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TUHK
Suchi Bey Surrenders His
, Entire Force toq *in
Expeditionary Ii~oe
IMPORTANT STRATEGIC
POINT HANDED OVER
Kurna, at the Head of Gulf
,of Pdrsia, Is Now He!d
By British Troops
London, Dec. 9,--E'uchi Bey, latd
governor of Basran, Asiatic Turkey,
commander of the- Turkish forces at
Kurna, yesterday surrendered uncon
ditionally with his troops to the In
dian expeditionary force operating at
the head of the Persian gulf.
Kurna subsequently was occupied
by the British who are now in colm
plete control of the country from the
junction of the Tigris and Euphates
rivers to the sea and of the richest
part of the fertile delta.
Official Report,
The Indian office, in a dispatch de
scribing the operations of the British
forces on the Persian gulf, says:
"A reconnaissance of the enemy's
position at Kurna was made Decem
ber 5 by Colonel G. r. Fraser, with the
110th Mahratta light infantry. The
enemy was encountered on the left
bank of the Tigris, opposite Kurna.
They were promptly attacked and
driven across the river, losing heavily.
Two guns and 70 prisoners were cap
tured.
"Kurna was found to be strongly
held by guns and infantry and the
British, finding no means of crossing
the Tigris, withdrew to their original
bivouac.
"The following day reinforcements
were sent from Basra under Brig. Gen;
Charles Irwin Fry and captured Ma
sera, cleared the left bank of the
Tigris and took three guns and 190
pisionelt, - -
"On December 8 the British crossed
the riVer and the next day Suchi Bey
surrendered.
British Losses Light.
"The British casualties during the
whole of these operations amounted to
one British officer killed and three
wounded, with 40 Indians of the rank
and file killed and 120 wounded."
CIGAR IN ONE HAND, A
STICK OF DYNAMITE
IN THE OTHER
Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 9-A Mexican,
gesticulating with a stick of dynamite
in one hand and a lighted cigar in the
other, created a stampede in the down
town retail district today. In his
pockets were 24 other sticks of the
powerful explosive and as he trav
ersed the street he endeavored to sell
the dynamite to the passersby for
money to buy whisky. He was finally
arrested.
"WOPS"' KIDS GLADDENED
Genoa, via Rome, Dec. 10.-Christ
mas presents have been taken off the
American Christmas ship Jason here.
They will be taken to Saloniki for
the Servian and Montenegrin children.
ENGLAND EXPECTS
GERMAN INVASION
London, Nov. 27.-(Correspondence
of the Asociated Press.)--Invasion by
Germans is now considered a distinct
possibility.
The government is preparing to
meet a landing of hostile troops. The
home army, commanded by General
Sir Ivan Hamilton, has for its special
function the repelling of an invasion.
Military experts consider it wholly
possible that the Germans may make
a desperate excursion upon the Brit
ish coast, for the moral effect of the
presence of an invader, would have in
tlrowing the population into panic
and preventing the war office from
sending troops to reinforce the fight
ing line in France.
It is thought the Germans might at
tempt to land two or three contingents
at widely separated bases for the pur
pose of dividing the British defense
army and might send their smaller ex
pedition in advance of the main one,
to create a diversion,
Line Laid Out.
Several thousandi laorers have been
SLESSES
iII FIELD
Allies Resume Offensive in
Several Sections and
St then Lines
CZAR NOW ADMITS
REVERSE AT LODZ
But He. Claims Victory in.
Region on Left Wing-
Craco*i Siege '
London, Dec. 9.-The victory off the
Falkland islands, where a British
squadron sank three German cruis
ers, and the success of the Indissi
troops on the gulf of Persia, where
they compelled the surrender of
Turkish army, have for the moment
overshadowed, so far as England is
concerned, at any rate, the larger
events that have takefi place on the
continent of Europe,
The sinking of the German cruisers,
materially lessens, the menace to
British shipping, while the success of
the Indian troops has given Great
Britain control of the Persian gulf and
the delta of the Tigris' and Euphrates
rivers and threatens that part of Tur
key on which German railway build
ers have had their eyes set for years.
French Successes
While this is good news for allies
there comes what is considered here
a favorable French communication of
the operations in Flanders and France.
There is also a somewhat clearer view
of what is taking place along the
Russo-German front.
The withdrawal of German troops
from the west to strengthen their ar
mies in the east has enabled the al
lies to resume the initiative along the
front reaching from the Swiss border
to the North sea, and while they have
not made any marked advance, they
have been able, according to official
announcement, to organize and con
bolidate the positions won in the last
few days. This naturally has not been
done without opposition from the Ger
mans, who claim to have inflicted
heavy losses on the French, particu
larly in the Argonne and north of
Nadicy.
