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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18
WILLPLACE BLAME
FOR FACTORY FIRE

NEWARK n. J., Sept. 1s,-Tnvesti-
cation into the causes Of the fire
which late yesterday destroyed the
plant Of the American Button Com
nany, causing eleven deaths and in
Turing many persons, was begun to-
cay under direction OF Mayor Charles
Gillen
The grand jury may also be asked
% determine responsibility for the
tragedy, II IL feared that the num-
bar OF Ceaths will be increased to
nineteen. as there are eight girls
missing. Seven Of the bodies recov-
cred have not been Identified. The
Vlant was Completely destroyed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18
Lace Curtains

White and Ivory Irish Point, Duchess Lac
White and Ecu Lacet, and Renaissance Cr
$500, $3.50, $1,000, $1,000 and up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18

Mrs. Edith Wise, widow Of George
A. Wise, proprietor OF the Chevy
Chase Dairy. is the proud mother OF
two aviators in France, and two sons
in this city who ardently desire to
get "over there" and strafe the foe.
The two aviators are George T.
Wise, twenty-seVen years old, who
has downed three Hun flyers in two
months, and Bernard NJ. (Buck) Wise.
Business High School football hero.
They are first lieutenants.
George Wise enlisted in the Brit
ish Royal Flying Corps. in the hope
of seeing immediate service. He re-
ceived his training at Toronto, Can
ada, and Fort Worth, Texas. He
went to England about five months
ago, but II was three months after
ward that he first few over the Ger
man lines. He Is now on his way to
become an Ace. He has not yet been
transferred to the American army,
and, while he fiys with an American
squadron, he is still under control of
the Royal Flying Corps. George at
tended grammar schools in this city.
but of the four brothers is the only
one who did not go to Business High
School
Brilliant In Athletics
Buck Wise is one of the most bril-
liant athletes ever graduated by the
Washington high schools. He re-
ceived his school letter in all
branches of athletics He was a
football star for four years. and was
picked for the aIl-high school foot
ball team three times. He was cap
tain of the football team in his last
year at school He was a member
of the championship basketball team
In 1918, and held the enviable record
of shooting twenty-one baskets He
played second base on the baseball
team. and won his letter in track
work. He graduated in 1915 He Ii
years old
Buck enlisted In the American
aviation service, and was sent TO
N. J., for ground training.
From there he went to Mineola, l. l..
but was sent to France before COM
plotting his training, and received hiJ
aerial tutoring from French aviators.
He was made an instructor a short
time ago, but has completed the
training OF all the young birds"
who were put under his charge, and
now hopes to be sent to tho front
The other two brothers. Ralph and
Business High School Spencer has
put in his application for tho Of
fieer's training corps, and is nov
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18
POrtiereS

Reversible Armure Porteres ~ yards long in an
eoioTS plain edges trimmed with silk edge at $500,
$3.50, $500, $1,000 pair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18
DIR. EeAN DECORATED.

bcoPENHAGEN, Sept 1S.-King
Christian has bestowed the grand
Gloss OF the Order Of DannebroH on
Dr.. Maurice F. Egan. former Ameri-
can minister to Denmark. This is
thA highest decoration which can be
awarded q commoner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18

tober 1. The Neue Frele Presse
says that the Sultan OF Turkey will
make a visit to Vienna the end Of
September.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18
MAJOR MILLER TO SPEAK.

Major W. Miller. OF the British war
mission, will speak at the weekly
long service and war workers So
cial at Epiphany Church at o'clock
this evening. Men in uniform are
welcome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18

FALL WEDDINGS.
Let GUIDE furnish the flowers ana decor
atoms. Estimates given 1914 F.-Advt-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-18
REIcHsRATH TO MEET.

