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Things Worth Knowing;.
The administration bill to increase
the number of cadets at the Annapolis
Naval academy was passed late Mon
day by the house without debate, and
now goes to the senate.
German naval forces have made a
foray into the North Sea and surprised
a convoy of merchant ships, sinking
one British and five neutral vessels
and.four mine sweepers.
The period of virtual inactivity con
tinues in France and Belgium, except
for reciprocal bombardments on var
ious sectors and here and there smal
ler operations by reconnoitering par
ties. Mrs. Jean Kellet of North Yakima,
Wash., has received a telegram from
Halifax, N. S., saying that all mem
bers of the family of her sister, Mrs.
J. B. Hillis, were killed in the recent
disaster there.
The second court-martial of enlisted
men of the 24th Infantry, negroes,
growing out of the riot and mutiny of
members of that regiment at Houston,
the night of August 23 last, was begun
Tuesday at Fort Sam Houston.
No restrictions upon the price or
distribution of lead are deemed neces
sary at this time by the war industries
board. This was announced , Tuesday
after a conference between the board
and the principal lead producers of the
country.
Miss Hariet A. Varney, a nurse of
West Upton, Mass., was found not
guilty of the murder of Mrs. Pauline
Keyes, the 10-months bride of George
H. Keyes, a Boston real estate man.
by a jury in the Norfolk county Super
ior court. ,
Unidentifiedbodies of 200 victims
of the explosion at the Halifax, N. S.,
disaster were buried Monday after
public funeral services conducted by
Protestant and Catholic clergymen.
Nearly 100 of the bodies were charred
beyond recognition.
The official text of the armistice be
tween the Russians and the Teutonic
allies confirms the unofficial reports
that it is to run from December 17 to
January 14. The compact embraces
all the fighting fronts where Russian
troops have been engaged and also ex
tends to the naval forces of the con
tracting parties.
President Felix Galonder, in the
first public speech he has delivered
since his recent election, said at Gene
va, Tuesday, that the Swiss people
were ready to pour out their blood
against anyone who might attempt to
invade their country. Switzerland,
declared the President, would defend
her neutrality to the end.
A mob of more than 100 men storm
ed the county jail at Billings, Mont.,
Tuesday night, apparently in an effort
to seize Juan Juarra, a Mexican sec
tion hand, who shot and killed Patrol
man Enos Nelson. After battering
down the front door of the jail the mob
was held by Sheriff Stone Matlock and
his deputies until police officers ar
rived and dispersed it.
The residence of John D, Rockefel-
ler In the suburbs of Cleveland was
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday. The
rapid spread of the flames led to the
belief that the fire was of incendiary
origin. Mr. Rockefeller is now living
at his winter home in Tarrytown, N
Y., and the estate at Cleveland was in
charge of a caretaker. The house con
tained many valuablejpaintings, tapes,
tries and bronzes.
Another payment of $25,000,000 to
Italy Thursday, the first for jnany
weeks, brought the total actually paid
to that government from the $500,
000,000 credit allowed up to $320,000,
000.
Western railroad lines were ordered
by the Railroad War board Thursday
to send 100 locomotives to aid in re
lieving traffic congestion.
The Bolsheviki have dispersed the
senate, the highest Russian court, and
all the other courts at Petrograd, in
keeping with the recent decree of the
people's commissaries, substituting
new revolutionary tribunals. Tha only
opposition met was at the congress of
county judges, who refused to be dis
persed. They were arrested.
Bishop Paul Jones, of the diocese of
Utah, of the Protestant Episcopal
church, Thursday appeared before a
committee of three bishops which
met in St. Louis, to consider charges
of disloyalty ' that have been made
against him.
HavanaThe house of representa-
tfvna ThnraHuv tmrlit nrlnntpd ft rfwnlil-
: tion declaring a state of war to exist
between Austria-Hungary and the Ite
nnhlifl nf fhiha. The action was taken
following the reading of a message
from President juenocai recommending
uch declaration.
German warships on a convoy in the
North sea, resulting in the sinking of
11 vessels, as announced in the house
of commons Tuesday, came as an un
comfortable surprise to the British
public. It is expected to cause a re
vival of the serious criticism of the
admiralty, such as at the time of the
successful German attack on a convoy
of Scandinavian merchantmen in Oc
tober. Added to this is the raid made off
the Tyne last Wednesday by German
warships. As a result of these two
expeditions one British destroyer has
been sunk, another seriously damaged,
five trawlers and eight merchantmen
have been sent to the bottom, another
trawler has been damaged and a num
ber of men have been killed, wounded
or taken prisoner.