Flanddrs is at present considered
fairly safe from German attacks
which, when they do materialize it is
believed here, will be directed more
at the French center.
Czar Admits Reverse
The Russians have at last admitted
the occupation of Lodz by the Ger
mans, but the official 'statements is
sued today say the Russians evacuated
the city 15 hours before the German
occupation and that they changed
their positions without the loss of ,a
single man.
It is apparent from the various of
ficials reports that there are con
verging German movements on War
saw from the north and the center,
combined with outflanking movements
to the southeast of Cracow. The
success of any of these movements
would require the Russians to turn
back from Cracow, which they have
not done so far. As a matter of fact,
the Russians assert they have in
flicted a "grave defeat"' n an Aus
tro-Oerman force which tried to get
around their left wing, although a
later Austrian report indicates par
tial success in this regiop.
Reports of the ierious illness of the
German emperor, coming through
Amsterdam, have not been confirmed.
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employed .digging trenches and mak
ing other defensive works on strategic
lines behind the eastern and southern
coasts.
The preparations of the railroads,
controlled by a committee of railroad
managers, who have military rank dur
ing the war, have been made for mov
ing large bodies of men and guns
quickly. A practice mobilization was
conducted a few days ago and rumors
of an invasion immediately became
current.
TWO MILLION JEWS
ARE IN DESTITUTION
New York, Dec. 9.--Abolit 2,000,000 Jews are homeless
in Russian Poland, says a cable gam from Petrograd to
the American Jewish relief committee. Extreme distress
also prevails among the Jews in. lician provinces occu
pied by the Russian armiesa _ _.___
. WAITNG
HE DU'I IO
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T BlGERMN CR ISERS AT "BOTTOM
B I I : 1i,
BRITISH WIN-GREAT NAVAL VICTORY
'UI - 1
GERMAN SOUTH ATLANTIC FLEET DEFEATED IN
DECISIVE FASHION--REMAINL$G SHIPS
PURSUED-TWO COLLIERS4AKEN
London, Dec. 9.-A British squadron
under command of Vice Admiral 'Sir
Frederick Sturdee, chief of the war
f staff, engaged a 'German squadron un
der Admiral Count von Spee off the
Falkland island in the South Atlantic
yesterday and won a victory which is
s being acclaimed throughout England.
The armored cruisers Scharnhorst
and Gnelsenau and the protected
cruiser Leipig, 'three of the German
warships that had been menacing
British shipping and part of the
squadron which sank the British
cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth in
the Pacific, Nov. 1, were destroyed,
while the cruisers Dresden and Nurn
berg, the two other vessels which
t composed the German squadron, made
off during the fight and, according to
latest accounts, are being pursued.
Two colliers were captured.
Officially Announced
The announcement o1 this engage
ment and victory which was the most
a important naval engagement of the
a war, with the exception of that off
a Helgoland, last August, was made this
a evening in a statement by the admir.
e, alty of less than 100 words.
The statement makes reference to
some survivors rescued from the
it Gnelsenau and the Leipzig, but no
a mention is made of any of the crew
of Scharnhorst, which was the flag
ship of the German admiral, being
ie saved, and it is thus presumed that
h Count von Spee, his officers and men
1. went down fighting.
The British casualties were light,
but beyond the fact that the British
squadron was' commanded by Vice Ad
pniral Sturdee, no information is
vouchsafed regarding the ships en
gaged ari the newspapers are en
Joined not to speculate, as other com
binations may be effected.
London Enthuses.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed
in London over the victory and the
eC general impression is that it will be
n corpleted, as the admiralty would not
likely send ships that could not over
!, take the Dresden and Nurnberg, which
d are 24 and 23-1Snot vessels, respective
ly, and probably even slower after
their long service. They are at L dis
a 4advantage also because of their small
coal capacity.
The British squadron which engaged
a the Germans left England without the
kaowle4ge of the general public and
until his name was mentioned it was
believed that Vice Admiral Sturdce
was serving in home waters.
The fact that he was taken from the
post of chief of the war staff is in
dicative of the determination of the
British government to clear the Pa
cific and South Atlantic of all Ger
man warships. It is believed, there
fore, that the Dritish commander is at
the head of a formidable squadron.
In addition to the Dresden and
Nurnberg, only one German warship,
the Karlsruhe, is now unaccounted for
in those waters, although there may
be one or two armed merchantmen
which the allies have not rounded up.
The total German loss is estimated
at not far from 2,000 men, although
the actual losses to the Dresden and
Nurnberg cannot yet be given.
