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DEMANDS PUNISHMENT
OF 1914 GERMAN LEADERS
Capt. Won Beerfelde Calls on Reichstag to
Arrest BetIm,ann HollsOeg and Others
Guilty of "Appalling Deceits" at
Beginning of War.

that Germany was responsible for the
war.
Capt. Won Beerfelde's memorandum
says that the German leaders at the
beginning of the war were guilty of
appalling deceits and acted in the
service of traitors.
He demands the immediate arrest of
former Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg. and declares that II the
reichstag does not fulfill his demands
the curse Of this and all succeeding
generations wilt fall upon it for
cowardly neglect Of duty.
In case of the reichstag's refusal.
Capt Won Beerfelde declares he will
imm ediately request passes for him
self and family to Switzerland, be-
cause. he win no longer share Ger
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By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. July s0.-A memo
randum demanding ruthless action
against the men at the helm of the
German government in 1914 as guilty
criminals has been issued by former
Capt. Won Beerfelde. says q Berlin
telegram quoting the Cologne Volks
Zeitung. The memorandum is entitled
"A Necessary Correction Of the Ger
man White Book" and was sent to
the members of the reichstag last
week by the captain, who was promi-
nent in connection with the Prince
Lichnowsky affair, brought about py
the prinoe who was German 1haas-
saslor 10 London in 1914. declaring
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So, myOOO, 600 WILL
BE ASKED OF COMMONS

LONDON, July 3o.-The largest ap-
preparation demanded since the be-
ginning Of the war will be submitted
to the house Of commons Thursday,
says the Daily Telegraph.
The~vote Of credit to be asked will
be for f700.000,000. The previous
ago.
The new appropriation 10 required
to finance the war until the end Of
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AUSTRIA READY FOR
HONORABLE PEACE.
Premier Asserts Opponents
Must Yield Plans of "De-
struction and Repression"
By the Associated Press.


AMSTERDAM. July so..'we are
ready. to conclude an honorable peace
as soon as our opponents renounce their
hostile plans aiming at our destruction
or repression" said Baron Won Hussa-
rex. Austrian premier. in presenting his
cabinet to the upper house Of the Aus
trian parliament. according to Vienna
advices. He added, according to the
dispatch. that SO far as the central pow
ers are concerned the war Is a defensive
one.
so long as our opponents take the
standpoint Of one-sided dictation," he
continued. ''there is nothing for US but
to continue the war and carry 1t on SO
vigorously that Il win be shortened"
Peace Resolution Rejected.
AMSTERDAM. July 2s.-A reso1u-
ton declaring in favor Of an immedi-
ate peace, without annexations ana
indemnities, was offered in the Aus
uian lower house Saturday by Dep
uty Stanek in behalf Of the Czech
League. The resolution declared that
q continuation of the war is useless
from the standpoint of both humanity
and political utility. It asserted that
all persons should have the right to
self-determination and asked that the
house demand that Austria oppose
the annexationfst and fmperiaifstic
policy which had gained the upper
hand In Germany. and try itself to find
q way for a democratic peace.
The house, says Vienna dfspatch
to the Vossiche Zeitung of BSriin.
which reports the, incident, Rejected
the resolution as inadmissibie for suh-
mission to q vote.
Deputy Stanek said the Czech peo.
pie would become great and stronp
despite the prosecutions of a harrow.
minded government The Czech.
never before were 30 united. 90 ready
to dght, SO certain Of victory. They
ara united in firm will, he added and
newer again will bear a foreign voEs
The Cxecho-Slovak state was 4 fact
which could not be averted.
AMSTERDAM, July zS.-The senn,-
official Vienna news agency TODAY cer
ried in its. telegraph report csrefuiIv se-
lected newspaper editorials on tIs he.
ginning Of the NTH year Of the war. N
the editorials are copclled in q beIiicose
vein which. it ID believed here, does moi
reflect the unanimous lopinion 81 ths
Ausro--Hungafian peoples.
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Expected to Stand on Vesle.
While these counter blows against
the allied lines are general and Of
great violence. it is not believed in
London that the enemy intends to
make a real stand south Of the Vesle
river. Paris. on the other hand. seems
to believe that the Germans may have
fixed upon the present location of
their armies as the field upon which
they will turn at bay.
Regarding the strength Of the Ger
man forces, unofficial advices state
that there are seventy-one Teuton
divisions engaged in this struggle.
The strength of German division is
about 1880 on q normal footing, SO
that IL all the units resisting the al
lies north of the Marne have been
kept up to standard. there are ssS,o0o
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Nv the Associated Press-

