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Again the British have further pushed forward their line to the north of the Ancre, and again apparently without much opposition from the Ger mans. The latest point of retreat or the Teutons, as reported by the Lon don war office. is north of Miraumont, where over front of a mile and half the British advanced an average distance of 500 yards
 That the Germans in their retreat during the last month have offered little or no opposition seems evident from the British communication which says that during that period only 21S3 Germans were made prisoner.
 IN THE SOMME REGION
 In the Somme region, the Germans, after heavy bombardment, launched raiding attacks against British trenches at Ablaincourt and Rancourt, and at each place succeeded in pene- trating the British trenches. They later were expelled, according to London. Berlin records the repulse of strong British attack east of Souchez, while Paris reports a successful surprise at tack on a German trench in the region 
 of Tahure.
 On none of the other fronts has any battle of great proportions been III progress. Russian counter attacks against the Austro Hungarian forces who captured positions in the Jacob eni- K impolung sector, near the Ru manian- -Bukowina border, resulted in the recapture of several of the posi- tions, according to Petrograd Attacks north of the Jacobeni- -Kimpolung road failed.
 BRITISH DRIVE TURKS
 In the Tigris region the British are hard on the heels of the Turks, ac- cording to an official announcement made in the British House of Com mons The Ottoman force retreatinS from kut -El- -Amara would reach Bag dad disorderly mob, it was asserted.
 A single German airplane has dropped bombs on the town of Broad stairs. on the Island of Thanet, off
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AMERICA FIRST"
 YIELDS TOGETHER
 EVERY FACTION
tConttnued from Page One,

some skeptical of the authenticity of the astounding revelations of Ger
 many's intrigue other feeling that it had been permitted D become public
 for its effect in Congress and through
 out the country, met the situation with
 mixed emotions. which, with a few
 possible exceptions as the days devel-
 opments were unfolded, solidliied into
 a determination to stand behind the
 President.
 Congressmen, classed with the SO
 called pacifist group in the House,
 who have been opposing grant Of
 authority to the President on the
 ground that it would be a step to-
 ward war. announced that they would
 vote for the armed neutrality bill in
 the belief that to arm the President
 to protect American rights tnisht be
 the way to avoid war
 Republican senators who have been
 fll.bustering against the armed neu-
 trality bill, not because opposed to i.4
 bu. to force an extra session of Con
 gress. declared their conviction tha,
 the situation demanded united support
 of the President.
 SUDDENLY UNITED Congress badly divided, and in it's dying moments. with it's Legislative programme at sxes and sevens and charges of 'playing politics" flyins from every side, suddenly took on a new aspert
 It was as if the cry, "America First had run through the halls of both houses and the response had been al most instantaneous
 In the Senate members who have opposed the President in his manner of dealing with Germany on the ground that it was leading to war the Presidents supporters declared were calculated to embarrass him. STONE VOTED DOWN There were bitter references in de- bate to senators to whom the Presi- dent would be expected to look for Stone of the foreign relations com
 mittee was voted down in his owr committee on hD draft of a resolution asking the President to disclose if the American governments information concerning the latest phase of German | intrigue came from one of Germany's enemies.
 With the authenticity of the now /, celebrated Zimmerman instructions I officially established to the Senate ant the armed neutrality bill passed in ths | House, tomorrow is expected to ad vance the situation to the next stage the perfection of an armed neutral. l ity bill acceptable to the President ir all respects.
 | The question of an extra session C,
 Congress still is undetermined. Presi dent Wilson told inquirers today he dit | not expect to call one. although it de | veloped that democratic whips in tn, l House were advising members ant members-elect to be prepared to at 1 tend on March 6.
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GERMANS ADMIT WAL ON
 THE ANCRE LINE

1T of the news rom a 
  init ted by the val for he 
  il front the
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the Kentish coast of England. A wom- an was slightly injured.
 The reports of the last 24 hours show five additional ships of an ag- gregate tonnage of 1857 have been sunk in the unrestricted submarine warfare.
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future use in an C ble that a large
 terial should be acs of it being availa time of an emerge
 The army officer be faced in event ton and pointed ment that could be Red Cross trains.
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The next step expected from abroad is complete statement by Mexico of her attitude. Despite the long chain of suspicious circumstances tending to connect that country with Germany's intrigues, officials expect an indignant repudiation by the Carranza govern, ment.
 It is assumed also that Japan will take advantage of the opportunity to reaffirm
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ALL DIPLOMATS DENY KNOWLEDGE
 OF GERMAN PLOT
Von Eckhardt, to Whom Zimmerman's Instruc- tions Were Said to Have Been Sent, Tells Cor respondents to "Go to Washington" For Information Mexican Officials De-
 cline to Discuss Question

of the Mexican officials declined today
  they ico woul be
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Eckhardt minister Mexico de- alleged Secretary Zimmerman regarding GermanNIexican
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Ambassador Was Not Only Trdnsmitting Plot Notes 10 MeTicO, But Was InSH- gator Of DiSmdntllng
 German Ships in
 American Ports

