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New-York tribune., 1915-07-04
Mrs. Robert Lansing,
Daughter of One Secre-
tary of State and Wife
OfAnOther, ReserV-
ed, Domestic and
Charming. ~

IVY ITH the appointment 70 the po-
W sition Of premier Of a man
who, up to a year ago, was
practically unknown to the political
or diplomatic world. the eyes Of Off
cal Washington have been focused
for the last three days upon the
large, comfortable looking brick house
at 1928 Eighteenth Street, the home
OF Robert Lansing, Secretary Of
State Within this focus only because
she cannot we'll step outside it Is
Mrs. Robert Lansing. wife Of the new
member Of the Wilson Cabinet, and one
OF the most charming hostesses Wash
ing;oa has ever known.
II. perchance, you should meet Sec
re:a-y Lansing, you would probably
consider him a most retiring person,
no. at all the politician and far from
being a seeker of the limelight Of pub
LEFTY. lie is affsble and businesslike,
but he Enthusiastically objects to
newspaper notoriety, and the camera
mon have to haunt him for days to
get new pictures. This trait is car
ried to an even greater extent in the
character of Mrs. Lansing. A digni-
fed, charming woman, well read and
widely travelled, she has such dis
taste for publicity that it was not until
after the President had made public
the appointment Of her husband to be
Secretary of State that she would
allow the Washington photographers
20 release" her pictures for news
paper use.
Mrs. Lansing is a woman of-well,
who's Who" doesn't give her age,
but she recently celebrated her silver
wedding anniversary and her white
hair is intensely becoming. She IS
very widely travelled. having visited
Madrid. Mexico City and St. Peters
burg (thete was no objection to the
Teutonic appellation them with her
father, John W. Foster, Secretary Of
State in President Harrisons Cabinet
and minister to several foreign coun-
tries pri,r to that time. Since her
marriage she has resided in London,
Paris and Berlin in company with her
husband, who has taken prominent
part in the settlement OF a number
Of delicate questions of international
law in which the United States was
Interested.
As becomes the wife Of a premier,
Mrs. lansing speaks French and Span
ish fuently, and will thus be able to
converse at ease with the members of
the diplomatic corps whose English IS
not all that it should be.
whether her knowledge Of Spanish
is responsible for the fact that she
numbers among her close friends in
Washington the members of the Latin
contingent, particularly the Rianos-
the family of the Ambassador from
Spain-is not known, but Washington
argues that the appointment of Ian
sing to succeed Bryan will further
cement the Pan-American friendship
because Of the intimacy between the
Lansings and nearly all the South
American diplomats. The wife of the
Secretary Of Staty wields a great deal
more influence over international af-
fairs than she is generally given credit
especially when she is a woman
who takes an active part in her hus-
bands life and is capable of advising
him on minor points Of international
usage and custom. Without in the
least rejecting upon the ability and
determination Of the new Sec. etary
of State to decide matters for himself.
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Great Britain Suspends
Issuance OF Permits for
the Shipment Of Supplies

Washington. Dec. -8.--Grest Britain
has suspended the ISL uance or permits
for shipment Of hoFrital supplies o,
any descr;Fnio from tT,t t4hit.d states
to Germany. Austria ul}gary, Bulgaria
and Turkey. This bcc4me known to-
night, and at the sane time it was
learned that the state department at
the instance Of he American Red Cross
had made representations to the Lon
don foreign office seeking withdrawal
or modification OF the new order.
Until recently the British govern
ment and its allies exempted from the
blockade orderS-!n- council admitting
virtually all hospital supplies except
rubber goods such as gloves worn by
surgeons and nurses, blankets. tubing,
etc. Efforts to secure the admittancc
ct rubber goods was unsuccessful Eng
land explaining that to allow them to
go into enemy territory would release
an according amount Of rubber for the
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NEWFOUNDLAND
REMOVES LID ON
FISH TO GREECE

