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Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
ENGLAND AGAIN RAIDED.
Several Bombs Dropped on Ipswich. Three Houses Set Afire-No
 Casualties Reported.

Another German air raid on the east coast of England was reported. Sev- eral bombs were dropped on the town of Ipswich. in Suffolk. sixty-six miles northeast of London. Three houses were hit by the bombs and set atire. but SO far as is known nobody was in- iured.
 At last reports the air craft was steering in the direction of Stowmar- ket. small town about twelve miles northwest of Ipswich. lt Is not stated whether the craft is Zeppelin or an acrorlnne.
 This is the second raid on England in Il little over two weeks. The last was visit of a Zeppelin on April 13 to Ncwcast!e-on-Tyne where several bombs were dropped. Several nearby towns iE Northumberland were bom- bardrd at the same time. but no great damage was caused. Newcastle is a great naval station and manufacturing center. Ipswich is neither. If is town of about T0,00O people.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
FRENCH FC2CES ATE
 BOMDAnliNG METZ
Official Statements Of CrG;1-
 tiOnS at Variance.

The official statements nf thc opera tious in Belgium. hctwcrn the Mouse and in Alsnce. are still at varinure. The French and Belgian rclmrtS assert the rcpul>'e of inc Grrmaus with heavy loss north of Iprcs. Paris says that a substantial gain has been made on the Mouse heights. Berlin declares tmt British attempts to regain lost ground in Flanders and French attacks in the east have failrd
 French troops have hcgun the hnm' lnrdmrnt of the forts which defend Metz. the capital of Lorraine and nne of the most strongly fortified cities over which the German flag tlies, This most significant development Of the war followed the capture hY iha French of a hill which gave their can non vantage roint from which to drop shells on the ring uf forts south of the city.
 The French and Belgian troops who rccaptured the villages of I.izcrnc. north of Iprrs nn the west hank of the canal. are still driving the Germans south. according to n statement from Belgian military headquarters to Lon. don.
 The statement seems to indicate. however. that the Gcrmars still hold the village of TIct Sas on the cast bank of the canal It follows:
 'The situation showed that the Ger. man artillery was evidcncing little ac- tivity on the front held by the Belgian army.
 The French. nideh bv The RelCtnn artillery and infantry. have taken Ti- zcrne and several German trenches in tho direction of Het Sas More than hundred dend were counted on the hat- tlcficld The booty comprises six quick firing guns nrL 900 prisoners. The at- tack continues"
 A statement from the Berlin general staff stnt, thnt Lizerne the village on the west hank Of the Yser canal which was captured by the Germans several days ago. hns been evacuated.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06

What ts a young man? Under that heading today, the man of fifty fits just as naturally as the man of thirty-fve.
 This is an advanced age and advanced ideas of dress kecp men young.
 Of course we've plenty of "conservative" clothes-styles that are in the best of taste for men who consider the essentially "young mems" garments a bit too pro-a nounced, but even the snap pier styles find favor with oldish men-and this season, the new models are smarter than ever.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06

, Did you ever hear of a racing car using mail or der" tires, tubes, oils or greases?
 7. Hardly!
 The racing team mana ger knows the QUALITY wins the race and will use ONLY those tires and SUD- plies that have proven rep- utations.
 YOUR life and the life of your car is endangered when unreliable mail order supplies are used---so why not play safe and be on the safe side by using REPU- TABLE GOODS---OURS
 When service is consid- cred, our Tires, Tubes, Sup plies and accessories are by far the cheapest. Try us and be convinced.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
PROLOGUE.

Nowhere has Booth Tar kinetoY1 done such finished, exquisite work as in this story of boyhood. The JuH f1ovor of his story IS not only for fhe erown man or wonaan, but for any one who enjoys fhe comic muse If IS q picture of q boys he0rt, full of those lovable, hu- rnorous, tragic Things which are locked secrets 10 older fclks unless one has the eift of understanding. Booth Tarkington has it enainenHy and "Penrod" wiH stand as q classic interpretation of the onsnipresent subHety- BOY.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
The O. K- RaBiT CO PENROD ScHoFiELD AND co. INQUIRE FOR PRicEs.

