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The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
REQUISITIONS
EQUIPMENT OF
DUTCH SHIPS
President Disregards Hol-
lands Protest Against
Seizure of Vessels.
U. S. WITHIN RIGHTS
Will Allow Return Of Boats
Sent Here for Food
Cargoes.

Undeterred by the sharp tone of
the Dutch official statement on the
requisitioning of Netherlands ships
by the United States, President Will
son yesterday signed an executive
order taking over all of the tackle,
equipment, coal and stores on board
the reQuisitioned vessels. AS in the
case of the ships, the order provides
that full compensation shall be paid
to. the Dutch owners of the incl
dentalG.
The reply of Holland on the re-
quisitioning of the ships will not
alter the determination Of the
United States to use the ships as 1t
deems best. Officials here expressed
some surprise at the tone OF the
Dutch answer. One official declared
It descended to personalities rather
than made any argument on the law
or equity of the case.
omciaI. In Conference.
The form of the reply which the
United States will now make has
not been determined. The lines 1t
will follow were well mapped out
at q series Of conferences yester-
day. Vance Mccormick. chairman
of the War Trade Board. after a
lengthy visit from August Phillips,
Netherlands Minister here. conferred
with officials at the State Depart
ment and later. it is believed, with
the President himself.
The Dutch reply was officially
communicated to the United States,
it was announced at the State De-
partment yesterday. 1t was handed
to Minister John w. Garrett at The
Hague with the announcement that
it was to be published in the Of
ficial gazette.
May Carry, Munitions.
So far as any officials here could
ascertain yesterday there Is no basis
In international law for the Dutch as
sertion that the ships Of a neutral
nation on masse cannot be diverted
to billigerent use in necessity. Hol-
land, 1t Is pointed out, admits in her
published statement that she was un-
der German pressure. She admits
that Germany refused to agree to the
sailing of a Dutch ship from a Dutch
port for every similar vessel permit
ted to sail to Holland from the Unit
ed States. This amounted, in the
view Of officials here, to a threat to
torpedo Dutch vessels If they submit
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
CHICAGO DOCTOR HERE
FOUND SHOT In ROOM
]. E. Buckley Believed a Suicide
Through Brooding on War.

Brooding over the war is believed
by the police to have led to the
death of James Edward Buckley,
1887 L street northwest, who was
found dead in his room yesterday
afternoon. from a self-infiicted bull
let wound in the temple.
Buckley had not been seen since
Saturday. A woman boarder at the
house told the police that she
thought she had heard a shot about
4 o'clock, yesterday morning, but
was not sure. The condition of the
body showed that the man had been
dead about 10 hours.
According to the police, the dead
man had been under surveillance by
agents from the Department OF
Justice for the last few days.
A note to Coroner hewitt was
found in Buckley's coat asking the
coroner to have his body cremated
and his ashes scattered over the
Potomac. An unsigned check, on
the Riggs Bank for SIS to cover
cremation expenses. accompanied
the note.
The dead man, according to the
police. is well known as a physician
in Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
STANDARD OIL GRANTS
MEN RAISE OF 1922
New Jersey Corporation Increases
Refining Plant Pay Roll.

New York. April 1.-The Standard
Oil Company, Of New Jersey. tonight
granted all Of its refinery plant en-
ployes a fiat wage increase of 10 per
cent from today. First class brick
layers and watchmen will be given
only per cent increase. The re-
cent raise to lead burners will exclude
these.
The general increase will affect
more than 5000 employees. 1t will
ultimately be extended to the sub
sidiary corporation, the Standard Oil
Company, OF louisiana
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
NATIONS EYES
ON ELECTION
IN WISCONSIN
Both Parties Claim They
Will Win Senate Vic
tory Today.

Milwaukee. Wis, April 1.-Repre-
sentative Lenroot, Republican. and
Joseph Z. Davies. Democrat, came
into the homestretch of the Sena-
torial race tonight running neck
and neck for the seat made vacant
by the death of Senator Paul Hust-
ing.
Last-minute reports have only
further complicated the most cha
otic and tangled situation in the
political history of the State. Both
sides claim victory, the Republicans
by $4,000 and the Democrats by
10000. but the most seasoned OBJ
servers admit that anything is pos
sible except the victory OF Victor
L. Berger, the Socialist, now under
indictment for disloyalty.
The result is in the hands of the
two extreme wings of the Repub-
lican party. If Davies wins he will
be elected by the ultra-loyalist Re-
publican votes. If Lenroot wins II
will be because he has held the ma
jority of the anti-war pro-German
vote registered at the primaries for
James C! Thompson, the La Fol-
lette candidate. Party lines have
been shattered out of recognition.
Mr.. Davies and several of his
workers, including Bainbridge Col
by, former Progressive leader. held
final rallies for the Democratic can
didate here tonight.
Claims that Irvine L. Lenroot, the
Republican candidate, will be elected
United States Senator at the special
election In Wisconsin tomorrow were
made last night by Republican Sem
ators and members of Congress who
have been helping Lenroot in his
campaign. The probable majority es-
timated for ,Lenroot by his party
leaders here ranges from 5000 to
10000
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
HOOVER WON'T MIX
In BAKERS STRIKE
Leaves Kansas City Controversy
for Labor Department to Settle.