st. Johns, n. r.. Dec. 23.-An-
nouncement was made today that the
Newfoundland government had been
advised of the removal Of the proilibi-
ton Of expectation Of fish from this
colony to Greece imposed by the Brit
ish government some time ago as an
incident Of its efforts to obtain the
support of Greece in the Balkan cam
Laign. Several vessels laden with cod
which had been held at Gibraltar have
been permitted to proceed to their
destinations. The French government
has declined the request of the New
foundland government, made through
the British colonial office, that New
foundland fish be permitted free en-
try into France during the way 1t was
explained that such action would ne
cessitate an extension of the same
privilege to all countries with which
France had most favored nation"
treaties
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NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day, Capt. George 1.
Brown,
The funeral OF the late Henry NJ. Fits
was held from the Home chapel at Q A.
NJ Thursday, Rev. c. II. Temple Off
ciating.
Misses Virginia and Anna, have arrived
to pass the holidays with Prof. and Mrs.
B. w. Theme.
The holiday hours at the Home store
will be to 9 A. NJ. The window Will
be open from II to - and to $50
John Donovan reported Thursday from
furlough passed in Augusta.
The regular picture show has been
postponed to Saturday evening.
Burroughs We're granted Thursday to
Isaac l.. Cannon to Lisbon Falls, Patrick
WalshA to Providence David A. Piggott
to Watervile and James F. Connolly to
Boston.
George A. Wilson of Haynesville. late
CO. A, 18th L. s. Inf; Harry A. Dow o:
Lynn late Co. !, 37th L. S. Inf, and
Henry Clinch of Calais. late Co. G, Maine
Coast Guards, were Thursday admitted
to the Home.
William II. FARMLAND Of Ashland. late
Co. A. 35th Mass. Inf; Martin V. White
of Bath, late Co. B.. I'd Me. Cav, and
John f. Gibbs OF Chelsea. Mass, late
musician 3lst Me. Inf, former members
were Thursday readmitted.
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YAQUI INDIANS
IN POSSESSION
OF YAQU| VALLEY

Guaymas. Mex. Dec. %. Via Radio
to San Diego. Cal, Dec. 23.-Yaqui In
dams still have possession Of all prop
erty in the Yaqui valley. except two
ranches. one being owned by an
American named Bruss, where he, to-
gether with another American and
eight Germans. is supposed to be hold
ing out. although no news has been
received from them since Monday,
when the second Yaqui raid began.
According TO accounts received to-
day from settlers. the Indians have de-
stroyed all the buildings and property
where they have taken charge, but as
yet no reports have been received Of
any AMERICANS or other foreigners be-
ing killed.
On account of lack of ammunition,
Waldo Sheldon aLd Barrett Jones. two
young men from Greenwich, Conn,
who were conducting a large ranch
and who last spring were successful in
driving off the Indians. were compelled
to abandon their property during the
night, and. after a long journey
through the Indians lines. succeeded
in getting out with only a skirmish
in which no one was injured.
Most of the settlers are practically
destitute and many are thoroughly dis
heartened, it is said. An official of the
Richardson Construction Co. received
a telephone message from Monterey,
one of the Yaqui chiefs, stating that
the Indians desired to have a confer
ence in the mountains with Admiral
Winslow, commanding, the United
States Pacific fleet. who is here aboard
the cruiser San Diego, for the pur-
pose of presenting their views to the
Americans He further announced that
the Indians were holding in captivity
Mrs. John I4ehr. two young girls and
two children. all of the same family.
They were carried away by the In
dams during the raid on Suaquegran
last month.
1t is reported that Mrs. Lehr is a
Mexican woman whose husband is an
American.
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SERIOUS DISEASES OF PINE
CALLED TO PUB! les ATTENTION
alarming | to pine.

