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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
TO BUILD SUGAR FACTORY
First Modern Structure of It's Kind
TO he Erected I'm Asln
Minor.

CoNSTANTlNOFLE, February "a
The first modern sugar factory in
Asia Minor will he erected in Tohumra.
near konia. under the direction of Ger
man engineers. chemists and other en-
pcrts. The enterprise is financed by
the IkliSsad Bank OF Konia, and a
number Of Turkish and German cap
i~talists. According to a prospectus lust
published. the capital of tho ompanv
amounts to $4,000. 900. and is already
fully subscribed.
The factory is to be finished and i'm
operation by next fall. and will en-
ploy Il large number Of mon. TO en-
courage the enterprise and To protect
ii against foreign competition. tho
company has been granted Il conccs-
sion by tho Turkish government. under
which no other sugar factory can he
erected II, the same district in the
course OF the next thirty years.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
ESPERANTISTS IN CONVENTION
th"ut mo Delegates Inkc Part In De-
li,rruti"ns Held az
Dresden.

DRESDEN February et.-Thc first
convention OF the German r!spcrantisis
since ~" beginning of tho war has
Just "teii heid here. About 100 dele
SaicS took pat IN The deliberations.
ana iT. St'c''". u mclnher "f the Saxon
Diet. presided.
The chairman uf the executive com-
mite" Of the Esperanto Society read
an interesting report on the activities
of the organization in the war. Tho
society regularly publishes pamphlcts
containing Ia" official German. .tustro-
hungarian. I%:ulpnri~u and Turkish war
reports III Esperanto and forwards
them to the neutral countries, together
with TRANSACTIONS OF the German white
books and other official is
sued by the governments OF the central
bowers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
PLANS q GIGANTIC
DFFENSINE DIsCI SSED

additional information on the sub
jcct says that the plan of a gigantic
offensive on the Italian front was dis
cussed in connection with tho SaIoniki
problem. The English delegates were
of the opinion that Saloniki should he
abandoned and the troops and artil-
ierN now defending the i]ntrcnchcd
camp he transferred To the Italian
'front.' and help the Italians carry ON
their offensive.
The French delegates were radically
opposed 10 any such step and insisted
mat S.loniki be retained. la conncc.
ton with this II is said tina, had i.tc
conference voted the abandonment ct,
the Balkan expedition ircnIier BRAND
would have resigned forthwith.
General Rohertson's reason for adj
V"r'tinG the abandonment of s~alonik,
was that, once the poasibiHt, Of e.
Jnnctirc bctween the Ruuuuuian ana
allied forces no longer existed. the
large tonnagc required for The trans
portation of supplies and munitions
could be allotted To France and Italy
which arc suffering from lack Of
cereals and coal, and Che artillery
turned over to General Cadorna TO- Il
speedy march to I.ibach. ANA thence to
Vienna.
The French reply WAS that tn.
abandonment Of Saloniki would i,c as
hUniliating for Franc. as III. cvacu-
ati"n Of G;allipoli Was for England. and
that its moral effect on the French
nation would be ever more dcprrssinG
than u military reverse on any of he
French sectors.
General Cadorna declined once moro
the honor OF conductin. the Balkan
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
MEN BADLY CROW DI:D
on LITTLE VESSEL.

