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' iSSAULT THREATENS
A ' ' v
Mtan Prepares to FleoCity
fcfe Allied Flcets'HamjW
Wilkt Dardanelles Coup Is
iExpected.
ck'nalAittlnople Is the goal of the allied
forces Jn tho I.evnht. And Constantinople
j trembling: nt the fate that may bo
hf, Xhore Is panic In tho Turkish
cardial as tho watahlos of the Allies
tomind away at tho Dordftncllcs fortresses.
. Will Constantinople he tho drat of the
"uriemy's capitals' to fall? Tho TurKs
are rushing defenses to prevent such a
dlinstcn . ,
Holy relics havo been removed to
itaiin. whither ihn Sultnn and. hlttjPer-
kennel are making ready to follow. AH'
of tho aval ablo forces, about iw.ow men,
fare concentrated In the capital.
fc.kJi.j...- l-i J.I ...11 .. jHn.iMl.il nmt
VihAvv trunfl removed to ChataMa. which
Jirb been fortified. Fren,cd;Iltilrc,nchlng
w6rk is In progress along: 'tho Bhorcs of
tha Dardanelles and Bosporus. Tho
htfavv preparations aro being mado to
lplst passage of a hosttto fleet,
Dispatches say the TurMfare-'fortlfylng
,thl Island of Marmora In tho Sea. of
ati'rmora. (The Sea of Marmora lies b
tt&tm ISurone and Asia, communicating
-wjtl. the Aegean Sea by the Dardanelles
arid with tho Black Sea by tho Bos-
h pttMis.) ...
It Is beliovca tnat aduui iiamiu, lormor
saltan, has been secretly taken Into tho
Interior of Asia Minor, as he has letftUiis
city . i .vx
JU Is nam me nuacic on ijgypi nas
"recalled
Steal. 8 ana uroussa. ucrmau lunuiica
are fleeing Constantinople.
KS city in the world has stood so many
sieves as Constantinople. It was taken
end retaken by tho Venetian crusaders
i, In? the early part of tho 13th century,
HrlJLA 111 HW lk nua t,uii.ut.-u ujr 4.i.uiiujiiiiiju
III Who made It the capital vcrf tlio. Qt(tV
. man, Empire. It wns first vfortlflbd In
rj( A. D., when, as Byzantium, It-was
mftde tha capital of tho Roman.. Pinplro. .
Tho city Is now equipped with the moat
rnbdCrn of fortifications. Its armaments
inU' works wero completely reconstructed
arjet' extended In 1S7S after the war with
IHQsala. They have been kept up to
ij- daiA slnco then. The city is a natural
, istfongliold. U is suuaicu on a scries,
g ot'teentle hills at the eastern oxtremtty
Mi a. inanguiar promuniur-, m.viiit, mid
e.r. B lit - i ...... nrl 41... T7..C..V,, E. rt
)ESSmm
f BuQi U jlAtti.iJl-.J- Jl-J ltl -ju-inri uo u,j
thfe south and tho cast and tho Golden,
morn on u n".i. - - -..- -.-."
by Vvatcr on all sides except the west,
which Is wnlled.
jcjnatantinoplo's sky line. Is picturesque,
bittl Within the city It consists pf n,
lut-.tfrlnth of crooked streets and dirty.
'. nlfavs. Modern buildings have, displaced
i0?. .."T .. L .- ., -J- i.i- .. "n 4.----M
tne Tjuaint unenuu Dimciuiva u. v jema
aEpi The city's mosques, are i Us -architectural
triumphs. Tho population, In
cluding the suburbs, la estlraaodi l,125k
(100, "comprising Turks, Greeks, Armenians,
.FjSJiks, ewJs and others.
AnnfTn inn S An iincensorcd disnatch
r frcin Constantinople says:
TA coup d etat is learea ana tne gar
rison at Constantinople has been doubled.
ThO Sultan's palace li? svrrou.nd.cd by
triqps, with an especially heavy 'coiti-
pltoent of artillery. The guns,tre loauea
nrS are pointing up tho streots. 'which
art patrolled night and, day by police
atflj troops. V .'" h V
"Preparations aro being rushed foc.de-t
srense ngainsi; an uiiuck un iiitr unruu.-n-Bles.
