GERMANS IN BAD PLIGHT English Reinforcements In West and Russians In East Cause Worry. London, March 10. —The Germans practically back on the East Prussian border at many points in north Po land, the siege of Ossowiec waning, the demonstration on Warsaw south of the Vistula a failure, the Russians In the ascendancy in the Carpathians and in Buxowina —this is the news that comes to London from Petrograd. In all the reports there is no indi cation that the weakening of the Ger man initiative in the eastern zone of the war is a cloak to conceal another drive of Field Marshal von Hindea burg towaru Warsaw, such as he ac complished in the first weeks of Feb ruary. The truth is that the mditary experts of London believe that facing the new British force of 1,250,000 in Ahe west and the 2,000,000 of new troops sent by Russia into the east the German military powers for the ■moment are unable to decide in which direction to throw their mobile forces. one zone, no matter which one, can only mean disaster. Only the German crater at Suwalki in north Poland appears to be holding firm. The left flank to the south is %aid to have retired from its position Sit Mariampol back toward Eudtkuh 'jien on the border, while the right ? fiank has hastily fallen back from Grodno toward Augustowo. r Stubborn fighting in Champagne, (iWith the French still advancing, is re ported by the French war office, which Also says that progress has been taade in the Argonne and in Flanders. 'jA severe battle is going on at Notre iJDame de Lorette, near Arras. The German general staff reports tuccess near Arras and in Champagne. ; Fighting continues in Alsace. In Poland many prisoners [been taken and the Russians every where defeated. CRISIS IN BULGARIA peace Party Hard Pressed by War Advocates—Quiet In Greeco. London, March 10. —The affairs in Greece apparently upon the mend, the Situation in Bulgaria now engages the attention of the allied diplomats. Dispatches received here say that Premier Radoslavoff, the prime min ister, has been overthrown through the influence of King Ferdinand be cause he favored a dec.aration of war against Turkey and the capture of Adrianople. In Greece Demetrios Ghounarisi, senator from Potras, who was select ed by King Constantine to form a cabinet when M. Zaimis, governor of the national bank, declined the task, is now trying to arrange a ministry. It Is reported the situation is likely to become threatening again at any moment. The king is in control of affairs for the present, but the party of M. Ver 1 - zelos, the former premier, are by no means satisfied with a policy of non intervention and may Insist upon war. In order to prevent the chamber of deputies from overturning the new cabinet King Constantine prorogue the chamber for one month. The downfall of the Bulgarian pre ir r was unexpected, but the com bined influence of the king and Dr. Glienadieff, former foreign minister, was enough to defeat him. Radoslav off's opponents declared that Bulgaria would be in too precarious a position If she were to incur the enemity ol Austria and Germany and that more could be gained by a policy of neu trality. PICKING A PICKPOCKET. Rules That Guide Chicago Detectives In Spotting Their Man. How to tell u pickixK'ket when you see one —the feat is apparently not difficult, for all applicants who take the civil service examination to be come Chicago detectives are required to have mastered it. "What are the physical characteris tics of pickpockets?" the would be thief catchers are asked. And this is the answer they are ex pected to give: "Pickpockets ordinarily travel in mobs and are of two distinct types one small or medium stature, the other tall and muscular. As a general rule, the age runs from eighteen to thirty five. Their hands are soft, show no signs of work, and the fingers of all except the 'stall* and particularly the fingers of the 'wire' are long and slen der. Their eyes are shifting and fur tive. Their complexion is generally sallow and without distinct color, this being due either to prison pallor in types or to the use of cocaine or other drugs. TIIQ cocaine users show drawn features aud prominent cheek bones and usually have distinct rings around the eyes. "The temperament of pickpockets Is high strung because of the dangers of the 'profession' or from the use of drugs. At the same time they are po lite almost to the point of obsequious ness. They seldom carry weapons aud rarely resort to force. On duty they dress to suit the occasion, generally well, but not conspicuously. They avoid wearing anything that might lead to identification." Baltimore American. Eitremes. Cham, the French caricaturist, was talking one day with a Gascon, who bragged that his father's ancient baro nial dining hall was the wonder of the world. It was so high you could hard ly see the roof. "My father hadl a dining room." said Cham, "which was Just as remarkable the other way. It was so low that the only fish we ould serve at table was ten n der 1" Heiress to Millions Learning to Be Chauffeur Photo bv A.merican Press Association. ROSALIE JONES. Despite the fact that her father left an estate estimated at between $8,000,- 000 and $10,000,000, "General" Rosal.e G. Jones, suffragist leader and "hiker," is a full fledged mechanic in a New York automobile salesroom learning to be a chauffeur. "General" Jones has fears that her mother, Mrs. Mary