PART ONE.
NEWS SECTION
PAGES ONE TO TWELVE.
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VOL. XLIV NO. 24.
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FRENCH DRAGOONS
WRECK FLEET OF
GERMAN 'PLANES
Detachment of Engineer! Destroy
Flying Machines with
t
Pickaxes.
HAND-TO-HAND FRAY FOUGHT
War Office Describes Daring Attack
on Teutons by Night in
Woods.
OFFICER HEARS OF LOCATION
Learns from Gossip of Peasants of
Presence of Craft in the
Neighborhood.
MANY GAULS LOSE THEIR LIVES
Teutons Only Partly Surprised and
Rapid Fire Gun Opens.
THRILLING STORY OF BATTLE
Couraire of Avlatlou, Warriors
Eacatcmrat Described la State
meat lane ' at
Paris.
PARIS Not. ' 28. The French
war office supplemented Its official
statement today with an account of
the exploits of a squadron of dra
goons during the early part of Sep
tember. "During the night of September t," the
account reads, "a lieutenant of dragoons
who had beoome Isolated from his squad
ron in the midst of the German lines
and had taken refuge at a farm, learned
of the presence of part of German aero
planes on the road leading from Vlvlers
to a factory between Solssons and Com
peigne. According to the gossip of peas
ants, the aeroplanes had landed about T
o'clock In the evening and had been
Joined about 10 o'clock by an automobile
convoy, co rials ting of from seven to nine
machines, which had kept company with
them during their flight, The lieutenant
decided upon an Immediate attack. It
was then t:30 In the morning. It was
proposed that two platoons on foot should
approach the convoy and fire three shots.
A mounted platoon 'would hurl Itself upon
the automobiles and charge with their
lancet those who sought to escape. An
other mounted platoon Was to remain in
reserve.
Msay Freaebmea KlIIeA
"The two platoons on foot approached
within forty meters of the automobile
and when challenged opened fire. Scarcely
had the- fire ceased In conformity with
orders, than the mounted platoon charged
at a gallop, shouting "Vive la Frenoe." '
"Unfortunately, the Germans were only
partially surprised and a rapid fire gun
opened fire. Three French officers were
killed and " the platoon literally annihil
ated. No one of the troopers reached the
automobiles. Seeing this, the lieutenant
In command of the two dismounted pla
toons, also ordered an assault. The Ger
man machine guns was silent, the gun
ners having been killed. The dismounted
troopers opened fire at a distance of
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Britons Say Proposed
Neutral Zone is
Impracticable
LONDON, Nov. 28.-lnce the United
States indicated that it was willing that
England should deal direct with Colom
bia and Ecquador concerning alleged vio
lations of neutrality,' the British foreign
office has taken no further action. Never
theless the denials that a German wire
less station la being operated In Colombia
and that Islands belonging to Ecuador
are being used by tr.o Germans for
'naval operations are not accepted as
finally disposing of the case.
The suggestion of South American
governments that the belligerents With
draw their warships from South Amer
ican waters la declared by English offi
cials to be Impracticable. The samo view
la entertained concerning the creation of
a neutral sone off the coast of South
America, This, It Is contended, would
afford an even better chance to warships
to He In wait for steamers engaged In
the over-sea's trade.
The foreign office Is eager to take ac
tion which would relieve South American
shipping from Its present handicaps, but
doubts the effectiveness of measures so
far proposed.
The Weather
Forecast tUl T p. m. Sunday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; warmer.
Osaka Testrjrday.
Hours, v. De,
Temperature at
WMMEfi
0 a. u
a. m
7 a. m
1 a. m
a. m
10 a. m
11 a. m
12 m
1 p. m
1 p. m
a p. m..r.
p. in
6 p. m
p. m
T p. m
ai
81
82
34
41
45
48
61
64
63
60
47
46
Comparative
Local Record.
11111 1913. 313. 1911.
64 66 46 It
80 48 86
00 .01 .00 .02
precipitation depar-
Highest yesterday.,
lowest yesterday...
Mean temperature...
