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VOI». XLI GRAHAM HURCH DIRECTORY , 0 Baptist—N. Main -it.—Jas. W. Pastor. Preaching services every first »ud i'liird Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 0.1& a. m.—C. B. Irwiu, Superin tendent. « - — r- oinmiii Christian ChUriMi—M. Alaiu btitet—Kev. J. F. TrUitt. fieacmag services every Sec ond ana fourth Sundays, at 1.i.u0 a. m. „ Sunday School every Sunday at lO.uu a. m.— l£. L. Henderson, ouper iuteodent. Jsew Providence Christian Churcn —iiorth Main Street, near Depot— He v. J. li. iruitt, Pastor. Preach tug every Second and Fourth Sun day nights at 8.04 o'clock. Sunday School every "Sunday at D.IU a. m.~J . A. Bayliif, Superin tendent. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet ing every Thursday night "at 7.45. o'clock. • friends—Worth of Graham Pub lic School —J .Hubert Parker, Pas- tos. Preaching every Sunday at 11 a. m. and at 7.30 p. m. -Sunday School every Sunday at 10.00 a. m.—James Crisco, Superin tendent. Methodist Episcopal, scrum—cor. Main and Maple St., H. fi. Myers Pastor. Preaching every Sunday 'at 11.00 a. m. and at 7.30 p. m. Surday School every Sunday at "f1.46 a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt. Methodist Protestant—College St., West ol Graham Public School, Kev. O. B. Williams, Pastor. Preaching every First, Third and Fourth Sundays at 11.00 a, m. and every First, Third, Fourth and Filth Sundays at 7.0 V p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.46 a. in.—J. S. Cook, Supt. Presbyterian—Wst Elm Street- Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.45 a. m.—l*ynn 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 ,2.30 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su perintendent. Oneida—Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. m.—J. V. Pome ray, Superintendent. PHOFESSIONAL CARDB E. C. DERBY Civil Engineer. GRAHAM, N. C. National Bank ol Alamance B'ra'f. BURLINGTON, N. C n * Boom 10. lot Notional Book Building. 'Phone 470 JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM. N. C. Oil ice over National Bank ot Alamance &. croon:, Attorney-at-Law. . t ,\ vi N- C >m' Patterson BulLdlnfe ,v H mttii Kl«o» - ... *VILI. S. LOMi, -Ik. DENTIST • orth Corolln *t>\- KI'IU>IN« t INI- J ELHKR LON(. OW A M»N«. • »•»! « 'ontiiM»lor* «• a M* C OM H VERNON Home) and Counaelor-st-LsW •> » ititer HU - KealdeDee 331 lIIKLIMiTON, N O Dr. J. J. Bareloot KFh.K ovi b hadlkt's store n ai A'niiiaiire Pi.ar {l7 KrnlilfiKu 'Phone Offi ill hi r» 2-4 p ii' and by Vpp- liniment NEW HOME i X y my wife" NO OTHID LIKE IT. HO OTHER AS GOOD PuickaM the "NEW HOME" aad rou wlB ■f **, » •«" « •» pnee you par. TW elimination of repair opnx br .upenoc work. .. » nd •>*»« SSellUr of material iauiraa lito-looc MOM* M minimum coil WARRANTED TOf. ALL TIME. . laaut- oa hariac Ike "NEW HOME", lib aaown tie world orar far •uptriSr te.iac «uali- Ho. Nollold untirr m other name. THE MEW BOM 1 : SEWW6 MACHINE CO., ORANfaC, MASSACHUSETTS. roa am a* —- i..- id Pencils are th* I sBST Try them i • -.i,vinc»d Thpy'are 'hi* office.-,5c. | I THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. GENERAL HUERTA Former Mexican Dictator Who Died at El Paso, Texas. V ' ''MX E3 1 KILLED, 2 DYING IN CHURCH RIOT Many Others Injured as State Police Charge Crowd. FACTION FIGHT THE CAUSE Trouble Began When Constabulary Escorted Priest to Dupont Edifice and Attempted to Disperse the Peo- One man was killed; two; Including a state trooper, are dying; seven. In eluding Captain Pitcher, Corpora) Carlson and Trooper Stevenson, ol the state constabulary, were injuied seriously, ami scores of others batter ed and bruised In a clash at Dupont near Plttston, Pa., between the troopers and a mob oi over a thousand persona, members of the Polish Catho 11c church. It was Live worst riot In the coa! fields, si, nee the constabulary has been station f(] at Wyoming. The dead: George Grelzer, aged fit t/v died'five hours afterward with bul let wounds In tbe'thlgb and abdomen injured: Rolt Huner, of Carlisle trooper, unconscious, dying oi a compound fracture of the akull. Jo seph Plscli, marrftd, wife and sli dren; in critical condition with a bul let