Germans Declare British Lost One Cruiser and Two Torpedo Boats in Fiahf
HARRISBURG gfiSSh TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 20
* BRITISH CRUISER HID
TWO TORPEDO BOUTS
SOI. SAY GERMANS
Statement Issued in Berlin De
clares Other English Ships Were
, Also Damaged Sunday
FIGHT SEEN FROM AIRSHIP
German Report Tells of Sinking of
Vessel by Shots From
Torpedo Boat
By Associated Press
Berlin. Jail. 26. by wireless to Lon
don. 9.45 a. m.—Additional details of
the sinking of a Hritish battle cruiser
in the naval fight in the North Sea.
west of Heligoland which is claimed
by the Germans, is given in a state
ment issued here to-day. The state
ment follows:
"According to well Informed Ger
man sources this cruiser suffered
heavily from the fire of our cannon
and was then sunk by a German tor
pedo boat by two well directed shots,
the sinking was observed by a Ger
man airship which- followed the bat
tle closely.
Two British torpedo boats were also
sunk. The airship also observed the
serious damaging of other English
ships."
Pennsylvanians Living
at St. Petersburg, Florida,
Elect Officers For Season
Special to The Telegraph
St. Petersburg, Fla., .Tan. 26.
Pennsylvanians spending the winter
in this city held their annual meeting,
recently and elected officers for the
season. W. A. Huber. of Mechanics
burg. is president. On the executive
committee is Fred Walters, of Carlisle.
Mrs. \Y. A. llubcr and Miss Dora
Kowe, of Mechanicsburg, are oil the
ladies' auxiliary.
Among others stopping in the Sun
shine City are the Rev. W. H. Fa ha
and son John, of Mechanicsburg: J.
K. Slothour. Dillsburg; C. E. llutton,
Mechanicsburg; and C. S. Biser.
Waynesboro.
. Cumberland Court Grants
18 Licenses and Refuses 2
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle. Pa.. Jan. 2(s.—Cumberland
county court to-day granted liquor
licenses to eighteen applicants agaims
whom there were no remonstrances
and positively refused two others. Tes
timony is being heard to-day in twelve
other cases where remonstrances have
been tiled. There were thirty-two
licenses asked for throughout the
county and the two refused were Fred
eric Brenneman, for the hotel at
Hogestown. and Harry C. Gill, of
Philadelphia, applying for the Mount
Holly Inn at Mount Holly Springs.
PIjUNUED DOWN" STAIRS
Miss Sarnli Jones. SI Years Old. Is
Seriously Injured
Special to The Telegraph
Dauphin. Pa , Jan. 26.—When call
ed to supper last Thursday evening.
Miss Sarah Jones, about 84 years old.
living at the home of her cousin,
George Dennison, a mile out from
here, started down the stairs from
the second floor. She tripped on the
second stop and fell headlong to the
hall below unconscious. Her fall was
not heard by the family, but a drip
ping was heard by them which they
discovered to be her blood which was
flowing freely.
Or. A. C. Coble was immediately
< ailed. There was a deep gash in the
back of Miss Jones' head and her
right arm was badly bruised. The
physician put eight stitches in the
wound on her scalp. She is confined
to bed.
MATHEMATICAL SHORT CITS
Wll.i. BE DISCI'SSED
The department ol mathematics and
astronomy or the Natural History So
ciety will meet to-night at 8 o'clock
in the Wiilard School building. State
street, near Third. A talk on "Useful
Shortcut- in Ordinary Arithmetic, and
Some Remarkable Numbers" will
be given by the chairman, M. W.
Jacobs, Jr.
The Board of Directors will meet at
T o'clock to determine several ques
tions of Importance about the coming
lecture of Sir Douglas Mawson.
THE WEATHER
For flaarrlahurg nntl vicinity: Fair
to.night unil \\ edneaday; ullclit
ly folder to-nlzlit, with liiwmt
-temperature about IK tlrcrrm.
For Kaatcrn I'ennay l\anln t Fair
and mmrnhai colder to-nlghts
M edneaday partly cloudy: gentle
to modentfe north and uortlieuat
Tvlnda.
Illver
The s u «<|uehannu river and all Ita
tributaries v. 11l fall alonly for
■everal dnya. % a'agr of ahout
'"'l I" Indicated for Harrlv
burg Wednesday morning.
