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Evening star., 1918-07-01
STORY OF CAPT. SPENCER
AND BLACK BOOK DENIED
Correspondent in Berlin Paper Dis
cusses Alleged Facts Growing Out
Of Maud Allan Case.

AMSTERDAM, June 8o.-capt. Har-
old s. Spencer Of ths British army
and the alleged German black book
in the trial in London last
month Of Commoner Noel Pemberton-
Billing or. the charge Of libeling
Miss Maud Allan, a dancer, were the
subject Of a communication published
Friday evening in the Berlin news-
papers from well informed SOURCE"
Capt. Spencer. who. according to
statements made at tho time Of the
trial. was a member of tho rnterna-
tional Gendarmerie in Albania, an
aide-de-camp to Prince William Of
wied. and later a member Of the Brit
ish air forces, testified that "black
book" prepared by German secret
agents and containing tho names Of
$1,000 British persons said to be ad-
dicted to vice and held in bondage to
Germany through fear OF exposure,
had been shown to him by Prinoe
William Of Wied while he was at the
head Of tho Albanian government,
The communication in tho Berlin
newspapers says Capt. Spencer never
was an adjutan Of Prnce VIII
Neither had ne been in tho service
Of tho princes Albanian government
in any capacity.
Tho ex-Prinoo Of Albania, tho oorn-
munication added. first heard about
the alleged existence of a mysterious
black book through newspaper re-
ports of the Penberton-Billing trial.
Evening star., 1918-07-01
GREAT CAMP BUILT IN FOREST
WITHIN SPACE OF FOUR MONTHS
Rendezvous for Engineer Force at Belvoir,
Va, Named for First u. S. Chief
Engineer, Allen A. Humphreys.

will be running from the rear lines
to the front. loaded with shot and
shell and guns for American infantry
and artillery. AS rapidly as the battle
line changes the railway can be
moved to conform with it.
all Phases Of Engineering Taught.
All phases of engineering are taught
at the camp. When the recruit ar
rives he is put through the three
principal schools-the sapper gas de-
fense and pontoon schools-in order
that he may get the rudiments of the
engineers work. II he Is found to
possess special qualifications OF tech
nfcal ability he is sent through one
or more of the following supplement
tary courses: Highway and trench
construction. railroad construction
and operation, water supply work,
forestry, animal transportation. CAM
outage. surveying. map production.
electric wiring. reclamation. gas and
plane. gas offense, mining. Quarrying,
bridge building, trestle work and
others.
When a man has been graduated
from Camp Humphreys and is sent
abroad he Is an engineer in the strict
est sense of the word. He Is more
than an ordinary soldier-he is an
expert in his line. the best engineer
his officers can make him, and his
officers are the pick of the engineer
department-Wes Pointers and civil
ian engineers who have "joined up"
SO the country may have the benefit
Of their knowledge and practical ex-
perience.
Evening star., 1918-07-01
THREE NEW FLAGS TO FLY
AT UNION STATION JULY 4
William B. Cushing Camp, Sons Of
Veterans, q. s. A, Arranges for
Patriotic Ceremonies.

A patriotic program will be carried
out in tho fag-raising ceremonies on
the three poles in front Of Union sta
tion at o'clock on the morning Of
the Fourth of July by tho William
B. Gushing Camp. No. 30. Sons of
Veterans. U. 8. A. which will be in
charge of tho terminal station flag
committee Of the camp.
Commander J. Clinton Hiatt has
appointed the following members Of
the camp to act with the terminal
station flag committees: Adolph J..
Schippert. James s. Jones. A. Van
Ness Burst. Arthur B. Barringer.
Charles s. Davis, Eugene E. Stevens.
William Rosser. Leo A. O'Neill Rob-
ert E. Arnold. DR.. Frank E. Gibson.
Maj. Frederic 8. Hodgson. Herbert
w. Rutledge and George @. Seibold.
The terminal station flag committee
consists of Gustave 2. Beckman,
chairman; Gurnon r. Scott. vice
Evening star., 1918-07-01
TO ORGANIZE THE CREWS
FOR COMMERCIAL SHIPS
Navy Recruiting and Training Ma.
chinery Employed In Carrying
Out Shipping Board Program.

