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COLUMBIA LAUNCHES
WAR CORPS TUESDAY
All Ready to Begin Training
Of 5000 Students.

At Columbia University next Tuesday
noon a Students Army Training Cops
OF moro than 5000 men--the largest In
the country--will be indicted into tho
military service. A message from Presi-
dent Wilson will be read. The Star
Spangled Banner will be sung and the
oath OF allegiance to tho nag chanted
In unison. President Butler will de-
liver an address. The day viii mark
tho formal launching OF a period OF
military rule at Columbia. during which
a picked contingent Of young Americans
from every State in the union will be
trained for leadership on the line q
battle.
At 10 O'Clock the entire body of stu
dent soldiers will report to Col John =.
Finley, commanding officer. on South
Field. The exercises will take place
later in front Of the library building.
There will be a naval band OF thirty-nve
pieces, several hundred students compos-
ing tho university's signal corps school Of
photography. the civil service radio
school. the naval gas engine school
and the Students Army Training Corps
Sixty officers have been detailed to serve
under Col. Finley at Columbia.
Large numbers Of mon have been de-
MED admission to the Students Army
| Training Corps at Columbia because OF
their inability to meet the educational
requirements. To aid these mon In gain
ing commissions the university has
framed a special course In war mathe-
mates. 1t is open to properly qualified
men in the draft who are looking for
ward to appointments in the artillery.
engineering or machine gun service and
whose training In mathematics 10 not
sufficient to enable them TO compete sue
cessfully with others in the Officers
Training Corps.
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at Montfaucon and the other to the
east OF that place.
Lieut.. Buckley and Lieut.. Curtis got
Rumpler biplane near Breuilles, and
Lieuts. Buckley, Butz and Houston
Woodward Of Philadelphia drove down
another Rumpler out OF control near
Fleville.
A total Of seven tons Of bombs was
dropped upon Longuyon, Audun. Frieux.
Gouraincourt and Stenay by French ana
italian aviators, while tho British
AIRS. Thionville and Frescaty. American
aviators dropped q quantity Of bombs on
Etain.
Lieut.. John wentworth. an American
aviator who had been reported missing.
not only has returned safe and sound
but brought with him a live German
prisoner. He was one Of those who par
ticipated in the frst days operations.
Long after tho other members OF the
squadron had turned back he learned
he had been outman1uvred by a Ger
man airmAn who had cut him Off from
his companions and was driving him
the enemy and brought him down alive
near Toul with his plano only slightly
damaged.
Americans Master the Air.
American pursuit aviators came
through the first two days ~ undiputed
! masters Of the air in this region. They
went out in pairs, singly and in small
groups. They fought and vanauished
enemy formations ranging in siss from
seven and nine to twenty -three machines
and rendered incaiculAbis aid in the ad-
| vance.
Aerial patrols left their airdrome,
Thursday before dawn and were oveI
the sector of attack by sunrise. They
began their operations by launching sue.
cessful raids against the German bal
looms. six Of which were brought dowr
during the day. Other aviators directed
the continuous barrage throughout the
day all the way from Chatillon- sous-les.
Cotes to I.amarazee at an altitude never
exceeding 1 900 yards. Flying at thi.
low height these patrols were able &c
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DANIELS IS SPEAKER
AT TRENCH DINNER"
FiOe Thousand Eat Meal in
Pittsbslrg Street.