It Is openly admitted that Enver
PAsha. tho Minister of "War, Is most un
popular and does not dare to venture out,
unescorted.
fTho Qermnna here aro much preoc
:uSpled, since a revolution tfievltnbiy
wpuitt do lOJiowca ny an Angio-xurxisn
ioace." ' " .
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GERMANS GAIN, THEN LOSE
I . ADVANTAGE NEAR RAVVA
! I- ft 8? SrlBhtinjr Increases in Intensity as
'Offensive Is .Resumed in Poland.
I" PETROQRAD, Jag. 2,
tt tho Mlaw& region the GormanS h"ave
Bljily tried to assume tho qfepslvq ..and
severe fighting continues there. 'Slight
German trains are admitted at several
v" points, but none of tho Ilusslan strategic
jjusjuuua arc ua ol iiireutciiou. i lie ueri
mans, who had orected earthworks and
fe wer!o holding the Island of Janyshew, op-
' poalte Vysogrod, havo been shelled and
't driven back to the opposite shore by Bus-
w ,3 j ...-, . .1... ...i
Kian steamers on wiiicii, uer y ruuQry
was mouniea. mo uerman losses are de
clared to have been heavy, "y '
between the tower Vistula and tho
Fittca Rivers the Germfins,""u'ndei3 'tho
cover o their heavy guns, attacked In
force and wero able to m'.Ue slight gains
which, however, they relinquished after
& series of counter assaults. He vys losses
vejfe sustained by both sides In this flght
inirt. At Lyskov, on the Brum,, the Gefnlans
attacked In great force last night, but
failed to make any headway. In the
vicinity of Rawa, the latest reports say
thjlt the Germans are odrttlnu.lng tthelr'
activity and that the lighting continues
"without indication of an early decision
'being reached. Between the inouthB of
thd Blala and Itylka Tllytfa ond south
ofttha Plllca. in the vicinity' x)f Opoczno
.0i littbochlna, the Germans are renew
inft their offensive, and the fighting there
isjlncreaiing in Intensity. .
an, Oallcfa the Russians carried the
fnHincatlons of tho village of Mshonka,
nfar Gorllca, taking 3C0aprlaonersi"and
lajguns. The battle is still in progress in
ttfls region, the enemy attacking and
counter attacking, using bayonets, hand
denudes and supported by their arrnQfed
for cars.
I-.EMERGENCY AID PLANS
mmittee WW Decide Today How
to Diatripute 50,000, " ,
fow to distribute the 150.000 voted by
Cfunclls for tha relief of the city's un
employ ea propawy win oa qevmea loaay
nta, jneetins of the Emergency Alt Cpm-
?9 Rt 1139 Avainut street.
tCho meeting was called because the
nfen to dtstrtbuto the fund through the
f; Bfcpartment of Public Health and Charl-
UlT) f ! mHVMt J4 ul U"
ppigyea men wnu nun never ueiore iien
fund that Director Harte realized
re was not. sumcieni money. Many.
tlje RWUcants demanded union wages.
psior larw jonu"eo. wun Mayor
imnW. who at the time he signed
i KHWaUfm ordinance made known
a itiVtfxxiyai pf public charity.
USER REPORTED WORSE
in SwUn tQ Underaro Throat
Operation, Amsterdam Sears,
ASItSTERDAir Jan Z
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JEVOTIffG JjBPajaH-3?HILApIJ)LPH,lA? SATURDAY,' JANUARY
MMIDABLE, STRUCK
MEAPAFT,ffiffi
RAPIDLY; 161 SAVED
Submarine, It Is Conceded,
, Wrecked British Battle--
ship Country Stunned by
Loss. .
' ' J-jONDbN, Jan. 2.
jVo naval disaster of the war to date
has so depressed firltaln as the loss of
tho second-lino battleship Formidable. Xt
Is 'npw'.cdns'lderofl 'certain that silo was
(or()'odood by a German submarine. Tho
naval experts unlto In declaring that,
tthllo such losses must bo expected, they
again direct special attention to tho sub
marine policy.
There Is much under-urfaco Irritation
and bitter ocltlolsm of the apparent use.
Ile.isncss of the British submarines, nnd
many of tho, critics openly ask why they
havo failed as guard vessels. Tho Ad
miralty still withholds tho complete de
tails of the disaster.
