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Second News Section Industrial Activities of Iticlunond and tho South JUchmonft OTune^-fK^pHtdi Second News Section Editorial, Heal Kstate and Want Ad rages PART THREE 64th YEAR PRK E FIV K Famous Old Estates Taken Over by Military in Building Up "New Army." BATTERY "PARKS" IN SILENCE Londoners at Home in Their Seats and Saddles?Golf Courses Held Sacred. ?iv i?ri>vAiti> kii'i.im;. iCopyright, 1914. by ilud.vard Kipling. All UiKlitM Reserved.) LONDON, December is.?One had loiown the place for years as a pic* turesque ol>l lnni.se standing in a p'-ac'1 ful park; had watched the growth ??r certain young oaks along a new-laid avenue, and applauded the owner? en terprise in turning a stretch of pasture to plow. There are scores of such es tates In Kngland which the motorist, through passing so often, comes t c? look upon almost as his own. In a siiml- day the bra<kened turf (between the paks and the iron road fence blossomed Into tents, and the' [drives were all cut up with hoofs and. ?Wheels. A little later one s car sweep* |lng home of warm autumn nights was| [stopped by sentries, who asked her Inarne and business: for the owner ??f < |that retired house and discreetly wood led park had gone elsewhere in haste,J and his house and lands were takeni lover by the military. | Then one met men and horses aru.i llng with each other for miles :?>??"?t [that countryside; >?' the car would [be IIuhk on her brakes by artillery is- j Ibiiint; from crosBlanes clean batteries Mingling ofT to their work on the downs. land hungry ones coining back to meals.. I pvery day brought the tnen and the Ihorst-s and ti??* w< ? lit i>clilnd tlicni ? L better understanding, till in a little while the car could pass a quarter of| a mile of them without having to hootl [thorn than <>!.? ? | "Why lire you so Blrtuous?" she [asked ?<f a section encountered ???'. a blind and bramblj ori r "Why ?!<> (you obtrude your personality less than la 11 av?*r;iir?? tax rari'." I cause.' sai s a driver, hiH ji i up :?> keep the untrlinmed hedge Ifrom sweeping his cap <>i! ? e ? iseI ?those are our blessed orders \N e ?!??!! tj ?do It for love." j I No one an uses u... gunner of maudfih Kaffection for anything ex epl ..i- beaetsI land his weapons lie hasn't the time.] III.- serves at least three Jealous gods (his horse and all its saddlery and bar-! II : his gun whose least detail "* i (efficiency Is tnore important than men's! (lives; and. when these | ...ve been at-, (tended tn .the ne ? i -ei ding m> stery |ot his art commands him. I'rn/.j .Mixture In Hie llnl". |, It was a wettish, windy | visited the go?LMatL.-KJ.iowu houoo arid-] |park. Cock pheasants dOcked i:. ; I |out of trim rhododendron clumps; neatl Urates opened Into sacred}} preserved | (vegetable gardens: tlx many-colored) heaves specimcp trees pasted them uelves stickily against sodden tent |A'.ills; and there was ?? mixture of telrcua smells from the horse lines, >!; 1 (the faint civilised breath of chrysan Ithemums in the potting sheds. rhe I |maln drive was being re.lald with a (foot <>f flint; the other >roa< lies were (churned and pitted under the gun , ?wheels ami heavy supply wagons, j [Great breadths "i what had been well-i [kept turf between unbrowscd trees [were blanks of slippery brown v.*etncsstl [dotted with picketed horses and Held I |itltcheng. it wa?i all a crassy mixture! [or stark necessll> and manicured (luxury, cheek b> Jowl in the undls (trimlnatlng rail I The cookhouses, storerooms, forges (and workshops w : ? ? ??!'? lions of t:'' s. (poles, rl< kcloths and odd lumber,! [bcavered together a-' oji service. Thel [oltii-ers' mess was < thin, soaked j [inarquee | Less than 100 yni - away were j (dozens <>f vacant, well-furnished rooms (in tin big brick house <>f whlcl thel (staff furtively' occupied one corner, rrhere was accommodation for very (many of th? men in Its stables and | (outhouses alone, or the whole building) |might have been gutted and rearranged (for barracks twice over in the last1 (three months. | Scattered anions the tents were rows, (of half-built tin sheds, the ready-pre-| (pared lumber and the corrugated iron (lying beside them, ready to be pieced (t'ogether like children's toys. Itut there) (were no workmen. I was told that they j |came at morning, but had knocked off j Ibecause it was wet. | "l see. And where are tin batteries?" |l dctnanilcd. | "?