BY the Associated Press-
LONDON, July 30.-The Germans
have been counter attacking very
heavily along virtually the entire
hattie front, according to news that
reached London shortly after noon
today. Their attack was an especially
heavv one in the American sector.
and resulted in driving the Amefi-
cans out of the village Of cierges,
about fve and a half miles southeast
of Fere-en-Tardenois.
Another German thrust drove the
Americans back from Beugneux near
Grand Rozoy, northwest Of Fere-en-
Tardenois.
Allies Progress But Little
Very heavy fighting has been in
progress along the whole battle front
from ville-en-Tardenois to Buzancy'
according to advices received up to
noon today. It. has resulted. so Tar.
hovever. in very little progress for
the allies.
In the Plessier wood locality forty
five prisoners were taken UeAoneine
IN three divisions Of the enemy now
enra9ed in the Marine salient There
are seventy-one such divisions. OF
which ten belong to. the northern
army Of Crown Prince Rupprecht OF
some advance has been effected by
the allies in Ardre- valley, along the
easterly side Of the front, toward
the village of. Aubilly. A. certain
amount OF ground likewise has been
rained near the center In the neigh
6orhood. Of villers-Agron Aiguizy.
Main French Advance.
rhe main advance on the westerly
aide Of the front seems to have been
at Grand Roxoy. about five miles
northwest Of Fere-en-Tardenois. The
French here are progressing north
onto the crest Of the plateau between
the vesle and the Ourcq.
The enemys withdrawal is reported
stNl orderly, and military opinion In
London discounts the possibility OF
any rounding up Of Germans in the
salient
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MUST NOT TAKE ANY GOLD
WHEN LEAVING FOR FRONT

omess1 enlisted men ana civilisns
attached to. tho Army are prohibited
In a,rwar Department order today
from taking gold with them when
leaving for foreign sssrvfce.
!, Attention. was called to the, fact that
this 10 . violation Of the embargo
against gold exportA and the sug-
cure ~servfce checlks," or travellers
checks, snd LISTERS q credit before
|lsavinG ~ United statsa
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Reiterates His Views.
Senator Shields Response.
To this letter Senator Shields replied:
UNITED States Senate.
fEyxy,

ON receipt Of the shove letter
President Wilson wrote the follow
ing:
sThe White House. Washington.
MY Dear Senator: Thank you
very sincerely for your frank let
ter Of yesterday about the suffrage
amendment. I realize the weight Of
argument that has controlled your
attitude in the matter. and I would
not have written as did II I had
not thought that the passage Of the
amendment at this time was an es-
sential psychological elsment in
tke conduct Of the war for democ-
racy. I am led by single SEN
tence in your letter. therefore. to
lcpntinned on siUeenSh PaGnl
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Merely a Temporary Measure.

The Salisbury resolution, 1t was
pointed out today, was intended mere
ly as a temporary measure to afford
as much protection as possible to ten
ants in Washington. while the more
complete legislation was in the max
ing. But since the passage OF the
resolution Representative Ben john
son made a speech in the- House and
wrote letters to the SenA&A con-
ferees on the Johnson-Pomeren6 rent
profiteering bill which have been re-
sented by the Senatess Ehe-Senets
has relieved its conferees from service
for the time being and sent a resolu-
tiou to the House to that efftAt This
resolution the House, on motion OF
Representative Johnson, has laid on
the table.
to the revenue measure It will be taken
out of the hands Of Mr.. johnson en-
tirely. He would in no case be con-
feree on the part Of the House. since
the conferees should be selected from
the ways and means committee, OF wnicn
he is not member. Senator .Pomerene
would not be a conferee either, since he
is not a member of the Senate finance
committee, which handles the revenue
The belief was expressed today that
If IllS way II WOuiu oC PocSioAC " w"
tian the needed legislation against profit
eering in rents in Washington, which,
in view Of the war work being done
here, is really a war measure. There
is a large majority in both the Senate
and House desirous Of having such
legislation enacted
Not New Experience for D. G.
It is not a new experience for the
District of Columbia to have i'm
portant legislation passed for it by
Congress as rider" on some other
bill. The law. creating the Public
Utilities Commission was a rider on
an appropriation bill. Also the Jones'
Works excise law, which has been
superseded by the Sheppard prohibi-
tion law, was a rider on an appro-
priation bill.
Much of the important legislation
for the entire country is contained in
riders on appropriation bills as well
as for the District. 1t has been found
the only feasible way in which to get
through desired legislation over
which there has been controversy ts
to attach 1t to some bill which must
20 through, such an appropriation
bill or q war bill.
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men trying to hold the line until the
situation is relieved. OF these diyi-
sions there are ten drawn from Crown
Prince Rupprecht's army, in the
north.
Draws on Other Army Groups.
The German crown prince had in
the neighborhood of 100000 men be-
tween Rheims and Chateau Thierry
when the attack across the Marne be-
gan on July Is. The increase in the
number of divisions engaged in the
battle would appear to indicate that
he had since that time drawn heavily
on other army groups.
1t would also seem that this action
on his part reflects the importance of
this battle in the eyes Of the German
high command.
There have been patrol operations
along the British front, but nothing
significant has occurred there.
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Hot Contest in West Virginia.

