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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
STAGE IS SET FOR
BATTLE IN MEXICO
cARRANzA TRooPa MAY MEET
THE VILLA FORCES At
IAMPAZoe.
FIRING CLOSE TO RIO GRANDE
Villa Forces Expected to Reach Lam
pazos, and Battle Probably
Will Be Fouqht-Carranza
Troops Assemble.

Brownsville, Tex.-Firing between
Villa and Carranza forces began short
ly after midnight, March 30, near the
breastworks on the west side Of Mata-
moros, close to the Rio Grande. The
firing was under OF a heavy fog.
The firing continued internationally
for half an hour and then stopped. Sew
eral cannon shots were heard. None
OF the firing was in the direction OF
Brownsville. :.
Notwithstanding the Villa forces
are marking time in their attack on
Matamoros, awaiting the arrival of ar
tillery, the stage is being set for an
other battle at Lampazos, about 70
miles southwest of Nuevo Laredo.
Advices from the border to the state
and war departments said the Villa
forces bound to attack the Carranza
garrison at Nuevo Laredo were expect
ed to reach Lampazos, where a battle
probably would be fought"
Other messages said Carranza troops
we're being assembled at Nuevo Lare-
do, including the force recently driven
out Of Piedras Negras. The garrison
VIII uuulDSI 1,SVo III Oil ohu PASoOAn
ably a part of this force will be sent
out along the National railway to meet
the Villa force at Lampazos, if the bat
tie is not already in progress. Should
more troops be necessary on the Amer
lean side at Laredo, Tex, in the event
Of an attack on Nuevo Laredo, a regi-
ment Of infantry is in readiness at
Texas City.
The situation at MatamorOs and at
Brownsville, across the border, was un
changed. The Villa troops repulsed
in their first attack were encamped
five miles from the city, the state de-
partment was advised, expecting to re-
new the assault on arrival of their ar
tillery.
Latest estimates Of the losses said
300 Villa troops were killed and an
equal number wounded, while the Car
rama garrison had 10 killed and 80
wounded.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
TAKE MOUNTAIN POSITION
French Wrest Top Of Hartmann's
WeiIerkopf From the

Observation-Disclosures following
official statement was issued by the
war office:
"The day passed quietly along the
front, the enemy showing no activity.
"a German aeroplane which had
thrown a bomb in the region of Badon-
vile was brought down by us. The
pilot and observer were captured"
Also the following communication
al issued:
During the night of March 1921
the Germans bombarded Arras with
shells of all caliber. Fire broke out
in Arras, but it was quickly extin.
guished. The fighting has been going
on at La Boiselle under conditions
favorable to the French.
"In the Argonne district, in the vi
cinity Of Bagatelle, there has been
bomb throwing from one line to the
other, although no infantry attack has
taken place.
"After an energetic engagement
which lasted for several days the
French troops were successful in
reaching the top of Hartmann's-Weiler
kopf, which they captured from the
Germans. The French also made prog
ress on the northeastern and south.
eastern flanks of the main army, tax
ing more prisoners, including several
officers.
"The Germans have abandoned i'm
portant war material and left numer
Gus dead on these battleields. The
French losses were inconsiderable.
"A German aviator dropped several
bombs on the town of Willer, to the
northwest of Thonn. Three little chill
dren were killed"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
CLAIM BULGARIA is READY
Report That Country Will Take initia.
tive When interests Are
Threatened.

London.-.The moment when our in.
terests are threatened or affected to
our detriment, We, together with the
nation, will take the requisite meas
ures," was one of the statements con
tanned in Premier R~adoslavoff's decla-
ration regarding the Bulgarian govern
ment's policy of neutrality, made at
the closing. Eession of the Sobranje, &C
cording to the ministerial organ Narod-
nj Prava.. The speech of the premier
was applauded by the pro-German'
press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Nav Never BE Raised.

Neutrality-suspicious. to raise the
sunken submarine F4 in Honolulu har.
Dor were temporarily suspended after
a hawser with which the boat was be-
ing dragged toward short snapped.
Rear Admiral Moore reported from
Honolulu late that the submarine evil
IDENTIFY was waterlogged and toe heavy
to be raised by the equipment en-
ployed by the searching fleet. This de-
stroyed any faint hope that might have
been left Of finding any Of the crew of
81 alive.
The vessel lies in 45 fathoms (270
feet) of water
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
ARTILLERY ORDERED TO BORDER
buttons Are Taken To Prevent FIJI
ina Across the Line.

Precautions Are Taken To Prevent Fir
ing Across the Line.
Misunderstanding Secretary of
War Department Breckenridge has or
dered three batteries of the Third Field
Artillery to Brownsville, Tex, as a
demonstration to the Mexican forces
fighting for possession of Matamoros
that American lives must not be en-
dangered by firing across the line. A
regiment of infantry also was ordered
held in readiness at Texas City to be
moved to Brownsville if needed.
Those precautions were deemed nee
essary, although assurances had been
given by both Carranza and Villa agen-
cies here that no shooting across the
line would be permitted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

Movement For Uniform State Laws.
Springfield, Hl.-A movement to OBJ
tain more uniform state laws through
out the country was started in the Il
linois legislature. A joint resolution
introduced IN the senate provides for
the appointment of five senators and
five representatives as a uniform law
committee to meet similar committees
from other state legislatures. Copies
OF the resolution, if it is passed, will
be sent to the legislatures and COVER
nors of every state, with the request
that each state appoint q similar COM
mittee as delegates to such a CONVEX
ton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Home For Newsnaper Men.

New York.. Brisbin Walker, for.
merly a magazine publisher here, now
retired to a Colorado estate, announced
his offer to give a site of 40 acres at
Mount Morrison, Colo, to establish a
home for newspaper men. Mr.. Walker
declared that although no profession
makes more serious demands upon the
health Of its members than that Of
Journalism, no attempt has been made
to establish q country home where
those who have been giving their best
efforts to the press may find a retreat
in the eventsof a temporary or perma
nent breakdown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
AUSTRIAN LOSSES $4,000.

Geneva, via: Paris.-Austrian losses
in Lyutta valley and the province of
Bereg (Northeast Hungary on the day
of March % are estimated at $4,000 in
dispatches to Swiss newspapers. These
advices say a column of 1000 Austrians
was annihilated in less than an hour
during a desperate action in Bereg
province, six miles north of Verecke.
Austrian troops in this territory are
reported to be demoralized as the &c
suit of their losses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
KAISER RETURNS
TO WAR COUNCIL
WAR CHIEFS GATHER ~ BERLIN
TO PLAN NEW CAM
PAlCN.
AMERICAN LOST on SUNK SHIP
London Papers WeI>ome Incident In
Giving Rise to Question az How
United States Will Act
Under circumstances.

London, England. = The German
emperor is in Berlin holding a war
council with Field Marshal o Der
er Of Constantinople, and other lead
'ers, and is planning a new campaign
to offset the fall Of Przemysl and
meet the situation In the Dardanelles,
according to reports from Petrograd,
and what Germany's next move in the
military field will be is at present
the chief subject of speculation here.
A Rueter dispatch from Athens
says:
age done to the forts and ~concentrat-
ing troops in Smyrna.
"The operations in the Dardanelles
are confined to an intermittent bonn
bardment of several Turkish positions,
il which seaplanes c~o-operated. The
Turkish reply was feeble"
American Citizen Lost.
The official announcement is made
that among the missing passengers
of the steamer Falaba, which was
sunk by a German submarine, is
Leon chester InfdSner, an Af1erlCau
engineer, who had been living for the
past year on the Gold Coast, British
West Africa.
Thrasher had an American passport,
and in the form he vas required to
fill out before embarking, described
himself as an American citizen, but
gave no American address. He was
employed by the Bromassie Mines,
Limited. Inquiry at the offices of
the company in London ELECTED the in
formation that nothing had been heard
from Thrasher, and that it was pre-
sumed he had been drowned.
The Daily Mail, in IN editorial in
connection with the drowning Of
Thrasher, says that the question
whether the Washington government
will permit a belligerent to destroy
an unoffending passenger ship carry
ing an American citizen without CIV
ing that citizen any opportunity to
escape is raised in its sharpest form
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Government Gets Valuable Timber.

Washington, d. C.-The bureau
of forestry, which has just ap-
praised the merchantable timber ac-
quired by the government in the pur-
chase of land for national forests in
the White mountains Of New Hamp-
shire and the Southern Appalachians,
places the amount at more tina
1000, 900, 900 board feet, valued
So ZOO, 900 on the stump.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
MISSING BOAT REACHES SAFETY.

London.-The missing boat from the
British steamer Aguila, sunk by q Ger
man submarine off the Pembrokeshire
coast, containing Is members of the
steamers crew and W passengers,
has reached safety. This is the fourth
boat that put off from the Aguila after
the submarine attacked. It was be-
lieved up to the present time to have
foundered. The number of men now
supposed to have lost their lives with
the sinking of the Aguila is nine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
caruso Gets $1,000 a Niaht.

New York, N. Y.-Giulio Gatti-Cas.
ASIA, general manager of the Metro
politan Opera Company, has received
a cable from Enrico Caruso in Monte
Carlo, stating that the famous tenor
bad been engaged for 10 appearances
late in May at the Buenos Aires opera
house, Argentine, at 1000 a night.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Subject Given Consideration.

London.-The king of England Is
using all his influence to bring about
action with respect to the drink ques-
ton in Great Britain, a subject to
which the British cabinet is giving ear
nest consideration It has been de-
cided to organize the Liverpool dock
workers under the name Of the First
Dock battalion of the Liverpool regi-
ment, thus Incorporating them into the
armv.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Eiancee Wins Will Suit.

Z Chattanooga, Tenn. - Judge Bach.
man directed the jury to sustain the
will of N. Phillips, which left an es-
tate of $685. 900 to Mrs. Margaret Mick
Ter of Fort Wayne, Ala, his fiancee
A sister sought to break the will.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
saw Delmira Torpedoed.

saw OoI16lr1 I0fPe0oeo.
London.-The captain Of the steam
afp Lizzie, which arrived at Llanelly,
Wales, stated that he was close by
torpedoed March rs by q submarine In
the English channel. He said the sub
marine proved to be the U-37. The
submarine was some distance ahead
OF the Lizzie, which ran over It A. full
speed. The German then disappeared
and from oil seen on the surface the
captain concluded the underwater boat
Vas either seriously damaged or sunk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
To Furnish eernhardt's Leo.

Washington.-A ontest is on be.
tween Washington and Baltimore deal
ers as to which city shall have the
honor of furnishing the artificial leg
which Sarah Bernhardt will require.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Wireless Profanity Barred.

Washington. - Radio operators in
the United States must not use profan-
iry or obnoxious language of any kind
in the air" This ruling was made
to stop a growing practice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Marshall Views Troops.

San Diego. Cal. - vice-President
Marshall and his party have put in a
strenuous time al the San Diego ext
position. First on the days program|
was a military and naval review. and
. little later he was called upon IL
make two addresses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Interurban Car Held Up.

Joplin. Moan interurban car on
the Joplin & Pittsburg Railway wa
held up by four masked men at Cher.
okee Junction. Kan. The conductor
motorman and the only passenger Of
board were robbed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Children Perish, Mother Burned.

Des Moines. Ia.-Two sleeping chill.
dren were burned to death. and their
mother, Mrs. Charles O'Brien, was.
perhaps fatally burned in a mysteri-
Gus explosion and fire which wrecked
the O'Brien home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Woman Burned to Dea,

Woman Burned to Death In Bed.
Bloomington, nl.-Mrs. Thomas VIII
son Of Lincoln was burned TO death
while asleep in her bed. The clothing
caught fire from a spark from a near
by stove.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
Child Bern to Yoakum's DAUGHTER.

child Born to Yoakum's Daughter.
New York.-Mr. and Mrs. Francis
R. Larkin ere receiving congratula-
lions upon tie birth of a son. Mrs.
Larkin is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Benjamin F. Ycakum.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

LondOn.-Sir John Lamb, a noted
English scientist, is dead at his home
at Hampstead at the age of 60.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02
apay g You Cali" for Fires.

Cleveland. O.-Citixens here mus
pay Tor the cost q . nre department
run Il Tho blaze b from = needles
cauoe. un1ef tAe p~revision q IN ord
nance nov pndor dioeuoaioaL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

The Majestic theater at Sioux Falls.
S. D., was destroyed by fire, with a
loss of $50, 600.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

Eighteen members or the crew q
the British steamer Trostburg lost
their lives when the vessel was wreck
ed near Cape Spartel. or the Moroc-
can coast, at the entrance to the Strait
OF Gibraltar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

as to moving picture dramas shows
that the largest number like cowboy
dramas. The vote was as follows:
For cowboy pictures, sS4; for comedy,
594: dramatic, AT; crime, So; educa-
tional, %.
Col. Roosevelt has not accepted the
invitation to testify before a senate
committee on the ground tina he has
no information. Chairman Walsh
called a conference to decide whether
to issue a subpoena for the colonel.
Mai. Gen. John p. Storey, former
chief of artillery of the army. died at
his home at Pasadena, Cal, aged "a
years.
The bill intended to provide pen
sions for widowed mothers passed the
New York assembly, 129 to 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Sitter Of
Freeport, Ill. each IS years old, have
just celebrated their seventy-sixth
wedding anniversary.
Seven German prisoners Of war
were drowned ct Belle Isle France. A
severe storm was raging on the coast
and they went to the beach to watch
the breakers.
1ubn stewart. owner Of great tracts
E0fA11bor hands throughout the Northr
vet. - dead 1t Aufora. M. q tn
60 n
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-02

Four-year-old Teddy Slingsby, the
center of a lawsuit in the British
courts involving a $500, 900 estate. ar
rived in New York with his mother,
Mrs Charles Slingsby.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
Gospel Mission Starts
Campaign to Raise $4,000

The Gospel Mission has opened cam
paign for the collection of a fund of
81, GOO needed to take up the last of the
four real estate purchase notes and to
raise a surplus fund for the summer
evangclstfc campaign.
1t is proposed to divide the 5000 into
Geo shares of s. each, and to ask the
mission friends to subscribe for one or
fraction of one share. subscriptions
for more than one share, however, will
be welcomed.
Friends of the mission are urged In
a statement issued by the finance COM
mittee to communicate with or send
checks to the mission or to b. II. War
ner. chairman: II f. Monroe, II. D.
Gordon, or w. II. Houghton, members
of tl.s committee.
Attention is called to the work the
mission is doing through its dormitories,
its bread line, penny lunch room, dis
pensary. diet kitchen. employment bu-
reau, industrial department. and evan
gelistic services.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
MERCHANT PLEASED
WITH TRADE BOOM
Next Twelve Shopping Days
Before Easter Expected to
See Rush.

With Easter Sunday but two weeks
away. the tide of trade i'm Washing
ton took big boom tie last week.
and 1t Is exrected tnat the next
twelve shopping days before the holi-
DAY will pc n renewal of the be-
forc-Christmas scenes.
While. Of course. business estah-
liShments that carry lines of apparel
are The special points of interest.
merchandise generally Is in great de-
mand, according to reports received
by Secretary Columbus. of the Retail
Merchants Association.
Every holiday has its votaries, and
scarcely none more so than Easter,
which comes right after the dawn of
spring, when not only the wardrobe.
but many other things, enter into the
welfare and contribute to the happiness
of humans
Automobile dealers who are members
of the Retail Merchants Association
report a banner season. New cars have
not been held back for the Easter Sun
day parade. but are being driven right
now.
Dealers report there will be many
more new motors in town, as large Or
ders have been placed for delivery dur
ing the next few months, or Just as
fast as the factories can turn them
out.
1t would seem TO be just as important
to shop early for Easter as for the
Christmas season.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21

gregationaI Church this afternoon.
His subject Will be AFTER the War
Whst?" Dr. Hudson, who has a ma
tional reputation as lecturer, is
professor Of philosophy at the Uni
yersity of Missouri.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
How to Make Your
Hair Beautiful
Ten Minutes Home Treatment Works
Wonders, stops Failing Hair. Itch
Ing Scalp and I'andruff. and
Makes the Hair Soft, brilliant.
Lustrous aud Fluffy.

Better than all the so-called hair
tonics' in the world is a simple old
fashioned home recipe consisting Of
plain Bay Rum, Lavona (dc Composer.
and 4 little Menthol Crystals. These
three miXed at home in Il few minutes
work wonders with any scalp. Try 1t
Just one night and see. Get from your
druggist OF. Lavona, OF. Bay Rum
and y drachm Menthol Crystals. Dis
solve the Crystals In the Bay Rum aud
pour in an s OF. bottle. Then add the
Lavona. shake well and let it stand for
an hour before using. Apply 1t by put
ting a little of the mixture on a sort
cloth. Draw this cloth slowly through
the hair. taking just one small strand
at a time. This cleanses the hair and
scalp OF Girt, dust and excessive oil and
makes the hair delightfully."- soft, lus-
trous, and fluffy. To stop the hair from
falling and to make it grow again rub
the lotion bTIskiy into the scalp with
the finger tips or q medium Stif brush.
Apply night and morning. \ few days
use and you will not find a single loose
or straggling hair. They will bc locked
on your scalp as tight as a wise. Dand-
ruff will disappear and itching cease.
You will find fine dowmy new hairs
sprouting up all over your scalp, and
this new hair will grow with wonderful
rapidity.
ANY druggist can sell you the above.
The prescription is very inexpensive and
We know OF nothing so effective and
seTtain in Its result -AdVt.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
Eggs Run Away,
Hen Rolls En- Back
Wyandotte Makes Owner Stop
Saving Wood So She.
Can Set

WINSTED, Conn, March 21.-Michael
l., l.. Daneby was puzzled when he
found six hens eggs on a pile of saw
dust at his wood saving plant after the
gasolsne driven power had been running
u short time.
Through the sawdust filled air came
two more eggs as he debated. He shut
off the power to learn IL possible where
the eggs came from! Presently one of
his Wyandotte hens appeared, Finding
one of the eggs she rolled II to a nest
which she had made in ~" shaped box
where the exhaust from the engine car
ries away the sawdust.
one by one the hen rolled the eggs
Westward. She then resumed setting.
The exhaust engine had swept the nest
clean of eggs, Mr.. 'Daneby has tcmpor-
arily suspended operations at the mill
so that the hen can finish her work.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
CAMERA CLUB OPENS
EXHIBIT ON SATURDAY
First Night Will Be Devoted to
Reception and Inspection of
Pictorial Studies.

The annual exhibit of the Capital
Camera Club will be opened next Sat
urday evening at the clubs new quar-
tcrs. 712 Eleventh street northwest.
Heretofore the annual exhibits have
been hung in the Corcoran Art Gal
lery.
Each member of the club is to pre-
sent from three to five pictures. All
pictures submitted must be made. de-
veloped and printed by the club men,
bcrs.
The opening night will be devoted to
reception and inspection of pictorial
studies from all part of the world. The
exhibit will be open to the public each
afternoon and evening until April ,. On
the evening of April !, T. V, Powderly.
chief, of the division OF information of
the Immigration Service. and president
of the club, will give an illustrated lee
ture on Immigration.
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
WHAT DYSPEPTICS
SHOULD EAT
A PHYSICIANS ADVICE

indigestion and practically all forms
of stomach trouble are, nine times out
of ten, due to acidty; therefore stom-
ach sufferers should, whenever possible,
avoid eating food that is acid in its ma
ture, or which by chemical action III the
stomach develops acidity. Unfortunate
ly, such a rule eliminates most foods
which are pleasant to the taste ss well
as those which are rich in blood, flesh
and nerve building properties. This Is
the reason why dyspeptics and stomach
suffer ers are usually SO thia, emaciated
and lacking in that vital energy which
Cad only come from a we'll fed body.
For the benefit of those suifSerS who
have been obliged TO exclude from their
diet all starchy, sweet or fatty food, and
arc trying to keep up miserable cE-
iStGnCe on gluten products, l would sug-
EeSt that YOU should try d meal ot amy
fyCd or foods which you may like, In
moderate amount, taking Immediately
afterwards a teaspoonful % bisurated
maGneSia in a little hot or cold water.
This will neutralize any acid which Inay
Ee present. or which may lie furr1ed,
and Instead of the usual feeling uf un-
casiless and fullness, you will tind that
your food agrees with you perfectly.
Bisruated magnesia is doubtless the
bGsl food corrective and antacid ka' wn.
1t has no direct action on the stomach
bat by neutralizing the aciditY of the
food contents, and thus removing the
source of the acid irritation which in
flames the delicate stomach lining it
docs more than could possibly be done
by any drug or medicine. AS q physi-
clan. | believe in the use OF medicine
whenever necessary, but | must admit
that | cannot see the sense of dosing
an inflamCd and irritated stomlcl with
drugs instead of getting rid of the acid
the cause Of all the trouble. Get a lit
tie bisuratcd magnesia from your drug
EiSt. eat what you want at your next
meal take some of the bisruated mag
| nCsia AS directed above, and see If I'm
not right "-AdEI
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
Says Slav Provinces
Should Have Home Rule

Home rule for each of >thc Slav prov
inces contiguous to Austria. with the
privilege on the part of each of deter
mining under what flag it will carry on
it's national existence, is the only solu-
ton of the racial problems which will
develop at the close of the war, ac-
cording 10 Miss Janet Richards, who
lectured last night at Rsuscher's under
the auspices of Mary Washington Chap
ter. d. a. r., for the benefit OF the Con-
tinental Memorial Hall fund.
Miss Richards related her experiences
in Switzerland when she was trapped
in that country by the war, and said
she had received letters from friend
in Germany saying that some hotels
there were still serving lobster and as
paragus tips in melted butter.