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.v, •-•;.: Cnnmerea yesterday,; '. *. •.= /... general manage r ' &f-' •;. •-•:!» v;it the t r e m ^ a M u s in-. • -. .<-vp.>rt.s from this- country

••, -n ro ' - th t war , skUi t h a t | t : : -i ' K - A * U. .assume!' tfaiftt t h e ';, . ..-:.• •. sJ.iv-.xlen were djssllne'd :••:.- -ih-r country,

•j .'v.'iiV'. he s a i j , **$fh© dottntry • j . - : ,V;:s. and hot! o n l y - i t e e ^ A«w c_.i..<is. but is sell ing m»ta t h a n

*.'. r.p j . . ibe tJnite4 J S t a ^ t£?hc .-. . ..; .ri.iusirifl d&vmopment .s. . ..:».;> l ies ' in "'the pi'34§ n©^ i- ,'• :i:'i-i operation, fiijrt?. tfeft' de* r;;.-r. ..-f immense - w a ^ ' p o w c r .•.••>. . Th.p large atnoeytits- m£ • being, ppent and t o 10 spen t ,--- dov.plApmen-t wlli-' ena&io •i. i-, a< cnease m8&ufa^tmin& .-i'.-.i per mi I he r t o eJMB»£t£ i». ,r...:.s of the world to ?,»jCsd&afc t .::• •;••- rralizedv* , li..-' vr.'.^z- pointed out t l ta t since ,.r Siu-.l.-:: had i^ot -o&|y<4aagbt ./.-:•,s SM*reft for ma4jeris|l» ass-'..:.-:,;".,.-.d from o ther W«jatrle&,' ,-if- cart.ii:ij to this co t t r t ry w | | h 4 • - f :.r::o!ies which the. Rallied

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to ,gei in-Austria. tnf-Olved,.

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federal . g o v ^ n m e n t to effect a sct» t-..r., Bee. 84 -£&IMM£| .,3§et |:j3#fcs.6»t ot ta ie , *ohir.oversy and <iafit

M<..mbcr*>;went i«|4-bfjfel:e>|i '»e.correspondence, which passed be-rtwjeen ;.£resiite»t, Wilson &IHT ' t h r

31 u?t. M-t at no«n„ » l 4 [ M s f | f t j i fed Mtao ' W o r k e r s . ' ^ - AmerTaa. late a t itjifft ;p» IBV; t | j * Wmnj-u-nis act-on sas» tb.»t. in vie%

jM?t'r"'0.f'i1ip'r©ceat:.action of t t e Pfc'stfl*8« 3&a*|itt appointingr .a. J5ed«r&l mediuti-or

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"For Hattsbnrgh and Clinton Co., First,

VOL xvni Npr ss j^RteEgr cmcxjh:A.nmr^^^^^SS^^^mi

A Recomm< adatian tbat Industrial

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I)ean?»r, iSfeij. «*-A, --Mcoflxifienda-t i oa t o t«ra i iaa te t h e Colomdo cuai tacts' "stall:«,. 'wMcli h a d fes inoop-ti«a ut 'th« nor thern "ColoraUu field? fa A p r i l / i s W , and.wfaiCtt tot mor«

: t « a a 14 tttontfes hajs Involved- prac'tl-.wtor t h e e t i k e «oal ttniaing indaa-• tW at ColttJ'ido, was contained in ?» camiaanisatifttt from the iaternat ion ni'«xeeBttv« jaard of tfte United Mint Worker? *f A»aeri«k presea ted ' t» i^raak 3 . Ha^es, vie© ©resident,, to -th. union minmn of Colorado i n convey-Han -h<$?& t o lay,

• f*We reoeiaitstcs no- sassrpnder anf $!tHl3 cont inue to pr4]?agfafe tho prfn eti^W. of «ae hamanixarian m»»^ ta*at tKroagboat the <soal fields o" Cajtamdo,*r s i ^ s to© oomaiu-tUcaU.jn itt ar.nounoing the determination o* *3j<i evocative ^ a a r 4 t& terminato Ul*

• ..Strf'Jfft.