This was a venture of the preceding vacation, and had netted at one time an accrued and owed profit of $1.3S. Prospects had been brightest on the very eve of cataclysm. The storeroom was locked and guarded, but twenty seven rabbits and Belgian hares, old and young, had perished here on sin gle night-through no human agency, but in a foray of cats, the beSiegers treacherously tunnelling up through the sawdust from the small aperture which opened into the stall beyond the partition. Commerce has its martyrs.N
 Penrod climbed upon a barrel, stood on tiptOe, grasped the rim of the box; then, using a knothole as stirrup. threw one leg over the top, drew him. self up and dropped within. Standing upon the packed sawdust, he was just tall enough to see over the top
 Duke had not followed him into the stOreroom, but remained near the open
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06

doorway in concave and pessimistic attitude. Penrod felt in dark corner of the box and laid hands upon a simple apparatus consisting of m old bushel basket with a few yards of clothesline tied to each of its handles. He passed the ends of the lines over a big spool, which revolved upon an axle of wire suspended from beam overhead, and. with the aid of this i'm provised pulley, lowered the empty basket until it came to rest in an up- right position upon the floor of the storeroom at the foot of the sawdust box.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
SWEARS ]. VI. IS "0LIVER."
Rae Tanzer and Sister, on Stand, Say
 Identification Is Correct.

After spending parts of two days in the witness chair and consistently re- fusing to identify James w. Osborne as the man she knew as Oliver Osborne. Rae Tanzer startled the occupants of Judge Hough's federal courtroom in New York city by suddenly asserting that James w. Osborne and the Oliver of her acquaintance were tho same per son. Immediately after she left the stand her older sister. Dora Tanzer, swore that the Identification was cor rect.
 The sisters were teStlfying in defense of Franklin n. Stafford. charged with committing perjury in making the same identification at Rae Tanzer's examina- tion for using the mails to defraud Mir. Osborne.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06

~ ENROD sat morosely upon the D back fence and gaZed with envy at Duke, his wistful dog.
 A bitter SOul dominated tha yo
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06

Cion from the Child Sir Lanoelct- 7ls conceived by Mrs. Lora Rewbush. Choking upon it. Penrod slid down from the fence, and with slow and thoughtful steps entered a one storicd wing of the stable, consisting of d S1n- gle, apartment, floored with cement and used as q Storeroom for broEch bric-a-brac, old paint buckets, decayed garden hose, wornOut carpets, dead furniture and other condemned odds and ends not yet considered hopeless enough to he given away.
 In one corner stood a large box, a part of the building itself; it was eight feet high and open at the top, and 1t had been constructed as a sawduSt magazine from which was drawn ma terial for the horses bed ill stall on the other side of the partition. The big box, so high and tOwerlike, so com m0dious, so suggestive, had ceased to fulfill its legitimate function. though providentially it had been at least hal1 full of sawdust when the horse died Two years had gone by since that pass ing, an interregnum in transportation during which Penrods father was thinking (he explained sometimeS) of an automobile. Meanwhile, the gifted and generous sawdust box had served brilliantly fin war and peace; it was Penrod's stronghold.
 There was a partially defGced sign upon the front wall of the box; the donjon deep had known mercantile i'm pulses:
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
LIQUOR HITS BRITISH FLEET.
Repairs Take Twice Time Needed,
 Complains Admiral Jellieoe.

Repairs Take Twice Time Needed,
 Complains Admiral Jellieoe.
 The serious effect that drink is hav- ing on repairs to the warship and trans port services in the output of munitions k disclosed in reports from firms and officers throughout the country. which were published in the form of Il white paper.
 From Vice Admiral Sir John R. Jclli- COG. commander in chief of the home fleets. down the officers responsible for the navy believe the short hours worked by men in the private yards is due to drink. They describe conditions as deploIble and urge on the govern. ment the necessity of adopting the total prohibition of alcoholic drinks or re. strictions on the sale of them.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-06
Wilson Refuses to Rnnlu-

No reply will he made by the White House to the statement of the oficars of the Riggs National bank. in which the president was criticised for his noninterference in the alleged persecn. ton of the bank by officials of tha treasury department The eontroversv is now in court and will come up far trial May 12.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
LONG NECK.

