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THE aiORXISTG- OltEGOICIAIT, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915, SIEGE OF PRZEMYSL IS GIGANTIC I Mere Investment of 75-Mile Line of Fortresses Im mobilizes Big Army. END NOT YET IN SIGHT Russians Have Xo Guns to Compare With Those or Beleaguered Garri son, Hence Arc Compelled to "Sit Tight" and Wait. PETROGIUD. ilar. 2. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Some Idea of the magnitude of the under taking involved in the investment of Przemvsl may be formed from the statement that the circumference of the fortress amounts to 75 mile3. The portion of the Russian army which is necessary for the mere operation of "sitting tiht" in this spot is therefore large enough so that if released it would have a material influence in field operations. ' It Is estimated that at least two full Russian army corps, 10 rAthfr with a. larire force of cavalry and heavy artillery, are Immobilized bv the investment of PrzemysL The arrangements for the investment f the fortress are similar to those em ployed for the defense of a river line. The extent of the front is too great to admit of continuous lines being oc cunicd in adeauate strength to resist attack at every point by means of troops actually on the spot. Outpoats . Surround Fortress. The object of investment is to pre sent supplies and reinforcements from reaching the parrison, and to confine the latter within the outer girdle of torts. This object ib attained by sur- soundlng the fortress with a line of outposts, which remain constantly on the alert to detect by means of recon aoJss&nce any offensive movement on th part of the garrison. The actual resistance to any offen sive movements from within the for tress is offered by reserve bodies of troops, which are held In readiness at convenient points in the rear of the line of investment. By this means the number of troops absorbed in the in vestment of the fortress is much re duced. When contrasted with the speedy fall of fortresses in Belgium the prolonged defrnso of Vrzemysl may seem extra ordinary. Liege. Namur, Jlaubeu.qe and - Antwerp were subdued by investment. The Germans brought up artillery of exceptional power, by which they put the artillery of the defenders out of action and destroyed the defenses. The Russians have no guns capable of be inir transported in the field that are at all able to compete with the guns of the fortresses of Frzcmysl. Russia. ForceflMta ot flealfrrd. Hence they have been restricted to the slow process of investment, and as Przemysl was well supplied with food and. ammunition, its- resistance has been protracted, and the end Is not yet in sight. The place was originally invested early in September. It was 'relieved about October 10. but the re pulse later of the Austrians enabled he investment to be resumed, and it has been maintained for ' the past four months. Frequent optimistic Russian fore easts as to the impcr fcling fall of the fortress havo not beer ! realized, and it now appears that a regular system of communication by ueroplane is main tained between the city and the out side world, that the supply of meat has been conserved by the killing of larjre quantities of wild game and fowl in the suburban districts, and that the food supply, augmented by market produce from the surrounding region, is adequate for nearly thrco months more. TURKS SINK THREE SHIPS (Continued From First Psr.) l'arkness intervened. It is under stood that the bombardment was re sumed today. Geoeral Attack Made. The Admiralty tonight gave out the following statement regarding opera tions at the Dardanelles: "Mine sweeping having been in progress during the last ten days, a freneral attack was delivered by the British and French ships Thursday morning on the fortresses in the nar rows. "At 10:35 A. M. the Queen Elizabeth. Inflexible. Agamemnon and Lord Nel son, bombarded Forts J. L. T. U and V. while the Triumph and Prince George fired at Butteries F, K and H. A heavy fire . was opened on the ships from howitzers and field guns. Four Forts Silenced. "At 11:20 the French squadron, con sisting of the iSuffren. Gaulois, Charle magne and Bouvct. advanced up the Dardanelles and engaged the forts at closer range. Forts J, U, F and K re plied strongly. Their fire was silenced by the ten battleships Inside the straits, all the ships being hit several times during this part of the action. "By 1:25 P. M. all the forts had ceased firing. The Vengeance. Irresisti ble. Albion. Ocean. Swiftsure and Ma jestic advanced to relieve the six other battleships inside the straits. "As the French squadron, which had engaged the forts in a most brilliant fashion, was passing out the Bouvet was blown up by a. drifting mine. She sank in 3S fathoms, north of Erenkeui vllage. in less