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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
RAIL LINK MISSING IN
NEW RUSSIAN ROUTE
CargOes Reach Alexandrovsk,
but Must Be Held Until
Road Is Built.
Special Cable Despatch 20 tn. srs.


LONDON. Dec. 3O.-The Christiania
correspondent Of the Daily Mail. refer
ring to the newly established ice free
route via Norway to Russia. says
THE hrst steamer to use the new
route went around Norway to Alexan.
drovsk. She left Tromso on December
-. Her cargo will he stored at Alexan-
drovsk until the railroad from Kola to
Archangel is completed.
A 1t will be possible. when this rail-
Is built. TO transport goods from
Tromso to P~etrograd In Ave days. the
first voyage. which will really be a trial
trip. is OF great Importance.
1T is. however. very doubtful IL the
railway will be opened for traffic in the
beginning OF 1876. as stated by some
newspapers and by the Russian Minister
here. Persons from Finmarken. who re.
Gently travelled on sledges along the
proposed route. assert that the line there
Is not half finished. but that the section
between Archangel and Soroka Bay is
completed.
From Soroka "a kandalasha, practi-
cally no work has been done. The coun.
try is very difficult ard swampy. From
kandalasha across the Kola Peninsula.
o sixty miles Of track have been
laid. but l20 miles Of the route have no,
even been definitely staked out, II IL
impossible to confirm these statements"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
MACHINERY CARGOES
HELD UP BY BRITAIN
Tools Detained for Inspection
Also. and Americans Are
Alarmed.

LONDON. Dec III customs au-
th"fties. by oader OF the Home mice
are retaining Tor Inspection al imports
OF machinery machine TOOLS ihclud-
ing conslRnnents destined directly rpr
the munition works,
All coDsignments billed to order will
hereafter be seized, and the Government
will commander the shipments and pay
what II considers a fair market price.
The order has caused considerable
alarm among London branches OF Amer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
TouERS DOUBT C1TYs CREDIT.
shOVeIl~rs CIn NOR on Hear.
Ing Of short supply Of Cash.

a rumor that the city payinaster's Of
Ace was running short OF currency caused
an ugly outburst yesterday afternoon
among several thousand snow shovsllerr
waiting In line to he paid for their la
bors after the recent heavy storm. They
became alarmed at the thought OF losing
the few cents coming 10 them and clam
ored about the entrance OF the office
waving their pay checks. until IL became
necessary to send a call for the police rc-
serves. Sergeant Wilson and six men
from the Elizabeth street station re-
sponded and soon got the line In order
again.
There was some foundation for the
rumor which disturbed the men. Ar
rangements had been made TO pay them
on at the sub-station in sections, hut all
went ia the Municipal Building instead
They formed an army OF about 5000
men at . O'Clock, and kept six tellers
busy until nearly II =. NJ. At $40
last evening. "A few hours after the
panic, with more than 1900 still in line.
the clerks discovered that there was
only 81 900 remaining with which 10 nav
them. Fortunately. Comptroller Prem
dergast happened to he in his Office at the
time and he signed a warrant for $4,000
more. A deputy and two guards rushed
to the Night and Day Bank and re.
turned in time to allow the paying of
to go on without interruption.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
STOCKHOLM FORD
MECCA, NOT HAGUE
Swedish Invitation May Be
Accepted-Mme. Schwim-
mer's Status Doubted.
Special cobie Despafch 10 THp srS.

