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Il $10.98 Made to youi Sale IB Over two hundred TEN NINETH Can You Beat of former selling pr COL $10.98 Letter From ? Officer 1 IS INSTRUCTIVE AND THROV ON SUBSISTENCE COI* FORCES NOV (( !oi*res| '>mlrn<v of Associated Press.) ROTTERDAM, Oct. 23.--Tho follow ing letter of a reserve officer to his mother, published in the Cologne Ga setter, on Septdraber 16. thrown an il luminating light on subsistence con ditions in the German forceB now in Franco. It ls instructive also in a num ber of other respects. "lt is a hot morning, the men are busy digging trenches, and now the crash of artillery which kept up all morning is no longer heard. I am sit ting under a tree, reading again and again your dear lotter and thc re mainder of my mail. Indeed, dear mother, if it could be done I would telegraph you e\ ?ry day. Hut that, ls impossible; n<> now, while I havo the tinic I will write you as long a le' >r as possible. Ono never knows w t the future will bring. "This ia a very idyllic spot. I am disturbed now and then in a most agreeable manner. Ripe plums fall trim tho tree-most conscientiously I eat them. I haye breakfast well, and the company barber gave mc a shave -which wa? needed badly. In addition I havo managed to get some washing done, and now I fool again like a gen tleman. "As I already told you the commis sary officer of our battalion and I went to the same college. I havo been obliged to pay for thia happy coin cidence with many a bite I needed my self. But yesterday be told me that he had managed to get two honest-to goodneas, real and otherwise bonafide harriR. I lost no time accepting my share-lt was fine and will last until tonight, TO the great surprise ot the captain I managed to get 1-8 pound of butter from a farm. But there ls nothing to smoke. Kindly send me a few cigarettes and some pipe tobacco. "The owner of the farm where I got the tobacco ts a woman; thirty two years old and rather wealthy. She left the place, not because she foared the Germans, but the French, as her manager told rae. I wish these people had sense enough to remain on their farms. We do them no injury and pay for everything we take, while the prop erty of those who run away la natu rally without owner and thus not pro tected. "There ts no evidence here of "volks krios (war carried on by thc popula tion, aa in Belgium.) Tho people ?~ c rather afraid and do everything to get along with us. Everything is upside down nowadays, dear mother. Master alone ls the soldier, right and wrong are matters which he rules on: all power and responsibility has been placed on his shoulders. I than y Ged that our hands aro clean and that our officers' conduct is beyond critlciari. In X- I ask"d a woman whether she had a complaint4o make against our soldiers, and she said: "\u, the German soldiers are good ladys!*' "But with this tho burning of vil lages has nothing to do. Most of th?m are set afire by artillery fire ?hells, and when they are burned down pur posely, lt ls done because the inhab itant? javo fired upon our soldiers. "A LOW FINANC Selig. Drama "MYSTES ROGERS* MAI But individual measur* patterns of ALL WC { EIGHT-Suits and O lt? Conditions compel ? FIDE SLAUGHT ices, former values, or o .LIMB F. M. UNGER, Mj? Reserve no His Mother VS AN ILLUMINATING LIGHT IDITIONS IN GERMAN V IN FRANCE. In the villuges-and-no atone remained in nlace. Some of our hus sars entered them and were treach erously shot down. The example has brought good results. We regretted that we had to do lt, and now that the people have been brought to their senses, further measures of that sort have heen prohibited. "In tho village of-I saw an old man sit in a house which had been de stroyed. In front of him at\>od a ven erable gray, old man-the priest-who surveyed the remanant of his congre gation with sorrow. I entered the vil lage at the head of two battalions, and when tho old priest saw me he looked nt me in a way that cut into my very soul. Then with the sudden motion of fear he took off his hat and held U in his hand, until the last man had pass od him. I think he feared that a re fusal to greet us w\>uld be taken as nn offense. What went on in the mind of the old priest would be interesting to know. But this is war, and we did not want the indescribable misery which it has brought on. Last night at roll call we heard the nows of tho perman victory over the English, French and Belgians. We es pecially appreciated the news con cerning the English. Our hate for those perfidious fellows