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Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
SATURDAY.

The fifth month of the battle of the
Aisne-as the great campaign in
northern France is popularity called
begins today. The contending millions
virtually hold the same positions they
were in when the battle started, al
though in the last two weeks the al
lies have made important, but indie
cisive, gains here and there.
Another fifty men from the British
battleship Formidable, lost in the Eng
lish channel on Friday, have reached
safety after riding out a fierce gale
for upwards of twenty hours in an
open cutter, making a total of POI
survivors out of a crew of $50.
Street fighting for the possession of
Steinbach. ia Alsace, continues. The
French report gains, which the Ger
mans deny.
In Poland there is no change. The
Germans are fortifying all their po.
sitions west and south of Warsaw.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
SUNDAY.

The Russian general staff reports
that the Austrian retreat in eastern
Galicia has developed into a rout,
that the Austrians are also being
beaten in western Galicia, that all
German attacks on the Bzura-Rawka
front have been repulsed and that the
Germans have undergone a severe re
verse in fighting fifty miles north of
CracoW.
The German general staff reports
that the allied fleet has appeared
again off the Belgian coast, but that
no firing has taken place. The repulse
of a French attack in the Argonne is
also recorded.
The French war office reports the
success of operations in Alsace and
announces that the slackening of the
allied offensive, noticed recently, has
been caused by the incessant rains
all along the front. At one point the
French gained 300 meters and at an
other 500 meters.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
LOVE POINT

Mrs. Edward Eckstorm visited Mrs.
Walter Donovan of Centreville on Sat
urday.
Mr.. w. G.. Stayton has returned from
a visit to relatives in Greensboro, Md.
Mr.. Harry Mcpherson and Mr.. Wal
ter Carton visited Stevensville on Sun
day.
MIR. Carroll Palmer and family visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Smith on New
Years Day.
Mrs. Ella Mcpherson was Baltimore
visitor this week.
Miss Leila Graham, of Hickman, Del,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Lea A. Cahall.
Mrs. Carrie E. Young visited Balti-
more on Tuesday.
Mr. Otis Councill has returned home
from a visit to his uncle near Centre
vile, Md.
Mrs. w. G. Stayton, who has been
sick for several days, is aole to be out
again.
Miss Minnie Grolman is spending the
week with friends in Baltimore.
Miss Sarah Grolman, of Baltimore, has
returned to her home after spending a
week with friends at Love Point.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
MONDAY.

Heavy artillery fighting along the
upper Vistula, in Poland, is announc.
ed in an official statement from Pc
trograd. German troops which tried
to force a crossing of the Bzura river
were overwhelmed by the Russians.
In Bukowina the Russian advance
continues, but in Galicia the Austrian
troops have come to a stand. Pesti.
lence is said to be spreading in the
besieged fortress of Przemysl.
French troops have wrested Stein
bach, in Alsace, from the Germans.
Berlin admits. French guns are with
In range of Altkirch. French aviators.
In a raid, damaged a Zeppelin shed
near Brussels.
Berlin hears a report that the sub.
marine which sank the British battle
ship Formidable was destroyed later
by a mine.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
THURSDAY.

Overwhelming defeat for the Ger
man and Austrian armies on the east
ern battle front is claimed in a state
ment by Grand Duke Nicholas, COM
mander of the Russian armies. 1t Is
asserted that the German forces have
fallen back along the Bzura river IN
Poland, after most severe losses; that
heavy fighting is resulting favorably
to the czar's arms along the Pilica,
upper Vistula and Nida rivers; that
the Russians are holding their own in
an artillery battle along the Rawka
river, and that the Austrians are flee
ing in Hungary.
Five German aviators made a raid
upon Dunkirk, in France, dropping
bombs which killed fifteen persons
and wounded thirty-two.
Paris announces that the French
have entered Steinbach, in Alsace,
and are engaged in house to house
fighting with the Germans for posses
sion of the town. Slight gains for the
allies are reported on the battle line,
east of the Aisne river.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
WEDNESDAY,.

