united Slates Dissatisfied With Br HARRISBURG lillsll TELEGRAPH LXXXIY — Xo. 8 IJ. S. GOVERNMENT IS NOT SATISFIED WITH REPLY OP BRITISH Supplementary Note, However, May Give More Detailed Statement of Position ENGLISH FIGURES MISLEADING U. S. Will Oppose Plan to Take American Ships Into Port to Be Searched By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 11. The United States lioxernment. it became known to-day, is not altogether satls licd with the note of Sir Edward Grey giving Great Britain's preliminary rc l'ly to President Wilson's protest con cerning the treatment of American commerce l>y the French fleet. \\ hile Kratilied that Great Britain admits the justice of practically all the principles of international law cited In the American note, officials reiterated to-day tnat the cniel uirh-| culty had been England s neglect to | make her actual practice square witn ! the previously accepted rules of in-1 ternational law. It is realized by of ficials here that a long diplomatic cor respondence conceding the principles of the American case, out not actually] carrj ing them into practice, win not j meet the complaints of American ex-j porters and shippers, and although' England's supplementary answer is expected to give a more detailed state- ( men ot her position, officials plan to take up rigorously ail individual cases which may meanwhile arise. Reply 1- Friendly Officials are keenly appreciative of! the friendly tone oi the British note j and of the promises It makes, lor re- ' dress in case of unwarranted injury 1 to American commerce. They point out. however, that the note m its cl- • tation of statistics had not taken up ' one of the chief points ot the Amen- ■ lan argument, 'the Britisn statistics, weer brought forwaru to argue that' American commerce with neutral' > ountri.es had not- sutfereu as serious-; 1> as had been represented, but Ad- , ministration officials here contend that ' one of the chief purposes ot the ] American protest was to prevent ue pletion of American commerce by j ontinuatlon of British practices. The note, they saiu, was framed .vith ilie very idea oi lorestailing de struction of American trade. Figures cited In the British note,; in the view of officials here, are niis-j leading because much of the noncon-; trabatid goods which ordinarily go direct to Germany and Austria has rcallj been shipped to neutral coun-l tries because of the scarcity oi ships • that would dare risK passage through' mine lields of German posts. Simi-! larly, the desire of Germany and Aus-1 tria to use all surplus production has deprived contiguous countries of many) raw materials which they now are! compelled to import from the United j States. Such increases in total exports from the United States, officials here say, would conceal the real injury to j some American industries because of, their apparent growth in trade with t individual countries. •15 Doubtful t'a-K's __ England's statement that out of! , ,-i ships which proceeded from the I United States to neutral countries in. Europe since the outbreak of the war! only forty-five had had cargoes placed in the prize courts, while only eight of the ships themselves had gotten into the courts, was regarded by officials and diplomats here as proving that, the bulk of American commerce was! of illegitimate character and had 2 ielded only forty-five doubtful cases. There Is no mention made in the Brit ish note, on the other hand, of the large number of American ships which w< re detained, some of them for two weeks, for extended examination. In the next communication whicn the I'nited States will send to Ens land as a rejoinder, the British view that ships must be taken Into ports for examination instead of being searched on the high seas, is expected to be vigorously disputed. There 'si some doubt, not infrequently ex pressed here among officials, of whether the practice of the British j fleet practically blockading the high feeas instead of German ports them selves is not contrary to the funda mental principles of the law. JAPANESE CHI l-J H SIGHTED Xew \ork. Jan. 11.