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The midland journal., 1914-12-04
MARCHING ON cHANNEL poRTs.

London. The usual stories about
enormous masses OF Germans being
brought up for a final desperate at
tempt to cut the Allies lines and
march on the Channel ports were in
circulation, and the heavy artillery fire
along the northern front from Arras
to Dixmude and official French reports
of the repulse of sharp infantry at
tacks lent considerable color to these
accounts.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
WORKING OVERTIME.
Mills Kept Busy Filling European
Orders For WooIens.

Milwaukee, Wis., s.-Knitting mills Of
Wisconsin are working on orders for
1.296,0O0 pairs of woolen socks and
100000 sweaters for England and
France. The orders were rush" and
the mills are running day and night
Prices average $3 dozen for the
socks and $3.50 each for the sweaters.
Dearth of sheepskins caused a La
Crosse concern to refuse an order for
100000 sheepskin coats for France
One Racine factory refused contracts
for woolen goods for European armies
because 1t was said to be working to
capacity on domestic orders.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
y. S. NOT TO SELL RIFLES.
Discarded krag-Jorgensons Will Be
Kept Until War Is Over.

Washington, d. C.-Krag-Jorgenson
rifles discarded by the United States
Army when the new high-power
Springfield rifles were developed at the
governments arsenals and supplied to
all troops will not be sold during the
European war to any bidder, no mat
ter what country he may represent
Secretary, Garrison announced he had
made this reply to several agents who
had approached him on the subject at
the outbreak of the war.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
-LIETINo cATTLE QUARANTINE.
Federal Bureau Certain the Disease
Has Been Checked.

Washington. D. C.-Satisfied that
the ravages Of the foot-and-mouth dis,
ease among cattle have been checked
and that the epidemic is now under
control. officials of the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry determined to begin lift
ing the quarantine imposed on the
cattle market of various States.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
Two British Ships
Sunk BY Submarines;
Mine Destroys Third
london Stunned by New Disaster
Following Loss Of the Huiwark-
Admiralty Cannot stilI Rumors
That HattIeship Was Blown
Up BY Torpedo.

London.-A thrill Of apprehension
ran through London when 1t was
learned that following hard on the
mysterious destruction Of the battle
ship Bulwark at Sheerness, three
British ships had been blown up in
English waters.
German submarines, operating of
Havre, were responsible for the loss
of two merchant vessels, while the
collier Khartoum was sunk, accord
ing to the Admiralty, by mine near
Grimsby.
The repeated successes OF the
Kaiser's submarines have stunne d
the public. Their achievement OF
Havre. which would indicate the
under-sea craft passed with impunity
the Straits Of Dover. shallow pas
sage only twenty-one miles wide, have
aroused the liveliest fears as to the
extent OF their powers.
Doubt Buiwark Story.
In spite of the repeated assurance
Of the Admiralty that the Bulwark
could not have been a victim of a
submarine, the general public is far
from convinced that such was not the
ease.
The crew OF the collier Khartoum
was taken of and landed at Grimsby.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
WILL OBSERVE SUNDAY.
The national Assembly OF Panama
Closes Up All shops.

Panama Sunday win be observed
hereafter In the Republic Of Panama
instead of being merely continuation
of the work-a-day week The Nation
al Assembly has passed law which
makes it illegal. punishable by heavy
hne, for shops to be open on Sunday.
as has hitherto been the case, The
new law went into effect December.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
U. 9. TO PAY INDEMNITY.
viii Give To China Part OF Boxer
Balance.

Washington. d. C.-China has ap-
piled for and win be paid in few
days 100000 OF the s1.175.0OO balance
OF the Boxer indemnity remitted by
the United States. 1t is being devoted
to the education of $50 Chinese stu
dents in the United States. The re-
mission OF the money was authorized
by Congress.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
ACCUSED oF MuRDERINa THREE.
Lowe Daniels, MOuntaIneer. IN Jail At
Ashbero, N. C.

Ashhoro, N. c.-Lowe Daniels, a
mountaineer was placed In jail here
charged with the murder of his sister,
Cora Daniels: bis wife's sister. Ethel
Luther. and Edgar Warner The three
were found dead from bullet wounds
In Daniels' home near here. AGrs.
Daniels also was seriously wounded.
The cause Of the quarrel is not known.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
BIC ExHlRIr BY ENoLIeH.
Many Applications For Space AZ
Frisco Exposition.

