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HAUFAX ASKS $25,000,000
FROM CANADIAN PEOPLE
Material Damage Exceeds This --Dominion
Government Grants $1,000,000.
All Germans in the City Being Arrested -
1,050 Dead R3covered.
Halifax, Dec. 0, ---Acting on orders
the police began the arrest to -day of
all German citizens of Halifax,
Whether men or women. At six
o'clock seven men and ono woman
had been locked up, and the polio are
after the others, who will be jailed as
fast as they can be found.
Halifax, N. S„ Dec. 9.-- An appeal
for $25,000,000 was tirade to the people
of Canada by the Mayors of Halifax
and Dartmouth to -day, and this figure
is taken as representing only a part
of the material damage done by the
explosion of the cargo of tee Mont
Blanc last Thursday.
Sir Robert Borden announced that
pending a full consideration of the
needs of those wno have suffered by
the calamity the Dominion Govern-
ment had md
made arelimitiar appro-
priation of $1,000,000 for immediate
relief. The amount will be immed-
iately at the disposal of the local
relief committee.
THE PRE-MIER'S STATEMENT.
The Premier's statement was as fol-
lows:
"Pending full consideration of the
needs of thosewhoh red
have suffered by
the appalling calamity which has be-
fallen Halifax, and. to a Iesser de-
gree, the neighboring town of Dart-
mouth, the Canadian Government has
appropriated $1,000,000 for immediate
relief, the amount thus provided will
bo immediately at the disposal of the
Citizens' Finance Committee or such
other constituted authority as may be
entrusted with the duty of adminis-
tering the relief fund."
1,050 DEAD RECOVERED.
To -day after another terrible night,
when the wind blew a hurricane and
the rain fell iu torrents, upon condi-
tions becoming normal again, the re-
lief work and the search for the dead
was continued. Many more bodies
have been found and the number at
the various morgues is 1,050.
As yet no definite statement can be
made about the total number of dead.
All non-residents not engaged in
relief work or here on businese of ex-
treme emergency to -day were re-
quested by Mayor Martin to leave the
city at once because of the serious
lack of accommodation and tbe short-
age of food supplies. In a second
proclamation the Mayor urged per-
sons not on relief misions to stay
away from Halifax for the next two
weeks.
It s also requested that those gen-
a
erously desiring to donate food,
cloth-
ing th-
sng or butlliugmaterials ehould first
communicate by telegraph with the
r f committee in Halifax and kind-
e._the character and quantity of
goods which are offered. The purpose
of this is to maintain control of the
Halifax situation with respect to ina-
niediate need and distribution.
Halifax'a cup of misery was filled
Saturday night, when, after two days
ot horror caused by the explosion and
the' blizzard the following day, mak-
ing the rescue work almost impos-
slble, the temperature dropped and
a rain and wind storm broke over the
city, Experiences of the refugees, who,
unable to secure accommodation in
the already overcrowded homes here,
were housed in tents upon the itadel
Hill and Common, is indescribable.
The wind blew the tents clown in a
number of canes, while the rain
drenched the occupants. Many o]
des them had to spend most of the night
in the open fields in pitch darkness
utitil the relief garties found them
and escorted them to buildings whore
they could at least stand up out of
the rain, although the wind blew
through the windowless buildings at
50 miles an hour. Today a warm
rain ` was falling, partially meeting
three feet of snow on the, ground,
carting each street to be a torrent,
and hampering in the work of getting
the automobiles with supplies to their
destination.
Notwithstanding the awful condi-
tions, 500 sailors from the Navy De-
partment tolled among the- ruins
searching for bodice.
TOUR OF THE CITY. .
With the passing of the blizzard it
became possible for the first time to-
day to make a •comprehensive tour of
the city. In thio way some detailed
conception of the frightful devasta-
tion which had been clone could be
secured. It naturally is to be cone
pared only to the bombardment by
artillery of a thickly -settled
district,
et
.
though the ruin seems to be more
complete that ever effected in France
and Flanders.
Beginning at the southern sections
of the•city, which were least injured,
one notices the broken window panes.
Thi main store section of the city,
Barrington street, more particularly
show by their broken plate -glass win-
dows where the wave of concussion
rushed by with a decreasing velocity.
Around a number of large buildings
in this section of the ruined city from
100 to 200 people were standing, re-'
producing by the misery of their ap-
Pearauce the refugees from a hastily-
evacuated
astilyevacuated war area, On the side of
the historic Citadel -Hill aro the tents
housing those honrelss folk.
SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES.
As one passed the schools, used as
temporary morgues, the little proces-
eions of soldier carrying .barelycov-
ered bodies were to be noted, while
despairing women and children wan-
dered Into the buildings to eearcb
among the blackened ruins for miss -
Ing relatives, Many of thein were
weary from shock, lock of sleep, and
much walking from hospital to hoe.
fetal Tri their fruitless search. Great
„amen were carrying little swad-
dled -up babica.
Approaching eloger to the spots
most affected, the destruction began
to get more complete, houses ap-
parently brushed off their founda-
tions by a giant hand tirade their ap-
pearance, rode distorted and ename-
ling, streets bulging nal 0 an eartl►-
guako had taken piece Were passed.
4hrtetanding tome were the large
Plant et the i'lornlnion Textile Come
pany and the Halifax Exhibition
bud,linge, the great grand stand, only
completed last year .at a cost of
550,000, lying around like match -
wood. Standing upright on its fra-
gIle trellised tower, apparently un-
scathed, was the tants of n sprinkler
system., sill dripping after having
done yeoman, but hopeless, service.
ALMOST AS LEVEL AS A FLOOR
The Richmond section of the city,
where the fullest force of the blow
was felt, and where before 9 o'clock
on '.Thursday hundreds of rows of
houses stood, was still smouldering
and hissing under its mantle of
snow, but no fragment of wall above
three feet high was left,
Hero plucky soldiers were search-
ing for bodies. Side by side with
some of the bodies found were frag-
ments of the Mont Blanc, blown two
utiles, and which happily seems to
have caused instant death each noded
sae
the victims from a lingering suffer-
ing.
Tho waterfront, being lower than
the Richmond district, appeared to
have escaped perfect ruin. The di-
rection of the holocaust was upward
from the Mont Blanc, which is lying
in an amphitheatre composed of two
sides of the Narrows. It will be pos-
sible to repair most of the wholesale
business parts of the city, as the
buildings wer;e.,btt•Ilt of most substan-
tial -Lir -Wk.
A military hospital on cue of the
piers was tumbled down. It was hit
ay a twenty -foot chain from the
Mont Blanc, which travelled a mile
and a half over the harbor. Steam-
ers alongside the wharves showed
gashed sides and bent funnels, while
the paint seemed to have been rubbed
off their sides. An outstanding ex-
ception was the cruiser Niobe, which
was lying tied up to her berth, much
the same as the writer had seen her
many times since she completed her
trips to sea. Around her lay the
tangled masts, steel ropes and plates
welded into a fantastic amass of scrap
of two steamers that had been in
the graving dock a few feet away
and which had not been made of
such stere stuff as the ancient
cruiser.
Roofless, the Government railway
station completes the ruin in this lo-
cality.
DESOLATION EVERYWHERE
From the side of bleak desolation
that was Halifax the eye travelled° to
the opposite
side of the Narrows.
