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WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY. JANUARY 4, 1915.
Ia Washington mad Points Sobrbs0ri7' fnCXTT
Thereto. CIEWIIERE TWO CMJTTS. JUl XU sJCill J.
EXPECT 'CONTESr
CONTROVERSY
ON CONTRABAND
Officials See New Turn After
Page Reports on "Feel
ing in England."
BRITAIN TO BE FIRM
Embassy Here Issues State
ment Virtually Blaming
American Exporters.
CALLS CARGOES "DISGUISED"
Foreign Office Will Emphasize At
tempts of U. S. Shippers to
Evade Regulations.
Walter Page. American Ambassador at
Tendon, has made a preliminary report
to tho State Department relating princi
pally "to the feeling in England" on the
bubject of neutral ships and neutral car
goes, and the expected communication
from the I'nited States on the acute
question of wlit is or is not legitimately
contraband of war.
It was learned last night from an of
ficial familiar with Ambassador Page's
communication that the United States
must "contest" the assumed right of
Great Britain to be tho arbiter of con
traband of war and of the right to trans
fer, over night, articles from the condi
tional contraband list to the actual con
traband list.
That Great Britain intends firmly to
assert what she regards as her rights
in the shipping controversy and in other
questions affecting the commerce of the
United States was indicated pretty
clearly by developments here yesterdaj
50,00" Workmen Affected.
One of the questions that has been
greatly worrjing American manufac
turers is the British embargo on the ex
portation of rubber Complaint has been
made that the cmplojment of 150.000
workmen in tho United States is jeopar
dized and this countrv confronted with
the probabi'itv of famine prices for rub-
her roods. Great Britain's answer to
thec public complaints was contained in
a statement issued by the British Em-la-sv
here last night
Tins statement said
' Negotiations are proceeding In London
Willi a Mew to the removal of the em
baigo on rubfier against a pledge not to
export, similar to that ai ranged with re-
uar.t to German aniline djes The nego-r
it ii inn have ben retarded by the dl"-
ri if shipments of rubber from the
uttid states to Europe under disguise"
In ullicr words. Great Britain sajs. in
elTi.l to the complaints that arc going
in- hi the I'nited Males
It . mjui nn fault if there has been
uniicie-sarv lcla in this matter, ship
m lit- hae been made under disguise"
!leic again Great Britain gives evi
len i that in the shipping controversy
with the United Mates she will cm
1 lu-ize the attempts of American exporter-.
t evade the contraband regulation.'.
'J hix ik the feature of the case that is
in t mbarrassing for the Mate Depart
lu' ill to refult. and it iiudoubtedlv will
br pressed sttonglv b the London
f"i -n oft!, e
VA 111 I'hj for hlp storm.
n o statement issued b the British
1 nihast-v last night also contains the
amiouiireincnt that "turpentine and
roni shipped before the publication of '
tlu order placing them on the contraband '
1 1 -t will be paid for "
The southrn Mates have been coni
pliiiiing Wttvrlv within the last few davs
of the action of Great Britain in adding
nav il stores to the lint of absolute con
tr.iKind The Mate Kepartmcnt alreadv
lias asked Great Britain for informa
tion as to how her statement, made
earlv in Novomlwr that rom and tur
pentine would be regarded as non-con-
raband will be reconciled in actual prac-
tue with the later notification making It
absolute contraband. Information was
sought also as to how cargoes ahradv
en route would be affected The British
statement last night is partly In response
to that inquin
DENIES USE OF DUMDUMS.
American SurKron Saja noth rnllc
Mistake Shrapnel Wonnds,
New York. Jan 3 'Wounds caused by
shrapnel have been mistaken bi Inexperi
enced surgeons and nurses for dumdum
bullet wounds." said Dr B T. Walker.
of Stockton, Cal. who has been with the
American ambulance corps attached to
the French army around Richebourg
since the outbreak of the war. He ar
rived today on the Arabic, and declared
that none of the warring armies had used
dumdum bullets.
