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The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
The News the Wires Gather
From the Four Corners.
HISTORY IN PARAGRAPHS
Great Events That Are Changing the
Worlds Destiny Boiled Down
for Consumption by the
Busy Reader.
War Bulletins

The British steamship City of Lin
coin went through the Mediterranean
Sea flying the American flag as a
protection against submarines.
The semi-oflcial Overseas News
Agency says competent authorities fix
the cost of the Dardanelles adven-
ture to the allies at $1,250, 000, 900 not
including the valuable battleships
lost.
Several Scandinavian delegates at.
tached to the Ford peace party threat
ened to secede because they did not
approve the in which the ex-
petition was conducted.
An offensive movement has been
inaugurated by the German forces in
the Champagne. Announcement was
made by the Wal Office.
England is one vast armory and she
is now turning out big guns that will
startle the world, according to the
story told by Charles Bigelow, an
American importer and newspaper
man.
Italian soldiers born in 1882 and
1883 attached to fortresses. field and
oas artillery companies and those
born in 1887 and 1888 attached to the
mountain artillery were called to the
!colors.
Capt. Franz Won Papen, recalled
German military attache to the Ger
man Embassy at Washington, left The
Hague for Berlin.
Two hundred passengers persisted
when an Italian steamer was sunk by
a mine near San Giovanni di Medua,
on the Albanian coast
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
JERSEY APPLES WIN.
John NJ. Barclay Of cranbury, Cap.
lures Swee pstake Prize.

John M. Barclay Of cranbury, Cap.
lures Sweepstake Prize.
First prize for the production Of the
best specie of apples was again
brought to New Jersey, when John II.
Barclay, of Cranbury, was awarded
the Grand Sweepstake prize. of $50
in the world competition conducted
by the New York State Fruit Grow
ers' Association in Rochester, N. Y.
recently. The contest vas for the
best three varieties of apples, with
competition open to the world.
There we're six entries for high
honors, including the best apples
grown in the states of Washington,
Idaho, Virginia and New Jersey and
Canada. The contest conferred be-
tween Canada and this State, Mr..
Barclay winning out by a narrow mar
gin. The total score was SO TIP points
for New Jersey, as against 93h points
for Canada.
The fruit was grown and packed by
Mr.. Barclay, and consisted of three
boxes each of Staymen's. Winesap,
Rome Beauty and the White Ohio
Pippin. The latter variety was large
ly developed and improved by MI.
Barclay, and is little known in the
fruit-growing sections OF New York
State.
Mr.. Barclay is known as n of the
leading apple growers in the East.
Canal Survey Finished.
The survey of the route of the pro-
posed ship canal across the State
from the Delaware, at Bor5entown,
to Morgan, on Raritan Bay. las been
completed, and Benjamin F. Cresson.
chief engineer of the State Board of
Commerce and Navigation, SO noti-
fed Secretary of War Garrison and
Governor Fielder. The State is also
supposed to purchase the right of way
for the canal, but this cannot be done,
as the department will have to know
whether the line which has been sur
veyed and marked will be the one fol-
lowed by the Federal Government in
it's construction.
Mr.. Cresson, in his letter to Secre-
tary Garrison, says that the Board
believes thoroughly in the national
importance of the canal and wishes
to advance it as rapidly as possible.
The Board will recommend to the Leg
islature that the State carry out its
part of the work, but the Federal
Governments action will have to be
taken first. In his letter to the Gov
ernor Mr.. Cresson requests the con-
sideration of both the Governor and
the Legislature so that if it be deemed
proper an appropriation can be made
for acquiring the right of way to be-
come available when the Federal Gov
eminent makes the appropriation for
construction work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
RUSSIANS LOSE $4,000 MEN.

