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Evening star., 1917-01-12
AvIATORs STILL MISSING.
No Word Received in Forty Hours
From Army Fliers.

SAN DIEGO. Cal. January 12--More
than forty hours have passed without
word from the missing army aviators.
Lieut.. Col. Harry G. Bishop and Lieut.
w. A. Robertson. jr., and failure to
hear from them has caused anxiety in
aviation circles here.
CALEXICO. Cal. January 12.-rhe
military aviators who left San Diego
Wednesday for Calexico mistook the
Laguna Salada, in Lower California. for
the Salton sea. in the Imperial valley.
according to belief here today. They
were reported to be flying south Of
signal mountain. over the north end
Of Laguna salada. according to three
different reports reaching here.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
TURK TRENCHES CAPTURED.
British Make Further Progress in
Region of Kut Ell Amara.

LONDON. January 12.-The following
official communication dealing with the
campaign in Mesopotamia has been is
sued:
"In the morning Of the 10th, during
foggy weather, our troops continued
their operations on the right bank of the
Tigris They made steady progress
throughout the day. and by nightfall the
greater part of the Turkish trenches on
the right bank of the river in the loop
northeast of Kut El Amara were cap
tured.
1.-The prisoners taken yesterday now
total ITS, including seven officers In
one communication trench 800 yards long
200 Turkish dead were found. Elsewhere
the casualties are reported to have been
numerous.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Worlds Best Cow Brings 5000.

ROME, n. Y. January 12.-At an
auction sale of the Boyson herd of reg
istered Holstein-Friesian cattle here
Cramelle Topsy Ormsby Tobe. the
worlds champion milk producer under
four years. was sold to Charles Squires
Of Barnevelde, N. Y, for $4,000. There
were twenty-six head in the herd and
the average price was $407.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
NAMED FOR HIGH POSTS
IN STATE DEPARTMENT.

William Phillips of Massachusetts,.
third assistant secretary of state, was
nominated by President Wilson today
as assistant secretary of state to sue
ceed John e. Osborne. who recently re-
signed.
Breckenridge Long, a st. Louis law
yer. was nominated as third assistant
secretary of state.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
D. .C.P[ANS BEFORE
FINE ARTS BOARD
Commission Considers Key
Bridge and Other important
Local Projects Today.
PARK PROPOSALS HEARD

| Several important local projects were
considered by the members of the COM
mission of fine arts at an all-day
session today in their offices in this
city. All the members were present
Charles Moore presided. and Col w. w
Harris acted as secretary. Gen. w. NJ
| Black, chief of engineers of the army
was a guest of the Commissioners at
luncheon.
The commission took up the modified
plans for the s1,0O0.000 Key bridge.
which is to replace the condemned
Aqueduct structure across the Potomac
at Georgetown. The plans, as finally
revised, provide for double-deck
| traffic and the lower deck exclusively
for electric cars, with two terminals
at the Georgetown end. one on NJ
street at 34th street, and the other on
n street at 35th street. 3
Big Engineering Problem.
The 35th street terminus includes a
viaduct over NJ street and tunnel
through the hill at Prospect street.
The engineering problem to be sur
mounted was to avoid having the
street at grade at the 35th street ap-
proach. The plans are subject to the
approval of the fine arts commission.
the chief of engineers of the army and
the Secretary of War, but that proce-
dure is not expected to cause any de-
lay in beginning the actual construc-
tion of the bridge in the spring.
A design for the Meade memorial. to
be erected in the Botanic Garden. at
Pennsylvania avenue and Sd street, was
presented and explained to the COM
mission by Gov: Brumbaugh of Penn
sylvania The memorial. which is to
cost about $4,000. is donated by the
state of Pennsylvania, of which state
Gen. George F. Meade was a native.
The commission considered also de-
Glen Brown Of fountain to be erected
in the improved public park bounded
by D and E and 18th and 18th streets
in memory of Alfred Noble. dis
tinguished civil engineer.
Potomac Park Plans.
Preliminary designs were submitted
by Col. Harts for a new fieldhouse in
East Potomac Park to cost about
$4,000. and for new bathhouse on
the south shore of the tidal basin about
midway between the inlet and outlet
gates. with the main approach from
a4Ah,strsstsv 4
Consideration was given by the COM
mission also to elaborate designs for a
new stained glass window in the
chapel at the Annapolis Naval Academy
In memory OF Admiral Farragut of
civil war fame. The window is the
donation of midshipmen.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
HEAWBATT[ESARE ON
IN REGION Of DN|NSK
Russians Repulsed With Heavy
Losses, According to Ber-
lin Report.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, January IL. by wireless to
Sayville.-Heavy fighting. which increased
in violence yesterday. is in progress on
the northern end of the Russian front
both along the Dvina and south Of Dvinsk
The Russians attacked along the Wilma
Dvinsk railroad. but were repulsed with
heavy losses. says today's army head
quarters regarding the Russian front
operations. which reads:
Eastern front, front Of Prince Leopold
On the Dvina and in the. lake sector
south of Dvinsk the fighting activity in
creased considerably yesterday. On the
companies that attacked were repulsed
suffering heavy losses.
Two minor attacks. launched in order
to ameliorate our position southwest OF
Riga, brought US thirty-two prisoners"
Russ Report Success.
PETROGRAD. January 12. British
admiralty, per Wireless Press-The Of
ficiaI statement of last night reads:
Russian front-In the region south
of Lake Babit fighting continues. On
Wednesday one of the villages to the
east of the village of Kalnezem, which
was stubbornly defended by Germans
with a great number of machine guns,
was taken by our detachments. Two
enemy counter attacks were repulsed.
Three attacks by the enemy against
our detachments situated six versts
east of the village of Kalnzem were
beaten back. with great losses for the
enemy. Under cover of a curtain of
smoke the Germans attempted to at
tack our attachments occupying posi-
tions northwest of Ikskulia. but they
were dispersed by our fire."
Evening star., 1917-01-12
CHECK ENTENTE ATTACKS
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT

BERLIN, January IL, by wireless IN
sayville.-An engagement on the west-
ern end of the Macedonian front in
which Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian
troops beat off an entente attack in the
lake Ochrida region, is reported in TO-
day's army headquarters statement on
the operations in Macedonia.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
SHOWS |NCREASEDPAY
. TO INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
Secretary Redfield Collects Informa-
tion in the Interest of Gov
eminent Employees.

Masses of information In the form OF
clippings from newspapers and finan-
cial papers from all parts of the United
States showing what the "heartless"
corporations are doing in the way of
increasing salaries of their workmen
have been collected by officials of the
Department of Commerce under the di-
rection of Secretary, Redfield. The
Secretary Is conducting an earnest
campaign to convince Congress that it
will not be alone if it increases the
salaries of government employees at
this session of Congress-. The informa-
ton was gathered for the information
of the House and Senate committees
handling the departments appropria-
tions for the ensuing year.
Forty Per Cent in Some Cases.
The reports show increases in al
most every industry of the country,
and some are as high as 40 per cent.
The reports cover two months. October
and November, and the articles mention
in some instances that the Increases
are the third and fourth given by the
firms during the year. The majority Of
the reports contain the notices which
were posted in the shops where the en-
ployes worked. and they indicate that
the advances in pay were made because
of the higher cost of living. In many
of the articles it is shown that bonuses.
In some instances amounting to 10 per
cent of the annual wage. were given
in addition to increases.
Big Corporations Set an Example.
The big corporations. or trusts" as
the general public might call them in
referring to them. seemed to take the
lead in making the increases. Employees
of banks, clothing factories. shipbuild-
ing works. city employees. railroads.
steel works and others participate in
the increases.
There 10 no more convincing argu-
ment for raising the pay of govern
ment clerks than are these clippings,
according to department officials. They
show that the corporations. big and
little, have seen the need of increases
and have promptly provided them,
while the government is standing back
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Expect Arnold DAILY to Recover.

NEW YORK. January 12-The condi-
ton of Arnold DAILY. actor. has so i'm
proved, his physician announced today.
that unless there are complications the
patient will recover. Mr.. DAILY was oper-
ated on recently after peritonitis set in.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
E. z. Reed to Head Manila Railway.

MANILA, Philippines, January 12-
eugene E. Rsed Of New Hampshire
who was nominated a member Of the
philippine commission last year. has
been chosen to be president OF the
Manila railway, which recently was pur-
chased by the government.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Congress to Count
Vote of Electoral
College in February.

