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if CAPTURED RUSSIAN 11 1 REICHSTAG VOTES BIG WAR CREDIT Stirring Speech by Statesman Brings Quick Response. Satisfaction and Peace Are Aim of Germany Austrians and lurks Highly Praised. Berlin, via Amsterdam to London With only one dissenting ' vote, that of Herr Liebknecht, the reichstag voted a new war credit of 6,000,000,000 marks (11,250,000,000). The president of the chamber at the opening of the sitting dwelt in a speech on the unity and patriotism of the German people and commented ap preciatitvley on the large number of the members of the reichstag who are now serving the country at the front. In his expression of progress of the war the president said : "Japan joined our enemies from a desire to seize as booty the monument to German culture in the Far East. On the other hand, we have found an ally in Turkey, as all the Moslem peo ple wish to throw off the British yoke and shatter the foundations of Great Britian's colonial power. Under the banner of our army and our fleet, we will continue." The imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, attended the ses sion dreased in the gray service uni form of a general. All the secretaries of state and Prussian ministers also were present. Many of the members of the chamber were in uniform and wore iron crosses. In an address to the members of the chamber, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg said: "The emperor is absent with the army, but he has charged me to trans mit his best wishes and cordial greet ing to the German house of represen tatives, with whom he knows he is united until death in stress of danger in common concert for the weal of the fatherland. "Our rtrst thoughts go to the empen- or and the army and navy, who are fighting for the honor and greatness of the empire. Full of pride and with unshakeable confidence we look on them and our AuBtro-Hungarian com rades in arms, who are firmly united to us, to fight and to win great battles with brilliant bravery. "Our latest ally in the war forced on us is the Ottoman empire, which well knows that if the German empire were destroyed it, too, would lose its national right to arrange its own des tiny. As our enemies have formed a powerful coalition against us thev will, I hope, find that the arm of our brave all teg reaches the weak spots in their world positions." The imperial chancellor said that since the reichstag had expressed the firm resolution of the whole people to undertake the war, great deeds had been accomplished and the incompar able gallantry of the Gorman troops had carried the war into the enemies' countries. Denmark Here to Trade, New York Denmark's export and Import trade with Germany which has been partially destroyed by the war will be turned to the United States, according to Eigel Hallager, a mer chant of Copenhagen, who arrived here on the steamship Frederick VIII. Mr. Hallager said he came to this country for the purpose of making ex tensive purchases of goods for export and to find a market for gloves, $8, 000,000 worth of which Germany an nually purchased in Denmark prior to the war. City to Buy No Nudes. Chicago The nude in art will re ceive no encouragement from the new Chicago Art commission appointed to spend a city appropriation in the pur chase of works by local artists, accord ing to an announcement just made here. Members of the commission agreed that the taxpayers would be horrified if city money were spent for nudes.' GUNS IN VIENNA i lurks Forced by U. S. to Keep Own Peace London The Chronicle has pub lished a letter from Athens praising the activity of the American Embas sador, Henry Morgenthau, in Constan tinople on the night of November 1, when the English colony was not al lowed to leave the city. The action of the Turks caused a panic among the British refugees, but the American ambassador assured them he would endeavor to get them away next day. The refugees passed a ter rible night of anxiety and besides the police were harsh and brutal. The sights he saw made Ambassador Morgenthau determine to make the Turks respect hie wishes. He formal ly advised the Turkish government that unlesB the British colony was al lowed to depart he would demand his passports and take them all as his pri vate guests on his special train. The Turks, the letter says, had no desire to fight the United States as well as the allies, so they gave in, but took revenge by assessing the refugees an arbitrary and illegal tax of from $5 to $100 each. The next day the colony assembled at the station. Ambassador Morgenthau was there and personally supervised all the smallest details of the departure, even distributing candy TURKISH CAVALRY ( Some of the cavalry of the Frsack army on the way to the Russian froa i tlsr. When the Ottoman emplrs entered ths vu it had great numbers of treen massed along the border. to the children before the train left. Words can hardly express the grati tude due him, the letter concludes. American Citizen Held aa Spy by Germans New York Edward Bright, an American citizen, graduate of Colum bia, and formerly editor of the Baptist Examiner, is under arrest at Goetting en, Germany, charged with being a spy, according to information received by his wife in this city. Mrs. Bright got word recently that her husband was imprisoned on October 17, and, after appealing to the State depart ment at Washington, she dei-irinl tn make her information public. v Serbs Stubbornly Resist. Vienna, via Amsterdam and London An official announcement issued here says: "On the Southern front the enemy is offering stubborn resistance and is endeavoring to delay the advance by heavy counter attacks. On the East ern bank of the Kola Bara our troops again have gained. "Our troops, advancincg bevond Val- jevol and to the south have reached the heights east of the Ljik river and the line from Suvotor to Uzice." Germans Menace Sweden. London The