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Ping BOdie has joined the
ranks of the hCldOutE- Ire
Athletics have offered him Jess
money than he received last year
and a promise that he win share
in the gross receipts q the club
Ping fears there won't be u8
RFuEE receipts"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-15

President Weaghman Of the Cubs
Ia adopting new methods In his deE-
perate attempt to buy star pIaTEFs.
He IL trying TO arrange deal for
Rogers Horusby without talking 70
the newspapers It is reported that
Wesghmam has offered to hand over
Ehortst0p Wurtman. Pitchers Hen
dirk and Carter, Catcher Elliott Out
fielder FIack and $50. coo IN caah for
the release % Hornshy. Further
more. insiders say that Branch
Hickey, president Of the Cardinals.
now Is inclined 70 consider Weagh-
mans proposition. HornsbT demands
a 10000 saIary. which Hickey can
not afford to pay.
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small village had that the eaua-
pany Of which he 70 a member
is biIlstsd IN a chateau. He ven
lures the opinion that he will
aeon be in the frpnf lina tren<hHas
Even the exciting in1idautH Of tha
past few months have failed 70
obscure from Hanks niind mem
cries Of Marlin, fer he winds up
the letter a. fellows ASuppcsa
this will reach yeu at Marlin
How well q ! remember the x.
c. steaks and tha smoked haHBn
fer which that town ia fampgal"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-15

Having obtained large number Of
players By purchase and exchange,
the St Louis Browns are figuring On
the probable lineup for the opening
OF the American league season In
less the calculations of the experts
are wrong, Eisler, Eedeou and Aatsel
will be the bzsemeus Gerber viii Play
Ehortst0p and the ouEheld viii be
covered BY Demmitt. Williams and
Lee Magee- The catchers VIII be
SEVERED and NunamzkeT, while the
pitchers viii include Gallia, Dzren-
port CuIlop. Ehocker and SUthCron.
Fielder Jones viii have 20 perform a
miracle 20 put this combination In
the first division.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
EXPERIENCED furniture packer: esti-
mates free. Telephone 1891.
FOR EALE-Wfcker baby carriage In
good condition. Phone Z1ih-J.
FURNITURE zacked, stored and
moved expert hands, low prices.
Phone BaT.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS. atep ladders.
Tor sale. 1895 1ath s. 3. Phone
1851.
THE ONLY reliable furniture packer
gives estimates free has 10 ye@r9
experience aalEbergeFs - 6rd ST ,.
Pkono 1gI1.
FORUM WANTS
GET RESUL rs
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ONG@ @0A4 e4s@s4a
using a Forur
POSITION wANTED-MALE.
/ EXPERIENCED MEAT CUTTER Ae-
gires position; married Aadrsss
wAETED-ClerfcaI posIri0ns salary
4 open; references furnished. Leave
phone Hamber at ses2. ~.
wANTED-PssItion by experiences
1 bOOkkespsr, by April i 4la, care
Forum.
POSITION WANTED - E~peraencea
clerk ana wnmm@M@r general wne1s-
ehandiss or clothlAG. aos care Forum.
GAS ENGINE EXPERT wants resi-
| ton on fagm; mostly tractor work;
married. and wOaad Hke sepaFass
house wife wUaad cooaE Tor men state
4 wages and particulars In @rst letter.
9lo, care EorWm.
POsTEEaN
| lwANTED-care OF Eat Or bRw rooms
sTENOdRAPRER desires position in
1 city; ysMrE experience in law5 Law
or Insurance. preferrea- Phone z2Ss-W.
ToUNG LADY PIANIST wishes posi-
tion in moyinE picture show or with
dance orchestra viii travel; small
town preferred; strictly respecta bic;
references furnished and required.
Address go. care Forum.
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BOARD AND RooA-ll sth 81 y
MILWAUKEE, boeraing and roOmsnE-
mousse S@% AAth - y.
ETPT. p1Inwr - --SICI ,--.IT~- T,1e7-e -
work tor room ana beard uorth
lae pTeASEF~a- AaaFess AA&s care
EoL1hl.
FOR REx~-anuzFsz nwa waAgs.
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wODEHyS #urnfss.s nnrn 70 atb
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AghNlShkD k4zA1S-1ez &rd 81 y.
Phone 4e1S-1-
THREE-RooMs furnished mAs tor
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sale. AlG tth Ave s. Phons IS6g--N.
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STd Ave. y. Phone 1851.
FOR RENT Elght-room2 modern
LoOmis, 6ls 2ne Ave. ,.
sIx-RoosE HOUSE for rent: water.
light and gas. Inquire ! So. Ter
race.
-1-3T-E 5C9|TS 10 - 49,
euileT5E. Annie Dwight Tyler
Pn0ne SSe-
Flats FOR RENL.csntEsl location.
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ROberts S. -'..
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3-room nat also garden. Ils 2nd
Ave NJ AooThead.
BEAUTIFULLY furnished, s-room
housekeeping 9pArtment, with al
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St n. Moorhesa. Phone lsts-w.
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parts q the city, rangfng in price
from slu 70 tis per month See w. ).
FOR hENT-h0oMS.
FURNISHED ROOMS for rent. Phone
17s0-W.
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NICE. modern, furnished, front room. /
Phone ssef-
TWo furnished. h0nsekseplnE rooms.
Il 18th 81 3
rsspectabIe ladies'.
Two furnished rooms. modern house.
80
MODERN. furnished room lady pre-
ferr@d. % 1eth St ~.
TWO RoOMs--Ltght housekeepinE'
mONeEA- %AH %ho ave -
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John MeGravV reserved q EsE-
tar froH Haue GsWdy rsszutigs
in which faa farunar star eakeh-
aF Of the Braves vgho ia nsaH
fm France ssfkh tns AmaFiean
Euped ftisn#FF fnreaY rslaGaa
number Of Interesting hapEsa-
fnaa elsue % tae frinr lire On ire
western frent. GoNeg writes shat
his regiment ia EuaF4srea 81 q
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FOR SALE-FTesh cowB, and horses
Coleman Baker Farm. phone sFz2.
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FOR -MTSCELKsANEOUg
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oFFICE-Inquirs Room s. A. o. L. vs..
Building.
FOR RENT-suitabIe location FOR
photograph gallery in Minneapolis.
Remund. sf13 Portland Ave-. Mime
ap0lis.
WE HAVE a good automobile repair
shop in connection with garage
would like to lease shop TO good re-
EuDmEtbA@ mmehmmiEs equipped vita
welding outft battery recharEinE and
general automobile ovorhaullnE ma
chinerys viii be pleased 20 correspond
with night party. Address 81. care
Forum;
woR aALE-sETRCETH AREDUA.
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BOTS CoLUATBLA BICYCLE for sale.
Phone G5B8-J.
SEED OATS AND BARLEY-Test
sTss- Phone 1891.
1913 CROW ELKHART for talsi price
F6a. Ph0ne aaTt-J-
FOR sAI.E-oIiver typewriter: rea-
E0nahle. Phone 1861.
FOR SALE Heavy white Russian
seed oats- J. g ChriEtis. Fargo
FoR sALsE-Wheat and straw. In
qulre Charley Kinder. Mapleton.
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roR FAEE-Furnfture. books ana
tools. cheap. Phone 6k6-J. &12 6th
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FOR SALE - Twenty head WORK
horBss. u. II. Smith & Sons, Amanla,
n. u.
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OETEOPATMs.
PERSONAL.

