HALT TEUTON 10VE III MEUSEDISTRIGT

PARIS REPORTS HEAVY ARTIL-

LERY FIRE AND ALSO INFAN-

TRY ATTACK.

GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY

Boom of Powerful Gum It Heard All

Along the Weatern Front—The

Voeget Artillery Action

Quite Spirited. ...

Paris.—A bombardment of great vio-

lence against the French positions from Avoncourt to Fethincourt, west

of the Meuse, was followed by a Ger-

man attack which was launched

against the Haucourt-Malincourt front

In successive waves. It was repulsed with heavy losses, according to the

official statement issued by the French

war office, as follows:

"On the Argonne our artillery con-

tinued active against the enemy or-

ganizations north of Houeyette, in the sector of I.a Fontaine Aux Channes and Haute Chevauchce, as well as in Eastern Argonne.

‘Our fire directed on an enemy bat-

tery in the Montfaucon wood caused a

violent explosion. "West of the Meuse the bombard-

ment was resumed with violence in the course of the day against our po- rtions extending from Avocourt to

Bethincourt. About 3 o'clock the Germans launched a powerful attack

against our Haucourt-Malancourt front. The successive waves of the assault were all repulsed with heavy losses with our curtain of fire and the fire of the infantry.

"Our second lines east of the Meuse have been bombarded.

‘In the Woevre our artillery con-

centrated its fire on visible points of the enemy front

'In the Vosges the artillery action was quite spirited in the region of Btossweler, Muhlbach and Hartmanns- mener-ivopr.

The Belgian official communication ■ays there is nothing particular to re-

port. Earlier in the day the following

statement was issued: "Last night passed quietly to the

east of the River Meuse. There was

considerable activity on the part of the opposing forces to the west of the Meuse, in the region of Malancourt, as

well as in the Woevre sector at the foot of the heights of the Meuse.

“In Lorraine, in the forest of Par- roy, we delivered a surprise attack on

a position of the enemy, the occupants of which were either killed or taken

prisoner. In withdrawing we blew up the position.

"There has been nothing else of im-

portance on the remainder of the front.”

BRITISH CAPTURE TRENCHES

Infantry Successfully Storm First and Second Line Works at St. Eloi.

600 Yards Taken.

London.—“The British infantry has stormed and taken first and second line German trenches along a front of 600 yards at St. Eloi,” says the Brit- ish official communication issued on

March 27. The text of the statement reads: “This morning, after exploding

mines, infantry of the Northumber- land fusilliers and Royal fusilliers as-

saulted the German salient at St. Eloi, successfully taking first and second line trenches on a front of some COO

yards. Heavy casutlties are known to

have been caused to the enemy. Two officers and 168 men were taken pris- oners.

"The artillery activity today has been mainly confined to the neighbor- hood of Angres, Wulvergheim, St. Eloi and Weltje.

"Last night and today there has been much mining activity. At La ■Boisselle we successfully exploded a

mine. To the south of Neuvile-St. Vaast and near Hohenzonern reaouDt

there has been crater fighting In which we were successful.

"Opposite Hulluch the enemy ex-

ploded mines last night, damaging our

trenches and causing some casualties. We are established on the crater

formed by the explosion.”

Berlin Admits Loss. Berlin.—More than 100 yards of Ger-

man trenches near St. Eloi have been blown up by the British, German

army healquarters have announced.

Mysterious Murder. Dallas, Texas.—City and county au-

thorities are completely at loss to ex-

plain the motive for the murder in a

suburban park of Miss Zaola May Cra-

mer, 24, a trained nurse. The body was found in the park surrounding the Oak Cliff High School building. Near-

by was found her purse, containing $26 and other articles of jewelry, in-

dicating robbery was not a motive.

Physicians, however, expressed the be-

lief the woman had been criminally assaulted, but no official announce-

ment was forthcoming.

Pass Appropriation Bills.

Washington—The senate has passed the urgent deficiency appropriation bill carrying approximately $3,500,- 000, most of which is for navy yards and naval repairs.

Clubs For Swiss Soldiers.

Berne, Switzerland.—The George Washington. Abraham Lincoln and

Woodrow Wilson houses, three clubs for Swiss soldiers, the money for

\ which was given by the American col-

i

VILLA ELUDES PURSUERS

Bandit Extricate* Himself From Dan-

gerous Position and Goes South. Weather Retards Aeroplanes.

