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Middletown transcript., 1914-11-07

Havre.-The Belgian War Office Is
sued this official bulletin:
The enemy, who still occupied q
part of RamscapeIle, was repuIsed
beyond the railway line between
Nieuport and Dixmude. They lost
a great number Of prisoners and
left many wounded on the efild.
On the other parts of our front
the enemy made no further In
fantry attacks. The bombardment
was rather violent at Nieuport dur
ing part of the day and intermittent
on other points OF our position.
The inundation between the User
and the railway line between Nieu-
port and Dixmude has made the
ground marshy and the trenches Of
the enemy unbearabIe.
To the south of Dixmude, be-
tween Linghen and Passchendaele,
the French troops have continued
their offensive movement, Pelkap-
pelle was completely surrounded.
At the south of Passehendaele
the English troops were violently
attacked by German relnforeements,
but had retaken at the end Of the
day the ground they had been
forced to cede in the neishborhood
Of Ghelueelt.
On several other parts Of their
fighting line the English have re-
pulsed attacks by the Germans, In
fiicting upon them important losses.
On the other part Of the front
there is no general action, but
slight offensive movements have
been repulsed by the Allies and
by the enemy.
The French have progressed al
most everywhere, especially on the
heights of the right bank Of the
Aisne, below scissors, and on both
sides Of the Meuse at the north OF
Verdun.
The troops Of the Third Reserve
German Corps have received sup
Elementary men since their depart
ure from Antwerp. A company Of
the German Regiment No. IS has
received ninety men, and COM
pany Of Regiment No. II forty-hve
men. All these men are from thir-
ty-three to thirty-fiEe years Of age.
They appear to have little spirit.
Two Belgian batteries, eight guns
altogether, fired 5000 rounds on the
User in eight days OF battle. The
Belgians used chiefly highly explo-
sive shells, thanks to which almost
every German battery that was un-
masked was destroyed. The Bel
gians guns are of a 1905 model and
are in excellent order.
AMBASSADORS LEAVE TURKEY.
With the departure of the Russian
French and British Ambassadors from
Constantinople, after. having demand
cd and received their passports, dip
lomatic relations between the Triple
Entente and Turkey were broken of
and the possibility of any peaceful
adjustment Of the crisis growing ou
of the attack upon Russian cities b!
the Porte's feet became nil.
1t is reported here that Turldsl
troops have crossed the border II
Egypt. It is understood that the fore,
comprises eight army corps.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-07
PRlNcE DIED LEADlNe ATrAcK.

Maurice Of Battenbere Killed by
shrapnel in Charge,
London.-Princess Henry Of Batten-
berg has been informed by headquar-
ters at the front that her son, Prince
Maurice Of Battenberg, whose name
appeared in the list Of killed, met
death leading his company in an at
tack. The Prince was struck BY
schrapnel bullet from a bursting shell
and died almost Immediately after
ward. a dispatch says Prince Maurice
has been buried near Yprss
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-07
Cruiser Hernes Sunk
in Straits Of Dover
British Vessel Is Attacked by Ger
man Submarine, but Most Of 45e
Officers and Men Are ssved.

London.-The enterprise OF German
submarines which have been lurking
along the French coast on the Straits
of Dover. seeking to get shot at
British ships engaged in bombarding
the German positions in BELGIUM. was
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-07
Turks Shell
Russian Town
Damage Theodosia and Threaten 70
Bombard Novorossysk.


Damage Theodosia and Threaten 70
Bombard NoVorossysk.
Tokio.-The Russian Embassy here
announces that Turkey has opened
war OF Russia.
Petrograd.-Turkey has begun hos
tilities by bombarding peaceful sea-
coast towns. Messages just received
at Petrograd announce the simultane-
Gus appearance of the cruiser Bres-
lan OF Theodosia, Caucasia, and the
cruiser Hamidieh of Novorossysk.
The German-Turkish warships she'll
ed these unfortiied places.
Theodosia, Crimea A Turkish
cruiser with three tunnels lombard
ed the railway station and city, dam
aging the Cathedral the Greek
Church. a pier, and some sheds.
One soldier was wounded.
A branch of the Russian Bank Of
Foreign Commerce was set on fire.
At the conclusion of the lombard
ment the cruiser departed in a
southerly direction.
Novorossysk, Caucasia-The Turk
ish cruised Hamidieh demanded the
surrender of the city and the Coy
ernment properties, threatening in
case Of refusal to lombard the town.
The Turkish Consul and other Of
ficials were arrested.
The cruiser withdrew.
Turkey is the tenth nation to enter
the war. The other nine in the order
of their beginning hostilities are:
Austria, Servia, Germany, Russia,
France Montenegro. Belgium, Great
Britain and Japan.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-07
WOMEN roo ECONOMICAL.
Dressmakers and MlIIiners In London
Suffer as Result.

