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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
LEGION
TAKES MANHATT TAN
FIrhtv-siy Veterans of Famous
Fighting Organization Ar
rive to Aid Loan.
FROM MANY COUNTRIES
All Haze Achieved Individual
Distinction in Service of
France on Behalf of
" orla Freedom.

<evy york Sept Eighty-siX OF
-,be foreign legion the famous two
listed fighters whose reputation IS sec
ora ia none even among the heroic
harris units of the French armies
came over fhe top on motor buses TO-
3a, and took New York by storm
MOI . shot was fred. but the acclaim
win which the famed fighters were
received was as noisy as any hat'Ieheld
they had trod
CONSPICUOUS in their gray and scar
let uniforms and their presence N
America blazonod by an escort OF pc
lice and naval band. tho L"S1oh
Ftrancers were instantly recognized.
swift AS the breath or victory. WORD
swept down Broadway of their COM
ing and by the time they had reached
the financial district business had
practically suspended, SO eager was
every one from banker 10 office boy
10 hail their coming, Pretty stenos-
raphors deserted their typcwrfters 10
throw kisses and flowers from high
office Niudows-both OF which the te-
rionaives accepted with smiles Which
SET the girls hearts a-flutter. NOT
even the reception accorded the
French Blue Devils and the Austria Ian
Anyacs exceeded tho warmth OF that
vouchsafed the eiehtysix citizens or
many countries who had enlisted 10
fight for world freedom and every one
of whom wore decorations for braN-
cry
Some notion Of the intrepiditv or
the legionaires may be cleaned from
Knowledge that the commandant of
contingent which rar1e to Amer
lea to aid in the fourth liberty loan
thAStnnt
Gerry. wears a wooden leg in place OF
the right I5nb lost on the battlefield
and is still very much in the game,
Among the legionaires are seven ofii-
GERS. including Captain De Gerry
A dozen neutral countries are rep
resented among the heroes who today
took New York by peaceful assault,
including Spain. Alsace, switzerland,
Chilli. Argentine and other countries or
South America Their division has
been cited five times as a body for
conspicuous bravery and every man
wears as a testimonial Of the citations
la red cord strung across his shoulder,
Each of the eighty-six has performed
three years service or more and not
one but wears at least one medal,
The legionaires who represent the
French high commission are to be the
guests of the city for several weeks,
under the special guardianship of the
New York Liberty Loan committee.
They will he feted and dined and will
recount trench experiences for the
purpose of stimulating Liberty Loan
subscriptions. Later, after visiting
other parts of America, they will re-
turn to the front to show the Germans
again how men whose hearts are in
their work can fight. The Germans
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Arbitrary Orders Given
to Lenine and Trotzky
AS to Course.
ABJECTLY OBEYED
I raitorous Leaders Once
Tried to Find Way to
Thwart Their
Masters.

Washington Sept 19,--CAermsny f
Immediate and bold assumption 81 alb
solute dictatorship over the Rotshev X
re ime, soon as the Lentne Tr0t2ky
aggregation seized the reins Of gov
eminent at Fetrograd. is shown in to-
days chapter ri evidence exposing the
Berlin directed Russian conspiracy.
Photographs II order upon order
of the German general staff. the in
solcnt and peremptory tone Of which
must have been humiliating evera 10
such hardened rascals as Lenine and
Trotzk& proved to he. are presented in
the sixth insta lment OF official dta-
closures being serfa}ly released by the
committee on public Information.
There ts evidence. however. that AT
one period the crafty Bnl$heyik chiefs.
smarting under the constant and harsh
d.ctatien and discipline Of their mas
ter. actually sought to create a real
antt-berrnan uprising in. X is A.
Their early discovered plans deyel~
n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
BRISBANE BACKED
IN VENTURE FOR
VARIED REASONS
Opportunity to Combine
Propaganda for Beer
and kultur.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
BOSHER PREPARES
FOR BIG RETREAT

