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THE WAI LAST WEEK IERMAN THRUST AT VERDUN FEATURES WATt NEWS STRONGESTFRENCH POINT ^ 1 — 1 ' !■ ' choMB, on« of Um atroBffMt If ftot the GermeDi, though—whore U has the stronKcet In the French lln^— any Importance outside of tho reaim the ee«x»nd of \rrdun. As the Allies 0 f speculation it is imposllhlo to say. I have maintained for some time an Tlir fact tliat, almost at the inception ascendancy In -the air. At would seem 0 f t | ie ciennan attack, the French 'that the necessary concentration, of eliH-ted to •witlxlraw from eome of men and guns would have been de- their positions rather than fight It tected and discounted before the at- ou t where they stood, Would seem to tack could be delivered, liut for tho moment the German air scouts must , have controlled the air, or, if tho movement was discovered, it waa so late that there was not sufficient time to prepare the defense. As to the details of the Verdun at- New York Times Reviewer Says (Jcr- asan Attack Hite Almost Impreg nable IJne of French Fort*—Field Works Given up Soon After-Hattie Started. By far the most interesting de velopment of tlv!S"W*el^,lp any of the war theatres has beet Verdun. This effort the attack on I V alley, liCating hack the Frenth there should ho re-1 and .forcing, more by this method gariied from tfireo points of view: | than by direct attack. Hie defences First, the reason for It; second, to of the towns of Itrahant and Samoj:- what extent, it has succeeded; third, the potentialities in complete suc cess. Students of tha war In America’ “Were expecting a German attack iu the West; not a half-baked effort ‘ such as that made last wdek In front of Ypres.Tmt an effort resulCThg from heavy concentration of guns and men, prefaced by terrific fire and fot- Aowed up by an overwhelming drive 'of massed infantry. '.This expectation waB based on the belief in America, more or less gear sral, that Germany's useful reserve in man poWer was approaching ex haustion; that Germany had reached the point where her losses could no longer bp replaced by men capable of standing ths'rifeors of war. In other words,, having used up the efficients lend color to the Idea, which is this: ^The French know the inherent strength in their position dbrth and cast of the fortress. They'have poa- sibly, with the examples of Liege..and Namur before them, modified the tack, the. blow seems to have fallen ; Y, in ‘ on the front between Melancourt and "'"t“nce to the larger of the German Ktain. As near as tan be determined , it appears that about £100,000 men ' Keali/.iiig their strength, they nmy were muifed, about 7,500 to the mile, j ^ lflve exaggerated it, feeling that, c>f ForABe grealiT part,of this distance ix>int« in the line, it would he the It/does not se<‘m to have gaiueil ; l e,,s t tempting- to the Germans, aud ground, lletween the Meuse and the | jt'onsmjucntly they alone have to some town of Orres, however, it has been extent neglected their Held works, successful to the point of flattening , Some one—von Moltke, if memory out tho French salient. | serves aright—made the statement The Germans apparently made that there arc always three courses their greatest effort down tiny Meuse open to the enemy- and he takes tho fourth. And so it may bo in this case. ' . rt It.wQuld be foliy for the French to assunie that, because their defense had been partly prepared for the/n by AmCHMl HERMANS LAUNCH DETERMINED THRUST AT FORTRESS QUERETARO, MEXICO’S NEW CA PITAL r • ♦ IS A CITY OF HISTORIC RENOWN FRENCH ADMIT RETREAT neux. In the vicinity of Orres, In tho Herbe Hois, a similar move endanger ed a section of the French line to the w est f< >rc,mg a wAAAidrawal e r—+4++- ccntre between these points both to [obvious’ 7 It would also be foliv’for pren^rve the alignment and-to pro- rfr. r-vh-wer of military events to ven-t a raking fiio from three dir.ic-Lproyhesy that, hecaiiHe of such de- I'ndcr Command of Crown Fiance Teutons Hurl Tlicmselves on Foes. Driving Hack Ilotli Wings of tlisj Defending l-Yench Arnjy—Battle Continues. Y Inspired’ by the presence of their emperor, and led by Crown Prince Frederick William, the German troops aro engaged m~pnb of the greatest buttles of the war on the western front, centering around the fortress of Verdun.. •Attack has tol- ‘ . Jowed attack against the French 11 lions. .J|B Conspiring th^ new positions 'as taken' tlds article is TToing written, the ' by nature, rl.