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HARRISBURG lillsll TELEGRAPH

LXXXIY — Xo. 8

IJ. S. GOVERNMENT IS

NOT SATISFIED WITH

REPLY OP BRITISH

Supplementary Note, However,

May Give More Detailed

Statement of Position

ENGLISH FIGURES MISLEADING

U. S. Will Oppose Plan to Take

American Ships Into Port

to Be Searched

By Associated Press

Washington, D. C., Jan. 11. The

United States lioxernment. it became

known to-day, is not altogether satls

licd with the note of Sir Edward Grey

giving Great Britain's preliminary rc

l'ly to President Wilson's protest con

cerning the treatment of American

commerce l>y the French fleet.

\\ hile Kratilied that Great Britain

admits the justice of practically

all the principles of international law

cited In the American note, officials

reiterated to-day tnat the cniel uirh-|

culty had been England s neglect to |

make her actual practice square witn !

the previously accepted rules of in-1

ternational law. It is realized by of

ficials here that a long diplomatic cor

respondence conceding the principles

of the American case, out not actually]

carrj ing them into practice, win not j

meet the complaints of American ex-j

porters and shippers, and although'

England's supplementary answer is

expected to give a more detailed state- (

men ot her position, officials plan to

take up rigorously ail individual cases

which may meanwhile arise.

Reply 1- Friendly

Officials are keenly appreciative of!

the friendly tone oi the British note j

and of the promises It makes, lor re- '

dress in case of unwarranted injury 1

to American commerce. They point

out. however, that the note m its cl- •

tation of statistics had not taken up '

one of the chief points ot the Amen- ■

lan argument, 'the Britisn statistics,

weer brought forwaru to argue that'

American commerce with neutral'

> ountri.es had not- sutfereu as serious-;

1> as had been represented, but Ad- ,

ministration officials here contend that '

one of the chief purposes ot the ]

American protest was to prevent ue

pletion of American commerce by j

ontinuatlon of British practices. The

note, they saiu, was framed

.vith ilie very idea oi lorestailing de

struction of American trade.

Figures cited In the British note,;

in the view of officials here, are niis-j

leading because much of the noncon-;

trabatid goods which ordinarily go

direct to Germany and Austria has

rcallj been shipped to neutral coun-l

tries because of the scarcity oi ships •

that would dare risK passage through'

mine lields of German posts. Simi-!

larly, the desire of Germany and Aus-1

tria to use all surplus production has

deprived contiguous countries of many)

raw materials which they now are!

compelled to import from the United j

States. Such increases in total exports

from the United States, officials here

say, would conceal the real injury to j

some American industries because of,

their apparent growth in trade with t

individual countries.

•15 Doubtful t'a-K's

__ England's statement that out of!

, ,-i ships which proceeded from the I

United States to neutral countries in.

Europe since the outbreak of the war!

only forty-five had had cargoes placed

in the prize courts, while only eight of

the ships themselves had gotten into

the courts, was regarded by officials

and diplomats here as proving that,

the bulk of American commerce was!

of illegitimate character and had

2 ielded only forty-five doubtful cases.

There Is no mention made in the Brit

ish note, on the other hand, of the

large number of American ships which

w< re detained, some of them for two

weeks, for extended examination.

In the next communication whicn

the I'nited States will send to Ens

land as a rejoinder, the British view

that ships must be taken Into ports

for examination instead of being

searched on the high seas, is expected

to be vigorously disputed. There 'si

some doubt, not infrequently ex

pressed here among officials, of

whether the practice of the British j

fleet practically blockading the high

feeas instead of German ports them

selves is not contrary to the funda

mental principles of the law.

JAPANESE CHI l-J H SIGHTED

Xew \ork. Jan. 11.—A cruiser which

Captain Williamson, of the steamship

1 "raca. believed to he Japanese was -

finhted off the Azores during the {

Cu raca's voyage here from Havre

■which ended to-day.

j

I THE WEATHER

I'or HarriaburK noil vicinity: Italn

10-Dlftlit anil Tumdayt warmer

10-ttlislif. with liiMfHl temperature

alinut 3S dessreeM.

For Kantern IVnniilvania: Rain

to-niKht and Tuesday, nnrmrr to

night: gentle to moderate Month

and soutbeuat vvlnilN.

Hirer

The main river nil! continue to fall

to-niKht and Tue*dn>. \ atace

ot about als feet la Indicated for

HarriaburK Tuesda > morning.

