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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
FILE PARTITION SUIT

Petition for the partition of real es,
tate located in Cambridge City and
in East Germantown and valued at
$500 was filed in the circuit court to-
day by Charles Washburn and others
against Pearl Yetting and others.
Some of the distant heirs have but
one one-hundredth of the estate COM
ing to them and it is stated in the
petition that it would be impossible
to divide the estate in any other way
but by selling it and dividing the
money. The estate in question is that
of Ezekiel T. Washburn, deceased.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Coal Quotations

Corrected by Hickman & klehfoth)
Anthracite. chestnut, 1855, anthra'
cite, stove or egg. $40; Pocahontas,
lump or egg. $500, mine run, $3.50;
slack, $500; Winifred lump, $3.50;
Campbell's lump, $3.50; Kanawha
lump, $3.50; Indiana lump, $500;
Hooking Valley lump, $3.50; Jewel
lump. $4.75; Yellow Jacket lump,
S4.75: Tennessee lump, $500; coke, all
sizes, $500; nut and slack, $3.50; Jack
son, 1913; Kentucky lump, s4.75; Win
fred washed pea, S4.25.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
MISTAKEN FOR SPY.

SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Aug. -
Thomas Fisher. of this city, had the
unpleasant experience of being mis-
taken for a spy while travelling in
Canada, After being halted and ques-
toned he was released, but apparently
was watched closely until he left the
country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
HAAS SUBMITS NAMES.

e. M. Haas will submit list Mon
day evening of men to take charge
and compose the teams that are to
raise the 100000 in the campaign of
the Commercial club to establish an
Industrial Development fund.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
SPORTS and Athletics
BARON CHAN winner

MUNC1E, Ind, Aug. 12.-Baron Chan
the Richmond three-year-old-easil
captured the 2:25 pace from field OF
eight starters in the first event of
the Delaware county fair race card
here yesterday Baron Chan's time
was 2:21A and 2:21. The purse was
$500. Miss Patsy, owned by Frank
Bryant, of Russiaville, won the 2:16
papce, the second event.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
SUES RESTAURANT MAN.

ELKHART, Ind, Aug. III. c.
Lane, colored has instituted proceed
ings against Joseph Fash, restaurant
keeper, alleging that Fash violated
the equal rights" statute when he re-
quested Lane and a companion to
move to a rear table.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, O., Aug 12.-Hogs:
Receipts 1900, market slow, packers
and butchers $1,000. common to choice
$7.O069OO, pigs and lights $3.50
1910.
Cattle: Receipts 100, market quiet.
Sheep: Receipts 1900, market
steady, lambs steady.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Feed Quotations

Corrected Daily by Omer WheIan)
Paying-Oats, 35@3Sc; corn, $50
rs: rye, S5c; clover seed, IS bushel;
straw, IS a ton.
Selling-New timothy hay, SO to
s12 ton; clover hay, IS ton; cot
ton seed meal, $38 a ton, 81 cwt.;
middlngs, $2S a ton, $50 cwt; bran
S26 a ton, $40 a cwt; tankage $48 a
ton, So so a cwt salt, $3.50 Dbl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
REMEMBERS PRESIDENT,

VINCENNES, Ind, Aug 12-Presi-
dent Wilson, Vice President Marshall,
Senators Kern and Taggart are recip.
tents of some of the best cantaloupes
southern Indiana can produce-which
means the best that can be produced
NOl!mer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
LOSES $500 IN CASH.

GOSHEN, Ind, Aug. 12.-Franklin
CARRIER, a farmer, drew $500 in bills
from the bank expecting to pay con-
tractor money owed him. The con-
tractor could not be found and two
days later CARRIER discovered he either
had lost or mislaid the money.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
RICHMOND MARKETS
Glen Miller Prices
Produce

Corrected Daily by Edward Cooper)
Old chickens, dressed, paying 200
22c; spring chickens, dressed, paying
soc, selling CSC; country butter, paying
zoe to CSC. selling Csc to soc; cream
cry butter, selling 35c; eggs, paying,
23c, selling, Csc; country lard, paying
13c, selling 1Sc; new potatoes, selling
81 so bushel
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Totals 30 8 5 u 10 5
Bankers.

