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Evening star., 1918-06-30
Regions Totally Rreadless.

Numerous country regions, not only
in Bohemia and Galicia, but in Aus
tria proper. have often been totally
breadless this spring for several days
fixed rations in these off-the-track re-
gions, but only uncertain doles dis
tributed, according to the size Of the
consignments Of -four wrung out of
Vienna by the alarming reports from
the local representatives of the CEN
trail government. The recent halving
of Vienna's bread ration was due to
the local authorities assurance that
revolution was imminent in Austria
herself unless the capitals system Of
ration stealing ceased.
Vienna is seething with Indignation
rattons are only pound Of potatoes,
half of which are uneatable: less than
two ounces OF bran flour, less than
two ounces of other lours. forty
grams G.2 ounces) OF fat. one egg.
100 grams fnearly seven ounces) OF
turnip, a little coffee substitute and
twenty-one ounces of war bread.
which is far less nourishing than the
pre-war bread. The chief food hither-
to has been bread.
Consequences May Be Unbounded.
"The bread reduction must be very
temporary or the consequences may
be unbounded." asserts the Neue Freie
Presse. Food Minister Paul went to
Berlin last week to complain of
deficit of 1000 carloads of -four a
week in the quantity which should
have been sent under Germany's con-
tract to supply the Austrian empire
with bread August Is. In consequence
anti-German feeling Is running high.
but the truth is believed to be that
sheer inability rather than lack Of
desire to send bread is the cause of
the deficiency. 1t can easily be seen
In view of this position why Austria
launched her offensive against Italy
despite numberless corroborating re-
ports Of her unwillingness to do so.
Fear of Americans Evident.
Had Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
been confident that he could afford to
await the arrival of strong Ameri-
can Army in France he would un-
doubtedly have considered the social
lists plan calling for partial demob-
iliZati4n of the Austrian Army in or
der to raise food on the farms. All but
an insignificant minority of the Aus
trian empire demanded this course
His decision to disregard the fact that
Austria was on the brink of famine
and his driving the army in Italy
in order to divert pressure on the
western front is viewed as a clear in
dication Of determination to seek
an end Of the war this year or to go
under in the attempt
Austria's fields and farms are almost
deserted and even II this crisis can
be overcome general famine looms
ahead for the winter, as only a small
| fraction of the necessary food Is be-
| ing produced.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
BOMBING BY HUNS
DONE BY SYSTEM
Details of Methods Employed
by Teutonic Air Squadrons
in Making Raids.
by PAUL AYRES ROCKWELL.
Correspondence of The Evening Star
and Chicago Daily News.

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
May 20.-The Germans long time
were opposed to. group lombard
dropping trips from time to time, al
most always In the daytime. It was
only about the middle of 1916 that
Teuton aviators attempted night fly
ing to any extent. and the organized
bombardments carried out day and
night by groups of the aeroplanes
date from the battle on the Somme
when the Germans woke UP to the
fact that large scale air raids on
enemy establishments along the front
were from a military standpoint even
more effective than raids upon open
towns
the German aviation was very much
inferior to that of the allies. but
later 1t was on more equal terms,
thanks to its efficient organization.
spirit of discipline and the methods
of the German airplane manufac-
turers, who construct their machines
in series. The German authorities
like the French, British and Italian,
do not indulge in OF of high sound
ing talk about what they ARE going
10 10, Dut, reai!ZinE. the seriousness
of the issue, settle down to work and
turn out capable airplanes.
Where They place" Bombs.
The main objectives of bombing ex-
petitions are important railway sta
tions. aviation fields. munitions
depots, barracks, storehouses for
materials of various kinds, back of
the fighting lines; Industrial estab-
1shments. seaports. capitals and 9TH
er important cities inland.
For the present German offensive
rules have been relaxed and bombing
Is "ot"g on fairly in general wher-
ever the enemy thinks he can injure
lnt alnes TAe recent bombing of
hospitals is believed to be part of a
plan to weaken the hospital staffs
and thereby create greater casualties
for the allies. making the recovery
or wounded men less likely.
The designation of objectives is
done by the commanders of escadrille
groups, who themselves receive orders
directly from the high army COM
mand- There is no haphazard bonn
harding; it is decided that a certain
point must be bombed, orders to that
effect are given and the raid is exc
cuted. The great German bombing
groups (kampfgeschwa are not
limited as to their range of action. and
move from one army corps to another
as circumstances require
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Airplanes Fly in Groups.

