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Two and 3-room apartments, pei
week, $40 and up. Single rooms, per
week. 81 and up. All apartments have
private bath. Roof garden. Phones
104s3 B4595.
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FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

I'll CENTR LODGE, No. B16.
Knights of Pythias. meets every
:" Tuesday at X. of p. hall, corner
firth and Main streets.
z. J. CLARK, C. C.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-25

e TdSO' u A'y warren ZO.-Nllld udS
escaped trap formed by combined
American and Carranza forces near
Namiquipa. With large number of
his followers outlaw was believed to
have reached the San Miguel cOun-
try. Military officials expressed this
belief today when reports of battle
between American troops and Villas
band failed to materialize.
Villa has scattered his forces.
Small number of his men may be
surrounded in NamiqUipa district,
from which reports persistently come
that American expedition is closing
in on bandits. Another group Of
Villistas set fire to Janos, north of
American base in Mexico.
Reports of Villistas again crossing
border into New Mexico and killing
two American women and one man
were UncOnfirmed and UnCredited
here. Story was brought to Douglas
by an automobile party who received.
report from an American soldier.
Names of three supposed to have
been butchered by Mexican bandits
have not yet been learned. Their
bodies have not been recovered.
Another band of Villistas was be-
ieved to have been connected with
wreck of an American troop train
south of Casas Grandes, where Mex
leo Northwestern line is in Gen.
Pershing's hands. Engine and sew
eraI cars of cavalry reinforcements
for NamigUipa were overturned near
Cumbre tunnel There were no fatal
ties among soldiers, but a number Of
cavalry horses were injured and had
to be shot. Remainder Of journey
was made overland.
Gen. Luis Herrera, whose rUmOred
revolt to Villa proved to be unfoUnd-
ed, again became center of conflict
e ~ Tnr""ts TODAY With 1000 Car
tanza soldiers Herrera was reported
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-25

HerTera'S column was sent into
Southern Chihuahua to catch Villa if
outlaw cuts through line of CarranZa
troops between Chihuahua City and
MADEIRA.
Mexican Consul Garcia, who
Thursday night reported Villa sur
rounded near FL Oso and fighting
with American forces imminent, has
received no further word of situation
there. Villistas have cut telegraph
wires south of Casas Grandes.
FUNSTON MAY ASK MORE MEN
TO GUARD BORDER TOWNS
San Antonio, Tex, March 25.-
Gen. Funston may be compelled to
request more troops. Flood of tele-
graphed demands for federal troop
protection poured in upon Funston
today from alarmed communities
near Texas, Arizona and New Mex
leo border.
OBREGoN FEARS CARRANZA
FOES BOTH SIDES OF BORDER
Mexico City, March Is. - Reports
that Carranza troops have gone over
to Villa were officially denied in teIe-
gram from provisional capital at
QueTetaro today.
Gen. ObregOn, minister of war, adj
mitted that trouble might develop
through continued presence of Amer
lean troops on Mexican soil. He said
enemies of Carranza government on
both sides of border were trying to
force American intervention.
PRESIDENT ANGERED AT WILD.
RUMORS FROM BORDER
Washington, March President
Wilson is seriously considering issu-
ance of statement to offset wild ru-
mors regarding Mexican situation
coming from Texas border.
He may issue an appeal to the pub
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-10

|
field avenue to the east line of Norris ave-
Eighth avenue from the west line of Nor
ris avenue to the east line of College ave-
Eighth avenue from the west line OF Col
lege avenue to the west line of Brooks ave-
nue.
Brooks avenue TO the east line OF Linden
Eighth avenue from the west line of
Underwood avenue to the east line OF
Second street from the west line Of FIJI
more street to the east line OF Clay street,
in the City of Topeka, Shawnee County,
Kansas, there is hereby levied and assessed
a special assessment on all lots and pieces
of ground liable therefor. according to the
appraised value of the same without re-
gard to the buildings or improvements
thereon. said special assessment being
based on the valuation and appraisement OF
said lots and pieces of ground, and the
several amounts apportioned, levied and
assessed against each OF said lots and
pieces of ground, according to the benefits
to be derived by reason of the aforesaid
improvements. Except the interest herein
after meutioned) are as follows, to-wft:
Section 2 Curbing and paving GRAND
avenue from the south line of Tenth avenue
to the north line of Eleventh street.
A Mn 4VENTTE- Plea mt View Add.
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John Norton'S LIST Add.

