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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09
MRS. GERBER
and YOGI TO
GO ON STAGE

"Dr." Ralph De hit. head or the
Yoga cult, announced In the cor
ridors OF the court house Monday
that he and Mrs. Dorothy A. Ger
Der. with whom he has been
charged with improper conduct.
will 20 on the Orpheum circuit. DE
Bit as Mrs. Gerber's manager.
Mrs. Gerber IL n well known
singer. having appeared on the
stage M Dorothy Alden. De Bit
says he Is broke.
Judge Frater Monday continued
the trial OF the pair until August
27. when the history OF their lives
will be probed.
For the first time since the
various proceedings In which she
figures we're begun here. Mrs. Ger
ber took the witness stand Mon
day morning In Judge Frater's court
In the habeas corpus action brought
by DIR. Rudolph II. Gerber, her hus-
band. for tho possession OF b-year'
old Ariel. their daughter.
Or. Gerber's attorney introduced
a document showing that the father
of the girl, who Is now In the juve
nile detention homo. was appointed
her guardian on February 10 last
by Judge J. NJ. Coffee OF San Fran
cisco.
Mrs. Gerber testified she had
never been served with any notics
OF the appointment or OF her re
moval as guardian.
Mrs. Gerber started to relate In
stances OF alleged persecution b,
Dr. Gerber, and how he followed
her TO Berlin and back. She wal
checked by Charles Ennis, DIR. Ger
ber's attorney, who contended tina
II was not material In settling th'
custody OF the child. While makini
no decision. Judge Frater indicated
II would be best TO try out thu
merits OF the case so far as the vel
fare OF the child was concerned.
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BROWNSVILLE Texas, Aug. ..
Three American soldiers and up
wards OF is Mexicans are reported
TO have been wounded today in re-
newed fighting at the Norias ranch.
Five Mexican raiders were killed
and two wounded and two Ameri-
cans wounded in fighting there last
night.
Ranchers and rangers barricaded
themselves in the ranch house
whea they heard the Mexicans
wers coming. The raiders made
repeated attacks before being
driven off.
Frank Martin and Geo. Forbes
were the Americans wounded. The
Americans were outnumbered more
than two to one. The Mexicans ap-
peared from three directions with
about 20 men in each party. They
screened their movements behind
outhouses and fired upon the Ameri-
cans for nearly half an hour.
Some reports place the number
OF Mexicans who crossed to Ameri-
can soil west OF Brownsville as
high as 800.
Jesus Garcia, a prominent resi-.
dent of Brownsville. died today
from wounds received during iast
nights battle.
1t was Garcia who advised the
authorities OF the movements Of
the raiders, making the defense Of
the Noria ranch possible.
The situation in Cameron county,
where the ranch is located. is tense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09
West Seattle Man Gives a
Party on Tooth Birthday
Host at Reception at Playfied Was Too Old to Enlist
in Civil War

Live clean inside and out. don't
worry. work hard and never let
your temper get away"
This Is the motto. the strict ad.
hercnce to which has made II pos.
sible for Thomas Wardall, OF a640
Walnut ave. To celebrate Monday
his Tooth birthday anniversary.
Hiawatha park. West Seattle,
was the scene Monday afternoon of
n gathering OF 80 white.haired vet.
erans. members of the borrowed
Time club. who assembled to at.
tend the centenarian's birthday
party.
Only those who had reached the
age OF so were permitted to grasp
his hand.
''The first thing remember" de.
clared Wardall. who is remarkably
"spry" for his years. lis a spanking
my mother gave me. ! guess de.
served II all right. She was a very
good woman
Altho he was too old at the time
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09

OF the civil war 10 enlist in the
army. Wardall was one of the links
In the underground railroad" he
then being In the state OF Wiscon-
sin. where he was n pioneer.
As each OF his ten sons reached
majority he gave them 100 acres OF
land.
He has always been an early-to-
bed-early-to-rise advocate. and his
children say he has never spoken a
cross word or done an unkind act.
He underwent serious surgical
operation two years ago. and was
home from the hospital In a week.
Five OF his eight living children
are helping him celebrate. They
Alonzo Wardall. of Seattle. 20 years
old: Mrs. Florence Fox, Mrs. Kitty
Niles and Harry Wardall of Grand
Rapids. MINI. and Robert r.
Wardall, OF Grand View. Wash.
He was one OF 13 children and
was the father OF 1s. Six grand.
children are here, four great-grand.
children, and two great.great-grand-
children.
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SEES AS
father
IS DYING
Operation Restores Youths
Sight Just in Time to
See His Parent for First
Time.
NOW BEING TAUGHT
TO TELL COLORS
Sightless Since Childhood. Pa
tient Cured by Seattle Spe-
cialist Is Beginning to Learn
Things as Does a Baby.