San Antonio, Texas. — Francisco Villa has escaped from the Mexican

troops that had checked him near N'a-

mlquipa, and three columns of Amer- ican cavalry are pursuing him. Al-

ready they are almost 250 miles south of the border, and unless Mexican forces bring the elusive bandit to an-

other stand this distance will be great- ly increased.

Villa's success in extricating him- self from the dangerous position into

which he had been driven by the Amer- ican punitive force was related in a

detailed report of Gen. Pershing that

reached Gen. Funston. Gen. Funston

forwarded the report to Washington without making public any but the es-

sentia! features. Col. Dodd is commanding the ad

vanced columns that are riding hard

after Villa and his men, and Gen.

Pershing has divided his forces so as

to provide supporting columns along the thinly stretched lines of commun-

ications from his most advanced base at E Valle. From E Valle another line is being maintained back to Casas

Grandes, from where communication with the border is maintained. Gen.

Pershing himself is somewhere south of Vasas Grandes directing the work

of holding together his forces and di-

recting as far as possible the opera- tions of Col. Dodd. Cavalry Is being used along the lines communicating with El Valle, where a detachment of

infantry is stationed. Three aeroplanes are at El Valle

and will be used in scouting as soon

as the high winds that have been

sweeping subside, and which, accord-

Ing to Gen. Pershing, have made ef- fective assistance by them impossible. Of the eight machines that went into Mexico, two are still out of commis- sion. They were damaged in the flights from Columbus to Casas Grandes.

PEONS FIRE ON U.S. TROOPS

Unofficial Report 8ays Detachment Fired Into and Six Wounded—Rifle

Fire Is Returned.

El Paso, Texas.—A detachment ol United States troops have been at tacked unexpectedly by Mexican pe- ons. said to have been aided by Car- ranza soldiers, at El Valle. Six Amer- icans were wounded. The fire was re

turned by the Americans. Several Mexicans were killed and eight are re-

ported to have been wounded. The report of the engagement was

brought here by an official of the Mex- ican Northwestern Railroad, who came

from Casas Grandes. He received his information from Guy Taylor, the Mor- mon scout who led Col. George A. Dodd's recue expedition to Colonia Dublan.

No official report of the fighting has been made public, and an effort to gel official confirmation has been unavalb ing. The wounded Americans are said to have been brought back to Colonia Dublan, Gen. Pershing’s headquarters.

The same authority reported that the two colored troopers Injured in the railroad accident between Cumbre and Chico Station were refused aid by the Carranza officers. A few hours after the accident Gen. Betani is saJd to have passed with a military train en

route for Colonia Dublan. The injured men asked permission of the Carranza officer to ride back to the base hos- pital, which was denied them.

From last accounts the injured troopers, after suffering the tortures of thirst, in addition to pain from their wounds, were reached by an ambu- lance corps rescue detachment and brought back to Colonia Dublan.

UPHOLD MAIL 3EIZURE.

Entente Replies To U. S. Objection Reach Washington.

Washington.—Replies from the en-

tente allies to the protests of the Unit- ed States against the interference with the malls have reached the embassies here and are soon to be presented to

the state department. Asserting the right to supervision of

mails passing through their territory and also the right to exclude contra- band goods for the enemy, some of the powers at least are seeking to re-

duce the complaint of detention by greatly enlarging the facilities for the examination of suspicious mail and otherwise speeding up the handling of such matter.

In all cases it is contended that there has been no violation of treaties guaranteeing the inviolability of the mails.

Refuse To Disarm. Washington.—The entente allies, re-

plying individually to Secretary Lan- sing’s suggestion for the disarmament of all merchant ships, have, in effect declined the proposal.

Tulsa Oil Wells Burn. Tulsa, Okla.—Damage estimated at

?1 000,000 was done in the oil fields near Drumright, when a fire starting in refuse spread to the wells. Twelve wells were burned, 21 derricks were

destroyed, and many thousands of barrels of oil consumed.

Taggart Takes Oath. Washington.—Thomas Taggart, the

Democratic national committeeman from Indiana, appointed to fill the va-

cancy caused by the death of Senator Shiveley, has taken the oath of office

Activity at Saloniki. Athens.—Dispatches from Saloniki

say that the frontier actions, which had hitherto been considered merely as trying out operations on the part of the Bulgarians are now assuming the character of a general attack against the advanced allies. Considerable vigor Is being displayed and heavy ar-

tillery is being employed on both sides. It is said that in both military and diplomatic circles there is a belief that the long prophesied effort to drive the allies into the sea has begun.

