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THE ABILENE WORTE. ABtLlNB; T1XA8
inmi.nim.ji m H III ' ii i i mm ' -m mi m
Two Views of Mike Gibbon's Next Opponent.
Puff your way into the
tHHBMsrrsraos mmmmmmmmmm lumniuJiIwH mmmmmmm " " ' '
joys of Prince Albert!
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Guaranty Trust 6. . ; P
Jeff Smith.
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KW (JKIUIAX Sl-H. POLICY men. Lord Robert Cecil minister of
AFFECT. OXLY FEW SHU'S war trade Issued n statement today
- Riving the Urltlsh view The state-
Jly Special Leased Wire." . merit" which was In answer to Inqtilr-
NEW YORK. Feb. 29. Only a small lea whether merchantmen have taken
-.proportion of the shipping plying he- the offensive against submarines
tweon American and European ports say: "The British view already ha't
a fleet of armed Italian merchant- been thai defensively armed iner--men
appears to he menaced by the olmulmeu must hot fire on fiubma-
now submarine policy of Germany rlhes or any other warships If armed
which goes Into effect at midnight to- In self defense. The Germans have
night Ilrltlsh and French ships hn e put the construction on an Incident of
arrived hero and ? other port the the sinking of transport that mer-
past year with ft. turns mounted chant vessels tnko the offeunivo. It
aboard. Several Italln: aV.o with 1$ not ho. . 'Hie puHHiige in question
guns mounted on the after-deck tmtl which lays down the nurslmum . dls-
inanned by crev.'H of the Kalian navv. tnc-e beyond which a merchantman
have been plying between Xe.'.v York cannot flic mut be rend in eonjun'-
and Mediterranean ports since the tlun with another pnMsuge which
first of the year and one similarly makes It clear that .there imwt be n
armed hart put fh at Port Arthur- Te. attack tmlcws5 the siibmurlnu shows
Five other Italian liners. In the .Now unmistakable hostile 'Intentions.'"
York trade are understood to Hu?
bben measured fo& armament to be
placed aboard on their next arrival at
home ports.
BRITISH VIKW OF XF.W
sritAiitxi-: c.uiimigv
IjOXDON. Feb. 29. On the eve ei
by Germany Tor her new submarine
campaign against armed merchatit-
fraxck is fhuuxo
kim'I.y to Tin: r. s.
I.ONIlON. Fob. 20 -It jh understood
that the French government is. frnm-
lug a reply to the protest of the Hill-
ed States regarding the seizure of
mails to and from America to Europe
The answer will be sent ne.vt week in
a joint note to all neutral powers it
Is understood.
Giant Champion and His Manager.
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v;fem W&fj&Mti Jix$MgmK
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Jeff Smith who heat Lea Darcytralian victories lays claim to the
the star Australian middleweight middleweight championship of the
who twice won frolu Eddie JicCiorty .world HoWoVor little attention has
one of the best men In the world. Is been paid to this. Nevertheless he
to meet .Mllto Gibbons perhaps the! Is good enough to compel Gibbons to
best man of jus class at St Paul extend himself.
iMnrch 17. Smith through his Aus I
1RIN
Albe
the national joy smoke
will do for you what it
has done for thousands
of men not only in the
States but all over the
world I It will give you
a correct idea of what a
pipe smoke or a home-
rolled cigarette should be.
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i swm&i Jtfflsmfnk
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i yji jaiisjPy
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lit mir ' KfBis':
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Go ahead quick as you lay in a stock
of tho national joy smoke I Fire up a
pipe or a raakiri's cigarette as though
you never did know what tobacco
bits and parch meant I
For Prince Albert is freed from bite
and parch by a patented process
controlled exclusively by us. You
can smoke it without a comeback
of any kind because P. A. is n
tobacco delight
On ilia rorer Ido ofthit tiJ'
red tin ytt will !! I Trac-M
Patented Jutr 20th. 1007" liitS
hue md Ihttr mrn mnk'-
pijc wberoone tntokcJ ImIciuI
Oflt this PrincQ Albert ninc-ncflco and makin's-pcacc message
you men who have "retired" from pipe and cigarette-makin's pleasure; you men
who have never known its solace! Because you have a lot of smoke pleasure due
you quick as youpack-your-pipe or roll-a-cigarettc wiin r. a.
and make fire!
GERMANY'S COAL
OUTPUT BIG IN 1 91 5
ADVA.NtK I'ltlCi: HAS IIKKN VKItV
jfOiiKKATi: i(?irAiti:n 'id
otiikk (;3iMirni;s.
