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GASTO.MA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY T, 1918.
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A FiSTLvl OF GASTCnlA
; JVDITY-RIE YEiLH AGO
niv rr cimifPiiD
OTTO RUPP AND WE .
. AS GERHAII AMDS
Ill SOCIflUIRCLES
UTESI EYEKTS IK V;o:ilVS WORLD
AllLKICAII D
HEAR Fin lc:e
FOOD SjTUATIOIl SERI0LI3
oicax officus aee cc:;cef:::e3
lull IIL UIUUILUI III -
. : , YAR DEPART! 1ENT
5n.
Yesterday marked the i4th annl
' versary. of ..Rer. Dr. J. C. Callaway's
pastorate of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church here. Both ps-
tor and members had hoped that the
- event could be fitungly .observed In
-the ; congregation's - handsome, new
' - house of worship nqw nearlng com
pletion at the corner of South York
street and West Franklin avenue but
- unavoidable delay in -securing some
7 materials rendered 1 this Impossible.
- They hope,' however,;to occupy - this
buildlng.withln the next few wee s.
.- .The Gazette requested Dr. Gallo-
way to glTe its readers a picture "of
-t Gastonla as it was when he. came
here 24 years ago in order that tnose
;;of our citizens- who jure 'come In
since then might nave someiaea as
v to .the wonderful growth of Gasto-
nla. Dr. Galloway very kindly com
' plied with this request and wrote as
-follows: I - ,
To the Editor of The Gazette: ? -V
You asked me for some recollec
tions of Gastonla as I found It wnen
" I came here 24 years ago. No one
t ' who saw It then and saw it agaen now
'Ji would hare the remotest idea that It
t was the same place. The railway
' station was a little wooden' shacs
' which stood Just 'where the present
' freight office stands and was a com
bination freight and passenger affair.
The passenger part was large enougn
,' to hold 8 or 10 persons and was dingy
and dirty." A cheap wooden hotel
-' ' building stood where the Armlngton
v . now stands. The town had a popu
lation of 2,000. The Southern Rall
" -road (then the Richmond and Dan
V vllle) hadfive or six passenger trains,
' and three or four freights a day.
- - There were no Pullmans and : no.
-vestlbuled trains. The Southern nas
.built two passenger stations since
then. ":
J - Practically every store and bank
' building on Main Street, or anywhere
near it, has either been torn down,
" or else rebuilt. After three or four
. 1 days of fain Main street would be
' V:ome a river of liquid mud a foot
.deep and stepping stones were placed
: : in the street so that foot passengers
: might get over. -' The . stores ana
drug stores were all small and cheap
. and dingy affairs. There were no
buildings on West Main street below
the Gastonla ', Hardware . Company's
building, on the north side, t And
none on the south., side ; below the
Eflrd store -rooms. . The First Na
tlonal Bank was. in a wooden build
ing on the site of the store now oc-
; cupleld by Morris Bros. : and ' Mr.
" " John' Lore was doing a banking busi
ness in the building now occupied
- by tho CtUzena ' aak. '.;' u
The' Gazette office and 'composing
rooms were upstairs in. the buildings
-"oceuplied by the old postofflce. , Mr.
.: W. F. Marshall ; was .- editor and
many an enterestlng chat yonr scribe
C baa had with him in his cosy office.
When he decided to build a new
home for The Gazette and bought a
- lot on the ground where the Realty
; i building now stands and paid - the,
' astounding price of $20.00' per front
....-,-foot the wise-acres said he would
' nerer get his money out of It Real
" estate everywhere was cheap. I was
' offered the double lot 6n which the
. ' residences of Mr. J. H. Kennedy and
7 Mr.' Frost Torrence now stand for
1500.00. It was then- planted In
scorn. ,:The lot on which I now lire
.j was a cornfield and I bought the lot
'the next" year for 1230.00. . The lot
on which the' A. R. - Presbyterian
church and manse stand was bought
In 1890 for 14fc-
.When ' I first came to Gastonla I
-could find only one vacant house, a
' 'v rough brick affair which stood on
the corner of York and 8econd Ave
nue, where Mrs. Rankin now lives,
: ; but I was very reluctant to move into
it, as It was then so far out of town
and the street ended just below. it,
.. there being only one small house be
low. ; All of South York that was be;
: low this was : In fields and broom
sedge. - Chester street was "Just., a
country road. . -
. - The Trenton Mill was the last set
tlement on the west side. ' Where the
: Loray Mill now stands was ft dense
- pine forest and the Gray and Arling
ton Mill sites were far out' in the
country. Even the Avon Mill sue
was a dense forest and so of all that
-. lay back of it. There were only gni
. lies and fields where the Clara and
. Dunn Mills are. That part of ' the
w city, now occupied by the -Modena,
- -, Ozark, Flint and, Groves Mills was
" out in the country, and all. these
. ' mills have been built since.: When
'- - Mr. John Love paid the owners of
the land on which the Loray Is built,
. STO.OO-1 per 'acre it was regarded as
v"an unjustiable extravagance.. "
There were five church buildings
-; in the" town.. The oldest was the
-, Methodist Protestant hohse on tne
. corner of Air Line Street and the old
. Dallas road and known far and near
as the "White Church" because for
- many years after Its building It was
' the only painted house in the county.
