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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-07

MRS. F. L. ALLEN.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-07

It is rumored that the sheep and
goat men are going to compete with
the cattlemen by working the range
with captive balloons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
NEGRO BiPTISTS GRATEFUL.
Ardmore Corsegaiion Raised Abou,
$500 to Pay Church Debt.

| Gratitude for the assistance rendered
| by the white citizens Of the city on
! their liberal response TO the appeal for
funds TO save It's church from the sher.
! ifs hammer. the congregation OF Ard
more First Baptist church has adopted
the resolutions printed below.
II was hoped that $1,000 would he
raised In this canvass. About $500 was
secured. The resolution follows:
Believing all things should be- done ia
order and with dcccncy. and with deep
convicted actuated from within that hui
conviction actuated from within that hu.
man endcavor. skill or sacrifice when
salvation of man and glorification OF
God can ever be too fine, costly or
beautiful within the realms of human
conception, hence our prayers. efforts
and means have come from beneath
personal denials. honest obligations and
unthinkable lamentation only To b.
spent in the building OF this house OF
God.
With grateful hearts and the kindii
est thoughts toward every one whose
meager means or unpleasant mood kept
them from coming TO ~ur rescue; with
increasing confidence and inexpressible
appreciation. boundless will the waves
of our gratitude float in favor of our
generous creditors. and since by. con
stant prayers and persistent efforts,
with unflinching fronts and no steps
backward. our brothers in white and
friends in the right with an ear to the
ground when our solicitors went around,
MADE II possible FOR success to be our
crown.
Therefore be il resolved that through
The Ardmoreite, tour friendD. the minis |
ter. congregation and friends of thcI
First Baptist church tcolored) make
their heartiest efforts to tend their most
expansive and indoscribable apprecia-
ton for such noble spirit and American |
gifts that will be eternal monuments in
the hearts Of our people for the good
and great white friends Of our commu
nifty.
With grateful hearts 10 the Father
of US al and filled with love for the
good of all. we invite you To join us in
our rejoicing.
Again with thanks We doubly assure
you, all moneys collected will be hon
estly and promptly applied to our
church debts and it's completion.
W. II. RURWELL, Minister.
c. A. BUCHANAN. Dist Supt
W E. RAINWATER
&. y KENYON.
4. NJ WATSON.
Committee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
GRiIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. Oct. 2i---Ac,ion by board OF
trade directors banning all new pur.
chases OF November and December de.
liveries of corn failed today, at least
temporarily. 90 hold down prices.
The announced purpose of the direc.
tors wsis to aid the government in pre-
venting the existing scarcity of ele.
Nator stocks hero from hoisting values,
but the most noticeable immediate ~.
feet of the measures taken WAS To
aid the government in preventing the
existing scarcity OF elevator stocks here
from hoisting values. hut the most no.
ticeable immediate effect OF the meas.
urcs taken was to increase the urgency
OF demand from shorts. who desired to
llquidate contracts
Forecasts of unfavorab!e weather ten.
dencics also hardened values. Opening
quotations. which ranged from rs off
to like advance with December III
81 TO lis l.2. and May i.o9 7-S TO i.l0
is were followed by sharp upturn al
around.
Oats Rise Also.
Oats sympathizcd with the advance Of
corn. Besides opinions were not aus.
picious for enlarged arrivals"
Provisions Higher.
Provisions rose briskly In response
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
OIL AND GAS NEWS

dee each made subscriptions Tor sio0
worth Of the second issue OF Liberty
bonds. A worker In the oil fields yes
terday took subscriptions for $4,000
worth Of the bonds. The banks In
the field closed today and a campaign
IA being made for the sale Of bonds.
Mrs. J. l.. Thompson is In Tulsa "A
guest In the home OF Mira. Thompson's
parents.
W. H. simpson. OF 81 Louis. IN here
spending few days with his brother.
II. a. Simpson. president OF the Gates
OH company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
LIVESTOCK.

