V 1 i THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. ..r 06' Ill TURK The i penburt Hi Villi "MANIA MOBILIZES 15010 MEN orioos ourg. Wheat.... j New wheat. IALY DENIES Bran, Corn, Oats i Rye.. -:o:- "";an Foreign Minister Protested Against Italy's Ham per lb OH. of Avlona, the Albanian Seaport Shoulder :o: Bacon, Sides per lb. KToSiE", PRESSING ON TO WARSAW B utter, Country , , : 0 : Eggs, pei dozen..... Lard, per Jb ilns on the ex Live CW ,UL He and in Al- fighting at many actions of the e- Ziolssons and in the principal features of the front as descrio- communlques of the 'ormon riAiioriii s art announc- i . . n t,Hnnhm nam in the Argonne. in the Vosgos In upper Alsace. The cam- i-eeaina succrnmuuj. Isoatch from Pontebba, on the force of 10,000 men has been A ..ot-li. Co fa laVn th A inn Hcnifw Auaina iw wwijvwi of Bosnia, where U la destined reinforce the Austrlans and aid i uviu iu n we- -..-. The Germans boast that with their am the Servians will be easily crushed and the Austrian defeat avenged. The Russian War Office in a detail ed report of the victory over the Turks In the Caucasus says that the Ninth Turkish Army Corps was almost com pletely destroyed, that the pursuit of the Tenth Corps continues ana mai prisoners and extensive war munitions have been captured. The Turkish ar my is ald to have been completely dis persed. Austria is reported to bave protest ed airainst Italy's occupation of Avlona In Albania, and Italy is believed to havo sent a Arm reply, saying she will pursue her policy without interrup Hon. A dispatch from Bucharest reported that Rumania Ir mobilizing 750,000 men. of which number 600.000 form the field army. It is unofficially re- Dorted In Bucharest that Rumania will strike even If Italy should decide not to enter the war. i i i- .nn)W tt1iof Vu. I n v Austria i iiytt.icw c.vi.. ww...n drawn or forced into the dangerous situation created by the rebellion In Albania and Italy's firm stand for the protection of her Interests and obllga tlons In that country. VAST CONQUEST BY GERMAN ARMIES Conquered Territory Embraces 15,000, 00 Belgians, French and Russian Poles. Washington. Germany has conquer ed territory Inhabited by more man 15,000,000 people so far during the European war, It was stated on high dlDlomatic authority. ThU estimate Is based upon the number of Belgians. French and Rus sian Poles living in cities and In the country occupied by German soldiers. It is because of this large Increase In population that the food question Is beginning to give the German govern ment mr.ch concern, It was declared. Figures presented by this authority Indicate that approximately 6,000,000 Belgians are under German rule, 4,000, 000 French and 5,000,000 Poles. Belgium and that part of France held by Germany. It was stated, are two of the most thickly populated nortlons of Europe, while Russian Po. land, now under German influence, Is honeycombed with manufacturing com munitles. very thickly populated. Germany would have no trouble, It was stated, to feed her own normal population of 65,000,000, but when the number Is Increased to uo.uuu.uuu ii is an entirely different proposition. RUMANIA PREPARES TO JOIN THE ALLIES Paris. It Is learned from a private source, but from one worthy of cred ence, that arrangements whereby the interests of Rumania in Berlin and Vienna will be attended by the unuea Rtat diplomatic service have been definitely made. This can mean but one thing In the opinion of the Ru manian Legation here that Rumania would prefer to wait until Russian op erations through Bukowlna had fur- thr dfiveloDed across the Carpathians Rumania, though ready to place snn Ann imnna In the fighting line lm mediately, is not wealthy enough to nvpd the crosnect of a long war. Every month that has been pass ing has been reducing the period of Rumania's Inevitable co-operation with the Allies. Only com, practical iscis have kept Rumania aloor so iar. AUSTRIA TO REMEDY MISTAKE. Italian Hostage Taken t Belgrade Subject of Diplomatic Assurance. Rome, via Havre. The Austrian Government lias notified the Foreign Office that the Dual Monarchy 1b striv ing to ascertain whether four Italian subjects were taken as hostages after the capture of Belgrade, as has been widely reported In Italy. The Austrian Foreign Office has glv. en notice to the Italian Foreign Office that 1t is prepared to remedy the mis take If one was made. BLOCKING THE DARDANELLES. German Hydrographers Filling Chan nel With Sunken Hulks. Athens, via Rome The Turks are working feverishly to obstruct the n.Jn,, .'nLlntr ilntio