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TlfK KEK: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1915.
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CHRISTMAS CAROLS
SUNG OHWAR FIELD
Etc of Holiday Celebrated by Ger
man! After Russian Attack on
Lines is Orer.
DELATED STORY FROM FROUT
en rrr I fttaeltrr flat In Trfurtrt
and Artillery Positions that Ioes
Sot.Dlaplny III Ynlrtlde
Tree.
HEADQUARTERS OF THF. TKNTJI
OKRMAN INFANTRY DIVISION OS
TIIR RAWKA KIVLK. Poland. Pec. .
(Via Courier to Berlin, thence to lxn
Jn. Jsntisry a.) "Artillery preliminaries
for a general infantry attack will begin
at noon; Infantry attack begins at 2
oclock." Thl was the Christina day
order telephoned nnd elenalled to the
Uerman army on the Ilawka yesterday
morning.
Th thunder of a heavy cannonade and
I ha rattle of Infantry fir heard
along the wliole Una during the ahort
Christmas afternoon. The attack resulted
In a alight advance of the Tenth Infantry.
At ene point a brigade waa thrown
acrom the awampy valley and succeeded
In gaining a foothold on the other aide.
Proirm IlinTT.
But progress waa . alow against the
triple row of Russian tranche on the
hilla and In tba wooda on the east bank
of the Rawka. which poaltlon la protected
by a broad belt of awampa In which the
Herman cannot entrench, aa their
trenchea fill Immediately with water.
Tba ahort winter dayi and the fogi
hanging oonalantly aver the valley give
the German artillery only an hour or
two dally In whlrn to aover the German
advance by an effective bombardment. A
few daya of hard front and clear, sold
weather would make the task eaeler, but
Uia winter In Poland bo far ha a been
exceedingly mild. There la no mow and
tliawi keep tha (round marshy, convert.
Inc tnto ouagmlre tha road over which
ammunition supplies must be transported.
Headway "eeeeearlly Slaw.
Under such circumstances only slow
headway can be expected in a frontal
attack against tha present Ruaslan po
sitions. A few hours of sunshine yesterday tave
tha German aviators their first oppor
tunity la a week to- reoonnolter tha Rua
slan lines. One of tha aviators reported
that long wagon trains war parked In
tha road through tha forest near tha
Ruaslan lines. This Information waa con
veyed to tha German artillery and a
surprise was arranged for tha Russians.
At a given signal several heavy batteries
opened fira on tha road.
Have Esact Staaa-e.
The effect could not be determined
definitely as ths fog again settled before
tha aviator could reaacend. The bat
terlea bad the exact range, however, and
tha havoc caused was presumed to have
been great. But little was beard during
the day from the Russian artillery, which
Is believed to be short of ammunition on
this section of tha front
Although Chrlstmaa waa a battle day
for tha Germans. Christmas eve, which
to the Germans Is the most important
Part of tha yuletlde. was comparatively
yulet. A Ruaalan meaaaga had announced
a general attack alotur the whole Una
for the evening. . when , the Germans
cr. celebrating. The Russian ' attack,
however, developed In force only, at one
potnt-againat the German army corps
to the aouth of this place, where the
Russians launched a heavy infantry at
tack, well supported by artillery. 'They
were beaten off and lost heavily, par.
tlcularly in prisoners. ,
Treea In Shelter Hats.
Elsewhere along the llns tha German
soldiers celebrated Christmas as nearly
as possible In home fashion. There waa
scarcely a shelter-hut In tha trenches
and artillery positions, which did not
display a Christmas tret decorated with
tinsel and gay colored candles that had
been reposing In the soldiers knapsacks
for many week. Tha correspondent rid
Ins along- the lines, saw score of such
treea exhibited by the proud soldiers.
Most of tho Christmas packages from
l.ome had to' arrive. liavlnc been de
eyed by the miserable roads and rapid
movements of the army. But food tid
bit, bottles of wine, nips of rum and
arrack, carefully preserved for the cele
bratlon came to llgiit and helped to
fc-lve the real Chrlatmas feeling.
