Vienia Mmiis De'eat in Galicia of Austrian Forces at Hands of Russians
HARRISBURG %£&£&> TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— Xo. 305
DWIS OR DDWISES FOB
EDUCATIONAL DO!
Both Talked of For Presidencj
of State Association; Elec
tion Tomorrow
GROUPS SELECT OFFICERS
No Immediate Action on the In
troduction of Spanish
Here
In addition to the rumors tliat Su
perintendent K. K. Downes. of Harris
burg. may l>c a candidate for tlic presi
dency of the State Educational Asso
ciation. there has been some talk in
favor of C. S. Davis, principal of the
Stcclton High School. among the high
school contingent of the educators.
At present there do not appear to
be many active candidates in the tieitl
!nr the election of officers to be hold
to-morrow morning.
When asked about the possibility of
introducing the study of Spanish in
Harrisburg in line with the remarks
made yesterday by Governor-elect
Martin G. Brumbaugh, Dr. F. E.
Downes. superintendent of the city
schools, said there is not much like
lihood of immediate action in adding
the subject to the course of study here.
Addresses were made at this after
noon's meeting of the general sessions
in the auditorium by Dr. William 11.
Davidson, of Pittsburgh, on "The Old
Order Changeth": by Dr. Edward How
ard Uriggs. of New York city, on
"Sself Culture Through the Vocation."
and by Dr. W. K. llalbrook. of Choc
taw, Ark., on "The Bife of Drudgerj
of Our Country Mothers, Its Cause and
<*ure." Music was rendered by the
Schubert Male Quartet.
Swtion Officer* I'.le- I
At the sectional meetings held in
ten different rooms this morning, the
tinal department addresses were made
and general discussions engaged in
by members. Several departments
elected officers for the ensuing year.
The retiring presidents made farewell
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Gaither Receives
Congratulations From
Friends in the State
Betters and telegrams of congratu
lation from many parts of the State
reached Walter H. Gaither, the newl>
appointed public service commissioner,
to-day and with them came many as
surances of support.
Mr. Gaither is arranging matters so
that he will retire from office next
week. although he will remain to look
j'fter the closing details of the admin
istration.
The new commissioner has received
a number .f telegrams from legisla
tors in v\ hieli they tender him assur
ances of support.
Fire When Shirts Are
Hung Too Near Stove
An overheated stove at the home of
William Shuey, 2060 Derry street, set
tir< to two shirts this morning. Some
one saw the smoke coining from the
Shuey home and sent in an alarm front
Box No. 73. Twenty-first and Derry
streets.
Members of the Uoyal Fire Coin
-1 any No. 14. prevented a serious
blaze. The only damage was to the
skirts which were hanging near the
stove to dry.
Dead Man Breaks Arm
of Railroad Engineer
By Associated Press
reaneck, N* ■!-. Dec. 3".—Whoo an
automobile truck was struck by an
Ontario and Western Railroad train
here last night the body of one of two
men killed was Hung through the win
dow of the locomotive and broke the
arm of llenry Morey, the engineer.
< >tto Garlisch, 23 years old. and J.
I'avanatigh. both of New York, were
the victims.
t«.-» VKSSIWJi RKUISTKHKI)
Hy Associated Press
Washington. D. Dec. 30. One
hundred and live vessels which oper
ated under foreign control prior to the
outbreak of the European war to-day.
had been added to the American mer
chant marine since August IS. when
Congress passed an act admitting f«r
eicn built vessels t> American regis
try. The vessels represent a carrying
capacity of 373.840 gross tons.
THE WEATHER
For HnrrUliurs; nn«l *ld nit*: Fair
«in«l colder nml Tlnirn
ilm>: lowfifl f rat urc nlMiut
IK decree*.
For KaMtrra I'riumj hnnln; Fair
iinil eohler to-nlxtit anil Tkurn
<ln.T| Mtrontc nindfi.
Ill« er
>» Imporlnnl ebanicea filll occur In
river condition**.
fieneral t onditlonw
The utorm that »»n central over
Weat TenneMaee. Tueaday morn
luk. hnn moved rapidly northeaM
«w«r<l and Im mm pimxlnti dimn
the I.nnrence Valley. If caua
e«l llicht to modcrnte precipita
tion. moatly In the form of rain,
isenernlly enat of the Mlaalaaippi
river In the Inat twenty-four
ho urn. iM'lnic lien * lewt In Florida,
ft I* - -to deareea warmer alone
and near the ttlnntle coaat from
Florida to Maine, the moat de
cided rlaew In temperntore occur
ring la the Kiinqiichanna \ alley.
