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I mmsm STUPEFIED BY FATIGUE, SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES INDIFFERENT TO DEAD Men Who Fought For Days and Days Without Sleep or Food, Surrounded by Ghastly Horrors of War, Have None of the Reverence Known Off the Battlefield. THE BOSTON GLOBE- MONDAY. JANUARY 11. 1915 FRENCH SOLDIERS NEAR THE LIGHTING LINE READING THE FRESHLY ARRIVED NEWSPAPERS By HKBBKKT CORKY. (Kpecltd 0MfMpon4cnt of the Globe.) LONDON, Dee 31 lit other wars, old soldiers upon fields Uttered with the rem- T.tmtH of mm and swept by the Are of, both armies.

other day, in Northern Prance, un armlet Ic. was agreed to in order that the Germans and British might have bury the bod leg that lay between the reported each man This was so uncommon an oo- i currenee that the official believed In his per- observer of the English Army, report to the sonal luek. Other men might be but not he. Now one bears of a different attitude among the men. They have resigned themselves to death.

From the moment they become accustomed to the hellish turmoil of this bodiless to blowing up of men they cannot see and to being blown up by men who are hidden from the give themselves up for dead. It makes for a strange cheerfulness. The colonel of one of the great English man whose family name has been conspicuous in English history and whose town house Is one of the sights of to a friend: "We no longer wonder if we will be killed," said he. "We ail know that we cannot expect to live through this war. And we suffer so In these infernal trenches that we hope death will come aoon." This seems to hold good for the men of all armies.

It is not that they are despondent or frightened. For the most part, they manage to enjoy themselves excellently when they get the chance. It 16 merely that they are numbed, close their eyes to the sibilities of for most one suspects that the bitterness of deutli passes when they make up their minds they will never see the folks' at home again. Thereafter they fight and suffer in a strange sort of peace. mentad upon it in press.

killed ho thiniB'hf armi Mice for thin purpose," said Killed, ho thought, hr unprecedented -in tills war." Mourning relatives searching for their slain are not wanted at the front They are in the they may impair the morale of those who still live. HecaUBe tills battle line is in Franco the French leaders have been forced to endure these deprecated visits to some extent. But when the bodies are round if they are found transportation upon railroad trains is forbidden. Those trains are needed for the wounded men, some of whom may be patched up for killing later. With characteristic forethought the Germans arranged this in advance.

"Bodies may not be carried upon trains," is the gist of the order that was issued. "Upon proper application relatives may secure a pass permitting them to take bodies from the field In automobiles Fear of Live Men Only. The men do not fear the dead. Surrounded by ghastly realities, they do not tremble at ghostly visitants. They watch the darkness for moving shadow's the shadow that may have knife or rifle in its not the harmless dead among which it crawis.

Almost the only trace of the age-old reverence for the dead Is in the prompt punishnient given to those ghouls who rob the bodies. They are rarely flattered by a court-martial. Capture is quickly followed by a firing squad. Back of the the base towns and the permanent is a different and more human attitude. There the final honors are paid those whose lives have been taken by war.

Sometimes a firing squad plays a crackling requiem over the graves. As the open hearses pass through the streets of Calais and Boulogne the tender-hearted French people bare their heads reverently and say a brief prayer. Often the nursing are able to place a few flowers on the cheap casket that is being Jostled over the cobbled BELGIANS HONOR UNITED STATES Thanks for Salvation of the Starving. Intercommunal Council of Antwerp Adopts Resolution. 5 Paine 's It is, perhaps, scarcely to be wondered at.

that the ordinary soldier is so unaware of what is happening along the remainder of the fighting line. Outside his own particular district he is entirely ignorant of how the war is progressing and whether his comrades in arms have any successes to report; the line of battle, extending as It now does from near Nieuport in the north to Belfort in the south, is so long that, coherent accounts of the operations alongM-his vast battle line are only obtainable from newspaper announcements. These newspapers by the time they reach the soldiers In the fighting areas are some days old, but even these suffice to keep them fairly well aware of the general progress of the war. The papers when they arrive are, as the above picture shows, eagerly read and discussed by the men at the front. Great Democracy Aids One of Smallest Nations, ANTWERP, via London, Jan gratitude of the people of Antwerp for the relief extended by the United is expressed in a resolution adopted by the Intercommunal Council of Antwerp, The resolution reads: cordial thanks are due to the' American Commission for Belief in Rel- gium.

