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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Big Game Returning to New England Hills

diminished number of cartridges, pheasants
and rabbits throughout western New Eng
land and eastern New York.
But it is not alone the foxes which are
coming back, and the deer. | saw two does
and fawn cross the highway in October,
not half mile from Bedford village, in
Westminster, in broad daylight; and on
my own farm in Berkshire County, Mass.
beside the state road to Stotbridge and
Lenex, deer come into my garden to eat
beet tops and string beans, while we
watched from the windows, glad to lose
the beans in order to see the deer But
larger and more dangerous game is coming
back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

r
30 said a great Frenchman. And
there may soon be no more
deserts left to conquer. Already
two bold schemes have been announced
which, when worked out, as they no doubt
will be, may turn the Sahara into vast
tourists pleasure ground.
But the chief purpose of the gigantic
railroads planned, one to connect Gibraltar
and Tangier with Dakar, on the west coast
of Africa the other to join Algiers and
Phiippeville, in Northern Algeria, with
Amgid or "Amguid'O and Timbuctoo
(which the French call "Tombouctou'), IS
not the diversion of Cooks personally con-
Quoted travellers, but the development of
commerce. The two railroads will link
London, Paris and Madrid with South
Africa; while the Gibraltar-Dakar line will
mean shortening of the route to South
America.
We have read something with regard to
the Importance, from the commercial stand
point, of the Dakar road But little has as
yet been said or printed of the more east
ern plan, which is in many ways of even
greater interest. 1t may soon be possible
to take train from Charing Cross, in Lon
don to Marseilles; to steam thence to
Algers or to Philippeville; to board an
other train at either seaport and to be in
Timbuctoo some three days later
The road from Philippeville is not a
dream. Three hundred miles of it, at
least, now constructed. BY way of Con
stantine reaches the Sahara, beyond
Il-Kantara, and plunges on into the wastes
as far as Touggourt Beyond that, again,
IN two years, at most three from now,
one Will be able to ride on to Ouargla Cor
"Wargla'D and mysterious Amgid. long
track win have to be laid down before Tim
buctoo is linked up WITH the north, and Am
gid is connected Gas it may be- with Stan
leyville, in the Free Congo State, and the
Cape road to Cairo.
We may yet live to hear French railroad
men call out at Amgid Junction. "Messieurs
les voyageurs pour Cape Town changent de
train!" or "En voiture, messieurs. pour
Tombouctou" The thought of such amaz-
ing possibilities would have seemed mad
ness a short time ago. But now it hardly
sets ones pulse a-Hutter What is tine
bridging of the twelve hundred miles of
sand between Timbuctoo and Northern AL
geria in age of giants who have BROUGHT
Paris in touch with Vladivostok, run roads
across the tremendous middle Andes. and
united the wide eastern and western
oceans?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
"opens New
~ Adventures

TO travellers the completion of the Am
gid scheme will bring great JOY. For it
Will open up to those who love adventure
long unsupported marvels. Even what has
been already done to realize the designs of
the French railroad engineers is of sur
prising interest.
One year before the war which checked
the building of the trans-Saharan roads |
learned something at first hand of all the
Amgid route would mean l was then, as
still am, in the magic grip of Robert
llichens's Garden of Allah" and, yielding
suddenly to the far call of Africa, I sailed
for Algiers-chefly to get "atmosphere" for
a romantic opera which Henry Hadley has
since promised to compose to my arrange
ment of the ar-famed novel.
Algiers itself. as many know, is disap-
pointing. strange commnghng of Mont
martre and Marseilles, with gaudier set
tings and great splashes of crude color 1t
Gazzles one at first, and then it bores one.
It is brilliant, garish, vulgar, meretricious.
Nor is the landscape on the way TO Philippe
willie of special charm till, on the horizon to
the north, one gets q glimpse of the wild
khabyl range and remembers things one
has read of its Inhabitants Nor is it till
the tran--with its excellent dining car in
which good meals are served for half the
price they used to ask for the same fare on
the old Orient Express arrives at Constan-
tine that the beauties and the interest of
the journey to the desert become evident
At Constantine, big fortified town, half
MauresQue, half French. in character, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
/ nto the
IL Desert