Temperature: « a. m.. .'W.
Mm: lllaea, 7:27 a. m.j aeta, 4i47
p. m.
Mo«n: Full moon, January | ( 7(20
a. m.
ltlver Maeet 2.5 feel ahove lovr
water mark.
Veaterday*a Weather
llleheat temperature. :|f.
lament temperature. -3.
Mran tentperaf ure. '2S.
.Normal temperature, 31«
AMERICAN PROTEST IS
'I DISCUSSED K LOffii
Foreign Secretary Grey Returns
From Country For Confer
ence on U. S. Note
PAGE WILL GO OVER QUESTION
American Ambassador Will Be In
vited to Review Entire
Situation
fly Associated Press
l.ondon, Dec. HO, 1.20 p. Nt. —For-
eign Secretary Grey returned to Lon
don from the country to-day. llis
coming was followed in the afternoon
; by a meeting of the cabinet, at which,
| before a full muster of His Majesty's
ministers, there was discussed the pro
test of the t'nited States government
concerning the existing restrictions on
American commerce.
The note of the American govern
ment has only just reached the British
government and it is likely to occupy
the attention of the ministry for a
: considerable time. In the ineanwhilo
lit is understood that Walter H. Page,
jthe American Ambassador, will be in
; vited to go over the entire question
with Foreign Secretary (Jrey.
The Washington communication to
the British government holds the tirsl
I place, not only in the news and edi
torial columns of the newspapers, but
wherever the war and its attendant
1 ramifications are discussed. It is i on
■ tepded everywhere that mutual good
will surely I ridge this difficulty and
|obviate further irritation.
"We have no right to feel aggrieved
because of the American endeavors to
mitigate the losses which the war in
flicts on the merchants and manufac
turers of that country." says the U'esi
minster Gazette. This newspaper,
more than any other, reflects the views
of the government, it contends that it
is to the interests of neutrals as well
as belligerents to shorten the war. and
that therefore neutrals should submit
,to any reasonable restrictions which
; are likely to have this effect.
Confer This Vftcruoon
This afternoon Sir Bdward Grey
1 held a com' rence at the foreign office
with David Lloyd-George, the chan
cellor of the exchequer. Reginald
; McKenna. secretary of home affairs:
'Waiter Kunciman. president of the
j Board of Trade, and Sir Francis Hop
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EM TIKES HEAVY
TOLL HERE 11914
Leading Men in Business and Po
litical Life Die During
Passing Year
Death during 1914 took n heavy toll
I of prominent Harrisburg people.
The number of honored and repre
i sentative men and women of the city
! who have gone is not unusual, but is
; large enough to make a marked
' change in some lines of the com
• inanity's life and to leave places va
! cant that can never again be filled to
jthe same satisfaction. Those taken
during the year include some of the
■ best philanthropists, public-spirited
• men. and most potential factors in the
! business and political life of the city.
Several of the most prominent on ttie
list are John V. Boyd. Professor L. S.
. Shinunell, Lyman D. Gilbert. Dr. Paul
| A. ilartman, Maurice t\ Eby. Darwin
' G. Fenno. A. J. Dull and Joshua Jones.
A more complete iist is as follows:
John F. I'ritclicy. 902 North Third
; street, aged S5 years, engineer of the
lirst locomotive on the Northern Cen
tral railroad, January s.
William Shecsicy. Ninth and Hem
, lock streets. ex-sheriff and prominent
in polities and business, January 12.
Mr. John W. HoMtt. ag< d 79 years,
prominent dentist and veteran of the
'"ivil War, Februar> 27.
!»r. Paul \. ilartman. ii l4 North
Third street, well-known physician
March 1.
Ix-wi- S. Sliimtacll. 424 North street,
district supervisor of Harrisburg
schools and writer of educational
books. March n.
John V. ISoyd. 124 Pine street, one
nf Harrisburg':- most prominent and
philanthroplc citizens
Captain John C. Harvey. 106 South
street, veteran of the Civil War and
sec re. tar; and treasurer of the Chesa
peake Nail Works. March 13.
Maurice <'. Khy, Third and Maclay
streets former mayor of Itarcishurg.
prominent in philanthropic move
ments. April 4.
