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SATURDAY 3IORXIXG, THE PITTSBURGH POST JULY 8, 1916. Three EPIDEMIC SPREADS AS FAR, AS PACIFIC (Continued from Page One.) STORM DAMAGE RUSS-JAPANESE PACT AIMED AT GERMANS New Alliance Will Close Door to Teutons in Far East for 10 Years. Aims Also to Prevent Any Future Conflict Between Two Signatories. AH the cases have been isolated in the City Hospital and the health department is making strenuous efforts to check the tpreaa cl the disease. There have been no deaths here from the disease- EPIDEMIC HITSM0NTREAL.

MONTREAL, July epidemic of infantile paralysis reached Montreal today, five cases being reported in the last 24 hours. City authorities have started campaign to keep the disease from gaining a foothold. INDIANA CASE REPORTED. TERRE HAUTE. July first case of infantile paralysis in this vicinity was reported today by Dr.

W. F. Roberts, countv hpnlth ciffrar- a ON GULF COAST UP IN MILLIONS Come and See It Worth a personal visit to see this suprising machine count "Savings Checks" at the rate of 500 per minute. Because of the immense volume of "Savings Checks" issued to merchants and also the large quantity coming into the Bank deposit, we found that skilled fingers could not count them fast enough. 4 This automatic counting machine was to count the "Savings Checks" mora luickly, and has counted without a mistake 5V2 Million "Savings Checks" Don't hesitate to bring in a few hundred for deposit.

We shall he pleased to count them quickly and to credit the amount in a 4 Interest account in your name. tion contained secret clauses, declaring that while the summary given out was Sl.OO Opens an Account Farmers Deposit Savings Bank Fifth Avenue and Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Assets Dec. 31, 1915 Assets June 30, 1916 Increase lor Six Months $6,060,260.23 Farmers Deposit National Bank (Founded 1832) Filth Avenue and Wood Street We Solicit" enough trained nurses available in New York to handle the work, he said, and it has been found necessary to ask aid of the Red Cross Bureau of Nursing at Washington. It was intimated that several hundred workers would be needed.

The call for help was sent out after a day devoted by health authorities and the most prominent physicians of the greater city to a discussion of means by which the spread of the disease can be checked. Some encouragement was found in the fact that fewer cases were reported today thai on Thursday and Wednesday. All the medical men agreed, however, that only by unremitting and the strict enforcement of every known sanitary precaution could the epidemic be kept within bounds. Dr. Emerson declared that one of the steps he had decided upon was the prosecution of physicians who have failed to report cases of the disease they have attended.

Court actions would be begun, he sa wherever the necessary evidence could be obtained. READING ROOMS CLOSED. Another serious phase of the situation was reported today by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, which has found that in the congested districts of the city frightened mothers have interned their children in their tenement houses, in many instances with windows closed. Such action, it "as pointed out, is likely to have serious effects, not only on the children, but on the adults as well. Children's reading rooms in public libraries have been ordered closed as a precautionary measure and the order barring children from moving picture theaters will not be modified until conditions improve.

Playgrounds in various parts of the city were ordered closed earlier in the day. The proposal for a general quarantine of the city was abandoned by r. Emerson as impractical. Additional assurances were given today by the United States public health service that every possible aid would be given the municipal authorities in carrying on their work. Six officers already have been assigned to the task of tracing germ carriers.

Secretary of the Treasury MeAdoo informed Mayor Mitchel today that after a conference with Secretary of Agriculture Houston the latter has agreed to do everything in his power to facilitate the entry into the country of shipment of Rhesus monkeys from the Philippine islands, which are urgently needed for research work in connection with paralysis. CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN. Fresh air work for the children of the city, it was said today, was being done in close co-operation with the city and state health department. Before children are sent to the country they are carefully examined by two physicians and regular visits are made by doctors and nurses to fresh air homes. Inspectors who are at work in all five boroughs of the greater city declare that never in their experience have they found such sincere efforts made Un the homes of the poor to follow instructions of the health department.

Almost every home visited has been spotlessly clean, but many of them are swarming with flies because the families have no funds with which to buy screens. As a result of these renorts mnnpu niii to screen properly all windows. Moth- cih were 10m nave tneir children get as much fresh air as possible, but to keep them away from, other children. Dr. Emerson frankly admitted that his department had been unable to determine the actual cause of the epidemic.

