vol, XLII
Presetting services overy Sec
ond and Fourth Sundays, at 11.90
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. tn.—K. L. Henderson, Super
intendent.
New Providence Christian Church
—North Main Street, near Depot—
Rev? J. Or. xruitt, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun
day nights at 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
0.46 a. m.—J. A. BayUff, Superin
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing every Thursday night "at 7.46.
o'clock.
friends—north ol Qrahsm Pub
lic Scaooi—J .Robert Parker, Pas
tor.
Preaching every Bunday at 11 a.
m. and at 7JO p. m.
Sunday -School every Sunday at
10.00 a. m.—James Crisco, Superin
tendent.
Methodist Episcopal, aoutti—c«r
Main and Maple St., H. E. Myers
Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at ll.ou
a. m, and at 7JO p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday *.
'A ■ / 0.46 a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt.
Methodist Protestant—College
St., West of Graham Public School,
Rev. O. B. Williams, Paator.
Preaching every First, Third anu
Fourth Sundays at 11.00 a. m. anu
•very First, Third, Fourth anu
Fifth Sundays at 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday HI
(Lift a. iq.—J. 8. Cook, Supt.
Presbyterian—Wat Elm Street-
Rev. T. M. McConneU, pastov.
Sunday School every Sunday si
9.46 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
perintendent.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapelj-
J. W. Clegg, pastor.
Preaching dvery Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.39 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
M 0 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent.
; v Oneida—Sunday School every
Sunday at 8.30 p. m.—J. V. Pome
roy, Superintendent
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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Civil Engineer. ' ]
GRAHAM, N. C.
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
MSMAMET
War Secretary and Nls Assis
tant Resign.
DISAGREE OVER POLICIES
Dieapprovea Dropping Continental Ar
my Plan and Withdrawal From the
Philippine Islands.
Undley M. Garrison, secretary of
war, tendered hla resignation to Presi
dent Wilson and it was accepted.
* Refusal of the president to Insist
upon acceptance of the continental
army plan, generally opposed In con
gress, and Garrison's disapproval ol
the Philippine independence bill as it
passed the senate, are understood to
have been responsible for his decis
ion to quit the cabinet.
President Wilson accepted the resig
nation and a formal announcement is
expected without delay.
The resignation of Henry C. Breck
enrldge, assistant secretary of war,
was also announced, he fonowlng his
chief in hia attitude toward military
policies.
Secretary Gariison stood firm In his
advocacy of the "Continental Army"
as a means of national defense.
The president took the position he
could not dictate details of an army
plan to congress.
He conferred with Republican mem
bers of the house military committee,
who Informed him that Democrats
and Republicans alike on the commit
tee were opposed to the continental
army scheme, and that It had no
chanc of being approved.
/ Garrison would not admit that there
properly could be modifications on the
plan.
As for the Philippine bill, passed by
the senate recently, It la understood
to have been another reason for Secre
tary Garrison's decision. He object
ed strongly to the Clarke amendment
incorporated In the Philippine bill pro
vldlng for Independence for the Islands
within from two to four years.
Garrison is said to have determined
to quit the cabinet when it became
apparent that his contltnental army
plan would not meet with the approv
al of congress.
Reports of the resignation were cir
culated after the secretary had an
nounced he would not deliver an ad
dress on national defense befdre the
chamber of commerce of the United
States, as bad been expected.
Immediately afterward, however, be
and Mrs. Garrison departed for New
York, and it was said at the war of
fice It would be for an Indefinite stay.
President Wilson has supported the
"continental" ansry scheme, and con
tinues to believe it is the best plan
for strengthening the army. He has
made it plain, however, in speeches
and in talks with congressional lead
ers, that the main thing is to get a
large reserve for the United States
army and that the details must be
worked out through "common coun
sel."
The president and Secretary Garri
son have been close personal friends
since the administration came Into of
fice, and hare stood together on prac
tically every question.
Out for Roosevelt.
