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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-18
n0on EoR YOU. BEN

Hen Wilson. "a the young news
paper reporter. saved the family
jewels from Uncle" How did he
DO it See the Colonial. The
Mainspring" Is the title Of the play
This, together with a comedy and
a scenic. comprises the program.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-18
A Mile Of
MIle-a-Nlinute
NIeI1il1lent
Positively
Until
Wednesday
Night Only

The Magic Isle" depicting
the semi-tropical beauties OF
the Danish West Indies. now
the subject OF sales negotia-
ton by Denmark and u. ).
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-18
o. YOU nouGIAsl

o. YOU DOUGLASS
Being married while the groom
is on top OF tho telephone wires.
the bride IN her room. and the min.
lister in jail IS some wedding cere.
mony. However. that's how Jimmy
Conroy AMI his fIancee took the
VOWS. In the "Matrimaniac. at the
Liberty. Douglas Fairbanks. the
dean or present day athletes and
comedians. and Constance Tai
madge are starred Doug pulls OF
some OF hts Justly famed stunts as
usual The comedy Is snappy. fun
OF life and that mysterious quantity
known % ginger
Take II from us. It's some show.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-18
MORE YELLOW PERIL

When his bridc-to.b be was dishoa.
ored by her artist employer. Toyo
swore revenge on the white mans
sweetheart. threatening 10 despoll
her Sessue ilayakawa. the noted
japanese actor. plays Togo. and
Myrtle Siedman the white girl
When the two forces clnshed
there was SOME battle. Did the
Jap do az he swore' Ito was a
Samurai Go to tho Coliseum and
see The Soul Of Kura san. ~ you
wish 10 know.
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27
Meusc Bridges Reach ed.


Now. in the first days o. the battle
the position of the French on the easi
bank OF the Meusc vas Just this: Tho
troops facing north were meeting ana
slowly yielding 10 terrific drive COM
ing south and southwest; the rest o.
the troops shat faced east toward the
Woevre were not attacked severely.
But as the Germans came south. and
when they took Douaumout. they were
able 70 reach the bridges across ihe
Meuse behind the French troops on the
Meuse Hills and 10 destroy them by m
direct fire. and these French troops'
more than q hundred thousand prob
ably. were fighting with their backs %
2 deep river and exposed 70 destruction
in case their lines did not hold.
Ir this situation Jofre proposed 20
take. his troops behind the Meuse and
on the hills 10 tho west and above the
city, leaving the city 70 the Germans.
The French lire would thus come rortn
behind the Neuse from -. y .hie' rad
II IN turn west above Nerdur. fol owing
either the tharny Ridge or else lne
Hills Of Regret and Chaume' or ei-he'
side OF the trough. described above
which the road 10 Paris follows.
II Verdun were fortress actually.
if either the old town or tine c.r,ie o.
forts outside had been Of value. Jo.tre
would not have proposed this ,tt7g
But they were of 10 valve. Ncrdun
was once a fortress barring ihe "ar ~
the Plain Of Chalons. but the German
we're in the Plain. having come through
Belgium by the back door, as Il were.
The forts outside the city on the rim
of the basin hal already been aban-
doned because they could have been de-
stroyed by German heavy artillery, as
were those OF Liege and Antwerp.
Verdun was just { position: but II was
difficult position TO defend because
Of the river. which cut OF one-half the
army and could be crossed only by
bridges. which v,re under indirect FIRE.
Hills Trenched and Prepared.
II the French had come back to the
Charny Ridge. or even 10 the Kegret
Hills south Of the trough followed ~
the Paris-Metz road, they would nave
stood on hills Of patent military value
the trough is natural ditch IN front
These hills are ell trenched and pre-
pared for defence. The French would
merely have shortened their lines and
taken an easy position TO defend. m
stead Of holding a bad position. But
ultimately this would have meant fhe
relinquishing Of Nerdun. the lit,l c town
down in the valley below. now become
a heap o. ruins and having lost is mill
tary value thirty years earlier. when
heavy artillery began its decisive sue
cess over the old fortifcatioas.
The French did not retire. because me
civil government overruled the mill
tary; decided that the moral effect Of
the withdrawal rom Nerdun would be
disastrous 20 the French and advan-
tageous 20 the Germans Instead OF re-
tirng. the French stood and held the
hills beyond the Charny Ridge. DEAD
Mans end 30i; they hold them still.
and seem determined 70 keep them
But remember that they can .till retire
20 the Charny Ridge. II hey choose. and
only then find their best line west Of
the Meuse. II they mean to hold on 10
the city OF Nerdan.
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27

