The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1914 — Page 1

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GERMANS HURLED BACKBULLIES Fight Id North France Resumed and London Reports Progress, TURKS SHELL RUSSIAf PORTS Petrograd Claims Rout of Kaiser’s Troops in North Poland is Complete and That Men Have Been With* drawn—Rumor of Zeppelin Raid Brings Scare to Paris. The official information bureau at London gave out the following state* ment: “After a period of compare tive quiet the fighting in northern France has recommenced. A combined attack by the allies was made on the line from Hollebeke to Wyteschaete, in Belgium. Several German trenches and a number of prisoners were captured and substantial progress was made.” •» Austria has made a tentative peace proposal to Russia, but exchanges between the two governments in which Russia made known the terms that would be demanded were with* out result, Swiss newspapers report. ' BERLIN, (by wireless to Sayville, LI. — The official press bureau gave out the following: “The Turkish cruiser Midirll (forlueriy the Breslau) has bombarded E'ebastopol. The Turkish official bulletin sayr that the large cruiser Sultan Selim (the Goeben) bombarded Batum ' Dec. 10, setting fire to the city. The Russian land batteries returned the fire without success. Constantinople learns authoritatively that a Moham-■ medan uprising has occurred in the Caucasus and that 50,000 armed Russian Moslems went- over to fight against the Russians.” North Poland Cleared of Germans. PETROGRAD — So complete was the rout of the German army which invaded northern Poland from Mlawa that the force is now cleared from Russian territory and this plan of movement against Warsaw 1 as apparently been abandoned, according to reports here. - The army suffered extremely heavy losse in being driven back aft<r' taking Przasnysz. The remaining forces arc now however, it is declared. Part are repor ed as being sent north in East Prussia to aid in the defense of the line in the Mazurian Lake region. Another part is being hurried south to aid in the fighting in the Carpathians. Forced Into War, Says Sultan. LONDON — A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company from Constantinople byway of Amsterdam gives the gist of a speech from the throne by Sultan Mehmed V. at the opening of the Turkish parliament. , The sultan announced that he was forced to war when the Russian fleet attacked the Turkish fleet in the Black sea and England and France began actual hostilities by sending troops to the Turkish frontiers. Street Lamps Extinguished. PARIS — All the street lamps in Paris were extinguished at , midnight. The reason for this pre* | caution is said to have been the re c ipt of a report that two Zeppelin, dirigible balloons had been sighted at Amiens proceeding in the direction of Paris. Petrograd Fears Spy Fires. PETROGRAD — Petrograd is without water supply. There are grave fears of a.possible disaster in case of fire, and the danger of blazes being started by spies who may be in the Ruslan capital is believde to be acute. This is the first time in thirty years that Petrograd has suffered from a lack of water. The supply has been' cut off by ice blocking the conduits from the Neva from which the city’s water is taken. KAISER TO BE OPERATED ON It Is Reported His Feverish Condition Prevents Immediate Step. LONDON — Telegraphing from Berne, Switzerland, a correspondent of the Central News says : “A telegram received here from Munich says it has been decided to operate on Emperor William’s throat, but the operation is being deferred owing to the feverish condition of the emperor.’’ To Defer Tax Penalty. WASHINGTON, D. C. — An amendment to the war tax bill providing that no penalties shall be imposed for failure to make returns on or before Jan 1, 1915, from Dec. 1, 1914, was passed by the senate. It now goes to the house. Jap Mine Explosion Imprisons 800. TOKYO — An explosion occurred in a coal mine at Fukuoka as a result of which 800 laborers are imprisoned in the workings of the mine. Fukuoka is on the seacoast, sixty-five miles to the north of Negasaki. >1,000,000 to Fight Cattle Plague. WASHINGTON — The senate passed a bill appropriating 11,. . 000,000 for eradication of the foot and L meuth disease.

