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Appointed Bishop of Lincoln, Neb.

ROME, Wednesday. March 20.-The
Right Rev. Charles ]. O'Reilly, bishop
of the diocese of Baker City. Ore, has
been appointed by Pope Benedict bishop
of the diocese of Lincoln, Neb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-22

(Recent dispatches said that the ST.
oerian bolsheviki had murdered a num-
Der OF Japanese at Observation-Disclosures,
which lies 800 miles north of Hardin.
The bo,shevik leaders, including the
president of the local soviet, later were
arrested and imprisoned by CoSsacks
and volunteer militia. The red guards
and sailors in the city were disarmed)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-22
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Wednesday. March 90
Fed guards and revolutionary troops
have recaptured Blagovieshtchensk aft
er a battle with the Cossacks. They
have restored the soviet authority as
well as order in the town.
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tho police and that was the end OF u.
Bertha frost. wtS ns usual. clever
enough To slip out OF the business before
the crash came and a poor. white haired
and possibly innocent old woman had 10
bear the brunt of 1t.
Headquarters OF Spydom-
The whole episode is significant
chiefly us illustrating the fact. that Will
IL, very useful 10 us by and by. that
even as long ago as the year l9OT.thls
cunning agent of the German lntelli-
Ccl;ce was ready. busy at her work Shr
did not conGine her energies IN queen
Gnrdcns. but occupied other houses tenn
porarily as well. often choosing for her
nurposc some out-of- thc-way old man
sion. high walled and remote in which
her orgies would neither be overlooked
by her nciEhbors nor mnde the subject
Of n complaint to the police.
To thcs" she invited men OF many ma
tions. The notorious Karl Graves was
frcuu"nt visitor tc Queens Gardens and
there also wont the little Dutch dancing
girl Zcllc, better known rs Mata- Hhri,
who recently has been shot In Paris as
spy. The British side was represented
not only by any soldiers she lurcd to her
house. hut by government and other pub
lie Officers who nigh; De in possession
Of official secrets.
Invitations went ta them through
many channels. She gave large hrlbeS
to the maitrrs d'hotcl OF more than one
or our famous hostclricS. She was back
cd hcadlnng by the German Embassy.
and I have Ia mind an occasion when an
at,achc from Carlton House Terrace.
dining with mo 1T Vest End club, ac-
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clncd chaflngly. a word Of my real
profession and I knew the old lady
would run like q hare. And. Self-asSer-
tive as the statement may see to be at
this time Of day. I already suspected
that her business wnS merely blind.
A Terrible Oath.
For these reasons I kept my identity
from the women as far us possible, and
continued to hear or her doings with
interests. One Of our girls from tho
theatre, unfortunately. had fallen into
her power, and she told nc many strange
things, the truth Of which has been con-
firmed by documents subsequently pub
liShed-
Trosts idea WAS to tcrrify all in her
employ. The girls went through Il sort
lof Manonic ceremony when entering her
employ. Riblc in hnnd. they took n
terrible oath that they would never re-
veal anything that they saw or heard
when in Trosrs service. In the main
they have kept their word, and In all
The disclosures which eventually were
made the name OF any "victcm" Of this
unfarlous hae is hardly to be- found.
Possibly in my own case I should
have heard little hut for the fact that
my informant was with me at the thea
tro. and was one of the few not terror
izcd by this rillainuus old ~oman. She.
ut any rate. spoke freely enough to me.
Bertha frost lived at that timc in
Queens Gardens. She subsequently
moved to Marlborough Gate. where some
amazing orgies were held. The gir,S
would work all day in the beauty shop
and then be sent humc TO dress. The
finest clothes were provided for them,
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tually invited me to go down to a house
in Fulham where his friend. Bertha
frost, was having n party. How much
in the light Of what has tranSpirnd since
that night do ! wish that I had accepted
an invitation which would then have
been memorable.
At buckingham Palace.
These we're some OF Bertha Trost's ac-
tivitics prior to the year 1910. Ihe
month Of February in that year Is n
memorable date. Many may have for
gotten the circumstances. but as n mat
ter of fact, II was the occasion OF the
sudden nppcarancc of Prince Henry OF
Prussia as King Edwards guest ut BUCK
ingham Palace. This volatile sailor was
hcuceforth to pay many visits to this
country both officially and incoSnito.
and began TO play a part for ''kultur
which We can only call colossal.
It would he fair trink. TO say that he
was poruIar in many circles. Even: the
lorc kinc-thr shrcwicst mnn-tound
him no loss intolerable than his brother
the Kaiser, and was not unwilling TO ac-
cent his breezy professions or fraternity
Tho sailors maEtlc covers multitude
of sins, and so it was In Prince Henry S
ease. Women frankly liked him; the
! majority Of men thought he was just a
iolIy good fellow '!mbued with some OF
thnt chlvalry which the sea bestows
u2un her sons.
It Is true that wise men began to
think later on. md we know that both
Lord Kitchener md Lord Lousdnle nc
ccptcd the prince with reservations
which were far from flattering. Lord
Lousdalc, indeed. openly. refused to let
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and everything that nppcrtained 10
woman uf fashion.
Almost Betrayed.
Onc night this profusion nearly be-
trayrd the whole thing. frost temp"r-
arily rented :, house in st. Johns Wood.
and n friend. Of mine n doctor there. was
called out about one O'Clock in the morn
Ing To attend onr Of the houScmalds'
who was III. He found the alleged SER
want In n BEAUTIFUL room. pink puncllcd'
and furnished with old rose" hanKinEs
and Satiuwood furniture. TIL" lady'S ap-
pnrcI was scattered all about the place
and included dress Of silk and chiffon
and :, rCtticcat of matchlcss lace. There
were diamonds and cnrralds on the
dressing table. and near by tnal on 4
chair, some shabby day clothes and
working girls hat.
NJ; friend noticed that there were
three German mGn in III" hall whch he
went ur. but hc paid liIlc attention 10
the circumstance. and although h" knew
in 4 u,omcn: inta what kind OF dcn nc
had fallen. It was his duty t" attend 10
III. hystcrical girl. and hr did so.
Next dry a curious thing happened
Early in the morning German doctor
called upon my friend and declared him-
self very anxious tt settle IN" ~h"le
matter. He pitched some cock and bull
story about the housrmaid having hecn
put in one Of the lady's bedrooms. owing
TO the sudden nature of her seizure. ana
he Offered his brother physician hand
some fee 10 terminate the affair.
Whether this WIS accepted or not
do NOT remember. but few days after
wards the place was raided suddenly by
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AMERICANS NOW
LOCATED ON THE
BATTLEFRONT 7