How this college which does
not actually meet does meet;
already the electors have met
in their respective states. Read
this article in The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Contributory Feature Opposed.

When Mr.. Brown concluded his state
ment Senator Hollis asked If there
were any opposed to the bill who
wished to be heard. There was no an
swer. Rev. John Van Schaick, ir.,
president of the board of education,
however, said that he had received let
ters from some of the teachers oppos-
ing certain features of the bill. A vote
on tho measure by the teachers showed
ss2 for the bill and 123 against it,
Dr Van Schaick said that the main OH
lection OF those opposed to the bill was
70 the contributory feature of the
sna,sure He said that some of the
,aacbers contended that it was unjust
TO compel them to contribute per
cont of their salaries when they them
seives might invest that money and re-
,a;ya Der cent return.
.Ht Yeams more democratic to have
,,,Iurtory contributions" said Dr. Van
schaick. "but for the good of the whole
pooy , ~ a safe form of saving. this prn-
naad system seems to be better"
pISeO said that the board hesitated IN
turn adrift old teachers. but that If they
were inefiicientL AZ ,ns !, DC 6oaro ,ba ought to be
big enough 10 oo ~ :" 'ne interests OF
'hG n;strict Commissioner Newman told
the committee that the board of com
T,istrict Auditor Tweedale proposed
some amendments to the language Of
the bill.
school committee of the Chamber of
Commerce; Mrs. Archibald Hop6fns.
chairman of the woman's section OF
the American Federation: Edward r.
Holloday Of the Federation of Citizens
Associaffop. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Munsev.
MISS Rebacca e. Stanley. chairman OF
the central committee on teachers re-
tirement: Miss Susie Rhodes. supervisor
Of Fairgrounds. all spoke in favor of
the bill
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Galatz Is Bombarded.

LONDON. January 1.-THE Exchange
Telegraph's correspondent at Copenha-
gen says the German newspapers print
kilograms from Sofia saying that the
Germans and Bulgarians are violently
bombarding Galatz. on the Danube. in
Rumania. which is still being defended
by Russians and Rumanians. The dis
patches say a great part of the town
has been destroyed. The Bulgarian ad-
vance is declared to be most difficult as
a consequence of the great swamps,
over which wooden bridges are being
constructed.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
.LABURTEA IS CAPTURED
BY GERMAN|C FORCES
Russians Driven Back Toward Sc
reth, Between Braila and Ga
latz, Says Berlin.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. January IL. by wireless to
Sayville.-The Rumanian town of La
burtea was captured yesterday by the
invading Teutonic troops, the war office
back toward the Sereth between Braila
and Galatz.
Further advances have been made by
the Austro-German forces in the Mol
davian frontier mountains. w.,ere six
machine guns and other booty iell into
the hands of the attacking forces. The
statement regarding the. Rumanian
front operations reads: ,--ssa-ss,.
Storm Several Positions.
Front of Archduke Joseph-Extend-
ing our successes of January 10 we
stormed yesterday on both sides of the
Oituz road several successive positions
Of our adversary. The enemy suffered
severe losses in casualties and left in
the hands of the aggressors one officer,
eighty men, six machine guns and three
mine throwers.
North and south of the Suchitza val
ley hostile attacks were without cue
cess.
Front of Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen-In the swampy lowlands between
Braila and Galatz we pushed back
the Russians further toward the Sereth.
I.aburtea has been captured.
During the night on January 1911
armed hostile ships tried to pass Isak-
cha, on the Danube. going upstream.
One steamer was sunk by our artillery
fire and another was forced to run
aground on the north bank
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Finds No Evidence of Leak.

