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RUN SOUTH OF MITAU
Army Headquarters Issues
Statement—Says British
Attack Is Feeble, While
French Are Strong
Berlin. May 2.-—(Via London, 5:15 p.
m.)—German troops, in pursuit of re
treating Russian forces, have penetrated
Into the region southwest of Mitau, cap
ital of Courland, according to today's
German army headquarter's statement.
Mitau is 25 miles southwest of the Rub
aian seaport of Riga, scat of govern
ment of the Baltic provinces. The text
of the statement follows:
“In Flanders the enemy after heavy
artillery preparations again attempted
to storm our new positions to the north
east of Ypres. The French attacked
strongly between the canal and the road
from Ypres to St. Julien. The British
attacked feebly to the east of this
road. The efforts of the enemy were
unsuccessful, owing to our active flank
and back Are from Broodseinde and
Veldhoek. Two machine guns fell Into
our hands.
“In the Argonne our attacks to the
north of Four de Paris progressed. I it
spite of a strong defense, the French
lost several trenches and 156 men were
taken prisoners.
“Between the Meuse and the Moselle
the only heavy fighting was in the
forest of LePretre, where the French
attacked in great numbers. We re
pulsed all the attacks, some of which
reached into our trenches, with heavy
losses for the enemy. We captured 90
men.
“Yesterday two more French aero
planes were destroyed. One was de
stroyed near Rheims by gun fire. The
other, belonging to an air squadron, was
forced to land at a point to the north
west of Verdun.
“Our operations in northwestern Rus
■la are progressing. Near Szawle
(Shavli) we Captured 400 more Rus
sians. Pursuing the fleeing Russians,
the German vanguard reached the re
gion southwest of Mitau.
“The Russians attacked in the re
gion of Kalwaria (on the easi Prus
sian frontier) but were repulsed with
heavy losses. Three hundred made pris
oners."
MUCH TO BE DESIRED
IN INFORMATION ON
NAVY, SAYS MEYER
(Continued from I'agr One)
public mind by the number end ton*
r.age of its material units. The r* al
Btrengtn of the fleet is the combina
tion of its peraonnel (with their skill
and training) and Its material, and of
these two elements the more impor
tant, the personnel, is too often ior
gotten and neglected in making pro
visions for our fleet.' One of the basic
troubles at the present moment is the
demoralization which has heen going
on of our personnel and which is net
l4ken into account. Further. «t is
poor economy to build battleships
Cvithout making, as we are doing now,
a proper provision for the increase re
v\ fiulred in personnel, as Is the approved
practice in other countries.
“The difficulty in the administration
of the navy at the present moment is
due to the fact that the organization
Jn force for four years founded on i
plan to a great extent the outcome
of Admiral Mahan's ideas, has been
disrupted and disorganized without
consulting experts, and nothing has
been put in its place. Imagine a new
railroad president removing division
beads without replacing them and ex
pecting the opeiatlon of the entire rail
road system to be continued with ef
ficiency, economy and dispatch. The
test of a naval organization cimes
when, In an emergency, it can pass
smoothly from a peace to a war basis.
In the present condition of the or
ganization it could not be accomplished
without the greatest confusion, ami
congestion, to t lie mortification of
the navy and with a possibility of very
crave consequences, to the discredit
of the country."
DANIELS ANSWERS
CRITICS OF POLICY
IN NAVAL AFFAIRS
(Continued from I'nge One)
*!,rht. If we adopt the 15-inch cali
bre, we would have to make a sacri
I*’. fice In number of guns as great or
nearly as great as was done in th? de
sign of the Que< n Elizabeth.
“Counting volume of fire and ;*rob
ahllity of bitting, we see that at bat
tle range the number of blows deliv
ered by the Pennsylvania in a given
time will exceed those given by the
* Queen Elizabeth by 70 per cent. No
one can doubt the. advisability of de
livering 17 hits to 10 of the enemy.
“Now. if we compare these guns at
range greater than armor piercing
range, we find that the Pennsylvania’s
guns rangr quit*-* as far, at a maximum,
gs those of the Queen Elizabeth. Both
guns range further than they would
have any hope of hitting a ship."
