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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
PRIEST EXPRESSES HIS
PITY For AOMESIhSs

Just before left him lie told me
about the great suAer!ngs OF ;hc poor
hrmcnians. millions OF whom had been
driven from their homes to sure misery.
death or worse.
| proposed that I accompany him 10
the establishment where he was ad-
miHistcriuS his charity TO these Ar
mcuians. whose suncrin6s were bitterly
felt by me
IN response TO my proposition nc raid
Gracious madame. the prcccpts OF my
sacred religion will not permit me- 10
accompany a wc7nan-worthy and good
as You arc to any place. unless il ne
that she IS one OF my immediate fam-
i,i- such as wife sister or niece"
"EIt your holiness will not ohjcc, 10
my visiting your haunts OF charity
without accompanying YOU" said
Lightly. Fer tho first time the sofia
smiled, and consented, saving that
could find him at the Koum kapou
district carly the foilowin. morning.
Nnd YOU can sec with your own eyes
;,rIcious madame. what this war has
done 10 our once happy and prosperous
carttal' Was abou; TO make "A reply
"a him. whom he added very severely:
And perhaps tho gracious madame will
be IN eyewitness TO what her Father
land has brought 10 us. and on her
return 10 her beloved country will tell
u her God-fearine people what terrible
sights she has sc"nr'
GRO lie Continued To-Horrow)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES.

Temperature. 60: humidity. -: wind
direction. southwest: wind, velocity. >
miles; weather, clear.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
Charged with Stealing Trun,.

William Loving. co'orcd, of S - Ea t
Canal street. charged with stealing a
trunk ana contents. the property Of tho
Chesapeake and ohio Railway Company.
WAS locked IN at tho First Police Sta
ton last night. lie Was arrested h"
ratrolmcn sweet and LumpkiII
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
Rainfall

Rainfall last twenty-four hours. None
EXCESS in rainfall since March L.. ".29
EXccss in rainfall since January /. 800
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
Local Temperature.

IL noon temperature. ............ &c
+. NJ. temperature. ............ II
Maximum temperature 10 S l.. Nj. 10
.Minimum temperature to i. Nj. -
Mean temperature ............... 90
.NoEnal temperature ............. 81
deficiency In temperature. ... =
Excess In temperature since March
-. SU
Accumulated deficiency since Jan
uary .......,. l54
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
Soldiers and Sailors Get Comfort

That makes them III for tho hard WORT IL,
camp and ir.nchc.; "a; sea or on rnarchcs.
oy n>in. Aliens Foot Ease. t!.- antis.utI ,
powder to shake into the shoes IL take-
ite friction from ;he shoes ard rrcshon:s the
rect Aliens Foot Ease has hccr tho
st4mdard remedy FOR ., years for relief OF
gaIousea. tired. aching. awcatnE swollen
lcri. and makes light shoes feel easy. The
l'!atiSnurE MAMMAL advises The use or Foot
lsH-" zach morning. Try II tn-dty.--kay
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16

I had to start en- my plan at once.
and when had ended he knew as much
about my scheme as l. y understand
you perfectly, gracious countess"
My scheme. as I had been instructed
by Baron Won Dudich. was to put my.
self in compromising position with
this man o. Cod which would be
recorded by n photographer. After such
"A photograph had been secured, all the
Stamboul newspapers would be inspired
TO connect me with several disreputablo
acts in the past. | would be thoroughly
advertised as pretty bad woman, and
AS soon rs the populace of StambouI
had diEcstcd this sCandalous news, at
the proper moment the compromising
pictures would be caScd on the various
picture house screens. Then the sofia
would DC completely diScreditcd, and
would surely be driven out o: the city
by the dsillus;oned and indignant
populacc. This was our plan. and now
that EMver Pasha was silenced by our
the troublesome sofia destroyed
! lost no time in preparing myself
70 meet the man OF God"
When was ushcTed into the pres
cncc OF the sofia ! felt weak. and
would have broken down had i, net
been for tho happy presence of mind
OF Herr Erunn. lie at once approached
sofia Abdul Rahman Bey. and told him
that | was somewhat shy. and that
felt very nervous in his (thc softa'sJ
presence. These words were ridiculous
enough TO make me smile.
The sofia bowed low. and saluted mo
with great courtesy and I WAS asked
to he seated. AS looked at this mans
bright eyes. ] felt guilty OF 4 horrible
sin in the depths OF my soul. | felt
like crying aloud and confcssinS to
every one that l was planning to com
init the greatest sin any woman could.
| wished that | could find some other
WY 20 serve my country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-16
MAN WITH IRON m,ASl>
ms person was mysterious pris-
oner of France. who vas closalv con-

