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BIG MILITAOY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE ? ' 1*101,000,000 ARMY APPROPRIAg TION BILL PA8SED HAS FEW ' CHANGES. gK. ?: i 1 *" " AVIATION WAS DEFEATED , f-/ * / Artillery Appropriation Is Greatly Inh creased?Some Funds For All * Branches. B . Waahington.?After two days of deon the general staff of the nationKr?l; defense the house passed without a roll ~oall Ihe army appropriation Rllfil/ carrying $101,000,000. ft Advocates of immediate strengthenK;ing of the mtiitary establishment Kfpught to the last for additional ap1 propriations, but their efforts met with E?k> encouragement from either DemoErratic or Republican leaders. Tbe MB roll call on a motion by RepreK eenative Gardner of Massachusetts to ft recommit the bill with instructions to >report back an amendment carrying Ktl.OOO.QOO for aviation was defeated B An amendment offered by Representative Deitr'cfc of Massachusetts and Badopted practically without oppositiosi ft would prohibit use - of stop watches l|?nd other "speeding up" devices in ^connection with so-called scientific W management systems in arsenals and Kwbips. Representaties of union labor KAkve been fighting for this prohibi ration for several years. . jj^Tke house also adopted an amendment by. Representative Tavenner # of :;Bliouls to require that all munitions gitlTOr provided for in the bill shall V* manufactured In . government ^ The bill which caries funds for all ^branches of the army during the imtttog fiscal year, , includes $300,000 ifcp ptirdbase of .25 aeroplanes, and $50,?000 for aa armored motor-car. These litems and efforts to add to them, I tiVi A /I #n?i lrtTirr A ( P/tll O O I f\T% a B{-?MUIDUUU IC7AIO Wk UIU5 UIOVUOOIVUO i^on. use of the aeroplanes and armored ptawtdrraqs in the European war. The K appropriation for field artillery matep rial was increased from $25,000 to i' ^Representative Guernsey of Maine purged a stronger coast defense declar?< Jng that if Great Britain should go to EjJtiGr with the United States over queaR&ons arising from the European war I, "her plan would be to seize the city I- Of Portland, set Maine off into CanI ada overnight and make property and i; life there worth no more than in BelR >gium today." 1*ore<gn tra6e improvement. E^feafea of Foodstuffs, Clothing, etc., r Have Been Unusually Large. 1 Washington.?Marked improvement .in the foreign trade of the United i'-States is reflected in latest reports p;to the department of commerce, and I; official summary of which, says in* gK^ales of foodstuffs and certain ( lines of manufactures have been un Ejpger in'November, the latest r which detailed Information id. In that month exports ed $206,000,000, or double the August last, when, by Reason iltWeaV of. war, our foreign - to t^e' lowest level reached, years. In December there er Improvement, the month's eing valued at $246,000,000, with $23^,000,000 in Decerned within four million of record established in Decemtalysia of the trade figures in the summary of foreign > shows that while American [nerai olls, naval stores, lumagricultural implements are matid abroad than in former ire Is a greater demand in ountries for our foodstuffs, gar; clothing and other man I nfactures especially in Europe. I Summer Practice Cruise. |v . Annapolis, Md.-~.The summer pracI tice cruise of the midshipmen will be ^ through the Panama canal, and up the I' Pacific coast to San Francisco, acI cording to announcement I Alabama Votes Dry Over Veto. I Montgomery , Ala.?Alabama wih L become a prohibition state July 1 unaBttcK'-two related measures which beKVeamo law wihout executive approval. 1hP#W$ a tew hours after Governor l^fienderson had vetoed the bills and asked the legislature to submit thk prohibition question to the voters a.t a fcpecial election, both houses voted down his proposal and repassed the bills by overwhelming majorities. The ; .vote in, the house on repassage was to 29. In the senate it was 24 to 10. " ; r.j 1 . i/IbmIm!