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MEAT CHEAP IN BERLIN.
WRr Has Little Encct on Cnttlc's
Cost in GermRnN.

The German press bureau in New York
gave out the following statement yester-
day
Next to the supply ~ bread and po-
tatocs, II Is now admitted that the
providing OF meat Tor the German nation
IL OF greatest importance. How the meat
supply and its prices have been affected
by the war Is discussed by the HAM
burger Fremdonbldtt, which reports from
the statistics OF the German agricultural
council that the war has had little effect
on the price OF cattle.
THE statistical department Of the
German agricultural council says the
Fremden bidft. has just published "A re-
view Of these price fluctuations In Rer-
lin during the months from May to
October, Comparing the average prices
in August, September and October with
the average prices in May June ana
July II appears that the price for cattle
and pigs was but little higher since tho
war started as compared to what II had
been before the war and that in the case
of calves and sheep It was even lower. d"
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ADVANCE FROM MLAWA.

Special cable DespdfCh 10 THE srN.
LONDON, Dec. l3.-The Petrograd cor
respondent OF the Ddily Man telegraphs
the following tonight
Closely connected with the continued
vigorous Efforts to capture Lowicz. which
is important as the crossing point Of two
roads and railway. is the German adj
vance from Mlawa. Here the advantage
OF position is with the Russians. They
are firmly established on the main rond
from PrZasnysz TO CieChanov. which IL
raised above the surrounding country
ana forms natural defensive line They
are also holding range of low hills near
SkaNoN. while their right is protected by
marshy ground not vet frozen hard
This tghtiug does not influence that
IN East Prussia, where the Russians con-
tlnue To fight their way through the Ma.
zurian Lakes district. In all OF the north
ern region snow has fallen to some depth.
German ingenuity foresaw this and pro-
Nided their troops with loose blouse, to
wear over their uniforms and So escape
notice
An down the western front as far ne
'racoW the battle is going ON with NOR,
or less violence. 1t then turns to the
rlSht, and Il Is upon this lower front thai
the most striking development is now in
progress" "
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SEQUESTRATION CHARGES.
French Declare German Measure
Annotated TheIrs-Give Evidence.

Spscidi Cahie De>pdtch 10 Tur Sr>
PARIS, Dec. l3,-rhe journal dos DPbdts
points out that although the German or
dindnce Of November % sequestrating
French houses In that country was de-
clared to be the result OF "A similar meas
ure adopted by France on September %,
Germany ON September placed French
houses under German Comptrollers, who
were charged witt preventing the funds
OF French concerns from being sent
abroad The comptroIlers had authority
to place these funds in the German I'm
pcrial Bank
The journal dos Dcbdts also states that
ON August 3 Germany suspended the right
of French nationals TO take legal action
for the collection of debts aud that
French property WAS practically scques-
tered This Is confirmed by a letter from
French woman who has been drrssnakcr
to the German royal court for many years
a / who succeeded IN being repatriatcd
she writes that all her property was Sc
clustered even 400 marks lSlOOl heius
taken from her desk, \ lawyer scqtes-
tered 5000 francs Sl,0o0), which was
due her from customers, and also her fur
niture and stock.
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BIG BATTLE AT LOWICZ.
Gcrmans Have 5OO,OOO Wen Press
ing ON Town. Is Report.

LONDON, Dec. l3.--The Petrograd corr
respondent of the Daily NotcS telegraphs
the following:
VERY heavy firing has been reported
from the battle front In Poland to-day.
Tn. firing can be heard for many miles
and II Is proceeding necessarily.
The Germans are throwing their ut
most endeavors into their aggressive
efforts in the region of Lawicz. where on
n front twenty-five miles long. extending
from Glovno northward 20 llovo. on the
Nistula. they keep 100000 men In the
heat OF battle day and night
They have thrown practically every
man available on to the lighting line
Aerial reconnoisances show shat only
slight bodies of reserves are being held
IN their rear
1T is clear that this army is not in
tended for a serious renewal of the at
tempt on Warsaw, but its furious sue
cession OF charges UP 10 point blank range
is explained here as intended to delay the
Russian central army from advancing
westward.
The unremtting lsiffetinEs which Gen
Won Mackensen's columns continue to ac-
cept from the Russian central army can
also De traced to Gen. Won Hindenburg's
imperative desire for a big success in a
pitched battle before the great army OF
new conscripts joins the Russian field
force.
There are perceptible Indications that
the German and Austrian campaigns arc
near the parting of the ways and after
Cracow's destiny is assured the German
strength will be withdrawn upward to
the north and devoted wholly to the de-
fence Of Silesia and Poscn. The Aus
TRANS Will he left To do what they can to
obstruCt the Russians on the roads
through Moravia and bohemia"
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Clean Cut Young Men.

