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.Ti V-.' f-. V VOL. LY. Q- 17.182. I'uiULiUiii uumut njuuAit W EVE FINDS READY All Guests in City for President's Marriage. GILT HOME TO EE GUARDED Thoroush Measures Taken to , Protect Bridal Pair. TRIP SOUTH IS PLANNED Mr. Wlreoa aad TSrtde Will 5ot Try a Kwf Wbereaaoerta ruiwm. K Idea Haby Cbrtatewlag H Held at Whtte Hoeee. wAnrOTO.v. rv- it Arre- aiects wr ompltd tatal for tk 4!a lnn Bight f Prt4Bt Wi:Ma aa4 Vrs. Edita Bol'.io Oeit The rmar wia ba ctenBUe4 at Vr Calr !. I th pr.eenc cf B ernb.re ef la tw femtl;. All ef th cheats will be praeeat are ta Weaainatoe, Mrn Freacle B ayr. ef wmiantatowe. Mas, tbe Iri4et'e yaat 4aaater; Mr abb How, his tl.ter. ai Mrs. 'tSrao, b! alec, arriving durtag ta day. They ere pnli at tke Willi Ifauwt. i"her w So cam were: Ir. tVii:iia Boil, a f. f Loulavllie. KT an4 Holfe E. Boiling, ef t'aaama. brecaer of Mr. UaJL IM laky Be triltM 4. MhI f th sa.eab.r f the wddlag Parly wtll wUa.es th christening at tie Whit ltoue at aooa tomorrow of Riles Wtitoa iicAdoo. tea T-moetB-eU acbtr f secretary af tb Treaaary B.i M.-a. McAdoo anj tbe iTeeideet e!y graaddaudhter. Tbe Rev. IJ.roart Scott Kmlta. racier 4 af St. Margaret' rroteeteat Episcopal Charrh bare, wba la ta perforr tb t!4 Bf ceremony. tll official at taa caristeolBC. PreeMeal A'Umi will act a go4 fata.r for the baby aa4 h.r fo4mtk are will be Mre. rrsaeia R. tyra. br aaat as4 iUa Wae4re- Baaas. tba rraalJaat' ciu;a. Icoratora aaU Coriata iara aaay at blra. Call boma toOay. uitla tba f'.aal !MbM aa tba reeta ta ba nid tr tba wM'04- crgwty aa4 oa:ar taiasMat af tba (taata aftarwaraa. Fiaaiata Ar Imiiul, Vaaabar af Mr. Oait a faaUy ta- Pta4 t&a lar iialtr af araaaaia aai tram ali parta af tba eo-iotry. Tba ctfta tacU44 a baa J: cab aaat br mmrl wotaaa la Mia aa ta. fcliabarata arransaisanla wara naaJa" tit fur'-&M tba boua dartac tba cara. asoay. ill trafrt i:t ba 4i art aa from t.ia atraat a4 a baaay sar4 af poUca aa4 aaerat aarWa afaata IU Ba aat -it aboat tba boaa a -Ijr la taa aaaaiac Doca.ua af tba ii ag trip r fcapl aacrat to!(bt. bat It bc.-na kaaaa tbal taa coepla ataa ta taava Waablas taa taaa afiar taa rraoaj oa4 ta a ta aorna potat la ba aoata. Tbara arlU ba aa aftort ta baaai tbotr wbaraaboata aacrat. Tnor5rc i ot rinon.iTE CoaM C boar a Uh Taatr. Yrt Art Btaapl. by roajparUoa. WAJJIINCTOy. Dae. IT (?pa!L Da(ai:a ef Xra. Oait a traaaaaaa baa ba aiaaa pabtla. aa4 bar war4raa wftila abaoaa ilia aa4JUlta taata. la aat alabarata arbaa torn par 4 wttb laoaa af aaisa atbar WaMataa aal ty taa4ara rtUaataf ara 4aarrtptlaaa f bar raaaaiv rrau: .,.r, (,a of b.ack aataat. 4va4- Hg If I '-a baaity aa rtfbaoaa af m tartil aa4 tta grmtmfil l:aaa Aa arrai4-e;ora. tol.a aa4 aaiia ;. aa e-p4 aa If. srscafl liaaav Vara af taan4ar. naarctaa; ata raaa i.r aa4 abet vttb patal blaa. Ka tarfa! la bfacalJ ta :tT.r aa4 raaa ta v-at aa ara atraj3t tiaaa. r m:m of aroaajy wblta aatlav tnmwt wtcb baa4a af aabta aa4 rara :. bi bairtoaca la tba BoU'.o family. Tw wtttta aatii-4ra4 (oartia. aaa u ba'.f-Iaectb tiaavaa aa4 V-aapa4 4anataca. I) alitor a rauttloa fall araaa acancy abat4ar 4raporr la liau ef aiaaaaa. Hr afaraooa M lnla4o: 4 baaTt-.f il aa4 tuck rraadoa af aap ttra blaa aa4 aot.t. to ba arera arltk a ef clots of I aej till. S.tl-traa Oaorcatta crta frock. e'ri ef wblrk la UI4 ta pUKa wttk t-aaia a? t'eter cblfTaa aacllaa4 la rit aa4 allaar thraa-t. T ara la aa tr!vtl af crapa ambrotdara4 la t4 o34 allvar. Krowa ta aU. o4 tr aaatber afiar. rwn t of aaiia an-t chlffoa. wntk ai:ak aackpiece ail (sink baa4a