All theories which previously have been held apparently have been disproved, he said. Proper isolation of the seems to be the only hope of preventing the spread of the disease, he declared. 45 UP-STATE CASES. ALBANY, N. July 7.

According to reports received at state health department headquarters up to 6 o'clock tonight, there are only 45 cases of infantile paralysis in the state outside of Greater New Ycrk. Eight new cases were reported during the forenoon, but the fact that no reports of new cases reached the state headauarters rl strengthened the belief of officials that the disease would not reach the epidemic I stage up-state. Word was received from the New Ycrk city health authorities late today that no children would be permitted to leave the city for "fresh air" camps unless they had been examined and found without infection. The new cases reported today outside of Greater New York were as follows: Two at Yonkers and one each at Dutchess Junction, Warwick, Jasper Hornell, Copiague and Glen Cove. The department) today sent letters to presidents of all in the state requesting that especial care be taken in disinfecting all cars that earrv hMi.n from" New York.

Local health officers were instructed today to see that glasses at soda fountains and other public gathering places were thoroughly cleansed and disinfected after use. TWO PHILADELPHIA CASES. PHILADELPHIA, July 7 Infantile paralysis has invaded his city. Two cases of the disease have been reported to the health authorities by attending physicians and were immediately sent to the Municipal Hospital, where they have been placed in an isolated ward. Three cases are reported from South Bethlehem, one of which has proved fatal.

Because of the prevalence of the disease in New York, the local and state health authorities have taken every precaution against having it brought into this state. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, state health commissioner, has ordered 2,000 health officers to patrol the state line between here and New York, and the railroad stations and steamboat terminals are being watched. LOS ANGELES 13 HIT.

LOS ANGELES, July 7. -Two cases of infantile paralysis are under observation today by the health authorities. One case reported a week ago has been taken to the county hospital. A second case was reported yesterday. DEATH IN CHICAGO.

SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 7. Two more cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state board of health today, bringing the total number of cises in the state to 11. Three cases have been, reported from Chicago. One death has resulted. As a precaution against the bringing of new cases of infantile paralysis into the state from New York city, the Illinois state board of health today ordered all railways entering, -the state from the East to report the names and exact destinations of all children bound from New I Yoik to Illinois points.

BALTIMORE BABY DIES. BALTIMORE, July 7. A 2-year-old child of Lithuanian parents living near nnapolis Junction. died of infantile paralvsis at a hospital here today. The Baltimore health department today announced that another case of infantile paralvsis has been discovered in this city.

The case, that of a 10-months-old child, was not reported to the department until a few days ago. SIX STRICKEN IN CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, July 1 One more case of infantle paralysis developed here today, six cases in all that have brought to ihe attention of the health authorities. Several other patients are under observation. The latest victim is Angelo De France, seven years old, whose home is in the congested district, ilia sister ia under observation.

S7 $40,769,370.90 $46,829,631.13 Your Business 'Minima DIAMOND STSjS Tea First" TOKIO, July 7. The Japanese foreign office today announced as the substance of the Russo-Japanese convention signed at Petrograd on July 3, the following: First Japan will take part in no arrangement or political combination directed against Russia. Russia will take part in no arrangement Or political combination directed axainst Japan." Second In case the territorial rights or special interests in the Far East of one of the contracting parties, which are recognized by the other contracting parties, are menaced. Japan and Russia will consult with each other on measures to adopt with a view to supporting or ex tending assistance for the safeguarding and of these r'ghts and interests. To a question from the Associated Press representative as to what effect the alliance would have upon the open door and the integrity of China, the for eign office replied: "The convention Is effectually an emphasis upon extension of the Anglo-Japanese alliance based upon the territorial integrity of whose open door and integrity are not endangered.

American trade and Interests are in nowise affected." The foreign office denied affirmations in Japanese newspapers that the conven- TO I GRETI Change Is Made From Toby-hanna This Month Because of Artillery Training. HARRISBURG, July 7. The. place of encampment of the Third Brigade of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, consisting of the Ninth and Thirteenth Regiments and the separate battalion, was tonight announced, as changed by Adjutant General Stewart from Toby-hanna to Mount Gretna. The date will be from July 22 to July 23.

