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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND gUN-TEJLEGRALL SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 19i8.

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MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dWpatches credited to It o t otherwise credited, In this paper and also the local Itwi published herein. All rlfhts of republication of special dispatches) hreta are also reserved.

Registration October 7 is the last day on which & voter has opportunity to register for the fall election.

If your name is not on the list, you will not t

be able to vote. The privilege of voting is an in

dividual concern. The registration officials will not visit you. You must go to them at the court

house.

What the Soldiers Think of Professional . Sports

The Stars and Stripes, a paper published by

the boys overseas, has little respect for profes

sional sports and the men who engage in them

In a recent issue the editors speak in disgust of professional players who are shirking their duty -by sticking to the game or rushing into the

"steel league". . It believes that many profession

al players who found berths in the steel industry

ought to be carrying guns and fighting on the

front. The Stars and Stripes, at any rate, ex

presses the opinion of the men overseas, and

their judgment is pretty certain to be correct on

this question.

It sems ridiculous and positively silly to let the world series be played this year. The nation is engaged in a death struggle with a bar'barous foe. While brave young American lads are sacrificing their lives overseas, eighten men on this , side of the Atlantic, fighting for their share of the gate receipts, are indulging in an idle amusement, and thousands who ought to be

at work are watching the progress of the game

on bleachers or' before electric boards.

No one can argue that baseball is an esential

industry and that men who will clash for supre

macy early next month should not be engaged

in an essential industry or be fighting overseas.

Baseball is a commercial proposition, pure and

simple. The American people accept it as tneir

national amusement, but it is the sport of the game and not the business that appeals to them.

"Perhaps we shall hereafer think more of the

playing side and less of the business side of all

sports," says the Indianapolis News. "This may be one of the minor reforms that

will follow the war. There can. be no doubt that there has been too much commercialism in our

games. We think of baseball as the great American game, and so it is. But we have not perhaps realized that the American people liked it as a game, and not "as a business. They have become somewhat weary of baseball politics. But the game, as a game, will endure. The soldiers have the right view, and they express it with great force and clearness." We believe that the world series could have been eliminated this year. It seems . incongruour and sardonic to permit the playing of the series while hundreds of our boys are losing their lives daily on the other side of the Atlantic.

Foch Saps German Power in Preparation For Final Victory By HILAIRE BELLOC Author of "Elements of the Great War" and Britain's Most Distinguished Military Critic

Letters to the Fighters Don't forget to call the Palladium for names and addresses of Wayne county fighters. - A letter from Wayne county is a letter from HOME. Remember that. , The boys enjoy 'letters from their home communities more than anything else. It makes them feel that all Wayne county is back of them. Churches, lodges, ladies aid societies and clubs might take up the project with profit to

themselves and happiness for the boys by writing them a letter. A member of an organization would feel himself honored to receive a letter from the home body, signed by its officials and his old associates. Shop rooms, stores and offices should get into line and write letters.

HERE are two things In the war theatre at the present moment which command the

attention of all serious observers -I mean, of course, in the Western theatre of the war. which is the only one where the final issue of the great campaign can be decided. . " First, there is the actual series of active operations, betwen the Somme and tlTe Oise, the most acute sector upon which is that at the Lassigny Hills. That is the obvious feature which strikes every eye. But the second thing is more important and, indeed, Includes the first: It is the general strategic situation created by the two great allied victories, the first between the Marne and the Vesle from July, 18 to August

