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The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
PRESIDENT HALTS ship STRIKE
BY MESSAGE TO UNION LEADER:
men WILL RESUME WORK TODAY
Telegram Which Ended Strike
February IT. 1918.

,,,, ,,,,n., February II, 1918.
General President United Brotherhood of Carpenters
~ and Joners of America, New York.
have received telegram of yesterday and very
glad to note the expression of desire patriotic
to assist in carrying the work by which trying
save America and men everywhere who
Taking advantage of that assurance, my duty
to call attention to the fact that
peners in the shpyards is marked painful contrast
the action of labor in other places Ships abso
utey for the winning of this
deadier blow at the safety of the nation
the other side than by interfering with obstrucng ship
building program All the other unions engaged nds
pensabe work have agreed abide by
shipbuiding Wage Adjustment board has dealt
fairly and literally with all who have must
frankly that your duty to it the
solution OF present difficulties with employers
advise the men whom
pending the decision No body of the right
in the circumstances of strike until every
method of adjustment has been tried limit you do
not this principle undoubtedly giving aid and
comfort to the whatever may be your
purpose do not that anything will gained by my
ing personally until have accepted upon
that principle 1t is the duty of the government
the best possible conditions of labor maintained
also its duty to that there con-
scieneeless prohteeng and that duty
eeped and will perform. Will you cooperate will you
obstruet? WOODROW WILSON.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
GERMANS FEAR
ALLIED ATTACK
IN NORTH SEA
Press Unrestful Over Pos,
sibility of Offensive by
Huge Naval Forces.
WILLIAM L. HUTCHINSON,
General President United Brotherhood
and Joiners of America, New York.

Amsterdam. Fet. 1.-THE Ger
man press is devuting more and
more attention to the possibility OF
an entente sea attack. The KoeI-
nischevoIks Zeitung says in a re-
cent issue just received here:
The departure from office OF Ad-
miral Sir John Jellicoe means the
return of the idea of a naval often
sive against us, an idea always fer
vently agitated by Winston
Churchill and organs such as Truth,
Spectator and the Saturday Review.
The latter journal, for instance,
after discussing the pros and cons
of the idea. emphasizes that the
most eminent naval tacticians, in
clu6ng Admiral Fisher. advocated
an offensive.
Changes have been made in all
the higher naval positions in Eng
land. The school of the offensive
prevails. Churchill resumes his
campaign. His watchword is at
the enemy
1.-The project is to form two fleets
out OF 260 British vessels. one a fleet
of combat, the other a fleet of risk.
The latter is to attack our navy in it's
hiding place and annihilate it. Then,
so argues Churchill, the Germans will
be reduced to the defense. they will
have to give up the U-boat campaign
and will have no time to ruin Eng
land
"If the English seriously think of at
tacking us in the North Sea and on our
coasts. let them come: the German
fleet will be there to give them
answer"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
ROOSEVELT TO LEAVE
HOSPITAL THIS MONTH
Former President at Last Answered
by Satisfied Physicians.

New York. Feb. 17.-CoL Roose-
welt is progressing so well in
Roosevelt Hospital that today for
the first time his attending physi-
clans responded to his frequent de-
mands to have a time fixed when
he may leave the institution. They
were not definite in their reply, but
assured him that IL his improve
ment continued steadily he might
be able to leave the hospital and
go to a hotel by the end of the
month. The former President had
hoped to be permitted to leave
much sooner.
The Colonel is getting along very
we'll No further bulletins are be-
ing issued was the statement
given out by hospital authorities to-
night.
Many persons called at the hos,
pital during the day to inquire re-
sarding the ColoneTs condition.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
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
T H ERE is IN THE
w RID TODAY-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.
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 reputation-he will in
crease it by these dispatches
of his from France,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
MAY PERMIT JAPS
TO BUY u. S. STEEL
Negotiations Under Way for Lifting
of War Embargo.

Toxic, Feb. 17.-Early resumption
and quick settlement of the nego-
tiations between the Japanese and
American governments regarding
the exchange OF steel for shipping
are foreshadowed in well-informed
circles here as the result of the
Washington governments action in
placing all exports from the United
States under obligatory license.
Since the negotiations were bro
ken of last autumn, private japanese
interests have been negotiating
with the American Shipping Board
in an attempt to obtain a free Ii
cense for the importation Of Amer
lean steel, in exchange for shipping
tonnage authoritatively given at 15o,-
900 tons as a maximum.
There is distinct tendency in
official quarters to a belief that the
two governments can now arrive
at an understanding.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
LA FAYETTE AIRMAN
TO JOIN u. 5. FORCES
David P. Guest Back from France
to Become American Flye.

