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WYrARl " ' f'W'' t'VHW yPJjFT UP" IS A GOOD MOTTO-BUT "PAY UP IS NOT SO BAD. LET US ALL ADO A Mo-t.r U vr .Timuu woman onco said! "I buy advertised articles because thor aro Invarlub y worth what I pay for thorn . merchants with tho best reputations for Integrity and honest merchandise, arc without excepUon those who advertise their goods unceasingly The Determination of valuo received In ndvortliilng Ilea solely tho results Hocurcd. Try tho columnrt of Coos Hay Times they nro clean and dopendab The readers of Tho Times hnvo confldenco I ads appear!";; theroln. BlKMnEK OP THIf ASSOCIATED I'lthtta ssii'ttrri .'. 7-M i ' . . r.t. rii " 1 ' ummmM OlflflB Exmm mn mmm it''-. ' ',iji fOL NO. XXXVIII. FRENCH IKE GAINS II EFFORT IU HhUAPIUKE leports Today Indicate That J uiY u "& ' u"umn oi Long- ost Territory Which They Sought at Opening of War ILLIES SHELLING MULHAUSEN AFTER CAPTURE ur aitiiMBAUH; NUHTING DRAGS EVERYWHERE Jerman Reports Conflict With sian neporis oi success Against Germans Denied n,vbAy B(?r!in, 7" Manv Smal1 Battles (Dy Associated Press to Tho Coos Day Times.) LONDON, Dec, 29, Russian annnnnr.pmpntc nf tho Hn. eats of Germans are disouted jce, which states the attacks anci maae progress ana strong epelled, No mention is made, ialicia, wiere the Kussians are severe aoieai on me. rtusuo-berman forces, Tho French cairuinit?n for thr mnnsRssinn nf ilm Inct nmw hce of Alsace, ono of the first Irepubllc alter tho outbreak of . , . - piuuiuacj, uiiuiiiuiui iui;uiu m&i mikiii tnai me nines are fhdlllnte Mulliausen, wero supplemented today by tho French wiciai stuiBiiiuiii mat inu town oi diemuacn, in upper Al sace, has been Invested, ' In r ranee and Belgium, the lighting drags on with small ilntnrias fnr nnoh sir m. Tlir fimmnn nfflninl nnnniinrnmmit riVkWIIww I w wvt wi w vi vi law ells of tho capture of a French ost of Apremont, Tho French Kit I I I I I inls troncn, but auas it was rotaKon later alter three counter ittacks, Both Pans and Berlin 3nt fichting at various points, Belgian lie Allies captured the men heavy encounters lave 1111 S omntroller Williams to Fix! Maximum at Ten Times Capital and Surplus (Dr AuiKlttM fiut to coot Dtr TIiom.1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 29, omptrollor Wllllnms of tho Cur- bncy Durenu, submitted his nnnual mart to Congress today. AnioiiK r - - w . uw loclslntlon rccommondod was amondmont to rcqulro National inks to limit deposits to ton Union no combined capital and surplus. ID IU Ullll KILIUIl BY UNITED STATES txnorts of America During De cember Will Exceed Imports by Over S88,ooo,ouu IUf AwltJ rrn ti. v-x ntr TtmM.1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29. pcrotary Redflold told Prosldont nispn and tho Cablnot today that pprts from tho United State dur- ig uecomuer oxcoeaoa imporis ur 88,000,000. KNGLAXD WILL JIODHfi U. S. (Dr AuMtittJ It'll to Coot IUT Tlmrt LONDON, Doc. 29. Tho rocont Bit to Dovonport of tho Unlteu lateB collier Jason, which csmo a naval Santa Clnus, hag lod to unexpected result. According ono writer tho visit may havo kher effects than tho comentlng frlendshln. This writer says ill u! DEPOSITS ill QUP K "Tho Devonnort dockyard pooploion kv nWo ofnv nf tho Jason with ink mlmlration. Sho Is SO SU-, Irtn nni.tl.lnn Mint llAft VGt -ut U UIJ illl3 " en evolved for maintaining tho 1 supply of our warships at sea it tho United States Navy Is prot-' Ri,r tn tin. ,nr visit reclpro- jited by tho Blncerost form of flat- GKILMAX PAPKUS LSOMTDD. .. . T.tL .... t.,i :tiEMvrs r... on nn.nin uniinrs ! I7 AHOCHIM ITTM ID VW. W-l t .!. utxv.ti uw. .y. uuiiiiMM '", , re complaining bitterly oi me .'; Bn of tho ronntrv from neutral ... Nntrles. as a result of tho war. ! hB f... ..i n., ,n wi,i.h sho vwv Ull VUU1Q utivn ,...