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Evening star., 1918-06-29
THIRTY-FIVE AMERICANS
ARE CITED FOR BRAVERY
Addresses Of Men Honored by
France Given by War
Department.

The War Department has received
from Gen. Pershing an additional list
Of thirty-five officers and men who
have been cited for bravery in action
by the general commanding the
French army with which the Ameri-
can unit is serving. The names pre-
viously had been carried in Associ-
ated Press dispatches from France
and are repeated with addresses as
follows:
Capt. William T. Crook, Anaheim,
CAL; Lieut.. George C. Cox, Cullow-
hee, N. c.: Lieut.. w. P. Waltz. Belen,
N. M; Lieut.. Gerwin D. Adair. Scran-
ton, Pa; Lieut.. Harrison Caswell
Greenville. Mich: Lieut.. Miller s.
Bond, Enid, Okla: Lieut.. Roy Bry-
ant, New Orleans; Lieut. Tom P,
Walker, New York; Lieut.. 8. A. Bax-
ter, Chatham. Ontario. Can; Lieut.
George H. Fleck. Providence, r. I.
Lieut. Robert W. Markus. Quincy
Ill; Sergt James w. Koon, Weems
Ohio; Sergt. Harry w. Endter, Ber-
nard, Ohio: sergt. Henry II krothe. 1,aa Al,
Kuttawa' 1Sta. s' Ky; Corp. Sam zingman
Kovno, Russia; Corp. Talmadge w
Gerald; Galiyants Ferry; s: C.: PEi-
Yates Floyd Coulburn. Salisbury. Md
Jesse Hyden. St. Adams. Vt; John
Norris. Lowell. Mass; Harry March March
Philadelphia; Henry c. Franz. St
Louis, Edgar A. Hartman. New York
city; Robert E. Carson, Chatfeld
Mimi; Mike vujnovick. Trimountain
Maj. L. E. Hohl. Pittsburg. Kan:
Capt. William R. Woodward. Brooks
vile, Miss; Sergts. John Takach. Win
burne, Clearfield county. Pa: Kenneth
K. Burns. Rodeo, N. NJ; Corp. Car
ter C. Selfe. Bristow. Va; Privates
Brooks c. Bowles. Brynside. w. Va;
George Purcell. Duncott. Pa; William
Felty. Ashland, Ky: Fred H, Meyer.
New York city: Walter s. Stewart
Lakeview. Miss; Andrew Charles,
Phelps. KY: Victor Magoon. Barre
Plains. Mass; Herbert X. Lennox,
Pottsville, Pa: Robert Nelson. Plum
mer, Mimi: Samuel D. Mccain. Phila-
delphia: Ross E. Read. Portland, Ore.
Louis r. DIAL Stamford, Tex: Oscar
R. Knodel. Springfield. Mass; George
Laube. Atlanta, ILL.,; Albert A. Hazel
tine, Butte, Mont.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
D. G. MEN CoMM1ssIONED.

Frank A. Hornaday, $500 14th street
and William D. Kirkpatrick. Ameri-
can Red Cross, captains, Medical Re-
serve Corps.
Mason B. Starring. 1894 Lanier
street. first Lieutenant, National Army.
Samuel J. Gummers, 1928 G. street.
captain, adjutant generals depart
Murray G. Graft. Washington bar
racks. second lieutenant. Engineer
Reserve CoYps.
James Y. Rippin, Rochambeau
apartments. first lieutenant, Quarter
master Reserve Corps.
Thomas F. Gormley. Camp Meigs,
second lieutenant. Quartermaster Re-
serve Corps.
Lee M. Hutchins. 14So Rhode Island
avenue. second lieutenant. Sanitary
Corps.
William X. McQuown. 2eoe Mozart
place, first lieutenant, air service.
J. Elmer Monroe, Beacon apart
ments. first lieutenant. Sanitary
Corps.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
POSTCARD MAILED HERE
IN 1915 JUST DELIVERED
Chief Clerk Of Fire Department
Gets Missive Sent by J. e. Sulli-
van, Subsequently Drowned.