Suffer ae Result.
London.-The economy. being prac-
ticed by English women at present is
causing lack Of work in certain
branches OF trade. AT a meeting Of
unemployed people It was said that
one-third OF the $4,000 dressmakers in
London are on short time because
even the wellto-do are buying cheap.
ready-made clothing. Opefourth Of
the $4,000 millinery workers are on
short time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

| Brookville have been removed. When
the road was purchased by the state it
was one of the first moves Of the state
roads commission to abolish the toll
gate system. Then the actual work
| OF grading and matchmaking the
roadway was commenced. There is
still some work to be completed on
the northern end of the pike and when
! this is finished a fine maca dam road
twenty-five miles in length will be
ready to receive the motoring fra
ternity. AT Silver Spring we crossed
the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and later the District line o..
Georgia avenue ~
Washington was reached at 6:l5
O'Clock, making two hours for the run
of forty-one and three-tenths miles
around the circuit The trip proved
a most enjoyable one. and one which
undoubtedly will prove popular with
Washington motorists when the post
coad is officially opened to the public
me scenery along the route is at
tractive and with every inch of the
way macadamiZed is bound to appeal
20 those in search Of a run of this
ulstalce. During the winter month";:
there are many motorists who delight
IN taking an afternoon spin in the
country, but hesitate on account OF
the fear that an unbroken stretch
would be encountered ut some point
which might be so muddy as to dis
courage the novice driver
Incidentally with the completion Of
this post road it will also mean that
Rockville Will be the hub of four good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
ROAD BUILDERS FORM
SEPARATE ORGANIZATION
Association Of Safe Highway Com
1nissiolers and Engineers
to Meet Here.

The fourth American Road Congress.
which held its sessions il Atlart
throughout the week OF November y.
vas productive of two results whic!!
should have far-reaching influence on
the Progress of road Improvement
throughout the United States During
the week of the congress state high
"-;'y commissioners and engineers from
nearly every state in the Union organ
lied an official body. to be known as
the Association of State Highway Com
nissioners and Engineers. for the pur-
pose of correlating the work Of the
various departments and to consider
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and deal with the larger questions of
! national policy as an organized body
representing al of the states
The newly formed association Will
hold second meeting here December
l., ut which the report of the commit
tee on constitution and bylaws will be
presented. This committee is com
posed of W. S. Keller, state highway
engineer of Alabama, chairman. and
Charles ]. Bennett, state highway COM
missioner of Connecticut, and Henry e.
Shirley. chief engineer of the state
roads commission of Maryland. The
American Highway Association. which
is the parent organization in the or
ganlZed road movement, has rendered
its Washington offices for the meeting
OF the commissioners and engineers
Another result of the great road con-
sress was the authorization by the
american Highway Association of a
permanent Legislative committee to
complete. in cooperation with the
United States office of public roads, the
exact compilation. indeNing and CHART
ing of the road laws of each or the
fortN-eight states, and to cooperate
with state legislatures in bringing
about revision of road laws along lines
of simplicity and efficiency. This
standing committee takes the place of
temporary committee of the road
congress which made preliminary in
vestigation during the past year. The
temporary committee ascertained that
tie road laws on the statute books Of
the various states aggregate more than
four and half million words and is
a perfect wilderness of obsolete. con-
fictlng, vague and useless legislation
The membership of the permanent leg
islative committee viii be announced at
the meeting of the board of directors
of the American Highway Association
to be held here December ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
IDE PALMA IS CHAMPION
| AUTOMOBILE ROAD RACER
Has Won More Big Events Than
Any Other Driver in
the World.

