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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05

render. had all gone right. As IL was,
large numbers of Germans got out of
The trap. and the subsequent fighting
bas' been curious tactical spectacle.
with the Russians and Germans in al
.ernate steps. covering considerable
area of the Polish battlefield.
The Germans have alternated furious
s,tscks with fighting retreats, and the
s,oount of information vouehsafed cor
~aspondents is insufficient - u.-der-
.tspd exactly how the final success vii.
hs attained. The Kaiser's sons, Oscar
snd Joachim, are reported to have es-
caned only by taking flight in an aero
nIsne. If there was point besides
,heir war machinery upon which the
Germans particularly prided them
saiyes IL was their marching powers,
80 oven here the Russians have shown
themselves UNNECESSARILY superior. Inc
Cysnd Duke Nicholas officially noted
,,hiIe ago that some Of the Russian
coros had marched and fought contin-
uouslv for months, taking forthed po-
sitions. and had covered more than SIX
hundred miles, and the Russians 40
their marching fiat foot, whereas the
Cermanic records are made by means
az motor traction over Polish ROADS.
In the autumn season the Germans
found their methods badly handicapped,
,,hereas the Russians continuously I'm
orovad their records as the men gov
more and more hardened. One corps
covared twenty miles one day and thir-
tv-six the next, and went into the hght
on its arrival with an ardor superior
20 that of the attacking Germans VINO
had the worst OF 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
NEW BATTERIES ORDERED.

Until recently no type battery than the in
in submarines has the Navy Department
nronerv be held responsible getting better equipment The
had Perhaps is STILL with all Its
% tho hest to be had That demonstrated by
And demonstrated for it reported that
Daniels going experiment with the Edison storage
battery for submarines apparently alluded this in his
to public Friday when he said OF the
constructed at Portsmouth that the department was
the hest batteries the batteries
that durable and efficient than those
Being alkaline they free from the danger of chlorine
Tte cost nearly three batteries and under the
law as construed by Navy Department they could not be installed
in repairing existing In deciding their
taken important step toward making
the submarine more efficient weapon of warfare the
future But stuaionwth only sub
north and only these
in real fighting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
WAR TAKES HEART
OF MARY GARDEN
Diva Will Not Sing Again for a
Year, but Devote Herself to
Hospital Work.
[Rr Cable 10 The Tribune l

London, Dec. MARY Garden is in
London on her way to New York Just
to eat Christmas dinner with mother
and father and rush back to my hos
pital and refugee home in Paris" Since
the beginning of the wer Miss Garden
has been keenly interested in the ref
ugee home and hospital for French SOL
diers who have lost their sight. When
seen to-day she said:
81 will not sing again in public for
a year. / don't feel that | shall have
the heart to do so. owe more to
France than to any country in the
world, and now | want to do my little
best to help France.
II don't know whether a great opera
will grow out of this war. think there
are musicians who could interpret its
unrivalled emotional and dramatic pos
sibilities, but | don't know of any
great librettist who could tell the story,
and the story of an opera grows more
and more important. But this is so
real and vivid time that art seems
further from rse than ever before. It
has been crowded away by the pity and
horror Of war"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
BRITAIN TO SEARCH
ALL U. S. CARCOES
Says Finding of Copper
Hid in Cotton Bales Com.
pelS New Move.
IBy Gable to The Tribune

London, Dec. 4.-The British govern.
ment has informed Washington that an
extensive searching Of ships bearing
American cargoes has become neces.
sary because it has discovered cases Of
copper being concealed in cotton bales
and beneath cargoes OF cotton.
This has an important bearing or
the active negotiations between the
two governments regarding the RICH,
70 search vessels. The United States
does not contend that England has no,
the right Of search, which is well rec
ognized in international law, but 1t
does not agree that such right gives
her the privilege Of taking a ship into
British harbor and extending the
search to the actual unloading OF YES
sells. England has not furnished spe.
ciic cases of attempts at smuggling
copper, but she is expected shortly to
do so.
1t is believed by those familiar with
the circumstances that some arrange
ment may be made whereby the Amer
lean government will inspect the load
ing of cargoes of common q. non
contraband) goods and thus be abe
to give some sort of assurance to Eng
land of its bona fides, whereupon tie
cargo would escape such drastic
search as England proposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
TAFT FOR LARGER ARMY
Says He Would Increase 1t by
rs to so Per Cent.

