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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-08

!"
Tho "dito- OF the Dayton Journal has dig
cowmrea snTini. tho authentic article:
Lho kazeka has been seen. which means an
early snrinG. The kazeka is like the kalif:.
nn!y larger and 1t lacks the red stripe CHAR
1ctcr.st!c OF the American. ornery. kalifa.
! no Na%eka is never seen outside 0f hammond.
M, which is why so few people know and love
thiS hncSt sonEstcr We must take Hamnonds
wore Tor it, which is dangerous thing to do:
nu. VIC arc Wiling to take the carly spring on
iaith The kazcka has been seen"
III You get hard cold now, It will hang on
al Sunmcr.---Mcdcal item
~ you get %our hard coal now. It will hang
." Az next winter. Remember that.
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Eastern writer says:
The Japanese arc dscarding their flowing robe.
and donninE trousers.
Yes. its = cold, cold way Pctrograd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-08

Disregard tile war map and news dis
patches which tell of the ebb and now of
'hitle and Germany already has met with
'"o disastrous defeats a result Of it's
western offensive, which was to crush all
opposition by It's sheer weight First is the
'oaization driven home to the allies that
2 supreme control was necessary, ana the an
po'ntment OF General Foch; second. the
psychological! effect danger Of Teuton vic
loiy IS having in the United States. The
#ecoHd battle Of the Somme will bring more
money lowing to the nations needs than
could all the oratory of million Liberty
;oan speakers The people know at last that
hey are IN the war, and are in II 10 the end
iecaizing this they are prepared 10 drown
Berlin and all it represents IN golden food.
Nothing but the German drive was required
10 make the third loan success
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Looks as though this is going TO be AL oper
season on Huns. No hunting license required
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-08

Our fathers welded we'll
The sword of Bunker Hill.
It's up TO us to get
The sword OF JunlIer Bill.
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ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS to The Times
< Disl,ntch. aud not to individuals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-08

General Pershng has received from the
HANDS or King Albert the decoration OF the
Grand Cross OF Leopold, and the 6romidic
query arises; Now he's got it, what's he
going TO 90 wlth it? lie can't wear it; Con-
gress wont lei MN Scores Of other Ameri-
cans, oifcers and privates, who are fighting
the battles OF freedom in France. have won
similar decorations, given in grateful rccog
Sgni;ion of their herosm as oxemp.ifed nv
SdeeaSon the field OF action Neither can tbov
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-08

Entered January 81, 1905 at the Post Oncc at
Richmond. Va. as second class matter.
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phOtOcIiemistry.

T. s. r.. Richmond.-Photoch emistry
is that branch Of chemistry which
treats OF the chemical action OF light.
of the production of light by chemical
changes. and in broader sense. of the
optical properties OF chemical sub
stance. Photoactinic rays arc those
been exposed to radium. DR.. Alan Is.
Green says Of induced radio-activity OF
bacteria: Small masses of bacterial
growth were exposed to Beta and Gam
tual!y pure radium bromide. In large
number OF instances such masses. when
removed from the influence Of radium
and placed between two thin sheets
OF glass, themselves not radioactive.
were capable of so affecting the sensi-
tiZcd film of n Photographic plate which
that on development in the ordinary
way the plate showed a dark area cor
responding 10 the shape OF the bactcr-
iai mass. The ,photoactinic rays pro.
cceding from the bacteria which had
been exposed to radium were capa bic
or affecting Photographic plate
through double layers OF lead foil"
American Red Cross.
Miss NJ. l.. c., Norfolk.-The various
Red Cross societies are International
associations whose purpose is to miti-
gate the horrors Of war by alleviating
the sumerings of the sick and wound
ed. They are the result of an agita-
tion begun by NJ. Jean Henri Dunant, a
ClllZcn OF GENEVA, oWlt-
zerland., who proposed that societies
should be formed in every country in
time OF peace for the purpose of train
ing nurses AID collecting supplies so
that when war broke out the work of
the regular military surgical corps
could be supplemented. His proposal
was well received by the Gcnevan So
ciety OF Public Utility, and an agita-
ton was begun which resulted in an
International conference at Geneva in
October. 1863. y provisional program
was agreed upon by the delegates of
the sixteen nations that were repre-
scented. and in the following August q
more formal diplomatic congress-, COM
number of nations. was held in the
same city, and on the 22d Of that month
was signed. what is known as the Ge-
neva Convention. The convention was
quickly ratified by fourteen nations.
which number has steadily increased to
include nearly all the principal ma
tions. The Congress of the United
States, by special act approved Janu-
airy g. 1906, dissolved the society then
existing. and incorporated new or
ganization to operate under govern
vention hes been revised two or three
times since 1864 TO make il more re-
sponsive to it's purpose. The various
national Red Cross associations are
not intimately connected, but the So
ciety at Geneva Is regarded as the ncu-
trail committee OF all. The name Red
Cross" comes from the insignia adopt-
ed by the conferences Greek cross
in rcd on white ground, which is tho
flag OF tho Swiss Federation with col
ors reversed.
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our fri " n with manuscripts md
u wish have uNnilabic
articles returned, the! must uii
a.
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED rkEss-Iho
Associated Press If exclusively emitted 10 the Tor
TrpuDiicuton OF all news dispatches credited to IL or
u ut credited in this and also the
local neW published herein. All rights republican
ZION OF special dispatches herein
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Blue Baby:-Kindly inform me What 10 ,,osn,
- .nawnr H., -. go, MRS. Il. II.
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TELEPHONE: Randolph 1.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all depart
meuty.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
USE GLASS FOR FALSE HAIR
Material Also Converted Into Cotton
and Wool and Pressed Into
Sheets or Pads.

