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LARGEST SWORN CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN INDIANA. Tin: wi:athi:r ! NJ dA."A '1);;I'. ... night . i n i S.it -:rd , !-"li-ly I'm a! .-no -. , m::i' - u .-. '..irnv-r te, night. E V 1 : 1 1 .MICIIMAN - lo'j'ly tonight an-! S.i! :;. day u ith snow r.i.i ro . warmer in south and .i-l portions tonight. 1 t ) Edition AVERAGE DAILY NEWS-TIMES CIRCULATION FOR NOVEMBER WAS 15,998. READ THE 'WANTS' VOL. XXXI., NO. 359. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS

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GAHDHER SCORES "COLD STORAGE"

OF BATTLESHIPS Representative Tells Naval Affairs Committee That Refusal Adequately to Man Vessels Mates U. S. Fleet Unprepared EIGHTY FIGHTING SHIPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE Declares Many Are Out of Commission and Would Require Months to be Prepared for Service 18,000 Men Short. WASHINGTON, Roe. 1. After the house rubs committee had denied Rep. Gardner :t hearing 'n his n -solution to name a oHimiis.sion of inquiry into tin prepare -el n ess of the army and navy for war tin naval affairs con iiiittee accorded him the privilege, of .nakin a statement before it. Rep. Gardner's statement was a peppery argtunont. Ho said: 'You have refused to send for my witnesses, and you have refused to let ine question your witnesses. "You object to summoning ottiet rs on the retired list and yet they are the very men you ought to summon for they have nothing to gain and nothing to lose by their testimony. "If you gentlemen had permitted me to present as witnesses a few rent!y retired otlicers, in a single day .he country would have learned of our demented policy of building warships for 'cold .storage', because we are too mean to vote them crews. out of our .".0 completed battleships, do you know that 1- of them are unavailable) without a long delay on account of our refusal to pay the bill lor the manning of them, but the worst of it is that wo can't set these battleships out of 'cold storage when we want them. Many Ships Out of Use. "If we had gone to war with rest of the iirst class powers early In August, do you realize that no less ihan nine of our battleships would' not vet be ready to right? Asst. eSe-c'y of "he Navy Roosevelt testified that it lakes three months to get a ship in 'reserve' ready to fight and that it takes fix months for a ship in 'ordinary ami one year for a ship 'out of commission' to be gotten ready. Three ..f our battleships are in 'reserve', six are in Wdinary' and three are 'out of commission.' Furthermore, we have 1 T cruisers, destroyers, IS torpedo .oats, live submarines and perhaps a dozen miscellaneous lighting ships kept in 'cold storage' with the battleships. "Highly lighting vessels of our modern navy are not available for oattlo in an emergency. Think of it. mil yet you talk about being prepared ;'or war. I charge that our navy is lS.ro(V enlisted men short, and a further -hortage of 4 0.0n men is in sight. In support of my charge I call to witness he evidence of Asst. Sec'y Roosevelt given at your hearing, and the evidence of Hear Admiral Charles J. Hadger. Roth of those men say that the navy is IS.iho) men short, pot counting" the sailor. needed for ships now building. Your witness. Rear Admiral Victor Blue, estimates our navy to h short for war only :::.S n'isted men. Yet the mineral board, which has actually made our war nlnns. estimates the enlisted force of Mi navy as between ::o,o(io and ."..- ('Mi men short for war. Great CMt to Protect. "1 am told that some ! you gentlemen want to cut down the enlisted force of the nay. There is nothing impler. Just put a few more vessels out of commission. "Why not put them all out of commission, and deper.d on the naval militia in war time to man them Tin ro : re T.'tOO n.ial militia men. If any attention b id lcen paid to the general board's appeals for our national safety, instead of only ?. battleship.' built and building ami authorized. we should now have 47 battleships built, building and authorized: :instead of ".S destrovers we should now have destroyers; hut listen to this: T.attleships lie across the great cean highways to intercept the er.emv's fleet. How are they to know where the enemy's tho i is bound? Canada is to the north of us. Mexico to the south. l-'rom the St. Croix river to the Rio Grande our const is 3.eu0 miles long. Net! I I'a-t Soiits. "The ei.emv will sutcly elude Us unless we bav fast scouts to torewarn our battle fleet. If we had h ded the advice f the genera I oard w-e should have a Meet of fast scouts today. How many do you hink we ai'tuiU have K'' Just hrec. and those were authorize. 1 over 1 ears no. Tho general board .-sks us to build four this year, but the rccr tary refused to recommend a single scout. "We have .-' submarines. f all con-l:om-uood. bad and indifferent. We need submarines. I-ast u.ir Ad miral Vreeland told us thai e Ueodd " submarines for harbor defense .-lone." Oomoiit" li-ciit. Commissioner Ck:m nt di.-M ntir.g. aid : '"I can 'cit regi-.rd the a lion now 'aken '' the commi-v-i'-a as out of iri:i..ny with spirit and purpose of the l.iw. and as taking a st-p that 'ads away fruu the sound prim-lobs lid c-sirv l e.ner the ends uf JusA- I initit !!;i!n! it. jasti'a ation of rates pe-r:uitte.l by thN !m i.-im t be n if.tx d ii ts l.i r !' aoi.yi th n d of gie.it r m-i i'o.f to en.ibb car-Mt-rs to ;i.':ord adf-piat- service to the public. If" tin si- oi'Side '-rations eoil--1 i l ti t a sufl'a ie va 1 asis f,r w holesale . pproval of a body of increased rates