wound in his arm. Captain PI Ch er, of state constabulary; face badli battered and bead cut. Corporal Carl son, of Kingston, state trooper, arm broken. Ira Stevenson, of Butler, state trooper; fractured shouldei blade, *>bert Pic ton, Robert Met calfe, Albert Heath and Thomas Bett ner, cut and bruised about the fact and arms. , /The riot grew out of sectional strife at the Dupont Polish Catholic church, one faction 6f which fighting Bishop Hoban's appointment of Rev. Prance; Sowsnowski, as pastor about a month ago. Trouble ensued when the pastor llrel attempted to take charge and the mat ter was brought before Luzerne coun ty court. Eight members have been held for contempt of court. Presidenl Jndge Puller Instructed Sheriff George Buss to take charge of the affairs and give police protection to the pastor, when the church was to be reopened after having been closed three weeks When Sheriff Buss, accompanied by Captain Pitcher and a squad of state troopers mounted, escorted the pvtoi to the church they found the edlfkt occupied by tbe Milligent faction and the edifice surrounded by over one thousand men and women. . Most of tbe men were armed with clubs, many of wblcb was studded with small nails. Other* had theii hands full of stones. The women had bottles of ketchup. Tbe sheriff and troopers attempted to enter the gate; and Sheriff Buss called for the crowd to disburse. A decisive yell and a shower ol stones was tbe reply. Father Sow snowskl became disheartened and re> fused to take steps to get In but Captain Pitcher sent to the po lice barracks at Wyoming for addition al help and twenty troopers hurried to the scene In automobiles. Captain Pitcher then Insisted on tb« mob vacating tbe premises, and an other shower of rocks followed. The police then demolished a portion ot the fence, and led. by tbe mounted of fleers, rioters stubbornly beld their ground, meeting the charge with clubs, stones mustard and pepper. Inch by inch, however, {bay wer« driven back. As fast as the police subdued tbe rioters they were bustled Into tbe church basement and held as prisoners by the deputy sheriff. When finally the mob was dispersed, tbe In jured were taken to Plttston hospital. Auto trucks were summoned front Plttston snd hauled seventy-eight rioters, many ot them nursing prais es, from their temporary prison, tc the county Jail. Molten Metal Burns Eight. A wave of molten steel from an overturned ladle in the steed plant of the Pboenlx Iron company, at Phoe nlxvll'.e, Pa., swept through a grbup of workmen and terribly burns J eight of them as they ran. t The accident Is the most serious that has occurred In tbe big Iron mill* In ten years and 4he burns received by some of tbe Injured men are ex pected to prove faiat. All are la tbe Phoenlxvllle hospital. . The Injvrsd are: Francis McCellen, John Stazia, John Oleorsky, Harry, Sheets, A Drain Osrfald, James Sparua, George Arcb and John Ustophe. Several other workmen were burn ed but were not taken to the hospital. I The dropping of the bis la-He ecu I talnlng more than fifty tons of the | flowing metal occurred while the ladl« I was suspended in the air preparatory to being emptied Into molds. Tii« | heavy cable on which the ladle hung snapped with a loud report and Its load dropped and overturned. Men near the overturned ladle es caped Its molten oontentß, but work men many yards away were pvertaken by the flery mass. Many of the injur ed were working out of sisht of the furnace when its contents, without warning, oame through the floor upon them. ■J— - General Heurta is Dead. General Victnrlano Huer'a, former llotator and provisional president of Mexico, died in El Paso, Tex. His death had been momentarily ex pected since Wednesday. His will was Blgned following the ('administration of the Catholic rites. I He asked his lawyer to say that he had forgiven hlB enemies. General Robles, his private seer*. I tary. Issued the following: "In the actual moment of gravity In General Huerta's condition, I only wish to state regarding the unjust and cruel treatment given to him by the United States government that the treatment I la responsible for his present condl- I tlon. When he was president of Mex- I lco he