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Refugees Return Home.
SAYS SMITH MADE THREATS
Brother of Man Accused of cIauson
Murder Surprises Defense With
His Testimony.

Minneapolis, Dec. 19.-Frank Curtis,
Ben Curtis, sought by the police on a
i warrant charging him with the MUIR
der of Claus Clauson at 1912 Tenth
avenue south, told in municipal court
of hearing Gentry Smith, also charged
with the murder, threaten Clauson in
a talk with Curtis at Frank Curtis
home a few hours before the murder.
He made the statement at the prelimi-
nary hearing Of Smith.
The testimony of the brother was a
surprise to the defense. After he told
of the conversation Frank Curtis said
Ben Curtis and Smith exchanged hats
and left the house. He identified a
hat found near the Clauson home as
belonging to Ben Curtis.
Clauson was shot down at the door
of his home when he answered the
doorbell Gentry Smith was arrested
16 hours later at 1125 First avenue
north.
my brother and Gentry Smith were
at my house shortly before the murder
Saturday night" said Frank Curtis.
They talked about Clauson. Smith
said he had once thrown Clauson out
of his restaurant and then he said. I
am going to get him right Smith
said he wasn't going to stand for Clau-
son meddling with his affairs any
more. After that both Of them went
out, but Smith picked up Ben's hat
That is the last l ever saw of either
of them until saw Smith here today"
Smith gave no testimony and was
held to the grand jury without bail.
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BULLETS CONTINUE TO FLY
ACROSS MEXICAN BORDER
AT NAco DESPITE WARM
ING GIVEN.
PRESIDENT WILL WAIT
ANOTHER DAY, is BELIEF
Then If Demands of the United States
Are Not Complied With the
Threat to Return With Ar
tIlery Fire Will Be
Reality.

Washington, Dec. 16. = Although
both Provisional President Gutierre;
and General Carranza assured the
American government that their fore
es have been instructed to confint
their fire to Mexican territory, nothing
official has been received to indicate
| the receipt of such instructions by
their respective commanders at Naco
Officials here are unable to under
stand the delay in the delivery OF the
| message, copies of which have passed
through American telegraph lines to
Naco. In the meantime intermittent
firing continues. Z
The general belief is that President
Wilson will wait at least another day.
and then if the demands of the United
States are not complied with the
threat of the Washington government
to return with artillery fire any firing
ried out, AS yet, however, no further
orders have been sent to Br1gadier-
General Tasker H. Bliss, in charge of
the situation at Naco, Ariz.
Shot. From Mexico Regarded Hostile.
Administration officials attached no
Importance to the statement of Car
rama that if the United States fired
into Mexican territory it would be IAN
act of hostility" Some officials point
ed out that the American government
was inclined to regard shots from
Mexico into the United States in the
same aspect. In view of the urgent
tone of the message from Provisional
President Gutierrez to General May
torena officials believe the latter
would remove his troops to avoid com
plications.
A Carranza force of 1900 under
General Iturbe has taken La Paz,
Lower California, and that quiet pre-
walls there. /
Mexican Bullets Cross Border.
.Naco, Ariz., Dec. Ex-Governor May
torena, whose Villa troops have for
ten weeks besieged the town of Naco,
Sonora, where General Hill with his
Carranza forces are entrenched, are /
determined to continue the siege, ac-
cording to the best information of
United States army officials here. Hill
bombarded Maytorena's trenches as
usual, but received no reply. How
ever, the customary number of STRAY"
bullets crossed to the American side.
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R,tIfie, international Pact.

Washington, Dec. -8.--The Interna-
tional Convention for Safety of Life
at Sea, signed at London, Jan. 2, 1914,
by many world powers, was ratified
by the Senate for the United States
with the adoption of a resolution re-
serving the right to enact higher
standards than the treaty prescribes
for health and safety on American
vessels and to impose them upon all
foreign vessels within its territorial
waters. The conviction was framed
after conference in London by rep
resentatives of IA nations.
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Install Panama Exhibits.