An illustrated postcard mailed in
Washington thirty-one months ago to
George S. Watson. chief clerk OF the
District fire department. by James E.
Sullivan, formerly staff photographer
of The Star. who was drowned in the
Potomac river June 4, 1915. has just
reached Mr.. Watson. Presumably 1t
has been lost in the post Office the en-
tire time. as 1t bears two distinct
postmarks-one dated November "a.
1915, and the other June 81. 1918.
When Watson. who is secretary for
local draft board No. 8, reached his
ofilce in the District building Satur-
day morning he found at the very top
Of q big stack .of letters a photo post
card made by Sullivan showing Chief
Wagner directing operations at the
Holy Cross Academy fire. The card
referred to a cartoon of Chief Wag-
ner drawn by Bergman. and said that
the writer was procuring the orig
inal for the chief.
Watson and Sullivan were warm
friends, and the chief clerk. immedi-
ately recognizing the writing on the
card, said he could hardly believe his
eyes until he had examined the post
mark and found 1t had been mailed in
1915.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
HUN CHANGES OF VICTORY
GROWING DINNER EVERY DAY
Germany, It Is Declared, Is Carefully Con-
cealing Internal Dissensions Which
Seriously Affect Plans.

Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
WHITE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE FRENCH FRONT. June 2s.-
Germany, in the opinion of well in
formed men in allied official circles,
has carefully concealed internal dis
seEsions, military as we'll as econom-
ical That these dissensions are Sc
riously affecting the plans to a
greater extent than at any other
time since the war began seems cer-
tain. They are believed to be the
principal reason for delaying the
German drive which was expected
two weeks ago.
Other potent factors are said to be
the morale of the Army. which has
been adversely affected in recent
weeks, and the fact that the reserves
are not so numerous as they were re-
ported to be. The last four drives
the Germans have attempted met
either partial failure or defeat. All
except the extreme pan-Germanists
are clamoring for peace. and the gov
ernment is believed to be making
tentative proposals.
The differences which deadlock the
enemy general staff are said to be
between the Prussian faction, which
wants to resume the attempted drive
toward Paris, and the Bavarian ele-
ment, which wants to renew the Of
fensive toward Abbeville at the point
where it was left off in the spring.
The Prussians still hold to the
theory, which may possibly have been
true in 1914, that the capture of Paris
would end the war. The Bavarians
the same result will be attained. In
capturing the coast from the British
the same result will be attained, In
the meantime, the allied forces are
alert all along the line to prevent
willy Fritzes from attacking effec-
lively at some point farther east.
-Four Dashes Unfruitful.
or the four recent dashes, the first
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Obnoxious Icemen.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In a recent issue Of The Star I
noticed an article stating that an ice
delivery man had told a lady it was
against the law to reweigh Ice.
have not had any such experience.
but when I go to the wagon for a
fve-cent piece Of ice the men make
1t very unpleasant for me by remarks
to me about the waste and trouble
and by their comments to each other
in my presence. This is humiliating.
and evidently SO intended. in order to
discourage the purchase of ice in
small quantities. Is it possible that
they are acting under instructions
from their employers? We house.
wives will indeed be grateful to you
IL you will help to correct this. as we
have to put up with insolence from
Ice men, garbage men, etc. daily
Mrs. MARY J. CHISHAINE
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Ten Other Men Honored,
G. B. Powers Gets Fourteen Years,

Guy b Powers. former employe of
the navy yard. who shot and killed
Rosemary Heley February 8. 1877.
while on New York avenue, has been
sentenced by Justice STAFFORD in
Criminal Division to serve four
teen years in the penitentiary. Pow
ers was indicted for murder In the
drst degree. but his attorneys Of
fsred to plead guilty to manslaughter
and the offer was accepted.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Icehouses in France for Beef.

70 safeguard against any tempo
fary shortage of beef for the Army
In France the War Department is con-
structing in that country 1--WE addi-
tional refrigerating plants with a
capacity for freezing total of from
$4,000. 600 to 100000 pounds of beef.
, 1ce-making plants are being built In
Sconnection with each.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Named to Cut Down Coal Waste.

The United States Fuel AdminIstra-
tion has named the following engi-
neers to conduct the campaign of
the administration to cut down the
waste OF coal in power plants;
For New England. ". r. c. Corson.
Hartford. Conn: for New York city.
Edward y. Trump. New York: for
eastern Pennsylvania. George r.
Henderson, Philadelphia. and for
western Pennsylvania, Thomas r.
Brown. Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
cOLORED
of the better class.
How to get to
GLENDALE, DC.

