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< onarnatlxc "Men. he.ter ?'oisrt
Succumh? |?> PaSHMf ? ?>?t.
Londea, .'?- U The Manche?
Coaiier," established In I9S5, and
?he eldeet Ceneoisrattvej daily aewsji
per? in the province?, hn? fallen b s
I Wer, and announces it? i
proach n?j suspension, "owing to I
rapid i la? in th? Orles ef papar "
'The Mancheatei Courier1 wai pi
chased by Lord Northcllffe In L904, i
Il ??ni? found Impossible to rejuveni
? \eteran journal. Northcllffe'? i.ai
recently disappearing from th? fr?
of the dying .n :. rpriae.
WAR HURTS NEvVTOUNDLA*
ll? lmrw.rt?, Ihiefls from Croat Hrita
Aro 5.1.OU0.00O LOSS In Yeer.
Il .lohn'?. V F. la?, 2'.' -A dssolt
DO! l'eut in the ralue of Imp?t
ir the twelve month? which etoi
10 I?15, :. j?'r'.'.', nearly coin?
aIth the 'rst }e?r of the ?m.
ihown in the iiMitial statement of t
.-?.' rfeu foundtand, j j
. .1 $12,801.000.
? ? ? ara obtain
Great Britain. Canada nnd t
ad stairs . , y, port loneta r
? value s\n? largest from t
'? . Kingdom, a clrctmnatao1
?. . dtta to ti'.. fact that only u
I ON ??? loi] Blted.
AUSTRIA DOUBTED,
DESPITE DENIA]
\dralnistratioii Not Yet Cor
\inccd of Good Faith In
U Boa. Issue.
I r in r ? "rl! u ? BSISJO? ,
ihlngton, Jan. 12. Despite. Au
te !i?Jiuance that the Pr
eked by one of her aul
rlnes, the | I faith of the Aui-'t ?
i a! In question a' th
BUI The ii-.rre??!on wi
f I l| beer.m?e of the rr.nn
t. withou! warnlnsj by An
- further Ir.vestigatior
I be made before the issue rm?e
? Ancona could 1'
regarded a? dispi .-? d of.
In the Hb.^r.,-,. , ' Vresident Wllso
rtm? fficiala w,.re r. i
t as 1 -he policy to ??? fol!'
\ ..-tria. Tret
i, lat? .?. government I
c'tnn I ? || the only ?hi
.? tisena that ha
M? i t? nanean ?me
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pal tmont hn? he!
I of the Vasak
nd the Ville de 1
t. though ? ? Amerleana wer
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I g tod 'h th. The ab
. ?m papser.cei ?.
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; ?epnrtmcnt ha? no di
ncerning any i ' ?
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re about them in
I Office, thl
also w foi
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? ?ver, that Ambaaeador Pen
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? ? . transmit it to Ws
Baaador'a cable message cc>n
AOBtlian dieclalmer ; ..
re, v'iit la r. -
? a! received frort
-, which stated that all th? Oei
? ei in the M?diter
had been heard from and that :
" ? Persia.
XnrG VISITS BURNING PORT
Haakoa Ruehea to Moldo, Whore PI?
i eos I? S',00.000.
Aalesund, Norway, Jan, 22 Pire
tin lastro)
a? coi
. atad n' np
10 crown?
Sixty home? ver? destroyed and
entre of the town was reduced to
ting spread by a
The distress among the popula! '
?Jerer? from the Are
tea and their
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SOCIALISTS SEEK TRENCHES
Deputies to Petition Chamber for Vieil
to the Iront.
he Uf Ited Boelalls!
? . ? .' ? ? ?
. - ? authorize a eon
i - i - ? ? - r of 1
" ant and to talk
? the soldier?, bo that closer
?tltuted 1 '
n and Parliament.
At a meeting of repreaentativi
the pa ? lay a n lolution wa?
? which
? ? ?J In th*? Chamber. It
. -. the! *ty-four member?
ted from the
rtiei and that they I
with the i
ghtini hjecti sxeep!
.
thai ? thli way the
nchea will l?e made te
' reaiiz" the! I ? ? ! ave the sympathy
?? of Parliament
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GEN. JEC0FF FIELD MARSHAL
Commander in Chief of Bulgarian
Potreo Appointed by Ike King.
