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The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
SHOP FIRE BLAMED
UPON ENEMY SPIES
Iron Plant at Hagerstown Was
Working for U. S.

Hagerstown, Nd. March Is. A
mysterious fire, believed 10 have been
started by German spies, badly dam
aged the engine and boiler room ot
the New York Central Company's
plant here between l and 2 o'clock
this morning. The company had been
working on munition orders for tho
government.
The fire was discovered by the crew
Of a Cumberland Valley Railroad -.
Eine, who fought the flames unit e
arrival Of the fire department The
fire spread 10 th4wooden to ler on
the building, and the blaEe -ould be
seen for miles. The hre was prevented
from reaching a quantity Dt iniam-
mable material stored me- by. and
the destruction Of the IRE plsr'
prevented. Company ofici tis susfr -
the hrs was the work of coeunieA
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
MAY LOCATE
THREE-IN-ONE
HOUSES SIN DC.
Connecticut Ave. Citizens
Have New Suggestion for
Housing Problem.

As a remedial measure for the hous-
ing problem, ''three-in-one" apart
ment houses were proposed at a meet
ing Of the Connecticut Avenue Citi-
sens' Association last night in the
assembly hall OF the Army and Navy
Prep School
A group OF these apartments viii
probably be located opposite the ell
trance of the Bureau of Standards,
which is Iocated on Connecticut ave-
nue., midway between the Connecticut
Avenue Bridge and Chevy Chase Cir
Gle.
A committee will be named hy Pres
ident w. B. Westlake and Instructed
to look into the plans for report on
the feasibility OF erecting such struc-
lures to help out in the housing prob
lem.
The "three-in-one" feature OF these
largely in disappearing furniture
which hides in the walls.
Beds are hidden during the day
WHEN lne Ont-rOOm apartment may
be used as a sitting room. In the late
afternoon, tables can be abstra cited
from a hiding place in the wall, and
the sitting room becomes a dining
hall. At night. come forth the beds
from their hiding. and the three ia
one feature is complete.
Consolidation of the Two District
street railway lines was favored in a
resolution presented by A. Z. DoweIl
and adopted unanimously.
Other features of the same resolu.
ton were condemnation of the pres
ent packing. jamming, and crowding
on the street cars as unhealthy and
unsanitary, and a protest against the
raise in street car fare to straight
cents per ride
The meeting was well attended and
sixteen new members were admitted
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
WAR CONGRESS
LOSING TIME
INLEGISLATION
Slow Progress of Essential
Measures May Severely
Handicap Plans.

Getting further and further behind
in its work. the nations wartime
Congress is reaching a legislative
congestion which gives its leaders real
alarm.
Numerous recent speed-up confer
ences. and even requests from the
President for haste. have been of no
avail. Three great features OF the
nations war program are held up,
in addition to an unusual number
of important, but small. plans. They
are:
Bills Waiting.
First. the full operation Of rail-
roads as q national unit. especially
in its financial phases.
Second, a reorganization of execu-
tive departments to tackle great war
problems as a unit.
Third, and most important, the
third liberty loan. the terms ana
amount OF which cannot be decided
on until Congress shall have passed
several measures.
In addition. members from agricul-
tural States declared yesterday that
If the various bills to aid farmers
buy seed on credit. as a measure of
stimulating production, were to be
of any value. they must he passed
within a week. They have Jagged all
winter
Quorum calls have been necessary
two Or three times a day, in both
Houses, for the past two weeks. A
dozen members present in the SEN
ate and thirty or forty in the House
has been a fair average.
Congressional leaders say the diff,
ficulty is that members, with the
long session ahead of them, believe
there is plenty of time to considc,
bills at leisure. All have been be.
sieged. too. with greatly increased
local business dealing with wal
contracts, commissions in the army
and navy. etc.
Delays Loan.
speed-up conferences have deal
principally with how to clear TIA.
way for the next Liberty Loan. Be,
fore he makes a final announcement
OF its terms, Secretary McAdot
thinks 1t necessary to have the wal
financing corporation bill and tn,
administration railroad bill out o
the way so that investment market!
may be stabilized as far as pos
sible.
The railroad bills conference re
port which, it was predicted b,
leaders would be adopted last week
apparently will be postponed nov
until the present weekend. Skir
mishes against it are due in botI
Houses. Chairman Sims will urC,
its acceptance in the House today
Although a preferred position
has been given by the House to tn,
finance corporation bill. Democrats
Leader kitchin does not expect il
passage until next week Then con
ferences between the two branche
must follow.
Other important bills on the wait
ing list are the two food bills-th,
so-called "rationing" and the price
fixing-and the omnibus water
power measure asked by Presiden
Wilson.
Only one OF the great appropria
ton bills. the urgent deficiency
bill, which will total $eO.OOO,O 900
1000. has even been considered.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Chinese Kidnappers
Trapped by Troops

