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Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens. S. C. as second class mail matter. nder act ofCongress of March . 1879
PUBILISHED WEEKLY
* nteoee PICKENS, S. C., SEPTEMBER 24 1914
Esatisnea-r ,- me 44
BATTLE OF AISNE
IS IN PROGRESS
Pushed Back Near Belgian Border B:
Allies Germans Make Desper
ate Stand
RUSSIANS ARE IN CONTROI
Of Situation In Galicia and Are Pro
gressing in Poland and Russia
Against Germans
The second great battle between thi
allied armies of Great Britain ani
France against the Germans in thi
northern part of France is in progress
I It is the battle of the Aisne. Thi
Germans are strongly entrenched i1
.1 the mountains in the region of thi
Noyon on the river Oise, northwest o
Paris. Their battle line extends to th,
river Meuse, north of the Verdun
Strong reinforcements, probably fron
Lorraine, has strengthened their lineE
Allies Win Battle of Marne.
When the German armies invadei
France from Belgium they swept thi
allies before them and -pushed steadil:
forward until they *ere almost unde:
the walls of Paris. Then the tide o
the battle turned. The allies were thi
'pursuers and the Germans the pursued
This was known as the battle of th4
Marne. The battle ended when th<
Germans had been driven north of thi
Aisne river and the allies were thi
victors.
Three Million Men Engaged.
It is predicted that the battle of thi
Aisne will be even more appallii
r than the battle of the Marne. Militaz'
experts estimate that there are nearl3
3,000,000 men assembled on a battli
line about 110 miles long. Thousand:
of lives will be sacrificed in the at
tempt of the armies of the defender
to push the invaders out of France
1 The Germans have left a sufficien
,t force in Belgium to protect their re
treat through that country in th4
event they are forced to fall back.
- Reinforcements For Germans.
Word has been received that Ger
many has recalled the armies she sen
.from the north of France and Belgiun
to East Prussia to check the onwarc
rush of the Czar's armies througl
East Prussia, and will send them t(
the assistance of the Germans i1
France.
Move For Peace la On.
The negotiations that have been go
ing on between the United States an(
01 Germany with regard to a movemen
8 for peace have given little encourage
ment. Von Bethmann-Hollwegg, thi
'imperial chancellor of Germany, ha:
suggested. to United States Ambassa
dor Gerard at Berlin that the Unite(
States secure terms of peace fron
Great Britain, France and Russia
"'Germany," he said, "wants permanen
peace and protection from further war
-fare." President Wilson announced hg
Iwould continue his efforts along thi:
line.
Russians Moving Forward.
According to dispatches from Romae
and Petrograd, the Russian capital, thi
armies of Austria in Galicia are in
pitiful condition. At present they arn
hovering under the protection of thi
forts surrounding Prezemsyl, but thi
IRussians have surrounded this loca
cidon and are expected to make an at
tack at any time. The German troop:
that were sent to the assistance of thi
t Austrians failed In their mission and
themselves were forced to fall back.
Undaunted by the former defeat a1
Konigsberg, in East Prussia, the Rus
sians are preparing to take advantagi
of the withdrawal of a large portion o:
the German soldiers in that vicinity
who have been ordered to the relie:
of the KaIser's armies In France, anc
are planning another assault on Ko
nigsberg. The Russians are also en
joying victories against the Austro
German armies in Poland. The armie:
of the Czar In Galicia and Poland arn
already marching on Berlin and in thi
event they are successful In defeatini
the Germans in East Prussia it wil
be only a short time before there wil
be three great armies pushing thel:
1wa'y to Berlin.
1Fighting Spreads to Asia
The European war during the pas
week spread to Asia and Africa. Thi
Japanese, who declared war agains
Germany several weeks ago, have be
gun an attack on the Gerenlan posses
slons in China. The British force:
in Africa have begun a campai
against the Germans in Africa.
Austria In Deep Gloom.
