EVTDNIKG EDOER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17 1916,
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BRITISH BOMBARD
LILLE WITH HUGE
LONG RANGE GUNS
City Twenty Miles Inside
German Lines Effectively
Snelled, Berlin Admits
CANNON EQUAL TO FOE'S
$9,000,000 FIRE DEVASTATES NORWEGIAN PORT
AMSTERDAM, Jnn. 17.
Guns ,to match th mighty, long-ranga
howltter ot the Germany, have at last
reached tha Allies front In France. Chief
Interest here today centred In tho Gor
man announcement that tho British have
bombarded Lille, using a gun with a
range estimated at 20 inllee. -
This Is the first time that Lille has
been under artillery fire since It fell Into !
the hands of the Germans In September,
1914.
Qrman guns, with a range of 20 miles,
which were used for the bombardment
of Dunkirk and Verdun, wero hitherto
unmatched on the Allies' side, but the
latest developments show that tho Ger
mans must now face equal mciai.
It Is regarded as significant that the
English make no announcement of the
shelling of Lille, while the French War
Offlce states that the Lille highway was
shelled. The' German War Oinco an
nounces that projectiles fell In tho centre
of the city.
LUlo Ilea about 15 miles behind the
German lines, and derives Its Importance
not only from tho fact that It Is one
of tho most Important mnnufncturlng
towns. In Northern Franco, but It Is tho
centro of he vast network of transporta
tion lines the Germans have built up
behind their trenches.
Its capture by the Allies, therefore,
would forco tho whole Germnn lino In
Northern France to fnll back. Tho of
fensive against Lens last fnll was aimed
primarily at Lille, which lies to tho east
ward. Had Lens been tnken, ono of tho
main lateial communications of tho Ger
mans would have been severed and an
at'enuo opened for a direct attack on
LUlo.
CARRANZISTAS PLEDGED
SAFETY TO AMERICANS
Bergen, the greatest ship-owning centro of Norway and one of thai country's oldest and most plsctufesque
towns was partly destroyed by flro last night. The flames were fanned by a fierce gale. More than
20,000 persons were made homeless and tho property loss Is estimated at nt least $9,000,000, King Haakon
is directing the relief work in tho stricken city.
KING HAAKON DIRECTS
BERGEN RELIEF WORK
EXPLOSION ON E-2
IS STILL A MYSTERY
SIXTEEN KILLED IN LILLE
BY BRITISH BOMBARDMENT
LONDON, Jan. 17.
A bombardment of Lens by Allied ar
tillery was the only activity on tho west
ern Jront mentioned In the official state
ment of the German War omco received
here today.
Tho text of the olllclal statement fol
lows! "West front: Thero are no events
of Importance to report. At Lens 1G In
habitants have been killed and wounded
by enemy artillery fire.
The allied bombardment of LUlo, which
resulted recently In the destruction of a
German ammunition deport, as told by a
German omclal report, wns resumed yes
terday, according to tho same authority,
causing a lire which up to the present has
causdd only slight material damage.
Tho German official statement follows:
"Tho British fired on tho Interior of the
town of Lille, but up to tho present only
slight damage has been caused by the
fire.
"Thero was local lively artillery fighting
and mining activity on the western
front."
Tho French communique Issued Inst
night says:
"In Belgium our artillery In conjunction
with the British artillery caused serious
damage to the enemy trenches In the
region of Hot-Sas and occasioned two
powerful oxplosloha behind tho German
tines.
, '"Our battcrlos successfully bombarded
the approaches to the road from Lille, fo
the south of 'Thelus, and blew up a muni
tion depot at Hill 119. to the northeast of
Neuvllle-St, Vaast. Ono of our mines de
stroyed aumall G.efmun post.
"In the Argonne there was bomb and
grenade fighting In the region of Vau
quols. "In Lorraine wo brought under our fire
an enemy'party to tho south of Bromenll,
northeast of Badvonvlller."