---- - ; interested havo been cut: Kmden-, rores: Shnnchal-Ts nctau: csuio ross canal of Fifo; Sebastopoi-var- Tho following havo boen Inter red Anglo-German; Azoros-Unlt- Statos; Yap Island-Unado; Stang- M-Ynp Germany's radlo-telegraphlo sta- pns at Dar-es-Salam, Duala. Lome aon Toheolr. Apia and Now Guinea lve also boen destroyed. Established 1R78 n Tlin Const Mnll. ALSACE PROVINCE French Armies Are Making Head- Paris Announcements Rus todav hv m Rm-iin Wm- nf of the invading armies in Po- Kuss tan assaults havo been however, of tho station in described as having inflicted objectives of the nrmlns nf 4ilfi!AB80Clll0' . . -.-.. --..... w .., , the war, apparently is making WVMMMII VIMWIMI VIIIIIVUI IVWIMWII I trench in the burned forest statement admits tho loss ofi (I li i I ! mention minor gains with vio The French statement says town of St, George, around been in progress some tim LS p ID President Says That Recent Revolt .in Islands Has Not- Changed His Opinion (II; AnotUtti rrtM in coot Dtr Tlraw.J WASHINGTON, 1). C, Doc. 29. President Wilson told callers today that his support oi tho Jonos bill for ultlmalo Philippine lndopon- uence would not bo altered by tho recent disturbances in tho Island. Ho doclnred that tho accounts or the uprising hd undoubtedly been oxaKKOrated. ntuxcir waxtais.oi-:. (Dr Auolito4 rtt t Coot Vt Tlaot ) GIONUVA, Dec. 29. "Wo want Al saco" Is tho war cry of tho Kronoh troops along tho right of tho long battle line. Thoy nro onger to nd vanco and during tho last fow days botuoen Vordun and Dolfort thoro havo been serious encounters. Sometime tho battlos aro fought In snow storms. At Soppols In Alsnoo tho soldlors simply Nrod In tho direc tion of the nolso not bolng ablo to soe a hundred yards on account of the storm. Tho regiments on both sides, which havo boon supplied with Bkla for tho winter, nro making good uso of thorn. Tho French Chnssours AI plus um them with groat facility, having climbed In penco tlnios tho Swiss and Froneh Alps, mounting several tlmos to tho summit of .Mont Diane In whole roglments. Decent ly at Drosel In Alsaco a company of Froneh troops swppt through a foroat skis and cut off the rotrent of a company of German scouts, whom they maun pnwi... The French havo beon bombarding ...- !.. Seppois. urosoi mm i,r. i... sace) for the tut two days with their famous 75 guns. A large number 0f German landwahr soldlors and olv- mans are at work at Waldhlgoten constructing me uouuie ruuj unu from LeopoldsUoere and St. Louis. Tbo French srtlllory with its base at nolfort has now moved up to wiuun . Twrtt, In five mile OI rtlllWIVll. ,-iuuvh , .,,,. -,n.i. fnntrv anil arunnii "" command - ""',.,,,. olinv ouohwlllor which UlB.iu..".- - ...,,r aVnn hnnnma unionuuio uy tho - -- German garni The Swiss paper Journel du Jura jeiorts from Delfort that a "large number" of heavy creusoi guus jmo recently arrived at Vordun, making the fortret more secure from at tacks The French army descending rHuur 0 FREEDOM from the Schlucht on Stoeswoior and j UAXOi; THIS OLD YKAU OUT Monster captured Gebwenhelm near' AM) THIS XHW YKAU IX AT Cornay, where S000 Germans are ISAGLKS' HALL, HLCF-MHKK ill. holding tbe placo This manduver'.MAKTIX'.S OKCIIISKTItA. HA.NT and sue ess open a direct coumiu.nI-( 1X0 IXTIL 1 O'CLOCK. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, iE i i , upland Notified! Dteimtiim Of A ncaira MANY SHIPS WERE LOST BY ENGLAND (Pr Aitorlalo.1 1'rcM la Coo nr Tlmri. LONDON, Dec. 20. During tho first four months of tho war, fit lirltlsh foreign-going ships, valued nt $11, 400,000, with ciirgoes worth $ IS. 800.000 were canturod or do stroyed by tho Oormnns. TIicbo nro ! the official fhruros of tho Llvornool 1 innd Loudon Wnr Risks Insurnuco - n , , . - . ., ... "coent F FT at inpon was nausea ny Kussian uruiser I(LJft4 LJ f tt I f 4 I Late Renort Received I (Ur AhocUIM I'ma to Con m.T TlmM.l WASHINGTON, I). C. Dec. 29. Captain Oman, commnndlnt; tho ar mored crulsor North Carolina, at Del rut, Syria, Informed tho Navy Do linrtmont today that It wns a Itusslau cruiser nud not nu American vessel which recently throatuund to bom- Imnl Ti'hwill Omnn'ii illmi.ili'li n.ilil' I "December 2fith tho Itusslau cruls- or Asknl.l stmt hnnts with nrmo.l men , on il recouualKnnco near Tripoli at tho vIIIuro of Dnnlns. Doforo their jmnvm at the bead, the boats Kround- cd n shoal water and tho crows of tho boats woro Jeered by tho popu lace. At throats of tho Turkish au thorities to Imprison tho boats' crows thoy wero Informed that tho Ilusslan crulsor would bombard tho vlllngo In such an evont, and consequently no ono was mmlo n prisoner. No shots woro fired." XOUWAV .MAV HAVi: w.it with i:.(iii..D I.lnjd'H Cliiii'Ko S IVr tVnt to Insure Aptlitst War Itotutvn tlio Two Countries, CHItlSTIANIA, Norway, Doc. 29. CoiiBldernblo surprlso and somo un-1 oaslness is being expressed horo nt news that Lloyds, of London, Is (itinrfrliK ftm tmn rtrtii in liiaiixn ' against wnr botweou Groat Drltalu and Norway within a yonr. Tho rato Is low ns compared with tho ehargo for iusurnnco that such countries as Italy, the neutral Dalkan statos, Holland. Denmark or oven Spain will not bo drawn Into tho con flict, but tho supposition horo had previously boon that such n thing ns nn AiigniOiorwoginn cwsn was so near an Impossibility that a fraction of ono per cent would bo amide to Insuro against It. The roal basis for worry In Nor way was, of course, Knglaud's recout request, whloh the Chrlstlnnln gov ernment rofusod.t for a Norwegian port as a naval base. XHW ALASKA JUIKJH. (Dr AwoitM Prna to Coat Dtr Tlmn. WASHINGTON. I). C, Doc. 29. President Wilson today nominated Charles 12. Dunnell of Valdoz, for Judge of the Dist rict Court of Alaska. MU0a Wtj, nolfort instoad of passing bv .,, iiaion d'AIsaco. In thoso engagement,) sovoral thousands sol dier on both sides havo beon killed and wounded, Tho fighting, though on a small scale, has beon terrible. All thoso troops aro bolng held In lemsh from Verdun to Delfort, await ing ordors from General Joffre. , 1IAXOI2 AT SCMXUIt HATUHDAY, I J AX. i!. Amer AMERICAN MADE NO THREAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1914 EVENING EDITION. ShifpWill E Cs j Pros. Wilson Discusses Note to ! 1 Great Britain Insisting on . Better Treatment HEAVY INDEMNITY WILL HAV TO BE PAID r - Points Out That England in Previous Wqrs Has Taken Exactly Same Position ttlr AaioclatM rmi to Coot lly Tlma WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dec. 20. President Wilson, roforrlng today to tho American nojo to Great Urltnlu Insisting on better treatment for Am erican commerce, declared that lnri;o damages eventually would hnvu to bo l'"l ' KnInnd for tho unlawful de- tcntlon of American cargoes. Tho President pointed out that many pro tests had previously been made In specific cases, itinl If the contention or the American Kovommont wan cor-',1" tho west of Apremont, led to tho reel, as ho Is firmly convinced It ca'm,ro "B of n fortified trench wns, plans for Imlomu ifiantion would ,..., i.i. rni ultlmntoly hnvo to bo Mtuw u; uiuii Drltnln. Biipplemuiitnry to the pre vious protests, tlio unto sent yesler- day, tho ProsldeuC oxplaluod, ropre- itv I lunitivilli U.IHHIIVII IU1H I 1 Mted fui.y the position .r t.,e unit-' i states. mym9 timt M far .. mo ory is concerned llnnni In ruiiiniiHtinil I ! . w.iaIIh I. thero really Is no (lennio on tue