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BRIDEGROOM, KAISER'S GODSON, KILLED IN ACTION
The wedding of Wilhelm von Chelius a few months ago was a great
social event in Berlin. He has received his death wound in a battle
on the eastern front in France. He was only 25 years old.
COAL SHORTAGE
PREDICTED SEQUEL
OF LONG DROIMT
Mines in Schuylkill District
Unable to Maintain Oper
ation Distress in Sight as
Result.
POTTSVILLB, Pa., Deo. 1. Surpassing
U records, the long drought Ib gradu
ally tying up Industries, north of the
Broad Mountain, In the Schuylkill dls
Irtrlot. The collieries are suspending be
cause It la lmposelble to supply them
with water sufficient to keep up steam
In the boilers. The water trains are able
to keep a dozen operations In water, but
the stored supply Is dwindling and It Is
Clearly seen that, with freezing weather
Approaching, there can be no relief in the
drought conditions. Tho spring freshets
trill give the earliest water supply, so
prominent engineers assert.
With the cold months due, when there
s the heaviest demand for coal tt Is
Jeen that the production will be the
smallest In marry yards. The Immense
Wed coal banks will hardly meet the
Hernando, and late winter may And a coal
famine. If there should be a thaw. It
hiay relieve conditions temporarily, but
(here Js no doubt coal production will be
paralysed from the first of the year until
March.
This means distress even to residents
within sight of the collieries. All wash.
cries have Jong bean idle because a.
water supply cannot be obtained. To
day a stretch of five miles of pipe line
from a point two miles north of Frack
vtlU, at the Mud Run Dam, on the top
of the Broad. Mountain, carrying water
from that reservoir to the Stanton. Dra
per and half a, do-sen other collieries of
the Philadelphia and Reading- CoJ nri
Iron Company in tho llahanoy valley, was
nntshed and this will enable those opera
tions (o work while the water supply
holds out r
Pottsvllle and the towns contiguous to
tt have sufficient water to cover all emer
gencies. Frackvilla Is supplied with an
abundant quantity of water pumped
through artesian wells 1000 feet deep. All
towna north of the mountain receive a
supply of water only a. couple, of hours a
day So scarps is It that even passing
autolsts are unable to supply their cars.
Hundred! of persons are carrying water
for miles for domestic use. The situation
U hrtirly growing mora ominous.
frayera for rain ara the keynote of
yery religious service.
The big Centralis,' Colliery of the Le-
Mfh Valley Coal Company is Idle for
want of water. Several thousand men
; and boys are out of employment in con-
Sequence. ,
THE W BATHER
fw Philadelphia and vunnity
l'iuu4y und usti'.tUd. Continued fug
litse m III! u ml I M lljlt I I
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PERSONS AND INCIDENTS Til A T FIGURE IN THE NEWS OF TOD A Y
GOEBENANDBRESLAU
ESCAPED BY BOGUS
""'ADMiRALTTORDER
Admial Troubridge's Rec
ords Show Message in
Code, Now Declared
Dupe.
LONDON, Dec. l.-Admlral E. C. T.
TrouUrldge, commanding the British
Mediterranean squadron at the opening
of the war, was ordered to permit the
-German cruisers Q6eben and Breslau to
escape from .the Straits of Messina.
This Is the Information that comes
from' an unquestionably authoritative
source, which explains how Admiral
Troubrldge happened to be acquitted
when court-martialed for allowing the
German warships to elude htm.
The people of Great Britain are still
wondering, and probably will continue to
do so for some time to come, oyer the
escape of the, cruisers.
There was much astonishment when
Admiral Troubrldge was absolved of all
blame In connection with the escape of
the Goeben and Breslau. His squadron
-was supposed to have the cruisers se
curely bottled up in aiessina naroor.