Recruiting ana training machinery
Of the Navy WITH be used to organize
crews for tho hundreds OF ships COM
pristnE tho shipping boards program
for the next twelve months.
According to ofncials who will su-
pervise the work. the shipping board
estimated that at least $4,000 officers
and in excess Of 100000 men will be
required to man the minimum tom
mage now expected. They are to be
secured through voluntary enroll
ment and will be put through In
tensive training to At them for the
various duties on board ship. The
bulk of these men may be taken into
the naval reserve.
The necessity for extending still
further the shore training stations
of the Navy and the probability of
establishing several additional sta
tions to meet this new demand al
ready have been discussed.
Evening star., 1918-07-01
PRESIDENT APPROVES
PATRIOTIC PARADES

NEW YORK. July President
Wilson has approved patriotic pa
rades in connection with conventions
OF representative men, in a let
tor to Fred Harper. grand exalted
ruler Of tho Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks. Mr.. Wilson's let
ter, made public here, follows:
IT am oomplimented that you
should consult me about the char
acter Of tho convention which the
order is expecting to hold this
year. but feel a very great and
unaffected diff1dence in offering
any advice; only. this is clear to
me, that It would be highly ad-
vantageous from every point of
view II every convention of this
sort of men, influential through
out the country, should be devoted
to the very serious consideration
Of the ways in which concerted
action can assist in the So
luton of the manifold problems
which confront the country in the
conduct of the war. The parade
might naturally be tho outcome of
such counsels, and suggest to the
eyes Of the people who witness 1t
the very serious purpose and the
united sentiment of the order"
Evening star., 1918-07-01

chairman; wilfred q. Garfick, secre-
tary; william F. Wolfe, treasurer.
and Silas E. Robb. Gurnon r. Scott.
the vice chairman. has been desig-
mated to act rs chairman of the
committee by Chairman Gustave E.
Beckman. who will be unable to at
tend the ceremonies on account of
war service, which will take him out
of the city on the Fourth.
At meeting Of the terminal sta
tion flag committee and the MEM
bers of the special committee Friday
Maj. Frederic g. Hodgson. chairman;
wilfred ID. aarlick. George g. Sell
bold and Commander J. Clinton Hiatt
were selected to prepare An appro-
pirate program for the fiag raising.
Three new large garrison flags will
fly from tho three poles the morning
OF the Fourth. The Grand Army of
the Republic will be represented as
will other allied organisations. In
cluding the ladies' nuxiliaries and tho
Daughters of Veterans and the Wom-
ans Relief Corps.
Evening star., 1918-07-01