than three minutes. "At 2:36 r. M. the relief battleships Tenewed the attack on the ferts, which again opened lire. The attack on the forts was maintained whil ethe opera tions of the mine sweepers continued. VrsnelH Sink In Deep Water. -At 4:09 r. M. the Irresistible quit the line, listing heavily and at 5:50 o'clock sank, having probably struck a drifting mine. "At 6:.i o'clock the ocean, also having struck a mine, sank. "Both vessels sank in deep water, practically the whole of their crews having been removed safely under a lx.t tire. "The Gaulois was damaged by gun fire. The inflexible had her forward control position hit by a heavy shell and requires repairs. "The bombardment of the forts of the mine-sweeping operations termi nated when darkness fell. The damage to the forts, effected by the prolonged direct firo of the powerful forces em ployed, cannot yet be estimated and a further report will follow. "Tho loss of the ships was caused by mines drifting with the current, which were encountered ' in areas hitherto swept clear, and tbis danger will re quire special treatment. "The British casualties were not heavy, considering the scale of opera tions, and practically the whole of the crew of the Bouvet were lost, an in ternal explosion having apparently su pervened on the explosion of tho mine. Operations Arc Coatlnnlnc "Tho Queen and Implacable, which have been dispatched from England to replace the ships' losses in anticipa tion of this operation, aro duo .to ar rive immediately, thus bringing the British fleet up to its original strengtn Tha nnaarntlnna a fa onntinuinST With tM naval and military forces available on the spot. "On tho 16th Vice-Admiral Carden h hii (nfannpltatfUl bV illnCSS was succeeded in the chief command by Rear-Admiral John Michael oe no beck, with tho acting rank of Vice Admiral." DARDANELLES IS IX FLAMES Powder Arsenal Xear Town Is De stroyed by Fleet. PARIS, March 19. "The allied fleet - -i v. .. ; . . n 4y,a Dardanelles CUICIGU iUV O . - H'.-J w. at 8 o clock this morning, eaya based on information received from Tenedos. KH 1 .... W i Cha Wnct f rtl fl Uftfl in ) .... -I.. i-kAAa T.flarihla A !TR TT1 PTT1- Ul Ull U J IUG l. I. 1 , ai.uua.v.u, si non and Lord Nelson and then by the French warships uauiois, Duuern, tuu . 1 " 1. . I . . .. .... TTVi a. WOAthe tCl HilU 11 1, i ILLIlOftlH ...... conditions were excellent. The reports c . . 1 -1 vA . .1 rAm thA Gulf VI i. nuiiuii lu urn lc "i "' - - - of Saros bombarding indirectly Kilid Bahr. "The warships stationed at the en- . . . .. . . .. v. ... 1. .. or Tn.r- vittiiv-ts ti ma nuoiia danus and Kilid Bahr. The lino ex tended from Kum Kale, on tne Asiatic side at the entrance, to the Straits of f-.. 1 TVia lina ailvoilN AS far fifl Cavofonia, where a powder arsenal situated Deiow tne town ui iiiwiivva was blown up. "Forts Tchimenlik, Kilid Bahr and Tildiz Tabia replied with a heavy hre, shells falling on all sides of the war ships and some even on the Ships themselves. vut; -Til)' dii.cs.vi " nelles. but was forced to retreat before a vinlant nsnnnnamn?. KJUO X renvil ship suffered severe injuries. "A shell exploded on tne eritisn oai tle cruiser Inflexible, wounding several men, who were immediately transported to the hospital ship. "The town of Dardanelles is in flames. 1 C .'.Innlr in th. HWtlineT the action had concluded but was, partly re sumed auring tae jugiiu majut' the forts suffered severely." ATTACK IS TO EE COXTIXITED French. Order Henry IV to Tteplace Destroyed Battleship. PARIS. March 19. The Ministry of Marine tonight, gave out the following communication: "In the course of the operations in tho Dardanelles March 18 the allied naval force3 were subjected to an in tense fire and warships ran against floating mines in the straits. French and English battleships violently bom barded Forts Kilid Bahr, Chanak Ka Iessi and also Forts Souain Dere, Dar danus and Kephez Point. "The results during the course of this hot day were acquired at the cost of a considerable loss. The Bouvet was sunk following the explosion of a mine. Th,e Gaulois was momentarily put out of action by reason of damage caused by the fire of tho enemy. The ingnsn fleet suffered equally, two of its battle shios being sunk by mines. These losses, painful as they are, will not stop the course of the operations. "As soon as the news of the accident to the Bouvet was received the Minister of Marine sent a dispatch to the battle ship Henri IV. which was on the Syrian Coast, to replace the Bouvet. Information as to the fate of tho crew of the Bouvet has not yet been re ceived. A certain communication per mits the statement that part of the crew, the exact number is unknown. has been saved." CABLE IS CUT BV AMETHYST Casualties Incurred in liunning Gauntlet on Important Duty. LONDON. March 