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The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
FIRING SQUAD
MAY BE FATE
0F4SOLDIERS
Drafted Men Held Under
u. S. Warrant in West
on Treason Charge.

Camp Lewis, Washington. Feb. %
Accused of participation in q
conspiracy to shoot their officers
and surrender to the Germans the
first time they went into action in
France, four soldiers Of the Ninety
first division of the national army
in training here are in custody to-
day. A presidential warrant charg-
ing the men with treason is ex-
pected.
The names OF the men under ar
rest are being withheld by the
Judge Advocate until definite
charges against them are received
from Washington. 1t is said. how
ever. that the evidence IL sufficient
to prove their guilt.
The alleged traitors are said to
have plotted to deliver all Ameri-
can soldiers in their organization to
the German army at the first op-
portunity. Announcement of the ar
rests was made at the same
time as the issuance OF a bulletin
from the censor's office that thirty
two enemy aliens were discharged
from the service here today and
that one was taken into custody
for making unpatriotic remarks.
The enemy alien arrested was Mike
Bellan, an Austrian. He was drafted
from Butte, Mont, where he had
been working as an expert powder
mSh IN the copper mines. Bellan
was quoted as saying that "All Amer
leans are ID fools, and / hope
the Kaiser whips them Whether
he had any connection with the plot
a. l.
France was not stated.
The four soldiers under arrest are
Austrians.
Camp officers declared this evening
that approximately 800 enemy aliens,
most of them drafted from the min
ing camps in the Northwest, have
been discharged from the service
here in the past few weeks. This
is supposed to have been merely
routine in conformity with the gov
ernment's order against the reten-
tion of enemy aliens in the national
army camps.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
DANIELS STIRS CROWD
In URGING PATRIOTISM
Invokes and Glori6es Name of
Washington in New York.

New York, Feb 22.-''No man has a
right to take the name of Washing
ton on his lips or invoke the blessings
of the Father of his country unless
Lexington is to him a sacrament, Un-
less he is ready to go barefoot at
Valley Forge, unless in the perils Of
cold he is willing to put his life in
jeopardy to cross the Delaware, unless
he is willing to have meatless and
wheatless weeks on the exhaustive
trek between Kings Mountain and
Yorktown, unless neither life nor
possessions. nor love, nor ambition.
nor comfort, nor home nor wife weigh
anything with him in comparison with
the supreme duty Of laying everything
upon the altar of his country to pre-
serve for mankind the liberties which
the sacrifices of Washington and his
compatriots won for America"
These were the stirring words with
which Josephus Daniels, Secretary Of
the Navy. addressed an immense
throng tonight at the Washington
Birthday meeting of the American
Alliance for Labor aud Democracy in
the Lexington Theater
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
MeAdoo,s Statement Measuring.
MURDERER ENDS LIFE
WITH PISTOL BULLET
Washington Negro Commits Suicide
in Philadelphia Lodging House.

After turning on the gas and drain
ing a bottle of poison, Fernando P.
Washington, negro, q years old. who
shot and killed his wife, Eileen Wash
ington, last Tuesday night, succeeded
in ending his life with a self-nflict-
ed bullet at a lodging house in Phila-
delphia yesterday morning.
Washington had been separated
from his wife for some months. Tues
day night he went to her home, 2O24
E street northwest. and when she
appeared at the door he shot her five
times and escaped.
Shortly after the murder police here
arrested two men suspected of COM
plicity in the case, but they were
later released. The body, = according
to a telegram received at police head
quarters, had been identified as that
of the murderer.
A note found beside the body of the
negro, stated that he had murdered
his wife because Of jealousy.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
ROOSEVELT TO MAKE
SPEECH ON MARCH 2S
Indications Colonel's Hat Returns to
Ring on that Date.

New York, Feb. 2..-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt will deliver the keynote
address at the Republican State Con-
vention in Maine on March Is. The
engagement to address the conven-
tion was made months ago, and the
Colonel has made such progress to-
ward complete recovery that it is
now certain he will be able to keep it
He will not, however, be able to
keep other New England engagements
which he had hoped to fill about this
time.
Col Roosevelt spent a considerable
part of today sitting by the window of
his room in Roosevelt Hospital. He
is allowed more reading and a more
substantial diet, but very few visitors.
Today none but the immediate MEM
bers of his family were allowed to
see him.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
COAL SAVING
SLOGAN OF
FUELS CHIEF
Card System Is Planned to
Meet Threatened
Shortage.