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PLAY IN HARD LUCK Seem-. ti 1h oh the Trail of Prominent People of tho Michigan City. HATTLR CR 'KK, Mich., Dec. is. The ('ran dins ai e having their troubles. Mrs. Mary Grandy is at Nichols hospital, with pneumonia. One daughter. Mrs. John IS. Martin, is critically ill at the sanitarium: another. Mrs. I). Martlip. is sut'ring from a broken knee cap. ' a granddaughter, Mary Rouise Crandin, is recovering from a long run of fever, and a cousin, Mrs. Mary Partridge, has just suffered two stiokes of paralysis. The Crandin family is prominent here, including a son. I-rank, head of the C Y. post advertising business, and one of the l.'.o.Ouu heneflciaries under the lot will. SAYS ENGINEERS ARE SUBJECT 10 BLACKLIST Railroad Man Replies thatfcSafety First" Requires Stringent Regulations. CHICACO, Dec. IS. Complaint by "Warren .Stone, president.of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngineers before the federal arbitration board that enginemen were the victims of what amounted to about a black list, brought from Vice I'res't Park of the Illinois Central and one of the arbiters, a retort that "strict rules were necessary for the safety of the traveling public." Mr. Turk's remark was intended to explain Mr. Stone's charge that when an engineer was discharged by ono road he found that every other road usually had been furnished with his record and refused him work. Mr. Stone retorted to this: " 'Safety first' in most instances is nothing more than a joke. Yesterday a Hurlington engineer told of doing switchir ,' work on a left-handed engine, where he was forced to sit cm the side away from all signals. Yet of all western roads the liurlington is in the front rank of advertising 'safety first.' M The head of the brotherhood also claimed that IS months before the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad scandal his organization wrote the company's otticials and warned them of what was going on. Mr. Stone added that during the inquiry the brotherhood was censured for this action. MARKET TO DISCONTINUE TWO DAYS FOR SEASON Market Master Miller announced Friday morning that after the week commencing next Sunday that . the public market would be discontinued on Thursdays and Tuesdays on account of the cold weather and general disinterest through the winter months. The market, according to Miller, has been exceedingly successful through the past year and will be continued every Saturday as long as producers continue to come to the city to sell their wares. WOMAN FALLS ON ICY WALK INJURING KNEE Mrs. Martha Grabacz. lsOl Randolph st., fell on the icy sidewalk In front of Clatter's jewelry st re Friday morning and dislocated her knee. She was removed to her home in the police amluilance. h y sidewalks and drafts against buiblinus in the downtown districts are given as causes for an agitation among business men of the city for an enforcement of the ordinance which demands that sidewalks and curbs be cleared of snow and ice immediately upon their obstruction by snow and ice. PARCELS FOR CANAL ZONE MUST BEAR DECLARATION IF THEY ARE DUTIABLE Xot withstanding the fact that the Panama canal zone is owned and governed ly the Fnited States, yet goods liable to customs duty enroute to any foreign country are similarly liable enroute to the canal zone. The postotlice department at Washington has called attention of the local postmaster to this peculiar situation. So it is that if one wishes to send a package by parcel post to any point in the territory adjacent to the Panama canal and under the suzerainty of Fnele Sam he must attach to that package a customs declaration showing what the package contains and the value thereof. This declaration must be written on a blank furnished at the postoUiee. This of course applies only to third and fourth class m titer and th duty N due enly on such things that are dutiable which excepts books ami periodicals of an telucational alue. samples and some i 'l her items. r.i;Mi:i; is kjli.i:i. tj:rri: hafti:. ma., bo-, n. William Jarred, a farmer over the state line in Illinois, in putting down bis cun to oitint the rabbits he had killed, was - fatally sited when th weapon was accidentally discharged. Part of his head was torn :T. agreed upon by the carriers in a given territory, the same must be epialy inn if tvery road in the country, as well as e very rate, were included in :. proceeding before us. "If the legislative authority of the commission is as broaii ami unrestricted as this, then 1 must confe s that T have- gravely misumbrstoed the limitations upon our stafutory authority as well as the constitutional power of emgres to delegate- it legislative penver."