(•eneral < on<ll dona
The atorm from thr South that via*
eentrnl nIT thr \>n Jeraey coia*l,
Monday morning, baa paurd ott
nortlmratnard and thr nrra of
high prraaurr from thr Mlaaonrl
\ alley hn> ovrraprrnd thr raatrrn
half of the a-ourrtry nttendrd by
" general fall of U to 10 drgree'a
In teinio-nature over nearly nil
the territory raat of the Mlaala
alppl river. A tcenernl rlar of a
to a« degreea haa occurred In tli«
temperature over nearly all the
country neat of the Mlaalaalppl
river.
Temperature: s a. m.. 3:;.
*un: Vtlara, 7:20 a. m.| seta, silS
p. m.
Moon: Full moon, .lantmrr rita.
11:41 a. m. '
Itlver «tnge: Sl* feet above lon
natrr mark.
Yeaterday'9 W'etvther
lltgheat temperature, :«t,
I .on rat temperature. 24.
Mean temperwl ure. :io.
Normal temperature. JS.
SECRETARY M'ADOO'S DAUGHTER GOING TO WAR
Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the secretary of the treasury, is going
to the great war. I'nder the instruction of a competent nurse she is near
ins the point where she can undertake work in a field hospital. She
has arranged no detinlte plans yet. b'.it she intends within a few weeks to
join Mrs. Hope Nelson in London. Mrs. Nelson will go with her to one
of the stations in the soutli of France. It is understood among Miss Mc-
Adoo's friends she will sail on the Lusitania February 9. Miss McAdoo is
the eldest daughter of the secretary of the treasury.
PERSONAL CANVASS IS
PROVING SUCCESSFUL
First Day's Collections and Pledges
Total $500; Greater Results
Expected Today
Collections and pledges of more
than SSOO were reported to the ways
and means committee of the home
and war relief committee last night
by members of me seven neighbor
hood executive commutes which are
in immediate charge of the canvass.
A widow with five children con
tributed ten cents and pledged a like
amount each week until April, accord
ing to G. <*. Young, committeeman.
Another committeman reported the
pledging of $165 in a brief canvass
of an industrial plant, while still an
other told of how employes of a small
firm had agreed to give a total of S4O.
Efficient plans for covering their
several districts were explained by
most of the committeemen, who
seemed certain they could finish their
work by Saturday. One card index
system was reported, along with a
secretary whose sole duty was to at
tend to details of the work of a par
ticular committee.
Can Now Get Shoes
No contribution is too small, or too
large. All will be receipted for and
used. One woman who was paid off
yesterday said now she would get
shoes for her children, who had been
kept out of school.
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GOVERNOR TALKS IK
PEKYLVIi DUTCH
Weary and Busy Chief Executive
Drops Back Into Old
Dialect
Governor Brumbaugh dropped back
j into Pennsylvania German at the Cap
itol to-day in the course of a visit by
I newspapermen. The Governor hail
! put in a busy morning seeing people
j and remarked that he had not had
, time to talk about legislation and that
j there was nothing pending.
When he was asked whether he
had made up his mind about the con
stitutional convention blls and whether
he was behind that presented or any
which might apear he shook his head
and replied:
"Nix cum 'erhaua."
Captain Patterson Assigned
to Panama Canal Defense
Captain Charles H. Patterson, for
merly of Harrisburg, has been trans
ferred from the One Hundred and
Sixty-seventh Company, Coast Artil
lery, United States Army, to the For
tieth Company, and will sail April 18
for the Panama canal, where he will
iie stationed at the fortifications de
i fending the Pacific entrance.
The works there are just being com
pleted, the officers' houses and bar
racks are being erected and Captain
i Patterson will be one of the first offi
cers to be stationed there. Captain
Patterson is a brother of Andrew S.
Patterson, of the l.'nion Trust Com
pany. and was a graduate of the Har
risburg high school in the class of
1896. He is well known here.
England Pleased With
Bryan's Reply to Stone
London. Jan. 26. 1.4S a. m.—The I
Times to-day in an editorial on Sec- ?
retary Bryan's reply to Senator Stone 1
regarding the American government j
on questions raised by the war. .says: I
"It will be read with satisfaction'
by all utiprejudiced champions of neu-l
tral rights. The Pro-Germans now
have their answer and have probably
realized their extreme unwisdom in
lorwuluting their grievances
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1915.