—A cruiser which Captain Williamson, of the steamship 1 "raca. believed to he Japanese was - finhted off the Azores during the { Cu raca's voyage here from Havre ■which ended to-day. j I THE WEATHER I'or HarriaburK noil vicinity: Italn 10-Dlftlit anil Tumdayt warmer 10-ttlislif. with liiMfHl temperature alinut 3S dessreeM. For Kantern IVnniilvania: Rain to-niKht and Tuesday, nnrmrr to night: gentle to moderate Month and soutbeuat vvlnilN. Hirer The main river nil! continue to fall to-niKht and Tue*dn>. \ atace ot about als feet la Indicated for HarriaburK Tuesda > morning. W lhe North and Weat hranrhra villi fall to-night and the lower portlnna villi probably eon tin oe to fnll Tucadn;. The rain luill • ateil for the Snaqui-hanna Val ley within the neit thirty-six bourn Kill prnhabl) lie sufficient. In i-onnei-tlon with thaw Ins weather, ta releaae enouich a now weather to relenae enough anow the I pper Weat and North liranehea and In the Junlatu and the araall tributaries. General Condltlnna 1 he area of high pressure that wan central over the Ohio Valley Sat urday morning, hna moved alowlr rH"'«nii , !i nn i l J* """ passing <>rr the Middle Atlantic cuast. Temperature: « a. ■>., 3H. *»■' Rises, 7t2T a. m.j sets, 4:38 I p. ni. Moon: New moon, Januarr 15, ! a, m. River Stage: night feet above l Gratz is impassable and not wide ' enough for travel and that the road | leading from the Oberlin hotel to At i ticks avenue. Swatara township, is in ! need of repair. Watching Disorderly Houses In reporting upon conditions of the j I city t'olonel Joseph B. Hutchison.! ' Chief of Police, called the court's at- ! tent ion 10 the fact that several tippling i or disorderly houses are known to the ; I department, but sufficient evidence to ' [Continued 011 Page 11] SUITS MAY FOLLOW j : BIG JUMP lIiIEJT: Government Investigating Sensa tional Rise in Chicago Mar kets Last Week • Bv Associated rress | Chicago, 111., Jan. 11.—Federal in-j 1 vestigation into the present high price ■ : of wheat was to begin here to-day to I 1 determine whether speculation or at- ' • tempted "food cornering" has had I anything to do with the recent sensa- j tional rise in the market. Albert 1.. Hopkins, assistant United | j States district attorney, who Is in i I charge of the inquiry, was prepared I ;to summon a long list of bakers, | grainmen, grocers and commission j merchants for examination. United j , States District Attorney Charles F. i • Clyne said that the investigation! would be thorough. The board of directors of the Na tional Retail Butchers' and Grocery' J • Association was scheduled to meet to-| day to consider the question of thc| effect of the wholesale prices on '.he' ; middlemen. American Charity Saved Belgium, Says Consul By Associated Press New York. Jan. 11. American ! charity has saved Belgium from starvation, declared Ethelbert Watts. | American consul general at Brtisseis. ■ home to-day on leave of absence from ■ his nost. i "When the first American relief ship | arrived." Mr. Watts said, "Belgium 1 had less than three days' food supply. "The distribution of American sup- j ! plies has been handled with skill and [ dispatch. With the exception of pos sibly some outlying villages the dis- I tressed Belgians arc now assured two j meals each day. The work has been 1 , extended to all parts of the war- i i stricken country. | "Brussels is quiet and orderlv. All j j automobiles .have been confiscated j with the exception of the one belong- j ing to me and the machines used by ■ consular representatives of other neu tral nations." Mr. Watts will spend a brief vaea- | tion In Philadelphia after visiting! Washington and making a personal re- I port to Secretary Bryan. OI'II VI OCKKX ARRKSTKD IV HER STATEROOM ON STEAMER By Associated Prest New York. Jan. 11.