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The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
MAKE WAR ODIOUS TO
BOCHES, SAYS MURRAY
English Liberal Says We Must Dis
gust Germany with Fighting.


London, Aug. ll.-ln an interview in
the London Observer. Prof. Gilbert
Murray, the distinguished English
Liberal publicist, discusses the Ques-
ton OF the League. Of Nations with
reference TO Germany. He says:
II believe that it is time TO put a
stop forever 10 international uirs-y.
There will be none OF it in the future.
believe our principal determination
in the present moment is that We will
not live in a Europe in which a great
power clings as Germany does TO the
belief that war is a normal instrument
of policy. To prevent that 1 believe
that England would keep on fighting
until she went under.
TT seems TO me that our policy
must be as follows: At present Ger
strength and completely cynical about
international ideals. She hates the
whole conception of a permanent
peace and the whole theory Of a
compulsory adjustment OF interna-
tional disputes by arbitration. She
hates it because she feels that she
has growing power and has oil to gain
by fighting. She believes she will be
held down and cramped by any sys'
tern Of binding international agree
ments. Thus our course is sure. What
We have to do is make the prospects
of actual war fewer and make war
hereafter more and more odi"us &C
Germany until the scale OF the bal
ance Of German thought turns. This
means that We must make in future
not one, but two offsnsives and thst
both must be thoroughly active. One
must be our military offensive and the
other must be a new and enlish encc
diplomatic offensive"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
BY HAROLD EDWIN BEcHToL.

StdH NOrfeskOnQenL NAsuhslOn hUe-A
London, Aug. IL. - Germany Is
scared white.
She's scared. first OF all, over the
turn of things on the West front;
over the thousands of Americans
regularly Outfighting her; over the
hundreds of thousands Of Ameri-
cans waiting to get into the line;
over the millions of other Ameri-
cans "on the way"
This information comes from an
allied source whose business 1t is
TO know conditions in the enemy
countries.
She's frightened about Austria
She doesn't know what moment
Austria may blow up. She knows
what is known and conceded in Of
ficiaI sources-that the Austrian
economic situation is worse now
that ii has been since the opening
of the war. and the people are
bolder.
She's frightened about Russia.
Allied warships and American
troops up north have puffed out her
hope of getting her hands on the
hundreds of thousands of tons of
military stores at ArChangel. there
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
WIRE TIE-UP IS
NOT PROBABLE
FOR FEW DAYS

The telegraph strike is not expected
today by President S. ]. Konenkamp
Of the Commercial Telegraphers
Onion. Response to his order against
the strike have been received from
all of the locals that had voted to
walk out today except from Seattle.
All agreed 10 abide by his decision.
must wait for the conference
of President Gompers OF the American
Federation of Labor and Postmaster
General Burleson tomorrow" said Mr.
Konenkamp last night. Our assur-
ances are such that l can't see any
other end to the situation except that
President Wilson's labor policy be ap-
piled to it. With that done, our men
cannot be Disseminated against for
urSon activity All We are asking
for from the Postmaster General is
President Wilson's announced labor
policy.
Konenkamp Condones Action.
81 have sought to avoid a strike
during the period of the war. and
especially since the government took
over the lines. Labor is absolutely
behind the President in this war and
the telegraphers yield to none in this
attitude: but consider the situation
under which We have been working.
Our men discharged for union men,
bership. a right which the President.
himself, guaranteed them: these same
men and their families are in want.
suffering for food. their clothes in
rags. Do you wonder that they have
become restive. and that many of the
locals voted TO go out, whether or
no?"
On today's developements hangs the
strike decision. II no action is taken
by the postal department to reinstate
the men discharged by the Western
Union for unionism, konenkamp says
he will be unable TO hold his men
longer. He may even be forced to
give formal approval to the strike.
This would take a heavy proportion
OF Western Union operators away
from their keys, and would overflow
a mass OF commercial messengers on
railway wires.
mo member of the Order OF Rail-
way Telegraphers will handle CONNER
cial business if the Commercial
Telegraphers Union declares an
authorized strike" said President H.
B. Perham of the o. r. T. tonight.
We are watching the Developments
Closely
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
SPEED IN COAL
OUTPUT ASKED
BY PRESIDENT