Transformation Of forest into a
great military camp in four months
is one of the achievements of which
the American Corps Of Engineers
boasts.
Early in February Camp Allen A.
Humphreys. at Belvoir. Va, was vir-
tually unknown. But American en-
gineers were put on the job and to-
day it is a thriving. pulsating camp,
a great city in itself, housing some
1900 men, and growing day by day,
until by August it will accommodate
10000.
Camp Humphreys, named for the
first chief of engineers of the United
States Army, is some twenty miles
south of Washington. just below the
town of Accotink, Va Its confines
cover the historic Lord Fairfax tract;
to one side is Mount Vernon, home
of George Washington. and in the
other direction is Gunston Hall, plan
tation and typical old southern nome
of George Mason. illustrious v1r-
einian, author of the Bill of Rights,
the famous document which Ihomas
Jefferson made the corner stone OF
the American bGCldI dtloih VI AAA>-
pendence. Camp Humphreys is pc
culiarly adapted for an engineer
training school. In the hills and val
leys Americas citizen-soldiers are
tunneling. mining, quarrying, eaca-
waiting, fitting themselves Tor WORK
on foreign battlefelds.
Only Engineer Replacement Camp.
The camp is the only engineer re-
placement camp in the country, ana
it is here the vast supply OF engineers
is to be kept, upon which Gen. Per.
shinR will call for men to expand
and replace engineer units working
with the American overseas Army.
Already replacement units have been
sent across. Early IN june 2.oOU men
trained in all branches OF engineer
ing work were sent to Pershing. The
camp can train, equip and dispatch
men to France at the rate Of 5000
month. and by the first of the year
the capacity will be raised to 5000 q
month.
Camp at present, most of them drafted
men, and new ones are arriving from
civil life every day There Is con-
t1nual ebb and fow OF troops men
being sent across the Atlantic as fast
as they can be accommodated IN
France, and new ones arriving to take
their DlaCcB III LILO oShooio.
after the war it Is the governmen ent's
intention to make Camp Humphreys
a permanent training camp for engi-
neers, and all work is being done with
that scheme in mind.
one of the most interesting features
of Camp Humphreys Is the light, COM
bat railway which has been con-
structed for the carrying of supplies
through the reservation. as we'll as
for training men in the construction.
operation and maintenance Of battle
line railroads. A sixty-centimeter,
narrow-gauge road twelve miles in
length, similar to the French roads.
covers the camp. and all day trains
Of nat cars and gondolas run back
and forth with construction material
and supplies. The ocomotivcs are
built especially for foreign service.
and the power Is furnished by four
cylinder, fifty-horsepower. gasoline
motors. So we'll trained are the Hum
phreys engineers that tho construc-
ton gangs can lay track at the rate
of half a mile a day.
These railways will be taken to
r--~cc with the railroad engineers
Ind It will not be long before they
Evening star., 1918-07-01
CALLS FOR STRIKE
OF v. i. W|REMEN
Head of Commercial TeIeg-
raphers' Union Expects
i 5000 Men to Quit.
ORDER EFFECTIVE JULY 8

CHICAGO, July is. J. konenkamp.
president of the Commercial Tele-
graphers' Union of America, last night
announced that he had issued call
for strike of members of the union
employed by the Western Union Tel
egraph Company, effective at a.m.,
eastern time, Monday, July s.
The announcement declared that the
grievances to be adjusted are the re-
tnstatement of union men who are
alleged to have been locked out by
the company and to enforce the right
Of the men to organize.
President Konenkamp said that he
expected 5000 of the 10000 CONNER
cial telegraphers to quit. E. ]. Thorn
as, chairman of the railroad teIe-
graphers' committee, said that $4,000
of his men would be affected. The
International brotherhood of Electri-
cal Workers, President Konenkamp
said. had pledged its assistance.
Text of the Announcement.
'The strike against the Western
Union Telegraph Company will be ef-
fective am. eastern time. and at
the corresponding hour of 6 am. CEN
tral time, ETC., Monday. July 8. OF
ficia1 announcement of the time has
been sent to the Order Of Railroad
Telegraphers and the International
Brotherhood of. Electrical Workers
for their information and guidance.
"The grievances to be adjusted are
those set forth in President Wilson's
letter to the Western Union Tele-
graph Company as G) the reinstate-
ment Of over 800 Western Union en-
ployes locked out contrary to the
terms of his proclamation Of April
8. 1918, and (2) to enforce the decision
of the National War Labor Board
dated June 1, 1918. In this letter to
the Western Union President Wilson
asked officials of that company to
cooperate with him by accepting the
labor boards decision. This the COM
pany declined to do. Similar letters
addressed to the Postal Telegraph
Company and to your union brought
forth an expression Of their willing
ness to comply with his request.
"The strike against the Western
Union alone Is necessary because of
that company's determination to de-
stroy our organization. AS Ameri-
cans we have no desire to be subjects
of tyranny, and this strike will be
justified to the boys at the front be-
cause Of its purpose. 1t is the last
resort to preserve our organization
from annihilation."
Evening star., 1918-07-01
Dr.. c. n. Rogers Found Dead.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, July l.-Dr.
Charles Henry Rogers. ono OF the
most widely known Universalist min
listers in the United States and for
thirty years grand master Of the
Masonic Grand Lodge Of Kansas was
found dead in his bed at Camp Hill,
Ala, Saturday. The remains were sent
to Hutchinson, Kan.
Evening star., 1918-07-01
Florence Honors the President.

