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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
leutOns, Desperate in Their Need to P1eUent Ship
ments of Munitions and Food to Allies, Did Not
Hesitate to Attempt Lnfesting This Country With
q the Most Terrible Plaque
BY WILLIAM J. FLYNN
,TrS

IT WAS late at night In his private
- ofisce Harrison Grant was puazliug
over a report by Tom Bailey. an opera
five, announcing condition rather un.
pleasant for the president Of the Grimm
oIoEy Club. The letter simply announced:
Harrison. Grant.
Crlminology Club
Beg TO report that all I can learn
about Miss Dixie Mason Is that she
Is almost constantly in the company
OF the Germans, particularly Helm
rich Won Lertz. Yours truly,
BAILEY. Operative.
Thereby. for Harrison Grant. mys-
tery remained unsolved mystery which
neftled him, angered him. II had been
weeks. months. since he had first met
Dixie Mason, months in which he had
constantly seen her in suspicious sur
roundings-yet never In a position to
betray her. once he had even gone so
Tar ss to send special report on her
TO Chief F'lynn-a report which the chief
naturally received with a hidden smile
ard the announcement that he would
have the affair investigated from his
ONCE, that Grant allow her activities
TO pass unnoticed in the chase for big
ger game. But when a man Is lowering
between love and suspicion. he is not
likely to allow every opportunity to slip
Hence the private investigation which
Grant had ordered TO be made by his
operative. Bailey. with the resultant re
port. Half angrily Harrison Grant
filed the report in his cabinet and re-
turned to his desk, moody. silent
@ Not knowing. Of course. that in far
away part of the city Dixie Mason was
reading for the twentieth time an eX-
cerpt from the evening paper containing
an Interview with Harrison Grant, and
musing over the visualized features OF
the man she loved brought before her
eyes by the cold. staring type Of the
interview. Naturally, Grant could not
know that-and Dixie could not tell him
the secrets that she must te! no one.
fhe secrets that she must hold against
fhe inclinatio of her heart, that the
battle against Imperial Germany be Won
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

NcTt SdtHrdGU's article. Episode No
"-Ihe PiOt against Organized Labor
-hdiSer'S agents sink ship and per.
pctrdtc other OUtrdJCS to diScredu
iOHGShOTCmeH and TO tOUtcHt StrikeS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

\ finger pointed
to SCrH Wlcd line IN
III" Old uCnlOrall-
duu book. slowly
[ II g words were
Translated
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

But while they
y o { { Q d n II Il
Srhelupd. Harrison
Grant Il n II Billy
(aNInaugl WpIC
making their way
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

7 1p1I, ITITOUE IlOTTT
the city the word
radiated. the word
I Il at he final
breach had been
+ q a c h q d between
I Ii q lnnrShnrnnlnn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
To the River
bottom

PRECIOUS HuiUS. had been sent. CarceninE
and hobhinS, to the bottom Of the river
and already a spy was on his way to
telephone 10 report:
"lleIl". NJ Gates? Those cars have
been accounted for"
"iood :" Franz Won Rnte'en. alias
r. v. Gates, hung up the phone. then
turned to write ScrawlnE letter which
read:
Say, YOU shpowuers. Either You
give Us longShuTemen what we want
or Noull get worse than what hap
pCned when We turned over those box
cars. THE ATATITTEE"
Into Il naiIhuH went the letter. tn
reHcn The YhpowneTs by special deliy-
'r}. Just aS they were considering the
granting Of every demand OF the long
Nhol emCn But that letter changed their
attitude entirely.
"t'all uU union headquarters and tell
them that al negotiations are Off"
rri rcd the president. IF those long
,hOrcmeu think they can bully us they're
lady mistaken. Wei give them moth
ing ="
The message reached union headquar-
ttrs. And The reply flashed back over
the wire:
We don't know anything about the
sinking of your lighter. But If YOU
can't take our word for it"
We have your wOrd-thc confession
that YOU sank the lighter. signed by the
men who We're responsible" was the
rei"indcr.
There was only one answer for the
mel at union headquarters to make. and
they made it:
Then our only reply must come
in the form Of strike. We are sorry"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

The reported
the matter at once
to Secretary of
Labor Wilson that
some one was seek
ing TO cause dis
ruptiOn in the labor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

tie still was immi-
nent was more than
apparent in the
stopped. bearded
figure of a man who
stood funlblinE at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

But inst e a d.
Heinrich Won LertZ
was attending TO
another angle OF
Imperial Germany'S
campaign against
America. He was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

crashing Snla : n.
which seemed to
echo from ono SIDE
Of the Hudson TO
the other. Tho box
cars with { N cir
The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1918-11-05
u \ Department oi
Agriculture Weather
Bureau.

