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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 191G. FOURTEEN PAGES

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LANSING DECLARES THAT

CAPTURED STEAMER FITS

RULING AS GERMAN PRIZE

Secretary of State Says Na

ture of Boat No Longer

in Question.

DISPOSITION A PUZZLE

further Consideration Nec

essaryPassengers of

Boat Landed.

Washington, Feb. 3 Secretary Lan

sing stated today that there was no

Question as to the Appam's status as

i prize but, that the question of her

disposition still involved further con

jideration of The Hague convention

mi the Prussian-American treaty.

Lieutenant Berge's refusal to land

British seamen who were gun pointers

on British merchantmen will be the

subject of further consideration.

245 Given .Freedom.

Newport News, Va., Feb. 3. With

ier German prize commander on the

bridge, the British liner Appam moved

up from Old Point early today and

anchored off this port to discharge

the 245 persons on board given liber

ty to land in the United States.

"We are treating her as an English

ship which has put into an American

port flying the German naval ' ensign

ind under charge of a man who says

he is an officer of the German navy"

it Collector Hamilton's explanation of

the present attitude of the United

States.

Some of those who were passengers

on the Appam when she was captured

dt the German raider prepared to

land in Newport News but most of

them will be transferred with the

crews of other captured British ves

lels to Norfolk, there to board a

steamer to New York on their way to

England.

Sir Edward Meriwether and other

British colonial officers with large

Quantities of baggage have arranged

to place their property in customs

bond here and proceed directly to New

Tork to take the first available ship

for home.

200 Held On Board.

Lieutenant Berge still maintains his

determination to permit no one on

board the liner except those who have

official business. He is holding more

than 200 people aboard, including his

own prize crew of 22 men, some

twenty Germans who were prisoners

of war on the Appam, Captain Harri

mh and the entire crew of 155 of the

Appam and 12 of her passengers whom

he claims belong to the" British army

or navy.

Until the Washington government

Passes on the German contentions all

these persons will ' remain on the

teamer.

Prince von Hatzfeldt, counsellor of

He German embassy at Washington,

ad Captain Gaunt, the British naval

Ktache, reached here from Old Point

Comfort soon after the ship anchored,

look after the interests of their

respective governments.

The prince is urging his claim that

to Appam is a prize of war, entitled

Irter an old Prussian-American

teaty to remain in an American port

long as the prize crew desires.

It was shortly after 9 o'clock when

Appam got up anchor and steam

si away from Old Point Comfort

0ere she had been lying under the

ns of Port Monroe since the Ger

Js brought her into Virginia waters

Tuesday. She steamed slowly up

fwnptcm Roads, passing several Brit

Jerehantmen as she neared Point

ContiBued On Page Three.)

DRY I0WASH0WS

FEWERARRESTS

Moines, Iowa, Feb. 3. During

iuary, the first month of state wide

Mbition in Iowa, arrests in the

M largest formerly wet cities were

'Wed nearly fifty per cent, accord

to figures compiled and published

by a local newspaper.

number of arrests for drunken

T Was more than cut in half, the

j" show and in none of the eight

djd the total number of arrests

kinds reach the prevkus month

V average.

(, January. 1915 Av.

Jf Rapids 43 150

r'Ioo 72 200

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CITIZENS TELL OF

RAID BYZEPPELIN

London, Feb. 3, (10 a. m.) The tes

timony of a resident of a seacoast vil

lage In Norfolk during Monday's Zep

pelin raid Is given as follows in the

Manchester Guardian:

"About 5 o'clock In the evening I

heard a noise in the sky above my cot

tage and saw a Zeppelin coming down

rather slowly at a steep angle. It was

of a grayish brown color, li ks a rat.

All the people of the village came out

to see the airship, which, after a cir

cular movement, along the coast,

dripped bombs near some farm build

ings In a field and then made off. It

was over our neighborhood altogether

for about three-quarters of an hour

and seemed unable to find its course.

A witness who saw a Zeppelin over

London in the last raid, says that the

present one seemed twice as large."

Lord Northclife's newspapers con

tinue a vigorous campaign for better

protection of Great Britain against

Zeppelin attacks.

