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The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
AMERICAN BOY
SHOOTS DOWN
TWOAIRPLANES
Germans Bomb U. S. Hos
pital for Wounded
Soldiers.
WARS CRISIS IS HERE
BY HENRY G. WALES.

Stan Correspondent of the I. y. =.
With the American Army in France,
April flames Norman Hall. Of Col
fax. Iowa. author OF Kitchener 3
Mob" now a pllot-aviator in the La
fayette escadrille, shot down two Ger
man airplanes in seven minutes on
March q. it was announced today.
Hall accomplished the feat on the
scene Of the great German offensive.
He first attacked a single-seater fight
ing machine. maneuvering into a
..sun position" and then diving and
sending a rain Of machine-gun bull
lets into the enemy's plane. The lat
ter crashed TO earth after a few min
utes. Later Hall attacked a low-fly-
ing German armored two-seater in
fantry machine. diving from a great
height directly upon il, sending II
down in flames.
The above dispatch gives the first
news Of the presence on the Picardy
battlefield OF members of the famous
Lafayette Escadrille. composed almost
exclusively of American flyers who
Joined the French Aviation Corps
early in the war.
Germans Bomb Hospital.
German airplanes today bombed
a certain town not far from Paris.
where Elliot F. Shepard, formerly
of New York, has converted his
magnificent old French chateau into
a home for convalescent American
aviators and ambulance drivers.
An aerial torpedo dropped within
a few feet of the Shepard chateau.
breaking windows. but doing no
great damage. When the first
bombs began to drop into the town
the patients at the chateau were
removed to the cellar by Mrs. Shep-
and and Sisters Mercedes and Lo-
retta. two American girls from
Trenton. who are nurses at the con-
valescent home.
Elliott F. Shepard is a son OF the
late Col. Elliott +. Shepard, the
New York publisher, and a grand
son of william H Vanderbilt. He
has made his home in France for
the past twenty-one years. ever
since his marriage in 1897 to Mrs,
Alfred Potter, OF Green Point, Long
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The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
HOUSE STORM
BR0ODING TILL
STACKER GOES
Congress Indignant Over
Delay in Action by War
Department.
COMMISSION. QUERIED

Congress is simmering with indig-
nation over the Stacker commission"
scandal which was first given pub
licity by The Washington Herald.
Storms threaten in both House and
Senate unless the War Department
accomplishes quickly and thoroughly
the promised wedding out of officers
within the draft who are doing cleri-
cal work in Washington.
A resolution calling upon the War
Department to declare whether or not
it violated its own official rulings in
the issuance of commission to Her
bert A. Meyer as captain in the
aviation section OF the Signal Corps
has been submitted by Representative
Anthony, OF Kansas. and passed upon
favorably by the House Committee on
Military Affairs.
Calls for List.
The resolution also calls upon the
War Department to furnish a list of
all commissions which have been is
sued in contradiction of recent Of
fetal statements of the War Depart
commissions in the Officers' Reserve
Corps of registrants under the selec-
tive draft
Representative Anthony said, in
speaking of the bill: Bureau chiefs
Of the War Department informed va
rious members of Congress more than
a month ago that no commissions
were being issued to civilians within
the draft. 1t was said that the only
men of draft age receiving commits
sions were enlisted men who had
worked their way up from the ranks,
with the exception of a few men OF
extraordinary ability.
at is know that number of
civilians within the draft have been
commissioned within the last month,
This extraordinary ability needs
some definition. / have no wish to
disparage Capt. Meyer. but it may
be said that he was a clerk in the
Department of the Interior prior to
his commissioning in the Signal
Corps.
I'VE want the War Department
to tell US a little Of the mysterious
ways in which 1t moves its wonders
to perform. Politics and influence
would easily explain the granting
of many recent commissions, II Is
now the War Departments move.
Unless the War Department can ex-
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The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
FACES
BLOCKADE BY
HUN U-BOATS
Germans Make Effort to
Prevent Agreement with
Allies on Shipping.