flllori hnllcn in the channel. Twenty German hydrographeTS sent to Constantinople for the purpose are superintending the work, which is in tended to prevent the tmtry of sub marines. Meanwhile the forts are be ing strengthened and additional guns are being mounted. W J I fo III ROUT BY RUSSIANS V AUSTRIA'S DEI! London. Advances by the French troops at four distinct points along th battle-front extending from the North Sea to Alsace were an outstanding fea ture of the latest war news. A further gain by the French In Alsace on the road to the Important strategic point of Muelhausen over shadowed for the time being the crash ing blow the Russians appear to have dealt the Turkish army invading the Caucasus. A German trench almost half a mils long In the Argonne region was blown up by the Allies. The Paris official statement an nounced that the explosion was fol lowed by an Infantry attack, in which the French captured half of the ditch. In this charge a grandson of the Italian patriot Garibaldi was killed. The recent death In action of an other grandson was said In Rome to have reawakened the war spirit In Italy. The Italian Government has Issued a premoblllzatlon announcement which provides for tho calling to the colors of every able bodied man In the coun try between the ages of 20, and 40 years. This will give Italy an army of 3,433,150 men. It Is believed to Indi cate that the Government realizes that Italy will soon be obliged to enter the war. The German War Office Reports that the French were driven from the heights near Sonnhelm (Cernay) In Alsace and that material advances were made In the Argonne. In Poland the Germans have reached the Sucha River and captured 1,040 prisoners. The Germans are still hammering at the Russian line, drawn directly across the roads to Warsaw from the west. In Western Gallcla, where they have reinforced the Austrlans, they have held up the Russian advance neur Gorllce. Lord Kitchener, In a speech in the British House of Lords, said he had perfect confidence In the ability of tho Allies to win. He said that probably 2,000,000 more recruits would be re quired to carry the conflict through to a successful conclusion. 'it was reported that Kaiser WUhelm had rushed 200,000 troops from the battle line In Poland to the south to dam the Russian flood that was be ginning to overrun Transylvania and aiso to help save Budapest from being besieged. In Poland Itself there was no notable change In the situation, the German and Russian armies remain ing deadlocked In the Bzura and Raw. ka regions. QUOTES GERMAN OFFICIAL AS PREDICTING DEFEAT OF GER MAN ENEMIES BY JUNE. Amsterdam. In a recent conversa tion with the German Minister to a neutral country In Europe, Herr von Jagow, the German Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, made the follow ing statement: "We do not have to worry. Things are progressing excellently for Ger many. Let me make the following forecast: By the end of February we will have smashed up the Russians. The end of March will see the end oi the French army. In April we will fin ally start reckoning with Great Britain, which I expect will be finished by the middle of May. All Germany's ene mies will be beaten before June at any rate." PITH OF THE WAR NEWS iniiimiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiniiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiinminiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiffi Paris sent out a report that Rumania and Italy have reached an agree ment to enter the war simultane ously. The Siberians are reported to be sur rounding the routed Turks In the Caucasue and taking them prisoners by thousands. Viscount 'Haldane, the British Lord High Chancellor, announced In the House of Lords that British experts are producing an equivalent to the German 42-centimeter gun. Military experts estimated that the British army numbers 3,000,000 men, counting the regulars, the reservists, the territorials and Lord Kitchener's new army. Details are given In Petrojrod of the Russian victory at Ardahan and Sari Kamysh, in the Caucasus. At the latter town the Turks are said to have lost 100,000 In killed, wounded and prisoners. The battle is de scribed as a "little Sedan." The Germans are continuing their at tack to the southeast of Ypres, where their heavy artillery has been stead ily Dombarding the Allies' trenches. There is a steady rainfall in most of Flanders, and the floods are increas ing. In the Dlxmude area the Ger mans' infantry reinforcements in some places are advancing In mud. The Russians continue to