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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
4ExALTED CAUSE IN DANGER. "
Won Hintze Expresses Misgiyinss;
Does Not Like His Job.

London, Aug. 2s-Admiral Won
Hfntze. the newly appointed German
secretary Of foreign affairs, has been
telling the German newspapers how
little he likes his job. The Koei-
nisehe Volks Zeitung quotes him as
saying:
The post OF a foreign secretary
Is by no means a desirable one"
But he goes on to say: II am not
tackiing my task with a bowed head
or q heavy heart"
After bespeaking the cooperation
OF the press the secretary continues:
II am not at all anxious regarding
the attacks either on my person or
on imperial policy. I am merely con-
cerned for our cause Our cause Is
an sxalted one, but It Is in great
dapsss
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
FIVE HUNDRED
YOUTHS OF DC.
ENROLL TODAY
2i-Year-Olds Since June
5 Are Called to
Register.

Approximately 10000 young men to-
day will register for the selective
draft. For all those who have reach
ed the age Of q since June and fail
to register today there is provided
the penalty of imprisonment for a
year. About 500 will register here it
Is estimated.
Special provision is made, however,
for orthodox Jews and youths of
other religious sects that customarily
observe Saturday as the Sabbath in
stead of Sunday. Those draftees may
register either today or Monday, but
must register either the one day or
the other. This choice of registration
day is not permissible TO those who
do observe Sunday as the Sabbath.
The registration today and Monday
is imperative. says the War Depart
ment, to meet the immediate demands
Of the September call.
I A statement issued by the Provost
Marshal General, through the War
Department, late last night reads as
follows, in part:
Some Exemptions.
The proclamation applies to all
young men within that classification,
excepting officers and enlisted men
OF the regular army, the navy, the
marine corps and the National Guard
and nava militia, while in the service
of the United States, officers in the
Officers Reserve Corps, enlisted men
In the Enlisted Reserve Corps while
in active service, and residents of the
Territories of Alaska, Hawaii and
these territories will be named in a
later proclamation.
"A person who has no permanent
residence must register at the place
designated for registration by the
Local Board having jurisdiction Of the
area where he may be on registration
day.
ANY young man of the prescribed
age. affected by the proclamation,
who. on account of absence at sea
or absence without the territorial
limits of the United States, may be
unable to comply with the regula-
tions pertaining to absentees, must
register within five days after
reaching the first United States port,
either by applying in person before
his proper local board. or by COM
plying with the regulations for
other absentees."
Hours of Registration.
All men must register in the ONCE
of their local draft board in the
District building. These offices will
be open today. from a., m. to 8 p.
m. and from z a. m. to 9 p. m. Mon
day. The only men who wiz not
register in the District building are
those in district three who will reg
lister at the New City Postofice.
The hours of registration will be
the same.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
Fearing Invasion Now,
Rhine Town Dweners
Fortify Extensively

London, Aug. 23.-Fearing an
invasion. the Inhabitants of the
Rhine towns are fiocking to
Central Germany, according to
the Amsterdam correspondent
OF the Daily Express
The Germans are rushing ex-
tensiye fortifications on the
Meuse. Thousands of war
prisoners have been pressed
into service digging trenches
between Dinant and Givet.
German newspapers unani-
mously agree that Hindenburs
Is sacrificing ground instead
of lives" Returned Dutch trav-
elers say that few people in
Germany now believe that
revolution in France. England
or America will end the war.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
U.S.CHARTERED
VESSEL SUNK;
is MEN LOST
Lake Edon Victim of u
Boat in European
Waters.
OTHER VESSELS SUNK
West Bridge and Cubore,
u. S. Ships; Diomed,
British.
OTHER VESSELS SUNK

The Navy Department received q
cablegram late yesterday afternoon
stating that the steamship Lake Edon.
an army-chartered cargo transport,
was sunk by an enemy submarine In
European waters August n There
were forty-nine In the crew. sixteen
are reported missing. The names OF
those missing were not given In the
dispatch.
Reports received by the department
show that three fremen were lost in
the sinking Of the U. S. s. West
Bridge by a submarine in foreign
waters on August l6. They were:
Jens Peter Cronne Noelsen, fireman,
third class, OF Jylland. Denmark.
William I. Porter. fireman. second
class. of Portland. Oregon.
Robert Johnson McConkey. fireman,
second class, of Mt Vernon, Wash
ington.
The West Bridge was a cargo ship
OF $500 tons deadweight in govern
ment service. and was westbound
when stoJpedoed-
The u. s. S. cubore. 1900 gross tons.
was torpedoed and sunk on August
Is in European waters, on westbound
voyage. Reports state that there was
no loss OF life In the sinking OF the
-aIoquO
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
"LOOKING BACKWARD"

