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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-11
DUTCH GENERAL. CAME
TO SPA TO MEET WILLIAM
{ BY Associated Prcss,1

;. PARIS. December lo.--The City
Council at Spa has documentary evil
came TO Spa to meet the fornss. Ger
man Emperor before his iiigf: inio
holland. according to the Matin. 1t
would appear therefore, ttat his re-
ccption and that Of the crown prince
and suite Al the Dutch frontier was
not "a mere comedy" the newspaper
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-11
PRINCE HENRY PROCLSIMS
ROSAllST PARTY IN GERMANY

y. INFNVNTHNrN ]
PARIS. December l0.--Prince Hen.
~. OF Prussia. brother Of the former
German Emperor. has proclaimnd tho
establishment of a royalist party IN
Germany. according TO reports from
Holland.
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GERMANS RESIGNED To
ALLIED OCCIpSTIoN
IEy Atsocintcd prHss-l

itS Associated Press
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY or OC.
CuPATloN. KAlsERI.ACTERN, GER.
MANY. saturday, December As
General Mangins troops penctra;c
iurtner into German territory tho res
ignst'on OF the population TO foreign
occupation becomes more apparent. in.
habitants from whom IL has been pos
siOie 70 get an expression OF oDinioo
not only submit with d0cili;y To the
presence Of the French troops, hut in
nent. ga"
The weakening in the patriotic snir,,
OF the people, due TO the political IN
heayal In the empire is ahown in Inc
general attitude OF The Inhabitants Of
towns through which tho ,rooDs nast
AZ one fine regiment Of colonial al
vision marched through this old TORN
to-day there We're few drawn blinds
TO be seen. Tho streets were lined
with people. among them German on.
GERS and soldiers In uniform great
many OF them were maimed. 'i3ere
and there were many faces which
plainly showed hate. but the mass OF
tne people watched the PROCESSION In.
differently. Some OF the people. how
ever. Wow the invaders viii evident
jntcrss'. and on rare occasions Win
mani!es. sympathy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-11
.I,IiINELAND SPLITS ON
SEPARATION QUESTION


COLOGNE. December l0.-Colognc Is
secthng with political ideas born OF
the revolution. Various factions are
ut grips over the future government Of
the Rhineland, which. with Westphalia,
was declared separate republic at a
meeting of radical social democrats re-
Gently.
The conservatives are holding out for
a united Germany. 1t is said separate
republic, which would he known as the
republic OF Northwest Germany, has
not yet been proclaimed definitely bv
the radicals, who never liked the PruS-
sian government and profess to care
less for the present regime in Berlin
The Ithineland. as A whole, was against
the old regime, but tho people, while
united in this, have split on the rock
OF possible separation from Germany.
FORMER PRUSSItN FINANCE
MINISTER TAKEN IN RAID
BY Associated Press.l
BERLIN, Monday. December "a
dramatic sequel to Frilay'g attemnted
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-11
'tsEN DOSS CIVILIAN
GARB AND LIVES QUIETLY

NV Assoc.nt,d Prcpsl
HMkkONGFN. HOLLAND. Deem.
Minam Hohehsoli%rn has shed his
UNIFORM and appears regularly In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-11
FORMER PRUSSItN FINANCE
MINISTER TAKEN In RAID

BY Associated Pressl
BERLIN. Monday. December "a
dramatic sequel to Fridays attempted
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
(By Associated Press.)

