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The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
CIVIL SERVICE CLUB
WILL give Dance
New Organization of Federal En-
ployes Plans Entertainments.

A dance for its members, to be given
in Pythian Temple, April H.. will be
the first entertainment offered by the
new club of Civil Service employees
of the War and Navy Departments,
recently launched.
Dances, picnics. excursions and
sports are some Of the things planned
by the seventy members already in
the new club. Approval of President
Wilson has been asked by officers OF
the club. in letter sent to the White
House yesterday.
A meeting of the officers of the
club will be held Tuesday evening at
the residence of the president, Herbert
Weinheimer. S36 F street northeast.
Every Civil Service employe in both
the War and Navy Departments. the
Food Administration. Fuel Admins
tration, Council of National Defense,
and all bureaus and commissions un-
der the War and Navy departments,
will be sent invitations to become
members in the new club, in a drive
for membership of 5000.
Officers elected in addition to Mr..
Weinheimer are Harold A Curtis. of
the Adjutant Generals office, first
vice president; Helene c. Wolff. of
the Ordnance Department, second
vice president; Miss Ruby Paul, Signal
Corps, CORES sponding secretary; Frank
Brescher, Ordnance Department, re-
cording secretary; Hebert Solomon,
Signal Corps. financial secretary;
Clair Pennington. Signal Corps. treas
urer. and Fred l.. Clark, of the
Engineer Office, sergeant-at-arms.
William Spear of the Signal Corps.
l19 D street northeast, is chairman
of the membership committee: other
members are Miss NJ. S. Yoex, 800 F
street northwest; Miss Catherine
Lane. Sixth and B streets. and Miss
K. Dinkin, Engineer Corps, Winter
Building.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09

The Navy Department is in receipt
of a completely equipped submarine
chaser, the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Stotesbury, of Philadelphia The
stroyer was constructed especially for
their son. who holds tbe rank of en-
sign in the navy.
Students In land-grant agricultural
colleges whose class standing places
them in the upper third of the senior
class have had a new way opened to
them by which they may enter the
military service. Provost Marshal
Crowder has instructed governors of
various States that these students may
enlist in the Quartermaster's Reserve
Corps and will thereupon be consid-
cred as part of the military establish
ment of the United States and be
placed in class by their local boards.
Four more regiments of cavalry in
addition to the complete cavalry di-
vision. of the regular army will be or
ganized as a result of recent orders
from the War Department.
Gen. Pershing has recommended an
enlargement of the cavalry personnel.
and this action has been decided upCE
to meet the standard of cavalry
strength outlined as necessary by him.
The names and place of organization
of the new regiments are as follows:
Three Hundred and Eighth, Fort
Douglas, Utah; seth, Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Tex; 31Oth. Fort Ethan Allen, VT. {,
3llth, Fort Riley Kan; 312th. Fort
Myer. Va.
Funeral rites for DIR. John ]. john
son, who fought with Col. Mosby $
Rangers. or FOrty-third Virginia Cav
airy, and whose death occurred Thurs
day afternoon at his home, the Ar
gyle, will be held this morning at 10
o'clock at the Mt. Pleasant Methodist
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
HOUSTON To REVISE
wheat STANDARDS
New Plan Less Exacting in Require.
ments on Moisture.

Tentative revised standards for
wheat under the United States Gram
Standards Act were announced by the
Secretary OF Agriculture yesterday.
The standards are less eXacting in
their requirements, especially with
reference to moisture, mixtures of
wheat OF different classes, inseparable
foreign material and rye mixtures
than are the present standards which
have been in effect since July /, 1917.
The revision is the result of eighteen
public hearings held by the depart
ment in November and December, 1917,
and before final action is taken upon
the standards five public hearings, 10
be presided over by the Secretary of
Agriculture, the chief OF the Bureau
of Markets, or some other represen-
tative OF the department, will be held
to afford the grain trade opportunity
to discuss the proposed standards.
The hearings are as follows:
March IA, assembly room, Bourse
Building, Philadelphia, Pa; March 16,
assembly room. Board Of Trade BuiSi-
ing, indianapolis, Ind; March IS. ban
quet hall, Coates House, Kansas City,
Mo-; March IS. assembly room, Cnam-
ber Of Commerce, Spokane. Wash.
March q, assembly room, Court
House. Minneapolis, MINI.
Farmers, millers, merchants, inspec-
tors. warehousemen. carriers and
other interested persons are urged by
the department to be present and
present criticisms and comments.
Change in the former standards is
largely due to war conditions wn':h
have brought about fixed prices :or
wheat and substantial elimination of
competition in its marketing. Mlllns
and baking industries have been put
upon a new basis. Under present
abnormal conditions mixtures of d'f'
ferent classes Of wheat, admixturcs
Of rye and other factors which vitality
influence color. textures and loaf vol
ume of bread. do not pay nearly
so important a part in the market
ing of wheat as under pre-war condi'
tions.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
FOOD PRICES SHOW
GERMANY SUFFERING

