German Forces Are Believed to Be Planning Another Drive at Polish Capital
HARRISBURG WWmM TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 162
•16 Of TUSK !
REPORTED DROWNED
IH PURR OF CM
Dispatches 'Reaching Hong Kong
Tell of Heavy Losses in
Three Provinces
MANY SECTIONS DEVASTATED
Suffering Is Terrible According to \
Latest Stories Filtering
Into U. S.
By Astociated Press
Hongkong. July 15.—Tens of thou
sands or natives are estimated to have
been drowned by the floods in the
Chinese provinces of K want ting.
Kwangsi and Kiangsi and the desolation
in the devastated districts is terrible,
according to the latest reports reach
ing here.
\\ a.-liimrton, D. C., July 15.—Consul
General Anderson, at Hongkong, re
ported to-day that Canton was isolated
except to powerful steamers, thou
sands have been drowned and tens of
thousands are taking refuge on high
places. Thousands of houses have been
burned. American mission property
lias either l>cen damaged or destroyed '
and foreigners are taking refuge at j
the British consulate at Fn Chow. No
Americans have lieen lost so far as is
known.
The American consul general at
Hong Kong says that he has been un
able for five days to communicate by
telegraph with Consul General She-1
shire at Canton. The Hong Kong gov,- ;
ernment and citizens there are organ
izing relief. American naval vessels
are proceeding up the West river to,
assist in the rescue of those in dis-;
tress. The consul general recommends
immediate Red Cross assistance, inas
much as there will be widespread
faminlne involving millions of human
beings. He asked for a temporary
allowance of $20,000.
American Foreign Trade
Will Greatly Extend, Is
Prediction of Pratt
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., July
15.—Hankers of the United States were
warned to-day that they must prepare
to handle the financial eiul of a wide
American foreign trade by Dr. K. I',.
Pratt, chief of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, in a speech
before the West Virginia Bankers' As
sociation convention here to-day. The
development of a large export business
I- now under way. Dr. Pratt told the
hankers anrt manufacturers and mer
cliants will call upon the banks for
extensive services lti handling the
cash and credit export transactions.
Dr. I'ratt said that American banks
are now establishing branches in South
America and other parts of the world
to handle American business and that
the Kuropean war has resulted In the
extensive substitution of American
dollar exchange for English pounds
sterling exchange in international
transactions.
NO GAME TO-DAY
The game at Island Park this after
noon was called off because ot rain.
Rochester left the city for Richmond.
The game scheduled for to-day will
be played in a double-header when
the Hustlers come to Harrisburg next
month.
You May "Love the Cows
and Chickens"
while spending your vacation
days on the farm, but you will
have plenty of time left to read
your favorite paper from honje.
Six cents a week will bring the
Harrisburg Telegraph to you, no
matter where you are.
Drop a postal or phone the Cir
culation Department, and the
next issue will meet you when
you arrive.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlaburg and vicinity: Un
settled, probably showers thin af
trrnoon or to-nlaht and on Fri
day: continued warm.
For Eaatern Pennsylvania: Partly
rlondy to-nlsht and Friday, with
probably thunderstorm.; not
much change In temperature)
llsht to moderate variable winds.
River
The North and West branches anil
the main river will probably re.
main nearly stationary or fall •
slowly unless the showers Indi
cated for the Susquehanna Val
ley In the next thlrty-alx hours
should be general and heavier
A tbnn now aeens likely. In that
r case aome, possibly all the
streama, will rise. A fctage of
nhont f1.3 feet Is Indicated for
Harrlabarg, Friday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure continues low over nearly
nil the country. Several small
centers of disturbance appear In
the Weat and Far Northwest, the
deepest being located over Mouth,
western Nebraska. Showers have
fallen In the Ohio. Mlaaourl and
I'VPtr Mississippi valleys, over
the southern portion of the I.ake
Region and In Northern Florida
and a few other localities.
Temperature: 8 a. m., 74.
Sun: Rises. 4t4S a. m.: aets, T®l
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, July 10, 4:Ot»
a. m.
River Stage: 6.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 88.
Lowest temperature. OA.
Mean temperature, 77.
Normal temperature, 75.