< n?kt (14 ivin iwt = WW ?irj|llN? UBUk fl^WViWV. |: f;W?ahlngton.?West Virginia's share pot -, the debt outstanding against Virginia -when the states separated in .1861 was fixed in a special master's : report to the supreme court at more than $12,000,000. The report, presented by Special Master Sharles E. Littlefield after a long series of hearings ? is expected to J>e made the order of -the court The court held in 1911 that W&Bt Virginia must pay $7,100,000 of vtfce principal of the debt, $33,000,000. Participation, In Virginia's assets in 3861 were not decided. fo. Third Canadian Contingent. h Vancouver, B. C.?Gen. Samuel rHughes arrived here to arrange for the enlistment of the-Third Canadian ^j&tingent. The second contingent is Expected to receive orders at any I time td move to the Atlantic seaboard. ^ .The first contingent of 30,000 was ; #ent across the Atlantic in one flotilla ' ^>ut It is believed the second and third be sent in single vessels to avoid '^submarine attacks. A deputation of x "Hindus begged General Hughes to be > allowed to join the colors and the general agreed to take lip the matted/ v:'^ * " - ' ^ '^'^L jjH^M I fflgpffl \^f Bk^wr e^^S^K:^@>9? ^yUftY Jp Hi HANS HELLE Han* Hell* was arretted In New Orleans and admitted he had manufactured an Infernal machine which he intended to ahlp on a British mule transport, timing It'so It would explode in midocean. ' i". , GERMAN AIRCRAFT RAIDS KING AND QUEEN HAD LEFT SANDRINGHAM PALACE BUT SHORT WHiuE BEFORE.. ' ' * , k . ' , V' ' , No /Damage at Sandringham But Some Women and Children Are Killed in Nearby Town*. London. ? German aircraft made their long threatened raid on England and attempted to blow up with bombs the King's Royal residence in Sandringham, County Norfolk. King George and Queen Mary, who have stayed at Sandringham with their family, only the day before retained to London. It is not definitely known whether the raiders were Zeppelins or aeroplans, but Zeppelins were reported as passing over the North Sea in a westerly direction and some believed these were the raiders. The night was dark and cloudy, which made it impossible for the people in the town over which they pass l-V. nf Ctt tu U4DUU5UICU VVCU UiC VUM1UOO V* the raiders, though the whirr of their propellers' and the droning of their motors could be heard. A Zeppelin is reported to have been brought down by a warship at Hunstanton,-a few miles north of Sandringham. Bombs were dropped in Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Sandringham, Cromer, Sherringham and Beeston. Everywhere, except at Beeston, casulties and damage to property resulted. The first place visited was the widely-known seaside resort and fishing town of Yarmouth. A man and a woman were killed, a number of persons were injured and much damage to property was done by the raiders. Their visit lasted less than 10 minutes. Four or five bombs were dropped in Yarmouth. When the attack began the authorities gave instructions that all lights be extinguished and other precautionary measures were taken. Few signs of panic were seen during the raid. Apparently the raiders after visiting Yarmouth, flew over Cromer where they dropped bombs and then went to Sheeringham and Beeston. Turning inland from there they made for Sandringham, dropping explosive missies there and at Kings Lynn, where a boy was killed and a man, woman and a child were injured. Two houses were destroyed. The damage at Sandrigham has not been reported. It is known, however, that the Royal Palace was not harmed. A bomb penetrated a house, but did not explode. Senator Burton Bucks. 7ashington?Republican opposition to the government ship purchase bill took on all the evidences of a filibuster. ' Senator Burton, who talked the rivers and harbors bill to death at the last session, led the attack. No progress was made on the bill excep\ that another day of Senator Burton's speech went into the record. Notwithstandine the determined minority opposition, however, President Wilson expressed confidence over the outcome. He said he thought it "very probable" the bill would be passed. Report Rural Credits Bill. Washington.?Although there may ae no opportunity to enact rural credits legislation at this session Senate Democrats resumed activity on this subject with a view to reporting a bilv in the near future. In accordance with the resolution adopted by the Democratic caucus declaring it the sense of the Senate Democrats that a rural credits system bill be pressed at the earliest practicable date, the banking committee decided to get nnoh a measure before the spnatp Corporations and Labor Problem. New York.?Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland, chairman of the House Labor Committee, testifying at the first session of the Investigation by the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations into the great philanthropic foundations and the causes of Industrial unrest, declared he believed the condition of the individual worker had been greatly lowered since formation of the large Anjorican corporatloni " ,]P)wo Other witnesses,. Ida M. TarbeH,. author and Investigator, and Basil M. Maniey, also testified. . ; . ~ i * . . CONGRESSMAN HAY_ PLEASED WITH ARMY ' 1 " I i ?r? ... | GENERAL DEBATE 9N $101,000,000 ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL 18 COMPLETED. GARDNER WANVS INCREASE Insists That the Country Is Hopelessly 1 Unable to Put Up Fight of Any Consequence. Washington?After an all-day dis- cussion of national defence the house completed general debate on the $101,000,000 army appropriation bill Reading of the measure for amendment has begun with both majority and minority leadei-s urging that action on this and other appropriation bills be expedited to avoid a special session of congress. The feature of the Rebate was a speech by Representative Hay of Virginia, chairman . of the military committee, deprecating war talk and declaring it was not necessary to add a single man to the standing army. The pending bill makee no provision -| for additoins to the army, but meaeuers before the senate military committee with the appixrval of the administration, would Increase the army by about 25,000 men. Represeotatie Garclner, of Massa/ihimatfii on/1 ITohn- nf PAlifnmifl ViST Population 100,000,000 < Washington.?The population of 1 Continental United States will pass < the hundred million murk within the next three months according to. two i estimates made public by the govern- ] ment bureaus. eGogrupher C. D. ] Sloane estimated that the population < would be 100,000,059 at 4 p. m., April 2. Government Actuary J. S. McCoy of the treasury department, calculat ed that it would be 100,016,000 on February 1. ' ' 1 Gutierrez Still Claims Presidency. Washington.?Gen. feutalio Gutierrez, elected provisional president of ( Mexico by the convention at Aguas 1 Calientes, has not abandoned his claim to that office with Ifis depart- ! ure from Mexico City. In a proclamation issued from Pachucah. Guti- r errez asserting that he is the legally j chosen executive, charges that the ( convention which reassembled at ( Mexico City was under military coei* cion. He formally declared Villa, Za- { pata and other generasl deposed from } their commands. Speculation Is Cause. Washington?The Department of Justice investigating at President j Wilson's direction the recent rise in wheat and flour prices, asked the , agriculture and commerce depart- j ments for all available information . relating to production, export and im- ( port in the last two years. It became j i?piffnrt to discover if , flUUYTU iu?fc ?? there is any pool operating in the ( wheat market will center in Chicago t and Minneapolis. The Department re- r ceived a resolution adopted in Chi- ( cago recently. , FiflhtinQ In West. Lnodon?The battle for the trenches in Flanders and France continues aV j most without cessation from the sea { to the Swiss border, in the mud of ? Flanders, the floods of the Aisne Val- ( ley and the snows of the Argonne and < the Vosges, the soldiers of Germany j and theallied nations keep up a continual fight to hold what they possess j] and to take something from that held ( by the enemy. According, to a long I j French official report this method of j ( siege operations has # favored the ' , Allies. li V-U UOTj blW, HUu W. t _ ?-ously insisted that the country's present defeases , w ere inadequate though they agreed wi th Mr. Hay that there was no immediate prospect of :] the United States being Involved in J war. ? "How people can claim," said Mr. Hay, "that these great nations now at ( war, which are exhausting themselves financially and physically, as /soon as the war is over, are going, to turn around and attack the strongest nation on earth is beyond my comprehension. The United States is going ( on noty to mantainx peace with all the world. That Is the policy of this country, not only of the administration but of the entire citizenry. "Nobody wants war. We are not going to do anything to; bring kbout I War. ^All this talk oi our not being I prepared for war and of conditions J have arisen In JSuropo which makes I it necessary for us to go Into large i military expenditures Is absurd. 1 am utterly oposed to a large, stand ing army, to adding a single man to j the present standing army." < ? ??_ l WILL KEEP UP FIGHT. 1 ' 1 Ship Purchase Bill May Prolong 8e* I sion of Congress, Says Leader*. 1 Washington. ? Republican Senators < determined j at a conference xo ngat the government ship purchase bill with i all resources at their command, con- I tinuing the opposition until March 4 < if necessary or even in an extra ses- ] sion, should one be called. < Immediately after the conference 1 the Republicans began action. Sena- i tor Smoot moved that the senate ad> < journ. That was defeated, Demo- i cratlc members, mpst of whom had 1 been absent while Senator Weeks 1 concluded a speech against the ship ] bill, hurrying in on a quorum call. < Senators Lodge and Root served no- < tice that they would speak on the i bill. I Senator Town send then moved to take up the volunteer officers retire- ] ment bill, and the war claims bill. ] Both motions were defeated. 