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WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1915.-FIFTY-TWO PAGES.

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QUAKE DEATH

TOLL SWELLED

BY THOUSANDS

Late Reports to Premier In

dicate that 45,000

Perished.

SHIP 14-INCH GUNS TO BRITAIN.

SORA DISASTER GROWS

700 Bodies Found in Debris

in One Section of

the City.

RESCUE WORK IS HAMPERED

Food and Medical Supplies Are Lack

ing Blizzard Threatens Refugees.

Many Die from Exposure.

Ilnge Rlfln, Believed to Be of

American Make. Go on Liner.

New York, Jan. 16. Two 14-lnch rifles,

supposed to be of American make, were

shipped to Liverpool today consigned to

the ship building rlrm,of Harlan & Wolff,

in Belfast, which is completing several

battleships for the British navy.

The two guns, which are fifty-three feet

in length and weigh seventy-five tons

each, were lashed to the deck of the

Cunard liner Orduna. The great guns

were fastened with wire cables to either

side of the ship's deck. The carriages of

the guns were similarly fastened. Their

great bulk made It impossible for the

guns to be placed below decks.

Secrecy was observed as to the shipper

of the rifles, but it is said the two big

guns are only the first delivery of a

number ordered from American markets

for British Dreadnoughts.

ARREST

150 MEN

FROM THIS CITY

IN RECORD RAID

DUNKIRK HAS SPY FEVER.

Rome. Jan. 1. The toll of death

from Italy's earthquake disaster was

swelled by thousands today with the

receipt by Premier Salami of reports

from towns which had not been heard

from before.

Startling evidence of the magnitude

of the disaster wrought in Sora was

repealed when the rescuers uncovered

700 bodies In onlv a small npr-linn of!

tlic town. The deaths there will num

ber 4,000. Recurrent tremors razed the

few remaining walls as the workers

burrowed In the debris. Many soldiers

were reported injured and some killed.

Slnre Wednesday 161 shocks have been

recorded.

IA Antrosano ever) bouse was dam

aged or demolished Seventy of the

inhabitants were killed Massadalbe

was wholly razed. But one-eighth of

the population survived. Cerchlos.

fate is confirmed. Out of r.r.00 inhab

itant? but 100 still are living. The local

church is now the grave of several

hundred victims who were crushed

while attending servlcs.

6,OOf Added to 1. 1st.

More than J,A0 deaths were added lo

the list by reports from the following

towns Collarmele, where 1 7i) are re

ported dead: Ortucchio. with 2.000. Balso

rano, 1.O00; Morino. I.WjO. CoIIeiongo. .vxf;

Canlworona, 1W. and Llscgna, 70.

The total number of deaths reported

from official and private sources to date

exceeds 43.O0O. but Premier Salandra

btates that many of these reports ob

viously are exaggerated, and they are

taken only at their face value, it will be

"weeks, he states, before corrected cas

ualty lists can be prepared

Of primary importance non is the sue

coring of the -injured and the care of the

homeless.

King Victor Kinmanuel returned to the

Avezzano region to resume charge of the

rescue work. The iving states that there

is a deplorable iribufhclfncy of surgical

and medical aid.

In many of the towns the injured are

dying from exposure and hunger. Now a

snow fall is feared, as the weather has

changed. A heavj fall of snow at this

time would mean certJln death to prac

tically every victim buried beneath the

wreckage and awaiting release

It has been ascertained that the rasual

ties In Mngliano will reach 1.7(. The

head of the relief corps there has been

compelled to stop the rescue work owing

to lack of funds

I'p to date WO survivors have been lib

erated nt Avezzano. Isolntiri reports SO

dead and lix sllghtl) wounded have been

dug from the rums

The supply question is even more seri

ous in Sora than in Avezzano because of

the interrupted railroad communication.

Food and medicines are Iwing conveyed

from Rome and Naples with all haste by

automobiles, w hoe owners are co-oper

ating with the author. tire in every way.

All the automobiles in the capital with

out exception, are employed in the relief

work, the death and destitution in Avez

zano. Sora and surrounding towns de

manding the iu.ckc.st transjortation

methods.

Antrosano shared the fate of Magliano.

In the rush of horror following the dis

aster the two places had Ix-en completely

overlooked. A parish priest who walked

to Avezzano after two days and nights

of ceaseless work, without food, has pic

tured the situation in his home district

as most deplorable and renewed efforts to

get help there wereegun today.

