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U. S. IN PROTEST TO GREAT BRITAJN Wilson Makes Fight Igaiusl Seizure of Ships. I MUST PROTECT SEA TRADE Ambassador Page Is instructed to Present Demand For Less Strain Upon Commerce of America —Statement Is Virtually Intended For AA Powers of Triple Entente. President Wilson referring to the American note to Great Britain in-*" sisiing on better treatment for American commerce, declares that larse damages eventually would have to be paid by England for unlawful detention of American cargoes. WASHINGTON, D. C. — The United Stales government has dispatched a! long note to Great Britain insisting upon an early improvement in the treat | ment of American commerce by the British fleet. It gave warning that much feeling had been aroused in this country and that public criticism was general ' over unwarranted interfer ence with the legitimate foreign trade of the United States. The document constituting the strongest representation on this sub je.ct made by the United States to any of the belligerents since the outbreak pf the war was cabled to Ambassador Page to be formally presented to Sir Edward Greys the British foreign sec retary. Its preparation was begun a month ago by Solicitor Johnson, Conn seller Robert Lansing, and Secretary Bryan, and finally during the last two weeks had the personal attention ot President Wilson himself who revised its phraseology with minute care. In Terms of Frankness. ' jUttjie detailed point of view of the cjskt of detention and seizures of car-gi-'s bed been set forth in a series -Of emphalV protests, most of which • - have gone thi communica- * <<ior. was cdlach.ee j n general terms cov- ± ering the enWf subject of the relacL States HE . .-at Britain a?' affected by the navay policy, considered high r objectionable by this government. The note declares at the outset that representations are made in a friendly spirit, but that the United States considers it best to speak in terms of frankness lest silence be construed as acquiescence in a policy on the part of Great Britain which infringed the rights of American citizens • under the laws of nations Hits All in Triple Entente. Since France has adopted practically the same decrees on contraband as has Great Britain, this note is virtually a statement intended for all the members of the triple entente. ■ The document points out that complaints on every side and public crlt icism in the United States hold the British policy as directly responsible for the depression ni many American industries, a situation the seriousness of which mut be apparent to Great ~ Britain. Reimbursement alone for cargoes unlawfully detained or seized, it states, doe: net remedy the evil, as the chief difl culty is the moral effect of British I'-attice on American exporters, who i re restrained by it from taking risks or hazards which in no case ought to surround legitmate trade between the tnited States and other neutral coun tries. Must Protect Citizens. Feeling has been aroused on the sub jec. to such an extent, the communication adds, that the American government feels compelled to ask for defi ; nite information as to Great Britain’s J attitude in order that it may take such measures as will protect American citizens in their rights. The United States, it points out, was i patient at first, realizing that the unexpected outbreak of hostilities had i heaped a mass of burdens on the Britisb government and thinking an early clearing of the air would come. *MUST AWAIT END OF WAR U. S. Will Not Recognize Belgium as , German Territory. WASHINGTON — New regulations by which the German govern- • meat proposes to govern the activity of foreign consuls in Belgium were received officially at the state department from the Berlin government. According to the view of officials at the state department the German government does not ask the -United States to accord recognition of Ger ! many’s political status in Belgium teiritory, so there is full confidence that the question will be satisfactorily arranged. The United States is determined not to recognize that portion of Belgiun controlled territory by the German as German territory in advance of the adjustment which can only come with peace In Europe. ; Archbishop Riordan Die*. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—The Rev. !/r. Riordan, Roman Catholic arch-< bishop of San Francisco, is dead.