3, and the second that which is still in progress between Arras and the

the LasBigny Hills, though they were still forcing their way ahead slowly. Their positions at that time were these: They held those observation posts on the western end of the range

which are least important because

they are nearest the German from

which stretches north at right angles to the ridge; the posts which, therefore are less valuable for directing ar

tillery interference with the German communications behind that front. But they had not yet gotten complete possession of the observation posts on the eastern end of the ridge, which would give command over the roads far behind the j German front. The reason for this is that this range of hills, which dominates the plain to the north by from 300 to 400 feet, is not a narrow ridge, such

that possession of the summit gives even

usable the great arterial railroad from the coast to Paris, which was the main lateral communication of the Allies in the north. The second rendered unusable the main arterial line from Paris to Chalons, Verdun, Nancy and the east, which had for nearly four years been the trunk of lateral communication of the Allied line in its center. Therefore the reducUon of these bulges or salients by the two victories of July 18 and August 8 was of real and obvious strategic value. But even this was not the chief aim or the chief result of the double success. The chief alms and the chief results of the double success were two: First,, to recover the initiative,Second, to reverse what may be called the balance of effective power. Understanding the "Initiative." As to the first .this word "initiative" has been dealt with so often here that I am almost ashamed to return to It, but one cannot- understand it too clearly. I will repeat the definition, "He that gives form to the battle is said to possess the initiative." That means that when of two opponents one is so situated that he can always make the first move and can make the actions of the other consequent upon his actions, then this first one may be said to possess the initiative so long as that state of affairs continues. It does not involve necessarily a superiority in numbers of men or in material, though that superiority is a great advantage in obtining and retaining the initiative. It does not

necessarily involve attack.

POPULAR SCIENCE LECTURE GIVEN BY DR. NEWKIRK

Practical demonstrations of what the gyroscope is used for in the scientific world today were made by Dr. B. L. Newkirk in his popular-science lecture Friday evening. First explaining that anything which spins or rolls is a gyroscope, whether a dime, a tin lid or a carefully constructed wheel. Dr. Newkirk presented several practical problems to the. audience, why a rolling coin begins to turn lna circle just before falling, and why a rolling tin lid falls with 'the handle on the inaide. Dr. Newkirk explained that the two wheels of a motorcycle form very efficient gyroscopes, and when at high speed it is almost Impossible to make them deviate from a straight path, for when It strikes a rut. instead of turning to one side, It follows the law of the gyroscope and goes in the direction of right angles to the operating force, which makes it leap up Instead. One of the first practical applications of the gyroscope, he pointed out. was the invention of the elongated shell instead of the round ones, for the long shells have grooves along the side, and are sent whirling at the rate of 3,000 revolutions per second bo that they go in a straight line. The greatest pracUcal use of the

CHURCH NOTICE

Brethren i United Brethren North Eleventh and B 6treets. H. S. James, pastor. Bible school at 9:30 a. m., Fred White, superintendent. No other service. Christian Central Christian Church, Corner of North Twelfth and B streets, L. C. Anderson, minister. Bible school and morning worship at 9:16 and 10:15 respectively. Sermon, "Sojourners." You cannot afford to forsake the house of the Lord. No evening services, but do not fail us at the morning services; a special program. Catholic St. Andrew's Catholic South Fifth and C streets. Rev. Frank A. Roell, rector; Uev. Clement Zepf, assistant Low mass and communion at 6:30 a. in. Mass, with singing by children and five miLiite sermon at 7:30 a. m. High mass and sermon at 10 a. in. Vespurs, sermon and benediction at 3:00 p. m. St. Mary's Catholic Rev Walter J. Cronin, rector; Rev. Aloysius B. DufEpiscopal St. Paul's Episcopal North Eighth and A street. Church school, 9:15 a. in.; morning prayer and sermon, 10.30 a. m. Friends ..West Richmond Friends Charles M. Woodman, pastor. Bible school at 9:00 a. m., Samuel Hodgin, superin

tendent. Meeting for worship, 10:30

evroscooe is tne gyroscope compass

which is used on, all war ships and a. m- Walter C. Woodward in charge, submarines. Mr. Newkirk said. He j vesper service and Christian Endeavbrought out the significant fact thator omitted. Ladles' Aid Tuesday and while it was invented in Germany, It ; Prayer meeting Thursday afternoons.

was improved and made practical by the Americans. After the lecture Dr. Newkirk allowed all the interested audience to throng about the equipment and experiment with gyroscopic dumb-bells.