« Germans '••Quid pass : K “K a * usl u,e crencu um- over the. more-difficult .route ahdi,;' 1 ' 1 Vf ••^bardmeAita,.. mcessant aM^ ( , ho;vi’f'"tiie'easier—and also tnc Uioref] 3r . r .!^ R ,’ " u11 *^ fo^-severai Tfays.. While the Germans h,avo noT been able, despite the rain of shells and r prop..esy .uar, necause or suen ae- ^ ri . 0lli * o^'^ughts by the infautry ! iv-nse, a given position could not be f° y repc V. ll !^. : of che German and the allied military the south of Ornes and behind' the macliines have remained locked for town of rfamogneux, six miles north Tlir-cxx t > ■ n ot^vrifrvu vrv , t» sr ^ less the French on their right -andf i, the Gnr-1 q., t. , .left wings have been compelled to man gain is.impressive. F®fhap§ fts j.y f Gertnax^aw^Hka^dHoH^nunoM** ' ^‘hdraw_ their lines, respectively to, possibilities are nothing like ns gteat as those of the French and UritHh in 1 September. These latter.both in the Artois and the Champagne struck at j vital supply lines and brought these j lines under close artillery fire. The j German blow is ndtnH^fflnst'any sup ; ply line; ’is, in fact, against n othing s but the fortress of Verdun, if Ver- ! dun falls, of course, the results will supplied through the-normal process' be very far reaching as will be shown of draft, Germany jvas'reduced to the necessity of drafting.Into service men either below or above military age. Germany's opponents, on the other hand, have not only not exhausted their reserves from which they can feed their looses, but. have not yet reached their full power. Were all of the Allies organized on the same general lines as to conscript service as la Germany, the statements re garding Germany's exhaustion would apply to all the belligerents. Rut France alone haa had conscription, and France alone has in all proba bility reached the point where she, too, can not replace the loaaea with efficient. With Kngland and Russia, how ever, the situation Is entirely differ ent. These two will not have their full power, either tn men or, for that matter, in ahell. until the spring cornea. They have -not yet even con sidered reaching out for the inefft- rlents'who. under normal conditions would not only not be cp)le<! hjjt who would not be permitted to serve with the colors. The wells of effective re serves in those two countries have not yet been tapped. Accordingly, the sttuctlon that con fronts Germany is this: She has reached the point where a decline In power is Inevitable. Her rate of wastage la such that sha must grow weaker each month that passes. Her euemieii. on tho contrary, are grow ing stronger. With a smaller rate of srhstage and a greater shell supply, '-as well as greater reserves from which to draw, each month Ger- mariy'a enemies are gaining a prepon derance of strength which Increases the disproportion almost dally. These are the impressions Ameri can students and critics have receiv ed after eighteen mootha of war. I They may be wrong, but with Ger-1 many's admitted losses they are prob- | ably right: and If right, a German of fensive was not only a logical proba- preSently *' it is perplexing to understand on what theory the Germans justify the enormous number of men put wit of action in this-boHle compared to the) these many months, in many cases through the instrumentality of arti ficial defenses w ithout - natural ad vantages of terrain, would indicate that, where strong, natural defenses are supplemented by the" most care fully prepared artiHrlal- works, the position so defended would .be almost, invulnerable. ’ , ■ Ttie Germans have made gains un questionably; substantial gains, ffo. Hut .It is likewise certain that there is,-up to tho moment of wrriting, wide disproportion tmtween the rrtst-spnd results achieved. The battle la not! thft result. Tlie attack must go on. over yet, of course. Wtiwt we liave Having moved so far alid lost so iMs-a m far may only he the beginning . many men, Germany can not stop, and it may therefore he premature to > For a month or more Germany has comment on an unfinished fight. But | been making a aeries of att.