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MRS. YERKES LEFT
ESTATE OF $7S4,O49
Her Jewelry Appraised at $780,.
42L-DiamOnd Collarette
Put at $4,000.
ONE SISTERS PART LARGE
Two Others and Five Brothers
to Get Only Fractional
Shares.

The transfer tax appraisal ~ tn. &C.
tate Of Mrs Mary Adelaide yerkes.
widow Of Charles r. Yerkes was flied
yesterday. The appraisers estimated
the value Of her property at s7s4,O4s.
The legal deductions. including tho de-
cedcnts indebtedness. reduced her estate
to f5l7730 net The report indicates
that many Of Mrs Yerkes's famous Jewels
were worth far less than was supposed.
The most valuable article OF jevelry
was a diamond collarette with a bowkrot
and pear shaped emerald pendant APP
praised Mt s50,oo0. string OF 100
pearls which attracted much attention
when Mrs. ierkes wore II 10 tho
opera and elsewhere and which was
supposed to have been one of the most
costly strings owned In the city was
appraised at only sl7.2So. Her Bruins
wick diamond. noted for it's size. proved to
have defects which reduced it's value to
$4,000, while n ruby. appraised al $1,000.
was valued at this amount partly because
uf its setting.
The total value of the jewelw was
stso,42i. Additional items were: String
Of ffty-one pearls with diamond CLASP
fl2.77O: diamond stoma cher with two dia 10
mond pendants. $1,000 diamond neck
lace Of sixty graduated diamonds and
two pendants, $1,000. and platinum chain
with pear shaped diamond and emer-
aid. $500.
Mrs Anna Hurlock Sims. a sister. was
the largest beneficiary. her interest being
s3Gs.J She got nil the jewclry. $780,
000 In cash. furs worth s3.i65, laces and
other belongings worth S2.564. and one
ninth Of the resduary estate OF s30s.b2<.
Rive brothers and two sisters each got
one-nnth Of the residue and one share
was divided between a nephew and niece.
The assets of the estate included the
following: Amount due from the sale OF
the residence at SEA Fifth avenue and
the stable on Sixts-fifth street ,2i,7S0
hank deposits. s2S.36i: personally. sees.
42l, and stocks and bonds, f43i,bl3. The
estate has n claim OF sj0,l09 against tn
estate OF Charles T. Yerkcs. Among the
paintings are Loves Missile" Alma
Tadema, $3.50; Moonlight AT Midngh
nj Ahhevlle," Cain. $4,000. and "PortrAi,
of Himself" Gerome. $500.
The report shows that George W
Young whose wife, Nine. Noodica. died
recently, received slo6.737 under an ayr .
mcnt by which he financed the litigation
! Of Mrs. Ycrkes against her husband,
{ estate.
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MISS NOEL JOHNSTON TO WED.
Her Engagement to william II. APP
pIetOn Ii Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Herbert Johnston OF Is
washington Square North. who are at
their country place, Boatcroft. In Hun
tington l.. l.. announced yesterday the
enga cement OF their only daughter. Miss
Noel Johnston. to William II. Appleton OF
this city. This engagement II OF wide In
terest to society here and In Boston. from
which city the family Of Mr.. Appleton
comes.
Miss Jc hnston was introduced to society
three years ago She b a sranddaugh-
ter OF the late John Taylor johnson, presi-
dent for thirty years Of the Central Rail-
road OF New Jersey and one OF the found
ers Of the Metropolitan Museum OF Art,
He- paternnl aunts are Mrs. Robert w.
de Forest Mrs. Pierre Mall. wife or the
Belgian Consul General at New York, and
Mira. Henry + Coe.
Miss Johnston's maternal grandfather
was Auguste Noel Of distinguished
French family that came to New York
many years ago. Her aunts are Mrs.
Henry f Gourd, Mrs. William Armstrong
Greer and Miss Josephine Noel
Mr.. Appleton Is son or william
Worthen Appleton and a grandson Of the
late william II. Appleton. His mother.
who dice several years ago was OF the
Sargent family of Boston He lives with
his father at 20 East Eightieth street lie
was graduated from Harvard in 1905.
Mr.. Appletons skaters are Miss Margaret
Appleton and Miss Mary Appleton. HIS
brother, Henry Sargent Appleton, married
Miss Cecile Racot Mr.. Appleton Is as
Of Stephen n. Weld 4 Co
i AZ So1> Ao- k,s,>Y>.,aNf nm m nuannnraaS,a
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

