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gyf TREAT OF RUSSIANS I- GERMANS SHIFT ATTACK Retreat of Russian Armjr and its Consequent Strong Stand Produces Favorable Comment From Military Sources?Uttlo Fighting Elsewhere. "A Military Export" reVlews tlie war last week as follows: When the history of the war is written, it is certain that the retreat of the army of Orand Duke Nicholas from the line along the Dunajec to Its present position along the Zlota Llpa, the Dniester and across the , northern boundary of Qallcia, will be ranked as one of the world's greatest masterpieces of military manoeuvres. Taken In flank and rear, its supply lines not only threatened, but being actually cut one after the other, the Russian army was forced to relax its ^ Wl$ NEy POINT \^T Ofconffpued from page en?.)v attempt of m belligerent vo institute m n, blockade of a neutral coast. It lii ad- 8| mitted, would be regarded as a casus belli. u Not only does this government w challenge Great Britain's claim to the w right to virtually blockade neutral tl coasts, but it will also insist in the w forthcoming general note to Great 4 Britain that the so-called blockade p even of the German coast has not been maintained with equal regard to a| all neutrals; that it has been dis- w criminatory in effect. If not in pur- y pose, and that it has not been an ef- 0] fective blockade for the reason that u only the North Sea coast of Germany lias been affected, while the Baltic ei Sea coast of Germany has been un- 7 blockaded and free for commerce R with Norwegian and Swedish ports. %v The British government has sent f] no warships into the Baltic to block- a nde that part of the German coast, G and has not taken into its prize c] courts a single cargo bound from Sweden to German ports. This has 0 resulted in building up an enormous ^ trade between Sweden and Germany, ,, and while foodstuffs and other pro- p ducts Lave boe barr,d from the Ger- c man North Sea front door, they have K entered Germany through the Baltic j, Sea bnck door. a Thus the attempt to starve the civil a population of Germany has borne down unequally on neutrals, since g ijwedish nnd some Norwegian ship- \ ments, as well as Danish shipments, v have been able to proceed to Ger- 8( many, while American goods destin- j cd for delivery inside the entrance to v the Baltic Sea have been barred front p going to Norway, Swollen and l>en- tl mark. As a result, It In Impossible v for American shlnnorn of cotton the Russians everywhere on their front Keeping in close contact with their opponents and never losing an opportunity to strike back with an effectiveness which proved how thoroughly in hand they were, and which inflicted on their enemies losses as great as their own. The definite check placed upon the advance against Warsaw from Southern Poland has caused the Germans to redouble tjielr offensive efforts in the north, and from the Niemen to the Rawka there has been, during the period of inactivity in the south, fighting of great violence. It is entirely possible that Germany will abandon her offensive in the south, and after establishing a defensive line along her present position withdraw many of her troops and send them to re'nforce the_line in front of and to the north of Warsaw. This, indeed, may already have been done and' may account for the increased volume of fighting in the north. This fighting, however, while severe, has not yet produced any reP suits of particular value. On the whole the net results of the week's operations must he regarded as favorable to Russia. At the very least calculation, she has gained a much-needed rest, and every day of comparatively inactivity is a gain to Russia in ammunition, which she so sadly needs, and is an opportunity to enect sucn reorganization as her fighting since last February has made necessary. Tlie Western Front. On the western front the week lias brought practically no new developments. There have been bursts of activity from Nieuport to Switzerland, with no important result anywhere. Around the cemetery at Souchef the lines have swayed back and forth without advantage, but with great loss of life. The most noteworthy incident has been the success of the army of the Crown Prince on the eastern slopes of the Argonne. Th j German offense In this section has assumed large proportions, and it