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mnrtoEt JOTOHAL AHU WIEKL? NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVBMBE so, ml FAQI uvnr NO MERCY FOR SPIES. Patience Seems to Have Reached Limit in Officialdom. history. bring the soldiers to BM met with the approval of Majpr Gentr al Hedges at Camp Deveni.

It has been announced at the cwnl that the 301st Engineer! will be required to leave 1'rovldcnce Saturday evening ttlKv.it midnight on a upocinl I train lor Camp Dovens, and will not be allowed to spend Sunday at home. as many had Intended. The reason Klven is a many in the Engineers are not from HI-ode Island, and they will have no jilaco to stay over Sunday. Rather than have Only part of the regiment return, tho officers de elded to have ail return together. A state-wide tafj day has been ar person who in of shall tie ranged f01 th; date, lags having al- Fir.i Not Believed to be Accident! Army May be Given Entire Control.

WASHINGTON, Nov. founrl lurkuiz or actine 03 a spy in or about any of the fortifications, poata, qira.rte.rt or encampments, or else-- nlhore, shall Tje tried a general court-martial, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer deatili." "'Any person' brings within the jurisdiction all persons of nationality or civil status who may bo S. Articles of War. A drumhead, a 30 minutes' court a verdict, and a rtiootlns party at day I break. Patience seems to have reached its i limit in ofliciaJdom.

For seven months! ready been distributed in every city and town. The total of 350.000 tags will morning. to the placed on Su'turday and will i l.v -have 8tlrrod roikf civilian, officials. The usual firing party when a traitor pays the penalty is composed of 12 moil, 11 of whom rifles loaded with bullets, while one has a rl'ln loaded with a bimk. Thc temper of present things Inward treason was shown the other day toy the words of an ollreor who said that in our flrinir sounds every man.

of Uie 12 should have a ibullet in hie cartridge, for fear It might miss the mark. Firca have occurred at a different places along our coasts. New York suffered heavily and now comes The soft word been Some persons have Baltimore. "accident." lioved the soft word, but few In Washington believe It today. Energetic officials of the irovormiient -have "MISS MILLION'S MAID." Entertaining Story of the Efforts of an English Girl to Earn Her Living.

"In "Miss MiMlon'H Moid" Borta young- girl of good family who flies in the face of tradition by deciding to earn nor own living. Dreams of past Klory and what is bo-fitting hor station In life. jig up to old pedigree when you haven't fret enough money to buy yourself the right kind of 1 do not suffice for intrlce I who scandalizes ht'r aristo cratic aunt by refusing to live longer rllion. She becomes lady's maid to a young girl who has just come into I-osst-ssion of a large fortune. To add to iho humor of tho situation the heiress was malu uf all work in Los-e- 'aoe househoM when she received of hor legacy.

The possibilities of such a plot are worked out as only Kuc.U can work them out. Efforts to make a gentlewoman out of VWTMYIMY BE DEFERRED ARCHITECTS MOIILIZE, Master of Grand Strategy Must be Found. 'the government authorized for tho enlisted men. These are put up In 'either tins or glauH flasltH. in a ti Quick to Answer the Call for Wan Fought on Paptr at Big Build in Washington and Niar Newport.

wihat they could to induce the "laklni- 1Itu Cockney pirl. to of proper punitive, action, but mercy i horntofore ruled the day. Mercy to the offender. It seemingly now is felt, is not mt-rcy to the offended. "Acordent" so It Is said, for the blaze in New York which destroyed thousands of of grain intended for the allloa; It was resjronsible for Che blowing up of three mualtion- factories making the ahelis either for Great the UnlUnl States, and for 2-4 -hows it was saiu to 'he for tine destruction of $5.000,000 -worth oC food, muni- and shipping at the docks in the city of Us I Urn-ore.

It curious that "aoeiden-tij" "lappen only wihwe war m-iierlal is stored or is under jrrocoss oi' manufacture. Pa-fimce has i the officials Mini eoon 20,000 alien enemies -who have 'been working alonj? the docks of th. cities of our will bo turno'l from Uhe Kns-land and Fismcc had i disasters home, but England B'irlv took Hold of her alie.n CTiemy and solved it', and Dngland h-ad inorf: to the square. TiTilo than wr- have, though not eo many, peiliaps, as as sheer numbers po. Them irf bcfii a.

succoesion of atrooities in this country, from Wic rlcrftruct'loii or cattle in th-? West to that of 'the British at, the. dock in Baltimore, but so fur as anybody knows, and Hie facts in case could not remain hidden, the arrests m.nde have, been principally tlun; of pnachers and not actors in the HcM of treason. drawing room, and to elude hunters, are some of the tasks her nf the fort no which fall to the lot of tho new comp'i cat ions on sue when the two glr's are ftiirly launched out i the world and Invors of both mia- tresH and maid appear on the scene ire highly diverting. The characters are well drawn--Aunt Anastasia, who never forgets that she In a decendiuit of the huve-laues Clotirt; Miss Million, whose It Is in Wnshington tbo army be ffive-n entire cont-rc 1 of tr.c jrriM'lor places of a i i i a in this country. Out of thy nearly 2.000,000 soldiers a raised, it WASHINGTON.