PrTrsBuRo, Sept. 3s.-More steel, more
guns. more munitions and full speed
ahead" in Americas war programme
against Germany was the message for
increased production brought to Pitts
burg tonight by Josephus Daniels. Score
tary Of the Navy. who was here to-day
to launch tho fourth Liberty Loan drive
in this district.
His address was made before a crowd
Of thousands In Syria Mosque, following
a day in which three-fourths Of the citi-
Gems OF the city participated In the SELL
ing and buying Of Liberty bonds Of the
fourth loan. The United States Naval
Band Of 100 pieces and the United States
naval quartet Of Cleveland helped to
keep up the enthusiasm.
A trench dinner was served in one
OF the principal downtown streets. roped
OH for the purpose. The meal was served
by women workers. and enough tables
were provided in the street to accom-
modate 1000 people at one sitting. Five
thousand dinners were served. including
one to Secretary Daniels, who gave q
short talk.
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Chamova an enemy mins was destroyed
by the allied forces
On September II the Americans occu-
pied Shoushouga and Tulgolsk (N0
miles northeast Of Kotias). Tho advance
was continued and on the 2lst Ssltzo
was attacked and captured by Russian
and American forces.
The enemy casualties, although I'M
doubtedly large, cannot be accurately
estimated. because most Of the fighting
has been In the forests.
While this fighting was going on an
other column of Russian and allied
forces was advancing on the right bank
or the Dvipa- On the morning OF Sep
TENDER IL they occupied Priluki and
captured machine gun. The enemy
losses in killed were considerable.
on the afternoon Of the 10th this col
umn occupied Pless, causing the enemy
heavy casualties. On the 2Ist. still ad-
vancing on the right bank. tho patrols
were In the neighborhood OF Troika.
The movement on the right bank was
impeded by hoggy terrain. The guns
we're eventually brought up by barges.
Americans returning to the Dvina
front with Bolshevik prisoners brought
stories of new crueltics and murders
They told Of one instance where the mu-
tilated bodies Of three British sailors
who had become separated from their
| command had been found.
Most OF tho prisoners brought here
including officers declared they had been
forced to serve under threat OF death.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-Gen. March
announced to-day that allied American
forces operating south of Archangel have
been placed under command Of Gen
Poole OF the British army. The Ameri-
can units are commanded by Col. Stew
| art. Ambassador Francis Is at Arch.
| angel. and Gen. March said tho Wal
Department now is in close touch with
military and diplomatic ofiicials there.
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man prisoners taken by Americans as
an offset to the report that German Of
ficsrs were telling German privates that
the Americans killed all prisoners after
torturing them.
Most OF the American leaflets were
found in the pocketbooks Of the pris-
oners, together with letters, keepsakes.
paper money and photographs.
Tho prisoners carried in dozens OF
machine guns and automatic rifles
which were captured with them, and the
cages in the rear resemble small ar
senais. A majority of the prisoners
expressed pleasure that the war has
ended for them.
Carrier pigeons have proved them
,,elves OF inestimable value In the pres
ent offensive by supplanting telephone
and telegraph wires connecting the sd-
vanced posts with the bases at the rear.
The birds have been used freely and
have repeatedly hown from outposts to
the divisional or corps headquarters
with messages of vital Importance, such
as calls for barrage IRE, news of unex-
pected difficulties or word Of an ad-
vance.
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protect the observation airplanes who
were doing work for the infantry.
One pursuit group engaged in twenty
three combats with enemy airmen, de-
stroying two enemy machines and
bringing down out Of control a number
OF others. Other Americans few over
the German lines to as far as the
Moselle, southwest Of Metz. They found
few German machines. but drove back
all they CHANGED to find. The work Of
the observation airplanes was virtually
Conveys Are Bombed.
A series of deep raids into enemy
territory was made during, the day. The
FIRST of these Resulted in thirteen COM
bats, in which ten German airplanes
were destroyed. The second was made
at low altitude for the purpose of
bombing concentrations Of enemy troops
and conveys. Three German planes
we're engaged and one probably was
destroyed.
A third raid was made In conjunction
with a bombing group against the rail-
road junction at Etain. east OF Verdun.
and resulted in the successful lombard
ment of the objective. The Americans
met German hiers during the bombing
operation and are believed to have de-
stroyed three Of them. Long distance
reconnoitring flights also were carried out,
and valuable Information concerning Ger
man troop movements obtained.
American observation aviators carried
out seventy-nve missions on Thursday.
starting from their bases before daylight
and working until long after dark. They
came in contact with German infantry
on thirty-hye occasions
Planes Work in Three Sections.
The aviators were divided into groups
The first section was assigned to an
infantry unit to report it's progress
! The second did observation work, watch
Ing the general advance. the location
of the enemy troops and the movements
OF his batteries The third section was
attached to the corps for general scout
| ing and observation work.
The American machines not only car
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ALLIES IN 90 MILE
ADVANCE ON DVINA
Pursue Fleeing Bolsheviki,
Capture Guns, Sink Four
Ships and Get Booty.
DRIVING TOwAD KOTLAS
Americans, Russians and Brit
ish Use Airplanes With
Effect on Red Foes.
BIZ tAe Associofsd Press,