Vienna official dispatches admit
the successes claimed by Petrograd
in the fighting in the Carpathlan
mountains, and say that the Austrian
forces, greatly outnumbered, are De-
ing Withdrawn"
Dispatches from Petrograd say that
the campaign of General Won linden
burg against Warsaw is on the point
of collapse. Berlin, on the other hand
asserts officially that the Germans IN
Poland have advanced far beyond
Lowicz and Skierniewice, the latter
city forty miles southwest OF War
saw.
German troops in Belgium are bonn
harding st. Georges, three miles south
of Nieuport. in an effort to recapture
the place. Despite this, Paris reports
slight gains in this region. Steinbach'
in Alsace, is being shelled by French
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
FRIDAY.

The British navy received a heavy
blow at the very beginning of the
new year, when the battleship For
midable was sunk, either by a mine
or a submarine. in the English chan
mel. The death list may reach $50.
French airmen dropped bombs upon
Metz, in German Lorraine, and Arna-
Vile. Four German aviators flew over
Dunkirll, dropping bombs, the second
attack on the French port in twenty
four hours.
German and French forces are still
engaged in a savage struggle for the
mastery in the Alsatian town of Stein
bach.
In the east, Petrograd announces
that Warsaw no longer is in danger
of German capture. Russian troops
are advancing in the Carpathians and
in Galicia, and Przemysl, the Austrian
fortress, is reported to be near sur
render because of starvation.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
BLANCHARD'S STATION.

Mr.. Alva Obier, of near Blanchard,
has accepted a position in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Mr.. John Hamilton has returned to
his home at New Haven, Conn, after
two weeks visit with his wife's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Rogers.
Mr.. Burton Williams is still on the
sick-list.
Mrs. John E. Hamilton and Mrs. j.
Fred Collins were Milford visitors on
Monday.
Mrs. John Tucker is still on the sick
list.
Miss Bertha Dickerson has returned
home after spending two weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Eugene Donovan, of near
Greenwood. WHITE Wing.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
lber of The RebeCCaS
A Member OF
A Bad Case
of Nasal
Catarrh Cured
BY Pe-ru-na.

That any case of nasal catarrh
can be cured by an internal medi-
cine is denied by some. Only a
glance at our files would be nee
essary to convince any sane per-
son that catarrh can be cured by
the internal use of Peruna
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08


over Million Loss In Two Big Fires.
twenty-five families were driven
from their homes by a five-alarm fire
which did extensive damage in Phila.
delphia.
The flames broke out in the lumber
yard of the Charles Este Co., Twen-
tieth and Glenwod avenue, and were
swept in every direction by the veer.
ing wind. The loss is placed at $780,,
600.
The yard covers an area of three
and one-half acres and practically all
the lumber was destroyed. Seventeen
dwellings were damaged. In several
cases merely the walls remain stand
ing.
The hospital ambulances were on
the go all day, as thirty firemen were
either overcome or received minor
burns. Nobody, however, was serious.
ly injured.
Despite the severe weather, women
and children rushed into the street re-
gardless of apparel. Men we're carry
ing bundles of all descriptions, en-
deavoring to save what they could
from their burning homes.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08
January Bargains
..CIearing-Out SaIe.....

is rule Of this Store not to to next year certain
lines of Merchandise therefore in order these goods
during January All Profit will be taken off the selling prices
You will find Genuine Bargains in Horse Blankets Lap Robes
Heating Stoves Boys Wagons and Seghs Ice Skates Aumi
mum Cooking Utensils Guernsey Cooking Utensils During
this Sale need expect find $500 Heating Stove
marked down $OOO this Store never practice Fake
methods the buying public With it Only One Fair
profit added the of goods which does permit to
take off Two and Three profits But you will find during this
sale saving the above goods of least Is per cent
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08