fined for years by the
State, and died in the
BaS;iiie in 1908. He
may have been a twin
brother Of Louis XIV.
VINO knows?
In this century, it
Is no mystery how we
can get strong, for by
putting iron in our
blood we become
strong men or women.
The strong men of to-
day are men OF red
blood. Men gain en-
ergy, vim. vigor. by
taking a new co!nbi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
FUTURE GERMAN ATTACKS
WILL BE LESS POWERFUL

enough to permit any degree of persis-
tence in such an attempt Each fail
ure to break through or to reach
vital point now becomes a dangerou
handicap to Won Hindenburg, if he
gains few miles of territory. Every
extra mile of frontage taken over by
Won Hindenburg requires the with
drawal of 5000 men from the German
reserves for its protection.
And yet, however strategica1ly wise
it may be for Won Hindenburg to be-
gin to shorten his line at nonessential
points. he fears to do so because of
the effect a retiring movement would
have upon German opinion at home,
Every extra mile of entertainments
requires a similar weakening of Gen
eral Fochs reserves But the ulti-
mate effect is far different for the al
lies, because they are not yet on the
offensive.
The depletion of Won Hindenburg's
reserves in order to guard an extern
sion of the front means weakening
of Germany's final effort to win the
war by offensive tactics. But it would
suit General Foch's tactics, perfectly
if all of his own mobile reserves were
to be used to man new miles of
trenches, providing a similar fixed
duty were enforced upon all of Won
Hindenburg's mobile reserves.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
United Press
War Summary

1,4o4th day Of the war; 18th day Of
the big offensive.
Marne front: The allies net only are
holding the Germans on the new
Marine front, but have assumed the in.
itiative, driving them back at two
points between the Disc and Marne
yesterday.
Enemy artillery heavily bombarded
the allied lines west Of Rheims and
in the Neuilly-La-Peterie sector, when
Americans recently stopped the Huns.
British and French military ex-
perts believe the Germans soon will
resume their drive, probably extend.
ing their attack westward to Montdi.
der where other Americans are in
the line. --y i
picardy front: spasmodic bonnbard:
nents and raiding operations con-
tinued.
Flanders front: The British took
prisoners in few raids and lost pris-
oners in other raids.
England: English newspapers be-
Iieve the U boat raids along the
American coast are designed to scare
the United States into recalling de-
stroyers and patrol boats from Euro
pean waters, but are confident this
will not be accomplished. They dis
euss the probability Of a lombard
ment Of an American coast town.
The big steamer kenilworth Castle,
in bound from South Africa, made
port after being torpedoed or struck
by a mine. Some passengers were lost
when life boat was overturned.
Germany: A prominent Dutch eiti-
zen, returning from Germany said al
lied air raids on the Rhine towns have
created panic among the inhabitants
driving some insane, according to an
Amsterdam dispatch.
Austria-Hungary: Socialists warned
the government Of trouble unless the
food situation is improved.
Italy: The food situation is great
fy improved, grain receipts during
April and May being far above normal.
Russia: BoIsheIk forces defeated
German and Turkish forces in the
Caucasus, capturing kars. Several
towns in Ukraine also were captured.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND MORE
That Many Men to Enter Training
Camps Of United
States This
Month.


TUnited Press Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Four hun
dred thousand Americans will enter
training camps this month.
With call for 100000 drafted men
today, covering the closing days of the
month, the total was brought above
100000 and calls expected this month
will reach the 100000 figure, it is es-
tinated now.
This unexpectedly large call is a
direct result of the speeding up pro-
cess in sending troops overseas
The war department is developing
plans for the first "combing OUT
within classes three and four. The
proposal is to weed out men for class
one whose claims to exemption are
not sound
It became known today that Presi-
dent Wilson is carefully studying COM
pulsory labor laws of Maryland and
New York. 1t is believed this is a
forer,1nner of extension of the work
or fight order.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
Won Hindenburg's Reserves
Have Been Used up in
Unsuccessful Drive.