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GOV. GEO. W. GOETI ALS I His Request For Warshl) i For Patrol Duty May Be f enied 1 $ 1914. by American Frees Assoc at lon. AlfflSsH'f OF THE WAR. ■’ . I Thursday, Dec. 10.—The navai battle ia the South Atlantic diverted atteu- ’ tion from the great struggles in Belgii m, France and Poland. The British admiralty preserved silence as to the make-up of the squadron which sent to. the bottom the formidable (erman cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisen u and Nurnberg and smaller cruiser 1 eipzig. The German line that at. etches across France for more than 2. > miles is said by the French war qffic, to be giving way before the attack? of the allies. The official statement from Berlin gives few details of the i r ting in France, although asserting 11 a the allies in one instance were rt pulsed with heavy , German military authorities s y that, in the east the advance along f e Vis-. tu is continuing and that a sin: 11 Pol-’ ish town has been captured. As to the campaign in. southern ’oland the German war office statemei sayswerely that attacks ok the enem were , repulsed. Friday, Oct. 11.—It is admß* d un-' officially in Petrograd that G .rman troops are sweeping across- R ssian Poland and are about .fifteen miles from Warsaw-. The army of G neral; Mackensen’,apparently is stridii 5 forward rapidly, although it is sai that the other invading armiefe, t > the north and south,. are making li ;le, if aiij progfess. ■ ■ ’ • ■ I Both the French and Germ; n of- j fidal statements of today indica: J that i the new attempt of the allies to hrow back the Germans in Belgium has been checked, and that in the region o’ Ypres the Germans have not only hurled back the oncoming forc<, but in turn have made an advance. Saturday, Dec, 21.—1 t has be edme apparent that the renewed mi itary activity in Franc©, the precise n iture of which has been left in doubt b / the indefinite official communications, has not attained the dimensions of a general assault. . Reports from Fj ench and English sources say that the Germans are being pushed back s owly here and there. It is asserted in Paris that the German plan of campaign in eastern Russia has failed; that attempts to outflank the Russian right and Ibft have been defeated, and that the are reduced to the necessity cf. inking frontal attacks, which, §0 far, have been futile and costly. Gm .nan observers, however, while frankly recognizing the immense Importance of the outcome, see no reason so • believing that the German plan of campaign is in danger of failure. Constantinople reports a daring naval raid on the Russian port of Batoum. It is said 100 Russians were killed by the bombardment of Turkish warships. Sunday, Dec. 13.—The day’s of cial communication issued B>the German army headquarters awnounces that several Russian positions in North Poland were stormed and 11,000 prisoners taken. There is no news from oast Prussia or from southern Poland. The French war office statement says: “Th e enemy ventured three violent infantry attacks in the region to the southeast of Ypres which were repulsed. In the woods of Lepretre we havq made important progress., Several attacks by the enemy in the Vosges have been repulsed.” Italy has reiterated her demand for satisfaction to the subline ports for the fc«-ible removal of G. A. Rich Hudson, British consul at Hodelia, from the Italian consulate where he had taken refuge, for his immediate li Aeration. The extreme Servian left wing ur*_ suing the Austrians has forced t.’ am to re-cross the Drina near Baina I asta. On the remainder of the front he Servian armies continue to drive b ck I the Austrians to.the,north and no th* ' west.

NEAR WAR WITH I JAPAN IN 1913 Holjscn Tells How IL S. Guns Were Manned Fur Weeks. I SEG’Y. DANIELS DOESN’T DENY i Alabama Congressman Before House Committee Denies Charge Made by Member of Navy General Board of “Seeing Things”—Discussion Provokes Administration. WASHINGTON — A statement made uHore the house committee on naval affairs by Representative Hobson of Alabama that the United States got itself in readiness for a possible i wai ai the Pacific in May 1913 was | permitted to go unchallenged by Secretary of the Navy Daniels, although Mr. Hobson called on Mr. Daniels to deny the truth of the assertion. | Mr. Hobson’s challenge to l ie secretary of the navy to deny that the •' government was fearful or tro ible in , . the far east a year ago and that it actually made preparations f>r war , in that quarter was dramatic in the I extreme. Mr. Hobson was inpelien to make this declaration by the testimony of Capt. A. G. Winterhalter, a member of the navy general ooard, who intimated that =Mr. Hobs m ana 1 many other persons’ in the United States are constantly seeing visions of war. Hobson