-^.fter fevi«wtot t h e pKorts of tlv

Kow. Yor'k*, jDec. ^—Rates Oa shift room for girain a n d general cargo to Engi is^ and Preaohi por ts have been increased ^roai iOf t to 390 per c e n t over the normal, ra tes jit this time, a year ago. 3?o i^ottj^rdam a ra te on g*arn i^ras quoted Yesterday a t close lo,. 10 (shilling^, whijoh i s nea r ly five times (the no rma l ra te . A ra te on graih to Lojjdon Quoted yesterday was<r

a year ago;, on flo«ir, Zte. a sack, asrainst 14e, last year. ,

Shipping roont . is exceedint?5| scarce a n d ra tes a r e steadily inereaa* ing. dfhe *eas&nsj #hippin$p men sSy, i r e pl^in. The ttioat prominent ariS •he removal of the German and AUB- 11.W'O coUe^a-

sfe

-,^daiiirals/-co:nmi!ssion.. *<SPO deom i t tho par t «* a » t o * ^ ' - 'wiudoni,. t o aucspt «%• -(the p-rc si ^Wll; dis*i &*#i'*v!*«EB*!8ion a n d to tenninafe

th* .strike-.*" • %-»a| «jtor^s on t h f

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Aicordias ' t> a compilation by t h j Jwiiroal of Commerce the amount of -I'lyplns taken out of commercial .te in these ways has heen ' ahou t 5»*»-HiO.oOO .gross tons. Experienced -' "Piling »n«*„i 88ld yesterday tha t thla •sfiihate «rAs unite con«ervatlv« a n d hat an csi-mmto of «,000,ftflO to «*-co,«oo to«s ^ o u i d I probahiy no t fife oo »nuch»

ft »vaa estimated tha t t he total <5er» «j«n and Austr ian tonnage l»eimo%'ed r m commercial asea b ^ the war i s . ' W « • - ^ a i ^ W . of t h e «r<(nera} i »out 5»5U&i»OU «ross tons; ^hipping

said yesterday Mxat for all prac-leal p u r p o s e t h e entire" m e r c h a n t : *»&* m tho <s «»&•* a r r a j f e e W ^ nar lae of these countries is «u t ot <>n»*»4i3Ssioa, total i ins more i h a n 5j-

Kjft.oeft tons . SShtimatea o j the namber of ships

xtfceti l*y tibte British for Admiral ty i.-sc r r«n as high as 1^00. . I t is c*m-»rvatively .estimaEed, howewr , t h a t

it least SOikships v;ith a total gross lEtiase of 1,700,000 tons liave been \?n out of coniinefo»al use for th i s

n»ri*ose. ' , . . The" shipment aa fpscdn ftbroad con-

Unwr« t o iftewassu -Qrowth in ship­ping traffic hm also SJCOB s t imuiawtt hr, <he Jacreauin'? casfa of g*vtSft$ ve*r r&$% ' i h t e r a n m . • . "•

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Waahinstoitf,. Dec. f.—iS)^ waf de-panment".*m:tici»ate» the*e -wilt be

a t . t h e nilUtcsty instruction camt> at Pla t tsburgh j from next Ju ly 5tb ' to 'August S t l i j inclusive. Plaips ar« a t ' ready andpr. '*?ay 10 ear<^ €or that .numbed of i ^ u n g min M t h | f l a t s ' bu#sh aite* i smch hgs been d«^i^iat< ed a s o i i e d i the four places £or|»tu-dent in^trueSion n'ext year,

'fC'he eam|*:.^rf be on o:« near] th« mitltafy reseryation of J la t tab irglj, Sarii*cks, ^iid, t he ' t a ake Chamjds-ii-country with; in a radius ol t*n j t i ) fe '$i tm ibarraek? « |U -be- iw*eft 'fo* tnan^uvdffr «r| shads, ,;-''

'#© conkder the camp si te . « ? l | t t sbur*l i ' Id'eat."' said Captain Bo*

*ta-ft ^ftf**' • t«da;y,' Who W ttftghsod- w i a isthcr «^-ic*rjii.-i»'tiwrlciM3:/t-at drc. d«

nijsantatn-t-ou'n.-of Coracora*- 3n.£tu<> if*j:i}«4'bv tft tu$mimmt ®t Ay^eaclvo," about 3*°'U!jh»»<i' t «V I* tnili<& flaepjiiifeast^t! i»imai was shaken f n-a*^ ,-pfadlci t<y' a severe oarthtpitaJjo on' -S«nd«.y. I t*ailvj?«,ty oJ i'her^ were d jvera t ' casnaitfts,-'own is in rni:js,

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ci'}».cmor--E3icc1j Makes General \Vot|i» . ct^poon S'ta.<b- Sapr r in t cndd i t -of .

