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The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
FORECASTER TAKES :.
JOY OUT OF LIFE
Return to Normal Temperature"
by Wednesday. Is Prospect.

Although the Weather Man in his
weekly forecast threatens return to
normal temperatures during the COM
ing week. not a single washingtonian
could be found last night who really
wanted the ''seasonable temperature"
in the slightest degree after the warm.
springlike, though moist, weather OF
the last few days.
Most every one seemed to be salts
fed with the weather OF Friday and
Saturday, with the mercury coming
out Of its winter hiding place and ven
turing even as far as the 70 degree
mark.
But, like it or not, here's the dope"
for this week, according to the predic-
ton last night:
Colder Monday, with a return to
normal temperature by Wednesday.
Local rains or SHOWS Wednesday and
Thursday, with lower temperature at
the end Of the week. On the whole. a
week oe about seasonable tempera-
ture"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10

OF CAPTURING
SOLDIERS
Berlin War Office Confirms
News American Boys in
Front Trenches.

Berlin, via London, Feb. a-Capture
Of some American prisoners yesterday
forth of Xivray was announced in
today's war Office statement.
The German statement confirms re-
cent dispatches from the American
front that American troops have taken
up front line positions to the north
west of Toul, in and around French
Lorraine.
1t defines their location more min
utely, however. than any previous
dispatch from any source has done,
the American authorities, manifestly
Withholding exact information until 1t
had been established beyond doubt
that the Germans knew where the
troops are faced by Americans.
Xivray lies about nine miles due east
of st. Mihiel, where the front south
of Verdvn makes a sharp turn east
ward. Xivray is about fourteen miles
northwest of Toul and four miles west
of Flirey, a strategic railway inter-
section where heavy artillery duels
have occurred Of late.
London, Feb. 9.-Patrol and raiding
activity continued on the western
front today. Reference to the Ameri-
can front line troops is made in a dis
patch to the Paris Matin by one of its
front correspondents. who telegraphs:
From a part of the American sec
tor the deep German salient can be
recognized. The sector is particularly
favorable to war training. Men are
trained in the duties Of small attacks
as lessons for bigger ones. Successive
contingents will pass through this diff
hcult schooling"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
WOMAN MENTIONED
In ALLEN MYSTERY
Disappearance from Baltimore
Leads to Variety of Rsmors.

Baltimore. Feb. s-The disappear
snce Of c. Loomis Allen. millionaire
trolley magnate, of Syracuse, N. z.
who left the Belvedere Hotel here
on January TO- Is said to be con-
nected with the sudden departure Of
a handsome matron whose husbaid
Is well known politically.
When Allen left here 1t was report
ed that he had gone to Washington.
1t Is now said, however, that he and
the woman who vanished with him
went to Norfolk and later took the
steamer from Newport News for
Mexico.
Marshal Carter has been asked to
find Allen. Higher police officials do
not seem to wish to discuss the case.
Mr.. Aliens firm operates the Au-
burn and Syracuse electric railway
and several other lines in the Vi
cinity.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Schools Drop German.

Cincinnati. Ohio, Feb. s.-with
only one dissenting vote the board
of education today approved the
recommendation of School Supertn-
tendent Condor. that German be
dropped from elementary schools
after June next. Three members
OF the board are of German descent,
but they voted to back the super
intendent At present nearly 1000
pupils are studying German. Il
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
COO. GURGLE, Wall!
TINY GIRL FOUND
Waif Born In Alexandria, Jan 10, "
Left at R Street Home.

A series OF coos. gurgles. and then
q lusty wall, led to the discovery Of
an abandoned infant girl In the yesti-
bule Of the residence of Mrs. Emery
English. 3o42 r street northwest, short
ly after O'Clock last night.
A note pinned to the dress of the
infant, bearing the inscription, Born
in Alexandra, Va, January Is, 1918, -
is the only clue the police have.
The infant apparently Is in the best
OF health.
1 Latest reports state that the baby
II cooling contentedly while enjoying
. bottle Of warm milk at the Foun-
ding Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10