The cannonade on . this part cf the
front ceased almost entirely at dusk.
Kar and near could be heard the rough
soldier voices joining In the Christmas
anthem. "Holy Night. I'eaceful Night."
Christmas carols ware heard from tha.
Russian line, too. at one point, prob
ably from the Polish soldiers, as the
Russian Christmas Is thirteen days later.
At the division staff Quartern a large
tree waa aet up in the dining room of
a country house. The division commander
mad a brief address to his staff, and
simple pieaeiiU. which bad been collected
with difficulty were distributed to the
enlisted men.
Urate red Steer la Heavy.
CHEYENNE; Wyo., Jan. -8peelel.)
A (-year-old steer, which la expected to
break the Wyoming record fur weight,
has been located by Bute Veterinarian
n. F. Davie en Tom rjn-s ranch at Bun,
fifty mil- from Casper. The animal.
which never has seen hay or grain, hav
"Ing Mubelated entirely on grass, weighs
I.3M pounds. He Is to be fed and the
state veterinarian believes his weight
can be Increased to . pounds. That
weight at present msrket quotations
would make the animal worth gfo. The
teer la a eon of a mother which has
lrne sixteen calves, only one of which
I heifer.
II
Sore Tiiroat
Cold inCIiest
First rob tha chert or throat wkb
Cmega Oil; then soak a piecs of flo
cl with tba Oil and put it around tha
neck or throat, and cover with a piecs
vf dry flannel. This simple treatment
uuaiy give relief. Tru" tcula lot
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Little Hitman Interest Stories of
the Bis World
fray tied to Smile .
LONDON, Jan. S.-Py reo.uet King
George tomorrow m be observed aa a
day of Intercession and special prayers
for the success of the allies' arms will
he offered In every churrh snd chspel
of all creeds snd religions la the kingdom.
Rla; Order for Shells.
PITT PRl ROM. ajn. S.-A local menu,
lecturing company today received from
a Washington corporstlon orders for lJS.
WO shrspnel shells. 100,000 of them of
large tallher. Three hundred men will
begin work on Monday morning filling
the order st a cost of STSO.OflO. The shells
are to be shipped to Washington. What
becomes of them afterward the manu
facturer does not know.
Plaa , Resist laeadere.
LONDON, Jan. S-Stlmulated by the
expectation that Germany would prob
sbly some dsy attempt a landing on the
east cosst of England. Torkshlra Is mak.
UNCLE SAM ASKS
FOR INFORMATION
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America Wants to Know English
Nation's Stand Upon Naral
Stores.
PLEASED BY SHIPS' RELEASE
t osanannieatloai Bald te He First
Pretest tpectfle Articles
Listed aa Afcsolnt Con
traband. WASHINGTON. Jan. l-Whlle no word
cama from Ambassador Pare today as
u the character of the reDlv which
Great Britain will make to the Arm lean
note of protest concerning Interference
witn American trade, there were several
developments m the general shipping sit
uation.
Tho United F tales asked Great Britain
for Information aa to how the letter's
statement early In November, that naval
stores, Including rosin, camphor and tur
pentine, would be regarded as non-contraband,
will be reconciled In actual prac
tice with the notification from the Bri
tish foreign office of a week ago, saying
these products now are absolute contra
band. Information is sought as to how
cargoes now en route are to be affected,
and whether resinous 'products are in
oluded In the classification.
Mast Reek It Here.
The Italian ambassador Informed the
State department that while statistics
would make It appear that extraordinary
amounts of copper shipped from the
United States to Italy might be for un
neutral purposes, the fact of the matter
was that, as Germany needed Its own
copper, Italy could no longer Import
from tha countries Immediately to the
north of It, but must seek the metal In
tha American markets.