The reference in the official statement
issued by the French war office deti-
aitely locates the American troops which
werc moved from the southern sectors
Of the battle line to parts Of the front
which were hard pressed during the
great German drive through Picardy. 1t
has been known that they were some
whero In the battle area since Aprdl 8.
when Stephen Pichon. foreign minister
OF France, speaking at Paris. spoke Of
the Americans Fighting in Picardy and
sacrificing their lives to drive the enemy
from our land
On April 10. dispatches from both
the French and British headquarters in
France reported the arrival Of American
troops. This wa-- prior to the time
when the French extended their lines far
% the north Of Montdidier. The French
official statement may indicate that the
Americans did not move 70 the north
when the British forces were replaced
by the French. but held the positions to
which they were originally assigned.
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little old woman who might have
stepped out Of Firths picture OF Derby
Day. My own chambers were exactly
opposite to the site OF her shop. oclnB
at the corner of Cork street. And every
day this quaint old woman would toddle
up and down the street with her dogs,
waiting for the young girls TO come out
CT the big dresSmakcrs' establishments
round about and never failing to spcaH
to the prcttiest Of them when they did.
It CHANGED that l had u musical play
running in London at the time. and
among the girls Of the chorus there was
oi.r who had been q mannequin Mt fam
Gus house in Clifford street She told
mc n lot about old Rertha. and caused
me To keep my eye upon her.
Any pretty girl. it appears. was IN
vited to join Madamr's star in Clifford
street ut Il salary which was tempting.
The establishment itself was the odd
est "b"auty" shop in London. Men
went ther.. to be manicured. and were
treated by girls who looked like Shep-
herdesscs in comic opera.
Women bought face lotions from
Madame at prices which were fabulous
and n tiny pot Of nail polish cost 15s-
remember bertha frost herself
stopping me in the street one day and
asking me why I was not among her
customers. She declared that some OF
tho best people in London came to her
and many Guards officers. I'VE give
such nice little parties at Queens Gar
d,ns" she said THE gentlemen all
like them very much. Come In and sec
nv Indies, and If here is any one you
fancy Sh" shall he your partner 1t sup
per- This allurins invitation de-
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ELM GROVE COMMITTEE
MAKING GOOD REPORTS
Women's Committee Turns in
$SS,350-Friday to Be
Banner Day."

