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Evening star., 1918-07-14
Americans on Marne Front
Defeat Enemy Patrol Raid
Attempted by Boat at Night
BY THOMAS n. JOHNSON.
Copyright, 1881

Copyright, 1881
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE MARINE. July 12.-The nrst real
attempt by the Germans to get a
patrol across the Marine east of Cha
teau Thierry since the Americans
reached that sector In any numbers
was made last night.
clouds and the gusts Of rain which
made the night the darkest In
months. party of the boches start
ed from near Chartevres and put OF
from the north bank Of the river in
a small boat. Soon after they start
ed for the American side our out
posts heard their oars and opened
fire.
There was a great splashing and
shouting and then silence.
When morning came 1t was not possi-
BILE to tell whether the boat load Of
Germans had returned safely or were
at the bottom of the Marne.
Boches on the Defensive.
The attempt to cross was doubtless
sporadic. for the attitude assumed by
the boches on this part of our front
has been on the defensive. At least
this has been what he has desired US
to believe.
He has tried to make us believe that
ne hAbH I Tue SuButSSt OSsire TO Cross
the river. and while the patrol was
trying to make the trip last night
other Germans were busily stringing
together a series of floats containing
mines few yards from the north
shore.
Recently our observers found that
several German outposts at the bank
Of the river had been doubled. this
evidently resulting from the fact that
while tho boche hasn't managed to
get q single patrol over to the Amer
lean side. we have landed on their
side six times In month. taking sew
eral prisoners and killing others.
intercepted Message.
The effect Of this 10 seen in an In
terceptsd message from the com
mander of a German unit. recently re-.
lieved. to his successor.
This was the message:
Keep quiet: don't stir up the
Americans. There are 10000 Of them
across the river all spelling for .
fight"
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US. TROOPS ALERT,
FACING THE ENEMY.
Strengthen Positions in the
Marne District in Anticipa.
ton of Hun Offensive.
GERMANS KEEPING QUIET

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. July 1s.-The fronts in the
Marne district held by American troops
last night were the quetest Of any
since the Germans in their sweep
southwark were stopped at the north
bank Of the river. In some sections
not single German shell came over.
while In others the artillery fire was
far below normal.
1t has rained every day for the last
four days in this region, with the re-
suit that the fields and roads are
sticky and wet and unfavor1ble for
marching or fshting. This fact may
have had something to do with hold
ing back the expected German often
sive.
Advantage to Americans.
At the same time the weather has
worked to the advantage Of the
Americans. for during the rainy Pc
riod they have been able to strength.
en- still further their dispositions Of
forces and their defenses. The Ger
man concentrations are known to be
Remaining "neTe tney were week
ago. OF course there have been move
ments of enemy forces OF which the
command has been apprised.
1t is considered possible that even
with the bad conditions underfoot the
enemy may launch his attack at any
moment. but 1t 10 not believed he will
do 80 until the sun dries the earth.
One day Of hot sunshine might be SUM-
cient for this purpose. providing no
more rain falls. but at this writing low
clouds are scurrying over this section
Of France. threatening downpour.
Dry Spaces Scarce.
The American troops. tucked away in
their machine gun nests, gun pits and
trenches. have been paying much more
attention to fighting the weather than to
battling with the Germans. Nice. dry
holes in the ground where the men had
been basking in the hot summer sun
have been transformed to sunken muddy
puddles. while the men encamped far
ther to the rear have been spending
their waiting time under dripping
trees.
The American patrols have been tax
ing advantage Of the darkness Of these
nights to cross the Marne on several
occasions, thus obtaining information.
These patrols have had a number of
brushes with enemy groups. but no ac-
tion Of any magnitude.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
ARRESTED FOR NOT
SALUT|NG OFFICERS
100 Privates Taken in Raid
on Streets of
Washington.
CROWDS HISS ACTION