This work completed. the little YES
sol was towcI outside the bay. and
,h"n, under fGIl sail, turned her prov
I" IN" npr'h""st. Tho vessel was
painted Wht"-a rus". it was thought.
Ia diHarm suspicion. She was 50 small
tha, all Tho twenty men could not l.o
on deck At the same time.
II was a rcriiouS voyage. and for
long days tho li,tIc hoa, was tho play
r,inS or tho waves. Tnc suffering or
'h"s" "u board ia tho terrible weather
~"ncouut'rcd was intense. They found
Themselves some distance west OF Ban
tr,. ia the south OF Ireland. There
tn" storm increased ia violence. and
'ho ship. battered by Seas. seemed
likely to founder. After a consulta-
ton. i; was decided 10 abandon the
original plan or going round the Brit
ish is!c>, and the ship made for the
channel. IN the hope Of making the
Bcleian OF Dutch coast.
Aftcr SIX terrible days. the coast
% Cornwall was sighted. and the Ger
mans found themselves in sight OF The
Island OF l.uudy. at the entrance to the
lfrisio! Channel From there, proceed
ing slowly. they contrived TO circle
the Scilly Islands, turning by the
Lizard.
Tho daring adventure nearly sue
cecded. for the little ship ciuicd lin.
patrols unit! the Ramsgate examiners
came INTO the picture. when the Ger.
mans were practically within sight of
the Belgian coast.
Throughout the whole of her jour
nc% the Nirgcn del Socorro had flown
the Dutch flag, hut when chailcngco
by the English patrol vessel the Ger
man white ensign was displayed. She
WAS brought TO kamsgate. where tho
captiNcs were landed. Under escort
the prisoners We're taken IL Il rcstau.
rant on the sea front. but the propr!e-
,"r. although a heavy sufferer through
the war, refused to provide food for
III" enemies. Eventually they were
taken Ia the sailors homie and given
food.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
HAUPTMANN AS SCULPTOR
mmou German Poet md Drnmatt.t
Completes Bust Of
Ills Son.

BERLIN. February :f.-Gerhart
iiauptmann. the famous Gcrlnan poet
and dramatist who received the Nobel
prize for literature five years ago. has
joined the sculp;ors.
. He recently completed n bust OF his
son ~Rcnvcnuto. which is pronounced
an excellent work by Professor Fritz
klimsch n by all other critics who
have seen II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
ALLIES PREPARING
FOR BIG OFFENSIVE
Plans Said to Have Been Made
a. Conference Held
in Rome.
PROTOCOL ALSO is SIGNED
New Military, Diplomatic and
Economic Policies Will
Be Developed.
ny c,MuLI.o ,,,>rAun,.


ihS me many measures taken to insur"
tho greatest secrecy about the debates
and resolutions Of tho allied confer.
"n"". N"r enough has ;rnnspircd to a,-
thoriz" TIA" belief that uox, spring Iard
perhaps h"furcp viii mark the begin
ming Of = carnage Of staggering mnrni-
'nic that viii ill tho world win hor-
r"r.
Resides approving the proic", Of an
onensiv" ON An unparalleled gigantic
seal" on both tho French aud ,ho
Italian fronts. tho conference also has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
GERMAN ALPINE CORPS
HAS DONE GOOD WORK
Its Formation Accomplished by the
Bayarian General. Won
bcimcnsin2rn.
Division Employed Before Vcrdun
With Excellent IicsuItS-N
Great Glory in Campaign in Ruu-
mania-I'orcc inaccessible Passes.

MUNICH. February 24.-Thc Mucu-
ch"ncr Ncucstc Nachrichien for the
first time published some information
about the German .\lpiuc troops which
have been organized since The entrance
Of ital! into the war. The formation
of ihis corps had been surround with
"a Veil of secrecy. and even in Germany.
outside Of Bavaria. comparatively few
people knew of its existence.
In the hot days of the early sum
MGR OF 1919. after Italy declared war
against Austria. a new body Of troops.
which since has covered itself with
glory. WAS formed" says the Mach
richtcn. NO paper was permitted to
mention the birth OF this wonderful
force and It's growth.
The formation of the corps was ac-
c"mplishcd with the utmost secrecy by
;hc r~edoubtahIc Eavarian general.
Nrlfft Won pclmcusiugcu. one of The
most daring and resourccfuI fighters
and organizers OF the C;crman agmv.
From the ranks OF college students.
sDortsincn. members OF the Alpiue
clubs. athletes. ~ski-ruuners and molu-
tain"cra from the iiavarian highlands
the general recruited a body Of tronus
which probably has not its equal i'm
the world.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
CORPS Is DRILLED
~ BhINI,IAN .I.ps

