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. LLOYD GEORGE SEES
VICTORY THIS YEAR
Great Tribute to Premier
Wllon lie Appeals for New
if. Wiu'Lonn.
Militarism1 . must go
Says Vluv Is Preferable
; Prussian ominutiou
of Europe. .
to
Syteiil Cabtt PmiMitth to Tuk Skx.
IVoxpo.v, Jan. 11. The most remark
3''' able tribute over nald to tho head of tho
.British, CJovernmeot was witnessed In
the Guildhall this afternoon when
Premier Lloyd George addressed a huge
audience composed of the leading
financiers, .stockbrokers, commercial and
, professional men of Great Britain to ex
, -plajn ,why It Is the duty of every ma"
anfl woman In the country to contribute
every available permy to tho. "victory
loan."
, It was from the name platform, less
than a year ago, that Asqulth nnd
Kitchener appealed for combined efforts
for a victorious prosecution or :n war,
but the audience then could not corn
pro with to-day's enthusiasts gather
In. Ringing cheers greeted the Premier's
4 enthusiastic statement In reply to those
who have ndvocated negotiation.! with
Germany The rremlcr sa'd-"
."Emperor William had told hie people
that tho Kntento Allies had rejected his
peace offer. The Kmperor did so. he said,
to drug those whom hs could no longer,
dragoon.
Butt No Pence Terms;.
"We have rejected no peace terms. Wc
never have seen any peace terms. We
ware not offered terms, but a trap baited
with fine words. It would suit Germany
well to have jience now on her own terms.
We all Want peace, but It must lie a real
peace. Our allies arc of the same opinion.
"War Is Infinitely preferable to Prus
sian domination of Kurope. The Allies
have made that clear In the reply to
Germany and clearer still In their teply
to. the United mates."
The Home conference was under no
delusion.. Mr. I.lovd Georirc continued.
as to. tho magnitude of the task of ,the
Allien, but felt no uoudis as to me ic-
suits. The whole situation was probed,
,.tha difficulties were faced and orrnnse
mentt were made to deal with litem. All
4he Allies felt, he declared, that If vic
tory ,was difficult defeat was Impossible.
Tho Premier said the navy haS
strangled the commerce of Oreat Brlt-
ain s enemies ana wouia continue iu uu
o despite -nil piratical uevices oi uic
With proper support rit hand, he con
tinued, the armies would cleave tho road
to Victory during 1917,
,f The best security for peace In future,
Mr. Lloyd George said, would be ob
tained when nations banded themselves
together to punish the peace breaker.
3Iot Challenge Militarism.
Tho Premier said that the grim resolu
tion ot the Kntento Allies at the recent
.conference In Rome was that at all costs
they must achlevo tho high aim whion
was before them when they accepted the
challenge of the "Prussian military
caste" to' rid the world "forever of Its
Menace and saVc Kurope from unspeak
able desnotlsm. '
"I have Just returned from a council of
war Of the four great allied countries
upon whose shoulders the burden ot tnis
terrible war falls.!' ,Mr. Lloyd George
went on. "I cannot give the conclusions
leached there, but there were no delusions
"aa to the magnitude of our taak : neither
were there-nny doubts about the result.
We looked all dlrllcultles in, the face,
probed them and made arrangements to
deal with them. Wo separated with the
feeling that. If victory la difficult, defeat
la Impossible. There was no flinching,
wavering, faintheartedness or Infirmity
of purpose. There was grim resolution
that at all costs we must achieve the
high aims with which we accepted the
challenge of the Prussian military caste,
and rid the world forever of Its menace.
"One thing which Impressed me at
this conference la the increasing extent
to which the allied people ate looking to
Great Britain, trusting her rugged
strength, her great resouices. She Is to
them like a great tower ln the deep. She
is becoming more and more tho hope of
the opprensSdaiid the de'sfalr of (lie
oppressor."
Armies More Formidable.
To-day the armies of Great Britain
are more formidable than ever before In'
(training, efficiency and equipment," the
Premier said further. "The nation can
depend on It that If it gives the armies
" the necessary support they will cleavo
the road to victory through the perils
and dangers of the next few months. We
must support them. They are worth It.
I want to nee your checks hurtling
through the air to tho enemy entrench
ments. Kery well directed check,
properly loaded and timed. Is a more
formidable weapon ot destruction than
a twelve inch shell. It clea'rs a path
through barbed wire entanglement for
our brave men to rush through. A big
loan now will win the war. Let no
money be squandered on luxuries or In
dulgences. Don't throw It away. Put
It there to help the valor of our soldiers.
The more we get the surer will be' the
victory, the shorter will be tho war.
The more we get the smaller will be
the cost In treasure, and In the great
est treasure ot all. the blood of bravo'
men.
"This is a war of equipment. Why
"are the. Germans pressing back our
valiant Allies ip. Rumania? Not because
they are better fighters. The, Rumanian
peasant has . proved himself the dough
tiest fighter In the world whcn'hfc has' a
chance. He never had one. As for the
Russians, the way In which, Wllh bare
breasts, they fought for twp and one
half years with Inferior' guns, Insufficient
lines nnd inadequate supplies of muni
tions is one of the tales of heroism of
the world's history. Let us help equip
them, and it.wlll be another story,
Loan nn Investment.
"This loan Is a good. Investment now.
tt will be better after the war. I don't
1 know a nation that will dare touch u
after the war. They had forgotten
what wo were like In tho old days, but
It will take them a long time to forget
this lesson. Before the war began wo
had many shortcomings In business, and
Industry. The war Is setting things right
In a mar-elIou way. Our facturles uro
scrapping old machinery, discarding old
ellnshod methods and discontinuing
hampering custom. I do not know what
the national debt will be at the end of
the war, hut 1 venture the prediction
I that whatever Is added will be a real
asset, to the real riches. of the nutlon.
