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PLANT
Fulghum Oats

WHY?
BECAUSE
list. They are earlier by 8 weeks
than the Texas Red Rust Proof, and
are thereforeg altered before the
other oats.sare ready.
End. They are drought proof.
3rd. They are adapted to all
kinds of soil and conditions.
4th. They are rust proof.
5th. They are beardless.
9th. A bushel will seed one.
fourth more than other oats.
7th. They are a Georgia pro-
duct.
WE HANDLE BEN HILL COUN.
TY FULGHUM SEED OATS
GROWN BY E. X. FARMER. Price
$1.O0 per Bushel.
Davis Bros.
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Best Seed Rye $I.OO per
bushel. --DOdd Supply Co.

Preaching At Osierfield
Rev. j. L. Ware who preached
at Osier6eld last Sunday will
again preach at the same place
next Sunday.
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Honor Roll Of the
Cotton Min Sclul
FIRST GRADE

FIRST GRADE,
Robert Adams; Cleo McG Claim. Esaar
Cozart, Stanley Hurt, Sara Mel lowell
Austin Finders, Eugene Golden
SECOND GRADE.
Murtice Morris, Willie Cast2Gsenx
THIRD GRADE
Evelyn Wilson, William Golden.
May Oneal.
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Time to plant winter
grass seed. Buy good seed
at the National Drug Co.
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Presbyterian Church

There will be services at the
Presbyterian Church ssnext Sun
day morning at II o'clock. No
evening service except Christian
Endeavor at 6;I5 p. m,
You are cordially invited.
Robt. M. Mann, Pastor.
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Large size Csc cotton pick
ing sheets Csc.
DOdd Supply Co.

The Chalice of
Courage, an emo
tional Drama by
Cyrus Townsend
Brady. Featuring
M yrtle Gonzalez,
George Holt, Viii
liam Duncan and
other eminent Vita
graph Stars produc-
ed by Rollin S. Stur-
geon. Amusu Mon
day, Nov. LIST. Prices
10 & 15cts.
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Ginner's Report.

Ginned up to October rs, 1915,
Z ,481 bales.
Same time and PERIOD 1919
1901.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-12-27

Die Htrliner .r5sitans am 9sit.
tag, iagt, Asqnitb Mnb Sir Gomara
Glres miirben ans 6eun euaIiid5tn Qn.
biuet trrttn xnb Qit@ener piiroe
bds &rie8sutiniiterinm amfaeben nno
nad) aeebpten stben. GalSane ober
Gvrb 1ii5ey Der jetise cber5efebls-
Bdber ber Glotten, iuiirbe 8remier.
inixiiter iuer6rn. Die c3eitnna an,
NiHas" ia8t, GaIOanes 8ernfnna
als &rentierntimiIter lpiirbe ben Trie.
ben bebentsn. 0as lit ,upl ridltio,
Nber 0ie game SaAe 1T nidlt redIf
luabrldjrinIid.
Die ansrifit Der tneliiden 3ei.
fitnaem anf Msqnitb 6aben iidj ipSil.
renb Der Ietten Nodje beifanSia Der.
mebrt. Nsqmitb inirb allaemein fS-
ben idjIcdJtem Stanb Der slngelegcu.
6eiten berautiuDrtlid) gemadt. Sebr
crbitfert 1T man 6ariiber, bar nit
Der TcrGffentlidjnng bpn gor6 Ser
bg's Brridt iiber bic 9iefrntiernnacn
10 Iange ses0gert iuiro.
Die sriedjildc Mesiermna Toa per-
buten bnben, bnR ben emgIiidlem nnD
Fran56Fiden Srmppen in Salonifi
Sebensmittel geIieftrt iuerben.
Nns Qunbpn iuirb aemefoet, es
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anr5e lleberiil1)t,

