The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
kROPP CAPITAL TO BE INCREASED
 TO $82,5O0, 900
kaiser Gengratulates Troops of Von Hindenberg For Suc- cessesN on Eastern
 Frontier.

Berlin, Nov. 20 (via Loudon)-n'he capital Of the Krupp company. which manufactures Germany.s big guns and other war material, is to be increased from TO, ,o00. 900 to 25o.Ooo.0o0 marks tss2,- 900 ,00o), according to the proposals or the directors which were submitted to a general meeting of the company st Essen, November 12. The increase is justified. it was stat ed by the demands of war and by earlier enlargements of the works, purchases of coal fields and so forth, which locked LID considerable capital The new stock issue will. as usual be taken by the Krupp family A part Of the new capita1zsyill efpaid in on December s1. The directors also proposed a divi- s1end of 12 per cent. as against the IA declared in the previous year. The directors have signed s,O00, ,0o0 marks toward the relief. of the families of soldier employees. 2. coo GOO marks to the employees furlough fund and 1.0O0, ,0oe The Berlfn vossische zeifunx says that a part Of the Belgian war levy has been distributed among the Ger man soldiers, each receiving about $f. Every soldier. the newspaper adds, is to be supplied with one cigar and two cigarettes daily as part of his ra- ffonss
 h the latest nghting against the Servians the Austrians captured for fy-two guns and thirty-one machine guns The Montenegrins were defeat ed near GFabowr. The Ser1fans are eoz1centrating three divisions in a for tff1ed position south of Belgrade. number of transport trains with French prisoners caused exeft ement in the Nurnberg station, Munich There were several hundred French prison CTS fourteen and fifteen years of age
 
 authorities volunteered and enlisted. I They had been duly assigned to varf- ous French regiments
 h valrzbrug there also arrived many 9ranspoTts trains conveying French prisoners between the ages of four teen and fifteen years. Tt is but reasonabIe to suppose 7 says the Kreutz Zeitung, that if 1t 10 take active part in the war the out look for French refnforeements must be rather gloomy 7
 The Berliner Tageblatt publishes the following army order Issued in Thorn by General von Hfndenburgs
 The Kaiser replied to the following feIegrapllic report yesterday
 In great joy send you my imper- dal thanks for the verv promising re- suits already achieved by your opera tions yesterday and today. l a lso thank with highest appreciation the chief of your staff and your other sassfstants You will please convey my greetings and thanks to your never failing troops and their insurpassab1e accomplish nenfs on the march and in battle My best wishes accompany you for the. coming days
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 The following reply was sent:
 This very highest acknowIedg cement must be support to us to do our
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 It is officially denied that the Duke of Brunswick is wounded and pris- The Frankfort zeitung prints the list Herve is fighting for he Nriehts Of wounded soldiers. He is a clever man and always writes as though the cen sor was looking over his shoulder He began an article for his newspaper, ssIhe Social War, as follows: ssH re- spect the censor honor the censor. Then Herve proceeded to write with caId-blooded irony, describing and aterndzing all the implements Of surgf- cal assistance available in Paris for. the s1ecor of wounded soldiers which were not being supplied to any hos pitaI Tn sufficient quantities It was Herve's intention to create a stir in France. But the censor would not Alter reading the corns,liuaentarvs words with which the article was in. froduced the censor deIeted all that followed The censor did not how i ever, blot out the signature of tlle great Socialist whose duly Aensored article read when pubIished:
 respect the censor honor the German casualty lists just issued German casualty lists ujst issued Fecord the deaths of two generals and Ehe wounding of another General AL rred von Vrieien was killed on Novem- Der 12 and General von Lepel Is the sther commanding officer reported kiIl- Cd on the field of battle. General Avon laSepel was in comm and of the Reserve Infantry Division CenersI sste,,e.a,s commander of the Bifty-third German Infantry Br5gade, is listed as having lpeens severely wounded