- The others were the Presbyterian,
. Methodist,. Baptist and A. R. ' , P.
All these were small . and ; rather
- cheap buildings. The Presbyterian
. building stood Just west of the Gas
ton Sanitorium and Rev. R. P. Smith"
: was pastor. The Baptist was a
wooden structure fni, stood whre
- the present house 1j and Her.- ::r.
t Jones was pastor. . L.e -Ilethodiat
house was on the same lot the present
building occupies and Rev.- C. IL
J By InternatlonarNews Service.!
t: WASHINGTON- Jan. 5. The
general demand! for a shakeup or
the War 'Department has .. assumed
formidable proportions today, sena
tor Chamberlain's 'resolution provid
ing for a department " of munitions
will have the solid support of the
Republicans and the Senator's meas
ure Is very popular in the House. On
ly a direct appeal from the President
can defeat its passage. - v
TO DOUBLE CAI'P : .
GREEK AT ONCE
V Camp Greene, at CharlotteTvls to
Ibe doubled. Mt will then kccommo-
f- AAA SI
naie two ongaaes or ow.wuo wvu.
At present there are about 33,0 0J?
men there. The War Department, it
Is stated, - decided on this v enlarge
ment last week and construction
work will be commenced at once.
Land for the enlargement, It Is stat
ed, will be bought outright.
TWO MASKED
HOLD DP STOREKEEPER
Saturday night about 8 o'clock as
Mr, J. J. Nivens, who runs a store on
South Marietta street near the Arm
strong Mill, was going home from
the store, he was approached by two
masked men who commanded him to
throw up his hands, saying that if he
did not do so they would kill him.,
Mr. Nivens, who had already reached
Eighth street, was then only .about
130 yards from his .home. ; When
confronted by the would-be robbers,
Mr. Nivens, instead of i complying
with their demands, proceeded on his
way,' whereupon one of -the men fired
five times. : However, Mr. Nivens was
fortunate' enough ta escape without
being hit; i : " ...
i " 'V v
.WOULD REGULATE SEA TRADE.
K: ( By International News Service. )
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 6. -Added to
Turkey's suggestions that- individual
war losses be refunded; a convention
of the powers ,to regulate furtner
sea trade Is suggested. Turkey or
fers to recognize the Independence or
Persia and suggests that armies be
limited to enough for national de
fense only. .-
ENGLAND STANDS WITH FRANCE.
- ..... - '
u'By International News Service.)
. LONDON," , Jan; l. ; England
stands besides France in her demand
for. the return of Alsace-Lorraine.
This declaration was made 'by Lloyd
George' today In a speech, to .the
laborltes. . The Premier stated that
England' will back up the position or
President 'Wilson .that the conquest
of Austria-Hungary; is no part of
the allies'., war alms.' Following so
closely upon v thd . recent ' Oerman
peace offer,. Premier Lloyd-George's
statement of the allies' alms created
a profound Impression. ' "
U. S. MAY TAKE OVER ELECTRIC
ROADS. t
: (By International News' Service.)
' WASHINGTON, ; Jan. 5. -- The
next step in the railroad administra
tion will be the commandeering of
electric railroads, according to pres
ent indications. ' Plans to that end
are now under consideration.
BAD FIRE IN HOBOREN. .
(By International News Service.)
J HOBOkEN, Jan. 4. Fire of an in
cendiary origin gutted the Gatti and
McQuade - paper -. plant' and several
other ; concerns - today. Fear- that
flames would spread to big govern
ment warehouses and the Remington
Arms plant nearby caused help to ne
sent from New York. ; -
NOT TO TAKE OVER COAL MIXES.
