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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
GERMANS SHOW COWARDICE
Huns Who Ordered Murder OF Beisian,
Did Not Sign Any
fDy Associated Press. l

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY I'M
BELGIUM, October 24.--An inspection
OF numerous German posters in Bel
GUM discloses that wherever the death
penalty for oflcnscs by civilians was
cXacted 10 signatures were attached.
]. is therefore concluded that no Ger.
man commander was willing to take an
individual responsibility for such or
ders. possibly fearing consequences In
the future.
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TO Restrict Lumber output.

tRN Associated Press. : w
WASHINGTON, October 24.-Produc-
tion OF lumber will be restricted to the
filling OF essential requirements under
regulations issued to-day by, the war
Industries board, The control Of out !
nut VIII bc exercised by the, board
through priority OF labor. material and
equipment. 81
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INCREASES GRANTED
War Labor Board Approves Higher
Pny for street Car
Employees.

WA $ n INC TON. October e.
Awards In controversies In the cases OF
ten street railway companies and their
were announced Tonight by
the War Labor Bonrd Wages We're at
issue In seven OF the cases and gin oac!,
increases were granted tho mon.
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pre.Idcnt Receives rre,ate..
Try Associated Prossl

WASHINGTON, October .l--Rishop
keating, OF Northampton. and tho
Bishop t-Arras. Catholic prelates. who
arrived recently in thes United States
TO attend tho golden jubilee celebra-
lion OF Cardinal g Gihbons. swere .prescnt-
ed To-day TO President Wilson. W Ss
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
i'HENCII ADVANCE LINE
nr.TM EE.N OISE NND SERNt.
INV Nqsuciutcd prnss

fAElS. t'rt to1rr l.. rrench troops
! i.onEchamps. according to tho War Of
ticc announcements to-u!ght. They have
also made an innortant advance be-
;wccn the Disc and the Scrrc Rivers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
BRITISH AND AMERICANS
BEAT BACK BOLSHEVIKl
Russian Gunbont. Shell Allied Force,
on the Dyinn Front for
Hours.
iBy Associated Press. !

arch ANGEL. October 24-American
ana British forces yesterday repulsed
heavy attacks by the Bolshcvik infan-
Try against advanced allied positions
on The Dvina front.
Solshevik sunboats heavily shclled
hours.
In counieraitacks the Anglo Ameri-
can troops captured two machine guns
inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and
captured prisoners They made n slight
advance also
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
IMPORTANT MEETING TODAY
OF GENERAL. COMMITTEES

CITY director Litchford has issued
mittee at the Richmond Hotel at
O'Clock TO day: !; IS expected that
women yesterday there wil! be 100
per cent attendance. The meeting is
OF fs great ,mIpor,n,ncs ,1 e. as full and com
the methods 10 be pursued in the drive
10 begin Monday.
Assistant Director schwarzschild will
shall High School on saturday morn
ing. The meeting will be held in Capt
are expected TO report at their schools
at O'Clock, on Saturday. where, i'm
front of tbs schools: they will be given
instructions regarding the work they
arc TO do. ;. meeting of the teachers
Will he held in the auditorium Of the
Chamber OF Commerce at 10 o'clock to-
day.
Aaron Jacobs. assisted by Joseph
White. will have supervision of the
nouse to, house canvass 10 be made by
announces that; while this drive is
pprniGmnarly nGn for the purpose of securing
stamps each. small subscriptions will
he welcomed and should he freely
made TO sell a total OF 167 $1,000
q big task. and the smaller subscrip-
tions will help greatly to Offset amy
a deficiency that may occu. in the
Thousa nd Dollar Club.
The inscribing o! subscribers names
in IA book to be placed in the Library
that appeals TO the thinking man or
woman. Here. in later years will he
found record showing just who the
people were who willingly loaned their
country the money needed TO win the
war.
The tw.enty.fou- new members OF the
Thousand Dollar Club. as announced,
yesterday, are AS follows: j. L. Dcnnis.
Mrs. j. X. Dennis. j. u. Dennis. Jr.. Miss
Margaret Dennis. Miss Estclic Dennis,
Miss Ann Dennis. Mrs. Carroll Mont
aguc. Z. u. Montague. s. I. Straus. M-s
q. NJ. Schwarzsci'ild. stephen r.. Wade,
Lohnat han Bryan. Mrs. Johnatham
Bryan, r. n. Crutchfield. \. j. Strobe,
A. ). Hurt. r. w. scott. the Cohen Com
rany. Nolde Brothera Rueser's Hotel.
G.. +. Sauer & Co. Savings Bank OF
Richmond. Penn Montague, Miss Leo
nora StrauN.
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uRITIslI FORCES OVERCOME:
ENEMY OPPOSITION


LoNDON. October 24.--Thc British
troops have overcome the enemy along
The whole front between the Sambrc
canal ana the Scheldt. and their ad-
vance is being continued. Field Marshal
liaiG reports from headquarters to-
night.
Since Yesterday morning the British
have taken 1000 prisoners and more
iham 100 guns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
Soldiers Home to BE Hospital.
IDN 4 sancla led .nrna.