Tha following report from British head
quarters, made public here, says that the
arttlleryrlre on a position to the- north of
Ypreo was "satisfactory":
"On the whole the day was riulet. There
was some hostile shelling about Glvonchy
and Ypres. Our artillery lire against a
strong German position to the north of
Ypres was satisfactory.
"There were, bombardments on both
Idea In the regions of Mallncourt. 1III1
183 and Hollebeke."
Norwegian Capital's $9,000,000
Fire Caused 50 Deaths Mar
tial Law Prevails
CHUISTIANIA. Jan. lT.-On a special
train that shattered nil records for speed
on Norwegian railways, King Haakon
arrived at Bergen today nnd took person
al charge of the relief measures In the
city that was swept yesterday by a fire
that caused J3.000.000 loss and mude nenr
ly 3000 persons homeless.
Tho King was accompanied on his Jour
ney by members of his personal staff
and General Itoltfodt, tho Norwegian
Minister of Defense.
Martial law was declared In the strick
en city today, not because of nny out
break of disorder, but to facilitate tho
relief measures which were Inaugurated
by Norwegian troops as son ns the llro
was under control.
Though no lives wero lost In tho fire,
33 children and 17 men nnd women wero
frozen to death or died from exposure
before they could be given shelter. Sup
plies for tho homeless are lacking, owing
to the fact that all the storehouses in
Bergen were destroyed by the (Ire, which
swept over the business section and the
poorer residential district surrounding It.
Following the train carrying King Haa
kon thero was dispatched from here seven
trains carrying clothing and food for tho
homeless.
It Is expected that within 21 hours all
the sufferers will be given relief.
Plot Theory Ridiculed Edison
Expert Doesn't Blame
Batteries
LT. COM. HARRIS TO MOVE UP
President Wilson Sends Name
Lcnguc Island Man to Senate
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Contlnned from Page One
would bo safo to resume operations at
Cusl."
GOBE ASKS NEUTRAL ZONE.
Tho establishment of a neutral sone
nlong the Mexican border, to be policed
by United States And Mexican troops. Is
proposed In a resolution Introduced In tho
Senate today by Senator Gore, of Okla
homa. The resolution will direct the President
to enter Into negotiations nt once with
Carranza to establish tho neutral zone,
and would authorize the use of tho mil
itary and" naval forces to enfoflce any
agreement entered Into. Tho resolution
was referred to the Foreign Ilelatlons
Committee.
EL 1'ASO, Jan. 17. General Manuel
Baca Vallcs and General Enrlquo CIs
neros, with eight followers, were shot, by
n firing sqi'atl at Rasas Grandes yester
day. It was announced today. The men
executed were followors of General Fran
cisco Villa and were said to have been
Implicated In the massacre of 18 Ameri
cans at Hanta Ysabel last Monday.
Valles was known ns Villa's oMlclal ex
ecutioner, successor of the late Generat
Ilodotfo Flcrra, the "butcher."
Tho corpse of General Joso Rodriguez,
Villa's cavalry leader, alleged to ba one
of the leaders In tho Santa Ysabel mas
sacre, was placed on public exhibition
today In tho yard of he Juarez Customs
House.
Tho gruesome show win Intended to
prove that tho Carranza Government was
determined to punish the rriurdcura of here, was ordered by Ambassador Sal
Amrtrf nnd foreigners. Rlc to der all British tnki..i.'
Must Answer Larceny Charge in N. J.
HAimiSBURQ. Jan. 17. Requisition
wns granted today for the return to
Salem County, New Jersey, of Frederick
K. Snyder, arrested In, Philadelphia,
chnrged with larceny. i
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Afler two days'
Investigation by experts, tho causo of the
Internal explosion which killed four men
and Injured 10 aboard tho submarine E-2
Is as much of a mystery as It was five
minutes after It occurred.
