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The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
DESERTER DID
ADMIT A CRIME
TO HIS GUARD
Suspect in Eva Roy Case
Has Scratches on His
Back.

Soldiers at Charlottesville have con-
firmed the report that the deserter
now held at Camp Humphreys and re-
puted to be implicated in the Eva Roy
murder declared upon surrendering at
Charlottesville that he had committed
worse crime than desertion."
Fairfax County officials went to
Charlottesville Monday afternoon 70
interview the guards in whose charge
the man was until sent to Humphreys.
It was discovered that the man had
made this statement In the presence
OF several witnesses. 1t was also
stated that at the time of his sur
render his back was covered by n
number OF long scratches, or rather
abrasions.
The man may be arrested for the
murder of little Eva Roy within a
few days. 1t is believed that II he
is the guilty man 1t will be easy
to secure a confession. His physical
condition is such that II would be
difficult for him to Withstand a
lengthy questioning.
To Trace the Man.
Sheriff Allison stated yesterday that
an effort will be made to trace the
man from Vienna, where he was
seen. to Charlottesville. A man in
uniform and in the condition in which
he must have been would attracs
considerable attention. The county
elections we're being held at the time
OF the crime. and a larger number
Of people were on the road and about
the villages than usual.
II the story told by the soldier De
true it should not be difficult to find
the family with whom he ate a chick
en- dinner some time between the
dates of August and 10. This din
ner. a spring where he secured q
drink. and a ride in an automobile
are the only parts of his journey
he claims to remember. He must,
however. have secured food some
where along the route. Persons In
Vienna declare that on the day fol-
lowing the crime they fed a man
answering the description given.
The mans uniform. shows that he
washed it during the journey. He
processes to be unable to account
for the fact that his underclothing
Is missing,
Detective Employed.
SEcEHI AlHSOu SlhlSu yeSle1udy Jnd'
the services of a detective of inter-
national reputation had been secured
through the efforts of citizens OF
Fairfax County. He will work under
an assumed name while on the case
Yesterday he made thorough in
vestigation Of the vicinity Of the
crime. 1t was rumored that he was
to take the soldier from Humphreys
over the ground, but county officials
declared last night that this will moi
be done until later 1t Is hoped that
further evidence can be secured be-
fore he is put to the test.
Walter Oliver. attorney for Lou Hall
the woodcutter held at the Fairfax
jail. declared that he was glad that
the services of an expert had been
secured. Mr.. Oliver stated that SC
far the only evidence. found against
his client had been proven to have
been planted" by those interested In
seeing Hall convicted.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
PRELATE'S CONDITION LOW.
Cardinal Farley Has Now Been III
for Two Weeks.

New York, Aug. H.-The condition
,f Cardinal Farley Is very low. IL was
stated this evening at St. Patrick's
Cathedral
The Cardinal. who is in his s0th
year. has been i'll for the last two
weeks. following a breakdown due to
.he recent extremely hot weather. He
. under the care of two physicians
1t his summer residence in Mamar-
neck.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
SPAIN TO USE HUN SHIPS.
Will Replace Her Own Vessels
Sunk by Submarines.

Madrid, Aug. 21.-Spain will utilize
German vessels now in Spanish ports
in place OF Spanish ships sunk by
German submarines. and will con-
tinue to observe neutrality.
This decision Is announced in an Of
fetal statement issued after meet
ing Of the cabinet at San Sebastian.
The Spanish ambassador at Berlin
has been inst-uSS74fT o inform the
German govern...S.iiv- OF this action.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
WOULD USE PRISON LABOR.
War Board Suggests Employment
at Standard Hours and Wages.

Consideration OF Federal use OF
prison labor for the period of the war
is asked OF Congress by the War La
Dor Policies Board. Need of legisla-
ton along these lines Is declared ur-
gent. This labor, It Is proposed. should
not be allowed to be contracted for
by private employers but used for
government work under an agreement
between the Federal and local gov
ernments.
as planned by the labor board, would
be based upon the standard hours and
wages prevailing In the vicinity.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
JULY TONNAGE LOSS, 313,o11.
British Sinkinss l76.479. or 3453I
Above Construction,

London, Aug. 2l.-British shipping
losses during July amounted to l76, 479
tons. the Admiralty announced to-
night. Britain's allies and the neutrals
lost 1859 tons. The British losses
exceeded British construction by "a. 5Si
tons. Vessels aggregating 7,7lsS9s tons
sailed from British ports during July.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
Germans Claim Bag
of 500 Tanks.

