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TURKEY EXPLAINS
FIRING THE SHOTS
Through U. S. Ambassador
Morgenthau, Voluntary State
ment Made That Merely
Customary Warning Given
Cruiser Tennessee’s Launch
That Port of Smyrna Was:
Mined
EXPLANATION WAS FILED ,
BEFORE INSTRUCTIONS
RECEIVED FROM U. S.i
President Wilson and Cabinet, i
After Conference, Regard'
Statement As Precursor of
More Formal One From Otto
man Government Guarantee
ing Protection of Americans.
Washington. -Turkey has explained
voluntarily to iho United mates,
through Ambassador Morgenthau. that
the Whole fired toward the American
cruiser Tennessee's launch Inst Jdon
were Intemled merely ns the cus
tomary naming that the port of
Kmyrna »»» mined and cloned to navi
gation;
Although the explanation Is Informal.
II wee admitted tonight at the While
Uoum and the stHtP and navy depart
mentH lhal all danger of aerioue com
pllcal lone had rtlsiippeared
Ambassador Morgenthau reported
that two members of the Ottoman cah
ine! had fully explained the occur
rem e and high officials here said Ida
•nessage wae filed before instructions
sent to him from Washington to dla
ettaa the aftbject officially with the
*raud vizier could liaxe been received.
ealdent Wilson and Ida cabinet re
gard the infr.rm«l explanation aa a eer
-lam precursor of aatlafaetory formal
" nrl ""“Ttintees by ihe
Turkish government Tor (he protec
tion of Americana and their Interests.
Situation Relieved.
da I,la r ° m A,r - Morgenthau,
dated November l.i ,„d delayed e,
reli«ved .. delleale situation It
♦ ivM late In the day and dla
coaaed at a conferenc- tonight between
YV) Ptealdent, Secretary li,„dela and
rie, f Secretary Lansing of the atate
department, 1
Htflsmi- i hß eon / n ™™ the following
House*" 1 *"* at White
ln,| t T* r l at , Ch '“ concerning the Smyrna
Incident have just been re- elved from
Amhaasador Morgenthau. which were
■ent before he had received any 1-010-
m!‘oi"“nT. ,h " 'iepart
(h.H„Jn orni - l, »e government that
on the evening of the day ~,, which
the Ineldenl occurred (on Monday la- 1 »
* h r ""oman minister of the interior
ntoj-med him thu, lh e commander of
the Tennessee had attempted to Malt
Hm >T na in hla Meant launch, puaa ng
7V 1 , 1 ' oontran to
mid ‘‘h.,'"'''B'dalinns*
» d that Ihe boat had hesn stopped
bv oerning shots fired toward her
.... In Hi* Auto,
, a , d<,,Nl , ,hf " ,h ‘ J twvemor gsn-
To nke f ; r h " d
lomohde h Vi f ''7 , ovpr,Hml 1,1 hie itu
lomohlle Tlie mlntaler of water taler
comniutdeaied will, the amhaasador
dtd> Informing him of the incident and
requesting that the Tennea.ee. which
then was at Vourls, »ome dlatanee
from the harbor of Smyrna, ahould ho
withdrawn
V " Th, “ Borne time ago hurl
been officially Informed that the port
of Smy rnH was closed alike to wamblpa
■nd merchant vessels. The nmhassu
. . ’""lasted Captain Meeker
to withdraw, ami hr of course did so.
proceeding to the island of Chios
• 'wing to the extreme tllffiuiiMv of
« o’" ln 7""* w,,h t'onslantlnoplo no
further advice, hat e yet been received
Instructions already have hcen sent to
the ambassador. We stm are awaiting
the ambassador s reply to those lo
st ruction..’’
