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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04

gled fccb,y TO free his arms. They
were crudcly aud ciumsilN u stoutlH
bound. His right arm WAS free from
Il" elbow down. He moved ~ TO ana
ire imDotcntiy. then lot 1t tai. i',
hand encountered something hard ana
smooth and round upon the bed. lie
looked down. ana found that hc had
:rnapcd :, heavy almngshoi. til" very
weapon with which he had been foil
cd. forgotten III his assaiiantS haste
to escape.
|; was his ono hope.
lie rccioncd the distance between
lis hand and tho telephone on til"
bureau as accurately as N" ccui". an"
took his chance. 'rhcr" was little
strength in his arm: il WAS feeble
,css that threw the slun1shot at thai
distant instrument. II was sheer luck
that carried it straight TO its goal.
There Was Il crash rs thc telcphoh"
to,,crcd and fell to the floor. It's re-
ccivcr displaced. In the same breath
Philip was once NOR" overcome.
4 voice said Try 10 drink this. ola
man.
CRY another swallow" nc urged So
lici;ousIy IL" tn" hes; thing
After that Philip came round quick :
IL enough When. :ve minutes later.
one of tho bcllboys answered the ttlc-
phone. auG announced that Juan Lopez
wanted I" speak with Mr.. Barr. i'hilir
was able to move InaSSiStcd to he
bureau. And What Juan hal TO say
COMPLETED his restoration. ro,lsinG in
him AN anxiety and a rage that rclc-
gated his physical lisconfor:s :" nm
insignificant status
II ann IN a drug store on the corner
Of Ninth Avenue and Twenty seventh
street" Juan told himi. Il trailed
Count I;amon iowu here. from the
Vanderbilt. "a =: place whose sign says
it's a private &anatorium for mental
diseases. He waited there till u taxi
cab drove up. The Princess julia was
ia it. alone. WAS too far away to
prevent her entering the house. shes
there now. Ramon aud The chauffeur
ii the taxi have just driven away.
couldn't be surs. but from the way tho
chauffeur walked aud acted. thinl,
.ie's woman probably Savata in dis
cuis.. III wait here on the corner
till YOU come
y rapid surv,: OF ns rooms showed
rhilip Enough 10 enable him to piece
together =. rough undcl Staudin. %;
What la! rr"h.tbly happened The Goo,
open between his bed chamber and ;hc
sitting room oil Suite .o3 the diSan-
ir"rai!cc o. the chauifeurs OUTFIT II,
had borrowed, together with the no,s
H. had written Julia and his hired tax,
icap from The trent of the hotel: ans
Ndcscribed by tho Baltimore CLERKS as
middlc-a:cd gentlcwoman apparent.
Is n far from robust iIealth) who ha,
r"rt"d suite 2"3-thcge circumstance.
told III" story 1t the kidnapping o,
julia.
SaNatz having rented 2oa. had over,
heard his telephone conversation: hac
picked the lock OF the communicative
door: had struck him down with I'll,
SlUnSShot: mad dressed herself in IN.
chauffeur livery had used thu not.
ana taXicaD a. b:,,l to lure julia int,
tn trap prepared by Count Ramon a
the s"-calleH s;tlatorium.
1t Was itcarly o'"Ioci. when hay.
me joined Juan Lopez at the d.sig
mated point. rhilip with that one =,
ms shoulder rang for ldmit,anc- ..
the 'front.' door OF u rct!ccut- look IN 2
"ld-time rcsid"nce in West Invent,
seventh street whose windows advcr
iiScd III dingy gold lettering:
M -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04

fNotc.--A new scenario on Pearl Of
the Army will be published in this
newspaper each week. Read The
scenario here. then go 10 the motion
picture thcatcr showing Pearl OF tho
Army" and see how the director has
followed tho instructions given by the
scenario writcr.]
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Even With Russia p Practically Beaten, Teu-
tons Lack Strength to Take Offensive
Against Other Enemies.
STRIVING, BY A COSTLY DEFENSIVE,
TO HOLD OUT UNTIL U-DOATS WIN
Viewed in Perspective Year Now Closing Most
Hopeful for Entente Allies Since
Beginning of the War.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS,
Author of "The World War;" "They Shall Not Pass"