TALK OVER PHONE
ACROSS CONTINENT
President Wilson and Dr. Bell, In
ventor, on Wire in Ocean-to-
Ocean Conversation
New Yorw. Jan. 26.—1n an office
within sight of the Statue of Liberty
I »r. Alexnnder Graham Bell, the
Inventor of the telephone yes
terday talked over a line tho route of
which is 3.400 miles long to Thomas
A. Watson, in San Francisco. This Is
the first time in history that the voice
of man has leaped in a single bound
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
the conversation between Dr. Bell
and .Mr. Watson repeats one of the
most thriiting Incidents of scientific
history.
Mr. Watson was Bell's assistant dur
ing the long, trying months of bis
early experiments, and he it was who
first heard the sound of a human voice
over a wire when, in the basement of
a machine shop in Boston, forty years
ago. he heard the first crude Instru
ment shape the words. "Mr. Watson,
come here. I want you," spoken by
Bell from a room above.
"Ahoy! Ahoy! Can you hear me?"
asked Dr. Bell yesterday, and Instantly
there was a murmur in the receiver
adutble to everyone in the room. Out
In San Francisco, in the offices of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. Thomas A. Watson had heard
the voice of his old-time associate sig
naling In tho manner they had em
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IGRICULTUHL OUTPUT
SHOULD BE DOUBLED
Governor Brumbaugh Asks Co
operation of Farmers Toward
Increasing State's Riches
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, as
president of the Pennsylvania State
Board of Agriculture opened tha 38th
annual meeting this morning in the
Board of Trade Hall.
This is tho first time in many years
that a governor of the State has taken
an active part as presiding officer ot
the board.
In opening the Governor made some
pertinent remarks on the importance
of the relations of the State Board
,toward tho agricultural interests of
| the Commonwealth, expressing the
I hope that free discussion might be
|made of his innugurai recommenda
tions. He spoke of the concern all
; should feel in the production of farm
j produce.
"It is easily within possibility," he
i said, "for the people of Pennsylvania
to double the agricultural output of
the State v.lthln ten years, if they
want to do it. I make this as a de
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Hear How Telephone Is
Protected From Lightning
The Telephone Society of Harris
burg held its monthly meeting last
evening in the Board of Trade. H.
Mauradin, transmission engineer of
Philadelphia, addressed the meeting
on "Protection of Telephone Plant
Against Lightning," the talk being il
lustrated by lantern slides.
C. Reutlinger. engineer of Outside
i Plant of Philadelphia, a former resi
dent of Harrisburg, was present.
DO XT WANT DEMONSTRATOR
Ilugerstoun. Md.. Jan. 26.—Believ
ing that the employment of a farm
demonstrator as a salary of SI,BOO or
$2,000 a year would be a useless ex
penditure of money by Washington
county, the proposition to engage such
an otflclal was voted down by 24 to I
17 at the farmers' institute held herei
on Saturday.
OPPOSES IIIOK
JOINING BUSES
E. H. Gohl, Former Harrisburger,
Writes of Dangers to
Redskins
16 STRANDED IN EUROPE
Effects of Wild-westing Shown
When Managers Break Their
Contracts
Evils resulting from Indians joining
Wild West shows, theatrical troupes,
circuses and most motion-picture firms
are pointed out in a most convincing
way in the Quarterly Journal of the
Society of American Indians by E. H.
Gohl. of Auburn. N. Y., a former resi
dent of Harrisburg.
Mr. Gohl is a famous artist of In
dian life and his paintings hang in
many public buildings throughout the
I'nited States, lie Is a brother of John
P. Gohl and Christian F. Gohl, both of
this city. Several years ago he was
adopted by the Snipe clan of the
Onondaga Indians at the Auburn
reservation. He goes by the name of
Tyagohwens among his adopted tribes
men. This is the name of a mythical
prophet who, according to legend, is
to save the Onondaga* from extermi
nation. His article, "The Effect of
Wild Westing," is as follows:
"A determined stand should be taken
by all true friends of our American
Indians to discourage and prevent
whenever possible Indians making en
gagements with Wild West shows, the
atrical troupes, circuses and most of
the motion-picture firms. The Indian
gains nothing of real value from the
associations and environments he
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FREIGHTER AND BIG
SCHOONER COLLIOE
Old Dominion Liner Hamilton
Rescues All but One of
Both Crews
New York, Jan. 26.—The steamship
Washington, a freighter, carrying no
passengers, and the big schooner
Elizabeth Palmer were in collision to
day off the coast of Delaware near
Cape Henlopen. Wireless messages
said the Washington was sunk and
the schooner sinking. The crews of
both vessels, with the exception of
one man, were saved.