The reason for the change from Tobyhanna to Mount Gretna is that the Monroe county place will be occupied by artillery In training. Announcement was made tonight by Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart that Major Conrad E. Koerper, United States army medical corps, had by permission of the war department been appointed a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard and assigned to the staff of the Pennsylvania division as chief surgeon. Major Walter C.

Sterling of Wilkes-Barre has been appointed major and ordnance officer and assigned to the division staff. The formal appointment of Major George Hugh Smith, Philadelphia, to be lieutenant colonel and inspector of small arms practice, was announced tonigar. CONNELLSV1LLE, July a result of friction between the National Guard officers now enroute with their commands to the border, and men who have organized volunteer companies back home. Captain A. R.

Kidd's company of "home guards" has been refused the use of the state armory here for drill purposes. Yesterday a letter from the secretary of the state armory board closed the local armory to outside organizations "unless permission is secured upon application to the state armory board." Captain Kidd, undaunted, drilled his company of 50 volunteers in an open lot adjoining the armory -last evenifig. Caperton to Succeed Pacific Fleet Chief i WASHINGTON, July 7. Rear Admiral W. B.

Caperton, now commanding 'the cruiser squadron in Haiti and Santo Do-mingan waters, was selected today to succeed Admiral Winslow as commander of the Pacific fleet when the latter retires July 29 on account of age. i Rear Admiral Caperton will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Pond, now commanding the auxiliary division of the Atlantic fleet. In announcing -the selection. Secretary Daniels said he had not considered the question of seniority, and had decided to name Admiral Caperton on account of his "valuable and satisfactory service in Haiti and Santo Domingo and his efficient record as a high executive officer." Target Work of Seven II. S.

Ships Rated Low WASHINGTON, July 7. Secretary of the Navy Daniels reported to the Senate today that of the 17 battleships of the Atlantic fleet four were rated as excellent in tarket practice, four good, two fair, four poor and three unsatisfactory. The San Diego, of the Pacific fleet, was rated as excellent. The report was made in response to a -resolution by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. The battleships were rated as follows: Excellent Arkansas, Georgia, New York and Texas.

Good Delaware. New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Wyoming. Fair Nebraska and New Jersey. Poor Virginia, Florida, Kansas and Michigan. Unsatisfactory Louisiana, South Carolina and Utah.

Arkansas to Vote on Repeal of ''Dry" Law LITTLE ROCK, July voters will decide at the general election in November whether they wish to have repealed the statewide prohibition law passed by the last Legislature, which went into effect January 1, last. Initiative petitions providing for the repeal of the prohibition law and the substitution of a local option law similar to that of Ohio ww filed today with the secretary of state by Benjamin Griffin, president of the Arkansas Local Self -Government League. They bear 1T.713 signatures, about 5.000 more than the number necessary to have the repeal act placed on the ballot. Husband and Wife Die 10 Hours Apart ZANESVILLE, July 7. Death paid a double visit to one of the most prominent homes in this citv tniiav.

Mr r.n Mrs. Louis F. Knight died within hours of each other. Mrs. Knight, 73 years old, died shortly before noon and Mr.

Knight, 74 years old, died at 9 o'clock tonight. Mr. Knight was an ex-county auditor. One daughter is the wife of I W. F.

BiDDUS of Davton. a nrominent 1 official of the National Cash Register Company. third ww ENCAMP 1 I the substance of the convention it also was virtually the text of that document. Now that Japan and Russia are pooling their Interests in the Far East they will free themselves from the necessity of re- i garding each other as possible enemie? in the future and from the maintenance i of large bodies of troops on their respective" frontiers. The impression in Tokio is that the convention is framed to meet attempts at the extension of German influence in the Far East believed to be undesirable, while the hands of both powers are strengthened in dealing with the titua- tion in China.

WASHINGTON, July 7. Beyond a brief I dispatch from the American embassy at Petrograd saying that the spec, al Russo- i Japanese convention had been signed there, the state department is without official information on the subject. Petrograd announcement gave no indication of the nature of the convention. The Japanese embassy here 's in ignorance of its nature, though it is expected that a copy will be received there to be communicated to the state department for its information. REPUBLIC Democrats to Rush Measure Through Present Congress.

Conference Held. WASHINGTON, July 7. An effort by Republican senators to secure an agreement by which action on the Government shipping bill would be postponed until the next session of Congress failed today when administration senators announced that the measure would be pressed regardless of threats of filibuster. It was declared Democratic on-position virtually had been overcome by amendments which will not materially alter the principal features of the bill. Senators Simmons, Fletcher and Reed, members of the commerce committee, which has the measure in hand, conferred with President Wilson today after a meeting of the committee at which Republican members were told plainly that it would be impossible to redraft the bill to meet with approval by the minority.