gave all guarantees to' Amerl -1 cans, regardless of the difficulties he had met with in his administration. In this country he was thrown In J II I like a common criminal and his health | completely broken down, causing his I death." Freshman KllUd In Bowl Fight. William Lltson, seventeen years old, of Elizabeth, N. J., a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, was Wil ed In the annual freshman-sopbom re rt>owfl fight, held on the lawn of the Commercial Museum, in Philadelphia. A number "of other students were injured, three of whom are still In the hospital. Llfson was found at the bottom of the heap of several struggling students j when the second half of the bowl I light ended. He had literally been crushed to death. Llfson was carried from the Held by four of his friends, a passlng'motor truck was pressed In to service and he was rushed to the University hospital. The doctors worked desperate'y to| revive him, using the pulmctor, Injec tions of strychnine and other strong stimulants but without success. It Is. believed that life was extinct before 1 he was extricated from the mass of fighting students. There were no marks on the body and be was evl dontly suffocated. '* Marriage Invalid, Rewed. After having been marrlrd In Cleveland four years a_o, B'lvet Rose and Elsie Arnold, upon th lr arrival In Reading, Pa., from that city, were married again, hav'ng learned that the man who had married them In Cleveland had been arre ted on a charge of Impersonating a min ister and that their marriage there fore was not valid. Upon reaching Reading, the brlle,' who Is twenty-three, and the b lde groom, twenty-five, sought legal :-d flee, after which they went »t i the ourt bouse and procured a we ding license. The ceremony was performed by Magistrate Focht and the cluple Went away on a second honeymoon. Shot at Hawk, Wounded Daughter. Getting In - range of her father's gun, Florence, the eleven-year-old. daughter of Harvey E. Krebs, near Wllllamsport, Md„ was accli dentally shot In the face and se l >u» ly wounded when Krebs, alter calling to ber to get out of range, fired it a cbecken hawk. -The load hit a slone fence, and was deflected and i>a t of It entered the girl's fae, two shot piercing hnr eyelids. Maryland's New Governor. Emerson C. Harrington, Denior rat, was Inaugurated as governor of Mary land at Annapolis, A large bin l of woman suffragists dame from Hultl more to witness the ceremonies and to participate In the Inaugural parade. BAR DANCIN6JN PAVILION Northampton Traction Co. Makea An nouncement-After Revival. William O. Hay, president and gen oral manager of the North amp t t Traction company, In EastOn, Pa, an nounced there would be no danclne In the Bushklll park pavKlon here after. . , Mr. Hay was the chairmin of th executive committee for Rev. Gerg Wood Anderson evangelistic campalji conducted recently In Easton. Bushklll park has been a populai resort the year round on the tract lo: company's line, and the dancing flooi la the finest in this section. . Brakeman Cut In Twain. Thomas J. Wenner, tweaty-sl> years odd, a brakeman on th« Catasauqua and Fogelnvlll© railroad fell between two cars while his trali waa shifting at Catatanqua. and wat cut In two, dying Instantly. He leavet a large family. Fire Sweeps Wirt, Oklahoma. Cltliens of Wirt, Oklalicmi, havf asked Govarner U llllams to a r nd tbi •tate militia there to take charge o the situation renultlnK from a fl which destroyed a large part of tin town, tearing 1000 persons homeless 1916 JANUARY 1916 HI 1®U1213®5 16171819202122 hxaaS&im SUBSCRIBE FOR THB GLEANER. 11.00 A TEAR GRABAM, N. C.-, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 1916 * '" i * .