St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 31, 1915

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ee „„ „„ „ „„ ee ee eee g — "er eee Er Ne inte ce ge 2 er sure the frcen- ne rie of 1 ‘of a foot. GEN, FALKENRAYN WAS SANTA TO 150 FRENCH CHILDREN Caunes Tree to Be Arranged in Cap- tured Town and Fills Steckings With Clothing and Food. ‘GERMAN GREAT HEADQUARTERS, via. Berlin to London, Dec. 31.—One of ‘the Christmas features here was a huge po peg trée ‘arranged for by Gen. von Falkenhayn, chief of the general staff,’ for more than 18 French boys and before the tree and were presented with woolen clothes, shoes, stockings, cakes, apples and nuts. “Gen, von Falkenhayn and his staf! “during the ceremony and the staff addressed his guests as A . the double pleasure of be- ing with you, because we children, whom we. have left at Excise Commissioner Will Not Interfere With Serving of Li- quor After 1 A. M. NO ORDERS TO POLICE Chief Young Says Individual Pa- trolmen Must Use Their Own Judgment. Excise Commisisonér Rumsey today told a Post-Dispatch reporter that, so far as he is concerned, diners and revel- ers celebrating the advent of the New Year at restaurants and cafes with ga- toon attachments may drink as much and as long as they please, so long as the bars dré closed at 1 a. m. Rumsey said that if drinks were or- dered before 1 a. m. they might be served and consumed on the cafe prem- ises as long as the supply lasted, with- out interference on his part. “The police know the law and so do the saloonkeepers,’’ said Ruméey. “Bars must be closed at 1 a. m. I wish 1 could say what I would like to do, but it I should I would get ‘panned.’ “Everybody likes to have a good time on New Tears eve. I want them all to have a good time. But if I were to let down the bars I would have \every minister and preacher in town on my trail.” ‘Police Chief Young said he would .s sue no speical orders as to the celebra- tion of New Year's in the cafes. Asked think of our] whether the police would inteffere with the serving of drinks after 1 a. m., if or- Gered before that hour, the Chief sai? rolicemén would be free to use their ou een judgment, as they would receive no by Explosion With Loss of — — r A eal photograph of the Natal was made nr dhe arrived th Nous Te harbor sett the body of the This late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. 4000 00 IN <i ae ae 4 8 R K y ee P * 0 1 * N ID CV (BRITISH CRUISER SUNK BY EXPLOSION IN HARBOR; ‘ 1 3 me . hehe oe a 7 OF pe as pth a ad ort 8 wie ea S $M cate - | my 1 t „* ee 1 * 8. ol N . ani A. . “oF pias ars] specific instructions on that point. capacity Hmit tion WEF be a nie in America and valued at between 81. 000, 000 ond $1,250,000. Included in the collection is the four Shakspeare folios, the first of 1623, the second of 1682, the third of 1663 and the fourth of 1685. p. Berry paid £10,000 (950,000) for them in London not so long ago. Besides, there is a perfect copy of Shakspeare's Sonnets, worth about . $25,000. Only four perfect copies are known—one in the British Museum, one in the Bodleian library, and the two now in the possession of Huntington. Next to the Shakspeares is the Po- collection, of which Mr. Halsey had the only complete set of first editions in existence, including ‘‘Tarfierlane’”’ (Bos- ton, 1827), worth $6000. There is also one of the three known first editions of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” for the Maier copy of which the late J. P. Morgan paid $3800. have been made at all the hotels and large downtown and West End cafes. indicating that a new record for tho number of New Year's. ‘eve celebrators vm de set. 5 1 e st treet r 1 N Rit sis | + 1 eue of ä — Many of the Hotel Jefferson New ars celebrators are @kfectea de yoln in the dancing, Which will continué until 11 p. m. Wire netting will enclose the dance floor and there will be grandstands at either end of the square. Seats wm be free. United. Railway Will Provide Extra Service ‘on All Limes Tonig bt. Extra service will de maintained on all Street Car ines until 3 a. m., or as much later as necessiary. - Creve Coeur cars, in addition to the regular schedule, will leave Delmar Garden at 1 a. m. and 2 a. m. Cars will leave Wellston on the Kirkwood-Ferguson line for Kirk- wood and for Ferguson at 1:30 