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VOL. xliv no. us.
OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING, PKCEMBEK 8, 1914-TWELVE PAGES.
On Train and M
Hotel! Haw Stands, Bo.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
COURT ROOM SCENE
OF DOUBLE CRIME;
2 SHOTTO DEATH
Alleged Assailant of Ten-Tear-Old
Girl Killed by Her Father at
Cashmere, Wash.
STRAY BULLET SLAYS JUROR
Sunday School Superintendent Fa
cing Statutory Charge Loses
Life at Parent's Hands.
THREE BAILS ARE FIRED
Harry F. Carr Enters Place with
Automatio Gun and Begins
Shooting.
TALESMAN FALLS AND DIES
Murder torrrndrn Himself to
Sheriff After Tmedr
Justice Itnll la Finished.
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CARHMKRE. Wash.. Dec. 7. Harry E.
Carr of Leavenworth, Wash., ahot and
killed today C. D. Franklin, who was
being tried on a charge of on assault on
a girl The shooting occurred In the court
room here and one of the bullets which
Carr fired missed Its mark and kll'.ed
J. C. Parsons, a Juror.
The court room was crowded and the
jurors had been chosen and were In their
places when Carr opened flrc. Carr'a In
terest !n the case wns that Franklin was
also to have been tried on a statutory
offense against Carr s 10-year-old daugh
ter. Previous to his arrest Franklin had a
good reputation and had been, superin
tendent of the Sunday school of Leaven
worth. He had a wife and five children,
who were with him In the courtroom at
Carr walked quietly Into the courtroom
and advancing to a point behind Frank
lin, began firing with an automatic pistol.
Two bullets entered Franklin's body and
a third bullet pierced the chest of Par
sons, who fell dead. Franklin lived fif
teen minutes.
Carr surrendered to the sheriff. Parsons
was a rancher.
Kahn Wants Army
, of Million Men
and a Bigger Navy
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Representative
Kahn of California, ranking republican
of the house naval committee, in a formal
statement today declared himself for a
building program to Include a large num
' ber of - submarines . and . torpedo - boats,
more battleships and an Increase In -navy
enlistment "- He ' endorsed. , a': scheme, of
short term enlistment to provide a mo-
-500,004 . . .
Germans Accused of
Wrecking Monastery
Thousand Years Old
" " y "
PARIS. Dec. ?.-A dispatch to the
Havas agency from Petrograd says:
"The Germans have destroyed the mon
astery of Lenoxyca, about fifteen miles
northwest" of Lodxe. which has been in
existence for a thousand years, on the
pretext that the ringing of the angelus
was a signal to the Russians. In -the at
tack a priest and two monks were killed."
Omaha Folks to
Eegents' Reunion
A reunion dinner given . last night by
Chancellor Avery to the regents and
former regents of the University of Ne
braska took a number of Omaha people tu
Lincoln. The present members of the
board of regents from this county are
Frank I Haller and W. O. Whltmore.
and the former regents now living In
Omaha Include Dr. B. B. Davis, Victor
Roeewater of The Bee, Ed son Rich of the
Union Faclflo law department, C, J.
Ernst of the Burlington and Harvey Ilew
branca of the World-Herald.
:
The Weather
Forecast tilt 7 p. m. Tuesday.
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Rain or snow; not much change in
temperature.-
Tesnperntnr- nt Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. De.
6 a. m a
0 a. m 84
7 a. m 34
8 a. m 34
l.m 34
10 s- m.... 35
11 a. m 3."
12 in 35
- 1 p. m. 35
1 p. m 35
3 p. m 36
4 p. in .V
R p. m 36
6 p. m S6
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PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT Group of typical Russian Poles
and Jews in the city of Czenstochowa, taken by the Germans last week.
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Highest yesterday
Ixwest yesterday
Mean teniprature
'Precipitation
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal. -
Normal temperature- .10
Excess for the day...' 4
Total excess since March 1 ....Ko0
Normal precipitation 03 inch
Kxcpss for the day Oti Inch
Total raiurall sln-e March 1. .21. W inches
Deficiency since March 1 3 M Inches
Deficiency for cor. per'od, T'llS. Inches
Deficiency or cor. perlol, 1H12. 3.G3 inches
RriMiria from Btatloaa at T P. M.
Statina and Btate - Temp. Uluh- Raln
ot Weather. 7 P- m. est. fall.