The tactics Of the German chasing
aviation are well worth studying.
The monoplanes. which are specially
charged with attacking allied air
planes. fly in general by groups
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Delusion Still Kept Up.

This does not mean that Austria
Hungary will not continue fighting
two or three years longer If the ex-
tremists' efforts can hold the military
machine together. Shrewd window
dressing in Berlin and other important
western points. especially in the
munition districts, has managed to
keep up the delusion OF national well
being. but now it is becoming impos-
sible to conceal the fact that this ef-
feet is obtained by starving the less
frequented or less important regions.
The fallacy of the tactics has lain in
the lack Of consideration of the fact
that the starved Inhabitants have been
driven to the point of riots and in
cipient revolution which may well
prove to, be contagious in other in
flammable regions, necessitating mur-
derous measures of repression that
will fan the whole central empires in
to blaze.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
FACES REVOLUTION
Hunger and Privations Caus-
ing Widespread Danger of
Popular Uprisings.
DANGER ZONES INDICATED
By BASSETT DIGBY.
CabIegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. June 2S.-Ira
Nelson Morris, the American minister.
| took lunch recently with the brother
of King Peter of Serbia. Prince Ar
sene. who Is passing some time In
Stockholm incognito as Gen. Kara
georevitch.
The prince strongly concurs In the
and thinks that in view Of the col
lapse at the front a revolution within
the next few days is far from improb-
able. Famine in Bohemia and the
Hungarian riots. he said. were respon-
sible for the Austrian cabinets resig-
nation.
The Austrian food situation is critical.
say Swedish socialists in indorsing
Danish papers comment that the
halving of the Vienna bread ration
was famine established by official de-
cree.' The socialists. whose knowl-
edge of continental conditions Is the
most reliable, owing to underground
channels Of Information. have been
investigating the Austrian situation
and last weeks results cause them to
believe that the Internal position has
never before been SO dangerous and
revolution SO near as today.
The conditions are similar to those
in Russia in the black winter Of 1915.
without a doubt the central powers
are desperate and uneQuipped to
marked degree as regards food for
another years campaign.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
IT'S DANGEROUS GROUND that

you stand on-with a
cough or a cold, and
your blood impure.
Out of just these
condi ditions comes
Consumption. .
You must do some
thing. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery cures severe
ling in G Coughs,
Bronchial Throat and
Lung Affections and
every disease that
can be r e a c h e d
through the blood.
Nervous prostration
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
SAMUEL |. GASKINS,
NOTED BUILDER, DEAD

Samuel L. Gaskins. well-known
Washington contractor and builder
head OF the firm OF 5. 4. Gaskins &
Son. an old Georgetown resident, died
OF pneumonia at his home, 1911
Twenty ninth street northwest, early
this morning. Mr.. Gsskins was the
builder in charge OF Ihe construction
Of the Senate and House Office build
i;rgs. and OF the .reniodeling of the old
library space in the Capitol building.
He was also the builder OF the Co
lumbus. Country Club. and other big
buildings in Washington. lie was a
member OF the knights OF Columbus.
Funeral arrangements have mot yet
been made. ,-....
Mr.. Gssh ins is survived by his
widow, Ada collins Gaskins, q son, w.
Harry Ga,l,inS, and six daughters,
Miss Amaze +. .Gsskins. Mrs. Dorsey
Bean, ana the Misses Genevieve, Lu-
ellie, Mildred and Lavinia Gaskins,
and a brother. ID rius II. Gaskins. W.
Harry. Gaskinx. the son, is critically
i'll OF pneumonia at his hoHs, 360s
New Hampshire avenue northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
GERMAN RESERVES
NOT EXHAUSTED, IS
OFFICIAL REPORT