STOCKHOLM. Dec. 3o.-The Ford peace
conference probably will be held in
Stockholm instead Of The Hague. A
formal invitation to the delegates to
return TO Stockholm from Copenhagen
and hold their permanent conference
here probably will be accepted. owing
TO the difficulty in reaching The Hague.
a day. was extended to Thursday night
because OF the enthusiasm Of the Swed-
ish paciiists. Ten Swedish delegates,
whose names are withheld. have been
selected, and also four Norwegians. to
attend the finai peace conference. but
responsible Swedes told THE SUNS cor
respondent tina the mission is hopeless.
They said that Mayor L~indhagen. who
has been prominently identified with the
movement, is "A discredited Socialist n
has no standing in the Riksdag.
At IA mass meeting tonight 1900 per-
SOM greeted the speakers among the
peace dele gates enthusiastically.
Two special sleeping rains are leav-
ing tonight to carry the members OF the
peace party to Copenhagen. where they
are due At ~ O'CLOCK to-morrow morn
Ing.
Two more Norwegian delegates were
announced to-day. Christian Dybwad OF
Chrtstiania, a publisher, and his wife,
Elsa, a cabaret singer.
The report Of y possible break in the
relations between the United States and
Austria caused CONSERVATION among the
Ford peace delegates and brought up q
particularly interesting question as to
the status Of Nine. Rozsika Schwimmer.
the Hungarian peace advocate. In the
event Of war. There was a rumor here
that In departing so hastily for Copen-
hagen she was really dismissed from the
expedition.
Louis Lockner. secretary OF the MI
nois Peace Society. fatty denied this.
I'VE will never regard Nine. Schwim-
mer as an enemy, regardless Of war" he
said. "She Is too prominent as a worker"
The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, while
refusing to answer the question regs
ing Nine. Swimmer, said: The peace
party continues It's glorious mission"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
GERMAN BOYCOTT ON DYES.
0RDsrts to America barred, says
Chicago Importer.

CaicAoo, Dec. So.-Germany's boycott
Against American merchants who want
chemicals and dyestuffs-among them
anil!ne dyes-is an accomplished fact.
Even permission by Great Britain for
vessels to pass the blockade will be un-
availing.
This information was brought to Chi
cago to-day from first hand sources by
Elmer r. Murphey. president Of James
II. Rhodes & Co. Chicago importers and
manufacturers of Industrial chemicals.
Mr.. Murphey got the notice direct from
~. Hoenig. the foreign trade executive
of the Foreign Office in Berlin. who gave
him this statement:
"When your Government becomes neu-
trol by action In place of. words we will
consider permitting exports. but as long
~ you supply munitions of war to the
Allies. which may be permissible, and at
the same time acQuiesce In the throttling
OF shipment Of non-contraband articles,
done with a view OF starving out the
civilian population, we cannot treat with
you"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
BAY STATE TO BE PREPARED.
Com mission Plans Military Courses
In schools.

BosroN. Dec. ao.-The special oommis-
sion Oh military education and reserve,
appointed 10 invest gate the defence needs
of Massachusetts, will present the fol.
lowing recommendations to the Legs.
lature
Federal control of the State mi.iti,
An increase In numbers by means .
a reserve. and change IN methods o.
training Of the militia IL Il remains =
State force.
Relieving the militia of police duty and
the establishment OF "A State mounted
police.
Courses of military instruction iu vol
leges located In Massachusetts.
Development OF physical training n
the public schools according TO a IRE.
scribed standard.
Teaching of military history, personal
hyg enc and am sanitation IN the pub.
lie schools.
Establishment FOR schoolboys OF ,ln.
mer trimming camps.
Enrolment OF mechanics and census
OF factories OF certain industries Z ne
san,e is no, provided for by Federal
legislation.
Institution Of courses in military ny
giene In medical schools.
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CALLS PORK BARREL
MEN our REAL FOES
Must stand Up for Principles.
Says Defence Society,"
Chairman.
DR., KUNZ PLEADS FOR ART