(By International News Service. ) -:
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Fuel
Administrator Garfield - announces
that the government does not intend
to seize the coal mines. . .
1 - . .
Campbell was pastor.1' The A: R. P.
house was erected last and- was built
In 1889. Dr. E. E. Boyce was pastor,
As land ' and lots were cheap so
were all other of the necessities of
life. It may have a melancholy in
terest to -some of onr house holders,
la these snowy, days, to know that
wood was 11.50 a cord, eggs 121-2
cenu per dozen, butter 15c and three
pounds of the best porterhouse steak
was to be had from Mr. John Hanna
for 25c: - - ..' x ' i " ' -The
town's high school building
stood on the ground now occupied
by the residence of Mr. O. T. Mason
and was under. the management of
Messrs. J. P. Reid and F P. Halt.
On the: lot where now stands the
handsome. home, of lira. . George
Gray was an abandoned saw mill,
bnllding, and also a frog pond, the
denizens of which nightly serenaded
th town. . ..
,Capt. R. C O.. Love, Capt J, D.
Moore. Capt, J. Q. HoUand, Mr.7.
F. Love, Mr. T I Craig, Mr, T. W.
Wilson and Mr. .Geo. A.' Gray wera
among the kailag epiriu In the busi
ness and mercantile world. . - "
J. C. CALLOWAY.'
Gastonlans will be interested" to
know that Otto Rupp and bis wire,
Germans, -are held in the Norfolk,
Va., Jail without ball pending further
investigation as to the origin of . tne
destructive v fire . ot last , Tuesday
which did property damage to the
extent of 12,000,000 or more. , Seven
other, men and one other -woman are
held in the same connection. All
were arrested by secret service agents
of the government, assisted by the
Norfolk' police. An account of . tne
arrest of these people Is contained in
The Norfolk Virglnian-Pllot of last
Wednesday
- Rupp, it will be recalled, formerly
operated a meat market bere. About
a year ago he left, going to Rlcn
mond. He was here a year or more.
Of a very belligerent disposition,
Rupp and his wife were both Involv
ed in numerous small difficulties
while here. They were strong pro
dermana and talked bitterly, while
bere. against the United States gov
ernment for supplying the Allies with
munitions and foodstuffs. Gastonlans
will watch with interest tbe progress
of the cases against Rupp and his
wife.
liO TRAINS TAKEN
OFF IN THIS SECTION
Twenty per cent of the througn
passenger trains on the eastern rail
roads were taken off yesterday in or
der to provide larger facilities for the
transportation of freight. This or
der, however, does nofr affect the
Southern Railroad south of Washing
ton. - The same trains and schedules
are still in operation in this section
of the country. The speed of pas
senger trains, however. Is to be cut
down and Pullman and observation
car accommodations greatly restrict
ed. Mr. McAdoo, government director
of railroads. Issued a statement Sat-,
urday calling on tbe public to refrain
from traveHsg except where it is ab
solutely necessary.
Congress will take up this week
the subject of railroad legislation
following President Wilson's mes
sage of last week dealing with this
subject.
BETTERIM GIVES
$50 TO THE LIBRARY
In spite of thev very" Inclement
weather mahout twenty ladles met in
the graded school auditorium Friday
afternoon for the regular meeting of
the ; betterment association. Tbe
meeting w,a- called to drder by the
president, Mrs. R. C. Warren and
Mrs. B. T. Morris led in prayer.
The 'reports of. the various com
mittees were necessarily omitted on
account of the absence of the chair
men. The principal business of the.
afternoon" was to vote on the money
previously asked for by the educa
tional - and library committees. It
was decided that' twenty-five dollars
be given to the educational for the
school library and "that the library
committee, be given fifty dollars ror
the public library.
The meeting was turned over to
Mrs. J. H. Separk, chairman of the
health nurse committee. The first
number was an excellent paper by
Mrs. TV E.'Summerrow on ,7Public
Health, the Basis Of Prosperity".
Miss Potts gave a report : of her
year's ' work 'together With an ac
count of several of the most inter
esting cases. ' So few ladle's were pres
ent to heaV these fine -papers that
they were asked to hare them pub
lishes, so no attempt will be made to
givr a synopsis of them.
The February -meeting will be in
charge of the home economics com
mittee and will be on tbe first day
of the month.. ,
praoiriraoN .