, T.ie latest reports received today show
that only 161 of the Ponnldable's crew
havo been accounted for Thero Is still
slight liopo that others may be brought In
by fishing boats, but this is very faint, bh
the" warsllln was torpedoed foro and aft
nnd practically her entire bottom blown
out- Stio sinklln Joss than ten minutes.
Among tho rescued arc eight officers
and six midshipmen. Thero were ID mid
shipmen on board tho battleship. The
name of tho plcco where tho trawler
landed wns cut out by the censor.
Tho rescues wero made In dangerous
nnd.pltlng' circumstances. Tho crew
of tho trawler were amazed whllo run
ning beforo the gale for shelter to find
After
dcanflrato efforts, those on tho trawlor
Wucce'e'deil In getting" a rope to tho cutter
and .'brought her, with great skill, to
their stern.
The Chronicle's Brlxhnm (Devonshire)
correspondent, who describes the rescue
by tho trawler, says the captain 6f that
vessel stales 'that other fishing boats
wero 'clpso nt hand. ' Tho captain eft
nrcsses the bollcf that other survivors
'havo been rescued and taken to Dart
mouth. , If he. sinking of tho rormidable took
place near Salxham or Dartmouth, In
Devon, tho submarine which made the
attack had trnvcled a long distance from
Zcebrugge, In Belgium. Balxham Is about
IW'mHes west of" Dover. Devon Is tho
next county cast. of Cornwall.
BRITAIN TO HAVE 800,000
' SOLDIERS AT FRONT SOON
'Six Now Army Corps to Bo Added
i ' to . Forces.
LONDON, Jan. 2. Important news of
thb- reorganization of the British land
forces Into six armies of perhaps 123,000
or-160,000 fighting men each Is contained
In an order of Earl Kitchener Issued to
day for the merging of Sir John French's
expeditionary force with the volunteers
,who havo bcon In training camps slnco
August and September.
The news of tho Bweeplng changes was
made public Jn tho briefest possible man
ner, yho general order merely announced
the names of the six Genorals. who will
command the slue field armies of. at least
three army corps each, and three Gen
eyals wh(j. will, command the. three extrr
army- c6i-ps outside 'this organization.
Thti new first army will.be commanded
by Blr Douglas Halg; the second by Sir
Horace Smlth-Dorrien; the third by Sir
Archibald Hunter: the fourth by Sir Ian
JIarnllton, the fifth by Sir Leslie Rundle,
and the sixth by Sir Bruce. Meado Hamil
ton. The three army corps will be com
manded by Sir Charles C. -Munro, Sir
Charles Fergus3on and Sir H. C. O.
Plumer, respectively.
Beyond these bare ofllclal details noth
ing1 whatever has been let slip' concern
ing tho numbers, tho disposition or the
details of organization of the new units.
No one outside the War Office can say
how many of the now armies' are now
on or near tho firing line.
It Is supposed, however, that tho Brit
ish nrmy corps, as now constituted, Is
formed on the Continental model, which
would glvo a strength of more than
JO.000 men of all arms. This estimate
will, consequently, bring ther total Brit
ish strength soon to be In the field, if
not actually on the firing line, between
jiOOjOOO nnd 800,000" men.
KAISER GAINS GROUND
QN VERDUN OPERATION
Continued, from Vute One
tured. ' Vie'nna admits the' vigor of
the Russia nCarpathian offense.
Both Berlin and Petrograd chron
icle -action along the Bzura and
Rawka River. The former claims
progress in attacks; the "latter an
nounces advances,
Constantinople is reported in a
panic, fearing siege by the Allied
fleets now bombarding the Darda
nelles. Defenses for the city arc be
ing rushed, -'
While the Turkish invasion cf
Ecrypt is believed about to collapse,
5V. ls nevertheless .reported strong
forces are moving on the Ijucz Canal,
"bearing-trains of pbntoon bridges to
effect a crossing.
GERMAN ADVANCE ON MEUSE
IMPERILS VERDUN DEFENSES
'important Gains Made North and
. ,putb of Prench Stronghold.
