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The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
U. S. SANCTIONS
FIGHT APPEALS
TO BOLSHEVIKI
Government Permits and
Pays for Cables Urging
Resistance to Germans.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York. Feb. 27.-The United
States government today permitted
and helped almost every radical So
cialist and pacifist organization in
New York to send to the Russian peo-
pie cable messages urging them to re-
sist the German invasion.
The messages were sent not only
with the approval of the government
but through the government and at
the governments expense. Convinced
that Ex-Premier Lenine and Foreign
Minister Trotsky, of the Bolshevik
government, were yielding to the
Germans partly because they believed
they had been abandoned by the rad
icals Of the rest of the world, the gov
ernment sent word through an agent
in New York that messages of en-
coura cement to the Russian people
would be transmitted through official
channels.
Instantly there Were hurried confer.
ences of Socialist, pacifist and Other
radical groups to frame cablegrams
These messages We're gathered by q
person designated by the authorities
ana tofthWlth were sent to Washing
ton to be forwarded through the State
Department to Petrograd.
The messages were sent coincident'
ally with news from Ambassador
Francis at Petrograd that the Ger
mans were within eight hours marcel
Of the Russian capital and that the
Bolshevik government was preparing
to move to Moscow.
'All America is aroused by the Ger
man advance. 1t. is a blow to labol
and democracy in all lands. We senc
you assurances that the American
people are with you and urge you t
resist the Germans to the end" wa!
the gist of the American radicals ap
peal to the Bolshevik. Some of tn,
messages were directed to Trotsky
and Lenine, while others were sent tC
the council of people commissaries.
Messages also were sent to the So
cialist organization at The Hague
Holland; Berne, Switzerland, anC
Dietz, Denmark, asking these latte
to send to the working classes in Ger
many and Austria Hungary an appea
vigorously to oppose your rulers
(the Kaiser's) efforts to crush th'
Russian revolution"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
JEWISH BATALION
ToDEEEND PALESTINE
New York Hebrews Call Upon Non,
Draftable to Enlist.

New York, Feb. "a call TO arms
to the unbeatable Jews of the
United States to fight in Palestine
under the Jewish flag was issued
tonight by Joseph L. Cohen, the
organizer Of the Jewish battalion
raised in this country in co-opera-
ton with the British mission,
The Jews Of England already have
taken up the shield Of David as their
banner" the call declares. This is
no hour for haIf-hearted hesitation.
National loyalty is the battle cry
Of the world and of the Jews
The first contingent Of the Jewish
battalion will leave New York for
Boston tomorrow after a parade
down Fifth avenue. They will reach
Boston Friday morning and will be
reviewed by the governor of Massa-
chusetts. the mayor of Boston and
a committee Of leading Jews. The
following telegram was sent to Lord
Reading. British Ambassador in
Washington, tonight:
On the eve of our departure for
active service in Palestine the mem-
bers of the first contingent Of the
Jewish battalion send you hearty
GREETINGS. in the hope OF the New
Zion"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
Lithuania May Soon
Accept Saxon King

Zurich, Feb. T-Negotiations
are in progress for the union of
Lithuania and Saxony, according
to a dispatch from Dresden, with
Prince Frederick Christian, sec
ond son of the King Of Saxony,
as King of Lithuania- The pour
parlers indicate that the wishes
OF the Poles for a renewal of the
old union between Poland and
Lithuania will not be fulfilled.
Prince Frederick Christian is "a
years old and is an officer in
the Saxon army. His mother was
Princess Louise, who, gained much
notoriety fifteen years ago. She
was divorced by her husband in
1905, and in 1907 was married to
Enrico Toselli. an Italian mu-
siclan. -...
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
Huns Torpedo Missed
American Vessel Which
Rams and Sinks U-Boat

Baltimore. Feb. 27.-A slight
dent in the bow of his ship and
a check for a goodly sum in his
pocket were the evidences
brought here by the master Of
an American steamship to show
he encountered and sank a Ger
man submarine on his last trip
across. He described the action
as follows:
81 saw the torpedo coming.
1t was too late to stop and 1
hoped il would pass. 1t did, and
I followed directly in the wake
the torpedo made coming toward
us.
We had gone a short dis
tance when the submarine rose
to the surface a few yards away
see what damage had been done.
We were going at full speed
and Huns tried to avoid our
bow, but we crashed into IL full
tilt. There was a distinct shock
and we could see the U-boat
wreck sinking rapidly"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
HOSPITAL SHIP
TORPEDOED BY
HUN U-BOAT
GEenart Castle Sinks; Mum,
Der of Passengers Are
Still Missing.