N;r .2,ifmuo am gPiHna1
Iaet cine ensliidje Nsiniiter-
frifs horans. Dir 3eitMnsS-
engrifft anf Msamitb unebren
e'
De 0eMtIdJtn iin6 wieoer
II @tiit 6es Qartmaunsmeiley-
A1grt5fe Der @nhen AMI ole
OeiterretdBer i1l Dsnarsbiett
'berben 5arh&sei daa8eu.
Die Spr3e6ietxn8 ses vDa-
lafn Marn" ldleint einea atsten
Strettfall 5ipiId)en nns iino
Drittrreid ab5ngrben.
Ner frans5jiIdje 3remierMti-
niiter Nrianb ber5ffentfidjt cine
H8enbafte nn6 gemeine GrfIG-
rnng iibtr sic Gage.
81, seniS,n s;.a,n ono,6f;N
sks &. I srs;;;Ess' tsssI o,...ss..s.', asssss.y
t'drt.
~. a.ro, ,o,sn .xs,.n ~
o. "o.'1A p-v' .'a
sen an.
a.: 49,
'e SeHtl~eH OelateEeu Dpm
Innaen Ser NiIi;erfen IN or;e.
diSdrn a],o.eSpn;rn -
,.,.
geriualtuua II gsiidl riu, Sc
Deiferreidjer nt.S Wnlaaren sie-
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xeras.

Gin Baildgier Der Gpltberts
Nneific 9nbn Der nn0ere WftreiieI=
oe nit einen MepolDer bon Maeloer
bis 2ulilg beorobt bate, lpur0e IN
Iesterem 0rt bon eiileln oortigesi
Nolisiiten berbnftet irlo, 30 iid lpd-
ter beralislteute, oaB er geiftig &C.
ltort mar, 1T ein Solpital nod Goii
slntotlio iiberfiibrt.
Ssn @iooings tpliroe Der Meri.
faner Wenaro Garcia. Der Iih Ieinenr
9lrreft onrdJ oen it10tilden Nadt-
irddter tpioeriette nno nit lettere,n
mebrere 3itgeIn getpebfelt battle. pon
6em in5iDiIhen berbigeeiIten Sheriff
Scarborougb erihoilen
@ob sSeralilon liio leinc &c.
mnblin iperoen am Nellinbrstnge gro,
ben Gntpfaug i'm Stuatsbaiiie 5ii Vii.
ltin abbalten.
s(uf Dem Selfeloe Der sSarnlers
Retroleitm Gonlpagnie IN Ser gfii!R
bon SumbIe erplooierte Elm Gonati.
feIIeI;; elm glrbeiter iuuroe aui 0ef
SteIle get6tet. ip1breno nebrcrc li..
oere idiper eerlett ilah einem Noipi
tai in Soititon transportiert lpuroen.
SIM Metropolitan GIalb 81
Sepmore tplroe am gScibnadtsfagc
Der guhhalter sSSobn Wfd9eo5 BON cl.
nem forbiaen glnfipdrfer aeihoiIen
Emo alf Der 5telle aet0tct
Gas Boltamt sli 2ometa il
Sanrpalas GountD ipnroe BON Gin
brederll beingeiudjt uno $ft00 aii
Doaren @eloe nno @riefmarfen ge-
itobIen
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iueroe beufe DDrt cine Misunderstanding
abgebalten, bic oariiber entid)eioen
IIolle, Oh man &onifription einfiibrsu
ntiiiIe pSer nid]t.
Die gentid)en meloenb lie batten
