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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
Negroes VIII Aid
in.War Program
T~cnty Leaders of Race viii
Tour Counties for
Two Weeks.

In an effort to make stronger tho al
reaay high morale Of the colored pco-
may render the utmost OF service in
aiding the nation win the war. score
or influential coiored men will to-day
viii cover the twenty counties in
which the negro population about
equals tho white.
This campaign was determined upon
Negro Organization Society when that
body was addressed by Thomas b.
y. State director OF the War
r. Kelley. executive secretary of the
State Council OF Defense.
The meeting. was presided over by
Of Hampton Institute, and was attend :
sSlorsa l.. %sn Of v is os, All pro%iss
gram Of the state Council Of Defense
and OF the War Savings Stamp. Lib
erty Loan. Red Cross. Y. NJ. c. a. and
other civilian war activities.
speakers this week are: New Kent,
York James City, Albemarle, Louisa
Gloucester. Middlesex. Essex. King and
Trince George. pinw iddie. Sottoway.
Pittsylvania, Mecklcnburg. Powhatan.
Amelia. The speakers will go in groups
.Appomattox. Bedford. Westmoreland,
Northumberland. Lancaster and Rich
mond Counties.
Among the speakers who have volun-
teered for this work are: Major Wash
ington, w. T. b. Williams, T. a. Long,
J. II. McGrew. Rev. l.. l.. Downing. 7.
g. Erwin. w. L. woodward, Rev. II. IL.
Bowling, D. G. Jacox, L. L. Norris. Rev.
l.. T.. Is. sosser. j. %. Pierce. W. II.
Crocker, Rev. w. L. Ransomc. a. w.
Holmes. l.. a. Jenkins. T. c. Walker
and w. E. Robinson.
During their tour OF the counties
the speakers Will also cndeavor to re-
lieve the acute Dor situation. They
will distribute and explain literature
put out by the Department OF Labor
the War Savings Stamp Committee the
National Security League and the Negro
Organization Society.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
CHILD GETS SICK.
CROSS. FEVER|SH
IF CONST|PATED
Look Mt tongue! Then give
fruit laxative for stom-
ach, liver, bowels.
"California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm children and they
love it.

A laxative to-day saves a sick child
tomorrow Children simply will not
take the timo from play to empty their
bowels. which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish. stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue. mother! If
coated, or your child Is listless, cross.
feverish. breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full of cold or has sore
throat or any other children's ailment,
give teaspoonfu! of california
Syrup of Figs" then don't worry. be-
cause 1t is perfectly harmless. and in
n few hours all this constipation poi
son. sour bile and fermenting waste
Will gently move out of the bowels.
and you have we'll, playful child
again. thorough Inside clca nsins"
is ofttimes all that is necessary. 1t
should be the first treatment given in
any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask your druggist for a bottle of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" which has full
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly printed
on the bottle. Look carefully and see
that it is made by the California Fig
Syrup Company."-Ady
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
PLAIN NATURAL
IRON BEST TONIC
Cost. but n Frnction What Weaker
Preparations Sell Fora Spoonful
In n Glass of Water a Dove.

The absolute proof that medicinal
iron would help the blood and
strengthen people wonderfully has
caused many chemists to perfect more
or less efficient iron tonics and more
or less efficient tablets.
For most people. however, the writ
CIR would say that just plain highly
concentrated Acid Iron Mineral Is bet
ter. far cheaper and stronger. and goes
from two to six times as far.
a bottle OF Acid Iron Mineral. kept
handy and 4 tea spoonful poured in a
glass OF drinking water after meals.
makes delightful. very unusual and
highly beneficial tonic and strength
ener, and II the blood needs enriching
and purifying it would be hard TO fnd
anything that does 1t better or rids
the system of rheumatism and kim
dred ailments quicker than Just plain
concent rated Acid Iron Mineral. which
is the name of non -alcoh Ollie natural
iron.
II also has a beneficial effect upon
appetite and digestion. and the kidneys
soon show it's effects
(Note:--) Aim does not act as
laxative and should one be needed to
stimulate the liver or bowels good
laxative tablet like Aim Liver Pills
ia recommended.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
GERMAN SAYS SOLDIERS
ARE TIRED OF WAR
tBy Associated Press ]


