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WEATHER nad Wedn || Sanda Temperature for the p four hours. High, 65, at day; low, $2. at § am. toda | For full report see paxe 1 vemdiny, with ht variable amt t om y iI WASHINGTON, D. GEN. VILA ENTERS MEXICAN CAPITAL Awaits Arrival of Provisional President Gutierrez Before Proceeding to Palace. ZAPATA PROMISES U. S. TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS ‘Wilson Warns Public Against False Tales Sent From Southern Repub- lie—Soldiers Kill Firemen. MEXICO CITY, November 20, via El Paso, Tex., December 1.—Gen. Villa enter- ed the capital today at the head of about 25,000 troops. He arrived during the @fternoon in the suburbs, where he remained during the evening receiving @elegations and foreign consuls. Villa will not enter the central part ef the city, where the national palace is located, until the arrival of Pro- vistonal President Gutierrez. Gen. Villa issued the following state- ment to the Associated Press: “My only mission is to restore order m Mexico and not to take personal revenge on any one. I promise that order will be restored at once. I am acting as the subordinate of Pro- visional President Gutierrez and the national convention. “The provisional president is now the supreme power in Mexico, and I zm merely acting as field commander of the armies. All foreigners and for- eign property will be protected. Villa left Tula this afternoon receiving hews of the capture of P: chuca by the cavalry brigade of Gen. Raoul Madero. The Carranza troops retired after'a skirmish between out- posts. “This is better than my last visit, when I came here as a friendless pri oner of Hvierta,” remarked Gen. Villa upon his arrival, Gen. Villa had a narrow escape from death just hefore his entry into the efi His train collided with the train of Gen. Chao above Tula. Thirty-two persons were killed and forty wounded. One mile below the scene of the wreck six mines were found connected with @ battery concealed in a ravine. The general's train passed over these mines, which were not discovered until the next morning. Zapata to Protect Aliens in City of Mexico, Wires American Consul Silliman Gen. Emiliano Zapata, whose forces occupy Mexico City, has assured the United States government through Amer- ican Consul Silliman that foreigners will be given every protection, and that his troops will continue to preserve order. Dispatches from Mr. Silliman telling of his interview with Zapata and sim- ilar reassuring messages, from the Bra- zillan minister in Mexico City were laid before President Wilson and the cabi- net by Secretary Bryan. Both Mr. "Silliman and the’ Brazilian inister reported Zapata has been ery courteous to the diplomatic corps. The only serious disturbance was the firing of several shots by Zapata's soldiers at a fire engine which went charging down one of the princip: streets. Zapata explained to Mr. Silli- man that his men mistook it for an assault of the enemy. and-he regretted that some of the firemen were killed by the error. Wilson Warns Public. President Wilson spoke a word of warning to the public today regarding reports on the situation in Mexico. At his weekly conference with the Wash- ington correspondents the President declared there were many persons in Mexico as well as the United States | © found it to their advantage to have trouble in the southern republic | and were interested in giving out false Teports of the situation. Dispatches from American Consul Silliman in Mexico City reported the | arrival in person of Gen. Zapata Sun- day. The general at once restored the tramcar properties, confiscated by the titutionalists, to the owning cor- poration, and restored property of an n named Hill, which also had n taken. Angeles arrived that nee guard of Vi a left for orderls measures of Prepare to Attack Gonzales. Communication between the capital Bnd Vera Cruz was restored late yes- terds rothers, reporting under date of Gay from Tula, a short distance rn of Mexico City, where he was with American Consular Agent Ca- iu th Vil- Ya, reported preparations were making for an attack on Gen. Gonzales, a Car- ranza chief, who was et Pachuca. Sir Cecil SpringyRice, the British am- Dbassador, informed the State Depart- Ment yesterday of the receipt of a re- port from Charge Hohler of the British reported to be embassy in Mexico City, saying th: good order prevailed in’ the Mexican capital nsul Canada last evening ate Department to ¥ ns and other foreigners against going to “4 Cruz at this time. Transporta- tion facilities between Mexico the seaport are uncertain, it w ed out, and those who Vera Cruz would in all probability Stranded there Keep Away From Vera Cruz! In this connection the department following nt to Vera the ned that he sued the announce returning © to 20 entertai wil the railw diffe rent ane of destruction. ts that this infor tion be to the public in order to prevent American citizens from be coming stranded