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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
COLD SPARKLING WATER

Fresh from tho spring or Well eysry time you open
The Inucst No storage water no Freellns. Why
uer Home. SEND for Iatalog bbk. BrackstL,
shaw A LuntCO.. ~ N Washington A.. Boston. Maas.
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PUNISH ALPINE SCOUTS
TO CURB THEIR DARING
Brave But Reckless lt,lian
MOuntaineprs Praised.
Then Sent to Rear.
Sp,ciai Co,respond,nee 10 Tar srN.

ROME, oct. 2l.--The Alpine regiments
have accomplished the most wonderful
scouting Of the war. for the most part
on their own initiative. and In order 10
prevent useless loss OF life their officers
have now strict orders to send men 70
the rear IL caught scouting on their
own Initiative. a company section OF
Alpini have Just been sent to the rear
In punishment for disobey Ing orders and
one Of them told the following story:
I'VE had been twenty days holding a
trench on the slope OF a mountain, about
$50 yards in front OF the Austrians. and
we waited In vain for them to attack us
We were told not to FIRE without orders
and all we did was to wait until AT niGht
we heard the sound OF the Austrian
boots on the rocks and We saw their,
figures s%ilhouetted against the sky az
thew advanced slowly and cautiously
with bombs in their hands TO throw
against US. Our fingers then itched on
the triggers and still we waited Tor
the signal 10 fire, which our DIN ser de-
layed. until they were quite near the''
he whistled and we fired. and rev Aus
trians ESCAPED. For three nights the
Au.trians returned and we got rid '"f
them as we had time to aim and shoot
strairht. but our forced Inactivity dur
ing the day grew monotohons. SO we
MANNED to settle things our " way,
AFTER we got rid of the Austrians
on the third night some OF us "
ont Of the trench and climbed up the
hilI until we reached the enemys en-
"a rsAements. We discovered THAT the
'Austrians had their trench there on pur-
,ose 10 protect an observatory for their
a r,Yl,erv hidden on a high peak. ana we
a ss,rned that IL we destroyed TINS OBJ
seryatory the Austrians would Withdraw
from the trench and allow us TO sleep
at night. Three OF the party accorhnsly
hid IN the rocks and the rest returned
IN me trench, where the officer was
Furious because we disobeyed orders
eve waited two days before the three
men returned and reported that they
had destroyed the observatory II that
tive Austrians had abandoned III trench
in front. which we Immediately occu-
nied. They explained that they climheh
up 20 the top of the mountain ABOVE tnr
observatory. dropped bombs on u am"
destroyed It N then hid during the
day until they could get back AT night
AZ the Austrians were everywhere look
ing for them.
.aOrders ar, orders. however, AMI must
he obeyed 90 our Captain first sooided
the three men, and all or us because
we were their accomplices. then he an
nounced that he would recommend tne
thrre men for a medal and shook hands
with them and finally he ordered US 10
the rear as punishment for disobeying
orders. He promised to have us oack
soon, though"
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returned again three days later, choos-
ing a cloudy night instead OF the early
morning. one of them. compelled to
land owing to n damaged motor. was
captured by the customs guards and
both the pilot and observer were taken
prisoners. Austrian aeroplancs visited
Venice again on June s and on July 5,
zach time dropping bombs from such IA
high altitude that the N they
caused amounted to very little.
Then the aerial defence Of the city
WIS Thoroughly organized. Anti-aircr1ft
guns were mounted at positions which
the enemy %aerurlanos had 10 cross in
their Night toward Venice n British
and French ai7ucu were sent TO co.
operate with their Italian comrades. In
the period between july \ and October
- the AustIilus attempted twice TO fly
over Venice. Their aeroplanes reached
the Lido but were compelled To beat a
hastv retreat each time. In recent
aerial raids over dine and other own
In Friull the Austr.lns dropped mani
f,rtos announcing that they would de
stroy Venice on September 20. lialys
national holiday. and that when the
Italians occupied Gortz they Would lose
Venice. These threats of the Austrlans
were not carried into effect.
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HARD TO COPY GERMAN MOTOR
TeutOn FOresiRht Put French VITA
. tlOn EN prrta Ia Much Trouble,

