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Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-03-08
German Take New Offensive.

Special on Unite0 FTeS8 Wiro.
Petrograd, March S.-Germans
have taken a violent offensive in
southeast Poland, the war office ad-
mitted today. For the first time in
three weeks, the region around Opoe-
zno and Tomasos is being shaken by
the boom of big guns. The right
wing of the German army west of
Warsaw is delivering infantry at
tacks against Russian positions. The
enemy's threat along the Pilica has
developed into a by battle with at
least two German army corps engag-
ed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-03-08
FIRE ON LINER
IS ALMOST OUT.
By United Pr,ss Wire.

Special bD United Pr7ss Wire.
London, March S-The fire aboard
the French liner LaTouraine was al
most extinguished at 10 o'clock last
night, according to wireless received
by her owners today. Cruisers pa
trolling the French coast and the
channel have Joined the Rotterdam
and are escorting the burning steam
er into Hayre. The Touraine was
making fourteen knots an hour and
was expected to reach Havre tonight
when the wireless was dispatched.
Cali a taxi, 46. Q. Johnson.
Ii249-3-1-Imos
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-03-08
A VOTE OF THANKS

was accorded last night to Richard
F White and San Salvador Council,
K. of c., for their kindness in open
ing K. of c. hall to trainmen who de-
sired to hear Brother Francis P. Bo-
land, who addressed the directors of
the Board OF Trade Friday night;
also a vote of thanks was extended
to Mr.. Boland and Assemblyman
Quinn for his interest In fighting the
repeal OF the full crew law.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-03-08

to-
night and Tuesday.
Strong north to
northwest winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-03-08

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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

mans in that strip out there some oil e.
killed in November, and lyin just where tnex
fell An the wounded lie out there, TOO, un'
till they die. Lately, they haven't been charg-l
in through there Our sergeant says ne lhln li
well have to have an agreement WIN tne
Germans TO send in parties OF men TO burn
the brush out and disinfect the whole wooo.
It's n wonder we amt all dead Of disease on
both sides. l."
stood up again TO take one more look a!
that grove Of thousand hidden horrors. and
at that one exposed bit Of ghastliness sticking
llp Just in front Of us out Of the tange OF
fallen boughs and twigs. The Canadian, as
though unable TO restrain the IMPULSE, stood
ND with me. We looked at the thing in ST.
lence moment or two Then with a sudden
exclamation of impatient disgust, the Cana
dian seized his rifle and leveled it across the
parapet.
II amt goin' to have them legs stickin'
up there no longer" he cried, as he squinted
down the sight With the crash OF his rifle,
the first warlike sound Of the morning. II )
right leg of the half buried German trembled
and sagged sideways bit, From across the
woods came spatter Of rifle fire, answered
on our line with q scattered reply. The man
at my side, who had started this fusillade
paid no heed TO it. He was bent on one pur-
pose.
"Bangl" The big right boot Of the Ger
man corpse turned sideways. "Bangl" The
leg dropped over and over slowly in strange.
ly distorted way. "Bangl" II collapsed and
Topped into thick growth Of ferns and was
gone. He had shot it away at the knee joint
and was now aiming at the remaining Leg the
half barred one.
i had had enough, and sat down In the
trench. Four or five more shots the Canadian
fired. Then he stepped down beside me and
wiped the sweat off his forehead with the
back of his hand Around us the desultory,
Intellectual fire died away
"Whewl' said the Buffalo typemaker.
"1hat's done. Poor fellowl But amt this
war hellf'
Copyright 1915, by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

shoulder blade, ranging forward and coming
out Immediately below the collar bone, in
flicting a serious wound
Wright turned sick and had to dismount.
| ran to him, climbed off my horse, cut the
spike off the arrow where il had come through
him and pulled the arrow out the way it went
in, which occupied some time, as he was
heavily wrapped on account Of the cold rain.
All this while the Indians were sending show
ers Of arrows at us, several Of which were
sticking in tree where we stood.
When had taken the arrow out of Wright
! turned and shot one of the Indians, the bali
striking him just above the belt in the stom-
ach. / saw the blood spout out the size Of
the ball. The Indian squalled, and the other
Indians ran 10 meet him When they cot
to him the shot Indian was reeline. nearly
ready 10 fall. He dropped his blanket. and
stepping upon it, the whole print of his foot
being marked in blood on the cloth. The
Indians placed him on a horse, as thew ala
others Of their number who were in the Same
fix. and hurried off
All this time the other bows were pntfinv
in their time as well as they could with wet
ammunition. The result Of the fight was ono
man wounded, not fatally. and every Indian
but one wounded. This was the opinion of nm
WIN narI|r|nnled in this frhf
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

