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MYSTERIOUS WAR MESSAGE BROUGHT HERE RY
Carrier Drops with Broken Wing From Roof of Hazle Street Hotel and Message Pur¬ porting to Have Been Written in Belgium by German Warrior Is Found—Message Is Written in English
EXCITED DEBATE OVER PROBABILITY ON GENUINENESS HINGES ON THE DATE-UNE
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That portion of Wilkes-Barre city which has been known for years as "The Bowery" was thrown into a state of wildest excitemen: last night when a carrier pigeon with a brok- 2n wing dropped from the roof to the sidewalit fronting the hotel of Fred Jacobs at 59 Hazle street, fluttering from its neck a message wrapped in the heading of a German newspaper and bearing evidences of having been scrawled by a German soldier fighting in the trenches of Belgium.
"Dear wife, the message read, "I am alive and weH in the trenches of Belgium but your brother has been killed." That was all. There was not even a signature to denote the identity of the man who wrote this little tragedy of war. The pigeon, of the homing vari¬ ety, showed evidences of long flight and the injury to the wing seemed to have been received immediately before the bird was picked up from the sidewalk.
The president of the Lime Kiln Club was the first to read the message. It was 'written in English and he began to wonder why a German soldier should express himself in the hated language of the men from the "tight little isle." He was going to disciss the pigeon and message as a joke sent upon the community by an illiterate trickster v/heh his eye sud¬ denly fell upon the date mark of the paper. It was Saxony, December —; the day of the month was missing. "It looks real," said the Lime Kiln president; "no German would stoop to such a trick."
NEWSBOY'S DISCOVERY
A newsboy found the pigeon. He kept it, too, running off home with it as soon as the message had been detached from the bird's neck and put in the hands of the anxious loiterers about the hotel. Jacobs telephoned for all his friends to come and have a glance at the words contained in the scrap of paper and then sent word to the newspaper offices. He j was sure the thing was genuine, almost as sure asMhe president of the Lime Kiln Club, i The bit of gold ribbon that held the note in place was identifiec^ ,as part of the wrappings of the Christmas packages distributed among the Kaiser's soldiers. The two points that held cut doubt regarded the use of the English script and the finding of the pigeon so far from its natural bourne.
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Attorney Refuses to AcceptjBlood-Soaked Earth on Seven- Their Appointment to Act    Mile Warsaw Front Carpet-
on Deciding Board
.\fier many attemirts to apxee upon a third memiher of the board sched¬ uled to decide whether or not the motormen and condiiC irs nf the Wilkos-Uarre Rail'Way Company are to be uriven a raise In wa.ge.s .S.a.miiel 1'. Warriner and .Attorne- Thomas t>. She.a ye.<Jtcrday offered .\ttorney Evan ('. .lones of this oity, an .aii- pointment a.«i arbitrator and nietMr. Jones' refusal to accept. The at- loi-ney's action came as a surprise, for It wa.s believed the ahrdest part of the neffotl.itlons would he In reaching a decision on the man who ooiild aet with Mr. \\-airiner as the comp.Tny's represeTnrKlvfi nnd Mr. .'^hea as the spoke.°men of the trolley men.
-Mr. ,Iones received the apiwint- nient at noon and after meeting the two arbitrators afiroed to inal;e hi.s decision later. ,\t three o'clock he f irwarded his refii.spl, ErivinK Jio rea¬ sons for declining the place. The s;eneral opiinion i.s that tie third man must bear the br^int of the arbitra¬ tion and those w-ho wrre v.lllins to discuss the matter declared the probaWIJty of beins blamed for pos¬ sible failure tj please lhe demands of the men had some influence on Mr. Jone.s' action. Mr. \A'arrlner loft la.Mt eveninc; for Philadelphia and it is likely the next meetinjf with .Mr. .•-^hea will bo held in that cliy; that if. if anv further mc.^ing's are to he held.