W lhe North and Weat hranrhra

villi fall to-night and the lower

portlnna villi probably eon tin oe

to fnll Tucadn;. The rain luill

• ateil for the Snaqui-hanna Val

ley within the neit thirty-six

bourn Kill prnhabl) lie sufficient.

In i-onnei-tlon with thaw Ins

weather, ta releaae enouich a now

weather to relenae enough anow

the I pper Weat and North

liranehea and In the Junlatu and

the araall tributaries.

General Condltlnna

1 he area of high pressure that wan

central over the Ohio Valley Sat

urday morning, hna moved alowlr

rH"'«nii , !i nn i l J* """ passing <>rr

the Middle Atlantic cuast.

Temperature: « a. ■>., 3H.

*»■' Rises, 7t2T a. m.j sets, 4:38 I

p. ni.

Moon: New moon, Januarr 15, !

a, m.

River Stage: night feet above

l<m-ußtrr marie.

Yesterday's Weather

IliaheM (emprraturr, gv.

temperature, 'j|

temperature. 31.

.\«»rm«l temperature. '.' J.

COMPLAINS TO COURT 1

I OF 2ND ST. TRAVEL

Unsatisfactory Facilities Owing to

Excavations For New Sub- ,

way, Constable Reports

WATCHING TIPPLING RESORTS

; Police Chief Says He Has Eye on

Certain Class of "Room

ing" Houses

'! _

I Complaint of the unsatisfactory fa

cilities for traveling in South Second

| street owing to the excavations for the

new subway v.as made to the Dauphin

j County Court this morning at the

' opening of January quarter sessions by

I Constable George W. Charters, of the

! Second ward.

The constable reported that for a i

j distance of at 'east "00 feet south of J

I Mulberry the street is torn up: that no

s provisions have been made for people

, or teams to travel across Mulberry

j street, and that the passageway in

I Second street is cut off in such a way

I that pedestrians and teams rausf reach

: points above Mulberry street by way

| of Front.

I The city authorities, it is under-

I stood, are at a loss for remedy, as it

! was practically decided that the Sec

t ond street job should not be started

j until the Front street subway was.

j open for travel. Trolley cars have 1

j been using the Second street subway j

! for several weeks and pedestrians are i

j doing so at their own risk. The con- !

dition can hardly be changed, it is be

| lieved. for several months. Some hotel )

men and merchants in the vicinity of

Second and Washington streets had '

been considering legal steps to obtain

at least a temporary footway up Sec- I

j ond street, but no action has been

j taken as yet.

Other road problems raised in the

• constables' quarterly reports included

| the fact that the hill a mile west of

> Gratz is impassable and not wide

' enough for travel and that the road

| leading from the Oberlin hotel to At

i ticks avenue. Swatara township, is in

! need of repair.

Watching Disorderly Houses

In reporting upon conditions of the j

I city t'olonel Joseph B. Hutchison.!

' Chief of Police, called the court's at- !

tent ion 10 the fact that several tippling i

or disorderly houses are known to the ;

I department, but sufficient evidence to '

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SUITS MAY FOLLOW j

: BIG JUMP lIiIEJT:

Government Investigating Sensa

tional Rise in Chicago Mar

kets Last Week

•

Bv Associated rress

| Chicago, 111., Jan. 11.—Federal in-j

1 vestigation into the present high price ■

: of wheat was to begin here to-day to I

1 determine whether speculation or at- '

• tempted "food cornering" has had I

anything to do with the recent sensa- j

tional rise in the market.

Albert 1.. Hopkins, assistant United |

j States district attorney, who Is in i

I charge of the inquiry, was prepared I

;to summon a long list of bakers, |

grainmen, grocers and commission j

merchants for examination. United j

, States District Attorney Charles F. i

• Clyne said that the investigation!

would be thorough.

The board of directors of the Na

tional Retail Butchers' and Grocery' J

• Association was scheduled to meet to-|

day to consider the question of thc|

effect of the wholesale prices on '.he'

; middlemen.

American Charity Saved

Belgium, Says Consul

By Associated Press

New York. Jan. 11. American

! charity has saved Belgium from

starvation, declared Ethelbert Watts.

| American consul general at Brtisseis.

■ home to-day on leave of absence from

■ his nost.

i "When the first American relief ship

| arrived." Mr. Watts said, "Belgium

1 had less than three days' food supply.