Section f. Curbing and Paving GRAND
AVENUE from the north line of Munson
avenue to the north line of Twelfth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-10

s. y Lot No. 80. .....2 % 81
Lot No. 521. Observation-Disclosures. 1905
Tract No 133Ohs. Beg at Sc cor of
lot 81 Tyler St: tn. Sly along w.
]. of Tyler st. extended 131a #. to
S. l. of N. ~ of NV. u 6-12-16; tn.
W. along 81 1872 #. to alley; tn. n.
along F. l. of alley 131s #. to SW.
cor. of lot So Tyler St; tn. Ely on
s. !. of said lot 521 Tyler st. 1852 TT.
to beg. 1872 TT. -..--...........----. 24.46
ORCHARD PLACE ADD.
N. 1sH it. Lot No. l.. .............. So Al
Ii fit. Trt. S. of lot 500. Beg. at Sw.
cor. of lot 522 Polk ST: tn. S. along
w. l. of Polk st. Il fl. to S. l. of n.
u of NV. a Sec. 6-12-16: tn. Z.
along said S. l.. 162 # to alley; til.
N along. w. ]. of alley IA IT. to Sc
cor of lot 522 Polk St; tn. WY
along S. l. of lot $50 Polk st. 162 to
beg. IA #. "a 46
0r.l.n I'd I,iaao A ID POI Z S,rrI, Z, Icr
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Section 4 Curbing and Paving WOOD
WARD AVENUE from the south line of
Eleventh street to the south line of Munson
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Section g.. Curbing and Paving WOOD
WARD AVENUE from the south line of
Tenth. avenue to the south line of Eleventh
street. -F.a.siz, ..-...z
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Section s. Curbing and Paving WOOD
WARD AVENUE from the south line of
Munson avenue to the north line of Twelfth
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Section 10. Curbing and Paving ELEV
ENTH STREET from the west line of Col
lege avenue to the east line of Boswell ave
nm
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n. ) IT. OF 5. a Lot No. 4O0. 30
Section n. Curbing and Paving KEEL
LAM PLACE from the west line Of FIJI
more street to the east line of Central Park
FILLMORE STREET. OFT & Tewksbur.
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Section Ii. Curbing and Paving JACK
SON STREET from the north line of Thir-
teenth street to the south line of 14th
street running east from Jackson street.
JACKSON STREET.
Tract No. 1900. Part of NE. u 6-12-
Is. Beg. on s. I. Of 18th st. and W. !.
of u sec..- tn. :. on u sec. line to W.
l. of alley; tn. n on W. !. of alley to
S. ]. of 18th ST.: tn ". on said line
field ..........-.......... 49,. s31s. SO
Tract No. 1300-A. Part of NE. u 6-12-
16. Beg at a point 18TH TT S. of S.
l. of 18th ST. on w !. of alley: tn
WY. to E. ]. of Jackson st.: tn. My
37h #: Ely. to W. j. of alley: sly.
S715 it. to beg 1893
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Section 16. Curbing and Paving HUNT
INGTON AVENUE from the west line
Van Buren, street on the north side
Huntington avenue to the east line {
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