7-f - RAILROa SETOI
; (By International 'Newa SerTlce. '
WASHINGTON. - Jan ,4. Tn e
President today asked Oongress to
guarantee the valtfe of railroad se
curities on the basis of the average
net operating income for three years
ending January 30, HI 7. The Pres
ident delivered 'a message stating his
position to a joint session, as he is
accustomed to do. : In the message
he said that he would. later confer
with Congressional Committees .on
any subjects that are fonnd necesss'
ry. -Wowiiere did ur. viiion,toucn
on permanent ownership. - He told
Congress that Governmental opera
tion la necessary in order to co-ordinate
and bring about maximum pri
ces and prevent schemes Interfering
with the Government's financing of
the war. Immediately after tie ad
dress Representative Elms Introduced
a bill" giving the President the desir
ed. Jurisdiction. -. -
D. A. R. TO MEET
FIUDAY AFTKKNOON, .r - '
The regular meeting of William
Gaston Chapter, Daughters . or the
American Revolution, will be held at
3 o'clock Friday afternoon. . January
II, with Mrs. Rufus M. Johnston, at
"her residence on South Broad street
Fallowing is the program: . Roll call,
interesting Facts About North Caro
lina. Boston in the Revolution.
"Boston's Part in Bringing on the
Revolution,", by Mrs. John O. Car
penter; "Social Life in Boston Prior
to and During the Revolution," by
Mrs. P. R. Falls; Discussion on "Pur
itans in Contrast with ' Cavaliers,"
led by Mrs. J. Mr Caldwell. Report
from Our Soldier Boys.
MISS FREW WEDS
LIEUT. SAMSSON. . i
The following under a Rock Hill
date line of the 6th, taken from yes
terday's Columbia, S. C, SUte, will
be of interest to many Gastonla peo
ple: : MlssMary Frew, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Frew, of this city, was
married to Lieut. Ernest Samsson, of
the Three Hundred and Seventy-first
Infantry, U. S. A., today at 5 p. la
the Rev. L, P. McGhee, pastor of the
St. John's Methodist Church officiat
ing. Relatives and a few close friends
witnessed the ceremony. Miss Frew
was attended by her sister. Miss Ev
elyn Frew. : The bride was attired in
a charming coat suit and carried or
chids and lilies of the valley. The
couple stood before a draped United
States flag at one side of the par
lor. The ring ceremony was used.
Preceding the ceremony.Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Johnson and J. R. McElwee
played several pieces in keeping wltn
the spirit of the hour. Miss Kather
lne McElwee, cousin of the bride,
sang. Preceding the wedding marcn
by Mendelssohn, "The Star 8pangled
Banner" was played.
Lieut, and Mrs. Samsson left for
Columbia on the 6:50 Southern train,
where he is on duty as regimental in
telligence officer with his regiment.
.Mrs. Samsson, prominent socially
here, is a gifted soprano soloist and
was at home for the holiday season
from her studies in vocal training in
New York. She has taken a promin
ent part In music circles at Wlnthrop
College, of which she is a graduate
and at St. John's Methodist Church
and Sunday school. For some time
she was In charge of the music de
partment of the Gastonla, N. C, puD
He schools.
Lieut. 8amsson Is a member of a
prominent Savannah, Ga family ana
after five years service In the regular
army and recently returned from ser
vice In the Panama Canal Zone,
stands high in the estimation of his
superior officers. "
TO CREATE RAILROAD
T WAGE BOARD
. ( By International - News- Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 "Mr. Mc
Adoo and the brotherhood chiefs to
day reached an agreement to create
a wage board which' will have Juris
diction over the wages of railway
employees and which will settle dis
putes arising during tbe war.
TURKEY MAKES PEACE
OFFER TO R
IA
(By International, News 8ervlce.)
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 6. Turkey
has made a peace oiler to Russia,
guaranteeing no annexations, disarm
ament and free passage of the Dar
danelles and Bosporous ,on certain
conditions, according to a Petrograd
dispatch received today.
TO FURNISH WORKMEN HOMES.
By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Drastic
action to speed up shipbuilding is
contemplated in measures Introduced
in the Senate by Senator Fletcher to
day. A 150,004,000 appropriation is
authorized in the bill for .command
erring and constructing homes . for
workmen who hare been kept away
by rent pirates.
