NURSE HAS PRAISE
FOR DEAD SUSPECT
Qirdie Moser, of Vancouver,
Tells of Acquaintance
x With Alleged Thief.
FOUND LETTERS PUZZLE
Clrl Declares Weyers, Supposed
Leader of Auto Robbers Killed In
Accident, Appeared Honest.
Life Here Is Recalled.
XT A VrVMTYEIl- Waatl Jan. 1. MlSS
Birdie Moser. If years old and pretty,
told tadar. somewhat scantily and with
.inn.nra nf her acaualntance with
Vrmnlr A ' WnWI. WhO WSS killed
k ten In an automobile accident
s.n Mi ton lrwl who is alleged by
California officials to have headed a
(rang of clever automobile tnieves op
erating along the Paclflo Coast.
-Mr. Weyers (that Is his name, as I
know him) was my friend," she said,
"but that was all. He was much older
, than I about 41 and he had been
n.rriai hnt hli wife had obtained a
divorce and married again. She Is
now Mrs. Mack Pease. Her husband
in a farmer, living; near Marysville. I
first met Mr. Weyers when he adver
tised for a stenographer at Marysville
and I answered the advertisement. I
never knew him to do anything dis
honorable, and If he became engaged
In automobile stealing I know he was
led into it by others. I know that he
ran a grocery store in Oakland and
worked for a time In a department
store In Portland. H was always busy
at something to make an honest living
when I knew him.
"I cannot explain his having my let
ters In his trunk, as they say he did.
I left my trunk In storage in San
Francisco when I came north. I know
he had my photograph. I had given
lilm that Louise Mell was a girl friend
of mine. Yes, I think she knew Mr.
Weyers. bat I do not know what there
-was between them, if anything. As I
said, Mr. Weyers was married when
I first knew him.
"It is ridiculous for the papers to
say the officers want me for anything
Mr. Weyers may have done. I don't
know anything about what be has
done."
Miss Moser is employed at the City
Hospital here as nurse. She had re
covered today from her excitement of
last night, when first told that in
quiries had been made for her in con
nection with the Weyers case.
WEYERS PAST IS REVEALED
Sheriff Says Defrauding Storekeep
ers Was Uis Forte.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. (Special.)
Further information has come to
light as to the operations of Weyers,
alleged automobile thief, and his op
erations last Summer and his associa
tion with Miss Birdie Moser, the pretty-
19-year-old student nurse who has
been located at Vancouver, Wash.
Four days ago a young woman In
Oakland, who had met Miss Moser by
chance at Pacific Grove 18 months ago,
received a postal card irom Miss Moser.
The card bore this message:
"Am training to be a nurse. Merry
Christmas."
Telling of her acquaintance with
Miss Moser. the Oakland girl friend
said tonight she had gone to Pacific
Grove as companion of two elderly
women. Miss Moser was there at the
time and was similarly engaged. Tbey
saw each other later at Sacramento
and met for a third time at Healdsburg
lust August.
Miss Moser registered at a Healds
burg hotel, she said, and then tele
phoned to her friend, saying she was
ill. She said she had been acting as
a sales agent for a baking powder
firm. Shortly afterward Weyers put
In an appearance at Healdsburg. He
posed as an agent for the same baking
powder firm and he and Miss Moser
worked together.
John R. Kagal, manager of an auto
mobile agency here, said tonight that
he sold an automobile last Summer to
Weyers, who was then at the Rock
House Weyers took the car on par
tial payments, the final payment hav
ing been made less than a month ago.
Weyers removed the tonneau from
the car and made It Into a small de
livery wagon. He took the car to So
noma County and. accompanied by Miss
Mosrr. It is reported, visited Healds
burg, Santa Rosa and other cities in
that vicinity.
