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LARGEST SWORN CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN INDIANA. rTrnrinn?J Tin: vi:.Tm:i: I n ia na. I . : r 1 1 y e 1 n u . y tor.i-:it ar., Wi-!;;. v!,ty; c"'l Ir V -dnesday and m west jxrtiur. tonight. cr m iohie i. n . Cloudy tonight an 1 V.-.J-ihm!:iv; p obably mow Hurries iri -xtreme north portion; coKIit. 3 H : i" il Edition READ THE 'WANTS' A AVERAGE DAILY NEWS-TIMES CIRCULATION FOR OCTOBER WAS 16,293. I VOL. XXXL, NO. 342. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1914. PRICE TWO CENTS SO U T JI BE NTD JSTIM SUBJECT FHENG TO BOMBAHDMEN I II CENTER LINE . t . ,, Teuton iiiuniu y, iiuwovu , Not Make Attack in Does Belgium But Furious Fight Rages in Argonne. GERMANS SAVING TO MFFT RIISSIAM ATTARK j CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1. (Via Sofia, Berlin and Amster- fdam) The Turkish troops marching through the Tsjuruk valley Pnmnin nn ripfoncnn in Mnct : (Tchorokh) toward Batum are ad- tncing successfully, according to icmam on ueitnsive in wesi;the latest communCation trom neU headquarters. The Turks were Flanders to Divert All Avail-jthen about seven miles southeast of Batum. An attempt on the part able Strength to ' Eastern ct ie Rujans to disembark troops at the estuary of the Tsjuruk Theater of War. . i PA IMS. Dec. 1. The Trench troops nhmg the Aisne have been subjected to a furious bombardment by the Ger man center, it is olticially reported. In West Flanders and north of Arras the invaders' artillery has also been activ e. There was no German infantry at tack in lielgitim yesterday but attacks and counterattacks uc repented from the Argonne. The othcial communique' follows: "In Uelgium the day of Nov. :,) was l.iaiked by rather heavy cannonade. 'I he German infantry made no attack. "The enemy continues to show a very marked activity to the north of Arras "In the region of the Aisne there ha.s been continuous cannonade all along the front. "In the Argonne the lighting con tinued without causing any modifica tion in tnc general situation. "In this Woevre and in the Wsges there is nothing to report." German on iK'iVn.-ivc. The third great phase of the war in the western n.v. ' t of hostilities li.is begun to develop, according to ofla-ial and unoilicial reports from the north. There are strong indications that the Germans in the west intend to re main upon the defensive in order to divert all of their available strength against tin- onrushing legions of the ez.ir in the eastern arena. The first big phae of the war was the German campaign to take Paris; the M-Hiiid was a general offensive on the part of the invaders with their assaults concentrated in northern France and west Flanders in an ef fort to break through to the coast, and take Calais and Dunkirk and now t .mes the third phai- e. The Germans are i xpected to make sharp demonstrations in some quar ters, particularly at points where counter attacks are necessary, to less t n the pressure against imperilled po sitions. German artillery is still very active around Arra. Susons and Apre liU'iit. In West Flanders there is heavy fighting around Vpres where the Germans have started in to shell the fresh P.ritish troops that have re lieved the war-worn veterans in the 1 1 enches King's YMt Ilrlp. Tin' visit of King George to France to isit the Pritish tioops is having a . ry encouraging effect. The spirits' of Die Knglish soldiers have been: raised by the presence of their mon-I ;tch so ne ir to the battle line and in I the base hospitals the Pritish king further endeared h'.mself b speakingi to the wouaded. King Oeoro tressed to Pield Marshal Sir French his w;:rsn appreciation jcallantry shown by his troops has John of th in action. The Publish th.-'t it was one of the no nts of hi- life when h with men who h av e foi: for their native land. The k inir spoke i v king declared proudest mo- could mingle 'lit so bravely i i hiuhlv of the j valor of the oncers and of the French and P.elcians who have been making such heroic s.icnhces to stem the on rush of the (lerman army. Kinc 'oort:.' had a rouvrh passage ;cross the eh.'Tinel. but looked well anl fit after hH .'