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, EMBEzzLEMENT CHARGED.
Maj. Peterson, Former National
Guard Paymaster, on Trial

RALEIGH. N. c.. March 1s-The trial
Of Maj. George L. Peterson. charged with
embezziing $500 Of state funds during
the period he served as paymaster gen.
eral of the North Carolina guard, was
comrnenced In Wake county superior
court here today.
Maj. Peterson, who was required to
furnish an additional $10.0e0 bond when
he failed to appear at the time his trial
waa get TO start two weeks ago. arrived
son. where he IL on the quartermaster's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
JAMES sT1LLMAN's FUNERAL,
Many Financiers Of Note Attend the
N. Y. Bankers Obsequies.

NEW YORK. March 1s.-Funeral
services for James ,Stillman, banker
and philanthropist, who died last week,
were held today in st. Bartholomew's
Protestant Episcopal Church, and
among those in attendance were many
men prominent in American financial
affairs.
of the affairs of the National City Bank
when President Frank A. Vanderbilt
entered the government, service to take
charge of the war savings stamp cam
paign. :
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observe all defensive preparations and
precautions and can affirm that all that
farsight can do has been achieved, while
the spirit of the French troops ,RaS
never been better than it Is now. In
every respect the French armies are in
a better condition than when the Ger
mans made their first rush into France
in 1914
Road Organization Better.
The railroads are better organized:
munitions and supplies are abundant
and the heavy artillery and aviation
have acquired the mastery over their
German adversaries. The troops of
every branch of the service have a feel
couraged immensely by the arrival of
increasing numbers of Americans,
whose first efforts in trench warfare
have shown their high quality.
The French troops have passed
through the particularly favorable win
ter during which their fighting spirit
has been kept to the highest point Of
efficiency by frequent raids, reconnais-
sanceS and small operations which al
most Invariably have been successful,
while similar actions from the German
side usually have broken down before
French tenacity.
Thus. the already existing confidence
of the French soldiers has been in
creased and this is true>not only among
the men. but among the French and
other allied commanders, who have done
everything possible to prepare a reply
to any blow delivered by the German
army.
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Each side is sounding the other at
this moment and occasionally these
soundings develop into sharp encoun-
ters without any sequel 1t is possible
that the Germans, who have an ap-
proximate idea of the position of the
allied reserves. are endeavoring to dis
perse the latter on a long front by
their attacks. Such demonstrations may
be expected to become more important
and more violent as the spring ad-
vances.
Will Attack on Wide Front.
1t seems likely that the Germans,
when they decide to begin. will make
an attack on a wide section at some
point of the line where 1t would be
easy for either side to capture a thin
slice of territory. They are just as well
aware as the allies of the existence of
such positions and know that such
local success would not take them far,
but it might give them the advantage
of a moral victory.
While thi0 attack is proceeding the
enemy may attempt a surprise attack
somewhere else in an effort to break
through by a hammerlke blow with
some new war contrivance. Should they
make such a determined effort and
wherever it may be they will meet
with even more obstinate resistance
The correspondent has been able to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
.EEW.AMER|CAN UNIFORMS
IN PARIS PUBLIC PLACES

PARIS. March 1.-THE American
uniform has almost disappeared from
public places in Paris and on the
boulevards the felt hat Of the Ameri-
can soldier is not seen as much as
during the last eleven months. With
the removal this month Of the railway
transportation corps from Paris to a
city in central France, the number of
American soldiers stationed in Paris
will be reduced to a minimum. Vir-
tually all the services Of the American
Army are represented here by one or
more officers, but the large STATS that
remain are those whose presence is
necessary because they are working.
in cooperation with similar depar-
tmens Of the French army which are
centered in Paris. These include the
branches, aviation, engineers
and other services.
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Units Remaining.

The central Army post Office base.
the censor, the war risk insurance bu-
reau, the medical depot. the assistant
provost marshal, and the depot quar-
termaster also are here, but the num-
ber Of American soldiers permanently
stationed in Paris has been reduced
from several thousand to few hun
dred. The busiest American soldiers
In Paris lately have been the ambu-
lance In ADDITION to Performing regu-
lar duties during the day they are
called out at night to remove persons
wounded in German air raids.
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SWISS DEMAND INDEMNITY.
Government Insists Germany Shall
Paw for DESTROYING Grain Steamer.