>ut at work, of course. They've |been out sine? seven." | "Mow shocking! In this dreadful (weather, too." j | "They took some bread and cheese [with them. They'll be i>.i<-i< about . |cfilincr time if you care to wait. Mere's |one of our field kitchens." ( Hatterics look after their own ? [stomachs, and are not entered for by (contractors. The cookhouse was a | [wagon tilt. The wood, being damp, (smoked a good deal. One thought of khe wide, adequate kitchen ranges and [the concrete passages <>; the service (quarters In the big house iti^t behind. |one even dared to think Teutonically [of the perfectly good paneling and I [the thick hardwood tloors that could?I | "Service conditions, you see" said my j (guide as the cook inspected the baked , [meats and the men Inulde the wagon |tilt grated tho carrots and prepared l he. onions. It was old work to them I latter all these months; done swiftly j with the clean economy of effort that life teaches. I ??What aro then? lads tvnon thoj rc at home?" 1 Inquired. [ "Londoners chiefly?all sorts and con ditions." HaltiTj- (icl.s llunjrrv. The cook in his shirt sleevi s made another investigation and sniffed Ju dicially. He might have h??en cooking since the Peninsular. He looked at his watjh and across toward the park gates. He was responsible for lf>0 rations, and a battery has the habit of saying all that it thinks of its food "How often do the batteries go out?" I continued. '"Pout five days a \ve?k. You see, we're being worked up a. little." "And have they got plenty of ground to work over?" \ "Oh?yes-s." "What's the dillleully this tiino? Birds?" "No. Hut we got orders the other day not to go over a golf course. That rather knocks the bottom out of tacti cal schemos." Perfect shainolessness, like perfect virtue. Is impregnable; and, after all (Continued on Last Page.) " J " 1 ADMIRAL DEWEY 77 YEARS OLD! I Si'rrrfitr.v Daniels mid Others <'nll on Itlut at Ills llimir. , WASHINGTON, December 2C.?Ail- : | :nlriiI Ijewi-y was seventy-seven yearsj I old to-day. Secretary Daniels, Ills aides! i and members of the Navy General I ' Hoard callfil on him at IiIh home, and ' found him in good spirits and health. j "I feel very proud of tin* fact," said j Sot-rotary I*ani<'ls to the admiral, "that! you wi.'ic appointed to the Naval, i Academy hy a Secretary of the Navy . from North Carolina, Mr. Dubbin." "I suppose," returned the admiral. | | "that's why I have been a Democrat' lever since." He added he was enjoy-| ing life, but that Henry Gassaway i l>avis had told liltn he slept too much. | "What time do you no to bed, Mr., ! Socreta r.vasked the admiral. "ISefore 1 came hi Washington, when I edited a inorniiiji newspaper, I used to *;??! to sli'i'p about '.i A. M.," said Mr. ' Daniels. "I have reformed." I "1 hav?- be. ii retiring every ninht at; ; 1" o'clock," said Admiral Dewey. "and j I am up at 'i o'clock every morning. ? reading the newspaper !??*fore anybody) ? else in Washington. Mr. !>avls, how- j ever, who is ninety-two years old, and j says I'm a mere boy, thinks I'm miss-; inu half of lif?- by );oin;; to bed so , early , 'l'iie admiral took his customary, drive during lite morning, then received' a uumlier of olllcials and friends. GENERAL KELLY-KENNY DEAD i i l-"orn?erl> \\ ns Viljiituii t-<>enertil of the | ltrili-.li KorerH. I.'iNDoN, December -0.?General Sir! i Thomas Kelly-Kenny, formerly adju-1 | tant-general of the ISritish forces, is dead. 11 is home was at Doolouuh I l.odue, in County I'lnre. where he lived : , since his retirement in I'.oiT General Kell . -Kenny bad seen ac tive service in many foreign fields. In 1 MP? lie wan mentioned in dispatches j for valorous action at tiie capture of] ! the Tmiif-Ku and Taku Koits. and for I that received the Service .Medal. Again ? 