VOL. XLI
GARHAM CHURCH DIRFCTORY.
Baptist—N. Main 3t.—J as. W.
Rose, Paator. •
Preaching services every first
and Third Sundays at ILW a. m.
and 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
8.44 a. m.—C. B. Irwin, Superin
tendent.
Graham Christian Church—N. Main
Street—Bev. J. F. Truitt.
Preaching services overy Sec
ond and Iffturth Sundays, at 11.00
a. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. m.—B. L. Henderson, Super'
intendeot. *
New Providence Christian Church.
—North Main Street, near Depot-
He v. J. G. Truitt, Paator. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun
day'nights at 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 A. m.—J. A. BayUff, Superin
tendent.
- Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet-,
ing every Thursday night at 7.46.
o'clock.
Friends—North of Graham Pub
lic School—J .Robert Parker, Pas
tor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a.
m. and at 7JO p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. m.—James Crisco, Superin
tendent
Methodist Episcopal, south—cor.
Main and Maple St., H. E. Myers
Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at ll.OOf
a. m. and at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt.
Methodist Protectant—College
St., Weit of Graham Public School,
Rev. O. B. Williams, Pastor.
Preaching every First, Third and
Fourth Sundaya at 11.00 a. m. and
•very Wrst, Third, Fourth and
Fifth Sundaya at 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
&46 a. m.—J. S. Cook, Supt.
Presbyterian—'Wst Elm Street-
Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday, at
0.46 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
. perintendent.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)—
J. W. Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
S.SO p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent.
Oneida—Sunday School every
Sunday at 2.30 p. m.—J. V. Pome
roy, Superintendent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
E. C. DERBY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. C.
National Buk oi AUauee B'rd'g.
BURLINGTON, N. C,
loom It. lat National Buk Building.
•Phone 470
JOHN HENDERSON
Attorn ey-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
Dttlee aver NaMonal Bank'ol Alamaacc
' J, S. COOK,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
'• Office Patterson Building
Saoond Floor.
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OFFICE IN MfMMONS BUILDING
ACOB A. LONG J. ELMER LONG
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GRAHAM. N. C.
JOH N H. VERNON
Attorney and Connielor-at-Law
POSIES—OMee «il Residence tit
Bubunqton, N. C.
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Leave Messages at Alamance Phar
macy 'Phone 97 Residence 'Pljone
382 Office Honrs 2-4 p. m. and by
Appointment.
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GERMANY YIELDS
IN LUSITANIA CASE
Meets U. S. Demands But De
nies "Wrong Doing."
OFFERS TO PAY INDEMNITY
Kaiser Also Gives Assurances U-Boats
In Mediterranean Will Not' Attaek
Ships Without Safeguarding Non-
Combatants.
Count yon Bernstprff, the German
ambassador presented to Secretary of
State Lansing a proposal to pay In
demnity for Americans lost in the
Lusltanla disaster, and thereby end
that controversy.
He alao gave assurances that any
Get-man submarines in the Mediter
ranean would not attack non-combat
ant ships of any. character without
warning, or destroy them without op
portunity for non-eombatants to reach
a place of safety.
s While offering to pay Indemnity in
the Lusltanla case, Gel-many makes
the reservation that it is done without
admission of wrong-doing. No official
indication was given as to
tability of the proposal, bo* one set
of American officials took the view
that it would end this controversy.
The assurances regarding submarine
warfare in the Mediterranean are of
broader scope than those given after
the Arabic disaster, which covered the
warfare In the North sea. The latter
guaranteed only the safety of itinera.
Those for the Mediterranean cover all
non-combatant ships.
Count von Bernatorff left a memo
randum with the state department,
which read :'y
"German sublnartnes In the Medi
terranean from the beginning had or
ders to conduct cruiser warfare
against enemy merchant vessels only
In accordance with general piinciples
of international law and In particular
measures of reprisal, as applle l in the
war zone arcund the British Isles,
were to be excluded.
"German sut marines are therefore
permitted to destroy enemy merchant
vessels In the Mediterranean, i. e.,
passenger as well as trelght ships, as
far as they do not try to escape or
offer- only after passengers
and crews have been accorded safety.
"AJII cues of destruction of enemy
merchant ships in the Med terranean
in which German submarines are con
cerned are made the subject of official
Investigation, and besides submitted
to regular prize court proceedings.
