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Evening star., 1918-05-18
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MATCH FINAL FEATURE
Chevy Chase and Columbia Lead.
ers in Golf Play for Highest
Honor This Afternoon.

AS a result Of the mi-finals played
this morning. Charles B. Field of the
Chevy Chase Club will meet Robert
Finkenstaedt Of the Columbia Country
Club in the final round of the Chevy
Chase Clubs annual spring golf tour
nament this afternoon. Playing the
best golf of the tournament thus far,
Field. with an approximate score of
rs, defeated Lee l. Harlan of the Co.
lumbia Country Club and 3. Fin
kenstaedt defeated Thomas Sasscer of
Baltimore 4 and 3. Other results fol-
low:
First Flight. consolation w. P.
Cleveland defeated John H. Clapp. 3
and 1.
Second flight. mi-finals-G. H.
Chasmar defeated D. K. Jackson, 8
and /; Morvin Thompson defeated E.
NJ. Weaver. l up.
Second flight, consolation-B. H.
Warner. jr.. defeated J. NJ. Scranage, 2
up; A. S. MattingIy defeated John l..
Weaver by default
Third flight. semi-flnals-J. S. Baines
defeated John w. Childress. 4 and g.;
Emmons S. Smith. jr.. defeated John
c. Davidson, S and 4.
Consolation-J: H. Bennett defeated
W. P. Barr. 3 and 2: ]. ]. Hamilton de-
feated r. L. Corby. and L.
Fourth fight, semi
Wardman defeated j. r. Defarges. I
and 6: H. A. Gillis defeated W, C..
Prentiss. 3 and 2.
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natives Of India, Africa and other
places utilized in work In the rear of
the lines. There are less than mill
lion white British troops engaged in
these other fields.
At the beginning of the present
drive there were about 1.000,00o
British troops in France Now in the
estimate of combatants II is evident
that among the 100000 referred TO
are men in various stages of train
ing. and also those engaged in other
work than actual fighting. The Brit
ish navy has expanded from about
150.OOO personnel in 1914 to about
100000 in 1918.
Britain to Expand Aid.
But deducting from the total all
the British troops engaged else
where. and those in training. II is
apparent that England stands ready
to furnish material assistance to the
allied forces in France when the time
comes for the great blow at the Ger
man military machine.
Recent events have made 1t easier
to avail the allies in France Of these
British forces because the English
civilian population, which had to be
reckoned with, realize that one of the
best defenses to England is in Flan-
ders. and that a victory there Is more
important than Withholding an cx-
cessive force on the British Isles for
home defense.
In taking into account the German
position at present 1t is becoming
daily apparent that the agitation In
Austria Hungary is growing into a
decided Austrian-German clash, rath-
er than the earlier agitation among
smaller national groups in Austria
Hungary.
1t is considered significant that a
paper established in Madrid by Aus
TRANS. loyal to Emperor Charles
should contain vigorous refutation>
of charges that the Austrian army
has been a drag. and not help, to
Germany's military force.
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"SHE TEMPTED Me-" IS
BURDEN OF TESTIMONY
DIR. David Roberts Takes Witness
Stand as Accuser Of Miss
Grace Lusk.

By the Associated Press.
WAUKESHA. Wis, May 1s.-Dr.
David Roberts took the witness stand
yesterday as the accuser Of Grace
Lusk, on trial charged with the mur-
der of his wife.
"she tempted me-" was the burden
Of all his testimony.
"Oh. that is not true." the defendant
cried. az she struggled from her seat
despite hands that tried to restrain
her.
She asked me II I loved her and /
answered that honored and respect
ed her." he swore as he barred the
story of their relations from the time
they first met at the home of a mu-
tual friend in July. 1914. until he
found his wife dying with two bullets
in her body three years later.
Il want you to tell me that you
love me more than any one else in
the world. and I want you to tell Mrs.
Roberts So" he testified she said to
him at one of their meetings which
had been sought by her.
Il said absolutely no. and she
struck me in the face as hard as she
could" he added.
Later he told of meeting her in
Chicago and Milwaukee hotels, and
produced letters she had written to
him and one written by her to Mrs.
Roberts. which he had intercepted
before its delivery.
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Contained Only Tobacco.