Massadalbe was likewise forgotten

for 8 time, but jesterday soldiers man

aged to make their way to the town.

They were almost too late. Scores of

Injured persons had perished of their

hurts and from cold, lack of food, and

exposure. Paterno is still unreach

able because the road has been de

stroyed and the survivors are said to

be without food of any sort.

In Celano. 2.00" were killed and the

Question of burying the dead there Is

a .great task. Heaps of bodies have

been piled up In what was once the

public square and every moment the

ghastly pile is enlarged. Only one

person has been found alive so far.

The churches of St. Francis and St.

Angela- collapsed, burying many In

their ruins.

At San Banedetto an appalling num

ber of dead and Injured was found. AH

the doctors In the village were killed

and disease Is spreading. The parish

priest is heroically doing his utmost In

administering first aid and religious con

solation to the survivors and In dlstrlb-

-,."(( Perxona Driven from Tovrn

by Authorities.

Calais, Jan. 16. Extraordinary meas

ures have been taken by the Dunkirk

police to prevent espionage. During the

last few days iJOO persons have been

forced to leave the town.

Every other day the hotels are raided

at night, and 'all' who cannot produce

ample idnntification are requested to re

port at the police station next morning.

Hundreds of arrests have been made

and It has been discovered that many

spies have donned French and British

uniforms

Fifty Detectives from Balti

more Swoop Down on "Gun

Club" at Myers5.

ORDERED BY GOVERNOR

Seven Cars, Filled with Al

leged Bettors, Taken to

Monumental City.

LOCKED UP IN IRON CELLS

Police Scramble Over Barbed-wire

Fence Dogs Turned Loose One

Man Hides in Barrel.

COIEMNBOME

TALKONWOMEN

C. E. Russell Says Ohio Rep

resentative Deserves Title,

"Foul Mouthed."

VOICED FOUL JOKES

j Suffrage Speakers Denounce Him as

"Vile" for Making Congress Look

Like Back Room of Saloon.

Resolutions denouncing the "insulting

attitude toward woman shown by certain

members of the House of Representa

tives" In the debate on the suffrage

amendment January 12 were adopted by a

mass meeting of the Men's League for

Woman Suffrage last night after several

hundred men and women had enthusias

tically applauded an excoriation of Rep

resentative Bow die, of Cincinnati, at the

hands or Charles Edward Russell.

"I.et thi3 man be forever known as

Bow die. the foul-mouthed," declared Rus

sell, "for the vile insults and foul

Jokes that he voiced in the House of

Representatives. He has been defeated,

so the women of America cannot punisn

him with Hie ballot, but let it not be

forgotten how he made the Congress of

the I'nited States resemble the back

room of a low dive. Remember the pic

ture of Ruffian I'nderwood and Ruffian

Heflin. slapping their thighs and rocking

with their laughter' at his obscene wit."

Itaaarll Urajea Denial.

The speaker said Bowdle asserted that

Representatives Taylor and Kindel. of

Colorado, had both come and congratu

lated him on his remarks. Russell urged

the women of Colorado to demand a de

nial or retribution from both Representa

tives. William Hard, editor of Everybody's

Magazine, spoke in harmony with the

statement adopted as part of the reso

lutions. The statement cited one instance In

the debate upon the suffrage measure

when an opponent used words which, it

is claimed, were indecent. Vociferous

laughter and applause then followed in

the House. It then goes Into a detailed

discussion of the facts that those men

who laughed, being average men, were

no better than those upon the street or

who congregate in the barroom, the log

ging camp, the club, or the college mess

hall.

Still Jltn'i Plaything.

It asserts woman's position with rela

tion to the fight for the ballot In Urn

following words:

"Women are still the property and

Playthings of men. That Is the blunt

truth. Man has protected woman whin

It has been to his property interest to

dc so; otherwise he has not. Chivalry

and white slavery have gone hand In

hand. Fortunately, a goodly portion of

women are at last awakened to the need

of doing their own defending. Woman

reeds not chivalry except that kind that

protects her in her fight tu protect herself."

CONTINUED OS PAGE TWO.

Morgans to Be British Agents.

London. Jan. 16. J. P. Morgan &. Co..

of New York, have been appointed .com

mercial agents for the British govern

ment, facilitating the negotiations for

purchases made In the United States

by the government.