Much gratification was manifested at
tho Bute department because of the re
lease by Great Britain of the oil tank
steamers Tlflls nnd Naragansetta and the
freighter George R, Hawley, which' had
been held all Falmouth slnoa November
"Tho case bf the Brlndllla. originally
aetainea at iialllax and rearrested on
Its return journey from Egypt and taken
to a Trench port, la looked upon as likely
to produce complications.
Precedent Mar Bo Set.
Should tha question of change of regie
try be raised, a precedent mar be aet,
for while Great Britain has recognised
the transfers when of a bona fide Ma
ture, the attitude of Franco has never
been explicitly declared.
The communication which tha State
department aeat concerning the naval
stores Is said to bo tha flret protest on
speclflo article listed by Oreat Britain
as absolute contraband. In tha American
note of protest It was stated that, while
the United States objected to some of the,
classifications made, tho discussion of
them would bo reserved until another
time.
Naval Stereo Protect.
The protest concerning naval stores waa
communicated today to the governors and
senators of several southern states. Rosin
and turpentine had been Intended for bal
last with cotton cargoes and the British
government la on record as stating that
cargoes so made up would not be regarded
a contraband. The Stab department had
no sooner sent notification to this effect
to shippers than the British foreign of
fice published Its new list.
Although this phase of the situation
was not speclflcal'y mentioned In the
recent American note. It waa generally
understood to have been contributory for
the dispatch of the document.
Hedfleld'a Vtaraln.
To prevent the recurrence of charges
that American shippers conceal copper
and contraband articles In cotton and
other noncontraband cargoes, tha follow
ing formal notice, supplementary to
President Wilson's warning of last week,
wss Issued today by Secretary Redtleld
of the Department of Commerce:
The attention of shipper, of goods to
neutral countries Is called to the im
portance of having manifests complete
?iiUr1W.- i' I,nll also to avoid
in xlng coot r hand aoo.la In cargoes
otherwise not contraband, ll U alleged
J. ... 5",n" "'''- manifesta have
tl". c?' UJ" ""I'-abaad goods; also
thst efforts have Ue.. msde to conceal
contraband artlclee. or to alter their ap-
tS'pUis." " th"1 th" Wl" "
A single esse of tie kind le enough to
emhairaaa all American commerce to neu.
iln,r,wl by thru,n" ''ot en the
correctneM of our inaiiirte and on the
neutral n.tt.r. f our cargoes' thus pi i!
largoee thst otherwise would be avoided
German Soldiers See
Victory Before Them
LONDON. Jsn. S.-"Whlle some of the
German prisoners appear gloomy and
criticise their leaders, this Is no fair In
dlcatloa of tho sentiments of their fight
ing troops."
So says a British official eyewitness
at tha front In a dispatch dated Decem
ber tl, adding:
"Neither the pinch of real want, nor
the lack of men and material of war has
yst been felt by the Germans, nor has
the consciousness of defeat been brought
home to them.
"They belle, o that Russia has suffered
decisive defeat; that England la de
radeat and Prance exhausted aad f-ady
te make peace. They are conscious,
however, that (be war will hut ir.aoh
longer than at ftret expected
Bee Waal Ads Are the Best Business
Read Dally y People In aVarva f Ad
vertised Opportunities.
War Now Raging
Ing speclsl prepsralions to resist the In
vsders by enrolling a corps of civic
guards and volunteers whose chief pur
poses will be at thill and Is raising by
subscription funds with which to provide
uniforms, arms and equipment.
Twenty-Seven Corps Flht Rasa.
LONDON. Jan. I A Petrograd dispatch
to the Kxchange Telegraph company
says: "It is officially estimated t.iat
twenty-seven German array corps are
operating against Russia. Four hundred
thousnnd Germans and Austrlsns hsve
already been tsken prisoners and their
killed and wounded and three or four
times heavier.
Peaee Wllkont 1 lelory.
BERLIN. Jan. A (via The Hague to
London). Kmperor William, addressing
the correspondents, said, among other
things: "I hope you will be able In the
new year to report many good things.
