NEWS OFTHE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
II BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters in Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
WAR NEWS.
Greece and Roumania have signed
a dual neutrality convention, accord
ing to a dispatch from Rome.
* * *
Twelve persons were killed and
thirty injured in a recent Zeppelin
raid on Paris. Five bombs were
hurled down from a Zeppelin and ex
ploded with deadly force.
• * •
A dispatch from Rome says the
Italians have decided to abandon Du
razzo. Albania, owing to the fact that
its defense presents most serious dif
ficulties.
* • •
Berlin reports that the steamer
Koenig Albert, flying the Italian !lag
and with 300 Serbian refugees on
board, has been captured by an Aus
trian warcraft in the Adriatic.
• * *
The Russians themselves calculate
their casualties thus far at 3,000,000.
and say 1,000,000 German and Aus
trian prisoners have been sent to the
interior of Russia, according to a Co
penhagen dispatch.
• * *
Information received in military
headquarters in Athens indicate that
German and Bulgarian troops sup
ported by 150,000 Turks, are liKely to
begin an attack on the Franco-Britlsh
forces at Saloniki about the middle
of February.
* • •
Fifty-four persons were killed and
sixty-seven injured as the result of
the raid of the German airships over
Norfolk, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Leice
stershire, Staffordshire and Lincoln
shire, England, according to the offi
cial report of the British government.
• * *
Since the outbreak of the war to
the end of last October, 254 British
Merchant steamers aggregating 542,
648 tons were lost “through enemy ac
tion,” according to a White paper Is
sued in London. Of these, 171 were
sunk by submarines, forty-six by war
ships and thirty-seven by mines.
• * *
The British South African liner
Appam given up for lost was brought
into Hampton Roads, Va., Feb., 1st,
flying a German man of war flag with
a German prize crew of 22 men
aboard. The ship was captured at
sea January 15 four days after she
left Dakar in British West Africa.
GENERAL.
Secretary of State Julius A.
Schmahl of Minnesota withdrew the
name of Governor Samuel W. McCall
of Massachusetts as a candidate in
the Minnesota republican pruden
tial primaries. This action was ta
ken on the telegraphed request of
Governor McCall.
* * *
The United States Steel corpora
tion is to build a group of by-product
coke ovens near Pittsburg. Pa., which
will cost $15,000,000. It is claimed
that when completed the group will
be the largest of the kind in the
■world. Several hundred acres of land
have been secured for the work.
* * *
The Methodist church paid $1,
200,000 in pensions to retired minis
ters and widows and orphans of min
isters during 1916, according to the
annual report of Dr. Joseph B. Hing
ley, secretary of the board of confer
ence claims, submitted at the annual
meeting of the board in Chicago.
• • •
Returns from the vote being taken
among the 400,000 employes of the
528 railroads in the United States,
which will be complete March 1, in
dicate that more than 90 per rent of
the men will demand an eight-hour
day and time and a half for over
time, according to executive officers
of the unions at Chicago.
* * *
At least fifty persons were killed
when the Lower Otay valley dam
broke, releasing a wall of water thirty
feet high. The breaking of the dam
released 11,000.000.000 gallons of wa
ter, which nshed down through the
thickly populated and narrow Ota-r
valley. The property loss will amount
to over $1,000,000.
* * *
Three men were drowned at the
waterworks lake at Porum, Okla..
while they were trying to rescue Miss
Stella Anderson, one of a skating
party who went through the ice.
\ • * •
The constitutionality of the Minne
sota presidential primary law was up
held by the state supreme court in a
decision handed down in tlie case of
Walter N. Carroll of Minneapolis,
wrhose attorneys had petitioned to
have the law declared unconstitu
tional.
• • •
No more bonuses are to be paid for
conventions, it was decided by the
bureau of managers of twenty-four
big cities at Louisville, Ky.. a short
time ago.
* * *
More than 1,000 former employes of
the Pullman Car company have beer,
put back to work in the last few
days, bringing the total number of
employes up to 6,000. according to an
nouncement by an official of the com
pany in Chicago. The company has
$6,000,000 of contracts.
