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SONERS ARE CRUCIFIED: NUNS ATTACKED
nrnrf r nr nnrunp Pinrri
rLurLL yrouLfiyDinto
Elena Theodorini, Taken
Being Spy for Luxburg,
in isuencs iures; too Close inendsnip with Lux
burg Causes the Arrest of Brilliant Singer.
CKN'OS AIRES, Argentina. Dec
22. Few romen ever bare been
so popular and so beloved by the
Ircrentine public as Elena Theodorini,
aa opera tinker famous In this coun
try, who Tras arrested by officers of
a French cruiser on a charge that she
was a spy In the employ of count
Tiuxbunr the former German minister
Count Luxburp received his
ajports from the Argentine govern--uent
for sending to Germany a sug
gsuon that Argentine ships be sunk
without trace.
La Theodorini, as she has always
been called in Argentina, took passage
n board the steamer for Europe In
company with a group of theatrical
jersons who were known to be friends
f count Luxburg. The steamer was
-alted off Montevideo by British
cruisers and some of the others of the
theatrical group were placed under
rrest, but Theodorini was not mo
lested until the steamer was over
hauled by a French cruiser off the
Spanish coast.
Arrest Cwcsee BurprUe.
?Cews that the cruiser had taken her
Camouflage Camps
Winter Colors
By HENItT
22. Camou- j
ARIS. Trance, Iee.
yj flage camps are working at top
speed now all over France, pre
paring new material of all kinds for
he winter to replace that which has
"een In use since last spring and fall.
to follow the course of the seasons.
For spring and summer, green and
.lie are the predominant colors in
camouflage, because foliage and grass
make those the prevalent oolors on
'he average landscape. In Autumn va
rious changes are made to suit cli-j
malic conditions, as, for example, in
t.ie case of a big gun hidden by false
ashes and Tinea. During the summer
t t looked natural enough in Its leafy
-rreen bower, but with all vegetation
''.sad in the lata fall, it Is necessary
Iff TO GET
M PUDDING
JN CHRISTMAS
England Sends Half Pound.
or .ruaainr lor iivery 001-
dier in the Army.
CANTEEN FUNDS
BEAR THE COST
LONDON, Ewe, Deo. 22. The secre
tary of the war office makes
the following announcement:
At the request of the army conncil,
'he director general of voluntary or-
fc-anlxations has made arrangements I
.ta contractors for the supply of a
eu-ticient quantity of plum pudding to
sj je a ration of ualf a pound of plum
prodding- to every soldier serving with
(he British expeditionary force in
"'ranee, whether in the field or in hos
pital lias Assistance Food Controler.
Having regard to the shortage of
te essential ingredients for making
Christmas puddings, the director gen
eral has only been able to make the
necessary arrangements with the as
sistance of the food controler and the
e'jar commission.
la view of the congestion of traffic
1 will not be possible to grant trans
port facilities for the conveyance to
France of consignments of plum pud
d'ng other than those referred to
cbove, -and the army council hope that
the public will refrain from dis-pa-filing
plum pudding to the troops
in that theater ot war. other Christ
mas gifts will, no doubt, be much ap
preciated. The whole expense of providing the
required Quanii'y or ruaaing to en-
,5
Jiil
. - . - . " . i i iic icaiuBuL tutu ma premier y- ;
-1 n every soldier serving with theiir.n(i t,ov. .ij.-....f .-i.,-. -a
ij.iwci. niu.iiaij im i" r'5 1
'ia".f a pound of pnddlng each will be
ijorae by tne expeaitiontry loroe can
teen Xnnds.
U. S. Steel Embargo Is
Not Interfering Greatly
With Japanese Builders
Toklo, Japan, Dec 22. Breaking
rff the steel negotiations with the
United States has not created the sen
r it -ton which had been supposed would
Jullow. The authorities are able to
r tmounce that the stock of steel
chapes on hand if unexpectedly large
i nd that tbe shipbuilders can adopt
j leasures which Mi!! enable them to
t'"' on without gYi-Rt inconvenience
i. ".til the government bteel works
c.ine to their a-istance.