Nov. army flicer in Washington the assertion of final victory for the allies, but there are plenty nf officers wno believe that success long must be deferred unless scattered strategy shall become concentrated strategy, liiat quickly. Washington's soldiery and particularly that port of it which constitutes the war oflice, wants an answer to this question: "Who la the master of grand strategy to make the irian and point the way to victory for the allies?" American army officers believe, and the thought aleo possesses the brains and breasts of Ulcers of the allies, somewhere today there is a man a in the i be as Xir of democracy. Where is and is ht-v Tne answer may comu shortly. For yours the.

officers attached to the war colleges of the army and nnvy mve studied strategy. Wars have been fought on paper in the big build- ng on the engineers' reservation in city and in the other big build- nir of the navy near Newport, R. I. trith every power on earth which coulo ay to military strength in whatever degree. has bee.n the business of the wai college to play the game which in tin old days was called "strategos." The game was played by the older army officers when they were cadets nt West Tolnt, played'in its original and more slmiple form because in these days war had not assumed the diameter which It Ints taken on a An amplified, extended and re-enforced "HlmtPEnH." has been the wai game played on the tables of the war colleges of every country for the ten years.

Germany was fpught on sea and on land by Ameriqnn of- tiefcni of tho army and navy before th kaiser let loose hie devil legions In 1914. Engfoml has been fought nn land nnd on sea by officers of the American War Service. and aro supposed to he part of each man's equipment, to bo ust-d only In an emergency, eimh tablet being euual to a gkifts of mailed milk. Block Island Kenneth Heck- i the new hut in use aiirt offer at Once Accepted by President- the showers a big aur.irtion. tho only rthowor a on the land whore tmlifa'U'd men may have warm or cold baths, Saturday nights the report i-slls the waiting lino mlniiiuiru stampede.

The other moms of the hut are well used, but the Signal Build Aviation Batei. water iit twit ion. the most WAGES OF SOLDIERS. WASHINGTON, Nov. the call of John Laweronce Mauran of St.

Louis, president of tho American Institute of Architects, tho mobilization of thy architects of the country i for wur servii'o virtually nan been The Pay OI American Fighting completed. The call to on the fir- Hen Seems to be Handsome Sum. iug line as well as it was issued I the historic Octagon ho-uae in Washington in which the treaty of Ghent which terminated tho wur of .1812 iwas signed. The response came the architectural from men high in ivg Anrtarican "Sammies" is profession in virtually every oily of more lucrative necupation tne United States. or i I Scores of architects already are in fathorktrtd.

When the 8U orvls the bu iiai 1 of( aviation 'buses to used by America's for the Prussian sol for offoi'ed n. 'bonus first man of his forces capture-d an Amcriwin Hf.ldior Jio nwn su.ni lhat represents U.un tnreo KTM nni Jhf American university in imy of a private in the Orman thla cil wllile others are awalt- of $7:. to the in France who huff a i torces ot hers are beinff a i in Uie battalion at the sudden r'su in the social world does not turn lior head or spoil her unaffected, genuine nature: Beatrice Luvelacf, whose appearance as maid doea not deceive one as to her true Htatio-n in life; the honorable Jumos Hurke. an irrepressible, saucy yountf irishman, who is popular with every one; the staid sedate-, irreproachable Reginald Hv; the young American, Hiruni Jc.s- sop, who impresses his English friend favorably in spite of un-EiiKliah Liies, and -Miss VI Vaasiiy, lxn(1nn'tt star actress. The illustrations are by K.

C. CaHwoll. -Mead Co.J a attending as students the war college of their Ko has France fought, Russia too, Italy too. and Japan and other ntitiona even down to tihose, which in few conceivable cir- cumstftiices could maJte thyir iiuirtia.) tstroiiK'th felt in battle on land or or. What was done 'n the American war colleges of the army and navy was done also In the war, colleges of aP tin; allied countries, and of Germany, Austria and Turkey.