The corps was drilled in the Bav.,.
RAN Alps aud later went 10 tile rolu-
mites To assist the Austrian Alpine
troops ia guarding the frontier
I'm the field parts of the corps were
used for IL" first time when i'i.lr
Marshal Won M@ckriIscu swept throuru
Serbia like q wnjriwind Durin. ths
c;,nipiiSn the Npirc gimcn a.. out.
piishrd the capturc Of man height.
and mountains which had been con.
Sid"rcd imprcGnablc by the Serbian.
Last spring "a division Of The corps
WAS employed before Vcr,Iun with c\
cellcnt results, hut their Creates clor,
the German !iipiuists have won IN TIN,
campaign in E%ounIania. win them
General Won bclm e~naingen forced the
most inaccessible passes Of tn. snuv,.
covered Transylvaniuu Alps. It fcn,
that bad been considered impossible
by many military experts.
To-day The German cmrlrc ana
AuStrIa- hungary rcsol:~d with The.
fame of the herman Alpine corps, the
most chicicnt ANA daring unit of tn.
army. Where this wouHcrrul corps
WIZ strike next is. Of course y secret.
hui IT Is Very POSSIBLE ,nai IT may
win new fainc on the Italian from; be-.
fore many months pass"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
German MIX supply cut.

htitI,lN. February 2i.-Thc milk
supply OF tho German capital has been
iiirt!icr reduced. and now amounts to
about So per cent Of the quantity used
III peace tlme. Last year the supply
was only is per cent below normal.
On account OF the lack Of fodder for
the cattle. no increase can be expected
before spring.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
WORLD AWAITING
BIG GERMAN DRIVE
Probable Plans Are Discussed by
Colonel Feyler, Noted
Swiss Stratcgist.
MUST "HIT OUT" STRONGLY
Says Teutons Have Cast Them
selves for Roles of Conquering
Heroes, and Must Go On.


-
LONDON. February "t.-Thc eminent;
Swiss strateyist. Colonel rcy,or T., or,
lining tho prob,hIc .r,ipp driyo -, ~
I'euton forces. saws.
"All tho world Is w,i,;r. ,,r ,ho
next grca, offensive of ,hc .cr,r,I =,
pircs. Tho must hi, am. 60 49,
an English uhrasc hcc,nyo 49,. ,,...
that whom ,boir u,., M. s,ma 80
crushlr, Er.,c ~
Great Rr,t,,n could J.. ,,... 49,, .,
a, tho Marno ,bcy counI All, IN ,aan
on socond.r, 49,. 80
.To.day no. L,.,. ~,
mics AFRO yct,in. ,o.,,.. ;, ~.
on all tho rrou,s ,u,, .t.o M, .u 49,
rosourc.. -, 49,. ,t... .,,
-urico IN r..i,,.,,
to resign ia, noo,st.a .
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saliva. ,o, ~ - '"'
h.roo- 49,. -.
arc he,d =, 10y
,,,I
no,,o,. nu,.,a, 49,.
R;y, ~. -
urhr..L. =, -" ''"'i 10 10
IA il,,-n - lr..l $3.50.
liz. ". ' NV "'N'''"
or,-, o ,. $3.50 '' ' ''''
mat. -, 80, 49, .,''S" ''""
&C., N "' "' VIZ '''
'N ~" '''''~i\t
''i"H' " fIfE WEST
Inc central empires have plunged
cast and w"s', but ali Tho Indications
suggest that the general staff aror
EcckinE decision elsewhere. have como
oa'N 10 their 'rimarS conclusion. VIZ.
mat d"ciSiv" victory can only To Won
on IN" western front. with ia" further
rohIl%"ti"n mat. sine" all attempts to
n''ef 'hFoH@h by frontal attacks HAY"
'n''"'' ! '"I'"N@ necessarily that the
N"S''-r r'i''i' bh' must j." turu"d.
..h' on '"' Oily HNh'lnh!' ianh. w.
',"' ,'"f"' "hI'h WI. ~ '"u'S'. "ntail
~ "T'"'h "' SWISS n'hirh1 'N
"""'' 7''" S'"T''iN possible" That
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
ARID WASTE TURNED
INTO GARDEN SPOT
Transformation l. Wrought in LynIl-
pur District. in North
crn India.
GREAT IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Waters OF Clicuab River Diverted
Through Channels That Cross and
RcrrnSS the Country. Changing
Dry Soil Into Fertile Tracts.

