Additional American Troops Hurried to Border to Prevent Further Outbreaks
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — Xo. 248
OLD WASHINGTON
STRONGHOLD NOW
IS REPUBLICAN
Backmansvillc District Reports
to Candidates Complete
Turn-over There
DEMOCRATS ARE AT SEA
Hershev Voters Out in Force
Give Campaigners Rousing
Welcome There
Citizens of Hershey and Bachmans
ville turned out in large numbers last
evening to hear the Republican candi
dates for office in Dauphin county dis
cuss the issues of the campaign. Both
meetings were more than ordinarily
well attended and the change in senti
ment at Bachmansvllle, which was
formerly a Progressive stronghold, was
very marked. Only a scattering of
Washington votes will be polled there
this year and the district promises to
rol! up a We majority for the Re
publican ticket.
Hershey is the home of Frank B.
Snavoly, candidate for poor director,
and his home folk apparently think
as much of him as do the voters with
whom he has become acquainted over
the county since entering the cam
paign- John E. Snyder who is the
legal adviser of the Hershey enter
prises, paid a high tribute to Mr.
Snavely, whom he has known for
many years. Mr. Snyder also recom
mended Ferdando Loudernillch, of
Halifax, and Michael E. Stroup, both
of whom h< ■said he knew well and
fa vorably.
The campaigners continued to And
Republican harmony everywhere and
there seems not a single doubt, that
the lower end of the county is ripe
for one of the greatest Republican
victories in years. Signs of Demo
cratic dissension are everywhere. The
cut-thront policies of the candidates
have led to such confusion that
Democratic workers have accepted as
truth the general rumors that the
bosses of the machine have thrown
the ticket and are letting every
"nominee work out his own salvation.
Sixty Years a Democrat
At Bachmansvllle John T. GOBS,
well known throughout that section
for his independent political tenden
cies, presided at the Republican meet
ings and occupying a prominent seat
was Joseph Grubb, a retired farmer,
nged 83. who has voted regularly for
the past sixty years and every year
has cast his ballot for the Republican
ticket. "I've seen the times when the
Republicans were all split up in this
district," he said last night, "but I
have never known a year when they
were so solidly for the ticket as right,
now. This township Is going io roll
up the biggest majority for the candi
dates in a long time."
William E. Houser. candidate for
register: James E. Lentz, for record
er: H. W. Gough, for controller, and
Michael E. Stroup, for district at
torney, made the addresses.
Meeting at Hershey
The meeting at Hershey was a
home-coming reception for Mr.
Snavely and the people turned out and
gave him a right warm welcome. The
prospects are bright for the biggest
Republican majority there in years.
Prof. Kuppenhaver, of the local
schools, presided most gracefully and
gave each of the many speakers a
complimentary introduction.
Almost all of the candidates, ex
cept Charles C. Cumbler, who was un
able to be present, made addresses and
Senator Beidlenian came in late from
Philadelphia In time to be given a
rousing welcome and to say that in all
parts of the county, during the most
careful canvass he has ever made, he
finds conditions ripe for an over
whelming Republican majority in
November.
"Don't you men listen to the foolish
stories of a machine-picked Republi
can ticket that certain newspaper
writers are telling you," he said. "You
know who picked Frank Snavely, your
fellow townsmen. You know that you
picked him at an open primary in
which there were many candidates In
the field, and that is the way the re
mainder of the candidates were
chosen."
[THE WEATHER,
For HarrUhorn and vicinityi Fair
and cooler to-night, probably
llltht front; lo«f»t temperature
about 44 degree*) Saturday fair,
continued eool.
For Kaatern l'ennaylvanlat Fair
to-night, probably frosti cooler In
south portion) Saturday falrt
gentle to moderate northwest
nlnds becoming variable Satur
day.
River
The Susiiuebannu river will rise
afternoon and to-night and be
gin to fall Saturday. Its principal
tributaries will continue to fall.
A stage of about 0.2 feet la Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Saturdav
morning.