Copyris The ribuneA
The campaign of 1914 in the ended the 1lth OF Novem
with the repue the Pussian guard before lpres The
1915 ckered with the determination OF the allied Of
Champagne and oos the first days OF October The
campaign the British Beaumont
ame the 18th OF November We are then rapidly approaching
which will end Of the OF the
will be this winter than
preceding Secretary Baker state
has forcsadowed Yet 1t is essential to
that conditions Flanders where the
attacks must made British there such that
previous great and the present the past three
active operations from No
cernEer Anr1
Evening star., 1917-10-28

the British scored some considerable
success in the outskirts of the Hout
hoist forest. Near Poelcapelle and in
the vicinity of Gheluvelt the Tommies
pressed forward considerable distance
The allies slowly but nevertheless
surely are driving wedge in German
lines in the general Ypres region and
soon the result will undoubtedly be
seen-retrement of the German forces.
The allies have victory within their
grasp if they only know how to dis
cipline them
Allies to Further selves"
Coordinate Plans. ross'oly no re-
an entente statesman in recent months
is so true as the above, an utterance
of Premier Painleve before the French
chamber of deputies during the past
week. The French premier realizes
that the allies have much to do before
a quick victory can be scored, though
the degree of ordination of effort to-
day is greater than at any time dur
ing the great war But there are sew
era1 so-cailed fag ends in their affairs.
military as well as civil, which must be
caught up before Germany can be
brought to her senses.
Early in the war it was seen that the
allies should strive to bring their indi-
vidual operations more in accord with
the general cause. There was lack of
harmony in actual accomplishment.
though the spirit was firm in one pur-
Dose-the defeat of Germany. The al
lies had. fguratively, too many pokers
in the fire. Each nation was more or
less fighting its own battles. The en-
tente blows as n consequence lacked
the power requisite to the Illustration
of Germanic purpose 1t was largely
through delay IN cooperative endeavor
that the Russians were forced back in
the east after their first great often
sive. for demoralized as they were. ow
ing to the criminal lack of arms and
munitions. there always remains the
possibility that had the allies timed
their endeavor on the western front
with the German blow in the east the
Slavs would not have been forced to re-
treat as far as they did. The over
running of Serbia was due to lack of
definite co-ordinated policy and action.
There was further delay in the case of
Rumania. The Dardanelles and CALI
poll expeditions fell flat because of the
lack of purposeful decisions and action
In London. Frequently during the war,
had their been some definite cohesive
plan of action on the part of all allies,
well timed and powerful as they were
able to make IT. German schemes of
aggression would have fallen flat
The allies saw that there must be
greater union. That union was ef-
fected in conferences in Paris and
London.
The French armies and war endeavor
to the rear were brought up to a high
standard. The mere handful of men
which Britain sent to France early in
the conbict grew to one of the most
wonderful armies ever marshaled by
any one ma atlohs1u the history -nfathA
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Won HINDENBURG MAY
BEGIN WIDE RETREAT
Threatening Reverses Suffered on
Aisne as Well as Flanders Front.
! ALLIED CONFERENCE
BIG
Steps to Further Coordinate En-
tente Endeavor in Wrestling Early
Victory to Be Taken in Paris.

world. What is equally as important
the British government saw to 1t that
this army had every implement of war
necessary to successful endeavor. The
whole British empire was called into
the frav and the same high degree of
organization that exists in London eX-
lists in all of the British colonial do
minions.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
of campaign for the Serial forces will
be mapped out and approved,