kanSas city. Oct. "a .-IIOGS: Receipts
".ooe; 10 TO ~ higher; bulk 1880 iC.i 40:
heavy i6.25g 1850; ligh, ii.75ais 20.
pigs iioomi5o0. CATTLE: Receipts
10000: steady 10 10 higher. prime fed
steers i5.5oMis,7S; dressed beef steers
ii.0oa 1900; southern steers s.75hll.0c;
COWS 5.25mio..5: heifers G.5oai?,0O;
stockers o.e5nio.5c; calves G.5O@ic.5O.
SHEEP; Receipts 5000; steady: lambs
is.25pr.s5; ycnrlings i9.0om 1850: wcth.
era il.Oomi2.5o; stockers 7.5omiT.9j.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
. OPEN N0STRlLS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

County fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your ciogged nos
trlls will open. the air passages OF your
head viii clear and you can breathe
freely. No more snuffling, hawking,
mucous discharge. dryness or head
ache; no struggling for breath at night.
Get small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply n
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils II penetrates through
every air passage Of the head soothing
and healing the swollen or inflamed
mucous membrane, giving you instant
relief. Head colds and catarrh yield
ike magic. Don't stay stunied-up and
miserable. Relief is sure.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
COTTON.

Now Orleans. Oct. 2i.--The cotton
market here was Irregular and excited
early today. cold weather over the bel,
encouraging buying. while agains, this
war liquidation from reccn, buyers who
wanted their profits
Tomorrow's CENSUS bursan report on
GINNING and closing Of the exchange at
II O'Clock today complicated matters.
Around the opening prices were 4 tn
% points up. but there was a quick
tall 10 a level of To IL points under
yesterdays close.
At the end of the first half hour. the
market stood az a net rise OF . Ia is
points.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

Thirteen OF the fifteen teachers in
school district No. e5 at Writ and Dun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

X l.. Steiner. Of Dallas. is hevr spend
ing portion Of the week at his Ard
more offices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
ALIEN ENEMIES SEEK To
HAMPER CUBAN SUGAR HARVEST

Havana. Oct. 2i--Prcsident Menocai
issued II proclamation last night warn.
Ing all foreigners who ins,iga,e or EN-.
courage strikes In the sugar producing
regions that they viii be considered
pornicious foreigners and expelled from
cuha. The prcsiden, declares that there
are In the island fifteen men who have
been fomenting strikes with the inten.
tion Of icopardizinr the production OF
sugar.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

Major w j. Scott. who is drilling n
test south OF sulphur II an Ardmorc
visitor today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
TRtINMEN WILL. MEET
TO FORMULATE DEMANI

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 34.-The exec
utive committee of the Order Of Rail
way Conductors and Brotherhood of
Railway Trairmen, representing the
United States and Canada, will meet
in Chicago. probably on November /
to consider the advisablity OF request.
ing an increase in wages made neces.
learned here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Cole. of Tulsa.
who have been visitors at the Dallas
Fair. are here today visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. W. 4. Easley. Mr.. Cole is
engaged in both oil and zinc produc.
ton In the northeastern portion Of the
state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

a telegram from Ranger, Texas.
states that the well recently drilled one
mile south OF that town is making an
oil well, Tho report stated that tho
wen flowed 800 barrels in one day OF a
high gravity oil The Hog Creek oil
& Gas company has large acreage
near the well and has started "a test
that Is now drilling at 20 feet. The
Hog Greek company is owned by Norris
Sass and DR. Potter OF Ardmore and T.
VI. Dces OF Midlothian. Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
ISkRENsKY TO REI.INQUIsH
RUSSIAN ARMY COMMAND

Po,rograd. Oct. :i.-The newspapers
state that Premier Eeronsky probably
win rclinqulsh the post Of commander.
in.chief OF the nussiaE GRIMES TO Gen.
oral Boukhonin az the end OF the week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
SNOW IN ILLINOIS.