Germany is blockading Spain with
submarines in an effort TO prevent
that country consummating any agrec-
ment with the allies which would con-
vert Spanish shipping to their uses.
In the same way. according to the ad-
missions of Hollands own represeu-
tatives in London, Germany prevented
the COnsummation OF voluntary
agreement with the Netherlands.
show Reasons.
Both statements were made in high
official quarters yesterday. They were
cited to show the reasons for the VIZ
orous action necessary for the United
States and England 10 close up the
long pending negotiations with Hol-
land for her idle tonnage.
Robert Otis Hayward. representa-
tive of the War Trade Board at the
London conferences with the Dutch.
yesterday stated that in his presence
the chairman OF the Dutch commits
sion declared that German pressure
prevented Hollands Carrying out the
terms Of the proposed agreement. II
was only after this admission, ac-
COIul1s 10 MI 1dg"dIOs lDdl lDS
United States and England notified
Holland that they would act to close
the agreement by requisitioning the
ships within one week. This time was
extended to two weeks on q request
from the Dutch government
August Phillips, Netherlands Minis
ter at Washington, submitted TO the
State Department a document from
his government. It had not yet been
ascertained last night whether the
document was a formal note or merely
a copy Of the publication made in
Hollands official gazette, protesting
against the action of the allies. Upon
the character of the communication
the reply OF the United States will de-
pend.
Would Hurt Spain.
1t is understood that the document
submitted to the State Department
goes further than did the published
statement I'm endeavoring to sustain
the Dutch contentious that the action
with regard TO - requisiuoninY Of
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U. S. PREPARING TO INCREASE ARMY
AS l,53O,OOO MEN READY TO MOVE
AWAIT TRANSPORTS TO TRENCHES
Favorable Report
Upon Bill to Find
Soft Job Officers

representative Anthony. OF
Kansas. introduced the fol-
lowing resolution in the
House on April /. 1t was re-
ferred to the House Commit
tee on Military Affairs which
passed upon it favorably yes
terday. The House will prob
ably take action on 1t within
the next few days:
Resolved, That the Seere-
tary Of War be, and he is
hereby, directed to furnish
to the House for information
of the House, Rs soon Rs prac-
tIcnble. the facts In reference
to the Issuance of a COM
mission to Herbert A. Meyer.
as captain In the Aviation
section of the signal Corps;
Riss any Information as TO
whether the recent OficiaI
statements of the War De-
Partment disseminating the
issuance of commissions In the
nrmy of the United states
to persons In civil life,
and to regIstrants under the
seIectIVe drRft act of May Is,
1917, were violated In the
case Of Herbert A. Meyer;
also a list of all com missions
which have been issued In
violation of such procedure.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
FIRST DRAFT CALL
ALMOST COMPLETED
Will Fill Incomplete Quotas when
Camps Can Receive Men.

As a result OF special calls made by
the Provost Marshal Generals office
during the past few days, the first
draft now is complete, with the ex-
ception OF a few Southern States
which have small numbers Of color
ed men in their quotas. it was learn
ed last night. Details OF special
calls are not made public. The in
complete quotas will be filed as soon
as camp space can be provided.
probably within the next two
weeks.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
GERMANS FAIL TO BREAK THROUGH
ALLIED ARMIES GUARDING AldIENS: "
COUNTER ATTACK MADE ON HUNS
Latest Casualty List
From Gen. Pershing

- The following casualties are re.
ported by the Commanding General
II the American Expeditionary
Forces.
Died Of Wounds.
Second Lieut.. John b. Graham.
Private Eugene W. EIstpn.
Died Of Accident.
Private Frank Henesek.
Died Of Disease.
Wagner Lyle Vern Rhoades.
Cook Thomas l.. Fitzpatrick.
Private Melvin MatIson,
Private Frederick J. Sullivan.
Died of Wounds.
Mechanic Fred Harbo.
Private Robert Henry TitEeL
Wounded Slightly.
First Lieut.. Henry h. billiard, tr.
Second Lieut.. Andrew Calhoun.
Corp. Maurice sIIverman.
Cook Charles CapIstrand.
Private Glen II. Caldwell.
Private Earl }. Campbell
Private Harry G. Dexter.
Private James c. Ferguson.
Private Graden B. Godfrey.
Private Stanley GodEInd.
Private James F. McHaIe.
Private John s. staIkn.
Private Ernest r. WeInman, Jr.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
Chicago, Puts Ban
on German Concerts

Chicago, April 2-No more concerts
will be given in the German language
in Chicago. so long as the war lasts,
1t was decided last night at a meet
ins called by the vereinigte Manner
chore UNITED Male Choristers) and at
tended by representatives Of many
other organizations.<
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
GAS MASK REPORT
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Surgeon General Gorsas Will Gath
er All Facts Obtainable.

