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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-25

Bethlehem Lutheran
Building Fund
N. w. Bowe & Sons
Church Hill Bank
Cottren Saddlery Go.
Carson Mfg. Go.
Atlantic Life Inns. Co.
Globe Clothing Co.
Home Beneficial Assn.
Harrelson & Go.
Miller b Rhoads
Miller Mig. Co.
Merchants National Bank
Newlson Mfg. 90. i,
Old Dominion Trust Co.
Pollard 4 Bagby =
Richmond Forging Co.
Richmond Academy Of Med.
icine and Surgery
Rueger's Hotel
Saunders Bros. Go.
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Girls School
st. Mary's Beneficial and
Social Union
G. r. Sauer Go.
Savings Bank Of Richmond
Va. Car. Chemical Co.
Virginia Trust Company
B. w. Wilson Paper Go.
Stephen =. Wade
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OF THE $1,000 w. S. S. CLUB

Miss Ann Dennis
Alex. Cameron
w. G. Crenshaw
j. S. Chon
T. A. Cary
E. S. Carlton
T. M. Darlington
E. M. Crutchfield
The Cohen Co.
Jonathan Bryan
Mrs. Jonathan Bryan
Major James Dooley
Chas. D. Deissner
B. n. Ellington
w. H. Ellerson
H. j. Freshman
John E. Fowler
Hunter B. Frischkorn
Mrs. Hunter B. Frischkorn
John II. Frischkorn
Miss Mary Tyler Freeman
Geo. G. Gregory
r. Z. Glover
Meyer Greentree
E. n. Gunst
]. Russell High
J. g. Hood
Aubrey Hawkins
DR.. w. s. Hodnett
Mrs. John G. Hayes
A. s. Hurt r. w. Scott
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Thos. B. Scott
Chas. r. Smith
Mrs. Chas. E. Smith
A. L. Straus
Miss Leonora Straus
Mrs. G. M. Schwarzschild
Margaret L. Smith
Mary S. Smith
John g. Sorg
A. o. Swink
George g. Seay
w. H. Scott
J. r. Sheppard
G.. M. Schwarzschild
H. Schwarzschild
A. J. Strobe
E. L. Toone
r. Garnet Tabb
Dr.. A. +. thurman
G. II. Tompkins
T. Elwood Tragic
Leo Ullman
Mrs. Leo Ullman
L. S .Whitmore
r. D. Watkins
DR.. A. Murat Willis
H. A. Wellhouse
Geo. H. Ware
John L. Wingo
Coleman Workman
Mrs. w. j. Walker
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Aaron Jacobs
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H. P. Liphart
H. E. Litchford
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Geo. B. Morgan
Miss Mary S. Morton
Miss Carrie V. Morton
w. S. Morton
DR.. VIM. A. MCGOWAN
S. T. Morgan
Mrs. Harry Marks
John Miller, Jr.
Clarence Milhiser :
NJ. E. Marcuse
Mrs. Carroll Montague
Mrs. G. H. Montague
Penn Montague
j. II. Nolde
Nolde Bros.
w. A. Page
DR.. II. r. Perkins
DR.. w. H. Parker
James n. Price
Thomas B. Purcell
George Ryan
DR.. Chas. Robins
G. B. Richardson
John w. Rothert
Jas. A. Richardson
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Z. B. Addison
o. B. Alsop
Joe Allen
J. L. Antrim
Mrs. Joe Allen
Archer Anderson
A. L. Adamson
Stuart Bowe
L. r. Barnes
H. s. Binswanger
Ralph A. Binswanger
Miss Mary Boyd
Z. s. Blair
n. P. Baskerville
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. r. Bur
nett
John Stewart Bryan
w. i. Barrett
M. I. Binswanger
A. G. Becker
Arthur Blue
Mrs. Arthur r. Blue
]. w. Brinser
J. NJ. Ball, Jr.
George Bryan
Barney Bowman
J. r. Dennis
Mrs. J. B. Dennis
]. &. Dennis, Jr.
Miss Margaret Dennis
Miss Estella Dennis
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-25

Actions speak louder than words. Hence the follow
ing eloquent to the preparation of Germany for
another
"A German order recently found the battlefield
requests the different units furnish list of officers and
who have shown aptitude in the gas section, and
who desire to continue in that service after the war
ASSOCIATED Press, August 18.)
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hat Germany is not ready for Peace is suggested by
the following quotation from recent speech by DR..
Vogel court chaplain to the kaiser:
And when peace draws near no German sentiment
atty no humanity tomfoolery; no butterm< in our
Blood but the stern repayment to the foe hundredold
over for all the and misery he has made suffer"
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
SPORT.