The total for the ladies' work yes
terday in the Wheeling Liberty Loan
campaign is given as sSs,35o. This
amount, added to what the ladies' COM
mittees have already turned In, lS
making the sales of this committee run
into big figures Their total for the
entire campaign is now s1.7s4,45o. and
is second to none in the State Of West
Virginia
Friday has been proclaimed by the
President as Liberty Day, but 1t Is the
opinion Of the officials here that
Wheeling enjoyed her Liberty Day on
the Saturday Of the recent parade
The stores will not be asked to close
on the coming Friday, but it Is the
desire Of the committee to have just
as many buyers Of bonds on hand as
there were men In the parade. and In
stead of celebrating a Liberty Day
let Wheeling celebrate Banner lay
in the Liberty Loan drive. ---.--
Another great item In the campaign
is that the people who have taken
bonds are not getting to the BANKS
with them Saturday. May 4th, Is the
last day that the banks are permitted
to report, and the last day the Wheel
ing district will get credit for the sale
of bonds. So get to the bank with
your pledges and start paying on your
bond.
Understand, no one will be turned
down after that day who cares to buy
a bond, but so long as you are going
to buy one, why not let the committee
of the Wheeling district get the credit
for it? Help put the city over the top
,, Do your bit
Elm Grove is now coming to the
front, and with such strides that it will
take some hard work to catch up with
her. The total for that district is
given as s118,S50 up to date. and com
ing fast. The country committee Is
working and is doing things in a good
patriotic spirit and their efforts are
telling.
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Sorv of Prince Henry TreacheryA Royal Spy Scotland

him come to Lowther Castle when te
learned that German naval officers and
contractors were to be Of his cntourafo.
In his turn Lord Kitchener banded soma.
biting preasantries with the royal guest
at Balmoral, and was especially ironicAl\
in his reference to der Tag"
But elsewhere the prince was cordial
ly received, and 1t Is staggering to read
of those motoring pilgrimaCes where the,
sycophants OF many classes pushed
hcadlong to bctray their country to this
"charming' impostcr. He used the
country. indeed. as though 1t were a Yast
hotel in whose many members the ssc-
ret documents which might betray u15
should be harboured. And we let him
do 1t. as It were with our eyes open.
flowers in our hands, and the bells ring.
Ing
Dodgtng King Edward ,-5ss
This noble prince, then. arrived IA
the city he hoped soon to lay in ruins
in the month Of February. His stay
here was brief. but as 1 say, proved OF
exceeding import. What he did publicly
we know very we'll. What he did -prt7I
yately is to be discovered both no
the secret documents in the possession
Of the American and our own govern
mcnts, and from the facts which cred.
ible witnesses have supported.
Naturally his chief ally was the Ger
man ambassador. There never Was q
more interchangeable news collector than
the latter worthy. AT least once Z
week he would dine at the Carlton hotel
and he closetcd afterwards for a hour
or more with the notorious MATTE
CONTINUED on 1as. x.a.l xa,ai,
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WASHINGTON. April 24.-A decision
Of the government to fix the price OF
raw /ool on the basis Of that prevailing
on July 80, last, will probably be an.
nounced at the conclusion OF the con-.
ference 10 be held tome rrow IN Boston
and this city. Wool dealers meet IN
Boston and tho growers In WashipEton.
While no official admission Is made
that the government has decided to thus
control the raw market, II was learned
today that the basic price has been set
tied. The only question to be deterrHtA.
ed now is whether tho wool clip WilLsbs
commandeered by the government-:1f
that price, or the wool merchants ana
growers will voluntarily agree to accept
it and supply army, navy and civil -.
quirements on the same basis.
All wool clip In warehouses. that oa.
Ing shorn now and all en- route to this
country, will be marketed at the stipu.
lated price under voluntary acceptance,
Of the governments decision. II com.
wandering becomes necessary, tn Eoy-
ernment will control all the raw wool,
in the country and that on its"way here
at the fixed price. Army and navy
needs then will be taken care Of first.
The remainder will be appordoned by
the government for the civil require
ments of the same price
Representatives Of the wool mer-
chants ended q two-day conference Win
the price-fxing committee OF the war
industries board and quartermaster
corps officials tonight. virtually recon.
ciled to the governments attitude, and
CONTINUED on rags TWslv1)
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UNCLE SAM To
TAKE OVER THE
WOOL SUPPLIES.
PRICE OF JULY 30, LAST
YEAR, WILL OBTAIN
Wool Dealers Confer With.
Government-Are Recon-S
ciled to the Move. = 81