Victoria Pckel, Of Columbus, is Of this sort She
had nasal caarh very badly and cured by Perna We Will
tell her story. Mrs Victoria M. Pcke 3O E. Mound
Street, Columbus, Ohio, writes:
81 using for catarrh having had
that cogged the nasal organs When did
the nasal organs opened the would drop into my throat
and make very sick
"a friend advised take Peruna, and after four bot
ties cured have trouble and happy that
enjoying the best of health and attending to lodge duties
being member of the Rebecca Lodge of Odd Fellows.
81 would recommend Peuna those suffering with the same
obnoxious trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

few questions. which you could possibly answer.
 The underwriters figure their monetary losses at so much in dollars and cents per capita. What do they charge us per cap- ita for this protection?
 Do you or any other business man known to you figure losses in business, so much per capita, or on a percentage of the gross business done during a specified period Of time? Why do they flgure per capita?
 As an illustration I would like to ask: If q farmer out in tho country. with five in the family. should insure his home for S5o00, and the lightning should set 1t on fire and it should be totally destroyed. what would they figure this loss per cap ita and what percentage of increase would the rest of the farmers In this state have to pay?
 Based on a population of 15o,0u0 for tho city of Birmingham, if big corporation should lose $100,00 by speculation, or bad business judgment. should the loss be fig ured 66 2-3 cents per capita? or should 1t be figured as a percentage of the capital surplus and profits?
 Would 1t be possible to submit the ap- pro ximate amount of premiums in com parison with the losses sustained during the last few years? Hoping that you can get this informal tion, I remain. ROY T. HUFFMAN.
 Birmingham. April 20, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

men of southern birth and early training who have achieved greatly in transpor- tatior and industrial activities both in the south and in the north. His success in the management of the Long Island railroad system can be traced back to his early successes in Atlanta, the town of his birth. Subsequently he became asso- ciated with the Pennsylvania railroad, particularly in it's southwest system and was for number of years identified with the commercial and industrial growth of Cir cinnati. Presumably it was Mir. Pet CTS association with the Pennsylvania which led to the selection of him 10 years ago as president and general manager of the Long Island railroad system. Within these 10 years his constructive work has last beginning to understand why Presi- dent Cassatt of the Pennsylvania rail- road bought, some 15 years ago, for this company the control of the Long Island system.
 There used to be some cynical comments made when this Long Island railroad pur- chase by President Cassatt was men ticned. Some even went so far as to say that Cassatt permitted his sentiment and his pride of achievement to master his judgment, for if he had not done that he would not have ventured to construct tunnels under the Hudson river, under Ms nhattan Island under the East river with a final terminal upon Long Island. Some who deemed themselves excellent financiers could not see where the Penn sylvania looked for return in the way of traffic gain upon the enormous in- vestnent which this extraordinary con- structive work entailed. Some criticized President Cassatt because he was willing to permit William G. McAdoo now Secre- tary of the Treasury, to construct his Hudson river tube systems, although ad- hitting that the building of these tubes would probably change the earning ca pacity of his ferryboats which connected Manhattan with the Pennsylvania ter minal at Jersey City that instead of returning profit they would be compelled to report a deficit. Had not President Cassatt frankly said to Mir McAdoo that while the Pennsylvania company would not participate in any way in the financing Of the Hudson river tubes, nevertheless the company would give it's moral sup port to the undertaking the plan would have been abandoned Upon Cassatt's s pledge MT. McAdoo went ahead. Presi- dent Cassatt realized that with the con struction of the McAdoo tubes then so- called, there would inevitably be brought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21
SPECIAL 30 WASH DRESSES
 $1.95

| the population has grown wonderfully within the past decade. l am told that about the same schedule, and service IS 1 in vogue Ill Birmingham now as was here seven or eight years ago. People living on the Lakeview and Highland avenue lines realize the situation as regards the service given them by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. am sure others in different sections realize the same thing.
 It is stated that the amount of money the jitney is taking away from the Bir- mneham Railway. Light and Power com pany is causing serious alarm with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, that If it keeps up they are apt to be driven out of business. Taxing the iitney, certainly will not stop the fall ing off of receipts of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. Therefore, why are they so interested lfi regulating the jitney?
 Suppose many of the employees are hav- ing their salaries cut. Is it not better for them to do on less than it, would be for their fellow laborers to be entirey cut out of a living? Fair play Is what we want so the city commissioners will no doubt cut out the "katydid'' stunt and reg ulate the jitney whereby the city may re- oeive small income from them, and at the same time-the jitney may exist, and citizens, who wait without shelter for a street car may be accommodated and en- joy the services of a jitney, such as they are entitled to.
 am not expressing my entiments alone, for have talked to many citizens one of whom remarked the other day that the Birmingham street cars were like the wrath of God. they finally overlook you" Lets have better car service, and the itney will naturally perish, if it is the honest opinion of some that they should be doomed. Yours for fair play
 w. J. HARMON.
 Birmingham April IT, 1915. No. 1905
 South Twenty-fifth street.
 Automobile License To the Editor of The Age-Hera1d:
 When the legislature meets again in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

