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The Washington times., 1918-07-08
ARLINGTON PLANT
.UTIL|ZES NITROGEN
FROMATMOSPHERE

The largest experimental plant in
the United States for the manufacI
ture Of fixed nitrogen from the air
is in operation at the Department OF
Agriculture experimental farm at
Arlington, Va, just across the High
way bridge.
At this plant nitrogen from the air
Il combined with hydrogen to form
ammonia, which can be used IN the
manufacture OF explosives or ferti-
lizer.
The Haber process Of nitrogen hx-
ntion is being used 1t involves the
production Of ammonia in quantity
from nitrogen and hydrogen The two
gases are mixed and subjected to high
pressure in big cylinders. They are
then subjected to intense heat and
passed over spongy iron. This brings
a combination OF a portion OF the
mixture forming ammonia
Experiments are being conducted 10
increase the efficiency OF the process.
The War Department Is cooperating
in the experiments, and the informa-
ton gained will be utilized in con-
struction Of the great plant for the
army at Mussel Shoals in Alabama
The plant and the experiments at
Arlington were primarily for the pur-
pose OF developing nitrogen and am
monia for fertilizers, and the work
was under the Bureau OF Soils.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
SUPPLY TRAINS IN
GERMANY ARMED
TOSTOP LOOTING

NEW YORK. July s.-An amazing
general order BY the commander OF
the German Third division, dated
Nay Is. has come into our hands,
says q copyrighted dispatch In the
Sum from the London Timea. It IL
illustrates an extraordinary lack OF
discipline In the German army and
seems to indicate great discomfort
and an insufnciency Of food The or
der reads:
Recently supply trains both on
the normal and the narrow gauge
railways again have been attacked
BY armed soldiers and pillaged
Threatened BY arms, those in charge
OF the trains. being unarmed and
small in numbers, have been unable
TO offer resistance to these excesses.
This conduct on the part OF German
soldiers constitutes a defiance Of dis
cipline and must be repressed with
the utmost Vigor.
consequently. on the order Of
army headQuarters, those in charge
Of supply trains hereafter will carry
arms and. n necessary, light machine
guns and will be provided with am
munition. These men will be In the
position Of police guards, with all
the rights and duties Of the latter.
and win not hesitate to use their
arms In case Of an attempt to pillAge.
The pillagers will be arrested and re-
turned to their units, where they will
be brought before q court-martiai.
II those in charge Of the trains fail
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j. S. AGENTS TAKE
OVER ALEXANDRIA
HEALTH PROBLEM

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July S-United
States Public Health Service officials
arrived in Alexandria today from
Washington to take over the work
OF the local health department, as
sisted by members Of the State health
board. They will attempt to solve the
problem Of sanitation, with respect TO
water, milk. and flies as causes Of
typhoid fever, which has caused the
authorities at Camp Humphreys to
issue an order forbidding soldiers to
purchase food or drink in Alexandria
Before q mass meeting Of 200 rep
resentatfve citizens Eere yesterday,
DR.. z. G. Williams, State health com
missioner, said investigation has dis
closed that fifty cases Of typhoid fever
exist IN Alexandria This, he de-
clsred, was the reason why the mill
tary authorities took steps to safe
guard the health Of the troops ct
Camp Humphreys
Julian 7. Williams, manager OF the
Chamber Of Commerce. said that
Alexandria spends only 8 cents Per
capita annually for health
Military police from Camp Humph-
reys are on guard in the city to see
that the order forbidding soldiers to
purchase food or drink is strictly
obeyed
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
RECALL or PAPAL
NUNCIO TO VIENNA
FINALLY ASSURED

LONDON. July s.--RecAfl Of tha
papar nuncio 70 Vienna. which vus
demanded six months ago IN cor
nection with family troubles Of En-
peror Karl, viii be carried out ae-
eording to reliable Information hroA
Rome today.
asked. pope Benedict refused 70 ae-
ouIescs. believing the nuneio va
Justified in siding with Empress 1ita-
The nuneio had communicates ne
vatican's advice, which the bmpre-s
had asked when separation
threatened. The Pope's enors -
reconciliation Of the royal eoeple
were partIalIy successful. but recsnt
aeneationaI revelations are likely -
lead to complications. II is reported
that zlta is determined upon. public
Vindication-
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
SOLDIER FROM PHMA
ENDS LIFE BY HANGING