mmmMAY BE CALLED
FOR SHIP BU
Senator Simmons, Personal Representative of the Presi¬ dent, Hints That This May Come to Pass if the Repub¬ licans Should Prevent a Vote on His Measure by Fili¬ bustering Until the End of the Present Session
SENATOR CUMMINS HAS NEW MEASURE TO PRESENT
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STATE DEPARTMENT GIVES OUT THE TEXT OF GERMAN DECREE
GEN. CARRJtNZA WUL REFUSE TO TAKE PART
Will Not Convene Any Con¬ vention or Congress Until
This Government Will Make No Representations to Ger-1   |i,g Country Is Pacified
many Until the Receipt of the Explanatory Memoran-1 	
dum Promised by Berlin- Beheved  in  Washington!ra::rhtn?i„TSuo'n-o?t:rtic.p:[: That the Neutral Countries WiU Unite in a Protestie7ntL"en^,ar:fSTor".frL:%T.er
  I a   compromise   of  any   kind  -with   his
__^  ¦ j enemies.     He   made   this   clear   in   a
GERMAN AMBASSADOR GIVES   AN   EXPLANATION-!'.'S'he.;" .'n'^a,?",;;,"-'."""";
.  I will   contimie   to   ignore   any     group
,.•    ,       . ,.  1     ,.      I      c. rA       ., calling itself a convention or congress
Washington,   l-eb.  (,.-he  htato D^ - the   act   of   Great   Britain   in   minina   or   as-e.rtble   that   will     attemnt     to partmont   gay  out  tonight   th   official   the North sea  wa-s  not well received,   meddle   with, the  government   of  I'lis te.xt  of the Uerman proclamation de-   it  was  pointed  out  that the  two  sit-i countrv       whether   civilian    or   n!m daring the water.s around Great Brit-, uuti.ms are  not alike. . I tary ^^ "^'mP'    cnllian    or   mili-
ain a war zone in whleh the merchant j r«-a(    Britaiii   I)mie«   Ttirra.!!        i       --i     »    ...
vessels  and   crovs  of  neutral   nations        According   to   offi^Ks,   Grf^ Brit-j action  .n'   tT'"'"  °/   ^^e     unity     of will   be   in   danger.     It differs   from j ain made no threat against shipping i^b 1        , ?      •'' ^^'^'^i^'^t'"" "^
the   statement   containe   din   new.spa-; and   took   several   Important  steps  to I country.   I   have   deciik^l   not   to
r   dispatohe*  from   Berlin.     Itap-    avoid    endangering      neutral      «hip<.j L.^     ' Sathering  of militar>
ars   that  Germany  leaves open  the ; she  establi.shed  trade  routes  through T "°'"  *"^'  •^°"^''*-'^^'   convention
lling   routes   around   the   north   otithe   mine   fields   and   providd   pilots' ""^ ^•''¦''''™''"'-^' =^^ '""S as the var .:on-
per   dispatohe*  from   Berlin, pea .<>a
tho Shetland Islands and al.so a strip ' to take neutral vessels through". ' Thei yo miles wide alung the Dutch ct'ast. j information which the State Depart-i The State Department i.«sued _the j mont has recelvd is that .AnTTican following statement: -The War Dp-| shipping in general has suffered no partmcnt has received from the | inconvenienoe except slight delavsj American   amba.v.-^ador   al   Berlin   the I      Compard with the threat to neutral
DKATH   FKO.'H   .•iSTll.MA.
rharles Fiihasis of l.uzerne Bor¬ ough died in Oity Uoppitnl at noon yesterday after a long illn ss of asth¬ ma. The bodv wa.s removed to the family home *n I..uzeme_ f
Petrograd. Feb. 6.—Thirty thou¬ sand picked troops of ("Jeneral Mack- enscn's army of 100,000 have fallen already In his desperate assiiuUs upon War.saw, and the slaughter continues as the Oerman*: today olTor stubborn resistance along the seven- mile, front to n \'Hgoroiis , Rii.ssian counter-offensive.
Having bro'uon the or*elaug!).t "if soyen divisions of Von Mackensen's infantry in the fighting of Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, the Kiis- ^•ians crossed the Bzura, at lt« junc¬ tion with the Vistula, today, and dis¬ lodged the Germans from a bridge¬ head at Dakowo. It .seenis appar'-nt that the severe reverse suffered by the Germans im the fieven-mile front of Goumine-BorJImow on February 2. 3 and 4, has enabled the Russians to   take   the   ir.itiative.
