SIDELIGHTS ON \ EUROPEAN WAR, t —ι By WILLIAM O. SHEPHERD. (tJnlted Press Staff Correspondent.) Balonlko. Greece, Dec 80 (by mall)— At last Salonika Is spy proof. To make it so has been a tough and a lone job. Qen. Sarrall settled It all to day in one grand cleanup that was full of exciting Incidents. Ever since the allies camâ to Sa lonika spies have been here. The German, Austro-Hungarlan, Bulga rian and Ottoman consulates have been open, as usual; the Salonika res idents, represented by these consu lates, have gone about their business: end to see German officers, clad in civilian clothes, dining at a table next to British or French officers has been no uncommon sight. Many German and Austrian stran gers also resided in the hotels. The allies had no control over their com ing or going. This situation was not bo dangerous to the >ally forces so long as they were flg/ting In Serbia, but when the troops fell back Into Greece and Salonika became head nuarters for the fleld forces It was _ necessary at once to remove from Sa lonika nil enemy citizens and consular representatives. Salonika, as a military precaution, had to be made an all-ally city. How to do It was the question. The con Mils would not go, their government would not recall them; and so long *s they remained their national would not depart. The beginning of the end came this morning when a flock of three Ger man aeroplanes soared over Salonika und dropped forty bombs on the sur rounding ramps. At noon the visit was repeated. The warships In the harbor fired shrapnel, but missed the fliers. A lonely Bulgarian shepherd, three miles out of town on a hillside with his flock of sheep, was hit by It German shell and he and five of his iheep were killed. While the second lot of German ae roplanes was In the air, Gen. Sarrall decided to get all the enemy citizen? Dut of town as quickly as possible. It required eight automobiles. Two car» each went to the German, Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish consulates and detachments of soldiers were placed Ht all the entrances. A French of ficer who entered the German consu late wai met by Consul General Wal lers with the remark: "You have no right to lnvado Ger man premises on Greek soil." "The German Invaded Greek sol with their aeroplanes this morning monsieur," said the Frenchman. Th< consulate was occupied by French '>oldiers and Walters was taken tc French headquarters with all his staff Aat the B'tltrarian consulate the con mi general was not in. When he ar ■ rived half an hour after the occupa tion, he was stopped by a sentry. "But I am the Bulgarian consul , general," he said, "and this Is my con sulate." "Ah! In that case I will take, in your card." Within u Tew moments the Bulgarian consul general received word from a sentry that he would be welcomed within his 'own consulate. Entering, he found a French officer sitting at his desk. "What does monsieur desire?" ask ed the Frenchman. "I am the Bulgarian consul gener al," replied the official. "That Is very unfortunate," said the officer, "for I am under orders to ' place the Bulgarian consul general I under arrest." The Bulgarian's pro test was formal. He rode to the French headquarters In an automo bile. ι Thessalonlan crowds followed the operations of the military men with the greatest interest. There was something of a rush of the crowd to | ward the Austrian consulate, for word I had gone abroad among the Salonica ι ! folk that the Austrians might put up j ' a flght. A few French soldiers with ι i rifles were about the place but the | crowd saw an officer go Into the con- ι I sulate and shortly return with the I consul general of Austro-Hungary, I who climbed Into an automobile and ! sped to French headquarters. I Word got around after this that the { ι consul general of Turkey had a harem j and that the French and British were ι going to raid It. This rumor perhaps j accounted for the fact that the lurgest j I crowd of all etood about the Turkish j ι consulate. It developed that there I j was no harem there, the Ottoman τ consul general being a bachelor who ' ι was reared in Paris. He came down the steps with a French officer, chat ting gaily in French and took his auto ride to Oeneral Sarrall's headquarters. All the dependants and assistants j of the four consulates numbered fifty- ' two men and six women. They wye , all put on a boat, bound, it is pre sumed at this writing, for Athens. General Sarrall then sent an auto mobile to the American consulate and begged that John B. Kehl, the Amer ican consul—(all the other govern mental representatives in Salonica were consul generals and Kehl is the most poorly paid of them all )—con fer with him as to taking over the enemy consulates. Within a few hours Kehl was on the job and in possession of most of the archives and all the money the military had seized In the consulates. He immediately began the task of giving passports to German, Bulgarian. Turkish and Austrian citi zens to depart from Salonica. RUSSELL GONWELL HIRE THURSDAY ày afflVHlT^St the Hlfmai Iheutro on "Acrpa of Diamonds," as the last lecture/ on the course given by the Teachers Association of this rity this year is the founder and pres ident, is a co-educational, non-secta rian Institution, which began with two students in 1884, and since that time over 70,000 young men and wo men have come within the realm of Its influence and have been led to a higher plane and more useful sphere in life. The story of how the Temple Uni versity came to be founded is ex tremely