Insofar as American interests are con
cerned the German government wl 1
communicate the results to the Ameri
can government, thus also In the Per
sia case, if thf circumstances should
call for It.
"If commanders of German aubms
rines should not have obeyed the or
ders given to them they will be pun
lshfcd; furthermore, the German gov
ernment will make reparation for dam
age caused by death *ot or Injuries to
American citizens."
The communication was not signed.
Mr. Lansing made no announcement
of the Lußltanla proposals, saying the
subject still was confidential. The
Frye note dealing with the small boat
question will be made public later.
The majority.of members In the
cabinet of President Wilson' are repre
sented, however, as -believing that the
time has come to make certain no far
ther attacks will be made upon mer
chant ships carrying Americans, ac
cording to expression of opinion Juat
before the cabinet fnet.
Leaders of the administration are
■aid to feel that continued loss of
American lives will lead the United
States Into hostilities.
Qlrl Hangs Over Abyss.
Alter a fall of fifty feet down
the side of a stripping at the T-attl
mer colliery, at Mahanoy City, Pa., the
clothlqg-x>f six-year-old Ella Chipiro
caught on a board 100 feet from, the
bottom of the abyss, saving the girl
from being .dashed to death.
- A tope was lowered by men, but th«
girl In her excitement placed the
noose around her neck. To prevent
her strangling to death, a boy was
lowered on a rope and she was
brought to safety.
The girl had bung by her clothing
for more than an hour before she
was heard (falling for help by passing
miners.
British Battleship Sunk. ,
Tbe British battleahip King Edward
VII baa been snnk after striking a
mine. The entire crew was saved.
Tbe eight British battleships of the
King Edward class are of 16,350 tons
each and carry a complement of about
775 officers and crewt Tbe King Ed
ward was completed In March, 1905, at
a cost exceeding $5,000,000. Bhe bad
a speed of nearly twenty knot* and
#aa 453 feet long. 78 feet beam and
26% feet draft. She carried fonr 12-
inch guns, fonr 9.2-inch and ten 6-
inch and 18-inch torpedo tubes.
Asks Another Naval Academy.
An appropriation of $10,000,000
(or the establishment of a naval
academy on the Pacific coast
within ISO miles of San Fran
cisco, Is provided for in a bli;
introduced In ihe senate by Senator
Pbelan, of California. The bill pro
vides for the special training of aria
tors as well a# officers. Senator Phe
lan said Annapolis had about reached
Its capacity, and that Secretary Dan
iels has approve 1 the Idea of an ac*
demy on the Pacific coast.
Children Trapped by Fire.
Trapped by a Are which started In
a Christmas toy stove, Arrabelle Lear,
flve-year-old daughter of William
Lear, and Josephine Frank, four-year
old daughter of William Rank, of
Frederick Md.. were so badly barned
that physicians fear their lives cannot
be aa*»d
GEN. VON- MACKENSEN
Field Marehal Has Been Sent to
Attaek Allies In Salonika.
Photo by Amsrloan Pre— Association.
First Accident Under Now Lsw.
The first fatal accident In or
about the mines of the Hazleton
district since the compensation
act became effective occurred in
the Jeddo No. 4 colliery of the I
O. B. Uarkle company, where Julian
Sambolskl, of Hazleton, was killed by
a fall of rock while robbing pillars.
Four Children Burned to Death.
Four children of John Morgan, rang
ing In age from four to fifteen years,
were burned to death In their home
at New Martinsville, W. Va. Mor
gan saved one daughter, and whl'.e
attempting to reach the others Was so
badly burned physicians feared he
would not recover. ✓
Physician Killed as He Leavea Mother.
Dr. James S. Spangler, a Hunting
don county physician, was killed by
a Pennsylvania railroad train at Map'e
ton, near Harrisburg, Pa., as he was
crossing the tracks from the home of
his aged mother, who is critically ill.
Dr. Spangler was fifty-five years old.
SlOiyxX) Fire In Trenton-
Fire of undetermined origin dam
aged the building of the Belle
mead Sweets company In Trenton,
N. J., to tha extent of 1100,000.
One hundred and twenty-five girl*
were thrown out of work by the blase.