S GET 5 PER GENT- RAISE Interstate Commerce Commission Says Net Income Does Not Meet Operating Requirements, So Grants Increase. WASII1NC.TOX, Dec. 1. A decision favorable to the railroads was handed down by the interstate commerce commission today in the live per cent rate increase. It granted permission to the railroads to make increases in certain territory not to exceed live per ..-f Tit, at the same time forbidding this increase to be added to rates hitherto raised. The commission was divided on the question of granting the railroads' appeal. Cc nmissioners Clements and Harlan dissented in the opinion of the majority. The decision of the majority was as follows: "In view of the tendency toward a diminishing net operating income as shown by the facts described we are of the opinion that the net operating income of the Railroads in ollicial classification territory taken as a whole is smaller than is demanded in the interests of both the general public and the railroads and it is our duty and our purpose to aid so far as wc legally may in the sedation of the problem a.s to the course that the carriers may pursue to meet the situation. Xet'd More Itevenue. i niie we unier as to me relative importance to be attached to the various considerations presented we agree in the conclusion that by virtue of the conditions at the present it is necessary the carriers' revenues be supplemented by increase throughout official classification territory. "Whatever the consequences of the war may prove to be. we must recognize the fact that .'t exists; that it is a calamity without precedent and the fact that by it commerce of the world has been disat ranged and thrown into confusion. The means of transportation are fundamental and indispensable agencies in our industrial life and for the commonwealth .should be kept abreast of public requirements. "Joint rates between olticial classification territory on the one hand and southeastern territory, the southwest and points on or east of the Missouri river on the othr may be increased not to exceed five per cent of the division of the rate accruing to the carriers in official classification territory. "Interstate . rates, to. and from New England, from and to points in trunk 'ine or central freight association territory where necessary to preserve established relationships between points or ports in New; England and points or ports in trunk line territory, may be increased not to exceed five per cent. May Increase Kates. "Subject to the maintenance of the cstablisned Atlantic port differentials, rates to and from New York may be increased not to exceed live per cent and rates to and from Portland, Boston, Philadelphia and lialtimore may he increased to the extent necessary to maintain said differential. "Kxcept as otherwise above specified, ratea in otfieial classification territory may be increased by not more Mian live per cent, but rates increased since July 20, 1 ! 1 4 . may not now be again increased so as to exceed thoso then in effect by an aggregate of mora than five per cent or the intra territorial rate or of the portion or division of the road rate. Carriers may If they see lit cancel such tariff suspended and hie in lieu their tariff which conforms to the limitations above specified. If that is done such suspension will be vacated. REPORT RECORDS SALES OF CHRISTMAS SEALS "Every time the light Hashes some one dies of tuberculosis." This sign, suspended beneath a flashing rod light constitutes an effective advertising scheme for the Reel Cross Christmas seals just installed at the Oliver hotel, J. M. S.. postotlice and Ellsworth store stantls by the Anti-Tuberculosis league. Record sales are being made in all the stands, but the Oliver hotel i tarred Thursday The arious stands were in charge Friday of the following" women: St. Joe bank. Mrs. C. J. Allarelt and Mrs. Stanley Stephenstm: J. M. S'.. Misses Ann Carlisle anel Mary DtieShane; postotlice, Mrs. M. Burden and Misses Elsie Stellar. Adele Wills and Irma Collmer: Oliver hotel. Mrs. Rudolph llorst. Mrs. George Martin: Wy man's Mrs. W. B. Pond. Mrs. J. A. Rode and Miss Helen Haiighton; Robertsem's. Miss Mary Hammond, Mrs. George Blair; Brandon-Durrell's, Miss Helen Creeel. FIND A "TYPHOID MARY" IN WATERWORKS EMPLOY CHICAGO. Dec. IS. A search of weeks was ended successfully today when the board of health discovered a -typhoid Mary" in the person of a city employe at the Chicago a v. pumping station. The persistence ef typhoid fever in one small section of the north side led the he alth oMicers to test the milk supply, the sewage system and finally the water supply. When it was found that a large number of employes ef the pt.mping station had recently had typhoid fever, dood tests of all the employes were f.ken ami one man in the lak repair department was feund to be a carrier of erms. KAFAVHTTF. Mabel Rogers .f She-.. il. Inel., tedd attorneys yestenlay how she had been pricked with pins. had reel ink put en her face, be-en partly disrobed and finally thnnvn into a tub ef cold water when she was ha z el whib at Purdue university. She is suing seven girls for damages charging that as the n suit of the hazing she has not since been able te attend school.