WILSON CALLS
W SHOW DOWN
HANTS WAKNIXU 01' A.MIIHICAXS
iiiserssioN uk takkx to
IIOl'yE FLO on.
Bay Prine Alhttt mvtryichtf lo
6occo it soldi in loppy rrri bat i Se I
tidy red tin; tOet handtom pound
and hnlf'pottnd tin humidor and in
tttat t.tver pound cry tal-ctatt humi-
dor With ponc-moi.(nr top that
Imp thm tobacco in uch fin hap.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. Winston-Salem N. C.
N
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GALLIENI
. UKKLl.V. Feb 20. iCorrosjiondence'
ot ine Asaocmieii I'nws.j thi Jiro
ductionof coal In Germany in 11U.1
mudo it vwry Kood hov!tiK in suite of
the uhortHKo of lulior caused hy tiio
war. Tho year's output reached n tot-
al cf 1ICT12U0U tons or only Iib00u00
los than for mi. .and H.sooo.000 less
than- for thy record year l'JlJl. Ot
brown coat r tlgnitu tltb prtHluetion
last yir was the gre.uoat ever htiown.
having rvacueu &S3uy.ooo tons or
about loifi;buo move- than tor 1013.
EH PRESIDENT HAS HIGH RIGHT
hnc ( lilcf i:icutht' and Xot Con-
Kress Slmiild Iliue ('liiirpo of Hie
rorciKii Itclalinus l'ollcy of
The Nailoii.
tons or about u.Tuu.Oou tons le than.:
f
froi
tho largost
In viow of tliM fact tnu. ''
third of tho miner were t-
Hen'Icc noon the outhrwH of tij
laud that further considerable
Hy Special Leased Wire.
WASHINGTON Feb." 20: I'reaidont
can-
suh-
Cfcko production ulou kept up remark-' ....VV' 11 1' '. T' i
for WIS. The production of hrlketu "J n "eKr?tlat!Dna wf th Pres1t
from both coal wale md lignite f n'. r 1 C"Brof" " hl Pj8;
:ho largost over knowi J . ''tf .? " V ttor f ' s . h? ca.1L'J
into
.t.
with?
fli'fiivatu Tiifuilfl illirtu tht lutHf
in regarded an remarkable The labor
supply has been kept up as tar us
possible in several way. .Men who
hud worked nltnerto above ground or
as assistant to tho regular minors
tcjuk the places of the latter when
t alhd into service so far as this could
bo done; and women and younger briya
wore taken on to do tho work above
ground. I'rWonera of war hae also
id 11 employed in considerable mini-
vrt. partly as full miners hut fur tho
i!oht part us unskilled help above and
imft-r ground.
Tin production of coal would have
i in even greater than It was but for
jthi fact that during the December
j quarter a marked tihortugo f coal
Icara prevented tho full operation of
I the mines. Owing to the scarcity of
labor and the JiH-resed cost of living
twiners wagws liavo been advanced.
1 The latest figures avtiHahl givs T.ul
amrfcftas th wage of tho btghi cla
'of miners for a &kift of eiglit htmrs iu
ib.- gi?at inluing district around Ks-
sen which conipars with about ate
marks at the beginning at tits war. In
tin( 'or n haw down on the pending pro-
liiuin iu n 111 11 jtnici 11.UIIH un mer-
chant ships of holllgcrenlii armed for
defense.
Afakfus It clear that ho considers
the president and not Congress
should luuo chargo of tjio foreign re-
lations of tho United States. i wrote
I'epresciitntivo Foil acting chairman
of tho Hoiis foreign relations commlt-
teo asking him to provide means for
bringing the agitations out into the
oi-ea on the floor Of tho House for a
full discussion and vote. loiter he
summoned Senator Stone and Hepre-
scntatlvo Flood and Senator Kern re-
questing them to see that one of the
pending resolutions be acted on in
both houses tomorrow afternoon.
