South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 2, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 January 1917 — Page 7

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES Tn:sT.Y nviTXiVG. .i.wtakv 2. irur

THIRD YEAR GIVES

ENTENTE A SHADE

Teuton Victory in Roumania at Big Cost Lost on West and East Front.

In o.ttrnatint: the y-ar I'Jlt of th vorlJ war th- collaps--1 of Hoünunia must he cof.:-jiI'-rt t in its relation to other Important event.. Th rnnque.'t of th Rilk.in nation riftt 1 the Germans a vat 'Kjianse f territory, fertil" lari'N, crit il wells and other rt f-'oi:rc's, while it lost the Uoumanluns about 1530. (0o casualties. Uut Iloumania is a unall ro intry omjart'l with th- n- ds ff tlie Teutons. Th- new Mipj'lies will al

leviate, but not rt-Iiew. the f-hort-i

iK-n of the 'tntral powers which ore apparent. The ntente allio.-j.

loo. can put on the erelit Mle thej

undoubtedly lar'e lns.-es to their nemy which even a su' '-ey-jfui campaign entailed. They are. in the latter re-prct. better off than if Houroania had not entered the war. The forces used against Roumania. too, were kept from entering the IarKr war theaters. In these major war theaters the J car Is undoubtedly the entente's lound. In the west the reat Clerinnn effort at Verd-m ended in failure and the lo.-s of almost all the round gained. The So mine off f n.Ive has proved th German lines tan be .slowly beaten back. Austrlans ('Hup. Mut the greatest military event of the year took place on the Russian front the rollap.se of the AustroHunarian armies, their retirement from a jjreat region of Volhynia. Gali la and llukowina and the necessity of replacing them in lartre Measure with Tuiks and Germans. The Roumanian losses in killed, wounded and prisoners were much srialler than the Teutons before finally brinidnt; the Russian summer offensive to a standstill.

The operations in Roumania. in men involved and the losses unstained, wen also ymall compared with the campaign on the west front although here it is not clear which side came off the worse. In the land operations, on the v.'holo. the entente had a shade the t-e-ter of it. On the sea the situation for Germany is slight iy better. Although the great battle of Jutland. the largest naval action in history, left the Ilriti.sh still on blockade, the German submarine campaign has proved increasingly effective and to i degree most alarming to Great Rritain. A Liverpool financial and shipping authority recently stated that the wastage of Hritish shipping has increased until the rate is now about three times that of a year airo. while the production of merchant ships in Great Hritain has been reduced twothirds in a year. Inorra.M in Iscs. September, 1 9 1 I . saw an increase in Uritish. losses of 1 1: 0 percent over the same month of the previous year, and October an increase of ::.")( percent over the corresponding month. F igures of later months are not available. The rate of loss during October was equivalent to 1 percent a year of the whole British mercantile marine, a very serious t.gure. As to the losses in warships, the bgures are in dispute, both as regards the total and the sinking of particular craft. The exact situation will not be known until after the war. The German semi-olticial agency stated this month that the naval losses of the entente had been 1;; vessels since the beginning of the war. not including special tonna.;o was T 4 4 , 0 0 , of which ."O.VJoO was Ilritish. Kntente authorities, however, put the figures much lower. One Colony Holds Out. One German colony, the Kast .African, continues to hold out brave-

