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VERMQNT. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1914. GERMAN FORTRESS OF ISIN6-IAU SURRENDERS EO ERE JMESE-BRIEISR FORCES lu. NEEDS DEFINITE MILITARY POLICY, SAY BOTH WAR OFFICIALS GERMANY IS GETTING I COPPER BY WAY OF ITALY. CLAIM BBITISH 1SI-TAU FORTRESS HUS AFTER THREE MONTHS OF FIGHTING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1805 CHICAGO STOCK YARDS CLOSE RED CROSS SHIP TO TAKE SUPPLIES TO GERMANY.

Washington, Nov. 6. The steamer Potsdam, sailing from New York next Tuesday, will carry a large shipment of Red Cross hospital supplies to Germany. The consignment will include 15,000 pounds of antiseptic cotton, 15,000 pounds of gauze, 30,000 bandages and 20 boxes of hospital garments. One-third will be forwarded for the use of the American Red Crags at Munich and the remainder will go to the German Red Cross.

THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS HELD IN GERMAN CAMPS London, Nov. 6. A dispatch to Reuters Telegram company from Amsterdam says that advices received there from Berlin are to the effect that up to last Sunday the German concentration campft and hospitals held the following prisoners: French, 3138 officers and 188,618 men; Russians, 3121 officers and 186,779 men; Belgians, 637 officers and 34,907 men; British, 417 officers and 15,730 men. These do not include prisoners not encamped. mi NO GERMAN UNIFORMS FOR FRENCH, THEY SAY.

Washington, Nov. 6. Foreign office dispatches to the French embassy today duplicated the usual war office statement and added a denial of accusations made in the German press that the French were using German uniforms as disguises to cover their attacks. In one of their recent communications to the press, the dispatch said, the Germans accused our troops of having on many occasions put on the uniforms of certain of their regiments. This ruse, to which they have often recurred themselves, has never been employed by our soldiers who, proud of their uniforms, are content to fix their bayonets and hurl themselves into the assault of a position.

The Gertnans, however, have often abused the white flag since the beginning of the campaign wraiting to shoot dowrn Our troops at close range after they advanced unsuspectingly. Garrison and Daniels Will Make Recommendations to Congress. Say That Large Purchases Are Being Made for Germans in New York City. cio Sends Official Notice (inTians Surrenderto Japanese-Britisli. Packers Send 1000 Butchers to Western Cities to Dress Animals.

GREATER ARMY; GREATER FLEET METAL IS FOR USE OF KRUPPS EMPEROR loses LAST FOOTHOLD SHUT-DOWN IS FOR NINE DAYS CALLS NUDE PURELY VULGAR. Chicago Postoffice Bars Copies of Painting From Mails. Chicago, Nov. 6. The use of mails was today denied to copies of the Nude, the painting which won the Potter Palmer prize of 1000 at the annual exhibition of American paintings of the Art institute: here.

The work of are was described as purely vulgar by C. A. Angier, postoffice GERMAN SHIP BLOWS UP. Steamer Strikes Mine Off Danish Island of Langeland. Copenhagen, via London, Nov.

6. A large German steamer has bden blown up south of the Danish island of Langeland, in the great belt, by a mine said to have been planted by the Germans. A number of her crew were lost. During the past fortnight two German trawlers and one German steamer have been destroyed in this region. There are no Danish mines in the waters where the disasters have occurred, as they were gathered up by a Danish steamer some time ago.

TROOPS IN STRIKE ZONE. DEFERS FLAGGS SENTENCE. Headquarter for Packing Industry la Shipped Temporarily to Kanaaa City, Omaha and Other Cities in West Federal Quarantine Extends to Massachusetts and Iowa Disease is So Widespread Government Fears Expense of Eradication May Reach In Neighborhood of 2,000,000. RUSSIANS HARASS GERMANS. Convicted Promoter to Have Privilege of New Trial Pleading.

New York, i Nov. 6. Jared Flagg, convicted Monday of using the mails to defraud, today was given the privilege of submitting briefs pleading for a new trial and sentence was deferred until next Tuesday when Judge Rudkin of the Federal District court will hand down his decision regarding another trial. Flaggs counsel characterized his conviction as a gross miscarriage of justice and klagg himself pleaded vehemently for nearly an hour. Allied Armies Infantry Charges Middle Port at Midnight, Taking First Line of Defense and 200 Prisoners It ie Reported That Germans Are Preparing to Leave Belgian-French Border British Fleet Bombards German Base on Bltim Coast No Change in Situation.

