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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-25
GERMAN DRIVE
FAILSTOPIERCE
ARGONNE LINE
French Report Rcpulsc of
Several Charges by
Kaiscr's Men.
ARTILLERY DUEL In
NORTH WEAKENING

PARIS. Nov. 24.-The centre OF the
most violent fighting has shifted TOR
the time being from Flanders and norm
ern FrnaCe to the Argonne region,
where the Germans and the Allies nave
launched offensive movements. To-day
the only infantry attacks reported were
in this section OF the line. where the
Germans were repulsed in several as
saults on the French trenches.
The official communique issued al
1885 o'clock tonight says.
The day was one OF relative calm.
There was intermittent cannonad-
ing on the front. There were
several attacks in the Argonne, but
they were repulsed.
The fighting yesterday was
characterized mainly by artillery
activity along the front, with the
exception of the Argonne. There
the German infantry onslaughts
were particularly fierce. but the
Allies line held firmly and then re-
versed conditions by a counter at
tack, which was successful IN the
region OF lie Four de Paris, on the
eastern side OF the Argonne forest,
where some ground was gained
4 dense fog. following the IN
seasonably warm weather in the region
between the Argonne and :@e Nosges
has put stop to operations IN tha'
quarter.
The afternoon commun!qu" which FOL
lows gives the information that the
health Of the Allies troops is good:
In general the situation not
undergo any modification during the
day of November %. on the greater
part of the front the enemy mani
tested his activity by an intermit-
tent Cannonade less violent than on
the preceding days.
Here and there, nevertheless. there
were some infantry attacks by the
Germans All were repulsed, how
ever a. usual The attacks were
particularly violent in the Argonne,
where We gained some ground in
the region OF -Four de Paris.
There is nothing to report as TO
! the situation between Argonnc and
| the Vosges. The fog has become
| very thick In that entire section, i'm
peding operations.
The health OF the troops Is good.
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ANTI-FOREIGN. RIOTS.

LONDON, Nov. 24.-The Morning POSTS
correspondents at Petrograd telegraphs:
The British Embassy in Constant
nople has been rans1cked and me Rus
sian hospital pilaged and all for .igners
have been more or less seriously ahu led.
There have been many arrests among all
classes Of the population.
"a widespread conspiracy against the
Young Turks has been discovered. Nj
mcrous reports are current in CONSTANT
nople OF the treachcry OF tho Arabs in
various parts of the Turkish Empire"
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TURKS MOB FOREIGNERS.
From kniscr's ENJOYS.
ny =. w. RENNET,
Special Correspondent Of the London "Daiiy
Ners"

Special Correspondent Of the London "Daiiv
Ners"
Special Cable Despatch 10 TRE Sun
PETRoGRAp. Nov. PA former official
OF the Turkish Reggie, the tobacco mo-
nopoly, has reached Odessa from Con-
stantnople with the report THAI mob
of 1900 Turks led by Turkish oficers
wrecked the interior OF the San Stef,no
Cathedral. Hand grenades We're thrown,
but the steeple was not damaged.
The rioters looted shops in STEAMBOAT
belonging to Christians, and crossed To
Pera ana looted the foreign consulates.
The Minister OF the Interior had assured
American Ambassador Morgen' hau that
there was no danger for foreigners and
had ordered the removal of the sentrics
before the British Consulate.
The mob seized and carried off some
German civilians. MISLEADING them for
British The German military mission
ordered Enver Pasha to have Them re-
leased Immediately, threatening 10 shell
Turkish buildings II II was not done,
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ODDS ON EARLY PEACE LOWER
Ten TO Six at Lloyd's That War VIII
End ny March ~.

LONDON, Nov. "a .---RemarkablC optimism
relative to the duration OF the war pre-
walls in financial and Insurance circles in
London, lolyds policies Indicate that the
betting now is 10 to that tho war will
be ended by March 81, Not long ago the
betting was 5 to | that there would be
no pcace within a year,
The military situation In the east Is
regarded as favorable 10 the Allies and
little anxiety IL felt for the safety of the
allied left wing in the west. in spite of
the massnG of German reenforcements
against IT,
AS for the menace of airships and raid
ing forces, while such attacks are OK
rrcted, nobody appears to believe that
they can prove to be oyerpoweringly dis
aStrous.
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COLD DELAYS ACTIONS.

