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The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
ny HENRY G. WALES.

Paris, Dec. 25. (by maiD.-The actual
beginning of the fourth winter of the
war finds the French and British
troops occupying better positions
everywhere along the 450-mile front
between the North Sea and Switzer-
land than they have ever held before.
Almost without exception the heights
and ridges In the successive sectors
between Nieuport and the Vosges are
now occupied by British or French
troops. and the Germans have been
thrust down OF the reverse slopes in
the valleys and open country beyond.
Allies Turn Tables.
Secure. dry and warm in their new
positions. the allied forces have turn
ed the tables on their opponents, and
the troops OF Crown Prince Rup-
precht. of Crown Prince Wilhelm and
of Prince Albrecht are sloshing about
in inundated trenches. seas of mud
| and under direct observation OF
French and British artillerymen.
During the first three winters of the
war 1t was the British and French
J soldiers who suffered in droves from
trench feet" occasioned by standing
hours on end in trenches where water
was knee high. Dugouts were gener-
ally useless unless pumps were avail
able to keep them drained out. And
because the advanced allied positions
were below the German trenches and
therefore in plain view. it was always
difficult to bring up supplies. food.
shells and reliefs of men and to re-
move the wounded.
The British and French campaigns
n hoNF oh Ill Fvl-
successive blows struck by Haig, Nj
velle and Petain have wrested from
the enemy almost all of his command
ing positions. and forced him down
into the low country behind each crest
he has lost.
Starting at the North Sea, and con-
tinuing to the beginning OF the Ypres
sector. the only change noted is along
the beach in the region of the Dunes,
where the Germans, in a surprise at
tack last summer. rushed the ad-
vanced British positions and threw
back the English troops to the south
bank OF the User Canal.
Ypres sector Changes.
But in the Ypres sector. there has
been a great transformation. The
French army under Gen. Anthoine
and the British under Gen. Horne
have carried all of the heights on
which Crown Prince Rupprecht
formerly hemmed in the salient, and
have forced back the enemy to the
low-lying country which opens into
the great Flanders plains toward
Roulois Successive exchanges of
hills bar the sight OF Ypres to the
German observers, and the advanced
posts at Passchendaele keeps the
British aware OF all that goes on in
the German lines.
South Of Ypres, the Messines-
Wytschaete salient. stormed last
spring by Gen. PIumer's army, has
hurled the enemy back on the plains
of Courtrai.
Then from Armentieres to La Bassee
"a distance of less than twenty miles
is the only sector on the British
front which has not been advanced
during the last year. This section
Of the front protects Lille for the
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
MAINE SOCIETY INSTALLS.

More than 13O members CT the Maine
State Association attended a meeting
and installation of officers in the
rooms of the W. c. T. L. 522 Sixth
street northwest. The officers INSTALL
ed are: DR.. Woodbury. Pulsifer. pres
ident; Frank c. Merritt, first wee
president; Miss Netella King. second
vice president; r. w. Readman. third
vice president; Francis NJ. Fernald,
recording secretary; Miss Rose A.
Gugan. corresponding secretary, and
c. s. Sands, treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
PRISONERS AID REFUGEES.

Czech and Slav prisoners. concen-
trated at Camp Padua. made them
selves popular with their captors, says
n message received in official Italian
circles yesterday. The prisoners or
ganized an orchestra and sang the an
thems OF all the allies. Then they
collected money and contributed 1t to
the assistance Of Venetian refugees.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07

New York perhaps-never here,
Not while true BOstonians have the
breath to protest
Mr.. Endicott and Mr. Hall saw
the revolt that was upon them fast
mighty fast. They quailed be-
fore the storm.
They announced that "porklesa
Saturday in Boston did not apply
to beans. The usual amount of
pork to make Boston baked BEANS
is permitted.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07

Dcs Moines, Iowa. Jan. cd. T.
Blodget. of Des Moines. was sem
fenced to twenty years in the Federal
penitentiary at LeavenwOrth. Kan.
in the district court. following his
recent conviction of violation of the
Espionage law and circulating anti
draft literature.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Get small bottle of Danderine at
any drug store for few cents, pour
a little into. your hand and rub well
pinto the scalp with the finger tips.
BY morning most. II not all, of this
Tful scurf will have disappeared.
TWO or three applications will destroy
very bit of dandruff: stop scalp itch
ing and falling hair.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
TELEGRAPH TIPS