Tokio, Nov. 7, 11.25 a. m. It is officially announced that the German fortress of Tsing-Tau has surrendered to the Japanese and BHtish forces. It is officially announced that the first step in bringing about the surrender of the fortress occurred at midnight when the infantry charged and Occupied the middle fort of the first line of defense.

In this operation they took 200 Prior to Their Arrival Two Large Store Are Burned. Fort Smith, Nov. 6. United States troops tonight pitched camp in the quiet village of Prairie Creek, the heart of the Hartford Valley coal mining, region. They attracted little attention.

The few miners and inhabitants looked on in idle curiosity. The burhing of two large stores at Hartford, three miles from Prairie Creek, early today alleged to have been the work of strike sympathizers was the final over act prior to arrival of the troops. At Fort Smith little interest attended the sitting of the United State court when Judge Frank Youmans charged the special grand jury called to investigate recent disorders. About 20 witnesses were examined. NO DAMAGE TO HUMAN8.

Chicago, Nov. 6. Statements assuring the public that foot and moutlt disease, the malady that is raging among livestock, cannot infest humans through the eating of meat were issued by officials of Chicagos largest packing companies today. BAN ON FRIEDMANN CURE. It Is Reported They Have Forced Center to Retire.

London, Nov. 6. The Russians report that having driven the Germans to their border in the north and forced their center to retire from the Vistula to the Warthe river the Russian general staff has turned its attention to the Austrians who have so stubbornly been holding their positions along the San river in Galicia. According to a telegram received i from Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russians have won a victory more important than any preceding it. The Russians say they have again occupied Jaroslau, north of Przemysl, capturing 5000 prisoners and much war material.

It Is believed here, however, that there will have to be another big battle on the Warthe before the armies of Emperor Nicholas seriously threaten Silesia. In the struggle between the Germans and the allies in the west there has again been little if any change. The Germans, twice balked in their attempt to reach the French coast, are 'preparing for another attack, which, like the last, is directed at the line held by the British on both sides of the town of Ypres, where for a fortnight some of the most sanguinary fighting of the war has been in pro; gress and where the casualties on both sides perhaps have been larger than those on such a restricted front in any previous battle, A Berlin official report claims that I the Germans have made progress here, but this is in direct contradiction to the claims of the allies who say that they are holding all their positions and have made some WASHINGTON-PARIS TIME. Actual Difference Have Been Established by Wireless Signal. Washington, Nov.

6. Actual difference in time between Washington and Paris has been established, it was learned today, through the recent series of exchanges of wireless telegraph signals between the big naval wireless stations at Arlington and the French government station on Eiffel tower. The experiments and calculations have required months of labor by both American and French, scientists and the result will be laid before Secretary Daniels in a few days in a report from tlie United States naval observatory. The result of the tests is hailed by scientists as a distinct step forward toward errorless calculation of time and distances. It is approximately 4000 miles from Washington to Paris.

London Nov. 6. Reports come from the Dutch frontier that the Germans are making preparations for retirement, but military observers here say that, from the fact that reinforcements are being brought up it is certain they have not vet despaired of breaking through the allies front and reaching either Calais or. It is Claimed That Orders Received in New York and Shipped Through Italy Are From German Concerns Rubber and Other Contraband Goods Also Involved Great Britain Intends to Prevent Contraband Trade Copper Laden Steamers Are Di- verted to Gibraltar. London, Nov.

6. Information is in the possession of the British government, it is said, which proves conclusively that very large shipments of copper, rubber and other commodities are passing through Italian ports on their way to Germany, In New York large purchases of copper are being made by representatives of houses in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Copenhagen who, it is stated, are working on German account. Directions at the same time are given that these consignments of copper are to be shipped through Italian ports to the order of various' financial institutions which are said to be controlled largely by German capital. American copper refiners appear to be capable of protecting their own interests, Bince they usually insist on payment in cash before they allow' the copper to be shipped. British Divert Steamers.

The British government is determined that it will use every legitimate means to prevent copper reaching Germany where itr is being made into ammunition for use against the British forces. Great Britain, therefore, is diverting various steamers which are carrying copper to Italy to Gibraltar where the copper discharged. The steamers are promptly released. Some of this copper actually has been found in poiyid lots packed in cases marked for Danzig. Other lots are shipments made upon orders through German houses in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Some of these houses are said to be connected with the Krupps, manufacturers of big guns. It is understood that representatives of some big copper firms recently sailed from New York for Europe with the object of consulting agents of German firms as to the best means of forwarding copper to Germany. Italian firms also have been approached by German purchasers of copper with a view of arranging for the use of the names of the former for the purpose of concealing the fact that American copier shipped to the purchasers is destined for Germany. Copper Sent to Gibraltar. Since October 25 vessels bound from New York for Italy having on board a total of 7700 tons of copper have been diverted to Gibraltar and the British government is informed that some thousands of tens additional are now en route to Italy.

