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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
CIVILIAN GERMANY
NOW DISILLUSIONED
Scores of Letters Taken by French From Enemy Prs-
oners Show Desperate Condition of At
fairs in Empire of the Huns.

LONDON. September 2s.-Germany is
weakening. Her army is dispirited.
Famine and disease stalk through the
land: Civilians are being steadily dis
i r1si ar ns to , The outcome Of the
hrst- hand picture, of internal condi-
tons in Gerlnany Is contained in more
prisoners recently by one Of tho French
armies. which have just been made
public here.
prior TO the first Of the German re-
verses on the 10th. OF August. They
conditions. scarcity of Mood and raj;
other points of the deepest interest to
the entente powers.
Taking into consideration the fact
before the big French drive, they lend
color 10 the belief that the entente has
. but to set an Invading foot on German
Senator Lodge "dictated' peace"
Again and again there are letters add
VisinE men in the field to be taken pris-
oner. and there are numerous refer
enccs to the Spanish fever In Germany
as being nothing more than hunger
on Germany'S heavy losses follow:
On July 5 color sergeant wrote:
caused us heavy losses"
TELLS OF TERRIFYING
LOSSES SUSTAINED
Another wrote to his brother in the
third reserve division speaking Of ter
rfying losses which the brothers unit
had sustained: "Eighty-nine men out OF
100"
a soldier in the Forty-scventh Regi-
ment has dated entries of losses as
follows.
May 1G, three wounded; May Il.
thirty men in company GasSed: May 20.
five killed, four wounded: May 81,
thirty men out of seventy lost In a
local action; on June 3, after Il French
attack. there were only Il color sergeant
and seven men left out of the first COM
pany. and only twenty men and my
self of the second company. that lost
nfty- three killed or woundcd; on July
=, near Scissors, single she'll wounded
seventeen and killed three"
An OcSterweg woman, writing on
June %. explained how all the eiSh-
tcen-ycar-old class have gone. and how
Oh that day news had been posted in
the church OF the One Hundred and
Nincty-sccond Regiment dead.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
UKRAlNlANS IN CANADA
ARE EDUCATED PEOPLE
Some of Largest md Most Productive
Farms Are Owned by People Who
Emigrated.

WASHINGTON, Scptemhcr 2S.-Thcre
arc about 100000 Ukrainians in the
Canadian Northwest. They began to
tmiSratc from their native land in the
'St'S. Most of them were farmers, and
to-day they occupy whole counties in
Alberta and Saskatchewan. They were
not illitcra,c when they came 10
America, and they have been busily
educating themselves during the last
thirty years.
There is now Ckrainian publishing
mouse in Winnipeg. This publishing
house does not merely issue n foreign
language newspaper. 1t is gradually
bringing out reprints of all that is best
farmer in Canada has n row OF we'll
iiied DookShclves such as the average
american farmer might not be able 10
I Ili.r" ma me way In which the
volunteered in the Canadian army show
mat canada Is none the worse for this
npparcntly divided LOYALTY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

=, On July a-man informed a comrade
IN IN the twenty second RESERVES: Juno
~ Ersw WAS ,t the worst day of al The
from in the morDing until at night
After fourteen hours rolling fire there
was not much left OF us. The last bat
TALON on our left had only about 100
men: l was the only man to escape.
b hat, thG rest were taken pris%ner The
lievcd."
letter. from another infantry re-
serve regiment on July 81 State2:
There are moro than 5000 men here,
but only those OF over fcrty-tiwe or
fathers of more than six children. Those
but we don't know where"
n letter from Lenterode states: All
males born in 1901 must now enroll"
a convalescent soldier wrote: 1T Is
very doubtful whether l shall still be
here when you come on leave, for all
the company Of convalescents has had
to supply 100 men because the other
companies could not supply any re-
endorsements"
IN JUNE WE'RE CALLING
UP BOYS OF SEVENTEEN
A women in Berlin on June IS stated:
They are now calling up boys Of
left here. What will happen when
they reach the front?"
4 letter from n divisional depot read:
Yesterday the 1900 class ! had to
leave. Even cripples ure taken"
y number Of letters speak of wide
spread death and sickness through the
German empire. due to the Spanish
fever, or famine typhus," they torn
it. woman at Dannstatt informs her
sons:
I'm the factories everyone is i'll. and
many of the schools are shut. Spanish
influenza is aging throughout the
poorer population. Do you know what
it really is? 1t is famine. In, order
that no one should realize that it is
49,
fluenza."
From Munich there is letter, dated
July 16. which says, in speaking of
SO fnnnv deaths due to the disease:
tNll tho dead can no longer be buried
In ~" st cemetery. There were alone
on sunday t"'"~.'vfive burials. What
Will the winter be like? The future Is,
very dark" 90
y woman in Berlin said that on Ju1y
there were more than 10000 case.
of the disease in the city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
REPORT SHOWS OPERATIONS
ON u. S. OWNED ROADS
Larger Ionds in Cnrs Mnde 1t Possible
TO Hnui Vastly Greater Coal
Tonnage.

