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BAKER Sees VICTORY
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ders. Here the overwhelming bulk Of
enemy strength Is concentrated. Here
our forces are fighting.
Steadily the Franco-British forces
are pushing forward.
In Flanders, allied attacks were par
ticularly successful. The British have
compelled the Germans to retire north
Of the Ypres-Roulers road. They have
penetrated within 100 yards of Pass
chendaele, where the Canadian troops
distinguished themselves by captur-
ing Bellevue Spur, after infiicting seri-
Gus losses on the enemy.
In the vicinity OF Dixmude. the Bel
CLANS executed several success full
raids. while the French. by a we'll
directed assault, occupied the eastern
outskirts of the Houthulst Wood and
captured several villages, including
Merken and kipps. as well Al a num-
Der Of strongly fortified farm houses.
This success Is Of Importance as
marking an extension Of the allied
lines north of Ypres. which means a
further sharpening OF the blade OF the
wedge in Flanders.
North of the Aisne the French have
enlarged their success of the preced-
inS week by taking certain villa Ses.
which they nave successfully held in
the face of strong counter attacks BY
the enemy. Though mentioned only
briefly in dipatches. these operations
are OF great tactical Importance. The
Germans, unable to withstand the in
tense pressure of the French in this
sector. have made a retiring move
ment And yet no exact indications
have been received as to its extent,
. l.. f.Fr a a.
result in a readjustment of the enemy
line in the region of Laon. La Fere.
and even northward to st. Quentin.
In the Verdun sector the enemy.
after violent bombardments, launched
several sanguinary attacks. which
were beaten of by the French. One
attack in the area of Chaume Wood
was temporarily successful.
Enemy Outposts withdrawn.
Along the Eastern front there has
been little change in the situation.
The enemy is APPARENTLY continuing
to draw in his outposts in the Riga
sector. but no engagements Of i'm
portance are reported.
The Germans have evacuated the
Nerder Peninsula. This leaves the
enemy without any foothold on the
northern peninsula Of the Gulf Of
Riga. and would Indicate that he is
contemplating no futher advance on
Petrograd for the time being.
In Palestine the British have scored
Seersheba, success by the capture of
Beershcba. including a large number
of prisoners
The Turkish forces. commanded by
German officers. and assisted by
heavy artillery, put up a determined
resistance
The British are extending their
gains In this area and pushing north
ward towards Jerusalem. which is
now less than forty miles distant.
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MONUMENT TO MARINE.

Guantanamo. Cuba. Nov. "A
concrete monument, nodded by his
old comrades in arms, has just been
erected at Guantanamo, Cuba. to the
memory of Sergt. John Platt, L. S.
Marine Corps. who escaped un-
scathed in battles in China, Mexico
and the Philippines. only to fall at
Fort Riviere, Hayti. September 26,
1915. while campaigning against
Caco bandits.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-05
Dinner a Ia Trench"
To Cost $1.50 Plate
AT Marine Banquet