Paris.-The fighting in the Russian
drive on the Bessarabian front, GOV
ering an area of 800 miles, has de,
veloped a ferocity hitherto unknown
in the war, and has resulted in hand.
to-hand fighting, in which no quarter
is asked or given.
The dispatches say few prisoners
are being taken on either side, and
the infantry is rushing into en-
counters at close range for battles
to the death.
The Russian losses are said by
Vienna to have been at least $4,000
men in the last few days in the Bess'
arabian region and the Stripa sector
Dispatches from other sources place
the losses of Austro-G Germans in
killed as equal to those of the Rus
SLAMS.
The Russians are pressing their at
tacks from the Baltic to the Rumaniar
border. Petrograd has not disclosed
officially whether the drive is the
great offensive that has been predict
ed, and which, it was said, once be
gun was not to be ended until Rus
STA had shot it's bolt and the whole
force of 100000 men had done its
utmost.
In some quarters the new move
ment is said to be a diversion of un
paralleled magn Jude and fierceness
designed to weaken the pressure o.
the Central Powers in the Balkans ant
incidentally to tighten the burden o.
the Italians on the Austro-ltaliar
front.
The battle is raging with particular
fury on the Tarnopol-Trembowls
front, where more than 100000 men
with $500 cannon. are necessarily en-
gagged. Long Austro-German Rec
Cross trains are leaving the from
daily for more remote and thinly pop
ulated towns where hospitals have
been organized.
Dispatches from Klev say the nois'
of cannon can be heard thirty-si,
miles and that windows in all the vii
lagos in the region have been broker
by the conclusions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
OPEN ATTACHES MAIL.

Private Letters Reach London EN-.
bassy After Being Read by Censor.
London.-Since the censorship on
incoming American mails was inaugur-
ated, personal letters have arrived at
the American Embassy and Consulate.
marked Opened by the Censor" A
collection of these letters is being
made as evidence for a possible pro-
test against this extension of the
censorship.
No attempt has been made to inter
fere with embassy official mail.
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A wage increase of 10 per cent to
all employees except those working
on salary and tonnage was announced
by the Cambria Steel Co.
Mrs. Christina Maves turned on the
gas in her home at Lyons, ILL.,, killing
her five children and herself. She is
reported to have ~Quarrelled with heI
husband.
Experiments in growing hemp fol
cordage purposes will be undertaken
in the western Canadian provinces
with seed imported from Kentucky.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr was placed on
trial at Providence, charged with hir
ing two negroes to murder her hus.
band.
Articles of incorporation were filed
at Ottawa, Canada, by the Canada
Nitro Products, Ltd, capital, IS, 900,
900, to manufacture war munitions.
Lieut.. Joseph E. Mcdonald, Twelfth
United States Cavalry, was killed
while coasting with four comrades in
Yellowstone National Park.
Hundreds of strikers at the plant
of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.,
at East Youngstown, Ohio, returned
to work.
The Rev. Richard Scannell, Bishop
of the Catholic diocese of Omaha,
Neb,. died at Omaha.
Lord Burnham, owner of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph, died in Lon
don, aged 50.
Bringing 80 members of the crew
of the Greek steamship Thessaloniki,
abandoned at sea, the Anchor liner
Perugia arrived at New York.
Prof. Eugene w. Hilgard, aged SO,
the oldest living professor emeritus
of the University of California, died
of the grip at Berkeley, Cal.
Miss Percy Haswell, an actress, was
injured at Allentown, Pa, when she
fell IL feet from the stage balcony
in Romeo and Juliet"
The Norwegian bark Padang arrived
at New York from Batavia and Pad
ing with "a, 635 mats of java coffee,
valued at $275, 900.
The grand jury began an investi-
cation into the riot in East Youngs-
town.
M. N. Baker, prominent Texas
Oklahoma oil operator and chairman
of the Dallas Park Board, has re-
turned from Oklahoma alarmed over
the decreased oil production. He pre-
diets g%asolene at 40 cents a gallon
IN the near future.
An order for $50 hopper and 200
gondola freight cars was placed with
the Pressed Steel Car Co., by the
Lehigh & New England Railroad.
DR.. James Clarke White, author,
lecturer and professor in the Harvard
Medical School. died at Boston. He
was so years old.
A large quantity OF powder was
destroyed when a black powder mill
of the du Pont Co., at Henry Clay,
Del, was wrecked by an explosion.
Antonio Ponton, a Porto Rican, was
put to death in the electric chair at
Sing Sing for the murder of Bessie
Kroner, a school teacher.
Four hundred men gathered at
Rensselaer,, Ind, to clean out all the
wolves in Jasper county. The animals
will be captured alive, if possible.
E. D. Hotchkiss has been appointed
freight traffic manager of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad with offices
at Richmond, Va.
The three-story depot and Office
building of the Adams Express Co.,
at Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is 100000.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
wipIns Out Death Traps.

