THE BEE : OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916.
REAL ESTATE Investments
Hume buildkks shares
larticfiate in Surplus Profit which have
inrrPAsi'd (1.00 lo $1.20 per share on
whirh 7 per rent dlvtdendi are paid
-January 1st. Order now and nave t&a Id-
reate.
AMERICAN SECURITY CO.,
Fiscal Agents.
Omaha.
FOR SALE.
Doable brick St Louis flat, within (our
blocks of 16th and Harney; clot la: bar
gain price.
CALKINS CO.,
uouglas His. City National Bank.
REAL ESTATE.
WM. COLFAX.
706 Keellne Bids. Doug-. 1171.
REAL ESTATE WANTED
WANTED I, 6 and l-rootned houses that
can be sold (or 1M casta, balance lit per
month; give complete description first
letter.
W. FARNAM SMITH ft CO..
1320 Farnam. Tel. Doug. 04.
COME to us with your real bargains,
EDWARD F. WILLIAMS CO.
Douglas 420.
LIST your 5 and f-room houses with us.
WD SELL THEM. OSBORNE REALTY
CO., Doug. 1474.
FOR SALE. See V D. Wead. S10 S. 18th SL
FINANCIAL
Real Estate, Loans. Mortgages.
$3,000 MORTGAGE bearing 6H per cent
seml-ann. ; secured by property valued at
$8,600.
Talma Kg -Loom 1 8 Inv. Co., W. O. W. B1dg
SHOPEN ft CO.. PRIVATE MONET.
i PER CENT to 6 per cent on best class city
residences In amount $2,000 up; also
farm loans. Reasonable commission.
PETERS TRUST CO., 1822 Farnam St
NO DELAY.
W. T. GRAHAM.
BEE BLDO.
OMAHA homos, East Nebraska farms,
O'KEEKE REAL ESTATE CO..
1016 Omaha Nat l. Phone Doug. 2716.
FARM and city loans, 6-5 and ft per cent.
W. H. Thomas, Keel in e Bldg. Doug. 1648.
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HONEY HARRISON A MORTON.
1 Omaha Nat'l Bank Bldg.
MONEY to loan on Improved farms and
ranches. We also buy good farm mort
gages. Kloke Inv. Co., Omaha.
REAL ESTATE LOANS WANTED.
THOS. U McGARRY,
KEELINE BLDO. TEL. RED 4344.
REAL ESTATE loans, 8 per cent.
D. E. BUCK A CO.,
912 Omaha Nat Bank.
MONEY on hand for lty and
farm loans. . H. W. Binder, City ,
National Bank Bldg.
CITY and farm loans. Invest, rates.
K- H- LOUUEt0- 11V-' 633 Keellne Bldg.
9100 to $10,000 made promptly. F D. Wead,
Wead Bldg., Utb, and Farnam Sta.
GARVIN BROS. jjyffft.
CITY and farm loans, 5, 6 and ft per cent
J. H. Dumont A Co., 416 Keellne Bldg.
Stocks and Bonds.
FOR SALE! 100 shares American Tele-a-raphone
for $260.00, 16,000 Uncle Sam
Oil for $100.00, 200 Afterthought Copper
for $300.00. A. L. Delbel, Little Rock. Ark.
Abstracts of Title.
TT Title, Guarantee and Abstract Co.,
XVcir 306 S. 17lh St., ground floor.
Bonded by Maas. Bonding and Ins. Co.
REED ABSTRACT CO., oldest abstract "of-
flce In Nebraska, 206 Brandels Theatar.
Miscellaneous.
GALLAGHER & NCLSON,
Represent prompt pay insurance com
panies. 644 Brandels Bldg.. Omaha. Neb.
MONEY TO LOAN
FURNITURE, pianos, Ind. notes as security.
$40 6 -mo. H. H. gds., total cost, $3.60;
(40 " Indorsed notes, total cost, $2.6.
Smaller, larger am'ta., proportionate rat.
PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY.
Organised by Omaha Business Men.
432 Rose Bldg.. - 16th and Farnam. Ty. CM.
FARM AND RANCH LANDS
Arkansas Lands.
FARM 2 miles from Fayetteville, Arkansas,
will make a choice home. Will exchange
for Omaha cottage or western Nebraska
land.
GEORGE G. WALLACE. 614 Keellne Bldg.
Florida Lands.
FARMING IN FLOP.IDA Our lands are
extremely fertile. Clay subsoil. Prac
tically twelve months' growing season.
Abundant, well distributed rainfall. Good
for trucking and citrus culture. Close to
transportation, on branch of Dixie high
way settled and prosperous community.