FREE EXAAfINATfON-Dr. HegKe,
ChirOpractic Spine Specialist. aGk
daLendrecie Blk. Phone sic.
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FIsHEL White Rock setting eggs
$3.50 per Is: Barred Rocks, 75c for
IS: rates given on larger orders. Be1
800, city.
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bungalow with 3 very large rooms
and a little over q half acre OF land
any kind OF garden truck can be
raised on the property; there are also
q number Of young grape fruit trees
on the property can give good refer
emceE i'm BrDokEviller Fla as TO these
properties. also q 20-acre farm and
two 40-acre farms. all improved and
wire fenced: the farms are the best In
Florida: the properties will stand the
RtrHcfest tnwaatLEatlOn. and are owned
by an orphan girl who wishes 20 dis
nose Of them Address Esther Wede-
kindt. COZ Mutual Life Bldg. Buffalo,
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EWEy BAR NOSE THn0ATs
DIR. j. w. spectAlina
eve. ear, nose and threat. Edwards
Bldg. Fargo n. u.
pRs. RINDLAUB-J. n. RiudIaub. III
D.; Elizabeth Rindlaubs d. D. Mae@
tin p. Rindiaub. M. D.; specialists.
dnIaendrecia Blk Fargo.
pRg. n, H. BAILEY "A KACHRTsa
MACH ER-spe peelaltsta. once haura.
20 ~ and 1:Bs to 8. omcea o. steFa
block
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(seaIl a. 9. HANSON
Judge OF the County Court
w. ]. Clapp. Attorney for ExecutriX.
March 1B-22-zH, April 6-1zs 191S.l
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

