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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
ENEMY OFFICIALS
DROP A FEW LINES

Berlin tVia London), Aug. IL
Portions of our line astride the
Amiens- Roye road were recaptured By
us during the night" says today's war
office statement covering yesterday $
operations.
Troops of the Herzog (Duke) of
Wuerttemburg in the the Sundgau,
penetrated French trenches north OF
Largitzen. taking prisoners the state
ment says.
The repulse of British attacks in
Flanders, near Vieux Berquiu and in
Picardy, north of the Ancre, also is
announced.
Between Lassigny and Roye" the
statement continues; The troops of
the army OF General Won Boehn frus-
trated French and Canadian attempts
to break through
Near Goyencourt the enemy tenn
porarily gained ground in the direc-
tion of Roye but was thrown back by
counterattack.
a war office statement issued today
says:
our chaser planes shot down four
British planes which attacked Darn
stadt."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
GERMANS DON'T LIKE
SCHEMES ABOUT COLONIES

London Aug. lift would seem
that the German public at large, war;
weary and detected. is beginning TO re-
coil from the loss of it's colonies.
about which it never cared very
much. The German colonial em-
pire. the pet project or the pan Ger
man mlitarists, expansionists and
appreciated by the German masses.
who did not see that they gained
much by overseas possessions which
did not pay their way and had TO be
heavily subsidized by the taxpayers at
home.
There is Il growing tendency among
large classes Of the German proie-
tariat and bourgeotse 10 believe that
il is not worth while 10 go on fight
ing for these dominions which the
ambition aud folly OF their rulers
have forfeited 10 the entente powers.
1t has been deemed necessary to re-
vive the colonial fever by invoking
the somewhat furnished. bur sim IN
fiuential names of the great war
lords.
Ludendorff has published "A message
saving that the colonies are "lnsspar-
able from that German future Tor
which we must fight and for which
we must conquer
Hindenburg is even more explicit.
Hindenburg declares: Without eoio-
nies, no guarantee regarding raw ma
terials; without raw materials. no In
dustry. without industry, Insufficient
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, we Germans
must have colonies" E
But as Germany is certainly not
going to recover all, or at any rate,
the greater part of the colonies which
have been conquered by British.
French. Australian, South African and
Indian troops. she may as well recon-
ellie herself to their loss.
She could have kept them forever
so far as the western powers were
concerned IL she had not chosen ID
plunge the world into war and chal~
ienged the might of the British navy
AS she did so she must pay the forS
felt. Her colonial empire has vanish%
ed. Fortunately for her she can al
quite well without 1t II she conpe4
her rulers to behave with sense and
moderation. N.
1t Is not true that she cannot have
raw materials for industry unless SssQ
herself controls the aOs1cea eE MnMX
ply. The entente ppwe<1 -
will ~ Co. Z ~ w. ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
DEFEAT BOlSHEv|K|
FROM EVERY POINT
Siberian People Are Rallying
to Assistance of the
Czecho-Slovaks.
IRKUTsK LINE IS CLOSED
Consul-General Poole Remains
At Post in Moscow to Aid
Fellow Diplomats-Au
Safe.
IRKUTsK LINE IS CLOSED
BY H. III. sTANsBURY.

Washington. Aug. 17.--Ofhcial re-
ports to the state department from
Moscow in European Russia and from
siberian points indicate that the Bol-
shevik forces are being defeated, both
in military and political strategy.
Irkutsk. the important Lake Baika
port on the trans Siberian railroad
was captured by the Czecho -Slovak
forces with the assistance of Siberian
troops on July I. The Boishevik
army made a desperate stand and in
hicted losses on the Czecho-Slovaks
Of $50 killed and 1900 wounded, but
in the end were completely routed
The success of this encounter is re-
garded as of great value as il opens
the railroad com munication between
Irkutsk and Samara to the westward,
where there are additional Czecho-
Slovak forces. One of the chief diff
ficulties with which this army has had
10 contend has been the lack of com
munications.
The line from Irkutsk to Moscow
is still closed, but the reports are said
10 show the next move will be TO
take the stations held by the Bolshe-
visits and repair several bridges which
have been destroyed. In this work
the Siberian people are shown to be
rallying TO the assistance of the
Czecho-S lovaks.
Secretary Lansing reported having
received a long message from Consul
General Poole at Moscow which came
via Stockholm. Mr.. Poole burned his
code book. turned the affairs of the
consulate over to the representatives
of Sweden on August and prepared
to leave. Several of the consular rep
-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
Mourn Death of
Senator Gallinger

