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Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
REPORT SHOWS FRENCH
 AND BRITISH STILL
 DRIVING GERMANS
BRITISH TROOPS MAKING ADVANCE
 ON ARRAS FRCIlT
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 LONDON. April 25.-The British troops fighting along the Arras battle line made further slight advances Wednesday south of the Scarpe river There was a continuation of aerial ac- tivity in which fifteen German air planes came to grief and six British air craft failed to return to their base, ac- cording to the official communication tonight.
 Thousands of dead Germans are ly- ing on the battle field. says the com munication which follows:
 Our line has been advanced slightly during the day south of the Scarpe Two German field guns were captured by us yesterday in this neighbornood.
 Many thousands of German dead are lying on the battlefield we now occupy.
 In air raids we dropped bombs with good effect upon the enemy's railway junction. aerodromes, billets and am munition dumps. In one raid a large bomb struck the end of moving train blowing the engine off the line and wrecking the train. Hostile troops and transports also were successfully en- gagged with machine gun fire.
 There was great amount of air fighting in which seven German ma chimes were brought down and eight others driven down out of control. Two German observation balloons were de stroycd. Six of our machines are missing"
 The fierce struggle on the Arras front with the terrible toll of lives on both sides, shows no signs of abating, according to the reports from British correspondents at the front.
 The Germans evidently have not abandoned hope in retaking the lost ground, ard are bringing up fresh troops. Among these are the Fourth division of the Prussian guards.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
V|L.LkLO5ES THOUSAND MEN IN BATTLES OR PRISONERS EXECUTED

along the line of the Mexican Centrai railway. an order was issued here today suspending travel with Juarez until further notice.
 General Amaro, who came up here from the south With endorsements for General Murguia, has been named mili- tary commander of the state of Dur ango. The forces of General Martinez have been incorporated into General Murguia's division.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
THOUSANDS DEAD
 IN PATH OF THE
 GERMAN RETREAT
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Many thousands of German dead strew the battle fields over which the British and Germans have been en- gagged for the past three days in titanic struggles for mastery.
 The British troops have made further gains south of the Searpe river in their advance toward Cambrai, and also have captured the hamlet of Bilhem, east Of the Havrincourt wood, which lies mid- way between Arras and St Quentin.
 Violent fighting continues around Monchy, where the British attacked three times but were repulsed with heavy losses, according to Berlin. in continuation of the intensive air fighting 15 German airplanes nave been forced down, according to London, and six British machines are missing.
 Along the French front the artillery activity everywhere continues violent. Twice the Germans essayed infantry but were stopped. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the Ger mans in an effort to wrest the Hurte- bise farm from the French.
 In Belgium artillery duels continue German torpedo boat destroyers early Wednesday morning shelled Dunkirk and sank French torpedo boat which engaged them.
 On the Carson plateau of the Austro- Italian theater, the Austrians south of Goriza attacked Italian positions and at one point succeeded in recapturing a vantage point prevously taken from them. The concentration of troops in the Trentino region is being continued by the Austrians, probably presaging an early offensive there.
 There has been continued activity by the Russian artillery in northwest Rus sia, especially at Jacobstadt and near
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Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
$2OO, 100000 Of Loan
 Goes To Great Butalm

