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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
Brisbane Insists
-
He's Anti-German
why. He Even Devised n Scheme 10
Drown Huns In Their Trenches by
Using American Hydraulic
Machinery.

New York, Sept. 22.--Arthur Bris-
hane. editor of the Washington Times,
md for many years one OF the leading
employees of the Hearst newspapers.
tonight issued statement In reply to
fhat given out by A. Mitchell Palmer,
alien property custodian. who last
week disclosed that Brisbane bought
me Times with money furnished by
= pool Of German brewers, in assocfa-
ton with the United States Brewing
association.
rna statement Ii confined entirely
IL fervent protests OF Brisbane's pro-
American and anti-German leanings.
nrfsbane denies that he has had
any communication with Alexander
Konta. whose letters were quoted by
Palmer, for the last eight years.
though he admits that his attorney Is
Ef5eoffrey Konta, stepson- OF AlexAn-
der Konta.
the further interesting disclosure
mHtte that Brtsnane actually
thought he had found use for water,
Notwithstanding his notorious pre-
1udfce In favor OF beer and light
wines. =. He wanted to drown Ger
nam with It. he said. by pumping Il
|9Mt0 their trenches with American
|Nvdraulic mining machinery. and he
|xVeu bought some Of the machines
|HnN eAnt them to Lord Northcliffe for
|nnarinental purposes. He does not
SiSclAse what effect this idea Of his
r vi upon thu Germans. nor whether
|SSSS ss brewer friends. furnished thu
@ e NV ths wAssrr thFeMaAs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
French Foreign Legion Detachment Is
In America To Aid Liberty Loan Drive
Successors Of Generations Of Famous Fighting Men, They
Have Won Signal Honors in Present War for Freedom
Will Make Tour Of South West Before Returning Home
for Further Duty in the Field

virrinians, since the days of the
Revolution, have taken a keen in
terest in everything French. Since
the nation entered the world war.
many DISTINGUISHED men who have
served under the tricolor have visited
the state. always meeting the most
welcome.
But not even the Blue Devils
aroused in advance Of their coming
more keen interest than the an
that at least some Of the
members OF the French foreign legion
may visit the state during the fourth
liberty loan drive. The detachment,
on leave for this special occasion. is
now In Washington, where plans for
their tour OF the South and West are
nearing completion.
These men are not merely veterans
OF this greatest of wars. They are
OF that foreign legion which has been
the subject of song and story and
legend for generations: the foreign
legion tina. fought in Africa. in
Tonkin, in Dahomey, In the Sudan.
Madagascar, and Crimea; the legion
in 1859; the legion that won the
hatred of Germany In 1870; legion
served so devotedly In this war by
those splendid young Americans, Alan
Seeger. poet; Kenneth Weeks: Kifnn
Russell Kelly. Frank Whit
more. and many another.
These were the ieEfonaries Of whom
II was said THE folds OF their nag
are not broad enough to hold their
claims to glory"
For the first time members of the
foreign legion. the lodestar of every
soldier OF fortune on the globe. have
come to America They are here to
aid the campaign for the fourth lib
erty loan. which viii begin next Satur-
day,
Lieutenant Alexis Heritier expresses
the spirit of the legion. He Ia still in
tn service. though q higher rank in
another unit has been offered 70 him.
He 4 = iegicnary. though he has been
wounAed = The foot T. ~ arm. and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
Equal Suffrage
To Be Adopted
Thursday tn Submit Amendment
to Legislatures OF States


