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500,000 Men Hurled by Hindenkrj 1 Vutula-Waruie Line anJ M0,W
Russians lined up to Halt German March on Poland's Capital
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BATTLE FOR NORTH SEA COAST BECOMES AN ARTILLERY DUEL
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Parls. The onfall of winter has
numbed the enorgy of Allies and Ger
mans In Belgium and northern France.
Snow is falling. Gale from the
Hea have driven tidewater far Inland,
widening the Inundated district In
fantry operations are well-nigh im
possible. Neither side can do more than ham
raw the . other with big guns.
Two big battles are being fought
In Poland and a third conflict of vast
Importance continues In East Prussia.
Of the three battles 'the one now
e.t Ita height between the Vistula and
Warthe rivers Is exciting the greatest
Interest.
Decisive Battle.
The Germans, it Is believed, have
brought up by their line of strategic
railways in Posen and Silesia at least
600,000 men to reinforce General von
Hlndenburg in an eftort to break the
Ruselan line at this point.
Weather conditions, the frozen
ground and the situation of the bat
tlefield favor a really decisive battle
to a degree which has not existed on
any other field of the present war.
The other battle In Poland is tak
i. i Oarow-Czenstochowa
front, and both the Russians and the
Germans eny It is proceeding oaus
factorlly for them.
t Voof Prima In the Russian ad
vanoe Is moving slowly through the
country surrounding the Mazurlan
Ukes, which is difficult of passage.
B.,..lana Seize Pallet.
i rniioltt h Russians are going
steadily westward and at the seme
tine are eolzlng the passes 01
In the western theatre of operations
It is officially announced that tne Ger
mans were forced to abandon heavy
guns nceause of the spreading waters.
Near Ramscapelle the Allies salvaged
two large mortars which" the Germans
had been unable to remove.
Roth sides have lost artillery and
motor cars since the flood changed
the character of operations.
ti.j ..ihoF hn Increased the ex
haustlon of the troops and there Is
much nine? In the trencnes.
Th. r.wmini have made a new ef
. . j wini 1ia wndee they have
driven between Verdun and Toul at
St. Mlhlel on the Meuso. .
French Advance.
The French appear to have antic!
......i th. ni,.n in have advanced a lit
tie from the north and south of their
line, which forms three parts of a
circle around St. Mlhlel.
The Germans have again taken the
Western part of the village of Chau
voncourt, on the west bank of the
Meuso.
For the time being this region Is a
centre of interest. The French are
making desperate efforts to close the!r
lines east of St. Mlhlel and thereby
cut off a large German force. The
Germans are trying as desperately to
keep open the only breach they have
i i ih lmrripr of fortresses.
The operations to the north and
east are closely connected with the
fighting around St. Mlhlel. The Ger
mans In the Argonne are attempting
' to break the French line, which bars
their connexion with the German line
on the heights of the left bank of
the Meuso, and three attacks deliv
ered by them were repulsed.
Big Naval Battle Is
Fought in Black Sea
Cruiser Goeben Escapes Riddled With
Shells Petrograd Official Report
Contradicted by Berlin.
Petroerad. The following official
statement was given out by the Rus
sian Ministry of Marine regarding a
naval battle In the niack Sea D?tween
the Rus.slun and Turkish fleets:
"A division of the Black Sea fleet,
returning from Jts cruise to Subasto-
pol, near the coast or Australia,
sighted, twenty-five miles from the
Chersones Light, a Turkish detach
ment, consisting of the Goeben and
tho Breslau. The Russian fleet Im
mediately drew up in battle order,
bringing the enemy to starboard, and
nnpned flrn at a distance of forty
cable lengths (about five miles.)
Th first salvo of twelve-Inch guns
from the flagship Admiral Evstafry
struck the Goeben and caued an ex
plosion amidships, setting her on 9re.
Following the Evstafry, the other
Russlnn shim oncned fire, the Rus
sian guns giving an excellent account
of themselves.
"A series of explosion was seen
!' the hull of the Goeben. whlcn
opened Are slowly. The enemy seem
ed not to have expected to meet us.
The Germans fired salvos of their
heavy guns, directing them exclusive
ly at the flagship. The encounter
continued for forty minutes, after
which the Goeben withdrew and dis
appeared In the fog, taking advantage
of her speed.