VILLA FLEEING TO SIERRAFOOFHILLS

FLYING COLUMNS OF CAVALRY ARE TRYING TO BAR BAN-

PIT’S ESCAPE

NATIVES AID U. S. TROOPS

American Soldiers Now Operating In

Territory Often Raided By Vtlla

New Raid Is Made Across

the Border.

El Paso, Tex.—A wireleBs dispatch from Cascas Grandes to Columbus states that Villa is flying southward to-

ward the foothills of the Sierras and the rapidity of his flight is hastening the American pursuit. All arms of the service are being used in an attempt to force the bandit into a corner.

The Mexican residents of the sec-

tion, which has been ravaged time and time again by Villa bandits, are freely giving information concerning Villa’s

flight, supplies, armament and strength to the American military authorities.

While much of this information has been too indefinite to be of value, it is

presumed that the knowledge that the Americans are kept informed as to his movements has influenced the bandit chieftain to the greatest haste in his retreat.

Although the United States troops are following closely in his wake, so

far, It is stated, no fighting has taken

place. The ranch of C. E. Kelly, former

mayor of El Paso, 32 miles east of

here, has been raided by Mexican ban-

dits, who drove off a. number of cattle and badly beat the caretaker.

Two detachments of the Eighth cav-

alry were sent in pursuit of the ban- dits. One troop started at full gallop from Fabens, two miles from the ranch. The second left Ysleta, some

miles on the other side, at the same

time in an effort to cut them off from the river.

CAVALRY GO AFTER VILLA

Specially Selected Troopers Are To Enter the Pursuit of the Fly-

ing Bandit.

Columbus, X M.—Preparations for closing in on Francisco Villa in a quick cavalry drive were being pushed for ward rapidly at the field headquarters of Brig.-Gen. Pershing, according to

reports received here. A body of picked cavalrymen have

been concentrated and is in reserve

at the front somewhere south of Nam- iquipa, on the northeastern edge of the Guerrero district. These men are pre pared to make a dash of indefinite duration as soon as the bandit chief- tain is located.

It is known that American military leaders look to the cavalry for the ac-

tual capture of Villa. With the estab- lishment of the new American advance base, 120 miles south of Casas Gran- des, and with developments apparent- ly imminent, it is believed that the field headquarters may be moved shortly to a point nearer the front so

that Gen. Pershing may be in closer communication with tne troops in the vanguard.

Army reports indicated that quiet continued to prevail along the Amer- ican line and that there has been no

engagements in which American troops had a part.

TROOPERS HURT IN WRECK.

Pershing Uses Portion of Northwest, ern Road for Transporting.

San Antonio, Texas.—Confirmation that Gen. Pershing already has been using a portion of the Northwestern railroad for the transportation of troops was secured by Gen. Funston from what was said to be an unofficial source. This information included a

report of the overturning of two cars

and the injuring of 10 troopers of the Tenth Cavalry and several horses. Three of the men were reported seri- ously injured.

The accident occurred while the cars

were being taken over a shoofly that had been built around the Cumbre tunnel, south of Casas Grandes. One of the rails gave way and the cars

rolled down an embankment.

One American Lost Washington.—Advices to the state

department from Bristol, England, said one American, T. Buckley, a horse- man, apparently was lost in the sink- ing of the British steamer English- man and that the total loss of life was

seven horsemen and three members of the crew.

Russian Losses 80,000. Berlin.—Russian casualties in the

present offensive against Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg’s armies are es-

timated in an Overseas News Agency statement to have been not less than 80,000 along the 7o-m.ile front where engagements have been in progress.

Gunboat Sails For Mexico. New Orleans, La.—The United

States gunboat Wheeling has sailed from here for Southern Mexico. It was stated the gunboat's destination was Carmen, state of Campeche.

Kentucky at Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz.—The United States bat-

tleship Kentucky has arrived here and anchored Inside the'harbor. The Unit- ed States gunboat Marietta has sailed for Tampico. Everything is quiet in Vera Cruz.

Funeral For Former Bandit. Lee’s Summit, Mo.—Funeral serv-

ices for Cole Younger were held here at the Christian Church, where the former bandit was converted three years ago.