With the American Army In
Lorraine. Sept 19.-Every day
brings new evidence that the Ger
mans. deprived OF their last wedge
menacing France-the one at St
Mihiel. wiped out last week by
the Americans and themselves
threatened at the very gates Of the
fatherland, are planning . large
scale retreat.
A Belgian who. while = German
prisoner. was forced to work on
the German defense positions. es-
capped 10 our lines this morning,
and he brought us some highly
interesting information.
He said he had been working On
the Hindenburg line. but thAt be-
hind that line the Germans had
constructed and were now inprov-
ing four other lines OF resistance
Moreover, he said the Germans
were now constructing . fOfsnid-
able line running through bel.
gium He did not know It's cxace
location
An American patrol ofacer IN
'ourteen men cut their way thrUu9
wo German lines Of wire eo9nG
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Roumania May
Get Back In War
Furious Agitation ia Under Way In
Rumania. For Redcriarntion OF
War ON Germany.

London, Sept lathe official Ger
man organ. the Nord neutsche Allge-
maine Zeitung, Is quoted by the Am
sterdarn correspondent of the Daily EN-
press as saving that a furious agita-
ton is under way in Rumania, headed
by Queen Marie. for redeclaration of
war on Germany.
This agitation is accounted for by
the correspondent as the reason for the
hurried visit to Bucharest by DR.. Solf.
the German colonial minister. Field
Marshal Mackensen also is said to have
been ordered to Rumania.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Macedonian Drive
To Isolate Turks

Washington. Sept fa--The opera
tions on the Macedonian front are as
Stunning relative Important proportions
on the military map at the headquar-
tiers OF the chief of stan here
The general advance OF tho French
British and Serbians through Macedo-
MIA and it's purpose were aifaiyzee to-
day by staff officers 10 mean:
/. That the object OF the tremen-
dous activity OF this long forgot
ten front is not the punishment OF
Bulgaria or the emancipation of
smaller states. but the isolation OF
Turkey.
O. To enforce the maintenance by
Germany of a large army to assist
Turkey and to keep Bulgaria in
line,
g. To force Turkey to abandon
the greater part Of her resistance
to the British forces that have
como up through Asia Minor to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
vIRGINiA's honor ROLL.

The casualty list sent out by the
war department for publication
this morning contains the names
OF the following virginians:
Herbert L.. Estep. Coles Store,
Rockingham; wounded severely.
Jacob j. Pearson. r Village,
HONEYWELL; wounded severely.
william NJ Saylor, Wavcrly;
wounded severely.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
storm shakes Lisbon.

Lisbon. Sept. IA violent storm
has been shaking the Portuguese capt
tai for some hours. Many houses have
|heen wrecked and several sections
have been inundated. number Of
|persons are reported drowned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
british steamer sinks.

London Sept IA British armed
boarding steamer was torpedoed and
sunk on September IL. the admiralty
reported today. Eight officers and
fifty men are missing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

London Sept 19At the end days of successful for
ward smashing Pcardy the allies within two miles OF
Quentin both to the northwest and southwest of the Hin
denburg line bulwar At points the British have adj
vanced further than any time in the
More than thousand prisoners and more than sixty guns
taken yesterdays advances Field Marshal Halg an
tonight The totals for the second day Of the drive
still outstanding but considerable bag OF additional prisoners
when the second day S attacks began.
The French 800 prisoners yesterday when they
wood and Essigny lie Grand in the face of terrific
German machine gun resistance.
Line Is Cracking.
The great Hndenburg line is cracking at half dozen
points lie Caelets fall believed matter of hours while thu
expected fight the last ditch for St. Quentin
for moral addition to the nestimable strategic I'M
portance of that bastion
wenfomed correspondents stronger than those which
already crumbled few miles further Roadway between
Cambria and St Quentin will peri the entire German battle
line in the west
of the whole line of oupos of the Hndenburg positions
continuous front of eleven miles Every position dom
mating sectors of the Hndenburg line British possession
whe nthe second days attacks began
Lepre and Gauche wood captured toward the end Of
yesterdays battle Today the British pushed their lines for
ward north of Gauhe wood and retained the upper hand in
savage hand to hand battles Epehy and Gouzeauco
In Flanders General Plumers troops improved their lines
in the Wytschaete
Yankees Smash Attacks
On the American front in Lorraine the situation continues
comparatively quiet German raids and local attacks were
smashed by the American fire in the last hours
The French scored further Roadway north of the Aisne
The Balkan drive only continues SUCCESSFULLY
grow daily in force and Tonight the French
Serbian and Greek attacking the Bugarans and
hurredy brought German renforcements twenty five
mile front The Serbans already have progressed miles
since the offensive began The Bulgarian lines report
mounted detachments menacng Prep the important Bull
garlan base.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