•* , V v * PREMIER SKOULOUDIS Aged Greek Minleter to Retire In Favor of Younger Man. j / \ Photo by American Preas Association. MONTENEGRO SUES FOR PEACE j"— 1 -' ' *? Quitting of Llttls Kingdom Con firmed at Budapest. SURRENDER IS UNCONDITIONAL Mark* the Flrat Break In the Allies Ranke—Terms Are Of.ered by Aus trla. T-c Eerlln Oversees News a e c> anno nets tflat Count 'ltsZ), tUe tiilu gailan p. em or, hail d c bred in 111 Hmm; ran p.r.ljrue t ti at M nt lit gro had asned lor ycu' e. « Miintene_.ro whiini aa.ed for the a misiLe last T'.iu a ay, conaen ed uii conditionally to lay down her Kr:u» and would bo ae. r ed t.ie p ate alu requested, the pr m!er ie la;e . The newa a:,ency report rca s as follows: "The proceedings un'er the first paragraph of the order of the d»j had just been c mpiet d wlitn Couni Tlsza a: Icetl pcrmls'ion to lnterrup the dlacueslon. He stated that the king and government o M..nlenj„r, had '-asked the lnauguratlcn of peac« negotiations. "The announcement caune 1 a gr a commotion In par lament. "We asked that beforehand M ote negro unconditionally lay down hoi arms," continued the premier. "Joyful shouts followed th's state ment. „ "Jugt at this moment," cont'ntte' the prime minister, "the news has ar lived that the unconditional laylni down of arms has been a cepted. "Since -the preliminary conditio! hag been fulfilled, pence negotiation! will be entered Into Immediately." Terms Offered by Austrls. Jerms of the separate peace said ti have been offered by Austria to Mon tenegro are given In an A .ions den pat6ll as follows: Austria engaged to guarantee Mon tenegro all territorial rights InScuta ri In exchange for the cession of Mt Lovcen to Austrls. ' ' ' Following Cettlnjc's fall, the Monte negrln officials in Scutari retired t Alessla, twenty miles south of Scutar and near the Adriatic sea. I Fifteen allied aeroplanes, setllni out from Salonika, have bombarde' the Bulgarian camp on the Serbo Ore -1 frontier. The aviators report that i number of Bulgarian soldiers __wer« killed and wounded. Prince Eltel Erederlch, son of tin kaiser, Is reported by Swiss news) a pers to have been sent to Athens ot a special mission to King £onstantlne KING URGES SWEDEN TO ARV Disregard of Nsutrsls' Rights In creases Need of Prspsredness. The Swedish parliament wai opened. In the speech from th , flirppq,, ,pn forwarded by lleuter'i correspondent at Stockholm, Klnf Gustavo said: "A formidable struggle of ever-!n creasing Intensity, which will decldt the future of nations. Is taking plice Our government earnestly hopea to bt ahde always to maintain the neutrality which It decided to observe from tht beginning, but to maintain neutrality and the sovereignty of Sweden, In creased forces on land and sea mus be In r:ad'nes. "Sweden has felt the effects of th« war In enormous ways during the las year. Belligerents have neglected lit an ever-lnrrraslng degree to b ,r rvi International law providing fir pro tectlon of neutrals and for llmlta*. or of deeds of violence." King Oustavc emphasized Sweden'! part In upholding International law and the constant difficulties she It meeting to obtain her econun c rlgh s because of the attitude of belllgeren's The government hsd been compe!Je more than once, he said, to r**°st st | tempts to place the Industrial an- 1 commercial rights of the country un der the usurped control of anothet power. Tbe ;lst of It. "Last December I had a very severe cold and was nearly dowi, in bed. I bought two battles of Chamberlain's Cough remedy and it was only a few days until 1 was completely restored 1 to health, writes O. J. Metealf, Weatherbv, Mo, If yw would know the Value of this remedy ask -anV one wljo has used it. Obtainable every where. adv. VILLA MEN KILL 2 MORE AMERICANS Mining Prospectors Sla!n by Mexican Bandits. GORE PLANS JOINT ACTION Benate Resolution Would Estsbllsh * Nfcutral Zone, Policed by Both Gov srnments. Albert Blmmons, of l.os Angeles and Victor Hamilton, ot Ci.lcifcO, were muiderel at Pedrlciul, Mexico, by Vil a bandits, accird.ng to a de 4 patch (rem Juarez. The men we. mining prospectors. Tlie Carranza oflU-la's sa d that at far as they have been able to learn, the two Americans were killed with* out a chance To get out of the countr) and that the murders were committed simply because the men were Amerl cans and subjects'of the Wilson ad ministration which Is supporting th Cairunza government. Pedrlclnl, the place where the Amer leans were killed, Is sixty miles west of Torreon. The report of the killing of the twe Americana came through the Garran za military officials at-Juarez. The) declared that Simmons and Hamilton had been killed by bandits under the leadership of the Arreta brothers. Urge Joint