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Troops Posted on Border to
Suppress Spread of News
of Rising Unrest.
MUNITIONS PLANTS n
TIED UP BY WORKl
Definite Break with Bolshe-
wiki at Litovsk May Start
ConAagration IN Empire.

Amsterdam, Jan. 2o.-Spsrks Of
sedihon are sputtering behind the
Theoretically sealed frontiers of
AustriaHunsas. threatening at any
moment to whip the empire-wide
discomfort into flames Of open re-
volt.
So widespread and intense is this
discomfort that the very troops de-
tailed to keep the borders closed
and the news from filterins through
are instrumental in keeping the
world posted on the progress OF
Bolshevikism in the Hspsours do
main.
Strikes and riots. mutinies and
peace demonstrations are the order
of the day.
Some of the largest plants are
affected, and the prospect of an en-
pire-wide munitions strike looms
large.
Vienna. Budapest and Prague
are hotbeds of radical propaganda.
Munition Plants I.v.Ivod.
One OF the lsrgest Austrian NUM-
tons plants, 1nst outside Of Vienna.
az Wiener-Seustsdt Ia Immediately
within the score Of the peace arita-
ton. as ary the big skods works out
! side OF PGfen.
Upon thS output Of these Austrian
plants Germany relies TO a ma terra
extent in connection with her much
herslded offensive in the West. She
has called every available man To tn
colors. including thousands previously .
exempted, to turn out munitions.
With the Italian danger TO Trieste
and Labache removed by German aid
Hindenburg insists upon so many mil
lion pounds, not OF flesh, but Of NUM-
tons from Austria
Austria Pledged to Peaee.
II is now clear. from advices that
reached here during the last twenty
four hours, that Germany. graveIy
alarmed over the effect Of BolshevsI-
I ism upon her army and navy. and her
home front, was determined TO break
on with the Russians at Brest-Lit-
| ovsk, but was prevented in the
| eleventh hour from doing 50 by CoUn,
Czernin. the Austrian foreign min
lister, who has pledged peace TO the
Austrian people in uneQuivocsl terms.
So irresistible is the Austrian peo-
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
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and that France, without steel and
ammunition in sufficient quantity
would be obliged to succumb.
The public attitude of official Ger
many is one of contempt for Amer
1ca's influence in the decision of the
war; her leaders are persistent in
making their people believe we do not
count. In his recent summing up OF
the military and political situation
before the Reichstag Chancellor Hert-
ling did not even mention America by
name.
But the German chancellor and his
Kaiser fully recognize the end to
their hope Of escaping a military de-
feat when the officially despised
America is able to make her full
might felt on the West front.
And that is the key to the present
situation.
The Coming Blow.
Thus the moment is ripe for a great
German effort. A blow is coming. Ger
many's want is great and pressing.
She is impelled by the necessity of
sustaining the courage and the blind
confidence of her people at home, who
are becoming unpleasantly inquisitive
strangely so for the disciplined Ger
man mind-now that her foes remain
uncrushed and the war goes on, de-
spite the promised success of drives
brilliantly begun.
her leaders appreciate as never be-
fore that something must be done to
retain the orderly quiescence of their
own subjects. while the need to throw
the full weight of all her striking
power somewhere on the allies lines
before REINFORCED by America is
patent and desperate.
Sne Is fronting the need for a decis-
ION, with her outlook the best it has
oeen since 1915, before she launched
her pent-up force upon Verdun. She
knows that in 1919 America will be on
the battle line in full force, and that
with America in full force her defeat
is inevitable.
She turns. therefore, now to the
west front as the one where a success
full blow will be also a decisive one.
and to the French end of the line be-
cause she believes that France, having
paid in blood more than all the allies
combined. has passed the meridian of
her man power and cannot endure an
other Verdun without exhaustion.
She remembers the campaign of last
April, which to her amazed relief
came to a sudden end at a moment
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
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Action Quite Apparent.
And when the aforesaid crew
including many Washingtonians,
regular "old salts of the gambling
world, were told that they were un-
der arrest-well. there was action
Eyes. action is the word), for a few
passionate moments above the
aforesaid craft
And when these self-sane "old
salts" were told that Gov. Stuart
really meant it. that they were in
the tolls of the law. and that the
old ship which had taken their
money away from them for so many
years was going to be blown up
well. there was enough gloom to
mantle the Potomac in mist all the
way down TO New Por News.
The old ark had been safe from
the law for so long-being located
somewhere in the middle of the
river. you know, "in a neutral
zone" of shore. where the Mary
land and Virginia authorities could
entertain grave doubts over their
respective powers of Jurisdiction,
that many Washington members of
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German Socialists Talk
Terms with BoIsheyik;

