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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-28

and son, Frank OF Richmond, were re.
cent guests of Mr.. and Mrs NJ J. Cum
bingham. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Murray
have presented their daughter with a
handsome new piano.. Harmon
Wiley held a big dance Tuesday even
ing at the X. of P. hall which was
largely attended by young people from
the surrounding towns and country
THE Pythian Sisters lodge is max
ing preparations to hold a parcel post
sale on st. Patrick's day. and will also
have a market and social. Roy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-28

Fisher returned Tuesday from Reid
hospital where he has been confined
the past several weeks. He is able to
get about on crutches.. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. p. Mungavin of Richmond, visited
Mrs. Mary Mungavin Wednesday and
took the train here for Xenia, O., in
the evening to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Roach w. III. Garretson,
veteran rural carrier, who resigned
recently. does not improve in health
as rapidly as he desires,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-28

A depositor of the Milton (Dell
bank. who had heard there was a pre-.
MUM on Lincoln pennies, brought
twelve pounds of them to the bank
and found they were stiil only worth
penny each.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
IMPRESSIONS IF
 LORD NORTHCL|FFE
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PARIS, March 6.-Lord Northcliffe, owner of the London Times and oth- CT newspapers, who has been inspect ing the field of battle at Verdun, has given some of his impressions to the Temps.
 T have been to the front six times said Lord Northcliffe, "and that which has invariably struck me is the splendid health, the excellent equipment and absolute confidence Of the French soldiers. I have also been impressed by the immense number of men in reserVe-they cover miles and miles of ground and by the quan- tity, so to speak, without limit of munitions deposited everywhere.
 Our correspondents in Germany who find means to send to London ea"l week particularly precise and exact reports, inform us that Ger many now is obliged to fight against time and duration. The initiative of tfe battle of Nerdun, proves that the Germans. who have no idea of the unare2 kable tenacity of the French
 
 end the war by the capture of some unclassed Qualifications at Verdun Moreover, DOuaumont, has not after all great importance. In brief aC- cording to impressions gathered in the spot, it is only a simple incident in the great battle.
 Tn view of the fact that the Ger man stomach is beginning to cry ia . mine as a result of the implacable blockade on supplies, I am awaiting violent explosions of German anguish on land and also on sea, during the next six months. I am convinced that the German fleet will before long make a big effort. The British ma rine knows it and awaits the great day Wl;h all impatience and anxiety. .'
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
German Fleet on Cruise.

LONDON, March "A fleet of twenty y-five German warships was ob- served Monday cruising in the North sea, according to a dispatch to the Central News from N'leland. north Pc land. The vessels the dispatch says. approached from the northeast and later disappeared northward.
 Vague but persistent rumors which have been circulated hero for several days regarding the North sea war zone have created a state of expectancy among Londoners. This expectancy las been heightened bH dispatches re- ceived from Scandinavia today predict ing that a battle between British and Russian and German warships is not far distant.
 Russian torpedo boats are reported
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
GRAIN THREATENED
 BY H|CA WATER

HANFORD, Cal. March 6-Wheat and barley to the estimated value Of sl, 300, GOO are threatened with deStruc tion, t was reported today. by unprece dented high water in the Tulare Lake caused by the breaking of the levee of the Goldberg reclamation district and the swollen waters of the rivers and streams tributary to the Tule and Kern rivers
 The lake has filled to an area of eighty square miles and already six sections in wheat and barley are in- undated Grain growers of the region believe that jle lake will continue to fill until the middle of June. and that of 1000o0 acres planted, not over 75 per cenc will reach harvest.
 Strenuous efforts have been made to strengthen other levees in the menaced district, and so far none other has giv- ell way Last year the grain produc- tion on the affected land averaged eighteen sacks to the acre.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07