We slisll not lsy down our arms until
we have gained a complete victory."
Euss "Orange Book"
Tells How Teutons
Forced Turk to War
PETROGRAD.aJn. I.-Sergus Paxoneff.
Russian minister for foreign affairs, to
day published an orange book, which
deals with th events preceding the Turk
lh st tack i on Russian seaports In the
Black rVa.
Tho orange book contains ninety-eight
documents and la Intended to throw light
on what Is termed In a summary of the
eontents Issued through the Petrograd
Telegraph agency, "the clandestine and
obstinate methods employed by Austro-
uerman diplomacy In forcing the Turkish
government reluctantly to war against
ine triple entente powers."
ne aocumenta In the book." It Is
stated In the official summary, "gave
evidence that tho Independence of the
Ottoman empire was already Imperiled
when the German military mission was
established In Constantinople. It van-
isned definitely from tha moment the
German cruisers Goeben and Breslau took
refuge In tho Dardanelles.
"The Younr Turks cabinet displayed a
cunnlngness thoroughly oriental in en
deavoring to escape from Teutonlo Influ
ences. "The diplomats of Great Britain. Franco
ana nussia, perceiving the little eager
ness which the Turks were showing to
permit themselves to be drawn Into the
war. which would Inevitably compromise
the country, tried to persuade the pa
clflo clement In tho Ottoman cabinet
"They succeeded, however, only In de
laying the rupture which was a part of
me leuionic program"
Shrapnel Wounds
Resemble Those of
Dum-Dum Bullets
NEW TORK. Jan. S.Shrnel wn..n.
have probably been errenously attri
buted to the use of dum-dum bullets,
and led to charges that tho nrohiMt
missiles were being used in the , Euro
pean wr, according to Dr. P. P. Walker
of Stotikton. Cal., who was in London
wnen uia war broke out and who served
in mo itarjes ambulance corps In France.
Dr. Walker, who arrived here on the
steamer Arablo from Liverpool today,
said he had failed to find in ivIiIm-.
of tha use of dum-dum bullets durtn
ma esrvco.
"Shrapnel appears to have been used
In nearly every battle," ssld Dr. Walker,
"and pieces Of steel entering the fleeh
making a small hole, would come through
on tha other side, causing1 great gaping
wounds, leading to tho impression that
soft-nosed or split bullets bad struca
the vlotima."
Passengers on tho A r agio reported a
roufh and somewhat axcttlno mv.r
For twenty-four hours, after leaving
Liverpool, ina alilp made Its way under
slow speed with every precaution taken
to avoid floating mines that recent
storms are said to ha'e torn from their
moorings,
Preacher Charged
With a Statutory
Crime; Life in Peril
OAKLAND. Cal.. Jan. 1-As a climax
to hours of grilling by a coroner's Jury,
threats of lynching- and an attempted
flight. Rev. R. A. M. Browne, minister and
temperance worker, was arrested late to
day charged with a atatutory crime. This
charge and that of responsibility for the
despondency which caused Mrs. Maude
Hendricks, wife of a Stockton engineer,
tj kill herself last Tuesday, were made
by the Jury after Coroner C. L. Tisdale
had excoriated the minister and accused
him of acting "like a hound and a dog-."
When Browne emerged from the Jury
room he was followed by a threatening
crowd. He obtained a lift from a passing
automobile god later, while walking
along a road near Hay w era. where the
Inquest was held, he was taken into cus
tody by a deputy sheriff and Ukea to
the Alameda county Jail. He was trans
ferred tonight to tha city prison here.
Roy Hendricks, husband of the woman,
waa carefully watched at the Inquest to
prevent aa attack en the minister.
