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GERMAN PLOT *. . *$3 •i"; •;£.UX8UKG NOTES SHOW KAISER C BUSY IN SOUTH AMERICAN •41 ix. -4- it COUNTRIES. WHlStlONS AGAINST «, S. Messages Made Public by State De­ partment Throw Light on Propa­ ganda Among Southern Repub­ lics--Treachery to Argentina. i * • - Washington, Deo. 22.--Evidence of 1 a German plot to align the nations of « f South America against the United . States is revealed in telegrams sent \ i to Berlin by the notorious Count von E<uxburg, former German charge in Ar- . r'vvjjjt»ntina, made public on Thiirsday by the state department. In one of the messages Luxburg re­ ports that he induced President Iri- goven of Argentina to enter into a secret agreement with Chile and Bo­ livia,, a "mutual rapproachmeut for > protect ton versus North America," and ;his utmost to have Peru Included 1 *"jfti such, &n agreement, Following is the statement of th£ Argentine minister Of foreign affairs given out with the Luxburg telegrams: "The telegrams are all that the Ar­ gentine ministry for foreign affairs re­ ceived frofn the embassy in Washing­ ton, of which the translations were made by the department of state in the United States. "There are three telegrams not pub­ lished, as they allude solely to the republics of Chile and Uruguay. The government has decided that.it should not publish these telegrams and has delivered them to the respective Chan­ el 1 er i os,. „ „ "The telegrams show a number of inn curacies so surprising that no epithet will fit them, as they are at complete variance, both in substance and form, with the terms in which the negotiations were entered into, car­ ried on and brought to a conclusion." The German charge's messages were pent during last July, August and Sep­ tember. All are addressed to Berlin and signed "Luxburg." The disclosures complete the story jpf Luxburg's Intrigues, which began *'hen the state department gave out jfhe famous "spurlos versenkt" (sink frlthout a trace) messages. --7 " - 6UNMAKERS JUSTIFY DELAY Tell Senate Body New U. S. Rifle la Superior to That Uaed by » British. ^CSAbiitigfbn; Dec. 21.--How ord­ nance manufacturers, anticipating the government's war needs, spent rail-' V lions in perparation on the chance . that war orders would follow while ,|he army ordnance bureau refused to j^jfcct, was related on W ednesday by fnanufacturere to the senate commlt- conducting the war inquiry. V The manufacturers agreed, however, .^hat the war department's decision to s Change the type of arihy rifle, even v yfhough it involved delay in'deliveries, was a wise one. because it enabled the . aAmerican army to use a very superior jprade of ammunition. •| The new modified rifle, and also the j'|\meriean ammunition, Vice President ^Itraylor of the Remington company tes- . tified, are regarded as superior to Brlt- ; tsh types. I>R0-WAR RIOTS IN ARGENTINA dMoba Denounce Kaiser When They | Learn of New Plot--Congress to Urge Break. Buenos Aires, Dec. 24.--As the re­ sult of the publication of the tele­ grams sent by Count von Luxburg, the former German minister, to the Berlin 2^foreign office, it again has been neces­ sary to call out mounted patrols to disperse crowds of people who demand- ed a rupture of relations with Ger- "-many. The mob, which was shouting "Long live the\republic!" and "Death 4 to President Irigoven!" was dispersed V after a fight with the mounted pollen •in the Calle florlda. In political cir­ cles certainty Is expressed that con- egress will demand explanations from the government regarding the state of ^affairs as exposed by the Von Luxburg - telegrams. THE GRAND ASSAUL1 y. ARMY LAST WW cuftivrriAS SUOPP L 1 KS KILL 800 "HIINS" IMPOSED BOLSHEVIK! TROOPS ' SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN iklTLI t AT ROSTOV. ! KAISER REJECTS PEACEUfflldS si:jp Aeto/yeK/c &*ninf SHIPS FOR NAVY 19 DIE ON U. S. DIVER SECRETARY DANIELS APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE BODY. ®ET nuSS-jA? TREATY i Lauds U. S. Sailors, Especially Prais­ ing Gun Crews on the Mer­ chant Vessels. Washington, Dec. 21. -- Secretary Daniels and Paymaster General Mc- Gowan of the navy were the first wit­ nesses before the house naval subcom­ mittee. delegated to begin an inves­ tigation into the navy's war activities. Secretary D^ni^ls gave a general review of wj»a{ the navy has been do­ ing, avoiding. as he explained, disclos­ ing any ^icts that would be of value to tlife enemy. He told how the navy Is^ow building 424 capital and other Important ships. Discussing the use of submarine chasers, he said they were regarded as a necessity and there was "no great enthusiasm" about them as