jerome Philips has purchased the wood.
saving outfit formerly owned BY lame
Hazzard.l - -
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lingo, Mrs. Jose
Phine Burton and Mrs. Cassie l.. Collirs
were the guests of Mrs. A. J. Hart on
Friday.
Miss Edna Parsons was a weekend
visitor of Mrs. Chas. Collins at Millsboro.
Vernon P. Burton and family were
Sunday visitors of A. L Massey, at An
COLA.
CAREY Massey and family spent Sunday
with J d. Warrington and wife.
William Bryan has purchased a hand
some pair of young match horses.
Mrs. L. M. Lingo, after spending the
winter with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
B. Steele, has returned to Atlantic City
Mrs John Abbott entertained number
OF young friends on Sunday evening.
Miss Minnie Wescoat has returned to
her home after spending a month with
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. William Bryan and son, Walter,
were visitors with friends in this vicinity
on Sunday
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
Austria claims BID Victory.

Eighty thousand Russian troops
were defeated in the battle of Delatyn
and driven in rout through Nadworna
and back toward Stanislau, it is Off
cially reported in dispatches received
at the war office in Vienna.
The battle of Delatyn, which is
eight miles southeast of Nadworna,
is declared to have been the greatest
battle fought on the soil Of Galicia,
and battle that resulted in a com.
plete triumph of the Austrian troops
and their German allies"
The retreating Russians made a
stand at hill 431, at the bottom Of
whose northern slopes Nadworna Is
located The Austrian and German
troops captured the hill and drove the
Russians down the northern slope
into Nadworna.
Hand-to-hand fighting in the streets
Of Nadworna lasted for three hours.
The Austrians claim to have taken
1000 prisoners and they counted more
than 1000 dead along the road from
Delatyn to Nadworna. They believe
that in the fighting the Russians lost
more than 1900 men.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
40 AVlATORS SHELL
GERMANS IN BELGIUM
British and French Flyers At
tack Several Towns.

Forty British and French aeroplanes
and seaplanes attacked the German
positions at Ostend, Middlekerke,
Ghistelles and Zeebrugge, in Belgium,
and according to the official report,
with good results.
Bombs were dropped on gun posi-
tions, trawlers and barges and an ae.
rodrome.
The official statement concerning
the air raid says
1.-The air operations of the naval
wing against the Bruges, Ostend and
Zeebrugge district were continued.
Forty aeroplanes and seaplanes bonn.
barded Ostend, Middlekerke, CHS.
telles and Zeebrugge.
Bombs were dropped on the heavy
batteries situated on the east and
west side of Ostend, on gun positions
at Middlekerke, on transport wagons
on the Ostend-Ghistelle road, on the
Mole at Zeebrugge to widen the
breach made in former attacks, on
the locks at zeebrugge, on barges
outside Blankenburghe and on trawl-
ers outside Zeebrugge.
Eight French aeroplanes assisted
the naval machines by making at
tacks on the Ghistelles aerodrome,
this effectively preventing the German
aircraft from cutting off out machines.
1t is reported that good results were
obtained
instructions are always issued to
confine attacks to points of military
Importance, and every effort is made
by the flying officers to avoid drop.
ping bombs on any residential por
tions of towns"
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
Russians Fail to Check On
march Of Enemy.
WARSAW AGAIN MENACEO
Vienna Claims 10000 of Cars Troops
Were Beaten In Most Furious Bat
tie Yet Fought In ealicia.