Camp Grant. Rockford, H., Oct "a
A fail OF snow blankets this army can.
Torment in white. The men used snow
balls In like.like but unofficial hand
grenade practice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

to higher prices on hogs and corn.
Lard especially developed sudden
strength.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
American Red Cross.

The Director of the Gulf Division OF
tho American Red Cross sent d COM
mittee to Columbus, Miss, recently
with authority to act as preliminary
organization TO consider the establish
ment of a permanent chapter of the
Red Cross.
The possible territory Of the chapter
is to include Clay, Monroe, Lowndes,
Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties, with
headquarters in Columbus.
A meeting has been called for Mon
day, June 4th, 1917, 2 2p. M, in the.city
hall, columbus, Miss. The committee
wishes all persons interested in the Red
Cross work to be present, and a foil
meeting is desired to consider how we
may cooperate with each other, AID
with the division and national head
quarters to do our share in supporting
the great work for humanity.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01

made up. Then, too, you must
decide for you will have to select
a teacher for next year if you
are to keep your present one.
teacher school. In deciding re-
member that the plan we offer
makes you share every advan-
tage our school offers. We want
it to be your school too.
If you favor the plan and
should like to accept it please
write me at once. Give me the
names Of your children, their age
and grade that Imay plan to clas-
sify them for next session. |
hope to hear favorably from you
as believe that the future prob
lens Of our school and eff your
educational advantages can be
worked out in this way and by
no other plan. Yours,
J. L. MCMILLIN.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
Uncle Charley Heinrich Goes to
to Washington.

Among those who will leave tomorrow
for Washington will be Uncle Charley
Hainrich, who will take advantage OF
the rates to visit several nieces and
nephews in that city and in Baltimore.
The last time he was in Washington
was at the Inauguration of President
Cleveland, when he sold out his store
here and went there with the intention
of going into business with his brother
lie remained only few months and re-
turned to Macon. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Heinrich lost the first
Joint of a thumb while firing a salute
in honor of Cleveland's election. When
he came to Macon he was republican
in politics, but he has been staunch
democrat now for more than thirty
wears.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
Auto Accident.

A near-serious auto accident occurred
Thursday morning about 8 o'clock
when the Ford car, driven by Ethridge,
the l4-year old son of Mr.. j. A Alsup,
over turned in a ditch one mile east of
Macon on the Cooksville old road The
driver lost control of the car and ran 1t
Off a small bridge, throwing out the oc-
cupants, Ethridge and his young sister,
Edna. The former was &C nsiderably
bruised and cut on his leg caused by
the Jagged edges Of the broken wind
shield. about six inches long, that re-
oured several stitches to close. Edna
escaped with several bruises. The car
was considerably damaged.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
Ae Sure to Register Tuesday. June 5th
REGISTRARS FOR COUNTY.

Deerbrook j. M. Robertson, W. ID.
Bell.
Cliftonvlle u. W. Mullins, J. l.. Pat
ty, W. S. Mullins.
Prairie Point-W. A. Cheatham, W.
V. Stewart, G.. S. Dnsmore.
Center Point. l.. Ormsby, W. 4.
Skinner, W. +. Bush.
Cooksville--J. X. Sparkman, W. T.
Britten.
Paulette }. E. Robbins, T. Z. Wilker-
son,
Macon-C. M. Scales. Chas. Strong,
A. Z. Mobley, Jas. G. Chandler.
ShuquaIak j. S. Steele, W. ID. Mosley,
G. c. Clopton.
Sumervile- +. Watkins, J. J.
WhttIe.
Hoshuqua-T. II. Hurst, II. W. Jcr.
nagan.
MashulaviIle Chas. St. John, S. +.
Hammock, N. A. Watkins.
lyn Creek-D. l.. Archer, ID. b.
Cade, j. X. Triplett.
Fairview--J. o. Cook, T. J. wilkins,
Jr., J. l.. Carpenter.
Brooksville }. N. McMorris, Jno. W.
Wilkins, w. b. Bell.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
Macon, Miss, May 28, 1917.