The Daily Mail declares that "every

great town should have a constant pa

trol of aeroplanes. It is useless to

think of aeroplanes in tens or twen

ties. We must have them in thou

sands. We want fast, high-power ma

chines carrying strong guns, to meet

the Zeppelins on superior terms aloft.

To beat Germany we must give her so

much to do on her soil that she will

have no time for raiding our territory."

Industrial Hospital Opened.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 3. The new

Iowa miners' and industrial hospital

was opened for patients here today.

Seven thousand miners of .northern

Iowa will contribute 50 cents a month

to the hospital and in return will re

ceive hospital care for themselves and

families. A hospital for southern

Iowa miners is located at Albia.

Latest Bulletins

Hook of Holland, Feb. 3. Con

tinued activity of German subma

rines in the 'orth sea Is evidenced

by the torpedoing of the Dutch

t.hip Artenius near the lightship.

The Artemus arrived here today,

leaking.

London, Feb. 3. The British

steamship Belle of France has been

sunk. The Europeans in her crew

and 220 lascars were landed. Nine

teen lascars are missing.

Washington, Feb. 8. Appeals for

assistance for 3,000 Hood sufferers

in the Mississippi Talley were

made to the war department today

by Senator James and Represcn

'tative Barkley of Kentucky. The

senator said the people were des

titute and In immediate need of

food, clothing and shelter, lie a-k-ed

that these be supplied and that

the expenses incurred be taken

from an emergency fund.

London, Feb. 3, (11:50 a. ni.)

Reports of the sinking in mid-At-lantic

of the British freighter

( hasehill, from w York Jan. 13

for Havre with a cargo of supplies

for the French government, were

confirmed today. The Chasehill

foundered Jan. 18. Her crew was

rescued.

El Paso, Texas, Feb. Fran,

cisco Villa was located today near

Tule, about fifty miles east of Gal

lego, according to General Gavira,

commandant at Juarez. Gavira

dispatched 100 men to reinforce

those sent out yesterday towards

Bosque Bonito and aid in the cap

ture and extermination of the Villa

band.

London, Feb. 3The death of

former Premier Mavromichalis of

Greece is announced to the Ex

change Telegraph company.

Washington, Feb. 3. Count von

Bernstorff, the German ambassa

dor, today received a message from

the Berlin foreign office, dispatch

ed on Jan. 81, informing him that

his latest instructions on the Lnsi

tanla case would go forward im

mediately. The ambassador ex

pects to receive them probably to

morrow. Diun, III, Feb. 3. Floyd Sny.

der of Chicago and Charles Read

of HeKalb were killed today when

a boiler exploded in the plant of

the Creamery Package company at

Dekalb, III. Several other work

men were Injured.

AERO ATTACK ON

GREEK CITY PUTS

PEOPLE IN PANIC

Salonikl, Feb. 3, (via Paris, 4:55 a.

m.) Details of the Zeppelin raid over

Saloniki Tuesday, which resulted in

nine deaths and injury to a score of

persons, became public today. Bombs

weighing 100 pounds were rained down

from a height of 2,000 feet.

The Zeppelin, after making a wide

i detour of the city, began its operations

by dropping five bombs which fell into

the sea. Warships opened fire on It,

but after 14 shots, were obliged to

cease, for fear of wounding the pop

ulation which filled the streets.

The raiders missed the next target,

but tore a woman to pieces and wound

ed a small boy. Another bomb set fire

to warehouses filled with fats, oils,

benzine and sugar. The buildings

flared up like a torch and the popula

tion became wildly excited. A com

pany of French gendarmes and a picket

of Zouaves restored order and brought

a volunteer Are brigade with hand

pumps through the mob.

Meanwhile the Zeppelin continued to

rain down Its missiles of destruction,

one of which demolished the mosque

of Pussof Pasha, killing three and in

juring 11 Greek refugees from Asia

Minor who were sheltered in it. An

other bomb crashed the roof of a house,

killing five persons. Flames from the

blazing warehoues lit up the harbor

with a red glow.

