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Hawaiian Star. Vol. XXI 1 1. No. 7427

14 PAGES HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 191G -14 PAUES

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FORT SIlAfTER TO

LIOuE TIKI 7000

r Three Additional Regiments, at

v Full War Strength, Likely

- ' to Come This Year

NEW BARRACKS COSTING

; $1,000,000 ARE NEEDED

; Cantonments of Semi-Permanent

Type May Be Built Twp

- Stories High on New Plan v

If Diana which are under consldera

" Hon here' and which will be recom-

mended to the war department : at

' ' Washington are approved three new

' redmenta of Infantry will be stationed

. at Fort Shafter before the close of

thla year, Jn addition to the 2nd

fantrr. already mere. un!tne.war.

. footing at which regiment onOabu

are kept, an infantry Teglment con-

V '.:, slsts of 1800 men , and 61, officers.

When the three new regiment are In

quarter at Fort Shafter the strength

of the garrison there will be 7200 men

; .and 204 officers, exclusive of the men

of the Hospital and Signal Corps sta

- tloned at the post, ' ' " . '

In order to provide cantonment of

a semi permanent type for the troops,

, ' an appropriation of about $1,000,000

V will be asked for . new buildings at

, t Fort Shafter," and local contractors

' have had reliable Information that It

is proposed to spend this sum to erect

barrack for the three new regiments.

: New Type of Buildings. -

. ; The ground available for building

purpose at Fort Shafter Is not ex

tensive, and In '.order to economize

space the Quartermaster's department,

. It Is said, has evolved an entirely new

.' . : type of building. . . j-i '-.

Capl Darld I Stone, constructing

quartermaster, today said he could not

'give out any Information about pro

rosed work at Shafter, as no plan

had been approved. , . ..- ,

1 , Most of the Information about the

. new cantonments and the coming of

th three regiment comes i. from

forces other than the xesular, army

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If plans for, the new type of can-

r Y '"ent..at Fort Shafter are adopted,

r t 3 barracks will bo convenient, com

. fc ruble and huilt-to last for a longer

Irriod than the temporary barrack

v.l.lch arc being used at many post

. Icre now. '; , ..;.y .;.v.

Preterit Barrack No Good. ' h

These are frame shack, .leaky and

uncomfortable,- and a .large sum of

money was lost at Schofield' Barracks

.Tfcently wheij fianiber ot barrack

Llew down In , heavy kona gale.

The new barrack plans are said to

: c:i for two-story hulldings, with day

rooms, barber shops, etc. en the low-

r floor, an.d quarters for the men

' i : ave. -i-' i " - ;

While there is some doubt whether

- the sum of 11,000.000 can beobtained

. for building .permanent" barracks. In

addition to other large appropriations :

.w Uch have been asked. It Is thought

Cat the agitation for preparedness

will have some effect on Congress and

that the money may be granted.

- This will only be the first of a great i

noust of building which Is to be ;

clcne here. Beside the barracks fori

tr.9 new Infantry regiments, 1 there

v ::i be at least one other regiment of

artillery or cavalry ordered to Oahu.

New quarter also are needed for regi

ments now at Schofield. ;sr: , - -

DE FRIES MAKES LOW

DID ON FOUNDATIONS -FOR

BOWLING ALLEYS

H.'K. De Fries was lowest bidder at

S27 with, 25 working day, for the

construction of foundations - for the

armory bowling alley, when bids were

opened this morning in the depart

ment works. V-;.; :-

Other bids we're a follows: D. B.

Cummins, J8$0, with 20 working days;

J. G. Correa- Construction Company,

J3 18, with 50 working daysrThomaa

.Nott, 31122, with 20 working days.

Awards will be announced later.

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Op

Up

Visitors

V Our office was swamped this ; morning with Matsonia

and , Great Northern passengers CLAMORING for.

