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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

Kill Robat md tho loft thrown back
upon the Tigris, thus checking the
rorthvard invasion.
Turks Led Into Trap
The Brush commander vas well
aware Of Tho plan A. ~" advancing
Moslem. car.c INTO touch with British
patrols on thr rirn. bank Of the plala
General Naude ordered strategic re-
treat Of his forward forces and sue
cecded IN dccoying the larger part OF
the enemy southwestward toward Del
tawah and the Tigris. Simultaneous
he directed an advance OF other Brush
troops from the Tigris. and these by
night march across the sands were IN
a position Wednesday morning 20 at
tack the Turks on the flank. while tho
rctreating British units turned and
also struck back.
The assault was promptly delivered.
hut mirage rose over the desert IN
tho early morning light. confusing the
observation Of the British alrmen and
interfering with artillery fire. This
vision Of GASES and palm groves not
actually within eyesght soon faded,
however. and the battle began again.
Naude's fiers directed tho British gun
ire 70 crushing superiority and by
evening the enemy was driven from his
advanced positions at Ghallyeh.
Enemy in Retreat
The next morning the beaten Turks
withdrew six miles further 20 Serajik,
with the British IN pursuit all that day
and the following night. Yesterday
General Naude reported that the enemy
was again falling back toward DEFY Alb
has. with the British IN close touch.
The Turkish loss on April II alone
was zoo IN wounded. with 200 dead
found on the battlefield. The British
total casualties were only 200. A re-
mort from Constantlnople says that
Turkish forces operating on the Diala
we're attacked on the 18th by a British
cavalry division. reinforced by brl-
gade OF infantry, and asserts that the
british were thrown back.
This defeat on the Diala is the sew
enth important reverse the armies Of
the Porte have sustained since the
onening Of the Russo British campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15


bv concorfr', frc
This ,-r.or,. recalls tho .ulcndid
British half success AZ Loo. IN 1915.
whom tho British infantry entered
Lens. but owing go insufficient artillery
backing were obliged to teurc
Tho German cht report De- silent
regarding tho British advances ~ Lens
and So. Quentin. and refers only 90 Tho
angle around NorCrl. II avs. From
Tho Scarpc fo kuIrcour' repeated
trong British attack failed, with
heavy losses
nc hIndonhurc Inc a. it stood on
MONDAY row has two ragged gaps lr
~, one az almost three miles hcl,F
Lens, wncrc Hornc's troops are pou'
ing through, and another 20 the south
ward where thc forces Of Major Con
'I"i D.. IT, II. N+chhy are engaged ;
apparent mat the Pormans are uo"
'ohcucthG thc'r retreat 90 their sup
picmcnfarN, or w otan. lime. which
prisoners say ie still uuprovIdcd with
Jug outs. Il ie presumed 20 rar
through Oucar. Drocourt Pouyro,. mas,
'fc ca,tcln suburbs Of Ions ND to Iu.
to. just southeast Of Ioo~
~
''o'eh' Nt'iI'erN DuelN
Sout1va~d from 50 o,,,,.,
So...ors .-5 pLo,,,.. .
nse,ro ha r,'.,.t ..'.' '' '"'N
rc,o,, $50 DC, ''"
80. . .rE. E1'"E al i'"
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Germans Blowing Up Lens
And Preparing to Retreat

crossing as usual. British patrols this
afternoon were pressing toward The
city from all directions.
From the northern slopes Of Nimy
Ridge. recently captured from the Ger
mans, it was possible through the brill
iantly clear atmosphere to-day 10 see
the spires and chimneys Of Douai. still
a German stronghold. Nearer. Lens
seemed to lie almost at the very foot
of the ridge, with its suburb, Levin,
sprawing well into the new British
lines.
Mine towers dot the surrounding
country almost as thickly as oil der.
ricks in the petroleum districts Of
America. Great Stag heaps rise here
and there like 50 many Egyptian pyra-
mids. Into and around these red build
ings and Stag heaps, shells exploded
throughout the afternoon. throwing up
dense clouds Of brick dust, which
caught up by the April storm wind,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
lake Three-Mile Line

o,hsr ~ operations mean about an.
irsnsl., miles o. German front line
psrt 81 :, se'%+ed along the strongest
hos ts,..a me hne. and the British guns
sher, q naif circle around Lens.
number Of German artillery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Defeats Break Nerve
OF Germans at Home
Berlin Paper Warns Against
'Unfounded" Excitement

