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Russian Re ?? m GEN. SEVIERS TENTH ARMY ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED EQUIPMENT LEFT Everything Thrown Away by Fleeing Soldier* and Road Lined With Dead. (Br Associated ?rcss.) SU WALK I. Poland. Saturday. Feb. 20 (via Berlin and London, Feb. 23; 4:50 p. m.!.-The German forcee un der Fl?ld Marshal von Hindenburg, by hard fighting and extraordinary marches, inflicted such a striking de feat on the Russians opposed to them In the recent battle on the Muznrian Lakes country that the Russian rem nants are a negligible quantity in the | operations now in progress. The Rus kl' -kl and wounded in the four arc estimated at 30,000 men- AAA TTNti*PB' out of a total Over 60,000 RiiS^J^ nrlBoners In of 160,000 engagedTsP^1 German hands. The fighting has been desert! the February campaign in East Prus sia and' North Polsnd, and it is rv garded here as a second Tannenberg. The Russians, composing the tenth army were commanded by General I Sievers. By skillful use of the rail roads at his disposal and by the sac rifice of entire battalions In order to J bring. of few guns, he succeeded lu saving a greater part of his artillery, but no fewer than 60|000 ot his 150, To become a uni versal favorite, CheroCola had to be1 the perfect drink that1 it is. Take yours from \ the original "dottie through a ?craw. ', You will enjoy its uniform flavor and ?ie certainty] of ifs cleanliness. I? You've Got Moaeyj ? Bora Fay More PER TON FOR If not--phone me! Vye got the best Co?l on the market at?Any Price, and my price is only $$.00 jptr ton or 2,000 pounds; CA id Openi On or Aboi binants le Quantity! 000 men already are counted among tho German prisoners, while the Rus sians killed and wounded in the four days battle and tho subsequent run? nlng fights are estimated at 30,000 men. In Suwalki there could be heard | yesterday and today the sound of ar tillery from a swampy region to the I southeast where an isolated Russian. division, perhaps 10,000 strong, has been completely surrounded, but still | is offering resistance. Several thous and more Russians probably still re main in small scattered, bands or ar', wandering as stragglers within tho ring which the German troops have now closed around the woods ant swamps between Suwalki, Augustowc and the German frontier, but the cap ture of these wanderers is expected here and is regarded as merely an In c!<lent in a campaign to which the great success is called only the r<*e-| lude. German military men at Suwa'Kl do not believe General Sievers '/ill be able to bring one of his troor s safely behind the fortress at Grodno-a safe ty which may not be bf long dura tion. The above statement maj seem to be exaggerated, but a corr ?upondent of the Associated Prays, icing ! along the line of ?^?psslan retreat over roads ">? jJflBoT __ y^?W?"iwampy country, gai? 1 ed an impr?. :jion of complete defeat an i demoralisation which scarcely can be conveyed in word. Abandoned guns and automobiles; wrecked and overturned wagons, sledges and am munition caissons encumbered the way. Rifles, blankets,, knapsacks and other 'equipment had been thrown away by the fleeting soldiers. Dead horses and an occasional fallen sol dier were everywhere along the road side.- ' At street ? corners in Suwalki, AuguBtowo, Lyck, and other towns are great heaps ol abandoned rifles and bayonets. large bands of Rus sian prisoners, many, of whom sur . v?,tiered w:*h jut firing a shot, were encountered along the way. The Russians K retreat jieem to have had only tim-* enough to' burn the houses on tu? German side of the frr.v-.tler and destroy the livestock which they *j unable to drive away- This they did so thoroughly that In Ute 17 mile ride from Lyck to the frontier vii l?ge of ProsUten only one house with a roof on lt was e?en. Tho Rusii*n| part of Prostken and Ute Russian vil lages beyond had not been touched. The first phase ot the "campaign the phase resulting in the destruction of the Russian northern army-may be compared to a gigantic rabbit drive, or surround, In which men were the prey. While Ute attention of the Russians was concentrated on the Wer saw line, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, quiet ly assembling an overwhelming force ios East Prussia behind the Musurlan Lakes, suddenly launched lt In two columns against General Sievers. One column drove in from the south and threw back Ute Russians who for months had been besieging the lake gateways to Beat Prussia, and the other column from the north swung round to Ute eastward and southward, aiming to Join the .southern German column and cut off the retreat of the Russians. The two wings closed to the eastl of Suwalki andi Augustdwo only al few hours too late to catch the entire army. Most of the units of Ute Rus -sl?n .force, however," were caught The delay which enabled the rem nant escape was