:. WASHINGTON, October "a. - The
thorizing the use OF the Soldiers Home
at Hampton. Va. for Il hospital for
returned soldiers. The bill now goes
10 the President.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25

The rrnrkeu confidence that readers
have In The Times. Dispatch max es III a
anlendid medium, Tor all Kinds OF adver-
tising. Send your merchandising mes
sage Into the best homes gsevenyday O.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
NOTE CAUSED PANIC
IN FINANCIAL OF AnurIsn :
SPEEDY AND UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER LOOKED FOR
Iliv AsAnc..,ell ID,

By Associated Prcs..l
AMSTERDAM. October 24-Thc
speedy and unconditional surrender of
the AuStro- Hungarian monarchy is
atch to the Frankfort Gazette
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AUSTRIA WILL. NOT
DEAL WITH CZECHo-sLoyAIls
IBy Associated pro.

BY ASSOCIATED PrcaS.
PANlS. october g4.---In answer 10
Hresiocnt Wilson'S note Austria ac-
cordinE 10 Swiss advices. will refuse
10 deal with tho Czecho- Sloyak council.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
MEXICAN PATROLS co
DEEPLY INTO ENEMY LINES

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF NEltDtN, DC obcr
24-Amcrlcan patrols carly to-dav
penctrated deeply into. tho German
lines In the region. OF Grand Pre- and
north OF Verdup. The enemy has been
using his artillery and machine guns
frcciv along tho entirc front. There
lContlnued on Second Pagc)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25

InHucnSn's Fever wcakcns the sys.
tenn. Imperial Granum. tho Cnswee;-
Gncd Food, builds up tho wasted It's.
sues, Its refreshing flavor tempts the
difficult appetite. Any druggist, s5c.--
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SIR EDWARD CARSON SAYS
NOTE CLARIFIES ISSUE

LONDON. October a4.--"President
Wilson'S note clarifies the issue" said
Sir Edward Carson tonight. I'VE
must not slacken. We cannot trust the
German offers"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
CAPTURE; or MALDEGIiEN,
BELGIUM, IS REPORTED

LONDON. OCTOBER 24.-An Exchange
TclcEraph dispatch from Amsterdam
late tonight reports the capture by
iEt allies OF Maide CHEM.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25

MaldcGhcm lies fifteen miles north
wes, of ,ihent. on the BruScs- -Ghent
railway.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
WARNS AGAINST TRAP
IN PEACE CONFERENCE
man Colonization Plan Prcpar-
ing for PiebiscitcS.
NATIVES HAVE BEEN DEponrED
Italian and Juso-Slav Interests Clash
In Dalmatia, Leading to Hcnteh
interchange mt Conference Held in
Philadelphia.