Troubrldge had been . called home pre
sumably In disgrace. That he would be
dismissed from the service. If nothing
worse, seemed assured. Ills complete
vindication was Inconceivable. Here la
the explanation;
By means of his log book and the tes
timony of his flag lieutenant, his secretary
and his wlrelesa operator the admiral was
able to prove absolutely that he had
received a radiogram In the British Ad
miralty's secret code, worded and signed
in regulation Admiralty torm, oroering
him to permit the Goeben and Breslau to
escape. Assuming that the, Admiralty
knew Its business and that It probably
had other plans for th disposal of the
German vessels, he did not question the
order. If he had, there would not have
been time to obtain confirmation from
the Admiralty.
The wireless meesage was received on
the morning of August & Under the
laws ot neutrality the Goeben and Breslau
were to leave the Italian port that eve
ning. There was nothing to do but obey.
The German ships left on scheduled time
without molestation, later entered tha
Dardanelles and were "purchased by the
Turkish Government."
It was not until he reached England
that Troubrldge learned that no such
order had been sent him by the Ad
mlralty. It bad come from tha Goeben
itself, or from some wireless station un
der German control The most surprising
as well as baffling feature connected
with the inotdent Is that only a week be
fore the British Admiralty had changed
its wireless code, as It always does peri
odically more often during wac. times.
The "order" Troubrldge received was in
the new code.
The incident furnishes the most graphic
illustration since the war began of the
widespread ramifications and the su
perb eflielenay of the Qerman spy system.
The Admiralty code ocjuld eeareaty have
been obtained by the Qefmasa axaept
through tha agftoy of a Sjy or traitor
high up In the British navy.
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Detli JPeaalty AJwHsJae, a Oregon
BAIiKM, Ore.. Dec l.-The sweedajv't
to aMtoti capital ptuUibmett i Oregon
carried ly 1W rotas, tt was SBtMBe4
md j. Ths official vote was: AOtrwatlv,
i30,aii, oegstiv, m.ms.
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RUSSIAN
Princess Schaikowsky or Shakovskaya is reported in a message from Russia to have gone to the front
as an army flyer. She will be with the army of the northwest. So far as the record goes, she will be
the only woman aviator in service in this war. The Princess learned flying in Germany. She has visited
in the United States.
FRENCH TAKE ALL VOSGES
HEIGHTS, REPORT TO PARIS
Germans Evacuate Three Villages in
Plight.
TAltlS, Dec. 1. The French troops have
occupied all of the heights of the Vosges,
according to a telegram from Montbellard.
The message announces that the Ger
mans have evacuated the three villages
of Seppolj, Moos and Disci, abandoning
a largo quantity of ammunition and other
war material.
HEAVY'FOG KEEPS' SHIPPING"
AT STANDSTILL ON DELAWARE
Only One Skipper Bisks Piloting
Croft Through Dense Mist.
A dense curtain of mist which hung
low over the Delaware Blvcr and Bay
this morning completely tied up the
movements of big steamships and seri
ously Interfered with the schedules of
ferryboats.
Tho fog made the navigation of ferry
boats precarious. Several narrow escapes
from collisions and close calls from hit
ting, bulkheads were experienced. So thick
was the mist It was Impassible to see a
distance of SO feet,
Large steamships scheduled to sail re
mained tied up at their piers, and vessels
Inbound dropped anchor, and will prob
ably remain anchored all day. The steam
ships Troutpool and Kronprlnx Olav an
chored oft needy Island. The former
comes from Gibraltar with a cargo of ore.
and the latter from Sydney, Cape Breton,
with a cargo of plaster.
Captain Moloney, a West coast skipper,
ot the steamship Cricket, was the only
steamship master to risk collision In the
fog. Ills vessel was scheduled ito leave
Pier 3i. South Wharves, for a Port Illch
mond pier to finish loading for San Fran
cisco. Against the advice of rlvermen he
decided to make the change. He amazed
his advisers by his ability to pilot through
the mists, "A little bad weather can't
delay me," the veteran shipmaster said,
as his vessel waa safely berthed at Port
nichmond without the aid of a tug,"
UNION TRACTION DIRECTORS
EVADE HIGH-SPEED ISSUE
Declare Regular ?l,BO Dividend Only
at Perfunctory Meeting.