Take H street Columbia fine
car marked District line. Get off
at 48th street northeast, walk
south over new graded street in
Glendale.
See Page J.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Called "oppressor Of Freedom"
Chief Boatswain's Mate Praised

Chief Boatswain's Mate John Henry
Anderson Of Ffnlayson. Mimi. has
been commended by Secretary Deniels
for faithful performance Of duties
while he was commanding of1cer Of
the armed guard Of the Pawnes.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
For Joan Of Arc Memorial Here

York Society of Women Of Franco to
erect a memorial in this city to Joan
of Arc was introduced yesterday by
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
VICTORIA CROSS FOR MEN
Who DID KN|GHTLY ACTS
Private Beesley Almost a Whole
Army in Himself-Single- Handed,
Accomplished Miracles.
By the Associated Press,

LONDON. June 20 (via Ottawa).-The
feats at arms Of knights Of old are rival
ed in modern warfare by the remark
able record Of Private Beesley Of the
rife brigade. who has just been award
ed the Victoria Cross.
When all officers and non commission
cd officers had been killed in an attack,
Private Beesley took command Of his
company. Leading tho assault. he cap
tured an enemy post single handed,
killed two Germans at their machine
guns and then shot dead an officer who
attempted to man the guns.
Three more officers rushed from a
dusout. One attempted to destroy a
and made prisoner the other officers.
-Four more officers came out. THEY
were disarmed by the indomitable Bees
ley and sent back as prisoners.
Havoc With Machine Gun.
Az the enemy began to retreat a COM
rade brought up a machine gun. Bees
ley used this with great effect on the
fleeing Germans. For four hours under
a heavy fire Beesley and his comrade
held their position.
Tho Germans counter attacked.
Beesleys companion was wounded.
Beesley kept his Lewis gun going
and held the enemy in check until
long after the post on his left had
been wiped out
Not until darkness came did Bees
ley move back to the original line.
When he did he brought along his
wounded companion and the Lewis
gun. Beesley then mounted the gun
on q parapet and kept 1t going
against the enemy until things had
! quieted down.
The Onlcial Gazette says of Beesley:
His indomitable pluck, skfIlful
| shooting and good judgment in
| economiEing ammunition stamp this
| incident as one of the most brilliant
in recent operations"
Ten Other Men Honored.
OF the ten other men awarded the
| Victoria Cross near all are members
| of English county regiments. There
| is one Canadian among the number.
Second Lieut.. Schofield of the Ian
| cashire Fusiliers. with nine men, by
great daring and clever disposition
] Of his force captured 140 Germans,
I Sergt. Woodale of the rife brigade,
single-handed, captured a machine
| gun and eight men. Shortly after
| ward. at the head Of ten men Of his
| company. the sergeant captured a
farm and thirty moro Germans.
Evening star., 1918-06-29

was between Montdidier and Noyon.
While the Germans gained not more
than one-third of their objectives on
the left. they were held back COM
push, near Dommiers, the Germans
lost heavily, with only slight ad-
vances. The third attack. the at
tempt to capture Rheims and
proclaim a moral victory for Ger
many in holding the city where kings
The fourth push, intrusted to Austria
Hungary, was telling reverse which
gave disbursement to the army and
the civil population. which cannot see
the end of the war.
The Prussians and Bavarians,. ac-
cording to information which leaks
out Of Germany and is corroborated by
the statements or prisoners. still be-
lieve that Germany will win the war.
Those in Baden have the delusion that
France can possibly be Influenced by
an offer of Alsace-Lorraine and that
the war will then be finished at sea,
Germany whipping America and Great
Britain. The Saxons, who are largely
socialists, want to follow in the foot
steps of Russia and end the war i'm
mediately by means of strikes In the
army ranks and munition plants If
necessary.
Next Offensive Languishes.
In the meantime the offensive Ian
guishes. Two weeks ago the NUM-
tion dumps, railroad switch tracks,
artillery and everything else were
ready for launching a new drive on
the western front. Germany even in
stalled a concentrated anti-air bar
rage for the purpose of holding back
the allied airplanes and preventing
observation of their preparations.
Since then nothing has been done.
Every day. according to the state
ment made by Secretary Baker. the
American Army Is increasing in
France. The electives Of the allies
are increasing while the morale of
Austria has been shattered in the last
battle with the Italians.
The Bulgarians, on account of the
concessions which Germany has forced
them to grant to Turkey, are said to
be restless. Germany realizes that
her prospects of winning the war
grow DINNER with each day that
passes.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Favorable Report on Movie Inquiry

The House military committee has
ordered a favorable report on a
resolution by Representative Tired
way Of Massachusetts, calling on the
committee on public Information to ex-
plain the method employed in the taxi
ing of motion pictures for public dis
nj
Evening star., 1918-06-29

AN EXCDLLENT APPETIZER
HorsfoRd's Acid Phosphate
S1eP Hminished vitality or depression. whole.
Iegt1ssment
Evening star., 1918-06-29
FEARS RUIN OF GERMANY
BY MILITARY AUT0CRACY
Independent Socialist Makes
Speech in Reichstag Attacking
Government Policy.
By the Associated Press.