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LEO M. FRANK I] i Death of Georgian For Murder of ' Giri I* Stayed by Supreme Court. | a W'-T ■' I * / Slfei 'ii iOSIIIEiI WASHINGTON — Justice Lamai of the Supreme Court granted an i<> I peal from the decision of the Georg a; federal court, which refused to release' Leo AL Frank on a habeas corpus proceeding. Frank is under sentence tl ! die Jan, 22 for the murder of Alary Phagan, an Atlanta factory girl. KILLING OF AMERICAN ACCIDENT, CANADA I Soldiers Say Shot Was Meai.l to Scare Hunters. i BUFFALO — The killing of Wai ter Smit h and the wounding of Charles Dorsch, American hunters, by Cana dian soldiers on the Niagara Rivei near Fort Erie Alonday was uninten tional, according to information gath ered by the military authorities am forwarded to Ottawa. The soldiers weye aiding a provincial officer to ar rest the men for alleged violation oi the Canadian game lews Thomas W Delaney, a provincial of fleer, said the men were shooting at ducks near the head of the river. He decided to arrest them, and Captain Fite, in command of the border patrol, sent three soldiers to help him. De larey called out to the men that they were under arrest and ordered them ashore. The soldiers fired a volley over their heads. “Don’t hit them,” cautioned Delaney “We’ll come ashore as soon as we pick up the decoys,” shouted one of the hunters. The Americans rowed upstream toward the decoys. Sudden ly the boat headed for the American shore. “They-ve got away;. let them go,’ Delaney told the soldiers. “I’ll give them another scare,” said one of the soldiers. He raised his rifle and fired one shot. Both hunters toppled over in the boat. Smith shot through the head and Dorsch wounded j in one arm. j J. B. Curtis, acting United States | consul at Fort Erie, made a prelim i inary report to the state department Secretary Bryan telegraphed the con sul to make a complete investigation. . Canada Appoints Board. OTTAWA, ONT. — The depart ment of militia and defence has appointed a board to investigate the shooting of two American citizens by Canadian soldiers at Ft. Erie on the Canadian border. This is officially announced. INSANE NEGRO KILLS TWO Brooding Over Family Deaths He Slays Son-in-Law and Daughter. i BOONVILLE, IND. — Brooding ovei the sudden deaths eff a daughteg and son, and believing that Thomas Green, colored, an alleged. hypnotist, | was in some manner connected with • the deaths, A. M. Jennings, colored, of Chandler, called Green from his heme and fired two shots into his body. Green is probably fatally injured. He is a brother-in-law of Jennings. When Jennings learned that officers were on their way to Chandler from Boonville to arrest him he shot and killed his youngest daughter and barricaded himself In his home, but was later arrested. A daughter of Jennings died mysteriously Christmas eve. At her funeral a brother was suddenly stricken i and died. The father connected Green I with the mysterious deaths.

SALAZAR DENIES IMPUTEDWORDS New Rebel Issues Most Liberal of AU Manifestoes. WOULD PROTECT EVERYBODY Independent Revolutionist Says He Will Execute No Political Enemie* He Would Put Carranza, Villa and Zapata to Work in Mines—Big Carranza Campaigns. El Paso,,, Dec. 30.—Gen. Jose Salazar, who is now In the field south of Juarez as an independent revolution-: Ist, denied autl orship of the manifesto recently circulated from San Antonio, over his name, and Issued a manifesto declaring that his policy, if he triumphs, will be to invite all foreigners to return to Mexico, take up again their old concessions and be protected. He says he will also guarantee protection in the fullest measure, of religious, political, and business liberty to foreigners and natives alike. He says his congress will pass a law ap- ; propriating money to pay every fust claim against Mexico for damage to preperty during the revolutions and : that he will not confiscate anybody’s property or execute any political enemies; but will buy all land needed for ; distribution to the poor and will put such men as Pancho Villa, Carranza, ! Zapata and other disturbers to work In prisons or mines. Two Big Carranza Campaigns. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 30.