ENGLISH MACHINE GUN DRAWN BY DOGS.
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CHARLES M. SCHWAB.
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MINES DO LOT SCARE
Yankee Skipper Pilots His Vessel i
Bremen, Germany.
Bremen (Via London), Jan. b.
Owing to the daring of an American
skipper the steamer Elmonte, which
sailed from Galveston, Tex., Dec. 3,
and New York Dec. II arrived at Bre
men Jan. 1. The Elaionte brought
more than 6,1100 bales ot cotton, the
first during the war. It was the first
American merchantman to visit Bre
men in forty years.
Captain Edward T. Pinchin of the
Elmonte took on a British pilot at
Deal, as England does not class cot
ton as contraband but the captain
dropped him at the Hook of Holland,
Dutch pilots refused to assist, saying
it was impossible on account of mines
to make the trip.
Captain Pinchin said he would take
his ship to its destination. He pro
ceeded without a pilot, picking his
course without mine charts. He made
his way to Bremen, greatly to the
amazement of the Germans.
! Very Temperate.
"He was very temperate. He got
drunk only once a week," remarked a
witness to a Liverpool coroner.
GERMAN "OBSERVATORY" IN FLANDERS.
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In the lower photograph you get a near view of the man, comfortably :
seated in a chair on top of the straw stack, observing the enemy through a I
fleldglass, concealed by wisps of hay.
Rather Too Light.
The landlady who had not a reputa
tion for overfeeding her boarders asked
her solitary boarder as he looked dole
fully at his supper. "Shall 1 light the
gas?"
The boarder gazed at the scanty meal
and replied. "Well, no. it isn't neces
sary; the supper is light enough!"—
London Telegraph.
Woman's Weapons.
A number of married men were re
cently dining together at their club.
The question was asked, "What trait
in your wife do you consider the most
expensive one?" The answers were
as numerous as the men in the party.
With one it was vanity, another re
ligion or charity or love of dress. The
last man to whom the question was
put answered oracularly, "Her tears."
AUSTRIAN SIEGE GUN.
Photo by American Press Association.
Always Apprehensive.
"My wife gets nothing but apprehen
sion out of life."
"How so?"
"She's afraid of cows in the country
and automobiles in town."—Kansas
City Journal.
Her Mean Brother.
She—Aline's twin brother annoys her
dreadfully. He—How? She —Y'ou see.
everybody knows they are twins, and
poor Aline can't pass for only twenty
four because he tells people he's thir
ty!— Exchange.
Hand-me-downs.
"I have to wear father's old clothes.
I don't suppose you girls have any
troubles like those."
"Yes, we do." said the girl. "I have
to wear mother's old hair."—Kansas
City Journal.
Russia's Fisheries.
Russia ranks third among the fish
and deep sea food producing countries
of the world. The total yield of fish
is well over $8,000,000 worth a year,
but even this great supply is not equal
to the needs of the population.
Different.
Seedy Chap (stopping pedestrian)—
Pardon me, sir, but you look very much
like a man I know.
Pedestrian—lndeed! Well, you look
like a man I don't want to know. Good
day!— Boston Transcript.
Wasted Generosity.
"Oh, I"m so sorry I can't marry you.
I had no idea you thought of ine that
way!"
"Well, what do you suppose I've
i been letting your father beat me at
golf all the time for?"— Judge.
136,600 Russians Taken.
Amsterdam, Holland (Via London),
Jan. 1. —What is described as an un
official telegram, but which, neverthe
less, was issued by the German army
headquarters, has been received here.
It reads:
"Our troops in Poland are pursuing
the enemy. After the battles of Lodz
and Lowicz we took more than 67,000
prisoners and many cannon and ma
chine guns.
"The entire booty since the -begin
ning of our offensive in Poland in
November totals 136,600 prisoners,
more than 100 cannon and over 300
machine guns.
i "It is reported from the eastern
war arena that the situation in East
Prussia and in Poland to the north of
the Vistula river remains unchanged.
"East of the Bzura river the battles
continue. In the Rawka river district
our offense has made progress. On
the eastern bank of the Pilica the
situation remains unchanged."
Fall of Warsaw Not Feared.
London, Jan. I.—The new year
opened auspiciously for the Russian
armies.