RERIlS, via The Hague and London.
Nov 24-On the west front the freezing
weather has hampctsu operations and
there has been little change since the
capture OF DiXmudc.
Military critics here are anxious to see
the erect OF the severe cold upon the
troops on both sides. They contend that
the G"rmaus 80" lraiu"d and used 10 such
conditions, which will he handicap tu
the Frcnchmen from the south. to the
Colonial troops and the Indians.
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D1sCoRD IN CYRENAICA DENIED.


ROME. Nov 24-It is officially an
nounccd that the gravity OF the situation
In Cyrenaica and Eiitrea has been greatly
cNaEgcrdted.
1t Is stated that complete accord exists
between Gen. Ameglio Governor Of eyre
nalca, the War once and the Colonial
once. Gen. Angelic left Rome Yesterday
for BeughaSi.
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NO WAR CABLES TO TURKEY.

The Commercial Gable Company an
nouuccd yesterday that the cable COM
pan,cs had been notified by the Turkish
Government that messages TO and from
beligcrcut countries will not be admitted
10 Turkey, either termiualy or in transit
The announcement added that representa-
tives OF neutral Powers in Turkey will
not lee permitted to exchange kilograms
in code or cipher with their hwnc offices
or with other neutral Powers.
kilograms i'm plain language will bC
permitted from. to or by way OF Con
stantluoplc, liagdad, Basscrah, Semava
Kald"mie, Iiancliuc. lille and Hindie
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TURKEY HOLDS GOLD.
Orders Foreigners to Hand Over
Keys of strong Boxes.

CoNsTANrINopLE. via Rome. Nov ga
\ decree has been issued by which the
expectation OF gold Is absolutely forbidden.
All foreigners are ordered to- deliver up
the keys TO their strong boxes in the
banks
The object is to prevent the removal Of
gold deposited with the banks for the
payment OF coupons on the ottoman pub
lie debt.
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Held Observation-Disclosures Line.

Toward October % tie front was thus
determined From Newport TO DsNmudc
ono OF our infantry divisions and 'ur
marines held the railroad line, while the
Belgian army was being r"organi2ed in
the rear To rhe south OF DiNmude We
were intrenched along The canal Thence
our line stretched toward the east making
a vast semicircle before Ypres. which
was occupied by four French army corps
and an English corps The line then eN-
tended south from Messincs T. Armen-
there's. forming two sectors held by the
rest Of the British army and by our
troops
The German attack attempted first 20
capture Dunkirk In order to reach Calais
~ Boulogn', to envelop US and TO ut
the direct communication Of the BRUSH
army with the sci. All tho heavy artil-
lery brought from Antwerp was there
ready to he used i'm its new positions
About November tn" attack was re-
pulsed Prom the railroad line We
marched toward the Nsr, pushing back
the enemy. who had succeeded IN ptssin.;
over to the loft bank ot that stream,
although his rear guard WAS drowned
when the territory wa flooded one can
stll sec, near Ramschapeue German cam
non sunk IN the mud and half submerged
bodies.
next the enemy, not being abe 10
/ turn our left. attempted TO pierce II
This was the battle of Npres. The battle
was furious and bloody I'm I: the Ter
man army threw heavy masses against
our line without regard for losses, sacri-
hcng everything to attain it's end. This
attack was failure During almost three
weeks we have been the object of re
'peatcd prccipitatc and frcn2ied attacks
and all have been repulsrd our front
with its circular form tcast Of Nprcs)
was not easy to hold. We have however
been able to maintain IL.
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BASRA CHEERS BRITISH.


I.oNDoN, Nov 24-The Official News
Bureau issued the following tonight:
"The British entry into Basra. up the
Shat-el-Arab sixty miles from the Per-
sian Gulf on Monday was attended with
ceremonies. The Union Jack was hoisted
salutes were fired and cheers were given
for the King, The British proclamation
was acclaimed by the inhabitants
THE remnants Of the Turkish forces
evaporated, abandoning guns and rifles.
The town of Xober capitulated without
resistance. II is stated that 1000 Turk
sh wounded were brought into Basra
after the action of November IL"
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GERMANS RENEW EFFORT TO PIERCE LINE IN ARGONNE

south the civilians are refused railway
tickets and must journey westward on
the road In Posen and Breslau Poles
are about the only civilians who remain.
They are severely dragooned by the
German gairisons n proclamation has
been issued threatening with capital
punishment any person who shows
special amenities to Russians.
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WANTS CALAIS DEC. 10.