David Porter Guest returned TO
his home here yesterday after
months service with the Lafayette
Flying Corps in France. He was
released by the French army in or
der that he might join the Ameri-
can flying forces. He will apply for
a commission in the Signal Corps.
Guest took his preliminary course
in flying at Newport News. Va. He
sailed for France last June Re-
Gently he advanced in his training
to the point where he was sent to
the center at which the aviators
ordered to active duty at the front
are assembled. His release came
before he had had an opportunity
to make a flight over the German
lines.
Guest Is confident that the great
air fleet America is to send across
will be a decisive factor in settling
the war. He expects to return to
France within the next few weeks.
He is the guest here of his mother,
Mrs, ]. L. Shelton.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
DANIELS LAUDS MEN
WHO FOUGHT U-BOAT
Three Officers of Destroyer Cassin
Named in Letter.

Three officers of the Z. S. S. Cassin
were commended by Secretary Daniels
yesterday for their gallant conduct
during an engagement with a German
submarine, October Is. 1917. They were
Commander Walter N. Vernon and
Lieuts. John w. McClaran and James
A. Saunders.
The Secretary's letter to Commander
Vernon was ordered read aloud to the
destroyer's crew. 1t said, in part:
THE department notes with gratif1-
cation the highly commendable con-
duct of yourself, the other officers,
and the men of the Cassin. The man.
ner in which the Cassin kept under
way with her stearing gear disabled
and practically at the mercy Of the
submarine, and opened fire upon the
submarine when she appeared upon
the surface an hour later, is well
worthy Of the best traditions OF the
service"
The lfeutenants we're praised for "go-
ing down into the smoking handling
room adjacent to a magazine, to as
certain the extent of the damage done
to the Cassin after that vessel had
been struck by the enemy's torpedo -
Commander Vernou's home address
is given as Watertown, Fla; Lieut..
McClaran's, Wooster, Ohio, and Lieut..
Saunders, 1903 Eutaw place, BaIti-
more, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
.27 ANNOUNCED
OF THOSE LOST
ON TUSCANIA
Names of Known Dead Re.
ceived l20, Leaving
l26 Unnamed.

The War Department today re-
ceived an additional list of 27 names
of Americans known to have lost
their lives in the sinking of the
transport Tuscania- Thus far the
names of $50 known dead have been
received by the War Department.
The names Of 1883 survivors have
been received to date. This leaves
12s Americans officially unaccount-
ed for. Names of additional sur
vivors and dead are expected with
out delay. 1t is hoped to complete
the casualties and survivors lists
early this week:
The list follows:
List of n Lost.
WILLIAM H. RAISNER. Corning.
Cal.
r. A. AGREEN, Jewell. Ore.
c. NJ: BESNER, Saginaw. Mich.
EDWIN r. BERKLY. Bermiji.
ALvA N, COLLINS, Markesan.
Wis.
C. n. DAVIDSON. Anaconda. Mont.
w. ]. DROGS. Mt. Idaho. Idaho.
JACK B. GURNEY. Glide, Ore.
T. w. HERMAN. Lincoln, Nebr.
OTIS E. HUTCHIN. Whitehall,
Wis.
THOMAS A. LLEwELYN. Scott
dale, Pa.
oREL MCCOY. EI Monte, Cal.
WILLIAM F. McMURRAY. Rose
City. Texas.
CAIRE METzENBAUER. Chippe-
wa Falls, Wis.
CLIFFORD NORRIS. New London,
Wis.
H. E. PAGE. Saratoga, Texas.
SAM H. PETTICoST. Doucette.
Texas.
JAMES L. PERCE. Creswell, Ore.
FLETCHER o. PLEDGER, Nor
man. Okla
GEORGE H. RE1NHART. Jerer-
son, Wis.
JESSE N. RHoADs, Haibert.
Okla.
PERCY \. STEVENS, Bend. Ore.
G. z. SWANSON. Rothschilds,
Wis.
MILTON FULLY. Union City,
Tenn.
G. B. WEST. Baxter Springs, Kas.
CUSTAS WILSON, Salem, Ore.
LEIGH WRIGHT, Hillsdale. Mich.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18