is evident tlint a determined effort is under way, the ob^^.ject of which is the isolation of VerThe first step to bring this aboul will naturally be to cut the Chacons-Verdun railroad, the principal road supplying t'.e Verdun fortressts.liiid it Is toward this road that r the/German drive has been made. l$i a measure the Germans have so far met with success and have penetrated tho French lines to a depth ol ^ about a quarter of a mile. French ?f' > counter-attacks have recovered pari 1 ot this; bo the not gain is small. Intense fighting Is still in progress, . however, not only at this point but s throughout the entire Verdun soctor. and it-la not Improbable that the next L few weeks will bring some interesting I developments. I The Italian liine. On the Italian front It is a rather k remarkable fact that during the last two weeks the official reports ema l? nating from tb' Italian headquarters have not exo?eded twenty lines in length. Th?te has "been absolutely B. nothing offivTal that gives the sllghtyt clue uVto what is really hnppenlng. B mth the Turks. Hfi On the Owlllpoli peninsula the op^B posing forces are practically statlon B ary. Small gains at various points Are recorded in the official reports And at intervals rumors reach us |HL ^ that some more or less decisive action Vf- has occurred BUI the facts ar<> that no advance has been made by the allied troops that would indicate anything like a decision. B^B Two months' ago the first attack Bj^^Bwas made on the Achlbabu position, ^Bf^ka^alled utterly. A second attack, was also a the ^^B^^H^^BflB^^^Bcessant, the Turkas far as we can ^^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^Uobtatned, been gin a retreat eastward toward the San. Out numbered by the combined armies of Germany and Austria, hopelessly outclassed in artillery, in number and in calibre of guns, facing with a limited accumulation of amfi munition an apparently inexhaustible reserve, the retreat was at first rapid, and it was during this first period of retreat that most of the losses in men and guns occurred In the first lull in the attack, occasioned by the necessity of the Teuton allies to bring up ammunition to the front, the leaders of the Itussian army got it well in hand, all semblance of a rout ceased, and the retreat became much slower, thoroughly well ordered and efficiently protected by excellent rearguard fighting. V '-x That the retirement after the first ""stage was deliberate and without panic is evidenced by the fact that each defensive line was taken under sound discretion and was not forced as a result of an action. The further eastward the Russians retired the more stubborn their resistance became. Along tho San line and at Przemysl the Teuton advance was held up, in spite of most desperate attacks, for two weeks, and during that time the Russians removed from Przemysl all ammunition and supplies, sending them back to Romberg, so that, when tho town was evacuated the Teutons captured noth--V . ing of .value. Clinging-desperately to the line of the Dniester, the retreat continued. meats, and other products to send them to Goteborg, Cliristiansand, Cop j, enliagen and Stockholm, while goods n from these ports have boon able to 8 proceed to Germany, despite the so- t called blockade under tho Dritiah I order in council. ^ Besides pointing out in tho next f note to Great Britain this inequality of tho British blockadfc, so far as ^ shipments by neutrals to German Bal- ( tic Sea ports are concerned, the (1 .American government will insist that , American' shippers have en undoubted right to ship goqds from this coun* a try to Holland, Norway, Sweden, r and Denmark, and to receive goods in return. . Y The British policy has resulted In paralysis for the American cotton and meat trades with those countries, and Americans huve not been able to ship cotton to Germany or Austria or bring goods out of Germany since March 1, except to the limited extent permitted by tho informal arrangements made between American shippers and tho British government. There Is a legal way under international law hy which Great Britain might imr American cotton from ({? ' Inu to (iernmny. That would he by > declaring cotton to he absolute con- ' tralmnd. But the British government has been endeavoring to accoml plish the result without resorting to . tlint measure. The