WORK DAY AND NIGHT
ON NEW 0. V. BRIDGE
Expect to Finuh One Half of
Bridge From Shore to Shore
by December 1
TO PUT ON 50 MORE MEN
Must Make Up For Time Lost Be
cause of Recent Flood
Stage
Work on the New Cumberland Val
ley Railroad bridge is being pushed
ahead by night and in order to facili
tate the operations a miniature elec
tric lighting system has been installed
on the big job.
By December 1, It is said, one-half
of the bridge will be completed from
shore to shore and In order to fulfill
this part of the contract the Grayce
Construction company will have to put
two shifts, one day, and one night, at
work in the very near future. Within
a week or so an additional force of
50 men will be put on, it is understood.
The new electric lighting system
has been installed by the local light
company and current is supplied to
the island from this city. All over
the job the electric lights have been
placed so that the concrete can be
mixed by night and the forms around
the piers can be constructed while the
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U. S. MAY NOT SEND
REPLY TO AUSTRIA
Protest Sent at Request of Ger
many as Warning to
America
, By Associated Press
Washington, July 15.—Austria's di
plomatic representations that Ameri
can exports of war munitions to the
allies have attained dimensions en
dangering the neutrality of the Unit
ed States have been under consider
ation at the State Department since
July 11 and so far it has not been de
termined what reply, if any, the
United States will make. The Aus
trian note delivered to Ambassador
Penfleld on June 29 probably will not
be given out here. It is substantially
reported, however, in last night's news,
dispatches from Vienna via Amster-!
dam and London.
The Austrian note contends that
war exports as "a proceeding of the;
present war are not in consonance i
with the definition of neutrality. It J
adds that it "would be quite sufficient 1
to advise the enemies of Austria-Hun
gary and Germany that the supply of
foodstuffs and war material would be
suspended If legitimate trade in these
articles between Americans and neu
tral countries was not permitted." |
London. July 15.—A dispatch from;
Berlin by way of Amsterdam to the!
Exchange Telegraph Company to-day
says:
"The Austro-Hungarian protest to
America is a sequel to the recent con
ference at Vienna between Dr. Von
Bethmann-Hollweg, the German im- 1
perial chancellor, and Gottlieb Von,
Jagow, the German Foreign Minister,]
and Baron Stephen Burian Von Ra- i
jeez, the Austrian-Hungarian Foreign!
Minister.
"The protest was sent at the request)
of Germany and Turkey will follow;
suit.
"The object is to warn America that I
a rupture of relations with Germany!
will mean also a rupture with Ger-1
many's allies."
Bryan Announces Return
to Lecture Platform
By Associated Press
Long Beach, Cal., July 15. William
J. Bryan, in an address last night, an
nounced his return to the lecture plat
form.
"I have on several occasions express
ed a willingness to suspend my lectur- |
ing activities for four years," he said,
"but never for longer. I consider the
lecture platform not only a legitimate
field, but verv necessary. It provides
! for any man with a message an oppor
-1 tunity to present it. fn public office,
the Republicans have had to help pay
■ my salary whether they wanted to or
not." ,
U. S. Gunboats to Do
Rescue Work in China
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 15. The
i American gunboats Wilmington and
| Callao of the Asiatic squadron, are
I rushing from Hong Kong to the scene
of recent floods In China for "urgent
'rescue" work. Commander Huff of
1 the Wilmington cabled to-day that the
Callao is bound for West River, and
the Wilmington for Canton.
SEIZURE TO BE DISCUSSED
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. July 15.—Diffi
culties of American meat packers with
Great Britain over the detention of
their cargoes to neutral countries will
be taken up by the State Department
and the British government, it was
said to-day.
WELSH MINERS QUIT WORK
By Associated Press
\ Cardiff, Wales, July 15.—Despite op
timistic predictions that serious labor
difficulties in the coal fields would be
! averted, virtually every mine In Wales
was Idle this morning, the day fixed
for the beginning of the miners' strike
for higher wages.
CAR STRIKK IX PROVIDENCE
Providence, R. 1., July 15.—A re
duced trolley cai service was In effect
In this city to-day as a result of the
strike declared by 2,400 union em
ployes of the Rhode Island Company
at midnight. The cars In operation
were manned by nonunion motormen
and conductors.
