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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05
C0LLEENS WIN AMERICAN TARS

pairing myself for the fair land Bert
has told me so much about by studying
history of Colorado"
Then there is the case of Mary
Ridge, head waitress at the leading no.
tel here, who lost her heart to Harland
G. Richie, q machinist's mate, first
class, of AllstOn, Mass. She was one
of the most popular girls in town. The
dining room over which she presided
is out Of bounds to enlisted men, but
Richie cOntrived to see her while she
was off duty. They knew each other
for four months before Mr.. Richie led
her to the altar of the village church.
But the record for love at first sight
among the Americans belongs to
young seaman, Paul ValachOvic by
name, who used to work in the ma
chine shop of the General Electric COM
pany at Schenectady, N. Y. He fell in
love the first day he stepped ashore
here, from the destroyer. Ada Jones,
Cork girl, was the object of Cupid's
dart. After the war ValachOvic Is go
ing to take her back with him to that
thriving city in New York.
A few of the Americans first met
their wives on visits to England.
Charles Harmon Cobia of Charleston,
S. c., fell in love on the beautiful Cor
nish riviera with Ada Gilbert, a widow
of twenty-four, whose home was in
Plymouth. Another English bride. is
Nora Elizabeth Kilt, who was married
to Joseph w. Highfield of Des Moines.
Iowa. -
Cupid Busy At Naval Base.
But the majority Of the Americans
married Irish girls who lived In the vi
cinity Of the American naval base and
whom they met at the dance hall or
roller skating rink. Thus Doris Fran
els Phillips is now Mrs. Leo Vincent
Flavell of Hanover, Mass, and Mary
Ellen Sullivan has become the wife Of
Thomas A. Balschi of Mount Carmel,
Pa. After the war Mary O'Keefe. who
became the wife of Edward c. Turner,
expects to desert the trying climate Of
southern Ireland for that Of sunny San
Jose, Cal. which is her husbands
home. William Spaulding Of DeLand,
Fla, has married Ester Allen, while
Oral z. Cox Of lola, Kan, won the
hand Of Phyllis Rose Rogers.
Among others of the American sail
ors who have taken to themselves a
wife over here are Benjamin ]. Moore
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05
Patriotic Corn.

Yuma, COlo.-Fred Clarke, q rancho,
living near here, has placed on displa,
In a local store an ear Of corn grown
on his land with distinctly red and
blue grains interspersed between the
white grains. Clarke says 1t was the
only "red. white and blue" ear in the
field.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05

Miss Mary f. Drury Of San Fran.
cisco, claims her employer forced his
attention upon her and when she re
pulsed him after he insisted upon Wis
iting her apartments, he had her dis
charged from her position! He phoned
her and she agreed to meet him in the
Palace hotel and when she did she
struck him with the hOrsewhip and
continued to rain blows on him as he
ran until onloOkers restrained her. She
now threatens to bring suit for dam
ages against her former employer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05
wealthy WOMEN WOULD
Do THEIR BIT IN WAR

Los Angeles, Cal.-Wealthy
women of this city who have au-
tomobiles and leisure have vol
unteered to drive government in
vestigators during their bust
ness hours and have formed q
new war organization known as
the Emergency Automobile Oriv.
ers. Mrs Ralph e. Stark
weather sold q diamond neck.
lace and donated the proceeds
for the new work.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05

of Dallas, Tex; Ebert r. Buckingham
Of Pensacola, Fla; Harry E. Holder OF
Denver, Colo, and Michael j. Della
Rocco Of Schenectady, N. Y. And the
list gives promise of growing steadily.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05
Philosophy Needed.