"The Breslau took no part in the
fight, holding herself on the horizon.
The Evstafry suffered Imlgnlflcant
damage. The Russian losses wer a
lieutenant, three ensigns and twenty
nine sailors killed, a lieutenant and
nineteen sailors seriously wo'inrte-1
and five sailors slightly wounded."
TURKS CLAIM VICTORY.
Gin. Von Hindenburg's Army
Continues Advance Into
Poland.
Teutons However, Are Less
Successful in South.
(Latest Summary.)
The terrlflo struggle between the
Germans and Russians in the eastern
arena along the Vistula and the Warta
continues, and the Russians claim to
have taken 2,000 prisoners and some
machine guns. The Germans say tbey
are puling their attack along the en
tire line.
The German column between the
Vistula and Warta Rlvors comprises
six army corps and covers a front 65
miles in extent.
The German advance has penjtrated
further into Poland than previously
disclosed, and Warsaw is threatened a
second time, the Germans being only
40 miles from the Polish capital.
There were 887 men In the crew or
the British cruiser Good Hope, all of
whom, together with the officers, went
do wn with the ship in the battle with
German cruisers off the Chilean coast
The French claim that in the
artillery duel in the region from Arras
to the Olse the French fire demolished
many lines of German trenches.
Fifty thousand Poles have fled from
Cracow, adding their sufferings to
those of the Gallclan refugees.
The Austrlans claim to have taken
13,000 Servians prisoners since No
vember 6.
The Russian littoral of the Black
Sea has been mined for a distance of
60 miles out from the coast
There was a violent bombardment
of Vpres. during which the town hall
was destroyed.
A British destroyer has captured
Turkish sailing vessel on which were
two German officers In disguise.
Germans Ruse in East
Halted, Russians Say
Von Hindenburg's Army Checked In
One Area of Mighty Battle.
Berlin. A Turkish fleet engaged a
Russian squadron, composed of ty
battleships and five cruisers, off Se
bastopol, according to an official re
port reaching Berlin from Constan
tinople. One of the Russian battleships was
seriously damaged and the other ves
sels, with the Turkish ships In pur
suit, fled to Sebastopol.
Eighty Big Cunt and 7,000 Troopi
Sent to Northern France.
Rotterdam. German officers on the
Dutch frontier confidently assert Cal
ais will be occupied December 10.
Eighty big guns were sent from the
Kruno works In Essen to the north
ern battleground In France. Seven
thousand troops, mostly engineers.
loft I.lece for Dixmude. They carried
much material for pontoon bridges
and will bo employed to cope witc
difficulties In the flooded fields.
Having been foiled at Ypre3 In the
shnrtpst cut to Calais, the Germans
are still endeavoring to force their
way at Dixmude, where they have
massed many guns.
EPITOME OF
WAR NEWS
London. While von Hlndenberg's
mighty army, reinforced by 500,000
men. has been driving the Russians
back from Lenczyca a dozen miles In
the direction of Lowlcz, an important
railroad town but 40 miles from War
saw, the German force that defeated
the Russians on the Vistula below
Plock, has continued to advance, so
that the vanguards of the two forces
form the point of a wedge bolng slow
ly 'driven toward Warsaw.
Reinforcements are being rushed up
on both sides and the Russians are
said to have 900,000 men along the
front between the Vistula and the
Warthe, while the German invaders
are nearly bb numerous.
The Russian General Staff asserts
that the Germans were defeated in
one area of the great battle In Po
land. It seems apparent that the
Russians have halted their retreat and
are making a vigorous resistance be
tween the Warthe and Vistula rivers.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE 73
GUNS FROM SERVIANS
Cross River Kulebra Opponents
Falllna Back Toward Belgrade.
London. The following dlFpatch
was received from Berlin by the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
tinnv:
In the latest fighting against the
Servians the Austrlans captured i
tuns and 31 machine guns.
Alter three diiys' fighting tho Aus
triana defeated the Montenegrins near
Frabowr.
AUSTRIANS WIN VICTORY '
IN SORTIE FROM CRACOW
Recapture Fortified Line and Take
rnn Dua.li. DrlaAnitrfl.
Washington. A Vienna dlRpntch to
the Austro-Hungaran t.moassy nays
German victory at Kutno begins
already to influence the whole situ
ation In the eartern war theatre.