The deepest gloom overspreads Auls
tria. The government has called thi
.last reserves to the colors. News 0:
victories over the Servians was giver
out to the people of Austria, but thiu
has not helped to dispell the depres
sion caused by the continual defeat:
suffered by their soldiers fighting thi
Russians in Galicia. Vienna lives Ir
constant fear that the Russians wil
change their course in Galicia and in
stead of continuing on to Berlin they
will encircle the Carpathians and be
siege the capital of the dual-monarchy
Germany Urges Italy's Aid
Rome.-Germany continues to trj
to influence public opinion with al
kinds of publications; the latest be
ing a pamphlet in Italian which ha:
been widely distributed and bears the
title, "The Truth About the War.'
Among the collatforators of the arti
cle are Count Ernest Von Revontlow
the naval expert; Mathias -Erberger
leader of the clerical center in thi
Germran reichstag. and Joseph Fredet
ich Naumian and Count Oppendorf, alsi
membhers of the reichstag.
All Equal In One Respect.
When Matthew AndM .G
eaminer a fellow-inspector of a clas:
of girl pupil-teachers asked Arnold ti
examine for him. Arnold gave eac]
of the young women the "excellent
mark. "But," said the other inspector
'surely they are not all as good al
they can be; some must be bette:
than others." "Perhaps that is so,
replied Arnold; "but then, you see
ithey are all such very nice girls."
BATLES CONTINUE
ALL DAY AND NIGH]
LEADER OF ALLIED ARMIES GET
NEARER GOAL OF TEUTON
PLANS.
ALLIES ARE HOLDING OWl
Fighting Begins Before Day and Lasts
Into Night-Battle Divided Along
the Line on River Aisne.
On the battle front, via of Paris.
The gigantic battle ,or more properly
battles, continue day and night aloni
the entire front from Noyon to, th<
frontier. The fighting does not con
slat of sustained and combined move
ment but in reality of several combat:
proceeding incessantly at the strong
est points of the Germans defendinj
line along the River Aisne.
Each encounter, .Lawev.er, infiu
ences the execution of the genera
Ideea of the commander-in-chief of th,
allied armies. Attacks and counter
ks follow one another in rapi
_ on every hour of the twenty
four.
During ,the night of September 15
16 the Germans attempted a formida
able movement In the Western spher
but were met by the French and Bri
ish with courage that was marvelou
against overwhelming odds. The Gei
mans returned to the attack no fewe
than 10 times with remarkable tena<
Ity and intrepidity but were unable t
break through the firm line presente
by the allies' Infantry.
The fight just before daybreak wa
the most violent of all. The German
appeared to throw in the charge a
that remained of their energy, bt
were rolled back with enormou
losses. Before retiring behind thei
big guns they sacrificed many of thei
number, displaying .resolution whic
approached desperation. A vigorou
counter-attack from the allies ensue<
during which a small extent c
ground was gained.
The night was relatively calm alon
*r the front, but today the fighting be
came more furious than ever. Du
Ing the darkness operations are rer
dered difficult owing to the reluc
ance of the opposing commanders t
use searchlights, which might expos
their positions.
After this stage of the fight wa
concluded the Germans appeared t
retire about seven miles. During th
combat the adversaries in many in
stances came to hand-to-hand clashe
and the bayonet was extensively used
The carnage was terrifying but th
rroops of both armies appear to hay
been hardened to such scenes an4
fought with great coolness.
V FIGHT CONTINUES, ALLIES FAIL
Attermpt to Cut Through Germal
Right Was Broken Down.
Berlin, via wireless by way of Say
yille, L. I. - The following officia
statement has been given out by th
headquarters of the German genera
staff:
"The battle between the Qise an<
the Meuse rivers still is continuinj
but there are serious indications tha
the enemy's force is failing.
"The French attempt to cut throug]
the German right wing was broke;
down without notable exertion on th
' German side.
*"The German army is advancini
slowly but surely.,.
-~ A sortie from Verdun on the righ
bank of the Mouse was vigorously re
pulsed."
Another official statement issued b;
the German general staff says tha
the German airships came up to es
dangerous flights. Some of the all
pectations after undergoing long ani
craft were damaged, but all of then
have been repaired. None have bee:
'1 destroyed by the enemy.
Heavy Austrian Defeat.
