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Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
Gains Are Discounted

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Dec. 4.--That Field Marshal Haig prevented the Germans from breaking through his lines on the Cam brai front discounts the small gains which the enemy hosts achieved yes- terday at terrible cost in life It means that yesterdays critical period has been successfully passed and that for the second time in four days Field Marshal Haig thwarted what is be- iieved to have been a German attempt to duplicate the German-Austro-H Hun sarian performance in Italy.
 Germans were collected from the eastern theater and various parts of the German line in the west. At La Naaquerie the enemy fought his way through the town and one party pene- trated for some hundred yards into British territory. This was the eX- treme gain The attacking forces se- cured a very narrow strip of ground a little north and south of Las Vac querie but the British still chung grim ly to the high ground north of this place.
 The British commander voluntarily pulled back his line to the west and southwest of Masnieres to make it frmer. This morning the British line was near the western part of Marcoing copse but included Marcoing; a small triangular piece of territory, therefore has been sacrificed by the British Since s o'clock last night the line has remained unchanged.
 \ heavy concen tration of German guns east of Gonnelieu suffered greatly by the excellent British counter bat tery work. Things appeared much brighter in the British camp this morn- ing. The battle probably has not yet run it's course but the defenders from now on will be in much better shape to handle the situation.
 The Germans up to noon today had not renewed their attempts of yester-
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Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
LICENSE FORCES
 MIN IN CITIES OF MASSACHUSETTS
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre1

BOSTON, Dec 4-.License forces won a decided victory over the oppo- nents of the licensed sale of liquor by swinging four additional cities into the wet column in the eighteen munich pal elections held in this state today
 Fall River Fitchburg. Haverhill and Taunton changed from dry to wet" Springfield remained ''wet' by 2,255 votes and in other cities license forces showed comparative gains.
 The cities voting in favor of license this year are: Chicopee, Fall River, Fitchburg, Gloucester, Haverhill, Hol- yoke, Marlboro New Bedford, North ampton. Pittsfield, Springfield and Taunton.
 Those remaining in the dry" col umn are: Brockton, Cambridge, Leo- minister, Peabody Quincy and Salem. This gives 12 license cities and six mo- license cities, as against the prepon- derance of no-license cities last year of ten tn eight.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

CONCORD, N. C., Dec. 4.-Gaston B. Means will take the stand in his own behalf at his trial on the charge of the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, it was announced today by counsel for the defense.
 Further details of the financial transactions of Means in some of which, at least, Mrs. King furnished the money, were brought out in cross examination of witnesses for the de- fenSe.
 Transactions in various places were detailed by w. R. Patterson, Means father -in-law. The financial ventures, particularly those i'll cotton, apparent ly cost Mrs. King heavily.
 Patterson who was in Means em- ploy during the period of the deals,
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
GraZing Lands OfArizOna tObe Thrown Open
gRepublican A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Restoration to the public domain from the Monzano National Forest of $500 acres of land i'll central and western New Mexico and 27,700 acres in northeastern Arizona was announced to- day by Secretary Lane. The lands, generally of grazing character, will be subject to homestead entry at and af- ter 9 a. m. February II next and to settlement and other forms of disposition on and after February IS.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
SCORES IF AUSTRO-HUNCAR|ANS
 MAY BE LIABLE T0 ARREST

enemy alien registration will be issued within a few days by the department of justice. Officials realize that most Austro- -Hungarians in this country are harmless and a great proportion. par ticularly of Hungarians, Bohemians and Slavic elements are actually pro- ally. Consequently careful consider ation will be shown in administering the enemy alien registrations.
 Department of justice officials were pleased today over the presidents rec ommendation for legislation to extend enemy alien restrictions to women, some of whom are suspected of being clever aids to the German espionage system
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
GQStOrl MeQnStO Testify His O1vn Behalf Today

said the speculation in cotton was with the full knowledge of Mrs. King but that her name was not used because it was feared that it might prejudice her interests in connection with the alleged secord vii! of the fate J. C. King. under the terms of which she hoped to receive about s2,000,000 from the estate.
 Patterson repeatedly stated that during the two years when he was closely associated with Means and Mrs. King there was no evidence that the woman was under any restraint or control exercised by the defendant.
 Two North Carolina physicians tes- tified that in their opinion Mrs. King fatal wound could have been self-in- flicted. Fifteen character witnesses also were put on the stand by the de- fenSe,
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING. Republican A. p. Leased WIrel

