Negro Maid* Stale's Star Witness, Testifies
HARRISBURG ifSlllll TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII—r No. 250
U.S.ENTERS PROTEST
AGAINST SEIZURE OF
lEUI STEAMER
Capture of "John D. Rockefeller"
by British Is Considered
Unwarranted
CARRIED STARS AND STRIPES
Ambassador Page Ordered to Ask
For Immediate Release
of Ship
By Associated Press
New York, Oct. 21.—The Standard
Oil Company steamer Platuria, flying
the American flag has been seized by-
British warships off the coast of Scot
land and taken Into Stornoway. a port
in the Lewis islands, aworilinjr to a
cablegram received here to-day by the
company from her captain.
The Standard Oil Company has re
quested the State Department to make
another protest on the seizure of the
Platuria. which is identical the com
l>any claims, with the circumstances
attending the seizure of the Brindella.
The Platuria. formerly the German
steamer lliauiant. changed her Hag
shortly before sailing from New York
October 5.
Washington, Oct. 21. —The United
States has protested to Great Britain
against the seizure by a British war
ship of the American tank steamer
Lansing of the State Department.
As the Rockefeller was American
"John D. Rockefeller." This was an
nounced to-day by Acting Secretary
owned and flew the American flag and
no change of registry was involved,
the American government considers
the seizure unwarranted. She had
American officers and crew. The ship
was bound front one neutral port to
another, leaving Philadelphia on Sep
tember 2 for Copenhagen and carried
illuminating oil, which Secretary
Lansisg said had not been classed as
contraband in any notification receiv
ed from Great Britain.
The vessel was taken to the Orck
ney Islands.
Mr. Lansing said no representations
of protest had been made in the case
of the Steamer Brindella taken re
cently to Halifax and that he was
awaiting further information as to the
character of her cargo and the con
ditions under which she was seized.
The protest was made to the British
government through Ambassador Page
at London, who was instructed to ask
tor the immediate release of the
Rockefeller.
As the cargo of the Brindella was
the same as the Rockefeller's, the
government's action to-day was taken
to foreshadow another protest and de
mand for release, unless some diffi
culty in the change of the Brindella's
registry, not yet developed, comes up.
THE WEATHER-
For llnrriNhurc; nnd viflaHyt Con
tinued fair "rather IM indicated
for to-iiiitht iiml Tlmrailny with
out much ehaiitse in temperature.
For K.aKtern Pen IIMVI vania: Fair
to-muht an«l Thumday; pentlc
MhlftiuK Mind*.
River
The main river will fall aloivly to
niKht nnd Thursday. \ i»<nuc of
nl>nut IJS feet la Indicated for
HarriMhurg; Thurndny inornlnK.
tieneral Condition*
The pre*»nre eonthiuew liißh over
the etiNtern i»nrt of the country;
It hn* rlMen In the MINMIMNIPPI
nnd Ynlleyn and the
Northwestern State.** and remain
ed nearly stationary In the South
weat.
Temperatnrr ehnnuen nre from 2 to
1H decree* eohler in Went and
\ortliwent, and same an yester
day in the Kant.
Temperature: S a. m., RO.
Sun: Itt*e», p. in.; Metn, 5:111
p. iu«
Moon: First quarter, October 25,
R:44 p. m.
Klver Staure: 1.3 feet above low
u»/er mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 7'2.
l ow est temperature. 4S.
Menn temperature, do.
formal temperature,
MARRIiGE LICENSES
Ferry E. Dyslnger and Mary E. Ellis,
city.
f s.
A SQUARE DEAL
I guarantee to you a square deal
in all the appointments, and no
favoritism and no" behind-closed
doors suggestions shall sway me in
my lirm determination to deal
honestly, justly and directly with
the people.—Martin G. Brum
baugh.
A Woman's Way!
Somehow a woman seems to
get more for her money than a
man.
She seems to have a better ap
preciation of the Intrinsic value
of a dollar.
She knows "Just the things
that look best" and "wear best"
and where they are sold at
lowest prices.
Women are readers of adver
tising because they And that it
pays.
