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Big Rains
On Hawaii

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\ HlI.o. Hawaii, Dec 19.-Yes- =
= terday and last night the rainfall =
y on this island mace some re- 4
= markable records. At Piihonua =
= IL inches fell in "a hours At \
= Four Miles. Olaa, bridge was :
= washed out. A rough sea is re-
y ported on the Hamalsua coast and =
= steamers cannot work there on
y account Of the high waves. 1t is \
y still laining here. A rain storm =
= and jghtning is reported along =
y the Hona coast. =
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PRINCESS CHIMAY
is DEAD IN ITALY
tAssOciated Press BY Federal wireless

@EHssUtIdttd IItss Uy T elIefaI lrtIessJ
DETROIT, Mich. Dec. ia cable
gram received here says that the
Princess Caraman de Chimay, former
ly Clara Ward of Detroit, has died at
Padua, Italy, after brief illness.
Clara Wards elopement with the
Prince Chimay was an international
sensation number of years ago
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MORE PRISONERS
FALL TO TEUTONS

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless,
BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 19.-One
thousand Russian and Rumanfan pris-
oners were taken on the Rumanian
front today. The enemy is continuing
to retreat toward the lower Danube
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LLOYD GEORGE FL0UTS GERklANy'S PEACE PROPOSAL;
BRAND DECLARES ALLIES DON'T take IT SERIOUSLY
NEW YORK STOCK
MARKET TODAY

Following are the closing prices oi
stocks on the New York market TO
day, sent by the Associated Press oves
the Federal Wireless:
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Reply of Britain, While Not FIaf
Refusal, Asserts Small Hope Given
For End of War; Entente Is United

Concerted Answer to Be Sent Tomorrow, French Pre-
mier Announces-"W Without Reparation, Peace I'm
possible, is Engands Stand-- Teutons Must Accede
to Terms Allies Agree Upon
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In Scotland 23.s per cent. Of illum-
mating gas is made In municipal
works to 5.4 PEI cent IN Ireland and
800 per cent. in England.
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Seventy University OF Wisconsin en-.
gineering students made a tour Of the
industrial plants at Pittsburg.
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Gen Ozuma, commander Of the ex-
pedition Of Mexican de facto troops
sent to capture Villa, was killed IN 4
battle with bandits.
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HANNAH TEMPERANCE DIES
AFTER DRINKING SOME
BOOTLEG PRODUCT

BRANTFORD, ont.-aIrs. Hannah
Temperance died here and E. c. And
rich. a liquor dealer. was charged With
causing her death. The government
alleges he illegally sold to Mrs. Tenn
perance the liquor which caused her
death. Ontario is supposed to be dry
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'sId. tEx-dlvIdsnd. tUnquoted.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY
Presidents Proclamation Urges
People To Remember and
Help Nations Afflicted
BY War.

Washington. - President Wilson
formally, by proclamation, designated
Thursday, November 80, as Thanks
giving Day.
The proclamation follows:
"The year that has elapsed since
we last observed our day of thanks
giving has been rich in blessings to us
as people, but the whole face of the
world has been darkened by war. In
the midst of our peace and happiness
our thoughts dwell with painful dis
quiet upon the struggles and sufferings
of the nations at war and of the peo-
pies upon whom war has brought dis
aster without choice or possibility Of
escape on their part. We cannot think
of our own happiness without thinking
of their pitiful distress.
Now, therefore, l, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, do appoint Thursday, the
Both Of November, as day Of nation
al thanksgiving and prayer, and urge
and advise the people to resort to their
several places Of worship on that day
. render thanks to Almighty God for
the blessings of peace and unbroken
prosperity which He has bestowed
upon our beloved country in such un-
stinted measure.
"And 1 also urge and suggest our
duty in this our day Of peace and
abundance to think in deep sympathy
Of the stricken peoples of the world
upon whom the curse and terror of
war has so pitilessly fallen and to con-
tribute out of our abundant means to
the relief of their. sufferings.
"Our people could in no better way
show their real attitude toward the
present struggle of the nations than
by contributing out of their abundance
to the relief of the suffering which
war has brought in it's train"
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
RUTH LAW MAKES
RECORD FLIGHT
Fearless Woman Aviator Lands
in New York From Chicago.
MAKES s97 MILES IN 9 HOURS
"Nothing To Make a Fuss About" !"
Says Woman Aviator, Dropping
In From chIcago-Just
Misses Band.