London, J?"- IJ. G?n?ral Jedoff,
commai. 1er in chief of the Bull H
I nas been appointed a Held mar
ihal by King Ferdinand, sccordina to
a Porta d.?patch received ! ...IB)?
, tral NeWB by way of Amsterdam.
\r===i 1865 *$f9? 1916 '-1
Annual Discount Sale
of
MANUFACTURED FURS
At Ditcounts from
15% to 33'/3%
C C. SHAYNE & CO.
Importen ?nd Manufacturer? ol
STRICTLY RELIABLE FURS
126 West 42nd Street
?^ 1 NEW YORK I_!
'EVZONES' EXCEL
IN MOUNTAIN WAR
Sal?nica Now Crowded
with These Picturesque
Oreek Fighters.
USE LONG RIFLES
AND WEAR SKIRTS
Allies May lind These Small,
Squat. Molc-Ridlsjg War
Hors Very Useful.
Sal?nica. Greece, Jan. 2. Should
tha Greeks letennlaa to enter the Ku
ropean war. they will be In n position
to fornlah their alli?e erllh aoasa e?pe
ealuabla soldiers, used te the
rough ?rorh of fjghtlag in the Maeeda
ruin mountain? and thoroughly fan.il
? 1er with tha broken, traehleea country
' of the .lust HOW Sal?nica is
.full of thsa? "svsoaee," n? they ar?
celled In their ghort, once whito
Ui their ?onir once while tight?,
ii e;r upturned "shonshl," 01 heelli n
I slippen, <Aiin binck pompons at the
turncd-up toes,
Ths "evsones" In Sal?nica ar? vi-rj
different from th? magnificent red
???!. Ieta?sele,l "ev
thnt parado ;ho ?liriN , ? \
en?. The latter are the royal guards
f th? 11! "!'?. tone" R?glaient, o| -
Queen ! i I ? ? th? t ?lone] The "ev
-."ii |" :li .t are ?.i common In Sal?nica
are for boslness purposes only, i hey
are fighter?, t.ot pur.iler?.
They look anything bat soldierlr,
?quattin? aidewi?? on the ro'iizh wooden
aaddlei of theli mountain mulo?, their
, balance pi eciu iouely kept by having one
' ? .1 pe stretched from
the cro?s of the saddle end with a
eery long?barrel!ed sharpshooter"!
rifle banging aeroea each bumped ""er
h. >\. TI BJ m ? little men, and, liko
mo.'t Oreeh i II ra, look aetonUhingly
puny heaide th? .leep-che^te.i PrencB
troopers. Du! ti ?-. undoubtedli ??'t
':e around the difficult ground
? . with aniaz
? g ? red. Ai d : . are aleo popularly
? , not >? v?.!.?t fear i..
? tli t? too War i eem?
I ? them rather than a
? IV, If
? ?s difficult
-, .. r or ci vi 1 Ian,
Jot ; in "?'
must be
Bome obscure, Ill-lighted, svil-amelHng
dram - the Jewish
? ?
may be th? rare mount? - burled
? . -h-' hoi cw? of l Ma ?
tig I ??(-.?? '
?he '.
- ? na of pack
-
Thn ??!?." or arc'.rdeon
pleated ?klrt of ?ummer, hn? h??n cov?
ered over for winter ?ervtro by a long.
?relloa green seat, flftlnjr eleae at the
waist ?ii I ?preadlnK out Ilk? a ?klrt,
eomcwhat after the manner of tin Ces
?ark'? co-ji The "fu?tanriu" proper Is
underneath u?m ?tul deea net appeal
The okirt ,.(" th ? "... - ?no" is on? of ih?
oldest of the military relics of (?rene?
Baas relief? of the soldier who fought
nt Marathon ?how that h? tee WOW a
?iiniUr restasse, la th? tim? of Lead
21V of Prance there wi? a Ilk? uni
foi m In us.. In tii? French army, wh?n
the skirt was called a "rhingrave"
For th.? meet part the "eveaaea" of
modern Greece, are the ?es? pictures
quo, ns thai are anyMiinir but iraart In
appearance. Bui the uniform ran lend
Its? If to many legitimst? embsllUh
?aonto, should the wearer demr? Th?