ALEXANDRIA. We, July s-The
body Of Corporal Adolph Krause,
thirty years old, Of Philadelphia,
who committed suicide yesterday by
hanging himself to q tree back of
the base hospital at Camp Hum
phreys, Va, is ON its way to his
home today for burial. Krause had
been missing from his company since
June so, but physicians said he had
apparently been dead, but short
time when his body was discovered
early yesterday morning.
His comrades were unable to as
sign any cause why Krause took his
life. He was attached to an engi-
neer unit
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
SOLDIER Is DROWNED !.
WHEN CANOE CAPSEZES

Private Frank Gillespie. Of Com
pany F, Second Engineers, stationed
at Camp Humphreys. Va. lost his life
when his canoe capsized In the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal above
Glen Echo yesterday.
He was with two soldier com
panions, Sergt- Frank Crowley and
Private Connell. and attempted to
change seats with one Of them This
caused the canoe to tilt and 1t upset
Despite the efforts OF his friends to
save him, Gillespie sank, and 1t was
half an hour before his body was
recovered
A puImotor from the power house
of the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany was used in an attempt to re-
suscitate the soldier. Private GIL
lespie was from Idaho.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
NoRpIcA WILL UPHELD.

JERSEY CITY, July S-The second
VIII Of Nine. Lillian Nordics. opera
singer, has been declared valid by the
prerogative court The decision sustained
a similar one rendered some time ago
by the orphans court Nine. Nordica's
first will left het husband, George W.
Young. the greater part OF her estate
The second viii, upheld by the higher
court was made Just before the singers
death. Her husband was practically
cut on. and the residue OF her estate
valued at $4,000, was divided between
Nine. Nordica's three sisterA
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
PICS wARN OF AIR RAIDS.

PARIS, July S-The sirens which
warn Paris Of approaching air raids
have q new rival in the humble pis-
Allied aviafors keep Pct pigs at their
airdromes. but the birdmen's assef-
fIon that the pigs were infallioie
nrophets Of Approaehing faidefS has
bael taken with q grain Of salt. Nov
the hog raissrs Of suburban districts
around Paris comes forward win
confirmation Of the aviatorS tradi-
fion-
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
Salvation Army
Girls Make x. P"
). Soft for Officers
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE July S-when you
get ak p" in the army. you're
usually sore. tx p" means
Kitchen police" and nobody likes
the job. It's = penalty except In
one place
There TX. p" Is an honor. and
even officers vie for II.
In q certain Salvation Army
hut. -K- p" means you san 50
out In the kitchen and help the
girls clean pots and cook. The
girls nrst invited privates to do
the work. The officers there de-
cided otherwise. They always
send the pFivates on detail else-
where. and invariably there are
commissioned ~K P.'s" in this
kitchen
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
LIVELY BATTLE MIPENDS
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT

There seems to be some Indication
that fighting of a serious character
may be impending on the Macedon-
ian front, especially on the western
end Of f-the line, where 1t passes
through Albania to the Adriatic.
Vienna reports a heavy attack there
b. French and Italian troops. Posi-
tions were taken, but Vienna says
that the allied units were driven out
by a counter attack. The French
report says that the. positions taken
have been held firmly.
PARIS, July S.-A statement given
out by the war office reads:
Eastern theater-There were
reciprocal artillery actions In the
Vardar and Cerna Bend regions-
Enemy patrols have been very active
in the neighborhood Of the Strum-
nitza
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
BOMB HTS ROYAL PALACE.

BASEL Switzerland. July s.-The
bombardment OF Coblenz on Friday
by British airmen was the most Sc
we're Of the war. although the work OF
the airmen was hampered by the pres
ence Of a fog. The northern portion
of the railway station and the famous
iron bridge were seriously damaged.
A bomb fell in the center of the
bridge across the Moselle river and
another o nthe royal palace.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
WOMEN sET sHELL RECORD.

LONDON, July S.-Following the ex-
ample OF the riveters, two young
women at vIckers' Works worked
eleven and one-half hours at night
and established a record in wave
growing the recess for the copper
driving band in 1S-pounder shells-
One Of them averaged 92.6 shells an
hour. The highest average previous
" obtained was 6A3.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
TRoTsKY WINS FORTUNE.