stockholm, Jan. T7.-(Delayed) )-The
Alton Tidningen' is informed by
Bolsheviki officials in Sweden that
Scheidemann and several other Ger
man Socialist leaders are now in
stockholm and have met the Bolshe-
Wiki in conference.
Scheidemann and the Russian rep
resentatives deny, however. that these
conferences are in any way connected
with separate peace, and declare that
a separate peace conference may be
held either in Christiana, Copenhagen
or Stockholm.
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TWELVE DEAD.
ONE A NURSE,
"OVER THERE
Pershing Reports Deaths Of
Eleven Enlisted Men and
One Woman.

Deaths OF eleven enlisted men
and one nurse were reported to the
War Department last night by
Gen. Pershing. commanding the
American expeditionary forces in
France. Eight of the enlisted men
were victims of pneumonia.
The nurse was Helen Fairchild.
daughter of Ambrose Fairchild, of
Watsontown. Pa. whose death
from acute yellow atrophy OF the
liver occurred at the base hospital
January Is.
Casualties among enlisted men
were:
sergt. AARON FRAZIER, Steve
dores, January Is. pneumonia; emer-
gency address, Asia Erby. friend,
IS25 Laudrede street. Selma, Ala.
Corpl. CLAUDE l. ROBINSON,
Engineers. January is. myocarditis;
emergency address, Mrs. A. L Rob-
inSoS. mother. Mount Sterling, Ohio.
Pvt. (first class) THEODORE W.
FARMER, Engineers. January II,
pneumonia; emergency address,
Mrs. A. B. Farmer. mother, 7O4
FIinty street. Albany. Georgia.
Pvt. CHARLES G. IRONS, Infan-
try. January 16. pneumonia; emer-
gency address, Lillian Halliday.
cousin, SO Magnolia avenue, Jersey
City, n. ].
Pvt. TANNER BOYD, Tabor COM
pany. Quartermaster Corps. January
II. pneumonia; emergency address.
Milly Boyd, Walden. Miss.
Pvt. GEORGE w. VROMAN, Am
munition Train, January II. pneu-
monia: emergency address. Mrs.
Anna Langhoop. mother. 547 West
First street, Casper. Wyoming.
Pvt. (first class) WILLIAM ].
CUMMING, Ambulance Company.
January 5. meningitis and measles:
emergency address. Mrs. James
Cumming, mother. 107 Linwood ave-
nue., Bridgeport, Conn.
Pvt. (first class) ARTHUR R.
PETERSON, Ambulance Company,
January s. typhoid fever: emer-
gency address. Henry Peterson.
father. IL Duke street. Providence,
r. /.
Pvt. JOHN V. SISSEL, Infantry,
January Is. pneumonia; emergency
address. John A. Sissel father,
Gazelle, Cal.
Pvt. HENRY PLUMMER. Steve
dores, January 19. pneumonia; emer-
gency address. Henriette Plummer.
mother, Pachuta, Miss.
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FIRST
In THIS WAR,
SAYS MURPHY
Red Cross Organizer De,
clares Masses Must Decide
Issue Of Conflict.

New York, Jan. 2O.-"This is a war
not so much OF trained armies but of
peoples-the people behind the fronts.
They must support the fighting forces
in every way. No nation fighting
against the central powers can af-
ford TO crack in this essential determi-
nation at home to see things through,
for the nation which cracks is a ma
ton which will be crushed"
So declares Mai. Grayson NJ. P.
Murphy, who organized the work Of
the American Red Cross in Europe on
behalf OF H. P. Dawson, of J. P.
Morgan and Company.
The first tangible evidence to the
average Italian that the United States
was in the war for all il was worth"
was given by the Red Cross when four
ambulances with American flags fly
ing set out from Milan TO aid the
Italian people.
Mai. Murphy arrived this afternoon
and Immediately reported to Mr.. Da-
vison. Between 100000 and $500
600 has been expended in the work.
Maj. Murphy is satisfied that his i'm
mediate work is accomplished. He
will apply to the War Department for
a commission in the regular army in
the expectation of returning to Europe
without a short time.
The major said:
"Since April when the United States
declared hostilities with the Germans.
achievements of the highest moral sig
nificance have been accomplished by
the Red Cross
"Our work" said MAJ. Murphy.
began to broaden when we took up
our task in Europe. There is not an
aspect of life in either France or Italy
that is not embraced in our program.
We are caring for thousands of wom-
en- and children; We are arranging for
adequate housing and hygienic condi-
tions; We are physically and morally
rebuilding stricken people: We are re-
making wounded men, furnishing the
best artificial limbs for the mutilated
soldiers; We are stamping out rampant
and deadly diseases; we are making
the man in the trench realize that
while he is fighting his people at home
are being cared for.
The tuberculosis situation I'm France
is now in a firm grip.
I'VE inaugurated our work with
seventeen men; now there are hun
dreds engaged, including many Amer
lean women.
"The Germans have been sending
daily 1000 French women and children
and old men from the occupied re-
gions of Northern France to us
through Evain and half of the ar
rivals usually have been children"
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Blizzard IN Southwest
Paralyzes Communities

