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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
BRAVE LADS IN AMERICAN

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Ut him BY pure luck he reached our
lines unscathed."
In one ward about 50 rer cent 1T
the occupants bore German names.
and every one with whom ! talked
was mo per cert for Uncle Sam, and
stthe devil take German rnilifarisn-
Among them were Ralph tmberg
er, of Bethel. Pa; John Maunders. Of
81 Louis Frederick Horn berger and
George voith. of Pittsburgh; Joseph
y Meyer. OF Dubuque. Iowa, Walter
c, yolk. of Delaware
General John ]. Fershing is not
the only member OF the Pershing fam :
lily doing liz Bit over here" His
eskter- in law. Mrs Gertrude Pershing,
is nurse. and his cousin, Captain
Cyrus Pershfng. is "A captain a The
Tnsn burg hospital
Both are from Denver, as are mem =
bers of the hospital staff, with Major
Dean and John Ar1esse Misses Maud
Keiian Hattie Raithel. Lucille Hyde.
Ruth Anderson. Elizabeth Block,
Clara Stevens. Nellie McNeil}y Eliz-
Abeth Yale and others.
met u young New York city law
student. Sergeant Berg. In the ner-
yous. pathetic, stammering speech of
the sheH-shock victim, he told me of
Il letter he has Just received from has
brother in New York.
1--WE are all so proud of you. and
10 think You a hero, belong 10 us.
We read in the papers OF your exploit
on the Soname front, wading through
machine gun fire and single handed
capturing fifteen prisoners, Mother
was SO happy and proud she cried
And dad and all the rest Of us have
been sticking out our chests and get
ting patted on the backs by all our
friends and neighbors.'
Berg smiled happily as he read the
letter, but added r7odestly;- -fshaw,
II was nothing
] learned that ii was New York
CRY troops who. with their gallant
British allies last August. stormed
and reca ptured Mount KENNEL and
held it against all counter attacks
The hill was honeycombed with ma
Ehifae-gs1n nests and previous attempts
\ III sraca pturs ii had mel with severe
casualties
Together, the Tonnlies and New
Workers vaiiantly waded through the
stream OF lead, bayonettlng German
gunners There were some allied cas-
uaIties, surprisingly few at that. but
the Tommies and Sanmies fought on,
strewing the hillside with German
rorpses and wounded. and reached the
top where they stayed despite all
efforts Of the enemy to hurl them
back.
On a ar-hy cot lay Sergeant II.
breeder. of Milwaukee, rlddied with
bullets. He is waiting for distin-
guisted ser1 ice honor medal for he
roic service under fire. At Niliers-
Brctonniers last July. with his com
nander missing, he took charge of
the 2uo men and though wounded,
led them np a heavily fortified hill,
attaining his objective and paving
bis way for q big push the next day.
Finally he fell wounded forty yards
from a German machine gun which
had been spraying lead into the ad-
vanclng Americans. Though under
excruciating pain. Gweeder used his
rifle and picked off three foes work
ing the gun. He Killed the trio. He
had attended medical school in Gin
csnnati, he said, and used his know
ledge in handaging his wounds,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