A bewildered squad of nearly 100
privates in various branches of the
Army-soldiers stationed at camps in
and near Washington anxiously
awaiting overseas orders-spent their
week end furloughs in the guard
houses at Washington barracks and
the Ordnance building at 9Th and b
streets.
They were the first victims of the
Washington Army officers new must
salute" law. A squad Of Army officers
gathered in the men who failed to
salute the officers as they passed on
9th street and on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in the early hours last evening.
and threaten to repeat the raid at
some favorable time this evening.
Crowds Hiss oficers.
A crowd of hundreds of civilians
gathered around the squad of officers.
which included several majors. cap
tains and first and second lieutenants
of the 50th and SD Infantry. at 9th
and Pennsylvania avenue, in front Of
the Y. M. e. a, hut. and Missed their
disapproval Of the officers actions.
Several policemen from the first pre-
cinct had to be called out to disperse
the crowd. But several hundred
persons remained, walking past the
onicers and showing their disap-
proval with surly looks on their
faces. The situation became SO
threatening at one time that the Of
ficers ordered all privates who were
standing nearby to ''go on about your
business" or go back to camp.
Soldiers, in groups of twos or fours.
with their sweethearts or mothers.
were accosted by the officers with
laconic, Don't you know that you
! are supposed to salute an officer when
you pass him on the street," Vir-
tually all of the men replied with a
"Yes. sir; but didn't see you" But
the officers placed them under arrest
and sent them to the guardhouse in
squads, in charge Of provost guards.
His Sweetheart in Tears.
One soldier who was just about to
enter a motion picture theater on 9th
street with his sweetheart was placed
under arrest by an officer and sent to
began to cry and the officer then asked
her whether she was afraid to go home.
She replied, No" Another soldier was
taken from his mother and ordered to
go with a provost guard.
One Of the majors in the squad ex-
planned to a reporter for The Star that
they had been detailed for such work
| because the privates had become lax in
regard to military discipline while on
the streets Of Washington. He stated
| that the soldiers lover there" had to
respect discipline and that military Or
ders were to be enforced in Washing
TON
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Cites German Wars.

Germany has waged three wars.
and each time she has added. through
those wars, to her strength, to her
power. to her guidance. to her infiu-
ence. and each successive war she has
waged has inevitably encouraged her
on to the next. II she had had one
check you would not have had this
war. If this war succeeds in adding
one square yard to her territory, of
adding one cubit to her stature. of
adding a single iota to her strength,
IT will simply raise their idea of mill
tarism, for which the world Is being
sacrificed at the present moment
The god Of brute force must this
time forever be broken and burnt in
its own furnace"
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Must Be Taught Discipline.

Because of the great number Of on
GERS and privates working in govern
ment departments here, who have had
no actual military training. he said.
they do not know the significance of
military discipline. ut is time for them
to learn" he added. and I'VE have been
detailed to make them do it."
He explained that Washington was
the worst city In the country for nom
observance of military discipline.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Sections Of HertIlng
Address Kept Secret;
KuehImann Assailed

- a. As0oeaAfed Ffo6a.
AMSTERDAM. July 13.-Bsforo Count
Won Hertiiug. the imperial chancellor.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Hertling in Speech Says
Nothing This Time of
Glorious Victories Ahead

In Chancellor Won Hertling's most
recent peace speech some oficials
here saw . departure from previous
German utterances. in that the chan
cellor had nothing to say Of glorious
victories just ahead should the allies
persist in pressing the war.
Officially no cognizanos 10 being
given to the speech. AS with all pro-
nouncements Of tho kind. It 10 being
carefully read and digested by Amer
lean ofdcialA In time they probably
will learn Of opinions Of statesmen of
the cobelligerents.
Weakness Not Seen.
Since behind all such utterances there
Is always the possibility that some
purely internal situation prompted them,
no official here was inclined last night
to be convinced that the speech showed
a developing weakness in the German
arms.
It was regarded as certain that the
chancellor found 1t necessary to con-
ciliate the peace advocates in Germany
and as possible all that he said may
have been framed for that purpose. A
military budget was at stake in the
reichstag.
1nero lS nOtnlnS TO 1n0lc6bo thaG the
speech will be made the occasion for
any step toward peace negotiations, a.
President Wilson's last pronouncements
on the subject are generally accepted
as the war aims Of all the allied belliger-
entA.
Belgium Held AZ Pawn.
The chancellors declaration that Ger
many simply was holding. Belgium ~ .
pawn for negotiation attracted most In
terest Of all. The general impression
among diplomatists has been that Bel
Gium would be used by Germany to 70.
gain her lost colonies.
The chancellor's statement that his
willingness to discuss peace was shared
by the chief Of the army administration
was regarded as significant n the first
peace expression attributed to tho mill
tary leaders.
Il became known that further and
more definite peace proposals. from the
German government would not be unex-
pscted. President Wilson ID known to
hold to the opinion that Germany II now
bent on gaining control OF Russia and
would willingly give up everything on
the western front to accomplish that
purpose.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Kept Below the Level.