 When the legislature meets again in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21
BUY BIRMINGHAM PRODUCTS
ny MRS. J. B. REID

This has been much talked oi
 scheme for several years. Four years ago the Alabama State Fair took the Initiative in exhibiting collection Of such articles as were made in Birmingham. ' and they were displayed in space called the Birmingham pantry. There were samples of 20 articles. local products, tha, are used in the home every day. A folder was printed and handed out to the housekeepers that they might carry home as a reference when such supplies Were needed. The newspapers gave valuable space-reading matter, referring to tho opportunity offered industries and visi- tors alike through this novel idea.
 After the fair the Business Mems league organized a follow-up system. and car ried excursions of clubwomen to the plants and let them see and taste for themselves. and everyone seemed de- lighted. Then there came lull and the matter just rested there. The ''Ad club later had a Birmingham products exhibi- tion-a very creditable one, too-a good deal of money was spent, and again the newspapers were liberal. Just why this has been sentiment rather than profit able and persistent effort is hard to ex- plain. We have shown the people time is but somehow there is something lack ing in the follow-up system. and now is the time to find that missing ling and the people have commenced talking about buying in Birmingham. Let's hope it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

Hudson sales have trebled since this Light Six came out. But this spring-like last spring-there is likely to be a considerable shortage of Hudsons. That will mean you must be content with a second-choice car, or lose weeks of pleasant driv- ing. Choose now and avoid that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21
GRAND JURY TAXES UP THE BARTON CASE
Hears All Witnesses and Then AdjOurns Until
 Next Saturday

After concluding the examination of the witnesses in the Barton assassination late yesterday afternon the grand jury for the April term, which reeonyened Monday adjourned until Saturday morning, at which time the result of the grand jury s findings will be reported to the judge or the criminal court. A large number of witnesses were examined including those who had been before the coroner's jury and given testimony in the same case. It is understood that the same witnesses
 have been again supoenaed to appear this afternoon in the court of common pleas,
 Judge H. B. Abernathy presiding, before whom the warrants againse Walton and
 Mason were sworn out, to again testify in the case. Many of the witnesses com pleined yesterday that they had been sum- l moned for three days in succession to testify in the case-on Monday before Coroner Spain, on Tuesday before the grand jury and today before Judge Aber-
 nathy It Is stated that there is no pro- vision made for the payment of wit
 nesses in attendance on the csoroner' g court or court e common pleas The
 large majority of witnesses are from Ehsley ana Mulga, and have to pay their
 own expenses to and from town, in ad-
 dition to the loss of time and wages
 from their avocations without the slight est remuneration, and many kicks" were
 made yesterday when it was learned that one nvestigation would have been suf- ficient.
 It will be interesting to note the ex- penses to the taxpayers of the county of the coroner's inquest, and the subsequent
 benefits derived therefrom in the prosecu- tion of the above case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

