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doinaii? IlclwUoii* F.xoept
Ikh iif Argentine Minister at
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en<>* Aires, Argentina. Octo. II,
orrespondenee) ? Germany haa
no diplomatic representative in
gentine since Count Luxburg re
? d tun pussporta. German gov
nrnent la without meanu of ap
ng a minister.
The secretaries and attaches at tht
German legation in thla city have no
t, lomatlfc standing. being merely
vs ?o the accredited minuter or
I ige d'affffaii - < When Count Lux
hurg received his paasporta from the
utine Foreign Office, he could not
Imest the secretary of the legatioi
with the rank and diplomatic charac
of charge d'affaires, as ha hi!
i;. er t>een presented to and recog
nired hy the KuviTiaiient In a diplo?
matic capacity
Moreover, if the German govern?
ment nhould attempt to put the le
a in charge of persons who are
already in the field, it is not consider?
ed likely here that the Argenine gov?
ernment would accept either as min?
ister or charge d'affaires any of those
who have fallowed Count Luxburg in
the capacity of accomplices, or who
have simply been his iustraments.
Therefore any diplomatic relations
between Qermany and the Argentine
pgpaibhc win have to be snarled on
through the Argentine Minister at
Berlin.
in AWAIT Ft IITIIFK OHDFIttt.
i iig AfTett? (Knitted Men Fur
hrtuched t'ntil Dec. 1.
Ininhla. N?>\ Men of the se
lOOtlta diaft who have been certified
t<> district boards and who have been
grunted furloughs until December 1
for Industrial and?other reasons, are
gaihjsct to orders of the provost mar?
. general and will await his call for
tional increment, according to a
IWUnsj h> Gov. Manning tonight.
The announcement waa the result
many Inquiries from local exemp?
tion hoards relative to the status of
these men.
London. Nov. :'.<> The Itusslan
. on the northern front has been
out thread for several days, ac?
cording to reports sent by the corre
nd-mt of The Dally Express. Army
delegates are reported to have rec
ntnded the withdrawal of troops
in order to prevent a general flight
anah its consequent e\<
i up* ? ? . . . ? , "? ? ? 1 1 -
I ALK L \NI> ISLANDS ISOLATE!).
No Shipping Since War Begun and
Islands arc Being Overrun With
Ruts.
i
Port Stanley, Falkland IslandH, Oct.
31.? (Correspondence) -- The war
has completely isolated the Falkland
Islands from the rest of the world
as far as commercial intercourse is
concerned, in spite of the fact that
the is!ands are the naval hase of the
British tleet for the South Atlantic
and South Paeillc.
Since March 10 of this year not a
single ship has ^topped at the Talk
lands on its Jouinev lo England and
correspondence for Ihjenos Aires ami
Montevideo has been sent by way of
Punta Arenas, while passengers for
llucnos Aires or Montevideo have had
l to go around to" Valparaiso on the
I'acilic liners and then across the
Andes by train to ??et to their destina?
tion.
The Kritish government has bought
up all the wool of the Kalklands, giv?
ing ihe owners 55 per cent, above
pre-war prices. Some of this wool sold
as high as two shillings, sixpence a
pcund. Flour has risen to fifty shil?
lings a sack and bread is selling at a
shilling a loaf, weighing less than
four pounds. ?>ugar is selling at
eight pence a pound.
The Islands have become so over?
run with rats that the government
has Offered an English penny a head
for all those killed.
QdJM BY Hit Ills 11 CA V ALII V.
-
station Close to Jerusalem Reported
Captures I.
London. Nov. 26.?British cavalry
have captured Kittir station, about
six miles southwest, and Ainkarim,
three and a half miles west of Jeru
gntccn, according to a British official
communication issued this afternoon.
This evening the text of the com?
munication reads:
>ur mounted troops have captured
Bittir Station and Ain Karim, three
and a half miles west of Jerusalem.
Strong bodies of Tur'xs are holding
the h Kb ground west of Jerusalem,
and covering the Jerusalem-Schehem
road to the north."
