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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-16
National Geographic Society s
War Primer

EDITORS NOTE-The National Geographic Society prepared
the following concerning places figuring prominently
the OF the military operations in the European War;
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NUMBER 80

DEPARTMENT OF PAS-de-CALAIS
Most Americans who visit Paris
through the territory embraced in the
French maritime department Of Pas
de-Callais, for its port cities, Boulogne
and Calais, are the two great tourist
gateways for transoceanic admirers
Still, few who have gone this way will
remember the country we'll enough to
be able to picture it as a stage for
stupendous military operations, The
Calais-Basle express is one of the
fastest trains on the continent of
Europe, and, with the delights of Par
is, Switzerland, and quaint Southern
France before, few have felt occasion
to loiter on the low, damp north
western plan. These lowlands, now
creepy with winter-chill, have become
a focal point for world attention
through the German efforts to master
the sea-coast nearest England.
Pas-de-Calais is typical of all indus
trial France. The department contains
2,606 square miles, and supports more
than a million people. It's channel
coast is thickly settled with villages of
fisher-folk, many of the French her
ring and mackerel sold in this coun-
try by dealers in fine groceries coming
from there. The greater part of the
French coal output comes from fields
in this department. In that particular,
it is the Pennsylvania of France, and,
like Pennsylvania, has it's great Pitts
bur 81 iron boundaries. Much beet
sugar is manufactured, and brewing
and paper-making are two other i'm
portant industries. Most interesting
of ALL however, is the machine-made
lace industry of Calais which is chiefly
a lace town. Nearly everyone there
earns his or her living in some branch
of this industry, designing the lace
sorts, tending the almost-human ma
chimes which weave the complex pat
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that we don't just merely make run
around tie lake.
"They want cart cried the quar-
termaster. Who can go?'
Every man answered t.
zone of our comrades, Jean R,
was chosen. A turn of the crank and
the car was gone. Where? No one
asked. One is too much accustomed to
seeing these machines depart to put
the question. They go, remain absent
many days, sometimes
"And r. went this time, like 9TH
ers before him, and as still others will
follow, each day.
I'm the evening the machine re-
turned to the garage All it windows
were broken. Bullets had riddled its
panels. Jean R was not with it.
His comrade, tears in his eyes, had
brought the car back alone, Jean R
- had been killed during the trip. His
body was on the ground back there,
somewhere in the North. They had not
been able to bring it back. Some Eng
lish soldiers had arrived in time to
save the survivors of this mission on
which the poor chauffeur had left so
joyously in the morning.
Some hours later, in the garage
where each evening they call the roll,
to the name of Jean R, the quar-
termaster answered:
Dead on the field of honor
"The men, in two ranks, raised the
hand to their caps.
"a day or two later, one could
see, one morning, some soldiers
marching with measured tread toward
church. All wore on the left arm
that letter "A that is jeered at. They
were the comrades of the "obscured
one They were going to have a
mass celebrated for him who had been
killed by German bullets"
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He 7EASED HER PET DOG