pagne Ee succeeded iH penetrating q small advanced section.
 Tn the Argcnne we exploded in the region of COurtes Chaussees q mine which destroyed Germon post and caused vast crater, the south edge of which we organized.
 Between Haute ChaVauche and Hill 2S5, after haI ing exploded two mines, the enemy by reinforcement was able to gain a foothold at several points in our first lines. Ar engagement en- sued, in the course of which We drove our enemy out of our trench and We occupy one side of the crater. Our artillery has been very active in the whole of this sector.
 West of the Mouse, after a violent bombardment which lasted the whole morning on the front between Bethin- court and the Mouse, ;he Germans launched a strong attack against Forges, situated on our advanced line. Tn the course of d very lively strUg- gle they succeeded in taking possession of the village. Several attempts tc debOuch on Cote De LOie were checked by our counter attacks. which drove the enemy back into FOrGeS.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
TAKE EXCEPTION
 T0 BRITAIN RUL.E.
 ON FORMATION

WASHINGTON. March 6.-As re- suit of representations made by Am bassador Page on behalf of American shippers. exceptions have been made tO the British Board of Trade ruling soon to be issued, prohibiting impor- tation of canned. bottled and pre- served fruit of nom British origin except entrants, into the United Kingdom.
 Consul General Skinner at London reported to the state department to- day that the British government would create q special committee to grant licenses for importation of canned goods which actually are on their way. to the United Kingdom on March E or have been paid for by that date After October 31 next li- censes will be issued for the limited importation of canned fruit. the quantities not to exceed one half of the quantity imported last year.
 The tobacco licensing committee" :" says an announcement by the state department. has given notice that cOnsignments of manufactured or un- manufactured tobacco dispatched from the place of origin on or before February l5 may be imported upon the production of bills of lading or railroad receipts showing the date of shipment. Habana cigars shipped from Cubua on or before March IS may be imported. Similar exceptions are to be made in favor of furniture. woods. hardWoods, Veneers, stones and slates shipped on or before Feb ruary 15."
 Senator Phelan of California called at the department today and lodged q complaint against the fruit regula- ti0ns, declaring they would mean an unjust discrimination against Amer ican producers.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
PRAIRIE FIRE MENACES TOWN
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DALHART, Texas, March GA prairie fire starting west of Naravisa, New Mexico, yesterday, has swept 9 miles eastward and is within six miles of that towns, which is threatened with the advance of the flames Fighters from Naravisa have returned from the fire exhausted and unable to check the flames. Famed by a strong west wind, the fire reached the Texas line about 9 miles west of here today. Homesteaders and small ranch owners have lost heavily.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
Shells Fall About Verdun