Herbert c. Hoover. the Food Ad-
ministrator. yesterday refused to in
terfere with the bakers strike in
Kansas City. Mo-, after an appeal
had been made to him by bakers on
the ground that 10000 persons faced a
bread famine. Representations were
made to him by the Nafzeiger Baking
Company. and the Consumers Bread
Company. that the bakers were out
in sympathetic strike. Mr.. Hoover
wired that he was powerless to inter-
fere and that the Board Of Concilia-
ton Of the Labor Department was in
vestigating the situation.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
$500, 100000 GOAL
In W. S. S. THIS WEEK
Boosters Hope to Reach Total Be-
fore Loan Opens.

Two hundred million dollars worth
Of war savings securities is the goal
Of the National War Savings Com
mittee this week. They hope to have
reached that total in stamps, at ma
turity value, before the Third Lib
erty Loan campaign opens.
In March, cash receipts from sales
Of stamps reached $4,000. ZOO. and the
total sales to date are almost $780,
0Oo.00o. War savings boosters will
cooperate with the liberty loan
workers, and 1t Is expected sales
Of war stamps will boom during the
loan campaign.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
Marine AGliation Debates
Walk-out Today for Four
Hours in Metropolis in
Fight for Increased Pay.
Not Fighting U. S.

New York, April Marine
workers at the port of New York
to the number of about 10000 will
strike tomorrow unless their de-
mands for an increase in pay are
granted by their employers, it was
decided today at a meeting of the
Marine Affiliation. The meeting
debated the proposed strike for
more than four hours.
The threatened strike will de-
pend upon the outcome of con-
ference tomorrow morning be
tween a delegation sent by the
Marine Affiliation and former
Gov. Bass, of New Hampshire
who is head of the National Ad,
justment Commission OF the
United States Shipping Board
The conference will be attended
by eighteen men from the Marine
utilization, three from each of the
six organizations which will be
affected.
Quarrel Is With Employers.
Included among those threatened 70
strike are tidewater boatmen, marine
engineers, pilots and members Of the
International Union Of Longshore-
men,
The quarrel Of the men Is not with
the FEDERAL government, II was de
clared, but with their employers.
The New 1OrK wage scale ad-
1ustmenI commission. 1t was said
had been entirely fair, and had the
dry dock and other employees of the
port obeyed the instructions Of the
adjustment commission, there would
have been no talk of a strike, men,
bers OF the marine affiliation said
IF at tomorrow's conference Mr.
Bass agrees to compel the employ
ers to obey the orders already is
sued by the New York Wage Scale
Adjustment Committee" said 9
member OF the marine affiliatior
tonight, "'the men will continue
their work. Should no such assur'
ance be given a general strike will
begin without further notice. II
was through no fault of the mer
that the employers ignored the or
der OF the adjustment commission
Would TIe-up Transportation.
The threatened strike, 1t was as
serted tonight by shipping men
would tie up marine transportation
at this port. Incoming and outgo'
ing vessels would be affected Ship
ment of troops, of food supplies Il
the American and the allied armie:
would be stopped.
Such a strike at this time, wher
America Is bending effort to in
crease her output of men and ma
terials urgently needed in Europe
would be nothing short Of a calam'
ty, in the opinion Of many.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
100000 DAMAGE
BY SEASHORE FIRE

Atlantic City, April 1.-Fire origi-
mating in the Oliver H. Guttridge
four-story brick building, in the center
of block bounded by South Carolina
avenue and Tennessee avenue, on At
lantic avenue. the resorts main
street, early today, swept a half
block to Tennessee avenue, destroy
ing. eight business buildings and do
ing $4,000 damage,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
Irish Conscription, Never,
Nationalist Leader Cries

London. April L-speaking at a
meeting at Esst Tyrone on Sunday,
Joseph Devlin. Nationalist member of
Parliament for the west division of
Belfast. declared that as long as its
members had breath in their bodies
the Irish party would never permit
the application OF sonscrfption in Ire
land.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
YARD And AVIATION MECHANICS
AT PIG POINT And BIG BLUFF OUT;
new YORK MARINE WORKERS NEXT
Every Trade in Ship Con-
struction at the Norfolk
Yards on Strike-400
Aviation Workers Go
Out in Sympathy.