The Russian question undoubtedly
OF tho neces-
Russian Question sity OF Russia
One Of the Foremost. nrm course on
the side of her allies during the re-
mainder of the war. Russia's armies
must be rehabiitated. and. though the
provisional government is making
some headwav toward remolding the
Slavic forces into a fighting machine
worthy of the name Russia. it is now
generally realized that the other allied
powers must go far If effective results
during the remainder of the war are
to be gained on the eastern front. Rus
sia will be represented at the confer
ence for the first time by the demo-
cratic elements of that nation. They
will be impressed with the magnitude
of the task at hand and the absolute
necessity of eliminating factional and
political disturbances within Russia
that the nations best effort may be
directed toward the common goal
victory. That they will be impressed
is possibly without question, for it is
believed not only in Paris. but in Lon
don, that the Russian democracy as
at present constituted has not awak
ened fully to the necessity of full need
of concerted endeavor, as we'll as the
magnitude of the task facing the
entente powers.
These Russian delegates undoubtedly
will be shown the unWiSdom of at
tempting to throw a monkey wrench
in the allied machinery by demanding
revision of treaties. statement Of allied
war aims and revision of purposes in
accordance with the fanciful utterances
Of the radical elements of Russia.
Russia will be asked to set aside ev-
erythng except concrete endeavor aid
ing the common cause.
Through the statements of entente
offfcialdom and adVices received from
various European sources II would ap-
pear that every attempt will be made
to whip all entente endeavor into the
highest state of perfection. That this
will be done is believed certain. There
can be no slip-ups if Germany is TO
be defeated next year. Mighty power
must be created through tremendous
exertion of all nations. The Paris con-
ference undoubtedly will oil the wheels
of the entente war machine. The re-
suit is certain. as 1t always has been
certain. but the time to accomplish the
task may be materially shortened.
Russia's political questions continue
Evening star., 1917-10-28

the year in the west. Their sustained
attacks along the Chemin- -des-bames
rivaled in pertinacity and in extensive
ness their already famous assaults at
Nerdun. For many weeks German pur-
pose in this offensive remained OBJ
Scure. We know now. however, that
the German attacks We're due to the
fact that following the French sacri-
fees at the Aisne there was sudden
and grave decline in the morale Of the
French army. and it was with n view
to taking advantage of this that the
Germans embarked upon a costly eff
fort they could i'll afford were 1t to
lead to no decisive victory
Evening star., 1917-10-28

the Germans. If they continue during
the next two weeks, may increase the
menace to such pclHt that the
Italians will be forced to fall hack
several miles in the country about
Gorilla. and. as natural consequence.
will withdraw on the Carso. which
would remove the immediate danger of
an Italian offensive in the direction of
Laibach. Were the Italians forced to
pull back their lines on the lsonzo
and Carso fronts now, it is but natural
that more time would be required to
reach desired objectives when better
fighting weather opens up next spring.
Months consequently would be lost by
Italian withdrawal al the present mo-
ment.
So successful have been entente
o front i,lrin q
Evening star., 1917-10-28
German Retreat in
West Is Possible.

West Is Possible. nsners s1readv
are discussing the possibility and even
desirability of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg withdrawing his battle lines
along the Aisne and in the Flanders
regions. which would necessitate a
general readjustment of German posi-
tions over the western front.
Gen. Petain, whose armies had not
participated in major offensive ef
forts since early in the summer, struck
the Germans hard to the south and
! southwest of I.aon on last Tuesday. SO
terrible was the French preliminary
bonn ia rdment. the French swept for
ward to a depth of two and a half
miles at some points along a wide
front to the northeast of Soissons. The
Germans though anticipating an at
tack, were absolutely unable to master
the situation. and when the battle
ceased for a breathing spell many OF
the strongest defenses before Laon
were in French hands
On Wednesday the French drew a
portion of their line a little closer to
Laon. and on Thursday in another
| major attack forced the Germans to
fall back further.
The French have drawn within eight
| miles of Laon, which is the southern
pivot of the Hindenburg line. The
French have this town as their objec-
tive. and it is believed possible the
present offensive endeavors will be
continued until this point is taken be-
fore the evil winter weather conditions
set in. 1t generally Is conceded that
with Laon in the hands of the French
| the Germans will be forced to fall back
and readjust their whole lines runnin g
north through La Fere and ST. Quen-
| tin. The British and French drive, in
Flanders naturally are forcing the
Germans back in this region. and if
| the Germans pull back their lines
| south of st. Quentin it is thought the
allies effort in Flanders will compel
| them to retreat further on the north
| ern section of the western front
| The French and British struck TO the
east and northeast of Ypres. The
French captured all Of their objec-
ttyes in the region of Draeibank and
Evening star., 1917-10-28
BIG SUCCESSES SCORED:
MAY BE BUT TEMPORARY
Drives Offer Menace and if Continued
Italians Might Give Up Gorilla.
CHECK BELIEVED CERTAIN
Elaborate Plan of Campaign Cannot
Be Carried Out Before Winter
Interferes With Operations.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

