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This photograph shows about what was left of, Nieuport after the allies and the iGermans^ finished with it. It ^.ifrik??'e sheUe. .were: ?tili INFECTED (COKT^? rn?rf:*PAOB ONE.) ^Iffiftht' while* the ll ifiM?$# work'; torrupt lhdatfon:of our social power to force ?.Tfflt?ottir prohibition and ption Of, quor in ing tho/vTl life," ho Mrs. J debt off dared vt adoption national A prohi ?t state ; nition - for -^v i^he^.thJhj^ scriptloh for im^ j liver 'ft?i?'aSswMrh; . -ti'.liss r*: " ' shottl^l^ptoase you... JJoctorg, and druitt*' claim it caa not bo "taproved; upon/'fer what it ta rs commanded.. >.:.'' ' ' ' . " . " Sold and guaranteed by all lead teg drag stores and tho Nanzct ta Medicine Cofopany, 111 Coffee at^ ruunyouit Oj. n_ . tout ... ': ' --?il ~ I ? '.' Uni i I fartl i Who is seek?r willing to aid our power. ,1 help you. . This s?r^? ployer and the ^ . yourself of it \ [foiling in thc i town. Tho town had Kneen, a prosperous . and quiet little place in thc north of Belgium, and had not been touched, by the'war un til ?the .Germans beguu their mcve an.immediate atempt for national pro hibition, was expressed in a letter from . Secretary Bryan to' $lon -G. Horton, national secretary of the as sociation, read at the closing session of (he Convention tonight. . Mr. 'Bryan said: vin tho matter, of prohibition, [ I. think that,,, ?t pr?sent th? emphasis should be laid on the contests in the States. lu epmo States, the time la .rty^for, action and J'thihU'.lt is bet .ter, toi.c?ncet?p'ate the forties on these rathe*; . fban ..to apread .them over tho ent?t?. union, l?owev?r,.this is a mal te.'ri?^binloti Und.rej?teh tp-the pplL lcy jor-nAtibnal action at. thia time, rau?ft; fiS?. ; j?o; the ^r?ilclp?ea l?tolv?d: k/^e^srroftg Vdt.?' polled. ttl thc house ? 'WW: day> .'ago"shows 'how rapidly Sentiment is growing'against tho aa >. :".L.. .-. .. . .': ' . h mo ar tnij vt na rr; iruusc . - . .. >i; (CONTlNt^iD FttOM PAOE OSE.) position at midnight, Pacific coast rime *? f- * i New Yeai'? greetings tb the/prest d?at from- rolers ot other' nattons j and tro m many. Americans reached tho-White House today. 1 Klug Albert, of Belgium, ? sent the fol lo wing message : "On this occasion-of "the new year .1 *?nd you my most sincere congrat ulations and-wishes I form for the welfare of, the great American na tion whose generosity to Belgium is of - so much help in this time of dis tress arid sorrow." King George, of Great Britain, sent the following:. | ;e /FjH~ Itjtellig of not exiee&ng twent^ .,is*E. ?/ ' m?f? m gei &o?k?l i if weean be of any sen ig em$!oyment, we st? (hem hi any manner $ >hohe 321, and let Th* ce is absolutely FREE t< ! Employee, and we wi? vithotit any obligation v Where the Battle Now ii ?-J??- - fl . mont toward Ostend and. Calais, and ' thot part of Belgium became the cen tre bf the battle of, the war in the' iwes^ **< Europe. Thia photograph! shbv ? he damage done to the place! "lt affords me sincero pleasure tot convey to yon on the commencement pf "the . bow year my . hearty good wishes'for your personal happiness and for the welfare and prosperity of tho' . United States of America to which.we' abe, uhtted^by such close tiei-fit. fri^?^hio: cad?intimacy." - Count vou'faernstorff, German am bassador to the United States, sent the following: . / '.'.Please accept my moat sibber;; ?nd respectful wishes for h^sry happy new year for yourself, your family and connery." ^S^'^?JfMb vth? national .capital was unusually quiet. The annual "diplo rhljkUc breakfast'' 'hy'the. secretary of state to - thc members; or the dlplo taptic corps had beeb abandoned be cause ?r tho war, and. many other Mrdeihi?note^ ceremonies wM?h nn> airy play sb important a part in the Washington official Now Tear cele bration were omitted for the same In ofhclal and diplomatic circles the day . Vas observed with tho usual exchanges of greetings, though many pf the diplomats were unable-to greet old!friends' of the corps, having be-' .come' enerrites, at least officially, sin^ j 1914 was ushered in; . The practice Instituted many years ! ago by the naval .observatory in i sending a .now' year greeting to all j the countries of.the world by an ar-, ! rangement of wireless, ' cable and I land telegraph was abandoned, j Under, eluting war conditions, with ;so iarge a proportion of inc cable and telegraph circuits out ot commission I or ?anuund?ered. for military ' pur ifn ' y ;n?er.