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Arizona republican., 1918-03-05
Japan Expected to Act

" ASI1l4N0IO Mar. 4.-Mllltdry action by Japan in eastern Siberia to check German influence and protect war stores at Vladivostok is believed here to be imminent. The United States has not yet expressed it's views on the proposed step but it was said in diplo- matic quarters tonight that the Jap anese probably would move quickly to meet emergency conditions, leaving to the pending diplomatic exchanges de- velopment of an understanding with America and all the allies upon the scope and purpose of the enterprise.
 While it has no direct bearing upon the situation in Asiatic Russia. the news which came today to the Swedish legation that Germany has given notice o1 her intention to occupy the whole of Finland Will tend to hasten an agree ment upon Japan's plans. The German explanation to the Swedish foreign of ice, Whlch has protested against the preceding that the occupation is to re- store order and without intent to take permanent possession is regarded as very clear indication of what the Teu- tons may undertake in any part of Russia now that the Bolsheviki may 1 nave been forced to accept their hard | peace demands.
 Secrecy is Observed
 Officials and diplomats here profess | Ignorance of what preparations have been made by Japan for the operations | about to be undertaken. As a matter ot course, secrecy has been observed and a strict censorship in regard to the Si berian question is in force at Tokio Possibly the next word to come out ot Japan on the subject will be an an nouncement of something accom- plished
 In this connection, it is recalled thai at tie beginning of the Russo-Japanest war the Japanese acted without her. aiding. Before there was any such for. mallty as declaration of war, a Rus.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-05

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The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Of CIVIL
WAR CELEBRATES
GOLDEN WEDDING

Golden gifts flowed today to the
home OF Leopold Behrends, pioneer
Washington merchant. 1t is the
golden anniversary OF the marriage
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Behrcnds. who are
celebrating the day surrounded by
their children and grandchildren. cd.
reception vii be held at tn" Bchrends
home. lS6s Columbia road northwest,
this evening.
Mr. Rehrends is seventy-Scven
years old and his wife seventy-one.
but today they are both hale and
hearty.
Mr.. Behrends Is in business with his
son. Melvin Behrends, T2O-22-2I Sew
enth street northwest, where he has
been located since 1892.
4 veteran OF the civil war. serving
under General Lee, Mr. Behrends
came to Washington from Baltimore
in 1850. He opened a small dryGoods
store At 90S Seventh street. moving To
his present business location twelve
years later
Mr.. BehrendS cam" 10 tn" United
states from RodenbcrE. Germany. in
1919. His mother was "a cousin Of
the famous German poet, Heinrich
Heine,
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
200 PERSONS HANGED
BY GERMANS IN PUBLIC
MARKET PLACE AT WOLMAR

LONDON, March 3.--Two hundred
persons were arrested and. without
any investigation, were hanged in
the market place OF Wolmar, when
the Germans entered that city on
February 20. This. according to a
semi-OffciaI news agency dispatch
from Petrograd. was proclaimed un-
der the heading OF importers OF
German Kultur."
The proclamation says that this
act resulted from information given
by the bourgeoisie. who gathered
around the gsllows and shouted 1.-The
same fate awaits 500 more"
The Germans have announced that
all the Bolshevist Red Guards will be
hanged or shot
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
GOT S325FRON
WIDOW BY FRAUD,
IS ALLEGATION

Raymond Frederick Woltz, twenty
eight years old. OF IS Florida ayenus
northwest. was arrested in BaitImors
yesterday and brought to Washington
by Headquarters Detective Patrick
o'Brien on warrant charging him
with obtaining 1925 by false pre-
lenses from Mrs. Nellie o. Nichols,
widow. OF us Third street north
east
1t is alleged that woltz gave MrA
Nichols. three checks which were re-
turned TO her By the washington
bank on which they were drawn a.
worthless. she made complaint to
the police with the result that Volts
was located by Detective o'Brien in
Baltimore and his arrest was ordered-
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
RoUMANIAN KINGS REPLY
TO CENTRAL POWERS
CALLED UNSATISFACTORY