FLORENCE, ITALY, July 1.-Presi-
dent Wilson has been given the free
dom of the city by unanimous vote Of
the city council. A testimonial in the
form Of q parchment scroll. embossed
with red lilies and signed by the
mayor and aldermen, will be sent to
President Wilson shortly.
Evening star., 1918-07-01
President Cartons Comment.

NEW YORK, July lin q state
ment commenting on the strike order
issued by President Konenkamp, New
comb Carlton. president Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, said:
'.None Of. our employees is a member
OF that union, 50 I do not see how
the strike affects US"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
I. W. W. Nitro Man Gets
out of Federal Prison
At Fort LeaUenWOrth

Walter Henson, alleged to have
been implicated in the l. w. w.
attempt to destroy the home OF J.
Edgar Pew, TULSA oil man, has es-'
capped from the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth, where he was
serving five years for another
crime. according TO word received
in Tulsa yesterday.
Benson, who was known by
Tulsa officers to be a desperate
man. was kept locked up for some
time after getting to Leavenworth.
but eventually the watch on him
was relaxed, and the first day he
was given trusty Job he got
away. He had been sent to the
federal all for robbery of the
Tar River, Okla, post office.
The story is that Benson was one
of three men who was hired by the
|. w. w. to start a reign OF terror
in Tulsa, the first job being that
OF blowing up the Pew home. A
charge OF nitro blew off one cor
ner OF the building, wrecked 1t
considerably. but NO one was hurt.
The officers quickly got tip as
to tho parties implicated, and
Benson, with two others. were ar
rested and are under indictment
for the charge, when they took the
quicker route of getting In the
pen by robbing a post office.
No clue of Benson has been
found
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink . glass Of real hot water
before breakfast to wasb
out polsona

Life is not merely to live, but Ia
live well. eat well, digest well, work
well. sleep we'll. look well. What a
glorious condition TO attain, and YET
how very easy II is II one will only
adopt the morning inside hath
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise.
splitting headache, stuffy from a
cold. foul tongue, nasty breath,
acid stomach. can, instead, feel IN
fresh rs q daisy by opening the
sluices OF the system each morning
and flushing out the whole of the
internal poisonous stAgnant matter
Everyone, whether ailing. sick or
we'll, should, each morning. before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with n teasponful OF lime
stone phosphate in II TO wash from
the stomach. liver. Kidneys and
bowels the previous days ipdiges-
tible waste. sour bile and poisonous
toxins. The action Of hot water and
limestone phosphate on an empty
stomach IL wonderfully invlgorat-
ing. II cleans out all the sour fer
mentations. gases, waste and acidlty
and gives one a splendid appetite
for breakfast.
The millions OF people who are
both red with constipation. bilious
spells, stomach trouble, rheumat-
Ism; others who have sallow skins,
blood disorders and slckly com,
plexions are urged to get q quarter
pound OF limestone phosphate from
the drug store which will cost very
little, but is sufficient to make any
one n pronounced crank on the SUBJ
ject OF internal sanitation n.--Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
Traffic LdlDs Are Void
When Black Cats Cross
Path of Superstition

He was headed north on Main
Htreet; shot by the traffic cop at
the signal and was gathering speed
for a home run. when,-
A long, lean, skinny shape;
dark as the dens of Hades; and
suggesting to the Buperstitious
mind all the powers OF darkness
and evil in Its fiercely black fur;
bristling "chawed-up" ears; malig-
nant eyes and clawed feet, as II
silently emerged from the shadows
on the wetsern side OF the street,
SUNK across the main thorough
fares and disappeared between the
council of defense building and
Bass Furniture store.
The brakes screeched, the gears
ripped out an audible objection,
and the car swerved in the middle
OF the block. turned as II on a
pivot and headed south. ..a
The few pedestrians stared in
wondernent, the traffic cop glared
angrily, then.-glving one compre-
hensive look at the black cat slip
ping In between the buildings.
spun around like a weather vane,
arms extended. living example
of the famous. Japanese trio of our
original ancestors.
"Wha'd'ju think O. that"
queried the business man to his
nearest neighbor. I've always
held that our traffic laws were
our one best bet; but l see they
are not competent to deal with a
measly black cat and supersttious
drivers"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
ALLIES ADVANCE
ON ENTIRE FRONT