-i ks rany- Germany's *TnV from Nleuport to Switzei tha way to Verdun from new line is beset with difficulties of terrain and defense that will make the going- very hard. Considering tlie new position, as terrain In relation to field works zerland Some of these attacks hare been mado with large forces and have been extremely expensive. The French have in the past done the an me thing. Snch operations merely of tlie fortress. Only between Malancourt and the left bank of tlie .\Jeuse> has there been any diminution' iu the intensity of the artillery fire. With Brabant, Haumont and Samogireux and the wooded sections north and northeast -of Reaupont in their possession, the Germans from tlie Meu-e eastward to Fromezey are forcing the lighting, seemingly regardles sof the cost ol | life. I The French guhs have ans the tierman guns shell for shell casualties oti both sides are very great. Tire French official report describes the battlefield between the Meuse and Ornes as piled with Ger- man dead. Berlin r. • Tts T 1 r !.i v • ‘ The success we obtained east of the Meuae I has been exploited further. The vll- I i iswered Jl- lell and £ The city of Queretaro, Mexico, to which President Carran/a removed Aim eNodal of the vepobUc, provoUwivalty. m »iow of 4A—n—> eotdomtew and others disturbed comUtions in the City of Mexico, is'one of the an clent historic places of Mexico. It is situated in the state of Queretaro.. , - - I of which it is thes-apital apd is one hundred and ten miles northwest ot ■ ages of Kruhant. Haumont and Sam- | Mexico City. Tlie t>eace between Monro and tlie t'nited states was mtt- ogneux have be distinguished front permanent works, fritter away strength but accomplish- an d jio't blllty but a necessity. Surely It would not be consistent . ‘ r '’" With the German military policy to ! U i;^'. ally wait when delay only loa ned her '"••tvww rtand now. chance, of sufe/ss. To wait would--“"thoiial lo Dummrrtin la ^ « ttin am., want straight line, is a high range of hill be doing exactly what the Allies want Germany to do. It was not neces sary, of course, that the blow would fall on the western front. Many other fields open up possi bilities. Rut. as often stated In these reviews, operations on any. other front than the Polish or French are entirely subsidiary and must bo so considered. Only success In Russia or in France can bring a decision, and, when approaching exhaustion, strength must be exerted on decisive points. As between Franco and Russia, weattier conditions at this time of tlie year argue in favor of France— and France it is who is receiving the burden of German attentiort. Tho necessities of future decline An num bers also’demand a strong bid for a decision. The system, political and military, of the central empires is not threat ened on the eastern front.' The Rus sian system is too nearly identical, too necessary to Russia’s continued existence as a monarchial govern ment, to threaten a similar system on the part of an enemy. In tills respect, therefore, Germany has little to fear on tlie cast. On the west, however, Germany's menace Res. It is in.Ihe west tjiat the great supply of ammunition is piling up, it Is thtNyest that the German lines are In greatest peril; it is the west that the German lines are in greatest perilTit is. tnfeswest that is in closest touch with tlie munition market of the neutral world^It is in the