AMERICANS WERE ABOARD

Steamer Sussex Hit By Torpedo—Los* of Life May Be Greater Than

Firet Reported.

London.—Although there is still some uncertainty as to the loss of life in the disaster to the cross-channel steamer 8ussex, there no longer is

any doubt that the death list Is much

larger than the early advices indicat- ed. The latest figures compiled in London show as many as 102 persons missing, including five Americans.

The Sussex had 436 persons aboard, of whom the following have been ac-

counted for: Landed at Dover, 72; landed at Boulogne, 250; dead at Boie

logne, 9; dead at Dover, 3. The list of missing may be slightly

diminished by the fact that some of the passengers who landed continued their journey without reporting their

safety. The casualties occurred in two ways

—first, in the explosion when the ship was struck, and second, by drowning when two lifeboats capsized.

Capt. Mouffet, together with several of the officers and a number of the [ passengers, asserts that the ship un-

doubtedly was torpedoed. Most of these witnesses declare they saw the

torpedo when it was a distance of about 100 yards. Unfortunately they say there was not time enough to

avoid it, although the captain made an

attempt to save his vessel by a quick maneuver.

—

GERMANY WILL DISAVOW

If Submarine Torpedoed Sussex Com- mander Will Be Punished—No

Americans On Boat Lo*t.

Washington.—With all evidence in-

dicating that the British channel steamer Sussex, carrying American citizens, was the victim of a torpedo, it was stated authoritatively here that if a German submarine made the at-

tack the imperial government would disavow the act, punish the submarine commander, offer reparation and sat-

isfy the United States that the act was

in violation of instructions. Thus it seems that the issue might narrow

down to the question of whether the United States would be willing to ac-

cept such a declaration from the Ber- li’n BAvommonf

President Wilson is awaiting with

deep concern the receipt of conclusive evidence, not only in regard to the Sussex, aboard which several Ameri- cans narrowly escaped death, but as

to the sinking of the British steamship Englishman. One American life is said in the latest official reports to have been lost when the Englishman went down.

Detailed information gathered by the American embassy at Paris indicates that no Americans lost their lives on

the Sussex. All the Americans whose names

were on the passenger list have now

been accounted for, the embassy- states. It is possible, however, that there may have been among the pas- sengers some Americans whose names were not inscribed.

BALTIMORE THREATENED.

Fire in the Business Section Does $75,- 000 Damage.

Baltimore, Md.—Fire in the Henry Keidel Building on West German street threatened for a time to der

stroy one of the most substantial busi- ness blocks in the center of the city. Nearly every piece of fire-fighting ap-

paratus was called out, and after two

hours’ work the fire, which had been confined to the Kiedel Building, was

extinguished. The damage is estimat- ed at $75,000.

Fifteen hundred women in adjacent clothing and hat factories were as-

sembled by their employers and marched to the street without a mis-

hap.

PARIS LOSS $14,000,000.

Inspector Announces Fifty Per Cent Covered by Insurance.

Austin, Texas.—In an official state- ment issued here State Fire Marshal Wallace Ingltsh places the total loss in connection with the fire at Paris, Texas, recently at from $10,000,000 to $14,000,000. Insurance will cover

50 per cent of the loss, his statement

Carelessness in a frame warehouse is believed by the fire marshal to have been the cause of the conflagration

Two Americans Make Affidavit. London.—Two American citizens,

Arthur Mackenzie of Savannah and Tom Fifer of Delaware, who were on

board the British steamer Manches- ter Engineer, have made affidavits be- fore the American consul that the steamer was torpedoed without no-

tice, according to a Central News die

patch from Queenstown.

U. S. Navy Not Sufficient. Washington.—A navy with a quar-

ter of a million men would be needed by the United States in time of war, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt told house naval committee. England's na-

val force had been trebled since the war, he said, and added that the Unit- ed States would probably need as

large an increase in a war. He said the United States navy was not suffi- cient to cope with a first-class powei if the American policy were to protect all its coast and possessions and relar tions with Pan-American countries.

Governor Halts Business. Sacramento, Cal.—Gov. Hiram W.

Johnson issued a proclamation exclud- ing from intrastate business in Cali fornia about 5,500 incorporations, in- cluding the Ford Automobile Company, for failure to pay the state franchise tax of last year.

W. F. Williamson, counsel for the Ford company, said the courts would probably asked to enjoin the enforce- ment of the governor’s proclamation. The company refused to pay the tax

on the ground that it is excessive.