E
VERY BUSY IN
WO UK Hi;(!XS AT .'itOO A. 3f. AM)
UK IS KKl'T UXOKK VEBY
HKAVY STIt.llX.
tcers In charge at hospitals sometimes' the steamers used draw llttfn Water
simiw bv the head nurses?" rarely hut (en rect. ire nunc ihmu
"if such and such a paragraph of
PAUIS Feb 20.(Correspondenco
of the Associated 1'rcss) Ocu. Gallic-
ill's great vigor and energy are being
put to a severe strain In tho Vr
urnee. He begins work at 5;00 o'clock
In the morning and keeps at It all day
notwithstanding his 07 years but with
all his application he finds that tho
day's work Is never finished when
ulght comes
To say nothing of conducting tho
French military operations ho has to
receive frequent visits from consid-
eral number of the fiOO deputies and
.gu senators; no has to attend meet
ings or me cabinet participating In
me ueiiuerauons ot tno French war
council and of the Allies' combined
war councils; he Is ouuunoned beforo
the war committee of the chamber and
war committee of the senate twq or
three times a week to give Information
regarding the progress of the war. ami
ho has to attend sessions of the cham.
such and such a section of such and
such a chapter of such and such a law
was applied In such a case; If so why?
If not why not?"
"If It Is true that In certain hospi-
tals that patients of the sumo want
are allowed to take the air only twice
a week nud la squads of only six at
a time mid why?"
"Why In some sections of the army
do mqn sleep with their clothes on?"
Such eases have done more than
anything else to call the attention of
the public to the impositions that cer-
tain members of parliament make up-
on the ministers time. It has dovol-
oped a decided current of opinion Iu
favor of measures to put a stop to It.
Qno proposition favored hy tho ad-
journment of tho session by the pres-
ident under tho powers conferred up-
on him by the constitution of 1S75 On
the other hand the Socialists and He-
publican Socialists have proposed the
nomination of a permanent commission
of u members with power to visit any
part of the front and any military es
tablishment or quarters behind the
front.
will not affect "thvnt. All larger ship
will be put under tierman surveil-
lance ami not even the SivwlHi navy.
wlll.be able. to sail froth the North
Sea to the Haltlc . without- fltiiuuu
Pilots ' -'.'."'
The Swedish steamer .Knfppla
whhh struck a mine and auk yes?
torday. w the fjrt victim of th!
field. All on board wre wved bat
there la great Indignation among the
Swedes over ihn incident - .
' 1 1
jim mmo.s mimti:
ox m;w wnti'.i.Kss maiium;
C'HICAtiO. Feb. 20. ..V ped of 'SOU
words a mlnule is naiil lo. linn-" been
accomplished by tin wireless station
at I he (Jreat Lakes tratnlns hHd.fti-
dny whfti a new trrtUHtailliiir and r-
cchlng itini hliii' was Us-"! it wh 0H5
nounced here Thirty words . mimiM
previously had been coithldereil a fine
record.
AMKHICAXS KATINCi M0 III!
l'Oltii THAN KVKK HKFOKIv
Hy Speelul Loused WJro.
WASHINGTON. Feb. SH. The oam-
fpaign for national proptredue& will
outer on ji new phase In Congress
next week hen in all probability
biiU providing for luereaslng the
army t m ttet myer before at-tt-uiptwil
in tile time of peace will be
nut named iu oath the House and Sen
at. The House military committee
will begin filial ruvicw of the meas-
uro. tentative agreed on last week
and which will he altered In minor
iitn.i.. ....-f.i. ..7 . ....... 1 i.L.j. i.."!ZidetaUs before iavorably rcuorttid. A
ir i nri nrnifv .bnpnii- i. flrJf"ial vote will probably be taken
tl.e northern part of the caul district
'wages rim i hlsh as 1M markw
! rtMiui in ij iit nretiv nharnlv ia tier-
tiiy ainco July lttH tho advaue
tin coal has ben very modoratt There
hav thus tar beea to chaug' iu the
(SCuIb aiiiquiiiins to 3 mark ur 'ti
cents a ton. This makt- u g.nt show-
ing coiuurd wllit England where
Cardiff m1 hasrtiWH 1.2o sad Dm-
liaiu bunker yoal St '0.
IMiKl'.VHLUNL.SS TO (10
INTO .NKVV 1MIASK SOON
stock yard-
said that more pork Is being eaten
than ever beforo. From January 1
to yesterday 2155000 hogs had iieen
recolvod at the Chicago yards an in-
crease of half a million head over a
similar period iu WIS.
I Thursday but it will require several
day& for Chairman Hay to prepare a
report to accompany tho bill. The
SeuaU committee agreed today to in-
ert only a genera! provision for the
federalization of the National Guard
in it regular army re-organlzatlon
measure leaving the test of putting
the legislation into final shape to the
conference committee to which the
I Iu Chicago maternity nosptfcit itrIuts'two mu wiJ m By' thig ufcB the
d ut tb- tabu rwt with ink twwulUUe miikm u pos&lbic lo
luring out the but also aeil vhvU.
