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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

If you have get him out-not out of the race, but out of the home. You will support him, anyway, but his friends like to be asked
 If your husband, father, sweetheart. son or brother is not a candidate, and has never been, then you will not read this; but if there is such a person left In Jefferson county space will be given for her favorites name in tomorrow g paper and we will see if there is not room on the list for one more candidate for the board of revenue. It shall not be our fault if you have never had one in your family.
 If each asprant could be elected, wouldn't this world be a happy place to live? This morning l felt very con fident, because last night l was among friends, and they assured me my candi- date would be elected, but by night I may stumble into the camp of my oppo- nent and then woe is me. l will sleep little tonight; and tomorrow I will sweep and darn from early till late, trying to keep my mind off my worries. Of course, this is not the right way to take it It should inspire me to devise means to get the enemys votes, but so far I have not been able to rise s.oove my feelings I will tell you confdentially, we must
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operations a monotony that does not
 at all further the interests of the war correspondent. The trips are generally
 so managed that the correspondents
 are able to sleep in a comfortable bed at some hotel near enough the front to
 be easily. accessible in the motor car. They pay their own hotel bills and
 their own railway car fares, but the
 motor cars are requisitioned vehicles
 provided by the general staff When it is all over and the copy is ready, it
 must be submitted to the officer who , has guided the party for his censor ship, and to avoid friction and curb the zeal of any correspondent tempted to get the better of a rival, an hour is generally fixed by the officer for the submission of the copy in con- mon. The revision of it is sometimes a simple matter-occasional1y quite se- riOus. The correspondent must not
 give names of officers, numbers of regiments and names of places; he must not describe damage to buildings from bombardents if he named the
 buildings and the town; he is fre- quently allowed to mention officers if
 he does not name localities, and he can under certain circumstances name localities if he does not mention offi- cers or men or specific destruction. In no case may he talk about the number of troops or the nature of the troops, whether active, reserve or territorial
 neither can he say from where they come, because an indication of the homes of certain soldiers would give to the German staff the number of the regiments, and thus help them to ar rive at an estimate of the total forces in front of them. In describing bom- barded towns he must be careful not to mention any important buildings that have escaped damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

smart repartee. Sometime ago he was talking to a friend on the subject Of memory.
 What is memory?" asked his friend.
 Memory" answered his lordship thoughtfully, 'is the feeling that steals over us when we listen to our friends original stories"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

dents, it is 8 great school of patience to the ardent journalist.
 The period of waiting is not devoid of heartburningS for the correspondent who was here "before the war; and has held the fort ever since. He often sees a "special' man who arrived in the morning going out with party to the front the same or the following day. That has frequently happened for reasons that are best known to the French foreign office but are sup posed to be chiefly psychological. The old war horses have become little worn, the new arrival with fresh face comes in with a more optimistic view of the situation and he generally has some new argument to prove that he is the one man predestined to be the proper exponent of the situation Tn France to the American public. He has the further advantage of never having yet had occasion to complain that the time is long between trips.
 REQUIRES A HUNDRED MEN
 It requires some thing like 100 capable men, in large proportion Paris newspaper men, mobilized and detailed by the general staff to do this work There are among them such conspicuous representatives of the Paris Press as Monsieur Robert de Jouvenel, editor in chief of the Matin; Monsieur Chaumeix, one of the mem bers of the editorial staff of the Jour- nal Des Debats; Monsieur Rene Faux, a war correspondent, and member Of the special staff of the Temps.
 There are also a number of men from the diplomatic service detailed to look after the propaganda of the war to the limited extent that France has engaged in such work but chiefly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
What Memory Is

P TUIII T UHTbUH w 6GfIy.
 The dangers of premature peace were put very graphically by Lord Rosebery the other day when he said that such peace would mean @ short peace, and a war that would be even worse than this to follow"
 Lord Roseberry is noted for his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
Important
From Judge

From Judge.
 He-Does 1t matter what you wear tonight? ME
 she-Does it matter. I should say it does. Why, only my old friends will be there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
HAVE YOU A CANDIDATE IN YOUR HOME?