ditions and beginning to reconstruct" :"
Nine. Avril went ON to tell of a
different kind of work that these woni-
en- are doing under her leadership.
I'VE bring trainloads of girls from
the north of France where the Ger
man soldiers are," she said. These
are the prospective war mothers Of
Boche babies. Some of them are only
II and 13 years Old Some of them
are nuns. taken from the French
converts.
I'VE have a large chateau just this
side of the French lines where the
girls who are too Ill to travel are
cared for. The others are brought
to similar homes in Paris.
Mothers to Teach Hate.
Here they are taught trades so
that they can support their babies.
These girls all want TO keep their
Boche babies despite the fact that
they received the most brutal treat
ment from the Boches themselves.
One girl said to me. My child had
a German father. but it is not a Ger
man baby. And when it is old enough
to be told of its parentage it will
hate Germany as I do"
Nine. Avril says that the wonder
full way French women have work
ed during the war will bring them
the vote as soon as peace comes.
There's scarcely a woman in all
France who's not enrolled for hos
pital or reconstruction work of some
sort-farming, home economics. or
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10

BY MRS. VICTOR MORGAN.
The fate of the French woman af-
ter the war-what will it be?
A life without wifehood and mother
hood?
Or sharing In poIygamous marriage?
Or free love, such as the woman Of
Germany Is already being urged to ac-
cept?
These are some of the puzzles being
worked out now by Mime. Avril de
Ste. Croix, whose name 10 a household
world in Francois Mrs. Parkhursts s
is IN England or Jane Adams is In
America.
Mime. Avril, the leading feminist Of
France, is the only woman named by
the minister of the interior to COM
mission for unity of morals and wip-
ing out Of white slaveryS
Work for All Women.
'sTrue. there will not be enough
husbands to 20 around after the war
has taken its full TOLL said Nine.
Ayril in a recent interview at her
home in Paris where she shelters war
mothers"
'But there will be more real work
than all the men and women can do
for a generation or so-rebuilding
France which has been both battle
field and graveyard for the whole
world.
Thousands and thousands OF black
robed widows in France have dedl-
Gated themselves to that work already.
There are schools in the south OF
France where they are studying con-
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Wounded Canadians Land
Here Singing War Songs

An Atlantic Port, Feb. s.-Seventeen
hundred wounded Canadian soldiers
arrived at this port today aboard a
transatlantic steamship. They were
accompanied by a number Of Red
Cross nurses.
The soldiers were In fine spirits.
thronging the decks Of the vessel and
singing. ''oh. Ny. 1 Don't Want to
Die; ! Want to Go Home" part Of
the chorus Of a song popular among
the allied soldiers in France.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
COLONEL MUST
STAY ISOLATED
THREE WEEKS
Roosevelt Rests Comfort,
ably with Pulse and Tenn
perature Normal.

New York. Feb. S.-coL Roose-
welt must remain in absolute quiet
at Roosevelt Hospital for at least
three weeks, according to a state
men given out tonight by his ply
sicians.
The COonel is resting comfort
ably" the statement said. His
pulse and temperature are normal.
The alarming symptoms in the in
ternal left ear are subsidinR. Ab-
solute quite and rest will be essen
tial during his stay at the hospital
for at least three weeks"
He is not permitted to speak or
be spoken to and no person is ad-
mitted TO the room except members
of his immediate family. Even Mrs.
Roosevelt is only allowed to enter
the room for a few moments.
Any Noise Dangerous.
1t was explained that any noise.
even the slightest. or the softest
voice will irritate the ColoneIs ear.
This might cause an increase of
the now subsidiDE Inflammation
and necessitate another operation.
ments for conferences with national
leaders and engagements to speak
have been cancelled for an indefi-
mite time.
While the former President was
reported today to be well on the
way to recovery, there is always
danger from the treacherous nature
of the illness.
The hospital wards are oiled as
never before with banks of flowers
which the Coloners friends have sent
him-far too many to be packed in
his room. Among the donors of the
flowers are high officials OF the army
and navy. many Of the ColonePs po-
liticai and personal friends, news
boys. letter carriers. poor. old and
crippled persons whom the Colonel
has befriended.
Old Woman with n Rose.
One old woman came to the hos
pital today with a single rose and
tears in her eyes. She wanted the
flower to be placed near him.
Anxious inquiries by cable, tele-
graph and telephone were constantly
being made at the hospital today.
All were answered.
Mrs. Nicholas Dongworth and Mrs.
Derby, his two daughters, met all
who came personally to the hospital
Governor Whitman and several Con-
gressmen and members OF the State
legislature were among the callers
Cesar S. Straus, former Ambassador
to Turkey; George W. Perkins. and
]. p. Morgan telephoned hourly for
latest news from the bedside.
Judge Lindsay, of Colorado; Thomas
T. Ryan and Mrs Harry Payne Whit
ney were among the persons permitted
TO see Mrs. Roosevelt, who has spent
many sleepless hours.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
DISTRICT SCHOOLS
TO OPEN TOMORROW
Coal Supply Obtained from National
Fuel Administration.

