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commissioners shall copy all such per-
mits in the order in which they are
filed in his office, which said book
shall be open for inspection to any Of
ficer or citizen of the State any time
during business hours, and for his SER
vices in issuing such permit and re-
cording same the clerk shall receive
fee of 20 cents. to be paid by the
person to whom the permit is issued; !;
and such clerk shall not issue any
such permit when objection ir writing
shall be filed with him by the wife,
husband, parent, child or guardian of
such applicant.
Sec. D. 1t shall be unlawful for any
railroad company. express company.
corporation or other common carrier
to deliver any package containing in
toxicating liquor or beverages con-
tanning more than l per cent. OF
alcohol to any percson other than the
consignee, and in no case, shall any
railroad, express company, corpora
tion or common carrier or person or
agent of such railroad, express COM
pany, corporation or other common
carrier or person be liable for dam
ages for nOn-delivery of such liquor
or package until the person whose
name In the permit appears in person
at the place Of business Of the com.
mon carrier and signs in person for
the package.
Penalties for Fraud.
Sec. G. Any person obtaining any
such package under any false OF
fraudulent preteXt of any kind O,
any agent of any common carrier de.
livering a package contrary to the
provisions of this act shall, upor
conviction thereof, be fined rot less
than 500 or more than $500 or be
imprisoned in the county Jail fol-
not less than 80 days or more thar
six months or both in the discretion
OF the court.
Sec. z. 1t shall be unlawful for an,
Intoxicating liquors or beverages to be
stored or kept in any place Of bust.
ness or club room or house in thi.
State, whether for personal use O,
otherwise, and the liquor or beverage:
herein allowed to be imported, i
stored, must be stored in the home O,
private room of the person or per-
sons so ordering.
Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall
prevent the shipment or transporta
ton Of alcoholic liquors and bower
ages to any dispensary authorized b.
the laws of this State to sell same.
Sec. 9. Any person violating, any O.
the provisions Of this act shall b.
subject to fine Of not less than $1Ot
or imprisonment for not less thar
three months or both in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 10. Nothing herein contained
shall prevent the sale or transporta
tion of alcohol under and in accord
ance with the statutes of this state
as contained in criminal code of 1912
sections 799, 500, SO2 to S12, inclusive
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81 BALES COTTON BURNED.
warehouse and Contents Totally De.
strOyed ut Chcraw.

Cheraw, Jan. Eighty-two
pales OF cotton were destroyed. when
X. B. Laney's small cotton ware
mouse was burned here early Tues
day night. The building was of
frame and rubber roof, and burned
rapioly. The cotton was insured for
. cents pound. Mr.. Laney'.s large
metal warehouse. containing 400 bales
was not damaged.
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FIRE IN SALEM.
massachusetts City Again Threatened
With Destruction.

Salem, Mass. Jan. ga fire which
again threatend the heart Of the busi-
ness district destroyed the Leavitt
Dlock early today. The loss was "a
quarter of n million dollars.
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Chicago Produce Exchange.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-May wheat Il
dollar forty-thrcc and seven -cights:
corn, 10; oats &c Ii; pork 1925;
lard. ten eighty five; ribs, ten thirty.
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Blakr1y, Ga, Jan. 21.--A mob last
night lynchcd Pete Norris 10, a negro.
miles east of here. He was accus-
cd of killing j. T.. Lewis. aged 20. ana
robbing his store.
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hereby permitted to receive by com.
mon carrier, shipped from (here give
name and address of shipper, intov-
icating liquors or beverages, to wit;
dnsert kind and quantity, not exceed.
ing one gallon). This permit is void
and no delivery can be made there.
un' ,r after 80 days from date OF
issue, Dater this - day of ----------.-
10, ---, Clerk of Court. .
Not more than one such permit shat
be issued to the same applicant within
one calendar month. and no such per.
NIT shall DO issued to any person oI
persons under the age of II years.
Sec. 8. A permit issued as above
when attat he'd to and plainly affixed
I'm conspicuous place on Il package
or parcel containing any intoxicat-
ing liquors or beverages. as above
defined, transported from u place
without this state To "a point within
this State, shall authorize any com
mon carrier within this state to trans
port the package or parcel to which
said permit is attached or affixed and
10 deliver the same in person To the
person whose name Is set out in the
permit provided said package does
not contain more than one gallon of
said beverage, and provided it cor
talns nothing else except such IL
quors.
Permits Recorded.
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Has Had Practice.

