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The Washington herald., 1918-06-02
Main Drive on West SIDE

Main Drive on West stS.
The main force of the German, VA,
exerted on the western side Of the
sallent In an attempt to advance
through the valley Of the Ourcq. Il
was here that the allied reserves vere
brought into play. having been rushed
IoIHArd oy railway and motor cars.
according TO the German official
statement
These fresh divisions wer. burI..
in by Foch Just in tim. 70 ston ths
enemy advance beyond Chouy ana
Neuilly st. Front. A German s6v,ncs
on this side OF the salient in tn.
vicinity OF Scissors would directly
menace Compiegne. the railroad kew
to Paris, from the northeast
The German night statement Law,
special stress on the violent 6xhtirs
during the day. but claims substantial
advances especially north OF the Aisn.
mere they claim TO have taken Neuv-
ron, five miles southwest OF BIer,n-
court
While the Germans claim TO hsv.
taken several thousand prisoners ana
much booty. they refrain from men
toning the number OF prisoners,
which has been a feature Of theIr
statements In the last few days.
French Confidence Increased.
The French night report on the
other hand carries an impression Of
increased confidence.
The entire situation tonight 10 re-
garded as most encouraging by al
lied military experts II is pointed out
that despite highly increased efforts
Ludendorn has failed to make rro-
gress in proportion to the tremendous
losses suffered in his la IS: attempts
TO break ths allied lines
The Washington herald., 1918-06-02

coSrsuID yaox rsss ywo .
The Washington herald., 1918-06-02
May Have Left Convoy.

On the other hand 1t is pointed
out that II the President Lincoln was
far out at sea. as some unofficial
reports indicate. she may have left
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The Washington herald., 1918-06-02
Ferryboat Sinks in Fog.

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Royal nBetter Babies Contest"
they're OFF,
The Big Race Is on In Earnest. Who will be
The Most. Popular Baby In Grand Forks?

The preininares in the Royal Better Babies" Contest ire over and now
the real contest is or, full swing: During the coming week the forty leadersin
the race will contend for the right which will give them position in the final
AfHr.next Saturday night the number will again be cut down and the
twsntybabes polling the highest number Of votes will be eligible for the last.
stage ST the contest The official judges Of the contest are Jos. H. Pearson,
Ray Kelly and Observation-Disclosures: 49, r
THE following list of % girls and 10 boys qualified as the leading forty
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

severe. the general sentiment of the press
IS that things have not gone so we'll with
Mr.. Bakers department as might have
been wished for. A general view of some
of the opinions is here attempted.
To take the more unfriendly criticisms
frst-and it should be reemphasizcd that
the press is making practically no use Of
the situation for partisan advantage
one finds many editorial writer's nettled; by
the attitude Of the Secretary on the stand.
"Complacency," "cocksureness' AND sim-
lar expressions are frequent in editorial
condemnation. 1T will be found" says
"The New York Times" con reading ques-
tion and answer, that Mr.. Baker was al
ways cocksure and airily complacent, and
that he stood the ordeal of examination
poorly" Similarly 1.-THE Boston Tran
script adds: "Unhapmly the cocksureness
of the witness exceeded at some points his
accuracy, and his attempt to substitute
complacency for raightforwardness was
not successful" Mr.. Baker also quite baf
fled the examiners with his quick wit ac-
cording to the view of C. w. Gilbert. writ
ing to The New York Tribune, which edi-
torially adds: "'The general impression he
gave was that of lawyer adroitness in
bolstering up dubious case"
Similar impatence is expressed at Mr.
Bakers prepared statement showing What
this country has already done. at was
extremely bad taste for the Secretary ID
assume the attitude that wonders have
been achieved" says THE New York
Evening POST:
"rhis is not the time for a Cabinet officer
III the face Of the record to assume an atti-
tude either of selfsatisfaction or of defiance
There is still too much to he DONE still too
much to be proved. for Mr.. Baker 1ittingly
to display any other quality than that of hu-
mility in the face Of the gigantic military
task that still confronts the nation. The pity
of it is that the whole tone of Mr.. Bakers
testimony is complacent because so few
blunders have been made as to- make one
question whether he even realizes what is
staring him in the face"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
\ Plan Of Reorganization for
~ the War Department