HAVRE, France, Nov. 16.-Mrs. Sc
telle an American woman, residing in
Paris, and who was a passenger on the
steamer Chicago, from New York, was
arrested here today on the charge, pre-
ferred by the police, of attempted MUIR
der.
After a quarrel with several passeng-
ers who teased her dog and becoming
furious at the alleged mistreatment OF
her pet, Mrs. Setelle is occused of fir
ing twice from an automatic pistol at
a man whom she believed to be the
ringleader of the group. Both bullets
few wild and the woman was immed-
lately disarmed.
In court, Mrs. Setelle said: Il fired
in the air merely to brighten the man"
Two witnesses testified with regard to
the incident and both declared that the
woman shot to kill.
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GOVERNMENT OF BAU-A little
peninsula jutting out into the Caspian
Sea which is one of the centers of the
petroleum industry of the world. 1t is
called Apsheron and belongs to the
Russian Empire. For hundreds of
miles up and down the water, depart
ing from Apsheon, the coastal lines of
the Caspian Sea are almost sternIy
self-repressed, meeting in the oil reg
ion to form the fartherest easterIy pro-
lection of the west Caspian coast. The
peninsula is dry and monotonous, dis
tinguished for three things,-its oil, its
sand wastes and it's wind storms.
The oil fields of Apsheron are sit
uated to the south of the Caucasus
Mountains, and are separated from AS
ia Minor by rough mountainous
country with almost no avenues of
communications between them.
BAKU, the chief city of the govern
ment of that name, is port of Apsher-
on and the oil metropolis of Russia. 1t
is said never to overcome its most in
sistent characteristics, that of a thick
naptha and gasoline fragrance, not
even its famous wind storms from the
northeast being able to drive out this
odor over the Caspian Sea. The city
is surrounded with great refineries,
and its outlaying territory is dotted
with whole army corps of oil tanks.
Some 60,O0O,OOO barrels of oil were
produced in this district and handled
through Baku in 1911.
Besides its oil industry, Baku. owing
to it's excellent harbor and its unus-
ually good railway advantages for a
port east of the Caucasus Mountains, is
the import and export center of the
Russian Persian trade. Wine. silk,
dried fduit, Persian woods and woven
goods, rice, fish and other products of
nearer Asia are sold into Russia and
other ports of Europe through Baku,
while Russian manufacturers are gath
cred at his depot for Persian and Asia
Minor consumption.
1t is owing to Baku's stores of oil,
however, that its prestige as port Of
the Near East is maintained. From its
wells, in the past, came an oil produc-
ton for long time surprising that Of
the United States, though this country
is now far ahead of Russia in the pro-
duction of petroleum.
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(By Associated Press.)

PARIS, Nov 16.-The exploits of
the daring automobile drivers who
whiz along the fringe of the she'll
torn battle front and sometimes into
it, on missions of military duty that
have cost many life, are as remark
able as the aerial dashes in this war.
Thousands of luxurious touring cars
and limousines that once graced the
boulevards of Paris are now employed
in this service and many of them are
driven by their wealthy owners who
rank as privates, and are comrades
with professional chauffeurs. They
year uniforms marked with an "a" on
the arm. Little is heard of the indi-
vidual deeds, which led the Fifaro to
say their service was "obscured". In
reply the Figaro printed on its first
page a letter from one of these daring
drivers, Paris lawyer, that speaks
for itself. 1t follows:
'Obscured!' The word is quickly
said. There is too much 'obscured.'
And one has reason for being so who
is forced to remain far from the front.
Thus the automobile service is OBJ
scured. But the Figaro ought to says
that in their obscurity the automobil-
lists know how to die and that numer-
Gus, indeed, have been those who al
ready have fallen.
"If, at the beginning of the war, one
saw Automobiles enjoying a ride in
the woods or with their cars stationed
before fashionable restaurants, that
time has passed. That should be
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Automobile ChauHeurs Play
Important Part in War

known.
"The automobile squad to which
belong is submitted to the most
rigid military discipline. We have
three roll calls day. We do not sleep
at home. No one quits the garage dur
ing hours of service.
The other day, about nine in the
morning, the quartermaster entered
the garage. Everyone was at his post.
The machines were all equipped, tanks
filled, provisions in the hampers, car
bines ready-everything there to show
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terms as handily and as we'll as could
be done by hand, finishing, dyeing,
carding and selling the output to buy
ers from all corners of the world. At
ter taking rank as tourist port as
the nearest foreign port to England
Calais is known to the world as the
center of manufacture for the Calais
woven laces.
Boulogne is 25 miles from Calais,
and is the leading port of the depart
ment. Between these two cities is
Wimereux, where a harbor was exca-
waited in 1903 by order of Napoleon
l, preparatory to his projected invasion
of England. In 1904, he assembled an
army of $4,000 infantry and 5000 cav
airy on the tableland to the north of
Boulogne, and collected in the harbor
a flotilla of 2,413 craft of various dim
ensions, for the purpose of the English
invasion The troops awaited only the
arrival of the fleets from Antwerp,
Brest, Cadiz, and the harbors of the
Mediterranean, which were prevented
from coming by the English feet. Two
miles from Boulogne stands great
Doric column 172 feet high, comment
Grating the expedition, although it
never got underway. The First En-
pire left the monument unfinished, but
nearly a half century later it was
completed.
From the tower of the Church of
Notre Dame, at Boulogne, one may, in
fair weather, view the white cliffs of
the English coast. The town of Arras
now the scene of the main German at
tack, is situated in the southeastern
corner of the department, at the juno
ton of two important railway lines,
and has a long history. In the fourth
century it was famous for its wooden
cloth, and in the Middle Ages its tapes
tries had high reputation, many Of
them still being preserved in England.
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PARIS, Nov. 16.-The French have
learned to Guido the enemy in the fine
art of trench making. An officer writes
that not only have his men fitted up a
cooking range in their trenches, but
that they have half a dozen bath
rooms, properly tiled and screened off.
These are fitted with hot and cold
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Tiled Baths, Cafes and Concert
Hall in Trenches of French Army

