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German Army Declared to be
Cut Into Three Parts. v
Campaign AgainstWarsaw Frus
trated, Russians Say.
(Latent Summary.)
Terrlllc Unhung continues In I'ulnml,
la the neighborhood of IahU, where,
according to soml-olliclnl statement
at Petrograd, the ItiiHslans have cut
the German nnny under General
Mackcnhcn Into three parts. On the
other hand, an olliclal statement at
fterlin Hayg the Germans have checked
the Russian In that neighborhood and
have made successful counter-attacks.
It Ik announced at llcrlin that Km
peror William In now with the German
army In the Kant.
AltarkK and counter-attacks con
tinue In the neighborhood of Ypres, In
helgluin, without materially changing
the situation.
Slackening of the. Germans' heavy
artillery tire in IUOi'lum and Franco,
was noticed In Suudny's lighting In
Iielglum and France. according lo an
official announcement at I'arlM, whlcn
Kay tnnt the cannonading, though
active, was cnrrled on with lighter
guns, and that "tinder these condi
tions the artillery struggle I'" turned
particularly to our Hdvanlnge."
In a report from the front. Field
Marshal Sir John French, commander
of the iHth forces, declares that i.ie
AIIIps, by their tactics In France and
Itclt'lmn. have "ileI down" in that ter
ritory the hulk of the German unny.
preventing the diversion of troop to
the Kant, and have Inflicted upon the
Germans losses outnumbering 3 to I
liiu tosses sustained by themselves.
17,000 LOSS TO GERMANS.
Lemberg Advice Tell Of Toll In Three
Days' Battle.
Lemberg, Galicla, via Petrograd and
London. In operations lasting three
days In the iirliiity of Strykow, 15
miles northeast of Iod. and Tuahln.
an eiial distance to the south of thin
city, the Germans lost upward of 17,000
men, a heavy battery of artillery and
18 marhlne guns, according to au
thoritative Information made available
In Lemburg.
In the same fighting the Austrian
lost 16.000 men, in addition to ;u ma
chine guns.
The German operations In this local
ity are declared by Russian military
observers In Lemberg to have been
absolute failures, and the chance of
their escaping further disaster Is re
garded here as slight.
BOMB NEAR U. S. CONSULATE
Break Windows and Kills Several
Persons Outside.
Washington. 11. C A bomb from a
German airship fell In front of the
American Consulate at Warsaw,
breaking the windows of the consulate,
but. Injuring no one within, according
to a telegram dated today from Ameri
can Ambassador Marye at Petrograd.
Several persons In the street In front
of the consulate were killed and
wounded, but none of them were
Americans. The Incident was regard
ed here as Indicating the proximity of
the German advance guard to Warsaw.
76,000 AGAINST SUEZ.
Berlin Message Tells Of 10,000 Be
' doulns and S00 Camels.
Amsterdam, via London. According
to a Ilerlln message to the Telegraaf.
Cairo reports that "ti.otill Turkish
troops under Izzet Pasha are march
ing against the Suez Canal. This army
Includes lO.OUK lledoiilns. with film
camels. The reports also slate that
the Turks have built a Held railway to
the Klnakcl )als.
The road to the Suez Canal, accord
ing to the dispatch, Is barricaded by
the Hrltixh with a long line of trenches
snd with artillery positions.
OVER $600,000,000 FOR AUSTRIA.
Prices Of Provisions In Hungary Fixed
By Decree.
London. Subscriptions to the
Austro Hungarian war loans continued
In large amounts through the last day
on which the lists were open, says a
Iteuter's dispatch from Vienna. The
total of the subscriptions was more
than 3.0MUMHUMI0 crowns (JfiOO.OOu,
000). The Official Gazette of Budapest
publishes a. decree, according to theso
advices, fixing the prices which may
be charged for wheat, rye, barley,
maize, potatoes, rice and Hour.
ARMENIANS ATTACKED.
Holy War Call Brings Riots In
Erzerum.
Pelrograd, via London.- -A dispatch
.received here from Odessa describes
an outbreak of fanatical rioting In
Errerum.