In Venice they are spinning glass for
commercial uses, converting it into
glass cotton and glass wool pressed
into sheets or pads, says the Popular
Science Monthly. Although the prin-
cipal use of the product at present is
for insulation, we have heard the WORD
of the Italian makers, that it serves
admirably for making artificial hair,
wigs, perukes, dolls hair, Santa Claus
boards and other hirsute adornmentS.
The processes of manufacture are
simple. Solid glass rods, made Of pure
American soda that contains no adul-
teration of lead or other metal, are
worked into fluff under a Bunsen
burner and blowpipe A bicycle wheel,
minus the tire, winds up the threads.
If the threads are sufficiently fine they
curl and fluff out like wool.
The product is now marketed in
three fOrms-glass cotton, glass wool,
and In sheets about one-half inch thick
which resemble white felt pads. In the
last form mentioned it may be used to
make separatOrs for accumulators of
electricity.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
GoUGE OUT EYES OF YANKEES
Wounded American Tells How Cap
tured Patrol Met Death.

New York, March 9.-Stories Of
German atrocities were told to q re-
porter by patients in army hospital No.
l, Columbia Oval, the Bronx, In tour
of the institution, which was made by
special permission of Col. d. F. Duval,
commanding medical officer.
How the Germans "did In" twelve
Americans last October was told by
Albert B. Sykes, attached to division
sanitary corps.
Twelve infantrymen went out On
a night patrol" he said. ''They failed
to return.
when dawn came following the
night after their disappearance, they
were lying out In front of our
trenches.
Every man had his eyes gouged
out. Their bodies were terribly mutt
lated. In several cases the hands and
legs were gone.
zone night chap simply riddled
with bomb fragments came through
our hands. He had been bombed by a
German officer in an American uni
form In his own trench.
"As for that German, he never got
back to his own lines. What the rest
of our men did TO him was a shame.
He was shortly one of the deadest Ger
mans that this war has produced"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
Safe Buying for Both.

! Buying unnecessary supplies in al
vance and boarding food, both by the
housewife and grocers, was responsible
for some Of the highest prices of the
last year. Don't be scared into buy
ing" the Interstate Grocer urges upon
its retail grocery readers. That is
just what food spectators desire. Nor
NAL buying of all groceries with view
to quick and regular turnover will
keep goods moving in a normal way
at reasonable prices. "Don't let any
one scare you into buying in anticipa-
ton Of heavy advances, but force the
channels of distribution to return to
the old basis of competition In SELL
Ing. Consumers are not apt to buy
out any grocer, as most of them have
spent as much money as they could
spare in canning and preserving their
own fruits and vegetables. If specu-
lators succeeded In creating q panicky
buying condition, unloading upon the
retail grocers at abnormal prices, the
latter would be left holding the bag"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
MANY SEE AURORA BOREALls
Unusual Display in the Heavens Wit.
messed at Chicago.