Amsterdam, April 1.-THE military
critic Of the "Nossiche Zcitung," Of
Berlin. writes that he has received
many letters which prove that "the
nerves Of many readers are beginning
10 give way" He dwcls on the "un-
founded" excitement which, he states,
is spreading among those at home, and
he warns the public not to judge the
situation from single events, but to
take events as a whole into considera-
tlOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
$4,000 Cans of Milk Sent
To Children in Germans Wake

Fifty thousand cans Of condensed
milk. destined for the starved children
found I'm the wake of the German re-
treat about Noyon, have been sent
abroad in the last few days by the
American Red Cross in response to an
urgent appeal from the American Re-
lief Clearing House IN Paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Three Bodies OF Aztec
Victims Float Ashore

Brsst, France. April IA Three bodies
bearing hfebelts. one OF which was that
Of sailor from the American steam
ship Aztec. torpedoed by a German
submarine on April !. with the loss Of
twenty-eight lives. have been picked
up by fishermen. brought ashore and
buried. The body Of an unidentified
American. not a sailor, has been found
near Roscof.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Submarine Shells
American Vessel
New York Schooner Edwin X.
Hunt Abandoned Under
Fire; Crew Saved

Washington. April 1.-THE Ameri-
can schooner Edwin Z. Hunt, OF Ne"
York. was abandoned by her crew un-
der she'll Ere from a submarine near
Cane Gaia. Spain. in the Mediterranean
April =. according 20 a dispatch 10 the
State Department from Consul Gsssets
AZ Malaga.
Consul Gassett's message said;
American schooner Edwin L. Hunt,
Of New York Nicholas Miller msster),
with crew Of eight, bound from Crette
70 New York n ballast. shelled by
submarine at a. m. April 7, forty
miles of Cape Gaia. ship abandoned
by crew under fire; fate unknown.
Crew all saved. brought 20 Almeria BY
Danish schooner konso.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Birth Control Shop Opens

The new Birth Control Shop" Of the
National Birth Control League was
opened al p West Forty-slxth Street
Yesterday afternoon. From now on, at
> D. m. each day. well known advocates
of contraception will speak.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Cans Torn in German
line and Key Towns
Fall Is Near
,,;,denburg Throws
Reserves Into Fight
Thousands by Futile
Counter Attacks; Haig
Takes 200 Big Guns


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tr I.'. -ai-'"' ''''t
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which t.r ..r %
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...l lens ana r...... southwest
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and orc -, ''''''
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.sr:tVest' ., complementary
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H-dcrbofs ,.sv ~ thc bayo-
troopers '''' ..., "a frw hundred
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t1'' 40 r.' i.olatod "Cl''''''
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Aresg .hc ""'' nearer
,., ts the GRO" '''1'
'"' --l,. rs. the actual c'H\o''
rtt} ...,o limo he. there we're
tons Of the p'.' , ,-orh % the
-, encounters. MOI ''
''''' r..,- 90 Ioos the reduction %
Sc,rt M LIMO continued, and
OBJ, H.ndenorrf l'"0 -. .u.o
No.. men reached po'',s 30
miles cast %. the Nli"l i'''7''
20 '"'', ..-, british artillery IS no"
ron WHICH ''' -..-oo.ir,, Ger
....rg stcc. ul'. '''
c...,,.r Attacks
Orus"
u ~ fhc Sc&rDe hlndthD"lN
w. .,-orc, reserves lu an efor' 10
NE" ID '''' ...4oo g., It's pom.
SPLIT the bfi's" "'0 ,...:a +bis
..,c.inary sighting TOOK p''N' d"
m dow long German ATTACKS
Hsoh 90 ..l.- O.. brjef intervals
h..cFed es'N '.',' -. oose they
''n' D's', ,a p-..,.b counter attack.
'r...,t.ve " SAYS the British con-
49, "our troops maintained the
---t ,rev;ou.lv captured and ill.,
rS le-,o,,s lo.-c. on the enemy.
49, ,,~o,.,.ss was made on WIDE
i..'..,o,.b .Td south Of the Bapaumc-
I g-t roed clear 10 -. Quentin.
80. ,n,.b o. the burning city the
'l't norm ono, order and often
.,5toband
c-icoprt within less than mile OF
.,, Csmbrai-St. Quentin highroad, ana
ave, lust below IL, were swept mo
=, British net with bayonet chaIee.'
r, Germans stood and met the shochi;
.-,bed rifles but the British held th~
~ ,ogstter with morc than 400 prs
.-,,. and b host or German dead.
Wo-t,r,, sou-lvard in these attacks
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11