Turkey Bows to U S. Demands.

Athens. Jan. 16. As a result of rep

resentations made by United Btates

Ambassador Mongentbair at Constanti

nople, the Turkish government has

consented to the departure by sea from

Beirut of neutral residents of Aala

Minor.

Aiken and Aacuti.

Drawing-room compartment Sleep

ing Car via Southern Railway. LeSve

Washington B:55 p. m. dally. For res

ervations apply 70S 15th. SOS p sta.

Adv.

nv STiKK COIinKSPO.DE.T.

Baltimore, Jan. 17 At 2 o'clock

thlx (Suodu)) moraine the J 112 men

arretted for frenuentlnc a pool room

were taken In xperlal cars to Annap

olln. 1 (having been discovered that

the local rourtn have no Jurlsdlc-

I

tlon to try (he raxes. It Is understood

they will be released on ball this

morning1.

Baltimore, Jan 16. More than 130

prominent men of Washington who like

to "plav the jionies" were captured by

Baltimore police in a. sensational raid

on the Patuxent Rod and .Gun Club at

Myers Station, Anne Arundel County, on

the Washington. Baltimore and An

napolis electric line about eighteen miles

from Washington this afternoon and were

lodged behind cell bars in the Central

police station in this city.

Gov. Goldsborough ordered the raid

and it was carried out like clock-work

by Marshal R. D. Carter, head of the

Baltimore police. Carter led about fifty

policemen and the scene at the club was

one of the most exciting in the annals of

betting in Maryland. It is said the police

worked on a "tip" given by two men

who were thrown out of the alleged pool

room recently.

Come In Special Cars.

Marshal Carter and his detachment

of police rode to Myers Station In

three special cars, arriving shortly

after 4 o'clock. The police at once

formed a circle, completely surround

ing the clubhouse, a. low, rambling,

one-story frame structure, about 100

yards from the electric railroad tracks.

Carter sounded a signal to charge.

and the police advanced with drawn

revolvers. A score of men ran from the

clubhouse, saw the cordon of uniform

ed police and hastily retreated within.

The scene inside is characterized by

those who were in It as "indescriba

ble." Some tried to hide money.

others tore up letters and papers that

ight be used for identification, others

tried to scheme a way of retreat, and

all were busy In one wa,y or another.

Police Strike Ilnrbed Wire.

The police ran Into a high barbed-

wire fence and all tried to get over at

the same time. Trousers went a

ripping. Fine police flesh was torn,

and the air was rent with choice po

lice oaths. Then somebody in the

clubhouse turned loose three bulldogs

and said: "Sic 'cm." The dogs tore up

the sod en route for the police, and

the barbed-wire, police, and dogs had

a finish fight right there.

It was a sight that would usually

create high glee on the part of specta

tors, but the only spectators happened

to be a crowd of badly frightened bet

tors who couldn't have seen fun with

a telescope at that time. The police

triumphed over the dogs, police clubs

being made of harder material than

canine skulls. With the dogs flying to

the tall timbers, the police got over

the barbed wire and advanced on the

double-quick.

Not a man within, the clubhouse got

away. Those who were within say it

would have been easier to get through

the eye of a needle than to have

slipped throufeh that net of fifty brawny,

enthusiastic police in the broad, bright

light of day. The police went inside

and "shooed" out small detachments

of bettors, who were escorted to the

special cars and placed under guard.

One Fellow In Barrel.

After all visible bettors had been taken

out. one Ingenious youth was discovered

hiding in a barrel. He was rolled outv

much shaken up. With all the prison

ers under quard, the three special cars

rolled away for Baltimore and arrived

amid the acclaim of thousands of the

populace. Fifteen police patrol wagons

were waiting at the station, and the

ISO prisoners were conveyed over the

bumpy cobbles to the Central station.

Then they began to "burn up" long

distance telephone and telegraph wires.

The messages of appeal for aid were ar

riving1 in Washington until long after

midnight. Attorney- Harry 'Wolf, spent

the evening fa a futile attempt to pro

cure the release of the men on habeas

corpus. Just before midnight the word

went among the prisoners that they

would get fca hearing In the morning."

Magistrates kept away1 so as to make it

impossible for the arrested men to gain

freedom.

When they do "get a hearing' the

police, also will be beard. The police win

tell how. they captured blackboards, rac-

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWaV

EARTHQUAKE 'WAR OF PIANETS'

t

Three Others Pullinsr In Different

Direction. Cracked Onrs.

