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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
EVANGELIST IS
KEEN To MEET
BOYS At front
GETTING READY TO
JOIN THE AMERICANS
In France Who Are Making
the World Safe for
Democracy. !

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-The last
half Of the ninth inning Of tho in-
ternational game being played on
the western front In France has
been reached, according to "siiiy"
Sunday, with the game a tie, tho
Kaiser In the box and Uncle Sam
at bat.
"The bases arc full" added
Billy, land It's up to Uncle Sam to
put the ball over the fence for a
home run and send the ailIea
across the plate with the winning
run"
Sunday was very much on
arossed in some letters he had
lust received from England and
France, urging him to go to
France. General Bridges, here
with the British war mission, tried
to persuade the evangelist to 90
over.
al want to see those boys over
there and am determined to see
them" he said. 81 am going to
Washington late tonight then to
Chicago and Duluth, and then ! am
going to SEQ the dear old boys VINO
are fighting for the safety OF tho
world. want to see them and !
guess they want to see me. know
so many thousands Of them at the
'front.'
"6iIly" arrived here today and
addressed, the ministers Of the city
at the Marble Collegiate Church Of
"Llberalisr." MA Sunday was
there, and so was Redeheaver, his
cholrmaster.
Billy was asked his opinion of
the strike Of the ship carpenters
here and In Baltimore. 81 dislike
protiteerIng as much as anybody"
no replied. al am in favor o.
unions and unionism. Every nail
of my tabernacle is driven BY
union men and every bit Of labor
that employ. Is union. But am
against profiteerlns. whether In
high places or low"
Here the Rev. "BIlly" Inter
rupted himself to praise tho ma
tional administration for it's war
work and to speak Of his son
George, who Is in the signal corps
under Major RIlsby, head Of a hun
dred corporations and now chief
Of the housing and complaint de-
partment.
1.-THE major is like scores OF
Others" continued Mr.. Sunday,
"who. although they are rich In
This worlds goods, have given up
their private interests for the
country. But !. too, will soon be
over there"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
Speed Up Construction
Of Small Naval Ships;
More Funds Required

WASHINGTON. Feb. lS.-ConEross
was asked by Secretary Daniels to-day
for s230.077.152 to further expand the
nary's great building program. prorld"
for more ordnance and ammunition.
cover additional pay ror an expansion
OF the marine corps from 10000 10 eo.-
600 men and other expenses not con-
templated In this years naval appro-
prlation bill
OF the total, 800. .ooo.o oOn Is for nddi-
tional construction und to speed up con-
struction now under way. Mr. Daniels
said most OF this amount would he spent
for vessels smaller than cruisers and
explained that the unparalleled rapid!ty
with which some yards were turning out
dcStroyers had made Il possible to place
more contracts for these boats han had
been thought possible. About 4 dozen
new contracts already have been placed.
half ot the number going TO the Mare
Island navy yard. which recently
launched a destroyed 6S per cent COM
pletc four months after her keel was
laid.
Some Of the money will be spent for
more of tho "chasrr- rr-destroyers hctHS
built by Henry Ford in his Detroit plant
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
RAILROAD OFFICIALS C0NCEDE THE
WORKERS MUST HAVE HIGHER PAY

secretary of the Bureau Of lnforma'
tion Of Eastern Railways.
Applies to All Sections.
F. ". Brown Of Washington, as
siStant 10 the vice rresiL mt of the
Southern Railway. did not touch on.
the need for wage advances. out
agreed that conditions outlined IN
other sections applied equally to the
south. The railroads IN the eastern
and western territory pay 80 percent
of the money earned by railroad em,
ployes In the United States.
Mr.. Higgins assertion that the lo6
paid man should be- helped drew from
Secretary Lane. chairman OF the CON-
mission. query as to what he con-
sidercd low paid man.
would say that all men receiving
under $50 Il month need more money
to meet the advance in prices OF nc
ccssities," Mr.. Higgins replied. "Per'
haps the limit Of those who need help
should be raised to $4,000 a year,
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
MISS DORR WRITES ON HOW WOMEN
FIGHT BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES
Wars Once Fought on Batteeds Exclusively Now Waged
in Factories and Harvest Fieds-Labor Scoms Paci-
fsts-Grls Fill Shells With Deadly TINT - Air Daids
and U-Boats Fail to Break British Morale.

in The United States. They are part
OF the stock in trade OF all the Socialist
and pacifst orators. In every disloyal
newspaper We have read. not once but
often. that "capitalistic" England had
duprd the Americans into taking over
a task too great for exhausted Europe.
that OF beating tho invinCible Germans.
Fight on Behind Lines.
warted 80 see for myself. and |
went TO England Since my arrival |
hay" travelled England as far north
as Birmingham and Coventry. have
crossed the Scottish border and have
seen something Of the great Industries
Of the Clyde. | have visited munitions
works where l5.000 women work in
day and night shifts making and filling
shells with deadly t. \. T. | have
spent several weeks in London.
have been in an air raid. and have
seen German bombs hurled out Of
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
GERMANS AGAIN
ATTACK RUSSIA
ON THE BAL Tic
CAPTURE OF REVAL
REPORTED IMMINENT
Attack on Petrograd, Via the
Sea Probable-Austria
Placated.

