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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25

LADY, bought this cake of laun-
dry soap here and it's no good.
Merchant That's nothing, you
bought only one cake. / bought IS
cases of the darn stuff.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25
REAI EsrATE SOLD & EXCHANGED

REAL ESTATE SOLD g. EXCHANGED
in all parts of UNITED STATES and CAN
ADA Write us full details, whether you
wish to buy sell exchange Collections
made.
Robson & robson
w. S. Robson NJ L. Robson
Real Estate Attorney-at- Law
POI Central Bldg Seattle, U. S. A.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25
With an Eye to the Future.

A man is bound to follow his wifes
advice once, if only for the purpose Of
reminding her of it in after years.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25
Sore
Eyes

Your Druggists soc per Bottle. Murine Eye
Salvein Tubes Csc. For Book efthc Eye Frceask
Druggists OF Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25
Valuable Farm Implement.

A German farm implement does the
work of a pillow, disk harrow and roller
in single trip over a field.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25

lunch.
10 Cose-Will he be in after lunch
Ina Stenog-No, that's what he
went out after.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25
GranuIafed EyeIids,

Eyes inhamed BY expo
sure to Sun, Dustand Wine
quickly relieved by Murine
Eye Remedy. No Smarting.
just Eye Comfort Az
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-25
10 Cose-Is Mr. Bowman inq

Ina Stenog-No, he went out to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
.Ndnliseion 10 Police.

Huntington, lad, Jan, 13.-Wel-
don II Wells. twenty-five years old,
Of Kansas CITY, formerly of Hunting
ton. was arrested here carly this
morning and is suspected In councc-
ton with the killing of Mona simon
IN a room Of Columbus Ohio, hotel.
He also is held on a charge OF en-
he2zlement flcd at Kansas city.
The police assert that his admissions
warrant them in holding Wells, al
though thu prisoner denies that he
knows anything Of the crime.
Wells admitted. according to the
police. that while in Columbus he
stayed at the hotel IN which the
girls body was found and that he
registered under the name of Van
Brunt
In Wells suitcase chief Baker found
two hlood-stained handkerChiefs.
Stains also were found on the collar
the man was wearing. but Wells con-
tends these resulted from Il slight cut
on the neck. STAINS which Wells as
serts arc paint We're found on the
sleeve of HIS uudershirt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
HOWARD |. ANDERSON
DIES IN NEWPORT NEWS
Complications Following Operation
Cause Death of Popular Young
Richmond Attorney.

Complications following an operas
ton, which set in about four days ago
when he appeared well on the road
to recovery, last night caused the
death of Howard Leake Anderson, a
well-known young Richmond attorney
in Riverside Hospital at Newport
News The end came at . o'clock,
with members of the family at his
bedside. He had been in poor health
for some months, and ten days ago. in
the hope Of regaining good health. he
underwent the operation.
MIR. Anderson was a member of the
law firm of Henley, Anderson q Hall.
of Richmond and Williamsburg, ana
was well known and popular through
out the State. He was thirty years or
age and is survived by his wife. his
parents. three brothers and one sister
Mr.. Anderson was born in Char
lottesville. November 2, 1856. He was
a son of Samuel Leake Anderson, OF
Charlottesville and Susie j. Carter
} Anderson. In October, 1912, he mar
ried Miss Alice Virginia Boatwright, of
buckingham County. His surviving
brothers and sisters are Charles G..
Anderson, of Charlottesville; Robert
| r. Anderson, of Richmond. and DR..
/ II 3. II. Anderson. of New York and
Mrs. Mamie A. Lovejoy, of Charlottes-
Vile
/ He was n graduate OF the Univer-
sity of Virginia in law in 1909 and
his practice was al Yorktown. Virginia.
Later he was associated with II. w.
Goodwin of Richmond Since JaQn-
airy ]. 1918. he was n member of the
Law firm of Henley. Anderson & Hall.
Announcement was made here last
night that the funeral party will leave
Newport News this afternoon at .
O'Clock. going straight to Charlottes-
vile. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at that place Monday at an
hour to he decided upon later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
GOVERNOR AND TWELVE
Colonies CO HUNTING
Colonel j. II. paschalI Fakes Party
TO Kilkenny Club. Private Game
Preserve In Georgia.