That some progress in the elimina-
ton of railroad death traps has been
made in New Jersey in recent years
is shown in the annual report of the
Public Utility Commission, just sub
mitted to Governor Fielder. 1t has
provided additional protection or i'm
proved conditions at TOT railroad grade
crossings. This included the i~nstalla-
ton of a fiagman at 80 crossings,
gates at IA and warning bell at 81,
while 5S3 crossings not heretofore
marked at all will have signs sufi-
9iently plain to give ample notice.
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Montenegro stronghold, was captured
by the Austrians, and the Montene-
grins also abandoned Berane, an i'm
portant city On their eastern frontier.
The Austrians attacked in tremen-
dous force and pressed their offensive
with much vigor.
Several commanding positions of
strategic values close to the Adriatic
were taken.
The attack, which has been a long
time in preparation, is similar to that
in which Serbia was crumpled up and
overrun in an overwhelming Steam
roller" movement.
The assault on Mount Lovcen was
made by a large body of infantry,
backed up by artillery and assisted
by Austrian warships and the guns
of the Cattaro forts. In addition the
Austrians made use of asphyxiating
gas c~ontrivances.
The ~Montenegrins are disputing
every foot of the ground and the
losses on both sides are heavy.
With the thermometer registering
20 degrees below zero in many places
the Russians are fortifying the posi-
tons won by them in the eastern
arena in the recent heavy battles.
The Italians continue their often
sive on the A"ustro-Italian front and
have wrecked Austrian trenches in the
upper Cordevale and Lagazuoi valley
with grenades.
Hard fighting is still going on in
the Champagne region of the western
theatre. The French say they have
rewon all except a small section of the
trenches lost by them to the Germans,
having driven the Kaiser's forces back
in a series of co~unter-attacks.
ALLIES EVAcUATE GALLIPoLI.
London.-The Wal Office N
ced that Gallipoli Peninsula has been
completely evacuated by the Allies.
Sir Charles Monro, the British COM
mander in chief, reports that only one
British soldier was wounded in the
withdrawal and that not a French SOL
der was harmed.
All the guns were saved, he says,
except seventeen that had been worn
out, and these were blown up.
A semi-oficial dispatch from Con-
stantinople, received by way of Am
sterdam, says the British withdrew
from Seddul Bahr as a result of a bat
tie in which they suffered great losses
and that not man was left behind.
The loss of the battleship King Ed
ward VII, through striking a mine,
was officially announced.
The entire crew. numbering about
800 men, was saved.
Following its policy the Admiralty
does not reveal the place where the
vessel met her fate.
The King Edward cost about
$S,000,00 and was one of the finest
of the last class of pre-dreadnoughts,
corresponding in a general way to the
American ships of the New Jersey
and Nebraska type, and was only
slightly older than the Natal, which
was sunk by an internal explosion
about a week ago.
The Germans, after three weeks of
continuous fighting for the summit of
Hartmanns-We ilerkopf, r~ecaptured
the trenches near Hirzstein, south of
the mountain, lost by them on De-
cember Fl last, and in regaining the
positions took 20 French officers, Is
machine guns and 1,083 chasseurs.
Paris admits the repulse in an off
cial report, and says the withdrawal
from the crest of Hirzstein was due
to the capture by the Germans of a
hill to the north, which dominated
their trenches.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
Tax Laws Too Severe for Nurses.

Tax Laws Too Severe for Nurses.
Unless the statute providing for the
examination and registration of nurses
in New Jersey is repealed there will
be a dearth of trained nurses, ac-
cording to prominent doctors. 1t is
contended by the physicians that
the law prevents hospitals obtaining
a sufficient number of young women
to train for the work, as it is Aun-
necessarily severe in the educativ pal
qualifications it demands, which in
cludes at least one year of high schpol.
An effort will be made to amend The
law.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
DENIES GERMANS LACK MILK.

"DaiIy Mail" Says Cattle Census
Shows Cry Is Fraudulent.
London.-The Daily Mail publishes
a denial of the assertion that German
babies are without milk, citing a re-
cent German census Of mich cows,
which shows, it says, that if the output
were used for babies, instead of for
conversion into nitroglycerine, there
would be no lack now.
1t quotes the Koelnische Zeitung and
the Volkzeitung to the effect that
mich COWS are being slaughtered.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14
To Establish Presbyterian Home.