Austrlans advancing from Cracow
took the fortification L'ne of the
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enemy i" me ' "
tiers of the Fmplre. One of our
rglmeuts iook avu prinuui-i.
JAPS READY TO SEND ARMY.
Big Force Awaits Call To Aid Alllei.
In Europe.
London. Arthur DIosy, founder of
the Jannn Soeiety and an authority on
Anglo-Japanese affairs, says in a state
ment that Japan is ready to furnish
a large army if It Is found necessary
to increase the allied forces In Lu
rone. "The Japanese Army is in a
complete stnte of readiness," says Mr.
DIosy. "and if it is necessary to in
crease the allied forces in Europe the
Jananese are willing and ready to sup
ply immediately a large, admirably
equipped and highly trained army. The
Trans-Siberian Railway and an ample
supply of Japanese steamships make
the transportation of 600,000 men in
two months easy."
GERMAN PRISONERS 296,863.
General Villa logins March on
tho Capital.
GENERAL CARBAJAL KILLED
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RUSSIANS
VODKA
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BANISHED
Miracle Wrought by Michael D.
Tchelisheff.
WHOLE COUNTRY NOW DRY
Vast Population That Consumed $1,
000,000,000 Worth of 8trong Drink
a Year Now Lets Not a
Drop Pass Its Lips.
WOTHERSP00N FOR
ARM! INCREASE
Canal and Territorial Defenses
Inadequate.
ALASKAN FORCE RIDICULOUS
Retired Chief of Staff Declares That
United States Should Raise Reg
ular Army of 205,000 En
listed Men.
Military Authorities Give Number Of
Captives On October 21.
New York. The German press
bureau in New York gave out the fol
lowing: "Tho following statement has been
officially Issued by the German mili
tary authorities as to the number of
prisoners of war In detention on Oo-
tober 21:
Officers,
(a) Frenchmen 2.472
(b) Russians 2,164
(c) Belgians 547
(d) Englishmen 218
"Total, 296.869, Including 6 French,
18 Russian generals (2 commanding
generals) and 3 Belgian generals.
"Additional transports of prisoners
of war are en route to the camps." ,
Men.
14G.897
104.524
31,378
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JEWS INVITED TO BE TURKS.
Of
Russian and Turkish fleets In the
Black Sea met In battle without de
eisive result.
With the territory between the Bel
gian coast and Dixmude so com'
Dletelv inundated that Infantry at
tacks are Impossible, the Germans
turned the fighting Into a continuous
bombardment of the Allies' lines.
The Germans reoccupled the destroy
ed portions of tne Town oi vnau
voncourt, Paris admitted. This
means that they are again estab
lished on the west bank of the
Meuse.
Reports received from Holland, it It
aid, state that in tne ngnung near
Bixschoote and Dixmude the French
lost 20,000 men and that 1,500 Brit
ish were drowned In the Yser Canal.
The Canadian Council has forbidden
foreign airships to fly within ten
miles of the principal Dominion ci
ties, as a precaution against a pos
sible German airship invasion.
Russia Is sending more troops against
the Turks In the Batum oisinci, ana
reports the defeat of the Kurds In
Persian Armenia.'
Rrltiih reoorts of the fighting In Ara
bia claim victory where me i urns
previously reported a British de
feat. '
German reinforcements are pouring
into Poland where, Between ine vis
tula and Warthe Rivers, a big bat
tle la raalna.
Turkey, through Berlin, reported the
defeat of Brmsn lorces in cgypi,
and Russian troops In Transcau-
raala.
The Russian General Staff announces
that the advance guards between
the Vistula and the Warth have
been driven back in the direction
of Bzoure. The Germans, It Is said,
gained a footing In the region ef
Lenczyca.
The United 8tates demanded from
Turkey an explanation of the firing
by her forts at Smyrna on a launch
from the cruiser Tennessee. The
President told the Commanders of
the American warships to take no
action until they were instructed.
The Tennessee withdrew from Turk
ish waters to a Gretk harbor.
Ottoman Empire Offers Right
Naturalization To Russians.
Now York. The Turkish Govern
ment has assured the State Depart
ment at Washington that it will not
expel RusMan Jews residing in the
Ottoman Empire, but will permit them
in hpcnni naturalized Turkish sub
jects en bloc, it was announced, here
hv the American Jewish Commission.
