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Germans Retire Inland
Several Miles, Concen
trating Heavy Forces
Around Bruges For
Renewed Effort to
Reach Coast.
Flench Official Report De
clares Attacks Between
Dixmude and River Lys
Show Lessened Energy as
Allies Stiffen Defending
Forces.
Berlin Statement Says Kaiser's
Armies Have Gained All Along
Line, Though Paris Lays Claim
to General Repulses.
The Allies have crossed the Yscr
and advanced to the northeast along
the coast, according to the official
statement in Paris this afternoon.
Apparently the Germans are aban
doning their coastal operations along
the road to Nictiport entirely and have
retired several miles inland. They arc
reDortcd as concentrating heavy land
and naval forces at Bruges, which is
connected with the sea by a big canal
to Zeebrugge.
The Kaiser's attacks between Dix
mude and the Lys arc declared to be
decreasing in energy and further
south, around La Basscc, the Allied
line is said to be holding firm, with
progress at some points.
An advance is announced at Ques
nay, near Royc. In the centre, be
tween the Meusc and the Moselle,
fresh artillery duels arc reported.
The Germans are apparently
gaining slowly on .Yprcs from the
south. They were last reported at
Missines. Now a Belgian statement
indicates the Allies have fallen back
to Wytschacte, a mile and a half to
the north.
The British also are hurrying every
available man to this region, bring
ing up fresh troops from England and
veterans from the Somme.
Great Britain declared war on
Turkey, and the Turkish Envoy left
London. It is expected the declara
tions will be made by all the allied
Powers.
Russian advances farther into
Asiatic Turkey are reported from
.Petrograd. The Turkish forces are
fleeing before the fierce charges of
Cossack invaders, and a number of
towns have been captured.
Turkish troops are gathered on the
Jigyptlan border, but have not
crossed, says a Cairo report. The
British have a heavy force prepared
to meet the invasion.
The Russian Black Sea fleet has
driven the Turkish squadron back to
its base in the Bosporus, according
to Petrograd official reports. The
Turks refuse to fight.
Japanese warships are reported on
their way to the South American
coast to engage the German fleet
which smashed the British off Cor
bnel. The Japanese craft were at
Easter Island shortly after the Ger
man fleet coaled there. Another big
naval battle is expected.
The German cruiser Yorck has been
sunk by a mine in its own waters in
Jade Bay, which is guarded by the
naval base of Wilhelmshaven. No
confirmation has been received of the
reported sinking of the German
cruiser Koenigsberg in the Indian
Ocean.
Russians have thrust the German
Concluded on Fate Four
ENGLISH COAST TOWN HEARS
CANNONADING ON NORTH SEA
Heavy Detonations Indicate Battle in
Progress,
LONDON, Nov, .
A dispatch from Lowestoft reports that
heavy cannonading was heard In the
North Be off Aldeburgh. this morning.
Aldeburgh la a town In Suffolk, about 85
piUea northeast of London.
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S
SON KILLED AT FRONT
Now British List Shows Twenty Offi
cers Dead, Forty-flvo Wounded.
LONDON, Nov. fi A cnmmlty Hit Is
sued under dnte of October 30 contains
the names o M ofllcers kilted and
wounded.
Tliose who mot death fit tho front In
clude Captain Lord nichnrd Wellcslcy.
fecond son of tho fourth Dulto of Well
ington, of the Grenadier Guards; Lieu
tenant Colonel H. L. Anderson, of the
9th Bliopnl Infantry and two native In
dian officers.
Among the wounded are Lleutcnnnt
Colonel Maxwell Carle, of the Grenadier
Guards, a member of tho General Staff
of the War Otllco; Lieutenant Colonel F.
W. B. Gray, of the 57tIi Wlldo's Rifled
Captain the lion C. M. B. Ponsnnby, of
the Grenadier Guards, second son of the
eighth Carl of nessboroimh; lieutenant
Colonel L. I. Wood, of tho Border Regi
ment nnd Second Lieutenant the Hon.
It. G. Winn, of the Coldstream Guards,
oldest son and heir of tho "second Baron
St. Oswald.