The one upstanding reason why aol- iliers of the American army aro not ready to admit that tbo students of actual warfare were more apt tliJtin themselves is a Germany PROHIBITION MOVEMENT. Rev. Edward Simpson 'Speaks at Meeting of the Min- inisters' Union. Tlifi MinisLftrs' Union held ILa monthly meeting -Montiny members being gueflta the for war to I a condition which did pr lilKh not hold 'n any other country of the world. Therefore.

(Icrmiuiy hail prollt- eil hy i material mini its concentra- nt me riithor than hy any mental, gift denied to soldiers the ot other countries. of The search is on In the i States for a master strategist. It Is on also in Stocking ai the Thames every other country engn cd In the conflict in belwlf of democracy. Rev. Marvin it not that Germany seems to be MeLhodifit Hpi.scnpal Church, Ulo I snld here by ofllciuls who have stndiRd (ho.

pi tun lion that 30,000 readily can bn ward Lad Society which served the luncheon. Tho speaker Ilcv, Ed mi ward secretary of tho Khode wliieh iskuml Anti-Saloon League who a fihovt i time ago ctime from Detroit, where he was active in the prohibition movement, lie spoke forcefully of this work and at the conclusion of the address a committee was appo.nted to Interview Congressman Get.rgo F. O'SliaunefiBy regardrTig the national prohibition amendment, which will b'e before Congress at Its next session. to prevent the ore as lad a-s disasters As things present tlie dork-i and along the c-yast. tin factories and other planes are under cotiitrol of the civil thorijjio-s so far as the, punishment of donredatord.

incendiaries or t( rn is co-nccrnod. It is ontirely i in the ripfot of the L'nitwl States to declare martini law In uny section of any state. A place 500 foot square can bo put under martial law just readily as a place 5.000 miles square. It seems i i the ranjre of tho possibilities that the government before long will decln.ro some of fhe da fe-er spots to be under martini nnd will station in them United State-' ticops for guarding Hml piinirfilnir A man caught can he tried by court-mirtial and a. a.t provided the commanding district gjvos proval.

Thc case will not have to to the President. Kvery army cantonTnoii't, as the quo Uitiona fiyjm the Articles of W.i show, i ready in a sense is ruler m.i.-- tlal law, although such dfclanition -if oonab'ions not publicly not been made. For the annoU i re to cnium tr.iv. ir.g and pimlshtncnt of i i sjnfrle-truck f-'tiw have MI LARGER CARS HERE. The Bay State Railway to Meet Present Requirements of Travel.

The Bay SU-te ro.ilv.-py Is pre- i paring to run larger cars in Newport I with a sea-tlns 1 capacity of 56. They are "(double-truckers but side Beaters: in nis ap regular city cars. They wil probably moot the present rn-ents of travel without the heading of lofvils, which is always UiinciiU matter, since the olllcial.s not miiul- readers ruul t-annot toll the oantonmentfl. the mandins ha.s autliority. It ahouid be not.icel also that the nationality of the offomler no lnaring on fi-; case.

An Amorincan citizen acting i.i be-half on an enemy is subject to t'le penalty an enemy alien. NAVAL To Attend Three Days' Military Fete in Providence for State Soldiers. their day and some-thing to replace them, hen a made which will lietter im-ct needs, aiwl man powvr. l.iko tho cars whicjh have been tho ninmng in ivcont ihestj which are going i sorvi-e will not receive thrlr tlrst wear -here, but they a lilted up and will seem rnmparcd with the old. At present ii.flher single trucker doins duty hore.

in plac-f of one of c. which h.id to be replaced. Four of tbc I doubit--truckers have i Newport's u-so. USEFUf PEANUT BUTTER. N'aval Reserves from this city will attend the three days' military fete, in honor of Rhode, island's soldiers at For Sandwiches and Countless Camp Uevens'and at the various forte In this vicinity, which will be held la Providence Thursday, Friday and Satu a of this week.

The committee In Other Delicious Combinations. expects to make tliis affair tlie nd The peanut is a stunly friend in Ihf Food of itsi kind since the war. and! mc of nccil llv 10 is asking for the hearty "-operatiun nKk (hat tol uf the rest of the suite. 'Mis. John.

anut com" to the rescue iXicliolas has been to i )n(i mm liM a i on ere siiliervlso the arransements 'in this 0 1 for Midlctown and Mra. ono comb Mr, Otarie, Weaver TM'V lieen selected Alice C. Clarke for Jamostown, Tlic plans call for a. football game lietweon the 301st Engineers from ic-ain at Anilrom's ThanksBiving ninrninpr, the proceeds to to tho loy- a for the soldiers, as will money received from other sources. Tickts fnr i nre on.wale at Friday "evening a minstrel show will that it isn't is becansi' people do know bos-t to use It.