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ACCUSED OF TAKING DIAMONDS AND MONEY WHILE MAKING A CALL

.Mr Mamie Hubin Chargetl Willi Neigh Iw'ily Theft" by Mrs. Tillie (ioldhcr. When Mrs. Mamie Rubin. S09 W. I Division St., called upon Mrs. Tillie Goldberg, 10." W. South St., upon the pretext of discussing certain difficulties arising from the manufacture j oi u quni in me liuom nome, mere ; lay wrapped in a handkerchief on the Goldberg dining table In money and a handful of rings and other jewelry amounting in all. according to the Goldberg estimate, to $116. Shortly after Mrs. Rubin had left for her home the handkerchief and its contents were missed and the Goldbergs deduced that Mrs. Rubin had taken them with her. The police were notified: a warrant was srwom out and Mrs. Rubin was arrested. In an effort to locate the money and Jewelry a search warrant was pre- : teya ano tne Kunin home was furched from top to hot ton, but according to the police no trace of the missing trinkets were round. Nevertheless Mrs. Rubin was arraigned in city court Friday morning upon charges of trrand larceny. Her case was continued while bond for her appearance was fixed at $20o. Mrs. Rubin, through an attorney, pleaded not guilty. The missing handkerchief container! besides the money one bracelet, one diamond ring, one ruby ring, one pearl ring and a pair of pearl earrings. ENGLISH SUAE BEFORE Admiralty Calls it "Attack of Nerves," However, and Denies Loss of Ships. Lu.l)OX, Dec IS. Kxcitement was renewed here and along the entire North Sea coast of England by reports that another German raiding squadron had been sighted heading for Great Rritain to renew the bombardment of coast towns. The reports apparently originated at Scarborough, a dispatch from there stating that light signals had been flashed from the toast during the night and had been answered by signals from the land. A.s the - lir.st, . German raid is believed te have been assisted by German spies on English soil, tho excited inhabitants immediately drew the conclusion that another attack was in progress and the rumor was Hashed along the coast. AVhen the reports readied here excited throngs gathered about the bulletin boards, but no confirmation of the rumors was forthcoming during the morning. The naval authorities attributed the miners to "an attack of nerves" from which the coast inhabitants have been suffering since the raid of Wednesday. Deny Lo of Ships. Claims made by the German government that two Rritish warships had been sunk in the naval engagement had followed the German raid were emphatically eienied. at the admiralty today. It vw admitted that "some slight damage" had been done to the unprotected cruiser Patrol and destroyer Doon and that L'0 members of their crews hal been killed or injured, but the admiralty stated that the damage was so slight that the boats would not have to be retired f jt repairs. Latest, advices from Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool show that the casualties suffered by civilians and coast defense soldiers numbered 4 0 J. There were los killed outright ami :oi woundeel. Of the latter 10 have since died, increasing the death list to 124. hive more of those wounded at Men uoi ougii are crying. ARDM0RE SCHC0L WILL GIVE ENTERTAINMENT! The pupil.west of the of the Ardmore school, city, will give an entcrtbe evening of WednesThis is the first enterbe given in thf nnw tainment on day, Dec. 2:: tainment to seuooi iiuiiuing wnicn is neing occupied for the first time this year and particularly for that reason all th parents and the friends of the pupil? are expected to be present. The school authorities are anxious also that those in the city who may be interested in the country school work will also take advantage of the opportunity to see the work of the school. The schoed is located at Heights on the Crumstown Tim building is modern equipped, having been built Ardmore av. road, ind well with the view of affording a community center. mere are now (, pupils in attend ance. ine principal is Homer Taylor ami the primary teacher. : Eucih Latip. TL. diss TWO GIRLS ARE GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCES Stella I.ynska. 