If that White House baby gets sick
and needs someone to do the watch
full waiting act during the night
Grandpa Woodrow is the man for the
job.-Anderson Intelligencer.
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10000 WAR AUTOS.
fOrd Motor Co., Gets Big Order from
Iclligcrcnt Nation.

New York, Jan. 22.-Thc Ford Mo-
order from IL European nation tor
10000 cars Immediately, for military
service.
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EXPLOSION ON WARSHIP.
Four OF Crew Killed and Nine In
jurcd ON United States Cruiser San
Diego.

killed and nine injured by a boiler eX-
plOsion on the United States cruiser
San Diego off Guaymas, Mexico, yes
terday, just after the completion Of
the power trials.
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Columbia. Jan. 14.-Howard H.
Carlisle. senator from Spartanburg
county. has introduced In the upper
house Of the general assembly the two
measures. passage of which is desired
by the prohibitionists. One submits
the question whether manufacture
and sale Of alcoholic liquors and bev-
erages shall be prohibited through
out the State to a general election 10
be held September IL. The other is
intended to make available to a cer-
tain extent tho Webb law Of the fed
eral government restricting shipmen,
Of hquor into prohibition territory
These measures follow:
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CARLISLE PROHIBITION BILL
F0R REFERENDUM. ON MATTER
OF STATE WIDE INTEREST.

Carlisle Offers Two Bills I'm The
scnatc--One for Election Next Fall
ami One Requires Special Permit II
Ono Orders Liquor From Another
state.
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Permits Recorded.

Sec. 4. The clerk of the cour. in "a
book to be furnished By the county
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Sec. 8. The governor is hereby cm
powered to appoint and commission g.
sufficient number OF deputies and con
stables and such other persons az ma,
be necessary for such term as he may
designate. not exceeding one year, I,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
2,5OO,OOOFR FRENCH
MUST BE FED BY
THE Commission
tay aoan,so JOURNAL srse'., erAsdo w'ssI

london. March 25 C1.f5 p. M =
Herbert C. Hoover chairman Of the
American commission for rclief IN
Belgium who returned to London
from Paris today, announced that the
negotiations for feeding 2,5O0,O0O
civilians who are behind the Ger
man lines have been completed The
ARRANGEMENTS were settled between
Mr.. Hoover and French delegates
from the north. whom the Germans
permitted to journey 10 Paris by way
of switzerland to attend the confer
cncc.
For the past TWO months the com
mission has been reluctantly extend
ing tho distribution of relief farther
aud farther southwark from the Eel
gian frontier into France aud for the
past month has been feeding over
500, ,o00 French persons between
Maubege and sedan
I'm anticipation that ARRANGEMENTS
would be- made which would meet
with the approval of all parties. the
commission already has purchased
additional supplies These are now
arriving i'm Rotterdam and the people
of Lille Cambria and other cities la
This part of France, viii be- relieved
within the next few days The condi-
ton of these people chiefly women
and children. is desperate. old age
and infant mortality has Increased
with extraordinary rapidiy under the
VERY restricted supply and the coarse
character of the food available.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
AME ER|CAN FLAG
WAS |NSULTED
BY ZAPAT|STAS
Brazilian Minister Reported
Incident to Secretary Bryan
No Apology Has Been tx
pressed, So Far
rsv poaaso JOURNAL SPECIAL LsAsso wr'sj