Sheriff Smith, of Sonoma County,
ays Weyers carried on a systematic
campaign of defrauding storekeepers,
lie would drive with his automobile
to a store, said Sheriff Smith, repre
sent he had recently purchased a
ranch in the vicinity, explain be was
temporarily short of funds and ask
for credit. With credit extended, de
clared the Sheriff. Weyers would stock
his automobile with provisions and
then drive away, never to return.
FIRE OVERCOMES MANY
PHII.AOFJ.PHIA AXD CAMDEV LOSS
IS MORE TIIAX MIL.LJOX.
Smoke From Flames la Pennsylvania
City Prostrates Half a Handred In
Xw Jersey Town.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3 Two fires
today caused more than $1,000,000 dam
ape in Philadelphia and Camden.
Trains of the New Tork division of
the Pennsylvania Railroad were held
up for more than an hour and half by
the names, which destroyed the lumber
yard of the Charles Este Company and
17 dwellings on Glenwood avenue In
North Philadelphia, while traffic on the
Philadelphia ek Beading Railway from
Camden. N. J., was discontinued by a
tire which destroyed its station there
and damaged the lumber yard of C B.
Coles and the John Dialogue shipbuild
ing plant.
Four firemen were injured at the
Camden fire, while nearly half a hun
dred were overcome by the heat and
smoke from the names In this city.
HINDENBURGJS THANKFUL
New Year's Good Wishes Swamp
German Commander In East.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE EAST.
Poland. Jan. 3. (Via Berlin to Lon
don.) Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
commander of the German Army In
Poland, requests the press to give ex
pression to his heartiest thanks for
the good wishes for the new year,
transmitted to htm by so many friends
la Europe and America.
He la wholly enable to answer them
personally.
CHRONOLOGY OF CHIEF EVENTS OF WAS TO DATE.
PROGRESS OF" PAST WEEK.
December 27 Italian government orders cruiser to give any needed
aid to United States warships in Turkish waters.
December 28 United States demands of Great Britain and allies
early improvement of treatment of American cargoes. ,
December 29 Russians report rout of Austrlans in Gallcla equal
Servian victory of Austrians. , .
December JO Third German advance on Warsaw, Russian Poland,
reported definitely checked; German aeroplanes drop bombs on Dun
kirk, on French coast. . .
January 1 British battleship Formidable sunk in English Channel.
EARLIER EVEXTS OP THE WAR.
June 23 1914 Grand Duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to Austrian
throne, and his wife assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, as result of Pan
Slavic propaganda. '
July 23 Austria sends ultimatum to Servla.
July 28 Austria declares war on Servla, Russia mobilizes against
Austria.
July 19 Austria bombards Belgrade.
July 31 Germany demands that Russia demobilize. Belgians ana
Germans order mobilization.
August 1 Germany declares war on Russia.
August 3 German troops enter Belgium. .
August 4 Great Britain sends ultimatum to Germany demanding
respect for Belgian neutrality. Germany declares war on France and
Belgium. Great Britain declares state of war exists with Germany.
August 6 Austria declares war on Russia.
Aniuit 7 French enter Alsace.
August 1) France declares war
August 12 Montenegro declares
announces state of war exists wnn Austria.
Aueust 15 JaDan sends ultimatum to Germany,
she withdraw ships and evacuate Kiau-Chau, China.
August 17 Belgian capital moved to Antwerp.
August 20 German army enters Brussels.
August 23 Japan declares war on Germany.
August 25 AuBtria declares war on Japan. m
August 28 British fleet victor In sea fight, in Heligoland ttignt,
Germany losing crulwra and torpedo-boat destroyers.
August 31 St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd again.
September 3 French capital moved to Bordeaux.
September 6 Great Britain, France and Russia sign agreement to
make no peace save together. ,
September 1 German right wing, under Von Kluck, after having
approached within few miles of Paris, begins retreat from the Marne.
September 16 Russians reach Przemysl.
September 21 German sumbarine U-9 sinks British cruisers Cressy.