Washington. Dec. 2-.-Tne alarming
Character al the white pine blister rust
ard tnt economic loss which it threatens
IN the Northeastern and Western United
States arc sharply emphasized by four
recent serious outbreaks on pine trees
aEi ourranl bushes in Massachusetts and
New fcIE. says the United States De-
paFtmc4t Of Agriculture. This disease
W. introduced on imported white pine
mrsery stock and first appeared AZ Ge-
neva, New York. in 1906.
II lHt' extensive importations of dis
sased white pine nursery stock were To-
cared and destroyed in New York and
ether eastern states, and warnings
Tere issued broadcast against further
Importation Of white pine from Europe.
IL spte Of these warnings importation
continued even from the particular nur-
SER u! Germany which was definitely
Enowl to lie the main source of disease.
lHi finally in 1912 all such importation
vas stopped by Federal action.
The white pine blister rust affects the
tasi,'u white pine, the western white
pine, the sugar pine and indeed all of the
so-calad fve-leaf pines, producing cam
EeFs on the stems and branches, killing
Nuns trees and manning and dsfiguring
Old ones. Il also produces 4 leaf dis
ase q currant and eooseberry bushes
NE fungus causing the disease must live
'ot part Of its life on pine trees and
par Of rs life on currants and goose
frTies. The disease can no. spread from
0he 1lnc tree 10 another. but must pass
4fst " currant bushes and then back
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SEVERAL SPEECHES IN HOUSE
OF COMMONS IN DEFENSE OF THE
Governments WAR ATTITUDE
Lord Cecil Roberts Mastery Address Allays All
Rumors of Dissension Among the Allies
and Cites Comparison of Unanimity

that could be legitimately done to pre-
vent goods going into Germany has been
done. One Of the members of the House
of Commons has said that the only way
effectively to blockade Germany is to go
to war with the neutral countries sur
rounding Germany. l want TO say most
frankly that this is not the policy Of the
government.
THE great difficulty in a blockade is
to discriminate between goods with an
enemy destination and those genuinely
for consumption in neutral countries.
LAS to our Balkan policy. the aim
throughout has been to produce in those
unhappy countries unity instead Of dis
cord. The suggestion that the foreign
office rejected an alliance with. or the
assistance of. Greece is absolutely with
out foundation
Mr.. Runcinan spoke of the steps the
board OF trade was taking to prepare for
commercial conditions after the war. be-
ginning with the declaration: so far as
commerce is concerned, Germany is a
beaten nation and it is for US to see
that il does not recover"
Mr.. Ea!four, replying to various speak
ers who had complained of the shortage
of ships for mercantile purposes, said
that the whole possibility Of carrying on
the war rested on the British navy and
its mercantile fleet. He was willing to
confess that there had probably been
some waste of tonnage. but the first
business Of the admiralty was. not TO
save tonnage, but to win battles.
1--WE cannot expect to carry on a war
with the same economy that We manage
the port of Liverpool or HULL said
the first lord. The main thing has been
70 see that every soldier was supplied
with all necessary to make him the best
fighting unit
lie urged that the wisest remedy for
the shortage of tonnage was to go on
with the building of merchant ships,
which lie thought should be recognized
as war work second only to the manu-
facture Of munitions.
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MAR weekly customers in New York
ana other states and made a profit Of
$4,000 per annum from the rental of
films.
The nine other defendants in April
1910, the complaint AYERS. formed the
General Film Co. as a moving picture
exchange for the alleged purpose of mo-
nopolizing the sale and distribution Of
films In the United States. The same
month, it is charged the Fathc. kalen
and Lubin companies filed petition in
involuntary bankruptcy against the !n,-
perial Exchange, placing il in the hands
Of temporary receiver. When the re-
ceiver found the Imperial Exchange was
solvent, two months later. the plaintiff
declares, its business had shrunk to =
customers. its weekly income had dwin-
died to $3.50 and its business was mostly
in the hands Of the General Film Co.
The complainant seeks damages of 500
600, and in accordance with the provis
ions OF the Sherman law asks a judg-
ment for s750,o0o against the defendants.
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WOOLWICH