our defeat, but are. in fact, glad, for we didn't want him to run anyway. In- side, we feel that we had almost as soon be dead. but must keep up appearances and smile among our friends when our hearts arc breaking, and we want to be in our room with the door locked and our faces buried in the pillow ill the hope of relief through tears. All the time we are buying the hat for our sore distressed heads or the food for our pity ing friends, as the case might be, we are wondering, wondering, where will we get the money to pay the bill But ap- pearance must be kept up.
 When we get a good officer, why does someone come along and try to take the office away from him? If he is compe- tent and fills his place well, it is certainly a poor experiment to put someone else in. We want an efficiency government, and I say when candidates are constantly bobbing up to run agamst our candidate, it at least destroys the efficiency of the home government. We know there is only one running who really should be everyones choice, and we worry our selves sick over the other people who can't see as clearly as we.
 Verify, politics is a grand game when viewed only from the gallery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

to take care of the wants of corre- spondents of foreign newspapers. This service is under the immediate direc- tion of Monsieur Henri Ponsot, man of considerable experience in the con sular and diplomatic service abroad, and possessing the energy required in dealing with the mass of detail con- nected with the desire of so many cor respondents to be all at the same time on the firing line. Associated with Monsieur Ponsot in this work is Mon sieur G, B. d'Anglade, former con- sul general at New York.
 All these services are under the gen. eraI direction of Monsieur Gauthier, selected by the government for general supervision of all the affairs connected with the press.
 The correspondent who has compiled with the regulations adopted at the beginning of the war, has medical certificate, references from his ambas- sador as to his honorableness, and who is fortunate enough to get his permit to go to the front, joins a party or from four to six, goes by rail to point decided upon in advance, and is there met by the officer detailed by the gen eral staff to show the party over the itinerary previously arranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
NO NOTIFICATIONS

Few insignificant notifications ana no changes in the itinerary are possl- ble, and so long as the party is un- der the conduct of the officer 1t IS sup ject to military regulations
 What they see at the front IS i'll nearly every case a repetition of what was seen by the previous party, put that is the fault of the trench Warfare which has introduced into the military
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
ON SECOND INVASION

Practically all are agreed that the Rus
 sian forces during the first invasion were scIdierly and orderly, and that most of the acts of violence, plundering,, murder and willful arson and destruction came in the second and longer invasion. The Russians, it is said. may on their first invasion have beel confident of eventual success and may therefore have desired to spare territory which they ulti- mately expected to annex The new and
 relatively inexperienced troops taking part in the second invasion may hava been responsible. Anger and disappoint- ment at sctbacks may have instilled q spirit of blind revenge. Or, lastly, the Russians may have thought to instill fear
 into. the German forces by their depra-
 detions and violence. The total damage caused, both by legt-
 innate war losses and by devastation. the
 statistics estimate at, $S75, ,OO0.000. They place this as the lowest figure and be- lieve that eventually it will have to be revised upward. The $100,0 0,000 voted by the Prussan Diet for the relief of the
 province is melting away fast, and the work of rehabilitation has really only just begun. In addition to this sum-
 money in large quantities has been raised l,by various communities throughout Ger
 many for corresponding East Prussian districts which is being hastened into
 rapidly.
 .f ONLY AFTER WAR Reconstruction work. insofar as build
 ings are concerned, can for the time be-
 ing go ahead practically only in the more westerly portions of the province. In the
 parts along the border line it will, probably be necessary to wait until after
 the war before beginning permanen.
 work of this kind. The province has been divided into 16 districts presided over by as many head architects with numerous assistants, who are striving to attain the proper combina- ton of taste and utility, and are meeting with every cooperation from the inhabl- tants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
EAST PRUSSIA LOSS NOT EXAGGERATED Effects of Two Russian ln-
 vasiOns Terrible TOTALS 375,OOO, ,OOO Most of Damage Was Done In Second and Longer Invasion-Work of
 Rehabilitation Has Only
 Just Begun