ben Qartmannsmeilerfupf DollitGitoig
ben sSransDieu luieber entriiicn.
Nns Berlin uiro senteloet, engIi-
|ide nno fran56fiidje Srnppen, bic,
bon Wallippli famen, bGtten berind)t,
in bein griedJiid)en 0afeu &aDaln,
100 Neilem 6itIi6 BON Salpnifi, sit
|lnn0en, leien nber 6nrd einen Erp-
|teit bes gried)ildJen 8efebIsbabers
|Dpn &apaId 6aran gebinbert. Gir
Stadridt 1T nod nidt beitdtiet.
Der uNlatiu" brinat Elm anocbli.
DIES vSnterbielu" 6as iein Gpr-
| relponbent III Mtten NIT BEN friibe-
|ren eried)il&en Eremiermimiiter
Upnnnris gebabt baben mill. esn bic
lem ioa Gonnaris erfi6rt baben, bak
0rie6enIanb mmbebinst neutral blsi-
ben luerOe, mas mol audi ridtis III;
oann aber, bebanptet Der 1eridjter-
Iitatter, babe Ct ferner seiast, in sans
G}ried)enlanb gebe Is feinen Deht-
Ildenfrennb, 0riedlenIanb iri fir I'M
|mer nit GnsIanb, TranfreiA nmb
l9lnfIan6, 6enen Is Ieinc Gntitebnna
lnn0 GnttuifImna nerbanfe, in enaer
GremnOld)aft berbmn6en. Dies let=
tere bat Wonnnris sams beffimmt
lnid)t seiast.
gns 4on6on iuir6 gemelSet, G6nia
dOnitantin bon 0ricdenlanS babs
| bem bentIdlen Gailer mitaeteilt. 6nl-
sariide unb tiirfiide grilppeu finn
| ten Sic griedJiid)e Wrense nid)t iibcr-
Iidreiten.
GDnie Teter BON Gerbien 1T ant
einem italieniiden Grenser in Seh,
itaIieniidem 0afen Hrinbiii ciuae-
trpffen. Gr iuir0 ieinem y(ufeutholt In
| lGalerta nebmen, luu inn Ser GSnia
ppn sStalien, Iein Gdlipaaer, oeu IA.
lat jltr VertiiQllnq aejtellf hat.
Cine 0epeIdJe ans Soiia melSct,
bic yesiebnmgen siuiid5en Sen Nnlac,
! rem mno ben 05riedleu icien ;rf,t
burMdns fremn6fdlaftlidl. Die bnf.
l9ariidsn Srnppen ieien auaeiuieien
itporben, allrs AZ bermeiSeu, mas an
Neripidlnneem fii6ren fSnnc
| Yrufri1oren Der 6iterreid,iid,eu lfni-
oeriitGten baben Sic 9leateru,ra cr-
|indJt, 6ofir su lpraen, bas nodl Sen,
Grieae oanern6e enae SnnSelsbe.;e.
bmneen nit 9entIdjIauS l;eroeitellt
wiir6en.
Gar( Menfe, Ser friihfrc Semfid,r
&onlnI IN Nirminahonl nnh ;,iu
@ei6aftsteilbaber Garl sd,pr,, iiuS
nad Sonbuu 8berad)t iuor6en, nm IL.
ttrniert su 'ueroen.
Nns Sonoon miro gemeloet, Der
aorreiponoent Der Grdanae gelc-
graph GonpanD lit 9irid) laae, mni,
lei IN Berlin beiorgt iiber oen Ge-
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sLIlerIei @eidltpab niro %

