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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
Official Statements
on Western Front

Paris. Dec. IS.-To-niqhfs official
statement says:
South Of the Somme there was quite
pronounced activity Of the two artil-
leries in the sector Of La Maisonnette
At 4 O'Clock this morning an enemy
detachment. which attempted TO carry
out surprise attack against our
trenches south Of Fresnes, was re-
pulsed by grenades.
On the right bank of the Meuse our
troops. in a spirited engagement, drove
the enemy from the ChambretteS
Farm. which we occupy anew in its
entirety. We took two machine guns
intermittent cannonading occurred
on the rest Of the front. An enemy
aviator dropped five bombs on NeuN
Thanh. No damage was done.
The day report says:
South Of the River Somme detsch
ment Of the enemy which was endeav
oring TO occupy our lines to the south
east of Berry has been repulsed with
hand grenades.
On the right bank of the River
Neuse. after the bombardment re
ported in the communication of yester-
OdNs GtIUlhH AOiNcS NtAtfNASN
counter attack yesterday evening upon
our new positions. They succeeded,
however. only in securing a footing az
a point on the Chambrettes Farm. We
continue 70 hold the immediate sur
roundings Of this location.
The number OF prisoners taken oy
US since December 10 on the Nerdun
front is AZ present. according 20 the
latest counting. 1887, including 2Si
officers. The war material captured
or destroyed includes ll5 cannon
fortv-four bomb throwers and lO7 ma
chine guns.
Berlin. Dec. 18.-To-doy's official
report says;
Western Front-There have been nc
important events. In the Somme ano
Neuse sectors there have been only
minor fighting activities.
London. Dec. 1S.-To-uights off,
ciei report says:
We successfully entered the enemy
trenches last night south OF Armeh
t.e-.s 4 number OF the enemy Wei'
Killed and several prisoners taken.
BEYOND artillery activity III inc
reigbborhood OF Morval, in me Ancr'
Valley and Loos there Is nothing iu'
tner 20 report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19

IL 20 them they threw him IN PRISON
and seized the list.
"Sucn has been their action IN every
town. When the soldiers parade
through the streets and ride up and
down on motorcycles mounted with ma
chine guns. the people know II IS 70 IN
timidate them before deportation
starts. They recognize no ages, and
they often deport men who have JOBS.
| knew one man vho was bank clerk
in Brussels and lived in Nievelles. tie
was deported from Nievelles.
Thrown Into Prison
Miss Vandenbrouke herself vas ar
rested and thrown into prison Tor
three weeks. she said. This vas on
July n. Belgium's independence day,
That afternoon Miss VandenorouKe
sligh.ed from a street car TO find her
self in tho midst OF riot. milllner
had been arrested for trimming, ner
hats with black and for putting oiach
trimmed portraits OF King Albert Ahu
the Queen in her window.
The crowd vas menacing the "boene
and as Miss Vsndenbrouke appeared
several OF the soldiers laid hands on
her. the only woman in sight. ohe
broke away and they kicked her "pIack
and blue" she says.
Her hat fell of and soldier started
10 drive his boot through it. But MISS
Vsndenbrouke grabbed il from the
ground and scaled it toward the crowd
Shouting "vive la Belgique" WIN
that they hustled her away to the
Kommsndatur. where she spent eignt
days and nights. sleeping on a mat
tress. -.
She vas removed later 70 the CITY
PRISON and put in cell with nine otner
women whose offences were similar.
One had been arrested for singing a
song in which the Kaiser was Jam
pooned and another for distributing
dispatches from The London zines,
The latter was in solitary confinement
for three months and was put througn,
the third degree daily to make her telI
where she got the dispatches giving
the Allies version Of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
Break Into Chambrettes
Farm, but Are Driven
Out Quickly
1897 TEUTONS TAKEN
IN THREE-DAY DRIVE
Nivelle's Troops Capture
or Destroy us Cannon
and l07 Machine Guns