New Circling out of the haze
back of the Statue of Liberty, Miss
Ruth Law, a wistful-eyed slip of a
young woman, driving small biplane
of obsolete type, scared down to Gov
ernor's Island Monday, alighting at
$3.50 A. NJ, winner Of two American
records since she left Chicago at S.25
A. M. Sunday.
She eclipsed by her fight from Chi
cago to Hornell, $50 miles, the feat of
Victor Carlstrom November in going
from Chicago to Erie, Pa, without
alighting. When Jhe ended her fight
from Binghamton, N ", to this city,
217 miles, she had made the whole dis
tance from Chicago, 897 miles, in 8
hours 55 minutes and 80 seconds.
Her little machine was brought to
rest alongside the machine of Carl
strom. 1t looked dwarfed when its %
feet of wing spread, 110-horsepower
motor and 56-gallon gas tank was put
in direct contrast with the twin-trac-
tor, 100-foot broad machine Carlstrom
used, with its 208-horsepower motor
and 100-gallon tank and drivers seat
carefully protected from the wind and
heated from the engine.
The machine used by Miss Law is
of the propeller-pushed pattern, with
the aviator's seat out in front Of the
mechanism, exposed to the cutting
blasts of the icy air.
1,oobfpa cuyOOnod 0roTs tho
seawall of, Governors Island it mar
rowly escaped sweeping away the band
which was sounding guard mount"
The young woman looked less Rhan
her % years as she pulled off her wool
and chamois-skin helmet and showed
cheeks and nose Redeemed by reaction
from the chill of the upper air and
tired smile of triumph. There were
icicles in her hair.
She unbuckled the broad strap which
held her in her seat and reached i'm
pulsively for the hand of Major Carl
F. Hartmann, chief signal officer Of
the Department Of the East, who was
in charge of aviators waiting to re-
ceive her.
The Major suggested she must be
too weary to wait to be photographed
after her record performances, but
Miss Law, with smile, climbed brisk
ly back into the machine, posed and
jumped out again, to be confronted by
Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood, who had hur-
ried over from his quarters. She shook
hands with him with girlish enthu-
siasm and then Major Hartmann took
her in an automobile to his quarters
to be congratulated by Mrs. Hartmann
and, as Miss Law said with a grin, to
give her chance to "get the red nose
powdered"
"This isn't anything to make fuss
about" she said. 81 had lot Of good
luck"
The successful landing of Miss Law
on Governors Island ended the most
dramatic flying feat this country has
seen.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
CORPS
TO Be SHAKEN UP
Ornamental ENJOYS to Give Way
to Trained Men.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S PLANS
Affairs Of This Government At For.
eign Capitals Now Require Skill
full HandIing-slgnifieant Re-
mark Of the President.

Washington.-In accordance with
custom in the diplomatic service, all
American ambassadors and ministers
abroad are expected to resign as
sequence to President Wilson's re-
election and succession to a new term
of Office.
Many of them were appointed orig
inally without special knowledge on
their part of the peculiar requirements
of their posts. Some had no intention
of remaining abroad more than one
term of four years. In other cases
some who expected to make even
shorter stays abroad, have from force
of circumstances, especially the exig-
encies of the present war, continued
at their posts only to meet the wishes
Of the State Department.
Foreign policies will engross large
part of President Wilson's attention
in the immediate future to an extent
never contemplated when he first as
sumed Office. It is regarded as essen
tial that in the development of the
larger plans Of the administration in
foreign intercourse the President
should have specially selected ambas.
sadors and ministers to meet the de-
mands in each case.
Fortunately the practice which has
become general in the American diplo-
matte service since President Roose-
velt frankly requested the designations
Of all of the ambassadors and minis
ters, will afford President Wilson the
necessary opportunity to carry out
plans he has projected, involving a
very considerable reorganization for
the diplomatic service so far as the
heads are concerened.
That considerable number of the
incumbents will be asked to remain
in office is certainty, but some do
not wish to remain and some have
proved unequal to the heavy require
ments of their stations. 1t is said that
in the course of one Of his informal
talks to newspaper men some time
ago President Wilson had precisely
this situation in the diplomatic serv-
ice in mind when he remarked: Some
men grow in Office and others swell
up"
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
AGED EMPEROR
OF AUSTRIA DEAD
Francis JOseph's Remarkable
Career Comes to An End.
REIGN OF SIxTY-EIGHT YEARS
His Reign Longest In Worlds History.
Marked BY Series Of Trag-
edies, eliminating In
World War.

London. = Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria-Hungary died Tuesday night
at Schoenbrunn Castle, according to a
Reuter- dispatch from Vienna by way
of Amsterdam.
That the Emperor's death was Inn
minent had been indicated by a dis
patch received from Berlin which re-
ported that he had become worse dur
ring the day and that his temperature
was rising. Some days ago dispatches
from Vienna stated that he was suffer
ing from catarrh, but that his illness
was of more serious character was
indicated by report received via
Geneva that the last sacraments of
the church were administered to him
on Saturday.
Charles Francis To Succeed.
Archduke Charles Francis, grand
nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph,
became heir to the throne of Austria
Hungary by the assassination of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand prior to the
outbreak of the war. He has been in
command of the Austrian armies on
various fronts. during the past two
years.
Archduke Charles Francis was born
on August IL, 1887. His wife was Prin-
cess Zita Of the Bourbon House of
Parma. His father was the Archduke
Otto, who was the younger brother Of
Francis Ferdinand.
A report, which still lacks official
confirmation, that it had been decided
to associate Archduke Charles in the
government of the country and that he
was to assume the position on Decem-
Der 2, on the sixty-eighth anniversary
of the Emperor's ascension to the
throne was received recently:
So far as is known here, Archduke
Charles is still at the front in com.
mand of the army.
Reign Long and EVentfuI.
1t is doubtful if in all history there
has been an active, authenticated reign
longer than that closed by the death Of
Francis Joseph.
At 19 years of age he ascended the
throne of Austria upon abdication Of
his uncle, Ferdinand l, December 2.
1848, his death ending an active reign
of nearly SO years, all but the first 20,
during which he was also Apostolic
King of Hungary.
In his own country he faced internal
dissensions and external aggressions
from the moment he came to the
throne. By the war of 1859 with
France and Sardinia he was forced to
cede Lombardy to Italy; by force Of
arms and treaty he lost the Duchy of
Holstein to Prussia and Venice to
Italy; and by the revolt of Kossuth,
the Hungarian patriot, he barely es-
capped having his dual empire cut in
two.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
PARADE FOR WILSON.

Washington.-The people of Wash
ington and of nearby sections Of Mary
land and Virginia gave President VIII
son an enthusiastic homecoming cele-
bration in honor of his reelection.
More than 10000 strong they marched
from the Capitol to the White House
to the music of bands and waving red
lights, while varicolored bombs burst
overhead. When they hah passed a
chorus of 300 voices se3enaded the
President with the Stars Iangled Ban
ner, Dixie and other patriotic melodies.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
coNeRATuLATEs WILSON.

Mother Jones, "AngeI Of Mining
Camps" Calls At White House.
Neutrality-suspicious. Jones, 'angel
of the mining camps" called at the
White House and conveyed to Presi
dent Wilson, through Secretary Tu
multy, her congratulations on his re-
election. "I want to congratulate him
on our great victory" she said.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
NEW YORK ALLOWS ADVANCES
1s,4oo Municipal Employees To Get
$1,147, 1sO More.

New York. - Salary increases
amounting to $1,147,18O for 18,4OO en-
ployes of the city of New York are
provided for in the 1917 budget, it was
disclosed when the full list of in
creases was made public. The tax
rate is thereby increased nearly one
and half points.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
cALIFoRIA STICKS TO WILSON.
Official Returns, Nine Counties Out,
Keeps Majority Above 5000.

Sacramento, Cal-With the compile
tion of the official canvas of the elec-
toral vote of Fresno county, only nine
counties were left outstanding from
the returns tabulated in the Office Of
the Secretary of State. Such trivial
errors as have been found in figures
from the 49 counties already tabulated
will make no difference in the final
total for the State, according to the
State statistician, James M. Cremin.
President Wilson's plurality still is
above 2nnn.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
TWO INDIANS IN CONGRESS-.
cherokees Also Claim Senator Owen
As OF Their Tribe.

Tulsa, Okla.-In addition to Senator
Robert L. Owen, Cherokee Indian
by blood, the Cherokees have added to
their prestige by sending two Of their
nation to the lower house Of Congress.
T. A. Chandler was chosen in the First
and William Hastings reelected ia the
Fourth district. Charles Carter. Rep
resentative from the Third Oklahoma
district, is a Chickasha Indi;tn.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
TROOPS TO GET XMAS SOCKS.
Red Cross VIII Make Collection For
Boys On Border.