The Washingtonlan was bound for
New York and Philadelphia from
Honolulu by way of the Panama
''anal. She had a crew of 39. The
Elizabeth Palmer sailed from Port
land, Va.. January 10 for Norfolk.
She carried a crew of seven.
Captain Nelson, of the Old Domin
ion liner Hamilton stopped his ship
off Fenwtck's island lightship to res
cue the crews of the two vessels. Offi
cials of the American- Hawaiian Line,
owners of the Washingtonian, were
advised that the Hamilton was bring
ing all the rescued to this city.
CAPTAIN ERDMANN RESCUED
London, Jan. 26, 2.30 A. M.—The
Dally Mail says It understands that Cap
tain Erdmann. who was in charge of
the German armored cruiser Bluecher
when she was sunk by the British war
ships in the North Sea, Sunday, was
among the survivors landed at Leith.
MRS. MARY LADAREE
PENNED IN BY TORKS
Daughter of Assistant Postmaster
With Husband Has Taken
Refuge in Tabriz
! American missionaries at Tabriz and
jUrumia. Persia, are safe, according to
| a dispatch received by the New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis
sions from the American consul at
Teheran.
Among the missionaries at Tabriz
are theßev. Uobert M. Labaree and his
wife, Mrs. Mary Fleming Labaree.
daughter of Assistant Postmaster Sam
uel W. Fleming
The cablegram in full follows:
"Missionaries all safe and well.
Thousands of refugees. Telegram
money at once."
Several weeks ago the Turks took
possession ol both Tabriz and Urumia,
the former having a population of
about 200,000, the latter 73,000. Many
thousands of these refugees are Ar
menians. who tied before the invasion
of the Turks. The consul at Tabriz
notified the American minister, who
cabled to this country. It is probable
that many of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Labaree's friends of this city will send
funds to the needy ones in Asia. All
checks should be addressed to the Per
sian fund and sent to Dwight H. Dav,
treasurer of the New York Foreign
Mission Board, 156 Fifth avenue, New-
York.
The Red I'ross Society has been no
tilled of conditions in Persia.
GERMANS PLACING MINKS
Jan. 28, l p. m.—The Ger
man armored cruiser Frledrich Carl
land a group of torpedo boats were
seen to-day off the Alend islands, at
the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia,
steering south. It is believed that
they have again been active In laying
mines in the Gulf of Bothnia. It was
reported a month ago from Petro
grad that the Friedrich Carl had
sunk.
TWO lIOHU DIK AT SAN DIKGO
Snn Diego, Ottl.. Jan. »6. —. William
H. Miller. * tirernan, of Wowns, Kun..
died veuterday from Injuries .suffered
when tho Sun Diego'i boiler tube* blew
out last Thursday. A few hours be
fore another victim had succumbed.
DEFICIENCY BILL
CURRIES 88.109
Presented in the House by
W. H. Wilson; Other Bills
Introduced
GARNER MAKES EXPLANATION
Jones Puts in $3,000,800 Appro
priation to Make Good Dirt
Road Provisions
The deficiency bill of the 1915 ses
sion made its appearance in the House
to-day, carrying $638,863.73. It was
presented by W. 11. Wilson, Philadel
phia, and will be immediately consid
ered by the appropriations commit
tee.
The items include: Department of
health and sanitation and tuberculosis
work. $135,524.45; primary elections.
$150,000: advertising constitutional
amendments. $100,000: inauguration,
$25,000: auditor general, collection
taxes, $15,000; clerks, $6,000: tire mar
shal expenses, $10,000; labor and in
dustry contingent, $10,000; highway,
automobile license supplies, $35,000;
public grounds and buildings, supplies,
$25,000: Water Supply Commission,
water inventory. $8,000: inspection of
dams, $10,000; Game Commission, pre
serves. $25,000; tlsheries. $800; picture
censors, $1,000; printing, cuts, $2,000;
judiciary, judges holding court out
side home districts, $12,000; Lacka
wanna and Luzerne districts, $14,-
539.28: Legislature, Senate and House
each $27,000 for expenses and clerk
hire.
Gamer Corrects Bill
At the opening of the House to-day
Mr. Garner, Schuylkill, rising to a
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U S GUN SUPERIOR
10 GERMAN WEAPON
New 16-inch Defender Will Throw
Projectile Weighing 2,150
Pounds
By Associated Press
Washington, I). C., Jan. 26.—Lack
of precise ballistic data concerning the
new German naval 16-inch gun which
has caused so much discussion In Eng
land does not, according to naval ex
perts here to-day, permit of a close
comparison between it and the now
American naval gun of the same cali
ber now under test at Indian Head, Md.
