New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1915, Page 10

N7 PUTS WHOLE AME ON GERMANY h Government Mainspring of ye to Succor German Boats York, Dec. 1.—The German hment was revealed yesterday as ainspring of the movement to German cruisers at sea with nd supplies, shipped on neutral B from American ports, early in r, by testimony ot_ Dr. Karl managing director of the jurg-American line. Buenz he witness stand late yesterday ¥ial of himself and other line l§ &nd employes for conspiracy raud the United States, "' Assisted to Stand. £ Buenz, elderly and somewhat » was assisted to the witness soon after William Rand, Jr., pneluded the opening address to 1y, on behalf of the defense. pusly, Judge Howe had heard d argument upon a motion /'Rand to dismiss the irfdict- This motion was denied, and enz was the second witness for ‘eause, the first being a local nshouse employe, who identi- rtain olearance papers in the pped up in the witness chair, der the friendly guldanco of Dr. Buenz sketched his 72- gareer from his birth in_Ger- ‘Washington and he had to spend large sums of money. ‘“We know nothing whatever of the $750,000 that came from Germany to Kulenkampff, the German exporter who testified that he received this sum and was told it was for Captain Boy-kd. But we do contend that we committed no unlawful act in thus secking to supply German ships at sea. Four Lies Charged. “The government charges us with four lies. It charges that we lied in giving the shippers of the supplies; that we lied in stating falsely the destinations of the cargoes; that we lied in stating incorrectly the cargoes; and, finally, that we lied in giving the valuation of the cargoes. Tt simply charges these things, it has not ad- duced one whit of evidence to prove them.” MANCHURIA PUT IN PROIBITION RANKS By Banishment of Vodka From Trans-Siberia Trains 30.—Ru sia’s banishment of liquor has driven vodka from the t of the Trans-Siberian railway and consequence has particularly put much of Manchuria into the prohibi- tion ranks. Being the chief artery of business, the Russian railway Is the center of most activities In Harbin, Manchuria, Nov. ains and stations in ithrough tenancy of various in his native land to his ap- ent to the German consular o, nearly thirty years ago. e ed his country abroad—in the i States, in Mexico and in Haiti consul or diplomatic service years ago, when he was directing head in this country Hamburg-American line’s af- Up to that time he had been lled in diplomacy and law, rather seafaring, and was virtually jut experience as a steamboat “Received Letter in 1913. the fall of 1913, Dr. Buenz tes- “ he received from the head of the line in Hamburg a letter h ‘notified him that his superior and the German government kigned and sealed an agreement h would become operative In of war—of which there was not a whisper—and that an abstract s agreement would be sent iy to the German consul general bw York, where he might see it. etter then outlined the salient which were recalled today by Buenz about as follows: t the Hamburg-American line d undertake to send coal and jes to any German warship ng them, in the Atlantic, should y engage in war, and should be such warships in the Atlan- that time. at certain methods of communi- n would be used by the home of the line in Hamburg to ad- the line’s officials in New York e to send the supply ships. Cablegram From Hamburg. due time the abstract of this Central and Northern Manchuria. In many of the smaller places the rail- way station, cafe and bar are the only social center. Before the war vodia ‘was sold at all stations and in the dining cars. Now the patrons of the railway refreshment stands must con- fine their drinking to non-alcoholic bevarages. At present the railway is used prim- arlly as a route for war supplies and troops, and the successful enforco- ment of the no-liquor regulation is of such vital importance that Russiai officials are very alert. Vodka is smug- gled occasionally into railway proper- ty notwithstanding all precautions but railway employes, passengers and troops in transit across Manchuria have little opportunity to obtain it. The military is so completely in charge of the railway property that liquor smugglers soon come to grief. Absolute Sobriety Vital. Absolute sobriety on the part of rallway employees is vital at this time when every moment’s delay is serious to the Russian army. The despatch- ing of munition and troop trains on a single-tracked line requires the great- est care. Sending these trains from Yla_divosfok to Moscow is much more difficult than it would be to send them lrorr_| Buropean Russia to Vladivostok. During the Russo-Japanese war the raillway was equipped for rush service eastward. Consequently the switches and sidings are not convenient for trains bound for the Pacific coast. Passengers riding on the Trans-Si- berian line are never permitted to for- get the railway is a strategic line. Before