After an absence from Broadway OF
Nineteen years Mrs. Tom Thumb widow
G the famous midget exploited by y. 7.
htlnlW, and herself n midget. will appear
az Hammer>ten's Victoria Theatre during
me week ~ September 2s, She Will APP
ha" with her husband. Count Nagri. In
rHti't called Two Strings to Her
now She Is now 73 years old and has
M.H before the public for ffty-six years.
cable message has just been received
Rom Francis Macmillen, American vio-
Whist, saying that he has at last been per-
n''"d 10 leave Dresden and is now In
f'ieNa, switzerland. AT the home OF Clio
Auo"r' IN" Swiss pianist, and will sail
'or home on the first .r leaving
nom Genoa, thus beins Jle 10 MI his
bookings here.
y cable Wrssag" was received Yesterday
nom London by George g. Tyler of the
,,.'"r Company announcing that Nine.
N1fWuNa and her husband would sail
Tomorrow rrr New York, clifford Brook,
N1o arrived here some weeks ago to make
mo production ~ Basil Macdonald Hast
ne now play for Nine. Nazimova, will
''s . lnhrarsals as soon AZ the actress
f'a hos New York MT Hastings is ex-
p-''i her" In October
IoAr UloV-s success with his new com
'lf Fhe rrodigal Husband" has been
~ ..d' contrary 10 other announce
m''' .u viii begin his mdwcck matinees
.'N N''s instead Of in tho week OF Sep
"r.or Fl.
Walter tldmpdon and Ralph Stuart
.'-. .ngtgod Yesterday nv william 4
"''i" Poor the cast Of Thompson Blu
Hfpu- Ntw York mclodrama, Life
We iN'.' arc clghty.tNo speaking part,
'.7 n'0"toen scenes. the majority o
'..1 larry hig mechanical effects, thu
WORK Of propagation will require consider
able time
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MISS MARKS BRIDE OF
THE REV. H. B. LIEBLER
Bishop Performs Ceremony
Bridegroom Son Of Theatri-
cal Producer.

The wedding of Miss Frances Louisa
Marks, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs George
Edwin Marks OF Riverside. Conn, to the
Rev. Harold RaNter I.iebler took place
yesterday morning in So. Pauls Church,
Riverside. in the presence Of small COM
pany OF relatives and friends. The cere-
mony was performed by Bishop Webb Of
Milwaukee. assisted by the Rev. Charles
u. Marks, an uncle Of the bride. of Wilton,
Conn: the Rev L. c. Rich, rector OF
Corpus Christi Church. New York, and
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J. H. HAIRLESS WILL PROBATED.
Bankers Estate Goes TO widow,
sons and Daughters.

PHILApELPHIA. Sept. l0.--Thc will Of
John H. Harjes. a former Philadelphian
and member of The banking firm OF Nor
gan, HarJes & Co, who lived for many
years in Paris. was admitted to probat 10
here to-day. Mr.. Harjes is survived by
his widow, two sons and Ave daughters
The widow. Henry II. Harjes. a son. and
r. T. Stotesbury are named as executors
The petition accompanying the will
gives the value of the estate at $500, 900
and upward" II Is estimated that the
American portion OF the estate exceeds
81 900 600, which is left TO his family.
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THE ELDER SON" PRODUCED.
Opens nj Long BrRnch before Com
ing To Playhouse Here.