E J ! •,anal nt * :i r uff agist, may cut off her large allowance. CANADIANS GiV;N SCAiiii Toy Balloons Floating Toward Ottawa Mistaken For Aeroplanes. Sir Robert Borden, premier of Can ada, received a telegram from Brocx viile, Out., on t>u.iday night, that three aeroplanes had passed ov*. r Brockville, Sixty miles .south, in the direction of Ottawa. Colonel Sherwood, chief of the do minion police, was summoned. H. ordered all lights out on Parliament hill and the capita: was in complete darkness. There was considerable ex citement among members of the house of parliament, who were notified of the approaching air cruisers. The mysiery was dispelled next day when it was learned that the Brock ville police found remnants of toy fire balloons which were launched into the air at Norristown, N. Y., in con nection with the celebration of 100 years of peace between the United States, and Canada. The dominion police believe the lighted balloons were mistaken for searchlights on aeroplanes. SPANISH AGENT EXPELLED Carranza Sends Envoy Out of Mexico. Taken Aboard American Cruiser. The state department was officially advised that General Carranza had ordered the Spanish minister to Mex ico to leave the country within twenty four hours from midnight Feb. 10 be cause of alleged reluge given to Angei 4e Caso, a Spanish subject. The Spanish minister left Mexico City for Vera Cruz immediately after being ordered to depart. He insisted tnat De Caso was at no time in the Spanish legation, but declined to re veal his whereabouts. Secretary Daniels instructed the commander of the battleship Dela ware, now in Vera Cruz harbor, tc take the Spanish minister aboard. Man Fined For Firing Blank Shot. Alleged to have fired a blank cart ridge at the proprietor of a saloon in Pittsburgh when he was refused a drink, Thomas Kerrigan, aged forty, six, of Swissvale, was sentenced to pay a fine of $lO or serve ten d*ys in jail by Magistrate Borland. The wad from the cartridge tore a hole in Iffie shoulder of the proprietor's coat. The Duke's Walk. "To meet one in the duke's walk.' This is an invitation to fight a duel In the vicinity of Holyrood house. Scotland, there is a place called the duke's walk, so called from its being the favorite promenade of the Duke of York, afterward King James 11. This walk is said to have been the common rendezvous for settling affair* of honor, as the site of the British museum was in England. Revenge! "Why are you so crazy to take mud baths? There's nothing the matter with you." "It's this way, doctor. I was brought up in a lace collar and a Fauntleroy suit And I always vowed that 1 would get my share of playing in the mud some day."—Louisville Courier- Journal. It Made a Difference. "Bllffers is always talking about his love for the plain people." "Yes?" "Well, the other day somebody called his daughter plain, and he was hotter than a red headed hornet"—Cleveland Plain Dealer- . „ CROWDS AT PANAMA-PACIFIC FAIR U. S. S. PENNSYLVANIA ON THE WAYS. Photo by American Press Association. Our ..atest super-Dreadnought will carry twelve fourteen-inch guns. JAPANESE ENVOY TO BIG FAIR. J Photo by American Press Association. Admiral Baron Shigeto Dewa, the mikado's representative to the Panama- Pacific exposition, with Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher of the Brooklyn navy yard. Admiral Dewa is at the left .of the picture. PIUTE INDIANS RUN AMUCK. A large band of Piute Indian outlaws escaped t the canyons of Utah, giving battle to their pursuers. Here is a tTDical arouD of Piutes. THE PATRIOT THE STATE OF FRANKLIN. It Had a Short Life In What la Now Eastern Tennessee. In 1754 North Carolina, growing Im patient of the burden that her western settlements had imposed upon her treasury aud irritated by the com plaints of the people of those sections, passed an act conveying to the federal government all the lands that now con stitute the state of Tennessee. The people of the country that Is now eastern Tennessee, feeling them- selves left without a government, made haste to organize themselves into an independent commonwealth, whicu they called, as a tribute to the illus trious philosopher, the state of Frank lin. These people applied for admis sion into the Union; but. the federal government being slow and unwilling to act and North Carolina having re pealed the act of cession of her west ern province to the Union, the state of Franklin came into very troubled wa ters for some years. Some efforts were made to persuade the Kentuckians to joiu themselves to the state of Franklin, a provision hav ing been made for such co-operatiou in the constitution of the experiment, but they came to nothing. The new state gradually fell to pieces, and in 1787 its brilliant and able governor, John Se vier. was put on trial for high treason. He was released by a daring rescue and subsequently pardoned and restor ed in name to the leadership, which he never lost In the affections of his peo ple. In 1757 the last legislature of the state of Franklin held its session at Greenville.—Philadelphia Press. Napoleon's Confidence. Just before his marriage Napoleon re ceived tiie appoiutmeut of commander in chief of the army of Italy. He was then tweuty-six. "You are rather young." said one of the directors, "to assume responsibility so weighty and to take command over veteran gen erals." "In one year," Napoleon replied, "I shall be old or dead." "We can place you in command of men only." said Carnot, "for the troops are in need of everything, and we can furnish you with no money to provide supplies." "Give me only men enough," Napo leon answered, "and I ask for nothing more: 1 will be answerable for the result."