' BBRMN. Jan. 2.
a m.rfjftjiriiT rnunter offensive move-
"ment In the Argonne and t&tWeen -the
Meusa and the Moselle, wmen nas not
only checked the JTranch advance upon
Met, but has placed the Allies' lino
south of Verdun In Jeopardy, is reported
tpda'y by tha German War Ofllce.
The report announces the capture of
Bass; Brtulles, north of Verdun, for tha
possession of which a stubborn battle
was fought. At the sarn Wine fierce
French attacks near Allly. near APre-mont-tbqtil
nqrtfJ of Verdun) ajidjiorth
or COmmerey were repulsed with heavy
losses to th enemy. Commercy Is W
miles south of St Mlhiel. and the report
ihQws that tha Germans hav.rnde an,
Important advance or tneir weago ine
at this point.
It ti admitted that the French have
bombarded Saarburg, 13 miles acres the
border ot Lorraine.
The French ofoclal report of further
gains at Bteinbach, the Alsatian village
which dominates the highways to Alt
kirch and Mulhauien la positively de
nied All of the French attaclss at this
point hve been repulsed, the Gerjnan,
ofnetsSs assert. -' - .,.,...
The aermans also Declare that the
f Freh. ar now systematically Mmbard-
105 " wiTOins-nriJWiw la m ei
of th German linet. twins their Unjust
fftM un for this purpose Many i
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In peace
But in uar the individual become merely fuel in the ttohe
TURK HOST BALKS
AS EGYPTIAN MID
HEARS COLLAPSE
British Ready to Meet
Threatened Invasion of
African Province Pon
toons to Bridge Canal.
LONDON'. Jan. 2.
Turkey's Invasion of Egypt Is threat
ened with collapse, In spite of the re
ports that a largo force is moving upon
tho Suez Canal. Ponton ' trains, it js
said, are bringing up bridging material
to span the canal.
However, the operations are not re
garded seriously, ns it is said tha Turk
ish forces aro badly disorganized and
even mutinies are breaking out 'on every
side. The British are well able to meet
the attacks, It Is said.
Refugees to Cairo from Jaffa, In Pal-
estlne, declare that DJemal Pasha ar
rived at Jerusalem on Friday last to com
mand oDQO miserably equipped troops.
The following day Djemal Pusha was
found dead in his room. Just what forces
are actually on tho Sinai peninsula aro
not known.
While the desultory campaign In Egypt
Is proceeding, dispatches from Armenia
declare the Russians are meeting with
successes along the whole lino. Reports
say that the enemy's plan provided for
n frontal attack by the northern column
with the envelopment of the Russian rear
In the direction of Kars, Sarlknmisch and
Karaurgan, while tho southern column
was to cut the communications of the
Russians at Bayazet.
MEXICANS TOO BUSY
TO HOLD PEACE PARL'EY
Convention Proposed for January 10
May Be Postponed Indefinitely.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2t-Mexlcan gon
erals were too busy lighting to hold the
"peace conventlpn," scheduled yesterday'
by Provisional President Gutierrez, ac
cording to diplomatic dispatches here to
day. The new convention, proposed now
for January 10, may also bo Indefinitely
postponed, Until the VUllsta forces at
tain a decisive victory on the east coast
and at Monterey, It Is considered Impos
sible to hold the convention. Qutlerres
will hold on in tho meantime.
Advices to the rival Juntas here are to
the effect thdt extensive military opera
tions require the presence of the Villa
and Zapata lenders In the field. Villa
himself Is reported waiting, however, in
Mexico City, and Zapata at Cucm&vaca.
General Scott, chef-of.tafr, today re
ported further progress In his' negotia
tions to make the Arizona border Immune
from bullets of the Maytorepa and Hill
armies. A definite agreement has been
delayed because of the. dlfilculty pf hold
ing further conferences with both gen.
erals,
ITAI.Y OUSTS OEHMAN AGENTS
ROMK, Ja(n, J. Three score persons, be
lieved to bo agents of Germany and Aus.
trla engaged In forwarding contraband
goods into those countries, have been
notified by the representatives of ;the
Government that they -must leave the
country.
GERMAN' NAVAL "NIBBLERS"
' SNl TCH4WAY BRITISH BAIT
Oerrnanu's "jilo&Hnp" naval policy w mado. nay Kith much of the
British "bait." The sen laiset have been:
YetteU. Class. Tonnage. Crew. Date.
