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Reports Repeat Claims of Great Russian Victory
thrown down on tho right bnnk of
the Taer, to tho south of Dlxmudo,
were easily repulsed.
"There was 110 other engagement on
the rent of tho front In belglum an
far as the Olso, nor wan there any !
notion on the Alano or In Champagne, j
Nevertheless, Rhclins w?6 rather vlo-i
lently bombarded during the tlmo that1
ft number of journalists from neutral ;
countries wero making a visit to tho [
*" city.
"In the Argonnc some infantry at
tacks resulted in the loss and then
the recapture of certain trenches. Tho
men engaged in this fighting never
oxceoded a battalion. The ground
lost and then retaken was never more
than twenty-five yards.
"Along the heights of the Mouse and
1n the Vosgos there is nothing to re
port."
PAIIU.VMKNT ADJOURNS
U\Tll. AFTER lIOI.IDAYfi
LONDON. November 27 (7:60 I'. M.).?
The House of Commons this evening
adjourned until February 2. and the
House of Lords udjourued until Jan
uary o.
NO ACTUAL CHANGES
AI.OMi IIATTLK FRONT
BERLIN. November 27 (by wireless to
London. 3 P. M ).?An official announce
ment. given out in nerlln to-dny, says:
"English ships did not attack the
coast of Flanders again yesterday.
OBITUARY
Mm. Olivia 10. Noble.
Ths funeral of Mrs. Olivia E. Noble,
wife of W. M. Noble, who diod at the I
home of her daughter, Mrs. F. V. !
Saunders, 16 North Linden Street, on j
Thursday night at lOrifi o'clock, will I
take place from the residence this af- |
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Tho Interment i
wl}l be made in Hollywood. She Is j
survived bv her husband, four daugh
ters?Mrs. T. V. Saunders, Mrs. J. IS.
Gates, Mrs. James Perry, and Mrs. ;
Alice \V. Noble, and by two sons?J. M. |
and II. 15. Noble, and one brother?J. C. ?
Pliaup. i
? I
?Mr*. It. C. .Merchant,
Mrs. It. C. Merchant, widow 'of one
of the best-known business men of
Fredericksburg, died at that place last
night about ti o'clock from heart fail
ure. She Is survived by a number of
relatives, both In Richmond and Fred
ericksburg.
*Mr?. Fnnny C. Hlgglim.
Mrs. Fanny C. Mlggins died yester
day afternoon at 5:15 o'clock. Be
sides one son, Charles T. Higgins, of
Algiers, La., and two daughters, Mrs.
A. H. Saunders and Mrs. Geofge R.
Drlnkar, she leaves a large number of
friends and relatives.
Sirs. Rllztiltcth Stucrl lliirrlnou.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
CHARLOTTESVILLE '/A., Novem
ber 27 ?Mrs. Ellzabctn .Stuart Harri
son, wife of the lato Dr. James A.
Harrison, for years professor of ro
mance and Teutonic languages at the
University or Virginia and author of
a great many valuable books, among
thorn, "A Critical Life of Poe," died at
7:40 o'clock this morning nl her homo
near the university, after an Illness
extending over three years. Mrs.
Harrison was a daughter of tho late
John Letcher, Congressman and war
Governor of Virginia, and a cousin of
General J. E. H. Stuart, whose name
sho bore. Horn In Lexington, Va., her
early life was spent In Lexington and
Richmond. When the Prince of Wales
(?King Edward VII.) visited this coun
try in 1800, she received him at the
State Capitol In ?'ie absence of her
mother. Mrs. Hairlson was educated
i\t Mine. Lefebro's school -In Rich
mond. On September. 1SS5, sho mar
ried Dr. Harrison while he was a pro
fessor at Washington and Loo Uni
versity. His dea-tli occurred Junun-y
M, 1911. Mrs. SHnrrJson spent ? grvi.t
d6al of her Iffe In the Far East and
in Europe. Of tho three children as
a result of the union, only one sur
vives?John Letcher Harrisoh, .a post
graduate student at the University of
Virginia. Sho also leaves two broth
ers?Greenlee I-> Letcher, of Lcxlng
ton, Va., and .John D. Letcher, of Nor
folk?and three sisters?Miss Fannlo
Letcher, of Lexington; Mrs. Robert J.