is universal and much greater than our feeling against the French. Everybody wants a chance to got at them, and God have mercy on them should they get before our rifles-from us they need expect none. "At seven in the evening we heard the news bf the Russian defeat. I hope that the good tidings will he confirm ed. We are advancing everywhere. "It ls a beautiful evening, and I will have to db field duty tonight. The en tire village had prepared itself for de fense, but in thc last moment they hast heart. JuBt now they brought In a French soldier who has been in hid ing five days in a chicken house. "At my side the captain is cutting up a cucumber-oil and vinegar have been secured after a long search." "While the officor is on outpost duty he continues the letter. "Well. I am out in tho field. In front of us the territory occupied by tho. enemy. War is a terrible thing. This noon while I was Inspecting the outposts, five French chasseurs on patrol w<>rk advanced towards our po sition. Wo were in the woods. Fire was openod on them at 200 motera. I regretted having to give the command. The officer, 26 years old and married two days before the mobilisation, as I learned afterwards, was killed. The others were wounded and taken pris oners. We did "not aJ~< at the horses they and the saddles are first class, and now five o? us will ride. To have fe .?*? that sori of thing IJ distressing, but what is to be done. O' est la guerre! "I have received mall twice so far, and every time the post arrives I Im agine there must be something for me. What has become of the letters! We are here far from human aid-have no tents and are not permitted to make a fire. My meals so far have consisted rTO THI JAY'S PROGRA? 1ER" "CAVI Kaltm LY OF THE OCTAGONAL I Edison. Comedy ? . " - RDI GRAS BEAVTI1 "WHIRL A FUN" A Musical Comedy XSS?BSS?SBMS??????S? is a Regular TWI 5. No restrictions, it ure? ay, )OL Fall and Winter go /ercoats cut and made t us to reduce our enoni ER SALE, conducted f our tremendous losses IA T/ 122 W T >* . Steps Are Beim Round Up C These Cruisers Include the Enidt Twenty British Vessels, and I Thirteen British Sh (Hy Associated Press.) LONDON, Oct. 23. (7 p. m.)-Tho ad miralty tmiir.lit issued a statement outlining steps that are being taken to round up the eight or nine German cruisers nt large in the Atlantic, Pa clllc and Indian oceans. The.se crui sers Include tho Kindon, which has nuuk or captured twenty British ves sels to dato in tho Indian ocean, tho Karlshrue, which has taken thirteen British ships in thc Atlantic. The statement says: "Searching for these vessels and working in concert under various commanders in chief are upwards of seventy British, Austrian, Japanese, Pronch and KusHian Cruisers. Among tlteBe are a number of fastest British cruisers. "The vast expanse of seas and oce ans, and thousands of Isiuuds offer almost lntinito choice of movement to the enemys ships. Despite overy.ef fort to cut off their coal supply it has been maintained. In the face of in creasing difficulty the discovery ,and destruction of these cruisers large ly is a matter of time, patience and good luck. "Our commanders so far have boon occupied in a seriouB and importunt convoy duty but this work has lessen ed and the number of seaching cruis ers is being augmented. Meanwhile merchant ships mum observe the ad miralty lnsturctlons which lt is obvi ously impossible to specify and use all precautions which have been sug gested. On routes where these Instruc tions have been followed they hs. fe so far proved very effective. On the oth er hand, where they have been dis regarded, captures have been made. The same vastness of the sea Which has so far enabled the German cruis ers to amid capture will protect trade. "The only other alternative to the methods now adopted would be the marshaling of merchantmen In regu lar convoys at stated Intervals. So'far it has not been thought necessary to lin m per trade by enforcing such a system. "The percentage of loss ls much less than waB reckoned on before the war. of dry bread and I feared that my sup per would be again dry bread, but, oh, one of my men arrives with a tre mendous slab of bacon which he has found somewhere. My orderly has maucged to get a few onions, and we have succeeded In gathering six cig arettes-what a glorious supper. "The field kitchens are a fine insti tution. We officers get our food from them tdgether with the men, and I will say that usually lt ls quite tasty and always well cooked. You would' appreciate the field kitchen it for