Lying on the shore, only a short dis-
tance ce Y
rem one another, were the
blasted Mont Blanc and the Imo, its
back broken and dismantled lifted
on the forty -foot tidal wave and
bown forty feet up the rocky beach.
The fan-like wave of exposion that
spread from the Mont Blanc seemed
to have ripped through Halifax as 0
it had been a cheese -cutter. A few
feet only oustide of this segment of
ruined frame houses composing the
negro settlement, known as Afrlca-
ville, were all standing. Rolling stock
on the Canadian Government railway
within a few yards of the blackened
ruins of 300 freight cars, over the
dividing line, was untouched.
With the arrival here of relief
partici from the United States the
grim work of fighting the a£termatn
of the explosion was begun Iast
night.
Mayor IIayes thanked the American
visitors on behalf of the City of
Halifax, and Very Rev. Dean Lloyd
referred to the fact that the Stars and
'Stripes and the Union Jack were
again entwined to meet a great
emergency.
Sir Robert Borden promised the
fullest help from the Dominion Gov-
ernment.
COL. IOW IN CHARGE.
The Relief Committee, which was
appointed last night, lost no time in
organizing its work. The Repair and
Reconstruction Committee, which will
have charge of repairs and recon-
struction. appointed Col. R. S. Low.
Ottawa, manager of this department,
and Hamilton Lindsay. assistant man-
ager. Col. Low built the camps at
Valcartier, and Borden, Ont.
A request was issued to all donors
of building material to wire Col. Low,
Halifax, giving a reasonably accurate
description of the materials offered
and await an answer before shipping,
so that confusion may bo avoided.
Building materialssof all description,
particularly board and roofing paper,
are urgently required. The railways
are asked to expedite shipment of
material and label cars "Halifax Re-
lief," "Rush."
The administrative situation in
Halifax, as can well be imagined. is
extremely strained, and the outpour-
ings of assistance ,personal and ma-
terial from outside pole.is is tempor-
arily adding to the difficulty of the
situation. The executive of the Re-
lief Committee requests, therefore,
that doctors and nurses and other
voluntary helpers, kindly do not
come to Halifax without first being
advised by telegraph or correspond-
ence that their benevolent services
can be inrinediately and serviceably
used,
At the suggestion of the Mayor no
church services were held here to -day,
in order to giro the citizens an oppor-
tunity to render relief work All the
stores were kept open to facilitate the
distribution of foodstuffs,
Representative men of both politi-
cal organizations to -day were urging
their followers to drop the election
fight for the two seats in Halifax.
The suggestion is made that 1)r.
Blackadder, represent!hg the Lib-
erals. and Icon. A. K. MacLean, Min.
tster without portfolio In the Bordon
Administration, be elected by aecla-
tnatiou.
1.50 DEAD IN I)ARTIIOL`TH.
Dartmouth, N. 13., Dec. 0.—This
town ou the op.losite shore to Hali-
fax, caught the edge of the deshruc-
tiro blast froth the munition ship
Mont Blanc, A number of manufne-
turing plants were destroyed and
e vetel rows of houeee blown down,
The loss of life wets 150, and the big
buildings destrbyett were: Dartmouth
Mug, Emmanuel C11.0'eh, Colisunler9'
Cordate Co, and the Dominion Mola's-
ea rg The houses destroyed were on HumDREDs
ea Co., Fle nowi Joltn, 3'aud we and1
Nestor streets.
FOUGHT ABOVE SWISS.
British Chased Hun Fliers
Over the Border.
Geneva, Switzerland, cable: The
first aerial battle between Allied and
(german airmen over Swiss territory,
occurred around Basle to -day. It ap-
pears that the Germans, hard pressed
by their opponents, entered Switzer-
land on purpose. The eight took place
at a great height and the number of
the airplanes 1a not known. The en
counter lasted twenty minutes, Seven
bombs wore dropped oa Swiss terri-
tory, but only material damage re-
sulted.
Eventually the airmen shed toward
Alsace, still fighting, while Swiss sol-
diers bombarded both parties with
shells frosty anti-aircraft guns. The
residents of Basle and the neighboring
territory '•re indignant over the vio-
lation or Switzerland's neutrality."
IN BAD PLIGHT.
Germans Massing On Rou-
manian Front.
Parts, Dec, 0.—Reports concerning the
difficult situation of tho l otinjttnian
army accentuated 1111 information re-
ceiveds by the Temps; ,according to Which
Getman reinforcements aro massing' on
that part of the eastern front held by
the Roumanians, while behind the Rou-
manian army Ma.ttmallst agitators are
endeavoring to induceItusshel Ii divisions
to march upon Jassy.
The chief agitator in the I enniantan
rear is Bald to be M. P.atcoVsay, who
was born in Bulgaria, but formerly was
one of the Socialist leaders in Roumania.
SAVEEJ HAIIFAX
FROM TOTAL RUIN
Heroic Captain Put Out Fire
On Munitions Ship
That Would Have Destroyed
Entire City.
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 9.1—The narrow
escape the City of Halifax had from
complete destruction, with possibly
the loss of 20,000 lives, was disclosed
to -day, when a aescription of how a
fire which broke out on the munition
ship Picton was put out before it
could reach its cargo. The Picton
caught fire following the explosion on
the Mont Blanc, and at the time was
eying in a position much nearer the
heart of the port than the Mont
Blanc. c The credit for extinguishing
the flames on the ship and placing
her in a position where,.even had she
exploded, she would have done little
harm, is given to Captain James W.
Harrison, formerly a British ekipper,
and now marine
superintendent of
tho Furness -Withy Line in Halifart.
A short while ago the Picton, while
on a voyage with munitions from an
American port to Great Britain, lost
her rudder off Halifax in a storm.
She was towed hero for repairs.
These had been completed and she
was moored off the Acadia Sugar Re-
finery, about a mile straight across
from the heart of the city, waiting
the order to proceed to sea.
The skipper of the ship and the
members of his crew were watching
the fire on the Mont Blanc and
were nearly all killed when the ex-
plosion took place. Those who sur-
vived, knowing the nature of the
cargo of their own vessel, and seeing
it ablaze from the effects of the ex-
plosion, made haste to desert her
and place themselves in safety.
Captain Harrison, seeing the ship
on fire and also recognizing that
Halifax would be utterly destroyed if
its cargo of munitions. was ever ex-
ploded, went aboard and single-
handed began the hazardous work
of placing the steamer as .far away
from the city as possible.
He cut the hawsers and the ship
began to -drift away on tho tide. He
then fitted up a hose and played it on
the fire.
Fortunately the flames were at-
tacking a section of the ship where
they were easily accessible, and owe
ing to the captain's timely work
itept away from the munitions.in the
cargo holds.
Captain Harrison stuck to his task
until he could get assistance to "om-
pietely extinguish the flames. The
ship was then taken outslde the
danger zone.
In addition to saving the city from
tho effects of a second explosion, the
captain apparently also saved her
valuable cargo, while the ship, it is
thought, beyond being badly strain-
ed and partially burned, can soon be
rehdered fit for dervic) again,
— 4+ ♦ ♦ 4
BRITISH GAINS
IN MESOPOTAMIA
Chase Foe Back 25 Miles in
Bad Country.