Showell, of Herlln, Md., and Mrs. W.
LeConte Stevens of Lexington. The
funeral will take place from her late,
residence 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
Tho body will be taken to Lexington,
wheic the Interment will tako place
on Sunday.
Sirs. Kunnle n. Childress.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA., Novem
ber 27.?Mrs. I-annie 11. Childress, aged
sixty-eight, wife c: the late J. W.
Childress, died a>. ?-:30 o'clock this
mo.ning. following a week's Illness of
lag) lppe. She was, before marriage.
Miss Fannie R. Tompkins, daughter of
th>- late Robert Tompkins, of Howling
Green. Cat*.line County, Va. and mar
ried in lh7i. She had made her home
In this city for the past eleven years.
Four sons and one daughter survive?
It. W., C. M. and J. C. Childress, of
this city: E. A. Childress, of Rich
mond. and Miss' Margaret T. Childress,
of this city. She alBo leaves one sis
ter, Mrs. M. J. Durrett, of Partlow,
Spottsylvanla County, Va.
Alfprrt B ,-Smith.
[Special to. The. Tlfnes-Dlspatch]
FItEDERICKrinUftG. VA.. November
27.?Alfred IJ Smith a well-known
cltl*. .11 of Stafford County, died last
nignt at hla home neur Leeland, aged
Hlxty-four years. lie suffered a stroke
of paralysis on Thursday while at
Hrooke. He Is survived by three
daughters and one son.
Funeral of Sir*. Virginia Allen.
[Special to The T mes-Dlspatch.]
LYNCHUUHO, VA.. November 27.?
The funeral of Mrs. Virginia Allen. (
wife of Henry A. Allen, who died In;
Richmond on Wednesday morning. took
place tills morning from Westminster
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the
pastor. He v. Wallace T. Palmer, I). IJ.
Mm. Mottle Craft.
LYNCHHURO, VA.. November 27.?
Mrs. Mattle Craft, wife of W. S. Craft,
died yesterday at tin- Lynchburg Hos
pital. She was thirty-eight years of!
age, and besides lier husband, two chil- '
flren and the following 1-rotlurs and!
sisters survive her: Mrs. G. It, Moody, '
?.lrs. Fanny Witt and Mrs. Bettioj
Crouch, of Lynchburg; Mr?. Sallie Kel-i
lev, of Richmond; W. H. Couch, of j
Richmond, and James Couch, of Camp*
bell County. .
DEATHS
BROWN.?Died, Friday night. Novem
ber 27, S:10 I'. M., W. C. 1JROWN, of
C05 Price Street.
Funeral notice later.
HIGG1NS.?Died, .if the residence of
her daughter. Mr3. A. H. Saunders,
2221 Grove Avenue, Friday. November
27 at 5:15 I?. M . MRS. FANNY C. HIG
GINS. widow of John J. Iliggins.
Funeral from above residence SUN
DAY AFTKRNOON at it o'clock. Fun
eral private; oinit flowers.
DEAN.?Died, at her residence, II West
Clay Street, at S :?}.'> I?. M.. Friday.
November 27. MUS. UKOROK T. DEAN.
Funeral notice later.
PATE.?Died, suddenly at 3:1 T, P. M..
Friday, November zl, litli, at tho
residence of ills parents, 2000 Hanover !
Avenue, TALHOTT, only son of C. C. I
and Eudora Slaughter 1's.te, age eigh
teen.
Funeral from the residence SUNDAY,
November 2^. at 3:30 I'. M.
COLE.?Died, suddenly at his home.
near Wise, NT C., on the morning of
the 27th, CHARLES W. COLE, age slx
ty-slx. He is survived by his wife and
weven children?Z. M. Cole. C. W. Cole,
Jr., George W. Cole, Mrs. It. M. White. ;
Mrs Charles F. Cole, E. M. Cole, and
Julian Oulncv Cole.