AscHANeEL, Sept. "a (delayed).-
American troops. who are now taking
mart in the operations in virtually all
sectors on the northern Russian front,
have captured several villages in recent
sshting. The net result of the lighting.
IN which the Americans cooperated with
IN. British and Russians in the taking
Of many more places in the last ten
aays along the Dvina, IL an advance of
more than frty miles.
The Bolshev,ki are fleeing to Kotlas
and the Allies are continuing the pur-
suit Kotlas 10 on the River Dvina. a
distance OF 326 miles inland from
Archangel in q southeasterly direction.
British and Russian s4Tplanes are con-
.inually observing and bombing the Boil
shevild.
These operations, which are still in
progress. besides scoring q nifty mile ad-
vance, have been accompanied by the
anking Of at least four enemy ships.
the capture OF several guns. many ma
chine guns and much war material. A
few prisoners also have been picked up,
10 the number Of nearly 100.
Enemy's Navy RetirinE.
The enemy ships retiring hastily
toward Kotlas sowed mines as they went
back and the allied progress has been
inpeded by the necessity of mine sweep
ing. The casualties Of the allied forces
have been very small.
The operation began on the morning
OF September IA. when q party OF Rus
sian, British and American forces left
yijni-Kitsa working down the left
bank Zadbor1 and Shidpova were &C.
cupied that evening. On the same day
the allied monitor surprised the enemy
ship Mouchouga in a fog. Heavy cas-
uaties were inflicted on the enemy and
some prisoners we're taken. The moni.
tor continued on and landed a party al
Chamova- This party, however. was
forced back by hostile artillery fire. the
allied ships being compelled to with.
draw again to the mouth Of the vaga
On the morning OF September 16 thu
British and Russians succeeded II
reaching Chamavo. There three guns
several limbers and other paraphernalis
we're captured. In the afternoon thu
Americans and British took Navolak
capturing a few prisoners. The enem,
scattered In the forest.
On September 16 q monitor succeeded
IN getting q hit on an enemy ship which
had been bombarding the allied troops
The ammunition on board the ship blew
up, destroying the vessel. The enemy
retiring across an island here. wa
caught by our shell fire and additions
prisoners were taken. including two Of
fcers.
There is an unconhrmed report tina
the big enemy gunboat Bogatyr wa
sunk by striking a Bolshevik mine. Neal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29
CAPTURED OFFICERS PAY SET.
U. 8. Fixes Ss3 . Month Scale for
Lieutenants.
Special Despotch to TIE Sex.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-Subject to
the approval Of the Berne conference
between American and German dele
gates on questions pertaining to prison.
ers of war, 1t has been decided that
German officers OF the rank Of First
Lieutenant. Lieutenant and Feldwebel-
leutnants and American offfcers Of the
rank Of First and Second Lieutenant
will receive $SS.S6 per month II cap
tured.
Captains and officers Of higher grades
will receive $96.25 per month.
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ried out this work but themselves went
over to the offensive repeatedly and
spent much time in attacking enemy
formations.
The aviators returned to their hang
ars at night with tho wings Of their
machines often riddled with bullets A
ground mist, especially in the morning,
necessitated their descending to level
Of only seventy -fivel feet above the
fighting units. While over the American
infantry the aviators encouraged the
men and few 20 low that they could
hail the advancing fighters.
One wounded man lying on the ground
even turned over and waved cheerily to
a plane as II few close above him. One
Of tho machines which sighted big
group of Germans swooped down upon
It. The machine guns jammed Just as
the aviator was about to hre The mo
chine turned 80 that the observer might
fire when It was discovered that the
Germans were prisoners in the hands Of
five American soldiers.
Prisoners DO the Goose Step.
Another aviator saw q group OF prls-
oners 20 by under escort OF handful
Of Americans. The Germans were man
fully doing the goose step at the bid
ding Of their captors.
One pilot had so narrow escape from
death that the glass eyeplece was shot
out Of his goggles. Putting up his
hands to adjust the goggles. another
bullet grased both his thumbs. Still an
other pilot received an explosive bullet
through the front Of his outer fur coat
setting 1t on fire. He was not wounded.
Among the prisoners taken yesterday
nv tina Americans vera hfteen soldiers
of a Hungarian division whose position
was astride the Mouse River. To the
east Of the Mouse more than 100 men
from the Hungarian division were cap
tured by the French who were cooperat.
ing with the Americans In the drive.
Upon many German prisoners captured
by the Americans was found American
propaganda which had been dropped be-
hind the German lines a week ago by
American aviators. These leaflets told
OF the actual treatment afforded to Ger.
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BRITISH LOSS 24,s2s IN WEEK.