Lynn, Mass.. Jan. 16. In an address

here tonight Prof. EHhu Thomson, of the

General Electric Company, advanced a

theory for the recent earthquake In Italy

which may prove Important in Its future

scientific bearing.

Prof. Thomson declared that it was

probable that the recent earthquake was

caused by the pulling of throe planetary

bodies through the forces of gravity, and

that the pullln three directions resulted

in a crack or earthquake.

According to the professor, the earth

quake is to be considered as a war of

planets. Besides being an Inventor. Prof.

Thomson maintains a private observa

tory on his estate In Swampscott. where

he spends much time in the "study of

astrology.

PRETENDER FIGHTS FOR FRANCE

Ilrother of Due d'Orlrana Enllata

In Foreign, Lejc!on.

Paris, Jan. 16. The Due de Montpllczer,

brother of the Due d'Orleans, pretender

to the French throne, has enlisted in the

forelgh legion under the name of Louis

du Gueschlin, and is fighting for France

side by side with adventurers from a

dozen different countries.

The French government Is bound by

me constitution to decline the duke's

offer of services. He, therefore, was

forced to gain admittance to the army

by subterfuge. When this was discov

ered the matter was debated hv the

SALOONS

RULED

EXCISE BOARD,

SENATE

CHARGE

Law Violated in Granting Li

cense Pleas, Jones

Asserts.

TELLS OF SHEEHY'S WORK

Senator Reviews Case of

the "Bucket of

Blood."

KARLSRUHE REPORTED SUNK.

BULLETIN'! I

Buenos Ayrrs, Jan. 1G A dispatch

from Rio de Janlero aaya that advleea

from Pernamburo state that the Ger

man cruiser KarUrhue has been sunk

by a British cruiser.

The Brltlah consulate here aaya It

has not been Informed of the battle,

but la trying .to set details from Rio

and Pernambuco.

SEIZURE OF U. S. SHIP

IS URGED ON BRITISH

WILSON'S STAND IS QUOTED

President Against Prohibition. Is Con

tention Extracts from Com

moner Read.

By JOSEPH P. AN.M.N.

The broad charge that undue Influence

brought to bear upon the excise board

had resulted in widespread violations of

law by the board in passing upon appil-

cablnet and it was decided to thank the cations before It was made on the floor

duke for his patriotism.

FEAR SLAYERS

MAY FLEE U. S.

t

Crandall Mackey Afraid Men

Have Taken Tip and

Country Left.

SAYS "I GAVE IT AWAY"

Virginia Official Returns Empty

Handed from New York Hunt

Swears He'll Have 'Em Yet.

the

i

Fear that the burglar-slavers In

Clark Station. Va,, murder mystery, nav

eifsipe from the United States before' be-

ins apprenended was expressed ,last

night by Alexandria County authorities.

"Publication In Washington newspapers

of the minutest developments In the case

unquestionably has warned the murder

ers that detectives are following them

ciosely and lias given them the signal

to get away," Crandal Mackey, Com

monwealth's attorney for the county,

said last night.

Mr. Mackey was hot under the collar,"

so to speak. He decidedly was piqued,

possibly at realization of the fact that

a week had passed without any arrests

in me case having been made. He said

he had talked too much, and that In the

future he was going to keep his own

council. He said he had given the news

papers too much information, and that

he wasn't going to give any more until

he had the murderers locked up in JalL

How Mr. Mackey "Talked."

As a matter of fact, it was The Herald

which informed Mr. Mackey of no less

than eight important developments In the

case. He learned first of the discovery

of the following articles jf evidence from

a representative of The Herald: Tho

green felt hat. the electric flashlight, the

blue sweater, the blood-stained, overcoat

Mrs. Hughes silver mesh pocketbook,

the New Tork postofflce receipt, the

New Orleans bank check, and the rifled

frames of Mrs. Hughes' diamond ear

rings.

"If the papers had kept quiet we would

have caught our men by this time."

complained Mr. Mackey. "It is too bad

these men have received the tip, for they

may leave the country. However, we

are far from despairing. We are on their

trail. This delay is for a purpose. When

the time is ripe our coup will be struck."