The committee stated that 6,000 Jews
in .TiifTn alone have already applied
fnr nermlsslon to take advantage of
this decision. More than 25,000 Rus
sian Jews are residents of the Pal
estine region alone, it was said
Petrograd, Russia. There Is prohibi
tion in Russia today prohibition
which means that not a drop of vodka,
whisky, brandy, sin or any other
strong liquor is obtainable from one
end to the other of a territory popu
lated by 150,000,000 people and cover
ing one-sixth of the habitable globe.
The story of how strong drink has
been utterly banished from the Rus
sian Empire was told by Michael
Dcmltrovltch Tchelisheff, the man di
rectly responsible for putting an end
to Russia's great vice, the vodka habit.
It should be said in the beginning
that the word prohibition In Russia
must be taken literally. Its use does
not imply a partially successful at
tempt to curtail the consumption ot
liquor, resulting in drinking In secret
places, tho abuse of medical licenses
and general evasion and subterfuge. It
does mean that a vaBt population who
consumed $1,000,000,000 worth of
vodka a year, whose ordinary condition
has been described by Russians them
selves as ranging from a slight degree
of stimulation upward, has been lifted
almost in one day from a drunken
Inertia to sobriety. The nation has
been compelled, virtually over night, to
abandon Its enormous dally consump
tion of vodka, a liquor that i1" almost
pure alcohol, and become abstemious
to the extent of letting no liquor pass
Its lips.
On that day when the mobilization
of the KiiHsInn Army began special po
licemen visited every public place
where vokda is sold, locked up the
supply of the liquor and placed on the
shop the Imperial seal. Since the
manufacture and sale of vokda Is a
government monopoly In Russia, it Is
not a difficult thing to enforce prohibition.
From tho day this step was taken
drunkenness vanished in Russia. The
results are seen at once In the peas
antry: already they are beginning to
look like a different race.
This miracle has been virtually ac
complished by one man. He Is Michael
D. Tchelisheff, a peasant, by birth,
originally a- house painter by profes
sion, then mayor of the city of
Samara, and now a millionaire.
KAISER TO RETURN TO BERLIN.
Of
Emperor Will Attend Opening
Reichstag.
London. A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from The
Ilacue says Emperor William has de
elded to return to Berlin shortly to be
nresent when the Reichstag opens
Tho correspondent adds that Instruc
tions have been Issued to the officials
of the Emperor's Berlin castle to pro-
pare it for a long sojourn there by him
CHOLERA FOUND IN PRUSSIA.
Disease Said To Have Appeared Also
In Silesia.
Tarls. Several cases of cholera are
reported to have appeared in Prussia
and Upper Silesia, according to a ais
patch fioin Basle, Switzerland, to the
Havas News Agency. Two deaths from
the disease thus far have occurred In
those districts. ,
19,000 PRISONERS TAKEN.
The Austrlans Make Clalme Of Suc
cessful Attacks.
Vienna. The following official
mmmunlcatton was Issued here: '
"We and our ally continue our at
tacks successfully In Russian Poland.
Several counter attacks by the enemy
have been repulsed. So far the Aus-tro-IIungarlan
troops have captured
15,000 prisoners.
"An Important battlo is proceeding
west of Demsnje (Gnlicia), and In
the Carpat'.ilans."
Wsshineton. D. C Declaring It
would be Impossible to defend the Pan
ama Canal and American territorial
possessions against attack with pres
ent or proposed garrisons unless they
could be rapidly reinforced, Major
General Wotherspoon, retired Chief of
Staff, in his report commended the In
crease of the regular Army to a
streneth of 205.000 enlisted men. He
proposed that that force be augment
ed, through a system of reserves, un
til there was created a mobile strength
of 600,000 first line troops equipped for
a six months' campaign.
General WothersDoon said there was
need for more forces to protect rear
approaches to American coast defenses
and those DOlnts not covered by tort
resses. and urged that the organized
militia be developed to a strength of
300.000 men.
"It is manifest," Oeneral Wother-
suoon asserted, "that the great water
way ot tho Fanama Canal cannot be
protected against the operations of a
first-class military power by the pres
ent or proposed garrison we conten'
plate placing there without the power
and ability to reinforce it rapidly from
the United States.