-will fun ind iii addition rite to any one mi' ready -?nd rossihie within B Intelligencer a lioth the ?m ?h you to avail whatever. ?ge?. by a few of the shells of the artillery. The two persons shown fn the pic ture are Red Cross workers look ing for dead and wounded in the ruins. ' . ' '-. poses, the officials said thc feat ot I girdling the globe was impracticable.! Both houses of con-;csu had ad journed until Saturday. ' Celebrations in Berlin Laeklng. BERLIN, Jan- 1.-(via The Hague | and London, - 1:05 p. m.)-Berlin showed strikingly last night for the I firjt time since thc T?.r's outbreak | that the life of tho city ia not pro ceeding normally. Customary cele-j brations to ve?c-?ine tho new year I were almost direly lacking. Merry throngs- " which formerly crowded Berlin,'? thoroughfares on New Year's eve were replaced last night by a limited gathering whose seriousness ot mein gave tilt-?- occasion a distinctly R lenin aspect,. There Was no noise. NEUTRAL SHU'S YE RY SCARCE I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) dam, Copenhagen ind other Scandi navian ports are practically th'e same ?9 last y?sr on similar vessels. The sire of the market ls more than suf ficient on fitch risks to take care of any' cargo by a suitable steamer. "The situation as to shipments to ^c-rrnahy ? more difficult, and tho a tollable market is limited to Ger man and American companies. Thc situation ls ?apiti ly Improving and the market 1? developing ander the demand. . "The rates charged are not exces sive1; taking into account that the ports aro ob a coast on which it is sate to assume many aida, to navlga tion have been removed and that eal vage operations near , that coast, un der war conditions, would be almost Impossible."' ? Urges Enactment of Coast Guard Bill (nv ; AmnthitMt Fran.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-President Wilson has written to Democratic Leader Underwood and Chairman Adamson, of the house commerce com mittee, urging prompt enactment of Um- pending coast guard bill. "I hope you will not think 1 am un duly, burdening yon,"'he wrote, "if I wrjtc.to express my* very great inter cut, in the bill passod by the Renato ' pending in the ??tte*. fdr consol Ion ot tito revenue cutter and llfc Benfices. 3t is bf' the highest tienes,fdr the ?ffidency of both * that the bill ; should PABS and that aomc chink may be found ianthe busy hours of the house calen Negroes Attempt to Lynch a Negro (Dy* At-ortaUd mm.) CHARLESTON, )Wo., Jan. 1.-Ne gro levee workmen attempted to tyneh one of their number here to day for stabbing the foreman, a white fnati. A passing train crew saved the negro after the gang had placed ?r rope around hts neck. The foreman ls in a critical condi tion. The negro is in Jail here. ._a__ and Frav for Peace. BOSTON. Jan. 1-An appeal to the four million members of Christian Endeavor societies in 40 nations to work and pray for peace has been is sued by the Rev. Franels E. Clark, prennent of the World's Christian endeavor Union, it was announced today. ' Copies have been printed in several languages and are being distributed world-wide IMMIGRATION BILL PARAMOUNT SUBJECT President Wilson, Will Veto Meas ure if Passed in its Present Form. ? (By Amodatcd Preu.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-When congress meet's tomorrow after thc New Years holiday, the paramount subject up for consideration witt be the immigration bill pending in Ute senate. Senate leaders purpose to hrtnr ihn rn?naufA tn o wA*o before adjournment and expect that lt will be vassed with the literacy test re ' air,, ni. Strong Indications came from the White House today that President Wirson would veto the bill if passed in ita present form. President Taft vetoed a similar measure in 1913 because of the literacy test. The. sen ate passed the bill over the veto, but In the house the motion to repass fail ed. The bill's champion predict that it can be parsed this time over a veto. The vote of 47 to 12 in the senate yes terday against eliminating the liter acy test, which President V/llson op poses generally was accepted ns a test vote. A Prison Sentence of 12 to 15 Years! MIDDLEBURY. Vt, ' Jan. 1.