BERLIN, Via London, Feb. 1s.-
Operations have been resumed on
the Russian front. The Germans
have crossed the DVina. This an
nouncement was made by general
headquarters tonight
With Russia in the grip OF In
ternecine strife and her battle line
denuded Of men as result Of the
peace declaration OF the Bolshe-
Wiki, Germany already has begun
the carrying out OF her threat OF
an invasion because Of the failure
OF the Bolsheriki to sign peace
compact with the contral powers.
A dispatch from Berlin announces
that German troops have crossed
the Drina river.
Reports emanating from Sweden
gay that the Germans have begun
pushing forward their troops into
Russia's two remaining Baltic
proYinces-Esthon and Livon1a--
the taking of which would COM
pletely isolate Russia from tho
shores OF the Baltic and give tho
enemy. in addition to the port OF
Riga, the city OF Reval. situated on
the Gulf OF Finland. opposite Hell
singfors, whence they easily might
operate against Petrograd by sea.
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
BY TURK;
SOON CAP PTURED

= After shooting Mustatfa Ahmid,
80, to death In a Weirton coffee
house late yesterday afternoon,
Mohammed Ali attempted to
make his escape by crossing the
river near SteubenviIle, into Ohio,
but a posse Of 100 ran him down
and took him prisoner.
He is charged with first degree
murder. An old grudge is be-
Iieved to be at the bottom Of the
crime. Both men are Turks. Mo-
hammed is In New Cumberland
Jail.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
T|NE FOR OHIO
VALLEY CITIES
To GET BUSY
EQUALIZED RATES
FIGHT WILL BE WON
Means Great Revival of Nav
igation Interests in the
River.
Special to Tho lnt"lllg"nrrr.

'If'ilil ~ ! ~ INV JUS ~ ''-
CINCINNATl. -. t"t. is.--
loom Weld Fcck. trustee "i ih"
CINCINNATI S"uth"rn ra'lr"nd. tho
only un:nilunl owned railroad in
Amr-irn. speaking Tor his fellow
trustees. officially asked city
Mayor John Calvin In take steps
Ia secure Ih' establishment of
an internal waterways merchant
marine under Ihr control rf thr
United States government. TruS-
frr Peck stated "'rhr secret df
Successfully operating upon the
phin and other INLAND rivers lies
in 4 uniform system. reaching AL
spots of III" mnny naIiIahir irih-
utHrics or the Mississippi river.
with Il systematic Interchange nt
freight at nud"rr docks. located
cnnvCnirnllE for fright OK
change. arrl Other Facilities and
features. iuclriituG systematic
sailing and proper handling OF
freight" Peck Siatrd that Il
5000. .0hn company could hr raS-
ily organized under government
control. and c"-"prrntinn with
tn" railroad" now Controlled by
thr United states government.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
Billion Appropriated
Without a Record Vote

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1s.-Tha billion
collar Urgent deficiency appropriation
hill. CARRYING half 4 billion sor the MILL
,arv establishment and large sums for
,he nay ard other branches OF the gov
.rnm+nt was p;tSs-d today b? the house
without 4 record vote.
III Gir"ct approximations and In Ru-
thrrizattcu$ for obligations during the
remainder pt This ..Scal year the total
measure IS $l!h, n."na. II now goes
20 tn. senate whcr. K will Dc given
rrornpt consideration.
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INCREASE ALLOWED.