"Tb'e nation has been developed, 'dis
ciplined and braced up. The Prussian
menace was a running mortgage which
depreciated the value of our national
security. That mortgage will now be
cleared off forever. After the war the
world will be able to attend to Its bus
Incus In pi'uee, nnd In the future the
best security for pence nil! be found
u when tho nation of the world band
themselves together to punish th first
peace bleaker.
This inference to the American pro
posals for a league to enforce peace
was gircicu wiin proiungeu enters.
'THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING
ttvfftft intra 4NMmiHc
Tin wira tfffRcMtt flfevfHf
4&
QUAMWTEED M0KTQtEt
LAWYERS MORTtME CO.
CajriUi.Swrvfcw A ft. $t,Oie,tO0
B IJhffty t..H.T. lMIHo.tstTi. Sl..H'm.
BRITISH BREAK TURK
LINE INTO PALESTINE
Capture Fortified Toffl of
Ilaffa, 05 Miles Southwest
of Jerusalem.
Lonuo.V, Jan. 11. British troops have
fh hnrrirr from EcYDt. and. win-
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nlng a complete victory over the Turks,
have secured n footing on ho Turkish
soil of Palestine.
The strongly fortified town of Ilaffa,
on the Turkish side of the border and
sixty-five miles southwest of Jerusalem,
was captured by Australian troops ana a
camel corps on Tuesday, after a fight
lasting nil clay. The British then pushed
on further Into Palestine and Annihilated
a Turkish force trying to relieve nana.
Already the capture of 1,600 unwounded
prisoners and four guns Is reported, nnd
800 Turks are known to havebocn killed
and wounded.
Drive Into Holy I,antl.
The possibility of the new British cam
paign, uniformly successful since Decem
ber IS, when It began, being a drive into
the Holy Land Is causing much comment
here. Already it haa cleared Kgypt of
the Turks and made the Suez Canul se
cure. Ilaffa Is 125 miles east of the
canal, on the Mediterranean coast.
Tho first step of tho campaign was
the capture of Kl Arlsh. In Kgypt, ninety
miles east of the caiml and thirty
miles southwest of Mafia, where the
Turks, retreated after the crushing de
feat at Katla of their attack on the
canal In August. Kl Arish was taken
December IS. On December 23 Masli-
daba, twenty miles southeast of Kl Arlsh,
was taken and a heavy defeat Inflicted
on tjie Turks, who. tost many prisoners
ami'guns.
BrltUh Official Statement.
The British ofllclal statement reads as
follows :
"On Tuesday our troops captured a
,., I ., t I
strong enemy position consisting of a x j
lines of intrenchments. with V,.1"?'"
redoubts and a central keep, covering
nana, tniny mues nonnenBi oi ci rin.
The attacking force, composed of Anxao
mounted troops and the imperial camel
corps, left Kl Arlsh on Monday, and the
attack on the position commenced at 7
o'clock on the mornlng(of Tuesday. The
rWhtlnc lastej until 5 In tho afternoon,
when the position waa finally carried.
"After the engagement a Turkish re
lief force was located advancing from
Shalal. sixteen miles east of Raffa. This
force was engaged at a point about four
miles from the Raffa position and was
entirely destroyed,
"Full details' of these operations are
not yet at hand. Up to the present we
have taken 1,600 unwounded prisoners
and four mountain guns. The enemy
killed and woundc-J In our hands amount
to 600."
ARMED SHIPS A PROBLEM.
dermany'a Course to Oe Deter
mined hy llrltlsb Action.
Berlin, Jan. 11 (by wireless). The
German Admiralty Issued to-day the fol
lowing statement on the subject of
armed merchantmen :
"Public notification by the British Ad
miralty, as reported by the Poldhu wlro-
less, says
" 'Kfforts are being made by Germany
to cast doubt on the strictly defensive (jei before we are through with the uu
character of the armament carried by aerseas Question. The United States will
British merchantmen. Tho Admiralty
sayi the British policy Is quite clear.
They cannot admit any distinction be
tween ithe rights of unarmed ships and
shlpH armed purely for defense. Kach
has si right to defend Itself against at
tack, visit or search by the enemy by
any means in Its power, but must not
seek out'the enemy to attack him, which
Is the duty of commissioned warnhlps.'
"s"uch transparent dialectics will' not
bring a Judgment based on facts unless
one wishes Intentionally not to lift the
mask, namely, at bombastic verbiage.
We are in a hard struggle and believe
in facts, hut not In argument.
"Hostile merchantmen carry arma
ment In order to attack; the British
navy Is acting according to the principle
that attack Is the best defense. This last
has been proved by orders issued and
the actual execution ot which will decide
our course of action."
COLORADO'S "GOLDEN CALF."
Worth 9Sa, but Has Coat 10,000
ln Litigation.
Denvkh.-CoI.. Jan. 11. A "golden calf"
will be on exhibition at the Western
National Live Stock Show ln Denver the
latter part of this month. It Is a per
fect specimen of the Hereford breed.
The calf has a reasonable market
value of about $35 at present, but it
already has cost mote than $10,000 In
litigation and the end Is not yet In
sight. The calf has come to be known
as the "golden calf" throughout 1'itKin
and Garfield counties, where tho rival
claimants to the animal live.
Born In the spring of 1911, the ques
tion of the cairs motherhood nrose,
Nobohy attempted to guesH the identity
of the Immediate paternal ancestor.
The docketed case known as Brunton
vs. Stapleton hns puzxlcd four Juries
without 41 solution of the mystery.
Brunton claims the calt is the uaugn-
ter of pne of his prlxe Herefords, whilo
Stapleton claims the calf Is Just a scrub,
the daughter of a bobtallcd red cow that
he railed on his ranch.