Mr. Mackey. accompanied by Detect

ive Charles Evans, of local police

headquarters, returned yesterday from

New York, where they had been

working on the case. It is under

stood the manager of' the Eighth ave

nue store, w'here the green felt hat

was sold, furnished the sleuths with

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.

I of the Senate yesterday by Senator Jones,

co-author of the Jones-Works excise

law.

In a scathing arraignment such as the

Senatte seldom has heard applied to a

public body, the Washington Senator held

the floor for two hours during debate on

the Sheppard prohibition rider proposed

to the District bill.

Senator Jones exposed to the Senate

conditions which The Washington Herald

pointed out last November, when the dis

crimination of which the excise board

was guilty in granting the limited num

ber of saloon licenses first became ap

parent. While the fight over prohibition,

which will continue tomorrow morning.

Is still in favor of the wets. It is safe to

say that the opening furnished by the ex

cise board and used so tellingly by Sen

ator Jones will be responsible for a num

ber of dry votes.

Reviews Gardiner Case.

Particular stress was laid on the grant

ing of a license to the Grand .Hotel,

over the protest of the precincl captain

of police, and the contingent fee pro

cured by Joseph H. Sheeny, ex-presi-dent

of the Excise Board, for the trans

fer of license from Southwest Wash

ington to New York avenue near Fif

teenth street.

Referring to the notorious "Bucket

of Blood." Senator Jones said:

"The law said that the Excise Board

should give consideration to the recom

mendations of the chief of police of the

District, in the matter of issuing li

censes. I want to call your attention

to the case of Edward Gardiner, who

was the proprietor of the Grand HoteL

He had a license to run a bar there

and he had a beer garden in the base

ment. He was arrested for selling liquor

to a girl under eighteen years old. The

case was taken to the Court of Appeals,

which ordered Gardiner's license re

voked.

"What did Gardiner do then? He

formed a corporation of which he re

tained control, and of which he was an

officer, and applied for a license and got

It. Tho new excise board has renewed

his license, although the captain of the

First precinct wrote a letter to the board

strongly opposing the iiiue of the license.

"The letter, which was read into the

record, declared that Gardiner's place

was a rendezvous for street vvalktrs and

men and women of the underworld."

Telia of Sheeny Work.

The Washington Senator next told the

story of Joseph H. Sheehy. who fell Into

a lucrative practice representing appli

cants for liquor licenses after he had

resigned as president of the excise board.

He told In detail the transaction lead

ing up to the suit whertln William F.

Columbus sought to force Sheehy to split

h's half of a S3.M0 contingent fee which

Sheehy recovered for obtaining a transfer

of license.

"Was that large sum of money paid

for legal services, or was it to be used

In some other way? I don't know, but

I have my own ideas about It. No at'

torney was needed by these applicants.

The law is clear. I cite these facts to

show the enormous influence which is

Newspapers Say Vessel Formerly

Owned by Germans Should Be

Taken if She Sails.

London, Jan. IS. Seizure of the steam

ship Dacla (a former German ship which

now files the American flag). If she sails

from her present neutral port, was urged

upon the British government today in edi

torials of Britlshnewspapers.

Both the State Department and the

British Embassy were without any ad

vices from London yesterday as to what

the British government intehds to do

In the case of the former German steam

ship Dacia. now at Galveston with a

cargo of cotton which the owners wish

to get Into Germany.

State Department officials were much

disappointed that no report was received

from Ambassador Page on the British

government's attitude toward the request

of this government that the Dacla be

permitted to carry her present cargo of

cotton to Rotterdam without molesta

tion or chalalengc of her present status.

It was admitted that the unofficial dis

paches from London in the last two daji

give but little Indication that the Brit

ish government looks upon the proposal

with favor.

S CHECK

FRENCH GUN

GERMANS ON AISNE;

RUSS FRONT SPLIT

Attacks Continue, but Teutons' Efforts to Cross Swollen

Stream and Take Soissons Is Halted by Fire of Creusots.

City Shattered by German Bombardment Kaiser's

Staff Prepares for New Drive on Paris and Important

Shifting of Troops Is Going On Part of Belgian Coast

Evacuated New Attack on Allies' Lines Will Be Made

Through Arras and Roye, Is Belief La Boiselle De

stroyed by Teuton Bombardment

AUSTRIANS DRIVE WEDGE THROUGH CZAR'S

LINES IN GALICIA; ENTIRE ARMY MENACED

Vienna, Jan. 16, (via Berlin andt Special cable to -vaahlnston Heral.