Turk Believed to Have Fired
Coal Mines.
London, Dec. 9.—The following
official statement concerning opera-
tions in Mesopotamia was issued to-
day:
"After securing Sakaltutan Pass
Tuesday the Turks were pursued to
the village Of ICarak Tepe, 25 miles
north of Deli Abbas, through 'which
the enemy was driven after a sharp
engagement. The pursuit was made
over difficulties, over bogs and inter-
sected by numerous watercourses.
The British and Russians fighting on
our right flank showed great powers
of endurance, overcoming all ob-
stacles.
"Friday our aeroplanes bombed
Tuz Kurmatll with good results.
"It is reported the Turks have set
fire to the Kifri coal mines, as firee
were observed burning there Thurs-
day.
"The total cat5turee between Mon.
day and Wednesday were 227 Twits*
ottiere, including the commander of
the i5Gth Iteginient and si:t ether'
officers, two field gunq and ono ma-
chine gun."
ONE SCHOOL
WERE KtLLED
Many Instances of Whole
Halifax Families Wiped
Out,
BLOWN A MILE
And Lived -200 Bodies
Found When Waterfront
Dragged.
Halifax. Dec, 9.—Stories of. the in-
cidental episodes connected with the
catastrophe continue to come in. At
the Richmond School, where hun-
dreds of children are believed to have
been either killed by concussion or
smothered beneath the roof and
walls, a little boy was blown through
the collapsing ruins and is practicallY
unhurt. •.
A soldier who had gone through
three years in the trenches was killed
by concussion.
The body of Pilot William Hayes,
who was on the Belgian relief
steamer, was to-dayfound on the
shore near Olaud's Brewery. As far
as can be learned, there were be-
tween fifty and sixty men at the re-
finery when it collapsed.
The new Acadia Sugar Refinery
tug Ragus, which replaced the Mi-
kado, is lost with all hands.
An unknown emals tug containing
three or four men was tossed clear
over Pier eight and all were lost.
Stewart Ross, of the Naval Service,
who lives on Duffus street, lost four
children.
A man who lived on Campbell
road yesterday found an infant un-
der a baby carriage, and the' little
ono had escaped any injury, but was
removed to one of the hospitals.
Of 20 members of the Heffler fam-
ily, one is left.
The gun of the steamer Mont Blanc
was blown two miles inshore.
Several more persons were res cued
alive from the ruins yesterday.
Soldiers who were excavating in a
cellar of a house which had collapsel,
but had not been destroyed by fire,
heard the faint bark of a dog. As
quickly as they could they movsd
away the heavy covering of debris and
found- not only the dog, but a little
boy about ,three years of age. Tho
little follow was still alive and seem-
ingly unbruised. He was taken to
one of the hospitals.
Digging to -day, sailors found a live
kitten under debris which had killee
a family f
i- o five.
FOUND FAMILY IN THE RUINS.
Private Henneberry, 63rd, who rec-
ently returned from the front wouad-
i .
t
ed, was digging away the e run3 of
his hone yesterday, when he beard a
faint moan. Others of the 63rd ca'ue
to his aid, and under a stove and rro-
toted by the protruding ash-panan they
found little 18 -months' old Olive Hen-
neberry. The child was in a semi-
conscious condition, but soon recov-
ered. The men kept on with the
work and found the remains of Mrs.
Henneberry and her five children,
At the Wellington street barractts,
which was destroyed, nobody in :he
interior of the building was Injured,
though it contained over 600 1n9.1. Six
guards on the outside were killed t y
concussion. Many men from the com-
rnisit
lsing, but tei battalion
nis thought they are ein quarters there, n -
gaged in relief work.
200 VICTIMS IN WATER -
To -day men' of the naval forces
dredged the water -front and recover-
ed 200 bodies of sailors, soldiers, and
men working there.
At one of the clothing depots a sol-
dier, who only returned from tee
front Thursday to find his wife and
children dead, was found working on
Saturday night, having had no sleep
since the explosion, "1 must do emu -
thing or go mad," he said.
David Hincn, sen., boilermaker,
when he reached hone after the ex-
plosion, found his house entirely do-
stroyed, it having first collapsed and
then burned to the ground. In the
ruins were his wife, two of his sons.
John, aged 11, and his eleven -months -
old daughter Catherine, also Harold,
aged 17. Leo Minch, 16 years old, is
a messenger boy for the Canadian
Press, who was saved.
David Hinch, jun., was working at
the Exhibition grounds, and on has-
tening home found his wife and child
to be among the missing. Later his
wife'sbody, cut in two, was discov-
ered In the ruins. His infant child,'
Gerald, is still recorded as missing.
His .home, 24 Richmond street, was
blown down. The case of the Hinches
is only characteristic o; hundreds of
families.
A boy of 16,named Mic
eel Eichel.
el,
who resided at Mahone bay, ten miles
from Halifax, walked through yester-
day's blizzard to offer his assistance.
Ho had worked all day without food.
when he collapsed and had to be put
to bed.
ESCAPE OF NAVAL CADETS
The escape of the 36 naval cadets
in Naval College was one of the mir-
acles of the explosion. Tho young-
sters, who mostly come from Central
and Western Canada, were watching
the fire on the Mont Blanc, which was
less than five hundred yards away
from them, through the• windows.
when the explosion occurred. A thick
wall running around the premises
seems to have absorbed most of the
shock, and to have protected the lat-
ter part of the premises. The boys
were mostly cut with flying glass,
while sprite of them were bruised
when they wore flung across.the room
by the concussion.
Unbelievable things happened when
the munitions ship exploded. But the
case of Third Officer Mayers, of the
British transport Middleton Castle,
stands out es the most remarkable.
The trsreport was not more than 200
yards from the Mont Blanc when the
crash carne. At the moment players
was on deck, ready to etep into a
small boat to go ashore. When May-
ors came to he was prone on the high
ground half a mile away, stark naked.
There was not a niece of clothing on
his body when lie was picked up and
removed to a house nearby.
The Middleton Castle was wrecke,1
Woad repair, and most of tier crew.
and mechanics (rein the city at work
In her engine MOM, were Milled.
The citlzens got a shriek tc•ilay,
when a ship was noticed to bo On firs
outside the harbor. ImmedlatelY ru-
mor's go around that she was a, muni-
tions craft and that another (mph?.
(don was expected. It happily turned
out that the steamer was a coaler.
She was taken iu liana by the naval
authorities, who got the fire under
control.
The list of ships injured by the ex -
'plosion was added to by the beach-
ing of the Caracas. She was loading
horses at the time. MYiariy of her crow
and mon helping in the trans -ship-
ment of the horses were killed, and
she broke loose from her moorings
and drifted across the harbor, ground-
ing on the shore opposite Halifax,
STi EA'1 B1 SINKING.
Government: $ 'Shave
•
5 lei
Sends Out:': • O.S.
Quebee report: A wit close from
Fame Point, received here to -night
announced that "5, 0. S." calls had
been picked up there from the Gov-
ernment steamer Simone, which was
sinking off the Magdalen Islands, The
vessel, which left hero about a month
ago, carried a large cargo cf supplies
for lighthouses on the north shore,
Belle Isle, and the 'Newfoundland
coast.