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec 3o.-rh.
greatest danger 20 America Is no. one q,
the numerous foreign countries named
as covetins our property and commerce
said e. 8. Thompson Of the American
Defence Society here to-day. hu, N.
member Of Congress who IL a slave =,
the pork barrel and refuses TO provide
ADEQUATE means Of defence. Mr.. Thcmp.
son spoke on Politicians and National
Defence" before the American Associs.
tion for the Advancement of Science.
"In this country We are at last
stupidity coming from the torpo Of SELF.
elorincation to the LANCE around US,
he said. I'VE have given offence, aad
others are unforyiv!ng. We are rich,
and others follow rs with hungry eyes
The danger is war. II is likely to fall
voon Va suddenly. and now. at lM'
seeing our plight. we are preparing To-
the enemy.
.One day II Is Germany. Another day
It Ia either Japan or Great Britain. Blu
to-day 1t IL neither. ! believe. whom w
reed fear. The real danger Is closer
a, hand. II is to be found. IL at all, in
the byways of Washington and in the
halls OF o,,r national Legislature. We
have smoked him out. but II may bs
too late. All the time we have lie n
die he has been at work. He is what
/ call our only hyphenated American.
He is your Congress!onal-Aner!can
your party American. the one you have
CHARGED with the responsibility OF IA
tional deferre.
Or. George F. Kuns. a gem expert
Of TiHany's,y read q paper on means
for protecting works OF art, libraries and
museums from the ravages of war. he
suggested that the idea put forward %
the president OF the Society Tor MS.
,oric and scenic Preservation. that al
such places be designated by nags guar
anteeing their safety. be adopted when
such agreements again become possible.
"lf the civilized nations or the world
have not outgrown their primitive pas
sions so as to be able to settle in,erna.
tiona differences by means other than
slaughter and destruction II would seen
practicable to mitigate at least the
losses Of war by preserving historical
monuments. cathedrals. civic buildings
Libraries and works OF art he sad
DR.. Kunz said that II was generally
the invading army which did the lrost
destruction. and cited the burning Of
the A~lexandrisn library. the burning o:
Arabic manuscripts In Grenada, the de.
struction of Heidelberg by the French
in 1893 and 1893 and the destruction OF
the library of S~trasbourg during the
German bombardment Of 1870 as some
OF the !rr~eparable losses to art. l!tera-
ture and science caused by war.
The need for public education on ne
subjec; of preparedness was shown by
Henry II. Ward of the Navy League.
Until the last year there has been only
the most ~perfunctory interest In the sub.
ject. he said. and almost no interes, On
the part Of scientific men. Tn educator
is AT last becoming alive to the needs
OF the dag and has a great work he.
fore him. according to his view.
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G G u OF war;"
WITHDRAW WAL At SUVLA
Every Man, Animal and Baggage Cart Embarked
Under Nose Of Turks, Writes British
Correspondent.

The Turkish war once asserts the mr.
from the two warships was siiencsd b,
Turkish batteries. The statement FOL
On the night Of Decembef 81. our
artillery silsnced the guns Of q hostile
cruiser and torpedo boat destroyer
which werc bombarding Anafarta
tsuvia Bay n Ari E tAnSac)
and compelled them to withdraw.
We brought down a Hplans near
Yonishehr. II fell into h sea and
was tOwed In the direction OF the
island Of 1mbrOs. One OF our sea
planes threw bombs Of and Get hre TO
the harbors and war stores OF the
islands of Lemnos n Mavro.
Operations on the tip Of the Callipol
are described BY the Frencf
War ONCE In al official statement Issued
at Paris to-day al follows:
Expeditionary Corps at the Dafda-
nelies. There was great artillery ac-
tivity on both sides during the days OF
December IS and 40. The enemy cor.
centrated his hre principally on our
trenches at Sedd-el-Bahr. On the
morning Of December % a French
cruiser violently bombarded the Tur-
kish batteries On the Asiatic coast. IN
the afternoon. an enemy aeroplane
which attempted to fly over our lines
was engaged BY allied ay1ators ana
put to flight.
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ANOTHER DROP IN KR0NEN.
New Figures show . Depreciation
Of About 90 Per Cent.

