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BOMBS DROPPED oN INDUS
TRIAL CENTERS AND
DAMAGE IS GREAT
Desultory Fighting Rep orted
From All Fronts But Situation
Remains Unchanged

LONDON, Feb. l., 11:22 p. M
Ftfty-four persons killed and 81 iniur.
ed was the result of the raid of Ger
man airships over Norfolk, Suffolk.
Derbyshire. Leicesershire, Stafford.
shire and Lincolnshire Monday night.
according to the official report OF the
British government. In ALI, 200 bombs
were dropped from the air craft. and
considerable material damage was
done.
Berlin reports that all the airships
returned safely to their base. in spite
OF the heavy fire directed on them
from all points, none OF them having
been hit
Berlin asserts that at Liverpool.
Birkenhead and Manchester. and
along the Humber docks. blast fur
naces and factories were attacked.
heavy explosions and serious fires re-
sulting. On the Humber a battery
was silenced
Except for a German infantry at
tack northeast OF Arras, which was
checked by a fusilade Of hand gren-
AIDES thrown by the French. artillery
duels and bombardments have pre-
dominated on the western front.
A single infantry attack near Monte
Rom5on. where the Italians repulsed
III" Australians. is the most impOr-
tant operation. aside from the usual
artillery actions reported from the
Austro-ltalian front
From Riga to the Stripa river there
have been several infantry eng1ge-
ments in which the Ausfro-C Germans
were wOrsted by the Russians. accord
ing to PetrOgrad. but the fghting on
this front also has been mostly by the
big guns.
In the Caucasu- around Lake Tor
tum and Khryskala. the Vussians are
declared 10 be stu pursuing the
Turks
Reports received in London an
nOunce that satisfactory progress A.
being made by the British and french
forces operating against Germans in
east and west equatorial Africa.
In Montenegro and around Scutari.
bon Albania. the situation is quiet
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gers on the Appam and the Ap-
PANS crew Of 155.
Lieutenant Beroe claims the
Appan Is . prize Of war but aov-
eminent officials have not yet ac-
cepted this view. She had one
mounted rifle aboard when CAP
tured. but this was removed by
the Moewe and there were no
guns aboard when she reached
port, except small arms carried by
the prize crew.
On January 10th the Moewe cap
tured and sank the British steam
ship Farrinaford. carrying 500
tons Of copper ore. Later on the
same day she captured the Brush
steamship corbridge with a cargo
OF 5000 tons Of coal. The Moewe
did not sink the <essel but sent a
crew aboard and held her as a
collier.
For three days the Moewe was
Inactive and the- the British ad-
miralty transport Oormonby hove
IN sight on January 13. She Of
fered no resistance and was cap
tured and sunk. Before that day
VAS over, the raider had met and
destroyed the British steamship
Author carrying 5000 tons Of gen.
eral cargo. and the admiralty
transport trader, with 5000 tons
OF sugar.
No ship Of the enemy was sight
ed on the fourteenth, but on the
fifteenth the British steamship
Ari3dne crossed the raiders path
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WARNING HAS
BEEN WITHDRAWN

NEW YORK. Feb. The British
consul general here today notified
British shipping 10 be on the lookout
for German submarines in American
waters. but the warning was later said
10 have been Withdrawn az needless.
Information received at the consulate
led 90 the belief that n submarine had
accompanied the captured steamer
Appam on her voyage across the At
lanuc. but according To- Captain Gadnt.
British naval attache the information
was not considered authentic.
We were informed today" said
Captain Gaunt "of the possible pres
ence Of German submarines near the
American coast and considered the IN.
formation sufficiently authentic to
warrant sending out a notice 20 ship
ping Later. the sources which had
given us our lnformatic explained
that DO was erroneous and We decided
~ withdraw the warning"
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certain time To make repairs and take
provisions. IL she is declared "A prize
the situation becomes more complex,
and in that event IL is admitted that
the United States viii have to deal
with probably the most novel question
concerning its neutrality that has
arisen during the war.
As one OF the first steps. the prob
lem probably would be referred to the
neutrality board. which is an unof-
hcial body composed of James Brown
Scott. former solicitor OF the state de-
partment; Captain Harry $. Knapp.
Of the navy general board, and Cap
tain J. II. Oliver, head of the naval
intelligence office. The boards find
ings. while merely advisory. have
weight with the state department.
II was pointed out at the state de-
partment that there was much conm-
sion in the treaties and provisions or
international law on the subject OF
prizes; the right to convert captured
vessels into auxiliary warships and
the right OF reclamation by the origi-
nal owners of captured vessels.
Opinions Conflict.
One theory largely held is that title
to the captured ship does not pass
until a prize court has acted Anoth-
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by the Teutonic naval forces. The
main reliance of a submarine is her
tcrpedoes and no submersible can car
~ more than half a dozen. To re-
supply them in the United States
would be practically impossible with
cut the effort being detected, officers
said. leaving the raider submarine
with only her small disappearing gun
fer armament.
Base Necessary.
Naval officers generally agreed that
TO accomplish any continued effective
work II would be necessary for a sub
marine TO have a base OF supplies
somewhere in the western Atlantic.
There was always the possibility. II
was pointed out. Of some audacious
commander establishing such a base
IN the inhabited keys OF the British
Bahama islands. or a submarine might
be supplied by neutral MERCHANTMEN
sailing from American potts. This
latter possibility, involving a breach
CT American neutrality, probably Will
receive the attention OF the secret
service agencies of the government.
Submarines OF the American ri.
boat class have a normal cruising
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Two Steamers
Collide at Sea;
One Sinking