British government fully realizes that if it establishes the prece- > dent of treating cotton as absolute * contraband it would not only be offending the great cotton interests of the South and displeasing tho United States government, but tho precedent thus established might become a . boomerang during a subsequent war. . when conditions might be changed and some other belligerent might turn the tables on the British hy treating cot- c ton as contraband and preventing its * shipment to England. Should Great Britain now put cotton on its contraband list it would be * possible for Germany in some future war to respond in like m..nner, and thus keep cotton out of British ports. \ Moreover, less than a year ago the British government formally assured Lhe United States that cotton would not bo treated as contraband, but would be allowed to have "freedom j of the seas," and it is contended by officials that to declare cotton contraband now would be might inconsistent and contradictory of the former assurances. Strictly interpreted the British or- ' der in council of March 15 would have barred all cotton from going to Germany. In the enforcement of the order, England sought to stop cotton shipments leaving this country after March 2 and destined for Germany. This would have upset existing contracts made on the basis of England's previous assurances that cotton would have the freedom of the seas. England then, by informal arrangement, which the United States government never officially recognized, agreed to permit cotton that had sold before March 1 to go forward until April 1, with the understanding that this cotton, if requisitioned by the British government would be paid for. This permitted some cotton to go forward with the understanding that the Mritish government would pay for it. Itut since April 1 cotton lias not lieen permitted to go to Germany, even if shipped through neutral |H>rts. One sliipment of cotton involved in a hona fide sale to Kumda, was stopped at Kirkwall and detained nearly a month la'fore it was allowed to proceed, although ample assurances were given that it was going to itussla and would not he transshiped to Germany, j While such temporary arrangements have been made by shippers, | the American government has never i officially recognized them because it could not do so without recognizing tlie order in council, and the state department has so shaped its courso as not to commit such a mistake in derogation of American rights. The meat situation and that of . viiiiiii n'hnis niiiirmmi lor ill i (ierniHiiy are just us serious as the t cotton problem, nnii In earli of these situations the I'nited States govern* < ment insisting upon the siipremaey , of its legal rights over mere municl- > pal regulations of h retaliatory cliar- t aeter as between the allies and the , (Germans. t FORTIFY CAPTURED POSITIONS J Italians Kntrenrhing Themselves In v Former Austrian Positions. i A dispatch from Verona Friday , said the Italians are strongly fortify Ing all positions captured from the '' Austrians. Trenches are being excavated and platforms constructed on which to mount heavy guns. Alany places along the frontier f have been transformed Into entrench- * ed camps, s'.rongly garrisoned nd * with immense supplies of munitions. * Terrific storms continue In the " Mgh mountain region. Violent winds, t all and. even snow are delaying milllaryyip'erations but the troops are cng?;ed In fortifying dominant a (Continued from page one.) tanned a gun and shelled the fleeing ;eamer. The attack was timed at ten min- 1 tea to Vlx o'clock in the morning hen all but a few of her passengers ere asleep. Aroused by stewards, le passengers dressed hurriedly and ent to the upper deck where they onned life belts and took their r laces at the life boats. They heard the scream of shells o ad saw the ocean spit up columns of p ater where the missiles struck, f /hen the tire grew hot they were d rdered, for their own protection, to h le next deck below. For half an hour the Orduna show- n d her heels to the assailant, hrough marine glasses the passen- n era watched the low lying German 1 srship coming on, but the Orduna's n ligi.t was faster than the pursuit and fter ..even shots had been fired with- s ut eaect the submarine gave up the o base. ( A wireless call for help was sent I ut by the Orduna