Dispatches reaching Odessa from
this Turkish city say that following
the posting of a proclamation calling
the Mohammedans to a holy war all
the Armenian clubs. cln:rchc and
schools were demolished, by a mob.
Four Armenians, Including one woman,
were killed on the street.
6AY8 GERMAN TAX RELIEF.
Flour Sent Belgians From United
States Declared Under Levy.
Amsterdam, via London. The. Echn
Beige says the German authorities In
Belgium are taxing flour sent from the
1'nlted States for the starving Bel
gians at the rate of 13 francs (2.60)
per hundred kilograms.
I 'or all China the exports of silk
product In ISIS a-nounted to 176.453.
7P,!I. an Increase of I7.0&V2I7 over 1)11
CZAR'S ARMIES TURNED TO MEET FORCES OF RELIEF
LATEST OFFICIAL
REPORTS ON THE
WAR SITUATION
PETROGRAD. The following state-
ment from the Russian General Start
was made public here:
On the left bank of the Vistula
our troops, advancing from the
lower part of the B.ura Itlvcr,
have reached (loin bin.
In the centre of the battlo line
we captured the town of Brzezlny
and the villages in the valley of
the Mroga Hlver.
In some places we dislodged the
Germans by bayonet attack. Our
offensive In this region continues.
Between Brzezlny and Glowno
our cavalry succeeded In several
charges agatiut the German In
fantry. During the retreat of the enemy
wo captured a number of field
guns, aomo with their teams com
plete. We are computing the num
ber of the prisoners captured.
Among the German troops we
pushed back from Rzgow and
Tuszyn toward Brzezlny was" a di
vision or the Prussian guard.
In the region of Sglerz and Btry
kow we attacked the German
toward Lodz. Between Sgleri
and Sdunska Wola some German
troops are still holding themselves
In their trenches.
In general, between the Vistula
and the Warta, the fighting Is fav
orable to our arms.
FRENCH BULLETIN.
PARIS. The French War Office
gave out an official announcement
which said:
The slackening of the artillery
fire of the enemy was noted all
along the line. Two Infantry at
tacks directed against the heads
of bridges which we had thrown
down on the right bank of the
Vser, to the south of Dlxmude,
were easily repulsed.
In the Argonne some Infantry
attacks resulted In the loss and
then the recapture of certain
trenches. The men engaged In
this fighting never exceeded a bat
talion. Tho ground lost and then
retaken was never" more than
twenty-five yards.
Along the heights of the Meuse
and In the Vosges there Is nothing
to report.
BERLIN'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
BERLIN, (By Wlreles Telegraph
to. London). An official announce
ment given out In Berlin says:
English ships did not attack the
coast of Flanders again. There
have been no . actual changes
along the battle front In the west
ern arena. To the north of Lange
marck we have taken a group of
houses and made a number of pri
soners. Our attack In the Argonne re
gion has made further progress.
French attacks In the neighbor
hood of Apremont and to the east
of St. Mlhlcl were repulsed.
Two British Ships
Sunk by Submarines;
Mine Destroys Third
London Stunned by New Disaster
Following Loss of the Bulwark
Admiralty Cannot Still Rumors
That Battleship Was Blown
Up by Torpedo.
Ixindon. .V thrill of apprehension
ran through London when It was
learned that, following hard on tho
mysterious destruction of tho battle
ship Bulwark ut Sheerness, three
British ships had been blown up In
English waters.
German submarines, operating off
Havre, were responsible for the Iobs
of two merchant vessels, while the
collier Khartoum was sunk, accord
ing to the Admiralty, by a mine near
Grimsby.
The repeated successes of the
Kaiser's submarines have alunmd
the public. Their achievement off
Havre, which would indicate the
under-sea craft passed with impunity
the Straits of Dover, a shallow pas
sage only twenty-one miles wide, have
aroused the liveliest fears as to the
extent of their powers.
Doubt Bulwark Story.
In spite of the repeated assurance
of the Admiralty that the Bulwark
could not have been a victim of a
submarine, tho general public is far
from convinced that such was not tho
case.
The crew of the collier Khartoum
was taken off and landed at Grimsby.
Kaiser's Army
Seeks Way Out
of Czar's Trap
Retiring Invaders In Poland Use Every
Effort to Push Northward.