BERN, Friday. March 15.-The Swiss
government has sent note to the Ger
man government demanding the pay
ment of an indemnity for the destruc-
tion of the grain steamer Sardinero
The note also requests a careful in
vestigation of the circumstances BY the
German authorities.
The Spanish steamer Sardinero, un-
der charter by the Swiss government,
was torpedoed February %. She was
conveying 5000 tons of wheat from the
United States. The sinking aroused
strong feeling in Switzerland and pro-
ally newspapers urged that the bread
rations of the< German colony in
Switzerland be cut as reprisal.
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50 REPORTED DEAD 4.
IN2 PARIS BLASTS
Violent Explosions in Factory
Bring American Red Cross
Aid to Scene.
DROPPED FUSES is BLAMED


PARIS Er;s, s.,
v;o,ent( .xn,as;. 'ei.
la courne,,.. -.
+ha a..,h =. useo
VI siAleeh persons and the
injury OF large number. mostly
slightly, according to an official an.
''Aoe eohishe.
Later 1t was said that the number of
dead was thirty. Gen. Dubail, the mill
tarv povernor ne p.r;s -, ;--.,
VIZ iis's has tructeo
capt Lurcher, the judge advocate of
the first court-i1artiaI of Paris. to omen
an investigator Of the accident tn
oi the accident. The
been definitely determined. La cour-
Cathedral Of Notre Dame, in the di-
rectiop of St Den;s
I. merican Am Gsa hea oross and army ambu-
lances were among the first at the
seehe OF tne explosion. A large fleet
" dinDuiahces kept at the American
nosintdi at NeuiiIy Tor emergency ,pur-
fa1,, rUses ,t,. s.ataeo tor tne scene within
two men on eacb - e06piosloh, win
1879 men on eacn car Ofhcers of the
nospi.aI stan supervised the Gemoval
Oh the injured
Carried Aw.r hnp &c.
away Cy x@Su SIOSSs
A number Of vorrdad ,
"0eu were carried
away IN motor trucks OF the American
Army. American soldiers approached
to within a few hundred vards ~ +ho
.hurninp hni1din1s nd - aus oI Inc
iured Across fieiJs 70 yehiaIee eu tne IN
to move the yictims to bosn;ssIs i
Paris and the suburbs. 'p'ai' ="
An American Army officer dr.s.s i.
wounds of a child cut bv fivin@ er,ass ans
nearly a mile from the scene Of the
score in a school. in which everw ,sin
dow was shattered every WIN
Ffrermen were unable 70 an.ro.,
the burning factory nearers than 500
yards.
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TRENCHRADS TO SOUND
ENEMY MARK WEST LINE
Allies Vie With Foe in Minor Actions, Which
Develop Into Sharp Encounters German
Attack on Wide Section Is Forecast

Frss
FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Friday, March 15-There
have been dozens of trench raids and actions
along during the French
American and British soldiers have Of them as
have the Germans.
The activity of the enemy forces particular sector must
1ongprocaned offensive
about there would be hasty judgment conclude
fhin1o of the nd
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Report of Ultimatum Denied.

LONDON, March ia Reuters. Linn
tied. dispatch from Copenhagen says it
is authoritatively denied that Germany
has sent an ultimatum to Denmark de-
manding the liberation of the crew of
the former Spanish steamer Igotz
Mendi.
The Igotx Mendt was captured some
time, ago by the German sea- raider
wolf and went aground on tho coast of
Denmark while trying to reach a Ger
man port with a German prize crew
ana prisoners on board. The prize
crew wes made prleon6e by the Danish
authorities and the steamer declared to
b Saan2nh prnnertY. ssYsi lea.e *
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
PLAN OVERTIME PAY
UNDER 8-HOUR RULE
Two Senators Start Moves in
BorIand Amendment Af-
fecting Clerks.
FINAL. RESULT IN DOUBT