ly. but the entente forces peem to he about to give the death blow. The resistance of the- colonials was prolonged by a daring feat of a swift German hip. which tarried arms and ammunition from the fatherland through the blockade to the little army and then escaped across the Indian ocean to a Dutch possession in the Antipodes. The end of the year sees both sides with nearly their full strength in fighting men developed and now turning their attention to the organization of the civilians, men and women, into an effective system of aar service behind the fronts. Kvery ne must work. War becomes more horrible as time goes on. The wastage of lives increases month by month. The j ear l'.K, took a bloodier toil than any preceding Ill-month of human hi-'tory. The noblrst and the widest, the leaders of humanity, an; being cut down. lUit insurance statisticians say the total pppulation of the earth continues to increase in spite of the havoc. The world's normal increase jn population is 40,000 day. or about 12.000.000 a year. World Tact's Hunger. The whole world faces hunger. The principal food crops were a partial failure almost everywhere last summer and expert say that by the end of next sprin? the surplus will be almost down to zero, a most dangerous condition, for supplies are never well distributed enough to allow a wide margin without causing famine somewhere. The warring nations feel the pinch the most but prices are distressingly high for necessaries of life in almost every corner of the globe. The year sees two new combatants plunged in the maelstrom of war Portugal and Roumania. The 12month began with the conquest of tiny Montenegro and ends with the Teuton sweep over about two-thirds of Roumania. On the last New Year's day Henry' Ford was returning from his peace argosy fiaso. On this New Year's official proposals for a peace parley by the Germanic powers have been received and refused by the entente leaders. Scrvire in Vinpu!soiy. Nineteen hundred and sixteen has brought compulsory military service and later compulsory" civilian service to Great Hritain, the nation which had boasted of the greatest "personal liberty" in the world. Australia has voted on compulsory service in a nation-wide plebescite and decided against the measure. Canada contemplates compulsion The advocates of universal liability to military training and service in the Fnitcd States see their cause growing stronger by reason of the lessons abroad and the sad results of the national guard mobilization along the Mexican border. In every neutral nation the war has brought new domestic issues to the fore. The American presidential election was won by Wilson with the slogan: "lie kept us out of war." Many times in the last 12 months, however, it appeared that the president's effort to avert hostilities would fail. Germany's terms on the Lusitania sinking settlement were accepted Feb. 8. but the destruction

of the channel ferryboat Sussex and!

other merchantmen from time to time provoked fresh outbursts of hostility against the Teutons. The submarine crisis in jigress came at the end of February and the heginning of March, when the Gore and Md.emore resolutions, in the nouse of representative and senate resnectively. were cast into the distal fi. and the president was upheld in his stand. Governments Uct. The failure of the entente to give Germany a knockout blow this summer resulted in upsetting the governments of the three greatest entente powers, Great Rritain, France and Russia, while Joseph Joffre, who had led the armies of France ever since the beginning of the war, jave way to the younger Robert Niv lie. a figure which the homeric struggle at Verdun had thrown iuto the limelight. On Feb. 2 2 the czar visited the Russian Duma for the first time in history. In recalling the historic events of tht vcar the Russian advance in

Ana Minor and the capture of the bis cities of Trebizond and Krzerurn should I e left out. It appeared that the Muscovites would sweep on to the Dardanelles, but they were soon brought to a staadstill and pushed back in the soi:th. where the Turks, on April 2'J, .-i,lMied th5 whole Ilritish garrison of Kut-el-Amara, on the Tigris river. Italy larger Factor. Then, too, Italy became a larger factor in the war this year. The Austrians attempted a great offen

sive on the plains of northern Italy J from the Tyrol, but Count Cadorna j quickly shifted forces to meet them i by motor car, drove them back to

ineir iormer positions ami soon afterward began a victorious advance against Gorizia and the Carso Plateau. Three Imrotant revolts took place atrainst. the recognized governments of the warring nations. The Faster revolution in Ireland was put down In a few days. Pr'-s't Pearse and other leaders, including Sir Roger

Casement, were executed and th- i

Irish question was left much as before. In southern Arabia the natives under the leadership of the Shereef of Medina, rose against the Turks, captured the Moslem Holy city of Mecca, beat off attacks and proclaimed a new kingdom, which is now asking recognition at Washington and elsewhere. Pro ally Greeks set up the standard of opposition to King Constantino and the Germanic powers, and

on Sept. 2.", Elcutherios Venizelos, j the most able Greek of modern j times, left Athens to lead them, i

I.loyd George announced to the house of commons In his historic speech Doc. 19. that Great Rritain would recognize the Venezelist agents. Neutral Nations Wealthy.

The year has brought great in- l crease in wealth despite high price?, j

to almost all the neutral nations and to Japan. Furnishing munitions and other supplies to the hard-pressed belligerents has proven very profitable. The United States from a debtor nation is now over the line and is progressing as a creditor nation, lending vast sums abroad and receiving more Interest than she pays out. In the Ralkans the allies have collected r. vast, . heterogeneous army

under ihe French Gen. Sarrall and j

have made some progress, capturing Monastir in the west. Rut the expected great offensive here has not materialized. The entente allies, meeting at Paris, decided on a vast trade combination against Germany and her allies to check Teuton ambition after the war, but this plan has been received with little favor and is not likely to be carried out. Impnac War Machines. The advance in the efliciency of war machines has been marked. The swift Fokker was brought forth earlier in the year, and the allies have met it with equally efficient airplanes of their own devising. They assert they have air supremacy in the west today, hut Germans predict that with the new stores of petroleum from Roumania they will soon reverse matters. Larger, speedier and more efficient