* * *
Pottawattamie county, Iowa, has an
official population of 56,896 and Coun
cil duffs lias a population of 31,354
These figures were given out by cen
sus officials.
Six persons were burned to death
ana two Injured when, fire destroyed
the $30,000 home of Mrs. Caslmir Tag,
widow of the president of the Brook
lyn German-American bank in New
York City.
* • •
The United States has made pre
parations for immediate war as far as
the navy is concerned, although the
present naval force is inadequate in
size, President Wilson declared in
his Chicago address on national de
fense.
* » •
The $3,000,000 Canadian Parlia
ment building was destroyed by a
fire declared to have been caused by
the explosion of a gas bomb or an in
fernal machine. Six people lost their
lives when one end of the building
collapsed.
• * •
Ninety-one arrests for drunkeness
as against 482 a year ago were made
in Seattle, Wash., during the month of
January, of which thirty-six were
made on the first day of the year
Prohibition is said to be responsible
for the decrease.
• * *
The democratic state central com
mittee, in session in lies Moines, de
cided to hold the first democratic
state convention at Clinton May 10.
This convention will pats upon the
delegates who will go to the national
convention at St. Louis.
* * *
Chicago bandits have, within a
month, killed five policemen,
robbed scores of business bouses and
"stuck up" countless pedestrians,.
Police say that fifteen gangs of
crooks from New York, Cleveland,
Toledo and Detroit are living in fash
ionable «:mth side apartments and
working Chicago at will.
SPORTING.
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis accept
ed an offer to box Frank Moran, the
Pittsburgh heavy-weight, ten rounds
in Milwaukee next month.
* * »
Tad Jones, former Yale quarter
back and member of the All-Ameri
can football team, has been decided
upon as head coach of the Yale
eleven.
* * »
Joe Stecker of Dodge, Neb., de
feated John Perelli, the Italian, at
Louisville, Ky., in straight falls. The
first fall was secured in four minutes
and thirty seconds, the second in
three minutes and fifty seconds.
* » «
After he has finished his job of
showing the east how a wrestler
looks and acts, Joe Stecher of Doge,
Neb., is coming back to the west to
meet Joe Rogers. The bout will be
held at Council Bluffs, Iowa, February
15.
» * *
Heavyweight Champion Jess Wil
lard has signed articles to fight
Frank Moran in New York, on March
17. Willard is to receive $47,300 and
Moran $20,000. The bout will be
staged by the Rlckard-McCracken
syndicate.
* * •
G. Harris (Doc.) White, has been
signed to manage the Denver West
ern league club for 191fi, according to
a message from .1. C. McGill, owner,
to club headquarters in Denver.
White formerly was a member of the
Chicago Americans.
* * •
Manager William (Ducky) Holmes
of the Lincoln Western league base
ball club announced the purchase of
Catcher "Hick” Johnson of the St.
Paul American association club, for
merly of the New York National
league and Omaha Western league
clubs.
WASHINGTON.
The long fought treaty to pay Co
lombia $25,000,000 and express re
gret for the partition of Panama, was
ordered favorably reported to the
senate by the foreign relations c nv
mittee with amendments reducing
the indemnity to $15,000,000.
* * *
The maximum cost of putting into
operation the Chamberlain bill pro
posing universal military training
would be $188,000,000 a year, accord
ing to figures submitted to the senate
military committee by Quartermaster
General Aleshire.
• • •
The Interstate commerce commis
sion has denied a rehearing in the
western passenger fare case in which
roads operating in 2-cent-per-mile ter
ritory west of the Mississippi were
allowed to increase their interstate
fares to 2.4 cents per mile.
* * *
The house passed, 237 to 4(7. the
Keating hill, barring from interstate
commerce the products of child la
bor. The bll' imposes heavy penal
ties for interstate shipments of any
commodities made, in whole or in
part, by children under 16 working
in mine or quarries, or by children
under 16 working in mnnufat luring
establishments.
* * *
AH the speeches on preparedness
made by President Wilson on his
middle west trip will be printed as a
public document. The house of rep
resentatives voted that this be done.