AMSTERDAM, March 3.-Klng
Ferdinand's reply to the central pow
ers has been considered unsatisfsc-
tory. according to the Vossiche Zeit-
ung, of Berlin, and peace negotia-
tions between Germany and Roumania
at Bucharest are at an end.
other German newspapers say the
negotiations were interrupted because
Dr. Won Kuehlmann and Count Czernin,
respectively German and Austro-Hun-
garian foreign ministers, have been
summoned to Brest-Livotsl. A semi
official statement issued in Berlin,
however, denied they had felt Bucha-
rest.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

the capitals defenders. but would
prevent removal OF the government
to Moscow. Preparations already
have been started to handle this con-
tingency
The German forces. which now
number approximately 100000. are
hourly encountering opposition from
armed workmen and loyal women.
The city OF Hief. capital OF
Ukraine. has been occupied. The
German commander announced that
the city had been liberated"
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
P|CKPOCKET SLITS
HOLE IN TROUSERS
AND EXTRACTS S24

\ deft fingered pickpocket last
night slit a hole in the pocket OF the
trousers OF John Henson. 43S Second
street southeast. while he was a
passenger on a crowded street car,
and robbed him OF S24 which was in
the pocket, according to a report he
made to the police.
Henson had no knowledge that he
had been a victim of the light
fingered pickpocket until he reached
his home. Thrusting his hand into
his pocket. he discovered the slit and
found his money had disappeared.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
BOLSHEWKI TAKE
80 MILLION WORTH
Of WAR SUPPLIES
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plies by the Bolsheviki at vlsdi-
Vostok.
Officials refused 10 forecast the
action Of the United States. pending
word from the United States repre-
sentatives or TO discuss the owner
ship OF the supplies.
The materials seized were sent by
the United States TO the Kerensky y
government. They were paid for by
the United States and charged to the
Russian account
TOKYO. March 3.--BolsheviIi forces
have seized Nladivostok pier con
tanning military goods valued at one
hundred million rubIcs. dispates re-
cCiycd here said.
ReqUiSition by the EoIsheviki Of
foreign merchant ships was reported
threatened. while allied varShipS in
the hHrbor were reported preparing
To land marines
Decision OF allied diplomats to
withdraw from Petrograd IL inter
pretcd in official crcIes here as tanta-
mount to a severance OF diplomatic
relations
Fordeign Minister Montono inform
ed the diet that Japan is now negotI-
stinE with tho allies for n new policy
toward Russia. Hurried departure
for NladivOstok Of Rear Admiral
Tanaka. former attache at Petrograd
was considered significant.
The Siberian situation was the sub
Jec' OF an important conference yes
,erday at the Mikado's villa in
havana. MotOno Naval MiniSter
ka;o. and Admiral Toxic participated
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
SUGAR SHORTAGE
SIX WEEKS LONGER,
EXPERT ASSERTS

"The sugar shortage will be felt
for at least six weeks"
"Unless the people practice econ
omy in the use OF the product, a
famine is Imminent"
These statements. made today by
Joseph r. Weber. one of the fore
most sugar brokers in the country.
reveal the grave situation that con.
fronts the American public.
Inadequate transportation facili-
ties was blamed for the shortage by
the broker Despite Federal con-
troll OF railroads" he said. shippers
OF sugar have not observed any no.
ticeable Improvement in the traffic
situation.'' Mr.. Webber declared TO
The Times today.
Says officials MIsrepreSeBt.
There are certain Government Of
fcials who. in statements 10 the pub
lie. have deceived the people. They
there is a superabundance OF sugar
on hand From my knowledge OF the
sugar market, this is not true. 1t
l. idtA lidl tueIc - sugar ~ bAih u
in Java, but shipping is hampered to
such an extent that transportation
OF the product is impossible"
while the crop reports indicate a
banner year in the sugar industry
the broker continued, the demand
Of our allies for the refined product
has been unusually heavy. OF the
I 40.35S tons which arrived at the
New York port. last week. the allies
took 100. .89T tons
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
SHIFTED TO BRAZILIAN
EMBASSY IN THIS CITY

RIO DE JANEIRo. March Sec
ond Secretary octovio. now serving
in Mexico. has been transferred to
the Brazilian embassy at Washington,
II is stated here. GaStao Parsnhos.
recently appointed second secretary,
also will serve in Washington.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