Our Nation was on the brink of starvation. Famine was being added to i the of war. In this great city of i Antwerp only a short time ago if was I Impossible to distribute bread, and pow soup and other food are befftg given dally to the poor. help of the people of the United States is literally saving us. We are contracting a debt of endless gratitude to them.

It 1 a great consolation that in the midst of the sufferings which our people are enduring, the men and women of the greatest modern democracies are in such a splendid way standing by one of the smallest Nations in the world, which is suffering horribly because it elected to be true to its duty and its honor." How Dead Are Regarded. This attitude is reflected in the manner in which The dead are regarded One man, whose duty it had been to handle many scores of corpses in the dRrk, said there was something reptilian, and inhuman about though he But on the firing line the rule were lifting things that held themselves 18 to abate the nuisance quickly, rigid in his hands. He was a man of! education and Imagination. It seemed! Chief Interest In Efficiency, to him as though the dead resented tile I familiarities of the living. But he felt i Deatb has become a mere none of the terror which the living man place of the business of war.

It only becomes a spectacle when a new method I was so tired," said he. "So tired. arw, I thought I could not go being tried and then It is the era- To the higher officers of all armies the of the method and not the fact dead are merely are not of wholesale death that attracts. an encumbrance, as the wounded are. They have a certain small but definite of the unspoiled clothes which may sometimes be stripped from them before their naked bodies are consigned to the common trench.

They are a potential nuisance which, if not abated, may interfere with tire- process of killing other men. If It is quite convenient their identity is ascertained for the information of the War Office and the folks at home. Little Respect for Burial. The operations of war are rarely Interrupted in order to give decent burial the men who have fallen. There are Gen Joffre summoned his officers the other day to witness something new.

For an hour a German trench, 150 yards in length, had been neglected. The men within it were sitting about, playing cards, smoking, congratulating themselves. no doubt, upon a brief respite. At a given signal 600 guns were concentrated upon that trench, There was a volcanic uproar and then silence. The trench and the men within it had been blown out of existence.

was the comment. valuable departure from the ordinary So it is that men watch their friends die without conscious grief. Tomorrow they, too, will die. (Copyright, 1015, by Herbert Corey.) LOBSTERS FOR THE BRITISH SOLDIERS Proposal to War Department. Canned Output, Usually Sent to Germany, Now on Packers' Hands.

ST JOHNS, Jan 10-British soldiers at the front will feast on lobster if the proposal of this colony Is accepted by the War Department, It was learned tonight. The bulk of the canned lobster output usually Is sold in Germany, but this market has been closed because of the war. While the catch last year was small with a total pack of 12,000 cases as against an average of 20,000 cases in previous years, the packers have been left with virtually the whole of it on their hands. After the opening of the war, the price dropped nearly 50 percent. In order to avoid a complete failure of the industry for the year it is proposed that the British Government purchase all the product at a reasonable figure as a ration for the soldiers in the fleld.

OFFICIAL STATEMEN1 rq Wl 1 1 vini IVI 11 GAINS BY THE GERMANS of the Vistula at some points inoAiiiir ni aiMirn ere been heavy artillery I IM AKuUIMNt ULAllVItU "An attempt by the enemy to cross BERLIN, by Wireless to London, Jan the Nlda with weak forces failed. War Office today gave out the fallowing statement: "The bad weather lasted through yes- "The situation in the Carpathians Is quiet. Two reconnoitering detachments of the enemy in Bukowina were de- terday in the Western theatre of the strayed by machine-gun fire. ARTILLERY ATTACK ON REINFORCEMENTS French Bombardment of Altkirch Explained. Germans Subjected to Heavy Fire and Retreat Begun, JOFFRE Tiff ESSENCE OF RETICENCE.