Their Friendlinea.,
The fact that the governor general
• t Smyrna had offered to take Captain
1 seker of the Tennessee by sutomo-
Plls to tho American conaul.te at
Smyrna the officials declared IniU
csted clearly the friendliness of the
Turkish official.. The right g of a
belligerent to mine ports ami exclude
merchantmen and warships (a reoog
ni.ed in International law and the only
ground on which the subject probably
will be further dlscttsaed will he to
•Hell from the Ottoman government
«ts.ln!ti guarantees respecting the
safety of Americans and their Inter
ests so that It will not he necessary
for American warships to visit Turkish
ports.
Will B. Rescinded.
tßecretary Daniels announced today
hl« orders to the commanders of
the Tennessee and North Carolina sus
pending navy regulations, which give
them wide discretion, would he re
scinded tomorrow The csptaln* will
be glien the same latitude they pre
viously had enjoyed. The \ easels may
not remain In Turkey's territorial wa
ters, hut will Stay within a half day’s
sail In some of the islands now belong
ing 10 -ll reeve.
There i. Mims lyiestton In Ihe minds
n r diplomatists here sa to the right
of a SU all lawl to enter a closed port.
By Us siae and equipments Its mission
Is obviously friendly. There la no ex
act 1 free. dent, however, and as the in
cident occurred within the territorial
waters of Turkey ihe sovereign right
of the’latter to make and enforce her
own regulations ta recognised. Should
M lie necessary for launches to enter
Turkish porta In the future tt ta con
sidered probable that pre\ tous anange
ment. will be made
Official, are at a loss to understand
whr such .trr.it,Kcmrnt was not made
In the case of the Tennessee's launch
American Colony,
That Smyrna presents almost a see
cut case as span from the entire
situation in Turkey ta the belter of
officials fsintliar with the trend of
previous dispatches The American
colony of M» has t*ern reported aa pan
icky ever since last May Frequently
hofor,. Turkey entered the war the
American consul waa anxious for the
safety ol nts consulate and Americana
Ambassador Morsentliau once asked
for war.tups. Since then cendmoua
were reported a* Improved.
While Washington government dona
not anticipate difficulties ove.r condl-
I t ton a at Smyrna It may Indicate <-le.ar
ly to Turkey an urgent desire for pro
tection of Americans so that It will not
Im- necessary to send American ves
mclh. This guarantee, it is believed, will
be extended to Americans in all parts
of Turkey and Asia Minor.
CALLED BY WIRELESS.
New York A wireless for medical as
si.t.nee sent out Saturday by the
steamer Delaware when Boatswain Me-
Karlane fell down a hatch and waa fs
tully Injured, brought Ihe British cruiser
Huffoi-k A surgeon from the whVhMp
went «board Ho- steamer but found he
could not save the boatswain, who died
half an hour after the Suffolk's ar
rival.
The Delaware wse about fifteen miles
from Handv Hook at the time.
applicatTon TO
JUSTICE LIAR
FOR LEO FRANK
Supreme Court Justice Takes
Case Under Advisement. Ask
ed That Review Be Sent to
Highest Tribunal.
Washington. Associate Justice Jos.
It. Lamar, of the United States su
preme court, loday took under consid
eration Iho application of attorneys
for I.eo M. Frank of Atlanta, Oa., for
a writ of error directing the Georgia
courts to send to tho supremo court
for review Iho record on which tho
factory superintendent was convicted
and sentenced to death for the murder
of Mary Phagan.
For an hour and a hair the attor
neys argued that Frank had been de
nied a federal right when the Jury In
Atlanta returned Its vorxliet during
his absence from the court room. Aa
Hip attorneys left Justice Ixtmar’s
home where the application was pre
sented they stated that they did not
expect the justice to announce hla de
cision on the application for several
days.
I,tils Marshall m New York, left
here this afternoon after making bis
argument to the Justice for Frank,
hut llpnry Peeples ami Harry Alexan
der of Atlanta, also, of counsel for
1-Yank, remained In the city, possibly
to present the application lo other
justices should Justice I.um&r decline
to issue the writ.
HOIK LONG ILL
THE HI LAST?
A Discussion of Endurance of
Machinery Used in Great Con
flict Rather Than Men.