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Feb. IL
Rv an order o. the public service COM
mission, entered TO-DAY. the Monon'
cahcla Valley Traction Company
which in addition to operating street
railroad. is engaged in supplying naln'
raj gas, was allowed 10 increase us
rates tn industrial consumers al fa'!'
mont six cents per thousand CUBIC
feet.
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THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, Peb. ls.-Foreoast'
west virgtriA-Ra1n Tuesday with
rising temperature; wednesday proba-
bly, SNOW OF rain and colder.
western Pennsylvan1a-Proba rain
Tuesday and Wednesday, warner on
Tuesday.
ohio-Hatn and somewhat warmer on
rresday; wednesday rain or SNOW and
colder.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
THIRD RAID OF
THREE DAYS BY
TEUTON A|R|NEN n

LONDON, Feb. 1s.-HostiIe air
planes are attempting raid
against London again tonight, maxi
Ing the third raid In as many
nights. No damage or casualties
are yet reported. An official state
ment issued at midnight says:
Hostile aircraft crossed the
coast shortly after 9 o'clock to-
night and proceeded toward Lon
don. None of the raiders pene-
trated the dcfenscs, and so far
there has been no damage and no
casualties.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
IMPORTANT RULING.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Feb. IS
Shcriffs charging the county courts
with necessary expenditures for li:t
feeding of prisoners should. in accord
ancr with a statute provided to cover
such cases. file with tho courts an
itemized statement. nf III" amounts eX.
pended for ioodstuffs. according 10 an
opinion given by Attorney General
England to-day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
TO ATTEND MEETINGS.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Feb IS
,lnrris i. Shawkev. State snnerinienc'
cnt Of schools, and !. Frank Marsh.
Of thn board Of regents, will
leave Monday TO attend educational
at Washington, Philadelphia
and Atlantic Cily, it was announced 10.
day at the State department Of schools,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
Church Jewel Robbery.

PETROGRAD, Thursday. Feb IA
Drlayrd.j 9TH" patriarchal sacristy
AT Moscow has been robbed ri gold
church plat" rncruStrd with diamonds
and other precious stones. Bibles with
irv.lrtl gold covers. one valued before
rhr war at o.00n 900 ruhl"S. also harc
b,pn stolen.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
Italians hCtiCe

I;rME. Feb iN-'rl1" Italian troops
arr showing mu"h activity and are
harTaSSIur IA. enemy all along III" line
There also has been considerable artil-
l"ry fighting. according to tn" report
from general headquarters to-day.
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k|EV CAP TURED
BY BOLSHEV V|K|
IN Bic BAT 1LE:
4,OOO MEN KILLED AND
1000 MORE WOUNDED
Poles in Counter-Revolution
Reported Badly Defeated
By Extremists.

Bclated dispatches from Fctro'
grad tell OF the capture Of kiev.
the new capital Of Ukraine. by the
Bolshcviki. The fighting Is de-
scribed as having been Of al TX.
trrmcly sanguinary character, t.
600 persons having been killed and
1000 wounded. Great destruction
was wrought in the town by shells
and explosives dropped by avla'
tors.
At Odessa another big battl" has
been fought between the Bolshc-
wiki and the Modrrates. during
which warshipS in tho harhor
bombarded the city. Polish le'
gionS at Minsk; are declared 10
have been Sanguinarily defeated
and put To ruut, while the BOlshe.
Wiki also are reported IT, have cap
tured Tongorod. on The Black sea,
and Teronezh. capital of the prov
inCr OF the same name.
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PETROGRAD, Sunday. Feb. lI.--(By
the Associated Press. )-kiev. one OF
the principal cities Of the Ukraine,
was captured by the nolsheriki on
Friday after sanguinary fighting. The
streets were filed with dead or
wounded. While the fighting was al
the height on Thursday the city was
bombarded by BolSh hcvkj aEiators.
Polish troops have defeated the Bol-
sheviki at BOgruisk. So miles south
west Of Minsk. Other Poles are ad-
yancing toward SmolCnsk. RUmanians
control the Alderman district OF HcS'
sarubia, and are threatening Thco-
dessa-
The casualties at Kirv are estimated
al 1000 killed and 1000 wounded.
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WILL ADDRESS sEIcHsTAG.

AMSTERDAM. t'"h. tS.-According to
'hs I"!"En" E"iks Z"itunE the German
foreign secretary. Dr. Van kuGhimann.
will address IA" rr!chstaK on Tuesday.
when n" first reading rf tAc Ukraine
peace treaty will Il. taken up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
FRENCH EV|CT
GERMANS SFRON
TRENCH SECTOR