Political Washington was shaken
from the center to the circumfer
ence when the announcement was
made that Representative Gard
ner, of Massachusetts, and three
other prominent Republicans of that
state will be candidates for delegates
at-large to the Republican national
convention on a platform pledging
them to vote for Theodore Roosevelt
for president.
The announcement was made by Mr.
Gardner In behalf of himself and
Charles Sumner Bird, the old Bnll
Moose leader of Massachusetts, Graft
on D. Cushing and Robert M. Wash
burn, all active in politics, all wealthy
and every one willing to do his part
in furthering the Roosevelt movement
It la understood the announcement
of the four Massachusetts Republi
cans foreshadows the formation of a
nation-wide campaign for Colonel
Roosevelt
Hughes "Out of Politics."
Supreme Court Justice Charles B
Hughes declared himself entirely oal
of politics and oppooed to his nam*
being placed before the public as th«
Republican nominee for president.
In a letter to Representative Slemg
of Virginia, Justice Hughes said:
"I am entirely out of politics. I
know nothing of matters to which you
refer. I am totally opposed to the dm
of my name in connection with the
nomination and to the selection or in
struction of any delegates In my in
terest, either directly or remotely."
Representative Blemp had written
to Justice Hughes that the Republican
forces in Virginia were unable to get
anywhere until they knew of his posi
tion.
Robber Kills Aged Couple.
His crushed with an ax, the
body of Rl' ard J. Wyckoff, a wealthy
Eaat Amw '1 township fanner, near
Flemlngton, N. J., eighty years old,
and a cripr'e, was found in a pool of
blood upon the kitchen floor of hi*
home.
A few hours later the body of bla
housekeeper Miss Catharine Ann
fisher, set ty-flve years old, was dis
severed beneath a pile of straw in
the barn. rioth had been brutally
backed to death.
Jamee Hcagland, eighteen years old,
a negro, was placed In the county Jail
on a charge of the murders, after
he had weakened under the "third de
gree" treatment, aad confessed that
he killed Wyckoff aad Miss Fisher be
cause be wanted money.
Man Flaming Torch.
Kdward Barlow, aged twenty six
yean,, of "'"mlngtpn, D«l., was J>er
. . .- -• r. „ r' 1 - . * .
LINDLEY M. GARRISON
B*o rata ry of War Resigns From
Wllaon'a Cabinet.
• by Amerlwn Prpsa Association.
fiaps fatally burned, aa the result of
a peculiar accident.
He waa riding a motorcycle at
Front and Union streets when the
machine skidded and upaet.
The gasoline tank waa broken and
the fluid saturated Barlow's clothing.
He went to a garage at Front and Da
pont streets to get warm and while
standing close to a hot stove the gaso
line waa Ignited. The next instant
he was enveloped In flames and wa*
burned all over before he could re
move his clothlnr- He la at the Dela
ware hospital.
1000 Injured Every Day In Penna.
Each day a regiment of workers Is
being Injured In Pennsylvania's Indus
trial establishments, reports received
Jby the state department of labor and
Industry show.
Reports of 1190 employes Injured
were deceived Wednesday. Seven of
this number died as a result of their
•injuries.
Reports received Tuesday showed
1010 Injured and twenty-one fatalltlee.
Dr. John Price Jackson announced
that every day this year an average
of 1000 injuries had been reported.
Digging for Gold In Maryland.
Sixteen miles from Washington,
within sight of the Washington
monutment, operations have been
undertaken on a large scale for
gold. On the old Ford farm
In Montgomery county, Md., two or
three miles from the Potomac river,
diamond drills are at work probing
for quartz veins carrying the precious
metals. Nuggets have already been
found, but whether ore exists In pay
ing quantities Is not yet determined.
T. R. Off to Bouth America.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt sailed on the British steam
ship Guiana for a pleasure trip
through the West Indie*.
The Guiana will stop first at St.
Thomas, Danish West Indies, Febru
ary 17. After visiting the British,
French and Dutch colonies, he expects
to return to New York, arriving March
17.
