"ffiMJfeu 'i-gyyagFW?" FINANCIAL EDITION fMtajer NIGHT EXTRA i NIGHT EXTRA icuemna - cr vol. n no. c Philadelphia, Thursday, mzvmuimi 2, 1015. CorumtiT, 1015 M tiib Pcstia Iimii Commni. PRECIS ONE CENT ITALY PROMISES TO AID SERBIA; NO SEPARATE PEACE parliament Told of Pact Signed With Allies. Greeted by Applause BALKAN ARMY READY People Cheer News That Al- banin Will Be Invaded by Italians noMi:, Dec. 2. Forelfin Minister Sonnlno'i announce ment in Parliament tint Itnly lind signed the pact providing that nono of tho Entente Allies should mnke a separate peace, nml his plodso that Italy would help Serbia crcutcit Intense enthusiasm hero todas, except nmoiiR members of the Socialistic partj Patriotic Italians bcllcvo that Soiinlno's statement will tc movc any suspicion tint Itnlj Is seklns EClllth ends without r('aid to the eventual success of the combined Entente The rccoiivcnlnB of Parliament took place without nn untoward Incident ex cept that caused bs Socialistic Diputies They refused to stand when SlBtior Mnr eora, president of the Chambei, delivered bis opening address. At the conclusion of the President's address the I'orclKit Minister made his statement. InfoiniliiR tho Deputies of tho steps taken bv the Goornnunt during the period while Parliament was not In session Trcquent cheers also mirkcil his address, an overwhelming hurst of applauso following the announcement that Italy, Prance. Ilussln and nnghind jiow form n Quadiuple Kntento In fact as well as In name The pledgo of help to Serbia struck n popular chord. Qin.cn Helena being a princess of MonUncRro. which Is fight ing with Serbia ngalnst tho Central Powers In Itulguilu "Italy Is not Insensible to Pcrhla's dis tress," Sonnlonl said "She Is preparlns to aid that heroic countrj " It Is understood that an expedition Is nearly re uly to snll and that the land ing will be on tho Albanian coast. The battle on tho peaks of the Isoii70 front has developed Into a slaughter In Which neither the Italians not Austilant appear to bo near a decision Tho following olllclul communication from the Italian headquarters wis issued last night "Yesterday our Infantry was occupied In tho work of strengthening the positions attained, under tho piotcctlon of an In tensive fire from our nrtlllery for tho purpose of smashing tho new lines of tho ( .Austrian reslstnncc "The usual lire from tho ndversary, di- rectedmnlnst Inlmblted regions, caused an outbreak of Ilium's in tho civic bos pihl at Monfnlcone which, however, was very promptly brought under con- ltrol. "Austrian ncroplanes diopped bombs on the vlllagts of l'aulnro and Ilemislnclnln. In the Carnla rcRlon, causing no d unaRc. Jn small encounters which occurred at different points on tho front we took about 30 prisoners and a quick-firing gun." GERMAN CHANCELLOR TO DISCUSS PEACE TERMS IlIJilLIX. Dec 2 Imperial Clnnccllor on Ilothmnnn Ilollues will discuss tho question of peace In the near future at a session of the Reichstag, It was announced todns The Overseas N'cws Agency issued tho following statement this nftornoon "The Imperial Chancellor probablj will how that the rulers of the countries at war with Germans nro still blinded by their belief In Germans 's starvation nnd economic prostration and other Illusions, and that, therefore, Germanj's peace con ditions, which would he dictated bj her successes on tho whole battlo line, would hardly be acceptablo nnd might bo In terpreted as signs of weakness or weari ness of tho war" "This Interpretation," says the Over seas Agency, Is caused by the fact that nobody In Germany understands why our enemies, after their diplomatic defeats and military failures In tho Palkans, have Jiot yet begun peaco negotiations." The Chancellor's statement will be In reply to an Interpellation by tho So clalists. ITALIAN ATTACKS FAIL ON TOLMINO POSITIONS it VIENNA. Bee. 2 The Austrian head Quarters Issued this, olllclal statement last night "On the Isonzo front jesterday re peated attacks on tho bridge head of Tolmlno collapsed before our fire "Last nlBht u stroiiR artillery fire was epened against the northern slope of Jlonte San Mlchele. "At tho same time the Italians attack ed the summit of this mountain but ere repulsed "Attempts by the Italians to attack we sector of San Martlno also failed." Two.foot Snowfall in Adirondacks UTICA, N. v, Dec 2.