Cheyenne rwjw 20
Davenport, rain 3N
lenver. snow ............. 'IS
3e Moines, rain m
lKMlge City, cloudy 34
lAndcr, now 24
'.North Platte, anuw 30
Omaha, rain "h4
Pueblo, snow K4
Rapid City, snow 24
Halt Leke City, cloudy.. H4
Santa Fe, clvar M
Sheridan, snow , ii
Hious-Clty. snow .12
nli nttiia snow 2M
U A. WELH. Local Forecaster.
FARMERS AGAINST
BLUE SKY CLAUSE
Will Try
Which
to Get Repeal
Are Against
Interests.
LODY SENDS RING
TO FORMER WIFE
of Laws Memento and Letter Held for Several
Their
WILL MEET IN OMAHA TODAY
Leg-lxlatlve Committee of the State
. Body Ifas . Kecommendatloas ,
Prepared for Assembly
When it Convenes.
The $100 par value clause In the present
blue-sky law of the state strikes directly
at the farmers' co-operative companies,
in the opinion of farmers who are mem
bers of such co-operatlvo bodies. For
this reason the leglsltlve committee cf
the Nebraska Farmers' conijre7,' which
is to open its convention la Omaha
this morning, will recommend the repeal
of that clause of the blue ky act. The
recommendations . of ,t)ie. iectelav ctinv'
mlttee, , In . a general ..Wa; "Pire. '.already
drawn up in practically th-j wny they wil'.
ibe submitted to the Farmers' congress
and this provision Is among them.
The clause -as It now . stands provides
that In the sale of stock tor the orien
tation of a company in the state, the par
value of $100 per share must be adhered
to. Most of- the farmers' co-operative
bodlc have built up their organisations
and made their success on the old system
of selling smaller shares, such as $10 or
$25 shares. They want to continue to ic
so. and this provision of the blue sky
law prevents them from selling shares at
this figure.
Will Back Up the Farmers.
H. T. Clark, chairman of the Btate Rail
way commission, has assured the legis
lative committee that the railway com
mission will back the farmers up on this
matter, and has assured them that a re
quest for the repeal of this provision in
the blue sky law will be included In the
annual report of the State Railway com
mission. In brief, the recommendations that will
be made to the Farmers' Congress by its
legislative commute, of which Frank G.
Odell of Omaha Is chairman, are as fol
lows: Public warehouse laws.
Optional Torrens title registration law.
Repeal of the $100 par value clause in
blue sky law.
Repeal of the ono-flfth valuation pro
vision In tax assessments.'
Repeal of quadrennial valuation of real
estate for. taxation purposes..
Creation of permanent tax commission.
' Constitution convention to revise the
constitution of the state..
Liberal appropHaUon for the conserva
tion and public welfare commission.
Continuation of ' the conservation of
soli survey with adequate support.
. Water power - laws - which provide for
the development of hydro-electrio power
from the streams of Nebraska in the in
terest of the people and prevent private
monopoly of water power.
Days by Kansas City Customs
Office.
WRITTEN DAY BEFORE DEATH
Parkasre Was Forwarded I'nder
Prank of British Government
Miss Btora Reposes to CJIve
Oat Contents of Letter.
Hitchcock Offers Motion. 1
'"WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Public hear
ings on the Philippine Independence bill
were propose! today in a resolution by
Senator Hitchcock. It would require at
tendance of witnesses under oath.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 7.-Speclal
Telegram.) A letter, written by Captain
Hans Lody, who was shot a few weeks
ago in the Tower of London, and the ring
he wore, were received Saturday by Mr.
Lody's ex-wifo, Louise Stors. daughter
of a wealthy Omaha brewer, who has
been In seclusion in Excelsior Springs
since" Lody's arrest
Miss Btors returned, yesterday to . her
home In Omaha, by way of Kansas City.
The letter from, her husband was wrfjteh
to her the day before his' death. . --
Miss. Btors refused to make the letter
public. It was held up several days by
the local postofflce authorities because of
advice on the registered envelope bearing
the English - government's frank, which
Indicated the contents probably were sub-
ject to customs duties. Because of this
it was necessary for Miss Stors to come
to the customs office here and open the
envelope for Inspection. In It were the
letter and a ring, set wkh s solitaire, the
band of which had ' been her ' wedding
ting, and which had been made by Cap
tain Lody into a man's ring and worn,
because of the association, until the day
before his death.
The Weekly Dispatch, an English paper,
of the week of November 28, gives an
account of the trial in full of Captain
Lody. During the first day's proceedings
Captain Lody Is said to have wept bit
terly, but later' braced himself, and told
the story of his life from birth until the
data of trial in a frank, lucid manner.