Hogue and Abouklr In North Sea.
October 9 Antwerp capitulates to German forces.
October 16 Germans enter Ostend, on English Channel. British
cruisers sunk by German submarine. .
October 17 Four German destroyers sunk by British cruiser in
North Sea. ,
October 20 Japanese occupy Ladrone Islands. In Pacific ocean.
October 27 British super-dreadnought Audacious, third In tonnage
and armament in British navy, sunk by torpedo or mine off north coast
of Ireland. . .
October 29 Turkey's warships bombard Russian ports and sink
gunboat; Prince Louis of Battenberg Tesigns as First Sea Lord of
British navy because of Austrian birth.
October 31 Turks annex and invade Egypt: German submarine
sinks British cruiser Hermes. , . . ...
November 1 British squadron defeated by German fleet off Chill
ean coast. . -
November 3 Great Britain and France formally announce state or
war with Turkey.
November 7 Tslng-Tau, German stronghold In China, talis.
November 10 German cruiser Emden destroyed by Australian cruiser
Sydney; German cruiser Koenigsburg bottled up.
November 26 British battleship Bulwark blown up and sunk near
mouth of Thames from explosion of own magazine.
December 2 Austrian army occupies Belgrade.
December 7 Germans occupy Lodz, Poland.
December 8 German commerce destroyers Scharnhorst. Gneisenau.
Leipzig and Nurnberg destroyed oft Falkland Islands by British fleet.
Cruiser Dresden escapes. j
December 14 Servians recapture Belgrade and inflict decisive de
feat on Austrlans. ..
December 16 German fleet raids east coast of England. Hartle
pool. Scarborough and Whitby bombarded. Eighty-four persons, mostly
civilians, killed.
December 25 Seven British warships and same number of hydro
aeroplanes raid German naval base at Cuxhaven and escape.
AMERICA STANDS AS
BRITAIN DID IN 1904
London's Protest to Russia
Concerning Food Seizures
Will Be Quoted.
MPATIENCE THEN SHOWN
Declaration That Mere Money Com
pensation Might Not Assuage
Feelings Recalled False Rub
ber Manifest Embarrasses.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Officials of
the Washington Government expect
the coming week to clear the air of
much of the uncertainty prevalent over
the seizure of American cargoes and
ships by the allies. With the ex
pected answer from Great Britain to
the American note of protest of a week
ago. the decision of scores of special
cases probably will be expedited.
President Wilson and his advisers
are confident that Great Britain will
recognise that the position of the
United States, as set forth in Its note,
does not differ from that which Great
Britain herself has repeatedly main
tained In previous . wars In which
Great Britain was a neutral.
Salisbury Doctrine Cited.
Although the American note cited
Lord Salisbury's doctrine contending
that foodstuffs are contraband only
when proved to be destined to an enemy
force. State Department officials say
the volumes of international law and
archives of diplomatic correspondence
concerning contraband and the rights
of neutrals in time of war, are filed
with cases and principles thoroughly
Justifying the American contention.
They point out that a much more
drasticallv phrased series of notes was
sent by Great Britain to Russia when
the latter was at war with Japan in
1904. M ,
Not only did Great Britain declare
that foodstuffs must ba shown to be
for the use of an Army or Navy, but
specific protest was entered "against
the doctrine that it is for the bel
ligerents to decide that certain arti
cles or classes of articles as a matter
of course are to be dealt with as con
traband of war, regardless of the well
established rights of neutrals."
Heavy Demands Threatened.
In another communication between
Great Britain and Russia In the same
war the former declared that unless
some steps were taken by the Russian
government to restrain their naval au
thorities from the indiscriminate mo
lestation of neutral traders, the amount
of compensation for which the Russian
government would find Itself liable
might assume enormous proportions. It
was declared necessary that they should
realise that this was rapidly assuming
shape in which it would be Impossible
for the British government to rest con
tent with the prospect of obtaining
pecuniary compensation for the suf
ferers. The situation which had arisen,
it was declared, was indeed become one
of the utmost gravity.