—Mrs. Sophia!' Ghee, known to the police as "thi j opium queen." was taken from her ! stateroom on the steamer Philadelphia ; when the vessel docked here to-day i and placed under arrest as the guld- 1 , ing genius of a band of alleged opium 1 smugglers of whom eleven men had I previously been locked up in New I ' York. Chicago and San Francisco. The 1 warrant under which sh«- was arrested charges conspiracj to smuggle opium Into the Fnited States. I GERM AN FI.KF.T IIKI.O READY FOR DASH TO SKA. lIKI'OKT ! I Special to The Telegraph ! Paris. Jan. 11. According to the Copenhagen correspondent of the .< Temps. the entire German lii--»» sea 1 fleet is massed at U'llhelmshaven and , Cuxhaven ready to sally forth and meet 1 the Br'Msh dreadnoughts Kiel pert is absolutely denuded of 1 lirst-i-lass ships, and onlv a few ohso- 1 letM vessels remain in the harbor, says < the correspondent. " p HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENIXG, JANUARY 11, 1915 PRE PA RE FOR EN OLA'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY r.enree W. Fischer Jnnvrs Hccdy C. I.andls Snyder John A. McMecm George W. Hunter W. F. Fisher H. F. shucy W, U. Sellers MEN IN CHARGE OF ENOLA CELEBRATION* Taking prominent part in the preparations for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Enola t yards are officials of the transportation department. Among these are George \V. Fisher, vardmas ter: Philip Rothaar, r.ight yardmaster; W. S. llamill. assistant day yard master. who has charge of the east and south-bound movements; C. Landis Snyder, assistant night yardmaster: John A. McMeen, day assistant yard master in charge of the cast-bound receiving yards: George W. Hunter, night assistant yardmaster who directs the east-bound receiving yards: \V. F. Fisher, day assistant yardmaster. in charge of the west and north bound movement: 11. F. Shuey, night assistant vardmaster in charge of the west and north-bound movement: \V. G. Sellers end James Reedy, are assistant vardinasters In charge of the west-bound receiving yards dur ing the day u'u 1 night. Workmen in Great Classification Yards to Hold Fitting Celebration of Event Friday Employes 01" the Pennsylvania Rail road in the Enola yards, in conjunc tion with the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., are busily preparing for the tenth anni versary of the opening of the largest classification yards in the world, which will be celebrated Friday evening. A complete history of the growth of the yards and much of the interesting facts of the growth of the progerssive railroad town will be presented by men perfectly familiar with the sub ject. The site of the yards was occupied by twelve farms in 1900 when the I agents of the Pentfcylvania Railroad Feminist Movement Evident ! in Plans For New Directory Married Women Will Have Their Names Placed Beside Those of Erstwhile Lords Married folks will be distinctively • identified in Boyd's llarrisburg Di- j rectory for 1915. If you are married j and your wife resides under the samei roof, the now directory will sav it I something like this: "Carter. Mr. and Mrs. W. H.. occu- i pation. husband, bookkeeper, 121 ! street." Maryland Skater Puts Up Good Fight Against Big Black Bear on Canal Bank Special to The Telegraph Hagerstown, Mr., Jan. 11.— Being attacked by a large black bear while s'-.ating on the canal near Hancock, this county, John Furlow beat ofT the animal with .a p'.oce of iron pipe and escaped injuVv. Furlow and James Hite were skating up the canal when the barking of Mite's dog attracted them to the woods. They found the dog had treed a full-grown bear. Hite ran to liis home to get his gun and while he was gone the bear came down and attacked Furlow. The only thirii, he could find to defend himself with was a section of iron pipe. Side stepping when the hear rushed upon him, Furlow dealt the ahlmal a hard blow upon the nose bringing the blood. The bear instantly beat a retreat Baltimore Student Has Foot and Mouth Disease Special to The Telegraph Baltimore. Md„ Jan. 11. One of the first cases on record in this city of a human being with the foot and mouth disease is that of Carlisle S. Lent!!, a student In the medical s school here. Lentz. whose home is