Only 30 per cent OF the normal sup
ply of coal will be available for use
during the coming coal year. begin
ming April /. in the opinion of Fuel
Administration officials, and a coal
card rationing system will be placed
in effect throughout the country to
meet the situation.
Every household in the country will
be given cards emitting it to a GER
tain amount of coal for use during
the year.
The plan will be formulated by 10
cal coal merchants and local Fuel id-
ministratiOn officials, and placed in
effect in the District beginning April
!. Whether or not national officials
change their present Intentions and
do not put the plan into general effect,
it will be adopted for Washington
A committee of local coal dealers
will meet this morning in the quarters
of the Coal Merchants Association to
complete final details Of the plan.
Both local and national Fuel Admin
istration officials already are familiar
with practically the entire plan, and
only few details remain to be solved.
1t is known that they are pleased with
it. and national Fuel Administration
officials feel that some such move
must be made if the country is to be
saved from a very critical coal situa-
ton next winter
Population in Washington has in
creased nearly 10000. it is estimated
by fuel officials, and this increase will
be taken into consideration when al
lotment of coal is made.
In actual figures the coal brought
here will be about 12O per cent of nor
NAL shipments, bringing the average
daily shipments here during the new
year up to close to 2OOO tons daily.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23

, consider Mr.. McAdoos statement
very reassuring, since it indicates
that further cars will be furnished
to the Western terminals and that
the shortage in shipments from the
Western terminals to the Eastern
territory will now be overcome. As
the railroads directorate are evil
IDENTIFY alive to the situation, they
will no doubt take all the necessary
steps"
Food officials also deny that part
of Mr.. McAdoo's letter which says
Mr.. Hoover is the sole purchaser of
grain for the allies. They explain
that he is the sole purchaser of
wheat only.
In a statement issued Thursday
night, Mr.. Hoover had indicated that
the difficulty was due to the failure
of the transportation system to move
the food supplies.
Director General McAdoo made pub
lie with his letter, a statement show
ing that there are now moving ap-
proximately 500, 5000 bushels of grain
daily and an official of the admins
tration declared that there had not
been one single request from Mr..
CONTINUED on PAGE THREE.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
STRANGE POISONING
CASES AT CHICAGO
Resembles Ptomaine: Is Serious,
and Puzzles Doctors.

Chicago, Feb. 22.-Cases of
mysterious food poisoning which
have developed into an epidemic
at Peoria. ILL.,, were reported to the
health office here today. The strange
malady bears a resemblance to
ptomaine poisoning, and physicians
say may have serious results il
there is not immediate medical at
tendance.
Every effort is being made by
city and State health officials to
trace the source of the complaint
which manifests itself in cramps
and nausea. Cultures were taken
today and when these have been
examined physicians hope the cause
viii be found.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
PORTUGAL TO HOLD ELECTION
Republic Will Choose New Govern
ment by Direct Suffrage.

Paris. Feb. 22.-The Portuguese
Cabinet has decided to hold an elec-
ton for President Of the Republic
of Portugal soon by direct suffrage.
a Havas dispatch from Lisbon says.
Deputies and Senators to be elected
at the same time will have special
powers to revise the constitution.
President Machado was exiled after
the revolution in Lisbon early last
December. A Cabinet, headed by
DR.. Sidinio Paes, has been in con-
troi Of the government
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
GLASS DISCOVERED
In SAUSAGE SANDWICH
Corporal Cuts Tongue with Foreign
Substance in Frankfurter.

Bethlehem, Feb. 22.-CorporaI John
King, a member of the United States
recruiting force here. yesterday enter
ed local cafe and ordered a frank
furter sandwich. At the third bite he
felt a sharp pain in his tongue and i'm
mediately pulled out a piece Of glass
half inch long. The frankfurter was
then cut open and several more pieces
of glass were found in 1t.
Corporal Kings tongue was badly
cut by the glass and bled for two
hours. He does not know whether
he swallowed any of the glass.
This is the first case of glass being
found in eatables here, although many
similar cases have occurred all over
the country.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT.