She later picked up buoys around
the Magdalen Islands, and a wireless
from here received at noon to -day,
stated that she was on her way to
Prince Edward Island,
Tho vessel is commanded by Cap-
tain Dalton, who has a crew of forty-
three men.
HAT HAUFAX
NEEDS AT ONCE
•
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 9.—The estimate
material required for the temporary
of m ora
a q p
repairs to be done in Halifax so as to
make damaged houses available, and
which have been prepared by the re-
construction section of the Halifax
Relief Committee, follows:
Glass, 1,000,000 lights or panes, as-
sorted sizes.
Putty, 50 tons.
Sashes, 18,000.
Doors, 2,000; scantling, 250,000 b.m.
Boards (matched), 1,000,000 feet
b.m,
Roofing paper, 5,000 square feet.
Wall board, 300,000 square feet.
Nails, 1,000 kegs, 21/2 to 4 inches.
The above does not include any
materials which may be required for.
dwellings which have been completely
demolished, nor for public buildings,
railway- terminals, manufacturing, in-
dustrial buildings or walls. All de-
sirous of forwarding material should
communicate with Col. Robert S. Low,
chairman Reconstruction Committee,
Halifax Hotel, Halifax, '$p as to avoid
overlapping.
.•.
COSSACKS ARE
IN REVOLUTION
ACAINST "REDS"
Well Supplied With Funds,
and Led by Kaledines
and Korniloff.
THE ARMISTICE
German Orders Prove the
Treachery They Are
Meditating.
London, Dec. 9.—A j roelamation to
the Russian nation has been issued by
the Russian Government announcing
that "Kaledines and Korniloff, assist-
ed by the Imperialists and Con-
stitutional Democrats, have raised a
revolt and declared war in the Don
region against "the people and the
revolution."
The proclamation adds that "the
Constitutional Democrats and bour-
geoisie are supplying the revolting
generals with scores of millions,"
"Tho Workmen's and Soldiers' dele-
gates have ordered the necessary
movements of. troops against the
counter-revolution and issued decrees
authorizing the local revolutionary
garrisons to attack the enemies ot the
people without awaiting orders from
the supreme authorities and forbid-
ding any attempts at mediation."
NOT A SHOT FIRED.
To -day, for tho first time since the
war began not a single shot was fired
on the Russian front from the Black
Sea tot
the Baltic. a tic The cessation a ion of
hostilities officially began at noon
when the ten-day armistice, signed
last Wednesday, .,ecame effective.
Notice of this truce reached the ar-
mies on the northern and western
fronts yesterday, where the Russian
War Office communication declared
that no hos,ilit]es had occurred.
THE ARMISTICE PROPOSALS.
The Russian delegation from the
front which took part in the armistice
negotiations reported to the Central
h xecutive Committee and tho Soldiers'
and Workmen's Council to -day. The
terms of the armistice were outlined
by ono of the delegation, as follows:
"The Russians proposed that the dur-
ation of the armistice be six months,
with three days' notice of the resump-
tion of hostilities, the armistice to em-
brace all fronts, in all countries; no
troops to be transferred; Moon Sound
and Moon Island to be evacuated by
the Cernrans,"
The Germans made the following
counter -proposals: "The armistice to
last 28 days, to embrace only the Rus-
sian front; the transfer of units less
than a division to be 'permitted; Moon
Sound and Island to remain in Ger-
man occupation; the Russian troops
to be removed from the Macedonian
and french fronts; Russian and Tltrk.
ish troops to evacuate Persia."
"Tho bourgeoisie press accuses the
Bolshevik] of yielding ou all points.
The Soldiers' and Workmen's press
in reply to these attacks declares
that the Govgruruent of the Soldiers'
and Workmeh'i, has concluded neither
an armistice nor a peace contrary to
the interests not only,ofthe Ilussian,
but of the allied peoples,"
The consideration of the report was
postponed,
•
A satire on Kaiser Wilhelm written
by Louis Syberkrop, of Creston, Iowa,
has won the Iowa men much com-
ment during recent weeks. He has
received from Joseph Tumulty, secre-
tary to the President, Secretary Dan-
iels and Colonel Roosevelt requests
for copise of the article svhlch is in
the farm of a letter from his satanic
majesty to the Gorman emperor. The
letter follows:
"The Ilifet•nal Regions.
"June 28, 1917.
"To Wilhelm von Ilonenzollern, King
of Prussia, Emperor of all Ger-
many and Envoy Extraordinary of
Almighty God.
"My Dear Wilhelm: I can call you
by that familiar name for I have al-
ways been very close to you—much
closer than you could ever know,
"From the time that you were yet
an undeveloped being in your moth-
er's womb have I shaped your des-
tiny for my purpose.
"In the days of Rome I created a
roughneck known in history as Nero.
He was a vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that particular time.
In these- modern days a classic demon
and efficient super -criminal was need-
ed, and as I knew the Hohenzollern
blood
I picked you as n
Y
specialeclat in-
strument to place on earth an annex
of hell. I gave you abnormal ambi-
tion likewise an over supply of ego-
tism that you might not discover your
own failings; I twisted your mind to
that of a mad plan with certain nor-
mal tendencies to carry you by a
most dangerous character placed in
power. I gave you the power of •a
hypnotist and a certain magnetic force
that you might sway your people. I
ata responsible for tho deformed arm
that lraeigs helpless on your left, for
your crippled condition embitters your
life and destroys all noble impulses
that might otherwise cause me anx-
iety, but your strong sword arm is
driven by your ambition that squelch-
es all sentiment anti pity. I placed
in Your soul a deep hatred for all
things English, for of all nations on
earth I hate Englana most; wherever
England plants her flag she brings or-
der out of chaos, and the hated cross
follows the Union Jack; under her
rule wild tribes become tillers of the
soil and in due time practical citizens;
sho is the great civlizer of the globe
and I hate her. I planted in your soul
a cruel hatred of your mother because
she was English and left my good
friend' Bismarck to fan the name I
had kindled. Recent history proves
hate well your work was done. It
broke your royal mothel•'s heart, but
I gained my purpose.
"The inherited disease of the Ho-
'
honz ollerns ki,ledour father, ther, just
as it will kill you, and you became
the ruler of Germany and a tool of
mine sooner than I expected.
To assistou and farther hasten
ton
m • work sent you three evil 1 s frits
Nietsehe, Tritsche,, and later Bern-
hardt, whose teachings inflamed the
youths of Germany, who in good time
would be willing and loyal subjects
and -eager to spill their blood and pull
your chestnuts, yours and mine; the
spell has been perfect—you cast your
ambitious eyes toward the Mediter-
ranean, Egypt, India and the Dardan-
elles and you began your great rail-
way to Bagdad, but the ambitious
archduke and his more ambitious wife
stood in your way. It was then I
sowed the seed ih your heart that
blossomed into the assassination of,
the duke and his wife, and all hell
smiled when it saw ,crow cleverly you
saddled the cruise on to Serbia. I
saw you set sail for the fjords of Nor-
way and I knew you would prove an
alibi. How cleverly done, so much
like your noble grandfather, who also
secured an assassin to remove old Bing
Frederick of Denmark and later rob-
bed that country of the provinces that
gave Germany an opportunity to be-
come a naval power. Murder is
dirty work, but it takes a Hohenzol-
lern to make away and get by.