General Conditions
> ''he high pressure area from the
West now covers nearly all the
country enst of the Rocky moun
tains except the extreme north
east and southeast portions,
where pressure continues rela
tively low.
It Is cooler In the Ohio Vallev, Mid
dle and North Atlnntlc Stntes and
In the Lpper St. I.awrence Val
ley.
Temperature! 8 a. m., SJ.
Sum Rises, «!i'3 a. M.i seta, S:l«
p. m.
Moon i Rises. 5i."57 p. m.
River Stage: 5.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 7«.
I,ow'eat temperature, Bl».
Mean temperature, BR.
IVormnl temperature, 52.
IX HARRISRI'RG TOMIGHT
Second day sessions of twenti
eth annual Teachers' Institute at
Central High School.
West Falrview Centennial Cele
bration.
Pure Food Show at Chestnut
Street Auditorium.
DEMOCRATS IN
HOPELESS SNARL
BEG FOR HELP
Deserted by Indifferent Bosses
They Bring Pressure
to Bear
THAT FRITCHEY BANNER
Hatz and Stucker For Assistant
District Attorney; Sliuler
For Detective
Desperate efforts are being made by
the Democratic candidates to have the
bosses of the Democratic machine "do
something" for them. The whole cam
paign up to this time has been without
organization and there is a distinct ab
sence of "ammunition," so plentiful
last year. Indeed, so great has been
the indifference of the self-constituted
Democratic "leaders" that the candi
dates are driven almost to distraction.
The "fusion" slate was put through
ir September with the distinct under
standing that everybody on it was to
have the full support of the Demo
cratic machine. The bosses were sup
posed to be in hearty accord.
Then came the first fly In the oint
ment when it was discovered that the
McCormick interests were lukewarm,
to say the least, on the C. Albert
Fritchey nomination. This faction had
fought so hard and spent so much
time and money In Dauphin countv to
unhorse the Fritcheys that it might
have been known from the first it
would not line up for Fritchey at the
polls.
That Fritchey Banner
Fritchey was one of the last to realize
this, but when he and his friends were
persuaded that he had been cut adrift
they dragged to his rescue the other
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SIO,OOO Fire Destroys Big
Store at Washingtonboro
Special to The Telegraph
Columbia. Pa., Oct. 22.—Fire early
this morning threatened the destruc
tion of Washingtonboro, along the
river front, south of here. The store
of Frank Witmer was totally destroy
ed, and a loss of SIO,OOO will be
reached. Aid was summoned from
Columbia to help fight the fire and
the firemen responded. Dwellings in
close proximity to the store were
saved by hard work.
Scout Cruiser Will Be
Fastest Ever Constructed
By Associated Tress
Washington, D. C„ Oct. 22.—The
ten scout cruisers contemplated in the
five year naval building program to be
recommended to Congress will be the
swiftest vessels of this class ever
built if tentative plans now tinder con
sideration hy the administration are
approved. They will be of greater dis
placement than the cruisers Salem,
Chester and Birmingham the only
craft of the kind now in service, hut
will have a sustained speed of thirty
knots or more an hour and a maximum
speed probably in excess of the thirty
five knot Rait at which the giant bat
tle cruisers to be built will be able
to travel in an emergency.
John C. Nissley Dropped
by Baptists From Board
Special to The Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 22. John <'.
Nissley of Harrisburg, Pa., a Dauphin
county representative in the State
Legislature has been disp'aced as a
member of the Board of Trustees of
the Pennsylvania Baptist General Con
ference by J. Denny O'Nell a promi
nent local option advocate.
There seems to lie no question that
Mr. Nissley was removed because of
his opposition to local option during
the last session of the Legislature.
Greece Will Maintain
Armed Neutrality Policy
Rome. Oct. 22, via Paris, 2.30 p. ni.
—From information available here to
day. it appears that the Greek govern
ment Is likely to reply to the represen
tations Just made l»y the allies that
Greece will abide by her policy of
armed neutrality.