The fact that almost identical argu
ments authorised in the American note
were vigorously proclaimed by Great
Britain, not only during the Russo
Japanese war, but during previous con
flicts In which the neutral commerce
of Great Britain was injured through
the interference of belligerent fleets
has strengthened the belief among Ad
ministration officials that concessions
in conformity with previous practice
will be forthcoming from the British
government. j
Kale Manifest Is Ckarced. j
Reports of the finding of rubber
manifested as "gum" In the cargo of
the steamship Sendford are understood
virtually to have halted the negotia
on Austria.
war on Austria.
Great Britain
demanding that
tions in progress In London with the
object of obtaining a modification of
the embargo against the exportation of
rubber from British possessions. .The
vessel carried a cargo from the United
States to neutral ports. The British
government has taken the position that
the rubber probably was destined for
Germany and the reported false man
ifest is said to have shaken confidence
in effectiveness In proposed assurances
by American merchants that no rubber
would he Dermitted to ran into uerman
hands if Great Britain allowed the
product to come into the United States.
BRITAIN" CLEARS . ONE POINT
Rosin and Turpentine Shipped Be
fore Edict to Be Paid For. r
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. The British
Embassy issued tonight its first state
ment on tile shipping situation since
the publication of the American note
on the interference with American
trade. It cleared up one point on which
the United States had asked for in
formation, by announcing that tur
pentine and rosin shipped from this
country before those articles were
declared contraband would be paid for
when seized. The statement said:
"Turpentine and rosin shipped be
fore the publication of the order plac
ing them on the contraband list will
be nald for.
"All copper shipped before the date of
the declaration that copper was contra
band has been paid for or released.
"No cargos for Italy have been held
up at Gibraltar since December 4.
Italian ships carrying cargoes of com
modities of which export from Italy
is prohibitted are not' Interfered with
unless there is clear evidence or iraua
ulent intentions on the part of shippers.
"Negotiations are proceeding in Lon
don, with a view to the removal of the
embargo on rubber against a pledge
not to export, similar to that ar
ranged with regard to German aniline
dyes. The negotiations have oeen re
tarded by the discovery of shipments
of rubber from the United States to
Europe under disguise."
MILITARY REASONS GOVERN
British Authority Says Diplomacy
Alone Will Not Settle Issue.
LONDON, Jan. S. The Press Associa
tion in a paragraph declaring that the
British reply to the American note has
not yet been delivered or drawn up,
says: .
"The government will not be actuated
by diplomatlo considerations alone, but
will be guided largely by naval and
military expert opinion and there Is not
the remotest question of relinquishing
the right which would militate against
the interests of the allies to the advan
tage of the enemy. The most that can
be expected is that every care will be
taken to insure that that right be ex
ercised with the maximum amount of
care and the minimum of hardship and
friction."
The Press Association adds tnat al .
though the American Ambassador, Mr.
Page, called at the Foreign Office on
Saturday, his visit was not promoted by
any expectation of the delivery of the
reply. The whole matter is receiving
careful consideration by the govern
ment and the reply will duly be made
in considerable detail
MILL OFFICIALS RESIGN
William Sheahan and F. A. Olmstead
Quit Crown Willamette.
OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. S. (Spe
cial.) William Sheahan, superintend
ent of the paper machines of the Crown
Willamette mill, and F. A. Olmstead.
chemical engineer for the same com
pany, have resigned after several years
of service.
Mr. Sheahan has perfected an im
provement on paper-making machines
to which he will devote all of his time
In the future. It is reported. The de
vice has been used in local plants with
success. Previous to his employment
here, Mr. Sheahan was at Camas,
Wash.. In the Crown-Columbia plant.
Mr. Olmstead has been chemical en
gineer here for the last four years.