Mother Falla From Ladder, Killing Son
When a ladder broke, Mrs. Oott
frled Pfadt, of Erie, Pa., fell, crush
ing to death her son, Gerald, aged
three, who was climbing up behind
her.
2,400,{X>0 Allies Captured.
Tbe armies of the central empires
have taken about 2,400,000 prisoners
since tbe beginning of the war, ac
cording to estimates made In Berlin.
Hiccoughs Kills Dentist.
Violent and case of hic
coughs caused the death of Dr. C. L.
Yerxa, a dentist of WUllamsport, Pa,
in a local hospital.
:? GENERAL MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, $5.40@5.65; city mills,
98.7607.15.
RYE FLOUR Firm; per barrel
$5.258>5.50. , „ .
WHEAT quiet: No. 2 red new,
2 firm: No. 2 yellow, 82Vi®
M SATS steady: No. 2 white 5.®
lOVtc.
POULTRY: Live steajy, hens, 15®
17c.; old roosters, 12®12>/4'. Dieted
steady; choice fowls, 18c.; eld roos
tars, 13c.
BUTTER firm: Fancy creamery,
86 E(£j8 ' steady: Selected, 40®42c.;
nearby, 38c.; western, 28c.
Cattle Market.
CHICAGO.—HOGS S'ow; bulk,
t6.85tp7.10; light, $6.70®7.05; mixed,
6.7507.15; heavy, 86.75&7.20; rough,
ie.7SO6.BSj pigs, $».76&6.8 J.
CATTLE) Steady: nat ve beef
steers, $8.3009.60; western ste'era,
16.37&8.10; cows and heifers, s3.luu>
5.40; calves, $7.00® 10,75.
SHEEP—Weak; wethers, $8.90®
7JSO; lambs, sß.oo® 10.40.
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♦ plot that has been In corn one ♦
♦ year, followed by wheat three ♦
♦ year* and so on throughout the ♦
♦ fifteen years, baa produced 233% ♦
f bushels of wheat, while another ♦
♦ plot on which tbe corn was ma- ♦
♦ nurcd and followed by three ♦
♦ crop* of wheat produced 202% ♦
♦ bushels of wheat. Tbe total re- ♦
♦ turns fbr tbe three plots were: ♦
♦ For tbe first, $109.39, for the sec- 4
♦ ond, $170.30 and tbe third «1!HV00, «
♦ or nearly twice as mucbY* from ♦
♦ the first one. This Is a fine ♦
♦ demonstration of bow the most ♦
♦ simple rotation greatly Increases ♦
♦ tbe returns." ♦
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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 1916
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
TUESDAY. •
President Wilson returnel to Wash
ington and, after conferences with
leaders In the senate and hou-e, made
public a statement promising action
In the situation created by the sub
marining of the British ship Persia,
with Americana aboard, as ftoon as all
thefacts are in his possession.
London reports the Austria-German
forces falling back near Czernowltz.
Petrograd says a strong Russian of
fensive Is advancing over' a front of
226 miles from Tchartorysk to the
Rumanian frontier. •
■■ . ... •
WEDNEBDAY.
The British conscription bill, which
calls for the compulsory service of all
unmarried men and widowers without
dependent children, between the agei
of eighteen and forty-one, was Intro
duced In parliament by Premier As
qulth. The measure excludes Ireland
from Its provisions.
London hears the Russian offensive
from Tchartorysk to Czornowltz, on
the eastern front, Is making progress.
Although Austria evacuation of Czre
nowitz is not confirmed, Russian
troop's are known to hold the heights
northeast of the city. Heavy fighting
Is reported all along the line, center
ing near the Strlna river. Petrograd
announces a repulse of a renewed Her
man offensive In the north.
it Is reported that Bulgarian troops
j have pillaged frontier Greek vital s.
Constantinople advices say allied
I batteries at Seddul-Bahr, on the Galll
poll peninsula, have been silenced.
v THURBDAY.
A congress of' the labor organ' 7.a
tiona of Great Britain went on ra or 1
by a card vote, 1,998,000 to 783,000,
demanding memb rs ol
parliament oppose the cab'net's com
puUory military service bill.
