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CONFISCATION OF

HARVEST RESULTED

Is Argument Against Neces

sity of Providing Food

by Charity.

^London, Nov. 26.—A dark picture

or conditions in Russian Poland and

Incidentally an argument against the

necessity of providing food by charity,

is published In the Times today.

"A leading member ot the so-called

Polish Independence party." which

remains In elope touch with the su

preme Polish national committee ot

Austrian Poland, is responsible for

the statement*.

The Times explains that the com

mittee created and is responsible for

the Poll.fr legions fighting with the

Austro-Hungarian army against

Hus-

sla, and says that the author of the

memorandum therefore cannot be

supposed to entertain hostile bias, at

least against Germany's Austrian ally.

One of the main feature of the

German administration in Poland,"

says the memorandum, "is the attempt

to exploit the occupied territory eco

nomically to the utmost. Every new

regulation aims at getting as much

as possible out of the country, al

though the German authorities try to

disguise this tendency in different

ways.

"It Is explained by reasons of stra

tegy, of order, of policy and even of

humanity. The German authorities

are especially anxious to give an ap

pearance of humanitarianism to their

policy in Russian Poland."

The memorandum says that Berlin's

relief activity was short lived. In

March, ISIS, Field Marshal von Hln

denburg, It says, proclaimed his fa

mous reprisal for the destruction of

Memel (Bast Prussia) by the Rus

sians, under which the Polish dis

tricts were to answer by contributions

ana other burdens. The German

preaa raised its voice against contri

butions tor. Russian Poland.

Bjr an order of April 27, the memor

andum continues, all grain and pota

toes, after one and one-half poods

(about _78 pounds) had been left for

«ach Inhabitant until the harvest, was

plenty of grain -which they ware keep

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hour ot

need, were exhort-

to give up grain for famine suffer

M* In Dombrova. That district re

ceived an absolutely insufficient sup

ply» but on Jtily 1 an order for lecur

ing the rest of the grain for the Ger

man army was enforced.

"This order," the memorandum

says, "extended confiscation to the

coming, harvest, without any pretens*

of philanthropy or humanitarianism."

Asserting that from the first the

G«nmu», "condemned the industries

of Russian Poland to perdition," the

memorandum gives lengthy details of

alleged destruction or confiscation of

property. It says that virtually all

the coal mining machinery in the dis

trict of Dombrova was destroyed in

the autumn of 1914 "for strategical

reasons" and that the population, de

pendent on the mines, were made des

perate thereby.

Other alleged incidents cited are

the withdrawal of the state bank, the

absorption ot the country's fuel sup

requisitioning of many com

modities and of quantities of factory

machinery necessary for the country's

Industries, which were taken to Ger

many and the seiture of factories and

raw material to the value of

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*25,000,

Payment for requisitioned property,

the memorandum asserts, was made

a matter of grace on a

very

Inade­

quate basis and to be settled after the

war. The worst blow is described a8

haying been the inducing of skilled

labor to go to Germany under

pres­

sure, 40,000 persons doing so.

As a result of the foregoing meas

ures, the' memorandum says, hun

dreds of thousands of working class

families are faced with starvation.

Manufacturers Are keeping many per

sons virtually on charity 280,000 per

sons in Lodz are living on )S0,000 to

$46,000 per week.

The article says the Germans have

established a monopoly on coal, for

which they charge exorbitant prices:

inflated the currency compelled local

authorities to pay for repairs to roads

and railways which are used only for

military purposes confiscated govern

ment estates denuded forests placed

Incredibly high oustoms tariffs on the

necessaries of life compelled all per

sons to carry expensive passports,

from which alone they have gained

$6,000,000 and levied high fines on

towns and persons for violations ot

•laws.

"The population," the memorandum

concludes, "tired Out by the .war and

ruined by so many disasters, accepts

them In an apathetic mood. There

Is the reflection, however, that one

doea not ruin economically a country

tn whlclv one expects to stay."

That Number Will be Called

^p in Prosecution of -Police

Officials,

Chicago, Not. IS.—3%e greater part

aubmltted yesterday

to tiu1 trial of former Chief of Detec

ttvwi John J. Halpin, accused of tak

ing torlbestor the protection Of swind

lers, was directed toward substantiat

ing points In testimony that had pre

oadad.,, The atafcs announced that It

Will be another week In presenting

Ito Ma and will call probablyllfty

ff Baldwin adjourned court un

ttl radar morning, after instructing

AT DEVaS LAKE TODAY

HASTENING TERM'S END

Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 25.—

Judge Charles F. Amldon-refused

to observe Thanksgiving day to

day and as a result United States

court was In foil blast. It was

deemed necessary to continue the

trial of eases on turkey day in

order to end the term in time to

get to Grand Forks where a ses

sion opens in

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NAVY

IS HSI ADVICE

few days.