HEWS OFTHEWEEK FDOM OH WORLO

HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND OTHER COUNTRIES

BRIEFLY TOLD.

SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN

Week’s News Condensation Re-

viewed Without Comment—All Nations Find Something to

Edify and Instruct.

Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, gov-

ernor of the Panama canal zone, has

Bailed for Panama on the steamship Pastores. He said he was confident that the canal would be opened by April 15.

• • •

The proposed advance in charge for

the privilege of milling grain in tran-

sit filed with the state public utilities

commission by the Chicago, Peoria &

St. Louis railroad was suspended until

July 25 by an order of the commis- sion.

• • •

The withdrawal of the steamship Rotterdam of the Holland-American line from service was announced at

the company’s offices. • • •

A rent-free apartment house for un-

married working women is provided for in the will of Charles P. Webster, a dry goods merchant of New York, who died March 16, leaving an estate

exceeding $1,000,000. • • •

While raising the window of her

room, Mrs. R. E. Darrow, 84, of De-

catur, 111., fell through the window to

the pavement, 20 feet below, and was

killed. • • •

The city council of El Paso, Tex., passed an ordinance providing that

correspondents sending out of the city matter “calculated to Injure the gen- eral business reputation of El Paso and known to be false” shall be fined from $25 to $200.

• • •

The jury trying W. D. January at

Norman, Ok., for the murder of Mil- LUIi I\eUK UIUUftUL 111 a ftiuivv

guilty and assessed his punishment at life in prison.

• • •

The Carolite Chemical company’s plant, at Conner Hill, Tenn., manufac-

turing high explosives, was entirely destroyed by fire.

• • •

The return just issued by the regis- trar-general for Ireland shows that the population of Ireland increased last year by 9,542. ThiB follows an in- crease of 7,148 during the year 1914.

• * •

H. Ashton Ramsay, 81, chief engi- neer of the famous Confederate iron- clad Merrlmac, and one of the few

surviving members of her crew, is dead at Baltimore.

• • •

Burglars obtained stamps, checks and cash totaling about $300 from the postoffice at Brown Branch, Mo., ac-

cording to information received by postoffice inspectors.

• • •

The ice moved out of La Crosse (Wis.) harbor >and the Mississippi river is open to navigation at this

point. The opening came two days later than in 1915.

• • •

Men of the Hungarian landsturm bom in 1868 and 1869, who hitherto have been employed in making ma-

terials of war, are ordered to join the army on April 5.

• • •

William G. McAdoo, American sec-

retary of the treasury, will be official-

ly a guest of Chili during his visit with the other members of the Amer- ican delegation to the international trade conference.

• • •

The Wisconsin national guard has been ordered to recruit to full war

strength. • • •

A total of 1,338 recruits have been added to the army in the last 10 days, the war department announced.

• • •

Investigation in bituminous coal rates from mines in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio to Lake Erie ports for trans- shipment was ordered for April 24.

* • •

Thousands of barrels of oil were

destroved in a fire near Drumright. Ok., on the 22d, when 24 derricks and 12 wells were in flames.

• • •

One hundred and twenty-seven sub- marines have been captured by the British since the outbreak of the war.

• • •

A. Sully Guard of New Rochelle, N. Y., was killed when his automobile, running 60 miles an hour, struck a

telegraph pole. • • •

Senator L. Y. Sherman of Illinois has introduced a resolution to author- ize the president to at once call for 60,000 volunteers for service in Mex- ico.

• • •

Fire destroyed the five-story build- ing at Jersey City occupied by the Durham Razor company, entailing a loss of $300,000.

• • •

To increase the gold reserve of the government, the Austrian savings banks have decided to accept deposits In the form of jewelry and old gold of all kinds.

• • •

Twenty-five wireless stations in and I about San Antonio, Tex., have been dismantled upon instructions from the department of Justice.

• • •

Miss Eva Gregory, 18, a daughter of Steven Gregory of Lexington, Ky., was shot and killed fs she rode horse- back on a lonely road near her home. 1

• • *

An Eau Claire (Wis.) canning com- pany has closed a deal with a Canad- ian firm which calls for 500,000 cans of "Irish stew" a week for a year.

• • •

Federal custom officials at El Paso, Tex., began rigid enforcement of the immigration laws at the international bridge connecting El Paso with Juarez.

