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The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
TALKS ON ITALIAN HISTORY.

DR.. v. Giuffrida- -RuEgerI. profes-
sor Of RnthropoloEy. University Of
Naples, read an interesting paper
last night before the AnthropoloeI-
cal Society, OF Washington. on the
occasion Of its 524th meeting. held in
the west study room OF the Public LII
brary.
The professor took for his sub
ject The Origin Of the Italian Peo-
Pile" tracing their history from its
earliest source. and his remarks
y ere listened to with close atten-
ton by members OF the society.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
WILSON TALKS
WITH CABINET
ON WAR NEWS
Could Not Reach Satisfac-
tory Conclusions on In
formation Available.

President Wilson and the Cabinet
yesterday devoted two hours to a re-
view Of officiaI reports from the bat
tlefield in France. The consensus OF
opinion, as reflected at the close OF
the conference was that satisfactory
conclusions could not be reached from
the meager information available.
study Halg Report.
More than one Cabinet officer frank
ly asserted the distances over which
the British have been forced to re-
treat would afford the allies an ulti-
mate strategicaI advantage unless II
had been greatly destructive. The one
point which seemed uppermost in the
minds Of officials was to know wheth-
er or not the plans for a counter
offensive will have been disastrously
weakened by the loss Of supplies and
materials.
Information Of a reliable character
as to the amount of equipment the
British have been compelled to aban-
don in order to conserve man-power is
understood to be lacking. Consider
able attention was given to thu con-
Guiding sentence in the official report
from British Field MnGsha! Sir Doug
las Haig on the evening Of March 5,
II was the last official word from
the front available at the Cabinet
meeting and follows:
Our losses in material have been
heavy and include a certain number
Of tanks"
Kept Informed.
The War Department was not rep
resented at the conference owing to
the absence of Secretary Baker in
Europe. As rapidly as reports were
received, however. they were trans
irtttsd- 70 the White House by Chief
= str, 3f1h Gen. March Several Of
ttl4i nis4setgers delivered informa-
rIf9 coniIn1aieations at the executive
~ ). whiA the Cabinet was in ses-
son. Taese were made Immediately
available 70 the President and his
advisers.
II was definitely stated that moth
ing came before the Cabinet to sub
stantiate the report from abroad that
the German admiralty. emboldened by
Hindenberg's claims Of success on
land, is planning to send the German
feet out for a sea offensive.
It developed also that the admins
tration regarded the new outburst
yesterday among members of the
Senate who have consistently crit
icized the conduct Of the war. as a
most untimely cause of irritation. II
the attack continues some positive
move may be expected from the
White House, It Is said, which will re-
assure the country as to the progress
made In war participation.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
FKer's Accident Likely Fatal.

Houston, Tex. March 26.-Lietit. n.
B. 1soh, flying with a student aviator
here today, fell with his machine and
was probably fatally injured. The
name of the student aviator was not
given out.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27

Big Events Coming.
At the War Department and among
tie military attaches at the allied
MISSIONS here there are pronounced
reflexes from the reports emanatlng
from London and Paris. that big
events are In the making that will
change the outlook materially.
Unofficial reports reached Washing
ton late yesterday to the effect that
American trops were now enga ged
with British and French in an effort
to stem the German advance. The
War Department is awaiting con-
flrmation from Gen. Pershing.
Where the counter offensive will
strike no one here pretends to know.
From the fundamentals Of the situa-
ton army officers would be inclined
to think that the blow will be struck
at some point. or points from which
HindenbuTg has drawn large reserves
TO back up his supreme EFFORT against
the British.
Italian Offensive.
There Is much interest here. for ex-
ample. In the reports from Italy that
the Italians along their front are be-
ginning offensive demonstrations in
cooperation with the allied plans.
Hindenburg. supreme military dicta-
tor OF the armies Of the central
powers Is reported to have drawn
heavily upon the resources Of the
Austrlans along the Italian front.
There IL no longer any effort made
to conceal the fact that the Germans
have made impressive gains as far as
they have gone. Nor do American
ofiicers longer agree with the idea that
the British retirement Is altogether
voluntary. Lloyd Georges spectacular
promise to rush re-enforcements in
men and material to Haig Is pointed
to as evidence that the British govern
ment realizes that big stakes are in
volved. No army. 1t is pointed out
here. sacrifices 6OO guns and 5000 pris-
oners in a voluntary retirement.
1t ls with full realization OF the
seriousness OF the situation, rather.
that confidence is expressed that plans
for the counter attack have been made
large enough to overcome completely
the losses sustained and prevent any
OF the main objectivcs OF the Germans
bing attained.
Believe HIndenburg.
1t Is not expected that Hindenburg
will permit himself to lose the initIa-
tive offensive II he can help it and be-
fore he has consolidated the gains al
ready made. His statement that only
the "f1rst act" of the great offensive
has been concluded Is accepted at its
face value among many officers here
to the extent, at least OF indicA ting
that he has larger objectives ahead.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
Piles Cured n