Kvcn peanut buttor sandu-iches arp seldom well 1 slrcnd as It comos from the a I'm it in a cup or lowl combir.e i with twice a.s much i cream, milk, or water. Stir until thoroughly and ot 'the conslaloncy of 1 vary flavor by addlnir Illlle llttliMlliiii'il JlJlnk ihe Imte.Voperr.ti^siar. by note that from 'tho point of fuel peanut butter Is worth three times weight In round steak, four Iti Spanjclod Banner." A ovent will mark the first appearance of tho Rhode Inland In i frincc the draft, the Put ii much atoovo the normal, and with fair weather the day ot tht in twice weight Hindenburg an wi-tli the strategy of a Mackonsea it probably would be stit'e to say that the search wajt on in kaiscrland also. Ofllcera of tho United States army, like all soldiers, the modest, and moreover their modesty i-s re-enforced by fear of offending against ihu regula- tionw. or of mooting i the rebuff of the superior authorities, both i i a and Therefore it In hardly to be expected that any ofllcer, unless he is encouraged by some Kcnc-nU or- or, better, a general Hiiggcfltlon from the ofllce of the Secretary of War, will be willing to present for oration any plan which he may have formuln.tfid along the lines of gif.nd strategy for the i i of the effort of the allies on all fronts and for a gigantic plan of campaign will drive war to the end sought.

The major generals and the brigadier generals of the i States army and with them thousands upon thousands of i ofllcera are busy today whipping the armies In Have they i to put to practical use at this time their native strategical i i and their acquired at the war college of the-ir country? Some of these officers, senior and junior, are known to Her vice men and ought to be to tho civilian authorities as men of marked proficiency tho snlvinp of problems. There I-M feeling existing in Washington. In the service and out of it. that every promising field should be for "the man with a plan." This war probably wil! produce ita master strategist. England, France I Italy and perhaps Russia are searching for a man today.

Can be not be found somewhere i i the American camp? FOR ENLISTED MEN. Series of Home Afternoons-A Gala Time at a Number of the Huts. eries of home pay diers, Tommy, tlie il-Y Italian Alpini. the Gonna i lie other -lighting' tm-n riven American sol- tlii of the Thc American receive $.13 I- jtoilu. tlie boclio and of J2uropc, privaLt- onth the oall of the War and the N' Departments and tlie shipping board of the United States.

It is expected that before the roster of architects la complete fi.OOO of these experts and artists will be doing their bit and more than their 'bit -for Uncle Sam. As soon as Mr. Maura a received the l-Yench soldier rewives tly spontaneous answer to his call of th less, or ft month. T.he Rns- p'-rethem to tlie colors he offered sian private wots a I President Wilson the services of th The An-stria-Hungarlan troops are architects of the country whose tech Austria-Hungarian troops given cents a day. Croat Bn allows her fighting men a month (home, wd.tih an nxlditinmil allowance for service France.

Mesopotamia, -and otiherr foreign territories. Italy ranks second in generosity, a monthly i Spain compensates 'her snlili a iwaire of Jermr a wage scale at $1 Jajwin's tfoldiera at liojiie ivcvivc 4' your, ami Turkey grants her men "WHAT is A COWARD? architects of the country whose tech' nlcal training he know would make them peculiarly valuable in certain branches of -War work. i-s Men Subject to Nervous and Mental Disorders Are Sent Home From Gamp. Pearce Bailey, in Good Housekeeping. 1 Men who have been fount! guilty nf cowardice or desertion in war time re formerly shot or imprisoned.

Hut today we know they arc slrk men and treat them Kenr fins a physical basis, is to deal with such cases which will develop at HIP front that each base hospital which jjoes abroad with our troop.s -will be equipped with euro-psychopathic i Here men who ure sufferJng nervously and will be given sedative baths and.psychnlogi(:al treat- Women nurses especially suited to administer such treatment. They do butter work here than tin men. Many patients will able to return to the firing-dine. There are some men who, while ap- paren.tly physically will never make soldiers because of i a i i Others are i bemuse of nervous disorders which develop under -tiniln. What to do i mm who are lervoualy and a disabled is one tho biggest problems in I-Juropp today.

The extent of these diwibilities beyond belief. Wo hope to moot he problem in tin" Tinted army by weeding out such men i they lire in the c-'imps. Already physicians connrrti'd With neuro- psyahuputhir i arc i i re- There a those whoso i les.H is detected--the epileptic, he ttleuhnlic, i insane, the feL'ble- minded, but' ilien- arc others whose dtRability is only apparent to an t-x- lert. They a stand strain, JL'Como. hysterical a i strung.