Two new moves in the fight over the
Borland eight-hour amendment to the
agricultural appropriation bill were made
in the Serate today.
First, Senator Shafroth of Colorado
gave notice he would move to suspend
the rules, SO as to make in order an
amendment providing that the employees
should be paid time and a half for all
work over eight hours a day. A SINH
lar amendment was declared out of or
der by the Vice President when offered
list week by Senator Williams of Mis-
sissjppi.
Second, Senator Pitman of Nevada
introduced an amendment designed to
force the payment of employees who
work more than eight hours day time
and half extra pay, or to prevent their
being compelled to work more than
eight hours a day.
Seeks to Get Around Ruling.
Senator Pittman took this method;
which is a limitation of expenditures
under the appropriation bill, to get
around the ruling of the Vics President
His amendment provides that none of
the money appropriated shall be used
ito pay salaries of the heads of execu-
ployment of labor who require more
than eight hours of labor of >an en-
ploye each day, unless such employe is
paid at the rate of time and a half for
each hour over eight hours"
Senator Pittman insisted that his
amendment, which is a limitation upon
the payment of salaries to department
heads, was Just as much in order as the
Borland amendment, which is lirnita-
ton upon the payment of salaries of
the employees of the department
The vote will not come on Senator
Sheppard's motion to strike out the
Bofland amendment until the bill goes
from the committee of the whole into
the Senate. IT seemed hardly likely
that stage would be reached today, in
view of the fight on to increase the
price of wheat guaranteed by the gov
ernment in the food control law. Sem
ator Cores motion to suspend the rules
so as to make in order his amendment
Tor $3.50 wheat was pending at the OPEN
ing of the session. and number of soma
tors desired to speak on the matter it
was said.
Amendment Vote in Doubt.
Senator Sheppard said today the ont
come of the vpte on the Borland amend
ment was stin matter of CONJECTURE
The determination of Senator Williams
and Senator Smith of Arizona to vote
against the Borland amendment on the
next vote, however, has given heart to tfe
opponents of the eight-hour provision.
Both those senators voted in supoprt of
u When the vote was taken in COMMITTEES
or the whole and the motion to strike it
out was defeated, 20 to %.
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Location of New Englanders.
Gas Projectors Destroyed
gy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Friday, March 15.-American
artillery last night again sombarded
s,nposed gas projectors detected in tfe
German lines northwest of Tout
Photographs-taken later showed the
complete destructiveness of their gum
fire. The enemy replied rather weak
ly. but maintained frequent periods OF
fire during the night.
The German artillery fire has been
decreasing in intensity to certain:
extent. indicating that the enemy finds.
it too costly to keep up with the sus-
tanned American fire.
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yair tonight and tomorrow: little
change in temperature.
: Temperature for twenty-four hours
eading At pm today: Highest. IS. at
3 pm. today: lowest, 43. at 6:15 am
today.
Full report on page 16.
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Tne Associated Press 70 exclusively entitled 10
the me for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication Of special
dispatc tches herein IRE also reserved.
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Sworn Net Circulation. Month Of February.
1915, Daily Average. so,so2, Sunday, ss..1e
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-03-28

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture
In addition to the sets of molar
teeth at the back Of both upper and
lower jaws the sheep has set of
eight incisors on the lower jaw which
work against tough fibrous pad on
the upper jaw, as in the case of the
COW. The age of a sheep may be esti-
mated by the appearance of these in
cisors up to the time it Is four or five
years old.
Eight Milk Teeth.
BY the time the sheep is four weeks
old 1t has eight temporary incisors, or
milk teeth. When the sheep is slight
ly over one year old the central pair
Of incisors is replaced by permanent
teeth which are broader and wider
than the temporary ones. When the
sheep is two years old the next pair
Is replaced; the third pair when the
sheep is nearly three years old; and
the fourth or corner pair when the
sheep is between four and five years
old, hence full set of permanent in
cisors will indicate that the sheep is
at least four years old. If the sheep
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-03-28
HANDLING CASES OF
SCREW-WORM INJURY
important to Watch Herds So
That lnfestation May Be De-
teCted Immediately.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
1t Is important that herds be
watched carefully during the screw
worm season so that all cases of infes-
tation may be detected early. Those
familiar with screw-worm injury have
very little difficulty in telling If a
wound Is infested. Usually there is a
free discharge of watery blood and
fresh appearance to the wound. In
handling these cases on ranches it is
best to have small pasture, usually
called trap" close to headquarters,
where all infested animals are kept I'M
til the wounds are completely healed.
The construction of large cages Of
screen wire or netting such as shade
cloth, used in covering tobacco, has
been found practicable for the pro-
lection of valuable calves born in the
screw-worm season. Moreover, such
cages are useful for protecting injured
stock from infestation or for allowing
wounds already infested to heal fol-
lowing treatment without suffering
further attack.
For destroying the maggots in a
wound nothing better than chloroform
has been found. One Of the principal
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COMFORTABLE BARN
FOR COLD WEATHER
Colts Should Not Be Housed in
Unclean, Poorly Lighted or
Open Buildings.