• * *
Naval officials frankly admit they
are alarmed at the mysterious disap
pearance of a battle signal book from
the destroyer Hull of the Pacific
fPet. Admiral Winslow reported that
all efforts to find the highly confiden
tial code have been unavailing.
* * •
The Shackelford good roads bill,
carrying an appropriation of $25,
000,000 to aid the states in Improving
their post roads, was passed by the
house recently, 281 to 81. Three
members voted “present.”
* * »
President Wilson has selected
Louis D. Brendeis of Boston to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court
(o succeed the late Justice Lamar.
Mr. Brendeis’ nomination was a sur
prise everywhere in official circles. He
had not even been mentioned for the
vacancy.
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Itebficn Dentfd? Icfen.
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Tie Cage bei ©alonifi ift einc3 ber
flrofeen SHdtfcl be-3 ftrieges. 5ebcr
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gegeu bie anglo-fransbfifdjeu ©aloni
fi ■ SteUungcn fdjon nor SBodjen er*
roartet. (£& fdjieit iebein logtfdj ju
fein, bafe bie gliicfliri) DoUenbete fer
bifdje Sampagne tljre jvortjcbung in
©ricdjenlaub, tjirtter beffeti Sieutrali*
tat bie SlUiierten fidi Derfdjaitjt bat
ten, fittbeti roiirbc. Ta? Oiegentcil!
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ftdrfer uttb ftdrfer roerben, bis fie j
i)cute eine Slrrnee Don fd)dfeung?roeife
250,000 i'fann bort sufanmiengejo
gen Ejabcn.
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niouteucgrifdjc fiantpagne biober ein
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ber 3entralnui(fete roar. ISine Cati-j
bung Don SlUiierten Truppen in ei
nem montenegrinifdjeu ober albaiti
fdjen .'C'afeu roar eine Sftbglidjfeit, mit
ber man ernftiidj redjnen mufete.
Sfontenegro batte bann leidjt
ein jroeite-3 Slntrocrpen roerbeu
fbnnen. Son SDfontenegro an?
roaren bie riidroartigen Scr
binbungen ber Central mdrtjte
fortrodbretib bebrobt roorben, roie
in ben erften SBodjen be? .<lriege§ bie
ttappenlinien ber beutfdjen Sforbar
mee bnrdj bie fortrodbrenben Sorftb
fee ber Silgier unb ISuglaiibcr Don
Slntrocrpen an? beftdnbig gefdbrbei
rourbeii. Tie furdjtbaren .ddmpfe in
bem Terrain fiiblid) Don Slntrocrpen
3eigten, roie grofe biefe ©efaljr ba
mal3 roar.
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fe @efabr fur bie 3entralmdd)te be
jeitigt, unb fiir ben Seobadjter mufe
cs> befto unDerftanblidjer bleiben, bafe
bie SlUiierten bie bei Slntrocrpen ge
mad)teulrrfabrungen nidjt ausnufeten
unb eine ftarfe Slrrnee nad) Siontene
gro marten, um roenigftens bcnCocen,
beu ©cfeUifeel su fUfontenegro unb
Sforbalbanien, au retten. (Sin ocr
fpateter Serfud), bie0adje roieber gut
3u madjen, fdjeint bie Canbung fran*
3o|ifd)cr Truppen auf fiorfu, an ber
Sforbroeftfiifte (Sricdjenlanb‘3, ju be
bcuten, bod) ift biefe nod) nidjt roeit
genug gebiel)eu, um ein abfdjlicfeen*
be? llrteil bariiber fdUen 3U fonneit.
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Cage faft gar nidjt ueranbert. Tie
ruffifdje SUffcnfite im Toporoufc-Slb
fdjnitt, an ber beffarabifdjen (Srense,
unb am 0tripa, roar, roemi and) iin
mer roieber neue Slnldufc gemadit
roerbeu, nidjt ton longer Tauer, unb
bie Sebaiiptung, bafe e3 feine cruft
liefee rufe'ifdje Wefabr meljr gebe, bat
fid) im Dollftcn ©inne be? SSortes be
roaljrbeitct. llnb fclbft menu e? roabr
todre, bafe SRufelanb in ber fur3en3eit
jeit feinein militdrifdjen 3u]'ammcn
briidje eine neue Slrrnee doh 3,000,
000 Sfamt aufgefieUt batte, roie bie
SlUiierten * Srcfje immer roieber be
bauptet, rocldie (Sriiiibe Idgeu bann.