SEVEN MILLIONS OF
EDISON'S MONEY
ARE SMOKE
BUT INVENTOR WILL START ALL
OVER AGAIN-WEST ORANGE
PLANT BURNS
West Orange, N. J., Dec. 9.-Fire de
stroyed virtually the entire main plant
of the Edison company here tonight,
causing damage estimated at nearly
$7,000,000, with insurance that will re
duce the loss to $5,000,000.
An entire square block of modern
reinforced concrete buildings, which
were supposed to be fireproof, was
burned. The only building laved was
the laboratory, containing valuable
scientific machinery, under the imme
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EMPEROR WILLIAM
LYING VERY ILL
London, Dec. 10.-A
dispatch from Amsterdam
says the latest bulletin is
sued in Berlin says Em
peror William's condition
is unchanged and he has
been unable, to leave his
bed. His fever has not de
creased.
THE OFFICIAL STATE
CANVAS IS FINISHED
Helena, Dec. 9.-- oman suffrage
carried in Montana by a majority of
3,714, according to the official can
vass, completed today. The vote on
the various measures submitted to the
voters, heretofore unavallable, was as
follows:
Kiley boxing law-For, 34,440;
against, 42,581. Law repealed by ma- I
Jority of 8,141.
Compensation act - For, 36,991;
against, 44,275.
Consolidation of state institutions
For, 30,4t65; against, 46,311.
Increased taxation for 10 years
For, 28,703; against, 46,265.
F'arm loan act-For, 45,168; against,
27,780,
Woman suffrage amendment-For,
41,303; against, 37,588. V
In the Fourth district Theodore
Lentz was elected judge. He received
1,322 votes, Judge John E. Patterson
THREE BIG GERMAN
MERCHANTMEN
AT BOTTOI
Buenos Ayres, Dec. 9.-Three Ger
man merchantmen were sunk by Brit
ish or Japanese warships off the coast
of Terra del Fuego, last Sunday, ac
cording to advices just received here
in a wireless dispatch to the ministry
of marine from the commanier of the
Argentine war transport Pledras
Buena.
The message said a division of war
ships, which the commander believed
to have been either EngllsH or Jap
anese, aggregating five iroliclads and
one transport, on the morning of De
cember 6 sank one of the germans in
the roadstead of Picton island, The
two other steamers were sent to the
bottom the same evening outside the
harbor of Pantalon.
HOW WM. H. TAFT
WOULD AVERT WAR
Somerville, Mass., Dec. 9.--Assump
tion by congress of authority'to' pre
vent states from violating, by laws or
lawless violence, United States trea
ties would be moree to prevent . the
possibility of war between this pation
and another than increasing the army
and navy,- tqrpgr Prpatalpt ,.W)laoa
PROUD SH A+FT
HUll W1 IT
GUARDN
Unknown Pioneers Resting
in Henderson Gulch
Get Monuiment
OLDTIMERS GATHER
FOR CEREMONIES
Once Busy Mining Field Is
Now Deserted--Marble
Gift of Murray
(Staff Correspondence.)
Drummond, Dec. 9.
Pat McHenry
Thomas Roach.
James Fletcher.
James Grimes.
William O'Hara
Ed. Clu.ky.
Jimmie Jones.
Silence, deep and eternal, answered
the calling of these nanmus at the un
veiling and dedication today of the
monument to the known and unknown
dead of Henderson Gulch, an historic
placer district, 16 miles up Flint
Creek from this place.
Although bitterly cold, so cold that
only one of the survivors of Hender
son Gulch of the number who had
been invited to attend tho ceremony,
could make the trip, the day was
clear and sparkling. The sun shone
upon the white shaft of marble on
the hillside above the now-deserted
town of Emmetsburg-more than de
serted in fact, there bbing but one
log shack left of the whole group
and its reflected rays beamed down
over the yawning diggin's of the old
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1,113 votes and Welling Napton 454
votes.
Tho official canvass gave the fol
lowing returns:
Congress-Evans, 37,012; Stout, 35,
156; Maddox, 26,046; Mci'orumiclk, 26,
161; 13rinson, 6,1(66; lankil n, 6,604;
Duncan, 12,278; Kent, 9,430.
Associate justice-Clemenuts, 31,495;
Ilolloway, 36,415; \.allace, 10,875.
RaIlroad colnillssioner---McCormick,
32,163; Boyle, 31,239; Williams, 8,113;
l'ictila, 10,112.