Action to Btop Murders. EstatJ'ishment of a neutral cone In northern Mexico, to be Jointly policed by the forces of Mcxlcc and the United States unle»s the disorders are speedily controlled, It proposed In a resolution Introduced by Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma The resolution, which was referred to the foreign rilatl ns committee would authorize the president to entei Into an agreement with Oeneral Car ranza to use troops to restore order, and make life secure In that portion of Mexico adjacent to the United States. There was no discussion oc the proposal. Evidence obtained at El Pa»o by state department agents indicates thai Carranza authorities at Chihuahua as suredC. U. Watson, head of the part) of American mining men, of whon: sixteen were killed near Santa Ysabel that no escort was necessary. In that opinion many of the Amerl cans concurred, although they had sug gesteil to the authorities the advlsa blllty of sending troops with the par ty. The advices further said the Car ranza governor of Chihuahua gnv Watson a personal rassport, and t'ial the Carran a Immigration author tle» In Juarez gave a' general parsp rt foi the whole par y. Tbiae d?vel prnenti are taken to point to responsibility ol the Carranza government for not ade quately jr tectlna the Amer'ca-i. State itepartment officials Indl ated however, tliat they did not cot s de; the aitvlce* an being flnaiiy sufllcien, to determine the respond liltv of th« Carranza government, and further In vestlgatlon. will be made. PAYING OFF CHILDREN Pupila Refure to Reinvest Money Ir Savings Banks. The first day's experience In th payment of H. C. Frlck's gift! to. the school children of Pitta burgh who have money t'ed ui In the Hank for Savings show tfal the majority are afraid to trust a bank with their savings, as It was reported that nin >t.v per cent of those rect-lv j lng their money refused to rel >ves' Only of three of the r| y schoJ j were e'ltnlnale If and about |loto wa* paid out at the Union Savings bank j of which Mr., ("'rick Is a 'I -actor. N meant were tued to per'tiad" the clill to pul their moti'y back In Mr Frlrk's t-nnk, and all their c'.o ks or tile failed bank were cas'-ed wltiio I question. NEW YORK'S POPULATION 9,687,744 Perrons In State; 8,047,22* In Cre-iter City. New York stale has a popul*t'oi of 9,637.741, c ns'stlng of X,05»51 citizens and 1,628*229 aliens, acc'.rd lng to the census by the s a'e Us Jhin«. Tue report of the numeration wa ma e to the legislature by Secre'ary of State Hugo, Greater -New York ha> 5,047,221 reside!s, or 11 ty two per cenl of the states total po nla I n. Two Killed as Mine Bucket Falls. As a number of workmen were sinking a new shaft at the flu'; uehanna foal c m;anv's Hliharls colliery, at Hiiamokln. i'a., a bucket used to In I t re'u»" became nhc uplvd 100 feet irp the stsft and fell to the bottom, Insantly killing Enoch Vene ko and. John I'icpllko, both of Marlon Heights. To Incresse Annapolis Appointments A bill to incrra e the number o annual appointments of midshipmen to Naval academy approximately to 149", was Introduced by Chairman Padgett, of the house naval commit tee. Killed in Auto Collision. Elmer Coolbaugh, West Scran ton. Pa., business man, was killed In col lision of his automobile with a ma j ehlne owned by E. H. Connell, drives by Edward McNulty. Constipation and Indigestion. "I have Uied Chamberlain s Tab lets and must say they are the best I have, ever qsed for constipation and indigestion. My wife also uaeel them for indigestion/ and they dla her good," writes Eugene S. Knight of Wilmington. N. C. Obtainable everywhere. ".'j «dy. SUBSCRIBE FOR THB GLEANER ! 11.00 A YEAR 1 ELISEO ARF.EDONDO Carranza Assures U. 8. Mexican Bandlta Will be Captured. / Sm WBBL i Jmm v ' Photo by American Pre*a Association. SHELL LILLE WITH BIS GUNS Lena, Key to French City, Alao Undei Bombardment by Allies, duns to match the mighty, long range h wltzers of the Germans hav« at last reached the allies' front In France, a j& an Amsterdam despatch Chief Interest is centered in the Ger man announcement that the British have bombarded Lille (in Prance), UHing a gun with a range, estimated at twenty utiles. This is the 11 at time that Lille hit, been under artillery fire since It fel Into the hands of the Ge:mana in September, 1914. German guns wltl a range of twenty miles, which wer used for the bombardment of Dunkirk and Verdun, were hitherto unmatched on the allies' side, but the latest de veiopments show that the Qermani must now face equal metal. It Is regarded as significant thai the English make no announcement of the shelling of L!