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Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Oct. is, 1914.

Germans took ostend and 5lan.
kenberghe on the North sea, and
Thielt, Daume and Essehen.
Allies retook Estaire.
French reeaptured Altkireh and
Muelhausen.
German convoy taken by the
French.
Colonel Brits' force in South Al
rica captured 80 rebel Beers;
General 6otha took the field.
British cruiser Yarmouth sunk
German liner Markomannia.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Oct. 1s, 1914.

Germans moved on ostend and
6ruges.
Lille, Hazebrouck and Vpres oe-
cupied by Germans.
Fierce fighting at Dlxmude, Gen.
eral Won kluck trying to turn al
lie left wing.
Germans made dash for War
saw.
Montenegrlns defeated Austri-
ans near SarajeVo.
Detachment Of Beers under Col
onel MarItz rebelIed and martial
law was proclaimed throughout
South Africa.
French routed German aViators
near Paris.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Oct. IS, 1914.
Germans occupied zeebrugge.

Germans occupied zeebrugge.
First battle Of Yprcs began.
Reinforced allied north wing
swung in on Lille ard retook Ar
mentieres.
Attempt of Germans to reach
Dunkirk checked.
Germans at st. Mihiel forced
back toward AIsatian border.
German-Austrian forces assumed
the offensive between the Vistula
and Galicia.
Serbs and Montenegrlns defeat
ed Austrians at Glasinatz.
British cruiser Hawke sunk by
German submarine.
British and Japanese warships
bombarded Tsinatau fort.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
TRAIN CARRIED ss7, 900.

Washington. - Comptroller Of the
Currency Williams issued statement
to the effect that the Baltimore and
Ohio train which was held up by train
robbers near Central, w. Va, carried
only $4,000 in unsigned national bank
notes. How much of the money on
the train was stolen has not been
ascertained.
First reports placed the amount Of
currency in transit between the Treas
ury and Western banks at more than
100000. Investigation develops that
no such large amount was on the train.
Information to the department is to
the effect that 100 packages of regis
tered mail were taken by the bandits.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
KILLED FROM AMBUSH.
Moonshiners Believed To Have Muir
dered Him For Revenge.

Moonshiners Believed To Have Muir
dered Him For Revenge.
Elkins, w. Va.-Bloodhounds failing
to locate the slayer of George Carr,
wealthy Pendleton county farmer and
stock man, who was shot from ambush
Friday, the county officials now are
working ON the theory that he was
victim of moonshiners, in whose prose
cution he had been active.
Carr, who was SO years old and un-
married, went on horseback late Fri
day evening after his COWS in a field
near his home. Not returning in rea-
sonable time, his aged father and
mother made a search and found him
with a bullet hole through his head.
A moonshine still three miles from
the Carr home was raided year ago,
the outfit being confiscated, but the
operators escaped. Carr was blamed
by the moonshiners for having given
the information to Government Off.
cials.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Oct A. 1914.

Belgian army left ostend and
Joined allies In the field.
Allies reoeupled Vpres and
French gained near the border.
German battalion trapped In ca
nal In Lorraine.
Germans occupied eruges.
Germans recaptured Lyek but
advance on Warsaw was repulsed
by Russians.
Russians In GalieIa driven back.
serbians beaten back in Bosnia.
cossaeks brought down q zeppe-
lin near Warsaw.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
WILSON SWAMPED
BY GOOD WISHES
The President and FianCee
Flooded With Messages.
WEDDING TO Be PRIVATE
Won Bernstorff Among First To Send
conuratuIatlons-Honeymoon Trip
May Include Visit To Panama
Pacific Exposition.