It Is reported that Mr. Olmstead will
open a laboratory here.
Square heels patented by a Washington.
D C shoe designer are smid to wear longer
than 'curved ones and to increase th com
fort ol their wearers.
FOREST BURNED TO
AID GERMAN
Kegs of Combustibles Rolled
Forward in Night by Dar
ing Volunteers.
SPIRIT OF MEN EXCELLENT
Lot of Men on Polish Front Partic
ularly Hard Because of Lack
of Shelter, but Little Sick
ness Is in Evidence.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE TENTH
GERMAN INFANTRY DIVISION, on
the Rawka River, Poland, Dec 26. via
courier to Berlin, thence to London,
Jan. 3. The bitter struggle for the
wooded heights on the east bank of
the Rawka River, has been long in
progress. The roads selected as an
objective point for possible penetration
to the Russian trenches elsewhere
were protected by a swamp. Here the
nature of the ground was more favor
able. The Germans forced a passage
of the Rawka and worked forward
gradually to within 100 yards of the
edge of the woods, but they were un
able to dislodge the Russians.
The woods which concealed the
trenches were raked by German ar
tillery from stations 6000 yards in the
rear. The Uerman artillerymen rs-
netdlv brouerht the woods- edge un
der heavy fire, but without apparent
imnression upon the itussian aeiena-
ers, who were unshaken.
Woods Are Set on Fire.
An attempt by mine-throwers to set
the woods on fire was finally decided
on. Twenty kegs of tar and other
combustibles were secured by an en-
ternrisincr officer from bKlerniewice,
the Russian Emperor's hunting seat
In this vicinity, and these were ronea
forward under cover of night to the
forest- The kegs, which served as a
cover to the pioneers volunteering ior
this dangerous mission, were set afire.
The blaze was intense enough to kin-
diA a. forest fire, which swept tnrougn
part of a fir wood, exposing the
trenches, which were being effectively
bombarded at the time oi me corre
cnnnHont'i deDarture.
The correspondent spent days, usual
ly on horseback, riding along the na
sitlon, which was being advanced foot
by foot, chatting with the officers and
soldiers who had been in the trenches,
with short relief spells, for almost
five weeks. They had Deen exposed
to frequent rains and the life generally
was uncomfortable and discouraging
almost beyond description.
Spirit of Troops Is Good.
The sDirit of the men, nevertheless,
appeared to be good everywhere, no
expressions or discontent oeing neara.
The men seemed to lane pleasure in
working. It cannot be said that they
would not return home gladly, Dut an
showed grim determination to stick to
the Job to the end.
The health of the men is remarka-
blv (rood, there being very little sick
ness. Colds, catarrh and pneumonia,
which might be expected to result from
the life in the muddy trenches, with
clothing drenched for days at a time
and temperatures ranging around tne
freezing point, are little In evidence
The men show that their physiques
are capable of being hardened to a
point where they are actually thriving
under conditions which normally would
entail serious illness. The lot of the
soldiers In this section is particularly
hard, owing to lack of shelter, a large
DroDortion of the peasant novels hav
lng. been burned or destroyed during
the fighting, and tne diincuity or oo
taining wood and straw with which to
make the trenches habitable. .
The good health of the troops is
due largely to the" excellent commis
sary service, the field kitchens sup
plying the men with abundant warm
meals daily, une Kitcnen is situated
in the cholera suspect neighborhood.
but men likely to enter the army are
vaccinated against cholera. This divi
sion has a special allowance of one
mark (24 cents) daily per soldier and
three marks per officer to Improve the
rations.
The correspondent underwent the
vaccination experience, receiving two
Injections of serum five days apart.
No discomfort was experienced in his
case, but those vaccinated often have
a high fever as a result.
SKI TROOPS EFFECTIVE
WORK AS SCOUTS WINS FAVOR IN
VOSGES REGION.
