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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08
Some Comments
 on War Experts

tests. and the brutal and unromantiek mannur Of blowing feer up by tuchng buttun. dishing joblo of poisun gases for him to inhail which shrivvels him up in much the way that an overdose of green oucumbers does small boy, only No longur is theere brilliant cavelry charges in which indivlduel feeders win and lose theere left leg insteed the who lnvints peese of deyvelmnt that will wipe out hole town ship at fell swoop while he sits quietly at home rocking the baby is the Teller who is grabbing all the encomniums and one thing and anuther in this Gennere Shurman sed it and he rite then. and il Is much War is h--l, with all the sideshows thrown in. May keep out of 1t, and only get into it at the defense of naslonal honur. But if We do have to go to in ordur to avoid a wurse fate-nasionel humiliasion-then let pre- pare for it. for by doing so may avoid 1t, and if we must face 1t we will give good account of selves
 In case of war-expurts and jngows to the frunt. l want it distinctly understood. heer and now, that I neethur.
 Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08
Wrong Diagnosis

From Life.
 Che of the prominent clubs of thiA city gave a contract for the decora4 ton of their building in honor of thu visit of the fleet, and the decoratot oonveived the idea that the word w elcome' spelled out In signal flagt would be an appropriate and beauS titul design for the front wall. ove( the entrance. He asked a naval oN ficer- for directions, and, following the code which said officer wrote out for him, a very interesting result wa4 obtained Judge of the surprise o1 the contractor when an army of ficer. happening by, asked; Do yoV know what you have written?'
 "Why welcome stammered thu decorator
 Not by long shot. said the army officer You have got up thsrA 'T( h-- with the army.
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By FRANK C. CARPENTER Copyright 1915. by Frank G. Car
 penter.)