CONGRESS BEGINS
ITS SHORT SESSION
Attempt Will Be Made to Crowd
Through President's Program
and Supply Bills.
NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN
Joint session Will De Held Tuesday
at ISiSO to Hear President's
Hrustr, Which II Will
Deliver In Person.
Moorhead Spends
. Thirteen Thousand
Holding Election
More than -113,000 was ' expended by
Election Commissioner Moorhead for ex
penses, of the last election, according to
totals prepared In the office of County
Clerk Dewey. . . .
Included in this sura is the November
expense of $ 10.538 and such amounts of
the October account as were spent in
preparation for the election.
Since' i Election' Commissioner Moor
head took office fifteen months sgo he
has spent $:0, 682.03, according to figures
in the "county clerk's offloe. . r , ,
County Clerk Dewey, who is Interested
in the question of what becomes -of the
county's general fund, declared several
months ago that the. added expense
caurel by the election commissioner law
would amount to $10,000 per year. ... He
now declares this estimate was too low.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. -Congress J got
back to work ' again today after a six
weeks' rest, to what promises to be a
$1,000,000,000 session.
With crowded calendars confronting
both houses,' senators and representatives
settled down to passing the big approprt
tlon bills and the administration pro
gram which President ' Wilson will out
line in his annual address tomorrow, in
tho hope that a special session may not
be necessary after March 4.
In' the house a few bills were dropped
In tho ' hopper, some new members were
sworn in to fill vscsncles and a large
number of members departed to attend
the funeral of the late E. A. Merritt of
New Tork.
In the senate after Senators Kern and
Oallinger had been appointed to join a
house committee to formally notify 'Presi
dent Wilsnn of the opening of the ses
sion, a recess was taken until I p. m.
The house named Representatives Un
derwood, Fitzgerald and Mann to wait
upon the president with Senators Qal-
llnger and Kern, and then a resolution
was adopted fixing 12:30 p. m. tomorrow
as the time ot the Joint session with tho
senate to hear President Wilson read his
annual address. ,
Then after resolutions of sympathy on
the death of Representative - E. A. Mer
ritt of New York, were adopted, the
house adjourned at 1:09 p. m. until noon
tomorrow.
Interesting? Session Expected.
Leaders on all sides look forward to
interesting developments over the naval
and army appropriation bills because of
agitation resulting from the European
war. Representative Augustus P. Gard
ner of Massachusetts has a resolution 01
reeling congressional investigation Into
the military preparedness ot the United
l States for war.
The first calendar business before the
hsuse today was the cotton relief legis
lation urged by Representative Henry
of Texas and others, who almost pre
vented adjournment of the last session
by insisting on it. The general under
standing smong members of both houses
was that President Wilson would press
the bill for government purchase of ocean
steamships; the measure to pave ths way
for ultimate independence of the Philip-
pines, ana tne measure proposing a com-
Neurasthenic Depression is New .
Disease Caused by Terrors of War
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(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
B15RLIN, Nov. 21. The military author
ities made preparations at tho outbreak
of the war for treating mental maladies
caused by terrors of battle. It had been
shown by the Russo-Japanese war that
the effect of the long drawn out modern
battle,- with its terrible and Incessant
roar of artillery, was In a high degree
unfavorable, and the record of mental de
rangements cauxed by the battles In the
far east opened a new chapter in the hor
rors of war. In anticipation that similar
results would attend the present war the
Ue-man authorities established at Stress
bur a special hospital for the treatment
rf diseases of the mind caused by battle.
One ot the physicians attached to this
hospitals hss Just given. In the Munich
Medical Weekly, some of his observations.
He found that mental disorders mani
fested themselves among the Alsatian
population even during the period of no-
blllzation, wln the terror of being ar
rested a a spy was ever present with
many persons. Still greater have been
the number of persons who lost their
mental balance through the terrors of
battle and especially through long con
tinued fatigue. ' Some of these patients
showed something like hysteria and kept
repeating in a dramatic way Incidents
that they had seen In battle.
The writer uses a special term, "neuras
thenic depression," to describe the effects
upon a large number of patients who
had seen continuous fighting. People suf
fering In this way could not rid them
selves of the notion that they were still
on the battlefield and often . had the
Illusion that an army was slipping upon
them from the rear. The writer In the
medical weekly found. In the treatment
of these cases of mental derangement
that after ths state of hallucination had
worn off the patient usually remained
highly nervous.