AMSTERDAM. Sept. 1s.-The Aus
trian Reichsrath will meet on o.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
OUR FLOATING HOSPITALS

Imagine a large hospital ashore capable of caring
for over 800 bed patients equipped with wards.
ether lotions. and surgical appliances every de
scrption
Add to these the heating lighting plant the ad-
mnistratiye Offices. the kitchen storeroOm. chest
pantries and coal bins Add these large of
physicians surgeons nurses and miscellaneous people
necessary the hospital all living within building
itself
Then with one wave OF your wand transport that
hospital and appurtenances aboard an ocean liner
of 10000 tons displacement. and you perhaps
ualize the hospital ships of the United states navy
Before the with Germany navy only
hospital ship. the SOlace. a one-time merchant
liner OF 5000 which had used for hospital
purposes for about nine Since April 1917.
ships have been added this They are
the Mercy the Comfort. IOO0O-ton vessels which
were taken from the Ward Line Congress has
voted appropriation for another hospital ship be
and fitted especially this The has
ready laid. but because of the pressing demand
FOR shipping transport food troops and supplies
completed it will be a model for ships OF its kind
4 great ocean liner is prepared carry thousa nds
Of tons OF freisht and passengers. OF course
ptsl ship can utilize the space set aside for those
purposes for the accommodation and distribution OF
the various departments OF hospital Nevertheless it
has been dirhcult task 10 make two merchantmen
over and them into floating hospitals The plan
consistently followed n rehtting the Mercy aud ne
Comfort has been 10 place the operating rooms and
locations the vessel that the natural light
ulaton may be used 10 ne best ad'sntsge
THE OPERATING SUITE
The promenade decE. which Is the topmOst OF
&c the facilities Forward this deck
the best position 70 get sunshine and air.
The several rooms OF the operating suite Just a1aft
rooms Aft ON this same deck the isolation wards
for contagious cases. on the next deck helow-th-
hurricane declare the surSicaI ward. the medical
Nard the dental Office det kitchen. dispsnssrv N-rsy
room and "a oratorv third Of ne decks the
main deck houses me prophylsctic room another X
ray the eaI. nose, and throst rooms and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30

single pantry receives food from the galley for ali the
contagious cases. when dishes. spoons forks
knives have been used they cleansed in utensn
sterizer before TO the kitchens Linen
Is also thoroughly steamed before being 10
other parts OF the ship. AT the after con
tagous wards is room for final scrub-up
patients where they take special bath and re-
ceive clean clothes before they given discharge
from quarantine
The portion of the ship allotted to sick officers con
tains II beds. Eight of these a where
they have the of physicians and
For officers less seriously or convaIescent
there are six separate rooms all well provided with
comforts and conveniences. officers as have
recovered sufficiently. is maintained Is
is connected by dumbwaiter with galley and with
the special diet kitchens the hurricane deck.
There also a o 1856 beds for convalescent
patients. strictly medical beds locat-
ed the hurricane deck. the latter are the
living quarters Of the medical officers
CULINARY DEPARTMENT.
dig institution these floating hospitals needs
2 large culinary department. The importance or
2 good commissary well recognized and the galley
With its panies and STORAGE direct
management and control OF the paymaser OF the snip
A 500 people be fed regular diet with
the facilities which his disposal ranges.
cookers electric ovens coffee urns and bakery
all Of the latest and most approved tspe
Provisions sufficient for of from three q
six months be carried the cold storage plant
IF the ship touches port during time.
nevertheless continue supply all the patients
BILE producing ton or ice day one OF he most
useful accessories OF the galley. The same machine
furnishes chilled air for the store where
milk and otner fresh prov isions kept for dali
issue up the OF weeks supply These fresh
articles can. IN most cases be supplied 90 the sick
only when the ship is within range OF a port where
she occasionally call replenish her Isrder
The milk problem is solved in a different and highly
INGENIOUS fashion Mix is OF course OF the
necessities OF the sick For patients milk
forms the otlk OF the diet and condensed mnks and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30