On tn. !.,t,tr front in France and
Flan,i,r Is th" operations continue Of Il
minor character except for artillery
durlS on isolated sectors and here and
there raids " turc than III" usual vio
Irncr III" only attack OF inp"r arcc
along tn" rnLtrc front has brru In
Champagne OIL III" sector where tn:
rcnch. aided by American Iu:n"rs.
captured G"rinau POSITIONS !asi Tues
day.
A, ;his rcint. which is situated south
west Of the l:ullc pu McSuil tn" Ger
mans. after heavy artillery preparation.
attacked ami gained Il footing IN French
trenches. Later. however. they wrrc
AitsctrL. and IN addition the French took
Wl&"nrrs.
Non tie American SECTOR near 81. MI
hhI, the ';crmans have Increased their
pcA;u "Reminiscences and hmInb drop
ming -rxnrdItions 'rhn American vi
aircraft guns ar" forcing the Enemy
nionrs to keep at high attitudes. TN"
n them has been driven down damaged
bTe an American aviator.
rw.uiv-srycn persons wcr" killed and
al injured in lhr air raids mad" By
Vh. Germans nn London Saturday and
S35e,,Jav nights ~ on Saturday night,
*ssnl,. on. Ct tho sin ur seven enemy MA
SHINES which attempted Ia penetrate the
arr.t1~iyn harra.;,- Ui the British reached
ar.nd3r in sunday nights attack. 4
& sthfrL. raid was attempted against the
;rapliIl Monday night.
'rh3 british caSualiirS during the last
En.cr.. the lowest in many months.
Z nI :$ri'ic,rs ana MEN having hccn killed.
5rh. h.%auun,I"d and missing lotalcd 2.o6%
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pnles Defcited

PETROGKAn. Saturday. Feb. @,
i'ounlrr-rn,nluiionary Polish lcclonS
We're defeated by III" Rolsheriki Al
Minsk. February c. III" Polish forces
fContinuud On Fngs Twelve.1
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Battle at odessa.

'PETROGRAn. Friday. Feb. S.--tDr-
laycd.4 d.4--ln 4 battle at Odessa on Mon
DAY. between the l'olShevikt and the
ModrrateS. hundreds were killed. The
CITY was b0mbardcd by warShipS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-19
MCAIeSter Real Estate
Exchange Offices Raided

CINCINNATI. o.. Fob. lS.--Th" riu-
rnnati office Of tho McAl,st"r E"al Is
tate exchange was raid"d h'rr today hy
Chief prputy United States MarShh!
Counties and p"*i"ittI2 InSp,rt"r%.. Toy
Van Tr,$S. president "f tn" company.
was arrested "ri thr rharE" Of using
thr mailS t" d";raud nud books and pa .
yrarS At th" company w'r" seized. Tin"
concern operates hrlurh"% III vuri"ua
cities IhT"uc!!urj tn" country. i, is al
lcg"d hy r"y"rnm"n' officers ii!at tho
realty company has h"iraui"d invest
rrS to an amount "f AMOR" than
ST. 0n0. .nh0.
TIL" Nc S'"r "r:l'"Tu recently OPP
Grated its ";r il Wheeling nmi ruruuI,-
tered difficulties that, Resulted in court
proceedings
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French Statement.

pARIS. Fob. 18TH" Germans last
night mud" an attack on tn" Champagne
front Io-day's war office statement r"-
purtS They gained a footing in The
French positions but after 4 spirited en-
garcmcul were driven 0ut.
('rhc CHAMPAIGN" front i3 where the
Amrrirr" artillery is cN-op"ratiug with
IN" t'rrnch9
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Effort VIII Appear as Daily Sea! The egencer Beginning Mon Feb
THE WEATHER

Probably rain Tuesday and Wednes-
day, warmer Tuesday.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-12
Americans Win
In No-Man's Land
Get Best of Patrol Clash Gas At.
tack North of Tour Fails.

With the American Army in
France, March 8.-A small Ameri-
can patrol early this morning met an
enemy patrol in No-Man's-Land near
Chemin des Danes, and fired on the
enemy. A sharp skirmish resulted,
the accurate firing of the Americans
causing one enemy casualty and un-
doubtedly three others. The Ameri-
cans returned to their lines without
being scratched.
American snipers have been espe-
cially active during the last twenty
four hours, one sharpshotter killing
German who was walking on a
parapet, while other sharpshotters
were successful in hitting other Ger
mans who showed themselves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-12
Toll of Tornado
Heavy For Ohio
Five Dead, Others Hurt, Property
Loss Great-Wind's Franks.

Lima, Ohio, March 10.-Five per-
sons are known to be dead, several
others are reported killed, scores
are injured, scores of homes were
completely or partly demolished
and hundreds of barns and outbuild-
ings were razed by the tornado which
travelled across Northwestern Ohio
early last evening. Estimates of
property damage range from ST.
100000 to s5,OOO,OOO. Miller City,
Putnam County, was hard hit. Seven
persons, two of whom may die, were
injured there. One side of a large
Catholic church was blown in.
Throughout the storm districts
hundreds of persons received minor
injuries caused by flying glass and
debris. Twelve persons are reported
seriously injred.
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AMENDED ORDINANCE.