FAIRS. oct. 25-French automobile
manufacturers whose FACTORIES ave
been militari1ed for the produ'' '0 W
a%eroplanc motors have met w'th q mar
acteristic piece of German forr'E. IsN'
II has been found that y herman 4'ro'
plane motor is the best All round MOTOR
in existence, Hence the fIru'u ave
abandoned most of their own lu'leH
and have set to work To- copF ''e "'f-
man motor as found on captured ma
chimes, there having been NJ eoo| -dN''
piles OF this motor IN Fra. a. 's
outbreak Of the war.
Now when the manufacturers began
To copy the model from captured M
chimes they found that all Of 90" p'''
had been purposely made on 'tf mos
unusual measurement principle ~.
a holt or n tiny screw could We sot OCT
of even the richest stock. II t0'N on'
of the largest and best equipp,6 'r,o.
mobile works in France Tvs" t,'.'n'
To manufacture tho nccesearN .'os'
inca surements.
Another trick which the 60" man.
played on the French IN au'Icrt' W
copying was the giving Of 'hc to- =.
army prize for aeroplauo motors 80 ~
Benz rather than to the Mcrt"lrs '',
The French sought Benz u'i''- '' y
long m and tried to copy '.'' N',
they got them mounted thc> fHt '''.
they worked wry badly. Now y
single machine has been carf.',l 'N'
the Germans on the front "h. '"'
Benz motor In II. every Gorul' i'.'
plane being fitted with 4 N'' '''.
motor, Thus the French had 90 '''"
away weeks OF labor.
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LONDON, Nov. 3.-More than half a
now fighting in the ranks of the various
%belligerent nations. The majority of
these are of course serving In the armies
OF the car. in which they have earned
recognition FOR exceptional bravery and
good service.
Many have been decorated with mill
tary orders: some have even gained the
much coveted Cross OF st, George 81
the First Glass. the equivalent of the
Victoria Cross. From the other hellig""-
ent countries come similar records.
Judging from the awards for gallantry
which Jewish soldiers are receiving from
the rulers OF all lands. Jews ara doing
their duty to the states Of which they
are citizens.
One of the most recent acts Of bravery
performed by ew'sh soldiers that has
cone under notice Is that of NJ. Georges
Dreyfus Of the French army, who, having
been educated In England. may he con-
sidered partly English. In acknowled@-
mont Of his exceptional intrepidity and
courage he was promoted on the battle
field to commissioned rank. lie was also
awarded -he much coveted CroiN dc
Guerre. and has been recommended 10
the British Government for the award of
the ID. $. .,
Another French-Jewish soldier to gain
distinction on the battlefield was Capt,
Henri Franck. He was killed In action,
In the army order he was referred to
as IAN officer OF the greatest bravery,
who set an example of GOODNESS and
tenacity. He was mortally wounded
while organizing - with an absolute
contempt Of danger the defence OF a
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CENSORED PHRASE
A PARIS BY WORD
Clcmcnccau's "and the Ger
mans Are at NOyOn" Now
Used rs Postscript.
Special Corresponding TO THK SUI.

pAHIs. Nov. i.-One OF Mr.. Clemen-
ceau's articles. which the censorship
suppressed entirely at the end OF last
August, was headed THE Germans are
ut Noyon" Each paragraph ended with
this phrase. bringing the reader abb
ruptly to realize that the Germans are
and have been for a year only some Atty
miles. as the crow flies. from the walls
Of Paris. The phrase has become a say
ing OF the day. II is shouted In the
Chamber when a speaker is magnifying
some Insignificant natter and 1t Is used
by newspaper writers to point all sorts
of morals.
A new edition has been issued OF an
official guide TO enable the offices Of tina
Wal Department TO put the correct
formula for beginning and ending letters
to its correspondence. One paper In
giving extracts from these Instructions
heads its article And the Germans are
at Noy
Letters 10 Ambassadors must End with
the words. pray accept, Monsieur
rAmhassadeur. the assurance OF my high
consideration" For lesser Ambassadors.
such as special ENJOYS and Ministers
Plenipotentiary, the first word, Pray"
must be omitted. The Presidents OF the
Senate and Chamber have the right to
Accept, Monsieur lie President. the as
surance Of my highest consideration"
but mere Senators and Deputies have to
be satisfied with high consideration
Letters to eX-I'residents must end
please accept. Monsieur le President.
the homage OF my high consideration"
and the Premier has a formula to him
self, please accept the renewed assur-
ances OF my high consideration and
most devoted sentiments" Other Minis
ters are treated like simple Senators or
Deputies.
For private individuals some choice Is
allowed. Letters to them may end Re
celve Tor accept. monsieur. the assur-
ance Of my distinguished consideration"
or most distinguished" according to
the receivers social position. For women
the formula is Accept. madame, the
homage OF my respect"
Anthony Trollope. the novelist. was a
high official In the British Post Office
and often expressed his annoyance at
having to sign letters ending 81 am, your
obedient servant" whereas. as he would
declare, he was neither, lie was fortu-
nate in not being "A French f%unctionary.
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Above-neroro Sci Church., Venice showing damage done by Austrian arb bombs
Beow-Grmd Canal at Venice The ScMi Church is seen in the distance looking dwn the canal