a weapon for permanent effectiveness. Naval aviation, he said, has made gratifying strides, but has been ham­ pered by lack of manufacturing facili­ ties. One of the great problems, he said, was to furnish gun crews to merchant ships. "We made these reserve ships," said Mr. Daniels, "a school for gunners, and the efficiency with which these officers have taken hold of the young men and made the young men efficient is really one of the big things of the navy In this war. "When you come to write the story of the war." said he, "one of the most thrilling chapters will be regarding these young men, who went on the merchant ghlps find risked their lives. We have put guns on every ship going Into the submarine war zone that re­ quested It." F-1 IS RAMMED BY F-3 IN HOME WATERS. Five Survivors Are Picked Up--Com­ manding Officer Among Those Saved. Washington, Dec. 20.--Nineteen lives were lost when the American subma­ rine F-1 was rammed and sunk by sub­ marine F-3 in home waters in a fog Monday afternoon. The majority of the men who lost their lives were from California. The F-3 was undamaged and picked up five survivors of her victim. Secretary Daniels announced the disaster in a brief statement which gave no further details. Lieut. A. E. Montgomery, command­ ing officer of the F-1, was among the five saved. His mother, Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt, lived at Fort H. G. Wright, New York. Other survivors are: J. M. Schmissauter, machinist, fa­ ther, Charles C. Schmissauter, Hills City, Tenn.; Henry L. Brown, gunner's mate, father, H. P. Brown, Macon, Ga.; Josept J. Burns, chief gunner's mate, wife, Ruthe Burns, San Pedro, Cal.; John J. Stewart, ship's cook, mother, Mrs. Cella B. Campbell, Huron, S. D. Unconfirmed Rumor Reaches Petro« grad the Brest-Lltovsk Conference Has Resulted in Quarrel--iQ&K mans Ridicule Offer. London. Dec. 24.--The rada, the gov­ erning body of the Ukraine, apparent­ ly is maintaining its determin«*l stand toward the bolsheklkl government. It is reported that it has converted its sympathies with the movement of General Kaledlnes. the Cossack lead- . jjr, into a definite alliance. Advices received from Russia are 16 the effect Unit the bolsheviki commis­ sioners after receiving tlie rada's re­ jection of the bolsheviki ultimatum, sent another one giving the Ukraine a further 48 hours in which to reconsid­ er its refusal to acquiesce in the de­ mands of the bolsheviki government. • Another report received here says that .Odessa now has' definitely.- grtn® over to the side of the Ukrnine. De­ tails of the capture of Rostov-on-Don printed in Petrograd show there were six days of fighfi7ig before the Cos­ sacks entered the town last Saturday. The red guards lost 800 men killed and 1,000 wounded in the fighting. The Cossacks gave short shrift to the red guards, whom they hate. The bol­ sheviki chiefs fied from the town on board warships. The cruiser Kolkvida (Kolchida?) grounded in the river and was destroyed by Cossack artillery. Petrograd, Dec.,24.--There is an un­ coil fi rilled ~report""Tiere~fImF the '.Brest?" Litovsk peace conference has termi­ nated in a quarrel. It is said that the Germans ridiculed Russia's pence terms, whereupon the Russian delega­ tion was recalled. It is said that a great quantity of valuable property has been taken from houses of the rich in Petrograd by the mobs that, have been searching for liquor. BAKER ACTED BEFORE WAR Gen. 8harpe Tells Senate Body That War Department Started-to Equip Army in March. . guwr • , Petrograd Paper Publlahes What It 8ays Is Text of Move 5 Against U. S. yi Petrograd. Dec. 22.--Under the " heading "Secret Treaty Between Japan for Joint Armed Demonstration /Against America and Great Britain in the Far East," the Izvestia publishes what it says is the text of a secret treaty drawn up last year providing for Joint action by Russia and Jnpan to prevent any third country from " achieving political dominance in China. t « --; ' Thwe Flyers Killed In Texas. Fort Worth, T^x.. Dec. 24.--Three f British aviafors, In training here, were fcH;. killed when two airplanes crashed in midair. The dead are: A. E. Weboter, KlngsV'Q; Lieut. R. Jenner, Ontario, J#v"> «tld Cyril A. Baker, Kent, England. HPS Peru Bars Exports. Lima, Peru, Dec. 24.--The exporta­ tion of foodstuffs necessary for home consumption Is prohibited by a bill .adopted by the senate on Friday. Su- P gar Is the chief product exported by POT, ... # Plan New Capital Building. Washington, Dec. 21.--Expenditure •of more than $58,000,000 for land and buildings for'housing all the govern- aitent's activities fn Washington, has l>een recommended to congress by the puttie buildings commission. Will Arrest All Germans. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 21.--The ar­ rest of all Germans who have failed to take out second naturalization pa­ pers was ordered by O. T. Wood, Unit­ ed States Marshal for Kansas, in a tel- Washington. Dec. 24.--Without wait­ ing for congressional appropriation, the war department authorized orders to supply 1.000,000 troops in March before the United States went to war It was brought out on Friday in the testimony of General Sharpe, quarter­ master general, before the senate mili­ tary committee. The committee investigating the sup­ plying of troops went particularly Into ihe shortage in clothing. Secretary Baker, General Sharpe said, authorized orders for clothing and other supplies for the million men just before the war declaration and In June approved or­ ders to equip another half million. The only complaints of supply shortage re­ ceived by the department has been in respect to clothing. General Sharpe said. Kills Son; Mother Slays Him. Montrose* Colo., Dec. 21.--Because he killed his own son, John O. Bush was killed by his mother, aged seven­ ty-two, and his body chopped up and boiled In lye. NEW PEACE MOVE BY KAISER Central Powers Will Consider Arrange­ ment of Peace on Basis of No An* nexations and No Indemnities. Petrograd. Dec. 22.--The Evening Post says the Germans in their plans for general peace proposals to the al­ lies have officially informed the bolshe­ viki headquarters that the central pow­ ers are ready to consider the arrange­ ment of peace on the basis of*no an­ nexations and no indemnities, but point out that "self-deflnltion" of na­ tions is impracticable. KENTUCKY WRECK KILLS 39 Speeding Locomotive Near Louisville Plows Through Three Cars Filled With Passengers. Louisville, Ky„ Dec: 20.--Thirty-nine persons were killed and forty to fifty hurt in a rear- end collision between Louisville and Nashville Passenger trains at Shepherrlsvilie, 23 miles south of here. Passenger train No. 7, bound from Cincinnati to New Orleans, crashed into the Springfleld-Bardstown accommodation train. Steel Output Lags. Toungstown, (>., Dec. ^2.--Approxi­ mately 50 per cent of the steel-mak­ ing capacity of Yotmgstown plants, representing fully 10 per cent of that of the entire United States, is idle from coal shortage. Mexican at Neutral Conference. Mexico City, Dec. 22.--The sudden departure from Washington of Luis Carbrera, Mexican minister, was to go to Buenos Aires for the conference of neutral Latin-American nations, It is stated here. I Gen. Sarrall Is Recalled. London, Dec. 21.--General Sarrall, commander of the allies' armies at Salonikl, has been recalled. . The suc­ cessor of General Sarrall in command of the Macedonia forces, It Is said, will be General Gulllemut. Protests Coal Seizure. Philadelphia, Dec. 21.--William Pot­ ter, state fuel administrator, Is In Washington to protest against further seizure of coal in this city by Direc­ tor lvrusen of the department of health and charities. 17 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK Fourteen Vessels of More Than 1,600 Tons Destroyed by Mines and U-Boats During Week. London, Dec. 21.--Fourteen British merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons and - three under that tonnage were sunk by mine or submarine duriug the past week, according to the admir­ alty statement Issued on Wednesday. One fishing vessel also was sunk. The losses are slightly under those of the previous week, when 14 vessels of more than 1,600 ttQs and seven under that tonnage were destroyed. $6,000,000 PAID TO PACKERS Charged That Meat Magnates Were Given Huge Sum to Keep Plants at Chicago. Washington, Dec. 21.--Sensational disclosures of "high finance" between the Chicago packers and the stock­ yards and terminal railroads there-- and promises of more to come--fea­ tured the session of the federal- trade commission's investigation to get at some of the innermost causes of the Igh cost, of living. '. „ An estimate of $0,000,000 as the amount paid to the packers by the stockyards and terminal railway com­ panies to persuade them to remain in Chicago was made in a letter dated August 18, 1911. and signed by F. S. Moseley & Co., brokers, of Boston. Asked by Commissioner Murdock whether any "melons" had been cut in organizing the new company, Francis J. Henry, in charge of the investigation for the commission, said he would be able to show that the surplus of the Junction company amounting to more than $3,000,000 on a capitalization of $6,500,000 actually had beep paid out in dividends. J. Ogden Armour, It was said, got all the profits over 9 per. cent. ITALIANS TAKE GROUND LOST Drive Foe From Part of Captured Terrain In Azolone Region--Ber­ lin Denies Enemy Gain. • Rome. Dec. 24.