Fcrhtud IroM'uf IN" tainllN man, ana
Joe Gr''al MS u"gh'or, one hundred
miles down tn" TRAIL We're not depressed
ia tn" Storage Yesterday when Trom"ur
told ~ their unusual tramn. They are
both clean ru' Young men Fernaud : p
and Joe III. F"'uaud H. dark. VIII a
short un~itche. and his companion Is Ike
him. Glrlciu went 10 Mexico when he
was ]" and then to the Canadian north
west where he joined Fer ID four years
ago.
Tromeur carries Letter As an excuse
for his late reporting Tor service-the war
having been IN progress now some four
months " was written hE the captain
of deta hneut Of N" ROYAL Northwest
Mounted Police. AT Fort CA'pa"NdH. on
Lake A'AahaS'1, and - dated September
30 II reads as follows:
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Germans Are Drrven Back
Toward Line, Say Russians
Cars Defensive Brought to Successful Conclusion on
Whole Mlawa Front. PctUgrad RcpOrts-FOc
Suffers Heavy Losses Near LOwicz


PETRoGRAp. Dec. l3-The followin
statement was issued by the Russia
General stan to-day:
In the Mlawa region we have
brought our offensive to n success
ful conclusion on the whole of the
front.
ON December - We captured
German position In the region of
przasnysz and TsekhanoT and chased
the retreItng enemy toward his
frontier.
In this district also our cavalry
made a successful charge and in
1icted very heavy losses upon the
tnenN
ON the front of Lowlscz-llow the
Germans. charging stubbornly to the
attack suffered important losses at
the hands Of our troops. who cap
tured in this region another position
to the north of the Rzura River.
In the Carpathians our troops and
the Austrians continue their ma
nnuvres.
On the left bank of the Nistula
there was cross airing and In some
places the Germans succeeded
stubborn fighting occurred south
OF Cracow on the 10Th. The Rus
slams captured four guns. seven ma
chine guns and 1000 prisoners In
one day. The fighting continued ON
tho i1th
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tons and were content to organize and
strengthen positions won ia the past
week.
Possibly tho most noteworthy move
ments were In the wood of lie pretre,
northwest of Pont-a-Alousson, in the rec
gon Of st. Mihel where. IT is officially
announced, the French made important
progress. The significance Of the an
nouncement is that further ground was
gained by the French in the closing move
ment they are completing against the Ger
man line of communications between st.
Mihicl and Metz. on Saturday they
frightened their grip on st. Mihiel Y adj
vancing two miles to the north and east
Of the German position. To-day they
made similar progress to the southeast
and east They maintained their hold on
the passes Of the Vosg,s yesterday and re.
pulsed German attacks northwest Of
Senones.
In Flanders the Germans made three
heavy attacks southeast OF Ypres but
their infantry was unequal TO the task OIL
carrying the advanced French and Brit
ish trenches and was thrown back each
time. The text of the afternoon report.
referring to the operations Of yesterday,
was as follows:
The day Of December - was par
,irularlv calm The euomy's activ-
uv was manifested particularly by an
Intermittent cannouade az dittercnt
poiu,s along the front However. In
the region southeast OF ipres he at
tempted three violent infantry at
tacks which " re repulsed
In lie pre.re wood we have MADE
considerable progress. In the Vosges
the enemy made several attacks on
the signal station OF La Mere Henri
northwest of Scnones, but was re-
pulsed
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SAYS WARSAW is SAFE.
PctroIrnd Hears Germans Are Re-
treating From North.