HARRISBURG, PA,. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1915
NATIONAL LEAGUE PRESIDENT JOHN K. TENER SEES
HARRISBURG INDIANS TRIM ROCHESTER HUSTLERS
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THRKE ART)EXT FANS
John K. Tener, former Governor of Pennsylvania and now president of the National League, saw Har
risburg trim Rochester yesterday, soore 6-2. "Big John" Tener's appearance on the Island field was the signal
for a great demonstration from the Harrisburg ball fans who learned to love the former Governor during his
four years' residence in this city. The former Governor's word that Harrisburg was a livewire baseball town
when it had a real team on the diamond was largely responsible for the city's landing the International ball
club.
Tener was snapped by the Telegraph's photographer while sitting on the clubhouse porch with Thomas
Fogarty, president of the Harrisburg Internationals on the left and Joseph Montgomery—the oldest baseball
fan in Harrisburg—on the right. The picture was snapped just before Kraft swatted out a three-sacker, to
center field, bringing In three runs. | !
ARE YOU HELP! TO
BUY ICE FOR POOR?
Many Mothers Unable to Keep
Milk Pure For Babies, Says
Charities Secretary
What are you doing for the suffering
babies in this city whose mothers i
cannot afford to buy ice to keep the in
fants' milk sweet?
Contributions are needed for the
Harrlsburg Press, Ice and Diet Fund, j
They will be received and acknowl- j
eoged at the office of the Telegraph ,
or at either of the other local news- I
papers.
i Two years ago about SSOO wat
I raised in a simitar manner. This fund
lasted the Associated Charities for
I about three seasons. The money is
used to purchase coupons, which are
! distributed to needy families that ap
; pl> to the Charities during the sum- J
I nier.
In a number of instances ice only is
| furnished to families, as they need no I
j other help. The contributions as they!
arc received are placed in the hands
of Donald McCormick, treasurer of the
Associated Charities.
Contributions, large and small, are
. solicited. Amount received to-day.
I Mrs. Annie B. Lamberton, sl.
Hilton Dsnies He Will
Resign as Alderman
Alderman Edward J. Hilton, of the
Fourth ward, denied to-day the rumor
that he was about to resign his office
and that ex-Alderman Windsor would
apply for the position to succeed him. .
Thfc Fourth ward alderman said
that he intended to finish his term,
which expires in 19 20, and that he will
in all probability run for re-election, I
as he has no other object In view at
present.
Ex-Alderman Windsor, proprietor of
the Arena Motion Picture Theater, in
speaking of the rumor said: "I do not
want the office. I have enough to do
with my business in the West End. At
present while the summer .="ason Is on
I am helping Alderman Hilton. He
| hc.s not told me of his intention to
resign if he,is planning to do so."
Honors For the Late Karl
Bitter and J. W. Alexander
By .Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., July 15. The'
grand prize for oil paintings In the
United States section of the Depart
ment of Fine Arts at the Panama
Pacific Exposition has been awarded
Ito Frederick Carl Frieseke, Owosso,
I Mich., It was announced to-day. Nine
gold medals were awarded in this sec
[tlon with the name of the late John
i W. Alexander of Pennsylvania at the
head of the list.
| Henry Wolf, of New York, won the
, grand prize in etching and engraving.
For sculpture in the United States the
| medals of honor went to Herbert
■ Adams, D. C. French and the late
j Karl Bitter, of New Tork.
John W. Alexander was a Pltts
| burgher and was given a contract to
| furnish some paintings for the capitol
here. He died before he could com
plete his work. Karl Bitter made the
statue of the late M. S. Quay which
occupies a pl».ce in the rotunda of the
capitol.
Shoes to Be Built Along
"Normal and Sane Lines"
By Associated Press
New Tork, July IS. —As the result
of a meeting of representatives of the
National Shoe Retailers' Association,
the National Boot and Shoe Manufacl
turers' Association, the National Shoe
Wholesalers' Association and the Na
tional I-ast Association, a decree was
issued to-day against the so-called
freakish styles of women's shoes.