Are Looking Backward" with Capt J. Walter Mitchell
to the time when Washington the worlds greatest
Capital, when this city nothing village
and when crossed PENNSYLVANIA you sank
deep into mud?
The second of Capt Mtchs reminiscent appears in
The Washington Herald Sunday morning His subject is
cold Washington Workhouse."
OF Mitcheps story "The Morgue" we have
ceived this comment:
These "reminiscences will strike responsive chord in the
hearts of old timers while must be of
absorbing newcomers engaged in war work"
ROBERT F. BRADBURY. .1s q
congratulate The Washington Herald the
spirit and enterprise which dictated your selection for so
engrossng task, and kcitate people Washington
upon the treat that is in for them."-BARRY
BULKLEY. - EIeF>-
In the Sunday edition The Washington Herald win also
be found the latest vinternationa national and local
accurately nd.tersely presented theatrical society,"
comic, automobile. sport and feature pages.
The Washington Herald
DAILY, ONE CENT. SUNDAY. TWO CENTS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
Two Miles Days Gain
By British.

London, Aug. 2S.-An the way be-
tween Arras and scissors. on a front
Of fifty miles. q terrific aIl-dsy battle
resulted in new progress by both the
British and the French. the former
smashing ahead at least two miles
and carrying their lines within little
more than two miles Of Bapaurne.
while the French crossed the Divette
River. between Lassigny and Noyon
and threw the Germans back at many
important points between the Disc and
the Aisne.
A oozen or more villages Of impor-
tance, all OF them soaked with the
blood OF many a previous battle, were
taken by the armies of Rawlinson ana
Byng. The latters army was particu-
larry successful Thousands Of pris-
oners were taken. the exact total stiil
being uncounted. The French, too,
bagged q large lot Of additional pris-
oners.
Word came late tonight from the
Universal Service stan correspond-
ent with the Americans on the
Aisne-vesle front that the Germans
seem 10 be preparing, tor q retreat
across the Aisne. The front OF
allied attack is expected 10 spread
eastward from scissors within the
next twelve hours.
Noyon. Roye and Chaulnes are
still in German hands but will not
be much longer. Each OF these
towns is virtually surrounded and
IL would be suicidal for Ludendord
to try to hold them. He is worry
ing about bigger things at this
moment and not the least Of his
worries revolves around what the
Yankees are up 70" on the vesie.
A frontal attack against the Grown
Princes army-though IL Is no long
er his personal command n &C.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
Defeats Proposal to Defer
Them for Late Calls
After Elders Go.
c0NGRESSMEN INCLUDE
SELVES AND SENATOR'S
Republicans Block Man
Power Bill by Naming
Government Clerks.
DENT CALLS HALT UNTIL
TODAY TO ENACT MEASURE
Senate to Vote at Once; Anti
Strike Clause Changed to
Protect Workmen:

An overwhelming majority in
the House yesterday decided that
the draft age limits of I8 to As
should be adopted for the new
man-power bill as recommended
by Secretary Baker and the gen.
eral staff. Every amendment in
tended to favor the boys of I8
and 10 was decisively beaten.
Congressman voted to include
themselves in the draft by adopt
ing, with a cheer, an amendment
sy Representative Gregg, of Texas.
-te-aszke ae~ery Legislative and ex-
.cutive official of the United States
government and of the State gov
srnment liable to service.
Dramatic Incidents
An amendment to take in all
aliens who are subjects of any of
the countries associated with this
country in the war was also
adopted.
Final action on the bill was
blocked by Republican members
who precipitated an amendment to
draft all the clerks employed on
war work in the government de-
partments. Chairman Dent, in
charge of the bill. pleaded in vain
that the adoption of such. an amend
ment would absolutely destroy the
efficiency Of the War Department,
IL
partments doing war work.
During the debate on the Me-
Kenzie amendment the most dras-
tic incident of the session occurred,
when Representative Albert John
Nson of Washington. a violent op-
ponent of the conscription of boys
Of IS, brought to the bar of the
House two young pages dressed in
the full accoutrements of the soldier
under which they visibly staggered.
TiIson, of Connecticut. took the
floor and called upon four young
Marines who were seated in the
gallery to stand and show them
selves to the House as samples OF
what the boys of IS could be. The
applause that greeted the appear
ance Of the Marines was deafening.
Includes COngressmen.
The Gregg amendment to include
Federal and State offlcials, provides
that nothing in the act shall be con-
strued Ito specifically exempt from
the draft the officers, legislative and
executive, of the United States, and
the several States, territories and
the District of Columbia"
Mr.. Gregg aroused the house to
enthusiasm with a brief speech for
his amendment.
Il don't think we have any right
to vote to take in the boys of IS and
10 and exempt ourselves from the
draft Let US tell the world that
while we are taking the boys we
are willing to go ourselves"
There are 10 members of the House
who would be affected by the amend
ment and several Senators who might
also be included IL The amendment
should be finally adopted.
Also Goyernnent Clerks.
Martin Madden, of Illinois, intro
duced the resolution aimed at the
government clerks and accomplished
the postponement OF final action on the
bill The Madden Amendment pro-
vided that no person employed in
any OF the executive departments If
the government. any government es-
tablishments, boards Ut commissions
shall be exempt or given deferred
classification by reason OF sdch en-
CONTINUED on PAGE THREE.
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War Workers Wages Raised.

London, Aug. 23.-The ministry of
munitions has ordered .tnat the wages
of women munition workers be in
creased five shillings weekly after
septemberl. !. Girls under eighteen in
munition plants win receive an in
crease af half : croMps
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
JAPS RIOT FOR RICE.
II Killed. 7 Hurt. 1000 Arrested
in Latest Disorders

Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 2o.-Rice stores
and twenty houses have been Destroy
ed IN the refecture of Yamaguchi bS
a mob numbering several thousands,
In combats with the police twelve
rioters were killed and seven slightly
wounded.
In Tokyo there have been 1000 ar
rests since the beginning Of the rice
Iiots.
The unrest in the country has af-
fected the mining districts, several
strikes and disturbances being re-
ported.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
British Steamer sunk.

sttohaNN Sea&s
An Atlantic. Port, Aug. 23,-The
British steamship Diomed has been
torpedoed and sunk of the Atlantic
coast. More than 100 of her crew
were rescued. Many were Chinese.
Some were severely injured.
A Swedish steamship which also
arrived today, reported that yester-
day morning she was held up by q
submarine. After a parley with the
U-boat commander she was permit
ted to proceed.
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 2s.-An in
coming steamer reports having pass
ed on August 10. of the American
coast. an empty lifeboat awash.
bearing the japanese name Tokuy-
anna Saru. A water logged barge
was also sighted on the same day.
Another vessel reports that August
16, the after part of a schooner's
deck, with part OF the rail showing.
was awash in mid-ocean.
Cape May, n. J., Aug. 23.-Orders
have been issued by naval authori-
ties that no pleasure boats will be
allowed on the bay, Cold Spring
f1dT Dor, dllcT Cuuuoy ~ AhiOhlb ~
August IS.
This order also stops fishing par
ties from going outside, including
the regular fishing fleet.
Triumph Captsr Boasts.
Portland. Me-. Aug. "a boast
that the American cruiser San Diego
was torpedoed and not mined was
,,,odo by the Gamma nder Of the xlh-
marine which captured the steam
trawler Triumph and used. her as a
raider on the fishing banks this week.
Word to this effect has been re-
ceived from Capt Myhre. Of the Tri-
umph. The German oficer also as
serted he sank the tank steamship
o. B. Jennings, and that the cap
tain of the. Jennings was a prisoner
while Capt. Myhre was on board the
submarine.
The opinion that enemy spies are
operating in Maine in connection with
German submarine activities is ex-
pressed by the Maine Committee on
Public Safety. ..
! According to a dispatch from Au-
Susta, the State capital. the COM
mittee urged its members to keep
a vigilant lookout, the dispatch added.
Absence of any definited report Of
activity yesterday on the part of
the raider Triumph, the converted
steam trawIer. armed by sixteen men,
bers OF a German U-boat crew.
strengthened the belief in naval cir
cles that the vessel is no longer on
the North Atlantic fishing grounds.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
BRITISH FLYING FEAT.
Plane Carries 9 Passengers from
France to Enaland.