"Your opportunity was at hand;
you sot the world on fire and hells
of hell were ringing; your rape on
Belgium caused much Joy. It was
the beginning of the foundation of a
perfect hell on earth, the destruction
of noble cathedrals and other infinite
works of art was hailed with joy in
the infernal regions,
"You made war on friends and
foe alike and the murder of ilvlliany
showed my teachings had borne
fruit. Your treachery toward non
tral nations hastened tt universal up•
heave!, the thing I most desired
Your undersea warfare Is a master
`strobe, from the smallest mackerel
pot to the groat Lusitania you show
no favorites; as a war lord you stand
supreme, for you have no mercy:
you have no Consideration for the
baby clinging to its mother's breast
as they both go down into the deep
together, only to bo torn apart and
leisurely devoured by sharks down
among the corals.
"1 . have strolled over the battle-
fields of Belgium and France. I have
seen your hand of destruction every-
where; it's all your work, super -fiend
that I made yon. I have seen tar
fields of Poland, now a wilderness ft,
for plowing Leasts only no merry
children in I'c.1ard now; they cal
succumbed to frost and starvation --
I drifted down into Galicia whe: e
formerly Jews and Gentiles lived
happily together; I found but ruins
and ashes; I felt a curious pride ir
my pupil for it was all above my ex-
pectation. I was in Belgium when
you drove the peaceful population
befog
eou like cattle attic ittto slavery
you separated man and wife and
forced them to hard labor in
trenches. I have seen the most
fiendish rape committed on young
women and those who were forced
into maternity were cursing the
father of their offspring and I be-
an to doubt if my own inferno was
•eally up to date.
"You have taken millions of dol -
'ars from innocent victims and
:alled it indemnity; you have liver;
'at on the land you usurped and sent
the real owners away to starvation
You have strayed away front all le-
gal war methods and introduced a
code of your own. You have killed
and robbed the people of friendly
nations and destroyed their property.
You are a liar, a hypocrite and a
bluffer of the highest magnitude.
You are a part of mine and yet you
pose as a personal friend of God.
A•b, Wilhelm, you are a wonder
You wantonly destroy all things in
your path and leave nothing for
coming generations.
I was amazed az d wh
on I
saw
You
form a partnership with the impos-
sible Turk, the chronic killer of
Christians, and you a devout wor-
shipper in the Lutheran church. 1
confess, Wilhelm, you are .a puzzle o+
times. 1
s All ohammedan army, com-
manded by German officers, assist
ing one another in m
assacrein
g
Chris-
tians is a new line of warfare. When
a Prussian officer can witness a nude
woman being disembowlled by a
swarthy Turk, committing a double
murder with one cut of his sabre,
and calmly stand by and see a house
full of innocent Armenians locked
up, the house saturated with oil and
fired, then my teachings did not
stop with you, but have been ex-
tended to the whole German nation.
I confess my Satanic soul grew sick°
and there and then I knew my new
pupil had became the master. I am
a back number, and, my dear Wil-
helm, I abdicate in your favor. The
great key of hell will be turned over
to you. The gavel that has struck the
doom of damned souls since time be-
gan is yours. I am satisfied with
what I have done; that my abdicat e:11
in your favor is for the very best in-
terests of hell—in the future I am at
your majesty's service.
"Affectionately and sincerely,
"LUCIFER H. SATAN."
TRUSTFULordeG'2SOth E.ItMA.`Y.
An r to the German army
division containing instructions for
fraternizing with hussian troops in
printed by the Petrograd newspaper
Dyen. Tho purpose of the order, as
stated at the beginning, is "to disor-
ganize the enemy's army and secure
necessary information ,therefrom."
Detailed inatructious aro given for
conducting a propaganda by means of
peeiiphlets and newspapers together
with "appeals in a soft tone, filled
with comradery, by giving tobacco,
etc., etc,"
. All batteries are to be instructed as
to the positions of Russian units
which respond to such advances and
may not fire on them, s t:,wevor, since
"the enemy Is perfidious and without
honor" German soldiers entrusted
with the duty of visiting the Russian
lines for fraternization are to bo
closely guarded and riflemen in the
nearest trenches must be in readi-
ness.
POOH-POOHED IN LONDON.
London, Dec. 9,—The threats that
the Bolshevik]. are making to repudi-
ate Russia's foreign loans aro pooh-
poohed in London financial circles.
Evelyn Hubbard, a banker with exten-
sive Russian connections, to -day de-
scribed the threats as "rubbish."
"I am confident that Russia will
never repudiate her debts," he added.
Charles Birch Crisp, founder of the
Anglo -Russian Trust Co., interviewed
by tho Weekly Despatch, said: "In
view of the fact that the liolshevilti
are quite irresponsible'and have seized
power without any proper mandato
from the Russian 'people we may as-
sume, rightly, the', their reign will
and quickly, and consequently, that
their utterances about repudiating
Russia's debt may be discredited."
U. S. DESTROYER SUNK.
Torpedoed by U -Boat and
Many Lives Lost.
Washington, Dec. 9.—The Atnerican de-
r:irot er Jacob Jones was torpedoed and
sumo on Thursday, while en patroldu
In foreign waters, the Navy Department
Anr..otinced yesterday. A considerable
number or lives were lost,
Vice -Admiral Huns has cabled t'ee Navy
Department that 44 officers and men had
been save,' of the 110 known to stave
been aboard the de troyor Jacob Jones,
terr+e'toed and sunk Thura'ay by a tier.
]nen eubmarino.
Additional information wcdlved frO41
Admiral sins reveals tite fact that the
Jacob Jotter was torpeeeel at 4.13 e's
eloeit p it on December 0, She be.
Pan to wale tet, awl finally soul, at
4.2;t a'e
DROVE THROUGH
TEUTON BLLOON
Italian Aviator Reached
Ground Safely
While Drachen and Crew.
. Burned.
(Special Cable by the Associated
Press,)
Italy 1
Lieut. Y cab e. Anciiloto, of the
Italian aviation corps, has executed
one of the most daring exploits of the
war, telescoping an Austrian balloon
which was observing Venice from the
Piave line, passing through the gas
bag with parts of the envelope about
his propelled-, and winning a Govern-
ment bonus of six thousand lire for
his exploit.
Enemy drachens, or observation
balloons, have been numerous and
troublesome 'ail along the line, and
Clio authorities have offered two
thousand lire for every one destroyed.
Ancillotto _ had brought down two
within the last few days, and yester-
day went after his third. He rose
from Maestro, a suburb of Venice, in
an 80 -horsepower machine, and as-
cended high above the drachen. Then
ho began a series of glides close above
the balloon, .to drop incendiary bombs
as ho passed.
On ono of his glides the • aviator
miscalculated, and instead of passing
over the drachen, struck it squarely
amidships. Thorn was a terrific rip
and tear as the aeroplane shot
through the envelope and merged with
its tatters on its propeller. The great
volume of gas released tools fire from
the engine of the airplane, and the
drachen was burned in midair, to-
gether with its oeeupant,
Lieut. Ancillotto was scorched, but
'uninjured, He guided his machine
to.ek to the aviation field, where he
'x'as received with rapture. Iiis gray
oar was burned blaclt as charcoal, but
e4herwise it was uninjured.
