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Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
Fierceness of Allied Offensive Forces Germans to With draw Troops From Verdun Front
GERMANS HURLING
 THOUSANDS AT SOMME
Third Line of Germans Irn- perilled by Allies Great Stroke; British are Slowly Winning

LONDON, July 25. There were fierce hand to hand com bats and bomb fighting at various points along the front in north ern France during the day, says an official statement given out by the war office tonight. An attack by German infantry on the will Iaee of Pozieres from the north east was driven back by the Brit ish artillery fire.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
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(By Review Leased Wire.)
 WASHINGTON, July 25.-President Wilson has determined to stand squarelv behind the increased senate naval building program. Official word of his desire that the senate provis- ions be accepted by the House in con- ference was sent from the White House today to administration leaders at the Capitol where conferes will be- gin consideration of the naval bill within a few days.
 Representative Buchanan of Illinois a member of the naval committee temporarily blocked reference of the measure to conference in the House
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
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 LONDON, July 25.-The battle on the Somme front which began Satur- day at midnight and has continued since the brief lulls is still being en- gagged by British and Germans with the utmost stubbornness. An indica- tion of the importance the Germans attach to defending their third line is found in the report of General Haig the British commander. and in the German admission tat the troops have been brought from Verdun in order to lend all possible strength to General von Einen.
 British Advancing
 The British, if they are making but slow progress have been able to re- pulse all the fierce German counter attacks.
 General Haig tonight reports the re- pulse of a German infantry attack from the east
 Turkish Base imperiIed
 Advices from the Eastern front to- day are meagre, but the Grand Dukes troops gradually are closing in on Erzingan, the most important base and military position of the Turks in Asia Minor. while General Sakharoff continues his successful advance.
 According to a Berlin dispatch. by way of Amsterdam. Turkish troops are to be sent to help the Austro-Ger- mans against the Russians on the Galician front
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
Mexico Appoints
 Commissioners To
 Confer With U. s.
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MEXICO CITY. July 25.- Un- officia reports here are that Gen eral Cabrera, a lawyer; Alberto Pani, an engineer, and Roberto Pesquiera, have been designated as delegates to a conference that will endeavor to bring about settlement of the controversy be- tween Mexico and the United States.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
Unannounced, Cruiser Enters Norfolk Harbor, Seeking German "Sub," and Sails Away Again
 ENTERS WATERS
 WITHOUT WARNING Act While not Violation of In- ternational Law, is Deemed lmpudent May Bring Protest
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NORFOLK, Va, July 25.-PiIot less and without warning to United States officials, one of the British cruisers lying off Cape Henry awaiting the appearance of the German submersibles Deut- schIand and Bremen, steamed through the Virginia capes early today, proceeded to the vicinity of Fortress Monroe, cruised about for an hour or more, and then returned to a point just outside the three mile limit.
 The United States warship Louisi ana and the collier Neptune were th' only government vessels which sight ed the ship, and detailed report O the incident was made to Washing ton tonight by naval officers.
 Act Most Unusual
 Authorities here said that while the entrance to American waters without warning was very unespal, they could see in it no violation of international law or navigation regulations.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
35o,ooo TRAlNMEN
 VOTE TO STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.- Information was received by local railway men today that the 350,0O0 members of the four great brotherhoods of rail way trainmen have concluded their balloting and have re- turned an overwhelming vote in favor of a strike.
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Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
DOCTOR WAITE
 TRIES SUICIDE

B DOCTOR WAITE : TRIES SUICIDE s SING SING PRISON. N. Y., July 25.-Dr. Arthur Warren s Waite. awaiting electrocution ' here for the murder Of his ; father-in-law. John Peck, of : Grand Rapids. Mich, was
 found in his cell in the death house" tonight bleeding from
 a wound in his chest made in ' the shape of a cross. The pri- : soner had cut him elf with a ! piece of broken glass.
 How Waite obtained posses
 sion of the glass could not be
 explained The injury is not , serious.
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Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
Germans Refreshed.

