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NEW RULING APPLIED.
Hooking Rrauisitioned On Recent
Decision of English Prize Court.

HALIFAN. y. :, Dec. 3.-rn- pro-
cedure in the cases Of tho American
steamship Hooking m the Danish
steamer Hamborn, acquisitions for which
have been applied for By the British
Government, WAS made public to-day.
TIE APPLICATIONS We're made 20 Justice
prysdale. sitting a. 4 Judge Of the prize
court.
Under the rules as they existed until
March % this ear. neutral ships and
goods could mol bc reQuisit!oned. As a
.esult asl order la Council was passed
revoking the existing rules and eliminate
ing the saving clause regarding neutral
shtrs and goods,
The power OF a prize court to permit
reouistioning OF neutral ships and goods
under the new rule was questioned be
fore the prize court in England in the
,ase OF the Zamora. Sir Samuel Evans.
president of the British prize court. after
reviewing IA large number OF previous
cases. especially in the courts Of the
United States. held that the power OF a
Government to requisition neutral ships
and o % before they We're concerned in
a prize court was not a violation OF in
te~rnationil Jaw.
on this showing Justice D-ysdale
granted the applications on the Ho -king
and lIsmborn, and the necessary orders
were isued by the registrar.
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duty bound to do. lie added that his
career In this country UP to the be-
ginning o. the war had been the pleas
ATTEST experience OF his life. but that
while he was very greatly distressed TO
th.rk that his connection with the en-
bassy In Washington was now concluded
he would be glad TO go home.
Capt. Boyd announced that n had
simply done his duty as a naval officer
ard that the majority OF the criticisms
against him in the American pr,~s ~vr,.
unjust and unfair Il that the .Ameri-
can new Spaper men had not taken into
consideration the immense strain under
which he had labored and the fact that
none o. his actiyit es were individual IN
haracter. but that ne was simply an
officer carrying out orders to the best
OF his ability under all circumstances.
The Journal is able TO this
morning hat Capt. Boyd VIII leave
here for Germany as soon as his passports
can be secured, Capt. Won Papen is 10
leave Immediately for Mexico
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GERMANY CLAIMS
GOOD POTATO CROP
Official Statement Says That
$4,000 Tons Remain
"Plcnty Of Syrups."
NEAT AND FATS SCARCE
Special Cable Despatch 10 Tur s.,

LONDON Dec. 3.-The Times puu' os
what purports to be an official u,lI.
randum issued In Berlin dealing WITH
the economic measures that vii form f.
chief discussion OF In" Is'iohsiar n1sa
IL on December . fo- "a
sixth war session. Tn weWnra'd.. i
a sombre document. I.it;le Is sad n Il
about 0ermany's corn supply.
This years potato Crup IS Described
In the memorandum as part'cuItt.s fa.
vorable, 1t being estimated that thne
are $4,000 tons IN hand Tor the Whole
of the empire. ON the other hand. there
is a strong demand for potatoes as I'D.
der. In view os the s~carcit, Il Other
fodder stuffs.
Tho harvest Of fruits and vegetables
Is declared TO be favorable and sun Nh en-,
sugar is said to be on hand FOR the 49,.
Of the population. The public WI! u. al.
lowed TO consume large quaint ties o.,
~narmaladc, honey and syyuis ana o.her
substitutes for fat. which is extremely
scarce.
The memorandum expresses confidence
in the Increase OF fodder imports us /,
result OF the military and political s..l,.
ton. In conclusion the document SAWS.
Meat, milk and. above all. butter a.I
other fats have been during the last 'ow
months the main cause OF the difficulties
Of the food market"
Tho Daily MATHS correspondent, a. The
Hague telegraphs to-day
"None of the important daily r.N..
papers In western Germany las been
permitted TO reach Holland since A
week ago yesterday. Tn. stur!asr ,
attributed partly TO the interrupt. d.
train connections due e. the move.
ments Of troops and partly 70 tn Ger.
al
with certain u~tterances Of tic western
press.
Berlin newspapers. which are under
s~tric;er military control. are arriving .
usual. The Berliner Tagobl1t' records
the destruction of a troop Of tot PEI
forming lions because the trainer Wa
unable TO get meat for them"
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RUSSIANS IN
Rumors Are spread, but COrre-
spondents Can't Confirm Them.