Washington.-Presi Wilson and
Mrs. Norman Gait were the recipients
of congratulatory messages from all
parts of the United States and from
the representatives of foreign govern
ments. kilograms came to the White
House in such numbers that an extra
force of operators and clerks were
needed to handle them. Many were
read by the President and Mrs. Gait
together.
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, was one of the first to
send congratulations, and there follow
ed messages from other members Of
the diplomatic corps conveying the
good wishes OF their governments.
Definite arrangements for the we'd
ding will not be made Immediately,
but it was disclosed that the President
take place in the White House be-
cause of the formality which would be
necessary there. The ceremony will
be solemnized within the next two
months, before the convening of Con-
gress in December, either in Mrs.
Galt's home or in one of the Washing
ton churches.
Mrs. Gait, who will be the next first
lady of the land, is the widow of a
business man Of Washington, Norman
Calf, partner in a prominent jewelry
firm, who died eight years ago. She
has resided here since her marriage.
Mrs. Gait was Miss Edith Boiling and
was born in Wytheville, Virginia. Her
father was the Hon. William H. Boil
ing, a well-known lawyer of that Sec
tion of Virginia. Her family is dis
tinguished in Virginia, and Mrs. Calf
is related to many of the best families
of the Old Dominion.
Daughter Introduced Her.
The President met his fiancee
through his daughter, Miss Margaret
Wilson, and his cousin, Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones, who is a member oi
the White House household. Mrs
Gait is one of Miss Bones most init
mate friends and spent a month at the
summer White House at Cornish as the
guest Of Miss Bones and Miss Wilson
: 1t is understood that Mrs. Calf and
the President have intellectual tastes
in common and the President has beer
frequent dinner guest at the Gall
household during the season which has
just passed.
An informal dinner party was giver
i at the White House, which Mrs. Gal
! attended, to celebrate the announce
!, ment of the engagement. The othel
! guests were Secretary Of the Treasur!
and Mrs. McAdoo, and the Misse
Smith, the Presidents cousins, from
New Orleans; Miss Helen Woodrow
= Bones and Colonel H. Brown, anothe
cousin, from Atlanta. 1t is understoo
that the announcement was made be
cause of the impending departure o
Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo to tn
:, Pacific Coast, where the Secretary vii
conduct an inspection tour Of publ
- buildings.
O Mrs. Wilson Dead a Year.
r Fourteen months ago to a day tn
C Presidents first wife, who was Mis-
o Ellen Axson, died in the White HOUSE
e For many months the President mail
tanned the strictest mourning.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
NEW WIRELESS STATION.
Wilson and President OF Guatemala
Exchange Greetings.

Washington.-To commemorate the
opening of high power radio station
erected by the government of Guate-
mala, at Guatemala City, messages of
felicitation have been exchanged be-
tween President Wilson and the Presi-
dent of Guatemala via the Arlington
and Key West naval stations. "The
opening of the station is an important
step in the increased efficiency of COM
munication between the countries of
this continent" says the Navy Depart
ment announcement.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
On Second Thouqht.

get government positions were rather
indignant"
"Only for a little while" replied
Senator Sorghum. "Since they found
how much more they can make in
private employment they're honestly
grateful"
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
QUIET NEAR PORT AU PRINCE.
American Detachment Was Sent To
Investigate.

Washington.-Rear Caper-
ton, commanding the American expedi-
tionary force in Haiti, cabled the Navy
Department that a detachment sent
into the interior to ascertain the con-
ditions in the vicinity of Port au
Prince had found all quiet there. Since
October s, the dispatch said, no more
arms had been turned in to the Ameri-
can authorities under the agreement
Of the rebel chiefs to di .rm.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
MORE PAY AT NAVY YARD.
Machinists Win Fight For Increase At
Washington.

Washington.-The Washington navy
yard machlnists have won their fight
for increased wages. Beginning Oc-
tober 9 a new scale of wages, with in
creases ranging from to SO cents a
day, went into effect. The machinists
carried their fight for increased wages
to President Wilson at whose direc-
tion Secretary Daniels appointed a
board to investigate the machinists'
demands.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
TO DROP CAPT. Won PAPEN CASE
Washington Officials Unable To De
cipher Messages.

Washington. - Indications from
State Department officials were that
no action was likely in the case OF
Captain Won Papen, the German mill
tary attache here, who entrusted to
James Archibald communications to
his Government along with those
which caused the recall of DR.. Con
stantin Dumba, the Austrian Ambas
sador.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
TO MAKE OWN POWDER.
Navy Department Increasing Manufae-
turing Facilities.

Washington.-Secretary Daniels an
nounced that within year the Navy
would have facilities for manufacture
ing all powder needed for average use
and reserve. The big plant at Indian
Head, Md, is being developed so as to
meet all the Navy's demands, if neces-
sary, although the policy of purchas-
ing part of the annual supply from
private concerns probably win be con-
tinued.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
EYES OF TURKEY ON BALKANS
ottOmans Will Soon Start Offensive
There, Says Hall sey.