To have a philosophy of life is the
prime requirement If one would under
stand ufe.-RuSktn.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05

Use Goldfish Flour In Iceland.
In Iceland Goldfish are dried and
ground into q nouI for use In bread
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-05

Java's Sugar Production.
Java is such q fruitful land that one
hesitates to specify the principal crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
VONH|NDENBURG
 HOPES ID CRUSH
 LINE IF ALLIES

New York, February 1I-Open prophecy that Hindenburg would undertake a great offensive In the west this spring i'll an endeavor to crush. the British. French and American armies and end the war WAS made in public lecture by Major Won Olberg of the German general staff before the German Colonial society at Berlin last month.
 According to m account of his address. printed in German papers which have reached here. Major von Oiberg said that as 9l7 had been the year of revenue ' 1918 would be the year of decision
 Germans were to turn their eyes and hearts to the west front, from the Elan ders to yenetia, ignoring the peace ne- gotiations in the east, the outcome of which was smiitarily without import ance.''
 Today. said Major Won Olberg, sour back is free and We have the reserves which we lacked in 1914. when we had to defend east Prussia against the Rus sians. The great offensive now can start, and then God help Albioni"
 Won Olberg. who was speaking official ly as head of the department of the war press office, did not say explicitly how ever, that the principal blow would be delivered against the British forces. de- clarng that Hindenbnrg could be trusted to select proper place for the offensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
PRESIDENT WANTS
 i ID FIX PRICE OF COTTON 0F SOUTH
When He Tries This Men From Below Mason and
 Dixon Line Going to Howl
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, February u.--(Special) ) The President is anxious to include in the list of staples the price of which he would control. Members of Congress are divided. some are already exert ing pressure to the end that the rgesi- dent mighs voluntarily retire from his position. Others have taken the stand that if the President is given the right to fix the price of all other staples he should be permitted. if he desires. to fix the price of cotton.
 The situation has divided the states men and the politicians of the south. Un- fixing rate as applicable to cotton the politicians will in all probabilities win. During the last session, when serious effort was made to give tho President the right to fix the price of cotton. cer- tain representatives of cotton bearing states, combining with representatives from steel making states, defeated that effort. Thus, cotton and steel both es- capped the grasp of MT. Hoover.
 The new price control bill is prepared but is not yet before the agricultural committee of the House. The cotton feature will have serious trouble before that committee, as large percentage of it's members are from southern states. If it escapes that committee and then escapes the House the Senate, in all probability. will give the President what he wants.
 With the government controlling the price of cotton, the staple would never have attained its present value. They argue, too that with the government in control, chaos acute as that which dis rupted the coal industry would follow.
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TEXT OF MESSAGE

Washington, February 11.--President Wilson's address to Congress follows:
 "Gentlemen of the Congress: On Jan uary had the honor of addressing you on the objects of the war, as our people conceive then1 The prime min- ister of Great Britain had spoken in sim liar terms on~January 5. To these ad- dresses the German chancellor replied on January 24, and Count Czernin for Aus tria on the same day. It is gratifying to have our desire so promptly realized that all exchanges of view on this great matter should be made in the hearing of all the world.
 Count Czernin's reply which is di- rected chiefly to my own address of Jan- uary 8, is uttered in very friendly tone. He finds in my statement a sufficiently encouraging approach to the views or his own government to justify him in be- lieving that 1t furnishes pasis for a more detailed discussion of purposes by the two governments He is represented to have intimated that the views he was expressing had been communicated to me beforehand, and that I was aware or them; but in this am sure he was mis- understood had received no intima- ton of what he intended to say. There was of course. no reason why he should communicate privately with me. am quite content to be one of his pubic audience.
 Count von Hertling's reply is, I must say, very vague, and very confusing. It Is full of equivocating phrases. and leads know not where. It Is not clear and certainly in very different tone from that of Count Czernin and apparently of an opposite purpose. It confirms, am sorry to say, rather than removes the unfortunate impression made by what we had learned of the conferences at Brest-Litovsk. His discussion and accep- tance of our general principles lead ni.n to no practical conclusions. He refuses to apply them to the substantiative items which must constitute the body of any final settlement. He is jealous of inter national action and of international counsel. He acts, he says, on accepting the principle of public diplomacy, but he appears to insist that it be confined. at any rate in this case to generalitss. and that the several particular questions of territory and sovereignty. the several questions upon whose settlement must Aooend the acceptance of peace by the 0 states now engaged in the war, must be discussed and settled, not in general council but severally. by the nations most immediately concerned by interest of neighborhood.
 LOOKS ASKANCE AT
 ANY LIMITATION
 ..He agrees that the seas should ne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Summary of News From All War Fronts and Capitals
ny the Associated Press