enemy is no longer able to worry our
men with false alarms. One OF our
patrols recently set Off to investigate
the damage our artillery fire had
made in the enemy's first lines.
Arriving before the second wire line
of the enemy and just about to in
vestigate its condition, they heard a
sudden sputtering behind them. Turn
ing around they discovered that the
line they had just passed was shoot
ing off blue sparks The wire was
charged with electricity, the object
being to prevent the return Of our pa
troll.
The entire patrol promptly flung
themselves down, expecting q rain of
machine gun bullets which did not
come. although the blue fire continued
to dance along the wire field. Finally
one man who was formerly an electri-
clan declared he knew how TO effect
a safe passage. He returned to the
charged wire and cut a passage
in a manner which it is not permitted
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
PLEAD FOR "UNITED
STATES OF WORLD"
Radical Leaders Conclude Political
Conference in New York.

New York, Feb. IA general in
dorsement of the principles and
theories of the Bolsheviki of Rus
sia, condemnation of the peace
concluded by the Ukraine with
Germany and a call for what is
practically a United States of the
World marked the conclusion to-
night of the conference here of
radical leaders in this country.
Democratic peace for the whole
people of the world was the slogan
of ,today's session. A platform of
the most radical nature was adopt
ed in the forenoon at a session at
tended by delegates from twenty
seven States. the bodies represented
being thirty-one labor organiza-
tions, thirty-four Socialist bodies,
ffty-six radical bodies. the COM
plexion of which varied greatly,
and ten liberal and religious .organ-
izations.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18

have been designated to issue the war
savings and thrift stamps by POST
master Chance. These blanks will tell
the whole "stamp story of each con-
testant at the particular station and
greatly facilitate the final computa-
ton of accounts.
Among the letters received from po-
licemen, letter carriers. firemen and
other interested in the second con-
test is one from Francis ]. Cole. win
ner of the twelfth prize in the FIRST
contest.
Februnr! - Big Day.
Mr.. Cole points out in his letter that
it would be wise step 10 extend the
contest so Il would include one govern
ment pay day. Regrettably This can
not be done. but il is believed the
fact tnat February y is the last date
OH which the War Savings Stamps
rlay be purchased at SI.I5, will be a big
factor in increased sales for that day
and the two or three days which pre-
eede IL. After February y the Wal
Savings Stamps will cost Si.l4. 1t does
not appear that the penny would make
coSrrSUEp on rAeE Fo.R
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
POSSE OF 1000 HOT
AFTER MURDER TRIO
Cowboys and Indians Trailing Draft
Evaders Toward Mexican Border.

Wilcox, Ariz., Feb. 1.-THE two
Power brothers and Tom Sisson,
draft evaders, alleged to have kill
ed Sheriff Mcbride and two depu-
ties near Globe. are tonight near
ing the Mexican line with a posse
of 1000 cowboys and a band OF
Apache Indians in close pursuit.
Sisson is reported to have been
wounded and the Powers brothers
are carrying him on a stretcher.
They abandoned their horses, which
were found today. Indian scouts
reported having exchanged shots
with the fugitives.
Seven troops of United States
cavalry were sent to prevent the
men from crossing the border into
Mexico
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
WITHOUT COAL
HALF MILLION
MAY LOSE JOBS
New England Delegates Are
Urging McAdoo's and
Hurley's Aid.

Protesting that 5000 men and wom-
en- are out of work now in the New
England factories and that from 300,-
900 to J00.0oO will be forced out within
ten days unless coal relief is given
Immediately, a delegation of four New
England labor men had a conference
with Director General McAdoo and
Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping
Board, last evening.
This double conference followed q
half hours meeting Saturday night
with President Wilson. when the
situation was gone over fully.
The delegation consists of: James
F. O'Hare, secretary of the Boston
Printing Pressmen's Union; James r.
Stevens, president of the Building
Trades Council of Boston: George NJ.
Wrenn. president of the Massachusetts
State Branch of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. and Martin T.
Joyce, secretary and treasurer of the
Massachusetts State Branch of the
American Federation of Labor.
Vast Supplies Urgent.
They told Director General McAdoo
and Chairman Hurley that their dis
tricts required 10000 tons CT bitumin-
Gus coal and 10000 tons of anthracite
a day; that they were now short g.
$685. tons. They must have at least
$4,000 tons a week to prevent an alb
solute breakdown of the factories,
they argued. The Director General and
Mr.. Hurley promised to give all the
aid they could. the men representing
that they must have enormous relief
bS the water routes
Coincidently with the visit of these
labor men to the President. was that
of three of the representatives of the
British trades unions who are here to
cooperate with the American labor
ing men for the winning of the war.
They were w. H. Sullivan, W. A.
Appleton and w Moses.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
Attack Abandoned.