The capture of Plock and Bielsk,
two towns of northern Poland, on the
right bank of the Vistula river, by
German troops, is announced in an
official report from the German gen.
eral staff in Berlin.
1t states that these two towns were
taken by the Germans after short
! fight, which resulted in the capture
of about 1000 prisoners.
The announcement of the capture
of Plock is the most important that
has been made since the news of the
Russian defeat in East Prussia. Plock
is less than fifty miles west north
west of Novo Georgiysk, the great
fortress which protects Warsaw from
the northwest. Bielsk is a few miles
north northeast Of Plock.
The German successes in this re-
gion show that the Russian drive to-
ward Thorn has been completely
checked and that the czar's troops are
being rapidly forced back in northern
Poland.
The general Stairs report follows:
"Our pursuit Of and continued fight
ing with the enemy on and beyond
the East Prussian frontier are pro-
ceeding very favorably. In Poland,
north of the Vistula, the Germans oc-
cupied Bielsk and Plock after short
fight. About 1000 prisoners were cap
tured. In Poland, south of the Vistula,
no important events occurred"
The general staff added to its re-
port on military operations a denial
of the Russian claims that the Ger
man forces suffered terrific losses in
the fighting east of Bolimow early In
February. This official denial was as
follows:
"The most absurd rumors are cir
culated in the foreign press about
the immense German losses in the
fighting east Of Bolimow at the be-
ginning of February. The German
losses in these attacks were small in
to the success which they
Reports from the Carpathian noun
tains to the Poster Lloyd of Budapest.
Hungary, say that the Austro-Hun-
garian armies were everywhere sue
cessful in their offensive movement
in the DuFla pass. The total losses Of
the Russians in the Dukla pass bat
Ties in the past rev days, the reports
say, were at least $4,000 men killed
Or wounded.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
GREENWOOD.

1.-THE regular correspondent of the
Chronicle from Greenwood did not write
or send the part of the letter published
under Greenwood" heading in last
week paper, which commented upon the
new school building. The School Com
missioners, as was to be expected, took
offence at the statement, and Immediately
went for the correspondent, and it is only
| justice to that person, to state that she
! had nothing whatever to do with the
matter, which should have appeared with
dividing rule between it and her items
of news, that followed the communica-
ton referred to. The Commissioners,
through Mr.. Frank Porter, called this
office over the phone and asked for in
formation as to the writer of the article,
which was not given, but he was assured
that any statement setting forth the side
of the Commissioners would be published
with pleasure. ED.
Mrs. R. +. Wiley has returned home
after spending a week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Russell, of Farm
ington.
The electric lights are meeting with the
approval of the people OF this town and a
number of homes are being wired for them.
R. f. Wiley is getting along very
nicely with his new store building. He
expects to occupy his new dwelling house
by the first of March.
The body of Frank Myers, who dropped
dead last week, was shipped to his uncle
in New York.
Sallie Wiley is visiting relatives and
friends in Bridgeville.
Louis Eichorn is the proud father OF a
fDe~baby boy.
20. w. Parker has purchased the largest
pair of mules in this section. The com |
bined weight of the pair is from $500 to
5000 pounds.
Miss Alice Cox, who was taken suddenly |
i'll at SMYRNA some weeks ago, has not
been able to return nome as yet.
Miss Nettie Morris had an attack of
few DAYS ago which was very
severe and left her in a weakened condi-
ion.
Mrs. ]. L. Housman has heen visiting
n Philadelphia for the past month.
Mrs. Josephine Wiley, who was strick-
IN with paralysis, is slowly recovering.
The Shadow Social, held for the benefit
# Oakley Church, met with good success
asst Saturday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
The Wonderful Little Dutch"
SuIky Plow
Price $28.OO
Two Horses Do the Work Of Three

And such perfect blowing never before this section by
any other plow.
So simple and easy operate that boy do the
work Of man. Before you buy ask the who owns
or better STILL see work. which will mean that would
not have any other make any price,
You have been paying $500 to $4,000 for Pows not
worth within $1,000 as much the Little Dutch yet
price only $780, Think Of it. saving in dollars Of $500
to S4O0 and getting pow besides that is worth fully $1,000
when you consider its good points Only another sample
of what this store doing for the people of this community
Please remember that the cut prices apply all other
farm implements handled by and that each and every mpe
ment is sold with the fullest possible guarantee
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
TURNS DOWN WAR CONTRACT
Pittsburg Concern For "Humanitarian
Reasons" Declines hlake Bid.

ElkASBQTA OOHGGIl NldltiGtilsal I O.
Reasons" Deciines = make Bid.
Because of Humanitarian reasons -
the Electro Steel company, of Pitts.
bGs gi, Pa, has declined to bid on a
contract to furnish part of an order
of 100000 drop forge shells wanted
by the British government. The value
Of the contract offered to the company
was estimated at $45O,OOO.
Charles E. Bryson, president and
general manager, said: I'VE don't
think warning nations should be en-.
couraged. wish to state that we are
not opposed to England or her allies,
or to Germany and her allies. We
don't desire to make money from in.
struments that are used to slaughter
people,"
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
pes Molnes a aprxn Town.

