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PASTORS DENOUNCE
BELGIAN SLAVERY
DcpOrtatiOns by Germany Con-
dcmnpd in Half 4 Hundred
New York Pulpits.

In at least half a hundred New York
pulpts words OF bitter denunciation of
Germany for forcibly deporting Belgian
workmen for use on German railroads
and In German factories were spoken
yesterday.
In some churches the United States
Government was spoken OF almost as
harshly as Germany for its failure /"
tale some drastic step which would sig
nal to the world American detestation OF
the deportations. The congregations
were urged to voice protests as loudly
az they can 20 crystallized public
| opinion may force the Administration to
| do something definite about the deporta-
| tions Some counselled that diplomatic
relations with Germany be broken OF.
| It Is likely resolutions will be pre-
sented at the regular meetings OF minis
ters to-day calling upon all cergymen
| and all Christians to do what they can
to force the Government 10 act.
The Rev. DR.. A. f.. Keigwin OF the
| West End Presbyterian Church was
| somewhat more bitter than the average,
He said:
america has made $4,000. 900 900 In
| profits out OF the war. and some private
| individuals have given back In charity
! s34. 900 900. chiefly excellent people who
are church members. ] am disgusted
with the American people and ashamed OF
| my Government. We are rakng In
profits and are being pilloried by all OF
the world. fighting nations and all--and
we deserve what Is being said of us.
This Is the time to act The trouble
Is lack OF a leader. England has found
n leader in Lloyd George. Pray heaven
America may find one"
one Of the Methodist sermons was that
Of the Rev. DR. W. II. Morgan of Calvary
Church. Harlem, who said:
I'VE must enter such protest against
this German heathensm that all tho
world must hear. II 1t means breaking
off diplomatic relations. let's break. w,
have fooled long enough
As a representative Baptist 'he Rev
Dr. Charles A. Eaton of the Madison
Avenue Church said last night.
Taking Belgians off on one prctex
or another Is in accord with the whol'
German spirit and conduct. What ough
we to expect? Such acts are no wors,
than others committed by Germans
They together form the terrible irdict
ment with which the world confront
Germany and the Germans
, A representative Episcopal rector. thu
- Rev. DR.. George r. Van De Water. in st
Andrews Church. Harlem, said.
when Jesus Christ suffered He re
mained silent, but when others suffered
He spoke out. Every Christian ought a
this time to Initiate Christ. None cal
afford TO keep silent Silence under sucl
atrocities is sim"
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(IRE7H LINE is
UMANlAN AIM
Is in Full Flight to
| Strong Position Only
- Miles Long.
ROSS BrZEU IN FORCE
|eutons Capture 1.l3O Prison
ers and Immense Guam
tity of Supplies.
boss BrZEU IN FORCE

