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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-07-19
Manchester, KY, July Sth, 1918.


Hon j. NJ Robson,
Barbourvlle, KY.
Ny Dear Robson:-
In inquiry the circular letter of Mr.
Edwards assure that have authorized
even intimate that for and you
about my attitude in the Congressional
and promised do what could for YOU you will recall that
have introduced than occasion and publicly
pledged you support Of was urging you
to run and promising to support had thought
wards entering the but there strings
se Moreover knew Mr. Edwards promising support
you and actiag with me trying have
and dreamed of his becoming a candidate like
Mr. Edwards We live in London and have always his
personal and political friend and hope SUCH have
openly and actively supported him races for
Congress- and under the circumstances his
ing this puts in somewhat position
but does not justify playing false you
that have urged to support Before leaving was
approached by number friends circular letter and
my attention called to the fact that doing injustice
but had not the circular didn't what it contained
but that If there anything 1t that
that am for then that msrepresents and
you at liberty say =
With kind personal regards, l am
Very truly yours
VIM. Lewis
The voters will after the election over how Laurel
county not for Edwards You Judge Lewis
Edwards and he urged pledged his support
We going to the truth
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
PRESIDENT BURNED
BY EXHAUST PIPE
OF BRITISH TANK
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

ScN ED HUN ONE.
loud. ringing cheer and started to
follow its slightly uneven course up
the Avenue.
AS the Britannia. still followed by
the admiring throng. reached Ninth
street it paused while a score OF au-
tomobiles going north and south pro-
ceeded on their way. and then 1t slow
ly gathered momentum as II contin-
ued on its way TO the Treasury. AS
the tank reached Fourteenth street
it was going at its maximum speed
I IL miles an hour. and It continued
on into the Ellipse at that speed.
Had the day been as hot as some
OF Washington's warm days. the Bri-
tannia would have torn the concrete
streets TO pieces, but with the wealth
er fairly cool. she merely left a series
of fine transverse lines to show the
route she had followed.
As the tank slowly came to a halt
before the Treasury. where thousands
OF government employees gave her a
great ovation. members OF the Lib
erty Loan Committee, including John
Poole. Mrs. Frank Vanderlip, OF the
women's committee. and Mrs. Clark
Heavier. were assisted to the top of
the tank. from where they gave short
addresses. urging every one to buy
Liberty bonds.
The Britannia will remain here un-
til next Tuesday, when she will he
shipped to Pittsburgh to help the Lib
erty loan movement in the Smoky
CITY
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
fine ARTS SOCIETY
REFLECTS OFFICERS
Successful Year Reported with
Membership Near 900.

Glenn Brown was reelected pres
ident OF the Washington Society Of
the Fine Arts at its thirteenth an
nual meeting. held last Thursday
night in the auditorium OF the Cen
trail High School
The following officers were re-
elected for the current year: Hem
men Jennings. first vice-presIdent:
T. Wayland Vaughan. second vice.
president: Miss Leila Machlin. sec
retary; and Edison B. olds. treas
urer. Rudolph Kaufman and c. V.
Wheeler were elected as new mem
bers OF the council. and the follow
ing members were reelected:
George F. Bowerman. Richard ".
Brooke. II. X. Bush-Brown. Robert
Sterling Yard. George Y McLans-
han and Miss Grace Lincoln Temple.
The work accomplished by the so
ciety in the last year was reviewed
by the secretary. who reported a total
membership Of almost 90 and an
attendance at fhe sOcietys lectures
concerts and rccitsls OF more than
l.Joo. Appreciation vas expressed for
the cooperation OF the Board Of Ed
ucation and the principal Of the Cen
trail High School in allowing the use
OF the school auditorium.
Plans for the continuation OF the
work next season were briefly out
lined. At the Conclusion OF the busi-
ness meeting Frank Alvah Parsons.
OF New York. gave a lecture on All
and Its Relation TO Dress"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

