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\ gasss ; ? "V ' .-.,%-.,r,,T. f. ....^T,v/.:-VH-r^V'^vV'AVu' R SOCIETY NEWS city noil Htate (he beat etlluin lo all Virginia la E TIMES-DISPATCH 9 SHOPPING DAYS Are all that remnlti before Hi OrlMtmaM. Help other* ami (L yournelf by buying Karl jr. ^ THE TIMES-DISPATCH l>4th YEAR NUMBER 19,930. WILSON MAY ORDER ITHREATTO RETURN FIRE CARRIED OUT Probably Will Wait Another Day Before Taking De cisive Action. BOTH FACTIONS SEND REASSURING MESSAGES Gutierrez and Carranza Warn Their Forces Against Shoot ing Across Border. INSTIllCTIONK NOT HKCKIVKD Washington Ollicials Arc I'nable to Understand Delay in Oe livery at Naco. 1 WASHINGTON', December 14.?Al though both Provisional President Gutierrez and General Carranza have assured the American government that their forces have been instructed to confine their lire to Mexican territory, nothing olllclal had been received late to-day to Indicate the receipt of such Instructions at Naco, Sonora. Olliclals here are unable to understand the de lay In delivery ?o the Naco commanders of the messuges, copief of which have passed through American telegraph lines to Naco. Mean while, firing con tinues The general belief to-niitht was that President Wilson would wall at least another day, perhaps discussing the subject with his Cabinet to-morrow, and then, if the demands of the United States were not complied with, the threat to return with artillery, any tiring into American territory would be carried out. As yet, however, no fur ther orders have been sent to Hri*?a dler-Oenerni Tusker II. P.llss, In charge of the,command at Naco, Ariz. ATTACH .VO niPOHTANCr; TO ("A It It A NZA'S S'l'ATKM KXT Administration officials attach no im portance to Carranza's statement that if the United States lire*! lii Mexican territory it would be "an act of hos tility." In view of the urgent tone of the message from Provisional Presi dent Gutierrez to Genera! Maytorena, o^lclals believed the latter would re move his troops and avoid complica tions. Should one of th? faotlons heed the warning of the United States, the need for defensive lire would be re moved. Secretary liryan had received no fur ther word to-night concerning the cir cumstances of the reported killing of two Americans at Cananea. Kuportu thus far received said they were killed b,v Irresponsible bandits. Admiral Howard, commanding the American s'juudron on the Mexican west coast, has learned that *1 Car ranza force of 1.200 under General lturhe has taker- La Paz, I<ow<-r Cali fornia Carranza says General 11111 has con trolled his tire, and that he is send ing fresh Instructions to the Sonora commander to avoid tiring that would endanger persons across the border. He deplores that Americans have been killed and wounded, but suggests such accidents have been due to carelessness on the part of Americana or "Imprudent curiosity." Carranza headquarters here to-day filed a statement of their position at Naco, contending their forces were not responsible for any of the firing across the hord?-r. Ml.MM A.\ lNSTHI I TKI> to m:i:k t i.kmkncv Secretary Bryan to-.luy Instructed Consul/ Sllllman to seek clemency for all prisoners arrested on political charges, ami to ask for their sate con duct out of the country. The Spanish ambassador was in formed by the State Department to day that Julian Zorolla, the Spaniard at Tainpico threatened with execution as a Villa supporter, had been released as a result of American representa tions Two other Spaniards arrested on the same charge were executed. American Consul Simplch Is seeking release of a British ..subject, H. Perry i (Meaker. imprisoned .it Navajo, Sonora, [ Iby Maytorena officials, charged with "transporting enemies of the state." The Brazilian minister at Mexico City reported to-day that E. It. Jones, of l.os Angeles, vice-president of Wolls Fargo Co., in Mexico, and G. A. O'Brien, its manager in the City of Mexico, under detention there, have been released. Mexican authorities have given as surance that Ft. J. Boyle and others in San Antonio may send foodstuffs and supplies to needy persons In Tamplco and vicinity, duty-free, and that there will be no transportation charges over the government-con trolled railroad. COSTS MORE TO FEED ARMY Kurnpran Wnr CiiiiHf* lllg Iiicrensc in I'rloe* of ItaliontA WASHINGTON. December 14.?Cost of rations has Increased to such an extent on account of the European war that It will cost $ 1 HO,000 more to feed the American army during the com ing* year than this year. Even the prices of horse food has'so Increased that $100,000 more must be paid next year for army