?ort of pointed nielli cap which I? the
customary head .In??? may be orna
BIO) ted with a tas??l not directly at
teehed to th? rap lt?elf, but at the
end of n cord SOBM eighteen Incite?
lone attached to the peak of th? cap
ihr tn??el t? then brought ov?r tlie left
ihoulder af the wearer, where It hang?
conppicuously on his breast.
The garter?, too, may be luxuriou?.
They h ?lit up nothing, so far as on?
cm ?*e. acting rather as ?cnbhard? foi
daggers. The cio?? fitting eetten
drawer? ?eem to extend from the waist
to a ?trap passed under the foot. Mut
the farter, worn below the kne?, rot,
silt? tlrst of an embroidered circlet,
from which hangs, loose, a cord in the
fem O? an arc, each end fa?tened to
the garter proper at >i point from
?\ i en i tassel also hanir?.
The GrOOBI ate vrry proud Of their
us," for whom they claim prod?
igies af valor. M It there, is nothing
tangibla to ?how tha' thl? reputation I?
not based rather upon legend and a
distinctive eestume 'han upon fact and
proved achievement.
ITALIANS CLAIM SUCCESSES
Past rWf Austrian Headquarter! and
Capture Fnemy Munition*.
Homo, .Ian. L'2. The following official
eemmunlcetioa was issued from flen
cral Headquarter* to-dav:
'There was intermittent artillery ne
t'on along the entire front. The en?my
artillery caused some damage In the
vi?Afre?, particularly In the Susana
Val >v Our artillery demolished the
headquarters at Vareas occupied by
our adversarial gad disposed of snemy
detachments in the San Pellagrlrin Val?
ley sml Corvara Small Infantry ac?
tion? ended iuer.???fu!ly for ue,
"On the Carao one of our detach?
ment? penetrated the edvereary lines
and .sd u number of guna, Imple?
nonti nnil hand b"iibs
"An anamy aeroplane dropped bomb?
on Dogna Without damage."
PRISONERS TO BE EXCHANGED
French and (.erman Chilian? To Me
Sotara ad.
Merlm, .lan S3 (by wireleas to Sa*/*
rille, N. Y). The Qermaa ar.d
Pranefa governments," ?ay? th? Over
\ r to lay, "have ngreed to
.? free elril priaonera In both coun
trlei who are not subject to military
1 nder thli agreement all
? ? . n \ ? ir? and over
?leased and m
? . men unSt for
'women.
to be retained are
those ?
law 0? h.-: ! ??.-.- U ,,-nthar with
Ige and tit for Mf?
Teuton Hammer Welds
Allies on Land and Sea
? Mtiaeed fror?, paar i
Paris ? i Potrosnrad, fi"m tho Pyrenees to M rrar.ro, BS n gTOat
- ? r. would bave been flniahod ???.?? bi the uraj Bernhardi's school de?
manded and the German General StaiT designed.
As ? I
moral faculties of mon people bee
the senae o? i ror we
ire apt to forget the eolo
Infamii ? d In the original I
? rman dream? when P
dam planned th? war. This expli
again why Britain and France, hist
fought ?ix centu
acroaa tha narrow ?trip of tho F.ng
? bctosi a ha
?.-?ii hief, an join? d to <!.,> in a lie
union ! and resolv?
The I : ? ? ;
rnal advaatag
koni < ounsel to action ! ? 11
irne) 1.
?
lea was not in 'he end abai
the Allii , I rei ilna tha moat ps
ful thorn they plante?! in th? ? :.??:-,
(1. ah.
The meeting of the leal war cour
In Pel . r? week? ego, leal!
same queatlon at a very critical i
m led the dec ?
a base to ki ??]' a g. ;i'
Ball ? . ? . ?? ? Since tl
? war eoui no! ?in
? tha ; i : <? ? !.ad. Por tl
? have been reaaona. (Questions
? . I had to ba settled hy otb
menus; tiie future standard of Britail
mil tary strength on the Continent h
to be determined; tha recruiting prr
'.i m of thii eountry ha?i to ba ?lei
with by t'n?' compulsion bill In a ma
ii?-r to ;' ? in tha full 4,.i.ooo m
\ ot< . i men! n ad lil on to t
contingenta from tha dominloi - >
800,.i men in the navy.