Rooms.:. Our accommodation Estwas exhausted and many

strangersr-OUR GUESTS are wandering all over the

town looking for a place to sleep. ' . r

V YOUR EXTRA ROOM JwiLL HELR OUTI

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'.' . Imagine yourself, with a pocketful of money, being un

able to get a room in a strange town. - PHONE US AT

Hawaii Promotion Gommittee

V:-,-PHONE 2345! ':r

NEW YORK STOCK

I MARKET TODAY

Ycster.

Today, day.

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Colo. Fust A Iron

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Crucible Steel

Erie Common ' . .

General electric

General Motors

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170

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451 bid 450

Great Northern Pfd...,. 121'a

Intem'l Harv; N. J..... 110J4

New York Central ....$1052

Pennsylvania . . ........ 56J4

Southern f adf ic ....... 99

Studebakir ..145

Tennessee Copper ..... 554

Union Pacific 133

U. S. Steef ... . . . ....... 82a

U. S. Steel Pfd.... 116

Western Union ........ Wz

WestinghDUse Electric . 65

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SUGAR

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Feb. 1

Sugar: S6 degrees test, 4.70 cents.

Previous quotation, 4.765 cents. -!

F. C. ATHEItTON OK

v. :i coaiTEE

First Tsne Resident of Hawaii

Has Seen Etected Member

pof Body of 100:

Notification that he ha bten elect-

ed a member of the International Conv

'ffiltteerif the xV.1t: C A . wa re

ceived tpday by F, CAtherton, pres

ident ' of Jhe', Honolulu Toung Men

Christii Association. ThI Is the first

time I resident of the .Hawaiian Isl

ands lis been honored with election

to this body, according to Paul Super,

generfl secretary here.? I .! '

Mr.iAtherton received word of hi

electki from Dr. John R. Mott, gener

al sedetary of the committee, which

has peryialon of Y. M. C A.; work

in Ni th America, Japan.- China, the

fnuir mes. South America, parts of

India! and scattered points such as

Cairo! Beirut and Constantindnle. -

Tha-e are 100 member in the In

terna lonal Committee, which Include

such epresentative Americans as Al

fred . Marling of New York, chair

man; William Sloan and WUlIam D.

Mnrny, both well known to Honolu

lu Yxle men, vice-chairmen; F. W.

Ayeri Philadelphia; Clarence Dodge,

Colo&do Springs; CoL Halford, U. S.

A.; 1. M; Schoyer. vice-president of

the Pennsylvania lines; Judge Spen

cer fcf St. Louis: S, M. Woodward.

Wasilngton, D: C; Joshua Levering,

Baltimore: Cyrus MeCormick. Chica

go; Cohn ' T, Mott. New York; J, G.

Canion, president of the Fourth Na

tions Bank, New York; Richard Col

gate New York; TsT. W. Harris of Chi.

cagdj now visiting in Honolulu; Prof;

J. At Jenks, financial adviser to Chi

na, tad George W. Perkins, New York.

Mi Atherton's election 1 of special

interest In .view of the fact that Paul

Super becomes one of the , Intern v

tioiuU secretaries of the committee

March '1, with headquarters In New

xorj nd traveling in North Ameri

ca aid the Orient : -

CREW OF YASAKA MARU

;' i ; SAFE BACK IN JAPAN

(Special Cable' to Hawaii Shlnpo.)

TOKIO, Japan, Feb. 1. The captain

and crew of the Yaaaka Maru, which

was sunk in the Mediterranean aea by

a submarine, arrived at Kobe today.

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DRITfSII COLOnS

Manager of Gas Company Giv

en Leave of Absence and

Will Go to England; Boer

War Veteran

Harry L. Strange, for six and one

half years manager of the Honolulu

Gas Company, will leave in a few

weeks for England to join the British

colors. He is a South African war

veteran. t

His resignation was tendered to the

director of the gas company at their

annual meeting this morning but was

not accepted. The directors. In ap

preciation of his capable work as man

ager, declined to accept the resigna

tion but gave him a leave of absence

until January 1, 1917. He will leave

here early in March. .

Mr. Strange ha been in Honolulu

for nearly ;10 years. He is English-

born, He was a volunteer in the South

African war and saw two and a half

years of service then. ,V-r ;

He declines to say this morningfthat

he intends to join the colors but that

is what his friend have been told he

wilt do. He would only say today that

he Intends to go to England.