NERDUN, (Via Paris March c. Nine inch shells are falling around the Gath bridges and the stations of Nerdun today. They come from long range Guns-seyen miles away-and drop methodically
 The gendarmes on 6uty near one gate told the Associated Press corre- sponGcnt he had kept a tally of those that fell last night and that there were IF of them The correspondent.
 sheltered by a massive earth and stonework tt one of the gates, count cd rrojectiles exploding about three minutes apart in the neighborhocd TGe German gunners are trying to break the communication through Nerdun Strangely enough not d bridge nor an entrance to the aban- doned Qualifications has been struck directly. Splinters from shells have i clipped some of the structures but | none of them have been destroyed. The city is vacant. It is more like 1 the ghost of a city than a modern Well built town. Twenty-Five thou l sand persons locked their doors and with small allowance of personal baggage, left the town by order One
 can walk through miles of streets, with shattered windows without see ing a person.
 l The city is little damaged But off the Rue Maneel in various quarters ! fouses had been struck by shells. One 1 shell had hit the annex to the hotel The sturdy Cock" well known to 1 tourists. It was one of the first 13- 1 inch shells that reached the city. The l focr storied corner building had col 1 lapsed.
 Numerous other shells had fallen on
 the eminehce where the cathedral of 1 Noue> Dame and the church build .
 ings stand. One gable of the cathed-
 ral had been knocked off and the
 hand stained glass windows shattered | hy concussions. Otherwise the ca
 theCral had not been injured A
 girls seminary adjoining it. however.
 was mass of ruins. In one house
 a life size statue of Joan of Arc hold
 ing the flag of France stood upright
 among a wilderness of stone and woodwork.
 | -h''f'NN iettOt l iNoso NolltSlbOHutnl
 with the officers of the general staff.
 went to one of the forts defending
 erdun. IL was on the heights of the Mouse. On a clear day the whole
 field of fighting which began thirteen
 days ago would have been easily Nis- Ible. but in the sombre weather and
 occasional flurries of snow, Douau
 mont, which has been taken and re
 taken several times was barely dis
 cegnible.
 tremendous cannonade was going
 on. Many hundreds of guns on bott
 sides were in action mostly of the
 heavy calibre. The detonatons were
 not counted. They were great ant
 small, near and remote. Two or thre,
 houses were burning in the valley Occasionally q flash of fire was per ceiNed on the edge of the horizon. An artillery officer in the party. i, describing the bombardment in tn first day of the action said Eighty thousand shells fell ii one sector only a thousand yard long and five or six hundred yard deep. These S0.000 shells fell in sev eral hours and were so disposed tha the crater of one cut into the crate
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
LAURA BlGGAR LOSES ShIT
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TRENTON, N. J.. March 6.-Laura Bi%gar, the actress, is not entitled to q share in ;he estate of the late Henry w. Bennett theatrical manager other than the bequests, left to her in the Bennett will. This was decided by the New Jersey court of errors and appeals today after litigation covering fifteen years in this state, New York and Pennsylvania. The actress sought to gain possession of the entire estate valued at $1.0OO.000, passing Aer claims npon an alleged marriage with MT. Bennett In the will she was left an annuity of $1,S00, an interest in Pitts burg firm and $1 900 in cash.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07

to haze been seen near the island cf Oland, Sweden, in the Baltic sea, and q half dozen German submarines have heen observed off OXelSund, on the Baltic tO the south of Stockholm.
 The general opinion in Scandinavia is said to be that Great Britain and Russia will intercept German sailings to Sweden as soon as the ice has melt ed. The ice already has partly broken Up and thus rendered it easy for fore ing. Naval experts have expressed the opinion privately for several days that the Germans are preparing to venture out and that important events are pending. As to whether the British officials believe this obviously. noth- ing is known.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07

Fast of the Mouse there has been an intermittent artillery action.
 "ln the Woevre an intense lombard ment has occurred in the region of Frenes, but was not followed by any infantry attack West of Pont-A- Mousson our artillery caused heavy damage to the German organization in the BoiS Dury."
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
GERMANS MAKE
 SOME ADVANCES
 IN VERDUN REGION

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Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
The French Statement.

PARIS, March 6.-The following of flcial statement was issued tonight:
 "ln Champagne the Germans deliv- cred an attack, accompanied by jets of liquid flame, on our positions between Mont Tetu and Maisons De Champ agne., On our right the enemy, stopped by our barrier fires, was not able to set out from his trenches. To the left
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
JERSEY NOT FOR SUFFRAGE
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TRENTON, N. J.. March 6.-The state senate tonight concurred in an adverse report on the bill which pro- posed suffrage for women at the cleo ton next month for presidential dele gates. The vote was six to four.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
MAINE REPUBLICANS VICTORIOUS

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 PORTLAND, Maine March 6.-Re- publican mayoralty candidates were successful in several cut of ten city elections held in Maine today
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07

shire Rutland, Huntington, Cam bridgeshire, Norfolk, Essex and Kent counties weer visited. Three men, four women and five children were killed by the bombs dropped and 8 other persons were injured.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
AMBASSADOR IS RECALLED
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LONDON, March M Malevysky MalaVitch, Russian ambassador to Ja . pan, has been recalled owing to req sons ot health, says a dispatch re ceiVed from Petrograd.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07