In November, 1911, Brunton went to
Staplcton's ranch and took away three
calves that were with one or lus cows.
One of the calves wub the "golden calf."
The next day Stapleton went to Urun
ton's ranch and took the "golden culf"
back again. Demand for Its return was
refused, and then Brunton started the
replevin suit. Both claimants say they
will take the case to the Supreme Court.
Nelse 30,000 Worth of Oplnm.
Honolulu, Jan. 11, A record nelxure
of opium was made here by United
States customs officers, who took pos
fSHan'nn of two trunk filled with the
drug. The opium was consigned to B.
Castoy, ,who, eo far, has evaded arrest.
Four hundred tins of the drug were In
the two trunks, valued, according to
Honolulu quotations, at $50,000.
Coal Hhortage Closes HchooU.
AKnoN, Ohio, Jan. 11. With the, coal
shortage so acute that tho schools havo
remained closed and the churches are
prevented from Holding services while
acute dUtress prevails In many homes
the Citixens League ot Talmadgo has
sent an appeal tn the State Utilities
Commission for aid.
PEACE DOOR CLOSED,
SAYS WASHINGTON
1 11
Leaders of Both Parties Inter
pret Note us Extreme,
in Demands.
WILSON'S MOVE FAILURE
Only Few Statesmen See Hope
for End of Hos
tilities. Washington, Jan. 11. Leaders In
Congress of both political parties and
representing every shade of opinion on
the European struggle were almost of
one accord lij Interpreting the note as
closing the door to any hope of early
peace. WJth few exceptions they ex
pressed the belief that tho President's
peace move had failed. Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska' was of the opinion
iui.ft ui .,tui u.n n.a l 1 1 vtiuiiuii
,ha, tno tone of tne r(ply waa not dIg.
couraglng and really left a way open for
uemany to open negotiations, me sen
ator Is a member of the Foreign ltela
tlons Committee and author of the reso
lution approving the action of the Presi
dent In sending the peace note which the
Senate passed after a long debate and
after modifying It materially.
Senator Hitchcock said : "The note Is
no, as extreme as It might have been.
Of course It is rather fierce In tone, li"t
that was to have been expected. When
nations are engaged In war they uo not
choose their words. The demands are j
thn AYtrpniA limit nnrt niihlivrl tn mnli
flcatlon. Tho note leaves the way open
for Germany to take up negotiations It
she chooses to do so.
Kxpect a Modification.
"I am not (surprised at tho note.
There Is nothing tn It nhout taking the
German navy; nothing about disarma
ment : nothing about the destruction of
ITusslanlsm except Ip the vaguest way.
On the who'e 1 think It Is Just what,
might have been expected a statement
. .. . . ... '
of the extreme claims, which every one
should know are subject to mollifica
tion." Of the contrary opinion was Senator
Pomercnc of Ohio, a stanch supporter of
the President. "The note Indicates clearly
to my mind that neither side In the Ku
topean war Is ready to make the neces
sary concessions to bring about a cessa
tion of hostilities." said Senator Pome
rene. "It Is not encouraging for peace.
But the President Is to be commended, I
think, for his efforts In that behalf."
JlH lUUIIVHIl III.IIIUITI D Ul A
RelntlonB CommlUeo saw ln the note, a
complete failure of the President's peace
Republican members of thn Foreign
plan. Here are some of the expressions :
Senator Borah of Idaho: From a
hagty. rednC ot tne noto one Is bound to
receive the Impression very strong that
aa matters now stand peace negotiations
may be considered at an end. I cannot
read It In any other light. It Is not only
the language of the note but the unmis
takable spirit which breathes through It
leads one to, that conclusion.' In other
words the war map will havo to be tre
mendously changed before tt will bo
worth while to talk anything about peace
on either aide.
U. K. In Deljcate Position.
Senator Porter J. MacComber of North
Dakota: The noto Is what I expected
and what everybody should havo ex
pected. It Is In line with what has been
indicated from time to time from the be
ginning of the conflict in every note or
other public utterance. When the Presi
dent Intimated that the Allies had not in
dicated the objects for which they were
fighting naturally It was offensive to
those nations.
"The only thing to me ln the statement
of the objects for which the allied Pow
ers are continuing the war Is the demand
for the recession to France of Aliace and
Lorraine. Kverythlng else has been said
In equally clear language and unmistak
able terms. We are a great ways from
neace It seems to me. I am afraid somo
' nf tho demands will have to be modi
be put In a delicate situation oy me
strong utterances of the President at the
time of the Lusltanla affair. In the
words of the New York broker, we will
be put In a situation wnere we win nvn
to 'put. up or ehut up." One thing seems
rtain. that Germany will have to de
pend on her ability to cripple Great Brit
ain ns a racior in ino wnr uj n y..';
warfare. It is a delicate situ
ation for all concerned, and especially so
for the United Btates."
cnninp .Tnmea Hamilton Lewis of Illi
nois. Democratic whip of the Senate, who
made the speech ln tne senate oeienums,
the President ror sending ino pi "vi".
waa very optimistic. Said he:
Tho nnt indicates clearly a wmins-
to coonerate with the President to
effect peace. The conainons imposea m u
...i.inr.tii in eYppss oi wnai IB WPWJMM iw
be granted. This Is the usual method of
exchanges between Dartlea to any con
flict when propositions of settlement are
advanced. The note leaves open mo uoor
for peace depending on concession wmv
may be granted by the Central Powers
and clearly indicates uui i"j """'
welcome tho United States as something
of a referee in tne conmcuna
the belligerents. I see In the note great
encouragement for early peace.
WIDOW SAVE8 TREES.
