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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
FLEET WILL VISIT CANAL
Bluejackets to Have a Sightseeing Tour
In March

The bluejackets of the Atlantic feet
will have an opportunity next spring
20 visit the Panama Canal and see the
wonderful engineering work. Accord
ing TO the schedule of the Atlantic
feet at the Navy Department, the bat
tleship force, the cruiser force, the
active destroyers and the mine and
train force are due to make iive-day
visit TO the canal during the period of
fleet exercises, between March Il
and &c.
Thousands Of young men making
their first cruise will therefore be ef-
forded the rare chance of viewing for
themselves the construction and oper-
ations Of the canal. While no formal
arrangements have yet been made, it
is expected that a programme will be
prepared by the canal authorities, work
ing in conjunction with Admiral Mayo
of the Atlantic feet, whereby all the
men will be given facilities for making
a sightseeing trip across the isthmus
This was done four years ago, when q
big feet made sightseeing trip TO the
isthmus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
PAID TEACHER S1.25 A WEEK
School Now in Detroit Cost Little
Sixty-eight Years Ago

That teachers in a school. now in
cluded within the school district Of
Detroit. were compensated az the rate
of S1.25 n week. and that 1t was three
years after the establishment Of the
school before the teachers salary was
raised 20 81. has just been discovered
by Herbert l.. Reeves. assistant seere-
tary OF the Detroit Board OF Educa-
ton, according 10 "The Detroit Free
Press
Following the recent annexation o.
District TO Detroit the records Of the
district were turned over along with
the other property. These records pear
the date Of ls4S.
A tax of $3.50 was voted 20 build the
school and maintain il through the
first term. Miss Harriet Hur!but was
the first teacher, and the contract
which she signed provided she was TO-
teach for three months az tho rate oil
sl.25. Two years later the board roteo
for the continuance OF the school and
specified the teacher should be paid
not 10 exceed 50 week. Mr.. Reeves
comments that the 75-cent concession
WAS no doubt due 20 tho increased cost
Of living.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
HARLEM TO HAVE A TREE
Christmas Evergreen for Everybody
Will BE Fifty Feet High

Harlem, for the first time in its his
tory, is 20 have community Christ
mas tree this year. And the tree, like
Harlem. is 20 be the essence OF democ-
racy. So that no mistake may be made,
the citizens committee Of 100 that has
worked out the idea for the tree has
named II in advance Everybody 5
Christmas Tree"
The evergreen-wh which il to be fifty
fict high and carry on its boughs 1900
lights will be erected on the Madison
Avenue side OF Mount Morris Park. just
across from the Hospital for Deforma-
tories and Joint Diseases, where hun
dreds Of crippled children will while
away Christmas Day. It is TO be illumi-
mated at . o'clock on Christmas Eve,
and is lights will appear each evening
following until New Years morning.
A special programme has been ar
ranged by the committee OF 100 FOR
every day OF the week. Christmas
night is 20 be Lonely Night, and Club
Night, Masons' Night and Everybody 3
Night follow. There will be several
pageants The headquarters OF the
committee have been opened al the
Harlem Board Of Commerce Offices,
where Richard Weber, the treasurer,
can always be found.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

bridge Issue sells for S. down
and monthly payments OF the
same amount for a limited
period. Of the $1,000 sets
printed in this magnificent form,
less than 1900 sets are left.
Making IL Available to All
The original object in pub
fishing the Handy Volume"
Issue was to produce this great
library Of knowledge at a pop
ular price, making it available
to every person who has need
of if. But its convenient form
and ease Of handling, even
more than its low price, have
been responsible for its tre-
mendouS sale. In six months,
$4,000 sets have been sold.
This Handy Volume" Issue
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and type. The pages are slightly
smaller and the margins mar
rover. But in its contents it is
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page, line for line, word for
word as the high-priced Cam
bridge Issue. Every plate in
colors, every illustration, every
map, is identically the same. II
is also printed on genuine India
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Issue is sold exclusively by
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Of
Chicago.
The Scarcity of India Paper
India paper is made from a
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ended the getting of any flax
from Belgium and Germany
two years ago, and the embargo
of the British government has
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The results that no more India
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war end tomorrow, there are
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Every set of the Encyclo-
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made on India paper has now
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are taken, as they will be in the
very near future, the work can
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
DANCE TO AID DAY NURSERY
Ladies' Auxiliary of st. Joseph's Ar
ranges Entertainment at the Biltmore