-our limbs grew numb. From time
70 time the wreckage from torpedoed
ships would pass. Once two full bis
cult tins came close enough to swim
for: but by then in our weakened
state we knew that we would drown
II we tried to get them. We did haul
in third tin and broke 1t open. II
w1g dlfed with tobacco.
Every day we saw convoys in the
distance. and vainly waved our hand
kerchiefs. We had no signal lights to
use at night Our watches stopped
and we lost all track of time. we
realized how easy 1t was for q SUBJ
marine out there to escape being
spotted. On Sunday night we spied
q mast headlight and shouted The
ship heard and began to circle us.
We saw her port light. She showed
red, She headed straight toward us
unti1 within 100 yards. Then, when
the crew were visible on the deck OF
the vessel. she suddenly put out her
lights and turned away. She thinks
we are Huns said Moore. I hope
she does said I. Then they'll send
patrol boats out to get U.S. We couldn't
be worse on II we were Germans.'
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base and those from a station on the
French coast had searched continually
for aviators after the blue pigeon had
homed, as did all the patrols and de-
stroyers in the area"
Ensign Stone enlisted as seaman
and was trained in aviation. On De-
cember II. he was detached from the
naval air school at Hampton Roads.
Va. and ordered to France for air
duty. arriving there on January 81.
In February he was directed to report
to the commander of the United States
naval forces. London. for patrol duty
in England.
His mother. Mrs. Clara Stone, re-
sides at the Redgate apartment. Nor
folk, Va.
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SATURDAY HOLIDAY
FOR LARGE STORES
Washington Merchants Adopt
Hours for Summer Open
ing and Closing.

Washington department stores will
be open from 9:15 until 6 o'clock from
Monday until Friday and will close
all day Saturday during June. July
and August, according to an an
nouncement by the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association today.
The stores also will remain closed on
Saturday. May 80. Memorial day.
These summer hours. 1t is believed.
will be an innovation in department
store customs in this country. Ac-
cording to Charles J. Columbus. sec
retary Of the merchants association.
the department store section decided
on this schedule primarily to accom-
modate the thousands of government
employees who are not out Of their
offices until 4:30 O'Clock and would
have no time In which to shop II the
stores adopted the old summer
schedule of 8:15 to o'clock.
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Unobserved by seaplane.
But no rescue came

But no rescue came.
On Monday afternoon q seaplana
appeared from the east. 1t was fiytnC
only 500 feet overhead. aiming down
the channel. 1t seemed impossible
that she couldn't sight US, for the air
was perfectly clear. But she passed
straight above without making any
signal. flew two miles beyond and
came back on her course. Her observ-
er must be sending wireless about us.
said Moore. and now she's decided to
20 back and report But that plane
hadn't even seen US
Our spirits fell. We had been afraid
OF two things: Being picked up by
neutral ships and interned or cap
tured by an enemy submarine. Now we
even hoped that the enemy-that any
thing-would get US to end 1t ALL
A ship would have to run US down
before seeing u.s. ] said.
I'VE sighted a trawler about 6 p.m.
on Tuesday. She had just been chasing
Q submarine and SO did not seem TO
take Us very seriously at first. We
waved at her for half an hour before
she changed her course. We were both
too weak to stand up and signal We
could only rise on our knees. Moore 8
hands were too swollen to hold a hand
kerchief. but I had kept my gloves on
and was able to do SO. The trawier
moved warily around VI. but finally
threw life preservers At the end of a
line yelled that we were too weak TO
grasp It. She finally hove to, lowered a
boat and lifted us aboard. Then we
collapsed.
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PEACE THIS YEAR,
HRTLNG CLAIMS,
LOOKING TO WEST

AMSTERDAM, May 1S.-'I am
still Optimistio enough to be-
llevo We shall have peace this
year." said the German chan-
cellor. Count Won Hertling. in
an interview with the berlin
correspondent OF the Budapest
Newspaper. Al Est. ~ cherish
arm confidence that further
events I'm the west will bring us
nearer . speedy end Of the war;"
"If the world should one day
unite In an international peace
league" added Count Won Hert.
ling. "Germany would unhesi-
tatingly and joyfully Join I'm 1t.
Unfortunately present c0ndi.
ti0no give very little hope Of
that. Our desire is to win and
preoeyvo peaoes
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CURZON PUTS JUST WAR
ABOVE AN UNJUST PEACE

LONDON, May II, via Ottawa.-In an
address to the Foreign Press Association
yesterday Lord Curzon said the peace
for which the allies were fighting must
be just and honorable and secure the
peace of the world for generations He
hoped that neither the allies nor neu-
trails would ever subscribe to the doc
trine that an unjust peace was prefer
able to a Just war. as the former would
be the precursor of new and worse wars
II was useless. said Lord Curzon. to
discuss details of peace terms at the
present time, when the voice of the guns
drowned all else.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
Wash Blood From Vehicle.

