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The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
yAPITALPAYS
TRIBUTE
\ TO DIPLOMAT
Fieral Services for Sir Ar
bur Cecil Spring Rice
Held Here.

1eral services for Sir Arthur
CefSpring Rice in Ottawa. Can
ada o'clock yesterday afternoon,
wei echoed in Washington at the
san hour in the Bethlehem Chapel
Of Washington Episcopal Cathe-
draE Wisconsin and Massachusetts,
ave IS northwest.
Ptdent and Mrs. Wilson. secre-
tar1 State Lansing, members of
thdplomatic corps and members
Of sress, Earl Reading. British
Amtiador here who replaced the
deadplomat, and the entire staff
Of Z British Embassy attended.
The Rev. Alfred Harding,
Bishdof Washington. conducted
the Sizes, assisted by DIR. George
c. F. atenahl, dean of the Cath
edral.
Sir eil Spring Rice was for
years ttish Ambassador to this
countrs shd only recently was or
dered e, replaced by Earl Read
ing. sudden death at Ottawa
shockes hundreds of friends in
this coy and abroad.
His was laid in state in Of
tawa afuneral services were held
yesterda fternoon.
The Cih funeral march opened
both serv as officials walked slowly
down thHes to their places. The
twentietffse of the first chapter
OF Corinu was read. and the
Apostles ID and prayer were fol-
lowed by dead march from saul"
abide Me" followed the clos
ing prayeuh after benediction the
recessionaE the organist was
played. Noven's funeral march
ended therFices.
Acknowle knt by the British gov
ernment OF message of sympathy
sent by Preut Wilson for the death
of the dipH was expressed in a
cablegram ived by Secretary
Lansing frd rthur James Balfour,
secretary ofe for foreign affairs.
| mastery acknowledge with
| heartfelt grHle," the cable said,
that telegr 4 sympathy which
your excelfer s been good enough
70 send me .o sad occasion OF the
death OF Sir Spring Rice. His
maJesty's goVent is deeply moved
oy the feeliierms in which you
record your Pol and official sense
of tho loss thdsthave sustained and
by your genei appreciation of the
public servicesoh our late Ambas-
! saoor was aoALrender during his
tenure OF ONO he United States.
For these latesfks of your excel
lency's good INWARD the British
diplomatic serv its Bereavement.
would ask yot ccept in its name
my cordial than5
ARTHUR rs BALFOUR."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
WOMAN STRANGLED
IN LODGING HOUSE
Grewsome Murder Disclosed with
Mystery Surrounding Motive.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 1s.-Strangled by
q man who accompanied her to a
room Friday night and who was
heard to leave less than an hour af-
terYards, the body of a beautiful girl
about q years old was found this
afternoon here in a lodging house.
The only clue to her identity con-
sists OF two letters addressed to Mrs.
Charles Gates. general delivery. One
Of them was signed by Mrs. Amy Nc
Dowell, Pawtucket, R. I. The other
was evidently from her sister in Chi
cago.
Deep marks of a mans fingers on
the girls throat bore mute evidence
to the manner in which she had been
slain. The corner of a pillow slip
crammed into her mouth served as a
gag.
The girl was found shortly after
noon today clad in black shoes, white
CATERS and pink silk undergarmcnts.
On chair nearby We're other gar
ments. including an expensive fur
coat,
That robbery was not the motive Of
the crime was made plain when a
large roll of bills was found on the
bed beside the dead girl, while twv
valuable rings were on her fingers.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Chester to Write for The Herald

This is George Randolph
Chester, most famous of
American reporters and au-
thor of the universally
known Get Rich Quick
Wallingford" stories. Ches-
ter has just gone to France
for this newspaper to write
THE GREATEST STORY
TIL ERE IS IN THE
WORLD TOD Y-the
story of how France is
bearing the burden of the
battlefield for the whole
world.
Chester will not report
the life of the battle-line it
self, but will devote himself
to the human story of the
people behind that battle
line as they go on, year in
and year out, feeding that
battle-line with their blood,
their courage and their
treasure. o..
This daily life of theirs
constitutes the greatest ma
tional spectacle the race has
ever seen, and only a mas
ter-hand can do it justice.
Chester was picked from a
whole nation of newspaper
men to do it. And the Gre
ator of Wallingford will
more than live up to his
past rcputation-he will III
crease it by these dispatches
of his from France.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
BOY
GIVES UP LIFE
FOR COUNTRY
Ferdinand Sauers Killed
While Fighting in France
February 6.