"The New Republic" through the COM
munications Of Mr.. William Hard, seems
to have scored in it's demand for a whole
sale reorganization Of the War Depart
ment. For it was partly through reor-
ganization that Mr.. Baker kept ahead of
his critics, according to Mr.. c. w. Gil
bert, writing to The New York Tribune.
Mr.. Gilbert gives Mr.. Bakers plans Of
reorganization as follows:
'Thc War Department used to consist of
The Secretary and the various bureau chiefs
directly under him Under the new plan,
the Secretary explained it, diagrammat-
cally and by words, the War Department will
be divided according to functions into two
parts, with assistant for supplies at the
head of and assistant for troops at
the head of the other, the two assistants re-
porting to the Secretary. The assistant for
supplies, i'm whom centres those functions,
so far as they affect the War Department,
which the committee would give over to a
Secretary of Munitions, Will be Colonel, soon
Brgader Major General Pierce.
"IJnder him will be five bureau heads con-
trolling supplies the Chief Of Ordnance, the
Quartermaster General, the Surgeon General,
the Chief of Engineers and the Chief OF the
Signal Service. These bureaus will be sub
divided lines Of function. For example,
the ordnance bureau, instead of being d-
vided in boards of small arms, artillery and
the like, will be made up Of divisions Of pro
curemcnt, production, inspection and supply.
Civilians win be brought in at the head Of
the division where their services will be
available"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

cred wholly as an emergency war measure
and that it is only fair and equitable.
therefore, that the period of control be
fixed"
There is a fairly even division of opin-
ION among the press on this point "The
New York Evening Sun" believes such a
limitation should be set, seeing great
moderation in the conclusion reached bv
railroad executives. off" argues "The
Baltimore Sum-" government ownership
Of railroads is to be adopted, it should be
adopted on its merits, and not merely as
the result of temporary war conditions ="
The paper continues
And, above all, it should be adopted only
after a full and free discussion of the sub
ject. from every point of view. TO take ad-
vantage 9f The war TO put government own
crship over, without the most complete argu-
mont and consideration, would be in the
highest degree unwisc, as we'll as undemo-
cratic. 1t is not possible at this time to
have Il calm and full discussion of this
kind'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

ME bogey of permanent government
q ownership or control of railroads
extending after the war is starine.
the railroads in the face, and press reports
from Washington indicate a move on foot
to have the pending railway control bill
amended so as to provide, say, for return
CT the railroads to their owners at some
fixed time after the end of the waI--six
months or year The time is not i'm
portant. 1t is the detinjteucss of return
that is essential, in the view of "The New
York Evening SUM- urging such a move
That rall heads are restive under the
present terms Of the bin is indicated bv
their recent meeting in New York CITY.
when the matter of control ''for and dur
ing the period Of the war, and until Con-
gress shall hereafter order otherwise" re-
celVed careful consdera tion. In the end
the railway representatives agreed in
feeling that it was incumbent upon the
executives "to insist to Congress that
government control is and must be consid-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

of the fact. There Is certain unfairness
IN this, we are forced to recognize. What
ever measure of success We attain will be
due largely TO the efficient cooperation with
the government of our higher railway off
GERS, the very men who are most irreconcila-
Die IN their opposition to government own
ershlp. We are in effect calling upon them
TO help US defeat their own hopes Fortu-
nateiy their patriotism is equal to the test.
And 1t is not improbable tnat the railway
men themselves, after experiencing the
fecnnica advantages of a system that allows
frelght and passengers to move by the most
convenient route, without regard TO competi-
tive conslderations. will become averse 70
returning 70 the old order Their canacit1,
tor organization now for the first time
ind full expression. They would probably
leSl cramped if the unified railway system
We're again dissolved into its component
pfrts Many Of them hope TO attain the
ends of efficiency through railway unihca-
Non without government ownership. But
'ney must see, sooner or later, that the idea
OF consolidated railway system under pr
'ate control is utopian. A democratic state
could not tolerate the existence of an or
ganlzed private interest OF such magnitude
as the whole American railway system"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