Moorhead. MINI. Jan. 6-Because
thirty young men broke into his
house and took a picture of the Ger
man Emperor which was hanging on
the wall and threw it on a bonfire
at Hawley. Mimi. George III. Peters
asked C. G. DoSland. county attor-
ney here. to start criminal action
against the men. Mr.. Dosland has
put the matter up to the Attorney
General
Greenwich. Conn, Jan. g. Com
modore /E. e. Benedict was among
those who good naturedly waited his
turn at the office of the Greenwich
Fuel Committee. where hundreds of
men and women were waiting for
slips good for a small supply of coal.
Geneva. y. Y. Jan. e.-Mrs. Saman-
tina Stanton Nellis. Of Naples. \. Y.
is celebrating the 1CSth anniversary
of her birth. She is hale and hearty
and retains all of her faculties. Mrs.
Nellis was born in Herkimer County.
Baltimore. Jan. 6.--Patriotic scTv-
ice was urged as the chief duty Of
annual conference here of the Mary
land Chapter. International Fedora
tion of Catholic sAluElnae.
Cleveland. an. C-I:very uniformed
policeman in C,1~clr:'d was put in
plain clothes S~.-.,'.y i'm an effort
to break up the vert wave of hold
ups and other cr.=lc; on record here.
Greenwich. Conn. Jan. s-Swen
Setarip, II years old. was rescued
I from a floating ice flee by the crew
of a coal barge. grounded on the
reef Oft Great Captains Island. Sc
J tarip started to make his way to the
barge over the ice. When he was
half way to the barge he found him
self on a separate ice pack.
Freeport. L. J.. Jan. s.-Not for
thirty-five years has the Great South
Bay been frozen over so solidly as il
is at present. The bay is a solid
sheet of ice from this shore to tho
ocean beach. and there is half mile
of ice off shore. Men have been
walking over to the beach and shoot
ing ducks and geese.
Michigan City. Ind, Jan. 5.-Judge
j. II. Gillette. of Hammond, Ind,
formerly on the bench of the Indiana
Supreme Court. has been chosen as
special judge to sit in the case here
| in which Mayor VI. T. Kruger is en-
deavorins to obtain an injunction to
prevent Fred c. Miller. Mayor-e,ect
and an enemy alien. from taking Of
flee Monday noon.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
PLANS INTERALLIED MEETING.

Franklin Bouilon. founder OF the In
tcrallied Parliament, is spending a few
days in Rome to organize a new meet
ing. cable advices state. The meeting
will take place in London. A keen
desire is expressed for participation
of American delegates.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
Allies Start New Year
With Better Battle Line
British and French Have Strengthened Their
Positions Through Sharp Maneuvers
Along the Western Front.

Germans. and they have guarded
every inch of 1t jealously. maintain
ing an almost ceaseless bombardment
to prevent the British from organiz-
ing for a drive there. 1t is said that
the Germans have frustrated two
proposed British attacks there, nip
ping them In the bud by tremendous
concentration of gun fire.
South Of La Bassee is Lens. The
Canadians have placed this big
French mining town in a pocket" by
their operations to the north WHICH
included the storming of Hulluch and
Hill GO to the north and Vimy Ridge
to the south. overlooking Lens. The
British are In a position to occupy
that city whenever they see fit.
From Arras to Saint Quentin,
where the British portion of the line
ends, the Germans are back on the
Hindenburg line. except for the short
section west OF Cambria which Gen.
Byng's troops of the second army
have managed to hold against the re-
peated counter attacks launched by
the enemy.
Near Saint Quentin the French por-
tion of the line begins. and Gen.
Petain holds the heights of LATER
and high positions to just south of
Anizy lie Chateau.
German Positions.
The battle of Ma,maimon enabled
Gen. Maistre to force the crown
prince to evacuate the few positions
he maintained along the Chemin des
Danes and fall back to the north of
the Ailette. The enemy lies in a val
ley here. with a low ridge, dominated
by the Chemin des Danes, between
himself and the Plains of Laon.
There is short sector northward
of Rheims, where the Russian con-
tingent fought last spring, between
Barry au Bac and Bermericourt,
which is s.still in German hands praC
tically as it was last winter. But the
recent French surprise attack south
Of Juvincourt ameliorated their posi-
tions there.
East of Rheims the formidable
Mornonvilliers Ridge, including the
Casque. Cornillet. Teton and Blach
Head submits. are all in French
hands, and the German lines are at
the foot of the slopes, between Beine
and Haurey. Further east. in Cham
pdSht. lhC It IcuCi Indlnldln lilt posi-
tons they won in their great offensive
Of September. 1915. which gave them
certain local successes and a line of
high ground to defend. In addition.
they stormed Auberveil last spring.
Eastward from there comes the
Argonne forest. where no advance has
been attempted by either side. Beyond
the Argonne is the 'Verdun sector.
Wonderful things have been accom-
plished by the army of Gen. Guillau
mat on both banks Of the Meuse since
last winter, and when the Mort Homme
and Hill 34 in their hands on the
west bank and the old original line OF
February. 1916, almost restored on the
east bank, the French have infinitely
strong. high positions.
Nothing has happened In the Saint
Mihiel salient. contrary to various
rumors that the Germans were evac-
uating the long strip reaching down
to the Pont-a-Mousson bridgehead,
and that the French were preparing
concentric attacks at the bases of the
triangles to pinch OF the salient.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
ALEXANDRIA TO have
REALTY TAX SALE
Delinquents Listed for 1916 Include
l63 Whites. 46 Negroes.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
r. E. knight & Son,
6Zl 63 King Street.