at Vera Cruz. Rafael Zubaran Copmany, Carranza agent hre, last evening made public a telegrain from San Antonio announcing that the wife of Gen. Pablo had branded as “absolutely report that her husband has pro himself provision! president of Mexico. count The consul To Exchange Wounded Prisoners. BERNE, via Paris, December 1 Gustave Ader, the chief of the Geneva agency for prisoners of war, is ar- ranging with the belligerent govern- ments for an exchange of prisoner: who are seriously wound! or so crip- Pled as to render them unfit for further gallitary service, ked the! better | CAPITAL HOSTILITY ~GEASES FOR A TIME Executive Committee of 100 Organization Believes Short Session Not Unfriendly. TELLS OF EFFECTIVE WORK AGAINST UNJUST BILLS Thinks Attempts to Force Inequita- ble Legislation Upon the District Have Been Sidetracked. The executive committee of the comy mittee of one hundred, formed to dis- seminate facts as to the relations be- tween the United States government and the District of Columbia, the capital of does not believe that shere general renewal, at the coming short session of Congress, of the effort to secure legislation hostile to the interests of the National Capital. This view was expressed last night at a meeting of the executive committee, held at the offices of Henry B. F. Mac- farland, chairman, in a report which the committee made to the full mem- bership of one hundred. The report is as follow “Your executive committee was ap- pointed March 7, 1914, by the commit- tee of one hundred which had been ap- bointed by a mass meeting of repre- sentative citizens. This extraordinary action had been taken because of ex- traordinary conditions. Notwithstand- ing all efforts to prevent, four méas- ures had been sent by the House to the Senate which if enacted would have practically destroyed the half- and-half arrangement of appropria- tions for the National Capital without which its progress could not con- tinue; and other seemed on the point of passing the House. Doubling taxation here, with- drawing the United States government contribution and thereby stopping the capital's progress, these measures caused alarm which was fully justified. Hence the uprising of the community as a whole. Effective Work Done. “Within three months from that time the threatening legislation had been either defeated or sidetracked. A decisive yet-and-nay vote in the House showed that when members vere duly informd of the facts and there was a full attendance, measures s{milar to those which had already passed the House could be defeated. The Senate elther voted down or shelved all the Measures sent it with the exception of that relieving the United States from sharing the cost ofimproving the high- ways owned by it, which measure was compromised and passed in a modified form, with good hope that it might be repealed when tested by experience. In the presentation of the facts which were the all-sufficient argument to senators and representatives, and to representative people in ail the states of the Union, your committee had the cordial co-operation of all the civic bodies of Washington and of a large number of national civic organi- zations having their headquarters in Washington and also of sim#er na- tional organizations having their head- quarters elsewhere. Labor unions and | the labor union press took an impor- tant part in the matter. The news- papers of Washington and in many other cities gave invaluable service. Many members of the committee of ene hundred, besides those on the ex- ecutive committee, gave personally of their time and effort. No one was paid [money is taken in and stamps shoved out similar measures ! RUSH FOR STAMPS TO MEET NEW TAX Business Men Throng the Of- fice of Deputy Collector of Internai Revenue. WAR REVENUE MEASURE IS NOW IN OPERATION Railways Are Large Investors—Mer- chants and Brokers Also Assess- ed—Other Classes in List. A lively scefie was presented today at the office of the reputy collector of internal revenue, 624 F street north- west, as well as for some distance around the office. A great crowd is gathered in and about this branch of “Uncle Sam's” business, buying stamps and paying special taxes, under the revenue act of October 22, which went into effect last night. This is the meas- ure popularly known as the “war tax,” made necessary to raise money for the conduct of the government because the foreign war so reduced the amount of goods imported by the United States that the custom revenues fell off mil- lions of dollars. All sorts and conditions of citizens of Washington have been crowding to the office for the past week or ten days pre- paring themselves for the operation of theflaw by buying stamps in advance and paying special taxes in advance. The crush has been so great that the deputy collectors were obliged to work all day Thanksgiving day and all day Sunday, some of them without stopping for din- ner. Today there was such pressure around