endorsements of Austria's alliances and of her dependence upon Germany.
 Although no formal treaty has yet been signed between the Russians and the central powers, the bolshevik govern ment has ordered a cession of hostiii- ties by the Russians against Germany, Austria Hungary. Turkey and Bulgaria and the withdrawal of it's troops from the trenches and fortified positions from the Baltic sea to the Rumanian frontier. It long had been foreseen that such an outcome eventually would follow upon the revolutionary movement in Russla. where for nearly year civil strife and war wearniess generally proved most potent factors in weakening the battIe front Long ago the enemy forces began the withdrawal of troops from this front and virtually only a handful of them have been faced by Russians there.
 Peace having been effected both ov the Russians and Ukranians with the Teutonic allies. the situation of RumanIa becomes a most critical one. Entirely cut off now from her allies. the Ru- manians apparently are face to face with the absolute necessity of effecting sep arate peace or being overrun by superior enemy armies. Nothing has as yet come through to show whether another Ri- manian cabinet to take the place of the one which resigned last week has been formed or whether any reply has been made to the ultimatum of the central powers that peace negotiations should ne immediately started.
 As had been anticipated. the terms 1T peace between the Ukraine and the cen tral powers contain the much-deslred clause providing for the immediate en- tering Into economic relations between, the contracting parties by which Aus tria and Germany may obtain much de- sided foodstuffs.
 On the various battle fronts except that in northern Italy. operations by small patrols and artillery duels are in nrogress On the Italian front enemy forces have heavily bombarded Italian positions and delivered attacks with fn- fantry in the Frenzela valley region and on the Italian positions on Monte Val Bella. Col Del Rosso and Masasso Rosso. In all of the attacks the enemy was re- pulsed by the Italian batteries.
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as missing after the action of Novembal ~ had been located in German prison camp.
 The engineers in the hands of tn. enemy are:
 Corporal Frank Upton, New York c,ty's Privates Myron D. Van DeMark New Platz. New York; Charles A. Geo. gnegan, New York city; Harry J. Ma. son, Jersey City. N. IL: John LalIy Goioen BridEe. West Chester county New York: ullrich N. Nancy, New York city; Frank Brooks, Bronx. N. ": Her. pert F ueltz. Newark, N U: Peter ! iinEo. New York city; George H. Sea man. Woodhavens N
 Sergeant Wilbur M. slocum was se. vereiy wounded on February s. His mothers address Is wellston, 0.
 Washington. February 11.-Genera, Pershing reported today that Col Frank A. Wilcox died in France or February g. of pneumonia. Colone1 Wilcox. who was 49 years old. was lieutenant colonel of regular infantry assigned to the nationa1s army viii rank of colonel. He was Appointed " the military academy from Massac hun ettS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BURNED TO THE GROUND
 EARL Y THIS MORNING
HeatIess Days WiH
 Be Abandoned in AU
 Territory Of The East

Washington. February Manifestations tonight were that today was the last of the heatless Mondays in the east. Fuel Administrator Garfield expects to suspend the closing order tomorrow night, in view Of better weather and improved railroad traffic conditions which already have relieved eight south ern states of the order.
 Reports during the day to the director general of railroads show that traffic conditions are improving rapidly despite floods in many parts of the country. Coal mines are receiving empty cars in larger number than for weeks past and loaded cars are moving to their desti- nations The fuel administrations order giving preference in distribution tc household consumers. ships. public utili- ties and preferred war industries conse- auently is just now really becoming eff fettive.
 The fuel administration is planning to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
sAmerican Casualty List
 As Reported, by Pershing