forage. . "A'ar freight rates has made it im possible for the navy to meet out of its appropriations the cost of send ing coal to its various stations. Con gress will be asked to authorize the use of the money ordinarily spent In paying freight rates on coal for the maintenance of naval colliers, to be used instead of commercial vessels. NO FE^R FOR SHI PS SAFETY French I.lne OlIlclnlM <;ive ItcnMNiiraiiee* n* to the Florida. I Special t.o The Tlmes-Dlspalely] N'hW YOTtK, December 14.?Officials of the French Dine stated to-day that they felt no Anxiety about the'safety of their steamer Florida, which left Havre on November 2U and lias not been heaid of since. "The movements of all vessels nre being kept as secret as possible, and when I say there Is no need, for alarm you may infer that we have heard from her," .said one of the .o flic la Is. ! "After leaving Havre she was expected to go to Bordeaux, and as she Is not , by any means a fast nchsoI even in fine weather, we do not expect her In this port until Wednesday." "ECONOMY" IS WATCHWORD | I.ckImIii tl ve, lOatM'titlvr nml Judicial Hill CmIIm for 9aS,744,7Kt.5?. WASH INGTON, December 14.?"KcoR-j only" waa the' watchword of the Ap- i proprlatlons Committee In the prepara tion of the legislative, executive and! Judicial appropriation bill, first of the biff supply measures reported to-day to tho House. The committee lopped off nearly $2,000,000 from estimates sub mitted by various departments, cutting j salary allowances, and brought in a measure" appropriating $38,744,753.50. The bill provides for salaries of more | than H',,000 government employes and I shows an increase of $1,128,843 over I last year's measure. Hut it includes | a special appropriation of f2.28C.100 and authorizes 1.000 additional em ployes for taking the agricultural I census. The committee says this Is an j extraordinary expenditure, and main tains, therefore, that this year's meas ure is materially less than the last appropriation. | Tim 1)111 contains the usual provision ! proposing to cut down the mileage al lowance of Congressmen from "0 cents a mile to 5 efcnts a mile. The fight 1 to cut down the mileage allowance has been on for years, and, although, the. committee each year reports the reduc tion in the bill, It is defeated either in the House or Senate. The committee cut 1102,200 from esti mates of the Secretary of Commerce fo;* the work of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, although an increase of $25,000 over last year's appropriation was allowed for promot ing commerce with Latin-Anlerica. NATIONAL BANKS REPORT Cimti In Vaults on October HI Amounts to 903SA03.375. WASHINGTON, December 14.?Cash in the vaults of the 7,577 national banks reporting their condition to the Comptroller of the Currency at tiie close of business on October 31 amount ed to $525,553.37.", an increase over the amounts for September 12 of $2i,846, 026. Individual deposits on the same day amounted to $6.078.854,CI7, a de crease of $/>0,l 36,662. Resources and liabilities of the reporting: banks were placed at $11,492,452,722, with loans and discounts of $6,310,473,470, a decrease since September 12 of J84.2S8.915. Tho amount of clearing-house certificates outstanding as liabilities was given at $49.91 1,000. The total of reserves for the United States shows a percentage of 21.7C. or $8,058,918 above legal requirements, compared with $30,396,263 below legal requirements September 12. In the cen tral reserve cities of New York, Chi cago and St. Louis the deficiency of reserves was reduced to 12,050.641, com pared with $45,209,364 on September 12. FIGHT ON WATERWAYS BILL InnuKuratrd In House for Thlx Session l?y Heprrnr n tu 11 % o Kroner. WASHINGTON, December 14.?The fight against river and harbor legis lation w'as begun for this session of Congress to-day, when Representative Frcaer, of Wisconsin, attacked in the House proposed improvements in the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. He declared the proposal to improve the Mussel Shoals section of the Tennes see was a "scandalous project," and asserted that under guise of improv ing navigation, it was proposed, to have the government do $18,701,000 worth of j work on the river for the benefit of I the Alabama Light, Power and Water Company, which he called the "Alabama | Power Trust." Representative Freaer criticized the | Army Board of Engineers for reeom i mending the project. NO RELIEF TO-DAY [. < onfiuiied Cold Wfnthrr Espected to I'rcvnll Throughout South. i ATLANTA. OA, December 14.?Wln ! ter'.s first decided attack in the South will not be relieved to any appreciable '? extent in any