Among the prisoners is a nephew of
Viscount Grey, former foreign secre
tary.
According to the Danish accounts,
the force which attacked the convoy
consisted of four cruisers, in addition
to destroyers. A painful aspect of
the affair, from the British public's
point of view, is that apparently all
the attacking vessels escaped and re
turned to their bases. Another un
pleasant feature is that the British
cruiser squadron detailed to protect
the convoy against surface attacks, for
some unexplained reason, was not on
the scene. Vice Admiral Beatty im
mediately opened an inquiry. The in
vestigation will be hastened as much
as possible.
" According to the testimony of sur
vivors, both here and in Scandinavia,
the fighting was of most violent charac
ter. The Gerimans poured hundreds
of shots into the ill-fated vessels.
Testimony given at the inquest over
the victims of the German attack on
the British convoy shows that the at
tack occurred between 4 and 5 o'clock
Wednesday morning, and that the en
emy destroyers fired as rapidly as pos
sible for a few minutes. A Swedish
steamer was torpedoed twice, the sec
ond torpedo cutting the vessel com
pletely in two. Of the crew of 20 on
board, 16 were either killed or are
missing.
No assistance was rendered by the
enemy boats. British destroyers came
upon the scene and rescued the sur
vivors. TROOPS ATTACK BOLSHEVIKI
Fighting Continues in Region of Don
Capture Ammunition.
London Reports on the Russian in
ternal situation Wednesday indicate
that fighting is continuing in the Don
region and that reinforcements have
been sent south from Petrograd.
A Kiev dispatch reports that during
the disarming of the Maximalist units
there the Ukranian troops seized 72
cannon, 350 machine guns and 5,000,
000 cartridges.
It is stated in other advices that the
Russian government commissioners are
drafting an ultimatum addressed to
the Ukraine and recognizing the inde
pendence of the Ukraine but demand
ing an immediate expression of the
rada's attitude towards the Bolsheviki
authorities.
The rada had issued a statement de
clining to recognize the people's com
missioners as comprising the govern
ment of all Russia, inasmuch as the
Don, the Caucasus, Siberia and other
parts Of Russia have their own govern
ments. In connection with the signing and
publication of terms of armistice on
the Russian front, it is Btated that the
Rusisan delegation at Brest-Litovsk
has been augmented to include M.
Poknovsky, president of the Moscow
soldiers' and workmen's council, and
others.
The Maximalist organ Prava takes
occasion to denounce -as untruths the
allegations that the Germans in the
armistice negotiations demanded the
evacuation of Petrograd and Finland,
the disarmament of the Russian army
and a grant to Germnay of a monopoly
in grain exports.
Naval Reserves Exempt.
Washington, D., C. Amendments
eliminating from the oil land leasing
bill all references to the opening of
California Naval Reserve lands were
introduced Tuesday when the bill came
up" in the senate. Senator Pittman, in
charge of the measure, agreed to ac
cept them. Speeches in support of the
bill were made by Senator Kendrick
and Senator Borah. Senator Borah
said the people in the Western Btates
are opposed to the leasing plan, but
owing to war conditions, realized that
some action was necsesary.
Tax Extension Proposed.
Washington, D. C. Legislation to
subject all federal officials except the
President and members of the Su
preme court to the excess profits tax
was agreed upon Tuesday by the house
ways and means committee. There
has been criticism because the "occu
pational tax" of the war bill lays upon
the income of professional and salaried
men, when they exceed $6000, a tax of
8 per cent in addition to the regular
income tax, but exempted members of
congress.
Dairy of Captain Exposes Trick
Played at Honolulu!
BAND DROWNS SOUND
Revolutionary Propaganda la Dissem
inated From Hawaii at Instiga
tion of German Government.
Honolulu While her band was play
ing lively tunes to drown out all tell
tale sounds, the wireless apparatus of
the German unprotected cruiser Geier,
interned in this harbor, relayed mes
sages between German agents in the
United States and Japan in further
ance of a plot to embroil the two coun
tries in war, according to an article
appearing in the Star-Bulletin here.