1,,,,yIiTtL fies CT Gured In g to 4 Dsys
iails to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding OF Pro
irllding Piles Instantly relieves Itching Piles.
and you eau get restfIn sleep after the INST a.
PlicatiOn. Price 5Oc
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
AMERICA EAGERLY AWAITS
ALLIES COUNTER OFFENSIVE
Military Experts Predict 1t VIII Come Within
Twenty-four Hours and Strike at Point in
German Lines Weakened by Tremendous
Drive Losses. >sgsz

Washington awaits the eagerly earnestly
fdcnty
Military experts here will within tentyfour hours
And officials generally from President Wilson down, relying the
advice of these experts feel certain Of
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
PARIS REMAINS CONFIDENT
GERMAN DRIVE HAS FAILED
Strategists Assert Purpose Of Immense Often
sive Was to Split England and French
Forces By Reaching Amiens, But This OBJ
ject Has Been Defeated.

opinion certain that the German drive has already failed
object of German break through asserted
Amens the separation of the British
armies Summaries the military
official cable yesterday
declaring that Germany has lost her great stake
The Washington herald., 1918-03-27
AERO BOARD ANSWERS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


OF the latter. referring to the Gutzon
Borglum charges of Incompetence.
which were referred to also in the
Senate yesterday and curtIy sduelchcd
as having no Official standing, the
Aircraft Board official who prefers tc
preserve anonymity, cited with a tol.
Grant but deprecatlng grin one in
stance Of the so-called report.
Mr.. Borglum had charged that the
Liberty Motor failed in a test at Min.
cola because a crankshaft broke. The
crankshaft did not break. according
to this official. and the motor did moi
fail. Another cause unconnected with
the motor caused the plane to fall
and the crankshaft was bent. 1t is
now a souvenir IN the board Offices
and probably gave rise to the distort.
ed story. it was said.
General Denial.
A general denial and protest against
the criticism of the slowness Of the
aircraft program was expressed in thu
insistence that completed airpIanes
were not at ali the main part Of Amer
ica's expected contribution TO the al.
lied air power. that the allies had
asked at the beginning for men an6
material and that they were settins
men and material. an appreciable con.
tribution. although not the spectacu.
lar one of great flocks OF completed
planes that would appeal more 10 the
popular mind.
Not only are American built air
planes of American material flyins
at the front, but American flyers
are helping too. 1t was contended
The board, II was pointed out by
reference to the language of the act
creating it. was purely advisory
and co-ordinative to the various
agencies concerned in production, a
sort of clearing house of admins
tration ideas. 1t is not a production
board-the word production was
taken out Of its title when 1t ceased
its old functions as part of the
Council Of National Defense-it does
not sign contracts. From the con-
tract stage to the finished produc-
tion, aircraft work is under It's re-
spective service departments.
Final Test.
'"The final test Of our aircraft
program will not be production: II
will be shipping. 1 am not afraid
of being unable to produce aircraft
material in quantity: 1 am afraid of
pilihg II on the docks with no tom
mage to clear IL quickly.
As to actual numbers of plane
production, censorship bans forbade
publicity, but of the original pro-
gram for $4,000 airplanes, it was
said. 1000 were to be training
planes. 10000 fighting planes, and
5000 of various types on order in
France on the advice Of the French
government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10