a. m. The last car will leave Fourth street on the Meramec Highlands line at 1:30 a. m. Kaunas to Burn Bonds pub} ee § . nden to TAXES TO BANK Only $200,000 of, Receipts} | Taken Through, Stfe 25 This _ Afternoon Will * wee “More “than "$2,000,000 in — was paid at the Collector's office at the city hall between 9 a. m. and noon today and it was expected that the day's total would reach. $4,000,000 before the closing hour at 6 p. m. This is the last day on which taxes may be paid without delinquency. Collector Koeln at 3:15 p. m. will take the tax payments, approximating $4,009, - 0(0,to the Mechanics-American Bank at Fourth and Locust street. He made no secret of the route he would follow. From the Twelfth street entrance to the city hall he will drive in an automo- bile north to Locust street and east to Fourth street. He will be armed and several clerks will accompany him. The largest part of the deposit will be in the form of checks, but $200,000 will be in currency. The largest check sent in was that of the United Railways Co. for $462,- 904. The Laclede Gas Light Co. paid $325,0000, the Union Electric Co. $166,- 000 and the Terminal Association $188,150. The largest check for individual 300 MEN LOST; 400 SAVED x25 ee ‘ Natal, 13,660-Ton Vessel, Which ne cone — = ae aes LONDON, Dec. 31.— The Btitish armored, ee Natal wee. sunk after an explosion when in harbor yesterday aftetnoon. The official s announcement says the vessel was destroyed by an internal explosion, and that there are about 400 survivors. About 300 men lost their lives. In accordance with its procedure of late, the Admiralty * given 99 indication as to the locality of the Natal disaster. The military regula- tions make it impossible to give this information publicly. The loss is generally attributed to foul play. In support of this theory atten- tion is called to similar disasters which overtook the British battleship Bulwark, which was blown up off Sheerness, Thanksgiving day, 1914, with the loss of 700 or more men, and the British con- verted mine layer Princess Irene, blown up in Sheerness Harbor May 27 last, with a loss of between 300 and 400 livés. The Natal sinking is the severest loss which the British navy has suf- fered in several months. No British na- val vessels of importance had been sunk since last May, when the Triumph and Majestic were torpedoed at the Dardanelies. The Natal, although a powerful man of war, was laid down taken in the face of unfavorable weath- er conditions, is likely to have an im- portant bearing on the whole war situ- ation. According to one version, Rus- ma's new move is the forerunner of the impending Rumanian entry into the war on the side of the entente allies. The Pall Mall Gazette's Russian correspond - ent writes: “Russian joint operations with Ruma- nia are on the point of beginning. Ru- mania will fight with us, although not for us. Her siding with the entente is not the result of French or English sympathies, but an endeavor to realize ‘the Rumanian. dream of sovereignty over Bukowina and Transylvania. <As mander for 2 * „ - mars r 3 x * ees % ity aes 8 5 ailure to ‘take into aer oy phen 4 2 vailing aboard the Ancona before torpedoing the e, the 5 . Government in effeet disavowed the act and gave that there would be no repetition of such an incident. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 31.—The last of KNaxes was mailea by Thomas Dunn, a the State bonds—an issue of $158,000—| former pawnbroker. It was for Your To Let or For Sale ad may be} will be burned tomorrow morning at «a 8 ‘ef Judge; made the most timely and important | public reception in the.office of Eart 2885 oo A Toa deen acquainted thing in the paper to many of the read- | Akers, State Treasurer. . lers of the POST-DISPATCH Big House, ate te N | Home and Real Estate directory. —— 4 red to be submitted preparation for Rumania’s entry into 1 bud of the Pub- the war, Russia's aim is to reconquer Rukowina for the benefit of her new ally. This task can be accomplished in a few weeks.” Italian warships were in the allied| Secretary: Sanda os Gites resume of squadrgn which engaged Austrian ships Ambassador He off the Albanian coast Wednesday, | the contents of the note. this dlepaten when the Austrian destroyers Lika| however, to make public and Triglav were sunk. SUBMARINE SUNK BY AUSTRIANS | RT A BERLIN. by wireless to Sayville, Dec. $1.