62le3 King Street
Alexandria, Va, Jan. 6.-Proper-
ty on which State taxes have not
been paid for 1916 will be offered
for sale at public auction tomor-
row morning by City Treasurer
Thomas w. Robinson. The list this
year is an unusually long one, num-
bering 163 white and As colored de-
linquents.
A big water tank at Mount Ida.
Alexandria County, took fire this
afternoon when being thawed out.
Alexandria's chemical engine ex-
tinguished the blaze.
City council will convene Tues
day night after it's Christmas re-
cess. A joint session may be held
to elect a fire chief and police conn
missioner from the First ward
There is also one vacancy in com
mon council from the First ward
caused by the resignation of Coun-
Gilman George H. Evans.
There will be a meeting of r. l..
Lee Camp. United Confederate Vet
Grams, at Lee Camp Hall, tomorrow
night, to determine the nature of the
celebration to be held January 10 In
observance of the 111th anniversary of
Gen. Robert E. Lees birth.
An automobile abandoned in Alex
andria County November %, when
found loaded with whisky, will be
sold at public auction at noon We'd
nesday. January 16, at the Alexan-
dria County Courthouse by Sherir
Howard B. Fields.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-07

II tafreta underskirts, when they
are new, are first dipped in water
and then are hung up to drip until
they are dry, they will not-split so
soon as otherwise. =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
"OUR CAUSE EXALTED ONE"
SAYS ADMIRAL Won HINTZE
Tells German Editors They Must Co
operate with Him to Win
the War.
tBy Associated Press.

vi $ T +: r y 4 NJ. August 24-"Our
cause is an exalted one, but IL is in
great danger" Admiral Won Hintzc. the
German Foreign Secretary, told a CON
ference Of German Journalists in Ber-
lin. according to the Cologne Volks
leitung: He asked them TO cooperate
nigh esteem he held the press. the
admiral said:
I'm these times the government the
press ana the nation must hold to-
gether with one aim--to win the war.
II these factors do not hold together
We shall be beaten
The post Of Foreign Secretary is by
no means desirable one. All objec-
tons | had made TO my appointment
were dispel1ed, and | have undertaken
this responsible post. am not tack
heavy heart.
Il shall always show the creates,
consideration to the gentlemen of the
press You Will hear nothing but facts
from me. but cannot always give all
the facts. The entire truth at certain
tines does not serve, but harms the
rubiic interest.
II am not at all concerned REGARDING
attacks either on my person or against
the imperial policy. | am merely con-
cerned with our cause. Our cause is
an exalted one, but it is in danger I
therefore call on you TO cooperate"
The Foreign Secretary then had n
confidential talk with the newspaper
men who represented the most import
ant papers in Germany
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
A NEW BESSEMER PLANT
National Steel Products Company, of
BirminEham to Establish Branch
Plant for Immedintc OpcratiOn.

BIRMINGHAM. ALA, August "a
capacity of the plant to be established
"A Besscmer to manufacture steel cast
ings. 1t will be established and the
buildings erected as soon poSsibl
by the National Steel Products Com
pany, of this city. Plans have been
completed for the immediate erection
of a mill that is to be l5GX40 feet. ana
this will not more than be in operation
before a second mill will be going up.
General steel foundry equipment will
is ready.
The National steel Products Company
was but recently incorporated. The
officers are w. J. Long, president: r. 8.
Bohannon. vicc-president and general
manager; j. -. pirronE, secretary and
treasurer. All of these gentlemen are
OF Birmingham.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
STANDARDIZED FOOD is RULE
AMONG PEOPLE OF HOLLAND
Provides Standard SsuSnEe
OF Reef md Veal md Fixes
the Price.
lRy Associated Press