Fnl'Mc W o r k s

New York, D*«. $-*Ma'|o» Gen.. Wf h-Hans' Wotherspo»>n, retired a s Chief of Stair of the •Uaiibed States Army last ntonth^ was ncrtlfied today by Governor-oi^ct'.' i.fhiijnQn tha t • h*

:' «owld he - an-pBin'i#d!, State ' . jSape'rih-t c a d 6 n t * f FublKi'"SP^rlwi. -Mr, t V h i t v man eaid th&t 0encra i Wotherspoon had accepted t he 'appointment,

l | r , •Whitman said ]that h e had ten-dere'd ihe office t o genera l Wotlicr* spoon a t the time oi Genera? Woth-erspoon'p retirement,, b u t h o hard not accepted until today, . " I consider n l m . t h e best man in the country1 for the position/* * air , w h i t m a n aaid.

The'ofl lce runs concurrently with the governor's term a n d pays $6.obb a year. ; &s< Superintendent jdeaeral Wotherspoori t \ i j l has-e supervision of' navigation anfl -*eii«frs" of the siaW canals and. also will be -charged' with the. espendltijire of njonej's appropr i ­ated by \ht* \esidHi.m» for public im­provement authorized by special ac ts .

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sftd h i sh aoheoi student^

<^«fattott 1M te the-shores; of lj»ki-Champiain tftt.it the suKrouiLdins ;5CUJ. try-jis especially ^ood * i r S a n e i v c i purwoaca. ViJ e 'expect *o -nri rw sub stan iiar -|«uiHbe^ feo^i-thc ufewewsittt s.m tho r-eas** Hjtrvard/ • Tate! Ct-jJdfll,;

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;erday, /^phej of t h o

tides- in/Ke-w X o r k . - ^ y ' shteO CaWO with the' sale. -y Sr ca t r i^d .the arigry-^ intb unprecendenled. jplkces, a n d a cinsifterabla t|aiie a t the miiadlje' 6$ the ,day ferry seryic& t b Jersey. j3fty h a 4 to be abandoned bclcanse pagpen g e r i cohld not leave th4' boat*.

The* rfoe-W the- tide jit '©over4or'i •JMaf{d;'was Tt.S <eet, a^'cpmp^rcd.ifitii-l .a nprmaL .4,2$, feet. ^ t . 1% 1S>0#, tliiis rl&e waa equalled, ; ^ i n g exCjiied-l ed only fry'tfee^eeora'-of mo^MKimi,., when i t .was & fe*fc. • • - j - /,. *f •-' [

t h e highest r#ind of I km. ;.ijtorjjfe;

cahto a t 11:40 o'clock ^ e s t e ^ f c ^ Morsdng, •w'mn the gtia^es M«^fea ' | ^ . uites-an h o r n A t So't&pdk j^l:$$t

' he .rainfall for t h e day iwaa'4#?o^''**: inch and the limit eeemed to havi seen reached. • | _.y-\ i t •.. {

AM day" t he i empeya tn r^ .had . f e aped Just above the dbj^t^ng poi^ *nd tM» tact m a d e th;c gale see: mora s e r i n s t o the ma«i .ia^'the^ street) | -ban i t ' r ea l ly w**,' ^urprjslnsfly'.'£|lwf w,cMeht»- '-in t h e ci ty shero- 'xeporp^ iWin t t i ^ dayv

iGennans Preparing To Resist Its

IES CLAIM THE B£Si 'OF HGHI1NG

caBaaaiAir- •o&m&&m$& -EST *ad2$ictt

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rcQairiea to pas" |3*5& a J i « e e * f Sare ; ad thfc; meaia ixm be.j^r^parsed,"' ; r a ined a*my cooks. '^MtN«a»;,i»ia) titan be" required .to,hay;..a uniform a t j | * cose ;#t«ginfe xrom $4 W , $ » , , &e*: | r»i9ci>fliTi-r)c I n Mtt/k.llW*' " » - ' • '• I The' • cordinar %p ^naiits*.