ADuGuOuCus
Friday night the enemy sent up
rockets from their lines, streaking
the sky green indicating prepare
for gas"
This caused all our soldiers be-
hind the first lines to put on gas
masks, awaiting a repetition of the
attack of the night before when the
enemy kept up a steady flow of gas
during two hours.
This attack. however. never de-
veloped, but our men lost valuable
hours of repose through the false
alarm, the enemy at the same time
sending up our own signals for bar
rage fire, although our artillery was
not deceived by this because of the
location of the rockets. Our bat
terry commanders declined to waste
shells fruitlessly.
Since the discovery that the Ger
mans were familiar with our signals
they have been changed so that the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
TRIAL TO TEST.
ENGLISH RIGHT
OF CENSORSHIP
World Watches Efforts Of
Crown to Convict Rep
iington Of Violations.
special Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.

herald ana new NOrk Iribuhe.
London. Feb. 1.-THE case Of the
Crown versus Col. Repington and
II. A. Gwynne. editor of The Morn
ing Post. which opened yesterday,
promises to become one of the mosi
famous trials ever heard in the old
Bow Street Court.
Though the defense won't open
until Thursday, the cross-examina-
tion of the prosecutions witness
Sir Edward Cooke. one of the di-
rectors of the press Bureau show.
ed that before the trial ends the
whole question of the censorship
will be tested legally.
A large gathering of army off,
GERS and women acquainted socially
with the defendants gave an un-
usual atmosphere to London's most
famous police court. Gen. Maurice
chief of military operations. and
Gen. McDonough, director of MILL
tary intelligence, and Lady Bat
o"uCE VI 4hC SSe7
are among the interested spectators
onenses Charged.
The defendants are charged with
violating that section of the de-
fense of the realm act which has
to do with the publication of infor-
nation regarding the disposition OF
the British and allied forces and
also with the publication of infor-
nation regarding the supposed
plans and the conduct of military
operations by the military forces.
The article on which the charge
is brought was published in The
Morning Post last Monday. 1t was
brought out at the hearing that
Col Repington wrote an article
concerning the Versailles confer
ences' decision, that it submitted
the proof to the censor, that Sir
Edward Cooke attempted first tC
exercise certain Objectionable parts
finally killing the whole article and
returning it to Editor Gwynnt
stamped not for publication and in
closing a letter informing him that
the article. couldn't be published.
1t further testified that Gwynnt
made certain changes in the article
and informed Cooke that he haC
modified the article" and consider.
ed its publication necessary in ma.
tional interest"
Admit Publication.
Though altered the article was pub
lished without Col. Repington having
previously seen it and though Gwynnt
assumed fun responsibility for its pub
lication. the military critic waverec
whatever rights he might have had
on these technical grounds.
The magistrate ruled against the de-
fense when it attempted to obtain from
the director or the press bureau the
name and particulars in the govern
rnent department which instructed It.
sending out to newspapers a particu-
lar warning covering the Morning Post
article
Apparently the defense intends tc
explore the power of the press bureau
at considerable length. This became
apparent when counsel for the defense
asked the chief censor whether II
wouldn't be necessary to have a law
yer sitting at his elbow if he attempt
ed to decide or question the legality
under the defense of the realm act Oh
every item coming before him.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
U. S. Mexicans Assert Loyalty

Laredo, Texas. Feb. I7.-At a mass
meeting here tonight zoo Mexican
Americans adopted resolutions Of
loyalty to the government. Fifty OF
them. comprising carpenters. sheet
metal workers, painters and machin-
lists. enrolled as ready to go to any
part of the country where needed
for shipbuilding work. Many others
are expected to enroll.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
BILLY SUNDAY
SAYS HE WILL
GO TO FRANCE
J 3;;yalist Ready to Do His
Bit Over There.
By ARTHUR JOYCE.

