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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.) "
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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
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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'
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