Eddie Pitts, well-known Denver
sporting promoter, has signed up with
the radio corps and will soon be on his
way to a training school, probably at
Fort Collins.
Lieut.. Daniel w. Knowlton, Colora-
do Springs tennis shark and football
star, has been promoted to captain in
the field artillery and is now in the
United States as an instructor.
At Colorado Springs, football prac-
tice at Colorado College has been
practically called off. Of fifty-three
men expected to take part in the prac-
tice games not more than eighteen
have responded to the call for team
candidates; and, among the men in
quarantine at the college are all the
first team players.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
ALL PUPILS IN LIFE'S SCHOOL
Each Day Gives Opportunity to Learn
New Lesson, Even Though
End Is Near.

We did not ask to be born and have
our names entered in the school of
life-but here we are-willing or I'M
willing pupils which is it? Are we
learning life's lessons cheerfully glad
w, optimistically or do we chafe and
fume and fret and worry? There are
so many lessons and life is so short.
Every day our wonder Increases at
cur Fathers never-failing goodness;
MT the discovery of new virtues and
powers in some life where they have
long been dormant, or in some new
beauty of this wonderful world that
we had long viewed with unseeing
eyes. We need hearing ears and see
ing eyes If we would acquire knOwl-
edge in the school of life. We need to
open our hearts Godward every morn
ing and say: Lord make me teachable
today"
"My aged grandfather often said to
me: "George, learn something new
every day" All is not every day
fresh age Of life? Is it not half the
charm of life to know that each dewy
morning is door opening into won
derful field where we have not vet
walked; where the flowers of knowl-
edge bloom, and there are new tasks
awaiting us and new lessons to be
learned ?-Exchange.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
ALLIES SWEEP ONWARD
Huns Burn More Belgian Cities as
President Warns Germany Wanton
Acts Bar Armstice

With The British Army in France
Oct. 15.-The whole front attacked, it
now develops, extends for thirty kilo-
meters northward from Confines, the
British holding half of this line. There
are further evidences that the Ger
mans are retreating from the Belgian
coast Their stores are being moved
from Ostend and Bruges. More fires
have been started by the Germans,
especially in Thourout and in the
neighborhood of Cortemark, and great
clouds of smoke and flame now cover
the country for miles.
British, Belgian and French forces
attacked Monday morning on a wide
front in Flanders The allied troops
are driving in the general dire Of
Client and Courtrai.
The attack seems to be generally
from Confines to the northward. The
troops of the three nations went over
the top after crash bombardment
only.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
WESTERN

The epidemic of influenza has SUBJ
sided somewhat in eastern states, but
continues to spread in the middle and
far west
Indications were Sunday night that
the list of victims of the forest fires
in the Duluth, Mimi, section may
reach 800 or 900.
Lieut.. c. G. Mutt, the aviator who
piloted the monster battleplane from
Houston, Tex, to Denver, received a
message advising him of his appoint,
ment as first lieutenant
When announcement was made at a
meeting of the Liberty Loan commit
tee Saturday night that Kansas City
had gone nearly a million over it's
quota of $26,OOO,OOO, in six days of
canvassing, and simultaneously word
came from Washington of the appar-
ent acceptance of President Wilson's
terms, an impromptu parade was or
gained
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
WASHINGTON.

Revised rules governing the sale Of
hitting the issue of two pounds a
month for each person, restrict the
sale to one pound at time
The text of the German note as re-
ceived at Washington says Germany
accepts President Wilson's terms as
laid down; accepts evacuation of in
vaded territory as necessity prelimi-
nary to an armiStice and asks for a
mixed commission to make the ar
rangements declares that tie chancel-
lor speaks Tin the name of the German
government and of the German peo-
ple," and that it's only object in enter
ing into discussions is to agree on the
practical details for carrying out the
terms President Wilson has laid down.
Two officers and eleven enlisted
men were lost and thirteen other men
injured, one seriously, in collision
between the U. S. S. Shaw and Brit
ish vessel in British waters on Oct 8,
the Navy Department announces. The
Shaw was badly damaged.
Liberty Day celebrations Saturday
brought uncounted millions to the
credit of the nations $4,000, 100000
war loan.
The practice of some merchants Of
giving War Savings Stamps as prem
:vms with purchases is strongly con-
demned by the Treasury.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT The WAR.