The gaps in the units have been filled up with fresh men; the worn out cannon-for guns as well as men reach the limits of endurance in such a prolonged artillery combat-have been replaced from reserved stocks, munitions supplies have been replen- ished. and everything is in readiness for the new phase of the operations.
 Coming as an interlude in this period of the war. the church service at headquarters. which was attended by the Emperor. his suite. and the high officers constituting the brain and nerve center of the army, by two companies of the solidarity of the German military forces, by two com panies of erizzled Landstrum men. left an indelible impression of mind and memory.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26
DESPERATE ATTACKS.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE GER MAN ARMIES ON THE SOMME. July 24.-(By courier to Berlin, July 25.- 10 a. m, via London, July 26.-12: 10 a. m.) .)-From Great Headquarters with vivid impressions of a sermon deliver ed by a military chaplain before the Emperor and a congregation of sol diers fresh in mind. the great Allied offensive again fiickered up a series of desperate British attacks on the German lines northwest of Peronne.
 These barely moved, although the British attacked with eleven divisions, including two absolutely fresh ones, on the comparatively narrow front be- tween Guillemont and Thiepval.
 The French share of the offensive was limited to a couple of vicious stabs Of merely local extent near Estrees, southwest of Peronne, which were easily repulsed.
 See Advance Checked.
 The present line extending from Thiepval to Soyecourt, bulging east ward toward Peronne, may be regard ed according to the conviction of the headquarters staff. as the high water mark of the entente advance. They base this judgment on the neglible result of the fighting in the last fort night and they contend that it is no longer a question of whether the Brit ish and French will be able to hold what they have against the German counter pressure
Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-26

NEW YORK CITY Average price of cop per for week ending July 1e, 22.s75.
Evening star., 1916-10-15

much experience in the development Of
the county extension work among
farm women. She is also in contact
with the experts in the office of DR.:
c. F. Langworthy, chief of the Office of
home economics. This Office is the au-
thoritative source of subject-matter in
this line, as far as the states relations
service Is concerned.
In a recent talk Miss Ward said:
I'VE realize the vast strides which
have been taken in transposing the
position and the activities of women.
The time is not far past when all
domestic pursuits were indlvidualistic
IN method and practice, and If any
young woman showed marked ability
she was advised to turn her attention
away from domestic interests to some
thing more worthy of her powers.
I'VE can almost span with our own
memory the time which has been re-
quired for complete overturning Of
that primitive notion and the elevation
OF an entirely different conception Of
womans work. A coming together of
serious students of home problems in a
gathering of this sort illustrates ad-
mirably the spirit Of the new age in
which the conservation of human life
and ideals and the development Of the
Evening star., 1916-10-15

hold work, but they have not yet reach
ed the farm. Woman power is cheaper
than gasoline. Men have added new
machinery for their farm work because
they thereby increase the productive
ness OF their fields, but they have not
thought far enough to see the economic
value of a housewife who keeps her
strength and vigor Of body and spirit
because she has found way to do
things easily with a minimum of outlay
of time Often. If she knew what labor
savers are to be had-especially II she
had some measure Of money-earn1ng
ability--she could transform the heavy
and exhausting labor by her own ini-
tiatiye and personal force.
Here the extension worker can be OF
inestimable help. directing the effort
until running water is brought into the
house. until the value of power-given
ing the ice cream freezer. dishwashing,
running the sewing machine. etc, are
fully appreciated: until superfiuous
work has been eliminated and the easier
method of doing things has been found:
until the cooking range, that grim
Moloch to which so many countless
generations have been offered as ltv-
ing sacrifice. has been replaced by
kerosene or gasoline, at least in sum-
mer: until some knowledge Of a bal
has cut down in part the excessive at
tention often paid to food. and has i'm
proved the quality OF that which is
served.
Tn short, the extension worker 10
placed where she can help the farm
woman to reduce her toll. increase her
efficiency, find leisure to get acquainted
with her own mind and soul, to cult.
vate the art of neighborliness. and es-
pecially to be a companion to her hus-
band and children. The extension
worker is showing women how to COM
mand measure of leisure. to get a
feeling of spacious days and a power
of acknowledgment and social useful
ness, which will immeasurably enrich
the lives of countless women"
Evening star., 1916-10-15
AN INDOOR PISTOL RANGE.


charge weapon can not be used on
small-bore range.
By giving the civilian the right to use
government ranges, however, he is in
sured all those facilities which are
placed at the service of the guards
man and regular. In other words. Con-
gress sees no distinction between the
civilian and the soldier in carrying out
its plans to establish a potential army,
for when a citizen marksman is turned
out he will. in time of need, be better
able to handle a rife than is the raw
volunteer even after several weeks con-
slant training.
1t is the use. therefore, of these
ranges. which has hitherto been re-
stricted to National Guardsmen or
regulars, that is expected to prove such
an impetus to the shooting game.
Rifle shooting in the United States is
largely represented by the National
Rifle Association. Approximately 1.60o
the individual membership Is about
80, 900 Between this organization and
the National Board for the Promotion
of Rife Practice exists a close Co
tional Rifle Association to make the
help offered by the. government OF the
fullest possible service to the rifiemen
of the country.
And that Congress made such an ap-
propriatioh as it did for civilian marks
manship was largely due to the Ma
tional Rife Association, through its
secretary, Brig. Gen. Fred II. Phillips,
jr.
Knowing to the smallest detail the
status of the shooting game in this
country, particularly it's most urgent
needs. Brig Gen. Phillips was able SO
to impress the committee on military
affairs of the House with the need OF
such an appropriation that Congress
responded with unprecedented genar-
osity. :.
In speaking of the interest manifested
in rifle shooting today, Brig. Gen. Phil
lips said:
when Congress began it's legiala-
tion to place service rifles in the hands
of citizens, an impetus was given the
shooting game greater than could have
been obtained through any other single
act. The National Rife Association at
the same time was enabled to under
take the work Of organizing rifle clubs
broadcast throughout the United States
Evening star., 1916-10-15