Interesting. Two young men who were members of the Grace Bap tist church, of which Dr. Conwell is the pastor, wanted to know if there was any way possible for them to re ceive or acquire the educaton neces sary to prepare them for the ministry, while they worked. They were past twenty years of age and were obliged to earn their own living, so they must Kudy at night, if at all, and work dur g the day. Dr. Conwell agreed to teach these Coung men himself and appointed a mo when they could come to his Btudy to begin work. They arrived punctually and brought with them Ave Dther young men who were as enger for the knowledge as they were, and here -began what in after years was destined to become the Temple Uni versity, one of the greatest institu tions in America for the education, the mental, moral and physical devel ppment of young men and women who must earn their own way and pay ftu they go. Ostrich Lays Largest Eni The ostrich has the distinction ot laying the largest egg. The egg, which weighs about three pounds, is conuid ■red equal in contents to 24 hen eggs. I CLAUDE KITCHIN. House Leader Called Upon to Lead Fight Fop Preparedne··. I Photo bjr American I'reas Association. Ola·* Solvent. ! Hydrofluoric acid Is au acid com pound of hydrogen end fluorine It may be prepared by the action of sul phuric acid upon cryolite In an ap propriate apparatus made of lend or platinum. It may thus be readily ob tained In a liquid form and Is color less. Its vapors-are exceedingly poi sonous. and the liquid Itself, even when mixed with more or less water, causes severe swellings on the skin. Great care must therefore be taken in working with this acid. Hydrofluoric ucld dissolves glass, forming hydro lluosilkic acid with Its silica; hence its use for making etchings on glass.— Exeli"n™p Trained Minds Stand to Win But First—the mind to be properly trained needs the support of a well-nourished body. No food supplies in more splendid proportion, the rich nourishment of the field grains for both body and brain building than does Grape-Nuts Made of whole wheat and malted birley, this famous pure food includes the valuable mineral elements, lacking in many foods, but imperative for energizing and sustaining the mental and physical forces. Easy to Digest-Economical—Delicious, ι "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts ; Sold by grocers everywhere. 1IST0RY OF IL S. \ND PREPAREDNESS \re Americans Justifiedly Self-Conceited in Regard to Ability to Whip Any Enemy. By Paul V. Collins. Spflal to il.r Λ > />.«;.vu .Yhrt'S. Washington, D. C., Feb. 14.—Arc \merlcans, as a race, unjustifledly ielf-conceited In regard to their abll ty to whip any enemy that might at tack them? If so, what has caused this over-confldence—or Is It based upon the truth of history? It is true that, in the American Revolution, we were, ultimately, vie- ' torlous—after seven years of struggle, aften to the verge of complete over throw of the colonists' forces. Is it true that. In the war of 1812, we won a final victory—after repeat ed disasters, Including the easy in- I vasion of the country, the capture of Washington and the burning of the Capitol. j The cost of unpreparedness, the ! loss of lives and property (due to unpreparedness), the disasters of early defeats and the prolongation of the wars, because we were unready— these facts are not told In any of our school histories and are not realized either by the young of today or by those who were young "yesterday." This accounts for much of the indif ference or opposition to preparedness existing today. We must not forget that. In those earlier days, there were no great steam transports to carry vast armies across the sea, as there are now. War. like industry, was then α matter of individual initiative and energy; to day. ntither was nor industry is n dlvfduallstlc; both are highly organ ized and machine made, renditions today cannot be compared with thoso of the wilderness days. It is true that we Invaded Mexico and captured her capital: but who that has seen the neon people of that enslaved, half-civilized nation, cares ιο tjoasi οι our suojugaung ιι ΐ It is true that we drove degenerate Spain out of Cuba and the Philip pines, but Is that proof of our invin cibility against α first class power? We are "Some Nation." but, are we, In a military sense, what our school histories have taught us, from our youth up, to believe? Are we the "Great Unconquerable?" No. TTpon an Atlantic steamer a few years aero, a party of passengers were listening to the autocrat of the deck— a blustering Kngilshmnn, boasting of how John Bull would come over some day and whip Uncle Sam to a standstill. A seemingly awotricken young American girl, in timid voice, gasued—"What? A train?" But while we need not faint, at the blustering of any forcitm foe. it Is wnible enemies. This Is the lesson that is urged in Washington school circles today, since the testimony was given to the Senate Military Committee, by the historian, Frederick ΙλιιΙβ Heldkoper, In which — our school historian as SChlevous. £ntlal false ihlr-g chlldreiT" are bt treated Louvain brutally, M barged." Tet, In dlreet contradiction, there s the acknowledgment mad· br thè η Imperial chancellor ta tt* jpta LORD NORTHCLIFFE. Rumored H· May Accept Potitien In British Cabinet. Reichstag on August 4, 1914: "We < were compelled to override the just 1 protests of the Luxemberg and Bel- 1 glan governments. Our troops have 1 occupied Luxemberg and perhaps arc ' already on Belgian soil. Gentlemen. 