Monteyideo, Uruguay. TOME with me and take a look IAI at the capital of Uruguay. It SST11 it the social political, finan- t524SJ cial and industrial center of
 this republic and its 300. 900 population It is in fact the heart and soul of the country, the dynamo that keeps Uruguay moving The city is one of the well-to-do and the rich. II has beautiful houses and it has stores that will compare with those of Cincinnati or Buffalo, either of which Is about the same size. The town has all modern improvements. It's streets are like day under its thousands of electric light globes and it's electric car lines carry millions of passengers every year. The town is paved with Belgian block and with asphalt. The most of it's streets cross one another at right angles and the older ones are narrow rather qhan wide In addition there are wide boule- wards which extend far out into the country There arc more than dozen public squares or pla1as in the heart of the city. and pleasure grounds, parks and bathing resorts on the ocean out side.
 Montevideo lies on the ocean. One side of it is bathed by the Atlantic and tie other by the great estuary known as the Rio de la Plata. The city is in the shape of great horn, which juts out from the mainland into these Wa terways The bay is on the bio de la Plata side in the inside curve of the horn, and the ocean rolls up its surf just over the way. The lower part of the city makes me think of Manhat- tan Island, save that 1t has not the skyscrapers. The horn here is so nar- row that you can stand in the middle streets and see the ocean on one side , and the river on the other. Nearly ev- cry part of the city slopes toward the ,iver and the frequent rains wash the town clean, According to the statistics the place Is one of the healthiest among all the worlds cities and il stands high in every department of sanitary work
 a We shall start on our trip at the Plaza Independencia. This is in the heart of the downtown business sec tion It covers something like 1C acres and it Is filled with gardens oi shrubs. flowers and palm trees. Upon 1t face the government house. where the President has his offices. and the national museum There are stores back of the arcades that run around its sides. and the great Soils theatre is
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Showing New York city to a friend from my home town has now grown to be one of my regular ,duties-1 mean pleasures. It is amusing to see how these different friends take 1t. Some of them are openly and frankly interested: others affect q knowledge of Manhattan that they never could have acquired by remaining south of what was once the Mason and Dixon line, and still others can't seem to get away from the small town idea that peo- pie are observing them and what they do. The latter kind will never dare throw back their heads far enough to see the top of a skyscraper for fear some one will observe them observing and opine that they are from elsewhere Living here awhile will soon cure any one of that, however. Here you alone when you are on the street, and unless you are able to do something interesting enough to win you berth in vaudeville you will never be noticed.
 The partial loss of self consciousness which New York city brings is one of it's chiefest delights. And why should anyone object to New York knowing that he came from Smiths Cross Roads? Cling always to your loyalty in your home town. it is oftenest an asset, and by all means stick to your own way of talk ing. The softness of southern speech Is one thing the New Yorker cannot imi- tate and he knows 1t. But he likes 1t as a rule, and particularly in women. There are numbers of real. southern women living here today who are frequently asked to Just talk" We'll, after hear ing a few of these native subway voices. l can't blame the men who make such request of our women.
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old cross that lying round loose, and also crop of plain citizens who have accumulated wooden legs, glass eyes and uther assets, those of them who have been lucky enuff to escape moor serius fate but when 1t cums to expurts Urope has nuthng us--if indeed she is in our class. The United States has moor honnesttogoodness, born in the purple expurts who couldn't tell the difference between plan of battle outlined by the Gurman gennerel staff and the plan of savasion but who, nevertheless, stand reddy and willing to tell all they know and then sum- than Urope evver hoped to have.
 All Urope go out and shoot up the scenery and theere naybors on the most gigantick scale the poor old world has witnessed, but when it to shooting the bul expurts has most enny kind of an old shooter gaspng for breth. Rite i'm mediatey aftur the broke out in Urope expurts also broke out in this country-they began grab you by the buttun and hand strong line of talk about the Uropean situasion that would make
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would fill each heart with gladness,
 take away each gnawng care, And make of life on earth a thing sub lime: And yet, relentless am called-oh, judges so unfair. Who thus condemn poor, gentle, hoary Time
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7'fVTIN HWY V7 )ME with me and take a look at the capital of Uruguay. It it the social. political, finan- clal and industrial center of this republic and its 5000
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But I must not leave the pleasure parks of Montevideo without de- scription of its geological gardens. This Is called the Villa Dolores, and 1t be- longs to a rich citizen who charges ad- mission except on certain days of the
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lSTUR EDDITUR: Urope has developed
 big crop of gennerels with her war, and
 also crop of herows who have won run
 crosses Victorier crosses and enny uther
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-21
STORY OF THE RETREAT FROM MONS
TURKEY
[By Ed. L. Keen, United Press staff
Correspondent.1

[By Ed. L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.
LONDON, March 2o.-The Turkish
forts kilid Bahr, Namaziep and Cha
max guarding the DardaneIles mar
rows, were practically dIsmantied dur
ing the terrific bombardment Of Thurs.
day, according to dispatches from
Athens tonight. Allied aviators re-
connoitering over the strait, today
made this report to Rear Admiral De
Robeck, commanding the allied squad.
ron
Government OFFICIALS were greatly
cheered by the news. The silencing
OF kiiid Bahr and chanak, II the un.
official report 10 true, more than corn
pensstes the allies for the loss, Of the
battleships Bouvet, Irresistible and
Ocean, they declared.
The trips Of the aeroplanes constI.
tuted practically all the activity In
the DardaneIles today, according to
Athens dispatches. Under orders OF
the fleet commander, aviators circled
low over the narrows to learn the ex-
tent Of the damage done by the shells
from the warshlps. on the entrance
to the strait those ~arships not under
going repairs, participated In the cere-
monies for the dead. Including nearly
six hundred sailors who perished when
the Rouvet went to the bottom and the
casualties aboard the English war
ships, the dead total nearly 700.
Scores OF bodies Of French sailors.
carried by the swift current flowing
from the pardanelIes, drifted out OF
the strait entrance, according to a
message from the island Of Tenedos
Boats were put out to pick up tho
no atine corpses from the Bouvet In
order that they might be buried at
sea with naval honors.
Nearly half the bodies Of the French
sailors were horribly mangled. This
confirmed the report from eorrespon-
dents who observed the battle that
tho aouvet was shaken by the expfo-
sion Of mine Of tremendous powes
and sudgested thxt the Turks, work
Ina under the direction Of German Of
cert had devised = new form Of float
ind mine more terrible than any hith-
erto known.
The allied aviators reported to Ad-
niraI De Robeck today that t~o
troublesome Turkish batteries south Of
kiiid eahr were completely demoiish-
cd by the .warships' fire. PiIes Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-21
RUSSIA