three weeks you had been obliged to eat the stuff cooked on a field fire. "Tonight there will be no sleeping, and I wish morning were here. All's well. Thousand kisses-Otto." There ls a note OB the following day. "It waa terribly cold last night ID the ditch along the highway. "A thousand kisses. "THY LOYAL 80N." ?10.9? ?NTY FIVE DOLI or strings whateve] ?ods to select from, o your own individual r nous stocks and the peo regardless COME 1 kiLoj EST WHITNER ST I Taken to kerman Cruisers ;n, which Has Sunk or Captured Karlsruhe, Which Has Taken ips in the Atlantic. Of our 4,000 British ships engaged.in foreign trade only 39 have been sunk by the nemy or less than one per cent in all. Besides seven vessels are now overdue In Atlantic waters. "The rate of insurance for cargoes which at the "outbreak of war wis fix ed ut five per cent, has been reduced tcf two guineas per cent. "Between 8,000 and 9,000 foreign voyages have'been undertaken to and from United Kingdom ports, less than five per thousand, of which have beor, caused by merchant vessels taking everything for granted and proceed ing without precautions, aa, if there were ni/ war. "On the other band. German over sea trade virtually bas ceased to ex ist. Nearly all their fast ships, which could have been used as auxiliary cruisers were penned hito neutral harbors cr took refuge In their own. Among the comparatively few German ships which have put tu 133 haw beeii captured or, nearly four times the nuniber of those lor.t by the very large British mercantile marine. "In these circumstances there is no occasion for anxiety and no excuse for complaint. Tho more fully the facts concerning our over-sea trade and its protection by the' royal navy can be disclosed anct'.tho more attentively they aro studied the greater will be the confidence, and satisfaction with which the situation can be viewed." Cen?nea Activities. . NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-A cable to tho United States and Brazil Steam ship Company today confirmed in part recent ac t iv Hies of the German crui ser Karlsruhe, said to have destroyed thirteen British merchantmen in At lantic waters: The cable Was from Captain Pilcher, of the British steam ship Indrani, which left New York September li calling at Norfolk, where she took on 7,000 tons of coal for Rio Janerto. Captain Pil<:horl Informed the Unit ed Stated ard Brazil line, to which the vessel was under charter, that the Indrani was sunk by the Karls ruhe off the Barbadoes. The captain's message said the Ger man cruiser' transferred several hun dred tons of fuel to its own bunkers, took off the Britishers crow, then sent the steamer to the bottom with .a few well directed shots. The Indranrwaa-of 3,456 gross ton nage, built in Glasgow in 188 and was owned by Donaldson Bros., of Glas gow. Received Half Million Dollars (By Associated Press.) LONDON.1 Oct- 25.-(10:50 p. m.) The American commission for Bel gian relief today received half a mil lion dollars from the Belgian minis ter tn London' With which to pur chase food and supplies. This money is a part of the Belgian relief fund entr?stet! to tho hiinister. Seven thousand frozen sheep con* tributed by Australian colonies en route to London, will be transferred to the American commission. The Belgian minlstor has notified the commission that funds raised In thc United Staten will be entrusted to Ute commission. i Experimental Work ?rt Siuoy of Pellagra (By Associated Presa) MlLLEDOt?VIU GA., Oct 23. Special experimental work In the study of pellagra will be conducted at tho. Georgia State sanitarium here by the United States government, according to an announcement today hy the sanitarium officials. Selec tion of the local institution was mado by th? government after an exten sive investigation. ; All pellagra, patients will be segre l gated and kept under cpectel treat ment ?..??! Two experts of the United state? public health service will be in charge ot tba work. 3 ?AR Suit or Overc r. Come pick out j Finds Sa rWENTY FIVE DOLI neasure, fit and style GI ?pie are the ones to pro! WHILE THE PIC RING REET "Bill" DEI London Paper E Plight of < SAYS THE CALL FOR COTTON IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT SF COMING IN SUFFIC LONDON, Oct. 23.