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The Washington herald., 1918-02-25
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Best Service Column in tie CITY

the Secretary Of War for duty m con-
nection with the Bureau OF War Risk
Insurance. according 10 q recent an
nouncement by Secretary McAdoo.
Ftfty-one eirmen have lost fhe~
lives while in training for service, q
statement from the once Of the seo-
retary Of War declares. OF this num-
Der. ten officers and twenty-nins c.
dets were killed in training nights, and
twelve were killed in unauthorized
flights and ground accidents.
The statement then points out that
upon taking into account the ordinary
hazards Of their occupation. the de-
Yelopment Of q comparatively new art.
and the ratio OF accidents IN the
everyday fields Of endeavor, the ia
tality record among Americas stu
dent sviators compares favorably
with those of other countries, and.
while distressing, is not discouraging.
The Thirtieth article Of war provides
that when the court requires the legal
advice Of the Judge advocate. Il shall
be obtained In open court in the pres
. ence Of the accused. according 70 an
opinion recently rendered by the Judge
Advocate General OF the army Article
tl1irty-seven provides that errors Of pro-
, cedure shall not invalidate a sentence
unless the proceedings show, in the
, opinion OF the reviewing authority,
that the rights OF the accused have
been substantially prejudiced- Fail
ure TO have accused present at q ses-
sion where legal advice OF the Judge
advocate was obtained is not material
unless the substantial rights Of the
accused have been injured Cops. J.
A. c. SOS. Nov. 10. ls17)
The appropriation for furnishing
heat and light for buildings erected
at private cost under the act Of Nav
81, 1900, is not available for furnish
ing heat or light for hostess house.
Of the Y. W. c. A. q recent ruling
by the Judge Advocate General Of the
army states. (OpG J. A @. ssoz,
Nov. q. 1917.
Lieut.. Commander Robert A, Bar
rett. United States Naval Reserve
Force, and Ensign Robert RohanRe.
United States navy. have received let
tiers Of commendstion from the War
Department for notably efficient serv.
ice in bringing the U. S. S. Favorits
from Quebec, Canada, to Boston,
January 1o-25, when the st. Lawrence
River was dangerously filed with ice.
Last rites for Capt. William D. Bur
bage, who died at his home, lus
Twentieth street northwest, on Sat-
urday afternoon. will be held Tuesday
at the late residence, Interment will
be made in Arlington.
Capt Burbage was a veteran OF the
civil war, and also served as a mem
Der Of the OHIO State legislature He
was in active civil war service for
three years and raised one Of the
pioneer companies in his State.
! Capt Burbage spent forty-eight Of
his eighty-three years in Washington
and until recently was employed by the
Treasury Department in the once OF
the sixth auditor.
His wife and two children, Mss
Alice E. Burbage and NJ. c, Burbaes.
! Of this city, survive.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25
VISITS WEST VIRGINIA HOME

Izetta Jewel former leading wom<
an for the Poll Stock Company. and
now the widow OF Representative
william Gay Brown. 3r- OF West
Virginia, will leave this morning for
her home at Kingwood. W. Va
where she expects to remain some
time before returning to this city.
She is accompanied by her little
daughter, June.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
BOOKS AND MEN.

BOOKS AND MEN.
In Books l find forgetfulness OF care.
And Joy in the romances writtel,
there.
I render thanks for those whose vivid
pen
Gives me a glimpse into the souls OF
men.
But better than the best Of Books ]
find
Those Stories rare Of deeper human
kind,
Not ranged in solemn front on wooden
shelf.
But LIVED for veal or woe by Man
himself.
6CopyriSht lglsO
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25
Scandal Mongers.

War is burden that must be borne by every
one willingly-and even gladly-for liberty is as
aeariy the price of victory as Hun domination
would be the price of1defeat.
In Washington we hear a great deal Of the
prohteer-the man who is eapitalizing the war
~ With hfszsa aesys sfxipg oss ~ did another,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

purposes unless grown In or south
Of Kansas. Missouri. Tennessee and
Virginia After Feb. 10 no corn Of
any kind may be exported TO Can
ada except under license issued by
the War Trade Board. Other restric-
tions are placed on expectations Of
corn suitable for seed purposes
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

Farm animals scarce on account of the war, say
packers, they toot prices On January I, 1914,
there were in the United States Ioo6s5ooo farm
animals and January I, 1918, 2I34oIy 900. But a
Chicagoan isn't hurt much by little discrepancy
like 22836,ooo.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