Such men cannot be depended upon. They the momle nf an trmy. They slumld tn be loUlje-rtt. llioufh tliey may be very uso- tll i i i i are'send- ng such hcme from trnining TRY TO HOLD BACK DISORDER. Government In Caucasus, a Protest Against Anarchy in Xov.

merican consul at Tiflia today re- lortod establishment the new gov- in the as a protest gainst ariim-li in Itnssia. His report untfiined few details, but indicated hat the men in the nmv government tore of conservative element and vere determined to do whnt they could hold hack from i part of of disorder. The governing power ha.s been placed in an as- flcmbly of 3G men. NEW DEEDS FILED. The President expressed deep appreciation of tlio offer and it instantly wan accepted.

The (jnnrtennaMter nnd engineer cnrps, increased largely as they were in size and In the scopo of their duties, were in special need of the sen'lce of men whose training and knowledge tlie profession had been broad and deep. The need in the engineer corps was particularly Bharp. directine ag the engineers do conMtruction. topography, drafting and sanitary and electrical work. Tlie archLtectfl in this branch of the service are in charge of much tho some of work fl.s they have under thoir professional superintendents in times of peace.

Military engineering technique is, of course, a thing ajKirl. In Krance many architects arc engaged hi the work of making maps out of tho photographs which are taken of the enemy's linos from airplanes. Tho thousands of architects who respond o'l to their government's call wore to a thorough physical xaminution. Tlie number of thow responding was much greater a of those finally were accepted, bo- eauHC the spirit of the voluateers was thut many men beyond ihe i nge many men physically unable to do war work answered the call tried hard to qualify for the service. Mrs.

Char lei B. Dacheller of this city. The v.MMmic took j-'ace at Whitstone, Long Itind, Nov. H. H.

Young cmciati-ig. --Mr. and Mrt. William A. Lacey, who have been' visiting ilrs.

Joanna Thtirston In thin city, have returned to their home In Turner's Kails, Miuss. Jutwrenee K. Fbbs is tn N'mvport on a few Uiye' loai-e. bis r. and Mrs.

Itu-borl on 1'owol avenue. Mrs. D. K. Reynolds, of 11.

J. Reynolds, who has ber-n at 1'ortsmoutb, I I several weeks. has returned to her home on Carey street. --The KiromcMi's Relief Association ya'lurday afternoon a tion of from Commodoiv Elbrldge fund. Surgeon and Mrs.

l'au-1 H. a maker entoruUned at the -Vavnl Train- Station Kridtiy evening, in honor ol 1 Commander find Mrs. Frank H. Sadler. Edgar P.

WUIUton has re- A WEEK FAVORABLE TO ALLIED ARMS. Success of British Offensive and Italian Resistance Noteworthy. German Effort to Escape Difficult Position. WASHINGTON, Nov. week just closed has been one very favorable to the allied armg," aays the War Department's official communication issued today, reviewing military 01 operations for the week ending Saturday.

"Tlie success of tho British offensive in the region of jCaaibral and the steady resistance of Uie in the face of the re- pwited attacks of the Austro-German forces are two factors which may be considered as co-relative elements of orici and the movemnt. "It is evident that the enemy took tlie offensive in Italy, hoping thereby to extricate himself from the increas- gly difficult position in which his irces find themselves in the west. The German higher command was nppar- --The Canning Comja.ny enily confident that in order to save has sent a check and a letter of thanks Jtalv from invasion, such important .0 Chief Kirwin, for a respon.no of the contingents of French and British firemen some weeks ago. The check troops would be detached from the ijoes 1 0 permanent firemen's re-i western front as to render any further lief fund. offensive in this theatre impos- --Tlie Italian relief wirk will re- Though the French and British $100 us a result or the voU "nnve both dispatched large contin- i i the Soim of 1 gents to Italy, this baa In no way ham- ai'icriHion.

I is a iu-red. i a of their offensive hold nu'cting next Sunday, to iM'Ki: auditiooin.1 Ifl the miFUiffO --Police Oifleer Couney IB celved newa from her husband, who is at camp Stanley. Texas, that he has received a commission as first lieutenant in tho infartry. -Mrs. Kthvnird YAor of Park announce tlie engtigemoii i danghu-r, -Miss liea- trk-e Xior, to William tithind der; on of --M r.