ROCKEFELLER NO LONGER ILL
looks Fine ns Ho Pleads Not Guilty
to Conspiracy Indlctmont.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 William Rocke
feller, who, i.t various times, has been
reported seriously 111 and too weik to
testify In examinations, appeared unex
pectedly boforo Judge Foster today nnd
pleaded not guilty to tho conspiracy In
dlctmont with 20 other ofllclats and for
mer officials of tho Now Haven railroad.
Bnll was flxed at J5000 and quickly fur
nished. Rockefeller looked to be In better health
than at any time In tho loot few years.
Ho declined to talk to newspaper men.
YORCK, GERMAN
CRUISER, SUNK
IN OWN HARBOR
Strikes Mine Off Naval Base
at Wilhelmshaven Koe
nigsberg Destroyed in In
dian Ocean, London Hears
LONDON', Nov. 5.
Confirmation of tho sinking of the Ger
man armored cruiser Yorck by striking
a chain of mines yesterday In the en
trance of Jado Bay Is slon In an official
statement today. Jade Bay 13 guarded
by the great German naval station of
Wilhelmshaven.
Tho cruiser sank with half her crew.
Only 3S men are reported saved, a- rescue
work was difficult, owing to the thick fog.
No confirmation has been received of
the sinking of tho Koenigsberg In tho
Indian Ocean.
Reports of tho loss of two Gorman
cruisers, tho Torek and Koenigsberg,
brought hope to England today that tho
tide of victory on the seas, which thus
far has been flowing In favor of Ger
many, had begun to turn.
The Yorck waB placed in commission
In 1006. Her displacement wa3 5G0O tons,
and she had a speed of 21 knots.
Tho Koenigsberg, which, accoidlng to
tho London Times, has "been put out of
action in tho Indian Ocean," was a pro
tected cruiser laid down in 1905. She had
a displacement ,of 3348 tons and a speed
of 23.6 knots. Tho Koonlgsberg carried
ten 1.1-lnch guns and two machine guns.
Her, crew numbered 332 men.
Like the cruiser Emden, the Koenigs
berg has been harrying British shipping
in tho South Seas. She sank tho liner
City of Winchester near tho entrance to
the Gulf of Aden on August 6, and dis
abled the British cruiser Pegasus In the
harbor of Zanzibar on Septomber 20.
Tho Brltlih and Japanese ships that
have been hunting the Emden have also
been conducting a search for the Koenigs
berg.
Unconfirmed reports wero current here
today that a naval battle had taken place
in tho North Sea and that a number of
ships had beon sunk, but It was stated at
tho Admiralty that these rumors were
without foundation.
GENERAL VON KLUK KILLED,
SAY TWO FRENCH REPORTS
German Leader Reported Victim of
Foe's Bomb.
LONDON, Nov. B.
Two reports of the death of General
Alexander Von ICluk, commander of tho
German troops which nearly reached the
walls of Paris, were received here today.
n Bordeaux correspondent of tho
Dally Tolegraph informed his paper that
General von Kluk had been killed by a
bomb dropped on the German General
Staff headquarters. Another dispatch,
sent to the Paris Excelsior by -its
Bordeaux correspondent and transmitted
to London, declared that the German
commander died ten days ago In a Namur
hospital from a wound In the head.
The Excelsior correspondent said that
Von Kluk's death had been concealed In
both Belgium and Germany, but that he
had learned ofrit from a reliable source.
SENTENCE " MEANEST" BATIENT
Not Satisfied in Hospital, Man Is
Bent to Correction.
John UcElroy, 57 years old. no home,
is no longer a patient at the Philadelphia
General Hospital. He will spend the next
six months In the House of Correction.
Magistrate Harris, fitting In the 82d
and Woodland avenue police station, who
sentenced McElroy, called Mm the "mean
est and most ungrateful patient" Phlla-
delphla had ever Demenacd.
McElroy Is known to many magistrates.
He has been committed to the Philadel
phia Hospital on at least 30 occasions.