—"Table Talk and Opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte." Pure Bred Arab Horses. In Cairo there is a society for pre serving the pure bred Arab horse. It Is said that recent changes in the lives and habits of the Bedouins have re sulted in the deterioration of these horses. A practical horseman of wide experience says that as a rule the Arab horse is now no better treated than our own horses, whatever may have been true of the old days when such poems as "The Arab to His Steed" were writ ten. : - ORDERS YANKEES OUT OF CAPITAL dryan Wans Americans to Leave Mexico City SITUATION LEoOiES ACUTE General Obregon and His Force Is Baid to Have Evacuated City, Leav ing Populace at Mercy of Lower Element —United States Warships •n Way to Vera Cruz—Obregon De nies Stories of Looting. Washington, March 10.—Secretary Bryan has warned Americans to leave Mexico City. ueiititti obregon has withdrawn with his army from the Mexican ca> SU.I, leaving scant, if any, proteciitu lor the citizens. Villa's representative in Washington announced that Zapatistas are a c ain in control of the cuy, but this has *ot keen confirmed by any official dis patches. While there are many influences laboring to bring about American in tervention in Mexico the United States has no intention of taking such action. This was indicated by the president. Mr. Wilson told callers that while the other governments were all look ing to the United States to secure proper protection for foreigners and their property in Mexico, none had suggested that the United States in tervene. The suggestion that this government unite with South Ameri can governments for intervention had never reached him, he said. W T ith the dispatching of two war ▼easels to Mexican waters and the sending of a most vigorous note to Carranza the administration otiicia.s have resumed its watchful waiting policy. Tne warships ordered to Vera Cruz are the battleship Georg.a and tiio armored cruiser Washing ion, the lat ter the flagship of Rear Admiial Caperton, who will take command of all the navai vessels on the east coast of Mexico. The vessels were desig nated by Admiral Fletcher, command ing the Atlantic fleet, and both left from Guantanamo, where the fleet is 'jased lor the winter, it is expected tliey will reach Vera Cruz tomorrow. The two additional warships have been sent chiefly for the purpose of intimidating General Carranza, but not with any intention of landing a party to take Vera Cruz or to proceed to Mexico City. Carranza will bo literally under the guns of theße ves sels, as his offices are in a building on the quay at Vera Cruz, and ilie theory is that with the gray sea monsters at his elbow he will think twice before refusing to accede to the views of the United States with re gard to the protection of American Interests at Mexico City. The admin istration also desired to have the ves sels at Vera Cruz as places of refuge for Americans or foreigners in the event of iheir desiring to leave sud denly. Suggestions that the latest note to Carranza was an ultimatum were re pudiated at the White House, where the president declared that the views of the United States regarding cer tain conditions had been clearly set forth to Carranza and that it had been left to him to act accordingly. It was learned that when Consul Billiman at Vera Cruz presented to Carranza the note of the United States the first chief took advantage of the occasion to declare orally that it was not true that General Obregon had prevented food from entering Mexico City or that he had sent any supplies out of the city. This state ment is absolutely contrary to ad vices received at the state depart ment and at several foreign em bassies. The first statement by General Ob regon regarding conditions in Mexico City for which he is held responsible were made public here in a dispatch received at the Constitutionalist agency from the general himself. General Obregon's statement con tradicts much that has been reported to the state department and foreign embassies by official representatives and reports conditions as very differ ent from what Washington under stands them to be. General Obregon asserts that the persons on whom the United States government relies for Information are poisoned against the Constitutionalist cause. At the White House a similar in timation was made in regard to some reports from Mexico City which It w*s declared were based on a desire to bring about intervention by the United States. Professorship Offered to Sunday. Philadelphia, March 10. The Princeton Theological seminary, which arranged Billy Sunday's visit to the ttniversity town, has definitely offered \he evangelist a full professorship with a fine howoe and full liberty to teach his kind preaching to the seminary student*, Full Time Resumed In Gary Mills. Gary, Ind., March 10. —for the first Mm© in two years the 1,000 workmen at the local mills of the Sheet and Tin Plate company a.a] working on full time. Officials said that "normal increase of orders" was responsible. 3
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