"The distribution of American sup- j

! plies has been handled with skill and [

dispatch. With the exception of pos

sibly some outlying villages the dis- I

tressed Belgians arc now assured two j

meals each day. The work has been 1

, extended to all parts of the war- i

i stricken country.

| "Brussels is quiet and orderlv. All j

j automobiles .have been confiscated j

with the exception of the one belong- j

ing to me and the machines used by ■

consular representatives of other neu

tral nations."

Mr. Watts will spend a brief vaea- |

tion In Philadelphia after visiting!

Washington and making a personal re- I

port to Secretary Bryan.

OI'II VI OCKKX ARRKSTKD IV

HER STATEROOM ON STEAMER

By Associated Prest

New York. Jan. 11.—Mrs. Sophia!'

Ghee, known to the police as "thi j

opium queen." was taken from her !

stateroom on the steamer Philadelphia ;

when the vessel docked here to-day i

and placed under arrest as the guld- 1 ,

ing genius of a band of alleged opium 1

smugglers of whom eleven men had I

previously been locked up in New I '

York. Chicago and San Francisco. The 1

warrant under which sh«- was arrested

charges conspiracj to smuggle opium

Into the Fnited States.

I GERM AN FI.KF.T IIKI.O READY

FOR DASH TO SKA. lIKI'OKT ! I

Special to The Telegraph

! Paris. Jan. 11. According to the

Copenhagen correspondent of the .<

Temps. the entire German lii--»» sea 1

fleet is massed at U'llhelmshaven and ,

Cuxhaven ready to sally forth and meet 1

the Br'Msh dreadnoughts

Kiel pert is absolutely denuded of 1

lirst-i-lass ships, and onlv a few ohso- 1

letM vessels remain in the harbor, says <

the correspondent. " p

HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENIXG, JANUARY 11, 1915

PRE PA RE FOR EN OLA'S

TENTH ANNIVERSARY

r.enree W. Fischer Jnnvrs Hccdy C. I.andls Snyder John A. McMecm

George W. Hunter W. F. Fisher H. F. shucy W, U. Sellers

MEN IN CHARGE OF ENOLA CELEBRATION*

Taking prominent part in the preparations for the celebration of the

tenth anniversary of the opening of the Enola t yards are officials of the

transportation department. Among these are George \V. Fisher, vardmas

ter: Philip Rothaar, r.ight yardmaster; W. S. llamill. assistant day yard

master. who has charge of the east and south-bound movements; C. Landis

Snyder, assistant night yardmaster: John A. McMeen, day assistant yard

master in charge of the cast-bound receiving yards: George W. Hunter,

night assistant yardmaster who directs the east-bound receiving yards:

\V. F. Fisher, day assistant yardmaster. in charge of the west and north

bound movement: 11. F. Shuey, night assistant vardmaster in charge of

the west and north-bound movement: \V. G. Sellers end James Reedy,

are assistant vardinasters In charge of the west-bound receiving yards dur

ing the day u'u 1 night.

Workmen in Great Classification Yards to Hold Fitting

Celebration of Event Friday

Employes 01" the Pennsylvania Rail

road in the Enola yards, in conjunc

tion with the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., are

busily preparing for the tenth anni

versary of the opening of the largest

classification yards in the world, which

will be celebrated Friday evening.

A complete history of the growth of

the yards and much of the interesting

facts of the growth of the progerssive

railroad town will be presented by

men perfectly familiar with the sub

ject.

The site of the yards was occupied

by twelve farms in 1900 when the I

agents of the Pentfcylvania Railroad

Feminist Movement Evident !

in Plans For New Directory

Married Women Will Have Their Names Placed Beside

Those of Erstwhile Lords

Married folks will be distinctively •

identified in Boyd's llarrisburg Di- j

rectory for 1915. If you are married j

and your wife resides under the samei

roof, the now directory will sav it I

something like this:

"Carter. Mr. and Mrs. W. H.. occu- i

pation. husband, bookkeeper, 121 !

street."