Petrograd reports that the Russia*'
offensive In Volhynla Is advancing to
ward Kovel, in an endeaver to occup
this railroad centre and thus sever
communication between the centra'
and southern Austro-German armle
London hears the Russians tave oc
cupied part of Czernowitz, Bukowlna
In the north the czar's troops are said
to be advancing over the frozen
marshes.' .
German experts predict (he earlv
evacuation by the alll a of the entire
Gallipot) peninsula. Am terdam hevg
that Field Marshal von Mackonsei
soon will move upon the ai led forces
at Salonika with 4011,000 men.
FRIDAY.
Germany has offered to pay Indem
nlty for Americana loat on the l.iia*
tanla, and has given assurance that
German submarines will protect non
combatants in operations In the Medl
terranean.
Tlie conscription bill has been i ass
ed by the house of commons by a ma
Jorlty of 298. Recruiting tinier the
Derby plan has been resumed. In the
hope that it will not be necessary to
put the conscription bill Into actual
operation.
Paris hears that Field MarahaJ von
Mackensen has been recalled from the
Balkan front to command Austro-Ger
man forces on the Styr river, which
are standing the brunt of the Russian
offensive. The Russians are said to
have concentrated 800,000 men and
8500 cannon near Tarnopol, Gnl cla.
Vienna denies the Russians have tak
en Gzernowltz, In Bukowlna, or that
the czar's armies are advancing.
•ATURDAY.
The battle continues between t'«
Russians and Austro-Germans In Gall
cla and Buckowlna. The Russians
claim further gains ami the Austrlaus
Claim to be holding the'r grcund.
7- Austrian forces have ma le detar
mlned counter attacks adong the Mid'
die Strlpa and northeast of the town
of Czernowitz, but according to th«
Russian official communication they
were beaten back with enorm>u«
losses, while the Russians have made
distinct gains, occcupylng seve a
Austrian positions ami taking more
than thirteen hundred prisoners In all.
The Austrlans took the offensive
In Montenegro and reports from Paris
(ay tbey were beaten back with be ivy
losses to both sides.
Berlin says a trench was captured
from the French south of llartmannx
Wellerkopf in Alsace. There Is notli
Ing to report from other sections ol
the western front.
SUNDAY.
Reports from the eastern front em
phasize the Imparlance of the Rua
slan advance. Pounding the Austrian
lines with massed artillery and
heavy Infantry attacks, the Russian
troops are steadily fighting their way
forward from Czartorysk toward Ko
vel. The battles along the twenty
mile section of the Styr river art
Increasing In bitterness. Both aldei
are losing heavily. ,
Russia also has reported gains le
fighting at three points on the ling
line extending from the Prlpet rlvei
to Bessarabia.
Russian warships are bombarding
Bulgarian ports on the Bl»'k sea.
French artillery, shelling the Cle
men positions at many aecti.rs In th
western battle front, did considerable
damage at streral paints. The Fren t
troops also repulsed two Germaj at
tacks on the positions at Hartmann
Welledkopf In desperate bknd-to-hand
fighting In which the Germans lost
kMTUy.
The ;|at of It.
"Last December I had a very
severe cold and was nearly d»»>
in bed. 1 bought two bottles of
Chamberlain's Cough remedy and
it waa only a few days until i
waa completely restored to health,
writes O. J. Metcalf, "Weatlierby,
Mo. If yoif would know the vulm
of this remedy ask anv one who
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HEAVY EXPLOSION
IN POWDER PLANT
Detonation Near Wilmington
Felt For Miles.
3 KILLED AT CARNEY'S POINT
Fatal Blast Was Distinctly Felt In
Philadelphia—Had Three In Twenty
four Houre.
With a report that could be heard
for many miles, a wheel mill of tbe
Dupont Powder company,* at Upper
Hagley, three miles from Wilmington,
along the Urandywlne creek b.ew up.
No one was in ured.
Thla was the second explosion at
the same plant in one day. Earlier a
rolling mill In tbe same place was
destroyed hy an explosion, but no one,
was Injured. Both buildings were
Wrecked.
Hagely is one of £he many places
within a radius of five miles ot Wil
mington In which tbe Duponta have
powder works. The explosion shook
nearly every window and building in
Wlilmlngton, and felt up at Chea
ter and Marcua Hook. Peraons ran
Into the street and many thought that
the explosion was in the Carney Point
plant where three men were killed
Monday morning.