Rome, via Paris.-Reports frog
-- Russia emphasize the magnitude o
the Austrian defeat. The number o
cannon captured by the Russians I
now placed at 1,000.
Dropped Projectile.
London.-Reuter's Antwerp correu
pondent says that another Germal
aroplane dropped a projectile in An1
werp and that a man in the street
was severely wounded. The natur<
~of the projectile was not ascertained
RapId Instructions.
LonidonI.-A Reuter dispatch fron
Paris says M. Millerand, the Frend~
Minister of War, has decided to sena
the 1914 class of troops into camp t<
give them the most practical ani
;rapid instructions.
French Air Men Work Well.
Paris.-The Troyes corresponden
"I - .w.. a. Seirt the followinj
-, pate : "According to wounde4
-prisoners German aeroplanes hav<
been put out of effective actio1
through lack of gasoline. Frenc]
aviators on the other hand, have beei
doing excellent work. One Frend
airman dropped bombs at an import
* ant railroad junction with the resul
that 10 trains filled with reteatinl
Prussians were stalled. In the las
convoy of prisoners brought ti
Troyes were 17 Imperial guardsmei
Month of March In History.
March, the month of Martial
h the third month o
~s the first month 0
It was considere
.h of the year ii
,hange of style I:
.ar was reckone
.Its last day
properly suj,
borrowed b;
e proerai
TROOPS SLEEP IN
FLOODED TRENCK[
I RAIN MAKES ARMY LIFE WOR
THAN EVER-RIGORS OF
* FIGHT.
18 SHIPS ARE DESTROYI
Both Sides Report Losses of Vesi
to the Enemy on the Seas.
Italy Reported Prepared.
Reports differ as to the progress
the great battle in Northern Frai
between the Allied British and Frei
armies and Germany. Some indic
that there is extremely heavy fight
while others tell of great masses
troops lying in flooded trenches, mi
of them utterly exhausted.
At some points, at least, fierce
gagements have been fought with
tide flowing first in one direction i
then In the other. The Allies h
won a p6sition here and the Germ
have gained one there. But all
ports, official and otherwise, ag
that there is much fighting yet to
done before any material advant
can be claimed by either side.
The British in the trenches s;
"We are slowly beating them bat
The French official statement
clares that though furiously coun
attackel by -superior forces and
Ulged to yield some ground this 1
regained almost immediately. Bei
officially announces that the Fral
British forces have been obliged
take the defensive in entrenched
sitions and that therefore the re!
of the German attacks are slow.
teresting information has been gi
out by the British Admiralty regi
Ing British successes and mis
tunes in various waters. The Bri
merchant cruiser Carmania has si
a German merchant cruiser, suppo
to be either the Cap Trafalgar, or
Berlin, ofif the coast of South Amer
but the German cruiser Koenigsb
has disabled the British cruiser
gasus, while the latter was overhi
ing her machinery in Zanibar harl
killing 25 men and wounding m
than three times that number and
German Cruiser Enden has sunk
British -merchant streamers in
Bay of Bengal.
In fighting around Rheims the r
ter of greatest interest has been
destruction of the famous cathed
one of the most noted structures
the world, dating back to the T
teenth Century, which is reported
have first been pierced by many (
man shells and then to have bi
Into flames.
Against the destruction of the c,
edral the French Government has
cided to send through diplomi
channels a protest to all the Pow:
There has been a review off
Island of Halker, by the Sultan, of
Turkish fleet, Including the forr
German cruisers, Breslau and Goel
after which the warships proceeded
Constantinople for coal.
-Italy, according to reports fr
-Rome,; has more than a half mill
men under arms.
.ALLIES MAKE SLIGHT GAINS
-Germans Lose on Left, and Fall
Force Break in French Front.
Paris.--The French war office
sued the- following communication
"On our left wing we again ha
nr~de a silght advance along the ri
bank of the River Olse.
"A division of Algerians captu
another flag.
"All efforts of the Germans,
ported by strong artillery to smi
our front between Craonne
Rheims have been repulsed.