In the mountain regions surrounding
Tolmino and on the left flank of the
great Italian armies operating under
the leadership of Gen. Cadorna, battles
of major Importance have been raging
for the past several days. Austrian
armies largely reinforced by Germans.
under Won Mackensen, "the bloody"
have been hurled forward. More than
10000 prisoners have been taken by
the Teutons. according to advices from
Berlin and Vienna, the Italian armies
have been forced over the Isonzo and
battles now are raging on Italian soil
reutonic leaders state that captures
and other successes continue. Plainly
the Italians were outwetghed in the
first stage of the battles owing to the
great preparation of the Teutonic
armies
Will Cadorna readjust his positions
and hold the enemy:
Is Italy to be overrun as was Bel
gium Serbia. Rumania ana Monte
negro?
Are the present German successes
liable to force the Italians from all
Austrian soil upon which they have
been lighting for more than a year?
These are the questions that natural
" have arisen in the popular mind dur
ing recent days
There Is every reason to believe that
Cadorna will emerge victorious when
the struggle is completed this fall. This
master of mountain strategy has proved
almost invincible. so far in the general
Austro-Italian campaign. That ne Will
fail now is hardly likely. notwithstand-
ing the tremendous armies which the
Teutons have assembled. admittedly. to
nut the Italians out of the war
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Barriers Raised
Against Early Peace.

for an early end to the war. has raised
barriers to a conclusion of the struggle
within the immediate future. were they
to be seriously taken as bases for de-
liberations or even discussions between
the allies and central powers.
In the first instance, the Germans
are reported to have reconcl!ed them
selves to giving up Belgium But Ger
many is Silent as to Russia and the
eastern territories which her armies
now occupy. 1t is generally beHeNed
that the Germans are preparing TO press
the warfare in the east even at the eS-
penSe of her endeavor in the western
arena. so that she will be iii position to
trade during the peace deliberations at
the expense of Russia. She hardly
would listen at the present 1uncture 10
the giving up of certain rich Russian
provinces which she now holds. Ger
many has promised autonomy for the
Poles. while autonomy for the Lettish
and Lithuanian provinces also has been
agreed to. But these are mere prom
ises Germany expects to keep firm
hold over all territories in the east
through the medium OF German SuZer-
ainty. and, therefore, promises OF au-
tonomy are as chaf. Germany would
not even now consider discussion OF the
first principle set forth by the Petro-
grad council.
Germany also would be forced into
grave difficulties were she for a mo-
ment to consider autonomy for Turkish
Armenia. Any move which would COM
NIT her 70 such a course undoubtedly
would ALLEVIATE the Constantlnople gov
ernment. and at the present moment
Germany cannot afford to consider any
question which might give further
ground for fear in the Tukish capital
that Germany is to betray her allies.
This belief already is strong and mo-
ments consideration of the Russian
proposal would lead to problems ex-
ceedingly embarrassing to Berlin. The
allies are committed to the autonomy of
Turkish Armenia. though. too. it is ex-
pected that Russia and England, whose
forces are operating for the liberation
OF Asiatic Turkey. will have an agree
ment as to the future of these terri
tories Both will raise bars to tho ex.
lCondnued.on.,Ei4hth PaXel
Evening star., 1917-10-28

out with the best intentions and with
the promises
Lack of Adequate of consistent
Aid Felt by Italy. sn,ente anu te''" # '"s ;s
an undenia BILE fact that frequently the
Italian armies. brave and courageous
as they have been and eager as they
are early to vanquish the enemy. on
several occasions have been forced to
desist after ushering in promising of
fensives. because the entente powers
failed to supply the needed military as
well as economic stores. This was due
to lack of cohesion in the entente plan:
at least action was faulty. even if pur-
poses We're of the highest Now Italy
is getting supplies more commensura e
with her needs, though much yet re-
mains TO be done before the entente
will have rendered all the aid neces-
sary absolutely to insure consistent
successful Italian endeavor in the fu-
ture
Owing to the hapdicaps the Italian
armies have fought under-adverse
geographical conditions and lack of
sufficient equipment, which should
have been furnished her by her allies
the Italian endeavor in the present
war will illumine the pages of history.
Brilliant things have been accom-
plished. Now that Italy is facing the
prospect of Germanic aggression the
like of which she has never met puts
added burden not only upon her, but
upon the entente is well.
America is doing even more than ex-
pected of her by her allies, but she
must do even more. Russia is doing
less than hoped for. and it is up to the
entente to furnish an effective pana-
cea for the Slavs' present ills if this
nation is to continue to render an
adequate aid in early bringing the
kaiser TO reason.
Great problems of transport. gigantic
problems of military coordination.
great economic questions and an ad-
justment of general purposes based on
thorough understanding between all
of the nations arrayed against the
central powers must be thrashed out.
Entente statesmen realize what must
be done and they are going TO do it.
The future is the ententes future, and
to reach the goal at the earliest oppor-
tunity a great conference is again to
be held in Paris.
This conference undoubtedly will be
epochal in the war.
Undoubtedly definite plans will be
framed for the allies campaign on the
western front, which will be materially
altered by the participation of Ameri-
can forces next year. In the meantim e
the French and British campaigns ill
progress. but the channels through
which the tides of battle will flow
win be laid out in concrete fashion
during the coming deliberations.
The great problems of transporta-
in, vic 1f hn
Evening star., 1917-10-28
FRENCH SOLDIERS SOON #
(. TO HAVE BODY ARMOR
Academy of Medicine Appoints
Commissioner to Study Sugges-
ton CT Prof. Delonne. 4
Especial Correspondence Of The Sunday
Star md New York WorId.D