This Congress is less inclined to play politics
than the political leaders. The great majority
out to win the war, not to seek party ad-
vantages.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

1t is encouraging to all of to know that a
general of Pershing's caliber is in charge of our
troops in France. He says "The American army
is making steady progress"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

A cablegram says the German people pray
ing for peace and the German emperor is praying
God for victories
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

Help those who trying to help others
don't discourage helpfulness by criticism.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-25

Retailers of country are making
quite a determined impression on sheir
Representatives here asking for the
payment of their war taxes in four
quarterly installments instead of a
lump sum in June. The effect win be
disasrous tQ some of tho eSsinssz
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
US. TO TRAIN MEN At
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Lexington. Ky. April Is.-Presi
dent Frank L. Mevey. Of the Uni
versity Of Kentucky. tonight an.
nounced that the War Department,
had definitely decided to train 100
men at the university. commencing
May 2. These men will be training
for two months and then will be re-
placed by others. Two hundred and
ten men viii be assigned to the mo
tor truck drivers and ehauffeurs'
section. 100 to the section in radio
communication, forty TO carpenters,
thirty to blaeksmiths and twenty to
The Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders Association grounds were
accepted for use Of the mep.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
WILLIAM SMITH
coMMoNEsT NAME.

There are 100. 900 Smiths" list
ed in The allotment and allowance
files Of Bureau OF War Risk Insur.
ance Of the Treasury Department.
and official word has been received
at Camp Zachary Taylor that Il has
furnished It's quota Of soldiers bear
ing that name. with i.040 John
Smiths" 200 John A. Smiths, ~ $50
William Smiths" and 900 civilian,
II. Smiths" II takes 10 card index
trays and q good-sized squad Of NJ
ing experts 20 keep track Of all Of
the enlisted men in the fighting for.
ees Of this country who answer 70
the name Of "Smith" and according
TO a recent letter from the War De-
partment the Lincoln Division is
well supplied. The above figures we're
sent TO the local camp In order that
the officers stationed there would
have some idea Of the amount Of
work that Il required in Washington
TO keep track Of the Smiths" alone.
There are 262 John J. 0'Briens in
the fiies at Washington. and in hfty
cases the wife's name is Mary. There
are $4,000 Millers and $1,000 will
sons on file. There are 1000 John
Browns and 1900 John Johnsons.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
WILL FIGHT ATTEMPT
TO FIX PRICE OF COTTON

Washington. April is.-Senator
Smith. Of South Carolina. in a state
ment to-day. declared that any at
tempt by the Priee-fixing Committee
Of the War Industries Board, in its
negotiations with the National
Cotton Manufacturer Association
to fix the price Of cotton would be
met with strong opposition. Au-
thority for such action. he said,
would have TO come from Congress,
and he added that he anticipated no
such legislation.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
CAUTIOUS commuN,cAr,on.

'1'm going 10 he'll you something
in confidence" said the diplomat.
can right replied tn cynic. "rc
) bat rlr,icullr orssm u my nc.
~ n.Aiss i,sc, s'a.t i.p 80 Esu-
nsls. 14..f, s-.al..i,
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
CAUSES SINGING or rEIEoRApH

The singing Of telegraph wires ia
sometimes regarded az . weather
prognostic, though opinions differ as
to the kind Of weather II foretells,
says the Popular Science Monthly.
There has been much discussion as to
the cause Of this sound. Probably it
is simply the Aeolian harp effect, and
and its occurrence depends chiefly
upon the direction Of the wind in
relation to the direction in which the
wires run. Variations in the pitch
Of the sound depend upon changes
in the tension OF the wires with vary
ing temperature.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
DEEDS RECORDED APR. rs. Is. II

Walter Cox and wife to Benger
Redd. Lot in Gracey. $3.50.
W. P. winfree q Sons Co. to Bet
tie MeGregor. Lot on Brown street.
s337.1s.
Peter Barker to Concord Coiored
Baptist church. Church lot on Bar.
ker'~Mill road. 81.
L. Z. Thompson ard wife to X.
Thomas. Tract lanl on Sand Lick
road. 81 and other considerations
Henry Van Hooser and wife to W.
T. Van Hooser. House and lot on
nth street $1,000.
Young Long and wife to II. +.
Keys. 80 acres on Bsushy Fork creek.
$500.
Annabel Pitts and husband to Ada
Phelps. Lot on Clay street IN Sites
addition. 81.
ID. ID. MeMath ana wife to Mrs
c. A. Prowl. Lot in Pembroke
81 900.
Jackson Jones and wife TO j. J
Powell. Tract land near Owl. $3.50
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
RETURNS FROM PRISON CAMP
British Soldier Long olvsn Up ss Dead
Was Captive IN the Hseds
81 the oerrrsna