London. Aug. IA large British
airplane, carrying its crew and nine
passengers. has made the trip from
France to England.
\ The journey from an airdrome in
the interior, Of France to one in the
interior Of England occupied little
more than a half hour.
The test was made under routine
conditions with an ordinary service
airplane of the largest type. The pas
sengers carried the normal amount
Of baggage as IL travelling by train
or boat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24

Buenos Ayres. Aug. k2s.-The Ameri-
caon steamship Grays Harbor. CSC
tons, has been destroyed as the result
OF boiler explosion. according to dis
patches from Pernambueeo. Two of
the crew were killed, and the others
saEsa.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
KAISERIN ILL.
"OvewSsk Cause. Say Doctors;
Kaiser Hurries Home.

Amsterdam. Aug. 2s.-Empress Au-
susta Victoria Of Germany is i'll at
Castle Wilhelmshohe, Hesse-Cassel,
the Lokal Anzeiger OF Berlin says,
owing to overstrain from her war
relief work Physicians in attenl-
ance promise her. full recovery with
In a few weeks.
Emperor William, who has been
almost uninterruptedly in the field
since the spring Offensive, has left
main headquarters for williamshohe,
especially as "the Empress sons are
prevented by their service obligations
from attending their mothers bed
side"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
Agree on Siberia.

Agree on Siberia.
There is an entire .unanimity of
opinion between the Russian -Siber-
ian government at Onfek and the
Vladivostok government concern
ing inter-allied intervention, the
State Department has been advised.
Secretary Lansing announced yes
torday that both governments are
in accord on the matter.
No further information has been
received by the State Department
regarding the Bolshevik declaration
of war against the United States,
which has been reported from
Petrograd. The matter, however,
is not taken seriously. inasmuch
as this government would have
been advised through oficia
sources of such q declaration, had
one been made in sincerity.
From Vladivostok yesterday. the
war council of the American Red
Cross received an appeal from its
representative for additional hos
pital supplies, equipment. an in
creased stan of workers and more
clerical help.
The cable said preparations were
being made for heavy emergency
demands. and the message indicated
the magnitude Of the task confront
ing the force now there.
The Red Cross representative said
he had been asked by the Czecho-
Sloyaks to take over the naval hospi-
tai at Vladivostok, which now con-
taihs 5000 Czechs. In response to re-
quests to the Czecho-Sloyaks the
latter have agreed to assist in improy-
Ing the food supplies of the hospital.
An official dispatch from Berne yes
terday says the Deutsch Zeitung be-
lleVes Helfferich will not return to
the German mission to Russia, which
Is now at Pskov, because of his lack
of sympathy with the Russian policy
laid down by secretary of state Won
Hintze,
Another dispatch from Berne de-
clares the vice-chancellor, together
with Won Hintze. met the party chiefs
OF the Reichstag yesterday and that
the subsidiary treaties of the
Brest-Litovsk treaty were discussed,
The exterior political situation. to-
gether with the results of the recent
negotiations between the two ernper-
ors at general headquarters, were
also discussed, but the semi-official
Wolff bureau asserts no Immediate
necessity exists for convoking the
reichstag.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24
$4,000 FREED
FROM PRISON
In RUSS CITY
Populace Threaten Kremlin
Destruction Unless Army
Men Are Released.
JAPS MOVE In SIBERIA
Red Cross Active in VlaG-
vostok; Hun Envoy
Passes Up Moscow.
JAPS MOVE In SIBERIA

Amsterdam via London. Aug. a.
The Bolshevik government. according
to Fieff advices, has been forced to
release 1900 former officers In the
Russian army who had been impris-
oned in the Alexieff barracks at Mos
COW. The people OF Moscow, the dis
patch adds, threatened to- blow up
the Kremlin unless these former on
GERS were given their freedom.
Toxic. Aug. 23.-Japanese troops are
advancing beyond Nikolsk, the war
ofice announced today. the statement
also said that Lieut.. Gen. Otani, COM
mander of the allied forces In East
ern Siberia, would command also the
Czecho-Slovak troops operating there
and other anti-Bolsheviki forces In
the maritime provinces of Siberia.
The Czecho-Slovaks have asked the
allies for big re-inforcements In the
region Of Lake Baikal, according to
the Vladiyostok correspondent of the
Nippon Dempo News Agency.
The Czechs, says the dispatch, are
seriously endangered there, and de-.
clare they must decisively defeat the
Bolsheviki within . month. before
winter sets In.
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All Arrangements Made.