PARIS, Dec. 1.-The foreign office officially announced today that at the recent inter-allied conference, in which the United States participated, agree ments were concluded upon the basis of complete understanding and close solidarity among the allies for the so- lution of the questions in which they have a common interest in the. war" It was also announced that the crea- ton of a supreme inter allied naval committee had been decided upon.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
FIND SHANE GUILTY
Republican A. p. Leased Wlrel

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 4.-Otis D. Slane, 23 years old who said he for merly lived in Bonanza, Colo, was found guilty today by a. jury in the superior court of murder in the first degree for the killing of Israel Bot win, automobile stage driver, on Octo- Der 5. The jury recommended life imprisonment. Leslie Northon, r years old, a companion of Slane at the time of the murder, will come up for trial next Monday.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. Republican A. D. eased wire1

LONDON, Dec. ,. - The British steamer Apapa has been torpedoed and sunk. according to the morning papers. Eighty passengers and the crew of the vessel perished. About one hundred and twenty passengers were saved.
 It is reported that the submarine fired on women and children in open boats
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
GERMAN DRIVE IS
 HALTED
Republican A. p. Leased wirel

The Germans, apparently have ceased the reckless expenditure of lives of their troops in trying to blot out the Cambrai salient held by General Byng's forces. After four days of unslaughts that have been characterized as equal ling any previously witnessed during the war. only the artillery now is en- gagged. Although the Germans claim the capture of more than 5000 British prisoners and more than 100 guns, re- ports from the British war office and from correspondent indicate that the German loss in men killed. wounded or made prisoner was a terrible price to pay for the very small recovery of lost terrain.
 While it is expected that further at- tacks will be delivered on the Cambrai sector which is 8 salient vitally mem acing to the important railroad june ton of Cambrai the British troops are declared now to be in a better position Co offer stronger resistance than here tOfore.
 As yet the anticipated renewal by the Austro- Germans of their infantry attacks on large scale against the Italians on the Venetian front has not materiaized. The enemy artillery, however continues active from the Asiago plateau eastward toward the headwaters of the Piave river. On the Trentino front, an enemy attack which was prepared for by a heavy bombardment met with repulse. Along the Piave valley, the Italians again have dispersed Austrian bodies cOnsol- 1dating for attacks.
 In Palestine the battle between the Turks and the British for the posses sion of Jerusalem has not begun. Talk eu all in all, there is no change in the situation in this region although Gen. eral Ellenby's forces have carried out small offensives in the nature of raids and killed or captured the occupants of Turkish trenches
 The Russian general staff headquar- ters on the northern Russian front has been captured by the Bolsheviki troops under Ensign Krylenko. The head 70 quarters capitulated without fighting. but General Dukhonin. the com manderin in-chief who declined recently to carry out the orders of the Bolshev- iki to negotiate an armistice with the Germans, was thrown from a train by Bolsheviki troops and killed.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05
REJOICE OVER DRY LAWS. TRepublican A. D. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Demon- strations in honor of Indiana, Utah, New Hampshire, New Mexico, the District of Columbia and Porto Rico, which have been given dry laws dur ing the last year, featured tonights session of the annual of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-05

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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