GERMANY IS GOING
AHEAD WITH PLANS
TO IN YADE BRITAIN
More Than 1,000 Workmen Busy in
Construction of Zeppelins for
Attack on England.
ON THE JOB DAY AND NIGHT
Monster Airships Being Prepared to
Send Against Foes of "Per
fidious Albion."
DREADED BOMBS IN BASKET
Special Pocket Carries Fifty Torpedo
Explosives.
EACH IS LIKE 16-INCH GUN
One of These, Darin Trial Near
Frledrlehahafen, Penetrate, the
Earth Five Tarda.
GENEVA. Switzerland. Dec. 7 Oer-
man is slowly but steadily preparing to
make Its threatened aerial attack on Ixm
don and on the eastern coast of England,
even without the aid of the German navy,
In the Judgment of observers of the con
tinued activity at the npelln works at
Frledrlchshaien.
At. this factory on Inko Constance more
than 1,0)0 workmen since the beginning
of the war have been employed In the
construction of dirigible balloons, Instead
of a normal working force of 400 men.
In place of the usual working period of
eight hours a day, the men, who are all
experts, have been divided Into day and
night shifts ot twelve hours' each, so
that more than 500 are always engaged.
All the finished materials and fittings,
as well as sections of the airship en
velopes, arrive from other parts of Ger
many, ready mode, and the workmen at
Frledrlehahafen have only to put them
together. Thle makes it possible to build
a Zeppelin In three weeks.
all to North.
The latest and strongest Zeppelin ever
built, sailed to the north November 6, di
rect from the Frledrlehahafen works,
without any previous trial trips. It Is
considerably longer than Its predecessor
and its motive power consisted of three
motors of 800 horsepower. It carried a
crew of fifty officers and men. In a
special basket this Zeppelin carried fifty
torpedo bombs, each said to be capable
of as much damage as the shells of tho
famous slxteen-lnch guns.
One of the bombs, during a trial near
Frledrlehahafen, penetrated the earth
five yards. All the Zeppelins built ,slnoe
the beginning of the war have been armed
similarly. Dreadnought" Zeppelins were
launched August 18, September SO and 24,
October 16 and November 6, and two
others ot the same type at the beginning
of August, making a total ot seven.
Can Resist Attack.
These formidable aerial vessels are said
to be able to resist successfully any sreo-
plane attack. They can "sail" with a
weight of two or three tons; they have
seventeen to eighteen Independent gas
compartments and water planes that will
allow them to land on water, If neces
sary, and continue their flight later. At
Frledrlehahafen they are called "marine
airships," and In small letters on their
hulls are painted the significant words,
"Meant for London."
Officially In Germany there have been
built up to the present thirty-one Zeppe
lins, but only the most recent dozen
count with the military authorities.
Work of Captive Itnaa.
Ths older ships are employed In drop
ping casual bombs on towns, but other
wise doing the work of captive balloons,
their places as scouts having been taken
by aeroplane The new airships are be
ing kept In reserve, It is asserted, for the
raid on England, arid especially London.
The German staff and Count Zeppelin
are understood to hold the opinion that
eighteen to twenty Zeppelins of the latest
type are necessary for a successful at
tack on London, and this number Is ex
pected to be ready early next year.
All the latest airships carry several ma
chine guns on special platforms and one
large gun each.
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
TJhe National Capital;
Monday, December T, 1914.
Tho Senate.
Met at noon.
Senator Camden, of Kentucky, filling
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Bradley, was sworn In.
Senators Kern and Galllnger were ap
pointed to Join a house committee to
give formal notification of the opening
of congress to President Wilson snd a
recess was taken until 3 p. m.
Tho House.
Met at noon.
lupresentatives Price of Maryland.
Parker of New Jersey and Vincent of
Geoi gta, filling out unexpired terms, were
sworn, in. . ,
' Representative Sully -of New Jersey In
troduced a bill for an additional federal
Judge In his state.
Reirecntatle Borland Introduced a bill
for a I'J.OUO.OU) federal building In Kansas
City. .Mo.
Representative Levy Introduced a bill
to authorize an issue of $240.0110 Panama
canal bonds to create a larger surplus in
the treasury.
Adjourned at 1:0$ p. m. to noon Tuesday.
WE need In our organization an am
' bilious young business man with
sales ability., For such a man will
pay salary In keeping with ability
and let him have stock In firm from
$600 to $2,000. State experience and
give references.