I.oSnoN, Nov. 25.--Thc Standards cor
respondent telcgraphing from West Flard-
ers SAYS that the Kaiser has ordered
his army to take Calais by December 10
The correspondent SAYS that half q
million German troops viii be engaged
within the next few days in the effort "a
burst through 10 Calais and that the forth
coming struggle will be the decisive con-
hiri IN Ihis region.
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CAPTURE 5000 GERMANS.
OniciRi Russian Report says News
Continues Favorable.

Special Cdbie Despatch TO The SrN.
PErRoGRAp. Nov. 2i--The following
official report was issued Tonight
Favorable news continues to ar
rive from the entire front. one
corps especially distinguished itself.
Although ii had sustained heavy losses
OF the preceding day 1t nevertheless
repulsed all the stacks Of the enemy
and put him to flight. This corps
alone took 5000 German prisoners
and "A large number Of machine guns.
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TURKISH FORCE ROUTED,
SAYS RUSSIAN REPORT
Enemy Overthrow Along En-
tire Front and in Retreat
Near ErZcrum.
.spoclnl cnble Despntch 10 rnr srN.

pETRoGRhp. Nov. ~. -- The following
official statement 10y the headquarters of
the Caucasian army was issued here
to-day;
In the Tcroroka region the action
developed yesterday into rout of the
enemy. In the direction of Erzerum the
enemy has been overthrown along the
whole front and driven in precipitate
retreat The enemy is beiLg vigorously
pursued
There have been no changes else
whore"
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FLEEING EAST PRUSSIA.
by HERBERT Duck WORTH.

Special Correspondent Of tie london "DdHy
Ncirs"
CoPENHAGEN. Nov "A private tele-
gram states that 10000 refugees from
East Prussia have arrived in Schleswig-
Holstein. terrified by he Russian adj
vance. Many families In Posen and Bres-
lau suffered great priVations during the
fortnights railroad journey. They were
unable to obtain food and many children
died OF cold and hunger.
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Germany Tncrs Rc.r Famine.

PARIS, Nov 2I-lhe Figaro joyfully
announces that the supply Of becr In
Germany is endangered owing to the scar
city Of barley.
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Specioi cabie Despatch 10 THE suS.

PARIS, Nov. pa note appended 10
the communicate issued at . :45 this after
noon is entitled. Another success of
the Allied Battle in Flanders" and sum
marizes in great detail the whole north
ern campaign. IL is as follows:
SECTION /. Tho time has come to give
review Of the operations VI the last
six weeks, which can he summed up as
follows:
The formidable effort attempted by
the Germans during that period, first, to
turn our left, and next to pierce our
line, has failed completely. By this
effort the enemy attempted to retrieve
his defeats on the Marine. but he only
added another check to that which he
suffered in September. However, in
order to overwhelm us. following its old
method, the German General stan had
neglected nothing on the part of the
front which extends from the l.ys to the
North Sea. There he had nassed from
the beginning of October to the begin
ming OF November four corps Of cavalry
and two armies. comprising the fifteen
army corps under the Crown Prince OF
Bavaria. Gen. Won Fabeck, Gen. Daem-
ling and the Duke Of Wurttemberg
! In order to increase the morale OF
| the troops they increased their appeals
and celebrations to them. We have
/ found their orders on officers who have
| been killed or taken prisoners. All these
/ agree that there was 10 be a decisive
action against the French left to pierce
our line ia the direction of Dunkirk or
/ Yprea for. as one OF these orders stated
! The decisive blow remains still to be
struck and the line was TO be pierced
I at any price and in all haste.
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Planned to lie II, Ypre- Nov. I