"Near Rheims the hill of Brim<
a portion of which we had occupi
has been retaken by the enemy.
return we have taken possession
the defenses of La Pompelle Cab
five miles East by Southeast
Rheims.)
"The Germans have roused th<
selves to a condition of such fury t
without military reason they h;
fired on the cathedral of Rhel
which is in flames.
"On the western side of the
gonne our gains are maintained.
"In. Woevre there is nothing to
nounce.
"On the right wing In Lorraine
enemy has been driven back bey<
the frontier, evacuating in partict
the region of Avricourt (a border
lage). In the Vosges, the enemy:
tried to resume the offensive in
neighborhood of St. Die, but with
success.
"Our attacks progress slowly
that side because of the difficulty
the ground, the defensive works
countered there and the bad weati
"As yet we have no certain confi
ation of the reduction of the forts
previously destroyed at Maubeuge,
Germans report the taking of the
and even indicate that its gover
-will be interned at Torgau (Prussi
"The Saxon army has been brol
up and Its commander, General i
Hausen, has been relieved of his ce
mand. The cavalry division of
same nationality, which had fou
,In Lorraine at the opening of
campaign and later was sent to F
sia, has shared the downfall of
Austrian army and must have suf
ed heavy losses."
For FIve Days a Week.
'the Saturday half:
iday is general' in England andr
the London Daijy Mail has opened
I clumnls to a discussion of a five
week for all workers. A number
,employing matlufacturers have
ready adopted the plan with satis
tion. The Nat!efnal Union of Cle
'is enthusiastically- n favor of the 14
.Activities of the important Brij
tosiness men alreally are limited
We Announce With Pleasure Our
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ill Anthony Burks. a farmer of
to Dekalb county, was awakened
the other night by a raging
toothache, iccording to friends
- who brought the story to At
lanta. le rushed in thte dark,
went. to the pantry and got a r
n bottle which he thought con- E
e.n taied liniment. He rubbed 2
iy his face and was cured almost
al at once. Next morning his ex
Lt- cellent set of red whiskers had
.od turned a bright blue. He had.
_ &ot hol( of a bottle of indigo by
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Daily Thought.
rid You cannot dream yourself into a
10- character; you must hammer and I
forge yourself into one.-Froude.
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incompleteness of
and the possibility
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through this med
e that on Thursday
eptember 24 and
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f Fall and Winter
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JEMOCRATS AGREE~
ON FULL WAR TA)
|EPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTIN(
BILL PROVIDING FOR SUM OF
$105,000,000.
VILL TAX ALL THE BANKERW
'heatre TIckets, Pullman Bertha
Pool and Billiard Rooms, Legal
Papers, Circuses, Tobacco, etc.
Washington.-An emergency reve
ue bill to provide $105,000,000, ta3
ig beer, wines, gasoline, sleepini
nd parlor cars tickets, insurance, tel
grapk and telephone messages
musements and a variety of doct
ents was agreed on by Democrat
f the house ways and means commil
e and was introduced- by Democrati
.eader Underwood early this week.
Republicans of both house an
enate have already gone on recor
i opposition to any war tax meae
re. Democrats hope to rush th
Ill through the house. The big figh
ill be in the senate.
The committee increased the it
ernal revenue tax on beer by-50 cent
barrel, making the new tax tota
1.50. Domestic wines are to be ta3
d 20 cents a gallon on sweet wine
nd 12 cents a gallon on dry wines
|asoline Is to be taxed two cents i
allon. -
Stamp tax provisions and .the ta
n tobacco dealers, brokers, bankers
nd amusements, as carried in sched
le A, will continue in effect until DA
ember 31, 1915. The remainder o
e bill will be in force until repealed
Bankers are to be taxed two dollar
n each $1,000 of capital, surplus ani
ndivided profits; brokers will pa:
50 each, pawnbrokers $20; commei
lal $20: customs house brokers, $1(
>roprietors of theaters, museumns an
oncert halls in cities of 15,000 popt
tions or more are to pay $100 eacl
1ircus proprietors are to pay $10
. year, proprietors of other amrust
Lents $10 and proprietors of bowlin
.leys and billiard rooms $5 for eac
.Iley or table. .