BARBER SHOP in good LOCATION for
rent, furnlBhed. Come ana see me.
224 Front st.
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tailed information as to his fate. for
they cannot understand how iao hap
pened to be in the front mo on Oc-
Department to have met his death. For
'OShvshell wrote to his family four
months ago that he had been ordered
TO an officers training camp back OF
the line and would not, graduate from
the school until November !. Nothing
in the letters received from him during
the latter part of September and all of
change in his plans. and that he was
likely TO return to the firing line until
after the first of November. So far all
efforts to obtain any definite informa-
ton from the War Department have
failed completely.
Private Walter r. Kent. missing. Is
twenty-three years old. was drafted
nine month ago, trained at Camp Meade
and went overseas in July with Company
A, 315th Infantry. The last letter re-
days before he was reported missing. In
1t he said his unit had been chasing the
Germans so fast and SO far that they
had been without food for three days,
the cook wagons not being able to
keep up with them.
athlete, and was well-known in the
vicinity of Belgrade and Clearfield
streets. He was dyer by trade. The
young soldiers parents are dead and
ne ndue his nOiHo with d piolHeI at
3172 Cedar street.
Corporal James II. Barry, reported
severely wounded in today's official
casualty list, has been back with his
company a month and had been pro
noted to be a corporal before a War
Department telegram reached his family
telling of his injury Corporal Barry
was shot in the right shoulder and left
arm on August IL. He spent two
months in the hospital: but had rejoined
his company by October 20. according
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SKETCHES OF THE HEROES

Private Edward Fitzgerald. reported
as killed ir action in an official telegram
from the War Department received last
cLyJ. ann u, night, was reported
oOtdteT httted as wounded in
J,.L. - ,,,. prev vious official
s"v - "u' telegram W h c h
Reporfed Wounded came on Monday
last. The first
on July % message said he
had been injured
on July II. while the. second said he
had been killed on July 23. Mr.. Fltz-
gerald refuses to credit the last report,
for. he says. "if the lad was alive to
be wounded on the Esd he could not
have been killed on the 18th" He added
that he believed there had been case
of mistaken identity by the Government
agents who collected and arranged the
casualty lists. as he understood there
was another young man in his sons
company of identically the same name
This young man is believed TO nave peen
Private Fitzgerald enlisted on July
IL, 1917, was trained at Syracuse, n.
H., and went to France in October OF
Ninth Infantry. He Is twenty-three years
old and lived with his father at 1886
South Hancock street.
Corporal Thomas NJ. Kerrane, 1000
North Eleventh street. was wounded in
action October g. This information
came in a War Department telegram to
street address, Previous letters had said
that Kerrane was gassed Corporal Ker-
rane enlisted May. 19l7, in the Seventy
sfxth, Field Artillery and was in train
ing at Forth Ethan Allen. VT. until
last May, when his unit went overseas
Hs Is twenty-five. His parents are dead
and he was employed by the Midvale
Steel Company.
Private Timothy Reardon, wounded,
was drafted in May of this year. vol
unteered for immediate service when he
reached Camp Meade, was assigned 10
Company H. 81 5th Infantry, and went
overseas in July. He was weaver by
trade and lived with his widowed mother
Mrs; Helen Conrad, at S427 Westmore-
land street.
Corporal John Conrad. officially re-
ported wounded during the battle of the
Meuse, was drafted in October of last
year trained at Camp Meade and sent
TO France in July of this year as a
member of the 314th Infantry. He is
slowly recovering in a base hospital
Conrad is twenty-six years old. In his
last letter he mentioned that Cap
tain Clarence Freeman. killed in action.
WAS his company commander. He
lamented the fact that his favorite
helmet with a dent in the side showing
where a bullet had been stopped, thus
saving his life. had been lost during
the scrap" in which he was wounded
The young soldier formerly lived at IFS
North Dewey street.
Private George A. Gerlach, Company
Is. 111th Infantry, was gassed on Sep
terlber 9, while engaged in his seventh
battle. He Is twenty-five years old. In
a letter dated November 3. he wrote his
another, 6426 Saybrook avenue, that he
would be discharged from the hospital in
thirty days. Gerlach' enlisted one week
after war was declared.
Private Harut Hovsepian, Company F,
tember. according to information re-
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Delelia
Hpyspeian. 672 North Forty-first street.
f5ovsepian Is twenty-seven years old.
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and went into the trenches by August 25,
which, as II happened. was his birthday
Private Alfred l.. Turner. wounded. is
now in base ospital convalesclng and
expects TO return to his regiment in
short while. according to a letter re-
Gently received by his parents. He is
twenty-four years old and served with
enlistment he resided with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Turner, at sO2 lie.
high avenue. The telegram received
he had been wounded on August TO-, He
was employed by the Pennsylvania, Rail-
road in a clerical capacity.
Private Charles J. Bauer. wounded, Is
memSsF 5c5 Of ,Tsnsps GSmpssny aSp S'S Meade
and embarked for France last July Ac-
cording TO the telegram received by his
mother, Mrs. Julia Bauer, 1881 North
wounded on October ). In his last letter,
which was dated November 8, he said
that he was getting along well and ex-
short time. Private Bauer Is twenty
six years old and was formerly en-
ployed as a machinist at the Midvale
Steel Works.
Captain Alan W. Lukens, of Haver-
ford, reported as missing on the official
casualty list today, disappeared on oc-
tober 4 and, despite
No Trace OF the efforts of the
-. War Department,
Japan, missing the Red Cross and
Ga, n,,.L of his own brother
oee O'tooe' Lieutenant Edward
c. Lukens, of the
320th Infantry, has not yet been To-
Gated. Lieutenant Lukens has heard
that his brother was in French hos
pita1. but so far has been unable to fnd
out which hospital. Captain Lukens Is
the son of Lewis \. Lukens, of Haver-
ford, and was acting commander Of the
Second Battalion of the 316th Infantry
when he vanished in such mysterious
fashion. Two of his men reported the
day after he failed to appear for roll.
call that they had seen the captain in
small clump Of woods about noon OF
October 4. The officer was wounded
but not severely, and had told them to
get back to their company, adding that
he could look after himself all right
Later the Germans recaptured that
clump of woods and held It for several
hours, but were eventually driven out
again. A careful search of the place
revealed no trace of Captain Lukens
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45l CITY'SLOSSES
In MEUSE BATTLE
Philadelphians Lost Heav-
lily but Won Crossing of
River
DRAFTED MEN THERE
Casualty List Today Shows
sl2 From Here Killed in Ac.
ton and 10 Others Dead