Dr. Walker said tho French were well
prepared and were working with power
ful effect In curing the wounded. He
also said there were numerous evidences
of tetanus among the wounded.
Kaiser Grant Pope's Bequest.
Berlin. Jan. 3. In a New Year's tele
Cram the Pope asked tho Kaiser to con
feat to tho exchange of prisoners of war
Who 'were unfit for future military serv
ice. The Kaiser answered' saying that
the proposal met with his whole-hearted
Approval.
CARL GOLDMARK BEAD.
Dispatch Announces Demise
or
Noted Hungarian in Vienna.
London. Jan 3 Carl Goldmark. the
composer, died todav, according to a
dispatch from Vienna to Rcutcr'a Tele
gram Compam. He was born in Keszthc-1-Am-Plattcnsee,
Hungarv, in ISO.
Carl Goldmark, composer of the operas
"Konigcn von Saba" ("Queen of Shcba").
"D0 Heimschcn Am Herd" ("The Cricket
on tho Hearth"), and "Merlin," studied
music at the Vienna Conservatory in
1541. He MB a pupil of Jansa. liohm.
and Prejer. and as a composer made his
debut in Vienna in VSZi.
"Konigen on Saba." produced at the
Imperial Opera House, Vienna, In 1S37,
established Mr. Goldmark as a composer.
Besides his operas he composed numerous
orchestral pieces, notably among which
were "Sakuntala," "Pcnthesilea," and
"Landllche Hochzeit,"
THAW FIGHTS IN LAST DITCH.
Knox to Attend Conference Tnesday
Preparatory to Final Battle.
Manchester, N. H., Jan. 3. Philander
C. Knox, chief counsel for Harry 1'
Thaw, Is expected in Manchester Tues
day for a conference preparatory to the
final move to prevent the return of Than
to Matteawan. Thaw's mother will par
ticipate In the conference.
Thaw, himself. Is engineering a new
plan. Ho continues to refuse to dis
cuss his case.
ANOTHER "WIFE"
Fourth Woman Appears at
Hospital "Unwed Wife"
Is Dying.
HIDES HER IDENTITY
Gives Date of Alleged Wedding and
Says "Husband" Was Corporal.
He Refuses to See Her.
Special to The Wtshirdon Herald.
New York, Jan 3 A fourth claimant
to the affections of Lorlys Elton Rogers
appeared at Lebanon Hospital today
while physicians were preparing to
operate on tho third Mrs. Rogers, the
"unwed wife."
"Rogers married mc in March, 1903,
in the Bronx, and then left me." said
the latest claimant. "He paid alimony
regularly for a time and then quit
When he married me it was under tho
name of Duncan Ocedon He was a
corporal in the army then
Refuses to See Her.
"I introduced Rogers to the woman
who is dving upstair-, and I must see
him or the woman." said the strange
woman Mic was told to leave the hos
pital after Rogers refused to see her
and departed without disclosing her iden
tity A last effort to save the lift of Mrs
Ida Sniffcn Rogers, the "unwed witc."
was planned today Tho bithlonde the
swallowed Tuesday, after feeding a quan
tltj to her little son and daughter, has
so affected her that only a hazardous
operation can rave her life
Mrs Rogers prajs for death, and lie
licves that within ten dais as she was
told sho will die Dr W. G Hague,
the physician who was her confidante
w hen she told how she had been Rogers' ,
wire without marriage Has not despaired
of sax ing her life, although her case is
almost hopeless
--,
CIGARETTE IN RUBBISH
CAUSES $700,000 FIRE
jRalroad Station. Ferry Slips. Rolling !