still preserves a value in the minds OF
the mass OF the French and German
publics. a town the taking Of which
would as a result OF this wholly false
appraisal be reckonei in Germany AZ
a great victory. which would vastly en-
courage German masses and would be
accepted in France as great defeat
wn'ch would equally depress the French
public. you will think OF the battle for
Neriun as il IS.
II you 60 70 Verdun you will see that
he estimate that the world has placed
upon il is illusory. You will see 1t Is
an abandoned town. You will see, As
did. that grea, and famous forts are
without guns. and you will see. as |
did. that the positions which the French
have prepared behind the Meuse and
above the town are vastly stronger
than those which they hsye held sue
cessfully, in Lorraine or any other
place where the attacks have been bit
ter. for nearly two years.
Two Reads TO Nerdun.
There are no forts. fortifcations.
for.-esses, in this war. There are just
trenches, and The Nerdun sector is no
exception. Ve-dun IS not surrounded;
il : not invested. ! went 10 the town
from Barbecue in On automobile
without dficulty. and / ran back TO
Paris by another road. through Chalons.
with equal case. the Germans nave
never got within three miles Of the
town on any side: TO the west OF the
River Meuse they are not within SIX
miles OF II. They are not gaming, and
have not been gaming for weeks; they
are merely lighting a desperate trench
campaign, and The French are fighting
back. retaking trenches or the east OF
the river. because they are IN their
last line on this baak OF the river, but
paving less attention TO German trench
gains on the west because the Germans
are still far from the Charny Ridge,
their main position.
II Verdun falls, that is, il the French
arc compelled under pressure or as
resul: of the cost of holding their pres
ont awkward position 20 80 back be
hind the river, they will lose MY or
hundred square miles Of French terri
tory. they will lose all the tremendous
value OF the moral lift" which the sue
cessful defence has brought. but they
will lose nothing else, and when the
Germans have taken Verdun. the ashes.
the ruins, they will stop. because there
is no object or value IN further attack.
Thy sre fighting for moral values, and
the French politician has overruled the
French soldier and compelled him To
accept battle on unfsvorable ground for
this same moral value, but against his
military judgment. He has done 1t
successfully. He expects and Franco
expects that he will continue 10 co IT
successfully, but in the wholly remote
contingency that he failed Il can
only say that IL is contingency no
longer considered in France), loss in
moral advantage would be the only
consequence.
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27
Verdun, the Door
That Leads Nowhere
Continued from page !

military and belonging like the citadel eighteenth century
Valley of the Meuse here several miles wide fiat
which small but fairly deep real obstacle
odd wand back and forth from side of the
Below Verdun doubled military obstacle by
the Canal de FEST.
lump of finger bowl Will pretty fairly
The Of will
Verdu the hills the interior of the
which the stands This rim of hills which
the itself broken the
fairly trough which into the Meus
thirty miles the west with the Plain OF
should this from aeroplane
this very cutting far into the tange
Ct
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27

as a fortified position, like Liege,
which, il it fell. would bring disaster,
as did the fall Of Liege. you are think
ing in terms of the situation before
the war. The forts of this position
have ali been abandoned and the French
are fighting in trenches ~ all points
save one outside this circle Of forts.
II you think OF Nerdln as the gate
way 10 anything, YOU are thinking of
something that doesn't exist. ~ was "A
gateway TO Central France. 10 the
Plain Of Chalons. from the German
frontier before tn Germans came down
into the Plain of Chaions from the
north through Belgium.
But if you think Of Vordun os place
which has great sentimen al value for
both the French aad the c rmans; II
you think of il as q place which by rca-
son o; It's impor.anc. .n other days
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27

