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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
BLODGETT, Y. NJ. C.. A. WORKER,
TELLS HOW WAR STIRS EUROPE

War is no place for the dreamer, but
the Italians have the happy faculty
of dreaming when there is time for
dreaming. and then fighting like the
devil when it is time to fight. And
they seem to fight the better for their
respite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
SPECIAL PROGRAM
||TWODAYSAT MEADE
Big Features Planned for
Monday and Friday-Pro-
motions Announced.

CAMP MEADE. Md. August 31.-Big
features are planned for Labor day.
Monday, and Lafayette day, Friday.
Labor day will be a holiday, with ath-
letics and oatory as features. and La
fayette day will be marked by band
concerts and special amusement fea-
lures. Senator Wesley. L. Jones Of
Washington will speak on the part the
great Frenchman played in helping the
American colonies to win Independence.
The Marines from Quantico have been
challenged to come to Meade for base
ball game, and the indications are that
the game will be held on Friday.
Big List Of Promotions.
OF officers announced in many months
was issued today. Seven captains be-
come majors and eighteen first lieuten-.
ants are made captains. Seventy-six
second HeutenantS are raised to first
lieutenants. Several hundred new Sec
ond lieutenants are expected here from
officers schools.
William P. Bealer. who was the archi-
tect of war buildings in Washington.
has been transferred to the Officers
Training School of the Engineering
Corps, at Camp Lee, Va. He is the first
line for commission.
Charles A. Dave, Edward c. BLANCHE
ard and William J. Meyer have been
transferred to the headquarters detach-
ment of the list Infantry.
Other Washingtonians in Spotlight.
John R. johnson, Spanish war vet-
eran who has since then been in the
Library Of Congress-, Washington, has
joined the Red Cross staff here. Mr..
johnson was in the District Of Columbia
Field Hospital during the Mexican bor-
der trouble.
George T. Wood. the District Of CO.
lumbia athlete. winner Of three medals
for 100-yard dashes, has been made a
corporal
Louis B. Thompson, who had a vocal
studio in Washington, has been made a
sergeant.
> First Lieut.. Lathrop Bevan Of Wash
ington has been promoted to captain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
Vice President Marshall Back.

Vice President Marshall returned to
Washington yesterday after vacation
Of about two months. He took his
place a. presiding ofiicer in the Senate
late yesterday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
BAND CONCERTS.

This afternoon at $50 o'clock
in Camp Meigs grove, Florida
avenue and Fifth street north
east. by the Camp Meigs Band
Of the Quartermaster Corps,
Lieut.. r. c. Deming, bandmas-
ter. Program:
1.-THE Star spangled Banner"
operate masterpieces. Safranek
Selections from Going Up"
cornet solo. God Be with our
Boys Tonight" .Sanderson
Sergt. Hayden R. Child.
American sketch, by the
swanee River" Middleton
(a) ''Wooden-Leg Charlie"
Murphey
(b) 'Lasses Trombone"
Concert by Engineer Band, at
+ Washington Barracks, today at
2.3o p. M, First Lieut.. Frank J.
|, Weber, leader. Program:
INV Country IT'S Of Thee"
March, I'll Bersagliero" italian
/ riflemen) t...........Bo ccalar1
Overture, "Don Cesar de Bazan"
Massatlet
/ Fifth Nocturno. .Leybach
(a) Humoresque. "Piccolo Pic"
Slater
CD American Patrol" (request-
ED ................. Meecham
Suite, Indian Summer" Lake
(a) At dawn.
F. (b) Dance of the pumpkins.
(c) Love song.
I'D At twilight.
Selection, Going Up".. .Hirsch
One-step. Good morning, Mr..
Zip-Zip-Zip' ......... Lloyd
"Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01

Early FAN weddings.
Not too soon to consult GUIDE about
the flowers and decorations. 1914 p
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01