the wickets of the windows where that one of the glass partitions was broken. All Classes Represented. Cigar store dealers, bank clerks, moving picture show owners, praprie- tors of bowling alleys and billiard rooms, commission merchants, brokers thers are affected by the “war " All those who could not be ac- commodated with special tax licenses by last midnight, when the law went into effect, are receiving such licenses today, dated yesterday. ‘There are five 5 in It was said today at the office that more stamps have been sold there than at_any other branch internal revenue office in the United States to date. This is chiefly because Washington can get stamps required by the law directly| from the Treasury, without delay, and that other cities have not received these new stamps so rapidly and readily. An automobjle from the Treasury is kept busy bringing fresh supplies of the stamps, it was said today, and the crush in one instance around the office was so great that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company received a delivery of 2,000,000 stamps on the sidewalk, turning over outside of the office a check for $20,000, because it was impos- sible to get inside of the office to do business, Stamps for Bills of Lading. These stamps were bought by the railroad company for distribution to {ts various freight offices. Under the law it will be necessary to affix a one-cent stamp to each bill of lading. The Southern Railway Company got from the F street office 1,000,000 stamps for distribution. The Baltimore and for services except clerical help, and much of this was volunteered. Receipts and Expenditures. “Your executive committee declined | all offers of money assistance and had no funds except those raised by the as- sessment of $2 upon each member of the committee of one hundred. “Of the fund thus ralsed $85.17 remains in the hands of the treasurer, Mr. A. Lisner. The expenditures were for the printing and dissemination of facts, ical work. Numerous letters from sen- ators and representatives and repre- sentative citizens throughout the coun- try showed that the facts were new to many of them and that they had been convinced by them. The letters also shows a deep interest and a great pride in the National Capital and a de- sire to have it made in all respects one of the best and greatest capitals of the world, “Your executive committee does not believe that there will be a general re- al at the coming short session, which begins on the first Monday i December and ends on the 4th of of the effort to secure legisla- hostile to the National Capital's interests, but it will continue to ob- serve the course of events, and, if nec- essary, will call upon the members of the committee of one hundred for fur- ther assistance in presentation of the facts, which are the argument against measures. Recommends Renewed Effort. Meanwhile your executive commit- recommends to members of the committee of one hundred .that they continue to inform their friends in gress, and also senators and represent- atives elect to the next Congress who may be in Washington during the win- ing the history of the Na- i al and of its present form of government, and the outlines of the United States census report as to ta: jtion in Washington compared with jother cities. Copies of the report of the executive committee of rch 11, 4, containing a summary of all these things can still be had from the execu- | tive committee. The members of the executive com- |mittee are: Henry B. Macfarland, | chairman; Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chair- man of the committee of one hundred; | George Truesdell, M. A. Leese, Thomas W. Sifwell, Dr. Charles W. Richardson, |} Chapies S. Bundy, Mrs. Wallace Rad- Miss Janet Richards, Richard B. Watrous, B. H. Warner, A. Lisner and Dr. Clarence J. Owens. ! GERMAN IN BRITISH ARMY. | Startles London Court, “Where He Is Held Without Bail. LONDON, December 1.—Today a Ger- man, named Schneider, startled the offi- cials and spectators at the Bow street [police court by calmly admitting he had served for some time in the British army in France and that |everybody in the Red Cross corps to |which he was attached was aware of {nis nationality. The prisoner was dressed in the regu- lation khaki uniform. The charge xainst him is that he failed to regis- er as an alien and traveled more than |five miles without a permit. He was urrested at the general military hos- pital in Boulogne, where he was sery- ng as a member of the staff, under the name of Frederic The court re! without bail. Taylor. ded the prisoner including stationery, postage and cler-| Ohio Railroad obtained the stamps it needs from the Baltimore internal rev- enue collector's office. The Washington office is included in the internal revenue district formed by Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia, with headquarters at Bal- timore. A. Marshall Marbury is in charge of the F street branch as chief