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DOCTOR DECLARES
 VAWTER DEGENERATE
WAS A WITNESS FOR PROsECU. TON ON THE QUESTION OF
 VAWTER's SANITY.

christionsburg, Va May 4-Tho prosecution in the trial of Charles F.. Fawter for the murder cf stockton Heth Jr devoted itself largely today to efforts 10 prove that Nawter was sane when he wrote Heth asking that his whiskey bill be paid and telling him that he now could love Mrs. Nawter with less fear" The defense rested early in the day after intro ducing witnesses to prove that Vaw- ter was no, drinking on the night of the sh oting. The jury will be taken to Blacksbure tomorrow morning 10 go over the Vawter home. where the tragedy occurred cn the morning of March l3
 Dr J A. Knoblin of Radford. in an. swer to a hypothetical question. said he considered Vawter sane when he wrote Heth Dr. J. C. bowman of East Radford also declared the writer of the etter wa, sane. Dr. W. A. Wilson of Radford said the missive was written by a deeenerate.
 Dr T P Campbell dean of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. where Yawter was an instructor in mathematics who arrived at the Vawter home SC. n after the shooting, said Bernard Williams the student lodeer had told him that Heth said: "Bul l tried 70 keep Vaw- ter from shooting me. tore the sleeve of his shirt trying to keep him from shooting me, but could net"
 Professor Vawter was recalled for few minutes this afternoon and said the college authorities had not com ? aimed of his lack of attention to duty, but he understoo cd students had done 60.
 A. N. Keith foreman on the Heth farm, testified that at the time Pro lesser Vawtey took his son to Lynch. burg for an operation he overheard a conversation on the telephone between Vawter and Hetb, in which he said Vawter tcld Heth where he was goiue, and that his wife was going to a friends home in Roanoke. and that he could find her there. Keith was mercilessly grilled for what the prose. .cution termed his "eayesdropping" on .an extension telephone at the fam
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mperialistic organizations of agricul- ture and industry, wno were responsi- ole for the famous suppressed circular of the six leagues with a sweeping annexationist program in 1915, is marked by the issue of a stiffly. worded pronunciamento from a long list of agricultural, industrial and even religious organizations The Pan. German League and the Army and Navy Leagues are demanding peace with indemnities, increased terri. tories and greater power for Germany
 The socialists meetings, on the other hand, are making and strength ening public opinion for a peace with no indemnities and no annexations. The socialist leaders obviously are en- deavoring to sweep the government and the imperial chancellor into a decla.atiOn of the German peace aims on similar lines, and which would be used at the Stockho m conference.
 All in all, it locks as if Von Beth mann4fIollweg will be forced in self defense to make further statement on Germanys peace terms, but he has wide possibilities for unclear and gen. eralized declarations Co which he is addicted
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WASHINGTON DISTURBED OVER DISCUlETlNG REPORTS
 FROM PETRO6RAD

Washington, May f. -Disquietine re ports from Petrograd Of differences between the pr yi-ional government and committees of w-rkmen and sol djers are causing concern here, but tt was said after todays cabinet meet ing that no official information had been received to shake the confidence felt here that the Russian democratic leaders will hold their organization together and keep mp the fight against Germany
 One effect cf the reports probab y will be to hurry the departure of p1liti cal and economic and railroad com. missions which President Wilson is sending 10 aid the provisional govern ment in rehabiltating Russia. The first commission. headed by Elihu Root, will go as scon as the president has named an it's member.
 The personnel of the railroad com mission was completed today by the SC ection of William k. Darling. vice president and consulting engineer ol the Portland and Seattle railroad The other members are ]. F. Stevens
 Henry Miller and John C. Greiner
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Washington. May l-The full streneth of the first war army or sanized under the selective draft bill will be lS.53S officers and 52SG59 en- listed men, making up IS war strength divisions complete in every arm and supplemented by 16 regiments of heavy field artillery equipped with large calibre hcwitzers.
 Virtually every detail of plans for raising, training, equipping and OF. ganizng this force has been carefully worked out by tho war department. and the selection of the men will be- gin as soon as the draft measures be- comes law. C,nferees of the senate and house hope to agree on disputed features tomorrow so as to send the bill to the president for his signature early next week
 A revised list of officers trainine camp districts issued today by the de partment indicates that the divisions of the first half million new fighting men will be formed as fol ows:
 First division Troops from all New England states.
 Second division: New York con. gressional districts 10 25 (including Long Island, New York city and strip north of the city).
 Third: Remainder of New York state and Pennsylvania congressional districts 10. II, l4, 15. 16, 2l, 25 and 2S.
 Fourth Remainder of Pennsyl, yania state, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
 Fifth: New Jersey. Delaware Maryland Virginia and District of CO lumbia.
 Sixth: North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
 Seventh Georgia. Alabama and Florida.
 Eighth; Ohio and West Virginia.
 Ninth Indiana and Kentucky.
 Tenth: Illinois
 Eleventh: Michigan and Wisconsin.
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BRITISH LINE IN FRANCE
 RESEMBLES 4 JIGsAW
ARTILLERY PAYS PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE POCKETS
 OF GERMANS THAT REMAIN.