Mlchliian Woman ueienu
lug Made lijr Husband.
nr. ritiD. Mich.. Jan. 11. "Woodman,
spare that .tree; touch not a inle
bough." Thus quoted Mrs. ary OVw,
widow, as she pleaded for the preserva
tion of trees planted Dy nr
long deid.
it wan three vears ago that Mrs.
Splccr started her battle with city offi
cials over the maintenance of this ar
boreal Inheritance. Sho was called upon
to enter another skirmish recently when
.i,in-aik hlds were opened, In which pro-
vision was to have been made for the
removal of the trees,
Mrs. Solcer" "pets" fringe a lot on
which her modest little home Is built
"Walt until I am gone and you may
remove them." she told the city com
missioners, who took her words to honrt.
When sidewalk bids were opened there
were proposed contracts on othor Jobi,
but on the Widow Splcer's property not
a word.
Iload Building In California.
Los AKQELES. Cal., Jan. 11. Fifteen
million dollars for the completion of the
State highway system Is available In
California as a result of the election.
Work will be done on the trunk lines
extending from Sun Diego tu the north
ern boundary of the State. One-fifth
of the sum voted will be devoted to the
construction of new highways, among
which will be one north from Los Angeles
Into the Sequoia forests. In addition to
the Stale funds California has available
Immediately more than $250,000 from
the Federal State road fund. Work also
will begin at once placing sign posts In
the Mojave ilesert. The Government
appropriated funds for posting the water
holes after a battle extending over four
teen years. This will make travelling
over this highway absolutely safe for
strangtrs.
RUSSIANS BEAT FOE
BACK ON RIGA FRONT
Capture Village "Which Troves
Veritable Nest of Teuton
' Machine Guns.
SE11ETH BATTLE HAOES
Covered by For, Germans Cross
River Putna, but Are He
pulsed by Bayonets.
1.0NDON. Jan. 11. While the battle
of the Sereth fluctuates the Ttusslan i
offensive on the snow dnd lllga front
continues In strength. The Russians on
Wednesday captured a lllage east of j
Kalnzem, on the Hlver Aa', which was
a veritable nest of German machine
guns, (nnd held It against two counter
attacks.
' German nttchjpts to get back by
counter attacks other of the lo?t posi
tions, whloh had been fortified for a
year, were fruitless everywhere on this
front.' At one point the German- troops
charged under cover of dAse clouds of
smoke, at another they made three
charges, but the Uusslans held firm.
A signal success In the Hcreth battle
has been gained by tho Russians, who
havo thrown the Germans bnck over the
Rler Putna and now hold firmly Its
northern bank. Covered by fog, the
Teutons had crossed the river, but Rus
sian bayonets drove them back again
with heavy losses. They left some pris
oners behind.
Protection for I'lntiU. '
By regaining the northern bank of the
Putna the Russians have secured an
itussians nave secureu an
Important protection for the right flank :j"
of that part of their line still south of
the Sereth, and also for the Important
railroad Junction of Marasechtl nnd the
II .1 1 .! .1
railroad bridge.
In tho Carpathians northwest of this
locality, however, the Russians and Ru
manians stilt give ground, though
favored By the rough country. Teuton
pi ogress continues through the Oltoz
Valley and toward the branch railroad
and Tersu Ocna.
.The German statement to-night said
there was no Important fighting on the
Riga or Putna fronts, and to-day's
statement says there were no Important
events on Von Mackensen's front which t of Yprcl, Many canities were In
Is the main Sereth front ,of which the j nlct(,,, 0 ,h, pnenl)
Putna Is a part. This would seem to -The artillery activity has been marked
bear out the Russian announcement , ,. .,,,, . ni,0..... ,,-
that the Putna had been recrotsed.
German .Statement.
The German day statement reads:
"Front of Archduke Joseph; Ger
man and Austro-IIungarlon troops yes
terday obtained further successes In the
difficult mountain .fighting between
the Usui and the Suchltxa valleys.
Soveral points of support were captured
by us from the enemy. North of the
Oitus road Infantry Regiment 169, un
der the leadership of Ha brave com
mander, took strongly constructed and
tenaciously defended height positions by
storm and hand to hand fighting.
"Near Marestl and Raccasa tho cap
tured line was maintained against hos
tile attacks. Six officers and more than
800 men were brought ln as prisoners
and the booty comprised six machine
guns,
Spirited activity on the part of the
artillery between. Riga and Smorgon was
followed yesterday, last night and this
morning by several Russian attacks and
by advances of stronger detachments
against various places along this front.
All attacks were repulsed completely."
Russian Stntement.
To-day's Russian atement says
"As a result of repeated attacks un
der cover of heavy artillery firo the en
emy took possession of two heights
north of tho River Oltux. H stubborn
attacks the enemy slightly pressed back
the Rumanians southeust of Moneatur
Kachlnul, on the River Kaslno, and
northeast of Rempurlle de Sus, on tho
River Suchltza.
"Taking udvantagc of
the toe tho
enemy crossed the River Putpn tii thw
region or bvendsrlil, ten versts (six
mnesj norm or rwsani. ami tool; the
offensive on the sector of ono of our
r!!!"!?- l'rSAnm C?Un,t0,r..nt -
bnfv M.ic, uuri unjiiuci li(llllll
the enemy was thrown back across the
river with great losses, leaving n num
ber of prisoners In our hands.
"Russian front: In the region south
ot Lako Bablt (Riga front) fighting con
tinues. On Wednesday ono of the vil
lages to the east of the village of Kaln
zem, which waa stubbornly defended by
the Germans with a great number of
machine guns, was taken by our detach
ments. Two enemy counter attacks were
repulsed.
"Three attacks by the enemy airalnst
our detachments situated six versts east
of the village of Kalnzem were beaten
back with great losses for tho enemy.
Under cover ot a curtain of smoke the
Germans attempted to attack our de
tachments occupying positions northwest
ot Ikskulla, but they were dispersed bv
our fife."