Onoh• meet elth Ire n t peace ad.
of the t I n t
vocatcs in till Europe ie the empty
tstomacho of the German people. --Kan.
eras City Journal.
TEUTONS QUIT
THE ASSAULT
UPON ITALY
Cannot Break Into Plains—
British and French
Troops in Line,
HUGE AIR RAID
150 Planes Drop 2,000
Bombs On Foe, With
Disastrous Effect.
Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy, Dec. 9,—The l3attle
of Asiago is virtually suspended, with
the enemy checked, if not defeated, in
his main design of breaking through
to the Brenta Valley and the plain a
few miles below, although he suc-
ceeded in advancing his lines a short
distance when the Italians fell back
to new positions,
These positions, guarding the Fren-
zela and Gadena passes. have suc-
cessfully resisted all enemy efforts,
and the Italians on Inc steep heights
on each side of the passes rain down
artillery -
le y and rifle fico and release,
huge boulders every time the enemy
forces try to get through.
This has continued until the Ital-
ians seem reasonably assured of
holding the passes and compelling
the enemy to look for another line of
approach.
An exceptionally large air raid was'
carried outt yesterday with af
,
ot of
150 aeroplanes, including Italian
Tight and heavy scjuadrona. The• huge
fleet flew low, scattering more* than
2.000 bombs. ..which caused extensive
damage in the northern sector. where
the enemy is assembling forces .and
supplies. Troop trains were scattered,
railway depots destroyed, and muni -
eon supplies blown up. Large fires
marked the route of the raiders. in-
dicating the extent of the destruction.
WHERE BRITDSH ARE LOCATED.
It will be cheering news to the al-
lied world that allied reinforcenients
nave now definitely taken thele place
en the actual Italian front and are
to -day occupying tenches in the bat-
tered positions held by the -Italian
troops, now relieved for a needed
respite.
The British position is around. the
heights of Montello, en the ;tipper
Piave, where the batteries on the
heights ate already in action and rifle
fire answers the steady aniping from
across the river. The French posi-
tion cannot as yet be indicated, but it
is in an equally important sector.
The o formaliti
es of
transfer have
been in progress for the past week
and are now definitely accomplished
when the Italians saluted the British
flag,the T
and o
mm'
tea cheered d h
c t o
men in grey as they went for their
well-earned rest:
This transfer is significant.
First—
I i
visib
First—Ie s lev
e idenc
e of al-
lied unity, not alone in coeferences,
but on the fighting lines. It Is evi-
dence also of unity on the western
front, whether in Italian Venetia or
French Flanders.
Second --It is the infusion of • . new
blood, new life, new spirit, at a timely
moment. Tht Italians have hone
wonders in the last month, but there
is a limit to human endurance, and
the arrival of new men, materials,
supplies, and guns bring reassurance
as well as needed r^_lief.
Third—The extent of the transfer
is considerable. Tho Italian front,
from the mouth of the Piave to the
Swiss frontier, is about 150 miles.
About one-third of this is inactive, but
one hundred miles of front along the
Piave and the northern stretch is feel-
ing the continuous pressure of the
enemy forces.
The Italians still guard considerable
portions and are meeting the brunt of
the attack in the north..
Ono of the results of the transfer
is the ground for confidence it in-
spires for the future.
FRENCH IN FULL STRENGTH.
With the French Armies in Italy,
Dec. 8.—Protected by their own ar-
tillery fire, and, whenever possible,
under cover of night, the French for-
ces have gradually taken over their
allotted position on the Italian front,
and to -day face the Austro -Germans in
full strength. The French began the
task of taking over their sector with
the determination to do this as far as
possible unaided, and they brought up
their own batteries and placed theta
in positions before a single infantry
company advanced. Consequently it
was under the shelter of the French,
and not an Italian, barrage fire that
the troops finally began slipping Into
the lines they now occupy.
These French troops are thoroughly
faihiliar with all kinds of • fighting,
both in the mountains, and in the
plains, , as they are
amen
France's
ea
best and they have taken up their
positions in full confidence that they .
cannot be dlislodged. This has been
tremendously heartening and inspir-
ing t., the Italians retiring for rest
and reorganization.
The French positions are among the
most Important More: the entire Ital-
ian front. Down to the last trooper,
the new command appreciate this fact
and, while they anticipate frequent
and fierce battles, they expect to be
able to hold off any forces that op-
pose them or attempt to break their
way through.
The Austro•elernians have advance
ed at two points—On the Asiago Plat-
eau and in the neighborhood of Monte
Grappa and Monte Tomba, just west
of the Piave—until they nearly over.
look the plains below leading into
Central and Northern Italy.
The arrival of the French troops at
the actual front and their gradual
assumption of one section of the line
after another has had an indeserib•
ably stirring effect on the Italia
troops, who for days past have boas
fraternizing with both French and
British, Despite the difficulties of
language, they have bean b r. y er.
changing experlen :ei, anal the Italians
sae most anxious to el alit by the help
the ir brothers Is .:rine err give al sa.,
as,. dally in the 'ee•,tuil al details of
nu cern warfare, t•1 whi'•h the Fronea
an 1 British are lna::ie:rs after til3le
lr L" experience
.81•4.41.81•4.41r, 5
Yon advertised as aebaufleurette-
t
rtai i . "Yes, madam,9"What were
your duties at your last place? "1
drove and cleaned the cars single-
handed.' "And as maid. "I took
down my lady at night, attd aesem.
bled her in the morning, lxtadam,".
raesell's .;ournttl,
---ssuggmat.
Satan Abdicates
for the Kaiser
A
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A satire on Kaiser Wilhelm written
by Louis Syberkrop, of Creston, Iowa,
has won the Iowa men much com-
ment during recent weeks. He has
received from Joseph Tumulty, secre-
tary to the President, Secretary Dan-
iels and Colonel Roosevelt requests
for copise of the article svhlch is in
the farm of a letter from his satanic
majesty to the Gorman emperor. The
letter follows:
"The Ilifet•nal Regions.
"June 28, 1917.
"To Wilhelm von Ilonenzollern, King
of Prussia, Emperor of all Ger-
many and Envoy Extraordinary of
Almighty God.
"My Dear Wilhelm: I can call you
by that familiar name for I have al-
ways been very close to you—much
closer than you could ever know,
"From the time that you were yet
an undeveloped being in your moth-
er's womb have I shaped your des-
tiny for my purpose.
"In the days of Rome I created a
roughneck known in history as Nero.
He was a vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that particular time.
In these- modern days a classic demon
and efficient super -criminal was need-
ed, and as I knew the Hohenzollern
blood
I picked you as n
Y
specialeclat in-
strument to place on earth an annex
of hell. I gave you abnormal ambi-
tion likewise an over supply of ego-
tism that you might not discover your
own failings; I twisted your mind to
that of a mad plan with certain nor-
mal tendencies to carry you by a
most dangerous character placed in
power. I gave you the power of •a
hypnotist and a certain magnetic force
that you might sway your people. I
ata responsible for tho deformed arm
that lraeigs helpless on your left, for
your crippled condition embitters your
life and destroys all noble impulses
that might otherwise cause me anx-
iety, but your strong sword arm is
driven by your ambition that squelch-
es all sentiment anti pity. I placed
in Your soul a deep hatred for all
things English, for of all nations on
earth I hate Englana most; wherever
England plants her flag she brings or-
der out of chaos, and the hated cross
follows the Union Jack; under her
rule wild tribes become tillers of the
soil and in due time practical citizens;
sho is the great civlizer of the globe
and I hate her. I planted in your soul
a cruel hatred of your mother because
she was English and left my good
friend' Bismarck to fan the name I
had kindled. Recent history proves
hate well your work was done. It
broke your royal mothel•'s heart, but
I gained my purpose.
