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STATE DEPARTMENT TO PROBE SHOOTING OF TWO AMERICANS Canadians Begin Investigation and Wire Full Report of Affair to Washington for Action. BY LEASED WIRE. BUFFALO. N. Y., Dec. 29. Careful fend complete investigation of the shooting of Walter Smith and Charles Porsch, the two American hunters, by Canadian infantrymen yeBterday, !s promised by those in authority on both sides of the Niagara river. Word reached Buffalo this morning that the Btate department at Washington would send special officers here immediately. Friends of the Smith family to the number of 150 sent, a petition to "Washington asking that the investigation be started without delay. Congressman Charles B. Smith, who is a member of the committee on foreign affairs, wired from Washington that be had asked the state department to conduct an inquiry at once. Notifies Bryan. Vice Consul J. B. Curtis of Fort Erie wired an account of the Bhooting to Secretary of State Bryan, but up to this morning had not reecived a reply. Sam Hughes, commissioner of milJtia, at Ottawa, announced that he would hold an immediate investigation to find out who was at fault in the hooting. Coroner J. R. Mencke of Bridgeburg, impaneled a jury for the Inquest which was begun yesterday afternoon and will be continued Wednesday. The three soldiers who did the shooting are undjer arrest at the town hall at Fort Erie, which is temporarily used as a barracks by the troops. Colonel Hugh Rose took statements from the men late yesterday afternoon and later sent to military headquarters at Toronto. Colonel Rose, on behalf of the Canadian militia, and Richard Mains, chief of the Ontario provincial police, gave strict orders that no one was to make a statement regarding the shooting. It was learned, however, that the tolice chief of Fort Erie pleaded with the soldiers not to fire the' shot that killed Smith and wounded Dorseh. Delanye was asked to verify this, but said he could not confirm it or deny it. He said his story would come out on the witness stand tomorrow. Children's Coughs and Colds. Mnthprs are often worried by the frequent colds contracted by their children. Mrs. I,. H. Bradley, Mohawk, N. Y., states that in the winter of 1909 end 1910 her children all had bad colds and coughs, and it was not until she gave them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy that they began ti improve. After taking this remedy a few days all symptoms of their colds disappeared. This is only one of the many thousands of mothers who have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and gladly recommend it ot their friends. For sale by all dealers. Adv. MERCHANTS DELAY ACTION ON CLOSING No action will be taken on making S:30 o'clock the Saturday night closing hour for retail stores until after the clearance sales, directors of the merchants' section decided at a meeting last night. The directors held a short meeting to discuss the change, but did not reach an agreement. The matter will be brought before a general meeting to be held in a month or two. The board is composed of men representing every line of retail business. Each line has one representative. MOMBASSA ATTACK SUFFERS REPULSE BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Dec. 29. A news agency dispatch from Marobi. British East Africa, says that a German attempt to capture Mombassa was repulsed. All the German settlers took up arms for the Fatherland and the dispatch add3. and madi' a formidable force. In addition to their rifles they had machine Kuns. A brother of Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Minister, was wounded in the arm during the fighting. AUSTRIAN DEFEATS WIRED TO LONDON BY LEA6ED WIRE. LONDON, Dec. 29. The following News Agency dispatch was received at noon at Petrograd: "It is gathered from the latest official dispatches that the AuMrian army , is nearing dissolution and surrender- ! lng prisoners by the thousands. The Austrians are straggling in disorderly fashion In the Carpathians. 'Die Russians are now holding the Germans in check along the lower Vistula and the i Pilica. The German armies were shut- ! tered by their futile attacks against the Russian stone wall. I "The Germans have lost many thousands In killed and wounded during the recent fighting." BRITISH WOUNDED SENT TO AFRICA BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON. Dec. 29. England is becoming so full of wounded soldiers that some who have been so badly disabled that they can not re-enter the service are being sent to South Africa for the convalescent period. BURNED TO DEATH TBY LEASED WIRE. j JO.VESBORO, Tenn., Dec. 29. Mrs. S. J. Kirkpatrlck, sister of Bishop E. ! K. Moss, of the Methodist Episcopal, Church, south, stationed in Muskogee,; Okla., was burned to death here early, this morning when her clothes ignited; irom aa open grata. j