THE Germans wished to obtain de-
cision in the western theatre of opera
tons before returning against the adj
versaries in the east. Above everything
else the Emperor was there to en-
courage his soldiers by his presence.
He announced that he wished to be at
Ypres on November !. Everything was
prepared so that on this date the an
rexation OF Belgium should be pro-
claimed. everything except overcoming
the resistance of the allied army.
"ln order to make successful resistance
possible we had TO oppose the enemy
with forces, II not equal 20 his. al lea,.
sufficient 10 hold him such was tnc
situation at the beginning of october.
THE Belgian army left Antwerp in
tao. but too sore.y tried 20 ee abe TO
take part in the fighting The British
army left its positions on the Aisne t
move to the north. The transport and the
debarking OF these troops caused con-
siderable delay The army Of Gen. Dc
Cas.elnau extended north As far as 70
the south OF Arras. The army Of Gen.
de MaudNuy stretched from this point O.
the south OF Lille Farther on we ha. /
cavalry. terrltorials and fusili.rs marins
SECTION = This WAS not enough to
enable Cen. Foch. appointed by Gen
Joffrc 10 command the armies c n,
north. 90 halt the operations Cd! the enemy
Reenf0rCemeuts were then sent % MIN
For three weeks trains and Hutom 'h!l's
u'ed supreme. Night and day troops wee
sent nor'h They arrived I'm time and
consisted ~ divis ous and army corps les
numerous than those Of the enemy, hut
animated by an admirable spirit. Handy
/ were they disemblrhrd when they threw
4 themselves into the tgh ana rrmalnc,
At The front during an entire month.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
MASKED MEN ROB
 JEWEtRY STORE
Escape After Pistol Duel With Police -Stool Pigeons Are At Work
 To Locate Crooks.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1S.-Two masked men grabbed s4,O0o worth of jewels from a local jewelry store today and made their escape after a pistol duel with the police. The robbery was the most daring pulled off in this city for years. The men walked into the store, grabbed the gems and made a run for it with the store detective and the regular police hot on their trail. Both sides opened fire at the same time and under cover of the shots the bandits made good their es- cape.
 All pawn brokers have been noti- fled of the robbery and 1t Is hoped to prevent the sale of the jewels. The police of eastern cities have al- so been informed and a number of stool pigeons are at work securing evidence for the police department.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
YEGGS MAKE HAUL
 IN CAPITAL CITY
Douglas Grocery Store Is Robbed of $e00.0o-Pharmacy Safe Crack
 ed and s2oo.oo Taken.

JUNEAU, Dec. 18.-Safe crackers broke into the safe of the Douglas Grocery Store last night and secured $900.O0. They also opened the safe of the local pharmacy and secured $20OO0. The police and federal au- thorities have been unable to locate the crooks.
 This is the second robbery in two weeks. Following the last success full safe cracking the city police rounded up a number of undesirables and forced them to leave town. The large number of unemployed and idle men have been a matter of concern to the police for months and that number of crooks were in the city was suspected, but the work of secur' ing evidence against them was impos. sible.
 The business men will insist upon the city securing the services of de. tectives to locate any crooks who may have records and who are in this city.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
FOOD EXPORTS
 HAVE INCREASED !!
November Exports SAC, ,ooo, ,ooo, Which Is Three Times Larger Than
 November, 1913.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-During the month of November exports of food valued at $4O.OoooOo were made from the United States. This Is three times greater than the exports of last year and is caused by the Flu ropean war Exports are expected to grow larger and larger and the farm CTS are expected to reap big har- vest from the sale at high prices of the foodstuffs of the country.
 Congressmen from the cities insist that 1t will be necessary to place an embargo upon the export of foods, as the prices to Americans are going upward all the time and unless some action is taken immediately the cost of living in the cities will go sky ward and become prohibitive and will result in bread riots.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
COMMITTEE CUTS
 HARb0RS BILL Bitter Fight Expected Over Passage of Pork Barrel-$19,o ,o00, ,o00
 More for Canal.

WASHINGTON, Dec 18.-The House Committee on Appropriations today cut the Rivers and Harbors bill to $20,OO0,0O0. The committee insists upon economy. The cut will cause considerable trouble in the House, where members of the majority are determined to secure improvements for their districts. Administration officials are determined to hold the appropriation bills to the lowest pos sible point. The members of con- gress who leave it on March 4th are anxious to secure the passage of ap- propriations for their districts so that they can appeal for reelection twp years hence.
 The Panama Canal Commission re- quires $19,OOO,0O0 to complete the work at the canal. This appropria tion must be made at once in order to protect the canal from great dam age by slides.
 A bitter fight is expected upon all appropriations. Congressmen from districts which are not provided for are expected to block other members of congress from securing pork"
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18