All f^rm» of military - tonsBteuctlosi will be g i v e n / r e g u l a r -oamp re |ular , .4on» will' be malata|n4a", /Arid the] companies' tvil* he •commfende4 by r eg ­ular o.ftijqcrs.

1*he war' depar tment jfe«.ue«Sjf fn-' ?ts jppnasyi^aMijf |wid e t h e r bjlgr .nwititw- j wde r tha t studenSss-desfaTiar to" enter i

t'h». ? the ' c amp a* P ia t tek i rgh 'address'the,! t*on4 .and' from 1ttgh schools of casj,: U*o ahw&dy have reieived up pli?apf«*s fii mx a •CAKSidcrablc ' ujum 'mr o t stud<jni&* * 4

Oiijtftia fjin Horn rcttw!ttt4 fcs'daj from] if01* irjjrl£ fthci=04iP atwadi ;d" a t w e t l u s of tju» advfc^ft' e w s l ' t c »-or Uu*' ^itetc*s^' natinVna l rcsfcrvc ctra.-*. fh« 4o»*n--ii(j?f iss.inado ' up. t»i the f » r c ^ d ^ i a s « S ' a » iijsf- auivcrsjties ;ef 'tSiC*-c&»awy|iVhd at- 4ho ;m*.^il*ftr v-iii -K««? "'fork tjspy.tritmsPd a 4 >hd^rf>b-};sfefe?-Q^»' jlre^cribed*'^h'C. <J6»-ja»e'or*

**. w&^h1,»rsois .WaU*lat»-.tft i»»t!ci . |ak4! f i m .osulJ-.gtwdente Who' come %v' Umau Peru , » a c ; - S . - T - ^ ^ C - - ^ i a a « j i t t < I t s : ^ A ^ ^ ' t 4 4 \ n ^ t t ^ ^ ^ "4e«tr«4." A'csnshect nmd'cr>>

s l t oB ' ^^ s rp rp s i f t o in ' ^^ f stondinef '-of the 'pa*incijprl?s, im-ol^'d ikceiosx, toffeli, ofi£af^-j '-mim -(^msidwea'ormoro ;importance'*':

adlc-jil of t^vH, penml of the | in thse shor t tsm^ avaiiaMO for^Jastruo f 4 l a i » m a , Beijjjanii1* Ida'.

WiwcJib, <it 'tlhc Uailvcwsty 'of calllfor* uia, p$t P r i n t e r , of i&ehlgh, juid'<ien-

to lit ti.em 't'

Virgin! $, Aliiitary « r a l Iwho.i«: of t h e I n s t i t u t e . . . . .

^hc''**ti-i«|waj,e'h 'k'JXr i s 4ohsi*j-^ opec'4,155 d'f#iraplo inJ-that i!i Is'loeas (pd.la (;_ isett»i-)i«!r rssbrt -district, and

; thft*yot»j!*<-m^p,.attcndItt5? will b o a n ' 1

itij.jtfd t.*'.jia»t:;cii)ate kn t he # c i a i pea-'tuWs ^]f ltfO-:-ihereJ I*ae« ' ^ l ^ l ^ l ^ t h ^ i c a s i ' tviwt niai|itaiae(|t a t '!feurl^isJton, ' f t» cad! 'nearly 40$ J5ttt-

j ' ere enroh'ed*i

•1'she: tiles'.; threes c stmpiit' "nest.' * te i^ twgf w l i M rftt ' c a j t*«n i . t e i ^ Pi'rii* Ga>;. |Jtdia3tc.n, --'Mi^liiganv- -and the,|'-|-PresJdtcv Sj^r. Fran0-|5cot CaiSfoi nia. | *

f t h b l p ' b ^ t of y|t6 carnpt,*; isaysj* Maio-r- •$«*>**!; a- W. 'W, Woijhcfsp-jon, J j former chief'<'-of'- stalf, in a huli<4invi|: "la to irlycJ'ilbie Tou^fe m e n - ^ f ' tf te r j | :