-The Adlron- oacKg section In Lewis and Jefferson counties north of hero is covered with 4 arylnR ln denth from six inches to il!. u?1 M Carthage train schedules were shattered last night when two feet ?,.mn9W over"! the tracks, , but todsy . uamc conditions were approaching- IlOFninI Th.nilt . I rL . - I jaeie was a one-Inch fall of snow during last night. c THE WEATHER FhA lMitun . . .. . tj,:r :w""' " ooesni suck Nobody likes to see waste. Waste of ""''' "a" ol J"", waste of words, vrH. . V'UUB," ae or politeness, hot'n.5.."LC- b'. whe ipowtlakes are ltVV.i ? .. .""' '"" lne email uoy, Slai eHy-uniper." Just aching to 3....I ". , B"-coverea mil, the pe hit i ' .W,th thln 80les and maybe a y?," . "?, ana uie om maid who tlAtW o' Pneumonla-all these become iMai- V wa'en me nakes disap- p;.- ""i "' urown, wei earth. It ms go useless. B Rn. n. -i. ... !lS 'i ' r ?" us ony y trying a Skaa' ,S Whlle that snQW ""ally sticks: . mi mm peopie, too. FORECAST mcor ratiaaeipnia and vicinity 1 f 0V anil. nif;.n.,J .i,,r...i.i.. i.j tonight and Fridau. with madernta mterlv winda. PROPOSED LOAN WILL BE CLOSE TO $100,000,000 Most of It Intended for General Improvements and Transit Construction SEGER CRITICISES PORT Finance Committee Chairman Says Mayor Was Wrong Try ing to Make it Great Thn loan for Keneral Improvements to ho jnsscd upon by tho Councllmanlc Plnnnce Committee this afternoon will ho nearer $100,000,00 tlnn $V),(iOi,0O0, accord ing to Charles Soger, chalrmin of the Subcommittee on Plnaticc. Mr. Segcr m ido this statement In tho course of n rapid lire Interview In which ho s-ild that putting mmipj Into tho port of Philadel phia Is like throwing It Into a sewer. Hie amount of tho loan had not been lln illy determined when the subcommittee met at noon In City llnll, nccordlnR to Mr hegcr, who was seen just before ho cnteud this meeting, lie said that J17, 000,000 can be borrowed in addition to what is obtained for transit and port developments, and because of this tho loan would bo nearer $100,000,000 than JW.000,000. CRITICISES POUT. "Hut I want to sty one thlnR," added Mr Scger, "and I do not caro whether I am quoted or not Spending mones for this port Is like throwing It into a scwci Mas or HhinkcnliurR Is all right, but his cffoits to build up Philadelphia as a port are all wronR What can I'hititrlclphln expect to do us a port? Huston and New York are on the sui 11 iltlnmre h is a natural deep harbor Philadelphia is 100 miles up tho liver fiom the sea. and it Is almost liuposslblo to keep a chan nel clear in the river "Major Illnnkcnburg sns ho wants to make Phl.adclpbla another Hamburg, nnd points to the progress that Hamburg, which also Is Inland, has made as a port. Uut Hamburg has become a big port because Germans has no seaport. rou gi;nuiial impuovkmunts "Tho p ismiko of the amendment In creasing tho borrowing capaclts of the cits and restricting the use of the money to poit and transit Improvements was wrong. All of tho loan money should bo available for general Improvements Tho only solution I can sec for Philadelphia as a port would bo a canal across New Jersey to tho sea Tho tide backs up Lnntlntird on I'nite Tim, Column Two ROOSEVELT CALLS TAFT'S PEACE LEAfiUEUS 'PRATTLERS' Attacks Organization in Supporting General Wood NHW lOItK, Dec 2 -Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sharply criticised the League to Hnfi-reo Peace and its piesident, Wil liam How aid T.ift, In an article In this week's Princeton Alumni Weckls. calling them piattleis Tho