due to nature. The Une of advance ol the southern column lay through swamps which form tense ot the Russian frontier, 'it ls almost without roads and troops at tempting to use the cross trails became almost hopelessly bog ged. The correspondent saw columns of Infantry, many of whom hod passed through mires more Utan ankle deep. "Nature-" said oho German com mander to the correspondent, "always helped the Russians. Two days of hard frost and we should' have had every man." The correspondent accomplished tho, rights lng of the German armies and lt was to these troops that the heaviest part ot the fighting fell. The left wing sweeping down from the north was called upon to accomplish marches of forty miles dally In pur suit of the Russians. Tho battle In the south was of an] unique character. Again nature aid ed tac Rvmr?&w?. 7i wrns fought in a driving snow storm? a fierce cutting wind driving tho flakes into the faees an? oyes ot Ute advancing Germans until ?hey could scarcely see. When the Germans came to grips with the Russians they found their rifles so covered and choked with ice and snow that' Ute weapons could not he fired. The troops, and these were young troops of one of the newly formed corps, were left only their bayonets, bat they struck to their despite heavy looses. Russian* wero assuming thc . e when artillery arrived Jest In time and turned the scale. The troops of Otis column pressed forward along the fairway, only a dosen miles ?kio. between the Hunnrlah Lake? and the Resalan frontier, driving the the belts of I a -natural de rig <Anc~*si jt Marcia ?. *i T. G. CA Russians before them, but they were forced to turu three times to beat off tife flank attacks from the south. The Russian commander-in-chief made desperate efforts to come to the aid of this army. He sent in a column of troops from the fortress of Lomza and from Kolno and from the fort at Oseowetx. Each time the German commander defeated the Russian re lief columns and then continued his march. The retreat of the, Russians oh this part ot the field of operations could be made in only one direction, the northeast, as the swamp belt prevent ed their escape to the east or south. The troops from the center and northern flank of the Russian position were by this time in "full retreat east ward and southeastward under pres sure from the pursuing German ?ore*?. The Russians apparently became desperately jammed and on February 16 the German commander was almost confident that the bag would be com plete. Then came the delay in getting the flankldg column across the swamps and General Sievers, with all his higher officers and the remnant of his army, got away. COTTON. MAKES SHARP DECLINE i b I Feared England Would Put Col ton on Contri NEW ORIGANS, Feb. 23.-Cotton was under pressure throughout to day's session and the widest decline in several weeks resulted. The close was at the lowest, a net decline of 24 to 27 pointB. Selling was inspired by fear that England would put cot ton on the contraband lut and was about equally divided between the I two accounts. Spot houses, export- I ors, houses which operate for German ii spinners and spot merchants, and i speculators bearishly inclined all t combined to bring about a large t volume of selling orders. At times 1 the marget was soft. ? Fear teat the situation abroad r would materially check the outward movement of the crop waa the domi nating Influence of the day. The enor mous amount of cotton afloat for 1 Europe, 1.300,000 bales last Friday, the large amount of cotton at porta t awaiting shipments and tHe Heavy < forward c-Boags*!e ? ts for ?sport made r the question of the next move hy the i belligerents 1" portant. Exporta over the holidays carried I the Lct*i roi tb? season over the five 1 million mark, ?i? ?guteii v?r.?ght be- t lng 5.043,324 bales. Bears predicted i cancellation of export engagements i should the present situation continue. ( Cotton futures closing;: . 1 March 7.78; May 8.03; July 8.23; i October 8.49; December 8.64. t Spot cotton -quiet, unchanged. Sales on the spot 1,370 balee; to arrive 2, 100. YOW SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE I If croat? feverish or bilious give! "California Syrup of Figs. No* matter what alls your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should al ways be. the first treatment given. It your little one is out-of-sorts, halfslck, isn't resting, eating and act ing naturally-look. Mother! aee if tongue ls coated. Thia ls a sure sign that lt's little stomach, liver and bow els are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or bas stomach-ache, diarrhea, sore throat, full ot cold, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs,", and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food aaasmr bile gently moves out of its lltUeTJbwele without griping, and you have ? well, playful child again. Mothers can rest after giving thia harmless "fruit laxative," because lt never fails to cleanse the little one'? liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach and they dearly love it? pleasant taits. Tz?