San Diego, Cal, Dec. 17.-With the
opening of the Panama-California Ex-
position here but fortnight distant,
the gates have been closed to visitors
and the work of installing the exhibits
is now going forward in eight-hour
shifts, twenty-four hours a day. In
fact, the division of works turned
,ver the main buildings complete to
the management, a month ahead Of
time. A typical Spanish fiesta will
mark the opening on New Years Eve
to be followed by general celebra-
ton lasting until the dawn of 1915.
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sOM5ARDMENT OF THE ENGLISH
COAST TOWNS GIVES BIG I'M
PETus TO RECRUITING
OF MEN,
INHABITANTS BEGIN
TO REPAIR DAMAGES
Six Teuton Warships Are Believed to
Have Been in Squadron-Citizens
Go About Business In Natural
Way, and Are Showing
Little Excitement.

London, Dec. 19.-The people of the
English COAST towns of Scarborough
the Hartlepools and Whitby, which
were bombarded by German cruisers
have resumed their ordinary occupa-
tions.
The only difference discerned in the
regular routine of this season of the
year was the arrival of crowds of
camera-bearing tourists, which remind
ed the residents of the summer influx;
the return of those who had fled on
the first sound of the firing and busy
mechanics who were at work early re-
pairing the damage done by the shells.
Advises People to Keep Cool.
The mayor of Scarborough placard-
ed the walls of the city with posters
advising the people to keep cool, but
this was hardly necessary, for beyond
grief for the loss of friends and neigh
bors and the little pride displayed at
the attention they attracted, the citi-
zens seemed to be going about their
business in quite natural way. 1t
will not be long before all marks of
the damage done by the gunfire will
be removed.
The attitude of the people of Great
Britain is much the same as that of
the bombarded towns. There are no
signs of excitement and the only eff
feet the bombardment has had is the
demand that naturalized Germans and
those who have not been naturalized
shall be excluded from areas open to |
an attack such as that delivered We'd /
nesday and little boom in recruit |
ing which has been slackening owing /
to the approach of Christmas.
Raid Worth Two Army Corps.
The Right. Hon. Thomas p MacNa-
mara, parliamentary secretary to the
admiralty, in speaking of the effect of
the German raid said it was worth two
army corps to Kitchener's army.
1t is believed now that the Ger
man squadron included at least four
battle cruisers of the superdread-
nought class and two armored cruis-
ers The Smelling of the Hartlepools
and Scarborough was simultaneous,
but Whitby was visited by the war
ships after they left the other towns.
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THREE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
BLOWN UP BY MINES OFF EAST
COAST OF ENGLAND.
German Warships, Which Bombarded
Three Towns, Believed to Have
Scattered Explosives.

London, Dec. 18-Three steamers
one believed to be a passenger shiI
and all believed to have been flying
the British flag, have been blown VI
by mines off the east coast of England
in the territory covered by the raid
ing German warships. The German
vessels are said to have scattered
mines to cover their retreat.
| Only two of the three ships have
been identified. One was the British
coaster, Princess Olga. bound for Aber.
Scarborough and went down. The
crew of IS men landed in their own
boats.
The other was the coaster Elterwa-
ter, which was blown up off Flambor-
ough Head.
Twelve of its crew were saved, but
seven lost their lives. Marlborough
Head is about 20 miles down the coast
from Scarborough.
All Traffic Is Abandoned.
The admiralty issued warning that
traffic between Marlborough Head and
Newcastle was now endangered by
mines and all traffic has been aban-
doned until further notice. A fleet
of trawlers is now out engaged in the
precarious task of sweeping.
Members of the crew of the Princess
Olga reported that they saw a Ger
man steamer laying mines near the
point where their steamer went down.
The German cruisers are also reported
to have dropped mines overheard as
they fed after the bombardment.
Great Britain's cabinet met in full
session to DISCUSS the raid of German
warships upon the English coast. Pre-
mier Asquith, Winston Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, and Secretary of
War Lord Kitchener were among the
first members of the cabinet to appear
for the meeting. All other ministers
were present during the session.
EIude British Warships.
Aided by a fog, Germany's speedy
cruisers which combarded Scarbor-
ough, Hartlepool and Whitby, eluded
the British warships sent out to pur-
sue them. Steaming at high speed, the
German raiders, barring mishap,
should have reached tI>eir advance
naval base off Helgoland some time
after midnight the following night,
their trip requiring about Is hours.
Thirty hours out of port on such a
venture in mine laden waters is feat
English papers do not belittle and in |
his heart every Englishman hopes that |
It will be essayed again and, if neces-
sary, again, until the call is paid once
100 often.
Calm but deadly anger is the key
note of national sentiment following
he sensational raid upon the British
coast cities by German cruisers which
oombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool I
and Whitby.
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Washington, Dec. 16.-Increased pas
senger fares between st. Louis, Mo-;
Chicago, ILL.,, and other similarly 10
Gated cities and points in the eastern
territory each of the Buffalo-Pittsburgt
line have become effective. BY terms
Of the tariffs filed by the railroads
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission all round trip tickets sold al
reduced rates between points In elias.
sification territory and Central Passen,
ger Association territory will be with.
drawn and only straight fare tickets
sold.
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Belgium One Long BreadIine.