Many Easased 1m Aetna! Military Op
erations at Altitude of 8000 Feet.
Achievements Are Noted.
GENEVA, Dec. 16. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The French
Alpine troops on skiis have received
special mention for their work as scouts
in the deep snow or the Vosges region.
Many Chamonix guides in these regi
ments cover from 3D to 40 miles a day
without fatigue. Some of the men en
gaged in actual military operations
8000 feet above the sea level, in the
forests of the Col du Bonhomme.
The ski troops are provided with
yellow glasses, as prolonged exposure
to the glare or the sun against tne
snow impairs the vision. At night the
troops use their skiis as supports for
their tiny service tents.
Skiis have been used tor military pur
poses In Northern Europe for centuries,
and in 1830 Norway began enforcing
reauirement that practically every
soldier must be equipped with them
and able to use them skilfully. In the
Swis3 army also most of the men are
excellent skiers. In manoeuvers, they
freauently have covered 37 miles or
rough Alpine territory in a day in full
marching order. On one occasion, a
division of this army made 15 miles in
one and a half hours. Including .an
ascent of nearly 5000 feet. In Finland
some years ago a large body of the
Russian ski soldiers, in full marching
order, made 616 miles in 29 days. Sev
eral similar acnievemenis are recorueu
to the credit of the Russian force In
the Caucasus.
Germany and Austria aiso nave ski
troops, althougn notning nas Deen
heard of them thus far io the present
LOSS IN EAST IS 2,000,000
Figure Is Estimate of Captured,
Dead and Wounded Teutons.
t x-rnv Tan 3. A Petrosrrad dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany says:
"It is officially estimated that 27
ow.mtr rnm arb oDer&ting
uerioui - "-' - ' -
against Russia. Four hundred thou
sand Germans and Austrians have al
ready been taken prisoners and their
killed and wounaea ro uiict
times heavier." .
3
"Trading stamps have brought me many household helps," said a lady to
us some days ago. "I not only save money on my purchases, but the stamps
are just like money to me."
'am
DRUGS
WAn
IL'i
$2.50 3-quart Fountain Syringe .. . .$1.47
$2.00 2 -quart Fountain Syringe '. . .$1.29
2 -quart Fountain Syringe . 79c
4-quart Goodrich All-Rubber Hot Water
Bottle 98c
3- quart Davol Hot Water Bottle . . . $1.19
2-quart Davol Hot Water Bottle . . . .98c
W00DARD,
Long Battle of Four Rivers Is
Believed Ended.
BERLIN PLANS ALL UPSET
Jfertv Movements Under Way Are Be
lieved Designed to Take Ivan
gorod and Nowo Georgl
evsk, and Not Warsaw.
(Continued From First Page.)
and several hundred prisoners were
taken.
General Radko DouriefFs army, oper
ating around Przemysl and toward the
Carpathians, has taken in the past fort
night 22,600 prisoners.
Russian armored boats on the Vistula
have enfiladed the remaining German
positions west of the junction of the
Bzura and the Vistula, and the Russian
troops on the left bank of the Bzura
have forced the enemy back from
Soachaczew.
The Germans have ceased to threaten
Warsaw along any of the direct ap
proaches. Whatever fighting is still
going on up the Bzura and along the
Rawka has the character of reinforced
reconnaissances, which the Germans are
trying to maintain until Marshal von
Hindenberg launches a new general
plan.
- The stubborn fighting south of the
Rawka in a sandy, country, much of
which Is covered with dense for
ests, has for its aim the closing of the
door in a region where there are no
railways and where the Germans can
not bring up ammunition rapidly to the
Immediate rear.
Plan to Tarn Hussions Falls.
All thesA nnerationa north of the
Pilica must now be governed by the
changing scene In Southern oiano. ine
repulse of General Dankl's army on the
road to Klelce represents the last ef
fort to carry out General ven Hinden-
UClg a Uft . .-
left tiank in Poland and compelling the
Russians to withdraw a substantial
portion of their strength from their
lines west of Warsaw.
