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START FOR HOME NEXT WEEK.
Treasury Disturbing Officers at Lon
don Closing Relief Work.

The task of discussing relief te
Americans abroad Is nearing compile
ton. The disbursing office in Londor
VIII shortly be suspended. the dis
bursting star return to the United
states. and whatever work of disburse-
ment remaining to be carried on will
be left In the hands Of diplomatic ana
consular officials
James L. Wilmeth. chief clerk of the
Treasury Department, and disbursine
officer of the relief fund. Is expected tc
start from London for home Wednes-
day Of next week. With him will come
his assistants, Disbursing Officer Shep-
pard, and Mr.. Walcott of the Office OF
the treasurer of the United States.
There Will be no money brought back
Whatever has not been applied to re.
lief purposes of the great gold fund
shipped abroad will remain for the
present In the hands Of ambassadors to
the capitals of the warning nations
The fund deposited by Americans Tor
relief of friends and relatives abroad
Is in process Of liquidation.
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VILLA HAS 10000 MEN
NEAR AGUASCALIENTES
Sleeps in His Clothes in Car at Sta
tion-Maintains Good Order
in the City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. October a.
Gen. Villa has an army Of perhaps
80. 900 men encamped within easy dis
lance of Aguascalientes. according to
travellers arriving here. who say they
saw the troops
One man, of long residence in Mexico.
said Villa had found several thousand
pro-Carranza men in or near the city.
and gave them twelve hours to get
forty miles away.
TT you need 1t I'll mako 1t eighteen
hours" villa is said to have told them.
The presence of your armed force is
not proper in this peaceable gathering,
Those warned left as soon as possible.
villa sleeps in his clothes In car
on a siding at the station. 1t Is said.
Hundreds of persons gather along the
tracks, hoping for a glimpse of him.
and from time to time he rewards them
by passing across the car platform to
another car.
In the town It was said Villa is su-
preme and keeps good order. He IL
said to have had several officers shot
for brawling.
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CATHOLIC REFUGEES URGED
TO RETURN TO NATIVE CITY

THE HAGUE. October 81. via Lon
don. 1850 a.m.-Cardinal MERCER.
Archbishop Of Malines. who took ref
uge in Holland some weeks ago. has
now returned to his native city. He
has advised all Catholic refugees to
follow his example. The Nieuwe Rot
terdamsche Courant declares that TO-
900 Belgian refugees passed through
Roosendaal on their way homo during
the past two days.
1t has been rumored that Namur has
been reoccupied by the allies. but this
report is entirely without connrma-
tion and Is not believed here to be
probable.
the last words of the late King Charles
of Roumania were: Save the father
land, but do not shed blood
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GERMANS FORC CHG LINES
OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH

I numbers. The fight lasted all day and
then the Germans contented them
selves with cannonading the position
of the marines.
A thick fog covered the entire region
| Monday, and the marines, accustomed
to such weather conditions, crept to-
| ward the German trenches. No shoot
ing" was the order; "use the bay
onet"'
The marines got within thirty feet
of the trenches before they were seen
Their coming was heralded too late
for the defenders. who were bayoneteo
| In the trenches and beyond the trenches
as they ran. Four hundred German
prisoners were taken.
One of the places where the French
had been most harassed is near the ell
bow of the western line. The impor-
tant position there had been taken and
retaken frequently during the last
three weeks. Every time the Germans
had been obliged to abandon the posi-
ton they returned in greater force ana
pushed back the French by weight OF
numbers.
French Forced to Give Way.
The French took the position for the
twelfth time and held it for ten hours.
Then came a shock Of the human bat
tering ram and the French gradually
gave way. The Germans began for
tifying the place, but while they were
engaged in this task the earth heaved
and there was a deafentng explosion.
The ten hours the French had held the
point had been sufficient to mine every
rod of the ground. 1t 10 estimated
that three German battalions were an
initiated.
The strength Of the GernAns' positions
north of Roye, which facilitated their
movements toward Lille, is explained by
the fact that they wore occupying an I'M
finished canal extending as far as
RoiseL The Germans found in the
deep, broad cutting. magnificent In
trenchments, in which they had only
to install batteries of artillery.
officers of the allies say they have
noted that only about 40 per cent Of the
shells from these guns explode. They
say also that the prodigality Of the fire
from them apparently has depleted the
Germans supply of ammunition. as the
intensity Of the fire lately has diminished:
The French artillerymen are 30 careful
in getting their ranges that they waste
few shells. In an artillery duel near
Armentieres the Germans fired for half
a day into thickets that had been aban-
doned some time before When the
French three-inch guns finally got the
range twelve shells from them silenc-
ed the German battery.
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GERMANS SHOW ACTIVITY
REBUILDING AlRsHlP SHEDS