That 1* ii question that lias bean the
subject of much hpeculation, amt the
various causes that tend to prolong or
shorten till* terrific content hate he«n
considered from every point of \ lew.
An editorial In a special war Inane of
the Scientific American raises an en
tirely new and very practical ques
tion by discussing the endurance of
the machinery used In the war, rather
than that of the men engaged. This
article says In part;
Tills Is very largely a machine-made
war. and It would be a curious and not
altogether Illogical denouement of the
groat struggle If Its end should be
hastened through the fatigue of the
machine rather than the exhaustion of
the man.
This wilt Is hein* fought with the
gun and the motorcar; and so strenu
ous and uninterrupted haa been the
s( niggle that these have been put to a
tent of endurance the like of which has
never been witnessed In the history of
artillery or the briefer but very strenu
ous history of the gasoline car.
Life of the Guns.
The life of the gun, no far as Its ab
solute destruction by bursting la con
cerned, Is practically unlimited; hut
not no its accuracy-life. Every time
a gnn Is fired some of the Interior sur
j face of Its bore and delicate rifling Is
wiped away, and a certain degree of
Its accuracy ts lost. This is true of
the shoulder rifle, with Its bore so
small that It would not much more
.than admit a lead-pencil, no less than
lof the great !*-inch alette gun of the
i Hermans. Fortunately for (he infan
tryman. the wearing out of the bore
! decrease* rapidly with a decrease in
! the else of the bore Erosion, as It ts
1 called by the artillerymen, ts greater
in the large guns and least tn the 0.30
I "isle. The hig guns which form the
main batterfes of our warships and
i sre emplaced In our roast forttflca
jtlonn esn fire from 150 to ISO rounds
j(dependent upon the pressure and heat
lin the powder chamber) before they
begin to lose their accuracy.
Motor Car.
The motor car Is a highly developed
l machine, which calls for careful up
i keep to maintain It In full efficiency.
Ip ordinary commercial service the
; motor car and the Automobile receive.
ns a rule, considerable care and
‘ watchful maintenance. In the pres
; ent war. however, the treatment of
tlu-ee vehicle*, must, in the nature of
; things he absolutely brutal, and the
| depredation must he very rapid. Where
1 are the repair shops that can keep
I pace with this depredation, and how
shall the necessarily enormous wastage
, of the war be made good?
It may well be that the fatigue of
I the machine rather than the weariness
; of the mag will hasten the clone of the
| present war. _ _ _____
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
* - —'^rfcsgSfKv’tcE.
EMPEROR WILHELM WITH AND WITHOUT HIS FAMOUS TURNED UP MUSTACHE.
London. Reports from (‘open hsgen are to the effect that the Kaiser has cropped off the aggressively
up-pointed ends of his mustache a nrl that the operation has worked a miraculous change in the appearance of
the War laird. The former almost ferocious martial expression has given place to one of complete dejec
tion.
FIRST FIVE DAIS
RESERVE BANKS
Gold and Gold Certificates,
$203,416,600; Legal Tender
and Silver, $37,308,000 in
Vaults.
Washington.—Figures <or the first
five days of business of the 12 new
federal reserve banks made publio
today by the federal reserve board
show gold and gold certificates
amounting lo $203,415,000, legal tender
am] siher certificates in the stun of
$37,308,000 in tlie vaults of the 12
banks. Re-discounts for the five days
amounted to $5,007,000. Payments on
capital stock totalled $18,070,000 and
reserve deposits to $227,138,000. The
gold reserve against llablMties was
89 per cent and the cash reserve 105
per centj
Secretary Willis Instructed the fed
eral reserve agents throughout the
country to make public the detulled
statements of the reginlonal reserve
hanks at their offices as soon as pos
sible.
GERMAN SEIZES
1). S. STEAMER
Captain Jacobson, of the
Sacramento, Puts Into Val
paraiso Charging Violation of
Neutrality.