Fearing she might be given treat
ment similar to that accorded Wer-
res she said, she remained in the
car and continued on the trip TO
Richmond. A short distance below
Alexandria, she said. where it was
necessary to ford a small stream. the
car was stopped and the blood washed
from the vehicle and her suit case.
They then proceeded on to Rich
monu," she added.
In further explanation of what
transpired during the time she was
with the soldiers. Mrs. Burgess said
Newman purchased a coat and blue
shirt in Laurel before they left that
town. and Gamble had a pair of
civilian trousers. Other articles OF
wearing apparel were purchas sed with
part of the $40 obtained from the
sale of her wrist watch in this city.
A stop was made at a store some
distance below Alexandria SATURDAY,
morning and additional civilian
clothes purchased.
They only got $3.50 and a watch
from the chauffeur" she said. 'and
Newman has the watch. II he hasn't
got 1t, he must have sold it some
where. They didn't take any clothis4
or hat from the body. but left them
with the body They made no at
tempt to cover the body"
Mrs. Burgess said the scene Of th0
crime was about a mile beyond. where
a railroad track was crossed, and she
was able to recall that the men climb
ed clay hill with the body.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
CHARLES AND ZITA GO
TO VISIT MONARCHS

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, May II, via Amsterdam
Emperor Charles and Empress Zita
left the Austrian capital today for
Sofia and Constantinople to visit King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria and the Sultan
Of Turkey.
Z The emperor was accompa MED by
Baron Burian. the minister of foreign
AFFAIRS. Baron Won Weiser. minister
OF commerce. and Count Zichy, the min
lister Of court affairs
Evening star., 1918-05-18
DANCE AT CAMP ME1as.
Fifth Company Enjoys Musical
Program, Too,

Tho soldiers Of tho 9Th Company at
Camp Meigs were entertained by a pro-
gram and dance in the recreation hall AT
the camp last night. More than 500
were present. Among those who took
part in the musical program were Misses
Helen and Alice Crowley. j. Dillon, C.
Clark. J. R. Gallagher. B. Elliott, Miss
A. Moran. c. Dido. s. Levy. C. Banks,
l.. Derthols. B. Santoro and w. Fox.
The company glee club, led by Edward
Blieberg, rendered several selections. A
jazz band made up from soldiers at the
camp also played. Women living near
the camp were patroues1ea. and the pro-
gram was aryanged by Lieut.. WililaM
6ode and Sent Edward Hitch,
Evening star., 1918-05-18
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS.

Nicholas Romanoff. late Emperor of
Russia. now an exile in Siberia. born
in st. Pitersburg. nifty years ago to.
day.
Crown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria,
one of the prominent German army
commanders. born in Munich, forty.
nine years ago today.
Josephus Daniels. Secretary Of tho
Navy of tho Unitod States, born In
Washington. d. C.. ffty-six years ago
today.
. j. Hamilton Lewis, United ststes
senator from Illinois. born at pan.
vilie. Va. hfty-two years ago today.
bishop of southern Ohio. born At Erie'
Pa. seventy-three years ago today.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
War Savings Stamp Drive.

Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries are making
a war savings stamp drive at all camps
about Washington.
The stocking of the camp "huts"
by the advance Of the money to buy
the stamps by C. b. Keferstein, who
is a volunteer secretary at the asso-
citation building at 9th street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
At q meeting Of The association Sec
retaries this week they reported GALES
were heavy and many o. them had
slready exhaustsd thsiI initial 1sup-
Evening star., 1918-05-18
.u|EUT.M|L[ER0FF
WITH AERO MAIL
Succeeds Lieut.. Boyle, Who
Had Mishaps on Previ.
GUS Flights.
.FLIER LOST HIS COURSE