Miss Ruth Wight. who teaches in
Bethel n. H.. is spending the winter
vacation with her uncle Alton b.
Thwing.
Augustus Lavigne spent a part of
the week in Saco on business.
Mrs W. Fl. Ramsey is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Bach in Boston.
AFFORD Buck has joined his parents
in Boston.
Christmas trees and some exercises
at the North Methodist and Baptist
churches.
Miss Sadie /. Bagley. one Of the
music teachers at Kents Hill, has
been at home during the vacation.
The Christian Endeavor Society Of
the Baptist church met Thursday eve
ming with Mrs. David Henderson.
Ernest Stilphen is at work for Eben
Dana making boxes fo- the Bath fac
tory.
1t is hard hauling for teams. but
some are busy hauling from the
Crocker lot to Bath box factory.
Felspar has been found in Wool
wich, the eastern part, and it seems
possible that a zinc deposit has been
found, but not positive.
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In Europe the disease has made the
culture Of American white pine impr2c-
ticable IN England, Denmark. and TIol-
land and has seriously handicapped It's
cultivation in Germany. Since the trees
which it attacks include three of the
most important timber trees of the Unit
ed states, the loss which this disease will
produce II unchecked is very great. For
tunately, the disease is not now known
to be present west of Buffalo New York
but If ii is not checked in the Eastern
states it's ultimate spread to the vast
forests of the Rocky mountains and the
Pacific Coast is certain. The disease now
occurs in three localities in New Hamp-
shire. two in Vermont, 10 in Massachu-
sets. two in Connecticut. five in New
Ontario. Canada.
The disease could be controlled now by
the destruction of the diseased white
pines or the complete destruction Of all
currant and gooseberry bushes in the
vicinity of infected pine trees. Whether
or not this simple action can be accom-
plished depends upon the legal authority
nossessed by the various State Horticul-
+ur,, inspectors concerned. IF the in
snector is not armed with authority to
destroy either currant bushes or the dis
eased white pines without the consent OF
tho owner, all efforts at control will be
unavailing. as a single person by permit
ting diseased pines or currants to re-
main on his place can nullify the WORK
~ an entire community.
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WINTHROP

Mrs. John Ryan has been passing the
week in Boston,
Nh and Mrs. Z. T. Clifford have beer
attending the State Grange in Port.
land.
Miss Bertha Wentworth is visiting ir
Yarmouth.
The congregational Sunday schoo
will have their annual tree and Christ
mas entertainment Friday evening
Vera Thaaum and Mary McIlroy are
in charge.
The Methodist Christmas tree ant
party will be enjoyed at the vestr.
Saturday evening.
The engagement of Miss Lorna Col.
Inns and Percy Watkins Of Venice
Cal, has been announced
Christmas Sunday will be observed
Sunday at the Methodist church will
special sermon and music Sunda!
morning. At the evening service Mrs
Lottie York will read The Man Who
Was Too Busy to Find the Child"
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manufacture Of automobile tires and
other military necessities.
Now the prohibition has been ex-
tended to all supplies. and large con-
Signments collected at New York by
the Red Cross for shipment to the Cen
trail Powers are being held in stora ge
This situation will be considered at the
meeting Of the executive committee of
the Red Cross in New York tomorrow
as the entire program of the society for
relief work in Europe will be effected
if Great Britain refuses to change her
attitude.
The United States has called the at
tention of the foreign Office to an agree
ncnt between the belligerents soon aft
CT the beginning of the war upon a
comprehensive list of medical stores
which We're to be allowed to pass free
II into ali countries. officials here
think permission for the movement of
articles named on this list, at least,
will he obtained.
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London. Dec. 23-The most import
ant speeches at the closing session of
the House of Commons before the
House adjourned tonight for the
Christmas recess were made by Lord
Robert Cecil. under secretary for for
eign affairs. Walter Runciman, presi-
dent of the Board Of Trade, and A. J.
Balfour first lord Of the admiralty.
Lord Robert Cecl's speech was in
the nature of a general defense Of the
foreign Office. He denied rumors of
dissension in the cabinet of dissen-
sions among the Allies and of pro-
German influence in the foreign office.
He announced that the foreign Office
would soon issue a white paper stat
ing the principles on which the Brit
ish blockade of Germany is based.
Unity ct Entente
Until the resignation of one or
more members of the cabinet" he said,
everyone is bound to accept the view
that it is united on the main lines of
it's policy. AS to the unity of the AL
lies, they have carried On the war in
a manner which if one considers his
tory. is really GreXa'nplen perform
ance of unity.
Suggestions have been made re-
Gently in various forms that some one
in the foreign Office is in the pay of
Germany or at least is 4 pro- German.
This is grotesQue and serious charge
1t shows that there are some people
who are unable to stand the strain of
war and become mere hysterical neu-
tories. If things are not going right
for the moment, such people think the
proper course is to turn on the men
who are trying to serve their country
and shout Traitor, traitor
This is disgra ceful. un British
state of things. II is utterly Gesiruc-
tive OF the morals Of the country and
it is the duty of every patriotic man
to stamp on these people
81 assure the House that everything
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EAST WINTHROP

