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.ESTABLISHED 1S70. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH VOL. XLVIII $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCU HEALTH WORK ON BIGGER SCLE Robeson Secures Cooperation and Financial Support of State Board of Health by Increasing Health Appropriation 3-Year Plan of Work. LUMBERTON, NORTH CARQUNHURSDAY, OjCTOBER 4, 1917 NUMBER 68 MORE MEN OFF FOR CAMP At their meeting Monday the coun ty commissioners took a long step for ward in promoting health work for Robeson by agreeing to increase the appropriation for this work about $000 the year, making the appropria tion $3,485 for this year, thereby se curing an equal amount from the State Board of Health. Health work in the county has been costing around -$2,900 the year. TheStateBoard ofHealth.through co operation with the international health board of the Rockefeller Foundation, is able to cooperation with ten coun ties of the State in a 3-year plan of work in the development of county health departments, providing the State board's legislative appropriation for this purpose is maintained. Nine counties already have complied with the conditions and when Dr. W. A. McPhaul, county health officer, was in Raleigh last week it was offered to Robeson as the tenth and last coun ty. Dr. McPhaul presented the mat ter to the county commissioners Mon day and Chairman A. J. Floyd was authorized to commit the county to the plan after some minor details of the work have been agreed upon by Mr. Floyd and a representative of the State Board of Health. A represent ative of the board is expected to take the matter up with Mr. Floyd per sonally this week. The program proposed by the State board consists of definite units of work on the more important health problems rather than an attempt to cover the entire field of county health activity in a limited period of time. Cooperation will be given in carrying out the health program outlined in the following budgets: Health officer, salary first year $2, 100, second year $2,100, third year 32,400. (Robeson paid its health of ficer $2,500 the year up to this year, when the salary was increased to $2, 750.) Traveling expense, first year $600, second year $600, third year $750. Clerical assistant," salary first and second year, $600, third year $900. Fixtures and supplies, first year $500, second and third year, $100 each year. Contingent funds, $140 each year. Soil pollution unit, first year $2, 430, second and third year $900 each year. Quarantine and disinfection, $100 each year. School inspection unit $500 each year.' i.. - t, r Life "extension unit, $400 second year, nothing first and third. Infant hygiene unit, $100 third year, nothing first and second. The total for the first year is $6, 970, the State board paying one half; the total for the second year $5,440, of which the State board will pay 40 per cent, or $2,176, and the county 60 per cent, or $3,264; the. total for the third year is $5,890, of which the State board will pay 25 per cent., or $1,472.50, the county 75 per cent, or $4,417.50. By increasing its appropriation on ly $600 the county will receive the first year $3,485 from the State board ana more than doubles the money available for health work in the coun ty. Mr. Floyd will consult with a repre sentative of the State board in re gard to having some of the items of the foregoing budgets changed and added to other items.For instance, entire amount of $500 provided for fixtures and supplies for the first year will not be needed for that pur pose since the county already has an office equipped for its health offi cer. Part of that amount could be added to some other unit. Other un its may be changed slightly, without affecting in the least the general plan of the work. Further detail of the work proposed will be given in subsequent issues of me Kobesonian. 25 White Men of Robeson District 1 Left for Camp Jackson This TVIorning 18 Indians Will Leave for Camp This Evening. Twenty-five selertpd- l0bs? district No. 1 left Lumberton at t.it tnis morning over the Sea board for Camp Jackson, near Colum bia, S. C. Every man who had been summoned to leave today was pres ent long before train time. Quite a crowd was at the station to see the boys off. v Mr. Fulton O. Floyd of Fairmont was made captain of the party and ivir. i. r. uranam oi IToctorville was made lieutenant captain. The boys were in line spirits. inose who left this morning were: Ottie Warwick. Lee Troy Bullock. Daniel McPhatter. Larkin Walters.. Luther Wm. Carter. Dempsey C. Bass. Thomas Hardin. Benjamin F. Williams. Forney Prevatt. Hazely Barfield. Daniel V. B. McKenzie. Zeb Vance Carlyle. Lonnie Caulk. Abner N. Martin. John I. Paul. William H. Howell. Fulton O. Floyd. Daniel C. Miller. ; , Montgomery Evans. Melton Ivey. Freeman K. Broadwell. Grover Walters. Ippie Graham. James C. Biggs. Cleaton Kinlaw. 