Neu Pitergy on lioth Sides.
(in both aide? of ? al the
r.a\?. b. i-ii changea In organisation ai
Inquiriee, Oeneral Caatlenan h
; Joffn '- i ighl hand ar
: has viaited Sal ? i form a i" raon
i ;..:, ion i"?: on ly of I ha local all
but of !'? san proapi eta and i
? ? Oeneral Pau bai hein mai
militai)' envoy of the Allies to Kus?i
In Britain Sir William Robert
Impel lal I hief of Staff, has been c h i ! ?
in to create a new thinking depar
AM the war plan? had to fc
revieed and luppiemented by the h^i
of new ability and thorough expei
ence. In Plunders Sir Douglas H ai g i
getting b Lr.p on lbs command take
over il oui I.old Frei
All these things mean laying th
ground for present and future wa
, councils between the Allies in connec
tion with tha coming campaigns. M
Briand, te pul a favorita Pre?en phraa
into English Idiom, is a man with i
? it grip and at the ?Htr.e time Is adrol
arii reaeonable. I may say with eon
ti'lerico ti at hi? visit make? clear tha
there i? vlgoroua agreement. Dleeua
Bioni and d?cisions, of course, ar.
i i?. propel military ??creer.
. ? r?j i? no mystery, however, aboui
the bi id ' ' ?' ' ' ? main que?
, tion ? to ba dealt uith. these art
igb.
: be chief matter f?>r 'he considera
tiot, of the Allie? at the mom? ll
President Wil-on's j;o'<? to Britain I
v : at now go Into .1er? l? abo '
important and complicated matter.
The principal fact, however? t? that
Britain, though the chief naval heilig?
ere!.t, in not in builnt-x? as a separate,
Independen! agent. \\ <? belong te the
ci ai.d all ianee and ai I to act
Li common with our patinen upon ne?/
and mere pressing rennest* from
Waal ng!
Berlln'i i srasl wish ha? been to ?ee
two Engli ?i M1? sh i g i au er i am
\,: m || ,1 OS BI Ib? law Ol tl I ? ?' ' I.
Belgium'i eaaa 'he enemy deall with a
?.cutral by blood and iron on land.
that paper Rf. :
are, by comparison, nr.ly f:;
.'? eaj 01 at ea
Blockade Vital to IVan.e.
Now, whether t anee Is to reeve
\ i and Larra na or whether he
nal dream Is t.. be defeated afte
all her glorious efforts and sacril
? pend on the Britl
of Germany. That, I ma;
? out, I? an lasen 1.,.
?'?vin the issues
1'? lent Wilson's note now un.ie
'on.
Germany hope.* now, among othe
tl .' '. that ! I r original aim i ." dis
' u'.d (!:.?,;>.: it.' m Praneo f..rev?
? i par?.!;.- real lu 9 ! ;. the Indira?
? 'of American action, (lur friend:
n Paris lei..-,,, the Allies' lea powei
hai been weakened eery leriouely b]
the de.-;re of ! .r 1 '?..?! ( Ir.-y .... | ?!?..
British Foreign "ff.ee to concili?t?
Washington.
There is a strong clement here tha'
denounces our [h gi i half meas
ures and urges Mr. A-,., th'i govern?
ment to make the British navy an effl
,? DSt O ? ruthlest
.? ?! r- , l ti .? Gai
:: any army on land. This is the prob
lern which In the but few week* ha?
1 somel moa i ? ed about as hard ??
squaring the circle, but all that frank
? t..i good will .an do oil this aidt
will be done to bring about a sound and
.. si tion. It is to be i special
!y noted that I'" mlei Brland u act ? m
? panted here by Admiral Lacero, French
M.t -ter of Marine.
While the (iertnan armies are actual?
ly occupying Belgium and ate ea?
camped across trie faireat province? o!
? Prance, Low can the Allies loosen their
??c? ct i) on tt... .?,??, r refrain from
tightening it? The military prel
ted, are in u
I sense easier than those of the ?en. The
' Allies have nut only to Consider ?
stronger lystem of European strategy,
sthei aft-r the ?tpt ri?
ef I?-*, yiur thaj cannot
n new and more efficient system of
ta.'- i.