--A considerable por­ tion of the ground gulned by the enemy Tuesday In the region of Monte Azo­ lone, on the northern front, east of the Brenta river, has been retaken by the Italians, the war offi?e announces. The positions regained by the Italia»i qrers held, despifte the most violent fl/s? from the enemy's artillery. Berlin, Dec. 24.--Seven Italian at­ tacks against the recently captured Austro-German positions In the region of Monte Azolone were repulsed, the war office reports. Italian efforts to advance at other points on the north­ ern front also are said to have failed. NEXT DRAFT ABOUT FEB. 1 . Alice Nielsen Now a Bride. Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 24.--Alice Nielsen, once one of the most cele­ brated of American operatic singers, and Dr. L. R. Stoddard, a prominent physician of New York, were married in the First Prebyterian church. New York Records Quake. New York. Dec. 24.--A violent earth tremor lasting nearly one hour was re­ corded on the seismograph at Fordham university here. The disturbance oc­ curred at an estimated distance of 3,- 400 miles from New York. State Department Archives at Washington Record the Story of Sissonne. COMMUNE UNABLE TO PAY War Department Plans Contemplate the Listing if 313.000 Men Under New Questionnaire. Washington, Dec. 21.--Plans well laid by the war department contem­ plate the listing for service of the Na­ tional army under the new question­ naire now being answered by the con­ scripted men, of a sufficient force to enable President Wilson to issue a call for a new draft about February 1. Tills call, it Is now expected, will be for 313,000 men, not for 500,000 men, as has been generally believed. U. 8. Officer Wounded. Washington, Dec. 22.--General Per­ shing cabled the war department that Lieut. Samuel Miller of the medical of­ ficers' reserve corps had been slightly wounded while with the British forces. His mother lives in Lakevlli.e, Pa. One Holiday for Miners. Philadelphia, Dec. 22.--Miners are urged to keep all the collieries In Penn­ sylvania at work as a patriotic duty every week day during the holidays, with the exception of Christmas, by tfce anthracite conciliation board. To Trade Prisoner Medics. Berne, Dec. 24.--Germany and France have just completed arrange­ ments for the exchange of medical and ambulance men from prison camps. They will be exchanged by way of Switzerland. Real Meatless Days. London, Dec. 24.--Knglnnd Is to have a real meatless day. Lord Rhodda, the food controller, announced that be­ ginning January 11 dealers would not be allowed to sell meat on one day each week. Australia Is Against Draft. ' Vancouver, B. C., t>ec. 22--First re­ turns from the conscriptlon/pleblscIto In Australia give a majority of 120,- 000 votes against conscription out of about half of the votes cast, according to a dispatch from Sydney. British Lose 17,976 In Week. London, Dec. 22.-r-Rr!tish casualties reported In the week ending December 18 tolled 17,976 officers and men, as follow^: Officers killed or died, 331 • men, 3.1 SI; officers wounded or miss­ ing, 1,039; men, l®,491. Ven Buelow, on That Account, Threat­ ened to Destroy Home of Princs of Monaco, Who Appealed to . President Wilson. The universally condemned Ger­ man system of extorting money from, captured communities is shown by the following documents published by the committee on public informa­ tion: , A striking Illustration of tire fierce brutality of German methods Is con­ tained In the archives of the state de­ partment, because the prince of Mon­ aco appealed to President Wilson against the injustice of a fine imposed upon a small and impoverished vil­ lage. The following documents from the state department archives tell the, •story. They need no comments. "Paris, Oct. 27, 1914. "Secretary of State, Washington. "Prince of Monaco called this morn­ ing and psked that the following case be submitted to the president: "Prince states that General von Buelow for weeks has been Inhabiting prince's ancestral chateau near Reims, historical monument, contain­ ing works of art and family heir­ looms; that Von Buelow has imposed fine of 500,000 francs on village of Sissonne some miles distant from chat­ eau, because of broken glass found on road near village. Sissonne being un­ able alone to pay has raised with a number of other neighboring villages 125,000 francs, but Von Buelow has sent two messengers from Sissonne to prince that dnless latter pays fine for Sissonne the chateau and adjoining vil­ lage, as well as Sissonne, will be de­ stroyed on November 1st. Prince has answered refusing to pay sum now but willing to give his word to Ger­ man emperor that amount would be paid after removal of danger of fresh war Incidents. Prinee now fearful lest returning messengers, as well as male employees on his estate, be shot because of refusal to pay. "I have arranged meeting this after­ noon between Spanish ambassador and prince, to whom I have suggested that matter be presented to German gov­ ernment through Spanish ambassador at Berlin inasmuch as prince's threat­ ened property Is In France. "HERRICK." Von Buelow's Threat. "To the Mayor of the Commune of Sissonne. "It has been conclusively proven that the road between Sissonne and the railway station of Montalgu was, on September 18th, strewn with broken glass alpng a distance of one kilome­ ter and at Intervals of 50 meters, for the purpose, no doubt, of impeding automobile traffic. "I hold the commune of Sissonne responsible for this act of hostility on the part of Its inhabitants, and I punish the said community by levying upon It a contribution of 500,000 francs (five hundred thousand francs). r r "This sum must be entirely paid Into the treasury of the Etape by Oc­ tober 15th. "The inspection of the Etape now at Montcornet has been directed to enforce execution of this order. "The General Commander in Chief of the Army, "VON BUELOW." , Protest of Prince of Monaco. Monaco, Oct, 22nd, 1914. "Sire: "I forward to your majefity several documents-relating to a very grave and urgent matter. "The General von Buelow has caused to be occupied since one month and a half my residence of Marchals, sit­ uated at five kilometers from the vil­ lage of Sissonne. The general has lev­ ied upon the 1,500 inhabitants of this poor ruined village a war contribution of 500,000 francs, of which they are unable to pay more than one-quar­ ter. Moreover, he has sent to me two- emissaries bearing a document in which he threatens to destroy my property and the village of Marchals, over and above that of Sissonne, in the event of my not disbursing myself the sum in question before the end of the month of October. "That Is how a Prussian general treats a reigning prince who for 45 years has been a friend to Germany, and who In all the countries of the world Is surrounded with respect and gratitude for his work. "In reply to the summons of the General von Buelow I have given my word of honor to complete the above contribution in order to avert a hor- , CONDENSATIONS The Filipinos are asking for infor­ mation about how to build American barns. The head hunters of Formosa are making It extrepieiy difficult to take camphor from the forests. Mrs. Harrison L. Smith of Saco, Me., has a Killarney rose bush which, tn spite of freezing weather, continues to bloom. » -- Not far from Victoria Nyanza there Is to be found a large block of almost chemically pure sesquicarbonate of soda covering 50 square miles, which is so valuable that It will probably come In for some consideration in this adjustment of the war. A western railroad company pro-, vides a shower bath attachment in its cars uxed for shipping pigs* The show­ er Is turned on the closely packed ani­ mals at regu'jr Intervals. This lowers the tempera M-e of the car and saves the lives of dozens of the animals. rible action accomplished In cold blood,, but adding that as a sovereign prince I submit this matter to the judgment of the emperor by declare ing that the said sum shall be paid when the Chateau de Marchais will be free from the danger of Inte^lon&l destruction. "I am, with great, respect, your ma­ jesty's devoted servant and cousin, "ALBERT, Prince of Monaco." Latter , Add resed to Von Buelow. "Monaco, Oct. 22, 1914. "To avert from the commune of Sissonne and that of Marchlas the rig­ orous treatment with which you have threatened them, I give my word of honor to remit to his majesty the Emperor William, should the' war come to an end without Intentional damage being caused to my residence or to these two communes, the neces­ sary sum to complete the amount of 500,000 francs imposed by you upon Sissonne. "As a soviereign prince. I wish to deal in this matter with the sovereign who, during 15 years, called me his friend and has decorated me with the Order .of the Knight of the Black Eagle. v "My conscience and my dignity place me above fetlr, as also my per­ sonal will shall elevate me above re­ gret ; -but should you destroy the ) Chateau* de Marchals, which is one of the centers of universal science and charity, should you reserve to this archaeological and historical gem the treatment you have driven to the Ca­ thedral of Reims--when no reprehen­ sible