-A State pr.'son sentence of 12 to 15 years was imposed today on Dr. Don A. Blsbee. a Bristol druggist convicted yesterday of manslaughter In caus ing the deaths of several persons hy selling them liquor containing dena-1 tured alcohol. BiBbee admitted a vio-1 latiOn of the law In selling 'spirits as a beverage, but said he was ignorant of the presence of the poison. BELIEVES HE HIT GERMAN VESSEL ICommander Francis Hewlett Tells Experiences During Recent Aerial Raid. ' (Ry Amodntcd Pim ? LONDON, Jan. 1.-Experiences of Plight Commander Francie Hewlett during the recent aerial raid on the German naval bajo at Cuxhaven , wcre described in an interview with , bim transmitted to neuter's Telegram \ Company from Amsterdam. Commander Hewlett, who was be- , Reved to have lost his life until lt i was learned yesterday that he had been picked up br a trawler and i landed at Mulden,' Holland, said he i believed he hit a German warship 1 with one of . his bombs. i "I led the airship squadron," said < Cominan''"? Hewlett. "I ran into a ' thick fog and afterwards found my self near the coast of Schleswig. I ' flew over German . territory and J eventually came near Cuxhaven. "When the mist hid cleared I saw 1 that T had loBt my direction. I de- 1 scended at a certain point, ascended , again and flew over the great German fleet and the trawlers which were ' lying under steam behind Helgoland. ( "A ' formidable fire was directed at , me, and I replied with several bombs. , It ls my opinion that I hit one of th? German vessels, because soon after wards dense smoke aroso from her. "I was unable to And tho British fleet My motor was running hot and I was compelled to descond. I wak nicked up by a Dutch trawler btit destroyed my motor and sank the hy droplane before I boarded the trawl er. at 10 o'clock on Christmas morn ing. I stayed aboard the trawler ala days during a terrible storm." HAS DECIDED ON THREE MEMBERS President rVSson Selecta Three Demo-vats fo?* Federal Trade tConarnlssion. (By A ?-ocia tea Prc-?.) . WASHINGTON, Jan. J..-President Wilson was understood tonight to have decided tentatively on three members of the federal trade commis sion. They are Joseph E. Davies, com missioner ot corporations : Edward N. Hurley, president of tbs Illino!:* <????f?cturers' Association, and Geo. { Foster Peabody, a New Y ark banker. Two others are to be selected. Thc three men chosen are all demo crats, snd if they are finally decided on, the other two members' will be Republicans' or Progressives, since under the law creating the commis sion not more than three members can bo of the tame party. Mr. Davies was decided on for the comm isakT un soon as it wes creat ed.' because of his exp?rience In con ducting the bureau or corporations ot the commerce department, which ls to be merged into the new commission. Mr. Hurley, a former railroad man and manufacturer, won the approba tion of the President by his work as trade commissioner to the Latle Am.erl.an republics. He ls eon*rtdcr ad an expert on export trade. Mr. Peabody, lt was said tonight has been reluctant to accept a position on the. commission. Hs ls expected io confer with the President on tie ques tion soon. Will fteet nejasen. AUBURN, At*. .JWOfc-Athletic authorities of the Alabama Polytech nic Institute here announced today that the local Institution would meet Clemson College In football next fall on OcUber lt at . Clemson. The ?ame waa1 inadvertently omitted from the schedule recently announced. PREDICTS GENERAL BUSINESG REVIVAL Fairfax Harrison Declares War's Effect on South is Proving Only Temporary. (Hy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern itali way, declared today that war's et? !ect on buslneBB conditions in tho South wan proving- ouly temporary, i mid the demand for cotton was grow ng, and predicted a general business -cv i val. "The world niUBt have cotton," said ie. "The demand, both