Another Washington boy has been
killed in action on the Western
front.
He was Ferdinand Sauers, 1922
Eighteenth street northwest.
Yesterday afternoon Young Sauers'
father, Joseph Sauers. who is the
proprietor of a grocery store at
Eighteenth and S streets. received
notification from the War Depart
ment of his sons death in the tight
ing on February s.
Sauers was an infantryman. MY
boy preferred enlisting to being
drafted" said his father proudly.
He has gone to meet his mother,
who has been dead these fifteen
years.
81 have another boy, Joe. who is
in the navy, on the Tallahassee. My
children were all born and raised
here" IT,.
While The Herald reporter was
talking to Mr.. Sauers. Frank Sauers.
his 19-year-old son. who Is employ
ed in the navy yard. entered.
Frank, here Is something that
just came a little while ago." said
his father. handing him the tele-
gram telling of the death of his
brother.
Family Numbers Seven.
MY God" exclaimed the boy.
isn't it awful"
"Ferdie sent me some postals a
little while back" said his father.
"One of them. remember, had
Don't worry about me- printed
across the front. Poor boy"
Young Sauers was one Of a fam
lily of seven boys and girls. four of
whom live in the District. They are:
Miss Marie, 16, who is attending
school: Frank, a worker in the navy
yard; George Edward and Mrs. Ro-
sic Jenson, Of Bladensburg.
Another sister. Miss Mary Matilda,
resides in Tylersville, Pa. A brother.
Joseph, is a sailor on the Tallahas-
see.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
MAY
BESTEPPING
STONETOHUN
Kaiser Would March His
Armies Across Republic
Against Bolsheviki.

Amsterdam. Feb. 16.-Over the pros
trate body Of the newborn republic
Of Finland, bathed in the blood orgies
Of the Red Guards, Germany proposes
to leap at the throat of Bolshevism.
while Hindenburg takes his last
chance on land in the West This
is the pith of reports seeping through
from Germany. As indispensable in
struments in this, the Kaiser's bold
est dream, revealed by the events
OF the last seventy-two hours, Ger
many needs Sweden. the largest and
best equipped of the Scandinavian
kingdoms. She needs further the
good will and probably the aid of
Norway. Denmark and Holland.
To Sweden she holds out as an
alluring prize the Aland Islands
once Swedish and for decades a bone
Of contention between Stockholm and
Petrograd-with control and exploita-
ton Of Independent" Finland thrown
in for good measure. The other neu-
trails she means to buy with a large
part of the Ukrainian food just con-
tracted for in the peace pact with
Rada-
Naval Raid Program.
As an important part OF this
scheme, Marine Minister Won Cap
ellie has inaugurated a policy oil
daring naval dashes such as the de.
stroyer raid in the Dover strait.
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
ELEVEN NEW NAMES
ON TUSCANIA LIST
Wa Department Receives Additions
to Fatalities Of Transport.

The War Department last night re-
cCivCd an addition OF eleven names
TO the list of Americans known Is
have lost their their lives on the
transport Tuscania. They were:
EDGAR c. BARNES. Ranger. Tex.
RAYMOND BUTLER, c. z. Butler,
Richmond, Wis.
WILBUR W. CLARK, Luella Clark,
Lansing, Mich.
JOHN EDWARDS. Butte. Mont
MARTIN c. HILL. Wimberley.
Tex
WILLIAM II. JOHNSON. Meta
mora, Mich
WILLIAM JEowN, Sand Springs.
Tex.
JOHN c. ROBINSON. Potlatch.
Idaho
THOMAS E. ST. CLAIR. junction.
Tex.
JAMES A. scHLEIss. Rice Lake.
Wis.
WILLIAM A. MOORE. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Thus far the War Department has
received the names OF ninety-thres
OF the identified dead.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