AIM TO CONTROL TONNAGE.
Permission From Allies' Govern
me lit a Before Ships Are Chartered,
Lonoon, Jan. 11. The Board of Trade
publishes an announcement ot a new
regulation under the defence, of the
realm vact under which In the future
permission must be obtained from the
national authority' in Great Britain,
France and Italy before any foreign ton
nage Is chartered.
Tho Intention is to obtain closer co
ordination between the Kntent Allies In
the employment of tonnage.
SNOW HALTS ITALIAN ACTION.
Storms on the -Trent I no Front In
terfere! With Artillery.
Rome, Jan. 11. "On the Trentlno
ironi tne activity ot our artillery wusior a thief, seized tho family rifle nnd
hindered by heap- snowfalls and thick I
w ftiny" , ,re,Prt,fror ""I
km wmv-vj. wis nigi uuiiuii uuui incrtf
were Intermittent artillery and trench
mortar actions and somo activity on the
part of our patrols. Our batteries dis
persed enemy troops near the Volcla
draga railway station southeast of Oo
rials. "On Tuesday we occupied Grmenl, In
Albania, on the Lyaskovlk Coritza
River."
Austrian Ambassador Leaves.
Berlin, via London, Jan, II, Count
Adam Tamowsku von Tarnow, the new
Austrian Ambassador to the United
States, left Berlin this morning;, on the
first atago ot his Journey to the United
States. A safe passage boa been guar,
anteed the Ambassador by the Entente
Allies.
A SUCCESSFUL COUGH REMEDY
" "fiJKM ZEE TWJsBE BOX
nuwirs
MBN L MOWN SON,
FIGHTING ON PERSIAN TROUT.
Itnsslan Driven Prom Tleveltabad
With Loss of COO Men.
Berlin, by wireless, Jan, 11. A Turk
lull genoral staff announcement under
date of January 9, as quoted to-day by
the Overseas News Agency, report
sharp fighting on the Persian front.
The defenders of the town of Dovelta
bad (fifty miles south of Hamodau), of
whom a part Wcro Persian volunteers,
j some days ago abandoned tho town as
they had been ordered, upon wnicn tno
town was occupied by tho itussinns. (
men, tno rciori stales, an shack who
launched on the Hussions In the neigh
borhood of Develtabad nnd they were
again driven from tho town, with the
loss of COO men, and fled toward tho
northeast and southeast.
On tho Caucasus front, the report
adds, the Turkish left wing undertook a
successful raid against tho Russians.
Tho Turks pursued their foo ns far as
his dugouts and captured a large num
ber of bombs and considerable war ma
terial, together with documents which
were Interesting to -the Turkish authori
ties. GERMANS LOSE IN
TWO OPERATIONS
British Attack and French Dc
fence Loss to Teutons
Near Verdun.
London-, Jan. .ll.-rBritlsh troops In at
tack nnd French troops In defence
worsted the Germans on the front In
France to-day. A British attack near
Beaumont-Hamel, the second on the
Ancre front In twenty-four hour, cap
tured three-quarters of a mile of a .Ger
man trench nnd 176 prisoners. In spir
ited lighting French troops at Verdun
repulsed a German attack In Caurleres
wood, northwest of Douaumont, The of
ficial (statements are ns follows :
British "A number of minor , enter
prises were undertaken last nignt witn
- , ..,.,, o...i, tt, Ann
v.ntei lh.'' trenches at two
places In the neighborhood or orann
court and took prisoners. Karly this
morning a local operation on a larger
scale northeast of Beaumont-Hamel was
completely successful. Our troops car
ried an enemy trench on a front of three
quarters of a mile nnd established our
position. An enemy counter attack this
afternoon was caught In the open by our
artillery and broken up with loss. One
hundred and seventy-six prisoners. In
cluding four officers, were taken In the
eul'rse of the operations In this nrea.
"Knemy trenches also were raided
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j In the neighborhood of Le Sars, Beau
jcourt and Fmiquevlllers."
French "In the Argonne at La Fille
Morte wo have exploded a mine causing
heavy damages In a trench of the enemy.
"On the right bank of tho River Meute
a German attack upon one of our trenches
In the wood of Caurleres has been re
pulsed after a "spirited fight, during the
course of which the enemy 'suffered heavy
losses.
"Klsowhere on the front the night
passed quietly."
German Western war theatre: "In the
Ypres and Wytschaete bends (Belgium),
on tho Ancre and the Somme and on botn
sides of the River Meuse the artillery ami
mine fighting at some hours of the day
reached considerable violence.
"North of Ypres a hostile attack was
repulsed and the enemy's losses were
I heav'' Tho Kngllsh who had entered In
lH narrow piace were anven oacK oy a
,co""tr , . .
auuill oi & pres an huvhiivv ui Biiuunvr
hostile patrols also was without success.
"Near Beaumont the enemy succoede.l
in occupying a salient trench section ot
our position.
"Our airplanes shot down two Kngllsh
captive balloons, which fell down, burn
ing." TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE.
TUon't Former Wife Tells About
Kxperlenee In I'nrls,
Kvelyn Nesblt Clifford, former wife of
Harry Thaw, repeated laet night n story
she told at the Thaw murder tilals of
' an attempt he made to kill himself In
i ParlB In 1!04. She also said ho planned"
i , take her life too In 1905.
,.Ttll.s ,10t tll8 ,lret tlm(. Thaw
has
r tried to destroy himself," she Bald at her
home, 23 Wast Klcvcnth street. "The
saddest part of it all Is that It could
havo been easily avoided. H was not
really his fault. He should not be cen
ured for such an act or for any of the
acta preceding It, because he has been
mentally sick ever since the tragedy on
the Madison Square Garden root.