collector, and E. E. Perkins been sent over from Baltimore office to assist him. In addition, Col. Lee Crandall and A. B. Aud, who have charge of the distillery work of the office, have been pressed into service, and the Treasury Department has sent to the F street branch Deputy C. Feath- erstone to help out dying the rush. Bush on Recorder of Deeds. The rush to escape the war tax yes- terday at the office of the recorder of deeds succeeded in smashing all pre- vious records in the history of the of- fics for one day’s business. Acting Re- corder Dutton kept the office open an additional hour in order to accommo- date the applicants. When the office closed it was found that 226 papers had been recorded. The highest record for a day's business before yesterday was 180, which number was filed June 26, 913. "Spetore that date the record had been held by June 30, 1898, the day before the stamp tax law of the Spanish war went into effect. Bureaus Meet the Emergency. With the public demand for war rev- enue stamps greater than the clerical facilities of the offices of internal rev- enue collection can supply, and short- ages of stamps at many places through- out the United States, a complicated situation arises that Commissioner Os- | born of the internal revenue bureau is preparing to meet “The public is not to be made victims of its inability to obtain stamps in| this emergency,” stated Chief Hinds of | 1 1 the stamp-distributing division of the bureau. “The commissioner of inter- al revenue is himself a successful iness man and knows what the pub- § up against.” Stamps are being forwarded to col- rs of internal revenue all over the d States, and to Alaska and Ha- wail, at the rate of 20,000,000 a day. This will soon supply the public demand. | In the meanwhile many articles that | should bear stamps to comply with the law must necessarily go without. | To meet this situation and relieve those | charged with the duty of affixing stamps | of 2 responsibility they cannot meet, | | Commissioner Osborn has directed col- lectors of internal revenue when unable , to supply proprietary stamps to dealers | to allow articles enumerated under sched- jule B, in the war emergency tax law, to | be sold unstamped, provided a record is kept and’ a sworn statement delivered | to the collector. As soon as stamps are j available, stamps may be purchased and | cancelled to cover such sales. Another Expedient Adopted. Meeting another situation, Commis- sioner Osborn has directed collectors to date all special tax returns as of November 30 until able to handle appli- cations promptly; unless they have in- formation that no effort has been made to. file such returns prior to that date. If unable to supply demands for docy- mentary stamps for bills of lading, they are instructed to allow shipments to go forward, have record kept there- of and to affix or cancel stamps when (Continued on Second Page.) | Tages vy Ss ‘ SOS PAGES. — EN ROUTE TO THE PROGRESSIVE CONFERENCE. VIOLENT BATTLE IN PROGRESS | TODAY ALONG THE YSER CANAL Report That German Army Before Dixmude Has Begun Retirement Is Doubted in London. LONDON, December 1, 4:46 p.m.—Vjolent fighting is in prog- ress today along the Yser canal, according to a telegram from Reuter’s correspondent at Sluis. The roaring of heavy guns has been heard all day and houses as far away at Sluis are shaken. Inhabitants of all villages within one hour’s march of the Yser battle front have been sent away. Reported Also by Amsterdam. A dispatch from Amsterdam quotes the Sluis correspondent of the Handels- blad as saying: “A big battle is raging between the Yser and the Lys. One hundred and twenty thousand Germans have been sent to Ypres to make a final attempt to capture the town. .The garrisons in Flanders have been reduced to a mini- mum to provide troops to prevent the allies advancing on Zonnebeke anc Langemarck.’ Some dispatches say that the Ger- mans already have begun to fall back upon their rear entrenchments, but as the official statements make no men- tion of this, it is assumed it is only a guess of correspondents working on the theory that the Russian success has been overwhelming and final. One story that the Germans aiready had begun a retreat came from Amsterdam. The correspondent of the Central News telegraphed that the kaiser’s forces before Dixmude had be- gun a general retirement. King George's visit to France seems greatly to appeal to the popular imagi- nation. The newspapers are featuring his mejesty’s trip, pointing out that it is the first time a reigning British mon- arch has been with his armies in the field for 171 years, George II being his last predecessor to do so. Gaing Claimed by Berlin. BERLIN, December 1, by wireless— In the western arena of the war the situation is not so clear as it is in the east, but reports continue to show that the enemy’s attacks have been re- pulsed. The Germans, it is announced, are gaining ground and thus gradually