were we'll with the American army in
France was simultaneously published by
The New York Tribune in articles by two
OF its correspondent in France which
tend to. show that the War Department
has failed in it's work of supplying the
EXpeditionary Force. One of these, by
Caspar Whitney, created considerable in
tercst among Congressman and was called
to the attention of Secretary Baker, who
said he had not read it and would not
comment on it if he had. In effect Mr.
Whitney asserted that "America has
failed her fighting men in France" He
alleges shortages in food, clothing, arma-
ment and labor, and after five months of
residence abroad inadequate land trans
port system for the troops and seriously
muddled and inefficient sea transport,
whereas the Red Cross, with the same
sources and same transport means, has
plenty. He lays the blame for these
things on lack of vision, too much red
tape and lack of business men and bust.
ness methods in the Quartermaster's De-
partment.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

of Congress. has taken over the railroads to
operate during the war and thereafter until
Congress shall otherwise enact But this
does not appear to be definite enough to
suit the railroad executives, and in numbers
representative of nearly the whole mileage
Of the country they want to know just when
and IN what manner the roads are to be re-
turned to them.
ut would seem that time hangs too heav-
ly on the hands of the railroad presidents" "
With its customary tone of moderation
The New York Evening Post" manages
to strike medium note, discrediting the
idea that the government measure is any
thing but war step framed for the dura
ton Of the crisis only but at the same
tirle doubling the necessity fov or the ex
rediency of naming a fixed date for the
return of the roads.
Equally liberal but tending to favor
government control ultimately is the view
OF The New Republic which writes:
"lf the experiment is successful. a, we
believe it will be- supporters OF national
ownership will undoubtedly make capital ou+
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

could not now fill the Office Of Serre,.
War to better advantage by summoninc " "
other man" Ais
That he is criticised because !. 3
4against constituencies profiteeringp ..s
opposed to Towering the standards of a.
workingman," is the view Of "The H..
risburg Patriot" Moreover, Cono,.s.
should remember in criticising Mr.. RaLss
that Congress itself reelected mi]ifar,, -
fairs sadly for years before the war s.r,
"The Washington STAR" which adds.
Congress after Congress was advised
the situation and of rs duty. Our VA ~ "
chine was deficient It scarcely dess..s,
its name. Congress seemed desirous ~ x
getting it; seemed possessed of an des .t".
it had become an anachronism; that III
would never be another war Of any ;n.a.s.s
to America. The contention seemed .n
that money spent advised wopld !
money wasted. Hence the appronr;,t;.s
made were miserably small and mo. onIs
very small portion of the actual reon;..
ments.
"War came and caught the government :,
most wholly unprepared."
can effort is to be found in the accoun+ -
Colonel A. NJ Murray, who visited ~
American troops in France for ''Tbe I'm
don Daily Press" Some Of his r,nro.
sions Of the Expeditionary Force folow.
There is no precedent in the world. II.
tory for such a gigantic military eFo-. -.
America is putting forth Tor tho eau,a
of civilization and freedom. Think VIII,
it means to transport army. nurnhcrin,
not thousands but hundreds Of thousand
nay, even millions of men, with their ~
tendant guns, horses, transport and imped.
menta, over 1000 miles of sea infested with
enemy submarines. We sent 25o000 men tn
South Africa during the Boer War, but va
had the sea all to ourselves and our com.
munications were secure The case is differ.
cnt with America. and no one recognizes thi,
more than General Pershing and The oncerx
whom he has collected round aim TO form
mis- general staff
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
It Is Contended the Troops
/ Were Incorrectly Trained