when the torpedo \ ras seen. She was then thirty-seven s liles south of Queenstown. The roly, Captain Taylor says, in his offi- r lal report, was that help would be f iven within an hour. It was four t ours before the first British vessel, s small armored yacht, the Jeannette, a: ppeared. c Protest will he mnfln tn the TTriJtorl 1 tates government by at least one i morican citizen, and possibly others, t rho were aboard. William O. Thomp- < 5n of Chicago, counsel to the Federal t ndustrial Kelatlons Commission, < rho went abrond in his official ca- < acity last March and was returning < o make his report, is the passenger t rho said that he would make vigor- i us protest to his government, ? "As an American citizen, employed i ti an official capacity by the govern- f iient to go abroad, I feel that I hould bring the government's atten- I Ion to the attack," said Thompson. ' "I feel that I had a right to return lome on the Orduna, although she lies the British flag, because she is passenger ship. The fact that she ad no munitions of war aboard for- . ifled this opinion. It is little short f marvelous that she was not sent to he bottom with all aboard." Whether the submarine hid behind n American ship?the bark Noruandy from Gulfport, Miss.?was a >oint upon which passengers held arying opinions. A small sailing ship rith two American flags painted on ler side, was sighted ahead shortly lefore the attack. Captain Taylor, usplcious of the craft, changed his ourse. Soon thereafter the torpedo vas sighted. There was no certainty as to the dentity of this ship that displayed wo painted American flags but one >f the passengers thought that he nade out her name to be "Normanie" ll roil rrll l.iu Tlnoono 'Pl.^ 1 > ... .uqii >nn (,loraiCO, 1IICIC 13 II U SUlll | 'essel listed. The American bark ] Normandy was known to be In the iclnity at the time. When she reach- ] id Liverpool July 12 some of her rew said tlint a submarine had used j ler as a shield from which to ma- ( loeuvre against and toYpedo the Rus- i ;ian steamer Leo?a story tliat the Normandy's captain denied. The Leo vas torpedoed twenty miles, approxinately, from the place where the Orluna was attacked. The Normandy's crew said the subnarine had held them up on the even- , ng of July 9. The Orduna was at- , acked the same day, but in the | norning. The Cunard line made public late laturday Captain Taylor's official reiort in which he stated that lie revived not the least warning of the ittack and that "it was almost anither case of brutal murder." This eport asserted that the Orduna was ittacked. under Ideal conditions for submarines?a clear day, a gentle vind and a light ripple, while most >f the passengers slept. VUSTRIA OFFERS CONCESSIONS FOR ROUMANIAN SUPPORT Teutonic Umpires Forcing 1 la lk an States to Anno'inco I)efInlla Merlin sends out u dispatch Wedlesday saying that in reply to the denands made upon Roumania by Ausrja the Rumanian go jrnment has demanded the cessation of certain erritory now forming a part of the . Austro-Hungarian empire. Accord-'! Ing to the indications in Germany, ! Lhe negotiations are expected to be >f some length, but an effective com- , jromise will probably bo reached. An earlier dispatch from the German capital said that the trouble with America is temporarily overihadowed and all isterert is centering >n the diplomatic battle in the Bal<uns. There is generul satisfaction lint Germany ami Austria is calling Tor a show-down from the lialkan lowers, for which it is believed the line is particularly ripe. What will iiumania do is the question of the jour. Mucharest, the capital of Rumania, reports that the Austro-IIungarian nisister on Wednesday last, presentid to the prime minister proposals ofering Rumania certain concessions in exchange for definite neutrality and 'acilitien for supplying Turkey with munitions of war. Austria offers to cede to Rumania i part of Itukowina as far south as iereth, and at the snme time umeliirate the treatment of Rumanians in lie monarchy, granting a university o Brashow. lanre admission if R-.imn liana in Hungary into the public serrice. and greater liberty of adminlsration to the Kumar ian churches. i An alternative proposal affects the mi try of Ituniania Into the field of irtion on the side of the Ferinanic lowers. In this event the ceded ter Itory would lie