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Evening star., 1916-12-03
Make Quick Work
of Routing Enemy

Bulgarian and Turkish troops across
Palanka and Vidin, are making quick
work of their drive against Bucharest.
Notwithstanding the heroic resistance
offered by the Rumanian armies. Both
generals have been advancing at the
rate of from fifteen to thirty miles
every twenty-four hours. Though
their progress has been sensational.
there is every reason to believe that
the Rumanians will offer as sensational
resistance, though possibly not effec-
ital. Bucharest.
= The success of the Germans during
the past seven days in completely rout-
ing the Rumanians from their strongly
fortified line along the AIT river is
largely due to the success Of Won Mack
ensen. for once he effected a crossing
of the Danube at Zimnitza imme ediate-
1y the lower section of the Rumanian
line became dangerous, and the Ru-
manians were forced to withdraw Al
most simultaneous with this Teutonic
success came the blow directed by Won
Falkenhayn at the Rumanian center in
the section west of Pitesci, the Ru-
manians It Is declared. fleeing in dis
order. Continued success was insured
when Germanic forces after surmount-
their way through the difficult Torz-
burg pass and swept over Campulung,
moving toward Bucharest from the
northwest. The progress of the Ger
mans in this particular section. how
ever. has not been as rapid as on other
sections of the battle line which con-
verges upon the Rumanian capital
from three directions
The Rumanians were expected to
hold reasonably firm along the line Of
lnaSmlIch g,In
man strategy forced them from this
line, there is some question that they
will be able to hold their last remain
ing natural line. the River Arges The
capture of Tzomana by the Bulgarians,
sixteen miles south of Bucharest, would
menace the left flank of the Rumanian
armies and there is likelihood that the
Germans from this point will be able
to effect just such an enemy retire.
ment as was forced by Won Mackensen
by his operations in the Zimnitza
region
There is no question but what the
Rumanfan situation is extremely pre-
carious. even when viewed with the most
optimistic eyes.
Evening star., 1916-12-03
Why? Is Question of Hour in
View of Alleged Allied
Superiority.
ALL EFFORTS AT PRESENT
LIKELY TO PROVE FUTILE
Germans Make Remarkable Progress
in Their Drives Toward
Bucharest.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

MANNED, with life's blood gushing, and
almost exhausted, but. withal. fighting
with bravery and greatest heroism. Ru-
mania today stands on the very brink OF
forced subjugation by a superior enemy.
Bitterly have these Balkan peoples bat
tied for the cause which they deemed
Just; determinedly have they made
every effort to arrest the progress Of
those armies which threaten the ex-
tinction of their national integrity:
stanchly have they stood true to their
promises to their stronger allies. They
have fought good fight. With their
national hearthstone about to come
within the grasp of the enemy hands
are outstretched in the direction Of
London, toward Paris. appealing eyes
are turned toward Petrograd, while
lips. it safely may be presumed. are ut
tering:
30 Master, We have given our all.
we are dying at thy behest- Canst
thou not save US yet from the Valley
Canst thou now use it that the foe
which graspeth at our throats shall be
unloosened. now. once and forever?
Thou hast seen our firm effort. We
have done our all. Is there no hope
for life? Must We, too, become COM
pletely a martyr to a cause which is your
cause?'
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- c OF his
present extended front. But what use
are such carriers II he were not able to
obtain the desired number Of men
which would be transported over them
What would be their value II he were
not able to get adequate munitions and
supplies to his forces once they pene-
trated further into the heart OF Serbia
and began an invasion Of Bulgaria? An
absolute guarantee Of sufficient NUM-
tions, other equipment, men and sup.
success on this front. Saloniki. more
or less antiquated harbor. has been re-
juvenated. Where once docking facili-
ties were meager they now are I'm.
supply ships. such as will be necessary
to insure the success OF the Macedonian
effort now will be able to dock quick
ly and remove their soldiers ana car
goes Formerly tho port faciiities
would not accommodate enough ships
to supply a fraction Of the forces need.
ed on the Macedonian line. So 1t must
be seen that Gen. Serial has been
tenn of docks. as well 40 railroads; is
| completed. Many other engineering
| works essential to insured progress
have taken form under SerraNs direc-
view. and that 1t. that the Dardanenes
fasco be not repeated. 1t is SAFE to
presume that when the concerted dffve
| In Macedonia once gets under way there
| will be no fears In allied quarters that
the proper preparations have not been
made.
Gen. Serial In view Of sickness in
his army also has been forced to de-
mand tens of thousands OF additional
men. At no time yet has he deemed
it time to strike the expected concert
ed blow. He has prepared and then
prepared. He still Is preparing and
until the hour has arrived to strike
from his standpoint the greater blow
will be withheld. Rumania notwtth-
| standing.
That the allied drive in Macedonia.
II 10 believed. will mot fall until the
early spring. for the winter viii make
successful operations tor the entente
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These are but few of the reasons
advanced for the allied delay in Mac
Evening star., 1916-12-03
Gen. Serial Wishes ,
to Be Fully Ready