.nival within the lines. He was no t '' his eldest son, tlie prine-of Wales and together v! ited a number ot hospitals. Part of the time the ro.tr of far awav cannon. ride sounded as the kin.: v. is' making his rounds. Ib often stopped to listen .ind spoke of the courage it, must require for tro.fs to lie in their i cob, trench s w hile the ;:ic-inb' (b-r-j man guns kept thundering away at t them and the shrapnel burst eontin-J t:ou?ly overhead. Armored Train in Duel, The Inst time that :n Fnclish king rt:ie.ired upon the field of Pattle w.-s In tho war of the Austrian t, j commanded th.e PTv'i-h Hanoeriavsj rr.d Hessi.ir.-; at the buttle of Ivttig.vi .-iraint the Pr-r, h. This iit i sr;'.nue contra -'t v. ith the visit of Kin .: fTf-orgo II; th.e former mof-r,-n ap-' .earrd upon a held where his armies: rvere f'ghting a-raii's tlie I-'rench. i KlriT C.eorge the lrer.ch. A telegram Herman and o-mt-s as an allv to from Pr:t;s r: says that armored tra?..s m l ne-r Ypr s. h fouirht a spectacular Th- Pritish artillery vantage in ram:- and l a . th- le re ri a 1- man the train was smashed. From a Imrm source it that oime of the b-rm"tn th- front have mutinied. P is rrpnrP d tint th ort rs 1.,! at Si Ids. ' er?v r n fere pir eonhrm i- have beun to mode, but th! retire f report om th "i. There has beep, an outl n ak of ty phoid fe . r in FePrfum. It h pr ad from the lrman cam;' to the civilian population. The weather in northern 1'r'un'o and w'?t Plunders rem -'in cold, hot rt other warm e r. points in F . no d is mu I CI.IVP IH-TIWTS POPIIKAV. I It is reported from Sluis that Pritish PAI-I.AS. Te. Dee. i. Harrvjarmy aviators made a raid over 7.ee CJP e defeated f'i . hran to 1 6 D last ' brucge and dropped bombs. Two mtr'nt In the billiard tourney here last workmen were Injured and consider clght. able damage was don but tho many LATEST WAR BULLETINS VIENNA, Dec. 1. (Via Berlin and Amsterdam) One thousand Russians have Iven killed and wounded and l,5oo taken prisoners in a battle at Homonna, Hungary, it was ofricially announced today. "The Russian troops at Homonna were surrounded by the Aus trians and decisively beaten," the war office statement says. (Homonna is on the western sUe of the Carpathians. The Rus- sian troops at that point bi penetrated a mountain pass.) The war office furthe: states sUvorbor where 1 , 2 o 4 rr;. vere taken. LONDON, Dec. 1. The following -.5 agency dispatch was re ceived here today fiorri F)aris: "It is rumored" that one of the office n the German general staiT I suddenly went insane at German I kaiser with a drawn sword. He meanwhile hurling epithets at the er i i i 1 1 ( m i i k 1 1 i iivr-iii.iNMr'i-iiiiiiNiinirLi BERLIN, Dec. 1. (By Wireless) The following official state ment was issued by the war office at 2 o'clock this afternoon: "There is no news from the western theater of war. In East Prus sia and Poland the situation was LONDON, Dec. 1. The German wireless press bureau gave out the following statement this afternoon: "It is communicated from Berlin that the Germans captured a large quantity of war booty along the Vistula in Poland on Monday and also took 9,5oo prisoners, 19 cannon, 26 machine guns and some ammunition carts." LONDON, Dec. I. A Lloyd's dispatch from Grimsby says that the steamer Mary Esbkjerg, bound for Shoreham, was sunk" in the North sea with the loss of seven men. KITCH SUES SHIVELY Bill Filed in Circuit Court Brings Charge of Slander Against Senator. Charging that he has been mali ciously defamed and that his good name injured by the charge of gaming, wife deserting and vote selling, John W. Kitch has brought suit in the cir cuit court against U. S. Sen. Benja min F. Shively of this city and Lew M. O'Pannon of Corydon in an attempt to secure SJo.uOO damages. The bill was tiled Tuesday forenoon by J. W. Kitch and J. .M. Pousher for tho plaintiff. The complaint charges that the de fendants "contrived and conspired to gether wickedly and with the mali cious intention of injuring the plain tiffs good name and credit." As proof of this a quotation is made from an article alleged to have been written by defendant Shively and to have been printed Oct. 28. 