Washington, March 25,-1li0W inc
American flag which was flying over
the home of John B. McManus, a citl-
zeu of the United States in Mexico
civ was torn and dragged half way
down the pole by Zapata soldiers
when they murdered McManus ana
looted his home two weeks ago, Is
told in dispatches from the Brazilian
minister. made public today by Sec
retary Bryan
This incident was reported at the
time the death Of MCManus was beng
investigated. but there was no an
nouncement Of it until today. Secre-
tarv Bryan said reparation for the m
suit to the flag had been asked lor
from Zapata authorities but that so
far no reply had come. In answer
to injuries he said there had been no
demand for a salute to the flag, as IN
the Tampco affair. .u,
An expression of regret for the XIII
inc of McManus already had been re-
ceived from General PalafoX, the Ha-
nata commander, with promise OF
indemnity for the family and punish
ment for the slayers, if apprehended'
Mr.. BRYAN explained that the Bra
Zlll1n minister III lfIIpl NlhH
death. March II. mentioned only the
fact that the American flag was ny
ing over the house. The next day nc
sent a further report, referring to the
desecration Of the flag. An inquiry
from the department as to what TINS
meant. brought an explanation Oh
March 16, that an American commit
tee which investigated the occurrence
reported to him that foil lowing ia,
Shading which preceded the general
entry of the Zapatistas into the mouse
| the flag was badly torn by Zapaustas
and dragged half way down the poIe.
The same committee, the minister
reported had submitted to nm q
nbotograph Of the house and rag.
In this connection it became know
today that several foreign flass ma, ma,
hpen violated recently at Manzamlio
among them the American nag Over
the house of an American ranchmah
When the matter was called TO th'
attention of General Carranza ne ue
MED the truth of the reports OF Amer
lean and British consuls
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
Summary of Var
NeWS of Yesterday

Tn, i,ussians have lost no time
since the fall ut pl1emNsl iH attempt
me their drive iu the Carpathans 10
roach Hungary lp the various moun-
mip passcs. where already thousands
of men have fallen Hussians and Aus
trims arc u another death grip, the
one arm, to force thetr way thfousn
tho mountain passes the other To beat
mcE the invaders
Tho Russians are striking their
hardest blow on the eighl-mile lfonl
between fairfield and O1sok, aud, all
though thr operations are being car
red ou under tar most difficult con-
ditous. the claim IS made officially
Chat they are devoloping with com
plete success
The nature or the fighting Is ndi-
Gated by the fact that not only is
their way through harbcd wire en-
mngIcments. rows Of trenches anu
trenches and works strongly fortified
In one of these places near lupkuN
pass, nm Austrian position, said by tht
Wussiau war office 10 Dee very lmpof'
tant. was carried by assault Here th'
Russians captured 5000 men 700 OF
nCerg and several dozens of machine
guns and latest advlces from Petrp-
grad describe the Auslrinns ns heinR
In retreat from certain positions.
The Austrian war office, however
announces the rcpulse of heavy hus'
sian attacks In This particular section
of the front and declares that tn,
fighting continues.
Though il was thought q day or twt
ago that the Germans We're preparing
10 undertake 70 powerful offensive II
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
NISTRINNS ARE BADLY
BFArEN IN CARPArlilNNS

petrograd March 25 Nia London,
tIe45 D. m. THE following Official
communication was issued this even
ing ~
con the front toward the west ..
the middle Niemen we continued 10
make progress. >,,.
oOn the right bank of the Narew
and on the left bank OF the Nistuld
there has been no change OF lmpor-
tance.
I'm the Carpathians our offensive
on the front in the district between
Bartfeld and Uzsok is developing Win
complete success. our troops, operat
ing under extremely difficult condl-
tlons. gained a most decisive success
in the region of Luppoff tLupkowl
pass, where we carried by assault
very important Austrian position on
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
REMOVAL OF DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IS S0UGH ]