New Orleans, Feb. 22-Louis Hersh-
kovitz, alias Louis Hirschey, was
found guilty by jury in the United
States Federal Court yesterday Of OBJ
tanning prohibited information regard
ing the Algiers Naval Station for the
benefit of the enemy. Judge Foster
sentenced him to two years in the At
lanto penitentiary.
George Crawford, formerly police
man, testified that Hershkovitz' e
plans included getting drawings of the
naval station here and other informa-
ton in Galveston and Dallas, after
which he was to go to Germany by
xsy Of Mexico
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
HUNS MASSING
AT ADIGE HEAD
PLAN BIG DRIVE
Choose Historic Road for
Supreme Effort to
Strike Italy.

The next Hun drive into Italy
possibly the supreme Teuton effort Of
the spring-is being prepared at the
head OF an historic road of invaders
into the Italian plains. Information
as to the dispositions of the Austro-
German troops, reaching here yester-
day, shows that they are massing on
the upper reaches of the Adige river.
where the battle line stands in Aus
trian territory.
This line has stood as 1t is at pres
ent almost since the first days that
Italy entered the war. Italian avia-
tors now, however, have observed the
most extensive massing of men and
guns between Lake Garda and the
Astico. The Astico flows along the
western edge of the Asiago plateau
and during the present fighting has
marked the western limit Of Teuton
aggressive effort.
Frontier Closed.
The Swiss-Austrian frontier has
been closed. This always presages i'm
portant concentration on the Italian
front. Austrian newspapers which
plainly that heavy drafts have been
summoned from the eastern field for
service on the south. The movement
has been explained in Austria as due
to the imminence Of an Italian often
sive.
Roveredo, on the Adige, near the
head of Lake Garda is now the CEN
ter of the enemy forces in this sector.
Down the valley the Italians have in
their rear Ala. Peri. Rivoli. and in
the hills to the east, Valdagno and
Aschero.
Should the passage. of this sector
be forced the historic cities Of Yer
ona, Villafranca and Mantua would
lie open to the invaders hands. This
would completely envelop the eastern
end Of the Italian battle line, taking
these forces in the rear. and would
effectually open the whole of the
northern Italian plains, cut Italy off
from her allies and lay open to at
tack the Riviera frontier of France.
The Austrian preparations involve
significant changes of command, as
well as reinforcements of troops and
guns. The Archduke Eugene has been
replaced in the supreme command by
the veteran Of the Rumanian and Bal
kan campaigns, General Boreovic.
General Conrad has also been restored
to high position, while General Kirch-
back has taken over the headquarters
on the east of Udine, with Generals
Wurns and Henriquez under him.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Saw Buries Hatchet
Plum Bats for Cherry
In Tree-cutting Game

Penn Yam, N. Y, Feb. T.
There never was any cherry tree
in George Washington's young
life-no more was there a hatchet.
Twas plum tree and a saw.
Proof? Sure. ar
Read the following produced to-
day by Ormond L. Moore. who
claims it is from the journal Of
Augustine Washington. Georges
father. Under date of March l.,
1873. appears this entry:
"A fine day and warm. This
A. M. I found my best young
plum tree spoiled with a saw. 1
thought it was some vagabond;
spoke Of II at noon. My son
George owned the deed. First
was excited and minded to whip
him. but did not. He was truth
full and repentant. He cut it with
my small hand saw"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
SENATE PASSES RAILROAD BILL
AFTER VOTING DOWN AMENDMENTS
OPPOSED BY ADMINISTRATION MEN
Features of Railroad Bill.
on railroad bill provides:

The administration railroad bill provides:
Roads to be guaranteed returns of
age operating income during the three ended
Federal control to within eighteen after peac
is declared but President properties any tim
after July 1915
President may fix subject to review BY Intestst
Commerce Commission.
May allow increased compensation of betterment
paid for out of railroads earnings.
Bill provides appropriation of $soooooooo nucleus of
revolving fund.- which, added surpluses from som
roads, be used to make deficits buy rolling stoc
and terminals which will belong permanently govern
ment
President buy and sell railroad securities proceeds
60 to revolving fund.
Government must take all short line invest
ment in excess of 81 100000.
Government to guarantee maturing securities which durn
next four years. will exceed is estimated sesooooooo
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Air Lieut.. H. X. BuIkley
Killed in Accident

New York, Feb. 22.-Lieut. Har-
old Kidder Bulkley. former Prince
ton University student and a MEM
ber of the aviation unit from that
institution, has been killed in an
aeroplane accident in England.
News of the young officers death
reached his father last night. Lieut..
Bulkley had been training near
London and expected soon to join
the aviation camp near the front
in France.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Mrs. Doubleday Dies in Japan.