Very Angry. ! Mr- Hobson, who exhibited great .anger over Captain Winterhalter’s rather facetious testimony, denied that he was “seeing things.” Then it was that he made the statem mt. “For my own part,” he said, “I nave not been seeing things. In May, 1913, ; and for several weeks thereafter our ; gunners aK Qorregador island stayed ■ at their-'gutos night and day The I harbors wer© mined. Troops were ■ sent there. Everything was prepared for a two years’ siege. Evei yth’ng had been moved there except tl e government which was ready to r ove. ’ have noticed other things froi t lime to time. I do not notice thei i now any more than I ever have.” Secretary Daniels and Captai ■ Winterhalter looked grave as Mr. 1 obson proceeded. The former made 20 <ll- - reply to the assertion of M Hob~son about the alleged preparatic as for J wa: on Cbrregador island, ! Mr. Hobson exclaimed: “We ', the secretary of the navy is here. I will ask him if what I have stated s not true. Let him deny it.” Sec etary Daniels, his face pale and lips 1 rawn, i looked Mr. Hobson squarely i 1 the eye and made no reply. Turnii g angrily toward Captain Winterhalt r Mr. Hobson remarked: ‘ - ; “I dop’t want people to say any ! nieie that I am seeing things.” Land Question Recalled. ! Mr. Hobson’s charge that the United States was preparing for wir in 1913 created something of a sensation in the committee room. It was recalled that it was just about that time when diplomatic negotiations ! were pending with Japan relative to the alien land law question in California. The relations between the two cruntries were strained, muih more stn. ined in fact, than was generally supposed at the time. Tt has been said in well informed quarters that it was due largely to the good offices of Great Britain that the situation was smoothed over. Figured In Tolls Repeal. It was just about this time also that the president recommended the repeal cf the free toll clause of the Panama canal act saying that unless congress yielded to him on this occasion he would not know how to deal with other questions “of a more de’ eeie character.” It was said tonight that administration officials are exceedingly bitter over the developments be fore the house committee on naval at ■ fairs in the past few" days and that |as a result of today’s Incident in which there was a frank discussliju 0" a question that the government would rather, have ignored, an effort may be made to prevent further discussion of naval subjects -before the house. SERBS BELGRADE ql Austria Admits Defeat In Official Statement in Vienna. NISH, SERVIA — (Via London.)—The Servians after a desperate battle have re-entered Belgrade. , Amsterdam, Dec. 15.—Austria admits defeat in Servia. The following , official statement was issued in Vienna: “Our offensive movement tom , the River Drina encountered so itheast of Jaljevo a greatly superior enemy. Our advance not merely had i to be stopped but we were competed . to carry out retirements. Our treops t which for many weeks fought obs tinately and brilliantly but with he ivy . losses and against this fact we nay set the occupation of h ew; . steps will be taken to repel he ~ enemy.” 1 Cuban Military Chief Dies. HAVANA — General Jose De J. . Konteagiido, commander in chief «f. I the Cuban army is dead hws. , , *

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INDIANA STAIE NEWS — She Surely Is Infatuated. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Max Snyder, twenty-five years old, a mechanic, went on trial in the circuit court, with a statutory offense against a fourteen year old high school jfirl. The girl went on the stand, xeadily admitted her relations with Sayder, and asserted she loved him an< would always love him. When court a<|journed the girl slipped from the witness stand and threw her arms around the accused man. Asks Five Governors to Road Meeting. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. —.Governor Ralston issued a call to tfie governors « Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee. Georgia and Florida to meet in Chattanooga Monday, Jan. 11, to consider the. forming of a north and suoth highway association. The purpose will be to encourage “the Dixie Highway.” to lead from Chicago through Indianapolis, Louisville,.. Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Macon to Jacksonville. Gaeoline Coach a Success. BLOOMINGTON. IND. — A gasoline coafh, with seating capacity of 190. ma<|e a trip Thursday from IndlanapolM to Bloomington in as good time as la steam train. The coach «was being demonstrated for the Indiana Southern rd'ad, and the officers on the car included Supt. E. McCabe, Triinmaster J. W. Bledsoe and Roadmastjer H. G. Arn, all of Mattoon, 111. Salvationists Lay Corner Stone. BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Exercises attending the laying of the Salvation army’s new stone $20,000 institutional building were held here. Col. A. B. Kimball of Detroit and Brig. A. M. Simons of iYuit inapolis were amofig the visiting officers present. 