Omcers wounded or Missing.
LONDON. Sept. 20. - British army
as announced by the War Office, follow {:
onicers killed or died Of wounds, 49, /:
men, S,936.
Oficers wounded or missing, 800; men.
1877.
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CLYDE STRIKERS 0vERRULED.

Union Omcers Order ship Workers
to Go Back to Work.
LONDON, Sept. 2s.-Although the strik-
ers in the Clyde shipy ards had voted by
small majority against returning to
work. their executives have ordered them
to resume operations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18

the university faculty and an expert
on nervous diseases. who said. in reply
20 a question by Prosecutor Duke, that
even though the conditions as depoSed
10y the experts. brs. Abbott l.. Cray
i. X. Tucker and William sharpe
existed. sti!l. in his opinion. they we're
not Indicative necessarily OF an insane
brain lie asserted that he believed
these experts aud credited their con-
ciUSions Of conditions found but diff
Tered from their opinions as to these
producing insanity in the patient. This
Is taken by many 10 be the significant
'act IN the case and rs giving line on
the argument which will be used by
the prosecutor 10 ask for conviction
According 80 this line Of contention the
accused might have been sane ana re-
SponSihle in spite OF his serious OH
*tructi"ns and ahnO-maii,ies found in
side his head. His subsequent conduct
IN con"eaiinS and handi;n; the plati-
nun, which was takcn-this selling as
hi%h as $50 and over an ounce ut the
time together with HIS corrcspondiry
from private hox in tho city post
Office" a mile from his residence aud
the hiring of a deposit box In "A local
bank. whore the balance Of the p1a,i
mum was iound---will Re urred ~ prov
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18
DIXIE HIGHWAY ROUTE FIXED
CarolInn division VIII Run From
Knoxville to Nnynesboro, Ga,
Through AsheviIlc and Augustn.
nv Associated prcss.1