The fortunes of war have changed
to such an extent during the past
week that Grand Duke Nicholas has
been able to assume an effective of
i fensive at almost every point on the
battle line from East Prussia to west
ern Galicia.
In those districts where the Ger
mans and Austrians still retain the
initiative the Russians are slowly but
surely gaining strength and when the
completion of the vast movement of
reinforcements is reached fear of the
Teutonic invasion will have disap
peared.
There is no longer any danger of the
fall of Warsaw or even of the abandon
ment of the Polish capital for strategic
reasons which was possible a week
ago, the Austrian armies are crushed
and disorganized, the Russians in
Bast Prussia are more than holding
their own, the attempt to relieve Prz
eaysl has failed, the Russian ring is
again olosing in on Cracow and with
in a few days the retirement of the
Germans should begin in the opinion
military authorities here and in Pe-
F' r GERMAN SHELLS.
Sritsf". Soldier's Letter Pictures Perils
t the Front.
'lhc lire >: British soldier on the
tiring I nit- in l- ranee is refitted in a
letter written by Lr.bert W. Br.rreil.
ii private in the Sttond Coldstream
guards, published in the Newcastle
Evening Chroircle.
"The day before yesterday." Burrell
writes, "at a | Jaee name I there
were fourteen men with some nnimuni
riou carts, and I was ope of them. We
vere near a farm, halted, about a mile
roni the Germans. Five of us were in
i pigsty trying to make a place to sleep
n. while the other nine were endeav
•ring to make a tire and some cocoa
Bat before we got the cocoa six of the
Germans* big shells came over.
"Four burst in the farmyard and two
went through the house. There was
nothing heard—an explosion only. 1
did not know anything till i found that
I was buried with the wall of the
house that fell through the pigsty. Aft
er a minute or two I tried to raise my
self up. but found that 1 could not ge:
up for bricks, bits of chimney pots and
all sorts of things. I had a second try.
but it was useless. 1 lay a bit longer,
huddled up like a ball. But the third
time I tried I felt the stuff giving way.
so I persevered and got out of it. and
what 1 found and saw was terrible.
"Four or five of my comrades out of
the nine who were outside the place
were killed, nr.d three of them with
me In the pigsty were crushed to
death. Two of us only got out. I think
it is a miracle that any of us is alive
to tell how it came about, but 1 thank
God I am still alive and well. I had
been struck on the knees and the cen
ter of the back, and two fingers on my
left hand were crushed, but I am still
able to carry out my duty."
His Definition.
"Pa, what is an 'interior decorator?' "
"I'm not quite sure, Wilfred, but I
think it's a cook."—New York Times.
TO INVESTIGATE
ALL FOUNDATIONS
Federal Probe Into Rockefeller,
Sap, Gamegis Charters,
QUIZ LEADING FINANCIERS.
Educators and Economists Included In
Commission's Subpoenas—Will In
quire Into Charges That Big Self Per
petuating Organizations Are Menace
Hearing Scheduled For Jan. 11.
The federal commission on industrial
relations has determined upon a sweep
ing investigation of the country's great
eat benevolent organizations. The in
vestigation will open in New York city
on Jan. 11 next In addition to the
previously announced investigation of
the Rockefeller foundation the com
mission, Chairman F. F. Walsh, an
nounced would inquire into the af
fairs of the Russell Sage foundation,
the Baron de Hirsch fund, all the Car
negie benevolences, the Cleveland foun
dation and seek the reason for the
Rockefeller contributions to charitable,
philanthropic and educational insti
tutions, which now amount to $85,000,-
000, in addition to the fund contrib
uted to the foundation.
To Call Noted W itnesses.
It was announced by Chairman
Walsh that these organizations would
be investigated to ascertain if they
Were a meuaoe to the republic's future,
and more than a score cf the greatest
financiers, educators and economists cf
the country, it was asserted, would be
called as witnesses, in '.he list are
Andrew Carnegie, the tv.o Rockefel
lers, J. P. Morgan. L. T. Ftotesbury.
Francis L. Hi no. pres id-:-1 of the New
York Clearing House association; .la
cob H. Schiff. E. H. Gary. T. P. Shouts.