Macon. Miss, May 28, 1917.
Edi,or-When l wrote and asked
Hon. B. G. Humphreys if he would
honor me by serving as Aide de Camp
on my staff to help care for the Spon-
sers and Maids and Old Vets received
the following characteristic reply so
you see "Our Ben" is equal to any oc-
casion:
"Your letter of May 10th, received,
and it was certainly happy thought
that suggested me as the proper escort
for the maids and sponsors. Being only
fifty-two years young, | feel tharough-
" qualified to act in that capacity and,
therefore, accept with great pleasure
the appointment to a place on your
staff.
Hoping to see you on that happy oc-
cason and with best wishes"
| also requested Miss Margaret Will
son to do my brigade the honor Of serv-
ing as Maid of Honor on this occasion
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
Notice! Telephone Subscribers.

On and after June lst, 1917, subscrib-
ers on the following lines will be
charged at the rate of 81 so for service:
Paulette line.
Fairfield line.
Short Memphis line.
Taylor line.
For any trouble or complaint please
notify Mr.. w. J. Satterwhite, manager
of the Cumberland Telephone Co., at
Macor.
PAULETTE TELEPHONE Co.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
Gen. Cavett's Official StGf.
Macon. Miss, MAY 90, 1917.


Dear Mr.. Editor-Please do me the
favor to publish my official and sponso-
rial staff for the coming reunion at
Washington, June 4 to s,
Col. Will White, West Point. Miss,
Adit. Gen.
Col. G. NJ. Robertson, Deerbrook,
Miss, Inspector Gen. ;,
Col. Frank White. 1st Mississippi
Cavalry. Judge Advocate General.
Col. Walter Hubbard, Shuqualak,
Miss, Chief of Artillery.
Rev. ]. E. Jones, Macon, Miss,
Chaplain General.
Mai. Robert Gamble, Tupelo, Miss,
Mai. and Chief of Ordinance.
Col. T. S. wilkins, Brooksville, Miss,
Chief of Commissary.
Or. ]. c. Robert, Centerville, Miss,
Surgeon General.
Mai. Jack Russell, Cedar Bluff, Miss,
Mai. and Ensign.
Mai. Sam Cunningham, Bigbee Val
ley, Miss, Paymaster.
sPoNsoRIAL STAFF.
Miss Rosa Swan, Macon, Miss, spon-
sor.
Miss Matte Poindexter, Ravine,
Miss, Herald
MAIDS OF HONOR.
Miss Danelle Yates. Macon. Miss.
MISS Kathaleen Wyatt, Bonneville,
Miss.
Miss Earine Brewer, Clarksdale,
Mis-.
Miss Thelma Townes, Glendora. Miss.
Miss Chita Beasley, Tennessee.
NATIONS OF HONOR.
Mrs. V. C. Cavett, Tupelo, Miss.
Mrs. Allie Swan, Macon, Miss.
Mrs. F. P. Gaines, A. & M. College,
Miss.
Mrs. G. G. Snow, A & M. College,
Miss.
Mrs. ]. C. Cavett, Sunshine, Miss.
Mrs. Alva Parks, Brooksville, Miss.
Mrs. Will Shumaker, Hattiesburg,
| Miss.
Mrs. ]. @. Poindexter, Ravine, Miss
Mrs. Sally Williams Bunkley, Wash
ington, D. {.
CHAPERONES.
Mrs. Clara Fulton, Washington, d. c.
Mrs. Fred Beall, Washington, ID. G,
General Webb has suggested that as
most of the Vetei ans are too old to as
sist much in the reunion | appoint some
of the Sons Of Veterans, Aide de Camp
with rank of captain to aid in caring
for the Veterans and Maids and Mat
rons of Honor In accordance with the
above nave appointed the following
honored Sons of Veterans to serve on
N zt4il'an1 they vi be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
Hon. John Sharp Williams, Miss.
Hon. B. G. Humphreys, Greenwood,
Mics.
Hon. Webb VenabIe. Meridian, Miss.
Hon. Pat Harrison, Biloxi, Miss.
Hon. f. Candler, Corinth. Miss.
Hon. Tom Kimbrough, West Point,
Miss.
Hon. ]. @. Poindexter, Ravine. Miss.
Capt Frank P. Gaines, A. d M. Col
lege, Miss
Capt. Calvin Sargent, Macon. Miss.
Capt. I. W. Crigler, Macon, Miss.
Capt. S. F. CockrelI, Macon, Miss.
Capt. Party Wilkins, Brooksville,
We have two Grand Army Veterans
in our county, Captain Gurler and DR..
Thompson and | appointed them both
as honorary members of my staff and |
want them to march down Pennsylva-
MIA Avenue carrying Confederate flag
with ore of them on each side carrying
"Od Glory" showing the world that
the blue and the gray are standing to-
gether in everything that tends to the
welfare of our common country.
Yours truly,
E. D. CAvETT,
Brig. Gen. Com. 1st Brig. Miss. Div.
u. C. VS.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01