—An official Austrian report received ll years ago and her displacement was only about one-half of the largest Brit- ish sea fighters. The Natal’s normal complement was 704 men. Her displace- ment was 13,660 tons. She was 480 feet long and 73 feet of beam. Her largest guns were 9.2 inch. Ot these she car: Former State] county Collector Expects Final Day's cfficlals who signed the bonds will be Receipts to Be $200,000 Lavited. The biggest day's tax collections ever seen in St. Louls County, and a large increasé in the year’s total over last ried three forward and three aft. She year, were expécted today by Albert A, [as armed also with four 7:5-inch guns, Wiilmas, County Collector. After figur- 24 three-pounders and three torpedo ing up the collections for the first two| tubes. hours thie morning at $104,000, Wilmas| The Natal took to America from declared his bélief that the day’s re-] Portsmouth the body of Whitelaw Reid, detpts would be nearly $200,000. Last American Ambassador at London, after year’s receipts. on the last day were his death in 1912, remaining at New about 8128, 000. York for two weeks. Up to the closing hour last evening Consuls at Saloniki Arrested the total receipts of this year exceed.| dispatch to the Times from Saloniki Pe ee * * : 8 Og : et 3 * 7 = it Sek ad a a aor J ‘ 1 his 9 4 PP el SE Bie YE og | bay 8 8 ri? ey ate of 3 „ i g f A Happy and Prosperous New Year to All Is the cordial.and unselfish wish of the Post-Dis- : 77 7 i _ a - Nu! 17 — 2 x oO Se * died en | aa Te SS 2 dea 1 . patch to its readers, and astute merchants who have mutually profited by the tremendous array of tempting offerings presented in its advertising col. umns during 1915, just completed. Tomorrow, Saturday, will be the first day of the new year and our home-merchants will continue their profit- able experience of their valuable offerings as they did yesterday, Thursday, when they again bought more. all 4 of the in ‘the Post-Dispatch alone than they. did in the other St. Louis newspapers combined. In other words, the merchants have found that ac Big results from adv ertising in the Post-Dispatch alone greater than in all of the other St. Louis papers all added Sy Se: ee _ The volume 1 was: 89 Cols. — al competitors It’s « 8 P * i i ed those at the same time in 1914 by $48,664.48. Collector Wilmas told a Post- Piapatch reporter that he attributed a large part of the increase to the sevice rendered by the Post-Dispatch. which last spring printed the entire list of de- fendanis in tax suits instituted by the late August Kassebaum, then Collector. The estimated valuation of taxable county property approximates $68,900,000. which is $2,500,000 more than a year ago. This increase ts due chiefly to the west. ward extension of city residence dis *ricts and the platting of farm land for residence purposes, Increases in the salaries of all em- ployes of the Levis-Zukoski Mercantile . 113-8 Washington avenue, and bonuses aggregating $16,000, to make up for a 10 per cent salary reduction made i 1 5 oo. A * tad : + on * says: “The Consuls of Germany, Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria. with their staffs and families have been arrested by order of the French Gen. Sarrail and taken aboard a French warship. Their con- sulates are. now occupied by allied troops. The Germans and Austrians have be- Kun & general withdrawal along the en tine front in Macedonia, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. from Rome, quoting a message from Sa- joniki. The reported withdrawal is at- tributed to the Russian advance in Bes serabia, the message states. The British have transferred some — | here today from Vienna says that the French submarine Monge was sunk Wednesday by an Austrian flotilla. The statement follows: “An Austrian-Hungarian flotilla, con- sisting of the cruiser Helgoland and five destroyers, on the morning of Dec. . 2, destroyed the French submarine Monge. The second officer and 16 sallers were captured. —ͤ—4 m— ——— The Monge was built in 190. She was 167 feet long and n tons displacement above water. Her complement was 2 BERLIN, Dec. 31, by wireless to Says ville.—The announcement from the War Office today says that Wen- 78 He: 11 — ij ¥ 4 4 * ‘ me Mare, e ROl i i