Washington. - Thousands Of socks
stuffed with Christmas gifts are to be
presented to the American troops ct
the border and in Mexico through the
Red Cross. Miss Mabel Boardman,
head of the organization, announced
that chapters throughout the country
would be asked to begin collection of
gifts Immediately, such articles as
candy, stationery, pipes, tobacco and
handkerchiefs being preferred. For
purchase of the socks themselves
cash fund will be solicited.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

The Rhone Canal, which will be
open to navigation within few years,
will connect Marseille with the Rhine
River The first section of the canal
places Marseille in direct communica-
ton with the Etang de Berre, small
lake. The second section connects the
Etang de Berre with Port de Bouc, a
small seaport town. From this point
the canal proceeds in northerly di-,
rection and joins the Rhone River
Aries.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
NOME SENDS MILLION IN GOLD.
Two Steamers, Last Of Season, Reach
Seattle.

Seattle.-The liners Victoria and
Umatilla, the last vessels to leave
Nome, arrived at Seattle with 500
passengers, $1,OOO,OOO in gold bullion
and shipments of tin ore and furs.
Fifteen hundred people are wintering
in Nome, which is now closed up in
the ice.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
SPANK 'EM-IT's ALL RIGHT.
Experts Declare It's Better Than Hold
inn Out On nasserf

CAPeIGs IsSIslIo Q IH DCINGT nan fToI0-
ing Out On Dessert.
New York.-In the opinion Of the 80
superintendents and trustees for de-
pendent children, representing about
10000 orphans, corporal punishment in
the form of the old-fashioned spanking
is a good thing for children. AT their
meeting at the Russell Sage Founda-
ton spanking was favored as more
beneficial and effective than discipline
Of the disappearing dessert, and other
similar methods of repro0f.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
"DRY CHICAGO" CAMPAIGN ON.
Opened BY Bryan, Who Denies He
Will Leave Nebraska.

Chicago.-A dry" Chicago campaign
was opened with an address by w. ].
Bryan at meeting here of the Chi
cago Federation. Mr.. Bryan was
asked as to recurrence of the report
that he was to move his home to Ashe-
vile, N C.
81 don't mind denying it again" said
Mr.. Bryan. why should any one
leave nice. dry State like Nebraska? :?
NV home will remain at Lincoln.
will do my voting there"
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
cAuLIFLowER s1oo A TON.
Price Has Gone Up From $50 Early
In the Season.

Riverhead, N. Y.-There is such a
shortage of all articles which can be
used for picking this year that agents
Of pickle manufacturers paid as high
as $1OO ton for cauliflower to farm
ers here. Riverhead is reputed to be
the principal caulifower market of the
country. Early in the season many
growers were glad to get $40 a ton for
the vegetable.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

John H. Shaab, of Elkridge, who was
appointed recently to serve the unex-
pfred term of the late Grosvenor Han
son as County Commissioner for How
ard county, took the oath of Office be-
fore Hart B. Noll, clerk of the Circuit
Court.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
HUMAN ASHES AS SOUVENIR.
I. w. w. Delegates To Receive Those
Of Man Shot For Murder.

Chicago.-The ashes of Joseph Hill
strom, an organizer Of the Industrial
Workers of the World, who was shot
for murder in Utah year ago, will be
distributed in 500 parchment packets
to the delegates of the Industrial
Workers of the World at the tenth an.
nual convention, which began here
Sunday.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
BLOWS TO BRITISH SHIPPING.
German Report Says Total Tonnage
Lost Is 100000.

Lost Is 100000.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville).-
The Overseas News Agency says that
the statement Of the parliamentary u1-
dersecretary Of the British admiralty,
on November Is, that about 21s per
cent. of the tonnage of British trading
steamers of 1000 tons or more have
been lost up to the end of September,
1916. by war or sea risks is incorrect.
I'm fact" says the news agency,
English merchantmen of more than
1000 tons which have been lost up to
the end of September of this year
totaled 2,1S0,OO0 tons, or 10.4 per cent.
of the total English tonnage at the be-
ginning of the war; If compared only
with the total tonnage Of ships of more
than 1000 tons each, the percentage
would be still higher. The percentage
undoubtedly is increased considerably
by English losses from sea risks which
are unknown here"
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
HUGHES GETS MINNESOTA.
Not To Contest Unless Republicans
Contest in California.