Fearing a coal famine again this
issued an appeal TO miners for full
speed production. In it he states that
many more miners will be taken in
the draft, indicating no formal in
tention on the part OF Provost Mar
shal General Crowder TO grant vo-
cational exemptions to miners, but at
the same time eXtols the patriotism
OF those miners who are granted de-
ferred classifications and meet the
nations crisis by plying their under
ground trade. through the more spec
tacular honors of war allure them.
The President said in part:
ITO All Those Engaged in Coal
Mining:
Presidents ProeIamatiea.
THE existing scarcity OF coal Is
creating a grave danger-in fact the
most serious which confronts us
and calls for prompt and vigorous ac-
ton on the part of both operators
and miners. Without an adequate
supply our war program will be re-
tarded; the effectiveness OF our fight
ing forces in France will be lessened
the lives of our soldiers will be un-
necessarily endangered and their
hardships increased, and there will
be much suffering in many homes
throughout the country during the
winter.
II am well aware that your ranks
have been seriously depleted by the
draft. by voluntary enlistment and by
the demands Of other essential irdus-
tries. This handicap can be overcome
however. and sufficient coal can be
mined in spite of it, IL every one con-
nected with the industry, from the
highest official to the youngest boy,
will give his best work each day for
the full number of work hours. The
operators must be Jealous ss never
before to bring about the highest eHi-
cheney of management. TO establish
tee best possible working conditions.
and to accord fair treatment to eve~y-
BODY. so that the opportunity to work
at his best may be accorded ,veiy
workman. The miners should report
for work every day. unless prevente1
by unavoidable causes, and should no,
only stay in the mines the tau time.
hut also see to it that they &c. more
coal than ever before.
1T is with full confidence that !
call upon you to assume Lae burden
of producing an ample suLp:y of coal.
You will. 1 aI sure. accep.. this bur-
den and will successfully carry II
through. and in so doing yoi will he
performing a service lust as worthy
as serving in the trenches, and will
win the applause and gratituda OF
the whole nation.
WOODROW WILSON"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
SOMEWHAT WARMER TODAY.
Sundays Cooling Winds Will Be
Missing. Forecaster SAYS.

The actual rise in degrees of heat
today will be comparatively small
over the maximum achieved yester-
day in Washington, but the city will
not be visited by the pleasant and
light cast winds that prevailed yester-
day. according to predictions by Fore
caster Henry.
The maximum degree Of heat regis
tered Yesterday was 50. Today il is
expected the thermometer will rise to
ss or % degrees.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
LEADER ADMITS FAILURE.
Ludendorff Says German Strateg,
Failed at Marne.

London. Aug. 1.-THE Berlin cor
respondent of the Munich Post
writes:
"On the same day that Ludendorff
confessed our strategic plans had
failed at the Marne, he made a
speech at Hamburg wherein he said
that the Turkish attache had iust
told him he considered the Marne
battle a German victory"
The correspondent adds a few re-
marks about the attempts of GER
tain official circles to conceal the
truth from the German people.
They have done incalculable harm
and are largely responsible for the
public bitterness
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
TRIES SUICIDE, KILLS HER son
Mrs. J. Allen Dunn Adiudsed Insane
After Shooting.

Lenox. Mass. Aug. 11.-Mrs. Gladys
Dunn, 80. wife of ]. Allen Dunn,
author and scenario writer, and
daughter OF E. H. Courvoiser, a San
Francisco art dealer, while trying to
take her own life today, missed her
aim and sent bullet through the
head of her 2-year old son. The child
was rushed to the hospital where IL
was said he would die. The shooting
took place in the Dunn home ON the
Pittsfleld road.
Mrs. Dunn was adjudged insane
shortly after the shooting and sent to
the State asylum at Northampton,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
Boche Rout
Is Complete
In Picardy