The manufacture of shoes of odd
colors, lacing at the side and back
was disapproved and It was agreed to
j return to the more conservative fash
| ions during the coming season.
Women's shoe* for ordinary wear
will be black with qioth uppers and
to be proper the cloth must be black.
Perforations and other decorations
were frowned down. This was de
scribed by the spokesman of the con
ference as a return to "moral ai>4
sane lines." I
Menls shoes are to remain conserva.
tive In design and either black or tan.
SENATOR BURTON TO
REACH CITY AT 111
Special Committee Will Meet the
Distinguished Visitor
From Ohio
SENATOR BURTON
All plans for the visit of United j
States Senator Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio to Harrisburg to-morrow as the
| guest of the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce were completed to-day with
the announcement of the special re
ception committee which will meet the
distinguished visitor on his arrival at
Union Station at 11:30 o'clock.
The special committee will include
Jonn E. Fox, former State Senator, |
Mayor John K. Royal, and J. Horace
McFarland, president of the American
Civic Association, who has long been
associated with Senator Burton in the
work of civic improvement through
out the United States,
j Senator Burton —tfho with Elihu
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To Open Second Street
Subway Monday Morning
! Harrlsburg's brand new subway in
Second street will he thrown open to
the traveling public Monday morning.
Finishing touches to the repair work
on the asphalt at the top of the ap-
I proaches are being added to-day and
City Commissioner W. H. Lynch, sup
erintendent of streets and public im
provements, said that everything will
be In readiness to open the subway
] Monday.
With the opening of the Second
street subway the under-grade way at
Front street will be closed for a few
days to vehicle traffic in order to
allow some necessary repair work to
be done on the street at the bottom
of the subway. While the Front
street subway iq closed Commissioner
Lynch said vehicular traffic will have
to be handled via Secbnd street.
MAY BK ABLE TO PREVENT
SPREAD OF CLOTHING STRIKE
By Associated Press
New York. July 18. With 21,000
workers on men's clothing on strike
here, a meeting of committees repre
| senting the Amalgamated Clothing
I Workers of America and the American
(Clothing Manufacturers' Association
! was called for to-day to prevent a
spread of the strike to other cities
throughout the country. Mayer
Schoenfold, labor adjuster for the
Clothing Manufacturers' Association,
said there was hope that further strik
ing could be checked and the present
strike be settled without additional
losses to strikers and manufacturers.
ELKS IN ANNUAL PARADE
By Associated Press
Los Angeles. July 15.—The annual
parade of Elk lodges was to bring to
a climax to-day the entertainment
arid business of the 1916 reunion of
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks here. Newly elected officers were
to be Installed at the closing session
of the grand lodge.
INCIDENT
IS ALMOST CLOSED
Foreign Office Expresses Regretj
and Readiness to Make
Reparation
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 15.—Ger
many, in an official memorandum
transmitted to-day from Berlin by Am
bassador Gerard, admits that the
American steamer Nebraskan was tor
pedoed by a submarine, expresses re
gret and readiness to make, reparation
and assures the United States that the
attack was "not meant for the Ameri
can flag, but is to be considered an
unfortunate incident."
Secretary Lansing made nubile the
German memorandum, which disposes
of the question whether the Nebraskan
was struck by a torpedo or by a. mine.
The German memorandum closes the
Incident, it was said, except as to the
payment of damages.
The State Department made this
announcement:
"Ambassador Gerard has telegraphed
to the State Department the following
memorandum from the German for
eign office relative to the damaging of
the American steamer Nebraskan by a
German submarine:
" 'The German government received
from newspaper reports the Intelli
gence that the American steamer Ne
braskan had been damaged by a mine
or torpedo on the southwest coast of
Ireland. It therefore started a thor
ough investigation of the case without
delay and from the result of the in
vestigation it has become convinced
that the damage to the Nebraskan was
caused by an attack by a submarine.
