SHIT VOTES lEW WAR CIEDIT Momentous Session of the Reichstag Is Marked by a Unanim* ity of Feeling $1,250,000,000 GIVEN TO CAUSE With But One Dissenting Vote, a New W?.r Credit of 3,000,000,000 Marks Was Given Toward Prosecuting War to the End Berlin, Dec. 2, Via London ,Dec. 3, 6.11 A. M.— A momentous war session of the Reichstag was held to-day anil was marked by the unanimity of feel ing that prevailed among the members in regard to prosecuting th e war to the eßd. A new war credit of 5,000,000,- 000 marks $1,250,000,000) was voted with but one dissenting vote, that of Herr Liebknecht, Socialist, and notable speeches were made by Kaempf, the speaker. After the credit was voted the Reichstag adjoumel until March Almost all the members were pres ent when the body was called to order and at least a tenth of them wore the gray field uniform. The benches al lotted to members of the Bundesrath and all the galleries were crowded. On the scat of Dr. Ludwig Frank, the So cial Democrat, who fell as a volunteer in his first fight, a large laurel wreath reposed. Cheers for Cruiser Emden Speaker Kaempi, in the course of his opening speech, announced that 69 members of the Reichstag were per forming active service. Over 2,000,000 men he said, had offered their services as volunteers, but only a small part of this number has thus far been called to the colors. During Herr Kaeiupf's speech th'O stormy enthusiasm of the first days of the war was changed into a less noisy but more deep and serious feeling. The enthusiasm was greatest when the speaker mentioned the triumph of the cruiser Emden and Germany's subma rines. When Dr. Von Bothmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor appeared, he spoke seriously and slowly, reading his ] prepared speech with careful emphasis. He eulogized the German military sue-' cesses said that much remained to be done, but that Germany would persist to her last breath in this war which was forced upon the German nation. The Neutrality of Belgium One of the most important parts of r>r.~Von Bethmann-Hollweg's address was his declaration of Belgium's guilt in surrendering her neutrality of which "written proof, he said, had since come to light. These were not at Germany's disposal on August 4, he declared, al though well known to British states men. This declaration met with pro longed applause. The final portion of the Chancellor's speech was devoted to an indictment of British policy as being morally re sponsible for the war, although Russia was directly responsible, the Chancellor said, by driving through a general mobilization. Long continued applause followed the close of his speech. 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TROOPS % "" ' ** "" mmp " | ~7=jHl SEVENTH INFANTRY AND COLORS S „ , ■ * $ V 2 Ii or THE F,ELD ' --—SIGNAL »\i FPONT or ' ' B , INFANTRY LIEUTENANT COMMANDING. ON WAV TO ~T I?ANSPORTT. EMDEITS CAPTAIN CRIR JOKER IN DARING RAIDS San Francisco, Dec. 3.—(The reckless daring and ironic courtesy of Captain von Mueller, of the German cruiser Emden, lately destroyed by au Austra lian warship, are illustrated in anec dotes brought home yesterday by Cap tain Phillips, of the Standard Oil tank er Wabasha, which narrowly missed capture by the Emden in the Straits of Malacca. The Wabasha Hies the Brit ish flag. When seeking prizes the Em den would ask in English, by wireless: "Have you seen the German cruiser Emden f" "No," would come the answer, dis closing the proximity of a merchant man. "Thank voti," would be von Muel ler's reply. "We'll be alongside di rectly. Prepare for the worst." While Captain Phillips was at Cal | cutta the tale was told on the quays j of how von Mueller had nearly suc- I ceeded in beguiling the commandant \ there into furnishing liim with supplies. "This is the British cruiser Hamp j shire." canie a rode message from the mcu'th of Hoog'.i river. ''Send us coal j and provisions.'' A barge was actually loaded and dis patched, Captain Phillips was told, and would have been delivered but for the arrival of an Italian merchantman which sighted the Emden and. brought word of von Mueller's presence. "Thank you for your courtesy," he flashed back when he learned that his j ruse had been uncovered. "Hope to | meet you later. Have the beer ready." i EMINENT SCIENTIST SAID ! TO BE A PRISONER OF WAR Paris. Dec. 3. 