<5o»j»irji military' tr*qftl«3f» tber-b.f|tter- | ' a ditsct rse t&eir

gan .tvith the acceptance on Sept. Id of President "Wllson'a proposal of a throe-year tiruce. .»T*his action was taken hjf a,. district content ion ' a t Trinidad^ \ ' .- .'- , : • ' > . . . - '

After ftuo^ing' the!. communication of •Presicjenfe, Wilson ion Bee," 1, [(in-ndhaclngithei appointment of a fed­eral mediation- comr mission to deal with future controt ersiea"' between operators and employes in the Col -.orado coftl fields, .thx report say?: •. -*'ln view of tWs i rgeht reQuest, coming as it ^oes from the chief ex­ecutive of the nation, we deem it fhe par t of wisdom to accept his Jfuggea-tion and terminate thts strike, -In o«r Opinion, to waijre the strike further w.ould not mean additional gain to our members . . •'"If. the. operators reject ' t he , good

olfiees oJf-4"hi$ fcommlssion appointed in good faith' ib'y,the l*resi<ient of the United States, upon their* shoulders will rest the responsibility, of any fu-

" ture trouble i|n the. »lining fields of-Colorado." ! ••'- • . . " i

After declaring tha t the. m^n "have ma'le every •'overture for peace, since the beginning, of thii canfliet,"., the rcisort '&ay-e in eonclUiiion tha t th# Bub^coramlttee of t h s international executive ' b o a r d • now at tending the fHstric*., convehtlon h a s been gjye-n "dis u'etionary power to meet the ex

•least.?insonVeiij[ch.c'e..aad gj^eateat In ^ttrrctionai -a^vantage^

"Inv-aijfiitibji b tlblJ patriotic mo-, tivc theie ajTjj to ..'be considered

, physical beneKts to h e derived Jess =than the usual; jcxpeujie- when away fr« healthfHl ^eamp, ^%e M ."crease h ;.a.

udent i s certain to

hence hU- economic value., t h r a the hablin th^js acqujr^d of '.discipline, ohfd^nee, s^f-controi," order ' ind ciimniand: aijd the stuciy of organ AS,-VXnti and .idnunistratiiUi a s exeniE>ii fiodjn ilrst'ck;s3 modera armies,

. 'The lb tne i ; of these camps'to'-tho-nation is'thajt they.itos:er a , patriot Jo spirit, •wtthba;: wh;eh a nation .s.)o« tosee itsv'trtlify and.- falls iniio decay;

the they spread among tho citizens of country 'a , mjt re thoroa?

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;ge4«les of any situatlion, concerning 'graduating c l s s s ' of ."higlji sChooJii»-»

^r:,4'.t-"i*is o i t:

•null tavy diitWs, «auivid thMr., c o u n t y uver'-ii • „ - , , . „ tXA~0 ,% ;«» ^ l v ^ / k i ^ ^ ^ , * * ; ^

stand Nneca of th«kWi«*f 'VhM, your tteos 13 in th0 /biendiflg summer Ivaciijion pexlod Is siefeiotejl t l '1 | *««/??«-#» •enable ^tudei-fe- t o r « t t e n d -vrilta rthij-lf "*vfeCllxig»

.ess I nTiciency

h ' kdrawle of mililkrp history, mi l i t a ry policy and mShtary«;aecdgt,-'-all necessary k» •th'*'- coniplareji educaajoii of a ' w j l l -,e<iuipped c d i u t n l n order that ho may himself form,;4ast. 4nd jtr-u© •,&pinjJ*n'S' on m i l i a r s topics

""Yhe iUltm^te object -bought, j a ' ^ ^ military a^fra^idizemenil pi'-o\'ision, i|a vital .need tontronting u< ful and unipilltary peopl t 'hat peace inip.'propriety served throiisJ; the only Isafw preciitt-tlon, viz., mloro thoroughr prejiarat.on and ecfujpm^nt to ressfefc .fpy ^Itopi to •breftk such peace

Students, for 'admission] mnkt'be a i least fere fee^;'.Cour- tech<jas in" -hei;3is and -between tise. ag-es of eiffhtees p 4 thirty, i n ualM^Jties* c o l t e e s o r - the

;hnt to m-.a<a ome-'d^gre^, to mee; u

•qh& u, pea e«' to the.<nd

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and <ather s c ^ o l s r a f e t f ^ s guch t« .earns. I h e y will

"OaRccr m Charge, stud^nta? military; "'inatraetion Camp, iJeadgnaiters , EaMj <-m" Bepa^tment, <3o^erao?*§- ' j i tandj Xew tor&**' •. '.;.. ' •''• • . ' !