point rniscii, necauso . . r . . . . KtiKlnud herself In previous wars bus taken exactly tho Ameilcnu position. Smith Ainci Icn Imolwd. President Wilson was asked If tho communication sent to Great Drltnln was the result of the recent Kntlu'r li:i; of the Pan American diplomats hero. Ho nuld It wns not, but tho l,0Hltl" of Ul ,T,,"C' R",to', W,"M nl,n,' to '' noiltrnl country and tllO contentions advanced were not pe culiar to this country, Foreign dlplomnts, especially thoso from neutral cniuitrjps. discussed tho note today and members of Congress who had protested to tho Slate De partment on bohnlf of tho merchants and shippers of copper, flour, wheat and other products In 'whlc'i trndo has been restricted, oxprewod satis faction with tho nttlttido of tho gov oriwuont.- IN American Barkentine Irmgard May be -Total Loss South of Oaju Islands ft! 7 Atoctit4 (rtit lo Com Dtr TIism.1 HONOLULU, Deo. 29. Somo whoro south of Onju Island, tho Amorlcan barkoutluo Irmgard U supposedly In nood of nsslstanco, If she has not passed beyond the pos sibility of nld. The lluor Soiiomn reported by wlroless that tho Irm gard was In dltro8s, hut a tug sent from hero raturnod unablo to find any trnco of her, Sho was 67 1 tons lM(1 nB bullt nt Port nlako,y' Wft8h ingtoh. Georgo Seellg recalled today that tho Irmgard was formorly In tho sugar trade between tho Hawaiian Islands and San Francisco and then bolonged to tho firm of Mayor ltolph of San Francisco, Hind, ltolph & Co. That was sovoral years ago and whothor tho ownership has changed, ho was not aware. ' SAX I'ltANOIKCO KAlll j OI'KX ALL Till TI.MI2 SAN FUANCISCO, pec. 29. Thoro will bo no closing fit tho j Panama-Pacific Jixpoijlllon, on j Sunday, Prosldcnt Mfipro Prosldcnt Mfipro nu uouncod tbut tho gates to tho grounds ami doors of all. exhibit palaces will bo opcu-ovqry day j from Fob. 20 to Doo. L ' v .MISKItY XHW VUAItH IX KAN WAXCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Doo. 29. Cafo revelors ' will bo allowed muslo and dancing all night Now Year's ove, Pollco Chlof White has mirfounced, but thoro will be no relaxation of the 2 o'clook liquor law. Ordinarily music In cafos Is stopped by or I dlnance at 1 o'clock. 11 T N BERLIN SAYS GERMANS ARE MAKING GAIN (Ur AuotUthl Crwi la Coo tur Tltnw.l MOULIN, Dec. 29. (Via Wire less.) Tho official statement today says: "in tho western arena wo gained some ground after rolntlvely unimportant ongnKomonts near Nleu port and southeast of Ypros. Suv err.l strong French attacks to tho northwest of Monohould wero ro pulsed with heavy losses to tho eu- ..... II,.. .... linn I mj, u 1'iiimirru uu priHUiierH. An ndvnnco In tho burned forest in,ld l,"rt, II,np,,,no "'"' Tho Krcul, nttncKs west of Koiinliolm woro re-1 . i pu lod. No chnngOB havo taken place h Knst Prussia. In Poland, on tho right bank of tho Vlstuln, on . . .. . . . . ., '" n " " ,u ", " Z .,.. ,,,.., of Illowloil. Blmntr Ull8B,,m nUnt.(H wero repulsed." (ALLIES GAIN 15 Claim to Have Occupied Bel gian Village Artillery Fire 1 SevereMany Battles (II? Amoi ItloJ rrraa In Coot lUjr Tlinn, PAItra, Dec 20. Tuo. otfrdnl communication this nftornoou says: "In Dolglum, tho vlllngo of St. Geor ges was occupied by our troops, From tho Lys to tho Sommo tho enemy bombarded our positions violently nonr Hohelle, nt Stnubln, Lcqucsuoy and Poucholr, Thoro has been n calm between tho Sommo and tho Argonuo. In tho Argonuo wo gnluod a llttlo ground In Lngrurle, llolnnto J and Courto Chiiuseo forosts, On tho i holghts of tho Motiflo sovoral Gerninn countor attacks wero repulsed In tho I Lebouchot forest, Tho Gqrninu fore i os which occupied our trenches In tho burned forest west of Apremont hnvo been driven out nftor throo successive counter attacks, in