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". .k.t..-Sw. M, T-... ) J 'W 7.1 -, i.t:wm'-i i..-r-'''. """"V: l DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT THE GOLDEN RULE SELDOM A PAPER THAT BELIEVES IN THE BEST ' AND ALWAYS BOOSTS A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES mfmuhr ok tIih associati-:d riticss l- f V . WORKS BOTH ; , ( 01 002 u- mm mmt& Vol. No. XXXIX. EXPEGT AIM Did Not Gome Today on Ac count of Adjournment But is Booked for Tomorrow IESTII POLICY Assail Administration Course Regarding Submar ine Crisis in turope MEXICO ALSO A TARGET Clmlniwin Mono Informs tho Prcsl- dent Tlint "H Im Mkcly to Come Senate Slums Respect lo (ho Lnto Justice Lniiuir RURAL CRIiDIT IlllilJ IS HliFOHIi CONGHIiHH IVI AnotUiri rr to Com Bar Tlmn.J VA8IHNaTON, I). C. .Tun. 1. Tlio Administration ru ral credit 1)111 wnB introduced today In tlio Houso of Repre sentatives. It will bo Intro duced tomorrow In tho ben nto. tllr AuotlilM t-ttm io Owl nar Tlrna.l WASHINGTON, I). C, Jnn. 4. Tl'.o expected attack on tho admlnls tratlon'B foreign policy and itn courso In tho Biibmarlno crisis fallod Io matorlnllzo In tlio Bonnto today when that body, aftor being In hch slon IcHd than ton minutes, adjourn ed until noon tomorrow. Tho reason assigned to tho sudden odjournmont by tho lecdnrs of both sides was that sovoral senators who expected to bavo business to prcHout did not liavo It ready. Heard of Attack Karller In tho day, Chairman Stonu of tho foreign rotations commlttoo, in ccnfcronco with 1'realdont Wilson over tho Biibmarlno crisis, told tho president ho hoard Intimations that Bomo of tho Bonators woro going to flBFtill (ho administration's courso mid Bomo others woro going to tit tnck tho Moxlcan policy. In ItcsiKM-t of Lniipir Tho motion on which tho uoiiato ad journed was In observance of tho (cuth of JiiBtleo Lamar. Tho Jntor natlonnl sltuutlon was uppormoBt In tho mlnilu of tho momborH of both 1'Oiibo niul tho Benato as thoy roas Bomhlo today for tho renl work of tho cession nftor tho holiday's rocoBS. General Attack Bonator Fall, republican, of Now Moxlco, had ready u rosolutloii call ing on tho prcstdont to Inform tho senato to what government ho hoped to accredit Henry Prnthor Flotchor, who hail been nominated hmbaBsa dor lo Mexico. Ho will Intrlduco a resolution tomorrow and oxpoctod It will bo mado a voblelo for a gonoral republican attack, not on Flotchor, tut upon tho administration'! Mexi can policy. PUMICE SCATTERED OVER THE' OCEAN Xinlgntlim In MciVK-cd In tli South Sea Inlands on Aft'ounts of ft, '. . Iiir Ai i.iM j.rt6, lo CoM Jllir T,nM,j 8UV. Kji lBlutuis, Jan. 4 Tho South Bcas, n tho vicinity of tho Now J'ebrldoB was lately flllod so donsoly with volcanlo pumlco aa to bo a mon ero to navigation. A Bmall atoatnor blch arrived hero uftor a voyago or 400 mllcR fron tho, Tonga Group ro 1'ortod that tho volcanlo disturbance on Ambrlm Island baa Bcattorod jmm co over tho neighboring seas so lensly that tho steamor was barely wWo to mako hor way through t. At jjrBt tho pumlco choked tho, plpos or wo engine, and lator bocomo so thick' "a tho blades of tho proppllors uld bo heard Bmashlng against it I every revolution. The t obstruc-i "on extended north and south as far as tho Oyo could see, although oaBt m 7est U waB confined to a path or J ,QUt (,V0 w'los wldo. , On tho edges J" was moro of t,,6 mtUn of f,oatlng UBt. but In M.n ;..,.