Diplomaoy Not Alone
To Actuate England
In Reply to America
LONDON. Jsa. S.The Press association
In a paragraph declaring that the Brttwh
reply to the American note haa not yet
been delivered or drawn up, aays:
"The government will not be actuated
by diplomatic considerations alone, but
will be guided largely by naval and mili
tary expert opinion, and there Is not the
remotest question of relinquishing the
right which would militate against the
Interests of the ellle to the advantage
of the enemy. The most that can be as
peeled Is that every care w III be taken to
enauro that all right be exercised with
the maximum amount of care and the
minimum of hardship and friction."
The Presa association adds, that al
though the America a ambassador. Mr.
Pago, called at the for lan office on
Satardajr afternoon, his vlait waa not
prompted by any expectation of the Am
Uvery of the reply. The whole matter la
receiving careful consideration by tha
government and the reply will duly be
made lu c. nsMeiable detail."
!(J, S. PASSPORTS FOR
TEUTON RESERVISTS
Alleged Plot of Germans to Funmh
Soldiers with Papers to Cross
Sea Disclosed.
FOUR TAKEN OFT OF STEAMER
Froaalaeat ew York Lawyer and
Politician A ere ted In Pblla.
delfthla, Mast kssaortaat
of All.
NEW YORK, Jan. -Through a series
of srreets in this city and one In Phila
delphia there was brought to light tonight
what the Department of Justice alleges
wee a well organized conxplracy to enablo
German army officers and reservists to
return to Germany on fraudulently-obtained
American passports.
Most Important of the arrests. In the
belief of government officials, Is the one
made In Philadelphia, the prisoner there
being Maurice Delches, prominent as a
lawyer and politician In this city. It waa
alleged that Delches wss active In ad
vleing reservists In connection with pro
curing the passports.
Active la Politics.
Mr. Delches has been active in demo
cratic politics and ran for county register
on the Tammany ticket at the last city
election. Ha will bo brought here, it was
announced tonight, on Monday, and ar
raigned before United Rates Commis
sioner Houghton. That still more Im
portant developments might follow, how
ever, was Intimated by government au
thorities, ss It waa aald that others In
high position were associated with the
attorney In his alleged activities In behalf
of Germans anxious to return to their
native land to Join the army of the em
pire. Takea Off Steamer.
Four of the men made prisoners were
taken off the outgoing steamer Ber
gensfjord. bound for Norway and al
leged to have had fraudulent passports
in weir possession. One of them waa an
army officer, Lieutenant Wllhelm Arthur
Bachse. Ha waa paroled. The other
three were German reservists who were
held under bond. Others arrested here
were Carl Ruroede. a former steamship
agent, charged, with the others, with
conspiring to defraud the government
through the use of the American pass
ports. Ruroe-des 17-year-old aon. John
Aucher. alleged assletant of Ruroede, and
four men were detained as material wit
nesses. The three reservists, Walter Mul
ler. August Meyer and Herman Wegener,
wh; recently came here from Chile, were
held in sr,0oo bail each.
There were detained also, under $600
ball each, four others as material wit
nesses, two with American and two with
German names.
Tha arrests were the culmination, It
wss said at the Department of Justice
hsro tonight, of an Investigation which
had been In progress since t.he arrest In
cnsiua ci can Lody. who was aubse-
quently executed In the Tower of r..
don as a German spy.
State B area a Concerned.
ldy bad pass port Issued to n
American and It became known to the
Department of Justice that other Amer
loan passports also were In the hands of
German citizens. This discovery waa of
great concern to the State department,
as It wa feared that Americans holding
perrectiy good passports would be open
to suspicion and possible peril cf their
Uvea In the countries belligerent to Ger
many.
Waive Kxamlaatloa.
Ail the defendants waived inminnnl.
Their case wilt go to the grand Jury.
In arraigning Lieutenant Saarhe .m h.
three privates. Assistant DUtrlct Attor
ney content told United States Cnmmi
sloner Houghton thst the government
did not consider their alleged offense in
any way criminal In Its nature.
wa realise," he said, "that th... e...
defendants were Inspired by the highest
patriotic motives. They were going home
iigai ior weir country. Thl i. th.
tail-end of a conspiracy in which they
are, unfortunately for them. Involved,
and in th Interests of Justice they must
e aciaroea within the Jurisdiction of
the court."