west, therefore, that a decision could be reached, if at all. During the last month Germany has most effectively kept tlie Allies guessing "as to what her plans really were. From Rhelma to Nleuport ate It Is suffirlent to note two features First, life fact that even from (lie new German position, Yenlun In niaekeil by a number of hllla, higher than those held by the Germans, which not only prevent direct fire by Irrgo guns.' but give the French guns greater field of fire, and couaoqucntly greater scope. Second, tlie big double Itend in tlie Meuse River-hctween t’har.p Neuvllin snd Varberauvltle, which gives tbo Meuse the character of a defensive screen guarding the city from th« north. * * The Germans advancing on this line will therefore havo to crose the river twice to rerch Verdun- or else be jatumed in a way that will so con gest traffic as to permit the French guns to play havoc with men and supplies. West of the Meuse the F-* m h h!!D rrc ev^n moB* 'commanding ‘than those Imm'Hliatcly to the east. In itpitc of this, however, it would not I*'' surprising if Die German Mllitrk would shift to 111is quarter, general rnctiou of the A though ftm forests themsMv only at Melancourt —and It this section that the Crown began his offensive last fall su'ti-d in a small gam of at mile. — -» From tlie northeast and east Ver- iniprrgnahle as matters stand now. From Beaumont ed nc results. The time must come when tlie fwllai jr of Much strategy mu«t dawn on Die Germans os It did on Die French. ApparrnUy that time lias come and tlermany la making her bid for a decision at Die only place w here a derision < an be reached— not in Serbia, In Kg) pt. or in Me>*»- potanib^—but in France. Germany must keep on. To quit ) before she attaint her goal in the | battle now raging is to admit what France and England claim, and what ! this country. Ixith the laity and Die military element, believe—that Ger- ‘ many was bcfilCn at the Marne and | that, since then, hor only hope lay In . a drawn battle, as all hope of victory had departed. To return more apeciflcalfy to the problem of Verdot^ it has been stat ed that a shift of the centre pf at tack front the cast to the west bank of the^Meiise need not esuye surprise. This statement is bused -partly on tho THE FARMER S COLUMN *en captured. The en-1 f\,.j a | Queretaro in tire wooded district northwest, north | i4» > mgy aM of Beaumont and the forbst 'f Herbe are in our possession. "So ith of Metz an advanced French post was taken by a surprise attack. Tlie entire garrison of sixty men were captured.'* rwris reports Thursday morning "In the region to the nortf dun th» enemy continued 1348, and here >r Max ian was shot Jane or bard w front fr Kromez th the t xn the M tey. The icd a littl nd the I antry acit< Diia rei io ween the I Orm sa me iluy an am* Ver- to bum- sity our Ther law) real r or * me little unt Hhott and New*) Articles t pon lime- Di I) tgrtiulfural Tu farm IUW n thi fa •pics. Government \\ hilewaidi. that Is D reason why a )r a maaufac- ■« courtesy to rmcr shows-to >f corruepond- way it seems pares the let- G At tl irtll d fs court end the left bank of D No infantry notion has occurred yet In "Between the right, bank of the Meuse and Ornes the enemy has shown the same ferocity as on the preceding day and multiplied bis at tacks, leaving on the ground piles of dead without having succeeded In breaking our front. ."On both wings we have with drawn our lint*, one part behind the other to the south ot it. Hi for m >verum neul It thi ger Dio *>' pn ■ c x pi- Vf It fre I station- s.Je of a •»sgh to is more Es fer the lerheud lias been as e a favor- •rtise’TIte II identify to scrawls e him and xt a pride It 1* the great strength i of the French line ou 1 tho east bnak. , but principally on the peculiar aliape of the battle Hr te from war? In ,tho Argonne to l’ont-a-Mout isou in i Prince i- Lorraine, rlilrh r^- > • *a t» ; 1 f The sharp sallpnt at St. Mihiel. 