RUSHING REINFORCEMENTS.
Petrograd. The Germans are bring
ing reserves from Prussia and from
Danzig, and thesn troops are making
train Journeys of from one to four j
days to the frontier. Thence It takes
live or six days marching to reach j
the fringe of the present battleground. !
The Russians havo part of their j
strength only turned Inward on this
position In a kind of siege operation,
but the main army is thrown outward
over n wide- area In order to resist a
determined effort now being made
again from Thorn to reach the iso
lated German advance column.
Petrograd. Otllclals who have the
ear of the Ministry of the War have
been told privately that the Russians
have won the greatest victory of mod
ern times between the Warthe and
the Vistula and about sixty miles west
of Warsaw.
The report Is that the Grand Duko
Nicholas's armies have utterly crush
ed a large part of Gen. von Hlnden
burg's army, have captured or destroy
ed more than 60,000 men and hare
cut off the retreat of the surviving
corps.
The German counter offensive, un
der Lieut. -Gen. von Mackensen, was
halted about twenty-five miles east
of Czentochowa and driven back. Von
Mackensen was forced to abandon Von
Illndenburg's troops to their fate.
Meanwhile the Russian advance in
East Prussia was never delayed an
hour and la reported to be nearing In
sterburg. The unofficial news is that Cossacks
are driving Austrian rear guards into
Cracow and that Russian guns are
shelling the city from the northeast
and the southeast.
BULWARK'S LOSS A MYSTERY.
London. The British navy suffered
the loss of a battleship and at least
T3ti olllcers and men iu a manner
which uiystlflcs and alarms the pub
lic. The pre-dreadnaught Bulwark, of
15,000 tons and built at a cost of
1.000,000 ($3,000,000), blew up at
her moorings off Sheerness in the
estuary of the Thames and barely
thirty-five miles from London.
The known facts are that a tre
mendous exploelon occurred at 7:53
A. M while officers and crew were
about their ordinary duties It is re
ported that the band was playing
and in three minutes the shattered
hulk of the ship had disappeared be
neath the surface.
EPITOME OF
WAR NEWS
BRITISH WAR LOAN A SUCCESS.
Despite $1,750,000,000 Offering Allot
ments Are Cut Down.
Ixmdon. The statemeTits concern
ing the success of the $1,750,000,000
war loan have bepn officially con
Armed.
The largest banking applicants will
get a email percentage.
The city places the total 'applica
tions for the new loan of 350,000,000
($1,750,000,000) at 365,000,000 ($1,
825,000,000). These bonds are quoted In
the market at par, plus commissions.
MT. ARARAT MUD HALTS TROOPS
Russian Column Halted Gun Car
riages Couldn't Make Ascent.
Petrograd. The Russian column In
Asia Mlnlor was delayed by mud on
the slopes of Mount Ararat When
it rarhed the base of the mountain
the horses which were dragging the
gun carriage were unable to get a
foothold on the slippery ascent. Event
ually the ofUcera and men by
binding their boots with straw suc
ceeded in dragging the cannon to
firmer around.
The Portuguese Congress decided that
Portugal should CQ-operae with the
Allies when it considers the step
necessary. The Minister of War
will issue a decree for partial mobili
zation. Washington reported that a bomb hurl
ed by a German aeroplane broke the
windows of the United States Con
sulate at Warsaw and killed several
persons In the street.
Off Havre two British ships were sunk
by a German submarine and a Brit
ish collier was destroyed by a mine
off the English coast at Grimsby.
The British dreadnaught Audacious,
sunk by a mine or torpedo in the
Irish Sea, has been raised and
towed to Belfast for repairs,
Winston Churchill depreciated Brit
ain's losses at sea. He said the
British navy had paralyzed Ger
many's commerce, and could retain
ita aupremacy If It should lose one
dreadnaught a month, for a year,
in which time Britain will have
fifteen new ahips of this class.
The following waa given out by the
German Official Bureau: "Our
troops, under Gen. von Mackensen
at Lodz and Lowicz inflicted heavy
losses on the Fifth Russian armies.
