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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10
NO MORE "0UlET SECTORS"
ON THE WESTERN FRONT
American Army VIII Not Let-In :,
-FOUR Grent Drives on West
Front

WASHINGTON. October 0.-There
VIII be no more quiet sectors" along
The western front, according to state
ment on authority to-day. after some
hours of unparalleled activity in the
War Department.. The statement was
made after Il talk between the Presi .
dCut and General March, chief Of STAR
IN the office OF the Secretary OF state
The last or the conferences was he.
tween Mr. Crowcll, Acting Secretary az
war. and General March. One of the
omcials said that while there has been
splendid lighting by the Americans who
heid sectors there, there would be more
enough to meet fair odds at any poini
on the line. 1t is understood Tonight
that messages have been sent TO Cen.
eIal Pershlng that now, above al:
others. with u1authoriz ID talk abou,
peace in the air Is the time to press
on. The dctaiISt OF course. are LETT 10
General Pc:ShlnS and General Foch.
II was pointed out by stan officers
to-day that the Americans are ALREADY
pressing on in four great drives: tho
ono which ended In the entering of
Cambra! another which envSoped 81.
Quentin. another which is pushing hard
through Longwy and sedan. and fourth.
the steady. hut crushing. operation
which has Metz as its opjcctIve
There IL not the slightest doubt to-
day that these drives are to go on re-
lsntlessiy, and that :hc forward move
nent on the present great lighting geo.
tors is to be backed up by a constant
stream OF reserves which arc practical-
ly already back OF the line. B ,,J
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the German empire of Alsace-LOr-
rninc.
A conclusion OF peace tupon the
which reduced the empires terrltory
requires neither the HnnctIoD OF the
bndesrat nor that of the ReichNtnE.
such are the sttpuiatIons OF the
German constitution regarding the
In tho light Of these stipuIntionH.
experts point ont, the cnmouhage
woven around the German peuce of
fer appears even more EInrinE than
It did at the first scanning or the
Imperial ChanceliOr's proposal and
President Wilson's cautious proceed
ure by counterinE Il with the inquiry
quoted above Is seen TO be doubly
justified.
II n dif1cuit to see, fin these cir
cumstanccs. students OF the wnr here
point out, how the Prince Of Badep
can Satisfactorily answer the Prest-
dent's Inquiry In my other way than
ny setting the machinery In motion
Tor the abolition or amendment OF
Article II to the effect of veatinS
the war and pcace-mRkinE right In
the Reici,ntnE.
The hinge nrd the ankle OF TINT
machinery. however. In the Kaiser
himself, for nil laws pnssed by the
ReichstnE md BundeHrnth Tin botI,
absoiute majority requires promul-
cation by the Emperor In order 10
become effective and operative. All
laws incidentally, after thus promul-
gated, must he countersiEned by the
innerfnl Chancellor.
Thus the Presidents inquiry opens
the vista of the Kaiser being con-
fronted with the necessfty OF Sign
Ing away vital part OF his now
autocrafic power. In the deveIoD-
mentS that are bound to follow, the
receipt of President Wilson's mes
saEe. therefore. both the Rejchsta.
and the new Chancellor will he put
to the "acid test" In which they
Will huye a chance to prove whether
they are sincere, and have the power
10 aaaert their Will to brenk tI,r
tErannicnl might that made II nos
slbie for one man to plunge the
world into flames.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SHOWS LOAN LACG|NG
Total Amount Raised by Wednesday
- Night announced as
81, 791,403i2OO.
FIX NEW DAILY AVERAGE
Wealthy People, as Well as Those
OF Moderate Means, Are Called
Upon TO Pledge Their Future
Earnings and Buy.
Tisv Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. October 9.-The
Treasury Department to-day openly
admitted that the slow progress of the
fourth Liberty loan toward its So
00e,o0o.000 goal is matter of serious
concern. With the three weeks sub
scription period half gone. the loan is
only so per cent subscribed. The total
reported TO the Treasury up 10 to-
night is l.7sl.i63,ooo
There is no use in denying or at
tempting to camoufage tho fact that
Liberty loan committees throughout
the country arc, confronted with a
serious 5, Ji SITUATION; said !he Treasury
seribed, daily average of Sis7.000,-
600 must be raised between now and
october l9.
"Cosnzant of the fact that the loan
never can succeed at its present rate
OF speed. canvassers throughout the
eonn'ry are stating piainly to all citi-
larger amounts than heretofore. Veal
thy persons particularly mus, go
deeper into their capital or extend their
come alone TO pay for bonds. People
of moderate and small means must
degree"
Double the third" has been adopted
as a slogan in many districts TO slim
u!ate subscribers to do twice as much
as they did in the last loan.
Americans and others in Mexico civ
nave bought $62300O worth of bonds,
according 10 advices TO the State De,
partment.
Richmond district reported s74.7e3.
300 in subscriptions. a6 per cent OF its
Reports by. Federal Reserve districts
snow subscriptions on which the first
payments have been made as follows:
st. Louis. sl61.7Sa.750: Minneapolis
Slo2. 200: Boston. s220,52s.s5O san
6I.1oo: Dallas $4O,I2S,500; CLEVELAND
Sl66,Oi 800; Richmond, s74,7a3.soo.
philadeiphia, .sils.o75.45o; New York.
% -, 81 .ooe; Atlanta, S36,074,050: Kan,
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,723,900 TOTAL
FOR FIFTH DISTRICT.
Reports, Retarded by Influenza,
Show Bond Campaign Far
From Goal.
se32,100 DAYS TOTAL HERE
Business Men Raise $45o,ooo in
Meeting-Figures Below
Expectations.
s832,1O0 DAYS TOTAL HERE