Temperature and
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature ,. 82
Kxcess for the day W
Total excess since March 1. 806
Normal precipitation ft; Inch
Deficiency lor the day 02 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 34. 40 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 3 89 inches
Iefielency for cor. period, 1M3.. 7.76 Inches
(Deficiency for cor. period. 113.. 3. lis Inches
I A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
PART PLAYED BY ARTILLERY IN THE WAR For weeks the dispatches from Europe have told of the almost incessant activity of the great guns
that make up the batteries used on both sides. Never did the world see such display of artillery practice as is now being shown. All the belligerents
ire depending on this arm of the service for offense and defense. The picture shows a German fieU battery in action in West Flanders.
fly ffite
rH. Y.I I 5sfei ,4 ': ttNM' a,-NU V'ix '4ivY -
LARGE TURKISH
ARMY MENACING
THE SUEZ CANAL
Force of Seventy-Six Thousand Men
Ten Thousand of Whom Are
Bedouins, Near Waterway.
BRITISH FORCE BARS THE WAY
Long Line of Entrenchments with
Artillery Positions Guard Road
Leading to Canal.
SITUATION IN EAST IS NOT CLEAR
Dispatches from Petrograd Intimate
Russians Have Gained Victory
Equal to Sedan or Moscow.
NEBRASKANS KEEP
UP RELIEF FUNDS
More Than Twenty Thousand Dol
lars Gathered So Far by Local
Organizations.
MORE MONEY TO BE RAISED
German-American Alliance to Give
Twenty-Tire, Thousand and Oth
ers Mill Also Double A mo ants
for War Sufferer.
Belgian Belief Fond I
Hungarian Belief rand....
German Belief Fund
Jewish Belief Fund.........
nnit Jteusl rand.,
600.00
800.00
13,000.00
8,700.00
,800.00
More than 330,000 has been donated by
Nebraakans toward relief of victims in
the European war sone. At least as much
more will be raised, say those In eharge
of the relief work.
The German-American AIHanoe alone
will raise 26,000. This fund has now
reached 13,000, and several counties In the
state have not reported collections. The
last donation came from Scrlbner, where
$1,000 was secured.
Besides the money, clothing- and food
of Indeterminate value has been raised
and sent to the eastern seaports for ship,
ment to Europe.
The Belgian relief fund bas reached
IBOO the smallest sum raised. Money
and clothing purchased with money do
nated was shipped east yesterday, and
there la money in the bank for the pur
chase of more supplies. . Miss' Helen S.
Bcoble, Miss Jessie Millard and Mrs. O.
C. Redlck are receiving donations to this
fund. .
Henry Pollack, In charge of the Hun
garian relief work, has been 111, and the
fund remains at 1800. It Is the plan of the
Hungarian committee to raise $200 more
and then stop.
Greatest Increase In donations were re
ceived last week by the Jewish relief
fund committee, $300 being gathered by
C. 8. Elgutter and $300 by E. Fleishman.
The Jewish donations are being shipped
east in Installments of $500 earn. The
McKinley lodge and the ladles' auxiliary
are planning an entertainment this after
noon to Increase the fund.
John Douglas, In charge of the British
relief fund committee, la arranging for
another campaign for donations. This
fund has already reached $3,800.
Witmer Will Join
Czar's Air Force
DECATUR. I1L, Nov. 28. Charles C.
Witmer, an American aviator, today noti
fied relatives here of his appointment by
Csar Nicholas of Russia to the Russian
airship corps. He has been ordered to
report at Sebastopol and he already is on
his way to Vancouver, B. from where
he will cross to Japan.
Witmer was In Russia three years ago
and at that time gave some valuable in
structions to the czar's airmen. Accord
ing to Witmer, Russia has lust finished
building MO aeroplanes for war use.
LEGISLATURE HAY
UNITE ALL OMAHA
Douglas Delegation Considering Ad
vocating New Derice to Bring
About Consolidation.
QULNBY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Declares Would Hare Suburbs Takea
Right lato Omaha la Time to
Give Residents Chance ta
Tot at Election.
Talk of legislation that will consolidate
Omaha, South Omaha, Dundee, Florence
and possibly Benson. Into a Greater
Omaha Is to the effect that something
along this Una will be worked out by
the Douglas delegation the coming win
ter. Just what form the couwlldatlon law
will take la what la being debated, as
several collateral questions enter Into It.
The law now oa the statute books per
mits consolidation when a merger propo
sition Is favorably voted on by majorities
in each of the cities or . towns affected,
'but as nothing has been accomplished
by this means some new devtoe Is being
demanded that will pull It aoroas either
by the legislative edict or by petition.
Expressing- himself the other 4ay
Mayor Dahlman declared, ''I am In, favor
of consolidation, but X, am, not In fayor
of taking any of the suburbs In until
they all come in. I Want to do ths whole
Job at onee." . s ; ( . . i ,
City' hall medicine mixers are. alae
studying: the legislative time .tables, as
they goverh ordinary laws and emer
gency, law tn the period to elapse before
they take effect.