limited Press Leased Wire Service
PETRoGRAD, March 2o.-Turning
back German attacks with frightfui
losses, Russian forces have pushed the
enemy's forces back into Prussia,
along the river Niemen In northern
Poland, according to an official an.
nouncement. The Germans counter
attacked, fiercely, but were forced
back across the river.
Tonight's OFFICIAL statement for the
first time, told OF the Russians occu-
2ying Memel, German seaport. A
Russian detachment took the town
after sharp engagement, during
which there was much street fighting.
Inhabitants Of the town participated.
The Germans were forced to evacu-
ate Piiviszki after fierce fighting.
From that point down the Ilne TO
Mysyniec, the German offensive 10
being launched in dense columns. The
enemy 10 being repuised, however, the
war office stated. The Thlrty-nlnth
Honved division was seriously defeat
ed In Thursday's fighting. Counter
sttacks against the Austrians near
ct riiee, the Russians captured 400
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-21
lBy William G. Shepherd. United
Press Staff Correspondent.

IBy William G.. Shepherd. United
Press Staff Correspondent.
LONDON, March 8.-(by mail to
New York)-England within the past
few days has begun to get inside facts
about the retreat from Mons. RE
treat" that word which no English
man or anybody else likes to pro-
nounce, has gained new meaning
in English minds. Now that the
truth is known, the retreat from
Mons has made brilliant new page
Of English history and has put the
name OF Sir John French. the man
who kept his head, on the highest
summit of England's approval.
It was the fastest. whirlingest cy.
clone Of war-that sweep of the Ger.
mans down toward Paris-that war
has ever known. The allies and this
Germans had just touched mits IN
their first light contact as prize fiG..t-
ers do at the bell for the first round.
And then the Germans rushed in
with tornado Of blows they had
been saving up for forty years. 1t
was to be first round knock out. il
the Germans had their way. No ar
my in all history has ever taken the
beating and lived through the mill
ing and kept it's legs and heads, as
the English army through the .hlr-
teen awful days in which the Ger
mans put in their lightning strokes.
It was an all but irresistible cy-
clone II General French stood still,
it would be knock out. If he ran
It would be q rout and annih'lation.
Foot-work and cool head, side-step.
ping and protecting his body would
have been the tactics Of great fight
er, had this tremendous battle oc-
Cured in the ring. French followed
these tactics exactly But The thinS
that makes England gasp and Will
make the world gasp when 1t knows
the details of the retreat from Mons
was that this was not prize hight,
but the most frantic and terrific rush
Of the greatest war the world mas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-21
IBy John Edwin Nevin, United Press
Staff Correauondentl