They keep posted because they
turn the knowledge to the ad
vantage of their own pocket
books.
Experience has taught thetn
that It pays to deal with men
who advertise.
BRUMBAUGH CONSTRUCTIVE;
McCORMICK DESTRUCTIVE
[From Public Ledger, Philadelphia.]
TAKING the speeches of Vanco C. McCormick as a «Titerion, we
doubt whether any voters except those who subscribe to the doc
trine of destruction or negation would want Ills sort of adminis
tration. He declares a purpose to tear down, root up, change, alter and,
by implication, promote a further campaign of defamation of Pennsyl
vania. During the last few years that lias been the battle cry of nil de
feated candidates. The people unmistakably Indicate that they do not
want a destructive administration; they do not want to bring the good
name of the State Into further disrepute. The whole temper is for men
who luive a constructive program.
What is needed in Pennsylvania to-day is a man of the stature,
ability and equipment of Martin U. Brumbaugh for tile ofllce of Gover
nor; who will bring there a love of the State, a reverence for Pennsyl
vania's fair name, a program so constructive and sanely progressive that
lie will have the Itacking of the whole people In his desire to dear the
good name of Pennsylvania from destructive distrust and place this Im
perial Commonwealth in the lead of to-day's forward movements.
Mr. Met'orndck gives no lioiie in this direction. If by some miracu
lous accident'lie were elected we would witness the spectacle in the next
four years of a Governor handicapped by a hostile legislature, a period
of bickering, of warfare, recrimination and complete paralysis of every
movement for betterment and reformation, it would produce four years
of inaction, an Immovable legislature against a hostile Governor; result:
Nothing whatever done.
PALMER'S SPEECH
AT SHARON CONVICTS
HIM OP FALSEHOOD
Tells People Business There Is
Good; Mills Shut, Hun
dreds Idle
In a speech at Sharon, in Mercer
county, last night, A. Mitchell Palmer
declured that Senator Penrose had
been going about the State in the
present campaign and telling the
people of one community that busi
ness In some other community in an
other part of the State was at a stand
still. in his effort to substantiate the
"calamity" charges against the Admin
istration.
"Senator Penrose doesn't dare to
make such charges to the businessmen
of any one town about their local in
dustries so long as he is face to face
with them." said Mr. Palmer. "He
knows that they would laugh at him.
He airs his calamity cries in places
where he thinks there will be a lack
of information about the true state of
affairs.
"Here's an example right here in
Sharon. Senator Penrose has been
trying to ruin your industrial enter
prises by telling the people in
other quarters of the State that Sharon j
is suffering from industrial depression.!
That's an absolute misstatement of
fact, a deliberate attempt to assassi
nate business in order to gain votes,
as your businessmen of Sharon very
well know."
Political duplicity and falsehood
reached its climax in this speech.
Only yesterday the newspapers con
tained dispatches to the effect that the
Sharon plants were closed in many
instances and that hundreds of men
were about to lose their employment
through suspension of other plants.
This afternoon the Telegraph received
the following telegram from the
Sharon Herald:
III'N'DHKDS OCT OF WORK
Sharon, Pa., Oct. 21. —Idle steel
and Ironworkers of the Shenango
Valley are to-day amazed to hear
that the industries hereabouts
are running at full capacity and
that prosperity is general. Such
a statement was made by A. Mit- |
chell Palmer, free trade candidate
for United States Senator, last
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Stuart and Tener
Will Speak During
the Closing Week
Governor John K. Tener and Edwin
S. Stuart, his predecessor, will take the
stump in behalf of the Republican
State ticket next week.
Mr. Stuart will preside at the big
Phil- delphia meeting in the Academy
of Music which will close the cam
paign in that city and at which Dr.
Brumbaugh will appear.
Governor Tener is to be the chief
speaker at the big meeting in Pitts
burgh next week.
Dr. Brumbaugh plans to come to
this section next week and will be fol
lowed up by Vance C. MeCorinick, who
plans to be here on tho last Saturday
of the campaign.
Colonel Roosevelt and Gifford
Pinchot will also be here next week.