From one of these French officers | OBJ
tanned permit to explore what was then
built of the projected Amgld railroad be-
yond Biskra. One day, armed with THIS
permit, joined a few Frenchmen ana
their wives at the Biskra station passing
silent caravans, with mules and canes
carrying packs from Heaven knows wheFe
on the long road 10 Timbuctoo. The s's'
ton is a hdeous modern structure, asnSea
by bare sheds and chimneys But soon al
signs of what we call our civilization 7sn-
ished, as we were lost and swallowed up IL
Gods own garden. The illmitable spaces
-ured us on, past green GASES, throusA
vast plains of sun-dried clay, dotted 1HA'
our Western wastes) with pale green Oi"''
and weed, but without the cactus Of tns
California desert. For hours and hours We
rumbed on, putting and straining tfor 0u'
locomotive was by no means modern)'
AT Touggourt the line to Amgd ends--o'
did before the war. Touggourt is an III
portant post, with a sad market place
domed mosques and barracks Within
mile lies the Saharan town Of Ei-Quea' -
mud walls and its characteristic neuS''
crowded together, in the confusion GEAR ~
Arabs. Still further south is ousfs-'
with its flies, its dust, its Bureau Afa''
and lone tower.
But even there you are far from ia"
buctoo. which ten years hence may DC
much explored as Tangier and the app
ing streets of Cairo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

Constantine behind, l passed near Timgad.
There in the solitudes which adioin the
railroad, are stately ruins of huge tonbs
and temples, and grand arch, worthy of
comparison with survivals of the Forum
and Pompeii. The arch | have in mind is
companion to the Roman Arch of Con-
stanthe Beneath it runs what might be
the Via Sacra. But who knows of Timgad?
Midway between Constantine and El-Kan-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

tara (the "El-Akbara" of Hichens) lies
sad lake of gray and green and violet hues,
backed by low hills. El-Kantara % fasci-
mating village hemmed in on either side
by rugged hills, and looking down on hosts
Of date palms in hollow. There is
decent French hotel quite near the sta
ton, at which many halt before rolling
on again through the brown rocks which
give one access to what seems the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

small menagerie. At the beginning OF
his novel Hichens speaks of Philippevile
under the name of Robertvile 1t was
from Philippeville that his English heroine,
Domi9e, set out with her French maid on
the passionate pilgrimage which led her at
the end to El-Lagarni
followed Domino closely in her wan
behring's till I reached Bskra--the "Beni-
Mora of the novel. And so, after leaving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

outsider finds extraordinary contrasts
From his hotel in the chief square or place
he sees white masses of gesticuating
Berbers come and 60. But round the cor
ner he will find a stately opera house,
which surmounts a stern and rockbound
plain; while few steps further on he
may treat himself to a motion picture show.
The great glory of the town, though, is the
Rhummel Gorge, deep and dark ravne,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

which winds round its base like an internal
snake. Though trihing as to size beside
our mighty Arizona Canyon, in its own way
it is curiously impressive.
Should he care to visit Phlippevile,
few miles northward, the traveller NAV not
regret his journey. That lonely seaport is,
at all events not commonplace. Among
the attractions which redeem 1t from banal
lily are the Landon Gardens, which include
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

DAY OF this December This animal had got
INTO the Enclosure where the wild geese
were penned, and had killed and was car
rylng OFT fifteen pound goose. Cornered
at fence he could not jump, the animal
turned savagely on the gamekeeper who
gave it both barrels of his shotgun, almost
blowing its head off.
II was a gray. or timber wolf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

dacks will be established, and we may look
TO see still further increase of wild life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
The Mosque of Sidi Okba
By Charles Henry Meltzer

are no more Pyrenees,"
90 said great Frenchman And
there may soon be no more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
By Walter Prichard Eaton

a GOOD many furs that we fondly
"a imagine brought in by dog sled to
Hudson Bay trading port are like
a rood deal of Havana tohacoo-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
MCAD00 and
SHIP BOARD AID
RUSHING COAL
TO new ENGLAND