The seriousness of the cost of
living problems in Germany is shown
IN figures announced by the Depart
ment of Labor.
1t Is stated 5314 per cent of the
average German family's expenditures
Is paid for food Fresh meat is
scarce and conserved meats are high
in price. Fish II two and q half
to four times higher than in peace
times. Potatoes are being substi-
tuted for grain, and substitutes of all
kinds are being used. especially by
the poorer classes. Jam largely has
taken the place of butter and oleo-
paargarina.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09

had great fun surprising her children.
grandchildren and great-grandchil-
dren at Thanksgiving time by sending
them baskets Of good things to eat.
This remarkable woman comes from
Wales where. next to singing, garden
ing is the national occupation. But
to be sure she would make no mis-
takes. Mrs. Edwards sent to the Ma
tidpal War Garden Commission at
Washington for a war garden primer
which the commission is. sending out
free to anyone who sends a two-cent
STAMP to pay the postage
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
wilhelm The Damned
new name OF KAISER
Geographic Society Lecturer Gives
Ruler Latest Cognomen.

In his address last night before
members of the National Geogra-
phic Society at the New Masonic
Auditorium, 3. R. Baumgardt traced
the developments which have re
suited from the present war and
pointed out its historical events o.
significance.
The lecturer quoted the Presi-
dents statement that we are not
hEhting the German people, but
rather PrusSian militarism, and de-
clared that it is a bigger task than
generally, supposed because the
German people at present are
thoroughly Prussianized."
He drew a line between the Teu-
ton and the Prussian, and pointed
otu that the Teutons have giver
to the world everything that Ger
many has to her credit, but the
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
War Garden Lessons Prepared by Staff
Of The Washington HeralGs Food Experts

The Herald's gardening ex-
perts will tell you how to
start and care for a profitable
war garden. Below is an in
troductory lesson; others will
follow all during the garden
ing season, solving for you
every garden problem.-Edi-
tor.
A few tools, some seed, a plot OF
ground and a little work makes a
garden
Nature supplies sunshine and
rain.
The garden will give you vegeta-
bles to eat. thereby cutting your
food cost, and at the same time re-
ducing the nations transportation
and distribution troubles.
Any person can make a garden; it
requires little technical learning. A
child Of 10 or so can do it. The
work, aside from the spading, isn't
hard. For persons employed indoors
garden work is the most heaIthfuI
recreation they can find-better
than golf.
One needs q rake. a hoe. spadinE
fork, watering can. For a large
garden, say the size of a vacant lot,
. wheel cultivator comes in handy.
1t will insure more frequent culti-
vatiOn, for 1t Is less tiring than a
- hoe. The lawn hose may be used in
extra dry weather to supply needed
moisture. The hoe should be mar
row, preferably fOrked, to get near
to plants without hurting their
stems. For a dollar a whole garden
tool outfit can be bought; 81 for the
same tools will insure getting bet
ter and longer lasting quality.
After the ground is once spaded.
a child is strong enough to do the
work. Large plots. like vacant lots.
should be plowed. A man with a
team, will plow the ground for a
couple of dollars or so. II you can
arrange with several gardeners to
have your plowing done when they
have theirs, the cost will be less
Breaking up Of cIods. raking and
sowing takes an hour or so an even
ing for several days. Thereafter. a
half hours work in the gardene every
evening. or early morning, will keep
the weeds down and the soil culti-
waited.
Spraying and sprinkling is easy
and requires little time.
You may need fertilizers. A good
neighbor gardener can tell you by
examining your garden soil. The best
fertilizer for the backyard garden
is eommon stable manure. which,
with a wheelbarrow,f you often can
get for nothing. At most it will
cost you a dollar or two for the
average-sized back yard. Prepared
commercial fertilizers. concentrated.
may be purchased at seed stores
Amy fertilizer intelligently used
will return principal and interest in
larger food crops.
In other garden lessons the sub
jects of soil. spading. fertilizing,
cultiyattng sowing. planting. win be
taken up.
Cut this lesson out and save IT for
fCttfre' reference.
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The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
PAY GERMANY
IN OW n COIN,
PALMER'SPLAN
No Little Germany" Want
ed Here, Says the Alien
Property Custodian.