more beautiful to US here because the
Frenchman was the victor! lhte1
German airmen were lowering over
and around Verdun. The Freh'"
anti-air guns had been shooting AT
them. but with no success, and pre-
emily we saw one lone French plane
headed toward the three German; -
| cried out, "That man is crazy'
had hardly said it when he opehe"
fire, and saw one of the Germans
start suddenly earthward and the ot'l-
er two head the other way, follow
ed closely by the lone Frcnchman'
Whether he got them don't know
but this | do know, that one less
German is here to menace us.
The most beautiful sight OF all Is
the star sheels at night used for the
purpose of locating different batter
les. They are like big skyrockets'
and cast off a silver light. When
they break it looks as if thousand
stars are falling. So you see, war
had it's beautiful side after all-IIl
more ways IlldI Olle.
The night of February 6 was d
great time here at the front.
The news that America had sever
ed diplomatic relations with Germany
was telephoned from Paris to the
staff headquarters of all the different
divisions, and the staff officers issued
orders to transmit the news to the
men in the trenches, which was done
Immediately. At the time | was on
duty, and when I heard it, it had al
ready been the cause for much re-
ioicing.
The news spread quickly, and about
II o'clock in our section, which en-
bodies Verdun, Belleville, Gloria,
Brau, Regret, and other villages, we
heard a roaring of guns so awful that
it shook the windows out of our b0r-
racks. At first we though it was the
beginning of an attack, and dreaded
the work that we knew would follow
but to our surprise everything sud
denly became unusually quiet.
1t was only the French batteries in
one grand salute announcing to the
German that America is awake.
About II o'clock | went 01ck t. the
barracks, and there | found cvew"rr
un inA gathered in one room, 'eIaraI
hundred Fronchmen and about fry
ambulance men. In the celt2r Ct The
room was table, and on j. cham
;'agne. We filed our gI9F9aF @rd
lifted them high in air, AMI oil at
once the wonderful strains of tn"
"Marseillaise" filled the air, and Of all
the glasses mine was the highest,
To hear the "Marseillaise' sung by .
Frenchman is to realize the real
meaning of loyalty and love for you"
country.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13
There Was a Reason.

Speaking at dinner the other night,
former Gov. Martin H. Glynn of New
York said there was usually reason
for most things and told the following
story as an illustrations:
A colOred man was rambling down
one of the streets Of southern town
one afternoon, when he met a friend.
"Look heah, Rastus," exclaimed the
colOred party, "dey tOle me dat yO'
done gone an married Lilac Washing
ton las Sunday night"
"De news am erect, jim" answered
Rastus with a broad smile. 81 done
gone married Lilac all right"
"Am dat So?" reflectively returned
the other. Didn't yO' tell me only las
week dat yo' wasn't gwine ter marry
anybody as long as yo' libed?"
Oats jes' what l did, jim" admit
ted Rastus, "but l didn't know at de
time dat | was gwine ter lose ma job"
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

our genial friend Chas. F. Evans,
from Kentucky and Southern field
,rorl, will be on hand. He has visit
o6 Florida twice and makes friends
wherever he goes.
State Treasurer Cavanagh writes
of Christian Endeavor at last being
established in the Presbyterian
church of Palatka. Good meetings
are held and they hope to get well
organized and send delegates to Or
lando. Fine news!
II seems hard to think Of losing
even for a time from active c. E.
home work the fine boys who may
soon be called into the army. Mr..
White, splendid district president for
Northeastern field, located in Jack
ronyille, has been made corporal
nthe Florida militia. How they are
coinp to do without him local Endeav-
orers are puzzled. In other lands
they have gone through it, yet keep
brave hearted.
There is to be District song con-
test at Orlando, an expert Endeav-
orers banquet; a sunrise and sun
set meeting, and from the latter En-
Geavorers "with banners waving" will
march to the convention church
Have you put up in your church
plain view, the splendid convention
poster? Have you sent in your sc
cts, registration fee for each dele.
cate, either to Robert Lewtcr or Miss
Mary Braham, and are you reminding
YOUR local depot agent that you eX.
rect excursion round rates to Or.
lando-April 1920 as Convention
closes Sunday night.
GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