dish of beans, "side order"
Of potatoes. and a cup of coffee,
served "a la TRENCH" 1850
That 10 the complete menu for a
banquet to be given by United
States Marines at their Quantico
training camp. The banquet" will
be prepared on rolling field kitch-
ems" and the guests. officers, their
wiv,s and enlisted men, will dine
from the tir mess gear asef by
marines IN the field.
Through this novel AFFAIR the ma
rines expect to raise more thni.
$4,000. and will turn the money
over to an established war charity.
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to do examples in arithmetic He
looks for paper and discovers the
proclamation lying on the table" He
makes a copy and takes it to school
with him and reads it aloud to the
students there. As he could not be
condemned to death even in the court
OF DR.. KONG, since he was under 20
years of age, he was condemned to
twelve years in the penitentiary.
Scholars Condemned.
We are now in school and there
the reasonable undertakings con-
tinue. All the pupils who had lis
tened to the reading of the procla-
nation were accused and con-
demned. Pavlat (17 years old), Hav-
ranek GD, Czech QD, Novak (1D,
Adamec Q5), Bajgsr (17), Robunek
15), Hut (17), Rohac (17) were con-
demned to eighteen months in the
penitentiary. Nemec Qs), Hruby
(1S), Sovcik (17). Domol GD, Koprt
QS). Polisek G6), Botur GS). Faiti
(I7). Jabornik 16), Koprivs 17),
Pittaner 16) were condemned to
one year in the penitentiary. All
the Is to 1S-year-old boys were sent
to jail because they had listened to
the proclamation and had not re-
ported 1t. This one reading brought
about twenty-four and a half years
of penitentiary sentences.
But the affair is still not at an
end. One of the pupils in the trade
school, Joseph Hudec. Is years old,
copied the proclamation stenograph-
ically as 1t was read by Stochleba
and thus obtained a copy He
showed 1t to one of his friends, Be-
ran, a pupil in the Second Manual
Training School, and then destroyed
his stenographic notes. They con-
demned this 16-year-old boy to ten
years in the penitentiary. His
friend. Wenzel Beran, likewise only
16 years old. was given a ten-year
sentence. He showed the copy to
schoolmate, who read it and
showed 1t to two others. The first
of these three got ten years in the
penitentiary, the two others a year
each.
OIL Years' Conhnement.
The landlord of the first pupil. a
tailor's apprentice, copied the text
and showed II about in the work
I
rooms. He was condemned to death,
one apprentice got three years in
the penitentiary, a second, who had
showed IL to his helper, was con-
demned to death. The tailor, d.
visch by name. put the piece of
paper In his pocket without know
ing that the proclamation was on II.
With him the affair seems to have
become known. The police here be-
came active and traced in the re-
verse direction the path of the
proclamation And so the COPY
which Aurelia Kolik sent her uncle
became the cause of the condemn
ing Of thirty-nine persons. And SO
six death sentences and sentences
aggregating ninety-one years of
confinement in the penitentiary
were brought about"
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forces quickly augmented by a num-
ber of detectives. addressed them
selves TO the work of rescuing the
inmates.
Lead them to the fire escape
Quick" yelled Cant. Mcbride.
But 1t was discovered that the
buildings one fire escape was at the
rear. Escape by that means was i'm
possible.
A mad rush for the interior stairway
followed. Choked by smoke, which
also go blinded them that they groped
dazedly while surging toward the
stairs, the crowd of men reached the
only interior means of esress en-
masse. 1t was inevitable that some Of
the crippled and weaker men should
go down III the rush. At least five
probably isIl either on the stairway or
near its foot. Their charred bodies
were later discovered huddled In the
lower hall. They had apparently first
been trampled upon and later borned
to death.
Directly after the firemen arrived a
life net was spread to catch the men
who were jumping from third and
fourth-story windows.
Some of the men, crazed py fear,
sprang from the windows without
waiting for the net. They were badly
injured. A few others. even after the
net had been spread. disregarded it. or
failed to see II in their panic, and
leaped over II " to one side.
Aged Man Rescued.
Andrew Mcdonald. an aged inmate
OF the Building, was trappe' on the
fourth floor. Crippled by rheumatism,
he managed to make his way . the
window, but was unable to pull him
self over the ledge. His white face
was seen, lighted by the flames. at
the window. Long ladders hpd been
fetched by that time. and one was
quickly raised to the window. Lieut..
Mosely and two of his men rembled
UP the ladder at the imminent risk
of their own lives, for the flames were
even then licking up the side of the
building.
Reaching the window, they drew the
crippled man through and made a
hasty descen-. AS they reached the
ground. the entire side of the building
was enveloped ty flames.
Paterson's thirteen fire companies,
under Chief Thomas Coyle, had much
difficulty in preventing the fires
spread.
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poorly men run things over which
| they have control.
The grievance OF Mrs. Dorothy Bart
lett was that the cruel guard took
away her wedding ring. Mr.. Bartlett
was at the party, having come from
Connecticut to take his wife home at
the end OF her imprisonment
Very thrilling was the speech OF
Miss Mary Winser. who said: who
are we to live in comfort, TO live I'm
ease, when this cause calls u.s." Miss
Winser said that she had been told
OF unspeakable conditions at Occo-
guam among the colored prisoners and
believed that part of the reason that
the suffragists were put in solitary
confinement was that they might not
have the opportunity to learn Of
these things.
+; An interesting diversion was that
furnished by Mrs. Arneili, a second
time offender, who played upon a
comb and tissue paper some of the
airs with which she had cheered the
prisoners.
Miss Maud Malone said that Mr..
ZinIhan is a gentleman in appear
ance. Another speaker was Miss Eli
nor Callan, one of the sixteen offend
crs pardoned by the President.
Jail Reduces Weight.
Mrs. Pauline Adams related how
Miss Alice Paul broke a window with
book so that they might get fresh
air.
Perhaps the most vital speech was
that Of Miss Edith Ange, who recon-
mended Occoquan as the ideal place
in which to grow thin. Miss Ange
had been trying to lose weight for
quite while without success. She
went to make visit with Mr.. Whit
taker and returned svelte and slender,
having lost twenty-three pounds.
Miss Vida Milholland. sister of the
famous Inez Milholland, sang a
charming little Irish melody and a
ringing song of Tho Cause" to the
air of the Marseillaise.
At the conclusion of the evening
Mrs. Frances Hilles told the as
semblage of the organizations need
for financial help and asked for
pledges. She was Immediately replied
TO by dozens Of pledges ranging from
five to a hundred dollars. Mr.. Nc
Allister Smith contributed $50 in the
name of the leader Of the Russian
Women's Battalion of Death. whom
he met during visit to that country.
Mrs. Halligan contributed $500 worth
of liberty bonds. Mrs. Gardiner Mrs.
Hills and Mrs. Halligan each pledged
81 for every picket in line on
November 10. the date set for the big
suffrage drive.
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JOHN R. DORSEY DIES,

