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The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
MRS. CASTLE QUIZZED.
ON DEATH OF ACTRESS
Drug Victim Visited Dancers Room
Shortly Before Demise.

London. Dec. Mrs. Vernon Castle,
the famous dancer and firm actress,
has been interrogated by the suthori-
ties for information in connection
with the death here Of Miss Billie
Carlton. a popular young actress. who
was found dead in her bed at the
Hotel Savoy after a gay night marked
by victory ball"
A coroner's inquest into Miss Carl
toms death revealed that she had Wis
tied Mrs. Castles room Just before
retiring for the night. Physicians
testified that the young actress died
from an overdose of cocaine and other
narcotics.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
National Security League
Probe Now Seems Likely

The House Rules Committee will
take up. at an early date. the Frear
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton of the National Security League
\ favorable report is assured. and
the indications are that it will be
passed by the House with but little,
II any. opposition. Advocates of the
probe expect it to be under way be-
fore the first OF the year.
Informal discussion among the rep
resentatives yesterday plainly showed
a strong demand among both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans for an exhaus-
tive INQUIRY which will go to the
bottom of the leagues political activl-
ties.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Date Changed for
Nationwide Strike

New York. Dec. 5.-The proposed
nationwide strike to force new
trial for Thomas J. Mooney. under
life sentence for bomb murders in
California, will not be held Decem-
Der 9, it was announced tonight by
officials of the International Work
ers' Defense League.
They stated that at a national
labor congress in Chicago. January
4. plans will be made for walk
out demonstration on a colossal
scale"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Turks War Entrance
Accident, Says Report

London. Dec. 5.-The Sketch prints
an interview by its Constantinople
correspondent with the Turkish Sui
tan, who is quoted as saying:
Turkeys entrance into the war was
an accident. If I had been on the
throne it would not have happened.
A rigid inquiry is now in progress into
the activities of certain political per-
sonages and justice will soon be done.
There will be no repetition OF the
ugly events"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Sub Toll Totals $4,000,
British Admiralty SAYS

London, Dec. 5.-Fifteen thousand
men lost their lives during the war
due to submarine and mine warfare,
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the ad-
miralty, announced today.
Altogether 2,475 merchantmen and
go fishing vessels-a total of sIS
craft-were sunk. and 31R crews were
set adrift as the result of the sink
ings
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Incoming Trains from Baltimore Met
by Raiders Searched
by Police at Many Points.
81, 1000 BAIL ASKED IN EACH CASE
Clause Prohibiting Presence of Liquor Within
Five Miles of Any Military Camp Gives
Power for Raid on Liquor Carriers. 81

GERS Of Detective Grants bureau At
the Union Station
Prisoners brought IN from the sta
ton were examined at police head
quarters and marched single file down
the avenue 10 No. precinct Men and
women paraded in the serious pro
cession, their handbags, suitcases and
parcels Of varying description clszped
firmly but gingeriy-the damaging
evidence the authorities hold against
them
Plans Prenrrnnyed.
Major Pullman said that the raid
was planned several days ago and
the plans completed at lis yesterday
afternoon Immediately after the
completion OF the arrangements the
raid started IN earnest and only ended
after midnight
1t is the intention OF the police de-
partment that yesterdays raid shall
be the beginning Of a determined ef-
fort to stop the bringing Of liquor for
commercial purposes into the city.
District Attorney Laskey announced
last night that the offenders will be
prosecuted under the military-zone
law forbidding the bringing Of
liquor into the prescribed area
1t is estimated that last nights
haul was only a fraction OF the
liquor that Is brought into the city
nightly and sold at an enormous
profit
In the future the authorizes viii
place the responsibility Of proying
that the liquor is intended for private
consumption upon the accused
Bring Xmas stocks.
Liquor for Christmas stocks ac-
counted for the large quantities
brought in by individuals in many
cases
Those on the Baltimore and An
napolis cars and the Onion Station
7 train were tipNed OF that they were
I going TO be arrested when they ar
( rived in this city and upwards Of a
hundred dropped OF" il is said.
Numerous parcels Of liquor we're
recklessly thrown into the Eastern
/ Branch II is declared by onlookers.
( Throughout the evening Police
I Headquarters was crowded with
( both men and women who were
apprehended by the details OF police
men which surrounded every popular
1 entrance from Baltimore.
I Authority Explained.
Maj Pullman explained that the
/ raids Were mace on the strength of
/ President Wilson's proclamation made
early in the year, clause II and ls or
| which barred entrance OF all lfquor
/ into this city within five miles OF Ger
/ tain military zones established.
! II the District courts sustain the
| police authorities in these raids IL will
mean that Washington will be bone
! dry.
| As Washington has military OF
naval camps or stations in every sec
/ tior Of the city the five-mile zones
protect all but two remote paris for
! prohibition.
| Many of the cases in the raids made
last night are expected to come up In
| the police court today.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
GERMANY BURNS ALL
INCRIMINATNG PAPERS
Documents Discrediting Former
Government Ordered Destroyed.