Zerman - Calls for All School Wall Maps&2r ldea of weariDE co,ored Bh0
,r i i The Cap Shop girls appeared one
III' - ;'!;
i
cth on Back Will Be Used for Clothing
ERNE, Switzerland, Dec 22. German
to stae on the ensi? threatening by
insr. The authorities have ordered
liiat are mounted on irr.en or ciotn ot
, The maps will be separated from the
arapply ef iiiea thus obtained will be
From a Vessel on Charge of
iad Been Popular Favorite
from the passenger steamer on charges
of espionage came as a surprise to
Theodorini's admirers In this city, for
he general public did not know, as
did diplomatic circles, that she had
been in recent years a great friend of
count Luxburg and a member of a cir
cle of theatrical women who were
dned and wfned at the residence of
the German diplomat.
La Theodorini came to Buenos Aires
in ISSi. Singing leading parts in well
known operas, she soon achieved a
wide reputation and afterward be
came so attached to Argentina audi
ences that 'she made her home In
this city. Since then she has figured
in the musical and theatrical life of
Argentina, although she had retired
from the operatic stage.
One of her acts which endeared her
to the Argentine public was her ap
plication for naturalization, inasmuch
as she was the first woman of a for
eign country to take such a step.
Last year she paid a visit to New
York, where a festival was given In
her honor by the Metropolitan Opera
stars. She returned to Buenos Aires
in February last. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.)
Working on the
to Replace Greens
G. WAIVES.
to change the green mastc gradually
to a brown or gray, just as though
the camouflage bushes were dying. ;
For winter the camouflage runs to .
white, for snow scenes, mixed with I
black, brown and gray tor mud. j
The French army is continually
paying more and more attention to I
its camouflage service and there are i
numbers of Ame'rican camouflage stu- I
dents in the various camps, learning!
the art that they may handle it for
the United States army. '
Various sectors of the front have
their own special camouflage camps.
The chiefs of these camps are often
es scene painters, and many of them
ar old habitues of Montparnasse and
the Latin quarter. They study the pre
vailing color conditions at the front
and concentrate all their energy on
devising camouflage to meet those
particular conditions.
PRESIDENT SY
CONSTITUTION IS
NEEDED BV CHINA
Election Law for BepubKciS,r,rjrS:
Also is urged bv x oner
j Kwo-chang.
iPREmERlttlNS IN
PLEA FOR PROGRESS
P'
ERIN. China, Dec. 22. Tho Chi
nese republio must have a new
eonstitntion. a nf eloettan law
and parliament must be reorganized,
in the opinion of president Feng
Kwo - chang, and premier Tuan Chl-
juL
An effort to achieve the objects
is in progress in the sessions of the
new national council, called by the
president and the premier for that
purpose.
Most of China's eovernraental dif
ficulties during tne last six years
were attributed by premier Tnan In
an address to the national council to
imperfections In the constitution. It
is the desire of the president and the
premier that a new constitution shall
be adopted and that it shall contain
provisions for satisfactory coordina
tion of the executive, legislative and
judicial branches of the government.
Rnth nffifinln .rwifntail nut In adrirM.
ses to the council that it was the ab-'
sence of such provisions in the pres
ent constitution tnat lea to tne out
break of numerous disorders and re
volts which have transpired in this
country since the beginning of the
attempt to organize a republic form
of government.
President nnd Premier Differ.
The president and the premier ap
whether the new constitution should
be promulgated by the national coun
cil or by a new parliament to be sum
moned after the work of the council
Is finished. President Peng told the
council that he sincerely hoped that
after it had revised the Chinese elec
tion laws, parliament would be called
to draft and promulgate the constitu
tion; but premier Tnan urged the
council itself to amend the fundamen
tal law of the Chinese state.
"Unless we have a strong and sound
government, we never will be able to
survive the struggle of tbe nations."
declared the president- "To form a
nation and to establish It on a firm
basis is a colossal task. Six years is
too short a time to prove whether
government by the people is suitable
for China. Therefore. I entertain i
TJSTVl. "r.iS" Zlrl
Vssociated"p7ei ) '
.vssociatea 1 ress.) .