1014, in the Corydon Democrat, published by defendant O'Pannon. It is charged that this article in part, read: "Kitch is a cheap gambler who failed to support his wife and child. nr:d they ceased to de pend upon him for support he will support any ticket and make speeches tor any party that will pay him for it." This article, it is charged, has in jured the good name of tho plaintiff. particularly in Harrison county where the paper in (inestion is published Kitch had been campaigning for the progressive party in Harrison county and in a speech is said to have mado remarks about Sen. Shively. attacking his personal character, and that of other members of his family. A pet phrase of Kitch in his speeches is Faid to have been that .hively had never been able to earn a living before he became senator; that he needed the job to keep him out of tho poor house, ami not only himself, hut his brother Aaron. Other similar insulting re marks about the senator punctuated practically all of Kitch's speeches, personal attacks, with him. being a sort of specialty, according to report. It is reputed to be in response to this line of talk that the senator sent Fditor O'Pannon his letter which is the basis of the suit. STATE STRONG BOX TAXED PANS INT.. Mich.. Dec. 1. Heavy b mands on the general fund or the state treasury may deplete the strong box before the Januarv tax money is available. Although there is about l .;.m. ooo in the amoral fund at the prej-cr.t time, the .Michigan .gricui- Turai College, siaie prison, liis.me - lums and other state institutions v.4l draw out considerable money this month. FOR 25,01)0 DAMAGES German Surgeons Work 20 Hours a Day to Relieve the Wounded ROTTEItn.A M. Dec. 1. A steady. f the bombs fell into the harbor and stream of German wounded is moving eastward throrgh pelgium. Courtrai. Primes, Ghent and Prussels are vast hospitals. The Germans are crippled from lack of surgeons and some of the doctors on duty in the military hospitals work from. 16 to -i hours a day. The railroads are all congested with troop and supply trains passing westward and hospital trains passing eastward. Th re are more than r..C"0 wounded Germans in Courtrai alone. Pp to the present the Germans hao requisitioned t io,t,oa in Cour trai as well ns 4iV0i'h litres of brandy. o.O' O bottles of wine. rt.CO0.n0O cigars :nl cigaret. rind much clothing. that the enemy probablv beaten ajj captured and 14 machine guns were h: tqaarters and attacked the w." overpowered, and removed, ror. generally quiet on Monday. BRITISH SEEK 500 ARMY HORSES HERE Dr. McDonald Given Local Agency to Fill Gap in Cavalry and Artillery Service. Five hundred horses for the En glish army are wanted from St. Jo seph county. These horses are want ed to till the ranks of the English ar tillery and cavalry in France and Bel gium. Dr. R. M. McDonald, veterinarian. Tuesday was named as the local agent to buy up the animals for army service. Dr. McDonald was named local agent through the efforts of Hilly Marshall, the big- horse dealer In Chicago. Already Marshall has bought and sold thousands of horses to the Pritish army. He asked Dr. McDonald about a month ago to buy horses for him, but the then strict hoof and mouth disease quarantine prevented the shipment of the ani mals. Dr. McDonald stated today that horses for the cavalry should weigh around the 1.100-pound mark, while the cavalry horre scales up to 1,400 due to the heavier work they must endure. That there are plenty of horses in the county available for cavalry duty is the opinion of Dr. McDonald. Prices all the waj. up from $135 to $185 will be paid by the Pritish gov ernment for sound horses. All those bought by Dr. McDonald are first thoroughly examined by him. Anoth er inspector Is due here Friday to give the horses another inspection before they are shipped. This in spector comes direct from army headquarters. After the horses are shipped they are again inspected at Montreal before they are put on hoard ship for England. All horses