Philadelphia lost a total % 451 Off
GERS and men, Killed. wounded and miss
ing, during the now famous battle OF
the Meuse. which lasted from Septem-
Der rs TO September 80, inclusive The
number of men slightly wounded has not
yet been determined.
This was heavy toll for flve-day
OFFENSIVE, but the results fully justified
the expenditure, according to military eX-
nerts, the successful crossing of the
Meuse having much to do with the final
collapse of the German defense.
4 The State of Pennsylvania also was
hard hit in that offensive, but accurate
figures are not available as to the
casualties from the Commonwealth as
n whole. The units participating in the
battle, which were mainly composed of
Rennsylvanians, were the 3l3th, 3l4th,
s15th and 316th. regiments Of infantry,
the 304th Engineers, 312th Machine Gun
Battalion, and 15sth Headquarters
Brigade.
The death in action of Lieutenant Fay
Mills Scott, 1906 Walnut street, is con-
firmed in today's official casualty list.
The wounding of Lieutenant Warner E.
poran, 100 South Eighteenth street, IS
lnoff1cially reported. Captain Alan w.
Eukens. of Haverford, is listed as
missing.
There are 31s4 names on the COM
bned casualty lists today. including
AL Pennsylvanians. The total for Phil
adelphia and vicinity is nlnety-four,
twelve having been killed in action,
seven having died of wounds and three
Of disease. Fifty-flve have been wound
ed, many, however, being only slight in
juries, while nine are reported as miss
ing.
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i9ut years old. wrote his wife, Mrs;
severely on September 2g, at verdun,
in july as a member r. Of ' Gompany @ S''fp %
3i5tb i,fantr,. Pre,.ions ~ n,iGst iiiGy ~ -.
%a ,,as -, ~ hrsb ~ eiiIisulllerI
we ooi TaS a. ''ie I'"uJt u"sauelI BUSINESS.
week; WEEK aso ms wlle reTelVeu letter
sang 'naI ne was Tapiuly recovering IN
a. uaae :, hosPI'a1 S, ne was porn PIN IN thls
| clty ana was a graduate or the North
east High School.
Private James S. Ross, twenty-four
| years old reported as having died of
! wounds. was a member Of Comnan,
| F, 3i5th infantry He was dra ftpI IN
September, 1911 trained at Camn Ne,dn
and sailed last INV Ha vas born IN
Scotland edmcated IN c,iasrow nd UTi na,,, ~,
here seven Years ago, He MAJ made "'I,o me
claim for exemption and was naturalized
at camp. He was a painter bv trade
The last letter received from him was
dated October 90 when he had met sot
hack from the front and be incloSo,, SVs SsIs
christmas -nackaee cannon brotbnn ms
Robert NJ Ross of Sppi,il,o ScotIa 4
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T.kERRANE.
WSO dcd