'I'uui Jeuti
Jess Millard.
Tbla Bhotosraph of Jess Willard tout lth Prank iiuraii Wilir.r.i -
gUut chiittiplOu of the world and hi he weighed 2CS pounds. He has re-
afuMCsr Tom J'mes who ja not a covered from the siekucfe;. which Je-1
IJUwaw hut a ypstandlng maa of ulwal hint 10 Chicago for to weeks
19 otti--w takea a lew hour8 af n t art leu foj th t? 1 . . tist
i-T they hwi racb5d lew York t it -u
o Tesa training for the tea roami
j
1 v f
HORJLICK'S
to mak' ihir ijisaliflcatlon certain.
1 Italian DeUrtoo lovKltrfuel value to
lm used fojPlieatins. flC being utilized j ( CUIIII'MC ATION KMIS
in me twMmluviuTfgi lltrogen fertt- JIKTIVKEN CLKHA-TtlUHEOX
liters.
M &M I
liy Speial L.eas4 Wlie.
WASHIN'lM'O.S. Feb. 2a. -AdUte
to tho State Department today said
that railroad communication hetweea
Clera and Torrcoa have bee denalt'i-
ly .suspended tjju account of the op-
iraltn or bar.dit Auother dlspateU
Ut Pu 4011 sail? fiiat ther ha be a
u rw i i'-t' cu ttjat 'j't
tud rhmiaJ-ia for nearly two weeks.
Mi
t -.- 5
LTHf opigiha:
v-h 0 4i ir
sjir
' pr1
Hy Special Leased Wire.
CHICAGO Feb. 20. A jump of ten
cents In the price qf hogs today sent
tlm .....l'n n fill ...... I.DH.I....1
m'?"l.8enat?on every occasion when I poumis tUl. i.jghest point In sixteen
m.iuai? qm-suuus are uiscusscu anunionths. Veterans at the s
liuiiueuuy 10 rojuy to one or two inter-
pellations by members.
All that would be Insufficient to ex.
liatist Gallieni's energy but he has In
addition to reply either from the
speaker's stand lu the chamber or
through tho Journal Officlel to all
sorts of questions posed In writing hy
the members of parliament. These
qmwtlous occupy from a dozen pages
upwards every day covering the wid-
est imaginable range of questions. Tho
minister of war of course does not
personally conduct the correspondence
hut since the reply engages his re
sponsibility as minister he must iu
oacn case know that the information
is exact.
"You force me to follow .1 nrofus.
siou that Is not mine" the General
said In a recent debate from the sneak
er a siano ot me cnumoer In a moment
of pathetic despair. The profession
to which ho referred was that of de-
bater and general intelligence agent
for the benefit of the deputies. On a
single day the minister of waj- wrsj
interrogated 119 times. The following
specimens give an Idea of the range
of questions:
"How many buildings were requisi-
tioned for use us hospitals before Oet.
1st. lalp; How many have been requi
sitioned suice October 1st 1015; how
mauy hotels were there among them?"
HIHTAIX'S HLTLY ' ;.
TO r.-s. IS 0 WAY
WASHINGTON Fb 20. Great
Britain ha replied to the 'American
protest against the interference with
malls and the document 1 on its way
by post secretary linking waj6d'-
vlsed of lis coming today hut drfttot
Indicate the nature at the llMrTh re.
liy.
I.NQl'IHY INTO SINKIXU
0FTIIK MVI.OJA IS JIKGIX
IJy Special Leaseil Wire.
DOVKR. Feb. 29 An humlrv into
the deaths of the aialoja victims op-
ened here today. The chief officer of
the steamer expressed the belief that
she had been torpedoed. Other wit-
nesses believed that thp mulgators
of the .Malojit saw the mini' and tried
to avoid striking it but they were an
able to dp so.
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GKIUIAX JUNK FIKL1)
OFF SWKIHSH COAST
By Special Leased Wire.
STOCKHOLM Feb. 20. Germany
has taken the long-oxpected action
In laying a mine field around the Sal-
strebe peninsula near tho outh ex-
tremity 4r Sweden m 4ha -lialtft
three miles off the shore. As the pas
sage left Us very shallow uuwhere
deeper than fifteen feet mobt or the
merchantmen are obliged to go out
side the mine field Into the interior
waters where German cruisers are on
mitrol. The Hew mine field is Intend
ed tn nrevent uassage along the Swed-
"Why are the daily reports of offi.Q coast to the Finnish ports but as
Sunshi
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