18 Indians Leave This Evening. Eighteen Indians have been called to leave for Camp Jackson at 6:19 this afternoon. These are the first Indians to be sent from district No 1. They are: Raymond Hunt. Archie Dial. Will Benj. Griffin. Bud Hunt. Grover C. Chavis. Luther Locklear. Dennis Hammond. . Arch Hunt. Berry Hunt. Will R. Chavis. J Oscar Jacobs. Burnice Hunt. " Hezzie C. Revels. Mahoney Oxendine. Benson Locklear. Graham Chavis. Frank Locklear. Nuton Sampson. OBSESSED WITH THOUGHT OF GOING MAD Pitiable" Plight of Mr. Thomas Benson of Bladen Has Brood ed Over Having Hydrophobia From Bite of a Cat Until His Condition is Puzzling. TO ADDRESS FARMERS Speaking Appointments of Supt. Sentelle and President Barker Discussions of Importance to Farmers. Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superintend ent of the Lumberton graded school, and Mr. W. P. Barker, nresident of the Robeson County Farmers' union, 1 will address the farmers at the fol lowing places and dates: Ten Mile Saturday afternoon of this week at 4:30. Long Branch school house Tues day night, October 9, at 7:30. .Mt. Eliam school house Saturday n'Kht, October 13, at 7:30. The public isinvited to attend these meetings, especially women. Matters of importance to farmers and their families will be discussed, and it will be to the interest of every person liv ing in the above-named communities tOrbe present. - fhey will speak at other places in the county during: the next few months. The pkfees and dates will e announced in The Robesonian from ume to time. -Mr. Guion Lee has resigned his I'Wiiuon as assistant secretary-treasurer of the Kingsdale Lumber corpo ration, effective Nnvpmhor 1. Mr e has been with the above-named mpany for 6 years. Is he suffering with hyprophobia or does he only think he is ? That was a question which puzzled Lumberton people last evening when Mr. Thomas Benson of Bladen,, coun ty, who declared he was thus afflict ed, was put off the 6:19 Seaboard train here. Passengers on the train had become frightened at the man's actions and the conductor thought it best to put him off the train. Mr. Benson was accompanied by his wife and they had started for Raleigh, where the afflicted man said he was going to take the Pasteur treatment. He declared that if he was put off the train he would die. His whole desire seemed to be getting to Ral eigh. Mr. Benson declared that he had not drunk any water for four days and could not bear the sight of it. He would ask for a glass of water and when water was carried to him he would become nervous and ask that it be taken out of his sight. The word hvdronhobia means fear of water. It will be remembered by Robeson ian readers that Mr. Benson and three nf his children were bitten by a rab- bid cat last June and went to Raleigh and took the Pasteur treatment. Dr. W. A. McPhaul. county health officer, and some of the other doctors here examined Mr. Benson and say he is not suffering witn hydropnooia hut. has studied about "going mad' until he has just decided within himv self that he is "mad". - At times Mr. Benson talked as if his mind was unbalanced, but he main tained that it was not imagination. Whatever the trouble may be, he is in bad shape. Mr. and Mrs. Benson returned to Bladenboro last night and he said he was going to leave this morning for Raleigh. Jurors for November Court. At. their meeting Monday the coun ty commissioners drew the following to serve as jurors ior one ween wim- innl tprm of Robeson superior court, beginning November 5: C. R. Britt, P. C. Blake, K. IV. uarnes, o. jr. Britt, H. G. Meares, Irving Prevatt, Frank Bass, L. A. McLean, W. T. Sea ley, J. H. Bass, J. F. McDonald, H. C. Britt, R. T. Sanderson, Maston Britt, L. M. Roach, J. A. McMillan, w p wst. C. M. Bullard. J. Pope Stephens, W. F. Webb, Andrew Ivey, Worth Walters, L. E. Townsend, Al len Turner, L. C. Davis, E. S. Pate, N. A. Russ, Thomas Kinlaw, D. J. Britt, Howard Morrison, Archie Da vis, Jr., R. C Birmingham, J. B. Bar field, N. A. Watson, C. C. Holcomb, D. B. Mclntyre, James R. Taylor, B. F. McNeill, G. A. Inman. R. C. Moore. TO SELECT RESERVE MILITIA FOR ROBESON County Council of Defensefill Meet in Lumberton Octf Men to be Selected for Military Duty Under Governor's Call for 5,000 Men. 15 Chairman H. E. Stacy and other members of the' Robeson council of defense will meet at the court house m Lumberton a 10:30 a. m. Hon? day, October 8, to select 50 men. for military duty in Robeson under , the provisions of the Governor's recent proclamation calling forth 