be very great, and IL will have TO be 70
the frontier or to the Antwerp Mouse
line. But st. Quentin and Cambria are
more than twenty miles away now, and
twenty miles is a tremendous distance IL
trench warfare.
1t is fair to say, however, that the
Allied offensive on the Somme has already
proved the most successful effort of tbs
sort on the Western front. II has far ex-
ceeded the Verdun operation in progress,
and, unlike the Verdun operation, it is show
ing evidences of greater power at the Gloss
Of the third month than it did at the end
of the first. The gains in recent days
have been unprecedented, and they have
disclosed permanent or temporary weak
ness on the part Of the Germans which
has taken the world by surprise.
The Crisis for Austria.
In the long run the operations in the
East and the South are likely to have
more immediate influence upon the progress
of the war than those in the West, because
the Germans are fighting far within Allied
territory, while in the East the Russians
are in Galicia and hold all Of Bukovina,
and the Rumanians have occupied as much
of Hungary as Germany holds of Franco.
Finally, the defeat of the Bugars in Mace
donia would bring about the Immediate
isolation of Bulgaria and Turkey and the
complete enlightenment of the remaining
Central Powers.
To-day the real problem is not the
change in front on the West, but the
capacity of Austria to endure another
year of the war. 1t is against Austria
that the main blows are being directed.
and the Western campaign has for its
prime objective keeping Germany occupied
on this front and preventing the dispatch
Of German troops to Hungary, Galicia OF
Bulgaria. The actual occupation of terri.
tory is, beside this purpose, unimportant.
Not land taken but Germans killed. capt
ured or wOunded-this is the immediate
concern Of the Allies in the West; and it
would be mistake to attach much i'm
portance TO incidental gains in Picardv.
up to the point where these incidental
gains combine to compel general retreat
which will be confession OF growing
weakness and of failing resources in man
power.
Meantime it is we'll to await the con-
cluson of the Western campaign, keeping
in mind the prediction of the well.in-
formed French General Staff that by Jan.
uary the Germans will have been COM
PEELED to retreat on wide front and evac-
uate most of their French conquosts. held
now for more than two years. If this
takes place then it will be fair to conclude
that Germany is suffering from a rapid
decline in her human resources so far all
signs point that way, but none Of them AFRO
yet conclusive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
By FRANK II. SIMONDS,
Author of "The Great War"


growing shortage of men which is the
first sign of inevitable defeat.
Having to find 100000 TO replace
casualties, the Germans and their allies
have also to find not less than 100000 to
meet the new Rumanian thrust. In other
words, if Germany is merely to hold her
ground she and her allies must find
1,75OOO0 new soldiers; must, in fact, have
found the major part Of them already in
the days since the attack on Verdun,
which cost 100000 casualties. actually
began.
Now Too Few Men.
This many believe TO be impossible. In
other words, they assert that Germany IS
now holding all her lines with too few
men; that in doing this she is running
very grave risks and that she will soon
have to decide whether she will retire TO
shorter lines or invite disaster where she
stands.
Now, il Germany is to shorten her lines
there can be no question as to the front
that can be most safely sacrificed. To
retreat in the East would bring length
ening not shortening of the front, un-
less Germany retired to her own East
Prlssian frontier and risked new Cos
sack incursion. This is due to the nature
Of the country now occupied, since the
Pripet Marshes supply large area that
can be lightly held and do not offer any
opportunity for attack.
As 10 any sacrifice in the Balkans TINS
is impossible, because 1t means the eiiihi-
nation Of Bulgaria, whose statesmen
would change sides at the first sign OF
German weakness; it means the loss Oh
communication with the Turk, the event
ual collapse Of Turkish resistance ana the
freeing Of the Straits. When the Straits
are opened Russia can be munitioned at
once. and the millions Of Russians now
waiting for guns equipped and set In mo
ton on the road TO Berlin.
Turning from theory 10 fact, we nave
seen recently that the entrance OF Ru-
mania had for an immediate consequence
the dispatch Of Mackensen TO the Balkans
and a quick uto-Turk-Bulgar thrust up
into the Dobrudja, designed to reassure the
Turks and BulRars, protect the Berlin
Constantinople Railroad and threaten Ru-
mania. No possibility exists Of shorten
ing the line in the Balkans without losing
Turkish and Bulgar assistance, and Ger
many cannot surrender either the mill
tary or political advantages she has &C
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quired in the Balkans except in the pres
ence of perils greater than those yet in
view.
But to 90 back behind the Meuse and
thence along the French frontier, or even
behind the Verdun- Mezieres -Namur- Brus-
sels-Antwerp line, would give Germany at
once a far more advantageous position
than she now holds over much Of her
Western front and a line upward OF a
hundred miles shorter than her present
front from Verdun to Newport. And on
the political side, while most Germans still
expect to hold the Polish conquests and
keep the road to Constantinople open, the
time has passed when many expect to
keep any portion Of France or Belgium.
If Germany is running short of men, II
she feels the immediate need of an army
of 100000 men, and cannot find them IN
her own depots, then it is clear that she
can find them only by shortening her
Western front, but that by such a shorten
ing she would release the requisite number
of men and strengthen her Western front
at the same time.
This is the case Of those who expect
general retreat in short time, before the
first Of the year at the latest. Now, on the
other side, the case for the far more re-
stricted retreat is this: First of all, the re-
cent Allied advances have made the posi-
ton of the Germans in the Noyon elbow
the whole German position from Peronne
right around to Scissors, increasingly
difficult, without yet being actually peril
Gus. 1t will need only a few more such
advances as the last two of Foch to make
the withdrawal from this salient impera-
tive.
Look at the map, and you will see that
as the French and British advance east
from their present positions they advance
across the roads which feed the German
positions at Chaulnes, at Roye, at Noyon
and opposite scissors. The Allies are, IN
effect. carrying a moose around the neck
of this salient, narrowing the neck steadily
and restricting the number of roads and
railroads by which the Germans can mu-
milton and provision their troops. The OBJ
iective of the French is st. Quentin, some
twenty miles east of their present front.
But long before they get TO st. Quentin
their guns will cut the roads leading south
out Of St. Quentin, and it is upon these
roads that the Germans in Noyon, Roye
and Chaulnes depend for their existence
Craving Lengthens tho Line.
Exactly the same thing on smaller
scale is taking place in the bulge between
Arras and P6ronne. About Peronne the
Fronch are more than ten miles further
east than the Germans before Bapaume'
and the British already have under their
guns all the roads which lead out OF Ba-
paume and are essential for the supply OF
troops holding the front west OF THIS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