Franklin. n H, Aug. 17.-United
States Senator Jacob ii. Gallinger, OF
New Hampshire. died at hospital
here early today,
Washington, Aug. 17.-News of the
death today of Senator Jacob II. CAL
linger. of New Hampshire, was re-
ceived in Washington with sincere re-
greet by his colleagues in the senate
and officials of the government
A straight line Republican, an I'M
swering partisan. Senator Gallinger
rounded out the last days of his long
service in the senate with a record of
patriotic support OF every war measure
that demonstrated beyond question,
that the man ruled the partisan and
that patriotism over politics was his
bounden creed.
The death of Senator Gallinger re-
moves from the senate an ardent sup
porter of woman suffrage and prohi-
bition. If his successor to be appoint
ed by the governor OF New Hampshire
should be an opponent Of woman suf
frage, 1t will mean almost surely the
defeat of the amendment at this ses-
sion but should his SUCCESSOR be-
favorable to the cause. the situation
may 70 change a. to make certain the
a6opt3on- ~ thu Amsndu1e0f
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
WEALTHY BREWERS PROPERTY
Is TAKEN OVER BX PALMER

New York, Aug. 17---Alien Prop
erty Custodian Palmer, il was an
nounced today, has taken over the
property, valued at several millions,
OF Gottfried Kruger, a New Jersey
brewer. Kruger. who is an Ameri-
can citizen. has been in Germany
since 1914. poor health preventing his
return. His son. William c. Kruger.
together with the Federal Trust Com
pany OF Newark. will administer the
estate, It was said at Mr.. Paimer's
office, Mr., kruger's brewery inter
ests are wide, including a controlling
interest in the United States Brewing
company and the Lyon Sons Brewing
company, of Newark and large in
vestment in the Union and Home
Brewing companies, also of Newark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18

Important gains by the allies
have imperilled the key positions
of the Germans on the front ex-
tending from the sector of Hebu-
terne 10 the region Immediately
cast of the Disc, a distance of
about fifty miles.
French and British, by strong
local drives I'm their respective
sectors during the day, bent back
the enemy lines.
The British scored an advance
of n mile north of Iihons in tho
Picardy zone and are now threat
ening the German strategic post
tions tat Albert, Bray and Clnaul.
mes.
Rose and La<signy aFsu are hi
imminent danger of capture.
German connter-nttacks in
Flanders have been repulsed by
the British, who have made fur
ther gains I'm that territory.
Operations west and east of the
Disc valley have assumed greater
Importance in the past twenty
four hours and there are indica-
tions that the French may bring
stronger pressure to bear east OF
tlft anu u
drive on both sides OF the river.
4 success in this quarter I'M
doubleday would shake the Ger
man front as far as the Nesie,
where the line Is held by the
Americans who distinguished
themselves in the battles OF the
Marine salient.
During the week the allies have
advanced steadily along the whole
Picardy front.
In the same period the Germans
have yielded ground twice, their
lines being moved hack north OF
Albert and on the north wing Of
the Lys salient.
The withdrawal Mt Albert re-
moved the poinf OF dangerous
salient jutting into the British
front This salient was the re-
suit of determined effort by the
German high command to sepa-
rate tho British and French arm
les during the last great offensive
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
THIS TYPICAL OF
AMERICAN BOYS