TSraa alet tkraa-piaca aaita. oaa back. cembiae4 wt;b arm la a, akirt taaa wt'b towwbanc'tc panaiara. ta ba wora w.tk eolaax. tuffa aa4 matt aa4 lorsaa af ar:aa; aaotbar af ray al . rather aeraraiy ta:Jara4, aa4 a tb:r4 of aaietsyat alat aa4 cb.ffoa. la4a arttk HiaIaa Jackal aa4 cor4a4 bait. Tba tafit for "Bolliaa; Craaa" aa aatabl!aka4 mora br i".a af tba catcbr aaaltrr af tba pbraaa tbaa by Vrai UaJt a faa4aeaa far tba eater. Na. ortietaaa. abo baa aao or two pan af tat ah ado la bar trouaeaaa. anaoac I ? am a eiit of raaa 4aao(ya. Ir'.asie4 wltit cufra, collar aa4 baa4a of baaaar f jr. Tba aaat la avaao -ick r.arta pag: aaa aa4 Ua akLrt ta aakia laaclA. EDD1NG ASHIN6T0H LIMBURGER CHEESE SHUNNED BY DEATH cosrMiG wiscoNsnr coon LEADS STATE IX HE.U.TH. OdortXerova rood mxJe la Cred ited by rhjatdana for Low Mortalltr Ratax j MOVKOC Win. Dac IT. rkyalctaa . r-.... ramlr. wklca kad tba loweet aatk rata ta tba otata Uat Buroajar. attrtbata tba beallk ooadlUea or tao ewraasaaltr ta tba atUif af Uabarser ckeeaa. Laat rax I.ltl.Ot poaaaa af tila chacaa waa pra4aco4 la tba conatr. aa4 aa a atapla of food It largely 41a- plafo4 aaoat. Taa aoaj-tartr report af tba Btata amr HaalLb. laat taaved. cava Oroaa Coaaty a eaaXb rata af f J par IMI, eaaasaxa wtLk t.l far taa euaia at Ursa. BULLFIGHTS UNDER BAN rroMblltoa of Liqaor Sale Alao Porrawd la MrsJcaa fcaatav WASHINGTON. Doa. IT. Prafclbllloa axaiaal bsU tfkuaf la aaa blexleaa tala aa4 aala af lataakcaUac IKjoor ta aaotbar fcava boaa 4ecroa4 la eoa- a art loo wltk Ueaeral (.arraaaa a rior croirmms. Ceptea af tba aoerooa raacka4 tfca kteaicaa oaaaaaap kara to day. OevnoT Alrara4a. af Tacataa. la a44itloa ta prabibitias llqaor aalea SecUre4 eaectivo UireaboBt lie UU tba arartaa raforma auiitaod la taa Carraaaa platform. la JaJLeco Coaaraor Bar:lna a re- forme Include beal4ea aboliUoa af boll Bcbtlaa; obUcatory Bueday raat for la borer. ra4tciloa of boor or laaor. a mlalmam wac. rasuUUoo f lb a lienor lrric aad probibttioa of sambUnf. GIRL IS SHRAPNEL VICTIM Nice of rail City Coopla Killed oa Aaatriaa Battlefield. run rtTT Or rtaa. 17. (S social.) r. aa4 Mrs. Jobn Waer. of tbt rit re-ala word to4ar froai Aoeiria that Uelr H-yeax-el4 aleea, Elliabatb EHor. waa ktllea May la. ay .... .h a kaitla katwoea tba Oermaaa aa4 tba Russian aa tba far- mer-a nemerable 4rtra or taa csar t .wn. ifaai Eaatera aatrta. Tba bat tla w foasbt oaly a kort dlataac . . irota iaa cir aom t. i.i.. .rtA nattier Dlaco4 their aausbter aa a 'bad. but ware lorcad to aoek eaelter froia tka baileta. Oa tkeir rotura after tba battla tba amoklag wmimm nf ik. kmiu aaa charred bo4r of thalr 4aasbtar war all tkat waa left. DEPOT MEETING CALLED East hid. Baalaea. Ma to Coaalder Railway ReqaeaC rt sida lmlameat ansa and hip- pare bava boaa ta1to4 to attea4 a ( pacta I meeting- of tba East 814a Bust Be Men Oak Beat ilotxtay alfht it tha Grand areoue c:ab roonoa. ta eoaaioar tbo raq aaat of Preeldant Oil- saaa, of tba Bpokaaa, PonlaBd dk Be ateia Rj.11 war. for aa ejiteosloa ef tk liana for tbe tractwa ef tfca peiuiaaeat depot aa tka East Biaa. A taeseorar' depot waa bollt ea t'otea artist aa4 Balcaoat eiraet. wbick baa bea la aanrlc for aaarly two rear, bat tka tiaoe aaa eiplra4 andar tka as rva maat made at tka time wttk tka city aa4 wltk tka eoaaaat of ablppara. MR. DALrS PLAN KILLED rer of rrolUbJied Water rtitare Mas Obey Law. ruat ef Oty Cammltatoaar DaJy ta forr lastsJUtloa of water me I ara ea asars fcevtBs; ftstaraa af a typo pra Biblta4 by tba water ordioaaca wore tbrett:e4 by tba Oty CooaeU yeeter Cay. Tka Coaacq laatraete4 Mr. Daiy ta farce tka aaora ta replace tbe oa lawfal ftstaraa er te bat eS their alar. Tb Bttaree la aeetlaa are tboao whtrB parmtt water la raa ceetlaaally. battec Bo asoaaa ef NuteS. 