Clearing House for Sugges

tions is New Plan of

-Daniels.

Washington, Nov. 26.—Changes

within the navy department whereby

Secretary Daniels proposes to make

use of the inventive genius of the na

tions advanced another step yesterday

with the appointment of Captain Wil

liam S. Smith, now engineering officer

at the Philadelphia yard, to a post in

Washington which the secretary de

scribed as a clearing house for sug

gestions.

Captain Smith will receive all com

munications dealing With proposed

new devices for navy use, sift out the

useless ones and sort the remainder

for consideration by the particular bu

reau to which each group naturally

would be referred. He will be attach

ed to all three engineering bureaus,

construction and repair, st^am engi

neering and ordnance, as special aid

to' assist in studying the mass of sug

gestions with which the department

has been flooded since the outbreak

of the European war turned the at

tention of inventors generally to war

like instruments.

A thousand such suggestions have

been studied by the bureaus during

the last year, the work impeding them

in their regular duties. From the grist

of suggestions ground, through the de

partmental will be selected those of

most promise, to be taken up in or

der of importance with the civilian

advisory board recently created with

Thomas A. Edison as chairman.

Where the germ of a real idea is dis

posed, the bureaus and the board will

co-operate in an effort to give it prac

tical value to the navy.

In addition .to this the board will

initiate suggestions of its own to bet

ter the mechanical equipment of navy

ships.

PREDICT TURKEY SHORTAGE

Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 26.—Produce

men of Manitoba and western Canada

are predicting a big shortage of tur

keys for the Christmas trade, and

thousands of Canadian housewives

will have -to content themselves with

some other fowl as the centerpiece of

their Christmas day meals.

Thquqandgpf. turkeys were killed

yjSb co!3.

•wasjfher

OTpljhWjlv6K,'!fifiei5-'pientiTul,

afte^^at thfe nor-

10,»0»iQ00 BU8HKE18 MORE.

Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 25:—Approx

imately 10,000 more car loads of grain

have been shipped through Winnipeg

on the Canadian Northern railroad up

to the present time this year, than has

been shipped in 1914. This means

about 10,000,000 more bushels of grain

has been shipped out of western Can

ada on this single line than last year.

Canadian railroads have received

reports which indicate the possibility

of heavy Christmas passenger traffic.

The Canadian Northern passenger of

flcials believe last year's business will

be tripled.

Great slate of oqpgpr that will be

used by allies In making shells

looking for bonthe

in

oil casks con­

signed to the allies.

every -port in the United states

shipping facilities

In

the shipping facilities are being

used to their utmost' capacity in

keeping abreast wlth the great ship

ments of waf mvnltlons frhich are

leaving this country ^yery mlnute- of

the day. Railroad lines are pleading

the lack of freight cars -for handling

freight, while

there are

ndle the

the enormous amount of

steamship lines .admit

not enough vessels to

freight. rV

The demands of the allies' on Amer

ican industry, have been so great that

prosperity has come in flood tfde of

every part ^f the country east of the

Rocky MountainS. The only lly in the

ointment Is the activity of spies who

are trylng-to hamper as much'as poa

slbls Amert^a'a-it^ade ln munitions

wlth Germany's eneinleii. They have

started riiatiy -flres: tn mimttlops fac-

$am

MHANDUNGIFE

BANANA TTIAM

Government Introduces Evi

dence Showing Actions

of Company.

Philadelphia, Nov. 25.—More testi

mony tending to show that the United

Fruit company had endeavored to in

jure the business of the Blueflelds

Steamship company limited, with the

purpose of securing to itself a virtual

monopoly of the banana importing

business in the United States was in

troduced yesterday in the federal dis

trict court where the steamship com

pany is suing the fruit concern for

$15,000,000 triple damages under the

Sherman anti-trust law.

The fruit company secured control

of a majority of the stock of the

steamship company and it Is charged

that the former concern conducted the

business of the Blueflelds company in

such a manner as to cause the steam

ship company to lose $5,000,000. The

Blueflelds company Is in the hands of

a receiver and the suit to recover was

instituted by him.

Wireless messages sent from the of

fices of the Blueflelds compony in New

Orleans to the manager of the same

company lri Nicaragua ordering that

fruit be cut and destroyed were ad

mitted in evidence to substantiate the

charge that there was much destruc

tion of bananas In Blueflelds by order

of those of the concern.