Washington. Nov. 27.?Nearly one
third of a million deaths in the Unit?
ed States during 1916 were caused by
he u t ?II ease, tuberculosis and pneu?
monia. There were more than ten
thousand suicides, which was far be?
low the ten-year average.
Bone Valley
BRAND
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TILHBER IT DOBS NOT CONTAIN ammonia
OH IM ? | \sh. BUT it DOBS contain a huh I
KNTAOE OF PHOSPHORIC acid. which
IS UNE OF THE THREE ESSENTIAL PLANT
Fools* IT should BE USED iN CONN ec
T1 ?\ WITH SOMETHING that will supply
AMMONIA and potash COVER chops OF
V ELVET BEANS, BOT BEANS, cowpeas, cl?>v
RR OR ANT OF THE LEGUMINOUS CROPS
PLOWED INTO tfHE BOIL will scpply a
BUFFIClENT AMOUNT OF AMMONIA AND POT
ash IN THE alskncl OF COVER crops, USE
COTTON seed mfal TANKAQE OR STABLE
MANURE ON MUCK land OR lands WELL
FI LI ED with HUMUS (d?o?yrng organic matter)
PHOSPHATE ALONE is B?FF1CIMNT.
an AVERAGE CROP OF VELVET BEAM WILL
SUPPLY PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY IJO
PO NDS OF AMMONIA and SO POUNDS OF
POTASH THI8 is EQUAL TO MORE POTASH
\M> N E ALLY FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AMMONIA
AS IS SUPPLIED in \ Ton of COMMERCIAL
FERTII4SBH OF THE USUAL FORMULAS
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AT THE PRE IENT MARKET
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POTASSIUM ABOUT $24.00 ??k
160 0.? IN INCRBA8ED FERTILITY, DUE To the
PLOWING UNDER ?>f a CROP OF THESE
BEANS TO say NOTHING OF THE VALUE OF
THE hi MUS ADDED To THE land, li t AM
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PHOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY StO POUNDS OF
PHOSPHORIC ACID COST OF APPROX1
M \tlly |11. a TON OF H PER CENT BONB
MEAL WILL SCPPLY 160 POUNDS OF PHOS?
PHORIC N< id AND at a ?'nsi OF APPROXI
MATBLY 145.00, a Ton <>k BONE VALLEY
PHOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY rio POUNDS OF
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LIVERED.
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WAR SOl'VKNIRS.
The Collection ami Making of Souve?
nir? by Soldiers.
Behind British Lines in Fiance, No?
vember 20 (Correspondence of The
Associated Press) ? in every battalion
at the front there are a number of
continued souvenir hunters, and,
sometimes their intluence is so potent
that an epidemic craze for collecting
spreads- through all ranks, and the
main topic of conversation is souve?
nirs in all their varieties.
In every walk of trench life one
meets the man With strong acquisi?
tive habits; in civilian life he might
dovolop his bent into either finance,
art, stamp-collecting or possibly bur?
glary. In the trenches the fully de?
veloped passion for collecting souve?
nirs- is often a trial for the collector,
for a collection of any kind sooner or
later demands a place to put it in,
and there is no place In knapsack and
dugout life for a store of gathered
treasures.
The available war souvenirs are sel?
dom of much value, but there is a
considerable variety of things to
choose from in most battle areas. In
the early days of the war, the German
helmets were valued souvenirs, for
the old-style German helmet was sub?
stantial and picturesque, brilliant with
heavy metal garniture. There were
also unusual variations, like the
quaint Bavarian shakos, while one or
two cavalry regiments provided a
rare variety of headgear which has
not been seen on the Western front
sine?' the first year of war.
The German helmet of today has
depreciated even more than the Ger?
man mark. It Ik no longer even leath?
er, but a kind of light paper-felt. The
metal spike has given place to one of
wood or composition. The solid brnil
regimental badge is now a thin tinsel
plaque. The true collector cares lit?
tle for the modern helmet and has
no interest at all in the little round
convict cap which so many German
prisoners wear. If the German only
knew it. a sure pasport to warm and
instant favor on surrender is a decent
helmet. It attracts immediate atten?
tion and the fortunate owner is giv?
en cigarettes and other marks of fa?
vor by his delighted captor, instead of
being merely herded to the rear with?
out ceremony.