BOSTON, Feb. 1.-Wireless mes
sages indicating a collision at sea be-
tween two steamers at a point near
Cape Race. n. F.. were picked up by
several stations on the New England
coast late tonight. The identity OF
the vessels was not disclosed. One
was said to be sinking. The other
ship. stating she was badly smashed.
sent word she would stand by.
According to radio registers the
initials w !. A." with which mes
sages from the vessel were aigned.
form the wireless signature OF the
American steamer Silver Shell, of
3.422 tons. i'm command of Captain
Gibson. The Silver Shell was last
reported as arriving at New York on
January 10. from Bordeaux.
The steamer signing wv. /. A" he
lieved to be the Silver Shell, later to-
night reported I'VE are not danger.
ously damaged"
TIL vessel that reported herself sink
ing. sent a message signing herself -
;. B." saying room full OF water. d"
This was believed to refer 10 the dyna-
mo room.
According to wireless authorities
this signature should belong to a
Japanese vessel, other signs OF the
same group being identified with ships
of the Osaka Mercantile Co.
The positions Of the steamers was
given as latitude 43.45. longitude 1851,
a point in the vicinity OF Cape Race.
y. F.. The messages. which were very
fragmentary. indicated that the wv. /.
A. was sending life boats TO the
other ship.
soon after there came to the listen
ing stations on this coast a low DOW
cred succession of signals. which
spelled out: Il am sinking Come and
save me-" This call was signed y
T. D."
No response was heard. but some
what later Wv l. A." sent n message
ashore which said the second vessel
was out OF sight. Whether this was
intended TO record its sinking was not
indicated
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NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 1.-GIven
up for lost days ago, the British
passenger liner Appam plying in
West African trade, sailed like an
apparition In Hampton Roads to-
day, flying the German naval en-
sign and with her ships company
under guard Of a German prize
crew. She was caught by a German
raider. Moewe, and had on board
the crews OF seven British mer-
ehantmen and admiralty trans
ports captured by the Moe.e
before she seized the Appam and
started her across the Atlantic for
an American port with Lieutenant
Hans 6erae, OF the German naval
reserve, and twenty-five men In
charge.
The Appam now lies off Old
Point Comfort, under the guns Of
Fortress Monroe, waiting for the
state department at Washington
to determine her ststus-~hether
she Is a man Of war subject TO in
ternment or a German prize. Bv
tomorrow the customs authorities
here hope to have orders to send
the ship either to Norfolk or New
port News, where the anxiously
waiting British civilians will be
put ashore.
According to the story told with
great reserve by Lieutenant Beroe
TO Collector Hamilton, when he
formally reported his presence In
today, the Moewe captured the
Appam, bound from Dakar, French
West Africa, for Liverpool, after a
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brief show Of resistance, on Janu-
ary 16. sixty miles north Of the
Madeira Islands. On board the
noewe then were the crews OF
five vessels, previously captured,
all Of whom were sent on the
Appam.
From all reports the raider is
a converted German merchantmen
with a false canvas castle con-
eeaIing a battery of guns Of fairly
large ealibre. On January II. she
engaged In battle an armed Aus
traiian trader, the Clan MaeTav-
ish, which she sank after an es-
citing combat with a loss Of fit
teen men killed on the Clan Nc
Tavish. The Appam, which was
ten miles away at the time in
charge Of the prize crew, steamed
hurriedly back to the scene and
rescued four members Of the crew
Of the sinking Clan McTavish
struggling In the water.
Later, under orders from the
commander OF the raider, Lieuten-
ant Berge headed his prize for
American port and parted COM
psny with the Moewe. NothIno
was seon or heard OF the raider
since, and the Appam steamed
across the ocean on an uneventfuI
voyage, reaehing the Virginia
eapes at 5:45 this morning.
On board the Appam all told
are 452 persons-the prize crew OF
%; twenty German civilians, who
were on their way to England for
internment; 13s seamen captured
with the British ships; lie passen-
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MOHR TRIAL IS
NEARING AN END