Adoo will place the data before Presi- dent Wilson and outline a program for the presidents approval The British loan made today was Authorized by President Wilson yesterday, it was said. No others will be made until the president sanctions them.
 The $200,000 900 furnished today was transferred by Secretary to Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British ambassador, by treasury warrant-the largest single warrant ever issued by this nation and probably in the history of the world.
 In return for the treasury warrant, Sir Cecil delivered to Secretary Mo Adoo the British governments note for 00.000,0 900 bearing interest at 3 per cent, the lowest at which Great Bri- tain has borrowed for many day, due June 30, next. On that date the British note will be withdrawn and British three and one-half per cent bonds placed in the treasury
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
CLARK IS STRONGLY AGAINST
 SELECT|VE DRAFT
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l.
 WASHINGTON, April 25.-Although Speaker Clark took the floor in the house today and aroused great enthus- iasm among opponents of the admins tration army bill by his vigorous de- nunciation of the selective draft and defense of the volunteer system, cham pions of the measure still are confident tonight that it will pass not later than Saturday virtually as approved by the president.
 It was announced that a poll of the house disclosed a favorable majority of between sixty and seventy. Passage of the bill in the senate is considered assured an unanimous consent to vote on it, there by Saturday will be sought tomorrow. Minor changes made in one house or the other probably will neces- sitate a conference, so that the bill is not likely to become law for a week or more.
 Speaker Clark urged that the volun- teer system be tried again and declared that in the minds of the people of his state the word "conscription' is classed with convict" Applause frequently interrupted him.
 Senators Reed Vardaman and Sher- man spoke in the senate. All three op- posed the selective draft and upheld the volunteer system. Senator Reed spoke for nearly four hours and at- tackled the bill in almost every detail. i Senator Vardamann said he would never vote for compulsion until he had | been shown that the volunteer system will not work. He criticized the pend- i ing bill as another exhibition of the tendency to get away from the prin- | cipleS of democracy.
 1 Senator Sherman declared he would not ''abdicate his power for any chief magistrate cabinet or war college" He i said England for thousand years had i gotten along and fought her wars sue cessfully without resort to conscription The Illinois senator said the metro l politan newspapers which were large (Continued on Page Twol
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
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WASHINGTON, April 25-The Unit cd States today stepped into Great Britain's former role of banker for the allies with a $200.000O0 loan to Great Britain herself and the promise Of other speedy financial relief to Italy, France and Russia.
 The British loan was notable as the first made by the American govern ment since its entrance into the war and for the celerity with which it was negotiated, less than "A hours after the S7, ,000, 0,000,000 war finance measure had become a law. The loans to follow will be placed where the money is needed the most.
 Whether Great Britain, Italy. France Russia or Belgium is to get the next lean had not been decided tonight.
 As soon as a definite idea is ob- tained of the immediate and pros3ec- tive needs of each country, Mir. Me
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
Administration Soom to HQve Broad Outline o French Wev o Me War
BRITISH DESTROYERS OUTNUMBERED, SEND
 GERMAN FLEET HOME
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LONDON, April 25--Two British destroyers on patrol duty in the English channel off Dover the night of April 20 came upon flotia of German destroyers and then ensued an encounter which will live long in the his tory of naval engagements. German destroyers were torpedoed and raed every gun aboard the combatants was workng sweeping the decks and tearing gaps n the sides of the opposing craft There the locking to- gether of British and German destroyer and the fought furiously in a hand -to-hand battle.
 German seamen of rammed destroyer climbed aboard of the British boats and midshipmen fought them back with an automatic pistol They killed driven again into the by British jaces who to the mid shpman's aid.
 The British desroyers the Swift and the Broke, and although they had received many wounds they turned to port
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
NO DEARTH OF MEN
 FOR ROOSEVELT'S DIVISION

NEW YORK, April 25. - Ap- proximately 123,OoO men have ap- piled thus far and been found to meet the necessary requirements for membership in Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt's proposed army division, it was announced here tonight at enrolment headquar- ters, which were opened some time ago with tke former presi- dents approval. Only fifty of the applicants, it was said, were under 25 years old. None below this age are being accepted. Of the total, 10000 are negroes. Sixty per cent of the volunteers are from southern states, while in New York City not more than 1000 have enrolled.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
Censorship Planned Foy
 AZ Lines IMtO Old MexiCO

communication lines into Mexico.
 There is no plan for extending the censorship to lines of internal commu- nication. The chief object of the order will be to prevent the transmission to Mexico, South of Central America of information of value to Germany. As the allied governments long have been exercising strict supervision of Eu- ropean cables, whatever is done here will be supplemental to that work Canadian telegraph and telephone lines will not be watched for similar reasons. The Washington government desires to restrict ordinary communication as lit tie as possible.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26

circumstances, and that patriotic songs be used in opening exercises in the schools. Managers of theaters and of public meetings are requested to arrange that the National Anthem be presented only with the audience standing and uncovered, and that all National Anthems be not incor- . porated in medleys and other un- diqnified arrangements.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
From, Pacific Coast