London.-The Panama-Pacific Ex-
position Committee is receiving many
applications for space from prospective
exhibitors. The United States naval
collier Jason win call at English ports
In January. after taking on exhibits at
Marseilles and Genoa. Most Of the an
plicants for space are manufacturers
or artists.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
RERLIMs ANNouNcEMENT.

BERLIN, (By Wireless Telegraph
to London) An official announces
ment given out In Berlin says:
English ships did not attack the
coast OF Flanders again. There
have been no actual changes
along the battle front in the west :
ern arena. To the north Of Lange-
marck we have taken group Of
houses and made a number Of pri-
soners.
Our attack in the Argonne re-
gion has made further progress.
French attacks in the neighbor-
hood of Apremont and to the east
of st. Mihiel were repuIsed.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
cAAReEp VIII ElaINo SCHOOL.
Man Held In Connection With BIaze
That Caused Ten Lives.

Pensacola, Fla. George Colwen
was arrested at his home in jackson
county on charge of arson In con-
nection with the burning. 10 days ago,
of the Florida State Reform School al
Marianne. in which 10 lives were lost.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
sRlTlsH WAR LOAN a SUCCESS


UeDpItc 3TlfoUlUUulUUU OUGFEUU NIIUt'
ments Are Cut Down.
London.-The statements concern
ing the snecess of the s1.75o. 100000
war loan have been ofIicialIy con-
flrmed.
The largest banking applicants win
get a small percentage.
The city places the total applica'
tions for the new loan OF 4s5o, 100000
Isl 1.750, 600. .000) at Rs65, 100000 ($1.-
$4,000, ,0o0). These bonds are quoted in
the market at par, plus commissions
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
MUST RESPECT
NEUTRAL 5 RIGHTS
United States Serves Notice on
the Belligerents.
Won BERNsTORFF's PROTEST
Our state Department, However, Calls
Attention To the Fact That
England Did Not Ratlfy
the Declaration.

Washington, D. C.-The decided
stand taken by the United States gov
ernment in refusing to accept piece
meal adoption Of the principles of the
Declaration of London as guide to
commercial restrictions to be imposed
during the European war was made
clear at the State Department, when
the text of a cabiegram sent to Ann
bassador Gerard at Berlin on October
IA last was made public.
Mr.. Gerard had communicated a
preliminary notice that Germany in
tended to protest to this government
against alleged violation of the dec
laration by Great Britain and France.
The German Ambassador, Count Bern
storff, called at the State Department
to lodge the formal complaints and
the text of the reply cabled to Ambas-
sador Gerard, copies of which went to
all American diplomatic represen-
tatives abroad, was then made public.
1t follows:
Please inform the German govern
ment that the departments sugges-
IloA uetuS W tAC DCAAlSCtCAI EOuaSAACo
for the adoption for the sake Of uni
formity OF the Declaration Of London
as temporary code Of naval warfare
for use in the present war has been
withdrawn because OF the unwilling
ness Of some of the belligerents to
adopt the Declaration of London with
out modification"
NeutraIs Have Rights.
"The United States government,
therefore, will insist that its rights
and duties and those of its citizens
in the present war. be defined by the
existing rules Of international laws
and the treaties Of the United States
with the belligerents independently of
the provisions of the declaration. and
this government will reserve the right
to enter demand or protest in every
case in which the rights and duties
mentioned above and defined by exist
ing rules of International law are vio-
lated or their free exercise hindered
by the authorities of the belligerent
governments. 81
The message was signed by Coun-
selor Lansing, then acting secretary
Of state.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
FRENCH BULLETIN.