Paris is most wonderful, and l thor
oughly enjoyed my stay there, al
though | did spend four days in the
American hospital with a slight at
tack of rheumatism caused, | think,
by the extremely cold weather. But
l had the most attractive nurse, an
English girl, and very lovely. The
four days passed too quickly to suit
me!
We left Paris about six o'clock one
morning with a car for section T.
located near Verdun.
The wreckage of the battle of the
Marine was passed, and, of course, the
graves of many Frenchmen. This
sight was the first really to impress
upon me, or rather, give me some
idea of what | was about to see. The
Marne is some thirty or forty miles
from our present front, and during
the ride from the Marine battlefield l
thought l saw enough soldiers to de-
feat the whole German army.
l am with the same section that
Robert w. Service was a member Of
for time, and his Ballads of Red
Cross Man" will give to you far bet
ter than | could ever tell the horror
and misery which we see, and worse
still, hear, day in and day out. No
imagination is keen enough to sense
the awful mourn of "couche," or his
pleading cry to drive slower. The
roads are very rough, and this drlv-
ing is rendered hard task, especial
ly when one has some wounded able
to sit up and others on stretches, the
slightly wounded begging you to go
faster so as to get out of range OF
the German guns, and the couches'
constant and agonized prayer that
YOU drive slowly! 1t gets on your
nerves so that you swear, 81 can't
make another trip like the last"
Then comes the irresistible desire to
help, a desire that I never felt be-
fore so keenly, and so you go on with
the feeling that you are glad to have
the opportunity to do even your small
bit for a cause so great.
Back in America you hear great
deal about "The spirit of France" and
people speak of it in an ofhand sort
of way. ooh, well, the spirit of
France is a newspaper saying or a
coined expression that means moth
ing. !,
But I know now that the Esprit of
France" is the same burning desire
for freedom from an unmerciful OPP
pressor that gave America her free
dom from the bondage of the British.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

Pomona and Interlachcn are to be
represented at Orlando.
We indeed hope that the Easter
time was d blessed one to our column
readers. The older we grow the
more comfort Easter hopes bring.
DR.. Francis L. Clark was so bcne-
fitted by his trip to Florida that be-
sides Jacksonville he was able to
speak at few places farther on to-
ward Boston Headquarters" We
do not know yet what benefit DR..
Shaw had but any way he escaped
some stormy winter weather when
down here.
Such fine letter has come from
Mr.. Cayanagh, State treasurer. in
PaIat!ia; among other things he saws.
Il am sure you will be glad to know
that Florida is in the lead for coIjec.
tlons from Dixie Endeavor Day, 7
nave Just received a letter from Mr.
Lehman saying that we have sent
n the largest amount so far. On
March 18th | sent him S2S.2S. Since
thcn SIX more societies have sent COL
Iecctlons, making a total of $5O.66 re-
ceived from % societies. I think
TINS TINS IS fine" Half the collections
Dixie f. c. Day were to be used for
FLORIDA work, the rest as frcewiII Of.
ielHng for southern work.
Mr.. Lehman will be at the Orlando
convention. e, A cordial letter Just in
rom rom nm saying that though Mr.
GateS' as first reported, cannot coma
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

1t seems impossible to express in
words this deep feeling of loyalty;
this deep-seated determination of a
wounded people to save for them
selves forever those things that are
dear to all humanity. That is the
spirit of France, poorly put in words
ike these but splendid in faith and
achievement.
Our night post is at ruined viii
lage by the name of Brau. We can
only evacuate from there at night, be-
cause the Brau road, as it is known,
is in full view of the Germans.
The severely wounded we take to
Verdun, which is close by, and the
slightly wounded we carry farther
back behind the lines. Brau itself
is only a few hundred yards from
the trenches, and is often shelled. 1t
was on this road that one of our
cars was blown to atoms only a short
time ago. The driver had just en-
Tered the dugout when the shell
struck the red cross on the side of
the ambulance. There were two
wounded couches in the car.
The other night | was on my way
from our station to Brau, and, as |
came to cross road, noticed some
thing struggling in the road. 1t was
soldier who had been wounded by a
shell the explosion of which we heard
lust as we were leaving our station.
We didn't go to Brau, but hurried
the soldier to Verdun, where he died
before we could get him off the
stretcher. 1t was heart-breaking.
On one other time already | have
had a soldier to die in my car, and |
pray God the future holds no more
such incidents!
The dumb appeal for help in the
blue eyes of a wounded Frenchman
makes you forget that you are hun
cry or sleepy or tired. 1t he would
only cry out or say something it
would relieve the feeling that grips
you, but he never says word. These
men never make any COMPLAINT, thew
lust take it for granted that vow
sympathy hurts you as much as the
wounds do them. You see soldier
on his way to the trenches after
four-day leave of absence with
smile on his face as if he We're poin"
to the theater. and YOU can't helm hr+
wonder at the extreme matter-nf-
feet WOW thew toke dnNth and wounds
and all the unsneakable things that
make war so terrible.
Yesterday mornino I saw a heauti-
full sipht. 1t was an air fight made
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

). ii. Haughton, Druggist.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13
Insomnia.

