilities, the club
feels. are an attack by aerial tor
pedoes, guided by wireless, one made
by miniature aeroplanes flying at a
height OF more than $4,000 feet, or
Ithe launching OF aerial torpedoes from
specially built aeropIanes with four
! motors.
Americans in Paris, who have felt
the force Of the mysterious shells. do
not share the doubt OF those "Over
| here" An American chemist, a man
high in the councils of the French,
and whose name is withheld for that
reason. advances a new theory to ex-
plain the reported great gun. He be-
| lieves the Germans have perfected a
/ gun whose barrel is the center OF q
magnetic field. thus holding the shell
practically suspended and eliminating
/ friction. In this way. he says, veloci-
ty required to send a shell to Paris
| could be gained.
Described the Gun.
Another defender OF the French
war office reports Is Major Robert
williams Wood, former professor of
physics Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore. In his book. THE Man
Who Rocked the Earth" written three
years sEo in collaboration with Arthur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
Passover Community Sedar
of March 18th
Sedar

The price will be- ONE DOLLAR AND A
HALF. the menu being reducedI those who
paid two dollars for their tickets will receive
q refund At the 6sdar,
Places will be provided Zoe as many as
possible and tickets will be obtainabls al
the Sedsr But in order that the COMMITTEES
may not go to- far wrong In its estimates. II
IL urged that all who expect TO attend give
due notice OF the fact by buying tickets al
least tVo days in advance.
Tickets can be bought at the y. II. II. a,
y f. corner Of nth and Pennsylvania ave.
or at Pressler's, 81 Il ct. n. ".
Remembers-Thursd evening In
the vestry rooms Of the Eight Street
TenHls, .--.--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
AERIAL TORPEDO IS
THEORY ACCEPTED BY
AERO CLUB OFFICIALS

NEW YORK, March 25.-"It IS my
belief and that OF my associates that
the missiles falling on Paris are
aerial torpedoes-nothins more" said
Henry woodhouse, OF the board OF
governors OF the Aero Club OF Amer
lea today, after reading all the re-
ports in the morning papers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

Train, Major Wood described a gun
that would drop shells into Paris from
a distance OF sixty miles. This gun
shot a shell within a shell. In the
middle of It's flight the outer casing
OF the projectile discharged an inner
shell, and in this way a burden OF 800
pounds OF lyddite reached the city.
Karl II. Won weIgand, a war cor
respondent. OF New York. tells OF
stories of the perfection OF a great
gun that would reach Dover from
| the French coast being spread in
Germany as early as 1915. Won Wei
Eand believe that at that time the
Germans were working on their pres
ent super-cannon and deliberately
spread these reports and allowed
them TO be talked to death" then in
order to discredit any stories of the
greater weapon that might leak out
later.
Capt. Andre Tardieu, French high
commissioner to the United States. in
a statement issued in New York,
steers a middle course in the contro-
yersy. II there be such a gun, he
saws, the thing 10 be remembered is
that the damage wrought by IL has
been even less than that from the
aerial attacks Paris has already eN-
perie need and that the gun that
would reach Paris would be short
lived. because OF the immense power
OF the charge,
Gathmann skeptieaI.
Emil Gathmann, OF Walbrook. in
yentor and ordnance expert. the son
of the inventor OF the Gathmann gun,
advances the theory that the shells
failing into Paris are sent from air
craft. or, perhaps. by a hidden gun
mounted near Paris, at a point be-
tween the front and Paris. The first
is his chief belief.
His explanation OF the rifed frsG-
meuts of shells found in Paris is alb
surdly simple. The Germans. he
points out. are short OF regular
bombs for air raids and they have
been obliged to fall back on shells for
the use OF their ground guns.
Is Miles Limit.
THE 24-centimetre she'll" he said,
afepresenting about "a inches, can't
be thrown more than fifteen or six
teen miles The most powerful gases
we know have a velocity Of only 1000
| feet q second, and even with the
maximum elevation practicable, about
43 or ~ degrees. calculations show
that It could not go more than six
teen miles.
with a larger shell 1t 10 a bit dr.
\ ferent, for the larger the shell the
| greater the range; but from what
we know of ordnance sixteen miles
! Is the limit of a Ga Inch gun. A
sixty-mile range would presuppose a
velocity for the shell OF 1000 feet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
EASY FOR HIM.