London, Feb a.1eferIran USboats
added to their toll early yesterday
when the British hospital ship Glen
art Castle was sunk. with rescue ships
still searching for eight life-boats
containing survivors.
A torpedo struck the vessel amid
ships. She was proceeding outward
without patients, with all lights burn
ing, and the character of the steamer
must have been apparent to the sub
marine crew.
Destroyer to Rescue.
Wireless messages brought, an
American torpedo boat destroyer,
which picked up the greater num-
Der of the 800 passengers. They were
landed at Swansea, Wales.
Before the arrival of the rescuing
destroyer eight life-boats. heavily
laden, had put out from the side of
the fast sinking Glenart Castle.
They were beyond sight Of the hos
pitaI ship when the destroyer arrived
and, though the crews made diligent
search, they have not yet been To-
Gated.
The official report follows:
"The British hospital ship Glenart
Castle was sunk in the Bristol Chan
mel at a. m yesterday. She was out
ward bound and had all her lights
burning. There were no patients on
board
Survivors have been landed by an
American torpedo-boat destroyer.
Eight boats are still adrift. Further
information will be published as re-
ceived."
The Glenart Castle, 6S07 tons gross
and 40 feet long, was built at Belfast
in 1906. She was owned in Southamp-
ton.
The Bristol Channel is an arm of
the Atlantic extending into the south
England and Wales.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
THREE HUN ATTACKS
REPELLED BY FRENCH
Rifle Fire and Artillery Beat Back
German Raiders.

London. Feb. 27.-Three German
attacks of more than average Vigor
near the sectors held by American
guns or infantrymen were beaten
off by the French today. Two at
tempts to penetrate the French
lines were made on the Chemih des
Danes front. north of the Aisne,
where American batteries were last
week officially reported to be aiding
the French, and the third was in the
Champagne, near the Butte du Mes
nil. In each case the would-be raid
ers were dispersed by the French
artillery and rifle fire. The gun
duels at Verdun continue.
German flyers again raided Nancy,
behind the American sector in Lor-
raine, causing some casualties.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
ssO0,O0O,OOO
LOAN Is ASKED
FOR BRITISH
Premier Borden of Can
ada Joins Lord Read
ing in Request.
Special to The wsshinsson Herald.

Toronto, Feb. N.-As q result Of
the conference now being held in
Washington between Treasury of1-
eiaIs, Lord Reading, Premier Borden
and A. K. MacLean. acting minister
Of finance, 1t is likely that q new
credit of 500, Oo0. 900 or $500, 900 will
be granted by the United States
to Great Britain. The objects, it
is understood, are to provide for pay
ment of overdue British obligations
and to establish a fund for resump-
ton Of heavy production Of war ma
terials in the Dominion.
VIII Benent Canada.
1t is also probable that the wheat
exports corporation will advance S25,-
10000. in anticipation of delivery OF
Canadian wheat. II these measures
are taken Canadian exchange on
New York will benefit. At present
the rate is against Canada to the ex-
tent OF about $13.5 per 8, 900.
Canada's international financial re-
lations are peculiar, in that while
Canada is a creditor nation to the ex-
tent OF some $500, 900, 900 to countries
NIACA AAAdu NhC CllllCu OIdlcSB uuc "
excess exports. this country is a
debtor to the United States to the ex-
tent of some 800, 200. due to ex-
cess imports to Canada from the
United States. Canada cannot
promptly meet her obligations to the
United States until her debtors
pay up.
To Keep Factories Running.
This situation creates two impor-
tant probIems-the righting of ex-
change and the maintenance of busi-
ness in Canada on a large scale.
War orders from Great Britain have
lately fallen OF seriously. Britain
wants to place in Canada as many
orders as the country can handle, but
for this new credits are necessary.
The effect of the decline is war busi-
ness is indicated by the fact that
whereas some 35, 900 women were work.
ing in munition plants in Canada a
year ago. few are employed now. A
considerable number Of men have also
been released from munition plants.
Canada has received a fair amount
of war orders from the United States,
but not sufficient to counteract the
decrease in the volume of orders from
the United Kingdom. These United
States orders, however, eventually
Will tell in the balance of trade be-
tween the two countriez.- .
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28