Wants to Join Omaha Immediately.
Senator Qulnby openly favors Immediate
consolidation. . "It would not be fair,"
says he, "to Invite us out la Dundee to
come Into. Omaha, and then keep us out
until after you have chosen the managers
of the municipal corporations for three
years to come. . We. want to get It, but
we want also to get In ta time to nave
a say in the next city election."
Those who share the Qulnby notion
(Continued on Page Four, Column One.)
Protest to Turkey
Is Bearing Fruit
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Turkey has
assured the United States that malls be
tween the embassy at Constantinople
and the consulates scattered throughout
the country will be safeguarded. Inas
much as dispatches have been coming
through in code from Ambassador Mor
genthau and other agents In the Ottoman
empire, It appears that the vigorous pro
tests of the united States against the
proposal of the porta to restrict oode
communication between neutrals has been
effective.
French Say All is
Quiet Along Front
PARIS, Nov. 28.-The following official
communication was Issued tonight: ,
"As on yesterday there Is nothing of
Importance to report"
American Churches "
Wrecked by Moslems
PETROGRAD, Nov. IS. (Via London)-
a dispatch received here from Odessa
describes an' outbreak of fanatical riot
ing in Erzerum.. Dispatches reaching
Odessa from this Turkish city say that
following the posting of a proclamauuii
calling the Mohemmedans to a holy war,
all the Armenian clubs, churches and
schools were demolished by a mob. Four
Armenians, Including one woman, were
killed on the street
German War Office Reports
Fighting is Without Result
BERLIN, Nov. ffl.-(Vle London.) The
German war office gave out an announce
ment this afternoon as follows:
"In the western arena of the war the
situation today is unchanged. French
attacks in the Argonne forest have been
repulsed. In the forest northwest of
Apremont, and In the Vosges we occupied
some French trenches after an obstinate
resistance.
"Only unimportant engagements ars re
ported from East Prussia. At Lowlcs our
troops have commenced their attacks and
the fighting continues.
"Heavy Russian attacks tn the district
to the west of Mowo and Radom were
repelled.
"In southern Poland there has been no
change."
Bla- Battle Near Strykew.
LEMBfciRO. Gallcia, Nov. TVIa
Petrograd and Loudon.) In operations
lasting three days In the vicinity of
Strykow, fifteen miles northeast of Lods
and Tushin, an equal distance to ths
south of this city, the Germans lost up-
wards of 17,000 men, a heavy battery of
artillery and 28 machine guns, aooordlng
to authoritative Information made avail
able in Lemberg today. .
In the same fighting the Austrians lost
16.0U0 men, in addition to twenty machine
guns.
The German operations ta this locality
are declared by Ruasian military observ
ers in Lemberg to have been absolute
failures, and the chances of their escap
ing further disaster Is regarded here as
slight
Russians Repert Vletary.
PETROGRAD, Nov. t8.-A communica
tion given out by the general staff of the
Russian army says:
"Our troops have won important -cesses
along the Proschovttse-Brsesko-Bochnla-Vlanitsch
front (In Gallcia and
from fifty to sixty miles southeast of
Oracow). In this locality on November
3$ we routed an Austrian army, taking
more than 7,000 prlsoneis, capturing thirty
cannon, ten cf which were outfitted with
horses, and more than twenty machine
funs."
The Day's
War News
England la confronted with the
necessity of energetic action, ac
cording to advices today from
Berlin to protect Its Interests In
the near east. A report from
Cairo to Berlin la to the effect
that the movement against Brit
In Egypt has assumed formidable
proportions, 76,000 Turkish
troops being on the march toward
the Sues canal.
In the hostile army, opposed by
long lines of British forces in
trenches, it Is said that there are
10,000 Bedouins. Interest la at
tached to this report chiefly be
cause of the recent proclamation
of the sultan of Turkey calling
upon Mohammedans the world
over to rise to arms agalriBt Great
Britain and the other members
of the triple entente.
The destruction of a German
battleship Is reported In Paris.
The With elm dar Groese Is said to
have been sunk by a mine In the
Baltic, bat there was no confirma
tion of the .report.
. An official communication from
the Russian army of the Caucasus
tells ot further heavy fight
ing by the Russian forces which
hare Invaded Turkey, but gives no.
Indication ot the outcome.