AMSTERDAM, June 2s.-The nota-
BILE speech delivered in the German
reichstag this week by Deputy Hugo
Haase. the Independent socialist, in
which he vigorously attacked the gov
ernment foreign policy and alluded to
the growing importance Of the Amer
lean military effort, Is given consid-
erable space by the semi Official Nord-
deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Its ver-
sion of the speech IL as follows:
Notes American Activity.
~Dr. Helfferich and Admiral Won Ca
pelle," said Deputy Haase. told US in
1917 that the United States would
be unable to take any further part in
the war and that its military impor-
Americans on French soil and moth
ing has been heard of any U-boat
booty in the shape Of American trans
ports The speeches Of Count Won
Westarp and Herr Stressemann re-
garding American powerlessness must
therefore be taken with the greatest
mistrust."
Herr Haase, continues tho semi-ofii-
cial version of the speech. went on
with a bitter attack on the German
military rulers for their method Of
conducting the war. which was alien
world. He declared their efforts were
making q decent peace impossible,
and that the German people must take
matters in their own hands.
BRUTAL Violence Of Turks"
The Armenians" the speaker de-
clared. "are sending us affecting calls
for help against the brutal violence Of
the Turks. who are aiming anew their
complete determination. These calls
go unheard although the victims OF
dreds Of thousands. and we have the
audacity to permit the handing over
to the Turks again Of the districts Of
Batum, ,Kars and Ardahan.
I'm Livonia and Esthonia the Ger
man police force is treating tho peo-
| sort. as II the district were q con-
| quered country. Conditions in the
\ Riga district cry to heaven. Ten
year-old boys have been sentenced to
| long terms Of Imprisonment for dis
tributing proclamations. In the pris-
sembling that Of tho worst days OF
czarism."
Called "oppressor Of Freedom"
"The German military power every
where in Russia has been active as
| the strangers of democracy and the
| oppr OF freedom. In Finland an
| equal terrorism reigns among the
working classes
! will OF our military autocracy Ger
many will be ruined. unless the people
take the cause OF peace in their own
hands"
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Nurses Battle Peasants.

When the day comes for the train
to be made up there is much hustle
of preparation. The few belongings
are packed up, the children are given
an extra washing and dressed in the
best available and every one Is ready
hours too early. They are not always
overly clean-these peasants. One
old woman, over seventy, was bathed
last week. much against her will. by
the Red Cross nurses. She struggled
violently during the whole perform
Nothing like that has ever happen
ed to me before" she expostulated.
land l don't want to begin at my
The girls of the Smith College re-
lief unit, who were doing civil relief
work in Grecourt before the German
advance, feed every train of refugees
that goes out. The last train left at
4 pm. It was to arrive at its desti-
nation at the next morning. Dinner
station, but the American girls dis
tributed bread, chocolate, cheese and
timed meat and milk for the babies
to fill the interstices and keep the
children busy.
No Accommodation for Children.
Every compartment held from
eight to twelve refugees, nearly half
of them children, and one contem-
plated with genuine dismay, know
ing the difficulties Of travelling with
children even under the best of cir
cumstances. 1t held fourteen people,
of whom ten were the squirmiest of
all possible youngsters. How they
were going to manage to spend the
night till the next morning in that
little coop. with no place to lie down.
no toilet facilities. no water to drink
or wash in, I leave you to imagine.
Yet it was only one OF the common
places of evacuation.
Every child just before he embark
ed was given g. toy to while away
the time, and hoped that might help
a little. One energetic and grubby
youngster at once tied a piece of
string to the Teddy bear we gave him
and hung 1t out the window, where 1t
swung SO solemnly. Another hung
out q little American flag where the
wind would fiutter 1t. and still an
other footed dramatically from the
window on a tin trumpet.
So they were gone. and this chap
ter of their melancholy journey was
over. But a new chapter had begun
for them, chapter which will end
in q town in the midi, where kultur
is mercifully unknown and where
time and the warm sun and the
scent Of flowers will help them to
forget this tragedy of the north and
where perhaps these homeless ones
may take root again.
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Villages in Ruins.