had on their own initiative taken up
the use Of the service rife. and had
purchased arms from the government.
but the majority used small-bore guns
on indoor or small outdoor ranges.
when the United States armed it's
forces with Springfields it retired the
Krag rife, which was in use at that
time That placed 300, 900 Krags, with
10000. 600 rounds of ammunition, in re-
serve in the different arsenals of the
country.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Sharp and Pointed.

HARTMAN HERBERT S. HOUSTON
" said at the Associated Advertising
Clubs convention in Philadelphia:
"A good advertisement should be as
sharp and pointed as the Irishman's
answer.
THE witty Judge. Lord Morris. was
on the Irish circuit and one evening at
dinner he tried to tell a story. but an
Irishman kept interrupting him.
Finally, in despair, Lord Morris
seized the interrupter by the sleeve.
want surrey ta bsae ne the % story ths sn rint nj
breaker O. BaIIyskibereenr
"No, no, me lord said the interrupt
err: that's the lie tould ye meseif
Yesterday"
Evening star., 1916-10-15
~ " ~ ~ FRA FRANKLIN N D re Roosevelt % IT % Ian ~ ~ " ~

belligerent nations. aware of the fact
that the arming of the United States
forces with Springfelds had retired the
Krags, endeavored to purchase those
obsolete arms from this country. Elk
orbitant prices were offered. But. to
avoid any possible infraction Of the
United States neutrality. all offers
were refused.
''The free issue OF arms and ammuni-
tion, however. gave the National Rff1e
Association the opportunity 1t had long
desired, and in 1915 the organization
rolls showed 639 civilian clubs, with a
total membership of 26,212. During that
year there were issued to civilian clubs
a result of this. during the first year OF
the free issue, under the militia course,
s17 expert rifemen. sos sharpshooters
and 702 marksmen were qualified. That
Evening star., 1916-10-15
The Wrong Meaning.

NRISS HELEN HUGHES. the republi.
ev@ can candidates daughter, told al
the Lake Nephawin Cam pof the y. w.
c. A. in apposite story.
Many of u.s." she said, "are apt to
attribute wrong meaning. a degraded
meaning, to the most harmless words
Were a little like the lady who said
Doctor, I'm worried about my hair
It's coming out something dreadful"
Humph.' said the doctor. That
signifies a rundown system. You'll
have to Diet
said the lady, promptly. 'Henna or
peroxide""
Evening star., 1916-10-15