drive the Austrlans through the snow-covered passes of the Carpathiane and out of Bukowlna, and simultaneously are dealing In detail with the rem nants of the Turkish armies In Transcaucasia. In Southern Poland wet weather has put a stop to the fighting. Neither side Is able to move there, owing to the high water and the mud. Altogether the Russians engaged the Turks in ten pitched battles, In many cases when knee-deep In snow and at an altitude of from 6,000 to 10.000 feet. War at a Glance MONDAY. Dispatches from various quarters received at London are retarded there as Indicating that Italy, Greece, Rou mania and Bulgaria may soon Join In the war. . Activity by the Germans along the western battle front Is Indicated by statements from the French War Office, which report attacks by the Cermans at many points, but declare the attacks have been repulsed. The German War Office reports that the bnttle at SolsBons hfls recom menced, and that the Germans have made further progress In the Argonne. Continued bad weather hampers operations In tho eastern theatre, and the German War Office states that the situation remains unchanged along the entire front. A semi-official announcement at Petrograd tells of the destruction of many Turkish merchant vessels and damage done to two Turkish cruisers by the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. No confirmation of the reported sinking of the German cruiser Von der Tann by the British cruiser ln Unclble off the coast of Brazil has been received. SUNDAY. With the announcement by Berlin that the German forces have retaken .itelnbach, In Alsace, confirmation Is given the conclusion that the French advance In Alsace has been checked. The Kaiser's troops also reoecupied Burntaupt le-Haut, Just south of Stein bach. In the east the German offensive against Warsaw has been resumed, dispatches telling of the Intense cold as an aid to the armies of General von Hlndenburg. Swamps that have pre vented the carrying out of his strategic plans have frozen, and it Is thought that his men are again on the way to force an attack on the Polish city. The Allies, according to the Paris statement, bave captured three lines of German trenches In the Alsne region. Once more Berlin flatly con tradicts the French War Office by de claring that Germans made a gain in this very same locality. Mall advices from London say thnt tne Canadian regiment known as Prin cess Patrica's Own was sent to the front Christmas Eve. The Scots from Canada were to follow shortly. Tne Pope, In another audience, went over the Belgian situation. In the east the Russians seem to be unchecked In their sweep through Boukowlna. London expects this In vasion of Hungary to progress rapidly. The Austrian night statement says that rain and mud has checked all operations in Gallcla. Berlin reports the death on a Per ilan battlefield of the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, brother-in-law of the Czar of Russia. An In vasion of Persia Is Indicated. Roumanla is preparing a mobiliza tion and unofficial dispatches say her entry Into the war Is expected. Interest in Roumanla Is Increased by reports that Greece and Turkey are near a break. General von BlHsing, Military Gov ernor of Belgium, denies that Cardi nal Mercler has been arrested, in terned, watched or deprived of liberty In any way. SATURDAY. Because ol Invasion of Terslan ter ritory by Kurds and Turks, Persia has tent an ultimatum to Constantinople, the Persian Minister at Rome states. Preparations for the removal of the Turkish Government from Constanti nople are said to have been made. A communication from Russian headquarters In the Caucasus, recount ing the recent Russian successes over the Turks in that region, says it has been established that the Ninth Otto man Army Corps was completely de stroyed and that the booty taken by the Russians Included a vast pile of cannon. German attacks east of the Rawka river are progressing, according to an official announcement at Berlin, which says that 1.600 Russians have been taken prisoners and five machine guns captured. An official announcement from Vienna admits that in the southern part of Bukowlna and In the Car pathian forest lands Austrian forces bave been driven back by the Rus sians. Further progress by the French in Alsace is reported In Paris. The an nouncement also reports slight gains by the Allies in Belgium and at certain points In France, but says that, owing to the destruction by a German mine of a section of trenches in the Argonne, the, French troops at this point w ere obliged to fall