Stock and Lumber Yard
Camden Destroyed.
in
lc-ul to The Hablungton Herald
Camden, N J.. Jan 3. A lighted cigar
ette thrown among rubbish by a waiting
passenger resulted in a J7CM.O0O tire In
this city today that destroied the rail- j
road station of the Atlantic City Rail
road, the ferry slips, tvvent-one vesti
bule coaches, four Pullman cars, the
lumber ards of C B Cloes. and the
Diamond bhlp Yard
The fire spread for six blocks along the
Delaware River and burned all day. The
fcrrj service to Philadelphia was put out
of commission, and the entire Atlantic
City Railroad svstem. which Is control
led by the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, was tied up One hundred
and twentv-nine firemen were injured or
overcome by smoke, and several persons
had narrow escapes from death.
All the tire companies of this city,
firemen from Philadelphia, and three
Philadelphia fireSats fought the blaze.
Emergency hospitals wcro opened near
the fire, and phjsiclans from all over
the city volunteered. More than $1,000
in money was destroved In the railroad
office. Albert Brown, of Longside, night
watchman at the station is missing, and
Is believed to have perished.
Smoke Overcomes Fifty Firemen.
Philadelphia, ' Jan. 3. Fifty firemen
were overcome and $700,000 worth of dam
age was done at a fire which destroyed
the lumber yard of the Charles Este
Comt-aay today.
'Trains of the New Torlc division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad were held up lor
jaearJy.ttro hours.
CLAIMS
ROGERS
GIRLS POISON
HUSBANDS TO
SAVETROOPSB
Tragic Story of Self-sacrifice
on Part of Sisters As
tounds Paris.
PLOT TO DRUG WINE
French Girls Married to Ger
mans Averted Murder of
Entire Garrison.
EXPERIENCE THREATENS REASON
Both III for Months from Horror.
Later Become Red Cross
Nurses.
By C. F. BEIITELLI.
brwiil Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Jan. 3. A story of
how
two little Trench girls poisoned
husbands they loved to save
lives of an entire garrison
the
the
on
the night of July 30 has just been mad
known in Paris and has created a tre
mendous sensation.
Rose and Marie du Pont, eighteen- ear
old twins, were born and raised at
Viitcrupt, a small village on the Lor
raine frontier.
In 191! they married two students of
chemistry named Ulrich and Wilhelm,
who loved them so much that they be
came French citizens and bought a drug
store in the town.
Both unions were most happy until
July J9 of last car, when the husbands
rcoiivcd a letter from across the fron
tier Immediately both became nervous
and asked the girls to go to their grand
mother's homo in Longwy until the situ
ation cleared
Ilrnr Plot ThrocBli Bllnda.
Both went to I-ongwy but found that
their ""grandmother was not there. They
returned late the ncu day to Viitcrupt
When they arrived at the drug store
they found it closed. Going through
the garden in ttie rear they peered
through th closed shutters and saw
their husbands," to their great amaze
ment, talking in quite a friendly manrer
with two Uhlans in full uniform
They could not believe their eyes
at
first, but wer hornlled later at
conversation they heard.
tho
A plot had been arranged by Ulrlrh
and Wilhelm
They had compounded alsteak and my ham Jind eggs threo times
big dose or sirvinnuie auu ourius cm-1
night it was planned to drop it into
wine casks reserved for the French gar
rison ",ie j on sure tho doso is stronrj
enough " asked one of thn Uhlans
"Whv." answered Ulrich, "it is strong
enough to kill tho cntlro garrison and
its iciervcs. '
With a low cry. Rope shuddered and
almost fainted Both realized they had
been fooled and that they were '.lie
wives of traitors'
"Vc must act," said Marie, "to pre
vent this crime, even if we must com
mit one oui selves"
Open Bottle of Wine.
Half an hour later they rang at the
front door The appeared jojous and
explained their elation by sajing they
had heard tho war had been averted
They saj'
they were so glad that the
willed to open Kome wine in honor of
licace and friendly Uhlans.
Mane went out and brought back a
bottle of champagne. She poured the
liquid and they drank it.
Next morning the came out of the
houe They were widows. They had
poisoned the wine they gave their hus-.
b - ,nds
They went to the chef-de-gendarmes
and told of tneir plight
"We havo killed out husbands." they
cried "Do what is right with us."