LOCAL OFFICE

Assistant Traffic Manager and

New Honolulu Agent Ar

i rive on Matsonia ; '

Arriving; In Honolulu on the Mat

sonia today to open a passenger and

freight office for the bigSanta Fe rail

way system, W, a.; Bisaell, assistant

traffic manager, and H. ..Vernoo,

who. $riy 'Cieragenl; teret Were, at

once struck with; the fact that' there

1 a lot of passenger business in sight,

anyway. - f V ii, t ; ' s :

vflot they Immediately found diffi

culty In getting even temporary hotel

accommodations : " and - Mr. , Vernon

when last seen this afternoon was try

ing to find a temporary home. Every

ng was "full up. He is accompanied

by Mrs. Vernon and their two daugh-

tervw- y-: ,. a - '- .

For, year Mr, Vernon has been In

Portland and has in railroad circles

the reputation of ; a keen business.

getter. ; ;'v i--; ;

We will be in the field for passen

ger business and for Inbound freight

business," he said today. "We under

stand that the outbound freight I

practically all sugar and pineapple,

and as the sugar is not carried by

rail, there is comparatively little out

going freight traffic.' i, "

Mr. Blssell will remain for a short

time and then win return to the

states. : ; -j '

No location has been plcked for the

company' offices here as yet.' but it

is expected one will be chosen within'

a short time. V :.

"Preparedness' ha been the slogan

of the Hawaii Promotion Committee

and will be until after the Carnival.

According to Albert P. Taylor, secre

tary of the committee, the office was

packed, today with visitors inquiring

after - accommodations, and, with the

two steamers in port at the same time

the force at the Promotion Committee

office was kept busy throughout the

morning. - :

"We had things in such shape that

every one who called at the office to

day has been taken care of aa far as

we know,- said Mr. Taylor. At the

present : time we can . accommodate

from 20 to 30 more people with the

list of rooms we now have on hand.

A number of the tourists returned to

the office today, after visiting their

rooms and stated that they were per

fectly satisfied with the arrangements.

The Hawaii Promotion Committee

will call a special meeting in the near

future when members of different as

sociations in the city will be asked to

lend their assistance in planning a

campaign to take care of the tourists

who will arrive during the Carnival.

The committee will aso take up with

the Great Northern the proposition of

housing the passengers on that ship

during the stay in the city.

The Promotion Committee has

urged the people of the city to submit

a list of the rooms that can be used

by the visitors. Although there are

still a few. rooms left at the. Hawaii

Promotion .Office, the committee feels

that there are many who have not yet

secured accommodations. Tourists

who have not as yet been taken care

of are requested to call at Hawaii Pro

motion .Committee office. .

-trWe have given rooms to all who

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RECORD THRONG

: ROOMS AT LAST

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BEST OF CHANCES

Proposition to Take $250,000

- Annually From Customs Re

ceipts Favored, Says Forbes

CONGRESSMEN FRIENDLY

TO HAWAII'S INTERESTS

Military Affairs Committee At

tentive' to -Arguments for

Belt Road for Oahu

That national legislation for Hawaii

looks exceedingly good, and that the

feeling which the legislators In Wash

ington have for, the territory is very

gratifying, is the statement made by

Superintendent . of Public Works

manes n. r oroe iuih moruing oa uib

return from a Islt' of several week

In the national capital, where he has

been working in the interest of terri

torial affairs. ? . a

Mr. Forbes came in on the Mauna

Kea, getting , in ahead of the Great

Northern, on which he made the trip

to Hilo. ,:

"Of all the proposals which I took

up in committee hearings." said Sup-

erintendentlForbe, "that one provid

ing for 1250,000 to be taken from the

customs receipts and turned over to

the territory annually for a period of

years, met with- the most favorable

comment." Thefmoney. if obtained.

will be used for waterfront improve

ment. ' i.-''r.