back a slight distance. Viscount Haldane announced in the British House of Lords that experts In England were producing a gun which was at least the equal of the German 42-centlmotre gun. FRIDAY. Dispatches from Ixmdon stale that reports received there Indicate that tlie Russians, Invading Hungary and advancing on Transylvania simultane ously with their movement on Cracow, are engaged In the most gigantic operations of the war. In a report from the western front, a British military observer asserts that the offensive has definitely passed to the Allies, and that steady progress is being made in "the process of attrition which eventually will bring the war to an end." A farther advance by the French to ward Altkircb, In Alsace, Is claimed by the French ur Office, which also announces that in the Woevre district, northwest of Flirey, the French have made themselves "masters of a por tloc of the enemy's first line." Berlin reports the repulse of French attacks at a number of points and ad vances by the Germans in the western part of the forest of Argonne. Desper ate fighting is In progress north of Arras, the report says. Had roads are preventing Gen. von Mnileiiburg from prosecuting his ; ent against Warsaw. The Vienna Neue Frele Press luari from the front that Russian artillery fire has slackened In a WHy to indicate that the Russians are running short of ammunition. A Turkish announcement states that Ottoman troops have occupied Urumlah, a town In Persian Armenia, said to be an Important basal put-liloD of the Russians. THURSDAY. Hard fighting continues In Cpper Alsace. A Berlin dispatch says the battle In this region Is developing into the most violent of the war. Paris reports the blowing up, by a mine exploded by French troops, of 800 yards of German trenches In tbs Argonne. Berlin announces that sev eral of the French trenches In the same region have been taken by Ger man troops. Little change lias occurred In the eastern theatre, according to the Ger man War Office, which mentions, how ever, an advance by the Germans west of the Vistula after an engagement In which 1,400 Russians were captured. Petrograd announces that pursuit by the Russians of the Turkish e troops which escaped after the rout at Sarl Kafnysu continues. The former German cruiser Goeben, now flying the Turkish flag, Is reported to have been seriously damaged by striking two Russian mines in the neighborhood of the Bosphorus. Lord Kitchener, addressing the British House of Lords on the progress of the war, declared that the Allies were in a position to prosecute It to a triumphant finish. WEDNESDAY. It la officially announced that the Russian trooos have gained a decisive victory over the Turks at Sarl- Kamvsh. canturing the entire Ninth Corns of the Turkish Army. The others of the Turkish forces are de clared to be in full retreat, with the Russians pursuing Of the situation in Poland the Ger man announcement says that there has been little change, though slight gains by the Germans at certain points are claimed. Vienna reports the defeat by Aus trlans of a Russian force which tried to break through their line northeast of Gorllce. According to an announcement at Petrograd, the Russians have defeated the Austrlans at Uzzok Pass, forcing a way through the Carpathians. ConUnued progress by tne rrencn troops in Alsace and gains by the allied troops in Belgium are an nounced by the French War Office. SERVIA A SECOND BELGIUM. Over 100,000 Wounded There, Writes Mme. Groultch. Washington, D. C Conditions In the devaatated portions of Servia are as distressing and the misery as great as In Belgium, according to a letter re ceived at the Red Cross headquarters here from Mme, Groultch, wife of the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Servia. "Every available building near the front has been converted Into a hos pital," Mme. Groultch wrote, "and the wounded must sleep sometimes on floors, in corridors or sheds. Often wounded can only be dressed every third or fourth day for want of band ages and gauze. Surgeons are work ing 18 hours a day; nurses and local committees are exhausted from the strain." She added that there were 100,000 wounded Servians and Austrlans in Servia. MILLION VOTED FOR AIRCRAFTS. House Committee Also Agrees For Staff Corresponding To Admiralty. Washington. D. C One million dol lara for aircraft was voted by the House Naval Committee. They also agreed to Include in the appropriation bill provision for a "chief of opera tions," with a staff corresponding to the British Admiralty. Provision was made for a 50 per