11 r. Daly ea? tb ssara hare baaa Beli!le4 to make cbaaBea. kat ke faAle4 ta do ao aa yaC 2X00,000 J01NJN 7 WEEKS Iremle Aawottlk Dtaeaaaee Way of Aroldtnc CoaacrlptloB. LONTOJf. I-oe. IT It aeaa te be Cara:iy takaa for (ranted that 4ur ICa tba aorea waaks wbaa the recruit iB-r Ptsa of tbe Earl of Darby i la eparatloa aa arst ef J.te maB aallatad. of wbom more tbaa J5. mai 4iret a:ttmBt for Immadlate aarttca ' rramter Aetulth yesterday repaired a depatatlea of Liberal aad Labor tnembar of the Ho. oppoee4 to coa aer'.plioa. and IS oueatloa of kow to deal w:tk alBle mea arte bae not aBilste4 waa dl-caaaaj at Wrath- FIVE SCHOOLBOYS KILLED Sixth sCsperted to Dt, Driver Also ivrad. la Croaalng Accident. BIRTRLD. N. D.. Dec IT. Five BchooIbOj and a mea ware kU'.ed sad aaeiher boy probably mortally Injured wbaa a Great North ara pe,sagr train track a bss loaded witi school chil dren at a ereealng ta a fcg today. Joka Ahearo, driver, waa Allied. The bor. all aad or la. were being takea from school to th!r homes. Leonard m-ui Iterta M'.'.'.er. Severt aad Anlua 11 gea and lUrry Arnold were killed, and tbe Utter brelber. Leonard, la expect ed te 4e. WILSON SIGHS BILL Congress Then Takes Holiday Recess. FISCAL POLICY IS DEBATED Penrose Says War Put Off Democratic Cataclysm. PARTY LINES ARE DRAWN All Repabllcaa Senator Oypoee BeaolaUOD Amendment to Add to Ila-rwaaea to Be Takea Cp oa ReeoaTtmlBf;. WAjmXOTOX. Dee. IT. CoB-rraas adjoareed tealctJt for tb Cbrlatmas bolldays after tbe Senate had adopted the Jolat reaelutloa wklch paaaed tk Hooee yaalarday ertaadlar the etaer (aacy rarenu law one year, or on ill December II. ll. Tka Banate adopt- 4 tk resolution after a lively parti san debate, by a Tote ef 41 to I. De-a- ocrata aopportlns; It solidly and Re publican unanimously opposloc It. Presldant Wllaoo lsnd tb tnaasur teelsbt. Both bouses will reconvene at Boon Tuesday. January 4. wbaa tk Admin istration procramma. laeludlnc tb plana for National defense, will ba undertaken la earnest. Tasea te Be I a-1 - a a d Later. Purine the two weeks of th s- slon the only Important legislation is the xtnalon of tb war tax. This waa done to prevent a lap ef tbe law, Decaaaber 11. next, with the understand In c that the law would be takaa tip for amendment, te Incraaae tk revenues as aooa after tke holidays as possible. Ob adjournment tonlfht there waa a Bnri axedua of members for their homes. Tba day la tbe House had beea devoted to speeches oa National dafa. Dlscussloa of war reraau revision la the Senate rasolv-d IweJf tat a tariff arsusaeut, Republlcasa aasail ing the Underwood law- aa Inadequate and condemning the caneral fiscal pol icy ef the Administration. Senator Underwood, of Alabama, la hla first Senate speech, vlcoroualy upheld the law which haara hla same and chal enere4 Republloana to compare It wltk the Payne-Aldrlca tariff. Bead leeee a Be Oppeaaa. Senator Simmons, chairman of the floaace committee, la raspoa to qnea tlona from the Republicans, said he understood It to be the Administra tion's plan to propose further revenue legislation after th holiday aad tkat hi Impression waa there would he do Uaaaace of bonds to dofrar increased espenses of the Government. Including tbe preparedness programme. Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who lad la the minority atack oa the resolution. Interrupted Senator Under wood's speech to draw a picture of Idle mea In hla state during kls campaign l'o,M-.tol aa I'asa 2. C.luma 1.1 BEAT IT. TOD EXTENDING WAR TAX aw, aaai a a e t ' : ' ' t -mmmmmJl a .' , ! . , . 