But the official wept with them and
kissed them, for it was found that the
plot had been deeply laid and that the
sacrifice of the girls, which has no prece
dent in history, had saved thousands t
French troops from death.
Marie and Rose were critically 111 for
two months For a time it was feared
they would lose their reason, but they
have recovered and now are Red Cross
nurses
AUTOISTS VIOLATE LAW.
11.
Walters Arrested for
ot
HnvlliK License Tag.
lUattsvllle, Aid.. Jan. 3. H. A. Wal
ters, 1130 Park road, and R. B. Brown,
or Alexandria, Va.. wer arrested today
bv Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison
for failure to have a Mar land automo
bile license. Each left n collateral sJF
$5 with Justice of Peace Robert E. Joyce,
of Mount Raincr, for appearance Man
da, January lL Justice Joyce stated
that the law became effective January 1,
that while he was disposed to grant an
extension, he was without discretion and
would give no time. He told Brown and
Walters that If they got a letter from
the State automobile commissioner, au
thorizing him to do so, he would remit
the fine.
.Mr. Wallers was arrested on the
Bladensburg road; Mr. Brown on -tho
Marlboro pike. Judge Joyce .stated to
night that he received word from Deputy
Commissioner S. Gardner Cola that the
latter had not given -any. extension ot
time In which to procure Maryland tags.
MOUSE'S BEST IN SKULL.
Ma(cry of Cheeping olses Solved
by Exposition Director.
fecial to The Wuliincton Hrtald.
El Ccntro, Cat, Jan. 1 The rastcry
of the cheeping noises In- tho valley
chamber of commerce has been solved.
n Jhc dlsplav room is a graphic exhibit.
There is a skull of an unknown man
found on the Colorado Desert Beside
It is a stalk of cotton raised In green
Imperial Valley. The cotton was raised
where the skull was found.
For several days queer noises were
heard in theroom. but the cause baffleJ
Secretary Place and other officers. Fi
nally W. II. Compton. a director and
lecturer for the exposition at San Tran
cisco, decided upon a minute search, and
in the skull he found a mouse. It had
taken some of the cotton and smarted a
nest
"That man probably did not have rats
in the garret, but he certainly his no-v,"
commented a man Just from Iowa, who
was In the room.
PARAGUAYAN REVOLT FAKS.
President Regains Liberty and In
anrrectlon Ik Broken.
Buenos Ayres. Jan 3. Tho revolution
in Paraguay, headed by Col Escobar,
until recentlj minister of war, has failed
utterly.
President Schercr. after having been
imprisoned by the revolutionists has re
gained his liberty and again heads the
government
T
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STEAL STEAKS"
Clarence Taylor Tells Secular
League He Will Not Beg
for Food.
VERBAL RIOT FOLLOWS
President Bradley Says: "We Should
Steal if We Need to Steal" Ten
Others Express Ideas.
When C'arence H Taj lor. of Baltimore,
said at a meeting of the'Secular League,
at Pythian Temple yesterdaj. that if ho
couldn't earn enough money to buy beef
steak and ham and egg, hr; would steal
It. not Ur or ask for If. the .300 batters
In oratory were aroused.
Some talked religion, seme talked so
cialism: one woman talked about her
age. All fattened their hatting averages.
This is some of the oratorj .
Mr Tavlnr "If I get out of work. I
im going to eat. I must have my bef-
wick.
Jf 1 can t buy It. I'm not going
to accept chari y or beg for it, I'm goins
to steal it When I "
A woman in the audience. "I'm cightv-
tvvo vears old "
President Bradley "Please desist "
Woman "All right, but I'm eighty-
two J cars "
COVTIMED ON TAtiE TWO
DON
STARVE
Margaret Wilson's
Triumph
In a Season of Surprises
was one of the many remarkable articles that featured the Four
Color Magazine Section of yesterday's Sunday HERALD beauti
fully illustrated in colors
How Uncle Sam's Fleet Practices War
proved even of more interest to the male members of the family.