Count Sokuma and Terauchi are
alleged to have been consulted in
the matter of Tagore's proposed
tour OF the United States and to
have approved.
The cablegram from Zimmerman
to Bernstorff concerning Hido
Nakao was dated January L 1917,
and was:
VERY secret. The Japanese Hido
Nakao is travelling to America with
important instructions from the India
committee and he is to deal exclu-
sively with Chakravalry (this refers
to c. K. Chakravalry, of New York;,
accused by the government of being
head of the Hindu conspirators in the
United States). Inform the imperial
minister at Pekin and the imperial
consul general
consul general at Shanghai that they
are to send in Nakao's reports regu-
larry. advise giving Nakao in in
stallments up to 10000 in all the
execution of his plans in American and
Eastern Asia. Decision as to utility
of the seperate payments Is left to
your excellency and to the imperial
legation at Pekin. Dispatch follows" I"
A cable from Bernstorn to Zim-
mermann declared that the work in
Japan is going unusually well. more
than our expectations"
The Hindu trial has been in progress
here for three months. The defense
opened its case late today.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
Stock Exchange Tries
To Curb False Rumors

New York. Feb. 27.-An effort will
be made TO prevent the further spread
ing of false and sensational rumors
from Wall Street. The practice had
grown 20 such an extent that the gov
erning committee of the stock ex-
change adopted the following resolu-
ton today:
"Al members of the exchange shall
report to the secretary of the ex-
change any information which comes
TO their notice as 10 the circulation
Of such rumors."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
US. AVIATORS
MAKE FLIGHTS
OVER CAPITAL
Use Curtiss Machine That
Will Later Have Lib
erty Motor.

American ariators in small Sur
tiss blplane replaced their British al
lies In performing feats IN the air
above Washington yesterday, while
thousands looked upward at their ex-
liibition of skill.
High winds early Tuesday morning
blew down the canvas hangar that
housed the large Avro biplane of the
British aviation mission here. One of
the ridge poles struck and injured a
wing OF the machine, making prom
ised flights by members Of the mis-
sion yesterday impossible.
The American officers flew in the
machine that will be used in testing
the Liberty motor that American en-
gineering genius has combined to turn
out. Just when the demonstrations
will be given is not known, but they
are expected within the newt fort
night
Marked with a white star with a
red center in a field of blue and with
its rudder painted red. white and blue
in vertical stripes, the Curtiss ma
chine is much smaller than those
brought here for use by the British
mission and which have been seen
over the city daily since their arrival.
Damage to the British machine was
not great and it will be repaired in a
short time.
Meanwhile the second Avro machine
may be set up and used by Col. Lee
and Lieut.. Sully. who have carried
several of the nations lawmakers up
for their first trip in an airplane.
Washington Barracks battery Of
searchlightS again played over the
skies last night in one Of the nightly
drills for detection of air raiders
Circular spots of light marked where
the long white beams from the search
lights struck the clouds over the city.
Straight upward. from side to side.
singly and combining in one solid
broad beam the searchlights played
about seeking the imaginary enemy.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
ARREST WASHINGTON
WOMAN IN VIRGINIA
Mrs. Thomas R. Kirby Must Plead
to Larceny Indictment.

Harisonburg, Va, Feb. 27.-Under
indictment for grand larceny in
Washington. Mrs. Thomas R. Kirby,
Of Timberviile. Va, was arrested by
local police here today, on a war
rant obtained by Washington
authorities.
Mrs. Kirby. who is % year old.
was in Washington and the vicinity
for several years, and came to this
city only recently. Her arrest fol-
lowed release from a local hospital
upon recovery from the effect OF
twenty-four grains of bichloride of
mercury tablets which she swallow
ed in an effort to commit suicide.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Gertrude Lloyd. Mrs. Kirby de-
clared tonight that her employer
mad given her the articles she is
charged with stealing when she
left after her marriage.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
COOK FOUND GUILTY
ON BLACKMAIL CHARGE
Fined $1,000 and Given Twelve
Months for Extortion Attempt.

Atlanta. Ca. Feb. N-On a charge
Of attempting to blackmail Asa G.
Gambler, multi-millionaire mayor OF
Atlanta, out of $4,000, J. W. (Hand-
some BID Cook was found guilty late
today. He was fined $1,000 and SEN
fenced to twelve months imprison-
ment.
Cook was indicted with Mrs. Hirsch.
prominent in local Red Cross work
and wife of a well-known insurance
man. She will be tried Friday.
Testifying in his own behalf, Cook
swore that he saw Mrs. Hirsch and
Mayor Gambler in a compromising
position in the mayors office and
stoutly denied that he was a party to
any blackmailing scheme against the
executive.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
80 AMERICANS LOST
FROM u. S. NAVY TUG
Cherokee Swamped When Steering
Gear Breaks on Vessel.