"That an effective defense against
an enterprising enemy in the Thilip
Dines could be made with a deficiency
of 33 per cent, of the manning details
of the coast defenses of Manila and
Subig Bay, and with a mobile force of
a little over 7,000 American troops,
supplemented by less than 6,000 Pbll
innine Scouts, is manifestly ImposHl
ble: that we can retain our valuable
territory of Alaska In its Isolated po
sition against an enemy with any mil
itary power by placing there a gar
rison of less than 500 men verges on
the ridiculous, unless we have ample
forces at homo to occupy that terri
tory In tho very earliest stages of an
Impending conflict. As regards the
Hawaiian Islands, all military persons
will recognize that the proposed gar
rison In this possession is far below
what it should be to meet a serious
attack."
The Belligerents Occupy 30,000,
000 Square Miles.
BILLION PERSONS INVOLVED
One of Villa's Commanders Loses Life
In an Engagement Near Puerto
Mexico Several Col
umns Moving.
Washlneton. D. C General Fran
cisco Villa, in command of the troops
under the control of the Mexican con
vention at Aguascallentes, Is marching
on Mexico City. His army took Leon,
the first important railroad center
south of Aguascallentes, without nrtng
a shot.
Th forces of General Pablo Gon
zales, loyal to Carranza, are gathered
at Queretaro and Irapuato, where the
first imnortant clash In tho nosuiuieB
between General Carranza and the
convention probably will occur.
These facts were reported In otllciai
messages received from George C.
Carothers, American consular agen;,
accompanying General Villa. Caroth
ers stated that General Villa was well
equipped for the march.
Serious In Capital.
From American Consul Silllman
came a dispatch saying concuuona
were far more serious in Mexico City
than they had been since the parleys
for peace began. He regards actual
hostilities as inevitable, though some
nf thn ennerals are Still trying to
patch up the differences that have
arisen.
General Carranza, according to
messages from Mr. Silllman ami
Leon Canova, special agent at Aguas
Callentes, has declared that be haa
been misunderstood that he never
Intended to deliver the executive pow
er except to Gen. Pablo Gonzales or
some other man of his own selection
and in whom he had entire conDdence.
Although there has been no definite
advice, it was believed by officials
that General Gutierrez, chosen provi
sional president by the convention at
Aguas Callentes, had ordered a gen
eral attack on Carranza garrisons.
Gutierrez controls practically all of the
northern balf of Mexico, and oeneral
Villa's advance guard is within 200
miles of the Mexican capital.
General Carbajal Killed.
One column of convention forces is
moving eastward from San Luis Po-
tosi to Tamplco. Another Is endeavor
ing to cut off the forces of Gen. Jesus
Carranza at Tuerto Mexico, from' com
munication with Mexico City ' or
Puebla. An engagement near Puerto
Mexico at Julie, was reported by Amer
ican Consul Canada. Gen. Jose Carba
jal, a Villa commander, was killed.
Vast Preponderance Of Both Arta
and Population On Side Of
Great Britain and
Allies.
"BOB" BURDETTE DEAD.
Humorist And Author Encouraged To
Take Up Funmaklng By Wife.
Pasadena, Cal. Dr. Robert J. Bur
dette, preacher, author and humorist,
died at his home here. He had been
ill for the greater part of two years,
and for the lust week had been In a
state of coma. Dr. Burdette's illness
became acute 10 years ago. Up to that
time he nad continued his literary and
Journalistic work, to which he turned
after giving up the active pastorate or
Temple Baptist Church, Los Angeles,
in 1909.
London. With the addition ef Tur
key and Portugal to tne ranks of tt
the belligerents the area of hostile
has been extended to approximate!
68 per cent, of the land surface o tt
globe, and about 66 per ewit. of tL
total population of tho earth ntuit t
classed as technically beiiignuut, 61;
the London Daily unronicie.
In round numbers, out of a tot
lnnd surface of 51,500,000 hqiuie mi!'