nearing a final decision. Commenting ‘on the sinking of the British steamer Malachite off Havre last week by a German submarine, the German press expresses great satis- faction that German submarines are able to operate so far from their base: as to render the English channel un- J safe. GERMANS TERM AMERICAN STAND CORRECT IN THEORY, BUT UNFAIR BERLIN, via London, December 1— The statement of the American am- bassador, James W. Gerard, regarding contraband is generally reprinted in the German press. The Kreuz Zeitung says that no-objection can be raised to the standpoint taken, which {s thor- oughly objective and comprehensive. Count Ernest von Reventlow in the Zeitung finds the American standpoint technically correct, but argues that such shipments, whereby only the allies benefit and which con- stantly strengthen the military effort directed against Germany, actually work out in practice as a support of lone belligerent to the detriment of an- other and ina y are contrary to the spirit of neutrality. He makes the sug- gestion that the American government use the weight of its authority in Lon- don to insure the delivery of such sup- plies to Germany and its allies. He also says that the United States will be able to demonstrate, by such a prac- tical policy, indubitably that its neu- trality is loyal. No Other Way Open. In reply to Count von Reventlow’s contention that the American position on the declaration of London was, in a way, contrary to the spirit of neutral- ity and actually workd to the benefit of the allies, State Department officials take the view that no other way seemed to be open to the United States in its efforts to observe neutrality than to take the stand it did, as outlined in Ambassador Gerard's official state- ment, which declared that the United States “will insist that its rights and duties and those ‘of its citizens in the present war be defined by the exist- ing rules of international law and the treaties of the United States with the belligerents independently of the decla- ration of London If the stand of the. United States works as Count von “Reventlow ar- gues, to strengthen the allies, State Department officials point out that tt is due solely'-to Germany's position, | which makes it difficult ‘for her to benefit from shipments from the United States. Undoubtedly U. S. View. The statement credited to Ambassa- dor Gerard is undoubtedly the view ex- pressed by the United States in its re- ply to Germany's protest that England and France were violating the declara- tion of London with regard to what was contraband. The reply stated that the United States withdraw its suggestion, made to the belligerent countries, that the declaration of London be adopted as a temporary code of naval warfare for use in the present war and that this was done because of the unwillingness of some of the belligerents to adopt the declaration of London without modi- t fication. The United States government, there- fore, the reply went on to say, would insist that its rights and its duties and those of its citizens in the present war be defined by the existing rules of in- ternational law and the treaties of the United States with the belligerents. It also said that the United States gov- jernment would reserve the right to en- ter a demand or protest in ever: in which its rights and duties are view lated or their free exercise hindered. Cotton Moving, Shops Are Reopened. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., December 1.— A considerable increase-in the move_ ment of cotton was responsible, of- ficials said, for the resumption of op- erations today of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern raflway shopa at Argenta, Ark, which shut down re- cently. Six hundred men resumed work, Danish Steamer Sunk by Mine. LONDON, December 1.—The Danish steamer Mary, of Ebsjerg, was sunk by a mine in the North sea Sunday. Her crew of -fourteen took: to two: boats, one of which was picked up by the steamer Juno and landed at Grimsby last night. The other boat, containing the Mary‘s chief officer and six men, is still missing. . WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. | Unofficial reports that the Ger- mans had undertaken another at- tack on Ypres, marking the be- ginning of a gteat battle, re- ceived no. in today’s communications from the French and German war offices. The French statement, however, said |that the enemy was showing “considerable activity” to the north of Arras, a Frgnch town near the Belgian border. The German statement dismisses the situation in the west by saying that there is nothing to report. Germany continues to view the military situation in the east in a confident way, giving no intima- tion of a reversal at the hands of the Russians. Today’s announce- ment says that 9,500 more prison- ers have been taken in Russian Poland in the engagements near the Vistula river, which were said yesterday in Berlin to have re- sulted favorably for the forces of Emperor William. Official Petro- {grad maintains its attitude of re- serve. A general retirement of the Ger- mans before the Belgian town of Dixmude was reported unofficial- ly. The Germans recently cap- tured from the allies this town, which lies in the heart of the con- tested section of Beigium, where uncounted thousands have died as a result of the German effort to nel. Moratorium Is Extended. BUDAPEST, via London, December 1, 5:55 a.m.