NEW YORK. April 25.-The Mon golia carried a crew of United States navy gunners in charge of lieutenant She is one of the largest vessels under the American flag.
 The Mongolia was built at Camden. N J., in 1904 for the Pacific Mail Steamship company, and for num- Der of years was engaged in the Cali fornia Oriental trade. She was pur- chased by the International Mercantile Marine in 1915 and brought to the At lantic, carrying freight only.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
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WASHINGTON, April 25.-Censor- ship on all gables touching the United States and on telegraph and telephone lines into Mexico will be established shortly by executive order. Regula- tions formulated jointly by the state, war. navy and justice deparements and the new committee of public informa- tion were approved by the various wire companies today.
 The cable censorship offices will be at New York, Key West, Galveston and San Francisco. The navy will direct the cable work, probably with civilian censors, while the army will control the
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
Report Sinking W
 Forty Vessels During Week
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LONDON, April 25-The weekly statement of vessels sunk made public this evening shows that forty vessels of 00 tons each sent the bottom by mines or submarines. The statement says:
 "Sinkings by mine or submarine, over 1600 tons 40 including two sunk in the week ending April 15 under 1,6O0 tons 15, including sunk in the week ending April l. Fishing vessels sunk nine including one sunk the week ending April 15.''
 The above report shows the greatest number of mer chant vessels reported sunk by mine submarine made public by the British government since it has issued it's weekly statement of shipping losses.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
Cantain From Boston

BOSTON, April 25.-Captain Emery Rice of the steamer Mongolia, is na- tive of this city and a graduate of the Massachusetts Nautical Training school. He was graduated from the training ship Enterprise in 1897. En- tering the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship company his promotion was rapid and he is said to have been the youngest man ever given a captaincy in that company's service.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
Roosevelt is Pleased

OYSTER BAY. N Y, April 25.-Col- onel Theodore Roosevelt was gleeful to- night when told that gun on the Mon golia named after him, had sunk German submarine.
 T am greatly rejoiced.' he said, "and I congratulate the captain, the gunners and all the crew of the Mongo- lia. Thank Heaven. some Americans have at last begun to hit. We have been altogether too long purely at the receiving end of this war Germany has waged on uS"
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
[)ELE(51AIE [ l IF SSTAT|E[:
 |S2 NAMED
Display and Honor
 the Flag

RESOLVED, That we request all citizens and institutions to display the American flag as profuseiy and adequate ly as possible under all
Arizona republican., 1917-04-26

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-02

ancc and the other items which enter
into the conduct Of the business
Suppose a fountain is put in, and
81, 900 wear taken in as the result
Of its business the first year? THIS
will make the total business of the
store $4,000, and allowing for the
proper charges for interest deprecia-
ton. etc. which Will not run the
fixed charges up very much. the over
head expense is reduced to over i6
per cent.
That is a decrease of per cent
in the cost of doing business, and
means that $500 has been adder TO
the profits Of the store on the So coo
of business formerly ae4fe- In addition
tn the direct profits which have been
earned by reason Of the operation 81
the fountain. This is a big considera-
ton. and one which should be gwen
proper emphasis in considering the
advantage of the fountain to the bust
ness.
For this reason it might he worth
while to conduct fountain and mere
~ break even. in order TO have thu
benefit of the reduced overhead which
is thus secured; but when it is pos
sible to make the soda fountain pro-
duce an adequate and satisfactory pro
fit on its own account aside from the
other advantages, there Is no reason
in favor of doing a halfway Job % il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-02
THE WAR AND THE
FOUNTAIN TRADE