pool rooma. side shows, churches and
sunday schools, and that they refrain
from Congregating elsewhere. In or
der to carry out the spirit as well as
the letter OF these resolutions from
the highest health authority of the
state, respectfully advise that. in nd
diticn to the places above mentioned,
the public and private schools OF the
city be included with them In an or
der to close their doors until further
notice. Very truly yours.
ROY X. FLANAGAN,
Chief Health Oficsr."
The Virginia Railway and Power
company has arranged to keep Its
cars ventilated. and it behooves all
persons who are to patronize the cars
at night to be prepared with proper
clothing.
Omen Air Services
Some of the churches will hold open
air services in the parks and in open
lots ada cent to the churches. The
ministerial union will probably meet
Monday tc discuss the situation with
the end In view of arranging for union
open air services. Several of such SER
vices might be held before the wealth
er gets too cold.
Most of the theatres will take ad-
vantage of the closing to renovate and
improve the interiors; OF the places,
and while the houses will be closed
10 the public. the employees will he
busy
The administrative board viii on
Monday discuss the situation regard
ing the big plants where hundreds
and thousands of People are employ
ed. The hours may he regulated so
that congestion may be relieved, and.
as In other large cities. the crowds
may be dismissed at different hours,
so that the street cars may not be so
crowded In the late afternoon hours.
The increase In cases UP TO late yes
terday was less than one hundred,
which in itself. indicated that there
was no real cause for alarm.
DR.. Flanagan says that by follow
ing the simple rules of sanitation and
cleanliness all may ne we'll.
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GERMANY ASKS
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toed the Baden princes urginEs for
an immediate peace offensive
The kaiser himself was quoted as
declaring the Austrian peace plea had
definitely demonstrated that the time
was not~-ripe for such a move, Hin
denburg nd Ludendorff are repre-
scented as having assured the emperor
and the new chancellor that the sit
uation in the west, grave as II was.
was by no means hopeless. Max $
plan was defeated at the council, and
la new race began between the mill
tarists and the pacifsts. the former
concentrating all their plans and en-
ergies upon averting a real break
through on the western front before
winter would compel halt in the
fighting.
But from Vienna and at Berlin.
through the Austrian am bassa dor, the
insistent voice OF peace kept huzZing
in the German chieftain's ears. FL
nally the uitinatum came: peace, or
we surrender.
Hurriedly the kaiser went into con-
ference with Prince Max and the Aus
trian envoy. Whether Hinden burg
was present at that meeting is not
clear. The impression is that, salts
fed the shining sword" was TO have
another chance he was heading back
toward his headquarters on the 'front.'
Washington. oct 5.--senator Gill
bert NJ Hitchcock. chairman of the
senate foreign relations committee,
commenting tonight on the dispatch
from Amsterdam that Prince Max or
Baden, new German chancellor, had
asked the allies to state their peace
terms, said:
This Is a big step forward. 1t is
equivalent to suing for peace by Ger
many. If formal communication to
that effect is sent by Germany to the
allies and the United States we Will
have to answer them. There Will be.
proba bly,. a conference of the allies
and America imme diately for con-
certed statement of peace terms. The
allies may agree, however. to have the
United States speak for all the, nations
opposed to the central powers. What
these terms will he already as clear
but they will be, of course, pre-
liminary.
The final peace terms will be made
at the peace table
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Will he far above that of former fairs.
and the people of Virginia know what
that means. We have exerted our
selves to give the people fair that
will '2o down in history as the acme
of success. and we feel that we have
gotten what we went after"
No Admission Sunday
No admission will be allowed to
the grounds today. Bad boys will not
he allowed To monkey with the mon
KEYS or pull the lions tail, Mischev-
Gus young sters will not be permitted
to investigate the mysteries of the
s.esiuking Of the gt~boat," to he given
in pyrotechnics every night during
the week.
Manager Buchanan OF the Virginia
Railway and Power company, said
last night that while the company is
crippled 10 some extent by shortage
of force. he expected to give as good
service as can be expected. All cars
will either go direct to the grounds
or transfer at convenient points.
There will be no war tax on adnis-
sion tickets. Recognizing the educa-
tional value of the fair, the govern
ment has eliminated all war tax fees
In order that patrons may not he
forced to crowd around the ticket Of
fees at the grounds, Ticket Agent