Baby Smothered by Bedclothes.
Catherine Finds, six months old,
daughter of Thomas Finds, of 3')06
Oakward street, Philadelphia, was
■mothered to death by bedclothes as
■he slept with her mother at the home
of Mrs. Finds' aunt, Mrs. Margaret
Scully, 602 Flower street, Chester, Pa.
Wilson to Bpesk In Newark.
President Wilson tentatively accept
ed an Invitation to go. to Newark, N.
J, May 13, as the guest of the cham
ber of commerce The invl a
tlon was extended by Senator Hughes
and a large delegation from Newark.
GENERAL MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA. FI.OUR dull;
winter clear, $6.7606.90; city mills,
$6.7507.50.
RYE FLOUR—Steady; per barrel,
WHEAT firm: No. 2 red. SLS2HO
IJ CSkN quiet: No. I yellow, 82V4©
M&c.
OATS steady: No. 2 white, 570
67J4c.
POULTRY: live steady; bens, 180
l»c.; old roosters, 12012 c. Dressei
steady: choice fowls, tO'Ac.; old roos
ters. 16c. _
BUTTER Arm: Fancy creamery
"jfcr steady: Selected sOos2c.;
nearby, 21c.; western, 28c.
Live Stock Quotations.
CHICAGO. HOOB Weak, Sc.
lower; mixed and butcher*. $7,900
•J7; good heavy, $8.1008.27; rouKh,
heavy. $7.90®8.K: light, |7i608.36;
pigs, fr6.760 7.60; bulk. $8.70^8.20.
Cattle —weak; beeves, 16 0 9.65;
cows and heifers, $3-7508.40; Texans,
$6.50(6 8.40; calves. 9.25011.
Sheep—weak; native and western,
$4.25© 8.16; lambs. $8011.36.
How's Business f
"Business is poor," said the beggar.
"Falling off," sakl the riding school
teacher.
"Ob, vial!" said the druggist
"It's all write," said the antbor.
"Picking up," said the ragpicker.
"My business Is sound," said the
"I'm kept on the Jump," said the
athlete.
1 make both ends meet," said the
butcher.
"It suits me," said the tailor.—Ex
chance.
" "Utility:
"Did your audience throw you bou
qoets after your speech?"
"No." replied the reckless orator
"They brought only useful gifts, such
as bricks and other building mate
rial."—Washington Star. ' "
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GBAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBBCABT 17 1916
GIRL SHOT, YOUTH MODERN HIGH WAYS
DEAD IN HER HOME AND BOULEVARDS
Police Say Jealousy ProbaM)
Caused Tragedy.
YOUN6 MAN HELD REVOLVER
I
Edns Hoffman, Agad 10, snd Karl
Miller, Agad 18, Found In Locked
Room In Hanover, Pa.
Edna Hoffman, sixteen yean
old, of Hanover, Pa., la dying with
a bullet wound In her head, and Earl
Miller, ber eighteen-year-old lover, 1|
dead in his home, aa the reault ol
what the police aay, waa a quarrel oi
suicide pact between the young cou
pie.
The police are convinced, however,
that the young man Bred the fatal
Ushots.
The shooting occurred in the home
of the girl. Levi Hoffman, the girl'i
father, was awakened by three shots
In rapid succession. He rushed down
stairs, but found the parlor door lock-i
ed. Neighbors, likewise attracted by |
the noise, gathered about the houac
and with the assistance of Mrs. Harry
Marshall and Paul Wander, the fathet!
forced the door. Lying on the flooi
were the bodies of the young oouple,
both unconscious. Blood was stream j
ing from the girl's temple, while tb«
young man's upturned face showed
he was past help. In his hand hi
grasped the revolver. Miller died
within an hour.
The., girl waa ruahed to a hospital
In York, where an examination show
ed the bullet lodged nesr the bast
of the brain. The physicians say
there Is little likelihood of her recov
ery. However, she regained conscl
ousness, but refused to give any In
formation regarding ,tbe shooting
When questioned as to her lover's mo-'
tlve in committing the act, she mere
ly shook her head.