FIRST MONTANANS
TO FALL IN WAR
Anaconda, Dec. 9.-The first resi
dents of Montana, to fall in the pres
ent European struggle were Anto
Dedlijor of Anaconda and Trifko
Pqzanln of Butte, who returned to
their native land at the call of the
king to' fight with the Servians on the
side of the allies against Austria. They
gave their lives in a bayonet charge
in defending the Servian ranks, ac
cording to a letter received here. In
the same attack many former BIutte
and Anaconda Servians fell wounded.
Mr. Dedljer was a brother of Mike
DediJer of this city.
WALES PROMOTED
L"ondon, Dec. 10.--The Prince of
Wales, second lieutenant grenadier
guards, has (been promoted to full
lieutenancy.
CZAR HAS 5,000,000
MEN IN FIRST LINE
Petrograd, Nov. 20.-- (c'orrespond
ence of the Associated Press.)-VWlth
the ordinary supply from France prac
tically cut off, Russia, is now looking
to Japan to keep the Russian armies
supplied with arms and munitions of
war. All the leading hotels here are
filled with the agents of Japanese
armament firms. Russia was short of
H. Taft declared tonight. "The only
real possibility of a war that I can
, foresee is the wanton, reckless, wicked
willingness on the part of a narrow
section of the country to gratify racial
1 prejudice and class hatred by flagrant
n breach of treaty rights lni the form of
y state' laW, br by lawless violence,' he
ssYMt1'.
PAYROLL
Colorado Sheriff Says He
Hired Hundreds With
out Investigation
HIS OFFICE UNDER
COMPANY CONTROL
"Frame-up" on Labor Lead
er Confessed -- How
Suits Were "Tried"
Denver, Colo., Dec. 9.-Three hun.
dred and twenty-six men, without in
vestiga'ion as to their qunalfications,
were hired during the miners' strike by
Sheriff Jefferson It. Farr of Huerfano
county as deputy sheriffs. at the re
quest of E. P. Matteson, division su
perintendent of the Colorado Fuel &,
Iron company. Those men were armed
and paid by the company. The sher
iff made no effort to learn whether
they were citizens of the state or how
long they had been in the state. Hto
hired them as they "asked for work."
This was between January 1. and Sep
tember 1, 1913. The strike was called
September 23, 1913.
Such was the testimony of Sheriff
Farr before the federal commission on
industrial relations today.
Anybody Could Get On.
"So far as you anow, then," asked
Mr. Walsh, chairman of the commtis
slon, "a red-handed murderer might
have been among them and been giv
en a commission?"
"So far as I know," echoed Mr. Farr.
Sheriff Farr was a man of varied in
terests; bank director, had some sa
loon interests, owned city property at
Waisenburg, was interested in farm
ing and stock raising.
A Wholesale Liquor Man
lHe was in the wholesale liquor busi
ness, he said, supplying all but about
10 of the 44 saloons in the county, 22
of them In Walsenburg. He had noth
Ing to do with the granting of licenses.
Roeverling to the strike, he said it
would have boon useless to attempt to
organize a posse to quell the miners,
for no one would have responded. A
thousand miners had marched through
the streets. IHe had but three depu
ties. It was eommon talk that they
intended to kill him. They never at
tempted it.
"I didn't give them an opportunity,"
he said. "I attended to my own busi
ness. I stayed honme."
After the militia arrived it disarmed
the witness and his men and took
charge of the county, with the wit
ness' consent. lie furnished the jail.
John McQuarrie, formner under sher-o
iff of Huerfano county, preceded Farr
on the witness stand.
Company in Control.
During his service under Farr the
office of the sheriff was dependent po
litically and industrially upon the Col
orado Fuel & Iron company, he said.
In a: damage case, he said, the In
Jured man was never consulted as to
the jury selected. Jn nine killings, he
did not remember a case where the
victim was not blamed for careless
ness.
Sheriff Farr kept the district clear
as possible of union agitators.
A Frame-Up.
'Sheriff FIarr had asked ihim, lie said,
to "frame" John it. Lawson, when he
was arrested in 1900, by slipping a re
volver Into his pocket and arrest hint
for carrying concealed weapons. Law
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arms and ammunition at the begin
ning of the war.
Russia has 5.000,000 men in the first
line, fully equipped and armed for
fighting, while the reserve armies are
being supplied.
LAZAR TOMICl HAS
BEEN AWARDED
FIVEYEARS
Bozeman, Dec. 9.-Laser Tomich,
convicted of stealing ( 5t.. 1 O m,
a Butte mine, to be use
the miners' union bait4
June 23 last, was sentfe
ye ra e 4 hp oa b Ju
distriot 0arrt~ heig todaif_!