TOO I.ATK TO CLASSIFY
LOST. gray overcoat with kid gloves in
pocket Wednesday night at Jefferson
. Hotel. Howard if returned to Times-1
Dispatch.
, Thens have been no actual changos
along the battle front In tho western
arena. To tho north of Langemarck
wo have taken a group of houses untf
made a number of prisoners.
"Our attack In th? Argonne region '
haa made further progress. French
attacks In the nelghoorhood of Apre- .
mont and to the east of St. Mlhlcl were
? repulsed.
"In the eastern arena of the war
i there wero no decisive engagements
yesterday." c .
LIVING IN CONSTANT
no a it or massacre
[Spcclal Cable to Tho Tlme?<-Dlspn toll ] ?
ROME, November 27.?Tho llelrut
correspondent of tho Uloinalc d'ltulla j
describes the situation In that part of |
Asia Minor an extremely serious. The '
European element, he writes, lives In
constant fear of massacre.
Communication with foreign coun
j tries and the interior has been severed.
The English, French and Kuauinn sub- j
[ Jects and all transient residents arc !
virtually held as prisoners. Houses of
| Europeans are searched dally under
| various pretexts and plundered.
The consuls of the entonto powers
arc prisoners In the interior.) The
I Christian religious and educational In
stitutions, among which Is tho great
I Jesuit University, have been forcibly
! olosod. The funds of all tho European
banks havo been seized. An attompt
was made to seize even the archives of i
the Kussian consulate, but this was
prevented by the Italian consul's time
ly intervention.
The Mussulmans havo sent their
women and children to the interior, and
the Jails have been opened.
THOUSANDS OF SUSPICIOUS
AI.IUNS INVESTIGATED
LONDON, November 27.?Reginald
McK nna the Home Secretary, stated j
In the Houso of Commons yesterday j
?that 100,000 cases of suspicious aliens
had been investigated. . Six thoupand
houses had been ranaackod .and 34 2
persons Interned.
With regard to tho suggestion that
all Germans and Austrlans In this coun
try be interned, McKenna said that not
all the English In Austria and Ger
many had been interned, and that if
all alien enemies In the United King
dom should bo locked up, a useless in
justice would be done. '
AVI LI, nE lillKAl ADDITION
TO STJtfHVING POPULATION
LONDON, November 27 (7:40 I'. M.).
*?"The population of Uelglum which
must be fed during tho winter prob
ably will bo many thousands more
than seemed likely a short time ago."
This Is the conclusion roached by a
special investigator delegated by tho
American Commission for tho Itellef
of Uclglum. The invostlgator tele
graphed his report from Rotterdam to
day to Herbert Clark Hoover, chair
man of tho American commission.
The commissioner said large num
bers of the. Belgian refugees in tho
South of Holland had returned to Hel
glum or were going to return, Rnd
that theto would be an enormous ad
dition to tho starving populaco.
Recent arrivals from Antwerp ad
mitted that the Germans were ready
j and anxious to glvo them work, but
added:
"They pav uh with pieces of paper,
j telling us that nomo day it will bo
good money; but It will not buy food."
Refugees said small villages had
hoen cleared of food by the Germans,
who also had requisitioned all the
cattle, and that, positive starvation
faced tho people.
TO t Tli.I7.Er DUIILl'N CAStfLE
AS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
DUPLIN', November 28 (via London, '
1:1ft A. M.).?It Is understood that
King Georgo has approved a proposal
to utilize Dublin Castle as an emer- '
gency hospital for wounded soldiers. :
It ts planned to havo the hospital
roady within threo weeks to accorn-'
modate ftOO patients. ,
AUDACIOUS IN DRY DOCK?
iirpori That British DrrntlnoaRhl Did
Not (io to Bottom.
NEW YORK, November 27.?I'no
sengers arriving here to-day on the '
Lusltanla any the Dreadnought Au- !
daclous, reported sunk off the Irish |
coast, has been ruined and la In n Bel
fast dry dock. According to J. J. Kpur
gcon, this repot t is current In Liver- |
pool, and Is accepted as true, although 1
the saiuo secrecy la maintained as to I
salvage operations as was the case re- |
gurdlng the sinking of the battleship ]
and the rescue of her men by the j
Olympic.
