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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

The nations capita IS. 81 the end
OF two and one-haf months under
prohibition law. prosperous, happy
ard sober Crime. poverty and dis
order have decreased. this being
marked during the holiday season
More people are sooer and efficient
than in any like period OF the capt
than IN any ike ported OF the capt.
sars history outslae the coal short
age and high price of food. both con-
srsbut4d to 6y the wasting OF these
commodities in brewsries throughout
rhe nation. the holiday season IN
washington was az Ideal as II could
possibly ne under war conditions, -
omcial veriAcation of the wonder
eu1Iy improved conditions IN wash
sngton under prohibition law IS fur
Stshed by the superintendent Of police
Sns the District Of Columbia. offleers
81 tht Associated Charities business
ksen. and Salvation Army heads
one Of the officers or thu Associated
gnarities reported that in one district
GBring the saloon regime they had
twelve n8n-eoppors osser 4 week. TN
Gs~ the 6ry regime but ono. In spite
OF tne unutaef war conditions. those
wno visited tho peer testify that the
nAnaren are better clothed and better
Gee thar formerly.
On every street the stores are
S#uwded. ~ the Central market TWO
sr~skH aHcr the saloons We're sboi
ssnsa one trAdssrn ar saad: We have
sosd out People s~em 20 have
saore money and buy botter soode
ssnoe the salocn= were closed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
|oUR BUSINESS MEN READILY ACoUIESCE
IN Mr.. GARFIELDS ORDER FOR CLOSING

severe one. and may even become
more severe. before peace lie declared
But the loyalty Of our people Is such
and their faith in the business and
Righteousness OF our cause Is such.
tina, they are willing to do anything
and everything to aid ia the success
fuI prosecution Of the war, in order
to hasten its end.
However. there rs one lesson that
needs TO be more thoroughly learned
w all Of us. al that i---patisnoe. we
are ali more or less inclined these
days 10 De = little more pessimistio
than usual. and. hence, a little more
irritable. To overcome this, we must
cultivate moro and more the beauti-
fu' spirit Of patience, We need to
BE- patient with our government. with
our rulers and with our fellows
virginians have always bsen noted
FOR their loyalty and Willingness to
sacrifice We DO n OF believe the peo-
pie Of any Of our states. will be more
loyal to our president than those Of
Tire Ola Dominion. They have the
greatest faith in his wisdom aud in
teErity. and win respond to his ap-
pesls promptly and willingly. az is
evidenced by the ~vsnA Of ebs past
few days
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

though nominally in power, represent
a minority of the people.
stung by their defeat. the Bolshe-
Wiki marched in q body out of the big
meeting hall in the Taurids palace.
with them went the left. or ultra
radical, wing Of the social revolution
lists.
Petrograd has been since the scene
Of turmoil representing that Of the
March revolution. There we're street
battles today. So far the casualty
list is not heavy, considering the fight
ing that has taken place. but dark
days are ahead, 1t Is feared, and there
can be no estimate of the bloodshed
that may occur until the assembly is
permanently aided
Recalls French Revolution.
Ominous whisperings are in the air.
II only half of the rumors have foun-
dalton in fact. spectacles recalling the
Commune stages of the French revo-
luton will be on the daily program
shortly in this seething city of the
hungry and the heartsick.
Kerensky Is said to be In hiding
here awaiting the psychological mo-
ment for coup. The election OF
Tchernofs as the assembly presiding
officer augurs we'll for the ex-premier
II ne Ia inOeeu mere.
But for Russia. ar "A whole. the
super crisis seems drawing near.
Open rupture between Russia and
! Rumania Ia virtually an accomplished
| fact. The last publicly announced act
OF the Botsheviki was the dispatch of
| a two-hour ultimatunl to the Ruman-
ian government to let Bolsheviki
troops pass through JaSsy. But what
ever happens may be declared null
and void by the power that seizes con-
! troll during or after the assembly sit
tlngz. Only unforeseen Developments
now seem capable Of saving the Boil
sheviki regime
Machine Guns Busy
| All day long the clatter of machine
guns was heard In Petrograd. Wo-
men and many OF the people have
been wounded. They were caught In
the crisis cross are rs they searched
for food or fuel. Some hid in dark
Railways, eagerly watching for a stray
bullet to crash into a. frame house or
telegraph pole, then dRrted forward
TO gather kindlng wood and hurry
home.
Most OF the armed clashes were
caused by the newiyformed alliance
for the defense of the national assem-
bly,, whose members parnded the
streets displaying banners urging the
garrison and the crew OF warships
In the Neva to aid them. The Bolshe-
Wiki on their part built barbados and
entrenched behind them, determined
to fight to fniHh.
The Lenine government 10 said to
have drawn up plan for the split
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