.10-liun \V. .tones. 214 North Third
street, inventor of printing devices and
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Who Tried to Bribe
Walters, Is Question
Doubting Voters Ask
Considerable Interest was being
manifested about the city to-day in
the identity of the persons alleged to
have improperly approached County
Poor Director H. A. Walters to induce
him to make changes in the personnel
of the poor force. Certain remarks
attributed to Mr. Walters were print
ed to-day in which it is intimated that
an offer of a job on Capitol Hill was!
made. What interests people is who
made the offer to Mr. Walters, if any
was made.
DIRECT SL" BSC' RIITI ON S CRGIOl)
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., Dec. .10.—Librarian*
of the Nation were advised to urge
their patrons to subscribe directly for
newspapers instead of depending upon
library copies for their reading in an
address by Dr. Frank P. Hill, of Brook
lyn, before the convention of the
American Library. Association, which
opened here to-day.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 30. 1914
IE MILL RATE FOR )
I CITY IS SUFFICIENT
Mayor Royal's Plea For Higher
! Taxation Is Not Warranted,
Councilmen Show
MANY IMPROVEMENTS. TOO
Bowman Shows How Estimates
Were Made; Raise Next
Not Likely
Not only will Harrisburg begin its'
I second year under the " Clark com
mission form of government with a dc- 1
jcreased mill rate but the $332.1152.73
appropriated for 1915 by the new bud-!
'get ordinance will permit numerous!
I improvements in keeping with the!
j city's growth along metropolitan lines, j
i Reductions in the water rates, new I
'equipment in various departments.!
! more policemen, well deserved in-'
j creases in salaries, new offices necessl-j
jtatcd by the growth of the city—these i
jarc a few of the developments in pros
jpect for the coming year.
I Furthermore, enough money ti> j
(Carry ail the departments through the
year will l c available without drawing
' here and there from unexpended bal- :
, ances as was the custom under the bi
cameral councilmanic system. Ami i
, from present indications the re will be'
a comfortable balance in the general;
i fund at the close of the year.
Many Improvements
Here are a lew of the items pro-j
i vided for in the budget for the com- j
| ing year: ,
An additional policeman who will j
jserve as a traffic officer on Allison t
Hill: a s3mo a year increase in salary
for the chief of police. S2OO increase
for the captain of police, and SISO a I
year more for the city detective that;
operates the Bertillou system at police!
. headquarters. These arc changes'
.which affect the police department. i
In the law department S3OO is pro
vide J for assessment in openine Front
Istreet from Paxton to Iron alley and
;>430 is set aside to pay the damages
awarded three South Front street resi
dents by a common pleas jury.
While the expected increase of SIOO i
'a year in the salary of the assistant i
iciiy clerk was not provided for as!
1 Mayor Royal had been expected to do.
'it is understood that sufficient funds'
for the purpose will be found early in I
the year. An increase of $5 a month 1
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MASKED BIDITS ROB
SLEEP* PASSENGERS
Arouse Them From Their Slum
bers to Relieve Them of
Valuables
fi\ Associated Press
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. "o.—Two
! masked men boarded the westbound '
Sunset Knpress 011 the Galveston, liar
risburg and San Antonio railway near 1
• 'line, Texas, early to-day and at the
Point of pistols robbed all of the pas- j
; sensors in the two rear sleepers. As 1
• they neared Shofford. Texas, the rob
j hers gave an air cord signal for the!
1 rain to stop, after which they dropped
; off and escaped. A posse quickly or
ganized by officers aboard the train
was started in pursuit.
The two men swung aboard the rear
j sleeper as the train was leaving Cline j
and aroused the porter. With drawn :
pistols they forced him to awaken the \
| passengers and as fast as the latter
left their berths they were robbed of
their valuables. Just how much was
taken is not known, but it is believed j
the sum was considerable.
Subcommittee to Pass
Naval Appropriation Bill
Hy Associated Press
Washington. D. C., Dec. 30. The '
House naval subcommittee was under
call to-day to meet to-morrow to
finally pass upon the preliminary draft
of the naval appropriation bill. The I
subcommittee virtually was through j
to-day with its bill, which does not !
touch upon the naval building pro- :
gram for next year, but eliminates all
provision for a dry dock at Norfolk,
which the Navy Department had rec- j
ommended.
The measure is featured by provid-l,
Ing Sl.oon.ftno for aviation develop-1
nient and < lonely follows the estimates !i
of the Navy Department, including the:.