- 4i ' - . " voinvi luuiu wuiu iimpa as large as four foet In dlam' eier' In parts the pumlco was so f'osely packod that tho surrace or tho er was amte dry anda natlvo "as able to stand on a small plank men wns thrown out on tho top of ON PRESIDENT Kstiibllshcd 1H7H An Tho Const Mall Kllilfil PUSHED SMITH OK HAXDOX GliTS SIX, MONTHS IN .IAIIj .less Luke (Iocs for a War for Fnll- me to Support His Child (Special to Tho Times) COQUJLLK, Oro., Jan. 1. V. M. Stultli who wiih charged with point ing a loadod gun at an offlcor at Imu don and was found guilty ycBtorday, was today sentenced to six months In the county Jail. Jobs Luko wan tried for not sup porting IiIb child, was round guilty unci sentenced to a year In Jail. Joe Harry who was charged wllb noil support or bis wtfo changed his plea of guilty to not guilty, tho case hits been pending a long time. Ho promised to give his wire $15 a month, gave bond to do sosaud lis long as bo keeps lilspromlso will bo allowed .his liberty. James McCutcbcon Ib on trlnl to day for selling liquor at Heaver Hill contrary to the local option law. F TWO SHAII1' SHOCKS Fiil11 OX COAST TOHAV Dishes ItatHcd and Pcoplo Hushed From Their Homes Xo Ham- 110 1m Reported (11 AiiacUleil I'rcM lo Coo liar Tlmn.J NEWPORT, Oro., Jan. 1. Two Bliarp carthauiiko Bhocks wcro felt at 11 a. m. Dishes rattled on the sholvcs and pcoplo rushed from tliolp homes. No daniago was re ported. IWliNTV-FIVIi PliHSONH HHSCIJ ' Kl) FROM TIIF.IR IIOMIiS L'ontH Ait Hoived Over Seven Works Over Hiirfnco or Fourteenth Avenuo Hr AaaotlalH I'rraa to Coo llr Tlmw.l OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. I. Twon-ty-flvo persona woro reBCiiod by flro mon yostordoy when their homes wcro flooded by a storm. Hoats worn rowed from tho harbor a ills tanco of soven blocks over tho sur rrco of Fourteenth Avenuo, which wtu covorod by four foot or water. .IT AMIiRIOAX HAHGK POLTALI.OCH HliPORTHD IX TROUHLIi Vcn.sc! Is Oh ned by Kwlit'ii and Min or, a Klnn of San Kruiii'lht'o Illy Aitoruled rra lo Coo liar TlmM.l SAN KltANCISCO, Jan. !. Tho Amorlcnii four-mosted stool bargo Poltalloch Is roportod todoy ashore on tho coast of Wnlos. Sho Is own ed by Kscbon and Minor or San 1'rauclsco. HUUiT VOll I'VC.KT HOUND (Jlengylo ArrlvtNl at Honttlo on I'lret Trip in March III Atxoclttoil Trnu to Cool IU)r Tlmc.l BBATTLW. Wash., Juu. 4. Tho sloainor (llongylo which a submar ine sank was built especially lor tho 1'iiKot Sound-Orlontnl-Hrltlsh route by tho Hoyal Mall Steam Pack et Company or London. Sho arrived in Soattlo on hor first voyago wltu a cargo from England on March 12. Sho was dolayed horo owing to a strike or tho longahoromon but got away from Tacoma April 2 with a cargo for VladUstok, mostly for tne Russian army. WOULD LEAVE SHIP CIU.W OV OUHI3K VICSSKL WANT TO AHAXDOX Hadlo Message Comes to Now York Today Passengers Have All Hoen Transferred BT AnocUtod rrw lo Coo liar Tlmw.l ' NBW YOltIC, Jan. 4. Tho crow of the Greek steamor TliessaioniKi wish to abandon tho ship, which has been at tho mercy of gales and high seaB for tqn days, according to a ra dio messano received hero today from Ltho steamor United States. Her 300 passengera have been transicrreu todny to tho ateamer Pntrls. HE NEWPORT MIDI IS D1LU WALES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WAITING FOR FULL DETAILS Submarine Crisis at Standstill Until Particulars Are Re ceived at Washington E For First Time President Calls in Leaders of the Con gressional Committees IS, HOME EARLY TODAY Meets Willi Chairman Stone and DInciihxcs tho Situation Cabinet is Cancelled Until Consuls Make lteports (Mr A.cl.tM I'rrM lo Coon liar Tlnim.