Riehmond Liberty loan workers yes.
terday raised sS32.lO0. making tho to-
tai subscriptions for this city sl3.le5,
GOO. The loan work here is progress
Ing as rapidly as can he expected un-
der the handicap offered by the influ-
enza situation. although workers de-
clare that every effort is necessary TO
reach the required quota OF almost $50
C0O.000 before October 10
Business men In meeting Yesterday
afternoon raised approximately $50
ooC toward the loan. and another meet.
irs has been called for to-day. House
tc-housc canvass has been started bv
the workers. and an effort will be made
TO greatly increase the number OF in
dividual subscribers.
Nirginia's total subscriptions report
eu by banks yesterday is slS.o5s55o
The reports are coming slowly and the
central committee is at sea regarding
the actual amount of subscriptions
made.
Fifth District officials yesterday re-
ported but sI4,723.300 toward the quota
of s2s0.ooo. 900.
FIFTH DISTRICT REPORTS
TOTAL OF S7f T.3.OO0
Tn report from district headquarters
nEf Ter la FnlI
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MINIATURE WARS FOUGHT
DAILY, SAYS DR.. HILLS
Bellevue Palace. I'm Bern. Provides
Mnny Strange scenes Each
Dny,

AN ATLANTIC PORT. October o.
Switzerland. that little body OF land
be hospitable to both pro-allies and
pro Germans. with the result that Il
miniature war without arms is always
Dwight Hills. who arrived here to-day
with 900 other passengers OH u British
ship.
As ell Illustration, DIR. Hills said, the
Bellevue palace, in Bern, is divided into
sections for Germans and allies. Half
2f the large. dining room is appor-
toned to each faction. while the bill
liard-room is open to Germans from
| to in the afternoon and to entente
adherents from 3 to 5. The Germans
devote part Of their hours to toastinG
countries cheer their side
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Under Constitution Of German Empire Kaiser
Has the Exclusive Right to Make Peace

NEW IORK. October O.-Under
the constitution of the German en-
plrc the kaiser Inns the exclusive
right to make peace.
This fact, not generally known,
was pointed to by students OF inter
national relations here Tonight M
probably the main basis for Presl-
dent Wilson's wise and fnr-sishted
inquiry of Prince MaN of Baden,
The President also feels that he
In justified In nskinE whether tho
Imperial Chancellor is speaking
merely for the constituted authori-
tics Of tho empire who have SO far
conducted the war;"
Tho authorities TO which the Prcsi-
dent refers nrc defined In Article u
or the German constitution, which
says;
"Thc Presidency or the Eedern-
tion tof states making up the em-
pirc,. is TO hr In the hands OF the
;<ipE OF Prussia, who bears tho title
of 'Gcrman Emperor
"Thc Kaiser Inns tho right to rep
resent tho empire internationally, to
declare war md conclude peace In
the name of tho empire, as well ns
enter into trentics and other agree
ments with foreign nations. and to
appoint and receive umbAHsndors
tnDd miniStcrsb.
"Dcclnration of war In the name
OF the empire must he sanctioned by
tho Bundesrnt N'edernl CounciD. ex-
cept when the empires territory or
It's coasts arc nttncked."
The Nniscr's perOEntive to con-
clude pence Is thoroughly fndepend-
ent of the sanction and consult OF
the Bundesrat or RcichHtnE.
Leading German interpreters of
the constitution have held that 4
concluSiOn OF peace Thy the EN-
perorb in sound and valid internn-
tiOnaiIy and constftutionRlIy even
IL the empires territory Is thereby
altered, augmented or reduced. -.
However, when territories nc
Iuired through treaty of peace arc
to he wholly or partly subordinatcd
to tho German imperial constitutioFi,
then II constitutional nme nd menf IL
neccssary. II WINS such law TINT
made possible the incorporation Tn
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Secretary Crowell Urges
People to Buy Bonds
fBy Associated press-l