Pekin. March 1S.-The wherea bouts
Of the American engineers, PurselI and
Nyl, has been learned and the bandits
who Kidnapped them last week near
Yesh-Sien, in the province of Human.
have been surrounded by Chinese SOL
diers.
A Pekin dispatch dated March s re-
ported the capture of the engineers by
Chinese bandits while an engineering
party was on its way to inspect a pro-
posed railway site in the province of
Human.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Russian Ship Crew
Refuses to Take Orders

An Atlantic Port, March 13.-Sixty
members of the crew of a steamer
lying in this harbor who refused
to work or obey the orders Of their
superiors have been taken OF the
vessel and the Navy Department
may take charge of the ship on the
ground that it is a menace to the
harbor.
The members, of the crew. who
are Russians. are said to be adher-
ents to the doctrines of the Bolshe-
Wiki ~
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
ASKS CONSIDERATION
OF DAYLIGHT SAVING
Will Save Million Tons Coal a Year
Says Moore.

Early passage Of the daylight-sav-
ing bill seemed assured yesterday aft
ernoon. Chairman Pou, of the House
Rules Committee. announced on the
floor that unless unanimous consent
were given to consider it Immediately,
a special rule would be brought in.
THE daylight-saving idea,'' said
Representative Moore, of Pennsyl-
vania. in a speech yesterday afternoon,
"originted in the mind of no less a
philosopher than Benjamin Franklin.
1t has attracted the attention of every
thinker who has considered how more
work could be done under better con-
ditions."
Moore said 100000 tons of coal
would be saved annually.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

speeches COST s1sy0eo.
The American people have been
feeding themselves on their own
adulation'' until they are driAH with
conceit. Senator Reed said. and have
haustible. Before this war IL over,
1t may be that the balance will be
determined by . few billion dollars
a. very few-and therefore We should
not waste money today"
Quoting from Mr.. Hoover's report,
Senator Reed. gave figures showing
how the campaign Of educating the
public to adopt LESS days" has had
wide ramihcations, which have swal-
lowed money from the Treasury with
great gulps. Mr.. Reed said in part:
"Hoover's speeches cost the govern
ment $4,000; do not know what ad-
ditional commitments are included in
the $2,25,000 membranes, but the
speeches that are reported cost S16, 900;
and I think he also had the franl1ing
privilege; so that Is $4,000 for print
ing alone. Again, dropping into the
yernacular, that Is "a whale of a bill''
for speeches OF course, 1t Is
remarkable to me that they had to
be circulated at all, for 1 can not
understand why words falling from
Mr.. Hoover's lips would not be greed
lily sought. after by the press OF the
country and circulated by the millions
free, through the columns of the pub
lie prints.
Again, Hoover buttons cost the
government $4,000.
Mr.. Gallinger interrupted here
with the exclamation, 'Buttons?"
Mr.. Reed responded, Il will ask
the Senator to look at pages 1852
and 153. Let me read a few of these
items. Whitehead & Hoag Co..
metal and celluloid buttons, voucher
No. 9s3, S3,367. The same company
have the following other items un-
der date of October 26-this is one
days order, one days business
S3,0S3. $3,367. S3,7OO, $3,7OO. $3.7OO
$3,7oO, $3.7O0. and $2.479. The ag-
gregate. as run it up, is about
$4,000 Now, wonder how much
of that would have been done if a
man had been spending his own
money.
Warns of Barrels Bottom.
Let me tell you there is a bottom
to every barrel; there is an end to
every fortune; there is a limit to
the wealth that any nation can pro-
duce. The American people in some
respects are the most conceited peo-
pie in the world. They have fed
themselves on their own ABDUCTION
until they are drunk, 1 sometimes
think, with .conceit-and l say this,
Of course, kindly. We have talked
about our bravery until there was
great American statesman who
actually thought that we could
raise an army OF a million men
overnight; and he was in perfect
good faith. 1 am not sure but that
Il have indulged in some of that
kind of nonsense myself in the past,
but generally 1 limited it to the
Fourth of July or thereabouts.
"One of the things that we have
been teaching ourselves for the past
three years is that we are the rich
est nation on earth and that we
have SO much money that there is
no end to 1t. My brother Senators,
let me say to you, that before this
war is ended it may be determined
by a slight turn Of the balance.
Clemenceau. the French premier,
said the other day that the nation
won in 4 war that could make itself
think it was not beaten for a quar-
ter of an hour after the other side
realized 1t was beaten. Before this
CONTINUED ON PAGE FoUR.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
SHAKE-UP COMING In
BRITISH CABINET
Chamberlain Likely to Succeed Bal
four as Premier.