promised Austrian collapse be easily convinced
that the Italian victory will be followed by
prompt collapse Of the dual monarchy shall look
rather the benefits which doubted. the
gain in morale in western Europe the quick in
allied hopes and expectations the restoration Italy
of confidence cruelty shaken the Isonzo by the
CapOreto disaster, rather than the posi-
blities proft. of the great dangers the
has been removed of the appre-
hension has been eliminated; do not have hold
the while the Venetian line still
The bOche is stopped from the Alps TO the seathis
is the immediate conclusion 10 be drawn and its inn
portance is Immense. Half way through the campaign
of 1918 the O front is disposed of. while
the prospects the main front hourly improving.
the military side the of the Battle of the
Piave of the half dozen great struggles of the
is simply told. Attacking front of nun
dred miles nearly twice a. broad front that
sailed by the Germans March i in Picardy usins
seventy-one divisions, round million troops quite
large force the Germans used between Arras
and Noyon backed by 1900 guns and unlimited
of ammunition. employing the shock
tactics which the Germans used successfully Picardy
Flanders and Champagne. the Austrians undertook 10
break the whole Italian front from the Adige the
Adriatc.
this great effort there three distinct opera
tons the north between the Adige and the Piave
the Austrans attempted crowd the Italians down
the Arsero, Asiago and Grappa highlands into the
plain, the roads railways which along the
foot Of the hills and thus intercept the Italians
the Piave whose sole line of these roads
The successful strategy of Caporetto invoHed
again Had it prevailed the italians along the Paye
would have suddenly found themselves threatened with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
BY a u. S. Naval Officer
FAMOUS FIGHTING
GROUND AT ASIAGO.

the large convalescent ward with its 136 beds Below
the deck the kitchens, storerOoms. engine
rooms and quarters of the crew.
With the development of modern surgery the operat-
ing room has come be the interesting
a hospital The operating suites the Mercy and
Comfort deliberately appointed and consist OF six
rooms operating rooms, sterilizing room and in
strument room. anesthetizing room. and scrub
up
The space occupied is necessarily smaller than in
land hospitals, but the equipment is complete
i'm every particular. The furnishings of the Mercys
operating suite the gift Of the Colonial Danes
America The larger operating room extends across
the deck and has two tables. on the starboard side
general operating table with its instrument table.
sterilizing for dressings instrument cabinet,
Navo instrument table, immersion bowls and forth.
on the port side is the orthopedic operating table
with similar accessories The floor Is tiled the
walls are sheathed with galvanized iron and coated
with white enamel paint In addition 70 the HOOD or
natural light admitted by the portfolios side
there are electric lights each operating table and
Al other points i'm the sterilizing room
"a ms all the appliances ordinarily found in such de-
partment including a blanket for dry and
moist heat The anethetizing has apparatus FOR
administering ether. chloroform gas oxygen, and all
their combinations. In fact the only difference be-
tween this suite and similar shore hospitals
is that 10 guard AGAINST possible rolling sea
thing be carefully secured 10 the deck and is.
ordinarily not movable
SURGICAL WARD.
Below the operating suite and connected with il by
am elevator the surgical ward 1t contains 81 hunks
arranged u Two tiers. ln an emergency ~ can ne
made 20 accommodate nearly twice that many pa
TENTS The bed springs of woven wire many
IN tber, arc adjustable So that the patient can be
placed Ia ans desired position ADJOINING the surgical
ward is the surgical dressing room containing rum
ming hot and cold water. rrsators. hand bowls tables
ana the rest OF the necessary machnery
Besides the surgical ward there nine other sick
wards Five of them CONTAGIOUS wards. placed
i'm a colony by themselves on the promenade ,ec<.
The, contain a. beds bout the accommodation can be
Of the wards necessarily complete in itself and has
to largely independent Of the rest Of the ship
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30

Editorial Comment school PaR@
woman Section and Other FeA-
lures OF General Interest
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30