The Germans have not made any gain
Of importance in nearly two months.
The French are very sure they will not
come further south. They are as con-
ident as men could be. But if the Ger
mans should come further south and az
last force the French 10 come back be-
hind the river and 70 the hills above
the town, they would only win a moral
victory. The military situation would
not be changed. unless they should also
pierce the French lines on the west OF
the river, and this is absolutely un-
thinkabic now.
Il you think Of Verdun City as fort
ress you will put yourself in the eiSh
teenth century. Il IS just an aDan-
doaed town. mostly ashes and complete
ly ruined Icy a useless 5onharimen.
after the main German advance had
je,a checked. II YOU .hirk Of Verdun
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27

that the defence Of Verdun is not tho
defence OF position that has great
military value. The French would be
better Off. would lose fewer men and
run smaller risk or considerable losses
If they should quit the east bank Of the
Meuse and occupy the hills back Of
Verdun on the west bank. On the west
bank the Germans have never made any
material gain. and they nave not come
within reach OF the hills that bear the
old forts. But the French Government
has decided that for political reasons,
for reasons that affect the moral, not
the military. situation, Nerdun must
not be surrendered; hence the army is
holding il al cost OF men less than
the Germans are paying 20 take il. but
at far greater cost than would be
necessary TO hold the better positions
west Of the river.
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27
AIIan'S foot.EdSe for the Troops.

MANY var zone hospitals hat. ordered
Aliens ZOO, Ease. me anf4sspuc posder FOR
u.e among the troops shaken info The shoes
ana used IN Che foot bath Aliens Foot Ease
rive, resi- ana comfort. takss ih- friction
rom The shoe and prevents me feet g>sfirg
,lred or foot sore Drug sud Department
g,of~- everywhere sell 30. z5c DoHf accept
ann sabsnfu'e Try - today -Adv,.
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27

artillery could not be brought over the
Woevre.
About half way between the French
front and Nerdun. on little crest
somewhat higher than the main ridge,
the French had erected a line of forts.
just as they had on the Charny Ridge.
Forts Douaumont and Naux. familiar
names now. were the forts most distant
from Verdun. But the French here. as
on the other side OF the river. had come
out Of these forts. abandoned and dis
mantled them and taken TO trenches
much to the north. II was upon these
trenches that the main German attack
fell, and in the first days the FTench
were pushed back until their trench
line followed the crests that bear the
old forts. and at one point. at Douau-
mont. the Germans had actually got
possession Of one Of the old forts; but
tho French trenches pass in front. OF
this fort at distance Of but few
IrtrdreI "a -de
New-York tribune., 1916-04-27
Critical Position Held.

On the other hand. east OF the River
Meuse the French are approx msieiy
in their last line. The hills and crests
they hold upon ;he Meuso Hills are
some three or fous miles from Nercun.
but u the French retired Tar they
would begin 20 come down bill. with
deep river a. tnei- backs. In co1se-
uueuce. whenever you hear that the
Germans have made some slight gain.
taken trench about Douaumort or
Naux. you are certain 20 hear al once
that the French have counter sttscke d
and retaken the lost ground.
The essential thing 20 remember Is
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07

Mexican fashion, by the immigration
officer. Heaven knows what for. ex-
cept that Carranza has to find jobs for
his supporters and they have to do
something for their money besides
staggering around in a uniform. Also,
there are probably a few drinks at
tached to visit to an outgoing steam
err, so the visit is prolonged beyond the
sailing hour. / understand that
Mexicans who are leaving the country
are subjected to a close questioning
as to why, where they are going and
for what purpose. Not long ago
carranza issued proclamation stat
ing that Mexicans should not go to
the United States to look for work,
but should be patriotic and stay at
home.
On the way out we passed the whole
Mexican navy-tWo small ships-at
anchor inside the breakwater, and
the Nebraska" outside.
Mexico is in bad way. but the sun
still shines and the bands play in the
plazas. 1t would be fine country
if there were no Mexicans in IT.. At
present it is only fit for Mexicans
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07
NOTICE..