So great has been the interest in
D. w. Grimth's latest production, "The
Great Love-" which has just COM
pleted record-breaking week at
Moore's Strand Theater, that it's ex-
hibition will be continued four days
Of this week. beginning today, at
Moore's Garden Theater. 1.-THE Great
Love" is a master picture of many
unique qualities. It is the first photo
play ever made for general public ex-
hfbition in which distinguished mem
bers Of British neutrality-suspicious.
Alexandra, the queen mother, and ex-
elusive society circles participate. It
combines with story of appealing
romance and impressive dramatic
fiber scenes of aerial combat that are
said to be unprecedented in the an
mails Of the screen. It also conveys
concise and compelling sense of the
appalling dimensions of the struggle
being Waged in Europe without dis
closing wars terrifying horrors. Lii
lian Gish. Robert Harron, Henry s.
Walthall. Rosemary Theby, Gloria
Hope, George Fawcett and Maxfield
Stanley have the roles of greatest i'm
portance. The usual weekday prices
will prevail.
The last three days Of the week the
Garden will offer Bessie Barriscale
pictured in Maid O. the Storm" as
Ariel, little waif of an obscure fish
ing village, who, through persever-
ance and faith, becomes a leader in
London's fashionable society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01

Orders restricting the consumption of
! alsoholic liquors by United States SOL
diers In the Philippines. becoming eff
fectivs August 81. have been promul-
gated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
Apollo.

Clara Kimball Young pictured in
"The Savage Woman" a photoplay of
novel plot and situation, will be the
attraction at Crandalrs Apollo to-
day and tomorrow. The story has to
do with a girl who grows to woman
hood in the wilderness Of Abyssinia,
when she is discovered by a young
French archeologist. Tuesday, Bar
bara Castleton will be seen in "Hered-
ity; Wednesday. Mabel Normand, in
Back to. the Woods; Thursday,
Charles Ray, in "A Nine O'Clock
Town: Friday, Enid Bennettsjn 1.-The
Vamp"; Saturday, BushmaH and
Bayne, in "A Pair Of Cupids," and Bill
Parsons. in Bill Settles Down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
STAG HOTEL
6O4-O1-0S 9th Street.

Over Virginia Theater.
Best ROOMS in city. Parquet
floor; steel ceilings; shower
bath, toilet md lavatOry; tele-
phones: French wind0yss
writing tables; metal lOckerst
shoes shined while you sleep.
! etc. Everything sanitary, u 90
: to $3.50 per day. Special
. weekly rates. Look 'em over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01

'aThe Road Through the Dark" and
not "Cheating Cheaters" will be Clara
Kimball Young's next photop1ay re-
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-06-19
.i0ND0N's PUBLIC BATHS
CLOSED FOR SUMMER

LONDON, June 19.-All the public
swimming pools and some of the pub
lie baths in London are to b. closed
FOR the summer. The buildings are
being used for communal kitchens.
With their steam plants and heating
appliances, they are very adaptable
Tor the purpose of establishing in them
the central municipal kitchens from
which the food is distributed To the
smaller stations in their districts.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-06-19
FOR SALE

Restaurant outfit, complete. Must
be sold by July 10. Good Bargain.
Address P. o. Box 254
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
Few American Soldiers
Suffer From BotuIisn;
Kind of Sleeping Disease

With the American Army in Eng
land. Aug. GA few cases OF botul-
ism have been discovered in the Amer
lean army. but none has resulted IA
tally. and the medical corps has en-
countered no difficulty in checking
the spread Of the disease
A greater number Of cases have
teen found in the British forces. but
the percentage is not much larger
there and. while deeply interested in
the character Of this latest Of war
diseases, physicians. both British and
American. profess a conviction that it
viii not become so prevalent as to
become a menace. One Of the victims
in the American army has been an Of
ficer at headquarters He recovered.
only a slight dropping of the eyelids
remaining some days after he was dis
charged. as a reminder Of his illness
Little regarding the causes Of the
disease has yet been learned The
symptoms include an inordinate de-
sire to sleep. supplemented often by
slight rash and a. tendency to delirium.
The patient sometimes is left in a
partly paralyzed state. In a few
cases only has it proved fatal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
POLICE
ARE DECORATED
Almost All War Veterans,
Many Having Won Cita-
lions for Valor.
By FRED J. BOLLlIEYER-