of others, pulveIizing any resisting substance"
 There was talk among the officers present as to the number of shells which had been used. The civilian remarked that he had heard that the Germans had thrown 2,090,000, but this was aggregated b. the technical observers in the party as a low esti- mate. The number was thought to he somewhere between four and six million.
 The difference between the French attack in Champagne last September and the German attack here" eX- plained a general staff officer. lis that our adversary made no reply VirJu2lly to our three days prepara- tarv bOmbardinent, while We have re- piled continuously with ever intense power SC that now our artillery dom mates.
 The Germans appear to have planned their attack on the same gen. eral lines as that of the French in Champagne, except that within an hour after the bombardment opened at d. m, February 2l, an infantry attack in force was made on Haul mont, which was taken on the Z2nd. The next cay the French retired from Brabart. They recaptured il the same evening but gave up Samogneux. Beaumont and Ornes and evacuated the marsh of Poivre.
 Since then there has been litle l change in the situation. Bits of the line. like the village of Douaumont. ! or group of cottages have been taken and re-taken, the French ar | tillery in the meantime having come np in great force. The ground taken by the Germans is almost the same as that Won by the French between January and April of last year. The commander at Verdun thought, as he put it, that the place did net have end lungs and that it was difficult to breath, and decided that he would enlarge the line and did SC in a se- ries of local actions lasting three months, taking piece here and a piece there
 The Germans have now won back
 
 sides rest where they did at the end l of 1914. The Associated Press correspondent saw many German prisoners They ] appeared to be in good physical con | dition and occasionally were talk ative. They told of an order, or proc lamaticn, by the crown prince, issued to the troops and read to them by their officers just before the attack i began, saying, in substance: | We are about to pulverize the | enemys trenches with our artillery l They will be so torn up and disor. ganized that when you rush forward to occupy them you will find tha you can do so at the parade march l You will find little, or no. resistence
 Eighty thousand German dead i what the living find" said the gen eral officer"
Arizona republican., 1916-03-07
SAYS TORPEDO l. SENT PROVENCE
 T0 THE BOTTOM
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PARIS. March 6.-That the French auxiliary cruiser Provence, which was sunk in the Mediterranean on Febru- ary 26. was the victim of 9 torpedo, Is made plain by the story told by one of the survivors, which in part has reached here:
 Every man would have been saved says the survivor. whose name is Box anowsk. If it had been within human possibility, and the physical capacity of officers and crew. Unfortunately, the ship settled rapidly. The water soon got to the boilers. which began exploding within a few minutes. l threw myself into the sea and swan away as far as could and then looked back and saw the ship plunging with her prov in the air.
 After half an hour in the water l reached q raft, already overloaded, but the occupants dragged me aboard. Night came or, with wind that bit through the naked skin of the men. Yet, during all this intermmabe night there was not a cOmplaint My un- fortunate comrades had nothing to say except of the fate of the drowned and in eXecratiOn of the Germans. Eighteen hours passed before we were picked up ly a sloop. We were in water up to our breasts some dead from exposure, others mad from anguish.
 The gunners of the piece at the stern of the Provence, having loaded the gun the instant the torpedo struck, remained at their post, seeking the concealed enemy until the weapon was submerged by the waves.
 Sergeant Gauthier of the crew found a place on raft which was more than full. He heard the appeal of soldier m the water and threw himself into the sea, saying:
 The duty of a seaman is, first of all, to save the soldiers"
 "Gauthier was picked up twenty-one hours later, clinging to a plank.
 Surgeon Navarro of the Third CO- lOnial Infantry was dragged aboard the sloop half exhausted after eighteen hours exposure on raft He refused to change his clothes or take anything to eat before he had dressed the wounds of the injured and cared for { he sick
 He remained for a long time in a state of utter exhaustion after these superhuman efforts"
 Bokanowski pays warm tribute to | the devotion of the commander of the l English patrol boat which took about | goo of the survivors aboard and land l ed them at Malta.
 An editorial n/-The first section of this narrative has not been received. ! It probably is in the hands of the cen | sOr at Paris.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-04
SIDELlGHTS0NWARn0VES