Informal conferences held later between champions of the measure and Democrats inclined to oppose it resulted in assurances that a common ground for agreement could be reached, and it was to inform the President of this development that the special committee went to the White House. The President told his visitors he was much pleased at the prospect. Two amendments calculated to overcome Democratic opposition are being seriously considered. One would specify that the Government should acquire no vessels flying the flags of nations en- gaged in the European war, and that no ships be purchased which at the time are engaged in the American trade. The other would direct that the Government should not engage in operation of any ships until all efforts had been exhausted to charter or lease vessels acquired to private operators upon satisfactory terms.

After the White House conference the commerce committee held another meeting, and it was decided to postpone until tomorrow a caucus of Democratic senators that had been called for tonight. This was done to give the committee further time for consideration of the proposed amendments. By the time the caucus meets tomorrow afti noon the committee expects to be able to a report insuring united Dem jcutis action. Michigan Moose Repudiate Hughes DETROIT, July a meeting of the state central comrnittee of the National Progressive psirty here this afternoon, the action the national committee in indorsing Charles E. Hughes was repudiated.

The committee declared for the perpetuation of the party and the entering of complete state and local tickets in the coming campaign. The recommendation contained in a letter from George W. Perkins that Republican clubs be formed among Progressives was unanimously rejected. Guardsmen to Stand Trial for Attack WASHINGTON, July 7. Under a ruling by Judiie Advocate-General Crowder this afternoon.

Captain Wesley G. Wuls'n and Sergeant Chester Doyle, Third Ohio Infantry, must stand trial in a civil court on charges of assault. Colonel R. L. Hubler.

commanding of- fleer, retusea to surrenaer tne otticers to the civil authorities without orders from the war department when the assault charges were brought by Charles Baker, editor of the Hamilton, "Socialist," He said he was assaulted there on June 22. Motorboats to Guard Bathers From Sharks ASBURY PARK, N. July 7. Summer resorts along the New Jersey coast established motorboat patrols today, to protect bathers from man-eating sharks. The crews are armed with rifles.

The action was taken by resort proprietors as the result of the death of two bathers, one yesterday, and one Sunday, who were attacked by the big fish, unheard of heretofore in these waters. Bathing has been reduced tb a low ebb. Some beaches are being enclosed with wire netting. Lutheran Orphans Picnic in Marwood Two special trains have been chartered to carry the Pittsburgh crowd to Mar-wood tomorrow to attend the annual orphans' day being held there by the Lutheran Missouri Synod, are to be held at the same time in the dedication of a new $30,000 home being set up in Marwood. Special religious services, addresses and musical numbers are on the program.

Bargains in Electric Wiring. Du-li-co wiring outfit, including iron and ironing board. value: special price during July, I9.S5, payable S1.S3 down and tl a month. Call Wiring Department. Duquesne Light Hiland 6700.

IS TO HIP BILL child was stricken in Burnett, Ind. a CASE NEAR FORT WAYNE. FORT WAYNE, July 7. A case of infantile paralysis was reported to the health officers firm Garret, a village near here, today. The victim is a 14-month-old baby girl.

A strict quarantine has been cstabl shed. The case is the second reported in the state today, the other being near Terre Haute. COLUMBUS REPORTS COLUMBUS, July 7. One case of infantile paralysis was reported to the board of health today. The child has been isolated since Sunday, the attending physician suspecting that Infantile paralysis might be the cause of its illness.

The victim is one of twins and there are nine other children in the family. Columbus has never had an epidemic of infantile paralysis. W. VA. IS WARNED.

CHARLESTON, W. July 7. A warning was Issued to the public today by Dr. S. L.

Jepson, state health commissioner, calling attention to dangers of infantile paralysis. This followed a telegram received from the health commissioner of Pennsylvania in which it was announced that quarantine against the disorder had been declared in that state following an outbreak In New York. DOCTORS MUST REPORT. WHEELING, W. July 7.

With the outbreak of the Infantile paralysis in Pittsburgh, Dr. W. C. Ethzler, city health -t: loanerl snecial instructions to Olliixi noa all physicians requesting immediate re ports of suspicious cases, iviore suiti servance of sanitary laws is also being insosted upon. CONNECTICUT AFFECTED.