Given up ne dead 10 months aeu
q Birmingham (Eng.) soldier has
returned 10 his family. The discov-
cry that he was q prisoner Of war
came about In quite an interesting
and curious fashion. A chum, who
enlisted with him, went "oser Che
top" in an attack recently, and &C.
cured the surrender Of a German
wounded IN the hand In British
sporting spirit, Tommy commenced
to render rough first aid, as the
wound was bleeding badly, and then,
according TO his letter home, call
went black, and I felt like putting
my bayonet through him, for he vas
wearing poor old - ring" The
soldier went on TO cay that he threat
ened Fritz with summary execution,
thinking be had robbed the dead /;
and the Bsvarian implored him TO
stay his hand, and In broken English
was emphatic that the missing man
was . prisoner, and hod bsrtsred the
ring to him for food, after the mise
ing Tommy had lain out two nights
with q bad wound In the arm and
was picked up BY the enemy. Further
questioning ELECTED that he had been
sent to one Of the big prisoners
camps and later on TO do work be-
hind the lines on an eastern front
A few days ago the Germans state
nent that their son was alive was
,on6rmed BY . letter from him TO his
family.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
WAR GARDENS DECORATE
RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAYS
(By I.,.rn.,ion.I New. s,r,ie..,

(By International Nsws Ssrvies.)
Memphis. Tenn. April I7.-war
gardens are 70 be seen from the
window Of almost any passenger train
in the South. In some sections long
strips Of land paralleling the right
of-way are In cultivation. A field
thirty feet wide. or less. and half
mile long. is not uncommon. There
are innumerable little gardens to be
found between the end Of the cross
ties and the right-of-way fence.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
M,suNpERsroop.

"Our chauffeur wants TO marry
me, papa" said the daughter Of the
rich man.
"Marry you'll Well, / like his
nerve" exclaimed the incensed par
ent.
"0h. I'm glad Of that, papa. l was
30 afraid you wouldn't"
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19

wife-I dreamed last night, dear,
that was in bon party at the thea
ter.
Hub-0hl That explains why you
were talking 80 loud IN your sleep
Boston Evening Transcript.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
INDUCING ACTION.

"whats your idea Of the differ
ence between q statesman and a
demagoguei"
"Well,' replied Senator Sorghum,
"a statesman tries to lead the people.
A demagogue raises a boiler and
tries to stampede them"
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-19
HIS PLATE WAS sRoKEN.

Sister-Do you think that Billy
Van Dusen will ask me to marry
himi
. Brother-He win for all Of me. A
cuss that won't lend me money can
expect no fsyors in the advice line
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
AMERICANS ON
FRENCH FRONT
SHOW COURAGE
by Numbers, Z. S.
Troops Put Up Gallant Fight and
lnflict Heavy Casualties on Huns
Soldiers Buried Under Debris for
DAYS Come to Surface Alive.
(By Associated Press)

With the American Army in
France, Thursday, April 25.-Two
Americans wounded at Seicheprey
We're found alive in a dugout in No
Mans Land. 1t is amazing how they
managed to keep alive.
Another soldier, Raymond De Munh-
ky, was buried alive for three days
after which he crawled to the surface
and was found by stretcher bearers
The Germans fired on the Red Gross
flag. s-a,SA
Additional details show that The
Americans were outnumbered in some
instancese eight to one. Latest ad-
vicese are that the American casual
ties were much under the first esti-
mates.
Edward Jaques of New Haven told
correspondent he was one of 15(
Americans who were almost complete
ly surrounded by 500 Germans. Fgencl
troops came to the Americans as
lsistance. Jaques said:
eve got on fine with the French
men. They had been training us, sc
it seemed like they were our own fel
lows. We certainly made it hot fol
the Germans"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
CHURCHILL SAYS
ENCLANO'S GUNS
ARE SUFFICIENT
Minister of Munitions States That
Losses Caused in the Last Drive of
the Germans Have Been Made Up
and That Britain Is in the Best
Shape She Has Ever Been for War.