T~ersy-ore yesrs old and
blind since birth. Alfred Ely. of
Entiat. Wash. 10 enjoying his
first vision after an operation
successfully performed BY Or.
Alsmson W. Hs~iey. es Seat
tie.
His aged father. J. O. Ely,
lay on his desth-bed Friday.
Alfred was his favorite son.
The dying mans request was:
"Have the operation, my boy.
! want you 90 see your old
father before he dies"
Or. Hswiey was called. With
Q surgical needle with = point
finer than the finest hair. Or.
Ha~iey pvnetured the cataract
that had covered the young
mans left eye.
81 can see you, dadl" tho son
cried.
Thank codl" whispered the
old man, and passed away.
Hes Learning coIors
All the next day Alfred sat
with his sister. Mrs. Annie e.
Clark, Of In,ooene. Iowa. who 10
with him here. looking out
across Lake Union. He could
clearly see objects across the
lake.
what color 10 that tree7" no
would ask her.
"6reen." she answered.
He 10 learning rapidly.
When he was very young, Al
fred was able 10 zee IndIstinotly
at night. but only st night.
Or. HawIey explains the phe.
nomenon this way:
May Operate Again
THE cataract on the left eye
did not quite reach across,
leaving tiny bit OF the out
side corner uncovered. Al
night the pupil diIated. just a.
II does In q normal eye. Then,
by turning his eye Al a sharp
angle 20 the left, he was able
TO get a slight slde~Ise vision,
tho but a small portion Of the
pupil showed past the edge Of
the cataract"
Aifred's right. eye has always
been entirely obscured.
. Another use OF the needle and
II 10 hoped the young man will
be able TO have full use Of his
eyes.
But he must learn TO use
thom," says Or. Hswley. Hes
like a baby that 10 first learning
20 see. He must learn to read.
and want him to use his eyes
at once 80 they will grow
strong"
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Fight BATTLE UP
ABOVE THE CLOUDS

GENEVA. Aug. s.--Plunging for
ward thru heavy fire from batteries
In the clouds and two miles above
sea level. Italian Alpine troops have
forced the Austrians to evacuate
the region around Montozzo. 81
miles northwest OF Trent The
Italians stormed the Montozzo peak.
capturing the enemy forces and
their guns. reports received here to
day declared. Artillery was then
dragged up by the Alpine troops
and from their newly-acqulred posi-.
ton the Austrians were shelled
from the surrounding peaks.
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GERMAN CHANCELLOR Tells
up. WHERE KAISER STANDS

Copyright. 1918. by the United Press.
Copyright In Great Britatn)
NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-On the
occasion OF the capture OF War
saw the United Press asked the
German emperor In a wireless
message for an expression on
the historic significance Of that
victory, and for a statement Of
the basis Germany considers
necessary to secure peace and
the surest advancement OF CIV
ilixation.
In reply the following message
was received from imperial
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg today:
Ills majesty. the emperor. regrets not
to he able. for reasons Of principle, Ia
comply with tho request Of the unit-d
Press for "a p~r.cnsi expression ut the
occasion of the successes Of tho allied
Poland.
In having tho honor 10 inform you
thereof. I add the explanation that Ger
many connects with these victories -.
peciaiiy the hope that the end OF the wa,
NAV he hnsfcned thru them.
I beg TO remind you NJ the same time
that the emperor, In all his utterauee-
and ns late a. July ~ of this year. en-
phaalred that Germany n fighting foi
peace which will obtain for II such Rbso
uf~ securities as u needs for lasting pese,
and for it, national future.
Beyond Germanys frontiers the peae'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09
TURK BATTLESHIP
SUNK BY SUBMARINE

BERLIN (vls Amsterdam).
Auo. "a British submarine
sank the Turkish bastieship
Kheyr.EdDin Bsrbsrossa, ono
OF the largest In the Turkish
navy, In the sea Of msrmors.
according 70 advices today. Part
Of the crew was saved.
The battleship was formerly the
Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm and
was purchased from Germany In
1910. The battleship was OF 1900
tons. 354 feet long and OF 64 foot
beam. Her normal crew was $40
men. Her armament included six
.11-inch guns.
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wings all over town.
Monday night there will be
banquet at Eagles hall. follow.
ing a day OF auto rides and pa.
rades. II will include speeches
from Seattle officers, acting
grand officers. and prominent
members FROM all over the
country.
The, all like tho West. and
Seattle In particular.
THE BLIND chaplain OF tho
national house OF representa-.
tiscs. Rev, DIR. Henry n. Cou-
den, who has held his position
for 20 years. Is IN seattle. a
guest az the New Washington.
with his wife. and their son.
r. u. couden, n South Bend
lawyer. nr, Coudcn lost his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09
ALLIES REPULSE
GERMAN ATTACKS