The text of this article and the illustrations (in colors) were pre
pared by enlisted men in the United States navy.
Yesterday's New Sunday Edition of
&Sb$Stte?m&
Emphasized Its Superiority Over all
Other Washington Newspapers
EIGHT SECTIONS
1. Metropolitan Section Extra calendered paper Sepia ink.
2. Magazine Section Four colore Twelve Pages Full
newspaper size.
3. Pictorial Review Section The war in photographs Spe
cial paper Special ink.
4. Theatrical Section All the news of the theaters.
5. Comic Section Funniest cartoon creations Four colors.
6. The HERALD'S famous original "Pink" Sporting Sec
tion Complete Authoritative.
7. Society and Fraternal Section.
8. The best Main News Section of Washington's best Sunday
newspaper.
Yesterday's HERALD, of .Course,
SOLD OUT EARLY AGAIN
It's, none too soon to place, next Sunday's order NOW-with
your dealer or at The, HERALD Office. Each Sunday's issue is
just a little bit better allthe tirae and creates a continuously in-
creasing demand.
GERMANS BATTER
RUSSIAN FRONT
ON THE VISTULA
Take Strong Position Near
Borzymow, Capturing
1,000 Prisoners.
ALL EYES ON
POLAND
Situation in the West Consid
ered Merely a Monotonous
Endurance Test.
BRITISH SHIPS HIT BY BOMBS
Cruisers that Raided Cuxhaven Re
ported Badly Damaged. Despite
London's Denial.
Berlin. Jan. 3 (by w lreless) Main
headquarter) of the army announces
that Gen von Moltke today was ap
pointed deputy chief of the general staff
of the army.
The following official statement was
issued tonight
"In the western theater the enemy's
ships and torpedo boats appeared ct
Westcnd jestcrday, but there was no
fighting.
Several artillery fights occurred along
the western front. An infantry attack
to the north of St Menehould was re
pulsed with severe loss to the French
There Is no change In the situation
in East Prussia
"In North Poland, at Borzjmow, on
I the west bank of the Vistula, we took
a strong Russian position, capturing I.OW
. prisoners and six machine guns. The
enem's attempt to retake the position
was repulsed with heavy losses To the
eastward of the Ravvka our attack is
proceeding.
"Russian reports of successes in the
vicinity of Inovvludz are pure inventions.
Their attacks were repulsed with heavy
losses, ceasing entirely jesterday Our
situation east of the Pillca is unchanged "
The situation in the east is considered
by critics to be steadll improving, ac
cording to a semi-official statcnic.it.
These experts also believe that the Rus
sian counter-offensive in Gallcla has been
shattered for the time at least
The statement continues. "A very small
amount of space is given In the news
papers here to the situation In the west
ern theater This apparently is indUa
tlvo of the feeling that tho essential
point of interest is still in Poland and
that the struggle in the west has settled
into a monotonous endurance test
"Tho newspapers profess to have In-1
Cuxhaven did absolutely no damage
Furthermore, it is believed that four of
the English aeroplanes were lost and
that tho cruiser Arethusa was badly
damaged, while, another cruiser was dam
aged slightly by German bombs.
Outflanking Germans,
French Shell Altkirch
Joffre, by Clever Strategy, Hurls Germans Back in Disorder
and Regains Positions Lost Last August Allies Rip
Teuton Lines Along Entire Front.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Jan. 3. The French troops operating in Alsace have outflanked
the Oermans, and now are bombarding Altkirch. On all other points on the
300-mile front they have ripped through the German lines, making gains of
1 a third of a mile at one point and a
The strategical victory won before Altkirch is the greatest recorded on
the western battle front since the fighting reached a deadlock with the
assumption by the Germans of their rigid defensive along the Yser.
For the last fortnight the French have been hammering heavily at the
German "strongholds which constitute the advance posts protecting Muel
hausen. Thann has been gained, Aspach captured, and Steinbach invested.
