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TURKS RETREAT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH PLAN

CONSTANTlNopLE tvia Loudon).
September o5.-Thc retreat of the
Turks in Palestine was still being car
ried out on Tuesday according to the
War Office communication issued to-
day. 1t asserts that the mancuvcr is
being made in conformity with pre-
pared plans.
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stonehcnec rrr..r,ea 10 y,,,.,.

LONDON. September 25.-StonS
hcngc. the world famous Druid mon.
uinent. which has always been in the
possession of private owners, has bee \
presented to the British nation by G.
II. j.. Club. who purchased It on Sen.
TENDER 81. 1918. The government ha :
accepted 1t. and Will henceforth be re.
sponsible for it's preservation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
BERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT
AT HANDS OF FRENCH

Bv Associated Press =
BERLIN. september 20 tvia Iondon).
After hghting yesterday in the re
S!on west OF ST. Quentin the town Of
Francilly- Seiency remained in the
hands OF the enemy Cthc Frcnch) says
to-day'a army headquarters report
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Miss Smile Brucc

ISpccial TO The Times Dispatch.1
wOODSTOCK. VA. September 20
Miss Sallie Bruce died nj the homo OF
her sister. Mrs. j. W. Donaldson. sun
day night after 4 lingering illness OF
paralysis. Surviving her are 1--WE sisters.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
SWEDISH GUNBOAT SUNK
Goes Down With Loss of Nineteen
Lives After Striking Ger
man Mine.
nv AhS0ciated Pr"ss
q 4 4. u /. L =

Nv NhSDCiatfN Pr"Ss 7
'CPENitAGEN, September o5-
The Swedish gunboat Geinhild has
been sunk by striking German mine
in the SEaserak, with the loss of the
chief officer and eighteen men. reports
the correspondent OF the Poliiiken at
the Skaw, the northernmost point OF
Denmark.
Persistent rumors he added. are
current at the Skaw that another
swedish sunboat struck ID mine a few
Gays ago. and that Il greater part Of
the crew were Killed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
GERMAN WAR OFFICE
SAYS ATTACKS Failed

EEEL!N tvia London). September -
ne evening statement from general
Headquarters says:
between the OmiEnon brook and the
Soinme. fresh enemy attacks were re-
pulsed"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
\yi,Iinm Rorers nnker.

SOUTH BOSTON. VA. September -.
William Rogers Baker. Second-ciasS
seaman United states Naval Reserve
Fleet died in the United States Naval
Hospital, Brooklyn. y. Y. on Septem-
Der 2lst. lie was admitted TO the nos
pital on September IA. suffering from
influenza.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
t. w NInfccE.

EIIACKSBCRG. VA. September 20
George w. Matter, sevcnty-one years
| old. and a long time resident OF Blacks
burg. died at his home here saturday
after short Illness. The body WAS
taken to Elliston for burial sunday.
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Important Nelus
Quickly Told
Euents From Various Sources
Reduced 10 Minimum
Space.

~ AitRtSoNBrRG. VA. september %.
The annual state convention OF the
United lircthcrn Church, an indepcn-
dent religious orccr;4attcn, nDc ned
here to-day. Bishop William Bell. OF
Washington. State president. presided.
The sessions w1l continue through
Friday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26

ST. LOUIS. September 95.-Attemnts
of the Kaiser 10 use the Masonic or
der TO ahet German pcGc- propaganda
were vigorously denounced in resp
luton unanimously adopted tc-nigh; by
the supreme council. scottish Rite.
Southern jurisdiction, in convention
here
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
rnif.ApE:LrnIA sonlemhcr -

PHILADELPHIA September 20
Members of Congress. headed by
Speaker Champ Clark were shown some
OF The wonders OF the munitions plants
between here and Chester to day. 1T
was the most inspiring exhibition OF
American Industrial preparedness that
have ever seen" said Speaker Clark.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26

Especial 20 The TImcS- DISPATCH
WINCHESTER. VA. September 10
Tyson 4. Hammer. sixty years old. ror
many years keeper OF the first toll
gate south Of Winchester on the Valley
pike. is dead from complications The
tollgate had been kept ny members OF
his family for over sixty years.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26

NDNIGpMEKY, Ala, September %.
Addressing mass of 900
persons tonight. Louis T. Post. assis-
tant Secretary OF Labor. declared there
Was no shortage Of labor in the United
states
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
FURTHER DISASTERS IL
STONE. EDR nI'IE SnI ~

LONDON. S.ptember $5-Develop-
point to further disasters Tor the I'M.
gnr'an armies. which arc nccing from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26

WASHINGTON, September 2I.-K inc
George. Of England. has sent u mes
sage q congratulations 10 King Peter
of Serbia. on the successes OF the
Serbian troops in Macedonia. the
Serbian legation WAS advised to-daE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
Mrs, O. II. Jones'.