TBy J. W. T. Mason, United Press War
Expert
NEW YORK, June 6--Whatever
sectors Won Hindenburg may choose
for his next sacriticial offerings OF
German manpower, the future on
slaughts cannot develop the power OF
those that have passed, because Ger
many's reserve forces now have been
depleted to a highly serious degree.
Since the beginning of the German
spring offensive on March 81, Won Hin
denburg has lost at least half a mil
lion of his reserves. These have been
used up both by furnishing new men
to replace casualties and by taking
over the active protection of exten-
sions of the German front
1t is probable that Won Hindenburs
now has in reserve more than 100000
troops and the number may not ex-
ceed 100000.
This is enough for another effort
to shatter the allies line, but it is not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
Taft Speaks in Iowa.

Former President William Howard
Taft, delivered the commencement
address at Coe college, and dedicated
a service flag at St. Luke's hospital
in honor of nurses, who have gone to
France.
In an address here, Taft declared
that America probably will have
100000 soldiers in France in 1919
and said that it was his opinion that
we should send an army into Rus
sia in the interests of peace.
speech.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
YANKEES ARE ENJOYING WAR
IN HOLDING BANKS Of MARINE
United States Troops Say ''This is the Life" J" az
They Pepper Huns With
Bullets.
MACHINE GUNS WORK OVER TINE
Teutons Outshot and Outgamed in Battle
Along River, for Three Exciting
Days.
[By Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Core snoadent

[ey Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
| Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
| MARINE, June 6-Fighting with ma
chine guns mounted in the windows oi
chateau-Thierry, Americans today
held the crossing Of the Marne. They
out shot and oert gained the enemy.
| "We had the time Of our lives" said
some Of the men in this battle, who
came back for rest. "We had heard
that trench warfare was dull and un
linteresting-but this Is the life"
Many Of the Americans were green
at the business, but they shared with
the veteran United States marines the
glory Of stopping Germany's advance
at the Marine.
For three days the ba<tle was nsosi
bitter. The Marine runs through Cha.
teau-Thierry, dividing the town. One
side was held by the enemy; the other
by Americans and French. After two
days Of constant travel, the American
reserves arrived at the greatest bat
tie in history, riding in Fords. With
in two hours they were In the thick
Of it. Their guns were dumped from
the Ford wagons and hastily mounted
in the streets and in the houses OF
Chateau-Thierry. Then for three days
they held the bridge and prevented
the Germans from getting pontoons
across.
Despite our whitening fire, the en-
emy came on repeatedly from the
other side Of the stream. Our machine
guns were going constantly. Officers
aided in picking off the Boches with
their revoIvers.
Then the enemy mounted machine
guns in the windows on their side Of
the river, right opposite the Ameri-
cans and opened fire. One group Of
Americans had guns in an old mill d.
rectIy over the water and Boches were
Just across. For two days they fought
tryino to disIodae each other. German
bullets whzzed into the windows and
pumped into the walls Of the room,
but the Yanks' shooting finally won,
inflictinu heavy casualties and siIenc-
ing the German guns.
Our guns in this mill also command
ed a wheat field at the edge Of town,
through which the enemy repeatedly
attempted to advance. At times as
many as nine waves Of skirmish lines
were visible in this field. As the
American machine guns opened fire,
every German would duck out Of sight
in the wheat, then slowly, line by line,
their heads would appear, then their
shoulders, as they tried to resume the
advance and the bullets again whipped
amidst them, reducing their numbers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
DAYS CASUALTY LIST
THIRTY-FOUR NAMES

Died OF disease:
Corporal Carl H Bartel1, Dundee
H.; Privates James T. Baker, Nov.
niger, Mo-; Walter Green, Homer
vile, Ga; David ocromberg, Chicago.
Died of accident:
Wagner Walter f. Wilhelm, Wood.
lawn, N. Y; Pirates Thomas A.
Price, Nevada, Mo-; Jewell L. Reid,
LAGRANGE, Ga.
Wounded severely:
Lieutenants Wizard r. Hill, Gle
burne, Texas; Bernard c. Wolcott,
Binghamton, N. Y; Sergeant Charles
]. Jerau1d, Peoria, Ill; Privates Vic
tor G. Bergfalk, Grove City. MINI !;
ael Gaeta, Revere. Mas; Harry
10 Lori, GAO Map.e street, Butte,
Mont; William Ma,ienschecs, Plain
field, N. j.; Micn.. i Mazhoni, Boston,
Mass; John H. Sip'o, Wrightsville,
Pa. Louis P Tria', Waterville, Maine.
Wounded. degree undetermined:
Private Lee r. Irish, Indianapolis,
Ind.
Wounded slightly:
Privates Samuel G. Anglin, For:
Wayne, Ind; Raleigh Kneer, Poison.
Mont; Horace H. s;wickard, Toronto,
Ohio.
Missing in action:
Private George J. Mcdonald, Rox-
bury, Mass.
Private Fleming MEG. Forsman,
Bardolph, H.. reported killed in
action on May so, is also reported to
have been severely wounded previous
ly.
Previously reported missing, now
officially presumed dead:
Private Alphonsus J. McGrath,
Chestnut Hill, Mass
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06