1 "We are not conducting a fllbius-1 1 ter," said Senator Burton, who con- i eluded a three-day speech against the J bill. "Surely no one thinks I was 1 filibustering. I have not even ex- < hausted my material." < LADY SYEIIL GREY Lady 8ybil Grey, daughter of Earl Grey, who la commandant of a corpa of trained nuraea tiring for wounded aoldlera at Howtck Hall; the country eat of her father In Northumberland. RUSSIANS PUSH FORWARD - I ... , . - , CZAR8 TROOPS APPEAR to BE MENACING THE ARMY IN EAST PRUSSIA. ' Sermana and Alllea at Standatill, However Botn ciiim minor sue. cesses Near I,a Boissetle. London.?Characteristic fighting is going on in northern France, where the village of La Dolsselle, 20 miles aortheaet of Amiens, was taken from the French by the Germans and later recaptured by the French. v At this point there has been much work with the bayonet A French unmunition depot Uew up and part )f the village wds destroyed by lire. The Germans, taking advantage of this incident, attacked the French with the steel and drove them to positions beyond. In a fierce counter-attack some hours later the French reCaptured the position. j A French eye-witness with official iuthority gives somo idea of vhe nature of fighting thai, has been going on in the West, ire describes the Rerhtino no?r SnfaarrtVfl 10 davS It CO I is resulting favorably for the Allies but later the wateri; of the Aisne, : swollen by the. heary storms, came iver the banks, washed aWay bridges ind prevented the Allies from sending reinforcements to points where the French troops were being hard pressed by the Germaps. This'resulted in a retirement- of something like i mile and the establishment of a strong front in a good strategic position on the right bank of the river. The long-awaited decisive action in Russian Poland has not developed, probably because of the unfavorable weather conditions which have prevailed for some weeks, but the Russian statements tell small engagements at certain points along the ;renches which indicate preparedness >n both sides to take advantage of any ppeniog that offers. In Galicia the Austrians- ha-ve succeeded east of Zaklilczyn in forcing :he Russians to evacuate their trenches for several miles. No further word has been received regarding Russian operations in Kirlibaba Pass, througn which they exacted to carry t iielr aggressive campaign into Hungary. Wilson Is Proud Grandfather. Washington. ? President Wilson's :alk8 with callers centered mainly ibout the new Whiter Houtie arrival, lis first grandchild, the son of Mr. and Vt-oTi^fa "R Qotrr,* Thnnsanda of congratulatory messages and many presents arrived. The grave look Mr. Wilson has worn since his wife's death was supplanted jy a broad smile, / Maj. Elbert M. Baton of Houston, rex., who was baptized by the late Vfrs. Wilson's grandfather, was one jf the first to congratulate the presiient. A toy Princeton tig<T for the Sayj-e >aby was given to Prssident Wilson >y a committee from the Princeton Uumni Association. Fiussians Claim Successes. Petrograd.?The general Btpff of the Russian army gave out an official comnunicatlon reading as follows: "On :he left bank of the River Vistula we lelivered a counter-attack on tbe light of January 17 anil we reoccupied :ertaln trenches near the village of Jie Goumlne which the enemy had japtured the night of Jmuary 16. The Jerman detachments defending these xenches were virtually annihilated. , rhe subsequent effortu made by the jnemy in this locality to attack were without success. "Billy" Sunday in Washington. Washington.?"Billy" Sunday, the evivalist, visited Washington, called it the White House and later talked to ' some 5,000 people about "if Christ 1 ;ame to Washington." Government < jfflcials were iu the big audience that ] utMied to the baseball evangelist. vbo climbed on a table and warned lis hearers that "God n:ust be served." 