Baltimore, Nd. Nov. 4-John r.
Dorsey, one Of the most prominent
cotton merchants in the United
States, died here.
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CANVASS BEGINS
FOR "WAR DADDY
FUNDS" TODAY
Campaigners Will Meet in
District Building to Re-
ceive Instructions.

Washington war Camp cam
paigners meet In board room OF
District Building at 0 o'clock this
morning to begin canvass for
Swar Daddy FUND.-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-18

Flng," by Honor Greono. Ponheld Butler
stnou9shtiessIy tramples on tho Stars and Stripes
uurlnG tho excitement Of q snowfall fight. An
hiss just as no Is about to npoosiss
poys stubbornness. ind results In his refusal
10 make an apology A coldness between Pen
ana his grandfather. Colonel Butler, veteran
E 9 the War Between tho States. follows. which
Is not removed until Pen. convinced that the
United States must shortly be drawn into the
great war and anxious to show In an unmis-
takabie way his love and reverence for his flag.
w wdesrs for the Eoregn Legion and vi rs
description of fighting, tho old coloners uneS-
Pected appearance In France on tho day Uncle
gam declares war on Germany. and the Won
enthusiastic Frenchmen make fitting climax
to the story.
Science and Learning in France" is a volume
that will find large appreciation among students
IN america The book has been prepared as an
appreciation by American scholars. and issued
BY the Society for American Fellowship In
volume. ms explained in tho preface. is. pri-
marily. to put before the American public the
contributions Of France In all fields of scientific
knowiedge. and to show her status in the fore
70 furnish to American university students all
Information bearing on graduate work IN
france. There is given the record of French
during the past 9sntary; the n1taGae
lines OF Developments in general. the share OF
france In the worlds progress; the courses OF
instruction given, now or recently, at the uni
portant scholars with mention OF their prnci.
pal contributions and OF the special fields OF
research over which they preside; the facilities
available for study and research, including the
libraries. abora tories. archives. and museums.
the auxiliary institutes. special schools. and
learned societies and committees. together with
much other information that is Invaluable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-18
:. The Majority VIII

their devotion to American nationality
l and American ideals, practically all Of the
strong men connected with the Socialist party
as It existed up to the time America entered
thee,war have either voluntarily abandoned
the party or been read out OF it, The party
organization is now in the hands OF radicals
who make no pretense Of respecting the ma
jortty will OF the people as expressed in
law enacted by their chosen representatives.
AS an instance. the so-called Socialist can
didate for controller OF New York is reported
as having publicly declared. in counseling
resistance to the seectve draft law, that no
honest Socialist would hesitate to prefer
prison stripes to soldiers uniform This
amounts to direct rejection of the salutary
doctrine announced by Thomas Jefferson, that
policy once having been determined "by
the voice OF the nation. announced, according
to the rules OF the Constitution, all will. OF
course. arrange themselves under the will
OF the Law. and unite in common efforts for
tho. common good"
Those who obstruct the majority will az
radical Socialists propose, will do so at their
peril.
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Is>1t a Step Nearer Peace?