Former President William H. Taft
was the principal speaker last night at
the sixty-frst anniversary dinner Of
the Brooklyn Y. NJ. c. A. at the Hotel
Dessert. His subject was Optimism
and Common Sense"
Applying this title TO the patriotism
created in this country by the war in
Europe, and the consequent demand
for increased armament and coast de-
fence, he said some other methods than
huge standing army and conscription
must be used or whoever was respon-
sible for such methods woul4 become
as much OF memory as the Progress
sive party.
The former President expressed his
belief In an increase Of from % TO 90
per cent In the efficiency of our fight.
sn9 forces
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
BOTH ARMIES FAIL
TO GAIN IN WEST
All Attempts to Take o.
fensive Checked-AllieS'
Line Strengthened.

London, Dec. 4.-The Allies and the
Germans have attempted TO take the
offensive at different points along the
western front, from Flanders to Al
SAGE. but as neither claims to have
made any advance, and as both official
reports mention repulses of the enemy,
il is evident that the attacks which
have been made have not met with
much success.
For the moment the dominating is
sue remains in the eastern arena OF
the war. where the result Of the great
clash of millions of men in Poland Will
90 far toward determining the dura-
ton of the war, as we'll as its charac-
ter. during the next few months, but
those more or less behind the scenes
believe they see signs that the de-
ceptive interval of relative calm which
has marked the operations in Flanders
for the last few days has about reached
its limit.
The present activity of the German
artillery is believed TO be a prelude TO
another formidable and concentrated
onslaught somewhere on the Allies
line. This line, however, is believed
by both British and French experts to
have been made impregnable since the
last German effort was so nearly sue
cessful in hammering its way through.
However this may be, it appears to
be established that in these recent ar
tillery duels the Allies have found
their heavy guns capable of overbear-
ing the artillery of the enemy. This
has been emphasized in many of the
recent dispatches of General Joffre,
commander in chief of the French
forces.
Should the new German assault meet
the same e as have previous at
tempts to reach the coast of the Chan
mel observers in London expect that
it will be followed by a general ad-
vance on the part of the Allies.
There are signs of approaching ac-
tivity in Alsace, where the French re-
Gently have been improving their posi-
tions. At the same time the Germans
are said to have been heavily rein
forced in this section. General Joffre's
recent declaration to the Alsatians that
eve are back TO stay may soon be put
TO the test
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
GERMANS DOOMED,
SAY THE FRENCH
Reserves Exhausted, They
Face Failure, Declares
Army Bulletin.

Bordeaux, Dec. ale Bulletin des
Armees." after reviewing at great
length the military operations since the
outbreak of the war. sums up the
French situation on December l as fol-
lows:
"In numbers the French army to-day
is equal to what it was on August 2,
all the units having maintained their
full strength. The quality Of the
troops has improved infinitely. Our
men to-day fight like veterans. They
are all deeply imbued with their SUI
periority, and have absolute faith that
thew will be victorious. The higher
command, renewed on account Of neces-
sary dismissals, has not committed
during the last three months any Of
those faults noted and punished in Au-
gust.
"Our supplies Of artillery and am
munition have been largely increased.
The heavy artillery which we lacked
has been organized and is working well.
"The British army has been strongly
reinforced during November, and is
numerically stronger than at the be-
ginning Of the campaign. The Indian
divisions have finished their appren-
ticeships in the European war.
"The Belgian army has reformed IN
six divisions and is ready and resolute
to reconquer its native SOIL
"The German plan has met with
seven farreaching reverses-namely:
1.-THE failure of the dash on Nancy,
the failure of the march on Paris, the
failure of the attempt to roll up our
left flank in August, the failure of the
same mannuvre in November, the fall
ure to pierce our centre in September,
the failure of the attack on Dunkirk
and Calais by the coast and the failure
of the attack on Ypres.
"In this barren effort Germany has
exhausted her reserves. The troops
she brings into the line to-day are
badly Differed and oadly trained.
"Russia more and more is establish
ing her superiority both over Germany
and Austria. The standstill to which
the German armies have been brought
is then fatally doomed to be trans
formed into a retreat"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
KITCHENER SAYS
WORDS ARE NOT HIS
Irwin S. Cobb Asserts He
Reproduced Interview
from Memory.