WASHINGTON. September 2S.-Thc
division Of operation OF the United
States Railway Administration July re-
port shows an increase of .SeT.376.211,
or Sc per cent in the number of revo-
nue. ton miles hauled, II decrease of
273,24S.l70, or So per cent in the num-
Der of nonrevenuo ton miles hauled
concurrcntly, with n decrease of $751;
l39; or IL per cent, in the number of
train miles, II decrease of Ills, 405. or
5.2 per cent, in the number of loaded
freight car miles. and decrease of
rs or OF per cont, In tho number
of freight locomotive miles, tho com
pnrison being AS between July, 1915.
The average trainload in July, 1918.
was 123 tons, as compared with 6Si
tons in the same month in 1917, and
the average carload was 30.l tons in
July, 1918. as compared with 21.3 in
July. 1917.
\ report to Director General McAdoo
by the car service section of the Rail
road Administration on the quantity OF
coal OF all kinds loaded by roads for
the week ended September y, shows:
Total cars bituminous. .2l9,I6s 1S2,243
Total cars anthracite. 36,S59 37,29i
Total cars Ignite. ..... aero 1855
Grand total cars all coaL259,295 222.202
Increase of 1918 up to and including
week ending September 81 over Same
period of 1917, 07,070 cars.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
EMERGENCY RATIONS
Army Department Discovers What
Makes Good Food for Men In
Army Cnmps.

WASHINGTON, September 2s.-The
Quartermaster corps has worked out n
special reserve emergency ration for
tho army. consisting Of hard bread. corn
beef. corn beef hash. roast beef, SAL
mon. sardines. soluble coffee. sugar and
salt, TO be packed In camouflagcd gal
vRnlzcdlron tins and Theoretically
sealed against gas as we'll as moisture
Wheat. meat and sugar make up
most Of the menu OF this lunch be-
tween shots" for our boys. That is
the reason civilians are asked to eat
war bread. to save the heavier cuts OF
beef and to make our national allQt-
ment OF sugar 20 round.
The abundant American harvests
have brought riffs in the food cloud.
1t is true. But now is the time for a
national reserve ration to make mpos-
sible any such dire conditions as faced
the allies early last spring Remem-
Der those words of Lord Rhondda
when he heard our wheat supplies had
been eaten up: The war is over; we
are beaten"
America did her part then. and she
must do her part now by preparing
against any possible repetition OF that
call Of distress
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
MORE STEEL. MORE GUNS
Is U. S. WAR PROGRAM
Secretary Daniels Addresses Large
Crowd Pittsburgh Opens
DIs Loan Drive.

PITTSBURGH. PA, September Is
More steel. more guns. more munitions
and full speed ahead" in Americas
war program against Germany, was the
message for Increased production
brought 10 Pittsburgh tonight by Sec
rotary Daniels. who came here to
launch the fourth Liberty loan drive
in this district.
The Secretary's address was made
before crowd OF thousands in Syria
Mosque, after n tremendously en-
thusiastic day, In which three fourths
OF the citizens OF the city partici pa ted
in the selling and buying of Liberty
bonds OF the fourth loan.
Secretary Danicls's remarks at tho
Mosque tonight were directed prinei-
paIly to mechanics ana skilled work.
ers of the many plants in this dis
trict engaged In war activities. lie
Appealed to them not only to exert
every ounce of their energy in pa
triotic work. but TO he generous with
their generous wages in the purchase
OF bonds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
CHESTERFIELD WORKERS
TO HAVE LOAN RALLIES
Hands, Orchcstrns md Speakers I,
BOOST subscriptions Every Night
This Week