311 ber Slnnabme tor, bafe biefe neue
Slrrnee, bie nur notbiirftig au-3gebil
bet fein faun, beffer fein unb meljr
erreidjeu foUte al? bie alte Slrrnee, bie
bod) roenigftenS sum Tfile au? gutem
Siaterial beftaub?
Sin ber SSeftfront perbietet basj
SBctter jebc grdfeere Slftion. Teilof-j
fenfiten Don beutfdjcr unb franjofi-;
fdjer ©eite blieben auf ein fleme?
terrain in berlfbampagne bcfdirdnft.
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meldjcr eitiem ruffiidjen Difijicr oom
fieidjteu Sm.*9ieg. 9to. 8 abgenom-l
men nmrbe, cutboll cingeljcnbe Scbif
berungen, foie ruffifdjc Solbaten
felbft ini eigenen ilnnbe pliinbcrn. |
km meiften madden fid) Siofafen fol- i
djer St raft a ten fdinlbig, ober baufig
imirbcn mid) anberc Solbaten babei
ertappt. Ter ©rieT gefteld often ein,
baf; bie Offisiere biefc Sdiiinblidjfet- i
ten ju oerbeimlidjen fid) befleiijigen, i
ba bie ,'yamilien ber Sitijifie oen j
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toelen nub ©orjeUan babeu, melcbe,
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auf bem Stiicfauge geftoblen morbcn
finb. Ter Cff'jicr erfiidjt bnrum,
bafe bcfonbere ©oli^ei - ©eaniten an
geftelli Toerben, meldie ba* 9led)t l)a
bcn fotlteii, jeben Solbaten, ber beimj
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fonoto" uitterscidjnet.
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fdien auS yirdjangel mclben, fiiralid)
jei bie unlicbfame (rntbecfung gemad)t
morben, ban bolie ruffifrfjc Dffiaiere
unb Slnnee - Sieferantcn in ber 9{dl)e
jener Stabt cine Sabrif erricbtet luit
ten, in mcldjer geftoblenc ©efd)iitje
unb ©etoebre, bauptfddjlidb japani
fcben UriprungS, nadigegoffen roorben
feien. Ticfe 9tad>giiffe batten alS ruf*
fifcbe Siegelbeute fignriert unb feien
I *r>!4- b"r Cftianette oerfcljen
getefcn: „$n Tcutfdjlanb unb Dc
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rcr.
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Idngereu Xfeitartifel bad SSerljaltmd
atuiidjen Xeutidjlanb unb ben tBer.
Staaten auf GSrunb ber furjlidjeu
Xebatten im Stougref} in SBajbtugtoit.
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biefe in Xeutfdjianb eingetroffen, unb
gtbt ibrem S3ebauem baniber Slus
brttef, bag ed gerabeau uumoglidj jci,
flare unb poflftdnbige JfteuntttiS
raf'dj in Xcntfcblanb iiber Slmcrifa au
erlangen, ioie es ja mabrfebetultd) fei,
bag and) in ben 33er. Staaten feme
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fdje Gettfur ailed unterbriiefe, bas ba*
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fdjett bett beiben Xdnbern beiautra*
gen.
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res uerlangt, fdbrt bad „Xageblatt"
fort, als bafe beutfebe Slngelegettbei*
ten obne Sloreingetiommeitbeit be
tradjtet roiirben. Xie amerifattifebe
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then SJerbdltniffe, unter benen bie
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roeigere fidj, feruerbin cnglifdje Sin*
gabett fo obne SBeiteres als ooflfthn*
bige, unbceinfluBte SBabrbeit Ijittau
nebntett. Xer amerifattifdjc Jlongrcfj
fdjeine fief) ber Stele ber englijdjeu
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iiicljraabl ber amcrifanifdjett 53iirger
mit geftiubeu iDiettfdjeiroerfiaitb be*
gabt.