In each great Franro-Hritish Bssault
in tlie west last -.ear we bit mor?
deeply than before into the German
It m a quest ii ? bother the
* i, attempting is, ? ould not bave
done more by
tirst position or. n far wider fr?? :.t, i-.
stead of t r \ " i .r i-.i one -troke to push
clean t.i Igh i s ..'..?-> ..n a narrow
i ?pctor. This method Is more difficult
tor the enemy to deal with as the Allies
? cccumulate a superiority of gane.
We n.ay aspect g/est eaperimeata in
the west when the Hussian and Franco
Mr.tnh m?in"i move together. If
. ?hing expected from the double
' offensive on the mam fr.it tl Is * '?
achieved, the resort to eoaeentrab -
tion through the Malkar.s w?.?iJ re
muin.
In Montenegro. Goliath, I ' t
. . ? . ' ' , ? .e.l , Ut Totti
b. Hut even K;t.b' Nicholas
r. teeming ful- below the example of
King A.b. rt aid King Peter, has in the
.: ; refused a degrading capitul?t.on.
On the .??.. r band; the Hui -
' Pulgar? ?eem rrore inclined to
rnze the Sal?nica enclave a? Impreg?
nable. If the enemy ?h.rk? an assault
' end leaves tie Aines in unquectioned
i ... .- ?., General Sarrml will have
?eon a silent and brilliant victory one
view of all the future pi. lia?
bilities m tie Malkans, will ht of far
reaching effi
Kven the Reichatag nr.d public opin
! ion In Germany, as we know I
1 doubt, are beg : Bg to reali.e that it
I ii one thing to take a trick aad *"
utber to mu? the gan.o.
YANKEE LEGION
PRMED FOR WAR
"Avenge the Lusitania!"
Cry of Americans in
Canada's Ranks.
BATTALION MADE UP
OF RICH AND POOR
Many Arc Veterans and Some
Already Bear the Scars
of Battle.
UU T?;?fT?r.>, tn Tt* TiT'ir.r ;
Toronto, .Jun. H Anybody whose
Blood tingle? for real thrill?, ?he kind
that com., from looking death in the
face and living to tell the .?ory, has but
U Step late the barrack? of the Ameri?
can I.e^inn her? to find himself in th?
gonuin? Adventurer?' Club, p. S. A.
Thi romantic New York bunk ?lark
who an?! yearned for i:nHi.clpation from
hi? book?, the Tf?;n Range! who !?
familiar with th? fael of a firearm, the
volunteers who ha\o grown di?gu?ted
?rltl Metleaa brigandage, and the Alai
kan miner who pr?fan glory to gol?l
s!l are housed in the camp here that
?"?"' will ?? transferred bodily to th?
tr?neh?? of France.
Qermeay has announced that mem
bei i ef 'i ? ?e legiona ?'ill no! enjoy th?
privileges of a prisoner "f war, hut
will te Immediately executed if cap?
tured Put the members of tm< Ameri?
can ?Legion do r>"t appear to be worried
about that On th? contrary, ?hey are
marking the days on the enlenrlar ye?.
even the hour? -until they can u"' th?
long coveted action that has drawn
them ?ike bit? of steel to a magnet
from il.H.r homes in every ?ta'e in the
union.
Boston Man a Sergeant.
Uniform? have proved tha ??-c-atest
of lovellen ?.ere, second only to the
common desire to lac? the cannon?,
and poisonous gai of th i bi ?.
;n Prance. A :???;?. WhOSS ehlcf bus.i-.ess
in the past ha? been to dlrecl nhanelal
aTs'r* I? ?*???'.?.? i to day ??' th? curnp
in th?- uniform ??: i. sergeant directing
?uch matten a? concern tha Midiera'
IM-, i
Nathaniel Lev '-' ; raneta, of Boston,
i? the wearer of tha sergeant's uni?
form. H ; i < i ? ) pleat ?'a??.
Mr. Franela rod? up t?> the recruiting
station herf week? age and presented
.- ? / offlci i *.
"'"an you pass me?" no asked, placing
a r ,r I ! ' -r.eer.
"If you Ban ?Und th? medical ex
amins 'he reply.
Be ; led. Ho an
b! .. e' laya would be
?
'. ? r. The officei
-
' ' '
tha leet the?, I 11 -??? a of !
awell "
But the ' dleeover,
miatake Three day? later ?