Maryland Skater Puts Up

Good Fight Against Big

Black Bear on Canal Bank

Special to The Telegraph

Hagerstown, Mr., Jan. 11.— Being

attacked by a large black bear while

s'-.ating on the canal near Hancock,

this county, John Furlow beat ofT the

animal with .a p'.oce of iron pipe and

escaped injuVv. Furlow and James

Hite were skating up the canal when

the barking of Mite's dog attracted

them to the woods. They found the

dog had treed a full-grown bear. Hite

ran to liis home to get his gun and

while he was gone the bear came

down and attacked Furlow. The only

thirii, he could find to defend himself

with was a section of iron pipe. Side

stepping when the hear rushed upon

him, Furlow dealt the ahlmal a hard

blow upon the nose bringing the blood.

The bear instantly beat a retreat

Baltimore Student Has

Foot and Mouth Disease

Special to The Telegraph

Baltimore. Md„ Jan. 11. One of the

first cases on record in this city of a

human being with the foot and mouth

disease is that of Carlisle S. Lent!!, a

student In the medical s school here.

Lentz. whose home is in Omaha, Neb.,

contracted the disease two weeks ago,

presumably through drinking milk

from an infected cow. He is said to be

recovering.

IXFANT KKSKMIII.KS MERMAID

Monstrosity In Maryland Museum I»n«-

«'<•» Mnn.v Scientists

Special to The Telegraph

Baltimore. Md.. Jan. 11. An infant

born last Wednesday to a negress of

Salisbury. Md., and which died at birth,

is now in the museum of the Maryland

t'nlversity Hospital, a puzzle to scien

tists of the State t'nlversity and to

those of Johns Hopkins.

The body, which measures twenty

eight inches. Is proportioned so as to

resemble in every detail the mythical

mermaid. From the waist line it tapers

Into a solid mass, at the ends of which

the feet protrude- like a V, forming a

flnny-like substance. To the child's

diaphragm,from the tip of the so-call

e.d tail the bones, which have merged

Into one. are Covered with rough scalv

skin, par'" ossified. The skin was

nearly white.

FIRE AT MECHAMCSBURG

Special to The Telegraph

Mechanlcsburg. Pa., Jan. 11.—Shortlv i

before 1 o'clock this afternoon fire i

broke out in the cellar at the home of ]

I >r. M. M. Dougherty, at the corner of |

Keller and Frederick streets. ft 1

started near the furnace and burned

liirough thf first floor. The fire de

partment responded to an alarm and

-onilned the flames to tho lower part

of the house. Considerable damage

ivas done by smoke anil water, tliej

rurniture 011 the first floor being car- I

ried to the street.

1 Company first made bids for it.

Farms Sold 'High

Jacob Renninger was the first per

i son approached and sold his farm of

; S3 acres for $7,000. Phillip Boyer

| was the next to sell.

A small army of men was then em-

J plo.ved to tear out a shoulder of the

I mountain at the west end of the yards,

j January 1, 1901. the first ground was

I broken in the rear of what is now the

| Enola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. for the

j erection of a reservoir to supply water,

j The farmers that owned the retnain

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There is just a probability that some

j other style may be used. The in

| formation came to the Harrisburg

I Chamber of Commerce to-day through

j representatives of W. H. Boyd & Co.,

; publishers of the Harrisburg directory.

Work on the new directory will start

i on or about April 1, when it is ex

pected that other new features will be

announced.

Directors Elected by

Stockholders of Valley

t Railways This Morning

I The stockholders of the Valley

Railways at their annual election, held

p| at the office of the company in j

• | tnovne, this morning, elected the fol

e ] lowing directors to serve for the en- j

<;suing year: C. H. Bishop, Lemoyne;

sjT. C. DuPont. Wilmington, Del.; Ru

! j dolpli Ellis. Philadelphia: Spencer C.

i ■ Gilbert, Harrisburg; M. C. Kennedy,

' 1 Chambersburg: Wm. C. Bproul, Ches

-9 Iter; George 11. Stewart, Shippensburg;

1 Lewis S. Sadler, Carlisle; Robert Wet-,

3 herill, Chester.

- j George S. Atwood Will

] Address Commerce Chamber

The Chamber of Commerce lunch-!

eon, to be held Friday noon at the

Board of Trade, will be addressed by

I George S. Atwood, secretary of the

; American Association of Commerce

and Trade in Berlin, who is making

a short visit in this country. His sub

ject will be "Trade With Germany

[ After the War and Present Economy

, Conditions in Germany." Mr. Atwood

t Is said to possess a great amount of

unpublished information about Ger

. many since the opening of the war

; and his talk will likely be most ln

; teresting.