New York, Dec. 18.-"Tragic mis-
cry, the like of which the world has
never seea," was the term applied to
conditions in Belgium by Theodore
Waters secretary of the Christian
Herald. who went to Belgium last
month to supervise the distribution of
the food cargo Of the Dutch steamer
Jan Block among the starving nom
combatants, and who returned on the
Pennsylvania. Belgium, he said, is
one long breadline of starving men,
women and children
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Farmer. Sow Record Area

Washington, Dec. IS. American
farmers, influenced by the prospective
heavy demand for grain by the war
ring countries of Europe, have sown
a record area to winter wheat which
the department of agriculture esti-
mated at 41,263,000 acres. That is an
increase of 4,135,000 acres over the
area sown last year, which yielded the
record crop OF 684,390000 bushels.
The area sown is 5,255, 900 acres more
than was harvested this year. The
condition of winter wheat on Dec ]
was 1873 per cent OF a normal.
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CROP VALUE s4.S45.852.000
ESTIMATE BY DEPARTMENT or
AGRICULTURE.
Decrease Of $2o,e4o,ooo from Las
Year ls shown-Wheat Produc-
tion Increases.

Washington. Dec. 16.-This year.
principal farm crops are worth $4,s45.
$4,000. the department of agriculture
has announced The Years rrincipa.
crops are worth s20.645.0oo less tina,
last year, when their value was 1896.
$4,000: Their value In 1912 was "a.
757.343. 900 and $4,5S9.52s. 900 in 1911
The values are based on the farm price
OF the crops on Dec. 1. ..s
The value of each crop, with las
years value for comparison, is an
nounced as:
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To Rebuild Edison Plant.

West Orange, N. j., Dec. 16.-The
work of clearing up the debris follow
ing the fire which destroyed a large
portion of the plant of the Edison COM
pany last week is proceeding and it is
said that reconstruction will be begun
Immediately. 1t has been found that
the reinforced concrete floors, walls,
columns, ETC., are intact and will need
only a little patching to restore them.
The brick, frame and steel buildings
are q mass of ruins. 1t is hoped to
have the plant reconstructed by spring.
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Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Ameri-
can Red Cross cabled an additional
contribution of $4,000 to assist in
maintaining numerous hospitals in
Turkey. in accordance with requests
submitted by Ambassador Morgenthau
at Constantinople.
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Enolish Boatbuilder Dies.

oxford, Eng, Dec. 18.-The death IL
announced here of Frederick Rough.
the most famous English builder of
rowing shells. He was SIS years old
He had been in failing health ever
since his boathouse was burned by
suffragets three years ago. The shock
of that occurrence completely I'M
nerved him.
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ADMIRALTY ANNOUNCES CRUISER
AND DESTROYER WERE HIT,
BUT DOES NOT MENTION
LOSS OF VESSELS.
FIVE MEN WERE KILLED
AND FIFTEEN WOUNDED
Germans Admit That Several Of the
Raiding Warships Were Struck BY
Shells, But Declare They Suf-
& fered Very Little Damage
Towns Set Afire.