1 iii Abyssinia in 1SC7-?".S he was men- i itioned in dispatches, and received an-j j oth??r medal for his services while 1 n ? command of a division of the trans- j i poi t I ra i n. Aftei a Ioni* tout of home luties he again saw lctivc service In South Af I rica. where he was lieutenant-general 1 | of the staff. ! In General Kelly-Kenny, by an- 1 ipointment, a<coitipanied Prince Arthur | j of Connaupht on a special mission to j I the Mikado He visited the 1'nited i States In lfl(?f? after he had retired. j General Kelly-Kenny was nearly sev- J ejit v - Ii ve years old. I - WITHDRAW WAR LEVY DEMAND : <.rriiiuii I'roclnmntton ut llrunnrlx I'uilnl hj Authorities. | I'AKIS, Divctnli^r 2u.?"German proe- ! jlamatlons announcing a levy of 500. ! m.'O.tjOO francs ( 51 ?Kt,Cn>0,U<H'), Indemnity' at Brussels ha ve been pasted bver." says ; i tic- Journal. "and tli?? report Is tuirfiu 1 iliiii . Uio nienHiire was withdrawn by tin* Carman governor at? the result of i '?representation l?y tM?? Amwitatt Sem-| larj of State, William J. Bryan, through ! 'Minist-i Brand Whitlock, pointing out j (that th?- tax way in violation of The: Hague convention. "It Is announced that the Germans have imposed :: tax <>f 2? francs on all I unmarried persons over twenty-seven j years of age in Brussels." u iiitmick \crs r.\Tliti:t.i IN I'KltSn.VAl. t A l'.\ cit v ' WASI11N'< ?T< >N", December 2?'>.?Secre-j ? tary Bryan reiterated to-dav that If' ('?rand Whitlock. American Minister to j Belgium, had taken any ac tion to dis suade tl\e licrman military authorities from collecting a war levy on Brussels he li.nl been acting entirely in a per sonal and unofficial capacity, and with-; out any instructions from the American) government. The secretary said he had ! no Information that .Mr. Whitlock had, been concerned. MANY SAVED FROM SUICIDE t'lilciiKit Coroner's I'litn (.hrx \e?% Hope to Despondent Men. CHICAGO, December ?More than twenty men have been paved from sui- t cide l.v Coroner Peter M. Hoffman's i plan of placing on coroner's juries only! those who are in need. It was learned to-day from a report on the scheme since it was put in effect September 1. I si three months 7,:i20 men who wore j out of employment sat on juries, and collected $7,1520 in fees. The line of j applicants at the coroner's office some! days contains :;oo. ? "The distress relieved is not alone I financial," commented the report, made 1 by the Public Safety Commission. "More than twenty men. who were dis | cou raged, desperate and admitted they j were on the verge of suicide before they sat on a jury, a*ere saved by the 1 plan. The sight of remains of those j who had killed themselves and the. grief of relatives at the inquests ban-j ished from the minds of these down-i hearted souls all the thought of self destruction. The object lesson and th*; I financial assistance, small though it i was, gave them new hope. ESKIMOS BECOME THRIFTY I I Kstrihlishiucii t of Iteinileer Industry Opens Wnj for Wealth. WASHINGTON. December 2(5.?The reindeer industry established in Alaska twenty years ago has civilized the 10s klmo population and made them a thrifty people, the Federal Bureau of ICducnlion announced to-day. The bu reau's educational system in Alaska is linked closely with the industry. Importation of reindeer from Siberia two decades ago was begun to furnish food and clothing- to Kskitnos near Bchring Strait. Now there are 17.261! reindeer, 30,r>32 of them being owned by na t i vcs. Instead of being nomadic hunters eking out a precarious existence on the vast untimbered lands of the Arc tie coast region, "the Kskitnos," ac cording lo the bureau," now have as sured support and .opportunity to ac quire wealth by the sale of meat and skins to white men." RESERVISTS REACH ENGLAND Uuotn Furnished by Xetvfonttdlniid Now Numbers 1,0(1(1 Men. ST. JOHNS. N. F., December 2(5.?The fifth draft of Newfoundland naval re servists, which sailed from here on De cember 17. reached England In time for Christmas dinner, according to a cablegram received to-day. The draft, consisting of 1(U> men, brings the quota of naval reservists from this colonv up to 1,000. Another lot of 250 men Is awaiting transports, and the recently organized Klrst Newfoundland lleglincnl is ex pected to sail for England in January. Eight Arrested as Result of Abor tive Rising in Manila on Thursday. AMERICAN OFFICERS WARNED Situation Now Reported as Well Under Control of Military Authorities. .MAX 11.A, December 2C.? Ki?hl Fili pinos have been arrested on tlie (iliurse of sedition, ms a result of an abortive rising in Maull:v and its i nvlronn on 'I'iiuiKiiay nlt;ht. Further arrests arc proba l? 1 From army sources it was learned that a general warning was sent to all ? ?Ulcers on Thursday afternoon, declar ing fully 10.000 Filipinos in Manila alone were ready foi a concerted at tack on Fort Santiago. the Ouartel I'spana. the t.'uartel Infanteria arid the medical depot. Military units were irrmediately ire pa ted ami a street pa tiol was started at dusk. Constabulary agents who are mem bers of th?