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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
A:WARNING TO MANY
Some. Interesting Facts About
Kidney Troubles. -

Few people realize to what extent
reretr neafrh depehds Upon the condl-
ton Of the kidneys. ri: -: !. :,
The physician in nearly all cases Of
serious illness, makes g chemical
analysis of the patients urine He
knows that unless the kidneys are do
Ing their work properly, the. other
organs cannot readily be brought back
to health and strength
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way. serious results are
sure to follow. According to health
statistics. Bright's disease which is
really an advanced form Of Kidney
trouble, caused nearly ten thousand
deaths in 1913. in the state OF New
York alone Therefore, It behooves US
TO pay more attention to the health OF
these most important organs.
An. ideal herbal compound that, has
had remarkable success az a.. kidney
remedy Is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root.
the great Kidney. Liver and Bladder
Remedy.
The mild and healing influence Of
this preparation. In most cases. fs soon
realized, according to sworn statements
and verified testimony Of those who
have used the remedy. -. ?. e..
II you feel that your Kidneys rsquire
attention, and wish sample bottle,
write to DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham
ton, N. Y. Mention this paper. enclose
ten cents and they will gladly forward
II to you by Parcel Post -. &C..
Swamp Root Is sold by every drug
gist In bottles Of two sizesT6oc,. and
S1.00.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Pageland Items from Pageland Journal

Mr.. J. W. Raynor; and family left
Monday for their home at Belport, l.,
l., to spend the summer. They spend
each winter at their home; just outside
the limits Of Pageland. .They have
made many friends in and near town
vino regret to see them SO. 81 Il 49,
Miss Cecil Moore; small daughter Of
Dr.. and Mrs. B. G. Moore, was carried
to the Presbyterian hospital at Char
lotte Sunday. and ,sher underwent ali
operation for appendicitis Monday,1hern-
ing. She stood the operation well and
is doing: nicely. ...,. 80. -. =
MEaJ. NJ. Arant, who was seriously
wounded at -Pageland on March"12th,
came home Saturday from the Char
lott hospital where he underwent an
operation. He is reported as doing
nicely and unless complications arise
yet he will soon be well. -.
Mr.. c. B. B. Webb, national vice
councillor of the, Junior Order will give
public address in the school, audit.
crum here Saturday night, April 10
at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to
attend. All members Of the local -coun-
Gil are asked to meet at the hall at 1880.
Policeman Funderburk killed mad
dog ulider< Mr.. B. c. Ogburn's residence
in the southern part Of town Monday
fafternoon. The dog had a fit near
the back steps and there SEEMED to be
no doubt that it had rabies. TWAS a
shepherd dog and, so far as we have
learned no damage was done by the
dog. ., p
The boys Of Chesterfield county who
are in school at the. University at
Columbia have reorganized their
county club, with C. Wannamaker as
president; Robert Turner, vice presi-
dent; Lonnie knight treasurer; A. r.
Poston, secretary. ., They. are to. study
the schools. and roads, problems Of
Chesterfield county; ::
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
HOW PAINT

The first cost Of good job Of paint
Devoe-is $50. (average size, Of cOurse)
The first cost of second or third or
fourth rate job. $50 to 500.
The wear is likewise The better you
paint, of course, the longer it wears.
And the more YOU pay for your job, the
shorter it wearS
Devoe 81 one of dozen good paints.
There are hundreds Of bad ones. As
likely aS not. DevOe is the only good
one in this town.
DEvOE
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

Job printing done promptly at the
Chronicle office. .: So,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF
, SUBSCRIPTION. r.

Under authority given the under
signed in a commission issued by the
Secretary of State, the books OF sub
scription to. the capital stock. of the
Planters Trust Company will be open:
ed in the office of B. H. Burroughs
in, Cheraw, S. c., at ten o'clock a. m.
Friday, April 2, 1915.
B. H. BURROUGHS, =.
G. w. DUVALL, e.. E.
C..K. WADDILL,
P. A. MURRAY, Jr,
Corporators.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

Prof l.. J. Stillwell and Misses Flea,
nor Godfrey and Laurie Harrall at
tended the State teachers Association in
Florence last Friday.
MIR. T.. S. Graham, of Greensboro, n
c., spent. several days this week with
his family here.
Mr., and Mrs. Fred Ford, of Florence
are visiting their mother, Mrs. H. ].
Goodwin.
The Sunbeam Society Of st. David's
will give their annual Easter egg
hunt on Monday next at 5,oclock. in
the grove adjoining the residence of
Mrs. Jas. H. :Powe. Admission 10c.
Mr.. Benno DeElba is back from a
business trip to New York.
The Baptist boys defeated the
Methodist boys in game of ball yester-
lay afternoon. .,
Sss
Mrs. R. H. Nelson, of Pageland, S.
c., spent Friday last in the city, the
guest of Miss Nora Stubs.
Mr.. Mack Barbie, of Florence. S. c.,
spent Friday last in the city, the guest
of his mother, Mrs. Ellen Barbie.
Mr.. Byrd, of Kingstree, s. c., is the
guest Of his sister, Mrs. r C. Hougk.
Mr.. J. ~ Stricklin AMI family spert
Saturday and Sunday last in Wades-
horo. n. c., visiting r.latlves. ...
Mr.. VIM. Stevenson. of Benefits
vile, spent Monday in the city.
Mrs, NJ. W Wright has moved to
the Jackson cottage on Market street.
skA
Messrs. Robert Stricklin ano Dan
Mcintosh spent Sunday in Wadesboro.
The ,Cheraw high school boys were
defeated in two games Of ball the past
week. The first game was played with
the Dillon high school boys and the
latter with the Hamlet high school
games were played In Che
raw. The Cheraw boys are practicing
hard and say they will do better here:
after.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
ROSTER OF CASES TO BE TRIED
APRIL TERM COURT OF COM.
MON PLEAS, 1915.

DOCKET 60. 2.
Monday and Tuesday will be de-
voted to the hearing of equity cases
Following are the cases: =
1. Horn VS.. Lowry.
2. Hogg VS.. Quick. :. -
8. Funderburk vs.. G. & L. R. R. Co.
6. Gillespie VS.. Pegues .
Z. Sutton VS.. woodward. =
s. Sowell vs.. Threat.
g. Town of Cheraw VS.. White.
10. Jackson vs.. Real Estate Co.
II. Southeastern Life ms. Co. VS..
Odom. .. -.
IL. Hardy VS.. Hartman.
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Local ana Personal Hews.

Look out for April showers.
as
The ground hog -sure must have
seen his "shadder" again.
There are, from reports, abou1 200
cases of grippe ip Cheraw.. -.
The single man out of Job is to be
pittied, as he has no wife to support
him. =.
Miss Nell Coward is home from the
Columbia College for the Easter holi-
days:
Miss Ruth Laney. who is attending
Columbia College, is home for the Eas-
ter holidays. ,:....y.
..s
Miss Susie X. Smith is sending the
Easter holidays with her sister in
Virginia.
Miss Elise Wannamaker, who is at
tending Converse College, is home for
the Easter holidays.
s.s
The. girls basket ball team Of the
Cheraw. high school, will play the
girls of the Timmonsville high school
in Timmonsville. S. c., next Monday.
- Miss Ethel Grss, who has been EN-:
ployed by the Cheraw Insurance &
Trust Co. as stenographer for the past
year or so, left Sunday night TO ;oi1
her parents in Washington, D. ;.
= Miss Mollie Smith, of Wadesborc,
N. c., spent Sunday in the city. I
MIR. and Mrs. Powell and little
daughter, of Portsmouth, Va, are
spending sometime in the city. Mr..
Powell is engaged in government
work in Cheraw.
Mrs. McIver, of Darlington, S. g., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank B. Pc
CUES.
-
Mrs. Traywick Long left this week
for DR.. McLeod's hospital in Florence.
"Why don't you pay your debts?
You've got the money" "But | would
MT have It If paid my bts."-Bos-
ton Transcript. That must be the
reason so many Cheraw people refuse
to pay their debts.
DR.. Van Gregory, of Greensboro, n.
c., spent the week end with his ap-
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Gregory. !
%
DR.. T. E. Wannamaker, Sr., and Rev.
]. S. Hartzell went over to Bennetts-
vile Friday night to attend a Masonic
celebration.
Misses Ruth Harrington and Eliza
beth Osteen returned to Sumter on
Sunday.
The following, taken from Mondays
State, will be read with interest by
Cheraw people: "On Friday evening
Miss Sue Deschamps gave her gradu-
ating recital in the presence of large
and appreciative audience. She
was assisted by Miss Nell Coward.
graduate in voice, whose rich, full
contralto added greatly to the delight
full musical programme.
Ss&
A game of Aall played Monday
afternoon 10y the Sunday school ciasSe>
Of Messrs. l.. A. Neiklejohn and j. W.
Malloy resulted in q victory for ,I.e
classes of MessrS. Y. 4. Meiklejoln and
vii. be played next Monday afternoon
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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

FOR SALE-I have hrga Grant
square Piano for sale CHEAP. Parties
can see and try it at Mr.. A. II. Pages.
y =. GueSS.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Mass Meeting 4 ('alled

The Town Council has called "a meeting
of the Citizens of Cheraw to be held in the
Town Hall, Monday night April 5th, at 8
o'clock to discuss the advisability of tearing
down the Town hall. They having decsded
that same is unsaitory, unsightly and prob
ababely unsafe.
D. L: TILLMAN
.....:.. Clerk F."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

Court Of Common Pleas for the trial
of civil cases will convene, at Chester
field on Monday, April. 18th.
= I. P, .Mangum,
Clerk Of Court.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
WANTED OLD RAGS.

Will buy clean cotton rags-white ?
or colOrs.- quantity For further
particulars apply at The Chronicle
office
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Court of Common Pleas for the trial
of civil cases will convene at Chester.
field or. Monday, April 18th, and will
hold for two weeks.
BY resolution of the Bar, the first
two days of the first week will be de-
voted entirely to equity cases, there
fore there will be no need for jurors to
attend on these two days, (Monda and
Tuesday, - '!'
Following are the jurors drawn to
serve.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01


8. Sowell VS.. Threat.
3. Town of Cheraw VS.. White.
10. Jackson vs.. Real Estate Co.
II. Southeastern Life ms. Co. VS..
Odom. .. -.
IL. Hardy VS.. Hartman.
DOCKET NO. 1.
Wednesday, April 14th.
1. Hurst. Streater Co. vs.. Pate.
2. Hurst Streater Co. vs. Merri-
man.
:. Hurst Streater Co. vs.. Cole.
a. Teal Real Estate Co. VS.. R. D.
Teal. .,... ....'.
5. Scott vs.. Poison.
6. Hunt VS.. Teal.
Thursday, Aril 18th.
Z. First National; Bank vs.. Smith
and Smith,
8. Hancock VS.. Jordan.
9, Lowry VS.. Western Union Tel
egraph Co..
10. Estridge vs.. Rogers.
IL. H. j. Sellers & Co. VS.. w. w.
Poison.
Friday, April 10th.
IL. GLADDEN. VS.. Chapman. -,
13. Moore & Grant VS.. W.. L. Mckay.
IA. Thompson vs. Threat.
10. Hasty G. Gurley vs.. Graves.
16. Griggs Bros. VS.. Graves.
Saturday, AprN 18th.
IT,. Sellers VS.. Sellers.
IS. Hurst Streater Co. VS.. Hurs~ =,
Monday, April 10Th.
10. Cuttner VS.. Meiklejohn.
20. Ruby Mercantile Co. VS.. Grl-
lcdgt. e" -.
~. ERA; VS.. King.
%. Elohley VS.. .Seaboard Air Inc
R. II. Co.
tuesday, April. :20th.
23. LLdder e. Bates vs. lowers.
2I. Di;tshdrg Steel Co. vs. G.. M. .&
6. r. Il c.. and Threat Bros.
q. Carolina; Supply Co, vs. Will
liams ,y
2G. Threatt vs.. lowers. Z.
nion STOCK Yards vs.. Union
Distributing Co., ct. al. :
%. Charleston Drug Co. VS.. Union
Drug Co.
:, Wednesday, April 21st.
2s. Rose Bros. VS.. Graves. ;: -
80. H. ]. Sellers & Co. VS.. Mclean:
81. Griffeth vs.. Gulledge.
80. Lynchburg Shoe Co. VS.. Graves.
33. Kelly VS.: Watson.
"a. Rayhe!d VS.. seaboard Air Line
R. r.. Co.
Thursday, April 22nd.
80. Jones VS.. Braswell.
Sc. Ruby Mercantile Co. vs. Moore.
81. Ruby Mercantile Co. vs.. Tucker.
.3S. Stricklin vs.. Scott, ct. al.
80. McGregor VS.. Douglass.
400 Davis VS.. c. & L. R. R. Co.
Friday, April 23rd.
Al. Sellers VS.. Moore.
AZ. Armistead Rogers Co. VS.. Che
raw Wholesale Grocery Co. ..
43. Denzer-Goodheart Co.. vs..
Graves. .... -.
A. Brown VS.. Langley.
45. Puffer VS.. Laney.
46. Gregory vs.. Powe. .
Saturday, April oath.
AZ. Hurst Streater Co. VS.. Teal.
As. Henderson-Snyder Co. VS.. Uni
on Distributing Co. o..
40. Wallace VS.. Bank Of Ruby &
Mt. Croghan.
so. Geer Drug Co. VS.. Laney.
81. Pegues VS.. Wilhelm.
80. Moore VS.. Hinson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
HOUSTON IS HOPEFUL
OF FARMERS FUTURE
More Helpful Agencies Than Ever
Before Are Operating To-Day
in Rural Life.
NO FEAR OF COMPETITION
American Farmer Inevitably VIII
Control Home MISUNDERSTANDING
Advocates Early Enactment OF
Rural Credits Legislation.

TOPEKA. KAS.. January 14.-Secre-
tary Houston took an optimistic view
Of the future OF American agriculture
In an address hero to-day. in which he
urged early enactment Of rural credits
legislation
More helpful agencies arc operating
In rural life to-day" he declared. than
ever before. The American farmer
need not fear the competition of tho
world. He will inevitably control tho
cannot be produced here, and will be
called upon increasingly to supply the
demands OF foreign nations"
Declaring that he strongly favored
both Federal and State rural credits
legislation. Secretary Houston said:
81 favor Federal land mortgage
banking system for long time loans on
tho amortization principle operating
through private funds. and ! favor leg
islation, especially by the States, and
II possible. also by the Federal govern
mcnt. stimulating and encouraging
personal cooperative credit unions.
i do not favor Intervention by tho
Federal government or the State to the
extent OF voting money out Of the
Treasury or OF using tho credit Of
state or Federal government to sup
port either system. which would mean,
In effect. to take money contributed by
all people to lend to n particular class
OF people"
Pointing out that there had been too
much misconception of the meaning OF
rural credits and OF results abroad
Secretary Houston said many Inisin-
formed persons believed IT was to give
the farmers Federal money at lower
rates than economic conditions could
possibly justify and even without So
curity. He characterized as fallncious
the notion In tho minds OF many that
rural credits Is synonymous with gov
ernmental financial aid
Secretary Houston said that, notwith
standing the wide prevalence of special
rural financial establishments abroad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
IN MEMORIAM

ALLES.--In loving memory of my de-
voted and beloved husband. JESSUP
LlGHTFOOT ALLEN. who died jan
uary Is, 1912.
AlLEN.-Whereas. IL has pleased AL
mighty God TO remove from our midst
our beloved associate, WILLIAM BOYD
ALLEN, for the past seven years man
ascr OF the Prudential Insurance Com
pany for tho State OF Virginia; there
fore, be IL
Resolved. That we extend TO his wife
and daughter our tender sympathy in
the great loss they have sustained by
the death OF one who always had their
happiness and welfare Mt heart
That we Will hold In affectionate re-
m embrance his genial character and
kindly disposition.
That these resolutions be spread on
the minutes of the Richmond, Vir-
gin!a. Association of Life underwrit-
ers and n copy be sent TO his family
and TO local paper.
THE RICHMOND. VIRGINIA ASSO-
GIATI0N OF LIFE UNDER
4. r. WILMER,
". b. FREEMAN,
ID. r. MIDYETTE.
Committees
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
Russian

PETROGRAD. January 1.-THE
Following official statement was is.
sued from general headquarters to-
night:
Yesterday we made progress on
the right bank of the lower Vistula.
our troops changing positions I'm a
manner favorable TO them. The CIV
airy Of the enemy operating in this
region was repulsed, leaving Err
petty the possession of our van
guard.
"on our other fronts nothing has
occurred other than skirmishes and
artillery duels. Our accommodating
parties have been active.
ON the left bank Of the Vistula
Isolated German attacks were easily
repealed by our fire
"On various portions of our Aus
TRAN front the enemy tried to can
nonade our position with heavy
guns. but the efficient fire of our
batteries soon silenccd the Austrian
artillery"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
BRYAN SENDS VIGOROUS
PROTEST TO CARRANzA
Mexican First Chief Has Threatened
to Close Oil Fields If Assess
ments Are Not Paid.
MANY COMPLAINTS ARE MADE
Owners OF Wells Appeal to Their En-
bassies for Aid-Doubt as to
Whether Gutierrez Has Been Con-
tfnued as President of Mexico.

WASHINGTON. January 14.-Secre-
tary Bryan has sent vigorous protest
direct to the Carranza authorities at
Tamptco against their threat to close
the great oil wells in that vicinity be-
to pay heavy assessment levied by
the McNicans The matter also has
been brought to the attention of Cen
eral Carranza himself.
Most Of the oil plants are owned by
American and British capital There
have been several complaints against
DEGREES Of the Carranza officials reports
coming directly from State Department
representatives as we'll as through the
interested foreign embassies. Latest
advices indicated that the Mexicans
were preparing summarily to shut down
all of the plants unless the money de-
manded was forthcoming
Doubt IS to whether General Cutter
req had heen continued by the conven-
ton at Mexico City as Provisional
President. existed to-day at the State
Department. telegram from Mexico
City announced that the chairman of
the convention late Tuesday night gave
out n notice that the convention had
concluded and would continue President
Gutierrez In office" but for some un-
known reason the notice was recalled.
General Palafox, member OF the
Gutierrez Cabinet. denied in a state
ment received at the State Department
from Mexico City that he had any In
tentions In n previous public statement
of charging American Consul Silliman
and Leon J. Canova. a State Department
agent, with having received any amount
Of money to take General 1turbide out
of the country.
The Carranza agency here issued this
| statement:
General Carranza, from Vera Cruz,
force, and says officers OF the gunboat
Guerrero. reported deserving to Cutler
rez forces. are still loyal. General
Pablo Gonzales took Wales, on the out
skirts OF San Luis Potosi."
The Carranza agency here tonight
made public this telegram from Laredo:
General Luts Gutierrez wired Nuevo
Laredo to-day that the Villistas are
evacuating Saltillo and retreating to-
| wards San Luis Potosi. He reports that
| the Fillista force was under command
OF General Angeles and numbered only
5000 men,
Another report given out said Cen
eral Maclovio Herrera had shot and
killed General Saldivar. OF Villas army,
when the latter with n party of dis
| guised soldiers entered tho Carranza
lines in a fog and tried to assassinate
General Herrera.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
DEATHS
4 TRIBUTE.
Nrs. Thomn, =. Martin

Mrs. Thomns $. Martin.
GARY & LGcT mbba AYy M TaprFhSy pa Iss
peacefully away. after an illness ex-
tending over many years She was the
Virginia Jordan Day. of Smithfleld, Va
Her childhood was passed in this lovely
Underwater town, the home OF her an
Gated at home during her early years.
she completed her course in the school
OF Mr.. John Powell During the years
friends whose devotion and loyalty en-
dured throuEhou, her life. Possessed
sonaiity. endowed with fine Intellect
and literary taste. she also had a fund
of humor which ATTRACTED ali who met
in Richmond with her devoted and
weIl.loved friends, where she was
keenly interes,ed in "f political Ts a affsifs
especially those Of her own state. and
many MANY. OF the men then prominent in
friends On October. 10. 1894. she was
, married to Unite, United States senator
twenty years Of their married. dh iife th .he
devotion to each other was complete
and unwavering. For the past. eight
part of the time in so desperate a con-
hftion that none but her family could
ever be with her. Cut on from ali
incurable disease. often racked by In
tense pain, she nevertheless kept up
hone alive IN fnee of All fip.ot Kept
ments. Hcr deep religious faith and
her devotion to the church were great
endure with so little complaining the
many years OF suffering. Two children
Lucy Day and Thomas S; Martin. Jr.
survive her, besides her devoted hus-
hand. her mother and father and one
sister-Mrs. Henry G. Ralston.
Rev Beverly fucker, in the beaStif GX
home Just outside OF Charlottesville;
the interment In the cemetery at the
University of Virginia.
How bright these glorious spirits
Whence all their white array?
OF everlasting day?
10, these, are they from suferings
Who came to realms Of light:
And In the blood Of Christ have washed
Those robes which shine SO bright"
January Il. 1915.
EA NuG2sTas hS 3enHsry Il, at A NJ,
seven Pines: FRIDAY, January Is. :
ground. near Fort Lee.
BR1sTow.-Died. this morning at 4
nue.; CHARLES cHAMBERs. infant son
OF Mr. ana Mrs. d. Chambers BriStow.
Funeral from the house at p. M.
to-day.
HANKINS.--Died. at Indianola, Miss,
Tuesday, January IL, 1915, CHARLES
VI. HAWKINS, Mt the age Of sixty years.
Burial at Berry. Ala. He is sur
vived ny his wife and son--C. M. Han
lins. Of Birmingham, Ala: and daugh-
He was n brother of Mrs. B. M. Fon-
taine.. of Clifton Forge, Va, and M. o.
Hankins and Louie Hankins, of Rich
LEVY.--Died, Mt the residence of her
morning. January IA, MRS VIRGINIA.
LEVY. relict OF tho late Captain r. J.
Levy. yst-s
Funeral from the lato residence at
IL NJ. FRIDAY, January 10.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
Turkish

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, Janu-
airy Ia (via London).-There has
been received here an official com
munication given out at CONSTANT
nople by the Turkish authorities as
follows:
Assisted by Persian troops our
army is steadily advancing in Aver
balkan Province. Persia, In order to
deliver the country from the Rus
sian yoke.
We have had further notable
successes. occupying advanced posi-
lions Of the Russians in the vicinity
Of Tabriz.
"a number Of tribesmen OF the
British army Of occupation In Egypt
have surrendered to our vanguard"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
German

BERLIN, January IA (wireless to
Sayville. l.. I).-The German head
quarters staff to-day announced:
The total results OF the fights
on January IL and IS northeast of
Soissons were $3.50 prisoners. eight
heaVy guns, one revolver gun, six
machine guns and much war ma
terial."
Emperor William was present in
person during the spirited battle on
the Nregny Plain. northeast Of
scissors. which resulted yesterday
in that elevated ground being
cleared of the French, and which.
as described In the German official
statement to-day, was brilliant
feat for our troops"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
MERCHANT SHIPBUII.DISG
SUFFERS HEAVY DECLINE

WASHISGTON. January l4-Amerl-
can merchant shipbuilding declined 80
per cent in point OF tonnage I'm 1914
and almost % per cent In the number
OF vessels. During the year Lisa yes
sells were built, the Department of
Commerce announced to-day, compared
with 1901 In 1913. The 1914 tonnage
was 26S.630 against 3s2,569 tons in
1913
Vessels built on the Atlantic and Gulf
numbered 573. OF which 5l4 were
wooden; on the Pacific. $50. of which
PA were wooden: on the Great Lakes.
1861 OF which 1870 were wooden and