(Frem a Staff Correspondent of the
 Associated Pross.)
 With the British Armies in France. May 4, via London, l0:5O D. m.--ln- fantry attacks and counter attacks having subsided for the time beine, there came from the battle front to- night only the dull roar of the never ending artillery duel.
 There was stiff fighting all through last night and early today as the Ger mans threw heavy reserves into coun- ter+attacks, which cost them dearly. These counter-attacks succeeded only in the neighborhood of Cherisy, where the British troops fell back from the more advanced posts occupied early yesterday.
 The British line on the war maps has the appearance of a jiesaw puzzle and really reflects the severity of the fighting which has surged back and forth during the last AS hours. There are various pockets" in the front that remain 10 be cleared out, and the ar tillery today was paying particular attention to them. The guns so make life very unpleasant for fhe GeSman inhabitants of Oppy wood
 The Canadians resisted all attempts to drive them from their newly won position at Fresnoy, and further outh the British troops which penetrated another sector of the Hindenburg line were holding tight to their gains. New German units constantly are being identified among the prisoners taken.
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Russian SitudtiOn
 Shows In7proOement
Council of WOrkn1en and Soldiers Disdppro0e Demonstration on
 Part of Troops.

was the result ot m .sunderstandins created by agitators who used the gov ernmeut note 10 excite the soldiers. A majority of the soldiers however have rhcwn that they fully understand the best interests Of democracy. and on y a small minority has taken part in the anti-g. yeument demonstra- ton
 Most of the troops have declared themselves ready to support and de fend the temporary government The Petrograd garrison as a NhCle stands with the government
 A representative of the council of workmeu and soldiers asked the jour nalists to publish the fact that the council d-es not approve yesterdays $ demonstration on the part of the troops
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Attacks by Br ush troops n the Arras front from east Of Nimy snth 10 Hu lecourt have stopped for the moment while Field Marshal Haigs .old.crs strengthen the positions taken on Thursday Both the Britt h and Germans apparently have been worn ut by continuous act and com'erattacks CT the last two days. and the Associated Press correspond ent with the British armies reports that while the iptantumen rest the artillery continue their 'om5ard- ments
 London reports the capture of m IT. than 900 prisoners in The attack on the Arras tr nt Thursday and eo ly Friday which resulted in the cap ture of Fresnoy and other sectors of the German line Berlin admits the loss of Fresnoy but save the Br eh were renused elsewhere. and that the Germans took lt05 prisoners,
 From the other battle fronts me reports on eff scouting and reco uo.terng raids and artillery duels, ex- ccpt for a Russian attack in the
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New York, May French troops in a new offensive along the A. ne have captured the village If Craoune and the first German line on a-front Of two and one-half miles northwest of Rheims.
 Craonne is at the eastern end 5f tu- Nauclerc plateau. the scene og much desperate f.2hting recently and its poss ession by the GermaHs placed ealient in tne Bremen inc paralelng the Chemin Des Danes and the Aisne .riyer. The French not only straight oned out their line and gajued lstrategic position for further ad. vance on the Vauclerc plateau but also took more than l50 prisoners.