article, which Is headed "General Wuud on Preparedness," is a rev'ew of tho latter's new book "Tho Milltarv Obligation of Cltlzenshlr.' pub lished this month bs tho Princeton Unl vol sits" Press ROOSEVELT NOT GOING BACK TO REPUBLICANS, SAYS GEO. W. PERKINS Withdrawal of Name From Pri maries in Nebraska Should End Such Talk, He Asserts MAKES PLANS FOR 1916 NnW VORK, Dec ! Colonel Itoosevelt has absolutely no Intention of returning to the Ilepubilcan parts", according to George W. Perkins, chairman of the Progressive Htecutlve Committee, who was slated for a conference with the Colonel todas. "Tho Colonel's action In withdrawing his name us a Presidential candidate from the Ilepubilcan primaries In Nebraska should end all talk that he Is going back to the old parts," said Mr Perkins. Mr Pel kins' statement apparently Is backed up by recent activity at Ojster Hay During the last few weeks several Piogressivc parts leaders, particularly those from tho middle West, have been In conference with Colonel Itoosevelt. Victor Murdock and Medlll McCormitk have confeired with the Colonel within the last foitulriht Chairman Prank P. Coirtck, of the Nebraska Progressive State Committee, was at Osster Hay, on Tuesday Chairman Clarence P. Dodge, of the Colorado Progressive State Com mittee, expected to see the Colonel to day Mr. Perkins was asked about reports that the Progressives are willing to In doise Justice Hughes -in case he Is nominated for the Presidency by the Ile pubilcan convention. "I am too uuss to ileny all reports cir culated by reactionaries," no said "Uut the statement our committee Issued a few duia ago should cover that point The Progressives are not bothering ubout what tho Kepubllcans or the Democrats may do. We are going straight ahead with our plans for l'J16." The 19U Progressive platform "brought up to date" will form the basis of the parts's appeal for votes In 1915, Mr Perkins bald Besides Colonel Itoosevelt and Governor Johnson, of California, Al bert J. Bovcrldge and Charles Sumner Ulrd former Progressive candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, are being talked of as Progressive presidential pos sibilities, he said. "The, Progressives have an organiza tion for this campaign," said Mr. Per kins. "Four years ago we had nothing In the wuy of au organization. Financing the campaign probably will bother us. v. eiDLct. however. o meet with suc cess in a popular appeal for funds as In 19U." STOLEN BABY SAFE Sir r iB? wLa IE'" Sl tIHhi When little Louis Snyder crows uii to be n hif; man he can boast of having been kidnapped and then, after two days, left on a doorstep by his nbductors. The hoy's parents, who live at 151 Lcithfcow street, are rejoicing today over his safe return. PLOTS AGAINST U. S. ARSENAL ARE REVEALED Commandant at Rock Island Reports Attempts to Destroy Post BATTERY PLANT BLAZE Coincidence of Fires and Explo sions Causes Suspicion of Wide Conspiracy- Sinister circumstances attending fires and explosions in Industrial plants in vn rlous pa-ts of the countrs' within tho last few weeks nre emphasized by todas "s re port of the discovery of what the com mandant of tho United Mates arsenal nt Hock Island, 111 , declares to hive been n series of attempts tn destios that grent milltarv post Pi om Mndlf-nn, Wis , comes the story that the Punch Ilattcry fac tors", engaged In construction of warnti tomob'los, was dam iged bs an Incendiary lire S'sterdas Theso events, following closely upon the explosion last Tuesday at tho du Pont powder plant, near Wilmington, Dil, where 31 lives were sicillleed, tho reient lires at tho ltocbllng works In New Jcrses". at the Hethlehem Steel plant, and mssti rlous troubles at suudrs other munition factories, lend color to a sus. piclon w Idols entertnlned of tho existence of a consplracs to ripple orf destrov es tablishments under contract to furnish supplies to the Kuropenn belligerents Anxiety caused bs tho