special Cd1ft DeSpd'cN 10 lHk StS.
LONDON, Dec. 4 neutrality-suspicious.
that Russian troops have entered Bull
garia are entirely unsupported. As Tar
rs can be Judged from kilograms re-
ceived here II is mere floating gossip In
Salonica.
The Daily ~Telegrdph's Salonica cor
respondent says he heard on December
2 CThursday) that the allied fleet had
received an aerogram announcing kus-
sian troops on Bulgarian soil. but the
correspondent adds he is unable to con-
firm the report. None of the reports
processes any knowledge as to where.
when and how the invasion" took place.
Intervs; concerning the Balkan opera
tons centres at the moment In the move
men.s of the German troops. as
has been already reported. have entered
Bulgaria These troops are described
as being about a the strength of Field
Ma Won M~ackensen's army.
The statement that these troops have
gone to Ruetchuk ION the Danube) 70
mains unsuhstantiated.
The Daily Tele9rdph's Salonica cor
respondent telegraphs under Thursdays
date that nothing is known concerning
the direction taken by the Germans ana
that Il Is only surmised that they went
northward to oppose a Russian invasion.
However says the correspondent.
las they are reported as having passed
through Veles tKurprili). this seems
unlikely. and II Is more probable that
they are going to reinforce the Bull
gar!ans at Strum!tza with the intention
OF attacking us in the direction OF
Nalandovo and trying to turn our right
The enthusiasm that followed the an
nouncement by the Italian Foreign Min
lister. Baron Sonnino. that Italian aid for
the Serb.ans would be forthcoming al
once, gave way to-day to a note OF
scepticism In view OF the lack Of a def
mite announcement as 10 the exact nature
Of the promised aid. The failure OF the
Italian Government TO declare war on
Germany adds TO this sentiment.
Significance Is attached TO the report
that although the Bulgars were the hrs'
to enter Monastir he Austrian flag was
raised on the public buildings. This IL
taken 10 mean that the invaders thus
endeavored to avoid Greek hostility
Greece being admittedly unwilling &c
| consent to Bulgarian conquest OF that
part OF Macedonia
The French press sounds a new mote
Of alarm with regard to Greece's atti'
;ude in view Of the continued silence 81
the Hellenic Government in IN" fee o.
Entente pressure. one paper hints n
a Bulgaro-Greek agreement by the term:
I OF which Monastir and the Vardar Val.
ley are TO be left to Greece In return
for Greek aid against the Allies.
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REBELS JOIN TEUTONS.
AIba nian Moha mmedans FfGhting
with Austrian ms.

LONDON. Dec. ALBANIAN rebels.
who. Il was reported some weeks ago
we're being armed in preparation for an
attack on Serbia from the west, have
Joined the Austro-Hungarian forces oper-
at!ng in the region OF Novi-Bazar.
The FIRST mentor OF active assistance
given to the Austro-German armies by
the Mchammedan tribesmen was made
to-day in the official statement issued by
the Austrian War Once, which says:
West and southwest OF Novi-Bazar
the .Austro-Hungarlans and armed
Mohammedans captured 5000 Serb!ans.
The German official statement. received
here from Berlin by way OF Amsterdam.
tells Of the capture OF 1900 Serbians by
the Teutonic forces yesterday in en-
gagements with scattered Serbian de-
tschments in the region southwest OF
Mitrovica, near the M~ontenegrin border.
The statement says:
In the mountains southwest Of
Mitrovlca. successful engagements
took place yesterday with detached
enemy divisions. during which more
than 1900 Serb.ans were taken
prisoners.
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WILL TAKE
HOOKING TO ENGLAND
Gcnesce Also Requisitioncd,
but Only Pending Prize
Court Action.
MAY RESTORE VESSELS
Special Gable Despatch TO TIE SrS.