They endeavored repeatedly to reacas
the river by this means and each tins
they were driven back.
Meantime the hottest fire was pour.
ed in on the Americans. The enemy
held Hill 2O4, overlooking our posi-
tions and made the most Of the situa-
ton, but the Americana stuck. Those
guarding tho bridge maintained =
sweeping hail Of bullets at its ap-
proaches and prevented the eochea
from crossing until Il had been blown
up, then tsaey poured IN q stronger IRE,
preventing enemy engineers from
throwing across their pontoons.
AuApmcbilIng past batteries firing
at tho Germans, through endless
lines Of ssPpty trains and the other
vast moving units necessary ln open
warfare, heard the story of the ma.
chine qtmners fight fSon men end o..
ffcers who were In r. They were all
Isszehtno as they told their adven-
tures. Tho majority Of them were
apparently recruited from the region
Of Pittsburgh and included everything
from a clerk 10 a mill hand, but now
they're the fightin0st fighters on the
Marine.
Lieutenant John Bisserl, Pitts
buroh. who graduated ahead Of time
last year at West Point, had received
the French war cross. He crossed
the river with a machine gun detach-
ment and for two days and nights
saw nothing but fire The enemy was
all around him and his men and guns,
50 they were completely cut Oft from
the main American force. The only
way by which they could return was
swept by both allied and German
fire. Bissefi finally walked oalt to the
bridge and shouted across to the
Americans, who he saw, so as not 60
be mistaken for the enemy. Then ne
led his own men and three hundred
French back safely.
Describing the incident to the Unit
ed Press, Bissell said:
"It wasn't SO bad, but the bullets
kept hitting tho iron railing OF tho
bridge. Ii was night and sparks from
the bullets striking the rail were Just
like dozens OF matches being lighted
all around"
Another outfit told gleefuiiy how
their fire swept the steps OF house
across the river, apparently Ger
man headquarters. With their gun
ready, they would wait until group
Of officers gathered on the steps, then
knock them off.
Corporal Jules MansoId, Of Mac
Ronald, Pa, was cited in orders for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
Killed IN Action, Three
pea Of Wounds and One
soldier Missing.

sH1TsmTcL1e = Mess Leased Wire Service ]
|1ntna.iSsGTON, 1n. June 6.-The cas-.
ISSUED issued by the war depart.
s;,,:y s!aay contains thirty-four
u'Vided as follows::s
! = IN N action. seven; dead from
aee sa,ee; dead from disease.
led a rom accident, three;
- severely. twelve: wounded
'.hhetermined. one: wounded
missing in action,
disd died a a 2. H. Sage, Memphis,
b b u,,, u Wounds. Lieutenants
"a G g NIL, Cleburne, Texas:
he wo,, molco't. Binghamton, y.
list N.salnlded .allde severely.
. in action.
n. S Y. William H. DELANEY.
Ealjff VIM. F. Hatcher. o..
Goth rrlvates Roy Heaton.
d Ellis street, Omaha, Neb. !:
Kirbv yWanesville, Wis; Char.
(rr, ownapapella, Mo-: Carl
er, Erie epo,son' pa Pa; August
Of wounds.
Corn,A ns A P. H. Sage. Memnbis
MINI. pr;rl ;anlord c. EiGhorn,
sask ns,vate ne Archie Swami,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
Seven Thousand Red Guards
Slain by White Guards
and OTHERS Sent to
Germany.
BUTcHERY IN FINLAND
Ten Thousand Armenians Massacred
by Turks in Two Weeks,
Moscow is In
formed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
COPENHAGEN, June 6.-Seven
thousand red guard prisoners were
killed by their white guard captors
a dispatch from Helsingfors declared
today.
1t was stated that Finnish officials
propose to send seven thousand 9th.
er red guards into Germany as labor.
ers. The dispatch also reported the
mysterious mining of the Russian
transport in European Helsingfors
harbor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
|enal Offensive Grows Fiercer Daily and
British Aviators are Doing Deadly
Work.
|NER|CAN MARINES ARE IN ACTION
|m Army Shows no Intention of Digging in,
and May Resume Drive Any
Time.