extended to Czerno- 1 vltz and the Use of the 1'rutli, and j lie frontier on the I) nulie would he ixtended lieyond the Iron t.ates and ] nclude Mehadia. The undertaking nentioned above with regard to the ( dtuatlon of Rumaninnc is Hungary vould alao apply, but t.Mowing com- 1 ilete autonomy to Transylvania, rhere ia also an undertaking that the | Vnstro-Oormnn armies will occupy lessarabla, and hand it over Imme- ' lately to Rumania, (lermany guar- 1 intees the executios of these pro- 1 loaals. A significant point is that there Is Ixed the term of one month within rhlch either alternative arrangement 1 oust he agreed to. This is the time he Germans hope tli i Turks will he < ible to hold out In the Dardanelles. ? 1 French Destroyers Active. Frer.ch destroyers nave been operittng on the Asia Minor coast, sinkng Turkish vessels. ' " Ml ' i ,tv A I?ggpMpife^ IERCE QERMAW ATTACK X CAPTURES 2,581 FRENCH . 'eu ton's Struggle Through Argonne II In Effort to Roach Verdun. The German thrust at Verdun has . esulted in an important gain. N In the Argonne the German report n Wednesday the capture of French ositlons along a front (fa mile and cir-flfths, the gain extending to a N epth of three-flfths of a mile. The iill known as No. 285 also was taken. The official statement issued Wedlesday says: "Western theatre: Fresh hpnd greiade attacks near the Souchez Sugar Teflnery were repulsed during the light. "The French blew up without reult a few mines in the neighborhood S; if Troxoc, west of Craonue, and at n 'ertes in the Champagne, our bom- v mrdment with hand brenades pre- j1 renting them from settling themplvoc Inf A t A mlno/1 ?nl*U va? vt> in vu CUV IUI11CU IIUIIO, "In the Argonnos a German attack \ esulted in complete success north- fi >ast of VI jnne-Le-Chateau. Our roops took by stoim tho enemy po- p [itions in the hills extending over n '' vidth of threo kilometres and a depth P *t one kllor.etre. Hill No. 285, L.a r rille Morte, Is in our possession. Two 1 housand five hundred and eighty- v me uninjured prisoners, including 51 u tiVicers, fell Into our hands. In addilon 300 injured were taken into our ' 'are. Field cannon, two revolver s 'unnon, six machine guns i nd a large 1 piantity of tools were captured. Our r roops advanced as far as the posl- ' ion of the French artillery and ren- v lered eight cannon useless. There ire now standing-between tho French 1 ind German lines ENGLISH COAL MTNERT STRIKE IN HOUR OF NEED J a \s Coal Supply Is Threatened Ad- ' miralty Requisitions All Available Coal. r Except for two small collieries, j jmploying about eight hundred men, ( ill South Wales coal mines, from which comes coal for the English lavy, were idle Thursday, and min- , ers, although the English govern- , ment has brought ihe industry under f the munitions of war act, decided not . ;o accept recommendations to con tinue work day by day until an ar- c rangement could be continued. This action was taken despite entreaties , 3f labor leaders. , Delegates voting for the strike rep- j resented 88,950 men, and those against the strike 41,500. General , business on the Cardiff Coal exchange , lias ceased, owing to the government J requisition for the adn.iialty of all ( available coal supplies, while ship- , ping and the railways, which depend , du the mines, also had little to do. There is a general impression, however, that the strike will not last long, but that the men, after a short , holiday, perhaps over the week-end, will return to work. 1 The strike has been forced by the ( men of the Aberdare Valley, who are ( strong syndicalists and have declar- ( ed that the present was a good time to force the government to take over the mines RUSSIANS SINK "SUBMARINE ; i i Report From l<ondon Slays Famous | U-51 Was I>estroye<l. London Friday reported that the ! German submarine U-f?1 has been sunk in the Black Sea by Russian I warships, according to information received from Varna, ?* Bulgarian port on the Black Sea by the Athens J correspondent of the Exchange Tele ft1 ? !'.* iuiii|>unj. The U-51 pained f me by eluding the British blockadj and passing through Gibraltar on its way front Wilhelmshaven, the great German | base, to operate against the allied fleet in the Dardanelles. It has been credited with sinking several vessels belonging to the allies, including the 1 Britisli battleship Majestic. Later the submersible passed 1 through the Sea of Marmora and re- 1 ported to the German commander at 1 Constantinople. If the report of her ' destruction in the Black Sea is true she evidently was returning from the 1 Turkish cape through the Bosporus. 