AmphlQii, third'eiass cruder , J, HO 3Z0 Aug. 8
J'athflnier, patra scout ....,.., SJliO S68 fiept.il
Hoove, armored orvlser ISfiOQ 755 Sept.gi
Oressu, armored cruiser J3.000 735 Sept. it
Abquklr, armored cruiser ISfiOO 1S5 Bevt.ti
Jlawke, protected atuiser ..,....,,...... 750 ,54 dot. 13
Audacious, battleship ., , S3, 000 SOQ Oct, SI
Uvrmes, protected cruiser S,too . 458 Oct. 31
Qood Hope, armored cruiser HJOQ 900 Nov. 1
Monmouth, armored cruiser 'J 00 75J Nov. 1
Niger, aunboat 810 85 Nov.it
Bulicark, battleship 15,000 781 Nov. 36
formidable, battleship ......,...,....... I5.W0 753 on. 1
Z'ht total awrt eo,smmih annaung&i p
doss -HOT I
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lasi at in
t Muma at tMJ
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PfcAdE AtfD WAR
every agency tvarhe hard to lave an indtHdual'e life.
ALLIES' ARTILLERY SILENCES
FOE'S GUNS ON THE AISNE
Sappers of Both Armies Blow Up
Trenches.
PARIS, Jan. 2.
Tho destruction pf German trenches
near Parvlllera and La Belssello Is re
ported In thl3 afternoon's ofllclal War
Office statement, but slight successes for
the Germans are also admitted.
Tho French ,havo mnlntalned all their
BultiB In west' Flanders, near Nleuport.
Artillery duels nro In progress around
Arns, Albert, Iloye and along the
Alsno, where tho French havo gained the
mastery. At one point on the Alsno
French artillery prevented a German
concentration movement. Tho Germans
are again bombarding tho French posi
tion at rthclms. East of Rhelms the Ger
mans lost ground.
In tho Argonno district, however, the
Kaiser's forces made Blight advances In
tho forest of LaGrurle.
Tho Germans hnve suffered very heavy
losses at Stelnbach, tho statement says,
where ,tho Ffench havo taken three more
rows of houses In hand-to-hand lighting
in the streets.
Thousands of German reinforcements
havo been brought up In tho Argonne and
a general offensive has been attempted,
plainly for the purpose of forcing a with
drawal In Alsaee, whore tho Germans are
being strongly pressed. Despite their
bent efforts tho Germnns have been un
able to make any distinct gains, accord
ing to tho latest reports to the War
Ofilce.
CZAR SWEEPS PAST
CARPATHIAN DEFILES
TO HUNGARY PLAINS
First Line Troops Force
Way Through Icy Passes.
"Vanguard Captures Sev
eral Villages.
VIENNA, Jan. 2.
Tho main Ilusslan attack Is being dl
rected against Hungary Instead of Ger
many or Western Qallcla. Official dis
patches from the front say that the Itus-alans-
tin enormous force havo driven
through the Carpathians, advancing in
four columns from Nysykow, Skyle,
rrurka and Oorilce. The vanguard of
the Invaders Is the crack 8th Russian
fTorps and behind. It Is declared to be
first-line Ilusslan troops apparently with
drawn from" Mio Polish front.
The Hussions have burst through tliq
Austrian defensive arrangements In west
ern GaJicls, and aro again pushing for
ward over tho Hungarian plains. The
first troops, to penetrate the passes of tho
-C&rpatlil&ns appeared on the eastern ends
of the mountain traverses early this
morning, and by nightfall had captured
several Hungarian villages and had re
occupied a great portion pf the territory
which they captured on their first in
cursion. The new invasion, is composed of four
lines of Russian troops, all of consider
fibla strength. One of them is believed
Id have forced Dukla pass nnd another
lizzie pass, where the Austrisns have
been concentrated In their greatest
strength.
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Copyright, 1B1J, by John T. SIcCutchoon.
VICTORIOUS KING
OF THE LOBSTERS
DONS CROWN AGAIN
Joe Chambers Wanted to
Sleep, But His Subjects
Brought a Band to Sere
nade Monarch.