13 years old. and Milina Truhowska, 1 t years old, Mishawaka girls, have been given suspended l-entencfs by Judge Miller of the juvenile court. The girls were charged with having stolen jewelry and w taring apparel from the Crand leader and the Independent 5 and Dcent ste.re. The ce-.irt sentence makes them wards of the juvenile court until they are 21 years obi. MUNICIPAL COLLECTION OF ART IS STARTED CHICAGO. Dec. is. Twelve paintings and e.ne piece ef sculpture have been purchased by the mayor's committee on art as the nucleus for the first municipal art collection in America. The i :: works were seleoteel from several hundred exhibited at the art institute. The prices asked came to more than J.'.eio.i. i,ut every artist joineel in halving his price to enable the city te buy the collection fer the -''.o appropriated.

REPORTS NEW RA

BMELL'S S CAREER LASTE NLY 1 Mrs. Edith Clarke Tells of Pilgrimage of "Ark" Inhabitants to Chicago Brother Francis Latest to Disappear. HKXTOX HARROR. Mich.. Dee. iv Disappeaarnce of "Urothei Francis", bewhiskered assistant of the Haming sword at Benjamin Purncll's Eden of 61 Eves, and new charges by Mrs. Edith Clarke, one of the wome'u who ran away, held the center of interest m the investigation of the cult colony hero today. Myron H. Walker. L'. S. attorney at Grand Rapids, has declared the missionary campaigns of "King" Benjamin will come in for investigation by the postal authorities in addition to tho department of justice probe of the cult with a view to possible Mann act charges. Mrs. Clarke, in her latest statement reviewed a trio taken bv Reniamin rumen, is women ii men and aii the animals from the Benton Harbor ark to Chicago where, she said, Ren.iamin opened a side show with a circus. Benjamin used to walk up ami down in front of the tents said Mrs. Clarke. "A lot of people looked at his whiskers and his reel kimono and paid a dime to see what was inside the tents. "We women sold souvenirs and things. The men pretended to do stunts with the animals. But the animals were poor, tired beasts, and they were good only to stare at. Stayed Only Two Days. "The weather got pretty rainv and Benjamin stayed there only two days. "We slept in the tents on the rainy ground after that. But before it got .so bad he stayed with us. The men slept in one tent and the women in another. That is, all but Benjamn. "He went around among us as he did in the inner court. lie had a regular celebration, just as ho did a Shiloh. "We were in our nighte lothes and he used to have us dance for him, and he used to call the young girls to his siele when they did real well. It was worth while to .stand in well with King Banjamln and be pretty and young-. "But even with these celebrations, Benjamin did not care much for the weather, .and he left us with our animals to bring back to the ark." Benjamin had trouble two years ago. Mrs. Clark said, when liis prophecy that the world would end March 12, 1012, failed to ome true. The colony now looks forward to (March 12, IMG. Math Her MoiiiIkm of Band. tMrs. Clarke went on to tell how King Benjamin sought to buy her silence with a slide trombone. In addition he made her a member of his angelic hand that was to toot triumphant on the day of judgment. Mrs. Clarke gave an outline of a dav in the life of the king of the "holy rollers". "You see, Benjamin used to be pretty la,e at night ami up early in the morning." she said. "With his celebrations and his dances he was pretty tireel out about sun-up. o he used to sleep generally until noon. Then some women would bring him breakfast and comb his beard and fret hisx white clothes ready. lie would wander r around the place and let "isitors look at him. When evening came he would Fit on the veranda of Shiloh w ith some of the women of the inner ceurt' and listen to the hand concert." As to the otlifr membt rs of the colony Mrs. Clarke said thy worked in the fields raising food for Benjamin, and the favored women. SEARCH FOR BOARDER AS CLEW TO MURDER CASE MTEWAFKEE. Wis.. Dec. IS. The police are hopeful that the arrest of a boarder missing from the home of Teihn Miller may help to solve the mysterious murder of Mrs. Miller, who was found lying on the floor in tho kitchen last night with her throat ent. Her husband reported the crime.