It will be Of interest to q number
of our people to know that at. the
last regular meeting Of the City
Council held on Feb. 18th, that the
Hog Ordinance was amended. Al
derman Syfan moved that the Hog
Ordinance be amended as follows:
That the distance Of a. pen from
street or residence be rs feet feet
and that the size of pen be 400
square feet, and 400 square feet
more for each additional hog. This
will allow a greater number Of peo-
pie to keep hogs as the first require
ments were that the pen should be
$50 feet from any street or resi-
dence and should be 80 by 40 feet
with 600 additional square feet for
each additional hog. The pens are
to be kept in a sanitary condition.
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SERVING HER COUNTRY.

Miss Lula Cason, who is well
known as a most competent trained
nurse, has offered her services to
her country and has been assigned
to duty at Camp Hancock, in Au-
gusta. When the call comes Miss
Cason will go to France.
Miss Cason came to Abbeville last
week from Dallas, Texas, and has
been visiting among her many rela-
tives here. Abbeville county takes
great pride in the fact that she has
a nurse at the front and every one
wishes Miss Cason well.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-12
Americans: British and
French Confident of
Ability to Stop Huns
AMERICANS STAND TEST ~
e,.s ON THE FIRING LINE
Uncle Sans Troops Have UnHinsh-
ingly Met Every Hellish Move
Of Enemy Warfare.

The continuance Of the, patrol at
tacks by ithe Germans along the
western front in France and Belgi-
um indicates that their line having
been heavily reinforced, the day is
not far distant when the Eentente
armies and the American forces will
be asked to Withstand thrusts Of a
more serious nature.
Gauged blythe sfrmness Of the Brit
ish, French and Americans, in
meeting the; enemy assaults in the
last few weeks, and the feeling of
optimism that. prevails from head
quarters staffs TO the men in the
trenches.a . warm reception may. be
expected by the enemy when he
launches his attacks. ~
In the past fortnight, from Bel
GUM to ) the Swiss frontier, the Ger
mans have e.sayed minor attacks,
in nearly Yall Of which they have
been beaten before they reached
the Entent trenches. Where foot
ing luckily WAS obtained the German
tenure 81 position generally was
short. lived, for counter-attacks. ex-
PEELED them.
i, Amsrieans Stand Tsst.' +.
Everything in the way of modern
warfare-even all the cunning de-
vices of "frightfulness," which the
German mind has invented, ~ not
emitting liquid fires has been tried
against tue Amerieans,r but nowhere
has the enemy been ablst. dent The
front heid BY Gen. psrahinss men.
On the contrary, the: americans
have answered all the German Of
fensiyes with q spirit Of great, bray
cry, and although they have suffer
ed some. casualties, they have made
the enemy feel the effects Of their
guns and rifle fire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-12
SECRETARY BAKER
LANDS IN FRANCE
New System Is
Used By Britons
FRENCH PROTEST is CAUSE OF
sTRICTER CENSORSHIP
PUBLISH NAMES ONLY.

Washington, March 10.-General
Pershing's recommendation that no
emergency addresses, names of or
eanizations or dates be given out in
connection with casualties lists was
the result Of a protest on the part
of the French Government, General
Peyton C. March, chief Of staff, an
nounced this afternoon.
General Pershing's cablegram, &C.
cording to General March, said that
the French Government was of the
opinion that the casualties list, in
the form printed in the United
States, gave valuable information to
the enemy. He explained that IN
France no lists are printed, but that
the list of casualties is submitted to
the Mayor of each town, who in turn
personally conveys the news to the
relatives of those whose names are
carried. % ~: =.
The British system, it was explain
ed, is the same as that now adopted
here-the publication Of the names
only.
General March said he had no
other alternative than to carry out
General Pershing's recommendation
and expressed the belief that "ev-
cry patriotic newspaper and news.
paper man would give him BIS full
cooperation"
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The friction between Admiral
Dewey and Admiral Won Diederichs
arose over the German officers dit
inclination to observe the rules OF
the blockade established by the Am
erican commander in Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey insisted that the
w,arships Of the neutfals entering
the bay should report to the Amer,
cans and was upheld in this conten-
ton by the British naval comman'
der. The Germans, nevertheless
sought to evade the rule and on sev.
eral occasions there was friction
In a book published by Admiral
Dewey in 1914, he described the
final incidental Manila. ...:...:
9. Admiral von Diederichsp rem-
mentine on DexsE,s4 book blamed
the American admiral for the clash
and intimated that it would never
have arisen i Dewey h,.'l shsd net sGla spro.
tested officially about the 'rivial
Incidents" These, he said, inciud:
ed the firing Of. shots BY the Ameri.
cans in order to stop two German
pinnances. ..... =