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* >r . m TO SET FOOD ^ I !■ .M— I fiEIHANY DfRIES ERGUSI IlfilT TO BLOCK FOOB STUFFS t> WARNS OF KETALMTION SPENDS TWO BULLIONS HOW THJ8 STATE USES ITS MONK)' EACH Vi&AR. h (■eriuMa Ambassador Tells State De partment That His Government itili Retaliate Against Such Action bjr Great Itritain—Indirectly Dan gerous to American Shipping. 1 - Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, acting under instruc tions from the Berlin foreign ofice, called upon Secretary Bryan Saturday and delivered a warning to the Unit ed States that if the British goyern- ment does not permit the Wilhellinina with her cargo of foodstuffs to go through to Germany, the German authorities will take steps in retalia tion that may indirectly prove dan gerous to American shipping. Ambassador Bernstorff urged upon Secretary Bryan firmly and insisterit- Ty that the United States should not Ti"iiii"irr iHhiMiy agiipBii ifei fc'" r’r" A designed to starve out tfiecivll pop ulation of Germany, He told the sec retary that international law did not sanction the withholding of food sup plies from non 1 combatants in a bel ligerent country. The cargo of the Wilhelmina, he said, was intended for the non-com batants in Germany and Germany was willing that this cargo should be distributed under the supervision of American consular agents. With Germany's agreement that the cargo should bedlstributed under /• American supervision, Ambassador ^ Bernsiorff said there would be no iruuestlon of Germany’s good faith, '{which he did not think Great Britain should question. But if Great Britain should persist in the determination to take the Wilhelmina into a prize court, and if the decision of a prize court should be unfavorable then Germany would be forced to reprisal Any reprisal she might take to pre vent the starvation of her civil popu- latfon. the ambassador thought would be fully justified The warn ing is thought to clearly forecast the attitude which Germany will take in her reply to the note of the Ameri can government on the subject of the North flea war zone which Germany declared It is perfectly clear now that Ger many does not Intend to stop at any reprisal which she may think neci sary to protect her cirii population from the hardships which would be imposed upon it under the proposed British blockade. Unless Great Britain agrees that foodslucs shipped from the United diates and other neutral conntri can be distributed in Germany under the supervision of the agents of the aeatral countries. Germany wtll do everything in her power to destroy British shipping and wtll not deem it incumbent upon her to be particular ly regardful of the rights of neutrals whose ships enter the declared North Aea war zone. If the United States wants assur ances that Its ships in the North Sea shall be protected from all |>ossiblVty of danger from the operations of Qer man submarines, then the United States must resist the efforts of Great ' Britain to stop foodstuffs from going to the civil population ef Germany. After leaving the state depart ment, Uount von ^Bernstorff said that Germany had given and would do all she reasonably could toward a fair settlement of the questions at Issue. He pointed out that this government had been informed that Germany would seo that none of the food sui>- plies entering German ports would be utilized by the German military forces. eH also emphasized the fact that the Reichstag Itself announced that such was the intention of Ger many. He satd that the starvation ^ plan of Great Britain was indefens ible. It was new to modern civilized warfare. • The position of the German gov ernment, it was explained, is that the proclamation of a war one and campaign against enemy merchant ships was simply a retaliation against England’s alleged violations of the Declaration of London in hindering conditional contraband for civilians from reaching Germany. This, ae cording to the German ambassador, is no less inhumane than the cam paign on merchant vessels. Tha German ambassador, it is un derstood, ^id not discuss his govern ment’s intentions in connection with the announced campaign on mer- chat ships, but confined himself to explaining the German point of view on conditional contrabard. Ho holds that the United States, in contending for a strict observance of the rights of neutrals, should interest itself in seeing that conditional contraband is not held up on the high seas. The rules of international law even previous to the Declaration of Lon don, the German ambassador was un derstood to-have pointed out, require proof that the articles are destined to belligerent forces. Ho said the German governmept had given assur ances and also Had modified its de crees so that imported foodstuffs would not be appropriated by the army. The German government also is willing to Hermit American con sular officers to witness the sale and distribution pf such foodstuffs to de termine whether or not they actually are reaching the civil population of Germany. The ambassador discussed the case of the Wilhelmina, an American steamer seized by Great Britain on It* Journey to Germany with food«- stuffs. He believe* tho American gov ernment should take an Interest in the sale delivery of the cargo «o Ger many. The state department has taken no formal action beyond re questing Great Britain to postpone prize court proceedings until the owners of the venel, who have sub mitted s brief to the department, am Clerk of Ways and Means Committee Prepares Interesting Stateojent of Expenditures. | - It will be Interesting to study bow the $2,000,000 that the State annual ly expends under its general appro priation act Is spent. Mr. Depass, clerk of the ways and means com mittee, has prepared a correct and detailed summary of the sub-divi sions under the bill as reported, which is as follows: Governor’s office .. ..