11 tl Uu 11 .with all its i [*s&*uuial feu tun es. has itamogni Ornes. w ithout the enei * Furl* "In the Ot re r ar ■pite *ry tic has e artii lav aft* repi fin en < l> e i Ml ipamttvely still small fa il north yard. It same Intensity along the right bank of the Mi use as far as Ornes to the south of Ordes. "Owipg to the violence of the bom- bardfhertt of our advanced position at Hratiant-Sur-Meuse iftir troops have evacuated this villaee under id t at roa- r« at •lira ivclty. been discussed so often in these and in other columns that little remains Jo bo said. In fact, much that lias been said could be_ unsaid without -fearTir detracting from tlie fund of knowledge on that point. That hacked by heavy forest. This hill I Haiicnt was left and has'lieen re- rango is fortified by a continuous I (Ained by Die Germans with Verdun has been repulsed. ' Must Hav< •T>e farmer s t to have nod <1 I .and. est pro! Ing K rP chain of heavy permanent fortifica tions. From Donaumont. running south west, there is an off-shoot to this ridge which extends almost to tho eastern point of Die river bend, and with the bend completely covers the' t |,„ ©ther Just east of Die Argonnev northern apt roach tq Verdtin. On gfrouf Melancourt. Thedistancebo- till* ridge are cJeveA permanent forts, | tWP p a t ] le tw0 p 0 i n ( 8 but thirty improved doubtless in construction ' miles. The original German idea wan and iu aniiameut oince the war drite'siiutliwaid down Die west gun. It seems, therefore, when the bank of the Meuse, cut Die main rail- .1 Mnd. his big: it good." penally m tlie rat ‘Carolina larmer. Ian,I tlie condition of tlie things which should m is already problem is '• of the S fertility land are have a I mth and two urge in mind. No lcss^-im|M>rtant reason could justify retaining such, a dan gerous position. Tho battle line around VcrMun is rightly semi-circular in shape, one end of the arc bting r.t St. Mihiel, given to the r of night protected by the flank-1 u file of our positions»ori the iefCj ank of Die Meuse, An attack directed nn Samogneux A strong attack which was participated in hy at least one brigade was launched by the enemy in the forest of Caures. This attack suceeded in taking ore part „ of Die forest. We still hold the I ^ood land is to grow leguminous southern end. | crops. At this season, when plans aro "All the offensives directed against being made for the year's cropping Beaumont, in front of which we are | b y K tem. provision sTiould be mr.de fur me summer legumes to be planted part of the attention business of farming. . One* of the best ways in which far mers In this state can get and keep To Know Farm's Cost Make an Inventor). One.of the Prst stejis toward find- •asing profit* on ■in- inrrwtory-trf- •d in tfio farm- liuildinga. stock, s. ete. Tills Is a uch an "Inventory r.nd nuother In- ing i<>aks and inert the* farm I* ft k*- all property includi Atead. such us land, equipment, feedstufI good time to make s In South CaroiitVa strength of modern defensive is con- cidored that any attempt to take Ver dun from any lino east of the Mouse is enormously handicapped. There is fctill another feature to bo considered, and 'this, it Is true, ap plies equally well tb-the entiro Ver dun sector on both sides of the river. This is the* splendid system of mili tary railroads Ititck of Verdun over which the -French can send reinforce ments to threatened points.' The facility, for ri'.pid concentration exints, cf course, in all sections of the French line, hut in the Verdun sector it Is more extended than anywherd else. f Here there is a ! close system ^of all the depot's t^at lie toward Pari , but also all those tliat ‘have been created to the south. . Thi i facility for rapid movement should not bo overlooked in any consideration of road supplying Verdun and link up with tlie German forces at St. Mihiel. By thus bringing together the strap and the buckle Verdun would b'e completely invested. This was the reason advanced- lor tlie futile, e.t- tacks on the Crown Pririce’in the Argonrte some timo ago, and is logi cally correct.