Washington. Jan. 3o.-In response to an
urgent appeal from J. j. Storrow, New
England fuel administrator. the shipping
board tonight directed that coal piers az
Hampton Roads ports give complete right
of way of loading during a 12-hour perfoo
beginning tomorrow morning to 4 fleet
of % steamers, schooners and barges
waiting there to take coal for Boston
At the same time Director General Nc
AdOo instructed the railroads to give
priority tomorrow 10 II coal trains of -
ears each to supplement the usual move
inent OF coal to New England, and t.
meet emergency demands al Boston. Sec
rotary Daniels ordered the commandant
D.. the navy yard there to turn over 5pln
tone of biIuminous to the city fuel ao-
min istratiou.
The seriousness Of the New England
situation was presented by Mr. Storrow
today in conferences with Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield, Director General McAdoo,
secretaries Baker and Daniels and Off
Gals of the shipping board. lie saic
there was distress throughout his section
important war industries were running
on reduced schedules, and unless speedy
relief was provided general industrial
shutdown may lie required. In Boston
many Office buildings would be kept open
for only part Of the business day until
the situation improves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31

20 is OF be used here. the remainder
being for Worcester and other interior
New England cities which are also
feeling the pinch Of the coal shortage
In Worcester the schools bins are be-
ing emptied to supply houscholders and
PEELED to shut down this week unless
they receive coal.
Christopher j. carVcn. engineer in
charge Of the water service nero, said
tonight that unless an immediate thaw
came thousands Of suburban residents
might be without water and sewer ser
vice on account Of the freezing of
pipes.
The cold weather. according TO Mr..
carven. has resulted in the worst con-
ditions beneath the street surface
known here since the winter of 1874.
In the suburbs frost has penetrated for
q depth of six feet in places ano nun
dreds Of service pipes which are only
five feet beneath the surface are al
ready frozen
The New Haven Railroad lifted the
embargo today on bituminous coal. it
was announced at the office of the New
England Fuel administration. 1t Is
anticipated that the embargo on an
thracite will be lifted in TWO or three
days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
CONTROL over
ALL SHIPPING
FROM AMERICA

Washington. Jan. So Creation of a snip
control committee with supreme auth ri
" over American, allied and neutral
shipping oul OF American ports. was an
bounced ,oda! by the shipping board On
Ii e committee are + A. 5 Franklin of
TIC International Mercantile Marine,
chairman: n, II. Raymond head Of the
Nj llory and clyde Lines. and recently
ret in charge Of shipping at New YORK,
ard Sir Cunop Guthrie. director Of Brit
iSn shipping in this country.
Tie arrangement, as explained by ship
ping board officials, In effect creates a
rool OF ships moving supplies 70 Europe
Goods destined overseas will be loaded
- available ships whether operated ~
tie United States or the Allies. With
t'e aid OF The railroad administration the
committee Will divert 20 southern ports
much OF the supplies that heretofore have
Continued on Pace 2-coi. A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
BERLIN PAPER MAN
ADMITS STRIKE ON

Amsterdam, Jan. Gothic Berlin cor-i
respondent of the TELEGRAPH sends tha
following: Not sign of the strike
can be observed in tho Berlin streets.
The general impression is that it is a.
so-called holiday strike. which it is
said will ne limited To three days
The correspondent gained the I'M
preston at meeting he attended that
the strikers regard it more as Il change
after heavy work and that it bears no
violent character The workers gather,
ID at places whore meetings are con-
yoked, but are directed by the polio.
into side streets where they are dis
pcrSed.'
According 10 Norwaeus. the move
mont originates with the workmen
themselves, but i was resolN "a mat
both sections of the Social Democrats
should cooperate. The railway men al
tempted to hold q meeting yesterday
10 consider the question Of a strike. but
they were dispersed by the police
Many arrests were made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
Secretary BAKER
and CHAMBERLAIN
IRE IN CONFERENCE
UPON WAR MEASURES

Washington, Jan. ~. Secretary Ba-
i<er and Chairman Chamberlain Of the
Senate military committee, Chief fac
tor; in the controversy ove- army eff
ficiency. lunched together today at the
capitol. The event was regarded Z a
sign of efforts 20 secure a better I'M
derstand:n= and friendly composing ol
differences.
The Commitiac hili f"r Wal cab
met senator na:.:,ei lain solo after
the luncheon. "a In" principal sub
jrlt discussed. 81 y.as urged i.- he
chairman IS absolutely essential 10
successfully coordination Of Americas
war effort.
Tho CHIEF difference nctueel Ha.'
..aid senator rhamhc Lin. 'p~E t!-at
believe atH!JantiE ioriEiattv2 acfi"n
i necessary aud Alr. t;2ker GCct not.
asked him ID think i @,.o.. :i,G .I@-
s i any change; he ,n:ah- II ,e"
SEN, tor t'haIi. ,ar,ain a. .,red .'ecfc-
tory Baker ttat THO onE;- pvrursc o tie
committee n;ii - help. and not am
der the administration. lie arranged
for cross examination Of the secretary
later this week or early next week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
PROHIBIT. COAL
DISTRIBUTION BY
PORTLAND DEALERS