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fldrttttg, Xeutfdjianb bcttle urn Site*
manbes oreunbfdjaft, begriiBe aber
afle Seidjen citted gegenfeitigen 33er
ftiinbniffcd aroifdjen ofr beutfdjctt unb
ber grofjen aiticrifanifdicirJiatiou mil
Sreuben, boffe ed bodj, mit biefem
2?olf mid) bent firieg feiu rrirtfdjaftii* j
djed 33erbdltntd aunt Storteil beiber i
oufredit erljalten 311 fbnncn.
Cffcne fUlcinuna fined iapattifdKti
Staatsmanucd.
Xie in Oftafien erfdjeinenbe Sett*
fdjrift „Xbe ffar Gaft" oerbffentlidjte
intereffante Sludfiibrungen bes friibe*
rcti Xireftors ber politifdjen Slbtei*
lung bed iapnnifdjeu Sludroartigen
Sinned, .^atjafaroa, roorin er fief) in
aiemlid) offeuer SBeife iiber Grtglanbe
33erbdltnid au ^apatt ausfpridjt.
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§apafaroa, „ift roie ein Slgent bet
Xoroniitg * Street - Stebbrbeu. Un
fer Sludrodrtiger ffllinifter fiigt fid'
immer Por ber britifdjeii Siegientng.
unb infolgebeffen fbmtett mentals
entfdjiebenel>tafercgeln ergriffeu roer*
ben. Xas citglifdj-iapaittfdje 53uttb
nid ift beute fiir ben SJapierforb retj
unb bat iiberbaupt Pott Slnfattg at;
^apatt feine befonberett Xienftc gclei
ftet. Slid bas 93unbnid bttrdj ftato.
ttnfercm bamaligen Wefanbtcii in
SJonbott, oorgefdjlagcn nnirbc, roar irfj
Xireftor ber politifdjen Slbteiluug im 1
Slusroartigcn Slmte uttb roar ein Icb- ;
hafter GSeguer bed 53orfdjlaged. Xie
Giriinbe bafiir licgen anf ber £>anb
Sorgfdltige Sicfer ber biplomatifdjen
Wefdjidjte ber 5Belt roifiett, bafj es nie,
mals ein Sjattb gegeben bat, bad burd;
ein 5Minbnid mit (Srofjbritattnien
33orteiI gebabt bat. .. ." Gin foldjei
Gingeftdnbnid ift im iPfunbe cities fa
panifdjen Staatsmamies boppelt
toertpofl.
vlinmfnniidjcr colbnrr.
23 a f b i n g t o n. llin einen left* j
fall 311 fdiaffcti iinb feftjuftcQen, ob !
ein Slinerifaner {ein 33iirgerred)t Per- j
liert, roetut er in cine auslhitbifcbe
?lrmee eintritt, bat bad flrbcitsbc*
partement in ©ajhington bie 2>erbat*
tang non ftranf liastocfl in Xctroit i
angeorbnet, einein Slmerifaner, rod- (
d)er furjlid) and bctn fanabijeben j
Veer entlajjeu rourbe. Xie tccbnifdje j
i'tnflage lautet auf 25erlepung be?
ftontraftarbeitergefebed burcb 23etre*
ten ber 2>cr. Staatcn inn in Xctroit
StcEung angunebmen. 3Wan tjofft,
ban bic ifleridite mmmehr ein fiir afle
2)iai ben gefeglidben Status amerifa
nifdier Itanbsfneditc feftlegen roerben.
Gadtoefl ftamnit an? A>taine nub
trot im 2lpril lenten $abred in bie
fauabifdie 2frmee ein, rourbe aber in
Sonbon aid forpcrlidj untnuglidi ab
geroiefen unb nad) Slanaba guriicfge
fcEjicft. Gr befani ein StcEenangebot
aud Xctroit unb Dcrfudjte in ijJort
Quran roieber bie i!er. Staatcn 311
betreten, both rourbe er non ben Gin*
toa n be ru n g sbeam ten baran gebinbert.
fDiiniitiimslirfmingen an bic 2lUiirr*
ten.