LYALLrUR. ruNJAE PROVINCE,
INDIA, February IL only "a few years
this district OF Northern iu.ia was
AN arid waste. and virtually unin-
haritcd. but to-day it is ono Of tho
garden spots OF the country. Fields of
grain and SmHarcamc and cotton wave
over the places where only In. hardy
LITTLE desert shrub had been known he
fore; on The sites OF tho uonads' camps
stand hundreds OF iourishinS villages.
ana ionG lines of rock-ballastcd high
ways stretch out through the recent
tractlcSa reaches bcucath the shade OF
rows of quickly growing Oriental trees.
the story OF how this tranSforlna-
ton Was wrought is the history Of
what is said to be the greatest irriga-
ton system in the world. The waters
Of the Chcnab River have been diverted
through great channels that cross and
rccr"ss the l.yailpur district. turning
the dry soil into fertile tracts. More
than a miilion people have been drawu
IN the past twenty years. and to-day
The Chcmab Colony. as it is called. is
The greatest wheat-producing center in
India. ANA one Of the most important
for it's size in the world.
The cll.nab Colony is the most strik-
iu- ryau,pl, az m, wopd,rruI ;r.iu,
ton cui.ruriS.s ,,rried ON, H., ~,
m luGI, in mo n,., r,w
Years. In the lnst ,wn decades ,h.
trc:, OF land under irrigation through
ia" country has nearly doubled. bring
Ing prosperity 10 parts OF India where
The uncertainties OF rainfall discour-
aged. or even entirely prevented. all
cultivation. The total CAPITAL value of
uItjur irrigation works mar; nf vhirn
are protective and mar, rr,auun.
throughout the country j. more ,h,,
5io.unv.oUu rupccs q, r.u,, ,,,,I
Ia - ccntS). Tic area of culturlblc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
oily Hears Mzs Caud Jr Dsger Soe YsY P9nd Gzan Lectures
(MRS. CAUDLE DISCOURSES ON MANS "SCRA

line, sir. for I feel disgraced; absolutely disgraced to be tied to such a person as you are and call him hushand!,
 The thing that I've never been able to understand sir, is how a man can love more than one woman at time. Whats that? You say it's easy. No? Theysare easy? How dare you, MT. Caudle? Have you no respect for me-the mother of your children? Whats that? A man doesn't really mean to? It just happens; sort of an accident, temptation, and that sort of thing? Why, you old fool, have you lost your senses? What has a married man with eight children to do with accidents, temptations and all such nonsense? know what it Is, MT. Caudle it's that Tat tetale girl; she's turned your old bald head completely and made a pluperfect fool of you, and you haven't got any bet ter sense than to believe you are attrac tive and fascinationg to women.
 You don't hear of me doing any such fool thing, MT. Caudle; I don't scramble such things; men have a cinch on that sort of thing. Whats thatP Even an In- dian wants more than one scalp at his belt? Well, now you've struck the nail on the head with a ge-hammer, MT. Caudle, for that's what you are, exactly an Indian--for nobody but an Indian, a savage, an uncivilized beast, would think of being flirtatious at your age in life,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