PARis.-The French War offic,
gave out an official announcement
which said:
The slackening of the artillery
fire OF the enemy was noted all
along the line. Two Infantry at
tacks directed against the heads
OF bridges which we had thrown
down on the right bank Of the
User, to the south of Dixmude.
we're easily Eepulsed.
In the Argonne some Infantry
attacks resulted in the loss and
then the recapture of certain
trenches. The men engaged in
this fighting never exceeded a bat
TALON. The ground lost and then
retaken was never more than
twenty-five yards.
Along the heights of the Meuse
and in the vosges there is nothing
to report.
The midland journal., 1914-12-04
LATEST OFFICIAL
REPORTS ON THE
WAR SITUATION

PETROGRAD.-The following stats
ment from the Russian General sta'
was made public here:
On the left bank OF the Vistula
our troops, advancing from the
lower part Of the Bzura River.
have reached Gombin.
In the centre Of the battle line
we captured the town Of Brzeziny
and the villages in the lley OF
the Mroga River.
In some places we dislodged the
Germans by hayonet attacks. Our
offensive in this region continues.
Between Brzeziny and Glowno
our cavalry succeeded in several
charges against the German IN
fantry.
During the retreat Of the enemy
we captured number Of field
guns, some with their teams COM
plete. We are computing the NUM-
ber of the prisoners captured.
Among the German troops we
pushed back from Rzgow and
Tuszyn toward Brzeziny was a di-
vision of the Prussian guard.
In the region of Sgierz and Stry-
kow we attacked the Germans
toward Lodz. Between Sgierz
and Sdunska VIOLA sonae German
troops are still holding themselves
in their trenches.
In general, between the Vistnla
and the Warta. the fighting is fav-S
orable to our arms.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
An Old English Custom.

In the northern counties of England
there was practiced at Easter up to
ut least half a century ago the curious
custom of lifting" 1t may still exist.
| have before me, writes a correspond
ent, a newspaper cutting of 1860, giving
an account by an indignant CONNER
cial traveller of the ritual to which he
was subjected on Easter Tuesday by
the maids of a hotel at Crewe. He
was placed in a chair, lifted three
times and kissed by the merry revel-
ers. 1t appeared that a like privilege
might have been his for the exercis-
ing on Easter Monday-a privilege
which absence made impossible. There
is a remonstrance of a century earlier
by a man who was treated by the
maids Of the Talbot inn, Shrewsbury,
in a similar fashion, but who in adj
diton had to pay a fee.-London Chron-
icle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
OUR L0PSIDED BODIES.
Legs, Arms, Hands and Ears Are Rare
Iy Perfectly Matched.

Legs, Arms, Hands and Ears Are Rare
ly Perfectly Matched.
Il venture to assert that if you meas
ure the legs of every one in this court
YOU will not find a person who has a
pair of equal length said DR.. G. W.
Cooke in giving evidence III a London
court.
THE human body is not symmet-
rical, as is commonly believed" said a
widely known doctor. '"The legs vary
in length and circumference, and the
arms as well. The right hand is usual
~ bigger than the left, because it is
used more. The head is by no means
regular in form-in fact, it is often as
not lopsided.
THE left leg is generally a little
longer than the right, presumably to
counterfeit the overbalancing effect on
the body of the right arm, which is
usually somewhat heavier and longer
than the left, since ninety-five out Of
every hundred people use their right
arm more than their left. The eyes,
too, are nearly always different, both
in shape and strength, and through
sleeping more on one side than another
every mans ears are tilted at different
angles. Feet, too, are nearly always
unlike in shape, due frequently to the
wearing of i'll fitting boots.-London
Mirror.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
What "Rorouahn Signifies.

The word "burgh" in Saxon stood
for 'castle;" hence towns anciently
erected in the vicinity of castles for
their protection had this name con
ferred upon them. and the soldiers who
garrisoned these were called burghers.
so the inhabitants of these towns re-
ceived the same name. These also
being formed into a community, the
constitution formed for their regular
government was denominated the Dor
Ough laws.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
RIVER FALLS, WIS.

Special courses of study are pro-
vided for High School graduates as
we'll as for those who have complet-
ed the co mmon schools and grades
in city schools.
The Diploma of the school be-
comes a Life State Certificate after
the holder has taught successfully
for one year and received the ap-
prevail of the State Superintendent
of Public instruction.
An Elementary purse Of two and
one-half years is offered which lead
to the Certificate. This becomes a
State Certificate which is valid for
FIVE years, after the holder has
taught successfully for one year.
The school has large reference
and textbook libraries and we'll
equipped physical and biological
laboratories. Excellent facilities
are provided for special work in
Manual Training, Domestic Science,
Music, Drawing and Physical Train
ing.
Tuition is free in the Model Grades.
The pupils in these grades have the
advantages of the courses in Music,
Drawing, Manual Training, Domes-
tic Science and Physical Training
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
G. w. CHINOOK, President.
JAY GRIMM, Secretary.
r. D. ENSIGN. Treasurer
AIhania's Blood Feuds.