The man who thought ho was to
be Hlng for only a day is having the
glory protracted.
Yesterday Joseph Chambers, presi
dent and captain of tho Lobsters, was
monarch of all ho surveyed. Ho won
tho first prize, ?100, in the fancy dress
contest of tho mummers' parnde. And
even if tho achievement did necessi
tate his wearing a headdress larger
and more formidable than that of the
Dowager Empress of China, a neck
piece that made the antlers of a bull
moose look small by comparison and
regal robes weighing several hundreds
of pounds, it was worth it.
This morning, however, Mr. Chambers
had planned to have tho comfortable, or
dinary time of a more mortal. He was
going to spend the day In bed. When
a man has walked tho streets of Philadel
phia from 5 o'clock New Year's morning
until 7:30 In the ovnlng this Is eminently
the most sensible thing to do the morn
ing after, even if it isn't kingly.
But the Lobsters deemed otherwise.
Relieving their king to havo all of tho
super-human powers that most rulers
are credited with, they doscended upon
him en masse, a band at their head, at
10:20 o'clock this morning and, assembling
outsldo of his home, 2836 South Franklin
street, called upon him to come forth
and Bhow himself and be congratulated
anew.
Uneasy lies tho head that wears a
crown. Joseph, turning on his pillow,
thought his subjects were in revolt, or
that tho world had come to an end or
that he hadn't got the first prize. But
tho proud voice of his wife, colling, "Joe,
Joe, come downstairs, the Lobsters are
here," brought him to himself. And,
shoes in hand tho king camo down, his
brown-stockinged feet swollen to almost
twice their normal size.
But the Lobsters would havo none of
their king in the mundane clothes of a
machinist, which is the everyday occu
pation of Mr. Chambers, and so the regal
head-dress had to be lifted from tho
parlor window where it had been put to
call forth tho admiration of passersby and
placed on the tired head of the South
Philadelphia monarch.
"The spirit Is willing but the flesh is
weak.' said the King to his wifo. "get
mo my boots, I can't get my shoes on."
"For 10 years," he continued, proudly
trying to keep the pain out of his face
while two subjects drew on the boots,
"I have been a New Year's shooter. The
first ttmo I ever went into the parade
I had the honor to be one of the pages
carrying the cape of Consressman wn.
1 11am S. Yare.
"But cairylng a cape isn't (ho hard
work that wearing one is. Seventy-live
pages were required to carry mine, and
In order to get It on yesterday I had to
go into Mifflin Square,
"These streets (.round here weren't
large enough. I had to take it oft last
night In order to get down Franklin
str?et to get to bed." .
Outside the Lobster's band played "Tip.
pprar" Impatiently. Tho King abjured
the huge costume of state! he couldn't
have got through the doorway if he
hadn't, and, donning a smaller one, hob.
bled out amid the cheers of his subjects,
who demanded that he parade onco more,
WINNING MUMMERS JOYFUL
tofesters Win Extra Prize of CHrard
Avenue Business Men, '
Members of tha Lobster New Year Club
and of the White Cap Association are
Jubilant today over tbelr success la the
mummers' parade.
i In addltlpn to winning the first prize
offered by Councils for fancy club, the
Lobstsrs also wqn a. prize of 75 pffered
for the best fanoy club by the Gira.nl
Avenue Business lien's Association and
janpther of JfiQ offered by the South fcl
Strtet Builness Men'q Association.
The White Caps won the eomlo prljo
of 175 awarded by tha Gtrard avenue as
sociation, and the prize of 135 offered by
the a street association
The Columbia Avenu Business Men's
Association peered tw in nriou &
"clubs wMeh WQuld tnafcfe on Colunjljfa.j
-, .. w .( ihj vuijijiuuiors. u
ha guarantee of awards ra given up.
liU therB wer-4 W dubs In Hue. tilt
cluVa declKrsd.
2, 1915-
I.S.I.A I II II.I11M..I ..."""
AtraritrAN JCA18VR OHBVnS
OAnntsoN op rnzEMTtir,
LONDON. Jan. t.-Aiolrel6f''
patch received here from BerVtov
that the foUotclao grcetjy habccn
tcnl bu Emperor FranciJoiph of
Austria to tMPncmvfjfrTliott.