Cambria has fallen and the British
are now well to the east.
The French have captured Berry
Au-Bac, the Paris war office an
nounces.
Nish, the capital of Serbia, has been
occupied by entente forces, the Berlin
war office announced Sunday.
The Germans are evacuating the
Chemin Des Danes under the con-
verging attacks south and west of it.
Laon, the last of the group of nat
ural obstacles forming the keystone of
the German defense in France, has
been taken without fight
"The battle begun in Champagne on
Sept. rs has ended in the complete de-
feat of the enemy says an official
statement issued at Paris.
The Serbian army has advanced to
within six miles of Nish in the face of
heavy Austro-German resistance, &C
cording to advices received in London.
The German lines behind Laon, be-
tween the rivers Serre and Sissonne,
have been turned, making the German
situation in the Laon area most diff
cult.
On the River Mouse, northwest Of
Verdun, the Americans have cleared
out little pocket in the direction of
Sivry which has held them up long
time.
British troops have occupied Douai
prison, have captured Montrecourt,
Faubourg Des Querchin and the
greater part of Flers," according to
Gen. Haig's statement.
In the Champagne the French and
Americans, joining hands north of the
Argonne in the Grand Pre- gap, have
occupied the Grand Pre- station, while
patrols are said to have entered that
town itself.
"The American troops on both sides
of the Meuse have obtained their OBJ
jectiyes,' was the official characteri-
zation Saturday night of the days OPP
erations. The total prisoners taken
since Sept rs is 1869.
Elements of ten German divisions
100000 mem have been identified op-
posite the Americans on the Cambria
ST. Quentin front. The Germans are
throwing in their man power reckless
ly in an effort to stem the great Amer
ican-British drive Since they COM
menced attacking, Tennessee and Car
DINA troops have captured more than
1900 prisoners, between fifty and six
ty guns and hundreds of machine
guns.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
WHEAT CROP e1s,e2o,o 900 BUSHELS
Forecast for Corn Production Is
2,717,775,O0O Bushels.

Washington. = This years wheat
crop will be 918,92O,OOO bushels, the
department of agriculture announced
in it's preliminary estimate of produc
ton. Winter wheat production is $685.
725,000 bushels and spring wheat pro-
duction 1868, 5000 bushels.
A corn production of 2,717,775,OOO
bushels was forecast from the condi-
ton of the crop Oct. 1.
Estimate of production of other
crops follows: Oats, 1885, 297 900
bushels; barley, 236, 5O5,OOO; buck.
wheat, 19, 473,O00; white potatoes, 391,-
$4,000; sweet potatoes, 85,473,OO0;
flax, 100000; rice, 41,918,O0o; to-
bacco, 1,265, 100000 pounds; pears, TO-,
$4,000 bushels; apples, 198,389,OO
bushels; sugar beets, 6,158,O0O; kafirs,
72,650,O0O bushels; beans, 100000
bushels.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19

The Finnish government has asked
Germany to withdraw her troops from
Finland. ~
Walter Hines Page, retiring Ameri-
can ambassador to Great Britain, ar
rived in New York from England,
critically ill. He is suffering with
heart disease. From a steamship he
was brought ashore on a stretcher and
removed to hospital.
Between LOO and 1900 lives were
lost in the sinking of three vessels by
U-boats reported Oct. 10. From the
Ticonderoga, a ship in the United
States transport service, 240 persisted;
600 were drowned from the Leinster,
were lost from the Japanese steamship
Horano Maru, bound from a British
port to Japan.
Another great effort by Germany's
submarines is impending Sir Eric
Geddes, first lord of the British ad-
miralty, in statement paying tribute
to the part played in the war by the
American navy, disclosed that plans
of the enemy for what may be the
final intensified U-boat campaign of
ruthlessness are known and that the
allies are prepared to meet it,
When the $6,0OO,OOOOOO goal of the
Liberty loan workers of the country
is reached then will the efforts of the
women of the country in war work be
appreciated With their entire heart
and soul in the work of whipping the
Kaiser, the women throughout the
country during the last three weeks
have been fine-combing every nook
and Granny of this big country in
search of Liberty Loan subscribers.
An amendment to the explosives
laws of the United States went into
effect Oct /, covering the sale, POS
session and use of platinum, iridium.
palladium and compounds thereof The
use, sale or possession of these metals
is now prohibited except when a IL
cense for such use, sale or possession
has been obtained from the War In
dustries Board at Washington.
During last week the allies captured
more than $4,000 prisoners, it was es-
timated Friday Their total captures
since July IS now amount to more
than 100000
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headaches disappeared. gained In
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unhealthy condition which often devel-
ops into more serious ailment.
Women In this condition should not
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profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn, Mass.
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Colonel at Camp Grant Stays Self.
Camp Grant, Ill.-Col. Charles B.
Hagadorn, acting commandment of
Camp Grant, committed suicide.
Allies Unite in Mighty Blow.