cent Increase In aviators' pay, witu double pension al lowance In case of death while on duty. The committee agreed, after considerable discussion, on the provi sion for a staff corresponding to the Admiralty, but Insisted on making this subject to the direction of the civilian Secretary of the Navy. KAISER'S CONFIDENCE FIRM. Wires Archduke He Expects Decisive Success. Berlin, via The Hague and London. Emperor William, replying to a con gratulatory message from Archduke Frederick of Austria, telegraphed as follows: "My best wishes to your Imperial Hlghnes and your brave Au8tro-Hungarian troops who,' In the past year, have shown an unchanged spirit of comradeship toward their German allies. "With our combined forces we continue the fight, and with our eyes toward God we will win. A decisive success for our just cause will not be wanting. "WILLIAM." PESTILENCE AT PRZEMYSL. Lemberg Hears Garrison Is Almost Without Provision. Lemberg, Gallcia, via Petrograd and London. It Is reported here that pestilence Is spreading in the city and among the garrison of Przcmysl, which is now almost without provisions. Ineffectual sorties still continue from Przemysl, but they are less vigorously pushed. This is due, it is thought, to the garrison's knowledge of the failure of the Austrian relief forces to break through the Russian lines. SUBMARINE SANK FORMIDABLE. Berlin Hears Battleship Was Tor pedoed Off Plymouth. Berlin, via wireless to Sayvllle, L. I. An official announcement made pub lic through the official press bureau says: "A German submarine boat re ports by wireless to the Admiralty in Berlin that It has torpedoed and sunk In the English Channel, off Plymouth, the British battleship Formidable. "The submarine was pursued by British destroyers, but escaped undamaged. THE CHRISTMAS BRIGADE (Copyright.) TO IE I Plans Thus to End Firing Into United States. DRIVE CARRANZA FORCES Has Promised General Scott To Ex pose American Cities To Fire Not More Than Eight Hours Sac rifices Eastern Advantage. El Faso, Tex. General Villa Is moving to attack the Carranza garri sons of the Mexican border towns op posite Naco and Douglas, Ariz., with 8,000 convention troops. To drive the Carranza forces out of the border towns Is Villa's solution of the prob lem of stopping border fighting. Villa communicated his Intention to Brig adier General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States Army, who Is here to confer with the Mexican chief. In his message Villa promised to ex pose tho American towns to Are for not more than eight hours, at the end of which period he promised the Car ranza garrisons would have surrender ed or would be driven into the United States. Half of Villa's force passed through Juarez en route to CasaB Grandes, whence the troops will move overland into Sonora. "It was at a great sacrifice" to his campaign against Carranza forces on the eastern seaboard that he came north. Villa stated, in order to settle the Arizona border difficulty. Villa's communication was received by Gen eral Scott shortly after his departure from Naco for El Paso. Washington, D. C Louis Canova, a special agent of the State Department of Mexico, is on his way to Washing ton to report directly to Secretary Bryan upon conditions. He recently has been under attack from some of the elements In Mexico City. Consul Silliman, at Mexico City, in formed the State Department that the Gutierrez government had decreed a bond Issue of 300,000,000 pesos to re fund and unify various previous bond Issues and meet current expenses. The Carranza agency issued this statement: "Official advices from General Car ranza at Vera Cruz state that the situation on the isthmus of Tehu antepec has undergone no change. WILSON MAY RUN AGAIN. Gives Hint That He Will Likely Ba a Candidate. Indianapolis. President WUon voiced what a crowd of mor than 4,000 people assembled here to hear him make a Jackson Day speech in terpreted as a hint that he might be a candidate for the Presidency again in 1916. The people leaped to their foet and cheered until the President him self raised his hand and called for quiet The President had been discussing the Mexican question and referred to bis belief that he knew the tempera ment and principles of the American people, adding that he would not be fit to stay where he was If be did not understand them. "There may come a time," he went on, "when the American people will have to Judge whether I know what I am talking about or not." RIOT CALL FOR BILLY SUNDAY. 