The larger part of these copper shipments were for Genoa. Official returns just published show that for two and one-half months prior to October 19 imports of copper 'into Genoa amounted to only 1316 tons. A comparison of these figures with the more recent shipments shows, it is Government Officially Disapproves Treatment for Tuberculosis. Washington, Nov. 6.

The seal of official disapproval has been placed upon the tuberculosis cure brought to this country in 1913 by Dr. Frederick F. Friedmann of Berlin. The announcement was made today by the United States public health service, In making public an abstract of the report of its investigations in hospitals and laboratories where tests of the cultures were made. It declares that conclusions of the American are in line with previous re? ports both in this country and abroad, w'hich have refuted Dr.

Friedmanns claim to the discovery of a specific cure for tuberculosis. One-fourth of ail cases treated under the observation of American physicians developed running sores at the point of injection of the cure, the abstract states, adding that Dr. Friedmann admitted this to be unfavorable to effecting a cure but declared his method of injection had overcome that obstacle. The report further states that the bacteria germs used for injection by Dr. Friedmann show that the germ is different from varieties of tubercle bacilli commonly known at the present time and that their injection into smaller animals rendered the subject more susceptible to tubercular infection instead of more resistant, as was claimed, No specific cases are reported in the abstract made public nor is any mention, made of Dr.

Friedmanns method of preparing his culture. London, Nov. 6. The Brit-slt fleet, according to unoffi-iial accounts, again has taken letion along the Belgian coast nd been bombarding Knocke leehrugge where the Germans re supposed to be organizing ases for their submarines. Secretary of War Will Ask For More Men for Army Secretary of Navy Will Recommend Two Battleships and Appropriation For Building Second Monster Submarine, Also For 18,000 More Men For Navy Army in Need of Ammunition is Contention.

Washington, Nov. 6. Both Secretary Garrison and Secretary Daniels will lay before Congress in their annual reports soon to be made public the lessons which they believe the army and navy of the United States should draw from the war in Europe. No extraordinary expenditures have been asked for by either the war or navy departments in the annual estimates already filed with the appropriation committees of Congress, but the two cabinet heads will discuss in great detail the best methods of obtaining a mobile and adequate army and a powerful and efficient fleet. Need Military Policy.

Secretary Garrison will endeavor to concentrate the attention of Congress and the country on the necessity for a definite national military policy extending over a period of years. Secretary Daniels will recommend two battleships, but probably will ask Congress to give the navy authority as it did last year, to expend a lump for submarines without fixing the number. The spectacular raids of submarines in the European war have drawn attention to the fact that last year Congress appropriated an aggregate of more than 4,000,000 for the building of submarines. One submarine will be the largest and most powerful in the world, able to accompany the fleet everywhere. European submarines have been able to make only comparatively short -voyages from their bases and the great cruiser submarine! planned by American naval officers bids for which are soon to he opened will eclipse anything of the kind seen in the present war.

There is every likelihood that Secretary Daniels will ask for money enough to provide a second submarine of this sea-going type. The United States already has more submarines than Germany and Japan, and Mr. Daniels has publicly stated that the general board still believed in the battleship unit as the necessary line along which the American navy should advance to keep pace with the other fleets of the world. Increase in Personnel. One of the chief recommendations the navy will make to Congress will be an increase in personnel.

It is estimated that 18,000 more men than are now provided for by acts of Congress will be required to man the present fleet including ships under construction. In this connection, the army also will make an appeal for more ammunition. What Secretary Garrison, however, will chiefly seek to obtain from Congress is a definite settlement of the much debated problem of an adequate regular army with the progressive development of a policy analogous to that formulated by the general board for the navy a decade ago when the program of two battleships per year was adopted. Its Bulwark and Defense. It is understood he is prepared to reiterate in greater detail and with more erpphasls this view expressed in his last report.

As a peaceful and unmilltary people engrossed in the settlement and upbuilding of our vast territory we are but dimly impressed with the fact that just as agriculture and commerce are the foundations of our great national prosperity so with equal truth are our military and naval forces its bulwark and defense. Mr. Garrison said then and reiterated that the time has not yet come when a nation can wisly disarm or slacken its efforts for preparedness in cases of war. London, Nov. 6.