This la the parole to which T.t.nt...n
Saaoho. whose face waa scarred as If
irom wounds received In tho German
tudant sport of duelling, signed his
name;
Parole f Lleateaaat.
"I sailed today from th Rn.h i
dock In Brooklyn on the steamahlp Bcr
gensfjord. I was arreated .rt.e th. .hi.
had passed out Into tha harhnr i
rank In th German army Is lieutenant
oesireo to be discharged on mv o.n
recognisance, and If this Is done I give
niy word of honor as an officer and a
gentleman that I will keen the t it.
States district attorney for the ..h
district of New York advised of my
wnereaoouts. and I will not l..v. .h-
city of New York antll the proceedings is
TMuneiea in which I have been ar
rested. I also agree, en receipt of notice
rrom said United States district attor
ney, Immediately to surrender myself and
give ball In this proceeding."
Arreet Made la Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. J.n J.-w.!
reaentatlves of the department of Justice
tonight took Into custody Morris Deltch.
said to be an attorney of New vrw
a charge growing out of alleged Issuing
-"o rawpons in New York.
oelteh was arrested at th. hm.
his futhcr-ln-law In Mount Alew Phii..
dclphla. whose name th federal officer
would not make public, but who, they
said. Is wealthy.
If Deltch waives a haarlnr th. i-.i .
officers said, he will be taken to New
' prooaoiy tomorrow.
No roataaeat ta M.b.
WASHINGTON. Jan. .Aet!n, s.e,.
tsry lnsln- of the State department had
no commoot to make tonight on the ar
rest in New York of Qermans accused of
a conspiracy to use fraudulently .Amerl
csn passports. He said he bad been ad
vised of the detail, of the case by the
Department of JusUce. which had gath.
ered the evidence.
In other quarters It was said all bel
ligerent governments would be advised of
the action la these cases, as a wanting
against violations by their subjects of
American neutrality lawa la th fraudu
lent use of American passports.
to rvRs a coin ora oat
Take Laxative Bromo Oulnlne Tablets.
Druggists refund th rjoney If It fall
to cur. . w Orwt'i signature Is on
each box. a eenta.
ntten Ben to rrann.
WASHINGTON. Jn. S.-A consignment
Iniiuriin tweuty-tno esses of supplies
and l'O bales of absorbent cotton la be
ing snt by the American Red Crosa
to Pan, 1 rn.f, l r tu hospital
unli already are maintained.
!PIERRE IS m m
Everything in Readiness for Open
ing of Dakota Legislature.
INAUGURAL BALL A FEATURE
Harmony Appears Asaaaa; tho Law
makers aad Contests for Posi
tions Are 4 lens; Friendly
Linen.
PIERRE, R. D Jan. S.-4f5peclal Tele
gram.) There la a decided contrast be
tween conditions here and at this date
before the opening of the seeelon two
years sgo. It Is an era of good feel
ing, so fsr ss sufsce conditions show.
While there Is a contest between P. J.
Tschsmer, former speaker, and C. A.
Chrlstorherson of Minnehaha, for the
sakerihtp. there Is no fractional bit
terness In the corteet. While many of
the members will not arrive until to
morrow, with those on th ground, the
Indications appear to ahow Christopher
son In the lead, but the friends of Tschar
ned do not concede anything and say It
will be settled when tho caucus acta some
time tomorrow.
With a number of applicants for place
on the ground, contests so far are for
the minor places and the opposition to
1h principal desk positions In the two
bodies haa not developed, but tomorrow
may bring In new candidates. Edward
Moscrelp of Lincoln, nnd John McDon
nell of Beadle counties, veteran guard
ians of the outer doors of the house,
and senate, are here asking for tho honor
another time with no apparent opposi
tion to their desires.