slnerlei @eidtpdt miro poll
@albington aus iiber oie Wiiiiol
oes Colonel &onie berihtet, Der DC.
faiuttlih als Spe3iolpertreter bes
Graiioenten nab europa geihidt lit,
rbne oaB man eigentIid) ipeiB. ipos GU
BORT TIM loI1 gsaf bielen 8afbing-
toner Mitteilimgen mllB man mnnets
men, oaB er in erlter 2inie Die Stiln.
nlitng in Berlin fenneit 1ernen ilro
eetuilie irrtiinlihe sluffaliiinaen Der
sfegierungen in Berlin nno 0ie,,
iiber Die Stellilngnabme iuiierer ste.
gierling rihtig itellen ioll. Gam
ioa er Streitigfeiten 5iuiihen oen
ssotidnfterrt pernlitteIn, iaunlige @ot-
fbafter 81 ether regereit Tdtigfcit
anlpornen llno mos oer9lcihen isl.
ternc Slngelegenbeiten oes biplomatl-
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Gteltets Npti5.

Staats- iinS Gonntb @ieAtrn fiasr
oas Sabr 1915 aitf Wrnnb- nnb per-
i6nIides Gigentnm, iuiifeu Bis 5nui|
81. San. 1916 an ben Gtener &of-
leftor S. u. Bitter entridfet ner
ben, nm bic 3ablnng eiasr @trafs
itnb Soften bpn 10 &ro5eist, Bic All
beriSnlidjes Gigentam erbp6sa aser-
Ben, sn bermei6en.
S. 81. Nabis,
Gonnft- ai6ter,
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1lt cine T11iniftcrkriIiS
in england ndbc?
QSqud@, AreQ un0 Kd6enG mer0en ange6(i6 au6fje0en
8eratnng iibcr &onifriptiDn.
Die Deutld)en i'm Belit deS 6artinannSWeierkupf.
prsteit 6riechenIancs eeeen Sic Gan>
O,,ne Ser 2luiirten III Kapala.

lie In Der Wegen6 Dpn 9iinabirg 81
folse iiber bic 9iniIen erriinsen bat-
ten.
slnf Dem ipeitlid)en ariegsidaus
plat bat iidD nidts .beionberes abge-
lpielt. Starfe 8onbarbements fan-
ben bel Mrras, in Der Champagne, TN
8oepre 9iitrift 1inb in ben Iogeien
ftatt, OodJ iunrOe bic Gage onrd re
nidjt beranSert.
Die sStaliener ,leloen pon id)nrien
&fen, bic an Der Siroler Wrense
itdttgefnnoen baben. Die Gefterrei=
der berid)ten basegen Don einem Nm
griff anf bas 0Ober6o Elattan in
ber Sionso Wegen6, Der ipieoer Sn-
riifgeid)lagen lunr6e.
Rad elmer Naelbung Der 5iirfcn
id,reitet bic ltiusinselnns Der Gna-
IGn6er in ant-g -Mmara immer apei-
ter bDr. @pm. ben ypmbaroenients
Der Siirfen iuiirSe ben seinoen bicl
|Sda6en snsefiigt.
Die tiirfiIdell &iiitenbatterien pers
|iagten am 1reitag eineil ieinolihen
4reu3er, Der iih IN Dem @olf BON
Salos dliI Ger 9elileue oon 9alhs
1age beId)oiien feinolide Sdiffe Gts
rellg 2epe arl Siirnli ullo ai1oere
lnrtpmell Sfeillillgen anf @olltppll,
opile piel Sgnoeil alI6ur1bfe1l.
!. Sse 1nlien DaDen ansebltd) ~
Ferlten mlf Der Setampfnns Der yfe-
oslen groRen erfOlg y ote engltldeiI
Sepelaen 'd)lnaien ldJon oappn, odR
1te na9 Anf-el-Nmara 3leiJen u. BIC
ourf IeHrgenoen vnglancer befreten
lpnroen. Sprlalflg t'no ite mod IelJr
ipesf ooil Siif-el-Amara entfernt.
Alf Den Erofeit SdWeoens segen
oie JorfnaBine bon ypftpafeten ba-
ben one Gaglanoer aeantuorfet, anf
Der 9aager Aonferen5 i'm Sabre
1907 ieten, anf Antrag zines oeilt-
td1en Selegaten Eoitpafetc BON
Sdrnt ansgeidlpiien.
Die fran5Ohid)e 6egieritng bat etn
vfOratOrinm bon 80 Sagen anseoro-
net. AIe 3dblnngstermine iino nm
w Sage binansgeidoben
Die emglanoer Iollcn bic iGmmt-
liden Eoifpafetc, bic BON Nmerita
famen iuaren, BON benz bua6nbiidJen
Sampfer y0oentper" bernntergebult
baben. Die yad)ridJt 1T siueifelbaft;
oenn cine anoere Wfitteilmng iagt,
Der Sampfer D0UentDer" babe iid)
am rs. 9fDDembcr Md in Natapia
befnnoen.
Gine angeblid aus gltben fommen-
be Septlde meIoet, oentide Mrtillc-
rue, bic am 0oiran Str itebe, beid);c-
ne bic engliidrfram5GfIdJen GfeIlnn4
gen i'm sriedjiIdjen Ma5eoonien, mel-
DE bon ben GnglGnoern nno ssran-
soien befeitigt ipiirbem. Die betreffen.
DC Sepefd)e iiebt bies ais SEN 8eainn
oes Tormarides amf SaIOnifi an.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D DIN G s, ACHIEVE
) MENTs, suEFERINGS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