n heated political contest is being
waged in one of the congressional dis
tricts near neighbor to Washington
the second West Virginia. which bor-
ders the Potomac and takes in Mar
tinsburg. George NJ. Bowers. the re-
publican incumbent, Is being opposed
for the nomination by William T.
George of Philippi. Mr.. Bowers was
nominated in 1915 by a majority of
nearly 10000. He has served with
credit and indefatigability during the
Congress and has vigorously support
ed the President in all war measures.
He has three sons in France, in the
Army. Mr.. Bowers is known through
out the state, as he was United States
commissioner Of fish and fisheriea
during the terms Of Mckinley, Roose-
velt and Taft. and is popular in the
House.
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Went Abroad Last August.
Pennylvania Flier Killed Abroad.

LONDON. July 30.-Blight Cadet
George Ripple Wallace Of Washington.
Pa. was killed In m airplane accident
July 90. He was serving with the Hrit-
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PROF|TEER|NG BILL
TO Be MADE RIDER
Senate Will Consider Rent
Measure as Amendment to
War Legislation.
WOULD EvADE DEADLOCK

The bill to prevent profiteering In
rents in the District Of Columbia pass
ed by the Senate and now slowly dying
because of the friction that has arisen
between the Senate and House over
the matter. is to be offered as an
amendment to one Of the war meas
ures which will come up in the Sen
ate as soon as that body begins work
after the present holiday. Just wnicn
Of the war bills the rent bill Will De
attached to has not been determined.
though it is likely an attempt will be
made to place it in the revenue Dill.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio Is in
charge of the rent profiteering Dill
in the Senate. He is out Of the city.
but it is expected he will fall in with
the plan. If he does not take the
initiative in the matter. however, an
other member of the Senate District
committee said today he would oner
the profiteering bill as an amendment
to the revenue bill or to some otner
war measure which must become law.
Legislation Greatly Needed.
He pointed out that legislation
against rent profiteering is still
greatly needed in the District of Co
lumbia. Hundreds of persons here are
still being "profteered" against in
the matter Of rent. notwithstanding
the Salisbury resolution. now a law,
he said. Under the Salisbury resolu-
tion a tenant Is protected in his lease
at the same rate he was paying at
the time of enactment of the law.
But the house he is occupying may
be sold over his head and he must
move out and find some other
dwelling if the purchaser desires TO
live in the house himself. In that
case the man who moves has no pro-
lection whatever and must pay what
ever is demanded of him. There are
many persons coming to Washington
to work for he government and
they must also pay what is demand
ed, without any projection against
profiteering.
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After serving about four months in
the trenches and having passed
through without a scratch the earlier
engagements with the enemy at
Chateau Thierry and Belleau wood.
Capt Allen NJ Sumner Of the Marine
Corps Reserve, whose home was at
1915 s street northwest, Is reported
in today's casualty list as KILLED in
action"
While no details are included in
the notification received by his wife.
Mrs. Sumner, from marine headquar-
ters announcing his death, 1t is pre-
sumed he was with his machine gun
company in the onward rush Of the
marine units about Chateau Thierry
when he was killed.
Capt. Sumner was born in Boston
In the exclusive Back Bay district.
His family. was prominent for many
years in Boston society circles his
father, Allen M Sumner, er., now de-
ceased. having been for years ply
Bician there.
CAPT. Sumner was thirty-five years
old. He spent his early years abroad,
where he received his preliminary ed
ucation. He was graduated from Pom
fert Academy in Connecticut and 1904
he was graduated from Harvard.
Early Desire for the Navy.
When a boy he had a desire to join
the Navy and at seventeen. without
the knowledge Of his parents, he OBJ
tanned an appointment to Annapolis
Academy. but his father forbade him
to accept
After leaving Harvard he became
affiliated with the University Press at
Cambridge, Mass. and also studied
abroad. His travels and study took
him into all Of the European coun-
tries and Central and South America
In 1907 he was appointed a second
,ieutenant in the Marine Corps from
MASSACHUSETTS. He was promoted to
f,rst lieutenant on December IA. 1908.
sld vine holding this rank he re-
signed on January /. 1914. He Is
credited with one year and eight
months sea service and almost the
same length of time for foreign serv-
ice in the Marine Corps He was with
the second army of Cuban pacfncation
in 1903.
a first lieutenant in the Fleet Marine
C.orus Reserve for four years
He obtained the provisional rank Of
captain on March 22, 1917. and was
tranaferred to the Marine Corps Re-
serve He was detailed for three
months active service for training on
acfive saryice upon mobilization two
weeks later. In April. May and June
~ last wear he was stationed at Phil
adelphis, where he commanded q COM
pany.
Went Abroad Last August.
cant Sumner was ordered to the
Marine camp at Quantico, Va, on July
S of last year and ON August left
Mra. sumner received her last letter
from him on June q; The captain
then said Il at he had been in the
frenchee for three months, and had
passed through much fighting about
Chateau Thiery and at Beileau
woods, His letter was encouraging.
aaid Mra. Sumner, and he told Of pass
ing through the engagements with
out receiving q scratch
He leaves his mother, his wife and.
an eight-year-old daughter.
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WEATHER