water sprays and shower, and better
still, a regular system of drainage IS
to be installed. Next to the baths is a
shaving saloon. The soldiers are now
at work upon cafe and concert hall.
All these things are underground,
and are warmed and lighted. They are
something less than half mile from
the German lines.
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INTERESTING LETTER FROM
MRS. THOMAS A EDISON.

L n
The following Letter from Mrs. Thorn
as A Edison is published in the Deem
Der Womans Home Companion. Mrs.
Edison's letter is one among many
others from noted people which the
Companion now publishes apropose of
AN Appeal to American Women" by
Ida NJ. ffTarbell which appeared in the
October number. In that article Miss
Tarbell made the plea that American
women and men, too, accept the
opportunity offered them now and
in future patronize home industries in
stead of buying foreign-made products.
Mrs. Edison says:
I'm the October Woman's Home Com
panion, Miss Ida Tarbell had an article
in which l took keen interest. l wish to
indorse all that she said and enter my
plea with hers for home industries and
home talent.
For a number of years as l have
visited some of our best houses and
leaders of fashion, l have ebgged the
designers to use their fine brains and
great talent in creating an individual
style for our women.
Now, if our women recognize this
talent the designer will do this, and
we shall have in dress national in
dividuality, equal to the greatness of
our country in other lines. Why should
we be mongrels following first Paris,
then London, Berlin, Vienna, etc., and
not their best form at that but allowing
the big houses of those various cities
to put on our backs the demi-monde
type, we accepting it because it is i'm
ported? For the past three or four
years it has been impossible to go up
on our streets without a shudder. Sure
" our designers can make for US
stylish, more womanly costumes.
Should be willing to wear clothes
which do not distinguish US from our
most unfortunate sisters?
Let us demand of our manufacture
ers the finest of material and fabrics
let our women use the brain they are
blessed with in aiding our designers
and manufacturers.
The same is true in other vocations
Music and art of all description is un-
patr3nized unless a foreign label des-
ignates it. A singer must have come
from abroad, in fact must change his
name from plain American Richard tc
Ricardo, the imported name, before he
is recognized as a singer
"Mr. Edison in his search for voices
for his photograph has made trial rec
ords of more than three thousand sing
ers in nearly every city in Europe ant
almost an equal number of trials il
America He finds that as rule tht
European voice is afflicted with very
disagreeable tremolo, variable timbrt
and poor Observation-Disclosures the
American voice is far more freQuentl!
free of tremolo, has a rairly even tim
bre and as to Interpretation the Amer
leans far surpass the Eudopean singers
But Notwithstanding that fact the Am
orleans demand the foreign talent.
oWhen are we to form our owl
oninions and be independent enough t
stand for our own expression? At on
time It may have been necessary t.
poin knowledge abroad, but not so now
We have learned and have great PEG
Mo in our midst; should we not nov
pause and enjoy that which we have?
DO we not show ourselves an ad
vanced nation when we compare GU
methods in war with those of the pres
ort terrible condition in Europe?"
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400 Officers in The Portuguese
Army Charged With Conspiracy

1t is said on good authority that the
military courts have ordered the ar
rest of 400 officers Of the army, charg-
ed with conspiracy.
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MADRID, Nov. 16.-Telegrams from
report that the dissatisfaction in the
army is increasing.
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WANTED...A Home for a
E n