$2,782,535 for ammunition for ships of '
the navy: $1,000,000 for torpedoes: 1,
$1,150,000 for purchase and manufac- ,
ture of smokeless powder.
Better Clean That Sidewalk |;
Before Hutchison Gets You '
Trouble is coming to residents who 11
fail to clean the ice and snow from I'
their sidewalks.
Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison. Chief | <
of Police, is on the warpath. He was j t
told by seventy-five different persons i 1
to-day that he was not attending to!
his duties. Information also came j,
from the local hospitals that no less'
than fourteen persons received treat- j
ment since Saturday last for injuries
received by falling on icy pavements. '
Colonel Hutchison to-day said: 'l
"Henceforth laws will be enforced, | 1
no matter who they hit. In iooking
over certain portions of the city to-day 1 !
I was more than surprised to find that | 1
among the offenders are many promt- 1
citizens." i 1
IIKRRIXG FISHING IS GOOD
Curllrtg. N. F.. I)e<-. 30.—The com- \
pnratively mild weather this month has t
been favorable o the herring fisheries ' \
of the west coast of New Foundland j ?
and already about ten million pounds: j
tins been shipped from Bay of Islands. ! J
A number of American vessels are still j
in the bay awaiting cargoes. (
MARSHALL FIELD, 3D, LICENSED TO WED \
MISS F.VKLYN MARSHALL..
Marshall Field. 3d. young heir to SCC.IIOO.OOO of the vast estate of hi
grandfather, the late merchant prince of Chicago, has obtained a liccnsi
to w- d Miss lOvelyn Marshall, popular in New York society, who lives a
No. « Hast Seventy-seventh street. In the application for the license, Mr
Field g;ive his age as twenty-one and Miss Marshall gave hers as twenty
live. He gave his residence as Cadland, Southampton, England.
CITIES' LEAGUE KILtS
POLICE niEll
Will Not Grant Mayor Privilege of
Appointing Whomever He
May Choose
By a \ote of 13 to 9 the Pennsyl
vania League of Thin! Class Cities to
day rejected the proposed amendment
J to the Clark commission form of gov
' ernment aet which provided that the
mayor should designate from the po
i lice force the chief and others who
shall serve as captain, lieutenant, ser
geants. etc.
Harrisburg's delegation voted along
with the majority, although Mayor
John K. Itoyui and several of the other
mayors voted with Mayor Ira VV. Strat
ton. Reading, who wanted the amend
i ment retained.
Other important amendments which
. were adopted for presentation to the
Legislature as suggested by the law
, committee recently included:
Regulating method and manner by
which cities may annex boroughs or
i sections of adjacent townships; mak
ing it optional with council to deter
mine whether or not it shall advertise
| for bids for materials and for labor or
whether it shall do the work itself;
j declaring any city employe or officer,
: as well as. councilman, who shall ac
! cept money or other thing of value in
| return for promise of political in
j tluence guilty of bribery; permitting
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Famous Explorer to Visit
Harrisburg February 10
Arrangements were concluded last
night by the Natural History Society
for the appearance in Harrisburg Feh
fuary 10 of the famous explorer, Sir
Douglas llawson. lie is now in Kng
land but will arrive in this country
about January 15.
Shortly after his arrival he will be
the guest of honor and will lecture be
fore the National Geographic Society
in Washington, after which he wiil
speak in the larger cities as far west
as the Pacific eoast. He will speak m
Detroit, February •»; Pittsburgh. Feb
ruary 8; Harrisburg. February 10, and
Buffalo, February 11.
Besides bis thrilling narrative and
account of the scientific observations
of his party there will be both still
and motion pictures of the highest
excellence. The .dans of the local so
clety are already under way and fur
ther announcements will before long
be made.
WOMAN MHO LIVED IN CHICAGO
nKKIIIIE IT WAS CITY, DItCS
Special In The Telegraph
Chicago, 111.. Dei-. "0. Mrs. Stiles
Burton, whose birthday bouquet a
month ago contained ninety-four
American Beauty roses, is dead at the
Congress Hotel. Since 1544 she had
lived on the shore of I/<tkr Michigan,
her honemoon cottage having stood on
the present site of the Public Library.
Burton Holmes, the lecturer, was her
guardian.
She was horn In Chenango countv.