upper Alsaco, following a violent engagement, wo aro totlsy closely Investing Htoln bach." KAXTA CLAUH KILLKI) GOUKIl D'ALHNK, Idaho, Doo. 29. Mrs. John Itoblnsou, of Spokane, was accidentally shot and killed while distributing Christmas pres ents yesterday nt n camp lna mllos from hero. Slut nud her husband had taken tho presents to camp but a short tlmo before tlio ncoldent occurred. Sho had boon married five months. SO.MII COLD HPOTH Among tho coldest places woro: Charloj, City, Iowa, 21 j j holow; La Cross, Wis,, 2t bo- j low; Peoria, III., 18 bolgwj Davoupprt and Deu Mollies, Iu H below; DovII'h Lako, N. D., j 18 below; St. Paul, 22 bojow; Greon Lxty, Wis., 18 below, j , ., SCIIWAD SAYK GOOD days aiu: ctiixn I NUW YOIIK, Dec. 29. Charles M. Schwab arrived from Kuglaud mid uu- FRENCH DDT I iiouucud that tho nations of Hurope i hnvo placed uoutniets of more than I 1 1 300,000.000 since tho beginning of I l tho war. Ho predicted for this roas ,on (hat tho United States Is now on tho threshold "of tho greatest ported , of piosperlty soon In many yenrB." Schwab admitted that tho objeot of I his recent trip to Knjtlnnd was to cancel the provisional contructs inudo! 'with Great Drltalu for building ofi ! submarines, worth more than $15, 000,000. FOIt ItKXT Iteautlftil furnished iipiiilment, with fro lieut and water, ut .Myrtle Arms. $: per mouth. riiuuu aut-ii. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnl) anil fiwii llnv Adrorfleor 'FRENCH MAKE CIS IN VI ARTILLERY AND in Capture Half Mile of German Trenches After Heavy Bombard ment of German Positions Near Old Battleground in Northern France. Report Was Delayed INFANTRY ASSAULT FOLLOWS SHELLING OF TWELVE MILES OF KAISER'S BATTLE FRONT NEAR ARRAS Twenty-Minute Bayonet Engagement Causes Heavy German Loss, .According to Dispatches Today Germans Sur prised by Infantry After Artillery Duel ' (Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Day Times.) ARRAS, Northern France, Dec, 27, (Delayed,) That portion of tho French army now holding tho lines near Arras today attacked tho Germans on a front 12 miles long, Thoy carrlod half mllo of German trenches near Lens by assault and tonight aro holding thoso positions in force, Tho way for this attack was prepared by violent artillery and machine gun fire, which swept tho Gorman positions from a point north of Lens to 1110 suuurus oi Arras, nil n Tl r I t . lUPIlOU IIOUVIIV, I I1U IIUIIUIl FieilCll InfaiUrymOn leaned 110111 tllO trOHClieSi Charging tllO j Gemiail positions, A brief ail(l fUHOUS bayonot CnCOUlUor brousht victory. It was all ovor in twenty minutes, v'w'n m mm. m M M ft t M I i ifl! 'J mm BY WILL TROOPS. HAS JOINED VILLA Traffic on Tampico Division of Over 7000 of Former Presi Mexico Railway Blocked by , dent's Troops at Tepio and Force of Soldiers San Bias Change Sides Wf AmmUIihI Prwt lo foot liar Tint". LAIIKUO, Tex., Dee. 211. Troops believed tt bo operating under Gen- Villa's orders, according to a tils patch received horo tonay, wrecked n passenger train nud blocked tmf flu on tho Tnmplrn division of tho Moxlco railway, 17C miles wost of Tampico, Docombor 20, The only foreigners' on boartl were nn Amor lcan and his wife, who wero treated courteously. E GUARDIAN FOR 1ST CDACH County Judge Hall Appoints! Mrs. Leo. J. Cary to Look After Brothers Property (Special to Tho TIuiob.) COQUILL12, Or., Doe. 29. Judge John F. Hall, at. a session of the county court horo yesterday, appoint ed Mrs. Loo J. Cary guardian of her brother, Arthur Conch. Coach ts a son or thu lato Col. Couch of llandou, who died a few years ago leaving a fortune of about half a million dol lars to bo divided among his throo ohlldrou. Arthur Coach Is said to hnvo ro contly become strongly addicted