Governor Stuart and eleven Of the
members OF his staff, as guests OF a
twelfth member. Colonel j. r.
PasChalf, Of Richmond left Rich
mond last night for several days
stay at Kilkenny Club, Colonel
Pas2halfs estate, near Ways. Ga The
outing will be one In which hunting
and fishing VIII be outstanding feat
urcs. and, as there is an abundance Of
both game and fish in the preserve.
and the Governor and his Colonies
are good with rcd and gun. admirable
tales of sport should be forthcoming
in the near future.
The party left in a special Pullman
attached to train of the Seaboard
Air Line, which left the Main Street
Station at 6:35 o'clock last night. In
the party are the Governor. Colonel
Paschall and Colonies r Nice, Bun
ington, Thomas Joseph Downing.
Kenneth NJ. Gilpin, William King.
John Landstreet, John r.. Primer ]
Donald Richards, Robert Keut spill
Ter, Warren T. Taylor. Edward T..
Goodwin and Albert j. Terrell.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
THE RICHMOND VIRG1NIAN-sUNDAY, JANUARY IA,

OF machine guns, Either lanes.
must be cut through by the nipper
men, or it must be destroyed by many
hours OF bonn barlment by the ar
tillery.
Running from the border of
Switzerland to the North Sea west
ward of Ostend, there is, according
to the estimate of German military
engineers, enough barbed wire be-
tween the trenches of the Germans
and the allies to go around the world
twenty times" That is, il it were a
single strand Of wire it wou;d be five
hundred thousand miles long. or the
usual five strand barbed wire fence
used for stock in this country, four
times around the earth. These en-
tanElements are in front of the Ger
man trenches because the Germans
are on the defensive. To this forestry
of barbed wire already there the Ger
mans are adding whole trainloads
of more barbed wire for the new posi-
tons
AT the beginning of the war the
entangiements often were hut a few
teet deep. At Premyszl whore with
Mackensen when his army took that
Austrian fortress from tho Russians.
| found that the Russians hal harbed
wire, entanglements less than twelve
rect IN width in some places. Front
ing the German trenches in the west
barhed wire is from 100 to 400 feet
in width and depth. The Germans
are still increasing these with hun
dreds of tons of barbed wire. Be
hind the barbed wire "moats" the
| Germans, 1t Is estimated. will have
more guns than We're In the COM
blned artillery OF the English, French
and Germans in the battle of the
Somme.
Under the new civil auxiliary war
service act all Industrial Germany is
working on cannon, machine guns,
ammunition, submarines and ships.
Figures ! have heard from sources in
position to know are enormous. BY
far the greater part of the outpu: is
for the west front. or the western
wall as 1t is called. The battle of
/ the Somme began on June "a. Its
last Pickering" fell in the days after
the middle of November The Cor
mans assert that the English admit
losses exceeding 100000. Tho Ger
mans estimate the loss Of the French
! ut $780,, 900 to 200, 600. They call that
very conservative estimate. What
their own losses We're they do not
give in totals.
That the old ratio of three or four
casualties on the attacking side to one
on the German, or defensive SIDE. can
, hardly be applied in the battle OF
the Somme with its unusual features
, But whether the English and French
lost three to every two OF the Ger-
mans or two to one VIII not he def
nitely known until the war is over
The battle RACED FIVE months
I Ragged" is the proper term in de-
/ sCrbing this most gigantic struggle in
human history. which. however, is to
he surpassed by a stil greatcr ola
this spring.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14