London, April 26.-Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill, introducing in the
House of Commons today the esti-
mates for the ministry of munitions,
of which he is the head, said during
the five weeks since the battle in
France had opened, they had been
passing through the greatest strain
regarding the supply of war material
that had occurred in the experience
of the ministry.
Not only had the consumption ana
destruction of munitions of all kinds
been poceeding at the greatest rate.
but ther also were very heavy losses
by capture by the enemy.
eve lost" the minister said, "near-
ly thousand guns by shell fire or
capture; between four thousand five
thousand machine guns have been lost
or destroyed and the quantity of am
munition, apart from that which has
been fired and that which has been
lost in the dumps, amounted to some
thing between one and three weeks
total of manufacture.
"Other war materials have been
used or lost in grea variety of
classes and on a similar scale. but
by the en- dof last week all the losses
had been made good and in many
cases more than made good.
"Our preparations had contemplated
a period of supreme battle intensity
from the third week of February, in
steam of from the third week of March
so we are at present from one to three
weeks to the good"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
DRAFT THOSE
COMING OF AGE:
JUNE ; LAST
Bill by Representative Hull to Put
All Men Coming of Draft Age Since
Registration Day Is Agreed to in
the House of Representatives-P
visions of the Bill.

Washington, April 26.-D:afting of
men who have become q since last
June 5 was approved this afternoon
by the House.
Under an amendment by Represen-
tative Hull of Iowa they will be put
at the foot of the list and called only
when all available men under last
years registration have been taken in
to service.
This and another provision which
does away with military exemption
for divinity students will necessitate
va conference with the Senate.
Chairman Dent of the military COM
mittee announced that the War De-
partment will order the registration
of the men made eligible by this bill
June 5, the anniversary of the first
enrolment.
Under an agreement, proposed
amendments to register men from u
to 40 were postponed to prevent COM
plicating and delaying the principal
measure. If such men are registered,
however, it will be on June also.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
BONDED CHINESE
IN COURT ROOM

Two Cinnamon wer brought from
Mexicali to FL Centre yesterday morn
ing to testify in a suit there for the
recovery Of certain sum of money
for labor performed. The Celestals
are residents of Mexicali and have
no right to enter the United Staes,
except in bond, but, as their testi-
mony was deemed essential, arrange
ments were made whereby they were
taken from Mexicali to court by an
immigration official.
Miss Marie Romero, Peruvian.
who speaks Spanish, English and Chi
nese, went along as interpreter. 1t
is believed that this is the first case
on record where am excluded alien
was brought into the United States
from a foreign country to give evil
dence in court in case in which they
were not concerned.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
DAY PROCLAIMED BY
PRESIDENT AS TIME
WHEN ALL SHOULD
w YORK FOR G. X EAE
CAUSE, CELEBRATED.
Imposing Parade in Which
Children and Soldiers Are
Features, Terminates at
Chautauqua Tent, Where
Speeches Are Heard.

Liberty Day-a day on which dem
onstratiOns of patriotism and zeal for
the great cause of the war for de-
mOcracy have been called for by the
president of the United States-was
fitingly celebrated in FL Centr0 to-
day.
As testimonial of the patriotism
of the people of the Valley, more than
fifty young men who have answered
the cal lOf their country to take up
arms, marched in the leg time. These
were the men of Imperial cOunty's con-
tingent in the draft call of April &c.
They leave tonight for Camp Lewis.
In the line were scores of school
children, carrying flags; patriots in
flag -decked autos; company of U.
s. soldiers from Calexico, boy scouts,
high school cadets, Red Cross float,
a Liberty Bend float, vigiiantes with
''slacker" blindfolded and tarred and
feathered, ard uniformed school chill
rem representing the army. navy and
Red Cross. who were drilled by Miss
Aitken, music supervisor of the
schools.
These last drilled at the gathering
in the Chautaqua tent and they were
VjyQn rounds nf annlsuSa
Speakers told of the need for Lib
erty day at the tent meeting. They
also urged the audience to subscribe
literally to the Liberty bonds. Bond
statesmen went among the audience
and sold large amount
/ FORMATION OF PARADE
At 10 A. M. Sharp.
. Eheriff Applestill, Marshal.
Section l.
(Facing North on Fourth, South of
Main.)
U. S. Cavalry Troops from Calex-
leo.
Cimera's 80 Piece Chautauqua band.
I lnducted Registrants, headed by I'm
perial County Exemption Board.
Two Troops of Boy Scouts
Continued on Page Five.)
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
BRAVE bRIT0NS RE ETIRE
FEW SAMMIES KILLED
IN SEICHEPREY FIGHT

Washington, April 26.-The num-
ber of Americans killed in the Ger
man attack of April 20 near Seiche-
prey was less than a dozen and the
number Of injured was about 20. These
figures, made known today, appeared
to give support to the German claim
that 183 Americans were captured
since it previously had been admitted
that the American casualties were
around 200.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
CARRANZA
AND CANTU
CONFER ON
DEFENCES
Report Has 1t That Events Are Trans
piring Below the Line Which Are
Inimical to Interests of People of
the United States-COlonel COmis-
key at Camp Beacon Denies 1t.