* secret societies disclosed ! the plans for an uprising, thus enabling | coustahuiarv and police to disperse gatherings at Hagumhayan. Paco and Xavotas. near Malahon. At Caloocan a s>|iiad of American sailors seized chairs w hen a force of Filipinos approached a dance hall in whicli they were gath ered, and. using the i hairs as weapons, routed the Filipinos, of whom several were Injured. The rising was evidently poorly or gani/.ed and lacked leaders. it was composed for the most part of persons implicitly trusting the word of Art'-mio Kicarte, a revolutionary, who conducts a continual propaganda from Hong kong. whence lie was hanlshed by the American authorities some time ago. Kicarte, it is stated, advised that the anil-American demonstration be made | on Christmas Kve. when the American ' officers would be expected to celebrate j the holiday. ItICI'OHTS TF.I.I. OF MlVOlt ItlM.Nt.S IX I'llOVI.VCHK | Reports from tlir- provinces tell of minor risings and occasional violence, but details from those sections are lacking. .The situation to-day. from all it|? pearunces, ami according to ottl?-ial statements, :s well tinder control of the military authorities. tJovernor-lJeneral Harrison is away, and Win (red T. Denison, Secretary of the Interior, is in charge of affairs. The Foreign Chamber of Compierce, supported 1>\ the Filipino body, has issued a publt;- protofUjjgttinat l4ie..U?s i's la t Ufe"s'ahioml hint a' -tor"th'f- 'Internal revenue law imposing additional taxes. Representations from the Chamber of Commerce regarding tbe new law, it is understood, are to be forwarded to Secretary fiairison, asking him to se cure President Wilson's intervention. OFFICIAL CO.\Fllt>IATIO\ STI I.I, IS l,AIKI.\<> WASH INt "I TON, December ?Otll cial confirmation of a native uprising in Manila, r- ported in press dispatches, still was lacking at the War Depait-j nient :o-night. forty-eight hours after a message of inquiry had been sent. The report indicated that the uprising had been promptly suppressed and was J of such a minor character that officials I of the insular bureau did not view the ] matter as justifying another message! asking for particulars. It is assumed, the delay is due to the absence from | Manila of <?overnor-(5cneral Harrison, who is on .? 11 inspection tour among ! oulHiiii: islands. The general staff lias had no report) of any uprising. Army otlicers who i have served in the islands expressed entire confidence in the loyalty of the J Philippine Scouts, which they said had | been amply demonstrated in the past. J when both the scouts and the const.-b- } ulaiy rejected overtures of ambitious) native leaders. The civil administra- j tinn is said to have a splendidly! equipped secret service, and ollicials j here believe there is little possibility ] that the government could be taken by surprise. Manuel Quezon, resident commission er in Congress from the Philippines, declared to-day he could not credit re ports of any serious disturbance. "If the United States took its troops out of the Philippines to-day," he said, "the Filipino people could he relied upon to defend American sovereignty J there. There is no ground for revolt or any specific grievance against the United States. The Filipinos are con vinced that the people of the United Slates are dealing with them in a spirit of fairness and justice. There may have been a local disturbance which some people thought was an uprising; | hut there is no revolt. 