BLACkSBCRC, VA. September %
Mrs. q. r. Jones. wife OF Oscar Jones.
died at her home in Blacksburg sun
day after an illness OF some months.
Funeral services were held Monday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
I'Inu Red Cross Rens6t

Members OF the Charles City Gap
ter Of tn" Red Cross have arranged for
"A jazz band concert and lawn party
AT Berkely on Friday evening.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
WASIlINGTON Srn,cmh,

WASHINGTON. September @a-Rcal
estate on Riverside Drive New York
City owned by Mrs. Lilly Busch. wife
of the late Adolphus Busch. million
airc brewer OF ST. Louis. IS 10 be sold
by the federal custodian OF alien
property at private sale.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
DOLSHENIk AMBASSADOR
LEAVES

LONDON, september 2S.-M I.iiyin-
off. tho BolsheTik Ambassador TO Great
Britain. and hfty-four Of his coInpa-
lriots left to-day for Russia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26

The above dispatch indicates an ,in-
derstandins has been reached between
the British government and the Boil
sheviki regarding the exchange OF
British government representatives
held in Russia and russians in Eng
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25

/ itary career some IS years ago by
numbering four French women who
trusted him. The present war gave
him unlimited opportunity to develop
all the Prussianism that there was in
him 1t Is said that even the Ger
mans hate him. He directed the over
running OF Servia. and boosted that he
had utterly crushed that small coun-
try A year later, he destroyed Rou-
he superintendent the Caporetto disas-
ter which so nearly sent Italy to ruin,
But the Italians turned the Germans
back at the Piave. and Gen. Byng with
his tanks at Cambria showed the Ger
mans that tney did not dare to take
their troops out OF France. Macken-
sen, therefore, was sent back to the
near east to wiring food and money
out OF the helpless peoples, and leave
the western frOrt free to his rivals,
Eindenburg and Ludendorff.
When the present Balkan offensive
started Won Aiacllensen telegraphed
frantically to the kaiser for more
troops. but got in reply a demand to
furnish soldiers for the fighting in
France. Hindenburg's lines were
crumpling under the blows OF Gen.
Foch, and every available soldier was
needed to stiffen the defence. So. with
a handful OF troops scraped together
from Roumania. Aiackensen rushed TO
Sofia, trying to stem the rush-but he
was too late. Bulgaria was whipped
and out OF the war when he got there,
and the Austrians were in wild re-
treat, with German units leading in
the flight. while the Servians. Italians.
French and British were hofly pursu-
ing the broken army Mackensen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25

DRIVING the Germans back step by
u step, mile by mile. this week sees
the allies occupy the strongholds OF
Ostend, zeebruge, Lille. Douai, Cour-
trai and Meuin. all important key
stones in the arches Of the German
lines In France and Belgium. France
is now almost cleared Of the detested
Huns The victorious allies are sweep
ing the German armies back in Bel
GUM with broad attacks. But the
end is not yet.
With the peculiar viewpoint Of the
German mind the military leaders
headed by the kaiser talk Of sitting at
the peace table with civilized nations,
prate OF their dignity, talk of their
war Of defence. II would seem from
the fact that Lille. Ostend and Zee
BRUCE were left behind untouched by
torch that the Germans either had not
time 10 destroy or they are needing
the words Of president Wilson. Pres
Germans on a line OF defence drawn
from Antwerp south to Metz. This
VIII enable them to retreat in better
order TO the frontier defences Of Ger
many which would seem imminent.
The present dazzling allied successes
IN the Balkans has had a certain spec
tator on the German side who must
feel the irony Of the situation keenly.
That person is field marshal Won
Mackensen. Yet in the working OF
the destruction OF Germany. it is alto
Eether fitting that Won Mackensen
should suffer first He began his mill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25