In addition to the meetings which
are to be held in the county to-night
there will be a notable local Repub
lican event, as the Harrisburg Repub
lican Club will give its annual recep
tion to the Republican candidates.
Congressman A. S. Kreider will also
be present.
Squad of Police on
White Horses to Lead
Mummers' Big Parade
One feature of the mummers' parade
New Year's Day will be a mounted
squad of patrolmen, each officer riding
a white horse. The squad will be in
charge of Captain of Police Joseph P.
Thompson, who will be mounted on
a cream-colored stallion.
Chief Marshal Clarence O. Back
enstoss will start scouring the country
at once for white horses.
Mr. Baekenstoss was notified last
night that a large float, drawn by
eight white horses, will be entered
also.
Plans for the formation of the pa
rade and the question of route will be
! taken up next week, when Chief Mar
! shal Baekenstoss and his chief of staff,
j K. H. Hoy, Jr., will meet with the
| committee on parade.
Forts at Cattaro Are
Again Being Bombarded
By Associated Press
Rome. Oct. 21. 3.50 P. M.—Late
news from the Adriatic is to the ef
fect that the bombardment of Cattaro,
Dali.iatla, continues with great vlol
ence.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1914.
SOME MORE EliS
IN PARKWAY CHUN
UNDER NEGOTIATION
Park Expert and Commissioner
Taylor Close Deals For
Park Land
By obtaining definite assurance of
donations of at least two more tracts,
and the furthering of negotiations
leading to purchase or lease of one or
two others. Park Expert Warren H.
Manning, City Commissioner M. Har
vey Taylor and Assistant Superinten
dent J. R. Hoffert yesterday afternoon
accomplished one more step toward
the completion of the original scheme
to encircle Harrisburg with a con
tinuous parkway.
The two tracts of land donated in
clude the strip adjacent to the Pros
pect Hill cemetery, which will be
given by Herman P. Miller, and a sec
tion of the Dull estate nearby. Nego
tiations for the strip owned by Bellett
L>awson near Paxtang were advanced,
too. The tracts which are yet to be
acquired, include a little plot owned
by the Paxtang cemetery and another
piece of land of the Rutherford es
tate.
The plans for completing the park
way chain in the lower end of the city
were advanced a step too, following
an inspection of the proposed exten
sion by park officials and engineers of
the Pennsy and of the State Water
Supply of Pennsylvania.
According to Mr. Manning the park
department will prepare plans show
ing just how it is proposed to extend
the line of the proposed roadway
from the present terminus of the park
way at Iron alley, down along the
river through the great cinder dump
at the Cerjtral Iron and Steel mills,
thence under the railroad culvert
which spans Paxton creek, and then
across to Cameron street to connect
with the Cameron parkway. The
problem of removing "fill" from the
cinder bank must be approved by the
Water Supply commission.
The preparation of the river front,
however, is to be the big job from now
on according to the park expert.
River Front the Important Job
"To carry out as quickly as possible
[Continued on Page 5]
Prominent Men of
Blair County Favor
Kunkel Candidacy
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 21.—Blair county
thinks well of the qualifications of
Judge Kunkel for the Supreme Court
bench and he is assured of a large
vote in this section in furtherance of
his laudable aspirations to occupy a
seat in the highest court in the State.
Many of the most prominent men
have expressed themselves are favor
able to liis candidacy, among whom are
the following:
Professor Henry H. Baish. superin
tendent of the public schols, said:
"I am not going to vote for Judge Kun
kel solely because I know him person
ally, but because I know him to be a
good, clean, upright and able Judge.
That's why 1 am going to vote for him.
If ho is elected, as I hope he will be,
I ain sure that he will discharge the
duties of his high office admirably and
hold the scales of Justice at an even
balance.
W. M. C. Craine, former Republican
county chairman, ex-councilman and
ex-member of the Board of Public
Works, said: "Judge Kunkel is a man
of broad experience and keen intellect
and would be a honor to the State on
the supreme bench. The manner In
which he conducts his court in Dau
phin county is the best evidence of lhs
fitness for the exalted position to which
he aspires."