Cares Nothing For Military Reputations, Never Shows Emotion, Writes Former Secretary. PARIH, Jan bombardment on Jan 7 by the French heavy artillery of the railroad station at Altkirch, Upper more than a simple military manifestation, says the Matin. The precise object of the was to prevent the passage of important reinforcements which were destined to cooperate in the German defense of Steinbach. Aided by aviators, the French artillery demolished the railway line of the Upper IU River, rendering it useless to the Germans'for more than five kilometers (three miles), continues the paper. Above, Hirzbach two German trains bringing reserve troops en route from the Swiss frontier toward Muelhausen broke down.

Later the trains were subjected to a heavy artillery fife and began to burn and were destroyed. The Germans meantime began a retreating movement toward the hills dominating Hirzbach. The engagement hereabout, says the i-speech is rude and brief. Matin, is regarded as the moat important of the new campaign in the Vosges. The French have attained a strategical railroad commanding the annexed country.

They have already cut this line above Altkirch. The central railroad from the Swiss frontier to Htrassburg is the secret of the German resistance in Alsace. The day is near, says the Matin, when the adversary, deprived of the line of the vallev of the III, must continue the war on foot to defend the left bank of the Rhine. The following character sketch of Gen Joseph Joffre, Commander of the forces operating in the western war zone, was written by a man who served three years as military secretary to the then Col Joffre, It was not intended for publication but was part of a letter to a friend in London: To understand Gen Joffre it is essential to bear in mind that he is the very essence of reticence. THINKS RUMANIA WILL END THE WAR Eve of Grave Says Deputy PARIS, Jan Diamandy, deputy in the Rumanian Parliament arud member of the Franeo-Rumanian Mission now in France, declared at a banquet Saturday night that Rumania was now on the eve of grave developments and that, it was sure to win we are sure of the justice of our cause." lie said he was sure that Rumania's entry into the war would result in the conflict's end.

He added that he did not speak officially, but that he voiced the sentiment of his people generally. FRANCE TO RETALIATE. Will Send Back Captive Surgeons and Nurses Only as Germany. Returns Its Similar Prisoners. PARIS, Jan following statement was given out here semiofficially today: "The French Government announces that because the Germans are holding French surgeons and nurses, it will hereafter expatriate German surgeons and nurses hold as prisoners, only in proportion to the return of French surgeons and nurses who are prisoners In Germany.

The Government in the future will accord other German prisoners only the same treatment as is accorded prisoners in Germany," We most of us give expression to our ideas or thoughts either in conversation or in writing. Not so joffre. On the contrary, he is a man who concentrates and centralizes in himself his ideas and impressions instead of expressing them to those around him, and thus scattering his views for the common knowledge. Gen Joffre was born away, in the Pyrenees District, in the extreme southwest of France, under the shadow of the Canigou Mountain, and he is descended from the hard-headed, ready" race of Catalonian peasants who have lived for ages along the Mediterranean hinterland on both the French and Spanish sides of the mountains. These people, who in eatSh family can trace their descent from father to son for a score of generations, have much of the mountaineer in their character; their We all remember umpire at the Grand Army maneuvers in the Autumrf of 1913, Joffre tripped up one of the two Army commanders, Gen Faurle, bringing about the early retirement of that officer from active service, and in his report so severely Handled another of the operating Generals as to cause him to resign in anger.

Disdains Reputations. notion was that every General in command of an army corps must be continually up to concert the scandal of the he set about turning out of the so far as he was allowed to, ail those Generals who did "not sufficiently respond to his tuning fork. So in the present war he has, with a few exceptions, removed the staff of army commanders whom lie found- at the head of army corps when he took over the supreme command, and has replaced them by men of his own selection, men who have been tried in the fire. Joffre cares not a pin for military reputations, and only considers results actually His choice of Generals to command armies is quite eclectic, as instance successful selection of Gen de Oaatelnau, a stanch Royalist, and of Gen Serall, who belongs to a Radical fajnily. Another characteristic of Gen Joffre is his entire lack of emotionalism; indeed, it would seem that he.

is a nerveless man. At certain poignant moments our hearts beat faster, the blood rushes to our heads, but Joffre is silent in presence of the greatest horrors. It is stated that during the retreat from Mons a staff officer arrived at Gen headquarters with a very urgent written dispatch after the commander- in-chief had retired for the night at his usual early hour. The staff officer said a whole division was in danger of being surrounded, and insisted strongly that the General should be aroused, but the answer was that under no circumstances could he be disturbed before Sam, that, moreover, there was no occasion to do so, as, in agreement with the General Staff, all necessary instructions had been prepared for the night in envelopes marked 2 and 3. Reprimanded Commander.