In addition to many killed and
wounded we have In our possession
about 40,000 uninjured prisoners, 70
cannon, 160 ammunition wagons, and
15S machine guns, while we de
stroyed 30 cannon."
A despatch from Berne says reports
from a reliable source aet forth that
the French losses up to Nov. 1,
were 130,000 men killed, 370,000
wounded and 167,000 missing.
The Germans are advancing fresh
troops from East Prussia to relieve
the army caught in the Russian trao
In Poland. Petrograd reports the
destruction or capture of the main
German force.
Berlin declared that no decision has
been reached In the fighting In Po
land. Chilian maritime officials Issued a
statement In which It was declared
that Germany had violated neutral
ity by seizing the coal and provision
supplies on two ships, one of them
- an American, and had sunk a French
bark in territorial water.
ON THE UNFORTIFIED CITIES
President Notified U. 8. Represen
tatives In Europe To Carefully
Convey His Views .To
Warring Nationa,
Washington, D. C President Wil
son has communicated unofllcially to
tbe diplomatic representatives of the
United States In the belligerent coun
tries of Europe his disapproval of at
tacks by bombs from air craft dropped
on unfortified cities occupied by non
combatants. The President was careful not to
take tho matter up officially, and did
not even make his communication
through the State Department, but
personally addressed the American am
bassadors abroad. .The President
took this course, it Just became known,
nearly two months ago. The facts
came to light through the publication
of a report thnt the President had dis
cussed the matter with European diplo
mats here. This, however, was de
nied by some of the prominent diplo
mats mentioned In connection with It,
Including the German Ambassador.
Just how the American diplomats
ah ion d were to convey president Wil
son's feeling In the matter to the
foreign governments has not been dis
closed, as White House officials, de
clined to discuss the subject.
It Is believed here, however, that
the President called attention to the
article in The Hague convention of
1907, to which all the principal bel
ligerents were signatory, which pro
vides for notice of 24 hours before
bombardment or atalck in order that
non-combatants may remove them
selves from the danger zone.
It Is not believed that the Presi
dent mentioned any specific violation,
but expressed his views on the general
subject of aerial attacks. Through
unofficial character of the communica
tion it was Intended by the President
to bring about a better understanding
about aerial warfare without actually
involving tho American government In
the matter. ,
It is supposed that the American
diplomats used their good offices, con
sequently. In a personal way with the
belligerent governments, without per
haps even mentioning the fact that
they were doing so at the request' of
the President, as such methods of ob
taining a desired end are not unusual
In diplomacy.
AMERICAN EXPORTS REVIVE.
October Trade Balance For Country
Is $57,000,000.
Washington, D. C. American ex
port trade, crippled by the European
war, showed signs of revival during
October and the month ended with a
balance of trade in favor of the United
States of more than $57,000,000, as
shown by statistics just issued by the
Department of Commerce.
There was an increase of more
than $39,000,000 in October exports
over September, although tho total
was almost $78,000,000 below October,
1913. Imports In October fell off more
than $1,000,000 from the September
trade, but were $4,100,000 more than
during October last year.
In the $195,404,630 October exports,
foodstuffs, crude and manufactured,
and food animals formed the principal
Items with a total of $73,635,000, an
increase of $32,000,000 over October,
1913. Crude manufacturing materials
show ed a decrease.
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I RESPECT
NEUTRAL'S RIGHTS
United States Serves Notice on
the Belligerents.
VON BERNSTORFF'S PROTEST
Our State Department, However, Calls
Attention To the Fact That
England Did Not Ratify
the Declaration.
U. S. NOT TO SELL RIFLES.
Discarded Krag-Jorgensons Will Be
Kept Until War Is Over.
Washington, D. C. Krag-Jorgenson
rifles discarded by tho United States
Army when the new high-power
Springfield rides were developed at the
government's arsenals and supplied to
all troops will not be sold during the
European war to any bidder, no mat
ter what country he may represent.
Secretary Garrison announced he had
made this reply to several agents who
had approached him on the subject at
the outbreak of the war.
' BIG EXHIBIT BY ENGLISH.
Many Applications For Space At
' 'Frisco Exposition.