invite the sympathy and interest OF
the reader.
THE IMPOSSIBLE MRS. BELLEW.
By David Lisle. author of "A Painter
of Souls" etc. New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes Company.
The light. the color. the atmosphere,
the activity. are all electric here.
Naturally. This is Monte Carlo. And
almost any day at the Casino pretty
Betty Bellew may be seen plunging
like a wild colt, at her shoulder a
saturnine Russian prince ready with
the wherewithal to meet any possible
bad turn in the fortunes Of the fair
gambler. Banked about the table are
other players. Farther off is a fringe
of passing English folks who knew
Betty Bellew before she became "im-
possible" Scandalized folks these,
lords and ladies among them. the lat
ter openly sneering, the former know
ing and indulgent. Still farther away
are Jack Helstan, rising writer, and
his father. full-risen divine Of the
English church. What can have
Whatever may have been the original
intent with which they came, the young
man is staying because he Is be-
witched by Betty Bellew, and the
father, an old saint is befriending
dentally, against herself. Out Of this
motley Of soil and circumstance Mr..
Lisle develops highly colored romance
whose chief drawback is that its tissue
continuous state of resistance and de-
NAL. There are evidences Of double
line Of serious design here, but this is
pretty completely overlaid and OBJ
scured by the extent of its Monte Carlo
bedazzlements.
CARIBBEAN INTERESTS OF THE
UNITED STATES. By Chester
Lloyd Jones. professor OF political
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Two forces both of recent Develop
ment, combine to augment greatly the
international Importance of the Car
ibbean countries. One of these is the
new route of world trade opened by
the Panama canal. The other is the
rapid rise of economics as a dominating
factor of diplomacy. This fresh area
of international significance is of prime
importance to the United States in its
foreign policy. as well as in it's general
trade relations. Questions of commerce,
ment and support of industry, and the
question of freedom from European
and Asiatic interference. are all mat
ters in which the United States has a
keen and legitimate concern. The
purpose of the volume in hand is to
sketch broadly the sum of those Car
ibbean interests in which, either by ne
cessity or choice, this country has no
inconsiderable share. Within this
sketch the writer includes an analysis
of our relations with Central America,
with the northern republics of South
America, with the British West Indies
and the minor colonies of the Car
tbbean. He defines the bond between
Cuba and the United States. He de-
scribes the new Porto Rico that has
sprung up since the Spanish American
war. He pictures the Haitian protec-
torate and outlines the responsibility
of this country in the Dominican Re-
public. A summary of Caribbean prod
ucts makes clear the economic de-
pendence Of this region, and. at the
same time, points to the opportunities
that there await business and trade.
A review of the Panama canal. of the
various harbors and naval bases in this
Evening star., 1916-10-15

"On April 81. 1914, Congress passed
the law providing for the free issue Of
these rifles. together with 120 rounds
Der of a civilian club which existed at
that time on the rolls of the National
Rife Association. But even this use
of the guns and ammunition failed to
exhaust the vast supply which the gov
ernment had on hand.
Then, during the first few months
of the European war, several Of the
Evening star., 1916-10-15

a WOMAN who has frequently
A\ been heard on the lecture plat
IN forms of colleges. schools and
& - teachers associations and
chautauGuas. as well as of women's
clubs, national, state and civic. and
who has recently given up a technical
university post to join the army of
federal workers for the welfare of hu-
manity- is Miss Florence f. Ward. who
is in charge of the administrative phase
of the extension work with farm wom-
en- in the north and west, as directed by
the office of extension Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
As head OF a department of the Iowa
Teachers College, Miss Ward gave in
struction to teachers in rural school
courses and was part Of the extension
force which developed the unique sys-
TEN of work among rural teachers.
known throughout the country as Iowa
rural school centers. More recently she
associate professor OF vocational
educational training and assistant lead
er of Junior extension work In the
Washington State Agricultural Col
lege.
She went abroad as representative
OF the Iowa State Teachers College to
investigate the Montessori method of
tea hing children. Miss Ward has
made special Investigations regarding
the industries OF women and girls in
Great Britain and the continent of Eu-
rope. both in their homes and in their
industries. Her studies were made In
relation to standards Of psychology and
pedagogy, and she recorded women's
work in its relation to personality; the
order of the service. its compensation
and how it affects social life.
In a broad way Miss Ward has
studied the problems connected with
vocational education for girls and
women at home and abroad. and this
knowledge and experience she is now
applying to the problems OF organi-
zatioii in farm woman's service in the
Department OF Agriculture. through its
home economics extension work.
In the home economics work which
the states relations service is conduct
ing under the operation of the Smith
Lever act. Miss Ward is director OF
the woman county agents in the north
and west. and is in this manner aid
ing in carrying out the benefits OF this
great measure of amelioration to mil
lions OF women who pass their lives in
agricultural communities.
Her work is wholly administrative
and organizing. She attacks her prob
lens an educational expert from the
psychological and sociological stand
point. All subiect-matter in home
economies is left to the woman agents.
who are graduates in their speciality.
-
The development of the county agent
work in the north and west began
ve.y recently. only a few women up
10 this time having been appointed.
Tie scheme looks forward to a time
when many counties in the north and
~eSt viii have women sustaining the
seIne relationship to the housekeeper
as does the agricultural county agent
TO the farmer. The woman county
agent is there to assist the women of
the county TO strengthen the work
they have already started. to organize
groups wherever that is requested. and
to confer with the individual house,
keepers.
In her work for the government Miss
Ward is closely associated with the
women and men who have already had
Evening star., 1916-10-15

Since 1914, under certain prescribed
rules, the government has been issuing
large number of Krag service rifles
to each member of a rifle club affiliated
with the National Rife Association, to-
gether with 120 rounds Of ammunition
year. And while that was an impor-
tant step in the government policy for
encoura ging rife shooting. many clubs
found themselves handicapped by lack
of proper range facilities, as full