Owing to the fact that the explo
sion occurred pust as the day and
night shifts were changing, no one
was in the wheel house when the
second explosion occurred and no one
was injured. The wheel liouae wss a
one-story frame structure In which
are heavy rollers by which the powder
Is ground to the size desired. Nothing
remains of the wheel house and pieces
of the structure were blown several
hundred feet away.
The explosion at the same plant
earlier In the day deatroyed the same
kind of a structure and this building
too, was completely demolished and
the site where the building stood
there remains nothing but a large
hole.
Three employes at th« Carney Point
(N. J.), plant of the Dupont Powder
company, opposite Wilmington, were
killed when a small frame building
in which they were working wa*
blown up with a force which rocked
the country for miles around, and was
distinctly felt In Philadelphia.
j ''•ha Bjtrrfonion occurred In one of
t&« glazing s --.,„,is where smoke'ess
powder is coated'with graphite. Tlie
cause has not be deflnltely learned,
and Mollis F. Aahcraft, of Pennsgrovfl,
coroner, who ia Investigating, says It
may never be known.
An official of the Dupont company,
however, said It was likely that frle
Hon In one of the "a wet tie" or glaz
ing machines caused the explralon,
but he explained that thla waa merely
a theory.
The dead are: ■'Richard J. I.arney,
Philadelphia: John ("Butch") Wal«h
Nyae.lt, N. Y., and T. Clyde Winn.
Pennagrove, N. J.
Mr. Ashcraft aald another employe
waa reportel missing, but Inveatlga
tlon revealed that he dl I not show
up for work last nUht and ao ea
capcd. ' *
A panic exists In th» r nka of the
workmen In the powd t la. It la
aald that after the expl at the
Carney'a Point mill five hundred met
quit their Jobs, and thut following the>
one at Hagley one hundnd men quit
there.
No doubt exists In the mlnda of of
fllclala of the company and county au
thorltlea that both explosions were
accidental.
RAISE FOR STEEL WORKERS
Cambria Company Granta Tan Par
Cent Advance to 9000.
The Cambria Steel company, a
Johnstown, Pa., lias a to
per cent Increase In wa •«« of al en
ploye* excepting those worl.lng on
salary or tonnage, and aftecta abju
90UO men.
Tlie Increase wllf aid $(>00,0')0 to
the annual payroll.
The Pcnn y'vanla Steel e mpiny, on
February 1,W!l give all class o'
employes at Kleeltun an Indicate In
wages amounting to ten per lent.
The raise Will Include the plant* of
the company at Lebanon. More than
eooo men are afferte I.
Gore Rill Hit. it Allies.
Resolutions to mTa It a felony
for any Atjjerban to sell con
traband to any signatory powe
to the declaration of !>onlon,
which Is interfering with American
trade, and to make It a felony/fo
banks to act as s;enta or makeH an
for any such power or ally was Intro
duced liy Senator Gore, of Oklahoma '
He believes tbelr passage atould
force recognition of the neutral tirad
Ing rights of the I'nlted States,'
Snow Slide Kill* Army Lieutenant.
l4tttt. A J"HCph B. McDonald, Twelfth
United States cavalry, wa* Vllled hy
• mow slide while coa»lln* wllh four
companion* at Mammoth Hot Spring*,
near Kort Yellowstone, to Yellowstona
National park lie wai a Hon or Ma
jor Jfweph K. McDonald, stationed at
Manila.
Whirled to Oeath by Shaft
John Reynolds, forty-eight year*
eld, *ai whirled to death at the plant
Of the I. P. Thomas phosphate work*,
at Mantan Point, near I'anlsboro,
N. J, when hla clothing caught In a
■haft. Hla body waa badly man si ad.
W«arn of Kedeatary Ha bit*.
Women who get bat little ex
ercise are likely to be troubled with
constipation and indigestion and
will find Chamberlains Tablets
highly beneficial. Not ao cood aa
a three or four mile walk every
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CROWN PRINCE BORIS
On Greek Border With Teuton
Troops for Salonika Drive. j
Photo by American IVess Association
ALLIES QUIT DARDANELLES
Campaign Abandoned and Forces
Evacuate Qallipoll Peninsula.
It Is officially announced in Loo
don that the complete evacuation
ot the (lalllpoll peninsula has been
successfully carried out.