- Consignment Of $50 tons Of coal dur
ing the last few days 10 schools will
insure their opening tomorrow. An
nouncement to this effect was made
yesterday by Superintendent Of Schools
Thurston. E
Eight cars of coal arrived yester-
day on the District dump for exclu-
sive use in schools, as a result OF
their diversion by special orders from
the dump of the National Fuel Ad-
ministration.
About ten schools were without a
full supply Of coal when deliveries
stopped last night, but janitors have
been asked to be present at their re-
spective buildings today, when be-
tween two and three hundred tons OF
coal are scheduled to arrive.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
PRIMA DONNA WEEDS
RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN
Civil Ceremony Marks Uniting Of
Genevieve Vix to Prince.

New York. Feb. s.-Genevievs
vix, prima donna OF the Chicago
Opera Company and Prince Cyril
Narichkin, OF Petrograd. were
married by the chief clerk in the
chapel of the Municipal Building
here today. Mile. Vix will not retire
from the opera stage. it was stated.
The ceremony had nothing OF q
royal setting. Both had beenSmar-
ried before and granted divorces but
they had no papers to prove this and
were compelled to face grim reali-
ties and grilling questioning by the
marriage license clerk. They finally
gave affidavits swearing that they
had both been legally divorced.
Prince Narichkin comes from one
of the Oldest Russian families and
is the leading stockholder OF the
Azov Bank Of Petrograd-
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Warm Spell Promises
Aid to CoaHess Gotham

New York, Feb. s.-some relief from
the present critica. coal situation was
promised by Wednesday or Thursday
by the Fuel Administration today il
the warm weather keeps up.
The heavy draft OF supplies of
bunker coal today resulted in the re-
vocation Of the order allowing hos
pitfalls. apartment houses and hotels to
get coal out OF the supply for the port.
Thirteen steamers were coaled today.
Conditions at New Jersey tidewater
points was somewhat improved be-
cause Of the moderate weather. al
though many cars still were frozen in.
The mayors coal committee will give
away free wood to the poor. It was an
nounced tonight.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
UKRAINE PACT
WITHGERMANY
MAY STIR RUSS
Peace that Ignores
Bolsheviki Possible Cause
of Renewed War.

Amsterdam, Feb. 9-Signing OF a
separate peace treaty between the
central powers and the Ukraine at
o'clock Saturday morning at Brest-
Litovsk was officially announced by
Berlin today.
Later official dispatches from Ber-
lin and Vienna said, Germany and
Austria have signed peace with the
Ukrainia republic" This would indi-
cate that Bulgaria and Turkey are not
parties to the contract"
At the same time' elaborate dicker-
ing between the Teutons and Rumania
were reported from various sources.
the invaded little Balkan kingdom too
was in the making.
Next Move Crucial.
The completion of the deal with the
Ukraine surprised no one in respon-
sible quarters here or in the allied
countries. But intense interest is TO-
cused on what course the negotiations
between the Central Powers and the
Bolsheviki at Brest-Litovsk will now
take.
The general expectation is that the
Bolsheviki will not only refuse to rec
ognize the Ukraine-Teuton treaty but
may even precipitate a break at
Brest-Litovsk, for the pact was
signed on the Ukrainian side not by
central government representing all
of the 100000 inhabitants of this
richest part of Russia's great "black
belt" but the element adhering to the
recently proclaimed independent
Ukrainia republic hostile to the Boil
sheviki." The Teuton deal with this
element the Bolsheviki are expected
to treat as a deliberate hostile act.
Then the question will arise, OBJ
servers here point out, whether the
Teutons, welcoming a break with
the Bolsheviki, will make a -four
ishing show of defending a small
country" and back the anti-Bol-
shevikist Ukrainians in a military
campaign the ultimate scope and
political motives of which are as
yet incalculable.
Long n German Quarry.
For years before the war Ger
man propaganda had been busy in
the Ukraine, it was recalled to-
night, stirring the Ukrainians, the
sixth race OF Europe, to cut loose
from Czardom and from Russia
proper. The decades old dream OF
Wilhelmstrasse has been sped to
fulhllment by the BoIsheviki and
now Germany's agents are holding
up to dazzled Ukrainian eyes the
lure of making themselves masters
of the Muscovite land.
tFao6xr r.
OF Berlin of the appointment of a
Ukrainian2 commander in chief,
Gen. Piteljura.
A new ministry also has been
formed. M. Holubowitz being pre-
mier.
meanwhile many rumors are
pouring in regarding the proposed
Tcuton offer to Roumania. The
most substantial report has it that
slice of southwestern Bossarabia
is to be Exchanged for the Do
brudja, which is to go back to Bull
garia.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
War Department P Promises Names
of More Rescued Amer
leans Today.
113 DEAD PRESENT ESTIMATE
Officials Express Belief That Figure Will
Be Diminished AS Later Reports
Are Received.