Chicago, March S.-Nature last night
gave Chicago special treat-an I'M
usual exhibition of one of it's most
wonderful free shows, the aurora
borealis. Almost directly overhead,
shortly before ten o'clock, what ap-
peared to be an immense sea flower,
with rough edged, uneven petals radi-
ating from the center, blOssomed forth
In clOudlike form. Greenish yellow
lights played across the northern sky.
Above them glowed spots of pale red
that seemed to fade out and in a few
minutes reappear, not far distant from
where they first were seen. And then
there were the streamers across the
north that seemed to stretch from the
northern horizon to the zenith like
waving ribbons or bands Of light from
great searchlights. Never was the
phenomenon stationary for an instant.
Dispatches from points all over the
country reported the brilliance of the
display. Wire trouble north and east
of New York was reported by the tele-
graph companies.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
GERMANS RENEW
VERDUN ASSAULTS
French Guns Smash Bio Hun
Drives in Region of Avo-
court Wood.
KAISER LOSES FIVE PLANES
Three Machines Brought Down by ri
lots and Two by Antiaircraft Guns
Fighting Grows Fiercer in
AIsace and Lorraine.

Paris, March S.-German raids on
the Verdun front were repulsed by
the French, the war Office announces.
The communication follows:
Rather heavy artillery fighting oc.
Cured in the region Of Cormicy and
Reims trenches at Avocourt wood and
northwest Of hill 344 (Verdun 'front.'.
Our fire everywhere checked the as
sailants and prisoners, including an
officer, remaining In our hands.
"Our lines were bombarded inter
mittenty in the region of Avocourt
and north Of Douamont. At times there
was heavy artillery firing at various
points in Lorraine and Alsace.
"On Tuesday three German airpIanes
two by the fire OF our antiaircraft
guns.
Macedonian front: There was re.
ciprocal artillery activity west Of Lake
Dolhan In the Cerna Bend and north
Of Monastir."
British Smash Heavy Raids.
London, March 8-A raid attempted
by the enemy at night east Of Epehy,
under cover of heavy artillery bar
rage, was completely repulsed, the war
office reports. "Other hostile raiding
parties which endeavored to reach our
lines southeast of Bots Grenier and
east Of Poeloapelle, were equally un-
successful.
"The enemy's artillery has been ac-
tive In the Scarpe valley west Of Lens
and east of Ypres, and shortly before
dawn developed considerable activity
In the Neuve Chapelle sector"
italian Guns Shell Teutons.
Rome, March 8.--The Italian and en-
emy batteries on important sectors Of
the front have again taken up recipro-
cal firing activity. The statement from
the war office also reports effective
work by italian airships.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
BIG OFFENSIVE near
Washington Expects Great Drive
in West.
Troops and Supplies for General Per.
shing Are Moving to France
on Schedule Time.

Washington, March 8.-Troops and
supplies for General Pershing's forces
are now moving to France on sched.
ule time, it was learned on high au.
thority. While figures may not be
published, 1t was stated positively
that transportation requirements OF
the army were being met by the ship.
ping board, and the immediate situa.
ton as to ships was described as sat
isfactory.
In view of this assurance that the
United States will be able to main
tain its place as a.fghting unit on the
battle front, reports from the western
front are being scanned more eagerly
than ever by officers here for the first
signs of the 1918 campaign.
1t is felt strongly that the opening
of major operations in what President
Wilson has predicted will prove the
decisive year Of the great war will not
be much longer delayed.
Mud has been the determining fac
tor of many previous western front
opSi olioIio. oO AOhS 90 lhC SAouho i-
soft with the winter rains, it is i'm
possible to move forward great guns
and necessary transport trains to sup.
port an advancing line.
Even in Flanders, however, indica-
tions this year are that the ground
will harden early in spring, permit
ting either side to undertake the en-
terprises planned.
During the last few days there has
been less discussion of a German Of
fensive on the western front There
are observers here who have never
been convinced that the Germans &C
tually intended to attempt another
drive at the channel ports or at Paris
To these officers the admitted con.
centration of German forces has
seemed a defensive rather than an of.
fensive step. They believe that the
German general staff foresaw a great
allied effort this year and were mov.
ing to offset it.
A substantial American army al.
ready is in the trenches on the west.
ern front, and Secretary of War
Baker has indicated that there may be
at least 100000 American troops in
France during 1918.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
sE"EFlT OF CHORAL SINGING
EquaIizes Men, Creates Spirit of Broth
erhood and Takes Mind Off Busi.
ness, Asserts Professor.
kokotokokokoko