STOCKHOLM. July S-war Minister
Trotzky. OF Russia has acquired an i'm
mense fortune since he came into power
and has invested most OF It in South
America, says Petrograd dispatches.
One OF a number Of persons arrested
here for robbery iRtsaiA 70 have been
an agent for Trotzl
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
WOLF KILLS sHoAra

YORK, Pa, July a-The presencs
OF a large bay colored wolf In the hills
north OF this city, has been reported
to Game Protector Peter Vale. Farm
ers claim that they have lost q num-
Der Of fine shoats. Members OF the
summer colony in the river hills are
searching for the marauder.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
WOMAN DIES IN AUTO.

LAUREL Del, July s.-caIled to see
her sister, Mrs. Cove Scott, WHO was
III at her home in Dagsboros Mrs
Mary Z. Brittingham, OF MiHsboro,
started In an automobile and died be-
fore covering the eight miles.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08

tar explodes the cartridge when the
bomb Is dropped down the throat Of
the mortar. The hash OF the cart
ridge explodes the -doughnuts." and
the bomb leaps upward in q long
arc, twisting and turning in the air
and falling 600 or more yards away.
1t explodes on hitting the ground.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08

In their duties. they also win be
handed over to military tribunals"
The reference to machine guns
shows that these robberies must have
been carried out BY parties OF men
Of considerable strength and were
not the petty thefts Of occasional
lawless indiViduals.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
PATRIOTISM IS
THEME OF MANY
CAPITAL PASTORS

I'VE want them over there TO know
about as over here" said Bishop w.
F. Mcdowell OF the Methodist Episeo-
pal Church In his sermon at the open
air services on the EIlipse yesterday
afternoon. "and we are not going to
get war weary and want to quit un-
til the thing Is done II any one
starts a premature peace. II is q sin"
The Rev. DR.. W. 7. Manning. rec
tor OF Trinity Church. New York. In
his sermon at the open air, services
at the Cathedral Close. Mount St Al
ban. yesterday afternoon said we
are fighting for our freedom and the
freedom of the world against the most
monstrous and brutal power this
earth has ever known The time OF
our full sacrifice in this great con-
fict is now about to begin America
is now called on to prove her faith
in the principles on which her Life Il
built"
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
"LASSO" BARRAGE
BEINGPRACTICED
BY U. S. TROOPS

American trench mortar crews are BE-
ing drilled in new IRE tactics. They
have dubbed the these tactics the -lAsso"
barrage-
The new barrage Is designed TO force
Germans 70 leave their trenches and
walk across No Mans Land to sur
render before Americans who. during
the entire operation, are well concealed
from enemy fire. In effect the mortar
crews throw out lasso Of bombs, which
fan about the Germans and draw them
to the American trenches
In explaining the new type OF nre'
Major Overly. Of the Ordnance d.
vision. said:
Worked By British.
This new scheme was worked out al
frst by a British crew manning a three
first inch Stokes mortar. They were 50
skilled In the use of their weapon and
they could use It 20 rapidly that they
found It easy to keep a string Of seven
bombs going through the air against
the enemy. They picked out a line OF
the enemy's trench. which was 30 situ-
ated that at one point IT had no con-
nection with trenches on one nank OF
with lines 10 Ine rear =.
This crew had a goodly store OF
bombs ready and set to work putting
down a creeping barrage along the
rear and to one end Of the trench
system By accurate FIRE they forced
the Germans to move along In the
trench In the direction OF the blind
spot, SO called because Of Its lack OF
exits.
"By drawing their FIRE closer and
closer and keeping up steady
stream of bombs, this crew OF three
men forced the Germans into the
blind corner OF their trench. and
then. by bringing the fire toward the
point, drove the Germans over the
/ TOP and toward the British position.
They kept a semi-circle OF fire about
the men and by the aid of machine
gun barrages forced the group TO
walk across No Mans Land and sur
render. They bagged eighty-three
Germans. The crew were decorated
with the distinguished service order.
At no time did they expose them
selves to enemy fire."
The three-Inch stokes 10 one OF the
best trench weapons served out 10
4 the American soldiers 1t Is little
more than two feet long and Is
shaped like a large gas pipe. The
! DOHDS are pdlHAtu u'AN bANor "-.~
shape resemble a large Bologna Al
one end the bomb is cut down to a
smaller circumference, which Is per-
forated with several small holes.
aDouEhnuts" of Powder.
The smaller end is also drilled out
SO that a cartridge OF the size used
in a shotgun is inserted in such a
manner that when exploded its fash
VIII leap through the small holes.
Just before the bomb Is dropped into
the mortar, three "doughnuts" Of
powder are placed about the small
end and covering the holes drilled
over the end Of the cartridge. These
"doughnuts" have the appearance OF
the old-style small, tubular. elastic
sleeve Supporters. The similarity is
the more marked because they are
made of silk.
A projection at the base Of the NOR
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
west Has Done Part.