5,000 of the unorganized militia of the State ior military duty. . : Members of the county council of defense besides Chairman Staev are: a. u,. wnite ol .Lumberton, J. B. Mc- vormicK oi rarkton, A. R. McEach ern of St. Paul, Dr. J. L. McMillan of Ked Springs, A. J. McKmnon of Max ton, J. S. Oliver of Marietta. ' l When the number allotted for the county has been selected, the chair man, wno under the terms of the special regulations is appointed mus tering officer, will proceed atlimce to enlist the men and cause election of officers to be held. ' , . This company is designated - the Twenty-first company. North Caro lina Reserve militia, with home star tion at Lumberton. - : - Chairman Stacy received instruc tions to the above effect yesterday from the office of Adjutant General Young at Raleigh. Orders were sent out from Raleigh Tuesday to 15 other county chairmen in the State for formation of the 50 men units of the new reserve militia being formed throughout the State in compliance with Gov. Bickett's re cent order, following oi'ders issued Monday for the formation of 100-men units in the principal centers of pop ulation. The fifty-men units ordered to be organized Tuesday are Beaufort. Ca barrus, Cleveland, Davidson, Edge combe, Gaston, Granville, Harnett, Madison, McDowell, Randolph, Rob eson, Rockingham, Vance, Warren, Wilson. The men selected for these counties by their respective county defense boards are-to meet at once -and elect officers and these will be straightway comiuissioned by the Governor and the applications filed withJthe Feder al government f orthe arms with which the companies are to be equipped. In directing the adjutant general to proceed to organize State militia companies, Governor Bickett wrote: "It is my desire that the men se lected shall represent the intelligence, the character and the courage of the communities in which they live.These: men are to be the special guardians of our women and children.:-and the keepers' of the peace and oroW of -the State. The service they are-1 to per-, form requires that the - militia roll shall be a roll of honor. I insist that the men selected shall be: "Men who fear God and make a decent effort to keep His commandments. "Men of fortitude who are able and willing, for the public weal, to face danger and endure hardships with out complaint. "Men of quiet minds who will be very careful of human life, but will, when stern necessity demands it, shoot straight to protect the helpless and preserve the peace and order of the State. "These men are to be selected, but not drafted. The organizations are to be composed neither of volunteers nor of drafted men, but of men chos en by the committees because it is believed that they possess peculiar qualifications for the service in which they are called. If any man who is selected shall decline the honor, it will not be thrust upon him. Any unwillingness to serve would indicate that the committee had made a mis take in the selection of that particu lar man." It is desired that men between the ages of 31 and 45 years be selected, but younger men may be selected in the discretion of the council. HOME DEMONSTRA TION WORK Miss Cassiday Outlines Plan 4- Year Course in Home Econom-, ics is Contemplated Larger Vision of Home and. Commun ity Work. FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER Miss Lula M. Cassiday, who, as stat ed in Monday's Robesonian, arrived Sunday to begin work as home dem onstration agent for 'Robeson, outlin ed the work she hopes to do in a brief talk before the county commissioners while they were m session here Mon day afternoon. It is an ambitious plan of work that Miss Cassidav has mapped out and the inauguration of that work means the beginning of a new era in rural development in Rob eson. Miss Cassiday wants to work in co operation with the schools and hopes to have the active and hearty co operation Of every teacher in the county. She plans to organize 16 or 18 clubs, giving working centers which she will visit monthly, leaving time for office work and special meet ings. Food conservation, lessons in home economics, cooking, sewing, etc., will be a part of her . work. Teaching housewives how to prepare substitutes for meat will be one important part oi ner work in the immediate future. Girls and boys have been educated too much away from country life and care too little for country life, Miss Cassiday told the commissioners. She wants to help educate and equip them for efficiency in the country, to help them get a vision of ideal country life and educate them along lines to real ige those ideals. . . Later on, gardening and canning will be duly stressed and taught, but Miss Cassiday does not want any body to