16. The casualties reported sustained on the British cruiser Amethyst were the resujt of a smart piece of work which she performed in the Dardanelles when, it is said, she was entrusted with the difficult task of cutting the telegraph cable connect ing Kilid Bahr with Chanak." says the Malta correspondent of Router's Tele gram Company. The correspondent con tinues: rihe succeeded in lifting and cutting the cable undetected, and had started her return journey when she was dis covered. She then had to run the gauntlet of forts on both sides of the Narrows, becoming the target of a veritable hail of fire. Going at full sDeed. although frequently hit, she suc ceeded in getting beyond the range of the guns and reaching the entrance to the straits." Y British Admiralty report issued on March 17 said that in the lighting in the Dardanelles on March 13 the Ame thyst made a dash into the straits. She was struck by several shells and had 3 men killed. 19 severely wounded and 18 slightly hurt. LOST VESSELS OF OLD TYPES Irresistible Largest of Three Battle ships Sunk In Dardanelles. LONDON, March 19. Tho British battleship Irresistible was commanded by Captain the Honorable Stanhope Hawke and in times of peace had a complement of 780 men. She was the largest of the three allied battleships sunk, being of 15,000 tons displacement and 430 feet long. The chief armament of the warship consisted of four 12-inch and 12 6-Inch guns. She also carried 16 12-pounders, six 3-pounders, two maxims, four submerged torpedo tubes and was protected by Krupp armor. The speed of the warship was 18 knots an hour. She was built in 1898 at a -cost of Jo.000,000. The Ocean was commanded by Cap tain Arthur Hayes-Sadler and had a crew of 750. She was 418 feet long and of 11,950 tons displacement. Her arma ment was composed of four 12-inch and. 12 6-inch guns, 10 12-pounders, six 3 pounders. two maxims, four submerged torpedo tubes and her armor was of Harvey-nickel make. She was of 18 knots speed and was built in 189S Th French battleship Bouvet was a vessel of 12.000 tons displacement laid down in 1892, with a complement of 621 men. Her armament consisted of two 12-inch guns, two 10.8-inch, eight 5.5-inch, eight 3.9-inch, 10 3-pounders and 10 1-pounders. besides two torpedo tubes. GERMAN MUST FACE TRIAL Dynamiter of Canadian Bridge to Go Before I'nlted States Court. BANGOR, lie, March 19. Werner Horn, who Is charged with illegal in terstate transportation of explosives in connection with his attempt to wreck tho international railroad bridge at Vanceboro, will be taken to Boston for trial at the present term of th United States Court, as a result of the find ing of Federal Commissioner Reed here today. The Commissioner decided that the indictment warrant, which was the only evidence offered by the prosecu tion, was sufficient basis for holding the prisoner. The motion of the de fense for the release of Horn, on the ground that ho was a belligerent en gaged in an act of war. and not amen able to the courts of this country, was denied. . Bond was set at Jl 0,000. and Horn was ordered to the county Jail In Port land, pending his removal to Boston. It is expected that he will be taken to Massachusetts early next week. WOMEN OVERWORK ON TENANT FARMS Physician Says Health Often Is Ruined, Unborn Children Are Made to Suffer. SPECULATIVE FEVER RIFE Migratory Character or Many Ten ants Ascribed to Desire to Buy and Sell Rather Than Im prove Crop Conditions. DALLAS. Tex., March 19. Tho effect on the health t -rhite women on tenant farms from dragging cotton sacks in the fields at cotton picking season was investigated by Mrs. J. Borden iiarri man. of the Federal commission on industrial relations at today's hearing on land nroblcms. It was one of many aspects of land tenancy considered. W. L. Thurman, of Sulphur, Okla., who said he had practiced medicine in tho Southwest, and is now a lecturer in Oklahoma, was on the witness-stano. "Do women," askfc- Mrs. Harrlman, "drag cotton sacks?" "Thev reneralv do." "As a physician, what do you think is tho effect on the women s neaun r Effect Unborn Children Bad. "I nositlvvlv know that the health of many women has been ruined by it," replied Mr. Thurman, adding that women sometimes did such work until near the time for children to be Born. "What is the effect on tho child?" asked Mrs. Harrlman. "Detrimental." , W. B. Yeary. of Farmorsvllle, Tex., who farms 20u0 acres and has banking Interests, said it was a mistaken Idea that tenant farmers are shiftless aa a class. He said they were highly skilled in cotton raising. A witness ascribed some or the mi gratory tendency of tenants to specula tive fever of farmers. This, he said, caused them to be more interested In chances to buy and sell land than in imDroving crops and farm conditions. His reports