1 have received 1 a number of Christmas greetings by cable from Manila. Had there been any revolt 1 would have heard of it, and J did not. Previous reports that it was necessary to disarAt Philippine j Scouts on Corregidor already have been , denied by the insular government. "These reports of revolts will con- | tinuc as long as there is no definite > declaration of the United States as to . independence for the Philippines." Mr. Quezon cabled the Speaker of! the Philippine Assembly that reports of ? uprisings in Manilla were being pub- j lished In the United States. lie had received no reply to-night. SAN FRANCISCO AS EXAMPLE j Representatives of liiilncd CIIIcn Urged to Visit l'<\posit Inn. PAIIIS, December 26.?Senator Pierre (Jomot, writing to the Petit Journal, urges the dispatch to the Panama F.x posltion at San Francisco of representa tives of the ruined cities of France and Itelgium. "They could, on their return," he says, "tell their fellow-citizens a marvelous story of that great city which was destroyed ten years ago and has since reconquered a prosperity greater than ever. What an example! What encouragement! What hope!" BIG FIRE IN SAVANNAH Destroys Department Store, Cnnslng i,oss of aioo.fmo. SAVANNAH, (1A., December 156.?Fire, which burned for llvo hours in the business section here early to-day, de stroyed the department store of Marcus ^ Co and damaged the adjoining dry goods establishment of S. Mirsky. The loss was estimated at $100,000. KEEP RIGHT ON TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER 55cm6 peoplx pkpopt ^ system of si pc - yoalrt cle^nirsg *th/nt has t<<^~ EFFECT OF a borst/ng smrapne shelu uno i ^EE we haff PER BOMB propped on top of dov/er yussjborl j_oo*?t tm' vm'y 'we chased *im a\m'Y from lunnow . ~t I'll rush Rigwt up'tf' sa't"mighty lucky for you i hipper/ep ro e^?r parsing;? come to ny private hospital -?srffn hot a word. officer- the , < ambulawce ( .jn USIN<3 the snow shovel itis ?s pec/a lof pl&a^-ant TO Hit t7-fe h?g^ spots /w ~T~rtfr F*\\liN<5 pot noth/ng ^rops, a f=;r^r dla^s. war argofiewf It most I'owers of Allies Have lieen Required to Hold Teutons in Check. OX K MISTAKE MAV UK FATAL Country Strong Kconoiniciilly, and Has Kuflicieiit Food and Ammuni tion to Last for Years?Situation as Viewed by Belgian Officer. nv rorxT in*, iiioa i koht. [Special Cable to The Times-Dispatch. 1 IN* UK l.C.I I'M. December Jfi.?A l<el gian general. wlm for many years has watched ami studied the progress of tlie German army?as far as such is possible to a foreign otlicer?discussed with me recently tlie present situation. To one of my favorite questions: - "How long do you think the war will still last?" he answered: "My friend, iliu duration of the war depends entirely on the forces which the whole world will be able to bring to bear against Germany. J.et us not lose sight of the fact that it has taken all our combined efforts, all our powers, to hold tise enemy In check, and to-day the Germans are still on foreign soil. Ono mistake on our part could have the most fatal results. We need men and men, hundreds of thousands of them, to conquer Germany, because, remember well that they realize th;*t this war will mean the end of their medieval system. They will never surrender, but tight to the last man. "Do not let us he deceived by re ports that Germany will lose this war on economic grounds, because such re ports are beside the facts. She has prepared for this war for the last thirty years. I have information that there are enough foodstuffs In Ger many to-day to feed an army of 2.- ! 000.000 men for five years. We also know that the Krupp stores of ammu nition have not as yet been touched, but that they manufacture from day to day what they use." K \ MOl\S (M,|) Cllt'ltCII l*n At'TH'A I.I.Y I X It I INS Nieuport has again been bombarded, and the little town Is practically in ruins. Of Che old church, which is several hundred years old, only the four walls are standing; the roof has been shot away, the obi clock lies in the centre of the ruins, and not a piece of glass three inches square has been left unbroken. After having given my horse in charge of a Itelgian soldier I proceeded through the streets on foot. Soon I was joined by a dear old cure, who insisted | should share his luncheon, two sandwiches of soldier's bread, with him. "I am much grieved, monsieur," lie explained to me, "to he unable to offer you the hospitality of my house, but, alas! it lias shared the fate of most others." On the west entrance of the church the cure drew my attention to quite a remarkable picture. Above the doors had been a pedestal with a large statue of the Virgin. The pedestal was shot away, but the statue, about live feet hiah. had remained intact, ami it al most seemed as if it hung there in