Contest In California.
st. Paul, Minn.-Democrati leaders
in Minnesota were inclined to accept
without contest the verdict Of Secre-
tary of State Schmahl, announced that
Charles E. Hughes is officially the
winner of Minnesota's IL electoral
votes. Statements made by the lead
ers tonight were that contest in the
State is improbable, unless the Re-
publicans insist on recount in Cali
fornia. Hughes plurality as officially
announced at the Capitol in st. Paul
nearly two weeks after election-was
396, the smallest plurality Republi-
can candidate for President ever was
given in this State. The totals were:
Wilson, 179,157; Hughes, 1858.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

The hour mill, abattoir and pumping
station OF the Consolidated Public
Utilities Company, of Westminster,
were burned with all the contents,
causing loss of $4,000.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
TO PRESS UNIVERSAL TRAINING.
Effort Will BE Made To Pass Cham
berIain Or Similar Bill.

Effort Will Be Made To Pass Cham
berIaln Or Similar Bill.
Washington.AIt is already certain
that the advocates of national military
preparedness will bring all possible
pressure to bear upon Congress at the
coming session for the passage of the
Chamberlain bill or a similar measure
providing for universal military train
ing in this country.
This measure is regarded as the
next step in the national defense pro-
gram enacted at the session that ad-
journed in September 1t has been in
dorsed by nenpartisan interests in
practically every State in the Union.
The National Security League is con.
centrating all it's resources behind the
Chamberlain bill. The campaign or
ganized by this organization and those
associated with it will be as vigorous
as that conducted a year ago for a
larger standing army.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

The State Road Commission has
awarded to L. G. Dennerman & Co., OF
Baltimore, the contract for new con-
crete bridge over Little Elk Creek,
asar EIkton, for $17,545.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

Sterling Lankford, Sc years of age,
an oysterman, of Lawsonia, near Girls
5ela. was drowned in Apes Hole Creek,
q tributary Of Pocomoke Sound.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
SOFT COAL GOES DOWN.
West Virginia Operators Hold Out
Hopes To Consumers.

Charleston, w. Va, = Prices for
bituminous coal to neighborhood con-
sumers have been reduced 50 a ton
and operators in this district say there
will soon be plenty of railroad cars and
heavy shipments will be made from
mines which have been closed for
months. Operators also declare sub
stantial cut in prices for coal will soon
be made.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

have occupied that town.
London.-Monastir has fallen to the
Allies. To the strains of the Serbian
national hymn the remnant of King
Peters army at o'clock Sunday morn
ing marched through the shell-riddled
gates of the Macedonian city whence a
year ago they fed in panic and hunger
before the great Teuton-Bulgarian
steam roller. At the head of the vic
torious troops rode Crown Prince Alex
ander, rejuvenator of the little Balkan
kingdoms soldiers, and side by side
with them marched French regiments,
with whose aid this great step toward
the reconQuest of Serbia was accom-
plished.
Here and there in the long line of
the triumphal march a row of Mus
covite "Tchakos" lowered above the
helmets of steel. Their owners were
members of the Russian contingent,
which also co-operated in the encircle-
ment Of the great Bulgarian strong
hold. A few minutes after the first
battalions had entered the Serbian
cOlors, red, blue and white, once more
duttered from the mast tops on Mon
astir's governmental and municipal
buildings.
A Coincidence.
The entry was peculiarly timely, for
Sunday was the anniversary Of the
capture of the city by the Serbians,
four years ago.
The French War Office was the first
to tell the news of the great success.
1t was flashed broadcast by telegraph
and radio and few hours later mes
sages from all Entente capitals told of
unbounded jubilation.
Troops of the army Of the Orient"
said the French official announcement,
entered Monastir at o'clock Sunday
morning, the anniversary of the taking
of the town by the Serbians in 1912"
German Announcement.
Early in the afternoon word came
from Berlin that the German War
Office had conceded the loss of the
Macedonian base.
The city lies IS miles northwest of
Saloniki. It's occupation came as the
climax of a bitterly tenacious battle in
which attackers and defenders rivalled
in gallantry and stubbornness. The de-
fense became untenable after the
Franco-Serbian forces had wrested the
naturally powerful positions on the
Cerna River from the Bulgars and Ger
mans, at the same time smashing the
southern approaches.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.
TOlD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

William c. Handley, near Guilford.
was shot accidentally in his right leg
by William Carr, neighbor, while out
AuntIng.