At the Chautauqua

MOTION PICTURE AIDS DRIVE FOR NURSE RECRUITS

A one-reel film "The Making of a Nurse will be snown in Richmond

next Saturday and Sunday at the

Washington and Murrette theatres

under the auspices of the Wayne County Chapter cf the American Red Cross. The picture was made in one

of the leading New York hospitals and shows the training of a nurse from the time she enters the hospital until her graduation. On account of the present campaign for young women from 19 to 35 to enter the training schools to take the

places of the nurses who are going

overseas, it was thought this mm

would be of particular interest at this

time as it will give a very accurate idea of the nurses work and duties while in training.

The campaign for student nurses is

going on successfully but the number

needed has not yet been reached and

every young woman with a high

school education should very serious

ly consider the matter of entering a

training school from the standpoint of

her duty In the present emergency

Unless a large reserve of 6tudent nurses can be enrolled at once adequate care of our sick and wounded

soldiers can not be continued as the present need has taken almost all the

available graduate nurses.

ON THE GROUNDS. "Talk about heroes! Did you see the wav Bill Keys put out that fire at Tent 629? Carnegie surely ought to give him a gold medal.-" ''Who said we were having vacation at the Chautauqua! Here, th'l very first Saturday Mr. Bentley makes us clean house." "Anybody would know that this was war time, I'll tell the world. You can't even get out In a peaceful woods and trv to go to sleep without some youthful enthusiast blowing a variety of wilh noises out of a harmless bugle to make vou think it is taps. Sherman certainly called war by its right name." "Dear Palladium Editor: Will you kindlv Inform the Chautauqua population that although the members of the South Gate did repair phonographs,

they draw the line on rat traps.

Harlow Haas. Oh. that Diogenes had been in Rich

raond to find Mr. Bentley there. Be it

known to the world tnat one man is able to keep several pocket book3 fin with monev at the headquarters

tent, and publish the plea abroad for

owners to come ana cmuu ui wealth.

The latest addition to the Joseph Moore Museum has been started on the Chautauqua grounds, being open to public admiration. It may be witnessed at the headquarters tent under the glowing sign. LOST ARTICLES. Any Innocent by-stander wishing a free shower may obtain the same by drawing near to the east sanitary drinking fountaia when a group of children are playing there.

Good Will club, Friday p. m. East Main Street Friends Main

street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. John R. Webb, pastor. Bible school, 9:10 a. m.. Persey B. Smith, superintendent. Meeting for worship, 10:30 a. m.; subject, "The Duty and

Scope of Devotion." No evening ser

vices. North A Street Friends Sunday

school, 9:15 a. m.; meeting for worship, 20:30; regular monthly meeting immediately following meetig7-: for worship; Wednesday at 2 p. m. aewing for French and Belgium relief work. South Eighth Street Friends Church A. F. Mitchell, pastor. Bible school at 9 o'clock, John H. Johnson, superintendent. Lesson: "Speaking for Christ." School adjourns in time to reach the Chautauqua grounds in time for the hour of worship. Mid-week meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. Whitewater Friends Preaching by the pastor, morning and evening. Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. Lutheran First English Lutheran South A and Eleventh streets. F. A. Dressel. pastor. Parsonage, 110 South Eleventh street. Sunday school at 9:00 a. m., E. B. Knollenberg, superintendent.

Preaching service at 10:30 a. m, by the pastor. Subject, "The Weaver." No evening service. Second English Lutheran Northwest Third and Pearl streets. C. Raymond lsley, pastor. Sunday school, 9:15 a. m., J. F. Holaday, superintendent. Morning worship, 10:30, with sermon by the pastor. Subject, "The Omniscience of Providence." No evening service. Church meeting Monday at 7:30 p. m. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Corner South Seventh and E strets. A. L. Nlcklas, pastor. English, service, 8.30 a. m.; Sunday school, Geo. Kauper, supt, 9:30 a. m.; German service, 10:30 a. m. Red Cross workers meet Wednesday afternoon and evening. Taechers' meeting Thursday evening. All are welcome. Trinity English Lutheran Corner Seventh and South A streets. Oscar T. F. Tressel, pastor. Residence 29 South Eleventh street Phone 2861. Sunday school, 9:00. No church service on acount of the pastor's absence in attendance at the meeting of joint