for export and 1 'ur American mills is increasing and hero has been a substantial advance n i-dces since thc depression was worst. With a larger movement of cot on thero will come an increased de nand for merchandise of all kinds in he couth and a general revival of ? justness. "Southern farmers are meeting thc dtuation by planning to rcduco the acreage of cotton planted in 1915 and .o devote tho land thus released from jotton to other ciops -md to livestock. Statistics ot the department or agri mlturo and reports of the agricul tural agents of the Southern Raliway :ompany show substantial increases in the acreage planted in fall grain? In every southern State, and the pros pects are that a larger acreage of corn will bc planted m the tf.'fng. "With ai smaller crop of cotton, southern farmers will be assured of it better price for the crop of 1915, and (or that part of the crop of 1914 which must be carried over, aiid, with a larger production -of grain, they will profit from the inevitable European Jemand." Mr. Harrison added that many southern manufacturers realised op portunities for export business grow ing out of the war. and that reports Indicaed they wero "taking Intelligent steps to secure a share of their trade." DEMONSTRATION ENDS IN FIGHT Unobjectionable Worded Banners Flung Aloft at Unemployed New Year's Celebration. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.- New York's unemployed began tho new year with m outdoor demonstration that ended tn >i tight with policemen who stop ped an attempt to hold a parade -when ibjcctlonabty worded banners were Bung aloft. About 700 idle men' and women gathered in Union Square to listen to iiscusslon of their welfare. Thc po lice did not interrupt the meeting, but later ordered the dispersal of march ers who apparently intended to pu rada tn WPIQOTT? hesdousriers cf thc 'League of the" Unemployed.'' f Thc ascription on one banner read "Home ess Men Revolt." Another announced 'To H- with Charity." Thia ban 1er George Druer, 22 yeera old, a took, waa told to haul down. The police said Druer obeyed re luctantly. Witnesses declared the po ico clubbed Druer.. He was arrested, marged with assault and disorderly conduct. Men and women who attack Kl the police to liberate Druer were ?riven off. by reserves. 1915 WILL SEE END OF THE WAR rreenciion o? President P?aicar? in Address to Foreign Diplo mats. (By Anuuntcd Preta.! FAR IS, Jan. 1.-Prediction that 1915 would sae the end ot the war ssa made by President Foincare in in address today to foreign diplomats .viio went to_the palace of the Elysee o present New Year's congratula ions. The British ambassador, Slr Pren ds Bertie? as dean ot the ".plomatlc -.orps, presented tho congratulations >f his colleagues and himself. In his tddre&s Sir Francis ?marked that he . diplomats present comprised 'representatives of the nations flght ng at the side of Prance, and of oth ir natlon3 where neutrality Imposes ipucial duties on this grave crisis." American Ambassador Sharp was tm o nur those present. He was ac rompanied by three former ministers vho are aiding him at thc embassy Inring the war-John W. Garrett, H. Percival Dodge and John O. Cool dge. President Foincare exchanged New ?fear's greetings by telegraph with 3eneral Joffre and Kings of Great 3iitaln, Belgium" and' Servia and tho emperor of Russia. IRE PREPARING TO ATTACK MEXICO CITV WASHINGTON. / Jan. 1.-General! }br?gon's Carranza army ls "expect id to be hammering at the gates of Moxico City in less thsn a month,1 icCordlng to dispatches to the Car ransa agency here tonight from Ipitaco, Vera Crus. "All during tie day." the dispatches tddod. "train-loads of soldiers have ?een arriving at this point and hur led forward to Join Ohregon's army, 'nnnon,' hospital equipment and pro visions also ere being sent to thc ront. "The crushing defeat administered ?apata yesterday has turner* into a ?lid rout and the enemy io being rasrnhd relentlessly. Generals Goss md Alvarado are expected to occupy ?uobla in the nm ?H hours," WANT THEIR BRAINS FOR EXAMINATION Efforts VVOl Be Made to Induce Scientists to Permit Study of Brains After Death. (By AfttorUu-d Trw?.) PHILADELPHIA, .lon. 1.