Indicated, he said, that about one-third of the farmers woo borrow money in Texas pay more tnan tho legal rate of interest. One-'Jrop System Condemned. The one-crop system was scored by George W. Simon, of Chicago. Western agent of the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society. He said there could not be a successful credit system for farmers so long as the ono crop idea is practiced. Consideration of big farms, covering a county in area, was not reached by the commission today. It will be taken up at the closing session of the hear- ngs tomorrow. CANAL WORKERS OBJECT DISMAL OF FJU.13 RENT, LIGHT ASTD Fl'IiL IS PROTESTED. rreaident Informed Order Reduces Pay. Violating Agreement Mot to Do So I'ntll Canal Wi Finished. WASHINGTON. March 19. C. O. Simmons and J. J. Bridges, represent ing Panama Canal employes, protested at the White House today against a recent executive .order requiring tne employes to pay for their rent, light and coal, previously furnished them free of charge. Secretary Tumulty acted for the President at the hearing. The committee said the order would decrease the pay of employes in the canal zone by from 10 to 20 per cent, in violation of an agreement that the wage scales would not be changed un til the canal was completed. Protest was also made against a permanent wage scale on the Panama Canal zone, which the committee said Major-General Goethals was now put ting into effect. The President has promised to give the protests careful consideration. Secretary Garrison will oppose re scinding of the order. NEW YORK, March 19. Civil em ployes on the Panama Canal, accord ing to ex-Congressman George J. Kin del, of Colorado, who returned today on the steamer Panama from the canal zone, feel keenly tho failure of Con gress to give them even a vote of thanks for their work in connection with the digging of the canal. They received with pleasure the news of the honors bestowed on ' General Goethals and other officers, but they thought the civil employes should have been mentioned in some way. Mr. Kindel said he would lay the matter before President Wilson. PARIS STATESMAN KILLED Henri CoIIingnon Refuses Officer's Commission to Die as Private. PARIS. March 19. The death of Henri Collingnon, counsellor of state, on the field of battle In Eastern France was announced today. M. Collingnon, al though 58 years old, volunteered as a private soldier and used nis great in fluence in public affairs to secure an assignment in active service. He had been fighting for months in the trenches, according to his officers, showing remarkable coolness and brav ery. He was recommended several times for promotion to the rank of second lieutenant, which he refused, preferring to serve as a private. BLOCKADE VIEWED LEGAL (Continued From First Page.) sessing all modern means of defense. There would be no question in the lat ter case of applying a rule such as that which formerly required that ships should be stationary and sufficiently close to the bloojtaded places: the po sition would be too dangerous for the ships of the blockading force which, besides, now possesses more powerful means of enabling them to watch ef fectively a much wider zone than for merly. "The radius of action of a blockading naval force may extend somewhat far, but as it depends on the number of ships contributing to the effectiveness of the blockade and is always limited by the condition of effectiveness, it will never reach remote seas upon which merchant vessels sail which are, per haps, destined for blockaded ports, but whose destination may be contingent on the changes which circumstances may produce in tho blockade during the voyage. Neutrals Saved From Risk. "To sum up, the idea of radius of action, joined to that of effectiveness, that is to say, including the zone of operations of the blockading forces, al lows the belligerent to exercise in an effective manner the right of blockade which is admitted to be his and, on the other hand, it saves neutrals from ex posure to the Inconvenience of block ade at a great distance, while it leaves them free to run the risks to which they knowingly expose them selves by approaching points to which access is forbidden by the belligerents." Tho United States Naval War College authorities point out that, while orig inally, under American doctrine, the area of blockade was not limited, the definition of the area of operations of a blockade, even if In sifch a manner as to include a large range of high sea, is regarded as a legitimate act of war. and tho belligerent right is respected; tho principle which is recognized is that the belligerent has the right to put pressure upon his opponent with out interference by neutrals and. while it is undoubtedly an Inconvenience and may be a loss to neutral commerce to be excluded