More   than   a   quarter   of  a   million picked   troops   and   more   than    lOiio ilifavy   guns   now   are   ensrat;ed   in   ilie 1 terrific   battle   in   the   region   of   the Bzura  and   Rawka   HIvers  in   Boland, [and   upon   the   outcome   of  this   con¬ flict   hangs  the   fate   of    the     present campaign   for   the   mastery   of   West¬ ern   I'oiand. -
General von Mackeneen continues hi.^^fforts to smash the Hu.ssian cen¬ tre and open up the v.-ay for th« drive the Gemian.s are trying to m.'ike a.gainst Warsaw. He has lock¬ ed with the Husslans in a death grip, the ferocity of which "nas not previ¬ ously been known in the present war. However, the Kussian success In crossing to the West bank of the Bzura indlcat^-s that fhe r^ar is turn¬ ing the GeriTian  left win?.
tinues. When .peace is restore^ I shall call a congress properly elect¬ ed by all the citizens which shall have the character of thi{ constitu¬ tional congress with the end that 't shall   enact   ail   the   reforms  dictated
text of a  proclamation  is.>'ued  by the | vessels  and   their  crews  oontained   In, Muring   the   struggle   and   giVg   them German    Admiralty,    on    Feb.   4,   re-j the   German   proclamation   there  w-aq'the   validity   of   constitutional   pj,.^:.
ading as   follows:
"The waters around Great Britain including the Knglish channel, are deolarod included in the zone of war und that after the ISth Inst, all en- viny merchant vesseUs encountered in these waters will be dstro>ed even If it ma\ rr»t always be po.*>sible to save their orews and passengers.
"Within thi.s war zone, neutral ves-
nofhing  in the    condition    developed
h.v the British, according to State. Department officials whioh req^ilredi a   protest   by   the   I'nited   State.o.
The minister from the Netherlands. Chevalier   f'an    Rappard,    conferred with   -Mr.   Ijjinsing   informally   r^ard ing the effect of the German  procla
saons.
The Star.e Department received dis¬ patches .saying that conditions are In a turmoil. Employes of the gov¬ ernment and tramways had been paid their wages in worthless money Is- Bued by Gen. Villa, the day ha issued 'I his decree. On Feib. 4 ther,> were mation   on   neutral   nations.     This   l.s , popular  demonstrations   against     the
nullification   of tho  currency  system, say.-j the State   Department   advices.
Aguaprieta. Feb. 6.—GeneB-ai Calle.^ commanding the ("arranzista forces here received advices this afferjuon from Nogales stating that the Gun¬ boat  Guerro had  arrivtid   off Guaya-
regarded  as a  preliminary step in a
Rels   are   exposed   to   danger   since   In | movement   among   the   neutral   coun-
view   of   the   mlsu."   eof   the    neutral ! tris   to   unite   in   a   protest   «ith   tha
flags   ordred   by   the   government   of j United  States  taking the  lead.
<;rcat  Britain on the .'^Isfultimo. and; i (jcinian   .\niI>a.ssador   Savi   "Xhsnrd."
ot   the   hazards   of   warfare,   neutral |      The  German   .\mba'*sa|Dr  Liaed   a,
vessels   cannot   always   be   prevented | statement   declaring  it   absurd   to   re-.
from .suffering from attacks intended   gard the action of Germany a.« a "pai'
for enemy .ships. '(per  blockad.e.  He explai|ed   that  tha!'"^^  ^''*''   several   hundred   Carranza
"rne   routes  of  navigation   around|had received no Ipstructlons from-M.i i *'"°°P-''-     ^®"-  ^'""'^e   with   4,300 Car-
the  north  of the  Shetland  i.«lands in I govrn.ment concerning  the  proclama-. I'"'*""'''*'"'   ^^''   arrived   r.t    OOmpalme.s
the   northern   part   of   the   North   sea • tijn .so  his statement  contained  slm-.'""'^   ventually   these   will     co-operate
and   in  a   strip   30   miles   w-ide  along jpiy   his   own   views. '  Germany   daes  ^'"^  *'^*   forces brought by  tht) gnn-
the   iDajiish    coast    are    not    in    thri> j not profess to close even the Englishi' ^o"* against Guayamas.
danger zone. channel   to   neutral   commefoe,"  said I     Reports     from     Sonora  stat-^  that
•The German foreign otfice sent tO|th  statement,  "and  she   doe.s  not  in-. M.OOO   Yauquls   of   the  the  Maytorena
the ambassador a long memorandum; | ieij.d    to   molest   or   scire   .American' I'orces   are   now   In   ihg   foot  TiiRs  of
explanatory of thi.s program." ¦ vessel?   laden    with    food   ntuffs   fon; San    .lose     mountains    near       N:*).