fetal statements in conceding the loss OF
villages, not tardily, as at first, but
promptly, all point toward decision or
the part of German high command to
cut their losses" in this sector, TO hold
on to the last possible moment, take as
large a toll as is possible of their oppo-
nents. but to retire at the final moment
rather than TO counter-attack, as the
French did in the critical hours before
Verdun.
It is not possible to forecast the extent
Of probable German retreat. There never
may be anything like a general retreat.
We may continue to see changes, of them
selves slight, for many days or weeks.
Yet it is clear that in certain sectors even
this limited retreating will ultimately COM
pei retirements in adjoining sectors to
keep the alignment. This is why so many
writer's have already decided that the Ger
mans will stand on the Arras-C ambrai-St.
Ouentin-La Fere-Laon line. Such re-
tirement would again give the Germans a
line substantially straight; it would
abolish all perils to their communications
and it would shorten the front, which has
been heightened and will be still more
heightened if the Allied gnawing goes on
for few more weeks.
If they are not exceedingly short Of men
the Germans will not make a general re-
treat. They will not do this because the
moral effect at home would be considerable
and in France it would be tremendous. It
would be the assurance of final victory, for
it would be practically the liberation OF
France, and Germany would no longer
have a single hold upon the French which
might serve as the basis for bargaining
when the time comes to discuss peace.
But, in addition, if the Germans retire
fighting over every mile the result will be
the total destruction Of the country over
which they retreat, and the German COM
manders plainly reckon that the French
people will presently weary of having all
their northern country turned into a
desert and a waste, and the same ruin
cvertake Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, st.
Quentin and Laon which has overtaken
Arras. Scissors, Rheims and Verdun.
Not Minor Change.
II you are TO believe one school of COM
mentators, and they have a strong appeal
to credence, the Germans have actually
reached the point where their reserves are
exhausted. Mr.. Hilaire Belloc is the best
exponent Of this view, and he presents
weekly interesting evidence to support it.
This is the French view, the view Of the
French officers, from Joffre down, the view
that Joffre has recently expressed both
publicly and in private talks with Ameri-
cans, who have repeated his word to me.
In the opinion of these men Germany
has no more men Immediately available
pnd will have few men before next spring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