Fast aeroplanes rose in pursuit of

the Zeppelin, while British, French,

Italian and Russian sailors operated

a fire boat at a wharf and poured tor

rents of water on the fire, preventing it

from spreading to surrounding build

ings. DATE FOR DEMOS

MEET ONSETTLED

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 3. The

exact date of the democratic state

platform convention which is to be

held in Des Moines was not fixed yes

terday by the democratic state central

committee. The convention, however,

will be held between July 5 and Aug. 2

to conform with the law. Election of

delegates to the national convention

at St. Louis will be held at a state

convention at Clinton on May 10.

The following committee was named

to fix the dates of the Des Moines

convention: Dr. J. W. Reynolds of

Creston, A. A. Balluff of Davenport

and H. H. Crenshaw of Adel. The

members said today that the date will

not be set at once.

Although it met especially for that

purpose, the conference failed to

select a delegate from the Seventh dis

trict to the St. Louis convention.

Seven men were talked of informally

for the gubernatorial nomination.

They are: E. T. Meredith of Des

Moines, W. W. Marsh of Waterloo, W.

B. Palmer of Sioux City, Congressman

Steele of Sioux City, Emmett Tinley

of Council Bluffs, Parley Sheldon of

Ames and Sherman DeWolfe of Rein

beck. POLAND ISDARKER

THAN IS PAINTED

Berlin, Feb. 3, (via London, 10:37 a.

m.) The darkest pictures drawn of

pestilence in Poland have failed to

portray the extent of misery of the

war sufferers there, it was said to

day by two Americans who have made

a personal investigation. They are

Frederick C. Walcott, European repre

sentative of the Rockefeller founda

tion, and Casper Whitney of the Amer

ican commission for relief in Belgium.

They have just returned from a fort

night's trip through Poland for inves

tigation of the need of relief.

Mr. Whitney and Mr. Walcott say

there is virtually no fool left except

DOtatoes and a nmnH amnunt nt fl,,-

j Little fuel remains. Typhus and other

au.eases prevail.

Thousands of persons whose homes

were destroyed during the Russian re

treat are without shelter. Thirty per

cent of the population is absolutely

dependent on relief.

The trip included visits to Warsaw,

Vilna, Kovno and points eastward up

to the fighting line. Everywhere was

encountered the urgent need for relief.

The urban population suffer , par

ticularly from lack of fuel and the in

habitants or rural districts from lack

of shelter. Countless villages were

burned by the Russians and the inhab

itants in many cases are living in

dugouts. Forty thousand persons who

sifted back through the Russian lines

are in concentration camps. Little

livestock Is left and accordingly there

is no meat or fat food for the people.

The fact that they are living almost

exclusively on potatoes has resulted

in stomach diseases.

Black typhus hag broken

I are now 30 cases daily in Warsaw. The

j general death rate in Poland has risen

j from 19 to 30 per 1,000.

SECRET CODE

B00K0FNAVY

LOST AT SEA

Tr1,1m TTVMi'-nn. TIi.l,1

fidential Matter of United

States Is Gone.

(OFFICIALS WORRIED

Carries Record of Naval Se

crets May Court Martial

the Men in Charge.

San Francisco, Feb. 3. A book con

taining the secret code of the United

States navy has been lost from the

torpedo boat destroyer Hull, and, ac

cording to advices received today, the

navy department has ordered the court

martial of Lieutenant Herbert A.

Jones, commander of the reserve tor

pedo flotilla and of the Hull, and of

Ensign Robert D. Kirkpatrick, execu

tive officer, in whose joint possession

the book was. If the book cannot be

found, or its destruction, unread by

outsiders, absolutely demonstrated, it

may be necessary, it was said by naval

officers here, to provide a new system

of secret communication for the navy.

Officials Are Worried.

Washington, Feb. 3. Naval officials

frankly admit they are alarmed at the

mysterious disappearance of the bat

tle signal book from the destroyer

Hull of the Pacific fleet.

Admiral Winslow today reported

that all efforts to find the highly con

fidential code have been unavailing

.and., jiavy officers -said that it prob

ably would at. once be replaced by-another

to make useless the one which

has disappeared and which they admit

they fear may fall into the hands of

some foreign government. i

Contains War Code.

The battle signal book contains the

secret code used in war and in battle

practice in times of peace. The copy

on the Hull was in possession of Lieu

tenant H. A. Jones, commander oij the

Pacific reserve torpedo flotilla, and

Ensign Robert D. Kirkpatrick. Both

officers have been court martialed.