portion to-morrow, while ! lower temperatures will prevail In some ' sections, according to the government's forecast to-night. , The mercury is expected to descend ; further, especially along the Atlantic Coast in North Carolina, South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida. Continued cold also is looked for in Virginia. In Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Eastern Texas the of : ficial forecasters content themselves by ; saying there will be "not much change i in temperature." ! The temperature is expected to rise | slowly in Arkansas and Tennessee. I Generally fair weather is predicted. A biting gale swept Atlanta to-night, land a temperature of 15 degrees or i lower was predicted for to-morrow. CONVICTS TO RAISE FUND : Will He for .Support of Families of Men Servinjc Terms. CHICAGO, December 14.?Convicts in | lollet Penitentiary put into operation j | to-day a plan to raise a fund for the | support of families of the men carv ing terms. J The 1,336 inmates agreed to spend I their spare time at their craft, and | turn their product over to an agent, i through whom saic^ will be made. All money received will go Into a general , fund for the support of the wives and ! children of the prisoners. BRISBANE IMPROVES ! i | New York Editor Suffering With In terrtlnnl Dlstorilprn. I ATLANTA, GA., December 14.?The j condition of Arthur Brisbane, editor of t tho New York Evening Journal, who is ill at a local hotel, continued to : show slight improvement to-night, ac | cording to his physicians. He Is said lo lie suffering with Intestinal dis ' orders, following an attack of acute j ? Indigestion. Mr. Brisbano became | seriously ill he,re last Friday, shortly 1 after his arrival from New York. FOR U. S. TO AVOID WAR Menim Will lie I>l*cuBHed at "Penrc In- i nurnucc I.tinebron" To-Uny. NKW YOKK. December 'J4.?More than 800 lending: business men of Now York have reserved places for "a peace, insurance luncheon" to take place to morrow night under the auspices of tho j Merchants' Association. The speakers, Including Major-General Wood ami Mayor Mltchel, will discuss means of i preventing the United Slates from en- j gaging in war. EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN KIkHI Other* Injured nnd Apartment ' Mouse Wreekcil. f'LBVKIiAND, <>., December 14.?A natural gas explosion in a two-story j apartment house here occupied by tor eigners to-night killed seven persons. \ seriously injured eight and wrecked the' building. Windows for a block around were broken, and persons in a drug i store across the street were injured by broken glass. DANIELS DEPORTS ! !? SUCCESSFULIESIS j ! OF ALASKA COAL; Expected to Meet Govern- i , ment's Demand for Fuel on Pacific Coa^t. I ? I TRIALS RECENTLY MADE BY CRUISER MARYLAND Cabinet Officer Bcfofc House Committee Explains Needs of Navy. i | | QVKSTIONKD ON MANY I'HASKS | Recommends Iiuilding of Dry Dock at Norfolk; for Congress to Decide. j WASHINGTON, December 14.?Kor-? ? nial announcement of successful n ival ' tests of coal from government-owned ; fields in Alaska was mailt! to-day by ; Secretary Daniels before (lie Naval i Committee of the House. Trials by j the cruiser Maryland about ten days | ago, Mr. Daniels said, bad demon- , ?trated that the Malatiuska coal was us good as any to be found. The results of this test were par ticularly gratifying, Mr. Daniels said, because disappointing experiments t with coal from the liering fields a year i ago had lessened .hope that the rich 'deposits in Alaska ultimately would meet all of the government's demands for fuel on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Daniels spent, bis fourth and last day before the committee explain ing the needs of the mfvy in connec tion with the preparations of the an nual appropriation bill and answer ing questions on every phase of the national defense problem. He told of a proposal for buildlnc a $f.OO,UOO projectile plant at Phila delphia or Indian Head, Maryland; ad mitted that it was no secret in the ? navy that the supply of shells for the great guns of the battleships was in adequate. and gave his views at . j length on the retired pay question. CAPTAIN \V IN TE It 11A I .'I'E R ASKED AHOl'T SUBMARINES I Captain Winterhalter, the secretary's j aide, was questioned about submarines, ? and had quite an argument with Kep j resentative Hobson, of Alabama over I war scares. Captain Winterhalter j I said be was unable to see the inter ' national dangers ahead pictured by Mr. Hobson. Then the Congressman ' told the committee of a "searo" last ! year that put the American garrison j in th?? Philippines in a state