Paris. France. Aug. 24-Paris now
boasts Of the most decorated police
force in the world
There is scarcely a gendarme in the
capital of France who has not one or
more medals won for bravery on the
champs de bataille-" Many have two,
three or four medals. while some
proudly wear the fourragere Of the
Legion d'HOnnOeur.
When the war broke out and there
was an urgent need OF more officers
in the army. many gendarmes were
commissioned because Of their splen-
did training, excellent discipline and
physical perfection. Then, as the war
wore on, the ranks Of the city's police
force were filled by men who had been
honorably released from the fighting
armies on grounds which. while pre-
venting them from doing further ser
vice at the front, did not bar them
from performing duties Of the police.
The personnel Of the force was con-
stantly changing IN the early days OF
the war. new men coming in from the
army, and gendarmes. who had not
seen service at the front. going out
10 the army.
One has only 10 glance at the row
OF ribbons OF medals on their chests
to know that they gave a good &C
count OF themselves when they faced
Fritz And. furthermore, many Of
them have been cited a number Of
times, fer. on the croix de guerre,
there generally are several stars or
palm leaves. signifyiRg that number
Of army CT divisional citations
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
RAID CHURCHES
AND HOSPITALS
Boches No Respectors Of
Sacred Things or of SUI
fering Humanity.

Paris, France. Aug. 24.-By a
strange fatality the churches and hos
pitfalls Of Paris seem TO suffer in near
ly every bombardment by air OF long
range gun. In the vast city OF Paris
the churches are small targets and
well scattered ones at that But fate
seems TO direct the German shells
and bombs invariably toward them. In
the event a church is missed the bomb
or shell seldom fails TO strike a hos
pitaL
By a still stranger coincidence two
OF the most famous churches in Paris,
both known the world over. have each
had an exterior statue OF St Peter
decapitated- On the day great num-
Der Of American. Polish. French. Bel
gian and Canadian troops assembled
in one Of these two churches a shell
dropped in between the pillars and
splinters flying upward Clearly de-
capitated a statue OF St Peter The
other damage 10 the church was in
significant
On the same day and almost at the
same hour the bags OF sand protect
ing a statute OF St Peter on the west
facade OF Notre Dame gave way
breaking off the head The supersri-
tiOus ones are pondering over the
curious circumstance
The peasants in St Denis, suburb
OF Paris. recall that St Denis, the
patron saint OF Paris, was beheadec
on Montmartre Mons Martyruml
back In the fifth century They be-
lieve that the decapitation Of the
statues on the two most historic
churches in Paris is warning from
St Denis TO the Parisians that the
city Will be threatened
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
French Peilus In Beds
Named For Confederacu

Paris. France, Aug. 24.-lCorre-
spondence Of the Associated Press-)-
Many Of the French poilus under
American care are in the wards OF the
Daughters OF the American Confeder-
acy. with the beds marked with the
names Of the well known southern
figures. such as Stonewau Jackson,
senator Zebulon Vance, Cen Joseph
Wheeler, OF Alabama
When the big dietary kitchen was
inspected. there was a savOry smell
Of American dishes and dainties being
prepared for the wounded men. and
one Of the surgeons cheered the cooks
with the remark, Your dishes do
more good than all our medicines"
And this is literally true. for these
American wounded do not want for
eign foods, but long for the simple.
old fashioned dishes OF home. like
boiled custard. matted milk. eggnoEg
and bread and milk So that, even in
the food American cooks are doing
their share. and down 10 the last de-
tail the Americanism OF the big milf
tary hospital is proving a blessing to
the American MANNED and wounded
who have come back from the front
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24