Dailv Mail's flnncn. hagen correspondent says Germany has demanded that the Swedish govern ment suppress unfriendly utterances against Germany In Swedish news papers. It is said Germany has threat ened reprisals in the erent of non compliance. PRESIDENT NAMES STRIKE ARBITERS Perpetual Peace in Colorado Mines Is Sought. Wilson Expresses Hope That Both Sides Will See Duty to Com munity and Keep Unity. Washington, D. C President Wil son announced Monday the appoint ment of Seth Low, of New York; Charles W. Mills, of Philadelphia, and Patrick Gilday, of Clearfield, Pa., as a commission through which future dif ferences between operators and miners involved In the present Colorado strike may be settled. The commission, officials explained, was not appointed to deal with the ex isting differences which have caused rioting and bloodshed in Colorado. Hywel Davies and W. R. Fairley, the conciliators who have been at tempting to settle the strike for sev eral months, will continue in their ef forts to have the operators and miners agree on a settlement of the present Btrike. In a statement announcing the ap pointment of the commission, the President expressed "the very earnest and sincere hope that the partieB may see it not merely to their own best in terest, but also a duty which they owe to the communities they serve and to the nation itself to make use of this instrumentality of peace and render strikes of the kind which has threat ened the order and nroaneritv nf the great State of Colorado a thing of the past. The President announced in his statement that the commission will place itself "at the service alike of the miners and the operators of the mines of Colorado in case controversy be tween them should in the future de velop circumstances which would ren der mediation the obvious way of peace and just settlement." ' Mr. Wilson added that "merely to withdraw the Federal troops and leave the situation to settle itself would seem to me to be doing something less than my duty after all that has oc curred." The original basis of agreement offered by the President included the establishment of a three years' truce, subject to the enforcement of the nun- STARTS FOR FRONT ing and labor laws of Colorado, the return to work of miners who had not been convicted of law violations, the prohibition of intimidation of union or nonunion men and the appointment of a grievance committee by the em ployes. It is provided that in cases where the officers of the company and the grievance committees could not settle differences, a commission of three men named by the President should step in and act as the final re feree of all disputes. Persians Oppose Allies. Berlin The official news bureau says: It 1b reported from Constanti nople that the larger part of Northern Persia has been aroused to hostile ac tion against Russia, and that in South ern Persia the movement against Great Britain is increasing. Prince Abbas and Prince Osman, relatives of the Khedive of Egypt, have been banished by the British authorities on the charge of engaging in an anti-British conspir acy. Seven foreigners disguised as hodjas were taken before a court mar tial in Constantinople for conspiracy. General Salazar Slain. San Antonio, Tex. That General Jose Ynei Salazar has been murdered was the assertion here of Elfego Baca, attorney for General Salazar. Senor Baca said he believed Salazar's escape from orison at Albuatieraue. N. M.. was planned and executed by his ene mies, atter which they murdered him. 700 Germans Gather. London The Weekly Dispatch's Boulogne corresnondent Germans have collected 700,000 men in the neighborhood of Arras, where they are preparing to break through the allies' lines." NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. Arizona liquor men are preparing to make a determined legal fight against prohibition. The Italian premier advises a policy of armed neutrality, with "just aspir ations" in mind. Zapata soldiers, many poorly clad and barefooted, are keeping perfect order in Mexico City. Ex-Senator Patterson blames Gov ernor Amnions, of Colorado, for the labor troubles in that state. ftArmAn SnMallata nM.d wmf that their representative in the reichs tag voiea against tne war credit. Many families in Alsace are divided by the war, brothers fighting against brothers and fathers against their sons. Servian losses since the beginning of the war are said to amount to 100, 000, or one-third her military strength. Prominent Russian economists ad vocate an income tax to replace the revenue lost by prohibition in that country. Arabs reported to be threatening the Sti2 canal am haliavpH f.n Viqva ia tired and the canal seems in no danger Irom that source. So many reservists have returned from the United States to aid Austria that commands in many armies of that country are given in English. Japan annnounces that a very small amount of booty was captured at the fall of Tsing Tau, all ships in the har bor having been destroyed by the Ger mans. Statistics comniled bv the denart- ment of commerce seem to bear out the claim that the Underwood tariff, not the European war. is mainlv re- sponsiblefor the war tax. An American who was recently in Berlin says the German people are in clined to expect ultimate defeat, but have not the slightest thought of any thing but a fight to the finish. German forces attempted to cross the flooded districts along the Yser river on huge rafts, but were discov ered at daylight and repulsed by a terrinc artillery tore from the allies. When the Germans invaded ihn wino districts of France they spared the grape crop, thinking to harvest it themselves, but now that thev have been driven out, the French are har vesting the best crop in years. David Lamar was found miiltv nf impersonating Congressman Palmer, of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of de frauding J. F. Morgan & Co. and the United States Steel corporation, and was sentenced to two years in the pen itentiary. Official reports from Petrograd con firm previous dispatches to the effect that one and a half German army corps, about 60,000 men, were sur rounded by Russians, but succeeded in cutting their way out after enormous losses, many of their trenches being found piled with dead six deep. Germany has voted a war credit of 1,250,000,000. The department of Aericulture pre dicts cheaper fowls for the Christmas dinner tables. Two prisoners in the jail at Eugene, Or., bound and gagged the turnkey and made their escape. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American minister to The Netherlands, says peace talk is premature. The Supreme court of Oregon holds that if a bartender ( sells a minor a drink, the proprietor is likewise liable to prosecution. A prominent department store owner in Portland sees a "rosy future" for Northwest business, but adds that op timism is the only need. John D. Rockefller. head of the Standard Oil Co.. has expanded to the extent that the oil fields of Peru, have been taken over by that company. The government assures those who failed to secure revenue stamna the first day of the new war tax law, that there will be no prosecutions if their intentions were apparent. Few saloons in Portland, Or., will suspend business before the prohibition amendment goes into effect January 1, 1916, as a great majority have applied for a license covering that period. Arkansas has secured a new electri cian who will pull the lever that will put to death 10 condemned men who were reprieved to await the outcome of the abolishment of capital punish ment amendment that was lost in the recent election. The former electri cian quit the place because of the gruesomeness of the job. An attorney of Marshfield. fir . is disbarred three months for helnintr to drive I. W. W. advocates from that city, according to a Supreme court decision. For the first time in history the mikado consented to Japan's gift of $25,000 for the establishment of a hos pital under the auspices of the Epis copal mission at Tokio. The World's Purity Federation in session at La Crosse, Wis., is making preparations for the safety of girls who attend the Panama exposition at ban Francisco next year. American Manufacturers Winning Enormous Irade Washington, D. C That one year of the war in Europe will add $500, 000,000 to the foreign commerce of the United States is the estimate of Edward E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Mr. Pratt has just completed a study of the reports of American consuls and commercial representatives abroad, of agents of his bureau in this country, and of the new orders for American manufacturers and products reported in commercial periodicals. If the ratio of increase recorded since August, when the war began, is maintained until next August, he esti mates that new orders placed on the books of American firms will total $500,000,000. As specific data upon which to base his estimates, Mr. Pratt has the report of J. Massel, special commercial agent, now en route to South America to study the machine tool market there and prepare a review of the peeds of South American countries, which will be made available to America manu facturers. In preparation for his trip he visited virtually every large manu facturing plant in the United States and estimated that the machine tool manufacturing companies alone have from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 in new orders from European countries now on their books. One big plant, he said, has enough work to keep it in full operation 24 hours a day for the next two years. Several concerns already are preparing to increase their facilities to meet the larger demands arising from the war. . The first country among the bellig' erents to seek the American machine tool supply was Russia. Almost im mediately after war was declared or ders from Russian houses were re ceived for lathes and machines of all kinds of a similar nature. That de mand has been growing steadily, pre sumably because of the fact that the war had excluded Russia from her usual source of supply in Germany. England and France now have joined in seeking American tools, and it is indicated that the present supply can not meet the demands. Of course, problems of delivery still have to be met, but the business is of the most valuable type, since orders are as a rule accompanied by cash. In reaching his estimate on the esti mated grand total, Mr. Pratt took into consideration the enormous increase in European-bound food supplies noted in September and October. Details of the November foreign commerce are not available yet, beyond the estimate that a trade balance in favor of the United States of approximately $70' 000,000 will be shown. Department officials are aware, however, that the increase in food shipments has con tinued and that manufactured artl cles are beginning to move across the Atlantic m considerable volume. Servians Retreat and Lose City of Belgrade London The Servians are steadily being drawn back in their own coun try, while Belgrade, the capital until the government moved shortly after the beginning of the war, has been occupied by the Austrians after sever al attempts since August to capture the city. A Sophia, Bulgaria, dispatch says the Servians evacuated Belgrade when the Serbs to the south were driven back. An official statement issued at Vienna says : "In the southern theater of war, the enemy is still retreating. No fighting of importance has taken place recently. Small bodies of troops, Bent in advance, captured several hundred prisoners." An earlier dispatch savs the ncciinn. tion of Belgrade was announced in a telegram to i-mperor Francis Joseph from General Frank, commander of the Fifth army corps. The message follows: "On the occasion of the 66th anni versary of vour reicn. nermit. mo tn lay at your feet the information that eeigraae was occupied