a train crosses a bridge sol- diers enter the cars, throw open the doors of compartments, make sure lement with the German govern- came to the German consul ral here, as promised was ex- hed by Dr. Buenz and found to be jutlined in his letter. There the er rested till the 381st day of , 1914, On the morning of that when the shadow of war rested Europe. Dr. Buenz received a legram from Hamburg which read t as follows: e you prepared to carry out our pement with the German govern- e o this he sent one word back over cable—*"Yes”; and then, feeling Gerinan ships were soon to be by Allied warships from the he set in motion the machinery provide neutral vessels to carry his s of coal and supplies to his patriots afloat in the South At- le. Simply Following Orders. us, the defense contends, was hioned what the American govern- t has termed a conspiracy to de- e and defraud the United States. Buenz, directing the activities of " three other defendants—all his ordinates in the line-—was alone plame if there were any blame, Mr. nd told the jury in his opening ad- ss, and even Dr. Buenz was simply owing orders. There was one provision that was followed out”” Mr. Rand said, d only one: No money was fur- hed with which to charter and pply the ships. Rut the men of the mburg-American line and the line pIf dug down into their own funds @ spent the money themselves, owing that it would be repaid. en these funds ran short there was loud cry for help and money came e from Germany. Money From Germany. Ve make no secret of this. We no secret of the fact that this bney came originally from the Ger- n government. When it did come came,in 1arge chunks. Within a days we received three remit- Inces of $500,000 each from Ger- y and these we deposited in New brik banks to the credit of the line. r do we make a secret of the fact at the Hamburg-American line act- as banker for Captain K. Boy-Ed. is the German naval attache at e Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the M—Z ; ture of there are no windows open, and then slgnal the train to proceed. At the opposite end of the bridge the sol- diers leave the train. No opportunity is afforded Russia’s enemies to throw dynamite or other explosives which the Russian service. One ofl who seemecd somewhat worse for liquor than his comrades, said some- thing which offended the rest of the group. One of the men knocked him down. The others jumped upon his body with their heavy cowhide boots and kicked him in the face. An old woman rushed to the assistance of the bleeding and bruised soldier. She pushed his assailants away and pro- tested loudly as she helped the stunned man to his feet and led him away- The four men foliowed, but were frightened away by a threat of the woman to report the assault to an officer. LAST CEREMONY OF CORONATION PERIOD Japan Holds Service of Gratitude To and Deities Imperial Ancestors of Heaven and Earth, Tokio, Dec. 1.—The last official coronation was held yesterday in the imperial palace. It was a sérvice of gratitude to the imperial ancestors and imperial de- | itles of heaven and earth. The Em- peror advanced bhefewe the shrines dedicated to the amncestors and dei- ties and humble offered up prayer and thanks for the joyous and safe ac- cession to the throne of the Empire. The Emperor accompanied by his retinue passed from the palace to the Kcoreiden hall where he changed his dress into the Japanese ceremonial robe, the same robe as worn on the occaslon of the previous ceremony at Kioto. He then purified himself by washing his hands. Subsequently the imperial procession left the hall and came to the Unmeiden Hall. The Fmperor carried a baton and was closely followed by a chamberlain holding the imperial sword. The Crown Prince, princes, princes of the bLlood and other members of the im- perial family, the lord keeper of privy seal and the chief of the cor- cnation board formed the rear. The princesses of the blood and other fe- male members of the imperial family wore beautiful ceremonial robes of rich silkk and gorgeous color. The Emperor reverently proceeded to the alter and worshipped before the holy of holies. Next the Crown Frince, princes, and princesses of the biood and other members of the im- rerial family proceeded before the altar and worshipped. The service was ended to the strains of the sacred kagura music, WANTS NAME OFF NEBRASKAN BALLOT Roosevelt Declines to Have His Name Used As A Presidential Candidate. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Dec. I.