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the Somme the artillery and mine
thrower fire was temporarily livelier.
Northwest and north of Rheims
French detachments, advancing upon
our trenches after strong artillery
preparation, were repulsed.
Army group Of the German crown
prince-On the east bank Of the Meuse
(yerdun 'front.' during the afternoon
the artillery engagement increased in
intensity. The French attacked Fosses
wood. Chambretts. which lies before
our position. remained in their hands
after hand to-hand fighting. At all
other places on the front of the at
tack they were repulsed.
PARIS, December IA raid was
undertaken by German troops last
night on the Somme front north OF
Sailly-Saillisel. The announcement
from the war Office today says the eff
fort was without permanent success.
On the verdun front active artillery
fighting occurred in the regions OF
Louvemont and Chambrettes. The COM
munication follows:
South of the River Somme yester-
day evening German troops undertook
surprise attack upon our trenches
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J0FFRE HANDS OVER REINS.
Congratulates Gen. Nivelle on Selec.
ton as Commander of French Armies

PARIS, December 19.-Gen. Joffre
handed over the command Of the
French armies of the north and north
east yesterday morning to Gen. Robert
George Nivelle, recently appointed
communicative hief of those armies. In
a brief speech Gen. Joffre congratulated
Gen. 'Nivelle upon his appointment
The principal officers of the grand
headquarters staff. who will remain at
their posts until Gen. Nivelle forms
his own staff. likewise rendered their
congratulations.
Ger. Nivelle replied. expressing ad-
miration for the high military quail
ties of the victor of the Marine, whose
selection as president of the allied mill
tary council he alluded to as a merited
promotion.
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CARDS OF THANKS.

HOLDER. I wish to express my thanks and
appreciation to my relatives and friends for
the kind attention and care given my mother
in the hours Of her suffering and the express
sons Of sympathy and floral tributes extended
me at her death. HER SON RALPH.
GUFFRE. We wish TO express thanks TO
the many friends and relatives for their eN-
pressions OF sympathy and Moral tributes at
the death Of our beloved husband and father,
GAETANO 9UIFFRE.
BY WIFE AND CHILDREN.
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their expressions Of sympathy and noral trih-
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at the death of our beloved wife, daughter
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north Of Chilly. Ono detachment OF
the enemy was successful in penetrat-
but they were Immediately driven out.
ION tho right bank Of the River
Meuse tho enemy artillery was active
during the night in the region Of
Louvemont and Chambrettes. There is
nothing to report from the remainder
Of the front.
"During the day of December II two
German airplanes were brought down
by French pilots on the verdun front
Herbebois and the other came down at
a point near Ornes
'During the night Of December 49,
10 French bombing squadrons threw
down 600 kilos G,3O0 pounds) Of pro.
jectiles on the railroad stations at
n-Sur-Meuse and at Mont-Medy and
upon certain barracks near Azannes."
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CAMPAIGN FOR HIGHER PAY.
Teachers to Begin Movement at Mass
Meeting Tonight.

To open a campaign for Increased
salaries for teachers IN the public
schools of the District mass meeting
is to be held tonight at o'clock at tn
new Central High School, 18th and
Clifton streets northwest.
A central committee will be organized
to work for the desired increase
Among the speakers scheduled are
Representative Henry A. Cooper. Rep
resentative c. c. Van Dyke, H. NJ. Nc
Larin and Frank Morrison. 1t also is
expected that Samuel A Gompers will
address the meeting.
A pipe organ recital will precede the
meeting.
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BERLIN CLAIMS 100000
FRENCH AND BRITISH LOST

BERLIN, December 19.-The losses OF
the French army to date have been
100000, and Of the British 100000,
according to Competent military
authority says an. Overseas News
Agency statement. On the same author
ity, the French losses on the Somme
up to the end of November are esti-
mated at not less than 100000, and
those of the British at $4,000.
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Teachers Retirement Bill Endorsed

The bill for the retirement Of teach
ers of the public schools OF the District
of Columbia was unanimously Endorsed
at meeting Of the Grover Cleveland
Parent-Teachers Association yesterday
in the Cleveland School. Mrs. George
Mcleod was elected a delegate to rep
resent the association at the home and
school council of the District of Co.
1umhia. which Is to meet next month.
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NOteSerne

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In Cotton and Isle Thread: all
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DIED,