LONDON, October 81. EST a.m.-The
Daily Nails Rotterdam correspondent
saysr three Zeppelin airship sheds are
being built at Brussels and four at
Antwerp.
The correspondent adds that bridges
have been erected over the River Mouse
between Lig and Wise. preparing a way
for Grman retreat
The correspondent Of the Times at
copenhaSen learns from German
sources that airship sheds are being
constructed at Tendern. in Schleswig,
and at Rostock, on the Warnow near
the Baltic sea. in Mecklenburg-
SchWerin.
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Fight in obscurity Of Fogs.

BERLIN. via The Hague and London.
October 81. 1915 am.-Engagements
near Newport. Belgium. and Lille
where the allied forces have been try
ing to beat back the German advance.
continue. The French for several days
have been attacking desperately In the
vicinity of Lille. but according to head
quarters bulletins all the attacks have
been repulsed with heavy losses TO the
allies.
It is announced that the allies have
made a stand behind the river User in
an attempt there to check the Ger
man advance along the coast. The re-
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MAY GO TO CANAL ZONE.
Rumor That Col. Harding Will Be
Transferred-TaK Of Successor.

Col. Harry F. Hodges or Mai Charles
w. Kutz Of the corps of engineers as
signed in Washington with the War
Department, are mentioned to suceeed
Col. Chester Harding. who rumor says
is to be relieved OF HIS duties as en-
gineer Commissioner OF the District.
and TRANSFORMED to the Canal 1sne.-
I The President. II In understood. has
been in conferences on, this seleetton
with Secretary Garrison and Commits
siouer Newman.
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BERLIN, October 81 (by wireless).-
The imperial government has sent
formal protest to France and to neu-
trail nations concerning alleged vio-
lations of the rules of the Geneva con-
vention by French franc-tireurs
fsharpshooters) and regular troops.
1t Is declared in this protest that the
French have killed or mutilated
wounded German soldiers; that they
have fired on ambulanees filled with
wounded and bearing the Red Cross
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BOYS IN DOUBLE SUICIDE.
Two Michigan Students Feared
Punishment for Playing "Hooky."

FREELAND, Mich, October 21.-Del-
bert Woodruff and Lloyd Pierce. aged
ten and twelve years. respectively. are
dead as the result OF a double attempt
at suicide last night. caused. 1t is be.
1ieyed, by fear of punishment for hav.
ing played hooky In the afternoon.
Both lads lived several hours. but
neither was conscious after the shoot
The lads were found lying side by
side in front Of the Pierce home. Each
had q bullet wound in his forehead
and q small revolver clutched In his
hand.
They were hurriedly taken to . hos
pital In Saginaw. but efforts to save
their lives failed.
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LESS THAN 100 ON LINERS.
Three Ships Sail Light for Europe
Today-Two Will Lay Up.

NEW YORK, October 21.-rhe rail-
ing today for Li:srpool of the steam
/, shirs Maurerania of tbs Cunard line
and the White Star liner Olympic
marked the last appearance of these
ships in an American port for an in
definite period.
According to officials Of the line, the
falling Off in Transatlantic ,rave:. due
mainly to the war. has made 1t ad-
yisable that the ships be laid up for
a time.
The Baltic Of the White Star line
also sailed today for Liverpool The
three ships carried close to 400 pas
sengers booked In cabin aecemmoda-
tons.
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ATTACKS OF. ALLIES REPULSED,
GERMANS OFFICIALLY STATE

,.ult Of the nghtfng which has been
going on for three days in this region
There is no news from the rest of
the battle front, nor from the eastern
field of the war.
The imperial chancellor. DR.. Won
Bethmann- Hollweg. speaking at head
quarters to Conrad Hauesmann. a
member of the reichstag. praised the
attitude of the public and troops.
which, he said, not only demonstrated
but strengthened the unity of the ma
ton. The spirit of the troops along
the entire west front, as the imperial
chancellor had personally ascertained.
was everywhere excellent.
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Benefit Entertainment P1anned.