The committee of the Chamber of

Commerce appointed Saturday by

Henderson Gilbert, president of the

I organization, to arrange for a trade

■jand acquaintance excursion to be held

I soon Is as follows: C. W. Burtnett,

chairman: Broowk Trout, J. S. Kline

: 1 dlnst, A. E. Buchanan. Carl W. Davis,

i! Stanley Jean and Joseph A. Gries

■ j haher.

The committee appointed for spe

, cial advertising consists of George S.

Reinoehl, chairman; C. M. Kaltwas

ser. L. S. Williams, George A. Hall

1 and J. A. Brandt.

AVIIAI.E I* VICTIM OF WAR

So I.lke Submarine It Wan Itlddlrri

With Three-Inch Sheila

Special to The Telegraph

London. Jan. 11. A dispatch to the

Daily Mall from Rotterdam savs:

"A dead whale has been ' washed

ashore on the northern part of the

Dutch coast. It was found to bo rid

died with three-inch shells, and had

obviously been mistaken for a subma

rine."

TliV M11.1.S HKSI MF WORK

Five Hundred Men Return tn riant In

\fvr Cantle Tndnjr

Spcrial tn The Telegraph

Pittsburgh. Jan. 11. Nineteen of

the twenty mills at the New I'aMli- tin

plant have resumed operations This Is

increase of five niilis over the ,

1 number in operation last week. Rverv

| di-pnrlrnrnt of the plant will resume 1

tin full, making employment for 000* 1

men. j 1

BEIDLEMI IS 111

WITH SEVERE COLD

Chairman of Inaugural Committee

Taken Sick and Has to Give

Up Details For Day

STATE COLLEGE IS COMING

I

M. Harvey Taylor Will Head the

Firemen's Division in the

Big Parade Tuesday

Senator Edward E. Beidleman,

chairman of the joint legislative in

uigural committee, is confined to his

home with a heavy cold and this

morning was compelled to relinquish

for a day or so the handling of de

tails for the ceremonies of Tuesday

next week.

The work is bcintr handled by oth

er members of the committee and by

men who arc in touch with Governor

elect Brumbaufch and Grand Marshal

Morrell at Philadelphia. It is expect

ed that General Morrell will announce!

his staff in a few days and that the

composition of the divisions will be

made known. The political clubs

i! planning to attend are sending notices

. | to the committee.

; The firemen's division will be in

1 i charge of M. Harvey Taylor, of this

city, who will take charge of the de- j

tails at once.

The Military Part

i The formation of the provisional j

' I regiment as announced by Colonel

, ! Hutchison is as follows: Lieutenant!

■ I Colonel Maurice E. Kinney, Captain j

and Adjutant Harry 11. Baker, Cap-1

itain and Quartermaster Edward H.

Schell. Harrisburg; Captain and Com-|

missary E. M. B. Shepp, Tamaqua;

Captain and Inspector of Small Arms

1 Practice O. SI. Copelin. Harrisburg; j

| Captain and Chaplain Harry Nelson i

' Bassler, Harrisburg: Major J. M. Pet

ers, surgeon. Harrisburg: Captain J. C.

j Biddle. assistant surgeon. Fountain

Springs: First Lieutenant and Assist

ant Surgeon of Fourth Infantry, S. H.

i Heller, Lancaster: noncommissioned

staff and the Eighth Regiment Band,

i Carlisle.

First Battalion—Major Edward C.

Shannon. Fourth Infantry; First Lieu

| tenant and Battalion Adjutant, C,

: IN. Berntheizel, Fourth Infantry: Sec

ond Lieutenant and Battalion Quar

j termaster and Commissary, G. C. Al

' lison. Fourth Infantry: Company K,

; Fourth Infantry, commanded by Cap

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GRIM REAPER BEHIND •

STORK DURING 1914

Long-legged Bird Makes Decided

Gain; 955 J)eaths 1,441

Births

The highest birth rate and lowest

death rate in the history of the city

[ was established during 1914, accord

_ ling to the annual report issued by the

,j Harrisburg Bureau of Health and

Sanitation. The rate per thousand for

deaths is 13.49 per cent., including ail

nonresidents who died in the hos

pitals.

The rate for city residents Is 12.12

per cent, a thousand, the lowest on

record. For the year ending Liecem

r ber 31, 1913, the rate was 12.49 per

1 cent, and the preceding year 13.09.