Consequently the staff officers on duty opened the dispatch, selected envelope No, 2, which met the case, and immediately telephoned and telegraphed instructions to the commander, who had sent his dispatch by motor instead of telegraphing it, and all went well. Next morning when Joffre heard what had happened ne reprimanded the commander for losing half an hour in sending a dispatch by motor instead of putting it on the wire. So far the apparent and personal action of Joffre has only revealed itself in the battle of the Marne, when he cleverly drew the Germans from their main objective and inflicted a signal defeat on them, which, it is believed, entirely dislocated tiie plan of campaign and saved France from disaster. The result was to give the French an unalterable confidence in the future. All the rest of the planning out of the entire campaign that has Is more the business of the French General Staff than of Joffre himself, who is simply the directing head acting on the advice of the War Staff.

It must be borne in mind that there exists in France a whole category of people little known abroad, I allude to what, for want of a better term, 1 must describe as the My profession halt brought me much into contact with these professional military families, who may be said to reside in Paris in the district comprised between th French War Office, the Inwalides, and the Champ de Mars. The French General Staff. From these highly honorable military families, proud but of modest financial positions, a whole generation of patriotic officers have been drawn who went through the War of 1870-71. or who have been brought up by those who did go through that disastrous campaign, such, for instance, as Gens Mirabel, Jamont, Langloi.s, Ha- gron, De Lacroix, Pau, and others, men who were not popular with the masses, and who, moreover, disdained popularity. Hitherto the trend of French home politics has prevented full advantage being taken of the immense and formidable military work carried out for so many long years by the officers of the General Staff.

The led by tiie late had the upper hand. They refused to believe in the probability of war or to vote the sums necessary to organize the French heavy artillery and reserve forces. Now, however, the General Staff has its own way, and, though it may seem vainglorious for a Frenchman to make such an assertion, I do not hesitate to affirm that in military capacity, in scientific knowledge of modern warfare, the French General Staff constitutes today the most remarkable mechanism of military direction that exists in Europe, not even excepting the German General Staff. war. The Lys has in certain places flooded country to a width of 800 meters.

attempts to eject us from our positions in the dunes at Nieuport failed. "Northeast of Soissons the French repeated their attacks. They were ail repulsed yesterday, with great losses to the enemy. We captured more than 100 prisoners. Battles at Soissons Itself recommenced today, French have again fiercely attacked.

Their attacks broke down with very heavy losses to them. We took about 14 prisoners. "In the Argonne we have gained further ground. Tn this district and also in the neighborhood of Apremont, north of Toul, the battles continue. the evening of Jan 8 the French again tried to take the village of Burn- haupt by a night attack, which failed completely.

Our troops took 230 more French prisoners and one machine gun, so that the war booty taken at Burn- haupt Is increased to two officers, 420 issu5d thls afternoon: men and one machine gun. 1 1 pon the Aisne, In French apparently suffered heavy losses, as great numbers of killed and injured are lying before our front and in the neighboring woods. trivial engagements took place yesterday In Upper Alsace. At about midnight our troops repulsed a French attack at Lower Aspach. weather in the Eastern theatre of war has not yet improved.