.''. " (
ingenuity has once more found a way !
reason ot trie lack ol ciol.c aiid cloth-
all schools to turn in old wall maps!
any sort. '
etoth by a, cleansing ' proces, and the
used for clothing cr linings
Work of the American
Ambulance Men Saves SO
Percent of
FRENCH FIIONT. Dec. 22. Almost
Incredible feats have been and
are being accomplished every day
of the war by the surgeons who treat
soldiers woun-led on the battlefield.
These remarkable feats have in
creased in frequency as the stricken
' men are more quickly gathered in
by tbe ambulances and brought to
the field hospitals for surgical In
tervention. At the beginning of the war It was
not always possible to clear up a
I battlefield of the casualties in less
than three or four days, and on many
occasions wounded men waited even
longer than their Injuries could be
handled. The result of this was that
large numbers of the wounded suc
cumbed from gangrene or blood
poisoning, or were renf3er,ed so feeble
from loss of blood that they were
unable to undergo operations that
were vitally necessary. It was at
that time regarded as a eatlsfaetory
result when 60 percent of the
wounded brought Into the hospitals
recovered eventually from their in
juries. This percentage of losses among
the wounded men would at present
be regarded with horror by the mil
itary surgeons, who now reckon
with perfect assurance on savin?
about nine-tenths of the wounded
men coming unrjir their treatment.
During the battle of Flanders the
percentage of recoveries among
wounded men brought to the hospitals
amounted to 86.
DO Oat of Every 100 Recover.
The striking figure was still far
ther improved on on the occasion of
the recent battle in which tbe French
wrested from the Germans the fort of
Malmaison and caused them to evac
uate the Chemin des Dames after
throwing away hundreds of thousands
or trie crown prince s best troops in
the effort to retain it. The French
surgeons' reports after the conclusion
of the fighting and the treatment of
all the wou"de'l rhow that 90 ren on
GERMANY FEARS
U.S. CONTflDL
OF TOE WDHLD
New Chancelor Says IT. S.
May Take England's
Place as Leader.
SOUNDS WARNING
TO THE BAVARIANS
By ERNEST r. ORR. I
ARIS, France, Dec 22. A mortal j
tlon prevails throughout the
whole of Germany. In his recent ad
dress to the Bavarian reichstag, count
Hertling, the new imperial chancellor,
declared that if an entente victory
were obtained only with the help of
America, it -would mean that the
United States would henceforward
take England's place as the leader of
rect the course of the world's trade.
So strong has the feeling become
that hen Zimmermann, former min
ister of foreign affairs, attempted to
I create a diversion by avowing the
I time had come for Germany and her
1 people to "cut loose from all Anglo-
baxonaom, but despite ms urgent in
vitation, tbe government declined to
commit Itself to an after the war
policy that would have as Its foun
dation a "complete severance" from
Anglo-Saxondom.
Would Prevent Peace Offer. Relief.
Inquiries in diplomatic circles here
reveal that a number of well in
formed men are of the opinion tu.it
e i .i is unwillinrr to accent Ilerr
Zimmerraann's policy because it
would preclude a probable offer oi ,
peace, tne basis or which would oe
territorial sacrifices for the economic
good of the country, and the offering
of geographical concessions in ex
change for an allied stipulation that
the entente would permit Germany to
resume her commercial development
unhindered.
Tbe almost unanimous opinion is
that the growing uneasiness exhibited
by Teutonic business circles and their
dread that the entry of the United
States and the South American repub
lics Into the war will close the last
remaining fields for German com
merce, will soon force the government
to throw out a peace feeler along tho
lines above mentioned. How else. It Is
asked, may Germany hope to procure
a peace treaty that will assure her of
a continuation of her commercial
prestige with the whole world united
economically against her?
Dependent Upon Her Enemies.
While Herr Zimmermann declares
in one breath it is "high time for Ger
- " -
many to declare a comnlete severan i's
from Anglo-Saxondom." he admits In
tbe next that after the war the central
empires will still be dependent upon
their enemies to replenish their ex
hausted stocks of raw materials.
Conclusive statistics are cited show
ing the United States and Great
Britain have practically a world mon
opoly of cotton, and that Germany's
situation with regard to several min
erals, especially copper,'ls particular
ly bad if trade concessions cannot be
forced or wrung from the countries
she is now fighting.