dirigible balloons of the Zeppelin and other types have taken the air. The Zeppelins have raided England again and again, taking a heavy toll of life. Rut their own losses through contests with aviators and the lire of anti-aircraft guns on land and sea have also been severe, leaving the question of the feasibility of s'.:"h war instruments still in doubt. Round to be remembered in history, ' too. are the two successful trips of the German merchant submarine Deutschland across the Atlantic to the United States and home again. The undersea boats' effectiveness was also attested when tho submarine U-3.1 paid Newport. R. I., a brief call, sunk five ships off Nantucket Ughtship and then sped home in safety.

not in:. Regular meeting. T. B. II., No. 41. tonight (Tuesday) at the Loyal American hall on Wayne st. Kvery member requested to attend. LILLIAN OLTSCH, Scribe. Advt.

Would Anyone Steal These Shells?

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A Frer.ch senti g : lrding a pile of shells near Verdun. It is difficult to tee, however, why such precatP tiona axö necessary, sij.io thev seemingly would not be of use to anyone bu: the enemy.

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Hundreds of Dollars' Worth of New Goods included in this Great Money Saving Sale.

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WHITE ORGANDIES. Perfect mill remnants, 54 inch White Organdie, 10 to 20 yards in a piece, worth 5oc a yard. Sale, yard CpC CURTAIN SWISSES. Fancy Curtain Swisses, large collection, 19c kind. Sale lUC CRASH TOWELING. Save Money on Toweling. 50 pieces Cotton Cash Toweling, that retails all over the conntry at 8c. Sale, yard JC BIG SALE TOWELS. Save from 20 to 30 rc on Towels during this Great White Goods Sale. Huck Towels, large selection. Sale prices 15c, 12y2c,

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10c

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$2.00

$3.50 White Bed Spreads. Sale

BIG SALE TABLE LINENS.

5oc Mercerized Table Linen

65c Mercerized Table Linen

75c Mercerized Table Linen . . . .

39c 49c 59c

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Here it comes Sale of High Grade Suits $25 and $30 Suits for $12.95 Women's and misses' suits in over twenty styles, wool velours, broadcloths, serges, poplins and cheviots; black, navy, Burgandy, brown, and green shades. All sizes. 1 O QE Splendid S25 and S30 suits, choice ' -3v

Nemo Corsets One big lot Nemo corsets, discontinued numbers. Splendid $5.00 styles, sale

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BLACK PETTICOATS. Big purchase new black sateen petticoats splendid soft qualitv, worth much QOp more. Sale Uo KNIT CAPS. Women's, boys' or girls' up A to 75c caps for 3UC

CHILDREN'S DRESSES. Gingham, chambray and percales, ages 6 to 14; gA S1.00 dresses for 3t CURTAIN SCRIMS. 25 pieces new Curtain Scrims,

with tancy borders. 15c kind. Sale

10c

Special Purchase New Waists

1,000 NEW WAISTS AT $1. Imagine l,ooo delightful new waists spread upon the tables (that look for all the world like higher priced ones) to be sold at a dollar! Our dollar waists have been getting better and better all through the year until now at this time we have the loveliest dollar waists in this special offering you ever saw. Soft, dainty voiles, alfbver embroidered ones and plain with all the prettv. 600 NEW WAISTS AT $2.95. Pretty new crepe de ebenes "and tub silks, in an immense assortment, all bright and new. 300 New Waist at $3.50. .Beautiful Georgette crepes and crepe de eines, all new ' and away under the regular re:ail price; a large maker sold us these two lots so that we could save you a lot of monev tomorrow.

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HOUSES DRESSES Women's dark colored house dresses; $1.00 r kind, for WyC HANDKERCHIEFS Women's fancy handkerchiefs., lOckind, for 3C SCARF SETS. Cap and scarf sets; slightlv mussed; $2.00 Jg sets, for 1 9sJ HANDKERCHIEFS. Women's fancy handkerchiefs 25c kind, 1 fl for iC CHILDREN'S HOSE Cashmere hose, for girh and boys; 35c ' jff kind, tor JL sj Kj VEST AND PANTS

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300 New Dresse

Spring styles at $10

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