The British steamers Windsor ana
William Dawson were sunk.
One thousand we're drowned when
the British transport Royal Edward
was torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine
The Norwegian steamer Albis, 1881
tons gross, and owned in Christiania,
has been sunk by submarine. Her
crew was saved.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Petrograd says: 1.-The President of the
Duma has announced that the Ger
mans lost the battleship Moltke, three
cruisers and seven torpedo boats in
the Riga battle
The German Emperor, with Gen. Won
Falkenhayen, chief of staff of the Ger
man army, Field Marshal Won linden
burg, Gen. Won Beseler, and brilliant
suite, entered the still burning town
of Novogeorgievsk, near Warsaw, on
Aug. 90.
Marquis di Garroni, Italian ambas-
sador to Turkey, Saturday handed to
the Porte a note declaring Italy con-
sidered herself in a state of war with
Turkey and demanded his passports.
according to an official telegram from
Constantinople
A dispatch from Brest to the Havas
agency reports the sinking of two
steamships from American ports. The
Belgian oil steamer Daghestan, 2,81S
tons gross, from Philadelphia, Aug. 6,
for Rouen, and three sailing vessels,
also have been sunk.
The White Star liner Arabic, car
rying 181 passengers and crew OF 242
and bound for New York, was torpe-
doed and sunk by German subma-
rine, off the southwest coast of Ire
land, near Fastnet. Thirty-two persons
are reported missing.
Underwater craft torpedoed Fri
day: The British steamers Restor-
mel, 2.118 tons; Baron Erskine, 5,585
tons; City of New York, 2,19O tons !;
Samara, 3,172 tons; Gladiator, 1859
tons; Bittern, 1877 tons, and the Ben
Brachie, 1908 tons; total of 22,729
tons.
Official announcement was received
in London from Berlin of the capture
of the important Russian fortress of
Novogeorgievsk and more than 10000
men. AS the Austrians and Germans
press on to the last of the outlying
fortresses standing between the Rus
sian capital and the invaders, Petro-
grad is discussing the advisability of
removing the government to its an
cient seat at Moscow, always consid-
cred the heart of the nation. Kovno
is now definitely in the hands of the
Germans.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
WESTERN.

Twenty-four are reported dead and
10000 homeless as result of the
heavy rain and flood at st. Louis.
Mr.. ]. G. Letton, formerly of Gal
weston, Tex, while in Denver, gave
the credit of the saving of lives in
the recent storm at Galveston to the
great sea wall constructed following
the great storm of 1900 at cost of
i$2,O0O,OO0.
Claiming that she is penniless in
Denver, but that her husband is worth
$4,000 in property in Wyoming and
Utah, Mrs. Lena Talent filed suit in
the District Court in Denver against
r. E. Talent, asking for a divorce and
5$15,00O alimony.
A total of 256 known dead resi-
1dents of southeast Texas coast points
and crews of wrecked craft of all
wrecked craft of all kinds; sixty-five
persons missing, many of whom are
believed to have perished, and prop
erty damage close to $50,O0O,O0O was
: the toll taken by the hurricane which
swept Galveston, Tex, and the Gulf
coast section.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
FOREIGN.