Washington. Sept :2.-The equal
suffrage amendment to the constitu-
ton will come up in the senate Thurs
day and win be adopted by that body.
This will constitute the last leRisla-
tive step barring the approval of the
president and it win then 60 before
the several states for ratification.
Suffrage and prohibition AZ con-
stitutional amendments will be linked
in time OF consideration by the legis-
latures Of many states and the advo-
Gates Of suffrage believe the Susan B.
Anthony amendment will be the nrst
to be adopted. Prohibition. which
has been ratified already by number
OF states, has a good lead but the ma
jority OF the states that ratified pro-
hibition have yearly Legislative SEES
sions and will soon ratify the suffrage
amendment. determined Tight ia
expected in other legislatures over
the prohibition amendment. while the
same bodies win ratify the suffrage
amendment almost without contest
Prediction that the suffrage amend
mont will pass the senate After- what
appeared to be hopeless campaign
for favorable action at this session OF
congress, IL based upon the good and
sufficient grounds that q secret poll
Of the senate has revealed more than
the necessary sixty four votes for the
adoption of the measure.
Deaths among senator's opposed to
the amendment or the election of
members IN favor OF amendment, TO-
gether with the splendid work sof
the president who regards suffrage az
one of the important war measures
has wrought the great change In the
senafe and altered the situation from
one OF hopeless outlook TO one Of
rosy promise.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
IRON RING FOR HUNS
Allied Armies Surely
Tightening Grip on
Central Empires.
RUSSIA AWAkENS
I euton Hold on Moscow
and Slav Provinces
Is Threatened By In
ternational Force.

Washington, sept. 22-The mill
tary mnps at the war department
show that allied and American
armies. slowly but continually nd
vHnctnK. again are perfectfnE u
ring of iron around the TeutOnic
nations.
On the western front the Amerf-
can and French heid armies, by
taking positions opposite the "nat-
urnl gateway into Germany via
Meth. have completed that part Of
the ring that threatens Germany
from the west.
On the Italian front. Italy with
refnforcements from the Americans
and aiiies, in . part of the ring and
II standing ready to strike again.
On the Macedonian front the Ser
bians. backed by British, French
and Greeks are cutting OF Tur-
key from the two German nations.
On Germans eastern frontier a
cloud In gathering which. with the
assistance Of the patriotic people
Of RusMia. will seriously menace
Germany and her so-eaIied Iibe-
rated provinces next to the Russian
western border.
The ring of iron from the land
sides will he actually n military
fact when, a heretofore pointed
ouf. thr AnKfo-Frenck-Am mexican
army moving southwark from the
MuPmansk peninsula meets and
combines with the CxechO-SlovakH,
british, American ana japanese
forces which are steadily pusAinx
on toward. Samar. In the province
or orenberK. This junction. whose
strategic purpose and importance
In hetAg more and more revealed.
will ltberate Russia proper and
enable her again to- take up arms
against the central pcwers.
The very appearance of the interna
ional army threatening Moscow from
,amara in Orenherg. II is thought here
will cause the people OF Russia to rail-,
o their old standard for the overthrow
It the political elements which oni,
yesterday were emphaticaMy denounced
W the state department as outlaws
Thus, for the nrst time since tn,
ntrance into the war OF America az .
lighting ally, the vast project Of en-
.irciiug Germany and crushing hel
With slowly contracting ring. is beinf
and realized as well.
The somewhat celebrated ring o
'lood and iron" which Bismarck EN-
'loyed at Sedan, is sooner or later Il
'e repeated at Berlin.
IT anything were needed to com
'lete the military isolation of the cen
raj powers, 1t is to be found in twt
additional considerations:
l. The heet of France IL holding
turkey and Austria from the eastern
Mediterranean. while the nar<~s O
treat Britain, italy and the United
'tates are bottling up the Austrian
hips. of war from the rest Of that sea
- -
'ottled up the German great feet IL
tome waters and has made the egres,
4 the old Russian Baltic feet sup
'osed now to be In the hands of Ger
many. impossible. The geater part O.
his old feet may already have joiner
he German naval forces at Kiel.
.. The revolutionary attitude Of Ru
mania. the uncertain attitude of tn,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
OFFICIALS DIFFER
WIDELY ON COST
OF HOME LIVING
Food Men Say Increase
In z Months Is 81
Per Cent.
BUREAU d E M u r S
Statistics Show Greater
Advance in Expense
for Family Budget
in Many Cities.
BUREAU D E M u r S