LoSG RRNNcH. y. j., Sept. 1o-Will-
IAN \ Brady produced The Elder Son"
here Tonight prior to its opening in New
YORK 40 tAc Playhouse next Tuesday
Tho play is laid in England and the at
mospher' is preserved through the acting
or company composed OF London play
ers
In IN" cast are Cynthia Brooke. Nellie
compton, lrhy Marshall Mona Hunger
lord, Norman Trevor Eric Maturtn.
LumsdcU Hare. Harry Green and others.
The audience gave frequent manifes-
Mtons OF approval OF the play and the
players
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NEWPORT HORSE SHOW WINNERS
Glen Riddle Farms Lead with 1870 F,
4. &. Vanderbilt Second.

NEWPORT Sept 1O.-The Glen Riddle
Farms OF Glen Riddle. Pa, with its hunt
ers and jumpers was the big prize money
winner al the Newport horse show this
year.
Tn" total amount OF the winnings Of
the farms was $500. Alfred g. Wander
Mclean, third. with s3i0; Reginald C.
Vanderbilt. fourth. with SEQ Miss Glenn
ence Crafts Of Ridgefeld. Conn. fifth.
with 1886. and George q. Rohlig OF Pas
sale. y. j. sixth, with $3.50.
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ROCKEFELLER FAMILY MEETS.
Association Gives Annual Dinner,
seventy-nve Attending.

The annual dinner OF the Rockefeller
Family Association was given last night
at the Hotel Endicott. Columbus avenue
and Eighty-hrst street. Seventy-five OF
the 22s members of the association were
present, many Of them coming from dis
tant states to attend the annual meeting.
1t was announced after dinner that John
d, Rockefeller had been taken into the
association last July, although neither he
nor his son, John D., Jr., who IL not
member. was able 10 attend last night
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SOUTH NoRwALK. Conn. Sept. 10
Capt Joseph s. Byxbee died at his home
here to-day. He was said to have been
1903 years old. One OF the memorable
incidents in his life occurred on May g.,
1853. when as captain OF the steamer
Pacific he sgnaled for the drawbridges
over the Norwalk River to open. train
Of cars plunged through the open draw
AMI fifty-fclr persons lost their lives.
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EAST ORANGE. n. j.. Sept. l0.-William
F. SchalI, a member OF the firm of Schall
A. Co. dealers in confectionery materials
at 81 Barclay street, New YORK. died mere
to.day I'm his hfty-third year. He retired
from active business three years ago. He
leaves wife
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the Rev Charles Boylton, rector OF St
Pauls. Riverside
The bride entered the church with her
father, who gave her away. She had hep
sister, Miss Grace Marks. as her only
attendant. Frederick Barnes acted as
best man. After the ceremony there was
a reception at the home of the bride s
parents Mr. and Mrs. debler will live
In Waukesha. Wis, after their wedding
trip.
The bridegroom IN the second son OF
Mr., and Mrs. Theodore August Liebler
OF New York, His father and brother,
Theodore A. Llebler. Jr,, are executive
members Of Liebler Company, theatrical
producers.
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OBITUARY.


Mrs iIulda Il. Brown. who was
member of the old Bergen family Of
Brooklyn and the widow OF c. Elwood
Brown. died on Wednesday in Monmouth
county, New Jersey The funeral will be
held to-day from the home Of her brother.
Tunls @. Bergen, l0l Willow street
Brooklyn When a girl she was pupil
OF the Packer Institute and after gradual
ing continued her studies abroad. She
belonged TO the Daughters of the Revolu-
ton, the Colonial Danes of America and
the Holland Danes of America.
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Paul 4, r.. Guerber.