Washington, February il--Genera PershinE today reported four American soldiers killed in action. one severci, wounded. and five slightly wounded, and three missing in the actions on Feb- ruAry I, and g.
 The men killed were: Corporal George Fl. Allie. Detroit. Mich, February 8. Privates Harold McClatchey. Bolton England, February 8.
 On February 3, Private Nicholas Castas emergency address. Mrs. Susie Castas Athens. Greece.
 Private Irving w. Adams. Rosiindale Man
 The following privates were reported slightly wounded: Harold Thomas, Win chester. N. H.; Joseph Baggs. Roxbury. Mass; Samuel w. Patterson, Ceredo, w. Va; Will M. Elkin, Lexington. Ky, and William E, WsASlk E.awa, III.
 The follcx ses were reported missing: Galley. Brook 'ssi 'sssaiueSS WhGis'ss Giss'''' Ss:s'sss s;'ss'; rported that N
 ,usly report~d
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prevent a recurrence of the recent situa- ton in which domestic consumers throughout the east found themselves un- able to obtain fuel supplies.
 l.. A Snead, who has been in charge of the distribution, was Tanned today assistant to Dr. Garfield, and will make q tour of the country, comforting with local fuel committees and officials on arrangements to take care of domestic needs Mir. Snead will inquire also into retail prices and will assist local com mittees in arriving at a basis for fixing prices.
 The fuel administration plans to create reserve supplies of coal In all the con suming centers to be used to meet any emergency that may arrive through break down in transportation or from other causes.
 "The intention of the fuel administra- tion.' said Dr. Garfield. lis to see that the domestic consumer is able to obtasn coal and that he gets the full benefit of the prices fixed by the government"
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free, but looks aslSance at any limitation to that freedom by international acton in the interest of the common good or der. He would, without reserve, be glad to see economic barriers removed be- in no way in1rede the ambitions of the military party with whom he seems constrained to keep on terms, Neither does he raise objection to 8 limitation of armaments That matter will be set tied of itself, he thinks, by the economlc conditions which must follow the war. But the German colonies, he demands. must be returned without debate. He will discuss with no one but the repre- sentatives of Russia what disposition shall be made of the peoples and the lands of the Baltic provinces: with no one but the government of France the conditions under which French territory shall be evacuated and only with Aus tria what shall be done with Poland.
 In the determination of all questions affecting the Ba]lxan states, he defer. as I understand him, to Austria and Turkey; and with regard to the agree ments to be entered into concerning the non Turkish peoples of the present Otto- man empire to the Turkish authorizes
 