Santiago, Chile. The American
steamer Sacramento, until a few
months ago the German steamer
Alexandria, has put Into Valparaiso
with a story charging violation of neu
trality. The Sacramento left San
Francisco for Valparaiso flying the
Slurs and Stripes Oct. 15. Captain
Jacobson declares his steamer was
seized on the high sea by a German
warship, taken to Juan Fernandez
Island, belonging to Chile and obliged
to turn over his provisions and «,000
tons of coal.
An Investigation has been begun.
INTERESTING WAR
TROPHY, GERMAN
IN ENGLAND
Manchester, England—" Among the
most Interesting of ths wsr trophies
that haye found thetr way over hare,"
says ths Manchester Guardian, "art
some specimens of the German lance.
It Is not a wooden pole, but an U or
11-foot steel tube It is very heavy
and at first seems quite unmanage
able to a man of ordinary strength.
But two-thirds of the way down from
the heed toward the butt ts a wrap
ping of thick twine to give a grip.
And If you hold it there, and there
only, you find that It Is so evenly
poised (hat as one admiring observer
remarked, you could write your name
with tt.
“There have been some descriptions
of case* where the** tubular lances
have crumpled up In action like an
overburdened steel mast on a racing
yacht. Prrhaps that may be account
ed for by the peculiar shape of the
head. There la no point or spear head
of any kind. Instead there l* a solid
pleee of Iron shaped exactly like the
end of a giant poker, square and quite
blunt,"
Kaiser Chops Ends of Moustache
WESTERN RT'S
NOW REOREST
RATE ADVANCE
Protest Filed By Railroad Com
missioners of Thirteen States
is Filed With Inter-State
Board.
Washington. — Another advance rate
case, quite as important and even
more extensive than the one now
pending before the interstate com
merce commission, probably will grow
out of the protest today by railway
commissioners of thirteen states
against proposed higher freight tariffs
on western railroads. The protest
was in the form of a. petition to the
commission for suspension of the pro
posed increases and was signed by
railway commissioners of sowa, Ne
braska, Washington, California, Mon
tana. North Dakota. South Dakota,
Oregon. Missouri, Kansas, Texas and
Oklahoma.
Practically all railroads operating
west of the Mislsaippi River have fil
ed freight tariffs with the commis
sion, effective December 15th, making
advances tn commodity rates. The
Increases are not a flat amount on all
freight, ns in the case of the eastern
lines, but vary according to the com
modity from two percent to approxi
mately 12 per cent. They effect all of
the commodities that ordinarily enter
Into Interstate transportation.
It Is regarded as likely that the com
mission will tentatively suspend the
advances, so that an issue may be
created upon which hearings may be
held as to the reasonableness of the
proposed Increases.
INTEREST GREAT
IN SPY CASE
Trial of Bridgeman, With U. S.
Passport, Alias von der Goltz,
to Follow That of Lody, Shot
London, 4:08 p. m —The Intense pub
lic Interest In the case of Carl Haqs
Body, the recently executed German
spy, Is being parallelled in less degree
by attention given the trial of the man
who claims to be Bridgman Taylor.
In police court" today, the prisoner,
who has an American passport in the
name of Taylor, but whom Scotland
Yard# Insists Is Horst von der Goltz.
was remanded for further hearing. It
is intimated the next hearing will be
before a court martial.
The only charge against the pris
oner aa yet la that he has not regis
tered aa an alien. It is alleged, how
ever. that circumstances of the case
are similar in some particulars to
thoee of the Body trial. The prisoner
arrived in London Nevember 3rd and
registered at a hotel as B N. Taylor,
of El Paso. Texas. His passport
states he had Just come from Ger
many. He Is said to have boasted of
Germany's great prowess and to have
spoken mostly In German. IVhen he
uses English It ia with a decided Ger
man accent.