W o. m 50
UIsHr.f Er Tn0..f
This pstc Our Year Ago.
Highest a. I.na.f
For Amarillo rud Vicinity TO-
nieht cloudy rH.drr with minimum
iemeraiure about go degrees. NrI
urdHy generally Hir colder
West Texas Tonight cloudy .HI
der iu north aud west portion Wed
ncgdsy generally fair colder
synopsis - Weather Conditions
Tho air prcssur. continues high
ou over thr west GuII STATES and o.
lowest over fhr Mountain region
Temperature arr generally higher
except Boa The region uf tha unribWesi
where they arc lower with temprrs.
turts ui frCrtiul ur below TH. prrO.
pitstiuu Is light
The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1918-11-05

UE Associated Pros.
z ROME N.. HaI.H 4.
, naval t...r|. H... landed .
troop. m fhr ua.ma.aH I
, lands uf II.. uH Ite..I.
, HhgT tu. lIHHH .H. H
= HaHu Hn rU IH.H .aHI.
HIp Hr| DESTROYER. H|.. UHtr I
, landed troop. Hf E.m
...................,
The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1918-11-05
DAILY HEALTH REPORT

JEFF D BAHILET
Cfy a. sger.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
PRESBYTERIAN BODIES
CHOOSE MODERATORs
North and South Assemblies, Re-
spsctively, and Cumberland De-
nomination Hold Electdons.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. May 17.-Rev. DR..
J. Frank Smith Of Dallas. Tex, was
elected moderator OF the general as
sembly Of the Presbyterian Church Of
America at its 13oth annual session
here yesterday. DR.. Smiths closest
rival was DR.. John b. Kendall Of Lin.
coin University. Chester, Pa. The
election was made on the second bal.
lot. DR.. Smith scoring ass votes to DR..
Rendalrs ISL.
The assembly thsp voted to make
the election unanimous.
pURANT. Okla. May 17.-Dr. Jsmss
I. Vance Of Nashville. Tenn, VA.
elected moderator yesterday after.
noon by the Southern Presbyterian
essneral Assembly, in nfty-sighth an
nual session here. The other aspirant
FOR the place, Rev. DR.. A. N. Fraser of
Staunton, Va. received % votes
AGAINST los for DR.. Vance. The vote
then was made unanimous.
DALLAS, Tex. May 1.-THE Raw.
Cal. was elected moderator Of the
Cumberland Prssbytsrian Church et
the nrst days session Of the oighty.
eighth general assembly Of that body
here yesterday. Rev. Walton received
rs votes and Rev. ia Hralsy eS Ten.
uesseo ST.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
UPHOLD
JEWISH ASPIRATIONS

At the convention of the Protestant
diocese yesterday a resolution was
adopted providing for the appoint
ment Of committee OF three mem
bers to express to the Jewish con-
gress sympathy with Judah's national
aspirations and to declare to the con-
gress that the Protestant Episcopal
Church does not require Jews who
accept Jesus as the Messiah to for
sake the cherished love Of Jewish
family life or to be disloyal to Jew
ish national duty and privilege. ac-
cording to the matured decision of
the general convention of the church.
This resolution was presented to
the conference by Rev. J. H. Neirns
Of the Church of the Ascension, and
the personnel Of the committee pro-
vided by it will be made known later.
A, similar resolution was recently
adopted by a special committee OF the
Pastors Federation. Of which Rev.
Randolph H. McKim OF the Church OF
the Epiphany. Rev. Joseph T. Kelly
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
anu rev. ". VI. JohuoOl VI LLC 4ihoAaSs
Baptist Church were members.
In substantially the same form. this
has been adopted by practt-
cally every ministerial association In
Philadelphia and at the general con-
vention at Kansas City last year Of I
the Church of Christ (Disciples). It
will be brought up for adoption at
the Hebrew Christian Allfance 81
America convention to be held - cos
caEo the latter part Of this month.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
MARINE CORPS INVITES
AGGRESSIVE RECRUITS
Desires Men Qualified to Serve rs
o@cers; Speakers Visit Col
leges Here.