All are within a small area, about eight miles from Muelhauscn, and from
the vigor of the French attack, both with artillery and infantry, the Germans
AUSTRIA LOSES 330,000
IN SERVIAN CAMPAIGN
Tremendous Stores of War Material
Also Taken by Serbs in Rout
ing Invaders.
sperul C1U0 to The VTuhiEgton Hrnld.
Nlsh, Scrvia, Jan. 3. The terrible losses
suffered by the Austro-Hungarian army
operating against the Servians are shown
by authentic figures obtained here.
Taken into account the number of army
corps employed against Servla, together
with the repeated re-enforcements re
celnd. it is evident that Austria-Hungary
la leaving no reserves, but Is drain
ing all her resouVces
She has emploved against Servia at
least eon.CU) men and In straining her
t-oops to tho limit has sustained ap
palling losses.
It has leaked out from Budapest that
until the middle of October, according
to official reports, Austria-Hungary had
ost in the Servian theater of war lts.ono
men The number has be-n ven greater
during the later operations, in which she
undoubtedly has lost more t"in half of
her forcea
Her losses since November 1 have cer
tainly reached 1SO.00O in sick, wounded.
killed and prisoners. This makes a total
loss of nearly 330.W0 men. Of this num-
her 6S.9H0 are prisoners. In addition to
these prisoners Serv la has captured four
flags. 192 guns. 431 carloads of ammuni-
tion. eight -six machine guns. W.CfX) rifles.
4.C00 horses and much other war materia
LORD WiBllNETO SIT
IN CASTLE AT DUBLIN
Cousin of Winston Churchill to Be
come Lord Lieutenant February 17.
Lord Granard Sought Place.
London. Jan 3. Lord WImborne has
been appointed lord lieutenant of Ire
land to date from February 17, succeeding
Lord Aberdeen.
Tho conttst for tho lord lieutenancy of
Ireland has been tho most exciting fea
ture of domestic politics in Great Britain
during the last year.
Lord Granard. who married Beatrice
Ogden Mills, was Lord Wlmborne's most
bitter contestant for the iost. Both held
offices in the government, but Lord Wim
torne, born Ivor Beitlo Guest, had
the strongest influence with the cabi
net, as the Guest family was politically
powerful, and Winston Churchill used
his best efforts to secure the office for
his first cousin.
I-ord Granard found his main support
among the Irish nationalists who wanted
him because of his being an Irishman.
Lady Granard was a great source of
strength to her husband because of her
ability and tact, to say nothing of her
wealth which sho was ablo to bring to
discharge the social duties of the office.
The salary ot the lord lieutenant is
10O,O0O a year.
Lord WImborne is probably best known
in America as the man who brought
the polo team her last year and lifted
the cup.
JOHN D. HAS SE'
1VENTT
PHOHES.
Moat Complete House System
In-
tailed at Porantlco Hills.
Tarrytown. N. Y.. Jan. 3. John D.
Rockefeller now has a "hello system"
all his own. He has had seventy tele
phones put in his hou-e and on his estate
in Pocantlen Kilts.
It Is said to be the most elaborate
private telephone system In the United
States. It Is so arranged that no mat
ter where Mr. Rockefeller decides to
roam, the telephone follows him. This
Is done because Mr. Rockefeller often
Is wanted on Important matters In a
hurry.
Thousands Skate on Basin.
Thousands of skaters enjoyed the pleas
ures of good ice on Tidal Basin under
ideal weather conditions yesterday. Boys
and girls without skates used the Icy
"floor" for dancing, A baseball game
was stopped by police for fear the big
throng of spectators would break tho
Ice. Scores ot enthusiasts remained on
the Ice until lata last nlsht.
fifth of a mile at another.
vvere lead into believing that this was
the objective upon which the French
were centering their forces to the ex
clusion of any other part of the line.
Move on Flnnk.