Germany is ordering destruction Of
all documents pointing to her re-
sponsibility for the war. advices
from Berne to diplomatic officials
here stated yesterday.
Immediately upon arrival of ar
chives from Brussels at the German
foreign office. orders were issued to
burn papers likely to throw discredit
on the former government. Incrimi-
mating papers in the Berlin archives
have already been burned, the ad-
vices state
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Appeals to British Women.

London, Dec. 5.-Praising the wom-
en- of the British empire for their
service during the war and pleading
with them to continue to stand in
united sisterhood. Queen Mary has
issued a message asking all women
of the empire to join in meeting the
responsibilities Of the new era that
is daNnpg..
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06

Five thousand quarts Of bootleg"
liquor and go washingtonians who
brought It into the city last night
were taken into custody by local po-
lice in one Of the most general and
effective raids ever staged.
The raids were indirectly made at
the behest>of the War Department,
which has complained over the bring
ing of even one quart OF liquor in a
military zone here.
From early In the afternoon until
after midnight a steady stream Of
patrol wagons brought conhscated
suitcasts. valises and other parcels
to the precinct stations throughout
the city and to downtown headquar-
ters.
All the cases were treated alike,
the apprehended parties being re-
leasd upon s.. .Ooc bail.
Maj. Raymond Pullman. superfnten-
dent Of police. personally visited the
three principal points which were
patroled for incoming trains and au-
tomobiles carrying the prohibited
wares.
The first general raid was made at
Union Station when the afternoon
train from Baltimore pulled in. ST.
multaneously raids were made at Fiji
teenth and H streets northeast and
at the Long Bridge. at the foot Of
Seventeenth street southeast.
Meet Bootleg Special
The regular bootleg special
plying between Washington and
Baltimore was met at White House
Station by a detachment Of fifty po-
licemen, under Capts. Hartley. Peck.
Flather, Williams and Harrison and
their lieutenants.
Conductors on the Special stat
ed that ZIG fares had been paid
at the Baltimore end. but only 15o
or so were arrested at the station.
Deed, boss, Il amt got no whis-
key" half the colored people on the
car protested who attempted TO es-
tsblish their Innocence" by the alb
sence of the liquor.
Women and men were bundled of
the car into the waiting patrols. sent
by every precinct station in the city
Search All Cars.
Car after car was held up on the
highways and searched for liquor
Capt. Judge, of No. 10, detailed to
watch the Brentwood road. boarded
a car operated by several colored men
and demanded that they submit "a
the search. The men, after protest.
ing that there was no whiskey on the
-
down the road
After several blocks the car ran into
a tree and the negroes escaped, de-
serting both car and cargo. Sever
cases Of liquor were discovered ir
the machine Capt Judge was as
sisted by Capts. Sullivan and Doyle.
Other police captains and officer
were stationed as follows: Wisconslr
avenue road, Capt. Reilly and Lieut.
Plemmons; Pennsylvania avenue
bridge, Capt. Mulhall and Lieut.
Keefe; Anacostia bridge, Capt An
derson and Lieut. Shilling. and Off
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Kaiser's Brother Aids
Next German Regime

Amsterdam, Dec. 5.-Prince Henry
of Prussia, brother OF the. former
Kaiser, has issued a proclamation
stating that the eldest Hohenzollern
has left Prussia, and that 1t is there
fore incumbent upon him to do every
thing possible to assist the lawfully
elected government
"At the same time" the prince con-
cluded, ''it is my duty to stand by
the Kaiser and protect him from
harm"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Lend Greece $23,764.036.

Another reconstruction credit was
established by the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday. Greece was grant
ed a loan of s2S.7s4,036. This makes
the total credits to Greece sss.554.-
o36, and the total to all of the allies
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
VETERANS TO STICK.
Those First Over There to Wait for
Final Peace.

veteran divisions now in France,
such as the First and Second regulars
and Rainbow and New England Ma
tional Guard, viii probably remain
there until peace Is actually conclud-
ed. according to opinion of Secretary
Baker, expressed this afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
FATAL RIOTS in COLOGNE.
Machine Guns Rake Streets As
Stores Are PIundered.