II l. \ ID l. l. T. II A, October "a
solemn warning was sent TO the United
States and me other allies to-day that
wien they reach the peace conference
ihey SHOULD beware Of the trap set by
Germans, Magyars and Turks to cir
cumvent any real self ,f-dctcrmina,ion
OF the peoples of the present democratic
mid European union.
br. Thomas @. MaSaryk. Prime Min
lister of the Czecho Siovak de tacto gov
ernnicn;, sounded the tocsin a; .o-days
conference OF representatives. Of the
peoples In the union. and the dangers
were emphasized In every speech made
by delegates.
declared Dir. AIasaryk. ''thc Germans
nave dcporte! the natives and colon
lied with the Germans. If the matter
were left TO these colonists they would
invariably. decline /. and ask 70 be
allowed TO ally themselves with the
Teutonic powers. That is Jus, the plan
the allies ana this country must. defeat
the plan by knowing it beforeha nd"
II must be guaranteed By q league
forever. prevent the usurpation OF
powcr b. 4 monarch ana would Keep
the peop:e in power. Some heat was
cuss:on OF the final fate OF fbalmat!a.
The Italians insisted their place was
WIN the, pTesea; Italian government,
I'D he .Iuso-Slav snokesmen declared
his people would resist any attempt 10
make tho Adriatic an Italian lake"
WOULD BE S'FRiNGLED
DY LOSING ADRIATIC
IF VIC lose the Adriatic we lose our
lungs" said D.. I1inkovi. I'VE will
be stranSled. If you wish to exclude
us from tho Ad.iat;c's shores. ir you
wish TO- have commercial monopoly
of The Balkans. We are agreed hat you
may enjoy privileges with others. But
after al these wears that we .iave been
lighting the HaDsburgs We will not
tolerate any opDressor."
\ situation that threatened to be-
come acute was smoothed over by DR..
Masaryk by suggesting that such things
were better submitted 20 a conference
for discussion.
asked the conference TO recommend II
series Of Dlebiscites- III disputed terri
tories in order that self differentiation
NAV be truly ascertaincd.
"It Is possible" said he. that the
Polish people in certs In frontier terri
torieS may decide To ally themselves
With the lithuanian republic Later
they may feet they hi-n made mis-
take and that they would prefer ollcri-
ancc to tho motherland They should
10 allowed. in that event. upon demand
uf majority OF qualified voters. an
other plcb.sci:c.
Ee~arding the question Of dc'e-min-
i"r the frontier hctwecn IT, Polish and
S'ShiusE". rc"rcsen.inr -hc Ekrainians.
said: THE idea Of self-detcrminat!on
80 peoples demands Iha; the Poles end
Tkrain'ans be allowed to vote under
supervision OF a neutral commission 10
ascertain the national boundary
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25

The nearest Times- Dlspatch Want "a
Station Is your telephone. IL 1t is NOT
.td you msys telcphoncti tit fori
insertion by calling Randojp phFs1 ~ ~
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HUNGARY WILL ASK
SEPARATE PEACE:
About to Approach Entente to
See What Terms Will
Be Granted.
DUAL MONARCHY FLOORED,
Presidents Refusal to Accept
Austrian Proposal Starts
Financial Panic.
Tbs Associated Press. :

PARIS. October .i.--tiungary i'm
tends to apply direc; to the entente
Governments TO ascertain on what
terms they Will grant an armis:ice and
peace to Hungary. it Is reported in
politica! circles in Budapest. according
TO q Zurich dispatch 10 the journal.
Aust; ia Hungary ALREADY is recon
ciled TO TIE idea Of unconditional ca
p!tulation. says Vienna dispatch to
the Frankfort Zeitung. because Vienna
IS threatened with famine the authori.
lonScr enforced
r. baron Won IIussarek The Austrian
Premier. in discussing President VII
;ony reply TO Austria IN the House o;
LORDS III Vienna TUESDAY, said that
Austria WAS able TO indorsc the prcsi-
ing deep-rootcd convicticns. He de-
ciared II was historic and funda-
iental idea OF the Hapsburg monarchy
that all its peoples should haze ouuai
righis. lie did not think the Presi-
Gents reply would result in a break
czech members declared that the
plan embodied in the Imperial r,ani-
.:ito or the establishment OF a Czech
state was impracticabic.
NOTE CAUSED PANIC
~ FINANCIAL QUARTERS
President Wilson'S reply TO Austri;,'s
note mas had an overwhelming effect
III vienna. according to a dis patch re-
ceived from the Austrian capital by
there 81 violent panic in nnanciai cir
.ies. but the note was considered IL
political quarters as being extremely
huniiiiaiing for the dual monarchy.
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BURGOMASTER. is RELEASED
Brussels OMcIni Arrested 10y German.
In Second Month Of
Nar.
i;v Associated Treas.

THE HAGUE, October -. - The
Na;erland, in its issue OF to-day SAYS
IL Is reported tha, tho political pris-
onerS held by the Germans at Turn
hout Belgium. northeast of Antwerp.
including Eurgomaster hdolphc Max,
Of BRUSSELS, have been released
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25