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY on
THE NESLE. August 26.--German sol
diers believe that Germany is not plan
ming any more ofeRSivcS because Of
the man-powcr shortage, according to
one OF party u? seven OF a German
patrol captured 10y the Americans early
sunday east Of Fismes The soldier
who was u former bank employee and
the owner o! i Berlin restaurant said
the soldiers no longer had any cnthu-
sias'n for war. Most OF those with
whom he came in contact believed the
war would end soon.
The prisoner had been lighting three
years, and declared he was thoroughly
stood that the German losses during
the recent allied offenSivcs had been
very great. These reports were
credited by the soldiers, and were hav-
Ing demoralizing effect. He said he
knew OF one division OF $4,000 which
had bcclf. feduCi.d To less than 1000
lie did.toi. Know what became of the
men.
Plenty OF Germans, he added, would
desert and surrender il given the OPP
portunity. Many OF them are constant
~ watching for chance TO give them
selves UP TO the Americans Trouble
has been threatened in the German
mun!tion plants. and the army leaders
said the rules governing munitIon
workers were more strict now than
ever.
Germany, he said. has plenty of am
munition. but the man-power question
and the actual entry of American
troops into the fighting are worrying
the military leaders.
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AMERICANS MENACE
TO HiNDENBURG LINE
Advance Of PersLing'a Men In Lorraine
Mny Compel German
Retirement.

WASHINGTON, August 2s.-wnl
american troops cause the retirement
line? 70
Certain military officials here be-
Iieve that they will. and also that the
t ton Of WHICH has lately been an
Gompel another "strate gic" retreat.
They base their assumption on the
tactics that have characterized Mar
shall Foch's command TO dste-the CON
slant hamrnering first at one point OF
the line and then at another.
The British, they point out. have al
which up to now has had a halo OF
impregnahilitY about It,
The natural place for an operation
by our troops. II is said. is In the
Lorraine section. II such an offensive
is undertaken and crowned with sue
cess II would constitute in Itself n
greater menace to the Hindenburg line.
military observers say, than the pres
ent one the Germans now face in tho
victorious British army to the north.
For with the British advancing from
the southeast to the northwest, the
be compelled to realign it's armies. and
such realignment would have to be at
a point behind the Hindenburg line.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
JAPS RELIEVE PRESSURE
ON SEMEN0FF's TROOPS
Bolshevik Forces In Trans-Baikal Re.
gion Withdraw as Men OF
Nippon Arrive.
VLADIVOSTOK STRIKE FIAsCO
Reported That Americans Have Prt-
vatcly Loaned City 3,6OO,OOO
Rubies, Taking Tramways as Se-
curity-Snilors Rout Enemy.
vLADIvosToK STRIKE FIAsCo
tby A ssociatcd Press.l

LONDON, August 2G.-General Sem
region have withdrawn as n result OF
the arrival of Japanese troops at
Manchuli. according to Ticntsin
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company. Only 5000 Of the Bolshevik
troops remain in that region
y Picking dispatch says:
General Semenof, in command OF q
force of CZecho-Slovaks, numbering
several thousand. has attacked and de-
featcd a Magyar Bolshcvik force at
Mots!evskaia, Siberia. The town was
taken, and many prisoners. including
large number of wounded, were
taken. The work OF the Japanese in
strengthening the Chinese frontier
made the attack possible.
Japanese troops are completing their
concentration On the UsSuri front, &C
cording TO dispatches from Vladivost ok.
at Engeneuku sailors, supported by
armored cars, attacked the Bolshevik
forces in the face of heavy artillery
fire. and routed them.
The strike at N!adivostok is termin-
atinS in hasco, as striking laborers
have been paid off and Chinese substi-
tuted for them. At the arsenal shops
a serious clash between strikers and
nonstrikers occurred, but allied patrols
interviewed. The dispatch says that the
Bolshevik agitation among various clc-
ments Of wurkrlen is subsiding.
1t is reported that Americans have
100000 rubles. taking the tramways
as security
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27

the navy had suspended work on the
great hvc-year construction program
or l9l6. which contemplated the
earliest possible commissioning of ten
super-dreadnoughts ana eight battle
cruisers. Sccretcry Of tho Navy
Daniels, however, said to-day that the
preliminary work was in progress
Notwithstanding the emergency work
which became necessary on other lines
when the United States entered the
war.
The statistics OF ship building at the
navy department show that aside from
the capital ship construction. the
government has building and viii have
completed as ships in 1921 seventeen
hundred ships available for war pur-
poses: At least five-hundred of these
VIII be afloat before the close of the
present year.
II was stated to-day that the primary
OBJECT OF the navy program of 1916
was 70 make a navy second In the
world" The war however, with its
building bids fair to make the United
states Navy easily the first in the
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RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WON'T
FIGHT CZECHO-SLONAk
lisy y sociated Press.l