Copenhagen, Dec 5.-Several per-
sons were killed and wounded dur
ing riots Tuesday in Cologne, which
continued all night. according to re-
ports received here today. Machine
guns were turned upon the rioters.
The rioters plundered stores.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Omaha Carmen on Strike.

Omaha. Dec. b.-Jttneys were the
only passenger-carrying vehicles In
Omaha today. A street csrmens
strike for higher wages Is proceeding
without violence. The car men re
fused 10 accept the War Labor Boards
ruling that unions need not be rscoe-
nized now.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Wilson Is Favored for
Nobel Peace Prize

stockholm. Dec. d-The entire Nor
wegian press agrees that the Nobel
peace prize of 1918 should be awarded
to President Wilson.
The Nobel Prize Committed is now
In session with a view to determin-
ing the recipients of this years prizes
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Senate May Invite Foch to u. s.

Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief
OF the allied armies, will be invited
to visit the United States IL a reso-
luton being prepared by a member of
the Senate is adopted.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Aviator Is Killed.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec 5. = Lieut.
Lowell M. Peterson, of the United
States Aero Service, whose home is
in Boston, was killed here today in a
tail-spin airplane crash. He was in
structing a cadet
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
5000 Men to Get DISCHARGES.

Camp Lee. Va, Dec Six thou
sand men of The replacement camp
lere win be denobilized, beginning
his week The men are mostly from
virgins. West Virginia and Penn
sylvania- There are a few from,
states in the West
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Belgian Troops Within
Fifteen Miles of Rhine

Hayre. Dec. r-Relrian troops have
approached wits fifteen miles OF the
Rhine, IL was indicated in the Bel
gian official communique today.
We have occupied Neud." the com
munique says. "A light detachment
has entered Odenkirchen."
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
French Commands Philippines.

Brig. Gen. Francis H. French, was
yesterday assigned in command of
the Philippine division, and ordered
to sail by the first available trans
port
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Belgium Honors Whitlock.

Brand whitlock, American Minister
to Belgium. has been made an hon.
orary burgher of Brussels, aeoord-
ing to government advices today.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Abdication Held Ineffective.

Amsterdam. Dec. 5.-The expected
abdication of the Crown Prince is
inefrective. it was understood from
semi. odicial sources here today.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
Albert Reaehe. Psri,.

Paris, Dec. 5.-King Albert, of Bel
GUM. and his party arrived here
today.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
TWELVE DEAD
IN EXPLOSION
Thirty Injured During Sc
ries of Blasts at
DUPONT Plant.

Pompton Lakes, n. J.. Dec. s.
Twelve men were killed in a series
of explosions that demolished one
building of the Du Pont powder
plant here and rocked the country
side today.
More than thirty men were in
jured. many seriously. Four e3plo-
sions occurred in rapid succession in
the capital room of the plant where
fifty men were employed.
The conclusion of the explosions
was felt for several miles and men,
women and children flocked to the
scene of the disaster. The work of
rescue and search for bodies was
started at once under the direction
of company officials. a fire started
in the wreckage and was quickly ex-
tinguished.
Eight Bodies Recovered.
Eight bodies have been recovered,
all horribly mangled. 1t is believed
that many of the injured will die.
Owing to the calls of the war there
is only one physician in the COM
munity and it was necessary to move
most of the injured to the Haskell
Hospital and the Paterson General
Hospital after rendering first aid
WreCkage of the building was
thrown several hundred yards by the
force of the succeeding explosions.
Parts of bodies were found more
than 100 yards from the scene of the
disaster. the worst in the history of
the local plant.
Friction is believed by company
officials to have caused the first ex-
plosion and the heavy toll of death
and destruction.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
SEVEN BILLIONS
WILL BE SAVED
BY ARMISTICE
Sherley Outlines Retrench-
ment Plans to House APP
preparations Committee.
BAKER PROVED WRONG
Secretary Expected to Save
$12,000,0 1000, 900, He
Tells Members.