A campaign to secure red-olooded.
aggressive, Quick-thinking men eli
eible for officerships in the United
States Marine Corps was begun yes
terday by recruiting officers from the
station in The Star building. Acting
under general orders from headQuar-
ters, a speaking campaign to obtain
men for the Marine Corps was fnau-
gurated by Privates John F. Breslin
and Stanley F. Dyer and sergt- Nc
Dermott, a former member OF the
Washington police force. These men
addressed the student body OF the
law school of George Washington
University yesterday.
This morning at 10 o'clock the men
spoke before the academic section OF
Georgetown University. Another
meeting will be held this afternoon at
Georzetown at 4 o'clock. Monday the
men will speak again ut George
Washington and again on Tuesday.
Eighteen hundred commissioned Of
ficers are wanted as soon as possible
by the Marine Corps. This is made
possible by the recent increase IN the
Marine Corps from the former author
lied strength of 10000 to $4,000 men
College men in particular are desired.
They must enlist as privateB,- 90 to
Paris Island for a three-month course.
and then, on the recommendation OF
their superior officers, be sent to an
officers training camp.
Those wishing to enlist in the avia-
tion section will be sent to the ground
training school at Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology for a ten-week
course, and from there will go to an
aviation training camp for actual ny
ing practice. Student aviators will
enlist with the rank of gunnery SER
Eeant.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
YOUTH DRAFT BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE

Registration in the draft Of youths
who have become twenty-one since
June 5 is required under a bill which
passed the House yesterday without a
record vote. The House accepted the
conference report, which had already
passed the Senate. 1t was sent at
once to the President.
AS finally agreed to the bill provides
that youths registered under 1t shall
be placed at the bottom of the lists
l6fthose classes to which they will be
assigned and that students now in
medical and Theological schools shall
be exempt from the draft.
The only OPPOSITION to the bill in
the House yesterday was on the stu
dent exemption feature. Representa-
tive Mckenzie of Illinois, republican,
denounced the provision as ''class leg
islation, unamerican and vfolatfve
Of the principle that all Americans
are equal"
Representative Kahn of California,
republican, in reply, said it was nee
essary to exempt medical students in
order that the doctors. who lose their
lives in the war may be replaced and
the country saved from a recurrence
of the prevalence Of "Quacks" from
which 1t suffered some twenty-five
years ago.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
AUSTRIA'S POSITION LIKE
THAT TWICE HELD BY SPAIN
Kaiser Controls Hapsburg Monarchy Just
as Napoleon and Louis XIV Dominated
Spanish Kingdom in Other Centuries.

cast in the years before the present
connict. Austria, for the present at
least, is falling into the scheme of
things designed for 1t by those who
prophetically outlined the pan-Ger-
man empire that was to come. It
may be possible to restore Austria
Hungary as Spain was restored when
Napoleon's armies repassed the Pyre-
nees. 1t may be in Italy the condi-
tions which preceded the Napoleonic
upheaval.
Our attention has been fixed upon
the battlefield, where one of the de-
cistve conflicts of human history is
proceeding. and yet 1t may be that
agreements like that Of Brest-Ltovsk.
changes like those which are written
In the new alliance between Austria
and Germany, will prove more inter-
esting to those who come hereafter
and have q moro profound effect upon
the lives of millions Of people in the
future. In any event 1t IL essential
for the American people now not
merely to see what is happening in
the fields and on the hills Of Picardy
and Flanders. but also to keep in mind
those changes which are being made
alike on political frontiers and po-
litfcal ordinations on that eastern
fringe of Europe and in those coun-
tries which for the average American
exist only to be bounded in school
days and forgotten in maturity.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
OVERTIME At MINTS
RELIEVES COIN DEARTH

The shortage Of pennies and other
small coins. SO acute . few months
ago. has been entirely eliminated.
Raymond T. Baker. director Of the
mint, reported today.
BY working the Philadelphia, San
Francisco and Denver mints twenty
four hours a day large quantities Of
one-c pieces. nickels. dimes. quarters
and half dollars have been Accumulated
above the orders of banks.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
LONDON PRESS NDORSES
BALFOuR'S POSITION
But One Paper, the News, Takes
Opposite View on Peace Pro-
posal Statement.

LONDON. May 17.-The London
morning newspapers with one excep-
tion wholly indorse the position taken
by Foreign Secretary Balfcur on tho
question of peace proposals. set forth
in his house of commons speech yes
terday. the newspapers contending
that in that speech he disposed finally
of the pacifist suggestion that an op-
portunity for peace was missed be-
cause of the way the letters of En-
peror Charles last year were dealt
with.
The Daily News. which supplies the
exception. in taking the opposite view.
says that the facts so far as known
do not support Mr.. Balfour's claim
that the attitude Of the allies was
justified.
''It is impossible to believe, for ex-
ample" it says. that II the negotia-
tions had been conducted by Presi-
dent Wilson instead of BY the three
statesmen who conducted them he
would so easily have accepted the
conclusion that they offered no hope
Of stable peace"
Evening star., 1918-05-17