Guests at the hotel say the man
told them hs wa* born In America,
that hts mother was a German and his
father an American. Upon tbe deatH
of hts father, he said, he was taken by
his mother to Germany, where he was
educated
The prisoner is 35 years old. tall,
athletic and consplcuou:iv well dress
ed. He was penniless when arrested
and apparently without friends In
London. _
Sweaters, ear muffs, pulse warmers,
~«»>l sox. 10 per cent off at Metin'*.
BELGIAN RELIEF
BY AMEBIGANS
U. S. Commission Composed,
With Exception of One, of
Engineers---High Tribute to
Engineering Colleges.
London.—With the exception of its
treasurer, Clarence Graff, who is a
banker, every active member of the
American Commission for the relief
"I elKians ia an engineer. The work
of these men is pointed to as a tribute
to the thoroughness of the American
engineering colleges.
IjOl\ 1 j OI \ three weeks American, Spanish
and Belgian diplomatic representa
tives struggled with the question of
supplying Belgium with food without
making much progress beyond secur
ing the promises of co-operation from
the various governments concerned.
\\ hen the jieefl became acute and it
was necessary to get food under way
at once the American ambassador
here called up on Hoover to form the
needed working organization, and the
result when Hoover called for volun
teers was the existing commission
with its predominant engineering
personnel.
Serious Obstacle.
The first and most serious obstacle
encountered by the commission was
the refusal of the English govern
ment t oremove its embargo on the
export of food, even for such a nec
essary work as the succor of the
starving Belgians. Early in the di
plomatic negotiations, the British
government not only promised to al
low the export of food supplies to
Belgium, but promised the Belgian
minister a large cash contribution
each month. Evidently becoming
alarmed over the condition of the do
mestic food supply the cabinet re
considered its action and declined to
do more than make a lump sum con
tribution of a quarter of a million
dollars to be used to purchase food
for the Belgians in Holland. As one
of the members of the commission ex
pressed it, this was equivalent to ask
ing the Belgian minister to buy food
for his starving fellow countrymen at
the North Pole, for Holland has not
only forbidden the export of foodstuffs
but is actually suffering from a short
age itself.
Bold Step.
The commission then determined
upon the bold step of buying the nec
essary foodstuffs for temporary re
lief and counting on diplomatic ef
forts and pressure of public opinion
to force the British government to
raise the embargo. Within twenty
four hours of the organization of the
commission it had purchased a quarter
of a million dollars worth of food sup
plies, chartered the necessary ship and
while the food was being placed on
board quietly informed the cabinet
that the Belgian people were starving
and asked. "Are you going to allow
this food to go to the Belgians or not?"
Having carefully advertised the
facts of the purchase and the depart
ure of the shbiments for Holland there
could only b<» one answer from the
British government. The consent was
given, but with the stipulation attach
ed that an equal amount of food must
be replaced in the British markets
from some foreign source. This with
the additional ruling of the English
government that all supplies for the
starving Belgians must be carried in
neutral bottoms, practically means
that all relief from them must come
from America, so the commission will
make every effort to co-ordtnate the
various enterprises under way In the
Vntted States-for the relief of the Bel
gians with Its work here.
FATAL BAVANNAH ACCIDENT.
S*v»nn*h. Ga. —William Brier of Mil
waukee. Wls., was seriously If not fa
ult'- injured, ami "Mud" Gardner, of
Mansfield, >'hlo. was painfully bruised
about tbe body when thetr fast lacing
motorcycles collided Sear this city lste
Saturday afternoon. The motorcyclist*
were testing out their machines In prep
aration so rthe SOO-mi!e motorcycle race
her* Thanksgiving Day.
A .dog tn the road caused the scot
denL
7,000,000 MEN ARE
BATTLING IN EAST
Von Hindenberg Pitted Against Grand Duke Nicholas For
Positions Between the Vistula and Warta Rivers While a
Big Battle is Raging Near Cracow
London (9:30 p. m.) —The extreme cold
weather atiu the exhaustion of the troops
have virtually brought the battle In
Flanders and France to a standstill. A
desultory artillery duel continues at
some points along the wide front and
there has been an occasional infantry
attack, but for the last three days the
fighting has been mild compared with
the fierceness of that which for more
than a month preceded it.