—The two ex- ; tensive movements of Carranza troops ■ against Chihuahua and Jaurez are now forming, according to information re- ■ ceived by the Villa forces In Juarea. I The first of which is under Gen. Gre- | gorio Azuna, and which Is already well under way, is being launched from Peradon as a base. It is said that Azuna will make a feint against Torreon,, so as to keep that garrison engaged, and will then make a dash overj land to Chihuahua. The second Carranza movement in the north. It is said, explains the readiness with which Hill has agreed to abandon his strongly eni trenched position at Naco, Sonora. From Naco he goes to Agua Prieta and the combined forces will then number mpre than 2.NJO. With these he expects to attack Juarez probably combining with Gen. Salazar. Kicked Across Border by Villa. Ramon Prlfla, former judge of the superior court at Vera Cruz and author of “From Despotism to Anarchy,” a book dealing with the Diaz regime to the Carranza rule, arrived here an exile from his country. He says he was arrested and imprisoned at Aguas Calientes and threatened with death by officials of .Villa, but finally was taken from prison and brought to Juarez and kicked across the international line with orders never to return to Mexicd. His book, he says, offended Villa. Carranza Force of 7,000 Deserts to Villa. On board U. S. S. San Diego, en route to San Diego. Cal., Dec. 30.— (Py wireless.) —Seven thousand troops of Gen Carranza’s forces declared for Gen Villa at Tepic, in the state of* that name, on the west coast of Mexico. Foreigners at San Blas and Tepic have taken refuge aboard the United States supply ship Glacier. FRENCH ACTIVITY GROWING Berlin Reports That Important News In Vosges is Likely. Berlin, Dec. 30.—The official statement of the war office says: “News of importance is likely to come from the Vosges district at any time, since the French undoubtedly have assembled strong forces along the line Bel-fort-Epinat-Toul-Nancy. They still heli, all the Vosges passes and appear to be developing new activity along an extended line against Aspach and Surdgau. “Discussing the English reconnaissance at Cuxhaven, Major Moraht declares that the landing of troops on the Holstein or the North Hanover coast would be extremely difficult in winter, but even if carried out, the Invaders would get a warm welcome.” BANK RECEIVER IS REFUSED Judge of Circuit Court Holds Probate Jurisdiction Proper One. Belleville, 111., Dec. 30.—Judge G. A. Crow of the Circuit court denied the application of creditors of the late Henry Horn, Sr., for a receiver for the Duquoin bank. The suit alleged ’ that Horn’s son, Henry, Jr., was i i appropriating and mismanaging the funds of the bank. Judge Crow ruled that the Probate court of Perry county had full jurisi diction. He also denied an application for an injunction restraining young I Hom from selling any properties. Will Lose Sight of Eye. West Branch, Mich., Dec. 30.—Cyril Deming, 11, will lose the sight of hi* left eye as a result of being shot by ' an air gun in. the hands of a companion.

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INDIANA JTITE NEWS Tip Must Have Gone Awry. LAFAYETTE, IND. —The lid was placed on all kinds of gambling i when police raided two places where i it is alleged games of chance were ! being played. The places visited were the second floor of the Johnson hotel, where six men were found playing rhum, aW the White Front clubroom on Mam street where a dozen men were arrested for playing poker. The men wjre taken to the police headquarters in the police patrol wagon. 5 Logic By a Whisky Seller. CONNERSVILLE. IND—After a two-hour session, a Jury found William Kubler, saloon kewer, guilty of malicious destruction 3 of property here and imposed a fin* of $35 and costs. Kubler was arrested last February after he smashed fpe glass front of a. restaurant with a“ billiard cue.-' He\ [ contended that he was privileged to' destroy the fron.t ®n the ground that he had leased the room for a saloon . and the restaurant proprietor refused to vacate. / Boom Start* In Tin Plant*. ELWOOD, IND. — Several new departments were opened at the tin plate mills here %hen work was resumed Monday, folowing the Christmas shut down of two days, and by the end of the week more than 2,000 men will be employed. Thus far no persons not residents of this city have been given employjient. About 1,200 men returned to work last week when th# plant was opened after a layoff oi several weeks. I Wants Job Another Was Elected For, WASHINGTON. IND. —W. W Feagans, Democratic county assessor, has engaged attorneys to resist the attempt of SamueL Bush, Republican, elected as his ’ successor, to take the j office. Feagans asserts that Bush was not a property wwner four years be fore the election, which, he declares, is necessary to bold the office. Bush says he was a property owner, although the property was in the name of a relative. Mails Bags Stolen. MILTON. IND.