frcciucnt repetition of these attempts, successful nnd other wise, is not lessened by the fact that they are reported from widels scpirated points ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY U. S. ARSEXAL AT ROCKFORD, ILL. Commandant Reports Failure of Sin ister Designs Against Military Post nOCK ISLAND, III. Dec. 2-That sev eral attempts have been made to destroy tho great United Stntes military arsenal was revealed todas by tho report sent Contlnurd on I'oife Three. Column Hue L'lTALIA N0N FARA LA PACE SEPARATAMENTE L'Austria, sull'Orlo della Ban- carotta, Avrebbe Fatto Inu- tilmente le Prime Ouvetures II generate Cadorna ha nnnunclato die le forze Itullane si sono rlposato neila glornata dl lerl l'altro. occupandosl sol tanto del consolldamento delle posizionl recentemente conqulstate. Soltnnto 1'artlKllerli e' stata in attlvlta' ule per proteggere I lavorl dl consolldamento della fanterla o sia per distrugsere II plu" posslblle le nuovo llueo dl dlfc&a uubtrlacbe. t'na eccellento notlzla vlene Invcce da Roma. La Camera del Deputntl si e rlaperta ed il mlnlstro dell Hsterl. on Sonnlno vl has fatto dlchlarazlonl Impor tantlsslmo chc rlmuovono dubbll die crano statl frcquentemente espressl in queste ultlme settlmane circa I'atteggla miiito dell'Itnlla dl fronte al probleml militarl e polltlel della Quudrupllce In tcsa 11 mlnlstro ha dlchlarato che I'ltalia llrmo" sin dal 5 Settembre II Patto dl Londra in base al quale nesjuna delle quattro potenze alleato dovra' fare separatamente la pace Ncl clrcoll po lltlel romuiil si rltleno che 11 barone Son nlno non avrebbo avuto blsohgno dl fare ouaesta dlchlarazlone se non av esse avuto seutore dL prossiml passl dell'Austrla per la pace con l'Halla, e si dice anzt ch aualche passo sia stato gla" faito. SI rltleno che l'Austrla si trovi In sra vlssUnl Imbarazzl linanzlarll e iho sol tanto con la pace puo" evltaro la completa bancarotta. E' notato ancbe a Roma II falto die 1 impcratore Francesco Giuseppe ha scelto tre nuovl mlnlstrl tuttl bauchi- ....nil uinn anntintn nuelll rhe In en. 4 -.. rv- .-.-. t ---- . Austria sono plu' In favore della pace (Lelar ln - puiiiuu to uiuiuo u viu dettasllate notizle sulla. guerra. In 1UU- no.) IN MOTHER'S ARMS !U. S. WILL ARREST ALL SUSPECTS IN SPY PLOT PROBE Officials Try to Trace the Explosions at Muni- tions Plants INVENTOR CAPTURED Dr. Ritter, Taken in Cleveland, Said to Have Conferred With Austrian Diplomat Ry a Staff Corrttpondent WASHINGTON. Dec 2 With scores of lives lost nnd millions of dollars worth of properts" dcatroscd In an unprecedented series of eplonIons, Department of Jus tice ofllclals aro causing the arrest of overs' pen-on nlleged to have any knowl edge of plots to blow up munition plants and ships carrslng supplies to tho Al lies. Tno department was advised todas" of thn arrest In Cleveland of Dr. C AV. Ititter, an AUHtro-Ilungiirl in chemist, who h.iss ho Is the Inventor of liquid (Ire nnd other denth-deallng war devices Tin arrest wuh made upon Inform itlon sworn out by Chailcs Do Woods, spiel il agent of the Department of Justice. According to Doctor Hitter's confes sion, made shortly after his arrest, Il-iion Krieli buledlnck von .Sudenhorst, who is ln charge of the Austro-IIuugarlan I'm basy here by nason of tho ncnll of Dr Theodor Constantln Dumbi, tho Amlns sador, went to Cleveland nnd met Doctor Hitter Itiron Swlcdinek while In Cleve land registered under tho name of Itohert smith, urciudimr to Doctor Hitter The chemist asserted that ho mule an nlll davlt concerning the sinking of the I.uhI tanl i while Ilnron Kivieillnck was pres ent, that ho was given several hundred dollar bs" Ilaron Swiedlnek, and ho was rosally entertained With llaron Swiedlnek nt tho tlmo ho mado his I.usttnnla confession, according to Doctor Hitter, was Judge Charles S. Heed, counsel for Urnest Ludwlg, Aus-tro-Uungnrian Consul, who vas named as a conspirator in tho plans that led to