Chance for big profits to right men. Our
book, "Farming in Florida," tells all.
Write for free copy today. O. P. Swope
Land Company, Ovledo, Seminole county,
Florida.
RAISE ALFALFA IN FLORIDA (Natal
Hay) this winter. First cutting, 90 days;
160 to $80 annually on $60 land. 626
Pastor. Blk. Walnut 2687 evenings).
Minnesota Lands.
BAROAIN 120-acre stock farm, 46 miles
from Minneapolis; about 120 acres under
cultivation, balance meadow and pasture
land; will cut several hundred tons good
quality hay; fair set buildings; good soil;
an excellent farm for stock; $36 per acre;
one-half cash. Schwab Bros. 1028 Ply
mouth Bldr.i Minneapolis. Minn.-..
Missouri Lands,
SMALL MISSOURI FARM $10 cash and $6
monthly; no Interest or taxes; highly pro
ductive land; close to 3 big markets.
Write for photographs and full Informa
tion. Munger, A-119, N. Y. Life .Bldg.,
Kansas City, Mo.
GREAT BARGAINS $5 down, $5 monthly,
buys 40 acres good fruit and poultry
land near town, southern Missouri. Price
only $200. Address Box 808, Excelsior
Springs, Mo.
Nebraska Lands.
NEAR SOUTH OMAHA.
240 acres: Best crop-growing land In
the state. Corn making 76 bushels to
acre; 260 tons alfalfa raised on place
this year. This is all valley land, all level
and tillable except a few acres around
buildings and feed lots. Modern bouse,
good barn, large sheep barn, corncrlb, hog
houses and all necessary buildings for
cattle, bog and sheep feeding. Water
piped to all buildings and feed lots. Fine
blue grass pasture. All heavy black loam
soil. Located near grade and high schools
and only one-half mile from interurban
car line. For price and terms inquire of
C. R. Combs, 809 Brandels Theater Bldg.,
Omaha, Neb. Phone Doug, 9916.
DOUGLAS County snap, 300 acres, fine, level
land, good soil. Improved; ?6 mites of
Omaha. Price, $100 per acre. W. T.
Smith Co.. 914 City Nat'l Bank Bldg..
uroaha.
40 ACRES six miles from Ogallala, Neb., 240
hitch being farmed, all smooth land, fair
improvements, this can be divided In quar
ter tactions If buyers desire only part
Yielded forty bushels of corn and forty
Lushclo of wheat to the acre. One sec
tion of school land goes with the dea).
A snap at the price, $14,400, one-third
cash, balance 6 years. J, F. , Turner,
Couni'M BUiffa. Iowa.
24U AOKSH, Kimball county, wheat land, at
$12.00 per ac. ; all tillable; good loca
tion. Buy this tf you want a real snap,
J. H. CAMPBELL A SON,
Kimball, Neb.
U0-A. GRAINS; rent, Imps. tine.
TOLAND A TRUMBULL.
D. 6707. 448 Bee Bldg.
CAN sell or exchange any land you have to
offer. C J. Cm nan. McCague Bldg.
Wisconsin Lands.
UPPER WISCONSIN Best dairy and gen
eral crop state In the union. : Settlers
wanted; lands for sale at low prices or
easy terms; excellent lands for stock
raising. Ask for booklet 86 on Wisconsin
Central Land Grant; state acres wanted.
If Interested In fruit lands, ask for book
let on Apple Orchards. Address Land Com
missioner Soo Railway, Minneapolis, Minn.
POULTRY AND PET STOCK
'AMAlJED screenings, $1.60 s hundred. A,
V. A'asner. 801 N. 16th.
THKKK pedigreed Scotch collie puppies, 9
month old. 1204 N. 27th. Webster !60.
Give your Want Ad a chance to
make good. Run it in The Bee.
Horses Live Stock Vehicle
For Sale.
TWO-SEATED sleigh snd one single sleigh.
Hit Dodge St.
AUTOMOBILES
auto Clearing house
3209 Farnam St Douglas 1310.
19L6 Chevrolet $360
191ft Maxwell 3 J 5
1914 Hudson "9-64" 400
191ft Saxon Roadsft 149
STtnenSLEVKN Months of 1919
The Bee gained. .. .63.919 paid ads
MORE THAN DOUBLE
the COMBINED gain of the other
two Omaha papers
fceweat Rate. Best Results. Best Berries
USEICARS AT REAL PRICES
C W. FRANCIS AUTO CO.,
Douglas 861. IM6-U Farnam St
USED mag ne tots, magneto repairs, magneto
repair parts. Mattox, 142 So. 16th.