? lr> .v i.p before tl ?? WCl liting
an.t Mr. Prancia again allghteo Thla
time he wa-. IrOMed m M m accord
anc? with th.- reoulrements of th?
army. Aleo, he sai.i, h? hu? rom? luit
eaees al the <t?-P'* awaiting th? or??; rs
of the oflleer.
Iltihbed "Yankee Pattalion."
v ,u>fh the membera of the "Van
kae I I B? ri -un nick
? irai for ad
ire, their ' la? BOOH
as causes.
Mi ni? here
? ?? Inga ou ?i e
; . nia dieaster, rwo-thlrda of the
... ? hav.
. . a the Ai ? in A r Navy
for year-. The rema nlng third tire tho
picked men, who by their OWU choice
yearn i"r the chance te fee? death,
nee I upon
! moat dep? durs to be
to ?: '1
look at Lieutenant Tracy Richard?
son one would icarcely beiievo that thl?
I il oflleer ! "1 bei I Dins'?
tru ted general? ?! ;ri? c !'<? day? when
it wa? difficult to d l( ? - lh friend
from foe In Mei boyUh
general finally 1- would
prefi r to be a Haut? \men
(. ! rgton tl an a general '.u Mexico.
When Rl? herd? in Ited
for examination in the recruiting <i ier?
???ru hers th? experienced ofAeen inooh
? ? ? r head? and looked again.
"Rl'i tha original human sieve." BUS
of the men ?at?! "!!?? has twenty-' '.r
scars on hi? body an?! look? as if he
could stand a lot more."
So fri'in ,; .' it was "Human
:; ? ? ?" Richard) ei ? ? wh?n the
dignity of hi? ti*'.' demanded that i ??
be adoreaaed otherwiae.
Recruiting wee at ita height ? fow
deya ago, whan two men who ?''Mid in
the office awaiting their turn at the
re' eonferenec suddenly began to
examine each ether ?eriously.
"Surely, l"vs seen you before," said
cne of the men
"Tes, nid I n;n ccr'ain that I have
?eon you," said the other.
TEUTONS ATTEMPTED
VO IJTCITE HOLY WAR
London, Jan. 22.?"Th? TimesV ,
correspondent at Snlonlca report?
that th? examination of enemy con?
sulat? archive? I? ?till Iricomplrte I
and K likely to last long, owing to
Ike ma?s of document?. Among the
document? found at th.? consulate
of Hi? Catholic and Ap?stol). Maj?
esty of Austria ar? 1,300 copio? of a
long Arabic proclamation to th?
chiefs of the Senussl inciting them
to a holy war on non-Oermanlc '
Christendom. They wer? found In
a staled parcel addressed to the
Austrian military attach? at Athen?.
The proclamation contain? the fol?
lowing ?ords:
"Of all Instrument? Allah hae
chosen for the protection of our re?
ligion the surest is (.ermany. In
tliesp circumstance* we have re?
alized the imperious necessity of
proclaiming a holy ?ar. In North?
ern Africa the mont powerful ruler
and th? one possessing the moat
authority In the Mussulman world
Is his excellenc) the Imaum, Illus?
trious exemplar champion of Islam
In the cause of Allah, who is our
lord and master, the eure guide of
ail elect. This leader Is bred in the
truth of the Koranic law, and his
?oui, shining ?eith It? pure efful?
gence, has undertaken the task of
purifying all corrupt souls and
tl 11 Mit i n g them in the paths of life
revpetSd hy the Holy Hook given to
? II Mussulmans."
Tht re is cidence that this proc?
lamation was produced In (>erman>,
? country whose monarch Is always
Invoking Ood.
"Wasn't It In a battle In tho Philip?
pines?" :?l
"Sur? enough. We, met a couple of
?lays out of ?Plant?a."
That wa? the wav Sergeart Norton
and Corporal Raetaeaaen renewed their
eequaintance after year* of separation.