n glance at the records of the contest
! board of the American Automobile A.
soclation for. a number of years past.
II Is said, proves conclusively what has
been contended for Il long time-name-
~ that the automobile ROAD race cham
plon is Ralph De Palma. The records
! are sad to show That DE Palma has
won more big road races than any other
driver in the world in the history of
I automobile racing. having nine vic
to:lc: to his credit in big road events
including two Vanderbilt cup races and
I'VE wins ut ilgir. Hi; nearest com
petltor is Earl Cooper. who has six
road races to his credit
Teddy Tctzla IL, Harvey Herrick and
the late Lewis Strang are credited
with four: Ralph milford. three; Hugh
Hughes. thee; George Robertson.
three. and trtrry Grant and Eddie
"ullen. two.
In contrast with me famous foreign
drivers. the great Georges Boillot and
LOUIS W a-Gei have four road race
Victories each-not half as many De
i'alnia. Nazzaro has won five road
races and Lancia three.
In addition to being = uirie-time road
race winner and unqu"stioned cham
iho1l AT this game. DE Palma vas also
the track champion in the years 1908.
% and 10. and is the only driver ever
to have held both a road and track
championship
In 1911 lie practically stopped driving
mile tracks. hut 'sor" recently has
driven Il few trac;l events. scoring first
places in nearis all of his starts. He
has won more than 200 track races
List of First Places.
De I,al,nn'e. Ii,.t ,,r e;r.. ,,I.,,.. 10 .1,,,.,
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BY HOWARD S. FISK.

road to be constructed in the
United States will be com
p!etcd shortly and when i,
is thrown open to traffic il
will provide motorists of the National
Capital and vicinity with a delight
ful circuitous route to Rockville and
return via Potomac, Nd. The post
road extends Il distance OF "a miles
between Potomac and Rockville and
Was constructed under the supervision
of Dr. l.. |. fIcwcs of the office of pub
lie roads. L. :. department of Agri-
culture. The cost of the highway
WAS approximately $4,000 and was
part OF the appropriation created by
the act of Congress passed August "a,
1912
Accepting an invitation of George q.
bradley. jr.. one of the county road
commissioners of Montgomery county,
Nt., no worked INCREASINGLY to secure
the 1ppropr iation for the construction
Of the road, The Stars automobile re
porteT aud q party of Washington
motorists inspected the new highway
last sunday and they were the first to
motor over the rev post road. The
other members Of the party were Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. e. Terry. Mrs. Howard
= Fisk and daughter. katherine Louise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

macadamized roads, all of which ex-
tend through different part of Mont
gomery- county. ~ route which has
been quite popular for several years
past is the. one via Bethesda, Md. This
road is the shortest to the county
seat, being but 90 miles from the Ma
tional Capital. Bethesda can be reached
vic Massa chusetts or Connecticut ave
hue extended, both of which thorough
fares are oiled-nIaca dam HIGHWAYS as
far ais the District line.
Stiil another route is via Connecticut
avenue extended to Chevy Chase Md.
and thence to kensington. Md, passing
Chevy Chase lake en- route. The dis
lance via this route is 1916 miles After
passing the lake the northerly ROAD IS
followed along the electric car tracks
in the direction. of kenSington. At the
top of the hill the macadam roadway
crosses the car tracks and bears slight
ly to the left. This same road is fol-
lowed right into kensington anti! the
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road are reached. kensington is lG.3
miles from the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
PENNSYLVANIA TIRE AGENTS.
New Company Takes on Agency in
the National Capital.