Louis Horkheimer Of the firm OF
Horkheimer Bros, stated last even-,
ing the company, as well as an
others in this vicinity, had received
telegraphic orders telling that the:
government had taken over the wool
supply on hand and the coming clip
ping and also stated there would
not be much difference in the busi-
ness locally owing to the small
amount bains done.
The telegram received told OF the
disposition Of the raw wool and the
wool yet to be clipped, and urged
that a report be made as soon rs
possible.
AS to where the supply now on
hand would go, nothing was men-
toned. It is thoug however. that
buying and selling will be carried on
through the same channels as at
present. through the warehouses.
The supplies in the warehouses
are bigger than ever, stated Mr.
Horkheimer. owing to many traders
having bought at high prices. .exs
pecting still higher. Much wool is'
vet in the hands Of the farmers. who
held out until the price had ad-
vanced and then expected higher
prices This will all be sold at the.
price set by the government. =
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R|LL THAN BECOMES AN ACE"
BY BRINGING DOWN PAIR IN DAY

Major William Thaw. commander
of LAFAYETTE squadron on the 2oth OF
April scored q splendid double VIC
tory. bringing down in turn q Drachen
and a monoplanc. These two victories
permit him to be enrolled among the
prize aviators. since he assumed tho
command Of the glorious unit he seems
10 havn particularly distinguished him
self. Since the 2Tth Of March he has
already tr:umphcd over his third ad-
versary. Major Thaw evidently wishes
to set An example and many OF his
cornpatriots will take their places with
In short time among the air cham
pions Notably among them arc Cap
tain Biddle, Lieutenans Baer (nine VIC
tories. four Of which were official. in
the space Of 43 dayS), and Sergeant
HaylIcs Meanwhile two Americans
have already taken precedence Of them.
Majors Lufhcrry. 16 victories. and
Thaw s..
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CHAMBERLAIN GIVES LIMITED
SUPPORT To THE 0VERMAN BlI[

WASHINGTON. April 94.-Support
for the Overmnn bill. empowering tlie
President TO re-orEanize government
dcpartmcnts came from beth SIDES OIL
the chamber to-day, as the long drawn
out debate ncarcd the final stage ana
proceeded under m agreement limiting
spccchmaliinS.
Senator Chamberlain. OF oregon
chairman of the military committee for
whose war cabinet and munitions direc-
tor bills the pending measure virtually
is Il substitute, together with senators
Borah. of Idaho and Nelson. or MIME
sofa. Republicans. spoke Tor lne Dill;
Senator Chamberlain. however. llmltea
his support, by stating he would vote
for nm amendment to exempt the Inter
state Commerce commission and fcdefal
reserve board from executive action.
For tho administration. Senators VII
linms. Of Mississippi, Wolcott, OF Del
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BRITISH FORCED To RETIRE MILE,
WHILE ENEMY OCCUPY VILLAGE
COUNTER ATTACKS OF
BRITISH SUCCESSFUL
In Local Fighting Entente
Retirement of No Strategic
Importance.