4 r,mn r nrnrMnPR 1 . 101.- . PRICE FIVE CENTS. LMX OF TODAY'S NEWS The W TBsTERDAT-8 Maximum temperature, 7 d.trraee; minimum. ST desrees. TOOAXa-ataia; soatbeaeta-ly winds. War. Oermajoy efrers ta each any ex-Poat-aaater. C.aarai of Canada tar Captain vea Us- tales, rasa s ABaenea'e reply to Austria to be approved by Prealdeat today. Pass L Ja-naa CDossell Besaett tells hew Onuieai boaer dead teas, pace a. Villa OeaaraJa aald la plan attaadaaing l-adar If ha does aat maaa peace. lae a, KsHsasl. htcAnkur and Btnaatt u u pel ate ea btoaat Moad read sUi. Pass a. Caast dta-aa moat (armldabla ta warld, bat are abort SU.oue esao. fasa S, Praaideat alna reaalaUaa ta extaad Ufa at war tsx, pass 1. Two arraat-a am aharse ef eonsBtrtng to blow ap WaUaaa CaasO. Pace a. AH a-Tsasaaents eamplato tor Piealilaara waddias. Pae i. Kasiaaare oaT il n. Barker work la. Kallwa prosperity initial ta klstary. Pace L Llsssercer itiin keeps death away. are i. Rebaere klllad la St. Past paUoe trap. Pace 1. While liar use vfTere ta eettU aU Tttsalo balms tar 104.000. Psse X Itaoalea af sorrrac (ercae d.faatad. Pas a 4 sire k Iliad la eolllstaa oa BalUmore a Ohio, s-ace S. aarta. ktoCredla baaets Wolter s stack for mamas ar ef Assela. Pace 14. Teatch saar re rram waaaiartaa Rich I caeca etaaterd la trda. Pace 14. Pesi ra baseball world left ta National cemalasiaa to act with Tederai. Pace 1. Cacl Bams a. SaatUe X Paca la. Paetne XerUweea, llallreads ta Orafoa earn 7.7.4T for year. Pace T. Jasaa C Meara as a. Ira lake leeae te Ore. ca eerperaUaa aad ceatlnue project, i ace I. CeemssareJal aad Maria a. Bmbarra ea wheat ablpmaats shacks bartsc la Nortbeaau Pace lb. Chirac places eaarKB caaatractioa oa Oev- aramaal crap report. Pace 1. (leek prkn hard.a ta final boor ea mere eacour&clac Waabloctoa ranors. Pace 1. Csual bollUsy lull absent U Isrisr Usdaa. I'M. 19. ruad pladrad to baa frelgbt rout ad via Columbia. River. Pac la. ame eppeeitlea develepe ta prepaaed ehaace ta ateamboat I a. paction diatrlcts. Pac la. Pertlaad aad Tldalty. A. K Blocra Is daed. Pace la. Family etorke ta piwreat dlstreeelBc drouth durtac prahlblUoo. Pace la. Mania wtnoh die. Pac 1. Legal batUa for gasrdlsnabtp of Clifford Org vae open. Pag . Weather report, data aad forecast. Pace IB. Coanetl lope trj.lTl from Ltnnton akyllne bouleTard aaaeasment. Psc a. CharlUao relief fund ta barely half eaottgh to meet demand a. Pace (. Tooth ta meon.htnlng trial daenibae arect- Inc atlll oa McKeasla Page Draislats protaat atatlonarr aala by btcb eckoal eo-operaUTe atera. Paca a. ENVOY TO MEXICO NAMED a aaaaaa-l sbbbbbbb Ambassador Fletcher Transferred From Chile to Jfevr Post. WAJ3HINOTON. Dec. IT. Henry Pra thar Fletcher, now Ambassador to Chile, was nominated by President Wil son today for Ambassador to Mexico. Ellseo Arrcdondo already baa been appointed Mexican Ambassador to the United tat as and Mr. Fletcher's nomi nation today restores diplomatic- rela tion between tb two countries, broken off mora than two yeara ago. KITCHENER N0T TO WED Reported Enfag-ement to Dowager Cob d teas of Sllnto Denied. LNTXf, Dec IT. It was officially announced tonight by the private sec retary of Earl Kitchener, British Sec retary of War. that the report of th engagement ef Earl Kitchener to the Dowager Countess of Mlnto was un true. The announcement says: '-The report I sbsolutely untrue and without any foundation." FOLKS, THE PRESIDENTS GETTEVG REPLY TO