Ell Paso, Jan. a0.-The worst storm
in ten years is raging in this vicinity
today. Three and a half inches Of
snow fell and the mercury has drop
ped from fifty-seven degrees to ten
above zero in eighteen hours.
Hundreds of Mexicans in Northern
Mexico are facing death from the
cold.
Heavy snow drifts have caught
thousands of head of cattle on
ranches in the Panhandle and New
Mexico. and it is feared it will be inn
possible to save them.
All continental railroads are snow
bound in New Mexico and street car
traffic in El Paso is paralyzed.
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the sporting fraternity believed il
w$s permanently immune, and
made Sunday trips TO its cabin
regularly, and lost their money
regularly.
Heath Clan Caught.
Now all that is over, and AIexan-
dria's one and only gambling hell"
has closed down ITS batches for good
The men were arrested on warrants
charging them with gambling. Five
are charged with conducting gambling
and the twenty-four others are simply
charged with gambling, but some Of
the latter were simply spectators, The
1--WE charged with gambling are: Ed
ward Heath, sr.: Edward Heath, 1r. /;
Joseph Heath. the last named being
sons of the first named; Joseph Heath,
a nephew of Edward Heath, ST., and
Joseph Davis.
The twenty-four men taken in Gus
tody in addition to the foregoing who
were found on the ark gave these
names: W. B. Combs, J. W. Glenn
son. W. T. Ladsn. Thomas RatcIiffe,
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
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ARGENTINA REJECTS
NEW HUN MINISTER
Refusal 10 Confirm Count Donoff
May Bring Break

Buenos Aires. Jan. 2o-The German
government, through the Argentine
minister at Berlin. has made repre-
sentations to Argentina with regard
to the detention OF Count Luxburg.
the dismissed German charge, on the
Island of Martin Garcia.
simultaneously with these representa-
tions, the Argentine government. it
was learned tonight, rejected a sug-
gestion of the Berlin government to
accredit Count DONOR, now acting
secretary Of the German legation
here. as envoy plenipotentiary to the
Argentine government
Argentina's rejection of a successor
to Count Won LuKburg, as reported in
the above dispatch. may mean the
first step toward an open break.
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HAPSBURG DYNASTY In PERIL
ASAUSTRO.HUNGARIAN REVOLT
SEEPS THROUGH STRIKE RIOTS
Raid Gambling Ark;
20 Men Put in Jail;
Craft to Be BLown Up

Aexandnas famous gambling ark dereict total loss.
There need for a meekng
party of raiders sooped down the ship yesterday afternoon
arrested enty-nne of the and con6scad quantity
ette wheels and other paraphernaia.
The raiders operating under from Governor Stuart of
Virginia the gallant gaming the surprise of their lives
when they boarded the ship much the of Captain Kidd
his pirates of the Spanish Main
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By cASPAR WHITNEY.
{ Washington Herald and New York Tribune.
(CopYright, I0I8O