Star and New York WorId.p
PARIS. October 1.-THE question of
protecting her soldiers has always been
vital one for France and much has
been done to preserve the men from
all danger.
Trenches were made as a collective
form of protection and later helmets
were brought into use against head
wounds. So far not much had been done
against body wounds
But now doctors and inventors are
getting busy to bring out some form Of
body armor. and it is hoped that some
sort of shield may soon be adopted
Prof. De:orme, an inspector general at
the front, recently drew the attention
of the French Academy of Medicine to
wounds, which in some cases have
proved fatal and which might have
easily been avoided or the gravity Of
the same diminished by the use of body
armor.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Other Problems
Which Must Be Met.


and definite plans made to combat
this phase of German terrorism. All
nations now are dependent one upon
another in so far as the economic
, phases of the war are concerned
Transportation lanes must be kept
open for the shipment of food and sup
plies between the various powers ar
rayed against Germany. AS time goes
on the successful settlement Of this
problem becomes more and more neces-
sary.
Not only will the question of sue
cessful handling of the submarine
menace be considered, but future al
lied plans in regard to aerial warfare
possibly Will be mapped out There
must be concerted endeavor in this
branch of activity as there must be
united endeavor in all others Definite
plans of retaliating against Teutonic
aerial frightfulnass are essential If the
maximum results are to me achieved.
The allies. now that the German
menace on the Italian front is greater
than ever before by virtue of the in
creased tens of thousands of troop;s
which Germany has sent into this
arena. must meet this problem. The
tonic powers score material gains in
this arena. Undoubtedly Gerlnanic sue
cess VIII lengthen the war Just that
much, for II Will go to bolster the
waning German spirit. ! The Italians
should be assisted in their campa aiRn
! against the Austrians, for far-reaching
results may be attained .in this arena.
| The Italians have asked assistance
OF entente troops. Undoubtedly this
VIII be given. The quickest aid could
be rendered to Gen. Cadorna by the
| transference of a body of forces from
the Macedonian front, where SO little
from an offensive standpoint has been
accomplished by the allies. Whether
the problem is met by such a move or
| by another. 1t nevertheless remains a
| ia"t that the entente must render Italy
! more aid than il has in the past
| The question of a drive In Macedonia
| looking toward the reclaiming of Ser
hia. the removal Of Bulgaria from the
struggle and the cutting off of the
Turks from their very necessary aid
| from Austria and Germany is another
question which must be settled in the
near future. A force of more than a
million and a half mel from practi-
| cally all of the entente nations Is
stretched along the Macedonian front.
though combating disease and geogra-
phical handicaps. this army has been
made as Mt as any on any European
battlefield, but 1t is lying practically
Idle. True. 1t Is keeping large forces of
Bulgarians and Turks occupied here. in
stead of permitting them to be utiliz-
ell on other battle fronts. yet the fact
/, remains that the allied armies mere
have not accomplished the things ex-
pected of them when troops were first
dispatched to this arena. That this
great force in Macedonia can strike
and strike hard, and with results high
ly satisfactory to the entente powers.
II its hands are united is unquistion
ed. 1t u also very likely, that at this