ing MASK. with the mi ~
dispatchinE that sworn enemy with
his own hands, he gave a gasp Of in
credulOus amazement as It dawned
upon him that his intended victim
had completely disappeared.
It flashed into his mind that the
Laughing Mask might have recovered
sufficiently to have crawied up the
short flight OF cellar steps, and, hurry
ing outside. he commenced a system
attic search Of the dark corners where
n man In desperate straits might en-
deavOr to hide. He had hardly left
the cellar when the pile Of ~threadbare
carpet showed signs o. sudden agi-
tation, and, In obedience to certain
commands issued In painfully broken
whispers, two spectral figures emerged
from under that singular refuge and
glided toward the stairway leading to
the upper story, where the laboratory
was located.
In that laboratory the wide-eyed
Margery Golden was searching the
Uttered work bench, hoping to find
something to incrimlnate the venom
GUS Skidmon. She did not venture to
touch the glittering instruments, but
turned her attention to the object
which was hidden under the thin strip
of tOweling. When, after a little
hesitation, she gingerly raised that
himsy covering, she saw a thin glass
vessel bearing a printed label and half
filled with a gelatlnous substance. She
stopped and read from the label the
words "COlon Bacllli," but that did
not convey to her that in the nutrient
medium contained In that Petri dish
was a culture growth alive with mil
lions Of malignant germs. Hoping to
find some more tangible clue, she re-
placed the towel and picked up the
open notebook lying near the micro
scope. Her face went white with
the horror Of the thing as she de-
ciphered the cramped entries:
May 13-Emmerlch has advanced
the theory that old age is brought
about in large part by the weakened
resistance Of the subject to the raw
ages of the bacillus coll, colonies Of
which invariably infest the digestive
tract of every person even though In
normal health. The activity and num-
Der Of these bacllll vastly increase with
advancing age, causing a form Of auto
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11

couid artract ms attention he eau
tiously raised the window and van
ished into that house OF mystery.
But she quietly determined he should
not be taken unawares by his enc
mics and quickly followed.
She slipped into the empty bedroom
and, warily crossing the floor, stood
In spellbound wonder gazing through
the open doorway. Backed up against
a bench stood the tense figure Of a
middle-aged mar with dropping eyellds
and the pasty gray complexion that
betrayed the habItual use Of some
noxious drug.
He had apparently been interrupted
In the midst Of his investigations, for
on the bench, just behind him, was
some object protected from the light
by a strip OF thin toweling, a long
platinum needle used in extracting
germ colonies from their cultures, a
compound microscope and an open
notebook for recording the result Of
his labors. Facing the intimldated
drug hend stood the Laughing Mask.
MY patience is about exhausted,
Skidmon," he said TO the man shrink
Ing back against the bench, 'and un-
less you write that confession clear
ing me OF those crimes committed by
Legar with your devilish assistance,
I am going to shoot you through the
head with as little conjunction as
though you were a mad dog. Your
terrible polsons have been responsible
for more than one unsolved murder
and society will be well rid Of you"
This convincing threat had the de-
sired effect, for the stoop-shouldered
chemist moved sullenly toward a
small writing desk standing near the
window. AS his reluctant pen Travelled
slowly over a sheet of fOOlscap, the
Laughing Mask stood looking over his
shoulder, prompting the others de-
linquent memory with an occasional
quiet word and the inslstent menace
Of that ~ever-ready revolver. The de-
tails Of those abhorrent crimes, com
mitted in cold blood by Legar for the
sole purpose Of setting the police up
on his enemy, had practically been
completed when a shrill penetrating
whistle sounded from the alley.
The Laughing Mask turned quickly
to the nearby window and, throwing
back the shutters, leaned out and
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11