; Comfortable, sanitary quarters for
use in time of storm and severe wealth
er should be provided for colts in the
winter time, according to DIR. G. W.
McCampbell, associate professor of
animal husbandry in the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
Colts should not be housed in I'M
clean, poorly lighted, or poorly venti-
lated sheds or barns-neither should
they be compelled to, expose them
selves to the storms and cold weather.
In a colt-growing experiment con-
Quoted by the animal husbandry de-
partment of the Kansas agricultural
experiment station, 20 colts were pro-
vided with shed open to the south.
The results obtained show that such
protection is sufficient for this locality.
The sheds were kept clean and well
bedded. The colts were allowed to
come and go as they pleased. 1t was
observed that they remained in the
open large portion of the time seek
ing shelter only in times Of storm and
Severest weather.
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Why United States Is Fighting
Evidence Of German Dupicy and Aggression That Has Grown
Ever Stronger as the Great World Conflict Has Progressed
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON

| part of other governments. 1t was
clear, too, that Russia had been bound
to protect Serbia from Austria, and
that Germany understood this and
knew that Austria's attack on Serbia
meant war between Austria and Rus
STA, which also meant, of course, war
between Germany and Russia and be-
tween Germany and France, since the
latter was Russia's ally.
Nothing could have been more sig
niticant than this, that Germany, being
herself already prepared-down to the
last buckle-for immediate war, de-
clared war on Russia for the alleged
reason that Russia was getting pre-
pared for war. We know this sort of
talk of old in a thousand trials for
cold-blooded murder in our own coun-
try. "Self-defense !" shouts the MUIR
derer's attorney. 1.-THE deceased made
a motion toward his hip pocket" Ger
many stood with a bright new auto
matte revolver in hand, and Russia
made motion toward the hip pocket
where there was later found a pen
knife with two blades broken. "Self-
defense" Germany claimed loudly
through her attorneys. "He made a
motion toward his hip pocket; so
had to shoot him."
The German chancellor declared in
the reichstag that Russia made this
fatal motion toward the hip pocket in
spite of England's effort to keep peace.
Russia "began it," said the chancel-
lor-and then few days later all Ger
many began shouting that England
began It'll" This was when England
fulfilled her oath to Belgium, and Ger
many broke her own.
Evidence Grows Stronger.
The evidence went more and more
against Germany, and there were some
vicious sidelights which made the case
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-03-28
SELECT SOWS EARLY
FOR BREEDING HERD
Condition and Thrift of Animals
Have Bearing Upon Lit
tiers to Be FarroWed.

