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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
BRITISH STEAMER GALWAY
CASTLE is U-BOAT VICTIM
Torpedo Finds Ship While CRUISING.
Friday OF the English
Coast.
1S0 ARE REPORTED MISSING
Distinguished South African Officials
Were Among Passenger List, and
One Is Reported to Have Lost His
Life.
80 ARE REPORTED MISSING

LONDON. September 15.-The British
steamer Galway Castle. of 7,oSS tons
gross. was torpedoed and sunk Fri
day morning off the English coast.
She had 749 persons oil hoard of whom
many were reported saved.
The missing from the torpcdoed
Galway Castle number 1se They In
clude l2o passengers. thirty-six naval
and military officers and thirty-tnrec
OF the crew.
The liner foated for two DAYS in
charge Of the captain and volunteers
The passengers included 800 women
the children who had died were brought
ashore: The captain and several OF
the officers are reported to have been
still on board the ship wnen sne wa,
The Central News account or tn,
sinking says that one of the life
boats was driven by stormy seas
against the ships propeller and
sengers. the account adds. was Henry
Burton. minister of railways of the
Union of South Africa, who was saved
and Major Rabuntine. II member OF
the South African Parliament, who IL
missing.
In announcing that the steamer
Galway Castle, with approximately H..
pedoed, the Central News vs. states @ tna, ina
thirty Tour members of the crew and
number of passengers are missing.
The Union Castle Mail Steamshi ip
Company owned the British steamship
Galway Castle. The vessel was Thought
10 nave been In government service
prior to the war she ran between Eng
land and South Africa, carrying pas
The Galway Castle ,t@as built at Eel
rssisisr fast IL 1911 Londph' was her port Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
GERMANY MAKES PEACE
OFFER TO BELGIANS
Oeman nds Belgium Remain Neutral and
Commercial Treaties BE Continued,
But No Word of Repatriation.
BY 4 Associated Press.


I.ONDON. September l5.-It is un
dsrstood that the government has re
ceired the Austro-E Hungarian peace
note and also the proposal. previously
referred to, that all the powers should
withdraw their troops from the Muir
man territory.
1t is also learned that Germany has
made peace offer to Belgium. The
terms OF this proposal are AZ follows:
That Belgium shall remain neutral
until the end of the war.
That thereafter the entire economic
aud political independencc OF Belgium
shall be reconstructed.
That the prcwar commercial treaties
between Germany and Belgium shall
again be put into operation after the
war for an indefinite period.
That Belgium shall use her good Of
fees to secure the return of the Ger
man colonies.
That the Flemish question shall be
considered. and the Flemish minority.
which aided The German invaders, shall
not he penalized.
The proposal contains no word re-
specting repatriation or indcmnitjes.
no admission that Germany wronged
Belgium.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
CARDINAL FARLEY DYING.
Is NEWS FROM HOME
Physirinns Are Called for Consultation
when Illness Takes Sudden
Turn for Worse.

MAMARONECK. y. Y. September la
Cardinal Farley was reported in a
dying condition tonight at his summer
home here. His condition, which after
improving. took a sudden unfavorable
turn on Saturday, grew steadily worse
throughout to-day and his physicians
held a consultation this evening.
Later il was stated that thcrc is
slight possibility that he may rally.
The following statement was issncd by
the cardinals secretary:
cardinal Farleys condition is crit
ical a heart weakness has developed
in the last twenty-four hours from
which there is possibility he may
rally"
The cardinals condition became crit
ical several weeks ago but fpe displayed
remarkable recuperative powers de-
spite his advanced age and was con
stdered we'll on the road to recovery
when Saturdays relapse occurred.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16

house the atudcnts In tho normal
way: but where these prove made
uunte, barracks may lie built.
The government will assume these
obligations October I, ami In col
leEcs opening before TINT time the
ntudcnts ni1st pay their expenses
and pro rata proportion of their
tuition up to thnt time.
Members of the students army
training corps will not bc subject
to draft call during the nrst quarter
of the college year, even though
their order numbers might subject
them to service. hut mt the end of
the nrSt quarter tho government
may withdraw those students who
arc twenty ycars or more of age.
Students of the nEe of eighteen
or nineteen may remain In schools
for some months longer, depending
upon the military needs.
When the students arc taken from
college they will he assigned TO
military duty In one of Ave ways.
1. Sent to central officers train
ing camp.
.. Sent to noncom m issfoncd Of
hccrs' training school.
3. kept In tho original school for
further intensive work In spccIfied
line for limited time.
8. Put into technical training of
military rnIue.
D: Transferred to n cnntonment
for duty with troops as n private
studies by the government on the
cost OF tho maintenance of the ktu-
dents resulted In nm allowance OF 81
dny Tor housing and subsistcncc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
REDUCE ST. MlHIEL SALIENT
IN TWENTY-SEVEN HOURS
Fifteen Thousand Prisoners Are Can
tured and More Than 100
Guns by Americana.
lby Associated Press.