Surg. Gen. Gorgas last night an
nOunced that he would Immediately
investigate the charge made on the
floor of the Senate yesterday by Sem
ator Thomas, Of Colorado, that 5000
gas masks sent to Pershing's force
had been rendered useless as the re-
suit of the work of German spies.
Gen. Gorgas said the statement of
Senator Thomas was the first infor-
nation he had received on the subject.
and that he would not let the matter
rest until he had made a thorough
investigation.
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STRANGE SICKNESS
ATTACKS NINE. NIX
Third of Spy Quartet to Fall Prey
to Disease.

New York. April 2.-Mme. Elizabeth
Charlotte Nix. companion Of Nine.
Despina Storch, the young and beau
tiful Turkish woman who, died on
Ellis Island Saturday while awaiting
deportation on an espionage charge.
was stricken with a battling illness
today.
She was removed from Ellis Island
to Bellevue hospital where surgeons
admitted some doubt regarding her
aillnent
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
SECRETARY BAKER
ARRIVES In ROME
Receives Welcome from Italian
Statesmen and Military Leaders.

Rome, April 2.-Secretary of War
Baker arrived here today. He was
greeted at the railway station by a
reception committee composed of Ital-
ian statesmen and political and mill
tary leaders. A huge throng gave
him a tremendous ovation as he came
out Of the station and stepped into a
waiting automobile. He was accom-
panied by United States Ambassador
Nelson Page.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
LABOR STRIKE
ADJUSTMENTS
IN PROGRESS
Departments Request Nor,
folk Laborers to Return
Pending Settlement.

Aiding the Navy Department in
the labor troubles around Hampton
Roads, where approximately 5000
carpenters and other navy yard
workers struck for more pay. the
Department of Labor yesterday
sent a special conciliator to in
duce the men to return to work
pending settlement. , The Depart.
ment sent Ethelbert Stewart, chief
statistician OF the bureau of labor
statistics.
Demand Wage Increase.
The workers in the navy yards
and naval bases demand sixty-two
and a half cents an hour for an
eight hour day instead of fifty-nine,
as at present. The present wage
decision of the ShipbuiIding Labor
Adjustment Board for that district
gives a minimum of sixty-five cents
an hour for an eight hour day to
carpenters and similar skilled work.
ers in the wooden ship yards. and
the shipworkers. who recently
threatened strike in protest Of the
sixty-five cent rate and have just
nntshed conference here, probably
will get an approximation of the
Philadelphia scale. about five cents
an hour. or eleven cents an hour
more than the striking navy yard
workers were getting.
The Norfolk draft boards. which
have been reported as placing striking
government workers in class /, are
acting under general Instructions con-
tained in the selective service regula-
tions, II was said at the ONCE Of the
Provost Marshal General last night.
A striker automatically loses his de-
ferred classification by his change of
status.
Changes Draft Rating.
This rule has been impressed upon all
local boards and a strict watch for
such cases Is ulaintained at all times
The registrant himself is required, un-
der penalty. to notify his board OF
his change Of status within five days
after the occurrence thereof.
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Celtic Reaches Port,
Although. Torpedoed

New York. April 2-The White Star
Liner Celtic. which was torpedoed
while enroute from England to Amer
lea, has succeeded in making her way
safely to British port according to
cable advicesreceived here today.
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Huns on Defensive.