"General Sir Caarles Monroe, accord
Ing to the official statement, reports
that only one BrtLah soldier was
wounded In the evacuation of the Qal
llpoll peninsula, that there were no
casualties among the French, and that
all the guns were saved, except seven
teen worn out ones which were blown
up.,
The official commulcatlon says:
"General Blr Charles Monro reports
the complete evacuation of Gallipot!
has been successfully carried out.
"All the guns and howltsera were
got away, with the exception of seven
teen worn out guns, which were Mown
up by us before leaving.
"Our casualties amounted to one
member of ihe British rank and Sle,
wounded.
"There were no casualties among
the French.
"Oeneral Monro state* that the ac
complishment of this difficult task was
due to General Ulrdwood and Davles,
and Invaluable assistance rendered in
an operation of the highest difficulty
b/ Mbmlral de Robeck and tha royat
navy."
This news has bean expected for
several days by the keener observers
of the near eastern campaign, for the
retirement of tbe troops from Anzac
and fluvla hay three weeks ago left
no strategic advantage to the- reten
tion of the tip of the peninsula.
SAY TEUTONSJ.OST 60.000
Auatro-Germane Fall Back 30 Mllai
Before Ruailan Onslaught.
In the two weeks' battle that cul
mlnated In the capture of Tcliararysk
and the driving of all Auxtro-German
force* from the edit bank of the Stro
pa rlrer, the Teuton losses totalled at
least 80,0(H) men, according to official
estimate* in Petrogrnd.
' Official reports to the war office say
the Russians hsve taken more than
20,000 prisoner* and that twice that
number of Austro-Gorman soldier*
have been killed or woun led.
The struggles for pmsessl no'
Tchartorysk and Cxernowltg continue
with unsbated ferocity over the Rus
slsn Chilatmis hrjldays, The efforts
of the Hermans to out dank the Rus
slans at Itsyan, on the frontier, east
of Cxernowltx, and thus re leve ihe
pressure on the fatter p ace has been
checkmated by the Husslans.
During their successful operation*
between the Hereth and. Strops rivers
the KuMaiis have advanced thlrt>
miles along a front extending s xt>
miles. This wat S'cmpl she I uidei
severe wcaillfcr conditions.
The Teuton positions on the west
bank of the fltropa river are strongly
fortified, but from the east bank thi
Russians, with their now plentiful >nii
pile* of ammunition, will be able li 1
direct a devastating fire upon the
enemy's trenches.
TEUTON LOSSES 7 MILLIONS
Pead and Crippled «f Germany Alone
, ToUl 3,700,000.
The losses of the ' Teuton allle«
to date total more than 7,000,
000 In killed, wounded and miss
Ing, according to an Exchange Tele
graph company despatch from Zurich
Tbe despatch gives the Nkuvllie
Gazette as it* authority and estimate:*
the loases aa follows:
Germany J,7>0,000; Austrlans, 3,
100,000; Turks and Bulgarians, soo.ooo;
killed and permanently crippled. Ger
many, 8 IK'.OOO. Auatrlans. y 0,000;
Turks and Bulgarians, 150,000.
(Water** Skull Fractured.
Charles 1.. Telford, twenty-one
year* old, a Johnstown newspi
per man. I* In the Memorial ho*
pltal with a probable fracture ot
the skull a* Ihe result of a fall while
skating si I.una park Ice (kating link
Hla chance* for recovery are doubt
fuL
Italy Requialtiene Grain.
The Italian government has Issue!
• decree r v lulsltloning all wheat
grain and n size for military purposes
s
Roller Is Mia Hear*
D'streaaing Kidney and Bladdei
Disease relieved in ais hours by
the "NEW OKEAT SOUTH AMER
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great aurpriae on account of Ita
exceeding oromntneaa ID relieving
pain In bladder, kidnevs and back,
In male or female. Relierea reten
tion ot vater almost Immediately.
If you want quick relief and cure
thla la the remedy. Sold by Ora
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Capture French Positions on
Champagne Line.
FAKE 423 MEN AND GUNS
Parle Claims Teutons Were Driven
but at Many Polnta by Counter
Attack.
An offensive movement has been
itarted by the German forces In tbe
Champagne.