, ground his teeth. but could do no
more. as he saw his Servian conquests
slip away-as Uskub-then Nish-
then Durazzo fell to the Italian armies
and their allies, and the way into
Austria was opened.
The black areas on the general map
show the extent Of the allied gains in
1918. They mean more. however. than
just so much territory taken. The Ger
man resistance in the Balkans is
broken. while in France IL is estimated
lery has been captured. and about that
the fight
The capture OF Durazzo was a very
brilliant feat. Italian and allied war
ships steamde into the harbor, disre-
garding mine fields and shore guns.
sank the Austrian fleet hiding there.
and destroyed the military works of
the port At the same time the Ital-
lans from southern Albania were max
ing forced marches over the interven-
ing 100 miles Of wild and roadless
country. They drove the Austrians out
OF the mountains and took the city be-
fore the enemy could rally. The fall
or Durazzo completely frees the lower
Adriatic OF the Austrian menace. and
tria itself
Italian troops are also fighting mag
nificently in France. They hold the
lines in the Champagne north of
keims. Fighting side by side with the
French they took the important city
Of SissOne. east of Laon- It was largely
due TO the Italians that the German
offensive at Reims in Jul= was
stopped dead in its tracks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25
by HENRY G. WALES.

! down the drachen in time. but h'
slipped along to the next one and
burned 1t before the observers could
/ signal to be hauled down.
That was just a beginning and
! every day when it was possible e
] fly, and there were a number OF thick,
I rainy days when no work was done
! during that period. Luke was inside
( the enemy lines after balloons.
Fritz's observation balloons on the
Meuse-Noselle front looked like a
string Of jumping jacks bobbing up
and down when Luke was out on the
: loose after them. The enemy evil
IDENTIFY spotted the markings on
Luke's machine. a terrier with three
rats beside him. and the number
painted across the tail. and a blue
nose, for they exhibited the greatest
nervousness whenever he approached
the lines. IS activities greatly inter-
fered with the boche' observation,
preventing them from staying up
long enough TO register on their va
power binoculars.
All Afraid OF Luke.
Finally the Boche became so nerT-
Gus and hauled down their frachen
so fast whenever he appeared that
Luke could not find a target. That is
when he thought out his famous act,
which he described himself as shoot
walton balloons are not Debated when
they are hauled down. They are con-
tinually inflated. more and more gas
being injected into the envelopes
from day TO day as 1t leaks away
The observation balloons are usually
kept in well camouflaged positions,
often in the center OF a wood. or at
the edge OF some brush Bat the po-
sitions are always accurately known
by either side
Luke selected a balloon near Mars
lie Tour for his first victim to be shot
in bed" The observers in this drachen
were particularly nervous. leaping
out in their parachutes whenever
Luke appeared and signalling to be
hauled down at the slightest provOca-
ton. Luke swung near them and the
MINDLESS on the big motor truck cOiled
up the steel cable and the sasbag was
pulled down Luke kept lowering IN I
the neigh borhood so the truck hauled I
the drachen off to its bed. The crew
assembled, seized the guy ropes and (
anchored the big bag in its usual
nest
Getting A Balloon.
Luke flew off to the eastward. then /
started a long lightning like dive
toward the drachen on the ground /
He sped directly over the wood and
just as the German machine guns
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25
Kaiser And People Realize
Ger1any?sD Downfall Coming
Force Is Decided By Force
BY AUSTIN HARRISON.
y Historian, Editor Of the English Review


I ONDoN. Eng, Oct 25.-For the
Il first time we may confidently say
today that the Germans are realizing
the counter blast Of their own chal-
lenge--world power or downfall"
German generals are professionally
laconic. When. therefore, we find
the idolized Hindenburg turned on"
and that is a correct designation
to issue a passionate appeal 10 the
fatherland. We can be sure that the
war has come home TO Germany; that
the civilian morale is shaken; that
doubt has taken the place OF conf
dence.
Only the other day the kaiser jour
neyed to Krupp's TO make a personal
appeal to the workmen "A thing
unique in itself
One has but to read the i'm
perinl rhetoric to see that fear
has arisen in the HohenzOIlern
mind that something like fusuh-
ordination has spread in the town
OF Essen. Even the crown prince
has expressed n disbelief in chilli
1nry victory
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25