London. Dec. IS Alarmed AZ the
success OF the French attacks north Of
Verdun, the troops Of the Crown
Prince assumed the offensive yester-
DAY in an effort 10 wrest back some Of
thc lost ground. but tonight the
French hold their new lines intact
Following rsking bombardment
that lasted most OF yesterday. the Ger
man columns advanced last evening
against Nivelle's lines on the right
bank Of the Meuse. The Germans sue
ceeded in winning part OF the Cham
brettes Farm.
The French troops continued during
the night TO cling to the ground i'm
medIately surrounding the location
seized by the Germans. however, and
to-day sharp assault again cleared
the farm. 1--WE occupy il anew in its
entirety" says to-night's official state
ment from Paris.
Nivelle's big attack has cost the
Germans 1897 men in prisoners alone,
according to the latest French war Of
fee estimates. The loss in artillery
was even more costly 10 the Crown
Prince. The French either captured
or destroyed 10 cannon. 107 machine
guns and forty-four bomb throwers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
DENIES RED CROSS
AIDED In EXILE
International Society Took
Nc Part in German Seiz-
ures, Says Its President

Paris. Dec. 1s.-The Foreign Once
has communicated the evidence Of Gus
tave Ador, ex-President OF the Swiss
Confederation and now president Of the
International Red Cross. and the testi-
mony Of witnesses to the deportations
from Lille. RoubaiX and Turcoing 10
disprove the declaration Of the "Nord-
deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung,' Berlin
newspaper. that delegates Of the Inter
national Red Cross cooperated in the
designation of persons for deportation
by the Germans.
NO delegate of the international Red
Cross took part in the designation OF
those deported from Lille, Turcoing'
Roubaix OF elsewhere in France or Bel
GUM" said NJ. Ador.
Made Red Cross German
The Governor General OF Belgium
dissolved the Belgian Central Red Cross
Committee and placed the organization
under German direction. - is possible
that delegates from The German Red
/ Cross were present during the opera
| tons"
! According 20 inhabitants OF Roubalx
who witnessed the deportations, ana
whose sworn evidence has been taken
ithe Foreign Office statement says, tnt
streets Of the town were barrlcaded by
the German troops az > o'clock IN the
morning. while machine guns were
posted or all the street corners.
A patrol forced an entrance 70 the
houses and demanded lists OF the IN
habitants. Persons were picked out
for deportation and ordered TO prepare
4 instantly.
The first victims. men, women, girls
bows and children. we're driven into
the big ool-combing mill OF Alforc
Motto & Co.. remote from the town anc
near the railway.
Demanded Care for Victims
IN. Mathon. leading manufacturer
of RoubaiX and president OF one Of
the French Red Cross societies, rushec
70 the headquarters Of the German
commanding officer and demanded the
immediate constitution OF COMMITTED
TO receive complaints of persons Sc
lected for deportation and 10 examine
the demands Of those III or the sole
support of families" the statement
continues. "He also demanded and
obtained authorization that members
of The Red Cross take into the factory
provisions and clothing.
He went 20 the factory TO warn the
deported persons against statement
drawn up in German on a register pre-
sented 10 the victims on their arrival
The statement which none Of them
understood. declared that the signel
was leaving voluntarily for agricultural
work in whatever region he might be
needed.
N. Mathon posted members OF the
Red Cross at the doors of the factory
TO warn their victims as TO the nature
of this German statement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
FRENCH DENY GERMANS
TORPEDOED BATTLESHIP
Berlin Reports Vessel of Patrie
Class Was Damaged Dec. ~

Amsterdam, Dec. ia French bat
tleship Of the Patrie class was tor
pedoed and badly damaged by q Ger
man submarine in the Mediterranean
on December II, according to an Off
cial statement issued in Berlin to-day
The statement also reports the tor
pedoing on December IL of the armed
French transport Msghelan," 5000
ton vessel having on board 900 troops.
London, Dec. l8.-It was stated By
the French Admiralty to-day that there
was no truth in the statement that a
French man-of-war OF the Patrie class
was damaged on December -. The los.
of the Magician already has been re-
ported.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
EXTEND GAINS ON TIGRIS
British Losses Smsll-Turks Building
New Pontoon Bridge Near Nut

London. Dec. 1s.-The British force
on the Tigris front have improved their
positions in the last two days The
gains made below Kut-el-Amara las.
week were achieved with comparatvei:
small losses. an official statement says.
"n,ri,o Saturday and sunday Gen
,r,I Vsude extended his hold over the
Hal Hal RIVER and consolidated the line
Vaqasis- Kali- ji-FahAn. while ne
cremy's positions were bombarded with
good results" the announcement say S
cavalry "Reminiscences during the
dov disclosed the fact that the Turks
are constructing a new pontoon bridge
,,est Of the Shutran bend OF the Iigrlss,
.Cne six 20 eight miles west Of kut-ei
Amara. Several large parties ~ Arabs
have been driven of by shell IRE.
iderable. large proportion OF the
wounds being slight"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
Pilot Dead, but Aero Flew On,
Boelke Wrote of Battle in Sky
Slain Enemy Aviator Held in Place by Rubber Bands Say
Famous Fer's eports-Fought One Foe
at Distance Of Three Yards