Persistent rumors of impending
events of Importance in Lower Cali
fornia, the nature of which federal
officials will not discuss, were partly
confirmed yesterday by advices re-
ceived from Mexicali which told of a
series of conferences being held there
between representatives of the Cantu
territorial and the Carranza central
governments.
Several weeks ago, it is known,
President Carranza sent a selected
party to Ensenada, Lower California,
to investigate conditions in the ter
ritory, which since the early days OF
the revolution against Diaz has act
ed virtually as an independent gov
ernment.
Whether Carranza has decided it is
time to exercise more direct au-
thority over Lower California an dim
press Governor Cantu that he is not
ruler in his own right, the events
of the next few weeks may develop.
On the Sonora side of the Colorado
river a considerable body of Carran-
"a troops is encamped. On the Low
er California side of the river Can
tn has several hundred men under
arms.
Participating in the conferences at
Mexicali are the presidente, the judge
of the first instance, jefe de armas
(sheriff) and two other federal Off
cials sent up from Ensenada by order
of President Carranza and Governor
Esteban Cantu. and Colonel Barranca,
Cantu's military commander. One re-
port received from CaleXicO yesterday
was that Barranca is slated for dis
missal.
Whether this portends an agree
ment or a ruction between Carranza
and Cantu is another question. That
a situation fraught with serious sig
nificance exists in Lower California
is admitted by federal officials in Los
Angeles, who are watching events
across the border with unusual in
tentness to be prepared for what
ever may develop in the next few
days.
Collector of Customs John B. Ell
lott, when asked about the impend-
ing crisis yesterday, said he had no
official advices and thought it would
be a mistake to create an impression
that there is any fear of trouble.
Persistent rumors of importation of
arms and ammunition from California
and Arizona by Cantu or interests ia
vorable to his regime have served to
Iaggravate Carranza's mistrust and
suspicion.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
HUN ADMIRAL
LOSES HIS JOB
fBy Associated Press)

/ Amsterdam. April 26-Vice Admiral
Schroeder, commander at Zaebrugge,
it is reported, has been deprived of
his command because he was surprised
by the British attack Tuesday.
German newspapers represent the
enterprise as failure. The Koel-
nische Zeitung says "the cement laden
ships sunk close to the coast do not
hinder the German naval forces The
Lokal Anzeiger says the raiders sue
ceeded in blocking the waterway to
a large extent, but that submarines
are able to leave the harbor through
the narrow passage remaining.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
AMERICANS
WOUNDED IN
Bic BAT lie
Boys From the United States of
America Who Fought Calamity in
the Struggle Yesterday Are
Brought to HOspitals-Casualty
List to Be Heavy.

Paris, April 26.-American soldiers
wounded in the great battle which now
is being waged are already arriving
at the rear. American wounded and
sick to the number Of 12S have
reached Hospital 25. They are from
units engaged in fighting side by side
with French and British in stemming
the German advance.
Hospital 25 is one Of the new in
stitutions established behind the line
as it stood after the Allied troops
stopped the recent German drive in
Picardy.
Few of the Americans remained at
the hospital very long, being taken to
the rear.
Sixteen girl students of Smith col
lege are working in day and night
shifts at this point and are operat-
ing well arranged canteen at the
railroad station for the soldiers COM
ing through on hospital trains.
Mrs. Clark, the Misses Justice, Bro
gan and Scott, and M. l.. Ralthis and
E. w. Lowrey, of the American Red
Cross, have rendered notable service
at the hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
REJECTED IN DRAFT,
HE BUYS $50 BOND

Michael M. Bean, a patriot from
Brawley, wants to serve his country
at the front, but he was rejected at
the last examination of draft regis
trants and thereby greatly disappoint-
ed.
Determined to do something for
the United States, Bean this morning
purchased $50 Liberty bond, and,
while watching the Liberty soldiers in
the parade this morning, clutched
tightly his Liberty bond.