BRIAN. On Monday. December IS. 1919. a,
s:1o pm, Capt HENRY T. BRIAN, beloved
husband OF Carrie T. Brian. In his seventy
third year, st his residence, i244 Columbia
Notice Of funeral hereafter
Brown. Suddenly, Tuesday morning n-cem-
her 1e, 1915 HoRETTA LEONARD BROWN
beloved and only daughter of Georgia and
Alphonso Leonard
Notice of funeral hereafter
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GERMANS ADMIT
FRENCH SUCCESS
Artillery Fighting Continues in Yer
dun Region-Teuton Somme
Raid Fails.
By tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. December 10. by wireless to
Sayville.-French troops yesterday I'M
dertook an advance in the neighbor-
hood Of Rheims, the war Office an
nounces. They were repuIsed by the
German fire.
The statement follows:
Western front. army group ot Crown
Prince Rupprecht-On both banks of
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Nine, Mountford Fund Contributions

Contributions to the Nine. Mountford
fund, to aid the crippled lecturer on the
Bible and Palestine. have been received
at The Star today, as follows: Mrs. W
P. Matthews, 81; cash, So; a friend, 81.
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and Merritt Earl, 81. A total of $21
has been received to date.
The sun., 1916-12-15
MAY ARM
MERCHANT MARINE
Offensive Action Against Sub
marines Now Being "Se-
riously Considered"
PARLIAMENT IS INFORMED
Increasing Activity Of German
l-BOats Shown in Loss Of
More Cargo Carriers.

LONDON. Dec. 14.-Lloyd Georges
Ministry will act vigorously to deal with
the growing menace Of the German u b
marines. The question of arming all
merchant ships to night submarines is
under earnest consideration by the Ad-
miralty. Thomas J. Mcnamara. Finan-
cial Under Secretary for the Admiralty.
announced to-day in the House OF Com
mons.
The Government has taken such &C
ton as II considered necessary" for the
safety of Capt. Blake. taken prisoner
by q German submarine that sank the
Caledonia. A. Bona Law, Chancellor OF
the E~xchequer. made this
ment in the Commons.
Many newspapers have urged that
Great Britain warn Germany at once
that IL Capt. Blaikie II executed a. was
Capt. Fryatt Great Britain win execute
in reprisal M Of the high German of.
icers now In British prison camps. The
German contention Is that Capt. Blake
tried to ram the submarine.
The increasing danger to the Entente
Allies OF the new and widespread Ger.
man submarine campaign Is shown by
an Amsterdam despatch saying that IN
ten days submarines have mi ships
with 1900 tons Of coal n 5000 toni
Of war material. Furthermore the sink
Ing OF I'VE ships Of tonnage totallinG
l3.G01 and the loss Of nine lives IL an
nounced to-day.
According to the Amsterdam despatch
which quotes German sources. German
submarines between November % and
The sun., 1916-12-15

Of the great %dihiculties caused by the
condition of the roads.
Great w~allachia, south Of the rail-
road from Bucharest to Cernoyoda,
has been cleared Of enemy forces.
Testonic Attacks Continued.
The Russian statement on the Ru-
and Galician fronts follows:
The enemy continued his attacks in
h direction Of Buxeu Tin central
Humanity on Tuesday. Our cavalry
and infantry attachments came In con-
tact with the enemy west and south
west Of Buxeu. Our cavalry advanced
toward h west on Tuesday and. CO.
operating with the infantry. fought a
stubborn battle.
In the wooded Carpathians our artil-
lery successfully bombarded the little
town OF korosmeso. Seven nres broke
out as a result.
Our airplanes successfully dropped
bombs on the Plauiov station on the
Tarnopol-Zlochoff railway and on
transportation columns near the vii
lage Of Nouchtche. northeast of this
railway. In the region of the Poohu-
o station and east Of the village of
Lipniasdolma there vas lively artillery
fire and mine throwing.
Enemy attempts to make recon-
~naissances with strong scouting parties
on the Narayuvka River. In the region
OF the village Of Podchumlianse, were
checked by our fire.
The sun., 1916-12-15
BIG GERMAN LOSS ON SOME.
British war OAcisl Explains Der.
Has Desire for Peace.

Has Desire for Peace.
LONDON, Dec. 1<.-"Despite its blatant
and arrogant o n Chancellor o Beth
manufactures peace speech offers us
much encouragement when considered
from a military standpoint" said Gen.
Frederick d. Maurice, chief director OF
military operations at the British War
once. discussing to-day the military sis-
nincance OF the German Chancellor's
peace offering. Gen. Maurice continued /:
THE Germans know W are capable
of a greater offensive than we launched
last summer on the somme and they do
not like the prospect. We are increas-
ing our forces n our munitions and are
improving our positions.
Lately. independently but from sim.
liar data, w ana the French IN COM
puted the German losses On the Somme
and rave arrived at exactly h same re-
suits, which may be expressed as fol-
lows:
THE total German loss In men wa
more than 700. 900. which included 5000
prisoners. In material w took 1856
heavy guns $50 field pieces and 1883
machine guns.
ut must be remembered that our
prisoners we're FIRST line lighting men
from the front line trenches. while the
recent captures made by the Central
Powers consisted in large part Of the
army service medical corps and other
practically no~n-cembatant portions OF
the army which necessarily were picked
up in operations like those In Rumania,
, "Germnay knows We are prepared ia
initiate . greater offensive at any place
on the western front than on the
Somme."
The sun., 1916-12-15