Norton was an expert telegrapher,
rorklna on s press wire, arkoa be suc?
cumbed to the :.\11 of adventure.
| ? ry man has had his personal ex
MOU 'hat are daily added to the
lore "t th<? legion to lie ?...oven in'o
the fabric of Its ?'ory whoa 11 Snail]
is told after tho war There is Ber
geant Jam. s (arson, w-ho ?limbed oni
tide of San Juoft Hill wi'h his company
( oionci Roosevelt went up tho
ther, ( ateen has had two naval an
sagement*, and twenty-nine land bat
? during his military experience, and
s waiting for the time that h? ten
add a few more notches to the but*, of
gun. His ins; engagement was that
at Vera Cru/, In 1ST i.
"?leing on '.he ground when thing-?
Hk? that happei :- a matter of hick,
no*. it?i!se," said (arson. "I expect '<?
? ? I me more re?! fighting soon and
? through it just like I
always, have."
Bugler J. J. Riley, whoae home ?s us
to be ir. Banger, Me., ai Mexico
? ?'.? or Calcutta, i.t in a position to
I Sergeant ?arson's
- he went
through rros? of the experiences re
by the s.rg. ant. Corporal
Besraufsen, Private! Engelmeyer, F.. F.
lor, Fred Anderson an i Norton
aro just a few of the men who hav*
lervs 1 together and egeinet on? an?
other In *ho ever shifting warfare in
;.!? > co.
"There's a man in this company who
I roe on the shoulder with a
: ? ae 'ere '"'chllng
it each other in Mexico,"
ate Freal Conloa. MI susse there's
. mention his nai
I expsct to become a good frien? of
?t we uro Rgbtii.^ sol.; by
.id?."
The life of the American Lecion has
? roubled one, however.
?' the -hifts that did not meet
?ral appi o\ il bv the m<
which . ' . t"' ?etui ? -
eommand ng officer, Lieutenant ( ?o.cael
\ i. Clark This wa? looked upon as
the reault of an u lusual hitch in one
, ? battalions.
There also weit chnrge* that the
Ion bad bee? endeavoring to re
cruit m the United Statee, a violation
of the nation's I.OUtrality, Posters, r.r
rular letters and offers of comsaissii as
have b " ii leived a* addresses ;n the
? States Mut all reepenalbllity
for this has lieen disclaimed by fl
cers of the legion, '?? luapect Gar?
man sympathisers .luve had a hand In
. gas
It is admitted that recruiting officers
have i lited nor.1er towns, but t.iey
l it-.'.' ... a : Spi -1 t.iifii for thl I '?'?
their luperiori he s. Whea
so it .... n their own responsibility
? ?.! ..? let there be another Lusitvnla
,; we wouldn't need recruit?
ing offlo t ." Mid one of the members
uf tht . waget we'd
have hall a dosen eattalions 9f Amor?
?o quick tl at we would ha1*
?. ,:t assimilating the recru.;?'
Private J. H. Amber, of New York,
i solely beeauee of hi? indig
tia'.oti following the Luaitaala dita ter.
"And there are hundreds more light
on Broadwaj every day who weuH be
?n here begging tor a chance to en?
list if anything of tho kind ihould be
:." he ?aid.
? / il) aae-aoa mm ses? 9?1kJk*tnM.*F .??? --. ?"^-"?...
oJativditajKi the ?X'i?dljiw
/or [DariijQjpmu]
oLR Ct?TOM IA11.0RIV. DLPARIMIM h NOVt PREPARED
]o DUPLM Ait PARU M' OCLS ACCORDING TO SPECIAL ORDER,
OR TO OFFER ORIGNAL DESIGNS In PRIVATE PATRONS.
I MINES BLOW UP
! ALLIED TRENCHES
German Activities In West Suc?
cessful French Shell Enemy'?
Provision Trains.
London, Jan. ?'l Nothing but artil?
lery and mine ac'ivittes are reported
n to-day'? news from th* west fron'
Car,* and London report the effective
bombardment of eaemy poettioni north
of the. Aisne, in tho Voegoa, In Loi
raine and in Helgium, while Merlin an
iiiiuncM the destruction of a ?mall s*c
tlon of Allied trenches south of yaree
by a mine. LeSidea admits th? dam
aging of Britiah tranches 'ear the
Ci mine Cans! b* a Cerman mine.
"There hi? been ?r'lllery activity
on both ?ido? at Frieour*," ?ay? the
Mritlsh statement. "We bombarded the
enemy's works successfully about II.!
luch, Rlehebeurg a-.d PilVelm. Th"
enemy Spraaa a min? near the Comin?