An Atlantic Port, Feb. 27.-Twenty-
nine American sailors and officers lost
their lives and ten others narrowly
escaped the same fate when the naval
tug Cherokee, her steering gear out
OF order, was swamped by heavy seas
a dozen miles off Fenwick Island light
in the gale Tuesday morning.
First announcement of the catas-
trophe was made To-day by the Navy
Department just as a British tanker
and a British steamer reached this
port with the survivors and the bodies
of some of the dead.
The ten men who survived owe their
lives to the heroism and disregard of
death shown by British naval gun
ners and merchant marine officers on
board the British tanker.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
LODGE SCORES
ACTS OF FUEL
DICTATOR
Senator Says No Need Ever
Existed for His APP
pointment.

No need for a Fuel Administration
ever existed. Senator Lodge, Of Mas
sachusetts, told his fellow Senators
today on the floor. The Senator is a
member Of the subcommittee that re-
Gently investigated the coal and sugar
shortages.
Secretary of the Interior Lane or
Francis s. Peabody should handle the
coal situation, instead of a lot Of
amateurs" declared the Senator.
Compliments Hoover.
So far as the sugar situation was
concerned, the Senator said he
though Mr.. Hoover made every effort
to secure railroad distribution. but
he was thwarted by the railroad
situation, the shipping situation and
priority orders.
Abiding TO the Fuel Administra-
ton, the speaker said:
'There was no need for il; no rea-
son why II should exist at all. and
the powers. however. amiable the
purposes Of their posessor might be,
have been employed in such a way as
to make a bad situation worse and
do nothing but harm. l know that
in what 1 have said am open 10
the suggestion that my criticism is
purely destructive. So it is, but it is
the destruction which is intended 10
precede construction"
The Senator criticized severely the
Fuel Administrations price-fixing
policy. saying that distribution Of
food products had been hindered to
disastrous extent.
Opposes Priee-f1inE.
The sugar shortage Senator Lodgr
! considered was caused by the attempt
to establish artificial prices and by
interfering to some extent with dis.
tribution- He said there WIS no
evidence that there was not enough
sugar for both our allies and our
selves. The Senator strongly criti.
cized the policy of price-fxing, say
ing. in effect, that il violates sound
economic doctrine and referring tc
it as a reckless experiment"
/ He made a strong plea for the
right TO criticize the administration
without being charged disloyal.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
Canadian M. P. Declines
To Appear with Bryan
Or "Any Pro-German"

Toronto, Feb. T-H. G. Hocken,
member of Parliament, has de-
clined to appear on the same plat
form with Col. William Jennings
Bryan. who Is billed to make an
address at the Canadian Prohibi-
ton Convention.
Il was invited to make a FIVE
minute speech at the convention"
said Mr.. Hocken. II wrote in re-
ply that would not on any ac-
count appear on the same platform
with Mr.. Bryan or any pro-Ger-
man."
Mr.. Hocken was mayor of To-
ronto for several terms and now
represents one of the constituencies
OF that city in Parliament. He Is
a member Of the Conservative
party.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
PREMIER OF CANADA
Sir Robert Borden Confers with
Executives of War Finance.

Sir Robert Borden. premier Of Cam
ada. was yesterday presented to Presi-
dent Wilson at the White House by
Lord Reading, the British Ambassa-
dor Later the two statesmen con-
ferTed with Secretary OF State Lam
sing.
Sir Robert says that he is here on
war business" for the dominion II.
is comforting with British and Amer
lean officials. Part OF the business is
belived to be the transfer 10 the
Canadian account of some of the Brit
ish credits with the United States
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
Uniform Makers WIN.

Philadelphia, Feb. I.-Work oI
United States Srmy and navy un
forms will be resumed after twenty.
two weeks OF idleness as the result (,
a victory won today by 3.o0o strilii
textile workers.
The manufacturers. sitter n stoT
session, which lasted all night,
ctded TO grant q Substantial raj
70 the workers.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
U. S. Patrol Kills Mexican.

Fl Paso: Tex, Feb. .1.-An uniden-
tilted Mexican was shot dead today
while crossing the International Bridge
when he refused to halt.
Private William T. Coleman. OF the
Border Patrol. was shot through the
arm by snipers in Federal uniforms
and is in a hospital
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
SENATE SHOWS RESPECT.

The Senate adjourned yesterday
out Of respect to Senator Albert z.
Cummins. Of Iowa. whose wife died
Tuesday night after three days M
ness with pneumonia. Funeral
services were held yesterday aftcr-
noon and Mrs. Cummins' body. ac-
companied by her husband. wss
taken TO Des MOines for burial
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
TORNADO HITS KANSAS.