News of young Miller's death wai
withheld from her.
Both the girl and the young man
are members of highly respected fam
Hies. According to the dead youth's
mother, Mrs. Eliza Miller, her son had
never been In the habit of staying out
late at night, and his failure to return
home as usual caused her much un
easiness. She thought that perbapt
he had met with an accident of some
kind, but In no way suspected trou
ble. She said that Earl frequently
went armed.
It Is believed by friends of the 70am
people that jealousy wis Indirectly tb«
cause of the tragedy. During the - past
month several anonymous letters had
been received by Miller attempting tc
cast reflections on his sweetheart. On
of these letters was found among the
youth's possessions. Miller's slstei
says that upon one occasion the young
man showed her a note of this charac
ter, remarking, "somebody will auffei
for this."
His friends, however, say that whlli
Miller at times appeared to be brood
lng over something, he never uttered
any threats regarding the girl. Thi
young people were thought to be on
the best of terms and if they quarrel
ed it was evidently done In secret.
The police are searching for the
writer of the anonymous letters. The)
believe that they were written by on«
of the young woman's admirers with
tbe Intention of arousing Miller's Jeal
ouiy and creating suspicion.
FOUR MEN STILL IN MINE
Officials Check Up List of Men, Fine
Four Missing.
Officials of the Jefferson and Clear
Held Coal and Iron company, si
Indiana, Pa., checking up the Isi
of Its miners, expressed the bei:el|
that four men are still burled undei
the debris In tbe Ernest mine, wher
an explosion claimed twenty six lives j
test week.
The missing men ire believed to tx
under slate and coal blown down b>
the explosion. The bodies of twenty 1
four foreigners recovered from the
mine were buried in one grave In the
Catholic cemetery at Krnent.
RIVET SEARS HIS BACK
Unique Mishap With Red-Hot Mlssllt,
In Mill.
of tlie red-hot rivets which weri
being thrown from the furnace tc
Charles N. McCarl, s 4>op hsnd It
tbe Pennsylvania shops at Alloona
struck the rim of the bucket he wai
catching them In, boun led and drop
pud down the back of bis neck, burn
ing a scsrred pith from ha'r to .hip j
The rivet burned Its wsy oul,
through bis trousern, or It might bavt
left a streak from bead to foot. I
Believe Japsnese Stole Naval Code. I
Federal agents on the Pacific cor*
are centering their efforts to find 1
Japanese stewar I, suspected of havlni
been Implicated In the tboft of the se j
vret naval code of the United States |
It was learned at tbe department ol
juatlce. The b.v k disappeared frort
the United Ktates destroyer Hull al
Ban Diego.
BMI to Found National University, j
A bill to c-tkbllsh an "Institution 01
higher leer 'nr." to be kfiown ss the
National University of the Unltr
States, and to be located In Wash n«
ton, D. C., was Introduced by Senatoi
Sherman, of Illinois.
English Spavin Linimoet re
move* Hard, Soft And Calloused
Lamp* and Blemishes from horses;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifls,
Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs
etc. Save ISO by use of one bpt.
tie. A wonderful Blemish Care.
Sold by Graham Brag Company,
adv
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Appeiranca of City Depends
Much on Streets.
MUST NOT DETERIORATE
Point of View of Average Amerlean
Toward the Street Problsm la Large
ly Responsible For Bad Conditions,
Which Almost Universally Prevail.
Varying Widths Should Be Provided.
By PRANK KOEBTER,
Author of "Modern City Planning and
Maintenance."
The appearance of,a city and the
impression which visitors as well as
residents receive are dopendent far
more than la popularly supposed upon
the appearance of tbo street Itself
that Is, the street surface—as consid
ered apart from the buildings.