Newman father Of Eugene NeWma ",
,yho was killed at HaverstraW, Ids'
sumner bv william v Cleary, ioiioW r.
ing his marriage to the latter's daugh-
10 ~ today told his story at the hearing
hefore commissioner Hotchkiss on
the charges made against District A. a.
tornev Gagan seeking his remoNai ioi
NEGLECT of duty in Cleary's trlal. -.
MIR Newman claimed that Mr.. G|, ,',1
ran had not given him due attention
9fter The murder Of his son. ana cor or
snIted him only once in regard to tue
matter.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
NIEDEA WAS FLYING
THE NETHERLANDS FLAG

London, March % (midnight -
The admiralty In reporting the sinking
of the Medea by the US, says
"The ship was flying the Dutch nag
and had a Dutch crew aboard liei
name, Medea, Amsterdam, was paint
ed i'm large letters on her SIDES ne
ships papers were taken py the Ger
mans who refused to return them
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
ALLIES ELATED BECAUSE Of
FAVORABLE DEVELOPMENTS
IN LAND AND SEA DURING
PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
MOST DARING GERMAN SUBMARINE
SUNK, ACCORDING TO REPORT OF
BRITISH ADMIRALTY; CREW LOST

Russians Claim important Victories Over AuStranS in Car
pathanS and in BukOwna KaiSerS Forces Are Being
Pressed Back in Poland and Sharp Battles Are Occurring
Near East PrSSan Frontier; BOmbardmen Of 0adaneIeS
Forts Resumed Little interest Attaches to Operations in
France and Belgium Where Fighting Is Confined Mostly
to Artillery Engagements. Paris Dispatches Claiming Ad-
VANTAGE at All Points Of Contact in Western Zone.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26

dI,notu1u AIarrb or Tho Ampri-
.,,,','i., ~ - ,.,to, ,.os s,,,-
- t,l.,' tu5a r,iIe,
zee tfr,,'.i,,i,, h,,1,nr hod moi renn-
-, ~, ,,t,,htf,ii a,d .'r,,.o roars
p,o,.a ,., svnreseeJ fo,. ite safety The
" - =, ,,.,.,,. ~ t,,ont,,-fi,,e mon
n,d is ano,,,a0dad hy iant Alfred /,
Ede
NJ, ,n,,. ot1,o,. ..,,l,,,artn.s of tho
.r.,i, - t'r ~, r,,,at
,, 'oUP 9''1'U',, 'l5 ia,,,,.,io.. ,,a,s srnnT-
tus ,H"''Jo anu sa,' "a n'ito, aho,t tho
,ns tne ,,amo utrar i0 to,,iabf I'M il, seoreh of
I,dl ooI ci', '''e, -, 'T'i'7 >'il nffniaIs
llle iiiisa'ils l f,,,,,e,,i tf,a, ,,a sari-
salu ny VIZ , noisoiG' nIf,it, 't',, tho "a hnt
gus i'lls,,%p 'laV ~, nti ire,,,,torces
uf ,.r'fti, nrolo,,eed disonpear-
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
COMPANY OPERATING
IN BRAZIL BANKRUPT

Now York March 25.-Ihe PoII on
para company. capitalized at S32,-
100000 and operating docks ana
warehouses at Para, Brazil, together
with a railroad and steamship me IN
that country. was placed by the fed
eraI court in the hands of receivers
today ..,.. i.
responsible for the companys ialIufe'
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
SUBMARINE U-28
SINKS HOLLAND
MERCHANT SHIP