The promotion of Justice Walter !
Mccoy to the position of chief Justice
of the Supreme Court Of the District
of Columbia, made vacant by the
Of Chief Justice Coving-
ton, was regarded with approval By
members of the bench and bar today.
Justice Mccoy was kept busy receiv-
ing the congratulations of the law
yers, among whom he 10 held In high
regard both personally and for his
legal attainments.
Chief Justice Covington still has un-
der consideration several cases In
fore turning over the Office to Justice
Mccoy. The disposition of these mat
ters may defer the swearing In of the
new chief justice for several days In
the event of an early confirmation
Much. speculation was INDUCED to-
day among the lawyers concerning
the new appointee to succeed Justice
Mccoy as associate justice. The homo
rule element expressed disappoint-
ment in the failure Of President
Wilson to select a District man. es-
pecially in view OF the crowded con.
dition of the dockets Of the court
and because of the inactivity Of Con-
gress on the bill to increase the num-
Der of judges. A local man. they
pointed out, could have taken hold
at once and would not have to leara
the local practice and become ac-
quainted with local conditions. Others
expressed the view that. as there
are already three District men on
the bench, the Attorney General prob.
ably desired to maintain an equal
balance by naming a third out-of-
town appointee. as Justice Mccoy and
Justice stafford are the only two
judges not accredited to the District
Of Columbia.
Persons acquainted with Thomas j.
Bailey, the new nominee, are con-
yinced that he will make q good
Judge, He is described as a scholarly
man. we'll grounded In the Law, whe
comes from a common-law state.
having a practice somewhat Similar
to the District
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Again Urges Reinvestment.
Troops Joining British
Are New. Units Sent
Directly From the U. S.

Tho American troops referred to as
'the new American army" in dis
patches today reporting their arrival
in the zone Of British operations in
France. are the forces being brigaded
and trained with the British, prob
ably on the Flanders battle front.
They are not troops detached from
Gen. PArshinE's present forces but
are part OF the new movement Of
troops from the United States fore
cast by. Premier Lloyd George sorne
time ago.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Gave Up Life Like a Soldier,

Maj. Andrew Rasmussen of Port
land. Ore. who was killed a few DAYS
ago on the Picardy front. gave up his
life ike a soldier. his last expressed
wish being that he might be given a
military funeral.
The major. known to his friends as
~Ras.", was in q billet near the front
when shell came through the wall
ana exploded. The officers arm was
broken and a fragment of the pro-
5scttls penetrated his side. A surgeon
was soon by his side. and, after ex-
amining the wound. said: "YoulI be
all right. It's only . broken arm and
z little wound In the side." thinking
to comfort him.
MAJ. Rasmussen. however, had seen
Death too often in his fighting in
Aexico and with the Canadian army
In France and was not deceived. He
going to die and asked for q funeral
with all that goes with it."
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Features and
Fiction

cLEEk. MASTER DETECTIVE
, Tho Wizards Belt" 10 the
? title Of the next In this gripping
series Of detective stories.
; STERLING HELLO Interviews
the COUNTESS De CHAM.
? 6RuN, formerly Of Washington,
? now prominent IN Paris.
"erioham Young EnIIehtsns
) Henry 'viii''-another il the
; hoUsEaoAT. ON -THE.srYx
: series, BY JOHN kENoRIck
: "WoMEN ARE BUYING MANY
GOWNS OF LAST SEASON."
by ANNE RlTTENHoUsE.
- SIDE BET ON BART"
! shorty Mecabs story. BY Sew
olRL scours AS rHE
{ cEH cEouRT. nTErLax LINE !, OF AmER'.
) "WoTAN," . French war story,
BY Maurice Level.
GOVERNMENT 10 TAKING ex.
PloslvES FROM THE SKIES
AT ARLINGTON, VA.
5 "PRoxY"-another Of the JAREz
BUNKER stories, by Ellis
PARKER RlIrlER
REcLAIMINo MEN FOR sEav.
!. ICE IN THE v. 3. ARMY AND
NAVY.
IMPORTANT WORK or THE Y.
NJ. c. A. IN NATIONAL ARMY
) cANToNMENTs.
; A WAa GARDENER IN WASH.
THE RAMBLER WRITES OF
SEVERAL FAMILIES LIVING
AROUND GREAT FALLS.
You will find these stories next
sunday IN the special Features
Section Of The
) Sunday Star
= - .
Evening star., 1918-05-17
COAL DIVISION PLANNED.
Fuel Administration Delves Into
Needs Of Every Section.