The deposition of T. W. Webster, a

banana planter of Nicaragua, was read

to prove further systematic destruc

tion of fruit in that country. The al

leged unfair methods of the United

Company, the deposition said, ruined

the fruit trade in the Blueflelds dis

trict which was controlled by the

Blueflelds Steamship company. The

trial, which began November 9, was

adjourned over Thanksgiving day.

CHRISTMAS FUND

GROWING NICELY

Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 25.—Winni

peg people are giving liberally to the

fund that Is being created for the

purpose of providing Christmas gifts

for all members of the navy.

In England, this work is being

conducted under the direction of Lady

Jelllco, wife of the commander of the

British navy.

It is proposed by the. sponsors of

the movement that every man in Eng

land's navy shall be remembered with

a gift, on Christmas day, and to that

end, a tremendous fund is being rais

ed throughout the British empire.

Winnipeg citizens have so far come

forward quite liberally and at least

$1,000 will be contributed here.

,* JS«. City,. Nov. 28 —Wllliam H.

Maxwell former custodian of the

Labor Temple here, was charged with

embezzlement in a warrant sworn out

yesterday by John J. Pfelffer,, a di

rector of the Labor Temple associa

tion. The amount alleged to be miss

ing is $2,846.16, according to the

statement In the warrant.

The alleged defalcation, according

to Pfeiffer, occurred between June

and September of this year, the June

audit of the books being satisfactory

and the alleged shortage not. being

discovered until the books were ex

amined-In Septebmer. Maxwell left

Kansas City shortly after that time,

it is said, and still is away.

GERMAN SPIES STRIKE AT UNCLE SAM'S BIG TRADE WITH ALLIES

Confer

ellor Calls

Party Lead

Purpose.

Amsterdam, N«r. 25.—(Via ton

don)—A 'Berlinidispatch to the Co

logne. Garotte iW»that the imperial

chancellor baa iuniraoned the party

leaders to a .conference between the

meeting of thfe rilehstag on November

80, In order to'^Siacuss proposals for

Increased taxatiap.yirieceasitated by the

war. ...

Apart from tSefanew ftfty per cent

tax on warprofits^thetaxes ^proposed

probably- wilifliifitude an increase In

the income tax.H

"It is hoped-bVlhe conference," the

dispatch adds, 'tto avoid public dis

cussion in tKe flsftaista* of the pro

posed scheme of-ltaxation, to which

the strenuous imposition of some

members Is' anticipated. There is a

strong current of -public opinion In

favor of thechancellor outlining Ger

many's peace teHus in his speech

opening- the -.rieV" session, when he

will review the rniJitary, financial and

diplomatic situation."

Winnipeg Grand Jury Re

ports on Unsanitary Con

ditions in Institution.

(Herald Special Service.)

Winnipeg, Man.. Nov. 26.—The

home of the Children's Aid society, a

provincial institution, is "woefully de

ficient, unsanitary and unhealthful,"

according to the :findings of the grand

Jury of the, eastern Manitoba district,

submitted to Justice Prendergast, at

the conclusion of an inspection of all

provincial institutions. The Jury rec

ommends the establishment of new

quarters for. the: children at once, to

the end that they' may be cared for

under more -healthful and sanitary

conditions than npw prevail.

At the Selkirk1 asylum for the in

sane, the juiy says it found an Inmate

'who has been declared perfectly sane

by hospital physicians, still the man

Is being held. Roderick McDonald,

committed to tt^asyium in 1915, Is

the, man. ^he.iyryproposes habeas

R^A- hlm:

Th« ju^^^^^iSiSeoWinWids the

prosecution of -si police official who

compelled John Borkowskl, arrested

afc-Transcona for a-.petty offense and

committed to- the- provincial -Jail for a

.brief term, to work- in unloading lum

per from a wagon, the work resulting

in a rupture which has crippled the

man..for life. Numerous other cases

are called to the attention of the court

as requiring-special-attention.

Fred .J. Williams.is being, held in the

provincial Jail for- deportation, and

has been a,prisoner"two months. The

case, however, is being held up be

cause United. States authorities re

fuse -to.accept himas an American

citizen. Charged with no crime, the

jury thinks he is entitled to'immedi

ate disposition of' his case.

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Bvery effort has been faade to

nullify their activities. Eixtraordlnary

precautions are being made in the ex

amination of- consignments of freight

for European countries. One of the

accompanyi&g -photographs shows

how even «U casks are being examined

fo^i fear'that some7 %leift'persoh inlght

have dropped a bon^ into the bung

hole, of the casket. The operatlon of

exanjlBtng theeaak aots in a-two-fold.

it talUee tlw ABtto^ooatsats

of the casks and discloses any foreign

substance "which might have dropped

Into 1$.

