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WHERE GERMANY GAINS ,
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Anitria and Turkey.
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Oorrpnl?ice of The Associated Press.)
HEL.ORADE. Serbia. Jan. I. What
great military and economic advantages
; were gained by the German and their
allies with the opening of traffic on the
Panube, haa' been shown by the activity
In shipping which developed directly the
Serb had been driven from the banks
of the river. Fighting along the Danube
was still In progress when th Austrian
started to clear a channel through the
fhlne fields which the Russians, Serbs
and English had laid out. Meanwhile
: large tows, carrying military supplies
' needed by Turkey and Bulgaria, were
being brought down the river from
Austro-Hungarlan and German ports and
assembled at Pemlin. ready for the min
ute when navigation became possible.
Austrian river monitors, notably the
Pava and Temes. had In the meantime
patrolled the Panube aa far a Lorn
I'alsnka and later to Ttuschuck, both Bui
fc&rtan ports, and in so doing had cleared
the river of soma Russian armed mer
chant vessels stationed In the Rouman
ian port of Turn-Severln. That these
I vessels were not sunk or captured by the
Austrian ia due to the fact that, on the
I day which the Associated Press corre
' apondent made the.' trip up the river an
: a guest on the Sara, they were being
, convoyed down stream by Roumanian
monitors, the Russisns themselves fly-
ing the Roumanian flag.
Irene "tt Activity.
The Bulgarian port of L,om Palanks
wsa the scene of great activity. For over
fifteen months ho boats from up stream
had arrived there. Now the jetties were
crowded with barges from Austria and
Germany. On. the previous day King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Tremler
nadoslavoff hsd hen at Ijom Falanka to
assist in the resumption of traffic be
tween RltlffaHft n4 (h
t an event w hich Germany and Austria
, Hungary thought Important enough to
j have Inaugurated by Duke Albrecht of
Mecklenburg, brother-in-law of Emperor
i TVIIIlam, who was a passenger on the
first convoy arriving.
For the first two weeks nothing but
military supplies were shipped down
stream, principally arms and ammunition
ror Bulgaria and Turkey. Both these
ountrlea stood In need of heavy artillery
and artillery ammunition. Rnm f h
jmitn uui nnrajni a. large numoer or
heavy motor trucks, combat and acout
aeroplanes, ambulances and sanitary
supplies. Since ' then ordinary mer
chandise haa been admitted to shipment.
The returning barges and boats carry
raw material of all aorta and foodstuffs.
During the last few day a regular pas
senger and mall service to Lorn Palanka
has been In operation, until today traffic
on . the Danube may be considered normal
with the difference that never before had
It known such proportions. The military
supplies of which Bulgaria and Turkey
can make use of are many, and on the
ether hand, Austria-Hungary and Ger
many offer an eager market for the agri
cultural and animal' Industry products of
the two first mentioned countries.
Some Anxiety a rait.
Some anxiety had been felt In Constan
tinople, and lately. n gofla. that the
heavy demand which the war made on
their relatively scant stores of artillery
ammunition might soon create a problem
It would be difficult to solve In case a
free route of communication were not
opened up. This, in fact, waa the prin
cipal reason why the long-delayed offen
sive against Serbia waa undertaken,
when it was. though the attitude of Bul
garia necessarily played an Important
part In this.
But German and Austrian w- t..
were not the sole factor. The central
powers could make good use of Turkish
and Bulgarian wool, skins, hides, cereals
and copper ores, and Turk. .. u..i
rarta needed the revenues which would
come from the sale of these materials.
It Is to be doubted that history ever be
fore presented an instance In which the
opening of a line of commun'catlon met
so adequately the needs of four allied
peoples engaged in war, or that from this
condition so urgent a necessity had
sprung.
For the first time since the outbreak of
the European war Germany and Austria-Hungary
are relatively independent
economically, while Turkey and Bulgaria
now have within their reach an inex
haustible supply of war materials, Inex
haustible today because the German and
Austro-Hungarlan arms and ammunition
manufacturers now have access to the
great mineral stores of the Balkans and
the Ottoman empire.
End of a fthortage.