Secret testimony Of A. Mitchell
Palmer. Alien Property Custodian.
before the Appropriations Commit
tee Thursday was released yester-
day. -
Mr.. Palmer in urging that the
German-line piers be taken by the
government, and that all German
property in this country be put un-
der the hammer. alleged:
l. That the German empire has
put an industrial and commercial
chain across this country and
through our insular possessions"
2. That one great American in
dustrtal city is a little Germany,
with seven or eight entirely Ger
man-owned mills and from some OF
which the American flag never fiew'
until we took the property in
charge.
.. That the Kaiser through Herr
Albert Ballin held stock in the Ham,
burg-A merican Line.
4. That the time has come when
the ownership of some of these
great German properties should be
permanently separated from Ger
man capital and that the enemy
might as well know now that the
connection which she has been able
10 maintain with American indus
try and commerce is broken not
simply . for the war, but broken
never to be resumed"
5. That the cash for which. the
property would be sold would be the
only thing to be considered in a
peace treaty.
s. That as it is at present, the
Alien Property Custodian is merely
piling UP hundreds of millions and
enormous profits" for German own
ers.
Mr.. Palmer issued a statement
saying that nothing in the amend
ments he has proposed change the
definition of enemy" The only
persons whose property would be
affected. are, first. persons. firms
and corporation residing and doing
business within new or old enemy
territory; and second. resident alien
enemies now interned.
NO action" says the statement" !"
IS contemplated which will affect
the money, bank deposits, postal
savings or other property of sub
jeCts of enemy countries resident
within the United States"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
War Garden Scrapbook

The Washington Herald has
opened . War Garden DEPART
ment In charge of expert agri-
eulturists, who will assist the
readers of this paper in every
possible way to raise bumper
war crops this summer.
The Herald II publishing daily
garden lessons and hints, which
will appear In every issue OF this
paper until crops are harvested.
Why not be q systematic and
scientific war gardener this sea-
con and follow these articles
daIIys
Would IL not be an excellent
suggestion to start a WAR GAR
DEN SCRAPBOOK. Clip out
daily hints, paste them In q book
and you will soon have . COM
pIete garden guide, arranged
daily I'm the order in which you
will be most apt to need 1t.
Begin WAR G. RDEN
sCRAPBOOk TODAY.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
Names Correspondent.

Charging misconduct and naming
correspondent, Mrs. Maria Porter
filed suit for absolute divorce yes
terday in the District Supreme Court
against John Porter. The wife is
represented by Attorney A. P. Owens.
To tell what you want. in The Her
aid classified columns. is to make the
strongest possible effort 10 get il.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09

Prussians have contributed nothing
and finally have led a great nation
into a position that will require the
exercise OF great minds TO bring
her back to civilization.
To the TeUton the PrUssian has
brought efficiency only, he said.
and this efficiency has been carried
so far as to defeat its own pur-
pose. There was a time when It
was said that England ruled the
sea. France the land. and Ger
many the air, meaning that the
Teuton was the idealist The Prus-
SLAMS he declared. have robbed the
Teutons of his ideals and in return
have given him only this efficiency.
Mr. RsumEardt characterized Ger
many as the great criminal among
nations" and referred to the Kaiser
as Wilhelm, the Damned"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09

oberlin. Ohio, March S-If every
war gardener in the country does as
MUCH as Mrs. Thomas Edwards of
this college town there will be no fear
Of a food shortage, for Mrs. Edwards,
at "a. looks after aswar garden that
does many surprising things. Her fall
piowing she had done months ago. and
she is only waiting for the. weather
man to allow her to start things
growing again this year. ..s,.r..
Last year Mrs. Edwards canned
great deal, of vegetables. She not only
Alled her own pantry shelves rbut she
The Washington herald., 1918-03-09

It costs more to live-so you must
increase your earning power. why
not advertise in the classified adVer-
tising colu0nns of The Herald for a
better position?
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
BULGARIA ACCEPTS
 TERMS OF ALLIES
NEGOTIATIONS ARE PRoCEEDIN6 BETWEEN BULGARIAN DELE
 GATE AND ALLIED COMMAND.