Amsterdam.-Pr HALL Bey,
in a recent speech in the Turkish
Chamber, declared that Turkey would
shortly have a sufficient supply of mu-
nltions and that Turkish guns would
soon play an important part in the
Balkans.
From the North Sea to the Indian
Ocean," he added. "a mighty group is
being created, forever to maintain it.
self against British selfishness, the
French thirst for revenge, Russian
ambition and Italian treachery."
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16

The Shah Of Persia has sbe long
tails of his horses dyed crimson for
six inches at their tips. No Ono else
in the country is allowed to eEAscise
this privilege.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
SKINNER REPORT DENIED.
Recall OF consul-oeneraI Not Asked,
Says London.

London.-A categorical denial was
ofacially authorized Of the report that
the British Government had asked for
the recall of Robert P. Skinner, Ameri-
can Consul-General in London. Con-
sul-General Skinner, who recently was
called to Washington for conference
on the international trade situation,
will sail with Mrs. Skinner on the
steamer Rotterdam next Monday.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
More Lawn.

'Why can't come to see you to-
morrow night?"
Don't blame me-" said the beau
tiful girl. Our cook has the use of
the parlor under the new domestic
Velations law"
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
MINISTER KILLS INTRUDER.

Episcopal Clergyman Shoots Young
Man Found In Study.
New Orleans. - The Rev. Byron
Holley, rector of st. Georges Episcopal
Church, one of the most fashionable
congregations in the city, shot and
killed Lansing Pearsall. son of a
prominent railroad man here. DR..
Holley told the police he shot Pearsali
thinking he was a burglar. "The in
truder did not answer my questions as
to who he was and what he wanted u
DR.. Holley said, land when l ordered
him out he made a motion as if to
draw a weapon. l fred and the man
fell"
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Life Of Big Guns.

Guns with bore of IL inches or
more can only fire 80 full charges.
They are then considered to be worn
out, and have to be sent to the foun.
dry to have a new core inserted.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
$1,000 LOST IN 10 DAYS.
British Casualty List Reports 4,soo
Fell Last Week.

London.-British casualties reported
since October 1 amount to more than
1900. The weekend casualty list
published gives 200 officers and 4,3OO
men. This brings up the total casual
ties published in the London papers
since the first of the month to 981 Off
GERS and 2O,351 men.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
MRS. DANIELS PURSE STOLEN.
Wife OF Secretary OF Navy Robbed
At U. D. c. Convention.

Charlotte, N. C.-Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the
Navy. and Mrs. Page, wife of Congress-
man Page, were victims of robbers
while attending the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy convention
here. Mrs. Daniels lost a silver purse
and valuables; Mrs. Page a diamond
brooch.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16

Since the purchase of Allska by the
United States its waters haze yielded
fishery products valued at hsOre than
$3.50, 100000.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
$s,oOO,OOo A WEEK FOR AID.

That Sum Paid To Families Of British
Soldiers.
London.-More than one million
pounds sterling (s5,OO0,OOO) weekly is
being paid by the British Government
to the wives and children of soldiers
serving with the colors. This minis
terial statement was made in the
House of Commons.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Modern Life.

formerly a girl took pride in ac-
cumulating linen for her chest"
'Well?"
Now she collects a lot of graphic
phone records. ."-Cincinnat Times
Star.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
GERMANS URGE SPEEDY PEACE.
Social Democrats Outline Plan To
obViate War In Future.

Paris.-The Bernstein group of the
Social Democrat party in Germany has
drawn up another manifesto saying
that speedy peace is the earnest wish
Of the German working classes. To
insure a permanent peace, they sug-
gest the establishment of a permanent
arbitration court, the prohibition Of
secret diplomacy, Decentralization
of transcontinental railroads and
waterways and the open-door principle
for all colonies and protectorates.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16

Gardner Savage, of North AnSon,
Me-, although totally blind for many
years, is a telegraph operator, and can
take apart and repair his instrument
whenever necessary.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
THE EUROPEAN WAR Al
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
oo.. 4. 1e1A

Heavy fighting near solssons.
German attacks in craOnne re-
sion repuIsed.
Allies won In the center.
Montenegrins defeated Austri-
ans near kalenoVItch.
Russians swept through suko-
wilma.
AustrIans rushed help to Pre-
mysI.
French fleet sank two Austrian
torpedo boats.
German aviators killed three in
Paris with bombs.
Japanese aViators dropped
bombs in Tsingtau.
Russian cruiser PalIada torpe.
doed and sunk in Baltic.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16

In Sweden the drinking places are
closed on Saturday because it is pay
day, and the savings banks are kept
open until midnight.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
The Mav nfIt

Miss Gladys has a way Of getting
presents of diamond rings"
Il suppose that is because her ways
are such engaging ones"
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
The sian.