An entertainment for the benefit of
The Stars Christmas ship fund is to
at Washington Hall, Sd street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast The
program h being arranged by Mrs w.
r.. Berry and her two little daughters
of 148 East Capitol street. and the en-
Is to be followed by dane
ing. The use of the hall, lights, etc,
have been donated by the proprietor
free Of any expense, and the entire re-
ceipts OF the entertainment and dance
are to be added to the Christmas ship
fund OF The Star
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GERMANY PROTESTS TO FRANCE
AGAINST FRANC-TIREUR WARFARE

flag; that they have invaded German
hospitals, robbed the hospital staff and
stolen the hospital equipment; that
they have fired on German doctors
who were gathering or attending to
the wounded, killing some of those
medical men and taking others cap
tives. and that they have captured a
German field clergyman whom they
treated as a common criminal
This protest is accompanied by fifteen
affidavits from various German SOL
diers, physicians and Catholic field
priests which support the allegations
made therein.
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REPORTS END OF UPRISING.
Lisbon Announces Suppression Of In
surpeuts Under Adriano Beca.

LISBON, Portugal, October u, via
London, 1887 p.m.-A revolutionary
outbreak In the cities of Braganza and
MARIA under the leadership of Adriano
Beca. former colonel, has been
promptly put down. according to Of
ncial announcement made today.
Beca has been arrested and a band
of revolutionaries who went out from
Mara are being pursued by troops.
BEYOND the cutting of telegraph wires
and the stopping of trains nothing
seems to have been accomplished.
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charge of judicial functions. not want
ing. trust, in a comprehension Of their
grave and responsible character"
Figured in Famous Cases.

| The appointment of Commissioner
Siddons writes an interesting chapter
into the records Of the famous Gompers,
| Mitchell and Morrison contempt case.
| In which Justice Wright had a promi-
| nent part. Mr.. Siddons was associated
with Judge Alton B. Parker in the de-
Tense Of the labor leaders in the con-
tempt proceedings growing out of the
Bucks stove and range case.
Another noted legal contest In which
| he appeared was the pious fund case,
which is historical because 1t is the
first issue tried by The Hague inter-
national court. and the United States
won.
Prior to his appointment as Commits
| sioner Mr.. Siddons was a member of
the law firm of Ralston, Siddons &
Richardson. which was established in
april, 1880. He was admitted to the
bar of the District of Columbia in
1888. and is a member of the bar of the
Court OF Appeals of the District and of
the Supreme Court Of the United
can Bar Association, the American So
c1ety OF International Law, the Com
mercial Law League of America, of
which he has been president, and of
the Bar Association of the District of
Colum bfa.
Mr.. Stddons has always been a demo.
| crat. He has been for many years
active In local affairs. and student OF
science of government. He helped to
frame a proposed uniform divorce law
serving on the committee convened by
the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Helped Frame "Loan Shark" Law.
He took conspicuous part in bring
| ing about the enactment of the board
Of condemnation for insanitary build
ings and in the framing of the So
called loan shark" law.
He was member of the Presidents
dent Roosevelt, to consider conditions
of living among the poor in the Dis
trict Of Columbia He served on the
auxiliary committee of the Associated
Charities, and has been for years a
member of the board of managers of
the Associated Charities.
Mr.. Siddons has been an official of the
Monday Evening Club. which has for
its object the study of sociological
problems and educational work. He has
been for more than a dozen years in
structor in the National University Law
School.
For number Of years he has been
a member of the Washington Board of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce, serv-
ing as one of the directors of the former
organization. and a member of its COM
mittee on municipal finance.
He Is member of the National Civic
Federation and of its local council
Born in London in 1864.
Mr. Siddons was born in London No
vember 81, 1864. His father was ]. H.
siddons The family came to the Dis
trict of Columbia in 1878. where they
have since resided.
In April, 1892, Mr.. Siddons married
Miss Harriet Charles Van Auken of
Virginia. and has two children, Mary
Elizabeth. twenty years old. and Fred
erick Philip Hayward, aged eighteen.
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Germany to Ship Raw Sugar.