The trustees and Ladies' Auxiliary of
St. Joseph's Day Nursery will give a
supper-6ance Tuesday evening, Deem
Der 26, at the Hotel Biltmore for the
benefit Of the nursery at 469 West
Fifty-seventh Street. The institution
was established TO care forschildren
while their mothers were at work. The
increasing demands made on 1t have
necessitated larger quarters, and the
proceeds Of the dance will go to fund
for that purpose.
The nursery is in charge Of the Sis
ters Of St. Dominic and is affiliated
with the Association of Catholic Chair
ties.
Mrs. Edmund VI. Brennan and Mrs
Joseph T. Ryan, president and vice
president, respectively, Of the Ladies
Auxiliary. are in charge OF arrange
ments for the dance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
JOCKEY SUED FOR DIVORCE
Wife Accuses Herman 4. Radtke, Once
Rider for James X. Keene

Herman A. Radtke, ten years ago on
of the leading jockeys in the Unite
States, is being sued in the Supreme
Court for a divorce by Mrs. Helen /
Radtke.
Radtke made a fortune on the turf
He was under contract TO the late
James X. Keene and rode for othel
owners of thoroughbreds. When he wa.
only sixteen years old he was the sen
sation Of the season, riding twenty-five
winners in six days at Hot Springs
Radtke is now twenty-siX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
IT PAYS TO SMILE

"1he cartoonist depicts sadness by
turning down the corners OF the mouth
and joy by turning them up" remarks
Industrial Management" zone of the
most successful employment experts Of
New York looks for these turned-ur
corners, and Will have no other kind OF
girls II he has any choice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
The present prices of the
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In any case, if you wish to purchase the Encyclo-
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The History of
a Great Work
Showing the Wonderful Prog
ress of $50 Years

A hundred and fifty years
ago, when the Stage-coach horn
still echoed through England,
and a young, unknown planter
named George Washington
was hunting foxes or surveying
land in His Majesty's colony Of
Virginia, there appeared in
three modest volumes a book
which was destined to exercise
a great influence throughout
the world-a greater influence
than any other one work in the
range of English letters.
It was called THE Encyclo-
paedia Britannica" and was
prepared, according to its title
page, "by Society of Gentle
men" who were, incidentally,
eminent scholars in their time.
The Origin of Encyclopedias
These men not only origi-
mated the plan on which the
Encyclopaedia Britannica was
built, but the very idea of an
encyclopaedia, so familiar to us
today, is the result of their
work. What they planned was
essentially an educational work
"a new method of bringing the
knowledge Of specialists in cor
rect and scholarly form to the
general public. The idea was
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success has been an important
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Up through the decades this
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the fact that the reputation Of
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has steadily grown through 80
years and is greater today than
ever; that the sale Of each edi-
tion-and there have now been
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greater than that of its prede-
cessor, and that the total sale
has been larger than Of all other
encyclopedias in English,
French, German, Italian, Rus
sian and Spanish combined.
Features of the Britannica
The Britannica has lived and
succeeded as result Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

way it has always been made:
Cd because it was written by
the highest authorities, each in
his own branch of knowledge;
GU because it appealed alike
to the scholar and the general
public, TO the educated andthose
who wanted to be educated;
and 90 because IFS publishers,
editors and contributors have
always considered it an educa-
tional institution, not simply or
solely a money-making produc-
ton. In fact, il is only because
scholars and writer's every
where think of the Britannica
as an educational work that it
is possible to secure aScontribu-
tors the leaders Of thought the
world over.
From the time Of the First
Edition Of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica (1768) down to the
present, each edition has been
larger than its predecessor.
This has naturally been so, for
the increase in knowledge dur
ing the past one hundred and
fifty years has been unprece-
dented. As the work grew
larger and larger, with the in
clusion of more and more ma
terial about every topic under
the sun, not only did the num-
Der Of volumes increase from 3
to 90, but each volume naturally
became bulkier and heavier un-
til it became so large and cum
bersome that il required some
exertion to lift and open it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