'President William Lowe Bryan of university presided. Rev. J. G. Aubrey Dies. EVANSVILLE, IND. — The Rev. Jonathan Aubrey, aged sixty-two years, a ntinister in the Gen al Lap tist churcLj died after an il’uass of several During the p< s r forty years, Mr. Aubrey held Baptist in Indiana, Illino s. Kentucky and He is survived bv a wido five sons. B u gfc*l7^ct'or7' Held, BRAZIL, IND. —S. F. Lewis of Syracuse, N. Y., aqd C. S. Williams of Springfield, 0., are held here, harged with impersonating officers as a result of their representing themseives as deputy state inspectors of veights and measures. It is alleged that they ihspected scales in stores ana charged 75 cents for each inspection. Prisoners to Start Work. GREENCASTLE, IND. — The twen ty-four prisoners at the Indiana State farm near Putnamville will begin work Monday on the construction of the permanent dining hall and dormitory for the institution. The men have completed the temporary structure, which will house them during tlw winter months. It Must Be 1376 Body. MARION, IND. — Although the commission appointed by Judge J. F. Paulus to recount the votes for prosecuting attorney found that David M. Bell had a plurality of ten votes, the county commissioners have found for Wilbur E. W’illiams in the contest and ordered Bell to pay all costs. Preacher Asks Rehearing. BLOOMINGTON, IND. — The Rev John R. Ellis, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, who was dismissed from the Indianapolis Presbytery for conduct un becoming a minister, has officially ap pealed his case to the general assembly of the church. Ripsaw and Horse Get Him. FRANKFORT, IND. — When hij hand came in contact with a revolving ripsaw, Virgil Ostler, thirty years c’l employed in a \jiill here, lost tv 1 fingers and a portion of a thumb. A few ago Osteler was kicked in the head by a horse and his jaw frac tured. ' Farmer Has Heavy Fire Loss. MARION, IND. —ln the de strvetion of a barn belonging to Frank Lavengood, dairyman, two silos, ?00 tons of feed, SOO bushels of corn, a gas engine, mechanical milking outfit and a Jersey cow were consumed. The loss was $5,000, with $1,200 insur ance. Increases Y. M. C. A. Gift. GREENSBURG, IND. — Nelson Mowery, local philanthropist, announced that he would give an additional $3,000 to be used in completing the equipment of the proposed Y. M. C. A building, which he endowed by a gife of SIOO,OOO recently.. Magnet Removes Needle. SHELBYVILLE, IND. — By the use of a strong electric magnet, physicians removed a piece of a sewing needle from Mrs. Alex Drake’s ankle. It had been troubling her for months. Reformatory Inmate Recaptured. JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — John Hart, who escaped from the state reformatory pn the night of Nov 30, has been captured nt Pine Bluff, Art BL!1 is being returned.

CAN T GIVE AWAY $20,000,000 i i Philanthropist Regrets Refusal of Gift to Mature in 2104. EVANSVILLE, IND. — If the state of Indiana wants to accept his offer of a tontine gift of $5,000 that in little more than 190 years will aggregate about $20,000,000, it must make advances, according to Adolph Melzer, retired soap manufacturer of this city. Two years a’go Mr. Melzer made the city of Evansville a gift of SI,OOO to be deposited for 250 years and compeunded semi annually at 6 per cent interest, amounting to more than $20,OOu.OOO at the expiration of the 230 year period. He made similar off< rs to ten states, including Indiana. His effort to give away approximately $200,000,000 proved futile when executives of states and banks refused to accept the trust. Mr. Melzer then increased his offer to Indiana to $5,000 and decreased the maturity of the ccntract from 250 years to a little mere than 190 years. Governor Ralj ston and the state legislature have I taken no definite action and the local | philanthropist is disappointed BOYS MENTALLY DEFECTIVE Superintendent Says 70 Per Cent In State Reformatory Are Weak. -- The work of three Indiana correctional Institutions was reviewed at the first session of the Fifth district conference of workers in charities and corrections here. H. B. Hickman, superintendnt of the boys’ schood educational department of the Plainfield Reformatory, reviewed the work done in that institution during the last yeas. ; He stated that of the 235 boys who w ere entered last year 70 per cent ■ were found mentally defective. He ! appealed to the citizens for a separate institution in which this class of inmates could be treated. Dr. W. A. Gekler, superintendent of the Indiana State Tuberculosis hospital at Rockville, reported that 80 per