The Mayor and citizens of Venice gave
a banquet in honor Of the foreign avia-
tors on October "a. and evidently Aus
TRAN spies FASTENED to inform the
enemy that this would be n good chance
for an aerial Paid. II is impossible to
say whether or not the Frensh and
British airmen were caught mapping
II is "A fact, however. that most OF
them attended the banquet offered by
the Mayor. 10 which 200 persons were
invited. Toward 10 o'clock at night
the report OF the alarm gun announce
ing that enemy aeroplanes were sighted
was heard. Almost simultaneously loud
explosions rent the air.
The first bomb fell on the roof OF
the church Of the Scala. and the ceiling
with the wonderful Tiepolo fresco rep
rcsenting the transfer of the Holy House
Of loretto was irreparably damaged.
Two enemy aeroplanes were sighted nv
ing very high, over 5000 feet. hidden
In mist. All the anti-aircraft batteries
opened fire at once and In half an hour
the aeruplanes fed. Later a third aero
plane appeared and dropped "A couple
OF bombs II was chased away almost
Immediately.
In all eight bombs were dropped and
with the exception Of the one appar-
emily aimed at the railway station. which
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GERMANY CAN'T
STAND HER LOSSES
Col. F'cylcr Shows by Actual
Figures Allies Must Win
In Long Run.
su,cln co,,csponacncc 70 Tau scy

L.oNpoN Nov. On ,he basis OF
arithmetic, (which is the only thihs
that never changes in this world Col
FEWER, n military critic. e~ndeavors to
proye I'm the journal IL Gencro that
and her allies, because of the
ever decreasing number of men, can
never nope to emerge victorious from
the war.
1.-The longer the fronts" says Col
FEWER. cor the less the troops are
massed in depths the more rapid Is the
disappearance ~ the elite. In the be-
%ginnins Of the war Germany lost her
young mon. then somewhat older ones,
until death began to renp the erizzlcd
heads. victory meauwhile slipping from
the grasp of her decimated hattallors'
The allied Powers. while also suffer
ing great losses OF men. Col. FeNler
argues. do not suffer nearly AZ heavily
as Germany, whose army, fighting on
the longest front, suffers the most rapid
diminution. lie continues
"For three Germans killed or put
out Of action per kilometer and per
day on "A front of 1,2O0 kllomet"rs the
empire lOS'S III pnt year, ''iEHlN' -
300, 900 men out of a population or
10000, 200. or one-ffty-fourth of the
total.
son "a front of 1000 kilometers Rus
STA, with a population of 1G0. 600 900.
loses only Observation-Disclosures
or three times less. On a front OF 400
k!lometers France. with 40, 600, 900 in
habitants. without counting her colonial
populations, loses i50, 600. or one-three-
ninetieth.
LASTLY, Great Britain, on a front of
l20 kilomeiers, loses Observation-Disclosures
and -forty-sixth OF the population OF
the United Kingdom. exclusive of the
colonies
With these figures rs n basis, the
military observer says Germany might
he able to hold out another ear |.
France, after Germany. would be hard
est hit, being able to last only two
years. while Russia and Great Britain
would last much longer. Col. Feyler
argues hat England might considerably
extend her front. and when France 10
worn out could take her place from the
Swiss frontier TO Dunkirk.
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Of Venice by the Austrians In lsiN ard
was repaired IN 1860 at the expense OF
the Austrian Government.
Tiepolo's famous fresco covered the
whole ceiling and consisted Of two main
groups of figures, one representing angels
sounding trumpets in rejoicing. the other
representing fallen angels and heresies.
In the centre Is the Holy House Of Io-
retto. carried by angels. with the Virgin
and child on the roof Of the house. The
frcsco was admirably preserved and had
never been restored. Two cracks caused
by nm earthquake did not dis'igurc the
central portion of the composition.
Lieut.. Cgo Ojettl. the art critic, who
inspected the church, reported that the
fresco IL irrevocahly lost. Even IL large
pieces are found under the debris in the
church this will take months. and the
winter rain and dampncss liz bound to
obliterate any color!ng left. When il
was decided before war was declared
to remove To safety all works of art
from the churches Of Venice cas- IA pre-
caution against aerial raids the eNpe-
diency Of remoN ing the ceiling of the
Scalzi church was discussed. hut owing
to its hure dimensions ana the fear OF
damaging 1t the idea was abandoned.
The value of the frcsco has been esti.
mated at $4,000, 900.
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HALF 4 MILLION JEWS
ON THE BATTLE FRONTS
Most of Them Under Gar, but Others Prove Loyalty to
Respective Lands-Bravery Demonstrated; Many
Win High Rank and Decorations.