1 Tor farthsr Information about
this opportunity, see the Waal Ad
eotioa of today's See.
BRITISH IMPORTS AND
EXPORTS SHOW DECREASE
LONDON, Dec. T. The British Board
of Trad figures continue to show a
natural effect of the war. Imports in
November decreased $62,400,000; exports
decreased $100,770,000.
While ths Imports of food increased
$28,000,000, there was a decrease of $.12.500,.
000 In the Importation of cotton from
America and decrease in Egyptian cotton
of $7,000,000. All other raw material also
declined. The principal shrinkage In ex
ports were $25,000,000 in cotton and yarns
and $10,000,000 in coal.
The Day's
War News
Th aucceni with which the
Germans are succeeding in rally
Ins their forces In Poland and re
newing the offensive, after escap
ing from the Russian enveloping
movement, Is Indicated by the
Berlin announcement, which has
not been contradicted In Petro
grad, that the important Polish
city of Lods has again been cap
tured by the Germans. From -Lodz
the road leads to Warsaw,
the objective in the two previous
German advances.
From Russian sources comes
the Intimation of a new plan ot
offensive. Cracow, it is said, Is
sow under the fire of Russian ar
tillery, and Russian strategy con
templates a shifting of the main
attack from central Poland to the
south, involving an attempt to
push on from the region of Cra
cow and enter Germany across
the Stleslan border, with Breslau
the objective.
It Is reported from Nlsh that
the Servians have resumed the of
fensive and driven back the Aus
trian right wing as far as the
Kolubara river.
Official statements concerning
the fighting In the west still are
confined to references to de
tached engagements, with con
flicting claims of small advan
GRAND JURY FEARS
FOR m SAFETY
Measures Taken to Protect Men Who
Returned True' Bills Against
Chicago Police.
GET THREATENING LETTERS
State's Attorney Sara Ife lias In
dictments Aa-nlnst Twenty-Pi-
-.More and Many Hasten to
, Reek Immnnlty.
CHICAGO, Deo. 7,Measuree to protect
members of the grand Jury that returned
Indictments against Captain John J. He".
pln, deposed chief of the detective bureaus
Lieutenant John II. Tobln and Walter
O'Brien, former detectives, shaming
them with having accepted bribes, were
taken today.
Letters threatening their lives hve
been received by three members of tho
grand Jury, according to State's Attorney
noyne. Telephone calls to their resi
dences, csrrylnr similar threats of death,
also have been received by the men.
The state's attorney announced that he
had obtained true bills against twenty,
five more members of the detective
bureau which formerly was in Captain
HsJpln's charge "and that polloemen were
falling all over themselves to confess in
return for Immunity."
Harriman Shopmen
To Continue Strike
BT. LOUIS. Dec. 7.-Four of the organ
isations involved in the strike of shop
men on the Harriman lines have voted to
contlnue the strike, according to an
announcement made by A, O. Wharton,
chairman of the railway department of
the American Federation of Labor, today.
The vote of the fifth organization In
volved In the strike has not been received,
but Mr. Wharton said the vote of the
other four was such that he did not
think a Contrary vote of the missing or
ganisation would change the result
The organisations that have voted to
continue the strike are the machinists,
blacksmiths, railway carmen and sheet
metal workers' unions.
The vote of the bollorroakers' union has
not been received.
PRUDENTIAL COMPANY
TO BE MUTUALIZED
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. T.-The mutual-
Uation of the Prudential Insurance Com
pany of America was ordered today by
vote of Its policyholder The plan ap
proved by the policyholders la to be
placed before Chancellor Walker, of the
state equity, court, who will have to pass
upon it If he concurs he will appoint
three trustees with power to purchase
the outstanding stock at a prlo of $46
for each share of a par value of $50.
Little Human Interest Stories of
the Big World War Now Raging
Von der Golts Attempts Inleldo.
LONDON, Dec T.-A dispatch to the
Dally Express from The Hague says that
Field Marsha, Baron Von Der Golti, who
has been governor of the territory In Bel
gium occupied by the Germans, but who
is now on his way to Constantnople to
take charge of the Turkish troops, at
tempted to commit suicide when be re
ceived a telegram from Emperor William
announcing the appointment of his suc
cessor In Belgium. - Ths correspondent
gives as the basis for his dispatch re
ports received at The Hague from Brus
sels. "It is said that Field Marshal Von Der
Goltz," the correspondent declares, . "took
a room in the Palace hotel In Brussels
under an assumed name and tried to
shoot himself, but hotel servants forcibly
broke Into his room snd disarmed htm."
gets Aside Day of Prayer.