" 'On the evening of May 25 last
the submarine met a Bteamer bound
westward without a flag and with no
neutral markings on her freeboard
about thirty-five nautical - miles west
of Fastnet Rock. No appliance of any
kind for the illumination of the flag or
markings was to be seen. In the twi
light, which had already set in, the
name of the steamer was not vis|hle
from the submarine. Since the com
mrndor of the submarine was obliged
to assume from his wide exnerience in
the area of maritime war' that onlv
English steamers, and no neutral
steamers, traversed this war area with
out flag and markings, he attacked
the vessel with a tornedo. in the con
viction that he had an enemy vessel
before him'."
Now Look What Saint
Swithin's Went an' Done!
St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost
rain,
For forty days it will remain;
St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair,
For forty days, 'twill rain na
mair.
Now look what Saint Swithin's went
an' done!
Right after we've had oodles and
oodles of rain for the past forty days,
he up and decrees forty more days of
the bewildering wetness.
For to-day. July 15 ; is Saint Swlth
|in's Day. The legend Is one of a
century ago. and i* related as follows:
St. Swithin, confessor, hishop and pat
ron of Winchester, England, lived in
the ninth century. When he was bur
ied he intended to have his grave In
the open, but his people laid" him in
the abbey of the church. The saint
was so angry that he caused it to rain
until his body was brought into the
open air, then the skies cleared.
• GERMANS NUMBER 8,300
By Associated Press
Berlin. July 15 (by wireless to Sav
ville). —The Overseas News Agency to
day says: "The conditions of the sur
render of the German forces in South
j west Africa make clear that the Ger
man troops numbered 204 officers and
3.094 men (a little more than one reg
ular Infantry regiment on a war foot
ing), with 7 field pieces and 22 ma
chine guns. This force was matched
aft«r prolonged warfare and terrible
fatigues against 20,000 men."
ARCHBISHOP QUIGLEY BURrED
By Associated Press
Chicago, July 15.—The body of
Archbishop James Edward Quigley,
who died in Rochester. N. Y., on Sat
urday. was burled with Impressive
ceremonies to-day. Cardinal Gibbons,
of Baltimore, and Monslgnor Bonzano,
of Washington, apostolic delegate!
were among the noted Catholic digni
taries In attendance.
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PATROL SYSTEM
FOR ROAD REPAIRS !
11l PENNSYLVANIA
Most Important Announcement
Since Creation of Highway
Department
i
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
Better Work at Lower Cost; Force
Is Now Being Care
fully Chosen
I
State Highway Commissioner Cun- j
ningham announced to-day that on!
August 1 the Patrol System of Main-'
tenance would be established on State I
Highway routes. Caretakers will be [
employed and each man will be as-1
signed to a designated section of high- •
way, for the maintenance and repair
of which he will be held responsible.
One hundred and ninety men will be
placed on this patrol work at the start
and the territory covered will exteud
through forty-six counties. ,
These men will be paid at the rate |
of from fifteen to twenty cents an j
hour, depending upon the scale of!
wages for labor in their districts. This i
will moan an annual expenditure of ]
$120,000 a year, which will figure down
to a maintenance cost of $65 a mile a
year for the State Highways. When
it is considered that maintenance
charges heretofore have averaged one
half million dollars a year, the
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MRS. DARLINGTON IMPROVES
The condition of Mrs. James Henry
Darlington, wife of Bishop Darling
ton, who underwent an operation at
Si. Luke's Hospital, New York city,
yesterday, was reported as greatly im
proved to-day and experts in attend
ance expect her speedy recovery.
PRISONERS TRANSFERRED
By Associated Press
Berne, Switzerland, via Paris, July
14, 10:14 p. m. —A special train loaded
with French prisoners of war, per
manently disabled on their way home
from Germany, passes here every
night another special filled with
similarly crippled Germans who are
returning from France. After this ex
change Is completed 3,000 members of
the sanitary corps of the two nations
will be transferred from one country
to the other.
i IN FLOOD SWEPT CITY
? Harrisburg. —Fears are entertainpd, by relatives, for the I
i safety of Miss E. M. Butler, sister of E.'G. Butler, health V
j office;' of Steelton, who is in the heart of the flood swept §
1 district of C nton. A
f STREET CAR MEN GET INCREASE !
J Chicago, July 15.—A rai§e of three cents an hour in the g |
J 1 pay of Chicago street car employes, announced to-day, will ' .