Just when the French were fighting
for Steinbach as if their national exist
ence depended upon the taking of this
town, when house-to-house fighting;
was the rule, and ground was gained
only foot by foot, a considerable flanking-
force was diverted to the south
ward, assailing the line of railway from
Belfort through Carspach and Dier
spach to Altkirch.
After destrojing the German line of
communication by tearing up the rail-
way bc,tweyi Carspach 'and Dierspach.
to the southwest of Altkirch, the
French advanced along the lino of tho
railway until they brought Altkirch
itself within range
Here they bombarded a German train
on which troops were being loaded
The train was standing in the railway
station of Altkirch and considerable
damage was done, besides throwing tho
German troops into panic, the attack
coming as a complete surprise. This
brings the French back on the line
which they occupied In August and is
a most important gain
Meanwhile the French offensive be
fore Muelhausen was maintained with
great vigor, all the previous gains In
Ule region of Thann being maintained,
(Weather conditions along almost the
entire front are reported officially as
a r,le '"cessant rains have soaked
! lne STuna. turning the battlefields in-
to mud holes. Operations everywhere
are almost impossible, according to
the French war office.
Gain SOO Metre.
Before La Boiselle, after a furious ar
tillery engagement which raged through
out tho region of Albert and Rove, the
French Infantry smashed their way
through the Kaiser's defenses, driving
the Germans back a distance of some
Mi metres to their rear guard trenches.
Near Bcausejour. further cast along
the Aisne and in the general vicinity of
I'erthes-Les-Hurlus. the French infantry
again plunged forward, lunging through
tho mud, until they had pressed the Ger
mans back a efstance of more than SCO
jards.
Tl.e German infantry attempted a
strong offensive in the forest of La
Grurie, but without success. On this
front as along the Athole line in Fland
ers; on the Plateau of Touvent, near the
Olse. where the French gun rlmnii.hTCDMAMV ANt". Pf.RTTMAl
several fortifications from which tho I
enemy had been harassing the French
sappers; to the east and west of Cra
onne: In the region of Verdun: on the
heights of tho Meuse and near Ban-Dc-Sapt
In tho Vosgaes, artillery conflicts
have been raging with tremendous ac
tivity. HOLDS OFFICE 44 YEARS.
Civil Wnr Veteran' Continuous
Term as School Board Cleric.
Marshall. Minn , Jan. 3. For forty-four
ears Jacob Rouse has been clerk of tho
school board of District No. 1 In Lyon
County. He was first elected in 1S70 and
has held the office ever since. He has
seen the district grow from a small, one
room log schoolhouse with but a few
scattering pupils to a four-room consoli
dated school with four teachers In charge
of 133 pupils who have the advantages of
domestic science and manual arts. Mr.
Rouse livcs in the Camden Valley of
Lyon township, where in 1S70 he took a
claim In Section -1 He was for one term
treasurer of Lyon County and is a vet
eran of the civil war.
TWO HELD FOR EIOT DEATHS.
Striker and Delegate Convicted or
MjqpslaUKhter In Colorado.
Canon City, Colo., Jan. 3. After fifty-
three hours' deliberation a Jury trying
seven striking miners and sympathizers
on charges of murder as tho result of the
Chandler mine battle, last night acquitted
five of the defendants and found two
guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
The convicted, men are Ben Richardson,
a striker, and David Lobb, financial agent
for the United Mine Workers of America.
Lobb was In charge of the relief work for
the strikers and their families.
Nat Goodwin Has Laryngitis.
Milwaukee, Jan. 3. Nat Goodwin Is
111 in his hotel here with laryngitis.
A. throat- specialist says that while he
needs absolute rest he may bo able to
dflan tnmnrrnw nlcht.
'RUSSIAN ARMIES
INVADE HUNGARY
Y FOUR ROAD
,
Budapest in Panic as t
Czar's Forces Sweep
Forward.
MAY GIVE UP CAPITA
German Advance on Warsa
Definitely Broken, Is
Belief.
RUSH TROOPS FROM FRAN!