Washington March 1Count Won Bernstorff the former German ambassador instructed from Berlin to the dsmantng of German bound ships American harbors at the time he received the Zimmerman note for transmits sion to Mexico.
 This added thread in the mesh of German intrigue spun around this county while Germany protesting friendship allowed become known today with the inference that full and dea instructions sent Benstorff from Berlin to make war by this country impossible Officials refused to dis close any Of the other elements in the German plot but nd cated that it general and wholesale.
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her loyalty to the entente and her friend- ship for this country,
 The text of the German instructions have been shown to the Japanese ann bassador here and both Ambassador Fletcher at Mexico City and Ambassador Guthrie at Tokio have been cabled full as to the situation and are expected to discuss the matter informal ly with the respective foreign offices.
 A new press campaign by Germany to discredit and counteract the disclosure is looked for.
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WHILE PROTESTING FRIENDSHIP FOR UNITED STATES IT IS LEARNED COUNT BERNSTORFF HAD LNS7RUC7YC
 FROM BERLIN TO MAKE WAR B Y AMERICA LlPOSSl
" ALy PREPARE PLINs
 TO HELP VA TON

Washington March 1.-Heads of the countrys leading here today with council of national defense to appr giving the full cooperation of ransports event of war Tonight they returning home to wor
 fails with commanders of the country's military depa
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Washington, March 1--Forecast for Alabama: Local rains Friday, colder south portion; Saturday fair.
 Georgia: Cloudy Friday, probably rain in south portion; Saturday fair.
 Mississippi: Local rains Friday, colder southeast portion; Saturday fair.
 Tennessee: Cloudy Friday; Saturday fair, little change in temperature.
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caa 5 ms met
 ia ans for fisu in the aeE becg jon de- possi-
 rv ve ma- q lasl a view M use in aiilae lems to gen4 lobiliza- sa equip
 se1 23t Pc tai and
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z|MMERMANN NOTE AUTHENTIC, STATES
 WILSON ID SENATE
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quested to furnish to the Senate what ever informa ton he has concerning the note published in the press of this date purporting to have been sent January 19, 1917, by the German secretary for for eign affairs to the German ambassador in Mexico which, in his opinion, is not in- compa tibe with the public interest.
 The discussion closed with speech by Senator Stone defending his position. He said the resolution before the Senate was not introduced by the President and that the President could take care of him self, adding: q flatter myself that he holds me in higher esteem than some of the truckers who come and bow and say, What do you wish?' :"
 Senator Stone concluded by saying he would be glad to accept Senator Smith S substitute. The substitute was adopted yithouf a record Vota
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to prevent this country entering the war until I feel that its vital inter- ests and honor are assailed and that there is no honorable escape.
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VIEWS OF LODGE

Senator Lodge. author of the resolution, said he did not care to discuss the mo- lives of newspapers. nor enter into the question of peace or war, but he thought If the story of the Zimmerman note
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The Three
Wise Men