LANDING OF TROOPS
PART OF STRATEGY
London. May 2.-(2:35 p. m.l-An Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Athens
says It is learned from Mytilene that
the landing of 40(K> French troops on the
Asiatic side of the Dardanelles last Sun
day was executed for the exclusive pur
pose of facilitating the occupation by
British troops of Seddul Bahr, on th*
European side, and at the southern ex
tremity of the Gallipoli peninsula.
As soon as these operations were com
pleted the French, according to these ad
vices. returned to their transports anc
proceeded for an unknown destination.
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SECURED TWENTY-ONE NEW i
SUBSCRIBERS IN NINE DAYS
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Donald Billings Is Doing I
Things Out In Ensley.
Wants to Become a Me-1
chanical Engineer
By ELLIS C. HOLLDJI9
It Isn't often lhat a boy secures 21
tew subscribers for any paper during
the first nine days of his service, but
that is the record of Donald Billings,
who lives at 2201 Avenue I, Ensley,
’em', who carries The Age-Herald out
in Ensley. He joined the paper's stuff
of carriers less than two weeks ago
and in the first nine days of his serv
ice picked up 2! new subscribers aim
showed that he had in him qualities
lor (making good at anything he un
dertakes.
It is usual for a new boy to miss de
livering one or two papers, If not more,
as lie doesn't know the route as well
as a regular carrier, but Donald
learned the route he carries so thor
oughly that not a word of complaint
has been received from any of his
subscribers since he started carrying
the paper.
Donald wanta to be a mechanical en
gineer when he becomes of age. He
lntonds to secure a position with the
Tennessee company at one of Its Ens
ley or Fairfield plants this summer,
and will get first hand knowledge of
the work he Intends doing when he
grows up.
Jle Is 15 years old and attends Ens
ley High school. Donald plays base
ball of course. All Age-Herald car
ders play and like baseball, for they
are all true Americans and are fond
of Americanisms, institutions and, in
fact, everything that a real, live, red
blooded American boy is fond of. Don
£l plays second base on the nine. Dur
ing the season he likes football and
can take with good grace the hardest
knocks the game is likely to give.
I asked Donald what was the first
thing he did when in the presence of
a prospective subscriber to The Age
Herald. He said he removed his hat
first of all, and then plunged into tun
matter at hand. He tells the prospect
rome of the merits of The Age-Herald
and asks him if he wouldn't consider
becoming a daily reader of the paper.
• If this fails, he tells what he is work
ing for, and in moBt cases one or tne
other pleas lands a new subscriber His
record stands for itself.. He managed
to secure the names of 21 neople who
wanted The Age-Herald. If they had
DONALD BILLINGS
l ot wanted the paper, no matter what
argument he offered. It is probably
they wouldn’t have subscribed.
Tomorrow: We will dlscuMi Ben Cop
lan. He In n member of the Hilliard
«ortety at the Central High school, and
one of The Age-Herald’* llveat car
rier*.
GERMAN AIRCRAFT
BOMBARD VARIOUS
TOWNS IN FRANCE
Four Machines Fly Over Epinal and
Drop Bombs—No One Hurt and
Small Damage Was Done
Paris, May 2.—(5:30 p. m.)—German aero
planes today bombarded various towns of
Eastern France.
Four machines flew over Epinal. capi
tal of the French department of Vosges, :
and dropped 20 incendiary bombs. No on? j
was hurt. The only damage was two'
small fires.
Aeroplanes also visited Remiremont, IS
miles southeast of Epinal. There French
aeroplanes rose to meet the raiders and
the Germans turned fdward their own
frontier.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Signature of
THE WEATHER I
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Weather Forecast
Washington, May 2.—Forecast for Ala
bama and Mississippi: Generally fair
Monday and Tuesday.
Georgia: Fair Monday except thunder
showers northwest and extreme north
portions; Tuesday fair.
Tennessee: Thundershowers Monday;
Tuesday fair.
Local Data
For the 24 hours ending at 7 p. vn.
May 2. 1915:
Highest temperature .
Dowest temperature . 66
Mean temperature . 77
Normal temperature . 68
Deficiency in temp, since Jan. 1. SW
Rainfall .00
Total rainfall since Jan. 1 .12.88
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. 1— 6.60
Relative humidity: 7 a. m.. 81; 7 p. m.,
46.