$ 18,830.00 Secretary of State. 7,520.00 Corptroller General .. 10,2.00.011 Insurance commission''. er 11,095.00 State Treasurer . . . . 8,650.00 Superintendent of Edu cation 12,340.00 Adjutant General .... 24,130.00 Attorney General .... 5,845.00 Railroad commission . 14,089.00 Public schools 250,000.00 State librarian. .. 2,476.00 Public buildings . . .. 32,620.88 Catawba Indians . . . 7,500.00 Department of agricul- ~ ture , . 12,120.00 Judician department . . 106,920,00 Health department . . 55,675.25 Board of medical ex aminers . 3,000.00 Tax department .. .. 97,746.42 University of South Carolina 103,251.44 Winthrop . . 156,249.33 The Citadel 36,000.00 Deaf and Dumb Insti tute 59,600.00 State Colored College 15,000.00 Other educational pur poses 1,500.00 The Asylum . . .. .. 309,700.00 South Carolina Indus trial School .. .. .. 31,000.00 Penitentiary 7,050.00 Other charitable and penal purposes .. 4,305.00 Chief game warden . . 3,900.00 Historical commission. 4,550.00 Interest on bonded debt 261,033.38 Elections 9.27.'i.00 Expenses common to both houses o20.00 The Senate . i 18,765/iO The House 36,277.20 Engrossing department 6,3 4 4.00 Medical College . . . . 37,805.00 Miscellaneous 125,309.94 State warehouse com missioner 1 7.337.65 Confederate Infirmary. 17,454.75 Total ..* $1.942.986.2d The appropriation for pensions is not included in the above. A bill providing for $300,000 haa been pass ed by the House and the ways and means committee haa provided for a levy of one mill to cover this amount The $300,000 for pensions ia not included and added to the direct items totals $2,242,986 23. which are the final and checked figures In the bill reported by the wars and means committee I0S$ 6ITE0I00ND lEWT milEB FIICE TKI TO FIMTiEI F00T1ESS BERLIN REGULATES DRUG SALES BRITISH AIR RAD HARRISON ANTITNARCOTIC LAW IN BFFSiCT MARCH 1. laterrlew Givea Oat by D. C. Hay- Loadoa Reports Satisfactory ReeaMA ,, ward, Colledior of Internal Rare- —BerUa Hays Military Damage HTOPS IN ENGLAND. Wilhelmina Goew into Kaliuoatli of Her Onw Accord. The American steamer Wilhelmt- oa. with a food cargo aboard for Ger many. arrived at Falmouth. England, late Tuesday The captain of the Wilhelmina said he came to Fal mouth of hit own free will and had no prize crew aboard. Customs officers boarded the vessel on her arrival, but it has not been Critics See Vindication of the titrate egy of Von H in den berg—Germans Claim Twenty-Six Thousand Pris oners—Petrograd Says Retreat IS Strategical. The latest official statements dis close few details of the progress of battles in the east, presumably for the reason that the Russians, who have been retiring from East Prus sia, have not made ready to meet the advance of the reinforced Germany army. Berlin reports that on Friday our operations in East Prussia forced the Russians rapidly to give up their po sitions east of the Mazurian lakes. At some places the fighting is con tinuing. So far about 26,000 pris oners have been made. More than 20 guns and 30 machine guns have been taken. The amount of war ma terial taken can not yet be estimated. Flags are being displayed in the streets of Berlin in celebration of the report of Field Marshal von Hinden- berg’s new victory in East Prussia •News that the Russians were be ing driven from the Mazurian lakes district surprised the people of Ber lin, their attention having been long concentrated on the Warsaw front. Persons in the confidence of high military officers knew, however, that von Hindenberg had gathered a strong fttree for an offensive in East Prussia. In unofficial quarters it has been said that 8 army corps were gathered for this purpose. Von Hindenberg’s vldtory is re ported to have been an, important once, it is said t h** field marshal cut through the Russian line after an en veloplng movement. The victory was won under the eyes of Emperor Wil liam. The success in East Prussia em phasizes. according to the view held here, the quiet strategy of Field Mar shal von Hindenberg. which is de signed to strike an enemy when anti where the blow is least expected After the Russian strength on the Warsaw front proved too great and a flanking movement became neces sary, von Hindenberg derided to choose the left wing, owing to the better equipment of East Prussia with railways and because the colder weather offered better prospects for successful operations. Gen von Hindenberg veiled his plans