The establishment of a home for
aged and homeless Presbyterians
within the State, is the purpose OF a
movement launched at the recent
meeting of the Synod of New Jersey
at Atlantic City. The location of the
home has not yet been determined.
Joseph H. Wright, of this city, has
been made treasurer of the movement
and has authority to receive bequests
and legacies in any form. Articles
Incorporating the home will shortly
be filed.
The following committee has been
appointed to arrange matters: The
Rev. Joseph E. Curry, Cranbury; the
Rev. S. w. Beach, Princeton; the Rev.
Francis Palmer, Trenton, and Elders
w. w. Woodward, Newton; Thomas
]. Arnold, Paterson; Joseph H.
Wright, Trenton, and D. C. English,
New Brunswick.
DR.. E. B. Cobb, of Elizabeth, the
moderator of Synod, and DR.. John F.
Patterson, of Orange, were elected to
the board of trustees.
Wireless Association Arouses Interest.
Progress in all lines of work was
reported at the last meeting of the
Trenton Branch of the National Am
ateur Wireless Association, which
was held in the local headquarters
in the Washington Market Building
Explanations were given about
some of the principles of wireless
biography, and how to construct
aerials of proper size, also receiving.
and sending sets.
Messages were SEM and received
by members, using the buzzer. Fol-
lowing the session a social hour was
enjoyed by the lads.
Five boys have forwarded their
applications for membership to the
national headquarters. During the
past week members sen their ex-
animation papers to the radio in
spector, preparatory to being grant
ed a license.
Plans are being made to have one
of the members give a talk on the
principles of wireless, equipment and
construction of radio sets at each
meeting, and to devote a half hour
to speed practice.
The United States radio regulations
and laws will be thoroughly explained.
Efforts are being made to have all
amateurs in this city join the local
branch Of the N. A. ". Association.
The mex meeting will be held
Thursday evening and all those in
terested in wireless telegraphy are
invited to attend.
Tax Laws Too Severe for Nurses.
Unless the statute providing for the
- oDn,rotio ond ronicfrot;1- - -.uc.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05
At The Lyric.

A society drama, Born of the
People, will be shown tonight. - Cecil
George. stenographer to Mr.. Jeffries,
a wealthy man, finds it hard to live
on her meagre salary. Due to the
privatiOn she undergoes she arrives
late one day and her employer is on
the verge of discharging her when he
notices her weak condition. He orders
her to return home and in a moment
Of elation secretly raises her salary
ten dollars a week. In the absence
Of his stenographer, JefFries cor es to
realize how much ne misses the girl
and when she returns it is with real
pleasure that he welcomes her. Mr.
Jetfries secretary has long admired the
stengrCapher and she likes him to 4
certain extent so when the girl finds
flowers on her desk she thinks the sec
rotary placed them there while in re.
atty it was her employer. See this
Gold Seal drama tonight
Also see Sammy Johnson's Strong
Man and THE Treasure Trove.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05
Catarrh Deafness Cannot Be Cur

CataTrh Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There's only one way TO cure catarrh-
al deafness. and that is by a constitu-
itonal remedy. Catarrhal deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition Of the
mucuous lining Of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is infamed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result. Unless the in
fiammation can be reduced and this
tube restored TO it's normal condition
hearing Will be destroyed forever
Many cases of deafness are caused by
catarrh, which is an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces. Halls
Catarrh Cure acts through the blood on
the mucous surfaces of the system.
We will give One Hundred dollars
for any case Of Catarrh Deafness that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Circulars free. All druggists.
75c.
F J. CRENEY & co. Toledo o
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05