Announcement was made by the
war* office that French positions ex
tending over several hundred yarda
at a point northwest of Masslges bad
been captured by the Germane.
The conquered positions are near
Malaons de Champagne. Tbe Ser
ai ana captured 423 prisoners. Includ
ing seven officers; seven machine
(una and one large and aeven small
mine throwera. A French counter at
tack made to tbe east of the positions
taken by the Germans, failed,
A German air craft division attack
ed warehouses of tbe allies at Fur
ness.
Foe Driven Out, Saya Parla. «
Heavy attacks were made by Ger
man troops In tbe Champagne, tbe
Parla war office announced..
The *German attacks broke down
with heavy losses, the statement says,
and although they gained temporary
foothold in a French position at '«
rloua places, they were subseuently
driven out everywhere, except from
portions of two advanced' trenches.
Tbe statement follows:
"in the Champagne the enemy de
veloped the attack which he bad pre
pared by a violent bombardment,
notably with suffocating gaa shells.
During tbe day and throughout tbe
night he attempted no less than four
concentric actlona on a front eight
kilometers (five miles) long, running
from La Courtalne (the Curtain) to
Mont Tetu (west snd east of tbe
Butte du Mesnll).
"Everywhere our lire decimated the
adversary's force* and stopped hla of
fensive operations aliort. Tie enemy
aucceeded in Raining a foothold mo
mentarily only at two polnta of our
flrat line, to the northeast of the Butte
du Mesnll and to the west of Mont
Tetu. A vicious counter attack by
.our troops promptly drove him- out.
At the present hour he occupies only
two small elements of advarced
trenches."
Battle Resumed In Vosges.
The battle on the Vosges summits,
centering abou the much debated
Hartmanns-WellcrHkopf, baa been re
sumed. .
The French have been driven Jrom
the Croat of Hlrxsteln, south of Hart
manns-Wellerskopf. Paris admits the
loaa, white Berlin, aaHertlnK that the
OtfnnaoH cotnpfleted the reconqueat of
trenchea near Hlrzsteln loot on De
cember 21, Ha jr.i that twenty officers,
1083 chasseurs and fifteen machine
guns were raptured.
"After a series of fruitless attack*,
followed by a violent bombardment,
the Oermana succeeded In taking pos
aesslon of a little neck of land situ
ated In the north of the aummlt of
l(lrz«teln," says the French official
statement. "Under these conditions,
our troops occupying that aummlt
withdraw. It has been established by
reports received that our barr.er Area,
which were very precise, Inflicted con
siderable losses on the enemy. The
artillery struggle continues."
BOY DIES IN COAL
Lad, Aged 11, Caught In Chute and
, Smothered to Death.
While his father, Jobn Kershner,
of Noacopei k. I'i., gripped the
hap (I of his o'.even-year-old son, llela
ter, and urged Die by to keep up
courage, the child smjtbere I to death
In coal where he bad been caught.
The father was unloading coal at
the Klrkendail yards when the son
attempted to Jump arrosa the h pper
car Just as th? chute was opened. Tae
Drat knowledge anyone had of the. ac
cident came*, wtlh the stopping of the
coal elevator an,! the Undine of pieces
of the boy's clothing.
The child was. located under the
coal and frantic efforts were made to
save him, but he died before be could
be removed.
The same day a letter was received
from another son In New York stat
ing he had a premonition that some
thing horrible was about to happen
In the family, and urged them all to
be careful.
Father and Son Killed by Dynamite.
Andrew Conlson, aged forty-nine
years, and his son, Anthony Con!
son; aged twenty-three years, b>th
of Mahanoy City, were blown
to atoms when twenty-Sve pounds
of dynamite which one of them
was carrying exploded. The widow
and eleven children of the el
der Conlaon survive, and the widow
of Anthony Conlaon, who became a
bride on Thanksgiving day. survives
ber husband.
Sleeper Killed by Fall.
t Falling asleep on top of the cast
house at the Crane iron works. Cat*
sauqua. Joseph Sabul fell from the
balldlng and was Instantly killed.
English Spavin Linimnet re
moves Hard, Soft and Calloused
Lumps and Blemishes from horses;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifles,
Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs
etc. Save #SO by use of one bot.
tie. A wonderful Blemish Cure.
Sold by Graham Drug Company,
adv
NO. 48
11916 JANUARY 19161
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mmspmm
PACKING SILAGE.