London, Aug 17.-Some OF the
American soldiers have invented a
new military crime. They are de
sorting" TO the front line.
Engineers and other troops
whose duties keep them in the
rear of the fire gone or at the base,
were found to have abandoned
their. units.
When this breach of discipline
was investigated ii was discovered
that the men We're so anxious to
be in the thick of the fighting they
had deserted" and made their
way to the front trenches where
they took part in the recent bat
ties.
A few of these ardent warriors
disguised themselves in Australian
uniforms and got among the
Anzacs and earned conspicuous
distinction with the valiant colo
nists SO that four OF them were
decorated by Kin3 George.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
LIBERTY BONDS GO
INTO NEW RECORDS

New York, Aug 17.--Liberty
honds of the first issue, bearing
Az per cent. made new high
record today at the close OF the
market. selling at 10000. Their
rev,ous high level was 10000, re-
corded last year.
The spectacular rise of the ans
was due 20 tne.r exemption from
tax Eager bidding helped them
on their upward trend, the favor
Of the bond-buying public center
,rr In them because of the con-
xressional plan to impose heavy
4 Income tar.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
GAINS BY ALLIES lMPERI- KEY POSITIONS HELD
BY GERMAN ARMY ALONG A FRONT OF FIFTY MILES
LUDENDORFF HAD DOUBTS OF
SUCCESS OF RECENT FIASCO

London Aug 17An order signed by Lndendorn and
has
that at that
might be acting
time the Germans had
campaign
offensive
in finish
q
eorder the people
himself think
defensive fighting and
instructions
to allies
of which allies had
out
t verys
he hedu
order
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
ENEMY AERIAL RESOURCES
ARE FEEBLE, WALLS OFFICER

Paris, l7-Whle subbornly Germany
have blinded aerial
prisoner
in the last days fighting
Our feeble absorbed by
a o
planes The complaints of that bombed
be needed They themselves such
machine aircraft
The order issued the l83rd infantry allied
high while
Picardy believed be a
being thrown the
which increasing frequency all along the front.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
Organized Labor
Is Not on Trial
One Hundred 1. w. w. Members Found
Guilty of Conspiracy--Appeal
IN Noted,

Chicago. Aug. 1T.-One hundred
members of the I. w. w, on trial in
federal court before Judge Lands were
found guilty today by a jury OF oh
structing the draft and conspiracy to
hinder the government in the conduct
OF the war. The charge was brought
under the espionage and carries with
1T a maximum penalty OF twenty years
in prison.
Big Bilr' Haywood, director and
credited with being the brains of the
organization, was among those con-
vcted Following the reading of the
instructions to the jury by Judge
Landis. Haywood said, They are fair
enough"
The verdict was considered on four
of the original five counts in the In
dictments. The fifth charging fraud
ulent use OF the malls was dismissed.
Haywood evidently expected an ac-
auittal as did the other prisoners who
plainly showed their establishment AT
the verdict.
THE /. w. W. will continue to -four
band of convicted men were taken TO
Jail under a strong guard to await
sentence.
The attorneys for the defense made
application for new trial which will
be heard next week
In his charge Judge Lands made II
plain that organized labor was not on
trial. He said:
"Organized labor is not on trial here.
Workingmen have the right to or
ganize to improve their conditions as
to wages. health or other welfare
that right Is not abrogated in time OF
war
The only limit is they must not by
their organizations violate the law OF
the land"
Early in the afternoon court onlook-
ers were surprised when Attorney VEn-
deveer. counsel for the defense. an
nounced he would make no arguments.
Il am going to submit the Justice
|of this case to tho jurors without ar-
fgpmnut".h ~. announced :.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
FRENCH CRUISER
DUPETIT TORPEDOED