Mrs. Harry Winslow left Tuesday 70
Massachusetts. where she will visi
friends in Boston, Amesbury and New
Bedford. %
Harry Winslow went 70 Massachu
sets Thursday, where he will NEE
Mrs. Winslow and continue their jour
ney to Providence. r. L., and pass tn.
holidays with Mr.. Winslows father
J. .. Winslow.
Harris Woodman, Harry wilkins an'
Elwood Kinds Of Winthrop and Levi
Cleaves and Arthur Stone Of Eas
Winthrop. were at Lake Ccbbosseecon
tee Wednesday. where they enjoyed al
afternoons spin in their boats.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Symes. who hav.
been visiting their son. Wendell Symes
the past week, have gone to Johnson
VT. where they will pass a few week
with relatives.
There will be a Christmas tree ant
exercises at the Baptist church Fri
day evening. A good time is expected
as Santa will he there
Willard Jackson OF New York is stop
ping with his parents for a few weeks
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DISSENSIONJS
DENIED BY FORD

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Reported dissen-
sion among members of the Ford Peace
party was denied in a cablegram re-
ceived from Mr.. Ford by Miss Jane
Adams at Hull House today. 1t was
dated Christiania. Norway, Dec 81,
and read as follows:
All press rumors about dissenson
on board unfounded. Only few Jour
nalists tried to make separate stories
Tor their papers by inventing every
thlns through vivid imagination. Hope
your faith in the success of our mis-
sion is as mistaken as ours. Norwe-
gian people are splendid. Hope to see
you join our party
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WILLIAM
SENDS SYMPATHY

Berlin. Dec. 23.-(By wireless to Say
yilIe).-Emperor William has sent tel
eeram of coincidence to the widow OF
General Won Emnich, whose death was
announced yesterday at Hanover. 1t is
stated by the Overseas News Agency.
which quotes the rulers message as fol-
lows:
Il have lost an officer whom ] highly
esteemed as a paragon of fidelity and
devotion. as a soldier and man: and
when history describes the most glorious
achievements of this war-Liege, st.
Quentin, Galicia and Poland-his name
will occupy one of tn first places"
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CASUALTY LIST
is SUBMITTED

London, Dec. 23.-G2.is P. Mo.-Great
Britain's loss of officers and men at the
Dardanelles up to Dec. II was 1884.
This is the grand total of officers and
men, including the naval lists Of killed,
wounded and missing. The number kill
ed was $3.50. In addition to the total Of
casualties the number of sick admitted
to hospitals was 1853.
The losses were distributed as follows:
killed-Officers 1909. men $3.50.
Wounded-Officers 1853, men 72,222.
Missing-Officers 337, men 121l4.