wouldn't need TO ask" he answered. "It's
them woods out there. Lucky for you the
wind s from back Of us. ="
In the firing trench found disconsolate
group of Canadian riflemen squatting on
empty biscuit tins and wooden jam boxes.
They seemed particularly morose and silent.
Under their tan their faces looked drawn and
haggard They gave every evidence Of men
sick ut heart and in body.
One found who, on receiving packet of
cigarettes, warmed toward me enough to ask
what part of the States hailed from and to
give Buffalo, n Y. as his address and Mont
real his birthplace.
whats the matter with you chapsf" /
queried. "You all look down and out"
"Say, pal, he answered, in good old
Americanese, "if you was to stick around here
few hours you'd know wot's the matter
with this gang. It's them woods out there. "
This repetition Of the quartermaster
those woods and expressed as much to the
sad-eyed Canadian from Buffalo, N. Y.
"Step up there an take look" he an
swered, jerking his thumb at one Of the step
like inches cut in the trench wall for firing
stand "There amt much TO see, but when
the winds right, as II was all last night,
you d soon know why this bunch amt dancin'
no tangoes or givin' no three cheers, Don't
stick yer nut up too far or them Dutch snipers
will get you sure"
Cautiously raised myself upright in the
firing niche and peered over the parapet The
smell of creosote was rank and pungent in my
nostrils, for the parapet and the ground slop-
ing away from 1t had been doused with buck
cts full Of the mixture.
The ground beyond the trench dropped
away to where the woods began. II was a
veritable nightmare of wood. Shattered and
torn by thousands Of shells the broken trees
stood, lay and slanted in every stage Of life
and death. Gaunt and bare, the dead trunks
Of poplars shot clean in two high above the
ground stuck up out Of the horrid tangle be-
low. Other trees had been only half cut
through and their parts santed werdly down
To the ground. Others had fallen against
sturdier neighbors for support. Half Of the
broken forest was devoid Of life, the rest still
struggled TO respond to the annual call Of
spring. A leafy green haze obscured the
background, shutting out what might lie be.
yond the narrow strip Of stricken woodland.
The lower part Of the picture was n tangle
Of broken boughs, tall ferns and bushy
growth. Directly in front of me, not more
than fifteen yards away, the shon top of a
poplar lay in sprawling confusion, tangled
with smaller branches shot away from other
trees. In the center Of this particular patch
Of green, two objects stood up stiffly in the
air, objects that at firt appeared so gro
tesquely out OF place as to be impossible.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

TO disentangle themselves. l ran up and
snapped my six-shooter several times at the
Indian.
BY this time the boys had all caught up,
and seeing our arms would not fire, the In
dians rallied and made brave stand until
the one that was attacked by the dogs got to
his comrades, when they moved off. We at
tackled them again, but our ammunition was
10 wet Il was only once in a while that we
were enabled to get in a good shot. During
THE engagement We were within thirty steps
Of the Indians. One Indian motioned at Jim
Millican. Jack Wright yelled, LOOK out,
JIM and At that moment the same Indian
whirled and sent the arrow at Jack He be-
ing up TO their tricks and not ofics found
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

nbout five hundred yards ahead. Prepare
tons were made for charge.
All extra luggage being disposed Of, the
charge was made in earnest. The Indians
were riding along with their heads wrapped
up, as il was still raining and very cold.
II it had not been for one Of the men firing
before we got close enough, we would have
undoubtedly killed all the Indians, as we
would have been right upon them before they
would have seen us
When he fired they left their horses and
run for their lives A running fight cnsued
and we soon overlook them Jack Wright
shot one in the back, and at the same time
the horse the Indian was riding fell Jack
had two dogs that covered the Indian The
Indian. arose, and AZ be aid 40 |fanfproad hIs
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