The Russian steamer Neora Jaslah- da was torpedoed in the North At-

lantic March 9. / • • •

The cornerstone has just been la.'-d in Calcutta for a new hospital for

tropical diseases. • • •

The price of beer in Auetria-Hun- garv has been raised for the third

time since the war started. • • •

Four babies were burned to death

last week in a fire in a New York

day nursery. • • •

Bodies of the sailors of Admiral Cervera’s fleet who were captured during the Spanlsh-Ameriean war and

died in the naval hospital at Ports-

mouth, N. H., will be removed to

Spain as a mark of respect to the

Spanish government. 0 0 0

During the mine-sweeping practice by Greek naval vessels in the bay of

Eleusls this week, obstacles were en- | countered which are thought to be the Persian galleys of Xerxes’ fleet.

• • •

Two thousand panes of glass were

shattered when a mine which drifted ashore off Gudhjem exploded.

• • ■

Military training for boys in the

public schools of Hoboken, N. J., will

begin immediately. • • •

The house education committee voted unanimously to take no action on pending bills to reopen the north

pole controversy. Dr. Frederick A. Cook asked the committee to investi- gate his claims.

• • •

A romance ended in a Chicago court when Charles Robinson divorced Val-

aja Bernicia Winton Robinson, daugh- ter of former Mayor O. R. Winton of East St. Louis, and heiress to his

$500,000 estate. 0 9 9

Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, is seriously ill with pneumonia.

• • •

Mrs. Thomas Nelson and her sister, Miss Clara Matthews, are dead at Vi-

enna, Mo., as a result of poison mys- teriously administered.

• • •

The first “submarine strike” on rec-

ord has occurred on a Batavier Line steamship when the crew refused to sail because the ship was not con-

voyed for protection from submarines. • • •

mi. __ c 1_i«

Egypt on appointment as staff cap- tain.

• • •

James F. Walker, 61 years old, and his wife, 60 years old, were asphyxi- ated at Springfield, Mo.

• • •

Musical instruments as a means of

inspiring sub-normal children soon

will be tried in classes for such chil- dren of the Chicago public schools.

• • •

David LIoyd-George, minister of mu-

nitions, speaking in the house of com-

mons, confirmed the report that Japan had been invited to take part in the Paris economic conference.

• • •

The death sentence imposed upon Mrs. Ida Ball Warren, the first wom-

an ever sentenced in North Carolina to die in the electric chair, was com-

muted to life imprisonment. • • •

Because of extra expenditures for the Mexican expedition and the cost of recruiting the army up to 120,000, Secretary of War Baker submitted urgent deficiency estimates of $8,870,- 094 to the house.

• • •

In a telegram sent to President Wil- son the Aero Club of America offered for army use in Mexico two hlgh- I>ower aeroplanes, which the club says excel in every way the army flying equipment.

• • •

Judge Brewer, at Danville, 111., sen-

tenced "Big John” Murphy, alias Wal- ter Murphy, to hang April 14 for the murder of Louis Roumas, a Big Four track laborer, Nov. 9, 1915.

* • •

Turkish soldiers have evacuated Er- zingan, according to information re-

ceived here. • • •

Daniel G. Patterson, formerly a rail- road man at Greensboro, N. C., shot and killed his four children while they slept and then killed himself. He is believed to have been temporarily inrane.

• • •

Daniel S. Hoan, Social-Democratic candidate for mayor of Milwaukee, leads Mayor Gerhard A. Bading, non-

partisan, by 5,367 votes. • • *

James Howard Grace of El Paso and his mother and sister of Chicago will receive the bulk of the estate of <1 7CA AAA IC -.1 ___

to the terras of the will just filed. • • •

Two hundred public schools in the City of Mexico opened after being closed since November, owing to the epidemic of typhus.

• • •

Three motor water wagons, said to be the first ever used by the United States army, will be in service In the campaign against Villa In a few days.

* • •

Clothed in the faded Confederate uniform he used In the civil war, Capt. David A. Tandy, 74, was buried at Hopkinsville, Ky.

• • •

An unmasked robber entered the First National bank at Malvern, Ark., locked the cashier, H. L. McDonald, in the vault and escaped with $513.

• • •

Capt. Roald Amundsen, according to a Central News dispatch from Christi- ania, will start on a north pole expedi- tion in the spring of 1917.

* • *

Frank R. McAtee, 60, editor and owner of the Chester (111.) Herald, a

weekly newspaper, killed himself 'ty shooting. McAtee had been in poor health for several years.