PARIS. Aug. 9-Repulse OF furi-
GUS German attacks north OF
souchez with the checking OF slmi-
lar assaults east OF Lille was re-
ported by the war office today.
After exploding mines In front OF
the French trenches and pouring n
heavy artillery fire against them
for an hour. the Germans delivered
repeated infantry attacks about
Souchez, the communique stated.
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aides and Gen-tv1l-men, We Have With Us Today

EVERY BOY born H. the
United States has a chance 10
become president. they say.
One OF them In Formsr Senator
Theodore T.. Burton. who looks
like one OF the big bets In the
next campaign. lie In being
talked OF as republican candi.
date. He'll be In Seattle for
political talk before tho Young
Mems Republican club. at the
Butler rathskeller. Friday. lie
arrives Wednesday.
AUGUST fs the German socie-
ties OF Seattle will celebrate the
s5th birthday anniversary OF
Emperor Francis Joseph. OF
Austria, at Fortuna park They
will be addressed by Dr. G. ].
Hexamer. president OF the Ma
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09

sight in tho civil war. as a fed
eral soldier.
THE WASHINGTON exhibit
at San Francisco exposition Ia
highly credltahle. says + NJ.
Hawes. head OF the Som-rville.
Mass. public schools. who. with
his wife and their daughter.
Miss Sallie Hawes. are regis.
tered at the Savoy. They're
touring tho Sound country and
British Columbia. en- route
home from the expo.
MOST FOLKS connected
with newspapers never own
one. few OF those who do own
them come into possession un.
tll they are middle aged. But
Joe Mitchell Chapple. editor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09

park. n lake ride in the after
noon, and a dinner nj night at
the Commercial Club. They are
en- route 20 the 18th annual
convention Of park superiDteDd-
ents at San Francisco. August
IS.
'
TWO LEADERS OF tho big
Industries OF the country Will
be with ms Thursday and Fri
day. They are Col. George
Pope. president OF the Nation.
al Association OF Manufactur.
ers. New York city. and James
A. Emery. OF Washington. u.
c.. general counsel for the Ma
tional Council OF Industrial De
Tense. They are touring the
West. studying our Industries.
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CHAMBER ASKS
RIGHT TOHAVE
COMBINATIONS

In simple, Straightforward language, and without
batting an eyelash. Seattle Chamber OF Commerce Off
Gals Monday asked the federal trades commission for
permission to form combinations in the apple, lumber
and fish industries
And wasn't there some way TO subsidze the Amer
can merchant marine?
These modest proposals were made at the first
session of the commission, which opened at 1880 al
the Chamber of Commerce
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day he IN partner OF the firm.
also OF j. =. Morgan a Co.,
president OF the Reading Co.
chairman of the board OF the
Philadelphia a. Reading rail
road. and member OF boards OF
directors. and mixed up in n.
nancial institutions covering n
list II yard long.
He's In the city with his wife.
lie came In his private car.
lie says he succeeded because
he started out to make himself
useful.
FIFTY PARK superintend.
ents Will be here Friday. and
will be- met with autos aud
taken thru all SeattleH parks
and bouleyards. followed by a
noon picnic lunch In Woodland
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09

of the National Magazine. and
author. owned his first news.
paper when l6 years old. AZ
30 he owned u magazine. To
day his magazine has clrcula.
tion OF n quarter million. -Jio
Is here for a few days. lie
says he likes Seattle immear'
urably. because Of her person.
ality.
YES. AND here's another
ono OF those men whose his
tory reads as II they had step
ped out OF an oliver Optic
boys book He is T.. T. Stotes.
bury OF Philadelphia.
AZ 10 he was errand boy for
grocer. At II he was en-
ployed by the financial house OF
Drcxel a. Co. Philadelphia. To.
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tioual Decentralization ALI
an-e. who Is returning East via
Seattle from the convention OF
the alliance at San Franclsco.
MRS. JOSEPH FELs, OF
Philadelphia. widow OF the ia
nous single tax advocate. ar
riyes In Seattle. Aug. 10. en-
route 10 the National Single
Tax convention at Frisco.
SIXTY TAX commissioners.
including Prof. r. s. Adams. OF
the University Of Wisconsin.
Professors Young and Wilcox
of Cornell university. and 9th
crs. passed thru Seattle Satur-
day On route TO the National
Tax associations annual meet
Ing at San Francisco.
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r,ng STAR told on Saturday
how half dozen theat.
\ ricai men In Seattle. one
nne sunday morning rs years
.sc buried n lot OF old
rronches-iust because Il was
! fine morning-and to cele-
hs.,e their peace.making organ
,,ed What later became the
rxsles lodge. now n national
srsaniration with thousands OF
members.
Well. all the little Eagles have
rowu back 10 the mother lodge.
and today Seattle Is entertain
,nr thousands OF them. They're
Asrc en- route from the annual
coaventlou at Spokane.
They have been arriving In
,rslnloads since Saturday. and
,cday they're Tapping their
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09
FRENCH AvIAT0RS
BROUGHT TO EARTH