Amsterdam). That Austrian forces,! London- Jan- 16. Important new

driving a wedge to the junction of i movements of troops are being made

the Vistula and San rivers. haveby 'he Germans, according to dis

split the Russian armies in Galiciaj received here from Holland

is indicated by an official statement I "om ucmna lnc "n" in Belgium,

issued here todav tellintr of fiirhtine I and Fran- The change which evi-

at Rozwadow and Xisko.

KAtn tnaca fnurnc ir

-wna kli,JV tuivtl.7 cas , Lua,uAa

matelv loo miles northeast of Cra-' tllC general shifting of first line

dently is taking place in the Ger-

I Tnnn c Mmniiffn i1 iJ!m4J L.

aooroxt- "' s" ""-. 'i"-"tu uj

FRENCH SUBMARINE

!.

cow, ana the Austrian troops could

I have arrived there only by passing

I between the Russian army around

SUNK IN DARDANELLES ' Praemysl and that along the Dunajec

Attempts of the Russian forces in

Southern Poland to cross the NIda River

now are attributed to their efforts to

relieve the forces along the Dunajec,

which may be surrounded and annihi

lated. The battle east of Borgo Pass In Buk

owina is progressing, but no decisive re

sult has been attained.

Saphire Sent Down by Fire of Turkish

Guns, Bulletin to Berlin

Reports.

Berlin, Jan. 16 (by wireless.) Among

the Items given out by general head

quarters today were the following:

"A Turkish bulletin says the French

submarine Saphire has been sunk by the

Turkish artillery while trying to enter

tho Dardanelles."

"An Autrlan bulletin reports that a

!eavy Tortulery-. battle Is in -prurtss on

the Dunajec. The Auiti'ans succeeded in

silencing one Russian btttery by explod

ing the ammunition magazine."

The NIeuwe Rotterdamsche Courant

estimates the English losses in France

and Flanders from January 1 to 13 at

1?0 officers and C3u0 men."

"The Swedish government has decided j

to prohibit the transportation of war

material through Sweden. The Swedish

press declares that the last way for Rus

sia to get war material is now :loseJ."

ATTORNEY GENERAL TO

PROBE GRAIN INCREASES

in

Will Investigate Recent Rises

Prices of Wheat and

Flour.

Attorney General Gregory was directed

by President Wilson yesterday to make

an investigation in the recent increase

in prices of wheat and flour to ascertain

whether there had been any violation of

any law in that connection.

The Attorney General promised promnt

action. His first step. It Is understood,

will be to see if any illegal combination

had been formed to force up the prices

of the commodities. The Department of

Commerce may be asked to furnish Infor

mation showing the increase of exports

bf wheat and flour that have been in evi

dence since the outbreak of the European

war.

VIRGINIA BEAUTY

DIVORCES CLUBMAN

Berlin Celebrates Victory.

Berlin. Jan. IE (by wireless). Rejoicing

over the victory on the Aisne River was

increased today by reports that the Ger

man troops had been able to capture a

bridge near Missy and gain a foothold

on the south bank of the Alsne. from

which they were preparing to launch an

attack upon Soissons.

A dispatch from Strassburg to the

Tageblatt says that German aviators de-

feated French fliers in an aerial battle

in Upper Alsace on Thursday, the French-

i men being driven back to their station

at Belfort.

Berlin military experts, commenting

on the resumption of the offensive by

the Russians In Northern Poland and

East Prussia, say that this is an ef

fort to relieve the pressure upon the

allies In the western theater of war.

It Is asserted at the war office that the

Russians' attacks cannot gain any

great strategic advantage because of

the positions occupied by the Germans.

Thlrty-flve Gnna Captnrtd.

The capture of thirty-five French

guns In the Argonne forest and the

repulse of attacks on the German

troops northwest of Arras are report

ed officially' In a statement issued by

the German war office today.

The German statement also says La

Boiselle. northeast of Albert, has been

completely destroyed, and the French

forces driven away.

Heavy rains In the eastern theater

of war are again Interfering with mil

itary operations.

The Tageblatt states that the victory of

the Germans Indicates that the French

pffeaslve in that vicinity has been

broken.

It was estimated that the French,

forces, is acepted by British mili

tary critics as presaging a new drive

against the allies at a point which

only can be conjectured.