London, Dec. 4.-The Press Associa-
ton announced tonight that it had
been officially informed with reference
TO an interview purporting TO nave
been had by Irwin S. Cobb with Loro
Kitchener, which was printed IN .he
United States and cabled to Lonooh
and published here to-day, tnat inc
language is not that OF Lord kitcnener'
and that his lordship's ofiicial repre-.
sentative expresses surprise that ~
should have been regarded possiole
that Lord Kitchener used such express
The Oficial Press Bureau tonight
issued the following statement on the
subject: u,
view with Mr. Cobb, although Lord
Kitchener saw Mr.. Cobb Tor ie"
minutes October 81, nothing IN che
nature of a special interview was
granted, and the remarks attributed 10
the Secretary of State for war are
imaginary"
Irwin S. Cobb made this statement
last night regarding his interview Win
Lord Kitchener:
"By arrangement OF third person
of prominence in England, l did see
Lord Kitchener on October Il for
about forty minutes. used no pencil
and paper during the conversation, lol,
lowing the custom of interviewers: L
afterward reproduced the conversation
with Lord Kitchener as exactly as
could. | did not deliberately or Will
fully misrepresent him, and am quite
positive that | caught his meaning and
as nearly as possible the text OF what
no said. and / am sure that ! quoted
him correctly. | have had some ex-
nerience as an interviewer and have
a fairly good memory"
The interview referred to above was
printed by an American weekly maya
zine. and has been widely copied by
newspapers throughout the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
Russian Victory at Lodz
Officially Denied by Berlin

Iondon. Dec. 4.-There is still lack.
49,, reiiable news Of the progress OF
tbe hattie in Poland. which continues
% monopolize interest An unofhclai
dispatch from Petrograd says the pat
tie of LODI ended in success TO inc
Russians, but this statement IS Opposed
20 that of the Berlin official report
which says the German offensive III
Poland is taking its normal course.
The fact is that the fighting IN TINS
region has developed into such JUN
bic that it is almost Impossible 10 1oI-
low il. The most important factor
from the Allies point OF view is that
the German advance on Warsaw seem
;nolv has not succeeded in its object,
nor has il had the effect of diverting
the Russians from their forward move
ment through the Carpathians and on
70 the plains of Hungary, or against
the fortress of Cracow, around wnlch
thew are drawing closer ring OF men
and artillery.
With the case of Przemysl, which has
held out so long against the Russian
attacks, before them, military men 40
not look for the early fall OF Cracow
and are rather inclined to believe that
the armies Of Emperor Nicholas VIII
endeavor 10 keep the large Austrian
force inside the fortress and enter 81
lesia from the southeast. 49,,
However, much depends on the battle
which is being fought with such m
tensity further north, between the riv-
ers Vistula and Wartha, and all agree
the losses on both sides have been
very heavy. There is an inclination to
believe that had there been any prob
ability of an early success for the Ger
mans in this field, Emperor william,
who has returned to Berlin, would have
remained to witness the victory of his
troops.
In a dispatch from Petrograd the
correspondent of the Central News
says: =.
SThe battle of LODI has ended in
success for the Russian troops, accord
ing TO the 'Bourse Gazette which adds
that great numbers Of German prison
ers, cannon and machine guns are be-
ing brought into LODI"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
YPRES TOWN HALL
A GERMAN DEPOT
Invaders, Bribing Mayor, Stock
ed Place-Shelled Edifice Az
ter Traitor Was Shot.