 Advancing northwest of Rheims m a front Of two and half miles the French carried the first German line and took 600 prisoners Cra. me j- six miles northwest Of Berry au Bac. which Berlin gives as the western extremity Of the French atackine northwest cf Rhe. Berlin asserts that the French attack was repulsed between Berry au Bac Wd Brlmout about six miles ncrth of Rheims
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Petrograd, May 1. Noon. via Tond n May .. 2:35 a. m-Arer an allnieht joint secret session of the ministers Of the government and the council Of the workmen and soldiers deputies in the Marinsky palace. the council am nounced today that another mass meet ing would be held toniaht at which the result of the conference W uld c annOunced 10 their constituents. Al the meeting it is expected the future attitude of the council toward the m porary government will be determined
 The appearance of the cabinet min isters Miukcff, Shingarott and Nekrasoft and their addresses from the steps of the palace to the as- sembled CT wd at midnight in which they explained the meaning of the recent note appeared to have the effect of abating the antagonsm of tho rank and file of the populace, who, during the afternoon, marched with banners demanding the resignation of Foreign Minister Milukoff The words or the ministers were r0undly cheered at times, and there was almost no un- friendiness in evidence
 In the early hours of the morning delegates from the Tsarskoe Selo gar. rison arrived in petrosrad, bringing assurances that the entire garrison was back of the temporary govern ment At o'clock in the morning, while crowds besieged the palace Gen eral Korniloff. commander of the Petrograd garrison, gave to tho Asso- ciated Press the fol.cwing rtatement:
 "Tcday's meeting of the troops be. fore the Marinsky palace apparently
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Twelfth Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
 Thirteen: Minnesota. Iowa, North and South Dakota and Nebraska.
 Fourteenth: Missouri. Kansas and Colorado.
 Fifteenth. Oklahoma ana Texas.
 Sixteenth Montana, Idaho, Wash. |ington, Oregon, California, Nevada. Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico.
 In addition there will be two sep arate cavalry divisions, which prob ably will be situated in the South west near the Mexican border Offl- cers for the cava ry divisions will be trained at all the 16 officers training camps, which will open within a few days with 10000 prospective officers under training.
 Each infantry division will consist of nine full regiments of Infantry. three regiments of field artillery, one regiment of cavalry, one regiment of engineers, one division hospital and four camp infirmaries The total strength of the 16 will be 15,022 off. cers and 439,792 men.
 The two cavalry divisions combined wi have I2I4 officers and 32, ,062 fighting men. including mounted en- gineers and horse artillery units. and each will have also i,s divisional hos. ptal and camp infirmares.
 The proportion of coast artillery troops to be provided out of the first 500.000 will be 666 officers and 10000 men. with requisite medical troops.
 Supplementing these tactical units will be the 16 regiments of heavy field artillery. strength 76S officers and 2i.- l04 men; eight aero squadrons, or one new squadron to each two new infan- try divisions: eight balloon com panies; 10 field hospitals; 10 am bulance companies; 22 field bakeries: six telephone battalions: 16 pack com.
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EDDIE MBRlDE ALIAS "CHI"
 MACK DIES FROM WOUND