LONDON. Dec. 3.-Oflclals Of the For
cign Office in reply to inquiries Tonight
said that the requisition.ng Of the
American Transatlantic Company steam
ships Hooking and Genesec was for
the purpose OF bringing the vessels to
England for prize court proceedings.
This requLsition.ng is temporary. 1t was
explained. and there Is nothing to pre-
vent the restoration of the vessels to
their owners II the court decides In
favor of the latter.
on inquiry in official quarters 1t was
st lated hat several ships owned by the
company have been captured by British
cruisers. The ground for the capture
of these ship is that they are enemy
owned and here fore. according to The
pr.nc PIES Of law applied In such cases
by British and American prize courts.
are enemy ships and are liable to con-
dcmuat.o on.
one OF these ships. the Hooking. was
brought into Halifax another. the Gen.
esce, into ST. Lucia. Proceedings ga.ns
these ships have been instituted in the
prize courts at Halifax and st. Lucia.
but II is proposed to transfer the pro-
ceedings to London in order that all
cases gains vessels OF this company
may be heard by the same court. The
car against which no proceedings
have been taken. are being discharged
and the ships will bc brought to England.
For this purpose. they have been requisi-
toned BY order OF the court. a proceed
ing for which provision IL made in the
prize court rules. But no action Is con-
templated which would prevent the res
toration OF the vessels 20 their owners
n the event Of the proceedings against
them being unsuccessful.
The requisitioning Of n ship flying n
neutral flag against which proceedings
in prize court have been Instituted and
before a decree of condemnation has
been made Is neither unprecedented nor
contrary to internationa law. In more
than one case during the American civil
war a British ship was requisitoned and
In one instance was sold by order OF a
United States prize court before the
court had given Its decision as 10
whether she was liable TO condemna-
ton.
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TO DANCE IN AID OF SOLDIERS.
Russian ballet, Under Royal Brit-
ish Auspices, to Appear In Paris.

Special Gable Despatch TO TuE srS,
PARIS. Dec, 3,-Stravinsky will con-
duct the orchestra for Serge de piaghi-
len Russian ballet at u British Red
Cross fe,e to be given ut the Paris Opera
on December Is under the patronage OF
King George, Queen Mary, Queen Mother
Alexandra and President Poincaire for
the benefit OF british soldiers wounded
In France and the Balkans, The ballet
company later is going to the United
States.
Maria Barrientos will sing al "A Bel
gian fete which will open at the Opera
on December ..
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FIND CITY
TeutOnic Allies In NOnastir Not
Greeted Even by n Policeman.

MILAN. Dec. 3.-When the Austro-
German-B ulgar forces entered Monast.r
yesterday they found the city deserted.
There was not even a policeman TO give
greeting to the invaders, Police and
gendarmes had fed TO Greece.
Since y.slerday.' says II Munastir
despatch to II Secolo. the city has
awaited its fall. Monastir Is practically
deserted and "A deathly silence prevails.
Even the police and gendarmes nave left
on foot for Greece. Last night passed
without incident, but the circle Of Bull
garian troops about the town is con-
~tinually narrowing and steps FOR taking
possession of the place evidently are
being arranged.
In the plain OF Monastir the Bulgars
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BRITISH STEAMSHIP SUNK.
I.angtou Hall was nm Way Here
Some of Crew saved.

LONDON. Dec. 3.-The British steam
ship Langton Hall. which left Calcutta
on October IS for Philadelphia and New
York, has been sunk and some OF the
crew have landed.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 3.-The sinking Of
the Langton Hall was privately reported
here yesterday. Agents OF the line say
that the ship carried n heavy general
cargo OF jutc. goat and other skins, bur-
Ian and |cocoanut oil worth $500 900.
She was reported at Suez on November
%. IL is believed that she was sunk in
tn Mediterranean The ship was owned
by the Hall Lin of Liverpool and was
377 feet long, built in 1905 and of
4,437 tons.
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ARRIVES.
Admiral who n nded Gunncrs
at BELGRADE Is In Scutari.

special '!tl- Hcsrr!ch 20 Tug SrN.
LoNpoN. Dec. "a despatch received
in London tonight announces that Rear
Admiral T.. g. r. Troubridgc, who COM
manded the British gunne who as
sisted in the defence OF Belgrade. has
arrived At Scutari.
Admiral Trouhridge was last heard
from on November 20. when a despatch.
ANS we'll" sent by him from Mitrovicl
on November 90, was received in Lon
don.
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DENY BRITISH SANK U BOAT.
Germans Say AerOplane Destroyed
British Or French ubma rinc.

BERLIN, via London, Dec. 3.-The Over
seas News Agency say that German
newspaper ~. commenting upon the report
OF the sinking Of n German submarine
by n British aeroplane. assert that Il
was a British or n French submarine
that was destroyed,
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NlENSa. Via Amsterdam and London,
Dee. 3-The Austrian Wal Once issuei
the following official statement to-day
regarding the Russian theatre OF war;
There has been local artillery sklr-
mlshing.
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Canadian Troops Reach Ensla nd.