Whenever he arrives at the hospital, according-
to Captain McGahan, ho Insists
on climbing over the walls. He has es
caped six times. McElroy again tried to
escape today,
Switching' Engine Prevents Suicide
X switching engine prevented a Chicago
man from committing suicide the other
day. With a rope around bis neck and
fastened on the rails of the (Rook Island
Railroad, ha was orawllng betweea the
ties, prepared to Jpmp from a vladuet,
when a awltefalng engine oajae alwg and
out the rope, As h had last bis atiance
of banting blmstlf, be thought better of
bit project,
REPUBLICANS GIVE
DEMOCRATS HOUSE
BY BAREST MARGIN
Committee's Table Shows
United Opposition Equal
to Dominant Party's Vote.
Seven Districts in Doubt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Tho Republl
can National Congressional Campaign
Committee today tacitly admitted that
the Democrats would have contiol of
the new House. Their acknowledgment
was made In tho form of a tabulation
of returns recelvod up to noon, showing
214 Democrats, 203 Republicans, six Pro
giesslves, two Socialists and one Inde
pendent elected, nnd seven districts still
In doubt. The narrow margin by which
thoy conceded the Democratic advantage
reflected the hope that corrected returns
might even reduce the present lead held
by President Wilson's supporters.
The Republican tabulation follows:
SUto Dm.
Alabama 10
Arizona 1
Arkansas 7
California S
Colorado U
Connecticut
Delaware
riorlda 4
Georgia 12
Idaho
Illinois 1
Indiana 10
Iowa 1
Kansas 0
Kentucky O
ljoulslaua. 7
Hep. Iro.
IT
3
10
Maine J
a
13
11
10
'i
'i.
3
2J
1
3
Michigan a
Minnesota
Mississippi S
Missouri J'
Nebraska 2
N'tnada
New Hampshire
New Jersey 3
New York IT
North Carolina 0
North Dakota
Ohio IS
Oklahoma 0
Oregon .
Pennsylvania p
llhnrf. Island .. 1
3
30
2
a
a
'
2
X
o f
South Carolina 1
hoi
Tel
?outh Dakota ......... T
rennessee ........ s
Texas ..........
la
Utah
Vermont i
Virginia ..,
Washington .. .1
West Vlrrlnla . 3
Wisconsin
Wyomlns
1
205 "3
one member In
Totals 314
The Boo allsts elected
New York and one in Wisconsin: Call-
fornla will have one member classed as
an Independent, while tho districts desle
nated In the Republican claimed as doubt
ful Include two In Illinois and one each
in Kansas. Missouri, Now Jersey, New
Mexico and Ohio.
Latest reports Indicate that the Demo
crats will have a majority of in the
Senate. This Is a Bain of two. Tho
make-up of the Senate will be as follows,
unless later returns upset the situation;
Democrats. Ml Republicans, 41; Progres
slves, 1.
SON SHOOTS HIS MOTHER
Two Shots Take Effect During fam
ily Quarrel.
NORRISTOWSN, Pa., Nov. 8.-CToseph
Marbegrava fired three shots at his
mother In their home at Port Kennedy,
near Valley Forge, today. Two of the
shots entered the woman's abdomen and
she Is in a serloui condition. The son
was captured after a chase,
Marbesrava aays the shots were fired
while he was protecting his wife from
the abuse of his mother and brother.
He says his relatives have been quar
reling with his wife for weeks.
Marbegrava'a wife has also been held
by the authorities. It is charged that
beforo the shooting she hit her mother-in-law
on the neck.
S7BEMEN SAVE HOUSE
-Timely arrival of fire engines from Vox
Chase probably prevented the home of
Harry Goebel. 83 RobWna avenue. Itock
ledge, Montgomery County, from being
destroyed, this morning.
The fire is said to have been started by
a painter who was at work scraping paint
off the bouse. His terh aat Are to th.
jreatbex -bowdUos,
ywk V ilk
"YUJVI-M-M!!"
CITY LOSES $30,000
THROUGH COUNCILS'
LAXITY, MAYOR SAYS
Municipal Funds Draw Only
2 Per Cent. Interest, While
Education Board Gets 4
Per Cent. Return.
Philadelphia has lost 30,000 in the last
year by tho failure of Councils to re
rjulro 24 per cent. Interest on municipal
deposits, according to a message to both
branches by Mayor Blankenburg today.
In another message the Mayor reveals
tho fact that eight flremon In the Bureau
of Charities nro working for ISO a year
each, while assistant matrons are em
ployed at salaries as low as Kt0 a year.