Is. ~ sSociAteu PrcSS.
WASHINtiTOE, August 26-Nearly
all the Bolshevik leaders have left Pet
rograd and Moscow. and ii Is almost
impossible 10 see those who are left
according 10 information reaching the
State Department to-day from Stock
holm from man who left Petrograd
August 10. He reported Lenine, the
Bolshevik premier, on battleship at
krpnstadt. aud TrotZky aboard tho for
below Petrograd.
This report is announced by the
Swedish press, bu, the department in
formant said ii was current when he
left Pctrograd. Ills message told also
of n meeting held at kronstadt in I'm
agree TO tight against the Czecho-
Slovaks There were about 1000 SOL
diers present TO hear an address by
Tro,zky, but il was intimated that
most OF them could not be persuaded
TO move against the Cgechs.
at Jaroslav In co"ntcrrevolutionary
plot, and the prisoners sent TO Kron-
stadt as prisoners, only 10 be set free
by the garrison.
AS an example of the difficulty OF
travel in Eastern Siberia. the State De-
ton from Peking reporting the arrival
there of an Englishman from Irkutsk
after twenty-five days on the road.
He left Irkutsk July "a. and reported
that on that date the Czecho- Slovaks
were advancing very slowly east of
Irkutsk because the railroad and
bridges had been damaged by the Boil
sheviki and GermanAustrian prison
erS.
Two Americans arrived at Urga on
August z, having been forty days
travelling from lrkutsk.
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CHARLES Says AUSTRIAN
EMPIRE IS |ND|V|S|BLE
AT Same limo Czcchs and Poles At.
tend Pan-Slav Congress
ut Laibach.
GERMANS ARE DENOUNCED
National Council Declared Outward
Symbol OF Unity of Bohemian Peo-
ple--WiIl Decide Their Fate When
War Is at an End.

LONDON. August se;-In returning
shars baton. presented BY the field
August IL = Emneror Charles Of Austria
made a speech about the "indivisibility"
of Austria. He said:
| inseparably together. From Emperor
and marshal down to the common foot
solder we We are al hghtlng Inseparnbiy
rably bound together for ali time; in
80 it is and 30 it shall be for ali time"
In the meantime there was being
held at Laibach Pan-Slav congress.
and various other peoples who have
views OF their own about the ''indi
visibility OF Austria.
and Polish deputies arrived at the rail-
way station they were welcomed with
enthusiasm by great crowds Of people
Czech and Polish nations-without
reference to the Austrian nation. When
of l.aibach. the delegates greeted him
as the future primate OF the JuSo Slav
nation.
President Koroshetz. OF the now
speech in which he said there could
be no compromise with Vienna. and
I'VE are accused Of working TO de-
stroy Austria. 1t Is not We who arc
destroying the monarchy, but the Ger
who think they can 60 over us by con,
tinually favorlng tho Germans to the
harm Of the other peoples
war We shall no longer be tho play
things OF a foreign Will but shall de-
eide our own fato. Tho important
question Will never be solved
What Baron Hussarek deserves we
VIII tell him openly in Parliament. but
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
GENERAL. MANGIN'S ARMY
u MENACES HUN COMMUNICATIONS
IBv Associated Press.)

BY associated PrcSsJ
i WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON
THE OISE FRONT, August 26 tNcon).
Violent counterattacks launched by
the Germans this morning between the
River Aiiette. at Mont Saint Mard. and
JuviEny, north of scissors, were COM
pletely smashed by the French. Cen
eral Mansin'S army is still menacing
the German communi cations between
the River Aisne and the SCISSORS and
Iaon region.
p, The French troops arc still stoutly
holding tho positions they have won
in this sector. and further gains on the
plateau 10 the eastward in the direc-
tion of the Chcmin- des- Danes would
put the enemy in another dangerous
pocket.
The French at JuviSny are within
four miles of the railroad running to-
wards Laon. and they also are within
seven miles OF the highroad goinE in
joins the Chemin- des- DANES, eight
miles away, near Malmaison. the west
ern pillar of the celebrated Chemin-
dcS-DameS position.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
USSTISTI;D PRAISE
FOR HRITISH WARRIORS
lBy y .scc.sted rress.l