HERTFORD. July cases of infantile paralysis have been reported to the health department. One is in Stamford, and one in New Haven. ONE IN PROVIDENCE. PROVIDENCE, R.

July 7. The first case of infantile paralysis reported here in two years was today. A child in a family which recently arrived Brooklyn. N. is said to be suffering from the disease.

Two other children are under observation. NEW BEDFORD HAS THREE. NEW BEDFORD, July 7. The birthplace of the late Hetty Green has three cases of infantile paralysis. One case has developed since the outbreak in New York.

THREE DIE iifEEAVER, N. Y. BEAVER, N. July 7. This city has had three deaths out of five cases.

Dr. William B. May of the state health department, examined the two surviving cases. He also Dut under quarantine the Universal settlement camp, a short distance from here, wnere mere mo about 100 boys. BABY IS ISOLATED.

BRIDGEPORT, July 7. A 6-months-old baby, showing symptoms of infantile paralysis, has been isolated in the city hospital. MISHAWAKA, July 7. A case of infantile paralysis has developed here, according to the report of three physicians called to treat a 11-year-old boy. He has been, ill three days.

Health officers of South Bend took steps to combat an epid-emic as soon as the physicians made their report. INFANT PARALYSIS HITSPITTSBURGH (Continued From Page One.) fliction. The specialist immediately confirmed Dr. Sawers' diagnosis and the heakh department was notified. In explanation of her failure to obey Dr.

Burns' instructions as to. keeping the baby isolated, Mrs. Piatt said the specialist had told her to keep the child In the fresh air. There are six other children in the family. The Piatt baby seems to te recovering.

Dr. Burns said. The disease appears to have passed the acute stage, the left arm and Tight leg, which were paralysed, having recovered somewhat. Permanent injury does not usually result from infantile paralysis, the acting director explained; children who get well almost always recovering complete use of their limbs. "I do not regard 'this case as any indication that Pittsburgh is to be visited by a contagion such as has swept over New York," Dr.

Burns announced. "This is not so extraordinary a thing as people seem to think. While the present case is only the second reported to this department this year there are records of 15 last year, one beijg fatal." DISEASE, NOT. RARE HERE. Dr.

J. O. Wallace, who treats all infantile paralysis cases In 'the Children's Hospital, Mercy Hospital, the Sewickley Fresh Air Home, and the Home for Crippled Children, said yesterday that he sees an average of 12 cases a week, most of them very The average at the Allegheny General Hospital Is 10 cases a year, it was said, extremely few being fatal. A quarantine of the state against persons suffering from infantile paralysis was put into effect yesterday upon order from State Health Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon.

Ah local boards of health were requesteed by the commissioner report to him any cases that may be found in thtir districts. It would be almost impossible to Inspect all children coming into Pittsburgh from cither cities, as is being done in Chicago, Dr. Burns said yesterday. NO NEED FOR WATCHING TRAINS. "They are using IS physicians for this inspection work in Chicago," he explained.

"We have only five in this department available for such work. We w-ould have to keep a watch at the Pennsylvania, Baltimore Ohio, East Liberty, Shadyside, Roup, Federal street, Hazelwood, Pittsburgh Lake Erie and Wabash stations, and even then our work would not be very effective, for as soon as word went out that such a quaran-4 tine vas bei'ig crlcrced here, it would? be necessary to start our inspections as far back ss lines connect with thi city, cr cise Iiold up every inbound street c-ir at the city line. The appropriation for this department wiK not oi'bw any such work being done here. 1. do not think it really necessary, anyway.

Tln-re is nothing show that iiif tntile raralyM? is spreading out of New York. If it weie really pressing I would ask council for a special to oerany emergency, and I suppt" the roony -uui(i Xorth-com as in due Viae." Reports From Hurricane-Swept Area Establish Definitely Only One Death. CROPS AND LUMBER SUFFER i NEW ORLEANS, July 7. Reports tonight from the storm-swept gulf states, though bringing news of property damage that may total millions of dollars, established definitely only one death, that of an engineer killed at Bond, when his train ran into a washout. Reports from Beloit, that 17 Negroes were killed there Thursday was denied today, and a dispatch from reporting three or four deaths at Mobile lacked confirmation.