Tobacco dealers and manufacturer
.re to be taxed the same as in 189
xcept that in the largest cities, "t<
acco dealers not specifically provi<
d for" the tax is to be $4.80 eacl
n 1899 there yas a $12 tax on t4
acco dealers having annual sales
0.000 pounds or more.
Bonds and certificates of indebte<
ess are taxed five cents for each $10
nvolved, and freight express receipi
me cent each with a mandatory pn
ision that the shippers must pa
his tax. Telephone messages are t
e taxed one cent on all tolls of 1
ents or more and telegrams on
ent a message.
The bill carries taxes of 50 cent
n erxh indemnity bond, two cent
n each certificate of profits, 25 cent
n each certificate of damage and 1
ents for each certificate not especia
y provided for.
Life insurance policies are to b~
axed eight cents on each $100 an
Ire, marine, - casulty, fidelity an
guaranty Insurance policies one-ha
ent, on each dollar,.as in 1898. Good
ithdrawn from sustom houses wi
>ay a stamp tax of 50 cents as I
.898, but the 25 cent tax~ on _eac
varehouse receipt imposed In 189.8
>mitted. The 1898 tax of from I
~ents to one dollar for entry of good
Lt customs houses, according t
ralues, is renewed.
F'or each seat In a palace car an
or each berth in a sleeping car tb
ax now Is to be two cents againm
he one cent war tax of 1898.
Tickets from a United States p0:
o a foreign port will be taxed froi
>ne dollar to five dollars each, accor'
g to the value of the ticket as I
L898.
Other provisions are: Brokers' col
racts, 10 cents; deeds and other col
reyances, 50 cents when not exceed
ng $500 in amount and 50 cents f<
bach additional $500; mortgages
ents for each $1,500; power of a
orney to vote, 10 cents; power 4
Lttorney to sell, 25 cents; protest
tnote, bill of acceptance, etc.,
:ents.
Because of constitutional question
:he committee eliminated altogeth4
loreign bills of exchange, chart4
grements, manifstos and foreig
ills of lading and also struck out a
~eference to stamp tax on check
ills of exchange, drafts and depos
erticates and postoffice mone
yrders and on leases.
Loose Lives in Schooner Wreck.
Astoria, Ore.-Between seventy at
ighty men, women and childre:
oastfise passengers and crew, wel
irowned when a steam schooner wt
>ounded to pieces in a gale 60 milt
May Close Wireless Station.
Washington.-U~nles sa prompt at
satisfactory explanation is forthcor
ing of the action of the Marconi Wir
Less Telegraph Company of Ameri<
in receiving and forwarding a me
age from the British cruiser Suffo]
:o a British Admiralty agent in Ne
York regarding supplies for the wa
ship, the company's station at Sia
::onsett, Mass., will be closed "for a
:ommnation." This was the rep:
:, Secretary Daniels to . protests<
the company.
DaIly Thought.
The greatest part of what we se
or do being unnecessary, if a ma
takes this away he will have mo:
leisure and less uneasiness.-Ma.rC1
Aelius.
Large Sums for Advertising.
One firm in the British Isles pa
about $7'20,000 a year-for adVertli
and another $486,000: A thirdiss
a trade catalogue at ~the cost fof $24
Pickens County to
Have Fair Exhib
The State Fair has made a
' rangz!ments for each county .
the state to have an exhibit :
Columbia during fair week. Tl
SE association has set aside a lar
building to be used by the cou
ties. The space for each count
is 15 feet deep and 12 feet wid
We are expected to get up
fine exhibit and it will not i
ED at all to fall down on this, as
means something to this count
If. you have anything growi:
cia on the farm this year that y c
think will make an exhibit 1
sure and save it. We are e:
pecting to show all staple croi
of i and the cost of shipping will 1
ice 'paid by the State Fair.
ch The ladies are expected 1
te have an exhibit of canned[ frui
Ing and vegetables.
of If anyone has any large pum
Lny kins, citrons, gourds, squashe
en- or anything of the kind, sai
the them and they will help out i
nd making up the exhibit.
ve The departnent of agricultu
ns require the demonstration agen
re- to see after all shipping and r
ree turning products to parties th:
be send same.