OTTAWA. Dec. Sit was announced
here to-day tina, the troopship Meta.
gam which sailed from Canada on No
vember 90. has arrived In England
safely with SO officers and 1858 meT
aboard.
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An official report of the Press Bureau
in London, issued on November 90. an
ncuncod that on November 2s "A British
aeropl ne destroyed a German subma-
rine OF Middelkerke.
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this Government and attempting to re-
flute the charges against it's representa-
tives.
What effect. II any. tho new Develop
tnents will have ON the pending efforts
TO settle the Lusl,ania case remains to
be seen. but n revival OF the anti-Amerf-
can feeling in Germany will OF course
make IL more difficult ~r the Berlin
Government to grant satisfactory con-
SESSIONS.
Count Non r. rnstorr. the German Am
bassador. following his talk with Sec
fetary Lansing to-day. returned to the
embassy aud denied himself to all call
ers. Cup;s Roy-td and Won Papen are
both IN New York.
Inasmuch rs Count Won BernstorN had
received NO orders from his Government
to-day respecting the demand for the
recall. he did not ask the Stat Depart
ment 80 obtain safe co,-uct from Great
Britain and her allies for the return of
the two men To- Germany.
Although there was a disposition In
rome quarters 50 question whether such
q reGu 81 would he granted by a bellic-
erert Gov crumc~t in. behalf of military
and naval attaches of any enemy coun-
try. no apprehension WAS felt on this
score at the stat Department. pni-
Gals there CNpressed the opinion that
WV ltfNAs u
III granting of such a request and that
there would he 10 trouble.
With ike confidence the opinion was
expressed by these ofict1ls that Ger
many Nill comply with III demand Tor
the recall. there never having been q
case where such a demand was refu
Tn ~e have. however. hecn cases where
compli nee with the demand has heel.
accompani 4 bv n statement disputing
th. NnllltsN ~ the reasons given 10,
Oh. demand.
FNIl.trnG the Expression Improper
activities In military and naval mat
teis.' officials Of the Department de-
c,ired that they related or1y to the &C
tiViiies 81 the two men in connection with
German military and naval matters aid
In no way are t. be taken as referring
10 any attempts ON the part OF the two
men to spy upon the military or naval
secrets OF the United States.
The evidence OF the Objectionable ac-
Invites upon which the decision W Al
based dates back more than a year TO
IL. Investigation made by the Treasury
and Justice departments into the sail
ing from san Francisco OF the steamer
Sacrament. That vessel was alleged
TO hay. been glv.n false clearance pa
pers certifying 10 a shipment OF coal II
Valparaiso. chile. but actually delivering
its cargo 10 the German squadron on
the west coast OF south America.
1t VAS tins squadron which wiped out
the British squadron under Admiral 81
Christopher Cradock on the Souts
American coast. suspicion was at
tracted - the sacramento. whose cap
tain allie ged that he was stopped by th'
German squadron and forced TO del.Ne'
his coal because of the fact that IN
coal was delivered TO the ship IN sif
Francisco at prices higher iaai. ta'
market price in Valparaiso.
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Also in the package 81 letters was n
rersonal one from Won Papen TO his wife
In which he referred TO the American
people as "id!ot.c Yankees" Likewise
were found a large number Of secret
code dispatches from Boy-Ed and Won
Papen TO their respective superiors in
Berlin, the nature OF which communica-
tions has never been disclosed.
Archibald At the request OF this Cow
ernment was released and sent back TO
the United States unde- an emergency
passport. lie Is now In this country,
although no proceedings have been taken
against HIM.
Following this incident efforts were
made in some quarters 10 establish a con-
nsction betweeu certain German Embassy
attaches and the mysterious escape OF an
officer and eigat men from the informed
German raid,l prirz Eitel Friedrich at
Norfolk who, Dreak.ng their parole, are
supposed 10 hdNe made out to sea In
a small sailing yacht. the Eclipse. IN an
attempt TO join other German p-ivateers
iitted out IN This country 10 prey on the
British oil tankers carrying fuel OIL from
Mexico to the British naval stations in
England.
Whttner the Eclipse was CAPTURED ~
sunk by British waish!ps or reached
some out OF the WAY port remains still
a mystery TO the American Government.
which tried in every way 10 get track
OF The boat. Because OF tins incident
all other memNeis OF the crew of the
raider who wee absent on parole were
made to return TO the ,hip and have
been since kept 10 their vessel.
According 10 reports circulated In
Washington tonight The principal matter
wE!Ch nualS decided this Government
THAI IL mad sufficient grounds for de-.
mand'ng the recall OF the TWO attaches
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Following this there was the case OF
tAe steamer Odenwald. which attempted
to supply German warsh!ps under al
kged false c.eara;ces from Porto Rico.
Being refused clearance paper the ship
ATTEMPTED to escape from the harbor
OF San Juan. but was hauled to By
SHOTS fred across her bows from the
land f~ortiications. h - etll there.
guarded BY two American d~estroyers.
While prominence was not given to
the names of Capl. Boy-Ed or Capt.
Won papen In these two cases, evidence
In other cases all tended. II is said. to
show an organized effort. az which one
or the other OF these attaches was
familiar. to clear ships from American
ports IN violation OF the neutrality laws
and other statutes.
Following this there developed n series
Of passport frauds involving the cases
OF German spies and message bearers.
who, uS.r. the names OF bona fide Arneri-
can citizens. were able 10 get across 20
England and hcough the Allies lines.
Several OF these men were exposed IN
England. In number Of these cases
the names o. Capt. Boyd and Capt.
Won Papen figured.
Thereafter following a series OF al
legations respecting the improper use OF
the wireless stations at S~iasconset.
Mass. and Tuckerton. ". j, by German
agents, who used innocent sounding mes
eages. alleged 10 be actually Information
OF the movements OF British merchant
ships frlin American ports.
These allegations caused the United
States Government To c,ose down the
two first famed stations and TO take over
the op.riJ.on OF the third. Then the
Archibald exposure developed.
James +. j. Archibald. an American
newspaper correspondent. travelling
under a passpor received from the state
Department, was arrested in London and
from mis- effects was taken a package OF
letters. reports and cipher code commune
cations from the German ard Austrian
embassies 10 their respective Govern
ments at Berlin and Vienna.
Included among these was an auto
graph communication from DIR, Constan-
tine Dumoa, the then Austrian Ambas-
sador to me United States. to the Aus
trian Foreign mister, reporting on
plans under consideration to tie W
American muni;!on exports by strikes
among AUSTRIAN and Hungarian work.
ers AZ the American factories and re-
ferring t. he plans rs having been pro-
posed in part by Won Nuber and seconded
by Capt. Eoy-i;d. the German military
attache.
For this communication and the activt-
ties II disclosed as well as It's remarks
concerning the temperament of Presi-
dent Wilson Or. Dumba's recall waf
demanded and obtained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
AN EASY WAY TO GET
 FAT AND BE STRONG