23 a f b i n g t 0 n. 3tad) bee sab*
lenmdnigen llebcrfidjt, rodebe bad
Qanbdsbepartcment bem ®unbesfe
nat bnrd) ben Borfi^enbenStone com
Slusfdjun fiir Sflustoartige 23e5iebun
gcit Poricgeu lien, baben bie 93er.
Staaten tocibrenb ber 15 donate bid
311m Gnbe Cftobcr 1915, abgefeben
Don Xpnamit, nadj Guropa Jhriegd
munition im 28erte oon $121,743,
947 oerfanbt. Xie oerfanbten 23a
tronen batten einen 23ert pon $25,
175,184, bad 23ulPer $25,972,905,
bie anberen GjpIofiDftoffe $53,581,
225 unb Sdjufetoaffen $13,413,625.
NT FIE MDS
SENATE FAVORS SELF-CONTROL
FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
HITCHCOCK BILLWINS 52 TO 24
Measure Will Now Go to House
Backed By President and Will
Be Pressed for Passage.
Washington.—The Philippine bill,
which would extend to the islands a
greater degree of self-government and
would authorize the president to
grant them absolute independence
within four years, has been passed
by the senate, the vote standing 52
to 24. Verious democratic senators
led by Chairman Stone of the foreign
relations committee, tried unsuccess
fully to secure amendment of certain
features of the independence clause,
but in the end the democrats, joined
by six progressive republicans, voted
solidly for the measure.
It is understood the bill will go to
the house with the backing of Presi
dent Wilson, and will be pressed for
early passage. There has been little
indication of what action the house
will take, but administration leaders
seem confident that the bill, including
the independence feature, which dem
ocratic senators declare squares it
with the Baltimore platform, would
have the approval of the house dem
ocratic majority.
This is the first important adminis
tration measure to pass the senate
this session. Senator Hitchcock in
troduced it in the senate December
7 in the form in which it was agreed
upon last session. It was promptly;
referred back to his committee and
a favorable report was made Decem
ber 17. Thereafter he pressed for its
constant consideration. At no time
did he endeavor to curtail debate, but
no opportunity to advance the meas
ure was neglected.
As the Hitchcock bill is viewed
here it may become a very important
contribution to international politics.
The involvement of the United
States in the world affairs may be
measurably lessened by the definite
statement that Americans intend to
withdraw from the far east within a
definite short period. It is also sug
gested that the decision to grant the
Fillipinos self-government in a nega
tion of the spirit of conquest which
cannot fail to impress South Ameri
can republics favorably.
Another Raider Roaming Seas.
New York—Nine sea raiders of the
type of the Moewe have been fitted
out by the Germans and one of them,
which escaped from Kiel on New
Year’s day with the Moewe, has
since been preying on British com
merce with as much success as the
Appam’s captor, according to a story
told here by Mrs. Francis Fuller,
wife of the British governor general
of Ashanti.
Mrs. Fuller was one of the ninety
seven passengers of the Appam who
arrived here from Norfolk.
Mrs. Fuller declared that one of 1
the German officers, who came
aboard the Appam, was authority for
the statement that the Germans had
equipped the nine raiders at Kiel.
She said he told her the Moewe and
the other raider which escaped the
British patrol, passed w-ithin a
stone’s throw of three British cruis- |
ers within a few hours after they left
the Kiel canal. All the British of
ficers and seamen agreed that the ■
raider apparently was a new vessel i
of about fi.500 tons gross. The coal '
bunkers, they said, were unusually
large, as if built for long cruises. The
Germans took every precaution, they
added, to shield the four guns mount
ed forw-ard and rhe one mounted aft,
but they appeared to be of the fifteen
centimeter type.
Kiss Cost Company $500.
Kansas City, Mo.—The Metropoli
tan Street Railway Co., under a set
tlement reached here in the circuit
court, agreed to pay Miss Evelyn
Whittington, 16 years old, $500 for
a kiss administered by one of the
company’s conductors.