Headquarters, Italian Army May IL.
Attention is now being centered on
he mountain front Tor AL the indica-
items are that this Is e. be the main
scene of coming operations instead OF
the fat river country to the east. With
these operations perhaps not far OIL
ii is well to take a survey Of thti
mountain section for it's main points
are likely to be heard of very otter
i'll the coming months. Already along
these mountain roads there is the stir
flo great forces of men, guns ana
horses moving into position, and one
almost feels that great battle is
already on.
The Tridentine Alps which stretch
across northern Italy form natura!
fertilization between the two opposing
lines, and it is in the lower section
OF these ranges that the military OPP
erations are now unfolding. While it
is a front of several hundred miles
from the Adriatic up to the SWlsS
frontier, yet part of this stretch is lm~
penetrable mountain peaks covered
fifth eternal snow. and there are prac-
tically only five lines Of approach
where breaks in the mountain
heights permit military operations to
be carried on.
These five lines of approach Oh com
muncation through the Tridentine
Alps are the valley regions known as
the Valtellina, meaning see-saw from
it, winding character, which leads
down to Lake Como and toward Mi
Ian; second, the Val Camonica, lead
ing southwark toward Brescia; third,
the Val Giudicaria, which comes down
just east of the Adamello region with
it's line of peaks and skirts along the
west shore of Lake Garda; fourth. Val
Lagarina which follows the course Of
the Adige river on the east of Lake
Garda and comes down from Trent
toward Verona; and fifth, the. Val
Sugana which follows the course /of
the Brenta river and winds around
the Asiago region down past Bassanu.
These five main highways through
the mountains become more impor-
tant from a military standpoint, as
they come eastward toward the
Asiago and Brenta region. All the
chief pressure has been in the easter
ly region in the past, and the indica-
tions at present are that 1t will be in
this region.
The great fighting ground, then,
would be along the two valleys on the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
Wonderful Aid
Given BelgianS
By The I. s.

Paris, May 1O.-ln all 6'Ol6'o44'VVV
mounds of foodstuqs have reached tne
Belgian civil population through the
Commission for Relief in Belgium
from November /, 1914 to OCTOBER 81
1917. it is announced 1t is due 10
the marvellous generosity OF the uhf
ted States of America that the Bel
gians have escaped destruction
through famine" says the lnforma'
ton Belges, a publication edited at
Hayre under the auspices of the Bel
gian Government. "They will never
forget it, it adds.
When Herbert c. Hoover organized
the Commission for Relief in Belgium
in the fall of 1914 and purchased IN
London the few thousand sacks OF
-four and wheat that were sent 70
Belgium in the care of Hugh 5. GID
son, the Secretary of the American
Legation at Brussels who had gone
to London for that purpose, none
foresaw that the institution would
grow TO such proportions and would
become the greatest work OF the KIND
ever attempted.
The average distribution OF food
stuffs to the Belgian population our
ing the three years referred to above
was 5,4S0,O34 pounds daily.
Importations into Belgium would
have reached much greater figures
had it not been for numerous sink
ings by German Uboats OF ships
loaded with foodstuffs for the Bel
gians.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
FIVE RULES FOR A LONG LIFE
'(Miami Metropolis.)

Five rules for a long life as given
by Edward Everett Hale are offered
as good working principles for even
these strenuous times-not that any,
body really lives by rules, but he
cause most of us enjoy reading old
truths set forth in new form. These
particular five go like this:
l. Rule both mind and body with
an iron hold. You are master.
2. For the body, enough good sleen
enough good food, enough good exer-
else.
3. For the mind, regular work
work in the line of your genius and
stop when you are tired.
4. After you are forty you NAV, II
you are not fool, choose your own
rules, your own medicine and vour
own food. But you will find that the
more you are in the open air and the
more you are with other people. the
better you will succeed. You will also
find that there is nothing gained BY
brooding over failure.
|, 2, 3, 4, 5, land always). The great
central statement Of life and history
in this matter is: "He made himself
OF no reputation and took upon him
self the form of servant. wherefore
God has highly exalted him."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
Mountain Section of Italy May
Be Next Scene of Operations

east, Val Lagarina and Val Sugana,
and chief attention should be centered
on them and their neighboring heights
Of Asiago, the Grappa and Mount
Tomba. Both of them come down from
Trent, the Austrian storm center
which sends forward troops and sup
plies through both these valleys to the
mountain fronts beyond. From Trent
the enemy has railroads down both
these valleys.
The Lagarina valley comes straight
south to Verona and the open plain. 1t
was down here that the enemy made
his first rush two years ago, pushing
from Reverto west toward Mount Pa
subio He was driven back then, and
all the indications are that he will be
held again if he comes that way.
The most important approach is by
way of the Val Sugana, or Brenta
river. From it's headwaters near
Trent the Brenta makes a wide cir
cult before it comes down to the open
plain at Bassano, and it is within this
circuit that the Asiago plateau and
the hardest fighting ground lies. The
Austrian railway from Trent comes
down the valley to Primolano, about
twenty miles above Bassano, thus
keeping up steady flow Of men and
supplies. That is why the Italian
airplanes have centered attention OH
Primolano, which is often mentioned
in the communicates as having it's rail-
way stations bombed.
The bomb-swept and deserted town
Of Asiago is the center Of this battle
region enclosed by the Val Sugana
and the Brenta river. The enemy lines
lun just below the town. Near by are
Mount Val Bella, Sasso Rosso and
Melago, all the scene of desperate
fighting when the enemy tried to come
down the west bank of the Brenta.
"he river itself comes through a
rocky defile, so part of the approach
| is over these intervening mountains
which reach down to the river valley.
This Asiago region is cut by two
other local valleys, which are a most
important part of the mountain ope-
rations throuh they are not main
highways through the Alps. These are
the Valarsa and the Astico valleys,
which wind irregularly down toward
Vicenza. Much is likely to be heard
of this section in the coming opera
lions.
| East of the Brenta river is another
part of this same Val Sugana which
is also desperate fighting ground.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13