The situation remains unchanged on the entire Eastern front. Russian advances south of Mlawa were VIENNA REPORTS THE SITUATION UNCHANGED VIENNA, Jan 10 (via Amsterdam to London, Jan 11, 12:38 A following official communication was issued today: general situation is without change. South of the Vistula the Russians yesterday bombarded our positions, but without result. They directed their fire particularly to our positions on the bights to the northeast of Zakllczyn (Galicia). some of the advanced positions in the southern theatre from a point east of Treblnje (Herzegovina) to the frontier there was brief artillery GERMAN ATTACKS IN FRANCE REPELLED PARIS, Jan following official communication was issued by the War Office tonight: night in the Champagne region two counter attacks by the one to the north of Perthes, the other to the north of Beasejour, were repelled.

the Argonne two minor attacks by the enemy have Fontaine Madame and at St Hubert. There was a lively fusilade in the direction of Hill 263, west of Boureuilles, and on Le Ruisseau des Notirissons, but no attacks. night was calm on the rest of the front." The following official statement was the region of Soissons, the enemy, in spite of many attacks, has not been able to recapture the trenches which he had lost. At the end of the day he again bombarded Soissons. "In the country from Rheims to the Argonne, our artillery has shelled the German trenches very effectively at several points, driving away bodies of sappers.

positions which we have gained at Perthes and around that village, have been organized. A counter-attack of the recent British attack on Tanga, German FLEMISH KIRMESS PLANS. Belgian Souvenirs and Salem Fire Relies to Be Sold at Relief Fund Benefit Entertainment. Many well-known Boston women are preparing for the Flemish Kirmess to be given in Horticultural Hall Jan 20-23, under the direction of Herbert Jaques and Augustus N. Rantoul, for the benefit of the New England Belgian Relief Fund.

Seven hundred worth of lampshades, mostly of Belgian design, have been bought by Mrs John Ames to be sold at this fair. Miss Helen L. Jaques and Mrs Alfred Weld have hired a special French expert to make elaborate cakes for the fair, while relics and of the Salem fire will be sold at a table conducted by the Misses Rantoul and members of the Salem Seven Gables Club. Many debutantes will act as flower girls, under the direction of Mrs Richard Sears and Mrs Howard Elliott. Mrs F.

L. Richardson will have charge of a millinery booth, where hats will be made to order. Mrs H. Willcox has bought many novelties of Flemish wooden souvenirs to celluloid figurines. Mrs Augustus N.

Rantoul will have a candy booth. Mrs R. Howland Jones has a collection of handsome baskets wffiich will be sold. Dr Mathilde Massee will sell paintings and sketches of Louvain scenes. Misses Josephine Rantoul and Sussette Sturgis will have the table.

Mrs Kirke Boot will sell Iron Cross souvenirs. The Union, under Auguste de Meulenaer, will sell Belgian cigars. Five Belgian laeemakers will have a booth. Dressmakers and milliners wili show the new modes and ive them for sale at auction for the enefit of the fund. BRITISH REPULSED CLAIM.

Two Attempts on German East Africa Said to Have Failed, Expedition Losing 3600 Men, BERLIN, Jan Wireless to Sayville, the items given out today by the Official Press Bureau for publication are the following: results of the fighting during the He Prospers Most Who Serves Best This is the creed of each and every officer-of each and every employee of the Paine Furniture Company. That this prominent Boston institution lives up to the spirit and letter of this creed is proven by the wonderful increase of sales in the 10 months they have occupied this magnificent new building. by the notable success of the Annual Clearance Sale just The Greatest Clearance 5ale in the History of The Paine Furniture Company What they have done is interesting and valuable as evidence of what they mill do. The Paine Furniture Company will continue to serve best presenting at all times wonderful collections of Worthwhile Furniture at Moderate selling Oriental and American Rugs at lowest prices consistent with selected furnishing Draperies and other decorations at reasonable ever maintaining their high standard of Service. extending every courtesy known to modern merchandising.

Paine Furniture Co. Arlington St. and St. James Avenue Take any car via Boylston Street Surface. IN 10 Dr P.

A. Baker in' Warren Avenue Baptist Church Predicts Success of National Prohibition. Dr P. A. Baker of Columbus, general superintendent of the National Anti- saloon League, addressed a congregation of 1100 on Spread of National first week of the year are considered by In the Warren Avenue the newspapers as fairly satisfactory.

The Germans took about 5700 prisoners and some 25 machine guns. The Morning Post prints details of a Baptist Church last evening. At two points in his address there was much applause. The first was when he said: is the greatest history-making period in all the world. You are face to face with the immediate solution of the greatest problem that has ever troubled the hearts of men and the heart of God.