The article, which is published with
the authority of the United States Na
val Intelligence Bureau, declares that
the seal placed on the Geier's wireless
by the American government was bro
ken by the Germans in order that the
messages might be sent.
The information regarding the
Geier's activity in this supposed plot
was obtained from the dairy of Cap
tain Grashof, of that vessel, the arti
cle asserts.
" Grashof 's dairy says, according to
the article, that in November, 1914,
and Fejbruary, 1917, messages order
ing the widespread promulgation of re
ports that Japanese forces were to
land in Mexico and German forces in
Canada were handled by the Geier's
wireless, the operators working night
and day in order that there would be
no delay in the transmission of these
radiograms."
According to the diary Count von
Bernstorff, ex-German ambassador to
the United States, and Captains
Boy-Ed and Von Papen, his principal
aides, figured prominently in the plot.
George Roedick and H. A. Schroeder,
ex-German consuls at Honolulu and
Manila, respectively, are also impli
cated. Both pleaded guilty in San Francis
co recently to complicity in a plot to
establish a revolutionary government
in India.
A German secret agent known as
"K-17" was said in the dairy to have
aided in the transmission of these mes
sages, and also to have advised the
German government of the Bailing
times of Danish vessels from here and
elsewhire.
SHARK PULLS ANGLER TO SEA
Woman Fighting from Boulder Drowns
When Fish Takes Bait.
San Francisco A large fish, pre
sumably a shark, pulled Mrs. Anna
Conners to her death on the rocks of
Moss Beach near here Sunday. Mrs,
Connors was fishing from a large boul
der. A companion, Emu Bedenbeck,
heard her cry in alarm and turned to
see her bracing herself against a
strong pull upon her line. Before
Bedenbeck could reach her she was
dragged into the surf.
Bedenbeck, after an hour's battle,
brought the woman's unconscious body
back to the ledge upon which she was
fishing. He then scaled the adjoin
ing cliff and summoned aid. When
he returned he discovered the body had
been swept out to the sea. It had not
been recovered up to a late hour.
"Garabed" to Be Tested.
Washington, D. C The bill provid
ing for tests of a mysterious machine
for utilizing free energy devised by
Garabed T. K. Giragossian, an Armen
ian inventor from Boston, was passed
Saturday by the house after lengthy
debate. The measure provides for
securing the discoverer's rights if the
machine is demonstrated to be practi
cable and that the government may
use it without charge.
A similar bill passed by the last ses
sion of congress was vetoed by Presi
dent Wilson. The new measure was
introduced to meet the President's ob
jection to providing that there shall
be no patent on the general principle
involved.
Japan Needs More Sheep.
Seattle, Wash. Dr. Issa Tanimura
who has been sent by the Japanese
government to study the American
sheep industry, arrived here Sunday
night. He intends to remain here a
few days and then tour the sheeprais-
ing sections of the nation. "Japan
needs 10,000,000 sheep to supply the
demands of the country for woolen
goods and food," he said. "To meet
that demand the country has a total
of 8000 wool sheep of various breeds."
Dr. Tanimura said he expects to obtain
sheep here for foundations of nocks.
Teuton Republic Urged.
Washington, D. C The committee
on public information makes public an
article written by Germans and circu
lated in Germany urging the over
throw of the German war lords and the
proclaiming of a republic The docu
ment, which was distributed through
German republicans in Switierland,
declares that peace will not come until
Hohenzollernism is overthrown and the
German people take their stand for
mnit.v and civilization.
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WHAT an interest centered in
that babe, wrapped in swad
dling clothes, lying in a man
ger at Bethlehem 1 Prophets were
interested, angels were interested,
the ages have been most deeply in
terested since. The shepherds had
perhaps some premonition. The
seventy weeks of Daniels propnecy
were about fulfilled. It may be at
that very time they were talking of
the coming of Christ.
Suddenly their attention was ar
rested by a strange sight in the
heavens. It grew brighter and took
the form of an angel, and then they
heard a voice announcing the birth
of Christ as glad tidings for all peo
ple, not to the Jews only. Then
suddenly the air was filled with an
gels singing as if they had come
right out from the air.
We know not their wonderful
song, but part came to mortal ears,
"Glory to God in the highest," etc.