4.45 A. M.—Dr. Al i bert Calmette, the eminent scientist ' and director of the Pasteur institute at Lille, who ha* been acting as one j of the chiefs of the medical service of the army, has been missing for same time. It is now reported that he is a ; prisoner of war at Munster, Westphalia. Dr. Calmette is a brother of the late editor of the "Figaro," Gaston Cal mette, who was shot and killed by Mine. Caillaux, wife of the well-known ; French statesman. Situation at Przemysl Desperate ( Rome, Via London, Dec. 3, 6.55 A. i M.—Tho archbishop of Przemysl, who j-is en route to Rome, is credited in an interview published here with declar ing that the situation of Przemysl is desperate and the surrender of the fortress imminent,. The hospitals are j crowded, according to the statement, the mortality is enormous an I the food j supply exhausted. A NOVEL INTRODUCTION i Dr. Howard Co. Makes a Special Price The Dr. Howard Company have en j tered into an arrangement with H. C. j Kennedy's drug store, by which a spe cial introductory offer will be made of 25 cents on the 50-cent size of their celebrated specific for the cure of e6n stipation and dyspepsia. Headaches, coated tongue, dizziness, gas on the stomach, specks before the eyes, constipation and all forms of ma laria and liver trouble are soon cured by this scientific medicine. 11. C. Kennedy lias been able to se cure only a limited supply, so everyone who wishes to he cured of dyspepsia or constipation should call upon him at once or send Iriin 25 cents by mail, and | get 60 doses of the best medicine ever ; made, on this special half price intro j ductorv offer, with his personal guaran- S tee to refund the money if the specific • does not cure. " Adv. I TTARKISBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT, THUKSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 3, 1914. OPPOSE RECEIVING 100,000 BELGIANS IN STATE OE IOWA Ames, la., Dec. 3.—The opposition to the proposed movement to bring 100,- 000 Belgians to lowa after the war organized for a determined fight on the project at the Greater lowa Con vention session yesterday afternoon. The Des Moines Trades an 1 Labor As sembly is opposed to the coming of al iens, and Mayor Hanna, of Des Moines, is here to use his influence against the plan. W. W. Marsh, of Waterloo, president of the Greater lowa Association, re ferred to the Belgian movement as an "explosive subject." All of the inter ests represented appear to think the matter will be the big topic of the con vention. Flour Bought for Belgians Minneapolis, Dec. 3. —The New York branch of the Belgian Relief Commis sion yesterday bought 30,000 barrels of flour in Minneapolis. Mine. Lalla van der Velde, wife of a Belgian .Min ister of State, said when here that she would recommend to Emmanuel Have nith, Belgian Minister to the United E3 SHOWS FLOODED DISTRICTS \ J L/W S \ ••• ALLIES mmm GERMANS j* m m \ i ~ 0 s 10 /sM<ks J ACTIVITY ON THE WESTERN BATTLE LINE PROCEEDING FURTHER FROM COAST. I J Having tailed to break through thj Allies' lines at Nieuport an d again at Dlxmude, which they are t ♦ said to have evacuated, the Germ ins are apparently transferring their activities to points on the line fur- ♦ f ther from the coast. Thus the French official reports speak of a sortie from their trenches by the Germans ♦ J south of Bixschoote and "a rather brisk affair" between Bethune and Lens, after which the French captured I J the chateau and park of Vej-melles. I ♦ I States, that a large portion of the funds collected be expended for flour. Turk Mutiny Confirmed London, Dec. 3.- —The "Star" has \ 1 received a dispatch from Rome stating i that the report that the garrison of I j Adrianople had mutinied is confirmed. : GERMAN' MOWN PRINCESS' 31 OTHER AIDS BELGIANS London, Dec. 3.