I by NSsoCl3 led TTess
WASHINGTON, September l5.--It re-
quired just twenty-seven hours for the
American troops and their supporting
French divisions TO reduce the ST.
Mihiel salient. This was disclosed by
General Pershing's communique for
Yesterday, received tonight at the
War Department.
General Pershing said that besides
liberating $50 square miles of territory
and taking $4,000 prisoners. the Amer
leans captured more than 100 guns of
all calibers and hundreds of machine
guns and trench mortars."
A partial examination OF the battle
field, the American comm ander added.
shows that great quantities of ammu-
milton. telegraph and railroad materials.
rolling stock. clothing and equipment,
was abandoned by the enemy This
was in addition to the large stores
burned by the Germans during their
hasty retreat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
EHSHING'S COMNUSIQUE
ON AMERICA OPERATION :
BY Associated Press

WASHINGTON. September 1.-THE
1ier!can line on the loft bank OF the
aselle River, ~ the 81. Mih!cl sec
i. has tesnra advanced from one 20 two
t!ts and ROW includes the towns Of
,lceS iid Norruy. General PershinE
I'D Ia his comrLniquc torto-day re-
wed Tonight at the war Depart
Ert. An enemy counterattack launch
near ST Hilaire. at daybreak TODAY
us easily repulsed and number OF
9isoncrs taken.
kSeventy-two guns abandoned by the
|e1,y lin his hasty retreat" were
bought in during the normal cxten =
6bn of the American. lines beyond
8uiny. General fershing said Tn :
ought the total nurnner or guns
blurred since the Americans started
drive which wiped out the ST MI
salient to more than zoo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
ECONOMIC WAR THREATENS
Labor Unions of Germany Seek tn Have
Women. who Take Mems
Places, Join.

WASHINGTON. September Ii.--Thc
entrance of women into the Prussian
Industrial fields as the result Of war
condi; MS has reached the point where
a scrio'Is crisis is threatened. Econo-
mic war between the sexes in Germany
and Austria-EIungary is imminent. ac-
cording to information reaching the Y
w G. a. war work council here.
Unlike the United States. the Kaiscr's
government has not provided for equal
pay for equal work" Now German
labor usions are reported to be trying
TO induce tho women workers to Join
their organizations as measure of pro-
tho women refuse to he enticed. IL is
stated. An economic tie-up may do
yelop
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
|sRAL PERSHING's ARMY
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
fE3y A Associated Press

I fBy Associated Press
NDON, September Ii t6:25 r. NJ.
Eeral Pershing's army, according
j is afternoons news. is making
s,rogress. Since yesterday after,
. 1t has advanced from two 10
y miles on a thirty -thrcc-mile
4 and the fortress guns OF Metz
9Icome into action against il.
II American line at noon to-day
Through Norroy, on the MoseIie
Cont. Doncourt and to Abaucourt,
lie old line.
i: erday's advance by the French
a to have been in the nature Of
SSI local pushes. and not big
%ll forward move. The situation
.sE.h the same as it was yesterday.
HIemy has been reacting verA vio-.
& on the French front. He made
tdl counterattabks. although ne
E'ot recovered any of his lost
&i. he is holding up the French
hat.
- British to-day are reported to
= aptured the village Of Maisseny,
rest of st. Quentin. It has been
,red that there were six Cor
ontinued on Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
CAPTURE HUN GAS EXPERT
Tells Hi. Cnptor. rhnt "wfh America.
the Entente Is Hound
TO Wtn.S

LONDON, September Io.---onc OF the
leading German gas experts has been
captured by the Americans. according
to word received late Tonight from the
gas protector when "nabbcd."
One OF his first declarations after
being made a prisoner was:
with America. the entente is bound
vi
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
Austrian Peace Feeler
Told in Sentences