strove to ascertain the meaning OF
that forebodlng signal. For a moment
only he relaxed his guard over the
crafty %poisoner, but that moment gave
to Skidmon the chance he had been
seeking. Before the startled girl,
watching through the doorway, could
cry out a word Of warning, he launch
ed himself upon the half-bent figure
leaning out Of the open window.
Caught at a decided disadvantage
and unable to use his weapon, the
Laughing Mask suddenly lost his bal
ance, and, ~grasping wildly at the
empty air, plunged headlong from the
window down into the abysmal dark
ness.
He seemed doomed to sure destruc-
ton, but fate decreed the springy
branch of an elm tree should catch
that hurtllng body. and the force of
his fall was broken when, limp and
unconscious, he dropped a second
later onto the stone tagging by the
cellar doorway.
AS the moon swung across the star
strewn heavens it's pale light disclosed
the still form Of the unconscious
Laughing Mask lying under the labor
atory window from which the infuri-
ated scientist had flung him. A one
armed man, who came Sinking out
Of the shadows, saw the inert figure
and bent over It with a savage ex-
clamation Of triumph. He glanced
furtively about him, and, throwing
back the bulkhead doors leading into
the cellar, backed down the short
flight Of steps, dragging the Laughing
Mask after him, like a spider drag
ging a fly into some dark recess.
Legar seemed strangely at home in
his dark and gloomy surroundings,
for after letting the Laughing Mask
drop heavily to the cement flooring,
his cropping fingers quickly found a
battered lantern hanging from a
rusty hook. This feeble illumination
showed the cellar to be piled with
all sorts of discarded household furni-
ture. including a pile of WORKOUT
carpeting near where the masked man
was lying. AS Legar bent over the
helpless figure n faint noise came from
the stairway leading to the floor
above. He instantly Strengthened up
and made a search for the noises.
From under the pile Of carpeting
two pair Of long arms suddenly
stretched out toward the silent form
Of the Laughing Mask, and, quickly
SELLING him by the feet and shout
ders, dragged him under the frayed
folds of that ancient floor covering.
When the SCARED outlaw gave up his
fruitless search and returned TO the
place where he had left the Laugh
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11

intOdcation and a subsequent harden
Ing Of the arteries due to increased
blood pressure, and other symptoms
Of general structural decay. 1t would
seem probable that from a sufficiently
large colony Of colon bacilli a virulent
toxic poison might be extracted,
which, administered even in minute
quantities, should almost Immediately
attack the tissues and destroy the
subject with all the indications Of
death from extreme old age. Such
a poison, apparently unknown to
science, and already present in less
malignant form in every human sys-
TEN, would be extremely battling in
the event Of an autopsy. 1 shall i'm
mediately start experimenting along
these lines.
May 15-The colony Of colon bacIlli
which 1 started in a gelatin culture
medium is multiplying rapidly. Flour
ishes best at blood heat-destroyed
at temperature Of 60 degrees Cent?
grade. The change in color from gray
ish white to brown should indicate
an increase In virulence and pathogen-
ic qualities.
May 17-Inoculated guinea pig with
bacilli poison-died instantly; body
shrunk and withered; much encour-
aged.
May 2O-Discovery has just been
put to a gratifying practical test
managed to get a needle infected with
the bacilli extract to Legar who had
been captured anG confined In prison.
Legar has just communicated with
me. He succeeded in scratching his
jailer with the contaminated needle,
and the man vas seized Immediately
with commissions and died In two or
three minutes with all the symptoms
to be expected. Legar regained his
liberty, and now wishes to destroy an
entire family named Golden. I will
prepare minute capsules which will
keep the bacllli alive and
And as with a shudder Margery came
to the last unfinished and cold
bloOded entry she heard SkldmOn rap
idly approaching the door. Thrusting
the discriminating journal into her
dress, she quickly stole into the back
room, where she could watch the
laboratory without being observed her
self. She saw the unnerved bacte-
biologist hurriedly drag a battered
Trunk from a dark and c~avernous
closet. AS he threw an uneasy glance
foxuord fha door IaadfuO into Tho hou
his face suddenly froze into an express
sion Of abject terror.
Advancing from the doorway came
a figure with features cloaked by q
hooking yellow mask. This startling
apparition deliberately aimed a black
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11
TWENTIETH EPISODE
The Laughing Masks triumph