from the blockaded area, it is a recognized consequence of war. Specific Developments Awaited. The declaration of London and all previous expositions of International law specifically ruled, however, that "the blockading forces must not bar access to the ports or coasts of neu trals." It is on this point which the British order in council, if intended to bo a notification of blockade, would be, in view of officials here, a violation of previous rules. For that reason fur ther development or tne unusn policy In specific cases is awaited with keen Interest. UPRISING NOT CREDITED MISSIONARIES HAVE NO WOBD OF TROUBLE IN SUDAN. PARIS POLICE HAVE LITTLEWORK IN WAR Turbulent Elements Vie With Peaceful Citizens in Main taining Good Order. MISERY IS AT MINIMUM fleet, was tho subject of much discus sion at the International Naval Con ference at London in 1909 and the dee. laration which followed contained the following rule: "The seizure of neutral vessels for violation of blockade may be made only within the radius of action of the ships of war assigned to maintain an effec tive blockade." An explanation of this was given at the conference which recent publi cation o' the United States wax col lege states "has been universally ac cepted" as interpreting the rule. Tho commentary which Is pointed to as ex plaining the American attitude fol lows in part: "It does not seem possible to assigif limits to the radius of action in definite and unvarying figures, any more thad it is possible to fix beforehand invari ably the number of ships necessary to assure the effectiveness of any block ade. These points must be determined according to circumstances in each par ticular case of a blockade. "It is evident that a blockade will not be established in tho same way on a defenseless coast and on a coast pos- Reference to Fashoda Said to Betray Fact Tfcat Bearer of Tale Had Been Long Oat of Country. DES MOINES, March 19. No uprising among the Dervishes of Egyptian Su rfan hid occurred ud to December 27 last, according to Rev. D. S. Oyler, of Atlantic, Iowa, a missionary of the United Presbyterian Church, who left his mission at Bolelb Hill, aDout ou miles from Fashoda on that date. Oyler said tho report General Hawley and his British command had been killed by Dervishes near Fashoda De cember 13 was untrue. Official circles of the United Presby terian Church in this city whose mis sionaries are active in the Sudan are skeptical of the Berlin story of massa cre and Moslem uprisings. It is pointed out by men who havo worked in the mission field3 of the Sudan that the discrepancies and Inaccuracies in the description geography as recited in the Berlin story support the doubt3 ex pressed. Letters are being received in this city every week from the points men tioned in the Berlin story. Mr. Mc- Creary points out that the town of Nasser, mentioned as being in the Senaar provlnce.is on the Sobat River, a tributary of the White Nile in the Blue Nile province, and five or six hundred miles from the Senaar district. It is not an important military post. The use of tho name Fashoda, Mr. lie Crearv savs. would indicate that the hearer of the massacre tale had not been in the Sudan in some years, as there has been no such place since the days of the French occupation. PHILADELPHIA, March 19. Dr. Charles R. Watson, corresponding sec retary of the board of foreign missions of the United Presbyterian cnurcn. said here today that letters from the Egyptian Sudan do not contirm tne wireless reports from Berlin that dervishes aro in possession of Nubia and, the region about Khartoum. A letter from one or the missionaries of the board dated at Kartum. as late as February 5, made no mention of the war or of any trouDie. -rne unitea Presbyterian Church, Dr. Watson saia, has 200 stations in the territory re ported to be in the hands cf dervishes. All missionaries in that region. Dr. Watson adds, received instructions at the beginning of the war to report all unusual happenings by cable, if pos sible, and by mail. IS. ANGLE ACQUITTED AUDIENCE CHEERS VERDICT AND WOMAN COLLAPSES IN COURT. Charge of Having Caused Death of Elderly Suitor Falls Crowds Line Street for Blocks. BRIDGEPORT. Conn., March 19. Mrs. Helen M. Angle was found not guilty of man-slaughter by a Jury in the criminal Superior Court here late today. She was accused of having caused the death of Waldo B. Ballou, her aged suitor, at Stanford on the night of June 23 last Ballou fell down stairs leading from her apartments. The announcement of the verdict was greeted with cheers by the courtroom ii - x ... inirlA cnl 1 ansed and ttUUlCII- ' n ' would have fallen had she not been caught by her fatner, leonaro. oionuen, who was beside her as he had been throughout the 12 days of the trial. " When Mrs. Angle had revived suf ficiently