LONDON, Dec. l3-rhc rapidity OF the
operations In Poland is such that the sit
uation IL likely to be changed vitality over
night. Conservative military critics hest
tate to launch positive predictions. un-
aware Of the real strength OF Germans
or Russians and ignorant of the secret
straterical plans of the Grand Duke
Nicholas and Marshal Won IIindcnburg.
Surveying the situation as official re-
ports indicated was existing to-day, GER
tain unden!able points are manifest one
is that the invasion by the Germans has
so far failed to menace Warsaw seriously,
although Won Hind,nburg made tremen-
dous efforts ana sacrificed vast num-
Der of men.
The German advance holds LODI and
has penetrated to a point about twelve
miles east of that city. There is heavy
lighting around LowiscZ. The battle line
stretches to the southwest, passing west
Of Petrokow. II Is assumed that the Rus
SLAMS have followed their customary tao
tics of Withdrawing Just far enough At
the centre TO force an extension of the
German lines upon territory favored by
the Russian commander in chief The Ger
man official report makes no claim OF a
new advance in that area.
To the north raid from the East
Prussian frontier through Mlawa and
toward the fortress OF Novo Georgievsk
was frustrated by the Russians and the
Germans seem To be retreating As long
AS the Russians can operate consider
able field force In that region the Ger
mans cannot advance siege guns to at
tack NovO Georgievsk. and so long az
the fortress stands Warsaw is protected
from attack on the north and northwest.
The invasion in this region seems to have
failed completely.
Most significant OF all is the situation
existing In southwestern Poland and
northwestern Ga.icia-the area of the
Cracow front In spite of the vigor of
the German offensive IN central and
northern Poland the Russians did not
relax their grip on the southern area
Much OF their success in southern Poland
Is credited To Gen. Dimitrieff. the Bulgl-
rian volunteer The real explanation, ac-
cordinE to dispatches from petrograd is
the s!othfuincss of the Austrian armies
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FOOD CARGO FROM
US. REACHES LIEGE
Grant Squircs Of New York En-
plains Delay in For
warding.
OFFER TO RETURN DUTY
soecia, cobie Despatcl IN Tmx SIS

Special Crbie DeSpntcb 10 TUX SiN
LoNpoN. Dec. ia despatch from
The Hague TO the Ddily Mail says Grant
Squires Of New York. who has just made
commission, left the Dutch capital to
day and will sail for New York on the
Lusitania on her next trip.
Mr.. Squires said tho American foodstuffs
crt by the steamer NJ ideieiue from London
FOR the relief of Licge have az last reached
that place. having passed the German
bou' Diary yesterday The great delay IN
ness with which cars are forwarded and
tho unwiliugHcss of the customs irspcc-
tors TO pass portions Of the shipment into
ears until It was more nearly complete
The delay in forwarding the second
steamers cargo is attributable to the
change IN consigninG 1t To 'the committee
in the LImhurg district instead of to the
American Minister At Brussels. which the
German authorities say contraNenes the
agreement to exempt imports into Belgium
and will necessitate the imposition of Gus
toms duty.
Mr. Squires continued:
They offered 10 return the $1,000 duty
which had been charged when they were
satisfied that not a pound OF the ship
men: will ever get into private hands. but
Il is the conviction of those to whom
have spoken that this refundinR g. a long
way of and will be subject To- many con-
ditious and delays
I'm reference 20 Maastr.cht as a trans
shipping point. the difficulties Of trans
shipment are many and NeNatious and
can only he made at an increase Of 80 To-
- per cent. IN the charges FOR the same
work at Rotterdam
I'm the thdrleroi district | found no
adequate provision FOR the distribution
OF bread. which has been reduced to 3 T.,
ounces daily instead Of 81, ounces There
is great suffering at all the smaller
places.
At all tn" points ! visited between
Liege and Antwerp during IN" past week
there has been a continuous movement Of
large bodies ~ troops. The Germans do
not hesitate t. hold up loaded trains for
days To- permit the plssagr uf troops lt|
* rare that on" freight train q day moves
In either direction"
Mr. Squircs confirms the reports as to|
tn" terrlnl" condition Of the people iu al
parts Of belgium
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G0EBEN BOMBARDED BATUM.
Fifteen shots Fired, hut Little
Harm Done. sn, Russinns

PETRoGRAp, Dec. l3.-Tnis official state
meul of tho homhardmout 10y Turkish
whrships of Batum was issued today
by the headquarters of tn, Caucasian
army
ION saturday. December -. toward
o'clouk in the afternoon. the foiyner
German battle cruiser Goeheu, accom-
panied hv the Turkish torpedo guuboat
BerN ShtN,t, approached Bdtum and at
tenped to lombard the fortress Of tho
city
Tho forts however, opened FIRE and
the Goehen, after ming fifteen shots
rapidly Withdrew Tho damage caused
10y the Are OF the warshlps was in
significant"
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VIENNA REPORTS GAINS.
tustriRns Take Ncu snndcc. says
OfnciaI statement.

NiENNA, via London. Dec. l3.--Th
following official communication was is
sued to-day.
In West Galicia yesterday the south
wing of the Russian army was de-
feated at Linanovo and compelled
to retreat. We are pursuing the
enemy. All attacks along the rest Of
our battle front failed az did the
previous ones.
our forces which crossed the car
pathians after numerous battles
again continue an energetic pursuit
In the afternoon We took Neu Sandec.
cur troops again have entered Cry
bow Gorlice and Imigrod. The en-
envy has completely evacuated the
Iemplin country.
In the east Carpathian woods.
which is some distance from the main
zone OF operations. the enemy was
nowhere able TO gain important
ground. In general our troops hold
the passes in Bukowna along the
line of Suczawa VALLEY.
In South Poland there was no
fighting. North Of Lowicz our allies
made a successful attack against a
strongly fortified Russian position.
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Hands Autograph Letter From <ai-
ser To the sultan.