noticed by that little la,tletale girl, who is the biggest fiirt alive! The next thing I know I reckon you'll be trailing after that divorced widow who is visiting across the street and when that happens I'm through, for good and all.
 Men have gotten so that they can't be satisfied with one woman any long, CT; they want a whole battalion. think If I were a man I'd get through with one before I started on another instead of hashing them up together. What do I mean by hashing them up together? I should have said trashing them up together, for any woman who hasn't any more to do than to flirt with an old fool like you, sir, is noth- ing more than mere trash And, MT. Caudle, if you don't watch out your heart is going to be a mere trash heap an old Curiosity Shop of junk, and for the women who are mixed up with you; well, may the good Lord have mercy on their souls! They are hard up; that's all I've got to say. If I wasn't married to you I wouldn't look at you in the street. MT. Caudle; I wouldn't be caught dead having 6 filtration with you, sir if I couldn't find anything better to firt with I'd -Id-well, it's a good thing I'm mar ried to you. Mir. Caudle For-for- imagine an old fat thing like you growing sentimental and carrying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01

to go any where with, and so what am I to do? Now it's come to the pass where you'd keep me from sitting up for you if you could, but you'll never do it, MT Caudle; never, so long as my name is Arab ella Maria Mushy Caudle!
 What's this new outbreak about? I'll tell you soon enough; just you be patient, sir. In the first place, I've always said that woman never could really know a man until she went through his pockets, and that's what I did, sir, yesterday aft ernoon; even Solomon, wise as he was, wasn't above carrying junk and stuff around in his pockets, that eventually gave him dead away, and so with you, sir. I opened little wallet that was suits of clothes. and what do you sup pose I found, sir? You don't know? Ger tainly not; you've probably forgotten; but I'll tell you; it was a lock of blonde hair tied with baby blue ribbon, wrapped in neat little sheet of pink tinted paper, and on the paper was written, To catch wasp, bait with sugar. to catch a woman, bait with taffy.' Now who ever heard of an old, fat, red, bald head ed father of eight children, and married 25 years, going around with such mushy stuff in his pockets as that? No, MT. Caudle, you are a goner You are mad or the subject of skirts and I'm mad on the subject of whipping you back into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
BEES, POULTRY AND FRUIT
 MAKE GOOD COMBINATION
Convenient Side Lines That Are Mutually Advantage Ous Should Not Be Over OOked-PrOgramme That Is Adaptable to Any Prop osition From the Back
 yard to the General Farm.
By G. R. SMITH

Author and Practical PouItryman
 Poultrymen are losing opportunities by neglecting convenient side lines. AS the raising of fowls can be made a profitable secondary industry on the farm, so the keeping of bees and the culture of fruit may be combined with poultry with little inconvenience and large advantage.
 The vocation" must not be conquered by the ''avocation." All things must be kept well balanced. The poltryman who gets too deeply into other things dwarfs his principal occupation. His trunk line becomes branch road. His business at once shows symptoms of confusion.
 It is best to boom with all possible power the chief line. Everything else must take secondary place. If you are a poultryman, let no side issue rival the big scheme in your vision of results. But this principle does not interfere with taking on two or three naturally related lines of work
 The combination here suggested will adapt itself to the little backward busi- ness, conducted for recreation and a lit- tie incidental profit, or it will fit the thousand acre plantation, booming with the biggest noise and searching for the largest financial results.
 No poultry business is quite right until it stands firmly on a sure and permanent commercial basis. The man who banks everything on fancy prices for fancy stock-that is, whose hope of the future Is based on fine feathers rightly ar- ranged, without any regard to the every day country store and city stall market valu of his products is running great risks of failure.
 If everything is kept and conducted on the commercial basis, the financial
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and what's more, MT. Caudle, I'm tired of it, and I don't propose to stand for it one moment longer sir; not one moment. Do you hear?
 Have you gone to sleep. MT. Caudle? How could anybody go to sleep when my tongue gets to wagging? Don't you talk to me that way, MT. Caudle; I never open my mouth about anything you do; bear t all with Christian silence and fortitude. Everybody says I stand for more than any other woman on earth would stand for, from you. But that's all the grati- tude 1 get; all the thanks; I might as well never sacrifice anything for you for all the appreciation you have; but then I've come to the conclusion that your apprecator has stopped working; you don't seem to have a single drop of ap- preciation in your makeup, sir.
 What's that? It's all in the game What game, if you please? The game of love and life? Now, if that doesn't sound like a Laura Lean Jibbey. Bertha M. Mudd performance I'll be jackswiggled. Game indeed! You speak of such things as you would of game of pingpong or tiddle- de- winSs. Can't you be serious for a moment, MT. Caudle? Whats that? Can't you be true to your better convic- tions and impulses? You were not like that when I married you. MT. Caudle; you've just turned fool since you've been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
Dog Story Outdoes Fish Story