Mention of the proposed high-speed
lines as suggested In the plans ot Di
rector Taylor, of the Department of City
Transit, was avoided at the Tegular
meeting ot the directors ot the Union
Traction Company today.
The meeting, held in the traction com
pany's headuarters In tha Land Title
Building, lasted but a few minutes, and,
aside from declaring the regular divi
dend ot 11.60, according to one of the
directors, no other business was taken
4ip. Jeremiah J. Sullivan presided.
When reminded or tn demand or the
people In all parts of the city for high
speed lines, several ot the directors list
ened passively, and the usual reply was:
"I don"t care to talk about It."
SHOT SINKS PRYING BOAT
P m ! I W
Craft Tries to Enter English Port
During Night.
8UNDBHLAND, Eng., Dec t A mys
terious moJ.orbrat tried to enter the
harbor hers during the darkness early
today, ignoring the signals ot a patrol
warship.
A shot was fired, sinking the motor
boat and killing its occupants.
MAN DIES FROM ACID BURNS
aw aim is 9
Floor Gives Way and He la Immersed
la Plery Liquid.
HAUMOKTON. N. J., . i.-FUr
Kurt, K years old, died tWs suwftlog on
(fee KeadlBg BaUway platform last as the
express trite, wblofa was to have tsJtMa
bin t a PhiladalfbU Hospital cane 1
sight, Kurtt was fearfully burned by
ulphunc acid, at tbe W Bklooax & Sou
cut glass plant when the floor of tho acM :
rooro gave w Toe 8ry liquid paur4 ,
f v his fi. g.4. boar j
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1914.
PRINCESS GOES TO FRONT AS
KAISER'S GUNS
SHELL FREDH
LINES OtfllSNE
Heavy Cannonade of Allies'
Trenches Continued Night
and day Without Definite,
Results.
Germans Grow More Active
Around Arras King George
Visits British Troops in the
Field.
Renewal of the German artillery at
tack at several points along the
Franco-Belgian lines is reported in
this afternoon's official communique
of the Paris War Office. The can
nonade is especially heavy on the
Aisne, where the bombardment of the
French trenches is proceeding without
cessation. In Belgium also heavy
cannonading is reported, but for the
time being infantry movements have
been interrupted on that part of the
line.
The Germans have become increas
ingly active in the region of Arras,
and the belief that the next attempt
to break through the Allies' lines will
be made at that point is strengthened
by recent developments. Many mili
tary experts, however, believe that the
invaders are simply marking time in
the west, awaiting the outcome of the
great battle in progress in Poland.
Unofficial reports that the Kaiser
is send heavy reinforcements from
France and Belgium to the eastern
front lack confirmation.
The arrival of King George In
France to visit the British troops is
a picturesque feature of the war, espe
cially as it is the first time an Eng
Jish monarch has gone to the front
since George II led his victorious
troops in the battle of Dettingen.
A Russian dash across the Carpa
thians has been blocked on the west
ern side by a strong Austrian force.
According to a Vienna official report
a thousand of the enemy were slain
and many taken prisoners.
- German first line troops have been
rushed to the Polish battlefield. Pe
trograd admits that! the fighting near
Lods continues, with the Germans of
fering stubborn resistance to the
Czar's advance. Berlin announces
that the' heavy fighting in this region
has. had no decisive result for cithjr
side. On the East Prussian front di
vergent versions of operations are re
ported by the rival war offices. Ap
parently the Russians are more than
a score of miles within the border,
but have been icp4ed in aa iaapar
tant engagement
Reports from t&tevMeo declare
that a naval bttk ia imntiiKst i Ute
South Atkatfe. The German squad
ron which defeated Cradofk's &hip
of! the ChUkn coast has arrived in
those waters, having eluded the Jap
anese fleet and passed through the
S u ait oi Magellan A powerful Brit
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Photo by Haln.