Breeden has placed tickets on sale at
convenient points throughout the city.
No extra charge is made for these
tickets.
All the hotels and boarding houses
have made arrangeme for handling
the great crowds OF visitors expected
TO be in Richmond during the week.
and hundreds of reservations have
already been secured.
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iEtenokfApherE association had OBJ
tanned employees OF the federal re.
serve bank 10 help sell liberty bonds
wyndham r. Meredith spoke LAS
might at $50 o'clock at the Maddo,
| show at Thirty-second and Leigh
4strcets.--t------ --~---------
BECAUSE yesterday was pay day al
both the Foundation company and
the Seven Pines baE-loading plant
several speakers were sent to both To-
cations. Norman n. johnson and
Howard r. Colvin went to the Foun-
da,ion compary's construction site al
IA O'Clock. and Q. A. Hawkins to the
powder plant at $50 O'Clock. Many
subscriptions were reported from each
place.
Theafer Boosters.
Speakers at the theaters yesterday
afternoon and last night were Rev.
w. T., Thompson. ID, D., and Norman
II. Johnson at the Academy OF Mu-
sic. Jesse H. Duke and Alexander II.
Sands al the Lyric; Robert Alexander
and Scott Cunningham at the Strand.
Women workers at the theaters
during the afternoon and night were
the Daughters of American Rsvofu-
ton and thr settlement house at the
Academy of Music. Richmond Kin
dergarten association at the Lyric and
the Highland Park Woman's club at
the Strand theater.
Workers at the booths in the va
9th, Tuesday until the commercial
rious department stores yesterday
were announced by Mrs. w. Nj. Hab~
laston as follows:
Equal suffrage league at Cohers.
employees OF Miller & Rheads at that
store. Richmond Nurses club at Mos
r1<,t At
woman's club at Four
the post office.
Al the booths in the store tornor-
row the workers will be the locorio-
tive engineers wives at Moshy's, Lee
chapter, Z. n C., at Fouraurean &
Temple. Home Club for Girls at
Cohen'a. Commonwealth chapter. d.
A r. at Thathircr's, Richmond
chapter. T.. n. G., at Miller & Rhoads,
and the Richmond kindergarten as
ISOLATION at the post office.
Raise More Than Million.
Seventy five business men, repre-
senting many commercial establish
ments, attended the meeting of bank
men at II o'clock yesterday morning
and subscribed slightly more than 81
10000. Many OF them had already
placed their subscriptions. but in
creased their purchases OF bonds.
Bankers told the business men upon
what terms they could buy The bonds
md what financial arrangements they
could make.
The executive committee WAS high
~ eratihed at the showing made at
this meeting There will be similar
gathering Monday morning and an
houses of Richmond have been care
fully canvassed This work is being
done by the bankers.
The Equitable Life Assurance SO
ciety OF New York announced that
su description for 100000 would he
placed in Richmond through F.. Nj
Crutchfleld. their general agent. Diggs
K Moseley, general agents for the
Fem Mutual Life Insurance company
that $4,000 would be
placed in the Richmond district. OF
which $4,000 will be placed in this
city The Equal Suffrage league, sell
ing at Cohen's. reported during the
afternoon that more than sa1, 600 had
already been sold.
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morning and tonight as plansed,
Theater speakers will be used this
each day.
Work of Women.
In the first SIX days Of the cam
paign the women workers in Rich
mond sold bonds aggregalng $751;
800, IL was announced yesterday by
Mrs. X. NJ. HabAston, chairman of
the women's committee, who urged
her workers 10 greater endeavor dur
ing the week starting tomorrow morn
ing. We have accom- piished great
results" she said. hut If we are to
do our share in helping Richmond 10
raise her large quota we must In
crease our efforts and sell more bonds
than ever before"
The sales for Friday amounted TO
9l0S,25o. The leading organizat ton
WAS the James River Garden club,
selling in the booth at Cohens. with
sales for The day OF s43.T50. Early
yesterday afternoon Mrs, Habliston
x~as advised raat at II O'Clock the
Mnman'e club. with Mrs Jonathan
sBr5 an az chairman, mad sold approx
mateiy $4,000 worth Of bonds at
FFOurqurean & Temple This organl-
eaton was making 4 great effort 10
81 new record for d single day 5
Qnles by the one organization. En- =
ployees OF Miller e. Rhoads sold $50
S4k0 worth OF bonds.
The fifty-p piece band from Camp Lee
|&frtved in Richmond early yesterday
saorning and gave several concerts in
~ downtown section about noon. II
afo appearees al Second and Broad
ESkn1&fs At - O'Clock and gave con-
II III from the three huge army trucks
which II was loaded. The next
Ilcert was al Seventh and Broad
6eet1 At 1880 o'clock. and in front
s The post-office at ! O'Clock Bonds
S5SSU sold at each concert by Henry
SEaa lrOtt Cunningham spoke for thirty
1sMtAx between 80 and clock At
1mt6 and Broad sireets. where thA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
Congressman Talbot Dead.