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 3.-Herbert
Hoover, Federal Food Administrator
who arrived here today on board a
British steamship. expressed the be-
lief that the food problem Of the COM
ing year would be met with much less
difficulty than was experienced IN the
last year.
, Arrangements were made by the al
lied food commissions while he was
in Europe, he said, TO handle every
phase of the situation.
"Americsn soldiers in Europe are
being fed extremely WELL" said hr,
Hoover. Captured German soldiers
betray every evidence Of good feed
ing. American soldiers are getting
800 calories a day, and the civilian
population is getting $500.
'I conferred with the food admin
istrators of the allied countries and
as result of these four weeks con-
ferences we arrived at q solution
by which the greater problem Of next
year would be met more easily than
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BACK;
SAYS SUPPLIES
now ASSURED

Herbert Hoover. Food Administra-
tor of the United States. who Tor the
last several weeks has been abroad
in the interests of the food supplies
of the allies. returned to Washing-
ton last night. He Immediately
Joined Mrs. Hoover at her summer
establishment. 'Tn-The-W o s.
Chevy Chase.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-08-24

Nikoisk is important railway
junction fifty miles north OF Vladi-
vostok.
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THE WEATHER

Today-Fair and warm. Tomor-
row-Probably the same. Highest
temperature yesterday, 81; lowest. 6s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
w. G. McADOO.
ASQUITH HEARTILY ENDORSES PRESIDENT
 WILSON, SPOKESMAN FOR ENTENTE NATIONS

London, Wednesday, Oct 16 - Herbert H. Asquith former premier speaking the National Liberal club here to- day. said there in the Allied world better qualified to be spokesman of the Entente nations than President Will Both of Mr. Wilson's recent replies Germanys peace proposals heartily endorsed by Mr. Asquh He spoke in part follows:
 1.-The German peace overures sincere the that they evidently proceeded from the German people who in their heart of hearts have given up the game R in ad dressing her overur not to the European allies but to American associates Germany calculated to the seeds of possible dssenson and jealousy another Illustration of the chronic clumsiness of German diplomacy.
 "There is one better qualified to be the spokesman of than President Wilson His two replies to the notes both in spirit substance exactly what the occasion required They dgned and ouspo and went to the heart of the matter leaving loophos for dialeccal or rhetorical escape.
 "We must be that the government has invited to deal with it is not the old Prssan mtarsm dressed up in Democratic disguise That is the great question: The reply to it can only from the German people themselves
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
UNNECESSARY SHOOTING
 AT KEYSTONE CLUB
 JUDGE REED CHARGES

'-There are four possible verdicts which you may render in this case,' Judge J. H. Reed. in the Superior Court, told the jury which is consid- ering the guilt or innocence of Will liam Thomas (Baby DolD and Jacob Hawkins (Texas), for the murder of Norris Pannill at the Keystone club, December 16 last,
 "You may render a verdict of first degree murder, for second degree murder, for manslaughter, or a yer dict of not guilty" he continued, af- ter he had defined the law relating to murder,
 Judge Reed reviewed the claim of the state that Pannin was killed by < bullet fired by Hawkins in the hall way of the Keystone club on the night of Dec. 1e, and pointed out that 1t is not the duty of the jury to determine how Pannill was killed, but its duty to determine if Pannill met death i'r the manner alleged by the state. He showed that Pannill, 1t is agreed, died from the effects of a wound with a bullet of .32 calibre, cAlled attention to the fact that no pistol firing such 8 bullet had been produced by the state, although it is alleged by tho state such a revolver was fired by Hawkins, and he also told the jury il should take into consideration the fact whether or not the bullet which killed Pannill might not have beer fired by SeTgt Burns