London. March IA crisis seems
imminent in the British cabinet and
Secretary Balfour's resignation is in
directly indicated. by the newspapers
close to Premier Lloyd George by
mentioning J. Austen Chamberlain as
Mr. Balfour's successor. The latter
was recently forced to resign as Sec
retary of State for India on account
of the scandal in Mesopotamia.
Secretary Balfour's interview OF an
hour or more with the King gives
color to the story that he is closely
connected with the rumored recon-
struction of the government.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
ARMY INSANE
FROM FRANCE
COMING HERE
Large Addition to Be Built
at St. Elizabeth's
Hospital

On account OF the number of men
tally deranged soldiers expected back
from France, plans are being drawn
for a large addition to st. Elizabeth's
Hospital for the Insane. The proposed
building will be one story in height
and will be constructed to house about
1000 inmates.
Although the new building will be
on the general plan of the structures
being put up at cantonments, 1t will
be a concrete structure and a perma-
nent addition to the ST. EIiZabeth's
establishment. 1t will be erected op-
posite the main building of the asylum
and will form part OF the Richard
son group of buildings
To he Centralized Plant.
The new structure will be a CEN
tralized plant in itself, having its own
dining room, kitchen, and purses
quarters. A large central reception
hall will be erected for the convent
ence of patients confined to their beds
and those able to go to the dining
room for their meals. A diet kitchen
will be operated for those patients re-
quiring special food.
Most of the mentally deranged SOL
diers will be medically attended by
the class of army doctors who are
now being instructed in the treatment
of the insane by the supervising ply
sicians of st. EliZabeth's.
Shell Shocked Not Coming.
1t is not expected that many cases
of she'll shock will be brought to the
! Washington asylum as it is the policy
to keep most shell shock cases on the
| other side. She'll shock does not often
| involve real mental arrangement al
though it may easily become chronic
If not quickly cured. 1t has been
found in the experience of English
and French army physicians. that the
moving of shell shock patients from
hospital to hospital or transporting
them for long distances, delays their
ultimate cure and frets them to a
greater condition of nervousness. Shell
shock patients. il quickly cured, may
usually be returned to active duty in
their respective regiments.
Cases coming to st. Elizabeth's will
be OF a bona fide insanity. usually of
such a severe character that the pa
tients, even II cured, will not be re-
turned to the army.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
New Monroe Doctrine
Backed by Fl Republics

Los Angeles. March 13-Twenty-one
republics of the Western hemisphere
will subscribe to a new Monroe Doc
trine, embracing the cardinal prin-
ciples already established, and adding
additional tenets, according to a state
ment by DR.. Alexandra Alvares, Sec
retary general Of the Institute Of In
ternational Law and permanent men,
ber Of the Court of Arbitration at
The Hague, who addressed students
Of a low college here.
DR.. Alvares said the new doctrine
was based on the Interpretation of
President Wilson's war message of
last August as interpreted by the
American Institute of International
Law
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Nurses Lean Into Sea.