Compared with his oratorical Nights
in the Capitol. looping the loop in
an aerOplane above the Capitol must
have seemed easy TO Congressman
OyermAn.-Wickw wire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

To best meet the situation the fol-
lowing plan has been adopted for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
SnmmIrs RcnuIxe Raid.

~ hostile raid was also attempted
against our forces at another point.
This operation WAS preceded by a
strenE barraEa- Our infantry, we'll
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
Cause For Rejoicing.

at is quite practicable to build
an ordinary Maxim silencer that
would deaden the report of gun
throwing. shells into Paris from the
suburbs OF the city" Hudson Maxim.
famous inventor Of explosives. de-
clared today in New York, after read
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

CkANUALL } TO-DAY AND ALL
WEEK. X. LINCOLN AND BAR
FREEDOM OF THE WORLD"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

rDIUNAII,C Apollo. Ga n IT. ne.
LhHNUhLL y TODAT-CONSTAN
fAIMADGE IN THE STUDIO GIRO.
TOMORROw-CARLY BLACKWELL
"A ssHIS ROYAL HOLINESS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

rnAUNHIJC Savoy I4th & Col rd.
lhANUHLL j TODAY-MAE MARSH
IN THE BELOVED TRAITOR" TO
MORROW-ELSIE FEkSISON IN
sSONCS OF SONGS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

CTDANN TODAY AND TOMORROW
JlhHINE WIN. 9. HART I'm THE
HELLHOUND OF ALASKA"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25
ADJUSTMENTS

CRANDALL } 18th at. at Col. I'd.
rODAT-DoUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN
MABEL NORMAND in The Floor Below
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-25

U0Mr 1880 c Street Northeast
HUME TODAY-MAE MURRAY In
FACE VALUE" also q Christie comedy
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-28
UpROAR IN REICHSTAG
independence of Poland Is. Boldly
Demanded.
Polish Deputy Asserts German Admin
istration Has Been Of Most
Brutal Form.

Washington, Oct. 81 The delegates
In the reichstag from non-German ma
tionalities, emboldened by the Ger.
man governments acceptance OF the
principles of self-determination laid
down by President Wilson, now have
begun to clamor for independence.
Sensational scenes In the reichstag
with the separatists asserting them
selves defiantly were described in dis
patches received here based on ad-
vices from Berlin.
Representing the Poles of Prussia,
Deputy Stychel claimed the right of
independence, declaring the time had
come to put aside the favorite German
formula Every ground where the Ger
mar stake was struck is German
ground"
President Wilson, he said, was hui
manity's ~benefactor and was moved
by the strongest feeling of justice
which lies in mems heart. German
Poland, he added, had been brutality
administered and the Poles had not
been permitted to become the equal of
other citizens.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-28
NOTE REACHES BERLIN
Dispatch Reports Reichstag I'm
mediateIy Adjourned.
Deputies Discuss Answer of United
States to Peace Offer In Sec
tional Meetings.

London, Oct. 28.-President Wilson's
note was received in Berlin in the
course of Thursdays sitting of the
Reichstag, which Immediately ad-
journed, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
Discussion of the note was taken up in
sectional meetings of the Reichstag
members.
DR.. Solf, German foreign secretary,
speaking in the Reichstag Thursday,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen, said the
government would continue the re-
forms already undertaken in the gov
eminent of Alsace-L Lorraine, but would
not anticipate the solution of that
problem. The secretary contended
that Polish annexation demands were
o in accordance with the peace pro-
gram of President Wilson.
The revolt of Croatian soldiers of
the Seventy-ninth regiment at Fiume
has been suppressed by three Austro-
Hungarian regiments arriving from AL
hania, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
There was hard street fighting at
Fiume in which hundreds of persons
were killed, the dispatch adds.