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, dean
of the Sacred College, is dead at Rome
at the age of 81.
1t was announced by the minister of
finance that the deficit of Peru for
1915 aggregated $1,500,00O.
The German Reichstag passed unan-
imously the ten thousand million
marks war loan on both the second
and third readings.
German submarines have caused the
death of 1,736 civilian non-combatants
including 11S Americans, since Ger
man warfare on merchantmen was
formally launched Feb. 49,
In the week ending Aug. IS the
British Admiralty reported officially
thirteen vessels, of total tonnage of
22,970, were sunk; eleven of them by
underwater craft and two by mines.
Thirty-nine persons lost their lives
in the sinking of the steamer Arabic,
the White Star line announced after
completing an investigation regarding
the, total number of persons aboard
Rumors are current in Duma circles
in Petrograd, according to dispatch
to the London Times, that Premier
Goremykin will resign with the title
of count and be succeeded by Minister
of Agriculture Krivoshein.
A Messina, Sicily, dispatch of the
18th, says, the chief signal officer at
the island of Stromboli reports the
eruption of large quantities of lava
from Stromboi volcano. The lava is
forming lake of fire between the era
ter and the sea.
A Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
says: almost unbelievable details of
Turkish massacres of Armenians in
Bitlis have reached Petrograd. In one
village 1000 men, women and children
are reported to have been locked into
wooden building and burned to
DEATH"
The Paris foreign office upon rec
ommendation of the minister of war,
has awarded gold medal to Mrs. w.
K. Vanderbilt of New York, president
of the American committee for cloth
ing the wounded In comforting the
medal the foreign office expresses ap-
probation of the services of Mrs Van
derbilt, whose active sympathies have
so often come to the aid of our
wounded"
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
SPORT.

The Grand American trap shooting
handicap was won at Chicago by Louis
B. Clark
M A. Mclaughlin is the new Colo
RADIO golf champion. He won the IT,
tie at the Lakewood Country Club in
Denver from Lawrence Bromfield,
twice champion, on the last put of as
spectacular a thirty-six hole match
as was ever played west of the Mis-
sissippi river by amateurs.
Gilbert Anderson won the sixth an
nual 301-mile road race for the Elgin
an average of 77.25 miles per hour or
nearly three miles faster than the
record, established by Ralph De Pal
ma, who won last year when Ander-
son was second, and two miles faster
than Cooper's record
At the preliminary hearing of
frankie Harris and Abe Attell, Jr.,
charged with being principals in a
prizefight at Milliken, Colo, on Aug.
4, and Ralph Brogan and ]. w. Rob-
erts, charged with promoting a fight
on July and Aug. at the same
place, all four defendants were bound
over to the November term of the Dis
trict Court
Earl Cooper, driving an American
made car at the rate of 7497 miles
per hour, won the Chicago Automobile
Club trophy road race at Elgin, Ill.
His time for the SO laps of 301 miles
was 4:01:32 His team-mate, Gill An
derson, was second, in 4:06:04. Barney
Oldfield, who drove one of the pretti-
est road races of his career, was third,
time 4:09:55
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
WASHINGTON.

The Carranza agency in Washington
received the following message dated
Thursday from Gen. Carranza at Vera
Cruz: Il have just received word from
Gen. Obregon that Gen. Arrieta has
captured the city of Durango
White Star line officials report that
five of the passengers of the liner
Arabic, two of them Americans, are
dead, nine others missing, and be-
lieved to have perished; and forty
members of the crew dead
Announcement that cotton had been
declared absolute contraband of war
by Great Britain came as no surprise
to officials in Washington Secretary
Lansing was informally advised by
the British embassy some time, ago
that this action had been decided
upon and that formal announcement
was delayed only pending the ar
rangement Of details.
According to reports received at
Washington, Gen. Carranza will reject
peace conference proposals and ask
recognition of his government.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
WILL AEROPLANES STOP WAR
OrrvIIe Wright Is Moved to Say He
Likes to Think So,
Anyhow.