Berlin. via London. Aug. fire
the oise and the Aisne and oetweei
the Disc and the Aisne an dbetweei
Noyon and Lassigny was announee
by the war once in today's repoG
ooSTrNuEp oN FACE rHo
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
Hun Planes in False coIors.

Paris, Aug. alderman birdmen
continue to break the unwritten law
of the air that flyers shall not mas
querade under enemy insignia. A
Fokker recently shot down by q
| French pilot bore a painting of a
swan, similar to the emblem carried
by o famous French squadron.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
Twenty Villages Fall to Poius in Days Fighting.
Advance Reaches Depth of Five Miles.
May Outaank Germans
OUTSKIRTS OF NOYON REPORTED ENTERED;>
FOE NOW MAY RETREAT TO SIEGFRIED LINE
Withdrawal to Line Of Cambrai-St Quentin-La FereLaon
i Deemed Inevitable. Attacking Front Now
10 Miles. British Push On

Paris, Aug. 2l-Lassigny has been captured by the
French, the war office announces.
Twenty villages have been captured by the French
since yesterday and the advance has reached depth of
five miles at somt points.
The French have reached point east of Noyon thus
virtually outankng that vital German pivot Noyons fall
s exnected hoTrIv
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
Brazilian Politician Dies.

Rio Janeiro. Aug. q. - Senator Al
siRdo Guanabara. one of the leading
politicians OF Brazil. Is dead. For
several years he had been editorial
wTiter On o PaiL
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
BULGAR CAR TO DIE.
Spanish Newspaper Predicts Re
public in Ferdinand's Country.

Madrid. Aug. H.-""The death of
Car Ferdinand and the proclamation
Of Bulgaria as republic may be ex-
pected in few days" says the news
paper Liberal today. :
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
Morning Fog Dense.

The early morning fog was -
dense and prolonged that it seemed
like a smoke bsrrage. and Trough
it greatly favored the attack gens
orally it proved a handicap TO soms
units. The enemy heard the tanks
rumbling on through the mist and
promptly opened a heavy rife. mas
chine gun and anti-tank fire. He
has been massing anti-tank gum
laVishly ever since the success OF
Rawlinson's fourth army in tho
sector east of Amiens.
The first attacking infantry wavC
was hit harder than the following
waves. The British artillery sup.
port was widespread and effective
The enemy replied largely with
shrapnel and machine guns. He had
moved his heavy artillery away dsyi
ago.
1t is believed the main purpose OF
todsy's drive is to clear the Ger,
mans out Of their high salients IN
the vicinity of Bapsume before tn,
line is stabilized at selected point
preparatory to establishing the win.
ter front.
The prisoners taken in today's at.
tack are rougher than those taket
last week in the Picardy drive b,
the Fourth Army. but they ar,
pleased to be captured and to hav'
no further fighting to do.
Last night during a drizzle IA,
British swept the enemy lines will
shells and gas and at dawn TO-DAY
the Germans were caught unswares
1t was a coHmon sight throughou
the day to see one tired. Tommy
guarding half a dozen disgruntlet
Germans.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
REPORT SAYS NOYON ENTERED.

REPORT SAYS NO1ON ENTERED.
Paris, Aug. 2I-The outskirts of Noyon
have been entered by the French, persistent
unofficial report here tonight claims.
Retreat of the Germans to the Cambrai-St.
Ouentin-La Fere-Laon line is inevitable, mill
tary experts here believe. This line closely ap-
proaches the old Hindenburg line and has
been termed the "Siegfried line" by the Huns.
RETREAT TO SIEGFRED LINE!
London Aug 2I-The whole center of the German
battle line in the West under alternate allied attacks.
and German retreat to the vaunted Seged Ine-Cambrai
St. Quenina FereLaon-seems inevitable The line of the
allied offensive 10 miles long The different sectors, to-
geher with the Segfned line" pivos in the direction of
which the various drives are launched. follows:
Arras-AIbert. twenty miles. toward Cambria.
AbertNoyon, tirty-6ve miles. toward St. Quentin
Noyon-Soissons. twenty miles, toward La Fere.
SosonsEast of Rheims. thry-6ve miles. toward Laon.
Total ITO miles.
BRITISH DRIVE PROGRESSES.
At the British Front. Aug 2I.-Reports show that the
British Third amy drive the Ancre progressing with good
results estimated that than 900 prisoners have been
taken.
The fall of Cource and Ache,ePet and of the Of
the AbertAas Railway between these villages appears certain
(Note Both AcheePet FIVE miles northwest of Bapaume and
Courceles have since been unoffcay reported taken
British troops advancing toward AhieleGand (he and
onehalf miles northwest of Bapaume This village has been
reported to have been reached by Bynss forces
The fighting spread front of klometers (x and
half mles).
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
20 TOWNS FALL; BRITISH ADVANCE
CroUn Prince Gets "
y 6-Month "Vacation'