Portland. Me. Jan. 3c.-Witn only six
DAYS supply of soft coal in the ci'y and
10 ,rospec, OF relief for some time. state
Flcl Administrator James c. Hamlen TO-
Gay ISSUED an order prohibiting distriou-
ton by wholesale and retail dealers. ef-
fective Feb ., at A. NJ. and continuing
for such a period as may be accessory.
Deliveries are 20 be made only 70 pub
liz utilities ships for bunker purposes.
hospitals and similar institutions FOR the
sica and intir:u. plants for the produc-
ton and refrigeration Of fool, homes.
restaurants and hotels and banking
firms to prevent damage from freezing
There is enough anthracite here ana
on the way for two weeks supply, but
under the order anthracite must not lie
substituted where bituminous coal mas
formerly been delivered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31

The Italian success against the Aus
TRANS in the mountain region Of north
ern Italy has been extended by the
capture Of Monte di Valbella, another
dominating height on the Asiago pla-
Leau. IN intensive artillery duel is
now in progress along the entire front,
the Austrians bombarding the Italians
in their new positions and the Italians
pouring an avalanche OF shells on po-
sitions behind the enemy's line. Two
Austrian divisions were almost com
pletely wiped out during the fighting
for the height position. and more than
1900 prisoners. six guns and 100 ma
chine guns fell into the hands of the
Italians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31

ships" Commander Taussio said. that
not even |, who was in command OF the
expedition, was informed Of our desti-
nation.
My orders were To proceed to a
point 30 miles cast OF Cape Cod and
then open my sealed instructions. Tn
til | got to that point. at midnight of
the first night out, did not know that
our first port of call was to be Queens
town. Ireland.
1T is quite natural that the few in
authority who knew of our mission
watched With anxiety with news Of
our crossing. II was the firss time that
vessels of this type had ever made so
long Il continuous passage without re-
fueling or without the company Of
larger vessels.
I'VE were 10 days in making thc trip,
Continued on Page d-Col. 4)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
OVER 100000 ARE INVOLVED IN STRIKES SWEEPING GERMANY
ENEMY SHIPS
Engaged in Increasing
Expeditionaiy Forces
levlathan, Formerly Vaterland, Alone
Can Garry 10000 Troops-American
Engineers Make Alterations lncreas-
ing Speed Of Vessel

Washington. Jan. 80. Secret AIRY Dan
iels. discussing the dispatch from the
American army headquarters in France
tc1aruing cOlnm;. nuecred GcImau ships
being used to transport American
troops abroad, disclosed today that be
tween 100000 and 10000 tons of former
enemy shipping now is actively en9ag
ed III augmentms the expeditionary
forces and maintaining their supply
Carry 10000 on Single Voyage
The LeNiathian. formerly The Water
land, is capable of carrying up to 49,
coo troops in single voyage, MIR. Dan
la.s SAID but 5000 was considered the
largest number which could be COM
fortably accommodated. In connection
with the repair of the Leviathian ii
was learned thai alterations made by
American engineers resulted in the in
crease of several knots in her speed
One instance of improvement over the
work of German shipbuilderS was in
the steam distribution system, which
was found to he 50 inefficient that a
large part of the boiler power did rot
Teach the engines.
The greatest single factor which OPP
Grated for the quick return TO service
If the German ships was the use Of
new methods Of welding by the engi-
neers assigned to repair the DANA sc
done the ships engines by the German
crews. These permitted the repair of
damaged engines without the necessity
of removing the heavy part. and actu-
al tests were said to have proven that
these weddings are stronger than those
made under the old method.
IS Big German Ships Used
With the American Army III France.
Continued on Page 4+Col. p
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
Hindenburg Warns Berlin
Strikers to Cease Activity