BERLIN, Dec. 18.-The Russian 1n- yasion in Silesia has been repulsed with terrific loss. The invaders were met by a wall of soldiers and new Krupp guns and were moved down by the thousands. The victory is the greatest of the war and ends the mil itary strength of the czar. The loss of guns cannot be replaced by his manufacturing plants in months, as hundreds of cannon were captured, stores and supplies burned or taken, thousands of prisoners surrendered or were wounded and left on the battlefield after the Russians fled, to be cared for by the German Red Cross. This city is wild with joy and thousands are parading the streets carrying the flag and cheer ing. Gen von Hindenberg is again the hero of the day and the people are demanding that he placed in charge of the western campaign and crush the British and French.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
LIONS ESCAPE
 IN N. '. THEATRE
Police and Trainers Kill One and Capture Others-Stampedes the Audience.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Six lions
 escaped here last night from their pens upon he stage of a local theater. The house was packed and the pres. ence of the lions caused a stampede
 in the audience. The big fire doors were opened and the crowds were able to leave sthe building without tanning.
 Policemen and the trainers succeed ed in preventing the animals from injuring any of the people, but one lion was shot es it was about to spring from the Ftage into the strug- gling mob of m and women. The shot was trvsss hg the lion in the head as itWas but to spring. and although the aSt passed entirely through the lio6s head and on into the boxes no one was hit.
 The rest of the six lions were cap tured but not until several of the trainers had been scratched and bit |ten.
 |. The police arrested the manager of the show for criminal careless Eess.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
GRANT RAILROADS INCREASED RATES Five Per Cent. Increase Allowed On All Freight Excepting On Coke,
 Coal and Iron.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The h. terstate Commerce Commission today granted the request of the railroads to be allowed to increase rates on freight shipments. The rates will be raised five per cent. on all shipments excepting coal, coke and iron, upon which it will remain the same as heretofore.
 The railroads declared that al! roads would be forced to shut down unless granted the increase, as the present rates did not take care of the operating expenses and fixed charges and certainly did not provide for the paying of dividends to the stockhold- CTS.
 The shippers fought the reduction, claiming that the burden upon them of higher rates would cause ruin to the manufacturers and shippers and that the transportation lines should bear part of the burden of the pres ent financial unrest caused by tho war and not shift the burden to the shippers and consumers.
 It is estimated that $50,O0O,OOO an- nually will be paid the railroads by reason of the five per cent. raise.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
New Aerial Torpedo.

ROTTERDAM, Dec. 1S.-Reports received here from Germany indicate that the war department is still ex- perimenting with the Zeppelins and that the crews of the big air machines receive daily pracice when the weath- CT conditions permit. The Germans have invented new torpedo which can be aimed with considerable cer- tainty from the great heights at which the airships must sail in order to be free from attack The daily practice of the crews is to drop the new tor pedoes, which are said to be more de- structive than the shells from the big Krupp siege guns at wooden targets made to represent ships or roofs.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
POLICE KILL
 BANK ROBBERS [ E Robbers Succeed In Getting the Money But Fail In Making
 Getaway.

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 18.-Two banks in this city were robbed yester. day of several thousand dollars by q gang of bandits in a fast automobile who drove up to the banks, shot at the cashiers and forced them to pay over the money and then made a run for it, but the police were on their heels and the bandits were killed.
 The duel between the police in one automobile and the bandits in anoth- CT lasted for several minutes. but re. suited in the killing ofa the .robhesa.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18
HAB|EAs CORPUS FOR LEO FRANK
Attorneys for Convicted Murderer Say That Verdict Was Result
 of Public cIamor.

ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. Exchanging that Leo M. Frank is held under sen. tence of death because of popular clamor for his death following the finding of the body of 16-year-old girl factory worker in the basement of the place, at which he was em' ployed, attorneys for Frank asked for a habeas corpus.
 It Is charged that the clamor was so great for the conviction of Frank that the trial judge feared to allow the accused or his counsel in the court room when the verdict was ren' dered, fearing that if it were an ac. quittal the mob would assault the accused and his defenders.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-18

invasion has grown. The demands upon Lloyd's for insurance against the destruction of property by bom- bardment by ships or destruction from Zeppelins has been so great that it is doubted if the companies will write any more insurance. That some action must be taken at once to calm the public is realized by the high public officials.
 Death List Grows.
 The official statement issued today shows that not 30 but 80 people were killed at Scarborough and the oth- CT coast cities as a result of the Ger man gun fire. Several hundred are in the hospitals wounded.