Kcftl SJtiiitary Work. j A feigsilicant paragraph in -^eneralj

v?atheK*aooh*a -ordct>'.»ay:»: > . •; " In rc-turn for' t he , opportuni t i^ 1]

t h«s , affrirded,. -stadients- W cspeeted! fo. mj^wgj.tarnt^tljr-.th* 'cp^ese'.oif'-.lni

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t XfOhdon, Bee. S^-^he -'^ernianis "arc put t ing forth the i r ^ e s t endeavors "to ;prejpfnt :lhe- landing © f a n Allied ,es* tjjsedijtian under i h t -gain*. of'tbc^flO'*. t21a operating'- m£ -8tti|".''<!oa$t.';o-f -^e^-terujgge/.. Beavy'-gnn^'have- h^en jpiae^ -ed tsherever' p ^ ^ b t e hs. tho:%st"i»os-* Itlons n e a r the town, and plana!, Apr desp erate h a n d ' tosfiand ^ g h t m | f h a i e been- ma4'^;iu--'-*^Bi':4t^etii-s%;;i3:at "if •the;:n)MeiS*'--force^i^ie;:to1get a/foot-' hold- It w-ill haye -Icj ,"^in£e"?i' fevers-inch of t t . e ws.fi, • EEou^s^hai re '^eh l W P -hole'd'-and'-aro promoted fey-*"*bn€;'bagp. 'aBKSf: aehia'd •"these,, n ^ t c h j n ; ^ ' ^ ^ ; ;bja*».;

:beeh.:.plaeed ao,#A In «to "fes»f^':i^p*' ;

cutioa -within: a Ji^alte^finaco^,^"- ' -.-• Attacks -of .-ilMes'Sucfe#s&d;v' ;. ,

' .;^h>-att&ek|i of t h e . allies."have' h e e n : •most'succeksf-di i3iusj.fa^,'''^j?he ipfer-W&ni- opened S r e with^ their ; arti l lery at ' iOast^ Bank-irkej. ' s o m e [&st£Bf!g ffom^Xienporti ' ibut the" aliifes' 'ship^ Steantcd 'iii :'dose- t o " t h e sliore a n #

I S t MAB6AR£7C BTEtmiT"

%iati the ehipmet 6f war «tMM said service in Poland.

t o have been pressed 1 » % |

comfjeHcd the ing»

Thp, F rench now possess?'th^ fii-.' 'between .©ethnae

also fough't

ijl^htijQ^ around I ^ d a a t I0%ft00. a n ^ t -™ • • '"'""««""*'*>>

t|on* t h a n ' t i i c exercise'\.itse5f," only, t h a t decree of prceMop, in,'«los»Vo»der % drill ncec-ssary to Insure ' •diEftiplinc |j will be ipsistcd upon, fextended 'c-rder' drill --and iicid excrc-lse^ aro-consrider-«d most Important . Work; will bccaiit-fined, a s far a s praKticaM^' to tHjo tn«.«mi^s', leaving t h e "aXte«ifx>ag ''aa|ft evening?, with • d u e ' s ^ o r d xp propc* 'S«per«!«ion, a t tb«' disposal of t he sttt* dent for rest , a th l e t i c «p«r<^r a n d re­creation, m for |sach* oilier mefk **r *ast,ru-c«on he- *ftay des i re 'and which

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WARSHBP KANSAS I'^hiladelphja, Dee. S—^Th* v^.

helliyed to be in! distress<oi£"l City, Md„ undoubtedly w a s ' t h ^ Ci| States "battleship Kansas, i$£ las t night from Captain NiMa*s£3 ImatLder of the K^nsaB, whi?! ' i ing: Inside t he Delaware Brattk^l say -hie. was t obliged to"anchor 0 | i s o t h l s vessel from . the storm, f j | ESansas was uninjured and

t h e Phnadeiphia Kavy tasej&'ihe weather moderates.