Glad to Quit War.
The prisoners insisted tina what
ever forces the United stateSput in
the field would be lnsufficht to
change the ultimate end.
The men were mostly gladto be
prisoners, although they sal they
were well fed in their own lirs and
had no complaints to make.
One youth of Is broke dow and
cried when an American adassed
him In his native tongue. ThlPris-
oner said he was the last six
sons who had been fighting foFer-
many, Two Of his brothers hadheen
killed, two others had been serbsly
wounded and one taken prisoner md
now he had had fallen into thu en-
emy's hands.
Later this youth asserted thal he
was glad to have the chance - ne
day getting back to Germany lth
his head. The attitude of the Is
oners is neither arrogant nor crg-
ing. They are mostly thankfuto
have fallen into our hands.
Artillery sniping has been so l.
cessfully carried out by the Ami
can batteries that the GermSs
have begun "strafing" operatid,
shooting mustard shells" d
shells), at the offending Yanks
Thus far the German efforts hs,
resulted only in sending one priva
to a hospital.
The .fnericzsn private was on
side of his dugout when the mu
tard shell exploded nearby. He d
not feel the effects of the shell Fl
mediately. having been maskd.
Our gunners have become so e
pert they are able to pick OF inC
viduals behind the enemy lines
The commanding officer of o
battery observing what appear
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
SAYS GERMAN
NATION FEARS
F0RCESOFU US.
Captured Officer Tells Eng
lish Kaiser Is Preparing
for Last Effort.
Special Cable to The washington
Herald and New York Tribune.

SpENhuh " Inc W tou
Herald and New York Tribune.
London. Feb. ia German offi-
GER who fell into the hands Of the
allies has made some remarkable
statements. According to him. the
German army is concentrating in
France and Belgium for a final ef-
fort before the American troops can
arrive to reinforce the western
front. He is quoted by the Daily
Telegraph as follows:
THE central empires are in q
grave situation from all stand
points. The passivity of the people
has for some time seemed to be on
the point Of disappearing. And it
Is becoming absolutely essential for
the government to reawaken the
idea Of sacrifice, which Is on the
wane. Several times already Berlin
has known revolts. and the breath
Of revolution Is daily animating the
people. The sole cause of this men
tai attitude is the very real misery
in which the people are living and
the difficulty which even people of
leisure and means find in procuring
provisions.
"Berliners, in an imposing crowd,
have already made demonstrations
against the lack Of various foodstuffs.
Although the people are subject to a
too rigorous discipline not to tolerate
almost anything, The Kaiser Is in
fear Of witnessing some day q veri-
table revolution. Frequently women
parade the cortege, and sometimes
these demonstrations have degenerat
ed into tragic riots.
For some time past, by order OF
their superiors, officers have been
chatting more Familiarity with men
generally. and announcing that a
grand offensive Is about to be taken
against the British and the French;
that the hostile armies will be de-
feated, thanks to the superiority OF
our forces, and that this will be the
final battle-in a word, that the end
Of the war is coming before the sum-
mer time.
IF We succeed In beating or ad-
versaries in the West, peace wn come
quickly. but it Will be a German
peace with annexations. II We ex-
perience a check like that at Verdun,
peace will certainly come, but q dis
astrous peace, for we shall have
reached our maximum effort, and
shall be obliged to cease fighting"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
ALL CAPITAL STORES
WILL OPEN TOMORROW
End Of Fuelless Mondays Marks Re-
sumption of Regular Business.

Tomorrow will be the first work
full' Monday of the month. All stores
will be open.
This was the message repeated to
scores OF merchants of Washington
calling up the Retail Merchants AS
sociation yesterday for information on
the score.
Officials Of the District expressed
themselves as extremely well pleased
with the manner in which stores of
the District observed the voorhees,
day decree. Washington is thought
to. have the low record in the num-
Der OF cases of violation of the order
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
TEXANS SHOW HONOR
TO DEAD AVIATOR
Body of Capt. Vernon Castle Ship
ped to New York.