CONSTANT NOZZLE. Ia Rome. Dec. "a
Field Marshal Won der Goltz. VINO j. on A
special mission TOR the Kaiser. arrived
her" to-day ard was solcmu,y welcomed
by tn, m"mhcts Of the German miss GA.
Taiaat Hey. Minister Of the Interior and
the aides de camp OF the Sultan and the
Crown Prince.
Gen. Won d'r Goltz had an audience vc--
t"rday with the King OF BulsarIa, to whom
he delivered an autograph letter from a.,
Kaiser lie delivered 70 similar letter 10
kiug Ferdinand ~ Rumyu.a. He bad an
audience with the sultan today and
handed him % third personal .etter from
Emperor Wi'liau
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GERMANS TAKE MANY |
PRISONERS IN POLAND
French Lose Heavily in Attack
at Flircy. Says Berlin
Report.
QUIET IN EAST PRUSSIA

BERLIN. via London, Dec. I3.--The fol
lowing official communication was issued
at German army headquarters to-day:
Following their unsuccessful attack
on Apremont. December II. the
French again attacked yesterday af-
tcrnoon over a large front 10y way of
Flirey tCireyD. The attack ended In
the loss to the enemy of 600 prison
ers and a large number Of men killed
and injured. our losses in this en- q,
gagement amounted to about severity
wounded. The rest of the day IN TIRE
western theatre passed quietly.
ln northern Poland We captured a
number Of the cneiny's positions. TAX
ing 1000 prisoners and forty-thrCc
machine guns There is no news from
East Prussia or from southern
Poland
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DEER SENDS AUTO INTO DITCH.
strikes Car In Road-IhouGht from
Rockefeller Range.

MorNr klsco, y. Y, Dee ~ WNH.
Theodore M"skey of Rr.agcp pl4
driving his ruuabout car along no -.,'e
road near North Salem thus iftsrru.. q
deer, ddShins across IT," roadNa,. -'-f p
one of the front wheels, swery. 90
ear into ditch NcSkev w7s ;.~ VT
out. but was not badly hurt
The deer lost its footing Wl,r .' struck
N" machine, turned snWcr~dV,. 'N'~
iegalred its feet and ran lvt 'N. s'..,s
near by. II was apparently ." "r.-r'
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EVACUATE ROULERS.
Germans Are Reported to lie L-a,-
Ing the Town.

Npc'tW '1bte U'Np1tH ~ TIM StN
IoNpoN, Dee. l3-Thc DUiu Mdils
spondeut At Rotterdam reports that
fugit!veS at Sas van Gent say the Ger
mans are cvaCudt.ng Roulers and the
Allies are marching on the town. The
garrison of S-lzacte has been sent In haste
To Ostcud, where the Allies left wing Is
sweeping the coast.
An informant who has been travelling
In Germany says that thu Germans
arc uo longer confident of victory, but VIII
contest the last inch of Belgian ground
The Germans are most astunished and
impressed by reports Of British soldiers
going home for week ends tu rest They
assert hat this Is impossible
This afternoon message was received
from Sluis stating that there is only one
submarine at Xcchruggc and that it has
been badly damaged 10y the bombardmcnt
As there Were four there recently it would
seem that tho remainder have been nnle
to slip out, which would mean that tho
Germans have repaired the sluic, gatcs
Th"s" may have been the submarines
which attacked Dover
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HEADLINES FORBIDDEN.
French tommuniuu". NnSt Not
Garry "ScHrcs.''
>rec,a' Cabie D,>puich to

Hpec,d' 'abie D,>pufrG ro Tur ~..
PARIS. Dec l3.--Tho Censor 'ts ''r-
hidden any headlines on tho ~ com
munques in the Frsnch press .r .,..8 r'
or buses in playing M trivia. N.. Fonts
mentioned IN recent duh caWwu-G.
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DUTCH STEAMER AGROUND.