Dr. W. S. Musser, of Tyrone, said:
"The fair and Impartial manner in
which Judge Kunkel tried thosr capitol
graft cases Impressed me with the man.
I favor him for the reason that he Is a
careful, competent and conscientious
judge, the kind we need on the su
preme bench."
Cuban Senate Passes
Economic Defense Bill
By Associated Press
Havana, Oct. 21.—The Cuban Sen
ate after a session which lasted almost
all night, passed almost unanimously
the so-called national economic de
fense bill. The measure recently pass
ed the House of Representatives.
The most important clause of the
bill provide for the. issue of a national
coinage: the giving of premiums for
the cultivation of tobacco; authorize
the president to issue bonds for $5,-
000,000; provide for the relief of agri
culture laborers and consolidate the
regular army and national guard.
BELGIANS MAY «ET FOOD
By Associated Press
Berlin. Oct. 21. By Wireless via
Sayville, L. I. The German Govern
ment has informed the American Em
bassy
Importation of provisions for Belgian
civilians.
MRS. CARMAN GAVE
MAID $5 TO KEEP HER
JUIET,SAYS WITNESS
Celia Coleman Swears Accused
Woman Showed Her a Revol
ver After Shooting
"I KILLED HIM," SHE SAID
Negro Maid Says Doctor's Wife
Talked as Though She Had
Shot Her Husband
By Associated Press
Mlneola, N. Y., Oct. 21. —Celia
Coleman, the negro maid in the Car
man household and star witness for
the State, testified to-day at the trial
of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, ac
cused of the murder of Mrs. Louise
Bailey, that Mrs. Carman had appear
ed. revolver in hand, a moment after
Mrs. Bailey had heen shot, and said:
" 'I shot him.' "
Celia thought Mrs. Carman referred
to her husband. Dr. Carman.
"The next morning about daylight
Mrs. Carman came to my room," Ce
lia continued. "She said, 'Oh •Celia,
what did 1 kill that woman for? I
hope God will forgive me. You stick
to me and if anything happens to you
I'll take care of your little boy."
Under the questioning of District
Attorney Smith, Celia told her story
as follows:
"I am from Charleston, S. C. I went
to work at Dr. Carman's May 18, 1914.
On the night of June 30, I served din
ner at 6.45 o'clock, after dinner I
started to wash the dishes.
"While I was washing the dishes,
Elizabeth —Mrs. Carman's daughter—
came into the kitchen. Soon after
wards Mrs. Carman came in. She was
dressed In a kimono and had a shawl
around her nock. She told Elizabeth
to go back into the house. Then Mrs.
Carman went out the hack door. A
minute later I heard a crash of glass
and the report of a pistol. Mrs. Car
man came in the door again.
"I Shot Him"
"I was standing in the door between
the pantry and the kitchen. She said
to me, 'I shot him.' Then she showed
me a revolver, a black revolver that
was about nine inches long. 1 grabbed
her by the arm and told her not to go
into the office. She said she was not
going to do anything else. Then I
went into the office.
"The body of a dead white woman
was lying on the floor near the operat
ing chair. Mrs. Carman followed me
into the office. She stayed there about
half a minute atul then went out to
tho waiting room. Dr. Carman was
there and so was another man. I
went into the kitchen and returned to
the office in about a minute. Mrs.
Powell (Mrs. Carman's sister) was in
there then. Then I went back into
the kitchen, finished washing the
dishes and went to my room to sleep.
"The next morning about daylight
Mrs. Carman came to my room. She
was dressed in a night gown. She said,
'Oh, Celia, what did I kill that woman
for? I hope God will forgive me. You
stick to me and if anything happens
to you I'll take care of your little
boy."
Woman, Burst Into Tears
"I saw Mrs. Carman later that
morning at the breakfast table and she
burst into tears. After breakfast she
came into the kitchen and told me to,
forget that I had seen her the night
before. Later that day Mrs. Carman
came in with her lawyer, Mr. Levy.
[Continued on dagc 7]
Republican Rallies
in City and County
Booked For Tonight
Republican rallies will be held this
evening at the Harrisburg Republican
Club, Hummelstown, Waltonville and
Fort Hunter.