Berlin by wireless TO Ssyville), Dec.
is. Replete with dramatic incidents
and interesting features are the re-
ports just published OF the late Captain
Boelkc. the famous German aviator,
who brought down forty-two hostile
airplanes during the service which end
ed with his death on October % last.
The Overseas News Agency. summariz-
ing the reports. says that Boelke told
Of a sensational incident in an encoun-
ter with hostile aeroplane on one Of
the last Of his raids, on October OF
this year
81 wondered at the stubbornness Of
the enemy wrote the aviator, "eonsid-
cring that he must have been finished
long time ago. but he continued 10
circle in the same fashion.
mistaken by the Sight
Reason told me the man must be
dead and that the machine was being
maintained in its right position only
by the rubber bands at the helm.
Therefore ! approached closely and
ShN tIf occupant ol lnP 0lhtHlNt lfSH-
ing toward the right side. dead
"The airplanc bore the number 7.495.
The horrible picture left me unshakcn.
let the man alone and attacked the
next one
The reports show that in the ma
jority of the air engagements the dis
lance between the combatants usually
was about one hundred yards. but often
only from thirty TO forty yards. On
November ,. 1915. Boelke made bold 20
approach a French aviator as close as
three yards.
"He fed" says Boelke's report. but
j. didn't help him. for ! was much
quicker. fred 500 shots, keeping up
the fire until ne began 20 fall. had
approached up 90 a distance Of three
yards. and still he hadn't begun to
come down.
Al the moment when q collision
seemed inevitable turned my machine
rapidly on its left side. The enemy
turned his upside down on the right
hand. did not see him any more
Honors Fallen Foe
An example Of chivalry reported in
Boelke's book is TO the effect that
after having encountered an adversary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
DEFENDS ALLIED
COURSEN GREECE
French Foreign Office Says
SarraiI'S Troops Are
There by Right

Pans Dec lS-Taking note OF com
nd,ons which have been made be-
tv.,n the invasion Of Belgium by the
ssrntns ard the experiences Of Greece
n the hands OF the Entente Allies. the
t,nch Foreign Office to-day made n
.h.ement Of lis point Of view.
TIE Foreign Ofce's citation OF facts
md construction OF the treaties guar
u;seing the neutrality Of Belgium and
n. protection of Greece are in line
Nh The recent statement Of Niscount
Grey. To this the Foreign Office ap-
bends The assertion that the Entente
Allies have done no more than carry
Ni the terms OF their engagements;
na, is. that they are fighting to defend
e.lgisn neutrality and to protect Greece
tom exterior and interior menaccs.
Allied Troops Protect Greece
10 invading Belgium. the Foreign
pHce declares. the Germans violated
Der oath and dishonored their sigma
tire 90 the treaty guaranteeing the
muirshty Of that nation. In landing
troops st Salonics the Allies. according
10 this presentation, not only carried
VI the engagement undertaken in the
treaty. defining their protection Of the
Kingdom Of Greece, but responded to
be invitation Of the Greek government
70 come 20 its aid.
The various precautions are said 10
have been taken by the Allies Gin the
lace Of a situation false and danger
tvs The government at Athens
rtds the concessions" the statement
continues. "but with bad grace and the
single aim 20 gain time A band Of vol
un.rs was organized, guns were
rtued and ambush was prepared, and
eventually these volunteers. led by Of
BEER Of the regular army. fred with
su, proyocation upon our detachments
with riaes. machine guns and artillery.
Entente Fulfls Engagements
One may now judge if there exists
~ resemblance between Greece and
Begun. Belgium could not cause un-
sssIlsss 20 Germany. which solcmnly
promised 90 respect her territory. but
she t'rdered Germany. and Germany
Eel upon her The Allies have absolute
treaty rights 90 intervene in Greece, 70
yrotee; the guarantees Of the constltu-
ton and the independence OF the king
dom Il lie their imperative duty. more
over, 70 assure the security Of their SOL
diers, landed upon the invitation Of the
government. They are not repudiat!ng
DER engagements They are fulfilling
them They have not attacked. They
brotecin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19