XVashlneton   Will   AVall. :«'¦- olvi'Ian nnpiilation of^enpmv (toun.j Rumor   has   it    tha'.    Governor   May-
Secretary   of  State   Lansing  in   the   tries; It is to be hoped thii)t England . torena has  chosen  .\aco  for   his   last
absence     of     .Mr.     Bryan,     indicated will  not  make  neces.sary a  re-consid-,! stand.
that   this   government   will   make   nOjcration     of     this  attitude   by   seir.ingj
representations  t  oGermans until  thej American ships like the Willie\niniu-'i
receipt   of   the   explanatory   memor-|  «   »	
andum.    This  was after  he had  con- j      MISSING   BKOTHKR   SOl'GHT   _
ferred   with   President  Wilson. i 	
Officials   of   the   Department   indi-       Any  one having inform,<»i;on  of Al-
cate   that   this   government     has     a . bert   B.   Hague   should   communicate
strong   right   to   protest   against _any | with   Mavor   .John     V.      Kosek.     Mr.
action on the pan of Germany wTiich , Hague's   brother.   William   B.   Hague
endanger   American   shopping. iof   12   Temple  street,   Pat:rson,   New
The suggestion in German, Quarters ijersey,    has   written   the   mayor   re-
that    the    United    States    c^ould      not^quesllng   a    search    for    bis    relative
protest li^.inst Germany's declaration; j here.  It  being his belief    Albert    haa
iMcause  it  had   not  protested  against', taken   up  residence  In   this section.
GERMAN CHARGE AGAINST SHIPS OF JOHN BULL
The Cunard Liner Lusitania Crossed the Irish Sea Fly¬ ing American Flag
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I>oit*on, Feb. 6.—The oontroversy, precipitated by Germany's charge that Great Britain sevretly advised masters of British ships to fly neutral flags w-hen necessary for their pro¬ tection ag»inst shops of the en~riiy» took a seriafi.s turn tonight when it. was repcrted from Liverpool that the Cunard liner Dusitania. from New York, cros.sed the Irish sea flying tha American flag. Th epassengers o£ the liner were landecj at Liverpool early this morning. The American emblem was still displayed when sh«( made the port. The report tbat the British liner was flying an American flag was brought to Ixmdon by au American pessenger who .«ttated ttiat ihe captain claimed the right of'pro¬ tection finder the neutral colors, be-t calltie he w-a.s '-arrying neutral mail;^ and   neutral   passengers.
While the British foreign office is without confirmation the incident i.s looked upon as extremely unforfa-v (Contlniifd   on   I'iuifc   2.)
BRITISH MADE BIG CAPTURES IN SUEZ FIGHT
Gains Reported Tend Toward Belief That Turk Opera¬ tions Are Not Serious
Washington, Feb. 6.—Senator Simmons, personal representative of the President in the Senate on the ship purchase bill fight, today told the President he believed an extra session of the 64th (Jsngress ought to be called if the Republicans prevent a vote on his measure by filibustering until the close of the present session.
Senator Stone, chairman of foreign relations and another of the leaders is of the same opinion. There was no material change in the situation at the capitol today.
Senator Newlands is on his way to Washington and ^ expected tomorrow.
The pending motion of Senator C?lark to commit the bill may come to a vote Monday. That it will prevail is admitted. Admin¬ istration leaders, however, know that with the aid of Progressives Keiiyon, La Follette and Norris they can discharge the committee from further consideration of the Gore bill and present the proposi¬ tion anew to the Senate in such shape as to command a maioritv vote If that vote can be taken. ^        '
The revelation of the day was the agreement of the Republicans to a straight out government ownership and operation scheme undei- control of the Navy department as a substitute for the Democratic measm-e. This substitute, perfected by Senator Cummins of Iowa provides simply that the Nevy department shaU use $30,000,000 worth ot Panama canal bonds to purchase and construct vessels for t naval auxiharj, and that in time of peace these vessels shall be oJ^rat-d by the department n the ocean carrying trade of the UiuteS States The previous substitute offered by Senator Cummins provided that operltS? °' '"' °'"'' ^""^^^ ^^*" ^« ^^^^«d   out' tr  private
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The Me.ssagero's Cairo correspon¬ dent has had a talk with a fornif-r officir of the Egyptian army, who has had an opportunity of surveying the Turkl.^h e-xpedition against Egypt and th^ Suez canal and says the Tur¬ kish expedition consists of 90,000 Turks and 20,000 Beduana. The officer ascertained that the expedi¬ tion had been forced to afbandon all of Its 30 centimetre cannon, because of transport difficulties. Its bigge.>«t guns conse<|iii!<ntly are 15 and 18 centimetre   cannon.