cert of the patients who remain for treatment the proper length of time are cured. He prophesied, however, that the state will have to adopt measures to prevent tuberculosis rather than to cure it before adequate results can be obtained.. \ NEW IDtAGNHPWKftTTC DO IT Wife Would Divorce Man Who Sticks | to Old Trade. ANDERSON, IND. — Because he insists in following his trade and working at nothing else John Strock of Elwood may lose his wife. Mrs. Strock, in a divorce suit, alleges many years ago her husband took up the occupation of gluing violii s and that he ha% since refused to w ork at a more remunerative labor notwithstanding the fact that all the violins in Elwood are already glued. ! She also wants possession of the , family home in Elwood, which she , says, was bought with her earnings. SAUSAGE KILLS 1; POISONS 8 Uncooked Meat Is Fatal to Indiana Farmer’s Son. WABASH, IND. — Thomas Kissinger, sixteen, son of a farmer, is dead, and his brother?' two sisters, mother and three neighbors are in a critical condition as the result of eating raw meat. The Kissinger family and the neighbors now ill ate a quanI tity of uncooked sausage three weeks ago, after they had finished their win- ' ter butchering. Young Kissinger became very ill over a week tigo. A post mortem disclosed that death was due to the raw meat. DEAFNESS CAUSE OF DEATH , Elderly Carroll Co' nty Farr.ter Killed Ly T rain. • LAFAYETTE, IND. — Jacob Bowie an, eU ty years old, owner of a lurge ira t of land in Carroll county, was stru'-k by a passenger train on the Wai i s’i at Koekfield, east cf here, suffering injuries which caused his leath five minutes after the accident. I He was walking between the tracks. ■ and on account of deafness did not hear the approaching train. He was hurlSi 100 feet. KILLED AT GRADE CROSSIKG Train Breaks Nearly Every Bone of Aged ' Man’s Body. WABASH, IND. — J. J. Cart, seventy-five, was kilted and his wife probably fatally injured when their buggy was struck by an Erie train at Servia. Cart and wife were thrown nearly 100 feet and the horse was carried half a mite on the pilot of the speeding engine. Almost every bone in Cart’s body w'as broken. Mrs. Cart is unconscious. Road Would Save on Help. BRAZIL, IND. — The Clay county grand jury returned an indictment against the Vandalia Rai 1 road company, charging violation of the full crew law. The specific charge is that the railroac operated a train between Bi azil and Terre Haute on Sept. 30. short handed. It is said information vas given that the railroads of Ind- ina make a practice of employing a iorter who acts as brakeman in order to I sai e the salary of a brakemaa.

TRAINING CAMP British Recruits Preparing to Leave For the Front. * ■ W , ■ "I t f * si? *4 ' ■ V'- *4 > - ' J 3 fey®- . ■ ''' ' ... | © ISI4. by American Press Association | GOETHALS NOT TO GET SHIPS Request for Torpedo Boat Destroyers to Be Denied. WASHINGTON — The request of Colonel Goethals tor the services of torpedo boat destroyers to be "Used as, a police force to compel the observance of the regulations regarding the neutrality of the cana’ was referred by Secretary of War Garrison to Secretary of State Bryan and Sec- i retary of Navy Daniels. Though com , ferences were held by officials of’the thiee departments no decision was reached in the matter. It developed that the navy department does not want to detach destroy, era from other duties to the service of Governor Goethals in the Panama etna! waters. It now seems doubtful whether Colonel Goethals will get the ships he has asked for. RULERSWILLCONFER ON WAR O'JESJONS Scandinavian Kings Haps to Maintain Neutrality. COPENHAGEN — By invitation of King Gustav of Sweden, King Haakon of Norway and King Frederik of Denmark will visit him at Malmo, southern Sweden, next Frhiaj and Saturday. The three kings will be accompanied by their ministers es ter eign affairs and secretaries, and will; discuss affairs of common interest which have arisen as a result of the war and especialy measures for help-: ing the economical situation in Scandinavia. The coming conference is regarded as showing that excellent relations exist between the three Scandinavian couAtiivs and also as indicating their determination to maintain neutrality. GAS EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN Blast Injures Nine and Wrecks Apartment House in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, O. — A blast of gas which rocked the entire weist end of the city wrecked a two story brick apartment and business block at 1161 West Madison avenue early in the evening, killed seven persons and in- j jured nine others. Three families w ere practically wiped out of exist ence by the explosion. The force of the explosion Tvas such that the bod- ' ies of the victims were terribly mutilated and made identification a slowprocess. The explosion is believed to have resulted from an accumulation of gas from a leaky pipe in the basement of the building. Fire started in the wreckage and firemen and police risked their lives in the flames to rescue the dead and injured. AIRSHIPS HIT GERMAN CITY Other* Besides Kaiser’s Men Bombard Innocent People. BERLIN — (Via London) — I ' The Zeitungam Mittag publishes a dis--1 patch saying that hostile aviators flew i over the city of Freiburg, in the . Grand Duchy of Baden, at 3 p m. . Sunday and threw bombs from their machines. One bomb hit a horse and did con siderable damage. Two others fei In Columbia park among a erod'd rt promenaders and two girls were inI jured. _ .. s |