Not one particle of evidence was ad-
duced to sustain the resolution offered
by Representative Wood" said Chair
man Henry. NO democrat will submit
that there was any warrant found for
these charges. and surely no republican
will assert here that there was any evi-
dence found to sustain them.
There is another resolution the
original resolution for an inquiry into a
leak In the Presidents message still
before the committee. A subcommittee
duct of a contumacious witness, Thomas
certain questions. Those matters NAV
be considered by the committee and the
House later"
Representative Wood OF Indiana au-
thor of the resolution. addressed the
House. declaring he had no apology 10
make for his action
Il was compelled to introduce the reso-
iutions.'' said Wood, because every
where both in and out Of Congress there
were reports that men in high places
had profited on the stock market
through advance information.
There still is a general belief throu gh-
out the country that there is some thing
wrong somewhere That there was a
neyes. To deny IL would be ridiculous
As 20 whether IT was caused purposely
or not. there may he an honest difference
OF opinion among u.s."
Representative Harrison. democrat, OF
Mississippi attacked Mr.. Wood and all
the republicans who were opposing the
unfavorable report. Partisan politics
he maintained. was responsible for the
whole agitation.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
WEATHER.

Fair and not quite so cold tonight:
tomorrow overcast and warmer, with
probably snow.
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours ending pm. today: Highest. 2S,
at am. yesterday: lowest, IA, at
5 am. today.
Full report on page 81.
Evening star., 1917-01-12
Possible Course Of President.

The possibility that President VIII
son might see Mt to communicate to
the central powers the terms of the
entente allies was considered in Ger
man quarters, and 1t was felt that I'm
such an event it was well within the
range of possibilities that Germany
and her allies might then say they
would be willing at least to discuss
those terms. unacceptable as they are,
at a conference. The opinion prevails
that should President Wilson desire TO
continue the negotiations the note Of
fers an opportunity for him to do 40.
At the same time II is felt In German
quarters that the President Is free ~
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

The Dixie Club of New YOrp City
held it's annual breakfast at the Hotel
Astor recently, and it avs one OF the
most delightful ever given. Two hun
dred guests from all parts of the south
were present. The decorations were
in marked contrast to the snowy wealth
erwithout, and consisted of white lit
lies. and butterflies of all sizes, poised
lightly here and there on the bios
SONS. A delicious seven-course break
fast was served. Seated at the honor
table, around Mrs. James Allen OF
Kentucky, the Dixie Clubs beloved
president, were the presidents OF
twenty-five clubs of New York City
program of unusual interest was
rendered by artists from the south,
New York and sunny Italy. An origi-
inal poem by Mrs. Clarence Harvey, a
member of the Lambs Club, was ded-
icated to the Dixie women, was read
by him. 1t was as follows:
Greeting to the Dixie Club.
Al old King Arthur's table round
each man
Between the bumpers flow-and click
of can
Rose to his feet if each was in his
power
TO add-in some day to tie jOvial
hour
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

Some song-or toast-or jest-as he
was able,
Before he sought repose-beneath the
table.
Had those old knights been entertain
ed like this
They would have sworn life had nc
greater bliss
Could they have seen these frocks
these gowns, these Dreams
Could they have known that all is as
it seems
They would have drained their cups
so long and deep
They would require a century to sleep
The modern men who breast the social
tide
Ungirt by sword that dangle at the
side
May not be quite so brave as knights
of old,
But. ask the ladies if we are not as
bold
We may not kill neighbor for glove
to deck our helmets for the girls We
love.
We can do more-keep sober-lesa We
miss
A kindly word-a smile-a good night
kiss
And better than those knights-we
know our book,
We know which way to turn and where
TO look.
Why do the eyes so much more bright
ly shine
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

California is the first state to re-
ceive federal aid, under the recently
enacted government good roads act.
The application of the state highway
commission was forwarded the day
that the president signed the bill and
the money is available now. Five OF
the six projects submitted have been
approved by the federal Office in Wash
ington. Those total slightly more
than % miles and involve an estimated
expenditure of S314,O0O. Of this sum,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22
Annual Affair GiOen By The Dixie Club

Below that mystic Mason and Dixon
Why does Southern girls warm
clasp of hand
Bring goose-flesh as shs says, eve
understand
Why does her voice so satisfy and fill
the senses with a vague, ecstatic
thrill?
The lightest wish is a supreme com
mand,
When uttered by girl from Dixie
land
| say, "you girls" in earnest, after all
You know you women are but girls
grown tall.
So here's toast to Dixie and its girls,
Where senses slip-and where the
reason whirls,
And here's a toast to woman-man's
best friend
Where all the charms and graces scott
ly blend
As years roll on we feel it more and
Omre-
Howe'er we criticise-we must adore.
MgwgVvsF fw7Ew 81
To be a member of the Dixie Club
in a great city like New York brings
much happiness to the hearts Of many
Southern Montgomery Ad-
yertiser.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

the government in the first year will
appropriate $4,000 for the rural
post routes and $t55,O00 for forest
roads. For the rural routes the state
is expected to pay an equal amount
The counties in which the forest roads
are constructed are expected TO pay
part of the construction cost.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