WANTED, home tor hen" Put an adver-
tisement to that effect in the paper and see how
many people are now willing, even anxious to
provide pleasant home to capable, industrious
hen.
A year ago lois of them would have turned
up their noses at the idea. It takes harsh words
between William of Germany and George OF
England to make some Americans appreciate
the economic value of the humble hen.
The United States of America, with its mil
lions of square miles of farm lands, has been
caught in the act of importing eggs. Not many.
it is true, but importing eggs nevertheless Shades
of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and
few other common sense Americans, forbid!
But the egg incident is after all only an in
cident There are many other things which we
have been buying abroad that can be produced
at home most profitable. Ten minutes inquiry
will develop number of small manufactured
articles previously imported, for which some
line of American industry is in need.
opportunities many small businesses abe
Equal opportunities large industries in duplicating articles
formerly purchased from abroad
many The time is ripe to be up and doing
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
NEW PLAN FOR
 RECRUITING

Belfast, March 26-More than a thousand men have been enrolled in Listers standing army" since this new plan of the Home Rule resisters was sprung two weeks ago. Having completed the recruit ing and organization of 100000 men in the Volunteer Force, the leaders decided to form from their numbers the nucleus of q standing army modelled along the lines of the British regular army.
 In addition to being boarded and lodged as regular soldiers they are to be paid $5 a week each, thus enabling married men who join to be assured of constant income for their families. They are to be constantly on duty, in contradistinc- ton to the Volunteers who are subject for the present only to call for duty or drills once or twice week. The leaders have already arranged for barrack accomoda- tions at convenient centers, and have begun purchasing the neces- sary equipment. It is expected that within a month or so the three thousand men with whom it is planned to organize the corps will have been enrolled. When the appeal for standing army" re- cruits was made at a meeting of the volunteer battalion in East Belfast 100 of the 500 present handed in their names, and similar eniistments are reported from oth- ar districts.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
THIS STOMACH REMEDY
 REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL

You know us-your home drug gist. You know we wouldn't guaran- tee any remedy to relieve indigest- ion or dyspepsia, or money back, un- less we felt the utmost confidence in that remedy. Therefore, when we offer you Rexall Dyspepsia. Tablets with this proof of our faith in them, it leaves you no room for hesitation or doubt.
 The remarkable success of Rex all Dyspepsia Tablets is due to the fact that they contain, among other things, Bismuth and Pepsin, two ingredients endorsed by the medical profession as invaluable in the treatment of stomach ills. They soothe the inflamed stomach, check heartburn and distress, stim- uIate the secretion of gastric juice, aid in rapid and comfortable diges- ton of the food and help to quick ly convert il into rich, red blood In a short time they tend to re store the stomach to a naturally comfortable, easy-acting, healthy state. They also benefit the bowels.
 Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets ars sold only at the more than 1000 Rexan Stores, and in this town only by Us. Three sizes, 25c, soc, and $1.0O.-Wm. Britt, Skagway, Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
DISTRACTIONS
 ID BE REMOVED

Ottawa, March 26-Dr. Alfred Thompson has applied to the gov ernment for a grant of money to remove the Instructions in the Don jek river and thus make it pos sible for steamboats to navigate in- to Kluane lake from Yukon river. This will assist prospectors in get ting in their outfits and supplies.
 Dr. Thompson said recently that all efforts regarding annexation have emanated from British Colum- bia. There is no word here of any thing of that nature and the mat ter is not being considered in any shape or form.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
INFERIOR WEATHER REPORT.

skagway, 22 above, cloudy, nth. wind.
 Caribou, 8 above. cloudy, north wind.
 Tagish, 10 above, cloudy, N. wd. Wh!tehorse, 12 below, clear, cm. Atlin, above, cloudy, calm. Lower LeBarge, c; cloudy, calm. Hootalinqua, above, cloudy, c. Big salmon, O.; cloudy, calm. Carmacks, =; cloudy, calm. Yukon Crossing, 10 above, cloudy, calm.
 selkirk, 14 above, cloudy, sth. wind.
 Coffee Creek, r above, cloudy, s. wind.
 White River. =; showing, sth. wind.
 Stewart River, 10 above, raining, south wind.
 Dawson, 15 above, raining, sth. wind.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
 Lucas County. 0'