Best Troops East.
The Germans, it is thought, have sent
their best troops to the eastern front
and even In big guns the allies appear
to have the advantage. There are no
signs, however, of an offensive on a
large scale on the part of the allies, -who
doubtless are as badly in need of Vest
as their opponents. In fact. It is stated
that officers and men who have borne
the brunt of the fighting In the trenches
are being given a short leave.
This together with the cancellation
of the order for the removal of shipping
from Dunkirk, is token to indicate that
the allies consider their positions sate
and that they do not contemplate an
Immediate forward movement.
In Poland.
For this reason and because the re
sult will have an important bearing on
the war. interest is still centered '“ n
.battles in Poland. As has been the case
heretofore when important events were
_•
91,000 MURE
MEN AT ONCE
FROM CANAOA
Seventeen Thousand of These
Troops to Sail For England
in December. Many Mounted
Recruits From West.
Ottawa, ont.— Canada will increase
immediately to 91,000 the number ot
men under arras, Premier Borden an
nounced Saturday night Fifty thous
and will be mobilized and sent forward
as requisitioned by the war office. In
December 17,000 will be despatched and
by a subsequent enlistment tlie num
ber of Canadians under arms will be
brought up to 108,000 before the end of
th pren?ier Borden’s announcement says
33,000 soldiers already have been sent
♦rmn Canada. Bight thousand more are
engaged in home garrison and outpost
dutv, and the new mobilization w ill put
50 000 others under training. When the
contingent of 17.000 leaves in Decem
ber a further enlistment of 17,000 will
take place immediately.
Number Limited.
The number of men who can he train
ed is limited by the* necessity of pro
viding accommodations during the win
ter; of furnishing arms and equipment;
and of organizing them by different
arms and branches. The ability of tlie
British government to receive Canadian
forces and give them their final train
ing, in view of Great Britain's enormous
task in preparing recruits from the Brit
ish Isles Tm- service, also is an impor
tant factor. , . ,
The following statement in the official
announcement is regarded as especially
signiflcant; f
Mounted Troops.
‘‘ln the western provinces of Canada
large numbers of men anxious to serve
as mounted troops aer available. They
are excellent rideVs and good shots, ami
the government has made special effort
to arrange that thetr services be utiliz
ed. Recent cable communications with
tlie Blrtlsh government lead to the hope
that opportunity to make the services
of the men effective in some theatre of
active operations may he found in the
near future.”
Inasmuch as cavalrymen on the Eu
ropean battle line have been dismount
ed to fight In the trenches, this state
ment Is taken to indicate the likelihood
of mounted Canadians being sent to
England.
MGS CONNECTED
WITH WAN EXHIBITED
Interesting Subjects Being
Shown at International Book
Exposition at Leipsic.
Berlin.—An interesting exhibit of
things connected with the war is tj
be seen at the International Book Ex
position at Leipsig. Because of its
popularity, this branch was ordered
kept open after the dose of the ex
position proper. The German govern
ment regards it as necessary to the
education of the people, and as filling
a mission.
Foreign Papers.
One section is devoted to promi
nently displayed copies of foreign pa
pers with absurd or deliberately false ;
reports concerning Germany. These
reports are heavily bordered, and be-1
side each is a translation. German
newspapers from cities occupied by
the Russians are also displayed, con
taining the proclamations and orders
of the Russian commanders and blank
columns where the Russian censor
prohibited the publication of certain
article*.
A collection of articles from the bat
tlegrounds of Belgium. Including five
valuable old miniature paintings saved
by a German soldier from a burning
chateau in Hastiere, near Dlnant.
Literature.
Literature evoked by tho war Is rep
resented by a large collection. It in
cludes cartoons from hostile publica
tions. letters and postcards from the
front—one of ths latter consisting of a
section cut from a Belgian aeroplane
which had been brought down—and
various engravings and paintings.