Tho Mayor asks for an appropriation of
$5000 to investigate ' the question of lo
cating a Pennsylvania Railroad freight
yard In Overbrook, In another message.
Until such Investigation bo concluded he
asks thnt no further action be taken
011 the necessary ordlnnnco now before
Councils.
WHY CITY LOSES.
Mavor Blankenburg's message referring
to Interest on city deposits calls attention
to various previous communications on
this subject. It points out money has
been returning not lower than 6 per cent,
for bank loans nnd as high as 7 per cent,
nnd more for mercantile paper for some
months. In the face of these conditions,
the city Is getting but 2 per cent. Interests
on Its deposits.
"There Is no excuse," says the Major,
"for permitting city money to draw only
2 iper cent, interest You may know that
the Board of Education 1ms placed part
of Ha fund In trust companies at I per
cent. Why the city should receive only
half as much cannot be explained by con
tinued refusal to ask for a higher rate.
"Immediate action should be taken,
especially In view of the prevailing un
employment In many of our Industries.
The city would have received 30,000 addi
tional interest k my requoai nua won
acted upon favorably a year ago. This
sum means a great deal for the many
people now out of work, who could be
given employment with this addltlonsl
amount In the City Treasury."
The Mayor In another communication
refers to the fact that Chairman Connelly,
of tho Finance Committee, is quoted as
having said on the floor of Councils on
October t that the "executive officers have
been preparing requests to Councils to In
crease, salaries by 1.600,98178 for the. com-
Ing year"
"I am quite sure," declares the Mayor,
the gentleman must have been misquoted,
as It Is quite Impossible that such n state
ment should ever have been seriously
made. In order, however, that you may
not be prejudiced or misinformed In your
approaching consideration of the budgets
for 1915 submitted by the departments
under the Mayo, I would state far your
.. .i th h increases In salaries
asked by these departments are as fol-
l0WBi Salary Incre"HAJ,,k&
Publlo Cafetr iJ'iMld
fcublto Works JHIv-iS
ii..i,h mH rrhsrlttas I1'?! yu
Ctrli TTlce Commission .B'o0
M.vn. ....,.. on
Suppllsa ,...,... ..j'"i
wharves, Dock ana FrrUs ......
City Transit
........ nm
j. one
Nons
Total S3.B88.80
"Let me sdd that over 1000 of the In
crease Is to bring Bteamntters. gasfltters
and painters in the Bureau of City Prop
erty up to the union scale of wages;
nearly 3000 Is to bring eight nremen in
the Bureau of Charities up from 450 a
year to 600 a year; 1100 represents an
Increase of 100 a year to 10 inspectors
and 11 linemen In the Electrical Bureau,
and l"520 represents an Increase from 3S0
a year to 340 a year for nine assistant
matrons In the Bureau of Correction. All
of th other Increases aro recommended
either for sound business reasons or la
justice to bard-worklng and underpaid
employes. "
$041,945.81 BBOBIVBD BY OITT
Receipts at the City Treasury during
the week 004107 last night were 1L
4g.il. Payments tsade from the Treas
ury during the same parted we l,4tS.
9lT.lt. Balance la the Treasury frwn the
previous wk, set Ipriwdlag tbe slafc-1
lag fund aeeauat. is tsf.K4.NY.tt. '
DEMOCRATS FIND
SOME CONSOLATION
IN WESTERN STATES
Apparently Held Their Own
in Region Beyond Middle
Section; Gained a Senator
or Two and Several Gov
ernors.
CHICAGO. Nov. 5. The Republican
Inndsllde thnt sent 20 now Republican
members to the House of Representatives
from Ohio and Illinois did not materially
change the political complexion of Con
gressional delegations from other West
ern States, lnte returns showed today.
Twenty-three other Western and Middle
Western States from Ohio to California
gao the Republicans a net sain of four
members of the lower house. To offset
this, the Democrats made a net gain of
at least one United States Senator and
elected Democratic Governors In Minne
sota, Nebraska. Michigan and Wyoming.
On tho other hand, Ohio rejected Gover
nor Cox, Democrat, and elected Congress
man Willis, Republican, to the State
bouse and Colorado supplanted a Demo
cratic Executive by George Carlson, Re
publican.