1 Jhamp,Clark,. presided over the meet- 1 ng and Secretary Br Iran',. Attorney < Jeneral Gregory, Secretary Lane a^d .J r. P. Tumulty, Secretary ot tlie Presi- .1 lent Bat on tii'e platfom.' * ' 1 DEPUTY SHERIFFS 1 UNDER INDICTMFNT CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER BE- j 1NG BROUGHT A8 RE8ULT OF j SHOOTING OF 8TRIKERS. j . . . t ' ' I ENTER PLEA NOT GUILTY G tl Labor Leaders Address Strikers Urg d ing Them Not to Arm Themselves ? and to Refrain From Violence. P ft Roosevelt, N. J.?With 22 deputy p sheriffs named as defendants In a blanket warrant charging manslaughter, investigations were under * way by' the Federal Industrial Rela- ? tlons (commission and the nrosecutor .! of Middlesex county Into the shoot- *J ing here of 19 striking employes of r the American Agricultural Chemical Company. ( One striker died from his wounds B and several others are in a serious t] condition. , r Twenty-one of the accused deputies pleaded not guilty when arraigned be- 6 fore County Judge Daley and were tj released on bail of $2,000 bonds fur- r nlshed by a surety company/ They were sent back to guard the company's property. Counsel for the oth- ? er deputy named in the warrant said his client would plead at once. C Investigators representing the Industrial Relations Commission expect, to complete their inquiry. Mean- n wMle county authorities plan to a place evidence* before the grand jury. Laljor leaders addressed the strik- ? ers at a meeting, urging them not to 11 1 J A oral laeiusoiveo auu iu icuaui uuw violence and not to congregate in the * streets or near the company's plant's. E The.strikers discussed without tak- a ing action a suggestion to appoint a * committee to meet representatives of " the company with a view to settling the wage dispute which resulted in a their quitting work. 'fljj ' a FLEE FROM MEXICO CITY. J 1 M? ,> b Convention Forces Evacuate?Carran- c ra Troops Are Near. a . WaBhingotn? Advices from Mexico h City indicated that the Mexican cap- to ltal soon would be evacuated by the convention forces. Cairanza troops ft are reported at Apam, within 50 > miles of the city. p State department dispatches said c General Villas followers "were leav- ?i Ing for the North" but did not ex- * plain whether the movement was gen- a eral or merely preliminary to evacua- I ti<ta a The last dispatch from Mexico City, n was summarized in this announce- ^ ment from the state department: ^ t "A dispatch from Mexico City states that the followers of-General; d Villa are leaving for the North and si It is Reported that the general officers n of the National Railway are to be at Chihuahua. a "A report was current in Mexico ii City on the nineteenth that a large- a force of Carranzistas was moving In S the direction of Apam. d "Thin convention still continues its sessions, and has adopted the first two F articles of the proposed plan o$ gov- lj eminent. A manifesto has been Is- c sued filing on the Mexican nation to support the convention. General' a Villa-^as confirmed a scommander-in p chief and was given a complimentary si vote of confidence. tl "The department is Informed that General Villa was expected to arrive l? at Aguas Calientes on the night of the F eighteenth and that so far not many . d troops have deserted him." o: U Germans Dropped 20 Bombs. ^ London.?The German airships? q for they are thus described by the ?] German official report?whcih raided # the coast towns of Norfolk county ^ dropped 20 or more bombs. Tne mis- p: siles killed four persons, Injured 10 8] or more and did considerable damage, g A report that a fifth person, a soldier, . had been killed, proved incorrect. ]e Yarmouth and Kings Lyon, the larg- tl est towns visited, suffered the heav- n, lest damage. tl r< Schiff and Belmont Testify. New YDrk.?Jacob H. Schiff, banker ^ and Uniled States reriresentative of m the Baroi de Hirsch Foundation, and $1 August Belmont, director in many <j> public service corporations, testified y. before the federal commission on in- w duBtrial relations Inquiry into the administration of great philanthropic a, foundations and the cause of Indus- tl trial unrest. Both asserted that 0] boards of directors with which they flj associated paid no atention to labor ^ conditions until trouble seemed immi- ja nent. ^ bi To Overthrow Villa and Carranza. V) El Paso, Texas.?A movement has 'fC been started in Mexico to eliminate both Carranza and Villa, it was lear ea in autnenuc reports rrom me mte- ^ rlor. Gen. Alvaro Obregon, Carranza's tl chief, heads the movement with Gen. Eulalio Gutierez, the national conven- ^ tion's provisional president, who recently fled from the capital. They ^ have aerreed together and with several * of the Carranza and Villa leaders, it Is p reported, to organize an independent movement to establish a lasting peace. ^ In Mexico. ^ New Coast Guard. Washington.?A coast guard, created by consolidating the revenue cut- G ter and life-saving services, is provid- si =?d for in a senate bill passed by the ei House. Ce