she left for Stamford. Out side the courthouse crowds lined the streets for two blocks waiting for her appearance. Mrs. Anglo was arrested shortly after Ballou had been found unconscious and dying at the street en trance to the building. Owing to her nervous condition her trial had been postponed several times. OFFICER LOSS IS GROWING British Casualties From March 1 0 to 13 Total More Than 8(10. LONDON, March 19. A casualty list of officers received from the headquar ters in the field, under date of March Vim nam of S3 officers, in cluding Hindus, who were killed or have died from wounaB, ana oi -io wuunucu or missing. Tkia K in cat nn the total casualties among officers since March 10, as offi cially reportea. ID LVO tvuieu ur uvau from wounds and, 31S wounded or mUa- in. ' . i Sentiment Elevated by Tragic Crisis and Examples of Heroic Sacri fice Are ' Emulated by Peo ple of Every Class. PARIS. March 4. (Correspondent of the Associated. Press.) Never has Paris seen so little frivolity and dis order as during the first six months of war. Only two criminal acts were committed. In that period and only ono of them was of capital importance a divorce murder. "The police have little to do," says Prefect of Police Laurent to the Asso ciated Press. "The public itself main tains order. For instance, the other night a moving-picture show produced a Chinese dance resembling the tango. which had. escaped the notice of the police censor: the audience repaired our omission by roundly hissing the film. Even on Mardi-Gras. an occasion which generally gives rise to hundreds of arrests, everyone docilely accepted tho prohibition of masks and confetti; the police had no occasion to intervene. High Sentiment Preelndes Crime. "The absence of crime is due pri marily, of course, to the elevation of sentiment by the tragic crisis of war. There's no place in our minds for things that are base and vile while we have before us so many examples of heroism and sacrifice, and. this ap plies to classes whose state of mind is not always fit for close analysis. When a man is flattered that he possesses an admirable quality that he knows he totally lacks, he immediately burns to possess it. Thus the turbu lent elements of the population took to their account part of the praise that was bestowed upon Paris for its bear ing at the outbreak of the war, and they seem to be really taking too little prido in helping to justify it. "Secondary causes are the elimina tion of the crime-producing elements misery and vice and the turning of passion from its usual object to the frontier. There was never less misery in Paris. In normal times many un fortunates are out of the reacli of charity; at present charity, in the name of relief, acts automatically, and these people find it far simpler to be good than to be wicked. F.arly Closing Is Aid to Order. "The early closing of cafes and the elimination of night, restaurants havo forced ordorly habits, diminished temp tation and vice. Many people thus for cibly introduced to a way of living that has done them good will never again return to their old night life." Tho suppression of the sale of absinthe. Monsieur Laurent thinks, has not yet had time to produce its effect, and he does not attribute the decrease in (..rim, in anv degree to this cause. One of the most conspicuous cases of swindling since the war began was that of an ex-Captain, ruined by ab sintlie he had not been able to get a drink for three months. The ultimate effect of tho reform he expects will bo considerable, but the man whose mural nature has been debased by absinthe has not yet naa time iu i cover. "Apaches" Redeeming Themselves. "As for the 'Apaches.' the street ruf' flans who give us so much trouble ordinarily, they have disappeared." he says. "Many of them are at the front, where they are redeeming many a fault: others are employed, on tne ae fense works of the entrenched camp; the rest seem to lack inspiration for their customary misdeeds, for we hear nothing of them. "I am no prophet," Monsieur Laurent concluded, "and I can't say what per manent effect the war may have on crime, but I am hopeful. I think that France will be so busy with serious things that the task of the police will be lighter than before. After tho scars of war have begun to disappear I think the eaietv and animation of Paris will come into their own, but I look for the elimination for years to come of many frivolities and different forms of folly." Forest botanists recognize only one cypresr In the United States. Its range fxtendB from htt-rd around the coaBt into Texas and up the Mississippi Valley to Illinois and TTidtana. EN New Spring Top Coats Have Just Come In and have gone into the cabinets marked at $20.00, $25.00,-$30.00 and $35.00. 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