The upper photograph shows hut

oneiof- many shipments of copper con

sign

edtothe alUeKV The gfMt cop-'

per slabs seen he^e.on^the Brie Bason

dock* In mrboklyn -',^ T., weigh ISO

pounds-.'each -and*-.are,'' 'rsady 'Xtt .'he

HISS'S

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EXPECT GREATEST SHE

OF RED CROSS STAMPS

4 INWSTORYOEMOVEMENT

Washington, Sev. 36—Proceeds

of sales of Red Cross Christmas

seals which are devoted to the

study and prevention of tuber

cutouts in. the United States prom

ise this year to exceed all records,

nils year's supply. 225,0000,000

seals, Is 80 per cent greater than

last year, and should not 92,250,

000.

The design of the ltlt seals

probably will be changcd as the

result of a competition which will

close on February 1. Two hun

dred dollars in prises have been

offered.

rnWrn

WERECAPTURED

Over 17,000 Taken When

Two Cities Fall to the

Invaders.

Berlin, Nov. 25.—Large Serbian

forces were captured by the Austro

Germans at Miltrovitsa -and Pristina,

the occupation of which was an

nounced yesterday.

The war office announced the cap

ture of 10,000 Serbians at Miltrovitsa

and 7,400 at Pristina.

JURISDICTION

DISPUTES CERTAIN

San Francisco, Nov. 25.—Jurisdic

tional disputes in the labor movement

are as old as humanity and will con

tinue so long as men have to work,

in the opinion of Samuel. Gompers,

who spoke Yesterday on this subpect

-befo.ee the buiVfing $rad«(t. department

orUM^Ame*teah-Tederatk^.Mt£«Jto»v

JuiMdlctlotM8dfop0t6a apply to cit

ies and countries as well, said Presi

dent Gompers, and arise when efforts

are made to expand and take in more

territory.

MANY CHANGES

BEING MADE

Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 25.—Whole

sale dismissals from the service of the

province of Manitoba, recently the or

der in the Manitoba Gazette, have

now given way to new appointments,

the current Gazette announcing 70

as hired and 7 as fired, with two resig

nations.

The dismissals were ordered when

the Norris government took over the

affairs of the province, succeeding the

Roblin government. Practically all of

the officials dismissed were Roblin

appointees.

In Manitoba, justices of the peace,

clerkB in various departments, turn

keys In the jails, coroners, provincial

constables, marriage., license clerks,

etc., are all appointed by the provin

cial government.

FIRST IMPORTER OF

CHINESE ART DIES

New York, Nov. 25.—James Sutton,

art connoisseur, died today at his

home in Bedford Hills, New Tork, at

70 years of age. Mr. Sutton was said

to be the first American to visit China

and bring to this country rare proce

lains and other oriental art objects.

He had been advisor on. French and

Oriental art to many collectors until

his retirement from active business

several years ago.

Mr. Sutton's collection of works of

Monet and other French impression

ists I? ranked among the finest in this

country.

This Plan is Announced by

Secretary William Mc

Adoo—Begin Jan. 1.

Washington, Nov. 26.—Secretary

McAdoo announced laet night that he!

had decided to make the federal re

serve banks depositaries and fiscal

agents of the government, the neces

sary orders will be effective January

At the beginning Mr. McAdoo ex

pects to transfer to the reserve banks

the funds of the federal government

now on- deposit with national banks

in the cities where the reserve banks

are-located, amounting in all to about

$7,000,000. In a letter to the reserve

board announcing the plan, the secre

tary says, he-has decided to transfer

at present only-the amount named in

order not to put an undue volume of

business :upoh the reserve banks.

"Bach' federal reserve bank," saya

the letter*'"^U 'be required to per

form on -behalf: of the government

the services .which are now rendered

by the ^national bank depositaries In

said cities,- a* well as any other ser

vices Incident to or growing out of- the

duties and responsibilities of llsoal

agents:"

Co-operation of the board is asked

in carrying out the provisions of the

reserve act under which the transfer

is to be made. No mention la

either. in the letter or the

statement of the subjeot of interest

on ,the government -fund* National

hanka^are-required* to parrl- per osot

FUL SATISFACTION IS OFFERED

HOT ASKED TO PARUCFFAIE WAR

OHLY ASKED MAICTEHAHCE OF PLAN

GONZALES ARRIVES

AT MEXICO CITY

Athens, Nov. 25.—Greece has met the demands of

the entente powers and given guarantees that require

ments will be fulfilled. Official announcement is made

that a reply to the collective note presented by the en

tente ministers has been delivered to them. Announce-'

ment says: "The reply is couched in very friendly

terms and gives satisfaction of the demands of the

entente powers, and all guarantees considered essen

tial."