In the District Court of the First Ju-
dicial District of the State of Idaho,
in and for the County of Shoshone.
In the Matter of the Application of
the Automobile Transportation Com
pany, a Corporation, for Voluntary
Dissolution.
Notice is hereby given, that the APP
pllcation of the above named corpor-
alton has this day been filed by the
undersigned clerk of the above entitled
court under the order of Honorable
William W. Woods, Judge of said
Court, who has also ordered that the
undersigned as such clerk shall give
not less than thirty days notice of
such application in the Wallace Miner.
q weekly newspaper of general cfrcu-
laton, published in said county, and
all persons are, therefore, notified that
on the 25th day of September, A. d.
1916, at 10000 o'clock a. IN. of said
day, or as soon thereafter as counsel
can be heard, the application of the
Automobile Transportation Company.
a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Idaho.
for it's voluntary dissolution will come
on to be heard before the Honorable
District Court of the First Judicial
District of the State of Idaho, in and
for Shoshone County, sitting at the
Courthouse, in the City of Wallace, in
said County of Shoshone.
In testimony whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
Of said District Court this 22nd day
of August A. d. 1916.
l.. r. ADAMS,
Clerk of the District Court of the
First Judicial District of the State
OF Idaho, in and for Shoshone Coun-
ty.
tSEAL)
BY C. ]. CALLAHAN
Au1f-SZl-6t Deputy Clerk.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of The Tyler Mining and Mill
ing Company, Limited. Burke, Ida
no, August 5, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Tyler Mining and Milling Com
pany Limited, held at the office of the
company in Burke Idaho, on the 5th
day of August, 1916. an assessment Of
one and one-half q ~ mills per share
was levied upon the capital stock of
the corporation, payable on or before
the 18th day of September, 1915, to AL
bert Hausaman, secretary treasurer
of the company, at Burke, Idaho.
Amy stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 18th day
of September, 1916 will be delinquent
land advertised for sale at public auc-
ton and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold at the Office of the
company, Burke, Idaho, on the 18th
day of October, 1916, at 1900 p. m. of
|said day, to pay the delinquent as
|sessment thereon, together with the
|costs of advertising and expenses of
sale.
ALBERT HAUSAMAN,
IAu10-S7-5t Secretary
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Blue Star Mining & Mill
ing Company, Kingston, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the above named corporation, held on
the End day of August, 1916, an as
sessment of two CD cents per share
was levied on the capital stock of the
said corporation, payable on or before
September 25, 1916, to A. c. Morbeck,
treasurer, at the office of the company
at Kingston, Idaho.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment remains unpaid on the 25th day
of September, 1916, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made be-
fore, will be sold on the 21st day of
October, 1915, at the hour of 800
o'clock p. m. at the company's Office
above specified to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with the costs of
advertising and the expenses of sale.
A. C. MORBECK,
Secretary, Kingston, Idaho.
Auto SCI It
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07
NOTICE.
It May Concern :

10 All Whom It May Concern:
Notice Is hereby given that Fl. G.
1ougee, the owner of an undivided
me-sixth interest in the Virginia min
ng claim situated in Beaver mining
district, county Of Shoshone. Idaho
will not be responsible for any debts
or obligations however incurred by
Patrick Burke, or his assigns, or by
ny person or corporation whatever
for any work done upon, or for any
machinery or supplies furnished for or
used upon said Virginia lode mining
claim, or for any contract debt, lien
or obligation made or incurred In re-
spect to said lode mining claim.
Dated this 91st day of May, 1914.
My28- Ag27-tf Fl. G. LOUGEE.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07
Ry "A Man From Mexico" In Engineering
and Mining JounIal9.

sYNoPsIs-A review of conditions
existing In Mexico at the present time,
showing the difficulties of prosecuting
legitimate work. The financial situa-
ton is the worst of many bad feat
ures.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07
The Public Gardens.

The Plaza de la Constitution 20
calo), in which there were formerly
trees, statues and band stand, is now
a bare, open space. This will faciIi-
tate the shooting down of the people
by machine guns on the roof of the
National Palace, as was done during
the Docena Tragica. The Alameda
has not been injured and even now II
Is well looked after. Needless to say
the new National theater-that magni-
ficent building Of white marbles still
unfinished and Is said to be slowly
like the houses n the Ayen-
ida Juarez. the city being built on a
bog. The new steel frame capitol
building is sim in the same state as
1t was few years ago. Cuernavaca.
once fashionable resort, is now In a
hlthy state. A man told me he saw
horses and burros looking out Of Sec
1nd story windows.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07

Au10-S7-5t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-07

The sale of pulque was forbidden in
the city and one could not get drink
Of any kind unless something to eat
was ordered. However, the restriction
on pulque has been withdrawn and the
great national industry is again flour
ishing. In March telegram of IL
words from Mexico City to Pachuca
go km.) cost the equivalent of Sc in
United States currency. Needless to
say, the Western Union does not run
this service. Postage to the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-05
THE WEEK
EpitOme Of Events Ending Feb
ruary 4, 1916.
WAR CONDITIONS AFFECTING
UNITED STATES.