New York. March 13.-Four nurses
and q doctor attached to the Penn
sylvania University Hospital No. 20,
jumped into the icy waters on the
battery today to demonstrate the
effectiveness Of rubber life-saying
suits which they will wear through
the submarine zone. The test was
successful
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Maryland Legislature
Shelves Prohibition

Annapolis. Nd, March 13.-No
estate prohibition legislation Is like
Nv this year in Maryland.
The weimer prohibition bill was
forced out of committee today and
vas killed in the House by a viva
voce vote
The legislature, however. has rat
if,ed the national prohibition amend
ment.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
DR.. Garfield Gets News
That Mother Has Died

DR.. Harry A. Garfield, the Fuel Ad-
ministrator, received word of the
death yesterday at Pasadena, Cal, OF
his mother, Mrs. James A Garfield,
widow of the martyred President.
Mrs Garfield was IS years old. She
will be buried at Mentor, Ohio. DR..
Garfield left the ONCE as soon as he
received word. He viii go to the fu-
naraI in Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Blow Up 400 Touns
Says German Paper
Declares 1t Would Be More Humane to Wipe
Out London Than to Let One Teuton
Soldier Die

Amsterdam, March lathe de-
struction Of 400 English towns by
German aeroplanes is demanded by
the Berlin Tages Zeitung "as a re-
prisaP for the action of the allies
in confiscating 400 German mer-
chant ships. If a long article on
the subject the paper says:
IF we are in a position to destroy
the whole Nof London. it would be
more humane to do so than to al
low one more German to bleed to
death on the BATTLEFIELD. To hesi-
tate or surrender ourselves to feel
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

ings Of pity would be unpardon-
able.
More than 400 merchant ships
have been stolen from US by Great
Britain. Our answer should be that
for every German ship at least one
English town should be reduced to
ruins by our airmen. Far better
were 1t for US that Great Britain
France and the United States should
call us barbarians than that they
should bestow on us their pity
when we are beaten. -Softness and
sentimentality are stupid in war
time"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
U. S. ENVOY QUITS JASSY.

The American and allied legation
STATS have left Jassy for Odessa, with
assurances of safe conduct from the
King of Roumania. Their departure
had been delayed by the Austrian
government, despite an agreement
that they could go.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
European Capitals All Agog with
Rumors and Gossip of New
Dr9ma Now Opening on
Eastern Front. !
RUMANLA Is FORCED TO AID
By Peace Treaty She Agrees to Further
Transport of Central Powers Troops
With All Her Strength.

Amsterdam. March l3Odea the biggest shipping Of
what year today the Russian empire the funnel
through which drains the great gnary the Muscove ackar
belt tonight virtually the hands of the Teuton German and
Austrounsaran cavalry patrols late today reported have
tered the city.
In the afternoon Berlin had humphany announced to the world
German and Austo-Eungaran troops before Odessa"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Fresh German Peace
Move Soon, Swiss Hear

- London, March l3.-According
to the Morning Posts Berne
correspondent, preparations are
being made through the Ger
man newspapers and German
press agents for a new politi-
cal move.
The correspondent says 1t is
possible a fresh peace move is
contemplated on the basis of
the status quo prior to the war
in the West and recognition
Of the present status in the
East.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Judge Drops Dead.

Boston. March 13.-Judge Arthur e.
Burr dropped dead today after rem
dering a verdict in his first case. On
Monday he began his appointment as
county probate judge.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
KILLED In SEAPLANE FALL.

Ensign Leslie N. MacNaughton. U.
s. N. r. F.. was killed yesterday at
Norfolk, Va. as a result of fall in
a seaplane. it was announced tonight
by the Navy Department. Mac-Naugh-
toms mother, Mrs. Julia Maria Mac
Naughton, lives at Fort Edward, N. Y.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Fighting With HooUer"
Costlyto Nation, Says Reed
Missouri Senator, Quoting Food Chiefs Re
port, Showing Where Money Has Gone,
Warns Public Barrel Has Bottom.