The coast guard, with its 4,300 offi- ^ iers and men, will be an auxiliary to ce the navy in time of war. The conaoli- sr Jation will give life-savers retirement md longevity pay privileges. The te meastier calls for an estimated in-, creased expenditure of $397,700.. ' ' 1 V i THE EURO! | DAY B I A WEEK'S H CONDENSED FOR O January 22.?The German airship* -for they ere thus described by the erman official report?which raided ae coast towns of. Norfolk county, ropped twenty or more bomfcs. The ilsslles killed four 'persons, injured in or more and did considerable roperty damage. A report that a fth person, a soldier, had been killed, roved incorrect Battles both in the east and the est now consist largely of artillery ngagements, with occasional infanry attacks. The French claim furier progress in the region of Polnt-A(ousson, to which, military men. at? i tl U tvu uiuvu iiuyiiiuuko. 4-(- is yivumd that the Germans will launoh a eavy offensive as they did with great access at Soissons, to put a stop to tie French advance towards the oads leading to Metz. The Germans captured jnore trencha in the Argonne, but, according to lie French official report, they were etaken. The only point of importance disposed by official statements, is an inImation in the Berlin communication, tiat the Germans have 'undertaken a ounter-offensive in Alsace. . In Poland and west Galicia the Geriana and Austrians continue isolated ttacks against the Russian lines, rhich, according to the Russian reort, have been repulsed with heavy >ss to the attacking forces. I The Russians are advancing slowr through the mountains separating tukowina and Trensylvania, and are pproachlng Dorna-Watra, atown of ome importance near the Roumanian. order. It la bell eyed the Turkish Caucasian rmy will not retire to Erzerum, but 111 be ^ut In readfnes*, for defensor gainst the Russians when they deid e to advance. It is considered kely, however, that the Russians will e content tar the present with sueesses already gained, in this region, nd turn their attention to the Turk}h forces in Azerbaijan before invadlg Turkfcy. . January 21?An air raid on the Britih ijrlea with towns in the country of forfolk as its objective and the royal esldence at Sandringham as its espeial mark ie the latest enterprise nnertaken by the Germans, Bombs rere dropped near Sandringham palce. Other bombs fell on Yarmouth,' t.mhi PmmAr Qhorrinffhum Uilg D M/UU VIVW?i|| -- v u wrn . nd Beeston. The pasuali^y list has pt yet been made up, but it is known iat several persons were killed and bat considerable damage was done. One report has it. that a Zeppelin Irigible wad brought down by a warbip at Hunstandon eight or ten miles orth of SanMngham. The royal residence. was not dam* ged, although it is said bombs, fell 1 the king's estate. ' King ' George nd Queen Mary only recently left aqdringham to resume their resience in Buckingham palace. Fighting is going on in northern ranee at certain points, but generalr along the line in the 'West there is omp$rative quiet. In the East the Russians apparently re carrying out an envelopment in , oland, while the Germans express aiisfaction with the situation and le progress of their own campaigns. The German chief of staff and mlniter of wlt, Lieut Gen Erich von alkenhayn, in a statement to the efinite prediction as' to the length f the war, said it was possible for it > go on indefintely; that the advanige thus far had bene with the Gerians; that nothing could force the ermans to stop fighting, and added: [f in this war to crush a nation whoee [Tense is that, tlrough industry and ard work, it has prospered and is rosperous, we should go down, we 3all go down with honor, fighting to ie last ditch and the last , man." January 20.?Characteristic fighting i going -on in northern Prance where ie village of Le Boisselle, 20 miles ortheast of Amiens, was taken from ie French iby the Germans and later icaptured by the French. At this point there has bees much ork with the bayonet. A French amlunition dep9t blew up and part of le village watt utjairuyea uy cuo um he Germans, taking advantage of lia incident, attacked, the French ^captured the position. A French eye witness with official ithority gives some idea of the naire of fighting that has been going i in the west. He describes the ?hting near Soli&sons 10 days ago as jsulting favorably for the allies, but ter the waters of the Aisne, swollen 7 the heavy storms, came over the inks, washed bridges away and preanted the allies from sending rein?rcements to points where the French oops were being hard pressed by ie Germans. This resulted in a