significant hardly does TINS little grove JUS
tice, for that tangle of green holds more Of
concentrated horror than many miles of the
battle-ground TO right and left
OF all the pictures of this war the memory
Of that little woodland strip will linger with
me the longest. 1t so completely and yet so
simply drives home the most awful aspects OF
this conflict,
Everywhere along the lines of the western
front the great horror of the unburied dead
exists. In no other war in history has the
earth been permitted to bear on its surface,
week by week, month by month, the grim har-
vest Of battle. In this war the ground between
opposing trenches has never been cleared Of
its dead unless one side or another makes an
advance. There are no aimistces-no truces
no burial parties out between the lines after
battle.
!, INHUMAN SLAUGHTER here.
II is in this little woodland near La Bassee,
"Hell Glen" that this most inhuman side
, Of this generally inhuman war is so complete
fly manifested. The wood itself is Just mar
row strip of poplar, beech and birch trees, sep
arating the two big meadows.
II runs about half mile up the fields and
at no place is It more than hundred yards
wide On each side, as close to the foliage
OF the woodland underground as possible, runs
trench. British on the west, German on the
east. These two bitches have been there since
November They have never changed hands,
though charge upon charge has been launch
ed through that patch of forest ever since
the opposing armies came into their death
lock in this region late last fall
II was my luck to visit this point in the
British line a few days ago as one of an Army
Service Corps supply party. | hope ii will
be my luck never TO see that particular seq
ment Of this three hundred-mile arc of hell
again.
The approach to this desecrated stretch Of
timber is, as usual through series Of bur
rows and zigzag bitches from which there is
no outlook. AS we entered these communi-
eating trenches we remarked the almost over
towering odor Of creosote. Pans containing
that milky compound stood at intervals
throughout the maze of bitches, and the firing
trench itself seemed to be completely
sprinkled with the mixture.
ALL SICK AT HEART.
As we deposited our various burdens in the
dugouts assigned for the purpose, asked a
quartermaster sergeant why there should be
such prodigal use of that favorite army dis
infectant and deodorizer.
"If the wind was from the front of us you
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03
INDIAN RAIDS TN TEXAS Ry 4s. P 2.a' on.

~N the fall Of 1865 band Of Indians
HII came into Erath county with about
& fifty head Of horses in their pos
I49I session. The news soon spread over
the settlements. A company Of
men living in and around Comanche were
shortly in their saddles and started to the
mountains, where they fully expected TO inter-
cept the Indians. We had TO pass Coxs
ranch; here we were joined by Jack Wright,
Bas Cox and Malicia Cox. With this valua.
bic addition our crowd numbered ten. Leav-
ing Cox s ranch about 10 o'clock in the night
we continued our chase, expecting to ride all
night, but shortly after leaving the ranch we
poticed black cloud rising in the northwest.
which made us a little uneasy, as we were
afraid II would rain and cause us 10 abandon
the chase. We fully thought this good chance
for a fight and were 10th TO abandon the
mission we had set ont to perform.
II did rain so hard that for four or five
hours we sat still in our saddles, waiting for
daylight 10 come. When It did appear, we
renewed our march I'd the place where We
expected to find the TRAIL and sure enough
when we arrived there the Indians had pass.
ed on in the rain and the mud as their trail
showed
Il was raining hard and We had to travel
slow as the grQund was very Doggy but
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

)UEN, France, July 24.-There is a
little strip of woodland up near La
Bassee that is known throughout
the British expeditionary force us
"Hell Glen.n The name. while
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03
ALL SICK AT HEART.

AS we deposited our various burdens in the
dugouts assigned for the purpose asked
quartemaster sergeant why there should be
such prodgal use of that favorite army dis
infectant and deodorizer
"If the wind was from the front of us you
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-09-03

The ionsea Of Europe In tho war up TO May o.
complied BY he French mInatry q war are as follows
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
RESERVE BANKS GAIN
S5,5OO,OOO RESOURCES
Federal Board Issues Statement Show
ing Business of the Past Week.
Loans lake Jump.

An increase of $5,5OO,OOO in the COM
bined cash resources Of the reserve banks
with only a slight variation in the volume
of loans and discounts, are noted in
the summary of the weekly statement
OF condition of the banks made public
by the Federal Reserve Board yester-
day:
AS compared with last week. the state
ment shows a gain of more than $780,
600 in the gold reserves alone. Loans and
discounts increased about $500, 900. Almost
81 per cent Of the paper held by the
reserve banks natures within sixty days
and over 30 per cent within thirty days.
An increase of 1.3 millions OF the amount
invested in public securities is shown.
United States > per cent and 3 per cent
bonds are held by two banks and short
term municipal securities by six institu-
tions The amount of national bank
notes held shows a decrease since last
week of SJ62, 900. Net deposits increased
about s7.OOO,OOO. New York, Chicago, and
st. Louis, reporting the largest gains
for the week.
1t is expected that as a result of the
lower discount rates authorized for the
Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco re-
serve hanks, discount operations. par
ticuarly in the Southern district, will
assume somewhat larger proportions.
The Aldrich-Vreeland act as amended
expires by limitation on June 30, by which
date all currency issued under the pro-
visions of that act must be retired. There
are still about 100000 of this addi-
tiOnal currency outstanding in the South
'rn districts, and the board deemed il
wise to approve the lower discount rates
so as to enable the banks of that section.
by availinE themselves of the redisCOunt
privileges offered by their Federal re-
serve banks, to retire their additional
currency inconvenience to themselves
and without disturbing credit conditions.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
RUPTURE WITH BRITAIN
IS FEARED BY WRITERS
Alfred Noyes and Lloyd Osborne
Alarmed at Increasing Lack of
Cordiaity Between Nations.