AUSTRIA WILLGOPROI Wilson Will Approve Its Form Today. LANSING IS . FREE TO ACT President's Honeymoon to Be Shortened, In Emergency. VIENNA NOT BELLIGERENT Foreign Office Said to Bo Prepared to Make Fall Concessions If America's Second Koto Leaves Way Open. WASHINGTON. Dee. 11. Th United States prepared late today to dispatch a second not to Austria-Hungary oa the sinking of the Italian steamship An cone. The communication will re new vigorously the demands made in the first note none of them, according to an official announcement by Secre tary Lansing, having been complied with by the Vienna Foreign Office. President Wilson probably will ap prove the form the second note shall take tomorrow. In conference with Secretary Lansing-. Tba Secretary then will act without further suggestion from the President, who will leave Washington tomorrow night on his wedding trip. Baaarswea May Ba Shortened. Should the Secretary determine, how ever, that th further counsel of the President Is necessary ho will go to wherever the Executive may be. Should the situation become still mor acute, the President may be forced to shorten his honeymoon and return to Washing ton. From an authoritative Teutonic source came the Information tonight that the Vienna government had no desire of being tbe cause of the sev erance of diplomatic relations between tbe United States and Austria. It was said that If the second note left an avenue for It, the Foreign OCflce prob ably would se fit to agree to all the demand made by the United States, Reply to Ba Cabled Promptly. ' The second note will be cabled to Ambasssdor Penfleld for presentation to the Vienna Foreign Office at the earliest possible moment. It la con sldered probable that It will be started by Monday afternoon, -ft has been determined. It was said tonight, that the note shall restate the position and views of the United States emphatically, that It shall be even more vigorous than tbe first note, which was the most positive of all the diplomatic communications the United States bss sent during the pres ent war. Tbe official text of the Austrian re ply waa considered today by the Presi dent and his Cabinet. Apparently the official version contained nothing which made Its meaning radically dif ferent from the unofficial version cabled In. news dispatches from Lon don. After the Cabinet meeting Mr. 4 Concluded on X'af. 2, Column 4.) MARRIED TODAY! 1PTLY ROBBERS FALL INTO DETECTIVES' TRAP TWO KILLED, ONE MORTALLY SHOT, IX FIGHT. One of Plainclothes Men Assigned to Duty In Saloon Is Wounded, bnt May Recover. ST. PAUL, Dec IT. Two robbers were killed, another was mortally wounded and died three hours later, and a detective suffered serious wounds in a revolver fight before two detec tives and the robbers, which resulted from an attempt of the latter to rob the patrons of a saloon here early to night Follovftna a series- of saloon rob beries In outlying sections of the city during the past 10 days, Chief of Police O'Connor yesterday stationed plain clothes men in a large number of saloons, anticipating further appear aSce of robbers. Detectives Gottfried and McKlnley were in a Rice-street saloon tonight, when the three robbers entered, drew revolvers and commanded th half dozen patrons to throw up their hands. Tha ' detectives Immediately covered the robbers, but a command to sur render waa met with a fusillade of shots. Gottfried was struck by three bullets, but both detectives returned the lire and all three robbers dropped. None of the bystanders was hurt. Gottfried Is expected to recover. The wounded robber