AVIATRESS
WHOLE TOWN QUARANTINED
Twenty-seven Cases of Smallpox In
Epidemic nt Jamestown.
GREENVILLE, Pa., Dec. 1. Jamos
town, six miles north of here, hns been
placed under quarantine by the State
Board of Health, as the result of a serious
epidemic of smallpox.
Twenty-seven coses of the disease have
been reported and tho residents are
thoroughly alarmed. The disease first ap
peared last September when, It Is said,
physicians reported the sickness as
chlckfnuoxi' .-
J. BORDEN HARRIMAN DIES
AT HIS WASHINGTON HOME
Retired New York Banker Had Been
111 Several Months
WASHINGTON, Dec 1. J. Borden
Harrlman, the retired New York banker,
died today at 11:80 o'clock at his resi
dence here after an illness of several
months. Ho was 50 years old.
Mr. Harrlman was brought to Wash
ington on a private train about six weeks
ago from his country homo at Jit. Klsco,
N. T. He had been In poor health for
several months, but apparently was on
the road to recovery when he suffered
a relapse about ten days ago. He sank
slowly and for 48 hours prior to his
death was unconscious,
Mr. Harrlman's sister, Mrs. William K.
Vanderbllt, and his brothers, Oliver Har
rlman and J. Lowe Harrlman, were at the
bedside when the end came,
Mr. Harrlman for a number of years
was a member of the firm of Harrlman
& Co., one of the largest brokerage
houses In New Tork. He retired from
active business about two years ago. He
was a member of the Metropolitan Club
of this city, and numerous New YoVk
city clubs. i
1500 MORE THIEVES CAUGHT
THIS YEAR THAN IN 1913
Superintendent Robinson Commends
Police Porce for Spendld Record.
The arrest of 1500 more thieves In this
city, between January 1 and November U,
this year, than during the same period in
IMS, has caused Superintendent of Police
James Robinson to commend the pel Ice
force.
"I am well satisfied with the force and
the work being accomplished by the men,"
said Superintendent Robinson today,
"Crime Is not finding any haven in Phila
delphia as the record of arrests this year
shows."
Captain Nicholas J, Kenny, .of tha Third
Police Division, today received a letter
from Superintendent Itoblnaon asking him
to extend the thanks of the Superintend
ent to the entire personnel of. the Park
and Lehigh avenues force tor the re
markable record made by them the last
month.
On June 7, last. Policeman Abraham V,
Byers, ot the Park and Lehigh station,
was convloted of robbing residences on
bis beat. Singe that time the policemen
of the district hav united In an effort te
remove what they regarded a "stain on
their esoutoheon," and their work has
been the - cause of much comment In
police olrcles.
During Novembsr they made Unarrests
and recovered stolen articles to the value
ot tit), whlsh have been ldmtlfied.
437 LOST IN MINE DISASTER
Japanese Government Sends Sojdlers
to Scene in Hokkaido.
TOKIO, Dec. J. A mine disaster-n Hok
kaMo yesterday eost tbe lives of itf rasa.
An exptoeWo was the eause.
1fe War Office today setaJled- soldiers
for rtttef work at the rabw.
EX-MAYOR OBI'S FEDERAL POST
Qsftrge Hanapto, of Brtdgetoa, K. J.,
Takes Oath aa Revect&e CsUMUr.
George HamptdB, formerly Mayer of
Brldgetou. K. ., was swo in t4-y t
bis home i&wti as Internal Bvai pol-
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While the Austrian violinist was
wite was a memDer oi tnc Austrian nca vross. ane endeavored tcKicv;
follow her husband's regiment, but finding this impossible worked in V"
small cholera Hospital at uuaapest.
CONTRACTS MADE
SHOW PROSPERITY
INCREASING DAILY
Actual Conditions Now Ob
taining in Nation's Indus
tries Dispel Doubts of
Future Business Activity.
NEW TOniC, Dec 1. The direful
prophecies and forebodings ot business
calamity howlers are each day proved
by actual conditions to be without justlfl
cation. Practical evidences of returning
prosperity are recorded, the orders which
are dally being placed throughout the
country amounting in some instances to
millions of dollars In the aggregate.