the recall of Doctor Dumbi. Judgo Heed admits having a, long atlidavlt from Contlnurd oil 1'agp Two, t oliinin live CEEAR WEATHER WILL FOLLOW SNOWSTORM Weather Bureau Promises Con tinued Cold, However, When Clouds Disappear Clenrer weather for tonight and Trldis Is predicted by the local weather bureuu following tho first real snowstorm of tho sear, that struek hero this morning and lasted several hours Prospects for the next 30 hours aro for continued moderately cold weather The wind U expected to shift to the west bs tonight, clearing away the last remnants of the eloomy weather that accompanied the snow. Two-hundredths of an Inch of snow fell by S o'clock this morning, at which time the lowest temperature for the last 21 hours was registered It was not quite low enough, tc suit the smill boj-, who has been overhauling his sled, how ever, and Indications arc that it will not be todas. New York Gets Snow, Too NCW YORK, Dec 2 -New York was visited bs its first snow fall of the season this morning. The Hakes began falling at S.20. Telegraphic reports showed that the fall of snow extended as fur south as Washington SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT STATE FRANKLIN, Dec. 2 The ground in this vicinity Is covered with about two inches of snow, after a snowfall which began jesterday afternoon and continues todas". IOTTSVILLE, Dec. 2.-A light blanket of snow covered the lower anthracite re gion this morning with prospects of u warm rain. PITTSBURGH. 3cc 2. Snow, which bi,-'an falling early last evening, continues to fall today The snow is falling heavily, but only In the outskirts of the city U tt covering streets or pavements. SALES OF MILK FOR BABY CLUE TOMDNAPPER Detectives Trace Woman Who Stole Louis Snyder and Expect Arrest Soon CRAZED BY LOSS OF SON Young Mother Relieved to Have Tried to Replace Her Dead Roy With Infant She Saw in Street the voung woman who wheeled nway l-mnntiis-old Louis Predollck Snvdcr and, after keeping him In hiding for two (lavs while n house-to-house si arch "f the northenstern section of the city vvns nude, left him mi a doorstep when the police wore elns upon her trail, will shoitlv be located. Is the belief of the po lice, who this afternoon rw mrims the first definite clue to her IdentltS". It was through some close reasoning tint the detectives found the clue There Is only olio thing to give n liahy I months old lo keep It alive and tlmt is milk So their work wns cut out for them, to visit every mllkshop In Kensington, Prnnkford nnd the other sections in the Nortlunst until thei should lind some one who sells milk and who sold It to u soung woman nboul 11 venrs of nge, of slight figure, weighing ubout 110 pounds, live feet llvo In height, a blonde, with n sllghtls turned-up nop. Mich mis the description of those who had seen her with the linh Mnndav after noon befnio the knew a b ihv had been kidnapped It wnsjiio easy task to find n milk shop where sho hud been to get th linbv s siippls. theie In Ing so nrinv of tin m And the chances wen- gieat 1 n-alnst tho milk shop people's remem bering suih a voung worn in KIND THAIL IN KHNSINGTON Hut this afternoon, nt a milk shop nenr Indiana avenue nnd C street, n wor -n remembered n girl who bought mlllc id who earrled a vers souug baby on '..r arm Acting Detectives Clifton nnd Hedmond nnd street Sergeant .Inrcpli Illllcgus, of I In- ltd and York streets station, ques tioned the woman closelj. Shu hid nil Idea which way the girl went with the babv This nirrowed the Held of Inquiry Tho net thing was to lind n voung mother, and perhaps n souug mother who had re cently lost her littlo son Por tho fact that Louis Snvder, when he wis taken to his parents' home at 2111 Noith Leltli gow street, last night, was In good con dition, hiving been carefully diesscd an J washed mil fed by his abductor, mado It seem eertaln Hint the womni who had run awn with him had much more senti ment thin an