"P'rade REST"
Two thousand bodies moved as
one,
Then clear and loud the bugles sang
Retreat"
Against the crimson of the west.
The Colors futtered gently in the
breeze,
The bugles ceased abruptly. Then
"Ten-SHUN!
Again with quick precision moved the
lines,
While for moment all the camp was
hushed.
A mighty chord from the deep-throat-
ed brass
Then thrilled the list'ning soldiers to
the sound
OF our great Anthem. Gone their
gloomy thoughts;
Forgotten all the trials of the day.
No one but gazed enrapt upon the
flag
That with slow majesty came floating
Into the outstretched arms of wait
ing men;
The while those moving, patriotic
chords
Came pouring forth a great cres
cendo . All!
How pregnant with perception was
that hour!
One saw-divined-the Truth with
sudden light.
No matter what the Government, nor
what
White-livered pacifist obstructs the
wheels
Of this Machine; no matter what we
think
OF those poor creatures who refuse
to help
In this great struggle for Democra-
The message of that Flag remains
the same;
Immutable the things for which it
stands.
For Truth and Honor and Democracy
Have been, and, thank God, always
shall be, ours.
Such thoughts as these stirred ev'ry
soldiers breast
As sank the Starry Banner toward
the earth.
The music ceased a curt "Dis.
missed" and then
The ceremony of Retreat" was done.
The great bulk of men, perhaps. are
slow
In answering their country's call lust
now
But time will come when ALI, will,
will heed the cry,
AS did these boys, who answered with
one voice,
I'VE come!"-nor ever counted nm
the cost!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
YOUR PAPER REPRESENTS YOU

In Florida there are many i've
towns that are moving forward rapid
ly to city size and many small cities
that will soon be large ones if they
keep up their present rate of gain.
No one needs to be told that the
growth of city benefits nearly every
man who settled in it when it was a
village or town or even a small city.
Land that at the beginning could be
bought at little more than farm land
prices is sold by the town lot and
then by the city lot and it goes on
up, enriching the men who bought it
when it was cheap.
Besides this motive Of self interest
a patriotic pride makes a man love
to see the community he lives in
grow and so throughout the state
there are thousands of men with
whom the community interest is next
to self interest and not very far be.
hind it as an incentive to effort.
What can do to build up the town
I live in? This question is engaging
the attention of tens of thousands Of
Floridians. Various things can be
done but we can tell the best one
build up your local newspaper.
We know the Florida press pretty
well and we do not know an editor
who is not booster, We do not
know one who is not giving his peo-
pie as good paper as they permit
him to give them. We do not know
q state whose papers are better con.
sidering the size. of the towns in
which they are published, than the
Florida papers. In fact we do no
know any state whose papers are as
good considering the size of the
towns that support them.
This speaks we'll for Florida edi.
tors. They put their energies and
their talents into the papers thew
publish and more than that they put
their money into them. Display with
them means display through the pa.
pers they publish. We do not know
OF an exception when we say they
make their papers just as good as
their means will allow.
The newspapers of this state sneak
well for their publishers but that is
not all. They speak well for the
communities in which they are pub.
lished. The paper shows the talent
o 1.-THE editor but it shows Just as
plainly the enterprise and the liberty
OF the people of the community If
serves. Could a paper published in
a town of five thousand inhabitants in
Florida be as good as one published
in town twice as large in another
state just through the efforts of the
editor? 1t could not unless the five
thousand Floridians gave it as good
support as it would have received
from ten thousand people in another
state.
Your local paper is your represent.
ative. 1t is as good as you enable
the editor to make it. If it is not
good the community in which It is
published suffers. If it is remarkably
good for the size of the town those
who see it will know that the town
Is full of progressive men and will
soon grow up to the size and the ex.
cellence of the paper. The two work
reciprocally, each pushing upward l.
Jacksonville Times Union
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13