nv Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. May IT.
The Carolina division OF the Dixie
Highway. extending from Knoxville
to Waynesboro. Ga. Il distance of 350.9
miles. via Newport and cambridge.
Tenn, Hot Springs. Asheville and Hen
Jacksonville. ~ c., Greenvllei Green
wood and Edgefield, S. c., and Au-
gusta. Ga, was created at the annual
meeting of the board of directors of
the Dixie Highway Association. here
yesterday.
The designation Of the section of the
Eastern division of the highway be-
tween Knoxville and Corbin, Ky. via
Maynardsville. Tazewell and Cumber-
land Gap. Tenn. Middlesboro. Pineville
and Barbourville. Ky. was revoked on
account of the failure of knox County,
KY. to fu!fll the conditions Of the
designation. and tho routing being
Knoxville and Corbin. via Clinton. La
Follete. Coal Creek, Jacksboro and
Jellico. Tenn. and williamsburg, KY,
substituted in its place. :. i
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18
MINIATlnE lI,y.v,C
CONVICTION HOME GIVES
WAY TO RED CROSS APPEAL
s'ii' In Need of Funds. bu, VIII M,
''Hs us CAMPAIGN Further
n: This Time

@EilN" solicitations In behalf or tho
.Et'n Industrial school for Home
Ply VII be discontinued rs soon
as IA" Red Cross workers take ,h.
Acid for neither Preefd.n. coo-.
10Y" rogers nor his associates vor,ld
IA any way interfere With inc c5,,
Pilsh neSlEn"d "a bring aid ana COM
T." american sailors and soldiers
.n'F EIadiy step aside and viii!
drive ~ t>eu o!"sS
TINS docs no; mean. however. ,ha,
'hc '"Nlnc'rn home has nrocIrod az
( much needed f25 600 which i, sn,c,,, ~.
IaNG III this city or that contributions
!"Hser ar" acceptable Even had
ny" institution been entirely srcra.,.
+ 'n' in its endcavors To &c, bnir. ..
"oHia SIM have had to practice. ,hc
utmost economy. FOR tho cx-e,,sa :
framing aud caring for seyeuty-fve
boys 10 cay nothing of mslniatnin,,
~ pian', Is no small one. and il MOI.
pupils are 20 be admitted tho arn,iaI
cost c"rtainly cannot diminish
president, Eogor7 wouid ~. 49,,
q happy mar had the people cf I2ich
!muHu fsit themselves able 10 xiv. hjt,
E-'''NI at ihis time hut n. is IN 40
wy aifEruntled or cast down Lac.i,.:a
,hin.s have turned out o,hor,yts. In
fact. he sun thinks he viii Ec, ~
"."'''E sooner or later. for he full..
appreciates tho liberal adyerti.i,.y
EiF"n the home by tho ncwsnapors an,
ntheNeS mat TINS IN time will certaiulv
bear fruit ''+
VIM" he has returned 10 Lynchbu-r.
~ H,ilc, thls does not mean that the
opportunity to help tn. school has ,-onn
"sNera hundred circular letters a-c
no" being sent % RichmonL.r. ,.hn-,-
me solicitors war" unable to reach ana
.iAAF OF the responses to these, viii t-
Die. Any sum. however small,
WI De EratHfu!ls received. Coninluni-
V'ioNs should be addressed 20 Suuar
lntondent T. Z. Rogers mt C,oyiro.or
Ftioh homeless boy can he SUMMARIZED
~ cost OF 500 a wear and NOT ONLY
supported. but set right morally and
physically. ''''''
The local campaign in behalf Of tho
nome has attracted the attention ar,,
Won the communication OF ali cl,s.as
OF people. To-day III" Institution h,e
iIifnHS whom u never hat ,,aror. Eu.
ne 'tihpalSn has also revealed the
iact that there are many unfortun,t.
boE$ IN Richmond VINO sadly nce4 m.
fostering care and tho moral spnn.,.,
% tho school.
Within the las, dav or SO r,-esia,,,
rogers mas had TWO additional aopeals
from respectable persons desiring 10
enter their children in the Institution
one comes from d mother struggling
10 heIp SIN -year-old boy who IS damn
?, '"t'"S''iE hh!nb knowing what
nc school has done for other children
similarly afflicted. she is caCar 10 send
her little one there
Inc second appeal is the hearts cry
Of an invalid mother with several chill
dren She and her husband do ali they
can 10 Keep up their home but aaver-
Sity is crushing them down. They nave
lost their hold on the situation. and
icei that ~ least one of their children
"a twelve year-o!d hoy--would faro
better under tho eye OF Superintendent
Rogers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18
Roll Of Honor
List Shouting Men Who Were
Killed or Injured on
French Soil.
tEy Associated Press.l