The Chew-Goucher Company. 1920 l4th
street northwest, has been appointed rem
resentatives for the PENNSYLVANIA tire in
the District and adjoining territory. W.
Elkins Reed. eastern sales commemorative
spent several days here last week. clos
ing up the contract.
ne iirhl' winch IS a comparatively new
one III the local tire field. is composed
oi l. {. chew and w. Ii. tioucher. both
wen known among the motoring fra
'er.htE OF the National Capital Mr..
'ciicher was for some time connected
with the Goodrich factory. and is con-
sldered an expert in his line.
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Light Ordinance introduced

An ordinance prohibiting "blindine or
dazzling, headlights or automobiles
within the city limits OF Baltimore, Md,
WAS introduced a few evenings ago at
the council meeting by Dr. George
Heller ii was sent to the committee
on police and jail for investigation
Having the Endorsement of many
members of the Automobile Club and
other owners and operators of motor
cars, the ordinance provides that:
NO operator of any automobile or
other motor vehicle. while operating
the 50 me upon any public highway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
Ford Deliveries Last Week.

Purchasers of Ford cars last Week
included the following:
Touring cars-Andrews Touloudakia.
j. :. Haas. l.. NJ. Brown. a. V. Curtis.
Fred y. Hornig, J. H. Gather. J. B.
Fallin. c. b. Yeatman, Charles King *
Sons. Louis Parks and w. z. Walker
SON
Eunabout-T. II. McKeown
Delivery wagons - Charles F. w.
Borumann, Lowe Eounseinlan and the
Red Hare Sausage Company.
Coupelet-iLthel y. Abbott
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Jack" Lasley in Town.

J. n Lasley. more Familiarity known
as Jack" L-asley in the days of the
bicycle in the National Capital. is
spending a few days here. having come
on from his home in Canton. Ohio
Within short time he expects to re-
move to this city with his family and
make this his future home. His son
IS prominent engineer and designer
with the Chalmers Motor Company in
Detroit
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Ford Employees Profits.

AS a result OF the ten months opera
ton of the Ford ofit-sha ring plan
| employees in Detroit have purchased on
contract homes valued at $4,000, 600 upon
which they have made payments aggre-
eating s1,500.O00. have taken life in
surance to the amount of $4,000. 900,
and have saved on an average of $4S65
per month each, which is either in saw
ings banks or invested in real estate
These figures We're made public re-
cently;:T
About 1900 employees are under the
profit-sharing plan. More of them are
coming UP to the qualifications con-
stantly. Since the plan went into eff
feet the average gain per man in bank
deposits has been 1870 per cent; in life
insurance. Sc Der cent, and in homes
owned. ST per cent.
An amusing feature of the plan has
been the receptions practiced by men
who could not qualify for the profit
sharing. They have borrowed bank
books. passports, children and even
wives. inducing women to pose as
their spouses. Hundreds have obtained
a share of the profits under such false
pretenSeS.
No less than $4,000 has been paid back
to the company by men who dishonest
ly obtained it.
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Motored Through Shenandoah VALLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner p. Orme and Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Watson returned a few
days ago from a 5O0-mile motor trim
in Mr. Orme's Cadillac car through the
Shenandoah valley From here the
tourists motored to Harpers Ferry and
thence down the valley to Staunton.
later going to Charlottesville, where
they remained few days. The return
trip was over the same route
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
Chevrolet Visitors Here.

W I. Sllls. general sales manager.
ana W. L. English of the sales staff of
the Chevrolet Motor Company arrived
in Washington yesterday from New.
York and will remain IL few DAYS as the
guests of Messrs. Irving j. Henderson
ana T. NJ. Rove, local Chevrolet dis
tributers "''
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Detroit Electric Deliveries.

Mrs. Henry Vollmer has received her
model so Detroit electric dual drive
brougham, finished in dark blue and
upholstered in American gray whip
cord. The car is of the five-passenyer
worm-d driven type.
worm-driven roadster of the same
make has also been delivered to Harry
A. Kite. The car is finished in dark
blue and upholstered in blue leather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

word is that Walter +. Flanders of the
Maxwell Motor Company is about to
make Il nationwide canvass of all the
wo'nen'T organizations to find capa BILE
women TO act as demonstrators of the
Maxwell cars. The plan has the in
dorscmenI of several of the prominent
club and suifraSr leaders of New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

within the limits of the city of Balti :
more. shall use any acetylene, electric
or other headlights on such vehicle,
unless sfch headlight be properly COW
cred. shaded or lowered, SO that it will
not blind or dazzle other users of the
highway, or make it difficult or unsafe
for them to ride drive or walk thereon:
and any person violating the provisions
of this ordinance shall be subject to a
fine of not less than IS nor more than
$40 for each and every offense'
DR.. Heller stated that an investigation
brought him Information to the effect
that similar laws are now in force in
New York. Washington. Indianapolis,
syracuse, Rochester and Richmond, Va
The committee on police and Jail will
hold public meetings for consideration
OF the ordinance as soon as possible.
Himself an enthusiastic automobilist,
DR.. Heller said he would try to have the
ordinance passed this winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
SPEED TRAP.