Norfolk, Va, April Five
thousand mechanics went on strike
late today at Big Point and Big
Bluff. The strikers represent prac-
tically every trade employed in
shipyard construction work. They
demand a wage increase.
Four hundred mechanics en-
ployed at the Langley Aviation
Field works declared a sympa-
thetic strike also.
The Federal government, it was
reported semiofficially tonight, is
likely to take drastic action to-
morrow to force the strikers TO
resume work if they have then
failed to return voluntarily.
"The strike is unAmerican," de-
clared Admiral Harris. He said
the men had been assured their
demands for wage increase would
be met if they gave the govern
ment a reasonable time in which
to act, but that they had refused
to wait.
"Un-American,, Says Admiral.
Admiral Harris stated that he
would not help organized labor un-
less it played fair with the govern
ment.
Demands May Re Granted.
Demands Of carpenters and join
ers engaged in war work at Norfolk,
Va, are likely to be granted. accord
ing to Shipping Board officials here
yesterday. They say that the de-
mands of the men for g. cents an
hour for an eight-hour work day
are lower than the increases already
allowed in Southern shipyards gen.
orally.
The carpenters and joiners had vot-
ed to walk out yesterday unless their
demands were met. Local officials
of the army. navy. Shipping Board
and Labor Department comprise a
special commission which is attempt
ing to adjust the matter.
1t Is understood that a similar strike
is threatened in New York also.
While officials here are without any
word on the situation, it was said a
close watch would be kept on develop
ments.
The threatened strikes will not con-
f1ict with the terms recommended by
the Labor Conference Board Satur-
day. This was made clear yesterday
by officers concerned. 1t was pointed
out that the report was in effect only
a recommendation, and subject to rat
ification by the President, Secretary
of Labor, and labor officials before
becoming effective. The interpreta-
ton here is that the men are not vio-
Iating any tenets of the program by
their action at this time.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
S25O,OOO FUND
FOR CAMP GIRL
REFORMATION
President Allots Sum for
Houses of Correction
in States.

President Wilson yesterday appUo-
priated $4,000 to be used in con-
structing additional reformatory Ia
cilities and houses OF detention for
delinquent women and girls found
near military camps. The amount
was appropriated by the President
from the so. .OOO.O 900 emergency fund
at his disposal and will be spent IN
the South under the direction OF the
War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities.
The appropriation Of the sum BY
the commission will be conditional
upon each State apprinriating ar
amount equal to its allotment for
use in constructing the rerormatorics
and detention houses: the state will
he required 70 agree to finish the
building within a year.
FOSdIck AnnOunees Plans.
Under plans announced last night hv
Raymond B. Fosdick. chairman OF the
commission. the women will be kept
in the reformatories from one 70 three
years, until they are completely Te-
habilitated. Best OF medical care and
attention will be afforded the women.
Mr.. Fosdick said. and they will be re-
quired to attend educational classes
for training along industrial lines.
Because OF the large number OF
camps located in the South the com
mission announced the entire amount
will be spent in that section. Cot
tages. accommodating from 90 10 -
women each, will be added to severe I
existing state reformstories, and IN
other places complete new establish
ments will be built.
Camps Lure for Women.
South Carolina. which has appro-
priated land and money for construc-
ton OF refoTmstory for women meas
Columbia. so far II the only State IN
CONTINUED o. PAGE FIVE
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
HUNS RETREAT AS DRIVE WEAKENS
10000 WAR WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE
CiuiEan-
Military
Outbreak

Toronto, April > a q. m.)--A
dispatch from Quebec says q
battle has been fought IN 81.
Roche, In the lower part sf the
= town, and that three civilians
have been killed. snipers are
said to be firing at the military
from windows.
A dispatch fled mt midnight
from Quebec says it looks like
the opening OF civil war. MAI.
Gen. Lassnrd says that the alt
uation Il now too serious for
discussion.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
Pigeon Racer for War Service.

Tonkers, N. Y, April 1.-Edmund
Bennett, an expert in pigeon racing.
has been released from draft to the
national army and has enlisted in the
Signal Corps. He will handle carrier
pigeons as dispatch carriers on the
French battle front
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
Aviator Killed in Fall.