(excluding the unlnhahltal.lo redo:
In the Arctic and Antarctic) 3U,(wO,0
square miles is occuphd l.r tli
belligerent powers, and about 1,(K
000.000 of the 1,800,000,000 human
lngs on earth are directly Invoh
In the great war. ,
Apportioning the area and pope
tlon between tne two opposiitg grou
it will be found that there is a t
preponderance of both on the aide
Britain and her allies, which own :
600,000 square miles and have ab
840.000,000 people under their n.
against the 2,000,000 square mild i
160,000,000 people to the credit of C
many. Austria-Hungary and Turkfj
If tho effected areas are analfi
by continents It will be round that
Europe 3,049,000 square niilos out t
total area of 3.850,000 and 380,000
people out of 475,000,000-or m-ar!;
per cent. In both cases are at war
In Asia the belligerent area amot.
to 9,300.000 square miles Oavlnr
of account the Interior of Arabia
political no man's land, of about
000,000 square miles), the total i
the continent being about 15,500
square miles. Hence, over r.8 pert
Is at wat. Of the population of
475,000,000 out of 980,000,000-say,
per, cent. must be clasod aa bcl.
ent.
Africa Is proportionately even r
affected than Europe. About 101
000 square miles out of 11,700'
nearly 90 per cent. and 1:5.000,0
the 137,000,000 lnhabltnnta-ow
ner cent. are at war. The only
tral regions are tho Italian and f
Ish colonies and the natlv Stat
Abyssinia and Liberia.
Curiously enough. Australasia
Oceania, although the mot rf
from tho primary zone of horti:
have the highest percentage of t
erency of any of the continental
slons of the enrth over 95 per
In area and 94 per cent. In w&
South America occupies the ha'
position of all. Out of an area
7.500.000 square miles and a p
tlon of about B2,000,n0 only I.
snuare miles of territory and .
human beings are subrt '
tho combatants. The rarmti
area Is less than 2 and of F"?1
less than 1.
Thus tho continent v. hose very
waH formerly regarded a drr.itt
most favorable soil on earth !'
germination of wars hn. 'tr
enough, the distinction of being
entirely at peace, while niorelM
of the world Is nt war.
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Voman Loses Life Trying To Save
, Her Sleeping Children.
Pittsburgh, Fa. Mrs. Marcia retro
and her daughters, Amle and Eliza
beth, were burned to death when their
home in Homestead was destroyed by
fire. Mrs. Petro, who discovered the
fire while preparing breakfast, was
burned while trying to save her sleep
ing children. An adjoining house also
was destroyed.
FRANK MAY LOSE LAST HOPE.
Georgia Supreme Court Refuses To
Certify Writ Of Error.
Atlanta. The Georgia Supreme
Court refused to certify a write of
error In the Frank murder case to the
United States Supreme Court. The
only recourse now to get the case to
the highest tribunal of the nation Is
to have Supremo Court Jlrhtlce Joseph
R. Lamar certify the writ.
Says It Must Be Settled To End War
In Mexico.
Chicago. John Llnd, personal repre
sentative of President Wilson, In Mex
ico during the Huerta administration,
declared In an address here to the In
dustrial Club that the land question
was the cause ot the revolutions In
Mexico and that fighting there would
nnver ce:ise until the workers were
able to own their own farms. Mr.
Llnd pleaded for kindly feelings to
ward Mexicans, asserting that Mexican
distrust of the United States was
vanishing and that thereafter the
Mexicans would be the steadfast
frieuds of the United States.
EX-CLERK ENDS LIFE.
William J. Campbell, Of Atlanta,
Shoots Himself.
Atlanta. After being troubled for
some years with 111 nealth, former City
Clerk William J. Campbell committed
suicide by shooting himself while
Standing in his yard. Campbell had
long been prominent in local politics.
WOMAN KILLED IN CHURCH YARD
Recluse Of Prominent Family Appar
ently Robbed.
Aurora. 111. A woman found lying
unconscious in a churchyard here,
with her skull crushed by a blow with
a heavy pipe wrench, was Identified as
Miss Jennie Miller, 55 years old, daugh
ter of a former Mayor of Aurora
piivnif-lonR snv she cannot live, itiiss
Miller's handbag containing money
nrt valuable Jewelry was not found.
Authorities hold to the theory of rob-
LIND BLAMES LAND QUESTION.
WILSON PREPARING MESSAGE.
Will Deliver It At December Session
Of Congress.
Washlneton. D. C President Wil
son began work on his annual mes
saw to Congress, which he will de
liver In person at tho opening of the
reeular session in December. While
the message has not yet taken defi
nite shane. Mr. Wilson is expected to
discuss Philippine Independence, con
servation, the Mexican question, gov
eminent ownership of merchant ships
and the effect of the European war on
the United States.
LOSES TONGUE IN FALL.