Amsterdam reports that the Germans

have evacuated all the towns and vil

lages on the Belgian coast as far north

as Mariakerke, to the north of Nleu

port and three miles southwest of Os

tend. The towns reported abandoned

include MIddlekerke. Slype and Westende.

The veterans forces already had been

withdrawn fri.a i,I . ,

i enforce Vt... K.' -. arm

tacked So.'n-os ia--r

Kaiser an land.-nurm ti . hi

their place.

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drive of ti. I imi -; "" '

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Read the First Episode of

"RUN A WA Y JUNE"

tyMdi Begins Techy is the

Sedety and Theatrical Section.

-BY-George

Randolph Chester

TKCrea8f'Gri-RlU-QakWaligfefd.',

"Runaway June" is jut as'intereislirig a type .'in a

feminine way as Wallmgford proved a masculine mix

ture of many parts and that means one of the most

interesting types of women ever portrayed.

Don't fail to read the first Full Page Installment

of this Great Live Story of the Year.

Mrs. Reginald Brooks, One of the

Famous Langhorne Sisters, Wins

Limited Decree.

Charlottesville. Va., Jan. 16. It became

known today that a decree was entered

-ln the Circuit Court of Albemarle Coun

ty In the Christmas holidays granting

Mrs. Phyllis Langhorne Brooks, sister of

Mrs. Charles Dana -Gibson, of New York.

and of Mrs. Waldorf Astor, of London,

a limited divorce from Reginald Brooks,

New York clubman and polo player.

Mrs. Brooks sailed from New York this

week to London to aid Mrs. Astor in

nursing wounded English soldiers.

The decree recites that the parties were I

married In

Brooks on September IS, 191z. abandoned

his wtfo and that the abandonment con

tinued for a period ot more than two

years.

losses

30,000.

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Nine Avlntora Drop Domba on Depot I

and Barracks.

Paris. Jan. 16. British aviators, work

ing In conjunction with French and

Belgian aviators, have accomplished a

successful air raid over Ostend. f

Several bombs were dropped on the

railway station and military barracks.

Loud explosions followed, and the dam

age done was considerable. The allien . rrero 'and r

suffered no casualties. t sctao&s with .

Nine airmen are belleTed to have taken r mm i

part. j.in-cHtiH mft

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PREDIOTS'REVOLT IN CHINA.

November, 13QI, and thatSnn Yat Sen's Private Secret, r :' ntf

Sara. It Will Come Soon. i 7, " i

San Francisco, Jan. 16. After a tt .r ! '" i-i,

months tour of the United States, d-i-

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I SITS IN WINDOW; SHOOTS SELF.

Salcide'a Body Catapolta eleven

Floors to Skylight.

San Francisco; Jan. 16. Horace W.

Merker. of Allegheny, Pa, sat on the

window ledge of his room on, the

twelfth floor of the St- Francis Hotel

and fired a bullet through his brain

early today, A moment later his body

catapulted from the window and felt

50 the second floor, where It struck a

skylight with a crash that caused

frightened guests to rush from' 'their

rooms Iff scanty attire.

Merker came to .California two years

ago .and since has been a resident of

Point Richmond. Hi health. Is said to

have caused hlra to become despondent.

log which he has visited fifty clU

re iIim ittalri

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Dr. Fung Cbl You. private secretary

Dr. 8un Yat Sen. first Freswent . i-

China. Is in San Francisco on his i'S trs. cathert

to Japan to confer with his chief, v- .

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China Is facing a great crisis, , a. MrsS CathttrH

cording to Dr. Fung. Opposition yoW. of

Provisional President YuafShNKav '1J'tt..Ma ,

Decoming bo ,auuB, .. .-. v

a second revolution may be.raglnf alenUM Tier 00

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a lew monies. t 1 1 s - '-;

Til sentiment K"" ' " ' wtI 1 -on-m

Tna.nls almost uwniraw . -".a tt

rrhtn..a, tMnmnti thrO Tiff hOUt ' ei .''T .

worltt-'sald Dr. Fung, "and It Is gto v Ltfcefct .

lne rapidly in China. -ri nr ..p ,;

"We have ample funds on hanu t" .f , ft,,, 1,

begin a revolution If tnis step oecox ,-t lu-ya ,oouh

necessary ana wb iwi"

Money from all parts of the world

Tnen aant to our headquarters In Cb

the whereabouts of which Is sec . 0lUmj4, --

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