For the moment the Germans h1S.
been thrown definitely upon the de-
fensive. However. there is feverish
activity behind the invaders line:
immense fresh forces are being
brought up and heavy artillery is
beginning to make its presence felt.
A new terrific piercing attempt in
the center. in and beyond the angle
OF the Ancre and Luce. is expected
momentarily.
Moreover, there was every indi-
cation late tonight that the foe IL
about to repeat his blow at the
Arras front which proved 50 costly
10 him last week.
Fierce Bombardmeat.
For days the whole British Arrs-
sector has been bathcd in SnellfiTs
from Krupp heavies and today the
bonn mbsrdment assumed character
closely resembling that which pre-
Ceded the opening OF the drive .
March p. Long range guns are
participating in this preparatory
shelliuE. covering the British nEh.-
ing zone to a depth OF more than
20 miles beyond the first line
trenches.
Today shells fell into the town %
ST. Pol. q miles TO the northwest
OF Arras, killing several civilians.
Make New Effort.
Daybresk is expected to see HInGen-
hurg's lcgions surge forward on this
front in a new effort TO turn Ara
and Nimy Ridge, this time from tbs
North. and thereby swoop down upon
Haig's Somme front which has 50
valiantly and immoyably held itH
ground against all 1nC CncmN's as
saults
The new Arras battle MAY, indeed.
| break loose during the night. certain
it is that the foe is preparing evil
things on that sector. With the sdT-
prise element eliminated, the British
having used every minute Of the time
that has elapsed since last weeks
abortiVe attempt. aoj the slightest
doubt is felt here that tho rev shocS
will glance OF the British granite
wall
Battle symptoms.
There were also hatie sympuCin-.
though less noisy, on the YprCs front
far to the North. German heavy guns
spent some hours trying to pick troU-
BILE with the British batteries on
! Passchcndaele rid-c and on ihc Goe-
berg range.
This activity however was taken
rather as a fleeing out" operation
than foreshadoWing infantry actions.
Having flung one third OF his whole
striking power in the west into the
/ Picardy maelstrom, Hindenburg e.
sounding the rest OF the front for
signs Of an allied relieving offensive.
| On. the Picardy front the day was
: the Quietest since the great stNIgEle 4
opened. Savage local actions Ner
fought from dawn 20 dusk. sttshi
1 and counter attacks following ince
sanity, but the Germans admitted q
check OF their whiTIwind advance
making no effort TO keep il up.
Tonight's front dispatches told
new massinE Of picked German
| visions against the French "
threaten Hindenburg's Montdidid
NoyOn flank.
In the Luce-Avre angle embittered
hand-to-hsnd fighting took place
throughout the day, the Germans
succeeding nowhere in making new
inroads into the lines protesting the
Eastern approaches OF Anniens.
The angle formed by the Luce river
and the Avre is strewn with German
| corpses, telling a gruesone story Of
the bloody failure Of the few days on
slaughts. The British took fifty pris-
oners and thirteen machine guns IN
this sector and beat OF two Germaa
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03

Madison, April Returns 6S7 28 precincts
Senatorial choose the
Husng showed Representative crawling
Joseph Davies while Victor Berger aed
last The showed
Davies soass; Lenroot 5osse; Berger. s6z22
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Claim Victory.
As returns continued to come in.
w. r. Hollister. secretary OF the
Democratic Campaign Committee. de-
clared that Davies would be elected.
He said information to this effect came
from the Wisconsin State committee.
and that private returns showed that
Davies was running strongly in the
cities. The size of the majority
claimed for Davies was not given.
Early Returns.
Milwaukee, Wis, April with COM
plete returns from 2O3 out OF 2,2S3 pre-
cincts in the State, which gave Len
root a lead over Joseph E. Davies OF
$500, indications were that Davies has
won the senatorial election by a very
slender margin.
Gov. Phillips. who managed the Gam
paign for Lenroot, still claims the
election as certain for his candidate.
In Milwaukee thirty-one precincts
with practically every ward represent
ed gave Berger 6,446. Davies 5,lS3. and
Lenroot 1859.
Lenroot Confident.
In ia precincts scattered over the
State the vote stood. Lenroot, 1880;
Davies, $3.50, and Berger. 5,eoS. The
result is being slowly counted as I'm
many towns the polls did not close
until 9 o'clock.
Davies scored heavily and upset all
predictions when the town of Port
Washington in Washington County
returned Davis 81 votes, Lenroot, $50,
and Berger. 50.
Washington is a strong German set
tlement and in the primary. the Dem
ocratic strength was less than half
the normal showing for the party.
The entire county only polled So
Democratic votes in the recent pri-
mary.
Not any too comforting to Lenroot
people was the first bulletin from La
Follette's home-Madison township in
Dane County. which gave Lcnroot
17s, Davies 10e. and Berger A.
The contest in Milwaukee County
is believed to be q see-saw, affair
between the Socialists and the non
partisan ticket. o. Indications are II
is neck and neck between Mayor
Hoan. Socialist. and Braman, the
entry Of the old party combination
La Toilette Showing.
The Republicans in their final es-
timate, which was based on reports
from party workers declared they
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
RETURNS INDICATE LENRO0T
VICTOR In WISCONSIN FIGHT
Candidate for Senatorial Toga
Leading Democrat by Slender Majority,
with Indications That La Toilette Men Sup
ported Wilson Nominee.
B UL E IN