The great problem in Albania is the
blood feud Every III has killed, and
all have enemies who seek their blood
The houses are ~fortresses. the only
windows of which are loopholes for
Martins. Many men have not left
their houses for years. and food has TO
be brought to them by their friends
A man who is under the obligation of
custom to take vengeance or another
cannot marry if he is a bachelor and
If he is already married cannot give
either his sons or his daughters in
marriage until his enemy is killed
Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
Scott and His Secretary.

Sir Walter SCOTS amanuensis and
much esteemed friend, Willy Laidlaw,
often found it difficult to keep up with
the rapidity of his dictation, though on
one occasion, having to wait for a Sec
ond or two, he said, "Come, get on"
and was answered, "Oh, aye it is very
easy for you, Willy, to say Get on
but you forget l have every word to
spin out of my brain.''-T. P.'s Week
". London.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04
BRIEF AND BREEZY

session of the Balkans.
IL anyone a meet the Colonel
and hold his own, its Alfonso.
An English writer says hat "Sin
and cigarettes are good enough for
me-" But Tom Edison apparently
prefers his straight.
We will probably get plenty of
rain from now on. The picnic sea-
son is at hand.
We wonder if it is true that the
moving pictures in Phila., are run
at only half the speed Of those in
other cities.
Congress abolished free passes
on the railroads years ago, but
some politicians are still riding the
railroads into office.
The Governor of Colorado does
not raise the question of State rights
when it comes to maintaining peace
in his commonwealth.
Two Kentucky youths we're killed
the other day in a duel over a wild
ow. Respectfully referred to Mr..
Kipling, who taught us that the
female of the species is more deadly
than the male
The world do move. Nobody is
excited yer the appearance of q
comet this year.
There may not be much differen Q
between Huerta and Villa, but Villa
has the best press agent.
This suggestion that the Colonel
be made ruler of Mexico savors of
an administration scheme to kill
two birds with n stone.
The full conference held by the
mediators seems to imply strong
Huertian leanings.
Pancho Villa is rapidly increasing
the list of prominent federalists
who won't succeed Huerta.
MI. Mellen says he left the New.
Haven poorer than when he went
in; we'll, he hasn't anything on the
stakeholder.
The Nicaraguan Congress is
about to establish a precedent in
Central American politics by hay
ing an extra session instead of an
extra president.
The American missionary who
refuses to leave her Mexican school
probably gloats over the fact that
that she got some of the pupils
through the A B c first.
It now remains to bind up Next
co.'s wounds.
Colorado is also looking for the
right poultice.
Being in the oil business in Mexi-
co is dreadfully complicated just
now.
Watchful waiting has advantages
even when compared with the big
stick policy.
Doubtless the best place to begin
that crusade against wearing a col
lar is in politics.
Lincoln Beachey ought to sell a
liniment for stiff necks. He carries
his market with him.
Making a wide sweep of the hori
zon the international spotlight pre-
J pares to rest on Niagara Falls.
That small boy who fell into the
lake while watching Lincoln Beachey
loop the loop got an extra thrill.
1t is all very we'll for the constitu.
tionalists to make hay while the
sun shines, but Huerta strenuously
objects to becoming hay.
on luC tuCOAJ lAdt LALoCly AOFCo
company, discreet people are refus-
ing the invitations of their early
swimming friends to come in.
Speaking of the Morse centennial,
il may have been Left Ericsson who,
a thousand years ago, started that
"see America first" thing.
President Wilson stated a great
to do ones duty in the face of sneers
as it is in the face of bullets. Il is
always proper to criticize the Presi-
dent or any other official when there
is just cause, but when 2 MAJ has
the crushing burdens to bear that
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-30
PICK MEN FOR COLORADO AND
MICHIGAN PROBE