London, Dec 1.-two British de-
stroyers were sunk and third badly
damaged during the running fight in
the North sea between the British pa
troll feet and the German squadron
that attacked the eastern coast of
England, says an official announce
nent from Berlin received here.
The admiralty announces that the
light cruiser, Petrol, and the destroyer,
Doom, which were engaged with the
Germans, were struck by shells and
that five men were killed and Is
wounded. but makes no mention of
the loss of any vessels.
Berlin Claims Two Ships Lost.
The Berlin official announcement
follows:
After approaching the English
coast our cruisers were unsuccessfully
attacked by four British destroyers.
One was sunk and another disappeared
In severely damaged condition. i.
Elsewhere another British destroy.
er was sunk.
1.-THE batteries at Hartlepool were
silenced. The gas works were destroy.
ed and several explosions were heard.
Three large fires in town could be OBJ
served from our ships.
1--WE received a few hits from the
coast batteries, but suffered very little
damage"
Sister Ship of Goeben.
One of the German vessels engaged
in the raid two days ago is declared to
have been the Won Moltke, a sister
ship of the Goeben, now a part of the
Turkish navy.
At present there are no indications
that the admiralty intends to change
its plans for the disposition of the
British dreadnoughts and battle cruis-
ers. The coast patrol will be left to
destroyers and light cruisers as before.
Minesweepers are combing the wa
tiers along the coast betwee- w.
castle and Marlborough Heas g
three ships were sunk by :. ng
mines.
Refugees Return Home.
Refugees who fled from Scarbor-
ough. Whitby and Hartlepool when the
Germans opened fire are returning to
their homes to find them reduced to a
mass of ruins. The authorities of all
coast cities are busily engaged organ
izing constant watch on the coast.
Many of the naturalized Germans ar
rested after the German raid have
been liberated.
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Germans Rush Troops to Belgium

The Hague, Dec. II, via London,
Dec. 18.-AccordiHg to afternoon
newspapers the Germans are rushing
large bodies Of troops through Bel
GUM past Dutch border points. 1t is
the impression of the newspapers that
the new troops are volunteer forces,
as 1t is declared most of them are
very young-from II to 10 years Of
age,
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LATE WAR DEVELOPMENTS

Germans and AustriAns claim a
great victory over the Russians along
the entire battle front III Poland and
Galicia.
Allies assert they have advanced
their lines materially in the western
zone of the war.
Berlin proclaims a holiday in honor
Of the victory of the Tuetonic allies
over the cars forces.
The German raid on the British
coast towns is declared worth two
army corps to Kitchener.
Citizens regain composure and begin
to repair damage wrought by the Ger.
man shells.
First details of great naval battle
off Falkland islands brought to Buenos
Aires by steamship passengers.
Britain announces assumption of
protectorate over Egypt and the suzer.
ainty of Turkey at an end.
German armored cruiser Frederick
Karl reported sunk in the Baltic Sea.
Two-thirds of her crew were lost.
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JobIess Men Given Beds.

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Forty-one hun
dred homeless and jobless men were
given beds in two municipal lodging
houses and the Dawes Hotel, the third
night of the present cold wave. In
one municipal lodging house 3,100 men
slept.
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Welcome TsInp-Tau vIctors.

Toxic, Dec. -Lieutenant-GeneraI
Kamic and Vice Admiral Sadakichf
Kato, respectively the commanders Of
the land and naval forces which oper-
ated successfully against the German
fortress Tsing-Tau, were given an ova-
ton on their entry into the city yes
terday.
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Chicago, Dec. Reorganization Of
all lumber associations in the country
into national body viii be effected
at conference to be held here on Fell
% and Ok it has haan announced 4
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Kaiser to Return to Front.

Berlin. Dec. 18.-The kaiser's health
is improving and he will be able to
yeturn to the front In day or two, at
most, says an official announcement.
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...s1,7o2,5 ss, 900 .I,6s2, 0s2, ool

Total Close to $9,I5O,OOOOOO.
In addition to these crops other farm
products such as minor crops and ami
mails and animal products, will bring
the years total close to S9,750, 100000
as the value resulting from the efforts
of husbandry.
Other details of the report show:
Corn-Production 1872, S04, 900 bus.
against 2,446,9SS,0O0 last year. Acre
yield, 25.S bushels, against 23.1 last
year. Dec. farm price, 63.7 cents per
bushel, against 69.1 last year.
Winter Wheat-Production, 6S4,990,.
600 bushels, against 523,561 900 last
year. Acre yield, 1910 bushels, against
16.5 last year. Price, 1856 cents,
against 1923 last year.
Spring Wheat-Production, 206,027,
900 bushels, against 239,S19,000 last
year. Acre yield, lis bushels, against
1870 last year. Price, 1856 cents,
against 1874 last year.
Increase in Wheat Production.
All Wheat-Production 891 ,017 900
bushels, against 763,3S0,0OO last year.
Acre yield, 1876 bushels. against 1872
last year. Price, 1856 cents, against
1913 last year.
Oats-Production, 1,141 1850, 900 BUSH
els, against 1,121,76S, 200 last year
Acre yield, 1917 bushels, against 1872
last year. Price, 1873 cents, against
1872 last year.
Barley-Production, 194,953, 900 bus.
against 178,189,000 last year. Acre
yield, 25.S bushels, against 1913 last
year. Price, 54.3 cents, against 53.7
last year.
Crop of Rye Larger.
Rye-Production 42,779,000 bushels,
against 1881, 900 last year. Acre
yield, 1853 bushels, against. 1852 last
year. Price, II ga
last year.
"rckwhea
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NOTORIOUS RosBER RAIDS TWO
BANKS TN CINCINNATI AND
IS KILLED BY CITY
POLICEMEN.
OFFICER is FATALLY
WOUNDED IN BATTLE
More Than Thirteen THOUSAND Dol
lars Missing as Result Of Robber-
les and Police are Confident
Money Was Passed
to Confederates.