Baltimore. Md, Oct. 5.-Represen.
tative ]. F. Talbot of the second
Maryland district. died at his home.
Lutherville, Baltimore county, short
~ after O'Clock tonight
Tho dead Marylander was close
personal friend Of President Wilson.
and during his illness the president
sent to the xick-room of Mr.. Tai
bott a huge bouquet Of American
beauty roses and followed this BY
feeling letter OF sympathy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06

London Oct. s.--Tnp Germans arc
tfesfxoving the i'm pertant rail base
city of nouai by FIRE, Field Marshal
HMiw Announced in his ~ port tong II,
Further progress was made by the
British today northeast of 81 quentin
between Reaureveir ard Mont bre-
hahn the statement e%vs
The Germans sTe ~'tharaw'nE
along the front between l1acatetet
ana the bend % the EscaW fScheldte
canal at TreveCoeur.
Ths British have reached the east
bank Of the canal
They gained ground IN the region
OF La Terriere,
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PLACES Or PUBLIC

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for about three weeks, although it
would be necessary to await develop
ments before anything in the nature
OF forecast along the line could be
made.
The order OF the board was issued
upon recommendation of DIR, F1anni-
gan. who handed the board the fol-
lowing note:
Dr. F1annigah's letter.
''Mr John Hirschberg. Chairman
Administrative Board, Richmond. Va,
Dear Sir:--The state board of health
on yesterday adopted a set of regula =
lions advising, in strong terms, that
citizens of the state do not attend
moving pictures, theatres, dance halls,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-06
THE WEATHER

Washington. Oct. 5.---Forecast:
For yirginia-Partly cloudy Sunday:
Monday fair and cooler.
North CArolina-Fair Sunday and
Monday.
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| more than presumptious We have
stated our peace terms more than
once. 1t is up to Germany to accept
J them Mt their face value. without
asking for further explanations, II
was pointed out
~We are all agreed said the
! president In his New York address.
/ that there can he NO peace oh
| tanned by any kind Of bargain or
| comprOmtse with the xevernments
OF the central empfres. because we
have dealt with them already and
have seen them deal with other
governments that were parties to
thts struggle. At Brest-Litovsk and
Bucharest. They have convinced
ms that they are without honor,
and do not intend Justice, They
ohserve NO covenants. accept NO
principle, but force and their own
interest. We cannot come to
terms with them. They have made
II Impossible. The German peOrIe
must by this time he fully aware
that we cannot accept the word Of
those who forced this war upoa US.
We do not think the same thoughts
or speak the same language of
agreement
This particular portion Of the presi-
dents speech. officials say. closes the
door to the Germany proposal
From military standpoint. army
men declare. 1t would be folly to either
consider peace with Germany at the
present time. or think-af an asnaIstiea
Germany is being beaten, not only on
the west front. but every other front
Her armies are withdrawing from
France and Belgium. because allied
steel Is re1entlessly forcing them back:
Bulgaria has departed as confede-
rate; Turkey is webbing In the same
direction and Austria is not much
better off
To Avert Disaster.
Even in Russia country despoiled
by Germany. the latter nation is com
PEELED to withdraw her men to stave
off the inevitable on the west front
Prince Max. by words. army men saw.
is trying to avert the disaster that is
engulfng the armies of the kaiser
There is one feature of Germany's
peace plea which brightens the imme-
date prospects OF the allies and this
is the effect that 1t will have on Tur-
key. Officials express the view that
Turkey, seeing her most powerful ally
pleading for truce and peace will
come TO the conclusion that its about
time TO do likewise.
II sentiment at the British ernoaxsv
tonight is an index to the manner n,
which England will receive the GER
man plea the answer to Prince Mar
will be;
You make me laugh"
That was the way one British diplo-
mat commented on the proposal to-
night. He said:
tits like the man In the funny
paper, who says. you make me
laugh The peace terms Of the al
Hes already have been stated
more than once. Germany in aim
ply sparring for time ms she
realizes military defeat In In
store for her before peace can
come"
II Germany desires an ary,isttce her
appeal must go to Marshal Foeb
Eeneralissirno Of the allied forces ON
the western front.
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Local Rainfall.
last twelve hours. .......
last twenty-four hours.
Excess in rainfall since March L.. s.
Excess In rainfall since January i. l.2
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lStencKrapherx' association had OBJ
tanned employees OF the federal re-
serve bank 10 help sell liberty bonds.
wyndham r.. Meredith spoke last
might at $50 o'clock at the Maddox
show at Thirty-second and Leigh
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-25
WEBSTERVILLE