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Feb. The
end OF tho trial Of Mrs. Elizabeth Mobr
and two negroes. Cecil Brown and
Henry Spellmau. charged with the
murder Of the woman's husband. Dr.
G. Franklin Mohr. seemed 70 be In
sight when the court took an early
adjournment today A. the request
OF william n. Lewis. counsel for the
negro defendants. roday's session END.
ed two hours earlier than usual In
order 10 give Mr. Lewis time TO get a
few Witnesses whose testimony be
wished 10 Introduce before calling
Brown and Spellman 70 The stand Mr
Lewis stated that he expected 70 fin
ish BY tomorrow night Doth sides
expressed the belief that the case
would BE- ready 10 BE- given 20 ths
Jury BY Saturday.
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Wilson Finds
Middle West for
Preparedness

DES MONIES. Ia. Feb. 1.-Presi-
dent Wilson arrived in Des Moines
at SOS p. m.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
were met at the station by commit
tee representing various civic bodies.
Four companies of National Guards
men, with the entire police force of
the city. held back the large crowd
which packed the sidewalks ali the
way TO the hotel. The progress % the
President was marked BY cheers A
closed automobile was used by he
President, for the temperature was
near zero. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
were wrapped in furs.
The President and Mrs Wilson
dined privately before leaving for the
Coliseum, where the President spoke
tonight. Shortly before reaching Des
MOines, the President spoke briefly
at Newton. Iowa, urging the people to
support his preparedness program and
telling them the difficulty of keeping
the United States out Of the European
war.
President Wilson. IN addressing the
largest audience Of his present trip.
In which he is advocating prepared.
ness mere tOniEnt. asked this Oties-
tion: do you want the situation to
be such that all the President can do
Is to write messages and utter words
Of protest?
why to ask that question is to
answer IT," he said
Whenever international law is vio-
lated by one Of the other belligerents {"
the President said. America Was call
ed upon 20 register a voice OF protest.
OF insistence'
do you want tho situation to be
such that all the President can do is
TO write messaEeV and ut'tr words OF
protest? II these braechcs % interna.
uonal law. which are IN daily danger
Of occurring. should touch the very
honor Of the United States. do you
wish TO do nothing about n? DO YOU
wish 10 have All the world say that
the flag of the United states can he
stained with impunitvt Why TO ask
that question is 20 answer a.
know there is not a man or wo-
man within the hearing OF my voice
fCouffnuaH IN RaUa T~er-na
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LeUeeS Break
In Arkansas:
Great Danger

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. 1.-Un-
der the strain Of serious flood condi-
tions levees along the Arkansas and
White rivers in eastern Arkansas be-
gan to give way today and through
the breaks poured a torrent of water
which did widespread property dam
age in the inundation of river towns
and villages. miles of lowland farms
and drove several thousand persons
from their homes. The most threaten
ing situation tonight appeared TO be
at the state convict farm. near Cum
minis. where between 600 and 800
negro prisoners were huddled on the
remains of the broken Arkansas river
leyee. Their position is perllous.
Other prisoners were removed early
today and the steamer Bay Queen left
Pine Bluff this afternoon in an effort
TO rescue those left.
After the convicts are rescued the
steamer will be sent back TO pick up
several hundred people who are iso-
lated near Douglas. Another leyee
has broken there.
The steamer Lightwood today found
marooned families further down the
river in Red Fork in the vicinity OF
Watson. Il was reported that there
were SeNeIdl breaks IN tne leNeeS on
the lower Arkansas between Cummins
and Red Fork one OF them two miles
wide. Through them flood waters
rwept across the lowlands OF lower
Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
The White river flood is from ten
feet to Is feet deep in the business
streets of Newport. The break in the
levee there had been expected and
two-thirds Of the $500 residents had
left the city.
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Capt. Harrison
Tells How Appam
Was Captured