Germany will permit the shipment of
raw sugar to neutral countries, Amer
lean Consul Donegan at Magdebure.
Germany, has advised the State De-
partment. He states from 100000 to
now available and approximately s00.-
600 metric tons will be available later.
MI. Donegan advises the use of Amer
lean vessels for cargoes of raw sugar
Of German origin The German beet
CROP. he reports. is expected to pro-
duce q minimum Of 100000 tons Of
raw sugar.
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TAFT TO PLANT CLUB TREE.
Chevy Chase Body to Be Honored by
Former President.

Former President Taft, who used to
frequent the links at the Chevy Chase
Club while living In the White House.
is to plant q tree on the club grounds
tomorrow on the invitation Of the club
officials.
Members Of the club are cooperating
with the board of governors to make
this an event memorable in the his
tory Of the organization. The hour set
Tor the ceremony is 3 o'clock. and a
for.
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PORTE BARS WARSHIPS
IN GULF OF SMYRNA

COPENHAGEN, via London. October
u, 8:45 a.m-The Frankfurter Zeitung
prints q message from Constantinople
to the effect that the foreign ambas-
sailors have been notified by the porte
that Wara1ips are forbidden to enter
The Gulf of Smyrna.
Tho Vossische zeitung states that
the porfe's action Ia directed against
tha ApElarErepch Mediterranean feet
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ARMIES |NTRENCH
ALONG THE WSTULA
Fiqht With the Russians Nav
Equal That of the
AiSne.
REPORTS FROM EASTERN
AREA MEAGER, HOWEVER
Austrians Claim Successes in Wire
less Message Given Out by
Ambassador Dumba.

LONDON. October 81, 10 a.m.-Only
the most meager reports arrive from
the eastern war area, but it is clear
that the Russians are at least holding
their own. Both sides are evidently in
trenching and the Vistula river region
promises to become another battle of
the Aisne.
The allies console themselves for the
Russian withdrawal from western Cali
cha and the advanced positions near the
Russian polish border by the belief that
the Germans, having committed them
selves to an invasion of Russian Po-
land, will not be as likely to send rein
forcements to the armies in the west as
would have been the case II the Rus
slams had suffered great reverse near
er the German frontier.
Outside of the purely military opera
lions, interest centers in the Russian
efforts being made to care for the Bel
gians still in their own country and
to feed and to repatriate those who
have taken refuge in other countries
Berlin states that no obstacles will be
placed in the way of this necessary
work, but at the same time claims
that Germany has done all possible, In
view of military exigencies, to relieve
the distress in Belgium.
The Russian emperor's ukase is said
to have been issued in response to
have been astonished by the effect on
the country of the prohibition of the
use of vodka which followed mobiliza-
ton.
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In a critical condition. Isaac John
son, twenty years old. colored. IL con-
fined to a Baltimore hospital with a
bullet lodged in his abdomen. Just be-
twenty-eight years old. Is locked up.
charged with the shooting.
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Simple but dignihed and appropriate
ceremonies marked the unwilling at St
Johns College, Annapolis. Of a bronze
tablet to Francis Scott Key. The tablet
was presented by the alumni Of the col
lege
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been an important factor.
ION account of the large number OF
spies captured in Dunkirk, an order has
been issued forbidding any foreigner to
remain in the city and requiring that
all leaving the town must go in west
erly direction"
German Attack Near Dixmude.
THE Germans. in force. attacked the
French position at Dixmude the night
of October 1911" says the Times Dun
kirk correspondent, telegraphing Tues
day.
The assault began about midnight.
Large numbers of infantry advanced
against the trenches outside the town.
The troops holding them were outnum-
bered and compelled to retire on the
town, where they held on grimly In the
outskirts.
"Reinforcements arrived about dawn.
when a counter attack was delivered
and with the help of the artillery hre
the Germans were driven back and the
trenches won again. During the course
of the day the heavy artillery duel con-
tinued, with the result that the Ger
mans withdrew from Dixmude."
The newspaper Nord Maritime of
Dunkirk says that the allies have driv-
en- 5000 Germans out of Bruges. and
that the allies are now in possession.
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Siddons Is Pleased.

sioner Siddons said: 81 am deeply SEN
sibIe and proud Of this further mark
of the Presidents confidence. II the
Senate shall see fit to ratify the selec-
ton thus made. shall assume the dis
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Advances of Allies Reported.