In order that the streets may have
the best possible appearance, they
should be constructed by competent
and experienced engineers and when
In use must not be allowed to deterio
rate. Repalra should be made at the
slightest sign of a break. If the re
pairs are neglected the breaks be
come rapidly larger, with a conse
quent quickly mounting Increase Id
the cost of making the street good
araln, while during the time the
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A WJDB HTItKBT IK DAKZIO, (IBHMANY.
breaks exlat the appearance of the
atreet ia spoiled, and unleaa the
break* are repaired Ita apiwarance U
never as good us before.
The point of view of the average
American toward the streets ia large
ly responsible for the bad condltlona
which almost Invariably prevail.
The American aeema to regard streeta
aa a aort of neceaaary evil and their
repair aa a more or lean auperfluoua
expense. He aeema to feel that aa
only one vehicle at a tlmff paaaea over
a hole a little care on the part of the
driver would aave the city the ex
penae of the repatra.
Americana have in reality little or
no conception of the condition In
which a atreet ahould be maintained
until they have aeen the remarkably
smooth and clean strecta of Euro
pean cltlea. Their excellence, which
might eaally be rivaled by American
atreeta, la due to the thorough meth
oda of conatructlon and the high de
gree of engineering skill retained.
In a city the arrangement of high
ways must be auch that the citizens
who traverae them In great numbers
may be enabled to reach their desti
nations with the greatest poaslble
dispatch, for a large part of the time
of the public la consumed In merely
going from place to place. The dally
movements of the population should
thus be studied with the utmoat thor
oughness and tho streets laid out so
that access to the different parta of
the city may be had from all the oth
er parta In the most direct manner
poealble.
In order to altord ample facilities
for traffic and at the same time to
avoid unnecessary outlays streets In
varying widths should be provided.
It will usually be found that streets
of three different widths will suffice
for practically all purposes; that Is to
say, main thoroughfares, secondary
thoroughfares and local streets.
As a rule It is better to err on the
side of having streets too wide than
too narrow. A city should have as a
minimum 20 per cent of its area de
voted to streets, while 40 per cent la
a far better allowance. The streets
of the city of Washington, which are
unusually wide and Imposing, occupy
14 per cent of tbe city's total area.
A Prussian law of 187S, enacted to
cover the streets of Berlin, prescribed
that the main streets should be nine
ty-live feet or more In width, second
ary thoroughfares from sixty-flve to
ninety-flve feet and the local streets
from forty to slxty-flve feet. Another
standard for secondary German cities,
such kn Du*.*ldorf. Cologne. Frank
fort and Danzig, Is: Main thorough
fares 85 to 120 feet, secondary thor
oughfares BO to, *0 feet and local
streets 2S to 48 feet.
Do Yoa Find Fault With l-:ver)body
An-irritable fault finding dispo
sition la often due to a disordered
stomach. A mart with a good di
f;estion is nearly always good na
ured. A great many have been
permanently benefitted by Cham
berlain's' Tablets after years of suf
fering. These tablet* strengthen
the stomach and enable it to per
form its functions naturally. Ob
tainable everywhere. adv.
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Photo by American Frees Aaaoclatlon.
BRUSH CRUISER WRECKED
Arethuaa Victim of Mlno on Cast
Cosst of England.
The British cruiser Arelhusa struck
a mine off the coast of England, ac
cording to a statement Issued by the
British official bureau. About ten men
were lost.
The text of the official atatement
says:
"His majesty's ship 'Arethusa, Com
modore Reginald Y. Tyrwhltt, has
struck a mine off the east coast. It
Is feared she will become a total loss."
The Arethusa was of 3750 tons dls
placement, and waa claased as a light
cruiser. She was launched at Chat
ham, In 1913, and was completed sines
ths war began. Bhe was 410 foot
long, 39 feet beam, with a draught.of
13H feet. Her armament consisted of
two -lnch and eight 4-lnch guns, and
two torpedo tubes. She had a speed
of twenty-nine knots and was an oil
burner.