Zurich. via Paris. Aug. 2l.-Yieldng at last to the
public agitation against the -starred prince com
mander the Kaiser according to Berlin dispatches today
has granted Frederick William six months vacation"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22

dispatch Tuesday night limited that the crown prince
had been relieved of his command because of his 6asco
on the Mane. which. coupled with the Verdun disaster.
earned him the cognomen Of high jinx' of the German
army.
ing rest in his home town. Munich He commanded
the German Northern armies including the one taken by
surprise in Picardy.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22
THE WEATHER

Today and tomorrcw-Fair; sta
tionary temperature. Highest tenn
perature yesterday, So; lowest, s4.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-22

CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Ludendorf's Success
And Failure

Some would include among the major
events Haigs offensive at Ypres, which
cost Britain hundreds of thousands Of her
best troops; the little battle of Cambria,
which might have changed the whole com
plexion of the 1918 campaign had it been
pushed to its natural conclusion; the cant
ure of Jerusalem, the heavy reverse to the
Italian arms in the fall of 1917, and the
disastrous Austrian offensive of last June
None of these, though all were of consid-
cradle military and political Importance
has influenced the course of the war so
much as the four / have mentioned
Both the American army and Generals
slmo Foch have yet to prove themselves;
both have come through the preliminary
tests with great credit. But as the Allied
objective is to beat the enemy and not
merely to hold him at bay. the American
army and the cool, forceful French general
have still to make good on the offensive
General LudendorfF, who is the supreme
military genius of Germany Hindenburg
being little more than a figurehead-has
won important victories in the 1918 CAM
palgn, not because he enjoyed great nu-
merIcal superiority over the Allied leaders.
but because he solved the secret of rand
concentration and rapid exploitation of an
initial success
LudendorT won great victories on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

and keep Russia in the war;" The price
might have been thought prohibitive 1t
would have included the abandonment of
certain territorial intentions; it would
have included redefnition of war aims;
it would have included, perhaps, the
Stockholm conference. Nevertheless, it
was question to be answered. If an
swered in the negative, then another
Immediately presented itself, namely,
when we refuse what will happen, and
what line of policy shall we jointly pur-
sue?" But, the first one being unasked,
the second was never suggested.
Mr.. Brandeis, as American plenpoten-
tiary, might find the way to save Rus
STA, but it would almost certainly in
volve questions which this country could
not answer alone. There should be in
the first place an Allied attitude toward
Russia-first an attitude and then q
policy So far there has been neither
attitude nor policy. The plenpotentiary
should represent not America, but the
whole anti-Teutonic alliance, for the
Russian problem is one that touches in
some manner more or less every other
problem of both war and peace, military,
political, economic and social.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

simple beliefs Of their childhood, SO, we
believe, the savageries Of the Hun and
the butcheries of the Russian Revolu
ton are again bringing mems minds
back to beliefs that the scientific and
supercilous regarded as long ago cast
into the dustbin.
But this revival Of trust in a personal
and living God goes side by side with
kindred revival of spiritualism. The re-
peated exposures of the cheap and dis
gushing frauds of Eusapia Palladino and
al her kind had seemed to bring the pre-
tensions of the spirit mediums, cabinst
tricksters and slate writer's into utter
disrepute. But the war, with its millions
OF dead, has created such vital demand
for belief in future life that the evil
dence afforded by spirit messages is ac-
cepted now without question by some of
the keenest minds living. We have before
us two remarkable books which bear
strong witness to this fact. The one,
called "The New Revelation" is from the
pen Of no less person than Sir Arthur
conan DoJie, VINO, as is wen KNOWN is
the living master Of all writer's of detec-
tive stories, and physician and his
torian as we'll The other, "'The Invisible
Guide,' is from the pen Of C. Lewis
Hind, long editor of The London Acod-
eng, and to our mind the most graceful
and interesting of London writers on
pictures and kindred subjects.
OF the two Mr.. Kinds book is far
more moving and eloquent. Sir Arthur's
is often harsh and dogmatic. But both
testify to the deep impress of spiritual
istic revelations on their lives and their
religious beliefs. Sir Arthur is explicit
and uncompromising, Mr. Hind more i'm
pressionistc and mystical.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
The Belief in God and Spiritualisrn