ioypoN. Dec IA str,tegic retreat
NJ miles further north In Rumania
the lower sereth. and In the Do
vdn to the Danube loop. IL now the
\, coursc left open to the Rumanians
their Russian allies.
rsu,on armies in mass have crossed
Ruzeu and lower Calmatuiul rivers
corthern Walla CHA, surmounting the
!, ,sa, obstacles before the Sereth line
cached. In the Dobrudja Gen. SAX
k,oTs retreat has been so rapid that
is now I'm the mountainous forest re-
I'M ius, south of the Danube loop.
Fall Back On sereth.
An the dehting consists OF rcarguard
c,ons by which Russians and Ru-
rnians try to delly the advancing col
,,s OF Won Mackensen. The main
Lies of Russians and Rumanians will
only 10 get safely to the Sereth
where the positions are being
Enlightened.
In This retreat all military stores pos
v are being removed before the Teu-
can get them. but at the city OF
the tptTUldlS
,motiyes and 400 cars, mostly loaded,
many vehicles. They also took l.15O
ne prisoners. part OF Russo-Ru-
sniin rearguard.
From to-day's statements. German
d Russian. It appears that the Teu-
rs in wallachia now occupy a line
most directly west and east some
nv miles south OF the Sereth line to
Rjch the defenders are retiring. This
from the mountains to the Danube.
,ich,y-five miles in-extent. Its con-
nation on the other side OF the Dam
:, In the Dobrudja. Is about sixty
les
Defensive Line strong.
The position to which Russians and
manians are retiring Is capable OF
bong defence. Only seventy-five miles
rg 1t Is made up OF mountains on the
nj. then a network OF rivers. OF which
largest is the Putna. the fortress OF
ocsani then the Sereth and the fortress
Galatz. and then the Danube. will
Sany smaller fortified places. Extend
Ii thence across the northern Dobrujs
the Black Sea. another seventy-fiv'
lilies. the total front is $50 miles. witt
I, continuation In the northwest to joii
e original Russian front at Dorn'
Ea,ra. it Is. all told. from the Black Se'
the Bukowlna, $50 miles, or half th'
ginal Rumanian front
Whether or not Russians and Ruma
hans can hold this line. on which every
kng would favor the defence. will de
.nd upon the high command, the valu
the remaining Rumanian troops an
boye all on the Russian munition sup
Sy There will be no difficulty abou
hitting reserves or munitions. The com
nuncations behind the lines are excel
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west Of the village remained In their
hands. Their thrusts which were con-
tinued further to the northward broke
down in front OF our positions on
height Of the ridge north OF the VII
lage Of Bezonvaux.
The French statement issued tonight
says:
On the right bank Of the Meuse the
enemy artillery, counter shelled by us,
bombarded our new lines at Vacher-
awhile and Bezonvaux and notably In
the sector Of the Chambrette farm.
There was intermittent cannonading
on the rest OF the front.
The afternoon statement or th'
French War Office follows.
In the Champagne on enemy recon-
noitring party which attempted to
seize one of our small posts TO the
west OF the Navarin farm road, north
OF Souain was easily repulsed.
Patrol EncOunters at verdun.
on the right bank OF the Meuse
there were encounters between patrols
In the region OF Bezonvaux.
In the sector of st. Mihiel Ger
man attack directed against our
trenches near Chauvoncourt failed
under our fire.
The night was calm on the rest OF
the front.
The British statement tonight fol
lows:
Last night party OF our troops
successfully raided the enemys
trenches near Ransart. inhicting a
number OF casualties and bombing his
dugouts. We also entered the enemy
trenches southwest Of Wytschaete.
where we destroyed machine gun en-
placements.
The enemy blew up camouhet this
morning east of Ipres.
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from the raft. as all were close to ex-
haustion.
After the boy. the quartermaster and
those on the raft had been taken to the
Buenos Aires the seas became more furi-
Gus. Capt. Soria got wireless from
the French transport saying she also
had taken eleven men from a raft. That
accounted for twenty-five men OF crew
Of sIxty-two. The Buenos Aires learned
from the men she had rescued that their
skipper had announced his Intention OF
being the last man to leave his ship.
thus preserving the immemorial sea ira
dition.
At o'clock the next morning, this
message. feebly transmitted on dying
wireless, was received by the Buenos
Aires:
Sinking fast. Water over decks.
Good-by."
When dawn came there was no ship
on the crested sea. The French trans
mort was not even within the wireless
radius Of the Buenos Aires. and she
went on her course. Capt. Soria said ne
feared the skipper Of the freishter and
the gallant wireless man had gone down
with the Pio IN.
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DRIVE MINIMIZED.
Berlin says Offensive at Ncrdu"
Will Have No Eject.


BERLIN tvia wireless). Dec. 1'.-The
following comment on the military sit
uation in Rumania and the Verdun
sector of France was given out for pub
lication to-day:
Operations in wallachia can now he
considered as terminated. Buzeu, which
has fallen into the hands Of the Central
Powers. is the last important railroad
point In wallachia. The allies CIeu-
tonic) now control two-thirds OF the
Rumanian railroad lines. The Buzeu
and Jalomitza rivers form the second
and third strategical line. In which were
secured corn and oil stores.
THE most recent German successes
finally have provoked a greater activity
on the western front. but the great new
attack on the Meuse, launched by the
French after strong artillery prepara'
ton, cannot modify the general situa-
ton such offensive thrusts. carried out
with all available means. are always sue
cessful at the beginning
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took no chances in that exercise. simply
holding on TO the ladder. The boy re-
membered his American flashlight. and
holding 1t above him he made 1t blink
like n lone star in eternal blackness.
The lookouts on the BuenQs Aires saw
the incandescent bullseye, and Capt.
Soria called for volunteers TO man life
boat to save the daring boy and his old
friend. The Buenos Aires made lee
for launching a boat and spread oil on
the waters to smooth the crests. The
boat got away without mishap and
picked UP the boy and the quartermaster.
Nine Others On = Raft.
While the boats crew was at work
nine other men of the freighter decided
to risk death in the tumult They
launched a liferaft in charge Of Chief
Engineer Fernando. having aboard also
Jose Avino. fourth officer: Juan Ale
many. second engineer. and six able sea-
men. Chief Engineer Oleaga was
equipped with n big fashlight. such as
officers Use in engine rooms. and he also
let his whereabouts be known to the life-
bo&t crew. They got him and his men
but had a hard time dragging them
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I~WtOns Gain TPeWeo.
The forces OF the enemy amounted
70 about four battalions. ~ In the
morning the enemy launched . FUR.
Aier attack at Maly P0rsk. And -
result ne succeeded In gajnIRG pagt -
NE trenches Of ore oe eug eomoooo4A
IN the early heugo - ~ onDeQ
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.FLASHLIGHT SAVES
ELEVEN FROM SEA
But Forty Others Were Lost
When Pic TX. Went Down
in a Tempest.
SURVIVORS REACH HERE
wWater Over Decks; GO0d-by,"
Last Word From Skipper and
Loyal Wireless Man.