After the of ll60 of the transport Tuania had
been received and posted the Offices of the Committee on Public
Information up 10 O'Clock last night announced that no
mo would be available until today.
At that hour officially stated that the War Department had
received nothing during the day that would to change
estimate of lib dead and missing of the 2IT American officers
and soldiers on board.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
-Four Hurt in Tunnel Crash.

Boston. Feb. Feb. Four persons
were injured and more than one
hundred shaken up when two cars
crashed at the A tlantic avenue sta
tion Of the East Boston tunnel late
tonight. None of the injuries was
serious.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
-Four ID. c. Men Saved.


OF six men from Washington and
nearby, who are known to have been
aboard the Tuscania when Jshe WAS
struck by a German torpedo. at least
four have been saved, It was learned
late last night.
Those whose safety is assured 30 far
are Maj. Benjamin r. Wade. whose
wife lives at 1877 S street northwest:
James J. O'BTien. slS Second street
northwest; Arthur L. Chamberlain,
ls25 A street southeast. and Jesse 4.
Veitch, of Ballston. Va
Paul D. Kelly. 600 Wisconsin ave
nue. northwest, and Jerome kennerly.
s13 Jefferson street northwest, passen-
genrs on board the transport, still are
TO be accounted for.
Word of the safety Of Maj. Wade
came yesterday in q brief two word
cablegram to his wife here. MAJ.
Wade, who was in command OF the
Sixth Battalion. Twentieth Engineers.
and vas last to leave the ship. cabled:
safe. Well
Safety Of the other three men was
announced by the War Department.
The names and addresses OF SlS
survivors of the transport Tuscanis
had been received at the War De-
partment up 70 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
At that hour the Department was
still without any official figures 20
dispute its estimate that only lla
officers and men Of the 2.l77 Amer
iCan troops on board had lost their
loves.
Every effort Is now being made
to expedite the information. I'm
fortunately, however, for the peace
of mind of the hundreds OF wives.
parents and other relatives who are
wiring. telephoninE and writing 10
the War Department appealing for
information, the list OF known dead
and missing will probably be the
last news to come.
Until IL does come only by pro-
cesses OF elimination can the iden-
tity of those unaccCunted for be
arrived at After midnight last
night Secretary Of War Baker
was aroUnsed by a telephone call
from a frantic home in Philadel-
phia.
The heartrending part OF it."
said the Secretary, was the fact
that / was utterly unable to give
this father any information at all
as to whether his son was among
those rescued"
Daniels Confident.
Despite the tragedy. Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels let it be known yester-
day afternoon that he remains un-
shaken in his belief that the war
against the German submarines is be-
ing won
In this connection yesterday after
noon he declared that the accomplish
ments in the contest were being
achieved not through any single de-
vice that has been perfected for the
American and British destroyer
squadron, but through a combination
of devices.
He expressed bitterest resentment
over the persistence with which GER
tain news services and newspapers de-
clared that some particular invention
now in use is responsible for what has
been done. Were this a fact, he init
mated, announcement OF il would be
of abvious ADVANTAGE to the enemy.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Italian Flyers Recalled.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. s.-Lieut. Res
natl and other italian flyers, who
have been here for some months.
have received orders to return
home. They will first make a brief
visit to various American aviation
camps.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Australian Premier to Speak.