The supply of helmets is seldom
adequate to the demand; indeed the
market is only glutted on occasions
of a big push or a large scale raid.
Among lesser trophies, the ambitious
collector finds great scope for his ac?
tivities in the shells sent over by the
hostile artillery. Fuses and nose caps
fn wonderful variation are to be ob?
tained with a little pains, and the col?
lection of these is encouraged by the
general staff, because the setting of
the fuse may give the correct range
of a suspected battery, and there is
other information of useful charac?
ter to be gained from the study of
these trophies.
The French soldiers have specializ?
ed in, aluminum rings and jewelry
made from the nosecaps of hostile
shells, and quite an ambitious Indus?
try has been developed In this way
The Hritish prefer to work in brass,
usually the brass of empty cartridges j
and shell cases. With Infinite patience
and few tools they produce what the
frenchman calls 'peculiar objects for
the mantelpiece." Little model
eoal-scnttlas with legs made of bul?
lets, a tiny coal shovel worked up
from a German rifle cartridge; vase
of curious surface mottling made by
Identlng the brass of a tiehi-gun case,;
ambitions designs of allied flag! and
veil known heroes, made from ration
rases of brass?these are only a few
of the things which the collector is
offered by his own comrades. There
Is no end to the ingenuity and variety
of the work of the soldier crnfts'
man. but his most familiar work is In
Inkpots, candlesticks and decorative
Paperweights made from hand .-jre
ngdes or tlie interior of shrapnel
shells.
IN TOFCII BY WIRFLF.SS.
lYtrngrud and Berlin Reported in
Communion! ion.
Washington, \ov. lit'..? Informa?
tion reaching the State department to?
day was that the authorities in Petro?
grad were in wireless communication
With Berlin.
The character of the communica?
tions- passing between the two Capital!
wai unknown, but it was assumed
they had to do with the Bolshevik! of?
fer of an armistice.
LIXF.S HOLDING FAST.
Germans Report No Change on Bat?
tle Fronts.
Berlin, Nov. 87. The situation on
the Italian front iS unchanged todaj
the army headquarters announced.
In the Cambrai area the repulse of a
Rrltlsn attach OD BurlOU woods and
tillage is announced,
A Brooklyn woman wishes to pre
?Ids ovor the children's court, <?h
yes, of course, she's ? maiden lady.?1
The State.
BUNTING GUT SLACK Fils.
Landtag t<> Present Plans Before Con*
'gross for Reciprocal Drafting.
Washington, Nov. JH.?Negotiations
between the United States and tin
Allies regarding the ?lacker problem
have progressed to such a stage that
when congress reconvenes next Mon?
day Secretary Lansing will he prepar?
ed to Submit a number Of treaties an
thorlslng the reciprocal drafting fo
military service of the citizens or
subjects of one country resident with?
in another country.
Approval of such treaties by th^
senate has been foreshadowed oy a
general demand in congress for ac?
tion to reach aliens in Urs country
of draft age. Several measures had
been launched in the senate and
house requiring the drafting of such
persons, but at the suggestion of the
Rtate department, and upon lt? prom?
ise to accomplish the purpose by the
regular method of treaty stipulation,
that legislation was postponed.
In the meantime, a great many
foreigners resident In the United
States have hastened to tile their dec?
laration of intention to become
American citizens, in many instances
with the express purpose of escaping
military service under their own
Hags in the event of a round-up in
the United States by British, French
and Italian recruiting officers. By fil?
ing these "first papers," the declarant
makes himself liable to draft into the
American army.
The British-American military ser?
vice treaty will be framed as a model
for those between the United States
and other entente countries, though
there will be some minor differences
because of varying laws fixing eligi?
bility for military service. Because
of the differences in the standards
regarding age of eligibles, 21 to 31 in
the case of Americans, and 18 to 41
in the case of British subjects, some
difficulty has been found in reaching
an equitable agreement on this point.