Wichita, Kans., April Lieut.. By
ron jackson was instantly killed to-
day when the machine in which he
was doing tail spin fell Another
instructor in the rear seat escaped
with injuries. Jackson's home was in
San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
Nephew of Diaz Dies.

New York. April l.-Ignacio De La
Torrey Mier, nephew OF former Presi-
dent Diaz, Of Mexico, died of pneu-
monia in a sanitarium here today
aged 81. Mier's career Immediately
following the deposition Of Diaz was
leyentfu. He was captured by both
Carranza, and Gen Zapata
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
Treasury Guard Man Dies.

Hartford. April 1.-Patrick J. Moran,
organizer OF the treasury guard sys-
TEN at Washington and a veteran of
the civil war. Is dead here. after a
long illness.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
LINER CELTIC" TORPEDOED;
ALL LIVES BELIEVED SAVED
Scant Reports Indicate Big White Star Boat
Brought Ashore by otbkr Vessels in War
Zone Close by-Passehgers Mainly Brit
ish-Official Washington Without News.

New York. April The White Star liner Celtic has
been torpedoed according cabegam received late today
by officials of the line The message read:
Celtic torpedoed. Hope to save ship"
No additional information had been received tonight 1t
was assumed by officials that they would have been notified
had there been loss of life.
The Celtic one of the largest and most popular of the
transatlantic lners was built in 1901 She is $50 feet
long, with 75-foot beam and depth of A feet.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
U-Boats Hold Up Ten Ships.

Madrid, April I.-Ten large trans
Atlantic steamships are lying idle in
various harbors Of Spain on account
Of the Submarine menace, having can
celed their sailings for America,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02

Rest and BE Wei Mt Grove Park
Inn. Asheville, n C. Finest resort
in the world. No invalids, no chill
dren under 1o.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
They Cannot Break Through" Is Key
note of Allied Armies-Enemy Con-
tinues a "Hacking" Drive, Making
Supreme Sacrifices to Gain Amiens.
London Hears Rumor of Withdrawal
of Allied Forces from Macedonia.

London April THE end of the day on which Hinden1
burg had boased his army would be in Paris sees the great
German wedge Pcardy encased on both sides by walls Of
granite and its speahead badly battered on one sde while
desperately cranng forward the other taking fearful
punishment.
The Pssan eagles wings are as if tied fast unable even
to make the slightest futteng They great danger
of being momentany clipped Meanwhile the 'beak is des-
peratey hacking away towards Amens The twelfth day Of the
battle brought the Germans only significant gains this hack
ing movement. but netted them bloody harvest of losses
With the fatahshc persistency of losing gambler Hin
denburg hurting after the center the front
between Montder and Marcecave which has the omnousy
significant length of thirteen miles He pursues despite
the ndescbabe blood bath in which thousands upon thousands
of his best fighting have been sufocated during the
days of the wnorose usse the aim which he set out
but failed to gam on the violent sweep-sparaOn Of the
French and British armies
TAKING LAST DESPERATE CHANCE.
Parayzed both Sides forced dig where he had intended
roll up the allied he still hopes penetrate further and
further the reach Amien the PasCaas railroad and
automatically release his anks from the grip which they
held In the marshy between the A River and the Luce Brook
he throwing divisions combat last desperate chance
All day long the carnage ragged this 'front.' and continued
throughout the night Despite their small gains made during the
last wenyour hours, the Germans farther away from Amiens
they three days ago after the capture Mezieres which
they have lost Their faces the big strategic rahead
shape the point still being miles
southeast of Amien Time the greatest ally this critical battle
regOup their forces and bring up fresh troops and guns
They break through the keynote Of every dispatch from
the front
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02
DOUBT If SHIP CARRIED AMERICANS.

No report had received up late hour last night by the
War and Navy departments giving details OF the Oedoms OF the
British steamship Celtic.
As the Celtic sailed under British coors is assumed that all
reports of the Uboat attack have been the British admiralty
Officials here had information of American passengers
aboard the vessel but asserted that reports received through British
sources were correct few lives had been lost understood here
that vessels the reached the Celtic after she
torpedoed and that they succeeded in saving her.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02

CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02

THE HERALD has 10000 cireuIa-
L ton. 900 going into homes IN
Washington. Advertisers use il for
today's customers.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-02

THE HERAID-one cent daily.
L two cents Sunday-at your door
before breakfast for 30 cents month.
Telephone Main $500.
The Washington times., 1918-05-26