oidinits Kidnapper. Tho theory w is tint she was a grlcf ernzed mother iv ho li id lost her bobs and who was walking thn streets brood ing ovir her loss when she saw thn Pns der b iby sitting In his co ich In front of tho 5 and 10-cint store on Pi out street, neir D luphln. where Mrs Snsder had left him Xlondas afternoon whllu sbo went In to nuko some puichases. The facts that the ditectlves unenithcd this nftiinoon bore out this tlieors. LOST HAHV TWO WHL'KS AOO Tin soung mother under suspicion lost her b iby two weeks ago Her liusbind Is n traveling man nnd Is believed to have been out of the cits whm Ills wife brought home the Infant Hi turning sea terdiv. the polUo believe that ho nt once advised his wife to g t lid of the child ns soon as possible hj lenvlng it on n dooistep, and. If tho tlieors li totrect. It was be who accompanied the woman when she left the child on tho step of 2J10 Itonr stnet last night the lnhv tint diul wis three months ild, n month oungir than Louis Snsder It was this bibvs ilothts, wlileh his Continued on 1'uge Dilrlrrn, Column One SHIP PLOT LAWYER SCORES PROSECUTOR Says U. S. Is Affected With 'De- tectomania.' Jury May Get Case Today NHW YORK'. Dec 2. Dr Karl Huenj! and the other Hamburg-American Line ollieliils nnd era plosts on trial for eonhplraes to defraud the tloveinment expected ti know their fate before couit adjourned tonight Ted eral Judge llnwe enlivened court half an hour earlier tod IS', to glvo thu Jurors dunce, to lender n verdict without being locked up overnight In his rulings on tho cNidenco Judgo Howe Indlcuted that the defendants had a right to send out the biipply ships to io.il and provUion German ships In the Atliutie, that there was no violation of neutrnlits nnd Infraction of International law. 'Hits loit tho vvholo ease resting on the alleged fali-o manifests and tho fact that tl o chartered ships did not go to their porta of destination. William Rand. Ji , chief counsel for tho defense, led In the argument He pointed out that tho defendants weru chirked wltli four crlmes-fnWfsing tho destitution of the ilmrtered supply ships, falMfsing the names of the shippers of the cargoes, falslfsln; tho contents of the cargoes and faUUsing the value of tho cargoes l'inds $300 Pearl in Ojster Shell HAGHHSTOWN. Mil. Dec 2-A pearl valued by n local Jeweler at &, was found bs William Saunders while eating ossters on the half shell ut one of Jlagerbtown's restaurants The pecirl bearing bivalve came from Chlucoteague lias. Moderate Amount of English Cash to Aid the French Loan The kubterlptlon of the PnglWh people tn the lench wur luuu U inoilerutr. One cufbM. by un etpert In l.oitdoii. ue Erl ftoO.OOU.OOO u the turn. The IrrncU piuuut ure draw Ins f ree ls from their sold and tlher hourdu to buy their beloved rente. 'Ihr welcome flrimuft of AmcrUuu ex ihuuxe, u) l'runil . Hint, rdltor of the liOiulou KcouomUt, U ueribed to American purcliatm of the trrncli loun, which niiut jlcld luvelor 1" America nearly 7 per ceut . Iliuuks to I tie double rxihuuse premium, 'Hie Uuuorlul kltuutlon la Kinlaiid U dUeukrd lu an urtlcle eut by prc'l cable and published exclusively la the KTralns Ledcer on pse It ol this Uaue QUICK NEWS WOMAN LliAPS TO DEATH FROM WINDOW Mrs. Mnry Kennedy, C5 years old, committed suicide today by leaping fiom the thlrd-sto'y window of her home at 400 Morris street. She wis pronounced dend nt the Mr, Sinai Hospital. It is said she worried over the death of her husband nnd the absence of a too, from whom she had not licad in scveml months. SEVENTH GERMAN SPY EXECUTED IN LONDON LONDON, Dec. 2. The seventh German spy to be shot to death iu London slnco lite wnr begou was executed this morning, it was officially lUMtouncecl. BOTHMER REPULSES SLAV ADVANCE JJDnLIN, Dec. 2. Attempts by Russian divisions to advance wcic repulsed by the army of Ocucial von Bothmer, the official War Office report, issued this afternoon, announces, GOETIIALS