A further drop In Austrian kNnen to
new low record prices furnished the
sensation of the foreign exchange market
yesterday. kronen closed at IL 90. as
compared with a previous low record
close of 1917 on Wednesday. The parity
of kronen In 20 $40 cents In our money.
Al the new figures exchange on Vienna
shows "A depreciation OF approximately
40 per cent. Foreign exchange experts
believe that kronen will go considerably
lower. as there is little demand for en-
change on that country and. they say.
the belief is general that Austria will be
practically bankrupt after the war Is
over. Marks also were weaker. recedlng
Ia 10 sis for sigh, drafts and 1sas for
cables, aeains, 7s 9-I6 and 76as respec-
lively on Wednesday.
Sterling was frac.ionally lower. selling
of to &.73 ll-l6 for demand and
l.1& 5-lS for cables. II closed on
Wednesday at 4.73k for demand and
4.74i. for cables. Francs were lower.
closing at b.S5N for checks and SIS for
cables. They were quoted ON the day
previous at 5.s5is and 5.s4a for cables.
Italian lire declined from 6.5sia to
6.S0ia on rumors Of IA new war loan FOR
tina country. while rubles. which closed
Wednesday at 30, dropped to 29%.
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SPECIAL Csbft Despatch to TRs sus.
LONDON. Dec. 3o.-The correspondent
Of the Standard. te~icxraphins from
aboard q British warship of suvia Bay.
says:
Every man. animal and baggage cart.
all but six guns which were left behind
and which fred until the last minute
and were then destroyed. have been
embarked from suvla and Ansac under
the nose Of the Turks.
The biggest blum in the history OF
the war has been brought on. The new
record established by the British army
and navy Is the triumph Of %organlza-
ton. The cost of the success OF this
operation, less skilfuliy conducted. might
we'll have been a desperate rear guard
action. Every preparation was made
for lighting Il 1t should have become
necessary.
The masses of men and material
were brought down In extraordinarily
short time. When all had been brought
away, the few stores we left were set
afre and the brcakwaters We had built
Of old hunks were smashed by shellfire
from our ships.
"Aithough the marching down n b
embarking OF the troops were stealthily
done, the burning Of the stores and the
smashing OF the piers were seen and
heard by every Turk On the peninsula
When all was over. the Turkish gunners
began to shell our former artillery po-
sitlons.
The decision to leave the Suvla and
Ansac positions was reached after long
elaboration. The final word was given
on Lord kitchener's return from the
Dardanelles. Lord Kitchener went to
London convinced hat tho evacuation
was the wisest course to pursue. In this
judgment he was In accord with the con-
clusion which the responsible Generals
on the spot had reached
An allied cruiser and torpedo boat de-
stroyer bomba rded the Turkish positions
at Ari Burnu and Anafarta on the night
OF December %. according to an official
Turkish statement received from Con-
stantinople to-day. These positions are
in the zones evacuated by the British.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
BUCHANAN FIGHTS
WARRANT FROM N. Y.
Gets Time to Ascertain il, as
Congressman, He Is Not
Immune.

w~AsHINGroN. Dec. 30.-At the request
OF Congressman Buchanan OF Illinois.
the Department of Justice deferred ac-
ton until Tomorrow on the bench war
rant FOR his arrest which reached Wash
ington to-day. Mr.. Buchanan desired
further time in which TO confer with
Congressman Rainey OF Illinois and
other advisers As to the attitude To he
adopted by MIN in regard to the de-
bated question whether his constitutional
immunity precludes his arrest on the
charge for which he has been indicted.
Frank statements were made by the
Department OF Justice that no DOUBT
existed in the minds OF officials there
that Nj. Buchanan has no such i'm
muni,y, and II seems certain that un-
less the indicted Congressman agrees
To GO to New York and make answer
there to his Indictment IA warrant Will
be- sworn out herr based on the war
rant from New YORK. II was believed
probable. however. ,nat Mr.. BuchailaI
would give assurance tomorrow OF an
intention 70 go 10 New York. II desired
by the Government.
Counsel for Herman Schultz ~ Henry
II. Martin and eX-CongressInan Fo"I.r
gave assurance to-day that they wouIo
appear at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
INK IN lnt pllltf " lliN''
missioner Arson c. Davis here to make
answer to their indictments and CIV
bond for their appearance In court in
New York.
II. Robert Fowler, counsel for Labor
Nationa! Peace Council, issued a state
ment tonight In which he said II was
ridiculous to charge men who had spent
years in trying TO enforce IN" sherman
antitrust law viii violating IL ne
pointed out that Henry II. Martin ana
Herman j. Schulteis are officers OF
the American Antitrust League, The
Fowler statement adds .
We give warning TO the people and
especially tn the laboring men and farm
ers of this country, Of the great danger
which awaits their future struggle for
economic liberty and justice SHOULD a pre-
cedent be established by The courts In
UNFOLDING a Prosecution and conviction
under such construction of this statute
as Is now proposed by United States Al
torney Marshall. u was intended by the
trainers OF this statute that its provi-
sions should not apply 10 organized la
Dor and organized farmers In an honest
effort TO better their condition. The
CLAYTON act ,pf the Sixty-third Congress
provides that no such application of tn.
Sherman antitrust Law should ever be
made against labor and farm organiza-
ton.
should District Attorney Marshall
succeed in constituting the law as pro
posed in This case no labor organization
would be safe from riminal prosecution
In either counseling or ordering a strike
and no farmers organization would I've
secure against such criminal action In
counseling or uniting for any of the
following purposes, so wit
1.-THE storage of their products in a
common warehouse or otherwise in order
10 secure better prices or to prevent q
reduction of prices by withholding their
products TO avoid the Cutting OF the
market"
The indicted mems first move will be
10 demur to the indictments.
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RUSSIAN DRIVE nay
BRING IN RUMANIA,
To STRIKE BULRAs NEXT