The surrounding villages were in
ruins. Two of the roads into Nervesa
were still buried by wire. but a third
was able to creep forward among the
she'll holes with the car to the out
skirts of the locality-not to the
town. for Nervesa. like 80 many hu-
man groupments. has ceased to exist.
The central square can still be rec
ognized. and two or three of what
were important edifices, .but the
ground plan has utterly disappeared,
under rubbish. masonry and shell
fragments. The ground is covered
with rifles, cartridges, uniforms and
corpses.
Seeking to avoid the open street,
into which the Austrians far from
the banks of the Piave were sending
occasional inch-and-a-half shells, I
became lost amid tho rubbish. It took
nearly twenty minutes to extricate
myself from the labyrinth and reach
Evening star., 1918-06-29
French CHILDREN
FLEEING TO SOUTH
American Relief Helps Them
on Way Out of the
War Zone.
BY EUNICE TIETJENs.
Correspondence of The Evening Star
and Chicago Daily News.

BEAUVAIS. France, May 2s.-Beau-
tion for refugees. They arrive here in
small groups. wait in a relief station
till they are in sufficient numbers to
fill special train, and are then sent
southwark out Of the war zone and
spread over the countryside. in places
chosen by the civil authorities. to be
absorbed back as best may be into the
life of the country. This whole work
is in the hands of the projects and
their STATS.
The refuge itself is in a big. rather
peace is a normal school for boys. 1t
stands on hillside just at the edge
of town and can accommodate, after
fashion, many hundreds of refugees
Last week the Germans for some un-
explained reason dropped six great
bombs from an airplane in the fields
behind the building and in the gar
den. Every pane Of glass was broken
and a number Of terrified children
were cut with broken glass. But that
is all in the days work in this reign
of kultur.
Here the refugees stay for a length
of time varying between one and nve
or six days, according to the number
coming through. 1t takes at least 500
to make a special train. Twenty
such trains have left Beauvais since
the great battle began.
Children Sleep on Floor.
The dormitories of the school are
built on a system by which each child
has little room half inclosed by low
partitions, much like a box stall.
There are no beds in them now, but
the refugees are furnished with straw
mattresses. Four of these mattresses
completely fill the space. During the
day they are rolled up and laid in a
corner. Other refugees sleep on sim
liar mattresses in great empty halls
which were once recitation rooms.
They are fed, and well fed, in a large
dining hall. In a storeroom Of this
building the gifts of clothes and toys
from America were distributed.
They are wonderfully patient with
1t all. One cannot help being re-
minded Of the patient driven cattle
for whom omnipotent humans are
providing. They do not even. for the
most part, know where they are
going. Behind them Is the terror
and before them the unknown. They
weep a little, wiring their hands. but
they go unprotestingly. They do not
even curse the enemy. The hatred
of France is too deep for that. The
enemy is accepted as the incarnation
of the power Of evil. One does not
curse the devil
Evening star., 1918-06-29
Great Number Of Unburied Dead.

The village of Groce, almost on the
Piave. was literally a cemetery OF
unburied dead. A regiment was pass
ing through. but at noon yesterday In
Groce the unburied dead outnumbered
the living. The stencil was frightful
Some bodies. instead Of swelling, had
begun to dry. which I am told is a
sign Of undernourishment
Leaving my car at Groce, went for
ward afoot along the railroad. and
then Just beyond looked into the
waters of the Piave. sparkling in the
sun. Two hours before. at a nearby
spot, a single unarmed officer cap
tured twenty-five Austrians wander
ing alone. He suddenly saw a body
of men behind him and thought him
self lost, but he stepped into the un-
dergrowth and when the Austrians
approached he leaped into the road
before them shouting at the top OF
his voice as II commanding men. The
Austrians threw down their arms and
surrendered.
The fighting was most desperate
along the lower Piave. but most de-
structive on tho Montello and the
nearby town Of Eervesa. Here both
sides had massed scores of batteries.
Evening star., 1918-06-29

OF the four recent dashes. the first
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-09

For a moment the
rush at the canteen was
over. He loitered at the
counter and looked at
the girl. She smiled. So
did he. Then he blurted
out what he had been
trying to say for 20
minutes:
Gee! but it's nice to
see a girl like you'll"
There are girls like
that all over France
in camps, in towns, in
the big cities-even at
the frontitself Theyare
serving the canteens,
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-09
"Gee! but its nice to see a
girl like your

II was IN a hut at one Of the training schools
I IN France. He was a nOn-commissioned
A officer. He had been in France for eight
months, and now was hack from the front as
an Instructor. He hadn't seen girl of his own
KIND girl like his sisters, for weeks
And there she stood behind the canteen
counter in this big roony, comfortable hut
He bought bar of chocolate Then he drifted
over to the group around the piano Presently
he Went back to the canteen for package of
cigarettes He stroIled to the reading table and
leated over magazine. Again he returned-this
time for cake OF soap and some tooth-paste.