Theodore N. Vail, Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
Dr. Arthur T. liadiey of Yale. Setb
Low and others who are equally well
known.
It Is asserted that the basis of the
commission's inquiry will be the let
ters produced here by Jesse F. Wei
born, president Ol the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, showing the inter
est which members of the executive
1 HOW SULTAN APPEALED
TO SUBJECTS FCR WAP.
Becomes Duty o: 303,000,033 Moslem*
to Teke Up Arms.
The issuance by the saltan of thr
fetwa, or proclamation announcing c
holy war, called upon all Mussulmans
capable of carrying arms—and eve.,
upon Mussulman women to fight
against the powe-s with whom the su;
tan was at war In this manner. :;>•
cording to Cou.uanilnople newspapers,
the holy war became a duty not only
for all Ottoman subjects, but for the
SOO.OOO.tiUO Moslems of the earth. The
fetwa was as follows:
"First Question.— 1 f lands of Islam
are subjected to a tin 1: by enemies, if
danger threatens Islam, must in that
case young and e\l. infantry and
tenanted men. in all parts of the earth
Inhabited by Mohammedans, take part
in the holy war, with their fortune and
their blood, in case the padisha de
clares the war to all Mohammedans?
Answer.—Yes.
"Second Question. Since Russia.
England, France and other states sup
porting these three powers against the
Islamitic caliphate have opened hostili
ties against the Ottoman empire by
means of their warships and their land
troops is it necessary that all Moham
medans also who live in the countries
named shall rise agaiust their govern
ment and take part in the holy war?
Answer.—Yes.
"Third Question.—Will, under all cir
cucistances, since the attainment of
the goal depends upon the participa
tion of all Mohammedans in the holy
war, those who refuse to join in thv
general uprising be punished for cor
duct so abhorrent? Answer.—Yes.
"Fourth Question. Mohammedans
jvho live In lands of the enemy may,
under threats against their own lives
and the lives of ibeir families, be fore
[ ed to fight against the soldiers of the
states of Islam. Can such conduct be
punished as forbidden under the she
riat and those guilty thereof be regard
ed as murderers and punished with
the fires of hell? Answer.—Yes.
"Fifth Question.—lnasmuch as it will
be detrimental to the Mohammedan
caliphate if the Mohammedans who
live in Russia, France, England, Servia
and Montenegro fight against Ger
many and A astro-Hungary, which are
the saviors of the great Mohammedan
empire, will therefore those who do so
I be punished with heavy penalties? An
swer.—Y'es."
Dying Poor.
It is no disgrace to die poor, but It's
a mean trick f<> play on your relatives
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Eminent Austrian Surgeon Decias-e.
That Bitter Cold Is More Likely U
Cause Amputation of Limbs Fro rr
Aggravated Cases of Frost Bite Th~,
Bullets and Shells.
Professor Adolf Lorenz, surgeon it
chief of the orthopedic department o
the Imperial and Itoyal General hospital
of Vienna, wlso eleven years ago vis
ited America, performing his remarka
ble "bloodless operations" for the c-ur
of limb deformities and received a fee
of $75,000 from J. Ogdeu Armour,
Chicago millionaire, for an operation
on Mr. Armour's daughter Lolita, has
made an appeal to the public urging
that steps be taken to care for soldiers
who suffer the loss of limbs.
Dr. Lorenz has never used a knife
in his own operations and owes his
worldwide distinction to this method.
But, of course, wounds received in
battle frequently leave no other course
than amputation. His son and his
daughter-in-law, both of them sur- j
geons, recently performed eight ampu
tations in a day on unfortunates of
the army.
Past Neglect of Veterans.
But Dr. Lorenz admonishes the pub
lie that soldiers disabled by the loss
of legs or arms or hands snould have
all the advantages afterward that mod
ern science can afford. These soldiers,
he says, must not be dismissed with
crutches and wooden legs. lie recalN
as dastardly the neglect of the veter
ans of past wars who were to be seen
afterward stumping about on wooden
legs grinding organs and in many case
reduced to utter me <jdicancy.