December 9 sank OF the French Atlantic
coast among other vessels steamships
with coal cargoes Of 1900 tons on their
way to France. A British steamship
with 5000 tons Of wal material on its
way from New York to France was also
sunk.
The largest of the ships announced
to-day ms sunk is the British steamer
81. Ursula, announced by Lloyd's. The
ship. Of $500 tons gross. sailed from
Montreal on November . for Mediter-
ranean ports.
II In now announced that the HarlIng-
ton and the Harlyn. both British steam
ships, we're sunk on December .. Lloyd's
announced on December 10 that both
had been damaged" 1t In now an
nounced that he Harrington. Of 1000
tons, struck q mine and sank. The crew
was picked up by the Harlyn.' which
was sunk later" presumably by a sub
ma rine. Nine lives were lost. b Lloyd's
announcement doe not say whether they
were members of both crews or OF one
only.
The crews Of the ships Emma Laurens
and Bjor. which have been sunk. were
saved. II is announced. The Bjor. a
Norwegian steamship Of 1880 tons. was
torpedoed. The Emma Laurens was q
French bark Of 2.152 tons gross.
Wreckage Of a German torpedo boat
has been washed ashore near Gothen-
burg. says the Exchange Telesraph's
Copenhagen correspondent. The CORE
%spondent reports also that the Danish
steamship vidar. bound for Hull with
agricultural products. has been cap
tured by the Germans and taken into
Swinemunde.
The British steamship Burnhope. q
vessel Of 1871 tons. has been sunk. The
crew. of which several members were in.
jured, has been landed. The captain OF
the vessel died after reaching shore.
Lloyd's announces that h British
steamer Bretwalda, 4.037 tons. has beer
sunk.
The sun., 1916-12-15
RUSSIAN o IN PERIL
German Military Critic Sees Devel-
opment Of Runanian Defeats.

German Military Critic ices Deve1.
opment Of Rananian Defeats.
BERLIN (by wirsless). Dec. 1l.--In his
review Of the Rumanian campaign to-
day the military critic Of the Overseas
News Agency lays stress on the strategic
menace to the Russian southern front
which, he points out. . been created
by the developments of the Rumanian
operations.
Before the entry OF Rumanla into the
war;" he writes, the Russian southern
front rested upon the Bukowina Noun
tains. but since the annihilation Of the
Rumanlan army and the advance of the
Central Powers In eastern Wallachia this
formerly strong front 10 now under Sc
rious strategic Ems
The Russian forces have been con-
stderably diminished by the violent at
tacks made In the wooded Carpathians
and In the mountains on the .Moldavian
frontier. Likewise their auxiliary corps
which are at present In Rumania have
been decimated fruitlessly n the war
material and munitions with which Rus
sia furnished the Rumanians nave been
for the most part lost and have added
considerably to the war material Of the
Central Powers.
THE Bulgarian troops which were
formerly tied to The Danube have been
set free along a 500 kilometer front for
larry an extraordinary increase In
strength for the Bulgarian artillery.
The Central Powers thus have not
only gained from an economic stand
| point by the capture OF Wallachia and
the Rumanian oil region. have no, only
annihilated the Rumanian army, but also
by their success In Rumania have weak
The sun., 1916-12-15
ALLIES TO SEND new
DEMANDS TO GREECE
VIII Force a Settlement With
Constantine, Commons
Told.
NATIONS AGREE ON PLAN
Hear Kings Forces Will Join
Germans in Attack on
Sarrail's Army.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE Allies intend
to clear up the Greek situation by pre-
sentins new and drastic demands at once
to King Constantine's Government. Fully
alive to the dangers Of further delay, all
the Allies have agreed to force a settle
ment.
Tho complete blockade OF Greek ports.
which h ALLIES now have In force. does
not imply . state Of war between Greece
and the ALLIES, however. This
ment Lord Robert Cecil. Minister OF
Blockade. also made in the House OF
Commons to-day. following his an
presented.
Meanwhile news from the Macedonian
front. especially from the Monastir re-
zion. provokes anxiety here. To-day the
French Wal once that yes
terday the Germans n Bulgars bonn
barded the entire Serbian front and
the city Of Monastir. Some OF the in
habitants Of Monastir were killed.
Such . bombardment might be the
prelude to the big attack upon Gen.
Sarrai's troops by an army reinforced
by German troops released from the
Rumanian front. 1; Is pointed out. /.
10 In cooperation with this attack that
Constantine 10 reported ready 10 throw
Greek troops at Sarrail's rear. and |,
has been reported that Greek and
French already are nghting near IA.
terini.
Furthermore. German reports continue
20 announce that Serbian attacks, which
until recently were irresistible. have
been repulsed repeatedly on this front
Unless the Serbs and the forces co.
operating can GUST Germans and Bull
ears from the heights north of Monas
tir. 1t 10 pointed out. the city itselI
could hardly be held IL The Teuton'
attacked in force. Monastir is in
The sun., 1916-12-15
BIG BRIDGE LOST
BY UMANIANS
Russians and Rumanians
Driven Out Of Whole Ger
EayOda Region.
TErTON DASH UNCHECKED
Town Of karOmezO in Carpa-
thians Is BOmbarded by
Cars Troops.