The British steamer Appam, captured
by a German raider of commerce off the
Canary Islands. with the crews and pas
sengers of several vessels that had been
victims of the raider, was brought into
Norfolk harbor as q prize of war: all of
other than German nationality were land
ed by order of the State Department.
overruling the claim of the German in
charge that some We're prisoners of war;
the State Department held under advise
ment the final disposition of the status
of the vessel, perpleXed by conflicting
treaties. Negotiations over the Lusitania
with Germany came to a
crisis over the use of the word illegal
in the tentative draft of the agreement
framed by Secretary Lansing and Am
bassador Won Bernstorff Col. E. NJ.
House, personal representative of Presi-
dent Wilson to belligerent nations, reached
Paris after leaving Berlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-05
NATIONAL.

In his campaign for preparedness,
President Wilson spoke in the larger
cities of the middle west. urging the
necessity for power to back up with
force his much-criticised notes to
foreign governments. The secret bat
tie code of the United States Navy was
lost from the torpedo boat destroyer
Hull and court-martial was ordered.
The Philippines independence bill.
amended, was passed by the Senate. a
new administration shipping bill was
introduced in Congress. The appoint
ment of Louis d. Brandeis as associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States was considered in com
mittee of the Senate. The Supreme
Court of the United States denied the
appeal of David Lamar for rehearing
which he was convicted in a lower
court. Serious floods visited the Mis-
sissippi valley and the river counties
in California and elsewhere; many
were made homeless. With loss Of
seven lives and 100000 property dam
age, fire partly destroyed the Dominion
capital building at Ottawa, Canada; in
cendia rism is suspected The treaties
with Colombia and Nicaragua, consid-
cred in Senate committee. We're modi-
fed; Colombia was accorded SIS. 900. 900
instead of s25,000,000 compensation
for the loss of Panama. and the apology
was made mutual. Manuel Calero. for
mer ambassador to the United States.
in a letter to Senator Works, de-
nounced the measure proposing inter-
vention in Mexico, and asked that op-
portunity be given to MeXicans to work
out their own destiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-05
GUN POINTERS OF NAVY
SHOW INCREASED SKILL
House Naval Committee Told Also
of High Efficiency of Entire
Personnel.

Favorable description of the ability
of gun pointers and marksmen of the
navy was made yesterday behind
closed doors of the House naval affairs
committee by Capt c. c. PIunkett, gun
merry officer of the Navy Department
He said that the appropriations made
last year to provide for new gun point
ers would have been too small had not
the qualifications under which the extra
pay was to be earned been stiffened.
They got a burst of speed which
would have swamped us, said the Off
Ger. referring to the improvement of
the men. He also declared that IS per
cent of the enlisted force of the navy
has qualified in the marksmen class
with small arms able to nail anything
at 200 yards" Thirty per cent, he said,
are in the sharpshooter or 500-yard
class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-05
Progress of War.

against Germany for air raids on British
communities. resulting in loss of civilians
lives. Sixty were killed or injured by
Zeppelin raids in rural districts of Eng
land; six were killed in a Zeppelin raid
on Paris. Russians were reported to have
besieged 10000 Turks, shut up in Ere
rum, in the Caucasus. French forces, in
the face of Greek protest, occupied the
fort on the Karaburun peninsula; Greece
and Rumania were reported in neutral
ity pact. Montenegro patriots were re-
ported to have slain those generals who
surrendered their forces to Austria The
kaiser appointed the Sultan of Turkey a
field marshal of the German army. De
NAL was given in London to Berlin reports
that Great Britain had not asked for
raa