DELATED PURCHASES OF
. CLOTHING. -jfv;.v
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. Respon
sibility for t army clothing shortage
.was, placed on the Secretary of the
supply cpmmitltee of the Council or
Defense by Colonel Llnksley today.
The quartermaster General's depart
ment, he declared, and . their as
sociates had delayed purchases wnen
clothing was seriously short.
FEDERAL OFFICERS APPOINTED.
(By International- Newt. 8errics.r
- WASHINGTON. . Jan. : V Tire
President today re-appointed the in
cumbent United States. Attorneys ta
Alabama and North Georgia and the
United States Marshals for ; North
Carolina. . f . : ."
It Is kinder to say that a man or
woman is Ignorant than that they
are so selfish as to disregard the pit
iful cries of starving humanity , on
the other side, t . & v ; '
- (By International News Service.) :
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Jan. 7. American women
will be right behind the. American
men ; when the latter enter the
trenches, the chief surgeon announc
ed today. Women nurses will be in
stalled in the evacuation hospitals,
which will be located eight miles
behind the actual lighting line, where
they will-risk death from German
shells and bombs. : Women are now
volunteering for this work. Some of
them are anxious to get to the first
line dressing stations but this will
hardly be permitted. . . .
GERIIANS DFJIAKD . .
VON KUHLIIAIui'S SCALP
(By International News Service.)
" AMSTERDAM, Jan. 7. The re
tirement of Foreign Minister Von
Kuhlmann is now being demanded
In Berlin as a result of the .failure
of the Russian peace negotiations.
The . Voslsche Zeltlng says . that Ger
many's best Intentions were frus
trated by his clever methods. Herr
Bernhardt demands the heads of all
the peace envoys as well as that of
Von Kuhlmann and accuses the gov
ernment of misleading the German
people.
JAPS READY TO DEFFJID
VLADIVOSTOK
(By International News Service.)
TOKIO, Jan. 7. Japan is prepar
ed for emergency measures in Vladi
vostok and Siberia, it is semi-o racial
ly announced today. At the same
Jtlme, It is stated, the army will not
be mobilized with unnecessary haste.
The statement says that the Allied
public fears that Germany might get
Vladivostok.
From the Trenches. '
This year's celebration of Lee
Jackson Day, January 19th, will te
rendered unusually interesting be
cause of the fact that the principal
speaker will be a man who nas seen
two years and a half of service In the
trenches. He Is Lieut. R. Dael, of
the French army who Is now station
ed, at Camp Greene as an instructor
in trench warfare. He will tell Gas
tonlans of his experiences . in tne
trenches. A complete program of
this celebration will be given tne
public within a few days.
Grocers to Meet. ,
For the purpose of considering
plans for the Improvement of deliv
ery service by curtailment of unnec
essary service with a consequent sav
ing to both merchant and consumer,
the retail grocers of Gastonla will
hold a meeting at the offices of the
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
night at 7:30 o'clock. Every retail
grocer is asked to be present in or
der that a frank and free discussion
of the new problems constantly aris
ing in the trade may be Indulged in
and the ideas of each secured.
To Open the 15th. ,
The city schools will re-open next
Tuesday, January the 15th. This
was determined Saturday by the lo
cal school board.
SOLDIERS' AND WORKMEN'S
CONFERENCE JANUARY 21.
(By International News Service.)
, STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7. The third
-congress of workmen and soldiers
delegates has been - summoned to
meet in Petrograd on January 21st.
The ..constituent assembly will meet
on January 18th if enough represen
tatives are present to constltue a
quorum.
ONLY THE ARTILLERY"
IS ACTIVE TODAY.
(By International News' service.)
LONDON, Jan. 7. Today's official
statement says that artillery Ore
near Messlnes In Western France is
the only activity- reported today. .
CALL FOR BANK STATEMENTS.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, - Jan. . T. The
Comptroller of the Currency today
issued a call for statement of the
condition of : all national banks
throughout the country at the close
of Business December 31.
ATLANTA PEOPLE STANDING
, ; IN LINE FOR COAL TICKETS
: (By International NewY Service.)