this air without, any support. Only a few inches of cement held it against the wall. As we left the church and crossed the market place two little tots, I am sure not over four or live years old, a boy and girl, came out of a side street. At sight of their cure both began to run toward us as fast as their little legs could carry them. They shook hands with the priest, and the girl offered him her apple. She an swered a few questions tlie cure asked her. and then seemed to notice my presence. "Ah, pauvre tol. tu n'as pas (Continued on L?aat Patio.) SILL FORGE OF FRENCH J IN CONTROL OF DIXMUDE | \ot Once During Wnr Have Oermnns 1 Succeeded In Capturing That Town. I TRUXCHKS rilANGK HANDS : Lieutenant Itemming From Front Tells of Desperate Struggles for' Possession of Historic Centre and i I Defense of Courageous Admiral. j f | | Special fa bio to The Times-Dispatch.] LONDON, D eecmber 2t*>.?A young ' lieutenant, promoted for gallantry ami efficiency as motorcyclist expert, has 'just returneil to the front after a j week's leave of absence from France. 1 In Discourse of his stay In l.ondon | he tohl many interesting stories. "I have been amused." lie saiil, "to I ? read the many stories which have ap- 1 pea red in the I,omlon and other papers! j of the taking and retaking of Dixtnudc | ? in Belgium) by the German invaders. | I have been quite a number of times j .cycling and reconnoitring with my] armored automobile around Dixtnude, I aud never have I once known the town | to be captured by the German force. : i My tlrst experience of Dixmude was! j being captured as a spy by a French j marine sentry. 1 was brought before ! I Contre-Admiral Ronarch, a grand old j : sailor if ever there was one, who, as ; soon as he heard my explanations, had ; me released, ami we have been the ( best of friends ever since." SUA 1,1, FOItflO ()!?' PIUONCII t X I) 10 It lilt A V10 OI.D A IMI (It.VI, 1 Asked as to what troops the garrison i consisted of, the lieutenant replied: "It consists of about 7,000 French , (Itreton) marnie, under the above-men tioned admiral, and as far as 1 know, | they have resisted from start to llti t ish all the desperate attacks of the ; Germans, who have failed to capture j 'the town from these tine troops. To I ; see that gallant old admiral, clear-{ | headed and keen-eyed as sailors always 1 are. holding his own against such tre-j mendous odds, has been one of (lie I'm- j est episodes of the war. When I was | first there I met twenty-four captains; of marines, commanding a like number j of companies of the famous corps. On ! the second occasion the number of j captains was reduced to tifteen, and , the third time I was there only ten : were left. Yet, with all the . reverses j and the terrible loss of life tn the trenches, the gallant old admiral never j for a moment faltered, and was as j cheerful, as though he were living in i his own comfortable home? a distill- ! gulshed otlicer in well-earned retire- | mellt. ! "I want to sa> that, as far as 1 know | up to the time I left a week ago. the ; J French marines never once yielded up j the town < (ccasionally a few (Jer- | ma lis got through, but they were quickly chased Ihrouuh the streets and > either killed or escaped from the town | What actually happened was that the French trenches were now and then j ?captured by the Germans, and were! I invariably r.daken first by one and j . then by the other. Of course, the ' town has now been destroyed, but 1 ! have no reason to doubt that the gal I lant old admiral and his faithful ma- j j rines are still in their places." j Another interesting experience of I | the lively lieutenant occurred at the ; camp, where, he Is stationed near the j I headquarters of the Dritish forces. . "1 Was in camp at tlie time," he said, "when a French captain of hussars dashed intc our midst, his horse wounded and be himself in n pitiable state, lie tolo us that his troop bad been badly cut tip by the Germans, that the victors were following on bis heels, and would soon be upon us. 