New York. Jan. %3.-TwO leaders in Eng
Hsh literature of today arrived on the
Lusitania this afternoon. Each spoke
itH regret Of the growing lack of cor
niaIitN between America and England.
The visitors are Alfred NoycS. poet. and
l.lold osborne. stepson Of Robert Louis
Stevenson and collaboration with him in
many Of his works. Osborne said that
all England was disposed to criticisr
President Wilson for his silence in Re-
gard t" tn. events in Belgium and the
b"mhardment Of English towns from air
and sea.
No>cs talked at greater length. and
pruteSSrd 10 Sc" in the growing aEita-
tiou over Great Britain seizure of Amer
lean ships and CargOes a deliberate Ger
man plot to involve the Two nations in
d ItticulticS.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
TROOPS LEAVE QUAKE ZONE.
Conditions Greatly Improvcd-Re-
lief Work Goes On.

Rome. Jan. %3.-CunditiOns in the earth
quake Zuu,. are improving SO rapidly that
" mister If War ZupcIli today recalled
to their stations lU"D Italian troops who
had been working in the district around
Lake EUrIno The relief measures are
we'll Im hand and next week they VIII D"
wholly turned over To the civil authorities.
In addition to l7.UH refugees being cared
for in Rome, there are 80 in Naples.
~ more refugees will he brought here.
accommodations having been found for all
the remainder in towns on the border Of
the stricken district.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
COTTON MARKETS.

New York. Jan. 23-COttOn contracts declined to-
day ard the close OF the market heavy at a
loss Of TO Is points for the day. The reaction
since THURSDAY has been nearly s. per bale from
tho high levels ruling that day. The selling
represented further liquidation hy uneasy specl-
atOrs Concerned over the possibility Of the seizure
Of the DaCia cargo and also by local operators i'm
pressed with the Census Bureau ginning report,
showing a total Of H.SJ9O 90 bales Enned TO January
IS last.
1t was pointed out in this column earlier in the
week that the local certihCated stock rapidly
increasing as result Of prices ruling in New
York high euuugh to make this market attractive 70
southern holders Besides this. purchases for tx
ports have recently shown moderation. though clear
auces and port receipts intended for export continue
true however that cotton sterling bills reIEesenting
purchases of cottou in the South have recently fallen
of in volume and this points oOnclusiEely to relief
Of foreign spinners in securing supplies for a
time.
Including E5O.3E bales on shpboard not cleared
Frlday night the total exports TO that date were
37OOOO bales With nearly 10000 bales held
at the American seapOrts in addition TO the above
a lafte part Of which is intended for foreign mar,
kets it may be stated that not less than leOOO 900
bales Of the American crop has been actually bought
by the worlds consUmGTs.
Weekly takings Cf the worlds spinnsrs only
10 Ier cent under last year. Last weeks showing
was 5000 bales compared with 4O3.0oO bales for
the same week in 1914. This estimate excludes many
markets in the war zone. but shows American spin
ners to have taken IS 900 bales compared with
l56 OO0 bales during that period. This is highly
significant Of textile conditions in the United States
Liverpool.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
REAL ESTATE
ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE-SUBURBAN.

4s acres. S-room dwelling. barn. tool
house. corn crib chicken houses divided
into compartments. separate runs. each
compartment: wells water. one at
house and one at barn; running stream:
700 fruit trees. mostly bearing: situated
about l-2 mile frontage on beautiful
Washington & Marlboro concrete Pike.
miles from Capital Soil in frst-class
condition. fields. High and very
healthy. This farm can be had t)r only
$500: reasonable cash payment, balance
can be arranged satisfactorily. This is
an exceptionally fine opportunity.
acres: Groom dwelling. outbIiIdIngs:
fenced; on Livingston Road, near Con-
gress Heights. d. c. Running stream;
good truck land: close to market. sc car
fare. Price $3.50: terms to suit.
acres; 5-room bungalow; outbuildings:
at Lanham Station. Price. only &, ,OOl
Terms arranged to suit purchaser.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
TRADING ON LOCAL
CHANGE IS SLACK
Sales of Only Two Companies issues
Recorded Railway and Electric
and Gas Bonds Sold.

