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The Washington times., 1915-09-03

The initial rehearsal OF the choir OF
Emmanuel Church was held last night
in the parish hall in v street. William
Scantlebury will direct this choir for
the coming term, and Mrs. Scantlebury
will play the organ.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
ALEXANDRIA READY
FOR SCHOOL OPENING
Permits for Children to Be Is.
sued Next Week and Classes
win Start September 13.

Z ALEXANDRIA. Sept. 3-Harry Kirk,
clerk Of the city school board. will be-
e1n issuing permits for children TO en-
ter the public schools Tuesday. He will
be at the Armory Of the Alexandria
Light Infantry on Tuesday and wednes-
day. from Q q. m. to 2 p. m. to Issue
permits to white children living east Of
Hoon's Run. Permits will be issued to
3olored children on September . at the
armory. and on the following day, at
the West End School Building. he will
issue permits for all children living
west OF Hooff's Run.
The public schools will open Sertem-
Der 1S The four lowest grades will be
housed In the Richmond Theater build
ing, pending the completion Of the new
htgh school building.
Work Of remodeling the Surprise The
ater. which was purchased by tn. Alex
andriA Amusement Company Tuesday,
was started yesterday, and the thester
VIII open under new management Sep
Mt Vernon Chapter. Royal Arch
Maeons. will elect officers tonight. VIII
lam Lewis Allen. district deputy grand
nigh priest. will visit the chapter.
the Rev. j. w. Duffey. pastor Of the
Washinston Street Methodist Church :
Newell 8: Greenaway. delegate from
the church, and J. Frank Myers, dele.
gate from the Sunday school, have re-
turned from Rectortown. where they
have been attending the conference OF
the Aexandria district Of the Methodist
Church. ]. Frank Myers was elected
an alternate delegate to the general
conference In Alexandria next April.
In police court today Peter Hall and
Michael Lynch, charged with gambling.
were fned $50 each. They appealed
Smith.
The men were convicted on the tes-
timony Of Charles Valentine, who tes-
tined that he had lost $l4.2o in a room
at Duke and Henry streets, and that
Hall and Lynch were participants in
the game.
C. r. Yates has purchased from II.
kirk g. Sons a three story brick
building on the north side Of Prince
street. between Royal and Fairfax
streets. for use as an auxiliary ware
house.
The Rev. L. NJ. Ferguson, pastor OF
trinity NJ. E. Church. will preach Sun
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Miss Grace KeeRin and Miss Beatrice
Keegin have returned to their home
here from a weeks sojourn at Blue
m0nt Va
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard w. Mayhem.
who have spent the past six weeks In
Boston, have returned home.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Miss Nellie Morgan. who has beer
spending the summer at Colonial Beach
Va, has returned to her home here.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

The vestry Of Emmanuel Church met
last night in the parish hall In v street
with the rector, Rev. w. o. Roome, IT.,
presiding. Plans for the winter months
were outlined and reports were heard
concerning the financial condition Of the
parish.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Burslem ant
son are the guests of relatives in Plain
field, n. j.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Salem Lodge. No. 20, I. o. o. F., pre-.
night in the Masonic hall. Robert
Thompson, noble grand, presided, anC
the degree team was in charge Of ]. K
Dawson.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Mrs. Q. A. Kays is spending SOM
time with her brother. w. H. kays. II
Warrenton, Va.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

A meeting. OF members Of the Anacos-
tonight at the home Of Mr.. Burr in
Valley place. for the purpose of MAX
Ing plans for entertaining tho mem bers
Of the Engineer Band upon the compile
ton Of their last concert in Logan Park
onfthe evening Of September TO-
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

A special meeting was held last night
In the Anacostia Methodist Eposcipal
Church. These meetings are held each
Thursday night with one Of the church
organizations In charge.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

ing the summer months at Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Work Of remodeling the Surprise The
atef. which was purchased by tho Alex
andrfA Amusement Company Tuesday,
was started yesterday, and the theate
Will open under new management Sep
temher g.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Mrs. r. c. Rose and baby have re
turned to their home here after spend
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30

year generally has shown the croak-
ers to have been useful patriots, al
though in some instances their ener
gies undoubtedly have given a GER
tain amount of aid and comfort to
the enemy.
On the threshold of the New Year,
Britishers are extracting considerable
satisfaction from the old Napoleonic
maxim: WARS are. won, not by the
occupation of territory, but by the
smashing of armies With the ex-
ception of the one in Serbia, the
armies of the Allies are intact. On
the western front Germany has not
gained a foot in the last year; on the
eastern front she has acquired con-
siderable geography, but she hasn't
smashed the Russian army. Mean
time she has extended her lines to
the Balkans, weakening her corres-
pondingly in west and east. Military
experts estimate that she has been
losing men, killed and seriously
wounded, at the rate of 100000 a
month, and they figure that even with
the boys of the classes maturing in
1916 and 1917, the only human re-
sources she has yet to draw upon, she
will be unable to stand the strain
much longer than another year. Eng
land and Russia alone, in the mean
time, will be able to put nearly 10,-
100000 additional men in the field.
.,.~., Are On Advantage.
In the matter of munitions the Al
lies at last have the ascendancy.
Thanks to the marvellous work of
Lloyd George in organizing the war
industries of the country, and the ef-
fective cooperation of Japan, not to
mention the vast and steady stream
of supplies from America, the Allies
now are prepared to throw two shells
to the enemy's one, and the proper
tion is gradually increasing.
AS for money, Germany is mani
testify approaching the end of her
tether, whereas the resources of the
British empire, the real reserves of
the allies have barely been tapped.
So, if the winning of the war is
to depend upon men, munitions and
money, Great Britain and her allies
l.
view the outlook pessimistically.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
MEETS; ELECTS OFFICERS

Mrs. G. E. Battles Sunday school
class. known as the Fellowship class
of the Presbyterian Sunday school,
held it's regular monthly business ses-
sion for the election of officers at the
church last evening. The officers
elected were George Armstrong,
PRESIDENT; Clifford Congdon, vice
president, and L. H. Tegmeyer, Sec
retary- y-treasurer. After the business
session the young ladies' class of the
church pleasantly surprised the class
and served a fine lunch. Games
were played and a social meeting held
till almost midnight when they ad-
journed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
JOHN BULL VIEWS
OUTLOOK FOR 1915
~r.@. OPTIMISTICALLY
CONTINUED from Page II

the grumblers' point of view it has
been a dismal chapter The Darda-
nelles disaster, the Gallipoli fiasco,
the failure of the Big Push on the
Western front in the spring and fall,
the German occupation of Poland, the
obliteration of Serbia and the British
retreat in Mesopotamia against which
the accession of Italy to the Allied
cause and her recent brilliant opera
tions on the Isonzo front, the British
conquest of German Southwest Af-
RIGA, the putting out of business of
some 60 German submarines in the
North Sea and adjacent waters, and
the successful invasion of the Baltic
| by British submarines, make a COM
paratiyely meagre offset, in the
grumblers' opinion.
Whimperers Commended.
After all, Great Britain really owes
good deal to the whimperers, as
( LII d 1uOIucuL VI POC.
|. llance recently labeled them. If it
hadn't been for these whimperers the
country and the war would still be
managed by the old one-party cab
met. 1t was those grumblers who
exposed the lack of high explosives
and by persistent denunciation OF
those responsible brought about the
creation of the ministry of munitions
1t is these pestiferous naggers who
are to be credited with the scotching
of the German spy system in Eng
land through the wholesale intern
ment of enemy aliens, the reduction
of Germany's high-explosive resour,
ces by making cotton absolute con-
traband and the partial reformation
of the censorship whereby at times
the veil of secrecy has been lifted
from the battlefront.
In fact, the experience of the last
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
GENERAL COXEY FOR
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 30.-"Gen-
eral" Jacob S. Coxey, wealthy manu-
facturer of Massillon, Ohio, who led
the Army of the Commonwealth" to
Washington in 1894, outlined today
plans for his campaign as an inde-
pendent candidate fer United States
senator from Ohio, to succeed Senator
Pomerene next year. He said he
would run on a platform demanding
that congress authorize the issue of
$1,O00,000 legal tender currency, half
of which is to be used in creating a
merchant marine and half for naval
equipment or coast defenses.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
COLORADO DRY AS A
BONE AFTER TOMORROW

Denver, Colo, Dec. 30.-Colorado's
saloons and liquor stores, to be closed
by law after tomorrow night, enjoyed
great and final prosperity today. Gus
toners were taking home supplies for
the expected long dry spell. There
were many joblot bargains of beer,
row liquor can be bought in Colorado
only on a physicians prescription or
imported for private home consump-
tion. The state has 1000 saloons.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that there
are funds on hand to all Poor and Re-
volving fund warrants to date. All
general fund warrants prior to Sept.
1st, 1915, and Permanent Improve-
ment warrants prior to Oct. 1st,
GEO. w. RHEA,
Treasurer.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
WHITE EARTH INDIANS
TO HAVE ELECTRICITY

White Earth, Minn., Dec. 30
John R. Howard, disbursing agent
and Otto Dumert of the White Earth
agency, have gone to the Twin Cities
to inform themselves concerning cleo
trio light plants. Arrangements are
being perfected to install system Of
electric lighting for the agency
schools, hospital, Office and employees
buildings and to extend the system
through the village.
J. M. Dickey, assistant United
States attorney, is seriously ill with
pneumonia at his residence in st.
Paul. He will be unable to attend
the next term of federal court to be
held at Duluth in January.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30
KELLIHER P. o. IS
SWAMPED WITH TREES

Kelliher, Minn., Dec. 3d.
Christmas trees wrapped in
gunny sacks were shipped
from Kelliher in such quanti
ties as to swamp the Kelliher
postoffice, according to re-
ports. Presents received in re-
turn consisted of rocking
chairs, sleds and other bulky
articles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-30

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New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
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New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
$5,OOO MERIDEN FIRE.

Meriden, Dec. 2S.-Damage esti- mated at about $5,O00 resulted yes- terday from a fire in two business blocks on East Main street. The fire started in a frame building owned by John McMahon gutting it and spreading to the adjoining frame building owned by pr. L. F. Lawton of Hartford The blaze broke out when Charles Miller a clerk in Louis Greenberg's tailor shop spilled son~ gasoline near a gas. flame. Millel escaped by climbing through a trap door to the floor above and then making his way to the street by 2. rear stairway.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
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New Britain herald., 1915-12-28

Representatives of 1S,000,OOO com municants of Christian churches in America are expected to attend a North American church unity con- ference in Garden City, N. Y. for three days, beginning Jan. 5. The call for the conference was issued last June. Bishop Anderson of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Chi cago will issue the address of well come to the delegates. Among the other prominent speakers, all of whom the men of note in their re- spective denominations, are the Rev. pr. William H Roberts, stated clerk of the Presbyterian gen -ral assembly, and the Rev. pr. William T. Manning, rector of Trinity Protesean. Episcopal church of New York.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
CHRISTMAS TREES ! BLAZE ON FRONT
BaVarianS Hold Celebration De- spite Vigorous Fire of French

With the German Army in North.
 ern France, Dec. 28.-War is no re.
 spector of customs Therefore there was no cessation of activity along the line in northern France on Christmas eve-if possible the French artillery more nearly approximated the cele- brated "drum fire" of the late Sep tember offensive than at any time since then.
 Christmas to the average German, however, is the most important day of the year and the Bavarians in northern France refused to allow the French artillery to spoil their cele- bration. All along the line, from the most advanced trenches to the com munication points in the rear, Christ mas trees blazed almost as if in op- position to the flare of exploding shells
 Captain Displays Heroism.
 It was the fortunate lot of The As- sociated Press correspondent to be able to spend Christmas eve with a Bavarian reserve company, every member of which had been in the field. French guns boomed inces- sanity shells ripping up acres of ground, but luckily not intruding upon the scene of the celebration of the First company of Regiment No. 10. Tn order to spend the evening as nearly as possible in the accustomed way all the members of the company had been assembled from their vari- ous posts and gathered in little wooden building just behind the front. A tiny stage had been erected for the inevitable orchestra and speakers and in one corner stood little Christmas tree laden with tinsel and sweets. Adjoining it were long tables on which were gifts for the soldiers--cigars. socks, mittens, chocolate and all kinds of wearing apparel-mostly home made articles stitched by loving fin gers and intended to lessen in some time war. Not a man of the com pany was less than thirty-nine years old and the majority of them were forty-five. Nine out of every ten, as one could tell by the rings upon their fingers, were married The majority, too, had sons in the field and many had lost their nearest and dearest. l The companys captain, in private life, a lawyer and one of the oldest men in the service, had learned but a short time before that his son had fallen Only a few miles away. The fathers voice broke as he spoke of his sons death, yet five minutes later he mount l ed the little platform and spoke to his
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
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New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
LANSING APPEALS FOR
 CONSULAR OFFICERS
Claims Government Officials Suffer Financially When Transferred
 From One Post To Another.

From One Post To Another.
 Washington, Dec. 2S.-That Amer ican diplomatic and consular officers suffer financially when shifted from post to post by promotion or transfer is disclosed in memorandum just submitted to congress by Secretary Lansing. He asks for an increase from $50,O0O to $125,OO0 in the ap- propriation for transportation of these government officers on the ground that the present allowance of five cents a mile to reimburse them for expenses of travelling to and from their posts or upon official business is inadequate.
 Computations by state department officials show that the five cents a mile fails to reimburse, an unnar- ried consular officer by from two mills to ten cents mile and 2 mar ried officer by from six mills to $1.02 a mile, according to the number of members of the officers family and the quantity of household effects transferred to the new post, the aver age loss of each officer being at eighteen cents a mile, of $215.47 for each promotion or transfer.
 Secretary Lansing says that these officers compete with similar officers of other governments which pay the entire expenses.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28

men in firm, ringing tones in which there was no trace of the sorrow he had just expressed.
 The music was without exception devotional rather than patriotic. The room fairly shook at the bearded men, most of them peasants, stood and sang hymn after hymn. After the first song servants brought in huge mugs of Munich beer sent specially from Bavarian breweries. The captain had received literally bales of presents for his men and as far as possible had di- vided them equally. They lay in lit tie piles on the tables past which the soldiers filed. Accidentally or through design each reservist had to pass his captain and for each the commanding officer had some special greeting. Hello, Fritz, have you something from your wife?" Merry Christmas. Johann. Is that boy of yours getting better?" were examples of his saluta tions.,
 Cannon Booming.
 Cannon were booming necessarily meanwhile and the glare of exploding shells were constantly visible.
 When a shell exploded especially near or with an unusually loud report the whole room broke into laughter. As midnight approached the scene be- came gayer Except for the uniforms one could not have guessed the cele- brants were soldiers who had been separated from their families for months and who had lost friends or relatives upon the field of battle. Ap- proximately every five minutes the orchestra started hymn in which every one jonied.
 Assure Captain of Loyalty.
 An element of earnestness was in jected into the celebration when the captain rose to speak. Not as an of- hcer to privates but as man to man he thanked his soldiers for what they had done. He referred to the pre- vious Christmas and then to the hope full expectation that peace would come soon, calling upon them to continue to render the same service to the fatherland as they had been giving His final words had just been spoken when tremendous French artillery salvo sounded with a boom that drowned every other sound. It was followed by another salvo of pledges from the soldiers to stick it out until the last and assuring their captain
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
CAPELLE NOT TO BE
 CALLED AS WITNESS
To Tell of Fund of $125,OO Alleged to Have Been Given to German
 Agents in San Francisco.

San Francisco, Dec. 2S.--Rober. Capelle. general agent here for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co who was served with a subpoena last Friday after a search for him of sev- eral weeks, will not be called as a witness before the federal grand jury here. John w. Preston, United States district attorney, announced yester- day.
 It had been reported that Capellc would be called to testify today con- corning the disposal of a fund of $125, 1000 which Gustave B. Kulen- kampff is said to have admitted was turned over to the North German Lloyd Company in New York and sent to San Francisco to further, alleged activities of German agents here. He was expected, it was said, to throw light on the loading of the. steamer Sacramento. whose cargo reached German war vessels in the south Pacific. .1
 In announcing that he would not call Capelle, Preston said: All the information I wanted to obtain from Capelle got from other sources"
 Preston refused to discuss the uues" tion of whether the government had any further interest in Capelle who is still under subpoena.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
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New Britain herald., 1915-12-28

of their loyalty to the last drop of their blood. ..
 The only civilian guests were Americans who would not have been surprised at an unfriendly greeting but the Bavarian reservists proved de- lightful hosts and the humblest sol dier of the company chose to forget he had a grudge against America.
 Wherever possible German soldiers attended church on Christmas day. In Lille there was a special mass at the Cathedral at which German priests of ficiated in the presence of hundreds of soldiers who made the scene unusually impressive.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
U. s. STEAMER CONDEMN
Owners of Solveig to Appeal
 of French Prize Court.

Washington, Dec. 2s.-The std Solveig, owned by the American atlantic company, has been demned by the French prize The owners will appeal.
 The Solveig was seized while French port. She was flyir Norwegian flag. Her American pers reached her commander q days later. Suspected German o' ship was given as the cause fo taining the vessel.