get the idea that that is the whole of demonstration work. She sees in the work a gerat opportunity ior developing a strong rural worn anhood. Larger vision of home and com munity work is the main thing, with every school a tarm life center. A four-year course in home econom ics is contemplated in Miss Cassiday's plan, iietore the end of that four year period she hopes to reach every community in the county, and to touch every rural home. In answer to a question asked by one of the commissioners, Miss Cas siday said that she has her own Ford and a pistol and goes where she pleas es, unafraid. Her work will take her all over the county, and one of the commissioners remarked that several communities are ready for her right now, eager to work under her direc tion. . As has Jeen. stated in The Robeson ian, Miss.. Cassiday . comes to 'this work with six years of experience: bhe was rural school supervisor and home demonstration agent of Samp son county for four years and after that for two years in Orange, com ing to Lumberton from the latter county. In Social Circles Movements of the People. J Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, Oct. 3 Mr. and Mrs John Floyd of Barnesville were Fair-' mont visitors Wednesday. Mrs. C. B. Baker, Mrs. D. C. Las siter and Mr. Vernon and Mrs. Majen ter Lassiter, Misses Geneva Morri son and Elizabeth Boyce spent Wed nesday in Lumberton. Mr. Ernest Jones, who is a member of the crew of U. S. S. Wyoming, sta tioned at New York, spent a few days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jones. Mr. Irving Baker of Goldsboro spent the week-end with his mother, mrs. a. d. aKer. ' Miss Kate Ratlev of Rowland snent the week-end with her parents. ivir. victor tiayes, who is a student at the Marion high school. srent the week-end with home folks. Mrs. Paul Viture of Chicaero is spending some time with her parents, ivir. and Mrs. v . a. Floyd. Mr. Dodd Floyd, who holds a posi tion with E. G. Floyd, spent last week at Barnesville. Mr. Pete Ward of Rowland spent Sunday in Fairmont. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Jenkins and daughters, Misses Bertha and Retha, spent Tuesday in Lumberton. Mrs. H. Stubbs, Mrs. E. B. Hayes and Miss Lois Hayes, Mrs. A. 1. Mc Daniel, Mrs. C. B. Thompson and Miss Eva Thompson spent Monday in Lum berton. Mrs. A. S. Thompson delightfully entertained the Epworth league Fri day night from 8 to 11 o'clock. Quite a crowd of young folks were there and enjoyed The evening. Messrs. Elmer Pittman and E. L. Vinson spent Tuesday in Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Calhoun spent Wednesday in Fayetteville. RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS College Girls Pick Cotton for Red Cross Personal Mention. ROAD SENTENCES FOR CAR THIEVES Two of the Negroes Who Stole Mr. A. E. White's Auto and Wrecked It Go to the Roads One of the Negroes Worked for Mr. White. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Oct. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton have gone to house keeping in the house formerly occu pied by Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Mil ler. Miss Dickson Vardell left today for New York, where she will continue her studies in violin. Mrs. J. T. Williams and daughters, Misses Annie Belle and Mary, spent Wednesday m Fayetteville. Dr. Morten, president of Davidson, spent a few days here the past week the guest of Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Var dell. The girls from Flora Macdonald went over Mr. W. J, Johnson's farm Tuesday afternoon and spent an hour picking cotton. About ,500 pounds were picked and the money donated to the Red Cross. The junior mis sionaries of the Presbyterian church also picked about 300 pounds one af ternoon in the interest of the society. Mr.' Dewey Singleton, who has been working in Petersburg, Va., spent a few days at home the past week. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Williamson of Fayetteville spent Wednesday in town. Mr. Williamson came to a meeting of the financial board of Flora Macdon ald college. Dr. Turrentine, president of Greens boro college for women, spent Sunday and Monday in town. He preached in the Methodist church Sunday morn ing and night. Mrs. A. B. Pearsall and Miss Julia Hall went to Fayetteville Wednesday to see Mrs. Josie Worth. WAR SESSION WILL END THIS WEEK finite Library ' BRi ..Uiuo of LOCAL NEWS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. A (Sandy) McNeill, Monday, a girl. Miss Lula Brvan left vesterdav -ffor Hendersonville, where she will enter the Morse sanatorium. I. O. O. F. meets Monday night at 8 o'clock. Degree work. All mem bers urged to be present. Mr. John Lewis has accepted a position as