A saving of s7.00o. 10000 Of the s24,-
0Oo. 900 900 appropriated and authorized
for the army since the United States
entered the war will be effected as
a result of the signing Of the armis-
tice.
This was the statement of Chair
man Sherley, Of the House Appro-
priations Committee, yesterday, when
the testimony before the committee
of Secretary Baker and other Off
cials of the War Department was
made public.
Secretary Baker was under the i'm
preston when he appeared before
the committee that the War Depart
ment would be able to effect a total
saving of s12, 200, 10000. His figures
were based on expenditures and OBJ
legations only up to November !,
however, and a further checking up
at the request of the committee has
served to materially reduce the de-
partment's estimates. Chairman Sher-
ley was confident that the aggregate
saving from the army funds would
confirm his estimate Of something
more than $1,000, ,000, 900.
Secretary Bakers statement to the
committee showed that the appropria-
tions made for the army since the
declaration OF war aggregated s24,-
2s1. .OO0, 900 OF this amount the War
Department had actually expended
UP to November l about sl0,327, 900, 900
IS. .159. zoo. 600 in the United States and
81, ,16S. 900, 900 in France. The total
amount disbursed and obligated in Eu-
rope and America was given as Sl4-
100000. This leaves a balance OF
IS. .52s, ,OO0. 900, which the Secretary said
was unobligated.
OF the $3.50, ,OO0, 900 which had been
obligated but not disbursed. the Secre-
tary said he hoped to save s2,600opo,
900. In a later statement he explained
that this figure was being increased
constantly.
The estimated savings in cancella-
ton, termination and reduction of war
orders in the several divisions Of the
War Department were presented as
follows:
Ordnance Department ...... $500. 900 ,Oot
Medical Department .......... S,Ooo,o ,oC
Signal Corps ................... lODo,Oot
Engineer Corps ............... Z29,OcO,Vs
Arcraft Production ...-.--... 100000,
Ni~sa - .1eronautics.... 5.Ooo,Oos
Chemical Warfare Service. $1,000"
Quarterrnaster Corps.......... iso.co0,O0
Recommendations for termination oi
contracts to date, said Secretary
Baker. aggregate approximately S,'
613, 900, 900. Some Of the larger con-
tracts already Cancelled were for:
Powder and explosives. ..... .s2T5, 900. oot
Artillery and ammunition. -. 10000, ,Oot
Rifles and machine guns. $4,000"
Motor vehicles .,....,......... 2S2. 900, ,OOl
TEXTILES Ccloth. etcO ..,........ 264. 600, 90
AirpIane parts ................. 256, 900, ,O0l
Gas defense equipment....... 10000"
Iron and steel products and
railway mateTials............ 53.coo,op
Construction division mate
rial and facilities. ............ $50, 900, ,0ot
About 40 per cent of the aggregate
amount expected TO be saved wa:
classified by states. The approximate
amounts for several of the States, as
- Pakpr
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06
THE WEATHER:

Today-Partly cloudy and warmer
romorrow-Fair and colder.
Highest temperature yesterday
a; lowest. "a.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-06

CONTINUED on PAGE -FOUR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-24
TRIP IS PLANNED
Chamber of Commerce To Send
Delegation to Tractor Show.
Tour Arranged by Bureau 10
Study SiIO Construction.

At a joint meeting of the trade ex-
tension and the agricultural commit
tees of the Chamber of Commerce at
the Chamber this noon it was decided
that an effort would be made to put
a strong delegation of Topekans into
Salina for the tractor show next week.
According to the plans outlined at
the meeting this noon the motorists
will leave Topeka probably Tuesday
morning. 1t is expected that the dele
cation will reach Salina that evening.
The trip will have two principal OBJ
jects in view. One, the study of the
use and construction of silos at the
Kansas State Agricultural college and
the other the tractor show at Salina.
The Topeka delegation from the
Chamber of Commerce will act in the
capacity of escort to the tour being
projected by the Shawnee county farm
bureau. Nothing in the way of trade
extension will be done on the trip, &C.
cord:ng to the meeting this noon. and
the sole OF ject of the trip will be to
show the people of Kansas that To-
peka is alive to the realization that
the Salina tractor show is one of the
biggest agricultural demonstrations
in the United States this year.
w. A. s Bird, Henry McAfee and
H. H. Welty were appointed as a COM
mittee to solicit cars for the trip. H
H. Pugh was made chairman on the
committee to provide entertainment
for the trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-24
DIGGING UP FRAUD
Government Finds Cases of
Bribery in War Contracts.
Quartermaster Officers Commits
stoned Thru Influence.