unfortunate effect on recruiting among
jews In England. four-itfths Of wnum
ar" either of foreign birth or parentaGe.
ina no such regulation has been in
Tore" Nh the past IL evidenced by the
number of Jews of foreign parentage,
German as we'll as other nationalities,
who are In the British army.
so far as the Jewish middle GLASS IL
concerned II is very exceptional for the
sons or g~randsons OF Germans who are
OF military age not TO be In the British
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fell instead over the Scala church, no
great damage was caused. An In"en-
diary honib fell about "a hundred yards
from the Basilica of ~. Mark and an
other likewise incendiary TEL in Gale
dcgl! Spccchleti, close to the Ducal
Palace. There seems To he no doubt
tina, these two bombs were actually
aimed at ST. Marks and the pucal
Palace. both of which have wooden
ceilings. Five bombs were dropped dur
ing a third visit OF two Austrian aero
planes after midnight. These caused
fires. which were promptly put out.
The Austrians evidently realized that
with the single exception Of the ruined
church their repeated efforts to damage
Venice had failed. Toward $ o'clock
In the morning three aeroplarcs, hail
ing from pola, were sighted. and despite
tho violent cannonade from all the anti
aircraft guns they flew over the city and
dropped five bombs. Two did not cN-
plode. Two fell into Il LAGOON. The
NTH fell nelr the Lido. causing no dam
age but slightly woupdins three per
sons.
The bomb dropped on the Scalzi
church pierced the roof and exploded
inside the building Hardly anything
remains Of the fresco, painted ON plas-
ter laid over a wooden framework. which
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FERDINAND DISOWNED
BY FOSTER BROTHER
Son of Kings French Foster
Mother Says 81 Know
Him No More"

PARIS. oct. e9-kins Ferdinand OF
bulgaria has been disowucd by his
French foster brother, Emile Meuni,r.
King Ferdinand has French blood I'm his
veins from his mother, Princess Clcmen-
tine, \ French woman. Nine. MennIor
who died some years ago. was his foster
mut her.
ON his first visit to Paris King then
Frince) Ferdinand received his ,,s,er
brother at the Continental Hotel was
most cordial to him and sent him home
rejoicing in a present of 500 francs IA
detrhy MS travelling expenses and two
autographed photographs. one of tho
Prince and one of his children. He sent
100 or 200 francs for each child horn
10 the Meunicr household aftorward and
for the FIRST communion Of each.
Emile Meunler. who is "A woodchonn.r
has been interviewed on his feelings tow
ard his foster brother, who has turned
against the French.
An. monsieur :" he Declared. eft il n
sad thing for us. To side witt tho Ger
mans Nev should | have exp,ctod
that ] must say that he and his
mother Wee always good to us. Ho
never missed sending n present for each
birth and each first communion we
=
"But what he has done liz ahominab,e
! say 50 without wishing tn insult hin,
not forgetting his past Kindness. But !
cannot forget his alliance with the Ger-
mans. We are all patriots in our fam
lily.
AS n child | suffered terribly In orr
children's quarrcls, We were six ana
they called me the Austrian And now
when ! 90 to the village they saw TO mo.
a fine thing Your foster brother has
done. eh"'
II sa II wasn't | who told him To do
II. Above all I am French and Ferdi-
nand Is against US, 50 | know him no
more"
King Ferdinand gave 1000 francs
N2oO) several years ago toward he
restoration Of the old Church Of Cam
aret. In recognition Of the military SER
vices Of the men 81 camaret to his an
cestor, Louis XIV, In 1894, When
Ferdinand allied himself with the enc
mics OF France the Camaret fishermen.
led by the poet Saint Pol Roux, took
up several collections, raised the 1000
francs, with interest, and returned the
whole sun to the Bulgarian monarch.
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GHOSTS ON ALLIES SIDE.
So says French Writer, Quoting
German Prophecies In Evidence.