PARIS, August 2s-The allied hirh
command nad great hopes in the British
army. and the latest news from, iSe
front shows that these hopes will not
be disappointed. says LHeure. II de-
ciaTes THAT the British have Obliged
the German STAFF TO admit defeat
Marcel Hutin. in the Echo dc paris
points out that the British advanced
by local thrusts. which tore large holes
IN the German lines. That the enemy
mas oeen unable TO thvart these ma
neuNers he says, proves the tremen-
dous superiority that the allies have
gained over the Germans.
Lieulenant-Coloncl Fairy, In Oui. de-
clarcs that unstinted praise must he
given the manner In which the British
attacks have been carried out He de-
c!ares that the allied success north Of
the Somme Is purely British victory.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
pulsed by the British. according te
the official statement

| the official statement.
Favreuil, mile and half north
east OF Bapaume, has been captured.
and the British have advanced beyond
the village. The British lines have
been advanced slightly astride the
the direction OF Maricourt, four miles
northeast of Bray.
The British position southeast OF
Mory and west of Croisilles has been
improved In spite OF heavy rain which
is falling on the battle field.
The text OF the British statement
reads:
AT 3 o'clock this morning our troops
attacked in the Scarpe sector. and are
reported to have made good progress.
ON the southern portion of the bat
slightly astride the Somme. and by a
successful operation carried out yes
in the direction of Maricourt
Yesterday evening the enemy
launched strong counterattacks south
and north of Bapaume. III the neigh
borhood of Eaucourt LAbbaye and
Favreul. III bolh localities the at
tacks were repuised, North OF Fav-
the bAycnet, infiicting heavy casual
ties on him and taking prisoners.
Another coounterattack attempted
by the enemy later in the evening in
this latter neiChborhood also was un-
successful. F'avvreuil is in our hands.
and we have made progress beyond
the village.
North of this point we have i'm
proved our position southeast Of Mory
and west OF Crosilles.
Heavy rain is falling on the battle
front
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
MORE DEADLY THAN
A MAD DOGS BITE

The bite OF rnhid dog Is no longer
deadly, duo 10 the now famous Pasteur
Treatment. but the slow. living death.
the resultant OF poisoning Of the sys-
tenn by deadly uric acid, Ia ss sure
and inevitable az day follows night
NO other organs Of the human body
are so important to health making as
the kidneys and bladder Keep your
Kidneys clean and your bla oder in
working condition and you need have
no rear OF disease. Don't try TO cheat
nature II Is Il cruel master. When
ever you experience backachc, ner-
vousncss. difficulty in passing urine.
get on the job" Your Kidneys and
bladder require immediate attention.
Don't delay. This is the time TO take
Inc bull by the horns GOLD MEDAL
In aricm OIL Capsules will do tho trick.
FOR over TWO hundred years they nave
proven meritorious In the treatment Of
diseases OF the stomach. kidneys, liver
anu bladder. 1t is world famed
remedy In use as a household neces-
sity for over 200 years.
IL you have been doctorinE with
out results get a box OF GOLD MEDAL,
iaariem Oil Capsules to-day
your druggists sells them Abso-
iuteiS guaranteed or money refunded
beware OF mutations Look for th,.
/, name GOLD MEDAL on every box
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
RUSSIA SORE.LY NEEDS
MILLION ENTENTE, MEN
Prince Goluzin Says Troops Must Be Rushed Once if
Country Is to Be Saved-Conirms Story
of Murder of Little Czarevtch

LONDON. August os.-'The entente
must rush million soldiers-25O. 600
from Amerlca-to the aid of the coun-
ter rerolutionaries II Russia Is to be
saved from Germany and the Bolshevi-
XII"
Prince Nigolai Goluzn, son OF Prince
Alexander GoluZin. who WAS the mas
ter of ceremonies at the court of Mic
holaS ii, made the above statement to-
day in an exclusive interview.
Beware of KerenSky as a poisonous
snake" the prince continued, follow
ing this up with sensational state
ment that France is now investigat ing
charges to the effect that the former
Russian premier is in league with the
Bolsheviki. lin betraying Russia to
Germany"
Il know on high authority" said tho
Prince. that kerensky since his over
throw has been living in Archangel
disguised by a long beard and going
WITCH with full consent Of. and in
close touch with the. Bolsheviki. who
counternanced his trip to England.
II expect the French government to
expose him soon"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
nnITISH EXTEND THEIR
BATTLE LINE NORTHWARD
fry Associated Press. J