said before he died that he was Alexander J. Charlton, of St. Louis. ROSARIANS PARADE TODAY Children to Pin Roses on Marchers Who Are to Prove Climate Mild. The Royal Rosarians will appear In their white uniforms today at noon and parade the streets of the business sec tion of the city, just to show that Christmas week doesn't interfere with roses or out-of-door pageantry in Port land. The Pathe Weekly will film the Rosarians and the children's ceremony of pinning; rosebuds on the lapels of the marchers. The Rosarians will meet at the Chamber of Commerce at noon and will march with the band to Broadway and thence to the Hellig. ADMIRAL' AIDS EDUCATION Endowments Lert to Help Children ' of Naval Officers. NEW TORK, Dec IT. Under the will of Rear-Admiral Nicoll Ludlow, WUo died December 9, last. leaving an estate valued at more than $50,000. the income from 115.000 Is left to the Emma Will ard School for Girls, at Troy. N Y.. to be used "toward assisting daughters of commissioned line officers of the United States Navy In obtaining educational advantages." An equal sum was left to St. Paul's School for Boys, at Concord. N. H.. for the education of sons of lice of ficers. 35,000 MONTHLY USE LIFT Estimate at City Hall Is That Twice as Many TJse Stairway. Thirty-five thousand persons are carried up and down the single eleva tor in the City Hall each month, ac--cordiifg to a report made yesterday by James Backenetos, elevator operator. The elevator, he reports, carries an average of about 1400 persons each day. For about three months Mr. Backen etos has been keeping tab of passen gers carried. In addition to those traveling by elevator probably twice as many more use the stairs. RUSSIANS LEND MILLIONS Nearly AH of .Billion-Rouble War Loan Reported Subscribed. PETROGRAD. via London, Dec. IT. Details were furnished in financial cir cles today regarding the success of the Russian loan of 1.000.000.000 roubles at SM per cent. Six hundred million roubles were subscribed by Russian banks. and the remainder was placed at the disposal of the people, who al ready have taken 300,000,000 roubles worth. The success of the loan Is said to be assured through popular subscriptions. 42-CENTIMETER GUN LOST Italians Report Destruction of Ger man Howitzer. ROME, via Paris. Dec. IT. A corre spondent of the Idea Nazlonale tele graphs from the front that one of the famous Krupp 42-centlmeter guns was brought from Germany recently and placed in position before Roverto. The gun was fired 16 times without doing any damage, he says, and then the Italians located it and demolished it with a few well-placed shells. EIGHT IN ZEPPELIN FROZEN Death of London Raiders In Octo ber Is Reported. LONDON, Dec. 18. Eight members of the crew of a Zeppelin airship which raided London October 13 were found frozen to death on their return to Germany. The Daily Express, although it is unable to vouch for the truth of. the story, says it has been openly discussed In Germany, where it caused a profound impression and possibly acted as a de terrent to further raids RAILWAY EARNINGS IKE NEW HISTORY Freight Profits Never So Large as Now. NET REVENUES ARE PILING UP October Increase $25,000,000 Over Last Year. END NOT YET IN SIGHT Domestic Movement of Greater Pro portions Predicted Lack of Bot toms for Export Is Only Restraining Influence. ... CHICAGO. Dec. 17. (Special.) Tb rush of export shipments from Chicago, which has been necessitated on all but perishable goods destined for tie Atlantic seaboard for European con signments has enabled the railroads vf the United States to show