ONE Christmas mystery remains
" unsolved. Who were the wise men
of the east-the magl who fol-
lowed the star Of Bethlehem from MAR
10 do homagc to the newborn Saviour?
II Is fair to assume from the fact
that the visitors were received nj court
by King Herod aud that they cnrried
gifts Of value that they were IN their
own country men OF royalty or close
10 II. Herod evidently deemed II well
TO treat them with Difference. for dis.
quletcd though he was by their news
of the comet that was to lead them to
the birthplace OF the Redecmer lac dis.
sembled aud told them that when they
had found the newborn he would re.
turn to worship with them.
Much OF our information about the
early days of the Christian era comes
from the monks OF the fourteenth cen.
fury. who delvcd deeply into historical
sources since lost to the world. Their
story ~ the three wise men Inns receiv.
ed wide credence. According 10 these
monks. the wise men were three grcnt
kings called Caspnr, Melchlor aud Bal
thusar. Cnspar vas the oldest and
from the north. At the time OF the
birth OF Christ he WINS sixty years old.
and for more than two-thirds of that
time he hnd ruled IN Arabia. Bnltha.
snr was black. n native OF Saba, from
the east. aud forty years old. The
youngest was Melchlor. from the south.
whose country was Tnrshlsh. lie was
twenty years old.
lmpcllcd by some mysterious power,
they dropped all the cares Of state and
followed n single star thirteen days
aud nights. without eating or sleeping.
TN IL led them to Jerusalem.
Then the story follows that OF the
Bible until they returned to their own
countries.
The story does not stop here. II tells
Enthusiastically the after life Of the
three wise men. The good Apostle st.
Thomas J%ourneyed to their country aud
baptized them, ana all three went out
10 preach the doctrine Of the Christ.
They were slain by bnrbnrous gen.
tiles. aud later the Empress Helena.
mother of Constantine, recovered their
sacred bones and took them TO Con.
stantinople. Thence they were carried
to Milan and finally found an ultimate
resting place IN Cologne. where they
now are.-New York Post.
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"ALittIe Child Shall
Lead Them"
CHRIsTMAs Is the npothcosls of

enfeeblement. II Is the c::altatlon
OF childhood. II Is the glory OF
the little child.
We celebrate this festival In bleak
December, the uncrowned month In u
northern zone, lighting Its dull skies by
the eternal fires OF love In human hearts.
There Is not In all this lind a home
where the rain beats through the roof,
where the mother and father gather the
children more closely to shelter them,
but the Christmas truth Is shining,
blessed are the poor"
There Is not n homeless boy who In
the December night creeps out OF the
snow into m empty dry goods box In
the nlley, not n little fellow up under
the rafters OF the poOrhouse OF the
county farm. not n founding left In n
bnsket at the rich mans door. not Il
sL.lverlng, tiny girl untitled for a fight
with the storm. but the new truth OF the
Christmas spreads It's wings over them.
when l nm weak, then nm ! strong"
Who Is weak? Who Is infrm upon his
feet and walks with a crutch? Who Is
afraid OF thenortheast wind7 Who says:
II am better yes, ! think | am getting
better. But somehow l do not get my
vlgor backY" Who leans up against the
bale OF goods on the half hidden
ter ana knows that she came buck 10
work too soon? Who was born blind9
Who hears the unfeellng call for an
iron will and has II not, for n tireless
energy and confesses that lie lacks It.
though he prays to heaven for this
force that others have?
TO all OF you the Christmas has Its
meaning. There never was n cOnqueror
like the child In the cradle. God hath
chosen the weak things to confound the
mighty. For 1000 years the history Of
the world'H civilization has been the
story OF the gcntler virtues. the poem,
the song aud the triumph Of suffering
we'll. The race Is not To the swift nor
the battle 10 the strong. Every letter
Of that sentence Is eternally true,
The grnndest things that were ever
done ON earth were done 10y men and
women who had the spiri, Of the child.
The sublimest work of the Creator Is
the sweet faced little child. 1t Is
everything for the child. heaven please
all harycsts, all gold. all schools, all
trade, all government, all the coming
better times. Christmas means, And n
little child shall lead them. Emory
j. Hayne In New York World.
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A SONG For the Now Ye.r.

4 song for the New Year. Exultant It's
hours.
The dust Of defeat hath not sullled rs
flowers.
But fancy hath dipped them In roscnl dew,
And brought them, all blooming In beau.
~, 10 youl
A song for the New Year! A clarion
strong,
Achievement through service. refreshment
through songl
No mountain too mighty for faith 10 re-
move,
A song for the New Yearl A message Of
Joy;
May never n dlscord lie music alloyl
But. growing In sweetness and melody
clear,
May It ever insplrlt and strengthen and
cheeri
Ernest Neal Lyon In Reader.
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Throughout the colonies In the sew
enteenth and eighteenth centuries toys
were an almost unknown factor, but
wherever Christmas ~ohservnnces were
not frowncd upon by religion feasting
and good cheer were abundant. and
rich and poor, old and young, shared
IN the games, abundant food aud gen.
inl atmosphere, In the eighteenth cen.
fury toys began to make their appear.
ance In the colonies. Some OF them
were brought from overseas aud had
the enchanting quality Of novelty. Lit.
tie girls who hat helped to mother
their younger brothers and sisters were
delighted with dolls that were all their
own, TO fondle and coddle. A toy was
n thlng 10 be cherished In those days.
-Churchman.
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Old Time New Year Calls