PARIS, Oct. 3l,-"Even the ghosts
have pronounced Germany's DOOM
writes lie Masque de Fer who goes on
to say hat "A collection of German spirit
ualistic prophecies has been found in
France, One collection. published In
Leipzig in 1914, has n title the rams
lat!on OF which Is THE Universal War
in Prophecy: Historical and Critical
Studies of All the Predictions Regarding
the Universal War. and the Future OF
the German People" Instead of prophe-
swing IA German triumph. the predic-
tons are said to he all the other way.
1t Is also recorded that on January 1a.
1909, Il. Knapp of O~ottenhoefen pub-
lished In Zcifshriu fucr Okkuitisme a
series Of spirit communications" one OF
which says that the universal war will
break nj when least expected, accom-
panied by disasters the like OF which
mankind has never known before. and
that Germany will become so small that
all Its people can live In a single city"
l. Masque de Fer" adds: Let Us see
to It that that city shall not be PariA"
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MASSAGE CURE FOR WAR Ills.
Mrs. PaKet's Idea Beneats Wand.
ed aud Nerve Racked SOIdirrs.

LoNpuN Nov. 1.-Mis. Almeric Paget
Is organizing and equipping massage
camps, Miss French, n daughter OF Gen.
Sir John French, is In charge of one
or these, 1t Is reported that great bene-
hts have resulted In many cases OF
wounded men from the front and those
suffering from the result OF shattered
nerves.
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Special co,rsssondence to The suS.

LONDON, Nov. LIVERY German
must be taught to feel that he has failed
to perform a pious and patriotic duty
II he IL not n husband and father. and
every must be made { under
stand that she has failed In her obliga-
tions to Germany II she does not become
. wife and mother"
A committee Of scientists and sociol-
ogists. detached from the immediate war
service to study the problem of increas-
ing Gerrnany's population. has sub
mitted to the Government a
DUN of which the above Is the keynote.
The percentage Of births in the Ger
maj Empire has been decreasing for
some time. and even before the war con-
siderable alarm was felt. This decrease
has been especially marked In the great
centres Of population.
In only one city. Essen. was there an
increase In births In the period from
April 4 to July 81. 1915. and there the
increase was 30 per cent. There was a
special reason in the case of Essen,
where practically none of the men has
gone to war. their presence being re-
quired at the vast Krurp ammunition
plants.
Percentage Of Decline.
The percentage OF decrease in births
at other cities was Cologne. 6; kiel.
10 Schoenbeig. 10 Leipsic. i6 bort.
mund and Chemnitz. each II, Hanover,
Is: Koenigsbery. Munich and Chariot,
tenburg. each 10: Berlin, Stettin and
Breslau. zach 90 Dusseldorf and Dan
zig, each 81; Bremen and Stuttgart.
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Explosion of Bombs First
News That City Was
in Danger.
SCALE CHURCH Is
STRUCK BY MISSILES

Spccidi Correspondence 10 Tnr SrS.
ROME. Nov, 2a-Thc Austrian air
raid on Venice five days ago is the fifth
since the beginning of the war.
The day after war was declared u
trinn acroplancs flew over the Queen
of the Adriatic' and dropped bombs
which caused insignificant damage. They
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Venice Raaed as Air Guards Were Feast1g;
AuStrtans Believed TO Haze So Timed Attack
Famous Tiepolo Ceiling Is
Smashed Beyond
Repair.
ST., r BASILICA
A

covered the ceiling. Almost all the
plaster has been reduced to dust. 10 that
it's reconstruction Is impossible.
The church Of the Scalzi was puiit
between lG49 and 1853 by Baldhssafe
Ionyhcna. II had a facade by Giuseppe
Sardi which Is considered a perfect
specimen of the baroaue style. The
church was damaged during the siege
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Marie Bashkirtseff died Of roH>IN7-
ton in Paris on OCtboer 81. ISSt Il
the age of 20 years. She Was bora =
a noble Russian family and spent 7Nr
youth at Nice and In German watering
places. She received an unusual ciu'
cation, especially in the classic and n
Languages. Hoping to be = singer. she
went 10 Italy Ia 1T herself. trlt to1tf
that her voice was not of Sufficient
strength to permit the work NJ, os~sr'
She then took up painting and ostth'
Nshed a residence in Paris. working IN
the studio of Tony Robert-F'urv
The girl soon won success as ~ 1g'Is'
exhibiting several pictures AZ the stlon
one of which won honorable mout.on and
Is now in the Luxembourg ~ tie
same time she sought TO main'ai. y"
position In social life Tn" strain ~
too much work brought IN the ''7'>'
which caused her death.
Marie Bashklrtser kept a journal
which was published IN lS90 ard N9'''
attracted extraordinary Interest Sie
also maintained a corrcspoudc0r" Wits
Guy de Maupassant, which hts see
been published.