Indigestion nearly always disturhs
the sleep more or less, and is often
the cause of insomnia. Eat a LIGHT
supper with little if any meat, and nc
milk; also take one of Chamberlain
Tablets Immediately after supper, and
see if you do not rest much better
Obtainable everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13
Do Away

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The English 4
sale society is op|
ulacturing enter,
has factories Sea
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useful article
own farms, doir|
Most of the 9TH.
carry on more d
The English 500
600 invested in
members, Tho
societies of End
created by cons
gan manufacture
$5oo,oOO,OoO woI
yearly. The lard
the United King
operatives, wher,
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own tea lands
Mail.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13
EXECUT

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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

On the French Front When the News
Came Of America Break with Germany
of Ambulance
he Valiant Spirit of France the heart of ALL
JOSEPH HAMILTON HARRISON in nsouthe
New Britain herald., 1917-02-02
TENER WAS ONCE
 A STRIKE LEADER
National League President Promi-
 Dent in 1890 Baseball War

The present difficulties between magnates and players-which don't threaten to be Very dificult-recall the stirring days of the brotherhood war of 1890, when the fraternity of that day deserted the National league and organized the Players league. It was just 27 years ago that the mag mates of the old circuit held a meeting in New York to discuss war measures, and they decided to institute suit in equity to restrain their reserved play CTS from jumping. This measure was not successful but few of the play CTS reported.
 John K. Tener, now president of the National league, was one of the leap CTS going from the Chicago Nationals to the Pittsburgh Players club. In fact only two of the guard remained loyal to Gap Anson, who had to get together a squad of kids, who were called Colts or Cubs. The latter name stuck, and the old title of White Stockings went into the discard. until it was revived by the Chicago Amer jeans.
 The New York club was almost put out of business by the war only three of the veterans remaining faithful,
New Britain herald., 1917-02-02
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The game between the Freshmen knd the sophomores which was to have been played today in the gymna- Blum was postponed and will be played
 Tuesday after school. The Aloha club attempted to put |pne over on the boys yesterday morn- zine in the auditorium before the |three upper classes when they tried to 3convince tlie audience, that moving fpictures were not detrim ental to the | High pupil. The affirmative side was Egloriously defended by Able Canto- witz and Ralph DeEsposito who gave l 8 string of words with unlimited syl- fables and that were never heard be- fore in history of English dictionary. The negative side had Olive Little hales and Minnie Paro. Int judges were Grace Hatton, Charles Hallberg , and Miss McCauley. The affirmative , side won by vote of to l.
 Hulgar Johnson, chairman of the efficiency committed addressed the pupils briefly on borrowing books and Articles from other pupils without per-
 mission and in close he asked the CO., operation of all the pupils in elinninat- \ tps this trouble.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-02
READY FOR COURT
Whitman Sends Special Message, to
 Legislature Asking For Repeal of
 Erawley Bill-Slater Supports JIim.

Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2.-Gov. Whit man, in special message to the logis-' lature yesterday, urged the repeal Of the Frawley law, which legaliz7s box ing in this state. The action of the governor did not come as surprise. as he intimated Wednesday he would send such a message to legislators as q, result of the death of Stephen Mc- Donald in a preliminary bout in the German Hall last Tuesday.
 :" Before the message was read Sef1a- tor Slater of Westchester introduced a bill carrying out the recommends tions of the governor. The fate of the Slater bill is still problematical. Sen ,.tor Slater himself is not certain of being able to pass it..
 .If it is decided not to abolish the commission entirely there will be amendments designed at. any rate to elevate the boxing game said sena- tor Slater. "The firm attitude of Gov. Whitman indicates, however. that the future of boxing in this sta,e is questionable. Personally fear 1t is all over.'