and I geived the following night mes
sage from her the other day. | am
very sorry indeed that we could rot
have this charming lady in our parade
on that day
please pardon me for not answering
vour letter before now. J thought un-
til today it had been answered long ago.
Am not able to accept your kind lnvi-
tation. My interest in the Red Gro
demands my attention away from
Washington during the Reunion, "
Yours truly,
Il. d. CAvETT,
Brig. Gen. Com. 1st Brig. Miss. Div.
u. G. VS..
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
A SURE CURE

A sure cure fore your tire troubles is
TO install National Rubber Filler in your
tires. Rides as easy as air, eliminates
punctures and blowouts, and doubles the
mileage of your tires. Call on the under
s gned for the proof
P. II. HUNTER, Ast.
J z. CHANCELLOR, Asst.
Macon, Miss
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01
To the PabLic.

am better prepared than ever to
do good and quick work. Ii you need
a good we'll with full supply of water.
write me. r. c. STONE,
Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-01

Furniture Repaired and Packed at
Shelton's Cash Store.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-27
MADAM SCHUMANN-HEINK
TO RELATIVES OF SOLDIERS

Nine. Schumann-Henk perhaps more gracious
than during her visit this city yesterday More than
thousand who gathered in the Orpheum Theater
were signay honored by her presence. She met at
the Pennsylvania station by Mayor J. William Bowman,
and hurried the theaer. Advancing the platform
just she from the rain SchumannHenk captured
every heart in the audience.
Dear Mothers and Daughters of Harrisburg began the
great contrao singer, II shall make you little speech
to-day but very poor taker. There is subject
upon which can tak-I am mother. There so many
camps in which have boys and these boys often
homesck. Women not heroes but in this have
to be- have four serving Uncle SAM have one il
he is alive-over there Her voice broke and it was
moment before she proceeded.
IL sing not for my pocketbook. I sing to help Uncle
Sam and wonderful country. | know nothing about
politics. simply old-fashioned mother. We must
send cheer to boys the front little thing
they are homesick. Something plain, maybe which the
mothers makea wristling is that the word? My English
is not very good, it is my own English
"We mothers must help boys that they go out to
their DEATH if need be- with smile. have son whose
wife little New York society girl They are on big
ranch He called to his camp twelvehour notice.
Now his little wife is caegir Some mothers do not like
their daughtern-laws | am awully proud of my little
American girl.
"Look what the United States is am not suffragist
but this country is great as it is through its women"
The mothersinger who carries with her everywhere the
love and esteem of nations stood quite abashed while
the Rev. Dr. Bagnell told her. Madame Schumann Heink
have always been proud of you you made
America your home"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-27
EAT LESS AND
WASTE NO FOOD.
Is HOOVER PLAN
The Cause of Common HUI
manity Is Back of Great
Economical Campaign
BY associated Press