Two remarkable effects of the war
have received scant attention. The first
is a strong revival Of the belief in God
not in some vague Power or Being not
in q god, but in the God of the Bible
and our fathers. There is little question
that in the half century following the
advent of Darwinsm and the theory of
evolution the belief in a personal and
protecting Father concerned with the
affairs Of men had undergone serious
decline 1t was more serious really,
than the strong wave of atheism which
came in the eighteenth century, follow
ing the enormous advances Of astronomy
and the proof Of the utter insignifcance
Of our whole solar system in the known
stellar universe. In Napoleon's time
most intellectuals were atheists.
In just the same way most intel
lectuals in Darwin's and Spencer's life
time were eyolutionists and agnostics.
And just as the savagcrics Of The French
Revolution and the devastating wars
which followed brought men back to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Not a Pacifst

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir May l not, as an old friend of Mrs.
Deland, present few words in defence
not of Beads but of the authors nature
and her beliefs?
Mrs. Deland has been more than an ear
nest worker for the Allied cause from the
beginning. Indeed, she was one of the
comparative early few burning patriots
who felt the disgrace of our non-entrance
INTO the war from the FIRST
say she was more than worker he
cause the weight of her thought carried
her further and impressed her oninion
deeper on the public mind than if she had
peen merely one OF the mass OF workers.
one mas been leader Of thought among
'he Pro-Allles IN her country; she has
stood steadily from the beginning among
'noSe whose free minds and hearts have
most deeply felt the outrage of the Hun.
mat TINS woman OF tender nature and
intense feeling. home woman as we'll as
a charity worker. overcome when
Drought lace to face with the great pres
ence OF the horror OF this war what won
der She was shaken and gave a cry That
cry can scarcely harm us: it is the voice
OF passing pessimism which will find
little echo in the great, thrilled heart of
our country | doubt if it has rooted in
the writer's heart, for it is far from being
Indigenous to that kindly soul 1t is prob
ably one Of those weeds of abstract eener.
allzation which often choke our genuine
thoughts and she is now busily casting it
out as she weeds her own lovely little
river and sea garden near by There we
may be sure, she is nursing true and hu-
man thoughts in the safer way of emotion
remembered in tranquility"
1t would be forgctful of all that Mrs
Deland has stood and stands for not 70
protest at once against the dreadful in;us.
"ce OF attaching to her that most cruel Of
expectations, "pncifst'
ALICE WILSON.
kcnnebunkport, Me- July 81, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Four Years of War
BY Arthur S. Draper

FENHE fourth year of the war, beginning
for Great Britain on August d. has
been the most momentous. l vent
ure into the realm of speculation and de-
bate by stating that there would have
been no fourth year of fighting ex-
cept for one fact-America The fourth
year would have seen compromised peace
a peace by negotiation, peace on the old
lines of territorial barter and the world
would have taken war recess. In the
fourth year America has fed the grand
alliance body and soul.
There have been four great military de-
velopments in the fourth year:
% The arrival of million and quar-
ter American soldiers in Europe.
CD The collapse of the Russian army
following the decentralization and disorgan-
ization of the internal structure.
90 Tie German offensive campaign, in
which new tactics were employed, the mi
tiative passed from the Allies to the enemy
and large territorial acquisitions we're
made by the Kalser's hosts
(4 The coordination of Allied effort
under single command
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
| alSeZ VOuS'
AIeiez vous,
The Hun at Sea
, From The London uorn;,,o

'From'The London Morning POSE
There are some things honest men VIII
not stand; and the German at sea is one Of
them Not for generation, and very like
ly more than one, will the German nut to
sea without some peril to himself. When
he struck at the brotherhood of the sea he
struck at power as wide as the sea, as
strong, as pticss. Scamcn have long
memories and minds untanted by money,
for money does not come their way. They
cannot be bribcd to trade with the German.
We're 1T no more than . matter Of self
defence the seamen would still be con
strained to teach the German his lesson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
A Week of Verse
Castles in Spain