A plain American pocket hashlight.
such az some folk use to fnd keyhoies
very early in the morning. was the sal
vation Of Antonio oliver. engineer cadet
Is years old. designated as assistant
engineer. and his elderly comrade. DO
mingo Ereno, auartermaster. survivors
Of the Spanish freight steamship Pio
IN. brought here by the Spanish liner
Buenos Aires. In yesterday from Cadiz
A hint Of the fate of the Pho IN. was
sent out a week ago by way OF Lon
don. Fernando Oleaga, chief engineer,
and eight others Of the Pio IN. were
saved by the Buenos Aires
The Pio IN. sailed from New Orleans
for Valencia on November is with
cargo Of $500 bales OF cotton and a
large quantity OF barrel slaves In mid
ocean she sprang a leak in storm
| Her pumps kept the leak under control
until she was within about 200 miles OF
the Canaries, when n mighty sea shifted
her cargo and she hecled over to port.
Aid Called by wireless.
Capt Ojinaga decided to abandon her
and made an effort to launch lifeboats.
Because Of her list and the torrential
crests that roared athwart her decks as
she wallowed In the trough. her fires
having been put out by the rising water,
her lfeboats were smashed against her
sides
Two vessels were within aerial call OF
the iuckless Spaniard One was q
| French transport. which refused to tel
her name. and the other was the Bueno'
Aires, zoo miles away to the south
Capt. Juan Perez Soria of the Bueno'
Aires. going at full speed. got within
sight Of the Pho IN. at sunset on Decem
her 5, Just twenty-four hours after III
had received the wireless appeal.
The Buenos Aires has a Lyle gun. al
American invention. and utilized 1t Il
: shoot lines toward the Pho IN. Some o
= the lines fell short and others broke
The scheme was to take all hands fror
the freighter over a hawser that nigh
; be drawn with the line between the tw
: vessels. The riotous seas prevented tn
Buenos Aires carrying mail and pas
sengers, from venturing too close to tn
Pho IN, and having no searchlight I
= pick the freighter out OF the blacknes,
4. the Buenos Aires had hard time keep
? ing her In sight. To give heart to fol
r flashed all her clusters OF cargo lights.
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BOY who Took . Chance.

About s o'clock at night Antonio oliver
had little talk with his old friend.
Quartermaster Ereno. in which he said.
as il might be put hereabout. Say. pop.
let's take chance" The boy got
wooden ladder. and grasping the rungs
and raising II above their heads they
jumped into the sea.
Both were good swimmers, but they
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VICTORY NOW SURE,
DECLARES NIVELLE
French Chief Commander Says
Verdun Victory Is Con-
elusive Test.
BERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT
Troops Of Republic Pressing
On to Original Line Of Crown
Princes Drive.
BERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT

PARIS. Dec. 1.-THE verdun victory
N!velle assured his staff when he left
for French general headquarters to as
sumo his new post as commander OF all
the French armies In France.
The test is conclusive: our method
has proved sound" he said. "Once more
the second army has asserted In the
highest degree its moral and material
ascendency over the enemy. Victory is
certain i give you assurance. Germany
will learn II to her cost"
Gen. Nivelle said these words Of fare
well after he had seen the French in
fantry swarm forward victoriously and
taken. Gen. Petain. with whom he
planned the attack. was present.
Comedies Loss Of Besonvaux.
Germany's admission Of defeat at Yer
dun Is now complete. The German
statement to-day even comedies that
the French have retaken La Vauche
wood. west OF Bezonvaux. the capture Of
which the French War Office has not
announced. The Germans also admit
that Bezonvaux Is In French hands.
French troops may have regained at
one point their original line before the
Crown Prince first attacked on February
81. The German statement to-day says
that French attacks failed before "a
| height OF the ridge north of Bezon-
vaux." Before February 81 the French
held some Of the heights north Of Bexon-
vaux.
4 violent bomba rdment IL proceedine
along most OF the line Of the new French
positions. The great guns are thunder
/ ing at Vacherauville and Bezonvaux. The
German artillery is hammering especially
hard the French troops in their new
| trenches In the Chambrette farm.
Little Infantry Fighting.
During the day the French pushed ou
patrols near Bezonvaux. in the region o
Caures wood and the village Of Ornes
They clashed with German patrols in tn
only infantry fighting of the day n
Verdun.
At other points on the front in Franc
there was fierce infantry fighting. but n,
major action. British troops made thre
raids during the night on their part q
the front. the Germans made two raid
on French trenches and the Germans ex
ploded camoufiet under British trenche
east OF Ypres.
The German War once issued to-nieh
a bulletin saying there was "only mod
crate fighting activity" on the Who'll
western front. The day Berlin state
ment reads:
Army Group OF Crown Prince Rup-
precht-Near Hannescamps. north of
the Ancre River. English detachments
protected by a strong fire tried to enter
our trenches. They were sanguinarily
repulsed.
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Crown Prince IL Defeated.

Army Group OF the Crown Prince
on the east bank Of the Meuse the
French yesterday continued their
attack. After a violent struggle
Nezonvaux and the wood to the
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KING NAMES TWO NEW PEERS.
Sir william Aitken and Charles
stuart-wortIey Are Honored.

LONDON, Dec. l7.-Thc King has con-
ferred a peerage on Sir William Max
well Aitken and Charles II. Stuart
Wortley. members of Parliament re-
spectively for Ashton under Lyme and
the Hallam division Of Sheffield. Thus
two Inionist seats in the Commons are
vacated for members Of the new Cabinet
These honors are the first recommended
by The new Premier.
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Sir William Aitken was born In New
Brunswick. Canada. on May %. 1873.
In 1906 he married daughter OF the
late Gen. Charles W. Drury. e. u. He
became a member of Parliament Tor
Ashton under Lyme in 1910. and was
knighted u year later. In January. 1919.
he was appointed official eyewitness
with the Canadian troops at the front
He was made n baronet In June last, on
the occasion Of King C%orge's hf,y-sec-
ond birthday.
Charles Beilby StuartWortiey, N. C..
was from 1856 to 1892 Parliamentary
Under Secretary Of State for the Home
Department. lie Is director or the
Great Central Railway.
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The official statements on the Ruma-
Ian and other fronts OF the eastern the
lire tonight show that there has been
(onsiderabie scattered fighting at various
ko.nts from the Black Sea 10 the Gulf OF
k:a. Nowhere except in Rumania.
however. have there been decisive moves
| The German War Office announced the
'rossing in force Of the Buzeu and CAL
baulul. The statement issueu VI pe''i'
eads:
Army group OF Field Marshal Won
Nackensen: The Buzeu sector was
crossed ON a broad front. In addition
| 10 capturing $50 prisoners, nineteen
locomotives about 400 railroad cars.
mostly laden. and innumerable vehicies
F fell into the hands OF our troops.
In the Dobrudja the rapid pursuit OF
the enemy, who offered resistance only
locally. brought our allied troops close
F 10 the forest district IN the hor'her"
part Of the country where resis'ahee 10
expected.
Rus.Ians Are Repulsed.
pront OF Prince Leopold: AFTER
strong artillery preparation the RUS
slams launched an attack near liiuRs''
northeast OF Dvinsk. They were re-
pulsed.
North OF the Kovel-Lutsk railroad
lin Volhynia) parts OF the braueh-
burg Reserve Infantry Regiment No.
8? stormed a Russian position hpout
800 yards In extent. five oiueeIs
and 500 rank and file as prisoners
and several machine guns anu "'''
hrowers were sent pach aS ooo'
Front OF ArchduKe Josep" ~
ClmbroslavaK TN 'he ioren t,,,,a,,
Carpathlans) ana III we ,S ,ns;r
herman troops aoNah@ou sn.ars ~,
own INES ana iI'aue sos a,ar,y or-
PRISONERS, urINI"s S.,,h =, Nes,e-
lelIhs resIs.a ,st,.a pIyer there
oahesce' on tle ps ., advanced
were ehsase"'e""
s'a'u'' .
delayed Bulgarlan s,a'v @ p,a,, a
!arding the operations OH '"e humans
mont says
In the Dobrudja the enemy aban-
doned his positions and these are IN
our hands.
-
H"iRnrs I"*e
IN eastern wallachla Teutonic al
He'd troops are advancing north Of the
Jalom 'tsa River. Fetechti (the west
err terminal ~ the Cernavoda bridge
across the Danube) has been occupied
b. our troops
tn. p,.,,a, .,,,om.r, savs.
- ~ '''n''., ,o,,ow our re-
tring troops, attempted an attack II
the region of the Buzeu-Rymniku
sarat road and railway line and In th'
region Of Batogu t35 miles east o
suzeu, north OF the Calmat line).
the first direction our cavalry twic'
r,H',c rushed to attack the enemy cavalry N,,nry
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trails. at the corresponding date last
year. Messrs. Guma-Mejer have pub
lished their estimate of the growing
crop as. 3,1S4.000 tons. Today, Al cen
trails are in operation and the weather
is reported as very favorable for the
growing crop.
There has been very little business
done in refined sugar, as the trade
have been buying on hand to mouth
basis, and such orders as appeared for
prompt shipment were mostly filled
from second hands at prices about 10
points below refiners' prices. All re-
finers continued their quotations at
6.15c less 2 per cent until yesterday,
when the Federal S. r. Co., in order
to sell out some small stocks on hand,
accepted &c less per cent. Today,
the other New York and Philadelphia
refiners have reduced prices to 5.95c
less per cent. The Federal S. R. Co.,
Warner s. r. Co., and Arbuckle Bros,
have announced that they intend to
soon close down their factories for
short time for the annual cleaning up
and repair work.
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REVENUE DEPUTY HAS
PATENT FOR WORKABLE
HOLDER OF MAGAZINES