Milwaukee, Wis, April z-Oicial from 500 OF the
22S3 the State, including Milwaukee
give Lenroot 6667z; Davies, $685.
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would pile up a plurality OF 1000
in Dane County.
In the Davies camp the show in
LaFollette's township was taken TO
indicate the possibility that LaFol-
lette followers who were beaten in
their efforts to nominate Thompson.
might have preferred to give their
votes to the Democrat.
Berger ran away from both his op-
ponents in the township of Manito-
voc, polling 100 votes against Len
roots Is and Davies %.
Ripton City, in Fondu Lac County.
gave Lenroot 394, Davies 22l and Ber-
ger 179. Republicans had despaired
OF bagging Fondu Lac County, al
though the German Democrats up
there had chopped the Democratic
primary vote from 2.3l1 in 1914 to 1,541
in the recent primary.
Early in the day reports began to
reach headquarters of the three par
ties of a heavy outpouring of voters.
In this city, where interest was acute
because Of the city election, the bal
loting also was early.
Madison Results.
Madison, Wis, April 1.-TWO hum
dred and three precincts in State give
Lenroot 1889; Davies, 1889; Berger,
S,466.
Oshkosh City complete gives Davies
2.141: Lenroot, 1.725; Berger. L717.
Wautoma - Twenty-three precincts
out of twenty-five in Waushara Coun-
ty give Lenroot. 1.350; Davies. 7O5; Ber-
ger, 4l6.
Senator Smoot,' of Utah. who has
been active in planning the Republi-
can campaign in Wisconsin. said last
night that information which had
reached him indicated that Lenroot
would win by $1,000 majority or
more
This will make party strength in
the Senate. "A Republicans to 80
Democrats, said Smoot, so that win
ming five seats in the fall elections.
he declared, will give a Republican
majority. Senator Gallinger, chair
man of the Republican senatorial
campaign committee. said:
The attempt of President Wilson
to gain a partisan victory through
an appeal to patriotism and loyalty
has proved boomerang. The voters
of Wisconsin have shown that they
regard this as an American and not
a party war. I cannot but think
that the Presidents interference
turned many votes to Lenroot"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03

Rest and BE Well NJ Grove rsrt
Inn. AsheVille. ~ q. Finest resort
in the world. No invslids. No ehki-
dren under io.-Adv,
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Changes Draft Rating.

coNpNUED on PAGE rHREE,
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L ton. o09o going into homes in
Washington. Advertisers use it for
todsy's customers.
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THE HERALDLOne cent daily,
L two cents Sunday-at your door
before breakfast for 30 cents a month.
Telephone Main 5000.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-04-15
HANDLING THE CITY MAIL:
AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM

Postoffice machinery runs SO
smoothly persons are inclined to for
get it is human-unless it becomes SO
efficient as to cause suspicion, as the
work Of Miss Julia Fisher, for the last
fifteen years in Columbia's postal
service, has occasionally done.
For instance, Miss Fisher knows
everyone in Columbia by name, and
can keep in mind for a day at least
every single letter that every single
person receives. Consequently, at the
general delivery window she occasion
ally angers a man who calls for his
mail, and is expecting a most i'm
portant letter, by saying carelessly,
without even looking to see, Nothing
for you"
And when she sends a letter back
to the sender for more postage, just
because she knows the writing and il
is easier to do that than to send 1t on
collect" the person who didn't put on
enough stamps-Or a return address
is inclined to think that undue famil-
iarities have been taken with his mail
What is the public life of letter?
First it goes into the postoffice and is
there faced up" with lot Of other
ones, so that each has its stamp in
the right place to be cancelled by tho
cancelling machine. Stamps on
bulky letters are cancelled
by hand.
Then the mailing clerk sorts the
frst-class mail into sacks, according
to states, if they are addressed to out
side Missouri; according to railway
route if they are going to small Mis-
souri, towns, and into a special sack
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-04-15

provided for mail going to nearby
towns. Then the letters are taken to
the station in three locked pouches
Special delivery letters are put on
top of the packages of mail so as to
insure immediate attention.
The incoming mail is taken from the
train to the Office in locked pouches
and there the slip attached to each
packet is stamped by the mailing
clerk with. a hand punch The letters
are taken to the distributing table
and sorted according to addresses in
to the delivery district tills. That
reads simply enough, but one can be a
very slow distributing clerk or a very
fast one.
Separate tills are provided for
places that get great quantities of
mail. such as the Agricultural Ex-
tension Division and the School of
Journalism.
Columbia has nine city and ten
rural carriers, and one parcel post
man. These also collect the mail from
the post boxes.
According to postOflice authorities,
surprisingly few letters have to be
sent to the dead letter Office Prac-
tice in reading handwriting makes the
most difficult hieroglyphics clear
Persons with a penchant for prac-
teal joking will try to devise means
of puzzling those who sort the mail
For instance, one letter arrived in
Columbia with no address save the
city and state and the picture of the
person for whom the letter was in
tended-and the epistle reached its
destination.