The country has never before en-
joyed such general prosperity. IT'S
has always had in the past, and .
have every reason to believe that 1t
Will now have, a most pronounced
effect on the soda fountain trade.
When such prosperous general con
dltions are combined with favora BILE
climaticat conditions the combination
Is almost an ideal one for this bus,-
ness. An abnormally warm summer
means prosperity for the soda foun-
tain business. and a pronounced ten
dency to renew all old equipment and
install all new apparatus.
We see no possible disturbing flu
lures in the situation 1t seems to
be the general opinion of wen-in-
formed people that termination Of
the war abroad would in no way at
feet the general prosperity existing
on this side, and ii is extremely
doubtful II the intersection of this
country into the present European
conflict would result in anything more
than very temporary interruption of
business. Japan and Canada have
been engaged in war practically since
the very beginning, and have entoyed
throughout that time the greatest
business prosperity in their history.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-02

its operating expenses and its receipts.
Thus a store with the same rental and
other fixed expenses paid by another
would not be likely TO have exactly
the same percentage of overhead ex-
pense, unless it's volume of business
were exactly the same, coincidence
which would not be likely to happen.
Consequently 1t Is we'll to remember
that the figure suggested is merely an
average. and that 1t is up to the IN
dividual to figure out for himself just
what his expenses are with relation
to his sales in order that he may not
be misied by any mere generalities.
Less Overhead in the Suburbs.
In the first place. it is obvious that
the expenses of the suburban fountain
owner are much less than those of
the downtown proprietor: while the
latter has a big transient trade. which
helps to carry the added expense OF
rent, the expenses are much larger In
proportion to sales. That explains
why the suburban fountain owner can
often make money out of ffve-cent
soda, whereas the downtown man all
most necessarily must get ten cents
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-02
DRUGGIST AND SODA
FOUNTAIN OVERHEAD
HOW Many Owners Delude Themselves
rs to Profits, by &. d. Grain, Jr.,
in the Soda Fountain.

Many fountain operators do not
know what their overhead expense is,
and they fix prices almost without con-
sidering 1t, except in a very vague
and indefinite way. 1t has been sug-
gested that the overhead of many
fountain men is as much as rs per
cent; but ii is we'll to lay stress on
the fact that any individual owner
may make a mistake to assume that
this figure necessarily applies 10 his
own business.
The expense of doing business va
ries with the store. depending both on
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-02
Genealogy of the Loganberry

-. The Loganberry is remarkable hybrid
berry created by Judge Logan of California
by crossing the tame red raspberry with the
wild mountain blackberry.
Transplanted to the Willamette Valley Of
Oregon, the Loganberry fourished and bore
berries that We're remarkable for their size
and delicious, piquant flavor. Too delicate
to ship as berries, their juice is extracted by
modern. scientific methods. sweetened.
pasteurized and bottled, and it reaches the
consumer a pure, wholesome, elghtfully
zestful drink
Evening star., 1917-02-26

ment admitted its liability for dam
ages. and the lives OF the crew, as in
the case of the Fry, were safeguarded
with reasonable care. The case of the
Law. which was carrying lemon box
slaves to Palermo, disclosed ruthless
ness of method which deserves grave
condemnation. but was accompanied by
no circumstances which might not have
been expected at any time in connec-
tion with the use Of the submarine
against merchantmen as the German
government has used it.
In sum. therefore, the situation we
find ourselves in with regard to the ac-
tuaI conduct of the German submarine
warfare against commerce and it's ef-
fects upon our own ships and people is
substantially the same that it was
when l addressed you on the Sd of Feb
ruary, except for the tying up of our
shipping in our own ports because of
the unwiliingness of our shipowners to
risk their vessels at sea without in
surance or adequate protection, and
the very serious congestion of our COM
merce which has resulted. congestion
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Evening star., 1917-02-26
IS KILLED IN JUMP
FROM CAR WINDOW
Private John A. Sweeney
Meets Death While En- Route
Home From Border.
MAY BE DUE TO NIGHTMARE