Saying Il told you so" after the worst has hap
pened doesn't do much good, rule People do
not like 70 be reminded Of theu shortcomings aud
the more obvious their errors the less they like it
Fully realizing all this The Argus makes bold to
again point out the mistake that made last
spring when the additional tax TO keep the fire and
police departments up TO standard voted down
Before the election was predicted that higher fire
insurance rates would be put in effect causing
an expense equal to perhaps greater than the outlay
the tax would involve. This has been verified The
city has been placed ~ class with higher risks and
doubtless viii have a good deal of trouble getting
back. 10 mater hos much 1t may spend later in i'm
proving It's fire department
There were some mfsgfYfngs too. as to the effect
that reduction Of the police force would have and
here fears have been more than realized. without
doubt impairment Of the efficiency Of the police
brought absut by lack OF funds has had much TO dc
IN bringing On the present crime wave. OF course
the presence Of many paroIed prisoners has not add.
"a to the general security but it is not fair charge
al NE Iaw-breaiung up 10 them. State parole Of
Gcers point in their defense that the reduction
ia the cty's police department has been well adyer-
ttsed abroad by the underworld and influx of pro-
fessiona4 crooks has resulted. When rlan on parole
strays from the straight and narrow and is found out
le is sent back prison and that is the end him.
These transient thugs and stick-ups however come,
steal rob and then go till they think the coast Is
clear for their return More than the two or three
officers that are on night duty here are needed to
cope with them. The city commission fully realizes
the seriousness of the situation, and is anxious to
provide more buecoats bat 1t pleads lack of means
It looks it it might be- necessary to pass the |
hat 10 raise funds that the voters were too short
sighted 10 provide by taxation,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SSRA

How much bOric acid should be
dissolved in water to make a So
luton OF the proper strength for
bathing the eyes or for dropping
in the eyes? Does boric acid re-
lieve redness or congestion OF the
eyes? (Eloufse.)
Answer.-The usual strength is a
saturated solution of boric acid III
freshly boiled water, that is, all the
boric acid the water will dissolve
and then some, allowing the excess
TO settle TO the bottom and using
the clear upper part. A pint of
boiled water will dissolve half an
ounce Of boric acid Tablespoonful
more or less. 1t does not influence
rednesS or congestion unless these
symptoms are caused by inflaInrna-
ton dependent on infection, Bortc
acid is an antiseptic. and a non-irri-
tating one. s. s. B. A. (saturated
solution of borfc acid) is a stand
ard eye wash in hospitals and elm
les,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10

Then we here that all the mounted
men are goin to be dismounted an
all the dismounted men are goin to
be mounted. An that the rest of US
are goin TO be made cooks. An we
be abolished. Its awful hard to
tell what is goin on.
got your Thanksgivin box two
days ago. 1t was only ten days
late. l guess the post office must
have made some mistake. Things
is usually later than that 1t was
in good shape except that the in
sides had been squoZe out of the
mince pie and somebodied set a
trunk on the turky. OF course l
divided it up with my squad. Big
hearted. That's me all over. I'm
awful popular with my me- They
often say they wish Id be made
major or somethin. My men ate
up all the stuff. All / saved for
my self was the white meat an half
mince pie. 1t certainly tastes
good in the field. OF course we
amt in nobodies field. That's a mil
itary eXpreshun. I cant explain it.
l got to quit now an post a guard
ter to you. That's a joke, Mabhe.
I'm sorry this letter cant be longer
but as a man rises in the army he
gets less an less time to hisself
Olive OIL
Yours faithlessly,
BILL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
With Other Editors
Our Purpose in Russia.

The breed Of Americans whose voice was never
raised during the against Prussian barbarsm
but who filled with carping and criticism at
every movement made by America and her allies are
running true to form now that the war is endeds
They are silent about furnishing the kaiser and his
fellow murderers and making Germany pay for her
crimes, they urging against any such reckon
ing. But they eagerly seek the opportunity to find
fault with ali the allies do.
That It Is only Russia's business what kind OF
government Russia has and that the war was fought
to give every country 10 whatever kind OF govern
ment It wants is being urged by BoisheyIk sympa-
thizers, This reasoning IS exactly opposed to the
truth The not fought to give every coun-
try the right 10 set up the of government that
pleases them. If this were true Germany would be
returned to the HohenzoIIerns and the tunkers The
fought to give every people the right to
govern themselves in their wayas long as their
form Of government constituted no menace to any
other country or TO any other people
The apoiogists who protested against Ger
man invasion of Russia moved TO indignation
that allied troops not Immediately moved from
Russia, With the knowledge that German officers
still commanding the Bosheyik armies they
plead that Germany is no longer a to the
world. They who never found fault with anything
that the Prussian sodiery did eagerly deneunee
American and British soldiers in Russia as plain
murderers,
The position of allied soldiers in Russia is DELI
cate enough at tie best, To remain invites resent
ment that easily be stirred up among the Hitter
epeasans by the German agents and the Bolsheyik
agents allied with the GeFmans TO withdraw means
to desert the Russians and the Ceeho-sisvaks who
stood by the allies. # means turning over unarmed
Russians to the armed GeFman=BolsheFfk soidery
and throws open the gates to the anarchy that viii
easily veil secret German daminatons of Russia. All
these things the American BoishsVid understand
thoroughly The only danger is that hnRsst1ninde
Americans who do not understand them might be
ieluded ~ the false That seIfgDFernment is be-
pg denied Russia by foreigners-Yo ungstown TeIe-
gram
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
The Contributing Cause.