A week ago commented here upon the opening OF
the great Austrian offensive from the Adige 70 the
Aoriatic operation which even at that early date
disclosed itself obviously the main Austrian effort
the campaign 1918 and a final effort the part
or the Haps0Urg monarchy dispose Of the single
enemy left along frontiers and thus attain
BY Monday. "A. the hfty-ninth anniversary OF
Seferno the Battle OF the Pave had ended in ire
mendous Italian success. Italy had Won her Nerdun
and They shall pass had proven inspiring
watchword fc. brave in Veneua as it had IN
Lorraine
ten days OF the Pave contest from its open
ing on SATURDAY June g. TO this second Monday, the
battle passed through three distinct stages There
first the or the Ausrians, which resulted in
material gains between the PiaVe and the Adge,
a considerable the MontellO heights be-
low bend the Paye. which threatened the line
OF the river. and in a substantial advance in the
marsiy ground the delta which brought the Aus
TRANS within a miles OF Venice
In the second period, when the Austrians should
able exploit their gains and push their
home the world had its first evidence Of the
spirit Italian armies for in this period there
a sudden check the Austrian advance at all
points and the beginning of series OF counter at
along front which, with little delay first
broke the Austrian thrust and finally halt
ed il. in places turned it back from high water
mark.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
i -NAHtNlN II. u lE-hihN1'
ALMOST RIGHT ANGLE

ALMOST RIGHT ANGLE.
At the same time there a tremendous push west
the point where the Pave from the hills
and enters the plain Here the Italian lines makes
almost complete right angle thenceforth follows
the bank a considerable isolated plateau from
which il enemy hands Austrian guns could
rake the rear both OF the Italian troops Monte
Grappa between the Piave and the Brenta behind
the Piave from Nervesa southwark.
Montello heights, 10 give this plateau its familiar
name. is the key alike the crossings the Piave
many miles southwark. the highways supplying
the front of the Piave and vital portion of the
front the hills The push Montello the main
Austrian effort and until the Austrians had been
driven from this high ground toward the end of the
battle the Italian victory assured. but
quite all MonellO time in Austrian hands
a portion held until the closing hours the
sive and this point the Austrians within
Of scoring a decisive triumph.
Der of crossings of the river. but their thrust
almost the edge Of the marshes where the
divides into several channels Here they came
Venice and moment less than
twelve miles from the City Of the Doges. but fortu
natey the marshy of the ground prevented
of heavy artillery and Venice escaped the tate
which Rheims and Amiens enduring
FAMOUS FIGHTING
GROUND AT ASIAGO.
OF three attacks that i'm the north the least
severe the disposed The famous fight
ing ground at Asiago held The Monte Grappa
positions. which TO be national park when the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30

war is over, to preserve them in Italian memory,
positions which command both the Piave Brenta
valleys. retained. with only light losses
tran troops here experienced the check which
two years blocked ar offensive desgned pro
duce supreme Italian disaster by cutting re-
treat Of armies then lighting
BY contrast, the attack Montelo the
successful and despite hopeful bulletins there were
certainly several days during which il and
whether Montello would fall into Austrian hands
and the line Of the Piave have TO be abandoned As
the mountain line held firmly, this have
meant disaster but it would have compelled a
trement upon and beyond Treviso would eventual
~ have exposed Venice Commandment if ca p
ture. As for Austrian progress southwark il
considerable, and the lighting in this region, while
tense, relatively less important
Fortunately the Italians possessed interior lines
They could concentrate their artillery
any danger point with the brefest delay and by the
third day the counter attacks Montello pro-
ceeding and bit by bit the high ground back
Before the Of the first Of battle the
gain had been turned into nothing thar
a huge bridgehead, and thereafter the food the
Piave played into Italian hands and deprived the
TRANS. who had crossed various military bridges,
OF all communications With their rear
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30

day Austrian bulletins talking about me hooos
and mSnBestly preparing the Austrian public the
announcement OF a Defeat. BY Monday Wsshngton
bulletins were supplemsnttnE Rome accounts
tory with the AnnOuneement Of $4,000 prisoners
Vulnerable captured guns The evacuation Of
trian positions or officially reported
and the word rout was bens used IN battle accounts
such In brief Is the story OF the Battle of the
It's main circumstance from the point of
trian strategy. the seizure OF Montello the
menacing both OF the line or the river and OF the
Grappa positions The threat the OF both
lines from the Montello heights The other attacks
seem 10 have been subsidiary, they certainly lost
importance when Montello evacuated.
No repOrts suggest that the Austrians put
up stin night that the Italians had immediate
snd triumph The DAYS OF lighting
exceedingly severe and the Austrians have
shown unusual contempt for losses and unexpected
tenacty. They beaten only because Italian
morale even higher. Italian hieh command tuNt
prepared and Italian numbeis equal TO all demands.
There nd suUmerging OF any sector. such has
become familiar German attacks France. italian
ready intervene before the sorwards
had been abolished. The familiar trench condl-
tons seem 10 have prevailed. and there uothinE
spprOXimatlng a break through al Montelio.
where the AustTians most successful.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
ITALIAN VICTORY Is
MORE THAN FLOODS.