It Is probable that this will be ad?
justed by a mutual acceptance of
the laws of both countries as applied
to their own citizens and subjects, so
that all British subjects between the
ages of 18 and 41 found in America
after the ratification of the new
treaty will be subject to draft into
the British army.
Cl BAN SUGAR CROP COMING.
America Considering Offer of gi.gfl
Per 100 rounds.
New York, Nov. 26.?A satisfactory
agreement relative to the shipment to
the United States the bulk of the new
Cuban sugar crop is expected to be
reached soon after the arrival here
the latter part of the'week of a com?
mission from Cuba to confer with the
international sugar commitee, of
which George M. Jlolph. chairman of
the sugar division of the national
food administration is the head.
The international committee is con?
sidering an offer of $4.60 per hundred
pounds free on board at Cuban ports
This price, it is said, will adjust read?
ily to $8.4 0 wholesale rate now in ef?
fect here, and would permit retailers
to sell at fixed price not to exceed
11 cents l pound.
Mr. Itolph said tonight that sugar
bought for the Russian government
and released in New York through
confiscation last week, would be ready
for distribution in another week. Thld
amounts to between 10,000 and 15,00u
tons.
No Man Indispensable.
We are reproducing in this iasue.
from the Anderson Daily Tribune, a
letter from Senator B. R. Tillman t?
M. V. Sullivan and the hitter's reply
thereto. The Greenville Piedmont, a
paper which tries to be fair and jus'
to both political factions in South
Carolina, In commenting on the let?
ters, expresses the opinion that it
fears this presages an unusually
dirty, mud-slinging campaign in 1918.
Well, what else could anyone expect
who remembers that all Tillman's
Campaigns were just orgies of mud
slinging vituperation and with the
Single exception of the 1912 cam?
paign when he played shut-mouth un?
til the eleventh hour, were all con*
ducted In like manner. As to the cor?
rectness Of the charges of Mr. Sulli?
van, the ballot box is the place where
good and true men will return thcii
verdict ahd we confess to an over?
whelming desire to see Tillman get
his there, The opinion expressed by
?Ome that he Is the only one to suc?
ceed himself is all nonsense. Even
In these critical and trying moments
of war time no one man is indispens?
able. There are plenty of men in
gOUl Carolina just as patriotic and
capable as Tillman. The water is fine.
jump In.?Clover Messenger.
American men and women nuis
prepare their minds and hearts fo
the dark story, every now and then
for it is sure to come. Bitter deter
initiation to succeed at any cost In
spires the German breast and equally
i determined purpose to win is tie
'spirit of the American soldier?Ashe
I
'ville Times.
scientific Worker dead.
Douro and Tagus and descending to
a depth of several thousand -feet he
Prof. Hull Was Foremost (Zoologist |low the present surface.
In the BrltlSll Isles.
stole thirti-I IVK THOUSAND.
London. Nov. 2?;.?The death is'
innounced here of Prof. Edward Hull. Baodsta Make bir Haul From Toledo
he foremost geologist in the BrlUab Brev ery.
Isles. He w;is born in 1821 in Ire- Toledo, Nov. 27.?Five bandits
and. In iss;* he was the leader of (,:iV attarokad the Huebner Brew
i scientific expedition to Arabia and Company's paymaster and got a
Palestine, and Imh chief assistant and wIt?. thirty-five thousand dollars,
geometrlst was Lord Kitchener, then cording to the rep. rt of the police.
a captain. Prof. Hull has recently -
leveled his time to the work of the german ATTACK REPULSED.
War <'oal Commission. -
His last scientific work was In eon- I'tebtiujv Continue- for Possession of
nection with the bed of the Atlantic, Bmirlon Woods,
by which he discovered that the London. Nov. BT.?Rritish troops
'continental platform" on which Wes- nave repulsed another German coun
tern Europe and the British Isles are I ter-attack at the northeast corner of
planted is eroded by old liver valleys I Bourton Words, west of Cambrai,
continuous with those of the, Loire, | Field Marshal Han? reports today.
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