—A mail bag, con taining two pouches, was stolen from the Lake Erie & Western station platform here, while the agent, G. A. Broders, Vas absent about ten : minutes selling tickets. One pouch ' contained parcel post matter and the other checks, money orders and cash. I '■ Tho. Sißcid*. THOKNTOWN, IND. — Al Griffin 67 years old, a carriage painter, committed suicide In the K. of P. hall by shooting himself with a revolver. His body was found by Arthur Taylor. ' Griffin was a bachelor. It is said fl- ! nancial matters caused the suicide. I — Mai! Carrier Fatally Hurt. i LEBANON, IND. —Earl Reeves oi Thorntown, a rural mail carrier. I was injured prbbably fatally when his automobile was struck by a Big Four pasenger train at a crossing in Thorn i town He was crushed about the > chest and hips. WIM Case Compromised. TIPTON, IND. — Another hearing j of the Hester Ann Neely will case, i originating in Madison county, was ended here by a compromise, Ida B. / S. Meacham, a distant relative, who had been omitted from the list oi heirs, obtaining $1,200. Thieves Break Through Window. i CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.—Thieves cut a hole in a plate glass wjh j dow at the L. W. Otto jewelry storev f here and took from the show window/ ! diamonds and watches valued aJL-'s2so 1 No trace of the robbers has( since been found. Aged Couple Burn to Death. TERRE HAUTE, IND—Mr. and Mrs. Nat Hillman, an aged couple burned to death when Hillman used coal oil to start a fire on returning home, near Knightville, from spending Christmas with their children in Bra zil, Ind. Man Dies From Fall on Walk. LAFAYETTE,, IND.—William H Sears, 78 years old, fell on the slip pery walks leading to his home or North Fifth street and died from a fractured skull. He was a cabinet maker and had been a resident oi Lafayette for twenty-five years. Weather Forecaster in Storm. Center, ' TERRE HAUTE, IND.—Mrs. M E. Cade has filed suit for divorce against William R. Cade, United States . weather forecaster for Terre Haute ( and vicinity, charging her husband . often beat her. I ’ — Terre Haute Skater Drowns. ( TERRE HAUTE, IND— Harold Flesher, who would been IS , years old, drowned in the Wabas#b . river while skating. He was a leaden , in amateur theatricals in’ the Garfield » High school. Indiana Grocer a Suicide. MADISON, IND.—Albert J. Ben 1 nett, 55 years old, a grocer, com i mitted suicide by swallowing a quanr tity of strychnine. It is believed that - despondency, following a spree, caused i him to kill himself. * » —MSA

HARD LUCK AT YEAR’S CLOSE Condensed Milk Manufacturer Having Chapters of Accidents. SHERIDAN, IND. — Frank Kirby, an employe of the Indiana Condensed Milk company, was burned seriously in an explosion of escaping natural gas in the cold storage plant of the company here. A lighted lantern carried by Kirby ignited the gas, ano he was injured severely about the head and arms. Cecil Pierce stepped out of tne room just as the explosion took place and was uninjured. W. T. Wilson, president of the milk company, has had a run of hard luck recently. On Wednesday his 8-year-old son William was burned seriously when bls cotton ? Santa Claus suit caught fire during Christmas exercises at school. Friday Mr. and Mrs. Wilson started to Indianapolis and at Carmel their automobile was damaged, compelling them to complete the journey by train. Saturday morning the Wilson home here caught fire from a \defective flue, resulting in SIOO dam \ge. In the afternoon Mr. Wilson’s ffiilk plant was damaged by the ex/pk sion. TIMID PET CAUSED MURDER J ... . _ -- While Rabbit is Blamed for Quarre! Resulting Fatally. SOUTH BEND, IND. — James Zeette of Michigan City, now on trial in the St. Joseph Circuit Court here is meeting a deluge of testimony in troduced by the state to show that he killed Allan Pierson, a former Michigan City policeman, during s quarrel at Zeette’s home Aug 2. The state contends that Zeette shot Pier son when the latter rebuked him foi using profane language before some children. Zeette asserts he killer Pierson in self-defense. The prisoner is the father of seven small children A white rabbit ,is said to have caused the quarrel between the twe | men. A neighbor’s child brought fi into the Zeette home and it accident ally scratched Mrs. Zeette on the arm She screamed and Zeette pouretLfortla flood of profanity and kicked the i rabbit out of the house. ' sought to quiet Zeette and was shot to death. SKATER DROWNS UNDER ICE Falls Into Water at Sewer Outlet; Companion Unable to Extricate Him. TERRE HAUTE, IND.—Paul Flesh er, 19 years old, a senior in Gar field High school here, was drowned under the Wabash river bridge here. He and Paul Letherman, a freshman, had been skating about two miles TnorttronihATrfm amrWf-re tetawifig when they broke through thin fee. caused by a sewer outlet. Letherman pulled himself out, but was too exhausted to help Flesher. Flesher 8 body is still under the ice. Frank M. Flesher, father of the dead boy, is a traveling salesman for the Hibben-Hollweg Company of Indian apolis. ALL TOWNS MUST BE DRY No Jury Needed in Three Counties lr Court Term. VERNON, IND, — That crime is decreasing in southern Indiana is • indicated by the fact that in Jennings Ripley and Scott counties, comprising i the Sixth Judicial District, there was not a jury trial in the term of court ■ just closed. Os the criminal cases none required , a jury trial. The .civil cases which w ere not compromised were decided by the court. It is said that an al ; most similar condition prevails in | other counties of southern Indiana. ’ ) HAVOC CAUSED BY DYNAMITE Buildings at Hymera, Ind., Demolishes By Blast and Flames. ' HYMERA, IND. — Three build I Ings, ineh’d'n.; two salocns and a meat ' nark *. wer.