BRlT1S HEADQUARTERS IN
yesterday took another $500 prisoners
and made n further collection OF guns,
Field Marshal Haig's forces swung for
ward as far as L.onGueval in their ad-
vance north OF the Somme. BritisS
troops in their new drive on the Arras
front this morning are reported to
have entered the town OF NIonchy-le-
preuX. and TO have captured Orange
Hin.
North OF Bapaume the Germans have
been driven farther back. According
20 report from The front lines. the
themselves there.
The Germans are mailing great et-
forts to hold Bapaume. but the town
IS gradually being surrounded. The
British success this morning In push
ing back the German line southeast OF
Arras considerably relieves tho posi-
The, battle this morning again OK
tended the active front TO the north
ward. fresh British FORCES launching a
new at 5ses,o from tho River scarpe to
IA NIX OF the battle line. Everywhere
the German line Is reported to have
been been beaten beaten in as the British troops
crash bonhardment the British went
oyer at o'clock this morning, and
seen 10 nave made good progress.
tivity north OF the River Scarpe, where
the British yesterday took some ground
IN the course OF the night the Ger
mans counterattacked. ana got back a
slight portion of their losses
In the south there was new activity
Eelow the Scarpe the British continued
70 push forward last night and to-day
i vicious German counterattacl m
i'aucourt- L'Abbayo was repulsed with
heavy losses for the enemy, while adj
qnitiona prisoners were captured by the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27

1t was Prince Goluzin who to-day
confirmed the murder by the Bolshevi-
XII Of the former Czarevitch. After
they had killed the Gear Mt Ekaterin-
burg, they went to Nicholas Romanoff s.
fourteen.year- son and said:
death for a dogs life"
The boy burst into tears. the prince
says. and then one of the murderers
shot and killed him.
continued. "He was just fourteen this
month; always gay and up TO all sorts
of playful mischief. j was his play
mate. We used to have lots Of fun
throwing pillows at each other"
Prince Goluzin is strappinE six
footer. IL youth of twenty, on leave
in London where he is visiting his
wife after long service in Galicia.
Il believed" said he. that Russia
soon will be a constitutional monarchy.
Grand Duke Michael probably will be
the head. Russia Will not be ready
for republic for many years.
Il think America has the ideal gov
crnment,"
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SINKS FISHING BOATS
Submarine Sends Down Four Near st.
Pierre, Miqueion, Including Glouces-
ter Craft.
INV lFsociatel Press.

II5E 7 FhUcIsKet I'TC5s
GLOUCESTER. MASS. August o6.--
Sinking of the Gloucester fishing
schooner J. J. Flaherty by German
submarine was reported in message
received here to-day by the owners
from Captain Charles T. Gregory. who,
with his crew OF twenty-four, have
landed safely at 81. Pierre. Miquelon.
Captain Gregory did not tell where
or when his vessel was sent down; the
message merely stating, "Torpedoed;
all hands saved and at 81. Pierre" II
was believed here. however, that the
sinking took place early last week.
about the time the U-boat ran into a
fleet OF fishermen off the coast or Nova
Scotia The j. J. Flaherty, vessel OF
l62 tons, gross. owned by the Gorton-
Pew Fisheries Company. and valued
at $4,000 left this port May %, and
was equipped to salt and cure fish be-
fore returning home.
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FRENCH AND BRITISH
MAKE SATISFACTORY PROGRESS

LONDON. August 26.-A terrific dual
battle RACES late tonight between the
Disc and the Aisne. with the British
and French making satisfactory pro-
gresS at vital points.
Haig added four miles TO his attack
ing front to-day by smashing east
ward between the Scarpe and Cojeul
Rivers. east OF .Arras. This drive
threatens Cainhrai from the northwest.
the British attacking astride the Arras-
Cambrai road
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
RAWLINSOS CAPTURES
CAPPl AND SUZANNE

Al the same time Sir Henry Raw
ltnson's army is pushing eastward in
the Somme Valley. toward Peronne.
Late this afternoon word comes from
'ths British front that Cappy and
suzanne. seven and q half miles from
Peronne. south and north OF the Somme,
respectively. have been captured.
In the north. the British have reach
ed Montauoan and the outskirts Of
1.OnS-MnNal
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ward CroIssilles and Beninel. continued
their attacks.
y, (Scction missinG)
4, "Further north English troops rushed
forward in the direction OF Montauban.
Rnd Welsh troops captured Bazentin-
le-Grand. On the remainder OF the It
tie front nShting occurred at num-
Der OF points. Our pressure every
where was maintained. and our line
advanced in certain sectors.