The Arethusa had not been forty
eight hours out of the hands of her
builders before she took part In ons
of the most Important naval battles
in the North sea since the war began
—the engagement off Helgoland, Aug
ust 28, 1914. In this battle three Ger
man cruisers, the Mains, the Koeln
and the Ariadne, and two German tor
pedo boat destroyers, were sunk. The
Arethusa was severely bandied and
after the battle bad to be taken In
tow. •
It was a torpedo from the Arethusa
which struck the battered German
cruiser Bleucher md sent her to the
bottom In the North sea battle be
tween British end German aquadrons,
January 24, 1915.
U-BOAT SINKS CRUISER
Amlral Charner Torpedoed Off Coast
of Syria.
Reports of the loss of the French
cruiser Amlral Chsrner, which was re
ported to have been sunk by a subms
rlne while patrollng the Syrian cosst,
were confirmed.
According to Information received
at the French ministry of marine, a
raft bearing a live ssllor and the
bodied of fourteen of hla companions
ban been picked up off the coast of
Syria.
Tho rescued man said the Amlral
Charner was sunk on the morning of
February 8. He declared there was
no time to use the lifeboats.
ARMS ON CANADA BORDER
Oovsrnment Agents Think Thsy Wsrs
to bs Used Agsinst Dominion.
Agenta of the department of justice
telegraphed that they had found sev
eral secret store* of arms and ammu
nition alonr the Canadian border.
They ga v e It ss their belief that
the stores hsd been established as a
possible use sgslnst Canada.
Tbe report said no attempts hat#
been made recently to move the sup
plies. Every trsln going Into Canads
la now being thoroughly aaarched by
Canadian and American officials,
working together, It was said..
Girls Ovsrcoms In Bath.
Gertrude Grove, dsughter of Bene
jamln Grove, and Mary [„ iJnthlcum,
daughter of Thomas 8. I.lnthlcum,
of Frederl k, Md., both about thir
teen years old. were nearly asphyxi
ated at tbe tatter's home while tak
ing a bath. They were discovered un
conscious on the floor after the door
had been h-oken In. It Ir supposed
that the children were overcome by
gas from the water heater.
Sis Killed In Air Raid.
A Rente- despatch from Milan
ssya six r'vlllsns were killed and
several In'ured by b>mbs drop
ped from aeroplanes which the
despatch says several seroplane*
took part In the raid. Anti-aircraft
guns opened a heavy ftflllsade snd the
aeroplanes disappeared after dropping
bombs. The material damage wai
small.
Man Caught by Belt and Killed.
George tienfer, of Kratbervllle, neai
Sellnsgrove, Pa., waa caught In a saw
mill belt ai 1 so injured that ha died
within an hour.
'Haw Mr. Davis Cot Rid of a Had Cough.
"Some time ago I had a very
bad cough," writes Lewis T- Davis,
Blackwater, Dei. "My brother, Mc-
Cabe Davis, gave rtie a small bot
tle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy. After taking this l" bought
half a dozen bottles of it but only
used one of them as the cough left
me and I have not been troubled
since.'! Obtainable everywhere.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
TuraoAY.
Berlin reports heavy fighting la
France, south of the Somme, Parla
official atatementa speak of artillery
firing aouth of the Somme and the
exploalon of mlnee in the Argonne and
at Vaquola.
Despatches from Delhi, India, Indi
cate. that the Biitlah In Mesopotamia
are more favorably altnated than be
fore had been reported. The garrison
holding Kut-el-Amara la not entirely
surrounded, they say, and can retreat
If It becomea necessary to give up
the place.
Petrograd officially annonucea the
repulae of German attacks near
Dvlnsk, and aaya Russian troops have
captured and blown ap German
trenches In Bukowina. Controller
General Kharltonoff haa reelgned from
the Russian cabinet, hla place being
taken by Oeneral Pekrovaky.
WKDNEBDAY.