The condition and thrift Of the
breeding herd during the breeding sea-
son have an important effect upon the
Htters the sows are to farrow, accord
Ing to Ray Gatewood, instructor in ami
NAL husbandry in the Kansas State Az
ricultural college.
'The sows for the herd should be
selected early and placed in lots &C.
cording to age and condition." said
Mr.. Gatewood. '"This work should be-
gin about two weeks before the breed
ing season, so that the sows may be In
gaining condition at the time they
are bred. Sows at this time should re-
ceive, in addition to their grain ration,
as much range as possible.
"The grain ration should be well
balanced and may be made up Of corn,
shorts, tankage and kafir or similar,
feeds. When pasture is no longer
available 1t is advisable to give the
sows free access to alfalfa hay. The
last cutting is the best and should be
fed in racks to prevent waste.
THE boar also should be in a thrifty
condition. He may receive the same
ration as the sows and should be fed
literally.
1T is good practice to place the
boar in a pen where he may occasion.
ally see the sows. 1t is not advisable
to let him range with the sows as he
VIII annoy them and keep them from
doing well and will also mako II i'm.
possible to keep breeding records"
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stronger against her. The German
army was sent into the peaceful little
country of Belgium, which it turned
into slaughterhouse, with the owners
for victims, and the German govern
ment said that the German army did
this because it would help Germany to
conquer France. At the same time the
Germans in authority told a great
number of lies to excuse themselves.
They said that they knew they were
doing a wrong thing, and that they
were breaking the law and violating
their oath; and nevertheless they
claimed that they were justified be-
cause the Belgians were a wicked
people and France intended soon to
behave Tin respect to Belgium) as Ger
many was behaving. Altogether, the
thickness and cruelty of Germany In
the Belgian matter caused our opinions
Of the German government Concern
ing who began it) to become much
darker. So far as Belgium went, the
convicted in the plain sight Of all men;
convicted of lies as odious as they
were stupid; convicted of the most
abominable, cold-blooded plotting; con-
victed of q selfishneSs not seen on earth
since the seventeenth century and of
cruelty not known since the sixteenth.
OF course, men who were capable of
these things in regard to Belgium were
of a character distinctly capable of
having plotted the great war; and,
as they lied about Belgium, they would
lie about the rest of 1t.
Evidence Leaves No Doubt.
Since then evidence has piled up
evidence not circumstantial but so d.
rect that it leaves no doubt. This evil
dence is colossal and conclusive, and
is almost all German. 1t is no longer
possible to debate the question, and
the court has decided--the court con-
sisting of the nations Of the world.
That court found that Germans plotted
to dominate the world and decided and
attempted to kill the men and women
and children of certain other nations,
and to continue the killing until these
nations submitted to German domina-
ton, after which all remaining nations
would be compelled to submit.
1t seemed incredible that there were
such ideas left over in the twentieth
century world, but there is no longer
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advantages of this material is that II
evaporates freely and penetrates to the
deeper parts of the wound. If the in
tested place has comparatively small
hole at the skin, but is deep, it Is a
common practice to pour chloroform
into it and then plug the hole. In most
cases it is desirable to remove the
dead or comatose maggots with a pair
of forceps, clean the wound out with
water containing per cent carbolic
acid, and apply pine tar to act as re-
pellent for flies. Tannic acid busted
over the wound VIII check bleeding
and make it less attractive to flies.
When wound is severe 1t is best &c
call in competent veterinarian es.
pecially If the infested animal is a
valuable one. Turpentine, Kerosene,
gasoline, cobalt solutions and ether
have been used with greater or less
success. The former extensive use Of
calomel in wounds Is now practically
discontinued.
When 1t Is necessary to perform any
surgical operation during the fly sea-
son it is best always to apply some fly
repellent. Tannic acid followed by an
application of pine tar or some of the
cresol dips will be found Of value for
this purpose.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-03-28

are kept In high condition, as show
sheep often are, the process of. replae-
ing the milk teeth with the permanent
ones will be fastened; on the con-
trary, lack of proper feed will retard
the process.
Determine Roughly.
Although it is not possible to tell
the age of sheep by the teeth with &C
curacy, after they have a full set, It
may be determined roughly by the
condition of the teeth. AS the sheep
gets older the teeth are worn down.
AS the teeth may become broken and
lost, thus affecting the ability of the
sheep to feed, all older sheep should
be examined to note if the teeth are in
working condition.
In examining the mouths OF sheep
one should be patient and not be rough
in the exertion of force. With one
hand holding the head against the
thigh to steady it, the lips should be
parted with the first two fingers of the
other hand. If this is done quietly
and gently, there will be little diff
Guilty in exposing the teeth.
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Protests Are Weak.

That is the German voice as we hear
it clamoring with the hundred and
hundred thousand tongues Of books,
of pamphlets. of editorials, of sermons.