OF course 1t never descended to a
pre-war level But the astonishing
thing to economists is that Herbert
Hoover and his associates have been
able to keep uniformly below that 290
high-water mark, except in April,
1918, when It reached. but did not 60
over 1t
But Important a. IL the regulation
of prices and distribution Of foods at
home. an essential duty Of the food
CONTINUED on Thirteenth PaEe.)
Evening star., 1918-07-14
ONE YEARS WORK
IN FOOD CONTROL
Some Concrete Things Ac-
compIished by Herbert Hoo
YER and His Assistants.
OBLIGATIONS MADE GOOD

What concrete thing has the food
administration done?
The approaching anniversary of the
passage of the food control act August
10 makes the question pertinent.
Well. here is just one concrete
achievement. which may appeal to the
most hard-headed seeker after results.
On July 1. 1917, the estimated sur
plus Of wheat for export was 10000, 900
bushels. and the food administration
appealed to the American people to
double it. They did. and much more.
for by July of this year the actual
shipments of wheat amounted to 14o.-
100000 bushels.
Take meats. and the story is as
astounding. The people of the United
States, held up by the Potsdam press
agents as money grubbers and fiabby
lovers of ease and plenty, effected the
sacrifices in consumption which made
this possible. Moreover they made it
at cost to their pocketbooks as we'll
as to their appetites, as will be shown.
Necessity of the Sacrifice.
Was the sacrifice necessary? Allied
statesmen have said repeatedly that
America has furnished the food which
has made it possible to keep the allies
fighting. Selecting the man who ought
TO nave known. II anybody did, there is
on file at the food administration a
conndentia! cablegram from Lord
Hhondda. British food controller, to
Herbert Hoover. sent last January. and
only recently made public which said
Unless you are able to send the allies
at least 100000 bushels of wheat
over and above what you have ex-
ported up to January 1, and in addi-
ton the total exportable surplus from
canada, 1 cannot take the responsi-
oility OF assuring our people that there
VIII be food enough to win the war"
IT fs stated that just before Lord
Rhondda's death report from nv
Hoover. stating what the IJnited
states had been able to do in sun
plying the allies food needs. was
read to Lord Rhondda. and he ex-
s.;1 claimed; The war is done. We
win That statement was not meant
literally. Of course. but 1t indicates
tnat tne slogan. Food will win the
geration.
To return to figures, tho ordinary
beef exports Of the United States had
been one to two million pounds a
month. The largest single monfh's
exports In the past year was $1,000. !.
900 pounds. '''''-
The customary\po export rate
was 60,000,000 pounds monthly, The
largest single months export in the
past year was S08.000.000 pounds,
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Obligations Made Good.

Recently Senator Smoot said;
Although there has been some
criticism Of the food administration
in the Senate. there has been no word
of criticism concerning the manner in
which 1t has furnished food to tba
allies. which was our country's great.
est war obligation"
Cognizant at every turn of increas-
IN ing prices and ignorant of this now
erage citizen finds most fauit WITH
the food administration on this oues-
!Ion OF prices. But the price Of flour
IN June; 1917. was $1S.75 a barrel
hmn9iesale; harne1 4, this June it was $3.50 a
the farmers wheat % and hour HetwsSn weSa
from 1t. because Of the whoie-hearted
cooperation Of millers and bakers
1no proper regulation. has decreased
atoin ar e so;oS year ago to but 81 cents
more surprising still, though the
cost OF many edibles which are luxu-
RES mas increased. the statistic Clans
ol the food administration can show
anat ina the farmer going to market gets
last Tor essential food commodities.
while to the housewife buying in mar
ket the cost is now 13 per cent less
than last summer,
Or; II you prefer not to take the food
az @admintstration's own figures, consult
The Annalist for May Is 1918, which
gives chart showing graphically the
average price fluctuations on the
wholesale prices Of twenty-five COM
modities represented in practically
every family's budget. The Index fig-
ure" system Is used. and without go-
ing into details Of that rather compli-
Gated method. it is apparent what the
war time effect Of prices is when they
are left uncurbed by the fact that in
July, 1916. the index figure on this
ITO. and by May, 1917, It had Jumped
to 290. Nor could 1t be coincidence that
In that month. when the work Of tho
food administration began, this as
cending line began to curve DOWN
ward again: going AS low, ~ some
times, as 265
Evening star., 1918-07-14
The Riggs National Bank
- OF WASHINGTON, D.