S76.S. MOTOR CO. 52Si
3409 Leavenworth and
Fireproof storage, $6 per month. Day and
night service. Phone Tyler TIT.
1 7 -pass. 9 cyl. Franklin $360.00
1 9 cyl. Franklin, speedster 360.00
I single cyl. motorcycle 16.90
TELL & BINKLKY,
1818 H arney St Doug. 1640.
CORD tires for Fords, 10x3, 18.86; 30x3.
111.96. Zwlebel Bros. D. 4871. 3611 Far
nam St.
WE will trade 70a a new Ford for your
old one.
INDUSTRIAL OARAGE CO.,
ftth and Harney Douglas UV
THE Fontenelle Automobile Co. All kinds
auto repair work at reasonable prices.
Oil, gas and accessories. 116 S. 19th.
DVaLrosstown garage, 316 & 14th.
Parts for Hup 30, OldsmoWle, Apperson,
u H' C. Careful repairing; pull-in service.
EtERTBCHY "Kan-Flx-It." Southeast cor
iier 10th and Harney Sts. Douglas T198.
GOOD spark plugs, throe for $1; $3.60 doaen.
Matto x, 1426 So. 16th. )
BALL and roller bearings. Mattox, 1436 So.
16th.
Auto Livery and Garages. "
EXPERT-auto repairing, "service car al
ways ready." Omaha Oarage, 2010 Har
ney St. Tyler 666.
Auto Tires and Supplies.
GUARANTEED TIRES
AT y2 PRICE.
Below la a partial list of our 1 In 1 vul
canised tires:
30x3 .,..$6.00 14X4 ....$ 9.64
10x3..- 6.60 36x4... 11. IS
.32x4 .... 9.36 ' 36x4..., 11,60
2 IN 1 VULCANIZING CO.,
16)6-11 Davenport. , Douglas 1914.
Auto Repairing and Painting.
$100' "reward for magneto we can't repair.
Colls repaired. Baysdorter, 310 N. imp.
NEB. Auto Radiator Repair Service, and
pncea ngni, o. im ot. u. nn.
Motorcycles and. Bicycles.
HARLKY - DAVIDSON . MOTORCYCLES.
Bargains In used machines. Victor Boos,
"The Motorcycle Man." 1703 Leavenworth.
War Is Blessing to
Greek Tobacconists
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Volo, Thessaly, Nov.. 28. The oc
cupation of Cavalla by the Bulgar
ians and the consequent turning of
the richest tobacco land in. the world
into a field of battle, has been the
making of the growers of the tobac
cos of inferior grade in Thessaly and
the Peloponnesus. American tobacco
firms have hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of tobacco stored in
Serres and Cavalla..- But ' the "whole
coast of eastern Macedonia is under
the blockade of the French fleet, and
there is no way to get the tobacco
out. As a result the previously des
pised product of old Greece has
mountedin price beyond the wildest
dreams of the ThessalianS.
Volo is the port of 'Thessaly and
the tdbacco buyers from Egypt, Eng
land, Holland, and the United States
have flocked here to purchase the
year's crops. The market is so upset
that old differences of a few cents no
longer obtain; It is impossible to pre
dict the prices to be paid all de
pends on how short certain cigarette
manufacturers are of the kind of to
bacco they have always purchased
in Greece for their blends. Argos leaf
that used to sell at 4.3 cents a pound
now commands a price of 24.14 cents.
The iobacco from Karditsa .used to
bring only 7.14 cents a pound; now
it sells as high as 70 cents. Policastro
was formely quoted at 25 cents; it
now brings 60 cents. Almiras that a
year ago was . worth 28.6 cents, now
brings 53.6 cents.
Even in Greece, where the consum
ers are not very ' particular about
their tobacco, the prices of all ciga
rettes have been raised, a packet of
cigarettes, which previously sold at
14 cents, now costing 15 cents, and
others in proportion.
The operations in tobacco, particu
larly by American firms, whose tele
grams and letters to their agents in
Greece are delayed by censors of
one sort and another, are aften more
in the nature of gambling on account
of these delays. An American firm
recently cabled its agent at Volo, in
reply to an inquiry about the pur
chase of a certain tobacco stock:
"Buy it if it can be secured at 6J4
cents." The message arrived: "Buy
it," quite simply. The agent bought
at the then price, 12 cents, causing
his firm a loss in the tens of thou
sands of dollars, due to the censoring
of the message. Tobacco agents here
state that incidents of this nature are
frequent.
Germans Allow Flemish
Language in Belgium
(Correspondence of The Associated Prees.)
Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 28. The
Germans have been administering
things in Belgium so long now that
most of them have acquired a work
able knowledge of the various lan
guages that prevail there. Accord
ingly the chief authorities in Brus
sels have issued new and drastic lan
guage regulations for all their sub
ordinates. In towns or districts in which the
Flemish language preponderates, it is
in future to be used solely both in
spoken communications and in offi
cial acts, letters and notifications. The
only exceptions to this rule permit
French to be used when a reply has
been given specifically requested in
that language, or when the original
letter of inquiry was in French.
In Greater Brussels the authorities
may make use of either French or
Flemish, yet from the first of Janu
ary, 1917, all communications from
authorities of the various sections of
Brussels to the outlying Flemish dis
tricts must be in Flemish. All no
tifications and public notices are to
be issued in Flemish, with French
translations accompanying them when
desirable.
German is to be allowed only in
sections of Belgium where it prevails
as the "language of the country."
SOUTHERN REPDBUCS
NOT ALL jNTHARMONY
Fail to Get Together on For
mation of Flan Looking to
' Permanent Peace.
DIFFER WIDELY IN VIEWS
(Correspondence of The Associated Pr.es.)
Santiago, Chile., Dec. 10. The fail
ure of the proposed A. B. C. confer
ence, which was to have met in Rio
de Janeiro November 15, has prompt
ed editorial comment throughout the
entire continent and th,e echo is yet
reverberating.
Dr. Lauro Muller, prime minister of
the Brazilian cabinet, is said to have
ihvited the Chilean and Argentine
governments to send delegates to a
conference to be held at Rio de
Janeiro November 15, the twenty
seventh anniversary of the proclama
tion of the republic of Brazil.
The exact purpose of the gathering
was not made public, but it was un
derstood that Dr. Muller desired the
nations named to enter into a peace
pact binding each to submit to arbitra
tion any dispute and in any event to
wait one year before resorting to
arms. The republic of Chile accepted
the invitation, as did the Argentine
tentatively. A change of government
in the latter country came before the
date of the suggested meeting and the
new foreign minister strongly opposed
the plan. As it was necessary for the
Argentine congress to ratify the pro
posal, and as they failed to do so,
Brazil was notified that its neighbor
would not participate. Chile then
withdrew its acceptance.
Some Radicla Comment
The most radical comment on the
affair was published a few days ago
in a . Chilean journal of socialistic
tendencies. Under the caption "Uru
guay, the Serbia of South America,"
the writer claimed that a general
South American war was as inevitable
as had been the great European con
flict for years before the flare of Au
gust, 1914.
"Argentine will never agree to a
peace pact with its neighbors while
the matter of the La Platte boundary
line is in dispute," said the author.
This line runs in mid-channel where
the river, between forty and at places
sixty miles wide, separates Uruguayan
from Argentinian territory.
The Argentine government has
spent immense sums in dredging the
river from its mouth off the port of
Montevideo to a point opposite
Buenos Aires, a distance of nearly 200
miles, in order that large ocean steam
ers might continue to dock in the
Argentinian metropolis. A series of
islands once claimed by Uruguay are
now held on the other side to be
Argentinian because of the great ex
penditures in improving the- river
channel. This, together with a bound
ary dispute, between . Brazil and the
Argentine, has) according to the Chil
ean author, made the .relations be
tween the three countries somewhat
uncertain.
Says Secret Alliance.
The writer maintains that it is well
known in Chile that a secret alliance
of both an offensive and defensive
character has for some time, existed
between Uruguay and Brazil.
"What will Chile's attitude be in
the event of a crisis?" he asks and pro
ceeds to answer, by saying that un
doubtedly his country would join the
Brazilian-Uruguayan alliance. "While
we have no boundary dispute with the
Argentine," he continues, "we still
have an unsettled question with Peru.
Thirty-six years ago we won by con
quest their rich territories of Tacna
and Arica. Today we hold them still
by force of arms. We have not colon
ized them. They are not yet Chilean
ized. Of the 12,000 inhabitants of
Tacna, 1,500 are Bolivian, 7,500 Peru
vians and 3,000 Chileans, but of these
latter 2,600 form the military garrison
and the remaining 400 are civil em
ployes or servants of the military. The
people of the districts call for a
plebiscite to determine to which gov
ernment they belong and the Chilean
government dare not accede to their
request. Peru knows this and would
welcome a war which would help it re-
f;ain its lost provinces. So in the final
ineup we shall find Argentina and
Peru pitted against Brazil, Chile and
Uruguay."