Holman Day, in Harper's Magazine.
 The bulldog of the Esmeralda, packet freighter for the settlements between Portland and Machias, in intelligence and accomplishments Is reckoned paragon of dogs In Portland he walks uptown with the captain and returns alone with any purchases and news papers which may be intrusted to him. He even brings back meat, and this quota of self-restraint puts him in class by himself.
 One day, according to legend, this dog was actor in an affair which has been debated warmly ever since; 1t gives rise to the argument whether the dog is the wisest of his generation or just a plain canine fool. There is no middle ground among the disputants along the waterfront. The event itself was sufficiently grotesque to merit mention
 The captain decided to test the dogs as a shopper. Therefore he put a coin into a basket which he hitched to the animals collar, and then rapped his knuckles on an outspread newspaper getting the dogs undivided attention. Lastly, he pointed up the wharf and told the dog to- "Git! Fido obeyed with alacrity and went up the wharf's roadway in cloud of dust
 At the head of the long wharf there was a bold terrace of little park whose Irish caretaker had turned out to graze his pair of pet goats. hitched together with a short leash. The dog dashed up the terrace and overlook the frightened goats. setting his jaws on the leather leash with his best grip. The goats leaped from the embank- ment. carrying the dog with them and landed on fruit-peddlers dozing horse goat on each side, like saddle bags; the leash held and so did the bulldog. Down the wharf went the out fit and the terrified horse did not pause when he reached the end; he leaped over the rail of the Esmeralda and went flat on deck in a tangle of har- ness goats and dog.
 After matters had been set right, fn- cluding pay to the fruit merchant and apologies to the goa6-owner. the cap tain took Fido to one side and dis paraged his intelligence rapping his knuckles once more on the newspaper and informing the canine shopper that he had not been sent for goats or ba- |nanas.
 Just a minute, sir!" broke in the cook. who was listenirg. Do you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-01
Chicago's After-Dinner Art

Harrison Rhodes in Harper's Magazine.
 Nowhere can the persistent efficiency of the western metropolis be more plainly seen and more agreeably studied than in this matter of art. It was somewhere along in the sos of the last century that the now classic prophecy was utterd that when she got ready, Chicago would make culture hum.' Culture is now be- ing made to hum there as nowhere else in the world. The gathering of students at the Art institute is something ma jestic and unparalleled; never in the world have so many eager pilgrims si- multaneously approached the shrines of painting and sculpture. If numbers are to count, Chicago Is already the art cen ter of the world. It is too early to judge by results whether this great midwestern country-of which Chicago is consciously and proudly the capital-is as fertile a soil for art as it is for corn. Time will tell; genius shows itself where God wills, whether it be in Iowa or in France. Meanwhile an intensive culture of these prairie fields is being practiced. Not only are the students lusty and eager. as be- fits their origin, but the outside public of mere appreciators strains, as it were. at the leash. It Is possible in Chicago, and in Chicago only, for gay. fash ionable party of young people. after lunching at smart restaurant, to ad