.¦\ r?pres?ntative of the Giornale di
Italy   interviewed   officers  of  the   I'm-
iiria   which   arrived   today   at   Naples.
They   say   the   battle   near   the   canal
'las.ed  three  da,''.« and   that   the Brit-
|ish  beat the enem.v with hca\->- losises.
jThey   confirmed   the   report   that   the
British   made   big   captures.   Including
a   number   of   (ierman   ofTicers.    The
residents of Cairo and Alexandria ara
now forbidden  to leave the cities.
SERMANY EXPLAINS REASON FOR ACTION AGAINSTCOMMERCE
Kaiser Believes He Is Justified in His Decision to Place AD Ihe Water Around Great Britain in War Zone by the Action of England in Violating All the Principles of International law in Its War Move Against Germany
CLAIMS  ENGUND  FIRST SEIZED NEUTRAL SHIPS
SUV AND TEUTON ARE JOINED IN DEADLY COIBAT IN POLAND
JEALOUS YORK CITIZEN - KILLS WIFE AND SELF
York Pa.. Vey. 6.—George :\llllei, 40. shot and Icill his wife and then killed himself tonight. The .Millera Were separaledd and .Mrs. Milleir had •"*en keeping liou.se for Benjamin llillinger her brother in Jaw. This diispleased   MiUer.
Petrograd, Feb. 6.—The battlp has beon t'uied ot la.st by the .Slav and Teuton both in Poland and in the Carpathians. The latter Ijattle, how¬ ever, as yet is only in its prelim¬ inary stages for climatic, among oth(.r reason. It is not exugtted that a dcctision will be arrived ait for some time.
In the meantime tterri'ble pic- ture^qiie e\enls are happening on tho narrow section of the PoHsh front, alumt Eorsiniow where tiie Germans hoped lo pierce the Kussian, def'-nse. Kightting is still i.n progre.sj* there, day and night without cessation. Kor the pres(.nl there aro na signs of the (Germans succeeding In eeoiiiig an.vthing more than sacrificing more thousands of lives, i )n o front half a dozen m"iles. the Germans got- un army of mor^i than liiO.OOU Infantry and ijOO guns. Tlv target offered to tho Uiisslan artillery must be ideal frjuu the Ru.s«ian point ot view.
On Wednesday. Thursday and Fri¬ dav, day and night, a desperate struggle was In progress, posilion.i nhanging hands, men fighting w-ith the bayonet and butt. artilleryl thundering ceaselessly and still no de. clsion reached. If the German attacfc fails it cannot be repeated; if It snc- ceec>^ the military gain is glory, only, "''ruel folly" i.o the verdict passed upon the German commander of this phenoiu^al   attack   by   the   i^ussiana
without   awaiting   the   result   of   the frantic   attempt.
More than 100,000 men .supported by 600 guns in a gigantic rush is a fearsome thing to contemplate. But the Rusfians stopped It and made counter attacks, capturing German tienches and annihilating the forces -whioh held them. .Vow to stand; ready to kill continually is the titak; which is laid upon the Russian line in   Poland.
i-'rom te.h outset the Russians have : heen fulfilling orders and the Ger- ' mans have been digging their own ' s;ra\e.'.
I Oil the ICa.stern Prussian frnot. tha i Rn,ssians are steadily on the move, l.etweei. that point and the lower I Ai.<iila fighting on a eotisiderablo I rcale is .«lill in progress with the le- •sult- In favr oof the Russians. On J Ine left bank ot the bower N'i.atula- j the Russians have adv.anced west of jthe Bzura near its confluence with j Itab   Vistula.