\ directions fer babies, children ot all ages and for grlrarn-uifY printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrup?. Ask v?uf drus-trlet for a 60-cent bot tle then gee that it ia made by the ^california Fig Syrup Company." Bm** Beets Howard. NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Jack Dillon, of indianapolis, outfought Johnny Howard, of Bayonne, N. J., in a ten round bout an Brooklyn tonight. Dil . lon dropped bia opponent ia the eavepth with a right to the Jaw. The weights: Dillon 176; Howard 167 1-2. ?Roergoes Operation. Mr. 1. O Cromer of Hones Path un derwent an operation at the Ander son County Hospital yesterday His friend* throughout the county will pleased to leam that he ls doing nlcw iy. fitts utaos? ?. Iii Ander .RRlNGTOr Would Purchase . Jefferson Home 1 (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 23-The hoiiBe ules committee late today reported o the house a resolution appropriat or $500,000 for the purchuse of Mon lcello. the Virginia estate of Thomas efferson. Chairman Henry announc. d he would call for its considera- j ion at the earliest opportunity be ore congress adjourns. Previously be rules committee voted to report . special rule tor consideration ot ho measure. The resolution would create a per nancnt Jefferson memorial commis IG\ comprising President Wilson, lenators Martin? Ree? ^d Gallinger, (peaker Champ Clark and Represen atiMies Hay and Mann, to purchase bm tl erl I? and its contents which .ere tho property of Thomas Jeffer on, "to the end that it may bo owned nd maintained by the government as perpetual Jefferson memorial." The commission, is authorized to egotriate with ^Representative Jeffer o? M. LeyyV^ Monticello's present wner. T>j|f0Sstato ls said to consist and the residence built ? - ? by Themas Jefferson os | 8 It ls to be paid for in in- r tajpflrfents of $100,000 a year. The1 * r/inmlsslon would report its action < ongress by December 1 next ^eaps From Top Washington Shaft Virginia Woman Threw Herself 500 Feet Down Elevator Shaft (Hy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Mrs. W. ". Cockrell, ot'Delray, Va., jumped uto the elevator shaft of the Wash ngton monument at a landing near he top late today, and fell to the bot- ' om, more than 500 feet below. She I, eft a note addressed to her husband laying she waa sure she could not rcover from an Illness. Her body waa crushed by striking he sides of the shaft on the way lown, and she waa dsad before readi ng the bottom. ' The district coroner issued a cer if?cate of death by suicide. Mrs. ^ookrcll's farewell note, left In the Ronum?2t; enid sh^ r?aliser! she was i "burden" to her husband. It wee the first time the towering tbellsk, which* was opened to the pub ic In 1888 and has been visited by mllions ot Americans, had' been thc ?ene ?f suicide. An hour before the nonument WBB closed for the dey Mrs. dockrell went to the observation gal cry near the top In the elevator. A 'ev minutes later she walked down o the third landing and clambered he steal rodie that separate the ele rator shaft from the stairway. Miss Sdn? Rockefellon, of Takoma Park, Hd\. rushing to Mrs. Cockrell's side, hutched st her clothing. The dress ?ave way, and Mrs. Cockrell had gone lown the shaft. ? A few hoars earlier Mrs.. Cockrell ind gone With hor husband to the of ?ce of a specialist or nerve troubles. 3ho whs 32 years old. WATCHFUL WAITING rYashlngton Awaiting Outcome of Con* fereaees tn be Held In Mexico. ."(By Associated Pres*.* . WASHINGTON, Feb, 23.-Dlplomat o representatives ot various countries vho nave inquired as to the course ot he United States tn the Mexican situa* ion have been advised informally hat tlie administration ls awaiting the mtcomo of conferences between Du ral West, personal representative of ?resident Wilson, with different lead irs and between .General Carranza ?nd Charles A. Douglas, a Washington ittornoy. Douglas went to Vera Cruz with Stiseo Arredondo. Washington rcpre lentative of Carranza, to discuss with he first chief International aspects of he Mexican situation with a view to lecuring a better understanding of tending questions reTating to foreign ira and their interest* West is to confer with Vil a and pt't !t* chiefs and on the ftifnrirailrm ri - >orted Uirough these channels lt ls be loved a further development of the Jolted States government's policy to vard Moxtco will t*> based. BAF LIQUOR ADS Cv?ssssssBvtv?t Uli ? usg f emt AM. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Federal cooperation by tho enactment of leg slation to prohibit the use of the malls to Introduce into prohibition erritory advertisements ot Intoxlcot tjfl liquors or tho solicitation of cr iers for liquors, ls being sought by a commission of Alabama) legislators tent here by the State legislature. Commissioners Samuel D. Weakley, Tted M. Jackson and Walter L. 8cs rioas, three of five appointed by Ute royernor, roached Washington today md conferred with Alabama senators md representatives, Senator Bonk tead presiding. They will call on President Wilson. E*ostn.ftster General Buriosau and otb. irs later. BW ice C son Xtieatx *f & CO. rORPEDO WITHIN 100 FEET OF HER inconfortable Experience of Eng- . Uah Steamer With German I Submarine. CB y Aaocuted Pr???.) PARIS, Feb. 23.-A German aubma ine which for thc past few lavs h?d teen lying in thc English Channel in vn.it for steam packets plying bo ween France and Englaud Monday tight fired a torpedo at the steamer Mctorla while ahe was on the' voyage rom Boulogne to Folkestone with a lumber of paaaengers, including some imcrlcajm. The captain of tho Vio orla, however, aaw the wake made by >y torpedo and alowed down hie ves el and the torpedo passed harmless y about 100 feet in front of her. The French second light squadron vas formed to keep a sharp lookout n tho channel for the submarine. Tho minister of marine announces hat a torpedo boat belonging to the iquadron sighted tho subramine nt :30 o'clock this morning, eight miles outh BWoutbweBt of Cape Alprech, lear Boulogne and immediately op ned Aro and scored several hits be "! the submarine was able to dive, he announcement adds that a wide >ucch of oil WUK seen afterwards on ho sea at the spot where the sub narlne disappeared aud from this lt s presumed the submarino waa vrecked. German Children "Swear Off.'* BERLIN, Feb. 23. (Correspondence )f The Associated Press.).-Have yon i ! g md* tho pledges! is the question hat everybody in Germany, even to 1 he school children, is asking every body else. The pledge ls not for the isual temperance cause. It rotors to i tausage and other delicacies that. I mould not bo indulged in until the < :ood embargo ia lifted. According to the Lokalanzoiger, the jchool children ot the capital are isked to make the following r?solu Jone: ''If from today, so long as the war lasts, we renounce sausages and meat for dinner and bind ourselves to take \ to Behool not more than two slices of bread, when the claaa lasts until one j j'clock. and not more than four slices ! when the class last beyond one a'clock, this will be quite sufficient' j to appease hunger, and meat and bread supplies will thereby be spar ed." The Lokalanzoiger adds that lb one school the boys have been selected to iee that tho self-denial ordinance ls carried out. Speaking of the cir cularizing of schools to Induce the children to restrict their consump tion of food, the paper declares: "Bear Fatherland, now mayest thou be tranquil." "It ls stated that the war committee for consumers has petitioned the Im perial chancellor to accelerate .the slaughter of pigs for fear tho potato fodder given tho animals may shorten the national food' supply. APPEARS A DRAW Plate Indians and Posse Occupy ' Positions After First Fight. DURANGO. Col., Fob. 23.-Three days after their flrat battle near Bluff, Utah, the Pluto Indians and the posse led by United States Marshal Aquila Nebeker held their petitions tonight. The Indians with Tse-H?-Gat (Everett Hatch,) who ls restating arrest, were reported entrenched In Bntler Wash, eight miles weat of Bluff. They gave no alga of yielding. Telephone advices to Cortes, Navajo Springs and Dolores, Co., agreed ibero had been no fighting today. Whether Indian Agent Jenkins could get friend ly Indians to help effect the peaceable arrest of Halon, sa reported from Bluff, still was problematical. Additional men arrived today to re inforce Marshal Nebekcr's posse. Sage Tea Puts Life And Color in Hair Don't Stay Gray! ll Darkens So Naturally that Nc > body caa Tell. You can turn gray, faded hair beau tifully dark and lu ts rou s almost over night if you'll get a 60 cent bottle of :: Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur com pound at any drug store. Millions of bottles of th's old, fanons Sage Tea Ftev'iM* ure eu'ii ?iiiiiin?? y, t??y? ? well known druggist here, because lt dark ma the hair so naturally and. evenly that no ona can tell lt baa been ap plied. ' Those whose hair ia turning gray, becoming faded, dry, scraggly and thin lave a surprise awaiting them, be muse after one or two applications the gray bair vanishes and your locks become luxuriantly dark and beauti ful-all .dandruff' goes, scalp Itching mid falling bair steps. This Is "the ag6 of youth. Cray laired, unattractive folks aren't want ed around, sq get busy with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur tonight and you'll be delighted with your dark, hand some hair and your youthful appear ance within a few days. 'S pearn F*a.Flop e Building Take a Peep at T. L. Cely Co.V SPRING HATS ..We have John B. 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