Lieut.. Walter Miller sailed away from
the aviation field in Potomac Park at
II 80 o'clock this morning with the aero
manding the Washington field, predicted
that the trip from here to Philadelphia
would be made today without hitch.
Another fiier. familiar with the route.
piloted Lieut.. Miller for twenty five
miles out Of Washington. Lieut.. Miller
brought New York's mail on the relay
from Philadelphia to Washington yes
terday. Today he carried approximately
1000 letters.
Three hours after Lieut.. Boyle left
Washington for Philadelphia yester-
day on the first leg of the route to
New York. he brought up at Cape
Charles, Va, 140 miles from his
starting point as the crow flies. and
2SS miles from his destination. The
carrier left Washington in the direc-
tion of Philadelphia, but turned his
course to the south instead of the
north. which was his objective. The
third days attempt to transport mail
to New York by way of Philadelphia
resulted in the latter city receiving
the fast mail at 7:25 o'clock in the
evening, or about seven and a half
hours behind schedule time.
Compass Failed to Work.
Lieut.. Boyle attempted the initial
trip northbound from Washington on
Wednesday last and landed twenty
four miles in southerly direction in
added to the unsuccessful flight when
1t was learned that short distance
away was the farm of Otto Praeger. Sec
ond assistant postmaster general, un-
der whose direction the air mail serv-
ice has been placed by the Post Office
Department. Aviation officials then
stated that the compass on the ma
chine failed to work correctly because
of the magnetism of metal in the air.
plane. causing Lieut.. BOYLE to lose his
sense of direction.
Accompanying Lieut.. Boyle on yes
terday's trip for a short distance from
the hangar here, was Lieut.. Edgerton.
who made a successful trip on Thurs
day. His object was to give the car
rier a good start. The two men left
the grounds here at 1870 o'clock.
When Lieut.. Edgerton left him Lieut..
Boyle lost his course, and. before he
was aware of it, found himself at the
mouth of Chesapeake bay. where he
was forced to land for a supply Of
gasoline.
Lands at Country Club.
He then directed his course north
and landed at the grounds of the Phil
adelphia Country Club. which is on
the western edge of the city and sew
eral miles from Bustleton. the regular
landing place for the air mail avta-
tors.
The mail was taken to the central
post office at Philadelphia. and that
for New York was forwarded by train.
Lieut.. Boyle broke one of the planes
of his machine in landing and mar
rowly escaped a more serious acci-
dent. being compelled to dodge a
number of persons on the field, and
striking a fence.
The southbound service from New
York was a success. Lieut.. Culver
made the first leg of the journey.
Lieut.. Miller plotting the relay ma
chine to Washington from Philadel-
phia, arriving here at 2:40 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
To Benefit Employees.

Closing all day Saturday, instead of
at o'clock. as in former years, was
decided on principally for the benefit
of the store employees.
The summer schedule question was
discussed at a meeting of the depart
was decided to let final action go over
until Tuesday. Meanwhile. however.
the leading merchants took up the
question informally and liked the
plan SO we'll that they came to an i'm.
mediate decision.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
Would Cling to Home.
BY PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.
Cnblegram to The Star and Chicago
Daily News.

I inspected the vaults in which tho
civil and military authorities work. I
noticed few Inhabitants who had come
to demand papers of one sort or an
other. An aged woman was told that
she must leave Amiens.
Leave Amiens" she exclaimed. But.
monsieur have never been anywhere
else in all my life. I would rather die
than leave my home"
Some Of the others had returned to
seek valued pieces Of furniture. Tho
French army is giving all possible aid
to those who desire to carry away Inn
portant possessions Already many mil
lions of dollars worth Of merchandise
has been transported. and really little
of value remains for the Germans to
wreak their hate upon.
The following figures give but a vague
idea Of the cruel test undergone by
Amiens. Since April 1 $500 large-cali-
ber shots and $50 aerial bombs have
fallen on the city. The bombardments
continue day and night at irregular
incendiary shells are thrown, and as
many AZ nine fires were started on one
day. Lately gas shells have been fall
ing frequently.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
Csss Lost From oanerene.

u remember asking for q drink and
ksttiag water. The skipper would let
ms take only sips, but he left bottle
elongsids me and I drained it. He
naval air school at Hampton roads,
eheW or swallow them. I asked for
peaches, and 1t almost seems that my
hrsasns Of them had come true when
he showed things between my teeth.
We felt no pain until our clothing
WAS Ripped or and blood rushed into
bur swellen legs and arms. Moore
best . toes from gangrens In the hos
4ital Ny feet turned back. but
Sss s1ss sseS,sa ~ g Dr.. as.. ,,.....,.... =.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
Rescued, With Companion,
I by TraWIer After Days
T of Hunger.
CLUNG TO UNDER SIDE
OF SEAPLANE PONTOON
Ensign E. A. Stone, Naval Re-
serves, With British Filler, Soak
ed and Lashed by Waves
{, Four Days.