TOKYO. March 3.--AlIIed diplomats
left Petrograd because they decided
their personal safety was endan-
Gered. Foreign Minister Motono told
the Diet today. Reviewing the Rus
sian situation, Motono declared dlpla-
matte relations had not been broken
between the allies and the Bolshe-
Wiki. a. some seemed to think.
Premier Terauchi warned the peo-
pie to consider the matter calmly. as
I'VE are taking great care TO make
no mistake in our calculations"
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Censor Your Own Bathing
Suits, Bradley Beach
Mayor Says to Women

NEW YORK. March 3.-The
Government having suggested
conservation Of cloth, Mayor Nc
Donald OF Bradley Beach. y. J..
evinced his patriotism today by
declaring that women bathers
this summer may censor their
own attire. Bradley Beach, IA
nous for its coast line, is expect
ed to develop something new in
the way OF hines.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
MINES SINK THREE
GERMAN WARSHIPS
OFF DUTCH COAST

AMSTERDAM. March 3-Three
German warships AVE been sunk by
mines of vlieland island. Two OF
these were mine .sweepers and one a
Gerpan torpedo boat. Heavy gun
fire was heard in that vicinity. ac-
cording to the correspondent of the
Handelsblad.
(VIieland is a small island on the
coast of north Holland.)
TOKYO. March 3.-Two enemy sub
marines. believed TO have been Aus
trian, have been sunk by japanese
destroyers in the Mediterranean.
PARIS, March 3.-The nth Span
ish vessel to be sunk in the last fve
weeks was sent down yesterday. says
a dispatch from Berne. This vessel.
which is said to have been chartered
by Switzerland. was carrying 5000
tons or wheat from America to Eu-
rope.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

the roadbed Of the Trans-Siberian
railroad.
II is not believed likely here. how
ever, that military goods will be per-
mitted to move westward to the
Bolsheviki.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
STRIKE LAID TO GERMANS.

SANTIAGO Chile, March 3.-Ths
Chilean public generally attribute the
Argentine railway strike 10 German
intrigue. The newspapers. however.
make no reference TO the plottersibe-
cause or chile's rigid neutrality
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

TOKYO, March 3.-Two hundred
members OF the stevens Railway
Corps will leave Nsgssaki March -
for Harbin in an attempt to improve
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
MEN
INACCURACY,
DECLARES
OFFICIAL
Enter "Lady Rafles"

Enter "Lady RafrIes"
Right OF the bat. she wants to
hold your hand; she is eager to
learn your address: she wants line
on you and your family; she is a
regular "man hunter" but watch
Out-she delights in double-crossins
you.
No-she is not the girl you are
thinking about.
She is the ~Fingerprint Girl do
ing her bit for Uncle Sam. There
are four Of these sisters to the girl
detective in Washington today.
How 1t Works.
II you enlist in the navy, you are
escorted to the Identification Bureau
of the navy, Fourteenth and II
streets northwest. and one OF these
pretty "Fingerprint Girls takes
your hand in hers and you make an
impression on-a card, or you send
she files it.
Some time later, you desert, your
name is changed. you alter your
hair and otherwise disguise. but that
does not fool these girls. they have
your fingerpHnt. An officer SAYS Il
want you" and you know one OF the
"Fingerprint Girls" has double
crossed you.
Who Are T-ey
The young ladies in question are
Misses Marie Dahm and Blanche
Donohue. Of New York. and Misses
Julia Boswell and Blanche Stsnsbury,
OF Alexandria. Va. The eldest of these
pretty golden-haired girls is only twen-
ty-one.
In their office, ~ on II street. they |
daily locate an ave sc OF about 200 en- |
listed men Of the navy. who in some |
way have eyAded martial law. They |
are daily proving their department TO |
be one OF the most important branches !
OF the service.
why They De IL.
When asked why they entered this
sort Of war work, they chorused, that
knitting was too humdrum. that they |
wanted something thrilling. so they de-
cided to follow +'The Lure OF the
Fingerpfint.2 EaTitteu in so many 1
choice detsetIve stories, -
These girls can discuss whorls. ridges,
and unfair loops while making 'prini"
as gIibly as the knitters talk about
dropping stitch and ''puriing."
Il like my work as much as peaches
and cream" said Miss Marie Dahm,
$50 Rhode Island avenue northwest,
and the second girl in the entire CoUn-
try to enter work OF this kind.
TkrIIHnEs sure!.
.'ThriIIinsc Why 7 should say so.
When we have succeeded in follow
ing up a missing there is as much
excitement as if a burglar broke in,"
Ehe declared.
Miss Dahm, who looks like the
original peach of girl" and any
thing but 4 cruel man hunter, acting
as spokesman OF the group described
how print is made.
An impression OF all ten fingers
is taken. A print OF these is then
made and turned over 10 a girl who
classifies them. and then designs 4
patterl FOR them. Last"
"Oh Marie. don't talk so fast. You
made me draw a whorl instead OF
an unlsr loop" spoke up one OF tho
girls who was then making a print"
Last" continued Miss Dahm," we
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN.
Copyright, 1918. by the United
Press.