"The inherited disease of the Ho-
'
honz ollerns ki,ledour father, ther, just
as it will kill you, and you became
the ruler of Germany and a tool of
mine sooner than I expected.
To assistou and farther hasten
ton
m • work sent you three evil 1 s frits
Nietsehe, Tritsche,, and later Bern-
hardt, whose teachings inflamed the
youths of Germany, who in good time
would be willing and loyal subjects
and -eager to spill their blood and pull
your chestnuts, yours and mine; the
spell has been perfect—you cast your
ambitious eyes toward the Mediter-
ranean, Egypt, India and the Dardan-
elles and you began your great rail-
way to Bagdad, but the ambitious
archduke and his more ambitious wife
stood in your way. It was then I
sowed the seed ih your heart that
blossomed into the assassination of,
the duke and his wife, and all hell
smiled when it saw ,crow cleverly you
saddled the cruise on to Serbia. I
saw you set sail for the fjords of Nor-
way and I knew you would prove an
alibi. How cleverly done, so much
like your noble grandfather, who also
secured an assassin to remove old Bing
Frederick of Denmark and later rob-
bed that country of the provinces that
gave Germany an opportunity to be-
come a naval power. Murder is
dirty work, but it takes a Hohenzol-
lern to make away and get by.
"Your opportunity was at hand;
you sot the world on fire and hells
of hell were ringing; your rape on
Belgium caused much Joy. It was
the beginning of the foundation of a
perfect hell on earth, the destruction
of noble cathedrals and other infinite
works of art was hailed with joy in
the infernal regions,
"You made war on friends and
foe alike and the murder of ilvlliany
showed my teachings had borne
fruit. Your treachery toward non
tral nations hastened tt universal up•
heave!, the thing I most desired
Your undersea warfare Is a master
`strobe, from the smallest mackerel
pot to the groat Lusitania you show
no favorites; as a war lord you stand
supreme, for you have no mercy:
you have no Consideration for the
baby clinging to its mother's breast
as they both go down into the deep
together, only to bo torn apart and
leisurely devoured by sharks down
among the corals.
"1 . have strolled over the battle-
fields of Belgium and France. I have
seen your hand of destruction every-
where; it's all your work, super -fiend
that I made yon. I have seen tar
fields of Poland, now a wilderness ft,
for plowing Leasts only no merry
children in I'c.1ard now; they cal
succumbed to frost and starvation --
I drifted down into Galicia whe: e
formerly Jews and Gentiles lived
happily together; I found but ruins
and ashes; I felt a curious pride ir
my pupil for it was all above my ex-
pectation. I was in Belgium when
you drove the peaceful population
befog
eou like cattle attic ittto slavery
you separated man and wife and
forced them to hard labor in
trenches. I have seen the most
fiendish rape committed on young
women and those who were forced
into maternity were cursing the
father of their offspring and I be-
an to doubt if my own inferno was
•eally up to date.
"You have taken millions of dol -
'ars from innocent victims and
:alled it indemnity; you have liver;
'at on the land you usurped and sent
the real owners away to starvation
You have strayed away front all le-
gal war methods and introduced a
code of your own. You have killed
and robbed the people of friendly
nations and destroyed their property.
You are a liar, a hypocrite and a
bluffer of the highest magnitude.
You are a part of mine and yet you
pose as a personal friend of God.
A•b, Wilhelm, you are a wonder
You wantonly destroy all things in
your path and leave nothing for
coming generations.
I was amazed az d wh
on I
saw
You
form a partnership with the impos-
sible Turk, the chronic killer of
Christians, and you a devout wor-
shipper in the Lutheran church. 1
confess, Wilhelm, you are .a puzzle o+
times. 1
s All ohammedan army, com-
manded by German officers, assist
ing one another in m
assacrein
g
Chris-
tians is a new line of warfare. When
a Prussian officer can witness a nude
woman being disembowlled by a
swarthy Turk, committing a double
murder with one cut of his sabre,
and calmly stand by and see a house
full of innocent Armenians locked
up, the house saturated with oil and
fired, then my teachings did not
stop with you, but have been ex-
tended to the whole German nation.
I confess my Satanic soul grew sick°
and there and then I knew my new
pupil had became the master. I am
a back number, and, my dear Wil-
helm, I abdicate in your favor. The
great key of hell will be turned over
to you. The gavel that has struck the
doom of damned souls since time be-
gan is yours. I am satisfied with
what I have done; that my abdicat e:11
in your favor is for the very best in-
terests of hell—in the future I am at
your majesty's service.
"Affectionately and sincerely,
"LUCIFER H. SATAN."
TRUSTFULordeG'2SOth E.ItMA.`Y.
An r to the German army
division containing instructions for
fraternizing with hussian troops in
printed by the Petrograd newspaper
Dyen. Tho purpose of the order, as
stated at the beginning, is "to disor-
ganize the enemy's army and secure
necessary information ,therefrom."
Detailed inatructious aro given for
conducting a propaganda by means of
peeiiphlets and newspapers together
with "appeals in a soft tone, filled
with comradery, by giving tobacco,
etc., etc,"
. All batteries are to be instructed as
to the positions of Russian units
which respond to such advances and
may not fire on them, s t:,wevor, since
"the enemy Is perfidious and without
honor" German soldiers entrusted
with the duty of visiting the Russian
lines for fraternization are to bo
closely guarded and riflemen in the
nearest trenches must be in readi-
ness.
POOH-POOHED IN LONDON.
London, Dec. 9,—The threats that
the Bolshevik]. are making to repudi-
ate Russia's foreign loans aro pooh-
poohed in London financial circles.
Evelyn Hubbard, a banker with exten-
sive Russian connections, to -day de-
scribed the threats as "rubbish."
"I am confident that Russia will
never repudiate her debts," he added.
Charles Birch Crisp, founder of the
Anglo -Russian Trust Co., interviewed
by tho Weekly Despatch, said: "In
view of the fact that the liolshevilti
are quite irresponsible'and have seized
power without any proper mandato
from the Russian 'people we may as-
sume, rightly, the', their reign will
and quickly, and consequently, that
their utterances about repudiating
Russia's debt may be discredited."
U. S. DESTROYER SUNK.
Torpedoed by U -Boat and
Many Lives Lost.
Washington, Dec. 9.—The Atnerican de-
r:irot er Jacob Jones was torpedoed and
sumo on Thursday, while en patroldu
In foreign waters, the Navy Department
Anr..otinced yesterday. A considerable
number or lives were lost,
Vice -Admiral Huns has cabled t'ee Navy
Department that 44 officers and men had
been save,' of the 110 known to stave
been aboard the de troyor Jacob Jones,
terr+e'toed and sunk Thura'ay by a tier.