A fine Selig drama wives of the
Rich" is the attraction today.
John Grant, capitalist, is devoted to
his wife, but is obliged to curtail her
weekly allowance because of her fond
ness for cards. Robert Baker, wealthy
bachelor, is a great admirer of
Mrs. Grant and calls frequently. Find
ing that her allow ance is not enough
for her losses at cards, Mrs. Grant, in
cited by society friends, deceives her
hush and in the nope of gaining more
pocket money.
Mrs. Grant loses a hundred dollars
at cards, and she gives her |. O. u. to
NJ rs. Condor, the hotsess. Not know
ing where to obtain the money to pay
this debt she confides in Baker. who
asks to be permitted to loan the funds
to her. and she reluctantly consents.
In order to obtain more money,
Mrs. Grant purchases costly necklace
on credit and pawns it, hoping TO pay
for It with her gains at cards. She
loses all this money, and the jeweler,
unable to obtain the money from her
says: II you don't pay for the neck.
lace by Tuesday, [ will take W the
matter with your husband ="
Later. Baker writes M~s Grant.
asking her 10 call on him at O'Clock
that night A ecrap of this note falls
into her husbands hands, and he de.
cides to follow his wife to Bakers
apartments. There is nothing else
for Mrs. Grant to do but visit Baker.
Also the Strange Case Of Mary
Page" end Sis Hopkins in Almost
Heroine" a delightful comedy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05

made up at the end of the year. In the
wo'is of the principal: "Undoubted
proof was established that by keeping
the teeth in perfect condition. by liv-
ing up to the laws Of oral hygiene.
these q children doubled their mental
ability, gained in power and endurance
and bodily strength, and showed mark
ed Improvement in personal appear
ance and habits A physical, mental.
moral gain in the child produces an
economic and financial gain to the
community. Can any one question
that practical working knowledge of
oral hygiene is worth while?"
In Chicago the work OF caring for
the neglected teeth of poor children in
schools is on a permanent basis. Dental
infirmaries, equipped in public school
buildings by dental supply houses and
citizens. are carried on by volunteer
service. Examination of fully O.0OO
children show about 80 percent.in need
of dental service. An endowment Of
$4,000 year for ten additional infirm-
aries and salaries until such time as
the city can be induced to take on the
work, has been given by Mr.. julius
Rosewald, a philosophical citizen
When DR.. W A. Evans was commits
sioner of health. he secured an appro-
priation from the City Council for
supervising dentist and said See that
no person needing dental work and
unable to pay goes without"
The story of the Newark, n J. Clinic
shows how much needed is the help Of
organizing like women's clubs aBi
philanthropic societies in securing
funds for equipment and supplies to
supplement the volunteer services of
the dentists until the city has assum-
ed charge. There the agitation for
dental clinics was started by a group
of women. The clinics, as organized.
were almost exclusively used by school
children. With the help of volunteer
dentists and the nurse supplied by the
Nurses Association, the clinics were
kept going until an appropriation was
granted by the city. They were then
Withdrawn from private management
anr reorganized under paid dentists
(ContinUed.l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05
PAIR.
SNAP SHOTS.

Financial conditions alter legal
cases.
T err is human; to sidestep is
divine.
The coming man is seldom noticed
until he arrives.
Even the baby in the cradle finds
this a rocky world
Every new invention is expected
TO reyolutionize things-but does it?
Betting is an argument that is
convincing only when one happens 70
win.
All the worlds a circus ring and
each of Us at times essays the role of
clown.
Its almost impossible to discour.
age the man who thinks he can tell
funny story.
Any man who can hold fussy baby
for an hour without saying naughty
words is in the same class with Job.
Even the man with a constitution
Of iron is apt TO get rusty.
"A psesimist is fellow VINO expects
to be turned down every time he turns
up.
1t is sometimes almost as hard to,
meet 2 oil as it is to keep out of its
way.
Possibly any girl could learn to love
a fellow il he We her the right kind
of instruction.
1t isn't every fellow who can paint
the town red without getting some of
it on his nose.
The woman who succeeds in her
aim generally aims at something she
doesn't expect to hit.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05

No telephone orders taken or seats
huI3 90 this attraction.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05
LEAVE WASHINGTON

D. 445. sos. s8.O5. 1905, 1lO5 A. n.
90. 2.05. 3.O5, $50, s4.O5, 40
H0I 7.O5, 9.O5, 1105. =. NJ,
800. a. IS
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05
Midshipmen's Hon.

Another of the series Of midship-
mems hop will be given tomorrow
evening at S.15, at which time the
middies will be hosts TO their friends
from this city and nearby.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05

Mail orders when accompanied ny
money orders or certified checks. viii
have immediate attention.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05

Have Your Job Printing Done at the
Evening Capital Office.
Advertise what you have for sale III
the Capital--It brings results
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-05
COLONIAL THEATRE
ANNAPOLIS

Seats now selling at X. Z. Strange
& son, Paint Store. Main St.