Garden City. N. Y. Feb. 22.-Mrs.
Frank n. Doubleday, wife of the pub
Usher, died Of apoplexy in Canton,
China, on Thursday, it was learned
by cable message received here to-
night.
Mrs. Doubleday accompanied her
husband to the. Orient. They left De-
cember 9. intending to tour China,
Japan and the Philippines on behalf
of the Red Cross.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Bryan Sees Dry u. S. in 1920.

Palm Beach, Fla; Feb. william
]. Bryan declared today in. an inter-
view his belief that America will have
national prohibition within two years.
He said that Germany encounters a
greater menace in facing Bolshevi doc
trines than she faced from Russian
shells.
In his opinion the Democratic party
has been much strengthened by the
heavy tax on incomes.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
BIG SPANISH STEAMER
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Mar Caspio Destroyed by Shell Fire
of Undersea Boat.

Madrid. Feb. 22-The Mar Caspio,
Spanish steamer. has fallen victim
to a submarine. it was announced
here today.
The vessel was destroyed and sunk
by shell fire from the undersea craft,
the statement added.
The Mar Caspio. a steel steamship
of 2,723 tons, was built at Newcastle,
England. in 1899.
She was the property OF Martina
Del Nervion Company and registered
at Bilbao.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
US. SOLDIERS
NOW GUARDING
FRONT SECTOR
Impressive eseenes Attend
Moving American Boys
to Fighting Trenches.

With the American army in France,
Feb. 22.-Sammies are on the watch
in a first-line sector of the Road OF
the Ladies' front.
There was a clash in No Mans Land
between American and German patrols
early yesterday morning 1t is certain
therefore, that Fritz" knows about
the presence of Americans on this
famous front. so the folks back home
too. may know.
In yesterdays skirmish the enemy
lost one killed and one prisoner. Or
our side one man was slightly
wounded.
Casualties Light.
The casualties since inc occupation
Of a segment of this important and
continually active ridge of observa-
tories have been light and even
Solemn and inspiring scenes ATTENDED
the moving of the samnies into the
Chemin Des Danes sector.
Chaplains spoke the benediction be-
fore a statue of Jean Dare and q
French general, one of the heroes Of
the Marine, who now commands the
Road of the Ladies" front, kissed the
Stars and Stripes as the Samnlies de-
trained in a town torn by shells be-
fore the Germans were forced bacl
and then wantonly destroyed before
the enemy left it.
The generals address to the troops
was one to quicken the heart beat OF
every American. He expressed prize
at having such picked specimens o.
manhood-giants in stature, compared
with the sturdy Poilus-incorporatec
in his sector.
He urged the Sammies not 20 expose
themselves recklessly to the continu'
Gus enemy activity which he warned
them they would meet.
He compared the Americans wits
thoroughbred race horses, they were
hard to hold in. He cautioned them
that they were about to go Hunting
wild and dangerous beasts in the val
ley beyond"
Take Up Positions.
The pitchy blackness of the night
required the Americans to proceed in
single file line through roughly con-
nected shell holes serving as COM
munication trenches" each man
holding onto the bayonet of the man
ahead of him.
Crossing the obliterated, shell-swept
Chemin Des Danes, where a battle
as fierce as at Verdun or the Sommt
ragged from May until September oi
last year, the Americans descended
the reverse slopes. taking up positions
composed of rudely improvised shel
craters, as though organization of the
Terrain only draws the fire of the
enemy's batteries from north of the
river.
The reserve troops found safety ant
tranquility deep under ground, in the
celebrated quarries where the Ger
mans organized the defense Of tn,
Aisne line after their retreat from tn,
Marne, and which are said to hav,
been prepared even before the war b,
their German owners to accommodate,
large bodies OF troops for Just sucf
an emergency.
Entire companies, and even bat
talions, are billeted here in the bowel.
of the earth safe from the bigges
shells. and provided with all hom'
comforts such as electric lights, fans
and a hot water system.
The enemys harassing tactics hav,
been persistent ever since he lost tn,
dominating positions last summer
The whole sector is continually seeth
ing with indirect fire over the ridgel
.eS' the epRosins batteries.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Mr.. McAdoo's letter follows:

Dear Mr.. Hoover: You are, as 1
understand it, the sole purchaser in
this country OF food supplies for the
allied governments. You must, there
fore, know the location of the food
supplies which you, from time to time.
purchase and the ports in this country
to which you desire such supplies
shipped. II you will notify me. from
time to time, of the location of the
specific supplies and the port or ports
in the United States to which you wish
to have such supplies transported. /
will guarantee the necessary transpor-
tation, subject alone to interruptions
from blizzards and floods.
"I wish to reassure the country by
saying that so far as transportation Is
concerned there is no danger OF suf-
fering from a serious food shortage in
the Eastern part OF the country.
Cordially yours,
Nv. G. McADoo."
McAdOo's Statement Reassuring.
Mr.. Hoover would not make any
comment on the letter. but the fol-
lowing statement was issued at the
Food Administration:
while Mr.. Hoover Is out of
town, Food Administration officials
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Several Killed in Runaway Train.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. GA run
away train demolished the depot
here after tearing down the noun
tainside at high speed. Several peo-
pie were killed and yard buildings
are burning.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
FIRST PATRIOT
is HONORED BY
D.C.RESIDENTS
Washington S Birthday An,
niversary Marked by Pa
triotic Celebrations.

George Washington was upper
most in the minds Of Washington
ians yesterday. The birthday of the
Father of His Country" was cele-
brated in various ways and by all
sorts and classes of people. from
little wee tots who read aloud to
the home folks the story OF the
cherry tree to serious-minded pa
triots who gathered TO do honor to
Americas first President.
There were Washington services
in some Of the churches. many clubs
kept open-house to uniformed men
in honor of the day, and in the af-
ternoon and evening young folks
danced under festoons of red, white
and blue.
Tabernacle Exercises.
The largest gathering of the day
was at the Sunday tabernacle in the
morning. when thousands assembled
to witness the celebration under the
joint auspices of the National Society.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion and the Sons of the Revolution
in the District of Columbia
There were numerous other gather
ings during the day, and every one
was well attended Government de-
partments and stores were closed, so
that thousands were left free to cell
ebrate the day as they chose.
Flags fioated from every window in
many public buildings, and there were
the innumerable little hatchets and
bits of cherry tree evident in decor
ations in shop windows. restaurants
and at social gatherings.
First War Birthday.
The first war birthday" OF George
Washington since the civil war was
celebrated no less fittingly because it
was war birthday" and it was just
the same old "22nd of February" as of
old. The only visible difference was
that there was a deal more meaning in
the eulogistic addresses delivered and
an unusual reverence everywhere for
the man who made American liberty
a reality.
Victory for the allies was confident
ly predicted yesterday by Ambassa-
dor Jusserand and Senator Harding.
of Ohio, who we're the principal
speakers at the George Washington
celebration held in the Sunday Taber-
nacle under the auspices of the Ma
tionaI Society of the American Reyo-
luton and the Sons of thte Revolu-
ton in the District of Columbia
Ambassador Jusserand paid high
tribute to Washington. and he told of
the deep mourning in France upon the
death of the man whom all France
loved.
Every ybody knows the unanimity
of feeling of all French people who
ever met Washington" he said, how,
during our revolution French citizen
ship was bestowed upon him as being
one of the bepefaCtoTs of humanity
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
McAdoo Tells Hoouer
He'll Ship Any Food
Anywhere in America
Upon Notification Where Supplies Are,
Director Writes He Will Furnish Nee
essary Transportation, Subject Only
to Blizzard and Flood.

Differences between William McAdoo. Director General of Rail-
roads, and Herbert c. Hoover Food Administrator the
for delay of food shipments the reached climax last
night Mr. McAdoo in letter the Food Administrator called him
to show where the food
Mr. MrAdoo's letter follows
The Washington herald., 1918-02-23

CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.