In practically all Western States, with
tho exception of tliose on the Pacific
coast, the Progressive vote slipped away,
most of It going to the Republican can
didates, but the Democrats evidently
benefiting- to Borne extent.
Practically complete returns today show
that Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, Re
publican, was re-elected to the Senate In
Illinois over Roger C. Sullivan. Demo
crat, by a plurality of 15.000. In Utah,
where the result was In doubt. Senator
Reed Smoot has been re-elected over
James H. Moyle, Democrat-fusion candi
date, by about 1000. In Colorado, Senator
Thomas, Democrat, has a lead of 2300
over Hubert Work. Republican, who still
claims his election.
SURPRISE IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
In South Dakota, the Democrats turned
a surprise by electing Edward S. John
son to the United States Senate over
Congressman Burke, Republican. Another
South Dakota Democrat, Harry L. Oandy.
apparently has defeated W. G. Rice, Re
publican, for Congress from the 3d dls-
The Senatorial race in Kansas Is un
decided. Congressman George A. Neeley,
Democrat, is still in the lead for the
Senate seat vacated by Senator Brlstow,
Republican, but Charles Curtis, Repub
lican, will not concede his defeat. Victor
Murdock, Progressive, ran third. The
election of Arthur Capper, Republican,
for Governor, Is assured.
In California the Demoorata apparently
won a Senator, "electing James D. Phelan
over Joseph R. Knowland, Republican,
by an estimated plurality of 15,000. Late
returns from Nevada show Senator New
lands, Democrat, steadily reducing the
plurality of Samuel Piatt. Republican
Senatorial candidate, which best available
returns put at leas than 1C0.
WISCONSIN MAY FLOP.
Wisconsin, another strong Republican
State, may give the Democrats a United
States Senator, Paul O. Hustlng, Dem
ocrat, early today was leading Gover
nor Franols E. MoGovem, Republican,
by 4000, with several counties yet to
be heard from. The counties not yet
reported aro normally Republican. Four
Western States. Oregon. Arizona,
Washington and Colorado, voted to oust
the saloons, Qble and California re
maining wet,"
MoAtana and Navada. en lata returns,
BRpareatly supported woman suffrage,
wUWh also has a chance to win in Ne
braska. The official count wlH prob
ably bo neoecsary to deelde in all three
BUtts. North and etewtfc Dakota, Ml
eurl and OMo decisively defeated tt
susYrase proposal.
WOMEN CLAIM HONORS
FOR DEMOCRATIC LOSSES
Suffrage Campaigns Aided in Defeat
of Congressmen, They Say.
WASHINGTON, NcVv. (.While suffra
gist leaders today claimed a big sharo In
tho defeat that overtook tho Democratic
patty on Tuesday, tho Administration de
clined to admit women had any effect in
the campaign.
Anti-suffragists declined to comment on
claims of their opponents, but pointed
smilingly tc sufficient failure to carry
some of the States In which they had
campaigned.
Secretary Tumulty, when ho heard
suffrnglsts wore claiming their declaration
of war on all Democratic candidates uaa
responsible for tho big cut In tho House
majority, smiled
"I don't bollcvo the women had much
to do with It," ho said, "and their Influ
ence, If It wsb felt, mado Itself apparent
In n few Western nnd Mlddto Western
States. I do not believe It can be takon
Into consideration as a factor, however."
The liquor Interests In Ohio and Mis
souri, nccordlng to Miss Alice Paul, of
tho Congressional Union for Woman Suf
frage, defeated the suffrage movement In
thoBo States.
"In Ohio," said Miss Paul, "wo did not
expect to win. The liquor interests of
the Stato spent thousands of dollars In
tho election and our movement was
snowed under through that influence."
WASHINGTON FOIl PROHIBITION
Incomplete Returns Show lead of
8000 in State.
SKATTLH, Wnsh., Nov. E. With two
thirds of the count complete, tho Pro
hibitionists have a lead of about S00O
votes, indicating that thoy havo been
victorious.
GREAT BRITAIN
DECLARES WAR.
AGAINST TURKS
King Signs Declaration,
Blaming Germans for Forc
ing Hostilities Sultan's
Envoy, Failing in Peace
Efforts, Leaves London.