LONDON, April THAT German
operations are not at an end, and
that only half of their available di-
visions have been used. is the belief
expressed BY Mai. Gen. Frederick r.
Maurice, chief director OF military
operations.
There are Indications" he said,
"that an Austrian attack on Italy is
in preparation, and We shall not be
surprised If It develops before long"
For the time being. after a series
of great battles, the front, north and
south of the SOmme, has reached a
condition OF stability, General Maui
rice said in his weekly statement last
night.
"a great number OF German divis-
ions are exhausted" General Maurice
said. "and must be moved back to
the depots and be replaced with fresh
divisions from other parts of the
front. The Germans thus far have
used only half OF their available, di-
visions, and there is no reason to
suppose that they are done with the
attack"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
THIRD LOAN CAMPAIGN
WILL END ON MAY A

The Third Liberty loan campaign
which opens Saturday morning, will
end May {. This fact became known
today when it was learned the Treas
ury Department had notified all Fed
eral reserve banks to arrange their
books for a twenty eight-day cam
paign dating tine. records to May e.,
The date of maturity of the bonds
Is expected to be made public upon
the return this afternoon Of Secre-
tary Mc-Adoo. who has been resting
at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Payments on the bonds OF the
Third Loan will differ materially
from the methods of payment en-
pIoyed in the second loan. Five per
cent OF the bonds purchased must be
deposited with the subscription. On
May % a payment OF 20 per cent Is
due. and subsequent payments Of IS
per cent, and 40 per cent are required
on July Is and August IS, respective
ly. r.s,- - .,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
Message FromKaiser
To Austrian Emperor
Hints at Closer Union

AMSTERDAM. April 4.-In teIe-
graphing his thanks to Emperor
Charles OF Austria for comforting
decorations on German generals
at the conclusion. Of the great
struggle in. the east" the Kaiser
is quoted by a Vienna dispatch as
saying:
81 thank you that at this mo-
ment you emphasized anew the
necessity of close union for the
purpose OF solving the great tasks
which await u.s."
Emperor Charles replied a.
follows:
"The extraordinary successes
OF the armies which are victori-
ously advancing under your COM
mand must have, flied you with
especial satisfaction. May every
thing which still is TO come be,
accomplished in like measure by
Gods blessing. and speedy,
honorable peace be granted"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
CALL ISSUED FOR
CORPS OF WOMAN
TRACTOR DRIVERS

A corps OF woman tractor drivers,
similar to the women's corps OF am
bulance drivers, is to be organized in
Washington for work on the nearby
farms Of Maryland and Virginia by
the womsn's and girls division OF the
United States Employment Service.
Society women and girls who have
motor experience will be appealed to
to volunteer for service on the farms.
wherever tractor machines can be
utilized.
The call issued today Is. a patriotic
one for service on the farm-front TO
increase production There are many
women sufficiently skilled in motor
car driving and motor operation and
care TO make experts at the tractor.
Enlistments are to be received a.
1910 Pennsylvania avenue, the head
quarters OF the employment service
here. Service on the farms can be
given for limited periods OF blowing
and narrowing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
''NIGHT IN TRENCHES"
HEADS COSMOS Bill

"a Night In the Trenches" a spec
tacular production introducing Yep
pelins, searchlights, trench bombing,
and what not. and yet withal intro
ducing a comedy element and some
unusual singing by a company head
ed by Dick Duffey, Pauline Mason,
and "the' bachelor trio" will headline
the Cosmos Theater bill next week.
Another act OF headline caliber will
be the Violin Beauties while Valland
Gamble, a wonderful thinking ma
chine" Is another novelty.
Other acts will include Frank Whit
tier and company in "a tale OF twin
beds and mixed floors" called "In
Wrong" shannon and Tro;se, In com
edy and songs and the Belvederes, an
elite athletic number OF unique char
acter, with Douglas Fairbanks pic
tured in THE Half Breed" the matt
nee photoplay; and the Hearst Pathe
News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04