OTTAWA, Ont. Dec. 7. The govern
ment has set aside Sunday, January $,
as a day of special intercession and
prayer on behalf of the British and allies'
cause In. the war and as a tribute to
the memory of those who have fallen in
battle. This Sunday will bo observed in
Great Britain In a similar manner.
Montenegro Aim oat Alt In.
PETROGRAD. Dec. 7.-Klng Nicholas
of Montenegro has telegraphed the Bourse
Gazette that a third of his army has
fallen on the battlefield.
"Nevertheless," King Nicholas adds In
his message, "Montenegrins will continue
to defend their country and deliver at
tacks on the enemy's territory. Their
mesne are exhausted and they will be
most grateful for assistance either in
money or supplies.'.'
Apologies to Itserland.
BERNE, Switzerland, Dec, 7. The
Swiss government received Sunday the
replies of ths British and French govern
ments to Switzerland's protest against
the violation of Its neutrality by the re
cent raids of aviators on the Zeppelin
balloon works at Friediichafen. Both
Great Britain and France declare an
their answers that their aviators had no
orders to respect the neutrality of
Switzerland and express their regret at
the incident.
GERMAN FORGES
AGAIN MENAGE
CITY OFWARSAVV
Kaiser's Army Reoccuples Lodz,
from Which it Was Driven
Several Weeks Ago.
POLISH CAPITAL IS IN DANGER
Teutons Said to Be in Position to
Cut Warsaw's Communication '
to the East.
CZAR MAKES ANOTHER PLAN
Will Hold Germans in Northern Po
land and Try to Advance Into :
- Hungary Via Cracow.
BALKAN ALLIES ARE AT BAY
Servian and Montenegrin Armiet
Reported Holding Austrian.
WEST LINE GENERALLY QUIET
Report Ostend la Bnrnlngr lln Not
Been Contrndlcted Tnrlc An.
Ilary Warships la Black gen
Reported Destroyed.
LONDON, Det, 7. A comparison
of the reports from Berlin and Pet
rograd leads to the conclusion that
the Germans again occupy Lodz,
from which city they were driven on
their first retreat from Warsaw.
Berlin makes positive announcement
that Lods is in their hands, while
Petrograd admits that the situation
there is desperate.
If the fall of the city la a fact, It
indicates that communication wltl
Warsaw again la seriously menaced,
bvlt a semi-official statement from
Petrograd declares that the Russians
are strong enough to hold the in
vaders in northern Poland and will
content themselves with doing? this.
rwhile devoting their. main energies
to the reduction of Cracow and the)
invasion of Hungary.
Hungary, according to reports from the
Russian capital la the weak point in the
armor of the Teuton allies. These mes
sages from Petrograd say that even ae
early as at the time of tho fall ot Lem
bery, Austria asked Russia for terms of
Peace, The negotiations to this end. If
any really took place, AfipajmnUy proved
abortive. Ths story is again revived In
Petrograd in the form of a report that
the Hungarian prime minister on a re
cent visit to Emperor William, demanded
better military protection for Hungary,
lack of which would cause the loss of
the kingdom.
The latest French official communica
tion declares there Is nothing to report
on the western front and with the excep
tion of a special dispatch to the effec
that Ostend Is burning nothing has been
received In London to dispute the ac
curacy of this laconic statement
The latest reports from Montenegro
and Senrla indicate that these Balkan
allies. a bay in their mountain strong
holds, are holding the Austrian invaders
In check.
On the water some minor activity has
been noted resulting In the reported des
tructlon of Turkish auxiliaries in the
Black sea by Russian submarines; de
atructlon by mines of twn si.k
chsnt ships off the Finnish coast, and
i"o cnppmig oy a mine of ths famous
Turkish cruiser Hamidleh. which is said
to have regained Cnnai.niinnni.
considerable difficulty.
Diplomatically interest Is centered on
Rome, where the statement of former
Premier GlolltU that Austria planned
war against Bcrvla In 191S has caused
something of a sensation.
' The Balkan states are said to be Bear
ing 4 rapproachment which will enable
them to make common cause against the
German allies.
fi. Y.. Brokers rll.
NEW. TORK. Dec. 7.-The stock brok
er ax a firm of J. F. Pterann 1r A r-
day notified the stock exchange that it
was unable to meet obligations. The firm'
consists of J. F. Pierson, jr.. the board
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