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the average income, the young
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wife and the daughter in the
home, each might possess this
work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
The Use of India Paper

Then il was that the pub
fishers OF the Britannicahit
the invention Of a thin India
paper which should transform
the heavy books into light and
easily-handled ones. india pa
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
Published in Two Forms

This marvellous work is pub
lished in two forms-the high
priced Cambridge Issue and the
popular Handy Volume" Issue.
The Cambridge Issue (Which
has been called the rich mans
book") is printed in very large
type, on large pages, with extra
wide margins. This is substan-
tally the same form in which
the Britannica has been pub
lished since l768-l48 years.
The pages are So inches wide
by IA inches deep. This issue
makes a splendid appearance
in any ones library. The Cam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

Experts have estimated that Spain
contains 7O0,000000 tons Of unmined
iron ore, capable of yielding about 90
per cent of metal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

Features of the Britannica
The Britannica has lived and
succeeded as q result Of the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-03
GERMANS OFFERING STUBBORN
RESISTANCE To THE ALLIES

the German official statement says that
at several points Of the first line
trenches along the Somme, the enemy
forces gained successes and were able
to advance. A German division IN this
sector had TO be withdrawn and ma
terial in the first line which was I'M.
movable and which had been rendered
useless was lost.
In connection with the operations
now going on, aerial activity was
marked.
There have been many air fights and
Berlin reports that eight British ana
French machines were brought down
within the German lines and that four
others also were shot down within the
German lines and that four others also
were shot down. The British admit
that three Of their machines are
missing
Additional successes are recorded by
Petrograd. the official communication
announcing that Austrian positions
west Of kolomea, in Galicia. have been
taken by. storm after intense fighting
oners. The Austro-Germans in Vol
hynia are making desperate counter
attacks, while in other sections Of the
Russian front there are constant artil-
lery and infantry engagements. in
which neither side seems to have made
any notable gains.
The Italians are pushing their strong
offensive in the Trentino, and, indeed,
along almost the entire Austro-1talian
front the Italians are forcing the fight
ing, probably part Of the concerted plan
Of the entente allies to press matters
to a decision at all points.
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All through the night the great Brit
ish and French offensive, which began
Saturday morning in the Somme and
Ancre sectors. continued with intensi-
". and there was no diminution in the
battle on Sunday. Both British and
French war Offices report STEADY ao-
vance at certain points, but speak also
Of the formidable German resistance.
Frieourt, an important town three
miles east OF Albert, has fallen to the
British arms, while the FTench nave
taken Curlu. which lies to the south.
east. The fighting at the southern end
of the British line, where it is in con-
tact with the French, IS Of the flercest
nature, tremendous artillery actions
preceding all the infantry attacks.
The French have taken 5000 prls.
oners. according to the latest estl-
mates, which the British, though re-
porting the capture Of $500 later. de-
clared that the estimates were TOO low.
Owing to the nature Of the battle. II
is not doubted that the casualties are
very high.
Notwithstanding the terrific omen
sive against them In the Somme river
region, the Germans have not ceased
in their efforts around Eerdun. They
have bombarded several Of the Ferdun
sectors and have launched infantry at
tacks against the famous Thlaumont
works, which were repulsed by cur
tains Of fire. The French war Office
announces that this strategic position
has been recaptured by the French
forces and Is held by them.
Referring to the Anglo-French drive,
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CROSSED ORDERS
DELAYS EQUIPMENT
Several Carloads On Side
Track AT Terra Ala;
Cannot Be Reshlpped