earnings greater than ever In the history of ti e country. Figures obtained today show that tl railways of the country are piling ru Increases in net operating'revenue with the rapid upward leap of export trad;. Strike Settlement Releasee Cars. Settlement of the Belt Line train men's strike at the clearing yards re leased several thousand cars of east bound freight today. For the month of September Ameri can railroads showed gross and net earnings vastly larger than any Sep -tember since the advent of the steact railroad, according to official figure available today. An estimate based on returns by 131 roads with a total mileage of 179,000 the total mileage of the country it 230,000 places the increase In grosf earnings for October 332,000.000 in ad vance of the corresponding period last year. The net Increase is approximate ly $25,000,000. -This means that for every track mile of the 164 railroads cited, on an average, the net operating revenue Increase for October, 1915, is from $401 to $537. Trade Increase Wonderfol. 'There can be no question of the wonderful advance of American trade, both domestic and foreign." said E. Campbell, general traffic, manager of the Erie lines. "Of course, -the most startling growth is seen in the export trade. We notified our customers of an embargo on all export shipments other than livestock and other per ishable goods on. December 15. Not withstanding that we made efforts to be ready for increased foreign ship ments, we found the step necessary. I do not believe anyone expected the full extent of the development. Other roads are In the same position. The deplorable lack of ocean bottoms and the Inadequacy of warehouse facilities on New York's waterfront has done most, to depreciate the value of what preparations we have made to handle the export freight. "Yes, railroad earnings are on the upgrade," he continued, "and they have not stopped going up. I do not believe that the major portion of the domestic freight movement has begun to get un der way. When it does and adding the export movement which we have no reason to believe will be reduced history will be made for American roads." . - CHOLERA FATAL TO 10,000 Captain Helebower Reports to Sen ate Philippine Committee. WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Because native Filipino health officers failed to cope with an epidemic of cholera in the Islands within the last year, there were 10,000 deaths. Captain B, C. Helebower. of the Army Medical Corps, today told the Senate Philippines committee. Only nine cases, he said, had come to the direct attention of tha Army .k.ini,mi and assistance of tKe Amer icans was not welcomed by the native offlcera WAR DECIMATES NOBILITY Almanach,de Gotlia Records Heavy Death Toll Among Germans. LONDON. Dec. 17. (Special.) The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily Mail says: Tk. Almnnah da Gotha for 1916. Just published, shows that In the first 10 months of 1915 186 German Counts. 456 German Barons. 592 members of the old nobility and 5iJ memoers oj the newer German nonuity nave oeen killed. Among those killed were i members of the Von Wedel family and 11 members of the von eueiow iaia- 600 HORSES ARE DROWNED War Animals Go Down With Barge In River New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Nearly 600 horses, valued at an average of $200 each, consigned to Brest. France, for the use of allied armies, were drowned in the North River today, when a barge sprang a leak and sank, rne anmuia or.ru to be transferred to the steamer Anglo-Californian for trausuortation to France. I'