ting up OF Russia into many inde-
pendent republics plan that sounds
alluring to the masses, who see In IL
the first step toward organization and
reconstruction, but also plan which
plays directly unto the hands of the
central powers. who would rather deal
with many small states than with one
big national and territorial entity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

sending more men TO q camp or post
than can be cared for. II is vital that
the daily reports called for herein be
exactly and promptly rendered. Calls
number /. 2, 8. 4. and should be
filled by voluntary induction under
the procedure of section $50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

k!naon on o charge OF purchasing an
automobile that was known to have
been stolen. The car Ia from Hope
we'll. but the name of the owner could
not be ascertained. II was recovered
from J. r. Parrish, 2s11 West Main
street, to whom 1t had been sold by
Furtefi. He was bailed for appearance
In police court Monday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
NEW REVOLUTION

CONTINUED From First Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
WAR BREAD.

making bread 70 conserve -four lard
and sugar
The exhibition Of war cooking in
downtown store, so far ~ s mere
wayfarer may Judge indicates that
certainly the new war bread IL an ar
tractive outwardiy and should be "a
pleasant IN the ultimate test as the
kitchen products or other days.
go that, while the housewives ere
viii be learning new things about their
peculiar art to ne used after the pres
ent emergency is over.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
Automobile Reeoverea.

Max Furteli. who 10 connected with
the Tire Company OF Richmond, SIT
West Broad street. was arrested last
night by Detectives Thurman and Ad-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

A bran new fve-passenger Ford car
the property of r. O. clifford. r. F. d.
No. Q, was stolen near the corner OF
Eighth and Broad streets last night
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20

about IL o'clock. and up to late
hour had not been recovered In the
car were several other articles or vaiue
including an overcoat and pair OF
rfoyes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-20
Wolf Of wan Street BaiIed.

New York. Jan. 19.--David Lamar,
known an 'the Wolf of Wall Street.
was released today in $4,000 bah
by United States Commissioner Hitch
cock, pending the hearing OF his APP
peal from his last conviction by the
United States circuit court OF APP
peals.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

dominate the eastern shores Of the Adri-
attic Sea. Conceivably, but improbably.
Austria might make small concessions ip
the Trentino to get prompt peace with
Italy, but in any event Italy has ceased
to be a peril; the sole remaining danger
has been abolished.
Up to the moment Italy was defeated
Austria depended upon Germany for aid.
She had been compelled to surrender her
military and in a large measure her po-
]itical freedom to save herself, to get Ger
man divisions on her own front. And
up to this time the war had been a war
FOR existence; she had been invaded by
Russia in Galicia, by Rumania in Tran
aylvania, by Serbia in Bosnia, by Italy
in the Trentino and about Gorilla: she
could only think Of peace as thing to
be purchased at price, the price of her
own territories. And so she continued to
march under German orders and to ac-
cept without protest, for none was pos
sible, German ambitions in all quarters of
Europe, Asia and Africa
To-day Austria no longer needs. Ger
many in the military sense She can
defend all Of her own frontiers against
any enemy she has to fear in the near
future. And this freedom from fear of in
vasion and dismemberment frees her also
from German political control The vic
tory Of the Upper 1sonzo, the defeat of
Italy, whatever it did to Allied hopes in
the war, actually set Austria free from
German leading strings, SO far as foreign
affairs we're concerned.
Now Austria needs peace even more
than Germany: she has suffered more,
both by invasion and, proportionately if
not absolutely, in casualties. Her eco-
nomic and industrial condition, bad when
the war came, has suffered far more than
the better organized German fabric, and
whatever be the state of German finances
Austria is approximately ruined, and may
be permanently ruined if the war con-
tinues for more months, and even years
Moreover, the masses of Slav populations
in Austria, half of the population, are be.
ginning to be permeated with Russian
revolutionary doctrines, while domestic
distress and disorder are increasing.
Again, on the political side Austria is
joined to Germany in a marriage of con-
venience rather than of real affection
Austrian necessities Have compelled
Austria to play humilating role for
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