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THE GRAVEYARD OF GERMAN HOPES This map shows where Foch, by his counter attack on July 18 and his offensive of August 8, has forced the Germans to use up three-fourths of their reserve In meeting his initiative, while his own reserve have not been drawn on to any such extent. The shaded areas show the ground from which the Germans have been driven, while the heavy broken line shows the front from which they started last spring.

synod at Ft. Wayne. The ladies will

meet at the hurch all day Thursday

to sew for the Red Cross.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, No. 401

South jventh street. Rev. F. W. Rohl

fing, D.D.. pastor. Telephone 1321. Sunday school at 9 a. m., George Bartel, superintendent. Lesson: Luke 12: 8-12; Acts 1: 1-8. German service with anthems by the choir, an offertory by Miss Marjorie Beck, and a sermon on "What Shall Do to be Saved?" based on the Gospel for the day. Methodist

Third M. E. Church Corner Hunt and Charles streets, James C. Erwin, pastor. Sunday school, 9:30; preaching at 10:30. Evening service at 8:00 p. m. This will be the last evening service until the first Sunday in Sep tember. Boston M. E. Church Sunday school session at 2 p. m. No preaching. Fountain Cjty Methodist Church Ralph R. Henderson, pastor. Sunday school at Fountain City, 9:30 a. m., William Corpin, superintendent. Sunday schol at Hopewell, 10 a. m., Orp Louy, superintendent. Preaching at Fountain City, 8 p. m., subject "Have You Been Promoted?" Preaching at Hopewell, 11 a. m., subject "Slackers

or Patriots." Prayer service each Thursday at"T p. m. Nazarene The First Pentecostal Church of Jhe Nazarent Cornex Fifth -and North A streets. Rev. L. T. Wells, pastor. Morning services: Sabbath" school at 9:15, J. W. Mount, superintendent. Preaching by the pastor at 7:30; prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 7:30.

All are welcome. Salvation Army Salvation Army Sabbath schoolat 2:30 p. m. Preaching by evangelist H. C. Sego, 8:00 p. m. Subject, "The Unpardonable Sin." Prayer meetings Tuesday and Thursday at 8 : 00 p. m. AH are welcome; come to the help of the Lord. Officer in charge. Adj. Westbrook.

Aisne, and which has been going on from August 8 to the present day. The first and most obvious point needs but brief commentary this week, both because its character Is simple and clear and also because the movement

onea.n immediat3 view beyond. It is, on the contrary, a rounded formation, of which the summit is an almost flat plateau. Further, the central part of the plateau has been cleared and oc

cupied by large farms, while toward

, v T Ithe edge, especially on the northern involved has not been on a large scale. ' ' ,m,f

I propose, therefore, after briefly summarizing this situation, to make most of my article this week deal with the major or the general strategic situation. Fresh Troops Stabilize Enemy Line. The Germans have succeeded in nearly stabilizing their line between the Somme and the Oise, and they have done this by constantly pouring

in fresh divisions from their reserve, until now they have already used something less than forty but more than thirty-five divisions. Even so, however, they have been unable completely to arrest the movement pressing against them, and in particular, they have lost considerable ground, day after day, in the Lassigny Hills. This is not due to the fact that they

are weaker in this sector than elsewhere. It is due to the fact that the attack is willing to spend more energy in this sector than in others; and for a reason often described in these articles the capture of observation points. The Lassigny Hills, as we know, overlook from their northern escarpment the " plains across which the southern portions of the German army must retire if they are compelled to further, retirement, across which the wounded must be sent back, together with empty vehicles and tired units, and across which supplies of all kinds, relief units and (in that ruined land) everything down to water must be