London.-Negotiatio are pro eeeding between the Bulgarian deie- gates and the allied command at Saloniki regarding the terms of tue armistice proposed by Bulgaria, ac- cording to Reuter- telegram from Saloniki.
 It is pointed out that the fact that M. Radeff, former member of the Bal- garia cabinet and former minister io Berne. has been added to the delega- tion, shows that the Bulgarian goz- ernment is in earnest in it's offer
 The news from Bulgaria, which comes through various channels, com Balkans is not merely seeking .. breathing spell, but really wants peace. All the evidence indicates that she needs it grieyously and must have it.
 The German pretense that Premier Malinoff was acting on his own re- sponsibility finds no confirmation. King Ferdinand's crown apparently is at stake and he is trying to save his dynasty.
 The Bulgarian finance minister and commander-in-chief are now on their way to the front, according to the newspaper Vaterland, which adds that an American attache will parti- cipate in the negotiations.
 While Bulgaria has been disinteg- fr,. T. sr II war her military defeat has brought matters swiftly to crisis. Her three armies are separated and not only are beaten, but two of them are seal tered in flight, their German allies sharing the same fate.
 The terms of the allies are plain but stringent. Bulgaria will not be allowed to withdraw from the war and resume the position of near neu tral. She must surrender and give up what territory she has gained by arms as we'll as some privileges Of transit and the same usefulness she yielded to Germany while protesting neutrality. There is even sugges- tion that she may be required to use her army on the side Of the entente.
 Answer of Allies.
 The answer of the allies is an ulti- matum. "The allied powers have no further condition to propose" says a semi-official announcement.
 Germany's policy in this crisis is learned from the newspapers Of that country. She is trying to rush rein forcements to Bulgaria. One report says heavy contingents are going, and on their way, will show themselves in Sofia to reassure the people of the Bulgarian capital Germany will not let Bulgaria make peace if she can prevent it by force of persuasion.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
By the President. ROBERT LANSING.
 Secretary of State.
GERMANS VAIN EFFORT TO
 BELlTTLE AMERICAN POWER.
Poster Widely Circulated in Kaiser's Empire, and Reproduced in This Country, Shows Morale of Huns Is Being Shattered

A poster recently issued by the inn perial German government in an effort to belittle the participation of America in the war and thus strengthen the morale of her people form the text of one of the most striking pieces of litera- ture that the bureau of publicity of the war loan organization has prepared for use in the forthcoming Fourth Lib erty loan.
 The title of the poster is Can America's Entry Make decision of the Warf Integral sections of It attempt to convince the reader that America's s army cannot take the place of Rus sia's withdrawn forces; that the Unit ed States cannot build enough ships to have any effect on the result of the war, and that the U-boats will destroy virtually all the ships that America can build when those ships at- tempt to cross the ocean. A French poster also is reproduced in the Ger man poster and the meaning so twisted as to make it appear that France is very badly in need of food
 Two millions of the booklets have been printed and will be distributed in various parts of the country. par ticularly in theaters where Liberty Loan speakers take the book as their text
 The enormous figure of a Russian soldier is the first object on the poster to strike the eye. He stands with hands in his overeoat pockets, indica- tive of the fact that he is through fighting. Beside him stands Uncle Sam holding small figure, designed to represent the United States army, in his right hand. In his left hand Uncle Sam carries q banner which bears the inscription, "Amerlca threatens to send transport of one-half million men, But 1t cannot ship them! !' Below Uncle Sam are these words: Tt is impossible for America to train and fit out in time for the European war suitable and sufficiently large army and provide it with the necessary re endorsements" The catchline of this section of the poster is "Russia's army of millions could not down Germany" and on the skirt of the Russian sol diers overeoat are printed these words: Russia used up altogether fifteen million men In vainl"
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
A PROCLAMATION
By the President of the United
 States of America.