by reinforcing the Austrians in the Carpathians in order to make a strong diversion and mislead the Rus sians into thinking that the real flanking movement was to be carried out there Meanwhile he assembled a strong army above the Mazurian lakes. The morning papers hall the vic tory in East Prussia aa removing all danger of another Invasion of that province. The Russian report of the battle, they declare, indicates the completeness of the defeat, as It ad mils that the Russians are falling back to the protection of their chain of fortresses The victory is especially prized be cause of the frustration of plans for a strong offensive which the Rus sians are believed to have been pre paring The capture of 26,000 prisoners THIRTT-FOUR AIRMEN TAKE V » A PART IN OOAflT PARK. announced what action was taken , , The Wilhelmina lies la the stream* ■*'* >0 ?* ln the official com- with the American flag flying. She had a rough passage, officers describ ing it as the worst in their experience. 4,’otton Exposition. A Cotton Exposition under tho aus pices of the American Manufacturers association will be held in Augusta some time in March. ' At this show beautiful and attractive clothes for men an<J women will be seen. The purpose of the ft e is to show id'-what advantages cotton goods can be used. ParticipatingJn the expo sition will be pretty girfs in all kinds of gowns from the dainty little house dress to the more pretentious tailor ed suits and afternoon gowns. Nurse maids. Red Cross nurses, policemen, firemen, postmen, conductors, chauf fers, housekeepers, - cooks, Palm Beech suits, and in fact every known style that can be evolved fropi cot ton goods will he in evidence. An attractive feature of the affair is that living models will display all the cre ations from cotton. I — ♦ Mexicans Shoot Fisherman. Jesus Saldana, a fisherman, was shot and killed hi - Mexican officers Wednesday as he was crossing the Rio Grande in a boat from the Ameri can side. When \Relgium gets ready to re establish herself she ought to amend her flag by abolishing that yellow stripe fn it. The Chicago Evening Post says its the only yellow Belgium has showm and* it doesn’t seem ap propriate. ’ ^ Even now they say wounded Brit ish and French soldiers fall in love with their German nurse^ and the reverse. Cupid Is some general him self. Acocrding to the English viewpoint submarines are merely beneath their notice. * - J municatlon. means that practically an entire army corps has been put-out of the fighting. The fact that the number of guns captured is compara tively small is commented on in some quarters as indicating that the Rus sians. who are said already to have lost a third of their artillery through capture, now are insufficiently equip ped in that arm of the service Petrograd reports in explanation of the retirement -of the Russian forces in East Prussia: “It has been es tablished that recentlyj.here have ap peared in East Prussia four new corps of the German army, consist ing partly of troops transported to the west front, partly of new recruits and partly of reserve forces. “This radically changed conditions involved the necessity of our troops retiring in qrder to facilitate recom position to locations more concen trated. This object, it was believed, could be better attained upon our own territory in the shelter of our fortresses. “The fighting on the right bank of the Vistula is developing gradually on the front from Mochowo up to the highway from Myszinic to Ostrolenka. U has assumed the character of part ly isolateit combats. “In the region of Lyck, Raygrod and Grajewo the fighting is charac terized by considerable obstinacy. Farther north our troops have fallen back upon thb fortified line of the river Nieraen under pressure of heavy German forces.” London reports: “So far as the East Prussian situation is concerned the Russian official report indicates that the Russians, having evacuated the greater part of the German prov ince, are making a stand on or near their frontier—whether for a pitch ed battle or only to delay the Ger man advance it will take a few days to tell.” enabled to discuss the case further here. The question of cargoes such ’as that of the Wilhelmina .which were shipped before the German decree taking over the national food stqpply became effective, probably will be covered fully In the American reply to the “British note no# being trans mitted from London and dealing with the general subject of neutral com merce. Most of the communication has been deciphered and it is under stood to be fall of statistic*. • Negroes Shot Officers: Fifing upon C. W. Deen, special agent at Waycross, Ga., at such close range that his face was burned by powder, two negroes Saturday led officers a 7-mile chase that ended in their capture Ruskin during the Afternoon*.--.. Steamship is Abandoned. ^ The steamship Im&taca bound from Scotland to Norfolk, was abandoned In mid-ocean In a sinking condition Monday. .