While apparently in a nightmare.
Private John A. Sweeney. Company e.
Sd Infantry, n. G. D. c.. en- route to
this city from San Antonio. Tex,
Jumped out of a window in the tour
ist sleeper in which he was riding near
Baton Rouge. La. last night and was
instantly killed.
This information was received today
in a telegram to The Star from one
of the members of the Sd Infantry,
which is returning homo after more
than four months service in the bor-
derland.
Sweeney was about to go on guard
about 1890 o'clock last night and had
stretched out in his berth to take a
nap before doing so. He had been ly-
ing down a few minutes when, with
out giving warning of any kind. he
plunged through the open window be-
side his berth. His "bunkmate" at
tempted to catch hold of him, but
failed
Evening star., 1917-02-26
Mr. Newman Starts Move.
By the Associated Press.

By the As6OclHted Press.
LONDON, February 26.-Adolpf Won
Batocki. president Of the food regula-
ton board, discussed food problems
with the reichstag's advisory commit
tee Saturday, according to an Amster-
dam dispatch to Reuters. Explaining g
the plans for the coming year. Herr
Batocki said that available stocks were
scanty and must be carefully managed.
He added that the use OF bread corn for
fodder must be prevented.
Herr Batocki announced the intention
Of the food board to fix the price OF
notatoes for the entire year at marks
a hundred weight. except in the west
and south Of Germany. where It would
be 6 marks. He emphasized the trn-
Evening star., 1917-02-26
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senates

Met at IL am.
At 1 o'clock went to House for
ioint session to hear the President
on German crisis.
Resumed consideration OF reve-
nue. bill.
Adopted conference report on
Porto Rican citizenship bill.
Resolution appropriating $6.0OO,-
900 for relief In the present food
crisis, introduced by Senator Bo-
rah.
Began consideration of the $685.
oOO. 600 naval appropriation bill
Passed bill extending life OF the
war risk Insurance bureau.
House.:
Met at noon.
Met III joint session with Senate
AT | o'clock to hear address by
President Wilson.
..Leak'' report completed and
rules committee voted Sherman L.
Whipple, committee counsel, fee Of
$4,000.
Resumed discussion sundry civil
bill.
Evening star., 1917-02-26
SEEKS TO END THE WAR.
Argentina Wants South American
Countries to Offer Mediation.

BUENOS AIRES, February 26.-Ac-
cording to La Nacion. the Argentine
government IS endeavoring to bring
about joint action by the Latin Amer
ican republics in offering mediation for
ending the war. The United States will
not be asked to take part because of
its rupture with Germany. Negotia-
,ions with the diplomatic representa-
tiyes here of other Latin American re-
publics will be initiated by Argentina,
the newspaper says.
Evening star., 1917-02-26
GRAVE POSSIBILITIES RECOGNIZED.
BRITISH PORTS SHELLED
BY GERMAN DESTROYERS

LONDON, February 26.-German de-
stroyers bombarded Broadstairs and
Margate early this morning. One wom-
an and one child were killed and two
persons We're injured. Two houses were
damaged. This announcement was made
in the house of commons today by Sir
Edward Carson, first lord of the ad-
miralty.
Evening star., 1917-02-26
Prisoners to Protect Palace.

PARIS, February 26.-Deputy Gall
has urged the government to take
measures of reprisal following the re
ceipt of wireless announcement that
a camp for French and British officers
has been established near the royal
residence at karlsruhe to protect tho
palace against French airplane raids.
Evening star., 1917-02-26

The German mark is equivalent prac-
ticaliy to "a cents in United States
money The price to be fixed for po-
tatoes in Germany. therefore. viii be
$120 a hundred pounds. There are
sixty pounds Of potatoes in bushel,
making the price Germans will have to
pay "a cents . bushel. The minimum
retail price Of potatoes in Washington
today was $500 busheL
Evening star., 1917-02-26
Nine. Schumann-Heink Improving.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. February 2S.-The
condition of Nine. Schumann-Heink,
the operatic contralto. who sustained
two broken ribs in a taxicab accident
Friday night, is slightly improved. No
internal injuries have developed.