Summary.
Two base hits-Bethard, J. Thomp-
son. Gillespie. Struck out-By Beth
ard, s. by Van SAINT, l. Bases on balls
BY Bethard, 1; by Van SAINT, 4.
stolen bases--Gillespie. Thome, Kiser.
Double plays-Thomef Gillespie to
Knierian. Time of game-1:00.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

BECKMAN-John A Beckman, 81,
died at his home, 236 South Eighth
street, this morning. Besides Mrs.
Beckman, the widow, one daughter,
funeral will be held from the home
Monday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock.
Rev. Francis Anscombe will officiate.
Interment will be in the Earlham GEM
etery. Friends may call Sunday after
noon and evening
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Chicago Futures
Cincinnati Grain

CINCINNATI, Aug. 12-Wheat: No.
2 red winter $145@147, No. 8 $139
@143. Sales nine cars. Corn: No
white S61a0S71a, No. 2 yellow, $3.50
S7b Oats: No 8 mixed 1b642h
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
New York Exchange Closing
Quotations

American Can, 56A.
Anaconda. S35s.
American Locomotive, 72R.
American Beet Sugar, S7A.
American Smelter, 961a.
U. S. Steel, com, S77s.
U. S. Steel, pfd., 11834.
Atchison, 1929.
st. Paul, 96A.
CT. Nor. pfd., 11S
Lehigh Valley, IS.
N. Y, Central, 104
N. Pacific, HOS
S. Pacific, 9Sk.
U. Pacific, 1879.
Pennsylvania. 55A.
Bethlehem Steel, 440.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
SENATORS HIT TRAIL.

the road tomorrow to fill booking
with Hilbert Orbaugh's Kitchell club,
Last Sunday kitchell doUned the
Richmond All-Stars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
PLAY AT WHITEWATER.

Richmond All-Stars at Whitewater
is the attraction for Whitewater fans
tomorrow The teams are old rivals
and a smothering warm game is look
ed for.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
TO DIVIDE ESTATE.

The petition Of Nora Dilks and 9TH
ers for the partition of the real es.
tate of the estate of the late Angelina
B. Seaney was granted by the circuit
court today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Big League Dope
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results.
Cincinnati, 3; Philadelphia, 2.
Pittsburg, 2; Boston, l.
First game.)
Boston, 4; Pittsburg, /.
(Secong game.)
Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, /.
(Secong game.)
Brooklyn. 4; Chicago, I.
First game)
New York. s; ST. Louis, 3.
(Secong game.)
New York, 2; st. Louis, 0.
First game.)
Games Today.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati.
Chicago at Pittsburg.
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Brooklyn (2).
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12

Brazil owes its wealth in coffee to a
monk who planted two seeds in a
monastery garden at Dio de Janeiro
in 1854, whence the plants spread
throughout the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
HUBS PROMISE
warm BATTLE
ON LOCAL LOT

Big festivities are predicted for the
Athletic park baseball enclosure Sun
day afternoon when Barney Lichten-
stadt's Hagerstown Hubs attempt the
come back act against Richmond.
Two weeks ago in torrid three
hour session Richmond managed to
take majority over the Hubs.
Now that Hagerstown has been Of
fered the chance to fulfill certain
threats directed against the Quaker
club in general, warm proceedings are
certain
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
DIG TWO PHONE POLES.

FRANKLIN. Ind, Aug. 12.-Mrs.
Milton Heiligs drove workingmen
who attempted to plant a telephone
pole in front of her house away with
a shotgun, filled up the hole and then
planted flowers on top. The company
finally outwitted her by sending men
under guard to dig two holes and she
couldn't guard both at once.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
ChicagcCa

CHICAGO, Aug 12.-Wheat: No. 2
red $1.54A, No. hard winter S1.44@
145. Corn: No. white S7GS7A i
No. yellow S74. Oats: No. white
AN, No white 43043A. No white
43043L, standard, 431s
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
EIGHTY AT EIGHTY.

PARAMOUNT, Ind, Aug. 12.-J, H.
Hollingsworth, in good health but
hardly hale and hearty, weighed him
self on his eightieth birthday and
found he weighed eighty pounds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
GRAIN
Toledo Grain

TOLEDO, O., Aug. 12.-Wheat: Cash
$1.49A, December $1.55. Cloverseend:
Cash 5000, October s10.So. Alsike
5000. Timothy $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
PRODUCE
New York

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Live poul-
try weaker; chickens 20@23, fowls II
OILS. Butter, good demand; creamery
firsts 2Sk@30h. Eggs, good; 27@
20 cents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
LuTHERANS DEFEAT
PRESBYTERIAN nine
PLOTTED BY 0'NEAL
S. S. LEAGUE
lutherans, 2: Presbys. 6.