of siege, j "In May and for some months of last : year," said Mr. Hobson, "our gunners 1 at Corregldor island, .stood, .at their j gun nlglit and day, with plans for a : two-years' siege. The harbors were mined, troops from all over the islands were brought into Corregldor, and everything prepared for a siege, ex ! cept there was no transfer of the gov- ; | ernment from Manila. It did not take j any vision to Bee that." Mr. Hobson did not go Into the de ? talis as to the cause of these prepara tions and Captain Winterhalter ap parently was not inclined to discuss the subject. Representative Gardner, of Massa chusetts, continued his efforts during | the day to get bearings on his pro posed commission investigation of the i nation's preparedness for war. He ad dressed letters to Representative Pad- j gctt, chairman of the Naval Committee j j and Representative Hay, chairman of i the Military Committee, asking them i to summon War and Navy Department I officials, certain retired army and j ! navy officers and former Vablnet mem- i | bers. Mr. Padgett declined to summon | i former officers or officials, saying that j ! the comraltte preferred to hear the men ! now in charge of the government's j work. Secretary Roosevelt, of the Navy' Department and Captain Stirling, com manding the Atlantic submarine fio i tilla, will be before the House Naval ; Commlttco to-morrow. I THREE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY SECRETARY Three recommendations were made by Secretary Daniels at the afternoon session. They were: Appointment of all second lieuten ants in the navy hreafter as "acting second lieutenants," so that those who co not measure up to requirements after appointment may be dropped. Graduated system in retired pay of r.aval ofllcers on the basis of tlieir length of naval service and the extent of their disabilities. Authority for using part of a $40,000 contingent fund to protect the navy's rights and property on Its oil land reserves. The secretary said the navy was trying to put its yards on a business basis with Industrial managers, try ing the plan at New York, Norfolk and perhaps some other plants. "The Philadelphia Navy-Yard is in excellent shape," lie added, "and hasn't as many evils, card systems and other paper word, as they have in some of the other yards. We are going to put a construction officer in charge at the Norfolk yard." Asked as to his policy regarding of ficers, trained by the government at groat expens". going out of the navy to accept private employment, Mr. Daniels replied that now and then it was better to allow resignations of some indifferent oflicers, but that it was harder for a lirst-class, valuable man to resign than "for a camel to go through a needle's eye." Declaring the navy had too many officers ashore, the secretary said: "We. should abolish the ollice of captain of every yard. Kvery office we can spare nliould be abolished." (."IIIKK DOCKINtJ VKKI) * OK NAVY AT MOHKOI.K Representative Dee, of Pennsylv?>nla, brought up Iho proposed new naval dry dock, suggesting that, in view of trouble with the alto selected at Nor folk, it would be better to build a dock at Philadelphia, "where the bottom Is safe and sure." "The reason I recommended the: building of a dry dock at Norfolk," ; replied Secretary Daniels, "is because j that yard has more docking, more ar-! rivals and departures than any other yard. I recommended the location at Norfolk; it is for Congress to deter minte what should be done. The chief (locking 'need of the navy is at Nor folk." Secretary Daniels was asked if the general board of the navy agreed with him as to th. location of the dock. ^Continued on Second Page.) SERVIANS RETAKE BELGRADE; AUSTRIANS ADMIT DEFEAT it is utmost impossible for the allies to dislodge these Uerman sharpshooters, who are intrenched behind this splinter-proof sloping shed. The rain of bullets from the allies' .ifles arc deflected by,the steep incline t>r the rof of the shelter. The roof completely covers the trench. There is a narrow slit running its entire length. through which the sharpshooters lire from behind their straw breastworks. To send a shot through this opening from the ranks of the allies is'almost impossible. GBETilS ASKS UN ! FDR TWO DESTR3YEFIS Reiterates Request for Means to Pre vent Violation of Neutrality on Canal Zone. ACTION* IS NOT YET TAKEN j | Misuse of Wireless and Loading of i Supplies by Ilelilgerent Vessels Is Alleged?Departments at Wash ington Now investigating Matter. WASHINGTON. December 14.?Colo nel Goethals, Governor of the Panama: Canal Zone, tc.