salesman in Mr. L. H. Caldwell's department store. He be gan work Monday. A banner advertising the Phila delphus community fair, which will be held October 12, has been put up on. the court house square. Miss Bernice Efird of Polkton, -who taught in Orrum school last ses sion has entered Madison Hall school for girls in Washington, D. C. Miss Ada Pittman of the Back Swamp section has accepted a posi tion in Messrs. White & Gough's de partment store. She began work Monday. Mr. F. A. Wishart has been very sick since Monday noon when he was bitten by a spider. He has had three doctors with him. His condition is somewhat improved today, however. Troy Roberts and Wm. P. God win, Indians, of Pembroke recently enlisted in the Baker's corps of the U. S. army at the local recruiting' station. They left last evening for Fort Thomas, Ky. . Mr. C. B. Redmond has opened up a fruit and candy store in the Grif fith building on Elm street formerly occupied1 by Mr. John H. Felts, Jr. Mr. Redmond will also handle oys ters. He calls his new place of busi ness the "little store". Two teachers have been added ta the graded and high school faculty this week. Mr. Carl Nye of Orrum has been employed .in the high school department and will tech history. Mrs. E. M. Johnson has been em ployed to teach the second grade. They began teaching Tuesday. County Farm Demonstrator L. E. Blanchard left yesterday for hi3 old home at Hertford in response t a wire message stating that his sis ter, Miss Margaret Blanchard, died -Tuesday night. Deceased lived with her father, Mr. W. S. Blanchard, and had been sick for some time. The funeral and burial will take place this afternoon. The singing class o fthe Oxford orphanage will give a concert at the local opera house Wednesday even ing, October 17. There are ten girls, and four boys in the class, and they will be accompanied by a lady teach er and the general manager. Those who wish to help entertain children while they are here will see the or phanage committee of the Masonic lodge. ' Mr. W. J. Mercer of R. 5 from Lumberton is among the visitors in town today. Mr. Mercer sold a bale of cotton for 25 .3-4 cents the pound. He. .says J this is by far the highest price he ever received for cotton. He says he has sold $800 worth of cot ton from this year's crop and likes 3 bales of being over the first pick ing. He expeets to make around 3Q bales this year. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Woodward left yesterday for their home at Morgan ton after spending a week here visit ing at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd . Townsend, Sixth street. They were accompanied home by their daughter, Miss Emilie Woodward, who has been sick for several weeks. She will spend some time at Morganton with her par ents. As has been stated in The Rob esonian, Miss Leigh Pope is reliev ing Miss Woodward as stenographer at the National Bank of Lumberton. Congress Will Adjourn Tomorrow or Saturday. i Washington Dispatch, Oct. 3. Congress will end its extraordinary war session which began April 2, Sat urday, or possibly Friday. Agreement of the Senate today to take a final vote late tomorrow on the administration soldiers' and sail ors' insurance bill and the adoption with record-breaking speed of the con ference report on the war deficiency appropriation bill paved the way for adjournment. Arrangements for the final formal ities were made by Senator Martin, and Representative Kitchin, majority leader. Representative Kitchin pre pared to introduce in the House tomor- row a resolution proposing aujuuui ment at 5 o'clock Saturday. Such speed was made in legislation late today, however, that Senator Martin said tonight it might be possible to finish Friday instead. The militarv insurance and defic iency appropriation measures are the nrdv important bills awaiting final action at this session. Leaders are HptM-mined to nass over all other leg ialatinn until December, including the soldiers' and sailors' civil rights bill, which the House took up today and probably will pass tomorrow. . , But brief time is expected to be James Mosley, Jesse Merrick and Abram Cotton, all colored, were ar rested Monday night on the charge of taking- Mr. A. E. White's Hudson auto out Sunday night and wrecking it, an account of which was publish ed in Monday's Robesonian. The Cot ton negro was first arrested and he then told all about the affair, which led to the arrest of the other negroes. None of the negroes denied that he was along when the auto was wreck ed. They were given a hearing before Recorder E. M. Britt Tuesday after noon. Merrick was given a 12-months' road sentence, Cotton a 30-day road sentence, while the recorder has not sentenced