* ■ae, Upon the Requirements. A representative of the federal gov ernment’s revenue collection depart ment in this State was In the city last week, explaining to local druggists the Harrison anti-narcotic Jaw, relat ing to thO sale of opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives or preparations, which goes into effect March 1. This law will necessarily bring widespread changes in the handling of all drugs coming within its scope. Sale, distribution, giving away, dispensing, or possession of preparations and remedies which contain two grains of opium, or one- fourth grain of 'mbrphine, or one- eighth of a grain of heroin, or more than one grain of codeine, or any sale of derivative of any of them, in one Quid ounce, or if a solid or semi-solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce, is prohibited, except under cer tain conditions and restrictions 'set forth in the law. Liniments, oint ments or other preparations which are prepared for external use only, except liniments, ointments or other preparations which contain cocalufLor any of its salts, or alpha or beta eucaine or any of their’ salts, are ex empt. Only pharmacists, physicians, den tists and veterinary surgeans are qualified for registration and it is the opinion of the office of the collector of internal revenue that only the gbove who are'duly registered can sell or keep for sale any of the prepa rations in regard to which the law legislates. This will exclude mer chants who are not pharmacists from handling or from keeping in stock or selling any of these drugs or prepa rations. D. C. Heyward, collector of Internal revenue, gave out the fol lowing statement to The State in Colombia Saturday in regard to the provisions of the law: “Every person, firm or corporation who produces. Imports, manufactures, compounds, .deals in, sells, distri butes. or gives away any of the arti cles covered by this law. must regis ter with the collector of Internal revenue in his district and pay a spe cial tax of $1 per year. The special tax will be imposed for the period from March 1 to June 3U, 1915, ( which is the close of the government fiscal year), and the amount to be paid Is 34c. After that date, tax will be imposed for the official year and payment will be $1. ' Employee*, while acting within the scope of employment by the tax payers. will not be required to regis ter or to pay the special tax Every person, partnership, association, com pany or corporation (other than a physician, dentist or veterinarian I, who has more than one place of bpsi- neas where any of the drug* describ ed are made, stored, or dispensed, must make a separate application for .registry and pay special tax for each such place of business. “Sales of drugs covered by the law may be made only to parties, whether manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or doctor, on order blanks provided by the collector of Internal revenue. Blank order forms to be used in con nection with the sale of the aaid drugs are on sale at the office of the collector of internal revenue, in pads of ten each, the price of each pad be ing -10c. The buyer and the seller shall each i reserve his copy of the order, and the law requires all such orders (both original and duplicate) to be retained on file for a period of two years, and they must be filed In their numerical order; that is, ac cording to registry numbers. Deal ers are not compelled to fill orders for narcotic drugs, as the law pro vides what the dealer shall do in case the order is accepted. “it is unlawful for any person to obtain by means of said order blanks any of the aforesaid drug?, for any purpose other than the use. sate or distribution therebf by him in the conduct of a lawful business in said drugs, or in the practice of his pro fession. Orders by telegraph or tele- pl0ie can not be filed. Dealers may not seel to physicians on prescription when the drugs are intended for dispensing or prescrib ing, as all physicians, dentists and veterinarians will be required to reg ister under the* law and order such drugs on the official order blanks. Prescriptions written by physicians and filled either by the druggist or physician signing the same and his regsstry number and the name of the person for whom such prescription is filled. Such prescriptions must be preserved for a period of two years and he readily accessible to the in specting officers of the government, State, district or city in which he is located. . • “Every person, firm or company dispensing directly to the consumers must, on March 1, 1915, prepare and keep on file an inventory of all drugs covered by the law on hand at that date: no special form of inventory is required and it must be verified by oath not later than March 5, 1915. “Every person registered under the act is required, on demand of the col lector of his district, to render a sworn statement of the quantity of such drugs received by him during a period not exceeding three months preceding such demand. The said statement to show the names of the persons from whom the said drugs were "received, the quantity received and the date thereof. This record can readily be compiled from the* duplicate orders on file. It is a crime under the act for any person who is not registered and has not paid the tax to have in his possession or under his control any of the