WASHINGTON. October s.-In
urging the nation to put forth its
mn mum effort In the war. particu-
larry In financing II. Acting Secre-
tary OF War CrowelI said to-day
thnt this would be the worst possi-
ble time TO siacken the efforts to
defeat tho central powers.
The enemy Is being driven hack ~
Maid MIR. CrOweIl. "and this In the
best time to fncrcase our pressure.
It would be the worst time TO pause.
Ihs apple" to the civilian as well
Ms the military forces.
81 sny this particularly In refer
encc To Liberty bond buying. call
upon tho civilian population OF the
United states TO accept the present
war responsibilities In the same
spirit that our gallant forces are
meeting their stern duty overncas-
drive harder every day for definite
victory. Now In not the time for us
TO quention when or how the end of
tho wnr will come"
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Paints Word Picture
Of Attack in Force

In to-dBy's Times-Dispatch Regi-
unld Wynne paints n wonderful
picture OF the sights. scenes and ex-
perfenecA OF an enemy attack In
force. He tells OF the methods In
use to forestnN just such an Ope-
ration, . barrBBe begun q few mo-
m<nts before the attack breaks
br3as an effective check frequently,
and AT least guaranteeing that the
enemy shall pny heavy toll for
any advance attained. No feRts of
man since the world hogan have
equnled tho bravery and devotion OF
the allied armies on the western
front. where they have witbstood
the zoe for more than four years,
and are now defeating hin, witt,
Anertca's devoted help. Mr.. Wynne's
article tmpreS.es and interests.
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sixth Facul,, Member Slain.

PRINCETON, y. j.. October 9.-with
the death in action Of William McCon-
nell. member OF the Princeton faculty,
this university mas lost ner sixth fac.
nell went TO France as Y. NJ. c. 4.
yorker In June. 1917, but later en-.
listed as private in the infantry. His
death became known hero to-day.
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American Editor. Reach England.

LONDON, October "a party OF
American editors, who sailed on Sep.
tember 20 as the guests Of the min
istry OF Information, have arrived
safely at a British port.
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FOREST
SOON IN ALLIED HANDS
GERMANS CANNOT STOP 'sss
UNTIL. OISE Is RE.ACucn

LONDON. October s.-The Germans
cannot stop in their flight .the CEN
ter until their ma in forces are across
stopping gap line. Ludendorf. It zap.
pears tonight. cannot think OF a de.
finite halt until his armies are back
fortress line. But unless he imrncdT-7
ateiy swings his right from the Scarps
TO the sea and his left from the ofse
tered center: he courts the disaster.Sss
tried to lnfiict on the allies In lis drive
on Amtens, March 81, separation of Mis-
Thus far he has. desperately hold an
20 his hinges-Lille. in the fortfa, and
laon. TO the south. Rutgnow thar MS
.'withdra wing in an orderly ynsTrss,f.
the hinges, too. must be abandoncG ~;
The next forty-e eight ,hours, tiieYeSofe.sl
the beginning Of the greatest mfIifaryS.
flight OF all History So "a, 5si-.f 1ss,.y,sis 49,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10

The newspaper that goes into tho
homo Is the one that is protitabl. 10
Ninety per cent OF the
home deiiyered.--Adv. '-'.'sf
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10
if You Are HayI.s

your business requires, use the S"heip
wanted ads In Tho Times. Dispatch.
Phono. Randolph 4, ,-Ady. Is az 49, S1'''-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10

More than 100000 must be raised
every day for the remainder OF the
campaign II Richmond is to raise her
quota. but bankers, from the very be-
ginning. knowing full we'll the great
resources of the city. were confident
that the loan would be oversubscribed,
Just as Richmond oversubscribed the
three preceding issues. Financialsmen
VIII not realize taeir hopes unless
there is far greater response on the
part o! the people. T;iis is true both
OF business concerns and individuals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10
SEVERAL BUSINESS MEN
FAIL TO ATTEND MEETING:

The conference of business men YES
terday afternoon was largely attended
and resulted in heavy subscriptions.
put many OF the men TO whom invita-
Tons had been extended by bankers
did not attend the conference. Their
names were published in the morning
newspapers but for some reason they
did not attend the conference. which
caused criticism from tho bankers, who
believed that. from n business view
point there is nothing of greater i'm
Poriar| than the proper floating of
Eichmond's quota of the Victory loan"
ihose who were not in attendance will
ne invited second time. it was said
Many business men doubled their
previous subscriptions for both them
selves and their firms. others placed
,arge subscriptions, and number
5ouGht additional small amounts OF
bonds under the spirit OF the meet
ing. The total ran up rapidly. and il
was one OF the most enthusiastic meet
ings staged in the downtown section in
some time. Colonel -r:omas s. Nc
Adams and John NJ Miller. Jr.. pre-
sen;ed the Liberty loan proposition TO
the business men. while several we'll
knoWn bank presidents distributed the
picdge cards and collected the subscrip-
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UskCB RECOGNIZES CAPITAL n Il y, 81 9ss
OFLIBERAYED SEWDYA.i
LONDON. October a.s-'fs,e esfht&f6ss
aesaed by. Crnwn Prince AtSx 3n1ess,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10
MEETING OF BUSINESS
MEN TO RE HELD TO-DAY

Another meeting of business men will
ne pe ned e, at ! o'clock this afternoon at
numoer OF prominent men have becn
invited Those to whom invitations
have been extended are as follows:
]. w. Elicit. Maurice Block. Duke 4.
4. J. Battle, W. 8 Donnan. c. X Pol
lock. j. r. Gordon, Il. .. Bell. J. e..
sarker' W. ". Foster. George w: Hun
ley. Judge William A. Monaure. r t..
Johnson. John Nj. TAYLOR. w. l.. Hazel.
= T. Anderson. General 10 Lane Stern.
Thomas Gresham. Charles r. Guy. I. L.
Sutherland r.; d. Harlow w. D: Moses
d Co" ". 4. Cheatwood. J. w. Newton
l.. NJ. Williams. Thomas s. Winn. Leon
WnllerStein. Paul WE'LL. Fl. Seldom Tay-
lor s. +. Padgett, Dreyfus & Co, w. IT,
Waring. Richard wen,zel, The Alca-
traz Company, Thomas a. Armitase. S
T. Beveridse g. Co: Q. H. Challlley Ma
jor James II. pooley, Fisk Tire Com
Guano Company. Thomas w. Purcell
James L. sorg, ". Brydon Tenant. r.
F.: Tragic. D. B. Wallerstein. J. p
pany. Wortendyke Manufacturing. Com
pany. II. NJ Smith. Jr.. Virginia Paper
Company: James W, Gordon. Southern
straus Cigar Company. southern Stamp amp
and Stationery Company, Old Domin-
ion Hide and Fur Company. Gordon
Metal Company. Dart Tobacco Company
Sydnor Pump and Well Company
Southern Stove Works. Pettitt and Com
Dany, American Lace Leather Company
III. 5. Block Son & Co. e. p. Lathrop 6
Co. Kaufman & Co.. Dr. George S
Thomas. Elisha l.. Turpin, w. a. Will
linGham. j. p. Taylor. I. Stern, w. a.
Sorg, w. NJ. Jones. J. .. Scott, P. S.
Powers; p. $. Reed. Conway Knox. NJ.
gan. Richard H. Meade. ". r. Massie,
CONTINUED on Last Page)
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Th report from district headquarters
tor yesterday follows:
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Continued on Last Page.)
The daily morning oasis., 1918-09-17
AS CHINAMAN SEES KAISER
Has Sympathy With the
"AIl-Highest."

Here are some comments on the
kaiser from the pen of Chinese stu
dent, an exchange says:
'The German kaiser is not the SUI
perior man as deciphered by the Chi
nese literature; he is surely a mean
fellow containing much fraudish cum
ming in his deceited heart. The supe-
rior man is shown in the merits Of
excellent heart with much loving kind
ness to all peoples; the mean fellow
is displayed in the black heart of the
unregenerated devils of hell with much
loving kindness only to himself.
'In the history of China was an en-
peror who burn the books and slowed
the scholars to extinct the civilization
of the peaceful inhabitants; but he
was not success in this crafty tricks,
for the civilizations could never be
extinct by such dishonorable barbar-
ism means. Now the German kaiser
he also awfully wishing to slave the
people and extinct the civilizations of
the universe; he also destroy the lit
erature books, and the arts, and the
ships, and mess the people of allies
nations. But he will not sue
cess"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-09-17
Another Call Soon.