Deapatchea from Amsterdam say
ths Oermana have ahlfted *OO,OOO men
to the French front. Violent fighting
la reported In the Artola region where
Berlin aaya the Germane captured
French trenches west of Vlmy. Heavy
artillery firing la reported near Ver
dun and Belfort
German troop* have forced a way
acroee the Dvlaa river, eevea miles
northweet of Dvinsk, according to a
Petrograd newa dee patch. London
hears the Oermana hav* a witched large
forces from the Gallcian front to thla
field of operstlone. Furious fighting,
with tha Russians on the offenalve, la
reported from Vienna.
The altuatlon in the Balkaaa Con
tinues In uncertainty, one report be
ing that the allies are eonaldering an
offenalve agalnat the Bulgarian*.
A defeat of Ruaalan troops by band*
of Persians I* reported by Constan
tinople.
THURSDAY.
Germany *nd Austria have notified
the United States that after March 1
armed merchant ahlpe of their eae
mlaa will be treated as warships.
Contlnuoua fighting In Artola and
northern Flanders I* reported from
Franc*. The French war office say*
the Oermana hsve attacked repeatedly,
thue far without aucceaa. Berlin re
ports the capture of trenchee north
west of Vlmy, and gains near Neu
vllle and south of the Somme.
The government organ published la
Sofia aaya It la tbs duty of Bulgaria
to enter Oreece and drive the TtaofU
and British forcee out of SalonfnT
Vlanna aaya Austrian troops have
occupied Duraiso, Albania, without
opposition.
Petrograd officially announcee that
Russian troopa have captured Usslecs
ko. In Oallcla, near the Bukowina
border, and have crossed the Dniester
river st this point, menacing from the
flank the Auatrlan positions st Cxer
nowlts. German raiding part lee neai
Riga are aaid to have beefi diapers ed
FRIDAY. '
Parla reports French gains In ter
rifle lighting In the Artols region. Oer
man attacks upon Hill 140, In thla re
glon, an official atatement aaya, have
been repulaed. Berlin announcee that
the poaltlona recently captured north
weal of Vlmy have been held despll*
four vigorous French aaaaults.
The visit of Premier Briand, ol
France, to Italy, Is expected to reeull
In Italian co-operation with the Brit
lah and French at Salonika. London
foresbadowa the formation of a per
manent diplomatic council of tha a!
Ilea at Parla.
Official atatemenu from Petrograd
report minor Ruaalan aucceeaee neat
Riga and on the Dvlnak front.
Tie Oreek chamber of deputlee hat
andoraed the cabinet's policy of nee
trallty.
SATURDAY.
Deapatchea from Waahlngton to Ber
lln Intimate that the United States
may be expected to warn It* cltliem
agalnat aalllng on armed ateamahlps
berauae of Germany's ennounced In
tentlon to treat them as reseats ol
war.
The German war office admits thst
tbe French, in a new drive In the
Champagne region, haa gained 204)
yarda of thonchee. Parla aaeerte IOC
yarda of trenrhea were gained.
Rumania la understood to have pro
teeted agalnat the croealng of her
boundary line by Bulgarian troopa. A
possible severance of relations la ru
mored.
Coincident with tbe arrivsl of tbt
exsr st tba front, Ruaalan troops hsvt
begun an offenalve In Beesarabta and
on tha Dvlnak front.
SUNDAY.
Bulgaria la eeeklng peace with th«
entente powers, according to ths Ath
sne correspondent of the Bxchangt
Telegraph company. Sofia says hei
only qusrrel wss with Serbia.
Tbe French report aaya a German
attack waa repulaed near Solaeona and
five counter attacka In the Champagne
district were beaten back after se
vera fighting. Artillery duelc contin
ue at Reolon and the foreat of Parroy
Tbe German report aaya mlaea were
exploded In Flandera effectively and
great damage was dona at Lille by a
British bombardment, but no lives
were loet. Lively artillery fighting
contlnueee In I-orralns and th* Voages
The Petrograd report clalma Ruaslan
gaina on three battle fronts and ad
mits cast's troops are on tha defen
sive oo Dvlnak front »
New Shell Read In Teaae.
