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Tr ";® Pp dh A An i A Bed gained of the German's every eciphered and Knowisdgs movement of the German navy .in advance. rs thus obtained en- 'H abled' the British navy to go out d meet the Germans in the bat- ties of Dogger Dank and Jutland. tu Lid 'secret , deciphe a wireless mes- gu from the U, boat Which sank § the Lusitania and alsa' revealed 5 the German intrigue with Mexico 3 that is believed to have hastened the entry of the United States in- to the war. The notorious Zimmerman tele- revealing the alliance offer- ed to Mexico, was deciphered and oemmunicated confidentially by Balfour to Walter H, Page, the United States ambassador at Lon- don and through the ambassador o President Wilson, who at that oR appeared to be Bonita ing about entering the war. ¢ the war. + CHANCELLOR VGELLOR WARY CALLS CONFERENCE German States Invited to Plan Reformation of ment--Eight Week Ses- sion in Prospect Toronto, Dec. 17.--Announce- ment was made here Tuesday by [Fen. G. H, Ferguson, Ontario's premier, that the session of the Ontario Legislature will open Thursday, Feb 9, next. tI is hoped that by commencing the session early in February that it will be possible to adjourn the House on Good Friday, April 6, The fixing of this date by the government indicates that approxi- mately an eight-eewk session is in prospect. A fair amount of legislation of a technical character is already in Proapect for the coming session, notably a revision of the municipal and assessment acts, An important hospital and institutional bill will also be submitted -by Hon, Lincoln Boldie, Provincial secretary, The government has also intimated that tax reductions will be considered, There has been some forecast of a beer-by-the-glass agitation, but it appears that this proposal at the forthcoming session will be con- fined to Opposition speakers, The approaching session is to open one week later than did the he ar: 400. Toaliors Sad Sen. 10 had | beaten moved at a hospital; he was unable describe his assallants. Police said Patton apparently from his home, hached before yo! tar was knew ne "motive for the hw pho AR .ARDEEN HOTEL 2, $50 ea Daron, Monaping Divi SENATORS DENY. MEXICAN BRIBES | Boreh, Heflin, Lafollette and | Se Neris Named by Hearst ---- Washington, Dee. 17.-- Four United States senators--Borah, Heflin, Lafollette and Norris,-- were named Thursday as the mys- terious quartette recently describ- ed anonymously in the Hearst newspapers as the intended recip- ients of a $1,215,000 Mexican Gov- ernment slush fund, Immediately their names were disclosed Borah, Heflin and La- follette appeared before the special Senate committee investigating the mitted Thursday by 5 dolph Hearst, as having been tined to receive $500,000. was to have received $350,000,Mhc- cording to the documents, Lafol- leette $15.000 and Norris, m= ably, the remainder of the $1,215 000 fund. All of these four semators, have been active in Mexican affairs and | the at one time or amother each of. them has disagreed with the Mex- ican policies of the Coolidge: ad- ministration. The American pay-off mam fer the slush fund was said in the do- and denied comnection with such project. THEY BRITISH AFTER ARE a | (London Sunday Times) A Dublip audience, led by Dame Clara Butt, sang God Save the King. Het had I eleased their in- eelings. an it ner- TE: The audience. stood and joined in with such reverence that she finished it in tears. Does mus- ic so sway the soul that it can make us feel, for a moment, things we do not mean or does it bring out realities not dreamed of before music began? Are the Irish so responsive to melody that it can conquer them? Or are they at least really art of the British people, after Dame Clara's wonderful er opens up - speculations that are best left as theories. eA comfort for we or sport in winter v Cold and wet proof, Felt lined upper; heavy rubber sole and solid heel, Made in 9 and 7 inch heights phot pay og Nomar Sold by Reliable Dashes. Everywhere ELLA CINDERS--Safe At Last AND WHEN YOU BASEN LAST Ela has the ragliur; map Neek is headed for the jug, 2 now go és fan) amint ns, ming, radium, ana get meh. BuT You NEVER THERES NO USE TRYIN TO SLEEP last, which convened Feb. 2. WITH THAT NOISE. S01 MIGHT AS WELL GIT UP AN' AS LONG AS I'M GONNA GIT UP | ThiINK WELL: BOYS: \T'© FOUR IN THE MORNIN-I'VE BEEN Administration Ar! Berlin, Dec. 16,--Chancellor Marx has invited the Premiers of the German states to a conference next month for a discussion of the general reformation of the German administration, it