•fiterjmans to cease '-fir*. r

lage of VertaeUes, and , tmns. "Shey; have their.-way forward valong tho, railroad line, ^ h i c h they now hold, ^wing to-ilia ;?e*y suddennesss and A £iercenesls. ,of t i c a t tack; the .German ,!ine.'.ha>..

;ven; way in place* aeapey ' • the., ;dmiue. The' t terma.es haviJ!, yieMefi

f-jSansilerablo %onad • 'nor thwest ' ' of HTOyoi in the, region of .Eoyvjroie.... • *i •

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ajjw- the" percents^?© o t ' i o W is t l to lar ly high a m o a s t $ * commAhdlng

pee ;* . Even colonels,and occasion^-a ily generals,' it says, remained oa the f ring* line nhtfl ' they were ,'ab|e -to

scape only l»y incans of motorcycles, '-Itt^fcs |»«sssedt In to Sert|ic<j

Ac^rdi i sg to won».ded *j6ern»an eteeeJtss In the prison ba=mp jat Biel-btttock, Ittsssia, a . n u m b e r of Turkish

!|3fifl£ers a r e serving So the' 'German » niy in Poland- I t Is said Ef ey have. iHieu' traiolns' % ' the Germany miil'* iary schools and were drafted on ac -

J^j^yoBht n^^e^3hat&Ta»"je-PP*fr -1-*•r«*M*|j s&'" aSxSr ' 34^'rch n 4,

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The b % secret iftgeHi^g;

3|ant of the lack of competent of-ler?. ' Two ^ n r k i s b oiheers, who

'jbrera seat from .• Ci-mstantinoplje to; Ip^rlin op a missi;on in .cGijm.ection!

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t h ^ beist results fr&m ,- ; !

of the feed you ire

i thOjM

<« I Have made a study in the%i|idir>g6t#i^^e«tf€^ds ^ f c ^ f c ^ u f e i ' • 0u rWYANI30TTEr«TCH' f eed^s" S ^d

the test aad'fcas'jtM&B groyea, to produc jghfi t|ian any otherfe^d on the

Now-is ImetO/put

mm of C0.n0J^ SEED faLINGS, and to i;ake advantage of otir low prices;

Comefin and wV will tie i-;. :." ''V . ' ' t

we can S&YQ you mbi ey.

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MEGIS&ATOCR HA|> ^KOtJBUE WEEH H I S

Chicago, Dee, S—-Alonjso-v J . nWn, once a member of the Mini

(/legislature and wealthy, la*l irejas dfetamved^at ' the detective t>Ue| a ' ^~a t t emp t i aR i to pay a bote! a j cheek t l p t igas noz deemed

>b'y t he clerks Whi teman .: a r res ted various "times ijf" ten years, usiislly in ee

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Washington- 3>EC, ?v^i>esid*4*i sort- teaid todn>.i»/:&!£,-3a©t..

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Senator Kera a.nd Underwood, the

and Represenl_ fctemoer»S

Jeaiprs of th^ pwo houses agre*

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BEE5T iPOrSTD B F . 3 3 X A

Siijn Anionio, Tev., I>ec. S—Tk name "Dorothy Arnold/" writ ten the pj-ileaf of a bible, in possessipa Of !a|,iypqng woman arrested here ia

t -caused t h e police today w tn-1 | a t e whether the bible had, a n y l

nigb veati cant Action with Dorothy Arnoia, t l long;jmissing- Mew York girl, A sUg of paper had beep pasted over ch* | hamii.

•§r. I Vice-President Wai.T)en.

Vice Prcsideu|t-Jr . fitt,

TrAasurer-

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, |VOMAK'Sf RFLTEP OORl^S, M* Seers elected for ih© yeasr In thel

Wil t jv H. Beaiedict "Woman's Relief* Corp:k were as follows: r ,

Prls^'deat—Mrs. F a n n v v^i!k,Infeonk

— Mrs.[ l&ther 3

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Ab ornate—il rs A. May G-raat. *

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