CHARLESTON w. Va. July q
In the headquarters of the mastering
officer at the mobilization camp today
the members of the Second battalion
of the Second regiment were mustered
into the National Guard Of the Qaited
States. The completion OF this ror'
nlality makes two pattalfons OF TINS
regiment in readiness to be entralneQ
for the Mexican border or elsewhere.
Beginning with tomorrow the troops
in camp, both of the First and Second
regiments, will begin the 30-day pro-
gram of preparation. This consists OF
a variety OF drills and all kinds OF In
structions necessary to the offcers
and men before going into active serT'
ice in the field. 1t may be that the TWO
battalions made ready to move Will
not get the full program here, but II
not they will receive the same lnstruc'
tions elsewhere.
Living on a sidetrack at Terra Alta,
in Preston county, are several car
loads OF expressage consigned TO Ma
ior William Wallace, U. S. A. II IS
needed in the mobilization camp here
but the railway officials say it cannot
be reshipped. The fact is realized that
no order from the War Department
has ever been issued, or it at least has
not been received here. revok1ng the
order by which the troops IN camp
here last week were directed TO go
into camp at Terra Alta.
Two companies OF the First infantry
were given uniforms for the first time
today. They we're taken from the Ma.
tional Guard arsenal here, and are not
of the consignment that has oeen
shipped from the War Department
and which was to have been here
early last week.
Thousands Visit Camp.
More than 5000 persons visited
camp today. The visitors came from
and quite few came from the east
ern and central sections, to see how
the members Of the first are getting
along. Those who went into camp
CONTINUED on Page Nine)
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GERMAN LOSSES
ON FIRST DAY
ARE VERY HEAVY
5000 PRISONERS AND
NINE VILLAGES TAKEN
In Addition To 50 Square
Miles Of Territory HeldBy
The Germans
FIGHTING IS. TERRIFIC

PARIS, July as p. m.)-The
battle of the somme. now In full
progress, markes the opening of
the French-British offensive, long
expected as critical If not the
decisive stage of the war.
Early reports today show that
the Entente Allied p forces
mile front. The French already
have taken more than 5000 pris-
.oners, while the Allied lines have
enveloped within the last "a
hours nine villages and fifty
square miles of French territory
held until now by the Germans.
The great offensive was expected
and eagerly waited in the last
ten days, but the exact point
where the blow was to be deliv-
cred was carefully concealed. 1t
was believed that it would be
north Of Arras, with Lille for the
objective, but it was finally de-
cided for strateeetIc, rather than
for sentimental grounds, to exc
cute the move south Of Arras at
a point where the piercing OF the
line would operate more serious
ly in the dislocation Of the Ger.
man forces.
The theater Of operation for
the British forces runs between
Gommecourt, north Of the river
Ancre, to a point ust north Of
the Somme, while the french at
tack on both sides OF the Somme
and southwark toward Roye.
Thus the Entente Allied armies
present front Of IS miles, with
the British on the left for> IS
miles and the French on the right
for 10 miles.
The region Of this supreme con-
test is one favorable for military
operations. It virtually all Is
within the department OF Ine
Somme, which Is a level plateau
OF chalky formation.
The fighting lines extend be.
tween a. great number %of small
Villages Which are usually DE.
voted to textile industries, while
the outlying agricultural sections
are level fields chiefly devoted
to beet culture for the sugar pro-
duct.
The intense bombardmcnt OF
the last four days was the signal
for an advance over these level
fields. beginning at 7:30 o'clock
yesterday morning. The Entente
Allied artillery then heightened
the range SO as to shut off all
communication between the first
German line and the German re-
serves in the rear. This made II
impossible for the Teutons to
utilize their perfect organization
for the shifting Of troops and for
(Continued on Pnge Nine.)
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WASHINGTON. D. c., July g
Sunday brought no. important de-
velopments here in the Mexican
crisis, The only official dispatch
received during the day, aside
from routine reports, was a mes
sage from General Funston. trans
mitting information reaching Gen
eral Bell. at Ell Paso. regarding
the Mexican raid near Fort han
cock. 1t said that raiders TOOK two
horses last night near Old Fort
Early, Texas, and escaped into
Mexico. a. investigation was IN
progress: xrld General Bell said he
would take any necessary steps.
The order TO American command
ers to follow into. Mexico any hot
trail they find remains unchanged.
Neither the State Department
nor the Mexican embassy had any
word as to when Carranza's reply
to the American deamnds. awaited
BY President Wilson with some
impatience, might be expected.
There seemed little probability
that the Washington government
would consider further action I'M
til late in the week. The House
will not reassemble until We'd
nesday, having adjourned over the
Fourth Of July. While the admin
istration could take any necessary
defensive steps in the event that
General Pershing's column was at
tacked. no aggressive movement
would be undertaken until after
President Wilson had advised
Congress Of bis purpose. and def
mite authority had been given.