PARIS. October 81, 1:O1 a.m.-The
outcome of the battle in the north, &C
cording to the Judgment of observers
in Paris. still remained undecided this
morning.
The furious contest in this part OF
Belgium and France is regarded here
as now having reached its height. The
Germans. who at first apparently
yielded to the offensive Of the allies,
are now forcing to the maximum the
lines of the French and the English.
In this they have been assisted by
troops from Antwerp and all the other
German forces available in Belgium.
The allies, however, apparently are
fighting with the greatest ardor and
determination to take che important
city Of Lille in spite of the extraordi-
nary resistance of the enemy. The
attacks Of the allies. which have been
accompanied by progress at various
points. have been followed always by
spirited counter attacks on the part of
the Germans, who, in the opinion of
the French, are fighting to the limit
of their energy. Around Lille and in
the thickly populated districts, where
the fighting has been from house to
house, the operations are difficult and
progress has been slow, especially in
the face of the barbed wire defenses
put up by the Germans.
These barbed wire Instructions have
proved a serious obstacle to the allies
advance, and many means of surmount-
ing them have been tried.
1t is realized here that it may be
necessary to make sacrifices to this end
and 1t has been suggested that the men
selected for the task be armed. among
other things, with bucklers such as
were used successfully in attacking
the notorious automobile bandits of
Paris In their refuge in the suburbs of
the city.
Fight in obscurity of Fogs.
ON THE BATTLE FRONT. via Paris,
October 21.-The German invaders are
meeting a vigorous resistance in their
efforts to shorten their lines and rest
their right wing further southwest
ward upon the English channel. Much
of the fighting is being done in the
obscurity of fogs.
French marines yesterday gave a
good account of themselves. German
troops tried a surprise attack on the
marines Sunday, but the French force
held the field works against superior
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forded them II is only fair to say
however, that SO far as 1 have beer
able to gather, the Germans behaved
well in sI1ost of the places that they
recently visited. Indeed, in one case, g
fine imposed on the inhabitants wa:
returned upon evacuation as toker
Of the hospitality shown to the Ger
man troops"
TdThe Bordeaux correspondent of the
Star sends the following:
Tuesday the Germans made another
great effort to burst the narrowing
circle of steel that is hemming them in
They tried vainly at no fewer than six
points to discover a weak spot on the
allied front. the main effort being made
at La Bassee.
Advances of Allies Reported.
The Daily Chronicles Dunkirk CORE
spondent. telegraphing Tuesday, says:
"A general advance has been made by
the allies, who are fighting mainly with
artillery The best work is being done
by the British naval guns. Large num-
beers Of French and Belgian prisoners
have been taken from the retreating
Germans.
'srhe assistance rendered by the Brit
ish warships in bombarding the Ger
man lines advancing upon Newport has
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Denial by Senator Sheppard.

Senator Sheppard Of Texas today
made a statement in the Senate to the
effect that he had entered into no
agreement with eight other southern
senator's to vote against the war tax
bill last Saturday If the Hoke Smith
cotton amendment was defeated. He
said that a local newspaper had re-
nor1ed he had entered into such an
agreement and that he was influenced
by member of the cabinet to break
this agreement He said that when
senator vardaman of Mississippi moved
to postpone Indefinitely the war tax
hill he had told senators near him that
he could not support motion thai
would dispose of the tax bill in that
way.
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EUREKA

Eureka, May 1-Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Lanier were Monday shoppers in
Ocala.
Mr.. Drew Hastings, of Lake Weir,
attended Sunday school here Sunday
afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. G. B. Parramore are
here for weeks visit. They have
Just returned from Tampa where
they have been for the past several
months, but we are glad to know
that they intend making Marion
county their home again.
We are glad to see our Sunday
school making such progress in the
contest, and sincerely trust that each
scholar will continue to make oul
efforts successful, so If we do moi
hapnen to win we cannot say thai
we worked without an effort.