Miss Whittington and her cousin
were the only passengers on a car ;
one night in January, 1915. she told
the court. When her cousin left the j
car, Miss Whittington laughed be
cause her relative’s descent from the
car steps was impeded by a tight
skirt. The conductor, too, laughed.
A few blocks further on the conduc
tor kissed her. Miss Whittington de
clared. The young woman sued the
company for $25,000.
Half Million Left to Charity.
Chicago.—Religious and charitable
institutions will receive about $500,
000 under the will of Thomas Tem
pleton of Evanston.
Price of Wheat Lower in Berlin.
Berlin.—(By Wireless to Sayville.i
—The price of wheat flour has been
reduced from 27 to 24 pfennigs a
pound and rice flour from 24 to 22
pfennigs.
To Supply France Lumber.
Houston, Tex.—By a contract
closed with the French government,
twenty lumber firms of the gulf coast
region in Texas, will participate in a
contract to furnish the French army
forty-two million feet of common
lumber, delivery to begin at once.
Cummins Filed in Minnesota.
St. Paul, Minn.—The name of Al
bert B. Cummins. United States sena
tor from Iowa, was filed with the sec
retary of state as a candidate for the
republican presidentftl Domination in
the Minnesota primary election,
March 1<>.
Sustains Terre Haute Election.
Chicago.—The convictions of D. M.
Roberts, former mayor of Terre
Haute, Ind., and ten others, found
guilty of election frauds, wer** sus
tained by the U. S. court of appeals.
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Feb. 7. 1915.
British took German trenches at
Guinchy.
! Germans rushed re-enforcements
to East Prussia.
Russians pierced second line of
German trenches near Borjimow.
Austrians resumed attacks on
Montenegrin positions on the Drina.
British foreign office upheld use
of American flag by Lusitania.
Feb. 8. 1915.
Germans shifted 600,000 troops
from Poland to East Prussia where
Russian cavalry were sweeping
northward.
Russians fnoved forward in Car
pathians but retired in Bukowina.
Turks in Egypt in full retreat.
Premier Asquith reported to par
iament British losses of 104.000 to
date.
Germany ordered all neutrals ex
pelled from Alsace.
Feb. 9, 1915.
Germans again bombarded
Reims, Soissons and other towns.
Fighting on skis took place in Al
sace.
Austro-Germans attacked Rus
sians at three points in Carpathi
ans.
Russians made a wedge in East
Prussia across Angorapp river.
Turkish cruiser bombarded Yalta.
Russian warships shelled Trebi
zond.
_ ■
Feb. 10, 1915.
Fierce fighting took place in the
Carpathian passes.
Russians continued retirement
from Bukowina.
Allied aviators dropped bombs
in Adrianople.
French brought down German
airman who dropped bombs in
Paris.
German Socialists indorsed the
war.
Steamer Great City sailed from
New York with relief cargo worth
$530,000 for Belgium.
Feb. 11, 1915.
Russians fall back in Mazurian
Lake region, East Prussia.
Cargo of American steamship
Wilhelmina, for Hamburg, seized
by British at Falmouth.
German submarines, driven by
storm in Norwegian ports, were
force! to leave.
American note to Germany, warn
ing U. S. would hold it to strict ac
countability for destruction of
American vessels or lives on high
seas, made public.
American note to England made
public, objecting to use of Ameri
can flag by British ships.
Feb. 12, 1915.
Von Hindenburg won great vic
tory over Tenth Russian army In
Mazurian Lake region, Russians
fleeing across frontier leaving 30,
000 dead and wounded. 50,000 pris
oners and many guns.
Russians strengthened second
line of defense.
Thirty-four British airships
raided Belgian seaports.
French aviators raided German
aerdrome in Alsace.
Exchanges of disabled prisoners
between England and Germany ar
ranged.
American Girls' society sent to
France apparel for 20,000 persons.
Feb. 13, 1915.
Russians claimed German offen
sive in Poland had failed.
Germans defeated English on Or
ange river, South Africa, and invad
ed Uganda and British East Africa.