lishment in German hands and her politi-
cal freedom was lost with her military in
dependence.
The Battle of the Dunajec and the clear
ing of Galicia would have freed Austria
from immediate dependence upon Germany
had not Italy in the meantime entered the
war and begun the invasion Of the Tren-
tino and attacked the outlying defences Of
Trieste. In this situation Russian disaster
did not free Austrian hands, and Austria
was still wholly under German direction.
Nor did this situation improve in the sum-
mer of 1916, when Brusiloff delivered his
great attacks in Volhynia and destroyed
whole Austrian armies and began to reach
toward Lembcrg again.
Austria Sees Daylight
Once more great German aid was essen
tial and had to be paid for by further
Austrian acquiescence in German policy.
Thanks to German aid, Russia was first
halted, and then, after the revolution,
thrown back to the old frontier. With the
revolution, too, Russia ceased to be men,
ace. Remember that for nearly century
and half all Austrian foreign policy had
been based upon rivalry with Russia in
the Near East and fear of Russian at
tack, which was bound to succeed if Aus
tria had no ally, since Austria alone was
no match for Russia. The Russian revolu-
ton freed Austria of that age-long appre-
hension, while the Mackensen campaign Of
the autumn of 1915 had crushed Serbia
and left the state in Austrian and Bulgar
hands.
BY midsummer Of last year Austria was
beginning to see daylight; Russia was
crumbling to ruin; Serbia was crushed
she had no longer to fear invasion in
Galicia, where the Russian armies were
breaking up into debating societies; her
road southwark as far as the Greek from
tier was in her own hands or those of her
ally. the Gar Ferdinand; there was left
only the italian to deal with. Even more
than this, the campaign of 1916 in Ru-
mania had removed still another peril; the
Rumanian ambition to possess the Hun
garian territories inhabited by Rumanian-
speaking populations had been long
standing danger. But Mackensen and
Falkenhayn had crushed Rumania in No
vember and December, 1916, and occupied
botl, Bucharest and Constanza. Accord
ingly, save on the lsonzo, Austria had seen
all her enemies destroyed; If the lsonzo
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

many years, but Austria, speaking for the
ruling classes, had an old and honorable
history, looked at merely from the side
of power and influence in European af
fairs, for centuries before Prussia came
to supremacy in Germany, after defeating
Austrian armies at Sadowa, a scant half
century ago.
Threatened on the one side by Russia
and on the other by Italy, the Hapsburgs
under the Hohenzolerns; but they have
not enjoyed the thing and they have not
failed on occasion to give evidence of
their resentment, while Bismarck and his
successors have hardly concealed their
contempt for the ruling family in Aus
tria. But to-day Russia has collapsed
and Italy has been defeated; Austria has
nothing to fear outside of her frontiers ;
her sole fears come from within, where
domestic discomfort is mounting, and
from her German ally, who still demands
provinces and prizes Of the war, and thus
prolongs the exhausting contest
Drift Away Seen
In this situation is it too much to be-
lieve that despite all exaggerations we
are beginning to see the drift of Austria
away from Germany? For months there
has been a new tone in Austrian news
papers, a certain tone of independence in
the declarations Of Austrian statesmen.
and the whole German press has revealed
its impatience and Indignation with the
evident willingness of the Austrians to
make peace before Germany has attained
her war aims. To be sure, it smacks Of
ingratitude for Austria to refuse to sup
port Germany now, when she owes her ex-
istence to repeated rescue expeditions of
German armies in all the past dark days
OF the struggle; but when were nations
grateful to their allies? When, too, did
even an official readiness to make proper
return for past favors prevail over a do,
mestic danger?
Let us discount these Austrian rumors
as much as possible-they are certainly
premature and they are probably exag
gerated but none the less we are bound
to recognize that the prolongation Of the
war has a different meaning for the Ger.
man than for the Austrian Austria has
achieved her ends, at horrible, perhaps
fatal, cost, and her only immediate aim
now is peace. She can gain no more; she
can lose much in money if not in life if
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