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Feb. l.
h.o, Foster who brought the Appam
info Hampton Roads tonight told the
story OF her capture as it was related
o -lm by Captain Harrison. Lieuten-
r. He.-e refused positively to per-
a.t anyone except United States OF.
..re to board OF leave the ship. An
armed guard on the deck warns all
sorts ot vessels 10 steer wide OF the
'rram
l Is the best not 10 go near her"
" lieutenant warned newspaper
t-1 My men might shoot"
IAi- is Captain llarrison-s story OF
AIp'mH capture as Foster told
Ii was @ briGht clear day when we
'rr captured We were moving
.Dl- at a fair rate or speed when
-a.1ly .n the distance / saw what
.ppeareo To be an ordinary tramp
-.ta.er Gradually she came closer.
"r da not fear her and continued
...- with no attempt To escape. nor
our making preparations 40 com
. Der d- We certainly expected no
Iuck
suddenly the tramp fred q shot
nom q small gun across our bows I
'lld''iy hove TO- As 7 did the
'',' iorecasfle head made apparently
canvass or some other hlmsy ma
'I Iti away and revealed a battery
e huge guns
Immediately was apparent that
-.ahcr was useless. 80 We surrend-
q. without offering resistance.
Once aboard the Appam the Ger.
fh prize crew under the protection
'l. battery Of guns OF the raider
..'aiai"lN disarmed the Appam
.." and locked them in various
''.H a similar precaution was tax.
. "i.l fhe prisoners.
'a tho course OF this work the
eng German captives who were
eng taken to England were discov.
fC0r tfnuad On p,~. ,-s.,.
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National Guard. we have come 20 tho
final parting Of the ways. The pas
sage ~ such n measure would fully
and irretrievably commit Us 70 a sys-
tenn that has utterly failed IN the
past. which menaces our safety now.
system in which the people Justly
have no confidence.
IT we put the organized militia
firmly In the saddle. az b. contempiat-
"a IN this bill. the opportunity for
adopting a sound military policy ror.
the nation viii have passed beyond
recall"
We'll Received.
The proposals of the Ruardsmen|
were well received IN both commits.
tees. They were invited by the sen
ate committee 20 draft their plans inl
the form of bill. and several mem
bers of the house committee took oc
casion 10 congratulate General Foster|
and Major General John r. ORvan'
Of the New York National Guard. VIII
also spoke. 10 showing they half
made 10 behalf Of the state troona
Generals FOSTER and ORyan and ofhe.|
National Guard officers present. In
Guiding General w j. Stuart. "A
Pennsylvania. president Of the VA
uonal Guard association. General al
tConeinusd en- PAQs NAL
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Joaeph n Rohinnon-

Special Dispatch to the IntelliRencer
EAlItMONT. W. Va. Feb. Joseph
r. Robinson. aged ~ years died to-day
at his home here. He was the Oldest
native born resident or Fairmont for
merly Middletown. Virginia. Mr. Robin
son was living in Louisiana at the time
or the civil war. and he served as n sol
der in the Confederate army. He be-
longed 90 Company X. Livingston Rifles.
10Th Louisiane regiment 4 Few years
ago he was presented with a cross OF
honor by the local chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy. Deceased
leaves two sons. Preston and Joe L.. and
one daughter. Miss Laura Robinson. His
wife died a few years ago.
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Ten Mile Current.

NEWPORT. Ask. Feb. with the
Jacksonport levee ouv. due TO the
overflow OF the White river into New
port Lake. this city today. was ex-
periencing its second disastrous food
In the last six months Water is from
two to six feet deep In the main bust
ten miles an hour
There Will be no shortage OF food
and little suffering. according to offi-
cials Early food warnings led resi-.
dents 10 take every precaution. Live
stock has been taken to higher
ground.
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Situation improved.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-The food situ-
alton along the Mississippi valley
from the mouth of the Illinois river
10 Cairo improved today. as the river
fell from its high mark OF 31.5 feet
No rain was reported from eastern
Missouri or southen Illinois territory
and snow began falling here late this
afternoon.
Most OF the trouble today was due
10 cold. The heavy rain that fell
throughout eastern Missouri and
southern Illinois turned to ice on tele-
graph and telephone wires. The heavy
wires snapped and the poles. gave
way.
Part OF the town at Valley Park. IS
miles southwest OF here. was flooded
by the Meramec river and about 100
persons were forced from their homes
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80 KnO,Un
Dead in Otdy
Valley Flood