Unless all signs fail, the moment Is
almost at hand when the Germans must
shorten their lines on the Western front.
After nearly two years, in which the long
trench lines have endured with little
change from Switzerland 10 the sea, the
time has come when all Allied and neutral
Observers agree that a considerable
change is imminent. And even in German
comment there has been plain evidence
that some change is expected.
This change is viewed in different ways
by various observers. Roughly speaking.
there are two sets Of views. Not few
vel informed military critics insist that
the change will be radical one; that 1t
will mean the evacuation Of practically all
Of Northern France, retreat either TO a
line running from Verdun behind the
Neus. as far as Mezieres (Charleville)
and thence northwest TO Lille along the
Franco Belgian frontier, or else behind
n. Meuse as far as Namur and thence
northwestward, covering Brussels and
reaching the Scheldt south Of Antwerp.
Perhsp. a Limited Retirement.
The second view is that the retirement
viii be wholly limited and will amount t.
he surrender Of the territory in the ia
nous Noyon '"elbow" or salient. II this
later view is correct, we shall presently
zee the German front withdrawn until the
Inc passes southeast from Arras or even
Lens 70 Laon, covering the cities Of Doua',
Cambria and st. Quentin and resting on the
Old forts Of La Fere, from which point it
I'll 70 southeast 10 meet the present line
's'ore Laon and east Of Scissors.
To support their contention that the re-
rsst will be 10 the Meuse and the French
frontier or even 10 the AntWerp-Namur-
Aezieres line, the military observers who
h'd this opinion bring forward the fol
NEing arguments: First Of all they point
'1' tina. the Germans and their Austrian
sAiss have lost since February not less
man 100000 killed, wounded and
"'s'hsrS, the prisoners alone amounting
10000. To replace this huge loss
"7s' strain their recruiting and training
~>fhinery ~ the utmost, even If there IS
-" plentiful supply Of men. This last
@''9mption IL disputed, and evidence II
'''oseed 70 show that the Germans -
"'As snail degree and the Austrians 10
"'''aefabis degree are revealing the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

when the class of 1918 will be available.
Now, if this view of the French staff Is
correct, and it is naturally based upon
very wide range of information and evil
dence. there will be shortening of the
German lines in the West before winter,
and it will not be a minor change; it will
be a retirement far behind the present
front and the evacuation of all of France.
Again. if the Germans are as short OF
men as the French General Staff believes,
then there may be an actual disaster when
the retreat begins This is what happened
to Lee before Richmond. He held on with
insufficient numbers long after his mill
tary judgment counseled retreat, be-
cause political considerations prevented
the abandonment Of the Confederate CAPT
tai. One of the best informed of my cor
respondents recently expressed the belief
that q general German retreat would cost
100000 prisoners and a colossal loss OF
guns and material.
Later reports from the Somme front,
particularly from the French side, state
that the German lines have been actually
pierced at certain points and that there
have been operations recalling the old
fighting in the open before the end Of the
Marine campaign. But, on the other hand,
have been informed from Paris that
aerial observation has disclosed that the
Germans have constructed trench lines,
one behind the other, for very grea.
distance, and that there is no chance that
these lines will be pierced.
Think Allied Losses Too Great.
On the German side there is natural
insistence that there is no shortage Of
men; this would be the statement in any
case. There is the more convincing asser-
ton that the Germans believe that the
Allied losses are so great that the French
and British will have to give up their at
tacks before they actually make any sub
stantial progress, because Of the COST.
We know that the first two months of the
attack cost the British upward Of 200, 00C
September will cost at least 10000 more
But Germany alone reported 100000 casu-
alties last month, and German electives
now cannot be more numerous than Brit
ish, because Of the very much greater
German losses, 3,250,000 according to Of
fetal German statistics.
Unless the German calculations are cor
rect, and the cost of the operation is be-
yond the resources of France and Britain,
we are soon to see some retirement in the
West. 1t will be great or small as German
human resources and the conditions in the
Balkans and in Hungary and Galicia de-
termine. Two or three weeks at the most
should tell the story as far as the Noyon
and Bapaume salients are concerned. If
the Allies ultimately get Cambria and St.
Quentin. then the retirement will have to