AMSTERDAM, September iJ.-
Following Is the text of the official
abatement issucd at Vienna 3estcr-
day prOpOHlnE pence;
"Consrientious eaain inn ton of the
situation In NIL bciilEcrent states no
longer leaves amy doubt TINT all
peoples long for speedy end Of tho
bloody struggle.
"'rhc Iro-iiupEo rim govern
mcnt, therefore, has resolved to
point out tn NIL beiIiRe
md foc-n practical I,nth.
at proposes that they joint,
nu,inc In n free exchange OF
the question nv to whether the
requisites raist TINT make spr. y.
Inauguration OF p~acc ncEotia tions
promising.
"Austria-HunEnr! invite. tho bel
tiEerents to n ;dentiaI, non
binding discu~sio, al ncutrn'
meeting place. and Ias addressed to
them a note to this Effect.
.'lbc step has been brought 10 tho
knowledge Of the Pope In special
note"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
Deck Tubes Approved by
u. S. Naval Officers

Clair Price, In this iSsur. tells of
the vnlue of deck tubes for firing
torpedOex. There nrc tubes that arc
built In the hulls OF rcsseIs, hut
great difficulty Is experienced In
aiming with these, ns IL becomes
necessary to change the position of
the ship. But deck tubes arc ensy
to aim. and the torpedoes from them
usually hit tho mark. Connected
with the description OF thesc tubes
there runs good story Of how the
u. 8. s. BinocuIar went out one dny
for tho purpose of trying little
torpedo practice.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
right WING ADVANCES
ON FOUR-M1I.E. FRONT
ahERICANS CONSOLIDATE
GAINS IN ST. hTHIEL SECTOR

WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST
h Rhf, September i5.-On the left
ank and center OF our line betwec n
Zoe Aeuse heights and the Mosel1c III {.
tudtion was quiet to-day. We are
3onsoItdzting our positions.
i We captured all the artillery OF the
hhirty-frst German Division in the ST;
s;ihiel salient.
S II Is noteworthy that the Germans
5lowed the Thirtieth Austrian Divi-
ion 10 bear the brunt OF tho fghtin 2
RI the salient. The Austriars suffered
Navy Iosses.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
Granfcd New TrinI.

ATLANTA. GA, September 15.-Wil-
liam Pollard, a union organizer, VINO
was convicted and sentenced to six
years imprisonment in connection with
the dynamiting OF street cars here
in 1916, was granted n new trial by
Supreme Court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
FRANCE HoN0Rs AMERICA
Stars and Stripes Fiutter From P,Si,
Municipni Building Under
SneCinl Order.

PARIS. September 16.--From the top
OF the City Hall tho stars and Stripes
huttered all day to-day. having been
hoisted by special order of the Muni-
clpal Council. in celebration of the
American ST. Mihcl victory.
A resolution adopted by tho general
council of the Department OF the Seine
says: THE American democracys in
vincible army triumDhantly pursucs the
place OF honor reserved for IT,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
Draft Opponent Convicted.

ROCK HILL, S. c.. September Ia
j. X Hall. OF Greenvire. was convicted
in the United States court here yes
terday on three Of four counts or an
espionage act. lie was sentenced ;c
serve a year and IL day in the Federal
pcnitentiary at Atlanta. He was
charged with talking IN opposition to
the draft act. calling President Wilson
n traitor and making otner disloyai
remarks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
sRICAN AVIATOR
CRASHES THREE EOkKERS

| stAINE, September 15.-Lieuten-
Charles r. Dolive. of Chicago, de-
fed three Fokkers on Friday In his
flight over the lighting line,
4utenants Carruthers and Harding.
| shot down a German machine
confirmed Dolive's triple victory.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
BAKER GIVEN OVATION
Entire London Thcnter crowd Rises 10
Honor American Secretary of
Wnr.

LONDON, September l5.-Wearing a
true victory smile. Secretary OF War
Baker appeared with Admiral Sims and
Colonel Biddle In box at thcater
performance for American troops on
furlough here tonight. The whole
house rose and gave the American
Secretary of War a rousing ovation.
Secretary Baker said he had no state
ment 10 mako for tho present.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16

One paoer in the home is worth thou.
he creuston re M 'snSsE o Thc Times Bspstes BIZ
homo delivered. Thst pcopie buy and pay
''sinG rs guarantee OF reader Interest.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16

Hlgh-r1ass help OF every kind look To tho
Help Wanted Ads, in The Times. Dispa tch
for tho best positions IN Richmond and
vicinity. Use them for quick results.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
ALLIED TROOPS
CONTINUE PUSH
AGAINST ENEMY
Pershing's Men Advance
From Two to Three
Miles.
BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES
MOVE NEARER ST. QUENTIN
Mangin's Army Strikes CIV
Blow North Of
scissors.
GERMAN ATTACKS FAILURES
Americans Capture Seventy.Two Ad-
ditional Guns Abandoned In
st. Mihicl Sector.
GERMAN ATTACKS FAILURES
Americans Capture Seventy-Two Ad-
ditional Guns Abandoned In
st. Mihiel Sector.
tBy Annotated Pres..