expressing Indignation at what Il
considers slurS on the central powers
in the reply o. the entente to presi-
dent Wilson. and although angered
at the peace conditions. finds consoIa %
ton in the belief that the note will
serve to weld together all classes into
an unconquerahle and determined
whole Papers like the Tageblatt
end Lokal Anzejger emphasize this
expected effect Of the allies reply and
almost ignore the second German
note. which was published stimuli
faneously The Fan~Gefman press
on the other hand gives the German
communication the greatest import
ance and balls il rs a sign that tho
leaders Of the central powers are
finally coming around TO their view
in regard to Belgium and other moot
questions.
The entente's specific deuneation OF
Its aims is accepted in general with
relief & finally eliminating all guess
work and allowing every one to see
last what is at stake. The extrava
gance OF these aims, according to the
Iokal Anzeiger binds Central Europe.
a thousand times together.
Not Blow to- Germany.
The Tageblatt thinks that the note
instead of being a heavy blow for Ger
many. as predicted, really makes
things easier because 1t Will serve to
arrange all differences of opinion This
paper believes that the reply at one
stroke unites such opposltes as the
socialists who are DESTROYS OF avoid
Ing any rejection OF overtures. with
she moderates, who favor business
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
Nets" ATTEMPT TO
1tFUDDlt QUESTION
lmtroducc Bill In House to Hold Dis
trfCt Referendum on Series of
Eight Subjects.

Washington. p. c.. Jan. lS.--The
4 FIRST sign of an offensive move
ment against the Sheppard dry MI
in the House was shown today in the
introduction by Representative cary.
OF Milwaukee, of a bin providing an
advisory referendum by the people OF
the District of Columbia "on certain
questions relating TO municipal self
government and representation in Con-
eress" While the referendum pro-
posed by Representative Cary covers Il
variety Of topics. eight tn all, u rs con-
ceded at the Capitol that the purpose
OF Representative Cary IN introducing
the bill is 10 arrange for A referendum
on the proposal to prohibit the sale al
liquor in the District.
MACHINERY for conducting referen-
dunn by vote Of the people Is outlined
in the bill women are allowed to vote
land the handling Of the referendum is
with The commissioners.
EIGHT Questions to he Submitted.
The eight questions to he made the
subject of the proposed referendum
are:
Do you recommend that Congress
grant to the District Of Columhia n
model charter establishing the right of
suffrage in said District. with munici-
pal self-government In all local af-
fairs
Do you desire that the District shall
he represented in Congress by dele
gate?
De pass favor government own ershlp
of telephone communication in the
District of Columbia
Do you favor prohibition OF the liQ-
uor traffic in tho District Of Columbia"
Do you favor equal suffrage for men
and women in the District?
Do YOU favor the initiative and ref
Erendum
De YOU favor the recall? s.
Do Won favor an elective non-parti
san commission form Of city govern
ment similar 10 that OF Des Molnes,
Iowa?
Do you favor public ownership Of
the street railways in the District Of
Columbia
DO YOU favor public ownership Of all
public utilities in tho District Of Co
1umhfa?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
HARRY FRAZIER CHARGED
WITH THEFT Of TIRE
Articles Valued at ss3 ALLEGED to Have
Been stolen From y. &.
Hoffman,

On a charge OF stealing several
parts OF an automobile, Harry FRAZIER.
thirty years old. who gave his occupa-
ton as lineman. was arrested yester-
day by Policemen Bertucci, Lumpkin
and Sweet. He was lodged in First po-
lice Station and later bailed for his
appearance in Police Court Monday
morning. The warrant was sworn out
by y. c. Hoffman.
FRAZIER is alleged to have taken an
automobile tire valued at $25; one rim
valued at s., together with a pair Of
bolts and tire cover. both OF which arc
llind 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
NeCrncS ArnIIiIinii

Murrell Dabney a colored woman.
and Richard Hasklns. colored were
freed yesterday OF a charge Of trans
porting liquor to the home of a blind
colored man in the eastern part OF
the city. and storing il there. The
blind man claimed that he did not
know what was going on in his home.
nor who brought the whiSkey there.
The confiscated liquor will soon be
destroyed by the police.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14