the change in the German ministry the
\ autocracy was undoubtedly shaken to it's
very foundation, but the earthquake resulted
Tar more from the forces from without than
from within. In reality the German people
are no nearer masters Of themselves than
they were before. for equal manhood suf-
frage will confer on them such mastery.
Their behavior In tho storm that has lust
passed makes 1t evident that there will be
no popular German revolt now There is
not sign that there is Patrick Henry
Danton or Kerensky among these phlegmatic
ana IN many ways excellent people. Matthias
Erzberger Is not even a Carl Schurz. The
German people are without leaders because
they nave not the soul Of freedom in them.
Ihey can produce chemists and organizers
and materialistic philosophers like Ernst
Haeckel, but they are impotent to breed
wilson's, Lloyd Georges and Ribots They
are loo proud OF their science, of their state
organism and "Kultur" to be individuals.
See Germany is the birthplace and the
university of socialism, the antithesis of in
dividualsm, and Germany is to-day passing
through It's fiery furnace to evolve this in
dlVidualism SO as to join the democracIes of
the world A German never steps out from
the crowd except as autocrat Every
great hero In German history has been some
sort OF an autocrat among his fellows. To
sustain this autocrat, he has been elevated
into a superman.
What now burns the souls OF the German
people in the midst of their terrible suffer-
ings is the taunt from the outside world
that they are slaves. Heretofore the word
slave meant nothing to them, but in sorrow
and anguish the word is at last taking on a
meaning. They are beginning to see in it
the responsibility for their present unhappy
condition. Such state OF mind comes slow
~ and painfully to people who has never
had the Nihilism of Russia to fight autoc-
racy for them. Individually, the Germans
are as backward in political consciousness
as the Turks and the masses of the Eastern
Mohammedans and Hindus
Again they will see how vain It is to
change ministry over which the Reichstag
mas no power. Sooner or later they will see
that they must cast up man who is ready
to die for them. and for whom they can die
to man before they can master their
destiny. When the autocracy falls from the
sheer weight Of the forces pressing upon it
from both the east and the west. the savior
OF Germany may appear But until that
fateful hour for the world there does not
seem to be any prospect for lasting peace
Every indication seems to lead one to the
conclusion that the war must be fought to a
nnish and the very roots of the Hohenzollern
cancer be extirpated.
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FIFTY Years Ago

IN Mondays issu OF The Times Dispatch,
under the department headed News Of
Fifty Years Ago." this correspondence from
Mtddlebush, N. j.. is reproduced from its
files: Editor Dispatch: Sir.-We have de-
termined, in company with some Of our
neighbors, to try colored help Will You
please inform me what course to pursue to
get some freedmen?" To this request the
paper made answer: Send to Virginia or any
other Southern State. We have entirely loo
many OF them"
= AS time goes on it witnesses many changes
from former conditions. The Eastern States
early In their development found slave labor
Improbable, and unoaded their slaves on tho
south for price. With negro labor the
South more than held its own in the COM
petition for wealth. To Offset this adyan.
tage OF the South, slavery was abolished and
the South deprived OF an asset lawfully ac-
quired.
Since their emancipation large numbers
Of negroes have drifted East. and for a time
found a welcome. In due time, industrial
development built up large industrial popula-
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ttons. and in recent years the presence of
negroes in these centers has engendered race
friction occasionally resulting In race riots.
The wage-earning classes have resented the
presence Of the negroes as competing
element for employment. However. the un-
precedented wartime demand for Industrial
labor is finding expression in the exodus OF
large numbers Of negroes from the South to
meet this demand.
Virginia and other Southern States are
alarmed at the strength of this exodus, as 1t
Is depicting the supply Of needed labor to a
threatened dearth. Under the aid and encour-
agement the South has given the negro, he has
made wonderful progress and is now a valu-
able asset as free labor unit. Both the
South and the East want him-the South as
a permanent dependable labor supply, and
the East temporarily to meet an emergency
demand.
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch. July IS. 1857.