The figures are based on the estimated

population of the city, which is 70,-

l 805. White male deaths totaled 434,

. l'omale 44 2; colored male 43, female

4G. Ninety-seven were nonresidents,

' and S2 not included in the total were

still births.

Thirty-five per cent, of the deaths

were people more than sixty years of

age and 15 per cent, babies less than

' one year old. The record last year

! was almost 33 per cent, over sixty and

!IS per cent, under one year. Total

j deaths for 1914 were 955; for 1913,

958, and for 1912. 956.

Heart Disease

Organic heart disease was the

cause of almost 16 per cent, of tho

' total deaths and nephritis, 11.05 per

cent., approximately 7.54 were caused

Iby all forms of tuberculosis; 7.43, by

, I pneumonia, and 5.23 caused by vio

: I lent deaths excluding suicides, of

! which there were thirteen cases In

; 1914. as against sixteen In 1913. Only

, eight persons died last year of diph

theria, and twelve of appendicitis. Ty

! phoid fever was the cause of eleven,

and cancer, fifty-one.

The record by wards follows: First,

!55; Second, 74; Third, 117; Fourth,

52: Fifth, 51: Sixth. 61: Seventh,

108; Eighth, 51: Ninth, 106; Tenth.

60; Eleventh. 45; Twelfth, 47 and

Thirteenth, 31.

One thousand four hundred and

forty-one births were reported for

1914, of which 738 were white male;

641, female; 27 black male and 35

female. The Increase over last year

was fifty-seven.

PROPERTY OWNERS DEMAND

LIGHT

Special to The Telegraph

Lvkcns, Pa., Jan. 11.—About four

hundred and forty property owners

and citizens cf Lykens presented a

petition to the town council at. their

last meeting making a demand that

all streets and alleys in the borouKh

limits be well lighted with electric

lights. This would about double the

expense of lighting the town as at

present there are no lights in the al

leys.

WAR9HAI.I. r. WM.DIMI. W Kl.t,.

KNOWN HUMORIST, IS DEAD

Special to The Telegraph

St. Paul. Minn.. Jim. 11. Marshall '

P. Wilder, author and humorist, illed at

a hotel early yesterday of heart dls- |

case, complicated bv a sllfrht attack of ■ '

pneumonia. Mr. Wilder had been In j

poor health for the last two weeks, and I '

on Friday w as forced t<> cancel Ills en- I

xaKement at n vaudeville theater. The ! I

body was sent to relatives in New • '

York.

Since the death nf his wife, more than j I

a year a»ro. Mr. Wilder had been vis- | "

iblv depressed, his friends said, and ! I

this had affected bis health. Two weeks i "

ago he contracted a whlca de

veloped Into pneumonia. j (

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BRITISH SOLDIERS TAKE

POSSESSION OF LILLE;

GERMANS ARE CHECKED

Renewed Activity of Kaiser's Aircraft Revives Rumors of

Zeppelin Raid on England; Force of German Attack

in East Has Spent Itself; British Pleased With Note

Sent to America

An important advance has been

made by the British army, if, as is

reported in London. It has virtual pos

session or Lille. This city lies just

south of the Belgian border to the

east of the battle line held for several

months and its occupation by the

British would mean thai a sharp bend

had been made In the German front.

Neither the French nor German war

official statements, however, has piven

official continuation of the London

dispatch.

Renewed actlvitv along the coast of

German aircraft which bombnrded

Dunkirk has revived rumors of a

Zeppelin raid over England. One

Zeppelin is said to have moved to

ward the English coast from Dunkirk.

Another lull in the fighting along

the Vistula, in Russian Poland, is re

corded by the Petrograd war ottlce.

jThe fur; - of the German attack has

j not siient itself however, and although

!tho attempt to break through the

! Russian line west of Warsaw may

have been given up for the time the

j movement from the north continues in

I lull t'orce. Four successive Gorman

j attacks were made in this region and

according to the British version they

I accomplished little.

The British press considers that Sir

Edward Grey's reply to the American

jnote concerning British interference

I with American shipping has dispos

ed of the issue. The reply is regard

ed as satisfying to British public opin

ion and the British newspapers take

the view that it would satisfy the

American puulic.

Official accounts of the lighting in

the West from Berlin and Paris to-day

show that comparative calm prevails)

except at a few points. Even in upper

Alsace and in the Arsonne, where

there have been violent encounters re

cently. activity has slackened. Near

Soissons and in the vicinity of Perthes,

however, spirited engagements are in

progress.