Trading on In" WASHINGTON Stock E.N-
chang" Yesterday WAS slack. all sales h''-
m- confined to the bond list and thu,
recorded sales embracing buI TWO COM
'H'l's' ts> '"s Washington Hallway and
'.""tri" Is went well ON "a go"f market at
>l. tn" o. % thai has held durur all r,.-
''"t Transactions. At thar figure SG~m
'."'h MAS sold. with "a E"o nond at
.->
Tho -'hor srI. was s-", .u,iiE nr NASH
SiHst"n Ga - al 1r-7->. a fraction below
ii.,. .nA' 1t pr,Nipgs Stl~.
y" s@'"~ WEI" r.'rla",! in sta, Is al
H"u-h The" hold arm "H Guurtri"r~.
'."i~ H .'.r!y "l cases wore lu. oId lots
COZ ~iE-i" shares. aud orders "m tI, floor
N.,r". .,.s L-h.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
WEEKS REALTY
TRADING Higher
Increase of 30 Per Cent
Over Previous
Period.
GOOD BOOST In LOANS
Ten Acres Adjoining Catholic Uni
GOOD BOOST IN LOANS
Ten Acres Adjoining Catholic Uni
versity Purchased for $47,500.
Owners Will Build.

Figures compiled last night showed
that realty trading in the District during
the week just ended improved more than
30 per cent over the trading OF the
previous week Brokers made sixteen
sales Monday, thirty-fOur Tuesday, TWEEN
ty-eight Wednesday, twenty Thursday,
twenty-three Friday, and twelve on the
half holiday, yesterday.
SiXty-six parcels in outlying suburbs
were sold, fifty-ninc in the ncar-urban,
forty-two in the northeast, thrty-five in
the northwest, ten in the southeast and
nine in the southwest. Brokers say that
the trading Of the last week in midwin
ter is especially notable and increasing
optimism among realty men is appar-
ent
increase in Loans.
During the week the sum Of 3d., ,,%;7
was loaned on the security Of lGo lots at
an average interest rate OF IS per cent.
This amount was &S0on0 in excess of tho
money loaned during the preceding week.
Straight loans formed the bulk OF IN"
business with a total OF S45\5l3.
The largest sale Of the week was that
uf ten acres Of ground adjoining CathO-
flIr University. The property was pur-
rhased by the Associated Professors Of
ST Marys Seminary Of Baltimore for
&l,'GO and IT is understood the now own
"rs will erect a handsome building
Tho largest financial transaction Of the
week was that Of loan Of SI5n.uIO hy
the Washington Loan and Trust Company
and was secured by Peter 4. Drury. who
holds It'll" a trustee to the store and
office bUildin- at the northwest corner Of
Ninth street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
MRS MAMIE STEVEs.

Private development, also classes for
development Spiritual School Spiritual
Medium. Developing Medium. Seance
Tuesday and Thursday evening p. m
Private readings given daily. 3l5 n. J.
ave. Sc Phone Lincoln 3OlS.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
INSURANCE FIRM ELECTION.
Stockholders of Equitable Life
Name Trustees and Executives.

The stockholders OF the Equitable Life
Insurance Company have elected these
trustees: William A. Bennett, George j.
Bessler. Henry p. Blair. August Burgjoff,
Allen c. Clark, A. p. Clark, jr., W.
Gwynn Gardiner. Edward z. Rapley.
William H. Rapley. NJ D. Rosenburg.
Joseph Sanders. N. H. Shea, L. c. Stri-
der. J. S. Swormstedt, and H. K. VIII
lard.
Officers elected were as follows: Henry
p. Blair, president: Joseph Sanders and
William A. Bennett. vice presidents: Al
len C. Clark. secretary; n. d. Rosenburg.
counsel, and Gilbert A. Clark, actuary.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
HELP WANTED-FEMALE.
Help Wanted-Male and Female.

GOOD POSITIONS FOR MEN AND WOMEN:
make lots Of money: sOnd &c for ontft. Pleasant
EMPLOYMENT; don't delay. MARATHON SALES
co. Tyrone Pa
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
WIFE'S LOVE WORTH 8 CENTS.
Girls Toe Valued at $1,000 and
Mans Finger mt $3.50 by Court,

New York, Jan. IA wife's love is
valued at cents.
girls toe is worth $1,000
A mans finger Is worth $50
These are the latest quotations fixed
by New York juTies.
Nancy Ericsson, seventeen. was award
ed 81 coo for the loss of a toe.
George W. ,ROthenhausen received a
verdict of $50 for the loss of the index
finger of his right hand
William J. Reitmeire sued James H.
Thomson for $1,000 for alternating the
affections OF his wife. He was awarded
cents.