Danville, IT., May 4.-Eddie Me Bride. alias "Chi' Mack. alias Eddie Mack, noted cracksman. counterfeiter and all.around crock, died at Paris, H., teddy shortly af,er admitting h's identity to Police Chief Bacon Mack was found In a ferieht car at Paris Wednesday, might with a bullet wound in his chpst. but refused to reveal his identity Imtil convinced he would die. He is believed to have been shot while robbineJa ear at East St. Louis and craWleJ into the empty car tC escape arrest.
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dinner and finally a night meeting at the auditorium theater.
 At all of these functions former Premier Viyiani spoke in French, voic- ing the thanks cf the French nation His talks each time were interpreted afterWard in English by M. Hoyelaque. inspector general of public instruction of France.
 A reception 10 the members of the French and Belgian colonies here pro- vlded a demonstration of Ca.lic en- thusiasm such as perhaps the Middle West never saw before. Long before the hour set for the event in a down town hotel, wind-swept Michigan boulevard was thronged with tn h'u, sands of persons who were kept a half block or the width of the street from the hotel entrance which the visitors were tO use. They waited for hours in a temperature mere nearly that of November than of May.
 The arrival of Marshal Joffre. NJ. Viyiam and their escort was the signal for an unrestrained ovation. which seemed 10 touch the visitors deeply Persons within the hotel lobby and crowdng the stairways lost their op. portunity cf seeing the commission, who took a private elevator to the ballroom, where they shook hands with their countrymen and Belgian residents here. Outstanding among the audience were nearly dozen vet. erans of French wars, all of them carrying a small tri-color and several wearing medals
 One man was dressed in the pie turesqne uniform of an Alpine chas- seur.
 Departure of the commission from the hotel occasioned an even more tumultuous outbreak than their an- trance, the hero of the Marne salut'ne repeatedly, while his eyes shone misti,y. He carried a large bouquet of flowers and ferns presented t. him at the reception.
 M, Viviani delayed his departure a few moments for a brief word with newspapermen. He expressed keen appreciation for the warm reception accorded him and his colleagues by the Middle West He regretted that he had not the time 10 answer ques- tions concerning the war.
 ''I would like to say this. however," the minister added. 'No one is au- thorized to declare cur purpose in coming to America or to speculate concerning it. That is a matter be- tween the two governments alone"
 Women equally with men formed the crowds which cheered Marshal Joffre and M. Viviani throughout the day. A touching feature of the oya tion to the marshal were numbers of women with children whom they pushed forward eagerly that the 'ittle ones might see the great general. The children not infrequently responded with a shrill, "Viva Ia France" which brought a salute and a smile from Marshal JOffre.
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Pe;r grad via London, May Q. 5.-2 g, m The Counei Of Norlmens and Soldiers Delegates have accepted the governments explanation of its May Day ncte by n vote Of 3l 70 l9, and has decided that the incident is closed. The endorsement street demonstration wae completely swamp. cd by gigantic prog vernment dem onslraiicn on Friday evening There were some clashes, but no serious in Cidents.
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Took 75O Prisoners in Their Latest Advances on the German Trenches.

In the Capture of Fresnoy the British Took 900 Prisoners and the Germans Claims to Have Taken l ,000 British British and Germans Apparently Worn Out By Last Two Days Fight ing.
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.lS WAR STRENGTH DIVISIONS UNDER THE NEW CONSCRIpTION
All Details for Raising This Big Army Have Been Completed by the
 War Department.

Arkansas Will Be Twelfth in Numerical Order and the Division Will Be Composed of Arkan- sas, Mississippi and Louisiana---Two Separate Cavalry Divisions for Special Duty
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X FOR RENT AD WILL RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads Of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the SentinelRecord is almost sure to bring you a customer.
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Forecast for Arkansas-Saturday coudness.
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-03-29
NAVAL RESERVE
ASKS FOR COOKS
MUST KNOW MORE THAN MERE
LY HOW TO BOIL WATER
OR BURN GREASE.

Are you cook? That is, a real
sure-enough one? If so, Uncle Sam
can use you in Brunswick's naval re.
serve.
person and know a little more than
Just how to boil water or burn grease
iou see. Uncle Sam figures Oh feed
ing the reservists should they be
called to duty. And he proposes to
feed EN- up right"
He also can use some more expert
enced seamen. They will get pretty
good pay while in L. S. service and
IN the meantime they can so on about
heir regular business as usual" Bat
hey won't get any higher rating than
hey can make good on" Which is
Il reminder about the fellow who told
recruiting officers he was wheels
man and Waterman. Yes" asservat
cd the applicant, Pa do as wheels.
man and watchman. could wheel
the coal TO the fires from the bunk
ers and | could then watch it burn
Gp.'
Lieut.. Walter Mangum, who has
been so busily enrolling boats to bc
used for patrol duty in emergencies,
that practically every craft of The
right size in the harbor has been vol.
lntaered. received a telegram from
Charleston headquarters last night
hat an inspector to relieve him for
a few days is on the way here due
% arrive this morning SO he leit
last night for Fernandina to enroll
;he patriotic owners OF craft there
lie expects to be back Sunday night
and be in his Office in the federal
Duilding Monday morning to continue
The work here
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-03-29
Red Cross Boosters Find Selves
Busy Tending Strangely
Afflicted Young Men
rs MORE JOIN YESTERDAY
Boy Scouts and Choirs Of All
Churches Will be at Firs!
Baptist Tonight When Miss
Vrede Speaks.