• • •

Twenty persons have been killed in an explosion in a colliery near Ml- liekowitz, Silesia, says a dispatch from Amsterdam.

• • •

Since the order of last October for darkening London streets went into effect 307 persons have met death by accidents at night.

• • •

Col. William A. Glassford, chief sig- nal officer of the western department of the army, was ordered to take charge of the aviation school at San Diego. Cal.

Steel is produced jn which is equal to the U rmTn PUat*- in every way.

ma° froduct

Colorado uaes~~ZZTthZ lion electrical horse power .! Bl1' to run its industries. ery l4r

DEATH LURKS IN A WEAK u. 80 on first symptoms use and be cured. Delay and naT .Z0T,W' penalty. “Renovtne" la th! ?*101 remedy. Price *1.00 and so£Jg*»

Rudolph Spreckels, the sugar nate, has spent millions of doh.Z?' the cause of reform in San Fran!^ Alcoholless Wine New Ph„„u

Dealeoholized wine is descriZdZ L Italia Agricola as a new nr JZ ta the wine industry. This beverag quite different from unferme'tM grape Juice. It is made from ordLZ wine, and contains all the comnnZ? of the latter except alcohol, indudZ the ethers and aldehydes to whichZ pleasant taste and stimulating Z* ertles are due. It also contains Z same acids, and especially tannic acid which has been found to exercise protective action against the germs .‘r cholera and typhus.

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And Falling Hair Use Cutleuri Soso and Ointment. Trial Free.

When the scalp Is Itching because of dandruff and eczema a shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water will he found thoroughly cleansing and sooth- lng, especially if shampoo Is preceded by a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to the scalp skin.

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Hurt Her Pride. Two fair maids met in a shop, and

at once began gossiping, in spite of the fact that they were hindering other customers.

“Oh, have you heard about Phyllis;1’ exclaimed the one in the white-topped boots, suddenly.

"No,” replied she of the pink plumet “What has she done now?"

“My dear”— in tones of horror- “she’s broken off her engagement!” !

"What ever for?” in tones of still greater horror.

“She went with her fiance to a has- ketball game, and now she says hi got far more enthusiastic over the game than he has ever been about her.”

Chimney Periscope. The men in the flreroom of a fac-

tory cannot always tell, without going outside to look, whether the chimney is smoking, and this is Important, both as a matter of economy In burn- ing the coal, and also to enable them to conform with smoke regulations. A writer In Power suggests placing a

mirror outside the building and set-

ting it at such an angle that the men, looking out of the window, can see

the reflection of the top of the stack in the mirror. In some cases where one mirror cannot be properly lo-

cated, two might be usedffof the py- pose. !

Seals Like United States. There are In existence only two im-

portant herds of fur seals, one of

which has its breeding grounds in the

Commander islands, belonging to Rus-

sia, the other in the Pribilof islands, belonging to the United States. Of

these the latter Is much the larger.

The Pribilof islands are government property, and thus It happens that

the United States government finds

Itself the owner of by far the most

valuable herd of fur seals in the

world. This unique bit of property has been a source of much tribula- tion—as everybody knows.

Has Made Study of Buddha. Dr. David Brainard Spooner, who

propounds the theory that Buddha waa

not a Hindu, as is the prevailing belief,

is an American, a native of New Eng-

land, and for some time has been

the employ of the archeology depart- ment of the government of India. “

is his belief that Buddha was a «

sian and a renegade from znroM

anism, rather than a renega e

Hindu teaching, which also eiplami a reference to Buddha in the anc

Parsee scriptures as a heretic, a

which could not have been used

he not been connected originally Zoroastrianism, believes Doctor P

er. Among this explorer •■*««? ments is the unearthing w **

boues from a mound near

northwestern iDdia.

Ever Eat >

Grape-Nuts? There's a vast army of

physical and mental workers who do.

One reason—it» ^ cious nut-like flavour.

Another-it is easily and quickly digested generally in about one

hour.

But the big reason i*“| Grape-Nuts, besides ha

ing delicious taste, V?

plfes all the rich nuttj ment of whole whea malted barley. wduj* the “vital'' mineral salts

viia building necessary ror d ,

brain, nerve and muscle.

Always ready to*j direct from the pac^ Grape'dUmilk‘u a well or good mule ut. balanced ration

most in sound ment.

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