front could be cleared all Austrian terri
tory would be free and all Austrian pur-
poses in the war achieved.
But the 1sonzo problem could not be
resolved by Austrian armies alone. Aus
tria has never at any time had over $780,
900 at the front. Despite having called
up the old and the very young, her great
losses in prisoners and in casualties have
kept her resources in man power down
and she had only slightly over 100000
on the Italian front at the time when Ca
dorna was still advancing on the Balm
sizza Plateau. In addition, she had some
thirty-fve divisions, about 35O,O00 men,
in Galicia and on the Rumanian front, but
these were both inferior troops and need
ed where they were. She had to appeal
to Germany once more.
Germany sent to Italy seven divisions
which she had withdrawn from the Rus
sian front, and with these troops as
striking force the Central Powers defeat
ed Italy and threw her armies back from
the 1sonzo to the Piave In fact, there
was time when it seemed possible that
Italy might be put out of the war alto
gether But although this did not hap
pen, Trieste was saved for Austria, Co.
rizia retaken and three or four thousand
square miles Of Italian territory taken as
pawn against future negotiations. This
was what the 1sonzo campaign achieved.
Germany No Longer Needed
In sum, then, Austria has been freed
by Germany, first, of her chief peril, Rus
sia. Not only has Russia been defeated
in the field and rolled back into Russian
territory, but the Russian revolution has
so disorganized Russia and so destroyed
Russian imperialistic aims that Austria
has no longer to fear her great Slav
neighbor in any future that can now be
calculated In the same fashion first Ser
bia and then Rumania have been crushed
and two smaller states ambitious to dis
member Austria and reclaim fractions
Of their own races put out of the dis
cussion. To-day Rumania is concerned
in getting back what was hers before the
war, as is Serbia, rather than in con-
quering Austrian lands.
Finally, Italy has been defeated and
has lost half of Venetia. Austria does
not plan to hold this conquered territory,
but it is basis for negotiating and for
compelling Italy to withdraw from AL
| bania and to surrender her ambitions to
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

the struggle is prolonged. Will she, then
for many months continue to fight and
to suffer solely for German ends, to OBJ
tain for Germany the Courland or the
Lithuanian lands? 1t seems unlikely if
the danger Of domestic revolution is
consequence.
The alliance against Germany has so
far been held together, except in the case
of Russia, which has collapsed internally,
because of the equal peril to all the partners
of the German programme and the Ger
man purpose. The alliance of the Cen
tral Powers has been held together by the
fact that Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey
could not defend themselves against i'm
mediate perils or, in the case of Bulgaria
attain national ends withou. German aid
Germany exercised complete military con-
troll in all the councils of the Central
Powers, because if German commands
we're not obeyed German troops could be
recalled and then ruin would follow.
But this situation no longer endures
Austria does not need German military
aid; she will not need it again, unless, as
seems now unlikely, Italy shall be in a
position to destroy Austrian forces next
summer. Therefore Austria is bound to
look more and more to her own interests
which are not those of the Germans. She
does not care to see Germany annex large
portions of Russia; her own domestic
situation will not be improved if she an
nexes ten or twelve million Poles, for this
will but give the Slav. an overwhelming
mastery in her own house. Of fifty mill
ions of people in the Austro- Hungarian
Empire at least half are Slavonic now,
and it is only with extreme difficulty that
the German and Magyar minorities are
able to keep control, always with the aid
of and at the price Of concessions to the
Poles.
Will Austria Stick?
Not even the desire to annex Serbia is
to be found in the current Austrian press,
for this would also bring a considerable
fresh Slav element in and add to the diff
culties of dealing with the southern Slavs,
who are now Austrian subjects. Austria
has no immediate imperialistic ambitions
She is temporarily freed from all the
dangers that led her to risk war nearly
four years ago. Any annexation on any
frontier would weaken her. and her states
side, no real claim is now made on any of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-15
Sir John Fraser.