—For- mer President Theodore Roosevelt an- nounced yesterday that he had re- quested the secretary of state of Ne- braska to withdraw his name from the ballot to be used in the coming primary election in that state. Mr. Roosevelt was notified that a petition in his behalf as a candidate for the republican nomination for president had been filed with the Nebraska sec- retary of state and that the follow- ing statement was issued by Mr. Roosevelt's secretary: “Today Frank H. Corrick, chair- man of the progressive state commit- tee in Nebraska, called to see Mr. Roosevelt and laid before him the facts as to the attempt to place his might wreck one of the bridges now so essential to the Russian army. Russians Guard Line. Sturdy Russian soldiers, already equipped with high fur caps and sheepskin coats, stand guard even at the most remote prairie stations. Every mile of the line is under heavy patrol and there is little opportunity for persons not supplied with proper credentials to encroach upon military property. Passports of neutrals entering Rus- sian territory at this time must bear an oath, certified to before a diplo- matic or consular agent of the coun- try to which the bearer belongs, to the effect that he was born in that country and is not a naturalized cit- izen. This certification is necessary before a Russian legation or consulate will stamp a passport for travel in Russia: When a train enters Russian territory the conductor collects pass- ports along with tickets and these are scrutinized carefully and retained un- Ul the Russian officials are satisfied as to the identitfy of the hearer. Turn Over Passports, Every guest entering a Russian hotel is also required to turn over his passport when he registers. This is sent by the innkecper to the police officials, who hold hotel-keepers re sponsible for their gue: The po- lice stamp satisfactory passports and return them to the 'hotels where the bearers live. Guests are immediately advised in Russian towns that they must not be away from their lodgings after midnight, and persons fonnd wandering about after that hour are subject to arrest, As troops are in training at mang points along thc Trans-Siberian iine and thousands of new recruits aro constantly moving westward from Vladivostok, Harbin and other points in the east, the no-liquor provision was very essential to proper morale. Frequently it requires thirty days for a troop train to move the length of the Trans-Siberian line. Trains are delayed for hours at sidings, waiting for the passage of rush shipments of ammunition, Time hangs heavily on the hands of recruits packed into freight cars. Hungry soldiers besiege the refreshment places in the Man- 1 stations, and If liquor were lable trouble would doubtless fol- Brutal Under Liquor, Under liquor the Russian privates are extremely brutal. The Associated Press coirresondent saw one group of five soldiers in their cups. All wore the gray-green blouses and caps of name on the republican primary bal- lot in Nebraska. Mr. Roosevelt to- day also received officlal notification from the Nebraska secretary .of state that & petition had lwen filed to place Mr. Roosevelt’s name on the republi- can primary ballot as candidate for president. Until Mr. Corrick’s visit and the receipt of this communica- tion from the secretary of state, Mr. Roosevelt had understood that mno valid peti¥on for the use of his name at the primary election was on file. Mr. Roosevglt has today written the Nebraska s§$ retary of st# e requesting that ‘his name be withdrawn from consideration at the primary elec- tion.” BUILDINGS TOTAL $200,000. Figures of Inspector Rutherford In- dicate Continued Prosperity. That New Britain is enjoying an era of real prosperity is perhaps better attested by the statistics compiled by Building Inspector A. N. Rutherford. Those for the month of November, just complete, show the total value of the buildings for which permits wer issued during the month to total nearly $200,000, Permits were issued for brick buildings valued at forty-three frame structures, at $115,000; twenty-four alterations and additions, $6,685; total $199,585. In comparison with the above is given the report of November, 1914, when the city was suffering from slack times. The total value of the permits for that month was $60,263. The gain this year is over $139,000. November this year in the building trades proved better than any similar month in nearly a decade. twelve $78,000; valued REGULAR SCHEDULE. Adopted By Wilson For Seeing Callers During Scssion of Congress. Washington, Dec. 1.—President Wilson adopted today regular schedule for seeing callers which he will follow during the session of con- gre: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays he will receive people who merely vqint to pay their respects, and then sendors and congressmen who have no engagements. Then he will spend thirty minutes in signing puh- lic documents and devote an hour and a half to special engagements. On Tuesdays and Fridays. after an hour devoted to people with engagements, he will spend from 11 to 1 o’clock with his cabinet. them, | ceremony connected with the rites of | WORK MORE THAN TEN HOURS A DAY Vast Majority of Engineers and Firemen on Western Railroads ‘Washington, Dec. 1.