CONTINUED from First Page)
adaptable for bringing up heavy ar
ttllery And II was therefore that The
allies selected Amiens as the hub" fol
their Somme offensive-most promis
ing because OF the many excelleu
! roads radating fan-like TO the front
which they sought TO break.
Making Great Preparations.
Leaving that sector out. which botl
sides by common consent and com
mon experience, bitter and costly
seem 20 be agreed is not ''promisini
offensive" operation ground. the Ger
mans are laying out and building q
series Of positions on other portions
Of the front, transcendlng everythinl
/ have seen on the Somme line dur
ing that great battle.
The trenches on the west front, oil
which there Is sometimes a maze Of
two hundred miles to single army
division. have In the past largely beer
hap hazardly constructed SO far as this
lay OF the land" was concerned They
were dug wherever the exigeuCy OF
the moment made necessary.
There was not as much regard for
tho "strategical topography of t+e
ground as perhaps might have been
and that IS often admitted now In
German military circles. To get un-
der ground" was the chief thing. and
TO do that without going farther back
from the trenches lost was the next
consideration. The second and often
the third line were within range OF
the big guns, which would be ham
mering away there while the massed
light and medium heavy artillery were
drumming the first position. And
sft "a EkXn lak4k,
a ten mile dent" in a five-m months
battle.
A Great Clash Coming.
Expecting that all the resources OF
Great Britain and Franee--in lntelli-
gence and material. in men and guns
a larger army than vet seen on any
battlefield will be thrown against the
west front in the spring with a shock
that may shake the German empire
Germany has entered upon a cam.
paign Of preparedness" such as only
can he limited at
Germany's offer of the "ollvc
branch" was made the day after |
left Berlin. fr~%ould be made, as
some OF the highest officials told me.
out OF humanitarian motives" at a
moment when Germany felt that she
could justly and appropriately make
'iANf' 'bt peace without III being
seized upon as sign OF "weakness.
1t had been talked OF and urged
especially by the sociallstic and lib-
eTal political circles. for some time.
II was held THAT the proper mo-
ment' had not yet arrived
Time For Peace.
That moment was held TO have
come when Bucharest fell into the
hands OF the Germans. Austrians
Hungar!ans and Bulgartans. STRAIT
egicaily strengthened in the flank Of
Russia. economically reinforced by
stores Of grain and captures Ger
many. declared Itndenburg to me on
December 5, could offer peace"
n close friend Of Imperial Chan
ceilor Bethmann-EIollweg told me
that Germany would suggest peace
~ the hope that the terrible battle IN
the spring. with its awful loss OF life
might be 'averted, but hardly with
the expectation that it will be avert
ed" This man. one of the leading
par.ta ss:eat2r.aas IN Germany. said:
Germany does not want any OF the
responsibility in history for tlsak AVE-
III battle 10 come, noiding aNafk -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14

Captain Ceilings made a study OF
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he was rewarded by the finding OF the
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81 Anyone csn use the same method.
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Every ruptured person in the world
ehOaaid have the Captain Ceilings book
FEELING all about how he cured him
self, and how anyone may follow the
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without any trouble. The book and
8&ne0fcine are FREE They Will be
sDenks prepaid 10 any rupture sufferer
s&hO will I'LL out the below coupon.
1Eut* send IL right away--now--betore
ssfon~ put down this paper
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
"Cure Your
Rupture Like
| Cured Mine''
Old Sea Captain Cured His Own
Rupture After Doctors said
Operate or Death


His Remedy and Book Sent Free.
Captain Ceilings sailed the seas for
many years; then he sustained bad
double rupture that soon forced him
to not only remain ashore. but kept
him bedridden for years. lie tried
doctor after doctor and truss after
truss. No results Finally, he was
assured that he must either submit
TO q dangerous and abhorrent opera
ton or die de did neither. lie
cured himself stead
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14

Women who follow The hounds II
fox hunting must have license te
hunt. according TO the opinion Eiver
by the attorney generals office to that
of Game and Fish Commissioner Par.
sons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
THE WEATHER
tUnited states DeDaPtnent -
Agriculture. weather Buredu.D

Forecast for Sunday ard Monday:
Virginia-Raln on the coast and
rain or snow in the interior Sunday,
Monday fair and colder
North Carolina--Rain in East and rain
or snow in West portion Sunday, cold
err Sunday afternoon or night. Mon
day fair and colder.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
SLAYER Of YOUNG WOMAN
CONTINUED From First Fage.)