bought here will be ship ped direct to Montreal. Dr. McDon ald expects to get about six carloads. A car will carry about 120 head of horses. Michigan has already contributed several thousand horses to the Pritish army, several car loads being report ed going through Dowaglac, Berrien Springs and N'iles A week ago se -eral car loads were shipped out of Fort Wavne and points south. That thousands hnve gone out of Chicago through the horse dealer. Marshall, was the statement of Dr. McDonald. FOR DESERTION BY WIFE HAMMONT), Tr.d., Dec. 1. Joseph Plue. Q." years old. Is- charged w ith de sertion in a suit filed In the Penton county circuit court by Tyuiisa M. Pine. Her bill state that when they were married six yeirs ago she took Plue to her home to tare for him. The wife is TP vears old. failed to explode. The Knglish aviators were evidently trying to destroy the oil tanks at Zce brugge to prevent the Germans from using the fuel. The German high angle guns were turned on the air men, but they escaped unhurt. Two men, ae-cused of being Pritish spies, have been arrested at Zee 1 rupee. They wore German uni forms. A traveler from Rclgium says that chaos reigns throughout the country and that high tension exists between the civilian and military population in Pruss-ds. The Germans every- where are compelling the Polgiahs to set their clocks according to Ger man time. Famine conditions in Malines nr harrenving. The Germans are meeting with little success in their efforts to establish friendly relations with the Belgians. IIS BRING at UP IRE TROOPS TO MEE i Russians Claim Kaiser's Men: Are Fighting Desperately to Save Positions Turks Dis lodged From Valley. PETROGRA O, Dec. 1. Fighting desperately to save themselves from utter annihilation at the hands of the Russians, tho Germans in Poland aro trying to Vring up reinforcements to stave off the attack of the czar's troops, the Army Messenger an nounces! today. The battle is raging fiercely in the vicinity of Lowicz. Enormous losses have been inllicted on the German right wing. German reinforcements which were marching" up from Wielun have been defeated. "Heavy lighting continues," tho Army Messenger says. "The German forces have been greatly reduced. They are lighting desperately to save them selves from annihilation at the hands of our troops. The enemy is trying to bring up reinforcements, but those marching up from Wielun have been defeated. The battle is raging with terrific fierceness in the vicinity of Lowicz. The Germans are making counter charge after counter charge. Their troops are sent against us in solid formation, but so far tho Rus sians have prevented the enemy from getting relief. Wo have inflicted large losses on the Germans. Continue Attacks. "Our troops are continuing their at tack on the Germans along tho ?try-kow-Zgierz line. "Along the left bank of the Vistula, Field Marshal von Hiiulenburg is try ing a desperate offensive movement in order to rescue Gen. von Mackenzen's army. So far the Russians have checked this movement. "Tho Russians have inflicted enor mous losses upon the German extreme right, which attempted to advance from Schonortsowo on the Warthe. "We have captured four great barges laden with German guns, rifles end ammunition." Tho Army Messenger says that tho Russians are holding their own against tho Turks, dislodging the Ottoman troops from a position in the Euphra tes valley and capturing many pris oners and two guns. Military experts tako exception to German statement of victory of German arms. They state that they are issued to discredit the Russian oflieial communique. FIVE-YEAR-OLD J0LIET GIRL BELIEVED VICTIM OF CATTLE DISEASE JOL1KT, 111., Dec. 1. The case of Violet Maxwell, G-year-oid daughter cf a local policeman, who is believed to be the first local sufferer from the foot and mouth disease, is being watched today by State Health Com missioner Higgins and State Veterin arian Dyson, who were summoned here by Dr. Lennan, the Maxwell fam ily physicians. The child's ailment appears identi cal with that of the disease now epi demic among cloven-footen livestock. Until the