London, Aug. 17.-An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Paris an
nounces the torpedoing OF the French
cruiser Du Petit Thouars on August
T. The cruiser was cooperating with
American naval forces In protecting
allied shipping on the Atlantic. The
survivors OF the crew were picked up
|by AmiricAn destroyers. ThtrtAen
I0an axe rppotted naiaaiugs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
POLLARD SECURES
v|RC|N|A'S QUOTA
1872 War Work "Y" Men Ap-
pointed After Complete
Canvass Of the State.
WILL SAIL SEPTEMBER
Many Prominent Citizens From
Various Walks Of Life
Are Pledged TO Go to
France.
WILL SAIL SEPTEMBER

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18
WEEK FULL Of VICTORY
Roye and Lassigny Are
III Imminent Danger of
Capture By rench.
PRISONERS TAKEN
Plain People Of Central
Empires Grow Weary
of Long and Useless
Struggle.

Paris. Aug. t7.-The village Of
Canny Sur Matz (about two miles
northwest of Lassigny) was cap
tured today by the French. the
war office announced tonight.
The French offensive has been
extended to the eastern bank of
the Disc, the line having been ad-
vanced to an approximate depth
OF one mile on front of two
miles in the vicinity of Autrechtss.
North of the Avre the French
have made further progress, TAX
ing 1000 prisoners and many
machine guns.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-18

CONTINUED on Second Page.)
New-York tribune., 1918-05-03
Fit for Anything

Another American, an automobile
racer, Rickenbacher, has been added to
the list of trained athletes who have dis
tlngulshed themselves in the air. The
list is a long one, but it is no whit longer
than that of plain civilians, with no
noteworthy record as athletes, who have
developed into crack fliers. Guerin, the
most promising Of the newer French
fiiers, was clerk in Havre shop. So
runs the story in every camp and can
tonment.
The moral is fairly plain. Athletic
prowess is a help, but it is not indis
pensable. What are absolutely necessary
are the sound heart and lungs and nerves
which come only from good, husky
health, won and preserved by reason
able attention to bodily needs. Such
equipment does not necessarily belong to
the crack athlete who has rowed his
four-nile races or done his hippodrome
stunts. The call that war issues is for
sound, all-round physical development-
not so much excessive muscular training
as good, open-air exercise week by week.
Universal military. training would go
far to answer this call. So would an in
creasing sense Of national obligation to
be strong, to be fit, to be ready for a
fight or frolic. The lesson is one that
we can all study and digest for use in
the days ahead when we are planning
the upbringing of future generations in
world that, however safe for democ-
racy, will never be wholly safe for the
defenders Of democracy.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-03

property of landlords seized when the
Soviets began to run wild.
The phantom government of the re-
public not being willing to lend itself to
an undoing of the work of the revolu-
ton, of which it was itself a product, its
members were got rid of by thrust
ing them into prison. Germany's will is
law in Ukrainia, just as it is in Lithu-
ania, Courland, Livonia, Esthonia and
Finland. These de-Russianized prov
inces have exchanged a King Log in
Petrograd for King Stork in Berlin.
Even in the Reichstag nowadays the
"self-determination of peoples" has be-
come a cynical jest. The exquisite COM
edy of the offer by Courland of a grand
ducal crown to William II is appreciated
even there "No annexations" is dis
missed now as painful indiscretion of
the past.
That is German psychology. Lenine
and Trotzky didn't understand it. Mel
ther did the innocent-minded Ukraini-
ans. They are wiser to-day. Every
country which becomes the beneficiary
Of Germany's friendship or patronage
has already accepted it's destiny as a
vassal state.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-03
Addresses, Too