I was getting q pair Of trouSsrA.
and the tailor shop wherein I was
getting them had an arrangement Of
windows and mirrors from which I
could see the handsome face Of JOE
DAVIES, lately q the trade commits
sion
Up to that moment, about 1:SO, I
had wandered all over the city and
had scarcely seen a man knew.
But after that they popped up thick
and fast
WALTER COSTELLO ran into me-,
and said:
I was going 10 send you . little
note about some Of the old gang that
was brought up around Sixth and g
streets JOHN LAASKEY and JULIUS
PEYSER and Who's This? upstairs
all came from that neighborhoOd-
And then I stepped ACROSS the
street and saw ADMIRAL CARY
GRAYSON buying q box Of hOWerS-
And later Walter Costello tried to
hold me I'd for the RED CROSS. but
l said to him:
walter, have been urged to
give until It hurts but have given
until am unconscious-
The Washington times., 1918-05-26
BILL PALMER

At the end Of q terrific day of
street work, MRS. ROBERT WAT
SON and a friend came In to see me-:
you say nice things about other
folks" said Mrs. Watson; Il want
you to say something nice about your
own paper. We came into your busi-
ness office to buy some papers, .
hundred or 50, TO sell a. any price
that we could get for the Red Cross
and your people wouldn't let rs pay
a cent for them We sold hundreds,
and came back for more never
saw anything sell like The Times and
1 never met such nice people"
The Washington times., 1918-05-26

in the Sewer or the Palace, and the Same Offensive
Brown Rat In Both
He is Menace to Prosperity, to Happiness and to
Civilization.
But, Fortunately, He Can Be Conquered, Driven
Out, and Kept Out
The Washington times., 1918-05-26

Most Destructive, Most Difficult to Resist Most
Powerful and Aggressive Is the Terrible Brown Rat of
Asia
He Drives Out His Competitors, Destroys All That
Is In His PATH He Breeds with Terrific Speed Is at Home
The Washington times., 1918-05-26

Wish TO inform you that some
one has already matched the
President Some one has two
goats pasturing in the back yard
Of the, city post Office.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS
The Washington times., 1918-05-26
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

your from the Prss-
dents sheep that Commissioner Bow endeavOrng for
the Red Cross much Of expert
judge this the best that a Whts
House grounds, and anybody that bargain
There's Of mtens too
large I should HARRY WARDMAN wool
The Washington times., 1918-05-26

Here's something that WashnP-
eonlans ought to remember. I Suots
from F=-St Deputy Commissioner a.
Accounts Henry q. Klein of Nsv
York:
The city Of Cleveland Eensr-
ates and distributes its own eIee-
trte current The maximum re-
tan rate Is ~ cents a kilowat
hour. II Cleveland can produce
and distribute electric current To
consumers at such q low maxi
mum rate at profit why cannot
the city OF New York with ten
times the population, produeo
and distribute current at laaS
than the Cleveland rate?
The Washington times., 1918-05-26
DOUBLE <
COUGH DROPS'

A few days ago / asked who re-
members. ISea-mark's celebrated
PhiladsIphia cough drops?
The Washington times., 1918-05-26

ing about 81
Just a day or two ago went intS
a combination cigar store-soda foun-
tan-lunch counter and there a
friend stopped me and asked me what
I'd have and said Chocolate soda
l had known him around the Cap-
ttol for several years, but 1 had never
had the opportunity of testing his
hospitality in this whole souled way
and so l enojoyed It, until he nearly
caused me to choke when he turned
to a friend with him and sad:
Mr.. NORMAN, shake hands win
Mr. MORTON MILFORD, Washing
ton correspondent Of the Louisville
Courier Journal"
So Mr.. Norman reached over and
gave me a handshake and l stalled
around a moment or two waiting 10
give my friend jab about mistaking
me for Mort Milford. who Is round
and inclined to adipose, while I am
only about two hundred pounds In
weight
But the opportunity to lab him
didn't come quick enough: and when
my friend said: Where Is CHEs-
TER TAYLOR keeping himself these
days. ! said hurriedly that ! hadnI
the slightest idea and rushed out
And when I sat down % Writa
about this 4 suddenly daWned on ny
poor wits that ! didn't know ne
name Of my friend who called me
Mort Milford So I hunted un Mort
and he said that Il Wls q. T.. SMITH,
correspondent a the Little Rnck
Gazette and secretary 20 coz
GRESSMAN GOODWIN af Arkanaaa.
Moral Don'i hesiiais % driah
soda rateT uiih aHvhodB