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Feb. 1.-Thirteen
identified and "a unidentified bodies.
and two known dead whose bodies
have not been recovered, constituted
an established death roll OF 80 today.
from the Otay valley food OF last
Thursday.
Marines sent into the devastated
valley reported today that the upper
Otay and the Morena dams We're in
tact. Rear Admiral Fullam. commando
ing the Pacific reserve feet. today
sent Lieutenant w. F. Bradley 70 tle
Mexican border to investigate reports
OF looting and extortion IN furnishing
supplies to the flood sufferers. Sew
eral arrests have been made by civil
officers.
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SALE POSTPONED

Special Dispatch % the 1ntsurcnccr
FAlRMONT. W Va. Feb The
sale OF the properties Of The -Four
states Coal Company in Marion coun-
~. which was To- have been held to
day. has been postponed for one week.
until February
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Cor linued on Page Eirht }
THE WEATHER,

oai'' F'ir Wednesday and Thursday.
"eatern Pennuyivaniai West virgin-
- Far'ly cloudy. colder wednesday;
thursday fair.
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other leaders have expressed the
opinion thar wages in an districts
VIII be- increased. basing their homes
on The TACT. they said. that no advance
mas been given these mine workers I'm
four years.
Before ad1ourniuE President White
announced that he had entertained the
hope That he might retire from oace
after serving the miners in various
capacities for 90 consecutive years. 40
as Go devote more time 10 his family
and personal affairs His friends.
however. had been 20 insisfont fbaf
DO continue a. the head az the orran-
izatiou. he declared. that no. had de-
cided to stand al candidate for re-
election next December Omccra are
elected BY referendum vote
only one Defeat
The only setback the administration
ot tho union has received during this
convention which was in session ~
working DAYS. was the refusal % the
delegates 90 adopt a recommendation
cutting down the size of the biennial
meeting u was proposed that the
rerro- entation be made one delegate
for every 500 members instead 81 one
Gconunusd on Page Ninsl
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lOST BRITISH LINER BROUGHT TO us AS PRIZE
STEAMER APPAM GIVEN UP AS LOST AT SEA
SAILSSsH$.,E GHOST INTO HAMPTON ROADS


BOTTOM and crews Made Prsones-Rar
Captured
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-01-21
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KNOWN AS
SNAKE OIL
viii Positively Relieve PAIN In
Three Minutes,

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Neuralgia. I.umhago, sore. stltf ant
swollen joints. pains in the head
hack and limbs, coms, buu!ons, etc
After one application pain dissp
pears as il by magic.
4 never failing remedy used m
ternaly and externally for Coughs
Colds Group, Sore Throat. Diph
iberia and Tousiltis.
This oil is conceded to be thu
most penetrating remedy known
Its prompt and immediate effect il
relieving pain is due to the fac
hat ii penetrates to the affected
parts At once. A. an illustration
nour ten drops on the thtcse-t pec,
Vt sole leather. and it will penetrate
this substance through and through
IN three minutes.
Accept no substitute, This great
Oil il golden red color only, Every
bottle guaranteed, 2jc and 503 8
bottle, or money refunded, A
,eading druggists, -CLEMoRE PHAR
May, adv
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-01-21
trustees sale.

r, virtue u the authority vested
in No by deed oi trust, executed ny
Pauline Brazile, formerly PauIlni
R.gk. Ia ne a. trustee, on the 9th
day ~ March, 1915 to secure ihe
qaymen, at fifty dollar note exc.
a.ed by the said Pauline Brszlle To
al kannard | will seIi 10 the
highest bidder. at Ii O'Clock, noon.
TUESDAY February IS, 1915. at the
es-t door Of the Courthouse in the
savr az Dickson. Dickson County
repne-.cr, the following described
Iots
4 certain 10, lying in The state
4 Tennessee Dickson County, 9Th
aiya district. beginning on the n.
" corner Of Sarah Ellis and sis-
Ter. ut, runs ". 1901 feet 70 a street
between this Bibb'- lot, where be
lives. then south With said street