,) oh I'. I 'erKimin 1ms II-IHM! to his duties tho recelv toller'H desk at tlie Newport Comp-'Liiy. aftxr a two woftk.V vnradon, his home, in Midillotowm --I'ork is worth cultivating: at least, Mr. A Ctiriiss i so. On his model farm he is planning i erect a house of stonft for hia pork- i giy difficult position in which his era.

which will cost somehting over I ort (is i tbpmKolvps In WPKI. ThA Jl.OOO. from succeeding 1 his appearance in the jwlice court last week, when ho ple-uled not guilty to two charges preferred against him for alleged behavior, while not on patrol duty. --Assistant Paymaster Andrew J. i Naval Reserve Force, is here to of the et 'Of huK jnan iby continued and sudden offonadvo whloh must ovemitiially result i-a tSio nf hila line in 'the west.

Thia the objective and is even more Itnporta-nt thnn the of terrailn. "The milltarj' rftuatlon ie domi- nrtlrd r.he spectacudiir spe.ud Thanksgiving with hla KUhied by the Brttlsh 'in their and Mrs. Andrew K. Quinn, uhrust towards Carnbral. By adopting John stree' -Isslatant Paymajrter tuotlca.1 methodb, "by evoH-ing a Quinn is on duty at Washington.

strategy daringly conceived and hril- -The hicirtwn Home lluild'ing ASSO! lkin effoctod th UrWsfy forccfl hftvo The signal corps of i Stales today has 500 teois am lias just -service In ffirein" flelil.s. It is msn who will have of bulld- fng great a IM-SOS in Fninot: where they will direct n.t least 60,000 ilrafLsmen in its service. I "lU'Hvurwl" 300 anihitwts for Ueirtunant l-i-ed ytono of lios gueHt ol' Air. Kdwurd A. -u.

JlatcH of bhda city. He hsi.s visKel a rtT mnnber of the llro HtiiLiwra and hi- speotnd i ainutnulun. cxcTianprlni; iy an intense try in the sector chinp from Ypres to -the neld. Hadgf was able to Muceesafully his plans for in with the loL-ol ciptainw and men. i fhnist; 'bestwccn the Scarp-: --At mooting of the stewards of river uml St.

"The elements of surprise so essential to victory played a large part in the successes gained. The British, by to fill the vacancy cauKud by a pronondonint numerical superiority the a of Schuylcr L. Parsons. men and mobile material, by impro- tho Jockey Friday in New York. Mr.

Richard T. Wilson was unaiiiinou.s- ly t-Ioctec 1 a of the hoard of -Mlaa Florence S-uifnrd Iris re. vising the tactical manoeuvring rai French laborers and Onrmnn prisoners war In the work of constructing quarters and working buildings for the flock of American fliers ho soon will take up aerial work tbo i where tlie men of many nations are engaged la The Great Adventure." The a i who are now in service, aro all between the nges of I'l and years. The educational re- i are a good technical train- plus several years of practical experience in building construrtion as irchltocts. builders or superintendents.

As tho scheme of war on a Brand develops I is becoming apiwrent that many more men a the thousands enrolle,) will be necessary to ITUITV out tbo work which it seems necessary that the i States shall before i war is won. of the architects who have i-oluiiteered for war have sacrificed large incomes and have jeopar- lizi'd i in tho professional tvorld when return from war. of thear men will have to reestablish i businca.s while others or Sf 0 fr rain gained. Thus the British were able to record a. miccesa.

with very great economy of casualties. Three --TIio district auperintondent, Key. J. Francis Cooper, of Prov ience, held the Third Quarterly Conference at the First Methodist Eplsco- German lines of, defense on a Mil Church Thursday evening, a largo or mllwi flBtrido Cambrai-Ba- amount of business of a general nature auilie r0 ad were captured and fne being transacted. (Scheldt canal in front of CamTjrai was 1 -Mrs.

11. 1.. Allw 1 crossed. rained a. of CO little ones Satur hi honor trf tholr d.iughtor Alice's six till "birthday.

and inwtru- nic-ntrLl in was ft i-oIlaUon. Little Miss Albe received York ly --On tho gto.imer from New 14 b-irerls of consiirnftd one of the loreil wholo- During the first day of the battle, dull, dry weather greutly facilitated operations. Later bad weather set In. torrential' accompaniecl by flurries of held up the attack. Tho capture of village of Fontaine Notre I)umo, two and three quarters miles west of Cambrai.

marks the I'mit of the adrance The nalo houses, which will ease the local forces, while Mtill pressing; for- BlLuation i a little. Sixty barrels are meeting with Increased of sugar also arrived for a rnuriufactur- ng of Mr. and Mrs. William H. haa a first lieutenant in tl'O CfTlccrrt' Het'i'iTO Con 1 flnd ordered Severe flgliitlng continues and we may expect desperate attempts, not meroly to prevent any further British advance, but to re-gain, if possible, some nf lost grounds.