brought forward. To have your opponent enjoying direct observation of your roads at a few thousand yards' range is obviously an immense, disadvantage. It does not compel yoiir retirement if it did the Germans on Messines Ridge for more

are great woods. The consequence is

that though the French reached the summit and the clearings where the farms are they were not yet able to look down upon the plains across which the German armies had to be moved. At Attichy farm, for instance, which was reached by the French on August 18, is at the top of the hill, but affords no observation. They must get

though of course the examples of the initiative being held by defence are rare. (Plevna in the Russc-Turkish war was an example). The essential of the initiative lies wholly in this faculty of always being able to make the first move. We know what it means in chess or in wrestling, or in any other form of competition, and it is of supreme importance in war. It releases the energy of the general's mind; it leaves him free to follow but one plan instead of perpetually changing to meet the changes of his opponent. It gives to the side which possesses it ail the moral value of creative power; it in

flicts on the side that has lost it all

ting harder than the other man cat return your blows. The effective striki ing power Is composed of two things always supposing that tactical ability is equal on both sides. It is corn, posed of superiority In the numbers v of men And In material; but it is also composed of another element more subtle and more difficult to understandwhich we may call "the superiority of free organization." The unit of organization of a greal army its cell, eo to speak is ths division. Supposing that a Red Fore of ten divisions is opposed to a Bluf Force of ten divisions. There is hers no numerical superiority. The Red Force is organized with five divisions in the front line and five In reserve; eo is the Blue. Now suppose that the Red Force possesses the Initiative and by proper use of that advantage compels the Blue to bring, one after another, all five of his reserve divisions into the battle without winning It, while the Red Force itself has been compelled to bring In only two out of the five and still has three fresh divisions to use as occasion requires.

Winning With

Equal Losses.

Even If tne losses aurinjc mre. manoeuvres are equal on both sides,

the Red Force has a great and increasing advantage, because every one ol the Blue cells, so to speak, has been

wounded, while three healthy cells re

main for the Red general to use as no

choses. and the throwing of these into v the battle at the end would probably decide 1L

This Is an exceedingly important point, and really a simple one. though

not very easy to make clear. The

chances are, of course, that tne Kea

Force, with the initiative properly manoeuvred, would not lose so much as the Blue, and having called in only two reserve units while compelling the

Blue to call in five would infliet greater losses upon the Blue than it suffer

ed itself. My point Is, that even If tne

losses were equal, the inequality in thfl ii r of reserves and the fact that

one party had made the other use all his reserves, while still keeping soma of his own intact, would put him more and more In a position of superiority.

Now, the Allied Initiative has been

used In both these branches. In the past month it has secured a numerical

superiority at Just tne cnucai mo

ment when the Germans still possessed the advantage and were using

it for the last time, and It has also

heavily exhausted the enemy s reserve

divisions. A month ago the enemy had, besides the force gathered for

immediate combat, a reserve or aooui

sixty divisions. In the short space of

four weeks that vast body was reduce!

by three-quarters, while the number of reserves correspondingly called in

on the Allied side was not comparable

to so tremendous a suction. That does not mean, of course, that three-

quarters of the enemy's reserve has been destroyed. What it does mean is that three-quarters of the cells in

that organization are now bruised or wounded cells, while nothing like three-quarters, 'ndeed nothing like half. In the corresponding organism of the Allies has as yet been touched. A division whih has been through the mill of battle has to bo withdrawn, refitted, recruited and rested before it can be used again, and if the process of sucking your enemy's reserve divisions into battle be rapid enough, you reach at last the stage in which he has no reserve power left and must fight "all out," while you yourself hava a reserve In hand to throw in where and 'when you will and decide the issue. Complete Reversal of Effective Power. In the element of numbers General Foch has used the initiative with equal skill. The enemy's total losses in1 prisoners, killed and wounded during the one month from July 18 cannot be much less than 400,000 men, of whom about a fifth, or a little less, are prisoners in Allied hands. More than an

other fifth are dead, and yet another

fifth are mutilated, leaving a remaining two-fifths, or 160,000 men, for hos

pital cases, which wJH ultimately be returned to the actual forces. The enemy has lost in the same period over 1,700 guns.