Washington, Oct. 27.-"The gov
ernment of the United States is ask
ing every citizen of the country to
eat less teef, pork, pork products,
wheat, butter and sugar, and to
waste no foodstuffs, as an act of COM
mon defense"
1his is the explanation given to-
day by Herbert c. Hoover, food ad-
lninistrator, of the meaning of the
national food pledge week which | G.
gins tomorrow and continues until
November 4. Half a million can
v9ssers are ready for the campaign
to induce at least thirteen million of
tho countfy's twenty-five million
housewives to sign the pledge to
conserve food during the war.
Must Save to Win
Owing to the large failure of the
harvest in France and Italy, and the
inability to send the worlds ship
ping to remote markets, said Mr..
Hoover, I'VE have thrust upon us a
large duty in providing foodstuffs for
them than we are capable of eXecut-
ing, unless we can reduce the con-
sumption of these foodstuffs in the
United States. If we cannot secure
this reduction in consumption, we
cannot maintain them constant in
the war. If we fail, the western line
will move to the Atlantic seaboard.
Furthermore, the problem of
ameliorating the prices to the Amer
lean consumer is entirely involved in
our ability to supply the allied needs
and still leave us a sufficiency at
home. If we accept the alternative
of maintaining the allies in the war
from our supplies, without savings,
We shall have shortages in the Unit
ed States that make any hope of
price control absolutely futile.
ut is therefore, in the interest cf
every American man, woman and
child in the United States that we
should accomplish these ends-frst
in his personal defense and protoc-
ton, and second-in the interests of
his pocketbook.
Beyond all this, and greater than
this, is the question of common hu-
manity. There are now millions of
women and children in Europe solely
dependent upon us for foodstuffs and
If he had no other reason it should
appeal to every individual in the
United States to sacrifice something
in the name of common humanity
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-27
Boches Realize Their War
Machine Is Breaking Down;
BaUarians Are Complaining
By Associntcd Prcss

London, Oct. 27.-Reuters corre-
spondent at British headquarters in
Belgium in a dispatch received to-
day says:
The Bavarians appear to be bear
ing the brunt of the Flanders fight
ing and are openly complaining that
the Prussians are sacrificing them.
THE German barrage to-day was
erratic. the shells flinging up columns
of spray from patches of water. AS
a result the British casualties were
very light.
Most of the prisoners taken were
poor and shuddering. The more in
telligent of them were of the unani-
nous opinion that Germany has 0nly
a chance for tolerable peace, but
they feel that the winter will tell
terrible tale in the fatherland. They
said they had been told that England
was in as bad a plight as Germany
in the matter of food, but they did
not believe 1t. All the men agreed
that the invincible German military
machine slowly was being pulver-
lied -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-27
Whole Course of War May
Hinge on Outcome of Big
Battle Under Way in Alps
By associated Press

London. Oct. 27.-The Austro-
German blow on the Isonzo is featur-
ed by the morning newspapers, which
comment rather anXlously. News dis
patches disclose that Field Marshal
Won Mackensen is in command of the
enemy forces, a British correspond
ent on the Italian front in telegram
under Wednesdays date says:
This is going to be one of those
terrible crisis when each side stakes
all upon the throw and when thou
sands of men are strained to the
limit of exhaustion for a decision
whose effect will reach far beyond
the battlefield and modify the whole
course of the war. Italy is about to
meet single handed almost the entire
Austrian army and to bear alone the
burdens she hitherto has shared with
the Russians. 1t is known that at
least ten German divisions are wait
ing behind the enemy front and that
the number of newly arrived Aus
trian divisions is even greater"