Berlin, February 5.-(Correspondence oi the Associated Press)-Detailed estimates of what East Prussia has suffered bJ the war-with its two invasions by the Russians-have been compiled and they surpass even the guesses that, earlier wero thought to be wild and sensationa and were discounted even by the East Prussians themselves.
 the acts of violence, plundering. murder damage and loss is quoted from the German statistics as follows
 Entirely or partly destroyed, "A cities. 600 villages, 300 estates, 340OO buildings.
 Plundered 100000 residences.
 Killed or seriously injured, POGO civil ians.
 Carried off to Russia. 10.700 persons.
 F'ugitives who had to leave home. S50,- OOe to 100000.
 Killed or carried off by Russians, 1885, 900 horses, 25OOOO cattle, so0,000 hogs, 50.- COG sheep, 1O,o00 goats, 6Oo,ooo chickens 50,eO0 geese.
 The investigators who have compiled these statistics make it perfectly clear that "only portion of this damage may be laid directly to the Russians vandal- ism," and that Q part of it is charge able to the inevitable ravages of war This is particularly true of that portion Of East Prussia which was the scene o1 fJ,o fivqf ipya aiou
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
HOUSE FOR MILITIA DRAFT.
In Opinion Of Congress Emergency
Demands Use of Guard.

Washington.-By practically unan-
imous vote the House passed a joint
resolution saying that "in the opinion
OF Congress-" an emergency exists
which demands the use by the Presi-
dent Of the National Guard and au-
thorizing the chief executive to draft
the militia into the service of the
United States. The vote was 332 to 2.
The same resolution appropriates
$1,000 for the support of depend
ent families of National Guard mem
bers who have been called out because
OF the Mexican crisis.
Representatives London OF New
York, Socialist, and Huddleston, Demo
crat, Alabama, were the only members
voting against the resolution on a roll
call vote.
Mr.. Huddleston asserted that the
resolution amounted to conscription
and drafted for a possible service OF
three years on foreign soil National
Guardsmen who had enlisted for ser
vice within the United States.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
PLANNING TO
SEIZE RAILROAD
Mexicans Say They Will Take
Over Northwestern
FROM JUAREZ TO MADEIRA
Claims Much Valuable information
Sent to U. s. Troops by Ameri-
can Observation-Disclosures at
Juarez Found In Operation

FL Paso-Carranza officials are
planning TO seize and operate the
| Mexico Northwestern railroad from
Juarez TO Casas Grandes and MADEIRA,
It was announced by Gen. Gonzales to
an American friend in Juarez. Gen.
Gonzales gave as his reason the mil
itary need for the road and the fact
been sent 10 the American troops
over the telegraph line while it was
in charge of the American operating
officials.
This is the road which Carranza
refused to permit the United States
10 use in sending supplies TO Gen.
Pershing. 1t runs from JuareZ south
west to Casas Grandes, Pearson and
MADEIRA, and from there to Chihuahua
City by way of San Antonio and
Santa Ysabel. The Chihuahua divi
sion from MADEIRA TO Chihuahua City
has been under the control of the
Carranza government for many
months and is now being used to
move troop trains.
The officials Of the Pearson syndi
cate, which controls this road, are
located in New York. and it is re-
ported that formal protest will be
filed against the seizure of the road.
The operating officials are not worry
ing, as they say the United States
will have control Of the road within
a week and it will then be returned
to them.
More troops continue to entrain in
Chihuahua City for the north, ac-
cording to a message received here.
The telegram was from the 10 Ameri-
cans from Parrall who were coming TO
the border. They reported in code
that a total of eight troop trains had
left Chihuahua for the north, pre-
sumably Villa Ahumada, and that
total of $4,000 troops had left there
since Saturday for Villa Ahumada.
1t has been discovered by the army
radio operators at Fort Bliss that the
old Villa wireless tower in Juarez,
which was thought to have been dis
mantled by the Carran2a officials
when they evacuated the town, was
working nightly and was picking up
messages passing between Fort Sam
Huston and the front at Colonia Dub
Ian, as well as between Fort Bliss,
Columbus and the front. The radio
operator at Columbus also reported
picking up a message in Spanish go
ing TO Mexico City and sent from the
Juarez tower in which orders trans
mitted in English by the American
officers had been translated into
Spanish and sent to the capital.
Badly infected emaciated and
weak from loss of blood, the sur
vivors of the CarriZal fight are be-
ing brought to the hospital at Col
umbus preparatory to being brought
to the base hospital at Fort Bliss.
The wounds are infected from ex-
posure on the desert. and one Negro
trooper will have to have his right
arm amputated because of the in
lection in bullet wound in his
shoulder.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
CARRANzA MADE
CARR|zAL ATTACK
U. S. Demands Prisoners Back
and Refusal Would
Mean War
BAKER RUSHES MOBILIZATION
An UItimatum sent to Gen. Carrsnza
in Reply to One Received From Him
Admitting Responsibility in tho
Carrlzal Affair.