Xew York. Her father was General
Ohadiah Germain. a soldier and a
statesman of note. The Germalns came
to Chicago In 1536. he same year In,
which Stiles Burton came to open his I
grocery house In an old frame building :
in Like street, near Clark. Chicago
then boasted 40.0011 nhabitants, and
had not been Incorporated as a city.
Anna Germain was married to Mr. Bur- '
ton in 1844. Her husband died in IS7&.
DECURESII. S, COULD
■ Ei IB 11 CIVS
f i Representative Volhner, of lowa,
Says Shipments of Muni
tions Should Stop
- J By AssotiatcJ Press
- i Washington, Dec. 30. How the
t. United States could end the European
- 1 war in ninety days by cutting off the
l-iexpi of war supplies was described
. I to-day by Representative Vollmer of
j|lowa, lo the House foreign affairs
i committee. With Representative Bar
"ithoidt, he endorsed a joint resolution
to empower the president in his dis
? j cretion to prohibit such exports.
j American embargoes from 1704
r , down to the Mexican embargo in 1912
- were cited by Vollmer in a legal argti
-jtnent to support the constitutional
j rights of Congress to act.
1 | "President Wilson," he said, "sus
- 5' pended the embargo of export of
' .arms and munitions to Mexico in the
| interests of true neutrality as against
' i neutrality on paper.
r i "1 maintain that the pending reso
■ |!ution is in line with the historic, repu
diation of this nation as the greatest
Madvocate of peace. It is not in line
j with that reputation to supply the
: | instruments of murdet to European
• i nations."
| Safety First Plans Are
Drawn Up For Nation's
250,000 Boy Scouts
| Drafting of safety suggestions for
' the Boj" Scouts of America was begun
at the Department of Labor and Tn
t'dustr.v this afternoon by Lew R. Pal
. nier, chief inspector, and Clifford Con
- nelly, dean of the Carnegie Institute
r I of Pittsburgh.
. j There were appointed members of a
.• committee at the recent convention ofj
;the National Council of Industrial!
»I Safety and it Is the idea to plan al
.'simple set of safety suggestions which;
t $ will be put into the hands of every :
I Boy Seoul in the country. In this way!
t! "Safety First' will have a quarter mil-I
l lion workers.
1 j Dr. Henry M. Stine For
• i County Commissioner
i
j Dr. Ilenry M. Stine's name is men-!
•jtioned in connection with the nomin-l
I'ation of County Commissioner on thej
Republican ticket next Fall. The city i
is not now represented on the Board
lOf County Commissioners, although it|
.comprises the bulk of the population'
of the county and there Is much de-1
, insnd for the election of a represcn-'
; tatlye from the city district at the!
coming elections, many going so far
| as io hold that Harrisburg should have'
two of the three commissioners. Dr !
f Stine lias been asked to be a candi-l
j date and, it is said, would have the
•support of many influential Republi
l cans.
i CARMEN VOTE FOR STRIKE
i Wllkes-Barre. I'a.. Bee. 30. The'
motormcn and conductors of the I
Wllkes-Barre Electric Hallway Com-i
jpany at a secret meeting held earlv 1
I to-day voted 240 to 37. to sanction a!
istrike unless their demands for in
. creased pay are granted by the com
pany. Before final action Is taken, j
'however, an effort will be made to
'reach an agreement.
12 PAGES
RUSSIAN VICTORY IN
GALICIA IS ADMITTED
BY VIENNA WAR OFFICE
Renewed Activity Shown on Part of Servian Troops Who
Have Carried Fighting to Austrian Soil; Germans
Checked With Heavy Losses in Poland; Turks Say
They Have Won "Another Success"
Russian assertions that an itnpor-i
tant victory has been won over the'
Austrian forces in Galicia were con-1
firmed to-day in an official statement I
from Vienna, in which the admission I
is made that the Austrians were com-|
pelled to retreat along the entire east- 1
em front. Tt is said that the situation |
to the North, in Poland, is not affected |
by this reversal, although Petrograd I
asserts the movement of the main CJer-l
man army has been checked witlij
losses described as enormous.
Austria's defeat at the hands of j
Servia apparently has been followed |
by renewed activity on the part of'
Montenegro, whose troops have car-|
ried the fighting to Austrian soil, in |
lieraegovina. and are now uudertak-i
ing a vigorous offensive movement. |
The Vienna War Office states that the |
Montenegrin attacks thus far have I
been repulsed easily.