London, Dec. "a British officer
writes home from the front remarking
on the curious avoidance by the Ger
mans, at first, of Smelling the town
hall at Ypres.
"Some suspicious were aroused by
it," he writes, "snd the place was
searched. In the vaults underneath it,
which are Of very great extent, was
found an enormous quantity of Ger
man stores and ammunition sufficient
to last them month and serve as a
depot for their attack on Calais.
at had been put there with the
connivsnce of the Mayor at the time
the Germans were in occupation. This
explains their desperate efforts to cap
ture the town again. The traitor
Mayor was shot. Immediately after
ward the Germans shelled the place
and smashed up the building and set it
on fire."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
ALLIED TROOPS GO
TO MONTENEGRO

London. Dec. A dispatch to the
Central News from Berlin says that,
according to an unofficial announcement
made there, several transports, escort
ed by British and French warships,
have reached Antivarr, the sole seaport
Of Montenegro. The Austrian ships
guarding the coast are said to have re-
tired before the newcomers.
Austrian aeroplsnes are active, it is
said, making disembarkations from the
transports unsafe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
GERMANY TO STOP
FAMINE IN POLAND

Berlin, Dec. (by wireless to Say
Vile, n. Y.).-The German military au
thorities have taken measures to pre-
vent famine among the inhabitants of
the parts of Russian Poland occupied
By the German army, according to news
given out by the Press Bureau to-day.
Another announcement from the
same source is that reports received
from Constantinople say England in
tends sending Portuguese troops into
Egypt, and that Mahometan soldiers In
Tunis are being embarked for service
in Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
BERLIN FINDS MORE
BELGIAN DUPLICITY

Berlin. Dec. (by wireless to Say
Vile, n. Y).-Included in the informa-
tion given out by the German Official
Press Bureau to-day is the following:
German troops have discovered IN
the western arena of the war secret
instructions prepared by the British
General Staff, which contain detailed
information concerning the Belgian
border, the disposition Of rolling stock
on the railroads and the billeting OF
men.
"These instructions could have been
prepared only with the active assist
ance Of the Belgian government, which
supplied the detailed information con-
tained in them. This is further evil
dence that England and Belgium de-
cided long ago on English military &C
tivity in Belgium, and this means q
violation of neutrality"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05

stringent measures to hinder the oper-
atoms of mine-laying and other hostile
craft in the English Channel is indi-
Gated by notice issued tonight; TINS
notice saws that after December 10
within a specified area of the Channel
all light ships, buoys and signal iignts
are likely to be withdrawn or shifted,
Advice is given merchant vessels
that navigation within this area Will pc
exceedingly dangerous without the
aid Of pilots who are to be stationed IN
certain ports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
PERSIA PROTESTS
BRITISH ACTION

Berlin. Dec. 4. (By wireless to Say
Vile, N. Y.)-The following was given
out to-day by the Official Press Blu
reau:
"The Persian government has hand
ed TO the British Minister at Teheran
a note protesting against the viola
ton of Persian neutrality by the en-
trance of British warships into the
karun River.
"The Italian government has seized
Portuguese torpedo boat destroyer
built at Genoa.
"Athens reports that England has
landed $4,000 Canadian volunteers IN
Egypt"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
FRANCE SUMMONS
l9l6'S CONSCRIPTS

Bordeaux, Dec. 4.-The 100000 youths
of eighteen years in France who nor
mally would begin service in the army
in October of 1916 are by government
decree to be called to present them
sel-es for examination. beginning the
Goth Of this month. Their military
training probably Will begin next
March.
Should the necessity arise, these
youths probably could be sent to the
fghting line next July.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05

sci of 9,S40 tons, was engaged before
the war in the regular service Of the
North German Lloyd Line between
Bremen and New York. After the out
break of hostilities she was unable TO
make a German port, and has been at
Bergen and the neighboring port Of
0dde
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
SAYS BRITAIN FIRST
WOOED HOLLAND

Berlin, Dec (by wireless to Say
Vile, n. Y0.-The following was given
out officially to-day: "A special dis
patch from Gothenburg, Sweden, says
a South Danish commercial newspaper
reports that in 1909 Great Britain
threw out a feeler to Holland about
the possibility Of concluding a mill
tary convention. Holland declined, be-
cause such a course would be incom-
patible with her neutrality.
"As a reply TO Holland the Anglo
Belgian agreement was concluded,
whereupon Holland fortified Flushing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
LORD YARBOROUCH'S
HEIR AMONG MISSING

London, Dec. An a casualty list
made public tonight, Captain the Hon.
Arthur Annesley, of the 10th Hussars,
is reported among the killed, and Lieu
tenant Lord Charles Sackville Pelham
Worsley, heir of the Earl of Yarbor-
ough, among the missing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
AUSTRIAN GENERAL
KILLED IN BATTLE