The report is that the Audacious did
not aink when loft by the Olympic,
but that other vessels drew her into
shallow water, where the hole in her
bottom was patched sufficiently to po'r
mlt her being towed to Belfast.
OLYMPIC IN DESPERATE
i'KRIL VIIOM MINES ,
VANCOUVER, B. C., November 27.? t
The passenger steamship Olympic was |
in desperate peril from mines when |
she rcacued part of the crew of the
British Dreadnought Audacious after
the warship hud been blown up off the
Irish coast, according to a letter re
ceived here to-day from J. W. Hub
bard, one qf the Olympic's officers.
How the Olympic eschped la a
mystery to her officers, according to
the letter. ? I
"Thefe worn eighty mines'picked up |
next morning about the name place j
where we were," says the letter, "and
about thirty mines were found west of
us. The Manchester Commerce was
sunk by a mine."
AMERICAN SHIP FIRED
ON BY BRITISH CRUISER
PANAMA, November 27.?The Ameri
can steamship St. Helens. Captain Od
land, which sailed from New York on
November 17 for San Francisco, ar
rived at Colon to-<J-?y ??ul reported
she had been fired on by the British
cruiser Berwick.
Captain Odland said his ship was
hailed, hut apparently failed to heave
to as quickly as expected, with the re
sult that the British cruiser tired two
ahots across tho utern of the American
vessel. The incident occurred yester
day at a point ninety miles northwest
of Colon.
An olHccr from the cruiser boarded
the St. IleiunH and examined her papers
and cargo. The vessel was permitted
to proceed after a delay of threo hours.
INCIDENT REGARDED
AS NOT UNUSUAL
WASHINGTON. D. C., November 27.
?While no ottlclal report of the firing
by the. British cruiser Berwick- toward
tho American steamer 8t. Helens off
Panama has been received here to
n<Kht, Slato Department officials re
garded the incident as not unusual In
time of wnr.
Merchantman, according to naval
procedure, are expected to atop imme
diately on demand of belligerent war
ships or signal their Intention of sub
mitting to Qcaich. If thero Is any do
lay. the customary practice is to fire a
shot across tho bow or stem as a
warning.
The right of search is generally
rocognlzed. The belligerent la even
authoilzed to use force In executing
the right of search, and in not held
liable, nccording to International law
authorities, for damage resulting from
resistance byu neutral>Mp.
Ge77>77iAxi-*^<^&7*5jfeT/sexZ <^jd
<rrs.O - ?W-Hh.fTel7Tl&t5 -?Vmerfoa4U\*Kn*wA
Fourteen German soldiers who fell at Charlerot on September 12 lie
in this grave. The helmet of each of the men resting on the mound
shows where its wearer is lying. A cross hearing the inscription, "Pop
Kaiser and Vaterland," surmounts a tablet on which are engraved the
names of the men who lie buried in the grave.
NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY
DESPITE KITS LOSSES
Winston Churchill, First Lord of (he
Admiralty, Makes Reas
suring Speech.
EFFECTIVENESS NOT LOWERED
By End of 1015 British Fleet Will Be
Increased by Fifteen Ships,- While
Maximum Germany Can Receive Is
Three Capital Vessels.
| LONDON',. November 27(0:22 V. M.).
| ?Winston Spencer Churchill, I^lrst
| Lord of tho Admiralty, told the House
I of Commons to-day that despite the
British navy's losses since the outbreak
of the war, there was no cause for ner
vousness ' over Its present and future
effectiveness.
"We can afford to lose a super
Droudnought every month for twelve
months, without a single U>sa to the
onemv, and be in as good a position of
superiority as we were at the outbreak
of the wur," said the first lord.
Of the older armored cruisers, Mr.
Churchill said Great Britain had lost
six and Germany two. At the begin
ning of the war Great Britain had
thirty-six light modern cruisers to
Germany's twenty-five. Great Britain
had lost two and Germany had lost or
Interned a quarter of her number.