A cursoTy review OF medical lit
erature of the past ten years in the
endeaYor to find any scientific evil
dence upon which the notion Of ex-
posture as a contributing cause OF
sO-called "colds" might be based,
has proved a great disappointment,
though not by any means a waste
of time. Every little while there
cropped up some interesting data
which added to the conviction that
exposure in this sense, is really a
negligible matter.
/ have not only combed the lit
erature, but l have neglected no
apparent opportunity to obtain
such data as a colleague may have
seemed TO have in his keeping. For
instance, an emigrant member of
the Rockefeller Institute Research
hospital staff wrote a scientific ar
ticle about the treatment of pneu-
monia, with particular reference
10 the newly devised serum treat
ment based on a archaeological
differentiation of the type of pneu-
monia germ accountable for the in
divlduai attack. The doctor casual
ly referred 20 the open air treat
ment OF pneumonia, and stated that
il has proved valuable because it
has added materially to the COM
fort Of the patient, If for no other
reason, He believed it had not ap-
preciabiy diminished the death
rate. He advised physicians en-
ploying the open air treatment 10
caution nurses attending pneu-
mOnia patients under such treat
ment TO dress themselves properly,
for he had known nurses to
contract pneumonia. The anomal-
Gus statement-an anomalous Is an ar
ticle dealing with the serum treat,
ment-arOused my interest, so !
asked the doctor for details. He
replied that he had observed but
one instance of a nurse attending o
pneumonia patient iH>ths open airj
herself contracting pneumonia.
The nurse wore no face mask. So
suppose We can not deny that she
was not properly dressed for her
work, But on this one striking
case the doctor based his opinion
that nurses not warmly clad are
more susceptible to pneumonia
than nurses bundled up with extra
Physical comfort is a body need
which may be left to instinct. So |
Tar as disease is concerned it is alb |
surd TO advise a mentally normal |
child OF adult to avoid "exposure." 1
AS matter oil everyday pbserva-
ton, the more competent the ply
siciaR the less frequently he offers |
such advice. And likewise. the |
more intelligent the iaymaa the /
less thought he gives to the mat
ter Of ''expOsure You viii find
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
Dere bfable :


l havnt rote for some time be
cause l been made an ofTicer-a cor
peral. admit 1 deserved it. I
didn't apply for it or slOthin though.
They just come and told me.
Bein corporal means / don't have
nothin more to do with details. An
at the same time / got more details
than ever. That's a sort of q joke
that US military men understand.
You couldn't get it probably Mable.
It's tecknickle.
Yesterday being Sunday me an a
couple of other officers borrowed
couple of mules from the stable
sargent an went for a ride We
saw z cabin that they said was a
moonshiners hut but it was broad
daylight so you couldn't tell OF
course
It's still cold. I wish they'd hur-
~ up and issue those gas masks.
They'd come in handy these cold
nights. The sargent told me that
I was goin to do interior guard to-
night. I guess I'm lucky to get in
door work this wether.
You never saw such a place for
roomors. These are army room
ors. They havnt got nothin TO do
with the kind your mother used t.
take in. We here that were going
next week an that were not goin
at all but were goin TO be used to
guard the Chicago stock yards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
Discrediting the Jury System.

Secretary OF Labof William B. Wilson spoke as
the true friend OF labor when he said, referring &c
the proposed strike to force the liberation of Ton
Mooney convicted of murder in connection with the
preparedness day parade in San Francisco:
No strike can give a fair trial to Mooney,
nor will it produce particle of evidence that
will be helpful in securing justice. The only
effect of a strike would be to bring into disre-
pute and to tend to destroy the jury system,
the result Of a thousand years Of struggle on
the part of the masses to protect themselves
against criminals on the hand and prof.
teering the other
The jury system has its faults, based mainly on
human weakness and fallibility, but it will be well
least equally good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
BuVing in a Rising Market.