Berlin Draws on Western Front to A
Von Hindenburg's Campaign,
in Poland.
I
Sreclil Carle to Hie W.shinston HoaH.
London. Jan X All Hungary is
clared o be terror stricken over the sit
den invasion of Hungarj by eight an
corps. The Czar's forces have enter
Hungary b four roadways Nyskrl
Gorlice. Turka and Skvl Dlspat 11
from Rome state that Budapest is
panic, fearing that it is Impossible
organize an effective resistance
Public dismay has been Increased
the knowledge that many of the offlcit
of the Hungarian government have ga
to Vienna, and there is a possibility thj
Budapest will be surrendered to theRi
sians without a blow rather than subjo
it to the destructive effects of a bor
bardment
That the campaign of the Germans at
the Austrian in Russian Poland has be
a failure is Indicated by the measui
under way to re-enforcc Gen. von Hinde
burg's army at the expense of the Ge
man battle front in France. Accordii
to advices from Amsterdam about 3J0,f
German troops have passed through C
logno in the last week on their way fro
Belgium and Franco to Poland.
Gcrninn Attempts Smothered.
Pctrograd announces that the Russiai
have smothered the attempts of the Go
mans to organize a new offensive roov
ment in East Prussia, and that the Ciar
forces havo recommenced their mart
toward Thorn, the German base of opd
atlons.
Granville Fortcscue. one-time militai
ald to former President Roosevelt, cabh
as follows from Warsaw
"I -do not believe the Germans will tat
Warsaw or either of the great fortress!
on tho Vistula.
"The Russian army is well entrench
and protected by up-to-date Held work
This war has showed repeatedly thi
an army well entrenched can withstar
even superior numbers making front
attacks The battle on tho Bzura In U
last three weeks, again proved this.
"Now the Russians are in superh
numbers. New regiments continue t
Iiour Into Warsaw dally, coming froi
every part of Russia
"I have seen tho Germans in the paj
few days deliver fierce assaults In tr
vicinity of Sochaczew. All of them wei
repulsed with heavy losses The Rui
slans have a great mass of guns alon
this entlro front, and their artillery
remarkably well preserved "
BREAK NEAR BETWEEN
Relations Reach Critical Point Fol
lowing Reported Clashes on
Frontier of Angola.
SrTl to The W uhmEton lteraM
Copenhagen. Jan. 3. Berlin report
stato that tho relations between Gel
many and Portugal have reached a crit
cal point because of the Portugues,
movements on tho frontier o. ngola.
Lisbon, Jan. X An official report
eclved today states thcro hss been a
encounter between German and Portt
guc-e troops In Portuguese W.st Africt
No details are given.
JEWS AID WAR SUFFERERS.
Enthusiastic Audience- Sees Hebre
Organisations Entertainment.
Before an enthusiastic audu nee of 73
people, tho combined Hebrew organiza
tlons, of Washington last night at Poll
Theater gave a concert for the ben eft
of tho European war sufferers and th
Jews of Palestine.
The program was rendered with th
decision and cleverness of professional:
Th concert was opened with an ovet
ture by Prof. Sol Minster and orchestrr
followed by feature dancing by Miss
Smallwood and D Gold Miss Rosi
Krlck and Matiricc Shefferman gave sev
erai dueti from late comic opera sue
cesses. Maurice Yoekelson cntertalnet
In bis original pantomimic act, "Th
Artist's Studio." Maurice Lyons. wh
was a stenographer with President Wll
son on his campaigns, gave several ccll6
solos, accompanied by Miss Florence
Reynold at the piano. Tho Collegiate
Club presented "An Incident from Les
Miserables." Dr. L. Glushak sang sev
eral solos. Master Mllford Brotnun.
"The Boy Violinist.' gave several num
bers, while Prof. Green, late of the Ber
lin Opera Company, sang sewers! oper
atic selections. The show was brought
to a close with a minstrel performan
in which more than twenty young mi
atnd woman nartleinatsd
k..
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