-day reiterated his re- ; quest that two torpedo-boat destroyers be sent to Panama waters to prevent, violation of neutrality through misuse' of wireless and the loading of supolies by belligerent vessels. Secretary Garrison issued this ?inte- ' ment : "The substance of the dispatch is t that in Colonel Goethals's judgment i the misuse of radio communications j within canal waters, and the preven-1 Hon of the misuse of these waters as a > base of supplies require the presence ! of swift-moving ships of the variety j mentioned. Since the questions in volved require the consideration of the j State Department and the Navy De- , partment, as well as my own, I have taken the matter up with the other departments: and as soon as the re quirements are fully ascertained, proper action will be taken to meet them." Governor Goethals's request was the subject of a conference to-day be tween Secretary of War Garrison. Counselor Lansing, of the State De partment, and Rear-Admiral Flske. chief of the navy's bureau of opera tions. No decision was made, and it was indicated to-night that, because of the delicacy of questions involved and the scant information furnished by Colonel Goeth?ls, it might be sev- ! erals days before any action was ? taken. OFFICIALS WIIX GO DKKI'IjV I.VTO OUIOSTION" j It is understood thai administration | officials will go deeply into the ques tion of the powers of tho government tn controlling activities In waters ad jacent to the Canal Zone before any step is taken. Regarding th? alleged use of radio outfits by British colliers within the canal waters, officials are trying to ascertain the extent to which this has been done. It is suggested that a warning will be sufficient to stop al leged offenses without invoking a dis play of force, if such a display should be necessary, however, It will be in cumbent upon the navy, as by a proc lamation on August 5, the Navy l?o partment was placed In exclusive con trol of the radio service in the Canal Zone. The destroyers Sanson. Worden. Ter- j ry, Perkins and Walke are in reserve I at Charleston, 8. C., and one or more I could be. dispatched to canal waters j almost instantly. I WOMEN TELL HIM THEIR AGE ! Xew Vork I'ajn Comforlnhlf, Snlnrv to ! Km ?'Secret Keeper." {Special to The Times-Dispatch.] NRW YOKK, December 11.?The State of Xew York pays a comfortable salary to u "secret keeper." lie Ijn't down on the payroll by this dcsig.ta- ! tlon, being carried there simply as . "George L. Wallace, accountant." lie 1 described himself to-day, however, be fore the State Civil Service Hoard. "I am a sort of confidential account ant," ho said. "What does that mean?" asked Frank Moss, counsel to the hoard. "Well." replied Wallace. "It relates principally to the ngen of the ladles. You see, all the lady employes in the civil service department have to make out cards allowing how bid they are. They don't like to do It,, but they don't have to show the cards to anybody but me, and I never tell." CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Heduoerl rates via Chesapeake anil Ohio Railway. Tickets on sab* December !fi to 25. December 51 and January 1. Good until January 6. i British lloat B-ll Dives Under Five j Rows of Mines and Torpedoes Big War Vessel. THEN ESCAPES IN SAFETY ' Submerged on One Occasion for Nine Hours, and, Although Pursued by Gunfire and Torpedo Boats, Gets Away?Lost Ship's Crew 000 Men. LONDON, December 14.-^-A communi cation issued by the official bureau to day announced the Turkish battleship Messudieh had been torpedoed by a British submarine. The official bureau's statement ia as follows: "Yesterday submarine B-ll, In charge of Lieutenant-Commander Norman B. Holbrook, of the royal navy, entered the Dardanelles, and. In spite of the difficult current, dived .under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish Messudieh, which was guarding the j mine fields Although pursued by gun*- ! fire and torpedo boats, the B-ll re- 1 turned safely after being submerged I on one occasion for nine hours. "When last seen, the Messudieh was I sinking by the stern." ; Lieutenant-Commander Holbrook, of j the submarine B-ll, is one of five h-others, all serving with the colors, tne sons of Colonel Arthur Holbrook, a newspaper owner of Portsmouth. The Messudieh was a very old boat, having been built at Blackwall, Eng land. in 1374, and reconstructed at j (Jenoa in 1003. She was 332 feet long, j fifty-nine feu t beam, and of about 10,000 tons burden.