The views of this writer ard in no
way substantiated by public opinion
throughout South America, but there
is a widely expressed and almost
unanimous view that the A. B. C.
means nothing and is an impractical
scheme not workable in either South,
Central or North American relatiors
ships. The smaller countries object
to the implied leadership of which the
plan carries for the Argentine, Brazil
and Chile and ask why the A. B. C.
does not as logically spell Argentine.
Bolivia and Colombia. The scheme of
the American State department for
the establishment of permanent peace
in the newspaper columns or chan
in South America finds little welcome
celleries of the southern continent.
South Germany to Get
More Beer Than North
(Correspondence of The Assoclsted Press.)
Berlin, Nov. 20. Because beer is
not an indispensable necessity in
North Germany, yet is that in south
Germany, the north is to get consid
erably less of this product in the fu
ture than the south. The north is to
be so restricted that, after it has sup
plied its share to the army, it will
have for the civic population only 14
per cent of the peace time quantity.
South Germany has for some time
been allowed to use 40 per cent of its
grain of the necessary variety for
making beer. It will receive this
same percentage during the immedi
ate future. North Germany, , how
ever, which has been granted only 35
per cent of its grain for beer-making
purposes, is now to be reduced to 25
per .cent. Eleven per cent of this
goes to cover army needs, so that 14
per cent remains.
As usual, it is the public, and only
the public, that is hit, for the brew
ers are to be allowed to raise their
prices to compensate them for their
reduced output. The result to be an
ticipated, therefore, is less beer, and
that little "stretched", or watered un
duly, at increased prices.
Subject to Croup.
"Our little' girl is subject to fre
quent attacks of croup," writes F. O.
Strong, Calpellaj Cal. "I always give
her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as
one or two- doses of it cures her."
This is a favorite remedy for croup,
as it can be depended upon and is
pleasant and safe to take. It contains
no narcotic Advertisement
ENGLISH GIVE AID
TO THEIR ENEMIES
Religions Society of Friends
Comforts "Innocent Alien
Enemies" in Britain,
SOME SENT TO GERMANY
(Correspondence of Tho Associated Press. )
London, Dec. 11. So far as known
here England is the only one of the
countries at war which supports a
charitable committee for the help of
enemies in its midst. Yet such is the
"emergency committee for the as
sistance of Germans, Austrians and
Hungarians in distress."
This society was formed by mem
bers of the Religious Society of
Friends to aid "innocent' alien ene
mies in Great Britain rendered des
titute by the war" and its report for
the last fiscal year shows that nearly
$100,000 was contributed and dis
bursed. Membership is not confined
to the Quakers, for the archbishop of
Canterbury, the head of the Church
of England, and the bishops of Lich
field and Lincoln, as well as Viscount
Bryce, Lord Haldane, formerly min
ister for war, and several members
of Parliament and ministers of Prot
estant churches are among its sup
porters. The committee maintains a regular
staff of visitors, who pay regular caHs
and enter sympathetically into the
many difficulties that continually
arise.
The report shows how the strain
of the war is telling on many people:
"Many of the women visited are suf
fering from depression and other
nerve troubles, owing to the great
strain put on them by the isolation
of their position and the struggle for
existence. A small special fund has
been opened to enable our-visitors to
cheer these poor souls during the
times of acute crisis or prolonged mo
notony, so that the mental and spirit
ual, strain may be relieved before the
breaking point is reached."
Want to Go Back.
Still the committee finds many
cases where deportation to Germany
or Austria is sought. "As the weary
months of the war drag on for those
who are unable to take any part in the
active work going on in all directions
and as savings diminish, many families
who asked for and obtained their ex
emption to stay in England now make
up their minds to return to their own
countries. The questions we are
asked and the advice sought becomes
more and more varied. We continue
to make up parties of those leaving
England and wa are frequently asked
to send children back to their rela
tions. So far we ate glad to say that
all such children have reached their
destination safely, although some
times obliged to travel almost alone.
A chain of workers in England and
Holland hand them on from one to
another."
A considerable part of the commit
tee's activity is devoted to work in
the internment camps. During the
last jrear the number of interned civ
ilians in England has increased con
siderably,, and the military prisoners
are also growing in number. With
regard to the condition of those in
terned, the report says: "We find
that in many cases the men are con
tinually oppressed wtih anxiety about
their families, whether in England or
Germany, and about their business
and future prospects. There is often
a deep sense of injustice and of use
lessness. It is only natural that long
months of confinement should lead to
depression and threaten nervous men
tal or moral breakdown in a good
many cases.
"We share the feeling of dread and
horror with which prisoners espe
cially the civilians, who suffer most
on both sides, look forward to the
possibility of another winter in camp
and are longing for the success of the
present negotiations between the gov
ernments for ending the whole intern
ment system."-.