'g* Remember to save some fu
cotton, cane, corn, potatoes, a
ples, and so on, and our demoi
stration agent will call and tal
r charge of it if you will notif
ob him.
lin Mr. Townes Also Thankful
CO
to Editor Sentinel: Please allo
p** me space in your valuable pap
mt to express my genuine than]
In
en and appreciation to my frien<
rd. for the excellent vote that I r
!or. ceived on the 8th of Septemb(
sh The race is good and I am st
ink running. I want mN friends
sed work to that end.
the Very respectfully,
ca, HENRY A. TOWNES.
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AUSTRIAN SHARPSHOOT
a X.
t WIN "'. =17
Austrian sharpshooters along the D
the Servian troops.
Thrilling Rescue by Submarine
3 London.-"The most romantic, dra
matic and piquant episode that mod
ern war can show," says a naval lieu
tenant in Aescribing an episode in the
I Heligo!and fight. His letter reads:
"The Defender, having sunk an ene
my, lowered a whaler to pick up her
swimming survivors; before the wha
ler got Sack an enemy's cruiser came
up and chased the Defender, and thus
3 she abandoned her whaler. Imagine
I their feelings; alone in an open boat
without food, twenty-five miles froin
the nearest land, and that land the en
emy's fortress, with nothing but fog
: and foes around them. Suddenly a
swirl alongside, and up, if you please,
pops his Britanic majesty's submarine
E-4, opens his conning tower, takes
them all on board, shuts up again,
dives and brings them home 250 miles!
Is not that magnificent? No novel
would dare face the critics with an
s episode like that in it, except, perhaps,
Jules Verne; and all, true! Magnifi
cent, indeed, and it is war."
German-American Protest Rejected
Washington.-President Wilson de
. lined to receive Horace L. Bland of
f Chicago, who came to present mes
sages from several German-American
. organizations protesting against the
0 charges of atrocities made by the Bel
5lgian commission against the German
) army.
The president took the position that
0 he had already refused to permit na
5 tives of other belligerent countries liv
eing in the United States to discuss the
war with him and that the messages
of the German-kmericans were not
of the same nature as those brought
Sby the Belgian commissioners. He
0planned to write a letter to Mr. Brand
~explaining that his recent statement
on neutrality addressed to the Ameri
can people should apply equally to al
eliving in this country.
d Peace Move Appears Hopeless
itWashington.-Great Britain has re
Sceived no proposal for peace, either
1directly or indirectly, from Germany
or Austria, and, therefore, has nothing
b .to say On the subject.
SThis was the substance of a . mes
5 sage received by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice',
SBritish ambassador here, from Sir Ed
Sward Grey, British foreign secretary.
The ambassador had inquired whether
any peace proposal was before his gov
ernment in view of persistent rumors
0from Berlin that proposals were being
iexchanged.
Coincident with the receipt of this
tinformation from Great Britain it was
learned authoritatively that President
Wilson had not pursued either with
SGreat Britain, France or Russia the in
formal suggestion of the imperial Ger
man chancellor that "it was up to the
SUnited States to obtain a statement of
peace terms from the allies."
,Moving Toward Russian Frontier
~.London.-The Daily Telegraph's
~fRome correspondent says he learns
fthat eight German army corps left
5 France and Belgium for the Russian
frontier.
Servians Capture Semlin
r Nish, Servia--The Servian offensive
nmovement continues successfully on
1the left batik of the Save. No import
ant developments along the lower Di
ina have been'reported since the Ser
vians victory on September 9. The
following official statement was is
sued: "On our northern front, after
taking Semlin, our troops still con
d tinue successfailly to pursue the of
fensive. The hurried nature of the
flight of the enemy at Semlin can be
eestimated by the quantity of provis
ions, equipment and arms found."
British Victory in Africa
d London.-A dispatch from Cape
Town to Reuter's says the Fourth
South African mounted rifles, com
manded by Colonel Daetson, after two
night marches, surprised the German
force which had occupied a drift sixty
miles from Steinkopf, in the Mama
rqualand. After.a sharp skirmish the
Germans were epledto surrende'r.