1 probably to operate against the Rus- 1 sian Black Sea fleet. WILL OFFER AMNESTY i Carran/.H Will Forgive Ills Fnemies Who Turn to Peace. Gen. Carranza will issue an am- ! nesty decree to Mexicans who will return "to the true path." H1j agency i at Washington Wednesday received I this dispatch from Vera Cruz: "With reference to tho occupation of Mexico i City, Gen. Pablo Gonzales will af- ' ford all kinds of guarantees to na- i tives and foreigners. He has instruc- < llnnn ma .. r> ...r, - -1 I. -II tiwun iiutu inn odTctdj iu jfuiiin*i an crimen against property. ( "Within a few days I will, in my | eapaclt * as iirst chief, issue an am- , nesty lav in an endeavor to have , those in error return to the true > patch and to restora peace and order in the republic." CAPTURED ARGONNE HILL j French lleiwirt Success in Irregular i and Violent Fighting. Paris reported Friday that the bat- 1 tie in tlie Argonne region of France, ' after raging for several days witli 1 violent irregularity, culminated in 1 recapture by the French of Hill No. 285, which Crown Prince Frederick 1 William's troops captured July 13. ' The first impetus of the German at- 1 tack there seems to have been lost. ( Pombs and grenade fighting now is f taking the place of artillery action in ' Prance, indicating that the lines are ' rlosely gripped in the form of strug- ' tie which so often has led to a vir- ' tual draw along the western front. . Thaw Obtains Freedom. Supreme Court Justice Hendrick ! upheld Friday the decision of the j jury which declared Harry K. Thaw lane. Thaw was then give , his free- ^ 3om on thirty-five thousand dollars ' bail. V Harry Thaw and party arrived in , Atlantic City, N. J., Friday^ night. They plan to atay over until Saturday * morning. ^ { IT' .. " Lii- ' . JUL* PLANING FOR WAR ^VENTIVE BOARD OF DANIELS HAS GOOD SUPPORT IANY EXPERTS SUGESTED luch Interest Aroused by Plan to Establish an Advisory lt?nrd o? the I/Coding Scientists and Inventors, Who Will I>ovlse Requisites for Adequate Defenses. Gossip continues in Washington, ays a dispatch Wednesday, as to the lake-up of tlie proposed civilian adA isory board of inventors and tecliical experts as proposed by Secreary Daniels, to assist in workout out aval problems. The only selection t us far announced is Thos. A. Edion, who will head the board. The names of a score or more of ossible new members of the advisory ounoil, many of them recognized exerts in special lines of inventive and esearcb work, are under consideraion. but Secretary Daniels said ho vould not announce the selections intil after they had accepted. The secretary said he was certain hat when the boaid had been finally elected, it would b "composed of en men of such pi eminence as to nake the country feel that what it is lossible for the human mind to deise will be devised for our navy." Orville Wright, who is among hose suggested to Secretary Daniels or membership is the proposed civIan advisory board of inventors and echnical experts, was quoted in New fork Wednesday as sxying he would iccept membership in the proposed ivilian advisory board of inventors ind technical experts, if invited. "I have talked with Thomas A. Edison and with army and navy ofTiers who realize the necessity of premising an adequate air as well as sea leet," said Mr. Wright. "Army and lavy officers agree that we should lave from a thouson ' to thirteen lundred aeroplanes for immediate luty. "The board undoubtedly will be a cood thing if the members will stick o its advisiry function and not try o overstep it. The officers of the irmy and navy are very efficient and some of them wonderful engineers. Fhe wjrk of the proposed board should be confined to suggestions." Hudson Maxim, whose name also vas suggested to Mr. Daniels, said he tvould be glad to servo on the new aoard. Mobilization of tl.e <ountry's inventive genius to aid in working out naval problems as proposed by Sec retary urnl?ls is Deing drrussci uj ^ffirialn of both tho army ai l navy and tho selection of Th.men A. Edi 'on as head of the civilir r advisorj board met with unanimous approval