More than J4.000.000 damage was done In Mississippi and Alabama alone, according to estimates tonight. Mississippi suffered crop damage estimated at The loss to lumber interests in Mississippi and Alabama is put. at about to telegraph and telephone companies. to railroads, $200,000, and to coast cities nearly $1,000,003. Frag mentary news from Pensacola reported great damage was done on the water front and to shipping.

The Louisville Nashville bridge across Escamble bay was washed ou and railroad traffic into Pensacola from the East will be delayed several weeks. ANXIETY FOR CREWS. The greatest anxiety is felt for the crews of small vessels known to have been in the gulf when the hurricane broke. Many of these may have sought shelter in out-of-the-way inlets. Dozens of craft were washed ashore along the beach, at Biloxi and Deer Island.

The Norwegian steamer Freda, New Orleans for Progreso, went ashore on Alacran reef on the' nissrht of June 29, but the crew was rescued. Tugs have left New Orleans to assist the schooner Crty of Balitmore, reported In distress in the gulf. She carried a crew of seven. There was no direct wire communication today with either Mobile or Pensacola. Wire companies said it would be several days before service was restored.

Railroad traffic out of New Orleans was rapidly resuming normal tonight, with the exception of the Louisville Nashville, which was hampered by, washou-ts on the line to Mobile. Louisville NashvWe local trains todaywere able to reach only as far north as Ocean Springs. Miss. No attempt to run through trains was made. The lower Taluapoosa and upper Alabama rivers are overfiowing.

and persons in the danger zones have been ordered to move. MILLION LOSS IN MOBILE. MERIDIAN. July- 7. At least $1,000,000 worth of damage was caused in r' uii- 4 io the Kulf hurricane, ac cording to R.

E. McClure, commercial tho Western t. Telegraph Company, who returned from there to day. i McClure said that most of the streets between the water front and Royal street are inundated rrom six io iu ieei. In -other parts of the city the water is from a few inches to three or four feet deep.

In the principal business parts of the city the water is almost on a level with the lower counters in the stores and warehouses. Seven feet of water is in the cotton exchange. Many of the Inhabitants fled soon after the outbreak of the storm to the Battle House, one of the biggest hotels in the city. It Is on comparatively high ground, but despite this, at least six Inches of water covers the lower floors, while the basement is filled. Germans Seize Ship Off English Coast j.

BERLIN, July 7. Official announcement was made today that the British steamship Lestris was held up by German warships near the English coast and seized as a prize. The statement says the Lestris was held up "by a portion of the German high sea forces." Thi3 is the second exploit of the kind on the part of the Germans. On June 16 the British steamship Brussels was captured by German destroyers taken with her passengers Into Zeebrugge. The wording of the German statement indicates that a part, at least, of the German high sea fleet was near the English coast at the time the Lestris was seized.

The Lestris is a steamship of 1.3S4 tons gross, owned in Cork. LONDON. July 7. The British steamship Gannet of London has been sunk. She was unarmed.

The Gannet was 245 feet long. 1,112 tons gross and was built ai Stockton in 1S79. German Cities Fight Purchasing Bureau THBJ HAGUE, July 7. Information reaches The Hague that for several weeks there has been continuous friction between the authorities of various large German cities and the central purchasing bureau. The municipalities v-claim the right to their own food and household articles without asking permission of the cenrtal bureau.

There was an outburst last week in the Hanover c-ty council, several members of which accused the central bureau of boycotting the city, which was unable to procure butter, sausage and hams, notwithstanding the fact that some places In the city were sufficiently supplied. It was argued that it was physically impossible for one to control all munic-palities. Cologne, Dresden, Chemnitz and other cities already are purchasing supplies independently, having representatives in Holland for that purpose. German Posts Taken Had Pianos and Baths PARIS, July 7. The work of sorting the booty taken by the French troop3 in the fighting at the Somme brings to 1-ght many curious facts.

In the Mere-aucourt woods, a heavy German bat-IfJ'y wa found completely dismounted. The battery commander's shelter alone remained intact. The luxury of the arrangements in the German positions on the Santerre plateau showaj that they were considered im-pregnabU. In the positions occupied by the battery mentioned, were a piano a brass bedstead, and a compUte hot and cold water supply. The greatest booty fell to General Bal-fourier's famous "iron corps," which distinguished Itself at Verdun.

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