-» demolished here bj vn ’ A ’fourth building, a ross the j *ee‘ fr i one of the sakons war v.week sei. Flames broke out : ftei , the ’'last. i Tu? police are without a def nite j clew, but were working on the theory J that enemies of Walker Wilson, a sa loenkeeper, were responsible. Tlu less is estimated at $20,000. womanls guilty of bigamy Sentence Suspended While Record ot : Man in Case is Looked Up. j WILLIAMSPORT, IND.—Mrs. Em i ma Erickson, who a few days age was arrested at Lafayette, charged with bigamy, was sentenced to one to five years in the Woman’s Prison, but the sentence was suspended. Lawrence J. Farrell, with whom she contracted a bigamous marriage iu this county, is in jail here while the • authorities investigate to learn wheth er he has another wife. I ■ Much Tobacco Ts Lost. i. BOONVILLE, IND. —From early f 1 indications several hundred thousand pounds of Warrick county tobacco will not be put on the market this year, f This tobacco represents the area ■which was struck by the hall, ruining several hundred acres of the best to bacco in the county. Tobacco buyers - are refusing to buy this tobacco, at I they are only buying the best grade* I of manufactured tobacco. i — * ——• x; —

GEN. SOUKHOMLINOFF Rus* Minister of War Claims Gerkmans Will Never Take Warsaw. ’ i i I, > 2 — 1 j i f /I ■ S al M A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR, Thursday, Dec. 24.—The French statement, while saying that small galna have been made here and there, mentions German attacks at so many points that it is apparent the allies have not been permitted to take the offensive altogether into their own hands. Such grounds as they have won recently is not to be held without hard fighting. Fighting in Poland has become most severe and at points along the line west of Warsaw the issue is being fought out with bayonets. The Berlin, war office asserts that the Russian advanct in East Prussia has been checked and that the Russians at Mlawa, Poland, near the Prussian,border, have been defeated. Friday, Dec. 25.—For the protection of Italian interests. Italian marines were landed at Avlona, directly across the Adriatic from Otranto, and took possession of the city. There was no fighting. For the present, and possibly | for attitime, Avlona is as much an Italian Tity as Naples. Dispatches received from Petrograd indicate that the Russians are repulsing the Germans west of Warsaw while developing new offensive operations in Galicia and East Prussia. In the south, In southwest Poland and in western Galicia, the news points to Russian success. The French war office reports several gains along the front in northern France and Belgium. The war office at Berlin reports a general calm in Flanders. It says French attacks near Souain and Perthes and near Chivy were repulsed and announces the cap- ; ture of portions of positions held by , the allies east of St. Hubert. i Saturday, Dec. 26.—The French have i carried the Bois-le-Pretre by assault ■ and have begun' the bombardment of ■ the forts of Metz. • The communique from Paris severe attacks by the 5 Germans, notably at Noulettes and I Lihons, were repulsed. Substantial gains in upper Alsace are • reported. ! At other points in Belgium there was I onlj intermittent artillery battles. Russian successes are reported offl- | daily from the battle before Warsaw i ana from that around Cracow, but I without materially changing the genj eral situation in these regions, i Especially vicious attacks have been made by the Germans between Pinczcw, forty miles northeast of Cracow, and Noweniasto Kerozyn. The only obstacles to Roumania joinihs the forces of the triple entente was The lack of guaranties from Bulgaria regarding that country’s neutrality. These guaranties, it is reported, have now been obtained. Sunday, Dec. 27.—The most spectacular battle in the history of warfare. in which land batteries, warships, submarine boats, aeroplanes, hydroaeroplanes and Zeppelins were engaged, is described in an official announcement. The squadron made its way past the German guardships until it was close enough to the shore for the hydroaeroplanes to rise to the attack on Guxhaven, at me mouth of the Elbe. There they dropped bombs and bombarded the city, doing much daiSage. The British ships remained for three hours off the enemy’s coast. The official communique from the Fiench war office reports slight progress in the Argonne and the capture of several trenches these. The Germans were repulsed in attacks between the Meuse and the Moselle. At other points along the front there is nothing to report except intermittent cannonading here and there. The Germans who had resumed their advance on Mlawa have reoccupied that city. The situation in Po’md shows no notable modification. On the entire Galician front the righting is developing under favorable condition* for the Russians, Petro- • “y - _