60,000 People Try To Storm Doors Of Tabernacle. ' Philadelphia. Nearly 50,000 people mobbed the entrances of the Billy Sunday Tabernacle to hear the evan gelist in a sermon to students of the city's high schools, colleges and pro fessional institutions of learning. They pushed aside the police, stormed the doors, climbed upon the roof, sent twoscore persons to hospitals and caused an extra force of reserves to be summoned by a riot call. Scenes such as were witnessed outside and within the tabernacle have seldom been equaled in the city; certainly not at a religious meeting. PARISIANS HONOR GEN. LEMAN. Bust Of Leige's Defender Crowned With Laurel Wreath. Paris. A bust of General Leman, the defender of Liege, who is now a prisoner of the Germans, was crowned with a wreath of laurel in the pres ence of representatives of the French and Belgian governments and 5,000 spectators in the Trocadero. During the ceremony Jean Richepin, the dramatic, declaimed J'The Marsoll-lalse." BORDER IS 616 PANIC IN GOTHAM SUBWAY Two Hundred Are Injured and Scores Overcome. ONE WOMAN FATALLY HURT Clothes Torn Off Women In Fierce Fight To Escape From Cars. Buildings Near By Turned Into Hospitals. New York. The worst accident in the 10 years' history of New YoYk's subway occurred during the morning rush hours when 700 passengers in two stalled trains were stricken with panic in the darkened tubes by the dense smoke and acrid fumes from a short-circuited cable. In the ensuing struggle to escape some 200 persons were injured, one, a woman, fatally. Others were overcome and were rescued, unconscious, by police and firemen, while scores struggled to the street, unnerved or hysterical, their clothing torn and faces blackened by smoke. As the result of the accident, the city at night was in the throes of a transportation blockade without paral lel In its history. Not until late in afternoon was a wheel turned again in the subway and at that time only a limited local service was in operation. PUTS RUSS LOSS AT 2,000,000. Germans and Austrlans Have Captured 500,000, Says Berlin. Berlin. Including in the budget of news given out by the official press bureau were the following Items: "The Paris Matin estimates that the Russian losses In killed and wounded up to December 23 number 1,750,000, but as the Germans have captured more than 300,000 Russians and the Austrlans have taken 200,000, the Rus sian casualties must exceed 2,000,000. "Reports received here from Con stantinople Bay that more than 15,000 Russian prisoners captured , in the Caucasus are being conveyed to the Interior of Turkey. "The correspondent at Brussels of the Kreuz Zeltung asserts that it Is admitted in French official circles that the losses in the French Army up to December 20 were about 1,000,000 men, of whom 20,000 were officers. "Destitute Russians living In Ger many received up to the beginning of the new year 20 marks ($5) from Rus sia. From January 6 the pension Is reduced to five marks ($1.25) fort nightly. The diminution here is con sidered to he proof that the Russians lack money." CANAL CELEBRATION PLANS. Wilson Asks For $250,000 To Defray Expenses. Washington, D. C In a conference with Democratic and Republican lead ers of Congress, President Wilson asked for an appropriation of $250,000 to defray expenses of the celebration planned for opening of the Panama Canal next March. The President summoned to the White House just before he took the train for Indian apolis Senators Overman, Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Galllnger and Repre sentatives Underwood, Sherley and Mann, and laid before them tentative plans for tho celebration submitted to him by Secretaries Bryan, Garrison and Daniels. The plan includes the entertainment of visiting officers of foreign fleets which are to participate In the naval review and pass through the canal, if that 1h possible, and the transportation of the fleet and visitors. DOLLAR WORTH $1.05 AT BERNE, Heavy Buying Of Grain Causes Rise In Exchange. Berne, Switzerland, via Paris. The American dollar is now worth five francs 25 centimes ($1.C5) at Berne This represents a remarkable rise, since the opening of the war, when checks on America yielded only three francs 60 centimes (70 cents). The rise In exchange is due to heavy buy lng of grain, in the United States for Switzerland. DEFENSE BILLS TO BE PUSHED. Provide Increase In Army $240,000,- 000 Asked In House. Washington, D. C Bills to carry out Secretary Garrison's recommenda tions to add 25,000 men and 1,000 offl oers to the army and 8,000 men to the Coast Artillery Corps are to be taken up by the Senate Military Committee and