=. !, Liberty loan workers in Chesterfield
VIII launch weeks whirl&ind cam
raisn tomorrow. rallies being planned
Tor every night during, the week.
Il las s; ,l freeman. pr. !. !: Wicker, Alvin
Frank 4. McI'adcn and others Bands
Wlll lie one Of the features OF the rail-
lies. and will he carried to the various
meetings on motor trucks. Several sol
diers who have seen active service at
the front are expected TO be among the
speakers. The general chairman OF the
committee in charge of the campaign
Is CAPTAIN W; w. Baker, and the vice
chairman Is W. A. Horner Chairmen
or the committee OF the various dis
I, ,ricss are: II; I. simonson; Matoaca;; DIR.
Bermuda; II. NJ. Burlington. Midlothian;
g. w. DiSgs. Manchester; p. V. Cogbill,
Dale.
Rallies, starting at $3.50 o'clock In
the evening. Will be held at the fol-
lowing places this week:
Monday. Elkhart school House: Tues.
day. Matoaca High School: Wednesday,
lLttricks, at Methodist Church; Thurs
day, Midlothian High School; Friday,
quarter Church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
SAY BULGARIAN OFFER
WAS NOT AUTHORIZED
German Press Intimnt-s There Is Grave
Danger OF "Penrr ContnRion" Spread
Ing to COnktNntInnnle

LON DON, september 2s.-Thc dismay
expressed by the German press al tho
bulgarian peace offer is due, accord :
inE TO the Amsterdam correspondent of
the Dhi!y EXPRESS. chiefly to the GER
man rear mat the peace contaSion"
may spread to Constantinoplc
The correspondent adds that All Of
forts to GUST Premier MalinoR, whom
the herman papers accuse Of having
made the peace bid without the sane
ton OF his King. have been. and will
be. useless, because tho Premier is
backed by the overwhelming public
opinion"
The bulgarian people. the dispatch
says; would revolt and chase Fcrdi-
Sand to Berlin"
Germany, 1t is further asserted by
the correspondent. did not send Field
Marshal Won Mackcnsen to bulgaria
In answer TO Ferdinand's urgen, up-
peal. because she fears q revolt in
Rournania
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
MANY COOKS GRADUATED
At GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
Course Includes Lectures and In
struction on Rations, Bills OF
Faro and Other Things.
FOOD CONSERVATION TAUGHT
Some Companies Require Men 10
Weigh What Is Left on Their
Plates, and This Amount Isa De-
Quoted From Next Meal.

FORT WORTH, TEN, September Is
Nine hundred skilled cooks. trained for
overseas duty. have been graduated In
Classes of 800 from the government
school for cooks and bakers, the largest
school OF Its kind In the country. which
Is being conducted at Camp Bowie
here under command OF Captain Fred
II. Morrcll.
Students graduating must reach the
following standard: practical work, so
per cent; recitation and theory. 20 per
cent; care OF kitchen. Is per cent; dis
cip!ine. Is per cent. Tho majority OF
those graduated have been taken from
the course for second cooks, with frst
cooks next In number and mess SER
geants third.
The course includes lectures and in
por"nt parts, field specifications. prepn-
ration. sanitation. temperatures. mess
management. stock sheets. fold cools-
Ing. recipes and visits to tho packing
values most needed to suit conditions
cA,ating in various places is being
drilled into the students.
Great attention also IL given to food
conservation. The army must not
waste. and cooks are taught to throw
all particles Of meat and bone into
is boiled and the fat rendered. Tho
stock is then used for gravies and
soups
Some companies here require the men
to weigh what is left on their plates,
and tho amount is deducted from the
next meal thus adjusting the food
needed 10 their appetites.
The sanitution course requires the
mess officers to keep kitchen, mess hall,
r i, ovens and cooking
piles to tables and floors. How to set
the tables is an important part OF tho
study.
Experiments are conducted to devise
means OF using substitutes for -four
such rs oatmeal, cornmeal and rice
Hour. Csa OF strip instead OF sugar
whcrever possible is encouraged.
Food wastaEc." said Captain Nor
rell. rs not always the fault OF the SOL
dicr at tho mcss table. The cook is
often TO blame. II he doesn't cook the
food right. II Will be distasteful to
the men. and they will refuse TO eat
all set before them. The well-cooked
nealsp the men in good spirits as
well as helping them physically"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
HOW THE ARMY SAVES
SUGAR AND GLYCERIN
Research Discioses Latter Does Not
Have Any Cleansing Value
In SonpS.
~ ARLINGTON