Paris, Aug. 11.-Latest news from
the Picardy front indicates that the
allies jumped on the Germans just as
the latter were preparing for a ma
chine-gun rear-guard resistance. SIM
liar to that put up by them OH the
Ourcq. The allies evidently smashed
through before the Germans could get
ready.
Officers of all ranks have been cap
tured, some of them in their under
clothes. which is further proof of the
utter surprise Of the allied blow. The
German divisions are easily identified,
as the troops had no time to remove
their marks as they usually do. Only
field-gray corpses litter the battlefield.
There are scarcely any bodies IN
khaki or blue.
French Attack Spreads.
The French attack is spreading
southeast from Montdidier and threat
ems to include the Scissors area,
thus linking the Picardy with the
Aisne theater OF operations. Such a
front would be more than 16o miles
long.
Lassingy (fourteen miles southeast
of Montdidier) and Roye are already
under the fire of allied guns.
A German retirement back to the
1915 line seems tonight extremely
probable, under the force and
pressure of the impetuous allied
armies.
Paris is overjoyed at the progress
of events at the front. Every hour
brings new cheerful tidings. The SUM-
bathed boulevards were crowded to-
day by truly gay Parisians, celebrat-
ing the wiping out OF the German
threat on the Disc. so hard on the
heels of the e;im'pation of the Teuton
menace on the Msrne
Compiegne. the northeastern key
of. the French capital, is definitely
saved by the events of the last few
days.
Red Cross Active.
Premier Clemenceau proceedd to
Montdidier today.
A German deserter, an artillery
man, told his French captors that
the German shortage of horses is
critical. Front dispatches are. full
of praise for. the allied Red Cross
service, which follows close in the
wake OF the armies. advance sta
tions sprouting like mushrooms
everywhere.
Dispatches late this evening state
that German resistance may be ex-
pected to stiffen.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
High Hun Officers Bagsed
In Hasty Retreat.

Paris. Aus. 1l.-An reports show eE-
treme confusion among the enemy
forces in their precipitate retreat.
Among the prisoners taken are gen
erals. colonies and oficers Of all other
grades. Eleven divisions OF Gems.
Won Hutier and Won Marwitz have
been identified by prisoners taken.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
TODAY'S CASUALTY
LISTS

Casualty lists including the
names of 431 members of the
American Expeditionary Forces
made public yesterday. will be
found on Page 4 Of this morn
ing's Washington Herald.
The lists include 345 members
of the army forces and s6 Ma
rines.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
Harry GilfoiI Crank Craft Dead.

Bay Shore, n. Y. Aug. Hilary
Gnfoil, noted comedian, whose real
name was Frank B. Graft, died to-
day at his home here, aged s. years.
Mr.. Graft had appeared but infre-
qucntly on the stage in recent years.
He was born in washington. D. c.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
CLUES FOUND
IN MURDER OF
MISS EVA ROY
Lou Hall Again on Grill;
May Be Blood Spots on
Garment He Wore.

\ blue denim workman's shirt, with
few spots of rusty brown near the
collar, is the latest clue in the hands
of the authorities of Fairfax County
searching for the murderer of Eva
Roy, the 14-year-old girl assaulted
and brutally murdered in a wood
near her fathers home last Tuesday
afternoon.
The shirt belongs to Lou Hall. the
wOodcutter. held in the county Jail
for the murder. and is the one he was
wearing the day of the crime. The
authorities will analyze the spots to-
day to try and discover whether or
not they are blood. There are only a
few faint speckS of brown near the
neck of the shirt and one or two
larger ones on the bosom.
Saturday the authorities were be-
ginning to believe that Hall was in
nocent. but developments in the case
yesterday seemed to implicate him
in the crime. Statements made by
the mans wife, Naomah Taylor. a
daughter of a farmer in the neigh
bOrhOod. are regarded as damaging
evidence against him.
Inc Ouiy Evidence.
Mrs. Hall declared that her hus-
band left their home without his
ak shortly after lunch on the day
of the murder. About an hour and
half afterwards he returned,
greatly excited and upset. She
stated that his clothes were wiring
ing with water. as though he had
been in the creek. The authorities
believe that, If he committed the
crime. he washed the stains of blood
from his clothing.
The wife of the suspected man,
however. is not regarded as being
sane. The continued abuse that she
has suffered at the hands of her
husband seems to have unsettled her
mind. Her father declares that Hall
was accustomed brutally to beat her
on the slightest pretext.
Fellow workmen at the camp
where Hall was employed declare
that on the day following the crime
the man seemed gloomy and de-
pressed.
The stained shirt, the testimony
of the mans wife and of his fellow
workmen are the evidence against
Hall in the possession of the
authorities.
The Finger Prints.
At present there is strong doubt
whether or not the red brown marks
on the shirt are blood and. further
more. as it has been pointed out by
those examining the garment. that
the shirt is old and frayed. and that
in the case of the struggle the worn
cloth surely would have given way.
Mrs. Harrison, the neighbor of the
family who prepared the body for
burial, stated yesterday that there
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The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
Kaiser Karl at Front.

Basle, via Paris. Aug. n.-Emperor
Charles Of Austria has gone TO the
Italian front it is learned from
Vienna
A new Austrian offensive has been
rumored for some time Kaiser Karl
may be speeding to witness an Aus
TRAN ''Friedenstyrm"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
Kaiser Carries Nerve Specialist.