Mosley. The evidence as told by the negroes was that Mosley, who had been work ing for Mr. White, and Merrick went to Mr. White's home and took the au to out, the plot having been made up town. Alter the auto had been stolen the two negroes went to the home of Cotton and he joined them for a joy ride. Two other negroes also joined the joy riders, but have not been arrested. Mosley testified that he went into Mr. White's residence and secured the key to the house in which the auto was locked. As a result of the wreck Moslev had a slight cut near his eye and the other negroes were somewhat shaken up. The joy-riders ran the car against the iron railing at the bridge across Lumber river on the Creek road about 1 mile south of town and one of the front wheels was broken. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS Superior Court. As stated in Monday's Robesonian, " T . , -r . i a two weeks' term of Superior court Germans Try m Vain to Retake for the trial of ciyil caseg convened Positions .From British Ship- Monday morning with Judge W. M ping Loss From Submarines ? on.d of. Edenton presiding. The fol- lowing jury trials have been complet- Lowest since a eoruary. ed: Mort Britt vs. Emeline Brittr di- Since the middle of last week the I vorce granted. R. C. Cummings vs. A. C. L. Ey. Co.; judgment for defendant. J. L. McMillan vs. M. A. Buie. et al.; judgment agreed to by both plain tiff and defendant. Currie-Patterson Co. vs. Daniel Continued on page 5 Exarnination for Teachers. An examination for teachers of all races in the county will be given here Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. All who expect to take the exam ination will have to report on lues 4y. ' ' Mr. Earl Townsend has resigned the position which he held in the First National Bank for several months, and has accepted a position in the office of the Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings cotton mills. German armies in Flanders daily have been trying to wrest from the Brit ish the territory taken from them in the recent big offensive of i leld Mar shal Haig. As on previous days, Crown Prince T ne-rauerson o. ys. t Jt u,; xta Leach; judgment for plaintiff. n,i innmhm nf his trnnnc A number of. judgments has beexr in on attemnt to rpcantnrp terrain I Signed. on the Ypres sector where the Brit ish are seriously threatening his com- the shelliner bv German aircraft of munication line with Ostend and the the open town of Bar-le-Duc. More submarine base at Zeebrugge. Ever than 15.000 pounds of explosives are watchful, the gunners of Haig again eported to have been dropped on num wrought havoc among the attacking erous German settlements. amoncr waves and dispersed the Germans with them the famous town of Baden, fam- neavy casualties ana reiamea an i ed as a health resort. their positions intact. Pola Again Bombed. Renewed Drive Indefinite. Likewise the Italians are giving the inerestiu is no indication oi tne Austrians little resmte from aerial time set by Field Marshal Haig for incursions, aerain haviner dropped four the renewal of his efforts to press on tons of projectiles on military objec- toward and cut tne ustena-iine ran- tives.at Jola, the great Austrian nav way, but he is steadily keeping up al base on the Adriatic and bombed his pounding of the German trenches other points of militarv advantazeL with his masses of artillery of all In addition the Italians have repuls- alibres. - ed decisively another Austrian attack Although the German war office j on the western slopes of Monte San asserts that in Tuesday's fighting Gabriele in the Gorizza sector. along the eastern bank of the Meuse Great Britain's loss in merchant in the Verdun sector the Germans vessels through attacks by submarines captureu a cumpai tiveiy long une ox ana Dy striKing mines last wees was French trenches, the French official the lowest since Germany started her communication makes no mention of ihtensif ied submarine warfare in Feb this and asserts merely that spirited ruary. Only thirteen merchantmen patrol engagements and artillery en- met with disaster last week as gagements took place. against fifteen the week before, which. t rench Continue Reprisals. was tne previous low record. While British and French airmen The embargo placed by Great Bri- contmue their bombardments -of the I tain on the exportation of all supplies German submarine base at Zeebrugge I to Holland and Scandinavia was made and points of military importance be- on the insistence of the American gov hind the lines of the French aviators ernment, so that its own embargo are keeping up their attack on Ger- against shipments of all kinds to Ger man towns and cities in reprisal for many should not be nullified.