The Republican club meeting will be
the annual campaign gathering of the
organization, one such being held each
year, and on the program will be Con
gressman Aaron S. Kreider, Joshua W.
Swartz and Augustus Wildman, candi
dates for the Assembly in the city dis
trict. Jesse E. B. Cunningham, Deputy
Attorney General, will speak at the
Hummelstown meeting and John C.
Nissley, candidate for the Legislature
in the county district, at Hummels
town and Fort Hunter.
To-morrow evening meetings will
be held at Linglestown and Shellsville,
Friday evening at Lykens and Wico
nlsco and Saturday at Middletown and
Highspire.
Republicans of West
End Plan Big Rally
in the Tenth Ward
Republicans of the West End will
hold a mass meeting to-morrow even
ing at the Galbraith warehouse. Sev
enth and Curtin streets. The speech
making will he preceded by a band
concert and short parade, starting at
Maclay and Seventh streets. Among
the speakers will be Jesse E. B. Cun
ningham, Deputy Attorney General;
M. E. Stroup, district attorney; James
H. Craig, Deputy Secretary of Internal
Affairs, and Joshua W. Swartz and
Augustus Wildman, candidates for the
Assembly in the city.
Father and Son Burned
to Death at Huntingdon
Special to The Telegraph
Huntingdon, Pa., Oct. 21. Two
lives were lost in a Are near Orbisonia,
this county, early this morning. The
dead are John Gearinger, S3 years,
and his Bon, George Gearinger, 11.
Mrs. John Gearinger was terribly
burned about the face and body.
The fire is believed to have started
from a lamp exploding. Flames
quickly enveloped the Gearinger home
and Gearinger and liis son were
trapped in their room. Mrs. Gearinger
escaped by jumping from a second
story window.
The charred hodles of the victims
were found side by side in the ruins
of the home.
GERMANS AND ALLIES BATTLE
FOR SEACOAST WITHOUT RESULT
School Children of the City
Pay Tribute to Thomas Edison
Youngsters Submit Essays For
Prizes; Street Lights Glow
and Trolley Cars Stop a
Minute
Thirty-five years ago to-day Thomas
A. Edison perfected, after months of
wearying toil and experiment, the ilrst
incandescent electric lisht.
That occasion is observed all
over the country to-dfcy, "Edison day,"
and Harrisburg's electric utility com
panies, its hundreds of school children
and in every music store and residence
'where the products of Edison's genius
may tribute is beinK paid to
the sreat inventor and electrical
scientist.
More than a 'hundred essays on the
life and works of Edison were turned
over to the committee of judges on the
Edison prize essay contest from among
500-odd compositions. The School
Hoard recently authorized the official
observance of the day by permitting
a city-wide grammar essay contest on
Edison. The Harrisburg Light and
Power Company promptly offered ma
terial reward for the best little writers
among the city's boys and girls by pro
viding $2 5 in cash prizes, $lO for the
llrst, $5 for the second and four other
prizes of $2.50 each. From each gram
mar grade the six best essays were
picked by the teacher and turned over
to a committee consisting of E. 55.
Wallower and Professors W. H.
Fahnestock and William Strawinski,
Central and Technical high faculties,
respectively. Mr. Wallower is expected
to return to Harrisburg to-morrow
and the meeting of the committee to
consider the essays will be decided
then.
Harrisburg's business men and oth
ers who happened to be in the busi
ness district round about noon were
impressed in other ways with the fact
that to-day was "Edison day." For
a single minute at noon all the trolley
cars stopped in their tracks; from
noon until 1- o'clock the ornamental
STOUGH PARTY MEN
TO BE HOUSED IN"
BAPTIST PARSONAGE
200 Ushers Will Handle Crowds
at Tabernacle Revival
Meetings
Details worked out to-day by the
[stough campaign committees indicate
the nearness of the opening _of the big
revival in Harrisburg.