Markley Lahrman shaded Emo
O'Neal in the fling department and
Lahrmans mates-the Lutherans took
over a margin from the Presbys in
yesterdays S. S. game at the Play
ground. Shell Simmons home run
swipe was a feature. The score:
LutheranS-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,

Yesterdays Results.
st. Paul, 2; Louisville, !.
Fourteen innings)
Toledo, IL: Kansas City, 2.
Minneapolis, 4 Indianapolis, 8.
Columbus, 8; Milwaukee, 2.
(Secong game.)
Columbus, Q; Milwaukee, 2.
First game.)
Games Today.
Columbus at Milwaukee.
Indianapolis at Minneapolis.
Louisville at st. Paul.
Toledo at Kansas City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
BETHARD RUNS
BANK MACHINE
OVER PENNSYS
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.

Games Next Week.
Monday-Pennsy VS.. kaysee.
Wednesday-Feds VS.. Press.
Friday-Feds VS.. Bankers.
postponed game)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
st. Louis, 8; Cleveland, 4.
(Secong game)
st. Louis, 3; Cleveland, |.
First game)
Detroit, 2; Chicago, 0.
Games Today.
Detroit at Chicago.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at New York (2).
Washington at Boston.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12

now discard their wells when receiving
guests.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12
Cincinnati Produce

Butter: Creamery whole milk extra
32hc, centralized extra soc, do firsts
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12

Two base hits, Kehlenbrink; Three
base hits, Smith 2, Lahrman. Home
runs, S. Simmons. Struck Out-By
Lahrman. s; by O'Neol l. Double
plays-Long to Smith Time of game
$50. Umpire-Lyboult
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12

Waste water is purified by a pro-
cess employing collodial clay with milk
of lime that has been invented by a
French scientist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-12

1OtdI 70 It II
cmfwyptaol sh5 Byshrdluaou
BY innings
R. H. f.
Lutherans go. 40 034 0 --12 10 /
Presbys ...... Ill 012 0 e 7 .
Two base hits Kehlenhrink. Three
The evening world., 1916-12-20
N. Y. SIGNAL CORPS
BACK FROM TEXAS;
1000 MORE ON WAY
CONTINUED from First Page.)

behind owing to delay In Northeast
Texas. and may not arrive until Sat-
urday. A parade has been planned
from the Pennsylvania ferry to the
Eighth Regiment Armory. As It
passes the University Club In Fifth
Avenue 1t will be reviewed by Mayor
Mitchell. Gen. Wood. ex-Secretary Of
War Stimson. Gen. Stotesbury. Gen.
Roe and Gen. Bridgeman. A recep-
ton and dinner are planned.
Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt of the
Twenty-second Engineers has ar
ranged for the reception of the Sec
ond Battalion OF the regiment. due
to arrive here Saturday, with Lieut..
Col. w. s. Conrow In charge.
The battalion will be met at the
ferry by the First Battalion Of the
Twenty-second and by n battalion OF
the Seventy-first Regiment. The
troops will march TO tho Armory at
One Hundred and Slxty-fifth street
and Broadway. Col. Vanderbilt will
make his first public appearance as
com uander OF the regiment, which
probably will be reviewed by Gov.
Whitman and his star at the Uni
versity Club. D.,
The Twenty-third Infantry and the
Second Field Artillery of Brooklyn
designated to leave the border In Gen.
Funston's orders of Monday, will prob
ably start from Texas about Jan. s.
arriving here six days later.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
DIST. ATTY FORCES
SERVICE BOARD TO MAKE
B.R. 7. HEAT ITS CARS
Continued from First Page.)

orders by such railroad corporations.
their officers and agents. IL followed
by your own inspectors. You alone
have the evidence TO show whether or
not tho e'ime-. In .is,o.iors OF your
orders and the provisions OF section
Sc. are committed. ~'''-
"As you doubtless realize, the
duties OF this office are to prosecute
crime and. unlike the police or your
inspectors. not to detect crimes or TO
gather the evidence showing their
commission.
For the latter. this Office is prac-
tically without facilities or agents, I
am. however. anxious TO cooperate
with your body IN every way pos
siblo to make the laws and your or
ders affecting street railroad corpora
tions in this county effective so that
citizens will no longer make needless
complaints. To this end / shall be
pleased in any case in which crimi-
nal proceeding affecting street rail-
road corporations within this county
may be proper TO have you forward
to me certified c. pies OF your orders.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
RAILROADS AND SHIPPERS
SPLIT ON CAR PENALTIE
Fines of 50 to 81 Opposed as Likely
to Work Hardships on
Small Firms.