Naval officers express some satis

faction that the battle signal book and

not the secret code which is used when

ships in foreign waters are communi

cating with home, is the one which

has disappeared. This latter code is

recognized among nation as the best

of its kind in the world and would be

difficult to replace.

Air Craft is

SightedOver

Powder Mill

Wilmington, Del., Feb. 3 It became

known today that a mysterious aero

plane was seen hovering over the Du-

jPont Power works at Carney's Point,

I N. J., on the Delaware river last Mon

iday night, but whence it came or

j where it went has not been established.

I This much was admitted today by

,an official of the Du Pont company.

I The company has no reason for its

presence at the works and at night.

: Whil the airshiD could not be seen

distinctly its passengers or operator

could easily have located the buildings

of the powder plant by the aid of the

lights there.

To Elect Humane Officers.

Chicago, Feb. 3. New officials of

the Humane society are to be elected

at the society's meeting today.

DAY IN CONGRESS

SENATE.

Met at noon.

Resumed consideration of Phil,

ippine independence bilL

Judiciary sub-committee began

considering appointment of Louis

D. Brandeis to supreme court.

Public lands committee con

tinued oil land leasing bill hear

ings. HOUSE.

Met at noon.

Considered resolution to create

standing committee on Qood con

trol. Voted to print President WJI

son's preparedness spx-echeg a a

public document.

Resumed discussion of Indian

affairs bilL

Military and naval committees

continued hearings on prepared

ness program.

HEIR TO THRONE

SLAIN, IS CLAIM

OF CHERIF PASHA

Paris, Feb. 3, (6:00 a. m.) "Yussof

Izzedin, whatever may be said, was

assassinated in his suite, by order of

the committee of Union and Progress,"

said Cherif Pasha, who, with Prince

Sabah Edin, directs the personal move

ment of the Turkish opposition, to the

Matin. "Lately Yussof had revolted

against the dictatorship of the Young

Turks. He became dangerous and he

I has been removed. His successor and

cousin, Vahid Edin, is even more hos

tile to the Young Turk than was Yus

sof. I should not like to make predic

tion regarding the length of his life."

A dispatch from Constantinople to

Reuter's Telegram company dated Feb.

2, announced the report that Yussof

Izzedin, heir apparent to the Turkish

throne, had committed suicide. Later

j , . , , .

de atls supplied from the same source

said the prince took his life by open

ing a vein in his left arm, that a state

ment declaring he had met his death

by suicide was signed by all the prin

cipal doctors in . Constantinpole and

that the prince was buried at Stamboul

on the day following his death.

Yussof Izzedin, who was born at

Constantinople, Oct. 9 1857 was a first

cousin of the present sultan Vahid

heir apparent, was born at Constant!

nople Jan. 12, 1881, and is the brother

of the present sultan.

MUNDAY IS FREED

ON APPEAL WRIT

Charles B. Munday, convicted of con

spiracy in connection with the wreck-

jing ot me L.a sane street Trust ana

Savings bank, is out of jail again and

i back in Chicago to look after his busi

I ness interests. He served five days of

the five year penitentiary sentence

given him in Morris Hast Saturday-byr;

Judge Samuel C. Stough, before whom

he was tried and convicted several

months ago.

, Munday secured his release yester

' day when the appellate court, sitting

! at Ottawa, granted him a writ of su

! persedeas and directed that he be set

at liberty on bonds of $15,000. He and

: his lawyers secured as bondsmen Rich

ard Curran and Richard Curran Jr.,

j signers of his bonds while his trial was

pending. Munday left the Grundy

! county jail at Morris and came to

j Chicago.

I It is not expected that Munday's

appeal will be reached until the Octo

ber term. Even if the verdict in the

circuit court is sustained, it probably

will be two years before Munday will

begin actually to serve the sentence

I imposed upon him, as his lawyers have

announced that they will fight ti e

case to the United States supreme

court.

Another delay in the trial of Wil

liam Lorimer, also charged with con

spiracy in connection with the La

Salle Street bank, is expected when

the case is called again before Judge

Dever on Feb. 14, because of another

case Judge Dever is trying.

CHILD LABOR BILL

IS PASSED BY HOUSE

Washington, Feb. 3. The Keating

child labor bill now awaits the action j

of the senate.