-(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)-Discussing the plight of American cotton grow ers, the Cotton Factory Times, a prom inent English trade paper, says: "It Is to be hoped that, for their sakes as well as ours, the planters will get through without serious loss. The call for cotton will come in due time, and lt is essential in the general interest that it should then be forthcoming In .sn if iden t quantities,. . which could hardlylie the case if the growers were ruined or very severely hit at the pres ent time." The World Record has prepared a table, based on figures of thc Interna tional Cotton Federation, which show . that about one-half of the cotton pro duced in America for the year ended September 1, 1913, was used by the countries now at war. Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria, Russia, Belgium and Japan are represented as consuming 7,534,93? bales oui of a total of 11,503,757 bales. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, which took 1,193,887 ' baleB of cotton in 1913, are also more or less seriously affected by the war. Cotton spinners at .Manchester were much disgruntled by tho action of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners* Associations in running short time. For a time serious labor troubles were threatened. But conditions in the cot ton market have now become so bad tu?t" complete ?USy?uBi??i Ol cotton manufacturing plants seem immi nent unless the government find some way to offer relief. Spinners are indignant ovftr th? con tinued closure of the Liverpool cotton market and have inspired efforts to effect direct business relations be tween the growers and consumers of cotton, thus eliminating the Liverpool cotton dealers. The Manchester Guar dian and other prominent papers lo cated in cotton manufacturing centers, while admitting that such a plan might BIJOU ...THEATRE TODAYS PROGRAM LOT? and Baseball. . .101 Bison 2 reel comedy drama featuring Christy Mathewson the. great ball pitcher that has made such a wonderful record with the New York Giants. In the Clutches of the VOtian . . r , ? Joker Comedy. In the D-re ?f Thieve* . .Nestor Drama with Wallace . Reid, and Dorathy Davenport. Coming Monday "Shadows'* that great 2 reel Imp drama where King Baggot takes thc part of 11 characters. Coming? Tuesday "The Mfflkn Dollar Myttere** series No. 16. oat 'our cloth and place turday, < LAR values for only JARANT?ED. tit from this BONA KING'S GOOD ( .fcN, Asst. Manager. Mscusses Cotton Growers WILL COME IN DUE TIME AND IOUL? THEN BE FORTH- . IENT QUANTITIES. be desirable, say it would require a long time to handle cotton direct be cause of the great amount of machin ery required to take care of lt prop erly and the nece-isity for the careful graded which Liverpool d' -'era have afforded. Speaking of the proposed t tion of Liverpool interests fron, cotton trade, the Cotton Factory Tim? ' says: "Cotton planters in America have already considered the necessity for th? careful grading which Liver pool dealers have afforded. Speaking of the proposed elimina tion of Liverpool interests from the cotton trade, the Cotton Factory Times says: "Cotton planters in America have already considered the necessity of protecting themselves against the Liverpool interests, und lt ls reported that they have decided that no cotton shall be planted next year. This Is of course meant as a warning that if their stocks of materials are not taken off their hands now a greatly enhanc ed price will be charged for it later O?U "Opinions may differ as to whether some of the present dislocation of trade could not'be avoided, but it is dally becoming more clear that there are too many conflicting interests at work in the business, which makes it vrry difficult for trade to move, and those interests seem bent on blaming oo/ih #\#H..?. tr\-r .AI.. * l* n --- -+r ?V. ?.?*v present unsatisfactory situation." Thomas Temperly. of Bolton, in a letter on the plight of the cotton trade, charges that "Liverpool cotton lords" are supported by English banks in keeping the Liverpool cotton market closed and preventing mills from get Wonderful W Wouldn't ha could have bow ssosths if ! had : my own eyes. W01 be glad to te! the rea $10.98 s your order. Ocr*. 31 $10.98 Crimson Our Very Be?l Soil Improver Rainy Weather Offers Ideal Sowing Season? Furinaa Smith SEEDSMAN ting tbe supply of raw cotton they need. This is much the same position, taken by Gordon Harvey, ? member ot Parliament, who charged that Liver pool interests maintain. an artificiar cotton market and even when the Liv erpool market is open do not permit trading unless prices are in their favor. Direct importation of cotton to Manchester by the manufacturers who . require it Is urged by Mr. Temperly. ender ful !! re beHerai ft <> y done in^ 18 L BO* sees ? with ll you who Mad*