If you live in a country that is absolutely free of the licensed liquor traffic have to get out. For National prohibition is coming within 10 years for certain. Whether you will or will not, you must go dry in The second was when Dr Baker, after describing the recent vote on tbu Pro- i hibition Amendment in the National ry. "Tne KetcnstanK's gold reserve is House, told how a representative from the Vosges to the northwest of 21,500,000 marks which is Georgia, Hooker, who in advance has enemy to the west of Perthes has been repulsed. In the neighborhood of La Ferle de Beasejour we have made a twofold progress by gaining ground to the west and by taking possession of a field fort to the north.

the Argonne the enemy has bombarded the region of Four-de-Paris; we East Africa, which apparently emanated from the German Colonial Office. The first landing of 8000 British and Hindus was repulsed by the Germans, who numbered about 2000, with 600 killed, or wounded. The British attacked again the next day with reinforcements, but again were defeated with a loss of 3000, They again embarked and sailed for have replied and destroyed a German Mombasa, blockhouse. for the payment of the interest "To the west of Boureuilles all our positions'have been maintained. the Argonne and the Meuse nothing noteworthy occurred.

"On the bights of the Meuse in the forest of Apremont: one of the attacks has been checked by the fire of rate of discount is percent, our artillery. gold reserve on the 4 percent loan of 1906 has arrived in Berlin. Negotiations are pending for the payment of the interest of the percent Japanese loan of 1905. the Berlin Bourse, call money is quoted at 3 percent, while the private Waswlller (in the region we have also repulsed an BOYS FIND OLD JEWELRY. Earrings and Cameos in the Marsh! in Rear of Old Magoun Mansion in Medford.

MEDFORD, Jan old-fashioned gold earrings, a gold and cameo brooch and a gold and cameo pin were brought to the police station today by soma boys who found the articles, they in the marsh between the Mystic Valley Parkway and the rear of Grace Episcopal Church and the old Thacher Magoun mansion, both of which face High st. It is possible the jewelry belonged to the Magoun family, and was thrown over the fence at some time by mistake. The police will endeavor to locate the supposed owners. NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED. South End Young Men's Hebrew Association Headquarters Crowded for Ceremony, The headquarters of the South End Young Hebrew Association.

Washington st. was crowded yesterday afternoon at tiie installation of the newly elected officers. They are: Myer P. Wassersug, presi- WATER HURLED INTO AIR BY THE EXPLOSION OF A MINE 000,000 marks ($4,500,000) snore than last spoken against prohibition, on the re-I week. eelpt of 300 letters and 16 telegrams of Kent; Benjamin I.

Levine and David E. the German organized work-j criticisms of tiie speech from his con- Newman, vice president; Benjamin Kap- men from Aug 22 to the end of Novem- stituents, had shown a complete change Ian, recording secretary; Joseph Liver- ber, only 8 percent were unemployed. of fiont on the day of voting. corresponding secretary; Samuel King 5,000,000 more men fit for fleld servi viel lliilill i MEN FOR BRITISH ARMY. Contingent of 60 Volunteers From Fiji Islanq3 at Honolulu.

HONOLULU, Jan 10-A contingent of 60 volunteers for the British Army ar- rived here yesterday from the Fiji Islands, on board the Makura on the way to Vancouver, C. Many of them are wealthy residents of the Islands, but all are traveling as steerage passengers, Medford Woman Found Dead, MEDFORD, Jan 10-Mrs Charlotte Spencer, aged 78, widow of Mandoll C. Spencer, who had rooms at 3 Eastern av, was found dead in her bed this morning by some young women who had called. Heart disease was given as the cause by the medical examiner. Mrs Spencer was bom jn Easfpiort, Me, and had lived in Medford, more thnn 20 examination shows that of the i similarly here in Massachusetts, untrained iandsturm troops in the 9th Make known your approval of the one Army Corps districts of Hamburg and man in your State out of 18 Congress- Holstein, there are 200,000 men fit for men who had the pluck to come service.