My goodness So many young mon
)f late are getting something in their
,yo or splinter5 in their hands dur.
.Eg the last three days that it mast
bc an epidemic. And now can thcy
expect those pretty nurses in white
with red crosses on their arms get
members for their great aid society
when these afflicted young me1 afore
SAID keep bothering them to pun The
splinters and tho mo1ts out? OF
course, it has been Kind % windy,
but they seemed to sec all tha. was
going on in spite OF the intruIilg dust
in iact, they could see tho sEllntcrs
in their hands when 40 one olae
could. And another mystery was h0w
splnters happened TO get there.
In spite OF those manifold handi.
caps, the pretty workers managed to
set nearly Is members additional
Yesterday as a starter for the real
campaign that will follow Miss JANE
Van de VredoS talks this afternoon
and evening in the First Baptist
church. After her appearance the
headquarters in the Boy Scouts place
ON Newcastle street is going 10 l5ola
IKE real generals Office during war
There will bo maps Of ninnswiak
mapped out in districts with pins on
them and also there win be the mod.
ern generals equipment which Napo.
Icon and Alexander the Great missed
tabulated the work which different
crews OF workers, now in the public
centers, are accomplishing in tho va
rious neighborhoods to which they
are assigned to canvass thoroughly
from house to house That'B the rlan
at present.
The instructive part Of Miss Van do
Vrede's appearance here will be in.
tcrspersed with little cultural rec.
reation when all the church choirs
of the city will gather in the big
First Baptist church and sing patrio-
tic songs in prelude and following the
talks.
The full force % Boy Scouts will be
on hand to do their part in making
the patriotic occasion a success, III.
though they won't get chance to
be ushers. These posts viii he filled
by the pretty Red Cross workers in
their nurse costumes.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-03-29
WayCross Has
Epidemic Scare
STRICT QUARANTINE ORDERED
BY THAT ClTYs HEALTH
OFFICIALS.

Waycross, March 2S.-Notice was
given today by city health officers
that effective Immediately strict
quarantine will be maintained over
all homes in which there exists a
contagious disease of any kind. Chill
dren from homes in which there is
either measles, whoOping cough or
other contagious disease will not be
permitted to attend school or go to
any public gathering of any kind.
The city has quite a number OF
cases OF measles and whooping cough
and the health officers desire the
close cooperation of all citizens in
an effort to prevent any unnecessary
spread of the diseases. The health
department will be backed by the
city officers in the work they are do.
ing and all violations OF the orders
and ordinances will be prosecuted.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-03-29
MAGAZINE TELLS
SOUTHERN BOOM
INDUSTRIAL INDEX PUBLISHES A
LARGE NUMBER OF FACTS
ABOUT PROSPERITY.

Columbus, Ga, March 2S.-The In
dustrial Index says in its issue for
this week:
Public Improvements by cities and
counties constitute an important fea
ture of the extensive and increasing
construction activity in the southeast
These improvements include the cree
ton of school buildings and city halls
paving of streets and sidewalks, con
struction of sewer and waterworks
systems, establishing electric light
plants and building roads and court
houses.
"Hillsborough county, Florida, will
build extensions of brick roads. Ala
bama county, Florida, will vote upon
the issuance of 100000 of bonds for
constructing roads. Cherokee county
South Carolina, voted 1925, 900 of road
bonds. Chiffon county, Alabama, will
Gote upon 100000 of road bonds.
Roads will be constructed by Amite
and Forrest counties, Mississippi. Ma
con county, Georgia, voted 100000
of bonds for constructing a bridge
Griffin, Ga, voted $125.000 of street
paving bonds, and Arlington, Ca, will
vote upon bonds for establishing an
ice factory and cold storage plant.
Thomasville, Ga, will vote upon $160,-
600 OF public improvement bonds.
Dalton, Ca, has awarded contract
for street paving, and will pave about
fifteen miles of sidewalks. Streets
will be paved by Anderson and Fort
Mills, s. c., and Marietta, Ca
"a total of sixteen corporations
have been formed during the week,
with minimum capital stocks agGre
eating 100000
"A contract has been awarded for
The erection Of buildings for $1,000,
900 meat packing plnat at Macon
Ga"