WASHINGTON. Dec. ?0.--Repre-
sentatives OF the railroads and ship
ping interests OF the country who met
here to-day to consider plans for
ameliorating the car shortage situa-
ton ended their first session with
apparently irreconcilable differences.
The railroads proposals to enforce
penalties OF from 81 to 81 a car for re-
consigning was unanimously opposed
by the shippers. The plan provides
for n So penalty IL the car be recon-
signed in transit. IS IL reconsigned
within twenty four hours after reach
ing it's destination and 81 thereafter.
Tariffs embodying the proposed pen
alties are understood to have been
prepared for filing with the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Shippers agreed that while some
penalty might be desirable. II should
be applied only to certain commodi- =
ties and declared that many small
shippers in certain industries would
be seriously affected unless exempted.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
STOCKS TUMBLE At CLOSE;
BETHLEHEM OFF II POINTS
All Shares Related to War Drop
5 TO IS Points-Market
Wildly Exciting.

After a day OF surprising fluctu-
ations in all stocks but standard rail-
roads. the bottom dropped out OF the
stock market this afternoon and tho
close was a whirl OF wild excitement.
with every sale marking lower levels.
The declines ranged from to Is
points on all stocks having anything
to do with the European war.
Bethlehem steel dropped ~ points
on one sale.
United States Steel went down at
the opening, rallied several times dur
ing the day and closed weak. Mer-
camille Marine. on the threat OF Lloyd
George that Great Britain is to take
control Of all shipping. took "A terrific
tumble, preferred dropping II ia
points and common y rs points.
IL was "A great market for profess
sional traders and rumors ruled
the day. The shrinkage in
values in the week since the German
peace proposals were made has been
tremendous.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
HINDENBURC ORDERS
AVIATORS TO SPEED UP
Insists Upon a Sharper Contest for
Supremacy in the Air
Over France.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE. Dec. 20.-Documents cap
tured within the last few days re-
peatedly mention the audaclty and
initiative of the Allied Aviators and
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg Is
quoted as having issued orders that
the supremacy Of the air must be
sharply contested.
According to these documents the
German chief Of stan has ordered
that where the German lines are
crossed by hostile aviators German
machines must penetrate an equal
distance over the Allied lines. There
has been only a comparatively few
hours OF good nying weather In the
last week. but numerous combats
have taken place. twenty being fought
on one afternoon on a certain sector.
German artillery has recently been
quite active and has responded more
freely to the continuous British fire.
According TO prisoners the prepon-
derance OF British shells had de-
pressed the German troops In the
trenches. who thought that their own
artillery was not supporting them
with the same vigor as the support
the English gave TO their men.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
GERMAN EDITOR CALLS
"HEAvEM'S CURSE" ON U. S.
Says Germans Aided in Revolution
and Inspired Longfellow and
Emerson TO Write.

LONDON, Dec. 2O.-The Deutsche
TasesEeitung publishes a diatribe
against the United States. which II
compares with Shylock, and on which.
in the name Of hundreds Of thou
sands Of German mothers." 1t asks
tho curse OF heaven"
And all this because America
nsyer received any injury from Ger
many. We never pulled her by the
beard. Tho best she has she owes
to Germany.
who are her most efficient citi-
zsns7 The Germans. Who trained
tho American militia In the War of
Independence? German officers. And
II over a spark OF idealism has fallen
into the dark soul OF materialistic
America. that spark came from Ger
man nre. Longfellow and Emerson
fed at tho feast OF Schiller. IL is TO
the German poet and thinker that
they owo their artistic as we'll AZ
moral education"
The evening world., 1916-12-20
JERE. +. DONNELlY
DIES IN the HARNESS
Old Employee of The Evening
World, Stricken at His Desk,
Never Receivers.