Forth Worth, Tex. Feb. 1s.-
Through streets lined with spectators,
heads barred. the body OF Capt Vernon
Castle, killed in a crash at Taliaferro
field here yesterday. was escorted to-
day to Union Station where 1t was
placed on a train for New York for
burial Cadets Of the Eighty-fourth
Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, VINO
we're commanded by Capt. Castle.
formed the guard Of honor and the
hand Of the l33rd United States Field
Artillery, Camp Bowie, played the
funeral march. A firing party of
forty preceded the caisson. The cas-
ket was draped with the British flag
Can't. F, B. Fedgwick, r. F. c.. ac-
companied the body to New York.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Capital Traction to Add
Twenty New Cars to Line

straphangers of the Fourteenth
street car line-and you who can
ind no straps to hang by-rejoice!
The Capital Traction Company
has announced that 20 new cars will
he added to its lines in the near
future. which may mean a week. 1t
is understood that most of this new
rolling stock will be placed upon
the Fourteenth street line.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

through his glasses to be a German
officer emerging from a supporting
trench which crossed exposed
ground ordered the gunner to get
him."
The gunner planted a shell di-
rectly ahead of the German officer,
diately picked himself up. Then
the gunner dropped another shell
at what appeared to be only three
inches directly over the German
and this time the officer did not
stir.
Americans Shoot Straight.
A group of five Germans came out
rade and wers picking him up when
the gunner landed a third shell di-
rectly into the group.
Three of the men did not rise
from the ground. and one crawled
away. evidently badly wounded. The
fifth departed from the spot with
considerable speed.
Another incident OF the good
shooting probably cost a number of
Germans their supper. An Ameri-
can lookout reported smoke emerg-
ing from behind a curve OF the en-
emy trench and an officer who in
spected the smudge with his glasses
decided the smoke was coming from
cook wagons preparing the enemy's
evening meal. He promptly said,
Make 'em go to bed hungry. ser
geant.
Three rounds from our battery
burst around the rising smoke. The
observers. were unable to determine
whether the gunners had scored a
'tdirect hit. but an almost immediate
fstrafe" from the German guns
along the entire length of the line
assured the battery commander that
pis shells were well placed.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Government Grant

(Based on awards yesterday
in Delaware district)
Eight-hour day.
Time and a half for overtime.
Wage scale Of not less than
$3.50 a day for ship carpenters
and caulkers and $3.40 a day for
helpers.
No closed shop.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
BILLY BRANDS
SHIP STRIKERS
AS TRAITORS
Evangelist Deviates from
Sermon to Rap Dissatis-
fed Workers.
BY ARTHUR JOYCE.

approximately 1000 persons who
were in the Tabernacle last night
cheered TO the echo when Billy Sun
day branded as Traitor" any man
engaged in war work who will go on
strike in this country during the war
crisis.
He was referring to the prospective
strike of Atlantic coast ship workers
engaged in government work.
I'd tell Hucheson and his associa-
ton that I'd give them forty-eight
hours to call off any such move"
shouted Billy as he waved his fist at
the audience, ''and if they didn't act
I'd commander every ship yard in
the country and intern the strikers
for the period OF the war"
Defines Patriotism.
The Hucheson he named is William
L. Hucheson, president Of the Ma
tional Brotherhood of Carpenters.
"Al that the patriotism of these
men amounts to-" declared Billy, is
the difference between what they are
now getting in wages and what they
hope TO get by striking
80 help me, God, won't stand for
any institution that hampers the gov
ernment or jeopardizes our homes
What good is ammunition and clothes
and cannon and foodstuffs, IL we
haven't got the ships TO put the sup
plies in the hands OF our sailors across
the seas.
"Ships are the greatest need Of the
country today. yet that bunch is try
ing hard to put pair of handouts on
Uncle Sam. What would you think
IL the men IN our army across the
sea under Gen. Pershing and the mon
on our ships would go on strike be-
cause they didn't like the pay they
were getting?
"The man engaged IN war work
who will go on strike during this war
is q traitor. by the eternal Cod! I'm
strong for organized labor. Every
nail in this Tabernacle was driven in
by a union man. I believe in labor
unions.
But I'm for my country hrst. last
and all the time"
The big crowd cheered and cheered
and there were cries Of "hurrah for
you," and great" 1t was a full min
ute before the evangelist could get
back to his sermon.
Back to Sermon.
The basis of Billy's sermon was the
Importance of accepting Christianity.
Billy emphasized that conversions
must not necessarily be accompanied
by groans and shouts and "lamenta-
tons like those of an Indian medicine
man." He told of a number of noted
conversions to carry home the thought
that acceptance of Christianity isn't
always accompanied by loud noise ana
hurrahs.
The instant decision" is what is
needed in the matter Of conversion.
Billy declared. And he pointed to st.
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
MARYLAND Town Flooded.