Music gives utterance to something
preston in words ey acts, in the opin-
ion of A. E. Westbrook, director of
music In the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college. Choral singing is Of
great benefit to community.
Music is Of great advantage to
men, said Professor Westbrook. "It
equalizes them, creating a spirit Of
brotherhood, and takes their minds off
business. 1t gives them new and
different insight, which is accomplished
not by singing the common popular
songs, but by really good music that
can be appreciated.
''The value of music in bringing to-
gether socially disorganized communi-
ties has never been fully realized. BY
choral singing, people in any one To-
cality can be brought into certain SYM
pathy with one another. Wherever
there is a neighborhood there is a
chance for singing. A leader Is need
ed who will select only the best music
Where neighboring groups have been
singing the same kind of good music
they will find in any large community
gathering that they have something In
common and will be ready to take part
In choral singing on an even larger
scale.
'If an orchestra playing Beethoven
played in a community unused to such
music, there would break forth from
the audience an unrestrained applause
such as comes only from people who
are really hungry for good music-the
kind Of music that community musical
societies will bring to them"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
"SPY" TAKEN ON TRANSPORT
Seaman Held for Tampering With
Steering Gear of Ship.

Baltimore, Md, March S.-Caught in
the navigating room of the hurricane
deck of United States transport when
it was in the danger zone and nearing
European port, Edward Otis, twenty
three years old, supposedly Russian,
and lookout man aboard the transport.
was arrested when the steamship
reached an Atlantic port and is now in
the city Jail here, a government pris-
oner. Though asserting he is d Rus
sian subject, Otis is of Teutonic ap-
pearance.
"He was caught In the navigating
room tampering with the instruments
controlling the transports steering
gear" said a government official, "and
from the information we have he was
not gazing at the machinery controlling
the gear. There was something else.
The gear was tampered with"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
U. S. TO SELL FOES PROPERTY
Plan to Dispose of Vast Interest.
Favored by Senators.

Washington, March S.-The first step
to transfer permanently to American
hands the German ownership of vast
interests in this country and thus to
aid in disintegration of German kultur
in the United States was taken by the
senate appropriations committee. AT
the request of the administration, rep
resented by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian, the committee
unanimously reported proposed
amendment to the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill giving the alien
property custodian power to sell Ger
man properties now held by him to
any private person, but not to the
government of the United States.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
FEDERAL AGENTS SUSPENDED
Two Officials at Rock Island, H., Too
Lenent With Vice.

Washington, March S.-Assistant
United States Attorney John e.
Dougherty and Deputy United States
Marshall Williams of Rock Island, ILL.,,
have been suspended for 80 days for
lack of sympathy with the policy Of
the department of justice regarding
the sale of liquor and enforcement Of
the law in vice zones adjacent to army
camps.
"This action has been TAKEN" the at
torney general declared, because Of
a lack Of sympathy of these two off,
cials and the unsettled policy of the
department of justice to enforce the
law strictly with reference to liquor
and dry zones created by the presi-
dent, adjacent to the army camps"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
AMERICAN PATROL WORKS
IN TRENCHES AT NIGHT
SIX BILLIONS FOR WAR
Great Britain Has Loaned Allies
Large Sum.
Andrew Bonar Law Tells House Of
Commons Entente Still Has Superb
ority of Men and Guns in West.