Amsterdam. Dec. 4-The "Telegraaf"
says that General Won Stutterheim,
commander Of an Austrian cavalry
brigade. was killed on an Eastern
battlefield
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
GERMAN STEAMSHIP
ASHORE IN A GALE

Bergen. Norway. Dec. 4.-The North
German Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich
Wilhelm, which has been lying in this
port for some time. driftcd ashore in
gale to-day and is fast on n sand bank
Ths PyinA EriAdrinh " ilh aim q vss-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
TO PREVENT LAYING
MINES IN CHANNEL

London. Dec. 4.-That it is the inten-
ton Of the government to take more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05
%. Altnta1t & On.
An Extraordinary Sale of
Dress Silks and VelVets

for this day Saturday will comprise
10000 yards of Choice Dress Silks i'm black
and appropriate shades for Afternoon and
Evening arranged i'm suitable lemgths).
Originally Csc. to $3.50 per yard at 45c.
Originally $500 to $3.50 per yard at 78c.
Originally $500 to $3.50 per yard at Csc.
Originally $500 per yard at Sl.3S
Originally $3.50 TO 5000 per yard at 100
And 10000 yards of Velveteens, Corduroys,
Pushes, Fancy Velvets and Chiffon Velvets
ARRANGED in Coat and Dress Lengths),
originally SIPS to $3.50 per yard,
at Csc. to SITS per yard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-05

Hirlah,' the 'Pesti Naplo, and others,
express dissatisfaction with the result
of the Prime Minister'S mission.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-09

tearing the gravel and spreading a
glistening, scintillant storm of ice par
ticles. Then everything was as silent
as before-only the brawling of the
morainal stream and the drooling from
the cliff. l watched an hour before
another lump came soaring off the bluff
! to bury itself in the loose gravel
Il packed out all of the sluiceboxes
and rockers; then, spreading a blanket.
pounded them till every seam started.
l washed. the blanket and cleaned up
fifty-six dollars.
Next l toggled up a rocker and es-
tablished it down by the cabin, and at
daylight | was up and Juggling dirt out
to a pile on the beach; when the sun
got hot enough.to touch off the artillery,
and the icicies began to Autter around
me, stayed out of danger and rocked
my pay dump.
"One morning a wagon load of re-
frigeration came splitting down among
the boulders! A lump as large as a
piece of sponge cake caromed onto my
jaw, and / dozed off. came to on my
face, my mouth full of pay dirt, and a
crazy feeling that didn't wear off for
days.
But say! When l cleaned up and
the dust lay coarse and wet in the pan,
the diScouragements and triAing de-
hciencies of the location vanished.
ut took nerve, though, to let go the
sight of that rotten honeycombed ice
bluff, and cramp over a shovel when
you knew million tons of hard water
hung over the back of your neck sweat
ing to land on you. No chance for a
draw. Decision every time. Ny nerves
strained till the enamel cracked
"one day l had barely scrambled out
of the hole when 1 felt a rush of wind
in my face, the ground shook and
roared as l fell, spattered by a singing
shower of gravel. A bolt of ice had
shot into the pit, smashing my tools and
ripping the sand. fed down the beach,
shaking and sobbing till l felt the rigors
that gripped me and heard my voice
broken and harsh. When / wandered
back the white wall stared out over the
bay silent and CLASSY; and / felt the
weird spell of the place upon me.
Il knew that some day a ragged fist
would smite me and I'd curl into the
glittering sand. Yet l itched to 6urrow
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-09

The Great Alaskan Mammoth nsss Beach

We'll, the next morning I watched
the glacier. She lowered two hundred
feet above the beach; a beautiful,
ragged, betting alp; filling the narrow
valley with her grinding bulk. A stream
roared out from a cavern at the bot
tom, and on its banks were remains of
sluice boxes and long-toms. Not a
sound broke the stiffness of the morn
ing, and the early Light on that crystal
line mass was a marvellous poem. She
dripped and dripped, as solid and as
silent as rock.
Il wondered which pinnacle of ice
would choose me for cushion. Sud-
denly, without warning, mass split off
high.up on the face, and sailed whirling
downward onto the beach. 1t drove into
the boulders with the roar ef> artillery,