The state capttol Is being decorated
with flowers and bunting for the Inaug
ural reception an ball. Tuesday even
ing, both events to be held In the state
house, the ball In the main corridor, fol
lowing Immediately after the reception.
The reception Is managed by the state
officers and clerk and tho ball by tho
citizens of Pierre. With tho only Invtta
tolns open ones to all residents of the
state, the attendance promises to be
large, as many of the member are bring
ing their wive and daughter with them
for the occasion.
Heavy Fire Loss
Caused by Stub
Of a Cigarette
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1-Two fires
today caused more than tl.SOO.000 damage
in Philadelphia and Camden.
Trains of the New York division of the
Pennsylvania railroad were held up for
more than an hour and a half by the
flames, which destroyed the lumber yard
of tho Charles Fate company and veven-
teea dwellinga on Glenwood avenue In
North Philadelphia, while traffic on the
Philadelphia A Reading railroad from
Camden, N. J., was discontinued by a
fire which destroyed its station thcrj and
damaged the lumber yard of C. B. Coles
and th John Dialogue shipbuilding plant.
Four firemen were Injured at the Cam
den fire, while nearly half a hundred
were overcome by tho heat and smoke
from the flames In this city.
The origin of the fire In North Phila
delphia is unknown. Flame were dis
ci ve red shortly after 8 o'clock in the
lumber yard, which occupies three and
a healf acres. So rapidly did the flames
spread that one of the fire engines which
had been attached to 'a nearby water
plug was attacked and partly consumed.
Twenty-one fire companies were engaged
there, whit four other went , to the as
sistance of th Camden department.
A cigarette thrown In some waste In
the corner of the waiting room Is be
lieved to have caused tba fir In th
Camden railroad station. Four parlor
cars and twenty-one passenger coaches
were destroyed. Tho loss to the Reading
railroad Is estimated at f 196,000; C. B.
Coles' Sons. 1150,000, and th Dialogue
shipyards, fS.OOO.
Will Ask T, R. if He
Cares to Talk About
The Colombia Treaty
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Presldent Wil
son took couneel with several leaders of
the senate today In an effort to hasten
the administration' legislative program
for the session.' He Is anxious that It
shall be further advanced before he
leaves next Thursday to apeak at In
dianapolis. With Senator 8tone. chairman of the
foreign relations committee, Mr. Wilson
discussed the status of the Colombian and
Nlcaraguan treaties, both of which he
hopes to see ratified at thts session of
congress. Bcnator Stone said later he
would write Immediately to former
President Roosevelt, asking him If he
desired to be heard by the committee as
to the Colombian treuty which provides
for the payment of SS.OOO.OOO to Colombia
for canal sone property. When the
treaty was first drawn Mr. Roosevelt
protested sgalnst Its ratification, until he '
had been given an opportunity to discus
It before the committee. He was assured
the opportunity would be provided.
President Wilson has found It Impos
sible to grsnt the request of Senators
Stone and Lewis that he Include St.
Louis and Chicago In his next week's
trip. He does not wish to be absent from '
Washington the additional length of time
the visit to those cities would require.
Father Judge Says
Call Indignation
Meeting on Mexico
The New York Freeman Journal and
Gathollo Register calls approving; ol
torlal attention to a stirring letter writ
ten by Father Patrick Judge of Omaha,
regarding the atrocities committed
against tho Catholics In Mexico: Father
Judge suggests calling "indignation"
meeting's throughout the length and
breadth or the land to "manifest our
wrongs before' th world, to compel a
healing before the bar of public reason,
and to focus It attention upon th weak
ness. If not th wickedness" cf the
policy of the administration at Wash
ington. The conclusion of Father Judge' let
ter reads; "Th pagan barbarian AtlUa
of old waa called a scourge of God, but
Atllla waa a saint compared ' to the
swineherd of Villa and Cerransa. which
have beta put In power by Messrs. Wil
son and Bryan."