Girl Munition Workers
Denied Jewelry, Tae to
Gay Colored Shoe Laces
London. Eng.. Dec. 22.-Girl work-
ers ta the daner buildings at Wool-
wjch arsenal are not aiiowei to wear
' fAW.lrv Th... tiaA . 1 . r 1. I.
morning witn Drignt emerald freen
ribbons on their shoes much to the
envy of other departments. The next
morning the whole factory was In
the fashion, says Dr. A. K. Foxweli.
lnS,rmclI,a,Bn.f
, j,.t -...imi ,rb ani-th..,; s.
the eo-.ernment boot lace of untanned
tr. mo uumon spreau u me
.UVform dcrlnr ttrdmSe'r nSS? with '
resplendent shoe Iaceo,
the Woundedl
of every hundred brought to the hos
pitals recovered rrom their hurts.
Speed in collecting the wounaed is
the greatest factor in bringing about
mis progress.
Americans have had much to do
with the speeding up of the ambu
lance service: for their ambulances
have been present at every point
whre fighting has been severe and
their work has been highly praised
by the army commanders. Ameri
cans have done much in providing
hospital accommodation near the
front as well as at the bases.
American Girl In Great Udp.
One instance of American effort In
providing for the accommodation and
treatment of the wounded is that
under tbe management of Miss Kath
leen Park of New York, at h
chateau of AnneL There she has
worked almost since the very begin
ning of the war. While the battle for
the fort of Malmaison was In prog
ress the hospital dealt with a con
siderable number of wounded, who
were first ban "need on the battlefield
and then brought down the river
Alsne on board a barge fitted up as
a floating hospital.
Miss Park says there Is only one
thing needed to make her hospital
complete and that is what Is known
as an "autochir." composed of a trav
eling surgical outfit carried In five
automobile wagons one for the
operating room, one for the radio
logical examinations of wounds, one
for carrying bandages and supplies.
one for the staff and the fifth to con
vey the tent for the be-Js on which
the men lie after the operations and
while waiting to be conveyed to the
barge for transport to the hospital
base in the rear. If she possessed
this portable hospital she is convinced
that many lives would be saved, since
rapidity of treatment is the main fac
tor in dealing with wounds.
Hiss Park has working with her In
conjunction with the French military
surgeons a number of American doc
tors, who all participated In the
handling of the French wounded ur-
ing the battle of Malmaison. Also she
, has with her several American trained
i nurses and helpers Correspondence
iof The Associated Press.
I HE STEEL
FBI BICYCLES,
mm
Will Put Stop to Manufac
ture of Bicycles in tne
United Kingdom.
PRESENT STOCKS
SOON EXHAUSTED
LONDON, Eng., Dec. 22. The In
creasing demand for munitions
has stopped the issue of more
steel for making bicycles. No order
has been Issued against the manufac
ture of bicycles, but a representative
of the Daily Mail was officially in
formed that no new material is to
be supplied for their making.
nave Some Steel Left.
Manufacturers may make bicycles
with the steel on hand till it is ex
hausted. As far as possible steel
will be allowed for the maintenance
of bicycles already in existence and
for the supply of spare parts. The
prohibition is stated to be due simply
to the nee- for concentrating the sup
ply of steel more and more for es
sential war purposes in view of the
demand for an increased output of
munitions.
The amount of steel tube nsed in
bicycles (six pounds per machine)
and steel forglngs is not large, but
the view taken by the authorities is
that war essentials must be the first
consideration. and manufacturers
must realize the necessity for mak
ing the best use of the material in
hand.
Viscountess Curzon Is Active J
in War Relief Work in London I
' . " V .;. ...1 1
aee i&VSffi? WJTn ? EngUfa'8 Cd"If' VT '
artiTe titled workers JtnviBj to assist war sufferers ana rtlie: charities.,
V
1 American Beauty
1 To Son of Former King of Greece j
S-XKS IX3IAI JM&5DS.
MRS. WILLIAM B. LEEDS, sjn American, who his leased Kenwood estate,
formerly occupied by grand duke Michael of Russia, who gave it op
wfcTn Vh. Vr,V Z,. L&rlnA
when tie crar was dethroned
princess.