Great Britain, slncc the commence
ment of the war, also had addod as
many light cruisers us Germany hud
lost.
Mr. Churchill declared the maximum
reinforcements Germany could receive
to the end of 1915 was three capital
ships, while the strength of the British
tloct in that period would be increased
by fifteen ships.
Tho reason Groat Britain could not
produce results on a larger Bcale with
submarines, Mr. Churchill went on,
was because th'cy so seldom have been
offered opportunity of attack. The
losses In submarines sustained by the
British and the Germans had been
equalled, he feaid.
British torpedo-boat destroyers had
shown enormous superiority of gun
power. "We have lost none; Germany
has lost eight or ton," tho speaker j
said.
KCOXOMIC PRKSSmtE
CONTIMIKS TO DKVELOP
The economic pressuro on Germany.
Mr. Churchill said, continued to de- ]
vclop in a healthy and satisfactory1
manner. Hundreds of ships of over [
300 tons burden entered and loft the'
porta of the United Kingdom dally, j
while a deficiency in the commodities i
necessary for munitions of war was be- ?
ginning to make Itself felt in the'
enemy's military organization.
Whllo the admiralty estimated that ?
thero would be a loss of 5 per cent of
tho British mercantile marine In tho
first three months of tho war, the first
lord said, the percentage had been ,
only 1.9. The danger from mines wi?h .
one, tho limit of which could bo dis
cerned. and which could further be re-I
strlcted and controlled. The enemy,
had adopted methods which It was not ,
thought would be practiced by any >
civilized power, but tho danger from!
them had been and still was being fur
ther restricted and controlled by tho
navy.
Mr. Churchill raid thero had beon
some danger of tho escape from Ger
many to the high seas of fast liners
equipped with guns for commerce de
struction. but that that danger up to !
the present had boon successfully sur- i
mounted.
Mr. Churchill declined to discuss ?
such topics as tho naval engagement
o:Y Helgoland; the destruction of the
British cruisers Monmouth and Good j
Hope off the coast of Chile, and tho
British naval expedition to Antwerp, I
claiming such discussion would bo
profitless until he was ablo to reveal |
all the facts.
TWO ICLOI'KMKNTM
O.N" THANKSGIVING DAY
DANVII..L.E, VA.. November 27.?It
developed to-day that there were two
elepoments horo on Thanksgiving Day.
Edgar Boatwrlght, son of H. 1j. B at
wriftht, a tobacconist,' married MIsb
Dlllurd Kmlth, daughter of a Martins- I
vllle tobacconist, going to Went worth, >
N. C., for the ceremony. I
Harvey Ward, a young druggist, left;
ostensibly for Richmond to see tho'
football gamo, but camo back to-day,
from Hendorsonvllle. N- C.. with Miss.
Myrtle Fuller, of this city, as his bride.;
MIsb Fuller stole away from home early j
In tho morning and left a note uiul(er
rieatli tho <loor explaining her absence. I
1 OPPOSES AEHIAL KTTACKS
j ! UNFORTIFIED CITIES
! President Connnunleutes Disapproval
Unofficially to United States Repre
sentatives in Warring Countries.
j LITTLE LIGHT OX SUBJECT
Not Believed That Any Specific At
? tack Is Mentioned, hut That Views
on General Subject Will Bring
About Better Understanding.
WASHINGTON, November 27.?Pres
ident Wilson lias communicated unof
ficially to the diplomatic representa
i tives of the United States in the bel
j Hgcrent countries of Europe his dis
approval of attacks by bombs from
j aircraft dropped on unfortified cities
occupied by noncombatants.
The President was careful not to
take the matter up officially, and did
not even make his communication
through the State Department, but
personally addressed the American
ambassadors abroad. Ho to'ok this
j course, It became known to-day, near
ly two months ago, and the facts
came to light through the publication
of a report that tho President had dis
cussed the viatter with European dip
j lomats here. This, however, was de
j nlod by some of the prominent dlplo
j mats mentioned in connection with it,
! Including the German ambassador,
j Just how the American diplomats
! abroad were to convey President Wil
j son's feeling in the matter to the for
j clgn governments has not been dla
I closed, as White House officials, In tho
absence of the President, declined to
discuss the subject.