British have shown spasmodic signs Of
offensive efforts, at no time has there
been concerted drive over the more
than 250 miles stretching across the
Macedonian frontiers. Serial still Is
holding back, speaking broadly. for the
allied effort toward and above Monas-
tir has not been the means Of materially
influencing Germanic determination in
other quarters. Entente plans must be
sweeping if really effective. Even in
the hour of peril to Rumania the Brit
sh and French on the Struma and Var
der sections of the Macedonian front are
doing nothing more than figure in iso-
portant bearing whatever. But there Is
d reason why Serial is holding back
and a valid one from the allied view
point. Germans undoubtedly claim that
it is because of the tenacious defense
Of German. Bulgar and Turk. When
facts are weighed. however, even the
most unbiased must admit Serrairs Diff
dculty. his sagacity and caution. for
even though Kumania be overrun now,
there are excellent reasons for be-
lieving that through eventual allied
Macedonian effort. though it come late,
there will come a complete change in
the complexion Of things in the Bal
kans. Consequently Serial cannot at
ford to take risks until all is ready.
Owing to the geographical conditions
which prevail along the line north,
northeast and northwest Of Saloniki. the
allies have been unable to advance
without hazarding their lines of COM
munication. Greece has threatened at
odd times from the rear. The COM
plete subjugation Of King Constantine
and his pro-German cohorts will remove
this menace, but the menace Of disturb
ed communications from other quar-
ters could not be removed. except by
thorough allied preparations for an ad-
vance.
In order to perfect these lines Gen.
Serial first of all has been forced to
erect a won
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Entente Endeavor
Being Questioned

in numbers of men and military equip
ment-which have been admitted by
the German imperial chancellor-will
emerge from the present struggle vic
tor. entente purposes and entente en-
Evening star., 1916-12-03

Germans possibly have effected the cap
ture of Bucharest.
1t would appear that the Russian
and Rumanian forces. which have been
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II is more apparent every day that
tho entente has left the Russians the
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The Rumanian peoples and govern
ment, having been led to believe that
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Although It is stanchly believed in
many quarters throughout the world
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Although the entente forces have
been comparativ inactive on the
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Field Marshals Won Falkenhayn and
Won Mackensen having joined hands at
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Although Gen. Serial inaugurated a
drive along the western section of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03
COMMUNICATION is here given:


Constantinople to Bosanti by rail-
road. days; Bosanti to Tarsus by
road, day; Tarsus to Mamori by
railroad, day; Mamori to Rodjo by
road, 2 days; Rodjo to Ryack by rail-
road, day; Ryack to Damascus by
lem by railroad and road, days;
Jerusalem to end Of railroad line, 2
days. Total, IL days.
Or: ConstantfnopIe to Damascus
5esee above) 8 days; Damascus to
Maan. by railroad. day; Maan across
desert. by motor vehicle to the canal,
A days. Total. g days
But since June work on the Marori4
Rodjo line of the Bagdad railroad has
been pushed as hard as possible, not
withstanding the fact that the Italian
workers of the Entity and Karababa
tunnels left their posts. Difficulty in
securing rails and bridge steel was
also experienced. But last July the
Entity tunnel, about 5000 yards long,
was broken through and the bridge
near Rodjo was completed in August
The statement made some time ago
that trains were running from Rodjo
as far as Islahiah permits the con-
clusion that the Karababa. tunnel was
also finished, either that or a track
was laid over the pass which here is
rather low. Since then it has been
learned that track is being laid in the
Entity tunnel, which means that
train communication will soon exist
or is already established, from Tarsus
to the end of the military line in the
desert Should this be the case then
the trip to the Suez Canal Will have
been shortened two days, the time
given in the above table including in
all cases the hours lost in transferring
troops from train to road and vice
versa.
But the possibility exists that a
further Improvement has been made
in this line Of communication. Work
was being pushed last June with all
energy on the Bagdad line beyond
Posanti that is to connect with the
Mersina, Tarsus and Aadane railroad
at Dorak. Of the 20 tunnels, three of
which are $500, 2.7O0 and LOO yards
long, many were completed, so that
trains were already able to proceed
beyond Rosanti, and it was expected
that supply trains would soon be run
ming as far as Dora,k. on the Mersina,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03
Food Resources Of Arabia
and Syria Would Sustain
German and Turkish Al
lies on the Way.