Terement of something like a mile and le establishment of a strong front i a good strategic position on the ght bank of the river. The long awaited decisive action in ussian Poland has vnot developed, obably because of the unfavorable eather conditions which have preilled for some weeks, but the Rusan statements tell of small engage CAN HUM I inutr iroi i el. t . General Field Headquarters of the erman Array in France?"More of ich offensive (referring to the preslt offensive operations of the allies) in only be welcome to us." "The British are good fighters, but i army without the necessary offitb and non-commissioned officers is ;arcely an army." "We are fully prepared for any atrmpt at a landing in Belgium. The -: I ' ' ' Jt V DAY ] 1APPENINGS I UR BUSY READERS | M JMata at certain point# aknifc the trenches which indicate prepararedness on both sides to take advantage df;toy opening that offers. # In Galicia the Austrians have sueoeeded, east of Zakllczyn, in forcing the Russians to evacuate their trench- ; ea.-for several miles. ~ , r, mw? _n??? nalo-lnm January TfT-'r"yrr > v> and Prance and the Russian* in Po? land are making' progres* against ttelr enemies, a^din* to late* official statements from Paris and Petrograd. The German advance on Warsaw apparently has been checked; while Russia, advance columns have captured'the important pass-of Kirlibaba, leading from Bukowina Into Hungary. , ' ; The Turks ln the Gancaatift h%v;e not met with another dtea^ter In the n^gh^. borhood of Kara Urtin. ? dispatch' from Tiflis, asserting the Seventh Turkish corps having been rooted'antf :., ;; :, all JtH artillery caplttceo. Much of the flghttn* in Belgium hps * evacuate trenches in the Great'Dalie. 150,000 men, and flxw 'the? German p . . li lo?f?s at - less^ TM Germans in pae. 3* capture! sdnle trenches near Careqcy, but their attacks elsewhere, particularly nefcr IpUrey, south of T)b&mna^j'. where they have been most violent, have not been so successful. The Germans have displayed mjtch activity in their effort to recover ground they lofet during the Allies' > offensive, undertaking latfe in Decern* r ber. Their efforts are interpret^ iii; ' / some quarters as an attempt to resume a general offensive. With the ; , ground soft military men.in London do not believe the Germans wjUlmake any such effort, but as silccess may depend to a large extent on a surprise, they may attempt the unexpected. The Austrian*, like their Allies, have brought forward heavy artillery and are trying to stop the RussiwMgffl army, which, if it gets across the Dun&jec River again will threaten . r CracoV. The Russians have mounted guns on the crests of the Carpathians to ward off the Austro-Gennanforces reported to nave oeeu org&mrou v* protect Hungary, from .nvaHjoa, while in Bukowina they aro concentrating for an advance Into Transylvania. Thus any Austro-German army which advances in Hungary will be open to attack from both north and east. January 17.?The battlefield to the northeast of Sols sons, where a severe engagement has been in progress for several days, remains the centre of * vy , interest in the western theatre of war. Here the Germans appear to h&Ve gained Important successs, retaking/^, ground from the Prencn by furious assaults. In the east the Russians are active* ly pushing their campaign in East V Prussia and in northern Russian Po-^ land, although no decisive conflicts are reported from those districts. v; in_i A thai tha flAnVlQT1? XOUUgl au l\7|A/t VO WW. ? _ failed in tome important attacks on the Russian advance columns in the region of Loetzen, East Prussia, and retreated after having suffered heavy losses. . r A report from the general staff of the Russian army in the Caucasus I.-:' dated Wednesday says that on that date the fighting in the vicinity of Kara Urgan, Turkish Armenia, continued and that the Russians had captured many more officers and soldiers. The pursuit of the Turkish > troops, defeated recently at ORi, 55 miles west of Kara, is being cdntinu- ' J ed. The Russians were continuing successfully to force the Turks out of / I the Transtchoruk region. mism, of Lieut Gen. Erich von ' Falkenhayn, the German minister of; war and chief of staff of German fl armies in the field, who today granted 9 the Associated Press the first intej/w view given any correspondent. / The general talked frankly of the military situation and the prospects of the war which he does not expect V will be a short one. Gen. von Falkenhayn Is -the man responsible, under the emperor, for jj&g German strategy in the great world war. He is the youngest of any; tho leaders of the