London. The ranama-Paeillc ICx
posltion Committee is receiving many
applications for space from prospective
exhibitors. The United States naval
collier Jason will call at English ports
in January, after taking on exhibits at
Marseilles and Genoa. Most of the ap
plicants for space are manufacturers
or artists.
Washington, I). C The decided
stand taken by the United Stales gov
ernment in refusing to accept piece
meal adoption of the principles of the
Declaration of London as a guide to
commercial restrictions to be imposed
during the European war was made
clear at the State Department, when
the text of a cablegram sent to Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin on October
14 last was made public.
Mr. Gerard had communicated a
preliminary notice that Germany in
tended to protest to this government
against alleged violation of the dec
laration by Great Britain and France.
The German Ambassador, Count Bern
storff, called at the State Department
to lodge the formal complaints and
the text of the reply cabled to Ambas
sador Gerard, copies of which went to
all American diplomatic represen
tatives abroad, was then made public.
It follows:
"Please Inform the German govern
ment that the department's sugges
tion made to the belligerent countries
for the adoption for the sake of uni
formity of the Declaration of London
ua a. temnorary code of naval warfare
for use in the present war has been
withdrawn because of the unwilling
ness of some of the belligerents to
adopt the Declaration of London with
out modification."
Neutrala Have Rights.
"The United States government,
therefore, will Insist that its rights
and duties and those of its citizens
in the present war, be defined by the
existing rules of international laws
and tbe treaties of the United States
with the belligerents Independently of
the provisions of the declaration, and
this government will reserve the right
to enter a demand or protest in every
cane in which the rights and duties
mentioned above and defined by exist
ing rules of international law are vio
lated or their free exercise hindered
by the authorities of the belligerent
governments."
The message was signed by Coun
selor Lansing, then acting secretary
of state.
EIGHTEEN KILLED
IN WRECK AT SEA
Only Forty-three are Saved
From Steamer Hanalei.
MORE MAY HAVE BEEN LOST
Coasting Vessel Goes To Pieces On
Duxbury Reef After Futile Efforts
By Those On Shore To Get a
Line To the Steamer.
BELLIGERENTS ARE BUSf
Wdt;
San Francisco, Cal. Forty-three
survivors have been rescued from the
wrecked steamer Hanalei, which went
ashore In a dense fog on Duxbury Reef,
nine miles north of the Golden Gate,
and was shivered Into splinters by the
pounding surf.
Eighteen dead have been either
washed aBhore at Bollnas, Just east
of the dreaded reef, or brought to port
by the United States revenue cutter
McCulIoch and the naval tug Iroquois.
How many are missing never will be
known for the best available passenger
list in the company's possession gives
28 passengers and 26 crew, a total of
54 souls, whereas the known dead and
saved number 60, seven more than are
shown on the company's papers. These
figures do not Include two life-savers
washed ashore alive, and three diIbs
lng. Their boat waB swamped.
Loses Infant Son.
The ship's pursuer stuffed a bundle
, of tickets into his pocket, but after
he had been saved he round tney were
for tho northbound trip useless to
show how many were aboard south
bound. As the vessel was a small
coaster of 660 tons, plying on a local
run, all the dead are Californlans.
A majority of the dead brought In
by the McCulIoch had swallowed
crude petroleum, smeared on the
waves from the ship's fuel tanks when
she broke up and, although many of
them showed signs of life when first
picked up. It was impossible to
resuscitate them.
Women and Children Are Sowing Set J
For the Spring Crop So Thst
There Will Be Plenty Of
the Food Grain.
Wnurilnplnn T1 P Tl. .
!" -.in" prea'ce
wueiu Hreu. hi me wonu s history
no piamea ior mo i:n.r, rmrvost
resuu oi wo j'.uropean v.ar. In tl
opinion of Charles M. li.iUKhert)
statistical expert oi tne J"-i.iirtment
Agriculture. In a report just
public Mr. Daugherty myv:
AS a result of the war In Kurni
a wonu-wiue tendency ni-i9 t0
crease tne acreage or wheat. Doul
less the most extensive una In t:
history of the world will ,e (W
during the present autumn and (0mi
spring. A prospective heavy dn;a
for this Important food ; ; a i n by t
importing countries of Western I
rope is likely, if seedli.g condilli
favor, to give exlrnordimuy Mlinu;
to sowings of both winter and njiri
varieties in the two great iimrti
countries of North America and
those sowings now IicIhk finished i.
der auspicious clrcuniM;.i'ivn in U
lsh India.