London, Oct. 9.--The British and
Americans have advanced to a depth
of about three miles on a twenty-mile
front in their great attack between St.
Quentin and Cambria over front
of twenty miles between Cambria and
st. Quentin the British, American and
French troops have started mighty
drive, which, in it's initial stage, has
thrown the enemy back from highly
priced tactical positions to a depth
of from two to five miles.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
ALLIES WILL
DICTATE TERMS
U. S. NOTE INVITES GERMAN PEG.
PIE TO OVERTHROW PRUS-
SIAN AUTOCRACY.
TURKEY SUBMITS PLEA
DETAILS FOR SUSPENDING BAT.
TIE WILL BE LEFT TO MAR
Shall FOCH AND AIDES.
WESTERN Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Oct. 15.-President Will
son has answered Germany's peace
proposal with decision which not
only fulfills the expectations of sup
porters of diplomacy, but also dispels
the fears of those who predicted he
would substitute victories at arms
with defeats at diplomacy. No peace
with kaiserism; autocracy must go;
no armistice can even be thought or
while Germany continues her atroci-
ties on land and sea- one cannot be
considered unless it fully is dictated
by the allied commanders in the field
in such terms as absolutely provide
safeguards and guarantees that Ger
many's part will not be scrap of pa
per-this, in a few words, is the Pres
ident's answer.
If it does not bring a capitulatiOn
which may be more then an uncondi-
tional surrender, allied diplomats and
American officials believe it may
cause a revolution in Germany.
Beyond question it speaks for the
entente as well as the United States.
The dispatch of the Presidents re-
ply was followed by the issuance of
the following formal statement by
Secretary Tumulty:
"The government will continue to
send over 100000 men with their sup
plies every month, and there will be
M tiOp of onU lyiud,,,
The Senate chamber rang with ap-
plause of senators as the President 8
answer was read a few minutes after
it had been announced at the State
Department.
Senator Lodge, the Presidents chief
critic in his course until today, issued
statement expressing his gratifica-
ton at the Presidents decision Opin-
ion throughout Washington was unani-
nous in approval
Text of Turkeys Peace Plea.
Washington.-Th Turkish peace
note received Monday follows closely
the line of the German and Austrian
peace notes. 1t was delivered by the
Spanish ambassador. 1t reads
"The undersigned charge de-affaires
of Turkey has the honor, acting upon
instructions from his government, to
request the royal government to in
form the secretary of state of the
United States in America by telegraph
that the imperial government requests
the President of the United States of
America to take upon himself the task
of establishment of peace; to noti-
fly all belligerent states of this de-
mand and to invite them to delegate
plenipotentiaries to initiate negotia-
tons.
ut (the imperial government ac-
cepts as basis for the negotiations
the programs laid down by the Presi
dent of the United States in his mes.
sage to Congress of Jan. 8, 1918, and
in his subsequent declarations, espe-
cially the speech of Sept. q.
'In order to put an end to the she'd
ding of blood, the imperial Ottoman
government requests that steps be
taken for the immediate conclusion of
a general armistice, on land, on sea
and in the air.
The Sept. 81 speech referred to
above was the Presidents talk in New
York declaring for impartial justice to
all, whether friends or enemies.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
FOREIGN.