by the Fifth army corps." Semi-official advices received by the Havas agency from Nish contain the admission that the Austrians have won further victories in Servia. After a number of rear-guard actions during the last few days the Servian troops were forced to fall back on December 1 from the reigion around Oudjitzeand Kocieritch. The retreat, it is said, was made in good order. Heavy firing has occurred near Souvabor, where the Austrians concen trated lage forces and succeeded in capturing two important points. Relief Buying Is Heavy. Minneapolis, Minn The New York branch of the Belgian Relief Fund as sociation ha3 bought 60,000 barrels of flour in Minneapolis. When Mad ame Lalla Vandervelde, wife of the Belgian foreign minister, who recent ly spoke in the Twin Cities, was leav ing for the East Bhe told members of the Minnesota branch of the Belgium Relief Fund association she was bo fa vorably impressed with the idea of turning all the money collected here into flour that she would recommend that other money be likewise invested. Lyddite Explodes. Bradford, England A large stock of lyddite exploded with a roar Friday in a chemical works near this city. Six men were killed and many others in jured. Hundreds of windows in Brad ford and nearby villages were broken. The people were in great alarm, some of them believing that the noise was the roar of guus of an invading Ger man army. GERMAN LOSSES IN TRAP HEAVY Large Numbers, However, Make Good Their Escape. Berlin Denies Enormous Casualty List and Says Czar's Losses About 100,000 Men. London Experts estimate that the Germans lost two-thirds of their army in Poland in the recent fighting in the region between the Warthe and Vistula rivers, says a dispatch from Petrograd to the Morning Post. The message refers to the delay in the arrival of Russian reinforcements, which enabled the Germans to break through the surrounding ring, and adds: "As it was, a large number of Ger mans got out of the trap, and the sub sequent fighting has been a curious tactical Bpectacle, with the Russians and Germans in alternate strips cover ing a considerable area. "The Germans have alternated fur ious attacks with retreat fighting, and . the information vouchsafed is insuffi cient to show how final success can be obtained." Berlin Although no news has been received of the operations in the vicin ity of Lowica, it is assumed that the Germans' attempt to flank the Russian right is continuing, according to a re port issued by the military headquar ters. The value of this movement, if suc cessful, would consist in forcing the Russians southward away from the route to Warsaw and toward the rear of their main army. Much depends on the progress of the Germans and AuBtrians facing the enemy's center and left flank. So far they have maintained their position and repulsed all attacks, but whether they have been able to advance is not yet known. The fact that the Russians have lost 100,000 prisoners and many guns, the latter of which cannot easily be re placed, is considered by critics here as bound to weaken them seriously. Some Would Hang De Wet. London Telegraphing from Johan nesburg, Reuter's correspondent Bays : "Pale and haggard, but calmly smoking his pipe, General Christian de Wet, the rebel leader, arrived here guarded by soldiers with fixed bayo nets. He was taken through the streets, which were lined with the ex cited populace, and placed in the fort, a prisoner, pending a probable court martial. "Whether he will be hanged as a traitor cannot yet be predicted. That some factions favor this, however, is indicated by the tone of the national press, which urges government action against 'those behind the scenes who stimulate De Wet and other rebels to action. These co-traitors,' it is add ed, 'should be brought to the shadow of the gallows.' " War Bares Tax Dodgers. Washington, D. C. One effect of the European war which Treasury de partment officials are beginning to ap preciate is the opportunity afforded to gather accurate lists- of Americans liv ing in Europe who are subject to the income tax. With the beginning of hostilities, Americans living abroad began to register at American consu lates and thousands of names appear in these records, of which the income tax division of the Treasury depart ment has no knowledge from any available information here. The de partment has asked the State depart ment for a complete record of such Americans and will use the lists in checking up returns made by , Ameri cans living in foreign countries. Edison Denounces His Act New York In papers on file in the United States District court, Thomas A Edison, the inventor, says that he no longer has any faith in the neural gia remedy which he invented in 1879. On the strength of his admission made in an equity suit, Judge Rose, in the District court, enjoined the Continental Chemical company from using EdiBon's picture in advertisement of the prep aration which the company says is the old Edson mixture. The company is also prevented from selling the drug un der the name of "Edison's Polyform." Italy Purchases Wltrnt Rome The government has present ed to parliament financial measures which would increase the revenue 50 -000,000 francs ($10,000,000) yearly. The government has purchased a mil lion tons of wheat from Argentina. Five steamers have been chartered to transport the first shipment. Princes Flee in Airship. London Princes .Tnnchim ani n yo(.oi, sons of the German emperor, saved tnemseivea irom imminent danger of death or capture in the recent battles of the Warthe and Vistula rivers in Russian Poland by taking flight in an aeroplane, according to advices from Petrograd. Hour Sent to Belgians. Washington, D. C Forty thousand dollars' worth of flour for the starv ing Belgians was purchased Saturday by the Belgian relief committee. This sum represents a part of the contribu tion received bv the central from nearly every state.