Admiral Usher, commandant, and Com
mnnder Uphnm today scoffed at tho sug
gestion that the explosion wns tho result
of a plot. Uphnm snld naval omdals
are convinced tho explosion was "purely
accidental." He said the Board of In
vestigation resumed hearings today with
no exact knowledge of the explosion's
cause.
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, Thorns A.
Edison's personal engineering representa
tive, after making "ns careful an Inves
tigation of tho Interior of tho E-2 as pres
ent conuttlons will permit." stnted posi
tively today that the explosion was not
caused by tho E-boat's batteries.
Machinist G. H. Clark today was be
lieved to havo llttto chan co of recovery,
and probably will be blind should ho sur
vive. It Is believed all other Injured men will
recover with the possible exception of
Chief Electrician H. L. Miles, who Is In
a critical condition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Tl.e nomina
tion of Lieutenant Commander Frederic
It. Hnrrls, public works olllccr at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, for Chief of
Yards nnd Docks, was sent to the Sennto
today by Preslden Wilson. Commander
Harris has tho support of Senator Till
man, who conferred today with Secre
tary Daniels on the subject.
Tho President sent to the Scnntb tho
nomination of Clyde A. Rosseter, of
Valentine, Neb., to be Rtglstcr of tho
Land Ofllco there. I
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tlneptlc" advlntti Dr. Dixon, state
Health Commtufttoner. Our CJIyco
Formalin (2.1a A 7fio) In admirable
for this purpose during epidemics of
(trip, pneumonia and other dleeaeee.
Pleasant to uo, and non-toxlo,
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Olyco.l'ormsletB (lozengs form) 23
AmerteahA and foreigners.
A placard on tha executed bandit lead
er's body announced that all enemies of
tha de facto Governmer would meet a
Ilka fate,
Generars RlVas and Almeda, of the Villa
army, wero executed by Iho same firing
squad Chat ended Rodriguez's Ufa nt Ma
dcra Thursday,
While soldiers of the do facto Govern
ment "were rounding up tho landlts, an
exodus of Americans from northern Mex
ico wns In progress today. Three trains
are reported on routoto the border with
refugees. All wera under heavy guard
of Carranza soldier A report that a
train from Parral, In southern Chihua
hua, had been captured by bandits, proved
baseless. This train was held up for tha
'nrrlv'al of refugees from neighboring dis
tricts. It. C. Myles, British diplomatic agent
Rica to der all BrUUhiubJtcTA"1!
northern Mexico Immediately "" Ml
Thd Americans who
mo .mrncans wno escaped denlti .(1
the hands of Mexican bandits In i.oXi.
Mexico are menaced by a- new mil iS
epidemic of typhus fever which tHAn
out at Mexico City and spread .Ji
want One death -IrdC
In M Paso and It la feared lhaf th. M
eai will men unlib..i ...; "? ",
border. " 'mm 0 th
State and Federnl tinWh -m
co-operating with the local ai.thomi&ft
in cuori. io proveni en outbrpr 0f lvnfc,..a
hTnia l!ft,,au'and8 of M'" WttSSl
Tho OT1A death 4ltit f- . . .
that of lllpolllo Martinez, who cams iT..'J
from Pledrns Negras ami died at ij,.'1
nnuntv lmnltnt nn a,.A.. .... '" VHa
nK rf AH ),nl,ra Tl. (..,.."'. ". IIM
quicklime last night." ""' was Dur,4 hi
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Highway Hearing for Two Counties
HARRISBURG, Jan. 17.-Stnte High
way Commissioner Cunningham will
grant a hearing tomorrow to delegations
representing Delawaro and Chester
counties who will come to tho cnpltal to
discuss changes In State highway routes
In their home districts.
Skull Fractured by Mule's Kick
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 17. Nelson
Groff, 19 years 'old, a former student of
Franklin and Marshall College, and a sop
of Albert B. Groff, wealthy farmer, re
siding at East, Petersburg, was fatally
Injured yesterday, when a mule belong
ing to his father kicked him on the heat).
Seven Bmall bones of his skull were re
moved In an attempt to save his life.
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