Secretary Daniels now is preparing to invite technical He u 1 ather a t e received. I Edison," rerun co l/.ation in a more defir.ito way in i short timoT* "Tho country does r.ot yet know the far reaching and impor'rnt ex noriniontnl work (lorn iiv Ai'.i l'ral. Griffin. Strr.uss and Taylor. Tlio* r>t and Increased Riven on the ni t li sponding, co u n selected, m o n )a n i the new stciiu^^^BBR^HH^^Rg^H ti ho r i e^^B^DHH|^B^HjH^HKH .v^H^HBHH^^H^KfljH guns Wright, oBPQgmgm|^BHH| led the \^>rT(^u^aeropian^^^fl^ff Simon Lake, submarine inventor r.ewis Nixon v.hip builder r.nd formei laval officer: Alexander Graham Rell Inventor of the telephone; John Hays Hammond, Jr., and It. A Fessenden radio communication experts: J. H Walker, editor of scientific magazine! ond an invento* of note, end a scon of others. Attention was called to an act o congress? prohibiting the acceptancs l>y the government of voluntary ser vice. Ar there is no provision foi remuneration for the proposed hoars t wu? hUKK^ini in.'.i llie Ittw Iill^Ii rove an obstaclo without specifh luthori/ation by congress. Mr. Dan lels hi id lie ha 1 not examined tin aw but bo thought it would he pos dblo to avoid conflic' with it. Tlio bulk of the work in testim new devices and reviewing sugges ions will fall on the department it self, the secretary explained, and foi hat reason he contemplates creatlnf i bureau of invention rnd develop ment to which the civilian experti ivill be an advisory board. Mr. Daniels indicate that be bar not yet developed- anything like j complete working plan for the bu cau. lie has in view, however, con entration of such navy experiments nations as the coal tenting plant al \nnapolis, the plant for testing hulls ?t the navy yard at. Washington ant the aeronautic experiments In on< great station. Daniels CJoes to See Edison. Because Thomas A. Edison was toe >usy in his laboratory to go to WashIngtin. Secre'arv of the Navy Dan els lias announced hlR Intention tc visit the Inventor at Wer.t Orange J., to discuss naval affairs. The warfare between Carran/a and /ilia approaches European stjjje at imes, sieging as many as three batlea in a day. Tortured I THE FIRST APPLICATION OF Zl AND ITCHING, ALLAYS THI COXES POSSIBLE. W'R Statistics show that at least forty par cent, of humanity have Rc :ema In some form or other. Though noncontagious, it spreads rapidly, and is a very distressing affliction. 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Summers < ^^^A^iuercn, S. C. ?Fine for the the set Mr I^^^^Hitil:, (Gainesville, Oa Small Tractor for plawin Hj^^^H^Kesting good new, guai Charlotte. N. C. Single Comb Rhode Ii mating* of r.uality. Heav H^^H^^Hiycrs. $2 per Carve Waff. Franklin, I^^^^HiiiiiIi f/eghorns? DH^^^^Hinter layers. F.ggs and bab prices reasonable. Thoi Route S, Charlotte. N. ( Orpington eggs (or hatct strain and Imports ^^^ ^ ^Hwrite for prices end matin ^fl^^^^Hande F. I.audis, N. : tlggs?Ha r red Rocks from sele< f pens, $1 per setting Ruff "Let . horns, oeautiful plumage, $1.25 ot * setting Mrs. J. F. Coleman. Fall . fax. S. C. 1 Agents Wanted In every county 1 sell new Household articles. Bi margin to hustling men and womei f Sells like hot cakes. Write Fran b Co.. Dept. It, Bunnell, Fla. r Marry?Barge '.1st of wealthy men ' bers wishing early marriage Cor * * fidentlal description free. Rellabl club Mrs Wiuhel, Box 26. Oal land, Cal. * " M bite Wyandotte; My birds won r Stale F.'ilr Spartanburg, Darlingto t' and National White Wyandot! -I Stale run for best display at Choi ter W. J fausey, Columbia, 3. ( r ; For Sale?7S acres land, also ft -j acres, botli near 0. and K. railroa In (Sreen ville cocnty, R. C., not fa | from Caesar's Head: r.bovo malarif ' ; II. MaysCleveland, Marietta, S. C. i ' Hree/.e Point, Saluda, N. <\, conver ' lently located, modern improvr incnts, fare Rood; terms reasonable t ! For f rflier information, apply t 'I Mrs. C. R. Ilarvin. I. . s Marry?Thousands wealthy. ivi marry at once, all aRes. national ties. reliRion. descriptions frei Western Club. Rx268 Market. Sa , Kranscisco, Cnl. .'For Sale?r?ftft pounds nice brigl: i honey, 10c pound f. o. .b Rrowni vilie, 3. C. l'ronipt shipment. Cas with order address Mrs. Ida Hyat' U F. D. No. 1, Rox 19, Mallory, 5 1 Haw Mills^^nr.o and up; lath an , shlnRlo wood saws an npllttora^^^^^^^ /' oline et Itching Skins EMERINE STOPS THE BURNING PAIN AND HEALING BEITE FOR FREE SAMPLE the blood comes, even though he knows scatcliing Increases the Inflammation. it is usually worse at night, sleep is frequently impassible, and the nerves and general health may be seriously afTected. Zoinerlne is not a "cure all," but wo postively know from experience that, if used according to directions, I it will cure any case of eczema, whether of short or of long standing. Zoinerlno stops Itching I quickly. Give Zemerlne a fair trial ! and we feel confident that you will 4 : bo one among many who are praising ] Vomerine. 