—The official Gazette publishes a decree prolonging the moratorium with some alterations, until January 31. Effect of 8-Hour Law “First come, first served’’—is an old axiom that applies with special force to the question of Christmas shopping. It is all to your advantage to do your buying early and have first choice of the Christmas stocks which are now at their best and completest. Re- member that this year the large mercantile es- tablishments of Wash- ington will not be open evenings on account of the new eight-hour law. force a way to the English chan- sar + About every one in Washing wee @ \ to Be not yet decided. to overshadow all other war areas conflict in Flanders. This partly is due, of course, ton who reed all reads The J ONE CENT FURY OF THE GERMANS BREAKS RUSSIAN LINE AND AVERTS DISASTER Allies Now Forced to Admit That Battle in Poland Remains Decided. LONDON, December 1, 12:08 p.m.—Though it seems clear now that the Germanarmy in Russian Poland, or that part of it which the Russians surrounded near Lodz, narrowly missed annihilation, the Germans fought with such fury that the cordon encircling them was broken, and, as German reinforcements are coming up, the issue is The British press, interpreting the news dispatches from Pet- rograd, contends that a Russian success on a colossal scale still possible, but in all quarters it is admitted that the recent claims of a complete Russian victory were premature. OVERSHADOWS BATTLE IN WEST. Poland, with Emperor William on the field, will likely continue for some days to come. Even the London press is devoting more space to the battles there than to the to the fact that there has been so little change in the western situation—conditions which may persist until some sharp turn occurs in the eastern struggle. Praises Skill of Germans. The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Mail in a dispatch to his paper jtestified to the extreme skill and cour- age with which the Germans are con- ducting their retreat, He says: “Refusing to consider surrender as a possibility and closing their eyes to inevitable enormous losses, the German officers ordered their forces to break their way out. “The Russians were not in sufficient strength to close up immediately any breach in the surrounding forces, and at the point where the Germans con- centrated their attacks in order to join up with the other forces in the neigh- borhood of Strykow. the Russians were unable to pile up sufficient troops to hurl back the desperate onset which the Germans made with the equally desperate knowledge that their food and ammunition could not last long.’ A news dispatch received here from Danzig, in West Prussia, says that Em- peror William, in a telegram to Gen. Mackenzen, expressed his great satis- taction with the successes achieved by the general’s armies in Poland. His majesty conferred on Gen. Mackenzen the order of merit. East Comes Into Its Own. BERLIN, via The Hague to London, December 1—The east is gradually coming into its own. Those familiar with conditions have recognized for the past three weeks that the center of im- portance has been transferred from | France to the eastern war theater. The departure of Emperor William to the eastern front, the appointment of Gen. von Hindenburg as a field marshal and the publication of appreciative tele- grams to the eastern commanders have directed the attention, even of the un- informed public, to the fact that events in Poland are of far greater importance than those in Flanders and along the The presence of Emperor William at Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s head- quarters is interpreted here as indicating that everything is thought to be going well. ‘The emperor has conferred tne Order of Merit on Gen. Mackenzen for his victory at Lowicz in the following telegram: “The 9th Army Corps under your safe and tested leadership has again fought with unrivaled brilliancy in a hard but successful battle. Your achievements in the past days will stand in history as shining examples ‘ortitude, endurance and valor. ‘ommunicate this to .our splendid troops with my imperial thanks, to which I wish to give tangible form by conferring upon you the Order of Merit. God be with you and our standards in the future. Gives Credit to His Army. Gen. Mackenzie, in an order of the day issued when he hed received the emperor's telegram, said: “I am rejoiced to announce to my heroic troops this sign of apprecia- tion, which belongs to the whole 9th army.” Gen. Mackenzen