WITH THE AMERICAS ARMY on
THE LORRAINE FRONT. Scptember
aS.--Htndered only slightly by the Cor
man artillery and machine guns. Per-
shinR's army to-day continued tho con-
seiidatioa OF their lines facing the re-
GENTLY strengthened Hindenburg de-
lenses. Additional territory was
| brought in the long line was
Estrashtened. the American troops on
the extreme right swinging along the
Aoselle River for the greatest gains
FRIGHT WING ADVANCES
ON FOUR-MILE FRONT
WITH THE FIRST AMERICAS y
gARhY. September l5.-Our right wing
advanced on a four-milc front last
sight. overcoming strong German ma
S.nine- gun opposition. capturing VII
Fecy "a little less than three mifr.
northwest OF PaEny- Sur Moscllc) and
lSorroy ithree and half miles north
Hast OF Feyen-Haye.
II IN the enter OF tho attack our troops
Hnranced between one and two miics
Sieaned out two woods. capturing all
Inc German m achine Eunners in them
2nd mounted the southern slope OF tho
ahickly wooded Bois de Rappc the
greater part OF which is in our hands
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
r BEING BOMBARDEo
BY LONG-RANGE CANNON

PARIS, September i5.-Netz. the
pat German fortress taken from tine
inch rs spoil OF the Franco-Prus-
In War forty-seven years ago, -
her long-range Commandment o,
.nch and American guns.
fiHce yesterday morning the Amtr
as have advanced between two and
ee miles along thirty-mile front
are shepherding the.enemy nortn-
tward. driving him 10 the line wnerc
must make a stand II ne wants
save the approaches to Metz
meriean patrols pushed two miles
, ad OF the main forces. making an
ance altogether or Ave miles since
terday morning.
Attest authoritative figures place
total OF prisoners in American n
Ids counted so far at $4,000. 4
dred cannon were captured. These
Is do not include the French cap
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
TTSH FORCES CAPTURE:
VILLAGE NEAR ST QUENTIN |

e British brought their lines with
sess thas FIVE miles of ST Quen-
A o-day by capturing Maissimy viii
together with the trench system
he southeast and east.
German counterofiensfye may he
8ing behind the heavy bombard
! to-day Of the British positions
IA OF the Arras-Cambrai road.
4e Italians won local victory in
4Brenta Valley, taking 355 priso-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-16
III CONGRATULATEs
GENERAL PERSHIS(i

Farshal Foch personally congratu
ID the. American commander in,
II yesterday upon the brilliant We
which resulted in the liberation
/ 80 square miles OF French soil.
HINTS of rnomeptouS Developments
In the air. Any moment may
r nnWerful nnn sn
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-28
OUESTIONNAIRES TO
GO OUT THIS WEEK
Gen. Warfield Says Papers To Older
Registrants To Be Sent
This Week

To those of draft age. who have not
yet received their questionnaires will
be sent out this week.
This includes the 1S-year-old boys
and the men between the ages of Sc
and 45 years. Adjutant General War
field stated yesterday that the boards
were progressing rapidly with the
classification of those between the
ages of 10 and 36 and that he hopes 10
have this work completed in the very
near future He stated further that
the delay in sending out the balance of
auestionnaires was made necessary, so
that the local boards could finish up
the classification work and would be
in a position TO supply men for the
draft when called upon.
l am making every effort 10 push the
ance of the 1917 registrants," said
General Warfield. There will also be
big calls in November and December,
and as these will have TO be filled
from the ranks of the 1918 registrants.
/ am maxim gevery effort to push the
work ahead just as rapidly as possible.
1t is for that reason that ! have or
dered the local boards to devote all
their attention to the classification OF
the men between the ages of 10 and
&c."
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-28
CLOCKS WERE CHANGED
AND OLD TIME is BACK
Nobody Seems To Notice Change OF
Hour Made Yesterday. The
Plan Great Success