- She had a speed of seventeen anil one-half knots, and ! her battery consisted of two 9.2-lnch j guns in turrets and twelve six-inch t guns in battery. In the war with ; Greece in 1912 the Messudieh was re- j ported badly damaged in a naval bat- , tie in the Dardanelles. She carried a crew of 600 men. UNITED STATES CRITICIZED Loudon Pnper Declare* Thin Nation Disannulled fiM I'rnof Arbitrator. i 'Special ("able to The Times-Dispatch.] | LONDON, December 14.?The Even- j ing Globe, in an editorial on the pro- I posal thiit the United States should j act as peace arbitrator says: "Let us say frankly that the United j States have already disqualified them- ' selves for the assumption of judicial j functions. They have seen every ; lliigue convention to which American ! statesmen set their hnnds, violated, j clause by clause by Germany, and they ' have not even been protested, much i less endeavored to enforce the law j by any active steps. We do not blame j them; they are the judges of their own ' consciences and their own Interests, but their silence proves they have set those interests In front of all other considerations." FOR STUDENTS T.O DECIDE Question of Starting Military Course ? nt 1'rlnceton I.oft to l'ndQrf;rniluatcH. ' [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] I'HINCKTON, N. J-. December 14.? The faculty of the university has de cided to defer for a week the final es tablishment of a course in military in struction for the undergraduates. Dr. Raycroft, who is chairman of tho com mittee. announced that this delay wan thought wise, in order that an oppor tunity might be given the students to express by ballot their approval or disapproval <>f the plan. The proposition was brought before the faculty by petition signed by a number of undergraduates. Dr. Hay croft declares the students should l>. allowed to decide for themselves what their attitude will be on so significant a question as national military pre paredness. Debate about the campus Is heated, and seems evenly divided. Enter Strait of Magellan In Effort to Capture Recently Escaped German Cruiser. IN* REFUGE AT PUNT A ARENAS Officially Announced That Vessel Is Damaged and Will Be Allowed to Make Repairs, but Must Sail Im mediately Afterwards or Intern. BUENOS mREB, December H.?The Minister of Marine has been informed that two British warships have entered the Strait of Magellan in pursuit of the German crulner Dresden, which has taken refuge at Punta Arenas. MUST SAIL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAKING REPAIRS SANTIAGO. CHILE. December 14.? It i^ officially announced that the Ger man cruiser Dresden, now at Punta Arenas, is damaged. She will be al lowed to make repairs, but will be compelled to sail immediately after wards or else intern. DRESDEN TAKES llEPniE AT PUNTA ARENAS VALPARAISO. CHILE, December 14. ?Dispatches received here from Punta Arenas declare that the German cruiser Dresden has come into that port unin jured. This location of the Dresden at Punta Arenas clears up all doubt as to the whereabouts of the last of the Ger man warships that encountered the British squadron December S off the Falkland Islands. Her presence at Punta Arenas means she was'either endeavoring to reach the Pacitlc again or contemplates interning for the re mainder of the war. British warships doubtless are at the Atlantic entrance of the Strait of Magellan, and the Japanese cruisers are said to be'either watching or not far from the Pacific approach. GOWNS TO MATCH DOGS I'Dtrat Fad of I'ronilneui Society Wom en of Wa.shlugton. [Special to The Timcs-Dlspatch.] WASHINGTON, December 14.? Mrs. Christian Hemmick, Madame Hiano, wife of the Spanish ambassador, and other society women of Washington now wear gowns to match the colors of their pet dogs. Mrs. Hemmtck's dog has delicate chestnut brown hair, and Mrs. licmmick has a number of gowns of exactly the 1 same hue. Mine. Piano's four tiny Spanish dogs j sleep in beds with rose silk hangings, I and have bureaus for their collars and brushes. j MOB FORMS TO"KILL NEGROES | i Ulnperwe.H tVhep It Learn* Thst Men are Itemoved for Snftey. F?>RT WORTH. TEXAS. December 14. ? After a mob of several hundred men and boys had formed early to-night to lynch six negroes arrested in con nection with the killing of Oscar Scrug- , gins, a seventeen-year-old messenger,' near here last night, it was learned tnat the men were removed to-day j from the county Jail here to Dallas for j safe keeping. The crowd dispersed. WILL OPERATE ON KAISER llui Surgical Treatment Im Deferred on Account of III* Feverish Condition. LONDON. December 14 P. M.). j ??Telegraphing from Berne, Swltzer- ) land, a ""correspurul*nt of the Central, News says: "A telegram received here from i Munich states it has been decided to ' operate on Emperpc.??William's throat, i but the operatioli 'is being deferred