in Omaha, Neb., contracted the disease two weeks ago, presumably through drinking milk from an infected cow. He is said to be recovering. IXFANT KKSKMIII.KS MERMAID Monstrosity In Maryland Museum I»n«- «'<•» Mnn.v Scientists Special to The Telegraph Baltimore. Md.. Jan. 11. An infant born last Wednesday to a negress of Salisbury. Md., and which died at birth, is now in the museum of the Maryland t'nlversity Hospital, a puzzle to scien tists of the State t'nlversity and to those of Johns Hopkins. The body, which measures twenty eight inches. Is proportioned so as to resemble in every detail the mythical mermaid. From the waist line it tapers Into a solid mass, at the ends of which the feet protrude- like a V, forming a flnny-like substance. To the child's diaphragm,from the tip of the so-call e.d tail the bones, which have merged Into one. are Covered with rough scalv skin, par'" ossified. The skin was nearly white. FIRE AT MECHAMCSBURG Special to The Telegraph Mechanlcsburg. Pa., Jan. 11.—Shortlv i before 1 o'clock this afternoon fire i broke out in the cellar at the home of ] I >r. M. M. Dougherty, at the corner of | Keller and Frederick streets. ft 1 started near the furnace and burned liirough thf first floor. The fire de partment responded to an alarm and -onilned the flames to tho lower part of the house. Considerable damage ivas done by smoke anil water, tliej rurniture 011 the first floor being car- I ried to the street. 1 Company first made bids for it. Farms Sold 'High Jacob Renninger was the first per i son approached and sold his farm of ; S3 acres for $7,000. Phillip Boyer | was the next to sell. A small army of men was then em- J plo.ved to tear out a shoulder of the I mountain at the west end of the yards, j January 1, 1901. the first ground was I broken in the rear of what is now the | Enola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. for the j erection of a reservoir to supply water, j The farmers that owned the retnain [ Con tinned on Page 11] There is just a probability that some j other style may be used. The in | formation came to the Harrisburg I Chamber of Commerce to-day through j representatives of W. H. Boyd & Co., ; publishers of the Harrisburg directory. Work on the new directory will start i on or about April 1, when it is ex pected that other new features will be announced. Directors Elected by Stockholders of Valley t Railways This Morning I The stockholders of the Valley Railways at their annual election, held p| at the office of the company in j • | tnovne, this morning, elected the fol e ] lowing directors to serve for the en- j <;suing year: C. H. Bishop, Lemoyne; sjT. C. DuPont. Wilmington, Del.; Ru ! j dolpli Ellis. Philadelphia: Spencer C. i ■ Gilbert, Harrisburg; M. C. Kennedy, ' 1 Chambersburg: Wm. C. Bproul, Ches -9 Iter; George 11. Stewart, Shippensburg; 1 Lewis S. Sadler, Carlisle; Robert Wet-, 3 herill, Chester. - j George S. Atwood Will ] Address Commerce Chamber The Chamber of Commerce lunch-! eon, to be held Friday noon at the Board of Trade, will be addressed by I George S. Atwood, secretary of the ; American Association of Commerce and Trade in Berlin, who is making a short visit in this country. His sub ject will be "Trade With Germany [ After the War and Present Economy , Conditions in Germany." Mr. Atwood t Is said to possess a great amount of unpublished information about Ger . many since the opening of the war ; and his talk will likely be most ln ; teresting. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce appointed Saturday by Henderson Gilbert, president of the I organization, to arrange for a trade ■jand acquaintance excursion to be held I soon Is as follows: C. W. Burtnett, chairman: Broowk Trout, J. S. Kline : 1 dlnst, A. E. Buchanan. Carl W. Davis, i! Stanley Jean and Joseph A. Gries ■ j haher. The committee appointed for spe , cial advertising consists of George S. Reinoehl, chairman; C. M. Kaltwas ser. L. S. Williams, George A. Hall 1 and J. A. Brandt. AVIIAI.E I* VICTIM OF WAR So I.lke Submarine It Wan Itlddlrri With Three-Inch Sheila Special to The Telegraph London. Jan. 11. A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Rotterdam savs: "A dead whale has been ' washed ashore on the northern part of the Dutch coast. It was found to bo rid died with three-inch shells, and had obviously been mistaken for a subma rine." TliV M11.1.S HKSI MF WORK Five Hundred Men Return tn riant In \fvr Cantle Tndnjr Spcrial tn The Telegraph Pittsburgh. Jan. 11. Nineteen of the twenty mills at the New I'aMli- tin plant have resumed operations This Is increase of five niilis over the , 1 number in operation last week. Rverv | di-pnrlrnrnt of the plant will resume 1 tin full, making employment for 000* 1 men. j 1 BEIDLEMI IS 111 WITH SEVERE COLD Chairman of Inaugural Committee Taken Sick and Has to Give Up Details For Day STATE COLLEGE IS COMING I M. Harvey Taylor Will Head the Firemen's Division in the Big Parade Tuesday Senator Edward E. Beidleman, chairman of the joint legislative in uigural committee, is confined to his home with a heavy cold and this morning was compelled to relinquish for a day or so the handling of de tails for the ceremonies of Tuesday next week. The work is bcintr handled by oth er members of the committee and by men who arc in touch with Governor elect Brumbaufch and Grand Marshal Morrell at Philadelphia. It is expect ed that General Morrell will announce! his staff in a few days and that the composition of the divisions will be made known. The political clubs i! planning to attend are sending notices . | to the committee. ; The firemen's division will be in 1 i charge of M. Harvey Taylor, of this city, who will take charge of the de- j tails at once. The Military Part i The formation of the provisional j ' I regiment as announced by Colonel , ! Hutchison is as follows: Lieutenant! ■ I Colonel Maurice E. Kinney, Captain j and Adjutant Harry 11. Baker, Cap-1 itain and Quartermaster Edward H. Schell. Harrisburg; Captain and Com-| missary E. M. B. Shepp, Tamaqua; Captain and Inspector of Small Arms 1 Practice O. SI. Copelin. Harrisburg; j | Captain and Chaplain Harry Nelson i ' Bassler, Harrisburg: Major J. M. Pet ers, surgeon. Harrisburg: Captain J. C. j Biddle. assistant surgeon. Fountain Springs: First Lieutenant and Assist ant Surgeon of Fourth Infantry, S. H. i Heller, Lancaster: noncommissioned staff and the Eighth Regiment Band, i Carlisle. First Battalion—Major Edward C. Shannon. Fourth Infantry; First Lieu | tenant and Battalion Adjutant, C, : IN. Berntheizel, Fourth Infantry: Sec ond Lieutenant and Battalion Quar j termaster and Commissary, G. C. Al ' lison. Fourth Infantry: Company K, ; Fourth Infantry, commanded by Cap [Conllnued on Page 7] GRIM REAPER BEHIND • STORK DURING 1914 Long-legged Bird Makes Decided Gain; 955 J)eaths 1,441 Births The highest birth rate and lowest death rate in the history of the city [ was established during 1914, accord _ ling to the annual report issued by the ,j Harrisburg Bureau of Health and Sanitation. The rate per thousand for deaths is 13.49 per cent., including ail nonresidents who died in the hos pitals. The rate for city residents Is 12.12 per cent, a thousand, the lowest on record. For the year ending Liecem r ber 31, 1913, the rate was 12.49 per 1 cent, and the preceding year 13.09. The figures are based on the estimated population of the city, which is 70,- l 805. White male deaths totaled 434, . l'omale 44 2; colored male 43, female 4G. Ninety-seven were nonresidents, ' and S2 not included in the total were still births. Thirty-five per cent, of the deaths were people more than sixty years of age and 15 per cent, babies less than ' one year old. The record last year ! was almost 33 per cent, over sixty and !IS per cent, under one year. Total j deaths for 1914 were 955; for 1913, 958, and for 1912. 