General Carranza, the head OF the
de facto government OF Mexico, has
assumed responsibility for the mill
tary regulation which resulted in the
attack by Mexicans upon American
troops at Carrizsl. This fact was an
nounced by the State Department,
and promptly thereafter Secretary
Lansing dispatched a communica-
ton TO Carranza demanding the re-
lease OF the American prisoners who
were taken by the Mexicans and
declaration OF the attitude OF the de
facto government towards the United
States.
While the communication Is not
declaration of war, it is looked upon
as a close forerunner OF actual hos
tilities, inasmuch as upon the answer
OF Carranza will depend the issue OF
arms.
President Wilson at a conference in
the White House gave Congress lead
ers the facts in the Mexican crisis
and told them what his policy will be.
Secretary Baker sent out orders for
the State corps 70 hurry mobilization
and start for the border.
Representatives OF the Latin-Ameri-
can republics in Washington are con-
ferring constantly with view to pre-
pairing a combined proposal for me-
diation as a means OF preventing
break.
The Mexican embassy has been Off
cially advised that General Carranza
has accepted "in principle" tentative
proposal to this end received by him
from other Latin-American republics.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

The Thiamont field work, southwest
OF the village Of Douaumont, which
has been subjected TO repeated at
tacks by the Crown Princes army
in the past few weeks, fell to the
Germans along with the French first
line positions.
Huge movements Of German troops
from the western to the eastern the
atre Of war are under way. Within
two days 100 troop trains passed
through Aix-la-chapeIle. The troops
are being used to stem the great
Russian drive which threatens the
Austro-Hungarian forces operating
In Gallcis.
Despite the fact that Germany has
rushed three immense armies TO re.
lIeVe the Russian pressure % AIS.
tria, the German artillery and the
German infantry have been attack.
ing the French at verdun with Hn-
diminished strength and violence.
According to Petrograd dispatches
nothing but a miracle can avert
the destruction Of General Planners
army, as General Letehitxky now
holds stretch Of twenty miles on
the Sereth River.
Spain and Germany have been in com.
muniestion concerning peace. King
Alfonso may make move soon.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
LANSING DEFINES
PURPOSE OF WAR:
To End Chaos in Mexico, He
Armour ;es to the Pan
American Nations
WORD OF CLASH AWAITED
carranza Parleys May Lead to Fresh
Negotiations - Wilson Against
Any Mediatlon-Note to Lstins
to ForestalI Their Action.

Washington.-While President Will
son was awaiting further information
on the Carrizal ambush OF American
soldiers TO determine his future course
with Mexico, Secretary Lansing made
public a communication 10 the diplo-
matte representatives OF the South
and Central American republics CIV
ing assurance that the United States,
IL war comes, will have no other pur-
pose than TO protect her own borders
and her own citizens and will not In
tervene in Mexican affairs.
The action of the State Department
in outlining to the southern republics
this Governments policy in the event
OF war, was interpreted in some quar-
ters as indication that the Administra
tion is impressed by the imminence
OF conflict with the Mexican armies.
Whatever basis there is for this be-
lief II Is known that one OF the actu-
ating motives In issuing the memor-
anda was to correct a rather preva.
lent impression in South and Central
American countries that the United
States Is about to embark In a war of
conquest against weaker nation.
The charge OF bad faith against the
CarranZa Government Is phrased
more automatically and less directly
in the recent note to Carranza to
which the attention of the South and
Central American republics is invited.
1t is plain that President Wilson
wants Latin America 10 keep its
hands off at present, fearing that an
offer of mediation might embarrass
him, and this memorandum is meant
TO assure that Mexican integrity will
be respected
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
FUNSTON ASKS FOR $4,000 MILITIA
Request for Strengthening Of Frontier
Patrol.