The Russians' successful occupation
the Roumanian frontier. Is expected to
have an immediate political bearing on
the general campaign. More than 40
per cent of the population in the occu
pied territory are Roumanians, and the
Russian army is meeting with the
friendliest reception at their hands.
line through Soachaczew, Sklerniewice,
Rawa ana wpocznew, x.usiaii jt uidim,
LUt3 urci lliaiia -- '
stubborn attacks simultaneously to the
south and west of Warsaw and have
endeavored to cross tne visiuia xiiver
r..nTln.lr AvMntlv with the in-
iicai " " , .
tentlon of directing a movement against
Nowo Georgiewsk. This is the infor
mation contained In dispatches received
here from tne eastern war aum.
t i. .nittii nonf Grnitzv. the Ger-
1 1 1 J awwfcu, - - -
mans are attempting an advance to
wards the Vistula in the region midway
between Warsaw ana iyl5uivu, h.
said.
The German plan, according to tne
dispatches, seems to be to have the
Austro-German forces which are now
T.- anA mnvlnff In the Ken-
Ileal ikuu""'" s -
eral direction of Radom and Ivangorod,
join the German rorces around Groitzy
in besieging Jvangoroo.
The following statement was Issued
today by the Russian army headquar
ters:
, aw. -do end Pnvkji rivers we
yja LUC
are .continuing the successful repulse
of German attacks. In spite of the en
emy's heavy artillery are aim uumu-
"On the road to Wloszozowa, In the
Klelce region, at the village of Lop
uszno, on December 31, German troops,
after a stubborn battle, took possession
of a portion of our trenches, but a later
counter attack forced the enemy to
abandon all the trenches previously oc
cupied. During this affair we captured
several hundred prisoners and nine ma
chine guns.
"In Western Gallcla fighting con
tinues in the region of Gorllce. In the
region of Uzsok Pass we occupied Aus
trian positions, where we took as many
as 1000 prisoners.
"The Austrian retreat in Bukowlpa, I
GERMANS AGAIN FAIL
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before the drive of our troops, has
taken the character of a. great rout."
SAFE PKEDICTIOX IMPOSSIBLE
Berlin Is Conservative, but Reports
Capture of 1000 Russians.
BERLIN, Jan. 3 (by wireless to Say
ville, N. Y.) The official press bureau
today gave out the following Items:
"Military critics believe the Russia,
counter offensive In Galicia has been
utterly shattered, for the time, at
least. Events in the East, however,
have so frequently brought surprises
that predictions as to the situation
there cannot safely be made."
The German army headquarters. In
today's official statement, had this to
say of operations on the eastern front:
"In East Prussia and in North Poland
there is no change in the situation.
"To the west of the Vistula River
our troops succeeded in taking a spe
cially strengthened point d'appui of the
Russians at Borjimow, after several
days of hard fighting. In which we
captured 1000 prisoners and six ma
chine guns. In three night attacks the
Russians attempted to retake Borji
mow, but were all driven off with
heavy losses.
"To the east of the Rawka River
our attack is proceeding steadily.
"The Russians several times have
reported successes in the vicinity of
Inowlodz (on the Pilica River, seven
miles east of Tomaszow). These are
pure Inventions. Russian attacks In
that district were repulsed with heavy
losses to them and yesterday they
ceased to attack the position.
"On the east of the Pilica River the
situation is unchanged."
J. GARRANZA CAPTIVE
BROTHER OF MEXICAN LEADER
VICTIM OF TREACHERY.
Release Terms Refused and His Staff
Are Executed General's Answer
Order to Pursue the Enemy.