Washington Sept. sc-The increased
cost of living In the last twelve months
ts three and half per cent. Hccordin e
To the United States food admintstra-
ton. or fifteen per cent. according to
The department Of labor.
The simultaneous announcements Of
Tire foed administration and the labor
departments bureau Of labor statistics,
With their very considerable discrer-
aneS. IL hardly a coincidence; II is the
result Of n pronounced difference of
opinion and ~ method
Officials at the food administration
explain that the major part of the In
creased cost of living IL due not 10
food. but To rent. clothing. transpnrta-
ton and other items and espee tally due
to the advanced standard of living.
The fond Administrations compilations
are based solely an the statistical basis
OF the nations expenditures for food
n
figures are based on Investigation Of
family budgets in various cities.
racihr Coast cities.
What the Increased cost ~ living
amounts tn inclusive OF sill the items
OF the average family budgets Of a
working man was stated recently by
tbs bureau of labor statistics on In
w%Stigations I'm various Pacific coast
-rities, Fcrso~r~i with costs rix months
previously the cost Of all essential itv-
fns expenses had Increased In Seattle
1919 per cent. in Tacoma. 21s7 per
cent: in Portland. 1923 per cent; in
San Francisco. 1855 per cent; in Los
Angeles, 1882 per cent. The item of
clothing taken separately. Increased for
tbs same period in the same districts,
respectively .5.sa per cent; sa.a3 per
cent; 81 "a per vrst. 1852 her cent and
cSso per cent The increase since
then, OF course has been enormous
The food administration In it's report.
ADMITS there has heen more than a IS
per cent Increase in prices paid to
farmers. but contends that this Is re-
tiuc~d in actual household purchasing
nv reduction of speculation and
pronteering and narrowed margins be-
tween farmers and wholesale prices
under food regulations; that is, that
the food administration has been able
to make a. per cent increase to the
farmers only a three and half per
cent increase to the consumers.
The Increased retail prices for all
food ssapies combined retail figures
for August compared with July. was
- ner cent the labor department SAYS
OWING mainly 20 the decreased costs
for the month Of beef, ham, lamb and
navy hesns. Pork chops and eggs show
the greatest increases. bread. potatoes
and coffee did not change In the month.
with Five Years Ago.
Making comparison OF costs now
with costs ave years ago. the labor de-
partment finds a combined Increase of
~ per cent on seventeen staple articles
for which prices have been obtained
systematically in the last Ave years.
All Of these articles show increases OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
Democratic l. e a d e r
Shows Republicans Are
Obstructionists.
CITES THE. RECORD
Effort to Embarrass the
President on Eve Of
Election Brings
Vigorous Reply.

washington. Sept. c2.--Accepting.
with unexpected pronlptness, the
challenge of the republican campaign
managers issued only yesterday, for
an open comparison Of the republican
and democratic records in congress
upon war measures. Scott Ferris.
chairman of the democratic congress
sional campaign committee, tonight
boldly characterized the republican
minority. viewed as a whole. as DELHI
crate obstructionists of President Will
sons main policies.
In a lengthy public statement he
asserts. with emphasis. that the demo-
Gratis Of the house and senate have
been the reliance Of the administra
ton in the war crisis In support OF
his charge. he reviews the votes OF
republican and democratic members of
the two bodies on long series of the
most important war measures,
Coming directly from Chairman
Ferris. to whom the task OF accom-
rlishins the return of a democratic
congress has been entrusted by the
party leaders at Washington. and
bearing the imprint OF the publicity
bureau OF the democratic national
committee. the statement IL construed
as sounding the democratic keynote OF
the approaching campaign.
It's vigorous tone indicates that the
democratic leaders here have con-
cluded that the time has come to ag-
excessively meet the republican attacks
by an open campaign of counter pub
iicity on the parr OF the constituted
heads of the democratic national or
ganfzation.
They claim, that the agitation was
adroitly planned and begun by the
republicans at this early date in order
to emharrass the democrats in view Of
the presidents suggestion that politics
he adjourned
The statement of Mr. Ferris. which
was Immediately provoked by the
public condemnation OF the record in
congress of the majority party made
yesterday by Representative Gillette.
acting republican floor leader of the
house. and Chairman Tess, of the re-
publican congressional committee. IS
more than an attempt to answer the
public criticism by the republicans. 1t
Ia in reality an official call to the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
'SERD|ANS TURN SCALES
After 10 Months Of Stale
mate, Armies Put the
Enemy to Rout.
HELP TO ALLIE
Forces in Struma Valley
Will Be Enabled to
Move Out Of Mala-
ria District.
HELP TO ALLIE