956. Heart Disease Organic heart disease was the cause of almost 16 per cent, of tho ' total deaths and nephritis, 11.05 per cent., approximately 7.54 were caused Iby all forms of tuberculosis; 7.43, by , I pneumonia, and 5.23 caused by vio : I lent deaths excluding suicides, of ! which there were thirteen cases In ; 1914. as against sixteen In 1913. Only , eight persons died last year of diph theria, and twelve of appendicitis. Ty ! phoid fever was the cause of eleven, and cancer, fifty-one. The record by wards follows: First, !55; Second, 74; Third, 117; Fourth, 52: Fifth, 51: Sixth. 61: Seventh, 108; Eighth, 51: Ninth, 106; Tenth. 60; Eleventh. 45; Twelfth, 47 and Thirteenth, 31. One thousand four hundred and forty-one births were reported for 1914, of which 738 were white male; 641, female; 27 black male and 35 female. The Increase over last year was fifty-seven. PROPERTY OWNERS DEMAND LIGHT Special to The Telegraph Lvkcns, Pa., Jan. 11.—About four hundred and forty property owners and citizens cf Lykens presented a petition to the town council at. their last meeting making a demand that all streets and alleys in the borouKh limits be well lighted with electric lights. This would about double the expense of lighting the town as at present there are no lights in the al leys. WAR9HAI.I. r. WM.DIMI. W Kl.t,. KNOWN HUMORIST, IS DEAD Special to The Telegraph St. Paul. Minn.. Jim. 11. Marshall ' P. Wilder, author and humorist, illed at a hotel early yesterday of heart dls- | case, complicated bv a sllfrht attack of ■ ' pneumonia. Mr. Wilder had been In j poor health for the last two weeks, and I ' on Friday w as forced t<> cancel Ills en- I xaKement at n vaudeville theater. The ! I body was sent to relatives in New • ' York. Since the death nf his wife, more than j I a year a»ro. Mr. Wilder had been vis- | " iblv depressed, his friends said, and ! I this had affected bis health. Two weeks i " ago he contracted a whlca de veloped Into pneumonia. j ( 12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT BRITISH SOLDIERS TAKE POSSESSION OF LILLE; GERMANS ARE CHECKED Renewed Activity of Kaiser's Aircraft Revives Rumors of Zeppelin Raid on England; Force of German Attack in East Has Spent Itself; British Pleased With Note Sent to America An important advance has been made by the British army, if, as is reported in London. It has virtual pos session or Lille. This city lies just south of the Belgian border to the east of the battle line held for several months and its occupation by the British would mean thai a sharp bend had been made In the German front. Neither the French nor German war official statements, however, has piven official continuation of the London dispatch. Renewed actlvitv along the coast of German aircraft which bombnrded Dunkirk has revived rumors of a Zeppelin raid over England. One Zeppelin is said to have moved to ward the English coast from Dunkirk. Another lull in the fighting along the Vistula, in Russian Poland, is re corded by the Petrograd war ottlce. jThe fur; - of the German attack has j not siient itself however, and although !tho attempt to break through the ! Russian line west of Warsaw may have been given up for the time the j movement from the north continues in I lull t'orce. Four successive Gorman j attacks were made in this region and according to the British version they I accomplished little. The British press considers that Sir Edward Grey's reply to the American jnote concerning British interference I with American shipping has dispos ed of the issue. The reply is regard ed as satisfying to British public opin ion and the British newspapers take the view that it would satisfy the American puulic. Official accounts of the lighting in the West from Berlin and Paris to-day show that comparative calm prevails) except at a few points. Even in upper Alsace and in the Arsonne, where there have been violent encounters re cently. activity has slackened. Near Soissons and in the vicinity of Perthes, however, spirited engagements are in progress. French Take Trenches The German war office admits that the French have captured trenches north of Soissons, toward the western | end of the battle line, but states that I further onslaughts were repulsed. The French announcement says two more lines of trenches covering 500 yards of i LAFOLLETTE OPPOSES FREIGHT INCREASE T Washington, Jan. 11.