The shortage of copper In the central
states has been ended by the taking of
a copper mine near Mtlanovac and else
where in Serbia. Bulgaria, too. has a
large number of copper mines, the beat
of them near Mesdra, on the Headra
I.om Palanka branch railroad, and the
Turka can meet any possible shortage
with oree from Anatolia, notably from
the Smyrna region.
t'hemlcal raw material also may be
brought from Turkey In Asia, and a
paucity of cotton for explosives Is now
altogether unllkelv ihi. ...
produced In considerable quantities In
the tfllrlan plain. It la of Interest to
learn that even a placer gold field has
fallen Into the hands of the central pow
ers, that near Mllanovac, Serbia.
In a single duy The Associated Tress
correspondent saw as many as nine towa
go down the river, each carrying the
equivalent of 100 freight cara, giving the
day s trafflr a total of a.SOO carloads, or
215 trains of average siae. For the five
daya apent on the river the total cannot
j be less than 40,000 carloada, or, with bulk
and weight brought Into relatione, over
1.000.0C4 tons.
M..y Towa fro. Uersaaar.
Many of the towa came directly from
Germany, the names of the barges'
, home ports and the distance traveled In
dicating that they had been concentrated
In the Austrian reaches of the Danube
when the offensive against Serbia, had
not yet begun. As aa example of Ger
man and Austro-Hungarlan thorough
ness, the preparations for the resumption
of Danube traffia are noteworthy.
Already train connections for military
purposes exist between Berlin and Con
stantinople and, according to assertion
t. ide here, a through passenger and ex-
pnaa freight servics will be in operation
within three weeks, via Belgrade and
Man.
The Serbs were not given time enough
lo destroy this line aa thoroughly as It
was expected they would, and as a re
sult of this people here hope to travel
soon on the "B" Express? a train that
will link "Bruaaels-Uerlln-Budapeal-Uul-aiia-B
santhium."
RUSS DRUGGISTS SELL BOOZE
RrkAm In Tr A Tmmana Cinna 4 Vi a
Prohibitory Order of Govern
ment in Effect
HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF
(Cortespondence of the Associated Press.)
PETROGRAD, Jan. B.--After more
than a year's trial for the antl-llquor
decree It appeara that some American
prohibition history Is being repeated In
Russls, A memorial to the city council
of Petrograd seta forth that the union of
drug clerks finds the demand for eati de
cologne and a variety of bitters haa been
growing steadily.
It ia estimated that the l.V) licensed
drug stores In the cltv have sold the
equivalent of tl.X gallons of pure alco
hol since the antl-llquor edict took effect
at the beginning of the war. While some
of this Is legitimate drug business. It Is
asserted that the trsde mainly consists
of sales to persons who use these alcoholic
preparations In beverages.
Big Urns; Store Trade.
Further. It Is stated, the druggists have
begun the sale of surrogates for various
trade articles, such surrogstes consisting
of alcohol that haa been allowed to stand
upon aromatic seeds, roots and leave, or
which has been more aimrly doctored up
with aniline ingredients. The drug
store trade, in fart, seems to be carried
on Without false pretenses-as to the pur
poses for which these surrogates are of
fered for sale.
The memorial has been teken Into con
alderatlon by the city council.
Of still greater proportion than the sale
of the drug prep rat lone mentioned, haa
been the use of denatured alcohol as a
beverage and the rectification of dena
tured alcohol Into a palatable, if not a
wholesome substitute for vodka.
Mark Fuel Alcohol gold.
The effort to render fuel alcohol re
pellent to the worklngman's taste does
not seem to have succeeded. Equally
fruitless hss been the campaign of edu
cation undertaken by the government
and the press. The government hss fi
nally been forced to adopt restrictive
measures. In view of the temperance
program adopted at the outbreak of the
war, fuel alcohol may now be sold only
to persons having a license from the po
lice. But naturally the police cannot be
certain that a great deal of the dena
tured spirit that Is asked for to heat
business and domestlo premises and to
prepare food Is not later peddled for
beverage. The relative scarcity of wood
and coal has forced many householders
and merchants and manufacturers to rely
upon alcohol heaters for warmth. It Is
Impossible to deny the request a of legl
mate purchasers and It Is dlflcult to
draw the line between them and secret
rectifiers.
STAG HAS CHARMED LIFE
Far Fifteen Years It Has Eluded
Hooters in Minnesota
Woods.
For fifteen years hunters In the swamps
near White Pine, Minn., have tried to
send a fatal bullet Into a great white ,
buck that has headed the deer herds of
that section. The mammoth stsg plunges
Into the dense tamarack swamps at the
opening of each hunting season and only
occasionally do hunters get a gllmpso of
the animal, which seems Immune to
hunters' bullets.