"Cambrul. the centre of very important mllrond and canal lines of com- a whose marrin.se to Mf, Edward Carr may he incapacitated to continue in --Miss Catherine gavn a mis- their prnfession. aro' collaneoiifl shower at hor home Friday itirfl and simple and 'their pay almost i for Miss Marry Morrissoy. every Instance is much bHt which they receive in times i P.I CO. Thare aro In i branch of the ser vice a draftsmen and clerks.

of them being graduate pjst few but not yet h.ivi boon ablo to ostablish i in i professions independently. at Fort Iix in Joiwy Ke muLn ication. now" com'es under Thelm" been a studeni at the Manhus me(1 fttc fire of British Held w-hll. Military School in Nmv York. Mo.idtiy Uie i In jfn-nioons fur i men wus held at the Army and Navy YcMing Men's Miclriel i a whore memljerH A i Rosen the Women's A i i a i welcome Lsp-'al--Ixt i rru'ii e-ifli day from 1 until 6 ocuock.

li rhc'movcment is not in opposition tn llt he re.staurant or canteen of the big i i Is i to put a bit htnne lift' i the men. "Mrs. Frenrii Chad wick, wife of Rear The following doo.ds have been filed In the city clerk's ofllce: Georgo H. a a to Anna O'Neill i nnd improvements, bounded northerly on land now or formerly of Frank S. McLMlan.

40 wisterly on Karl avenue. 100 fee'; southerly on Kitem.in avenue, 100 foot, and westeriv a now or for- II. Brierloy. 100 feet. to Dnniol llarnot nnd i i and im- li nd wl en.s erl on lifi.T'i feot; southerly on now or formerly of T.

T'mlftT- wood, 65 fei'i; wesiorly on land now A A i Chadwlok, Mrs. or formerly of John 1-iiK-in. rifi.To York. i northerly on linclu-ilor court. 6" Margaret H.

Uusk is piiMit of Mrs. Harold Hrown. --Mrs. a i "The Hivak- ors" Friday and for New York. :m.l Mrs W.

i haV- nini'-d from i Siinrirs. Virginia. Mr. .1. .111 and Mr.

and Mrs. J. Vn.n Alen left Monday for Now H. YOUIIK a i on street Friday, ar.tl ortirled to her h'tim- on Elm --Misses Katherine and Josephine Shea have rone to New York, to visit friends over ThanJtsKivlnif. Mr.

i i i i who i i sp'-ii' in Nowpnrl. --Mr. iind Mo. S. -on.

Or. ll.i!'.i on i.t'.t of i lands 100 --Mr8. Thomas J. Sherman Is spend- s-woot crackers and lemonade, ft on Ian', Sow the Thanksgiving with Hovnolds. AQ stetPC Mrs "lomns H.

Kay. in 29 of sniil plat, 'lOo' 1 Hryim. a a i Brymi, cum- Tian.lant of the a i i Station, were tho hostesses, a i i i with the boys A1 i.id offering mtigazlnes we la as feo.t. .1. aiid r.

Cotton to Al- ttobei-t- Lot Iwunded eaaterlv land of pnintor, known an lo'. trst plnnned to serve coffee and chocn- ate. Imt the sugar shortage prevented for the; present. Monday eveninp was gala time i number of tho huts, particulnrly Fort Adnjns. whero the whero the Providence westerly on 1 feel, and on Oarfield street, 40 feet.

Max to Voter Johnson lyit a doublo quartet" hoflmlod nouthr-rly on Dlxon street, 3l miislo. Dr. Frank S. Merrlclt fCl( on land now or formerly ot the House Thni -lack Built trick Kecfe. fiO fee nnrthorly on nd i evening at Fort A i stree.t.

ffft. nnd westerly The movie. "The Stolen hind of ih" grnnlnr. fiO feet. Treaty." which was shown on the I Louisn i to Mary i ship, i be the Naval bonndod snuthorly on Van i i tonight, while "The Bottie a avenue.

feet westerly on mp." which was at thft Drexel, will land of Ihe granior, ino fret; northerly at tin 1 Itrserve i evening, in land now or formerly of Buckley. RO a Buck, the former feet, and on land now or for- inger and the I reader and nierly of Barker Powick. 100 feet. who a big hit at Emma E. -Mr.

Joseph On mini has ffone to to lake up his MI Departinoni as ap- pr-ntice i i (Hlbcrt Lalilliiw. formftrly recior of St. George's Church, became rfrinr of St. November 4. --A considerable portion of Easton's poil.l ciivi-n-il i i i mornitiK.

decided increase bclnj: noticed nvcr niijht. Henry Kisclu-r and his daUKht.M- A both c-onfined place Thsniksgivinp Miss orrissey was a member of iho class of lii, St. Joseph's High School. -Th cold snap may i gur.K. large calibre, high velocity and naval guns can readily search out the countryside for miles in the number of prisoners enumerated hitherto is over 10,000, which ex- It fold a i fltronp icr formed.