actipn has been .committed there --the whole world will judge be­ tween you and myself. "I tender to your excellency the ex­ pression of my high regard. "AL'BERT, Sovereign Prince of Mon­ aco." J* Deportations and Forced Labor. Until the present war the whole civ­ ilized world has boasted of its advance In humanity. This advance has been marked In many fields, and In none had greater progress been made than in the protection to be given to the private citizen in an Invaded country. As far back as 1863. in the "Instruc­ tions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field," the United States declared: "23. Private citizens are no longer murdered, enslaved, or carried off to distant parts, and the inoffensive In­ dividual is as little disturbed In his private relations as the commander of the hostile troops can afford to grant In the overruling demands of a vigorous war. "24. The almost universal rule in remote times was, and continues to be with barbarous armies, that the pri­ vate individual of th^ hostile country Is destined to suffer every privation of liberty and protection, and every disruption of family ties. Protection was, and still Is with uncivilised peo­ ple, the exception." Reversion to Barbariem. These declarations were made in the midst of our Civil war--one of the world's fiercest conflicts. A half-cerK tury later, after more than 50 years of progress, the German government has gone back to the methods used by "barbarous armies" and "unciv­ ilized people." It has deliberately adopted the policy of deporting men and / women, boys and girls, and of forcing them to work for their cap­ tors ; It has even compelled them to make arms and munitions for us® against their allies and their own flesh and blood. No other act of the German govern­ ment has aroused such horror and de­ testation throughout the civilized world. Thousands^ of helpless men and women, boys and girls, have been enslaved. Families have been broken up. Girls have been carried off to work--or worse--In a strange land, and their relatives have not known where they have been taken, or what .their fate has been. Whitlock's Story of Horrors. In less moving phrases, but In dead­ ly corroboration, the continuation of the report of Minister Whltlock says: "The rage, the terror, and despair excited by this measure all over Bel- glum were beyond anything we had witnessed since the day the Germans poured into Brussels. The delegates of the commission for relief in Bel* glum, returning to Brussels, told the most distressing stories of the scenes of cruelty and sorrow attending the seizures. And dally, hourly almost, since that time appalling stories have been related by Belgians coming to the legation. It Is Impossible for us io verify them, first because It Is nec­ essary for us to exercise all possible tact In dealing with the subject at all, and secondly because there Is no means of communication between the Occupatlons-Geblet and the Etappen- Geblet." Transportation everywhere in Belgium is difficult, the vicinal railways scarcely operating any more because of the lack of oil, while all the horses have been taken. The peo­ ple who are forced to go from one village to another must do so on foot ror In vans drawn by the few miser­ able horses that are left. The wagons of the breweries,, the one institution that the Germans have scrupulously respected, are hauled by oxen. Brazil's coffee crop, It is estimated, will exceed in size the crops of other years. As difficulty has been experi­ enced in slipping coffee to former buy­ ers in Europe, indications are that prices will be low. American manufacturers have built one-handled plows for use In Latin America. Tests have proved the worth and popularity of these imple­ ments. Farmers In these countries can­ not be induced to use a plow having two handles. Foundations which must bear the weight of an eternal life must be, surely laid. George Willet of Saco, Me., has a qlgar made 40 years ago by Cyrus King, who was a clgarmaker. The cigar contains twice as much tobacco as is used in a cigar today. In 1912 South' India produced 1,822^ 743 pounds of green tea, or 37 per ceni of the production from all India; and in 1913, 521,399 pounds, or XQ per cen' of the total production. FATAL DUEL WITH PWTOLS FOUGHT BY BANKERS' IN . BUlLDiNC AT PEORIA*,!^ ] •J?" WIFE ARRIVES * Berne M. Mead Slain by Edward A. Strause Over Fight for Presided- r cy of State Trust and Sav- ings Depository. Peoria, 111., Dec. 26.