disease is found not to be foot and mouth, the iuarantine on Will county will not be lifted, said the state veterinarian today. Dr. Dy son admitted he was puzzled, and said if the child had the plague, she contracted it from drinking milk given by an infected cow. WILL KILL SELF AND BABY, WIFE THREATENS; LEAVES MYSTERIOUSLY After threatening, it is commit suicide and kill claimed, to her eight- months-old babv, Mrs. Agnes Lubel ski. PJ years old, 7,22 S. Olive st., left home mysteriously at 6:,';u o'clock Monday morning and has not yet been locattd. The matter was re ported to the police by the woman's husband, Stanley Lubelski, Monday at noon. It was reported that the police de partment had been summoned early Monday morning by a west end citi zen to the Lubelski home, the citizen declaring that a mad woman was there. It was said that the woman was raving and walking about the premises of the Lubelski home in a manner that indicated that she was insane. The matter was investigated by patrolmen summoned by the night sergeant, but it was found that time that nothing serious had developed. The family is aide to give no rea son for the woman's evident intention to commit suicide. The husband was questioned but failed to throw any light upon the matter. J. BORDEN HARRIMAN, RETIRED BANKER, IS DEAD IN WASHINGTON! WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. J. Borden Harriman. the retired New York banker, died today at llrno o'clock at his residence here after an illness of several months. He was o vears old. Mr. Harriman was brought to Washington on a special train six ; weeks ago from Mount Kiseo. N. V. He had been in poor health for sev eral months, but apparently was on the road to recovery when he suffer ed a relapse ob.-ut 10 days ago. He sank slowly, and for 4$ hours prior to his death was unconscious. Mr. Harriman's sister. Mrs. W. K. i Vnndervilt, and his brothers, f Oliver J. bnvo Harriman. i Harriman and were at the bedside when the end came. KANSING. only 4, COO deer are re ported to have been killed this sa-f-cn. Iast year more than 10,00 0 were carried array hr hunters. p OHIO CORN GROWERS VISIT NATION'S CAPITAL ON SIGHTSEEING TOUR WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. One thous and and fifty-six corn growers of Ohio men. women, boy, and girls today invaded the national capital on a .sight-teeing tour. They are the. guests of the Ohio Agricultural com mission and came in on several spe cial trains. Eery county in the state is represented in the party, the largest delegation, lb, coming from Miami Shortly after their arrival the visitors went to the department of ; 1 a. . i . . -w ! agriculture wnere iec v Houston re ceived them and made a brief speech of welcome. Then they visited the public buildings and later went to Mount Verm.n. Pres't Wilson will receive the party tomorrow. The visitors will leave Washington tomorrow night, going to Philadelphia and New York. MUNDAY, ALLEGED BANK LOOTER, SUED FOR $55,000 CHICAGO, Dec. 1. L P. Munday of Litchfield and Chicago, and under indictment in connection with the loot ing of the Lorimer chain of banks, is defendant in the superior court hero in a suit for $55.00. Conrad Mat thksan is the complainant. KILLS WIFE AN RIMIISA William McCoy Borrows Shot gun From Neighbor, Slays Two and is Beyond Recovery From Poison Jealous. PRAXKPORT, Ind., Dec. 1. The most brutal triple tragedy in the his tory of Clinton county occurred in this city this morning when William McCoy, ?,2 years old, with a double barreled shotgun, borrowed from a neighbor, shot and killed his wife, 3 0 years old, fatally shot John Pyrely, 31 years old, and then took a dose of carbolic acid which he had evidently procured for the purpose. Pyrely died within an hour and McCoy is said to be beyond recovery. The tragedy took place at the McCoy homo in this city this morning. Mrs. Mc Coy and Byrely were in the McCoy home when they discovered the en raged husband entering the back door with shotgun in hand. They started to run out the front when McCoy's first shot struck Mrs. McCoy and she fell dead. McCoy's second shot brought