Cincinnati, Dec. 19.-The life of
Frank G. Hohl, notorious automobile
bandit, ended here following three
hours career of crime which included
the robbing of two Cincinnati banks,
the theft of an automobile and pis-
tol duel with policemen that resulted
with almost certain fatal wounds to
one officer and the death of the BAN
dit.
Thirteen thousands and one hundred
dollars are missing as the result of
the bank robberies and the police are
confident that Hohl, in his wild auto
mobile drives, managed to pass this
money along to some confederates.
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17.2
against

AcIv lid, 4 t 17.2
last year. Price, against
75.5 last year.
Flaxseed Production, 15,559,00
bushels, against 17,S53,000 last year.
Acre yield. S.3 bushels, against rs last
year. Price. s1.26, against s12O last
year.
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Was Fugitive From Justice.

Hohl was we'll known to the police
and was a fugitive from justice. The
police claim that he shot up an AL
toona, Pa, bank on March 90. was ar.
rested and while being conveyed to
the Pittsburg Jail, threw cup OF
coffee in his guards face and again
escaped He was again captured, but
subsequently escaped from the Holli.
dayburg, Pa, jail. The police also
claim that he was wanted in connec-
ton with diamond robbery in Kansas
City, Mo-, year ago, where he had
assumed the name of Howe.
Mrs. Lulu Hohl, who says she is the
wife of Hohl, was arrested, but the
police were unable to find any money
taken by the robber.
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German armored cruiser Frederick
Karl reported sunk in the Baltic Sea-
Two-thirds of her crew were lost.
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Fires at Policemen.

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on knocking the door was sud-
del, thrown open and the bandit
opened fire, at the same time brushing
past the officers, one of whom, Police
man Edward KHoul, was probably ia
tally wounded. He again ran to his
automobile, which was standing at a
nearby corner, and began again to
make good his escape, but in rounding
a corner the machine crashed into a
telegraph pole and was wrecked The
bandit jumped out and opened fire on
the two officers who had pursued him.
In the battle that followed Hohl fell
with four bullet wounds in his body
and died shortly afterward at the hos
pital. He was identified by Cashier
Hughes of the Provident bank as the
man who had robbed his bank, and
later a comparison of picture of
Hohl to the dead man was made and
proved with other signs of identified
ton to the satisfaction of the police
that the dead man was Hohl.
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First details of great naval battle
off Falkland islands brought to Buenos
Aires by steamship passengers. +.
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The beginning of Hollis end start
ed shortly after 10 a. m. when he en-
tered the West End branch of the
Provident Savings Bank & Trust COM
pany, Eighth and Freeman avenues.
and fired two shots at Cashier Edward
Hughes. scooped up $4,000 in currency,
backed through the door, jumped into
a waiting automobile which had been
stolen, and disappeared. Cashier
Hughes fired at the robber, but his
shots did not take effect.
When the police were searching for
the bandit more than one hour later
he entered the Liberty Bank e Saw
ings Company bank at Liberty and
Freeman avenues, ten blocks away,
fired two shots at Cashier George
Winters, grabbed what proved to be
$500 in currency, ran to his auto
mobile and again disappeared. The
shots were so close to Winters that
he was powder-burned, but other than
suffering from the shock he was I'M
injured. Almost two hours later Harry
Buckshorn, whose mother conducts an
apartment house on West Ninth
street, informed the police of the sim
ilarity of a man who rented a room
there with a description given of the
bandit
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Britain announces assumption of q
protectorate over Egypt and the suzer.
ainty of Turkey at an end.