—The vast ma- Jority of the engineers and firemen of the western railroads work more than ten hours a day. Thousands of them work twelve hours and over out of ev- every twenty-four. From tabulations made with the federal mediation board, it appears that more than for- ty per cent, of the engineers and fire- men in freight service averaged twelve hours or more of labor every day. In many cases men worked thirteen, fourteen and fifteen hours or | longer a_d: According to recent announcements half a million railroad employes, em- bracing all railroad labor engaged in the movement of trains have joined in A demand for an eight-hour day. Striking evidence presented last year to the Western Engineers and Fire- men Arbitration board will be avail- able to the railroad workers in press- ing for favorable action by the roads upon their demand. This evidence is in the form of tabulations based on actual payrolls of western roads. Some of the important items in this mass of statistics may be summarized as follows: Data Secured. Data secured for more than 3,000 enginemen engaged in local or way freight service showed that 54 per cent worked twelve hours or more per day during a typical month; 34 per cent, thirteen hours or more; and 17 per cent fourteen hours or longer. Only 12 per cent, or 121 out of each 1,000 employed, averaged less than ten hours eaech d Through Freight Service. In through freight cent or 709 out of each ployed during the typical lected, worked ten hours each ds Thirty-five per cent, or 347 out of each 1,000 averaged twelve hours or more each day; 21 per cent, or 208 out of each 1,000 engineers and firemen employed on duty thirteen hours or longer; and 11 per cont or 100 ot of each 1,000 showed a working day of fourteen hours or over. Tabulation for The tabulations for 20,000 engineers and firemen em- ployed in all classes of freight scrvice showed that 28 per cent., or 877 out of each 1,000 had an average work- ing day of ten hours or longer. Tnir- five per cent., or more than one- third, worked twelve hours or longer Sixteen per cent., tnfrteen seven per cent, four- three per cent. aver ser L Der 1,000 em- month se- or longer 20,000, approximately or over; teen and aged t'iteen hours or 1o : Duving the fiscal vear 1911 alone, v-two western rajlr there were 41,593 instances where railroad empluyes engaged in the movement of trains were on duty for sixteen ccn- secutive hours or longer. Within the period July 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1915, on seventy-six western railroads there were 49.286 cases where engineers and firemen worked for a continuous period of s hours or longer. More than cases of engineers and firemen work- ing seventeen to eighteen hours were reported to the Interstate Commerce commission by these seventy-six rail- roads during this period of a year and a half; 7,500 instances of eighteen to nineteen hours of continuous worl.; 4,600 cases of continuous service for nineteen to twenty hours; 3,000 ia- stances of twenty-one to twentystwo hours of unbroken service; and 1,200 cases where engine crews were duty twenty-three to twenty-four hours- Compilations made from the train sheets of representative western rail- roads also disclosed the fact that in through freight service on certain operating divisions the time spent by engineers and firemen in getting trains over the road averaged from eleven to twenty hours per trip. The long hours required to move trains from one division point to an- other has been caused hy the operi- ting policy of the railroads. Even with heavier and more powerful loco- motives, the engine crews find it im- ible to make a speed les an hour in the majority of stances, because of the heavy freight train loads. The railroads find it more economical to require larger trains to be drawn at slower speed than light trains at high speed. Lours, ¢ ench d CHAR' R AND $25,000. National Ritle Association to Appeal to Congress. ‘Washington, Dec. 1.—The executive committee of the National Rifle asso- ciation of America will ask congress for a national charter and an annual appropriation of $25,000, and the sec- retary of war will ask for $50,000 for the national board of promotion of rifle practice to promote rifle train- ing among citizens. ‘War department officials having su- pervision of rifle practice will en- deavor to have congress provide for a commission and funds looking to the adoption of a national policy of rifle range construction throughout the country similar to the plan of the United States Municipal Rifle clubs Illinois. TIGATE LANDSLIDE; Madison, Wis,, Dec. 1.