Washington.-Ma ajor-Gen. Frederick
Funston wired TO the War Depart
ment asking that $4,000 men OF the
National Guard be sent to him as soon
as they are available, to be stationed
along the Mexican frontier from
Brownsville to the Pacific Ocean.
The request is understood to have
been based on disturbing reports
which have reached Funston's head
quarters concerning the activity of
Mexican forces south OF the border.
Important Developments OF the Mex
ican situation we're:
The United States sent to the Mexi-
can Government war note warning
Carranza of the grave consequences
that will follow resort TO arms by
Mexico.
The President and Cabinet reached
the firm decision to back up the note
with the armed strength Of the ma
tion, even TO the extent Of calling out
100000 volunteers TO supplement the
regulars and militia.
Ambassador Designate Arredondo
suddenly cancelled an engagement
with Secretary Lansing. Mexican
Embassy officials regarded the war
note as an affront, and possibly a
casus belli.
Special Agent Rodgers informed the
State Department of anti-American
demonstrations in Mexico City, and
said he had arranged TO take all AM
orleans on special trains to Vera Cruz,
where the United States transport
Hancock will be waiting to bring them
TO the United States.
At White House war council 1t
was decided TO ask Congress to add
10000 sailors to the navy at once and
to increase the number TO $4,000 In
case of emergency.
Reports regarding conditions in
Mexico City, recalled to the United
States via London. state them to be
appalling. There is no money. The
people are resorting TO barter. Food
supplies are limited. The anti-Amer-
ican feeling is intense. Attacks nave
been made on all American property,
including oil properties, it is added.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
NEGRO TROOPS LAUGHED DUR
ING CARRIZAL FIGHT.
Capt. Morey Tells of Wonderful Gal.
lantry Of Capt. Boyd and ST. Adair.

Capt. Morey Tells Of Wonderful Gal.
lantry of Capt. Boyd and ST. Adair.
Field Headquarters, Mexico (by
wireless TO Columbus, n. M.)-Am-
erican Negro troopers faced almost
certain death at Carrizal with smiles
on their lips and they burst into song
once or twice as they fought their
grim fight against odds, is the story
told by Capt. Lewis s. Morey, when
he arrived at field headquarters.
For IS minutes the men fought,
joking among themselves all the
while. even though they realized we
lad been trapped and had little
chance OF getting out alive" he said.
Capt. Money said he had never
seen such valor as was displayed by
Capt. Chas. T. Boyd in leading a
handful of dismounted skirmishers
through the machine-gun fire and in
TO the ambush of death. He added
that IL was not until their ammuni-
tion was exhausted that the troop
was finallv cut TO pieces. and he told
of the heroic death of 1t Henry r.
Adair of Portland. ore, in an at
tempt TO replenish the stock of cart
ridges.
Lit Adair died fighting. his last
words being Go on. sergeant" 10 a
non-commisioned officer at his side,
Capt. Morey said. The two were on
their way TO the pack animals carry
ing the ammunition when they were
intercepted near small irrigation
ditch by a detail of the Mexicans. 1t.
Ada.r had already been wounded and
had lost his pistol in the previous
fighting, but he had borrowed an
other and was fighting a hand-to-
hand battle when he was killed. He
fell unconscious and was caught by
the Negro sergeant as he slid toward
the ditch. which was deeply filed with
water The sergeant held 1t Adair
in his arms. his face above the water.
until he died. the wounded officer
reviving only long enough to whisper
orders TO leave him and finish the
mission.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-06-30
cARRANzA is BANDITS AID.
American Troops Will Not Be With
drawn and Must No. Re Iponeded

American Troops Will Not Be With
drawn and Must Not Be lmpeded.
Washington.-Th American note,
fatty rejecting Gen. Carranza's de.
mand for the withdrawal of United
States troops from Mexico and re-
buking the Carran~N Government for
the dlscourteous tone and temper OF
its latest communication. was handed
to Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for transmits
sion to Mexico City. Copies were fur.
nished to all the foreign embassies
and legations, and a summary was
cabled 10 Mr.. Rodgers, the United
States special agent at the Mexican
capital