—A dispatch to the "Daily Mail" from Chiasso, Switzer- I land, savs: "The Grand Duchess Anastasia of] i Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who was born a Grand Duchess of Russia and who is : the mother-in-law of the German ; Crown Prince, was present Tuesday | i night at a gala performance given at j La Srala theatre, Milan, by the press I of the city on behalf of the-Belgian j j war sufferers. "When the 'Brabanconne,' the Bel-I | gian anthem, was played, the Grand Duchess rose from her sc.'it PS if to em ' ; hasize her sympathy with the ap- 1 plauding audience Maurice Mater linek was present and received a great j ovation. ' SPANISH PRETENDER EXILED EOR INDULGING IN WAR TALK Paris, Doe. 3, 5.30 A. M. —Tho "Eclaire" declares in its issue to-day that Don Jaime of Bourbon, the Span ish pretender, addressed an appeal to his partisans some time ago to side with Prance in the war. This came to the knowledge of the Austrian au thorities and as Don Jaime lives in Austria he was placed under arrest in his castle. The immediate excuse for this action was the fact that Don Jaime had been a colonel in the Rus sian army. An appeal was made to Emperor Francis Joseph, but His Majesty said he could do nothing in the matter. Don Jaime persisted in his efforts to gain his freedom and he was told final ly that he could either remain a pris oner in Austria until the end of the war, or leave the country. He chose the latter course, and is now in Switzer land. The hardest thing to learn is to know oneself : the easiest to find fault with the doings of other people. AUSTRIANS AT BELGRADE, ENDING 4 MONTHS' FIGHT Vienna, Via London, Dec. 3.—Bel grade, the former capital of Servia, was | occupied yesterday by Austrian troops. The occupation of the city was an nounced ill a telegram to Emperor Francis Joseph from General Frank, commander of the Fifth army corps. The message follows: ''On the occasion of the 66th anni versary of your reign permit me to lay j at your feet the information that Bel ! grade was to day occupied toy the Fifth [ army corps.'' The following official statement was j issued yesterday: "In the southern theatre of war (Servia) the enemy is still retreating. There was no fighting of importance yesterday. Small bodies of troops, sent in advance, captured several hun dred prisoners." PfiISONERS~ATTEIf T TD ESCAPE IN ENGLISH CAMP Lancaster, Via London, Dee. 3, 8.11 A. M. —An attempt to escape made . the concentration camp here was | thee onccntration camp Jiere was thwarted by the guards, who charged i the mobs with fixed bayonets, wound ' ing several. The trouble arose from j the indiscretion of a prisoner, who boasted to the other captives that he was about to be released. This an gered his comrades, who attacked him. The guards intervened, but were over powered. The reserves were summoned and when they reached trie secne they found a thousand prisoners advancing, armed with bricks, sticks and stones. The reserves fixed bayonets, charged at the doulble quick and soon subdued the mutineers, the ringleaders were arrest ed and placed in solitary confinement. Only one man was seriously injured. LIST OF WAR BOOTY CAPTURED BY THE JAPS AT TSIMJ-TAU Tokio, Pec. 3.—A list of the war booty captured 'by Japan at Tsing Tau, t'he Gorman stronghold in China, was made public by army headquarters to day. v [t includes 2,500 rifles, 100 machine guns, 30 field guns, all needing repair; a small amount of ammunition, $6,000 in cash, 15,000 tons of coal, forty au tomobiles and provisions sufficient to feed 5,000 persons for three months. All ships in t'ho har'bor, it is announced, were destroyed. Defense of Norwegian Coast Ijondon, Dec. 3, 7.55 A. M.—A dis patch to the "Daily Mail" from Chris tiana, Norway, says that King Haakon goes to TronJhjem to-day where he will embark on the battleship Harald Haar Fagre for a cruise along the coast from Trondhjem to Bergen in order to inspect the measures taken for the de fense of the Norwegian coast. File Expense Accounts at Lebanon Lebanon, Dec. 3.—Treasurer Rank, of the Democratic County Committee, has filed the expense account of the Democratic campaign in the recent election here. The receipts were $811.76 and the expenses $796.55. Charles E. Boyer, treasurer of the Washington Party's County Commit tee, reports a total expenditure of $553.17, and no outstanding bills. Treasurer J. Hau«r of the Republican County Committee, .reports receipts of, more than $2,500, of which the State Committee gave $2,000. 