by John Edwin Nevin. United Press
staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March 2O.-The
real clash to decide Mextco's destiny
seems commencing. Adv1ces tonlsht
from various factions, all indicate that
general fighting is in progress at
more than a dozen points. Villa Is
moving against Carranza at Vera Cruz
and Tampico. All signs indicate Car
rama is about to make his last stand.
OmciaIs pointed out tonight that
the presence at Havana OF DuVal
West, President Wilson's personal rep
resentative, is most significant. lie
will reach Vera Cruz by the middle or
next week and Is expected to go direct
to Mexico City. Villa officials here
expect West will be able to act win
the Brazilian minister, keeping villa
and Zapata in line. The administra-
ton is anxious that West should a
least appear to be working with the
Brazilian diplomat The plan Is to
demonstrate that the United States IS
honestly assuming an unselfish att1-
tude toward Mexico and wants Latin
America moral assistance In bringing
order out of chaos there.
When the time comes for settle
ment, the administration expects to
be able to assure the new permanent
government OF Mexico recognition b.
all of the nations on this hemisphere
and to furnish the money that will be
needed to place a real Mexican gov
ernment on its feet.
II Villa wins, the United States will
frankly demand that the land ques-
tion be settled in the peoples inter
est and that honest representative
administrations are made possible
through real universal suffrage.
West win assure the winning fac
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-21
The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolutions
ary Neighbors of the South.

tion-there is no doubt that the adj
ministration feels certain Villa will
dominate-that the administration has
resisted the most violent pressure TO
intervene in Mexico; that behind all
tho Mexican fighting has been a deep
seated wrong which for Mexico's sal
walton had to be worked out with
violence and he will ask that the Unit
ed States be given better assurance
than it has yet received that the
rights of foreigners and the Mexican
people themselves are to be respected.
A delegation Of wealthy henequin
plantation owners appealed to tha
state department today for protection
for their property in Yucatan They
declared themselves willing to pa7
any tax levied by whoever was in con-
troll, but wanted to be permitted to
conduct their own business in theiE,
them frankly that it could not inter
fere; that their appeals should be
made direct to Carranza.
Sacking the Towns.
HAVANA, March 20.-Stories OF
burning, pillaging and murder by Car
rama forces in the state of Yucatan.
were brought here today by refugees
arriving on the Cuban cruiser Cuba.
The Cuba had on board 437 persons
including the French consul and soma
Of the wealthiest men in Yucatan.
Thirty-three of the passengers were
transferred from the U. s. cruiser Des
Moines, lying in Progreso har5or, to
the Cuba, which was sent to extend
aid to Cuban citizens.
The refugees fed from Merida, on
a special train to Progreso- They re-
port that Carranza troops entered the
city OF Merida Immediately after they
left and began robbing and burning,
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Third Article ty American
Newspaper $ n Who
Joined tFA Foreign
On.
THE UNI RGRoUND CITY
How the Three Men From tho Unit
cd States Celebrated Thanks
giving Day by Serving
Chicken Dinner.