OUR LIBERTY LOAN DEPARTMENT WILL
REMAIN OPEN UNTIL Pm.
JULY IS, 16 AND II
to receive payments subscriptions to LIBERTY
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Evening star., 1918-07-14
Must Be Real Peace.

There must be no hugger-mugger
peace. 1t must be q real peace. We
are not waging war for the sake of
killing or Of being killed. but for the
sake of establishing a just and dura-
BILE peace for the world. You cannot
make peace unless 1t is both Just and
likely to endure.
I'VE. in this country. who have lost
hundreds of thousands and have had
millions manned, and you in Canada,
whose casualties have amounted to
scores of thousands, and Australia,
who has also played her share in
these things-we are not making
these sacrifices in order to establish
less than a real peace will be defraud-
ing not this generation. but the next
generation-it will be defraudinS hu-
manity.
Evening star., 1918-07-14

delivered his address in the reichstag
on Thursday. Herr Won Payer, the vice
chancellor, said that a portion Of the
chancellor's statement would be con-
hdential. Such parts of 1t as he do.
clared confidential should be treated
a. such. Herr Won Payer insisted. and
not get into the press as on former
occasions. The main committee gave
its consent to this.
After the chancellor's speech a gem
eral discussion took place. Deputy
Fischbeck, q progressive. said that 1t
must be made clear that the resigna-
tion Of DR.. Won Kuehlmann as foreign
secretary was not the result Of pan
German intrigues and that the ap.
pointment Of his successor was not
made at the request OF those circles
and not in the furtherance OF their
policy.
lor's announcement Of adherence TO
his policy was satisfactory ana tnas
If he carried out the promises he had
made on this occasion he, as Wen as
the new foreign secretary. Admiral Won
Hintze. would have the support OF the
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Won Westarp Comments.