THE HAGUE, August 24.--Standard-
lied food is becoming the rule in Hol-t
land. and standardized clothing may
be next.
The scarcity OF meat has called into
being the standard sausage. n mixture
OF beef and veal. produced under gov
eminent control and sold at the fixed
price OF 90 cents per pound.
Tho shortage of leather is respon-
sible. for the introduction of stand
ard shoes in three grades and prices:
and standard sarS -s;t5 - six va
rieties Of sober tints are promised for
the near future
Standardization in women's clothes
is urged in some quarters, but few
venturcsomc spirits hazard any con-
crete suggestions on this thorny pron-
lem.
The latest is the standard cigar. To-
bacco prices are soaring, and cigars
now cost twice or three times as mucn
as they did year ago. The govern
ment article will be made of the re-
naming stocks of Java tobacco in the
country, and provided with wooden
mouthpiece, enabling the smoker to
finish the weed to the bitter end. when
is expected to result In saving OF
Is per cent This cigar will retail
at ) Dutch cents, and pickers-up or
cigar stubs will have to look for an
other trade.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
BOYS OF SEVENTEEN FIGHT
AMONG GERMAN FORCES
Soldiers Arc SIN Ignorant OF Causes
which Led America To Enter
the Wnr.

BY Associated Press.1
NEW YORK. August 24.-Soldicrs of
the German army are still ignorant of
the causes which led America TO enter
the war, according to J. j. McGraw
Republican national committeeman
from Oklahoma. end member of the su-
premc board OF directors OF the Knights
of Colum bus. who has Just returned
from two months tour of the lighting
front in France.
Mr.. McGraw declared that when he
told one German officer. who was a
prisoner. one Of the outraRcs which
drew America into the war, the officer
said he had not heard OF them, and
added. We arc being trickcd."
Describing visit TO prison camp
Mr.. McGraw said the German prisoners
ranged in age from seventeen TO forty
nine. and had "dog-tired. hopeless
expression"
The men saw have been licked
properly and well" Mr. McGraw added.
Mr.. McGraw brought back MESA g e
TO Colonel Roosevelt from his wounded
sons, Major Theodore Roosevelt. Jr,
and Captain Archie Roosevelt, whom he
saw in Paris hospitals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
WEST VIRGINIA NOTES
bnnkers 10 Meet-HospitnI mt NUM-
non Pinnt-GnZette Has New
Home-Othcr Enterpriscs

The West Virginia Bankers Associa
t!on VIII hold its annual convention in
Huntington on September 10 and 20.
The larges; attendance for years is ey-
pected because OF the war conditions
as thcy pertain To finance and banking
that are 10 be discussed.
DIR. II. Dun. OF South Charleston is
planning to build a hospital at that
place TO meet the new requirements in
cideni 10 the establishment of govern
ment works there.
The Wheeling Traction Company is
building large factory at Wheeling.
The Columbia Coal Company OF
Charleston, has commenced the develop
mcnt Of 800 acres OF kanawha County
coal lands.
The Wilcox Foundry Company has
been Incorporated at Wheeling, to
manufacture iron products.
NJ w. Dugas, Eustace Stevens. F. ~.
ApplinE and others have organized and
incorporated the Lavalette Coal Com
pany to mine coal near Lavalette
The Daily Gazette Company, pub
fishers OF the Charleston Gazette, are
building publishing house at Charles
ton which is to be equipped with all
OF the modern newspa per machine ry,
including complete outfit of linotypes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
LEVI P. MORTON lNHERlTS
WlFE'S HOME IN CAPITAL
Will BeHueaths Him E;lIcrslie Also.
Ucsidue of Estate for
DRuchtcra.

WASHINGTON. August 24.-Legacies
valued at thousands of dollars are be-
Qucathcd in tho will OF Mrs. Anna Liv-
ingSton Morton. wife OF Levi L. Nor
ton. filed for ~probate.
The Will STIMULATES that real estate.
consisting OF a residence at 1900 Rhode
Island Avenue. this city. and summer
residence known as E.ilerslie. at Rhine
cliff. y. V. with all personal property.
be left TO her husband The residue
of the estate, excepting a number of
requests, is to he divided equally
among her four daughters. Edith. Alice.
Helen and Mary The daughters are
also made legatces OF all family jewels
and art hcirlooms.
Cash requests OF $4,000 each are
made to the Church OrphanaGe Asso-
citation OF ST. Johns parish. Washing
ton. and the New York Protestant Epis-
copal city Mission of New York. The
will specifically states that the money
is To be used for relief work among the
sick and poor.
Morton Minot. OF Brockport. y. Y.
her husbands nephew. is given 10000.
Varying sums, ranging from $4,000 to
$500. are given to domcstics employ ed
in the Morton household.
They are: James Butcher, butler So
600; Elizabeth Bretts, maid. $1,000: Mar
saret Boyle, housckeeper, $1,000: VIII
liam Campbell. her hus bands valet. ST.
500: Michael Cunningham and Henry
Whitson, $500 each
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
Dun. weekly Trade Review.