ow Ing to the feverish condition of tho j Emporor." I EFFORT TO WADE SMALL NEIGHBOR Government Announces Ex tended Retirement and Heavy Losses. WINNING FORCES PRESS HOME THEIR VICTORY Poland Fast Becoming Another Belgium in Point of Suffering. MORE THAN 500 TOWNS RUINEI) French Report (Jains in Neighbor hood of Verdun and St. Mihicl. French Report Progress Along the Ypres Canal Pit Of tit LOSS nloupr the T|ire* Canal l.i noted la I In* Iutr.it l'rcnch olllclnl tvnr bulletin, although cli matic condition* [irficnt rxten slve movements iiy Hie opponlng forces on the battle front In ICeigliim :ut(l France. The CrrmanH linvo re plieil to (lie nttcdcN of the allien, ?mil violent lighting I* reported dnr i lug the past twenty-four Iioum. An inferential feutnrc of the French oilleiiil communication in the statement thut the rnllwny .station ut Commerey, in the Department of Meuse, has licrn bombarded lty the German batteries from a parent dl i tnne<*. t'ommcrry in seven mi!ei Month at St. Mlhlcl. i A Itentcr dispatch from MkIi snj* I the Servians, after a lleree Iinttle, i have reoccupled UflRrade. The Ser ; vlun capital nnx taken by the Aus | trinns on Dccemlicr after n siege | of aeveral months. If this report | . proves true, the Servians uppnrent I ly are Nnecptng nil before them, as the Austrian* admit detent KS?tU en?t of Valj?o, where they wer? - compelled ta ninke an extended re tirement. On the other hand, Vienna nn aouneeN Rnlolnr; considerable gruund In u northerly direction in Western Gnllcla, where the Austrlans have retaken the town of Dukln. The Argentine Minister of ^Inrlne has been informed thnt two' Ilritish warNhipN have entered the Strait of Magellan in pursuit of the German cruiser Dresden, which In reported to have arrived at I'untn Arenas. While a Duenon Aires dispatch Nays tli Dresdea was not damuged, a St i-tlngo dispatch reports dumage to the ernlser, nud adds that she will repair there. A Ilerlln wireless dispatch says the Austrinu newspapers declared that when pence negotiations begin the L'nlted State* will have a right to act an intermediary. Earl Kitchener, llritlsh Secretary for War, lias ordered an investlgn j tJon Into a charge by the English I National Council of Trained Nurses [ that Incompetent nurses nre serv ing at the front nud in hospitals. I LrOXDON. December 11 (11:10 P. M.). I ?The most striking feature of the ! day's official news is the candid admis sion by the Austrian government of the defeat of the Austrian artny in Servla, ! and. apparently, the abandonment of Its i third attempt to invade its small Slav i neighbor. ; While attributing ttie failure to the ! enemy's superior force, as all govern ! merit bulletins explain failures, the Austrian War Office announces plainly an extended retirement and heavy loBses. "New decisions and measures conse quently will be taken to repel the enemy," savs the Austrian statement. Apparently that means that the Aus ! trlan army directed against Servla ! will assume a defensive I i n w. i The Servians claim to be pressing ' homo their victory witn more cap tures of prisoners, and to have driven i part of the invading army across the Drlna River. Moreover, they are re 1 ported to have retaken the capital, mid say they expect to expel the Invaders from Servian territory. ! >ot sTiio.N't; K.\or<;u TO OltlVH HtrSSIANS OUT | The progress of the war in Northern Hungary Is less definite. Sunday's German wireless report, with candor" [equal to that of the Austrian bulletin, spoke of the "severe resistance" which the German and Austrian arms are encountering in South Poland and Ga llcla, adding that it was evident that the Austrian forces In the Carpathians are not strong enough to clear the Russians out of .Hungarian territory. The Austrlans claim they are driving down the northern slopes of tho Car-; pathlans tho Russian Invaders who were last week in occupation of sev eral towns south of that mountain range. Poland is fast becoming another Bel gium in point of suffering, while the opposing armies drive each other back and forth, occupy and reoccupy cities ami villages, and inllict upon tho In habitants bomhardrnenls similar to those suffered in Belgium and North ern France. More than 500 Polish towns have been rumed, according to various ac counts. Kach army accuses the other of loot ing and cruelty. The flight of tho civilians from I^odz was one of tho most tragic episodes of the war, while one correspondent pictures the fate of Knllss as a repetition of I.ouvaln, with the slaughter of 400 civilians end tho sacking of the city. A distressing feature of the fighting In Poland lies In the fact that blood