The local selective draft
board yesterday received a mes
sage from Provost Marshal
General Crowder asking the
number of aregistrants within
the jurisdiction of this board in
class AL. The board replied
by wire that there are six and
it is expected an order will be
received in a day or two to call
them for entrainment. There
are two 1917 registrants, Wal
ter Boorg and John Papageorge.
The 1918 registrants are Ra-
monde Ramirez, Robert Bron~
son, Paul Holmes and Laurence
Glenn Weylandt.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-09-17
Oldest Living West Pointer.

General Horatio Gates Gibson, the
oldest living graduate of West Point,
veteran of the Mexican civil and In
dian wars, has just celebrated his
91st birthday in good health and
spirits.
Among the guests of the soldier on
his birthday were a few surviving
members of the Aztec Club, which
was formed by officers of the service
in the city Of Mexico seventy-one years
ago. There is only a squad of the
original members of this club living.
Gen. Gibson is one of them and is the
organizations president.
1t is probable that this veteran
thought as young soldier, after cam
paigning from Vera Cruz to the city
Of Mexico under the leadership of
Gen. Winfield Scott, that the Mexican
war was good deal Of war. 1t is
likely, also, after serving as an ar
tillery chieftain through the cam
paigns from 81 to '65, that he thought
the civil war was about the biggest
thing in the shape Of q war that ever
happened or could happen. Today,
this man Of service, 81 years of age;
is under the necessity of readjusting
his earlier thoughts on the compara-
tive magnitude of conflicts between
nations.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-09-17
To Teach Fruit RalsInn.

Vice Consul Richard P. MoRsen re-
ports that the Brazilian government
has authorized the establishment Of q
pomicultural station in Deodoro. The
work of the station will comprise the
production Of domestic fruit trees and
those foreign types already selected
and acclimated, the Introduction of in
digenous fruit trees, the study of in
sect pests and methods of combating
them, the study of better methods of
packing and transporting plants and
fruits, experiments to determine the
most successful methods of conserv-
ing fruits and the question of distribute
ing fruits to dealers. The school will
be open to students who wish to pur-
sue this branch of agriculture and to
farmers who wish to observe practical
demonstrations of modern pomicultural
methods.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-09-17
RIPPING RHYMES
(By Walt Mason.)
The Playground.

Vacation time has ended in Coorados hills; the tourists
home have wendell to talk about their thrills years
they wandered regardless of the COST and vy they squande
ed and cared not what they lost You'd think them throw
their banknotes to the breeze that stuff like that grow
ing upon the old trees This year they smped
boarded they missed saving points, and of board
ed at humble chill joints often heard them saying the
girl and gent well do the kind of playing
cent I'd like to hire burro to climb yon beeng crag but that
would pillow urrow my small roll of swag I'd like to drive
you honey Longs Peak famous pond but my
money buy another bond Up there Hae grotto
Well bhely tramp; the rental of auto would buy many
stamp the Wall street rooter who's loaded with Ions
jant round of pewter he'd sheved his Limousine
Men said I'VE must remember while playing here, thai
shortly in September the loan will appear;
have the Doodle to buy ten pounds well back Yankee
Doodle till Kaiser Bill sore They're loyal? Pretty
It surely makes gay when people show that spirit while
of doors to play
copyrighted by the Geo. Matthew Adams Service.)
The daily morning oasis., 1918-09-17
CALAIS LONG FAMOUS PORT
Three Nations Have Held City Which
the Germans Are Now So Eager
to Possess.

Since the beginning of the war
Calais has been an objective Of the
German army. It is familiar name
to those who have crossed the 26 miles
of nasty chOppy water that lies be-
tween Calais and the English port Of
Dover.
Fifty years ago Calais was regard
ed as a fortress of the first class, but
it would now probably not be able to
defend itself many days against mod
ern artillery. In 1916, after the bat
tie of Crecy, Calais was besieged by
the English King Edward III, holding
out resolutely by the bravery of Jean
de Vienne. It's inhabitants were saved
from the cruel fate with which Ed
ward menaced them by the devotion
of seven of it's chief citizens, who in
turn were themselves spared at the
prayer of Queen Phillipa, this event
having been commemorated in a wide
ly known historical painting.
Calais remained in the hands of the
English until 1853 when it was taken
by the duke of Guise, at the head Of
10000 men, from an ill-provided Eng
fish garrison only 800 strong, after
siege of seven days. This loss led to
the remark of an English queen, who
declared that when she died the word
"Calais" would be found imprinted on
her heart. Calais was held by the
SpaniardS from 1896 to 1898, but was
restored to the French by treaty.
On the chalk cliffs of Dover stands
a gun, several centuries old, on which
is engraved the doggerel:
Feed me well and keep me clean,
And I'll send a ball to Calais green"
This was fiction, but modern artil-
lery could easily accomplish the feat.