Great Britain will probably reach
the end OF her man-powcr this sum
mcr," says Sir John Foster Fraser,
who will lecture on "Thc Checker
board Of europe" at the coming Red
path Chautauqua here, "but lat the
same time she will have reached the
highest efficiency in hcr war machine,
composed now of 100000 men"
The fact that Britain will reach the
end of her man-powcr by this summer
does not mean" says Sir John, that
the United States must assume the
burden Of supplying the man-pOwer
from then on. Americas great prob
lCm IS not mon but the means Of get
ting over her excellent supply to the
front. Ships arc the things needed,
especially when you consider that If
you can ship 100 soldiers day, it
would take a year to send 100000 men
to France at the present rate Of
transports. II now takes eight weeks
for transports TO make the round trip
including the time taken to load and
unload here and i'm France"
Sir John is England's most noted
special newspaper correspondent. lie
IS known rs having done the most va
ricd travelling of any man alive. For
special war services hU was knightcd
by King George in Buckingham Pal
ace in June, 1917.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-15
Margery Maxwell.

This year the Rcdpath Seven Day
Chautauqua will present grand
opera artist in Miss Margery Maxwell,
brilliant soprano Of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company.
During the past season Miss Max
well sang with the Chicago Grand
Opera company as n principal with
Call Curl in "Dinorah". She also
sang in a number Of other operas.
taking as many as twelve roles in
four weeks, and SO great was her sue
cess that she was chosen to accom-
Dany the Chicago Company on it's
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-15
German Todd ParOled.

Columbia, May 10.-Governor Man
ming this afternoon paro!ed during
good behavior, German Todd, convict
ed in Laurcns County in March, 1916,
Of forgery, and sentenced to three
years. While confined as prisoner
serving sentence this negro was badly
burned, through accident. The county
physician, the sheriff, clerk Of court.
and supervisor of Laurens County
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-15
our to New York and Boston.

tour to New York and Boston.
Miss MaXwcll possesses a soprano
voice of brilliant quality and timbrc
and unusual range and she is en-
dowed With a marked dramatic tenn
perament. CALI Curl has spoken in
most enthusiastic terms Of "The
'Americane Mees' MaXwclrs superb
voice"
Miss Maxwell will appear on the
third night Of the Chautauqua accom-
panied by two assisting artists, vio-
llnist and an accompanist The plant
is Miss Florence Schubert whose debut
last May evoked most cordial re-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-15

Mr.. j. t.. Nash, one of the leading
farmers OF the Green Pond section,
was visitor in the city Friday. Mr..
Mash stated that the heavy rain Of
Wednesday night, one Of the heaviest
in his experience. did great deal Of
damage to the land and crops in his
vicinity. the largest terraces not be-
ING able 70 Withstand the heavy flow
Of water. Neither the rain nor the
hail. however did much damage to the
grain crops. which he reported as un-
usually fine in his vicinity
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-15
RED CROSS TO MAKE ITS SECOND
NATIONWIDE APPEAL FOR FUNDS

day clean, rested nouriShed. Theme are
over three millions for hospital sup
ply service; half million for rest sta
tions for American troops.
."Aid for refugees-eleven thousand
families-accoupts for nearly three
million dollars; care and prevention of
tuberculosis takes over two millions:
care Of helpless children over a mil
lion; relief work in six devasted dis
tricts, including care OF five thousand
families and sufficient reconstruction
to make houses habitable, required
over two millions.
These arc all large items but the
Rcd Cross is graphing with human
misery on an unparalleled scale-a
world of it. The item ior relief Of the
blind amounts to four hundred thou
sand dollars. The dispensary service
sends supplies to moro than thirty
four hundred hospitals. The Red Cross
receives and distributes more than
two hundred tons Of supplies daily at
Paris. For this distribution and it's
other work it requires big transpor-
tation service Of motors and trucks.
This transportation service has cost
million and half and it's operating
expenses run to million dollars.
Every dollar it spends means mis-
cry alleviatcd It's work is building
abroad for the United States the best
good will in this world. 1t is building
the best good will among ourselves.
Whatever else the war may produce
we shall be proud Of our Red Cross"