NEW YORK. August 24.-Dun's to-
morrow Will say: Recovering ten
denotes n trade and industry have an
peared in some sections where excess
sive heat and humidity had repressed
activities. and more vigorous prosecu-
ton OF war work has fortunately been
possible. The necessity for Intensive
production effort becomes increasingly
evident as government wants expa nd
beyond all previous calculations, and
the restrictions on regular business
varied and marked az they have al
ready been. are not only tightening
steadily but are also extending into
Few channels With a constantly en-
larEins proportion of the country's in
dustrial facilities being concentrated
on demands OF the most pressing char
ac,er. the less important requirements
are OF secondary consideration, and
manufacturers and dealers alike hest
tate 10 accept civilian orders while
plies from official sources Weekly
bank clearings. S5.443.524.6l
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25

NEW YORK. August :i.-Mercantile paper
stetlns exchange siEty-day bills, i72a. {;
comm crcisl sixty day bills banks. Ss.1;
commercial sinty-day bills. S.Ila.; demand
Iii5's, csbI"s, }i.It j-ls. Mexican dollars IS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
MOTHER URGED POLICY
OF UNRELENT|NG POWER
Secret Diary Discovered DiscIoScs
Ambitions OF Downgcr En-
press OF Russia.
Is DATED JANUARY IL, 1916
Must &c Impressed With Fact Tha
No One Dare Interfere With Per-
sonal Rights OF Emperor and HIS
Family.
IRN Associated prcsp.

AMSTERDAM. August ga policy
of "unreionting power" was urged upon
the former Russian Emperor by his
mother. the Dowager Empress of Rus
STA early in 1916. according TO the Sc
cret diary of the Emperor as published
by the IZvestia of Moscow. The al
legged letter was dated January IA. 1915.
shortly before the assembling of the
first Duma. According TO Moscow
dispatch to the Rheinischc Westfael-
ischc Zetung of Essen the abbreviat Cd
text reads:
Dear Nicky: We are deeply thankful
70: your dear letter. 1t brcathes new
spirit. 1t earlier we had been more
energetic and shown more nrmness in
tho exercise Of power much would have
Teen avoided do not understa nd
why Witte (onc-time Russian Premierl
lost so much time.
Now To the question which greatly
occupies and disQuiets mc--thc ques-
ton of the Cabinet and crown domain
which these swine want to take from
US according TO their various party
YroErams. They must be impress FL
with the fact that no one shall dare
To- interfere with these personal rights
OF the Emperor and his family. II
would be a great historical mistake IL
we now gave way in the slightest
point. Every concession would be in
terprcted as weakness. Our absolute
principle must now be n policy of un-
relcntinG power.
The letter. which was written partly
in Russian and partly in French. closes
with the repeated admonition. BE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
RECRUITING SERGEANT FACES
SERIOUS CHARGE IN DANViLLE
Failed to Tut Up $1,000 Bail. ana Is
Locked Up on Complaint of
Mailing Booze.
[SDecial TO The Timcs- natch

DANVILLE, VA, August 24.-Ser-
Geant Thomas ]. Plymal, who has mad
charge OF the local United States re-
cruiting station for the past several
months. was locked in Jail hero Erida V
evening, in default of $1,000. on a
charge of having sent by mail pint
Of liquor to friend in Roanoke. The
United states commissioner declined TO
give full details of the case.
The warrant was sworn out by Il. s.
Mcknight. "A representative of the De-
partment of Justice. who arrived this
evening. Ii is said that the liquor
was shipped in n shoe box and that
II was detected I'm Roanoke.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
ANOTHER SHIP KEELED
New West Point Shipynrd Going Right
Ahead with BiS work-Forces
Being Increased.

WEST POINT. VA. August 24.--At
the shipyard here the keel of the
working force has been increased.
President and General Manager New
man has been given an assistant. an
organization and operation OF the gem
eral office, so that Mr.. Newman may
give his entire attention to the con-
in this line Of work. r. &. Garden, Of
West Point. has been appointed as.
siStant to the president and general
manager. and will begin on his new
duties September l.