Il wonder If the chestnut crop will
be good this year,"
You can generally tell that by the
fish stories"
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
CHINA TO DECIDE FATE.
Yuan shi-Kai Calls Peoples conven-
tion On Government.

Peking. - President Yuan Shikai
promulgated the bill adopted by the
State Council authorizing the Presi-
dent to call a peoples convention for
the purpose of deciding the form of
government China is to have in future.
1t is probable the convention, which
is to chose between a monarchial and
republican government. will meet in
the near future.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16

Japanese wood prints are made on
Iengthwise sections of cherry WOOD
parallel to the grain.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
DEATH FOR sos.
Intrigue Against Japan Rule In For
mosa Discovered.

Tokyo. - An extensive intrigue
against Japanese rule has been re-
vealed in Formosa, 1,026 men being ar
rested, of whom sos have been already
sentenced to death. More arrests are
expected.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16

One of Cincinnati's ofrce buildings
is supplied with an excellent emerg-
ency hospital.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
Oct. 12. 1914.

Germans occupied chent.
Belgian government moved to
Havre, France.
Battles at Laslgny and Lens.
Cavalry fighting near Lille.
Russians abandoned siege Of
PrzemysI and retreated from Ga
llcia.
Six more bombs dropped on
Paris.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
MOUNTAINS TOP SHOT AWAY.
Austrian Shells Reduce Height OF
Alpine Peak.

Berlin.-A soldier in the Tyrol re-
ports that it will be Necessary to re-
wise geographical stntistics of the
Alps, since at least % feet has been
cut off the top of Monte Viola by Aus
trian artillery.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
GERMANY TO EXPORT POTATOES.

Crop Estimated At 100000 Tons,
Largest On Record.
London.-The German potato crop,
estimated at 6O,OOO,OOO tons, is the
largest in the history of the country,
says Berne dispatch to the Post. The
supply is so abundant that Germany
has withdrawn the prohibition against
exporting potatoes to Switzerland.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-16
TROOPS ON MOUNT OF OLIVES.

Holy Land Converted BY Turks into
Military Training Ground.
Paris.-The Turks have transformed
the Holy Land into hugh military
training camp, according to refugees
who have arrived at Alexandria. All
the converts in Jerusalem are now
barracks, and thousands of recruits
daily are drilled on the Mount of
Olives and Samaria Plain by German
officers.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
FIVE Of P0SEE LOST
WHILE STORM RACES
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPATcHl

SALT LAKE. Feb. 22.-Five mem
bers of the original posse of twenty
six who have been battling nearly 100
outlaw Indians are lost in the Rimrocks
near Bluff, according to latest infor-
nation. The men are well supplied
with ammunition but have been with
out food and water since early Sunday,
when the battle started. A snowstOrm
has been raging for hours. Reinforce
ments of thirty men from Monticello,
and twenty-five Navajo police are ex-
pected. AS soon as they arrive efforts
will be made to locate the five lost.
The outlaws have taken refuge in Cot
tonwoOd gulch Several are reported
to have been killed or wounded.
Because of the interruption of tele-
phone service. reports of the battle
have been confused. Special Indian
Agent Creel sent telegram from
Moab during the afternoon saying the
posse IS awaiting orders and that eff
forts are being made to repair the tel
ephone line in order to learn more def
mite information. Creel stated that
Assistant United States Attorney Cook
is being sent to the scene by relay
teams Several Indians have been
captured, according to reports.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
COMB SAGE TEA IN
L|FELEss, GRAY HAIR
Look Young! Common Garden Sage
and Sulphur Darkens So Natu-
rally No One Can Tell

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with brew of Sage Tea ana Sui
rhu.. Whenever her hair fell out or
took on that dull, faded or streaked
appearance, this simple mixture was
applied with wonderful effect. BY
asking at any drug store for wy
eth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,
you will get a large bottle Of this
old time recipe, ready to use, for
about so cents. This simple mixture
can be depended upon to restore
natural color and beauty to the hail
and is splendid tor dandruff, dry.
itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well known down town drug
gist says everybody uses Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur, because it darkens
50 naturally and evenly that nobody
can tell it has been applied-its so
easy to use, too. You simply dampen
a comb or soft brush and draw it
through your hair, taking strand
at time. BY morning the gray hair
disappears; after another application
or two. it is restored to it's natural
color and looks glossy, soft and
abundant.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
WHERE THERE is NO
ROOM FOR HATE