WASHINGTON. September oS.-Ac-
cording TO recent announcement Of
the War Department, considerable saw
ings in sugar and glycerin are being
effected by the quartermaster corps in
called glycerine soaps for the army.
Both OF these products were used in
the manufacture OF sohps for the pur-
pose OF improving it's appearance. but
tbe cleansing value Of the soap a re-
cent order from a QuartermRStcr called
for 100000 pounds of slycerin soap
Based on The usual formula. this soap
would contain Is per cent Of sugar. or
total OF $4,000 pounds. which would
have been complete waste. The SOAP
was provided, but it did not contain
sugar or glycerin, SO that $4,000
pounds of sugar were saved for food
And a proportiOnate amount of glyce-
rim WAS saved for the manufacture OF
noWer{ul explosives
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
TOOK GERMANS ny SURPRISE
ALONG yERDUN FRONT
rBv Associated Press.l

fBv Associated Press.l
THE MT VhR IR ARGNT ASur AEY se ON
tember 26-The American troops took
the Germans somewhat BY surprise by
without giving the enemy time to re-
northward This evening the Ameri-
Meuse had reached Malancourt, Mont
faucon, Cuisy. DannevouX and other
Towns along that line.
Pennsylvania. Kansas and Missouri
troops was followed by the men in the
other her american American. units.
ioannevoux and 4 few other points in
Dictated that the German resistance
mns becoming pb n stronger and It Was ap,
time, TO place In position some of the
artillery Withdrawn earlier in the day
aerial activity Increased, Indicating a
deterni nation to check what had de-
veloped 80 rapidly into sweeping adj
vance.
The work of the tanks which were
manned by French and Americans
brought praise from the staff officers
10 display their abilities TO the fullest
extent because the ground had been
softened by recent rains. and as the
stalled in the mud, but they were not
damaged. as the infantry had driven
The enemy we'll northward.
a most spectacular feature OF the
operation was the work of the aerial
units. The aerial observers were able
10 accomplish little until tho afternoon.
but before tho echoes Of the opening
barrage had died away the pursuit "A
planes were over the German lines
The clouds made ii appear improb-
able that there would be any great dis
play by the. aviators, and the fog
at height of less than 700 yards the
airmen swept down on the German
troops IN the line and on the roads
wagon trains were attacked and dead
horses and debris blocked the path OF
those who shortly afterward sought
avenues OF retreat.
SKIES CLEAR ENABLING
AvIArORS TO HELP
AS the skies cleared the observers
appeared with their lighting escorts
and aided materially In correcting the
aim OF the artillery which had never
ceased it's vigorous harassing fire. Gas
shells were used plentifully by the
americans In only few instances.
hut when they were used the work was
done effectively.
One of the places subjected to n
historic place was known TO be we'll
fortified.
The forty miles of subterranean pas
sages in the neighborhood were flooded
by artillery fire. Gas also was used
the Americans afterward marched
Information obtained only the day
before the attack enabled the officers
OF the tank detachments 10 escape the
also the batteries OF antitanit guns.
Ky midafternoon every division head
quarters began to look like prison
camp. Groups Of German prisoners
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
CONGRATULATE TROOPS
-1ssitisk War Cabinet Praise. Efforts OF
Geseral Allenby In the Pal
estine He6ion.

LONDON September 2S.--Thc War
Cabinet has 1ispatched the following
telegram to OGeneral Allenby: The
war Cabinet ueHires 10 convey to you
and to the troops under your command
their hearty congratulations on the
magnificent success you have achieved
and to express their intense Arbitration
Of the vision and resources in planning
and energy and determination in exc.
cution which you have displayed
throughout the present operations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
STORM DISSIPATED
Weather Bnrenu Reports Tint Gulf
Disturbance Appears to lie
DImluIshtur.
NV Associated Prcss.l

WASHINGTON. September 2S-The
gulf disturbance over Northern Florida
is diminishing and storm warnings
which were ordered hoisteI late to.
day from Tybce Island. near Savan-
nah. to Fort Monroe. Va, were taken
down at $3.50 tonight, tho Weather
Bureau announced tonight
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
Many Die In Boston.