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ALLIES OCCL PY CITY IHBEi GIUM French Troops Take St Georges; Other Gains Rep teit. RUSS CHECK FOE OK VISTULA Petrograd Says Austrians \re Hurled Back in Carpathians—Vi nna In Denial—Two British Ship Sunk in North Sea by Mines—B zzard Raging in France and Belgiu n. A gain of more than two r ties by the allies in Belgium; violet : bombardment by the Germans o the allies’ positions along the mait road from Roye to Amiens; recap' tre by the i allies of the village of Georges and of lost trenches a ter violent charges and counter cl zrges, and substantial gains in the Alsace district, were reported in an official communique which elect ified Paris Two more steamships h ve struck mines in tiie North Sea. 'he British steamship Linaria. \ hie i was last reported at Mars: s i n Nov. 23, struck one of the in. mines and sank at some poii \ hie i is not located in the offic it ement. Its crew was rescue Tl j Glasgow steamer Gem was > d stroyed by r. mine.. Two of i- .re ■ were rescued. The others a ni*. ing. LON’DON — Tl- lei tans now are on the defensive tw n the Pilica River and the 1 ir istula, according, to reports ft Pe' 'ograd. The Russians ak -pc t the capture of more than-2 .' ‘9 i soners, to which reference was ~ ide n previous announcements. A Petrograd dispatch als says that al] the important p; •r.ces i i the Carpathians are again in ”us. .n hands. The following strn mer. from the Rvssian general sti.lt wai issued in Petrograd: “On the 27th between the lower Vis tula and the Pilicia erman attacks everywhere wry. re ilsed. The Germans suffered heavy esses, especially during an attack tc .the southwest of Skierniewics. “Between the Pilicia and the Upper* Vistula the enemy has adot ed the defensive. “Our troops stormed the village of I Szitnlki, which was stubbo’ ly defenden by tne Austrians. The uemy has definitely evacuated the h t bank of the Nida. “To the south of the Up er Vistula on the front of Opatow-Bie : the fightinc continues to develop o our advantage. From the 18th ' > the 26th we captured there 200 offic ’s and 15,00i soldieis and forty mitr: Ileuses. “The enemy’s retreat in the region of the Dukla Passes and on he road to Liske is becoming more and more piecipitate and disorganize I. On the 20th we captured in this region as many of 3,000 prisoners.” Russ Forced Back, C aim. VIENNA — In an offi ial statement the Austrian governr mt claims that the Russians have gain been forced back after fighti g of the fiercest character. The statement says: “North of the Dukla pa: •» the Austrians have avoided a §eri s of planned Russian attacks and ave maintained their original positi ns. In the neighborhood of the Carpa nan ridge ana in the plain between the Bzura and the Donajec rivers the -nemy has delivered a series of fierce ttacks, all of which have been repuls d. On our south front ther has been a few frontier skirmishes *with the Servians that have been c< nparatively unimportant. At Semli the Servians have Been able to low up a bridge.” Allies Continue Atta k*. LONDON — Gener 'off j’s French trcops 'continue ir offensive in the Argonne regie .hi a terrific storm is raging alom le ranco-Bel-gisn battle line. Tl ha o made a slight advance, but -Rhi r this offsets an earlier reser out t of Ypres is pot disclosed in t’ 'ffi» al French reports, which anno' a prior gain net r the sea and ca oca trench near Lens. , The latest Germai re H>r recounts the- capture of son <>f he allies’ ti'- nches south of Y ' ai 1 the repulse of allied attack sex lere. Correspondents in r ir report that the Belgians, as r re< Ut of five days’ sapping, have, ?d nearly 3.0C0 Germans with ■ -’x- s- all losses to themselves. Th. ght g Christmas in Belgium was t ; e fier est of t&e fiercest of the month. 1 Plot on Chinese P den' Nipped. SHANGHAI — Mar arr ts have been made at Pc : i U connection with an alleged plot o depose President Yuan Shi-Kai, ac ording to dispatches received here. T a purpose of the conspiracy, it is said tto over throw the republic and re-es bllsh the monarchical form of govern lent. Swiss Army to Demc u Hze. PARIIS — The c wis government has decided t 1 partial demobilization, accor t he Petit Parisian's Berne co r, <or nt, who says that 250,000 men will gradually ' bo released from duty.