Mr.. Haywood Broun, another Tribune
correspondent, points out serious errors in
the training Of the troops in France Ac-
cording to Mr.. Broun, the Americans
should have trained with the British in
stead Of the FRENCH the locality picked
for training is in some of the coolest
country in France; the Americans are
overtrained; the Americans are not MAX
ing good pupils; and there is much disor-
ganization among the officers staffs and
serious lack of up-to-date knowledge
among the officers themselves
The outcome of all these revelations is
warned, but perhaps the demand most
voiced IS for separate Ministry of Mu-
nltlons, with war cabinet, a call for
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Philadelphia Inquirer" is equally anxious
for munitions department. "The Phila-
dephia Public Ledger" inclined the same
way, makes its point more adroitly than
the others, remarking:
"Secrctary Bakers sense OF humor must
be deficient or he would never have given
i as reason for opposing the creation Of
Secretary Of Munitions that the Job was
too bic for man. For under the existing
arrangements, and even under the plan of
reorganization which he outlined to the Sen
ate Investigating committee Saturday.
Mr. Baker and will remain the one man
in whose hands is placed the final RESPONSE
bllty for the discharge Of the greater part
OF the functions which would be conided to
a Secretary Of Munitions. Not only is this
the case, but the Secretary of War is charged
with the raising and training of the armies
that are being sent to Europe, the provision
and transportation of supplies and the other
manifold duties of the War Department. Why
he should imagine that the labor that would
be imposed upon a Secretary Of Munitions
would be greater than that under which he
is now struggling is one of those things
which members of Congress will want to
find OUT
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
DaI1er Makes Mistakes, But
- Shows the Best Of Crit

1t must not be understood from the
above citations that the press is wholly
condemnatory of Mr.. Baker. On the
other hand, there is no lack of defenders
The Secretary's willingness to admit a
mistake and then correct it impresses
"Thc Springfield Republicans
Mr.. Baker is not superman-1ar from
It, He admits having made mistakes. But
when he mistake he corrects it, if pos
sible. He shows the best of grit. During
the rapid oss-eXamination,' yesterday, says
The Associated Press, the Secretary was ap-
paientiy serene, putting cigar and answer
ing all questions calmly A small man in
physique he has abundant nerve and courage.
Others IN his place during the last year
might not have made his blunders but thew
would have made other blunders equally if
not more disastrous. There is at present no
other civilian in the United States with his
accumulated experience and proved fitness
for the work in hand and the President
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

ME- press of the country still faith
full to its determination not to take
partisan advantage of the Congress
sional Investigations into the progress of
the war, indicates considerable restivc-
ness this week following Secretary Bakers
appearance on the stand Other investiga
tlons were not lacking one into the navy,
which resulted favorably for Secretary
Daniels; another into the coal situation
one into shipping and another into tn
War Trade Board.
But the point Of highest interest in the
whole situation was Secretary Baker, who,
following General Crozier, took the stane!
before the Senate Military Affairs Com
the War Department in preparing for
war, explained the recent reorganization,
and vigorously opposed separate Min
i istry of Munitions, a stand in which Mr.
Baker was supported by the President.
Nevertheless, increasing demands for a
Ministry Of Munitions made themselves
felt following the investigation. Daniel
Willard and Bernard Baruch, Of the War
Industries Board, both seem to favor such
plan. The former finally resigned stat
ing that the B. & O. needed all of his at
tention. At the same time the Senate
Military Affairs Committee began plan
ming bill of some sort for a Ministry of
Munitions, in which it was backed by the
United States Chamber Of Commerce,
which went much further, recommending
a war cabinet such as obtains in England
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Some of the Things
" omen Are Doing
In War Time