We know not who those angels were,
but we fancy they were the redeem
ed. Adam was there; Eve was
there. Eve, who in her maternal
earnestness declared at the birth of
her firstborn, "I have got a man
from the Lord" hoping that that
was he who should bruise the ser
pent's head. Now, in the fullness
of time she had come to witness the
birth of the babe who was to be the
Saviour of her race. David, Elijah,
Moses, the patriarchs, we believe,
were with the heavenly host.
This song reveals three things :
Eirst. The glorification of God
through the incarnation. God has
glory through his vast work in na
ture, his providence building up and
casting down nations, etc.
In the incarnation there was spe
cial glory. It was glory to God in
the highest highest, in that it was
above all other glory, in that it ex
tended to all time and in that it
wrought such wondrous good.
Second. The great results to the
earth. It would result in peace.
Strifes, thorns and thistles were
abounding. The earth was torn and
bleeding by constant contention.
With Christ came peace. The result
would be universal peace.
Third. The effect on the individ
ual man. "Good will toward men,"
from one another, from God. Out
of this good will would finally spring
peace on earth and glory to God in
the highest. Dr. Matthew Simpson.
To Make a True Christmas.
Don't forget the lonely, the suffering,
the poor, on Christmas. Remember
that the first and greatest Christmas
gift was sent not to the rich and pow
erful, but to the poor and needy. Give
to those who are near and dear to you,
but somewhere, somehow, In your ordi
nary life find some one who is near
and dear to no one else and make
Christmas for him or her.
Bam CJfrtBtmaa jr
There is a Bosnian legend
that the sun leaps in the heav
ens and the ttan dance around '
it. A great peace comet Heal
ing down over mountain and
forest. The rotten stumpt ttand
straight and green on the hill- '
side. The grass is beflowerei i
with blossoms, and the birds '
sing on the mountain tops in 1
thanks to God. In Poland the I
heavens open and Jacob's lad-
' iky. In Auttria the candles are gp
i let tn me wmaow mat me
Christ Child may not (tumble
when he comes to tless the
' home. In north Germany the
tables are spread and the lights
left burning for the incoming
of the Virgin Mary end her at
tending angel.
The English superstition is
, admirably voiced by the myriad
minded Shakespeare in "Ham
' let":
' Some say that ever 'gainst that .
F season comes
Wherein our Lord's birth li cel
t ebr&ted.
' The bird ot dawning slngeth all
f night long.
And then they say no spirit can
want aoroaa.
The nights are wholesome. Then
no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath ,
power to charm,
Eo hallowed and to grtcloa is ,
tne time.
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to wait Jf
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On Christmas day shall I be Sr
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To joy in that which now 1
were deart
And must I heed these runes Xr
that say, ?
"Don't open until Christmas
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2? , Should Time, the churl, have
power to hold
In check each word, each W
Through this decree of drear
delay,
"Don't open until Christmas
day."
For there be hearts and
purses, too
Locked fast to Love the long
year through
By that same word, which
fools obey,
"Don't open until Christmas
day."
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Ah, Love, the sages all allow
The time for any joy is now
Then charge me never more,
I pray,
"Don't open until Christmas
dayl"
Arthur Guiterman in Life. Sc,
Cbe Golden
Cbrtstmastfde
T JNDER the far blue Byrian iky
Was born the Conqueror of.
Death,
Who bore credentials from on high '
In Bethlehem and Nazareth.
Then came the new and better times;
One lone star signaled far and wide,'
And now we ring melodious chimes '
To mark the holy Christmastide.
Come young and old from every tide!
Come rosy maid and gentle swain, j
It is the holy
That joyously1
we meet
again.
The holly hangs
upon the
door.
It is no time for
work or woe.
Now jollity commands the floor,
And joy comes with the mistletoe.
Bring in the Yule log's ancient flame,
The soused boar's head, a rich re
past. Let sorrow go the way it came;
Let care be to oblivion cast.
The tweet clear voices sound without
Backbuts and shaWm-'make whole
some glee.
Twined is the boar's head round about
With garlands rich and rosemary.
And now the foaming wassail bowl
Shall bring us comfort and delight.
This is the sea-
ton of the
soul,
From golden
morn to star
ry night.
Naught care we
for the pierc
ing cold,
Thedriftei
snow or rag
ing blast,
For Christmas never shall grow old
From eons new or centuries past.