'De prepared to fly,' ho added, 'but I beg (Continued on Last Page.) WAR INJURIES FURNISH INTERESTING PROBLEMS Cases hi Which Soldiers Are Abso lutely Incapacitated Without a Scratch to Show Wound. CONDITION' Ql'ITK ABNORMAL Practically All Due to Nervous Shock Produced by Shell I'M re?One Hos pital Sets Aside Special Ward for Treatment of These Patients. | Special {.'able to Tl?e Times-Dispatch.] PARIS, December mi.?Prom the num ber of technical communications that are being -mhmitted from time, to time to learned bodies in Paris, it is evident that the injuries received in the pres ent war have presented various Inter esting problems to the medical pro fession no less than to the operating surgeon. Cases have, for instance, oc curred. and these not a few, in which soldiers have been absolutely incapaci tated. rendered utterly helpless. In fact, without having as much as a scratch to exhibit to the doctors who are ren- | derlitK' such invaluable and heroic ser vice to the armies in the lield. And the notable feature of such cases is that they are practically all due to the ! nervous shock produced by shell tire. I One military hospital has specially j set aside a ward for the study and j treatment of such exceptional and, as I one might almost say, ^ phenomenal, cases, lu that ward there are four I patients whose condition is <|ti!te ab- j normal. One is a corporal of infantry, | who distinguished himself particular- ! ly on the battlefield. When, amid the I s'torm of shell tire that assailed his company. Ih- alone was left unhurt, he had the courage to save his officer at the imminent risk of his own life, and was actually named In army orders for his conspicuous bravery. I'.ut at what a cost to himself was his heroic deed performed! The poor fellow has for gotten all about the incident. ills memory is completely gone, lie does not remember having been on the bat tlefield at all. He does not remember having ever seen the Hermans, lie has no notion whatever as to where he is. The hospital staff has had to under take the re-education of the man. as if he were a child, and, thanks to that patience, his recollection is beginning to reawaken. In the same ward with the corporal are three other soldiers whose cases present exceptional features?a ser geant-major. a private in an Infantry regiment, ami a Zouave. The two first named are quite deaf and dumb, and the third Is absolutely blind, although in none of their cases is any Injury j observable in the organs of either car | or eye. Here, again, however, as the I result of careful treatment, their mala- i dies have been checked, and they are in a fair way to recovery. ALABAMA FIRST TO APPLY Sciitf.s lu ll?'i|ticNt for 1'ortlen of Cotton I,mm KiiimI. X10W YORK, December ?The first loan application to the $135,000,000 cot ton fund was received to-day from Alabama. ' Because of the fact that not all of the $100,000,000 of class "A" sub scriptions have yet been received, the local committee of bankers in charge! of the fund will not act on the applica-' Hon until next week. Subscriptions to Class "A" certificates were received to-day from Italtimorei and Kansas City. They totaled about I $4,500,000, and brought the grand total to date up to approximately $95,000, 000. The committee has been advised that signed subscriptions for $2,500,000 are In transit from San Francisco, Minneapolis and Richmond. Before the fund can be completed Louisville, and 1'ittHburgh niuat bo beard from. GERMAN ATMS ON EXTENDED LINE ARE DRIVEN BACK Kaiser's Forces Undertake Series of Violent Onslaughts. FRENCH REPORT CLAIMS MORE GAINS FOR ALLIES Russians Win Advantage in Fighting in Region of Cracow. KNKMV KIOPULSKI) AT WARSAW American Cruiser Threatens Iloin ImiMlment of Turkish I'ort of Tripoli. ARhonuh stating that further prog ress has been made, the communica tion from the Krench War Office lays chief emphasis on the repeated attacks by the Germans. who apparently have undertaken a series of vigorous on slaughts in response to the allies' of fensive movements. Some of the Ger man attacks extended over considerable sections of ground, involving large bodies of troops, but the assertion is made that all were checked. Percep tible progress in Alsace is claimed by t he Krench. Reviewing eastern conditions, the Krench War otllce asserts that the Ger mans have been thrust back along the line before Warsaw, and that in the fighting in the region of Cracow the Russians have won the advantage. The Japanese embassy at Washing ton gave confirmation to the report from the official press bureau In Ber lin