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 1. Tlio now Biibmarlno crisis was prac tically at a standstill today while tlio government awaited oxavt de tails of tho operation of Toiitoulc Biibmcrslblos In tho Mediterranean. Lata today, after conferring with President Wilson, Secretary of fllato Lansing soul orders to tho Ameri can Consuls nt Alexandria, Malta and Cairo, to gather at onco nil available affidavits from tho Per sia survivors and to, cablo sum maries. Tho Idea Is to bring In doN Inlto Information speedily. Holds Conference For tho first tlmo sluco foreign relations became dollcato during the wnr, President Wilson today con ferred' with tho leaders of tho Con gressional committees which deal with tho subjoct and it was after ward announced that they woro to bo advised of tho developments In tho situation. President Arrived President Wilson arrived horcuat 7: HO n. m. from Hot Springs. Ho wont lihmodlatoly to tho Whlto House, wboro bo called In Chairman Stono nnd sovcrnl members or the Senato rorolgn relations' commlttco to dlsciiBB the International, crisis growing out of . tho submarine cam palgn In tho Mediterranean. Tho President cancelled tho cabinet mealing because tho Slnto Depart ment had not yet gathered complete Information on the sinking of tho Porsla. SEE.IC THE EMITS PHKSIDMNT LOOKING INTO SIXK IXO OK TDK PKItHIA Secretary Tumulty States Action Will Ilo Taken When Information Is lCJiined (llr AMorlalixl I'rcw to Com liar Tlmra.J WASHINGTON, I). C, Jnn. 4. Aftor a brief conreronco rognrdlng tho Porsla with President Wilson, Keerotnry Tumulty Issued tho follow ing statomnnt: " Tho Prosldent and tho Secretary of State aro taking ovory means pos sible to obtain tho cold fncts In this (rave matter and will net Just as soon as tlio information Is obtained." E CKHMAXY DOICS XOT CLAI.U LU SITAXIA AltMUD VKSSKL ' This Was tho I-'irst Contention for .liistlfleatioii of tho Act by Oemmny (Or AMOclatwl'lTcaa to Coos Oar Tlmw.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4.- Cermany no longor contonds that tho Lusltanla could bo elnssod us an armod vossol, tho contention which v.as advanced as Justification tor tho destruction or tho ship with more than ono hundred American lives lost. Secrotary Lansing Btated to day that this contention had boon abandoned In the courso ot negotia tions for tho Bottlomont now Jn prog ress botweon the United States and Germany. FOHKSTKRS OK AMFJUCA installation and banquet will bo 'reld Wednesday evening, Jan. 5th at Finnish hall. Families and invited rriends of Foresters will bo welcomo. COMMITTED HOLDS GIFERENC CRIES ATTITUD TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916 FOOD ITJET10IT 111-: AltltlVKS AT HIS HOMH CITY TODAY Aiolds Delegation or Citl.eim Who Wanted to CJIvo 1 1 tin n l'lra Piece In Welcome llf Amoclaleil Treat to Coos liar Tlmra. DUTUOIT, Mich,, Jan. 4. Henry 1'ord, leader of tho peaco mission to Tho Ilaguo, returned to Detroit to day, but at tho station nvoided n del egation of citizens who planned to vclcoma him homo nnd prcsont him with n floral piece. (Joes to Country Ho remained in Ills prlvnto car and proceeded to his country homo nt Dearborn. A public mooting in honor of Ford Is being planned for the noar future. GE h' DISTIXOUISHK r fMAX PASHKS AWAY AT COUNCIL HLUl-'K i Hail Served Country us a Soldier niul Also iisU'iouccr Itnllrond lildldor (llr Aorlalit I'rrM to Coo liar Timed. COUNCIL 1JLUFP, Iowa, Jan. 4. Gonoral Grcnvlllo M. Dodgo, dis tinguished soldier and railroad build er, died at his homo bore yestordny. Two notablo services to his coun try asBuro Major Gonural Grenvlllo Motion Dodgo a placo among tho history mnlcorin -ot tho Civil War nnd reconstruction periods. As n soldier bis vnlor Is attontod by tho Tact that four horses woro shot from under him In tho batllo of Poa Illdge, and that ho himself received wounds In sovornl