‘Certainly it would seem a inueh-less expensive operation than tg pound a way through by frontal attacks. established! liove failed to dislodge us. To the east of the front attacked we hold our own - in front of Ornes. where our fqyens bold a ravine situ ated to life south Of Herbe forest. "The retreat of .our troops In cer tain sections which was ordered to .avoid ueseless losses was effected in’ perfect order and without permitting the enemy, who advane-d slowly and at the price of considerable sacrifice, to break our front at any p©iat;”~_ Five British Steamers Sunk. British pteamers are reported sunk Saturday by German submarines, the ventary should be made r.t ti e closq of tlie cropping year and toini-i with the one taken now. Fse an • ordinary eomposltil book, glvii)g each subject a page to Itself; this’is, a page to frrnf implq- ments. one .tq cattle, etc. Irtventory eac]) class in detail first. Then at tho end of tills detail inventory make a - summary for the whole farm. In nillqg off tiie pages for an inventory, leave a rolumn in which hiay bo" plttVed the values at the end of tho cropping year, in order that a com parison for the year may be easily | made'. •• Why Pruning Pays. j ] n deciding on the value nf things. Tree pruning is work tliat must be allow for annual depreeiatiorv-as fol lows: In buildings, five per cent.; in machinery, ten per cent.: in horses more than five years okl. ten per cent.: in rows, eight per cent. ip spring and early summer. There are several good ones to choose fronl. such as cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans,'am) peanuts. Government pub lications on cowpeas, soy beans and pcgnut.s ran be obtained from the Ex tension Division of Clemson Cojlege. done before spring arrives with its lifereviving effect on trees, as after that the wood will be no- longer dor mant and severe pruning may result in serious injury. Therefore, farmers A Straight lino is not always the jnost iipportant being t' le W ilson j n ^j g B ’t a ^ w ii 0 imve npt attepded . A • x x ,x_ a. _.x _ Itnnr T^iHn fnrtv*.qpvon nnnnrpn anil . . ... * < . . . shortest distance between two points. The country is v.ery open and gen erally less favorable for tlie defensfe. Although there is a chain of seven forts just west of Verdun and run- liner Dido, forty-seven hundred and thci p rlin - inK ar ; advised to get sixty nine tons. The other four steamers wore the fiouthford, twenty- six hundred and seventy tons; the Fastnet, twenty-two hundred and railways, reaching at ° ncft _^onty^ lnK pinallel'to. the river, they arc ^1' Ing ai', rollows: busy with At now. An expert df the Ijpited States De partment of Agricijlture sumriiarizes the' prineipftl otijrictsTi'f orejiard prun- the strength of Verdun. Surprise attacks aro succes''ful at all only wheh they are successful at once. Attacks in force rrc usually cuecoitsful only when a weaker op ponent Is overwhelmed by,. sheer strength before he lias time Jo bring up his strength! In both cases the possibility of failure Is greatly not nearly so strong as those on the hundred and thirty-one tons, and the opposite bank and are not so favor- Donahy, twenty-nine hurdred and ably, situated witiv respect to each . ejshty-seven tons: other or fo the (firccticin of attack. In fact, every detail of terrain and of defense would Indicate Dial if Ver- tacks of varying intensity have bi>en strengthened by tho-ahiHty of the de- delivcred, most of which, as mattejs jjense to bring up reinforcements with have turned out, were only for the purpose of feeling out the French line fer all weak spot. •fhe attack in the vicinity of Givenchy, of course, had a different qbject-rlhe Improvement of a posi tion made dangerous by French suc cesses. Rut the fighting at Friae. on the Somme', In Flyandera. was prin cipally • feeling out process with the incidents) effect of drawing troops •way from the real point of attack ■hoald the attack develop on spy •ther section of tha front facility and dispatch. This" Is wh^rr* the network of' French railroads focusing at Verdun will play me. 