Weather Conditions
Summary 'of observations made a;
United States weather bureau stations
during the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., 75th
meridian time, May 2, 1915;
Temperature
> jTS ? ^
Stations and ^ ~ ® C. r
Weather at 8 p. m. °° ^ " 2 § r
*o ■ »
. ^ 3 Ip
3 : <* : •
3* •
Atlanta^ clear .. ... 82 88 66
Birmingham, clear. 80 88 G6 ...
Boston, cloudy ...... 46 52 .
Buffalo, cloudy .... 5ft 50 .
Calgary, clear . 56 56 .
Charleston, pt. el’dy 22 80 .... •
Chicago, cloudy ... 48 50 .. . 16
Denver, clear . 50 54 .
Des Moines, .cloudy 62 66 .. .2 1
Duluth, cloudy . 36 42 .
Fort Worth, pt. cl dy 82 86 68 ...
Galveston, cloudy . 74 78 72 . . .
Hatteras, clear .... 58 72 .
Jacksonville, clear .78 92 .
Kansas City, clear.. 76 89 .
Knoxville, cloudy .. 66 84 .
Louisville, cloudy . . 62 80 .
Memphis, rain .... 82 86 .
Minneapolis, rain .. 50 52 .01
Mobile, pt. cl’dy ... 7 4 80 68 ...
Montgomery, clear .82 88 66
Nashville, pt. cl’dy.. 80 84 .
New Orleans, clear. 78 86 70
New' York, cloudy . . 60 62 .
Oklahoma, clear ... 74 8ft .. .02
Phoenix, clear . 62 62 .
Pittsburg, cloudy . . 62 66 .
Raleigh, cloudy .... 72 8ft
San Antonio, cloudy 8ft 84 70 ...
Ran Francisco, cl’dy 54 54 .
Shreveport, cloudy.. 78 84 .
Spokane, cloudy ... 64 64 .
St. Louis, cloudy ... 74 SO .. .31
Tampa, clear . 78 88 .
Toledo, cloudy . 6ft 68 .
Vicksburg, cloudy .80 88 .
Washington, cloudy 62 68 .
Winnipeg, cloudy .50 54
E. C. HORTON, Local Forecaster.
London, May 2.—(11:20 p. m.)—*A Ger
man submarine on Saturday sank the old
British destroyer Recruit off the Gal
loper lightship, in the North sea, but
the score was more than equalised by
other British destroyers, which, after a
stern chase, overtook and sank the two
German torpedo boats that had accom
panied the submarine on her cruise.
Some of the crew of the Recruit were
rescued by the trawler Daisy, but as the
submarine fired on the fishermen they
were compelled to leave the others to
their fate. The British destroyers res
cued most of the crews of the German
torpedo boats and two officers were
picked up by a passing steamer and taken
to Holland.
Beyond this there is little war news to
the German submarines continued their
operations off the ScJlly Islands, and in
addition to torpedoing the American tank
steamer Gulflight, whose captain died of
shock and on which two men were
drowned, sank the French steamer Europe
and the British steamer Fulgent, the cap
tain of the latter vessel being shot and
killed.
Beyond this theer is little war news to
night. The Germans claim an advance
in their raid into the Russian Baltic
provinces, and after defeating the Rus
sians, to have reached the region south
west of Mitau, which is well on the road
to Riga, and, if they are in strong force,
they should prove a serious menace to
Russian communications. It is believed
here, however, that the movement is
nothing more than a raid, and the Rus
sians profess not to be disturbed over it.
There has been no further bombard
ment of Dunkirk, which would seem to
indicate that the Germans only had one
big gun in position, and that the French
airmen have made it so uncomfortable
for the gun crew that it has been
withdrawn. As a reply to this bombard
ment the French have brought one of
their big guns to bear on one of the forts
on the south front of the fortress of
Metz.
Along the rest of the western front at
tacks and counter attacks continue, but
no battle of importance has developed
out of them.