Here the enemy has made his main
rush to get down to the open plain,
and here he advanced furthest, toward
Bassano, yet the splendid bravery Of
the Italians held him in the noun
tains through the winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
NEW SOUTHERN HOTEL

have moved from the Orange Ho-
e! to the Lakeland Hotel, 30I North
kentucky avenue, now 1.-THE New
'outhern." I have thoroughly reno
ated the building and invite the
public's patronage, making this hotel
he travellers home.
'iC9 T. R. TINDAL, Prop.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13

Sumter County-Crops generally
are looking good. Labor is scarce
and some farmers are behind with
their work. It is quite likely that
more help will be needed to handle
the cotton crop.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-13
RETREAT

by Private Jacob S. Fassett, Jr., Di-
vision Headquarters, Camp Gordon
From Leslie's, March, 1918.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
MANG|N'S MEN REACH
 HINDENBURG LINE
French and Germans Face to Face On Old Battle
 Ground.

With the French Army in France, Sept. 6, Night (By the Associated Press) .-General Mangins troops reached the Hindenburg line at sev- eral points today. They took Laffaux and Petit Barisis and drove near to Vauxaillon, while extending their hold on the Aisne as far as St. Nard.
 The adversaries were face to face this afternoon near Quincy-Bassee in the same positions they occupied re- spectively for about a year before the German drive this spring.
 The Germans occupy positions of natural strength which they have re- inforced. The entire region of the St. Gobain forest not only is 8, nat ural fortress but is particularly favor able to the tactics the enemy has en- ployed throughout his retreat.
 South of the Aisne, at St. Mard the French troops this afternoon were aD- preaching the junction of the river and the Oise-Aisne canal, this seem ing to be the line chosen by the ene- my for his resistance in that region.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
MUTINIES FREQUENT
 IN GERMAN ARMIl
Correspondent Says He Has OmA Confirmation of Dissatisfaction
 ill Kaiser's Ranks.

London, Sept. 7.-General den aJ1zation of the German popula and widespread and growing dissa faction in the German army. acc, panied by mutiny and assertions described in a dispatch to the D Telegraph from it's Rotterdam respondent, under date of Thursc The correspondent declares he has celved cOrrOboratiou from author tive sources.
 He says alarming outbreaks h occurred in several army units, p1 cipally Bavarian and Silesian. whole BaVarian division on the Al front was disarmed and transpoI to Bavaria, where it was placed a prison camp. The mutiny of a Si ian regiment resulted in nearlJ hundred of it's men being executed
 A huge number of assertions occurring, the correspondent says, it is estimated there are more u 20, ,O00 deserterS in Berlin alone. H dreds have been sentenced to 15 ye; imprisonment. A great number imprisoned deserters, broken by itary confinment, have been sent b3 to the ranks
New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
British Advance Mere Rapid ly Than Expected-Now Nine Miles East of River Som1ne.

London, Sept. 7, 1 P M-Terg- nier, three miles west of La Fere, has been captured by the French troops.
 The French have advanced on a 200 mile front to an average depth of two miles and at some places to a depth of four miles. They occupied Tergnier without opposition.
 The French troops also reached the forest of Coucy and now are on big stretch of entirely new ground
 British progress on virtually the whole battle front from HaYrincourt Wood to the river Aisne continued this morning with rather greater rap idity than had been expected.
 The British line started at Havrin- court Wood, of which the British oc- cupy virtually one-haIf, runs through M etz- en- Couture and Fins, then by Lieramont, LOngayesnes and Tin court Boucly, Hancourt and Tertry to Lanchy, where it joins the French line
New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
GERTH RETTRES FROM
 TELEPHONE COMPANY
Manager of New Britain Exchange Had Been With Concern
 For 19 Years.