CAN'T SAY WHEN CANAL WILL BE OPEN WASHINGTON, nor. 2. In a letter ic-relvcd by Kerrctnry of Wnr Onr rlson todas (Icner.il (loetluils, Onvernor of tho I'nnntna Cnnnl, sulil that It la Itnpossllilo tn predlit when the cnnnl will bo open ngnln for tralllc. General tluetluils pointed out thnt tho Bcologlrnl piertH lmvo fallen down on their reports on tho cnnnl. IIo F.ild the jilneri they picked out ns safe from slides lmvo been tho ones where most of the trouble has occurred. GERMANS CAPTURE BRITISH BIPLANE IN FRANCE Ili:Ut,IN. Dor. L' Only nrtlllery nnd mining operations are reported from the west front liv the Oernmti Wnr Ulilic toilnv. Tho leport sass. "Thero lia been in tillers lire nnd mine warfare nt different points. A blplano con taining two lliitlsli nllleers vvns foiced by motor trottblo to descend near St. Quentiii The iicriipants were captured. MAIL TO U. S. OVERWHELMS BRITISH CENSORS LlVIIRroOL, Kng, Dec. 2 Tho thousand women ( eiors whoso duty It Is to lend nil mull Kolng to America were swuniped today by a delugo of letters and purcels. Kim o the. Wnr Oilii e established a censorship over malls ad dressed to Amoilcii nil letters unit parcels Rolng to tho United States must bo posted a das earlier. Olllces Imve been prepared for thu women on tho docks. JANE ADDAMS IS RESTING EASILY IN HOSPITAL CHIC'AClO. Dec. 2. Juno Aililiims upent a (food nlglit nnd Is resting easily, the i'resbstcrlan Hospital announced today. BRITISH WILL STICK TO DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN LONDON, Dec. 2. It Is stilted authoritatively tlmt thero is now no question of tho llrltlsh abandoning thu eiunpalKii on tho Gullipoll l'eninsula nnd at tho Dardanelles It is leported from Turin that several battalions of liulffurian tioops Juvo Just been bent to the lialllpoll l'eninsula to hearten tho Turks. RUSSIANS ROUT KURDS NORTH OF TEHERAN l'i:TUOGRAD, Dec 2 A telegram from Tiflis to tho Novoo Vremsa sa3 the Russian troops nro advancing In l'crsla, havlncr dispursed a forco of Kurds, after a sharp encounter, on November 20, south of IaiKo Urumla. and advanced the net day within 12 miles of Teheran The hhah's Government, tho correspondent sass, has been Impotent, in the face of Gel man agitators and armed bands, to carry out ItH plcdgo to prescrvo order These bands lmvo nin isscd at Ispalmn and Ilninailan a Krcat riunntlty of munitions of wur. Save lor I'rinco Firman rirmn. tho members of tho Government nro tald to bo In sjmpathy with German-, nnd tho Shah himself Is poweiless. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY WOMEN JOIN ARMS WORKERS LONDON, Dec. 2 Tho Dally Now a reports that 100 Glasgow- University women have entered upon a fortnights training in munition works On tlnlshinK this course they will undertake week-end work witli a view- of resting men. Hundreds of offers from other women had to ho refused GERMANY HOLDS 33,000 BRITISH PRISONERS LONDON, Dec. 2 -The number of llrltlsh prisoners of war In Germans Is now approximate 33,000 Tlno figures were Riven in lespon'-o to a question In the Housu of Commons by Harold J. Tcimant. 1'aillamentary Undersecretary for War. BRITISH CRUISERS ACTIVE IN SOUTH ATLANTIC MONTHVIDKO, Dec. 2 The presence of llrltlsh cruisers in tho South Atliutie Is interfering with the passenger servico between .Montevideo and Huenos Aires Tho steamship Oalio Corrlentes, Using tho Argentlno flag but owned bj tho Hamburg-South American Line, suspended sestcrdis"'3 trip BELGIAN BANKS MENACED WITH CONFISCATION AMSTHUDAM. Dec, 2. When tho jear covrel by the original war levy on Uelglum expired last month it was reported uero that tho German Administra tion would continue to collect at the rate of 40,000,000 francs monthly without stating tho total sum desired or tho period of Its collection Later, according to prominent Belgians who recently left their countrj-, tho German authorities announced that they would require tho sum of 