He wants the p'Jblic to contribute
the means for a government manufac
tory where artificial limbs of the most
scientific and modern character may
be fashioned and supplied withoul
commercial profit in order that every
man who has sacrificed an arm. a leg
or a hand in the service of his country
may have as good a substitute as mod
ern skill can provide. The ortbope
dists of the Vienna university, he adds,
will eagerly give their services to fit
the artificial limbs.
False Arms and Legs Too.-
As to the wonders that science can
now perform in this direction he re
cites that a Koenig3berg surgeon, Pro i
fessor Hoeftmann, at the surgeons j
congress in Berlin, exhibited a patient
a young man twenty-five years old.
whose arms had both been amputated,
but who, with artificial arms, worked
successfully at his trade of carpentering ,
and was able to feed and dress him
self without assistance. The young
man walked freely in mounting and j
descending from the platform, and Pro j
fessor Hoeftmum created a final sen
sation by announcing that the patient'?
legs were also artificial.
Professor Lorenz urges women and i
children to work ceaselessly knitting
thick woolen stockings and leggings,
gloves and mitten 9, for he says that
"the bitter cold of a Russian winter'
is more likely to cause amputation of
legs anA feet and arms and hands from
aggravated cases of frostbite than bnl
lets and shells.
MRS. JOHN JABOB ASTOR
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Wealthy Society Leader
Sending Clothing to ins
Stricken People of Belgium.
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BIG GUNS GUARD PANAMA
Canal Well Protected Against Attack.
Goethal3 on Stand.
Washington, Jan. C—Three officers
of the United States army testified bo
fore the house committee on appro
priation that the Panama canal is for
tified and that it is impossible for a
hostile fleet to destroy the works on
either side of the waterway.
Testimony to this effect was given
by Colonel Goethals, the builder of tho
canal; General Weaver, chief of coast
artillery, and General Crozier, chief of
ordnance.
it was brought out in the hearing
that so far the government has ex
pended $12,050,000 on the fortifications
of the canal and that $2,000,000 addi
tional will be expended in the fiscal
year.
It was brought out that the defenses
of Panama consist of 14-inch, 12-inch
: and 6-inch guns and one 16-inch gun,
which will be soon ready for action.
In addition there are howitzers to de
fend the canal in case of attacks by
land.
Colonel Goethals was closely ques
• tioned relative to the recent slides in
Culebra cut. He testified that since
the initial slide in October 1,500 cubic
feet of rock and earth have been re
moved. These slides, according to
Colonel Goethals, are in progress. He
was unable to say how long they will
continue.
NEUTRAL ZONE WANTED
Generals Scott and Villa to Confer at
El Paso Over Matter.
El Paso, Tex., Jan. J. —General
: Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the Unit
ed States army, arrived in El Paso
from Naco, Ariz., to meet General
| Villa and confer with him relative to
the establishment of a neutral zone
| along the American border.
General Scott has been in touch
with General Villa's subordinate, Gov
ernor Maytorena, at Naco for several
days, but Maytorena having declared
! that he could not give guarantees of
permanent observance of the neutral
zone General Scott decided to tako
the matter up with General Villa.
It is understood that the meeting
will be held somewhere in El Paso
and not at the international bridge.
Villa troops under General Cabral
that have been ordered to the border
j to guard Juarez have arrived at Chi
huahua and are being held there to
give the Villa special the right of way.
A sudden Increase In activity along
the border by Cientiflco, Carranza and
Salazar juntas is indicated by the in
formation received here by Villaistas
that orders for more than 1,000,000
rounds of ammunition have been placed
in New York and that part of this or
der has already been filled and the am
munition shipped to border points.
British Munition Base Destroyed.
Berlin, Jan. V. —German aviators
made a raid on the British reserve am
munition stores at Coudskerque and
dropped many explosive bombs. It was
officially announced that 100 British
officers had been killed or wounded by
these bombs and vast quantities of am
munition destroyed.
War Chill Kills French Artist.
Paris, Jan. & —Francis Tattegraln,
the artist, is dead from the effects of
a chill contracted at Arras, while he
was making sketches of the ruins
there.
Workmen's Law Upheld.
Washington, Jan. 3.—The supreme
court Ufrfield as constitutional the Ohio
workmen's compensation law.
• WEATHER FORECAST. 0
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• Ohio—Rain tonight; Thursday, •
• rain or snow and colder. •