1 that Is a breach of International law." 1 And In answer to the pretenee that 1 the army had "not treated Louvaln J brutally" hear the words of the Kais er himself: "The destruction wrought ] unpn life and property by our troops at Louvaln was an act of cruel neces- ;1 slty." Thus are historical lies told to de ceive the people of the liar's own na tion. By internationally exchanging | text books and histories, these false hoods might be corrected. ! The principal event of the past week in Washington affairs was the I fourth annual meeting of the Cham- ; I ber of Commerce of the United States ! I which held a four-day convention.' More than 1,600 delegates registered and the attendance proved twice as great as last year. The business In terests went on record most emphatic ally as being In favor of adequate pre paredness. At an evening meeting the famous Rabbi Wis», who had been invited to speak upon an entirely dif ferent topic, took advantage of his occupying the floor to enter into a bitter denunciation of the policy of ; preparedness, but tho audience did I not disguise its disapproval and flnal I ly he was requested by the chairman I ΙΟ Stop. IPITMAS THtâTRE HAS BIG FEATURE FILMS COMING Tlie y the enlisted mon. The lowest pay s $17.60 per month, while at tho [■raining Station, Newport, R. I., for ι period of two to six months for a •ourse of training. Thia pay Is equal :o about $12 a week In civil life. Each recruit Is furnished with an >utflt of clothing sufficient to last two •ears, and, of course, his board, lodgi ng and medical attendance Is free. Experienced mechanics need not en 1ST ai me iowexi run: tu pay. rui »u itance, machinists with experience in marine engines may start with (50.60 per month. It is believed that here are several men in Elizabeth. FMalnlleld and surrounding towns who liave had sea experience who can start with higher pay. There are many other points of advantage which are not understood by the public. The Did paying, "That all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." is thoroughly understood by the Navy Department. All of the large ships have liands and prartieally every ship in the navy has moving picture machines, boxing, baseball, football, basketball, run ning and all sorts of snorts are en couraged by the Navy Department. The necessary athletic gear being furnished free. T'ncle Sam provide» the means for saving money and al lows four ( 4 > per cent interese on all deposits. There are liberal retire ment laws and those who leave the eervice can join the Naval Reserves and receive pay from the government while working in a civilian. In fact, there ore several of the largest corro rations who state that they will give preference to Navn* Reserve men ap plying for work. Names of these con cerns will be cheerfully given to all men who beloner to the naval reserves or who are eligible to join the re nerves. There are so many attractions In navy life that nearly nine out of ten Til .V -im- expired last year de ipf3 ""Ti *rV ther "hitch" as nil re-cnllstITifs » - ■ -jlu who are unable to continue their school ing on account of it being necessary to go to work will find the navy Just the place for them, as there are reg ular school hours in the shins dn'lv routine. The officers are always will ing to assist any ambitious young man In his studies. The recruiting office for the recruit ing district of New Jersev is located ut No. 86 Park place. Newark, and any young man annlvlng for enlist ment at the Elizabeth office will sent to Newark for final examination at the government expense. The Elizabeth office has on record the movements of all the ships In the TT. S. Navy, and will be very glad to look them up for anyone Interested In the whereabouts of anv ship or any man In the naval service. NEAR PANIC IN CANADA. Dominion Hold· 14,000 Troop* to Stop German Invasion. Buffalo, N. Y.. Feb. 14.—Although (he Canadian authorities are maintain ing secrecy. It Is known that the C'ann ■Han border is bristling with armer! men. At least 14.0e rature; (llminlshinc northerly winds. WEATHER EVERYWHERE. Observations of the United States weather bureau taken at 8 p.m. yesterday follow : Temp. Weather. New York 16 Cloudy Albany 8 Cloody Atlantic- City... 20 Snow Boston 18 Snow Buffalo 8 Clear Chicago 20 Snow St. Louis 24 Snow New Orleitns... 44 Cloudy Washington 20 Cloudy SEIZE ANARCHISTS IN BANQUET PLOT Friends of Chicago Chef Be lieved to be Poisoners Narrow Escape for Many. Chicago. Feb. 14.—With two EM known as anarchists·. friend* of th· fugitive 1'nlvernlty club cook. Jean Crones, seized η nil held by the polie· In the plot to poison more thtin 2S· prominent guests at the Ivanqnet rive· in honor of Archbishop Mundeleln and the revelation by a chemist that enongh arsenic mixed wtth th· sonp prepared by Crone* to kill nearly the whole number, interest In develop ments of lnete tive Ch'ef N'chotas Hunt, letters bearing Crones' signature were seized by the police. They also endeav ored to Veep the arrests of the ρΊΜΜ* ana retint*. A* XeÎîvTortf^imÏle!?^ name also was obtained In the raid. Health Commissioner John D. Rob ertson at the same time cave oat lk( report of the analysis of the polaonad sonp. Tt showed that, calculating ft 01 the quantity of white oxide of arsenic disposed In the «ample analysed. ex actly 480 grains of this deadly poiaoa had been contained In the whole caul dron of soup. Pretty Package. A pot of Jam aent to a atok Mail was doubly acceptable hecanae of tta dainty wrappings. 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