4SO.000.000 francs ($96,000,000). collectible as previously lu monthly sums of 40 000,000 francs each, hut that secur ity for the sum total was to bo provided immediately. Unless sucli securities were voluntarily produced, tho Helglan travelers reported, private banking and safe deposit accounts were to bo seized by tho Germ in administrators as col lateral for tho lovs1. GREEK KING ORDERS ARMY TO AVOID AGITATION HO'ITHHDAM. Dec 2 An autograph letter from King Constantino to the commander of tho Grecian army Is reprinted bj tho llerlincr Tngoblatt. He orders tho commander to keep nllvo enthusiasm among tho troops and tnka caro that discipline docs not relax. Tho King also draws the attention of the goncrac. to tho necessity of keeping all political agitation out of the ranks and of taking caro that the soldier remains what bo is Ho adds. 'Soldiers have nothing to do with politics They onl have to bo well equipped and ready any moment to fullil their duty " WAR TO END IN SPRING, MUNSTERHERG PREDICTS HOSTON. Dec 2 Tho war will cml In tho spring Tills is the prediction of I'rof Hugo Muusteiherg. of Harvard University Ho has, he sas-s, veiy good reasons for thinking so. but he is not ut liberty to stnto what they are. This was the most that rouhl lie obtained Irotn the eminent psschologist, when seen in his studs in Imierson Hall Cambridge. Ho slinpls made a little more definite his statement in llrooklvn that "pence will come sonnc. than we think." HIS HOME A SLAUGHTER HOUSE Inspector Says Man Uses Dwelling as Place for Killing: Chickens "Just as soon as he would seo me com ing ho would rush into the front room of his home, put on the robe of n rabbi und start to pros'," declared Inspector William fWahl, of tho Hureau of Health, to Magistrate Jieaton 4t the Central Sta tion tod is while testifying against Harry Cohen, of ill Emits street, whom he charged with using his home as a place for slaughtering chickens, which Is a di rect violation of the nealth laws "The conditions in this man's home ure unbearable," said Wahl "it's a three stois house He and his fumlls occupy the tlrst floor and sleep on the third He sublets the second Moor When I went there on November 13 I found feathers and other refuse from the chickens strewn on the dining room tloor, where the nun, his wife und children cat" Boy Seriously Injured by Car Seven-sear-old Arnold Zwler Is In St Josephs Hospital suffering from Injuries received last night when he wa struck by a cir nt i Uigtnn s eet and t'ol unib a avenue His -nnd on is striouj LOST AND FOUND VV.VTf !!- reward for return of very fmall kruii ih.ittlnlno natch sold trimmed grun fjiv. wltli toll imikI and Agurca. bark ut Willi i poarU Tor .cnonal riutcn, the wntrh U of niu.h greater value to the owner than iw In trliule worth H.-J Spruce t PIN Uwt uupblre ani diamond bar pin. con. lalnlhi 7 diamonds and -' tnuar rapphlrtj luomiled In platinum gold item, solajr from Slooroihtown to Academy of SIujK. FrliUr aftej-noon. S'ovembr ?tl Iteaaid If returned to J r Caldwell . Co WH Che.lnui fit .NBe'Kl.ACh:-I.oi, Imitation wwrl neckla with diamond cup In red leather caie. aoinj from lirond and e hemnut to tlth and c'beimui ite . MonuUl. Nov em tor il. Reward If re" turned to J a Caldwell T Co. 005 Chei". HHOOCll-Tnauumd horMhoe brooi b loat plat mum uuu god iiioununz containing si atones. jt in llroad btr-c-t Theatre Tue.day evenln? Nov inter HI Itewrard If returned to J K Caldwell &. i-o. SOS c hMtout it UKSTI fcUVN S llll'SV ltINO-I4t un No iinl-r , gesllamaas alpay rln two dui inonda. on tatty bet 37th und t ambrta. and riiauuirani at lth and c.lrard e lleturn to --7a8 C-ambUJjto treet buluble reward; UlthTAOTf JN - laut dlawond breu.tpn. oo Moatay. ob was to elevuted from Ilewey C. lleturn 110 North Dewey at GEAIl AND SHAFT I ol Urae douW,ear and abaft ltw.n ai and fmh. on Ch nut TlVone Kiun, ft,r Mill. Co. 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