Pershing Puts
Aeroplane to Use
On Mexican Border
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Field Headquarters American Puni
tive Expedition, Mexico, Dec: 16.
Demonstrations of the value of aero
planes in the last field maneuvers
brought forth the declaration by
Major General J. J. Pershing, com
mander of the expeditionary forces,
that he would rather have an aero
plane than a regiment of cavalry for
reconnaisance work. The admirable
work of a motor truck train in trans
porting infantry to threatened points
also brought warm commendation.
The problem which the troops at
field headquarters sought to solve and
in which aeroplanes and trucks were
used for the first time involved an at
tempt to ford the Casas Grandes river
at one of three points. These fords,
three miles apart, were defended by a
regiment of infantry at war strength,
a battery of field artillery and a squad
ron of cavalry. The defenders also
had the use of a truck train of twenty
seven cars. Each side had one aero
plane. Flying about 2,500 feet above the
earth, a distance considered ample.
since the forces had no anti-aircraft
guns. Captain Daveiport Johnson, for
the defenders, was able to follow the
movements of the cavalry from the
moment .they left their base, twelve
miles from the river, to the point
where a squadron was detached to
make a feint at the south ford while
the main body dashed toward the
north passage. His work enabled the
commanding general to mass his in
fantry at the ford threatened by using
the motor trucks.
Japan Launches Its New
Superdreadnaught Ise
(Correspondence of The Assoolsted Press.)
Kobe, Japan" Nov. 13. In the pres
ence of Prince Higashi Fushimi, the
superdreadnaught Ise was launched
yesterday at the Kawasaki shipyard.
When a chain was severed with a
commemorative silver axe the war
ship slid into the sea amid the boom
ing of guns and cheers.
The Ise is a sister ship of the Ya
mashiro, with a length of 688 feet and
displacement of 3,260 tons. Its arm
ament will consist of twelve fourteen
inch guns, twenty five-inch guns, four
three-inch guns for destroying aero
planes, four machine guns, eleven
three-inch guns for landing parties
and four torpedo tubes.
Good Samaritan Buys In
"Cop's" Horse at Auction
5; ruwttrujw
VEHQEIIrf S
1 V !kWt.V
When Mounted Policeman John L.
Wendell of the New York police force
heard that the department was to
auction off "Loughlin," the horse
which had served as his mount for a
good part of twenty-five years, he felt
as if he had lost his last friend. ; But
now Wendell is happy, and so is
"Loughlin," for a good Samaritan ap
peared, bought "Loughlin" and gave
him to the policeman as a Christmas
present. "Loughlin" now will lead a
life of ease to the end of his days.
As the day of the auction ap-
FRENCH PREPARE
FOR GREAT BATTLE
French Heroes Fell in All Ages
at Bapanme, Which Ger
mans Hold.
IT IS KEY TO FLANDERS
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 6. The allies are
creeping closer to Bapaume every
day and bringing nearer the eventu
ality of another great battle there,
where French heroes of nearly all the
ages have fougit. The town has seen
almost as much war as Peronne.
General Faidherbe gained there
January 3, 1871, one of the few French
victories of the Franco-Prussian war,
defeating General von Goeben.
The possession of the town has
previously been disputed a half dozen
times, besieged two or three, and
sacked once. Louis XI besieged it,
took it, and destroyed it. Charles
Quint restored it. Francois I be
sieged it and took it. It fell later into
the hands of the 'Spaniards, from
whom it was taken and made French
by de la , Mcilleraye, marshal of
France in 1645, with the aid of the
musketeers d'Artagnan and the Gas
cony cadets of Cyrano de Bergerac,
For the Germanic coalition today,
as for the Prussians in 1870 and the
Spaniards in 1641, Bapaume is a po
sition of vital importance; it marks
the limit of the last ridge of the Ar
tois hills, to which an army pressed
from the south and west can cling;
after Bapaume come the plains of
Flanders, with Cambrai, Valenciennes
and Douai in plain sight. Bapaume
taken, Peronne becomes untenable
and Saint Quentin an unsafe shelter
for the German staff.
The Germans certainly appreciate
the value of the position no less than
did Charles Quint and the Spaniards,
and ' they have organized it accord
ingly, but the French sixteen-inch
mortars are now almost within range
of the town.
It was at a critical period of the
thirty years' war that Bapaume be
came French. U. de la Mcilleraye
had probably more to do with its
conquest than either d'Artagnan or
Cyrano, but there was less romance
in his role.