'ending role, • « Summing up Die situation as a whole, therefore, it does not seetu powsIMe. ns DiU artple Is-' Ix-iug written (Friday ndon), that the Germans, ran force their way through to Verdun along any line enM id the A|eu>e. Vet it la along n line en«t of the Meii«e—fn,m the river to Omen Dint the main at tack is being delivered. Saving on Shells. A reduction in the cost of pro- dun wore to lie an objective, the at- (Turing shells will result In a saving tofek would Come lietween Die .^i 1 - of fo'ur hundred thousand pounds gun he and the Meuse. This very fact, weekly after June 1. This stateme'nt however, is a very good reason why was made in the English House of the attack was delivered elsewhere. Commons. What Die result will lie if tlie Ger- ; • I mans succeed in taking Verdun ia | Semis«.i Tiihesmen Attack. t hard To estimate. It Is eettatnly the \ semi-official report frdm Berlin nto'-t vital point In Die entire ea«tern s >>y 9 the Senussi tribesmen from section of the French front, and the w-estern Egypt have captur d several pivotal paint of the French line east towns and are approaching the Nile cf Rhetms. Its fall will uncover the river valley. French line to tlie south and might . . ■ ■ readil/ cause an entire readjustment, j I>eny Indian Re lie I Hon. line Thera to one «1« 1. To* modify tlie vigor of the tree. 2. To keep tho tree sn. pcly and within hounds. 3. To make the tree more stocky. 4. To open tlie tree top so as to ad mit f ir and sunshine. 5. To. reduce tlie strugle for ox- Istoncp in the tree^jop 6. To remove dead or interfering branches,. 7. To aid in stinfulafing the devcl- opni<*nt of fruit buds. ji.Yg tliin the fruit P; To niarke thorough spraying pos sible. - *' Ifi. To facilitate the harvesting of theTTuit. The following headings are sug gested for tlie inventory: ' Land. / •Farm buildings. Farm Implenjents'and vehicle*. Fert-ilizers^jncimling maduro. Horses ana mules. ~ H Re a Ilu^ineHN Farmer; Cattle. ~ ; . Hogs. x . Fheep. Poultry. , . " Cotton.". . Grain. II v. • ' ' M'seVlIaneous feed«t'tffs. x Cash oj> band and In liank. Paid up life Ihsuranre. _ " Monev due you. t If such an inventory Is madq pt regular in+erva's- and if f-om the *(ital value |a,anhfractlkl '' ,r * t''*r.l an’ount OWtng.S fa*‘ r ''<'r '*<M sfw.-vji have an accurate Idea of the net worth of bis holdings. . ' f. i< lug tWe'French to take uo ■ T }, e British * embassy Wedacaday 1 f or the farmer to be a husm.-ss forU ^ Issued a denial of a report, received nia „ a „d it. L . advisable, for him Jo Truii S'pi"- 1 »»»*i IteHxxrt. Ruoaians Capture * Kernian*hah. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd kayn that Mhe Russians have taken by etorm Kermansbah. the im^ortaaf In Washington by srFreTes»Tr6m Ber- irritate Tbe mpthods of rlty business lln. that Jhere had been a mutiny of nien. who have been cl the art a Indies troops In Egypt.' > | longer .time thatr be end have do- ~ j rFlowed it more, ft Is rhiefly in Jap Fleet In A|ediierr*we»n. hat might be rsl'ed little things A* Japaaiewfeet, having with It a that the difference between the bysl Tlie Qnnil and the JWfeevtl. A ststletlrlen ~fia* estimated that s becoming increasingly necedt the cotton farmers of Texns los« htw-' tween • fortv-trHlk>n do , 'a r .s and- tv-milHon do'lars a year hec-ii«e snlte i ‘ ’ . game wardens, 'the enall which is one of the eeemfe« ©f the boTI weevil,' baa been killed off. ‘ A French Air 'row has d r t>n- Persian city ia the neighborhood of Urge sqm ber of g'jrrsft to fFpoMed aes# l*ke and the aabatiaeaa-like far- p«d g tore* e»»'*»e' n* ♦«*—**• the which seroua fighting has recently to hsv* arrived la the kled terransen . mer la revealed and la anqe more ••t«str > et« ef Met • h e ilrg hetag eh- t la favqr of taken place. see , lhaa tn tha hnatnnaa letters o( anch. served after thi attach *» f