At the British Front Sept TO British aviaors destroyed
ninetysx German apanes in the last four days and sent
thirty others out OF control in the same period
This record destruction of machines shows the scale
OF the British aerial activity the drive In
counter the British outcassed their opponents even when
they numerically inferior o the enemy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Make Deeper Advances Than at
Any Previous Period During the
Drive on Hindenburg Bulwark

Whole Line of Outposts in Enemy
Positions Captured on Front of Eleven
Miles---Americans Smash Hun Raids
and Local Attacks in Lorraine---Bal-
kan Drive Grows in Force and Extent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Washington, Sept 19.-The following official
communique from General Pershing covering to-
days operations was received by the war depart
ment tonight:
Section Ain the Woevre detachments
successfully raided the enemys lines capturing six
teen prisoners In the Vosges hostile radng party
was repulsed with losses
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Continued on Page Two, J
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-18

skins which he was then bringing
to this country.
The letter was dated May 25,
and was request that Mr.. Hill
procure him proper license to
bring the pelts into the United
States. Mr.. Hill had done so and
was daily expecting him in this
country, when the saddening news
of his death was received.
1t was Mr.. Porter'S intention to
purchase an estate in Central a.
merica and he was dividing his
time between Honduras and Mica
ragua. 1t was near the latter's
boundary line where Mr.. Porter
was awaiting a boat that would
bring him to Tampa that he was
accidentally shot.-Tampa Trib-
une.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-18

ears and you wonder how much of
the woods around you have been
left. And then you realize that it
is only a big naval gun in the
woods just below you, sending o.
yer it's nightly compliments to
Won Hindenburg, and you grunt
and roll over and fall asleep again.
Oh its a great life, and when we
get home again we will be able to
sleep through a Florida thunder
storm and never know when it
happens.
Well, we got our work COM
pleted up there and returned to
our billets in town, but | will
write you another letter later on,
and tell you what happens after
that. By the way, we have left
the British front, but of course ]
can't tell you now where we are.
With best regards to yourself
and all the folks in Punta Gorda,
remain.
Yours sincerely,
VIM. E. VECQUERAY,
1st Sgt. Co. CO.., 9th U. s. Engrs.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-18
EDISON WORKING ON
A TERRIBLE DEVICE
To Destroy Whole Armies and
End the War
SECRET is WELL GUARDED
Soldiers Guard the Great Inven-
tor While a Thousand Men in
Solitary Confinement Are Work
ing Out His Problem Theory
of an Explosive so Powerful
that One Capsule of it Can De-
stroy an Army Division.

When there was call for vol
unteers to enter the laboratories
of Thomas A. Edison, inventor,
pledging to work for a year with
out speaking or writing to anyone
except the other employees of the
establishment, ten times as many
men responded as the thousand
asked for, and in less than a week
after the call was issued the me-
chanics had entered upon their
wclve months of solitary confine-
ment and labor. The time of these
men will soon be up, and again
there is much speculation as to
what idea of the worlds most
marvellous inventive mind the men
have been engaged in working out
and whether or not the latest dis
covery of the genius will end the
war.
One man from Philadelphia
states that he saw Mr.. Edison
cross the street the other day and
he was surrounded with soldiers
and secret service men to protect
him from harm. The writer
knows that the winter home and
laboratories at Fort Myers, Flori-
da, Of the man who sleeps but five
hours in twenty -four are heavily
guarded day and night to protect
the secrets that may be hidden
there. So it is evident that the
United States government be-
lieves there is something in the
head of Mr.. Edison worth protect
ing, at least until it is put into
practical use.
Already the Associated Press
has carried stories of the expert
ment from hilltop on the plains
Of the West of what is known as
Edison's chained lightning. This
IS operated by wireless from two
that focus on the same
spot, and like the sun IS rays are
concentrated by lens till fire is
created at a given spot, so the e.
ectricity Of Edfson's chained
lightning is gathered and hurled
through space. The experiment
resulted in the Staying of whole
lock Of sheep at a single stroke,
1ut the scientists said then that
he great inventor had not yet
earned to control his lightning
sufficiently, and that there was
langer, if used on the battlefield,
If general killing his own army
IS well as that of his adversary.
There is another theory that
Mr.. Edison is working on an ex-
,losive so concentrated that e.
Tough to destroy division can be
,acked into a small capsule. With
his kind of hell-pill one aviator
ould carry up enough of the cap
Continued on last page, col. 81
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-18
SUBSCRIp TION RATES
NOT TO Be INCRE EASED
At Present by South Florida Pub
fishers
NEW POSTAL LAW PRAISED
At the Semi-Annual Meeting in
Wauchula Where the Editors
Held Fine Meeting and Were
Royalty Entertained. Pledge
Support to the Government
Will Continue Exchanging
Goolsby Elected President.