Bheuld Be Tramped Sufficiently to Ex
' elude the Air.
[Prepared by KanatiH station.)
Perhaps the most lni|>ortnnt open
tlon In filling a nllo IN GETTING the alias
properly packed. Mure sllnge Is spolle
by Improper packing tlinii l>y any otb«
cause controlled by the farmer. Whe
the silage Is not tramped sufficiently t
exclude the air, spoiled Milage result
It la known, too, that tbe more the s
lage Is tramped In the tilling procef
the less It settles afterward. When tb
silage settles In the silo It tends t
draw away from' tbe wall, thus lea'
lug an air space, which results 1
spoiled silage. The amount of tram)
lng necessary depends upon the rate c
filling. When a small outfit la uae
over several daya tbe slow filling give
more time for tbe silage to be trampe
and tbe silage aettles from day to da;
With a large outfit, however, die sllag
should be well tramped, aa It goes 1
mora rapidly, and If not well ttampe
will settle several feet after the silo 1
filled. Tbe capacity of the alio, unles
refilled, will thna be reduced, and
large amount of spoiled silage may n
suit With a small cutter two men I
tb* alio are perhaps sufficient, one t
carry fbe distributer and tbe other t
do the tramping. With larger outfit
two or three men In addition to tb
men carrying the distributer are neei
ed. If convenient tbe men may b
changed from the alio to the field an
tbe monotony of tbe work be relieved
In caae of any short delay In filling tb
entire force can be used In tram pin
tbe atlage.
An Important factor In packing allag
la tbe manner of distributing it in tb
silo. The most common method la t
build tbe silage about two feet big
around tbe walls and tramp tbla well
then fill np the center and tramp 1
equally, and then again build n
around the walls. By this meana tb
ullage will settle without pulling awa
from tbe wall. At the top tbe allag
can be rounded off by being mad
higher In the center and within a fei
days win settle till nearly leve
Tramping Is morn Important In tbe n[
per half and top of tbe silo becons
this allage will have less weight on I
force It down. _
A Handy Feed Rack.
To get tbe best results from fee
stock should have feed saving and cot
venlent racks and liozes.
Hornet lines there Is more feed waste
than eaten by the stock, especial!
when the corn Is thrown out in mm
eight or ten Inches deep for tbe bog
to mils* over or when sheaf oats an
lk!E!E!S!B#
clover bay art- piled out by a port oi
against the side of the shed to be
trampled underfoot by the cattle and
homes
A good slxe is as follows: For the
body of the feed rack make a box 4 by
10 feet, with sides 0 Inches high, the
top rails 1 by 12 feet At each corner
the slats should be of 2 by 4 Inch
staff, tbe other slats 1 by 3 Inches.
The slats should be 3H or 4 feet
long and wide enough apart for the
stork to reach through and eat meal
or grain from tbe box. Any material
at band may be uaed to make the rack.
Permanent feed racka may be made on
this principle oat of heavy material In
wblcb to feed fodder, straw and bay to
horses and cattle.
Child Burned to Death.
While playing with matches In his
home, William Miller, three years old
of Philadelphia, set Are to his c!ot£e«
and was burned about the entire body
He was taken to Bt, Christopher s ho®
pltal, where he died.
EUREKA. . |
it Spring Water |
FROM t
| EUREKA SPRING, t
Graham, N. C
I! A valuable mineral spring x
I[ has been discovered by W. IL ♦
> Ausley on his place in Graham. X
! I It was noticed that it brought x
| J health to the users of tbe water, f
1 and upon being analyzed it was *
! found to be a water strong in X
J [ mineral properties and good -
i for stomach and blood troubles. X
i Physicians who have seen the X
| | analysis and what it does, ♦
• > recommend its use.
! Analysis and testimonials J
J | will be furnished upon request. ♦
' ' Why buy expensive mineral ♦
1 ' waters from a distance, when 1
I I there is a good water recom- J
; ; mended by physicians, right at X
i ! home ? For further informal X
| ! tion and or the water, if vou t
J [ desire if apply to the under- X
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ka»w What Y»u Are fattsg
When you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottfo
showing that it is Iron and Qui
nine iff a tasteless form, No
we, no pey —3« c. adv,