BERLIN (via Wireless to Lon
don, Aug. 9.-Two French avlator'
who participated In a raid upor
Saarbrncken yesterday wer'
brought down by German guns, Y
was announced today A few
civilians were injured by the bombs
dropped upon the town.
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About the Career of Fa-
nous Artist Who Is Co
ing TO Draw Mutt and
Jeff for Star.
SKETCHES OUT IDEAS
ON THE TABLECLOTHS
4 Wouldn't Care" Says One
Restaurant Man, If He'd
Only Sign EN-. Then
Could Sell En- and Make
Money"

This 10 the first of several
srsieIes telling Of the career Of
oud Fisher. the creator Of Mutt
md Jsff. the greatest comic Of
thsm siI. which will appear ex-
elssively in The Star beginning
August 10. One Of the interest.
Ing things he teiIs 10 that he
ssvsr had . drawing lesson In
NE NE. Yet today hs 10 the
wsrs6s highest paid eomle
artist.
The Star has arranged with
~ Wheeler Syndicate TO obtain
~ new Fisher comic exclusive
y for this section Of the eovn-
w. The Wheeler Syndicate
eHesssd Fisher, after he had
egIt the Hearst service. st .
seeoed-breakine salary. Added
y the features The Star al
nesdy has, Mutt and jeff will
oivs this paper an unparaileied
eemIe service. N you are not
sitting The star regularly now.
ell Main s4oo. ask for the cir
eiustion department and have
~ paper delivered at your
6eor.
Il started like every
body else, | guess" said
Bud" Fisher, the comic
artist whose Mutt and
Jeff cartoons will be a
feature OF this newspaper
beginning August 10, next
Monday. Il was born"
Where and when I"
"In San Francisco, on
April 3. 1885, but | didn't
stay there long We NOV
cd about rather rapidly on
account Of my fathers
business. My mother and
and father lived in Port
land, Ore, and Chicago
and Milwaukee before |
years old"
10 Mr.. Fisher began 10 sket,
. career which has led him 10 Il
sltion where he Is recognized
~'ns In class by himself amol
~ creators OF comics--a positi'
mich has forced upon him. Il
,ane thru his ability to make fol
Masn ~ At ideas incubated W his Il
~ DFsin and expressed with h
belle pencil.
Drew on Fathers Collars
How. did you happen to start
AZ long as ! remember ! tri
= araw. This art OF mine caus
no dispute In the family. \
slner was opposed TO II and "a
vas wasting time. while my mot
y encouraged me in IT. Perhs
ny father objected because ! us
p make pictures on his cola
amer when on or off. II made
chance
Even yet, Mr.. Fisher In a bunt
nerves and IL constantly thir
- OF new situations In which
(ContIs,ued on psos ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-09