8 ConstantinopIe, Jan. 81 campaign
of Turkish and German forces against
the S1ez Canal and Egypt would not
be al difhcuIt an enterprise as the
factors Involved would seem to indi-
cate, according to the opinion held by
military authorities here. They say
that those contending that such an
undertaking would be next to impos-
sfbIe are unfamiliar with the means
OF communication between CONSTANT
nopfe and the Canal, and overlook
that the food resources of Arabia and
Syria are fully sufficient to meet the
needs OF a large army.
Last May and June, a correspondent
who travelled over the greater part of
the route which an army marching
against the Suez Canal would have to
use. He found the following:
From Constantinop1e to Bosanti in
the Taurus mountains, over the
Anato1fan railroad and it's Bagdad
connections. would require about 4S
hours for military trains. AT Bosanti
the old pass roads through the Cilcian
Gate TO Tarsus would be used. The
road was then being improved by
thousands of Armenians who had been
drafted into the Ottoman army for
this purposes and whose work was be-
ing directed by Turkish, German and
austrian engineer officers. Motor
trucks could make the trip from Bo-
Hant to Tarsus in from six to eight
hours, especiaIly. if, as is asserted.
they will be assisted up the sleeper
grades. of which there are three.
In June the tunnels of the Bagdad
railroad near Entity and Karababa,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03
AMERICAN ENGINES
SHIPPED PlECEMEAL
TO RUSS RAIL WAYS
Yankee Experts Assemble
Pieces and Construct Lo-
comotives There.

Picking, Dec. 31.-Twenty Ameri-
can engineering experts are busily en-
gagged at Hardin erecting Iocomo olives
shipped from the United States to the
Russian government. Both the Bald
win Company and the American Lo-
connective works have experts here,
assisting the Russians in their efforts
for the Trans-S Siberian Railway.
The locomotives coming from Amer
lea are unloaded at VladivoStok. They
are knocked down into as small
as possible, and boxed in America for
shipment Upon their arrival at Vlad-
iVostok, the engines are rushed on to
Harbin where the facilities for erect
ing them are better than at VIadivos-
tok.
Because of the slides in the Pana-
ma Canal, the delivery of the loco
no otives was much delayed. It re-
CURES several weeks to erect an en-
g1ne, and the first of the American
engines to reach Siberia will be put
into commission this week.
All told four hundred and fifty To-
comotives. have been sold by Ameri-
can manufacturers to the Russian
government These. are now coming
to VIadivostok by way of the Suez, but
will doubtless be routed via Panama
as soon as the canal is clear. 1t is
estimated that the delivery of these
locomotives will extend over one year.
w F. Carey of ST. Paul. Mimi, a.
member of the firm of Sienes Carey
Construction Co, has arrived in China
and will open offices in Picking, pre-
paratory to undertaking railway con-
struction and similar heavy work.
This American firm had many large
construction contracts on the Grand
Trunk Pacific in Canada, and is the
first American company engaged in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03
CAMP AGAINST SUEz CANAL
and EGYPT WOULD NOT BE VERY
DIFFICULT, SAY MILITARY men.