is very different We would have got
out our field glasses to get the proper
tion of fat to box cars. Box or pas
senger cars mean infantry. or perhaps
cavalry, but fiat cars nearly always
mean that artillery or heavy shells
are being moved.
The knowledge that artillery is being
brought up in quantities is vitality i'm
portant. II indicates that an offensive
is being prepared.
We know from past experience,
our intelligence officers. and from
spies and prisoners. what every
railway is used for, and the partic-
ular sectors of the front each juno
ton feeds. Upon these scraps OF
Information picked up by the "eyes
OF the army" geneneral headquar-
ters depends for its first warning
of a projected offensive.
Early morning is very active.
and nobody wants to be forced
down by a high German patrol on
the last lap and find his engine go
dead on him for lack OF juice before
lie can get back on his course. We
allow half an hour for the flight
out. half an hour for observation.
and nalf an hour for the return.
That gives us an hour for diver
s,ons."
You may have bumped your ma
chine when getting away in the half
light OF the dawn, and have sprung a
leak in your tank, without knowing
it. In the dark you cannot read your
essence gauge.
As we flew back. rocking our ma
chinaQ from Cidn n aidn CnIrld
look below at each roll. the sun was
dissipating the ground fog.
Thousands of feet under me could
see little ants racing along the white
roads, miniature sausage balloons be-
ing sent up. tiny airplanes being
hauled out of draft hangers, and thou
sands of dots in close formation NOV
ing across open spaces-and all the
other preparations for another day OF
war.
Continued MondayJ
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
"YOU KNOW NE, AL"
POSTPONED A WEEK
Soldiers Play Now to Have Longer
Run in New York.

Approval of the War Department
for a weeks extension of the soldier
show. ''You Know Me. AL running
in the Lexington Theater in New York.
was granted last night. and the en-
gagement Of the military troupe to
play a matinee at the Belasco The
ater in this city has been postponed
a week from April % to April %.
Word about the extension of the run
Of the show in New York was re-
ceived last night by Corp. Leslie w.
Rowland. representing the production
in Washington. Capt. Tristran Tup-
per. in charge of the Twenty-seventh
Division recruiting campaign in New
York. said that Maj. Gen. John r.
organ. commander of the division in
camp at Spartanburg, S. c., had au-
thorized the extension.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
PERSHING COMMENDS
work OF ENGINEERS
Says British Officers Praised Heroic
Services of Americans.

american engineer forces perform
ed heroic and valuable services in
aiding British troops last month and
then were under almost continuous
fire until the early part Of this
month, according to cable advices re-
ceived yesterday from Gen. PershinS.
commanding the expeditionary forces.
Commendation was EXPRESSED un-
stintingly by the British commanding
officer. and the cable message from
Gen. Pershing was received after re-
quest had been made upon the COM
manding officer by Gen. Peyton q.
March, acting Chief Of Staff.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Untermyer Says War
Gives u. S. New Birth

Trenton. N. j.. April 19.-That the
war has given birth in the United
States to a new diplomacy. open. hon
est and outspoken. was asserted here
tonight by Samuel Untermyer in max
ing the address at liberty loan mass
meeting that was by far the biggest
demonstration the city has known
since the war started.
Led by Sousa's Band, a parade OF
many hundreds Of home guardsmen.
business men and various civic or
ganizations whooped things up
throughout the main sections of the
city for an hour before the meeting
opened at Crescent Temple.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Brings SUIT FOR
DAMAGES OF $4,000
Woman Alleges Negligence Caused
Street Car Accident.

Alleging that her skull had been
fractured through the negligence OF
the street railway line. and her
body badly lacerated while cross
ing Pennsylvania avenue at Third
street, southeast. on November 4.
1917. Lena Mae McGary yesterday
filed a suit in the District Supreme
Court against the Capital Traction
Company for $4,000 damages.
After being taken to a local hos
pital. she says, where she was
obliged to remain seven weeks.
she now is disabled permanently
and unable to attend to her house
hold affairs on account of this ac-
cident.
The street car company is accused
OF gross carelesspess by reason OF
her misfortune.
Hosea B. Moulton and George c.
Ross are her attorneys.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
K. of {. Hold Dance
For New D. {. Residents

dance for civilian strangers was
given last night by the knights OF
Columbus at their recreation rooms,
oc6 L street northwest. The purpose
OF the dance was to welcome stran-
gers. particularly new government
employees from out of town. to Wash
ington and give them an opportunity
to meet their fellow-workers socially.
A large crowd. numbering nearly
l5o couples. was present
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
j. S. BUILDING
GREAT PLANT
FOR POWDER
Construction Begun Of $75,.
100000 Industry to
Cover 5N Miles.