1 GERMANS RESUME ATTACK AT LODZ AFTER ESCAPING FROM BIG RUSSIAN TRAP Berlin, Via The Hague and London, Dee. 3, 5.3 c A. M.—Major Moraht, the military writer in discussing the east ern situation in the "Tagesblat," Bays: "The operations around Ix>dz seemed to \foreshadow the surrounding and an nihilation of the Russian' main body but the Germans themselves were sur rounded by strong Russian reinforce ments from the oast and south. The Germans, however, liberated themselves with heroic energy from this envelop ment and resumed their attacks with indomitable persistence. Tho gigantic offensive movement of the Russians from Soldau to Cracow has already failed. 11 The plan of campaign originally made in Paris in tho interest of France and Knglond, was that Russia should throw her chief strength against Germany in order to relieve the pres sure on the western front. The inten tion was to make an irresistible of fensive and compel the withdrawal of such large forces from France as to make possible Anglo-French success. "Russia, however, threw her chief forces against Austria, believing that) slvo would be able to crush that coun try in a short time but after four months' struggle this has not been ac complished because the Austriaus and Hungarians are lighting like in tho time of Field Marshal Radetsky, show ing a steady recuperative force. Russia has already been compelled to change her whole plaiKof campaign which often enough decided final vic tory in favor of the opponent. What has already occurred means an enor mous weakening of Russia's military power. Germany and Austria have cap tured about 400,000 unwounded pris oners, at least an equal number must have been killed or wounded and tho losses through sickness must reach 300,000. This means one-third of Russia's best troops. ''The newer formations are lacking in the military qualities necessary to change Russian's destiny and the* fail lire of the plan of operations therefore means the irretrievable impairment of Russia's offensive power. PRAISE FOB 11. S. DIPLOMAT IN HELPING ENGLISH GET GUT BF CONSTANTINOPLE London, Dec. 3, 4.10 A. M. The "Chronicle" to-day publishes a lettor from Athens praising the activity of the American Ambassador, Henry Mor genthau, in Constantinople on the night of November 19 when the English col ony was not allowed to leave the city. The action of the Turks caused a panic among the British refugees but the American Ambassador assured them he would endeavor to get thein away the next day. The refugees passed a terrible night of anxiety and besides the police were harsh and bru tal. The sights he witnessed made Am bassador Morgenthau determine to make the Turks respect his wishes. He formally advised the Turkish govern ment that unless the British colony was allowed to depart he would demand his passports and take them all as his private guests on his special train. The Turks, the letter says, had no desire to fight America as well as the allies so they gave in but took revenge by assessing tho refugees an arbitrary and illegal tax of from $5 to SIOO each. The next day the colony assem bled at the station. Ambassador Mor genthau was there and personally su pervised all the smallest details of the departure. Words can hardly express the gratitude due.him, the letter con cludes. THE AUSTRIANS CELEBRATE EMPEROR'S ANNIVERSARY Rome, Dec. 3.—Yesterday, the sixty sixth anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph's ascension of the throne of Austria-iHungary, mass was celebrated in the Austrian church here in the presence of the Austrian and German Ambassadors and a small contingent of the Austro-Hungarian colony. Police were on hand to prevent, untoward inci dents. The "Messagero" says that in Aus tria the watch of the police over the people is becoming intolerable. No body, the paper adds, was allowed on the streets yesterday unless he wore a badge as a sign of rejoicing over the imperial anniversary. 1, Take Care of Your Eyes and They'll Take Care of You For advice, consult Coal Fit to Put In Your Furnaco For best heating results' burn Kelley's Coal—direct from the richest veins in Pennsylvania's mines to our yards, where every ton is protected from the weather. 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