The situation In Russian Po
land was as much of a mystery as
ever. Private dispatches ' from
Petrograd make further state
ments that Russia has over
whelmed the Germans, but they
are not confirmed officially.
Grand Duke Nicholas, the Ruasian
' commander, reports successes In
several engagements, but says
nothing to indicate that the de
cisive blow has been struck.
On the western battlefield
there was continued calm. The
British fleet Is said to have re
sumed bombardment of German
positions on the Belgian coast.
Along the front the fighting ap
parently was limited to small
skirmishes.
The German attack in Belgium,
just north of the French border,
continues, although not with
sufficient force to indicate that
the expected news attempt to
pierce the line and force a way to
the English channel had been be
gun In earnest. Only one lnfan
- try attack was made in that re
gion yesterday, and it was re
pulsed, saya today's French offi
cial announcement.
AUSTRIANS ISSOE
FIRST WAR STORY
Official Bulletin Comes from Oali
cian Front and Sums Up Situa
tion in that Region,
SPIRIT OF ARMY EXCELLENT
Splendid Weather and Plenty of
Food Has Citvea the Troops Hoart
In Hard Struaale They Have
a Their Hands,
Switzerland Orders
Shooting of Aviators
Violating Neutrality
AMSTERDAM, via London, Nov. .28.
The , Berliner Tageblutt, quoting an
article referring to tho allegations that
British airmen violated Swiss neutrality
In the recent raid on the Zeppelin factory
at Frledrlr-hshafen, says:
"In case of a repetition of the viola
tion of Swiss neutrality by France or
England it is not to be expected that
Germany will respect Swiss neutrality on
the Belfort frontier. The Swiss federal
assembly has ordered that all aviators
flying ovar Swiss territory be shot down
without further orders."
(Correspondence of the Associated Presa)
AUSTRO - HUNGARIAN GKNERAL
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, PRESS DE
PARTMENT, 'G ALICIA N FRONT, Nov.
6.) The Gallolan front is long, and Gall
rla Is not by any meann as small a coun
try as one might think. For this rea
son date lines from the theaters ot the
European war were vngue geographi
cally, and the best that may be suld of
the present case Is that the headquar
ters in question are not far from the
front, and somewhere In Gallola,
The spirit ot the Austro-Hungarlan
forces Is excellent. Officers and men,
who come to this point speak of the situ
ation as highly satisfactory. 1
Better weather has set In Qallola. The
rivers are low, the fluid comparatively
dry and the roads are ssaln passable,
made so UrgeU by the army engineers.
Duifrg the first stages of tn war the
army wheel transportation but deep Into
the surface of the roads and the many
hoofs converted them into qulclcmjresv . .
Weather . Soldiers' lots.
The . better weather baa been a boon
for the troops and their animals. It Is
said to be easier to guard against the
discomforts of oold than against those
brought on by wet weather. Fall rains
In Gallcia and Poland are attended by a
very low temperature, so low la face,
that the higher elevations of the Car
pathian countaln are oovered with anow,
thouh none of them exceeds 1,400 feet
In altitude and most of them are muoh
lower.
The war has lasted long enough to
have lost the quality of novelty. Every-
(Continued on Page X Column 6.)
Squadron of British
: Warships is Sighted
Off Paraguay Coast
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. K.-A dispatch
received here from Montevideo says that
a squadron of ten British warships has
been sighted 800 miles from Montevideo.
The direction In which these ships were
proceeding Is not given.
LIMA, Peru, Nov. 28. A telegram re
ceived here from Iqueque, Chile, says that
four warships, nationality unknown, have
been seen off the Chilean coast, ateajning
north.
BRITONS PAY WAR '
TAX CHEERFULLY
In Normal Times the Latest Budget
Would Have Overthrown the
Strongest Government.
TAX ON WAGES IS SUGGESTED
Proposition of Labor Member of Par
llsraent that Pay of Workln
nea Be Tased Was Seri
ously Considered.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 20. England Is accept
ing Its new burden of taxation with a
stoicism which could only be bred of war
conditions. In normal times the an
nouncement of David Lloyd George's
latest budget would have caused a storm
that would have overthrown the strong
est government, and probabl ten years
of cautious advance would not have pre
pared the people for such radical Increase
In the burden ot taxation.
Even the half penny tax on a glass
of beer would likely have caused the
death of half a fiosen governments and
trte doubling of the Income tax would
have met with the fiercest opposition.