Ground has been broken for the
largest powder plant in the world
for the United States government.
Within two months the daily output
will be from 900 to 1.ooo,o 900 pounds
OF smokeless powder, and the plant,
which Is being constructed in nine
sections. will be three and one-half
miles long and one and one-half
miles wide. 1t will cover five and
one-quarter square miles. or $3.50
acres and will have a working force
OF more than 5000 men. Each of
the nine sections Is capable of turn
ing out in excess of 10000 pounds
OF smokeless powder every twenty
four hours.
The plant will cost the government
81, ,ooo. 900. and the builders. when their
task is completed. will have received
a profit OF exactly 81.
Contract with duPonts.
The War Departments contract Is
with the Dupont Engineering Com
pany. organized by the Z. !. Dupont
de Nemours Company. OF Wilmington,
Del, for the sole purpose Of building
the plant.
The site OF the plant is at a point
in the South. selected especially with
reference to raw materials. Upon
completion. and present plans call
for the beginning OF operations In
May or the early part Of June. the
Dupont outfit will operate the plant
at what is deemed a very modest
profit. The government. however, re-
serves the right to cancel its contract
for powder at any time.
This means. 1t Is said, that the War
Department-with the sanction Of the
Dupont people-has practically COM
mandeered a large portion of their
working force who will construct the
plant without a profit and not take
any money whatever until they be-
gin to turn out the powder-
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Fight the Kaiser"
Is Judges Advice
To Wife Beater

New York. April le.-"If You want
to fight said Magistrate Kochen-
dorfer TO Arthur Kirchner today in
the Long Island City Police Court.
shoulder a gun and fight for Uncle
Sam. Don't fight with a woman
behind closed doors. II you do you
are a coward" Kirchner's wife had
him hailed 10 court for nonsupport.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

not only und2unted. but eager 10 lace
an enemy whose disrespect for every
divine ard human law is known to
them.
Is Mighty struggle.
Now that the struggle is mightiest
and the danger gTavest, We choose our
way once more. Our men are going
to France to fight there for the cause
we know to be just. And since the
enemy refuses to see the justice of it.
there is nothing left for us but to use
force. force. and more force, till VIC
tory Is ours"
Mrs. w. Gwynn Gardiner. wife OF
Commissioner Gardiner. and chairman
of the subcommittee of the Women's
Liberty Loan Committee in charge of
the bullet booths in front of the Treas
ury. announces that for the two weeks
beginning Monday liberty bonds will
be seld from the booths from to b
each afternoon by pretty young women
from the girls schools of Washington
A group of ten young women will be
in charge of the booths each after
noon. Monday. April %. there will be
a group from Trinity College; Tuesday.
girls from Colonial School will have
charge of sales; Wednesday, Fairmont
Seminary; Thursday. Chevy Chase
School for Girls; Friday, Junior Sun-
rage League: Saturday. Holton Arms.
For the week beginning April 20 the
schedule is as follows: Monday. Cen
trail High School; Tuesday, girls from
the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion: Wednesday. Western High
School: Thursday. Eastern High
School: Friday, Business High School,
and Saturday there will be a grand
rally of all the girls from the various
institutions.
Subscriptions at Keith's.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow was
the liberty loan pleader at b. r.
heith's Theater last evening. He was
warmly welcomed and put so much
pep" in his appeal that he won a
rather larger subscription than usual.
Among the larger subscriptions ten
dered were: J. ]. Moebs, 5000; NJ. II.
Broderick. Munice, Ind, 5000: Wal
ter Brownley. $1,000; James Fitzgerald.
Savannah. Ga, $1,000: Louis Levy,
$1,000; Edward Chambers. $1,000; H.
Clifford Bangs. $1,000: NJ. G. McCor-
mick. $1,000; John Dolph. $500; Lieut.
r. G. Moore. $500: ]. ]. Costigan, $500:
Thomas Marshall, $500: a. c. Moses.
500; Mrs. A. W. Taylor. $500, and G.
H. Carter. $500. The grand total to
date is $l.117.5O0.
St. Louis still leads in the percentage
column and hopes to obtain its full
quota by the end of the week, while
Chicago by a sudden squirt gained six
points and tied Dallas for second
place
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Edwin Markham Will
Lecture for Y. M. e. A.