great attacks on Verdun. which TO-
day they must needs sacrifice along
with all hope OF ever gaining the
coveted fortress.
I The German cannot fail 10 under
stand what this all means He knows
] that Ludendorff intended 70 advance.
not to retire He knows that his
armies have suffered an historical
defeat He knows that there is no
America for him
Ludendorfrs Mistake.
When LudendOrff started out on the
offensive this summer he clearly mis-
calculated the American potentially.
and this led him to leave his armies
with exposed TANKS to Fochs dis
erection. the application Of which has
led to the almost miraculous change
in the war situation, and TO A new
certain end.
Ludendorff can hardly discount the
Americans now. Every month the fin
est young men OF America will pour
into France. so that against the
dwindling reserves OF Germany the
allies can reckon on an Increasing
striking force up 10 10000. 600; in
other words. an overwhelming supe-
riority Of fresh men versus a declin-
ing stream OF used and shaken men
il is a poor proposition.
And so. at last, the Germans are
perceiving.
The socialists and liberals are be-
ginning to see that the allies Will
never treat with an emperor. that only
with government truly represent
ing the people can Germany now OBJ
ain peace
To any one who knows Germany,
this is, indeed. a change II has come
10 stay. Force has been decided by
Orce, and the challenger has lost
That is the meaning OF Germany's
inner disquiet.
The panGermans who led Germany
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25
DOCTORS SAY GA[O-
TABS ARE BEST
FOR COLDS

According to the worlds greatest
physicians and medical experts. calo-
mel Is the best and only dependable
night or cutting short an attack OF
sore throat. deep-seated cough. in
fluenza or Ia grippe. Now that science
has purified calOmel OF all its nausea
and dangerous qualities. the new kind
OF calOmel. called "Calotabs'' IS even
more popular than the old style
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow OF water,-thats
all No salts. no nausea nor the
slightest Interference with your diet.
work or pleasures Next morning
your cold has vanished and your
whole system IS purified and re-
fresheG- Calotabs are sold only in
original sealed packages. price thirty
five cents Your druggist recommends
and guarantees Calotabs and will re-
fund the price II you are not delight
ed with them.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25
COURT HOLDS CAN'T DRAFT
NONDEcLARANT ALIENS

Butte. Mont. Oct. 25.-Holding that
nondeclarant aliens cannot be legally
drafted into the American army. fed
eral Judge Bourquin issued a writ OF
habeas corpus applied for by John
Mapora, q Russian citizen, and ordered
his release Mapora had been ciassed
delinquent by the Minot, y d. draft
board and indicted into military ser
vice under the rule providing for such
a procedure. The court held that the
rules directing nondeclarants shall be
drafted, II they do not claim exemp-
are Inconsistent with the draft law
and so are void"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25

HTAsHNGTON. D. C., Oct 60
w There are SIS names on the arm,
casualty list issued for today. divided
as follows:
Killed in action, 81: died Of WOUNDS
. II; died Of accident and other causes
9: died Of disease, 6; wounded Sc
Verely, %; wounded. degree undeter-
mined, 1SS; wounded slightly, ICE:
missing in action. Is: prisoners, +:
cied from aerOplane accident. 3
southwestern men are as follows
Wounded Severely.
PVT Dallas Marshall. Sanger, Tex.
CofDett shoopman, GAINESVILLE.
Wounded. Degree Undetermined.
Lieut. Clarence z. Parker, Tyler, Tex.
Pvt John Turner. Peoria, Ariz.
~ Paul J. Whitley, San Antonio.
Wounded Slightly.
Pvt clifton Y. smith. dagerman. y. N.
Pvt Nm- r Reed. Lovington, y. NJ.
Missing in Action.
PVT Emil Wahlgemuth, Tularosa.
Killed in action on the list for to-
Gay follow:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Corporal
Alfred H O'Neil New York
I. n. c. A. Worker.
Walter Rue Murray, East Orange. y. il
Prirafes.
Raymond p Beckett. salt Rock. ". I
Va
Geo. 7. Bishop, sedro Woolley. Wash. /
Ruel W Day. Philo, Cal.
Frank Devine, New York.
Harry L. Keel, New Albany, Kas.
arthur Ralston, Saint Pairs. o.
soto salvatore. Italy.
Deretz 5. Sherman, New York.
ls7dor Battisti, san Francisco. Cal
Henry Buikema. Little Falls. n j.
Bert Harpham. Council, Idaho.
samuel a Lanard. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
kay c. Morton, Durkee, ore.
tobt Rumley. Norfolk, Va
Burley Waycaster, Black Mountain.
y. @
Fred z. Painter, Los Angeles. Cal
JEFen G Pierson. AIaukato. MINI.
Lloyd D. Ramsey. Carnegie, Pa
John O. Rocker, Chillicothe, o.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25
Arizonan Destroys More Hun Aircraft
In Ten Days Than Any Other Aviator
Has EDer Done-Gasbags His Hobby