-KITort? to induce eminent scientists, csptalns of Industry and political leaders to per mit their brains to be. examined after death will be made by members of thc American Association for tho Ad vancement of Science. This announce ment was made today at thc cloping Bosslon of thc association's annual convention. Copies of thc addresses on the brain made yesterday will be sest broadcast and at the association's mid-summer meeting at San Francisco in August every delegate will bc asked to be queath his brains to specialists for study. Three members of the association, Dr. Edward Pickering, Harvard, Dr. Henry Skinner, Academy of Natural Potence. Philadelphia, and Dr. L. O. Howard, Washington, permanent sec retary of tho association, announced that they contemplate bequeathing their brains to the causo of scientific investigation. "Science has studied tho brains of plenty of murderers," declared Dr. Howard, "but lt is not often a brain of a man of really high calibre may be with those of criminals nr men of lower mentality." NOW IN RATON, NEW MEXICO Hayes Brothers, Formerly of Wal* halla, Making Ocean to Ocean Trip in Wagon. WALHALLA, S. C.. Jen. 1,- The friends of Hays Brothers throughout tho State will be glad to learn that they arc now in Raton, New Mexico. It will be recalled that these two boys, James and Charlie Hays, for merly of Walhalla but now of Char leston, 8. C.. left Charleston last Feb ruary en route for San Francisco. They are making this ocean to ocean trip in a wagon and making their ex penses as they go. They have been ?now bound in Raton for sovcral weeks, but hope to reach San Francis co by February 16th. Tlioy are trav eling under tho auspices of thc cham ber of commerce of Charleston, S. C., and San Francisco, California. 586. 013 WAR PRISONERS HELD i ? ???' ?ii'? -\ .?.. ?.... . ... In Germany According to Sum mary baned From Head quarters. (By AstocUted Frm.) BERLIN, jan. L-(by Wireless to London, ?: 41 a. m.)-W*r prisoners hold hi Germany at the end ot th/ year numbered 8,138 officers and 577.875 men, according tb a summary Issued from headquarters today which points out that the list does not Include civilians Interned in Ger many or the prisoners taken In thc pursuit tn Russian Poland or thoa*, in transport. Of the number the French con tribute 3,159' officers. Including sewn generals and 215;90.ri_ men; tho F'us slaris 3,575 officers, of whom 18 aro generals, and - 306,290 men, the* Bel gianp 612 officers, including three generals and 36,852 men, and thc British 492 officers and 18,828 men Headquarters dec?ate the report that 1,104 German officers and 134,700 men are prisoners of war- in Russia ta misleading, since tho list includes in terned civilians. Probably not more than 15 per cent, of the total are mil-' Itary prisoners,. it is declared. Child Labor Law E? ective in Georgia ATLANTA, Ga.. Jan. 1.-The child labor law enacted by the last Georgia legislature became effective today, lt prohibit-, the 'employment of children under 12 years of age and provides thst children between 12 and 141-2 fears can ba employed only when they have a permieslon certificate from" their county child labor com mission. Auatria^Moriitors iSoixibord Belgrade LQNDON, Jan. 2-2:01 a. m.- A Reuter dispatch from Belgrade says: "Four Austrian monitors bombard ed. Belgrade Thursday. Their fire did slight damage. Reports from Sofia, Bulgaria, of a% lerious clash between Servians ??* Bulgarian frontier guarde are of ft-dal ly denied here." Welt known Veteran Dead. WEBTBFX>OK. Conn., Jan. 1.-Wil liam I. Lewis, for lt years an aastst ant sergeant-st-arms in the United States senatt and a well known vet eran of the war between the States, died here tonight aged 74 years. During the war Lewis waa captur ed by Colonel Mosby's soldiers and tried as a spy. He waa confined tn Libby prison and later exchanged. ---- Revolution In Paraguay. BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 1-La Pren sa today prints a dispatch from For mosa, Argentina.'saying a revolution bas broken ont in Paraguay, an ar tillery regiment haring taken the field. . Tho dit-patch adda, that Dr. Kd uardo Sherrer, president ot public, I- a prisoner,