protected 50 perfectly by a fighti.g
patrol that oniy one British plane
failed to return. 1t was seen iarcin1
near Karlsruhe, under control. Some
vital part had been hit.
These two exploits occurred during
the last two days and nights Of May.
On June I, ! saw an air battle con-
tinue hotIy after twenty-five planes
had been brought down in duels, high
up in the blue haze. The same night
twenty-seven tons Of bombs wers
dumped on the Zeebruoge mole and
other ''tender'' spots In that vicinity.
Meanwhile German war plane:
have been more daring than ever be.
fore: Many towns and villages be.
hind the allies lines have been bomb.
ed. Hospitals seem to be the worst
sufferers. Several hundred patients,
doctors, siste-s and attendants have
been killed outright, some have been
burned alive and many have been
wounded. The most pitiful cases, per-
haps, were wounded soldiers, whose
horrible compound fractures ws =
Just beginning to heal. Their wounds
were reopened and their limbs re-
broken by the great shock Of the ex-
piosions.
visited some Of those hospitals
today. The experience was terribly
heartrending. over the spot where
this is written the uneeasin0 drone
Of British planes, going over the lines
in pursuance Of their days work,
comes from the sky.
The Americans are now able to in
crease rapidly the allied advantage
above the ground. Airmen here are
confident the enemy soon will be
completely outdone. Even now he
seldom ventures to fly alone. Nearly
always the German planes are found
in great droves. When one is alone
/. is pretty certain he is acting as a
decoy, hoping to be attacked by a
sinoie allied plane, whereupon a
whole squadron will dive from the
clouds.
When a German observer is order
ed to reconnoiter behind the allied
lines, he usually is accompanied by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
LoUa 7olun Under Water
Forcing People ~ Stairs
Dam al 1an1a Goes Our and Sends Lo.ua sUer Ram
page, Drowning Much StolsS


to the 1oorsw where
cdnga at Tmat
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06

within Philip simnas, United
Press staff Correspondence
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
ANcE, June 6.--Just as events on
ground are shaping themselves for
final crash which must inevitably
lde the fate Of the world, the aerial
nsiye Is daily waxing fiercer.
he mutual struggle for mastery OF
air since 1914-a stupendous bat
miles above the earth-has scarce
eased day or night.
rtish airmen brought down 336
mans In less than three weeks, up
une 2, Of which 2e3 were totally
royed. In many cases enemy
10, spinning from the sky toward
ground like rockets, crashed, and
Ped until, only black smudges were
ass'asss, II their aoony, pilots
ebservers leaped from their liam
planes IN mid-air, whiriIng over
over, and landing far from the
* Of their machines.
ring the same period 526 tons Of
explosives were dropped behind
German lines, or we'll over a mil
pounds. The zeebrugge mole,
erlges docks and railway sta
and munitions works in cities
inside Germany-Iike Mannheim,
'au, Karlsruhe and Cologne
attacked repeatedly and set afire
and again.
one day British airmen, often
boys, shot thirty-four Prussians
the sky and dropped fifty-nine
Ct bombs on military eenters, 60
far as Brugges. Disdaining
W craft shells which burst about
and swocping low to the ground
started a disastrous fire along
water front.
: next day the same sky riders
60 number Of German air
demo!ishine twenty-six craft,
wrecks falling in somersaults to
round.
ewhere they drop.d fifty th.ce
" nigh exp'o>i,e, going as far
arlsruhe where during fe,o-
assaek by soehe planes, iLsy
60 trains railways ard war
me bombing souadrons were
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
Enaineer Instantly Killed.

FORT DODGE, Iowa June EN-
gineer George E. Thompson, 5S, of
this city, was instantly killed, when
a west bound Illinois Central freight
train No. 73 was wrecked six miles
west of Denison, Iowa
bridge weakened by high waters,
gave way, hurting the engine and
seven cars into the ditch
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
New Shin Record.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
LONDON, June 6.-British ship
builders established a new record dur
ing May, it was officially an
nounced by the admiralty today. The
statement said that 1924 tons of
merchant ships were completed last
month, which is $4,000 tons over the
previous high mark.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-06
Armenians Massacred.

Armenians were massacred by Turks
in one fortnight, according to a Mos
COW dispatch received today.
All Georgians and Caucasians up
to forty-two years of age have been
modified the dispatch says. German
and Ukrainian troops have occupied
territory north of Kharkoff, aiming
to capture Kursk, Worunege and
Rostoff.