LONDON, Nov. 5.
The Foreign Office announces that Eng
land has declared war on Turkey, and It
Is expected that this notion Immediately
will be followed by France, Rtlssla, Ser
vla, Montenegro and possibly by Belgium
and Japan.
There was a meeting of the Privy
Council at Buckingham palace at noon
for the purpose of Indorsing royal procla
mations incidental to tho declaration of
war against Turkey. Those present wero
Earl Beauchamp, Lord President of tho
Council; Viscount Knollys, Lord Sand
hurst Earl Crewo and Sir Almerlo Fitz
roy, clerk of tho council. After the meet
ing Prlnc Louis of Battenbcrg, who was
forced to resign as First Sea Lord of tho
Admiralty, was sworn in as a Privy Coun
cillor. At the conclusion of the council meet
ing, King Georgo signed tho proclamation
of war.
The ofTlclal proclamation of war Issued
by the Gazette says:
Owing to hostilo acts committed by
Turkish forces under German ofllcers,
a state of wax exists bctweon Great
Britain and Turkey from todoy. All
proclamations and orders In council
Issued In reference to state of war be
tween Great Britain and Germany and
Austria shall also apply to the state
of war between Great Britain and
Turkey.
The Turkish Government yesterday
withdrew all its dlplcymatlc representa
tives from Servla, England, Russia and
France, and Russian troops have already
Invaded Turkey, whllo the Anglo-French
fleet Is bombarding the Dardanelles.
Tewtlk Pasha, Turkish Ambassador, and
tils staff left London today for the Conti
nent, and the rupture of relations between
England and the Porte was complete.
While the destination of the Ambassador
was stated to be Constantinople, It is be
lieved he will not go there, as he has
opposed the war party of Turkey.
It is announced at the American Em
bassy that Ambassador Page, at the re
quest of the Turkish Ambassador and
with the consent of the United States
Government, had taken charge of all af
faire of the Ottoman Embassy.
Severance of diplomatic relations would
have occurred several days earlier but
for a personal plea from the envoy to
Sir Edward Grey to delay acting until
he could try to Influence the Porte in
favor of maintaining neutrality and
granting the wishes of the Triple Entente.
The Turkish Cabinet has fallen as a
result of the dispute caused by the at
tacks on Russia In the Black Sea, and
Enver Bey, War Minister, Is conduct
ing the Porte's affairs. Prince Said
Hallm, the Grand VUler, has resigned,
and Enver Bey, the supporter of Germany,
has become dictator of Turkey.
A dispatch to the Times from Dedea
gatch says that the Grand Vizier knew
nothing of the Black Sea raid until after
It occurred. The Minister of Marine also
was ignorant of the plan to open hos
tilities and learned of it only In a round
about way. Then he demanded an ex
planation from Enver Bey, and was In
formed that Russia had attacked the
Turkish fleet.
Thts statement received no corrobora
tion, and the Minister of Marine resigned.
Other Ministers who favored neutrality
did likewise, and the Grand VUier later
gave up. his office.
ATTEMPTT0BL0WUP
CANADIAN SUBWAY FOILED
Foreigners Suspected of Plot is
Toronto Militia oa Guard
TORONTO. Can.. Nofcr. 6. The mMm
anaouswMd today that Ave me, bUvd
to be foreigner, attempted. t Www up
the Grand Truak twbway at High Park
last Bight, but we ftred ua a&4 ged.
MlUtto. are U b uWed at aU bcWe
Ir Ontario ta guard against German at-
JAPANESE RUSH
SHIPS TO MEET
GERMAN FLEET,
Allies Hope Eastern Fleet
Will Arrive in Time to
Prevent Destruction of
Their Shipping Through
Canal.
insnw a sTArr ooisssroNnKNT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6,-French nnd
English merchant vessels passing through
tho Pnnama Canal for the west coast of
South America are In serious danger, it
is Believed in diplomatic circles here, of
being destroyed by the German warships
which defeated the British squadron off
the coast of Chill, sinking tho Monmouth
and disabling tho cruiser Good Hope, tho
flagship of Admiral CradocJt '
Fear Is also expressed that the German
cruisers will prey upon Japanese com
merce In tho Facino. There Is a belief
In offlclal circles that ti Japanese fleet
may bo dispatched to the -west ooast of
South America to engage tho German
cruisers.