| to the Pennsylvania within two years gr eatly increased suburban traffic. That forecast has been vindcated.
 What the public did not know. and what
 ever the Vanderbilts did not suspect when President Cassatt offered to them an
 equal interest in the Long Island ven-
 tLre-an offer which was declined-was
 that the president of the Pennsylvania
 had pictured forth in his imagination the
 enormous growth of Long Island as commercial and industrial center the
 magnitude of the traffic which would originate and be distributed there, and beyond all was the fact that he foresaw what the relation of the Pennsylvania railroad system to the Ohio valley, to the south and to the southwest would be- come by the construction of a stupendous approach to Manhattan and Long Island He foresaw that by means of this con- structive work he could substantially an- nex New England to the south and south west and, on the other hand, carry enor- | nous traffic unbroken from those sections of the country into New England.
 All but one important factor in President 1 Cassatts plan has now been completed. There remains only the final work upon one of the worlds great bridges, whose roadway hangs suspended nearly 200 feet above the whirlpool estuary which is called Hell Gate, and which when com pleted will bring the New Haven railroad system and the Pennsylvania system into actual and complete physical union.
 President Peters now reports that this bridge and the connecting railroad which will make use of it are to be finished next year. Thus gradually and in most inn
 pressive manner all that President Cas-
 satt saw with the eye of imagination 15 years ago is now being made visible. It
 was from the Long Island Railroad com pany that one of the great railway sys-
 tems of England secured it's general man. ager a year ago, Henry W. Thornton, who
 under President Peters was the general superintendent of the Long Island sys- tenn. He is now the general manager of the Great Eastern Railway of England. and President Peters is understood to
 have learned that his former superintend- ent has commanded the approval of the English government for the skill and speed
 with which he has facilitated vast nove-
 ment of troops to the coast.
 Austin COrbin's Prediction
 It was while the late Austin Corbir
 was intimately associated with the Read
 ing railroad of Pennsylvania that his at tention was fixed upon the little island which lies to the south of the mainland of New York, which is only 120 miles long
 and at it's broadest part no more than To- It may be that President Cassatt re- ceived some inspiration for his stupen- dous undertaking through his knowledge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

of what Austin Corbin contemplated. MT Corbin brought together half dozen dis jointed, rickety railroads upon Long Island and in doing that was one of the first tC demonstrate the economic possibilities which follow railroad unification. He also realized that if the commercial and industrial opportunities which are in this little island were to be realized, he must construct tunnel from the Brooklyn shore under Manhattan to the terminal at Jersey City. MT. Corbin seems not t. have contemplated alliance with the New England railroad system, but instead to have had in mind the establishment of a seaport at Montauk, whereby, as he be- lieved, European trips could be shortened some six hours. But MT Cassatt realized the possibilities both for the south and southwest, as well as for New England, which lay in the construction of linking railroad by means of a bridge over ilell Gate and the use of the Pennsylvania tun- nel.
 When MT. Cassatt took hold of this property it was as President Peters re- gently said, not much more than a sum- mer excursion railroad system. Today it is standard railroad with gross earn ings of $13.O00,000, as compared with S4,OOo 900 when Mr. Cassatt bought it. Cassatt predicted an enormous increase in passen- ger traffic after his plans were put into effect, and if he were now living he would rejoice in the justification which the fig ures give. The railroad carried 12.000 900 passengers a year when MT. Cassatt bought it, while in 1914 1t carried nearly 42,000, 900. The time Is at hand when there is to be by visible demonstration complete justification of the marvellous business vision which inspired President Cassatl to buy the Long Island system. The ef- fleets will be felt not only in New Eng land, but beneficially in the south and southwest, for from those sections of the country an enormous commerce with New England is sure to be developed within a few years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21

not all talk. The housekeepers buy in a hurry, they don't familiarize themselves with the brand-especially the home trade mark-they need more schooling.
 The unemployed men and women of this city today should be their best teachers. If the home folks will get behind this market there will be ample work for all of the idle hands, there will be fewer cries for help. better clothed and nour- ished children and fewer dejected moth- CTS. The operators want to keep busy day and night forces could be employed if there was a demant. Let's hang a list of every article to- be needed in the home on every telephone in the homes of Birmingham, and then the excuse of for getting will be overcome. We admonish to buy in Birmingham, and then are not ourselves posted as to what can be had. If the manufacturers will keep on talk ing to the public while it is being urged to wake up to the present situation the combined efforts will be great remedy for hard times.
 Everything made here is just as good as that made elsewhere. The prices are the same and things are made by our owr people, who pay taxes, rent our houses thinking about? Bear this in mind, ana help get more people busy by giving the shops all the work they can do and then you will know the true value of Bir- mingham products. The Chamber of Com merce will soon furnish you complete list and then we hope to see results.