In an effort to provide . proper
distribution of coal. tho fuel admin-
istration is investigating conditions
everywhere with purpose to estimate
the fuel needs Of every section Of the
United States.
The program. as It will be mapped
out, 1t is expected, will be ADOPTED
by the railroad administration FOR
cooperation in moving coal TO meet
the requirements. Tho War Indus
tries Board 10 also expected to use
II as Q basis for eurtailmsnts Of con-
sumption that it may impose on the
less essential Industries.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
MAJ. GEN. BELL RELIEVED.
HIS Been in Charge Of 18th Na.
{. tional Army Division.

TodAy'S Army orders announce the
Aelise OF Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Boil
from command Of the 77th National
Army Division.
4HtX eba1Ad The report Of the msdi.
~ eoaxa was not made public For
TIA present Gen. Boil 10 to remain In
hommeu& at Camp UPTON
Evening star., 1918-05-17
WAR STAMP DAY
TO Be June 28
To Mark elimination Of Cam
paign, Following Red
Cross Drive.

National W.. g. s. day is to bs June
20. While no formal announcement
OF the fact thas been made 1t Is re-
vealed IN literature prepared for pub
lication by the. W. 8. 8. committee.
There is to be. after the conclusion
Of the present Red. Cross campaign, a
drive to further the sales of war
savings stamps and war thrift stamps.
The big day. eliminating the drive, Is
to be national w. 8. 8. day.
To Aid Director Callahan.
The services of Z. c. Rogers, con-
nscted for years with the business
ofices Of Washington newspapers.
have been obtained by Director D. J.
Callahan. in charge OF the local cam
paign. to aid in the big drive coming.
He will look after many practical de-
tails of the work Of preparation and
operation.
Sale Of stamps at the G. p. o. for
the week ending May II aggregated
$566. ~ reported by Joseph. O'Lone.
ssms sass psros at tes reaesea soG
$685..
The Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond sold stamps to the District Of
Columbia for the week ending May 10.
amounting to $l7.610.67.
Treasury Department employees pur-
chased stamps amounting to $731.07
during the week ending May II. Tho
total now stands at $65.b25.s6. Navy
Department sales for the week It
May II amounted to $723.54. The to.
tai to date is $36.790.19.
Again Urges Reinvestment.
Director Callahan again urges the
people Of Washington to reinvest tho
proceeds Of the interest coupons for
liberty loan bonds in W. s.. s.
IT cannot urge too strongly the
adoption Of this plan." he says. "It
will serve . twofold purpose-that of
a safe Investment for the owner and
to keep the money in the United
States Treasury. where it 10 most
needed At this time"
Evening star., 1918-05-17
MORE CARMEN QUIT.
Strike in Philadelphia Takes on
Added Seriousness.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE
strike of conductors and motormen of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany, which operates all Of the street
car systems Of Philadelphia. is moro
serious today. from 1900 to 1000 men
being out. About $500 mon are
usually employed.
The strike is for increased pay and
recognition Of the union.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
RED CROSS SEEKS
BLUE DEVILS AID
Corp. Leonard 0rmerod, U. S.
A., Visits Headquarters of
Fund Campaign.

Attired In "tin hat" and gas mask.
Corp Leonard Ormerod. u. 8. A. in
charge Of the Blue Devils Of France.
this morning showed Red Cross workers
at the District campaign fund drive
headquarters. 1922 F street, just what
a real fighting man looks like in action.
The Blue Devils swung into Washing-
ton Unexpectedly early this morning and
camped on the post ONCE steps until
Corp Ormerod visited friends In The
Star office The Blue Devils are rest
ing up" at Fort Myer. preparatory to =
trip through tho southern cantonments
They are to leave washington Sunday
night.
Aid Of Blue Devils Sought.
It IL the hope of tho local Red Cross
that the services Of the Blue Devils may
drive here for the days they aro in the
city It IL probable that small detach.
ments Of them may appear at various
places.
to march in the Red Cross parade to-
morrow afternoon. but since the men
are at Fort Myer for the avowed Dur.
pose Of recuperating from their trav-
els 1t is not known whether this OBJ.
ject will be attained.
Visit an Inspiration.
Henry 3. r. Mcfarland. chairman
Of the local Red Cross campaign com.
mittee, and other members Of the ex.
ecutive committee greeted Corp. Or.
msrod At headquarters this morning,
and after Ormerod had left declared
that he had put new life into them
for the drive next week.
Local four-minute men hope to have
q detachment Of the Blue Devils at
Crandalrs Knickerbocksr Theater.
18Th street and Columbia road. to.
night, when w. 8. Nicholson viii
speak in the interest Of the coming
fund drive,