u+.-A.
sept. IA ffef
eiShteen months of stalemate, the
military sttustto, In Serbian M.c.-
donia has changed with dramatic
suddeuness
In November. ,s,a. -. n~., ana
third serbia. .rmt.. ~,,n .s.,-
French, Italian ana R...t.. .1It..
occupied The c,tv .rA .i,t. -
Monnstir ana ~. h..a - ~.
Cxrrua Rek., mr. n,.~l rs~.~ n,
this su~~e.. w.. -~..,,- It
~ount~d nv -. s~~. -, -. u-i-
rtnrs he,a H. ,hr.. r..L. - a..
Morlen. .rours.,.
Dobro-po,t. ga sakni.a A.-S
the .dy.ne. ~ ~. .~.o-a s.-As..
array or - s.rht. -, -
th~ nr.t ga ,hs-s q
b~nd a. the c.e-. MT.
TIE obtrrt,v. ~ ~. -.
m~,tioreS .r-,.. pr.I,r n.
4, va. lmno-th,. -, th.r, ~ 80
any ADVANCE :. rc,~ =. e.. 80
tht. Rulxart.r s,rr~ ~ ts.t~ ~.
flank.
r,.
W TIE s@sono army mas
n9, - a.. sh's lhs buisarians nov
N..' va ven t'"Ih tnei' noun
~. on the soNoi, Douro-
eite Ana NetsSlh. put the second army
~ Iessnlns oeEolan SOIL on Inc othe !
s.ue 81 'ne range mas swung toward
.o" aau we Faiies OF tne faroar-
81 Sussessial nave nee" mar opera
etous ma ehe SERBIAN FORCES nave
~ a'a eaptorsa the Town Oh
=, T.,.s., 'a''es lf"H, 'he saion-
~ y "nN '"sa~1s ~ tHG railway
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
Lebanon Famine
Takes 100000
Depopulattng Once Happy and
f. Prosperous Community.

London, Sept 22.-How Turkish
troops surrounded with wall OF bay
onets the prosperous Lebanon noun
tain. a Christian and Jewish settle
ment. a happy oasis in the desert of
misrule. and starved all inhabitants to
Jacob, refugee who escaped to Eng
land after he had been forced into
service with the Turkish army,
After the Armenians." said he, 1T
became the turn Of the Iebanez
DENIAL Pasha Is too refined and too
civilized to use such clumsy methods
as were employed against the Arme-
mans.
Therefore he ordered a blockade
OF Lebanon. wall of Turkish bayo-
meta surrounded the soFrowful noun
tain. Not grain Of wheat could bs
smugKled through. A the people are
chiefly planters OF vines and olives,
and not wheat growers. the cons%-
quences were not long to follow.
The Eaunt spectre or starvation
stAked at once through the once
prosperous land. Indescribable scenes
OF hunger became prevalent. Thou
sands could be seen wandering like
beasts seeking grass or the th0rny
leaves Of cactus. devourinE them As
though they were the choicest deiica-
cies.
."Corpses OF women and children and
old men strewed the roads Up to
eight months ago 1So.00o had dad
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23