Except for the Russian announcement of their invasion of Turkish territory from the Caucasus silence prevails as to the operations in the near east. HARD BLOW TO GERMANY. Persia Remain Neutral. Washington, Nov. 6.

Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, the charge of the Persion legation here, called upon Acting Secretary Lansing at the state department today to inform him officiallyAhat his country had decided to preserve an attitude of strict neutrality as between Russia and Turkey during the war. Chicago, Nov. 6. A large part of the cattle receiving and meat packing industries of the country long centered here, tonight temporarily was shifted to Kansas City, Omaha, St Joseph, Missouri and. other westr era cities and the Chicago Union Stock yards, for the first time since its organization in 1865, was closed down for nine days in consequence of the prevalence of hoof and mouth disease among cattle.

The quarantine against the stock yards and all other cattle pens within the state went into effect at midnight. The states action supplements the federal quarantine against Illinois. No more cattle, sheep or hogs are to be received in 'Chicago until November 16 when business is to be resumed after the yards have been thoroughly disinfected and pronounced free from the disease. The packers tonight sent to Kansas City and their other western branches 1000 butchers to kill and dress the animals which ordinarily would have been sent to Chicago. They announced that the products from their western plants would be sufficient to supply the market without any change in prices.

Pros. Leonards Statement. A. G. Leonard, president of the stock yards, said: By the middle of next week every animal in the ya'rds will have been killed and the thousands of pens and miles of water troughs will have been cleaned and disinfected.

I feel confident full operations might be resumed by next Thufsday, but as the clean-up is to be thorough and as the health of our cattle throughout the country is at stake a few days further delay will not matter. Our only apprehension is that the disease might spread in other states which the government -might ahd we would be unable to get cattle even when the Illinois quarantine is lifted. However, the drastic action of the federal government has the full co-operation of cattle men everywhere. Disinfecting is proceeding night and day at the stock yards. The herd of 600 infected cattle originally found has been augmented by the discovery today of 216 more cattle and 600 hogs which bad been affected.

Sheep so far have not been affected. The 800 prize cattle brought here for last weekB dairy show from 28 states and Canada are still In quarantine. Eighteen of the herd have been infected. The owners today formed an organization to protect the remaining cattle and prevent, if possible, their being contaminated. The herd is valued at several million the milk supply.

Dr. O. said: The milk supply of the large cities may be curtailed, but not seriously. The ordinary precautions taken by municipal authorities In the regulation of milk will prevent any danger in the milk supply. ALCOHOL VICTIM MAY DIE.

HARTNESS SUCCEEDS THOMAS. Springfield Man Appointed Member of the State Board of Education. (Special to The Herald.) Montpelier, Nov. 6. Gov.

Allen, M. Fletcher has received and accepted the resignation ftom the state board of education of President John M. Thomas of Middlebury college and has named as his successor James Hartness of Springfield. The new appointee was bora in Schenectady, N. on September 3, 1561.

He was educated in the public schools of Cleveland, O. The University of Vermont in 1910 conferred upon him the honorary degree of M. E. He is the president of the Jones Lamson Machine company and of the Bryant Chucking Grinder company, both of Springfield. Mr.

Hartness is ell known in the scientific world. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical engineers, of the Council of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a life member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a British organization, a fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Society for Scientific Research. He is the inventor of astronomical apparatus and metal working machines having been granted 7 American patents. He has written on scientific subjects. Mr.

Hartness is a member of many New York and Boston clubs and of the Boston Chamber of Hold Steamer With Contraband. London, Nov. 6. The British steamer Italia of the Anchor line, bound from New York to Mediterranean 1 ports, has been detained at Gibraltar. The authorities there state that the Italia has contraband of war aboard.

This information is contained in a dispatch from Gibraltar to Lloyds shipping agency. Canadian Indians Offer Services. Ottawa, Nov. 6. The Indians of Canada from Nova Scotia to the Yukon, numbering 100,000, have sent to Ottawa declarations of allegiance to the British king, offers of service under arms and contributions of money which total- 13,000.