"In the Southern Hemisphere
Ing was completed before lliewart,
gan and the effect of pre .-en t pronoi
conditions upon extension of
5 BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK.
WORKING OVERTIME.
Mills Kept Busy Filling European
Orders For Woolens.
Milwaukee, Wis. Knitting mills of
Wisconsin are working on orders for
1,296,000 pairs of woolen socks and
400,000 sweaters for England and
France. The orders were "rush" and
the mills are running day and night.
Prices average $3 a dozen for the
socks and $2.50 each for the sweaters.
Dearth of sheepskins caused a La
Crosse concern to refuse an order for
300,000 sheepskin coats for France.
One Racine factory refused contracts
for woolen goods for European armies
because it was said to be working to
capacity on domestic orders.
Two Merchantmen Blown Up By Ger
man Submarine.
London. Three more vessels have
been added to the British losses as a
result of the war, the steamers
Malachite and Trimo having been
sunk off Havre by German submarines
and the collier Khartoum being blown
up by a mine off Grimsby.
The crews of all these vessels were
i rescued, the men from the Malachite
being landed at Southampton, those
from the Trimo at Fecamp, a French
port on the Enpllsh Channel, and those
from the Khartoum at Grimsby.
Grimsby is on the south bank of
the number, 15 miles southeast of
Hull.
German Craft Daring.
Tho report indicates that Germany's
submarines have performed onewof
their most daring feats. This is the
first occasion on which their activities
have been reported In these waters.
Apparently they made their way
through tne Straits of Dover to a point
more than 150 miles from their nearest
base.
COULD NOT LEGALLY DO SO.
U. S. TO PAY INDEMNITY.
Will Give To China Part Of Boxer
Balance.
Washington, D. C. China has ap
plied for and will be paid in a few
days $200,000 of the $1,175,000 balance
of the Boxer Indemnity remitted by
the United States. It is being devoted
to the education of 350 Chinese stu
dents in the United States. The re
mission of the money was authorized
by Congress.
SLAIN WITH HER FATHER.
Florida Girl and Lawyer Found Dead
In Ruina Of Home.
Mlama, Fla. A. A. Boggs, a promi
nent Florida attorney, and his daugh
ter, Marjorie, 18 years old, were found
murdered in the charred ruins of their
country borne near here. The resi
dence, which was one of tbe most
eostly In this section, had been set
on fire with the evident Intention of
concealing the crime. Tbe bodies were
found by neighbors, who bad been at
tracted to tbe scene by the Barnes.
Wilson Will Not Have Receiver Named
For Coal Mines.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son will not adopt the suggestion of
the American Federation of Labor that
steps be taken to have a receiver ap
pointed for the Colorado coal mines
involved In the strike with the pur
pose of having them operated by the
Federal government. He told callers
he had been Informed by Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Labor,
that the solicitor of that department
has given an opinion that there would
be no legal warrant for the operation
of the mines by the government.
ANOTHER CARGO TO BELGIAN8.
Second Relief Ship Sets Sail From
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Ta. The Norwegian
steamship Om, the second steamer to
leave here loaded with food and other
supplies for the Belgian war suffer
ers, sailed Wednesday for Rotterdam.
The Orn is taking aoross the Atlantic
a cargo of about 2,000 tons, contributed
by the citizens of Philadelphia and
vicinity. Brief religious exercises pre
ceded the sailing of the steamer,
which was witnessed by a great crowd.
75 THANKSGIVING PARDONS.
Governor Blease's Present To South
Carolina Convicts.
Columbia, S. C Governor Cole
Blease, of South Carolina, gave 75
stato convicts pardons or paroles as
Thanksgiving Day presents. Records
in the secretary of state's office show
Governor Blease has commuted tho
sentences, pardoned or paroled, more
than 1,400 prisoners In the past four
years.
LIFTING CATTLE QUARANTINE.