down Pyrely as he was running across the street. McCoy then placed his gun to the back of his wife's head and fired again. Two more shots were lirc d at Byrely, one piercing his shoul der and hips. McCoy then drank the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid. It is said that McCoy entertained suspicions of his wife's cenduct toward Pyrely and was insanely jealous, had previously accused them of proper relationship. Ho im- BODY OF WOMAN WASHED ASHORE IS IDENTIFIED LAPORTE, Ind., Dec. 1 Henry Mitchell of Chicago today identified tho body of the woman washed upon the beach at New Buffalo and buried in the pauper's field, as that of Mrs. Hattie Hammer of 3 07 Center St., Chicago. The grave was opened in the presence of several members of the family. MEXICO IS QUIET, SAY WHITE HOUSE REPORTS WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Optimistic reports regarding Mexico continue to reach the white house and little credence is placed therein that dis order is increasing. The president to- dav reiterated his belief that efforts to j I , ,..iithe restrictions on liquor licenses. It IH a tie 1 1 II it. Ill U l II 1KJI rtiiu that false reports are one of tho means through retarded. which peace is bein; INDIANA GRANGE WILL MEET AT AUBURN DEC. 8 AUBURN. Ind.. Dec. 1. The pro pram was announced today for the -IT'th annual meeting of the Indiana tr-te Grange to be hell in the city Dec. S. 9 and 10. State Master L. 11. Wright will preside anc provision is heinir made for the entertainment of ."0 delegates. Matters which will come before the coining session of tho state legislature will feature the session. No Danger of Cereal Shortage in France, Government Learns I'.OllDKAUX, I'rur.ce. Dec. 1. Th-.re is no danger of a cereals short age: in France. Thii- assuring news is given by M. Do Fonbonne, head of the Imprimerie de la Pourse de Com merce, in a report he ha? made to the government after an exhaustive in- cstigation. Some sucar and flour mills, and ire v. cries have been destroyed in northern and eastern France, bat in other districts factories which had leer, shut down are reopening." said M. De Fembonne today. ' The fact that numerous sugar beet slicing works in the north have been destroyed is of secondary importance. In the north and east a good many four mills and breweries have been put out eif action. In this connection 1 would like to say a word about the present prohibition of the exportation of barley from. France . Our brewer WOMEN BARRED FROM CLUB; MOOSE MEETING HAS TO BE POSTPONED CHICAGO, Dec. 1. The meeting of j the executive committee of the pro- . gressive party tomorrow at which tho j leaders will decide to amalgamate i with either of the old parties was forced today to change its meeting place because the University club, where the hearing was scheduled, re fuses to permit women to enter. Medill McCormiek made all arrange ments for the meeting before he re membered that Miss Jane Addanis was a member and would attend the committee conference. The club of ficials informed him it would not bo possible for Miss Addams to enter the club rooms. Mr. McCormiek then ar ranged to hold the meeting in the less luxurious quarters of the Progressive club. Mr. McCormici said numbers of prominent progressives believed the ' most good accomplished by support- j ing the policies of the present admin- lstration out uni not give nis own ideas on the subject. Another im portant subject may be to make Chi cago the headquarters instead of New York. EilESi TO AVENUE HOTEL GQ Judge Van Fleet Rules Mayor Keller May Go on With Hear ing to Revoke License on Ground of Alleged Violations Judge Van Fleet refused to grant a temporary injunction Tuesday morn ing to the Avenue Hotel Co. which sought to restrain Mayor Keller from taking action looking toward the re vocation of the liquor license held by the company. A temporary restraining had been granted Saturday by the judge and the petition for the temporary in junction was taken up Monday when, after hearing arguments continued tho larger part of tlw day, the court took tho matter under advisement until