Did you ever stop to think that
there is a very definite reason why the
present war in Europe has dragged
along for a year with neither side
gaining much advantage over the
other? The reason, as l figure it out,
is aeroplanes, Orville Wright writes
in Golfers. In consequence OF the
scouting work done by the flying ma
chimes, each side knows exactly what
the opposition forces are doing.
There is little chance for one army
to take another by surprise. Napoleon
won wars by massing his troops at un-
expected places. The aeroplane has
made that impossible. 1t has equal
lied information. Each side has such
complete knowledge of the others
movements that both sides are obliged
to crawl into trenches and fight by
means of slow, tedious routine rather
than by quick, spectacular dashes.
My impression is that before the
present war started the army experts
expected it to be matter of few
weeks or, at most, a few months. Today
it looks as if it might run into years
before one side can dictate terms.
Now, a nation that may be willing to
undertake war lasting few months
may we'll hesitate after engaging in
one that will occupy years.
! The daily cost of a great war is of
course stupendous When this cost
runs on for years the total is likely to
be so great that the side which wins
nevertheless loses War will become
prohibitively expensive. And the
scouting work in flying machines will
be the predominating factor, as it
seems to me, in bringing this about.
/ like to think so, anyhow.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
The Bonnie Conductor Lass

Edinburgh, Scotland, has two dozen
women street car conductors who are
a thorough success in the new line of
work. Other tramways are already
recruiting girls and training them to
be conductors. 1t is said that girls
working in the English cartridge fac
tories are so fired with patriotism
that some of them work thirty hours
in a stretch without any rest. Miss
Elizabeth Lister has been appointed a
stationmaster in South Wales, the first
woman to act in that capacity. In
the north of England and in Scotland
and Wales the men workers are being
supplanted in the fields by women,
who can be seen following the har-
row or digging and hoeing.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-28
GERMANY NEAR
BANKRUPTCY
NEW LOAN TO EXHAUST RE-
SOURCES; kAISER'S PREMIER
MAY RESIGN.
ADVISES PEACE OFFER
COMPLETE RUSSIAN DEFEAT NOT
POSSIBLE, SAYS GENERAL
Won MOLTKE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London Aug. 24.-Germany is in
dulging in the first thought of possible
defeat which she hass countenanced
since the war began.
While the German fleet at Riga was
meeting with decisive defeat Gen. Won
Moltke, former chief of staff, was tell
ing "a secret conference of German cab
met ministers that the possibility of
complete Russian defeat could not be
hoped for by those well informed on
the situation. At the same meeting
Chancellor Won -Hollweg and
Karl Hefferich, secretary of the treas
ury, announced that the empires IL
nancial resources are in danger OF ex-
haustion and advised the preparations
of acceptable peace proposals. The
information about the financial situa-
ton in Germany is presented by the
Telegraf, at Amsterdam, and is as fol-
lows:
"At the secret conference OF cabinet
ministers, political leaders and influ-
ential writer's, called by the German
imperial chancellor before the reas-
sembling of the Reichstag to discuss
the political situation, the Telegram
says Karl Helfferich, secretary OF the
treasury, explained that the new Ger
man war loan would completely ex-
haust the empires financial resources
and that the increase in exchequer
bonds would cause bankruptcy. There
fore, DR.. Helfferich urged, it was need
full to prepare for an honorable peace.
"Chancellor Won Bethmann Hollweg,
according to the same report, declared
that the difficulties of the empire
were increasing and advised his hear
ers to use their influence to soften
down bellicose inclinations and expan-
sion policy in the Reichstag and the
country and carefully to prepare
peace proposals which would be ac-
ceptable to the four members of the
entente.
''Dr. Bernhard Dernberg's report OF
the failure of his mission in the
United States and other neutral coun-
tries, the TELEGRAPH says, made a
strong impression on the conference.
General Won Moltke, former chief
of the general staff, declared that he
fully agreed with the chancellor and
added that only those not fully in
formed on the situation could hope
for the possibility of complete Rus
sian defeat.
Despite these declarations, the
story concludes, the meeting refused
to adopt resolution advocating mod
Grafton in the Reichstag, whereupon
the chancellor declared that if ma
jority in the Reichstag should show
an irreconcilably chauvinistic attitude
he would be obliged to resign, as he
could not accept responsibility for
German disaster"
Rumania is expected to enter the
war on the side of the allies, within
possibly even so short time as a
week
Japan has announced that greater
assistance will be given Russia by it's
government in the way of war muni-
tions.