1 on all day and the thormoirK- said i have gone below v20. the total British casualties. "While the Kit tie for Cambrai has resulted In So rapid and sweeping an h.ive been advantage for the British forces, ap- pnrently i extensive preliminary The i i wus not inucJi above I i I nn lay --The a of sugar has in- drive on bakers' cuke. i i i a homos had almost forgotten a bncauye (-f a bvif. but now the demand for i i exceeds Ihe Hupply ajid not f.imilieH have t-i go i the purvhaMod article.

tin 1 i i a some families. not a i sntrar. do not have cuke, be- preparation, it must not be forgot.fen thai it was only made possible by the continued pounding of lines in Flanders. In tho German the meantime the British have not ceased to keep satisfies them. i i i i Councilman Meliff rendorwl first a i They ol sosrv ami aid be on A avenu-'i by lio'sorvo Gimp, will be nt Oroxni Judd nnd A i with build- jwvcro a a of tbo srip.

nit i Forts A a and ings and Improvements, lxunded a I It'-v. and Mrs. ChnrXs A. rill i have boxing carnivals i crly on land now or formerly of hoiiH? a i arrive.5 from C. T.o-ary.

rto on ID npftixl holidays i "Jieir Tho ciinloen depflrtment Is making 1'npe street. cot; westerly on land I nnd Mrs. Thomas A. Kelly for the coming holiday now or formorlv of Anthony. Soeretary finffc.

who is In nnd northerly land now or barge, hns warted of Jftnnlo O'FlalnM-iy. 39 foet. ChrlnUnai. of i i i 70 the marriage of i son, Thomns llnynumd Kelly, to the enemy busy in the Ypres salient, and gains of terrain are noted to the southeast. "Along the front held hy the French home-made cake forces, tho latter have achieved a suc- if going out anl coup do south of Juvrln- court, in the resulting in -the capture of some elements of enemy reach and 'S? i i of numerous prisoners." "In tho src.tor wherft our troops are a i i artillery act.ivity is noted, small detachments while on patrol have gained some useful ex- pork-nrr.

"Tin 1 I a i a armies, now completing i re-nrjran-i7ation. have been ablft to i i i the assaults of the num- ericnliv PniKTior forces of the divisions engaged agalnar til em They havo hitherto prevcntfeI any i of llaJiaji t'jir-niy continuing efforts break through, the line of tbo I i has held firm. the plateau of the Settc Comm i hoavy fightrng is going on. The enemy has been successfully contained. 1" i a i regions between the lioad waters of the Bronta and tne I'iave the enomy ha.s boon unable to make any further progress.

Strategic reserves, strengthened by allied con- tiiiKont.si have been conatituted and Uie morale if tho I'allan forces is improving daily. "hi Palestine the British forces mitf dor r.eneral A Menby are advancing rapidly tui Jerusalem. They have reached a point on the Ramaleh road approximately seven miles east of the city, while another force IH bear in down from Iho north." large ajnouiu of smoke from a i i on West I'elbnm oi and rushed in to i that a pipe had off a stove In ivhion was a wood fire. OtHcer filially in putt tbo pipo in position and learned that tho mother her children in Li not her room, whero they were safe, while she i pipe. ig ag.iln, after tbo SftOO mark, a the Kos'orvisn a-o silsit fairly 1 1 1 mon in camp are now iividod i two watches, but recently i was so that after i i i a de-tails were provldwl for ihiM-e won 1 not enough in the watch for cnard a bum Mie oovor tho various poats.

and men who tine for leave on 'he other watch id be Riven extra i i was tho anniversary of of 189R. All communica- i i wore tied up, both wire and road, and it was before woro in normal condition again. Ev-n in the i streets pedestrians lost i way. The old wooden hovf towor at fire department headquartc was wrecked. Troops wore encampo.l Fort Groble after their summer's Campaign In the South.

The w.i^ short of buildings and FROM BEGINNING OF REVOLT. Council of Ptoplt't Moratorium. l.OMXJN*. Nov. Council of CommissAriM.

accordinc to an Telegraph portion of the tonts carried 1'otrograd, dated Sunday, nan by the morm. leaving noldlors to tie IViclUNler, daughter of Mr. iiud.fight for on AjrmuH Ithat blwk Mnd. In open two month's inorato'rluni from day of the iwtfnnlnf of revolt. the nt.

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