that Russia had ceded to Japan the northern half of the island of Sakhalin, directly north of Japan, in return for some heavy guns. The southern half of this island, formerly Russian, was cetled to Japan after the Rusgo-.lapa nese War. Bombardment by an American cruiser of the Turkish port of Tripoli, Syria, was said at Athens to have been threatened because of an attack by Turks on the cr??w of an American merchantman on which British and Krench citizens desired to depart. In complete reports from Athens state the threat of the warship's commander quelled ti?e attack. The cruiser Ten nessee has been in the Eastern Medi terranean for several months, and was last reported not far from Tripoli. Italy's occupation of the Albanian port of A,ylonu was believed to opoiu.. possibilities of complications which might make it difficult for the Rome government to maintain neutrality. Roumania's attitude, also, was more than eveV a matter of doubt, on ac count of reports from Paris that the only obstacle which prevented her from Joining with the triple entente had been removed. Bulgaria was repre sented as having given assurances that she would remain neutral, relieving Roumnnla from the fear of an attack from that quarter should she enter the war. Dispatches from Chile stated that the last of what was once Germany's Pa - clfic squadron was lighting to escape the fate which overtook her four com panion cruisers when they met the British. The German cruiser Dresden, with the converted cruiser 1'rinz liitel Krelderich, were reported to have been engaged by tin- British cruiser New castle near Valparaiso. (?Kit >1A X rot XTKIt ATTACKS HK1M I.SKU |?V A I.I.IKS PAltljj, December Jti.?The official an nouncement given out by the French War office this afternoon relates that fogs in the north have interfered with the operations in Flanders. Counter attacks on the part of the Oermann have been repulsed at a number of point.". There was artillery lighting near the sea and at| Pertlies. Progress was iiiadf also in upper Alsace on Christmas Day. The text of the com munication follows: "There have been moderate artillery exchanges on the front from the sesi to the Lys. On the Dys itself a heavy foK has made operations impossible. "Between the Dys and the Olse we have repulsed several counterattacks of the enemy, notably at Noulettes, to the west of Dens: at I.toisselle, northeast of Albert, and at Dihons, to the west of Chalnes, where a trench captured from the enemy was lost, and then re captured by us after a spirited engage ment. "Between the Oise and the Aisne, re ports from tiiis locality declare thai during the day of December 124 a very strong German attack was repulsed at Chivy, to the northeast of Soupir. "in the region of Perthes our artil lery silenced the batteries of the enemy which was bombarding the trenches recently occupied by our troops. Two strong German counter attacks were repulsed during the night of December -1-25. "Yesterday. December J.">. a further counterattack of peculiar severity, de livered on a front of 1,.*>00 yards with important bodies of troops, was com pletely checked, "In the Argonnc and, between the Mouse and the Moselle there is noth ing to report. "in upper Alsace, December -5, was marked by perceptible progress in front of Cernay. We reached the out skirts of the forest and the hills to the west of the town, and here we held our positions in spite of several counterattacks. We occupy also the. outskirts of Aspach. the valley and the j heights which dominate Aspach on the [ west. "Russia?The Germans who succeed ed in forcing their way across the Bzura River to the south of Sochac/ew, were driven back after having .suf fered considerable losses. A.U the Ger man attacks on flollmow resulted In failure. In the region of fnowlodz, on the Pllica River and to the south of this locality stubborn lighting con tinues. Along t ho entire course of the Ntda River and to the south of the Vistula the lighting is going on under conditions favorable for the Russians." UF.Pll.SF. OF i:\KMV <;|,AI>1I3I) H\ OKU MAX S BKRMX, December (by wireless to London >.?An official announcement was given out In Berlin this after noon as follows: "Near Nleuport, during the night o/. 4. December '.M-25, attacks dellverotl by. .?t' (Continued on Third Pago^T"? TTl