Motorists travelling through
Shenandoah valley are advised of
the existence of speed trap at
Middletown. Va. Speed. limit is
eight miles per hour, which
should be observed.
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Returns to Paris.

| H. y. White. foreign representative
of the Ford Motto" Company in France.
who last August was forced to make a
Spect:!Cula light from Paris to Hayre
passing through many scenes of active
fighting, has just returned to his post
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Gear to Left for Garrett Park.

Where the road terminates in Z
at the railroad tracks, forty five de
gree turn is made to the left over a
dirt road, which extends for Il short
distance beyond the wooden bridge
over the tracks. Bearing to the left at
the tracks. and thence to the right, the
macadam roadway is once more picked
up. and is travelled to Garrett Park,
lit miles out. This macadam highway
after short run connects with the
Rockville pike from Bethesda, where
right turn is made, and this macadam
highway is followed directly into
Rockville
Motorists desiring to do so may vary
the route somewhat by going out
Georgia avenue and following the
route described on the return trip made
last Sunday. The distance this way to
Rockville is % miles. all of which is
macadamized The mileages for the
various routes from the National Capt.
tai to Rockville, Md, are as follows:
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Purchases Haynes Car.

DR.. A. V. Parsons of Takoma Park
d. c.. is the latest purchaser of a
1915 Haynes six" five passenger tour
ing car, fully equipped.
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REQ Purchasers Announced

Purchasers of 1915 REQ touring cars
last week included John Emory. Will
liam f.. Miller and }. w Waterman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
Statesmen in Convention.

A continuous convention of branch
and district statesmen is in progress at
the Studebaker plants in Detroit, each
branch sending one delegate weekly.
Sales and technical talks and thorough
inspection of the plants form the
greater part of the weekly courses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
Another New Highway.

AT Norbeck we reached another
ine stretch of macadam. At this point
we turned to the right and motored in
southerly direction for home. En-
foute we passed through Wheaton, five
miles south of Norbeck. where a toll
gate formerly existed and another run
OF three miles into Sligo, where
?notllcr formerly familiar toilgate was
missing. In fact, all of the toIlgates
~long this highway from Sligo. to
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Chandler Sale Reported.

The sale and delivery of 1915
Chandler Light Weight" Six touring
car to Mrs. Alexander Stewart of this
city is reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
New Field for Women.

Word comes that an entirely new
field of endeavor is about to be opened
to women: and it is said to be one of
the most pleasant as well as profitable
iabors to which women may aspire. The
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-06-11
FORAGE PLANT BECAME PEST
Australian Dairy Farmers Brought &c
the Verge Of Ruin by Inn
ported Grass.

Australia has added another to
the series of complications incidental
to the introduction of new species,
either of the animal or vegetable
kingdom, into the economic life of
country.
Not many years ago the colonists
thought to enrich the scanty fauna
of the island continent by the natuA
ralization of the European rabbit;
and the experiment proved SO sue
cessful that the little animal is now
a pest to be fought with the aid of
scalp bounties. Somewhat later an
Australian statesman induced the
settlers of the torrid north coast to
grow an exotic forage plant, paspa-
lum, kind of millet, and to de-
velop the country as grazing and
dairy region. The result was the
building up of a flourishing dairy in
dustry.
Now, however, it has been discov-
cred that, after years of wonderful
service as milk maker, paspalum
has developed tendency to sourness,.
due perhaps to the failure of the
dairy farmers to follow crop-rota-
ton system. The plant is of remark
ably vigorous growth, and in most of
the pastures affected it has developed
a formidable tangle of roots, which
makes it an extremely difficult and
expensive matter to eradicate it.