"One evening In Paris, In 1904, I
returned to myroom early. Harry was
in the drawing room. Suddenly ho ap
peared at the threshold of my room.
I was startled by the peculiar flush on
his face nnd noticed that his fleidi had
a greenish flare.
" 'I have taken an overdose of lauda
num,' he suld, 'I nm going to He on
this sofa,'
"Only the quick use of a stomach
pump saved his life. There was ap
parently no reason for this net no quar
rel or anything. I was afterward In-
lormcu mat iiarry nan oeeii iiiaimuiiiiiig . nnrulng Iirower nnd Thaw In a Joint In
three separate apartments In Paris at ! ,uctmcnt
,hS tlm.fV. ..t,.. , ,., , I Uuey iai-t night returned to Phlladel
"In the Grand Hotel In 190 Thaw In-, , . ,tn Detectlves Flood and Cunnlft,
tended to Kill me as wen as nunseir.
do not know what kind ot poison ho had
btioiicu, i,ui iuu ni.ur, r,..o
verted from hit i purpose by receiving an
Iniillnllnn In att-nn a nrafft nilrlv. T
Invitatlop to attend a 'stagt party. He
afterward confessed to me that ho was
'so tickled' by the excitment and pleas-1
ure ot the party that he forgot all about I
killing- mo or himself. Jte decided after-
ward, he said, that It was not worth'
while."
Joker Shot, Mistaken for Thief. I
W'ooDsnr.LD, Ohio, Jan. 11. Harold I
Ulmrls 11 n,nu H1a na n r,nlt if Tilnvlnt- i
"a good Joke" on a neighbor. Shorts
blackened his face with soot and went
to a neighbor's house to havo somo fun.
William Bright, 12. son of Henry Bright,
saw Shorts coming and. mistaking hlm
nred through the door. The bullet lilt
young Shorts In the neck. His condition
la critical.
Underwear prices tclll go higher
Sow l the time to bug.
Union Suits $1.25,
$2
Ribbed Balbriggan
Union Suits $2.50
to $3.50
Marino Wool
Unian Suit (SMpttS)
79c, worth $1.50
Two-piece Underwear
Domestic Wool. SI
llmp'd Wool i.w H
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SWAM TOLD THAW
WOULD SURRENDER
Was Looking for Fugitive to
Appear When News Cume
of Suicide Attempt.
O'FAIUIELL GO-BETWEEN
Brower Indicted for Complicity
in tho Kidnapping of
Young Gump.
At the moment when the news of
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j York District Attorney Swann was
J rather expecting Thaw to walk Into his
ofnee with a. lawyer and open a con-
vernation on the subject of getting ball.
"Rnthr expecting" Is the right phrase. ,
Mi'1. Hnann was none.too confident that
the fugitive would appear, although he
had twice been assured Hint such was
Thaw's Intention. Tho man who gave
this assurance was Vat. O'Farrell, who
has figured as a detective In various
episodes on behalf of the man now ac
cused of kidnapping and beating Fred
erick Gump, Jr.
On Monday, as has been related, the
District Attorney was informed that
Thaw would givo himself up at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning. It developed
yesterday that this prediction was mado
by O'Farrell. On Tuesday miming
O'Farrell waa 'with Thaw ln Philadel
phia. On AVedncsday O'Farrell again
culled on the District Attorney and said
Thaw would come to New York and the
.Criminal Courts Building yesterday,
O'Farrell Sliovrs Vv.
O'Farrell showed up, but no Thaw.
O'Farrell said he' didn't know what to
make of tt. He Insisted that Thaw's
friends were genuinely sorry that Thaw
had not surrendered ns his going Into
hiding might have a bad effect at his
trial. Then the tidings of th attempted
suicide were flashed from Philadelphia
and O'Farrell left the Criminal Courts
Building.
It was admitted at tho District Attor
ney's office yesterday that Thaw was at
the McAlpIn Hotel last Saturday morn
ing while Assistant District Attorney
Black. Detectives Cunnlft. and Flood, the
Gump boy, Frank P. Walsh of Kansas
City and others were ot the Pennsylvania
Station expecting to nnb him and his
bodyguard, O'Byrne, when they got off
a train from Pittsburg. '
Whether Thaw reached New York Fri
day night or Saturday morning l not
clear. Ar.vway, he went to. the McAlpIn
in Saturday morning and said ho wanted
to engage tho eame suite of rooms on
the eighteenth floor that ho and the
Gump boy and, it Is alleged, O'Byrne
occupied on Christmas night, when tho
flogging of Gump Is supposed to have
taken place.
According to the story told at the Dis
trict Attorney's office a- McAlpIn clerk
told Thaw he could not have thla or any
other suite that the hotel did not care
for lis? further patronage. Thaw asked:
"Why? Has there been any complaint
agalnsi'
Went tn Another Hotel.
What the clerk answered the District
Attorney's representative did not know.
It Is known, however, that Thaw after
leaving the McAlpIn went to another
hotel ; that he had a conference with
Oliver Brower. hlR friend now under
arrest In Philadelphia ; that Brower quit
the Hotel Bristol on Saturday, leaving
ft suit case marked "T" and containing
correspondence between Thaw nnd boys,
and that Thaw after a short sitting In
.lack's on Sunday morning went to
Philadelphia.
It was elated that the District Attor
ney's men did not know at the time that
Thaw was In New York on Saturday and
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Thaw would have been arrested on sight. lor whlch T,mw occlu)!ed uve8 a tamiiy
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no couia naie wen nrresieu anywncre
In New York State without warrant or
Indictment, for he was accused of
felony. As soon as he got to Pennsyl
vania, howetrr, he was out of immediate
danger, for tho police of Pennsylvania
cities will not make an arrest ln such a
eatse unlfs-s thero has been an Indictment.