pushed for passage at this session of Congress. At a special meeting of the committee it was decided to act along that line and also to consider measures for an army reserve. HAL I ONE OF ARMS URGED Germans and Irish Americans Before House Committee. U.S. NEUTRALITY QUESTIONED Immediate Action On Resolution To 8top "Unholy Commerce'1 In War Supplies Asked Many Join In Plea. U. S. Unfriendly To Germany. N Washington, D. C Hearings on pending resolutions to restrict the ex port of arms and munitions to the belligerent nations of Europe began before the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee. Delegations from New York,' Phila-' delphla, Chicago and Baltimore, rep resenting German-American and Irish American organizations, appeared be fore the committee. All urged imme diate action on the resolution of Rep resentative Bartholdt, of Missouri. which would empower the President to prohibit the exportation of war sup plies. Tbey insisted that at present the United States was not observing strict neutrality, because Great Britain was able to secure supplies in this country and to prevent Germany and Austria from drawing from the same source. TURKS DESPOIL CONVENTS. Religious Orders In Holy Land Near Starvation. Washington. D. C Hundreds of missionaries and other religious work ers in the Holy Land are facing starva tion, according to reports received by the Rev. Godfrey Schilling, of the Franciscan Order, commissary general for the Holy Land in the United States. ' The reports show, according to a statement by Father Schilling, that the Turks have turned the Franciscans out of nearly all of their convents in Armenia. Upper Syria and Galilee, leaving them in possession, however. of their convent of St. Saviour, in Jerusalem, and the convent of the Annunciation at Nazareth. U. S. SUES FOR $9,015,029.07. Sum Claimed As Taxes On Colored Oleomargarine. Columbus, Ohio. Suit for JJ.015,- 029.07 was filed in the United States District Court here against the old Capital City Dairy Company. That sum Is alleged to be due the Federal Government as taxes on colored oleo margarine. Appointment of a receiver for the company Is also asked. This suit asked further for appointment of a receiver for the old Capital City Dairy Company, a New Jersey corpora tion. FORBID AMENITIES WITH FOE. German Army Authorities Frown On Fraternizing. Berlin, via London. The German Army authorities have Issued a gen eral order prohibiting in future troops in the field from fraternizing with forces of the enemy, as they did at several points in the western theatre of the war at Christmas. To such an extent was this fraternizing carried out that at one place where the Ger mans and British played football Christmas Pay they agreed to suspend hostilities for two days more. JOB FOR 8ENAT0R BRISTOW. To Be Public Utilities Commissioner At $4,000 a Year. Toneka. Kan. Joseph L. Brlstow, United States Senator, will be ap uointed to a olace on the Kansas Pub lic Utilities Commission when his term in the Senate expires on March 4. Gov.-Elect Arthur Capper announced that Senator Brlstow hadTaccepted the offer of the appointment The place carries a salary of $4,000 a year. PARAGUAY HA8 REVOLUTION. 75 Killed Or Wounded In Street Fights At Asuncion. Washinaton. D. C A revolution has broken out In Paraguay, the State De partment was informed. The rresl rinnt has been tlaeed In captivity. In street fighting at Asuncion, the capi tal, more than 75 porsons were Kiiieo or wounded. LOSS OF CRUISER DOUBTED. Rio Janeiro Has No Word Of Alleged Naval Battle. Rio Janeiro. The Havas Agency has received no confirmation of the re ported naval battle between the British cruiser Invincible and the German cruiser Von Der Tann off Rio Grando de Notre. Naval official here place little cre dence In the report. TO MAINTAIN BAN ON ABSINTHE. France Finds Prohibition Of Sale Hal Benefited Population. Paris. The Cabinet has approved a measure for submission to Parliament making permanent the prohibition of the sale of absinthe and similar liquors. The Government finds that the military decree forbidding absinthe has benefited the population. FIRING FROM DARDANELLES. Turk Guns Bombarding French and British Ships. London. A wireless dispatch re ceived here from Berlin gives a re port received in the German capital from Athena that the Dardanelles fortresses have commenced a bom bardment of tho blockading Anglo French fleets, and that one torpedo boat has been slightly damaged. Belfast, Ireland, has a municipal .abattoir. XPORT
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