II would be unfair to ascribe the Italian victory 70
the floods. The Austrian advance had been checked
and thrown back before the rose but was the
food which settled the question whether the Aus
trans would be able retain something gains
west Of the river. BY saturday, - Italian
prime minister able to announce that the battle
had already undisputed triumph: bv sun
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
POLITICAL RESULT MEANS
MORE TIINN MILITARY.

Whatever the military consequences OF the defeat
the PaNt bound TO believe the political
suits viii ue more important The long of evil
events uegiuniuZ with the Russian collapse year
ago has at last been interrupted Austria having
brought Go Italian feld an the Of the troops
once employed againsJ Russia and Roumana. hav-
ing rcorsani1ed her armies under German direction
and having struck dual blow with every ounce Of
power left her. has met OF the great defeats
OF the
This is the which comes 20 the stsrNlnS
millions who we're fed upon the cheering II
Substantial food supplied by authentic reports OF
great victory. Victory might not have satisfied the
hunger OF the suffering masses. but what defeat
do toward silencinS the protest and quoting the
rest How long Austria escape the under
sninins influences which destroyed Russia short
wear ago while Russian armies still victorious
and before Slav divisions fled from the
unmistakabe triumph slong the Gnis L1pa and the
pneistert
ON the the commanders Of the Austrian
armies addressed their troops I'm recalling the
famous appeals OF Napoleon equally famshed sol
oilers nearly century and quarter sso. They prom
.~ed their divisions tnat they ind food shd
lIunder Iu the cities Fields Which Ted the Ma
r,Iaonc veterans the EARLIER perot The hope
of gudine food was souge- incentive or the al
ranc ne Austrans. what be The FEELINGS OF
She survivors for whom Italian booty - no loueer even
remote hone For whom hunEer assured
without promise Or the relief % promised lictory
lsfG uutr
~ ~iRtAN DFFFAT NEED
Not NFAN COLLAPSE.
TAs world mas TOO frequently in past months
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
FLOOD IN PAVE RIVER
AID To ITALIANS.

Finally. third period the weight Of the Italian
counter attacks the north the mountains
then mouth Of the Piave and finally at the
cial point MontelO heights. began 10 assume the
character OF a counter offensive in a word the Aus
the initiative and. while the Piave river
behind them, and swept away bridges depriv-
ing them means of receiving munitions and re-
Inducements. the Italian attacks prevailed and the
broken enemy was thrust back the river
rout offensive destroyed the safety Of his
lines Immediately threatened. What happened TO the
French on a small scale about scissors in the winter
OF I914-I5 now occurred enormous scale or
TrcvisO
As write these lines Tuesday, June %, the meas
o the Italian victory is still TO be taken. What
clear the moment Is that a supreme Austrian
victory ended defeat which has already
many resemblance disaster and leaves no reason
doubt the hnal crushing OF Austrian hopes
% dsposng of Italy for the present war. IN word
II is not yet clear whether Udine is 10 be redeemed
and Trieste conquered. il plain beyond per-
adventure that Venice and Verona have been saved
Now Just the Austrian offensive had two differ
phases military and the political the Austrian
defeat must have dual consequences also. It's effect
the western front almost much
Venetia aud its political consequences must pro-
profound reactions i'm Berlin we'll in Vienna
only Italy given her allies splendid assistance
al a critical moment and solid cause for con-
ndence. but she has the heart of the
small. was bound 10 count enormously.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-30
ITALY WINS HER VERDUN

by FRANK H. SMONDS Ss:5sPss: MA Ao fs.I