Spanish influenza is again spread
ing throughout Switzerland.
Prince Frederick Charles Of Hesse
has been elected king of Finland by
the Finnish landtag.
During the month of September 548
German airplanes were destroyed on
the western front, it was officially an
nounced in London.
The French Cabinet has decided as
a necessary national defense measure
to introduce a bill providing govern
mental control of all French railways
during hostilities and one year after
peace.
American soldiers to the number Of
364 Or 366 persisted when the British
armed mercantile cruiser Otranto and
the transport Kashmir collided in the
north channel between Scotland and
Ireland Sunday, Oct g.
LIE Cateau, the important junction
point twelve miles southeast Of Cam
brai, represented Thursday night the
point of deepest penetration by the al
lied troops. The British were the
masters of it.
Writing in the London Daily News,
Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice declared
that since the second battle of the
Marine the Germans have lost 200
in prisoners and have suffered casual
ties totaling 100000 men.
Vienna and Budapest newspapers in
terpret the ministerial changes at Con-
stantinople as preparation to surren-
der. 1t is reported that Turkey will
give guarantee of her good faith by
opening the Dardanelles.
Viscount Grey, the former British
secretary of foreign affairs, in the
first speech he has made in two years,
said he thought peace was within sight
but not within reach. He praised the
wisdom of President Wilson's reply to
the German note.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily
Express, dated Saturday, says: THE
excitement in Berlin is said to be ex-
traordinary. People are kissing one
another in the streets, though they
are perfect strangers and shouting
peace congratulations to each other
The only words heard anywhere in
Germany are peace at last"
The Canadian casualty list issued at
Ottawa contains the following among
names of Americans: Wounded: j.
H. Bas, San Bernardino, Cal; H. Wal
lace, Colorado Springs, Colo; c. Krug-
stadt, Baker, Ore; H. A. Cannell,
South Bend, Wash; c. j. Ruslow,
Bloomfield, Neb.; P. A. Disney, Ia
coma, Wash; M. Wiley, Cheyenne,
Wyo.; T. Gordon, Seattle, Wash; F.
Goldthorp, Helena, Mont; A. Labay,
Arlington, S. D., and c. Haltert, Los
Angeles, Cal.
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NATION coMBATs "FLU" SPREAD

Washington, Oct. 15.-The public
health service announced last night it
is modified for a national campaign
against the nationwide epidemic of
Spanish influenza. Additional head
quarters for statewide efforts to con-
troll the disease will be established in
cooperation with state and local
health authorities at Baltimore, Md;
Columbus, Ohio; Richmond, Va, and
Columbia, s. c..
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-19
RECALL ARMIES.
THEN TALK PEACE
PRESIDENT WILSON ASKS PRINCE
MAX WHOM HE REPRESENTS
IN ARM!STiCE PROPOSAL.
TEXT OF LANSING NOTE.
GOOD FAITH WOULD DEPEND UP
ON HUNS WITHDRAWN FROM
INVADED TERRITORY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington, Oct 9-President Will
son has met Germany's peace note
with a move which will at one stroke
develop whether her proposal is sin
cere or merely pretension, and, if a
pretension it be, fully justify for all
time before the world the prolonging
of the war with force to the uttermost,
force without stint or limit. At the
some time the President has left wide
open the door to peace.
The text of the communication
handed to the charge of Switzerland in
Washington follows:
'Sir: l have the honor to acknowl-
edge. on behalf of the President, your
note of Oct. 6, inclosing the communi-
cation from the German government
to the President, and I an instructed
by the President to request you to
make the following communication to
the imperial German chancellor:
"'Before making reply to the re-
quest of the imperial German govern
ment and in order that that reply shall
be candid and straightforward as the
momentous interests involved require,
the President of the United States
deems it necessary to assure himself
of the exact meaning of the note o;
the imperial chancellor.
Does the imperial chancellor mean
that the imperial German government
accepts the terms laid down by the
President in his address to the Con-
gress of the United States on Jan. 8
last and in subsequent addresses, and
that it's object in entering into discus
sions would be only to agree upon the
practical details of their application?
"The President feels bound to say
with regard to the suggestion of an
armistice that he would not feel at
liberty to propose cessation of arms
to the governments with which the
government of the United States is as
ISOLATED against the central powers,
so long as the armies of those powers
are upon their soil. The, good faith of
any discussion would manifestly de-
pend upon the consent Of the central
powers Immediately to withdraw their
forces everywhere from invaded ter
ritory.
"The President also feels that he
is justified in asking whether the i'm
perial chancellor is speaking merely
for the constituted authorities of the
empire who have so far conducted the
war. He deems the answer to these
questions vital from every point of
view
Accept, sir, the renewed assur'
ances of my high consideration
ROBERT LANSING"
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Washington.-Gene Diaz, com
mander-in- chief of the Italian army,
has issued a general order reminding
his soldiers that the enemy still is on
Italian, French and Belgian soil, and
calling on them not to be weakened
by flattering hopes of peace, but to
hold themselves in readiness to COM
pletely crush the enemy if his peace
offers prove to be "a fresh form Of
the old guile"