While America defects of machinery, Ger
many planning capable of delivering And
tardy development striking power monn-
detection Italy, which brought
unexpected advantage the Germans with correspond
disadvantage entered the critical
OF the
indeed, the which loomed with the
forced OF defense,
the pelou days of the Marne;
among the allies of likely ending of the
during 1917
coming in Russia,
march OF the central Iayinauguad through the
position
Italian coloring blotted from
look despite British in Flanders and of the French
and Craonne where the breaking the
line seemed possibility until the mddlng pancstricken
French politicians.
year ago their armies
equal battling decision with Germany and viewed
prospective help rather
material supplies than OF armed cooperation.
But the debace in Russia and the
is proceeding Italy have developed the need for soldiers
that they regarded factor-helfhe cog
abae 6nish Of sc has adanced comparatively
mediate future to a point beyond prophecy.
Today it is situation of gravity.
clements
FIRSTThe necessity Germany attaining prompt peace while
the morale OF her people stimulated success
tay and diplomatic and before
unbearabe Hence overwhelming force
decision is imperatvey needed and consequently impending
SECONDTh Russian collapse Germany to concentrate her
forces the Western 'front.' Sonk hearen her
people by the hope Of quick resources
multiplying the blockade
THRD-The victories the Italian 'front.' which, by necesating
British and French Reinforcement the ally lines in
France. "
FOURT-Ihe German propaganda America the
effect that the problem of beating solved and
Will be solved before the weight of American can be a
piled on the Western 'front.'
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All Quiet Report from
British West Front

London, Jan. 2.-"An is quiet"
again was the substance OF dispatches
from the West front today.
Except for moderately vigorous ar
tillery exchanges, there was no action
of consequence either in the British
or French sectors. Sharp local infan-
try fighting continues, however. in
the Italian theater, with success fuc-
tuating between Teutons and Italians,
but with the latter decidedly on the
initiative.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-21
BOWS
TO COAL LAW
Merchants Will Garry Out
Garfelds Order; Meet
ing Called Tonight.

The situation in the District brought
about by DR.. GsrheId's fuel order will
be discussed by the retail merchants
Of the city and John L Weaver. Fed
ersI fuel administrator for the DIS
trict. at the annual meeting Of the Re-
tail Merchants Association in the
Board OF Trade rooms tonight.
With the exception OF the govern
ment departments, Washington TODAY
practically will cease business. The
street cars will run as usual and, un-
der a modification OF the order issued
yesterday by the United States Fuel
Administration. an grocers and deal
ers in foodstuffs will be permitted 10
keep open all day. Theaters, moving
picture houses and other amusements
also will be open today. though they
will be closed tomorrow.
Stores to Close.
Department stores and other busi-
nesses OF the city will close.
A temperature Of not more than 20
degrees will be peDnitted in stores to-
day. 1t does nottmatter where heat
comes from. It has been suggested
that stores be opened today with
temperature of 10 degrees IN the morn
ing and il was suggested that HEAT
generated by the lights and the peo-
pie in the store would make IT com
Portable enough.
The city has settled down quietly
to the observance of the order. n
many quarters the Fuer Administra-
ton was denounced for the drastic
step. But there appeared to be prac-
tically none who intended to disre-
gard it.
Church services were held in several
pastors homes yesterday instead OF
in the churches. This step was taken
in order TO conserve fuel it was an
nounced.
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Why German People Believe
That Americans Are BIuffino

The German press echoes the public
statements of Germany's high Of
ficials-
That America is not sincere;
That she trusted to the effect pro-
duced by the threat Of her financial
and material resources. and expected
Germany to yield without blood sacri-
fice on her. Americas. part;
That America is fully aware 1t is
quite impossible to find sufficient ton
mage to transport any large American
army before the end Of 1918 or the be-
ginning of 1913;
That a German victory will have
been won before then;
That it took two years for England
close at hand. to do any efficient work
on the French front or to master the
essentials of this new war game.
That Americans. still less prepared,
will be yet longer in learning their
business, and
That the heart Of America is not in
this war. and it is not probable she
will consent to the eirarmous blood
sacrifice she must inevitably make to
prove helpful or a conclusive factor.
Further light on Germany's failure
to read Alright the psychology of her
opponents Is furnished by the state
ment of what her leaders thought of
US and our relation to the war-as l
had the interesting fortune to hear il
in Paris through French secret service
sources.
They had profound contempt for the
materialistic attitude of the United
States.
They did not believe we would come
into the war. and asserted that II we
did II would be only because the influx
of gold had raised the cost of living
and the cost OF labor and raw material
TO such an extent that there was no
longer profit in supplying England and
France with munitions.
They Had Heard Bryan.
And when we declared for war
they were not overcome.
They had heard Bryan's boast of a
million soldiers rising up overnight"
and chuckled grimly at its dangerous
fatuosity; their agents\f \for two years
had reported u as making not a
single preparation, with the world on
fire all around US.
They had noted our fast and loose
course in Mexico.
They didn't care-when we finally
came in
They believed we were too late to
help.
They thought the submarine would
settle the war by starving England,
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Anna Held Seriously iii.