The trouble with most thin folks who wish to gain weight is that they insist on drugging their stomach or stuffing it with greasy foods; rubbing on useless flesh creams or following some foolish physical culture stunt while the real cause of thinness goes untouched. You cannot get fat until your digestive tract assinilates the food you eat
 There is 8 preparation known to re- liable druggists almost everywhere which seemingly .ernbodies the missing elements needed by the digestive or gans to help them convert food into rich, fat-laden blood. This modern treatment is called Sargel and has been termed the greatest of flesh builders. Sargol aims through regen- erative, reconstructtve powers to coax the stomach and intestines to literally soak up the fatteniIIg elem ents of your food and pass them into the blood, where they are carried to the starved, broken-down cells and tissues of your body You can readily picture what result this amazing transformat.on should produce as with increased weight the cheeks fill out, hollows about neck, shoulders and bust disap- pear and from 10 to 20 pounds oT solid healthy flesh IS added to the body Sargol is absolutely harmless, inexpensive efficient. All leading druggists of this vicinity have it and will refund your money if you are not satisfied, as per the guarantee found in every package.
 NOTE:-Sargo1 is recommended only as. a flesh builder and while ex- celIent results in cases of nervous in digestion, etc, have been reported care should be taken about using it unless a gain of weight is desired.--Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
FIFTY YEARS AGO
GO SLOW ON CENTER BRIDGE

GO SLOW ON CENTER BRIDGE
 At the Center Bridge (Congress stree) signs have lately been placed on either end prohibiting the passage of vehicles at a faster gait than a walk To those who have been in the habit of trotting across or going at a brisk pace, this is considerable of a trial.
 A man driving over yesterday made about half: the distance on a trot. He would walk his horse a few steps, then trot a few more. When he reached the end of the bridge, the keeper approached him and asked him if he had not seen the sign pro hfbiting fast driving. The driver turn ed upon his seat, and with a startled look of rememberance said; "I DO remember seeing a sign of that des- criptiou but it is so many years since I: started from the other end of the bridge that really forgotten all about it. Twill try to bear it in mind if I live long enough to cross it again 2 and whipping up his horse he left the astonished bridge keeper gazing won derinigly after him.