—Dr. Charles R:*Van Hise, president of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, who has been ap- pointed chairman of a commission of prominent geologists and engineers to investigate landslides in the Panama canal was today granted a leave of absence by the regents of the wuni- versity so that he may accompany TO INVE the commission to the isthmus. The party probably will leave for Pan- ama Dec. 11, to be good about four weeks. R kAR SAVE...MORE--MONEY By Taking Advantage For a Dollar Than a Of These Bargains Dollar Can Buy Elsewhere THE FINEST LINE OF FISH OBTAINABLE Soda |§ Crackers Fresh Crisp Ib 7¢ THURSDAY AND THE MOHICAN MARKET Blue Fish Can Be Saved By Buying Pure Food At This Market POSITIVELY NO FROZEN STOCK Oysters Fresh Solid qt 29¢ HERRINGS Fresh Caught " Séihxb Ib 8¢ Ib 8¢ Best for Baking Mackerel Better Than Ever Fresh Caught lb lsé Fresh Eels payuwn Ib 17¢ 3 QUARTS 2 HADDOCK Best Grade, Fresh Shore FRIDAY pound 6¢ Fresh Fish Specials, Smelts ™% 44m,™ b 12:¢ Flounders ”"‘J,ei""“ b 7¢ Butter Fish ‘ngs 1b 10c FRESH COD CHEEKS .. 1b 15¢ FINNAN HADDIES .......1b 12 1-2¢ 1 lb Liver Salt Mackerelgc B 1-2 Ib Bacon Salt Herring All for 14¢ . '8¢ 1 qt SAUERKRAUT 1 Ib FRANKFURTS Al for 20¢ POUND PLOTS AGAINST U. S. MUNITION PLANTS BUENZ IMPLICATES GERMAN EMBASSY Testifies Abstract of Agreement Passed Into Its Keeping Dr. Ritter Makes “Confession” Stat- ing He has Knowledge of In- trigues Against Factories. Cleveland, O.. Dec. 1.—Federal and county officers today were investiga- which they say | office of ting a ‘“Confession,” was made to them in the . 2 Prosecuting Attorney Cyrus Locher | New York, Dec late yesterday by Dr. W. Ritter in | the Hamburg-American which he is said to hav told of hav- ment ing knowledge plot gainst muni tions plants in United States i Germian crulners - was ed on a charge of el A orthiess Check forise0 on in neutral ships sailing from Miss Clara Darby. He is being held in $5,000 bail until the story whici fede oftic ay he told, can be | man embassy at proved. | Among the items in Ritter's alleged ! confession was the claim that his | real name is Emerich W. Ritter Von Rattaghe, and that he is the son of charges of an Austrian count and a former offi- | gpiracy, now nearing its close in the cer in both the Austrian and German | Upited States district court here, navies. Today, however, Ritter de- | Turned Over to Germany. nied to newspaper men that he is the | : Not only has the abstract of this son of a count. agreement been given to the embassy Ritter claims he is the inventor of i . | for safe keeping, Dr. Buenz testified, li ey 5 quid fire,” officers says, and that he, 0 o1 correspondence on the subect has been experimenting with it in the | vi T | by letter or cable, likewise has formal- How TENANT FARMER said, were in the German naval code COULD ACQUIRE LAND J and were removed to the embassy | when it was thought there was danger of their becoming publie through this trial and thus revealing to representa- tives of England, France and Russia the key to the German secret code. Notwithstanding the severance of the German cables to America by the | British early in the war, the Ham- | burg-American Line was in constant | cable communication with Germany, Dr. Buenz testified. These cable- grams, at the time the line sent out | relief ships, told Dr. nd his ships to meet cruisers, notwithstanding the isolation of the warships from the German ad- miralty. 1.—The abstract of Line's agree- with the German government, of the arre w by the former eed (o supply at sea with coal and supplies American ports early in the war, has passed into the keeping of the Ger- Washington Dr. rl Buenz, managing director of the in his trial— ine, testified today of three other s0 and that and employes—on con- | government through the embassy at | Washington. The cablegrams, it was J. L. Coulter Urges National and State Legislation to Provide Credit Facilitics. Chicago, Dec. 1.—John lee Coult- er, dean of the college of agriculture of the University of West Virginia, in an address before the National C ference on Marketing and I Credits here today recommended tional and state legislati to pro- vide the credit facilities which would make it possible for the tenant farm- er and farm laborer to acquire farm lands. He said that the first steps to be taken were: ! 1. An act of congress providing for | a complete scheme of land | banks. 2. Legislative acts of various states supplementing the national law and providing for state institutions to do various phases of the mortgage busi- | ness which the national farm land | Howe and Dr. Buenz not permit- bank would not care to undertake. ted to tell their contents islation by various states . simplifying pertaining to titles, deeds, foreclosures and exemptions. 4. An up-to-date state bureau of farm lands with a complete list of farms for salc and farms for rent, and as much detail concerning these as possible. 5. A thorough scheme of rural edu- cation with county organization so provided that the county headquart- ers would have a complete list and careful rating of every farm operated within the county. 