and large bridge near Rodjo, had
not been completed The railroad
facilities from Tarsus,. on the MeFsina,
TarsIls and .Adana line, ended for this
mort, points in the Ananus Mountains.
But an excellent road connected these
places with the terminus of the Bag
dad railroad at Rode. Heavy traffic
might find traversing the Giaur Dagh
Pass at Entity, a severe strain but no
fnsurmountab1e obstacle. The same is
true OF the pass near RodJo-
From Rodjo the railroads runs to
Aleppo, then over the Hama and
narrow-gauge to Damacus would
necessitate transshipping. At Damas-
Gus the Hedjas railroad begins. 1t
would serve the expedition as far as
Maan, Arabia, or some point. directly
east of Jerusalem. At the latter point
the railroad through the Hebron val
ley is reached. 1t is this line which
the Turks, under the leadership of
Meissner Pasha, a German engineer
who built the Hedjas railroad, have
extended into the desert east of the
Suez Canal How far the line is COM
pIeted at this date is unknown. Ac-
cording to a statement made by
Meissner Pasha to the Associated
Press correspondent, at Dera, Arabia,
last June, the railroad had been sur
veyed and graded far into the desert
and about $50 kilometers were ready
for traffic. Little is known of the
line, beyond the fact that in the Heb
ron valley 1t runs over a survey made
for a French company. One of the
purposes of the road might be to
carry water into the desert in case
the water supply system established
in the vicinity of the canal should
prove unable to meet the demand
A table of days needed last June in
transit from and to various points on
the Constantinop1e-S Canal line Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03

are large stretches of loose deposits, of
course, but in the main the floor of
the desert is clay which the hot
sun has baked almost into brick The
result is that an automobile or motor
truck may be taken anywhere with
out trouble. Only the lack of water
has made transportation unfeasible
since draught animals require more
water than the desert Affords Air
cooled motors would overcome every
obstacle wheel Transportation has en-
countered.t With them the rapid NOV
ing of artillery equipment and sup
plies could be undertaken successfully
near the canal with but a. slight in
crease in its vehicle park. A greater
number Of troops would probably ex-
haust the deserts water supply and
thus add the carrying of this neces-
sity to the duties of its comrnisary.
There remains the ordinary means of
travel and traffic in the desert, the
camel. With its assistance the Of
fensive against the Suez Canal last
winter was carried on. Thousands of
these animals are at the disposal of
the Ottoman government, and since
each can carry an average load of 500
pounds, the camel would bel likely to
play an important role.
With the supply machinery in good
working order, troops in the desert
would experience no great hardships.
The climate of the desert in winter is
good, and the germicidal effect of the
ever-shining sun would prevent
ground pollution from whist most
army diseases spring. The terrain
itself is favorable to the offensive tao
ties which the Ottoman troops and
their German allies would employ,
the Typographical main feature Of the
country being an undu1ating plan with
many "dongas." ancient and dry water
courses. Through these attacks could
be developed, should the English and
Egyptian troops decide to cross the
canal instead of waiting on the west
ern bank. After mastering the Dam
ube, during the Serbian campaign,
there is no river-like body of water
which the Germans could not throw
troops across. For long stretches the
Suez Canal is no more than 100 yards
wide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03
Huxley, English Jockey
Exempt From Taxes

London, Jan. S.-Three judges OF
the Divisional court have decided that
William Huxley, the WelI-knovzn
English ockey, is not liable for in
come tax.
He had been assessed on ten thous-
and dollars. but on his behalf the
question was raised whether a youvu
under twenty-one years, who has ne
guardian or trustee, is liable for In
come tax. The court accepted the
negative view. One of the justices
said it seemed impossible to hold that
an infant who could not ordinarily
be served with legal process or OK
ercise the right of appeal should be
assessab BILE to income tax unless the
legislature provided.
The effect of this decision, says the
Mail, will be wider now than In peace
time. Ordinarily minors are cauEh-
in the income tax owing to the simple
fac that their incomes are usually un
earned Increment administered Tor
them by guardians and trustees v
few jockeys and infant prodigtes have
escaped, but now there must be thous-
ands of minors who are earning mp to
thirty dollars a week in munttiOn fac
tories.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03
SCANDINAVIA'S
OLEOMARGARINE
FACTORY BURNED

London, Jan. 3-The destruction by
fire on Sunday night at Aarhuus, Den
mark, of the oleomargarine and oil
factory, one Of the country's largest
Industrial establishments, is reported
by the Copenhagen correspondent Of
the Exchange Telegraph company He
adds that this viii temporarily put an
end to Scandinavia's entire manufac-
ture of o1eomargarine since this fac
tory was the only one of its kind in
Scandinavia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03

Tarsus and Adana line. A narrow
gauge road serving the needs of the
builders of the railroad was already in
operation. Though the engineering
difficulties presented by the Tshakyt
Gorge, through which this section of
the Bagdad line runs, are many, they
may have succunbed to the will of
the German and Swiss engineers, in
charge of the work. The completion
of this line would further reduce the
time of the transit from Constantine
pie to the Canal by two days, cutting
the total on the alI-rail line down to
the following number of hours:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03