long has been regarded as one of the most brilliant of the Ger- man génerals. He was the trusted adju- tant of Field Marshal Count von Schleif- fen when he was chief of the generai staff, and instructed Emperor William in military history. The emperor later se- lected him as the immediate superior of the crown prince in the Danzig garrison. ‘The situation at the end of the past week shows, in the opinion of military critics, that the time is ripe for the re- Rus#ans, which temporarily were hind- ered by the advance of Russian rein- forcements in northern Poland. The German successes, the critics contend, invasion of the German provinces. Farther south the Austrians are co- operating to good effect and the Aus- trian advance into Servia affords « reasonable ground for believing that the campaign there soon will be brought to a successful conclusion and thus release troops for action else- where. An observer who has just re- turned from Servia expresses the opin- fon that the Servians are “at the end of their tether.” Describes Germans’ Situation. PARIS, December 1—The present situation in Poland, according to Ludo- vic Naudeau, the special representative of the Journal de Paris, who is at the Russian headquarters in the field, is as follows: |. “Gen. Mackenzen’s 8th German ‘army is separated into three groups. The first, between Gembin, to the north, and Brezeziny, to the south, is being attacked on three sides. There remains an opening on the western road toward Kutno, which, however, will be threatened by Russii vancing from Lodz. Part of this first group, at Clowno and Strykow, is almost entirely surrounded. “The second group, to the south, at definitely have removed the danger of any | nati, Rzgow and Tussyn, is te force its way through to but is opposed by the Lods and Brzeziny, and @e western road is closed to,it bY the same Russian army which Welun ie German two corps at “The third’ group, to the west, is i fritical but not desperate position, for, by aright flank at Tdunska Wola, of he Warta, it still’ holds the road to Kalisz, which could ‘serve either for retreat or for reinggrcements if Gen. von Hindenburg ihin® it still possible t iry to save his eighth army” — ENGLISHMEN IN BRUSSELS IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS AMSTERDAM, via London, December 1, {3:15 p1—Al maje British subjects up to the age of fifty-five, who are still in Brussels, the Amsterdam ‘Handelsblad says, have been interned in a military eoncentration camp. The inhabitants of ing to this same paper are’ itiewed only ten ounces of * ae of ‘bread per capita —_—_-___ RETREAT OF THE TURKS BEFORE RUSSIANS DENIED BERLIN, by wireless, December 1.— The Turkish general staff, it is report- ed from Constantinople, denies that the Turkish army operating against the Russians is retreating on Erzerum. The official press bureau says that thi Sultan of Turkey has received a pledge of allegiance subscribed to EyD~ tian notables. dle, GEW. VON HINDENBURG IS “MAN OF THE HOUR” BERLIN, via The Hague and London, December 1.—That Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg is considered the man of the hour in Germany is indicated by an incident reported in the newspapers. It appears that a field post received a postal card directed simply to “The Most Popular Man in Germany.” The card, it is stated, was delivered to von Hindenburg. BRITISH KING VISITS HIS ARMY IN FRANCE LONDON, December 1.—The official Press bureau announces that King j George went to France Sunday night *|to visit the general headquarters of the British expeditionary force. The king was accompanied by his private secretary, Baron Stamfordham, and his equerry, Maj. Wigram, and the other members of his suite. The party left Buckingham Palace Sunday night and proceeded across the channel. A Reuter dispatch from the north of France says that King George arrived Monday after a very rough passage. The king was received by the Prince of Wales and paid a Visit to the hospi- tais. FOES OF SALOON LOSE IN OHIO. Supreme Court Dismisses Mandamus to Compel Recount of Votes. COLUMBUS, Ohiv, December 1.—The sumption of active operations against the! Ohio supreme court today dismissed the petition of the Anti-Saloon League for writs of mandamus to compel a recount of the votes cast in Cincin- Cleveland. Columbus and To- leda November 3 last. Representatives of the league as- serted that a recount in the cities would prove that gross frauds were perpetrated, which resulted in the de- teat of the prohibition amendment and the adoption of the home rule amend- ment, @ wet measure. Queen of Belgium Not I. ® LONDON, December 1.—The rumors that, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is ill are unfounded. She is in London with her children, and visited Queen Mother Alexandra and extended birth- day congratulations Monda; TRAVELOGUE COUPON ‘THIS COUPON AND 10 CENTS WILL ADMIT YOU TO Star-Roberson Travelogue, “Germany,” TUESDAY, 8:15 P.M.