aforesaid drugs and such posses sion will be construed as presumptive evidence of a violation of the net. This provision, however, does not ap ply to any employees of a registered person or to k nurse Under the su pervision of a physician, dentlit nr eot nuu maviu I iiiHTFiem r Slight Although CIviliMU Buffer. Aerial warfare waa waged Friday on the largest scale In its history and. under adverse circumstances, from the standpoint of the weather. Brit ish nlrmen, buffeting snow in the air, swept over cities of northern Belgium held by the Germans and dropped bombs on Ostend, (Bruges and other places. Thirty-four aeroplanes and sea planes Of the British navy took part in the operations, and All returned to their base without casualties to their drivers, although two machines were damaged. The raid was made to pre vent jthe development of submarine bases and establishments which might further endanger British war ships and merchantment. Although no submarines were seen, the IJc tish admiralty statement indicates that the raid had satisfac tory results, for considerable damage is said to have been done to German gun positions, railway lines and rail way stations. r The Ostend station is reported to have - been set on fire, and that at Blankenberghe to have been badly damaged. German mine-sweeping vessels at Zeebrugge also came in for a hail of bombs, but damage done to them has not been stated. At various points the airmen were received by fire from German anti- aerial guns and rifles. None of the airmen Is reported by the admiralty to have been wounded. A machine driven by Flight Com mander Claude Graham-White, among the most Intrepid of the Brit ish flyerp, fell into the sea while re turning to its base, and the aviator had a narrow escape from drowning. A cruiser picked him up and towed his machine Into port. Wing Commander Samson, who previously had made several notable visits to enemy territory In an aero plane. was In chief command of the raiding aviators. During the raid warships bombarded the German po sitions along the coaat. Berlin reporta "enemy avtatore again yeeterday dropped bomba on the coast The bomba caused regret table damage to the civilian popula tion. while from the military point of view we suffered only slight losses *' RUSSIANS FACE PDFS patlon and tfot on his own account. “United Btatee. States, county, mu nicipal. territorial and Insular officers lawfully engaged in making pur chases. respectively, for the army and navy, the public health service, and federal. State, county and municipal, territorial and insular hospitals or prisons, are exempt from the previ sions of the law: and Bales, delivertea, etc., to those offleera and Institutions are not affected by tho low. but pri vate hospitals and Institutions are not exempted. “It should be remembered that the Harrison law U a taxation or revenue measure and applies to all transac tions In every State, dty or town, and is not confined to sales In Interstate traffic It should also be borne In mind that It is necessary for all deal- era to continue to observe State and municipal laws regarding the sale of narcotic and poisonous drugs. At tention is also called to the fact that there is no advantage In retailors or diepenaers purchasing large quanti ties of the prohibited drugs prior to March 1, as It will only add to the work of reporting stock on hand in the inventory required by the regula tions to be taken on that date. “The penalty for violating any of the provisions of the law is a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprison ment for not more than five years, or both, as well as the probable large expense incurred when suit is brought.” Collector Heyward wishes especial ly to call attention to the fact that while the fee for registration for the fiscal year Is $1, the charge is only 3 4c for the period from March 1 to June 30, 1915, and this amount should be remitted by either New York or Columbia exchange, post of fice or express money order or cash; stamps can n6t be accepted. In order that there might be no embarrassment of druggists, physi cians and others liable to this tax, Collector Heyward 1 has issued instruc tions to field deputy collectors to confer, wherever possible, with those who tnay be interested. These depu ties will make a thorough canvass of the State, but of course some of the communities might be missed and in that case Mr. Heyward suggests that requisitions for blanks or any infor mation desired be made o nthe office in Solumbia. At every point visited by the deputy collector in his dis trict, arrangements will be made in advance with some doctor or druggist to meet with those who might be af fected by this tax and explanations will be made on some points of the law that might be cloudy or doubtful of interpretation. So far the various medical societies and local druggists' associations have manifested consid erable interest in the law and as a result hundreds of letters have been received by the collector. Mr. Hey ward is satisfied that there will be little difficulty in collecting this tax if the parties interested meet" the field deputies or write his office direct for information. Field deputy collectors will call special attention to the fact that on and after March 1, 1915, pre scriptions containing any of the drugs covered by this act can not be filled except they be written by a registered physician, dentist or veterinary sur-, geon who is diljj' Registered; there fore, In order to avoid complications. Mr: Heyward desires to receive appli cations for registry at once, so that record numbers may be furnished those engaged in the practice of med icine and liable to the tax, prior to March 1. Seven Workmen Killed. _ _ Seven workmen of Grand Rapids Manyixnan^ho marries early be- T .