Tuesday morning. The question will now he threshed out before Mayor Keller inasmuch as there is no appeal from the court on action taken in a petition for temporary injunction. James Curtis, manager of the Av enue hotel, was recently arrested on the charge of having sold liquor on Sunday. He was given two trials in the citv court at each of which tho jury disagreed and returned a ballot j of 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal. As a result of the charge brought against Curtis the mayor proposed a hearing; to revoke the license held by the Avenue Hotel Co. It was with the! purpose of restraining him from tnk-j ing this action that counsel for the i hotel company appealed to the su-; perior court and in their petition fori a temporary injunction they based J their claims largely upon an interpre tation of the Proctor law. This law was held to very materially change the status of placing operating under liquor licenses, and the power of the mayor over such places. .Make Three Contentions. The petitioners made three conten tions, namely: That the city now has no power to issue a liquor license and that therefore the mayor has not the right to revoke a license and that, if there were such a license and the mayor had such power as aforesaid, he could not legally take action on any i other grounds than a violation of the 1 terms of the license or of the law j under which the license was granted . and that testimony concerning women j and ther matters arising in the op -i eration of the hotel were irrelevant ; to the case. In defense of the tirst; contention it was held that under the! present law the city merely collects j a tax or fee from places operating under the liquor law. The court held that the Proctor law and other statutes pertaining to the. liquor business were not antagonistic except as with such statutes as had i been expressly repealed by the Proc- ! tor act. He said that he thoimht that! the tendencies now were to enlarge' , . . . .... was held tnat me court couia not properly attempt to decide whether ; or not the mayor could act In a judi- ; cial or an administrative capacity in; the matter or to what extent the mayor might act. The mayor him self, the court held, was the judge of this matter. Say Mayor Has Pernor. As to the spo;i fiv contentions the court gave it as his opinion that the city did still grant a liquor licence and , that the mayor did have certain' powers over such a license. It was held that the court could not assume as to whether or not the mayor would exceed hLs powers but that the a;:- thority in the matter was with the j mayor ana no injunction wouia no granted. ies cannot be operated in the north. consequently (;ur barley stocks are nip available and this year's harvests.' have.- been exceptionally good so that 1 some producers arc actually feeding barley to cattle. j j nere is no danger of a shortage cf grain in France. We have plenty of wheat, corn and rye. Our harvests have been phnominally good and though the Germans looted many farms and stcrehous. s we still have a large reserve of heme grown grains. Furthermore we ha e made enough purchases from other countries where the crops were unusually good. The Germans also bought cereals in thos countries, but their purchases are. or will be seized by the allies and will go either to England or France." The coal output of France has been struck a severe blow by the war. The coal fields are in the hands of tho Ger mans in tho north. 5 r pt na LDDZ S, SAYS II SHAMBLE War Correspondent of Paris Journal Tells of the Terrific Slaughter in Germans' Cam paign Against Russians. FURIOUS ATTACK FAILS TO PENETRATE CENTER Battle for Six Days Finally Re- suits in Defeat of Von Hin denburg's Plan to Push Back Warsaw's Defense. PAKIS, Dec. 1. "Tor s:x days tho region about I.odz was a shambh s of blood and death," says the asteru war correspondent of the Journal in a dispatch received from Uu-siaa general headquarters today. His story follows: "The first phase of the ur-at battle of Lodz was the departure of six Ger man cavalry divisions towards tho east from Kolo on the