1t is the belief of those in best position to judge
that prices clothing other things entering in
to the cost of living and prices of materials of all
kinds which determine the cost of manufacture and
building construction will commence gradual de
cline about the first of the coming year. which will
go on for several years.
with reductions in the prices at which numerous
things can be obtained viii in consequence cor
responding declines in wages generally
An increase all along the line in the purchasing
price of the dollar which the past IL months has
declined to the lowest level in many years. will be
the result and will the balance preventing hard
ship at any point.
In the foregoing lies a stsong business reason
for the purchasing of Liberty bonds. The time IS
far distant when the money put into them will
buy more Of the things that want than it will
now, If the bonds remain only at par they will
be actually worth more than was paid for them
Buying bonds is like buying goods in a rising
market
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
Asthma and Protein

Is it possible for a child TO get
asthma from eating eggs? III. d.
WI
AHswer,-Yes, IF the child hap
pens 10 be "sensitized" to egg al
bumin, In fact, asthma (true spas
mOdiG asthma, which comes at ir-
regular intervals and does not re-
main constantly is probably al
ways caused by protein in the food
or otherwise entering this blood. as,
for instance, the protein OF dog
dandeF or horss dRndsr inhaled. or
that of certain bacteria absorbed
from a septic focus somewhere In
the body,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
C0HsangHinffy,

1 am engaged 10 ,he married to
my fathers first cousin, and my
fFseRds ali tell me that ii we have
children they are sure To be- weak
or idiotie. I ain peFfestiy healthy.
and my iance has passed the avia-
ton physician tests, So far az
known there is no taiat of any kind
'ph either side. Is our marriage ua=
wisef TO-
AHsWeF.-if there Is Ho heritabIe
defect in the family there is no rea-
son to anticipate HRbappiness. IL
there ia any heriiahia defect, the
chance of inheritance is doubled by
intermaTriage,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
CIR Bull nf Guttnr

Samuel Linn. Lincoln. III
Glen Lutz, Mt Carmel m
Bonnie Meadows. VIVA Pi5,. -.
Iowa. ''i''n aoaa.
Major Perry, Chicago.
Emery Southard, Edws-a.r.
Lawrence c. straus Faire.,s
Casemeisr G. Subacz. Crsn mn /, "a
ids, Iowa. 1''u 11ap
Hun Morrow, Eureka, Ill
gTgil i. Sparks, Fairb1rv n,
James Thompson, LynByflis a. ~
Roland " Bay, salem. III a.
George Bcvero, Streator m
Joan EHglebart, Pekln, mi
william Davis. Chicago
Missing in Action,
COBPORALs.
Samuel Sharpe, Chicago
frank amo!len. Chicago.
PRIVATEs.
Frederick Z. Kirchner, Webs,..
City. Iowa. ''''''
william Moore, Rockwell CITY 7.
Alfred II. Odel, Dundee low
Wills A. Patterson, Bluford m
Joseph s Rotenberg. CblcaSo
John L. sigrist Chicago.
James Stedry, Chicago.
Brownie F. Turner, stonefort n,
James A. Larson, Lohrvilo T. -
Robert Z. Mcclure, Newton IoT-.
Edward Magnison, Ottumwa 7.
Norman G. Pike, storm LAKE. L
Charles Decker, Waupeton. I9rs
John r. Filing, Chicago.
Irwin B. Engelson, Buffalo cen,s-
Iowa.
Stirling F. Field, Galesburp m
Frank W. Grinding, Palmer IA
Robert s. Johnson, DUBUQUE IA
Sam E. Feldman, Chicago
Joseph a Brazda, Chicago.
Lewis = Demands, Websfs.
City, Iowa.
William F. ClauBsen, Galva Ia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10

Even Sweden, which has managed to get along in
some fashion with all neighbOrs for the last four
years has finally broken relations with the Russian
reds and sent the soviet envoy home. Bolshevism is
about as popular pan-Germanism. and most
anybody would rather associate with the smallpox
or the flu than with either
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-10
MANGKN TO FNTPR MAyPNS

Farls, Dec IU,-tIIaVas. } Gen
eFai Mangin Will enter Mayence
tMayens,l the French bridgeheaa
on the Rhine this week at the head
of the thirteenth and forty-third in
tahtry divisions, each unit OF which
has been cited for bravery,