Boclke made several rounds OF honor
: over the place where his enemy had
fallen. A round OF honor" among
aviators Is mark of courtesy 20 =
FALLEN brave enemy. Boelke himself
decorated the place where the enemy
aviator had been buried with a bunch
Of red, white and blue flowers.
A British fier. who was shot down
by Boelke was taken to German
hospital and there visited by the Ger
man aviator. Boelke took him English
books and photographs of his machine
Boelke adds: ale was very glad
about il and knew my name we'll"
One Of Boelke's most remarkable
qualities was his respect for an enc.
my, and he repeatedly used phrase
like the following: "A British avia-
tor really flew home at height of one
hundred yards above our trenches. He
was smart chap. That is not likely
20 be done By another"
Greatly Feared by Foes
Many times hostile machines mad.
seemingly incredible efforts 10 escape
the much feared German aviator. the
hostile airmsn apparently desiring al
least 10 save his own life. the reports
lHulNdtts VII halCH 2, 1910, DOtlhe re
ported:
Again ] approached the enemy. who
had already been violently fired upon
Then | saw something most peculiar
The observer had climbed upon the lef,
wing of the machine and was clinging
20 the supports. lie looked at me a.
II quite terrified and waved his hand
] had shot away a piece Of the helm
and the machine had pitched down
ward. To get il in balance again the
observer had seated himself on the
wing"
On July s. 1915 Boelke reported:
"The superiority Of the German ma
chimes is becoming more apparent. To-
day ! had the impression that the
enemy was no longer offering resist
ance, but that he had nearly given up
hope Of escape.
Shortly before the downfall OF a
hostile machine to-day the observer
made typical movement with his
hand as if to say: Why let US go on
We are done for and surrender"
Shortly after the opening OF the war
on October 81. 1914. Boelke reported
that OH accommodating trip over
Rheims he had observed nine batteries
one of which was close to the cathedral
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
TEIPER CASE IS CLOSED
Prisoner Sticks to Story That Highway
man Murdered Mother and Brother

Buffalo. Dec. ls.-The case against
John Edward Teiper, alleged murdere:
OF his mother. Mrs. Agnes ". Tciper'
ard his brother. Frederick, was close
to-day, when the District Attorney
ended his cross-examinstion OF the
prisoner.
Justice Charles B. Wheeler an
nounced an adjournment until to-mor-
row, when the prosecution will sum up.
The defence will be heard on Wednes-
dsy. and Justice Wheeler will deliver
his charge to the jury Thursday morn
ing.
Under cross-examination to-day le,-
per stuck to the story that the attacN
on the family on the night OF Januar'
20 was made by highwayman. and
that he was knocked senseless before
his mother and brother were murdered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19

during the last week on a referendum
involving prohibition and woman suf-
frage in their own province. IL is said
that they had voted largely against
prob ibition and in favor of suffrage.
The voting at the front was accom-
panied by many picturesque incidents.
Temporary polls were often established
under the shelter of some she'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
Dutch Bar Armed Steamer

/. .lemstsd, Island Of Curacao. Dec.
British merchant steamer name
4. '.llhsted by CENSOR, which was due
GriFe al this port, appeared outside
49, hsroor yesterday. but being deten-
ny armed. passed by after getting
Communication by wireless teleg
,.,phy With the agency here Of her
.lners. Inc Dutch government con
-''fs armed steamers as war vessels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
House Rejects lansing Plea

WashingtOn, Dec. lS.-SecieI@IY "a" an
,ings request for the creation OF the
crade Of counsellor OF embassy or
legation. so that american secretaIles :
,,66nid not be outranked abroad, was
Se UJ bv the House Foreign Affairs
Committee to-day. when it began ram
ing the diplomatic and consular apPIiIo-
priation bill. The office OF counse eIo,
would carry a salary Of $4,000 a year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
HELD AS W0MAN'S SLAYER
Alfred Henrickson Accused Of Killing
Mrs. Mann for Refusing to Marry Him