LONDON, April 24.-Field Mar
sha Haiq reports that the Germans
have taken Villers-Bretonneux. The
text of the statement reads:
"About $50 this morning, after
violent bombardment, the enemy
attacked our whole front south OF
the Somme and the French on our
right and was repulsed.
"later in the morning an attack
on our positions in this sector was
renewed in strength, and, although
repulsed with loss on the southern
and northern positions Of the front,
made progress at Villers-sreton-
neux, where the fighting has been
severe throughout the day. BY
evening the enemy had gained pos
session of the village, and the flgnt-
ina was continuing.
"other attacks by the enemy this
morning on the north bank OF the
somre and north of Albert were
repuIsed. We secured a few pr's
oners.
"By a successful local operation
carried out this morning northwest
Of Festubert, a post captured by
the enemy in this locality on the
22nd, was reeained. The hostile
harrison offered strong resistance
and lost heavily. We captured a
few prisoners and four machine
guns.
"Early in the morning the enemy
delivered strong local attack
without success, against our new
positions east of Robecq. Our i'ne
was maintained intact and eighty
fcoutnued on Page Eleven-)
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In this series OF articles Max
Penberton will show what were
the activities and some Of the Sc
cret doings Of Prince Henry Of
Prussia during the years 1910
to 1914. There is no longer any
doubt that the man who was re-
ceiyed in Great Britain as a
charming gentleman" and a
breezy sailor was in reality the
most active chief of a system
of intelligence which has had no
rival in history.
Prince Henry came AS 4 guest.
and remained to spy. and his
various motor tours and visits
were all devoted to but one pur-
pose. and that inimical to Great
Britain.
The revelations which follow
arc based upon many facts
known to the author. and upon
secre, documents long in the pos
sion Of the authoritiesA
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M'ADOO In APPEAL
FOR CONTINUED WORK
Must Not Be Contented With
Merely Reaching 100 Per
Cent Mark.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Another
plea for local campaign committees
not to stop working after committees
reach their Liberty Loan subscription
quota went forth to-day from Secre-
tary McAdoo, prompted by recurring
reports that workers in some towns
are satisfied with 100 per cent rec
ords.
IF we stop fighting when he nave
reached the minimum of the Liberty
Loan" said the secretary in a state
ment, I'VE are not coulparably sus-
tanning our sons in France, who are
fighting not for the minimum but LOT
the maximum Of Americas rights anu
world liberty"
At the rate the country is subscrio-
=, ing this week, the loan. will be slgnl-
lily over-subscribed, but the treasuc!
officials are hoping not for sllght
| but for a total OF
at least s5,OOO,000 900. The aggregate
of reports up 10 the opening OF ousi'
ness to-day Is S1.79Q,47S,150. which ls
1882 900, 600 more than the total all
Inounced last night. The average daily
subscriptions necessary unit! the emu
! of the campaign are Sl2O.O0O,OO0 70
make the three billion, and S32o'0oo'-
1000 to make five billion. This SHOWS
! why the treasury is anxious for more
speeding up.
! The Minneapolis and St. Paul fed'
eral reserve districts were ott1clalIy
reported tonight as having subscribed
| 103 and 102 per cent respectively OF
their quotas, and headquarters recog'
nized the claim of ST. Louis distrlc'
of having gone over the top first:
Governors of twelve states, incluo'
ing West Virginia, to-day wired Sec,
retary McAdoo that they either mao
or would issue proclamations dcciar'
ing Liberty Day Friday state hoii'
day. Several other governors VINO
could not proclaim a holiday tele'
graphed that they would do their VI
mos; to make the day success.
Probably ten thousand commun'''ess
in the country now have exceeded
| their quotas. said the headquarters
review tonight Definite reports from
six of the twelve FEDERAL reserve dis
1ricts showed that about 4,50o rags
lhad been awarded. including I4O IN
! the Cleveland district.
The Cleveland district passed lne
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aware, and others, made spi1 tod
speeches III behalf Of the bill.
Tomorrow voting on amendments
will begin with the fight centered on
that exempting the Interstate CommSrce
commission. The rule under which ;.he
senate is working limits each senator
to speeches Of half a,. hour on the bill
itself and twenty minutes on each
amendment and Senator Oyerman To-
night expressed the hope Of reaching q
final vote by Saturday. S.
Senators Chamberlain. Williams, ,Borah
and Nelson. all secuted the suggestion
that tho powers proposed in the bill
might be abused. Other legislation.
Senator Nelson said. has conferred nioFs
''dcspotic" authority. while Senator
Borah declared the pending measure.
would be helpful without permittiRE
any permanent change in sovernment
organization.