They think that while the German pro
jectile. with a velocity of 3,040 feet
per second, has a slight advantage
over the American 10-inch shell in
speed, the latter, weighing 2,150
pounds, is more than 1,500 pounds
heavier than the German shot and
consequently will have a greater strik
ing energy and more penetrative power
in still armor.
This factor of penetration, after all.
according to leading American naval
experts, is the prime objec't, instead of
range, as is generally supposed. Any
one of the larger calibers of the Ameri
can naval guns will now hurl Its pro
jectiles across the sea beyond the range
of human vision and nothing of value
can be accomplished by shooting far
ther than they do.
On the other hand, there is objec
tion to sacrificing the defensive power*
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GERMANY WILL ME
OVER FOOD SUPPLY
Gives Notice That All Corn, Wheat
and Flour Will Be Seized
February 1
! Berlin, Jan. 2G (by wireless to Lon
j don, 9.40 A. M.). —The federal council
j has put into effect sweeping regula
| tions for the conservation of the food
supply, as follows:
"All stocks of corn, wheat and flour
are ordered seized by February 1.
"Ail business transactions in these
commodities are forbidden from Jan
uary 26.
"All municipalities are charged with
the duty of setting aside suitable sup
plies of preserved meat.
"The owners of corn are ordered to
report their stocks immediately,
whereupon confiscation at a fixed price
will follow."
A government distributing ofllce for
the regulation of consumption will be
established, distribution being made
according to the number of inhabi
tants.
The Imperial Gazette to-day pub
lishes the following notice regarding
the confiscation of grain:
"There is no doubt that the measure
ordered taken cuts much deeper Into
the economic HTe of our people than
all the other economic regulations
hitherto adopted by the federal council
i during the war. It is, however, neces
sary in order to make the sufficient
and regular supply of our peonle with
breadstuffs until the next threshing of
the new harvest, and is, besides, a
necessity of life for the government
and the nation. '
NATIVES (AX SUPPORT THEM
SELVES
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 26. The
Philllpines are capnble of producing
enough food and wealth to support
comfortably 40.000.000 people, accord- 1
ing to President Waters of the Kansas |
State Agricultural College. who has |
investigated agricultural conditions and
possibilities of the Island.
CARRAXZA (iOVKHM)R BXISf LTKD
San Diego, Oal., Jan. 2fi. General !
Juan Dorzen, the Carranzlsts Governor
of Topir. who attempted to escape to
the United States, wus executed at Ala
zalla yesterday.
12 PAGES
FOODSTUFFS IN GERMANY
ORDERED CONFISCATED;
3 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK?
Russians Reversed by Austrian Forces in Bukowina;;
Heavy Fighting Again in Progress in Poland; Turks
Also Claim Successes; Germany Says British Cruiser
and Two Torpedo Boats Were Sunk Sunday
Malmoe. Sweden, .lan. 20, via Ijoii
don, 4.85 I*. M.—lt Is persistently as
serted here that the German proteeted
cruiser Gazelle was torpedoed yester
day by a submarine of unknown na
tionality at a |M)int in the Baltic near
tile Island ol' Rucgen. which Is oft' the
coast of Prussia. Allliougli Uie (Gazelle
was damaged, she was able to return
to the port ol' Sassnitz.
Three British warships were sunk
in the naval engagement In the North
Sea Sunday, Berlin now asserts. A
statement issued there to-day says that
"according to wetl informed German
sources" a British battle erulser was
sent to the bottom by a German tor
pedo boat and that a German aviator
witnessed the destruction of the ves
sel. In addition to the loss of the
cruiser, as previously reported in Ber
lin. it is stated that the British tor
pedo boats were sunk and that other
warships were damaged seriously. The
British admirallty has added nothing
to its original announcement that no
British vessels were lost or seriously
Injured.
The German government's order for
the confiscation of all supplies of
wheat, corn and flour is regarded in
England as a significant indication of
the economic effects of the war upon
Germany. It is said officially in Ber
lin, however, that the action of the
government, assuring conservation of
foodstuffs, will make certain a plenti
ful supply until the next harvest.