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mas liiffiu tli District Attorneys office
does not know. There Is testimony that
he was with Thavr at the McAlpIn at that
time. It was thought he was In Phila
delphia with Thaw last Sunday, but It
now nppf.irs that he was not. Detective
Barney Flood of the Dlatrict Attorney's
office had Thaw In plain sight In Phila
delphia on Sunday and Monday, eating
ln the same dining room and listening
while Thaw enlightened Philadelphia re
porters on the legal aspects of the auto
mobile case which had taken Thaw's
mother to Philadelphia. But Flood's In
structions wero to make no move until
Thaw was Indicted, and after his Indict
ment Thaw disappeared.
nrosrer Indicted.
John Duey, p. Philadelphia detective,
testified before the New York Grand
Jury yesterday and produced the papers
found In tne possession or iirower, in
cluding the unsigned letter promising
submission to "My Dear Master," The
Grand Jury then Indicted Brower for
nmtillpltv in thn kidiiunnlnir of Gumn.
I .hn nf th. indictment nnd a
warrant to serve on Brower when he
np,,ear! n a Philadelphia court for a
,.j,nrng this morning. Klther Flood or
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(Wonjen's Ready-to-wear Suits, TEiird Floor)
Cunnlft will stick close to St Mary
Hospital until Thaw recover.
Duey aald he had no Idea until Thaw
cut his throat that Thaw was ln Phila
delphia. The Philadelphia police op
posed that he had left the city.
District Attorney Swann said he
thought there was no chance of Thaw
being adjudged Insane If he recovered
and was brought to New York for trial
on tho kidnapping and assault charges.
"We have a clean cut case," he said,
"and he will bo convicted."
THAW TO RECOVER;
HOSPITAL PRISONER
C'oiilliitied from First l'uuc
pltal, has known Thaw for years. He
was one of the witnesses for him ln the
third habeas corpua hearing In White
Plains In the summer of 1912. Dr.
Klrby said to-nteht: "There is a striking
similarity between the Thaw and the
Lewis cases. It may very well be that
Lowls's act suggested to Thaw'a mind
the Wca'ot suicide, when he waa liunteu
hv .i.toctlves. This Is a point worthy of
further study.
It Is made apparent by the facts now
in the hands of the police, and admitted
bv Detective Maloney that he as repre
sentative of the O'Farrell agency made
all the arrangements for the housing of
Thaw In the home of Mrs. Tacco. Thaw
had been there since last Tuesday under
the name of Weat. Maloney was In con
stant communication with him nnd had
left a big negro as his immediate guard.
Police Notified.
The wardcnshlo apparently was only
for tho purpose of keeping him away
from the heart, of Philadelphia, where he
would be seen by city detectives and by
tho men from District Attorney Swann's
office. It waa Maloney. who made the
police acquainted with Thaw's hiding
place, but It waa only after tho detective
had been telephoned that his charge had
tried to kill himself.
Maloney went to tho office of Capt.
James Tate, head of the detective bureau
here, at 11 :t5 thin morning. He offered
to wirrcnder Thaw, but explained that
he had Injured himself, how seriously he
could not tell
Lieut. Theodore Wood was detailed to
go with Maloney to the Walnut sticet
house. When he reached thcro he found
Thaw seated In a kitchen chair, a towel
bound around his nock nnd his left arm
held over a wnsh basin. Drs. A. K. Bate
man and A. F. Snlezlo were in attend
ance. While the surgeons cleansed and
hound his wounds Thaw made no re
sponse to the questions of Wood. He
was not unconscious. He appeared to be
ln a stupor, caused probably by the loss
of blood. ,,
Lieut Wood summoned Dr. John
Wanamakcr 3d. police surgeon. After
looking the victim over It was decided
to send him to a hospital. Thaw aroused
himself long enough to ask that ho be
taken to St Mary's, so he might be un
der the care of his friend, Dr. Klrby.
Wood and Dr. Wanamaker rode in the
ambulance with him. but still he refused
to answer questions.
In St. Mary's a private room was set
aside for Thaw. When his clothing was
removed one of the detectives found the
bichloride tablets In his pocket In a
hasty examination the physicians
reached the conclusion that he had not
swallowed any of them. However, they
Intend to keep a close watch on him for
poison symptoms. Thaw was pronounced
out of danger. For this reason no need
arose to take an ante-mortem statement,
although Thaw recovered full conscious
ness. Humps AVI lb I.lttlr Girl.
Mm. Tacco on being questioned after
ward hy Lieut. Wood said that at no
time had she knowledge that her
boarder was Harry Thaw. He was
brought to her home In an automobile
last Tuesdoy, she said, by Maloney, who
told her that "Mr. West" was a client
Uhn Vmiah, hen irnosl nnU' a u n man nf
i ' i , ui,i,i, a m i.-.r.
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.,, u.m0 daughter of which becamo a
a( rhm of tt,.-. Thev ugea . ,,
up nnd clown the halls for hours, Mrs
Tacco said.
Now nnd again "Mr. West" went for a
short walk, but all the tlmo his negro
guard 'was not far behind. In the
house his conversation dwelt mostly on
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ll's " end" without some mention
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fore this morning, ended his conversa
tlon with a remark similar to this: "My
belief Is that Harry Thaw Is a greatly
wionged man. Ho has been the victim
of persistent persecution. Kverythlng
ever cited against him was trumped up,"
She had not noticed nnd particular
sadness of spirit when ho left her ab
ruptly at 2 o'clock this morning. She
went to the room at 10:30 to arouso
him for breakfast. As soon ns sho
opened the door bhe saw on the floor
her husband's razor, which Thaw had
borrowed tho day before. He explained
that ho wanted to ehave himself. Thaw
was in bed, with his overcoat pulled Up
around his neck. She noticed the blood
Imnl. ,i. lltA aM nf .llA Kn1 n ml 1.,,,.-
rled to tho telephone to alarm Maloney.