Every day the great principles for which. we are fighting take fresh hold upon our thought and purpose and make if clearer what the end must be and what We must do to achieve if. We now know more certainly than we ever knew before why free men brought the great nation and govern ment We love into existence, because 1t grows clearer and clearer what SUI preme service it is to be Americas privilege 10 render to the world The anniversary of the discovery of Amer ica must therefore have for us in this fateful year q peculiar and thrilling significance. We should make it q day of ardent rededieation te the ideals upon which our government is founded and by which our present heroic tasks are inspired.
 Now. therefore. l. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do appoint Saturday, the 12th day of October. 1918. as Liberty day On that day I request the ciuzens of every community of the Unitet States city. town and countryside. to eele- brate the discovery of our country in order to stimulate generous response to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Comment orauye addresses. pageants, harvest home festivals, or other demonstra- tions should be arranged for in every neighb0rhood under the general direc- ton of the secretary of the treasury and the immediate direction of the Liberty Loan committee. in co-opera- tlon with the United States bureau of education and the public school au- thorities. Let the peoples response to the Fourth Liberty Loan express the measure of their devotion to the ideals which have guided the country from its discovery until now, and of their determined purpose to defend them and guarantee their triumph.
 For the purpose of participating In Liberty day celebrations all employees of the fedefal government throughout the country whose services can be spared may he excused on Saturday. the 18th day of October, for the entire day.
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done in the District of Columbia this 10th day of September in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun dred and Eighteen. and Of the Inde- pendence of the Unified States of America the One Hundred and Forty third.
 WOODROW WILSON. By the President.
 ROBERT LANSING.
 Secretary of State.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
BELG'ANS CAPTURE
 TOWN OF ROLLERS
OVER 5000 PRISONERS AND 300 GUNS CAPTURED IN OPERA
 TION--Gt4ETUME TAKEN.
HUNS FIGHT DESPERATELY
le CateIet, Key Position to Whole Sector Between Bellcourt and San teux Has Been Officially Report
 ed in Allied Hands.

London. - Roulers, Belgian town 13 miles northeast of Ypres, was cap tured. according to a dispatch reeei9- ed by the Evening News from the Belgian battle front.
 British troops advancing in Belgiu n captured Cheluwe and are now about two miles outside of the Belgian railroad junction of Menin.
 The situation has become fraught with intensely dramatic possibilities.
 The Belgians got into Dixmude by smart fianking movement and went through the town swiftly. Street fighting took place and large party of the enemy held out obstinately in the town hall. All the Germans were killed or captured. An entire battery of 150 milimeter howitzers was cap tured in Houtholst forest.
 British and Belgian troops on Satur- day and Sunday took more than g. 900 prisoners.
 King Albert's forces at dusk this evening were attacking the Germans at St. Peter on the Roulers- -Menin road, and at Colliemolenholk.
 Belgian troops in their drive north and east of Ypres have captured 3U0 German guns. British troops Tn the same area took 97 guns.
 The gallant little Belgian army, as sisted by the British, is driving ahead in such manner as to menace the DnI, n, coast as far as Ostend.
 Realizing that the ground from which they are being thrown is inval- uable 70 them, the Germans are re- sisting heavily and have thrown in four divisions, at least, of reserves opposite the Belgians a;one. one of these divisions contaired clements of the regiments which were guilty of sacking Dinant.
 So fast did the British advance in the Flanders area that the batteries through the Siegfried meshwork of trenches was naturally slow, but the allied troops succeeded almost every where.
 Le Catelet, the key position to the whole sector between Bellicourt and Banteaux, was officially reported in allied hands.
 Important fortified villages were carried in rapid succession. Lavac- queirie, Nauroy, Bony and Viflers- Guislain were taken early ill the bat tie The effects of the terrific allied bombardment were everywhere visi- ble in earthworks smashed level, with ghastly peeps at what had gone on underneath.
 Good news also came from the Bel gian front. Houtholst village, lost by counter attack, was retaken hv King Albert's troops. Staden has been taken, and the whole Passchan- daele Ridge system has been oyerrun. During the day the Belgians counted more than $500 prisoners. On the St. Quentin front 4.00o Germans were captured.