1 While the Germans are using their i railways t givoe them the appearance jof being In two places at once, tha Tti'sslans actually are there. .\t polnt-^i j a'.l along the front they are ready la I tepel the  enemy.
j     The German." have sent the flower
I of their armies to the Carpathians and
I are filling up the gaps on their other
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Berhn. Fe,i. G.-Mireles., via .'?ay-I "A. the.,e measures have the ob- viiie-i-A^iiowing Is the full official! viou.s pnrpo.se through the Illegal text ot the memorandum is^sued by | paral.vzing legitimate neutral ,hlo- the Imperial German government | nients, and finally through starvation c.mcerning        proposed retaliation j <'f  do.iming   the  enlirt>  population   of
against the   measures taken   by   Kng-| (lermany  to destruction, land in violation  of the   international j      Neutral   I'owi'rs   Did   Sot   ObjPot law   to   stop   neutral   sea   commeroe i      "The     neutral     pc.wer.K,     generally with  Germany:   -'.Since   the  beginning j have   aCQiiiesced   in   the^   sTeps   taken of   the  war,   England   has   carried   onjhy   the   British   government.      Espec- a   commercial   warfare   against   Ger-| ially   they   have  not   succeeded  In  In- m^ny   In   a   way   thaf    de{fies  all   the|ducing   the   British     government     to principles     of     warfare.      It   Is   true 1 rt>store  the   German   -.ndividuals  and
that the British government has an- noiince.d in a number of decrees that the Liondon declaration concerning naval forces, but in rehlity it has re¬ nounced thp declaration in its nmst Important particulars, although Its own declaration In Its most import¬ ant particulars, although its orwn delegates at the London conference naval warfare had recognized its conclusions to be, \alled as interna¬ tional law
•Thp Briti.sh governmon* has put a numiber of articles in the list of contraband whi< h are not so. or at most are only indirectly useful for military purposes and therefore ac¬ cording to the London d^laration a.s well as according to the iinivers- ally deolared rules of warfare may now be assigned as contraband.
"It has so far actually a.bolished the distinction between contraband and  non-contralband   shipments.
"Great Britain does not even hesi¬ tate to violate the Paris declaration as her naval forc^.=! have seized on neutral ships German property that was not contraband, in violation of her own decrees concerning the Ijon¬ don   declaration.
Kngliind   Seized   >'»'»itral   Ships
'•Furlher, sho| has, through her naval forces taken from neutral ships numerous Germans liable to miltary services and has made of them pris¬ oners  of  war.
"Finally shp has declared the en¬ tire North  .'^ea  to  lie  an area   of   war
property slezed in violation of inter¬ national law. In certain direction.'- they also have aided the BriUsh measures whioh are Irreconcilable with the, freedom of the sea In that they have obviously i/.ider th,, press¬ ure of Kngland, hindered hy' e.xport and transit emihargoes, t^e tranglt of wares for peaceful purpose^ to Germany
"Thp, German government. In vain ha.s called the attention of netitral powers to the fact that It must face 'he| quesion of whether it can longer per.^ei-v-erc In Its hitherto .st.-ict ob¬ servance of the rules of the London dool.iratlon If Great Britain is to continue her (Jnurse and the) neutral powers are to continue to asqnlesca. i in these violations of neutrality to the detriment of Ger-many. For her violations of International law. Great Brictaln pleads thft vital in¬ tents whioh the British empirq has at stake and the neutral powers seem to satisfy themselves -with theoretical   protest.
"Thairefore, In fact they accftpt the vital Interests of belligerents aa suf¬ ficient excuse for every method of warfare.
<;«'rniany   Mu.st   Proiert   Herself K'onlhmed  on   Paee  2.)
SPEC?IAL MENTION
WAN'TED—Traveling .sales'voman   for roliaible  Xew   York   firm:   also  local work.    Exc«(llent   oppot«tunity. VVri'f» .\.   .M.   B.   IKli-i     South     I.Iain     St.,
nd   if she  has   not   made   impossible
jthe     passage    of     neutral     sl>iPl'lu-7 |^vi],7es.Barre,  care  of Cocke 1 through   the   sea   bdcween     Scotland « oc^e
land  Norway shp  has made  It so diffi¬
cult and'^so flangerous that .«he has to a certain extent, effected a block¬ ade of neutral coasts and neutral ports in violation of all Intt^national
law.
WANTED—Housekeeper, matrimoni¬ ally inclined. Age about 30, Ger¬ man woman preferred with no means. Good ho.me. Ciiy Farmer. Wllkes¬ Barre,  Pa.    Write In  rare of Sunday
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