** erln&rjr •“•'geon registered under |*Mich., were killed Monday while eooea bald-headed yonng ! the act, provided such possession la clearing away the debris ef a burn by virtue of bia empoyment or oecu- ed building. Bear and His Armies Still the Heavy Brunt of the Tentoalc Allies' Activities—East Ui —Is. Poland, the i'arpathiaas aad Bsko- wina Eees Activity. liondon reports: Two big battles, it is believed, already have begun or will begin soon on the Russian aide of the East Prussian frontier and on the River Sereth in (Bukowina. The Russians have withdrawn in East Prussia and in Bukowina in the face of' superior German and Austrian armies, to concentrate and come into closer touch with their lines of com munication. The battling inTtbe Carpathians is going on in the snow, but the infor mation from this field of activities is most scant and the indications reach ing London are that it still is a see saw affair, with both sides sustaining enormous losses. Further south, the Austrians contend they are continu ing. their advance into Bukowina. Military experts in London believe the Carpathian front still remains an area of prime importance in the east, where a decisive victory by either side would force abandonment by the other of territory in East Prussia or Poland. The Germans are making repeated and terrific attempts to attack the heights of Koxlouwka, in Tnkholka Pass, which they won and lost twice since last Sunday. They now are en trenched Russian heavy lo of captui Petros officers i the Crow tro-Germ the RuaaJ tion abot Russians range to that sect end that Betkld r the posst “Mlltti possibillt tack on < Przemysl garrison pareatly slan ring th* Aust from Lu sorties, s have bet tempts a have be force*. “In tl much flgl of the Its their hopeful Ian tuff atlon of by A He rn ease# lan pool ers The noun tain 8 render Isolated is la the preclude I attack mit the ■man at i around lay* the riles, op- the Rue- ion with ranching a. The ►wed at- where Is «**«»g piece the , _ iced I tee In t&* •f fighting machtn bombthroweri aad fir* boabthrowers hart n bomb 200 or Sfifi yards contrivance consists of through which a stream of oil Is force tor a distance of eighty yards aad which coven with fiame everything It touches. This is em ployed against bayonet chargee. "In the Carpathians eur troops oc cupied the fortified heights in the re gion of Swidnlk and also those be tween the Lopkow pass and the np- per Ban. where we captured about 1,000 prisoners. “On the front between UJok end Tuehla passes we forced the Germans to fall back a little from the Kost- ouwka heights. The enemy ia en trenched about 40 feet from oar trenches At Wysakow we repulsed a stubborn attack by the enemy. “We have captured the enemy’s fortifications at Smolnlk, each of Lupkow, where we took eighteen offi cers and more than a thousand sol diers and three machine guns. Te nacious engagements are in progress on the Dukla-Wynzko front and on the roads toward Nadworna.” Vienna reports: “The battle con tinues In the Carpathians, where, with desperate and bitter resisUnce of the enemy, the Russian reinforce ments coming from all directions, we have progressed slowly. “The operations in Bukowina have been successful. Our columns are advancing in the valley and the Se reth river has been reached. “The situation in Russian Poland and West Galicia remains unchanged. On part of our battle front, against which a vigorous Russian attack: .was made, we threw back the enemy and also the Siberian troops from two dominating heights and stormed a village near Viskooz. “Equally successful was an attack by the allied Germans and Austrians in the middle Carpathian* woods,, where we captured,fro mthe enemy heights over which there has been much fighting. We took 970 pris oners. “In Southwest Galicia and Buko wina we have won victories. South west of Nadworna the enemy was re pulsed. We captured the heights to the north of Delatyn, taking many prisoners.” t t ■■♦♦♦ Flies American Flag. Officials of. the Canard Steamship company admitted Wednesday night that the steamer Orduna, from Liver pool bew a “neutral flag” while clear ing the Irish coast. These passen gers asserted that the American flag was flying Aft, indicating the vessel's national ity_. Liquor Advertising Barred. f. Liquor advertising ia Alabama la prohibited i na bill repassed by both Houses of tbe state legislature Wed- nesdtav over Gov., Hendgraon’s veto. For Army of The House of Commons day night passed without tbe army estimate ffir l.fififi,* exclusive of ladi