|le, while tht French war office states that the Llllt highway was shelled. The Germat war office announces that projectllei fell In the center of the city. The German war office announced at allied bombardment of Lens, called the key to Lille. Sixteen Inhabitant! of the town were killed or wounded by the shell flro, the Berlin statemeni ad da. TRAIN KILLS COUPLE Children Were Hurled From Theli Arms, Escaping With Slight Injuria*. Blinded by a snowstorm, John Btalch, thirty-three year's old, and hit wife, Mary, thirty-two were caught In • cut on the Pennsylvania railroad at Union Furnace, near Tyrone, P., and Inatantljr killed' by a freight train. The husband Was carrying his four year-old daughter, Mary, and the wife the two-year-old daughter, Ann'e, al the time, hut the children escaped with comparatively slight Injuries Mary auffered a broken lug, and An nle received lacerations of sculp. The children are In an Altoona hospl.al. The Stalchs bad been to Tyrone Shopping, and returned to Union Kur nace on the local train. They took the shortest roifte to their horal through the cut. The wind wa* whirl ing the One snow In their faces. Ilear lng No. 21 approaching, they stepped onto an adjoining trai k and were run down by the freight. HISTORIC PAPERS BURNED Documsnts by Washington Lost In Ruins of College Building, William f'mith hall, the main build lng of Washington colle e. at Chester town, Md., was wrecked by Are. So rapidly did the flam's spread * that all the •archives, including many historic documents, some of them In the handwriting of Ueorge Washing ton, were burned. The bjlldlnj c sti 176,000. William Smith hall bore the namr of the first president of Washington college, Kev. William Smith, after ward provost of the University ol Pennsylvania. The college bad Its name destowe.i by the legislature "In honorable and perpetual memory of his eice len> y. Oeneral Washington," who received from It the degree ol doctor of laws. • FIRE IN ASBURY PARK Bank and Newspaper Buildings De stroyed; Less 1100,000. Eire destroyed the buildings of thi Asbury Park Press and Asbury Trust company, causing damage eatimated al from lioo.ooo to ) 150,000. The blaze was discovered In tht t}jird floor of the Press building an ' spread so rapidly that soon a cons'd erabie sect' h of the business district waa menaced. The cold and Ice handicapped tt « firemen, and one was Injured, althotigl not serlous:y. Woman snd Msn Moonshine Partners Mrs". Sarah Heed and Wiley Marks of Calhoan county, began servn j prison sentences In Parkersburg, W. Va., after pleading guilty in dis trict court to a charge of operating s stHI for the manufacture of moons Inr whisky. They were sentenced to pa> fines of SIOOO and serve terms of all Months. Women of Mcstir) Habits. Women who get but" little ex ercise are likely to be troubl d with constipation and indigestion and will find Chamberlain s Tablets highly beneficial. Not so good as a three or four mile walk every day, but very, much better than to allow the bowels to remain in a constipated condition. Thev are easy and pie isant to take and most agreeable in eflect. Obtainable everywhere. adv. SUBSCRIBE FOR THB OLEANBB •1.00 A YEAR A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR TUESDAY. A decisive battle la being fought in Mesopotamia. A British relief expe dition la reported within twenty-live miles of Kut-el-Amara, trying to break through to aid the force of 10,000 men left to guard the retreat of the main British army. England now haa 200,- 000 men In this field of operations. Petrograd reports a lull on the Be* ■arablan and Buknwlna frrnts, and says the Ciar'a forcea are entrenching. Auatrlan newspapers say the fighting on thla front has been the moat seve e of the war, and that 175,000 men have