Suggests Tax on Wares. ,
But war changes all thins, and not the
least astonishing thing Is the plan seri
ously proposed by Arthur - Henderson,
labor leader In thu House ot Commons,
and Is acquiesced In by the chancellor
Of the exchequer, ' that' worklngmen's
wages be taxed to replace Indirect taxes,
aucri as, the tax on tea and sugar, which
now falls 1 heavy and unevenly ' on the
working class. An. Income tax on wages
and . the free breakfast .table has long
been a battle cry of tax reformers, but
BERLIN AND VIENNA DIFFER
Offioial Reports from Teutonio Capi--
tals Say Battle is Still On.
WESTERN FRONT REMAINS QUIET
Only Illat of Activity la Report froas
Holland that British Fleet te
Oaee More) Bosabardlag
Keehrua'B'e. AMSTERDAM (Via London),
Nov. 18. According to a Berlin mes
sage to the Telegraaf, Cairo reports
that 76,000 Turkish troops under
Isset Pasha are marching against the
Sues canal. This army . includes
10,000 Bedouins, with 600 camels.
The report also states that the Turks
have built a field railway to the
Elnakel oasis.
The road to the Buss canal, accord
ing to the dispatch, is barricaded by
the British with a long line of
trenches and with artillery positions.
(Continued on Page Two, Column One, J
Score of Arrestsin
Baff Murder pase
Are Expected Soon
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. With twenty
five poultry dealers under suspicion of
having conspired to bring about the death
of Barnet Baff, who was shot and killed
In a street here Tuesday night, arrests
within twenty-four Hours were promised
by the police today.
Baff, a dealer In poultry, had opposed
the methods of a so-called poultry trust
and, according to his friends, had for
some time been marked for assassination.
The murder was characterised at the
coroner's office as similar to the case of
Herman Rosenthal, and District Attor
ney Whitman's detectives are working
with the police on the theory that gun
men were hiied to kill Baff.
A man under suspicion as being the sro
between who procured the murder ta
being sought In Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.. ,
Little Human Interest Stories of
the Big World War Now Raging
Eodgers Acquitted
of Killing Partner
CHICAGO, Nov. 28-Wllllam R. Rodgers.
an Alaskan gold miner, who was ar
rested at Libertyvllle, I1L. last August on
a charge of having murdered his partner,
Frank Wlxen, was acquitted by a federal
Jury In Juneau, Alaska, on Thanksgiving
day. The Jury deliberated only ten min
utes. This Information was conveyed In
a message to Rodger sister, at whose
home la Libertyvllle he was arrested.
Rodger's plea was that he shot and
killed WUen In self-defense. The killing
occured In May, ISIS, on a lonely claim on
Christmas Creek, forty-five miles west ot
Haines, Alaska. The men, it was said,
quarreled over a trivial subject. Rodgers,
who Is U years old, is returning to Lib
ertyviUe, . -. V
German Arwr Crlebratea Victory
(Copyright, 1911, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 28.-8peclal Cable
gram to New York World and Omaha
Bee.) The Pally News says thst the
German naval success In Chilean waters
was celebrated by the German army In
the trenches, according to tho following
letter from the front, printed by the
Hamburger Fremdenblatt: "Night before
last we received news pt a great naval
battle, and, at the same time, an army
order from the kaiser that the whole
battle line should, November. 7, at 10:30
p. m., give three cheers for our blue
jackets. Precisely at 10:80 came a deafen
ing hurrah, rolling from (he North 8ca
down to the Bwlus frontier, along a line
of several hundred miloe and only 360
yards from the enemy. The French were
beating time by cannon, as they sus
pected a general assault behind the hur
rah, but they became silent on hearing
our war song and llvtened readily to our
announcement of our victory,"
To Discuss Peace.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Henry Vae
Dyke, minister to The Netherlands, will
see President Wilson Wednesday morn
ing. It has been said Mr. Van Dyke w)U
discuss the subject of Kuropean peace
with the president, but there Is no In
formation In official circles here to sup
fort the view.
Dos; Mentioned for Bravery.
DUNKJRK, France, Nov. IS (Cor
respondence ot tha Associated Presa)--"Marquis,"
the regimental dUpatch dog
of the Twenty-third French Infantry, has
been mentioned In the orders of ths day,
having fallen In duty at the battle of
Sarrebourg oa the Belglaa front At this
action It became necessary for an officer
to go to the front and report Immediately
to his superior, but at the time tne Ger
man fire' was too Intense to allow a man
to cross the fire sone "and "Marquis" was
charged with -the mission. Off he ran
across the fire-swept sone and arrived
nearly at the objectlve'point when a Ger
man ball struck him In the right side
and brought him down, lie struggled to
his 'feet, though losing a great deal of
blood, and dragged himself up to the
position where the-officer was directing
a section of machine guns. He let fall
the order, reddened by his blood, and
then died. ' His soldier comrades are
raising a fund for a monument on which
Is to be Inscribed: ' 'Marquis,' killed on
the field of honor."