Ralph F. Gerth, manager of the New Britain division of the Southern New England Telephone O., has rendered his resignation to take eff feet as soon as his successor can be appointed. He has become associated as a partner in the ownership of the Chatfield News Co.,, and will devote all his time to that work. In giving up the management of the local ex- change MT. Gerth brings to a close 19 years of service with the Southern New England Telephone Co. His re- tirement will be regretted, since under his management the telephone service in New Britain was greatly broadened and improved.
 MT. Gerth went to work for the Southern New England Telephone Co. in Bristol and after four years in that district came here as an inspec- tor. In 1906 he was promoted to be assistant local manager at the Bris- tOl office and three years later suc- ceeded to the management of the ex- change. In 1909 he succeeded R. S. Gray as manager of the local dis trict, which then included Southing- ton and Platnville exchanges. On January l, 1913, he assumed the management of the Waterbury ex- changes, embracing the Naugatuck Watertown, Thomaston and Cheshire divisions. Alr. Gerth returned to New Britain July l, 1917.
 When Mr. Gerth first came to the local exchange there were only 1j operators and today there arc 50. The number of telephones increased from 1000 to 5000.
 MT. Gerth is president oC the Tp5c- phone Employees Mutual Benefit as sociation. which ts a state organiza- ton.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
French Far East of Ham.

Paris, Sept Ion the front be- tween the Somme and the Disc the French continued to press forward last night, overcoming the resistance of the German rear guard. according to today'S var office report.
 Pushing east of Ham, the French troops have occupied the towns of Dury and OIIezy, more than three miles beyond Ham.
 North of the Ailette tho French have made a further advance, winning the entire lower Forest of Coucy. North of the Nesle, where American troops have been advancing, there is no change i'll the situation.
 Barisis, north of Ailette, was cap tured in heavy fighting. South of the river the French have taken Nan
New Britain herald., 1918-09-07
AMERICANS STRENGTHEN GRIP ALONG ] BRITISH HAMMERlNG AT FLANK NEAR
 FRENCH HIT ON WIDE FRONT SOU1
FRANCO AMERICANS SUBJECT ENEMY
 TO MERCILESS BAKING GUNFHRE

ton with the French, where the most determined resistance was encOun- tered. More broken country offers better opportunities for defense and the Germans have taken advantage of every hillside and ravine in placing their artillery and machine guns. The Americans were forced to face a deadly barrage, while barriers of gas were raised in every ravine down which they might advance. An equal ly destructive artillery response was made by the Americans, however, and the men, already tried in previous en- gagements, advanced steadily driving out the machine gun nests one after another
 The Germans held their positions along a machine gun line stubbOrnly, many of them dying at their posts, but the total mortality was not great, since only machine gunneTs were left in the rear line It is probable, how ever. that the German losses were large as a result Of the counter -artil- lery fire. Some 30 prisoners were brought in today from that part of the sector on the Americans right. Because of the better terrain, the Germans can afford to retreat here more slowly and from their posi- tons they can exact a higher price in return for their withdrawal. It IS inevita blc at the same time that they too. must pay dearly. The result is a foregone conclusion and the only question is that Of the cost in men. Today the Germans enfiladed the Am- ericans, who on their part replied in kind and with interest, while the n ,Ie,1 tpI 1pi- n what must have been frghtful conse- quences for the Germans.
 Artillery Duel Increasing.
 The slowing down of the German retreat Tfrom the Aisne has enabled tho Americans and French to bring up supplies and artillery and get into the line the full strength desired for forward positions. Tho Germans, of course have had the same opportun- ity to place their artillery in position with the result that artillery action to- day was enlivened and may be ex- pected to increase until a new move towards the Chemin des Danes is made. That the Germans will estab- fish themselves on that line there is virtually no doubt This conclusion is reached from statements made by prisoners and Substantiated by cir cumstances incident to the operations.
 The Americans concluded today their movement across the plateau and down the slopes towards the riV- CT. They were constantly made tar gets but the movement was accom- plished with astonishing success. not withstanding the Germans intimate knowledge of the abandoned territory and their excellent opportunity for observation. French airships assigned to this front were remarkably daring and efficient in their operations, but the Germans never tlring in their aerial work attacked with guns and bombs and were rarely out of sight of the Allied observation posts.