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<m-ußtrr marie.
Yesterday's Weather
IliaheM (emprraturr, gv.
temperature, 'j|
temperature. 31.
.\«»rm«l temperature. '.' J.
COMPLAINS TO COURT 1
I OF 2ND ST. TRAVEL
Unsatisfactory Facilities Owing to
Excavations For New Sub- ,
way, Constable Reports
WATCHING TIPPLING RESORTS
; Police Chief Says He Has Eye on
Certain Class of "Room
ing" Houses
'! _
I Complaint of the unsatisfactory fa
cilities for traveling in South Second
| street owing to the excavations for the
new subway v.as made to the Dauphin
j County Court this morning at the
' opening of January quarter sessions by
I Constable George W. Charters, of the
! Second ward.
The constable reported that for a i
j distance of at 'east "00 feet south of J
I Mulberry the street is torn up: that no
s provisions have been made for people
, or teams to travel across Mulberry
j street, and that the passageway in
I Second street is cut off in such a way
I that pedestrians and teams rausf reach
: points above Mulberry street by way
| of Front.
I The city authorities, it is under-
I stood, are at a loss for remedy, as it
! was practically decided that the Sec
t ond street job should not be started
j until the Front street subway was.
j open for travel. Trolley cars have 1
j been using the Second street subway j
! for several weeks and pedestrians are i
j doing so at their own risk. The con- !
dition can hardly be changed, it is be
| lieved. for several months. Some hotel )
men and merchants in the vicinity of
Second and Washington streets had '
been considering legal steps to obtain
at least a temporary footway up Sec- I
j ond street, but no action has been
j taken as yet.
Other road problems raised in the
• constables' quarterly reports included
| the fact that the hill a mile west of
> 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 '
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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
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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
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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 (
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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.