: Canal, eaUolng some lia III age to our
trenrhe?. IV? occupied the crater"
The French communication aeysi
"Artillery engagements of quite, a
i violent character hav? occurred in di?
vers sectors. Cur lire was particular
l.y effective to the aortb of 'he Ann?.
i in the region of Herry-au-Hac, on our
Lorrain? front and in the Vosges
"In tho course of last ni^ht our ar?
tillery directed i*s f!r.. against (?-r?ain
provision train? and groups of work
i men of the enemy at p'.ir.'.s in Hel
?ritim, in Champagne and in the
Vosges "
The German statement s??,-*:
"South of Tpres era destroyed
?rencho* of the enemy '.v?r a front of
seventy me're? by a mine,
"cur positions between the bfoeelle
and the Vosges ?r.,1 ?ome vt'la^en ha
hind our front wore ihelled by tiie
?nemy, without effect,"
TORPEDOED THE HELGOLAND
Italian Navy Idemtlfl-s Austrian
Cruiser Sunk In Adriatic January 13.
Rome, Jan. 22. The Italian Nr.vy
Department has ?received information
that the Austrian scout cruiser of the
Novara typ?, .vhich was sank a week
ago was the erutaer Helgoland, wklch
had been attached to the CattarO ba??
since the outbreak of the war.
It was officially announced in Rom?
on January 18 that the French * lb?
marine Pouealt, attached to the Italian
fleet, torpedoed aao sank in th? Adri
..? - Sea an Anatriaa scout emlat
the Novara type.
DEPUTIES CONDEM?
FRENCH CENSORSHT.
System Is Declared Illegal
Cheers Greet Demand for
liberty of the Press.
I'm?, Jan. 21. ?"< ??-.??.r.h.p ai prs
tlsoil by tho French government wi
icverely ariticieed by rarieasj ?jpaakei
r of Deputiea to-d?y. M
Il >,r , however, was r??ch.d, tr
?leba?e, at tiie re-iueit of Preml?
Briaad, being postponed until n?>
Tuesday.
The bill under di?cu??ion wai thl
BOBOernlag the pr*"? In war tlm?i
Paul Meunier, 1'?. :..?.! Republican, wh
latteSHased fhS rreasur?, ?aid that hon
?it a? th? Intantiom of 'v. govern
ment might b? with regard to the c?n
BOrahip, It was Impossible to make gooi
? this l.H.i Instrument.
Bei ? rvlsion of militar/ am
diplomatic sneeti ?n, he ?aid, wa
leery, but he added that the pre?
ent lyatem wa? absolutely illegal, beln|
formally prohibited by tYi? law pa???<
? II, and anauthorised by th? las?
of Ai? ..? i, : il i, regardinf public in'
?
The auapwaeioa ef "Le Journal lei
H'.r- ? ??- i i Jour'* ;'".- six month?, and
? of "I.a Croix" for having
?bed ? prayer of Pop? Benedict,
were ?."ed by M. Meur ?r ai among
the numerous BXBBSplea of the opera
Th?s format
newapepei was IUppre?eed after hav?
Ing ?ubmitted It? \'? ofs and mad? the
correction? dcmei
Jull -. 'publican, propoied ??
an a; a proriilon
rs abould be known, instead
of aaoreielng their power anonymouily
as they do a! present. Amid applause,
the speaker demand??! liberty of th?
press, on which, he said, "depend? the
admii le Of Frnnc?.
Deputy Kmrnanuel Brousse ?aid the
?reas sd coma ItteJ or.ly on? error.
" ? I wai ii j ibUshlng an article by
Monsieur Oer an, Bttacktag the ?ol?
diers in .foutheru France, and the cen?
sor, the apeaker ??ail, let tt pa??.
"P w&s M. Messiny. former Minist??
of War, who inipired It," laid Deputy
: ? ?
Deputy Kmil? Ceeatasal ?aid th? asa.
thorftic? had Invaded Hi a home after
paper which he publish??.
He iler'nr.'d Diet In hi? department the
enson ???as exercised by a eoun
ir of itatc and by a gendarme. An
uproar broke nut in the *"hamb?r wh?n
Ight te di?cu3? Fr?n?h
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