AMSTERDAM. July 13.-Count Won
westarp. conservative member OF
the reichstag said:
"The reasons given for Foreign
Secretary Won kuehlmann's retire
ment were decisive. The unfavorable
effect of his speech was created more
from what he refrained from saying
than what he said Now. as before, l
cannot approve of the chancelloTs In
ternal policy The reply to the papal
note was only a diplomatic act and
had no place in the governments pro-
gram.
every serious suggestion Of peace ne
gotiations, but considerable reserve
in expressing readiness for them GER
tainly would be expedient."
Count Won Western denied that ne
and his friends had doomed the can
didacy of Admiral Won Hintze to sue
ceed Won Kuehlmann. and said:
1--WE have no prejudice. either good
or bad, with regard to the new state
secretary, and we shall await his
policy. 1t Is desirable that Admiral
Won Hintze should IN the main nave
the closest cooperation with the su-
preme army command. point on
which the chancellor lays such en-
phasis.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
God of Brute Force Must For
ever Be Crushed, Says
Premier. j.
ALLIES MUST NOT
DEFRAUD HUMANITY
Saws British Dominions Will Have
Voice in Determining Final
Settlement.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 13.-The govern
ments of the British dominions will
have voice in determining the terms
of peace, according to Mr.. Lloyd
George. The prime minister made this
statement in a speech at a dinner
given in honor of the Canadian editors
who are visiting England, at which
Lord Beaverbrook was the host.
This is a war in which We en-
gagged the empire" said the premier,
when We had no time to consult the
dominions as to policy. and 1t is per-
fectly true that the policy which we
adopted to protect small nations In
Europe was a policy embarked upon
without any consultation with the
dominions. But you approved OF 1t.
Henceforth you have the right to be
consulted as to the policy before
hand. and this is the change which
has been effected as q result Of the
war.
Imperial War Cabinet Reality.
Inc CONTRIBUTORS WHICH you uoS0
made to enforce these treaties have
given you the undeniable right to q
voice in fashioning the policy which
may commit you, and for that reason
an imperial war cabinet Is a reality.
Another point in which you must
have a voice in is the settlement Of
the conditions of peace. We have dis
cussed war aims and the conditions
under which we are prepared to make
peace at the war cabinet. We arrived
at an agreement on the subject last
year with the representatives of the
dominions, and we shall reconsider
the same problems in tho light Of
events which have occurred since
and we shall reconsider the whole of
these problems. l have no doubt, in the
course Of the next few weeks.
Canada and Australia and New
Zealand. yes. and Newfoundland
they have all contributed their share
of sacrifice, and they are entitled to
an equal voice with the representa-
tives of these islands-will determine
the conditions under which we are
prepared 10 make peace. Unless am
mistaken, we are pretty well in
agreement upon them.
Evening star., 1918-01-11
COURT SEES NECESSITY
OF PROTECTING MALE SEX
Sentences Three Persons Convicted
Of Using Mails to Defraud
Men Seeking Wives.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. January IL
I'VE must protect our SEX" Judge A. B
Anderson Of the United States district
court here said late yesterday, when he
passed sentences on Bates Potter. his
wife and stepdaughter, Bessie White
ford. of Vincennes, charged with using
the mails to defraud men seeking
wives. The Potters lived in ram.
shackle house in the edge of Vincennes
They were said to have cleared abou,
$4,000 by means of their correspond.
ence with men. whose names they OBJ.
tanned from a matrimonial paper.
Were they preying on unsuspectins
males?" Judge Anderson asked Assist
ant District Attorney Mangus.
YES" Mr. Mangus said, who then
told the court the scheme the Potters
worked was to indicate they were will
ing to become tho wife" of any man
who would SEND money for railroad
fare and wedding dress. In telling OF
the way they worked, Mrs. Potter said
"That marriage paper that we got the
names from just took the men as mine
rum" She added that her niece be-
came acquainted with her first husband
in that way. "and he was no good"
THE pictures We sent the men were
just out of movie magazine and
pasted on a card, and If the men had
been smart they wouldn't have fell for
u.s." Mrs. Potter said.
Yes, but we are not smart when it
comes to that" remarked Judge Ander-
son.
Potter was sentenced to Jail for five
months, his wife for four. months and
Bessie Whiteford for one day. All
three had pleaded guilty.
Evening star., 1918-01-11
count" PERREARD DIES
Noted Restaurateur Had Been in
Business Here for Forty
Eight Years.

Jean Marie Perreard, restaurateur,
well known as Count" Perreard. died
at George Washington Hospital last
night after an Illness Of five weeks.
Count" Perreard had been In busi-
ness In Washington for forty-eight
years. He was seventy-ive years old.
coming from France when twenty-fiv
years of age. He was born in Savoy
Fiereres June s. 1914.
He opened up his first place of busi-
ness in Washington in 1869. then at
14th street and Pennsylvania avenue.
He had moved several times, his last
street.
His many friends will recall the an
nual celebration, to which all of his
friends were invited. in commemora-
ton Of the fall of the Bastile. July IA,
the day famous in French history. He
held this affair every year, and made
much over it. Count Perreard is sur
vived by his wife.
Evening star., 1918-01-11
POLISH premier INFORMS
KAISER OF NATIONS AIMS
Also Discusses With German Au-
thorities Chief Current Questions
in the New Kingdom.

AMSTERDAM. January 11-Before
leaving Berlin, Prof. Kucharzevski, the
Polish premier. announced that he had
put before the German emperor "the
most urgent wishes Of our young king
dom," and had discussed with the Ger
man authorities the chief current ques-
tions, especially concerning participa-
tion by Poland. in the negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk and the creation of a
Polish army on a broad national basis.
He, also suggested the abolition Of sew
eral exceptionally oppressive regula-
tions in Poland. laid stress on the
necessity OF obtaining amnesty and dis
cussed arrangements to hasten as
sumption by the Polish government of
the administrative departments and the
question of the appointment of Polish
diplomatic representatives to friendly
and neutral nations.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
the Polish council of regency has ar
rived there for conferences with the
government.