De la Meilleraye had taken Arras
after the famous siege, then turned
to Bapaume, called the "key to Fland
ers." There are many analogies be
tween his campaign and that of the
allies today. Today, as then, the peo
ple are finding the war "long." Then,
as today, parlor military critics picked
out the flaws in the plans and com
plained of slowness and lack of en
ergy in executing them. The army
of the Hapsburgs had dug itself in
around Bapaume, as the Germans are
dug in there today.
Then, as now, mettlesome soldiers
of France chafed in the trenches. Like
the poilus of 1916, they wallowed in
mud when in the open and waded
waist deep when underground. Mar
shal de la Meilleraye was then, as
have been generals in the present war,
criticized for dilatory tactics, and his
laurels, gained at Arras, had begun
to fade; he saw the shadow of dis
grace falling upon him. Cardinal
Richelieu, impatient and imperious,
insisted upon greater activity and
energy. Then, as today, the reply
was, "more cannon, more ammuni
tion;" Richelieu sent more cannon,
more ammunition, with an order to
attack.
De la Mcilleraye assembled his
lieutenant generals, de Lorgueil and
Harcourt, in a council of war to de
cide whether they should risk the as
sault. "I know in then, regiment of the
guard." said M. de Lorgueil, "a most
capable officer and a man of spirit
and resources. Hccame to me lately,
returning from duty, and told me
something that impressed me. Call
him in, marshal; he will repeat bet
ter than I what he observed."
The officer of cadets came in, and
with the accent of Armagnac told
t I if
proached Wendell mourned so much
that the story came to be circulated
about. E. P. Crissman, a retired real
estate dealer, heard it, and came to
the rescue. Many other old horses
were"- saved from falling into the
hands of junk dealers and fruit ped
dlers by the Bide-a-Wee Home so
ciety, which purchased them and sent
them to a farm to loaf away the rest
of their days. A plan is on foot to
have the city pension its aged horses
of the fire, police and other depart
ments. how he had noticed a portion, of the
town wall at he suburb of Saint
Pierre that was' not so well defended
as the rest. "Simulate an attack in
force upon another part of the ram
parts." he said, "and give me a com-
fany of my comrades from Gascony;
promise you I'll get into the place."
Well, sir, said the marshal, 1
will send your commission to be
signed, but you shall anawer for the
success of this audacious venture
with your head.
The following day. January 13. 1645,
Bapaume waa taken by assault, and
the officer who planned and organized
the attack and led it to success earned
there one of his titles to the baton of
marshal himself. It was d'Artagnan.
Historians arc conflicting in dates
and many details as to the taking of
Bapaume. some place it in J641
others in 1645, which is more prob
able. In Hie latter case Cyrano de
Bergerac could not have participated
with his cadets in the final assault.
He had been wounded at Arras by a
word thrust in the throat that had
sent him back to Paris an invalid for
the rest of his days. D'Artagnan,
though, was there undoubtedly, and
it is certain that he played an im
portant role in the victory.
Italy Makes Bid
To Increase Its
Importance on Sea
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Rome. Dec. 10. In order to in
crease its mercantile marine, Italy has
by governmental decree dropped its
subsidy policy and made a bid to ship
builders to place their vessels under
the Italian nag bv ordering the re
moval of practically all ship taxes for
five years and exempting such ships
from military requisition for a similar
period. Already twelve new ships are
building in Italy under the new law
and. inasmuch as a vessel pays tor it
self within three or four trips under
existing freight rates, it is anticipated
that foreign firms will take advantage
ot these new conditions.
The immediate reason for the new
law is that Italy has been suffering
severely during the war because of
high ocean freight rates on grain, coal
and every other product imported.
However. Italy has been actively in
creasing its merchant marine for the
last dozen years and it intends to con
tinue that oolicy alter the war. be
fore the war it was spending $8,000,-
0U0 a year tn subsidies, $5,uW,UUU ot
which went to vessels carrying the
mails, $1,000,000 to cargo boats and
$2,000,000 to shipyards. It has lost
through submarines during the war1
more than luu.uuu tons ot vessels,
which has cut down its increased ton
nage obtained by subsidies. Its total
net tonnage January 1, I VIS. was 1
282.115. as compared to 1,632.614 tons
in 1905. Its number of steamers at
present is 949, representing a tonnage
ot iMJ.ISO.
Russian Robs American
Consul and Then Elopes
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Tokio, Nov. 10. Official advices
from Vladivostock report that the
American consulate in that city was
robbed of 40.000 roubles. At the
normal ante-war of exchange this
would be about $20,000.
According to the police, a Russian
employe of the consulate named
Alexander Lange is suspected of hav
ing absconded with the money, it
being charged that he has eloped to
Japan with a young Cossack girl,
who also lived at Vladivostock,
It is understood that the money in
question was chiefly Red Cross funds
intended for the German prisoners
of war in eastern Russia.