days date reports that all the workmen
in the KieI shipyards Including the GOV
eminent yards. went. on @trke Monday
and that all bakers shops have been
guarded since Friday by troops and arm
ed police.
A. Hamburg, says the paper, all tie
workmen in the Vulcan works struck
Monday morning and marched in process
sion through the main streets 10 tn-
Trades Union building, whore they held
stormy meeting. All the demands were
for better food supplies. There were n"
disturbances.
An Essen dispatch to the Nossis' nc
Zeitung SAYS that Monday there were
400 strikers in the Rhensh Westphala
mines, where hundreds Of thousands are
emD.oyed. Nine mines were affected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
ITALIANS CONTINUE SUCCESSES
AGAINST HUNS IN MOUNTAINS
Capture Monte di Valbella and Artillery Duel in
Progress Along Entire Front-Two Austrian
Divisions Wiped Out = Take 260O Prisoners
on AsiagO Plateau - Finnish RevOlutiOnists
Form New Government - Appeal to Sweden
by Government Forces

Mutual commandments and small
raiding encounters continue TO feature
the lighting on the other fronts.
In Finland, the trouble between the
government forces and revolutionists
continues to grow in extent. The rev
olutionists are declared to have form
ed a government of their own. All
southern Finland is said to be in the
hands Of the Red Guard, while the gov
eminent forces in the North are as
serted to have defeated ana disarmed
the revolutionaries at various places
and to have started southwark 20 give
battle to the elements of disaffcction
there. The Socialists have taken a
hand in the trouble, having issued d
manifesto declaring that the Finnish
government desires to rule the probate
riate.
Continued on Page 2-Coiumn y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
Great Audience Hears Story
OF Dispatch First Flotilla
U.S.. Torpedo Boat Destroyer:

New York, Jan. 3o.-How secretly
the United States dispatched the first
tiotilla Of torpedo boat destroyers last
April 10 join the British navy in the
hunt for German submarines was told
for the first time publicly tonight BY
Commander }. *. Taussie. L. S. ~. vino
took them across the Atlantic.
Great Audience Hears Story
The narrative was related before an
audience which thronged Carnegie hall
to celebrate the opening of a War SAY
ings Stamp campaign in this city. Com
rlandcr Taussig's story Of the work &C
complishcd by the navys "Greyhounds'
far from home was wildly cheered.
so anxious was the navy department
that the outside world in general know
nothing of the movement of these
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
Claim Eeeder Brains
of Alleged Combination
of Meat Packers
HENEY WILL
GO TO CHICAGO
Livingstone Letter Tells o. Rec
ignition of Special Services
Report Interstate Commerce
Commission Secured in Ad-
Mrlcc

.t4..Irr.t Tan 80 The Fedora,
ad, oumWtssions inquiry into the
i...t ra,Aing business came to tenn
.r... l.l, late today with an an
i..... l.r d, Francis J Heney. spc-
,.. u.n-,l that disclosures through
examination ~ the personal files Of
H.nr Necdcr. counsel for the packers,
url, q necessary for him to go to
.Htu.s, mm'dately
Vaults Were Sealed
il.eh NJ Isaac an examiner conduct
i1g me ptestieation at Chicago. tele-
Irapf~d Today that Necdcr had refus-
.I - allow lima 10 continue inspec-
won ~ hie personal papers and that
Dr. nq1 sealed tn" vaults.
Al Iouc, todd the commission that
urtn tlDN -, evidence already
.fao,J 'ha' Nooder was the brains
.'li.ng house" of the alleged com
tH.ian n packers and that moth
H' ""t" hy them without con
ban.
10 l4uar' h. -aid has wi,ed
E., '' ho has aiio.rdy secured fun
f..' '"'rno on To" coordination there
ru'Iug 'c.. a. TO which have
r,"duccd those Slips ana let
N". .rr altcrnoon session nr the
StN, 10 was announced that
~ ,'luE~tono. representative a.
aD-.m - Armour ana Co. who
'.t .'p'.f'd Ia take the stand and
W e." p" located. \ T. Adams. an
'|'.'f" i"t w." commission. took the
A.. IDENTIFY letters taken from
'n' tl"s ~ IL" hani OF hich
''' president. after LIVINGSTONE
'+.n .'-t"d t. return 10 his Of
Gu. and hrIns Il letter which
'' '' produce ma anpcaring for
m'"t lh,r.
The Livingstone Letter
"lruap drr 81 IIYinys,ono's
.,u1
Continued on Page 2-coi. y