Tt appears that the Turkish report that
the Asiatic part of the Dardanelles is
free of the invaders war correct, the |
French having gone ashore there only j
to make the landing of the British on the |
other side easier, and this accomplished
have been withdrawn, doubtless to land
at some other point. News of these op
erations is awaited with the greatest in
terest, as. for the moment, they are con
sidered among the most important of ttia
war.
READJUSTMENT OF
RURAL MAIL SYSTEM
Washington, May 2.—Plans for a gen
eral readjustment of the rural postal ser
vice throughout the country by July to
provide mall facilities for 1,000,000 persons
not included in the present routing sys
tem. were announced tonight by Postmas
ter General Burleson.
The postoffice department. Mr. Burle
son said, had ordered all retraclngs of
travel by carriers eliminated and unnec
essary service, where found to exist, dis
continued. Motor vehicles will be pro
vided under the new plan where high
ways will permit.
“Rural service will be extended to every
farmer reasonably entitled to it," said
Mr. Burleson, "as rapidly as the new
adjustments can be made."
May Devotions at St. Paul s
The May devotions at St. Paul’s church
will be at noon every day instead of In
the evening as in other years. It was
announced at the masses yesterday that
the devotions would last only 20 minutes.
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RAILROAD TRAFFIC
FROM TEXARKANA TO
FULTON SUSPENDED
Washouts From Red River Flood
Cover Tracks—Wire Communica
tion Also Crippled Badly
Texakana, Ark., May 2.—RaHroad traf
fic between Texarkana and Fulton, Ark.,
and between Texarkana and Lewisville
was suspended today because of washouts
as a result of the Red river flood. Sev
eral miles of St. Louis, Tron Mountain
and Southern tracks near Fulton are
nnder water and wire communication In
the flooded area is badly crippled. The
only other damage so far reported was
to cropB.
Red river was falling "west of Texarkana
late today arid levee engineers predicted
the floods would begin to recede here
tomorrow.
Carnegie Medal to Boy
Dothan, May 2.—(Special.)—Henry T.
Matthews, a 12-year-old pupil of the
Dothan city schools, has been award'd
a bronze Carnegie hero medal for
Iravery displayed In rescuing Benja
min Grant, Jr., 2Vi-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. J. Grant of this city from
an abandoned well on the morning of
March 26, 1912, according to announce
ment made today.
MERCHANT PIG IRON J
SALES AREHEAVY'l
April Total Reaches 550,000 ®
Tons—Southern Furnaces !
Are Getting Orders 4
New York. May 2.—Sales of merchant |
pig Iron last week were heavy, aggregat
ing approximately 250,000 tons, making the
April total 550,000 tons. Southern furnaces
secured orders for 135.000 tons this week
and 250,000 tons for the month of which
about 100,000 were on speculative account,
and the iron is still carried in storage
yards in Alabama. Prices advanced 25
to 50 cents per ton. In the central west * *
basic sales were increased by 50,000 tons
and 16.000 tons were sold for export to
the Mediterranean. 'In the territory east
of the Allegheny mountains foundry sales
aggregated about 20,000 tons.
Railroad equipment buying was again
small, including 40,000 tons .of rails, of
which 5000 tons were for the Minneapolis *
and St. Louis, 3000 tons for the Chicago,
Indianapolis and Louisville; 3000 tons gtwA
er rails in New York and 16,000 tons tie
rails in the south, mainly for the Southern
railway. The "Soo line" ordered 500
freight cars. Builders now have Inquiries
for 7000 cars outside of the Pennsyl
vania prospective orders and Including
2000 to be built at railroad shops.
Export trade was more active, miscel- .
laneous orders outside of war material '
amounted to 30,000 tons—mainly billets—
and inquiries are in the market for 23.
XK) more billets for Great Britain and
France. Russia wants forgings for tor
pedo boat construction.
Structural orders have been small since
the subway contracts, 17,000 tons noted a
week ago. Fabricating shop orders for
the month were 43 per cent less than in
March. The Baltimore and Ohio placed
orders for 1300 tons for grade crossing
elimination at Chicago, and the Lehigh i
Valley closed the Buffalo terminal con- (
tract for 1600 tons. Ten other railroads
are in the market for bridge work. Bids „
on the construction of a three-track ele
vated line in Brooklyn go in May IS,
calling for 14,000 tons of steel.
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