COMEWHERE in France, Aug. "a
y Correspondence Of the Associated
Press.)-If the average American
army chauffeur were asked What is
the biggest nuisance in France?" he
would, in 90 cases out Of 100, reply
with the greatest Dromptness. The
grade crossing.
There are thousands OF grade cross
ings on every railway in France, and
every one Of them is protected By a
set Of gates, which drops into position
long before a train gets near the spot
and apparently remain there long
after the train has passed
Trains Long Heavy, Slow.
Many an army chauffeur, taking his
fiji Of speed along a straight, tree
lined national road" has found his
way suddenly barred by an aggravat-
ing pair Of crossing gates. The war
trains Of France are long and heavy
laden. and seem 10 take an intermina-
bic time in passing the given point.
But after the American becomes
reconciled to these delays, he begins
10 find the passing trains an interest
ing study. The traffic which they
carry is always a picture Of wartime
activity. which the American particu-
larry takes a delight in Analysing.
Great Ammunition Trains.
Ponderous, groaning ammunition
trains, with Two giant locomotives
Kissing at every joint, lumber along
with food for the ravenous guns. Sup
ply trains rattle past, carrying with
un1atIng regularity the soi7is-s' daily
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24

been firing for some time. but the
shells were bursting well above Us,
and giving no trouble.
The parachute flare proved a real
friend. because both searchlights and
machine guns concentrated upon ii.
giving US just sufficient time TO dive
swiftly, release our bombs. switch on
the engine and start climbing
Display OF Fireworks.
when we turned TO observe results,
we witnessed the finest fireworks
display ever saw. Ammunition was
cracking off at record speed. dense
clouds Of smoke We're rising. and
highly colored flames were leaping
100 feet and more from the ground
I'VE watched this pleasing exhibit
ton for some minutes, until the cough
OF an Archie burst near by TO remind
US that we were still over Hunland,
and so turned and steered for home.
The whole job occupied exactly IS
minutes. but It must have cost Ger
many hundreds OF manpOwer hours in
munitiOn works-there was still some
fire there at noon next day-and
saved our French allies a good many
casualties. for. as it happens, that big
dump. we learned. was TO serve a bit
Of front facing French troops"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24

bread Reinforcement trains are
crammed TO overlooking with smiling
TONNES or bronzed war worn poilus
sitting on footboards. sometimes clus-
tered on the roof. for the travelling
soldier Of every nationality has a con-
tempt for railway regulations
Trains Of wounded.
Then there are the trains coming
back from the battlefield carrying the
wreclage Of war, often battle SCARED
themselves. Occasionally a flat car
grunting under the weight Of a dis
abled cannon, and muddy, shell shat
tered lorries, wagons. field kitchens,
and the like, and now and then an
ambulance train with its bandaged
passengers and ministering nurses.
The French crossing gates usually
run back and forth on wheels II is
almost always q woman who opens
and closes them-sometimes an old
woman and some times a young one.
She has a little box house at the side Of
the track, with sometimes a baby in a
cradle to occupy her leisure time Al
ways she has a smile and a quick
word Of greeting for the importunate
motorists.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
THREAD MAY BE VERY SCARCE
IN'ALL ALLIED COUNTRIES SOON
Available Supply of Flax Has Decreased More Than so
Percent and Important Fields Where It Was Grown
Are Now Overrun by Enemy Invaders; Even Russian
Supply Is Cut Off by Influence of the BslsheYid
q IIENRT 9. WAI.Es-

Darts. France. Aug. 24-Thread
1 cards may soon be adopted
throughout the allied countries. ow-
ing 10 the scarcity Of flax and the
consequent lack OF linen. Already in
France and England it is difficult
to find linen thread. and when the
present retail stocks are exhausted
spools Of such thread viii be sold
only to persons having orders OF
cards showing that it is TO be used
on war work
Since the United States produces
practically no flax. but obtains most
OF its linen from Great Britain. il is
believed that there viii soon be a
stringent curtailment on the amount
or linen allotted for use in America.
and that when existing supplies are
reduced il will be necessary TO insti-
tute card systems there also.
Belgian Fields Overrun.
Before the war the entire world OBJ
tanned large amounts Of fax from
Holland, Belgium and the north OF
france 1t has become more and more
difficult TO obtain shipments Of Zee
land flax, which is not OF the best
quality. from the Netherlands. owing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24