Plans have linally been completed
for the entertainment of the Stough
party. The men of the party will
occupy the parsonape of the First
Baptist Church, 216 Pine street. The
pastor of the First Baptist Church, the
Rev. W. S. Booth, will take up his
residence elsewhere, durins; the Stough
campaign. The parsonage in Pine
street will be fitted up for the accom
modation of the Stough party. A
housekeeper and helpers will be pro
vided to take care of the party's head
quarters. One room will be fur
nished for daily conferences and
prayer.
The women of the Stough party will
have a suite of five rooms at the Y. W.
C. A. Meals for the members of the
entire party will be served at 216
Pine street.
Army of Ushers
Louis J. Houseal, chief usher, will
call his army of ushers together next
week for rehearsal. Taking care of
the large crowds attending the stough
meetings will be an important factor
of the campaign. Chief Usher Hou
seal will have under his direction 200
men. The ushers will be divided into
groups and each group will have
charge of a section of scats. Mr. Hou
seal will occupy a position on the plat
form, where he can view every seat in
the tabernacle. As soon as every seat
is occupied, the doors wil lbe closed.
Standing in aisles will not be allowed.
The only persons standing will be the
men in charge of the exits.
Fire Protection
Close attention to lire prevention,
as well as affording every facility for
protection in case of tire has been pro
vided. In addition to water buckets
throughout the building, water pipes
will be placed in position to which sev
eral lines of hose will be attached and
made ready for emergency use. There
will also be chemical extinguishers in
various parts of the tabernacle. Two
men, volunteers from local fire com
panies, will be placed at each exit.
A large portion of the tabernacle
roofing and sides were completed to
day. Two car loads of lire proof roof
ing arrived this morning. It will be
placed on the roofs and sides of the
building to-morrow. To do this work
400 men will be needed.
Volunteers are to report early to
morrow morning to W. S. Rebuck,
chairman of the building committee.
I'rayer Meeting In Fire House
Last night's prayer meeting in the
parlor of the Allison Fire Company
[Continued on Page 10]
Burglars Rob Another
Store in West End
Burglars entered the clothing store
of Abram Garner, 1209 North Third
street. last night and got away with
merchandise valued at $75. Entrance
was gained through a rear window. j
The Garner store is within one block
of the Kyder store, which was robbed
Monday night,
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THOMAS A. EDISON
electric lights in the business district
were switched on. And in the music
houses which handled Edison records
and music machines ".Edison concerts"
were held throughout the day.
COLORED BAPTISTS ~
OPEN COUNT!
WITH 2110 PRESENT
Strong Negro Religious Organiza
tion to Discuss Temper
ance Questions
The twenty-third annual State con
vention of the Colored Baptists of
Pennsylvania was opened this morn
ing at St. Paul's Baptist Church, State
and Cameron streets. More than 200
delegates from the Baptist churches
of the State were present, represent
ing more than 70 of the 96 churches
enrolled.
The session opened at 10 o'clock and
after the roll call of the churches and
enrollment of the delegates the intro
ductory sermon was preached liv the
Rev. Charles Blackwell, of Philadel
phia. This afternoon the reports of the
executive board, the treasurer and sec
retary, were heard. The officers of
the session are: President, the Rev.
Dr. E. W. Johnson; corresponding sec
retary, the Rev. Alexander Childs, of
Philadelphia; statistical secretary, G.
l-i. Davis, and treasurer, S. J. Jones!
New officers are to he elected late
to-day.
This evening addresses of welcome
will be Riven by Major John K. Royal,
[Continued on Page 7]
; HIDU SHOOTS INSPECTOR
I Vancouyer, B. C., Oct. 21.— William C. Hopkin:;orf, Ca
nedian government immigration inspector, was shot and
V Vancouver court hotu.e to-day by a Hindu.
-J". was active in preventing' the hp. lin • ome
:.v. several hundred Hindus who arrived i-re on
j . : :e <* steamship Komagata Maru.
FIVE BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK
idon, Oct. 21, 4.55 P. M.-J—The German cruser Em
< den 1 as again beefi sinking British steamers, this time at a
I point 150 miles southwest of Cochin, British India, accord
ing to a report received by the Admiralty from Colombo.