Milwaukee, Jan. 20.-Anna Held. the
actress. is suffering with neuritis al
st. Mary's Hospital here-It was re.
ported tonight by her physician that
her condition is serious.
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$7,850.07 Collected
So Far as Counted,
By Tabernacle Folks

Total collections nj the sum
day Tabernacle mp to and In
ciuding the Offering last Thurs
day night have been S7.SS0.07.
The collections since Thurs
day night have not been COUNT
ed.
At the "men enIys meeting
Thursday night. when 1900
Bible class men were In the Tab
ernacle, q total of t1,0S4.34 WINS
collected. This was the largest
single collection since the re-
vivsl started.
Up to lsst Tuesday the eoIIee-
tions had totaled S5,z52.e6, Since
then, until the following Thurs
day, the ofrerinss at the various
services have beens
Tuesday afternoon. ...a SASSY
Tuesday evening". ssS1.51
wednesday Afternoon. s44.54
Wednesday ieveAing.. t431.54
Thursday afternoon. -. S30.74
Thursday evening 49,. S1,054-34
Reay> made . plea mt yester-
days meetings for larger com
tributions. so. as to hurry along
payment of approximately s50,-
900 In expenses Incurred by the
campaign. He made II plain that
the money being collected at the
Tabernacle meetings II not for
Mr.. Sunday. He gets only n free
Will offering on the Anal day Of
the campaign. when expenses
shall haSe been met, the coIIee-,
tions win stop.
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THE,wssNa NaRNHEPAfn
ONE CENT

Last April The Washington Herald was
compelled by the high and uncertain cost of
newsprint and other materials going into the
making of a newspaper. to raise its price on
street sales and news stands to two cents a
copy,
Conditions less abnormal now enable us
to return to the old daily price of One Cent
Copy, and commencing today. and hereafter,
the daily price will be one cent on news stands
and on the streets in Washington and suburbs.
The delivery price which has been main
tanned at 30 cents month will continue. The
price for the daily and Sunday by mail will
be 45 cents month, or $500 year.
The marked improvement in The Herald
has been responsible for increased circulation
and advertising. The new price will. we feel
sure, add many thousands of readers and
friends The Herald will continue to improve
its news services and its feature services-now
the best of any daily paper in Washington
in the belief that by merit it will achieve
distinct place in a community that has been
exceedingly kind
CLINTON r. BRAINARD,
President and Publisher.
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Matinee Today, 2t2o. Poll Theater.
The Soul KisS-70 Singers, Dancers
Comedians. 2bc and Soc. No War Tax
ADV.
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Tardy America
Must Hurry to
Saue France
Who Will Win Worlds Greatest Gamble,
theRace Between Germany s Desperation
andAmerica s Slow Preparation? France
Calmly Waits Onslaught of Teutons.
Coming Year Most Critical of War.

SOTE-Caspar traveller writer explorer and
e correspondents in the world MEM
Relief in Belgium until the
with Germany In December last he
Joined Tribune and France
conditions there
bring Aperican
would This
of printing them is three
is compelling The mind Of
democracy requires to be mOved-Editor)
BY CASPAR WHITNEY.
Written Washington Herald and New York Tribune
Copyright, 1879
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-11
SOLlJ(;I()N DEL
C()NFL.I q
SUBMARINE
.EL GApTNETE DTSCUTERA
Ell ASUNTO EN- PROXIMO
CONSEJO DE MINISTRIES
Alemania tratara siempre
de guardian amistosas
relaciones con ell
reino hispano

Del Servicio Especial dc "LA PRENsA.'
MADRID, Septiemhre l0.-Hoy en-
la tarde una hora aVanzada, Sc Il
nuncio CUE Sc habia Ilegado una
soluci6n satisfactorIa acerca de la
question submarine entire Espana '
Aiemania. FL Gabinete discutira este
asunto en su pr0xima session.
FL corresponsal de un periodico
espanol en- Berlin, envio por tele-
grafia inalambrica. un despacho, ex-
presando que una eEtrevista con ei
:AImirante Won Hintze. actual Minis
tro de Relaciones de ,Relaciones Elk
teriores de Alemania, este funciona-
rio declare que Alemania intentaria
mantenerSe en- termnos amistosos con
Espana. Otro despacho de Viena dice
que Won Hintze hizo una declaration
eNpresardo que es verdad que la no.
to espanola contiene aigunos terminus
duros, peru que no tiene el gob!erno
ningin interes en- abandonar la amis-
tad de Espana.
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