Airs. Leeds, it has been reported, is
ySSSf-WS 2 !f0i Greece. He U 29 years old, good looking
au.uuiiiucu uu ui iuijuk ijuuoulj. ,uc u iiiau -uuiiu vi i-iufc vjcT",c solntely unnecessary and wanton de
England, j stnrction wrought by the retiring
RfTISH BUILD HUGE SUBWArSTO
9IVE GERMANS SURPRISE ATTACKS
Gen. Byng's Big Drive Was Made Possible by Great
Tunnels Through Which Long Trains Carried Guns,
Ammunition and Men to the Front, Leaving
Surface Unplowed by Shell Fire.
By nranr
ABIS, France, Dec 22. Extensive ,
Kj developments in tunneling sub-
ways and other forms of subter
ranean passages contributed largely
to the smashing success of the first
phase of the British offensive con
ducted by the third army, under Gen
Sir Julian Byng, who was In com
mand of the ill fated forces at Galll
poli in 19 IE.
Through Indefatigable labor cover
ing a period of several months the
British army's engineering forces con
structed a series of tunnels compar
able to New Tork's four track sub
way lines from bases many miles
In the rear directly to their advanced
trenches, at Intervals along the 40
mile front selected for the attack.
It was deemed prudent to adopt
this method of preparation In place of
the hitherto Invariable artillery
bombardment. Several factors In-
Lady cuezoH .
Reported Engaged
7r,A l,t M. inrnZ We.
and he lost Jm income, may become a
"The devastated country and vil-
engaged to prince enrixtopner Of ureece,
c. wales.
duced the adoption of the new form
ula for offensive tactics.
In the first place, one of the prin
cipal defensive features of the Hin
denburg line was the fosse, or tunnel,
running the whole length of the sec
ondary defensive position, with an
tennae running rearward at Intervals.
This enabled tbe Germans to shift
even light pieces underground.
Secondly, the condition of the ter- j
rain over which the battle was to be ,
fought was such that it was infinite
ly better that It be kept solid, dry
and firm for the advance of the at-
tacking units. instead of being
pounded to a bog of mud and slime ,
by tbe tremendous hammering of i
thousands of shells.
Thirdly, It was of the v. '.most value
that the thrust should be a surprise
attack, as It was well known that the
German high com man I believed
firmly that Sir Douglas 3algs atten
tion was concentrated oa the Tpres
sector.
Fought on Field Picked bo nindenbarc
Gen. Byng's victory was won on the
battlefield chosen by von Hindenburg
when he retreated to the famous
"line" which bears his name In Feb
ruary and March last. As the Ger
man troops fell back tbey syste
matically devastated the country,
felling trees, blowing np whole for
ests, dynamiting villages and remov
ing every crumb and vestige of cover
for advancing troops from the map.
They left the zone of operations bare
and naked to the view of their ob
servers on ridges In the rear, in cap
tive "saussge" balloons and airplanes.
The British and French pushed for
ward their lines In contact with the
I enemy and dug In and Intrenched last
March when the German retreat
I stopped at the Hlndenbnrg line, pre-
pared months In advance and admlr
i ably protected by barbed wire en
tanglements on a scale never before
seen.
During the early summer prelimi
nary work was begun for tbe sudden
smash which materialized on N'ovem
I ber 20. From points far In the rear
I protected by suins of villages de
i stroyed daring the battle of the Som-
me in the latter half of 191S. and
I from the cover of woods and forests
in Men had sprouted new vearetation
I rfnit .ha aVo nA V.-K ..... -
retreating vandals, the tunnelers and '
.at)li hcti thffir wnrir i
nymvlnUUtJi Sub'ivaya,
The underground routes leading to-
j ward the front were no torturous sub- ;
terranean passages with tiny, narrow
' gage railways and little cars hauled
by mules pulling a few shells to eac-a
load. Instead thev were' fine, larze.
well ventilated and lighted subways, j
with standard gage railways Inside
and whole trains, propelled by elec
tricity, carrying shells, food and other
munitions up toward the front.