Ensign E. A. Stone, United States
naval reserves, Of Norfolk, Va, given
up for drowned in the English channel
last month, has safely arrived in Lon
0on, according to information received
here today from the London repre-
sentative of the committee on public
information.
With a companion, Ensign Stone
chung for eighty hours, without food
or drink, to the under side of sea-
plane pontoon before he was saved.
Tells Thrilling Story.
Ensign Stone tells a thrilling story
of how he and his companion. Sub
lieut.. Eric Moore of the royal naval
air service, drifted on the seas from
n Saturday morning until Tuesday
night before reaching safety. His ac-
count follows:
81 left our station in a British sea-
plane as pilot. with Sublieut. Eric
Moore of the royal naval air service
as observer. at 9 am. Our duty was
to convoy patrols. When two hours
out, having met our ships coming
from the westward. We thought we
sighted a periscope ahead. and turned
of in pursuit. We lost our course.
Our engine dropped dead, and at 1880
o'clock forced us to land on the sur
face in a rough sea.
I'VE had no kite or radio to call for
assistance SO we released our two
carrier pigeons. We tied a message.
with our position and the word
sinking on each. The first, the blue
barred one. fiew straight on and
reached home. But the other, which
was white checked. lit on our ma
chine and would not bulge until
Moore threw our navigation clock at
him. which probably upset him SO that
he failed us.
Climb to Under Side.
Heavy seas smashed our tail
planes. which kept settling. I saw
that they were pulling the machine
down by the head. turning her over.
We tore the tail fabric to lessen the
impactN of the waves. 1t wasn't any
use to stop. The tail nat was smash
co ana It's OO4 sullSQ WIN WatSI.s II uI6
increased the downward leverage and
rose her perpendicularly in air. At
2:30 pm. we capsized; clirn bling up the
nose and over the top to the UNDER
side OF the pontoons.
Our emergency ration had been in
/. the Observers seat at the back: but we
had been 80 busy trying to repair the
7 motor and save ourselves from turning
. over that we didn't remember this until
too late. When I crawled aft for food
Moore saw that I was only helping the
machine to capsize. He yelled to me to
como back. and did just in time to save
myself from being carried down with the
tail and drowning. From then on for
nearly four days. until picked up by a
trawler. we were continually soaked and
laahed by seas, and with nothing to eat
or drink. We had nothing to cling to,
and 50 to keep from being washed over
board we got upon the same pontoon and
hugged our arms about one anothers
bodies for the whole time. We suffered
from thirst I had a craving for can
ned peaches Twice a drizzle came on,
wetting the pontoon. We turned on our
stomachs and Tapped up the moisture,
but the paint came of with salt and
0auseated US.
Evening star., 1918-05-18

AS measure of wartime economy.
the members of the senior class OF
Wellesley College have voted to elm
mate the concert. senior play. garden
party and other customary festivities
Evening star., 1918-05-18
Aggressive, Relentless e.
fort Planned to Crush Ger
man Military Power.
ALLIES NOW COMMITTED
TO BLOW IN THE WEST
Russian Fiasco and Italian Setback
Forgotten in New
Program.

Large scale arrivals Of American
fighting men in France mark the ad-
vent of third distinct phase of
operations in the world war. in the
opinion Of military critics in Wash
ington.
This phase is that of an aggressive.
vigorous. relentless effort to crush
the German military machine. The
participation of large numbers of
fresh American troops is a factor that
will make this program possible.
This is different thing from saying
that Americans will win the war, a
distinction upon which emphasis is
laid, for reasons which will be ex-
planned later.
officers divide the world war. from
it's start in 1914. into three clearcut
phases. The first was that which
contemplated holding the Germans on
the western front while the Russians
were expected to make the offensive
which was to win the war. This plan
failed with the collapse of Russia's 8
military machine.
The second phase was that of eco
nomic and military attrition. with the
emphasis on the economic aspect
Germany was encircled. and though
Russia was not fighting. she helped
for a time to complete this circle OF
enemies, and it was expected that
Germany would be brought to her
knees by lack Of food. supplies and a
gradual wearing down of her man
power.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
PENALTY FOR J0YRID1NG.
J. Raymond Garges Gets Penitenti-
ary Term-Two Sent to Workhouse

ary Term-TW6 sent TO W0rkh0uSe
J. Raymond Garges. who pleaded
guilty to three charges of joyriding,
was sentenced today by Justice Staf-
ford in Criminal Division 1 to serve
two years in the penitentiary. Garges
had been on probation for a similar
offense.
John Quinn. convicted Of joyridinR,
was given one year at Occoquan, and
a similar sentence was imposed on
Welly Neal. colored. for a like Of
tense.
Evening star., 1918-05-18
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK
BY A GERMAN U-BOAT

LONDON. May ia British de-
stroyer was sunk on Tuesday by
German submarine. the admiralty an
nounces
Evening star., 1918-05-18

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