The measure, which would prohibit

the interstate shipment of products of

child labor, under heavy penalties,

passed the house late yesterday by a

vote of 337 to 46.

The bill was amended so as to

exempt boys' and girls' canning clubs

from its operations.

CENTENARIAN DIES

FROM GRIEF FOR WIFE

Chicago, Feb. 3. Dexter C. Stanley,

whose 100th birthday anniversary was

celebrated Jan. 12 by the citizens of

Downers' Grove, a suburb, where he

lived for 81 years, died today.

Grief over the death of his wife, Mrs.

Frances Stanley, coupled with a re

cent attack of grippe, brought about

his death. He never used tobacco nor

tasted intoxicants.

1

THE WEATHER

II

Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for

Bock Island, Davenport, Moline

and Vicinity.

Generally fair tonight and Friday,

not much change in temperature with

the lowest tonight about 5 degrees

above zero.

Temperature at 7 a. m. 4 above zero. ,

Highest yesterday 8, lowest last night

3 below zero.

Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 7 miles

per hour.

Precipitation none.

Relative humidity at 7 p. m 74, at 7

a. m. 86, at 1 p. m. today 76.

Stage of water 14 feet, & fall of one

foot in last 24 hours.

J. M. SliERIER, Local Forecaster.

15,000 HEAR PRESIDENT AT

ST. LOUIS IN FINAL SPEECH

IN HIS TOUR OF MIDDLEWEST

POPE'S ACTION ON

PEACE A QUESTION

Rome, Feb. 3. The question as to

whether the pope will be authorized to

send delegates to the peace confer-

ence which Is effpected to be held at

the conclusion of the war is raised by

Count Soderini, a member of the Ital

ian chamber of deputies, to whom Pope

Leo XIII entrusted the documents

from which the history of his pontifi

cate was to be written.

wuui, uuucimi oay o luck, m. uuc ucuc

kict fae ha3 Deen "elevated

to the papacy, has always aimed at the

conclusion to a just and lasting peace.

"Those who oppose his participation

in the peace conference," says the

count,, "do so for fear he might raise

the question of the internationaliza

tion of the papacy, which Italy consid-

; fore her internal affairs

- pope took guch a ne wouW

create new reasons for a conflict which

shows obviously that such could not

be his intention as his sole desire is

for peace. Tbfe pope being an Italian

and intelligent, naturally seeks a solu

tion of the Roman question independ

ently of foreign intervention. His par

ticipation, through delegates, in the

prospective peace conference as the

greatest spiritual power in existence,

would exercise an immense moral in

fluence in the solution of the arduous

questions regarding Poland, Belgium,

Serbia and Armenia."

MAN WHO SHOT WIFE

GETS YEAR; FORGIVEN

LeMars. ..Iowa. -Feb, 3. Dr. J. L.

Reeves, who shot his wife last March

and who yesterday pleaded guilty and

was sentenced to one year in the state

penitentiary, probably will be taken

to Fort Madison last this week.

Mrs. Reeves recovered from her

wounds and has been living with her

husband again. Dr. Reeves has been a

practicing physician here for 20 years.

THE WAR TODAY

London apparently is expecting

a new move soon by the Germans

in northern France and Flanders.

Press comment indicates a belief

that an offensive movement on a

large scale is in course of prep

aration, the Germans expecting by

the use ,of masses of artillery and

Infantry to blast a way to Calais

on the English channel.

Great distress in Poland Is re

ported by representatives of Amer

ican relief organizations who have

reached Berlin. The suffering is

particularly from lack of shelter

and fuel, while typhus and other

diseases are prevalent. It is de

clared that 30 per cent of the peo

pie are dependent upon relief.

The fighting 'on the European

war fronts is chiefly artillery en

gagements without noteworthy

acliievements.

German air raids on England

and those of the Austrian on

Saloniki are still of absorbing in

terest, and British papers are

urging the government to greatly

increase its output of aeroplanes

in order to protect the country

against such attacks.

In the Champagne district of

France, the French have been the

aggressors in an artillery attack.

On the Russian front the Ger

mans claim to have defeated a

strong force of Russians between

the Stoohod and Stjr rivers, while

the Austrians report the with

drawal of the Russians from

their advanced trenches near

Usoieozk, in East Galicia.