1 Vomerine Is sold by druggists ' everywhere In two sizes, fifty cents , and oi.e dollar, or will be sent posti paid on receipt of price by the manu, facturors. Remember, Er.zoma is one - of the hardest things in the world to 5 treat, and every application you miss 1 means time lost. RAL FREE SAMPLE MICAL COMPANY SOUTH CAROLINA four Hides at Home . - ? ?i m..u? * ? ? ia ikxi viuun( ncuu iiii7 j our niuw nnu y return mall at highest market prices, tlephone to mo for information. ISLEW. MARTIN Leather Dealer, COLVMDIA, S. O. Is, pipes, fittings. Galand roofing. Lombard Augusta, Ga. It and White l/eghorns est meat and egg breeds. >ggs from grand sweep-4 JHa ?rs. Also trained bea-V ^ < 1 L. Jolly, McCormick. ^>1 Hotel now open. The I /Sg , iend your vacation and lg| 1 t.me bathing, boating, 1. S : plenty of good things .a ). Plyler, Mgr., Hethune, Iters wanted; salaries wW >m $35 to $100 per Wffig rito or wiro to-day for ation. Carolina Teachr, F. K. Graham, Mgr., for $1 from exhibition t and Huff Orpingtons, mouth Rocks. Rhode Isand White Leghorns, guaranteed Jasper eColl, S. C. d ' Hcautiful Farm and Home, fifty-two l" acres on Madison ave., will sell at a bargain, am closing out; going ~ west; see property, make the price; " I mean business, do you? Owner, " J. it. Squires, Douglas, Ga. tin t Hiivont Heavy i rultiiiK colon Seed?Will produce 1-3 more 1 lian any other variety in existence^ Rig boll with five locks to boll; makes a good sample Opens before frost; easy picker. Write to E. S GrifHn, Greenville. S. C.. Route 3. r ????????????????? ! Eggs, Eggs, Eggs, from Hlack and White Orpingtons and Mottled Anconas, fine large birds, excellent j. layers, eggs SI.oil per 16. From j select pens, $2 per 15, $3.50 per 30. tl Satisfaction guaranteed. Win. Q. , \lbrecht. Rot 425. ",harl',Bton. S. O. i _ Silver Carnitine Eggs, balance season, I ,? $2; S. C. White Leghorn eggs, m y $1.50. Roth varieties winners | wherever shown, and heavy layers I of large white eggs. A few breedj era for sale at war prices. C. W. . f Anderson, Spartanburg, S. C. > 7 Same Time ami Money, ordering the best Baby Chick and Developing ? Feed from us. Rutter boxes, egg , crates, leg bands, trap nests, shlp, ping coops, hoppers, founts, reme, dies and sprays. For prices write Spartanburg I'oultry Supply Co., opuriunuurg, o. U. ,0 ? g Ituy a Ceiser Thresher?Because It I* a. a good one. Not too heavy. Duriz aMt, large capacity. Cleans th? grain. Reasouahle In price. - gas tractors, engines, corn saw mills. Everything In machia* ery. Cummlngs Machinery Agency, i. 1216 Main St.. Colnmbla, S C. . OFFER LAND TO ROMANIA m ?*? ' Austria Makes Concessions in Effort . * i to Win Aid. Germany and Austria-Hungary, ac0 cording to dispatches from the Bald kan states, are using every diplor niatlc resource to induco ltoiimania t lo join military forces with the central powers or at least to preserve an _ attitude of permanent frlendlv neti trality. It is reported that the Aus?. tro-liungarian minister at Bucharest > lias offered the Roumanian govern0 ment liiioral territorial compensation for armed assistance, countering _ Russia's offer of Transylvania with p that of Bessarabia. 1 Her reward for friendly neutrality \ s is said to he Bukowina as far as the ^ n j River Pruth. From Austrian sources i comes a report that Russia is giving - | substantial proof of the possibility of >t| Roumania accepting one of these i- Teutonic offers by building trenches h 1 and entanglements along her Rout. mnnlan frontier. Bulgaria and Tur- jhA 3. lcey are said to have reached a dead- BH ! fork in their negotiations on account jB ? of the refusal o^ Sofla to do more d than preserve k friendly neutrality in d return for territorial compensations i- from Constantinople.