ATLANTA, Jan. 7. With tn
mercury below, freezing and predic
tions of eolder weather by Tuesday
long lines, of eoal-less -people are
standing at the city hall seeking coal
tickets which . will entitle them to
priority aj the coal yards. Dealers
maintain thaj their supply Is ' only
enough for a few. - Red tickets are
issued to those havfTtg sickness .in
their homes,-blue to those entirely
out of fuel. ' Reports from Chicago
and the middle and western , states
Indicate the worst blizzard of the
winter, resulting In the demoraliza
tion of rail and water trade.-
Reports From AlUes sTlctare Food
: . Condi tionn.ua Worse Than Ever -Is
Critical In England and France
Allowances to be Reduced -
" '' Only Consolation is - That - Food
Situation Is Even Worse With the
; .Teutons. . .
.: Washington, Jan. .The f oi.
situation -in the allied countries of
Europe is graver than it has been at
any time since the beginning of the
war, and is giving American govern
ment nfflctala den concern. Official
reports picture extreme food short
ages in England, France and Italy.
Tbe fact that conditions id Ger
many and Austria are far worse of
fers the only ground for optimism in
viewing the situation.
v In W n 1 n t mnA Vvan.A fttiA aftnfl
tlon is described as critical in a
cablegram to the food administration
today from Lord Rhondda, the Brit
ish food controller, which concluded
with these words:
"I view the situation with grave
saxieiy. . . . -
Yesterday a cablegram from the
French government said that the
wheat crop had been requisitioned .
mmA th raf Inn wnilM TiA
cut to aiiow oniy seven ouuees ui
bread dally to all persons except tne
very poor and those doing hard
manual labor.' In Italy conditions .
are not as good perhaps as In either
England or France. '
Compulsory rationing will be
started in England Immediately with
meats the first commodity to be put
under control. Distribution of but
ter and margarine will be taken in,
hand next and other foods will be.
added as they become scarcer. All
of the principal foodstuffs will be
rationed by April. . , -
"I have repeatedly said in public
and private that there is no reason
for immediate alarm, although there
is every reason for strict economy
and precautionary measures,"' said
Lord Rhondda's message. "These
statements in some Instances have
been twisted into a declaration that
there is plenty of food in England
and France. .. '..
"The' food position in this conn-
can without exaggeration be described
as critical and anxious. As I am now
unable to avoid compulsory ration
ing, I fear It will have to come with
long queues of people awaiting m
the severe weather in practically
every town in England for the dally
necessaries of life." s : ?
Compulsory control of foodstuffs
in England, France and Italy was
inalatMff on br tha American ' dele
gates to the Paris conference and.,
was oromlsed at that time.
NAVAL CONFERENCE . , ; .
COMES TO AN END
(By International News Service.) '
PETROGRAD, Jan, 7. -The naval
conference carried on between rep
resentatives or tne uerman govern
ment and the Bolshevlkl simultane
ously with the peace parley has col
lapsed. The admiral today rejected
Germany's terms and refused to re
move the blockade.
GERMANS MOVING MORE
MEN TO WESTERN FRONT.
(Rv International News Service.)
PARIS, Jan. 7. The Germans are
still moving soldiers to the western
front. Heavy cannonading : is ' re
ported today from certain sections of
the western lines. Fighting is also
reported from Macedonia, while the
Bulgarians, Austrlans and Germans
have become suddenly very active In
the Monastir sector. The Italians
and Teutons fought a sharp, engage
mentacross the Pieave river, firing
across with rifles, machine guns and
small artillery. f ; ,
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
(By International News Service.) 1
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. The cotton
market opened with March con
tracts selling at 31.05, July 30.42.
i YALE HAS COLLECTION i
e ur WAn LI I cnA I Uno Z
New Haven, Conn. Yale uni
versity has collected probably
the most exhaustive mass of ma
terial on the great world war in
this country. . Under direction
Of Prof. Wilbur a Abbott, a
committee, appointed In the fall
of 1914, has scoured this conn
try and Europe for publications
of all. kinds on the war. The
collection, consists not only of
books, - but complete . files of
newspapers and magazines from
Europe and this country, besides
pamphlets, proclamations, post
ers and letters of all kinds and
descriptions. : ; -r ;
Holland's Great Windmills, r
' It was at one time stated that there
were In Holland at least 8,900 Urs
windmills, of which the sails rar ei
from 80 to 100 feet long. At that Uaa
their yearly cost was reported to li
nearly $10,000,000. ; The mlT.s are use j
for many purposesfor sawing tin:; tr,
beating hemp, grinding; but &e!r I . -
'dpal use has always been tr? '
ter from the lowland Into tla cr ' ,
to protect the little country frcn t
Inundated. --'TV.'..