URNEYING the shipping New of
October sinking the Marina
toll Americans, leads the
the
fullest
understanding between Germany and the United States the defensive
merchant ships
The government
liable attack without and there the stands
diplomatic exchanges have To the ht the under the
Germany must have out with the moot question Likely the Marina
months The
October amounted those the months August and Sep
tembe In III vessels with Lll6 sunk
For the the ledger stands 1890 OF
3j28.584 destroyed
would be the
in world figures OF standi
ships the allies
the build them
There about
Saonk week but still
vigorous wholesale The OF Barak
the Stuma by the British Wednesday advances them
Dcmrhissar
his prediction would be
and fighting Faken-
admirably During there has
from Berlin that slight being made south of Rhnum Pass
To cheat the claw Rumana hold the line The
point where hitting
heavy blows The decisive defeat inflicted by General
headed
half OF
all in favor OF the Runanans
Duda else
pulled the Gacian line Sakaos
vital factor Busois successful of last ummerW NJ H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-04
LINES WORTH REMEMBERING.
A lie has no legs, and it cannot stand; but
it has wings, and can fly far and wide.-W AK
BURTON.
NATIONAL PROGRESS.

TO the individual fond of figures, what has happened
to the nation under the Wilson admniSuation, ~
point of material advancement will be found an interest
ing study For instance the national wealth has been III
creased by $4lOOOO0000O gain of 2lO9 percent Our
debt TO Europe has been reduced from $6SOOwWO to
Sl6OOOOOO0 decrease of 5l4 percent Gross annual
bank cearings have risen from $66AOSOOOON to $ll-
338OO00O0, gain of $40 percent The total bank de-
posits have increased by abou. $6SOOWO, an increase
of 50 percent The stock OF gold in the country has risen
from Sl8l8OOOOO0 to 24jo0OOOOO a gain of more than
"a percent The total foreign commerce ot the United
States has grown from $421SNOOOO to $655 100000 a
gain OF ST. percent The balance OF trade IN favor o'
this country has bounded up from SS5 100000 to SIjh-
OO0O00 Jump of 1916 percent Manufactured exports
have increased from 81 l020OO00O0 to 2600O0ON gam
of l55 percent Wages paid in manufacturing industries
have increased from $3760OO0000 to $5320O0OOo or mo-
than II percent The value OF manufactured products has
increased to the of $94O000OO0 increase OF
Az percent Capital employed in manufacturing enter
prises has risen from 2l0000000O0 TO $522OOOOOO, or
than 30 percent
Mr.. Wilson, of course, had nothing to do with this
The war did it ALL But he kept out OF the conflict
without surtendcrng single American right and we
have been enabled produce and manufacture and export
until We have grown rapidly that progress in for
mcr periods seems dull and commonplace
Down with Mr. Wilson, He is the natural born enemy
Of those Pigments of G. O. p. imagination bread lines
and soup houses.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-04
RIPPLINdRHYNRs
BYN0ltNuSon
o CGDlrii ont 1919
PROMPT PAY.
CCOWISht 1910

A man runs up little bill, and when
~ its due he pays it he coughs up
for the merchants till. and no ex-
cuse delays it, Unlike the deadbeats
and the buns, he makes proper
showing; the merchants bless him
when he comes. and praise him when
he's going. This man, in season, meets
reverse, as all men strike disaster; and
then, when empty is his purse, and hard
luck is his master, the dealers say,
Buy all you wish. until your luck
grows stable; we'll gladly trust man,
oddsiish, who pays up when he's able"
Another man runs up bill, he keeps il
climbing steady; when asked to pay.
he says, II will when get good and
ready" Though he has roubles in his
belt, and other roubles handy, he'd
rather lose his freckled pelt than pay
up like a dandy And when misfortune
dogs hts feet, and want has badly
fraycd him, and he has but his hat TO
eat, the merchants will not aid him. n
you are building in your town bad
pay reputation, some day that rep will
knock you down, and hurt like all
creation.