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Two German Cruisers Gave Battle to Six British Ships; Dresden now Reported Sunk

VALPARAISO. Dec. IS. The Get man cruiser Dresden is reperted in a wireless dispatch received here last night te have been sunk off Cambridge island in the Pacific by the Rritish cruiser. Rristol. The dispatch says that when the Dresden was overtaken by the Rritish ship an engagement lasting 40 minutes took place and that the Rristol was badly damaged, but succeeded in sending the Dresden to the bottom. PUXTA ARFNAS. Argentine, Dec. IS. (By Wireless to Buenos Aires) "I am going to join my comrades" were the last words spoken by Capt. Kcehler of the German cruiser Dresden to the German consul here as he went aboard his vessel to sail to what he believed to be tertain death. During the course of a conference with the- consul, the suggestion was made to Capt. Koehler that he let his ship be intered. but he replied: "We will fight." While the Dresden was here Capt. Koehler gave tie first au:hentic account that has been secured e)f the Falklmd Island battb. H- raid: "The German pacific division left the Pacific to go to the Falkland Islands by way of Capo Horn. The voya-e was maele without inehJent. "A little before arriving at" our destination the oommamb r of the elivisior.. Vice Aelmiral ve.n Spec, detached one of our cruisers to explore and discover fact cemcerning the tresenco of 1-nglish ships in the

FIRE IN TERRE HAUTE KILLS FIVE PERSONS Rooming llmis' Known a "Hay aU" Hum. I'arly lYidny, Trapping occupant.

TERRE HAFTE. Ind.. Is. Fire early today in a rooming b.ou-c in the red li.uht district kit own n the "hay loft." caused the death of five persons. Two were taken out dead and three were so badly burned that they died an hour after the f'.re.. Tho dead: E. F. Alexander. 4." years old less Roller, 2 4 years old Mrs. Dilania Rolley. landlady. William Centry. 4 7 years old. Clifford Rollev. 1" vears old, s:i f Mrs. Rolbv. The fire was caused by the explosion of a hanging lamp in a hallway. The rooms are small and flimsy partitioned. Only the five persons who met death were sleeping in the place at the time. The building was a mass of flames by the time the firemen arrived and they could do nothing. THE "HEW iPOLEOII German Nation Wild With Re- ... .... . joicing uver victory m roland and Coast Attack. BFREIN, Dec. 1. (Via Amsterdam) The German nation tiday gave itself up to wild rejoicing over the- victory over the Russians in Poland ami tVi l- 1 1 of o ,f t Vi rk Cf.rnvin itt:ielv' against the British coast, in which two English terpedo boat destroyers are reported te have been sunk and another badly damaged. The schools' were c losed and the children paraded through the streets j carrying tiaKs ami singing ine na tional anthem. Headed by a military hand a detachment of hussars paspl through the Fnter Den ianden escorting detachments of artillery and machine guns that have just arrived from Poland, where they were captured in the fighting around l,odz a. fortnight ago by the armies of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. All the public buildings and most of the stores and dwellings were covereil with German flags er with black, white and red bunting. The New Napoleon. Field Marshal von Hindenburg is the man of the hour. His popularity knows no bounds. His fame is being celebrated in song and poe try. From nearly all wimhovs the grim face ed this warrior, with its massive jaw and shaggy brows looks forth from decorated lithographs or paintings. Theuisands of picture post carels are being turned out bearing the picture of the famous Gorman gmral and appropriate words