when they arrived leads the police to
place little faith in that theory. They
are of the opinion that the murderer
would not have taken time to shut
the window once he had safely es-
capped from the building.
Stone Came From Alley. &c..
The rear alley is paved with cobble-
stones similar TO the one found near
the body of King. While the MUIR
derer no doubt picked up the stone
in the alley. the police believe he
left the building by way Of the front
door.
shortly after the killing, Mrs. King
was told that her husband had met
with a misfortune, but was not in
formed OF his death. In an automobile,
Mrs. King was taken by the police to
Jackson place, and while the crowds
sought entrance to the building in
which her husband lay dead, Mrs.
King sat in the car outside, only a
few yards away, ignortant of his
death.
Mrs. King Frustrated.
Informed at o'clock at police
Headquarters that her husband had
been killed, Mrs. King was FRUSTRATED,
and her condition was such that ques-
tioning failed to elicit any facts that
might lead to the apprehension Of the
assassin.
At the Emergency Hospital, Mrs
King became hysterical. and cried,
"oh, my God. what will do now that
he is gone? Why have they done this
to him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
-FOUR MIDSHIPMEN !
MAY FAI[ BECAUSE
THEYGAN'Ts

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. April 4-Four
members of the hrst class at the
Naval Academy are in danger OF hav-
ing their diplomas withheld because
they cannot pass the prescribed
swimming test. These tests were
prescribed by. the Navy Department
some years ago. when it developed
that q number OF graduates of the
Naval Academy were poor swimmers
and Several had their diplomas Of
gradua ton withheld for some time
until they could measure up to the
standard. At, present. each graduate
must, be able to swim two hundred
yards in, six minutes. demonstrats
the use OF the front. side and back
strokes and make = satisfactory diva
from a platform. Two of the mid
shipmen have been prevented from
showing their ability as swimmers
by sickness, but two OF them have
had ample opportunity. and seem
naturally inept in the natatorial art
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04

FAILED WHEN
GUARD TRIED
TO FIRE. GUN
Continued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
shot fred. 1t entered the body be-
meath the right arm and plowed its
way through his chest, emerging
from the left side. 1t was located
by DIR. Fadely, of the Emergency
Hospital, who arrived at the commit
tee headquarters shortly after the
body was found.
LeTina Muller. a negro charwoman,
the police and Secret Service agents
who are wiriIing on the case say. was
the last person to see King alive.
Woman Heard shot.
The Muller woman told the police
that King had let her into the build
ing about $50 o'clock this morning.
She went into the basement while he
went to one of the adjoining build
Inss occupied by another branch of
the committee to let in other clean
ers. She heard him return TO 10
jackson place, she said, and shortly
afterwards heard a shot.
Rushing upstairs, the Muller woman
says she saw King stagger across the
hall and fall to the floor at the very
entrance of the hall. She then saw
his revolver on the floor, she said. She
told the police she thought King had
killed himself, since she saw no one
il the hall, and on opening the front
door saw no one on the street except
q messenger.
: The police learned that the mes
Eenger was B. +. Beach, age fifty
nine, of 1888 Twenty-ninth street
northwest, and that he was going to
his work at the Western Union Tele-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
$4,000 MARGIN
/ FORIENRO0T ON
I. RETURNS NOW IN

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 4-Irvine
T.. I.enroot, Republican and loyalist.
has been elected Senator from Wis
consiH by a margin of approximately
IL 900 votes. Practically complete re-
turns today showed:
Eenroot. 14s,302: Davies Demo
craft. 1887; Berger (SoclalisD,
JO2.eI1.
Lenroot arrived In Milwaukee this
forenoon and was TO leave later for
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
Defective Weapon May Have Cost Life of Guard Assassnated
FEAR OF AMERICA Is
TOLD IN GERMAN LETTER