Dovcr, March 25 II:25 p. "'J---
The Dutch steamer Medea was sunk
off Beachy head this morning by the
German submarine U-2S. she car
ried cargo of oranges and was bound
from SaloniN for London.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26

thick. coarse curtain of red cloth /
pulled it down rolled il up. and hid it
under the couch, nc the same time
sticking a Tribune card on "A mdy's
hatpin | found ON window ledge and
sticking the hatpin into the bowels of
the couch.
on the sound cot lay an officers
sword, and | wondered what the
roommate whom the sword indicated
would be like Before the night was
over J had four rooiamates-two OF
them Officers and two of them off
GERS servants and all of them fine,
friendly outstanding men.
Wallpaper In Tattcrs.
In places the wallpaper in the back
parlor had gone to tatters under the
rain and snow that had swept into
the room, and some of il was SO damp
you could almost wiring water out
of it,
thought of other New Years ewes
and of the bright lights at home, and
! muttered to myself
This Is going to be deuce of a
New Years eve, remark which the
sympathetic sergeant seemed to un-
derstand perfectly for he said 'Ja-
wohl' three times running
But II wasn't SO bad after ALL
There was a sound OF tackng going
on all over the house. The other
dereicts who had come to anchor
there were pulling down curtains
whore they were not doing much good
and tacking them over the shattered
panes. When YOU couldn't tack YOU
could do wonders by stuffing bits OF
carpet and newspaper into the holes
People grew quite cheerful at this
occupation 1t is wonderful what q
man can do for himself when you
take the women folk away, and throw
him out on the wide, wide world.
OFFICER Introduces Himself.
Presently the officer whose sword
lay ON the sound cot came in and
spoke rapidly a three syllable name
which / aid not catch and never dld
catch That is the way officers all
ways introduce themselves-Jusi
speak the last name and bow, expect
ing YOU to respond and to bow. Then
they shake hands.
The officer followed his name with
"a brief speech Of greeting, very for
NAL but friendly. and then he turned
to the porcelain stove in the corner
which looked as bleak as an ice chest
but was not quite so warm as one.
"Donn5rwctter, a stove cried the
officer as he flashed his pocket lamp
over the monument Then he Went tC
the door and called "Ordonnanz
very sharply.
Bring Materials for Fire.
The orderly came. clicked his heels
and samted, and the officer sale
'IFire." at that the man vanished or
the wings of "Jawohl.' to return IN
fifteen minutes with an armful OF
kindlings and wood. In a newspaper
he had wrapped three blocks Of coal
and this parcel he carried as if his at
titude toward the world in the matter
Of coal were by no means cOnfiding.
Meanwhile the officer who wa
chatting about the operations to the
east. extracted three feet Of pink alta
NN-N~NO~-~O~-~-o~-N~~~~-
Confined ON Page SIX
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
GRAPHING IRONS FAIL
TO BRING VESSEL UP
Fears Entertained That Tanks
Have Burst and % Men on
Board Have Been SuffoCat-
ed With Acid Fumes,
! LITTLE HOPE Is FELT
, FOR CREWS SAFETY

q. Honolulu March 20. Later
q. tonight it was reported that the
q. FL had been located lying at
&" a depth of 12O fathoms Attempts
" To bring the vessel TO the sur
q. face with graphing irons have
q. failed. Signal bells had been
d" heard from the submerged
craft and this fact led to fears
% that the submarine tanks had
bursted. su0ocating the crew
b" with sulphuric acid fumes.
o
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
Commander in Chief Of Brit
iSh Expeditionary Forces on
Continent Talks Freely to
Frederick Palmer
THINKS IMPORTANCE OF
ARTILLERY EXAGGERATED
Says French Army Is Fighting
With All the Courage and
Dash That It Possessed in
NapoIeOn'S Time,
Frcdcricl, Palmer, who i~ nj the
front for the Associated Press. sond-
the Following Dispatch