Showers this afternoon or tonight,
cooler. Tomorrow, fair with moderate
temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 pm. today: Highest, 81, at
pm. yesterday; lowest. 72. at 6 AS am.
today.
Full report on page 1s.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
Member Of the Associated Press

the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It Or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dspatches herein also reserved
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
SIOUX CITY PTe. CO., NO. 1--1s1s.
LIONS. CHANGE IN CAPTIVITY
King of the Jungle Grows Darker Ir
Color, Skull Broader, Shorter
and More Massive.

Captivity proves to have a marked
effect on both the external appearance
and the. 1iead-shape of lions. OBSERVE
lions have. been made Oh five specimens
OF felis leo massaica that had died
after several years of life In the Zoo
logical park in Washington, states Il
correspondent, and "a specimens of the
same species that We're killed In the
wild state In East Africa.
i The chief external differences noted
are much darker color, more luSuriant
name. and longer tufts Of hair on the
elbows in The park animals as COM
pared with wild ones of the same age.
Confinement ia q damp atmosphere has
been shown to increase fermentation
in birds, and it is assumed that an at
mospheric humidity greater in Wash.
ington than in Africa has produced the
same effect in lions. The bones were
eve more s%trikingly affected.
The skulls of the captive lions are
broader and shorter, more massive and
bulky, and indicate that the powerful
muscles of the jaws and neck that are
SO much exercised by the prey-seizing
of wild lions have had little effect on
bone-shaping in the confined animals.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
SOAP AND POSSIBLE FAMINE
Youngsters Have No Worry Over I'M
pending Danger-conservation
Of the Present Supply.

Probably all the youngsters. particu-
larry the boys. believe that while
there's life there's soap. The millen-,
ninl dream of their childhood years
would come could they but escape the
daily inquisition of sap and water.
Apparently there will never be a wa.
ter shortage. But, according to nd.
vices from Washington, indicating pos.
sible failure OF the soap supply unless
everyone concrves carefully. there II
a faint hope for the youngsters Of re-
lief from n part Of the daily sanitary
ordeal. Oh, JOY!
If all the fathers of the country will
c~nrelessly leave the soap in their bath
water enough times, and all the moth.
ers will carefully wrap their wet wash.
rags around the cakes, and all the kids
! will blow n sufficient number of soap
bubbles, observes n writer In the Nil.
waukec journal. there will not be any
more of the hateful stuff that the Ger.
mans first introduced for cleansing
purposes and to the discomfort Of bill
lions of happy boys and girls. Folks
did not use soap in biblical days. They
had only ashes and grease to scrub,
with. The early Greeks and Romans.
got along without il. Why should IL
be u necessity today?
The old folks may look forward with
fear 10 Il SOAP famine. They may de.
Drccate the lessened production of fats
and the inability to transport vegetable
oils from over the seas. They may call
those who waste soap citizen shakers,
nonpatriots and all that. But the
youngsters have their own opinion. on
with the soap. Let 1t all be bathed uT1
quickly. Then Il long, long rest front
the daily soap annoyance.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Brinuino Home the Germs.