"At the close of hat hearing sever

al members . of the committee were

ready to vote upon it,, but wanted to

wait tmtil they had checked over the

figures I provided, to see If they cor

responded with those in the treasury

office, and also' with he . figure oi

the federal engineers,

Chance For Nawttiwili. "

"I took nx with the Rivera and Han

bors.CommHtee Vthe question - of ap-'

propriatlooa fof NawlIIwlll Kahulul

and Kallhi, and though the bills have

not yet passed, it has not been decid

ed yet that, they will not be.v;severai

members of the committee are hold

Ing out for new projects." ; t- .

Forbes had a hearing ou the belt

road before the military affairs conv

mitt and laid both' commercial and

military - arguments before 5 them,

though he spoke chiefly of the com

mercial advantages of such a road. .l

Gen. W. H. Carter, former cohthiand

er bf the ; Hawaiian : Department and

Gen. M. M. Macomb, president of the

(Continued on page; two)

Washington and the attitude of hlgn

government official and congressmen

toward Hawaii and the needs of the

territory will be subject to be dealt

with tomorrow at the regular weekly

noon luncheon of the Honolulu Ad

Club. '

Charles R. Forbes, superintendent

of Public Works, who returned to Ho

nolulu today from the mainland,

where he spent many weeks at the na

tional capital-on behalf of the terri

tory, will be the chief speaker at the

luncheon, and the information he will

Lave to impart Is counted as certain

to draw a record breaking crowd.

applied today, and could accommodate

15 or 20 more," said General Manager

T. B- Thiele of the Young, Moana,

Royal Hawaiian and Seaside hotels at

S o'clock this afternoon, "but you can

quote me as saying that the meanest

man in the world is the man who

makes hotel ' reservations in advance

at a rush time like this and then falls

to notify us if he changes his mind."

Mr.. Thiele said that at a rough esti

mate he would place at 600 persons

the total number of guests now being

taken care of by the hotels of which

he is general manager. "This " morn

ing there was some confusion, but by

11 or 12 o'clock we were able to

straighten It out, when we released

rooms which had been reserved in ad

vance but for which the parties mak

ing 'reservations failed to call within

a reasonable time," be said.

The Promotion Committee directed

a number of persons to the Young,

and they were accommodated by noon,

after rooms which had been reserved

but not called for were released by

the management. This afternoon the

Young's spacious lobby was more

crowded than' it has been at any time

this winter to date.

FOR $AtiE

A 5-passenger car and road

ster in goodcondition. Tel. 3230.

FORBES TO TELL

OF WASHINGTON

TRIP ATLOPICH

GERMAN OFFICIAL

CABLEGRAMS

I

The following cablegram from offi

cial German sources was received today:-.;

.

"German Headquarters, Feb. 1. On

the night preceding January 31 small

English detachments made a third

raid agJnst German positions west

of Mesarnes, Flanders, At ope place

they gained a German trench for a

short while but were all later ejected.

"Near Frlcourt, east of Albert, Ger

man fire hindered the enemy -from

occupying a crater which had been

blasted out. North of this German

patrols advanced to English positions

and returned with several prisoners

and themselves had no losses.

"South of Somme the FrencAvlost

more terrain in hand grenade engage

ments. "An airship of the Teutons attacked

air craft and aviation depots of the

Entente Allies at Saloniki harbor with

good success, as stated by the observ

ers." Response to Plea for Prepared

t ness Up to Expectations, '

It is Stated :

Associated Pnu by Tsdsrsl Wtxsltssl,.

)ES MOINES, Ia Feb. 1. Presf-

dent -Wilson is -passing through. Iowa

today cn his speech-making tour on

behalf of the "preparedness" program.

His principal speech, will v be at Des

Moines tonight Members 'pf the par

ty. have stated that the warmth of the

reception given the President by the

crowds en route and the response o?

the people generally to hi pleas have

fully realized advance expectations.