"IHs llovat AposMlo Majesty
notes with heartfelt irnUMetht
spirited allegiance of tJVti
at 1'rtemvsl In the ll"di&"!L
mice; of its defenders the ijmperor
perceives the calm fcourttv tclth
CCSSJUIIV re"' "" """"
TAFT SAYS JAPAN
HAS NO DESIGNS
ON PHILIPPINES
,
Ex-President Discredits
That Idea and Declares
Islands Unfit for Self
Government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Wlth rcmark
ablo candor ox-Prcsldcnt Taft told the
Senate Philippines Committee today that
ii .Tniinneso do not want tho Philippines,
and that one or two generations ought
to pass bofore the Filipinos get Inde
pendence. "I don't care for tho power of tho
United Slates In tho Philippines," ho
said. "X would llko this country to got
out of the Islands, so far ns this country
alono is concerned. But I am thinking
about the poor peopio of tho Islands. Thoy
aro not lit for self-government. Thoy
don't like me out there, becauso I told
them so, and told them tho truth.
"However, if tho naval base on tho
islands wero strongly fortified, I tmnK
that any of tho European nations now
at Tr would regard it as m cloment or
strength rather than weakness.
"The only Power to which the islands
arc considered deslrable-I mean JaP1-"-docs
not caro for tho Islands at all, i
think." , T
Tho direct question of whether Japan
might not seize tho Islands and ask us
what uc were going to do about It lr
that country wero aggravated by our
treatment of Japanese In California was
put to Mr. Taft by Senator Hitchcock.
NOT WANTED BY JAPAN.
"That might happen," he said. "Tho
Japanese might seize tho islands because
of a provocation of another sort, but I
do not think thoy would bo seized for
any desire for tho Islands themselves.
.!. v.o ovont nt that kind of trouble
would wo not havo to fight tho Filipinos'
nlso?" asked Senator Lane.
"Well, if the Filipinos got the Japanese
or the Germans for masters they would
learn a few things about self-government,"
the ex-president replied.
"Do you think that If the Filipinos got
their independence they would bo any
more cruel tlr kill each other any fnster
than the Christian nations of Europe?"
persisted Senator Lane.
"It Is true that thoy could not be
more cruel than they are now in Ku
rojo; but that is a cruelty of war. Even
now nt homo tho rights of tho oltlzens
are protected."
When Lane persisted In his Inquiry
nbout the Gormans or Japanese taking
over tho islands, Taft said, as far as
finding out about self-government, the
Filipinos would be llko St. Patrick when
he looked for frogs In Ireland thnt there
weren't any.
LOSS IN BR.T.SK TRADE
Clearing House Reports Decrease of
$8,850,780,000 in 1014.
LONDON, Jan. 2. Tho report of the
Clearing House shows that tho business
for the year 1911 amounted to 14,663,043,
000 (J73,32o,000,O00), which was a decrease
of 1,771,336,000 (,836,7SO,000) as compared
With the year 1913.
The Stock Exchange business during
19H amounted to 1,431,780,000 ($7,OS,900,000),
which was a decrease of 600,231,000
($3,001,235,000) as compared with 1913.
The Bank of England sold 1,014,003
($3,070,006) in gold. Tho destination of
the gold Is not given, but it Is believed
to bo France and to bo connected with
the Impending Issue here of 10,000,000
($50,000,000) worth of French Treasury
bills.
BROKER TO WED ARTIST
Joel Cooke Huber, an insurance broker,
1419 North Broad street, and Miss Mary
A. Hays, an artist. 63J1 Sherwood road,
appeared at City Hall, and a marriage
license was Issued to them. Frank A.
Hays, an architect and the father of the
young woman, was also present. Miss
Hays is 20 years old, consequently Mr.
Hays was required to give his consent to
the marriage.
TWELVE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
Month of December Disastrous for
Empire's Commerce.
LONDON. Jan. 2. A Government re
port says that German warshlpa in the
month of December sank tlvo British
steamships, aggregating 15,793 tons.
Seven British vessels, aggregating 7432
tons, were destroyed by mines, with a
loss of 25 lives.
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38 VIOLENT DEATHS
IN MORTALITY LIST
OF HOLIDAY WEEK
Suicide, Homicide, Fire.