7 CNDON. Eng. Aug. 2A-Bagdad
l. like the story which VIII Rogers
threatens to tell next Monday" is
being cleaned
That ancient center Of romance and
intrigue which has been immortalized
for Broadway and the rest Of America
by Winter Garden, FoIlies and Mont
gomery and Stone extravaganzas, is
in dire danger Of becoming as new
and modern as Akron. O.. or Gary,
Ind.
Even the smells are being controlled.
Edmund Gambler writes from Mesopo-
tamia 10 the Daily News
The Turks have been dlssi-
pated on three fronts" he writes.
As a pugiIist serving in the ranks
puts it, aWe've bitten off his left
ear and his right. and broken his
nose and knocked him over the
ropes
In the meanwhile peace has reigned
in the city Of Bagdad, and the ameni-
ties Of life have been multiplying for
the army and the civil population
The place was dead to all appear
ances. or mOribunC, when we entered
il on March II last year Now IL is
a busting hive OF humanity. Thou
sands Of workmen pass through the
streets early and late The main
thoroughfare. mstaIIed and lighted. is
a constant stream Of traffic, the
sleepiest old women who haunt the
bazaars have become adopts at dOdg
ing the Ford van
Police Organized
police force has been organized
and a fire brigade. The street lamps
have given place TO electric Light
The water supply has been extended I
Mosques have been repaired, roads /
metalled, schools opened, including a I
survey school and a training school ]
for teachers.
Water carts ply in the streets. san l
itary squads have penetrated the most I
hidden purlieus Of the city; the smells 4
are becoming centrifugal Called, in I
jured, sick and starved animals are ]
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24

TO the shipping situation and German
pressure on the Dutch authorities.
The Belgian FAX fields and those OF
the north Of France-notahly the
Courtrai region-are in the hands OF
the invader.
The Lys river. the scene OF the
German offensive toward Armentieres
in April last. has lons been used for
the -rettlng" "a corruption OF the
word r0tting-of the Courtrai flax.
its waters possessing certain chsmi-
cal qualities which acted on the straw
OF the plant idq7lly without harmins
the flax fiber = the center.
None From Russia New.
When the German occupation OF
Belgium and northern France cut off
those two sources OF supply from the
allies the flax industry in Russia was
developed and efforts made to pro-
duce a higher grade OF linen there.
The principal Russian flax fields are
located north OF Moscow and east OF
Brest Litovsk. An enormous amount
Of acreage was put in flax in 1915 and
1916 and important steps were taken
toward the cultivation Of a high grade
flax But with the overrunning Of
certain OF the flax growing districts
by the Germans later and then the
BOlshevik peace this important sup
ply from Russia has been cut off
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
All Airmen Are Taught CanouflageI
-;.;- ~::- -::- -:.:- -;:-
Must Be Able To DISTINGUISH DISCUSSES

DEHIND the British Lines In
u France, Aug. 24.-Every Brit
fish and American airman nova
days undergoos n special course
OF training IN "eounter-eamou-
naEe.7 he is told all the tricks Of
the German camoufIage artist to
deceive the entente airmen, and
his eye IS carefully trained 10
penetrate all the devices OF the
enemy.
CamOunaginE Numbers.
1t is diamond cut diamond all
the time in the contest between
the German eamOunaEe expert
and tie allied observers. Troops
may be moved on roads canOpled
by camouflaEed canvas, but there
is cam0uflaEe also even in the
business Of moving troops in the
open, where the German prac-
tees a simple little deception by
varying spacing between one rank
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
Aerial Mail Service,
From London to Paris,
IsLong In Existence

Paris. France. Aug. 24.-Cables from
America describing the institution OF
an aerial mail service between New
York, Philadelphia and Washington
have led to the revelation that a reg
uIar service has been in force between
Paris and London for a year and a
half This service has been conducted
by the military authorities and has
been used only for official messages
and documents.
Capt PierrOn, a French army avi-
ator. was the sole pilot until a few
days ago. when ne met with a fatal
accident in making a landing. He had
made over 100 trips between the two
capitals. each voyage taking about
three hours, at an average rate of IS
miles an hour. The distance covered
between Paris and London was about
230 miles. the distance between New
York and Washington