Pla-eoa Brians War News.
AMSTERDAM (via Louden), Nov. 28.
The newspaper, Maasbode, publishes a
Berlin telegram giving the latest word
from the besieged city of Prsemysl. In
Gallcia. It was received In Vienna Fri
day by pigeon post, and says: "We are
doing very well. Do not be disquieted."
Vou llUdrabarg field Marshal.
AM8TICRDAM (via London), Nov. 28.
A dispatch from Berlin says that Gen
eral von Hlndenburg, the German com
mander In the campaign with Russia, has
been promoted to the rank ot field mar
shal. Hardships la TresckM,
PKTUOGRAD (via London. Nov, JB.
A review of the war, published in a news
paper of Cracow dated November 19, and
found In the Austrian trenches, describes
the Austrian troops as suffering terrlbls
hardships from their eontlnuoua fighting,
marching and trench digging.
LONDON, Nov. 28. While news
paper reports from . Petrograd con
tinue to claim a victory In northern
Poland comparable, at least, to Se
dan and even worthy to rank with
the disaster which Russia Inflicted
upon Napoleon, official communica
tion shed but little light on the sit
uation in Poland. ; .
An official dispatch from Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the
Russian forces In the field, while of con
siderable length, concerns Itself largely
with more -or less Isolated operations and
does not claim the Infliction of an overwhelming-defeat
upon the Invaders.
The grand duke sums up the situation
with the declaration that on the entire
front between the Vistula and the Wart
rivers the battle la progressing In favor
of Russian arms.
Both Berlin - and Vienna still claim
that no decisive result had followed the
recent operations In Russian Poland.
All quiet la West.
On the western battle front the lull
still prevails, the only hint of activity
being found tn the report from Holland
that the British fleet again Is operating
against the German positions on the Bel
gian coast.
The visit of Sir Roger Casement, who
became famous as the Investigator of the
Putumayo rubber atrocities to the Berlin
foreign office. Is being prominently fea
tured by the London papers. The cont
inent, however, Is rather . reserved. On
the whole, 'the press seems frankly pus
sled by the episode, which Indicates that
direct negotiations betweeen Germany
and tha extreme section of . the Irtah
nationalists have been going on.
British Naval Posltlots Secure
The British public has been greatly re
assured by the statement of Winston
Bpencer Churchill, first lord of the ad
miralty, concerning the naval position1
tha empire. This has been supple-
of
mented by the official French report that
the combined fleet not only have com
mand of the Mediterranean, but are main
taining a successful blockade of ths
Adrlatlo and the Dardenelles.
From Petrograd comes a muoh delayed
account of a surprise attack by a Russian
fleet, which. It Is claimed resulted In
serious disaster to the German. Baltlo
squadron In September.
Editor of Stockton
Labor Paper is Sent
to Jail for Contempt'
STOCKTON. Cal. Nov . .-F. P;
Lamoreaux, editor of the Stockton Labor
News, was sentenced today to serve five
days in the county jail and to pay a,
fine of 1250, for contempt by Judge C W.
Norton of the superior court Lamor
eaux began serving his sentence at once.
Six other labor JeaCers cited for contempt
were adjudged not guilty by the court
Since last July, whn the Merchant
Manufacturer and Employers associa
tion declared Stockton an , "open shop
town, a bitter fight lias been waged be
tween the employers and the labor union
The citation ot Lamoreaux for con
tempt resulted from an editorial In tha
Labor News charging Judgs Norton with
Issuing restraining ureers against "picket
ing whenever they were asked for by the
employers association.
SantaHlaus Ship
. Sails for Franco
DEVONPORT, EnglanO, Nov. 28. The
United States navy collier Jason, bearing
Christmas toys sent by. children of tha
United States to children In belligerent
countries, sailed from Devonport today
for Marseillns. The Jason arrived at
Devonport November 26 and having tint
loaded the part of Its cargo destined foe
British and Belgian children, the veeael
Is now taking to Marseille a further eon-
J algnment a-t present foe riraaob, thildrsa