been killed or wounded on both sides. Cxernowltt la reported still Inpossea ■lon of the Austrlans. Perlln hears reinforcements are being sent to the Russian line. Berlin officially' announces that French efforts to recapture trenches near Masalges in the Champagne re glon have been repulsed. Paris says moat of the positions taken by tlia Germans have been regained. WEDNESDAY. The British forceß under General Townshend have made several aortlai from Kut-el-Amara on the Tlgria, each time being repulsed with leases", ac cording to the Turkish war office. It la asserted that this ftfrce la surround ed. London says the Brit'sh relief force Is at a standstill more than twdbty miles away. Constantinople claims that consid erable losses were suffered by the en tente forces In their evaluation of the tip of the Oalllpoll peninsula. Parts of the retreating troops who refused to surrender, were wiped out, the Turkish statement asserts. The Frenrh have made a counter attack against German positions on a thousand-yard front In the Champagne. Tba attack failed, Berlin aaya. THURSDAY. Despatches to Rome say Teuton- Bulgarian forces -In Macedonia have begun a movement upon tlje An: o FVench army stationed at Salonika, Greece, by shelling British positions in the Doiran region. Despair lies from Petroprad eay the Russians have renewed a vl orons of fensive along a great part of the east; ern battle front. They are reported to have taken Hrjdacura, an Important point near Czernowltz, Bukowlna; heavy attacks have been made In Bes sarabla and Oallela, and In the north, ■evere losses are sail to have been Inflicted upon the Germans at Illoukst, neaT Dvlnsk. * Paris despatches say the Germans lost 25,000 men In the lighting which ended in the Champagne district, Sun day. FRIDAY. Vienna officially anounces that Aus trlan troops have occupied Cettlnje the capital of Montenegro, and It if reported the Montenegrins have agreed to an armistice. Rome's vera! n ol the situation Is that Austria ban pro ppsed a separate peace with Monte negro, and that Montenegro has ac cepted the offer. If tbla is true, it Is the first break In the ranks ol the allies. Successes of new German b'ttle planes over allied airmen In France have alarmed residents In Paris and Ixwidori, who fear air raids. Ber la reports. Petrograd news despatchei say the Germnn offensive In the east Interfer ed with Op'man movements In France and In the liaikans and has compelled the German "cneral staff to make new plans. Officially, It is assnrted that Austro-Oerman attacks In Gaflcia and Biikowlna have been defeated. Gen eral von Mackensen Is said to he in CrernowiU, assembling three armlei* to attack the Russians. SATURDAY. Austrian troop* continue th-lr rur • ult of the Montenegrin army. which li rotreutln? ■cnlhwa'-d. Getmar. of fleers are *ald to hare declare I the Teutonic forre« plan to oifrrm M n tahegro and AJbatila, and then to tarn their attention to the Anglo-F eneh force* at Kalonlka. Vienna anno'imea lh«t Ave fi'r'ou* attack* by the Ituattlan* on the Bmtai rablan frontier have hecn reuVel Five thousand Hu»»lnn* have been taken prisoner* since the he Inning of the winter cam'aJm, It li asserted. Ix>ndon hca'a that lan frontier ha* been clotetl to tele grams. Indicating, It la be'leved, a movement of large bodlr-s of Rnslan troop*. SUNDAY. The Russian armies have taken the offensive In three widely *epa~atel aectlona of the war front. In Hasa rabla they are assaulting the Austrian line*, while Grand Duke Nicholas* ar my haa begun a drive southward In '.he Caucaaua. In Persia the Moacovltes swert be jrond Hamadan and threaten Bag lad. The Auatriana continue, their vk torioua drive In Montenegro and the fall of the capital Is expected. In Mesopotamia, the British forces, heavily relofprced, look the offensive and are driving the Turks before them. ~ Spirited artillery actions are report ad from various points along the bat tle front In the wetsern theatre ot war. Brother and Sister Die Together. Within four hours of each other, Dawitt Clinton Taylor, former New York broker and Bible student, and fate slater. Mlaa Laura Taylor, died at the former'a home in - Tyrone, Pa. Neither knew of the other's Illness. VouKnow What V»a Are Taking When you take Grove's Taateleaa Chill Tonic becauae the formula ia plainly printed on every bottle ehowinff that it ia Iron and Qui nine In a tasteless form. No cure, DO pay.