The South Florida Press Asso,
citation had a very interesting and
profitable meeting in Wauchula
last Friday. There was an un-
usually large attendance and
many matters of interest to both
the public and the publishers were
discussed and decided. Amongst
other matters of interest to the
public, it was decided not to adj
vance subscription or advertising
rates, unless, in the course of e.
vents, it became imperatively nee
essary; but, in order to meet the
greatly increased cost of printing
their newspapers, the publishers
should use every possible Heans
of reducing their office expenses.
If necessary, they should follow
the example of Hon. Jos. FL. Hum
phries of the Bradentown Jour-
nal, who reduced the size of his
paper from eight pages of six col
umns each to four pages.
1t was agreed that a reduction
of expenses, even by cutting down
the size of the paper, instead OF
advancing the subscription price,
would win public appreciation and
appreciation.
1t was also decided that one Of
the economic measures recon-
mended by the War Industries
Board, which suggests the eds
continuance of all free ex-
changes" does not apply to the
weekly newspapers, but only to
dailies that issue weekly edition.
It was the view of the editors
present that the proposition to
discontinue exchanging was only
advisory and not compulsory up
ON any newspaper.
The meeting was well presided
over by j. G. Gallemore Of the
Barlow Record. Walter M.
Haynes of the Sanford Herald
was (and is) secretary and he dis
charged his duties so admirably
that he was reelected. Mrs, c.
V. S. Wilson of the Sarasota
Times, though not present, was re-
elected treasurer. She reported
something over 800 in the treas
ury. This was increased by a $500
iniation fee each from Stewart
Hancock of the Zolfo Truth, and
Henry w. Schimpt of the Haynes
City Herald, who were elected
members.
That famous editor, Geo. NJ.
Goolsby of the Wauchula Advo-
cate, was unanimously elected
president; and though called on
for speech, simply gave neat
expression of thanks for the honor
conferred upon MN.
Gilbert d. Leach of the Lees
burg Commercial, was chosen
vice-president, and he stated can
didly that he didn't consider it
an honor, though it might prove
one if Goolsby should die or re-
sign, which was not at all likely.
Brief addresses extending a
cordial welcome to the scribes
were delivered by Editor Gools-
by and Mayor A. Yancey
Teachey, to which President Gal
1emore made an appropriate re-
sponse. The regular program was
then taken up.
The first number was an excel |
lent paper by Wayne Thomas of |
the Plant City Courier, whose sub
iect was Running Newspaper
in War Times. It was so good |
that we hope to publish it next
week.
The editor of the Punta Gorda
Concluded on last page col. y !
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-18
PARTICULARS ABOUT
C.L. PORTER'S DEATH
Accidentally Killed by Man Nam.
ed Brown
AT CARATAsCA, HONDURAS
The Two Men Were Engaged in
Target Practice with Automatic
Gun, Which was Discharged
on Being Handed to Porter
Brown, Frantic, Ran Away, but
was Later Arrested and Put in
Prison.