Kansas City, Feb. 27.-Iola, Kans.,
tonight is reported swept by tornado
which has cut of all communication
with the outside world. The lola Smell
ter Works is reported on fire.
rs
Kansas City. NO., Feb. 27.-Yates
Center was visited by a cyclone to-
night which unroofed houses and blew
down barns and did. much damage to
livestock, telegraph aud telephone
lines. it is reported here
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
HUNDREDS KILLED
WHEN STAND FALLS
Women and Children Among Tram
pied Upon at Race Track.

London. Feb. Gin the collapse
of the Chinese public stands at the
Hong Kong Jockey Club races Tues
day. loo women and children were
trampled to death. according TO a
Reuter- dispatch from Hong Kong.
Fire broke out and several hun
dred others were burned to death.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
California Second Belgium.

Oakland, Cal. Feb. 27.-Unless the
war is won on the French front within
the next two years, California will be
the next Belgium. DR.. Frederick Vim
ing Fischer. member OF the National
Council of Defense, said at luncheon
here today.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
PLOT TO TAKE INDIA
LAID AT JAPS' DOOR
Count Okuma, Former Prime Minister, and
Other Officials Implicated After
Arrest on Pacific Coast.

Francisco, Feb 27-Count Okuma former prime minister OF
apan Terauch Rabndrat Tagoro the famous Hindu poet
and other of importance, principally Japanese Off
business directly implicated participants
revolutionary plot India free from British rule
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-14

partnership with the impossible Turk,
you devout worshipper in the Luther
an church. | confess, Wilhelm, you
are a puzzle at times A Mohamme-
dan army commanded by Prussian off
GERS assisting one another in massacre
ing Christians in a new line of war
fare. When Prussian officer can wit
ness a nude woman disembCwled by
o swarthy Turk, who committed Il
double murder with one cut of his
saber, and calmly stand by and see Il
house full of innocent Armenians lock-
ed up, the house saturated with oil and
fired, then my teachings did not stop
with you, but have been extended to
the whole German nation. | confess
my satanic soul grew sick and there
and then knew the pupil had become
til master | am a back number, and
my dear Wilhelm, | abdicate in your
favor. The great key of hell Will be
turned over to you. The gaFel that has
struck the doom of damned souls since
time began is yours | am satisfied that
my abdication in your favor is for the
very best interests of hell In the flu
tul'e | am at your majesty's service,
Affectionately and sincerely,
LUCIFER II. SATAN
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-14

Internal Regions, June 2S 1917.
To William Won HohenzolIarn, King of
Prussia, Emperor of all Germany and
Envoy Extraordinary of Almighty
God
My Dear Wilhclm:-
can call you by that familiar name,
for | have always been very close to
you, much closer than you could know,
From the time that you were yet an
mdeveloped being have shaped your
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-14
SATAN WRITES TO
KISER WILHELM
Ruler of the Region Below Abdicates
in Favor of the Worlds Champion
Exponent of Barbersm. Says
Pupil Has Become the Master.

This little satire, written by Louis
Syberkrop to please his friends and
their friends, has bccon.2 AZ elephant
on his hands.
Letters are pouring in from every
state of the union and Canada inquir-
ing for more copies. Already thousands
have bt9n forwarded to France, Eng
land and Canada.
Letters are coming from men OF
prominence such as Tumulty, Roosa-
welt and Secretary Daniels of the navy
Some Of satin's letters have already
found their way into the German
trenches by airship route.
II it is as good as they all say then
it is worth pushing along 1t will give
to you and your friends.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-31
ALL NURSES ARE ASKED
TO REGISTER.


An enumeration of all OF the nurses
in the United States Is being carried
on by the Woman's Council of Ma
tional Defense and filed with the gov
ernment at Washington. The census
of nurses forces ia now being made
in all parts of the country under the
supervision of special superintend-
ent nominated for that purpose. Miss
Myrtle Gardiner has been appointed
director in charge of the work in Ere
mont county and will furnish upon ap-
plication at Graves hospital. the nee
essary cards to be filled out
Every man and woman in the coun-
ty who is q trained nurse, graduate
or practical nurse, or an attendant.
whether at present actively engaged
in nursing or not. Is earnestly re-
quested to show their patriotism by
reporting to Miss Gardiner as early
as, possible. It Is desired to complete
the census by February tenth and all
nurses are urged to report promptly
to Miss Gardiner, the county direct.