to letter, written on that date. One
month and three days later. on Decem-
Der 9. to be exact the War Department
finally notified the young soldiers family.
Corporal Barry was born in Mahanoy
City, educated in the Philadelphia
public schools, and was a machinist
by trade. He lived with his family at
4S Eost Springer street, Mount Airy.
Private Walter L. sattler, who died
of shell shock on November II, had been
in the hospital for six weeks, His con-
diton was not regarded as critical, so
far as his family has been informed,
and they were busy altering and refur-
return by Christmas. Young Satter
was the son of Charles T. Sattler, for
merry resident Of Camden and promi-
nent member of the Order of Eagles, but
who now lives at 10 North Fifth street,
this city. The young hero enlisted last
April. sailed for France in July as a
member OF Company A, 145th Infantry,
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Girls Skull Fractured by Auto

while crossing Market street at Sew
enth last night, Miss Retta Edwards, of
Gloucester, was struck by an automobile
and suffered fractured skull. The car
was driven by George G. Neidrich. of
Edgewater Park, n. ]. She was taken
to the Jesfferson Hospital.
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He was drafted and trained at Camn
Meade. His injuries are not serious.
Private Samuel +. Kastner, twenty
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Sets may be broken added to If desired
Exchange prieege g gloves January tenth
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-10
ALLIES PENETRA DEEPLY
INTO ENEMY'S POSITIONS
All Objectives Set Are Attained in Short
Order After Brief Artillery
Engagement

will have to- defer his campaign tc
cut off the cross channel service.
On the Vesle front little fighting
occurred Thursday, except in the pro-
cess of line Strengthening operations
on the north bank, where under an
almost incessant rain of enemy shells
both the American and French troops
improve their stands The German
guns not alone are playing upon the
allied forces, but also are hammering
away at bridges across the stream
over which men constantly are MAX
ing their way to the northern bank of
the stream to reinforce their comrads
already there. What effect the pres
ent battle southeast of Amiens is to
have ON the Vesle-Aisne front re-
mains to be seen.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-10
CONSTRUCTION OF ARSENAL

Kingsport, Aug. 6.-Perhaps Kings
port was never buster town than at
the present moment. All her indus
tries are running overtime, but with
a painful shortage of labor. The
Edgefield arsenal, the big she'll fac
tory now under construction is going
forward, but the construction force
will be Increased within few days
with the arrival OF several hundred
soldiers to aid in the work. The Amer
ican Wood Reduction company, the al
cohol plant, is making rapid strides
to completion and expects to be in
operation by the, first Of October.
are going on rapidly
at the Federal Dye and Chemical cor
poration for the manufacture Of the
big government contract in pieric
acid.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-10
STATEMENT BY MIR. BURLESON
REGARDING WIRE SYSTEMS

Washington, Aug. 7.-PostmasteI
General Burleson states that the gov
ermental operation and control of the
telephone systems OF the country
would undoubtedly cause the coordi-
naticn and consolidation of compet-
ing systems wherever possible Inyes-
tigation by the committee in charge
of the telegraph and telephone service
shows that negotiations were already
under way for the consolidation of a
number of competing telephone sys-
TENS al the time the government asSum
ed control. The Postmaster-G General
will not disturb these negotiations in
any manner. When an agreement
is reached between telephone compan-
les in the matter of consolidation it
Should be submitted to the Post Of
flee Department for approval. Where
no negotiations with view of consol-
idation have yet begun, the Postmaster
General stated there is no objection
to the companies taking up such ne
gotiations with the understanding that
any agreement reached would have 10
be finally approved by him before it
could actually be consummated
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-10
"BONE DRY LAW"
CONSTITUTIONAL

| Nashville, August 6.-Chief Justice
Neil, delivering the opinion in the SUI
preme court this afternoon declared
the "bone dry law" passed at the last
session of the legislature constitution
al. The cases came UP from Upton
county, in West Tennessee, and in
them the validity and constutionality
of the bone dry law" had been at
tackled.
The effort was made to declare the
law invalid on the grounds that the
body of the bill was broader than it's
caption. The supreme court upheld
the statute, which was enacted in 1917
and which prohibits all movement Of
intoxicating liquors in this state. AS
construed by the court the act pro-
'hibits the transportation of liquor with
in the boundry of the state regardless
of the source of the liquor and With
out regard to the purpose for which
the liquor is transported.