Entire batteries of the greatest
: guns ever used in history, as well as
. the gigantic trench mortars evolved
by pos.tion warfare, were sent for
I ward by tbe underground routes, and
men in the trenches were relieved by
I fresh divisions, ho traveled in style
I on the subway trains. Later, on the
eve or tne attack, whole regiments or(
I cavalry were sent through the tun- i
, nels on the heels of the great tanks
mat lumDerea tnrougn ana held them
TeP'
I selves in reaainess to St
I Urenk Into German
It was no wonder that the German '
units occupying the Hlndenburs line :
sectors opposite the front chosen for
T. SSKh sbegTo.'h"!
hen 11 PC la t ! anrl if tVw
Sfcii ,r: "D" ? i
yWLTiy0& '
,B cf pr?.irit:on, 8 j
I
!
0. 5. EIINEEIS RELATE THE
NEWEST CRUELTIES flF EEflMflHS
Convents Are Entered and Nuns Violated; Prisoners
Crucified and Held Up to View of Enemies; Towns
Wantonly Destroyed When Germans Find They
Cannot Hold Them From the Allies.
N
ETV YORK. Dec !2. Crucifixion
of Canadian and Scottish sol
diers by Germans on the west
ern front, with wholesale outrages on
nuns In acptured convents, are given
by members of tbe 11th United States
engineer regiment in letters received
here as the causes of a determination
they express to fight to a finish and
to give or take no quarter.
"If All of America eonld hear the
horrible tales these refugees tell andldlan and Scottish battalions take no
see tbe country about us here." says ; prisoners. They give and ask r.o
one letter, "there would be 5,M.0W i quarter. The reason Is that the oche
American soldiers training for war has several times crucified the Cana
and war loans would be oversub-! dian and Scotch prisoners and feeld
scribed by billions." Ithen above the trenches In view of
Destruction Is Wanton. their battalions. In one such case s
One of the officers of the regiment Canadian battalion went rizht over
1 ' " Robert RMfjeway. of
i ,h- n.Mi. ui-. mi..imi umiK
lages destroyed oy sneuiire. l eup -
Pose. g-J, -
i enemies. His usual wonderiui ana sys-
tematlo methods have been applied
' to this destruction, waoie towns mat
have been completely destroyed by ' degenerate mind. In fairness to oa.'
dvnamite. We find notches cut In the many very fine acquaintances of Ger
fe wstandlng wails and marked with 'man birth In America, I will say that
the size of the Charge te be used. Ev-'the German prisoners I have s,o ac-
' idently every building had been sys-
VI. .1 11 I w .
long In advance, for blswlng np- upon
retirement.
"So homes, beautiful chateaus, gar
den walls, little summer house are all
blown up. Shade trees, flowering
shrubs are cut down or the bark cut,
ao the trees will die. Cemeteries have
tbeen ransacked; graves and vaults
1 opened: bones thrown about or in
' heaps on the ground. 1 have seen the
cemeteries, that are awful eights; one
body dragged half-way out of the
casket; coffins broken open and the suppose every one In Germin" is kept
bones from several dumped into or.e.lin Ignorance of the true sltuit.Tn."
I Tl Ell
E
CH BRITISHER
I NHS I OFT
Spends $5 on Each Gift for;
Soldiers on Furlough in j
French Capital.
SAYS AMERICANS
WELL CARED FOR
By nENRT G. WALES,
-v-v ARIS. France. Dec 22. Frank
L Gould has arranged to give every
British soldier who Is In Paris
on furlough on Christmas a handsome
present. It Is expected that there will
be at least 6000 fighting men from
every branch of the British service.
Englishmen. Canadian, Australians.
New Zealanders and African Colon
ials, here for the holidays.
Spend 5 For Bach Gift.
Mr. Gould is expending an average
of J5. or 25 francs, for each present,
so that his gift to the "Tommies" will
cost about 5-5.000. Mr. Gould long ago
made arrangements for obtaining the
presents he will dispense, and already
has a great stock of articles ready
for distribution. All will be in the
form of useful gifts such as safety
razors, with soap and brush: luminous
wrist watches that show the time
In the darkness: fountain nens and
letter writing kits and similar ob
jects. Besides his present, each sol
Will fiaVC
dier will have also a bag of candy
we 5ev4 lod '"A ,rf,'fi
nave ae eloped extraordinarily since
the na be" n th
To Hound Cp Tommies,
The gifts will be distributed at the
various British charity organizations,
clubs and soldier rest camps scat-
tered about Paris. Besides that, Mr.