VERA CRUZ, Jan. 3. General Jesus
Carranza, brother of Venustlano Car
ranza. is being held a prisoner by
General Santibanez on the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec. General Santibanez shot
Carranza's entire staff, except his son,
Abelardo Carranza, and Ignacio Per
aldi. They also are held captives.
mi ...Aiitinna nf thA members of
the staff took place after General Al-
ronso santlDanez uau miicu
Venustiano Carranza tonmake terms
for their release.
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a visit to Pacific ports to report to
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when he was made the victim of the
treachery of subordinates, ine greater
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staff, who were traveling in m
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but which, it has since developed, were
i. .- G,niih,nA& were received by
General Venustiano Carranza. The
majority or tnese urgea
ranza not to move forces against the
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gested that arrangements be made for
his release, uniy vague mi ms .
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sages, but apparently the condition
most aetermineaiy suE".
Santibanez be pardoned for his Insub
ordination and be allowed to retain
his old position.
General Venustiano Carranza de
clared that not even for the sake of
his brother could he countenance any
arrangements that any military man
acting on his own initiative might
make, and after a day of receiving
messages, signed in the name of Jesus
Carranza, but apparently sent by the
one who was holding hlra prisoner, he
ordered a movement of troops that re
sulted in a sharp engagement at Che
vela station, on the Tehuantepec
Railway.
Little difficulty was encountered by
the loyal troops In defeating the reb
els under Santibanez. but later It was
learned that Santibanes had shot all
those whom ho had arrested, with the
exception of Carranza and his son and
PeraldL These he carried away with
him to some place In the mountains of
the isthmus.
Orders have been Issued to pursue
the band as far as possible, regardless
of consequences for the prisoners.
Santibanez was chief of the army
In the Isthmus.
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50c Atomizer 39c
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SLAYING IS UPHELD
Buelow Consents to Shooting
of Belgians, Says Minister.
PROCLAMATION IS QUOTED
Citizens Are Sfassaored and Towns
Are Pillaged Without Inquiry
for Defense by Soldiers, Re
ports Investigating Hod v.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Recent find
ings of the Belgian commission In
vestigating alleged violations of ths
usages of war by the German army
have been presented to Secretary
Bryan and were made public here to
night by Emmanuel Havenlth, the
Belgian minister. The report a. r
that "Belgian civilians have been wan
tonly shot and Belgian towns ruth
lessly destroyed, systematically and by
order 'of German commanding of
ficers.'" Proclamations Issued by high of
ficers of tha German army are quoted
in support of the findings.
One of those reproduced, said to
have been Issued at Liege by General
von Buelow, after charging that the
Inhabitants of Ardenne had made a sur
prise attack on German troops, an
nounced: "It is with my consent that the
commander-in-chief has ordered tlia
whole town to ba burned and that
about 100 people have been shot. I
bring this fact to the knowledge of
the City of Liege so that the citizens
may realize the fate with which they
are menaced if they adopt a similar
resistance."
Summing up Its report, ths commis
sion says:
"After such proclamations, who will
be surprised at the murders, arson,
pillage and destruction committed by
the German army wherever they met
with resistance.
"If a German army corps or patroling
party Is received at the entrance to
a village by a volley from soldiers of
the regular troops, who are afterward
forced to retire, the whole population
Is held responsible. Ths civilians are
accused of having fired or having co
operated In the defense and. without
Inquiry, the place is given over to
pillage and flames and a part ot the
inhabitants are massacred.
"The odious acts which liavs been
committed In all parts of the country
have a general character of throwing
the responsibility upon the whole
German army. It Is simply the ap- .
plication ot a preconceived system,
the carrying out of Instructions which
have made the troops In Belgium 'a
horde of barbarians and a .band ot
incendiaries.' "
Hamburg's Kx ports Diminish.
BERLIN', Jan. 3, via London, Jan. 4.
Exports from the Hamburg Consular
district of the United States and insular
possesssions show a heavy decrease for
the past year, having been I19.320.7U,
as compared with 129,169,313 In 1913
and 337.357, 83 In 1912.
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