London, March S.-Great Britain's
loans to her allies up to February
had totaled f1,264, 100000, Andrew
Bonar Law, chancellor Of the ex-
cheQuer, announced in the house of
commons. Loans to the dOminiOns had
reached the sum Of f1SO,OO0,0OO.
The national debt at the end of the
financial year, the chancellor stated
would not exceed f5,9OO.00O,OOO.
The average daily expenditure from
the beginning of the financial year up
to February 8, Mr. Bonar Law set
forth, was f6,557 900.
The chancellor moved vote of cred
1t of f60O,0OO,OOO. bringing up the to-
tai since the outbreak of the war to
f6,S42 100000
Regarding to military situation, the
chancellor said:
'The Germans have transferred 80
divisions from the Russian front. The
allies still have slight superiority in
men and guns on the western front,
but there is possibility that the ap-
pearance Of the Austrians there will
change this.
More troops might be brought from
the Russian front, continued the chan
cellor, but they would be of inferior
quality.
"This we know" he went on, "that
taking into account the whole allied
front from the channel to the Adriatic,
including the Italian front, the num-
ber of men must remain in our favor"
The chancellor said that despite the
success Of the central powers against
Russia, great discomfort exists In Tur-
key,
81 admit that what has happened in
Russia does not greatly improve the
position Of our enemies" the chancel-
lor said, "but it Is difficult to estimate
the extent Of the advantage 1t is alb
surd to assume that Germany can ex-
plot Russia. The amount of food
which can be produced in Russia this
year will not be more than sufficient
to feed the Russian population. II
the Germans take any of it, that means
starving Russia, and that would not
make friends Of the Russians"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
TURCO-CERMAN OFFENSIVE
CONTINUING IN RUSSIA
MANY U-BOATS LOST.
Allies Destroyed More U-Boats in
December Than Foe Made.
Washington Officials Believe That De.
cisive Results on Sea May Be
Had by June.

Washington, March 8.-More sub.
marines were destroyed by the allies
and American naval forces in Decem-
Der than Germany was able to build
during that month, according to infor-
nation reaching Washington.
This fact developed in discussions of
the statement made to parliament
Tuesday by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord
OF the British admiralty, that the sub
marines were being checked.
Whether succeeding months have
shown a net loss in German subma.
rines Is not known here 1t is be-
neved, however, that the anti-subma-
rine campaign has proved so effective
that increased efforts this spring will
see a steady decrease in the number
of U-boats available to prey on allied
and American shipping.
What officials know of plans for
pressing home the attack with increas-
ing v1gOr explains the feeling of op-
timism that now prevails In official cir.
cles, despite continued heavy drains
on ship tonnage through U-boats. The
gradual decline In tonnage losses was
graphically pictured to parliament by
Sir Eric with curve charts.
American naval officials appear to
be satisfied that the weapons with
which they expect to crush finally the
submarine menace are Forthcoming.
Increased numbers of patrol vessels
OF various types, appliances and de-
vices to make them more effective
against underwater craft and the In
creased skill Of navy personnel are
among the things on which they
count. 1t has taken time to devise
and build the weapons, but they are
beginning to become available now.
Now Americas real contribution to
the naval warfare is about to be felt.
With every passing week the
strength of the force will grow, for it
is embodied in the most extensive con.
structiOn program ever undertaken for
the navy of any power.
There are officials here who are
hopeful that decided results will be
apparent before that, perhaps as
early as May or June.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
ELMER HUPP is ACQUITTED
mot Guilty" of Staying Man He Found
in His Home.

Cleveland, O., March S.-Elmer
Hupp, wealthy oil operator, was ac-
quilted of the murder of Charles l..
Joyce, the jury returning verdict Of
mot guilty" Hupp was tried for Sec
ond degree murder. The tragedy oc-
Cured January 10, when Hupp found
Joyce in the Hupp home in company
with his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hupp. In
closing the case for the state County
Prosecutor Doerfier f1ayed Hupp mer-
cilessly. Attorney w. 81. Boyd made
the last plea for the defendant. 'If l
had gone into my home and found the
conditions Hupp discovered, I would
have shot the intruder" Mrs. Hupp
was at home. She has not been in the
courtroom since the trial began.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-08
Heaviest Snow in Boston.

Boston, March 8.-The storm which
struck this city before daybreak and
continued until late in the afternoon
left nearly as luch snow as fell dur
ing the whole of February. The wealth
er bureau measured the fall at 5.4
inches, the heaviest of the winter, but
there was little delay to transpolta-
ton companies.