CIVILIANS ORDERED OUT OF CITY
London, Oct. 21, 5.45 P. M.— The Exchange Telegraph
' Company has given out a dispatch from Amsterdam which
I thai an arrival in that city from Brussel.. if authority
for the statement that the German military commander in
the Belgian capital has placarded the city advising all Ger
( man civilians to leave within forty-eight hours. This news
I han not been confirmed.
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Kaiser's Forces Making Violent At
tempts to Break Through Lines
of Enemy, but Meet With No
Success
WARSAW REPORTED TO BE
SERIOUSLY THREATENED
German Government Has No Ob
jections to Sending of Food
Stuffs to Belgians From U. S.
Violent attacks and counter-attacks
fop possession of die sea coast ill tile
extreme north of Franco continue
without decisive results.
Onely one oflicial statement—that
from Paris—hail come through early
this afternoon. It threw little light
oil the situation, licing brief aiul re
ferring to events of yesterday. The
attacks of the Germans, especially se
vere at Nieuport, Dixmudc and La
Kassee, Tuesday, were repulsed, says
the French War Otlice. Tliere was
no noteworthy change elsewhere on
the battle front. News dispatches in
dicate the sharpest lighting in tho
vicinity of I,lllc with a renewal of ac
tivity at various points all along the
line. Counter claims regarding tho
situation in the Fast leave much to
speculation. There appears, however,
little doubt that the German advance
I in Poland has been so succcss
j I'nl that Warsaw Is seriously threat
ened. Pr/.cniysl remains in |K>ssesslon
of the Austro-German forces. Tliero
| has been a renewal of activity in Kast
jem Prussia without delinite result. A
' statement from Vienna issued yester
day says that the lighting ill Central
Galicia has become more severe and
that the Austrians' attacks are pro
gressing.
P.attle in llaltic
A news dispatch from Coi>eiihagcn
says that German torpedo boats have
been engaged with an enemy in tho
Katlic oil' the Prussian coast. No de
tails were given. Albania looms again
as a possible influence upon the atti
| tude of Italy towards the war. The
; Italian government to-day denied tliat
Italian troops had occupied Avloiia,
which has been threatened by insur
, gents since the abdication of Prince
William. At the same time the Glor-
I mile li'ltalla, of Home, declares that
there is a state of anarchy at Avlona.
Fstlmates that Greece is taking advan
tage of the illsturlied conditions, and
declares that the Italian government
has notllied the powers that it will not
tolerate a violation of the Integrity
of Albania. Home reports oflicially
that the Anglo-French licet is still
bombarding Cattaro, Dalmatia.
Turkey's attitude is a matter of con
cern of all the belligerents. The
Sublime Porte is reported to have for
bidden warships to enter the Gulf of
Smyrna. The inhabitants of Smyrna
recently were said to have been In
great fear of a naval attack. An
Athens dispatch says:
"Two submarines and some aero
-1 planes are being shipped to Constanti
! noplc through Bulgaria." A few days
ago a large quantity of munitions of
, war consigned to Turkey by rail were
held up ill Bulgaria.
Plan Aerial Campaign
There arc further rumors of a Ger
man intention to a great aerial
campaign. Following reports that air
sheds were being constructed at Brus
sels and Antwerp, come rumors of
similar buildings under way at Ton
dern. in Selileswig, and at Rostock.
No damajre was done in the cities
of Ghent and Bruges when tliey were
occupied without resistance by the
ticminns. according to a dispatch from
Berlin. The German government lias
iniormed Washington it has no objec
tion to tlic plan to send foodstuffs to
Belgian noncombatants.
Thousands of Belgians who fled into
Holland are returning to their homes.
There are. however. 100,000 Belgians
in Kngland and more on tlieir way
there. Preparations to gh'c employ
ment to these latter are lM>lng made.
A revolutionary outbreak in Portu
gal Is reported. Beyond the statement
that the movement was suppressed few
details are given in a message from
l.islH>n. It is probable that the Royal
ists have seized the opportunity af
forded thy the <leparture of a largo
contingent of the army for Portuguese
possessions in Africa.