ALLENTOWN. va. Sept l0-Paul A. u.
Guerber, a mechanical engineer OF high
standing, died to-day after an operat on
for appendicitis Mr. Guerber was a
son of the late Arnold S Guerber and
was born in Brooklyn In 1861. He was
educated in Paris and Switzerland and
was later graduated from Stevens 1nstl-
tute. In 1901 he established the Guer-
Der Engineering Company.
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DIR, John u. Burris.

Dr. John Il. Burrls died yesterday at
his home, 3s West Ninety-fourth street.
He was 6S years old, During the civil
war Or. Burris Joined New Jersey
ragiment OF volunteers After the war
he entered the New York Eclectic Medical
College, receiving his degree in 1878.
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MARRIED.

BENNETT - DE REUTER- - On Thursday,
September 10. in Paris, James Gordon
Bennett to Mrs George de Reuter-
OSBORN On Tuesday, septem-
Der s, at noon, In st. Msrgarers. West
minister Abbey, London, England. Mar
Iore Mary Lamont TO Henry Fairfield
Osborn. Jr,
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CREDIT MEN NOT ALARMED.
National Association In Letter Tells
of Confidence.

The National Association OF Credit
Men has sent out to It's members letter
entitled "a Message of Assurance to
Credit Men" II sets forth the encour-
aging features in the financial situation
and urges confidence and cooperation.
II says
There liz no occasion for alarm, but
every reason exists FOR the exercise OF
steadness, and every one concerned in
the credit system should cheerfully as
sumo his share OF whatever may he 70
n in, Afa sfahilif1HA
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"Pretty Mrs. smith" Produced.

ALBANY, Sept, l0,--Oliver Morosco pre-
scented FRITZ Schefr tonight In a comedy
with music entitled pretty Mrs. smith
at Harmanus Bleecker Hall. The book IL
by Oliver Morosco and Henry James. with
lyrics by Earl Carroll and music by
Henry James and Alfred Robyn. The
piece win have IT. New York Offering e.
GopdRY plghn0n tba Qsaipo EhastZa
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Mrs. Charlotte II. starke.

Word reached here yesterday OF the
death OF Mrs. Charlotte Rogers Starke.
widow OF Konrad Starke. artist, and
daughter OF the late !. Warren Rogers OF
Sea thorough on Hudson. at her home in
Paris She had made her home in Paris
for the last nineteen years.
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Michael VI. kearDs.

CAPE MAY, N. J., sept io-Michael NJ
kesrns. SIS. Democratic state committee
man from Cape May county. died to-day.
He had been q member OF the Cape May
oountp hoard, Of taSation Tor SQut Eearal
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KAISERN rs AT DANzIa.
specsI Gable Despatch TO Tus suu.

spec'ei cobie DespafcA to TIE suu
PARIS, Sept io--The Ftodros oor-
respondent at Bordeaux says:
Tho communiaue. issued by the Ger
man Headquarters stan indicates that the
Kaiser was present on September 8 at the
fighting In lorraine east OF Nancy. The
kaiserin left on September 9 for Danzig."
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EULOGIZES THE POPE.
Bishop Of Lourdes Recalls New Pom
in's visit to That CITY.
Special cable Despatch TO THE suS

NItcIVI dOTF TeNDI1GN 70 I HE SVN.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 10.-Mgr. Schoepfer.
Bishop OF Tarbes and Lourdes. publishes
in the form OF an open letter a panegyric
OF Pope Benedict XIV, recalling the Popes
pilgrimage to Lourdes at the head ~
several thousand Italians In 1919, when
he was Archbishop OF Bologna.
The document recalls the Popes ad-
ministration of the communion to n
multitude of worshippers at the feet at
the white statue of the Virgin. his prayers
and tears during the ceremony, and his
request for fragment OF the rock on
which the Virgin placed her foot during
the apparitions.
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Operation on DIR. O'ConneII.