No additional appropriation should be given the National Food
Administration. which comes here admitting that has million and
quarter of dollars hand; that has $290OO0O0 the treasury of
corporation and that has assets of almost Senator
Reed of Missouri the persistent critics of Herbert Hoover
declared debate the bill give the Food Administration
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

Rest and he Well at Grove Park
Inn. Asheville. N. c. Finest resort
in the world. No invalids. no chill
dren under 1a.-.-Adv
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

CHOPPERS do. not SLEEP
OVER" bargains m MORN
ING paper. They respond at once.
The sun., 1918-08-11

in bed. but | could not. | lost many ideas in
bed. Beds are a curse"
Mr. Comforts philosophic discussions which fill
a large part of the book are interesting and poetl-
cally expressed. The ideas do not startlingly
new to one who has read Emerson, Thoreau and a
few others, but they have beauty of form and they
provoke thought. The author has much to say
concerning the New Democracy, the New Race, the
New Love, and forth, without adequate explana-
ton Of what he means A little more lucidity of
thought would not be unwelcome at times.
ITO Cease to Hold
ITO cease to hold is the beginning of invineibe
attraction: want nothing and the treasures of the
world are yours You cannot have health until you
are ready to give up life here Cease to cling, and
that which body held apart from You, IS
suddenly winged creature returning :.
There is nothing here but the love story, and the
power of that must be spiritual. The madonna of
the future will look up, not down at the head
upon her breast Man must overcome mammon;
Woman must overcome the mammal The lovers
of the future will look little time in each others
eyes and much above to a Third who will come
nearer and nearer for their alteration. The
The sun., 1918-08-11

L dreams 1t has individuality,
a distinctiveneSs that sets it apart
from the mass of books that tumble
from the presses. It. does not
fall readily into any special classified
ton, and you rather wonder how
literally minded librarians will cata-
logue it. You probably will not agree
with all of its teachings, you may find
its philosophizing rather too vague
and visionary, you may think some of
its principles of instruction imprac-
teal for this world that children are
to live in but-you will be interested
in the book. Do not attempt to read
much of it at a time, however, or you
will find it nebulously mOnotOnous.
Will Lexington Comfort, student
and writer, has a sort of colony at
Stone Study in California, where he
is the literary guide for number of
young persons who come there to be
under Ills influence. His new book
describes the personalities and re-
counts the spiritual experiences of
various members of the group, at the
same time giving expression to Mr.
Comfort s own philosophy The title
of the book is explained in a chance
paragraph:
1.-THE Valley Road Girl came into
the Study one day saying that this
chapel book should be called The
Hire. We all thought it wonderful
name to work toward, yet the unfold
ing of possibilities has been steadily
interesting since that day.
"Thc inner SanctuarieS of occult
literature commend the students to
look to the bees. The pattern of much
that man has to unfold from his own
soul for his personal and communal
uplift is already expressed in the
hive. There is a period of larva and
a period of wings to each cycle. Such
matters call to those Of spiritual dis
cernment. One feels on the verge Of
great revelations for humanity be-
yond the thing called death, as he
studies this miniature model of a {
racy.'
A 7-Year-Old and the "Misteks."
This book is both curiOusly persona
sonal The average reader will be lie
in the individual children and youn.
the colony than Mr.. Comfort is, and
think that overmuch space has been G
letters and experiments in writing. III
are encouraged to entertain their own
to express their own ideas. Yet t
seems initiative, permeated with the ,
ophy of their leader. For instance, tn
from a seven-year-old boy seems obvio'
He is writing of "Lether.
"All lether has a mystery in it.
NAL mystery. The misteks (mystics)
world know it and try to tell US. ha
but my mind has not received it. | wi
until it does. | will tell the rest of ii
hear it first. I would like to be the first
Despite Wordsworth s limitations
trary, one does not feel that the seven
is normally concerned with the my
other world. This small boy speaks nc
in q letter to his father:
II have wanted to work lots lately
The sun., 1918-08-11

seemed to come from the break of day upon the
sphere"
Steve Says Something.
There are interesting fragments of literary erlt-
cism intersparscd through the pages. For instance
Steve comments on Conrad. He looks up from the
pages of the book he is reading and says This fe
low is one of us (The book is Conrad's YOUTH
''You have to fall into this Conrad and be his
to get him. You let your mind open into cup
and presently after six pages, you find 1t
trimming If you fall into him deep enough, you
get almost what he sees-not quite, though No
reader ever does. But you get something intense.
fascinating rsstlesSness, terror. You find that
all YOUR somnolence and inertia has caught fire.
This is a quotable book, but the reader should
enjoy it for himself 1t is pleasure to come across
a work that is unconventional and sincere express
ing the beauty of the natural world and the world
of the spirit The Hive is in places vague or over
drawn but it has originality and beauty.
THE HIVE. By WILL LEvINGTos COMFORT. George H
Doran Company. $50.