William Lancette, sergeant of police Vt
Ducgs station, while hunting In tho
vicinity of White1 Pine last week with
others from St. Paul, caught sight of the
white stag, seeing It rise from a thicket
at the crest cf a hill and fade Into noth
ingness while he was bringing his rifle
to bear on the spot. Others of the party
caught a glimpse of the animal as It
plunged Into the thick tamarack, and
although they scoured the swamp, they
saw no more cf tt. St. Paul Dispatch.
Six-Year-Old Had troop,
"I have a little girl years old who
has a great deal of trouble with croup,"
writes W. E. Curry of Evansvllle, Ind.
"I have used Foley's Honey and Tar, ob
taining Instant relief for her. My wife
and I also used It and will say it Is
the best cure foV a bad cold, cough,
throat trouble and croup thst I ever
saw," Those' terrible coughs that seem
to tear one to pieces yield to Foley's
Honey and Tar. Sold everywhere. Adver
tisement. Famous War Song.
Dispute having arisen lately over the
authorship of the song. "We Are Coming
Father Abraham," which the soldiers of
the armies of the north were wont to
sing during the United States civil war,
it has been shown that William Cullen
Bryant was not the patriot who wrote
the stirring words, works of reference
to the contrary notwithstanding. The
composer was a Hlcksite Quaker named
John B. Gibbons, whose aversion to
slavery had led him into full support of
the union cause. He was led. soon after
Iilncoln's call for SuO.Ooo volunteers, to
frame a versified response which would
voice the aasent of the people; and though
never before or after was the gift of
songmaklng one of his assets, like Whit
tier, also a Friend, he framed sentiment
Into a form that nerved warriors. The
militant Quaker always Is a doughty foe
man, but in his own way. Christian
Science Monitor.
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LONG BRITISH LINE IN SERBIA This interesting picture shows a long British trench
in Serbia. The British line here extends from one mountain top to another. The trench
can be traced through the valley and up the side of the mountain in the distance.
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!no Political Books
Found in Library
Of Old King Peter
(Correspondence of the Associated ress)
BKIxlRAnU Jan. 6-lCuropean poll-tl-a
did not greatly Interest the Serbian
king before IVter, If the cont'nU of
the royal library ran be regarded as
throning llht on the studies of the
kingdom's ruiers. No books of lm,i.r
tsnce on politlcsl subjei-ts were acquired
before Petri's ac(eslin, but a -eiy
rSe. tsll- n m e.- were sd led t the
llbrsty In the twelve yesrs of his rolsn
Another l psrtnietit of the library dat
ing Irom his time Is looked upon by the
Urmsn and Austro-Hungarlan conquer
ors of I he city ss a gnlfloant. It Is devoted
to cstaloKues snd works of g-neral lit
fovmat.in ccn etnnn great arms factor
ies of the w'Wld, Including l'ut loff,
I'rauscl, .Xriuntrcing and KrupP. Many
excellent li t.ucs in In ludel lit t i's
dci artment.
Most of the treasures and furn'shlngs
cf the ronl iaa e weie r. mixed when
the roy.d fan-l left the city, hut the
Unary left behind. A Vlsnna librar
ian for tin- list fifteen years In charge
of the Ore.ital Inni ate dr.iartme.it f
the Vienna rtyal I brary. ha 1 een en
trusted with me cataloguing of the Ser
bian royal library. He told the Associated
Tress repi-esentat.ve some Interesting de
tsils sboJt th' collncttcn. T, e ( I lest
book It the lll rsry. whli h l neither
of greit extent i.or Rreat wrt i. i a es
from V.M. an'l Is .n Herman. Few ol.l
Seiblan b ok . w te fo.nd. T. e Iho'as
Bi'm Ired befi re the reign of Alexander
are chbfi.v of the sort found In any
middle class family's IKrar. They are
chiefly In French. The l.onka aiMe.l du
r ng Abxai ders v Ign are nulny ll''
tliui. No books of political Impjitance
were a-mili ed I y him.
An Interesting collection dating from
this peilo.l, nni;ulses vsst niimh!'rs of
shim lory poena, a rit ten by women snd
children In p'lse cf Queen Draifc, who
appears to liae been greutly llcloved
by the cimmon peope. In thi sarr.e de
partment are many muMml cumposlt.ons,
chiefly military marches, dedl ated to
King Alexander.
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