Are Yes Cnastlpoted t
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Little Change Anywhere Resulting
from More or Less General
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TEUTONS NO NEARER WARSAW
Maaewrlte. Advancing; i. Fonr tel
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LONDON. Jan. S.-Flghtlng. which Is
sporadic. n the west but more continual
In the esst, has brought about no ma
terial change In the situation. The ar
tlllery Is playing the biggest part along
the western front, although at points
there has been close range' fighting In
which a few yards have been gained or
lest
The Germans deny the French report
that they have been driven out of part of
the villa of fteinbach. upper Alsace,
which has been the c?ne of very san
guinary fighting for a week, the Infantry
finding cover behind the houses.
Benta Oflenslve Operations.
There have been engagements on tho
Rivers Bsura and Rawaka, In Poland, but
seemingly the Germans are no nearer
Warraw than they were a week ago. They
have commenced offensive operations in
the direction of Kleloe, one of the larger
towns of southern Poland, which doubt
less has for Its object the holding up of
the Russian advance, through Gsllcln. on
Cracow.
Another attempt on the part of the Ger
mans to advance from Mlawa to divert
the Ruaslan threat to outflank their cen
ter by crossing the lower Vistula has been
checked by the Russians.
Jf,' Campala-a Aanlnat ilanary.
According to Tetrograd reports, the
Russians continue to sweep the Austrian
westward along the Southern Gallclan
railway toward Grybow and Nu Sandec
and out of tho northern foothills of tho
Carpathian- Ths Muscovites also are
credited with having organised a new
campaign against Hungary, advancing In
four columns cross the mountains. This,
It Is said, will not be like public raids,
but will be a regular Invasion.
Further east the Russians are marching
across Bukowlna, not far north of the
Roumanian frontier, toward T
vanla. It Is considered likely Roumanian
action will be hastened by this step.
Won't Requisition
Food in Belgium
LONDON. Jan. J. A Reutcr Ulopatch
from The Hague says:
"It is authoritatively stated that The
Netherlands minister at Berlin, supported
by the Spanish minister and the American
ambassador, recently made representa
tions: to the German government concern
ing tho requisitioning of food in Belgium.
The German government Immediately trave
assurances that as long as the Inhabitants
of Belgium were supplied with food from
elsewhere no requisitioning of food would
take place.
Cross, Feverish
Child is Bilious
or Constipated
Every mother realises, after giving her
children "California Syrup of Figs." that
this Is their ideal laxative, because they
love It pleasant taste nnd It thoroughly
cleanse th tender HtUe stomach, liver
and bowels without griping.
When cross, irritable. f.v.H.h nr
breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at the
tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea
spoonful of this hsrmless "fruit laxa
tive, and In a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, sour bile and undi
gested fool pases out of the bowels, and
you hav a well, playful child again.
When It little 'system Is full of cold,
throat sore, haa stomach-ache, diarrhoea,'
Indigestion, colic remember, a good 'in
side cleansing" should always be the first
treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
Syrup of Figs' handy; they know a tea-
spoonful today saves a sick child to
morrow. Ask your druggist for a 60
cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs,"
which has directions for babies, children
of si! ages and grown-ups printed on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here,
so don't be fooled. Get the genuine, made
by "California Fig Syrup Company.'
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Call then atnnnara Wlaaliur Wldowa
If you mil. but it I were a Mermoa
maka m all Bluahlng Brtitaa. Thara'a
aeoMlnual parade of pretty faoM, laea
aeoga aad graow. OuMa tha glrka apaad
all their lima changing riot bra.
K U JOHNHOri. Mgr. Oaaatr.
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School of Dancing
19th and Farnam
MAT T. COOPIB School of Dane
Ing. BsantlxtU new studio. ith asa
1'a.rnam 8ta. Classes In ball room,
esthetic and national laming. New
classes for children and adulta will
be formed after January 1st. Special
attention to private club wishing? In.
structlon in social danclnx. Children
requested to enroll In classes btfore
January (.
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