Tn the late sixties, says @. II. Putnam
In Memories Of n Publisher" New
York had not yet outgrown certain
~ It's old fashioned or so called provin-
cial habits. one OF the customs was
that Of making New Years calls. a
practice that had been inherited from
the Dutch founders Of the city. Long
before the beginning OF the twentieth
century the growth OF the metropolis
had made impossible this pleasant and
convenient habit Of coming into touch
(nt least once n year, with n circle OF
family friends, hut IN 1866 the ladies
still stayed at home on New Years day.
aud old men and youngsters did what
they could In the hours between IL In
the morning aud midnight to check on
with calls OF from live to fifteen min
utes their own visiting list with that
OF their wives, their sisters or their
mothers.
In my W diary for Jan. !. 1850. I
find the entry, "Mnde thirty-iive calls"
l remember ON that day coming buck
IN the middle Of the afternoon for n
word with my mother und finding old
Mr., Bryant in her parlor. II was sleet-
ing violently outside, aud the luxurious
young men Of the day were going about
IN coupes. II was the practice, Ia order
10 save expense, for two or three men
to join In the expense " a carriage for
the day. Mr.. Bryant, however, had
trudged through the sleet and Ia re-
Spouse TO some words from my mother
OF appreciation OF his effort IN coming
out In such weather replicl cheerlly
"Why, | rather like n fresh tempera-
ture, Mrs. Putnam, II Is only the young
men who are chilly aud lazy"
Fifteen or eighteen years later New
Years calls In society had become u
tradition Of the past.
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chrI.,mas on chrI.tma. l.I.nd.

They never have my white" Christ.
masses on Christmas island. The ther.
mometer never falls below 20 and new.
er rises above 90 IN the shade.
Christmas island lies about $50 miles
southeast OF the western extremity VI
Java. II Is IN the Indian ocean aud
belongs 10 Great Britain. having been
annexed In 1883. This interesting NJ.
tie bit OF land IN mldsea appears to
have been originally n coral reef, which
by volcanic forces has been raised so
high that at It's highest point It sticks
out OF the water 1900 feet. In shape
II Is an irregular quadrilateral. It has
an area OF about twenty square miles.
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Carrying the "Star
of Bethlehem"
TIME star Of Bethlehem as seen in


? . sur VI H'Allflfuh " r'FH W
i Holland Is n pretty, but Il cheap
sight. for II costs nothing. "Tis
the harbinger OF Christmas. a lrge
Illuminated star, which is cnrrlcd
through the silent, dark Dutch streets,
shining upon the crowding people aud
typical Of the star which once guided
the wise me- OF the east.
The Young men OF a Dutch town who
20 10 the expense OF this star, which
Is carried through the streets ns a sig
nal that Christmas has come once
again, are swayed by the FUN intention
of turning the Star OF Bethlehem to
recount.
They gather money from the crowds
for the poor, aud, having done this for
the good OF those whom fortune has
not b~etricnded. they hetake them TO
the head hurgomaster OF the town.
who Is bound To set down the youths
who form the star company 10 d very
comfortable meal IT'S a great lnstl.
tuition. the star of Bethlehem. IN mnny
Dutch towns and cities. Aud may IL
never die out, for It does harm Ia no
man and good 10 many.
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Some New
Year Customs
TUE sole record of the obscrvnnc,