New York. Feb. s.-The Hon.
Crawford Vaughan. former premier
of Australia. will be the principal
speaker next week at a series of
meetings designed to speed up the
workers of sbipyards about New
York.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
France Will Never Stand
For Polygamous Policy,
Says Great Woman Leader

NOTE-Mrs Victor Morgan, wife of the
land her husband Europe
the of What Is Going Germany Today
appearing in The Washington Herald Mrs Morgan
complshcd newspaper much in
many the brilliant French women-EDITORC
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Novelist Denied Passport.

New York. Feb. s.-Miss Edna
Ferber, the novelist, who was to
represent the Red Cross Magazine
in France. has been denied a pass
port to sail by the French Apnbas-
sador. The fact that her father
was born in Austria is said to have
been the reason.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10


The famous author of "The
Uncommon Commoner" and
"How Did You Die" has
joined the staff of The Wash
ington Herald and will write a
daily poem for you.
We suggest you start a scrap
book--a Cooke book-and save
the verses he writes. You will
soon have a collection as inter
esting as his well-known I'm
pertinent Poems" and "Chroni-
cles of the Little Tot" o
REMEMBER
THEY START TOMORROW
The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10

The Herald, Daily one cent,
Sunday two cents.
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The Herald. Daily one cent,
Sunday two cents.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Victory Is Needed.

CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-08

ton with the assistance Of tbs local
legal committee or such other legal
committee or such other legal advi-
sorry machinery as II established
there.
The American Red Cross provides
financial uid aaaa whatever other
forms OF assistance needed, including
information and guidance respecting
and insurance under the waT-riEk in
sursne0 act, ana In respect to other
matters which make for the welfare
OF the men In service and their famt-
lies.
In doing this work the Red Cross
necessarily encounters O large num-
Der Of cases requiring legal Bdvice or
the institution OF legal proceedings.
To attend to these matters tbs home
seYvice sections Of the American Red
Cross are calling upon tie lawyers rs
organized in Q LEGAL committee Of the
State council OF defense, o lAgal ad-
vis0ry board, or otherwise TO furnish
the necessary assistance. Where the
State councils have organized legal
committees. the home service sections
are, wherever consistent with existing
arrangements, providing legal assist
Gnce through these legal committees.
As many OF the matters handled by
the home service sections relate to al
lotments, allowances, compensation,
and insurance, and as these problems
are the subject OF frequent rulings
and decisions by administrative an
thorities in Washington, the Ameri-
can Red Cross maintains an informa-
ton service by means OF which deci-
sioRs and rulings made in Washing
ton are promptly communicated to all
home service sections. These rulings
are available at the home service sec
lions for legal committees. legal ad-
visory boards, and other lawyers CO.
operating Nith the Red Cross.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-08

Announcement has been made by
tie War Department that the Judge
Advocate General Of the Army, the
COUncil OF NatioMal Defense. the
American RED Cross. ana tbs Aneri-
can Bar Association are working to-
eether 60 establish complete system
FOR giving tree legMi and business ad-
vice to men Of the armed services and
their families.
In a majority Of States lawyers are
Deang organized in legal communities
hy the State councils OF defense with
the aid OF the State bar associations.
These legal committees are making
special efforts to see each man about
10 enter service Tor tbs purpose OF
helping him 20 set his a1fmirs IN order.
The personnei OF the legal advisory
boards established ut the tina the
draft duestiomnaire was lnaugnrafed
are forming the nucleus Uf this UrgmR
iEaffOn- In several States legal COM
mfttees are using the legal handboOks
prepared for them by the State Legal
committees, presenting not only Fed
Qral but State law affecting the rights
Of soldiers. sailors, and their depend
onts.
In States which have not yet organ
lied local legal committees the legal
advisory boards and the local bar as
sOciatiOns are offering their services
free to soldiers. sailors. and their de-
pendents.
Legal advice for men who are In
the camps Is to be obtained through
the division or camp Judge advocate.
II the problem must be settled ct the
mans home, the Red Cross repResen-
tative ih charge OF home service 81
the camp win refer the case to the
home service section in the mans
home town. There the case will be
handled by the local home service sec