BurGomaster Max was arrested In
Brussels in September 1914, for his
'ir-econcilable attitude" according to
an announcement made by The Ger
man military governor OF Belgium
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and both sides brought up forces for a
renewal of the struggle. on April . the
Germans attempted to force the northern
barriers They thus developed between
Ypres and -Arras, from base of twenty
miles, with a perpendicular of fifteen,
what is known as the Lys salient. This
was nearer Ypres than it was Arras
and fer twenty miles north of Arras the
line. including the Lens sector. has re-
manned static to this day. The Lys sa-
lient. being held on its nanks, just as
the Picardy salient was held, the Ger
mans next move was to return to their
failure at this salient's southern bar
riers. On May 81 they raunched their
third offensive from Noyon over a front
of forty miles to- Rheims. They crossed
the Aisne on an eighteen-mile front and
reached the Marine on six-mle front
between Chateau-Therry and Dormans
They managed to deploy to some extent
on the east of the Marne front. but were
held on the north bank of the river
This third offensive was stopped and
neutralized on May 81. On June . the
enemy, on an extension of his base west
ward, between Noyon and Montdidier-
twenty mles--launched the fourth Of
fensive with Compiegne as its obvious
objective. His maximum penetration was
seven and a half miles, which imme-
date counter-attacks reduced to less
than five. II was held almost from the
hrst and died away on June II.
Both the third and fourth offensives
were rendered abortive by the Allied
troops, instead of retreating before the
enemy's advance, deploying right and
left, thus strengthening the fanks-
! making them in these instances nvul-
nerable and depending on prepared posi-
tions TO stop the enemys center.
From June II until July Is the Ger
mans. save for their assault on Rheims
on July /, have been virtually On the
defensive, while limited local offensives
made by the Allies from Ypres down to
Chateau-Thierry and almost daily air
operations over the enemy's supply bases
and lines of communication have broken
up his formations, delayed his conceni
trations and robbed him of several val
liable strategic positions-east of the
Forest of Nieppe in the Lys salient
north and south of the Sofnme before
Amiens, northwest and southeast OF
Montdidier, northwest and southeast OF
scissors. and finally northwest of Cha
teau-Thierry, where the Americans, first
from June to June 12 and then or
July 8, gained ground, including the
strategic position of Vaux, which meas
urably strengthened the French posi-
tions as far north as the Scissors sector
and protected the Marne from an enemy
crossing west of Chateau-Thierry.
Early in the morning of July Is the
Germans launched a desperate attack OF
both sides of Rheims In their drive to-
ward Paris. Desperate engagement!
were fought. but spirited counter-at
| tack carried out by American troop!
drove back the enemy. Then the Ameri
cans delivered a second attack anC
pushed forward their lines 700 yards be
yond the point from which the Kaiser
troops started their offensive. On thu
18th the French and Americans again
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70 heights dcminatins the ffarns valley.
In great counter Offensive begun On
the morning Of the 18th French and
American troops drove deep into the
German lines on thirty-miie front be-
tween Aisne and Fontenoy. west of sois-
sons and the Marne near Chateau
Thierry. the drive having for It's purpose
the German right flank. The American
troops carried all before them through
out the day. Thousands of prisoners and
many cannon were captured. Through
out the next day the battle ragged and
several divisions of German reserves
were brought up On the 21st the French
and Americans occupied Chateau-Thierry
and pursued thefieeing Germans five
miles beyond that town. Town after
town and many square miles Of terri
tory have been occupied by the advanc-
ing Allies as the Germans slowly are
forced back.
General Foch's big surprise attack OF
July 1S was directed against the pocket
the German Crown Prince had forced
down across the Marne. extending north.
eastward to Rheims and northwestward
to Scissors. The American armies
played a heroic part in this counter.
offensive, fighting shoulder to shoulder
The Germans were forced back across
the Marne and are still retreating.
though fighting every foot of the way
Thus far many prisoners and guns have
been taken and the battle is still in prog
ress French, American and British
forces continue to gain ground on the
north. west apd south. The width and
depth of the pocket are being gradually
lessened by the Allied forces. and the
ends of the great pincers are being
forced closer daily, so much so In fact
that impartial military writer's believe
that the Crown Prince may not be able
to extricate his army.
On the Italian front Austria began a
tremendous offensive on June Is along
front of 100 miles. British and French
troops aided the Italians. and the Aus.
trians suffered defeat and great losses
The Italians are now holding firmly the
whole Piave line.
The fourth year Of the war closes
with the balance largely in favor of the
Allies.
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defeated the Turkish army in the
Caucasus region. Now the combined
Teutonic forces. under Hindenburg and
Mackensen. began n terrific drive against
the Russians in Poland and Galicia, This
powerful onslaught began in April and
ended in August with the fall of War
saw. All Poland was conquered and
Courland overrun. The Russians lost
100000 in killed and wounded. 900 900
were captured and $1,000 square miles
were wrested from Russian control. Bull
garia, long hesitant, threw her fortunes
with the Teutons in October. and Serbia
was crushed by a simultaneous inya-
sion of Austro-Germans and Bugarians.
which was completed in December. The
Central Powers We're now linked to Tur-
key by the adhesion of Bulgaria and the
conquest Of Serbia. They were no longer
hemmcd in; they had Saised the siege
To Americans, perhaps, the most mo-
mentous occurrence of the year was the
deliberate sinking by German sub
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marine on May 7 of the passenger
steamship Lusitania. with a loss of 1l9S
lives, l2i being Americans.
Campaign of 1916.
Two great battles marked the year on
the western front The first was the
battle of Verdun, begun in Febru-
ary and ended in July. The Germans
were defeated with enormous losses
through the heroic resistance of the
French under General Petain, whose brief
message, "They shall not pass" has be-
come historic. In this battle the Ger
man losses We're estimated at 10000
The second great battle of the year was
tho battle of the Somme, begun in
July and ended in November. The
strengthened artillery of the Allies en-
abled them to drive back the Germans
on front of twenty miles and to depth
of nine miles. The toll in life was
heavy, the Allies losing 100000 and the
Germans 700, 900 men.
In the east Russia began a great Of
fensivc under General Brusilov, extend
ing from the Pripet marshes to the
Bukowinian border. Cernowtz was cap
tured in June, and hundreds of thou
sands of Austrians were taken prisoner
On the Armenian front the Russian army
of Grand Duke Nicholas conducted a
successful offensive against the Turks
capturing Erzerum in February and
Trebizond in April. The Austrians con-
Quoted IA successful offensive from the
Trentino in May and June. Brusilov's
drive in Galicia, however, relieved the
pressure upon the Italians, who in Au
gust and September freed Italian soil
of the Austrians, and began an often
sive which brought them Gorilla, on
fc
within thirteen miles of Trieste.
A serious blow to British prestige in
the East occurred on April 20, Yher
General Townshend and his army OF
$4,000 men surrendered to the Turks al
Kut -el-Amara.
In naval engagements the battle OF
Jutland on May 81 was the prominent
sea fight. The British battle cruiser
fleet and the German high seas fleet
were the combatants, and there was
heavy loss on both sides
At the close of this campaign tho
balance, on the whole, inclined in favor
of the Allies at Verdun. on the Somme
in Galicia and on the sea. The Cen.
tral Powers. however. continued to pos,
sess the advantage Of operating on in.
terror lines. enabling them, while adopt,
ing a defensive attitude on certain
fronts, to concentrate for a drive else
where also they retained their superior
ity though diminished) in strategy, tao
tics and material equipment
Campaign of 1917
Germany's ruthless undersp warfar,
| impaired a more desperate character Il
the conflict in the early part of tn,
year. Scores of belligerent and neutra
| ships were sunk, many Of them Ameri
can. Eventually, on April 6. after re
peated failures by the Wilson Admins
tration to bring the Berlin Governmen
to It's senses, Congress declared the ex
istence of a state of war between tn
| United States and Germany, and on Aus
tria-Hungary on December Z. Energeti
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FRENCH PEASANTS FILL ROADS,
BUT THEY SMILE, GOING HOME
Different Expressions Appear Upon Their Faces as They
Face East, This Time Re.enacting Scene of Exodus
Ahead of Germans