4 SQUAD of women especially Sc
~ lected for their detective ability
will be sworn in as members of
the Philadelphia Police Department within
few days.
Daniel G. Roper, Internal Revenue Com
missioner, recommended women for high
positions in the tax collecting oreaniza-
tions Of the country.
Women voted for the first time in New
New York STATE about a fortnight aoo
when the cnarter election was held in
Binghamton.
Canada and New Zealand have voted
for conscription and Australia against IT,.
In both cases, says "The Woman Citizen, y
women took part in the election Hence
forward the ants will quote Canada and
New Zealand to the pacfists as an argu-
ment against equal rights and will quote
Australia to the people who favor war.
The first woman candidate in Vancou-
yer, B. c., for the British Columbia Leo
islature has announced herself in the per,
son Of mrs. Ralph Smith.
Women will be used as jurors in Wvan-
dotte County in Kansas.
London has an army boat hospital in
which 30O women are employed in putting
old shoes IN shape so that they can be
worn by the officers and soldiers in the
e English army
The women of Siam have legal status
with men. They are the legal head Of the
household, and no business transaction of
a married couple is valid without the sig
nature of the wife
Coal mining companies in the Lehieh
Valley district Of Pennsylvania will en-
ploy women in positions outside of the
shafts.
The British Secretary Of the Admiralty
has announced that the Admiralty has
approved of the employment of women on
various duties on shore
Girls in Milwaukee have shovelled thn
snow from the sidewalks and have given
their earnings to the Red Cross.
Six women have been appointed to the
police force in San Antonio, Tex. by the
City Council.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

"Prcsident Wilson did not take over the
railroads OF this country to test out The
merits Of government ownership or gov
ernment operation,' adds & The New York
Evening Sum-" Indeed y
"He took them over because in a national
CRISIS 1t was necessary that the railroads
should DO things which, under operation bv
their managers and owners, the law will not
let them do. He took them over to provide
Tor them imperative financing which, in this
war situation could not be provided in any
other way. He took them over as a war
measure"
And this paper therefore concludes that
Congress should unequivocaly declare it's
intention to return the roads at some
fixed time. Similar views are held bv
"The New York Herald" and "The phila
delphia Inquirer
While The Cleveland Plain Dealer" fo!.
one, would leave discussion of this mat
ter to q more Favorable time, putting the
winning of the war ahead of everything
else, there is d section of the press which
fiatly says that there will be no turning
back after the war. Zone lesson. at
least" says "The New York Globe" "has
emerged from the freight Discrimination
at Atlantic ports and the breakdown of
the nations railroads." 1t is the lesson
that
"Whatever changes occur after the war the
railroads must not be allowed to revert to
the rulnous competitions that prevailed be-
tore the war, with its waste and duplication
CT terminals Railroad men are not bv anv
means converted to government ownership
But every one realizes that eastern
roads must be run with some regard for
grain movements in the West, the western
roads must take cognizance of port facilities
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and that
to attain this careful interocking of mil
roads with other industry there must be ;.
greater Capitalization of railroad adminis
traton"
"The Brooklyn Eagle" is more en-
phatc. Congress will not return an affirm
atlve answer to the plea that the door
be closed on government ownership bv
setting time for return now. In fact
1T Is certain that government onerat;on
will persist while the war lasts. Some Of
the eifects of such operation have begun az
1t were, to speak for themseves-ouite audi
oly' The country is listening to what is
merely preliminary overture SO fast will
olhef results accrue that it will be difficult
to keep pace with them. To put the matter
otherwise, the railroad case is on trial AT
the right time, verdict will be rendered. 1t
IS TOO soon to send the to the jury"
The North American Review War
Weekly thinks the same:
What we have done readily under the
stress OF war, so runs the thought, we shall
not be eager to undo after the war is over
when peace comes again to the world the
oid regime Will be found to have disappeared
forever"
SO does THE New York World" which
sarcastically adds:
LIE government. under the full authority
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
hat Congress Is the Real
L Red Tape Mill

In the many indictments of red tape
there is one common note-tElat the War
Department is not the only one to blame
for red tape, but that Congress itself is
the real red tape mill" "Coller's" adds
q pronouncement against 'the government
tai mind" believing that "what that mass
and mess of testimony given before the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs
does prove is that the War Department
runs about two years behind its plans. "
And further:
"Fherc is no use being bitter abou; it or
talking OF patriotism and the censorship as
camoufage for the official dubs. What this
testimony has revealed is the true govern
mental mind as we have it. in the United
States, trained through long years not to
meet the test Of results, but to meet the
test of minute technical legal correctness
Modern business men plan budgets and stick