Russia's claim to a victory over Tur- j
key in the Caucasus is disputed by
reports which reached Berlin from t
Constantinople saving that the Turks'
have won "another success,' and are!
pursuing the retreating Russians, it [
is also Baid at Constantinople that i
another Brirish attempt to land troops !
in Arabia railed.
Cavalry Driven Back
German victories In the east were!
announced by the Berlin War Office j
whose statement was in direct con-1
trasi with recent dispatches from Pet- '
rograd. It is asserted that Russian!
cavalry which invaded Best Prussia j
lias been driven back to u point four
miles from the border. In Poland,
according to the Berlin statement, the
German advance continues and it is
said that Skiernicwico and I.owicz
were captured nearly a week ago.
Referring to the situation in the I
west the German war office confirms
lite French statement of yesterdav that 1
the allies had captured the Belgian i
town of St. Georges.
The French official communication '
asserts that further progress has been
GERMANS ADMIT EVACUATION
Berlin, Dec. 30. —Wireless to London, 3 P. M.—The of
ficial communication given out to-day by the German war
office, says: "In the western theater of the war we still
are fighting for the hamlet of St. Georges to the south of
Nieuport, which we were compelled to evacuate owing to a
su:prise attack. Storms and cold have caused damage to the
positic; s of both sides in Flanders and, in Northern France.
H. G. FISKE BANKRUPT
New York, Dec. 30. A voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy was filed in the United States District Court here
to day by Harrison Grey Fiske, theatrical manager and pro
ducer. Liabilities were given as $94,000 and assets as
$78,000.
llali r ax, N. S., Dec. 30. —The steamer Navarra, 2,947
tons which left St. John yesterday under charter to the
Admiralty and bound for France, struck on Holmes Island
during the night and was reported this afternoon to be
breaking up. No word had been received as to the safety
of her crew.
SEEK RELIEF FOR 70,000
Washington, Dec. 30.—American relief for 70,000 Ger
man and Austrian prisoners of war, scattered through
Sibe.ia, in prison camps and said to be in need of clothing
and medical supplies, is being sought by the Red Cross.
CLARK NOT A CANDIDATE
Wash in f.'.on, Dec. 30. —Speaker Clark to-day denied
that he was a candidate for the presidency in 1916. j
FIND WOMAN DEAD
Late this afternoon the police department was notified
that the body of a dead woman was found in a room in a
house at 1421 New Fourth street. No name was given. It was
said the house was dark for two days. Coronor Eckinger is
investigating.
The woman was later identified as Mrs. Katie Keys,
aged 5u yeais.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
11. IJdwnril Hunger, Lyltrna. mxl Ituth Mtiebnmcr, Wleonlweo.
I.cunnril <.ro«*n ami Annv Jordnn, city.
* POSTSCRIPT
made in Belgium, including the cap
ture of an important German position.
liiKtr. <;\itii<M.i>i uii.Mon
By Associated Press
| Paris, Dee. 30, 4.20 A. M.—l-leuten
!ant Bruno Garibaldi, grandson of the
! Italian hero, was killed while leading
la brilliant charge of Italian volunteers
I according to announcement just made
; here. The charge in which Garibaldi
| met his death occurred in the Ar
igonne region and resulted in the cap
ture of two German trenches.
KISS IIOM> GERMANS IN CHECK
\iistrlaus Have llecii I'liing Hack Over
Carpathian Mountains
By Associated Press
| London, Dec. 30, 12.45 P. M.—-The
I soldiers of Kmperor Nicholas still hold
the main German armies in check anil
continue to press their advantage, ac
cording to dispatches reaching Lon-
Idon. At the same time they are har
jr a suing the Austrians who have been
; Hung back over the Carpathian moun
tains.
; In the western arena of the war the
i allies continue to claim slow prog
ress but the offensive, started about
] the middle of December has notice
| ably slackened, a fact which Berlin,
[accepting the order issued by General
j.loffre, the French commandcr-in-
I chief on December 17 as bona tide, de
|dares means the failure of the at
tempted allied advance.
TI'HKS KEPOKT SUCCESSES
■tome Denies Japan Will Intervene iu
Europe;, u War Theaters
By Associated Press
Berlin, via, Say vllle, Dec. 30. -
I Among the items issued by the olticial
• news bureau to-day are the follow
ing:
I Constantinople reports another
iTurkish success on the river Kura, In
| the Caucasus. The Turks took many
I prisoners, several guns and other war
I material.
I Turkish headquarters reports that
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