The collective note was presented to the Greek

government Tuesday. As outlined in unofficial dis

patches, it contained no request for Greek intervention

in the war with the allies, but asked Greece to give as

surance that she would preserve her friendly attitude

in case the allied troops now in Macedonia should be

compelled to retreat across the frontier to Greek terri

tory.

TAKEN 10 ODESSA

Russian Co-operation in the

Balkan Campaign Seen

by the Germans.

-received here from ..^crlln-^saya-. great.,

consignments of heavy japan^ke- guns

arrived daily at Odessa, the Black sea

coast of Russia. It is inferred the

co-operation of Russian forces in the

Balkan campaign is to begin Bhortly.

Mexico City, Nov. 25.—General

Pablo Gonzales has arrived here from

the interior accompanied by General

Herlberto Jara, the minister of the

interior and the national treasurer.

They were received with a salute of

twenty-one guns, a display of fire

works and the music of eight military

bands, a large crowd of citisens Join

ing in the demonstration.

General Gonzales is to inaugurate

a campaign against the Zapata forces

in the state of Morelos.

ASKING RELEASE

OF DYE CARGOES

Washington, Nov. 25.—Representa

tives of New York importers of dye

stuffs conferred yesterday with Sec

retary Redfield of the department of

commerce about plans to secure the

release of shipments of German coal

tar dyes now held up abroad. Ger

many has imposed an embargo on

dye stuffs and Great Britain, through

the order in council, has prevented

the exportation to this country of dye

stuff stocks now in neutral European

countries.

ACTIVE IN WORK

OF SENDING TROOPS

Vallejo, Cal„ Nov. 26.—-Orders were

received at the Mare Island navy yard

yesterday to commission immediately

the naval transport Buffalo, which

was undergoing repairs, for the trans

portation of marines to the west coast

of Mexico, where the. cruiser San

Diego was ordered to proceed.

The Buffalo probably will not leave

here before Monday..

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London, Nov. 25.—Although the full

text of the Greek government's reply

to the collective note presented by the?

entente powers has not yet been made-.-•

public in England, there is every in-'

dication that the British governments

is satisfied with the position taken at

Athens.

Assurances given by Greece differ- 1

ed in a marked degree from previous

expressions of the beenvolent neutral

Ity. They neither are vague nor'

evasive, but promise explicitly that no

military measures will be taken

against the Serbians, French or Brit

ish troops, in case they retreat to*

Greek territory.

Whether this guarantee of safety to*"

the allied troops will carry Greece to"'"

the extent of opposing.with her army,

any German forces which ijilght at

tempt to.pursue the allies across the

From the optimistic tone of Athens

dispatches to-London, however, it may

be inferred that Greece has yielded

to every essential point raised bv the

allies.

The Greek situation, therefore, Is

regarded as having been cleared final

ly. Military events in the Balkans

appear to be marching swiftly to a

conclusion disastrous to Serbia. Ap

proaches to the historic battlefield of

Kossovo plain, which was expected to

form a strong defensive line, seriously

delaying the advance of the invaders,

already have been traversed. In this

battle the Serbians are reported to

have been unable to withstand the

shock of the attack, and they now

are said to be In retreat toward the

Albanian border.

Since the fall'of Pristina, Miltro

vitsa and Keisto, the Serbian defen

sive position, final Serbian retreat has

been regarded as inevitable.

AVIATORS SIGHTED

DESTROYER STERRET

Pensacola. Fla., Nov. 2.5.—Naval

aviators located the destroyer Ster

rett which attempted to make port

unobserved, according to an announce

ment yesterday at the navy aviation

station. The aviators went out o£

sight of land to discover the 8terrett.

They were scouting an hour and five

minutes and made their way back to

port by compass.

GAME IS SOLD

IN GERMANY

Berlin, Nov. 26.—The German .gov

ernment has adopted maximum and a

wholesale and retail price for game.

The retail prices for venison, range

from 140 to. 180 pfennings per Ger

man pound. The price for wild swine

is fixed at 110 pfennings a pound,

while the rate for hares is 430 pfen

nings each and pheasant cocks 350

pfennings each. (A pjenning equals

one-fourth of a cent in United States

currency.)

"Hello! Information"

What a great convenience it is when you want^

to know something to be able to take up the tele

phone and call—"Hello information."

Within a minute or so you get the facts youT*

are seeking.

Every time you pick up this newspaper you

are in touch with "information/'

want to buy something! You are apt}

sure just what or where to get it!

Turn right over to the advertising colt

and there you are.

Could anything be more efficient?

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