battles. As a plonoor lu western railroad building bo has tho Union Pacific Kailrond, whoso lino ho located and whoso construction ho superintend ed, standing today hb a iuu::iimout 4o-' his memory.'' L KI-'I'OHT MADK TO HAIHK A.THO IN LAKK lvltlH Two Men Known to bo Dead nnd Ten Others Missing Prob ably Killed (Mr AaaoclatM I'rvaa to Cuoa liar Timr. NKW YOItl, Jan. 4. Tho work of floating tho tank Bteamor Aztec, which sank In tho Krlo basin uftor I an explosion ns uiu resuu oi winuu .. . ii ...i. ...1. i two mon are known to bo dend and ton missing, was begun today. Tho two mon known to bo killed woro blown through tho hatchway. Tho others aro bolloved to bo lu tho Bubmorgod wrccknge. STIJAMKHS RKCHNTLV HUNK HY SUItMAIIIXi: Ilrltlsli lino,- Porsin, prob ably :ilO lost, Including two AinerlcauB. Ilrltlsli llnor Olongylo, 9, :i5!) tonu gross, 10 llvos lost. Ilrltlsli stoainor Onward, .1810 tons gross. Japanoso stoamor Konkoku : Maru, 2109 tons. All on board saved. P. & O. llnor Geolong, no lives lost. OSWALD IS SUNK Ill AMnclateit 1''" to Cina Par Tli".) LONDON, Jnn. L Tho nrltlsh steamor Oswald, US 10 tons groos, has boon sunk. Sho was In tho sor-J vlco or tho llrltlsh government and. presumably was sunk In tho Med iterranean. FXGLIHH OFFICIAL HAS llMSIGXhO ' JHr AMoHat! Tr to Cooa liar Tlmw.I LONDON, Jan. 4. An nouncement was mado In tho houso of commons today of tho resignation of Sir John Simon, secrotary ror homo ar falrs. XOTICI3 TO I1UXKFR HILL PROP KRTY OWXKRS A meeting will bo hold at tho Bun ker Hill school house at 7:30 p. m. Friday, January 7, for tho purpose of considering tho advisability of Bunker Hill being annexed to Mnrshflold, 0 IS DEAD HL FLHTTHEI EVENING EDITION. SAYS SCENE IS HORRIBLE ONE Charles Grant, of Boston, Tells of the Sinking of the Liner Persia P Says Explosion Came "While People Were in Dining Salon' Eating Their Luncheon ' SMOKE FILLED THE PLACE American Fastened Life licit on Cn tain mid Slid Into the Water Floated About oil Wreckage Un til Plckctl up by Cruised (Ur Aaoclatl Tfwa lo Cooa Bar Tliuaa.1 ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 4. Charles Grant, of UoBton, ono of tho two Americans known to bavo been on tho Persia, gavo to tho Associated Press today tho most dotnllcd ac count yot received of tho disaster. Ho said: "I wiib In tho (lining Baloon nt 1:0C p. m. Thursday. Tho (steward was asking what I would tako for my second courso when a torrlfic explosion occurred. Tho aaloon becamo rilled with Bmoko and broken glnss and steam from the botlor. Xo Panic on Hoard "Thoro waB no panic. Wo wont on deck ns though nt drill and re ported at tho life boats on tho star board stdo, as tho vossol had listed to port. "I clung to tho railing. Tlio Inst thing I did was to tlo 'on Captain Sprlckly's lite bolt:. As tho vcsiol was then listing so badly it waa impossible to launch tho starboard l-oat, I slid down tho rail Into wntor. - - Floated on Wreckago "I got caught In a ropo that pull ed off a nhoonut, but I broku looso and climbed on somo floating wreck ago. Tho last I biiw of tho Persia bIio had her bow In tho nlr, flvo minutes after tho explosion. " Aftor floating about on tho wreckago until 4 o'clock In tlio morning I snw flvo boats. I was pulled Into ono of them, We row ed about looking for strngglurs. Scene Horrible Olio "It was a horrlblo sceno. Tho wntor waB black as Ink. Somo pns 80itgers wcro screaming, others call ing out gnod-byo. Thoso In ono bont sang hymns. Wo woro picked up later by An Fugllsh crulsor." E MRS. WIISOX TAKHS OVHR WIIITH HOl'SH TODAY Preparing for Opening of Social Sea son and for lilg Hoceptloii On January 7 llr Auoilatwl I'niU to Co'M liar Tlmt. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 4. .Mrs. Woodrow Wilson took cbargo at. tlio Whlto iioiibo today ana piuug od Into work connected .with tho op ening of tho Whlto Houso social sea son nnd with tho Pan Amorlcan re ception Jnnuary 7. Sho boguii ar ranging Homo of tho rooms of hor prlvnto siilto and was busy with hor eoclal secretary. LORD DliRRY RliPORTH FIGURFS FOR TWO MONTHS Nearly Three Million Men Havo Of fercd' Tbiiiuselves for Hrlt Ihh Service in that Tlmo . (llr Aaoolatl I'reaa to Cooa (Jar Tlv.) LONDON, Jnn. 4. Lord Derby's recruiting riguroS'for tho porfod oo tweon Oct. 23 and -"Dee, 15 allow (bat 1,150,000 unmarried mon and ;,G79.2(i3 married mon prcfiontod thcmsolvos for sorvlco. Homo Taken at Once. Of the grand total of 2,829,203 married and olnglo mon, 103,000 uiiiiiarrleif'and 112,431 marrlod men enlisted immediately. The others vero attestod for future service. ALBANY Every drug store In Albany Will fllo bonds In order to keep on snle alcohol for modlclnnl purposes. ABOAHD 1 CAuu ITS BE PHD A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall and Coos Hay Advertiser. p.o. Lie si THi: OKKLONCJ SUNT TO HOTTOM IN MIODITKHHANMAX No Particulars Available Kurilier Than That. No Lives Woro Jost In Disaster llr AMorlalnl Vni to Cooa liar Tlmra.1 LONDON, Jnn. 4. Ileyond tho fact that thoro was no loss of Hfo when tho Peninsular aim uricntiil liner Geclong was sunk In tho Med iterranean, no dctnllB aro- avallablo concerning hor sinking. VESSEL JS SEIZED CHJHJIANS TAKi: HWKDISII LINKR OKYIX)X IX CHAIKJK Ilout Was Hound for .Inpaii Hut I Force! to Slop at Hwlno- iniind Illr Aoclall l'reaa to Cooa llr Tlmra.l COPJ3NIIAGKX, Jnn. 4. Tho Pol II ikon states that tho Swedish liner Coylon, bound for Japan, wna solzod by tho Germans and tnkou to Swlnu mund. IS OKHF.CH HAS XO KKPJ.Y FROM KNTKNTK ALLIF.S Filtered Protest of tho Arrest of Consuls at Salonlkl of Germany and Her Allies tllr AiaoclalM I'rcta Cooa Oar Tlmra.! ATHHNS, Jan. 4. Premier Skoti loudlB of Greece, statos thnt ho has not yot received an answer to IiIb protest to tho entente powers re garding tho arrest or tb Consuls nt Salonlkl or Qormany and her allios. Tho public lu greatly arous ed. "Tho claim or tho ontonto oHl cers that tho Consuls woro engagod lu spying Is charactorlzod as laugh able. AT i.ic'l'ICIt OK HKUVIA THKHH OX A FHF.XCII DICSTHOYKR (JIvcs Audlenco to Coiiiinandei' Irciicli 1'oii'oh and (leneral of tho llrltlsh Troops of (nr Aaaock" Vreaa to Cooa nar Tlmfa.l ATH12NS, Jan. I. King Potor of Serbia, who Is now. on a French do- ttroyor at Salonlkl, yostorday gave Mtidlonco to Gonoral Sarrall, com mnudor of tho French rorcca there, nnd ialoutaiiniii uonorni luauon, mo Drltlsli commaiider. WILL COLONIZE THE FORBIDDEN COAST America Will Settle Shore of Maiidlii- gu Il(iy In tlio Canal ".one Hr AaaoclatM Vfw to Cooa nar Tlmra. PANAMA, Jan. l.A start lu tho colonization of tho San Ilbts, or for- blddou const of Panama lias boon mado In conformity with recent ag roomonts mado botweon tho San Illuit Indiana and tho govornmont of tho republic. President Porraa bad granted a concession to Jnmea M. Hyatt, an American, of Colon, to es. tabllsb a largo farming colony on tho shoroH or Mniidlnga Hay, about CO miles oast or Colon. Tho contract grants Mr. Hyatt 30 hectares of land on which tho now town Is to bo built. Imnmdlatoly adjacent to tho town slto thoro aro 5.000 hectaros, or 12,500 acres, of good agricultural lauds that will bo eold to the colonists at vory reason able rates. This Is to bo sold In ten and twonty hoctaro tracts at prlcon fixed by tho govprnmont. The town lots aro to bo sold under