LONDON. Dec. so.-Tsisgraphing from
Petrosrad the correspondent Of the Poi!
xou 0asetse Gays:
"Rvssian Joint operations with Ru.
mania are on the point Of beginning.
Rumania will fight with Va although
tents 10 not the result Of French OF
English sympathles. but an eudeavor to
realise the Rumanian dream OF ~
ereignty over the Bukowina and Tran.
%sylvania. A. preparation for Ru-
n,ania's entry into the war RWsia's aim
u to reconquer the Bukowina for the
benefit Of her tew ally. The task can
be accomplished In a few weeks
The Rumanians will then fortlfy the
new province n march with tho Rus
SLAMS through Bulgaria and Transyl-
vania. while simultaneously the Italians,
French, British and Serbians will zeal
blows on other fronts"
In the Entente capitals there is a
general opinion that the Russian cam
paign. which has been undertaken in
the ace OF unfavorable weather con
ditions. II likely to ave an important
bearing on the whole war situation.
Omcial Austrian reports, telling At
attacks OF dense masses Of Russian
troops. Indicate that an important battle
Ii already under way.
The lighting centres at a point near
Toporouts, . small TOW Just within tho
border Of northern Bukowina. bit a
simultaneous attack IN being made along
IN extended front. teaching from the
Pruth to a position north Of the Dniester.
a distance Of about forty miles. Tho
latest advices state that the Russian
assault In being continued, accomDanied
by an unusually heavy bombardmont
The German War Ofioe announced to-
day the repulse OF a strong Russian at
tack or the Strypa, the Austro-Hun-
garian troops operating In that region
1nficting severe losses on the Russians
and taking 900 prisoners. The statement
follows:
Cen. Won Bothmer's Autro-Hun.
garian troops repulsed an attack of
strong Russian forces against the
b~ridgehead Of Burkanov on the strypa-
The enemy suffered heavy losses In
killed and wounded. The Austrians
ook 800 prisoners.
Russian attacks south of SHOCK and
on Gen. Won Linsingen's front were
repulsed.
Berlin dispatches quote an Austrian
oficer who has been exchanged and re-
turned from a Russian prison camp "A
saying that 1000 Austrians and Ger
mans have died OF typhus In one part
Of Russia alone.
In Siberia, this ofYicer asserts, the
treatment prisoners receive 1T the hands
OF the Russians In such that Il makes
most Of them Indifferent TO death. He
declares that conditions are indeecrib-
able. Prisoners there have no accom-.
modations for washing. he says, and the
guards often rob the prisoners of their
food
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rAes 90 Iacsvrsct tMss = shsN wss
kce hveA that the submsrins on
oussUt OversDok the steamsr that only
. mort time was allowed for thoee
aboard 70 sstss the hoats. and that Wv.
efei shots were fred on the steamer
even after n had stoppsd.
~ commander 81 IN submarine. tho
- continues. allowed the steamcr
mues tkno than was Dscnsss for the
pasosNoUr TO tske 20 the trats. n
thsn ebPDe6oed the voDel In Wsch q
manner that II would remain ah0Nt No
loo - puaBlbie. to enable the p0seen-
serS to discrntr.rk--"an Object which
would ave been obtained II the pas
ssoeers had not been ~forsakcn b. tho
crew."
Fully approaching the attitude OF
the commander. who had IN view the
rescue OF the passengers n crew"
says the note. 'the Austro-HunGartan
naval authorities have arrived At the
conclusion that he apparently neglected
% take sufficiently into consideration
The Vantc among the PASSENGER. which
wondered Rehabilitation more difficult.
and the spirit Of the regulations that
Austro- HUNGARIAN naval officers should
rofuse assistance to no one In distress.
m N sAeKny. Ths officer was there
essO punished for violating the instruc-
tons embodied In the rules n force for
0uch cases.
Ths Austrian reply further expresses
the hope that Washington will be able
10 supply the particulars Of how the
American citisens were affected. but IN
tbs event Of such evidence being lack
Ing. md the United States being unable
10 stete how the American citisens came
70 their death. the Austro-Hunearian
0ov1snMent 'is ready to pass lightly
Over his deficiency. MD indemnify Tor
damages, whose proximate cause cannot
b fxed. n hopes thereby that the in
ci1ent viii be regarded as ended.