The members Of the commission
are Joseph r. Davies. chairman:
Edwin y. Hurley. vice-chalrmAn;
William J. Harris. George Rublee
and VIII ~. Parry. the last named
OF Seattle.
The commission has been swing.
inw around the country taking tcstt.
mony as TO commercial conditions.
coming here from Spokane. From
here II goes TO Tacoma.
Judge Burke Talks
Judge Thomas Burke. president
Of the chamber. was the first wit
ness.
lie said Seattle has done all II
can TO make this port pre-eminent
among ports handling transpacific
trade. spending millions on dock
facilities.
I'VE now have seven transeonti.
mental railroads serving Seattle" he
said. and now We need ships. The
government. which generously came
TO tho aid OF the railroads. turns its
back on the ship owners. 40 that
now Just one ship OF the many that
sail the Pacific flies the Stars and
Stripes. and I am informed that that
ship IL soon TO ny the flag Of an.
other country.
"ff the commission could secure
government aid for our ship owners
so that they would be on an equal
footing with tho shipping interests
Of other countries. II would perform
a service OF incalculable value"
Asks for Combinations
c. J. Smith. vice president OF the
chamber. said the commission ought
to permit combinations In tho fish
lumber and fruit industries.
He said combinations could util
ize tho waste which individual com
panies now throw away.
He soft.pedaled on the advan
tases to be gained by tho interest,
engaged In these industries. and
emphasized the utilization Of vast,
by.products and the consequent low
ering OF cost TO the consumer.
| Otto Case, secretary OF the Sc
attic Commercial Club. urged the
commission TO study and promot,
trade relations between this coun
try and the Orient. which relations
he declared. are far more importan
to this country than the happies
relations with South Americi
could be.
The average distance from Seat
tie to South American ports Is $40
miles. while the average distanc,
to Japanese and Chinese ports Il
5.400 miles--s saving OF 1000 miles
The total population OF Soutl
America is 50.000.000. most o
which In Indian and half.breed. TIL,
population OF China In nine time
larger than that of South America
He advocated teaching the Jar
anese and Chinese languages Il
American universities and the es
tablishment of permanent trade
commission In China.
Coming much nearer home, Cas-
said high valuations on propert
and high rents were responsible ia
much OF the business unhappines
In the Northwest.
He cited a Seattle merchant VIII
the other day went out of busines
when hls rent was raised. and thu
several hundred dollars a week wa
Topped off the city's payroll.
lie asked the commission TO loo
into the question OF fish EXTERN
nation. He told OF seeing salmo
!, rotting In Alaska by the hundred
OF thousands while consumers n
over the country we're paying 10
prices for canned fish.
, Others who spoke we're;
Moritz Thomson. on The Flo,
, Industry"
o. u. Fisher. Of Fisher Eros. all
spoke on flour.
Alexander Bsilie. Of Balfou
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FINALLY AGREE ON
mex PROGRAM

WASHINGTON. Aug. e.-The
Pan-American conferees have
definite Mexican program, Sec
retary Lansing announced this
afternoon. He has submitted II
20 President Wilson by mall
and received a reply. What the
plan 10 he was not prepared TO
state.
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QUAKE REGISTERED

HOHENSTEIN, via Berlin. Aug.
"a violent earth tremor. believ-
ed to have been in Calabria or AL.
bania. was registered by the seis-
mograph here today.
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which We strive to obtain will secure to
all people the freedom Of tho seas and
VIII op~n for all nations tho possibility Of
aiding work of progress and civilization
In FREQ competition.
BETHMANN-HoL
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TROOPS
engage
RAIDERS

WASHINGTON. Aug. e.-
The United States troops at
Brownsville, Texas, have been
reinforced by . battalion from
the Ninth infantry, stationed At
Laredo, Gen. Funston reported
TO the war department today.
The infantry will protect the
principal towns In that district.
leaving the cavalry free to hunt
down Mexican raiders.
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INCREASE THE BUYING
POWER OF YOUR DOLLAR

If you can do that, it is mighty important thing
and one we'll worth your careful consideration,
isn't it? But that is exactly what you can do and
to a most surprising extent by reading the ads in
The Star every day and making up your shopping
lists from them.
And you don't need to go outside of The Star
to get Seattle'S best store news either-becauSe
The Star carries liberal space all the time from
Seattle's best stores Start now-today--read the
ads carefully and thoroly.
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DEAD Harry Burton's account. on
n page s. of recruiting conditions
,s he found them in Montreal. Cam
ada's biggest city. How they're rails
inr the half million men Kitchener
has demanded.
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tcontI"usd on Page ~
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-27
The Day s War NetOs

ACCORDING TO PARIS ndvlcos Rus-
STA has completed preparations for
the dispatch Of strong forces to
help serbia.
TURKISH TROOPS will meet any
effort Russia may make TO land an
army on the BInck Sea coast of
Bulgaria, It f. reported from Attn
ems, ana they Rre already being
concentrated. Germans Will have
charge of the defense, another re-
port states
BUCHAREST ACCOUNT of the cross
Ing of the Dnnube by the Austriana
In the vicinity of orsovn, near the
ROumanian frontier, mentions the
presence of Russian battery with
the serbian forces.
TEUTONIC TROOPS are making
more rapid progress In north west
ern serbia, according 20 the late
Austrian official statement.
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT regard
ing participation of British land
forces In Balkan campaign IL con-
tanned I'm q sRIoniISi dispatch stat
ina that the British brigade will
leave saIoriki today for n point
forty miles 90 the north 20 operate
In conjunction with the French.
SITUATION IN the Darda neIIes an
parentIy IL unchanged. The cur-
rent announcement ny the Turki.h
war office records only isolated
artillery exchanges.