Another auction Is given over to uni
forms, prij*< tiles, captured weapons
and flags. The collection Includes a
knout taken from a Cossack.
COLLEST $7,«ej.91.
New Haven, Conn.—During the Tale-
Harvard game here Saturday the Tale
undergraduate Red Cross relief commit
tees took up Ji,153.»l for Red Cross
wef.-k.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22.
impending, little news is con Ting from
eithev Petrograd or Berlin. It is known,
however, that the Germans are offering
stubborn resistance to the Russian ad
vance in East Prussia.
General von Hindenberg, commander
of the German troops, and Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the
Russians, two of the greatest strate
gists tlie wav has produced, are maneu
vering for positions between the Vis
tula and the Warta and a big battle is
in progress on the oracow-Czenstochowa
line between Russian and Austro-Ger
man forces.
Repulsed by Russians.
An unofficial dispatch coming through
Rome says the Russians repulsed tw®
attacks before Cracow, but beyond In®
Russian official statement, that tn#
Russians have had partial success north
west of Lodz, there is nothing to in
dicate how things are going.
In socialist quarters in Copenhagen,
which are in touch with the socialists
of Berlin, it is said that 7,000.000 men
are engaged in the battles on the Russo-
German frontiers, three million on the
Austro-German side and four million
Russians. w
The Servian retirement from Valjevo
is described from Nish as a strategic
movement, but the loss of guns and
prisoners is admitted.
QUIET OAT IS
FRENCH REPORT)
Artillery Fire Silences German
Batteries. Berlin Reports
Austrian Successes.
Paris’ (10:41 p. m.)—The following of
ficial communication was issued by the
war office Saturday night:
“The day has been very quiet. There
is nothing of interest to report except
that in the Woevre district, in tlie
Eparges, five German attacks were exe
cuted in mass in the space of two hours
and stopped abruptly by the fire of our
artillery.” ~
Batteries Silenced.
Washington.—French forces have cap
tured the Heights of Ornes, near Ver
dun, and silenced two German ba'te-ries,
according to official dispatches Satur
day to the French embassy.
The dispatch said:
‘‘ln the Argonne we have obtained
successful results, having seized a block
house and established a new line of
trenches.”
Austrian Success.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville), —An
Austrian official report made public in
Berlin Saturday tells of a general suc
cess for the Austrians in Russian Po
land and of advances of Austrian troops
in Servia-
Tlie Neue Freie FVesse of Vienna says
subscriptions to tlie Austrian war loan
have passed one billion marks (1250,000,-
000).
Alarming Proportion
of Mortality Among
French Officers
Paris.—The official order against ex
posure to the enemy’s fire, resulting
from the alarming proportion of mortal
ity among the officers, has caused a
great deal of discussion and some re
sistance.
“Is It vou who bring me reinforce
ments?” asked the colonel of a regi
ment.
“Yes,” replied the officer.
“Very good, hut you are an officer?”
“Yes, Colonel.”
“But where are your stripes?”
“They are turned under. Colonel, con
foranibiy to tlie minister’s instructions. b
“Yon are all-aid, then?”
“Not that I know of.”
“Then you accept the circular?”
No stripes. In this colonel’s estima.
tlon. was equivalent to Immunity front
danger or showing the “white feather.”
To please him. or, perhaps, as the result
of ids infectious bravery, the officer*
about him kept their stripes. This regi
ment has lost two-thirds of its officers.
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BATTLE ZONE
Paris, France (7:11 p. m.)—Freezing
weather has set In throughout the bat
tle zone in France and Belgium. The
'temperature today varied between 2o
and 28 degrees above zero. Fahrenheit.
Snow is falling in northern France in
the Vosges and at Marseilles.
The French soldier wears a woolen
! hand which he wraps four or five time*
I sround his body and he Is often provided
with four or five shirts.
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