From, the Atlantic Monthly)
T BUILD my poem with little strokes Of
| ink
Drawn shining down white paper, line
and line.
And there is nothing here which men call
fine,
Nothing but hieroglyphs to make them
think.
| have no broad and blowing plain to link
And loop with aqueducts, no golden mine
To crest my pillars, no bright twisted vine
Which | can train about fountains brink.
Those others laced their poems from sea to
And foated navies over fields of grain:
They fretted their full fancies in strong
tone
And struck them on the sky. And vet
gain,
For bombs and bullets cannot menace me.
Who have no substance to be overthrow.
Cathedrals crash to rubbish, but my towers.
Carved in the whrlng and enduring brain.
Fade, and persist and rise again, like
flowers.
AMY LOWELL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Food Enough
For All

Economically America has played the
leading role in the last year. In any con-
slderatlon@of this question the submarine
and shipping are vitality important When
America became belligerent Mr.. LLOYD
George said her greatest contribution must
be "Ships. Ships! Shipsi" Britain was
in highly critical position at that time
There was extreme danger that the Ger
man calculation that the Entente could be
starved into submission would prove accu-
rate. In the fall of 1917 and the winter of
l917-18 Lord Rhondda worked and worried
so hard and much that he forfeited his
life. America made good She saved the
grand alliance. To-day the food situation
IS better than it was in August, 1917. and
infinitely better than in January, 1918. We
eat American wheat, cornmeal and barley,
American ham and bacon, American beef
and mutton, American canned beans. pears
and peaches, American sugar and smoke
American tobacco. Prices are very high:
meat, butter, cheese, lard, fats and milk
are scarce; olive oil, dried and fresh fruits.
molasses, jams and preserves, ice cream.
and candy have either disappeared or are
practically unobtainable Five dollars for
" 1'"''4'ie enicAeh' @l.1o LOT a dozen eggs
81 pound for fish, 60 cents for tea. II
cents for an orange, so cents for a pound
OF cherries, are not the prices Britons have
oeen accustomed to pay. But there is
enough to eat; Britain has not been starved
and she won't be so long as America CON
tlnues to contribute as she has done in the
last year. Neither will France or Italv
Germany didn't starve in the fourth wear
despite all the wonderful things promised
Tor the Allied blockade. The Central Pow
ers won't starve in the fifth year Econo-
mlsts are now convinced that it is mpossi
Die to starve Germany, though she can be
forced to feel the pinch Of privation even
more than she has done in the last year
and 1T has been no gentle pinch in the last
year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
West Awav !!

ha
tFrou IN. sneotutou
4 PRIL in the Jungle: hot weather.
IN corooe , ,.oo;
"N anu ieaFeS upon the
49,.
4N,' ''e 9'"'''h ana De up the hills
Wig
me tents ana start upon the
ar
al 'ne nlgh' we hear
Crying till the coming of the sum
Where the futures like the nast
And the next is like the last
But the Jungle is His Majestv's. and ser
wee must be done.
Wost ao,o,, W..
ino ... ''e"'' ana long
WI. -
bullets fly
Also serve who stand and wajt,qv vorv
likely true;
But we who do the waiting oh, wo,,d,
we be YOU
Nav, na.. - a..
1and ,ha '.'E.e' just little hotter
SIN +ho u.@as. VI way are tnlrty-one).
,1 TIE pioddlng
KIN w.
onn, "'e anu roo ana
Now across the nioht
Tho Hrh,r;,ox L1
N-"S, No. o. thunder rattle of the showers;
WY, VIZ e"V ana WORK and sleep
ro,. ,ho 1,,,,.l. 1+'s ""'cnes creep
rova S''' - . ii'S majesty s. and there
West await Weet av,o,, u,,...,
to-day? news
Paper's inst q fortr;rbt a.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

Somme, the Lys and the Marine. He &C
complished what many good soldiers con-
sidered impossible. He changed the war
from one of position to one Of movement.
His campaign has been a wonderful sue
cess and colossal failure. 1t seems fairly
clear that LudendorF will not get the only
decision which would justify his huge gam
bic. Unless he could throw Britain or
France out of the war or so cripple them
militarily that they no longer possessed
the power to strike back then Ludendorff
must have failed in his chief objective.