Edwin Markham. famous poet, best
known as the author of The Man
with the Hoe" will lecture tomorrow
afternoon at the Liberty Hut, Union
station Plaza, under the auspices OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. The meeting will be
at 3:30 O'Clock. Music will be furnish
ed by the Billy Sunday chorus.
Edwin Markham was a teacher In
California. His home now is at West
New Brighton. Staten Island. \. Y.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
MANY. CRISES LIKELY;
ITALY SENDS TROOPS;
ALLIED OFFENSIVE d?
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Italian war exhibit here. His an
nouncement was based upon a cable
gram stating Ciat the announcement
had been made before the Chamber CT
Deputies at Stome.
The Italian troops sent to the French
front are veterans Of the great drive
gainst Austria. They are picked men
but as yet none of the Alpine troops
have been assigned to their army.
The active participation of the allied
reserve army in the battle of Picardy
will tend to extend Gen. Foch's COM
mand to include all operations on the
italian front, It was said Yesterday
by foreign officials here.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Cold and Grouchy.
We were cold and grouchy when
We turned up for final instructions
from the "Captaine d'Esquadrille."
We had gone over the maps after
dinner the previous night and knew
the exact location OF the railway
junction activities upon which we
had orders to spy.
The eastern sky was beginning to
brighten as we tuned up our Spads.
Eyes were turned to the far end OF
the field. waiting for the rising sun
to make it possible to see the fringe
of surrounding poplars. 400 yards
off. Then 1t would be light enough
to fly.
Get in your machines" Capt.
Lamy commanded.
We obeyed. We nodded that we
were ready.
"Allons! Depart" was the next
command. and away we went. There
was a thin low-lying mist. SO we
flew off close together SO as not
to lose each other.
We spiraled upwards until our
altimeters registered 5000 meters.
and then shot out over the lines.
The SCARED. torn and desolate bat
tleground. with its trenches. dug
outs. soldiers and corpses was hid
den from our gaze by a rumpled
blanket of fog.
Up where we were the sun was not
shining. Shut out from the earth. we
were safe from the attentions of the
German anti-aircraft guns. All we
had to do was to keep an eye open for
German air patrols. Had II been clear
below we would not have dared pass
over the German lines at such low
altitude.
Flying by compass. we presently
reached our first objective-an import
ant railroad terminal, a point OF de-
barkation for munitions. troops and
supplies. Its location was betrayed
by plumes OF steam pushed upward
through the fog blanket. They looked
like giant mushrooms emerging from
snow.
1 got out my pencil and pad and
made a note of the number OF plumes
and the direction of those that were
moving.
Huns Short of Locomotives.
If the day had been clearer we
would have made an effort to count
the number of cars to a train. How
ever, this was not absolutely neces-
sary because owing to the shortage OF
locomotive equipment in Germany II
can always be safely assumed that
each locomotive is being worked to
capacity. But as the capacity of a
locomotive for artillery and for troops
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Y. M. {. A. Will Present
Plays for Arts Club

. The Y. NJ. c. A. dramatic players,
who have been touring the camps
about Washington. will give a pro-
gram of three one-act plays and
dramatic readings before the Arts
Club tomorrow evening.
The plays given will be The
Lash and The Kiss" the first
mentioned being written by Nino
Julius Maiori. director of the
PLAYERS
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Handicraft Guild to
Continue Exhibition

In compliance with requests and by
permission OF the Arts Club. the Hand
icraft Guild will continue the exhibit
ton of Industrial and decorative art
now being shown at the Arts Club.
until next Sunday. it was announced
last night.
The exhibit is a collection of exam
pies of the reconstruction work being
done at the Walter Reed Hospital un-
der the direction of the vocational
aides.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
BOSTON BANKER DEAD.

cry Rollins. banker and writer on
financial subjects. died in his home
here. He was bern in Concord. y.
H.. and had passed much OF his
time since his retirement from busi-
ness in his country home at Dover.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