! It is believed here, however, that
I the .President called attention to the
artlclo in The Hague convention of
1DQ7. to which all the principal bel
ligerents are signatory, providing for
notice of twenty-four hours before
, bombardment or attack in order that
j non combat ants may remove themselves
from the danger zone.
Whether there have been any un
official responses from the belligerents
was not known here to-day, but
| American diplomats wero instructed
' by tho President, it is understood, to
I handle the matter with such dlscre.
| lion and delicacy as would tend to
; end aerial attacks without notice, and
| at the same time preserve the friend- :
ship which the United States feels to- i
ward all the belligerents Involved.
It is not believed that tho President I
mentioned any specific violation, but
expressed his views on the general
subject of aerial attacks. Through
the unofficial character of the cnmniu- ,
nidation, It was Intended by the Pres- '
Ident to bring about a bettor under- |
standing about aerial warfare with- i
out actually Involving the American ,
government in the matter. It is sup- ?
pose'd that the American diplomats !
used their good otliees, consequently, j
in a personal way with the belligerent
governments, without, perhaps, even j
mentioning tho fact that they wero!
doing so at the request of the Pres- ?
ident, an such methods of obtnlning
a desired end are not unusual in di
plomacy.
Henr-Ailmirat Klelil Dead.
WASHINGTON. November 27.?Hear-J
Admiral Wells L?. Flold, retired, sixty- '
nine years old, died here to-day after,
a lingering illness. He was a native,
of St. Louis, Mo., and In laO'J, was as-j
slstar.', lighthouse Inspector at Charles
ton. S. C. x
WAY IS CALM IX WKSTl
NOTHING TO IIEPOHT
PARIS, November 27 (10:30 P. M.).?
The following official communication
was issued to-night:
The day has been calm. There is
nothing to report."
GOVERNOR OF GALICIA
DIES OF APOPLEXY
AMSTERDAM, November 27 (via
London, 7:10 P. M.).?A Vienna tclo
? ??to to the Frankfurter Zeltung says
Count J?ohrlnsky, Russian Governor
General of Galicla, died at Lemberg
r>r>Ioxv to-day. ?
Piles Cured In 0 to 14 Days.
Drufrglftt* rcfuiul money >t PAZO OINT- '
.WENT fnl'K to cure Itclil"3 Blind. Bleeding
or ProtrudlnR Piles. First *?afiction gives I
rollnf. vOe,?Adv. 1
BRITAIN'S WAR LOAN
FAR OVERSUBSCRIBED
_ %
Nearly 100,000 Individual Make
Application for Small
Sums.
STATEMENT IIY LLOYD GEORGE
Financial Deadlock Following Out
? break of War CauKcd by Inabll
ity to Collect Outstanding Debtw.
Governmeut'H lle-sponsibllitien.
LONDON. Novombcr 27.?Chancellor
of tlio ICxcliequor Lloyd Georgo an
nounced In the House of Commons to
day thnt the war loan of ?350,000,000
($1,700,000,000) had been greatly over
subscribed.
The chancellor i;ave no figures. He
said, however, that a featuro of thn
loan was the cnormouH numbor of In- j
dividuals, totaling r\early 100.000, who {
had made application for small sums. i
These, tho clinncellor declared, would !
receive the first allotments.
In the course of.a statement con
corning financial conditions In tlio
country, tho chancellor stated that the
financial deadlock which followed the
outbreak of war wus due to Inability
to collect outstanding debts abroad.
Ah an instance, Mr. Lloyd George're- J
ferred to the United States, which, he i
said, owed Great Britain about a thou*
hnd millions sterling 55,000,000,000), |
"hut we could do not business," he i
added. I
Dealing with the steps taken by tho |
government to assist commerce during i
the war, Mr. Lloyd George said that I
the government had undertaken ro- j
?pon8ibillticH which no government
ever had been called upon to assume I
before.