It was Mnloney who telephoned to the
doctors.
"Who Is responsible for this man be
ing hero?" Lieut. Wood asked.
"I assume all responsibility." said
Maloney. Tho detective Is a Republican
power In Philadelphia. Ho waa boss
of one of tho most important wards,
and for u time held the placo of harbor
master. He said he had taken T(iaw to
the West Philadelphia house to escape
detectives and newspaper men. A tour
ing cap had been engaged, ho said, to
tako Thaw to New York to-night It
was thn detective's Intention, ho as-
Twflo rwvn cm Lo i n ii -d-
fierier), to report about Thaw, to cap.
tain' Tate before their departure,
Willing to Surrender,
Because of Thaw's condition hc vsai
not told of the charges against hlm
until Tuesday. "I guess the best thin
to do, Harry," .Maloney quotes himself
as having said, "Is to surrender to the
District Attorney of New. York."
"All right, but this whole charge In
blackmail," Thaw protested, according to
the detective, "It Is ridiculous for the
Gump boy to make any such charge. le
had every opportunity to tell the people
In the hotel or a policeman It the fach
were true. I'll go to New York, but I
don't want to go like a common rrlmlnal.
I want to surrender myself and not be
taken back with handcuffs."
After Thaw was taken to the hoapltnl
Maloney telephoned to his mother, Mr
Mary Copley Thaw, in PltlBburg. Also
ho communicated with Stephen Stone,
Thaw's present attorney, nnd with John
B. Stanchflcld, who freed tho Matteawaii
fugitive In the sanity trial In 1915,
On Sunday momlne Thaw left v.
York for Philadelphia. On n train otii'
hour later Detective Flood of District
Attorney Swann's office followed hliv
It waa known then that Thaw moh.iMi
would be Indicted Monday, Flood's Job
was to keep hlm under nurvcllUnce
Thaw, however, left his' train at a sta
tion in New Jersey, and com-eaueniw
did not arrive In Philadelphia until after
Flood had mado an unsuccessful round
of the hotels.
On Sunday night Brower, ln whose
possession many of Thaw's papers were
found when he was arrested Tuesday
night, registered at the Hotel Belgravla
for a double room. He did not slvu the
name of the friend who was to share
It with hlm. Thaw is believed to have
been the other occupant. Tho next
morning Thaw met his mother on her
arrival from Pittsburg. They were pres
ent together for several hours In the
Municipal Court during the hearing on
the accident catc.
Drinks nnd Dunces.
'After his mother left for home Thaw
began a riotous round of the hotels.
Ho gathered a few friends about him
and ln boisterous spirits they Invaded
tho Bellevue-Stratford, Rlti-Carltot,
Kugler's, L'Alglon, Arcadia and other
places. Thaw drank heavily and even
danced In somo ot the places. Wher
they went to tho Bellevue-Stratford fc
a "nightcap" he was refuted hcrvlce
He went to tho Belgravla at - o'clock,
hut telephone work routed him out of
Rrower's room. Ho left the hotel In nn
automobile. Karly that same mornlsx
ho went to the' Bellcvuc. where he had
been registered on a private book, lie
left with his baggage n. short time
afterward and went lo"' Mrs. Tacco'j
home. A short tlmo after his departure
Detective Flood and others arrived at the
hotel looking for him.
That Flood might bo thrown off the
track, one of Thaw's entourage threw
himself In his. path uiid led the detecthe
a merry chase all through Philadelphia
Flood made - reprisal hy picking up
Brower Just ns he was about to depart
from the Broad street station, On Tiivi-
day night Capt. Tato Interviewed Ma
loney. Tho detective, so the captain
said, told hlm then that ho believed
Thaw had gone to IMttsburg. That same
day a false clue about Thaw was thrown
out from Stroudsburg, Pa.
MOTHER DAZED BY NEWS
Mrs, Thaw Collnpses nnd Kaiiillj
Phyalclnn Is Culled.
Pittsbubo, Jan. 11. "Oh, Harry, my
JIarry! It can't bo true! This Is terri
ble 1" wa tho will of tho grief stricken
mother of Harry K. Thaw when (-he
learned to-day of the attempt ho had
made at self-destruction ln West I'hlla
dclphla. She collapsed when tho news was
broken to her ami the family ihirt:in
was called to attend her. Being unable
to go to her son's side because of hei
enfeebled condition, .Mrs. Thaw nn.uuvu
to havo friends of the family lc.no in
mediately for Philadelphia and nlvr h
Bon whatever assistance he mlRht ntwi
"What Is Harry's condition" Wir h.
recover?" Mrs. Thaw" anxiously iniulr.
after she recovered from her iixte she
asked to be kept Informed of hi .o i
tlon and to-ulght when told tli.v h-. ...
resting well nnd had a chance o' r
covery she brightened vlslbl and ii.i .
"That Is fine I will not go to h.:n mm
ns thero Is nothing I can do for h
but I will go when he needs me."
Mrs. Thaw then got In touch with S'
Mary's Hospital on the telephone Sh'
evidently received encouraging news lata
to-night, for It was given out th.it idi'
was resting -easy In mind and believed
Harry would recover.
.In pan's Trnde With tliliin.
Washikoton. Jan. 11 Japans trade
with China in 1916 show a gain of more
than 30 per cent over that of IMS
Since January 1 the exports have toM
led $71,445,:i0, as compared with
999,638 for tho same period of t5U, u'.o
the imports totalled J3G,S0s.2,s.r.. hs vm
pared with $27,501,637. That this rat.
of increase continues Is evidenced hy th'
returns for the first ten das of Novem
ber, showing a balance of 1827.100
favor of Japan, and the second ten dr i
a balance of $3S7,852.
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