Germany has to recruit for the fu

ture nothing but hospital returns and the class of 1920, which will shortly begin to appear in the field, and which

number altogether, before it is ex

hausted, about 450,000 lads. The Allies have their own corresponding classes and the overwhelming advantage of Amerlcanrecruitment proceeding at a pace of certainly not less than

30,000 bayonets a week actually added in the field a total of 60,000 for all the Allied armies, and possibly more, apart from artillery and all auxiliary units. There Is, therefore, as complete a reversal of effective power as there had already been' of the initiative. And that Is how the situation stands now toward the close of the second of the great Allied strokes and perhaps

upon the eve of the third.

forward another mile more Into the the moral weakness of anxiety.

WOMAN IS IMPROVING.

LYNN , Aug . 24. Mrs. Herbert Koontz who has been suffering with a poisoned face,', is now improving.

woods before they come'to the sharp dip on to Thiescourt from the summit, from which one can look down througti

the trees onto the plains below. If it be asked why the French are thus pressing so heavily for possession of ground which, at best would only lead to the enemy's retirement, and need not even compulsorily do that, the answer is that the enemy has proved his unwillingness to give up this ground, partly for political reasons at the moment and partly because of the difficulties connected with such a retirement. These make it certain that ho will continually put

on fresh men and try to check thei

French pressure. This drawing of more and more German reserves into the battle Is necessarily the main ob ject of all that is taking place on this front. Have Reduced Two German Bulges. This leads me to tne secona ana

more important of the two points-

the general strategic situation. Allies have advanced dh the

since July 18 about twenty-three miles at one place ahd fifteen at another at the maximum points. But that does not materially affect the main strategy of the moment in their favor at least, it does not do this of itself.

It is the evidence or symptom of what

than two years could have compelled j has happened;" it was not the objec

the retirement cf the British from the

Ypres salient, which they did not do. But this advantage on the part of your opponent compels you to waste men at a very expensive rate. ' Eastern End of , Ridge Still Held. The French, after more than a week's battle, had not gained possession of the chain of observation posts which

marked the northern escarpment of

tive of what has taken place

In addition the Allies' have won a very great success in that they have reduced the two great German bulges, one reaching almost to Amiens and bringing that very important railway and road junction under heavy fire, and the other coming to Chateau Thierry and threatening with a few miles more advance to bring Paris itself under fire. The first bulge rendered un-

When the Germans attacked on

July 15, in that great offensive of theirs on either side of Rheims, which was to decide the war, they fully possessed the initiative. Three days later, on July IS, the initiative passed

to the allies. Why? Not because of

any sudden change in numbers it is

probable that the numerical supeH

ority was still slightly on the enem ,

side. It was still Jess because the allies were counter attacking. The

initiative passed from the Germans to us because our surprise between

Soissons and Chateau Thierry put them into such aposture that they had

to meet It or suffer disaster. In other words, - they had to conform their plans suddenly to the plans of Marshal

Foch. Hitting Harder Than the Foe.

A3 he. went on striking at his will and where he chose, every successive

move was one in which the enemy

The still staved off disaster by noting what

map i his opponent was doing and conform

ing himself to It as rapidly as possible. When the enemy had prepared his line and was established on the heights of the Vesle, thus gradually

reducing Foch's power of exercising

the initiative, a new stroke in front of Amiens carried on the succession of movements designed on our side and not on the enemy's and so it has gone for over a month, with all the advantage which the. initiative conveys. Now let us turn to the other object for which, indeed, the initiative is being used, and which is to reverse "the balance of effective power." This means, in other words, to change from being hit harder than you hit back to a condition in which yau are hit-

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