Copyright, 1918, by the United
Press.
PETROGRAD. March Moon }
Russia has adopted the slogan
Victory or death"
The capital is greatly aroused
over the BOlshevik proclamation.
Peace delegates at Brest-Litovsk
discussing the question Of peace or
war, have settled that il is war.
The enemy will enter Petrograd
only over our bodies. Our slogan
is victory or death"
PETROGRAD, March l.-German
forces advancing ON Petrograd have
begun an encircling movement to the
south, evidently with the intention
OF cutting of the capital from Mos
COW.
Russians Resist.
Heavy forces Of the enemy are re-
ported moving toward Novo-SokolnI.
aiming to sever the PetroErad- Mos
COW railway. The Russians are Of.
terinG stiT resistance. Russian
workers also lave been or
dercd to destro" the bridge between
Porchoyo and BoloEoye.
Cutting OF communication between
Moscow and Petrograd not only
would eliminate an important source
pr munitions and food supplies for
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Identify Dead.

Miss Marie Dahm explained that
frequently dead bodies are identified
through these prints Tuscsnia vic
tins have been Identified this way
by War Department fngerprint eN-
perts, she said.
THE skin Of the finger tips OF dead
bodies she explained. shuddering.
which have been recovered from the
water are greatly wrinkled and shriv-
eied, so that without some treatment
the making OF satisfactory prints may
be difficult. II not impossible.
TO overcome this. water is injected
beneath the skin of the ball of the
finger. This smooths out the skin
and restores the impression to its
natural condition"
The Washington times., 1918-03-03

give the priAt a classification num-
Der and file it,"
This system is used by the Gov
ernment in order that a permanent
record OF every recruit may be kept
and in Identifying an occasional de-
serter.
These girls can locate a criminal in
five minutes through this system.
The bureau has the girls constantly
searching the files for duplicates.
which mean that some man has done
something crooked.
II he is a deserteT and re-enlisted
the second time under an assumed
name. the duplicate on the file will
betray him.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Better Than Men.

J. II. Taylor, in charge OF the identI
fcatIon bureau, claims that the Girie
do better work than the men. and in
cidentally hints that a new quality
ha been discovered in woman. II is
accuracy.
Accuracy is the most essent al
quality OF a fingerprint expert" he
told a Times reporter. He also eX-
planned how he overcame his preju-
dice in employing women for this
work.
Il frankly admit we used to be
prejudiced against women.
When war broke out I went to
New York to hold an examination for
applicants. Among the first aappli-
cants was a slip OF a girl. As politely
as ! could | tried to rid her mind OF
the notion. J limited that q woman
couldn't do the work. and IL was a
waste Of time for her to take the
examination.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
She Passed FIrst.

out or forty who took the exami-
nation-mostly men--she passed first
Now she is one Of the best in her
line in the Government" he con
ciUded
II was IN this examination that Miss
Julia B"Sweli. - North Washington
street. Alexandria. Va. quaIIi"d.
Growth Of his bureau from .iOu. 900
finger print records to GOO.OOO owing
to the war, is M Taylor's explana-
tion OF the prciJy hngcrprnt glriS.
Since tn" eXamina tion was held
he has added two more girls to hIF
STAFF. They are Miss Blanch Stans
bury and Miss Blanch Donohue.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Fngerprnt Records of Uncle Sans ackes to Be in Char