In no one particular line ot trade Is the
fact more clearly seen that better times
are coming for business throughout the
United States than In the steel and Iron
trade, which may well be regarded as the
backbone of industry. Mills are increas
ing their forces as a result of both large
and small contracts. These come not only
from abroad for the contending armies
and navies, but from railroads and other
concerns In the United States,
Inquiries are constantly being received
for steel to cover marine work, present
and prospective. In the building of coast
vessels now under negotiation It Is esti
mated that about 0,COO tons of steel
plates and shapes alone will be required.
Russia and Prance are already prepar
ing the work of restoration in sections
that have been ravaged by war by the
construction ot bridges In the parts of
those countries which have been recov
ered from the Germans since the high
tide of the Qerman advance.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad a few days
ago placed an order for 6000 tons of rails
with the Bethlehem Steel Company, while
Concluded en Psxe Tire
ANNOYANCE TO CHORUS GIRL
COST YOUNG MEN .S7.50 EACH
Program Dropped on Stage and Fair
Are Fined
A program that slipped from tbe fingers
of some one In the Forrest Theatre and
was carried by the vagrant breezes over
the footlights, where It struck a chorus
girl, cost two young men, Osgood Welsh,
8d. ot 2231 Spruce street, and Louis B.
Banks, a University of Pennsylvania
student. Y7.S0 eaoh today.
The young men were arraigned before
Magistrate Rooney at tho 15th and Locust
streets station. They testified they had
been quietly watching the performance
last night at the theatre when aoate one
dropped tbe program. Both strove earn
estly to keep it from striking the lady
of the chorus, but In vain.
Special Policeman Reiliy, ot the tbtatxe.
told a different story. He said about X
Penn udeU were at the theatre and
were aUghttag tbe show by trying te pr
vWe tbetr awn food ttane.
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arrested Samuel Campanello, his wife
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Mrs. stefano Sarvo and Salvatore
Camorra Society of Black Handers, ).
Sicily, with having sent threatening
icrs 10 icnoiaa Aioreuo, a zenow Cor il
tryman, and dynamiting his store a,
uwciiuii,, near ut Business centre ne.
on November 3 last f
Five kits of burglar tools of all descrl
tlons and a large quantity of valuabt
including rugs. laces, silks, furs and tit
tains of extra quality, admitted by one ot i, "1
uw psrnuna as sioien, were unesnnea. '
Suspicion ot the premises at q Cc
dorus street, thought to be the locxi
headquarters of a gang working out of
New Tork, resulted from the actions of
Samuel Campanello. Joe Catalamo and, ''
j on uampaneno. xne two latter wr
held for court in connection with ths
dynamiting at a hearing held last week.
At that time the elder Campanello war
overheard to remark that e would "toe"
Morello. When the police entered that I.
uoaorua street nouse ana took castes'
nello Into custody, a large gun ad, re-)'
volver belonging to Sarvo were feu ml. t
and all the inmates ot the bouse win'1
arrested.
After the accused were brought t ' I
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City Hall. Stefano admitted to I'rtvatiSCU
Lewis. D Troon. State Pollen if trattx. 1
vllle, that some of the plunder had Veil" 1 1
where tt waa secured. The- Stale Po
lice say they have evidence to show thAt
all of the prisoners, including MerelM,
came from Cattallca. Sicily, and ta
longed to the notorious Camorra. 8
clety. Sam Campanello, It Is nald, serwM.
JS years in Italian prisons on sis fttttv
ent convictions.
Since the dynamiting ilorello relrwl
anotner inreafenirig ieer. oHBiwmit
money. He infonned his brother Www
It, contrary to the ifvitruetloa 4T tei
police, and their pUns te make & ii
ture failed. Msrefls bveipwM has; ba
ruined and he and bin fiwnliy have- hum
sent to tbe oounty heme. Morelte wsate
to return to Italy.
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