was an- nounced here Wednesday night It a memorandom annexed to the {nvitation the Chancellor points out a general outline of the topics to be discussed, namely: first, con- stitutional questions concerning the constitution of the Reichs States, and the necessity for an alera- tion of the constitutional provi- sions as to the relations between the Federal Government and the states; secondly, measures for the guarantee of the most efo cal financial policies, and, #hirdly, the reformation of administrative apparatus as applied to the wants of the respective states, The Chancellor emphasizes the urgency of quick and energetic sotion, The readiness with which many official bodies, including the Reichstag and the Prussian Uiet, during recent weeks have agreed to the necessity of a reform of the German administration 'may well be considered an effect of the re- cent memorandum of Seymour Parker Gilbert, the agent-general for reparations payments, in which he pointed out the waste incurrea by the complicated German ad- ministration. RELATIONS WITH MOSCOW SEVERED BY CHINA NATIONALISTS Shangha!, Dec. 15.--Swift ac- tion following the Central Execu- tive Committee's decision of Kno- mintang's break with Soviet Rus- sia resulted today in the Natlon- alisy Government formally sever- ing all relations, diplomatic and commercial, with Moscow, A representative of the Foreign Office handed to the Soviet Con- sul-General here a mandate or- dering gll Soviet Consulates within Nationalist territories to withdraw forthwith. While this official com- munication does not mention a time limit, Kuo Taichi, Viece- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nanking Government, sald this GENERAL MOTORS HAVE HUGE PLAN New Year's Program of Ex- tension Will Cost $37,- 000,000 Detroit, Mich,,\ Dec. 17,--Gen- eral Motors Corporation, which with Henry Ford, forms the great twin powers of the automobile in- dustry, has launched a 1928 pro- gram of production and expansion ~ |comparable to that of Ford. It embraces the introduction of new cars, vast expenditures in new plants and equipment and the most intensive sales campaigns of its nis- tory. General Motors officials that any trade war is in their minds, however, and insist that their business lies in a price field distinct from that of Ford. General Motors, which is a com- bination of seven automobile pro- ducing companies,' claims to have made one car in every four built in the United States in 1026; ope )|in every three in 1927 and its 1028 program calls for maintaining the 1927 proportion or exceeding it, To carry out this program #8 minimum of $37,000,000 is be'ng or will be spent in improvements and extensions, BRITISH MINERS CONDITION GOOD 800 Passengers and Large Freight Cargoes Expected Geneva, Dec. 17. -- Following criticism that a forthcoming re- port in the condition of European coal miners to be published by the International Labor Office, pictures the condition of British miners too optimistically, the executive com- mittee of the Internstional Mipers' Federation Wednesday adopted a resolution that the Labor Office is solely respomsible for this publica- tion. A. J. Cook, secretany of the Brit- ish Miners' Federation, particular- iy had protested a statement in the report that British wages are higher than those of any other European: countries. It is under- stood that the publication will de- pict the condition of all European miners as satisfactory in respect to wages and standards of living al- though pointing out that the Brit- ish 2 ov Bare somewhat better off TORTURE FOLLOWS TAR AND FEATHERS Steel Worker in Houston, deny day might in a shed at the rear of his home here by his 18-year-old PLAYIN' FIVE HOURS" ITS = ToGo HOME OHE'S ebbi gad CLAUS PONY, TOMMY. THE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS IN BELGIUM HAVE A CHARMING B CHRISTMAS LEGEND ABOUT SANTA Ld -. Ld 5 [Fercium CHILDREN PLACE THEIR WOODEN GONE AND THE SHOES SABOTS ON THE WINDOW- - LEDGE, STUFFED FULL OF OATS, HAY AND FODDER FOR THE "CHRISTMAS PONY." IN THE MORNING, THE HAY 15 MLL ARE BRIMMING OVER WITH TOYS AND SWEETMEATS THAT OLD SANTA HAS LEFT, | <1). 1 | Dll | GREAT PUENTY WITH BLACK PUDDINGS AND LIVER PUDDINGS, GEESE ms TRE WITH TRUFFLLS. HoH! WE'D BE | ARRESTED FOR BRIBERYIN { THIS COUNTRY. WELL, IF THE BELGIAN KIDS FEED SANTAS PONY, WHY DONT VE FEEDWIS | REG'LAR FELLERS IF You DONT / THINK I CAN LISTEN. ..- "WILLIAM MECALL WELL KNOWN / READ RIGHT OUTA THE NEWSPAPER GLOBE TROTTER..." T™HE WHAT'S A » TROT TERR" Y'DONT MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOURE S0 THATCHA DONT