(Continued on Page Six.) Fll of Tsing-Tau Dislodges Her From Asias Mainland. The rail of Tsing-Tau ends the most picturesque of the minor phases of the freat world war now raging. On two continents and In, many of the islands of the seas where colonies of the warring nations were planted combats of more or less interest have taken place, garrisons have been captured and towns occupied peacefully, but In the little German concession on the south side of the Shang Tung peninsula of China there lias been going on since Fate in August a reduced scale of war from all accounts has duplicated Nearly all the features of those battles in Europe that have resulted in( the pture of fortified positions. Therapture of Tsing-Tau loses to Germany her last foot of possessions cn the Asiatic mainland as well as her, jf1 strategic position outside of the frman empire in Europe. Three Months of Fighting.

For nearly three months the little prman garrison amounting to about 00 men and nearly wholly composed cf reservists who were living, or doing business in China, has held out agaihst the land and sea attacks of the Japan- Je certain British detachments of oth white and Indian troops that "und themselves In China at the out-realc of the war. What the losses of garrison have been are not known, the official Japanese and British teports have indicated that Tstn-Tau hs been taken at heavy cost of men 0n the part of the allies. It was on August 15th that Japan rew herself Into the European war an ally Df Great Britain after deeding that Germany withdraw or' erne all german warships in Asia-c waters and relinquish possession Kiao-Chow. in the statement from Death List at Bristol Remains at 13 John Agan III. (Special to The Herald.) Bristol, Nov.

6. The remaining victims of wood alcohol poisoning, with the exception of John Agan of Monk-ton, are now believed to be out of danger and there is reason to believe that the death toll of 13 men, residents of this town. New Haven, Lincoln, Warren, Staiksboro and Monkton, will not be increased, though Agan is in a serious condition. It is stated upon authority that D. A.

Bisbee, who confesses to, selling what he thought was -cologne spirits to 75 or 80 men, did not confine his purchases of liquor to the Troy, N. firm, from which he claimed to have procured hifi supply last week Friday. It is said that he purchased liquor of a well-known Boston firm. Bisbee, who is the county jail at Middlebury, has not been given a hearing and will probably not be brought into court until the chemists of the state laboratory make a report on the several autopsies held here and also report on the analysis made of liquor samples taken last Saturday from the Bisbee store by local officers. While the excitement Incident to the wholesale poisoning has abated somewhat, there is a decided revulsion pt feeling toward the local authorities regarding the enforcement of the liquor laws in the past few months.

Last spring druggists licenses were refused as, it was claimed, too nny sales were made upon physicians prescriptions. It is conceded that Bristol is to be either a license town, under rigid regulation or else is to be a dry town in the strictest sense of the term. The liquor question will doubtless be the paramount issue at the coining annual town meeting next March. I GERMANY ADVISES TURKEY TO GIVE PROTECTION TO JEWS New York, Nov. 6.

The safety of Jews in Turkey has twice been the subject of representations made to the Porte by Germany, according to a statement given out here tonight by Count von BernstorfF, German ambassador to the United States. The statement read: Some time ago the German imperial government warmly recommended to Turkey the protection of. Jews of whatever nationality. Recently, prior to the outbreak of the war, this recommendation was renewed. It had been feared that the numerous Jews in Turkey would, in case of war, be endangerd, not only on account of thsir religion but also for their non-Turkish nationality.

Many Jews who have resided inxTurkey for years are not up to this day Ottoman citizenship. It is, therefore, reassuring to learn that Germany has warmly recommended to Turkey the protection of all Jews, irrespective of nationality. T. R. FAILS TO SHOW UP.

Progressive National Committee Holds Session Without Him. New York. Nov. 6. The progressive national executive committee met here behind closed doors today four members, or half of the committee, attending.

Subjects of general Interest to the progressive party were discussed, it was announced, but no action was taken and the meeting adjourned until December 2. In Chicago. Present today were George W. Perkins, chairman, William Flinn of Pennsylvania, George O. Priestley of Oklahoma, and Harold Ickes of Illinois, representing Miss Jane Addams of Chicago.

Theodore Roosevelt did not attend and it was said he sent no message. Prominent progressives who dropped in at the party's headquarters included Albert. J. Beveridge, Oscar Straus, Frederick M. Davenport and Baiabridge Colby.

CATTLE DISEASE SPREADS. Government Extends Quarantine to Massachusetts and Iowa. Washington, Nov. 6. Farther spread of the live stock foot and mouth disease caused the extension of the federal quarantine to twoVnore What United States Owes.

Washington, Nov. 6. The gross public debt of the United States at the close of business at the treasury department October 31 was compared with 2,809,262,11,9 on September 30. The net debt October 31 was 1,082,298,291. (Continued on Page Six.) 1 (Continued on Pago Teir.).