I'AIIT OK mai.himo that
HAN IVTH^H.NATIONAI, THAI) 12
"We had not moroly our own busi
ness to run," the Chancellor of the
Exchequer continued, "but wo 'were an
essential part of a machine that ran !
the International trade of the world. |
We carried half the produce and pro- j
vldod tho capital that moved this pro- j
ducc from one part of the world to an- |
other, not merely for ourselves, but i
for other countries."
Giving Instances, ho referred to the j
cotton trade, and said that all the i
movements from the plantations to the
ultimate destination of the cotton were I
represented by paper signed either at I
London, Manchester or Liverpool. I
When tho United States bought cotton j
or rtllk or tea In China, payment was i
made through London by means of |
these documents.
That showed, Mr. Lloyd George j
said, how complicated the system was.
Tho paper Issued in London had be-1
come a part of the currency of the
world. Into this lino, delicate paper I
machinery had crashed a great war, j
affecting two-thirds of thf people of
the whole world, and confusion was
Inevitable. It was as If a violent kick
hau Ik en given to an ant heap, and for
a moment there was confusion and|
panic.
Tho deadlock. which existed, the
i chancellor pointed out, was not due
j to any lack of ercdit in this country.
It was due to the failure of remit
tances from abroad.
OOVEHNMB.NT ACTS TO
. SAVE nHlTISH TRADE
Mr. Lloyd Georgo told his hoarers
' thnt tho action which tho Ilrltlsh gov
ernment had taken was to save British
l-trade, British commerce, Ilrltlsh labor
. and British lives. The government, he
I said, had hypothecated tho credit of
I the State, In order to restore these
, exchanges, upon which the commerce
and industry of the country depended,
and upon which the whole community
depended for their dally life.
By this step, the speaker said, the
unimpeachable character of the British
bill of exchange had been mninialned.
j It was vital to the good name of this
country that this type of British paper
' which had become currency for tho
whole of the trade of the world should
? l>? unimpeachable, and that no one
| should say hoenfter that In a day of
j crisis It had been dishonorer!.
One hundred and twenty million
| pounds sterling ($600,000,000) of bills,
i Mr. Lloyd George continued, had been
I discounted by the Bank of Kngland,
j and that showed, he said, that out of a
? total' of between 300.000,000 and 500.
J 000,000 pounds sterling of bills out at
! the beginning of the war, a greater
part was disposed of in the ordinary
course. The total amount of bills
which had arrived at maturity, and
for which the Dank of England had
found monoy, wau ?60,386.000. It was
oHtimatcd that at the end of the war
Mure would bo about ?50,000,000 of
bills in what we would call "cold store"
through their belonging to belligerent
countries or for othor reasons.
There would not bo a penny lost to
the great accepting houses, and the
total loss upon the whole of these trans
actions, he estimated, would not bo
equal to the cost of a slnglo woelc of
carrying on the war, and. In-addition,
Urltlsh commerce and Industry woifld
bo saved from one of the worst pos
sible catastrophes,"
The chancellor laid emphasis upon
tho success of the measures taken to
deal with the stock excitant??- He
paid tho government had made It a
condition that the exchange could not
reopen without the sanction of tho
TreaByiry. He claimed the British
monoy market was In bottor position
now than any monoy market In the
world. The Treasury had Just floated
tho largest loan ever raised In the his
tory of the world, and the success of
this measure, Mr. Lloyd George said,
he took as Justification of the govern
ment's aotlon. lie pointed out that be
fore the loan of ?350.000,000, he already
had raised ?90,000,000 (*450,000,000) for
the samo purpose, bo that practically
he had asked for ?440,000,000 (12,200,
000.000) from the sumo market.
In spite of the absnnce of tho nm
I ohlnery of the Stock Exchange, which
was a serious detriment,'tho entlro loan
has been oversubscribed. Thero were
nearly 100,000 applicants, anfl the gov
ernment felt it was Its duty to give
the .first allotments to the small ap- i
plicants, who, with the llnanclal
| houses, had enabled the government to
; raise this very large sum of money
without nny of the expedients to
I which Germany had to resort to ralso
j a smaller loan at a higher rate of ln
1 tercst.