--Berne M. • Mead, cashier of the State Trust and Savings bank of Peoria, was shot and|^";$v killed by Edward A. Strause, president^ of the bank, In a revolver duel in the' * bank building at noon Sunday. J, Business jealousy over the honor of'^ v„\„J being named president of the bank1 (/^ *, at a meeting scheduled for next week- »^ ^ is believed to have been at the bot- torn of the killing. Mead'was a heavy stockholder in , the bank, and so is . • i Strause. There had been bitter feel­ ing between them for the last two months over control of stoclf. •} ^ Strause, the only living witness to the death struggle, has made no state­ ment, but his attorney, Joseph Weil, has promised one. After the shooting Detective Clifford found Mead lying face upward, arms stretched, and about a foot from his hand was a 38-callber revolver. Clifford saw that Mead was alive and bleeding from a wound in the forehead. Mead died without regain­ ing consciousness. , » While Dr. Albert Weil was examin­ ing the body Mrs. Mead, having an ap- c pojntment with her husband, drove up . * in her automobile. * She heard specta-"" tors say .tfiiat her, hustjand had hepn-K..^-.;'"" murdered. The police refused to lefcw her eqter the building. She threat-. ened to break through the glass dopr and was finally admitted! , Strause was booked on a charge of murder. He gave his agfe as forty six and his nationality as American. Mead was about forty-five. ) j From what was learned by Detec­ tive Clifford, the men must have had a short, fierce struggle. The men fought behind closed doors. One shot had been fired from Mead's revolver and two from Strause's. Coroner Elliott has begun an in­ vestigation. The directors, called together hur­ riedly, issued the following statement: "The tragedy was, to our knowledge, due solely to a personal grievance be­ tween the two men, which extended over two or three years. "The basis was friction resulting from the fact that Mr. Mead, a large stockholder, was serving as cashier un­ der Mr. Strause, the president, wljo had smaller Interests." * The statement then s«ys the negotia­ tions had been pending tor ten days in which Mr. Mead offered to buy out Mr. Strause's $10,000 stock for $13,000. The bank Is solvent, the statement says. It4': PACKERS CONTROL U. S. FOOD Heney, Investigator for- Trade Body, Makes Charge--Prices Are Set at Chicago. Washington, Dec. 26.--Francis J. Heney, special trust investigator for the federal trade commission, stated that the packing interests are in real­ ity a mammoth food trust which has the entire country In Its grasp.. This combination, he asserted, ex­ tends Its control not oaly over the entire meat market but also poultry, eggs, lard products, leather, animal feeds, grain, canned vegetables and fruits. Heney said that compl«teness*of the meat monopoly Is shown by the fact that every stockyard i!» the United States is controlled by the big Chicago packing triumvirate. Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Morris & Co. The Wilson company, which absorbed the1 Sulzberger and the Cudafcy companies, he said, also is "in on the combina­ tion" to a lesser degree. "This trust," said Heney, "we intends to show, absolutely sets the prices tot the American consumer of meats, poul­ try, meat by-products, leather, grain and canned goods, Including meats, vegetables and fruits.'* FOE ATTACKS IN FLANDE!?* Field Marshal Haig fays British Were Driven Back 700 YArds in Ypres Region. London. Dec. 26.--An attack in force^ by the Germans in Flanders was aA-i nounced in a dispatch from Field Mar-|* shal Halg. The Teutons struck the|) British front in the neighborhood olfl the Ypres-Staden railroad. * • Field Marshal Haig aduiita hla ad •anced posts were driven in over front of 700 yards. The German onslaught came after terrific bombardment, and was mad1 under cover of a barrage fire. Stevenson Given U. S. Post. Washington, Dec. 26.--Lewis Oj Stevenson of Bloomington, 111., formef secretary of state of Illinois and sor of the iate Adlal E. Stevenson, was appointed by Secretary of the Navj Daniels chief Investigator of the navy J Eighteen More Luxburg Cablea. Washington. Dec. 26.--Secretary ol State Lansing cabled the Amerlcai minister at Buenos Aires to ascertaii the nature of 18 Luxburg dispatches published by the Argentine government In addition to those made public here. No More U. S. Rifles for Russ. New York, Dec. 26.--Diseontinuan of the manufacture of riUs for Russl by the Westlnghouse Electric an Manufacturing company has been oi dered by the Brltlslj government, whi had supervision over the contract. Costa Rica. Seizes German Paper. San Jose, Costa Rica, Dec. 26.--J Nneva Bra, the last German paper life Costa Rica, was seized by the govern-l ment on account of libelous articlesp against President Wilson and the Brit­ ish prime; mln'.ster, Lloyd George. 'W