Deputy Collector ]. w. Connella of
the local internal revenue office has
grown tired of the routine duties OF
his work and turned inventor.
In the Scientific American of De-
cember % is published a description
OF book and magazine holder, pat.
EFT for which has recently been grant
ed to the deputy collector
Though Connella has received sew
eral offers for the continuance he did
not send the model off until few
days ago, when manufacturing COM
pany, having seen description OF II
in the scientific publication, wrote. to
him asking for information. This mod
ell was made of aluminium, but Con-
nella plans to make others OF steel.
BY the invention a reader is enabled
to enjoy his magazine as he would a
book, holding it in one hand instead OF
two.
ConnelIas is great reader, especial
Iy after going to bed, aBd 1t was thus
that he hit upon the unique idea OF
the magazine holder.
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AROUND island
BELT ROADPLAN
GETS APPROVAL

Voting unanimously on a plan pro-
posed by Supervisor Single, chair
man of the road committee, the board
last night approved the general
scheme Of completing the belt road
around the island.
Shingles plan is along the policy
outlined by the board several months
ago. He intends to cover with coral
a Telford base between Waiahole
bridge and Kualoa point, and to lay
with concrete eight miles of 10.6
mile stretch that runs between Waia-
hole bridge and the foot of the Pail.
OF this road &c miles are in good con-
dition now
For the first stretch of road 100000
will be expended as follows: To CON-
plete Telford base, $4,000; to CON-
plete drainage, $4,000; six-inch coral
dressing, $4,000.
For the second stretch there will
be spent $4,000 in l;@A a four-inch
concrete pavement anI covering it
with a thin dressing or squilgee coat
OF asphalt.
Following this work, all of which
will amount to $105, 900, attention will
be given to the road between Kualoa
point and Hauula, thus making with
its completion good road around the
island.
Hollinger suggested last night that
the road committee should be given a
free hand in going ahead with road
work, doing the work first and then
reporting to the board, rather than
waiting each month to have the road
program approved by the other super.
visors. ~,
Engineer Robert s.. Chase, who is
in charge of the road work at Haki.
pun, was present at the meeting OF
the supervisors last night