French Take Trenches

The German war office admits that

the French have captured trenches

north of Soissons, toward the western |

end of the battle line, but states that I

further onslaughts were repulsed. The

French announcement says two more

lines of trenches covering 500 yards of

i LAFOLLETTE OPPOSES FREIGHT INCREASE T

Washington, Jan. 11.—Senator LaFollette iatr»duced a m

resolution to-day to prohibit the Eastern iailroadß fr»m put K

increased freight rates receatly granted C

by the Interstate Commerce Commission. I

In a long preamble to the res enator LaFollette I

set forth that g /as or attempted to be I

made by the csnieis, to show that the old rates were un- '

reasonable and that the commission, in granting increases, '

did not, in accordance with the law consider their unreason

ableness but granted them on the ground that the railroads j

•ceded money to meet extraordinary conditio** and cen- C

fusion of commerce due to the European war. »

i BOYS' SENTENCED J

Paul Schubauer, Joseph Osborne, Milton Scklessler and »

George Dare were sent to Huntingdon Reformatory follow- J

ing pleas of guilty to sixteen (liferent chargas of burglary g

and larceny late this afternoon.. Sentence was suspended on J

Weston Ashenfelder because of his youth and also because f

it was his first offense C

RELIEF STEAMER AGROUND 1

Norfolk, Va., Jan. 11.—The steamer John Fardie, carry- J

ing Maryland's contribution for the Belgians was floated to- *

day apparently undamaged after having been aground in #

Back river 6ince Satuiday. Her hull will be examined before #

ishe proceeds for Rotterdam. ■

VILLA'S MEN AT MONTEREY #

Laredo, Tex., Jan. 11.—An attack by Villa troops upon ■

Monterey is believed to have begun about noon to-day. »

Since the defeat of the Constitutionalists at Saltillo early t

yesterday, Villa troops have been reported to bs atalaag a C

rapid advance toward Monterey. J

WHEAT PRICES DOWN 5% CENTS f

Chicago, Jan. 11.—Wheat came down to-day with a ■

crash. Prices broke SIA5 l A cents a bushel under general sell- K

Ing, due to rumors that one of the forts guarading the Dart

danelles had been demolished by the warships of the allies /

May wheat here sold as low as $1.335, 8 after having been €

up to $1.39J/g earlii in the session. I

< MARRIAGE ')

Hurry l.rr»J Ciarrinrr itn«l lOdlfh MUX VOIIJIIIIIIE, rlly, N

the front have been occupied. There

Is a similar disparity of statements

concerning the progress of the lighting

near Perthes, which has assumed im

portance because tlic prize at stake is

control of railroads of high strategic

value. The French communication

ctates that 200 yards of German

trenches were seized- while the Ger

man authorities say that positions won

by their opponents were retaken.

Although further progress is being

made in the advance toward Warsaw

to the west, according to the German

announcement, the movement is slow

on account of bad weather. London

suggests that the inactivity of the

allies in both the East and West is duo

to the fact that they are awaiting the

entrance of new members into the

combination against the Teutonic na

tions. It is said that. Rumania, with

600,000 soldiers, is virtually readv to

enter the war on the. side of the allies.

GITHIUK ENTERTAINS ADMIRAL

Toklo, Jan. 11, 4 P. M.—George W.

Guthrie, the American ambassador,

gave a farewell luncheon to-dav to

Admiral Baron Shigete Pewa, special

envoy of Japan to the Panama Paci

fic Exposition, wno has arranged t<»

sail for San Francisco on the steamer

Chiyo Marti on January 16.

JAPANESE HERO IS DEAD

Tokio, Jan. 11. 4 P. M.—Lieutenant

General Baron Mariaki Arisaka, a fa

mous Japanese soldier and inventor

of the now type of quick firing moun

tain gun which bears his name, is

dead, lie was created a baron anil

awarded the second class of the Gold

|en Kite for his meritorious service in

connection with the Russo-Japanese

war. He was born ip 1852.

BAN OX STIRRING LETTERS

Amsterdam, via London. Jan. 11,

9.30 A. M.—The Telegraaf says it

learns that the Papal Mttnclo to Bel

gium has written to Cardinal Mercier.

whose vecent pastoral letter to Bel

gian Catholics created much discus

sion and led to reports that the car

idinal had been detained by the Her

mans, suggesting that hereafter ho

write nothing which might offend tho

' Germans.