WAR WILL NOT INTERFERE.
France To Participate In the Panama-
Paclfio Exposition.
Bordeaux. Franco. The French
Cabinet decided that, notwlthstandlnj
the war, France will participate offi
cially In the Panama Exposition at Snn
Francisco. The exhibit will be in the
form' of a reproduction of the Palace
of the Legion of Honor. In the build-
inar will be Installed historical objects
of art, French tapestries, furniture and
chlnaware. The exhibit also will In
clude examples ot contemporaneous
art and manufactures.
Murphy Plunged From Fourth Floor
And Is Dead.
New York. John Murphy went to
tho roof of the four -story flat house at
4002 Third avenue, and a short time
later was found lying on the stone
flanging of the rear court below. He
was conscious, but struggled in vain
to speak. He pointed to his mouth.
Neighbors opened it and saw hl
tongue was gone. He died In the Nor
wegian Hospital.
8AYRE HAS ANOTHER TASK.
Direct
WOULD CUT OFF SINEWS OF i
Election.
Wilmington. PM- -
election of United Slai.-s ff!
nonular vote a victory for tne
mnA .icrrltifT PnnPTPWfJ tl) PS
mitt in v.'itr.. - .1
making It a crlinln;U offense I I
Individual or organization to w-
flnnnnlnllv Inward the eb''"1"1
..orwIMnlu fnr U feillTl:! Offifft 1
tlonal Grange Patrons of llfj
closed Its forty-eighth annua. ,
tlon, which has been In I'J
for 10 days. The next nice""
w.lrt In Knvpmher. 1!15. I" l1
Cal. Tho grange adopted a rH
credit, and stating that no farH
kill .l,lh nlnros ill the Ml
LMil n in. i. - .
o.'nitni h nower 10 M
A 1 - n nint'tfTACft '
out limitations by f"1"" .J
meei euner mo --.. - ,
or the Just demands of t I
Orange.
DYNAMITE USED TO STOP FIRE.
Man Loses Life And $250,000 Damage
Caused In Town.
Glrardvllle, Pa. Fire which caused
the death of one man and $250,000 loss
was finally got under control by the
use of dynamite and the Intervention
ot a large brick building after the
water supply of this drought-afflicted
section had become exhausted. Four
teen stores and residences were destroyed.
gon-ln-Lsw Of President To
Good Government Club.
Wllllamstown, Mass. Francis B.
Sayre, secretary to President Garfield,
hna a creed to direct the work of the
Williams College Good Government
Club. The club, with a membership
of nearly 300, Is one of the best sup
ported organizations at Williams. It
j i - ...1,1. ll i r t ( i' 1 1 i ii a nf all Irtnrtfl
UrnlB wim uiii, ni . ,L,v.. v . m.iu, " - - -
and engages speakers for lectures be- j approved by Assistant Secretary of the
... I n. ..... vnn.
fore the student ooay. ireasur
NOT NEAR DANGER POINT.
Officers and Crew Not Responsible For
Sinking Of Tahoma.
Washington, D. C When the reve
nue cutter Tahoma struck a reef near
the Aleutian Islands on September 20
she was 17 miles from the nearest
danger point shown on charts and
neither hor officers nor crew were re
sponsible for the accident, according
to the findings of a board of Inquiry
FAMILY NEARLY WlPEf 1
All But Wife Are Killed WW"
Hits Their Auto.
Fort Dodge, la -Kivo peJ
killed and one injured ,
... . ii,..v were rn
struck by a Minneapolis """'1
northbound passenger
gan. 12 miles from ti'r-
$250,000 JERSEY F'
Many Summer Homea
At H
Deatroyed-
Keansburg. N. JTj
extent ot $250,000 wa . -
which swept thious" ,j
t on here, aw ""d " vi
jiann ana iu"" - . K,i
. .. . ..ji... aorB BO 1
or tne duhuihb
this season.
opmsr.oUNT RAtE flC
Federal Re.erv. J
Change Mad" J
- The r'l
Washington, D. u W,J
eerve Board announces j
rediscount r
Reserve Bank on - . p
per cent, to 6V4 l"!f , ft
Boston bank on the p.
those In New York ,
This Is the
the rates to oe ""'
serve banks
weok.
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r'aian (
uht-i
r1 un.
,.""Ufrn
9 are
bery.