tillery fire before opening his attack
His losses in the infantry fighting
were equally severe."'
KENNEL Struggle Vital.
In the next forty-eight hours all de-
pends upon the struggle before Kem-
mel Height, for 1t is admitted that
unless the German menace is turned
back there. Ypres must ultimately be
abandoned
Gen. Bernhard. who in his writings
long before 1914 predicted this war al
most to its minutest detail, is in COM
mand OF the German forces now get
ting ready for the final onslaught on
KENNEL Height. He has with him the
same picked corps that took Mont dc
Lille at Bailleul, the same at Pine
Corps and Jaegers, and the same
mountain-trained Bavarians.
Ordered to Take Height.
He has ben ordered to take Kem-
mel at all costs, so a frightful
struggle is ahead. All last night,
and throughout today the German
heaviest gains, some of them al
ready on this side of the Ypres
Commines Canal-the crossing hav-
ing been made possible by the cap
ture of Wytschaete Ridge-main-
tained a cyclonic shell-fire on the
height and the whole region around
il.
Meanwhile. far to the west, near
the south of the German wedge that
lunged forward from Armentieres,
German preparations are under way
for a new drive at Bethune, the
important railroads and way sta.
tion on the route to Calais. Hither-
to all efforts to outfiank the town
have met with bloody failure.
French Take Prisoners.
The French in their brilliant ad-
vance on the Avre yesterday took
$50 prisoners. Paris announces.
Heavy gun actions are under way
on the five-mile line between Cas-
tel and Mailly-Raineval. which
formed their attacking front.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Benefit Raises $325
At Howard Theater

Three hundred and twent-five dol
lars was raised at benefit perform
auce of The Master Mind" present.
ed at the Howard Theater last night.
The performance was presented as n
benefit for the Colored Home Defense
League of the District of Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
LADY A "MASTER TURNER. /"

London. April 1s-Lady Gertrude
Crawford. who has been appointed
director of the women's branch of
the air service. is one of a very few
women classed master turner's. She
was one of the first women in Eng
land to- enter a munition factory.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
The Most Dangerous Job the
Airman Has

Is shooting down sausage bal
looms" Lieut.. Pollock will de-
scribe this work in the first OF
next weeks stories OF his light
ing in the air. to be published
in The Washington Herald Mon
dEy.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

MAY INCLUDE In
DRAFT ALL MEN
UP TO 40 YEARS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Without opposition, the Marine
Corps was increased from 5000 to
IS. 800 men-the size OF the L. s. army
before the war. Discussing with sur
prising frankness the intention of
military authorities toward this
branch of the service, members of
the committee declared a great part
of the present force would be on the
way to France almost Immediately.
Part of the facts thus blurted out
were later stricken from the record.
Progress of the navy's aircraft pro-
gram was assailed as wholly unsat-
isfactory. Improvement was prom
sed by administration leaders. but
Republican members insisted that
drastic remedies had become nec-
essary.
Pershing Wants Marines.
The Marines are officially classed
by Congress as a part OF the ma
val establishment. but Secretary
Baker. it is said, will ask that an
entire division be assigned to Gen.
Pershing's command. The request
comes direct from Gen. Pershing.
ne 10 Sdlu W ldNo DtSH 81
ed with work of the Marines now
part OF the expeditionary forces
that he desires to employ at least
one division on the battle front.
The existing strength of the Ma
rine Corps was obtained entirely by
voluntary enlistment. 1t is one of
the most attractive branches of the
service and War Department Of
Haio1a onfirinatn tih1a in =
ting an additional $4,000 men or
even more. without resort to the
draft.
Men Returned by Pershing.
The conversion of sixteen training
camps into cantonments, as suggest
ed in the new plan, would permit a
force of 70, 900 to be under training
winter or summer. The present train
ing capacity, which is divided be-
tween sixteen cantonments and six
teen camps, Is approximately 100000.
The difference between the camps
and the cantonments is that one Is
cons ructed of tents and the other of
substantial buildings. The epidemic
of pneumonia. which cost the lives
of many soldiers last winter. has been
attributed to the exposure unavoid-
able in the camps.
Favorable action on the resolution
of Representative SABBATH, of Illinois,
to grant citizenship to aliens serv-
ing as enlisted men with the United
States forces is understood to have
the fun support Of the War Depart
ment.
Gen. Pershing is said to have found
1t necessary to send back to the United
States approximately 1900 men from
his army who would be subject to ex-
ecution as traitors If captured by the
enemy. The majority of these men
had made application for American
citizenship before or at the time Of
enlisting.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
CHANGES in COAL PRICES.

Slight notifications in the prices in
coal felds in West Virginia, Ken
lucky. Missouri and Kansas, were
made yesterday by the Fuel Admins
tration. effective today. Some are in
creases. some reductions,