British viped out Turkish force
at Tor.
Two British airmen killed at
Brussels.
Entire Austro-Hungarian land
sturm was called out.
Why Guns Are Fired in Salute.
This is a sign of honor reserved
for royal anti very distinguished per
sons. When ships or coast forts fire
their guns to welcome a distinguished
visitor the compliment, though noisy
in form, is more delicate in intention
than some of us know. It means that
we know the purpose of the visitor's
coming is so peaceful that we need
not keep our guns loaded, but joyfully
empty them in his presence.
Make Punctuality a Habit.
Somebody said that the man who
was always on time spent half his life
waiting for the other man. Perhaps
that is so; yet the fact is no excuse
for those who are habitually late. And
really it is quite as easy to be on time
as it is to be late, if we only make
punctuality a habit.
Use for the Dowry.
A bachelor informs us that a mar
riage dowry is a lump of sugar in
tended to nullify the bitterness of the
dose.—Indianapolis Star.
Cow Chorister.
According to this advertisement In
an English country paper someone
has a cow which is possessed of rare
accomplishments: "Wanted—A steady,
respectable young man to look after
a garden and care for a cow who has
a good voice and is accustomed to
sing in the choir."
Uncle Eben.
"Many a man,” said Uncle Eben,
"gives hisself credit fob bein' a stu
dent of human nature when he’s only
curious 'bout other folks’ affairs."
1 Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tongue, foul ta te and foul
breath—always trace them to torpid
liver: delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
I poisons in the bowels,
j A Cascaret to-night will surely
i straighten you out by morning They
f work while you sleep—a lb ■.* box
| from your druggist means your fc. id
| clear, stomach sweet and your Tver
and bowels regular for months Aiv
<
If you must knock, get out in U
middle of a 40-acre lot before v .
swing your hammer.
PREPAREDNESS!
To Fortify The System Against Grig
I when Grip is prevalenl LAXATIVE BKOMO
QUININE should be taken, as this combination
Df Quinine with °*her ingredients, destroys
germs acts as a Tonic and Laxative and thu«:
keeps the system in conditioc to withstand
Colds, Grip and Influenza. There is only on«
‘BROMO QUIN'NE.” E. W GROVE S si*
mature on box. •5*.
Her Mistake.
"The man l marry must have com
mon sense," she said blushingly.
"He won't,” replied he bitterly.
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
8ave Your Halrl Get a 25 Cent Bottle
of Danderine Right Now—Also
Stops Itching Scalp.
Thin, brittle, coloriess and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; of dandruff—that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair
of its luster, its strength and its very
j life; eventually producing a feverish
ness and Itching of the scalp, which
If not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die—then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight—now—any time—will surely
save your hair.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, luster and luxuriance
which is so beautiful. It will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an incomparable
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after just a
few weeks' use, when you will actual
ly see a lot of fine, downy hair—new
hair—growing all over tho scalp. Adv.
On the Diamond.
Dorothy—You say it was their dia
I mond wedding?
Marlon—Yes; they were married in
the baseball park.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
—1
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castona
Never Tasted Any.
Officer—I want a man to go around
and buy some good horses, sergeant.
Are you—er—anything of a Judge of
horse flesh?
Sergeant—I dunno, sir. I’ve never
tasted any.
A GLASS OF SALTS WILL
END KIDNEY-BACKACHE
Says Drugs Excite Kidneys and Reo
ommends Only Salts, Particularly
If Bladder Bothers You.
When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild, harmless salts which re
moves the body’s urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normal activ
ity. The function of the kidneys is to
filter the blood. In 24 hours they
strain from it 500 grains of acid and
waste, so we can readily understand
the vital importance of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of water—you can’t drink
too much; also get from any pharma
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take n tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast each morning
for - few days and your -.idneys will
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia. and has
been used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
neutralize the acids in urine so It no
longer is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this, also keep up the water drinking,
and no doubt you will wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
backache.—Adv.
Easy.
Mrs. Jones—What would you give
a dog to prevent ita barking at night?
Mr. Smith—-Give it away.