DO NOT FOLD THIS FORM.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

department fall down hopelessly in
its supreme function Of supplying
arms? Was there a shipping de-
partment, and how did it produce
ships?
The World War developed its sur
prises. 1t discloses the power Of
aeroplane and of submarine. What,
if anything, did the Civil War de-
velop in the way of surprises and
how signally did the American
genius express itself in making and
in meeting these surprises?
Elaborate study would be re-
ouired to answer all these Questions
adequately, but some Of them find
answer readily enough.
Let US fix this in our minds first
The Civil War age was an age OF
discovery that surpassed the pres
ent in every respect. The material
achievements which we proudly
place to the credit of our own gen
Grafton really belonged to oul
grandparents. 1t was not our eyes
that first saw the powerful steam
locomotive go hurting across the
fields on steel rails. 1t was not oul
ears that first heard the Morse code
licked electrically from wire-con
Quoted currents. 1t was not oul
shocked consciousness that frs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

knew that millioned armies of men
could be maneuvred across half G
continent, now in open fighting, now
in intrenchments.
Everything was then new and
wonderful and freshly tried. Lin
coin, sitting in the War and Navy
Building across from the White
House. was the first Commander in
Chief who ever kept in touch with
his million men by wire When the
Battle of Waterloo was fought
news Of that tremendous event
reached the city of Detroit three
months afterward. When the Bat
tie of Gettysburg was fought the
humblest person on the Montana
plains knew of it in detail within a
few hours. Lincoln was the first
Executive to place a message for
dispatch across the sea by cable.
So we will be careful not to APP
proach the Civil War problems of
transportation, shipping, intelli-
gence, manufacturing, etc, with
any stupid notion that we to-day
have any newer problems than those
which confronted Lincoln. The
masterful American genius needs
only adversely to invoke its fullest
action.
At the outset, with the wal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

TAS the american hand lost
n its cunning? TIE people
u who produced the steam
boat, the armored ship, the tele-
graph, the submarine, the aero
plane; who bridged the East River.
who reared the skyscraper and who
flung the line of steel across the
continent founder for an interval
in adjusting their industrial genius
to their governing function at a
time when industry and govern
ment have become one.
But only in less degree had they
already encountered like problems,
foundered a while IN like manner,
and finally had given the world new
standards of national measurement.
In its day the Civil War opened up
a vast new perspective Of achieve
ment. Up to that time no war had
ever been fought on such scale
no people had given such evidence
of organized efficiency.
One is curious, then, to know just
how blunderingly the nation wa:
organized for the titanic civic strife
CT how effectively. How was the
nation shifted from peaceful in
dustry to war work? Did the quar-
termaster allow units to go into &C
ton half clad? Did the ordnance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

arm of the nation virtually in the
hands of the Southern aristocracy,
with the banking interests, the mill
tary and the naval interests making
common cause, as far as they could,
with the cotton autocracy Of the
South, President Lincoln found him
self in poor way to meet the or
ganized menace of the Confeder-
acy.
The pacifist North was without
arms or military supplies. From
January l, 1861, for the two fol-
lowing years Lincoln was forced to
obtain the major portion of his
arms and munitions from Europe
But by 1868 the government be-
came independent through the de-
velopment of home resources, both
for the manufactures and for the
II aterials composing them.
The adaptation of industry to war
called for enormous changes in the
young industries of the nation. So
extensive became this adjustment
to munition needs that the great
manufacturing development Of the
years following the war was in
large part the result of the inten.
sive. manufacturing application OF
the war years.
Never had the world seen such
munitions, such gigantic quantities
of supplies. The Northern army
required for equipment during thu
war gross amount which would
stagger even Xerxes or Ma
poleon And while the maximum
output of the quartermaster's an
the ordnance departments was de
layed until 1863, nevertheless it i
a remarkable thing that, once tn
war was we'll under way, Lincol
never lacked rifle, a cannon,
supply Of ammunition, a horse,
shell, or ration at the point needed
The following totals, taken frol
the official records, exhibit tn
enormous nature of the undertaE
ing: