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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-08
Retreat of Russians to New
Position Marks End of
One of BlOOdiest Battles
of Entire War
ENGLISH BELIEVE
SLAV WITHDRAWAL
WAS VOLUNTARY
Won Buelow, Sweeping
Around Flank of Retreat
49, in South, Makes
Huri ~ rOgress

fHHN0 T.-uO D. mD--Tha
Nef .eport tonight claims
ts=# Ias = resistance has been
hfasss hsr omxn and the mouth
oi iae Hse Thus. whether tho
IN defeated or have
| HaH NI 'ari1y 10 new po-
| faen- nnH Interest battles that
~ lncc the commence
nf aHa rs ended.
a nf eeks the Germans.
IL s5 me nand of Field Mar.
s Fl :. have been trying
10 HI7 which usually is
re OF the Narew. and
to an armies in their
re ~ ". That not until
tn vacuation of War
sa H lH m way leads Brit
isl lie that the Rus
sia aH oluntary and that
CIR iA# alza4 ), commander In
chi o i,as forces. certain OF
the sf aif rsaw army. has
aba go If atl on the Narew.
Holding ia Bank
III Hv g f.a rla &c in the other
sect elre ai8a aliel nan
siam M haiai he
OF Il aia aefut yP #r
urb HH ar. leas
ing ace
river, lth
Genra tc1
Ferdi -...s .nauc much
ing stll1 little more than &c sfth
Of tho. Lublin-Chelm rail
they crossed week ago t
the Russians are Offering hvnp p.,.,... ....,-
which has delayed General Won linden
burg In the north has kept the roads
clear for the escape Of the Russians
from the inner encircling operation.
In courland and Kovno, General Won
Buelow, with $4,000 men, is carrying
cut sweeping flank movements much on
the same lines as those with which
General Won Kluck opened the cam
palgn in the west though In different
circumstances and in much more dlf-
ferent country. General Won Buelows
left wing. which Joins with the separate
army operating south of Riga has made
a further advance toward Dvinsk, the
Russians retreating across the Jara
river. while his right is approaching
Kovno which, according to report. the
Russians already are evacuatng.
Slow Progress Likely
Hereafter General Won Buelow's
progress is likely to be slower. Between
the lara and the Dvinsl< there are
great swamps. while between Kovno
and wilma. his second objective, lies the
Niemen river to the south and the
Sventha and many other streams to the
north and east, all of which lend them
selves to defense.
The besieged fortress of Novoger.
gievsk, at the junction of the Vistula
and Narew rivers, the most westerly
place retained by the Russians. still;
holds out, although the Germans claim
to have captured one fort.
There has been lively lighting In the
west but nothing of outstanding impor
tance has been reported.
According to an unofficial report the
Italians have rendered themselves mas
ters of the summit of Monte San
dominating Gorizia, the fall
of which city Is expected. This would
open the road to Trieste.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-08
Military Leader Recedes
From Previous Position
and Adopts Newport of
the United States
BELIEVED VILLA
WILL AGREE UPON
MEETING AT ONCE
Carranza's Changed View
Puts Mexican Situation in
Most Encouraging Light.
Think u. S. Officials

| Washington. August Two dcvei-
| opments of first Importance today
| brought the Mexican situation into a
position regarded by American officials
ms more encouraging than for many
months.
General Carranza, in a brief filed In
his behalf with Secretary Lansing. vlr-
| tually asking recognition. receded from
peace conference and proposed such a
meeting. General Villa Immediately was
notified by his Washington agents and
an early response is expected.
The attitude OF the United States. out
lined officially for the first time since
the Pan-American conference was called
made clear that it considers the purpose
of the Mexican revolution were accom-
plished when Huerta was deposed; that
all the fighting since has been only over
factional differences; that neither Car
rama nor villa control Mexico to an ex-
tent which entitle either to recognition.
although it is admitted that both must
be taken into consideration, and that the
first problem to be solved is to find a
man for provisional president who rep
resents the cause of the original revo-
luton against Huerta, but who is not
necessarily identified with any warlng
faction.
Proceedings TO Continue
While steps are proceeding to bring
about negotiations between Carranza and
Villa efforts to shape the situation to
conform with the views OF the United
States as outlined today will be continued
so they may again be discussed at the
next session of the n-American con-
ference In New York, probably during
the coming week.
An exhaustive report on the conference
has been forwarded to the President 1t
contains a tentative draft of the address
to be forwarded to the Mexican leaders
which also has been sent to Latin-Amer-
lean governments, represented In the
meeting.
General Villa. it is believed, will be
quick to seize the opportunity given by
Carranza's change of attitude to bring
about a conference of the factions
In this connection it is expected that
General Scott, chief of staff of the
army, enroute to the Mexican border,
may be OF service. He is to talk with
General Villa, and may persuade him OF
the necessity for giving to Carranza that
measures of consideration In an adjust
ment of Mexican affairs which his mill
tary achievements warrant.
Active consideration of the Mexican
problem has been reflected by increased
activity In the war department. Plans
long ago made for military occupation
of Mexico have been readjusted re-
Gently. General Scott's trip to the border
has relation to the army plans, al
though its main purpose is understood to
be the conference with Villa.
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ing stlli little more than 2C
Of tho, Luhlin-Chelm rail
they crossed a week ago. t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-08

nand of Field Mar
3. have been trying
which usually Is
OF the Narrow. and
an armies in their
". That not until
vacuation of War
IN way leads Brit
lie that the Hts
oluntary and that
;. commander In
forces. certain OF
rsaw army. has
e on the Narew.
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Ninth Of Series of Little Known Stories by the Famous
Author, Appearing Each Sunday in THE Sum-"
Which Represent His Earlier Style

reproof. The eminent novelist was q
socialistic. neo-plastic. unionistic. DEM
agoglot Radical OF the Extreme Left.
and that Is the latest novelty Of tho
thing yet invented. He withdrew his
head to answer Capt. Kydd's argu-
ments. which were forcible. We'll.
you'll admit he's al sorts OF a mad
man." said Capt. kydd sweetly.
Hes a saint" said the eminent
novelist. and he moves in an atmos-
phere that you and those like you
cannot breathe"
Yes, I always said it was a pretty
thick fog. Now / know it's as thick
as this one. ] say, were on the pave
ment again: We shall be in a shop
in a minute" said Capt. Kydd.
But wanted to see the eminent
novelist fight. so l reintroduced Mr..
Gladstone while the cab crawled up
a wall.
ITS not exactly a wholesome at
mosphere." said Capt. Kydd when the
novelist had finished speaking. THAT
reminds me of story-perfectly true
Off his chump-"
"Yah-h-h!" said the eminent novel;
list wrapping himself in his Inverness.
went off his nut, he used to
consort a good deal with his friends
on his own side-visit em, y know,
and deliver addresses out Of their own
bedroom windows, and steal their
postcards. and generally be friendly.
Well. one man he stayed with had a
house. a country house, y know. and
in the garden there was a path which
was supposed to divide Kent and
Surrey or some counties. They led
the old man forth for his walk, y
know, and followed him in gangs to
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A DEATH in THE CAMP

children. and the shadow of death
hung over their heads, for father and
mother were talking of Mr.. Strange
ways's "end"
When / went away from that house
I thought Of men and women without
week wherein to arrange their af-
fairs, and without any money, who
were anything but unconscious at the
last. and who would have given a
thousand years in purgatory for one
glimpse at their mothers, their wives
or their husbands. reflected how
these people died tended by hirelings
and strangers and I was not in the
least ashamed to say that I laughed
over Mr.. Strangeways's death as l
entered the house Of a brother in his
craft.
Heard Of Strangeways's death?"
said he. Most hideous thing. Why,
he had only a few days before got
news of his designs being accepted by
the Burgoyne Cathedral. If he had
lived he would have been working out
the details now-with me-" And I
saw that this mans fear also was not
on account of Mr.. Strangeways. And
I thought of men and women who had
died in the midst of wrecked work:
then I sought company of young
men and heard them talk of the dead.
That's the second death among peo-
pie I know within the year." said one.
Yes. the second DEATH" said another.
I smiled a very large smile.
And you know" said a third. who
was the oldest of the party, they've
opened the new road by the head of
Tresillion road and the wind blows
straight across that level square from
the parks. Everything is changing
about u.s."
"He was an old man" I said,
Wees. More than middle aged"
said they.
And he outlived his reputation"
ooh, no. or how would he have
taken the designs for the Burgoyne
Cathedral? Why, the very day he
died"
Yes" said I. HE died al the end
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1.-TWO awful catastrophes have &C.
CURED. One Englishman in
Landau Ia daad md hara

W. AWFUL catastrOphes have &C.
CURED. One Englishman in
L London is dead and I have
scandalized about twenty Of
his nearest and dearest friends.
He was man nearly 20 years old.
engaged in the business Of an archi-
tect and immensely respected. That
was all / knew about him till I began
to circulate among his friends in these
parts, trying to cheer them up and
make them forget the fog.
Hush" said a man and his wife.
Don't you know he died yesterday OF
a sudden attack of pneumonia? Isn't
1t shocking?"
Yes" said l vaguely "Awfly
shocking. Has he left his wife pro-
vded for?"
"Oh. he's very we'll of indeed and
his wife Is quite old. But just think
1t was only in the next street 1t hap
pened." Then l saw that their grief
was not for Strangeways. deceased,
but for themselves.
How old was he?" I said.
NEARLY 20. or maybe little over"
About time for a man to nationally
expect such a thing as DEATH"
'houSut' anu Weut away 10 dnOtneT
house, where young married couple
lived
isn't 1t perfectly CHASTITY" said
the wife. 'Mr. Strangeways died last
night"
80 I heard" said I. well, he had
lived his life."
Yes. but 1t was such "a shockingly
short illness. Why, only three weeks
ago he was walking about the street."
And she looked nervously at her hus-
band. as though she expected him to
give UP the ghost at any minute.
Then l gathered. with the knowl-
edge of the length of his sickness, that
her grief was not for the late Mr..
Strangeways. and went away thinking
over men and women I had known
who would have given a thousand
years in purgatory for even a week
wherein to arrange their affairs, and
who were anything but we'll of.
passed on to a third house full Of
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A REALLY GOOD TIME

had his autobiography by me in
manuscript and would post it to his
address, V. Il. F.. two guineas and one
half. He evidently knew nothing
about the V. u. r., and the corre-
spondence stopped. II is really very
hard for an Anglo-Indian to get along
in London. Besides, my autobiography
is not a thing l should care to make
public before extensive Bowdlerization.
These things, how yer, only led up
to much worse. | dare not grin over
them unless | step aside Eastward. I
wrote stories, all about little pieces of
India, carefully arranged and eX-
purgated for the English public. Then
various people began to write about
them One gentleman pointed out that
! had taken 1.-The well worn themes Of
passion. love. despair and fate" and,
thanks to tn singular fascination"
of my style, mad wrought them into
new and glowing fabrics instinct with
the eternal vitality of the East" For
three days after this chit was almost
too proud to speak to the housemaid
with the fan teeth there Is a story
about her that | will tell another
tlme). On the fourth day another
gentleman made clear that that beau
tiful style was "tortuous, elaborated
and inept," and it was only on account
of the "newness of the subjects handled
so crabbedly" that ! ARRESTED the at
tention OF the public for a day" Then
I wept before the houscmaid and she
called me a "real gentleman" because
I gave her shilling.
Then l tried an all round cannon
published one thing under one name
and another under another. and sat
still to watch. A gentleman. who also
speaks with authority on literature
and art, came to me and said: ~ don't
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Of completed work. his design fin
ished, his prize awarded?"
Yes: but he didn't live to"
And his illness lasted seventeen
days. of twenty-four hours each?"
YES"
And he was tended by his own
kith and kin, dying with his head on
his wife's breast his hand in his only
sons hand. without any thought of
their possible poverty to vex him. Are
these things sou
"Ye-es." said they. Wasn't 1t
shocking?"
"Shocking?" I said. Get out OF
this place. Go forth. run about and
see what death really means. You
have described such dying as god
might envy and king might pay
half his ransom to make certain OF.
Wait till YOU have seen menLstrong
men of 35. with little children. die at
two days notice. penniless and alone,
and seen it not once but twenty times:
wait till you have seen the young
girl die within a fortnight OF the we'd
ding. or the lover within three days
Of his marriage. or the mother
can come to her side; wait till you
hesitate before handling your daily
newspaper for fear of reading Of the
death of some young man that you
have dfned with, drank with. shot
with, lent money to and borrowed
money from, and tested to the utter
most-till you dare not hope for the
death of an old man. but when you
are strongest count up the tale
OF your acquaintance and friends.
wondering how. many will be alive
six months hence. Wait till you have
heard men calling in the death hour
on kin that cannot come; till you have
dined with a man one night and seen
him buried on the next. Then you
can begin to whimper about loneli-
ness and change and desolation."
Here I foamed a the mouth.
And do you mean to say" drawled a
young gentleman. that there is any
society in which that sort Of holocaust
goes on?"
II do" said I. It's not society it's
life And they laughed.
But this is the old tale Of Pharaoh's
chariot wheel and flying fish.
If tell them yarns they say How
true! How true II try to present
the truth they say: What superb
lima gination."
But YOU understand. don't you?
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The Alteration of the Mage

~ HIS is a slim. thin little story.
but 1t serves to explain a great
many things. I picked 1t up
in a four wheeler in the COM
pany Of an eminent novelist. a pink
eyed young gentleman who lived on
his income, and a gentleman who knew
more than he ought and I preserved
it thinking it would serve to inter-
est you. 1t may be an old story, but
the G, W. K. T. H. O., whom. for the
sake Of brevity, we will call Capt.
kydd. declared that his best friend
had heard II himself. Consequently, l
doubted its newness more than ever.
For when a man raises his voice and
VOWS that the incident occurred oppo-
ste his own club window. all the
listening world know that they are
about to hear what is vulgarly called
a cracker. This rule holds good in
London as we'll as in Lahore. When
We left the house Of the highly dis
tinguished politician who had been en-
tertaining US We stepped into a Lon
don particular. which has nothing
whatever to do with the story, but was
interesting from the little fact that we
could not see our hands before our
faces, The black. brutal fog had
turned each gas jet into a pin prick
Of light, visible only at six inches
range. There were no houses, there
were no pavements. There were no
points Of the compass. There were
only the eminent novelist, the young
gentleman with the pink eyes, Capt.
Kydd and myself holding each others
shoulders in the gloom Of Tophet.
Then the eminent novelist delivered
himself Of an epigram:
Let's go home" said he.
Let us try" said Capt. Kydd, and
incontinently fell down an area into
somebody's kitchen yard and disap-
pcared into chaos. When he had
climbed out again we heard some
thing on wheels swearing even worse
than Capt. Kydd was, all among the
ratings of a square. So We shouted,
and presently a four wheeler drove
gracefully onto the pavement.
I'm trying to get ONE said the
cl'by. But IL you gents make 1t
worth while though heaven
knows 'ow we ever shall. Guess 'arf
a crown apiece might and
a.y'ow I won't promise anywheres in
particular"
The cabby kept his word nobly. He
d.1 not find anywheres in particular,
nI' he found several places. First he
a.-covered a pavement curb and drove
Ir"Ssng his wheel against il till we
me to n lamppost, and that we hit
sr."yOusly. Then he came to what
ought to have been a corner, but was
bus and we embraced the thing
'md terrific language. Then he sailed
.,' into nothing at all-blank fog
ana there he commended himself to
HrnNcn and his horse to the other
place" while the eminent novelist put
' mead out of the window and gave
directions. ! begin to understand now
why the eminent novelists villains are
SI .felike and his plots so obscure, He
a'a marvellous breadth of speech,
hal no ingenuity in directing the
course Of events. We drove into the
md II refuge near the Brompton
''4tory just when he was telling the
'ahhy 10 be sure and avoid the Re-
goats Park Canal
Then we began to talk about the
" n'hcr and Mr.. Gladstone. II an
ihf.lshman is unhappy he always
'".Hs about Mr.. Gladstone in terms Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
\ HERE are times when one wants
to get into pajamas and stretch
and loll and explain things
generally. This is one of those
al

and loll and explain things
generally. This is one Of those
times. 1t is impossible to stand at
ease in London, and the inhabitants
are so abominably egotistical that one
cannot shout ~, !, T." for two minutes
without another man joining in with
ME too" Which things are an al
legory.
The amusement began with a gen.
tleman of infinite erudition offering to
publish my autobiography. / was to
write a string of legends-he would
publish them; and would | forward a
check for five guineas ito cover incl
dental expenses? To him I explained
that ] wanted five guinea checks my
self very much indeed. and that, en-
boldened by his ietter. which gave
me a very fair insight into his char
acter. / was even then maturing
his autobiography which I hoped to
publish before long. with illustra-
tons. and would he forward check
for five guineas "to cover inciden-
tai expenses? THIS brought me an
eight page compilation OF contumely
He was grleved to find that he had
been mistaken in my character, which
he had believed was, at least, elevated.
lie begged me to remember that the
first letter had been written In the
strictest confidence and that II !
notated one title OF the said re
pository" he would unkennel the
hloodhounds of the law and hunt me
down. An autobiography on the lines
that I had 80 fiippantly proposed"
was libel without benefit OF author
ship, and I had better lend him two
guineas-I O " enclosed-to salve
his lacerated feelings. replied that
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hear that the weather was fine, and Of
course his host pointed out the path.
/ dare say they had s,rewn rose
leaves on II. or spread II with home
spun trousers. Anyhow. the old man
took in the situation, and put one
leg on one side of the path and the
other on the other, and with one of
those wonderful flashes of humor
that come to him when he chooses TO
frisk among his friends. he said: Now
| am in Kent and in Surrey at the
same time"
Capt. Kydd ceased speaking as the
cab tried to force a way into the
South kensington Museum.
We'll, what's there in that" said
the eminent novelist.
"Oh, nothing much. Let's see how
it goes afterward Mrs. Gladstone,
who was close behind him. turned
round and whispered to the hostess in
an ecstatic shrek: oh, Mrs What
everhernamewas, you will plant tree
there. won't you?"
by Jove." said the young gentle
man with the pink eyes.
II don't believe it," said the eminent
novelist.
said nothing. but it seemed very
likely. Capt. Kydd laughed: We'll.
! don't consider that sort of atmos-
phere exactly wholesome. y know"
And when the cab had landed us in
the drinking fountain in High street.
Kensington, and the horse fell down.
and the cabby collected our half
crowns and gave US his berry blessing.
and l had to grope my way home on
foot. it occurred to me that perhaps
you might be interested in that
anecdote. AS have said. it explains a
great deal more than appears at first
sight.
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ton. and have lived on the proceeds
ever since. do yew know" as the
private secretary said at Simla this
year, its remarkably hard for an
Anglo-Indian to get along in England"
Shakl hal lekin ukl nahin hail
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ABAf ILL., FUNNEL By Rudyard Kipln

and is convinced that my style is her
maphroditic." I have all the money
on the first man. He is on the eve
Of discovering that stole a dead
Tommy's diary just before I was
drummed out of the service for deser-
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-04
Does 1t Pay to Keep Old Hens?

stant at about 90, with variation
of not more than 10 OF 10 eggs per
year.
High Record.
The flocks giving low first year
record gave a comparatively high
record the second year, and those
giving q high first year record gave
a low one in their second year, but
the three-year average Of all flocks
was remarkably constant This led
to the conclusion that an unsolicited
flock OF hens OF given strain has
certain potential laying capacity in
its first three years, and that 1t
makes very little difference how many
eggs are laid in either of the first two
in the other two
The records beyond the third year
indicated that there is very definite
laying capacity for old hens, and that
there will not be much fluctuatiOn
from year to year. The average indi-
vidual production for all flocks was
1874 eggs In the first year, the same
number In the second year, and 112
in the third. The conclusions were
also reached that nearly all the
longer-lived hens In a flock will lay
over 500 eggs, the majority will lay
600 or TOO and individual records
up to 1000 may be expected.
Average for Flock.
An average for the flock Of 127
eggs per year for three years is un-
questionably profitable and indicates
good constitutional vigor. It was
found that in flocks making high
first-year records the second and
third years records were low and
that in those making low first years
records the records Of the second and
third years were high, but the high
layers of the first year continued to
be the highest producers.
The 10 hens making the highest
second years record gave higher
three-year total than the 10 making
the highest first-year record. More
hens made their highest years record
after than during their first year,
and three made their highest record
in their fifth year. Nearly all the
hens in these flocks whose total pro-
duction has been extremely high have
made low or medium first-year rec
ords. From these studies it ap-
pears that the three-year average is
the most reliable index of the value
of q given individual"