 around effected in this fashion, by Indi- vidual barter and concession. he would have no objection, if I correctly inter pret his statement, to a league of na- tions. which would undertake to hold the new balance of power steadily against external disturbance.
 It must be evident to every one who understands what this war has wrought in the opinion and temper of the world that no general peace, that no peace worth the infinite sacrifices of these years of tragical suffering. can possibly be arrived at in any such fashion.
 PEACE OF WORLD
 IS NOW AT STAKE
 The method the German chancellor proposes is the method of the congress Of Vienna. We cannot and will not re- turn to that. What is at stake now IS the peace of the world What we are striving for Is new international order. based upon broad and universal pr.nci- pies of right and justice-no mere peace of shreds and patches. Is it possible that Count Von Hertling does not see thatY Does not grasp 1t? Is in fact living In his thought in world dead and goney Has he utterly forgotten the Reichstag resolution of July l9 or does he deiiber- ately ignore them? They spoke of the conditions of a general peace, or of ar- arrangements between state and state
 The peace of the world depends upon the just settlement of each of the several problems to which I adverted in my ie- cent address to the Congress. I. of course, do not mean that the peace or the world depends upon the acceptance of any particular set of suggestions IS to the way in which those problems are to be dealt with. I meant that only those
 tContinued on Page Three)
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Almost simultaneously with the an- noLncement by the bolshevik government that Russia is out of the war and that a general demobilization along the entire Russian front is to be carried out, thus permitting the Teutonic allies to with draw all their forces for use on other battle fronts, President Wilson has re- stated to joint session of Congress that the United States is in the war to stay until those principles which the people re- gard as fundamental to permanent reace are obtained.
 Our whole strength" said the Pres
 dent, twill be put into this war of threat and attempted mastery of selfish groups of autocratic rulers-whafever the difficulties and present partial delays. We are indomitable in our power of in deperdent action and can in no circum- stance consent to live in world gov eracd by intrigue and force. We believe that our own desire for d new interna- tional order under which reason and jus tice and the common interests of man. kind shall prevail is the desire of en. SEteIcA ktieii etclyW WueFe. ~ f1dv- ing set our hand to the task of achiev- tns it, we shall not turn back
 The address 10 the President was de. ltyered in answer to recent utterances by Count Cxernin. the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister. and Count Won't Hert- ling, the imperial German chancellor. made in reply u tiic peace aims or the United States and her associates in the War. set forth by President Wilson and David Lloyd George. the British primo minister.
 In the words of Count Czernin, the President saw friendly tone: those of von Hertiing were vague. very confusing and full of equivocal phrases Czernin. said the President. seemed to have seen the Fundamental elements If peace with clear eyes and did not seek to obscure them, and probably would have gone much further had II not been for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Russia Formally Declares WarIsOff
Generalization OF
 Troops Nov Begins
Amsterdam Reports Says There Has Been No Signing of Treaty of Peace But That Army
 Is Now Being Sent Home

Amsterdam February has declared the demobzaton according here today dated
 The dispatch follows:
 "The the delegation stated that while destng
 declared the be ended with Germany Turkey Bulgaria. simultaneously giving complete demob of orceson a
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Members of Congress accepted the ad- dress not as peace message, but as a notice to the central powers that the United States cannot be turned aside from the object for which it is fighting, and warning to Congress and the American people that the task of sending the nations fighting men to the front must not be interfered with by equivocal and misleading utterances of Teutonic statesmen. The President was warmly received and cheered as he concluded, and leaders. without respect to party,
 expressed hearty approval of his words.
 The address had been prepared after conferences during the past few days with Col E. M. House, who headed the American mission to the great inter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Flames Gain Great Headway Before Arrival of the Fire Department Adjoining
 Property Saved
LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT OVER $25O,OOO BY
 SUPT. J. H. PHILLIPS
Origin of Fire Not Known, But Many Believe It to Be the Work of
 Incendiaries

Fire of unknown origin, starting on the stage of the auditorium of the Central High school, Seventh avenue and Twenty-fourth street, north, completely destroyed the massive brick structure this morning shortly before 1 o'clock. The flames gained a rapid headway, the fire men being utterly helpless Ito check the flames. The loss is estimated at $250, ,0O0. The west side of the building was first consumed by the flames, which spread rapidly to the center of the structure. The auditorium, equipped entirely with wooden furniture and fixtures, was a complete mass of flames before the fire department was able to throw single stream of water on the building
 At 1:s0 o'clock the building was given up as a complete loss and the firemen devoted their efforts to save the lower floors. The majority of the streams of water were turned on the basement and first floors, the top section of the buiid- ing on all sides being left to the flames.
 A few minutes later the walls on the east and west side from the third floor to the roof collapsed. The electrical wires on the sideway beneath were broken and flying burning timbers were hurled hundreds of feet away
 A steady rain of sparks flew from the building from the start of the fire, and houses in the surrounding district were seriously threatened Men were seen to mount to the roofs for blocks around and turned their garden hose streams on the shingles to cool them off.
 The heat from the bla4e was immense. structures on the opposite side Of the streets were threatened. The firemen kept a close watch on the houses. how ever. and only twice were their srvices required to extinguish . small blaze on the roofs.
 DR. PHILLIPS ON SCENE
 Dr. J H. Phillips, superintendent of the public schools, waa on the scene shortly after the fire started. He es- timated the loss at s26o,oeo.s exclusive
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