Ercdcric, Palmer, who Is nj the
front for the Associated Press s'nd'
the following dispatch;
British HeadQmrtcis In France
/ March 25 Cvia London 1881 y. m.
II was in the drawing ioom ol ih'
I house In which he makes ms olIeeS
that Field Mafshal Slr John y ltN'H'
commauder-in-chicf of the British eA-
peditionaty forces on inc continent,
received the correspondent To-Day ana
disCu sod the military situation i.'-
fore the conversation was over the
British commander. answering
question concerning the result OF 'nt
war. said
Indeed, there Is VI" ""n", "i "',
outcome. ] was never So '"hi'u'hi w
vlctort ms ! am TO-DAY avn rs '"u
{ fident as Fentfal tlah' was VIZ" we
took command ot the army "i 'n' W.
! tomac. lie kept NJ II ana $" SH'H
We
No sign ol Slfain'
Looking younger than his photo.
/ graphs make him appear, ready and
talert, Sir John showed no tigus of the
strain of the last eight months AS ne
I stood before his open CRATE fire ana
! talked of his campaign ana the war
what were the most important
contributing factors making your re-
treat from Mons secure against over
whelming odds 2" Sir John was asked
/ The doggcd teuacity of our llttl'
regular army, which contested evefl
foot Of the ground as We fell back.
was the answer
Few Americans probably are us IA
miliar with the campaigns Of on
civH war as is Sir John He has mad'
a thorough study of them and from
them he has drawn lessons which m
has found helpful in France III
mentioned StuneWaI jackson
I.c f.rcatest american General.
"rro mo General Jackson was NOR
lilo cromwell than any other leade
~ bfetor, said The British com
mandrr "A heroic. martial figure
uhnsc ,vonderful career came To tn
hanpv close a soldier desires. in IN
hour of victory. have followed al
hia r,ar.roe ana battles with unflag
a'i,,o ,,dn,iratfon .4e had the relg
iouss evaltation Of Cromwell his dasl
a,nd 1oterr,inatiop and his read
stratopv and tbe genius of inspirinl
bi,' - ,,.ith his nv.n indomitnbI
~. ''''i 'f '.,,o,.,,.
"But, of all your commanders. ROD
ert E. lee. in his patience his nc
tsourcc his poisc, his soundntss q
Judgment and his possession Of tn
Qualities of high command i'm al
emcrgencies. is foremost, in my opiu
ION
., ,,,d dcal has been said 4bau
innvcI conditions which trench WN
far. in this war has Developed" wa
ltha rovt ibinp said bv the correspond
ont HAS if changed the qualldc
,oo,,ircd ~ 3. enldior2"
Courage. DISCIPLINE and Tcnncity.
"No." bo roplied. Human natur
.ronain. The enn1c. ana il A. the maj
va, AND t.,lcs Tho bIov4 what
avon tbe nat,ra of bis weauonq. Cour
oeo discinlinc and tcnacilv are sill
tbo bS dnnoinant clements of success. ="
ANA rhn runs. If has been repeat
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
KaiSerS Forces Rejoice att
Birth Of 1915 While onI
Drive Toward Capital of
Russian Poland,
FESTIVE SEASON ONE
OF GRIMMEST WARFARE
Teutonic Cheer Is Mixed With
Practical Demonstration of
Ability to Press Cars Lines
Toward Warsaw,

my JAMES o'DONNELL BENNETT
fcopyright: 1915: BY The Chicago Tribune
lThe following Is the sixth of se-
Rios Of articles by James ODon-
neil Bennett from the eastern the
atcr of the European war The
frat appeared in the sunday
Journal under the heading. Into
Russian Country with Won Hlnden-
bufg's German Forces
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
Pay. rribnte to French

0And Iho French army, You H7I0
been fighting as its ally for elBht
months. now does'it compare with the
German the correspondent asked.
This seemed happy question TO
IT sir John isreplied
The French at the start were Ia
boring undcr the shadow of their dis
astrous defeat in 1870. which mish!
wen have lcd both the French and
the world in general to think that the
German military machine was heaven
Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-26
Four Beds in Room.

In the house Is rooW VH0V y.
as if it might have once been a oa, N
parlor. A cot and a couch tnat a.
sound and cot and an iron pea 'iae ,iia.
sag to the floor and rock IKE crdu,Vs' i,
when you sit on them nave peei'
pushed into the room 80
Save for two mattresses there II ~
sign of bedclothing. But you llo.t
with unholy JOY, as the sersean' az
swings his pocket lamp around 'He
room, that at one window hahsS "