6. Such state legislation as is nec- essary to take over by some public service corporation lands not already developed—these lands to be devel- oped, parceled, and sold on advantag- eous terms to select farmers who do not own any land but are seeking to become permanent settlers, living up- on and operating their own farms. These recommendations followed a discussion of (he land problem as it exists in the United States and °the quotation of many stati as to the [ worth of k but number of tens and farm Jaborers, | more than promises . £ However, there Buy a lasting gift for mother,, sis- | crowd the company ter, daughter Hand embroidered | obligations waists, kitionas, coilars, cuffs, il | terested a or phone 1184 Mrs. W. L. Halliday | concern will 5 91 South Burritt street.—advt, ° | it is properly launched. rm na- | Government Objects. The government strenuously ob- jected to Dr. Buez's testimony con- cerninz the abstract of the agreement and the cablegrams relating to the dis- patch of relief sh.ps. Roger B. Wood, United States assistant district attor- ney, contended that the documents themselves were available and * that they should be brought into the court room. In this he was upheld by Judge STOCK BUYE PU 1xious to Learn When Tire Company Intends To Open. Local people who have become in- terested in the Monarch Stitched Tire company which some time ago tered negotiations to buy the old fac- tory of the Munroe, Co. in Seymour Park, are wondering what has happened concern locating here and operations. The proposition was regarded with considerable favor by those on the inside nd its advent to the city’s industries was hailed with sfaction. Some of the stock was | sold here and a part payment of $700 was made on the factory. It was under: a broker had agre to concern and would disposc en- Eastwood Pen Philadelphia finance the of $75,000 date nothing have developed disposition to into fulfilling its nd some of those most in- quoted as saving that the prove a bonanza once to ics is no BLUE FISH CUTLETS SALMON CUTLETS .... Cranberries 25¢c Piékling Onions Walnut Meats | | geons line officials | my sincerest thanks, how proud « t d « to prevent the | partment of agriculture starting | nounced. prices declined per cent | signed by the German Red Cross ! statement issued today. | Judson died here today Buenz where 10 | gy worr o gy 3 German | | which he founded in 1856 Matthew's will be Ib 14¢ Ib 16¢ Pure Lard PO DS Guarantesd .doz Oleomargarine SWIFT'S BEST 2 3 Cc 20c MILD CHEESE ..1b AMERICAN RED CROSS PRAISED IN GERMANY Count Talleyrand-Perigord in Letter Received at Washington Ex- presses Gratitude For Work. % Washington, Dec. 1.—Gratitude and praise for the work of the American Red Cross in Germany are expressed in a letter recelved today at the Red Cross headquarters here from Count Talleyrand-Perigord, who was as- to with the American war- ind nurses in Germany The letter was in response to one sent by the American Red Cross thanking the count for his courtesy and atten- tion to the American units during their stay in Germany. It says In part: ur very kind letter, just re- ceived, gives me a most welcome op- portunity of expressing, together wgth and happy T have been to work with your Red Cross units during their stay in Germany. Their skill and efficiency has been beyond words of praise, and 1, who have had the pleasure of seeing them at their noble work for almost & year, have been a constant witness and admirer of their unfailing devo- tion. Self-sacrifice and untiring wil- lingness to soothe physical and Men« co-operate | ly been turned over to the German |tal pain and suffering.” TRAIN DERAIL Washington, Dec. 1 veral pas- sengers in the observation car of the Southern railway's north bound New York and New Orleans Limited train were cut by broken glasd last night when the train was derailed near Pelham, according to @ A broken rafl was the cause of the accident CAPT. Saratoga, N. Y., JUDSON DEAD. De 1 Capt, B at the / former pos and for twenty-five the Saratogian, Captain War veteran, and republican politics, | “1 88 years. He was a er of SBaratoga, rs published Judson was a Civil was prominent in City ltems ~——— M “tice Flannagan has resumed after a brief illness. Camp Clara, R. N. of A, will hold | its regular meeting tonight and a full attendance is requested as there will be election of officers. asked to take refreshments, Member®are at St church at 7:46 services Lutheran evening midweek German held this The MEAT ANIMALS CHEAPER. Washington, Deec. 1.—The average of prices of meat animals—hogs, cat le, sheep and chickens—paid toWpros ducers decreased 7.3 per cent. from Jetober 15 to November 15, the de- toda an- last five years the the like period 4.2 15 the index the in On November In figure of prices for these meaf animals was about | ville. 1 1 1 r « v lower than a lower tha threedyears higher than five per cent - ago, five per cent ago, the same and 18.6 per cent years ago CAUGHT. wireless o published reports hat three German submarines had seen caught in a net off the Orkney slands and that their crews ha®®ur- endered were denied today by the, werseas News Agency as “simple - entions.” NO SUBMARINE Dec. 1., ently Berlin by Buy-