President Wilson has wisely reversed
the War Departments policy of with
holding the addresses of soldiers whose
names are carried on the published
casualty lists. The addresses are to be
given hereafter. If they are not given
the lists become too blind to be worth
publishing.
The French government prints no
casualty lists at ALL Announcements
are made to soldiers relatives by letter.
That method has its merits. If addresses
are suppressed on the theory that they
give military information to the enemy.
the names ought to be suppressed also.
At this stage of the fighting and with
complete German knowledge of the ex-
tent of our man power, little military
disadvantage will be risked by the full
publication of American casualties.
There is strong demand for complete
information about this country's partici-
patton in the war. 1t is discreet to
satisfy it. We are not afraid to disclose
our losses or to let Germany puzzle out
their implications, to whatever extent
she will
New-York tribune., 1918-05-03

derest extent before this slanderous
editorial was written. That was to
order painstaking investigation of the
work, by Mr.. Theodore M. Knappen,
which has been duly printed in these
columns. Writing from Detroit, as was
printed in The Tribune of April 25, Mr..
Knappen reported:
Manufacturers assert, directly contrary
to general opinion that the Libertyf motor
record is one of the. most creditable
achievements in the history Of American
industry They say that when the mis-
understanding caused by hyperpolitical
publicity and premature boasting has been
cleared up it will be conceded on all sides
that American engineering plants have
contributed another bright page to the
record of American manufacturing per-
formance."
But this is not ALL AS to the altera-
tions and changes in plans which have
been held to be responsible for a large
part of the aeroplane delay, and which
'"The Times" insinuates were purposeful
and conspiratous, Mr.. Knappen says:
"As to alterations, the manufacturers
be expected Moreover, they make the
astounding statement that 95 per cent Of
the alterations originated with them in
stead of with the Signal Corps. They
admit that the scrapping and waste Incl
dental to alterations has been prodigious,
but declare that it was the inevitable price
of attaining quantity production with
new machine within a short time. Altera-
tions are still being made, and, they
say, it will always be so. They are pro-
ductive of serious delays in the early
stages of quantitative production, but
afterward are to be taken as part of the
routine of production"
We deeply hope that the ''grand jury
investigation which "The Times" de-
mands will be made, and it's charges
probed to the utmost. Then, if the facts
are as we believe they are, we hope that
our neighbor will make the amende hon.
oroble to the men against whom it has
made such an Infamous charge.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-03
Hail Anzacs!

The men from Australia, which is to
say Gallipoli, have the hearts of New
York and the warmest welcome we can
give them. When Pershing's men and
the "Blue Devils" of France and the An
zacs march up Broadway there is
scene and tug at emotions which this
old town has never known before. 1t is
a small column of marching men as units
go to-day. 1t is East and West, North
and South, the Old and the New, the
minute men of civilization Che world
around, marching as comrades to the
rescue Of all we hold dear.
No wonder the crowds along the side
walks cheered as never before. We rec
ognize in these rangy frontiersmen of
Australia our own brothers. They are
long way from home. May their well
come here cheer their hearts and make
them feel that we are indeed with them,
heart and soul, proud Of their deathless
record, proud to stand with their khaki
line in the fight for truth and righteous
ness!
New-York tribune., 1918-05-03
The End in the Ukraine

The German military authorities in
Kiev have dispossessed the marionette
government Of the Ukrainian Republic.
Thus has the altruistic principle Of
"self-determination," interpreted by Ger
man diplomats and generals, quickly
borne its perfect fruit
"Self- determination" was a generous
and lofty sentiment when it was ap-
pealed to for the purpose of disintegrat-
ing the ancient empire Of the Romanoffs.
The subject races greedily embraced the
Brest-Litovsk dogma. They saw in it
the hope of an independence achieved
without effort or cost. What they didn't
see was that it was only sugar to draw
them into the German fly trap.
Germany made the Ukraine indepen-
dent. In doing so she annulled the old
Russian mortgage, but she also plas-
tered on the Ukrainians q mortgage Of
her own. She became the guarantor and
guardian of the republic, then its ad-
ninistrator, then its master.
The Germans needed the Ukraine as q
granary. They wanted wheat and cat
tie. They wanted agriculture resumed.
Therefore they had to restore stability
and order. It seemed to them that they
could get better results out Of return
to the old proprietary system, which the
Ukraine revolutionaries had upset. So
General Won Eichorn, the military COM
mander. directed restitution az All