I cost the company approximately $1,170,000 a year.
& London, July 15 t 6.02 P. M.—A dispatch from Cardiff !
, Jo the Central News Agency says that the miners' confer- '!
<1 ence by a vote of 180 to 113 decided not to accept the '
recommendation of their council to return to work.
Washington, July 15.—A train between Vera Cruz and ; I
J Mexico City has been wrecked by a bomb near Apizaco.
I The explosion killed and wounded many persons. A cable- !
' gram from Vera Cruz to the State Department says it is i j
1 uncertain whether the train left Vera Cruz July 12 or July *
I 13. The railroad has discontinued selling tickets to Mex
<» ico City. *
« , New York, July 15.—The Lackawanna Steel Company j (
announces the sale of 60,000 tons of steel rails to the Russian , |
. i gover;: t livery in September. These rails, it is un- |
derstood are. to be used mainly in additional construction '
' of the trans-Siberian Railroad. The price paid is not dis
* * closed. *
I Geneva, Switzerland, July 15, 11 A. M., via Paris, 2.15 J
I•P. M. A' report has reached Basel that a big strike is 1
I ' threatened at the Krupp works at Essen, Germany, the j
j I movement being headed by the Union of Metallurgical work- i
. men and the association of mechanics. They demand higher ' '
, i wages. i
New York, July 15.—An explosion to-day wrecked a
i i big grain elevator in Weehawken, across the Hudson river f
* from New York and severely injured a half dozen men
who were working there. The police are investigating. t
t 9 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 15.—President Judge Charles '
I E. Rice, of .the State Superior Court, who has been ill at
j l his home here suffered a relapse to-day. His physicians '
i announce that his condition is critical.
« 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES
J Frfdfflfk Wlllinin Sehmirdrl uurt A nun Mnrgnrft Kont. rttr.
Krfdfrlck John Ymtnilt, Allrntnna, and Kmclla Josephine flpccr.S '
i ,Pl«t»bur*l». " ►
9T J«nu Henulapr and Mary K. Kllugrr, Mlllrraburg.
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* POSTSCRIPT
GOWNS PLAN DRIVE
ON POLISH era.
Kaiser's Forces Are Again Active
in Region North of
Warsaw
RUSSIAN LINE HAS RETIRED
Great Britain's Coal Strike Prob
lem Acute; 150,000 Men
Quit Work
Gorman forces again are active In
I the region of Warsaw. <-a using military
' observers to believe that a drive at
ihe Polish capital from that dircctilon
! may be imminent.
The Russians admit a German of-
I fensive lias begun in one section
where a Russian force retirod to Its
1 second line positions. Apparently the
! same operations, however, were al-
I lulled to In the most recent Gorman
loilicial Statement as resulting In "local
J successes."
| The German drive at the French
I lines in the Argonnc forest region lias
| been followed by attempts on the part
I of the French to regain lost ground,
j The latest report from Paris claims
partial success in the effort.
I Two liilLs defending Krithia on the
I Gallipoli peninsula were occupied by
| the troops of the entente allies after
j fou ras-aults on -Monday last, accord
! ing to Athens' advices received In Lon
don. Constantinople, reporting on the
same engagement says the allied at
tacks. in which warships supported
the troops, were repulsed with heavy
losses.
A German submarine sank the Nor
wegian steamer Rym. One of the mer
chantmen's engineers was killed. The
rest of tlio crew was saved.
Great Britain's coal strike problem
continues acute, 150.000 miners hav
ing gone out despite the prohibitions
of the war munitions act.
ANOTHER STEAMER TORPEDOED
By Associated Press
London, July 15, 11:30 a. m.—The
Norwegian steamer Rym has been tor
pedoed and sunk. The second en
gineer was killed but the rest of the
• crew has landed at Great Yarmouth.
PARALYTICS REACH PARIS
By Associated Press
Paris, July 15.—Forty aged men and
i women, many of them paralytics ar
i rived here this morning from Neuve
lEglise (Nieuwakerke) Flanders, where
they had hidden in cellars for a week
to escape a German bombardment.
They were attended.by nuns.