Port Deposit, Md, Feb. 16-One-third
Of this town. including the entire
north end, was submerged today un-
der three feet Of water as the result
of the flood last night which swept the
water from the river and great blocks
of ice into the streets.
A great wall Of ice Is holding back
large volumes OF water. Should 1t
give way Port Deposit would suffer
the greatest food Of its history.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
BRITISH CHIEF
OFARMYSTAFF
RESIGNS POST
Sir Henry Wilson Succeeds
Changes Show Lloyd
Georges Control.

London, Feb. l6.-Sir William
Robertson, chief Of staff of the
British armies. has resigned and
will be succeeded by Sir Henry
Wilson. Announcement to this ct
feet was made this afternoon. Sir
Henry was sub-chief of staff.
Tn. resignation was due di-
r.ctly to limited power. Gen. Rob
ertson, it wa, explained in the Of
ficial statement. found himself un-
able to take a position as military
representative on the supreme war
council at Versailles and continue
as head of the general staff with
his power curtailed.
Lloyd George Controls.
The functions OF the war council
representative have been extended II
is understood the name of this rep
resentative will be announced shortly.
The resignation Of Sir William Roo-
ertson means that the Lloyd George
and Sir Henry Wilson group in Brit
ish politics has definitely determined
to assert control over the war onlce'
For weeks the British military has
been trying to assert Its independence
and freedom Of control by the poliu'
clans. The Northcliffe press lined VI
with Lloyd George in the fight
Col. Repington resigned from tins
London Times as military expert De-
cause he stood with the war office al
against whitehall, and because Lore
NortneHfe was supporting the prem
ier in his difference with Robertson
and Haig.
The fight Is exceedingly complex
and involved. The climax came two
days ago when Lloyd George onere<
Sir William Robertson the position OF
British representative on the Supreme
War Council at Versailles, Gen. VII
SON to succeed him as chief Of the
General staff. This was the rock or
which the two factions came to ar
open split.
1t ia possible that the resignation
Of Robertson may be succeeded by tht
retirement of Field Marshal Hait
/, from command of the British forces II
the field. A complete reorganizatio,
of the British war forces is in pros
pect
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Divorce Causes Suicide.

Bangor, Maine, Feb. 16,-Frank d.
Hight. member of one Of Maine's best
known and wealthiest families. COM
mitted suicide here today by shooting
himself through the mead. Despon-
dency following the divorce obtained
by Mrs. Hight about a year ago, was
given as the cause.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
Colonel Sits Up to
Read Diamond Dicks"

New York, Feb. I6.-"Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is well on the road to recoy-
ery," was the statement given out at
Roosevelt Hospital tonight. The Col
onel sat up in bed today and spent
some time reading objective stores
The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
RESULTS SHOW HUN
THREATS CAMOUFLAGE
On Advertised Day Germans Fail to
Deliver Their Blow.
Special Cable to The Washington
Herald md New York Tribune.

ypeeIaI Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.
London. Feb. 16.-Yesterday, the
day freely advertised by the Ger
mans as set for their first great
military blow against the allies this
year, brought no unusual activity
anywhere on the western front. but
IL anything a slackening of both
artillery and infantry fighting which
was likewise noticeable today.
Small enterprises Of moderate
success were undertaken by the
British in Flanders and by the
French In the Champagne and along
the Alsace-Lorraine frontier, but
signs of general offensive actions
were entirely lacking.
East of st. Mihiel. where Gen.
Porshing's forces are established,
'ermans claim to have carried
small and successful enter
prises," OF which Paris makes nc
mention.