SG0LI1S GO

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Asscl4 Praw by Ttittal Wtrslsssl

LONDON, Eng, Feb.. 1-The Mon

golian insurgents who have risen

against Yuan Shlh-Kai have crossed

the Great Chinese Wall and. their ad.

vance guard of 2000 is besieging Da-

Tum-Fa, according to a despatch from

Renter's Agency correspondent at

Mukden. - ' . ; i

(8peclal Cable to Nippu JUL) -:

TOKIO Japan, Feb. I Yuan. Shlh-

Kai has applied to the English minis

ter ,at Peking for assistance in secur

ing peace with the revolutionists. He

asked that the English minister re

quest the English consul at,' Yunnan

Fu to arbitrate the difficulties be

tween Yunnan and Yuan Shlh-Kai.

The ; English minister, at Peking po

litely declined to submit Jbe peace

proposition: This is the second ef

fort that yuan has made, toward peace

in the past fortnight. ; 'i . . -

Associated Prtts by edtrtl iWUsIms

WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1. The

"lost" submarine K-5 has been locat

ed. She is proceeding to Key West

under her. own power, according to a

wireless : today from the . destroyer

Sterrett, .which has been searching

the seas for the diver. Early thla

morning the K-5 was 10 miles off Mi

ami. It is not explained why the craft

did not put in at Charleston, South

Carolina, with the other submarines

on the cruise. . . , "

FLOODS WHICH MENACED

MIDDLE STATES ARE NOW

REPORTED AS SUBSIDING

Associated Press by fsdersl WirelMs

CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Reports from

many points In the middle states show

that flood conditions generally have

Improved . and the danger of further

damage or greater loss of life Is les

sening. ;

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1. Snow

falls ranging from five -to seven feet

have fallen in 24 hours at several

points in the higher altitudes. The

railroads are badly hampered.

NO CHIMES 0RSTRIKING

CLOCKS TO AID AIRMEN

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JAssctsUd ru br rederal WirsUss.

LONDON, Eng, Feb. L As a pre

cautionary measure against German

air raids the authorities have ordered

a discontinuance of chimes and strik

ing clocks between sunset and sun

rise, so that the buildings, cannot be

located from above.

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The First National Bank of Wart

race, Tena., closed its doors recently.

PEOPLE GIVING

VARil! WELCOME

1

AUSTRIA REFUSES ALL DLfl WE

FOR PERSIA'S LOSS; SII

STEAMER mm GERM K

ONE OF WAR'S MOST REMARKABLE INCIDENTS LEARNED

AS LOST BRITISH LINER IS SAILED INTO AMERICAN

PORT WITH TEUTON PRIZE CREW ABOARD GEN. VON

DER G0LTZ REPORTED BELEAGUERED AT ERZERUM

Associated' Press Service by Federal W'ireless. . V

LONDON, Enj;., Feb. 1. More than J 00 people were killed arid :

injured by bombs dropped by a 'fleet of German Zeppelins which last;

night swept over the east counties of England. ; ;r '-."

Fifty-four men, women and children were killed and 67 injured. '

The districts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Stafford

shire were bombarded. Some property damage was done.

PARIS, France, Feb. 1 . What is believed to have been a third -raid

by German Zeppelins was foiled last night by lookouts on the

French front. As soon as the Zeppelins were reported, the anti-aircraft

guns started bombarding the skies and Allied aeroplanes took the air.

The Zeppelins did not proceed toward Paris. . : V . " :

. WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. L Despatches received at the state '

department today from the American ambassador at, Vienna 'make It .

evident that in the light of present information, the- United Stated ;:.

cannot fix responsibility for the sinking of thb British liner Persia upon "

Austria. 'v:';- . , ; vr- ,

' Ambassador Penfield cables that every commander of an 'Austrian ,

submarine operating in the Mediterranean has reported to the Austrian

government and that none are concerned in the sinking of the Persia, ;

a disaster by submarine only less than that of the LusiUnU. ' T :

With the receipt of this-advice from Mr. Penfield, the question, '

raised concerning Austria is considered closetL Inquiry will be made

to find whether a Turkish submarine torpedoed the P. & O. liner. -; - ; -

I Sails Liner In-o American Pert

' ' ' (Associaied Press Service by Federal Wireless. '