—soc. •„ adv. A month old baby cant talk but it must smile to itself at tho unin telligible slush, mother and its, aunta and their female friends fire «t It Mir- ii >•* y v w. NO. 49 IVON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG I Chancellor Gives Germany'* | Peace Views. Mirror Savaa Baby From Wild Hogs Sanford Phillips, Jr., two years old, ot Elklns, W. Va., owed bis life to tha fear wild bogs had for their own like ness when reflected from a mirror. Wild bogs which exist In the moun tains of Randolph county came down Into tbo foothills ami charged into the home of Sanford Phillips, upset ting furniture and attacking Phillip*' j two-year-old son. The animals bat torn nearly all the clothing from the child when he ran into a corner where a big mirror bang/ The bogs followed but soon stopped when they ' beheld their likeness In the hlg glue. Only a second did they healtate, how ever, then turned, plunging from the bouse back up the mountainside. Tba child wan only slightly injured. Youths Hold Up Tavern; Arrested 3 Alfred Doty, twenty years old, aql Paul Doty, sixteen, his brother, armed with two revolver* each and their faces masked with fed handkerchiefs, entered Red Tavern, near Wllkes-Bar re, and held up the proprietor and guests in real wild west fashion. As they came through tl)« doors of . the barroom, Thomas Wheatley, tin proprietor, and six guests were In clined to treat their "hands up" com mand as a Joke, b'lt the "bandits" ■bowed they were not lacking in nerve, and quickly went through tint - pockets of the crowd and took all ralnables. After the "bandits" had left, * pbone message to the slate po:k« brought several troopera to the neigh borhood, and the Boty brothers wern found on the highway with their guns !n their pocket* and flic loot In bags. Trlts Suicide Tenth Time Dan O'Brien, twenty cljht years old. of Scranton, Pr., " trlp.l sui cide for the tor,th time. He was banging from a cell bar at police head quarters when rut down. M l»rat the luck, will ybu ever Jet a fellow alone?" said Dan when cut down. Magistrate Williams told him he would have to stop barging himself er something serious Siappon te him some dav. GENERAL MARKETS — FLOUR qtiiet; winter clear, city mills, »8.75©T.1G. RYE KI.OUR —Steady; per barrel, »6.25e 5.50. WHEAT steady: No. 2 red, f!.2SI« i.io. CORN quiet: No. 2 yellow, n*,: gRc. OATS steady: No. 2 white, Mttc. POULTRY: Live steady; hen?. ISCB lie.; old roosters, 12© lZftc. Urejjrd steady: choice fowls, 19'; C.: old rofS ters, 13c. BUTTER Arm: Fancy creamery. Mc. per H> BOOS steady: Selected, 335}40c.; nearby, 16c.; western, ii,c. Live Stock Quotations. CHICAGO.—HOOB—Steady and a ! shade higher. Mixed and bate or . |«.Bo®7JOr good heavy. »5 Ssfr7.Sn. rough heavy, 16.8567; light, i- Si :T; pigs, »5.50d«.50: bilk. fiJSi . CATTI-E steady and >tr ne. 1 Beeves, 1*.50f>9.60; rows an 1 he! r«. (I JOO 1.50: Texans. s«.4ofi 7.10; Cs l.t* »7.35fr 10.75. SHEEP —10® 13e. lowpr. Nt'ifS 9k w eatern, |7©7.75, lambs, 15..5 V | EUREKA :: Spring Water I FROM j; EUREKA SPRING, t Graham, N. C , | A valuable mineral spring X | J has been discovered by W. 11. ♦ 0 Ausley on his place in Graham. 2 !! It was noticed that it brought J 11 health to the users ol the water, ♦ 'I arid upon being analyzed it was ! found to be a water strong ia J ] [ mineral properties and good J; 1 i for stomach and blood troubles. 11 ! I Physiciaus who have seen the J! J | analysis and what it does, J | ; i > recommend its use. > \ I Analysis and testimonials J | ' | will be furnished upon request. ]| I ■ i Why buy expensive mineral i |! ! waters from a distance, when ! , |! there is a good water reconi- ; > •; ; mended by physicians right at > i i home ? For further informs- S I ! tion and or the water, if you ; | i| ; desire if " apply to the under- 1 ■ • • signed. ! ► : | W. H. AUSLEY. ;; ' ,MMMMtiniiiiiiinu' 1 Faithful Vermont ar)«I Utah' may insist upon naming next re- * publican presidential and. vice-pres idential candidates.