spected family, who came 20 Column
bus several years ago from Phillip,
W, Va. accompanied by her sunday
school teacher
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14

that it will be useless sacrifice of
hundreds OF thousands Of human
beings.
Therefore Germany will make a
move the sincerity OF which can
quickly be tested by the other side,
in the hope that it may. but hardly
in the expectation that IL will. avert
this battle ana show to the world that
she does not share in the RESPONSE
bility for the continuation of the war"
Lesson Had Been Learned.
Preparation on the west front for
the coming battle" began actively
about the time that the Somme battle
fiickered out in November. The Ger
mans had seen what the French and
the English could do They also had
seen what they could not do. The
| lessons. written in the bloody and
mutilated letters and figures called
human units" which make up the
! casualty lists" had been learned.
- Hinienburg personally for the first
time visited the west front, and in
speCted the lines and the ground.
Soon thereafter the men representing
the finest military engineering in the
army, reinforced by the best engineers
in civil life--the men who build the
big canals and the harbors-bcSan
surveying and laying out series Of
i'N iHitS Ol pOSltlpUS bthlIlh AhS
front
Shovel Army at work.
The Schipper Arme, as the army of
'shoVelers' or diggers are known,
number around one million. They are
armed solely with spade, shovel, pick
or axe. Around Peronne and further
north on the Somme line l have seen
these silent columns come out OF the
gray mist as day was breaking after
x,t,w t.e So, -.
greater part Of this army of military
gophers Is now and has been for some
time on the west front
In the FIRST week In December al
900 expert miners. men with pick and
drill, were sent to the western lines.
They were followed by long trains Of
steam diggers. huge excavators as used
in building canals and harbors- boring
machines and compressed air "diRgers'
from the subway construction con-
Germs.
The big iron and steel works In the
Rhine region were called upon to send
their best engines for digging and eX
cavatinE and subterranean works, Ev
erything was heading westward. From
the vast amount of this kind OF ma
chinery being shipped. 1t was evident
that work of an unusual character was
under way. | asked a high official
what these signs might he taken 10
indicate. We are building a wall
which the English and French can
not get over. nor under. or through
he replied graphically. Let them
come remarked HindenburE with
about as near to a smile as he ever
gets. when | spoke OF the coming
battle" In the west and touched upon
these signs OF activity of the Germans
to repel the new onslaught
We will be waiting for them" he
added.
AS already stated the old lines and
positions on the Somme were often
where the allies could lombard the
first. second and even the third Ger
man positions simultaneously. That Is
one lesson the Germans learned. In
the new scheme the topography of the
country from the strategical stand
point is taken fun advantage of The
matter of falling back a mile or two
never did bother Hindenburg or Lund-
eudorff If by such a vancouver they
+ gained military advantage in posi-
ton.
Wan Rv Failing Hack.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
Won BY Falling Back.

German staff offICers have tod me
again and again that Hindenburg new
err showed his genius and his great
ness moro than when In the face OF his
victorious advancing army. he sud
denly in the fan of 1914 ordered his
entire line to retreat and fell back
from Ivangorod to behind LODI. almost
to the border OF Silesia. because the
Russians unexpectedly crumpied up the
Austriaus on his right wing. thereby
exposing his front TO a quick turning
movement.
Many of the officers. not knowing
what had happened. cursed and swort
that the old field marshal had sudden
~ gone insane when the order for
general retreat came, Falling back TO
LODI Iilndenburg got new foothold
and swept forward again most success
fu1lJ.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
New Lines Far Apart.

The new lines in the west behind
the German front are 80 far apart that
even the long range guns, of which the
English especially have so many on
tho Somme. cannot reach the second
line from In front OF the first. The
exact distance ! will not mention. The
light or field artillery may be amy
where from one to five miles in front
OF the German trenches The medium
and heavy remains considerably farth-
er away ! have been with the Ger
man batteries OF long range naval
guns behind the Somme front when
they were firing at range of $4,000
and even 22.000 yards tabout one to
three miles,. but these guns for every
shell fred cost $500 to 5000 are not
used for drumming" trenches but
to break up" ammunition depots and
supply centers far TO the rear OF the
French and English lines
Every one of the new positions
the Germans are building at exposed
points consisting each OF a series" OF
first. second, third and even more
trenches. marking the sub" positions
OF that particular line" or position"
At one point | saw not less than seven
trenches laid out for that particular
position "