BOSTON, September 2S.-Nine hun
dred and ninctytwo deaths. record
number for the city of Boston, with
nonia. were reported to the Health
Department for ono week. ending to-
day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
/ " i! z y !: ]

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remedy for rheumatism, blood poison
and other diseases and disorders Of the blood
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

For better positions rend the HeIp
Wanted Ads In The Timea- DisHatek
every day. They arc complete catn-
fOEue Of NIL the Rood plncca TO work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

,,urn3, Shiidrsn. three ,turnished roo,nn 10
TO car line: Chas. Bowermaster IL l.:
South Third street. CITY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
Caproni Plane Carrie. Tn.lv..

three propeller Caproni bombing hi
Z plane, carrying twelve persons. made
"a, Night over the city to-day AT times
rising TO S,8SS feet and at others fly
ing aa low as 500 feet above the ground.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
GERMAN WILL BE TAUGHT
BY u. S. ARMY SCHOOLS
This VIII lie Done to Make Men
Available for Intelligence
Duty.

WASHINGTON, September 2S.-Ger-
man will be taught in many of the
colleges represented in the students
training corps. The War Department
has authorized this so as to make GER
tain men available for intelligence duty
and other services where knowledge
of German would be beneficial.
1t was said at the War Department
to-day that. for instance. mon on patrol
work would be better fitted for their
duty If they knew the enemy language.
while the custom VIII not BIO universal.
In order that men with some knowl-
edge of tho language may be brushed
up on 1t.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

Furnished housekeeping apartments
arc In Rrent demand. The best ones
arc listed In the Want Ads In this
paper.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

Get behind the Fourth Liberty Loan
I'm IA practical way. Sell the FUNK
around the housc and invest the money
in Liberty bonds.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-10
.D|LLPROPOSESB|G.
CHANGES INDRAFT
Population No Longer Basis II It
Becomes LaW-HaWaii Is
yitalIy Interested

WASHINGTON, May 10 -(Associat.
ed Press)-under the bill which was
passed by the house yesterday, amend
ing the draft law material changes
would be made in the quotas of the
various states under the second draft,
if it shall, as Is expected, become a
law. The bill provides that the basis
for the draft shall be the number of
Glass ! men enrolled instead of the
population Of the state, as was the
procedure in the conduct of the first
draft. -
Under the first draft the states which
had large alien population were call,
ed upon to furnish, proportinnately, a
greater part of their native population
of the draft age than did those states
where the native population was pro
portionately greater. This was the oc.
casion Of dissatisfaction which pro.
duced the proposed change. 1t was also
found that the first draft, in states
where the foreign population was large
ly in unskilled pursuits, drew larger
number from the necessary occupations
than was Commensurate.
Under the bill, also, credit for vonn-
teers is not given to the Vtates as
formerly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-10
ANARCHISTS HOLD.
historic KREML|N
....FR0MDOLSHENK|
Refuse TO Deliver Arms and Am
munitions Demanded Although
Surrounded By$Forces I
TREASURES OF ART AND
a IT,. ARCHITECTURE THERE
More Than Sixty Thousand Anar-
chists Said To Be Resident
Of the Russ Capital

RTCH May 1O--(Associated
Press)-In Moscow the Anarchists
are in opposition to the Bolsheviki
and ~ q result Of the clash the famous
Kremlin Is In danger Of great damage
and possible destruction. Dispatches
from Kiev tell of an all day struggle
which centered about the historic
acropolis and the buildings its massive
walls surround.
-Four hundred Anarchists are in the
Kremlin, sheltered behind it's walls
which are forty feet in height. They
have large quantities of ammunition
and many machine guns which they
have refused 70 deliver over to the
Bolshevid and are holding against
their demands.
Other places where arms and ammu-
milton were stored have been stormed
and taken by the Bolsheviki but they
have hesitnted to attack the Kremlin,
which their forces surround.
The Moscow newspapers estimate
that there are fully sixty thousand
Anarchists who are living in the capi.
tai city. ~ sir
Treasures Of Art
The Kremlin Is entirely surrounded
by wall that is forty feet in height.
Within this enclosure is the cathedral
of the Assumption, built between the
years 1474 and 1870 in Lombardo
Byzantine style in which it was the
custom to crown the Russian emperors
in the days before the revolution. 1t
was founded in the fourteenth century
and contains fifteenth century painting
by Rubloff. The Cathedral Of st. Mi
chael, also within the eighty acre en-
closure, contains life'sized frescOes
of the early emperors. Within the
walls Is the largest bell in the world.
The old Impartial palace, built in 1887
and the great palace built in 1906 are
also, filed Win art treasures as is the
little palace, built hg Nicholas ms first
with is splendid library. {