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & O., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Halls, Catarrh Cure.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscrib- ed in my presence, this 9th day of December, A D. 1886.
 A. W. GLEASON,
 (seal.) Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
LOW EXCURSION
 RATES OFFERED

The skagway office of the c. P. R. is offering very low second and third class return fares from here in connection with the Nor wegian American Exhibition at Christiana this coming summer. The Princess May, sailing from skagway April 22d. will connect at vancouver, B. C., with Home to Norway excursion reaching Christ jana on May 12, 1914, Tickets on sale Aril 20, 25 and 30, good to re- turn up to Oct 31st, 1914.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
LADIES DO NOT HAVE
 TO TELL THEIR AGES

The ice has been broken, and now a rush of women 70 register should be well under way before the latter part of the week.
 Listen! Register Pettig will ac- cept of legal age" as safficient answer from the ladies who want to have voice in the coming cleo tioI.
 In fact the register declares he has not asked one lady voter how old she was, but, he added, sever al volunteered their ages and he recorded the figures.-Juneau Dis patch
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
SPOKANE PROFESSORS
 COMING TO ALASKA

John J. Lyons and A. M. Zung, both of whom are professors at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. contemplate making a tour of Al aska this coming summer for the purpose of getting photographic views, and collecting reliable data to be used in lecture. courses. Ac- cording to tentative plans they will spend June, July and August in the north and will probably spend some time ill Skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
PERSONAL.

The condition of Wm. Bledsoe, Jr., is reported to be greatly i'm proved today.
 G. V. Zinkan, Canadian Gus toms Inspector at Skagway, who in company with his wife has been outside since early in January on his annual vacation, will return here on the 1st of April. Mir. and Mrs. Zinkan, when heard from a few days ago, were in Victoria, B. c.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
CHANGE TONIGHT AT THE
 MOVIES.

Pink Opera Cloaks.-Drama. the story of a models reward.-Selig The Last Block House. A good drama of the old pioneer days. 1n- dians raiding the settlers homes. A good exciting feature in two reels. "Kalem."
 How the Duke of Leisure reach es his winter home. Comedy. Selig. Music by Mrs. stanton.
 THE NUGGET MOVIES.
 Broadway Near Third.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
WANT MOTHER
 RELEASED

Chicago, Ill, March 26-President White, of the United Mine Work CTS Association, appealed to Pres ident Wilson today for the release of Mother Jones, who was recently placed under arrest in Trinidad, Colo, for her defiance of an order of the local authorities.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
GOT HIS HAIR BACK.
Was Perfectly Bald When He stnrteA
 to Use Newbro's HespicIde


 to Use Newbro's HesPicide
 Frederick Manuer. Maryland block, Buttu. Montana, bought bottle Of New rco's uerpicide. April G. '59. and began to , .se(it for entire badness. The hair fol- Ilcles in his scalp were not dead and in 20 days he had hair all over his head. On July 9 he writes. "and today my hair 6 as thick and luxurtant ns any one could wish" Newbro's Herpicide works on an old principle and with a new dis- c0very-dastrcy the cause and you re- move the effect. Herpicide destroys the germ thae causes dandruff. falling hair, and finally badness. so that with the muse gene the effect cannot remain. Stops falling hair at once and new growth starts. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The HGrpicide Co.,. Detroit Mich.
 One dollar hotties guaranteed.
 At all drug stores.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
MAKING BIG
 IMPROVEMENTS

Cleveland, March 25-The city's department of finance today receiv- ed bids for $1,197,OOO worth of street improvement bonds. On Ap- Til 13, $SOO,OOO worth or municipal electric light bonds will be knock ed down to the highest bidder.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Owing to the density of the smoke during the fire at-the Daily Alas kan office last week, the one who loaned me a pocket knife was not recognizable. If he will make his identity known, I shall be glad to restore to him his property
 Here's hoping,
The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-26
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE

LAXATIVE PROMO ouinine, Shs wOsld wide Cold and Grip remedy removes cause. Call for fulI mama Look for signature E. W. GROVE. 25c.