Amsterdam, Aug. 1.-THE latest ru-
NOR from the front is that the Kaiser
never goes anywhere unless accom-
panied by one Of the greatest nerve
specialists in Berlin So
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
SUGAR TO COST
CENT A POUND
MORE IN U. S,

The United States. though facing an
increase of probably l cent a pound
on its sugar bill, will still be getting
its sugar cheaper than any other
country. except possibly Cuba.
Sugar has been retailing here at 81
to 9 cents a pound, with the price
going as high as 10 cents at particu-
larry remote points. The wholesale
price in the United States has been
$50. though recently raised to $50
a hundred pounds.
This years Cuban crop was taken
at $50, 40 cents added for transpor-
tation. and s1.30 allowed as the re-
finer's margin. Later. 20 cents was
added to cover increased insurance
and sea transportation. On this basis
the retailer had a margin of one to
one and a half cents a pound for hand
ling.
Against this the regulated whole
sale price in France was $122S per
hundred pounds. United Kingdom.
s12j9: Italy, $3.50; Canada. $S.O7. In
Sweden beet sugar sells for IA cents
a pound: Spain, 19c; Brazil, sc; Por-
tugal, IA; and India lac.
The Bill.
From April, 1917, to April. 1915 the
United States used S,21S. So. 900 pounds
and its sugar bill was $599, $50, 1856. The
United Kingdoms annual consumption
is about 3.13l, ,19S. .Ob; France, 1.1H,-
2i2. .000; ItaIy's. 553, 800, 900 and Canada s
104, 10000. The total consumption OF
the allies is about $3.50, $4,000 pounds
year, at a total cost of 1866, 100, 4SG
wholesale. at an average price OF
Sl2.5219 a hundred, or 12.525 a pound.
Had Americas sugar bill been on
| this basis it would have been s429,-
| 419,s64.5O larger. With the cent a
pound added, Americas price will still
be far below that obtaining in allied
! countries.
The Sugar Equalization Board OF
the Food Administration will take
over the entire raw output of beet
sugar, Louisiana cane, Hawaiian
Cuban. and possibly Peruvian, IL the
| surplus there can be had at ANYTHING
like reasonable price. and will then
equalize the price on the entire
amount and allocate it to the differ
ent refineries, establishing the mar.
gins on which they may sell.
sThe cent increase seems prob
able after conferences in New York
and here between Sugar Administra.
tor George Rolph and representatives
or the Cuban, Louisiana cane and beet
producers. Cuban and beet represen.
tatives were with him Saturday and
the Louisiana people were here today
Increased prices seem necessary "a
cover increased costs and to stim.
ulate production but the s,Ipo, "a
ministrator will make the increase as
small as may be, so that the do.
mestic consumer will be protected.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
Germans Throw New
Divisions in Fight.

With the British Army in France,
Aug. ll.-The fourth day OF the
Franco-B British offensive southeast OF
Amiens was marked by sitter Ger
man resistance. The Germans rallied
with seventeen divisions along a -
mile front, while six fresh divisions
were taking the places OF as many
that had been cut up by the allies In
the last three days.
The British have been pushing
ahead by leaps and bounds during tas
last three days. carrying their line
forward 20 a depth of more than ten
miles at the farthest points.
There was little change today in the
line gained yesterday. British cav
airy has reported further progress q
I be dificult Tanks and mounted
troops are working along the plateau
near Chsulnes.
Americans Score Success.
A counter blow struck by the en-
emy was defeated by British and
American units.
Yesterday Canadians and Austria
lians encountered hard fighting south
of the Somme in the vicinity OF Ro-
sieres and astride the Roye road. due
| TO the arrival Of two fresh enemy
divisions.
With the assistance OF the tanks
and cavalry the German resistance
was broken and an advance OF 7.oo
yards was made over a front Of ls.COB
yards.
Australian troops captured the
headquarters Of the 5lst German army
corps in Nauvillers. Later the head
quarters of the 18th and 225th Barar-
! ian divisions. and another divisional
headquarters were captured in and
near Lihons. Many maps and records
Of correspondence were left behind
/ by the retreating foe at each of
these headquarters.
The latest figure Of prisoners, avail
able at this front, is 5000, taken by
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The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
French First Army Nears RoyeI
and Noyon Despite Opposition
of New Hun Troops
CHAULNES, RAIL TOWN, FALLS
$4,000 Prisoners, 500 Guns, High Off
GERS Taken; Six Decimated Divisions
Replaced by Hun; Americans Aid.