- ; NEWIXDRT NEWS, Va., Feb. 1. One of the wars remirkahh :

sea,-exploits wa$ Jeajned of today when the- British Steamer AfJ:h5lt s

ovejrdue at Plymouth, Eng., was sailed into JlamptonTRoad lying 4

Gefnian war-flag and with a German prize crew in.commanfL3 - ' i ,

f With the arrival 'of 'this steamer, which sailed "from Dakar, West -Africa,

for Plymouth and had been given up as lost, was told the story: 0

of how a German submarine, operating off the Canary,, islands, had ,

stopped the Appam, captured her and put the prize ere vr aboard.;' From

the Canaries the Appam was sailed. boldly across the Atlantic toward

Newport News, where already two , German auxiliary cruisers" had

slipped yn and ;interned,; avoiding; capture by the British navy vesseU T ;

patrolling-the sea-lanes. ' ! ' '..'--'.- .","''- A"

; The Appam arrived tolay frying the flag of a German mah-ofTwar. ;

She is commanded by Lieut. Berg of the German navy. .The steamer, '

going up the c6ast from West Africa on her way to England, was cap

tured off the Canary islands on January 15 by the German submarine. : ..

A few hours before-this tlie submarine had sunk 'an unnamed British r ' ;

Steamer. ; ; . r :. .'... ;;; ;, Y "

It had been reported that the Appam was .carrying 200 Germa;i : ,

prisoners of war who had been taken by the British forces during the

fighting in South Africa. However, on arrival here the Appam did not .

have these aboard. There were ou the captured vessel 451 people, in-

eluding the following; ri " v-.. ,' . ' "' ': i

A crew of 115, passengers numbering 116, survivor of ships de

stroyed in German raids off Africa, 138; German prisoners bound fo- :

detention camps in England, 20; and the prize, crew put aboard by the ,

victorious German submarine, 22. t v : f - r -

NEWPORT NEWS, Va." Feb. 1. No one is allowed, to commu-

nicate with the passengers of the Appam. ; . V : " ;" "..' '. i

It is possible the capture of the Appam itself was made by-the '

German cruiser. Moewe, as it is not likely a submarine would be able .

to place aboard a prize crew of the number handling the Apam.

The names of the steamers sunk by the, German raider' are the ;

trader Arthur,; Corbridge, Ariadne, Bremenby, Farringford and Clan ; ;

Mactavish. ; . ' , ' ' '-' ' ' " '

The name of a Lieut. Bergun appears on the German listsrbuf no

Lieut. Berg. Probably he is from the merchant marine, ; ; ; -

NEW YORK. X. Y.. Feb. 1. The British consul here has notir -

fied British shipping .officials- to watch

ican waters.' Information at the , consulate from authoritative source

is' that a submarine accompanied the

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb: M. Customs Collector. Hamilton of

Norfolk, Va., has reported to the treasury department that the Appam

has carried into an American' port prisoners of war. The report hai.

been referred to the state ;depatment, to determine the status of a vessel

entering under these conditions. - . , V . .' : ; ; . - ;J

Von der Goltz and Turks Hemmed In

Associated Press Service by Federal Wireless. . ' ' .

ROIE, Italy, Feb. 1. A despatch to the Giornale DTulii from'

Petrograd says that the situation of the beleaguered Turks jn Erzerum,

Caucasus, is serious. Gen. von der Goltz, who is in command of the

Turks in this region, is besieged in the city with 80,000 men and has

only two weeks provisions. . - . ' ..' .;

Montenegri

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PARIS, France, Feb. 1 A Rome despatch says that. Gen Becir,

another Montenegrin general, has been assassinated by patriots in Mon

tenegro who opposed capitulation to the Austrians. . , . ,. j.;'

Berlin Says French

BERLIN, Germany, Feb 1

French have lost more eround and

Additional Telegraph

for German submarines in Amer

Appam across the Atlantic.

Lose Fdore

- In the region of the Somme the

there is lively hand-grenade fightrnj;

Despatches on Pa:: C

Stand

Firm

Ground

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