/ WITH the First American Army
W Oct. 25.-'The Nut" IS what his
comrades called Lieut.. Frank Luke
jr, Of Phoenix. Ariz.. who Destroyed
more German aircraft within ten DAYS
I than any other aviator has ever done.
Luke specialized in balloons and IS
I officially credited with having set
fire and burned IS OF these captive
/ gasbags and his comrades assert that
the actual number he destroyed sur
passes %. Beside the drachen, as the
enemy calls his balloons, Luke
brought down three German airpIanes
! which have been officially confirmed
I and two others which were seen to
fall out Of control by American OBJ
servers.
Luke was flying over the front dur
ing the Marine show" as the fighting
from the battle Of the Bots de Beueau
to the final days on the Vesle is called
IN IN army. He did not do much
there, engaging in half a dozen
scraps and getting in a lucky burst
on Fokker last July, when he be-
lieves he sent the enemy plane spin
ming down to a crash.
As 4 Dragon Fighter.
Then Luke and his outfit moved
eastward to participate in the reduc-
ton Of the Saint Mihiel salient That
as the first experience Luke had
as dragon fighter" as his friends
called him He asked on the morn I
ing Of the beginning Of the Saint
Mihiel show to be appointed balloon
man for his flight; that is to be pro- /
vided with the special bullets that /
set fire TO the gasbags and TO have a 4
free commission TO attack them .
whenever he got a chance.
He started out over the lines from
Nerdun northeast with his flight. fly i
ing in the wedge shaped formation .
which is so difficult 10 attack and
which has revolutionized air fighting.
Near Etain he sighted a drachen and
dove on il like hawk \ hail Of anti
aircraft machine gun fire splattered
all around him, Kidding his winges
with tiny. neatly drilled perforations.
but the boche observers leaped out Of
their wicker work baskets with para
achutes and the dracheh burst into
flames and fell in blazing fragments
His First Victory.
This first victory over a balloon so
snthused Luke that he spiralled up 10
q safe altitude and set sail for thel
next boche bag. The crew Of the
vindlass saw him coming and pulled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-25

, started splitting at him furiously. he
I let drive with both guns. There was a
short sharp explosion, n puff Of black
smoke, flare. and the balloon on the
ground disappeared. He had shot II in
its bed.
PerfectIng his method OF attack,
Luke continued to shoot them in their
beds and TO turn his machine guns
on the Huns OF the crew and TO shoot
up the big motor truck Windlass.
dropping small bombs around it
whenever he had the chance. Then he
flew far inside Germany" as the
aviator calls all terrain the far side
OF no mans land" and caught the
enemy bringing up new balloons to
replace those he shot down. He shot
up two semiinflated balloons on
trucks as they were being brought
up TO take the place Of two he had
shot down the day before.
Had To Work Early.
Luke was always the first pilot off
the ground in the morning and the
last in at night. He frequently landed
long after dark. in the light Of
searchlights Illuminating the field
to show him where to come TO earth
He said that was the only chance he
had left to bag any gasbags. to get
them at night when they were up
watching gunflashes and thus trying
TO spot the position Of American bat
teries
Finally. Iuke's commanding officer
Mai Hartney. told him he was work
ing too hard an dhsouldatTAOISA
ing too hard and should take q week
off and go to Paris. Luke finally
a greed to take a rest. and packed his
musette and went to Paris But he
reported back TO the front on the sec
ond following day and insisted on
getting back to work.
Hits Two While Resting.
His commanding officer was insist
ent on Luke's resting up. so the bal
loon expert asked permission 10 make
one more flight II was granted and
he flew TO the line and shot down
two more balloons within two
minutes. Then he landed in a field
near where an American observation
balloon crew was located From an
refiliing station nearby
he obtained gasoline and oil. and the
there helped him turn over
the propeller and get started when
he flew
Luke remained with the American
balloon crew for two days. reporting
In 10 headquarters at night by tele-
phone and explaining when he was
ordered TO report back at his field
that he was zen panne." that his ma
chine was stalled and promising to
get back IN the morning.