Washington, July 24.-Information
shedding light on methods by which
manufacturers were able to evade
rigid inspection tests and pass inferior
articles to- fill go 1rnment contracts is
understood to have been gathered
from new confessions of some of the
eighteen raincoat contractors under
arrest in New York, charged with
bribery. fraud or conspiracy.
Action will be taken against the
other manufacturers as rapidly as
specific proof of fraud is developed, il
was said. In some cases officials plan
to give publicity to the practices with
out undertaking criminal prosecutions.
The reason for this. it was explained,
is that government agents have evil
dence of irregularity and profiteering
in hundrG s of contracts without the
substantial proof on which conviction
might be based
Graft in War Department.
An outgrowth of the campaign
against graft and fraud in army con-
tracts, caused largely, it was charged,
by the illegal system of negotiating or
ders thru commission fee agents is
the discovery that a number of Off
GERS in the quartermaSters' corps. re-
sponsible for placing contracts, con-
tinue illegally to receive salaries from
concerns which employed them in civ
il life. A large number of officers,
particularly in the quartermasters'
corps, are said to have been given
commissions thru the influence of
their former employers. These Off
GERS subsequently used their influence
to obtain commissions for others sim
ilarly situated and it is charged that
certain companies or groups of con-
Germs have been able. thu this per-
sonal contacts to dictate specifications
and other details of contracts favor
able to their methods of manufacture.
All army officers receiving some
form of compensation from sources
apart from the army are not open to
suspicion it was explained, particularly
when they are not connected in any
way with purchasing.
Another reform being worked out IN
Washington as a result of the discov-
cry of contract frauds is the gradual
elimination of men assisting the gov
eminent from the nominal pay or
"dollar-a-year" basis, and the payment
of adequate salaries on which they
| can live without resorting to compen-
sation from special interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-24

Kansas City, July 24.-WHEAT-Casb
Market UNCHANGED, No. 1 hard, S2.21@2 %
no; $2.H@22219; No. 1 red, S21S; No.
CORN--Market unchanged No. 2 mixed,
81 -62@ 16a: No. 9, nominal; No. white,
SI939 w; No. 9, nominal; No. 2 yellow.
OATS-Market unchanged. No white
16z5@11c: No. mixed, 73@74c.
RYE-$1. 65d175
KAFIR AND MILO MAIzE-ss. ooas. o.
HAY-Market unchanged
SHORTS-$1 52M1 CO.
BRAN-$142@1.50.
WHEAT-Receipts 4O4 cars
BUTTER-Market unchanged
POULTRI-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Firsts, SIC; seconds S2c.
e, k OI,faNCS1ose; July, S1.5212; August
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-24
Said To Be Arrang-
ing Attacks on Italy.
Would Hit on Pjave, in Albania
and on the Sea.
EXPECT THE GERMANS TO HELP
Fight in Franco Probably VIII
Keep Huns Busy.
italy Confident of Ability To
Cope With Her Foe.

Rome, July 24.-Austria- Hungary Is
planning a triple offensive against
Italy, according to dispatches received
from Italian correspondents in Swift
erland today.
The program includes military
drives in the Venetian region of the
Italian front and in Albania together
with a naval offensive along the Adri-
attic coast simultaneously, Austrian
aViators are to bomb Italian cities
back of the lines and attempt to re-
gain ascendancy on both the Italian
and Albanian fronts.
Counting on German Aid.
According to reports. Austria Hun
gary is openly counting on German
aid, despiteft the fact General Won Be
lows tentative appointment as COM
mander-in-chief of the Austrian ar
mics was recently reported to have
been cancelled, following strenuous
objection by the Austro- Hungarian
high command.
The presence of British and Ameri-
can forces on the italian front, to-
gether with the overwhelming defeat
of the recent Austrian drive has given
the Italian military officials the great
est confidence in their ability to with
stand any Austro- German blow that
may fall!
In Albania. the present drive of the
French and Italians has given them a
choice of position that will be a great
handicap to the enemy. 1t is doubted
that very strong German forces can be
spared from other fronts for this thea
ter and transportation problems
would be most difficult for the enemy
to overcome.
Italian Nays Morale Superior.
AS for al Austrian naval offensive,
a comparison of the morale of the
two fleets can be seen in the recent
Italian exploits at Pola and off the
Dalmatian coast. when three of Aus
tria's greatest warships were destroyed
by tiny Italian motor boats.
To win an advantage in the air, Aus
tria must overcome a combined force
of Italian, British and American avia-
tors