INVESTIGATING DEATHS
OF B0GGS AND DAUGHTER
1 MIAMI, I'LA., November 27.?An un
expected fcessliin of tho coroner's Jury,
Investigating tho death mystory of A.
A. Hoggs, and his eighteen-year-old
daughter, Marjortc. was held hero to
day. The Jury had previously ad
journal until next Wednesday.
Several witnesses were examined, but
nothing was revealed as to the testi
mony given. Neither has any an
| nouncement been made as to the nauso
: of the deaths.
| The police continue to work on tho
I theory that Hoggs and his daughter
were murdered by being struck over
I tho hea<Jn with a blunt Instrument,
| and their country home, near here, then
burned In the hope of concealing tho
| crime.
Tho charred bodies of tho lawyer
ami young woman wero found early
I Wednesday In the ruins of the resi
I dene/., and physicians have expressed
I the opinion that It was possible for
1 falling timbers to have cruslicd tho
' skulls
j A watch which has been worn by Mr.
Hoggs was found In the ruins of his
| home to-dny. It had utopped at 2:05
! o'clock. Neighbors discovered tho
I home In flames about 2:55 o'clock Wed -
| tiesday morning. The front door lock
also was found In the ruins, and the
i Authorities said it showed that the
idoor had not been locked when tho
| house burned.
SITUATION IN POLAND
HAS ASPECTS OF MYSTERY
But Belief Grows That ItoMlana Hare
Won Greatest Battle
of War,
NO DETAILS OF OPERATIONS
Patience of People Awaltinp Ofilclal
Confirmation of Victory la Ap
proaching Breaking Point?Quiet
Prevails on Other Battle Fronta.
LONDON, Novembor 27.?While th?
belief {Trows hourly that tho Russians
In Northern Poland havo won thw
greatest buttle of the war, actual do
talls of tho operation" in this locality
still arc withheld, and the whole In,
cident Is'beginning to tako on the as
pects of a mystery.
From I'etrograd cornea u report that
th?* patience of the Russian pooplo
awaiting oltlclal conllrmatlon of the re
ported victory in approachlpg the
breaking point, and the samo thing
may be aatd of the public hero. Ger
man reports, without entering Into
any such details its dates, describe suc
cessful operations in tho roglon of thla
great battle, but admit that tho Ger
man army lias not succeeded In bring
ing the struggle to a close. It is
evident that Die comparative failure of
tho Austro-German operations along
tho Cssenstochowa front gave the Rus
sians opportunity to envelop General
von Illndenburg ofter this brilliant.Ger
man lender had thrown a wedge Into
hla antagonists' centre. Tho Russian*
to the south, safe on their own front,
wero able to strike northward, thus
breaking the enemy, who had paea'ed
east beyond their right llank.
ASTONISHKIl AT QEUtMAN
ASSAULT ON LODZ.
Military rrltlcs at I'etrograd profera
to be astonished at tho German as
sault on Lod*. maintaining that audi
a movement made the defeat of tho
invaders Inevitable. Tho critics de
clare that unless ihe German advanco
toward Kutno and Lodz waa part of u
larger movement, the operation was
too hazardous to bo credible. A t^lrd
German army In the vicinity of Wlelun
has initiated an advance which la be
lieved In London to havo been atartcd
too late to be of any uao.
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vails. Along tho l*ranco-Relglan lino
the opposing armies seen* < content to
face each other, and nothing has trans
pired to Indicate that the Germans
havo started the expected resumption
of their effort to break through tho
allied lines on their way to tho coust.
Thirty miles to tho east of tho Suex
Canal lirltlnh forces are In touch with
Turkish Invaders, but there l.i no sign
of u general action In this vicinity,
and It Is expected that tho Invasion of
Kgypt probably will be postporiod, for
the reason that the Turks would appear
to be hard prossod In Armenia and
around the Persian Gulf.
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