Russia is rushing reinforcements in
to Bukowina, where she apparently
lias met with a reverse at the hands
of the Austrian forces. Vienna as
sumes that Rumania will now hesitate
to join Russia in the war and that the
danger of the invasion of Transylvania
is over, at least for the immediate fu
ture. In Poland heavy fighting is un
der way once more, and a degree of
success for the Germans is admitted In
Petrograd. Berlin hears that the Teu
tonic allies have occupied Kielce.
In the war with Turkey also. Rus
sia is encountering severe opposi
tion. Although Petrograd announced
that the resistance of the Turks in the
Trans-Caucasus has been virtualiy
I broken, an official statement to-day
says that the Turks are offering stub
EAD '
i ors of the death of Dr. H. W. Slough were afloat 1
. c , uld not be con I
from the fact that
Dr. Stolen is slightly ill at Altoon.i.Vhere a campaign u,
1 under way. 1
FIRE IN SOUTH BL EM HOTEL
South Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 26 Fi eof unknown origin
1 to-day badly damaged the Caffrey Hotel in this city and
gutted se e-al adjoining store rooms, entailing a loss of
nearly $30,000.
1 WILL MAKE 1,500,000 PAIRS OF SOCKS 1
s were closed here
I tod;.;/ :h a local company ,ke 1,500,000 pairs of
ccks for the French army. The same company '
recent )ok an order for 180,000 pairs of soldiers' shoes '
The Pennsylvania State Poultry Association this after
•d a Bureau of Poult v <; connection with the
:ate Department of Agriculture; also an appropriation of
$50,000 ;or the Poultry Department at State College.
(
' EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN PANAMA
1 Panama, Jan. 26.—Three short sharp earthquakes have
shaken the Isthmus of Panama in the last three days, the
1 third one occurring to-day. None cf the shocks did any dam- '
I age, though the inhabitants were considerably frightened. J
I Reports irom points along the caa.il show that the shocks, J
I caused no ill effect. a
i SURVIVORS OF BLUECHER LANDED
I Eainbuigh, Scotland, Jan. 26, via London, 2.38 P. M.—
Fifty survivors ol the German armored cruiser Bluechei
I which was sunk in the North Sea on Sunday in an engage |
I meat with British warships, were landed trom two Briu*h
' torpedo boat destroyers to-day at Leith, two miles north of
Edinburgh.
1915 WHEAT CROP SELLING?
Chicago, Jan. 26.—A1l grains—corn, oats, rye and bar- |
ley, as well as wheat—sold today at the highest prices in (
, many years at this season. Assertions were current that the i
!1915 crop of wheat; not yet out of the ground, was bein 0 I
k sold for export. F
I MARRIAGE f
Allen Foreman, Hockeravllle, anil Marjr J. Hecli, Kllsabethtowa. /
♦ POSTSCRIPT
born resistance, although the Rus
sian offensive is making progress.
The German armies of the west have
suddenly taken tho offensive, deliver
ing violent attacks simultaneously aft
several points. The German war oflleo
report to-day claims an important vic
tory over British troops along
La TSassee canal, in France, just soutl\
of the Helgian border. Positions ot
the British extending over about two
thirds of a mile, including two strong
points of support, are said to havo
been taken by storm and held in the
fac: of counter attacks. The French
official statement, however, does not
concede this victory to the Germans.
It admits that they made progress tem
porarily. but asserts that subsequently
they were repulsed.
Both communications report prog
ress for the Germans near Craonnc,
where trenches of the allies were taken
and retained in part. Elsewhere, ac
cording to the French version of the
lighting, the Germans were repulsed,
with the possible exception of Alsace.
It is said in Berlin that Russian at
tacks in Fast Prussia were repulsed
and that no Impotant lighting occurred
in Central Poland. The latter state
ment is in contrast with Petrograd re
ports of severe battles west of Warsaw.
The Russian foreign minister, Ser
gius Sazanoff, announced that Russia
would continue the war so long as a
single soldier of her enemies remained
on Russian soil.
WILHELMIN.V TO FIRNISH TEST!
If Shipment Is Allowed It Will Be In
jurious to Allies. Says Paper
London, Jan. 2fi, 2:25 a. m.—The
Morning Post published to-day an
editorial article on the case of tho
steamer Wilhelmina, the American
vessel which left New York January
23 for Germany carrying a cargo of
American foodstuffs consigned to the
representative in Germany of an
American concern. It says this is a
I more plausible and more insiduou?
test case than Is the experiment which
the steamer Dacia, the cotton laden
vessel of exchange registry still at
Galveston, and that if it Is allowed it
will be injurious to the cause of the
allies.