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Connecticut western news., 1915-05-20
His Bread and Butter

"I met Biffers' wife yesterday. Talks all the time, doesn't she?"
 "Yes."
 "I have never heard Biffers complain about it."
 He'd better not. She supports him by ing."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-20
CHAPTER III.
The Paqeant of the Table Found.

The Pageant of the Table Round. "sR~ ENRODr Mrs. Lora Rewbush ~ stood in the doorway, indig- nantly gazing upon a Child Sir
 Lancelot mantled to the heels. Do you know that you have kept an audience of 500 people waiting for ten minutes?" She also detained the 800 while she spakc. further.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-20
Wanted Her to Have the Best.

Nell-Rather conceited. isn't he? Belle -I should say. He said the best was none too good for me. and then he pro- posed. Philadelphia Record.
Connecticut western news., 1915-05-20

Innocence is better than repentance, mn unsulied life better than pardon Binncy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15

the game is that Percy Haughton has
a battle on his hands that is many
degrees removed from a tea party.
In Thurman, Virginia probably has
as good a kicker as there is in the
game this year, and he defeated Yale
practically single-handed. Virginia s
victory wasn't a fuke it was earned,
"a fact Of which Haughton is proba-
bly, fully aware That he will
throw his full strength into the
breach goes without saying.
Virginia Has Fight Worth While.
Virginia has a lot to fight for.
Victories over Yale and Harvard-the
peers Of the collegiate kingdom
a single year would raise the south
ern school to an eviable position in
the athletic world.
:. Yale meets Springfield tomorrow.
The Massachusetts institution gener-
ally has team of huskies, but the
Blue should win in rather easy style,
Since the Virginia defeat, Frank Hin
key has given the Eli eleven one of
the biggest shakings-up in Yale's
football history, and the result of the
jostling will be watched with much
concern by Yale partisans.
Tigers Should Win.
Princeton should run up an over
whelming score against Lafayette.
The Pennsylvania boys aren't as
strong this year as in other years,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15

Edward Grey was the question of
preparedness. M. Delcasse has al
ways been a strong advocate of pre-
pared diplomacy. In the present in
stance, preparedness, meant the dis
patch of large army to the Levant
for quick action through Greece to
check the Teutons and overcome the
Bulgarians. This army ought to-
have been sent early in the course
of the diplomatic battle that was be-
ing fought at Sofia. It has been sug-
.gested that Britain would not agree
to any such proposal as this. After
Bulgarian mobilization began, the,
British government held back and
had to be urged by the French min
istry to send even the present made
quate expedition to Saloniki.
1t is probable that throughout the,
negotiations with Bulgaria, Sir Ed
ward Grey counted too much on Brit
ish prestige of the past Great in
fluence has been exerted by British
diplomats in the Balkans during the,
years before the war, because British
advice was regarded largely as being
disinterested. But this characteris-
tic changed with the coming of the
war. Seemingly the change did not
make sufficient impression on Sir
Edward Grey.
M. Delcasse, as an outside observer,
would be in better position to no
tice the decline of British influence
in the Balkans. His advice, there
fore, would tend to be based on
sounder judgment than Sir Edward
Grey's. But Sir Edward Grey pre-
vailed and failure resulted. M. Del
casse's resignation emphasizes this
failure and is, in effect, a demand for
an international. commission which
shall permit no one capital in the fu-
ture to control diplomatic negotia-
tions affecting the Allies cause.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15
BIG ELEvENS have
AARDGAMESTOMORR0vv|
Yale Meets Springfield; Harvard, vir.
ginia; Wisconsin, Purdue, and Min
nesota Will Play South Dakota.
By George r. Holmes.
(Unlted Press star corresnondantA

(Unitsd Press star correspondent)
New York, Oct. 15.-The schedule
makers for 1915 were kind to the
dopesters. Through kindly kink in
the 1915 playing chart, it will be pos
sible tomorrow night to form an idea
of how Yale and Harvard compare
for their annual gridiron tussle.
Harvard in Acid Test. j.
The big Crimson eleven gets the
acid test when it lines up against the
University of Virginia team, which
two weeks ago sprung the surprise of
the present season by defeating Yale
on their own field, 10 to 0. BY the
comparative score route, the football
world should have some food for
thought after tomorrow's battle at
Cambridge. It isn't often that a
chance to get line on the big fel-
lows comes so early in the season.
About all that can be said about
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15