Margery Golden suddenly threw
aside the magazine which she had been
listlessly thumbing, and springing TO
her feet, crossed rapidly to the window
Of her cool, white bedroom. As she
stood gazing out with unseelng eyes,
a little frown OF vexation puckered
her forehead. From Che open windows
OF the spacious llvlng-room OF the
first floor came the subdued murmur
Of voices But 60 Margery's straining
Ears not a word Of that low-toned con-
ference was audible. Occasionally she
heard the rumble Of Captain Brackets
voice. more strident and authoritative
than the others.
The ~resentful O6icer OF the law had
conceived the idea than on more than
q occasion Margery had aided and
abetted the Laughing Mask In slip
ping through his fingers, and It was
for that reason she was now excluded
from the deliberations where the cap
turo Of the elusive masquerader was
under discussion. In anticipation Of
this very state Of affairs Margery had
devised the ingenious method for
learning the plans Of the detectives.
Having ascertained that the con
ference was in full swing, she quickly
went to a small wicker table and,
taking OF the telephone receiver, held
Il pressed tightly to her ear. Her
wire was a house extension connected
with the trunk line which ran into
the living-roOm, where her father and
the officers were now gathered. In
that room the telephone standard,
resting on a heavy mahogany table,
had been skillfully tempered with.
Presently the booming voice Of the
police captain came to the ears Of the
listening girl
"When I 60 after a man I don't
quit till I get him." she heard him
In self-laudatory tones. IL
landed that one-armed crook, Jules
Legar. in a cell all right, an 1 tell
you, Mr.. Golden, II II hadn't been for
your daughter interferin' I'd had the
bracelets on the Laughing Mask long
ago"
At that moment Margery heard the
door shut behind a new arrival, and
again 1t was Captain Brackets voice
which reached her as he impatiently
questioned the detective who had just
entered.
'What are you dom here. Walters7
Didn't you get the orders l sent you
by Jenkins to take Legal out of that
C~hicken-cOOp they call a Jail out here,
an keep yourself h%andcuffed to him
every minute until he was safe in
the TombsT"
II got your orders. chief" came a
Insulating voice, presumably that Of
the sleuth called Walters, 'but I've
got some bad news for you, Legar's
broke Jail. He croaked jenkins and
made q clean getaway"
Then Margery heard the hurried
tones Of the detective as he launched
into an account Of the strange escape
Of Jules LegaR.
Il don't sSs where I'm to blame,
cAief." he began in a somewhat ag-
grieved woke. II seen Jenkins arOun'
moor. he vas goin' into the Jail with
q tray from the restaurant. He stops
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11

the background except on one or two
pressing occasions. Miss Wilkins, my
stepsister, made our masks, and we
used her garden as q meeting place.
Miss Golden has known all this since
we worsted Legar in the coal mine,
and I think she will Join me In in
wiling you all to come to a little affair
which is going to be held in a church
In the very ear future"
As Margery turned away to hide
her tears and her bushes, her father
warmly grasped his former secretary's
hand, and after a moment the solemn
red face Of Captain Bracket slowly
cracked into a sheepiEh grin as he 4
tended his beefy paw to David Manley,
alias the Laughing Mask
rHlaM E(nJ
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-11

and gives me your orders and says /
might as well wait outside until Legar
had his feed. That seemed reason
able. an I hung aroun' for bout half
On hour. Then when jenkins didn't
come out, / commenced to get kind
o uneasy like an ! steps inside to SEQ
what was gOin' on.
~Lyln' face down In the corridor 1
found Jenkins, just outside OF Legar's
cell. The cell was empty. with the
door standin' open and jenkins key
q the lock. We combed every inch
e that JAN, but Legar had disappeared
Sithout leavin' a trace behind him.
g. ssula tal hy thO looks Of Jenkins
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-21

at the Dream opening with the matinee tomorrow in "Destinys Toy"
 The dramatic photoplay. Destiny s Toy" relates a story of such human and tender qualities as to appeal to the sympathes of all. A child. saved in the wreck that cost her mother s life, and mourned as dead by her fath- CT. leads varying and thrilling life until she falls in with band of thieves. who compel her to adopt their practices. Tn the course of her duties. she breaks into the house of a young clergyman. who. touched by the girls evident bet ter nature, assumes the responsibility of her existance, to the scandaiization of his parishoners A great love de- yeiops between the two. and many dra- matic scenes follow before the final revelation of the true identity of the girl How this is disclosed and she is reunited to the father who had never expected to look upon her again is delicately and exauisitely indicated in this gripping Famous Players produc- tion on the Paramount Program.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-21

court himself to pay his fine instead of sending T. Kono. his Japanese chauf- feur.
 Several days ago Charlie was pinched. He was due before Police Judge Ches- bro.
 Charlie Chaplin,s come to court, come to court" shouted the bailiff.
 Hon. c. Chaplin here in me- squeaked voice from the rear of the room. and r. Kono. spick and span in his livery. walked forward.
 "I come to speak guilty for Hon. c. Chaplin" said the Jap.
 "Where's Charley?" demanded the judge.
 "'rhe Hon. c. Chaplin muchly desire me, his worthless driver of machine to say his Hon. head aches, and he begs pardon of Most. Hon. Mister Judge"
 "Fifteen dollars fine" said the Court and T. Kono jumped quickly while the clink of falling gold and silver was heard. Kono had dropped the $15 in gold and silver into the cuspidor.
 He searched diligently. but all that he could recover was $14.76. Some body had the other quarter T. Kon0 had to dig it up himself.