THE sole record Of the observance
i OF the New Year by the pilgrims
In the new world. named New
England. was most prosaic, most brief.
1--WE went to work betimes." said Alice
Morse Earle. the famous investigator
OF old time American customs. Many
OF the good Puritan ministers thought
the celebration or even notice OF the
day In any way savored Of improper
aud unchrlstinn reverence for the
heather god Janus. Yet they came
from n land where New Year was sec.
ond In importance and In domestic oh.
servance only to Christmas. Through.
out every English county New Year's
eve was always celebrated. In many
II was called by the pretty name Of
Singing Zen. from the custom which
obtained OF singing the last OF the
Christmas carols ut that time.
In Scotland the last day OF the yenr
WINS called by the uglicr name OF Hog
mnnay. n name OF unknown and in
applicable derivation, ana IN Scotland
II was regarded ms the most popular
OF all the DAFT days" MS the Christmas
holidays were termed. Scotch chill
dren Of the poorer class In small towns
still ask on that day from door 10 door
at the houses OF wealthier families for
n dole OF ont bread. calling out Hog
manay" or some OF the local rimes
which are given IN Chambers "Popu.
lar ltlmcs Of Scotland such as:
i%iogonnnay.
Trollolny,
Give US OF your white bread
And none Of your grayl
They also ask for cheese. which they
cali ''nog money" and Brands "ropu-
lar Antiquities" gives this begging
rlme used by Scotch children;
Get up, guide wife. aud blnno swelr
Deal cakes and cheese while yc are here,
For the time will come when yen be dead
And neither need your cheese nor bread.
AS the children on these fornys nro
swathed IN great sheets formed into n
deep bag or pouch to carry the oat-
cake. they form quite a mummlng aud
fantastic appearance.
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ACalendar PartyIS
jolly at New Years
CALENDAR party mikes a novel

IhAIA NNnhAE III IhN VI
~ and Informal entertainment for
the evening of New Years dny
or n night during holiday week. II
is n very pretty idea 10 mike he lnyl.
tatIons look ms much like the first pnro
OF one OF the single lcnf calendnrs ms
possible. paste ON n shoot of white
note PAPER n lcnGct from the calendar
bearlng the date on which the party
Is 10 be held. Below this write.
This IL nm Invitation hearty
To my little calendar party.
Next Monday night at o'clock
pe snra ~ " ",n m"s o 49,. nrtI !" suoTh,
We'll have a Jolly time together.
Whom ,ho guos,s hovo o,rt,o, or
nonnce IN the nssomhlnd comnnnv thnt
thov have bcon oninrod ne contostonts
I'm n calendar rnco To nronore rnr 1,
take one of the single lcnf -colondors
which YOU can buy anywhere for n fox,
cents. THIS contains Il leaves or ono
for every dny I'm the yeor Teor tho
leaflets from the cover nnd hide tbom
nil over the ho,ise or nnnrtment IN the
living room hail or spare bedroom ar
wherever O want your guests Ia 20
At a given signal. the blowing of n
whistle or the ringing of n hell. every.
body starts on n search for the leaflets
This can be continued for MS long or
as short n time as desired.
The Arst prize should be given 10 tbe
person who has collected the greatest
number OF dnys represented bv the
calendar leaves. This can he nm orna.
mental calendar of some sort. The sec.
ond prize should GO 10 the person who
has the most calendar Leaves for n
one month. hut II Is forbidden for play.
ers 10 swan leaves 10 accomplish this
A little diary makes n good second
prize.
There should be special prizes for
the people who nnd the dates OF the
most HOLIDAYS Christmas. New Yenr's.
Washlngton's birthday. Lincoln's birth.
day, Memorial day. Fourth of July.
Labor day dhe first Monday I'm sen.
tember) ana THANKSGIVING day nhe last
Thursday IN Novemberl. A different
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The ceremony OF the Yule log, which
IS generally agreed by authorities 10
bee traceable 10 the pagan rites which
We're performed al that season Of The
year before the coming OF Christianity,
was nevertheless the most Joyous OF
the ceremonies observed on Christmas
eve In medieval times - New York
Mall
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N'fN' ~
ming they do
An ~ hile he's
loading up his
sIefOh he's
fr dfchi IN Of
'cm too!
An them mat
M the s their
mothers, fhcB
gets the most
Of tons.
They're inst the
s%irCcicst liitic
0irls, ne best
VI liftlc bops!
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MdD lore aud
prosperity e..
% Or0io less.
MAY each pear
fhGt foHoics
be happier
too.
MdD Time aud
Grim SorrOiD
deal gently
toith you"
Come. u 10 the
do0rl There's
a friend irdit-
inD there.
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Who is anxious
10 bid pou a
hdppV Neic
Year.
He rings at the
bell, and he's
ready 10 shout:
"Tho NciC Year
Is IN, and the
old pear Is
out,
Aud long MAJ
you prosper
aud long mdU
you smile.
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ThcBrc Just been
tcfifm' lcifcrs
10 SANITY claus
each ddB
An tcIiin' MIN
Just tchdt fheB
tcaht an shotr-
m him the
tcdU
To n here the
h ouSe Is. 80
hen knoU Just
tchero ~ lcdre
the toys