"ASfiiNTIoN. May l1.-The cas-
ualty list to-day contained LOG names.
divided as follows;
Killed in action. fifteen; died OF
wounds. six. died OF disease. four: died
OF gas poisoning, one. wounded Sc
vercly. twelve; wounded slightly. sixty;
missing in action. eight.
Officers named included: Lieutenant
Averill Braxion Ptcifcr. Cleveland.
Ohio. slightly wounded: Lieutenant
Charles W. Maxson. Baltimore. nd.
missing in action; Licutenants Harold
y. Goodrich. New Haven. Missouri. and
Vi. $. Redmond. Pittsburgh. Pa. pre-
riously reported missing. now reported
prisoners.
The list includes: Died OF disease.
Private Fred l.. Harsh.w. Murphy. y.
G.: wounded slightly. Corporal John ..
Wilson. Gatfney. s. C.: privates Prom
tice Eakcr. Paris. Tenn: Ray VI.
Hicks. Finley. Tenn: Less l.. Knight,
Macon. Ga: John L. Weller, Mengel-
wood. Tenn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18
COMPULSORY MARRIAGE
PROPOSED IN GERMANY
Commission Recommends Measure tc
Meet Appalling Decline in
Birth Rate.
INFANT MORTALITY LAR,
Death Rate Stirs Country to Ire
mendous Activity Along Child We'll
fare iincs-Loss OF Child Life in
EARLY Month OF Wax Feature.

LONDON, May 17.-The German com
mission appointed to examine the de-
cine IN the birth rate in Germany has
reported recommendation for the
compulsory marriage of Germans be-
fore their twentieth year Is passed. &C
cordinS TO dispatch to tho Daily
Express from Amsterdam
Financial assistance would he grant
cd BY the state, according TO this plan,
which provides penalties for those
falling 70 comply. Provision also is,
made for the punishment Of married
couples who remain chiidlcss.
i report complied by the local gov
eminent board based on imtorrna ton
from German sources shows a fail il,
the birth rate in Germany duriu;. thc
three years. l9l5-l7. inclusive, eouiva-
lent 70 the loss OF 100000 infants.
Forty per cent fewer births occurred
in 1916 than in 1918. These figures
are compared with "A decrease of the
per cent in the birth rate in England
and Wales.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18
EVIDENCE IS COMPLETED
IN TRIAL or CRENsHAT!
Decision OF jury Expected to 81
Reached Before Adjournment
OF Court Tonight.
DAVIS NOT SURE OF INSANITY
University Expert on Nervous Dis
eases Declares That Conditions Set
Forth Do Not Necessarily Indicate
Insane Brain.
[special 10 The Times plspatch. ]

Especial to Th" Times -Dispatch.J
CiARLOTTESVlIlE VA. May It,
BY 800 o'clocl; this afternoon the last
word was said III the way Of testimony
in the long and hard fought trial OF 5.
Dabncy Crcnshaw. ~. tho :ourE stu
dent whose alleged larceny and arson
st the chcmica! laboratory at the Uni
versiiy of Virginia in January Of las;
year caused such Il sensation through
ont the state. and the Jury was adj
journed over until tomorrow morning;
to hear the Instructions of the court
on the questions of mental disease ir-
responsibility and sanity. which have
played the most conspicuous par, III
the elaborate and painstaking defense
which has hcen built up for hn hy
his able counsel.
The arguments IN the case viii he
commenced as aeon as the court has
instructed and charged the jury. and
1t is now expected That n decision Will
b" reached before Adjournment to-rnor-
row night.
Bearing on the theory Of insanity.
Significant piece Of testimony was
given by Or. John Staire Davis. of