Mrs. Josie Lougee returned to her
home in Barre Thursday, after caring
for Mrs. Wilfred Gillander few weeks,
Harley Edwards of Springfield, Mass,
is visiting relatives here for few days
before leaving for Canada.
Corp. John Mcleod of Maryland is
home on few days furlough.
Eva Shampon, who has been employed
in Chicopee, Mass, for the past few
months, is visiting her parents.
There will be box social at the Bap.
fist church next Wednesday, Thanksgiy-
ing eve. Sale Of boxes will begin at
1880 sharp, so please come early. Every
one is invited.
Mrs. Rocco Milano, who has been i'll
for some time, went to the Royal Vic
toria hospital in Montreal Wednesday
night for treatment. Her brother, Frank
Ganuzzo, accompanied her,
Rupert Gillander and Louis Gingras
left Saturday night for Springfield, Mass.
Frances Finnigan has been on the sick
list for the past few days and Mrs. John
Gilliyer has substituted at her school
Mrs. Ed Anderson went to Quitcy,
Mass, Saturday to join her husband,
who has been employed there for some
time.
Mary Rock of Williamstown is work
ing for Mrs W. Gillander.
George Chapman, who has been EN-
ployed in Plymouth, N, H., for a short
time, returned home Saturday.
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The American Losses.

America knows at last the price it paid
for its honorable part in the war--the
real price, beside which the billions in
money are but negligible pieces Of metal.
"KiIled and died from wounds, 6,l54,'
tells what was paid beyond recovery,
The supplementary details relative to
deaths from disease and to the wounded,
the prisoners and the missing bring the
total of American casualties TO more
than a quarter of million, but it is at
the number of deaths actually from CON
hict that the country looks first.
Compared with other great nations en-
gagged, our losses were small and the part
we PLAYED great. Our casualties were
perhaps per cent OF the grand total;
about the same as the casualties of Can
ada, which has one-thirteenth Of our pop
ulation.
Our deaths were nearly 20 times less
than those of Great Britain, which lost
nearly as many men at the Dardanelles,
in one vain effort, as America lost alto
gether. For every American grave in
France there are 30 Frenchmen's graves.
1t will not in any great degree anne.
liorate the grief Of those whose sons fell
on the field of chivalry TO know that, in
the bulked disaster Of war that cost
perhaps eight million lives, Americas
dead were but the half of ! per cent,
Nor will the relative smallness of the
complete sacrifice detract one whit from
the glory of the American soldiers who
were ready to die for great cause and
whose very willingness had so much to
do with the fall of the curtain on a de-
feated Germany New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-25

To the British navy, the glorious end
mig is perhaps the only really satisfae-
tzry part of the work It did magnificent
work, but under conditions extremely
trying to sailor. It's one chance for a
naval decision was lost by bad luck when
the weather permitted the escape of the
beaten German feet after the battle of
Jutland on May 81, 1915. For the most
part its battleships had TO be nursed
carefully for the emergency that did not
again arise, and mines and torpedoes
were constant source of anxiety. The
only fighting forces that had ample OPP
portunity were the small patrol vessels
that headed off German raiding squad
rons and did their own share of raiding
the youngsters in command had thrill
ing time of it and lived up to the best
traditions of the service. But submarine
hunting and the laying or sweeping up
of mines gave the navy tremendous
and tedious job; every sailor of the navy
or the merchant service viii be heartily
glad that the war is over.
Though the fighting ships did not get
the opportunity hoped for, they contrib
uted not less than the land forces to the
final victory, and the surrender of the
German battle feet is as truly a triumph
for the British navy as naval victory
would have been, In Germany those who
protested against challenging British ma.
val power by the creation of great
German fleet are now fully Justified
Springfield Republican.
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France in Mitteleuropa.

Mtteleuropa rubs its eyes to-day. It's
Deutschland uber allies dream is over, for
the city of Budapest, capital of Hungary,
is occupied by French troops, who, we
are told in semi official dispatch in
clude division of 5000 men These
troops, of course, are of General Franchet
d'Esperey's forces who have been operat.
ing in Macedonia, and who have now
passed northward through Serbia into
Hungary Their steady advance beyond
the Danube has been chronicled from
time to time.
Under the terms of Austria's surren-
der, the allies possess the right to "oc-
cupy such strategic points in Austria
Hungary as they may deem necessary to
enable them to conduct military opera
tions or to maintain order" Primarily,
no doubt, the presence of French troops
at the capital Of Hungary is for the pur-
pose of maintaining order But there
is little disorder at present in Hungary.
Count Michael Karolyi's republican die
tatorship, to which Archduke Joseph has
sworn allegiance, is effective there. The
allied command, in occupying Budapest,
has its eyes ON some other spot as we'll.
The presence of an entente force in Hun
gary, in view of the utter Generalization
of all resistant forces and agencies, looks
toward those other capitals which are
disturbed or are likely to be-toward vi
emma, toward Berlin, toward Warsaw, to-
ward Kieff All the Slavic and Latin
elements in central Europe, barring the