Billy Sunday is going to France.
He told about $4,000 persons who
, ,.owdcd the Tabernacle last night
tEat he expects to go overseas about
SGIy 1 and help the boys put II
over"
His first trail hitters" at the
close of the service were a delegaS
tion of soldiers and as he grasped
their hands Billy told them he'd
meet them "in the trenches"
"And when 1 get there" added
Billy, I'll ask Gen. Pershing to
give me a gun and I'll go into the
first-Iine trenches and take a shot
at that German bunch. 1 think I'd
handle a machine gun all right. In
the old days l could shoot a squir-
rel In the eye with a bullet from a
rifle. And that's going some"
Soldiers Cheer Evangelist.
BiIly's announcement was greet
cd with loud cheers. He told how
he had been frequently importuned
to go "over there" and talk to the
boys in France by representatives
of the British war mission which
came here some time ago with
DdlIOuls q VI NhS
British cabinet: by prominent
Americans and by members of Gen.
Pershing's stan.
Il suppose 1 know more American
soldiers now in France than any
other person in this country. I've
met their parents. have been in their
homes and know them by name.
The boys think I'd be a big help
over there. so 1 think I'll go along
about July L.
Billy's decision to go abroad will
mean a cancellation of a d nLmber of
engagements he has already made
for cities in various parts of the
country. Among them are Provi-
denec, r. l., Birmingham. Ala,
Seattle and Portland. Oregon.
1t is understood that a number of
wealthy Americans are behind the
plan to have Billy go to France.
Chief among them is said to be John
D. Rockefeller. jr., who is understood
to have guaranteed to defray all ex-
penses of the evangelist and what
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The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
100 Driven Out by Fire.

Boston, Mass, Feb. IA mysteri-
Gus fire drove over 100 women, chill
dren and men out into the streets
during a storm today at Dorchester.
Two buildings were destroyed. one
used for the manufacture of gun car
riages, the other for electrical goods.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
Cleric Praises u. S. SoIdires.

New York, Feb. 1T never saw
more splendid fellows said Rev.
Clarendon L. Worrell. archbishop of
Halifax. speaking here today of
American troops he had seen passing
through Canada. en- route for France.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
Huns Steal Signals
OF American Forces;
Bomb Field Hospital
Overseas Army Discovers Germans
Have Fathomed Barrage Fire-ights
Before u. S. Soldiers Suffer-Attack
Upon Hospital Was Failure.
By NEWTON c. PARKE,

International serv Ice stan Correspondent
With the American Army in France Feb. 7-Eiher through
listening in on the tesraph through other
form of espionage the Germans recently discovered signals for
barrase gas attacks by of coored rockets
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
SHOW
GERMAN FOOD
SUPPLY SHORT
Despite Organization a
Dearth Of Rations Causes
People to Suffer.

New York. Feb. 17.-Interesting side
lights upon Germany's organized
starvation" are contained in Ger
man newspapers just received here.
Food" 'calories," "underfeeding. -
''profiteering," sneak trade" and
Iron ration" are the chief topics OF
discussion; every bit Of newspaper
space not taken up by military and
political subjects being devoted to
articles and official announcements
and admonitions concerning food.
Although organized to the nth de-
gree" German food distribution is still
imperfect in many respects. the news.
papers at hand show. and many col.
umns Of advice for still further i'm.
prOvement are offered daily by per
sons in all walks of life.
The efforts of the authorities tc
suppress the sneak trade (Schleich-
handel have been without success
with the rations that obtained dur
ing the past year, because everybody
considers it his natural right 10 still
his hunger.
HOardIng Cases.
oilS lSStul case VI NlHulHdl hodlN u
ing cOnspicuously reported by the
Berlin papers was that of a mother
and daughter in CharlottenbUrg, q
suburb of the capital. The daughter
was employed in a Charlottenburl
postorfice. in the parcel post division
She was arrested when the disap'
pearance of scores of food packages
containing sugar. coffee. ducks. geese
etc, was traced to her. II developed
that her mother made daily trips will
baby carriage i'm front OF the post
office, the girl hiding the stolen pack
ages between the blankets A search
of their home disclosed huge store:
of food including delicacies Of every
description. The mother was sen
CONTINUED On PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
Four Die in Collision.

Toledo. Ohio, Feb. 17.-Four persons
were killed when an automobile was
struck by train here tonight. Two
more are reported dying.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
Smiling Skies Will Greet
Opening of War Contest
Contestants Today Start Heralds Drive to
Sell s250,000 in War Stamps and Win
Prizes Ageregating $1,000 in Gold.

Old Sol will ally himself with The Herads Second War Savings
Stamp Contest which opens today He gave this promise late last
night through his official press agent at the Weather Bureau
The Washington herald., 1918-02-18

CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.