In the Suuana valley both the

Austrians and Italians claim vic

tory in an infantry engagement.

Reports from Athens say that

the concentration of large num

ber of Germans, Bulgarians and

Turks along the Greek frontier Is

taken to mean that the Teutonic

allies intend soon to attiwk Sa

loniki. The British report says they

are continuing to make gains

against the Germans in the cap

ture of tonus and military posi

tions in east and west Africa.

Indications are that the state

department at Washington will

hold that the steamer Appam

broutrht into Hampton Roads

Tuesday by a German prize crew

is a German prize of war and be

longs to Germany. The point to

be decided Is whether the Appam

shall remain in the possession of

the prize crew under the terms of

the Prussian-American treaty, or

be returned to her British owners

under the Hague convention.

Thousands Pack Spacious

Coliseum at Democratic

Convention City.

TALKS AT BREAKFAST

Is Guest of Business Men's

League at Formal Gath- ,

ering in Morning.

St. Louis, Feb. 3. President Wilson

today told an audience of 15,000 which

swayed with a tumult of cheering at

his feet, that the United States should

have the greatest navy jn the world.

"I believe the navy of the United

States should be unconquerable," he

said. "The greatest in the world."

The president declared that the sub

marine commanders abroad have in

structions which for the most part

conform with the international law,

but that the act of one commander

might set the world afire, including

America.

"On the ocean there are hundreds of

cargoes of American goods," he said,

"cotton, grain and all the bountiful

supplies America is sending out to the

world and any one of these cargoes,

any one of these ships may be the

point of contact that will bring Amer

ica into the war."

United States Really Neutral.

For the first time during the tour the

president told of how one set of bel

ligerents was cut off from the world.

He said that kept the United States

from helping them ag.it would like. Ha

made the statement In trying to short

that the United States was really neu

tral. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3. President

Wilson reached here today for the last

speech of his middle western tour.

The president was met by a commit

tee from the Business Men's league,

who escorted him to the hotel, where

he addressed the league briefly at a

formal breakfast. A platoon of mount

ed police swung into line at the rear.

A big and noisy crowd gave him an

effusive greeting at the station. The

day was clear and cold but the presi

dent waved aside the closed car await

ing him and made the short ride in an

open car almost hidden by red, white

and blue bunting. Mrs. Wilson sat be

side him. Scattering crowds applaud

ed enthusiastically as the president's

car passed.

After the breakfast address, the

president spoke to a crowd of about

fifteen thousand in the Coliseum.

Is Made Half Holiday.

An hour before the time set for the

president to speak, the hall was crowd

ed and the Jam of those outside ex

tended several blocks. The crowd at

the doors choked the streets. Many

thousands were turned away.

Five hundred policemen and 300 fire

men kept the crowd inside in order.

City employes had a half holiday and

all the schools were dismissed for the

day. A school chorus of 1,500 tucked

away in a corner, sang national airs.

As the president entered the crowd

cheered wildly. The band stilled the

applause with the strains of "The

Star Spangled Banner." The words of

i the song came from the big chorus and

the audience caught th air. The whole

gathered, with countless small flags

fluttering, stood and sang, the presi

dent joining in.

Found What He Sought.

The president opened with the state

ment that he had "come seeking some

thing in the middle west and found It."

He said he had been told the middle

west was against preparedness but did

not believe it.

"I know the people of the middl

west are just as patriotic as the rest

of the nation," he said.

"What is the situation? The situa-

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STORM IN NORTHWEST

IS STILL ON RAMPAGE

Portland, Ore., Feb. 3. Portland and

a large part of Oregon continued to

day in the paralyzing grip of the worst

storm in their history. Sleet and

snow driven by high winds had cut oft

all railroad communication east and

severed wire communication on all

sides, save intermittent telegraph ser

vice to Spokane. Business remained

paralyzed and city traffic at a stand

still. Continued cold and snow was

forecast.

For 48 hours sleet has fallen, driven

by a fierce wind. Thousands of trees

have bent and broken under their

weight of ice. Telephone and other

wires by hundreds have fallen in the

streets. Several light wooden build

ings collapsed under the weight of ice

and suow-