Potatoes are . native American
crop, don't let the GermRnH beat Us
at our own game. They are eating
potatoes and conserving wheat.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
CIGARS and CIGARETTES

Fine Havana and Tampa Cigars, kept in
a uniformly perfect condition in specially
built humidors, as well as all the leading
brands of Cigarettes, constitute spe-
cialty of CaryS.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
SENATOR DEMANDS
SHOPS IN WEST GET
AERO CONTRACTS

A vigorous protest against the
policy OF the Aircraft Production
Board In concentrating the eonstrue-
tion Of airplanes in the large fac
tories Of the East was made by SEN
ator Phelan in a letter to John u.
Ryan. director OF the board.
Senator Phelan urges that some OF
the contracts he sent to shops on the
Pacific coast equipped to do the work.
and that they be given a dinerential
equal to the cost OF transporting the
necessary material from the East
Unless this is done. he insists, the
West will oe barred from participation
in the important work of aircraft
construction, which It Is fully capable
OF doing.
Letter to Reply.
The letter of Senator Phelan was
in response to one from Mr.. Ryan,
in which the director of the Aircraft
Board explained that IL is "easier
to follow a large organization and to
see that its work is done as promised
than 1t Is to follow a lot of small
ones, and the sad experiences
that my predecessors had in the plAc-
ing Of a lot Of contracts with small
manufacturers compared with the
satisfaction we are now getting from
our relations with a few large ones
has pretty well decided me that Il
Is not going to be our policy to place
a lot Of little orders. scattered where
we cannot follow them up and get
satisfactory deliveries both as to
quantity and in time
Senator Phelan replied to this by
pointing out that Pacific coast shops
are capable OF turning out the best
practice planes, and when built they
are nearer 70 the training schools.
He says II would be only fair to the
Pacific coast to equalize the cost of
transporting raw materials by a dif-
ferential, and by giving work to the
| shops on the Pacific coast the or
| ganizations OF wOrkmen could be held
| together.
Yest Has Done Part.
"The West has done It's full part
in contributing war FUNDS" Senator
| Phelan continues. by concentrating
the work in a big way in a few yards
in the East which you intimate. you
bar the West from participation, dis
employ our people and expose to de-
struction by fire and otherwise, due
to enemy activity, perhaps, the great
planes upon which you would de.
pend"
Senator Phelan expressed the hone
that Mr.. Ryan may be Influenced by
these considerations to reverse his de-
cision-
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
DELICIOUS CONNECTIONS

In addition to a great variety of the we'll
known Norris Candies, we offer a choice
selection of other high-gade Chocolates
and Bon-Bons-fresh daily.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
EuIOEiEes Mitchell