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U.S.TOS ARE SENTJO BORDER Washington T kes Piacatt Against Mt (.can Eilleti DIPLOMACY »JLD O WORK Three Regiments of Infsntry and Three Batteries if Artille'y Rt *had to Arizona to B ck Up V arninja— Maytorena Hee< ess of Orderg gs Mexican F'rovisi nal Pres.dent. Washington, De< 16.—Another st*> which may lead tc decisive action for the protection lor he people of Naco from Mexican bull ts was taken with orders for tiie dis; itch of three regh ments es infantry .nd three batteried of artillery to the scene of the dl&» culty. , This acti ' as decided upon at < cabinet me a d orders were !•> sued at the d<; -artment in- th© teruoon for e* »cutlon of the to* tails. The ps will move toward Naco as sot tr asportation can to arranged. tr< ps are being rgat at the requ >f eneral Bliss, wto is in charg t) American forced at Naco. N ti Mions have as yet been sent tc er I Bliss, but he had beet, told tc lit >rders from Wr ek» ington. It is unde >d aat it is the hop* of the admi at .1 that the assea> bly of these e. it Naco will convince Mayti . i d Hill that the United Stat- -ur is business and will result i- it’ r a cessation of their operat v ich have caused so many ca-. if in the Arisen* town or else se ?m to withdraw to a safe di ' ict om the United States border. That the s nJ tion is now rg» solved to use t-icl >rce if the can* ualties on the Arne n side confined seems certain. Dip'cnac "ailed. It is now ge ier. y conceded the* .the diplomatic adj- ment of the stfc nation attempt? 1 b he state depart* ment is barren of suits. Six dayd ago General Cutler ' ordered Mayta* rena either to cont> ' his fire or sug» pend operations at aco, but Mayto rena has done not: ig toward obej* ing these orders, a< rding to adviced from Naco. Gciw Carranza had u ordered General Hi to prevent anjf-“ bullets from his < ns landing od American soil at th same time stai* ing, however, that u was the fault of th c Americans them dves if they had been injured: that Maytoreua wag wholly responsible for the firing across the border ai I that he would regard it as an unf r rndly act should the United States fir across the ling in return. It is kn wn that Mayto rena. received his or> ?rs several dayd age. but they have b) >ught no changd in the disposition of he troops undef his command nor a c isation of firing General Hill is r ported to havg from 1,590 to I.BOC men defending Naco while Maytorer is supposed tg have about 3,500 sol iers. , BiDS FOR EIGHT SUBMARINES Big Diving Ship Able ' 3 Cruise Around World Conte iplated. Washington, Dec. 16.—Bids werd opened at the navy department fog eight new submarine . one of which is to displace betwe< i 925 and tons. The exact spe (flcations are d naval secret. . i - The great diving s 1 ip must have 4 speed of twenty-one I ots on the sur« face and sixteen kno i under w"ater;| will be propelled by Deisel engined with oil fuel ai e o: sufficient cruising capacity t acc< upany a fleet around the wc VESSEL”IS £L: IVED LOST Canadian Stea S' ron and CreW of Thirt >ng Overdue. Ottawa, Ont; D 16.—The Canadian govern t i- ?amer Sharon, bound from Sid C 1, to Newport, VZales, with a go if coal and a crew of thirty , 1 a month overdue and is beli. 1 t have been lost somewhere in the At’ Itic, according to information that r- ched here. Government office s said thay thought it probable t t the steamer had struck a mii>> off l.e north coast of Ireland and for.ndt id. M’CORMICK s T* OFF EASY Eight Years in Ce Penalty for Min dor Ottumwa, la., Dtc. 1 . —Eight years Kt hard labor was the ■ ntence passed by Judge Anderson h- e on Clarence McCormick for the n rder pf I. W. Mellott near Hedrick the night of Oct. 6. McCormick and Mr Ruth McCollough were arrested f; the crime ta Chicago Oct. 14. The woman’s trial comes up in the Ja’ ary term of court. Seizes All Foreign F >rchandl«e. Constantinople, Dec 16. — (Via Rome — delayed.) —T i government has seized all foreign o ned merchandise in Syrian ports ai J has refuged to p»y for it. . .. ■dagd»GT*T-.,iS

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