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SURPRISE ATTACKS IN WEST FLANDERS MADE BY GERMANS IN STORMY WEATHER

BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. PARIS, Dec. 29. Although a severe storm has been raging over the greater part of the battle front since Sunday night fighting is still in progress at some points. The Germans utilized the storm weather in an effort to deliver surprise attacks in West Flanders, east of Amiens and on the heights of the Meuese, but all were repelled. The French war office has issued an official statement saying that French artillery is everywhere proving superior to that of the German armies. The statement follows: "In the report sent from German general headquarters to the Berlin newspapers it was stated that the French would find difficulty in proving that their artillery could gain the upper hand against the German guns. Have the Germans forgotten the staff order published in the Frankfurter

BILL FOR PURCHASE OF SHIPS FACES DEFEAT LEADERS ASSERT

BY SIDNEY ESPEY. WASHINGTON, Dec. 39. President Wilson seems destined to be disappointed in at least a part of his legislative program at the present session of Congress. It now seems extremely doubtful that the Alexander ship purchase bill will succeed in passing the breakers before it. The measure was shelved at the last Congress because of the increasing tide of sentiment against it. Had it been pressed for passage, it was almost certain to have been defeated. President Wilson was confident the situation would be changed when Congress convened this month. He believed its attitude would be decidedly more receptive. He still thinks the bill, commanding the administration support, will be enacted into law shortly after Christmas. Outlook Is Dubious. Administration leaders in both the House and Senate now declare the outlook for the bill is dubious. It seems certain that party lines will be badly GEORGE MILES DEAD. George W. Miles, Indiana fish and game commissioner, died at. his home in Syracuse yesterday after long Illness with cancer. Mr. Miles was wellknown among sportsmen of Wayne county, havink talked before the Wayne County Fish and Game Protective association on several occasions. BUSINESS HOPES (Continued from Page One.) though the most important South American countries have been in the throes of a financial depression. The war knocked us out of one of our best markets, Russia. About two hundred car loads of machinery for Russia was oancolod last. October. Russia is demanding farm implements right now. hut we can't get any shipments through." Piano Business Good. Clarence Gennett. of the Starr Piano company stated that the factory is now closed for its annual year end invoice but would resume operations on January i. "We enjoyed a very satisfactory Christmas business and we expect a good trade next year," Mr. Gennett said. "However, it is too early to make a forecast on our prospects. We expect to resume operations the first of next month with about our normal force, which is 700 men." That the trade outlook for the immediate future was very unsatisfactory was the statement made by Warren Clements of the Wayne Works. "I will attend the New York Auto show in January and then I will be able to get a line on business prospects," he said. Mr. Clements said that normally about 700 men were employed but only a fifth of the usual force was now' on the payroll. The National Automatic Tool Works Is now increasing its force and expects to have Us normal force at work within a short time, nbout. sixty men. Business prospects for this growing concern are very satisfactory right now.

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Zeitung on December 8 in which the German commander-in-chief of the south German army congratulated the German troops upon the gallantry they displayed under the most violent fire of the French artillery, which they had been unable to oppose with equal effectiveness?" French artillery, working in a snow storm, is shelling the works defending Muelhausen (in Alsace) upon the west. A hard struggle Is in progress among the sand dunes of the north sea coast, northeast of Lombartzyde, where the French are trying to extend their lines in the direction of Westende. It is reported from Fumes that two German aeroplanes have arrived at Heyst "for use in the German aerial invasion against England." The Belgians have crossed the Yser in considerable numbers north of Dixmude and have strengthened their positions on the right ban. broken if the measure comes to a vote, j It Is doubtful, however, whether it will j be brought to a vote; the party lead- ! ers probably will abandon it when j they see the fight ahead of them. The I President, anxious as he Is to have ; it passed, is not so irrevocably pledged to the bill that he would not sidetrack I it rather than face another setback in j Congress. ! Briefly, the bill provides for the purchase of ships by the United States j government to provide a merchant maI rine during the war crisis. It does not provide for government operation, I however. A "holding company" is to j be created by the statute, comprising j leading business men, shipping experts ' and officials of the government, which will be invested with the management ! of the purchased ships. The original Alexander will provided for an initial outlay of $20,000,0000 for ship purchase, but this amount probably will be increased in the bill to be presented to the present Congress. ARREST FORGER BY LEASED WIRE. L.OS ANGELES, Dec. 29. An apparently wealthy man, known here as L. C. Canfield and as Hilmer Rabild, and claiming Madison, Wis., as his home, was arrested early today, charged with obtaining $18,000 by forgeries in real estate transactions. PRISONER WOUNDS WIFE MAKING VISIT BY LEASED WIRE. ' JACKSON. Miss., Dec. 29. Jules Bruno and his wife are at the Charity hospital in a dying condition as the j result of wounds inflicted by Bruno. The woman and the three little children of the couple were in the Hinds ; county jail visiting Bruno, as had been j their daily custom for several months, when Bruno grabbed his wife and slashed her across the stomach, mak- j ing a long gapping wound. He then turned the pocketknife on himself and made seevral stabs. Bruno refused to make a statement. Alabama in three years has built j 1,992 miles of good roads. The Best Investment To Make With Your Xmas Money And where you will get the moat good, is to invest it in a pair of Glasses correctly fitted by Edmunds OPTOMETRIST. 10 North Ninth St. Phone 2765:

GARR INVITES MEN TO DISCUSS WORK OF 'TJOR YEAR Member of Board to Entertain 300 Business Men and E. E. Stacey of State Body. James A. Carr, president of the American Seeding Machine company, and a member of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A., has issued invitations to about 300 leading business men of Richmond and surrounding towns to spend the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 13, at his home at 1415 Main street, for an informal discussion of the status of the Y. M. C. A in Richmond. As his guest of honor for the evening Mr. Carr will have President Millis of Hanover college. E. K. Stacy, state secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will address the men. Several other members of the state committee will be guests. G. L. Reeves, prominent Y. M.

C. A. worker has been requested to tell of his recent experiences abroad First Parlor Meeting. The meeting will be known as the first parlor conference of the Rich mond Y. M. C. A. Similar confer ences have been held in other cities in Indiana, and the state committee is encouraging the holding of a num ber of similar meetings. It will be a very informal affair and the men who attend as guests will be under no obligations, -and there will be no financial solicitations. Mr. Carr is much interested in the success of the Y. M. C. A. work, and considers it the duty of the business men of the city, to give some thought and effort toward the more efficient management of the local institution. Arrangements for the details of the meeting are in the hands of a local committee composed of E. M. Haas, Howard A. Dill and John H. Johnson. Theatrical Notes Promises of the Press Agent. "MURRAY AND MACK" Imagine a series of situations, ridiculous and irresistably funny, dialogue that sparkles with wit from beginning to end, plenty of good music by competent vocalists, and a cast, each member of which is fully able to make his or her part as effective as possible. v IN, u - art i-Hs t-t-LI "j i T MAUDE A. SCOTT. Imagine all of this, and you will form a very clear idea of "Finnigan's Ball,-' as presented by Murray & Mack. The plot is so simple that a child can understand it, and so intensely funny that old and young alike are kept in an uproar of laughter during the progress of the play. Gennett tomorrow night. "HIS EXCELLENCY." Songs that possess the proper lilt

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The way appears to have been cleared for the election of Representative Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, as the floor leader of the Democrats in the house to succeed Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, who has been elected to the senate. Mr. Kitchin ranks next to Mr. Underwood on the ways and means committee, the chairman of which is usually the floor leader. There has been a recent movement, however, to elect Representative Finis J. Harrett of Tennessee. Harrett, however, has let it be known that he does not desire the position. - There have been rumors that opposition to Kitchin came from administration sources as he has shown an independence of administration influences.

to make them popular, comedians, vocalists and dancers who are capable of winning applause and recognition anywhere and a production sure to be indorsed is underlined as the next attraction at The Gennett on next Saturday, matinee and night. The company is the noted "Smart Set" troupe, and the offering is entitled "His Excellency the President" and the bright particular star is none other than the irresistible annihilator of gloom, Salem Tutt Whitney. This season Mr. Whitney will appear in a brand new Look for the Beaver; NONE - GENUINE without it. 4 UnableMo Walk; For Two Months LINIMENT Effected a Cure Mr. John H. Drumheller, 2613 Sartain St., Philadelphia, Pa., says ; "For two months I was unable to pat on shoes or walk. My feet were so eoro. When I tried to take a step the pain was unbearable. My case baffled the doctors, and allltlie remedies I tried failed to help mo."1 A few applications of Dr. Jones' Liniment gave me relief, and cured ne of my afflict ion after a short treatment." : Dr. Jones9 Liniment relieves sore corns, swellings or any affection of the feet. Price 50 cts. per bottle. Trial size 25c. Bold by A. G. Luken & Co., Fosler Drug Co.. J. A. Conkey Drug Co., Clem Thistlethwaite and all other druggists. Iook for the Beaver Trade-Mark.

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