Des Moines. Ia, is dry" for the
first time in its history. AS a result of
city councils decision not to issue
licenses, the saloons have closed. No
liquor was sold at the policemen's an.
nual ball, which lasted through the
night. The orchestra entertained the
several times with the strains
of How Dry 1 Am"
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
REYNOLDS NEWS

The Ladies' Aid of Reynolds NJ. P.
Church will be held at the home of Mrs
Charles 7. Morris on Saturday evening,
February 2Oth If that night should be
stormy, will be held the following Mon
day evening. Everybody is invited.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
AII Canadians at the Eront.

Premier Borden has announced in
the house in Ottowa, Can, the receipt
Of cablegram from Colonial Secre
tary Harcourt in London, stating that
The whole Canadian contingent has
safely crossed over to France and
we're doing well at the front.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19
KING ALBERT IN AEROPLANE

Takes Trip over German Trenches
and Machine Is Fired On.
King Albert of Belgium is the first
reigning monarch to ascend in an ae-
roplane.
A dispatch from the front stated
that he made a reconnaise--
the German limos
Saturd-
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-19

Another new line of Men and Women's
Clothing bought cheap and going to be
sold cheap. 2-12tf
CHAs. B. PORTER, Greenwood, Del.
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05
Natures Baseball Game

The American Geographical Society has discovered that the Yukon river is fifth among North American streams. Geographical fans had predicted that the Yukon would not long remain in the second division of it's league, and now they are hoping that the June rise will place the Alaskan river in first place. if it should win the pennant, a host of good wishers will root for it in the world's championship series.
 Of course this game is not quite SO fast as baseball, but it thrills with divine enthusiasm all Nature fans of the John Muir type, who think in terms of geological epoch. To them a river that goes on a bat once in three cen turies is keeping its batting average up to 300; a mountain range that ssRs two inches off it's base is a daredevil base stealer, and a glacier that travels two feet in a couple ol thousand years is tycobbing a home run on smoking shoe leatherl So, you see, we cannot laugh at the geographical and geological fans. They are watching the bigger game of all. Old Christy Gravity, their pitcher, totes a curve that he can hurl around the sun aud back, and when he swings the bat be knocks sizzling comets clean across the sky.-Collier's Weekly.
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

Some day before very long Alaska may get as cheap as any place else. Thoughtless people who come from the outside even now object to paying good prices for meals and everything else, but they should re- member that if meals were fifteen cents wages would be low accordingly. Let us hope that the democratic gov- ernment of the United States will set a good example. This does not mean that excessive prices should be paid for anything. Just enough to keep wages at fair figure to compensate people for coming north.-Se ward Gateway.
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

The Canadian city at the western terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Ry., is becoming most aggressive. Not satisfied with having grabbed the bulk of the fish business it is still reaching out, as indicated by the following item in the Prince Rupert Empire: "A meeting of the board of trade execu. tive has been called for 2;3O p. m. to- morrow to consider the best means of going after the trade that will develop as a result of the choosing of Seward as the terminus of the Alaska govern meut railway. It is believed that everybody in Prince Rupert will recog- nize the opportunity for this port, with her splendid rail connection t) capture her share of the trade that will ensue once construction on the Alaskan rail- way is we'll under way"
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

That there is one more lost mine to be found, and this time in our own Broad Pass region, is the fact related by the Knik News as follows: "There is a friendly rivalry in an effort to locate the ledge found last fall in Broad Pass by Ben Trasher. Trasher discovered a big lode, took samples, but did not lo- cate any claims He told friends of his lud, although did not reveal the exact location, as he intended to stake it himself should the assays show values. The outcrop showed yelowish stain, caused by arsenic. As is we'll known, the chief values in the Broad Pass ores are iu the arsenides. Trasher, while enroute to the States, was stricken and died at Valdez An assay from one of the samples, gave a return of S2S in gold per ton. Hence the eaRerness to find the lost lode. The News informa- tion is to the effect that it is some- where on Ohio creek"