LONDON. Dec. 14.-More Teuton sue
cesses in Rumania are announced to-
night. Advancing on the whole front,
mud. he Teutons have turned Russians
and l,umanians out OF the whole Cerna-
yoda region and hold the entire great
bridge.
The German War once announces
tonight that troops of the Danube army
have crossed the lower Jalomitsa. where
the Russians and Rumanians tried to
make n stand. The point Of crossing 10
above Cernavoda, and to-day the Ger
mans said all enemy forces had been
cleared from the locality. The eleven
mile bridge and causeway are In pos
session OF the invaders.
Bulgarian troops marched across the
bridge Itself last Sunday. according to
4 delayed Sofis announcement. When
they reached the other side they found
the r%etreatinE enemy had stripped the
Rumanian villages OF everything Of
value.
Russians Botubard = Town.
Russian troops are within gun range
VI N'fo ~ u EluURdElhu III "
the Jablonica Pass through the Car.
pathians. The town was bombarded by
Russian guns to-day. and seven fires
were observed. This Ii the only EVIL
dencc to-day OF success for the inces-
SAINT Russian attacks in the mountains.
which Berlin "a still persist.
The Russian statement to-day tells of
the effort made on Tuesday to stop the
Teutons before they got close to Buxeu.
The statement tells Of the counter at
tack OF Russian cavalry. already an
nounced by Berlin. but does not mention
It's failure. which Berlin reported yester-
day.
Tho Rumanian troops north OF Slnaia,
In the rrahova Valley, managed to es-
CAPE the trap sprung by the sudden cap
ture OF Ploesci Ia their rear when
Bucharest was taken. according to a
Budapest despatch. The despatch says
the Rumsnians escaped to Buzeu by
forced marches over mountain roads,
leaving behind baggage and cannon. This
despatch, however. contradicts German
official statements that most OF this
force had been captured.
' Campina OF Works Intact.
The same despatch says hat the oil
works at Campina were little damaged
when the Teutons got them. and that
all The works will be In operation In q
short time. Tho despatch says nothing
Of the more important oil works al
Plocsci. also captured. Dispatches from
Runania have asserted that the oi
works were completely demolished he
fore they fell into Teuton' hands.
The official German statement on the
Russo-RuInanian front follows:
Front OF Archduke Joseph--in the
wooded Carpathians artillery fire was
continued.
In The Gycrgyo Mountains and in
the Argesui Valley the Russians con-
tinue the = costly, hut absolutely UNI
successful attacks.
Army Group Of Field Marshal Won
Nackcnsen-Favorable Progress Is be-
ing made on the whole front In spite
The sun., 1916-12-15
ENGLAND BoTHERs NEuTRA1s.
Lord Robert Cecil says British
Measures Cannot he Avoided.

LONDON, Dec. 14-Replying in the
House Of Commons to-day to a question
put by Arthur Lynch. Nationalist menu
Der for West Clare. suggesting that
many particulars In the policy OF the
British Government with regard to the
United States had been OF an irritating
Without any compensation CORE
spending to the danger Of producing
Observation-Disclosures. Lord Robert Cecil.
Minister Of Blockade. said:
ut unfortunately Is inevitable that
our measures should cause Inconvenience
to the citizens OF neutral countries.
Much as We regret II. I can only say
that. consistently with the paramount
duties Of using our belllEerent rights.
we have done and are doing all We can
to make their exercise a. little irksome
to neutrals as possible"
The sun., 1916-12-15
RI0TING IN q
Peasants Revolt At ALLEGED Order
Of Deportation to Germany.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Wireless Press
gives out the following under date of
Bern:
"Forcible deportation Of Lithuanian
peasants to work In Germany has pro-
voked several revolts in Lithuania.
There was a formidable rising In the
Samogitian province Of Suwalki. Peas
ants armed with hatchets attacked the
German military commission sent there
to enrol workmen.
an other districts many peasants are
hiding In the forest and marshes. In
many parts OF Lithuania bands Of peas.
ants have destroyed railways. bridges
and telegraph lines"