Rail, Auto and Trolley
Accidents Contribute to
Total of 562.
Thlrly-clght deaths from violent caUse'r
occurred during Philadelphia's holldaj
week. Six wero suicides, seven due tc
burning, io from injuries received ty
falls and two were homicides. Auto
mobltcs, trolleys and railroads wero re
sponsible for fatalities.
Tho total number of deaths during tht
last seven days was C62, five less than
last Week and 28 moro than during the
corespondlng week lost year. Trans
mlsslble diseases caused 169 of tho deathr
this week.
Eighty-five new cases of diphtheria
were reported during this week, 39 more
than In tho preceding week. Diphtheria
caused 14 deaths this week. Chicken pot
dovclopcd 139 new cubcs In all parts o'f
tho city. Other new cases of disease de1
veloplng wero measles,, 00; mumps, SS
scarlet fever, 23. eight more than last
week; typhoid fovcr, 13.
Deaths, fiom all causes this week wer
ns follows:
Measles lltornla i
Diphtheria II Obstruction ot In-
Croup l testlnoa 1
Influenaa . ncirrhoBli ot liver... :
Lryslpelas .1 Hilary Calculi i
Beptlccmla ..Diseases of liver..! r
Pellagra ......... 1 Acute nephrltl
Tuberculosis of Brlnht's iiloao.... 5S
"nB ,- 01 Diseases of bladder :
Tuberculosis men- Diseases of pros-
insula j tato ,
jtdomlnal tubercu
losis Tuberculosis ot
other organs
Tuberculosis, dis
seminated nic!rt?ts
Syphilis
Cancer
Tumors .......... i
-.Diseases of tubes... 3
Puerperal eoptlce-
2 tnla f
Puerperal convul-
1 along
lAbacees ,
2 Diseases of skin... i
23 Congenital malfor-
.Acute articular m.n.n.
rheumatism 1 Prematuro'blrHi"" Jr
?e?. :,'.::;:; ??nJL.?w..ii7. 3
leukemia ..:::".: 5.nViBn.01. eur,y
Infancy .
Anemia, chlorosis.. 1 Suicide
.Meningitis l suicide,
Locomotor ataxia., l or st
e by ai
by asphixla 1
nanBing;
t?ln
1 or strangulations. 1
.itr 1tllsea!8 of Suicide by firearms. I
iKlHI1 cord 2 Suicide by cutting
Apoplexy ... . 2n Instruments ..... I
Softening of brain.. 1 Conflagration 1
Paralysis . ........ snurns r
aencral paralysis Absorption 'of gases 1
of insane ... ... 1 Injuries by fall... Jr
Ri.f,'' of bln. 2 Injuries toy machine 1
Convulsions of in- Injuries by other
fants l crushing ......... i
Diseases of the eyo Injuries by rail-
and its adnexa.... 1 roads 1
Diseases of tho car .1 Injuries by street
pndocardltls . ... i! cars l
Heart diseaso. . . . w Injuries by automo-
Dlseases of arteries 10 biles 1
A?F;ff8K,s .'..," 1 Injuries by other
Acuto bronchitis... 8 .chicles ..........
Chronic bronchitis. 1 Injuries by animals. 1
llronchopneumonla . 34 Homicide by nre-
Pnoumonla 41 arms j
Congestion and Homicide by other
apoplexy of lungs. A means I
Asthma l Injuries nt birth... .
Lmphyscma ....... a Other external lo-
Diseases of esopha- ienco i
mis ....... ....... 1 Other ill-dellncd
nicer of stomach.. 1 diseases ;
Other diseases of Coroner's cases
-'stomach 4 pending , l
Diarrhea lu .
Appendicitis and Totals ,5C
typhlitis ... 3
JAPS AID CZAR'S GUNNERS
Authorized to Servo After Bringing
Field Pieces.
TOKIO, Jan. 2. Japanese soldleis went
to tho Russian frontier some time ago
to deliver guns and ammunition pur
chased In Japan and an authorization bj
Emperor Nicholas for Japanese to serve
in tho Russian army wns gazetted re
cently In Harbin, lUnnchurla.
These facts aro advanced here as o
possible explanation of the report In cir
culation that a Japanese army was on
the way to Europe.
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