Jere +. Donnolly. for the past
twenty years news editor OF the Eve
ming World. died this afternoon in
Volunteer Hospital in Gold Street OF
apoplexy. lie was attacked suddenly
on Monday afternoon, December H.,
while at work et his deck in the
Evening World office. and was hur-
ricd to the nearest hospital, where he
sank steadily until the end.
Mr.. Donnolly was fifty-seven years
old and lived with a sister and n
niece. the only surviving members Of
his family at No. 5S2 Fifth street.
Brooklyn. lie was engaged in news
paper work In Brooklyn and Man.
haitian from boyhood. serving his APP
premiership as reporter on the
Brooklyn edition OF the World.
From there he went TO the Com
merciaI Advertiser, OF which he was
city editor for several years. lie re-
turned to The World in 1895 as news
editor OF the evening edition.
For moro than twenty years Mr..
Donnoliy worked with only the rest
obtained In the usual summer va
cations. He was an unusually quiet,
reserved man and ho finished his
career on The Evening World as he
had lived it-quietly and almost
softly.
Editors seated near him noticed
that he was in physical difficulty.
They helped him 10 side room,
where he collapsed. There were few OF
his fellow workers In the office when
he was carried away. He was un
conscious almost continually from the
time he was taken into the hospital
until he died.
Jerry Donnolly's epitaph will be
that he worked all his life unselfislily
for others who had claims on his
earnings and he died In the harness
The evening world., 1916-12-20
RUSSIANS REPULSED IN
NORTHERN R0UMANIA
Attacks on East Bank of BiStritz
River Are Beaten Off, Says
Berlin Report.

BERLIN. Dec. 20 (via Sayville wire
less) Failure OF several attacks by
Russian battalions on the east bank
OF the Golden Bistrtz River was re-
ported by the War Office to-day.
LIvening OF artillery fire at some
places on the Macedonian front was
reported.
PETRoGRAD. Dec. 2o.--Repulse Of
enemy attacks by Russo -Roumanian u
troops on the left bank OF the Daa-
ube in the region of Parlata are re-
ported in to-day's official statement.
Flank fighting was more intense
than usual on the Dobrudja front,
the statement said.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
BERLIN SAYS RUSSIANS
ARE FACING 4 FAMINE
Great Suffering Reported in Petro-
grad, Moscow and Other
Large Cities.

BERLIN (via Sayville wireless.
Dec. 20.-Inhabitants OF large Russian
towns are on the verge of famine, an
article in the Swedish newspaper
Soeteborgs Aftenpost says, according
to an Official Press Bureau report to-
day.
There is grain in Russia. but II
can't be bought. the article said. In
Petrograd. Moscow and other large
cities the Ministry has been obliged
to provide the population from tho
military stocks.
Excessive drafting of soldiers mas
caused n lack OF farm hands and Rus
sian newspapers state one.third OF
all Russian farming land will be idle
next year. the Swedish newspaper
says.
The evening world., 1916-12-20
FRENCH GENERAL ASKS
! RECALL FROM ROUMANIA
British Officers Sent to Aid Ferdi.
nand's Army Have Left, Says
} Berlin Report.

BERLIN. Dec. 20 (by wireless to
6ayville).-Gen. Berthelot. the french
military strategist. has asked 10 be
recalled from the Roumanian front.
where he had been occupied for some
time past. according to reports re-
tsivsd by the Hamburger Fremden-
blatt. which also says that the ma.
Jority Of the British officers attached
20 the Roumanian general staff have
left for England.
The newspaper likewise reports a
long conference between King Ferdi-
nand OF Roumania and Gen. Alexieft
OF the Russian army regarding the
military situation. Gen. Alexieff will
report 20 Emperor Nicholas, says the
newspaper. in the lack OF an oppor-
tunity at present for tho Emperor
10 receive King Ferdinand In person
The evening world., 1916-12-20

that It may be available in trades and
Industries. which need II most In the
Interest of the pation."
Lloyd Georges statement and As
quith's Endorsement OF " does. not
neccssarily mean that the door Is
banged and, b6ned," the Daily News
declares. "In matter OF this gravity
there Is necessarily much diplomatic
snsnoeo ovring for position. Germsnys
arrogance is. a disguise to cover the
momcntous fact that she has asked
the allies 90 enter into negotiations.
ana the fat refusal Ia not meant TO
Indicate that we do not want peace.
bat that Germany must ask for II. not
in the role OF victor, but OF the van
auished."
The Times says: Lloyd George e,-
pressed thoughts and wishes and laid
down a programme which will COM
msnd tho hearty support Of the
nation