of iron. Vegetable gardens are bare. the
vegetables having gone to feed the Ger
mans. Some Of the people VIII hnd
their houses standing in great holes, the
red-tiled roofs and windows shattered
and what was left behind when the sx-
odus began in heaps, everything OF
value or of use to the Germans having
been taken.
Some will fnd their kitchen stoves
standing. mirrors intact and beds IN
place. the latter with indications OF
having recently been occupied. These
will be the farms where the Germans
made themselves comfortable. and when
the Allied offensive began they were %
taken by surprise that they did not have
time to destroy or pack the utensils ~
which they had been making use.
Not Greatly Damaged
II the peasants left behind any live
stock that it will be gone 10 sure. Some
fields of wheat now are awaiting hay.
vestins, and In places It. 10 surprising
the little damage that has been done.
despite the shells. True. most Of them
are dented by the heavy projectilss from
the guns, but In some instances tte
farmers can MI In the holes and soon
use harvesters to cut their grain.
From distance the hillsides along the
Marne, over and upon which the battle
ragged, appear like a great checkerboard.
the different ripened grains rsprsssnting
the little squares.
As the battle line wavered under the
impetus of the Allied thrust one peasant
had his tent on q cart. ready to leave for
home. He had heard that his house was
down and his orchard gone; that the
farming implements he had left behind
were filled with bullet holes Or were
rusty and ussless. But ne hurried on
like hundreds Of other peasants. to what
had been his homs-until the Gsrmaao
cams-anl what would - home aGaln