Washington, Jan. 3o.-Personnel
of committees who will investigate
Colorado coal and Michigan copper
strikes as follows:
Those who will probably go to
Michigan are: Taylor of Colorado,
Casey Of Pennsylvania, HamIin of
Missouri, Switzer of Ohio, and Howell
of Utah.
Those who will probably go to Col
orado are: Foster of Illinois, Byrnes
of South Carolina, Taylor of Arkan-
sas, Austin of Tennessee and Suth-
erland of West Virginia.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-30

ployed women ever held. It is impos-
sible to estimate hcw many there
are, but if they could all be brought
together it would take a building ten
times as big as Cooper Union"
And back of this problem of I'M
employed women, which is not linn
tied to New York city, but which is
also very large and dread in Chicago,
lies the fact that for the unemployed
woman there is no place of shelter
when she has no money, as there is
for the man; there is no bread line
when she is hungry, as there is for
the man; she cannot panhandle when
she becomes desperate, as can man.
1t makes the problem of unemploy-
ed women loom above that of men,
doesn't it? And yet this is the first
meeting ever held of that kind.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-30
CALLS DETENTION HOSPITAL A
PRISON

DR.. julius Grinker caused some lit
tie excitement at the meeting of the
Illinois State Hospitals Medical As
ISOLATION by declaring that the Cook
County Detention Hospital was
prison and that after being kept there
for three weeks patients were taken
out and tried before IAN ignorant
judge and a more ignorant jury"
Supt. HI Davis, of the Detention
Hospital, jumped to his feet and init
mated that DIR. Grinker didn't know
what he was talking about.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-30
HEALTH TIP

Get the temperature habit. Keep
a pan of water on the radiator Keep
the window in the sleeping room open
an inchaor two from the top.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-30
GERMAN HORSE RADIsH SAUCE

~-INI'TFNIN IINSINOL INHbIN1II OFNO~[
One cup Of grated horse radish.
Put into granite pan with one cup
of beef stock. Allow to boil ten
minutes. When slightly cool beat
in the yolks of two eggs. Allow to
boil long enough to slightly thicken.
Add one tablespoon of taragon
vinegar and tablespoon of cream.
This sauce is invariably served in
Germany with all kind of beef, boiled,
roasted or broiled.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-30

Professor, l know my boy is
rather slow, bpt in the two years that
you have had charge of his education
he must have developed tendency
in some direction or other What oc-
cupation do you suggest as a possible
outlet for his energies, such as they
are?"
We'll, sir, l think he is admirably
fitted for taking moving pictures of a
glacier
Arizona republican., 1914-06-13
FRANKLIN EXTRAS"
 HAVE 4 BIG SALE
Haeeman Distributes Free Copies Of
 Economy Record, and His Kids Sell 'em for War Extras
WAR DECLARED

ON GASOLINE!
 Those four fiery words, heading the page of a paper marked EXTRA" caught and held the attention of over two thousand Phoenicians yesterday morning before the josh was discov- cred. Planned originally as big ad- vertising boost for the Franklin auto mobile, the thing swiftly developed in to a joke on George Hageman, the local dealer
 The Republican has told about the big national all-in-one-day economy trials made by the F'ranklns. It has also told about the Economy Record six page paper issued once by the mo- tor makers, and carrying The Republi- cans full page advertisement and the two stories of the test results for Phoe nix. It was that extra" which G. Hageman hired kids to distribute yes terday It was the understanding that they should not sell them. But the WAR DECLARED" part got to the youngsters, and they rapidly disposed of their stock at admirable rates. Cost price nothing plus what George had agreed to pay them. Selling price five cents apiece. Profit big.
 So as soon as he discovered what his impromptu newsies were doing wi1h the National Economy Records first and only extra. Hageman called in his forces and turned to The Republican for help. He wanted it announced in strong terms that he was willing to refund the nickel to each and every grown mp involuntary subscriber who had been stung by one of the small merchants. Just present your paper, and I'll pay you for it. said George Because The Republicans page aG stood out prominently, and because Tie Republicans stories were on the front page some thought the paper had been printed here. This is not true The "eXtra" were printed at Syracuse, New York by the Franklin auto people for free distribution