finally laid low by a bullet close to the
heart. He Is a Chevalier OF the legion
of honor. and wears two palms on his
croix de guerre. His Moroccan medal
bears two bars. and beside II ts the
decoration OF an officer Of the Nicham
slowed another medal, which makes
him Chevalier OF the Order OF Han-
diem
But I would not leave the legion"
he said Most Of US are men without
home or family. The legion IL our
home. Who would leave such a
homer"
Captain Maurice Chastenet de Gerry
commands the visiting detachment. In
Morocco he won the medal OF the
legion of honor. Two palms have
lieutenant when this war began.
At Souain. in September. 1915.
Lieutenant de Gerry lost his left leg.
After he had left the hospital he In
sisted on being returned to the field
of action. He served on the star Of
General Nivelle. He was two months
at Verdun, and he won the croix de
guerre.
Sergeant Mcwhite. whose previous
an Irish village" was in Serbia The
allied forces were retreating. His SEQ
ton had but thfrty-two men left when
1t was sent against the village Of
Boedanci held by 500 BuigxriAns.
Sergeant McWhite'a command killed
sixteen. captured twenty-five. and put
the remainder OF the 800 to hight
He has been decorated twice.
Captain Jean Drulang wears ten
medals. Nothing to talk about" he
declared to American intervfewers.
Il was simply q member OF the legion.
and fought with IT,"
Nothing at all. not at all. Sixteen
years Of service in the foreign legion
In the French colonies. then continu-
GUS service record IN the greatest war
the world has known--nothing.to b.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
BRITISH TAKE NAZARETH $4,000 PRISONERS AND 12O GUNS
SERBS GAIN FURTHER GROUND IN SWIFT FLANkING THRUST
YANKEES IN ALSACE AND LORRAINE BUSY WITH AIRCRAFT
GASOLINE FROM GAS
YIELDS ENORMOUS TOTAL

Washington. Sept. 22.--Showing
the progress made in the production
of gasoline from natural gas. in adj
dtion to that extracted from pefro-
leum. the United States Geological
Survey tonight reports 217.ss4,l0i
gallons from that source in 1917. a
gain of 114.391.415 gallons. or Ill
per cent, compared with the 1915
output The quantity OF CONNER
cial gasoline represented by the out
put OF raw gasoline in 1917 prob
ably amounted 10 more than 400
100000 gtllons.
The volume OF natural gas from
which the gasoline was recovered
was about $4,000. 100000 cubic
feet, and the average recovery was
half gallon of gasoline for every
thousand cubic feet The gasoline
was recovered by compression. alb
sorption and vacuum pumps, as
well as that saved as drips from
gas mains. The greater part, IT'S
per cent, was recovered by COM
preston and vacuum pumps.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23

"Traverstnx the neid Of Armaes1~s
don says Allsnby's report a FfaAsx.
received here today, I'VE OGcSnAS4
Nazareth. Afule and Beisat. Aql1o1 4
ing the disorganized maaoaa 81 tlsSs
enemy troops and transport from d, y
south. s q u
''All OF the enemy's avoSuei 81
escape save the Jordan forde .he4NnoH
Beeisan and Jisrel-Damish AAN A&
closed sssss
And on the following dayssA1l6A ~
the modern crusader Wa ah1e ~ r. ~
graph to the war once: w
I'VE hold Nazareth and til
Of the Jordan. Eighteen stES
prisoners. 20 guns counted. = 81 sssa s NJ
In the same dispatch Sir EdIh0Rtf5
described how his infantry. ptvu4ina
its left wing upon Biraaur, had 9at66A
lished line from Belt Dean, 'sh6u
OF Dagon,'' national deity ~ "a 0
Philistsnes, to SamariA f0ahaa444H 1S
which was the capital Of tn - q
OF Israel before II va daatS1I& n
the. Assyrians In 722 b. c., u Hlx1 2 m
SarAaria lies seven miles to The n41 IN
ws~t IT Nablus. \ 81 ss NV
From this line the British 49,
forces were shepherding the ~ y
northeastward. west Of ths Jeeu
:.blus road. ssss s|
Cavalry Strikes HArA
Meanwhile, nearly seventy ui11o ~
ti,e north Of the infantry q pkvo4 Y l1
}enby's cavalry. operating n6sd 3U ~
seventeen miles north Of NAh1ne r. IN
from Beisan. dashed nortkdI
to Ell Afuleh and NaxAreth ia M
tabiishing solid tine south 6S(1 n
Of the hills Of Galilee. elnQa4 n
door OF the great trap. Va sssss q 5EgEs
Realizing their plight. the d. \
forces made ! Wild daah m \
Jordan valley in the dif6S S
Jtsrei- Damteh, AZ II u s x3I
On this last dsspsrate Nh "
ror and death were struck
mids. from new foe Ov181
pAared :. vast Aest of HRlxI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
Turks In Wild Rout To Jordan Are 4
Cut Off By Brilliant Cavalry Drive,
Leaving Enormous Booty For Victors
Pershing's Men Bring In Captives After
Successful Raids Transport Men Re
pei Attack By Hun Planes---krupp
Batteries Violent InSending Gas Shells
Against Allies Lines.