[By Phil RAIDER, written for the United
Press.1
copyright 1915 by the United Press ]
LONDON, March 1.-How does 1t
feel to live in the trenches?
Here's little recipe by which you
can fad out. Take cold, damp cell
lar, flood 1t with some three to six
inches of almost ice cold mud. At a
height of FIVE feet from the floor
stretch tangle Of wires, turn an
electric current into the wires and
let the voltage be so heavy that every
wire will be as deadly as a third rail.
Now blow out the light, crawl to the
middle of the floor in the darkness
and stand erect, trusting to blind luck
that your head won't touch the wire.
These charged wires, in the dark
ness, represent the invisible deadly
trails of the bullets that fly over your
head in the trenches. OF course, II
you want to be safe in the cellar you
can keep your head down, but II you
did that in the trenches, you would be
neglecting your duty. II is our duty,
for instance, to fire eight bullets an
hour when on guard. Watchful eyes
of officers will discover whether you
are shooting into the air or whether
you are firing with your aim fixed on
the enemy's trenches and good SEN
tinel is supposed to raise his head
above the trench every ten minutes to
see what is going on outside
Victor Chapman, Harvard grad,
who was with me in the trenches, was
something of philosopher and he
used to say "the danger of being shot
is very small. The trai1 of bullet is
very small, the space around you as
compared with the trail Of a bullet, Is
as one million to one, SO the chances
Of being hit are in that same proper
tion."
But it didn't work with Chapman at
all. He was hit the very first day, in
the arm. The trenches are an un-
dergrou1d city filled with unspeak-
ably dirty citizens They are in a
tangle of sunken huts. The houses
are sunken holes in the earth and
streets in my district converge in one
place.
There are street signs, too, telling
how to reach this or that officers hole
in the ground and now and then there
are danger signs, warning the passer-
by to keep his head low. 1t was a
two mile journey through the trenches
from the front to the rear trench, and
on this journey, one would meet and
pass many men. The soldiers always
speak to each other at such meetings
lust as two men pass the time of day
on a country road. The lieutenant Is
practically the mayor Of this under
ground city; the sergeants might be
likened to policemen. There is trad
ing under ground, too. Tobacco is the
money and the storekeeper Is the
chap who at any certain time has
more Of some one thing than he wants
and less Of another that he needs, so
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-21
Huge Chains Used to Cripple German Submarines
and Put an End to Their Raiding
English Shipping.
.N|NE SUNK OR CAPTURED IN TWO Weeks
storie. Told by Passengers just Over From Great
Britain Explain Method Used to
Trap the Submarines.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, March 20.-Passen'
gers arriving by the Red Star liner
l.apland from Liverpool tonight de-
clare that nine German submarines
have been secretly sunk or. captured
by the British within the past two
weeks.
It is common knowledge in London,
they said, that two German sub
marines have been netted at the en-
trance to Dover harbor and their
crews drowned, though the admiralty
is suppressing news OF It's successes
against the submarines. The huge
chains which formed the sunken nets
stripped the propeIlors and the rud-
.ders from both under water boats.
One passenger who had been IN
Edinburgh. said that the U-c2 was
sunk in the mouth Of the Firth OF
Forth two weeks ago and that the
crew Of the English torpedo boat
which accomplished this feat came to
Edinburgh and related their expert
e1ces to newspaper reporters. The
newspapers, however, were not allow
ed to print the story.
The port workmen at Liverpool
have spread stroies OF the sinking Of
the German submarines in the waters
near Liverpool. They declare they
have talked with the crews OF boats
that sank the submarines.
The latest rumor in London regard
ing submarine captures was that Al
English crew had seized a German
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lshed which will be OF immense i'm.
pOrtance after the war in furthering
the socialistic tendencies Of British
labor. The working men Of England
are engaged II a strategic campaign
of their own and are inviting a severe
parliamentary conflict after peace
ends the battlefield strife. Much re-
sentiment has been caused among
English conservatives in what is call.
ed the anti-patriotic conduct Of the
workingmen. This will find better
utterance in the house Of commons
when the war ends.
The Roman government which main
tains permanent censorship in peace
as well as in war has permitted cor.
respondents to telegraph broadcast
during the week that Italy will de-
mand Italian-Austria headwater and
shore on the Adriatic as the price of its
neutrality. The publicity given the
delicate diplomatic negotiations which
are In progress suggest that Italy is
trying to frighten Austria by loud talk
ing.
The most serious obstacle to the
successful outcome of present nego-
tiations is Austria retaining Adriatic
ports. Without them she will become
an inland power. certain to disappear
as an imperial state. The rest Of her
Italian provinces, Austria can give
away without serious loss to herself;
but If she parts with Istria. Austria
signs her own death warrant. Should
italy get Istria without fighting for 1t,
the house of Hapsburg announces its
doom.
The Russians began another often
sive movement this week by invading
the northern tip of east Prussia hither-
to immune from the horrors OF war.
The Baltic port of Memel, the north
errhnost town Of the German empire
has been captured by the Slavs, who.
however, cannot be prepared for more
than a temporary stay. 1t is appar-
ent that the Germanh have left this
part OF east Prussia unguarded be-
cause it has 40 possible military
value. A party Of Russians seem to
have seized the opportunity to i1fiict
isolated damage on the enemy No
other meaning than this attaches to
the Nsmel camDaiEn.