Hpeaklaa of Appetites.
A huge eating competition had been held
by some brawny sons of toll in a country
town In Yorkshire, and one of the com
petitors had succeeded In disposing of a leg
of mutton, a plentiful supply of vegetables
and a plum pudding, the whole washed down
with copious draughts of sle.
He was unanimously declared the winner
and waa being triumphantly escorted home
when he turned to his admirers and said:
"Ah, say lads, don't thee say nowt of thin
to my old woman, or sho won't gte me no
dlnnor'." Toronto tilobe.
NORWAY'S WAR TOLL.
IN SHIPS, AND MEW
German Mines and Torpedoes
Kill One Hundred and
Fifty Sailors.
GERMANY MAKES THRF.ATS
(Correxpondencc of The Assoclsted Press.)
Christiania, Norway, Nov. 15. ,
Norway, with the third largest mer
cantile marine in the world, has suf
fered severe losses. Up to date they
have totaled 150 steamers of 235,000 '
tons, insured by the "War Insurance '
Association" for $25,000,000; sailing-
ships aggregating 50,000 tons 'and in.
i s-i eaouvt .
craft loaded with lumber and pit props
for England, which were not insured, ,
One hundred and fifty sailors hava
lost their lives, fifty of them by Gen
man torpedoes from submarines and
the others when ships have been de.
stroyed by mines. Besides these many
boats have been taken by belligerents
and confiscated after prize court pro. ..
ceedings.
Germany, after a few months rest,
suddenly started a submarine warfare:
against Norwegian ships last Septem
ber much sharper and more merciless
than ever before exposing the lives
of many sailors jo the dangers of the,
Arctic storms. At the same time, tt U
declared, a hostile campaign against
Norway was launched in the German
press, alt of which the Norwegian peo
ple have been unable to understand. 1
The more Norway has tried to preJ
serve its neutrality, the more dissatts
lied, according to the Norwegian
viewpoint, has the German chauvin
istic press been, and papers such at
the Koelnische Zeitung and Frank,'
furter Zeitung very often have threat,
ened mercantile reprisals after the
war.
Germany Angry.
Nothing seems to have created
greater bitterness in Germany against
Norway than the government's ordie '
nances prohihiting the export ot cer ,
tain foodstuffs, which Norway needs .
for itself especially the ordinance ol ,
last August prohibiting export of cer.
tain kinds of fish. Although fishing is
one of Norway's main trades, yielding
a great surplus for export, since the
war so much fish has been exported
that there has not been enough left
for Norway itself and the country hj
been deprived of one of its main food
stuffs. The export to Germany has
been increasing to anch an extent thai
the people demanded that the gov
ernment should take steps to provide1
fish enough for the home market.
After the torpedoing by German
submarine! of Norwegian snips in the v
Arctic Ocean and along the coast this
fall the ordinance of October 31 was)
gassed, which, like the Swedish, for.
ids belligerent submarines the use ol
Norwegian waters.
Norway Watchful. '
The Germans themselves declare
they do not need and never used Nor.
wegian waters in theif i warfare.
Everybody here then asks how the1
Norwegian ordinance can be taken
as alone directed against Germany
and how it can be taken as an attempt
to tamper with the German machin
ery. The press except the socialistic)
papers unanimously stand by tho
government in this case and will sup
port its upholding the right of Nor.
way to keep the sovereignty on its
own territory. J
The German press lately claimed
that no, Norwegian sailor had been
killed bv German tonjedoing of Nor
wegian ships. The Morgenbladet re
calls that the Norwegian steamer
Svein Yorl, on June 9, 1915, was tor
pedoed when bound for Norway with
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line itself. Twelve of the crew lost. :
their lives and Germany has recog
nized its guilt and agreed to pay full
damage. The steamer Lougli in bale
last was torpedoed without warning; .
and one man killed, and in all about
forty Norwegian sailors are declared
to nave directly lost their lives by-.
German torpedoing.
Independent Attitude.
The Morgenbladet continues: "it
the German press believes it can mis.
leaa opinion in iiorway ana aepriva
the government of the necessary sup
port it is greatly mistaken. Nobody 't
hr- invino tne tatnenanfl win in .
serious situation help overthrow the
cabinet by disclaiming Norway's
right and duty to protect the lives and
property of its citizens to the best
of our ability. We do not want to
wrong anybody, we do not want td
injure foreign life or foreign property
we only want to live by ourselves,
our own national life without being
humiliated or treated with arrogance."
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