]nen eubmarino.
Additional information wcdlved frO41
Admiral sins reveals tite fact that the
Jacob Jotter was torpeeeel at 4.13 e's
eloeit p it on December 0, She be.
Pan to wale tet, awl finally soul, at
4.2;t a'e
DROVE THROUGH
TEUTON BLLOON
Italian Aviator Reached
Ground Safely
While Drachen and Crew.
. Burned.
(Special Cable by the Associated
Press,)
Italy 1
Lieut. Y cab e. Anciiloto, of the
Italian aviation corps, has executed
one of the most daring exploits of the
war, telescoping an Austrian balloon
which was observing Venice from the
Piave line, passing through the gas
bag with parts of the envelope about
his propelled-, and winning a Govern-
ment bonus of six thousand lire for
his exploit.
Enemy drachens, or observation
balloons, have been numerous and
troublesome 'ail along the line, and
Clio authorities have offered two
thousand lire for every one destroyed.
Ancillotto _ had brought down two
within the last few days, and yester-
day went after his third. He rose
from Maestro, a suburb of Venice, in
an 80 -horsepower machine, and as-
cended high above the drachen. Then
ho began a series of glides close above
the balloon, .to drop incendiary bombs
as ho passed.
On ono of his glides the • aviator
miscalculated, and instead of passing
over the drachen, struck it squarely
amidships. Thorn was a terrific rip
and tear as the aeroplane shot
through the envelope and merged with
its tatters on its propeller. The great
volume of gas released tools fire from
the engine of the airplane, and the
drachen was burned in midair, to-
gether with its oeeupant,
Lieut. Ancillotto was scorched, but
'uninjured, He guided his machine
to.ek to the aviation field, where he
'x'as received with rapture. Iiis gray
oar was burned blaclt as charcoal, but
e4herwise it was uninjured.
Onoh• meet elth Ire n t peace ad.
of the t I n t
vocatcs in till Europe ie the empty
tstomacho of the German people. --Kan.
eras City Journal.
TEUTONS QUIT
THE ASSAULT
UPON ITALY
Cannot Break Into Plains—
British and French
Troops in Line,
HUGE AIR RAID
150 Planes Drop 2,000
Bombs On Foe, With
Disastrous Effect.
Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy, Dec. 9,—The l3attle
of Asiago is virtually suspended, with
the enemy checked, if not defeated, in
his main design of breaking through
to the Brenta Valley and the plain a
few miles below, although he suc-
ceeded in advancing his lines a short
distance when the Italians fell back
to new positions,
These positions, guarding the Fren-
zela and Gadena passes. have suc-
cessfully resisted all enemy efforts,
and the Italians on Inc steep heights
on each side of the passes rain down
artillery -
le y and rifle fico and release,
huge boulders every time the enemy
forces try to get through.
This has continued until the Ital-
ians seem reasonably assured of
holding the passes and compelling
the enemy to look for another line of
approach.
An exceptionally large air raid was'
carried outt yesterday with af
,
ot of
150 aeroplanes, including Italian
Tight and heavy scjuadrona. The• huge
fleet flew low, scattering more* than
2.000 bombs. ..which caused extensive
damage in the northern sector. where
the enemy is assembling forces .and
supplies. Troop trains were scattered,
railway depots destroyed, and muni -
eon supplies blown up. Large fires
marked the route of the raiders. in-
dicating the extent of the destruction.
WHERE BRITDSH ARE LOCATED.
It will be cheering news to the al-
lied world that allied reinforcenients
nave now definitely taken thele place
en the actual Italian front and are
to -day occupying tenches in the bat-
tered positions held by the -Italian
troops, now relieved for a needed
respite.
The British position is around. the
heights of Montello, en the ;tipper
Piave, where the batteries on the
heights ate already in action and rifle
fire answers the steady aniping from
across the river. The French posi-
tion cannot as yet be indicated, but it
is in an equally important sector.
The o formaliti
es of
transfer have
been in progress for the past week
and are now definitely accomplished
when the Italians saluted the British
flag,the T
and o
mm'
tea cheered d h
c t o
men in grey as they went for their
well-earned rest:
This transfer is significant.
First—
I i
visib
First—Ie s lev
e idenc
e of al-
lied unity, not alone in coeferences,
but on the fighting lines. It Is evi-
dence also of unity on the western
front, whether in Italian Venetia or
French Flanders.
Second --It is the infusion of • . new
blood, new life, new spirit, at a timely
moment. Tht Italians have hone
wonders in the last month, but there
is a limit to human endurance, and
the arrival of new men, materials,
supplies, and guns bring reassurance
as well as needed r^_lief.
Third—The extent of the transfer
is considerable. Tho Italian front,
from the mouth of the Piave to the
Swiss frontier, is about 150 miles.
About one-third of this is inactive, but
one hundred miles of front along the
Piave and the northern stretch is feel-
ing the continuous pressure of the
enemy forces.
The Italians still guard considerable
portions and are meeting the brunt of
the attack in the north..
Ono of the results of the transfer
is the ground for confidence it in-
spires for the future.
FRENCH IN FULL STRENGTH.
With the French Armies in Italy,
Dec. 8.—Protected by their own ar-
tillery fire, and, whenever possible,
under cover of night, the French for-
ces have gradually taken over their
allotted position on the Italian front,
and to -day face the Austro -Germans in
full strength. The French began the
task of taking over their sector with
the determination to do this as far as
possible unaided, and they brought up
their own batteries and placed theta
in positions before a single infantry
company advanced. Consequently it
was under the shelter of the French,
and not an Italian, barrage fire that
the troops finally began slipping Into
the lines they now occupy.
These French troops are thoroughly
faihiliar with all kinds of • fighting,
both in the mountains, and in the
plains, , as they are
amen
France's
ea
best and they have taken up their
positions in full confidence that they .
cannot be dlislodged. This has been
tremendously heartening and inspir-
ing t., the Italians retiring for rest
and reorganization.
The French positions are among the
most Important More: the entire Ital-
ian front. Down to the last trooper,
the new command appreciate this fact
and, while they anticipate frequent
and fierce battles, they expect to be
able to hold off any forces that op-
pose them or attempt to break their
way through.
The Austro•elernians have advance
ed at two points—On the Asiago Plat-
eau and in the neighborhood of Monte
Grappa and Monte Tomba, just west
of the Piave—until they nearly over.
look the plains below leading into
Central and Northern Italy.
The arrival of the French troops at
the actual front and their gradual
assumption of one section of the line
after another has had an indeserib•
ably stirring effect on the Italia
troops, who for days past have boas
fraternizing with both French and
British, Despite the difficulties of
language, they have bean b r. y er.
changing experlen :ei, anal the Italians
sae most anxious to el alit by the help
the ir brothers Is .:rine err give al sa.,
as,. dally in the 'ee•,tuil al details of
nu cern warfare, t•1 whi'•h the Fronea
an 1 British are lna::ie:rs after til3le
lr L" experience
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Yon advertised as aebaufleurette-
t
rtai i . "Yes, madam,9"What were
your duties at your last place? "1
drove and cleaned the cars single-
handed.' "And as maid. "I took
down my lady at night, attd aesem.
bled her in the morning, lxtadam,".
raesell's .;ournttl,