describing his great feats in the eastern thear-r of war. "The Xe-w Napoleon" is one of the popular names for von Hiinlenburg. Tho newspapers devote column after ciilumu in praise of the prowess of the German sailors, who crept across the North Sea to attack the English coast anel gallantry of the ollicejs ami their sebliers who aii struggling against the vast armies of Ru-ia in Poland and Galicia. Members ef the Re it hstag who an in Berlin have adopted a resolution ef praise and thanks for v'n Hirnle riblirg. TO (ONSTKKT HOl'l.l A'A RD. JO MET, 111., Dec. 1 v The Joliet eh;m!er of eommeroe lias :ejaled t the Will county board for IoMO.uuO to constrib t a hoiilevard from this city to Iowners Grove. te eonnect with the Chicago road to that illagc. NEAR DEATH FROM BL.VsT. K E WAN EE. 111.. Dec IV Leroy Stevens, a farmer, was near b-;uh today from an explosion of dynamite he was thawing with hot ashes. ne of his eyes was lilown out and eight bones were fractured. GARY. Andrew Kornios, 4 ears edel, shot himself through th- heart w hile in l.e-d. I lis son. v im w as sleeping be side- 'urn. was awakened by the noise of .th sho and found bis father dead. island-. The ship returned and reported that the-re w re- two Knglish cruis-rs. The admiral prepared at once to give battle te the- lmstib ships, issuing the necessary euders. "Advancing toward the islands in a little while we were- abb- to make out the strength tjf the Imstile tb-e-t. Therewere noi two cruisers, but six. Our commander kept to his re-sohuicii and continued to the advance. "A little late r at. the- mouth of thebay vve noted tuei elreailnaughts eif tip lion type, j;.eeii tons, more e.r less, whose presence- was unknown befere. "The conditions were magniticcnt. The we ather was cb-ar and aim. These conditions made impossible' a combat with a ehaia e of escape for the German Meet. Admiral von Spec persisted! in his resduti"n to give hattie with the Scharnhorst and Gr.h-n-seau acting toge the r, ordering at thesame time the dispersal of tie ihre-e other units, the minor cruisers, Leipzig. Dresden and Xueniburg. "Meanwhile the twe ( ruise-rs above mcntieuied ruuraf'uu.dy fac d the English fleet. The latter was attacked by our two cruisers while the Leipzig. Nuernberg and Dreslen steamed eutsidei the. range e-f the enemy's cannon, the- only de-vice- compatible with the circumstance s in view of tlie number, quality and size e.f the Rnglish ships. "It suttiee.s to remark that the English dreaelnaughts wer armed with 4 eentimete-r cannon, whib the German cruisers only had i'l 'centimeter i.m-iron."

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10 m U EE 3 c Make Daring Raid Into Enemy's Country. Dropping Bombs on the Fortresses at Metz and Strassburg. GERMANS BLOW UP A TRENCH WITH MINES Teutons' Counter Attacks in Belgium Have Been Repelled, According to Official Announcement From Paris. PARIS. Ret. IS. Ne o a daring raid by I'rcucli aviatetiinto Gorman terrilorv during Inch dhcy bombarded tin great German 'ortre-.M. of Met ami St ra-luir:r reached lien teda. Theiv were right aiator in tinsquadron that -.t out I't-om Toul. 'Hirer ronlinril their operation to .Met while the other, proce-rel-'d to Strahiirg. Filtrvii bomb-, were dropped upon the German fortifUatiem-. at Met ami conoiderable damage is ;Ul to have been done to two fort- there. The aviator, operatim: from a Imighih of J.OOO loot, ohtaincil geMd rsulls." they n port. H withdrew safely. The live who went to stra-burg-were driven oil hv aerial Ji ii lis operateel by Hie- t.eriuan. One of the machine-, i. said In have been wrecked ami the aviator killed. The other escapee I and returned to Tout. PARIS. De-c. is. All lb. c.;in:.