The city manager idea has taken
such hold on communities that some
are beginning to suggest that coun-
ties and states have managers. Chas.
Summer Bird, a prominent legislator
of Massachusetts, says: much of our
government machinery is rusty and
should be consigned to the scrap heap.
| would like to see Massachusetts,
lead the way by adopting a state man.
ager plan to do for the government
of the state what the city manager
plan has done for the city. We have
a poor organization of our commission
ers, especially in the purchasing OF
supplies, there being so agents, with
little cooperation and no standardiza-
ton of materials"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

New York state is said to contain
10000 mentally defective persons, 23,-
900 of them running at large.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

There are 100000 freight cars in
the country, and their average life is
somewhere about twenty years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
The Indiana state board Of health,
at a special meeting, has Instructed
DR.. John n. Hurry, state health COM
missioner at Indianapolis, to make an
investigation "and issue recommends
lions to dod ors, in the name OF the
state board of health, wherever I'M
cleanliness in the offices of physicians
throughout the state was discovered.
DR.. Hurt said his instructions were
to use the inspectors of the state board
in an inquiry into conditions every
where in Indiana with reference to the
offices of physicians. Complaints from
various places, relative of certain doc
tors have reached the state boards Of
fees from time to time, it was explain
ed. The investigation will begin at
once.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

Details have been announced OF the
bonus system for policemen to be III
stituted by Detroits millionalre-auto
manufa commissioner Jas
Couzens. Commissioner Couzens Will
devote his entire salary, $4,000. to the
bonuses which will be awarded every
wear if he continues in office, or at the
expiration of his term. Every possible
noint in the record of each man Will
he carefully scrutinized and recorded
ooch day. Commissioner Couzens has
also recognized the whole system, re
turning to the old precinct unit plan
abloishing the free lance squad ana
returning to the old system OF having
one executive head instead OF having
three over the executive bureau Full
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

Numbering country roads and rural
houses so that their location may be
recognized instantly is being done by
some cities in Iowa. The idea is to pass
north-and-south and east-and-west axes
through the capitol, and number each
road in order from these, as road
North No. l, road east No. Z, etc.
Roads which do not follow section
lines but are parallel to them are CIV
en- fractional numbers, based on their
relative distance from the section
lines on either side, and those making
an angle with section lines are simll-
arlv designated. For numbering the
houses, the length of the side OF a
ouarter-uuarter section is taken as
unit. giving eight residence plats to a
mile of road. four on each side. Odd
numbers would be assigned to the
Mats on the east and north sides, and
even numbers on the south and west.
Any house is designated by atfiXlng
it's quarter section number to the num-
her of the cross-road first reached IN
annroaching the center of co-ordinates.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22
Atlanta business men who keep latest

Atanla bushes men who keel a
and who in
with
ton through their New York connec seventy the
compared with nneSN oune III
by a 49,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22
What Other Cites Are Doing

responsibility for all occurrences hap
scning in each precinct is placed on
The precinct commander Continuous
knowledge and control will be obtain
ed through the use of pin-maps. Each
precinct will handle its own vice, gam
bling and saloon problems.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

Harvard University is to extend its
instruction to police officers, accord
ing to plans which will be instituted
within a month. Raymond B. Fosdlck
of New York, expert in police meth
eds, has been invited to become the
first instructor. His teaching, which
will be in day and night classes to al
low members of all police shifts to par
ticipate, will deal largely with the mat
ter of organization, the keeping of sta
ton house records, identification sys-
tens. and, to some extent, with psy-
chology as is related to the interroga-
ton of persons arrested. The police
of Cambridge will form the first class,
Harvard having decided to inaugurate
the course at the suggestion of Mayor
w. D. lockwood. According to Prof
William B. Munro, this course, which
he terms an experiment, will be the
first of its kind conducted under the
university auspices in this country. A
similar school was started in San
Jose, Cal, last year and was produc-
tive of large results.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

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