When our soldier boys mingle with
the soldiers OF all nationalities and
hight over strange aud disease-soaked
soil they may acquire many strange
disease germs and. returning to Ameri-
ca, bring them along, warns World
Outlook. pestilence has generally
been a camp follower of war. But sci
ence is dealing with this problem With
unprecedented vigor. Sir William Os-
Ter said "Never before in history has
SO great q host been assembled never
before in war time have armies been
so healthy
Yet We are warned as TO the danger
of indiscriminate immigration after
the war and of the great need of care
full medical and sanitary preparation
10 combat the unfamiliar diseases that
Sammies will bring home.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Better Blind Than Deaf.r

Margaret Baldwin, In Atlantic Monthly.
Scientists a shown that SOUND not
only informs the intellect, as does sight,
but that, much in excess of that sense.
1t eNcites feelings-that is, sound pure
and simple has 4 specific relation to feel
ings widely different from that of sight.
Its primary effect was the creating OF
moods. This being so, the simple fact
is, that sound has far more to do funda-
mentally with originating. our emotions,
or how we feel from day to Gay, than
has what we see.
1t should be said, In passing, thai there
Is very little recognition of this fact by
the person with normal hearing. Sight
and sound are so interviewer for him that
he does not discriminate as to what be-
longs ~intrinsically to each in the province
of feelings. 1t is only when the two are
clearly separated, as In deafness or blind
ness. that experience take note of what
belongs to the one and the other.
A scientific writer points out thai we
can see whit Indifference the writings
Of q suffering animal that ia still. but
that, If there are cries of pain, 1t pro-
duces emotion at once. We are dis
tressed. In reports of terrible marine
disasters. 1t is almost never said by
people that they can never forget the
sights they saw, but always that they
can never forget the cries or the drown
ing.
Although one would hardly hesitate
to say that the excess OF the blind mans
calamity over that of the deaf man Is
sufficient to overbalance his elenenta'
function of sound to produce moods, yet
the universal fact remains that the blind
are more cheerful han the deaf.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Well, Arc YOUR
]. Horace Mcfarland. in tho New Yorh
Independent.

.. f1ofdce MCFaTland, In tho New Ycrh
Independent.
Are you q civic mendlcan,. receiving
che ~unequaled benefits OF American citi.
zenship without giving anything but the
taxes forced from you? Are you a civic
wilmer, always complaining about the
way they" who govern you do things,
despite the fact that they" is really
you?
Are you a civic coward, afraid OF los.
ing worthless friends, or Of "interfertns
with business" If you call attention tG
inadequate service or poor methods in
public school administration, or in the
street cleaning. or in some other portion
OF the public service?
Are you q civic sneak, trying to avoid
Just taxation by evasion or downright
dishonesty, and thus putting upon your
neighbor part of the burden which is
yours? Are you a civic waster, consid-
ering that the water supply, the food
and fuel you buy. the service of collect
Ing garbage and refuse, the city's parks
and in general the community service
for which you pay or do not pay, is to
be used less carefully than if 1t was not
related to the present needs of the fight
ing world?
Arc you a civic 'ugnfier'-to use
Doctor Eliot's good worldwide throws
refuse into the streets, who fails to keep
his home premises pleasant in the eyes
of his neishbors? Do YOU, in you BUSH
ness. spread the virus of civic smallpox
through either using or permitting the
placing of the advertising signs which
assault the eyes OF your defensesass
~neighbors?
Determine the status of your citizen
ship. BY searching self inquiry find out
whether you are a negative, and there
fore half bad citizen; whether you are a
selfish and destructive citizen, pulling
down what others are endeavoring to
build up; or whether o are truly a
constructive citizen. Jealous for the quail
fly and The honor of the government Of
which YOU are a part.