Beaumont and Kountze. Tex., aoon
will be connected by a shell road to
coat »75,0u>. The road already la
abelled from PUie Island bayou to
Beaumont. A highway commlaslou bsa
been selected to act In conjunction
with the commiaaloners 1 court ia tbe
expenditure of this 973,000.
Itch relieved In SO minutes by
Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by Orshsm Drue Co.
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Berlin Telb of Captare of 700
Yards of Lhie.
OFFENSIVE GROVE STRONGER
French Take Enemy Trench in Artole
After Hard Fight—Teuton Loeees
Heavy.
Important gains for the Germane In
two engagementa were rep. r>.ed by
the Berlin war office.
NortUweat of Tail are, in Champagne
poattlona over a front of 700 yards
were captured, aeven officers and 30»
men being made priaoners.
Within twenty-four hours, the Ger
mane, It la reported, have captured
French poattlona over » front, nearly
* mile wide. In the Champagne region.
In the region of Aberaept, near the
French frontier. In the Voegea, allied
position! 400 yards long were captur
ed.
The capture of German trenches
aonth of FYlae, northern France, la an
nounced by the French war office. One
handred prisoners wen made.
At Seppola, In upper Alsace, the
Germans gained a foothold In the
French tranche* over a front of 200
yards, but ware driven out at nearly
all points by French counter attacks.
(Seppola la at the extreme southern
end of the battle front, near the Swiss
frontier.)
The German off en aire In the west
la lncreaalng la vlolepfie and la grad
ually ex leading over the greater part
of the front.
The moat aevere fighting la ln/£r
tola, to the north of Arras, aU in
Champagne, although the all lea' posi
tions la Flanders, south of the Bom
ma, In the Woevrn district and in the
Voages mountain* have been subject
ed to attacks of more or leee violent
character.
French military experts declare that,
despite the aamerou and vigorous
German attack* there I* no ground for
alarm. It ha* generally be* believed
that aasanlt* at mo*t point* are feel
ers to And a weak spot for a concen
trated onslaught.
One writer on military affairs *ayj>:
"Confidence Is felt that In the event
■ -the Germane attempted a decisive en
gagement at any point, they would be
hurled back with such severe lossoe
that they would never recover from
them."
In Artols, where Crowa Prince Ru
precht of Bavaria, haa been directing
the German operation*, the Teuton*
have suffered enormous losses from
the accurate artillery lire of the
French. Deapite their efforts result
ing In severe casualties the German i,
It 1* declared, have been unable to
gala any ground in the regicn north
of Arras.
British, French and Belgian troops
have been engaged by the Germane In
Belgium, north of Yprss. Following
a brisk cannonade the German at>
tacking along the Taer canal, eaat of
Poperinghe, but the only gain secur
ed by them there waa a section oi
British trench which waa voluntarily
evacuated because It had become un
tenable.
PROTEST TO CONGRESS
•aye Tax en Tooth Pasts Should be
Removed to Protect Health.
A protest against the war Uue Im
posed on the sale of tooth pa*te, sign
ed by about forty cltisens of Philadel
phia and polats nearby, waa presented
la the houa* of representstlvee.
The protest contends that many dis
ease* are caused by failure to cleans*
the teeth and mouth, and that a tax
on tooth pasta la, therefore, a tax on
health. That the members of con
grass have not taxed the nation foi
the nss of soap puxxle* the signer*
aad they say so In the petition.
The only point that they do not
loach upon to prove that the tax 1*
> "all wrong," Is that those falling to
use tooth pasta should be taxed in
i stead of their mora advanced breth
! ran.
I i ■ mummm .in
Taoltoee.
1 Seat thtak 'H waa a bit nice lor
the rector to commend woman's econ
omy la dreea," said the wife to her
husband after the service.
"That ahouldn't have annoyed you,
my dear," waa the reply. "Your gown
, la plain enough."
I "Exactly! Ills remark called every,
body's attention to wliat 1 had oo."-
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