AMSTERDAM. Dec n The Rott.r-
damschc Lloyd steamer Bogor, from Am
s'rr!am far luCu0s Ayros. has gone
aground ten miles north OF I.eixocs
Islands, on the coast of Portugal, and is
"A total wreck. 1t is feared that twenty.
five lives were lost
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"VOuntlNg adiItlOnaI companies In
course OF formation by the Continuation
schools, public schools and elsewhere,
the total Of Berlns boy hrigadcs may
be estimated AZ l2o O. mpauics. with APP
10000 members
The instructors are mostly the pro-
fessOrs and teachers Of the various
schools. officers uf the different clubs and
MANAGERS of commercial enterprises The
boys are being trained 10y civil service
Ulcers who have served in the army, re-
tired corporals ana members OF veteran
slNIeiLnS.
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COOK POTATOES IN SKINS.
PrussiRn Minister Urges Population
to Save scraps.

NVfCiuT UNTF VfStNTNN 10 THF SIN
RAsEL. via Paris, Dec. l3--The Prus-
sian Minister Of Commerce has issued
4 proclamation urging the population Of
Germany to cook potatoes in the skins so
az 10 save the loss due TO peelins when
raw.
Throw no peelings or other scraps
away he SAYS.
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GERMAN BOYS DRILLING.
1000 In berlin belong to Military
Companies.

The German Press Bureau IN New York
gave out the following statement yes
terdty.
Approximately 1900 boys in the
various schools Of Berlin alone are now
undergoing military training They are
distributed through every form OF educa.
tional institution. according to the Nord-
d"ufSchc ANOemeine /citnHO, which fur
nishcs tahulation Of these companies
In Berlin. excluding all suburbs. the
following companies have been formed
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that We We're taking sides in this con.
troversy. This We have not done
1T ~ well known of course that under
present conditions the Allies have no
trouble In obtaining supplies In this coun-
try. while the other side has great dim
Guilty in getting supplies from us. We
cannp, maintain that we are peutral so
long Is one side gets supplies that for
various reasons cannot he obtained by
the other side
There Is only one thing to he done In
the circumstances and that IL tc forbid
eNporta ions of firearms and munitions OF
war during the life Of the trouble abroad"
YOU may depend upo % added the
NJ ssouri Repre- tentative, "t.dt this meas
urc viii hc pushed. II has excited the
interest of peace advocates throughout the
country. Mass meetings Will be held In
many OF the big cities urging action BY
Congress looking TO a legal prohibit on
against the export OF arms This /, not
a German movement or rather German
American movement, II Is a peace move
Wtnt
Iiitchcock's Views.
Senator Hitchcock acknow edged that
he doubted whether he would be able TO
get action on his bills Tn the Committee
on Foreign relations to which they were
referred before the holidays. lie Intends
Il have no doubt that Congress Will az
some tune IN the near future pass such
legislation said the Senator 1t Is IN
keeping with the peace sentiment that is
growing War is not popular with the
people. The majority OF the people of the
United states are advocates Of intcrna-
tlonul peace
How Inconsistent it seems then for our
people to be selling arms and munitions
of war abroad to bc used to Kill and MAIN
have had many letters since my bill was
introduced asking me To broaden the scope
of II. For example. the Massachusetts
Humane Society asked me to amend il to
forbid for humanitarian reasons the eX-
pOrtutlou OF horses to the war zone.
hay, ofcrled to limit tho prohibition at
this time to things that are used to take
human NE.
'Nu arsument put forward against my
bill - that II we prohibit the sale of arms
ana munitions of war 10 bellgcrcnts now
"a a violation OF neutrality We may lind
ourselves embarrassed If We ever ret into
war ana need to look abroad for wal
supplies
81 couccdo that it is She strongest
argument yet sdvaucrd against the meas.
uno aud W, u can be answered for If
docs not necessarily follow that brcaus,
w. refuse to soil arms ana munitions Of
wa abroad We vim not Ice ah'r to bu>
abroad. Tor there would hr sOmr country
ready to s,I p" a.. tnd II ali rnuntrir,
qult selling there would be no more wars
SENATOR HitChcoCk said ne had fount
som" opposition among Senators agains
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NEW RECRUITS CALLED.
Germans of 1915 Class Must Report
by Tuesday.

BERNE. bee Germany is cdlling
out her 1915 class of reserves that IT,
those born I'm 1925. and also those liable
to military service who were born earlier
They must report by December Is.
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SUBMARINE BASE AT OSTEND,
'crmnns Transfer Bnse From nruscs
Several Craft shipped.
'pc""1 "a6ie heSpatch to Tur 5

l.uNnuN, Dec, l3--Thc Doilu Nntps cor
respondent At Flushing teeEraphs
trustworthy person who has recently
been aiuus the h"igan coast tells me that
ostend IN the base of the German sub.
marin" operations Several subna rines
have been brought here from Bruges."
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acting on n" bill in time OF war. They
seemed favorable to &. but believed II
would nc better to postpone action until
the nations are at peace again.