Gould will send several of his sec-
retaries around Paris in automobiles
on Christmas day to round nn Tom
mles" they meet on the streets ana
make sure the men received their
presents.
Knnwa Americans Cared For.
Mr. Gould, who is living at Maisons
Lafitte, where his string of race
horses are stabled, is playing Santa
Claus to the British soldiers because
he is well aware that all American
troops In France will be well taken
care or oy tne scores or different or-
ganizations conducted here by Amer-
leans.
Christmas trees, dinners, en-
British Canteens Save Used Tea Leaves
:.!:- - :fl:
Used by Government
T ":1' t::-:-tr.uct,0Ui
Th. "d leave, are not tosecT
-n connect-oa with munition making.
Evidently the boche was looking fee
jewelry, was simply malicious, or
both.
Soldiers Crucified.
"Those things could not bs dons
without the knowledge and permis
sion of the officers, and the thing is
so complete that it looks as though,
it was all a part of an official pro
gram. I never did believe the stories
we got In America, of the outrages. I
have to believe them now, and trier
are many times worse than the stor.es
that. I heard at home. Certain Cana
the top after th. boches without or-
U.itl v.i-r f.w or ihn hv. ,.m.
back. A British chaplain to!d me that
i no snows personally or a Belgian
"nun, Xd uS'WSSS when tr?
boches fell back.
"I cannot understand w'.iat tae
mental operations or processes of the
German can be. I cannot understand
wnat his object can be. It mun ba
pear to be largely a different lu-
t .!. ri a I i ri.1.
look not of a particularly hiirh ;vdc
Major does not agree with m
ln this. He says he can see among
inem mo counterpart or every t---man
he ever knew.
- Ignorant of U, S. Entry.
"The prisoners will not ie'.iee tha
we are American troops. The s.i .
"No, it Is Impossible Our su.-n.ir n
have stopped all traffice betwe-i
America and Europe.' That is the
way with every German so. die- aid I
'AUSTRIA ISSUES
' GALLFOR BELLS:
T1S1EII
Bell Makers Refuse Money
for Making Steel Bells,
Demand Food.
GOVERNMENT TAKES
BELLS ONCE ESEMPT
j, O PENH AG EN, Denmark. Dec J2.
A second requisition of church
V-l bells has taken place in Austria.
to the sorrow of the Catholic popula
tion of that country, according to ad
vices received here A limited num
ber of bells had been spared, thank
to the vigorous representations of the
Episcopal church authorities. But the
government came to the conclusion
that further requisitioning was nec
essary, with the result that the church
has had to sacrifice many more of Its
familiar and cherished bell? to the
never satisfied Moloch of war
Demand Pay in Foodstuff.
The Idea of substituting steel bells
tor bronze has not yet eventuated,
owing to the onerous conditions stip
ulated by bell manufacturers, who de
manded, among other things, that ibe
price should be paid In foodstuffs for
the workmen In the factories (Cor
respondence of the Associated Press.)
tertainments and smokers for the
American soldiers have been arrange.!
for half a dozen different places and
every soldier will be welcomed. Near
ly all English soldiers entitled to
leave will go home to "Blighty" to
enjoy themselves, and it is chleflv
for the British Colonial troops, fror
Canada, Australia. New Zealand and
Africa, that Mr. Gould has arrange-;
tbe gift giving.
Memorial to CapL Fryatt
Erected by Neutral States
London. Eng, Dec 22. A strik
ing marble memorial to Capt. Fry?
the merchant shipping captain wh
was executed by tbe Germans, bit.
just been erected In London. An n -scription
records merely that It is t'n
gift of "neutral admirers of his bra
conduct and heroic deth." The co '
was contributed bv the Netherlan.'
section of the League of Neutra.
states.
-
to Make Munitions
"-V? -
in making bflTerage, bttt ar n.e i
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