Clayton Porter, well known in
Tampa and Punta Gorda, was ac-
cidentally shot and killed by a
man named Brown at Caratasca,
Honduras, several days ago. News
to this effect was received here to-
day by Sandy Kirkconnell, one Of
his best friends. The accident
took place while Mr.. Porter was
at gun practice, and was witness
ed by the cammandante of the
port and others.
The two men were using an au-
tomato gun in target practice
when the gun became jammed.
Brown handed the gun to Porter
and while doing so the gun acci-
dentally discharged, the bullet
hitting Porter in the stomach. He
lived only an hour and a half
Brown was frantic when he saw
what the gun had done, and ran
away, but was arrested at Trux-
vile the next day and placed in
prison.
Mr.. Porter was well known
here, having visited Tampa sever
al times on business trips. He had
been to Honduras a number of
times on pleasure, but on his last
trip was investigating some tim
Der deals for local lumber COM
panies. He left Tampa on the
steamer Sybilla Of the Barton
Smith line several months ago.
AS no one who knew Porter in
timately was with him on the trip,
it is possible his relatives have not
yet been notified. Mr.. Kirkcon-
nell says he is under the i'm
preston they live at Punta Gorda.
Mr.. Porter had told him he had
been mayor of one of the smaller
towns of Florida, but he is not
certain whether 1t was Pu1ta Cor
da or not.
Mr.. Kirkconnell is American
consul at Bonacco, Honduras, and
as he expects to return in a few
days, he will be very glad to help
relatives of the deceased investi-
gate the mattcr-Tampa Times,
July 11th.
In a letter received by Frank
Hill on June % from G. L.. Porter,
three times mayor of Punta Cor
da, who was accidentally killed in |
on June 10, it was
stated that he had just been in |
trading with Indians,
and had secured twenty tiger
CONC oDJ ,yo,, xuo,, dor how nouoh IF /
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-05
Ships Dogs Are Sea Heroes.

Many dogs have received decorations
during the war-not from the govern
ment, of course, but from soldiers and
sailors, according to a London dis
patch in the European edition of the
New York Herald.
A naval officer just returned from
the Mediterranean tells an interesting
story of the pet on his ship. The dog,
taken young, was rated as puppy"
which it seems, in naval estimate, is
a pretty humble rating. However, the
dog conducted himself like a gentle
man and Il scholar, the officer declares,
and was in due time decorated with
the insignia of A. B. dog.
He misbehaved on various occasions
and failed to do his part in one or two
brushes with submarines, so he was
marched on the quarterback and sol,
EMMY RENTED to puppy" Ever since,
the story goes, he has been striving to
retrieve himself, but thus far he has
not recovered his rank.
1t is said that the dogs on the ships
which fought at Jutland-and there
were many of them-have all been
decorated by their shipmates. The
animals during the battle, it is assert
ed. played the part of real heroes
without a cowardly hair upon one of
them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-05
ONLY SECURITY FOR A WIFE
Birth of Children Guaranteed indie
pendence to the Woman Under the
Code of Hammurabi.

In Babylon. under the code of Ham
murabi, 2270 B. c., the birth of chill
dren furnished the only financial Sc
curity for a wife. A man might sepa-
rate from a wife at will and marry
another but if she had borne him chill
dren he must give back to that wom-
an her dowry, the usufruct of the field,
garden and property, during the minor
ity of her children and thereafter she
was entitled to a share equal to that
of a son of all that has been given to
her children. She may marry the man
of her choice"
Under the primitive laws of the ka-
frs of South Africa a similar provision
is made, according to a writer. A con-
siderable payment is made by the hus-
band to the male relatives of the wom-
an at the time of marriage. In legal
theory this amount is the property Of
the woman and her children, the rela-
tiveS receiving it as trustees for her
benefit. Here, too, a man may divorce
his wife at will and may demand back
his dowry if there have been no chill
dren born of the marriage, but his
claim upon it passes upon the birth OF
children. Obviously, where the status
of the wife is entirely subject to the
will of the husband and where the
woman has an enforcible claim against
this property while it remains in the
hands of her relatives, the birth of
children furnishes the only assurance
of security and independence for the
wife.