As Germany has 24 army corps out boldlv for National districts, the Iandsturm would yield The pre was: man, ally yourself with an unpopular cause while you're young. Following the line of least resistance is simply traveling around in a circle, and that is what causes so much common- Mai Moraht, German Military Expert, place in this He sketched the careers of William Likens it to Sporting Event u0yd Garrison. Wendell Phillips and Abraham Lincoln, each holding to a minority view' in disfavor, despite vigor- BERL1N. via London, Jan and concerted opposition, and of Moraht, military correspondent of the each of whom he believed it probably had been said: "Too bad! Too bad! He. seems a likely young man with brains, i If he'd only keep his mouth shut he EFFECT ON WAR.

Explains St Mihiel Pause. Berliner Tageblatt, in a review of the situation in the last week in the western theatre of war, comments on the effect produced on the operations by the I weatjpr, which, as at a big spot ting is capable of interfering seriously I with the performance. I No one before the war. says Ala i Moraht. would have believed it possible that even a peace maneuver, to say nothing of actual warfare, would be i called off because it was too wet, too cold or too windy, hut in this modern warfare" the German opera- tions in Flanders have been seriously affected.

The weather conditions are a I mixed evil, however, since they affect the Anglo-Belgian offensive also. I On the rest of the western front, tlnuea the correspondent. It has been shown that the so-called German defensive is able to reap more offensive successes than is the offensive of Gen Joffre, the French Conmiander-in-Uhief, In the Argonne region heavy French losses are the only result of repeated attempts to force back the. Germans. Maj Moraht compares the German po- sition at St Mihiel to an arrow which the Allies are vainly endeavoring to extrioate from their flesh.

He explains i the long pause in the German forward I movement at St Mihiel as dm to a higher strategic reason, there being lit- tie use pushing the offensive until 1 the full awards for having obtained the 1 present position are reaped. might get somewhere," In outlining his scheme whereby National prohibition was to become assured within 10 years, Dr Baker said: requires two to offset every Tiie question wili require two- thirds of the votes in both houses at Washington to bring about submission to the various State Legislatures. Then it will require a three-fourths vote, or 36 States, to bring about prohibition. Bast year in State elections States voted on the subject and five favored prohibition. Next year there will be more, and so on.

The tide has set A collection was taken for the Massachusetts Antisaloon League. Rev Dr Herbert S. the pastor, offered prayer, the congregation standing, for National prohibition. M. Silverman and Israel Trfeger, financial secretaries; Harry Marcus, treasurer: Martin J.

Shufro, custodian; Dr A. Altshuler, L. Cohen, S. Cohen, W. Dltelberg, N.

D. Freeman, Myer i. Levine, H. Marcus. P.

E. Newman, D. 15. Rosen. L.

Shore, S. M. Silverman, A Schiller, M. P. sersug and S.

Wise, directors. The installation was by Leo J. Louis Cohen was chairman of the meeting and a ldrrsses were made by Michael Cohen of the Providence Y. M. H.

Max Repack of the Fall River ML H. and Abraham Bareshofsky, secretary of the Associated Y. M. of New England. asouc.i i.u.., through Dux Id E.

Newman, presented tob chains suitably Inscribed to Harry Marcus and S. Baranak for services rendered in connection with the annual ball last week Lecture on the "Old South." Message of the Old South to New is the subject of a public lecture which Mary Antln (Mrs Mary Antin Grabau) wili deliver In Old South Meeting House cm Monday Jan 18, under the auspices of the Old South Association In Boston. Order your Business Chance and Real Estate advts for Tuesday's and Wednesday's Globe today. TMs submarine mine was charged with pounds of trotal gelatine; the explosion of which held a column of water feet high suspended in the air for almost a minute. This force Is sufficient to destroy, the largest battleship afloat.

FRANCE ORDERS CLOTH. Pittsfield Mills to Make 200,000 Yards of Uniform Goods at a Cost of $300,000, PITTBF1ELD, Mass. Jan 10-An qrdcr for 200,000 yards of cadet cloth has been received by the Berkshire Woolen and i Worsted Company from agents of the French Army. The value of the order Is $300,000. The mills will run with full force day and night filling the contract.

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