The members of the Second presbvterian
Church held large meeting in the church build.
ing yesterday afternoon at which resolutions
We're passed and committee appointed to ex-
entire membership at his probablel Withdrawal
from the pulpit OF that church, and TO urge hin,
to remain: Dr. Hoge has been the pastor of
the Second Church for twenty years past
While 1T Is intolerably hot in Richmond, our
Henry Courthouse correspondent reports that
it is cool there that fires are needed in the
early morning, and everybody gets up n,iphty
early in that mountain village
The Corn and Flour Exchange will reruIar1v
commence operations this morning in the large
Cary Streets.
The registration OF voters In Chesterfield
County has been completed In the Manchester
District the colored majority Is 2o8. At Mid
colorcd majority is 220. At Chesterfield Court
house the whites have majority of forty-three
and in yellow Jacket District the whites lead
by 10l The eolored majority in the county will
General r. NJ Logan has been elected pres,.
dent of the Board OF Trustees of Manchester
The Richmond wheat market is we'll supplied
with the grain OF the crop. The price
yesterday was $3.50 per bushel 'oo
The State Educational Association met IN
Cooke. president. in the chair D. Lee Powei II
and Charles II. Winston, OF Richmond, are in
attendance. "
Henry !. Raymond Of New York. editor Of
the Times. says he never applied for the Aus
trian mission. does not want It, and would not
firm him. IT Is probable that the President will
withdraw the appointment.
Thad Stevens yesterday introduced in tho
House two moro bills on reconstruction ono
tanta of the Southern Territories to form state
governments"
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Books and Authors

plamesr {John Lane Co..; promises ITO exceed I'm in
Beloved vagabond:" The leading critics n nne
nouhce 1t one Of the three great war books IN
English that have appeared since the beeinnnn
of the war. ~ i"s
TT. The Macmillan .ern Company announces tho re-
Anew and Their History Traced" bv ios I0iS
Jacobs This Is reprinting OF an attractive
and popular version OF the fables pubiished in
late out Of print. ' ~ VI
Soberly and attractiXely trim in its brown
~The House e n nc oT Der o. n Duton Coz
ing message to many souls that need it, Mrs.
Willcoxs storyette. or parable is about a ma
to quit IT, But ,S when n he to put hs
done behind him that might make life BETTER
worth while for others, he found much pleas
ure and interest In life again that ne no lonrer
wished to leave IT,
George. w. Jacobs & Co. Philadelphia, an.
nounco the publication on August Is Of The
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Automobiles in the South

nFFICIAL figures show that the Southern
~ States led the country In 1916 in the
purchase of motor vehicles. but was led by
every other section in their production. The
increase in cars registered in the South was
Sc per cent. as compared with 43 per cent
for the whole country. and SO per cent for the
sections outside of the South.
This may properly be regarded as an evil
dence Of both prosperity and progress among
Southern people. The automobile is both
luxury and utility. AS pleasure car 1t
is one; as business car, it is the other. But
the South's investment in either means good
prices for cotton, good markets for corn and
cattle and fruits. and increased earnings all
around Incidentally, it means that we have
better roads than before, and the more auto
mobiles we buy, the more good roads we
will. build.
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CHINA'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN
Accession of FenE I<wo Chang to
frSsidency Opens Question OF
Great Importance.
Ipy Associated Press.l

ny Associated Prcss.l
WASHINGTON. July 17.-The acccs-
sion OF Acting President Fcng Kwo
Chang to the presidency of China, as
result of President III lungs de-
cision not to resume Office, has re-
opened wide field OF speculation here
as to China's future. Feng always
has been u military man, and has held
many offices u3der the old empire. but
In the two great crises which recently
have swept China he practically
caused the defeat OF the monarchists
oy failure to give them support.
When Yuan Shi Kai sought to make
himself Emperor. Feng, as military
governor OF Marking. refused to
march against the southern provinces
which had risen in revolt Yuan con-
sequently gave up his monarchial am
billions, and the movement died SINH
larly. when the other military gov
ernors formed their secessionist gov
eminent ut Tientsin. he refused to
throw in his lot with them
Whether he will continue to follow
out the indicated policies of support
ing constitutional republic is con-
ceded here to be an open question Of
great Importance.