—Senator LaFollette iatr»duced a m resolution to-day to prohibit the Eastern iailroadß fr»m put K increased freight rates receatly granted C by the Interstate Commerce Commission. I In a long preamble to the res enator LaFollette I set forth that g /as or attempted to be I made by the csnieis, to show that the old rates were un- ' reasonable and that the commission, in granting increases, ' did not, in accordance with the law consider their unreason ableness but granted them on the ground that the railroads j •ceded money to meet extraordinary conditio** and cen- C fusion of commerce due to the European war. » i BOYS' SENTENCED J Paul Schubauer, Joseph Osborne, Milton Scklessler and » George Dare were sent to Huntingdon Reformatory follow- J ing pleas of guilty to sixteen (liferent chargas of burglary g and larceny late this afternoon.. Sentence was suspended on J Weston Ashenfelder because of his youth and also because f it was his first offense C RELIEF STEAMER AGROUND 1 Norfolk, Va., Jan. 11.—The steamer John Fardie, carry- J ing Maryland's contribution for the Belgians was floated to- * day apparently undamaged after having been aground in # Back river 6ince Satuiday. Her hull will be examined before # ishe proceeds for Rotterdam. ■ VILLA'S MEN AT MONTEREY # Laredo, Tex., Jan. 11.—An attack by Villa troops upon ■ Monterey is believed to have begun about noon to-day. » Since the defeat of the Constitutionalists at Saltillo early t yesterday, Villa troops have been reported to bs atalaag a C rapid advance toward Monterey. J WHEAT PRICES DOWN 5% CENTS f Chicago, Jan. 11.—Wheat came down to-day with a ■ crash. Prices broke SIA5 l A cents a bushel under general sell- K Ing, due to rumors that one of the forts guarading the Dart danelles had been demolished by the warships of the allies / May wheat here sold as low as $1.335, 8 after having been € up to $1.39J/g earlii in the session. I < MARRIAGE ') Hurry l.rr»J Ciarrinrr itn«l lOdlfh MUX VOIIJIIIIIIE, rlly, N the front have been occupied. There Is a similar disparity of statements concerning the progress of the lighting near Perthes, which has assumed im portance because tlic prize at stake is control of railroads of high strategic value. The French communication ctates that 200 yards of German trenches were seized- while the Ger man authorities say that positions won by their opponents were retaken. Although further progress is being made in the advance toward Warsaw to the west, according to the German announcement, the movement is slow on account of bad weather. London suggests that the inactivity of the allies in both the East and West is duo to the fact that they are awaiting the entrance of new members into the combination against the Teutonic na tions. It is said that. Rumania, with 600,000 soldiers, is virtually readv to enter the war on the. side of the allies. GITHIUK ENTERTAINS ADMIRAL Toklo, Jan. 11, 4 P. M.—George W. Guthrie, the American ambassador, gave a farewell luncheon to-dav to Admiral Baron Shigete Pewa, special envoy of Japan to the Panama Paci fic Exposition, wno has arranged t<» sail for San Francisco on the steamer Chiyo Marti on January 16. JAPANESE HERO IS DEAD Tokio, Jan. 11. 4 P. M.—Lieutenant General Baron Mariaki Arisaka, a fa mous Japanese soldier and inventor of the now type of quick firing moun tain gun which bears his name, is dead, lie was created a baron anil awarded the second class of the Gold |en Kite for his meritorious service in connection with the Russo-Japanese war. He was born ip 1852. BAN OX STIRRING LETTERS Amsterdam, via London. Jan. 11, 9.30 A. M.—The Telegraaf says it learns that the Papal Mttnclo to Bel gium has written to Cardinal Mercier. whose vecent pastoral letter to Bel gian Catholics created much discus sion and led to reports that the car idinal had been detained by the Her mans, suggesting that hereafter ho write nothing which might offend tho ' Germans.