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
are making sharp thrusts against
the enemy with the intention OF
clearing out the entire triangle be-
tween Flavlgny and Montcornet and
taking all the railroad lines within
this region and also blotting out the
salient that still exists there There
Germans are strongly counter =
attacking on all the fronts OF attack,
but the French have warded off
their efforts to regain lost territory
and have gained ground south of
Montcornet, one OF the principal
railway functions in this region.
North OF Grandpre and north of
Verdun. in the sector lying between
tho Meuse river and north of the
Argonne forest, the Americans have
cut further, and deeply into the en-
emy's lines, while enemy airmen are
returning the compliment by bomb
ing inside the American front.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
MAJOR THAW IS AWARDED
D. S. CROSS BY PERSHING

NEW YORK, oct. Majpr WI.
liam Taw, death OF American avi.
ators and holder of the French croix
de guerre with five palms has been
awarded the American DISTINGUISHED
service cross with two citations ID
General Pershing, 1t was announced
here tonight by the Aero club OF
America
Major Thaw. who was one ~ the
earliest American fllers with the La
Fayette escadrille, and who was
transferred to the American service
after his country entered the s,rug.
gle, became an American "aCo" last
June, when he was officially credited
with having downed his fifth enemy
plane.
Major Thaw's brother. Lieut. Alex
ander Blair Thaw. who was killed
last August, despite his youth was
selected to command the first all.
American air squadron, made up Of
American fliers flying in American
built planes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
TAXES ON INDIAN LANDS
WILL AMOUNT TO $4,000

1t Is announced by County Treas
urer Ed Dalton. after going over the
accounts that Tulsa county will
benefit nearly $4,000 from taxes OF
allotted Indian lands this year.
Something in the neighborhood Of
81. 900 back taxes was paid In dur
ing yesterday. This money will be
held in the general fund OF the
county until next years meeting OF
the excise board. when II will be
taken into account In making up the
tax levies for the county.
Remittances from the state treas
urer OF $4,000 in the way OF auto
mobile taxes was received yester-
day This covers the taxes collected
in July. There is still 100000 due
from the state, for the months OF
August ana September. This money
is expected in a few days.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
TULSAN VISITS GRAVE
OF QUENTIN ROOSEVELT

Tulsans have received this week
photographs OF Quentin Roosevelts g
grave in the Chateau-Thierry sector.
Just north OF Fere -en-Tar denois
taken by an Oklahoman, evident. as
alongside the oak balustrade built
around the grave by the French peo-
pie stand Gen. Roy Hoffman Of
Chandler, and Lieut. Eugene Con-
stantin OF Tulsa. The men wear
their field equipment. and their steel
helmets are removed. as they rever-
emily stand gazing upon the ground
that marks the burial spot OF the
brave young Yank who fell while
lighting Hun air men.
The grave was marked by the
Germans, near where II fell behind
the Hun lines. They put this boast
tul marker on the grave, according
to Dr. Burris ]. Jenkins: Buried
by the Germans"
When the ground was retaken,
the French placed beautiful oak
halustrade around the grave, and
with their sense OF eloquence. they
inscribed on 1t In place OF the Ger
man legend this: Fell gloriously In
aerial battle for glory and the
right"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
ARMISTICE TERMS
WILL BE FORMED
OONT1NIrpD FROM PAGE ONE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
American forces 60 as TO remove the
possibility Of a renewal of hostilities,
rehabilitation OF the German army.
restrictions on the manufacture of
supplies and munitions. occupation
of strategic naval bases and the in
ternment OF German naval vessels
and submarines
Foe May Refuse Terms.
Officials do not overlook the fact
that check 10 orderly preparation
for an armistice may be caused by
the refusal OF the German govern
ment to accept the severe terms as
outlined by the president in his re-
ply to Berlin which probably already
has reached Germany in official form
through the Swiss government as
we'll as by wireless from Arlington
from which II was sent broadcast.
The present German government,
II was said, may refuse terms tanta-
mount to complete surrender and ap-
peal to the German people to con-
tinue the war. In this connection,
II was noted that the government
now in power has made 1t plain that
there is no thought OF restoring
Alsact Lorraine to France, q con-