-r attacks math by the Ge rmans in R. 1grum have be-n repulsed and south of the Franco-i-!n frontier nuno rous trenches have be e n capture-d by the French, according to an edl'uial statement issued lore this afternoon. In tho Argonne. however, the Germans hav su. -. -ded iii blowing up one of the ITem h .Torn-h s wj;' mine. T!e. e-Micial statement follows: '"The day of Dee-. 7 w.,s marked be profit where enemy on our part in all counter attacks Wele re-pulsed. Be lo gin m tlo "In the re gion c f , ri a offensive made us masters trendies L.Toie Auihv, a v i ;n ro : j s : sever. il l-l b.l-.- e, igy. At the: last point v.e- have .aptnie-d ,,-i a front ef more than one- kilometers (about eme-half a mile) alumst all the mulches ,.f the brst line- of the cm-mv. "Jn tlie- re-ion of Traey-l,eVal. on the Aisiu and in th chami.a -nc diti n t our he av y art illerv gaiio-d tpe al a n t a u e ha "In the Argonne. the German hae i w ........ I ... I : . . II . . .-.i . oi-M ill oiownm Up one i our ilefUUeS to tile nollU of Paris and have- tij.-d to tb-three-balalliems. Pem r-1 leo ! i ! i with 'That atta'-k oi ihe -m-;ny Hi falitry and : notiier attack mad against St. Hubert have- been repuF--i To Hie- ejvt ejf Dp- .JeU-e. ami j U Jj: Ve.sues there- is m. thing to report." oneiiMvc Meire Marked. Tlo- offensive operations of the :,n;.in northern I'lame be.-,. ruing n..r mair'-ei arm ttle attar ;s ,,f tl t!i" i iemn. i.iitish .uol Indian tjoop, ;. the way from Waiio ton. on th ib !- gian bonier to the- River i l av leTiJTle Tllor v iede lit. i . . e . . .. . Ti , i ..... ill vve-s- I' jnil' l!:e ' i ' ' t 1 1 . . I ! ; ha-. oeeU ;n;) K ) , , r, ;tt;i in f-,!i'.-round en. avors to r. coyer l-t along t be e.it bank .; t h canal, betwe-er, Dlvmude ;Mld poll. SoOfh of th,. f,,r, M "he.ut hiibt" .md v, ,;;, ,,T t... Menin tlo- A nglo-I haw- made- sligb. t ii(.L;ri. b. r Xi' u -,; t ' V p J e - 1 e i; e '-3 I II'- ' e I n, ' t l.s bee ji to e-v .n 'ii t e ip-ich-- ir.a d:,y 'he I't ro b and I :r it ish Near Zillib. Kb in v.X.t'ari "e.orde befweer. V'pi-.--i !, t ee -j , at tilb-r - . K and !iOj .?e:;ill. tli- ( o t i l a ' ii' n jiuman l:feAlor.g a thretugh Ri Zoniii-be !-. progre-ss. ij 1 111 .'ii tig" r g e ma V Ihi:: ith ir :-c i o at ti Ra a; d h.ll gew Tile- I'l-eJa I'o.-iliol:- ljjo l o 1 i e 1 . i i 1 p. g Taken uii , , b ( Arras ar.,j ar--ma ti 1 ii i n n b -rti sulcirbs mib-s !rn!!i An fi j f y, h j j SUolirbs of St. siou I.;" tlo- h"-l-e-fighting ha s be . u streets tl.ei e. ':: bomb;..rdir.g i'.-Th u 'are! ing t)'- i jn the e :'. L.t irt'i.t 1 1 Th.- rr. he d t he -. . .? . !e-!,!. J ..o'., arid harid-to-i; in progr--- :u b-rman artilb-r St. I-auient t a Arras. Atlat k and Conrite-r The ii;!r:i:i- iu t i i r. the basin of ti;-- Riw-r ttaekgion 1 i arp-- ; ;- and th- Arrris-D-aai highway-.rras-Re i,s l a ii way. Attack and eo:;t.te r ;.t;ri( iucgr. .-s around Rip i in..r and I" are- na r onn-. v. ne-re- t He- I r .-r; j - ing tijeir j;r mans with tlo .giir-t tlo- . ; of :re-sh troo-. V: aloTig thet.ii'llllll'IitS troops. ,.f part e,f tip lie id Cy t h n the Km Rrit;i ar.d 1 re r: a re-ro-r a I i n- ad ir;t rsp. -r.-e ,i. i-:iahty lodd; idtig tb.at s. i other. -tern era! .-f tlo I struggle for ..- Tb. ' nrtii;--I S a Se v ' e s u p re rn a . Tile- ; t ri!..t! roast ha Ye- g;v perm i s.o ; o b'ddi"g 'b. i.-!-. th- !;. -1 g i . u : r. m.. : f. lb i:;- th.- , Oi biirr.be r :.-n-cornh.itar:r boui-ariri.. r.t of th. ... the Rriti-h 'var-h:- IHtlo tto ;,i Oou.eO l.e-i-Itti Tia n ha.l b.-e !! ., the Get!i.in. and compe-Ib-d Linvaib is help u.'j trem hcA " , i th

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