PARIS. April 4.-This is an extrac
from letter found on German prison
er captured on French front Il
March:
GERoDA. Feb. ID read re-
Gently that five army corps have
arrived from America. That is
going to make the war last an
other year. The submarines are
not sinking as many boats as the
newspapers try to make us be-
lieve. because II they were the
entire sea would be sprinkled i.
with sunken ships.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04

graph office. At a word from the
charwoman he rushed to the State.
War and Navy building and reported
the death of King. He was question
ed by the police. who learned that he
did not know King.
Scout Suicide Theory.
The suicide theory was secuted by
the police, who held that the range of
the bullet showed that King could not
have fired the shot, and no bullets
were missing from his revolver. The
Muller woman and all OF the other
cleaners have been taken to police
headquarters for further questioning.
Police and detectives, under the di.
rection of Inspector Grant. made a
thorough search OF the archives OF
the committee. containing a mass OF
confidential information of high i'm
portance. in an effort to learn whether
or not German spies had stolen valu'
able data and records, and while at
tempting to get away without being
seen had murdered the night watch
man.
Records Appear Intact.
Their search revealed that all
desks and files were intact. The pri.
waite desk of George Creel, head OF
the committee, had not been tempered
with.
The shooting occurred within a
half block of the White House, the
State, War and Navy building, and
only a stones throw from other i'm
portant Government buildings, where
soldiers were on regular night guard
duty. On being questioned, they were
unable TO furnish any material in
formation. They had seen no person
leaving the committee headquarters.
nor had anyone. so far as they could
remember, acted suspiciously on
their respective beats.
At the rear end of the hallway in
which King was shot is a window
that opens on an alley that leads d.
rectly to Pennsylvania avenue north
west 1t would have been an easy
matter for the murderer to have
made his getaway by that route, but
the fact that the window was shut
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
COMMITTEE APPROVES spLAIs.

The rrenomination OF Maurice Spiain
as marshal OF the District OF Colvm-
bia, was ordered favorably reported
today by the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. The President recently nomi-
mated 1fr. Splain for another term.
sures the early confirmation Of AR.
SpIain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
HAMlN REPRESENTS MeAooo.

Charles S. Hamlin, member OF the
FEDERAL Reserve BOARD, will represent
Secretary OF the Treasury SIc.Adoo at
the sixth annual meeting OF the
United States Chamber OF Commerce
to-bs held in Chicago next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
CzERN|N FAILS TO
REALIZE THATU.S S.
MEANS REAL WAR
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Continued from First Pege.)
demonstrated in more ways than one
Since the Presidents speech Of last
January.
The German drive on the western
front Is considered by many official
observers here to have been the di-
rect consequence Of the failure OF
the United States and the entente to
respond to the Teutonic maneuvers
for compromise peace. II was ac-
tuated. indeed, so many people here
believe. by the desire TO impress the
masses that peace can be gotten by
the sword. But here again the ut
ter lack OF understanding OF the
meaning OF the present conflict to
the United States and the entente al
lies befogs the vision OF the German
militarists. For just as the peace
drive failed, so VIII the military Of
fensive fall far short OF its objec-
Tive.
President u BeIlIgerent.
soifar as President Wilson is CON
cerned, the central powers need have
no doubts. He IS perhaps the most
beiiigerent of all the allied states
men. His activity In the war councils
OF the Allies. the influence for the ap-
pointment OF General Foch and unified
command, the dispatch OF many more
troops from America 10 Europe than
had been planned, and countless other
acts not yet chronicled will prove
clearly that far from bringing about
any weakness on this side that would
lead to q premature peace, the Ger
man and Austrian statesmen and
militarists have by their combined eff
forts made OF America a full-fedged
belllgerent, anxious to carry the fight
through to the point where the only
kind OF peace that will be discussed
will be that which recognizes ALSO
lutely the principles enunciated by
President Wilson and allied spokes.
men-and not vagaries OF German and
Austrian origin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04

Batum Is in Trans-Csucasia, on the
Black sea. twenty miles east y. the
Turkish boundary. Erzerum Is 40
miles south of BatuIn and was recent
ly recaptured by the Turks. kars Is
100 miles east Of Erzerum and about
the same distance south and east Of
Batum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
TURCO-G GERMANS
ARE THROWN BACK
BY JOSEPH sHAPLEN.
(Unifed Press stan CerrespOnde

PETRoGRAD. April 3.-Turco-Ger-
man forces have been thrown back
sixty versts 1896 miles) from Batum,
It was announced here today.
Likewise they have been driven
back from the ErZerum-kars line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-04
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