Alfred Henrickson. Of $50 West l74th
Street. was held for the grand jury
Yesterday. after an inquest into the
death of Emma c. Mann, fifty-one years
old. widow, Of III West l1Sth Street
The police sllege Henrickson shot her
in her home November % because she
refused to marry him. Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Renauld testified at the
inouest that Mrs. Mann told him in the
hospital that Henrickson shot her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19

wrecked house in ono OF the ruined
French villages just behind the front
line. The men were brought in from
the trenches in squads Of twenty and
thirty. All appeared to enjoy the eX-
perience Of voting on such subjects as
prohibition and suffrage while German
shells went whistling and whining
overhead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
BRITAIN TO HOLD FOES STOCKS
fhfe Court Sustains Seizure of Securl-
ties on Way 10 United States

London. Dee. Is Sir Samuel Evans,
PRESIDENT Of the British Prize Court,
RED to-day that German bonds come
Gesr the reprisals order and that
s.srntn securities 20 the value Of
'F'W, which were seized from a let
" 70 the State Commercial and Saw
sr Bank Of Chicago. should remain
{ court IS property Of enemy origin
~ the declaration Of peace or until
) va with as the court might direct
'-AeeUently. The securities were
slss on board the Danish steamship
f''s,rik VII
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
WINNIE COMMANDER DEAD
'''oah General. Won Fabeck. Contract
Cd Fatal Illness al the Front

1oadon. Dec TO- General Won Fs-
VA Commander IN chief Of one Of the
V''Han armies on the Western front
= aead. according TO German newspa
~, =, says Reuter- dispatch from Am
,.Iesm. An Exchange Telegraph dis
-. 80 nom Amsterdam says that Gen
Won Fabeck commanded on the
,s.nne front and that ne became IN
f the summer fighting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
TROOPS. UNDER FIRE, VOTE

British Columbians Favor Suffrage
Reject Prohibition Issue for Province
With the British Armies in France
Dec. 1s.-Soldiers from British Colum'
bia. who are among the Canadian
troops at the front. have been voting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
Brussels Next Victim

"Deportations had not begun at Brus-
sells when | left. two weeks ago, but ii
will, for on November is the soldiers
surrounded all city halls in Brussels
and neighboring towns and demanded
the lists of unemployed. When the
Brussels burgomaster refused TO give
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
People in Revolt, Says
Young Woman Here
from Brussels
SHOT DOWN TRYING
TO FEED "EXILES"
Germans Fired Into Crowd
Two Soldiers Slain by
Victims Wives

All Belgium is seething with revolt
against the deportation Of the populs
ton by the Germans. according 70
Victorine Nandenbrouke. a young Bel
gian woman, who arrived in New York
Sunday on the liner Noordam. Miss
Vanderbrouke is an orphan. twenty
sever years old Her brother is fight
ing with the Allies. Another brother.
with whom she lived in Brussels. died
year ago. and she has come TO make
her home with her sister. Mrs. NJ.
Marcus, OF 500 West 14lst Street.
whenever the men OF town are
deported," Miss Nandenbrouke said
yesterday. "the other people rise in re-
volt. In Antwerp. on November %,
300 men rebelled against deportation.
but the revolt was put down. The
soldiers fire into the air, use their
rifle butts against the crowd and
threaten them with machine guns. II
that does not stop the revolt, the SOL
diers fire into the crowd.
Women Hill Germans
In Nievelles 5000 men who we're
to be deported were kept waiting all
day for the cattle cars in which they
are shipped of. They stood in the
rain without anything TO eat or drink.
Just at dusk their women broke
through the lines with bread and
wine. but the soldiers stopped them
by firing into the crowd. do not
know how many women were killed,
but two Germans were killed BY
women who fought them.
"The people Of Belgium are looking
70 the United States 70 save them. They
know that a protest may mean war
and will cut off all relief from this
country. But they would rather starye
than endure this outrage further. The
separation of husband from wife and
son from mother is the last straw in
their martyrdom.
"My home in Brussels was a block
from the railroad station. When de-
portation began, we used to walk down
to see the trains. Cattle cars passed
packed with men, ranging in age from
boys of seventeen TO grandfathers OF
eighty. The men all sang the Bra
banconne.' our national anthem, as the
cars swept past, and they would shout
out TO US the names Of the towns they
were from.
Sometimes the cars would stop and
they would talk to US when the SOL
diers would let them. One trainful o.
men from Flanders threw out notes
saying they had not had food for two
days. The trains came from all over
Belgium, mostly from the mining dis
tricts. where there are so many unem-
ployed.