Warthe river. They were supported by th- e-Uhtli army under (Jen. Macker.zen At Yiodslavsk the German forces attach ed the Hnssian corps jostd on tho Vistula. The Russians ft 11 back an, the Germans occupied Plotzk. "The second phase of the battle de veloped when the Russians having fallen back to the pz5ira river weio reinforced by three additional urmv corps. The German left wing com posed of two army corps advanced on Lovitz while the right wing composed of five army corps advanced against the Russian center in an effort to Pierce it. It crossed the Pzura river and plunged like a steel uo! int. the Russian line east of I.odz.. Tho object of Gen. von Hindenburg was clear. lie hoped that the Russian having their center broken, would rel tire all along tho line in order to re construct their army. This woul 1 leave Warsaw unprotected. Whole Country Aflame. "The Germans' eighth arm'v corps fought furious!;- to ir;ijn thi iri.vri- ticent prize. The German installed e.bservrrs in every village. The troops feumht from lnuie to house. Raj. id fire puns were mounted in the church tewers. "The eharacter of the fi-hting was terrific. The who!. country was allame. The smallest homestead was taken and retaken dozens of times and then disappeared in Ha me or went to splinters beneath the shells of artillery. It wa.s' a welter of blood, an orgy of lead and bavonots For six days the country around I.ods was a shambles. r;,T!nan aeroplane dropped i: bombs upon I.odz in ono elay. "The Germans succeeded in pene trating as far a- Kohou hki and Rzgof. souther of Rodz rnd victory seemed to bo within their nrasp. but Grand Huke Nicholas, tj, ius-'ari commander-in-chief, nnl Gen. Ru--scsky ami Invanoff had laid' their Plans well ar-d the G -rman generals were frustrated. Army in Tlirv Group-. "The' present phase of ?h,. situation is this: The German eighth army i? separated into thnc distinct group The jirst group lirS be(w.en Gumbiri and Rrzeziny. It was att;u K-d on, three sides and only one rool war left open for its rr treat, namely th road through Kutn., !,.!t Ru-f.r.-j are coming up Tn-m T-z and nr menaemg this iiM,. ,.f r(.t!rni(.nti Thi German forces lying r.. .,r Gb.von'o ar almost entirely irrounded. AnotI r r roup s.mth of Rzgow js trying to fight its way north ar-iirf --r whelming odds. its westward re treat is cut off entirely. The German forces nar Rzow and e;bc.,M,, be considered one vr.'Mo. The thir.I group west of Veljoun N ir: a Sr.r;.,:, position, but not a -rif: o-.. f.,r jtv rii-ht f!ar.k on the v; irth- riv. r still command tr.e Kal:--h road a;.' t'-: road" may sn ' e;thr r a r-tr a t or lor the !, soil of I f . T i n it is a gjganti c. remfofeomenb Tl. i s -lie ith !.! svrn tdiony j - r d. GIRL VENTURES BEYOND DEPTH. NEARLY DROWNS IN HIGH SCHOOL TANK Timely acticn 1 y Mi-s j; x Ve.b-r. N. Scott st.. s jy.-d the !-.. , f Rdna Nve. : 1 : p.-e --;. p. . n : , t !m hi-h sohol T :-!..'. r,o rr:jr Th gymnasium c!a-- w ,s sv. Pnmir.g in th high school tank, w'; lift.!-' Ml-V(, ventured be- or.d . r U ; th. ,-: .! ,- e-ontrol of h' i.-lf. - !- .;? . . f ,r "i!,- and sink. Mi- Wed-r r t v.- t ue ;t -ration and pjet.jypij. m. 1 ? :.'!!? th girl safely to th.. :,.. , f . . r:. ill e T'-cts follow- j . :, Mis Nye had ) -.- n t . : : l.- 'a '. rr: ;r;n? nww.,r and ha. atta :rvd a f 'r d"gr of v-;rf.si, but had been -.;rr:-d 1 r Mis. Goodman. h - i r. r f r, st.iy near th.e s-h'e of the t m'-; v.h r" :h - wa littlo danger. She though: sh would try her skill a .! -v- r a!- ired that she v.a in ' ;. w.t. r sh br came frighten. J. TOWN IN THRPFS OF SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC GPi:i:XVILLi:. p,.t p.,-. l jame. town, the quiet i3Pg-- .- iy ru:i r rth of here, i in the :hr"-s of m ill; ,x. and the ntire town lias n ; ' l nr. dej quarantine by the state b.. ir-l of health. T'Ai r.t-M v. i cases of the d : have he.-n. re: orted and the re.-id. nts are thoroulil'.- alarmed. GOSHPN. Wh.'t w .l thought t a se :i m . :r - f(.t ar d mouth hogs near here ! as been !'und to chedera. Marjy animal.- ha e db-l and farmers iU"o lercir.iuj damn-. EASTERN HIBITEB