DR. Joseph ]. O'Connell, Health Officer
of the Port OF New York, was operated
on for a slight ailment at St John =
Hospital, Brooklyn, yesterday, DIR. III
Beeclman Delatour OF 10 Eighth avenue
brooklyn. said last night that the opera
ton was very slight one, that his pa
tient was doing nicely and would be back
at his station st Quarantine in about a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-11

J. Frank Anderson secretary OF Brook,
lvn Lodge, No 30 T. NJ. A., dropped
dead Wednesday at his home, 2473 Grand
avenue. Tho Bronx. lie was formerly an
actor. but had latterly been in the surety
business
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EXCHANGE TEACHERS ON WAY.
French Professors to Lecture Here
Despite wav.
Special Cable De.patcA TO TINS srs

Despite Wav.
Special Gable Despdtch to TINS sus
FANS. Sept 1o.--The war 10 not 70 M
allowed to interfere with the Interchange
of professors between France and the
United States. Prof. Andre Lichten-
berger OF the sorbonne has started for
Harvard. Prof. A. de la. Pradelie. the
International law expert. Is leaving soon
for Columbia.
President Lowell Of Harvard has in
formed NJ. Lizard Of the University Of
Paris that the French professors are as
surcd OF the warmest welcome and added
that they win be able TO SEQ how deep
is the general sympathy Of Americans for
Franco.
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AMERICANS STILL DRILLING.

Foreign Volunteers In French Army
Sent TO Toulouse.
PARIS. Sept. 1o.--The second foreign
regiment. which includes the American
volunteers. after a week at Rouen has
moved to Toulouse, whore II Is drilling
hard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-06
REDUCTION OF RUSSIA BIGGEST AIM OF GERMANY IN GREAT WAR,
 SAYS BERLIN EDITORIAL WRITER

tinue the war-tf necessary for twenty years It is then pointed out. as did MT. Asquith, that German industry and commerce are in a bad way, a condition which would continue until Germany had surrendered the terri tories occupied and had paid the in demnitfes imposed.
 What were the feelings of the French when they read the words Of 2. boaster who talks loudly because he sufferings of this war? Twenty years is a long time when the army of the enemy occupies the center Of the country. No, even the pledges of the Times are not sufficient to ban the pessimism which made itself felt in France. Tn all the comment made on the situation there Is but one instance that could impress the French. The Petit PArfsian asserts that Germany intends to tell the Russian and Eng fish: We will crush France and will then be ready to make peace with you at the expense of France But this assertion is false, and the facts will dem monstrate how false they are
 We are at war with France, be- cause. in consequence of an impo1itfc alliance. and misled by tntriEuers iE was brought to the side of RussiaA E3ut we are principally concerned with the reduction of Russia. In her direction we see dimtnuuon and weakening of a giant and the making of guaran- tees-the moral idea of this great war and the grand goal for, which, if nec= essary we will continue to fight for twenty years. even in spite of the fact that since the days of Isemberg we do no longer underestimate the magni- tude of the task
 Even those masters of cheap phrases who do not look death in the eye, as do our brave soldiers in the field, must realize that only the com plete victory Of the Germans over the Russians can secure the position of Germanyss future and that a peace treaty otherwise would be a scrap of paper without value. As we hope and believe, the rnement will come when the affair which France has forced upon us against our wishes will end favorabiy for us. and when we will be in position to concentrate our efforts against the Russians We will see then whether the English and French will stlIf have the inclination to drag on the war in favor of Russia indefinitely. One will then have ito ask the French: Have those of you who have no personal interests in Rus sfa- not paid enough And then also England will be sasked-with most appreeiabIe emphasis: Are you willing to risk more for Russia's might and aggrandizement-if necessary for twenty years 2''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-06