and should be meat for the Tigers.
There is strong suspicion that
,, the Navy is in for drubbing at the
hands of Pennsylvania tomorrow.
The Middies were showed up in
rather bad light by Georgetown few
weeks ago.
: Cornell, yarmouth and the Army
should have comparatively easy
games with Bucknell, Vermont and
Colgate, respectively.
West Has Big Games:
! In the West, three conference
games are on docket, which. alone
are enough to insure day of classic
football entertainment.
: Minnesota favored in some quarters
to capture the Big Nine title reneges
on her conference sisters and tackels'
South Dakota.
| Chicago undoubtedly will admins
ter her annual drubbing to Indiana.
1t isn't an event for Chicago to lick
Indiana any more-Its a habit, and
there is no reason to expect any up
set this year. Indiana has changed
her style of play in the last two
years with the coming of Clarence
. Childs, a Yale man, but from press
dispatches she doesn't compare favor
ably with Stages aggregation.
| Wisconsin Game Promising.
{ The Wisconsin-Purdue game should
be pretty battle, and the Badgers
should win. Purdue has been held to
att tie with little Wabash this sea-
son, which doesn't give her much
prestige in conference ranks. Coach
Bill Juneau's big team, captured by
Howard Buck, as good football man
as will be found in tie ascountry,
rolled up an avalanche of 81 points
against Lawrence a few Saturdays
ago, showing at least that the Bad.
gers have rather formidable scoring
machine.
/ Coach Hawley's Iowa team plays
Northwestern, Michigan meets Case,
Missouri takes on Oklahoma and Ne
braska lines up against Washburn--
rounding out an attractive schedule
for October.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15
Z x K x K < K x < K Z <
DAILY WAR ANALYSIS
By J. W. 7. Mason.
(United Press Staff
Correspondent.

4 X x x X x K X x x x * x X x X
Theophile Delcasse's resignation as
French foreign minister is almost
certainly due to the refusal of the
British and French governments to
follow his advice concerning the best
way of dealing with the Balkan
situation. Sir Edward Grey was
given control of the diplomatic nego-
tiations at the Balkan capitals and
the failure of the British foreign
minister's policy apparently is the
reason why M. Delcasse no longer
can support the Allies method in
southeastern Europe -.
M. Delcasse is diplomat of too
wide reputation and he possesses
too strong a character to allow him
self to b, overridden without protest
when rejection of his views results
in discomforture for his country's
cause. He seemingly was willing to
remain quiescent after his own opin-
ions concerning the Balkan crisis
were rejected, but only to permit the
majority's viewpoint to prove it's
worth. When the majority was
found to be wrong, then M. Delcas-
se's resignation became inevitable.
When two men possessing such strong
nersOn a1itieS as nj De1casso an6 Sir
Edward Grey find themselves in op-
position, one must eventually retire
for the sake of his prestige. The
time of M. Delcasse's retirement was
well chosen.
& It is probable the crucial point of
difference from M. Delcasse and Sir
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15

The Pioneer Is the place to buy
your rolls of adding machine paper
for Burroughs adding machines. One
roll. dozen rolls or hundred rolls.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-10-15
ToMoRRoW's FOOTBALL

: East.
< Harvard VS. Virginia, at :
* Cambridge.
< Yale VS. Springfield, at New
X Haven. '1s
x Princeton VS. Lafayette, at
x Princeton.
x Cornell VS. Blackwell, at
x Ithica.
x yarmouth VS. Vermont, at :.
X Hanover.
x Army VS. Colgate, at West
x Point. ~
x Navy VS. Pennsylvania, at
X Annapolis. a.,
x ~ West. -
x Chicago VS. Indiana, at
X Chicago. 49, ~~- ....>& +:
x Wisconsin VS. Purdue, at
x Lafayette. " i.
x Minneapolis VS. S. Dakota,
X at Minneapolis. -
x Iowa VS. Northwestern, at
X Iowa City. ~ ..%
< Michigan VS. Case, at Ann
X Arbor.
x Nebraska VS. Washburn. at
X Lincoln.
x Notre Dame VS. Freshmen,
x at North Dakota.
* Michigan Aggies VS. Carol
X at E.. Lansing.
X
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
ALSACE-L0RRA|NE
A FAT COUNTRY
LAND RAPED FROM FRANCE Is
RICH IN IRON AND AGRICIL-
TURAL RESOURCES.

Washington. D. c.. Feb. 13.--The
National Geographic Society in a state
ment concerning the geography of
saws:
Americans think of Alsace-I.or-
raine chiefly as a prize Of honor,
ascribing the intensity of the Ger
man French struggle for the BOSSES
sion of this small block of land to
beliefs in their title-rights and to
feelings of national pride. This, bow
ever, is only part truth. For Alsace-
Lorraine also Is an economic prize of
tremendous value. 1t is rich in iron.
ii is one OF the largest crane raising
lands in Europe; and it's agricultural
soils are very fruitful.
This Herman Crownland is only
5000 square miles in area-slightiy
larger than the State of Connecticut.
1t produces, nevertheless. one fifth of
the great wine yield OF Germany. or
wine to value of about $4,000, 900
year, 1t is Germany's richest source
for iron ore, SURPRISING in it's stores
OF this mineral every other division
of the Empire. Some years ago most
of the German iron ore was mined
in Prussia, but in 1911, Alsace-Lor-
raine produced 17,754.571 metric tons
or iron ore az compared with a pro-
duction of 4,9s4,711 in Prussia. More
over, great body of skilled opera
tives, native in the territory, whose
annual labors result in a production
of more than s4o.000.000, largely add
to its industrial Importance.
Some of the most fertile farming
soil in Germany is found in Alsace.
The greatest part OF the land of AL
sace-Lorraine is serviceable to econo-
mic purpose. About 4S per cent of
the territory is under tillage: 80 per
cent is under forests, OF foliaceous
trees largely owned by the commune
ties; Is per cent is In meadow, used
as grazing and haymaking lands, and
about 5 per cent ID planted with
grape-yines Potatoes, suear-beets,
grainA and hops are growp n abun-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
No COMMUNITY Of
FEELING EXISTS
ROIMANIA AND BULGARIA ARE
NEIGHRORS ONLY IN FACT OF
THEIR C0NTIGUITY.

Washington d. c. Feb. 13.--Rou-
mania, one of those outlying European
countries of uncertain military intent
these days, whose entrance into the
great war is being freely predicted,
and who would bring into the strug-
gle an army and resources Of much
greater significance than is common
ly understood. is portrayed in a study
for the National Geographic Society,
prepared by Frederick Moore, IN
which considerable historic and eco
nomic light is thrown upon the mo-
tives behind this little Kingdoms for
eign policies.
Roumania. the writer shows, has
no strong ties of international friend
ship 1t lies directly across the path
of Russian progress southwark. and.
moreover, has consistently refused to
commit itself to the protection of
RUSSIAN influence" 1t remained
aloof from the Balkan alliance which
pushed the Turk further back toward
his Asiatic source While, Mr.. Moore
explains. since the days OF the Russo
Turkish War of 1877. when Rouma-
mans crossed the Danube and aided
the Russians in driving the Turks out
of the province of Bulgaria. there has
been peace. there has not been much
good feeling between the Roumanfans
and the Bulgarians. And recently
even this thin peace was broken.
These countries have a long stretch
of mutual border. They are both
filled with spirit of intense nation
alism-a spirit general In the Balkans
newly awakened and newly become
ambitious. It so follows that each
| land Is as suspicious as Ii Is Jealous
Of the other. Moreover. Mr.. Moore
! points out, a general fever for terri
toriaI expansion has burned wildly
| through tho Balkan countries. and
! Roumania has contracted this fever
| along with her neighbors.
/ So 1t happens that Roumania Is iso-
! lated with it's ambitions. the more iso-
I lated, the writer explains as Its peo-
! pie do not feel themselves to be OF
common blood with their fellow peo-
pies on the peninsula, but love to
think of themselves as heritors OF
pure Latin blood and Of the glorious
traditions OF Old Rome The Ro-
manians are the children of the Ro-
mans who conquered the ancient Da-
clans, intermarried with them. and
gave them the Latin language. which
has continued with few variations.
to tins day. so the Roumanians have
no place in the light bonds of Pan
Slavism which maintain a degree Of
cousinly sympathy between Russia
and the Balkan Siavs.
Bulgaria has memories of it's pro-
vince. Silistria. newly lost to Rouma-
MIA TO keep its enmity alive and
watchful When Bulgaria fell out
with her former allies, Servia and
Greece. at the conclusion of the war
with the Ottoman. Roumania added
her armies to the scales. and at little
. cost in blood and money, was able
to demand the rich province for her
own. The friendship between Rou-
mania and Greece has never been
warm, while to make its diplomatic
position still less one to be easily
foreseen in the present question, it's
King Is member OF a prIncely Ger
man family, Hohensollern- Sigmarigen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
bARACA-PH|LATHEAS'
GREAT MEETING
SIN HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE
GATHER At NORTHSiDE
BAPTIST CHURCH

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Richmond Baraca -philathea Union
was held Friday night in Northside
Baptist Church. When the special
cars from town pulled in "A search
light from the church tower lit up
the way. and in front of the church
was big sign, with electric lights be-
hind it, -Welcome-P hila-
thea" The lights in the church were
shaded with the Raraca -Philathea
colors, light and dark blue and white
land the pulpit was decorated with
festoons OF the colors, pennants and
flowers.
The Baraca meeting was presided
over by Mr., Pond. the president. and
addressed by DIR. Douglas Freeman.
The Philathea meeting. Miss Cooke,
president, IVES very interesting. es-
pecially the suggestions and discus
sion on how to make the meetings
attractive, The joint meeting presid-
ed over by Mr.. Allen Saville. city
chairman was entertained with music.
a duet by M. and Mrs. Wheatley, and
( "a pantomime, King of the Canni-
balls"
The story was read by Mss GLADYS
billiard, AMI enacted behind a sheet
On which tn, shadows were shown by
& strong light TIE league was en-
ltertain"d by the Highland Park Moth
iodist and Northside Baptist classes
Iwho StIved refreshments. The church
was crowded to it's utmost capacity.
the attendance being the largest for
several months, about six hundred.
The separate league meetings at
tend to all business 'matters-the Joint
union meetings being given up to ad-
dresses. music and social good time.
, The Raraca and Philathea Classe.
are in all denominations. While thu
movement is interdenomlnational tn,
platform pledges the individual class
to its own denomination and church
I As movement, Baraca and Phila.
thea Is spreading very rapidly all over
the country, having one million en-.
irollmeut. BY the results ot the 60.
operation and plan Of ORGANIZATION
wonderful work has been done in sun.
day School. Church, as we'll as in mis-.
sions, social settlements and hos.
hospitals
Baraca rhilathea is not a creed. Il
Is not an organization In the genera
; sense. but plan of Individual elias.
Reorganization"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

dance on the farms. The grapes are
planted to great extent in the hilly
country, where, also, dairying and
poultry raising are carried on.
THE development OF the country
with the development of it's riches
There are more than 5000 miles OF
excellent roads, or nearly one mile OF
road to every square mile of terri
tory. There is no better canal system
in Europe than that of Alsace-Lor-
raine. these artificial highways. reach
ing wide network of trade arteries,
up and down the country. Added to
these means for communication, there
are about i 400 miles OF railway. or
more than % miles for every 100
square miles OF territory. With the
railways. the broad macadam and
rough packed, crushed stone roads.
and with the canal mileage. the armies
operating in Alsace Lorraine will have
better conditions under which TO man
.euver than any other armies other
than those in northwestern France.
THE climate in Alsace- Lorraine Is
mild and healthful; in the mountain
Gus parts. winter approaches the point
of being rigorous. The mean annual
Temperature at Strasburg is so degrees
Fahrenheit while the mean winter
Temperature for the highlands is only
81 degrees. Metz has a mean annual
temperature of 4s degrees. There are
days in Alsace and Lorraine. however.
when the cold seems to reach the in
tense white bitterness of northern
Russia "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
SHIP CLAIMING AMERICAN
PROTECTION Is SUNK

Washington. d. c., Feb, lS.--Am-
bassador Morganthau reported to the
State Department the sinking of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
THE RICHMOND vIRaINIAN-sUNpAY FEBRUARY IA 1918

Council to revoke the saloon licenses
Immediately. A, compromises was
reached whereby the grog shops were
allowed to keep open until February
Is. Attorneys for the vets today
pleaded for an extra day. arguing
that the resolution included Febru-
airy %, 1t was decided by the Coun-
ell that as the resolution read until
February 15." the saloons would BIO
ordered TO cease business Saturday
night. AS tomorrow is a holiday Tim
coins birthday the saloons have but
one more day,
"A case testing the validity Of the
petition of consent, under which the
saloons have been operating. Is now
being heard in the District Court. A
decision IL expected soon. II the
court finds the petition Sufficient, as 1t
was found by the board nf superv's-
ors, they viii be allowed to reopen.
THE drys appear very c9nfiden. ihe
court will throw out-t.le- petitiesar
WHOA will keep the saloons closed
permanently, unless a new petition.
which passes the test. IS eb.ainanle.
This. II Is thought, will he impossible
to procure.
THE Civ Treasurer vas dire ctci TO
refund to the saloon projectors the
unused portion Of the license money
paid by them on January l This
amounted 70 1915. and viii De paid by
City Treasurer Miles by check next
Monday"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
ROANOKE COLLEGE.

Roanoke College, Salem. Va, Feb.
13.--Dr. Charles III. Levermore. of
Boston. representing tho World Peace
Foundation. addressed the students
OF the college at the chapel yester-
day morning on 1.-THE European War
and After" Instead Of brute force
and war. which never can settle a
question of right and wrong, he de-
clared that civilization must ultimate
ly establish peace and justice through
law"
The present war. he said. did not
begin in August 1914. but Is at least
forty years old It's two principal
causes were the acquisition of the
French borded provinces OF Alsace-
Lorraine by Germany in 1871, which
left the French nation dissatisfied
and determined upon revenge, and
the action of the Congress- OF Berlin
in 1878 in placing under Austria &
| control provinces which contained
about half OF the Seryian nation. For
! decades there has been virtual wal
In Europe, In all but bloodshed. and
at times 1t has broken out in actual
| fighting.
When Servfa and Bulgaria were at
war, these small nations were mere
pawns for the great powers or Austria
/ representing German schemes) and
| Russia, who was seeking to enlarge
! her influence over the Balkans. He
pointed out that the second Balkan
war resulted because Germany and
Austria were unwilling to have an
enlarged Servia blocking their ad-
vance along the Balkan peninsula. The
treaty of Bucharest in August 1919
| closing the second Balkan war. still
left Servfa too powerful; and at that
time almost a year before the assas-
sination of the Austrian Archduke
Austria sounded the Italian prime
minister as 10 whether Italy would
support Austria In an attack on Ser
via. Through these wars, Bulgaris
| represented Austro-German influ,
ence. while serva stood for Russia's
schemes.
For a permanent and satisfactor,
settlement OF the present conflict the
following points were declared to be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
NEWS OF THE COLLEGES
". p i.

Especial to The Richmond virgtnian-)
Blacksburg. Va. Feb. &c. r.
Mann. an agent Of the Carnegie Foun-
6ation for the Advancement OF teach
ing, liz spending some time at the Viz
ginia Polytechnic Institute studying
the methods OF instruction in vogue
here. This investigation Is being
made at some twenty of the standard
schools of engineering in the country
hy request Of and in cooperation with
the Joint committee on education OF
the American Society Of Civil Engi-
neera. the American Society of Me-
ehaniral Engineers ana the Institute
~ Electrical Engineers.
Col. j. s. A. Johnson, general rec
rotary of the alumni association. was
n Rueneld Saturday night to assist
ASSOCIATION After an enjoyable ban
qHet, al which letter from Presi-
dent Eggleston conveying greetings
&as read, a permanent organization
WAS effected with the following off
GERS; {. G. Campbell, president: NJ.
w. Gillian. vice president; II. J.. MUS
ser secretary; and w A. Thornhill,
treasured. The initial meeting was
largely attended by former students
living in and around Biuefield. con-
siderable enthusiasm was manifesto !
in the work the college Is now doing
and plans were inaugurated to charter
a car and bring the members to the
school next June to attend the OK
ercises on alumni Gay.
Dean T. p. Campbell, DIR. w. J.
Echoene and half dozen members
of 10 horticultural ftHftauz
were in Richmond this week TO at
tend the meeting of the stats Far
fnerz' Institute and Dairymens Asso-
citation. Prof. schoene also attended
tho meeting of the Augusta County
Fruit Growers Association in Stsur-
Ron Tuesday and Prof. T. p. Hutchesoa
WAS at Charlottesville Thursday 70.
n convention OF Aibermarle farmers
and orchardists.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

Steamship Washington. owned partly
by Americans. at Trebizond, during
the bombardment of that port by ves-
sells OF the Russian Black Sea squad
ron.
The report received today from Mr.
Morganthau was merely preliminary,
and he has assured the department
that he will send complete report
son. Pending the receipt OF this re-
port the department will take no ac-
ton in the case.
There are several elements of doubt
In the matter.
The status Of the Washington IL
peculiar. II Is one of a number of
vessels owned by the Archipelago
Steamship Line plying in the Medi-
terranean and Black Sea ports. The
company was Incorporated In Maine.
and II has claimed right TO Ameri-
can protection for it's vessels, but 1t
has been usually regarded as a Greek
concern. At one time the vessels flew
the American flag, though not grant
Ell American registry. and II Is also
said the company's vessels have been
under Turkish and Greek registry.
What flag the Washington WAS fly
ing when sunk is not known here.