Federal Bureau Certain the Disease
Has Been Checked.
Washington, D. C Satisfied that
the ravages of the foot-and-mouth dis
ease among cattle have been checked
and that the epidemic Is now under
control, officials of the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry determined to begin lift
ing the quarantine Imposed on the
cattle market of various States.
MEXICAN KILLS TROOPER.
Enlisted Man Killed In Quarrel Below
Border.
San Diego, Cel. W. A. Robinson,
enlisted in Troop M, First United
States Cavalry, stationed at Tecate,
on the border line, 30 miles southeast
of Sau Diego, waa stabbed to death by
a, Mexican. According to the com
manding officer, Koblnson waa killed
on Mexican soil In a quarrel. The
slayer Is under arrest in Mexican Te
cate and will be tried by comt-mar-tuU.
irf
there will be manifest only In t
spring and summer of i:))r.
"In Europe, where ordinarily o
half the worlds wheat Is produiJ
the Indications are that nil avalli:
labor resources, in b.-ith neutral hi
contending nations, will ho utilized
the utmost for getting In full or
creased areas. In Italy, whiwo wl
acreage is ordinarily second In tit
to that of no state In Europe, fr-
Ing Russia. 1.000.000 acre., it It i J
will be added to the crop
"In the contending count:
extraordinary efforts re Ih-Ihrhm
In autumn seeding. The Fervlcej
women and children, men W
from military services, rcfut'
prisoners of war and soldieri t
porarlly relieved from the renin
being utilized In the IH Ms ai c
slons permit and require Beciuie
strained labor conditions and of
occupation of certain territory dv
seeding time by contending tr
some local contractions of area t
Inevitable. The reduction. how
likely to be compensated by Incrf
sowings in neutral nations
"In Western Europe, particular!
England and France, the autumn
Ings of wheat are somewhat In irf1
but as a large part of these coun i
Is favored with a mild climate, in
sowing operations possible at t:.
during the entire winter, little ami
is expressed over the present t'
Reports from Germany and other
tries of Central Europe Indicate
seeding operations haw tieen
on with activity."
FRANCE TO RAISE $:M,000,c1
$140,000,000
In War Bondi M
Subscribed.
Paris. Subscriptions In tne "I
term 5 ner cent, national
bonds amount to 7um.(mk,H I
($140,000,000) for Frame
addition, 300,000,000 francs oft
bonds are already In circulation.
The Minister of Finance, Ale'
Rlbot, submitted to the Cabinet
ereA rnlRlne to 1 . 4 00.0'Hi.Ot'O Iran
mount leminble of war defense
II U nrnnnsed to Issue bends in
denominations, as low as 1W'
Subscriptions to -these uoniu
Inlfon at nil tobacco sl.HI t0
and savings banks.
DIPLOMATS OUT OF
Notified That They May Sek
Other Employment
London.-Tho Gorman Kiuj
cording to a dispatch lii
to tho Exchange Telegrai'" to
i l n..tilli.h Veil
iihh urueiru -i
German minister of foreim "1
notify all the uern -..
hitherto III""
ployed In the countries now 1
with Germany that inn
themselves free to rl'i
career. .,.t
Vo,OM. erltirs. t!:e in-" 1
state that this sci"''1 pH'", ,
cate that German dipie'""-'
responsible for the war.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN
Battle In Northweatern
Territofj
itlnf i"No;
s, V
s from N'"
at. '
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Undecided
. .. .... ....I. Una in Nrf
raris. Heavy hi. '
ern Servla continues
in tho Havas Agency
. . v.o front
. i. vn.initra.
. ... j ...ornte. Wr
as particularly or
the Servian leu ,.ej
of this battle Is still una
Ing on a smaller - pr
on the east Dans -
to the west oi '"" irlW,t
ments of late.
GIVES 1,000,000 PA!" M
."rift 0
Grand Duke Michael 0'
o,w State.
Lls-Grand Dl-
slat has presented to ,ffJ
1,00,000 Plra - . b,lfr
hnh ordered front ,
factories at an vfr" o
pair. Some
shoes for tbe Rul '
been placed u Amr
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jCallfomlatii"kl,
bacco seed Uo i'
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