When American bluejackets and ma
rines were landed at Vera. Crux last
April, tho Dresden, one of the German
warships which participated in tho naval
engagement off Chill, was anchored in
the harbor within a short distance of tho
British cruiser Essex, then the flagship
of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradook, who
was In command of tho defeated British
squadron.
VALPARAISO. Chill. Nov. S.-The Ger
man squadron that defeated Rear Ad
miral Sir Christopher Cradock's British
warships oft Coroncl, Chill, on Sunday
evening are likely to be engaged at any
moment with a fleet of eight Japanese
"war vessels. Tho Japanm are known
to have been at Easter Island, 2300 miles
west of where Sunday's battle was
fought, and it Is believed they wero pur
suing the Germans.
The Scharnhorst. the Gncisenau and the
Nurnberg, of Admiral Graf von Spee'a
Gorman squadron, wero at Easter Island
on October 16, nine days beforo tho Japan
ese arrived there.
When tho Scharnhorst. the Gnelsenau
nnd the Nurnberg arrived here and re
ported the battle of Sunday evening they
took on board additional provisions, nnd
their officers let It be known on shore
that they had to Ieavo at once to intercept
a British steamship bound down tho
coast It is now believed, however, that
they ere In a hurry to got away to
prevent being bottled up by the superior
Japanese fleet.
Because of the battle on Sunday and
the defeat of Rear Admiral Cradock's
squadron. British shipping on the -west
coast of South America Is demoralized.
Vessels flying tho English flag, whch
were moro numerous than all others, ard'
remaining In ports, whllo thoso British
steamships which havo Chilian mall car
rying contrncts venture at sea only under
the protection of Chilian torpedobc s.
The correspondent for tho London
Times hero has been called before the
Chilian Cabinet to explain statements
credited to him that the Chilian Govern
ment is hostile to British interests and
has facilitated the operations of tho Ger
man fleet.
This has added a new sensation to that
which has stirred tho city since the bat
tlo of Sunday evening. Fears are ex
pressed that complications "with Great
Britain may result, but the Government
Is taking every precaution to prevent
this.
LONDON, Nov. 6. The Admiralty has
issued a statement. In which It says It
has received from German sources details
of a naval engagement off the Chilian
const In which the British cruiser Mon
mouth was sunk and the cruiser Good
Hope severely damaged. The statement
says the Admiralty has no confirmation
of the report.
The Admiralty announces that one of
ficer and 20 men wero lost in the sink
ing of the British submarine D-S by a
German mine in the North Sea on Wed
nesday. BRITISH BELIEVE TWO
GERA1AN WARSHIPS LOST
Xondon Refuses to Accept Story ol
Chilian Defeat.
LONDON, Nov. B. The British Govern
ment still Is without word from Admiral
Cradock regarding the battle off the
Chilian coast Until the British side of
the conflict can be learned the Admiralty
refuses to accept the German atory It
is said here the fact that the Dresden
and Leipzig did not accompany Admiral
von Spee's squadron Into Valparaiso har
bor would Indicate that they had been
sunk. The Admiralty also would like to
locate the battleship Canopus which was
supposed to be a part of Admiral Crad
ock's squadron,
Although no information Is available
here, it is known that steps already have
been taken to destroy Von Spees fleet.
The Japanese have a larfie fleet In the
Pacific, part of it in tho vicinity of
Easter Island and part f It near Hono
lulu, and there are reasons to believe
that It has already started to locate the
Scharnhorst, Gnelsenau and the Nurn
berg. The Japanese fleet 's headed by
the battle cruder Kongo, swiftest and
heaviest of her type in the world.
KUNKEL'S FRIENDS HAPPY
Judge's Campaign Managers Claim
His Election.
HARRISBURO. Pa., NoV. B.-Wlth un
official returns from all but several
counties the Campaign Committee of
Judge George Kunkel, candidate for the
Supremo Court, are confident of his ,su
cecs. The committee would give out no esti
mates, but friends of Judge Kunkle say
he has a iead of several thousand votes
over Judge Frazer.
It is said here that only (be offlclal
oount will determine the result
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