tho samo conditions. . Tho lapd Is located on tho west orn edgo ot tho "forblddon const" and lies along tho shores or Mandln- gn, Ray wboro tho San HIuh Indians aro tho most frieiully to foreigners. Tho farms lands aro in tho valloy of Nayandl rivor and aro said to bo vory rich and fortllo. This will bo tho first sorjous effort ANSWER SENT INC mm to open this coast to settlement by pling with a Swiss passport to pros forolgners. It has boon closed singe ent also his naturalisation cortlflcao tho early Spanish conquest, the San Bias Indiana having consistently ro se nted tho Intrusion of all foreigners. Times want ads brine; results, No. 139 I KAY GERMANS ARE REPULSED Pelrocjrad Claims to Have Driven Back the Teutons on the Upper Stripa ' Russians Are Moving on in Spite of Counter Attacks Which Arc Made ATTACK FRENCH TRENCHES Germans Aro Using Hand Grenades on tho Western Front No Devel opments Reported In tho Rnlk ' ns Artillery .Fighting, tllr Aanoclatoil rrraa to Cooa Hay TlmM.1 LONDON, Jan. 4. Noar Cznrtor ysk and on upper Stripa, Potfogroil roportod today tho ropulso of Teu tonic attacks. Northeast ot Czor nowitz, Ilukowlnn, righting contlnucH with unabated cnorgy, tho Russians making continuous ndvnnccs desplto counter attackB. In tho llalkaun thoro aro no de velopments. In tho West, Paris Bays hand gronado attacks by tho GormaiiB ngalnst tho French trenches west of Tahuro failed. Artillery IJjiels In llolglum, tho Vosgcs Moun tains and olsowbero, artillery i'.uoIb continue. Thoro aro rcportB M a ropulso or an Austrian attack on tho Monte San Mlcho'lo posltloug. In tho Caucimas on tho Dlnck Pra coast, tho Russians ropulsod r Tifr- klsh nttack,' Thoro ia heavy irtil lcry fighting botweon tlio Turkish land battorloH nnd tho allies' wnr nblps oil tho Dardnnollos front. FORM lilt MliXK'AX LFADIiR UN DKR SURGKOX'S KXIFIi llihd Tlmo Ho l!in S'lbmltted for Relief or Intestinal Trouble nt .HI I'llMI. I llr Aa.Klal. rrM to Cw liar Tlmm.l liL PASO', Texas, Jan. 4.- Tho third operation upon Gonoral Huorta to rcllovo him of fluid In tho Intes tinal tract duo to protracted Jaun dice, occurred hero today. HJs pulso nnd tomporuturo woro pro nounced normal aftor tho operation. NliW HOSPITAL UNIT Qom i?rotit America and Arrhe.s In 1 lev! I n Today Or Aawx-lalM l"f to Ha Thaaa, R15ULIN, Jan. 4. A now Amorl can hospital unit, which ia holng sent out by the Amorlcan physicians expedition commlttoo, arrived in Horlln In cbargo of Dr. Frod Ram merer, president ot tho Now York Surgoons Society. SWISS PASSPORTS ARE RESTRICTED liiisn of Gaining Cltleiishlp Thoro Has Caused Xow Regulations to ho liiiforml 1 11 Aanorlateil l'ica to Cooa liar Tlmra LONDON. Jan. 4. - Special re strletloiiB on the uso of Swiss pass ports aro being enforced bj all tho Kntonto countries, owing to tho easo with which Swiss citizenship can bo ol'tniuod lu somo sections of .the lit tle republic. Tho business of nnt vrallzatlon lu Switzerland is In ut bands of tho municipalities, and al though! ordinarily two yoara' resi dence Is roijulrcd, they may bo waiv cd by the local authorities. According to advices which havo iimohod tho British authorities, cer tain small villages near tho Gorman frontier havo recently been grantlug naturalization to a considerable imm bor or Germans, stipulating only that tho applicants must pay 17 lu llou of tho customary resldonco provis ion, in vlow of thoso recent naturaliza tions, tho British authorities will hereafter roqulro ovory porson trav. or his birth certificate, Almlsslon will bo rofusod to all persons natural lsred tstneo the bogluulng of tho war. Tlm(.8 wan' -d urtng refnUi, IT HE ADVANCE 1 DPERATQN V. S t