(From French officers letter to
his fiancee in Paris. published in the
New York Call)
There are two other men lying
near me, and | do not think there
is much hope for them. either. One
IL an officer of a Scotch regiment.
and the other private in the
Uhans They were struck down
after me, and when came to
myself, | found them bending over
me, rendering first aid.
The Britisher was pouring water
down my throat from his flask.
while the German was endeavoring
to stanch my wound with an anti :
septic preparation served out to them
by their medical corps. The High
lander had one Of his legs shattered
and the German had several pieces of
shrapnel buried in his side.
In spite of their own suffering
they were trying to help me, and
when l was fully conscious again
| the German gave us morphia in
| lection and tok one himself. His
| medical corpse had also provided him
with the injection and needle, to-
eether with printed instructions fol
| it's use.
After the injection, feeling wonder
| fully at ease, we spoke of the lives
we had lived before the war. We all
spoke English. and we talked Of the
women we had left at home. Both
the German and the Britisher haC
only been married a year.
| I wondered, and l suppose the 9TH
ers did, why we had fought one an
ether at all. | looked at the High
lander, who was falling asleep, ex-
hausted. and in spite Of his draw
face and mud-stained uniform, he
looked the embodiment of freedom
Then thought Of the tricolor o.
France and all that France had don'
for liberty. Then / watched thu
German who had ceased to speak
He had taken a prayer book from
his knapsack and was trying t.
read service for the soldiers wound
ed in battle.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Stockholders annual meeting of the
Vulcan Oil and Gas Company.
The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Vulcan Oil and
Gas Company, will be held at the
ana, Montgomery County, Kansas, on
Monday, March LIST, at o'clock in
the morning of said day. for the pur-
pose of electing a board Of directors,
for the ensuing year, and for the
purpose of transacting such other
business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
F. G. MOTT, President.
W. n Banks Secretary.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
Say Six Killed

DURANGO, Colo, Feb. 22.-Five In
dams and one white man were killed,
one white man wounded and six In
dams captured, according to informa-
ton here.
1t was said fighting had been re-
sumed within half a mile of Bluff, Utah
and that huts of Use Ma Cat. leader of
the Indians and his father "Old Polk
have been burned by the posses. Man
cos Jim. Ute chief. tried to persuade
the Piutes surrender ito save the
squaws and children but met refusal.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
FATAL RAILROAD WRECK
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArCH1


ALTON JUNCTION, Iowa, Feb. %.
james Maxwell, locomotive en-
gineer and his fireman. H. L. HickOk.
both of Des Moines. were killed and
F. NJ. Perry, a mail clerk. seriously
injured in a wreck on the Chicago
north of here. Spreading of rails is
believed the cause. No passengers
were seriously injured. The train
was going about forty miles an hour
when the engine left the track and
turned completely over. The mail
baggage, express, smoker and first
chair car were also derailed, the
smoker being the most seriously da
mayed
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23

THREE IN ONE-A triple celebra-
ton at the Y. w. C. A. Thursday even
ing. Feb. rs. If you are patriotic come;
if you are sentimental, come. The three
February holidays, Lincoln's birthday,
Valentine day and Washington's birth
day will be observed as one. Anyway,
you will want to know what is hidden
in the enormous birthday cake. All
kinds of appropriate hunts. Invitation
includes all members.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
PICK UP lIFEBOAT
American Schooner May be in Trou-
BILE in Midocean
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 22.-The Swe-
dish steamer Vala, which arrived at
Esberg from Norfolk, picked up in
mid ocean an iron lifeboat bearing
the name Theodore Palmer, New
London"
An American schooner barge The
odora Palmer of New London has
been engaged in the coal carrying
trade between Virginia and New Eng
land ports. Available shipping records
however. do not give her recent
movements.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23
THE CONNECTION PLAN

Brown-What rig that woman
has on.
Jones (looking)-By jove, that re-
minds me, I've got to get some castor
oil for
Brown-Eh I fail to see how that
rig can remind you of castor OIL
Jones-The bad taste of it, my boy
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-23

horse trade made Is years ago
Of Gillespie, III. He traded his horse
for 200 acres in Virginia, believed at
that time to be worthless land He
has just been offered 100000 for the
coal rights.