to liquor and tbo appointment of a guardian wiib asked for him to pro tect the bulauco of bis Inheritance. Coach Is of nn erratic and peculiar typo. Ho Is declared to bo one of tho quickest and most expert math ematicians In Coos county and hns fuw equals as a lumbor scaler. Ho Is well oducntod, but somehow or other he Is lacking In business ulilllty. Ho simply can't mnku a business dual, It Is declared, nud every, time ho ne gotiates something ho loses. After his father's death ho started the Louvre Cafo In Duudon and ran u plnco along Sail Fruuolsco onfo lines. Of course ho dropped a huuoh of money. Thon ho had matrimonial entanglements and this cost him heavily, as well uh quite a bunch of alimony, Decently ho has boon working in n tlo camp and not long ugo when tho grand Jury was Investigating tho Coach-Truudgold-Slmpsou ease, Arth ur Coach appeared uu u wltnees, Ho Is said to havo shown his blistered bunds, tho result of the hard labor ' Uto tlo cump, nud declared that Troadgold was lurguly responsible for tho loss of his monoy. Tioudgold had boon attorney In many suits lu whloh Couch wus Involved, " " DAXCIS AT Hl'MNIJU HATUHDAY, J AX. Ii. Xiirr", Demi I'iieiueii's Tenth An nual Hall, l.'clilioff Hall, .Vol III Demi, .New Year's lvo, Thuroday, Dec, ill, lliihhy Orclicstni. 1 I wi ; n No. U6f.il: 'Ik DLENT ::I urn i the xm laorman battones everywhere u I T i o suddenly ceasod and tho IIIO SUUDOIIIV CraSOQ aRQ f D lrl M HI U t m M mm W m mm mum n (ur .oruthi riM, to Con, Br nn., j ON DOAKD U. 8. H. SAN 1)11200, Km onto to Kan Diego, Cn., Dee. 29. (Via Wireless,) Seven thousand troops of Carrnnr.n'H force declared today for Villa, nt Topic, on the west const of Moxlco. Foreigners nt Kan Dins nud Topic took rofuga aboard the United States supply ship Glacier. Hear Admiral Howard, i command of tho PacUle fleet, cm rocelpt of tho news, ordered the j gunboat Annnpolln by wlroless to .Sun lllas, but no trouble Is expected. TAX LEVY FDR NEXT YEAR FIXER County and State One Mill Less Than Last Year Marshficld 51.1 Mills (Special to Tho Tlmos.) COQl'II.LK, Or., Dec. 29. Tho Coos County Commissioners, nt a special session horo, fixed the tax: levy for 1015 nt twonty mills, ono mill loss than last yoar. At tlio moot ing It wns decided to trim $3000 off. tho $15,000 ostlmato for advertising, donations, etc., making tho sum ) 12, 000. This Is a few hundred dollar, mure than n year ago, Whllo tho county tax lovy was re duced ono mill, many sections of tho county will hnvo a higher tax levy than last year. In MarahfleUI, for Instnuco, the total lovy will be Cl.l mills, divided ns follows; County and state 20 Port district 4 Munlelpul', .....13.5 Schools 13,6 ' Total Cl.l HALOOXH AXD (iltl.MJ:. I I (Hr Awotlatfrl Proa to Coot Djr Tim. I LONDON, Doq. 39 Early closing of the saloons has caused an ouor nioiiB decrooso li crlntoa of violence and dlsbrder, according to Judge Rob ert Wallace, chairman of tho London. Sessions courts. "Flgurtw I havo obtained." ho said In addressing tho December grand Jury, "are so romurkublo that they ought to ho known. For Instnuco the September grand Jury had'uoforo It seventeen rases of aggravated assault and battery. Tho 11 closing order was introduced, with tho result that In Octobor tho number fell to flv. Thou tho closing hour was altered' te 10 o'clook and In November the caaec fell to two whllo today, tor tho flret tlmo In tho history of, the country, wo huvo not a single case of this char acter to deal with." DAXCIS THIS OLD YKAR OUT axd thi: xr.w yiuk ix jut ISAGLL'H HALL, DMOtttqiKJI .MAHTIX'H OKCHHTHA laAIfO. I NO UNTIL 1 O'CUMK, ' V' .: ifl i v-s fSl I ,i rr -fW-VTf i.f ,in w ; KISS,1 p'U ii,n-.,i .inmimif iiwi. I ' t , in,,, , ,i,T ? 1 - - t-J k. ,.t.