Quaint mummers mingle in the scene
Where pudding mates with Christ
mas pie.
The rooms are thick with evergreen,
And happiness lights every eye.
Let Fortunatus turn his horn
Of basket loads to famished need,
For on this day the One was born
Who knew no mark of class or creed.
Then welcome, merry Christmastide,
Another hour before we go.
The rosy girl
close at our
side
We'll kits be
neath the mis
tletoe.
Deep, melloto
bells salute
the air
With benis--sent
far
wide.
Good wilt and joy go everywhere
Upon the golden Christmastide.
Joel Benton.
The Sweetest of All.
Christmas la a Jolly day, but let us
not forget that it is Christ's birthday
and that to make someone else bappy
la the sweetest thfcg of all.
IN a place built, like Bethlehem, in
many cases against the soft
limestone rock it often happens
that the existence of a cave where
the house was to be was a great at
traction since it offered a ready
made, dry, above ground cellar as
well as a specially suitable spot for
the household animals and for a
Btoreroom. It would seem that Jo
seph was at last able to get room in
some such back portion of a house,
and there, we are told, Mary bore
her divine Son.
A cavo below the high altar of
the Church of the Nativity is now
shown as the very place where this
augusi event transpired; a little re
cess, shaped like a clam shell, its
floor of marble wrought into a star
In the center, bearing in Latin the
(cords, "Ilore Jesus Christ Was
Born of the Virgin Mary." A row
of lamps hangs round the outer
edge, the right to attend to them be
ing a jealously watched matter, each
of tho ancient churches, the Greek,
the Latin, the Armenian and the
Coptic, having one or more of these
under its care.
The evidence for this site is so
itrong that most persons accept it as
sufficient, reaching Txp, as it does, to
within living memory of the days of
the apostles. But even if this be an
Illusion the fact remains that in this
petty village the Saviour of the
world was made man for our re
demption. No wonder that we read
Df the anthem of tho angels, for
surely nothing could draw forth the
Interest of the heavenly population
like the exceeding grace God was
showing to sinful man.
The scene of the visit of the shep
herds is pointed out a3 on a rough
slope, facing the village, at some
distance to the east, Bethlehem ly
ing far above on its mountain seat.
One can follow the shepherds in
their journey to see the unspeakablo
wonder. They would go along the
ncn valley ot tfoaz and then up the
terracod hill by a path still in use,
nor is it uninstructive to reflect
that, while simple shepherds wero
led by angels to the manger, the
high priest and tho great of Jeru
salem, so near, slept through that
most illustrious night of all history,
quite unconscious of what had hap
pened, uut we know of it. and mav
God grant that if we cannot go with
uic siiepneras to bctlilehem we may
one day go io the right hand of God
and worship him there, who that
night lay a little child in Mary's
arms. Dr. Cunninehani Geikie.
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Perhaps the most heroic at-
4 tempt to keep Christmas in
PL conventional fashion under
5r u conventional condt-
p titwt wot that made by the
i late Lord Wolselcy, when a
Kg young olftctr, in the trences
m' before Sekntepol during the
Crimean v:ar sixty years ago.
f lie oiii his comrades decided
jKf that the Christmas should
cjL be honored end that there
f should be a plum pudding.
vf 3'Ae "pudding" was com
poundei nf biscuit, grease
PC o;id tuch fruit as could be ob-
Sf tained, the ingredients being
$ wired in a fragment of a
Kjf Hussion shell. Wrapped in a
j0 cloth, it was boiled for some
SF Re lit i, ond a tasty reminder
Vjf ' the great festival was ea-
$jf gsily looked forward to by
SI the hungry officers. But before
ET tie pudding was considered
w "ooo ked" orders came trans
ferring Wolseley and Ms tent
companions to a distant part
of the works.
Should they leave the pud
ding until their return or eat
it at it wast They were hun
gry, and the latter course was
decided upon. The "pudding"
was duly swallowed, and
away they went in obedience
to orfor. I,ata ihnt ninhi
jf Wolseley was troubled with
li internal disturbances that ne-
cetsitated the doctor's kindly
5r ministration. It seemed, said
P the future field marshal, as if
tf pieces of Russian shell were
rolling against each other
f4 inside. It was the only pud
f din;, the firtt and last, he
Vjf ever made.