1Another Cape 'fown dispatch reports
that the action took place at Ramon's
Drift, an important strategic posi
Ition.
Worth Knowing.
Few peg9le will say that Noah took
nmore than two of each kind of ani
e mal and fowl into the Ark, yet here is
a what the Bible says on the subject
(Gen. vii:2): "Of every clean beast
thou shalt take to thee by sevens te
male and his female, and of beasts
that are not clean by two, the male
and his female." (Gen. vil:3): -
*fowls also of the air by sevenis, tg
emale .and the female; to keep- seg
ERS HOLD BACK SEB
x,.
anube river checking the advance of
Battle of Aisne in Progress
London.-For five days the British
and French armies have been -trying
to dislodge the Germans from the
strong line- of defenses which they
have constructed on the battle front
stretching from the Oise to the M4seu
rivers. There have been at
counter attacks, but, in .words
the official communi "there his
been no change In the situation."
The allies claim to have made slight
progress at some points against the
German right wing north of the river
Aisne and to have repulsed Craonne
and Rheims, while they say in the cen
ter and on the right the Germans are
acting purely on the defensive, having
"dug themselves Into entrenchments."
The German official reports are. al
most identical with those of the allies
They say no decision has been reach
ed, but that the allies' power of resist
ance is weakening; that a French at
tempt to break.their zight-Ias failed,
that in the center the 'Gernans are
gaining ground slowly and that mall
from Verdun have been repulsed.
It would seem from all this that
the commanding gene-als have not yet",
found the weak points in their oppon-.
ents' dispositions and that each Is"
withholding his determlihed blowfor,
as Lord Kitchener safd in the house
of lords, "the right moment."
British Fly Across Channel
London.-So little has appeared re
garding the movements of the British -
aerial forces that the following ex
cerpts from a discussion of its activi
ties by one professing to be closely
connected with this branch of the ser
vice is interesting.
Speaking of the sending of thirty
six British aeroplanes across the chin
nel by air, which wals kept secret for
some time,-he says:
"As a combine flight, tnat surpassed
anything ever done In aviation; but it, A
was only -part of a -bfg~movement; oth
er machines-had flowfr scrods the pre- '
viousday, and at the-preseit moment -
three full Jsquadrons, Nes. 2, 3 and 4,
each gonsistigig of-:.twelve-aeroplanes, -
esides .reserves, .spaessaud motor
transport, are with -the .-eipeditionary
force. But apart from the news of
two fatal accidents, and the appear
ance in the casualty .lists of an air
man's name among the wounded, noth
ing authentic has been published con
cerning the doings of the royal flying
corps. -. --
Russian VIctory in Prussia
Petrograd.-The following commiun
ication was Issued by the chief of the
general staff:
"On the front in Eastern Prussia the
armies of 'General Rennenkamipf defi
nitely stopped the offensive movement
of the Germans. At several points the
Germans are falling back and shifting
to new positions..
"On the Austrian front thegpursuit
of the enemy continues. Th Ra
sians are approaching the de~e .
positions of Sienawa, Jarosai a'nd
Przemsya (Galicia)."
Germans Deny Defeats
Washington.-The German embassy
received the following wireless from
Berlin:
"All the French-English reports .of.
victoriegof battles in France areun
true. The German retreat of the ws
ern wing was a practical maneuver not
affecting the strategical position.
French attempt to break through the
center of the German position wasi
victoriously repulsed.
"There Is confirmation of German
successes at several points of
long extended battlefield.
French Laugh at Siege Guns
London.-The Paris co
of the Daily Telegraph says the
of the German siege guns-As
to two points. They can be
over muddy roads and they -
derful armor-piercing qual~5
used against forts. In
tified positions their effect on2
diers Is terrible; some
ans in the Liege forts were2
crazy. But the French laugh
effect in the open.
Uncle Eben.
"De :gan dat brags ab~~.
bin' no bad nabits," safil
"in't countin' braggin-8~
To Keep Plan@f
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placed in the-very
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