Total =. -. 176s LAB
Or I'd Oh. Or sd 23h
a, Includes four hours for tranship-
ment.
If, as asserted, a railroad line
now. connects the Hedjas line with
Jerusalem.
s Due to the fact that the Anatolian,
Bagdad, their connections. and the
Hedjas, railroads are all single-track-
ed, and, for this reason, highly sus-
ceptib1e to the delays incident to a
heavy traffic, an additional allowance
of time would have to be made. But
since the rail traffic would be al in
one direction, and since rolling stock
would be available in plenty, this cir
lem, especially if German railroad
battalion officers were in charge of
the traffic, as, no doubt, they would
be. Meanwhile, the Taurus Pass
road, the Mamori-Rodjo road could
relieve such connection as might
ensue.
Transportation conditions in the
desert itself could also be mastered
easily, the Associated Press CORE
spondent is informed. From German
officers and engineers, who took part
in the Turkish advance on the Suez
Canal last winter, it was learned that
the popular conception Of the SANDY
desert is a myth far as it concerns
the territory east of the canal. There
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03

both Seattle and Tacoma we
rocked by earthquakes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-03

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NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF VALU-
ABLE COAL INTEREST SITUATE ON
THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK
AND REAL ESTATE IN UNION
HEIGHTS AND INDUSTRIAL ADDI-
TION IN HARRISON COUNTY, WEST
VIRGINIA
Ada II. Knight, Plaintiff,
VS.. IN CHANCERY.
Clarksburg Trust Company, committee for
John c. Knight, lunatIc, defeidant
and
Erccl May Knight, by Ada Il. knight, her
next friend, Plaintiff,
VS.. IN CHANCERY.
Clarksburg Trust Company. committee for
John G. knight, lunatiC, defendant.
The undersigned Special Commissioners
pursuant to an order entered In the above
STYLED cause on the SlSt day OF March,
1916 In the Circuit Court OF HarrisoN
County, West Virginia, will on
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1915,
ut two o'clock T. NJ, ut tho front door
of the Court House Of Harrison County,
sell ut public cutlery to the highest bid
der upon the terms hereinafter numed, the
following property, tO-wlt:
First The undivided one seventh inter.
est In coal in and underlying ilAI acres or
land situate on the waters Of brown Creek,
ing the snme undivided Interest which
was Inherited by John G. knight from
Valentine Knight, his father and 1t be
ing the same property which was conveyed
to Valentine Knight MS shown In the rec.
Ords Of the Clerk Of the County Court
Of Harrison County West Virginia, In Deed
Book No 33. page 20; Deed book No. W.,
page l73, and Deed Book No. 49, page 4l2,
Second Property situate In Union
Heights with two story building there.
on facing on Park Avenue, and being
known as Lots. No. l4O as shown on plat
known as Union Heights sub division NO,
/ and 1t being the same property conveyed
to John e. Knight and Of record In the
office Of the Clerk OF the County Court Of
Harrison County, West Virginia, In Deed
Book No. 144, page 100.
Third Property situate in Industrial
Addition with building thereon, the said
lot facing Fowler avenue, aud corner 70
Avenue. and being known as lot NO; Oh,
on plat Of East ClarkShurg and It being
t!.r same property conveyed to John G..
Knight by deed being Of record In the
office Of the Qerk Of the County Court
of Harrison County. West Virginia. In
Deed Book No lA, page VI.
TERMS OF SALE
One third cash in hand on day OF sale
and the residue In two equal payments,
with interest from date. payable to the I'M
dersigned Special Commissioners In six
and twelve months from date, with option,
however, to the purchaser to pay all cash
or as much over the Onethird MS pur'
chaser may elect.
w. FRANK STOUT,
Il. MERENDINO,
Special Commissioners. y.
I, |, Wade COffman, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court of Harrison County, West virginia,
do hereby certify that bond with security
approved by me MS sufficient and in the
penalty provided by said decree, has been
given by said Special Commissioners.
]. WADE COLEMAN,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court Of Harrison
County, West Virginia
SALE CONTINUED.
This sale Is continued until
SATURDAY, JULY g. 1915,
Mt o'clock y, M, at the front door OF the
court house. -
w. FRANK STOUT,
b. MFRENDlNO.
Special Commissioners