With the American Army in Lorraine, Sept 2.--AmeEf
anti aircraft guns this morning shot down German OIL
walton plane St. Die The machine fell in flames neDy
woods The pilot and observer regained their Inns
Sixty German planes reconnoitered the Americas e.
Americans raided the Germans three times last night
They brought Of prisoners from Haumont seven
others from the German line further east and i've from the
Our patrols penetrated past Dommartia and picked up
couple Of outposts Other patrols found that Jaege
with powerful array Of machine guns Our killed forty
Jaegers routing capturing the rest after desperate
fighting Neither side used artillery fearing that they might
hit their
With the American Forces Asace Sept 22-The Krupp
batteries violently active last night the Akrh
(Atkrch Asaan nine miles southwest Of Mus
hansen and the Muehhausen- Belfor rawayl lombard
the American positions with mustard and phosgene shells
well as high explosives
aranes tried shoot up transport aong ~
road but the American wagon drivers chaufeurs and sods
opened fire with rifles and machine guns mounted on the veh
cles and drove of the aanes The latter dropped
some bombs but caused no damage.
London Sept o2-Nazareth is in British hands
The ancient city of alee where Joseph Piled his humble
trade carpenter and where Christ spent His childhood
delivered from the terrible Turk Friday, when Ish
English and Australian hosemen dashed into and past it ii
of the most arfung and brilliant encircng operations 81
all military history.
Eighteen thousand Turks trapped like so many rats
One hundred and twenty captured What remains
of the Turkish Nabus army has been off from all
of for stretch along the Jordan az
Besan which city also is in British hands, es
Many thousands Of Ottomans were moved down they
fed in panic before General Edmund Allanbys cavalry
Many thousands fell they fled
columns closing in them. 74sss5sFAf
Occupation of Nazareth marks British advance 81
seventyve miles since the fall of Jerusalem The opera
tons eliminating in the glorious victory which more than
settles the British account with the Turks for the afa
defeat carried out along total of fully $50 miles,
The lions share of the credit is due to the
main line Of attack stretched from Belt Dejan eight m
FL Alfuah, eight miles south of Nazareth and ff9An mile
northwest OF Belsan, also has been occupied
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Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-16
The Churches
Episcopal.

Tomorrow, the first Sunday in Lent,
the graded Sunday School of St.
Paul'S Episcopal church will meet in
the parish hall at 10 o'clock. The
church service at II O'Clock will
consist Of morning prayer, litany and
sermon. The preacher will be the
rector. the Rev. C. Rankin Barnes.
The music Will be by the vested
choir. Every Wednesday morning
during Lent there will be a celebra-
;ion Of the Holy Communion at 10
O'Clock. Friday evenings at $50
there will be devotional service with
ltany. penitential office and medita-
tion Visitors are always welcome at
St PaulS.