3 Paris, Oct 6--Despfte the official an nouncement Of yesterday that the al-6 lies had yielded somewhat, confidence
 today in the ultimate success of the. French and English in the great a,c- lion on the left wing Of the battle front in northern France has by no
 means diminished. Meanwhile, with out repose and with no sign of a
 truce, the tremendous battle of mil
 lions of men is going opt each side
 trying by every possible means in their
 power to gain the advantage.
 North of the Disc has appeared for
 the first time in war office state ment. Till now all the combats fought on the right bank of the Disc river have been mentioned as occur ring either in the region of ths Rove or between the Somme and the Oise-
 There is much speculation on the phase of the fighting in that vicinity which can have greatly varied irn- portance
 The military critics, among them Lieut.. Col. Rousset, of the Petit Paris lien, refuse to attach any importance to the setback or the yielding of terri tory, declaring them to be the inevit- able retreats which can be offset by a progressive movement He cites the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-06

and occasionally old men.
 'sThe women are now performing the. most laborious tacks, even to the loading of freight ears Trains are running on most lines on restricted schedules. There are hardly any pas sengers and solitary soldiers may be seen guarding stations, bridges or tun- nels, but bodies of troops even in small numbers are rarely seen. All have gone to the front. Red Cross stations have been set up in the prin- eipal towns and depots provided with vast numbers of stretchers are ready to receive the wounded. The we'll meant Hospitality of the public in sup plying soldiers with food, de1icacies and cigarettes is said to have had an unfortunate effect on the peasant sol dfers who are not accustomed to such fare. They consumed everything giv- eni them greedily and became sick in consequence.
 ftThe question of the unemployed is assuming serious proportions, espe- cially in Vienna and Budapest. Many hundreds have been given work in the construction of Notifications along the Danube in thesneighborhood of Vienna and hundreds more have been sent from the towns into the country to work in the fields. The Austrian peas ants are displaying great ingenuity in exploiting the state. They refuse to pay city workers any wages at all and house and feed them rn1serably. For this they claim from the state four shfIIings for each worker per day TEe Government, however, declined yield to such an exhorbita-nt demand. In Vienna funds are being raised to feed the unemployed. but the demand is constantly increasing since. besides the unemployed, the city is crowded with Ga1icians.
 Life in Vienna pursues much the same course as before the war. Cafes and restaurants are filled and some of the theatres are open. The Imperio1 Court Opera and the Court Theatre will be opened shortly four times weekly, the performers having finally agreed to accept reduced salaries for a period of four months. Over half the street railway employees have been called into the army and in conse- ouencefhe service has been greatly re- duced. Nine hundred men have been engaged, but some time must elapse before they are competent to run the trains A large number Of police have also rejoined the army, but the city is perfectly quiet and orderly. So far there have been no demonstrations against the embassies of the Allied Powers. The prices of food are not much above the normal. although an advance reported on the wholesale prices of wheat. barley and rye, will affec the cost of flour and bread. The price of peteroleum has risen. constd- era.bIy and many refineries have closed down. Boring operations have ceased but exports of Gahcian oil to Ger many have increased because Anneri- can oil is no longer arriving in it's us ual quantiti
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-06
HOPEFUL OF VICTORY,
 DESPITE REPORTS OF REPUL SE
 BY GERMANS ALONG THE AISNE

fact that the first Napoleon at Maren- go had, to retreat three times in the face of the Austrians which did not prevent him from finding there one of his most brilliant victories as well as one Of the most profitable.
 E The familiarity of the French with the territory is frequently of consid- erable advantage to them. The marshes of St. Gond. near the Petit Morin river, are perfectly solid fn the dry sea son and the Germans here had made all preparations for an important sur prise attack. The night before this was to occur a heavy rain made the sWamp a lake and turned the posi- ton to the disadvantage Of the Ger mans. The French merely stuck to; their positions and while the enemy was in distress In the soggy ground aninhilated large numbers with their artillery fire. The digging of false trenches and all kinds of efforts which will rebound to advantage are being resorted to on one side or the other
 The lists of dead printed in the news papers are growing They sometimes furnish the only news of the soldiers since their departure to the front
 A force of 90 architects and engineers and 5000 workers is ready to repair !. the damage in the war zone