The solar time was reestablished
yesterday. when the hands of all
clocks and watches were turned back
one hour.
Nobody seemed to notice the change,
and there was no serious inconveni-
ence in the regular routine of daily
life.
The daylight-saving plan which had
obtained since April 1st, last, accord
ing to universal belief, was complete
success and it will likely be adopted
again as an economic proposition next
spring.
All clocks at the Naval Academy
were regulated at 2 a. m, and the
city's town clock on st. Anne's steeple
yesterday morning at the hour of early
service, marked time in the regulation
way, according to Congressional
wishes.
This mornings workers were glad
of little more daylight and a little
less darkness to start out to work, and
there seems to be general satisfaction
that the change has been made.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-28
COMING HOME DRUNK,
FATHER SHOT BY SON
COlored Man Meets Death In Third
District From Shooting Claimed
As Accident

The Sheriff's Office was informed
over the telephone this morning of the
arrest by the Fifth district officers of
William Smith. Jr., colored. charged
with killing his father, William Smith,
aged 55 years, on the farm of Frank
Revell. in the Third district. An in
quest and hearing is TO be held at the
Brooklyn Police Station at 7.30 this
evening. After this, Smith will prob
aba be turned over to the sheriff
Several witnesses were also detained
by the Fifth district officials last night.
According to the statement of the
prisoner, the elder Smith returned to
his home last night in an intoxicated
condition, and tried TO shoot his
daughter with a shot gun. The pris-
oner, according TO his statement, took
the gun away from the father, while
the girl ran out of the house Later,
he said, the father returned to the
house and tried to get the gun, and
was shot while scuffiing over it with
his son.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-28
RIGID ECONOMY OF
FUEL NECESSARY
States Allotment May Be Cut
Caused BY Closing Of
Many Mines
MUST ENFORCE ECONOMY

The coming winter the fuel situa-
ton promises to be as acute as that
OF last winter, unless householders OBJ
serve the strictest economy. Accord
ing to the State fuel administration
rigid conservation in the use of fuel is
absolutely necessary.
The greatest danger now impend-
ing is the possibility of having the
States apportionment cut to some ex-
tent. Such step would greatly inter-
fere with the Administration and
would bring about a serious shortage
in coal that would reflect particularly
on the poor of the city.
The enforced closing of many mines
due to labor shortage and the pre-
vailing epidemic of influenza has had
telling effects on the output at the
mines and the daily receipts here. A
considerable quantity of the coal,
therefore, that was to have been di-
verted to Baltimore, will be sent 10
other ports in order to bring about an
equal distribution in all parts of the
country.
There remains, therefore, only one
| solution to the problem as the situa-
ton now stands, and that is the prac-
tice of the strictest economy in all
households. In an effort to make the
| best of the situation, the Fuel Ad-
/ ministration advises the delaying OF
| furnace fires until it becomes an abb
solute necessity. 1t is also suggested
than on damp. chilly days wood be
used as a temporary substitute for
coal
Coal dealers are cooperating with
/ the Fuel Administration in seeking tC
supply as many families as possible
with a share of their winters con-
sumption and in adding to the supply
of those who have already obtained
part of their orders. Those whose
bins are empty. however, are to be
given preference over all others.
Not until the mines catch up in
production is there any hope of Mary
land getting its full apportionment
And this will be a difficult task, fol
the demand, as winter approaches, be,
comes greater and greater, and the
short period lost will require many
months to make up.
1t is the opinion of the Fuel Ad
ininistration that Marylanders, may
have to resort to the use of soft Goa.
before winter ends. This was nee.
essary last year and played big
part in relieving the situation. The
bituminous situation is very encour.
aging and can be looked forward tC
gency.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-28
SHADES OF MIDDIES
IN REAL LIFE

Midshipmen do not have to die to
have their shade seen around these
parts, for in the fifty-seven varieties
of midshipmen at the Naval Academy
there are three distinct shades"
"The Log" the weekly published by
the Midshipmen, is authority for the
statement that three readily dis
tinguishable shades of blue are pre-
sented by the uniforms of the three
classes now at the Academy, and that
the shade is indicative of the class.
Members of the first class. Il states,
If still wearing uniforms of their early
days. show the true Navy blue, DYED
under old conditions. Members of the
third class are wearing uniforms OF
'hectic." prematurely aged war-dyed
green. the results of domestic ef1orts
in the early days when the German
sources of dyes had been cut on.
Marking the advance in the efforts OF
the dye makers on this side, the
fourth classmen are blossoming out in
a shade of purple that suggest the
garbs of royalty.