Paris Aug 1.-The French First army, advancing ths
face of sfened German resistance northeast of Monter
has occupied the village of Marquvers which lies only three
miles and quarter southwest of Roye the of the
German Pcardy pocket. SsS,sa- . - = 4;
GrvIers Village. four miles and quarter southwest Of
Roye and situated the MontderRoye Railway. also has
been taken by the French. tonshs office oommunque
=. - i
The night oomnunique further shows that the French
right pressing noheastard north of the 0se. have pushed
ahead within only SIX and onehaf miles of Noyon the
southern pivot of the whole German Pcardy front The village
of Cambonne. which that distance from Noyon, has been
captured Machemon Village. and hree-quarter miles be-
low Cambronne. also is In French hands.
Between Mondder and Noyon the French have reached
the outskirts of Canny sur-Ma. less than miles slightly
northeast of Lasssny and little than eight miles north
west of NOyOn- zsaHIsys
CHAULNES, RAIL!TowE, TAKEN. Ftsae5s :
London Aug IIChauInes the important railway the
heart Of the Somme battle front and key the southern inc OF the
German salient ha, been captured by the allies. Tecspu
effected by Australian and Canadian troops.
5000 PRISONERS AND 500 GUNS CAPTURED.
Paris. Aug 1.-THE number of prisoners taken far the
allied offensive Pcardy estimated 0OO including
than 900 officers More than 500 have been captured accord
ing the latest advices.
The pivot of the German this stage of the battle
appears the of NOson, about midway between Mont
dder and Sssons The throwing from this base
effort prevent regardless of the allies from gaming
troll of the NoyonHam road which choked with material. guns
and troops
The Germans expected make desperate stand the
RoyeNoyon line permit the columns which eresns the
direction of NesIe and Ham reach safety
The resistance of the Germans ffenng against the Fourth
British under Gen. Rawnson They reactns violently the
region hon which changed hands during the night but
which this morning firmly held by the British. =,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
FRENCH NEAR NOYON, PICARDY
PIVOT; HUN RESISTANCE GROWS
HUN SUB GETS
9.SCHO ONERS

Destruction by a German
submarine Of nine fishing
sehooners off the Massachu-
sets coast was announced
late last night by the Navy
Department. The loss Of life
IS unknown.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12
THE WEATHER

Today and Tuesday Fair and
warm. Highest temperature yester-
day, 50; Lowest, 73.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
BRITISH SLACKERS HERE
'ecruiting Mission Says They Make
Munitions to Escape War

m, 'iush subjects OF military age in this
! nave used munitions factories as
!. "sanS n,s OF escaping service. according
-ssaon here, Although 1000 have been
masSe since last July, there are still
u ~ su, IN the city, At the present rate
1bisa,as st,nent, the number of British
.'s, ~o Years, the weekly enIistments re- re-
y having averaged only 15O.
M uWsellant w. a. Ross and Lieutenant
hssio.N newton, of the British recruiting
isets Nv of Britain to heed the coun-
ln,ts, eel' said that there are known
bo.hioass where men have quit good
lsplsiniss 10 work in munitions plants,
svoid 'nlhg ing that they were doing so to
fSta military service i'm event of rati-
9a,es OF the treaty between United
pss ana Great Britain whereby each
hers oe permitted to draft the sub
detoS tue other within its own juris-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
VHlLE GETS GERMAN SHIPS
'se Is Agreed Upon, Says Word
From Santiago

b,,snuaEo' Chile, April 24.-Long nego-
f.sM by Chile to lease some Of the
i,pah ships now interned i'm Chilean
rsss +.ggfs are about completed, It is under
M. ana Germany will furnish three
se,a ,'.a, total Of $4,000 tons, to the Gov
ee.et OF ships for use by Chile has
- an agricultural crisis. There are
N, supplies Of wheat in this country,
~, mas been found impossible to ex-
~ 'he last two harvests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
RUSSIAN CABLES BANNED


Cahlograms to parts Of Russia oc-
cupted by or under the influence oC Ger
many will not be forwarded, according
20 announcement by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. acting on advice
from the British Governments The am
uumC"mrut follows.
"rhr British authorities advise that
'cIrL,amS for places i'm Russia i'm enemy
occupation or undo" enemy influence. will
rot be- forwarded and That scudcrs on
rendering messages to Russia, should be
informed accordingly and advised mes
sagts are only accepted entirely at
-rudors' risk and on the understanding
that no subsequent inquiry concerning
them will be entertained