DR.. Manning paid tribute to the
memory of John Purroy Mitchell
former mayor of New York. who was
killed in an aeroplane accident last
week.
President Wilson attended morning
services at the Central Presbyterian
Church, where the Rev. James II.
Taylor preached the sermon
The Rev. DR.. Henry Allen Tupper,
il. his sermon at the First Presbyteri-
an Church last night, said: THE du-
ration OF this worldwide war may be
matter OF speculation, but its
righteous termination is assured II
will give us a saner, purer, lovelier
world. receptive and responsive TO
the principles Of The Kingdom of
God"
Preaching at the open air services
at Lincoln Park, the Rev. Charles r.
Stetson OF St Marks Episcopal
Church told OF the new ideas OF
righteousness that were coming after
the war. The American ideals OF fair
play, truthfulness and a clean heart
are nearer the Christian ideals than
those OF any other nation. he said
July 18th Pageant
The Fourth OF July pageant wa
merely a procession and a tableau.
revelation and a poem. a prophecy
and a gospel of our spirit and ideals
for the whole world. said the Rev
DT. Wallace Radcliffe at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
yesterday.
The Rev. ]. F. Bryan. pastor Of the
North Carolina Avenue N. Il. Church
urged all Protestant creeds to unite
/ in his af NvrrfIErrhf services
yesterday evening.
Americas mission Is to be the lead
er among the nations OF the earth
said the Rev. William p. johnson, as
sistant pastor OF the First Congrega'
tional Church, in his sermon yester
day morning.
Chaplain Lancaster, 3l5th infantry
Camp Meade, preached at the morn
ing services at the Church Of the
Covenant and Col John Temple
Graves spoke in the evening.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-15
Red Cross commissions abroad

Red Cross Commissions operate in France Bel gium, Italy, Greece, Serbia Russia, Roumania Palestine and Great Britain. The Commissions and their staffs are in the theatres of war; CO., operating with the Army and Navy forces and with the military and civil authorities of the Allied Countries; cooperating also with other relief agencies, avoiding duplication of effort and confusion of purpose, assisting other agencies and assisted by them.
 As in Headquarters at home, so on the Con- missions, are men and women of great ability, using their talents and their experience where they are most needed.
 These Commissions estimate the budgets fer foreign relief, and the appropriations are made by the War Council after carefully scrutinizing and sometimes amending the budgets.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-15
The work of women

In all the volunteer service of Red Cross none is more notable for devotion, none so notable for extent as that which the loyal women of America are giving in their chapter work. It is estimated that there are two million of these women, many giving most of their time to this work, all giving unstintingly. It is they who do the handiwork of Red Cross; it's surgical dressings hospital gar ments, knitted garments. To meet the demand for these articles, appropriations of 100000 for raw materials have been necessary to far. During the month of April, 1918, the women of the country produced approximately
 25,OO0,OOO surgical dressings,
 100000 hospital garments,
 5OO,0OO knitted garments,
 100000 pieces of clothing for refugees, and many other important and useful articles.
 The chapters are performing other great tasks. They are helping dependent families of soldiers and sailors. It is estimated that 100000 such families are receiving help from the Red Cross at the present day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-15
Cooperation with the Army and Navy

The Red Cross is in close cooperation with the military authorities of the country.
 Officers of the Army, the Navy and the United States Public Health Service are Assign ed to National Headquarters of the Red Cross to ensure thorough understanding at all times of the ways in which Red Cross service can be most helpful
 By order of the Secretary of War,a Red Cross representative and an appropriate number of assistants are accredited to each camp and can torment, to each division of the army in the field, and to all army base hospitals. These Red Cross men, and others attached to naval training sta- ticns and hospitals and working in cooperation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-15
How Red Cross is organized

The great secret of Red Cross effectiveness is organization. Millions of people are working together through the medium of an organized machinery which co-ordinates the work of each with the work of all, and transmits the vast quantity of finished products to the people who need them. Thus benevolent emotion is turned into practical aid r...zaa-
 The organization co-relates and directs the work of the chapters, co-0perates with the Army and Navy in relief measures, supports relief work abroad recruits the personnel for overseas ser vice and forwards to its agents in foreign lands the relief supplies produced by the chapter workers or purchased in the market.
 Red Cross administration in the United States is decentraized. Red Cross is too vast to be completely administered from one spot It would disintegrate under it's own weight
 So the country is partitioned into thirteen Divisions, and there is fourteenth Division for the territorial, insular and foreign chapters, with National Headquarters as the co-ordinating force. In each Division there is a manager a1lI his staff, to whom the chapter officials are respon- sible, and the chapter workers deal directly with the Chapter Officers. The organization is mill tary in it's well ordered effort, but quite non military in its democratic equalities for the chapter worker is quite as important as the Na- tional Headquarters official. The Red Cross is organized for efficiency, not for display of auth ority.