CHARLTON VERDICT SOOX
By Associated Press
Como, Italy, Oct. 22. Via Paris
11:50 A M. - The trial of Porter Charl
ton on the charge of having murdered
his wife, was resumed to-day Micelll
Picardi. Charlton's chief counsel was
present in court to-day. although he
has not completely recovered from his
Illness. Charlton s physical condition
has Improved, and It is expected there
will be no further Interruption of the
trial. A \ erdict is looked for by next
Tuesday or Wednesday.
GARZA CLOSES OFFICES
By Associated Press
New Orleans, Oct. 22.—Jose Garz*.
in charge of the Villa consulate here
closed the consular offices yesterday
and delivered to local CarranV.a repre
sentatives his records and office prop
erty, expressing a desire to "contribute
to the early pacification of our coun
try."
ADVENTISTS MAKE GAINS
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Oct. 22.—A gain
of 1 1,287 or 9.85 per cent, in mem
bership of the Seventh Day Adventlst
Church for the year 1914 is shown
in the annual report of H. E. Rogers
statistical secretary of the generai
conference of that denomination made
public to-day.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1915.
BIG PARADE MARKS
ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY;
WEST FAIRVIEW
§^£tik
r T flb .?* Ve ♦® roup are prominent in the big celebration at West Falrview. From left to right, they are:
w ?6 « Lantz ' J rea A urer .° » e •f 00 '? Flre Company, and an aid in to-day's parade: Russel Sherrick, chief of tho
?. W m If Arthur B. Hoke president of the Good Will Company; Mrs. Mary l.ouisa Hoover, who
enjoys the distinction of having been the first girl baby to be born In West Falrview. She is now 81 years old
VITAL PROBLEMS
ARE CONSIDERED
Prominent Theologian Dis
cusses "The Church and
the Social Question"
CHRISTIANITY IS SOLUTION
The Rev. Dr. John McDowell
Claims Child of the Church
Is of Extreme Importance
Problems of vital importance to the
church were discussed by the Rev. Dr.
John McDowell, a prominent Balti
more theologian, before two big meet
ings in Covenant Presbyterian Church
last evening.
His first address was on "The Chal
lenge of the Church to Men." He
asserted Christianity is the only solu
tion of all our modern problems and
affirmed that too many are treating it
as though It were an incidental rather
than an essential of life.
At the second meeting he spoke be
fore men only on "Tho Church and
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GREECE WILL NOT
CHANGE POLICY
London Press Expresses Doubt
at Ability of Allies to
Gain Support
By Associated Press
Greece is likely to reply to the
representations of the entente allies
that she will abide by her policy of
armed neutrality, according to in
formation that has reached Rome.
Doubts that the aid of Greece to
the cause of the allies can be secured
no matter what inducements are of
fered are voiced in the London press.
Suggestions that the British fleet in the
Mediterranean be used to enforce the
representations made are again heard.
Despite the odds against them the
Serbians are not discouraged, accord
ing to British and French officers who
have been at the Serbian front in tho
north, a Salonikl dispatch states. Tho
desperate resistance of the Serbians
held the Austro-German forces to an
advance of but eight miles in nine
days in the Raha sector, one of the
principal points of attack.
Sinking by the Germans of three
British steamers which were detained
at Hamburg at the beginning of the
war—the City of Berlin, the Auk and
the Iris—is announced in London. The
circumstances of the sinking are not
explained.
Application For Transfer
of Liquor License to
West End Withdrawn
Application of Fred W. Ebel, pro
prietor of the National Hotel, Fourth
and State streets, for a transfer of his
liquor license to 1802 North Fourth
street was withdrawn this morning.
To-day had been fixed by the Dau
phin county courts for hearing the
pitition for transfer. Some 1300 resi
dents of the Eleventh ward had
remonstrated against the opening of
a hotel in that ward because of the
fact that it was residential locality,
that the hotel was not needed and
because of the proximity of the pro
posed location to a fireliouse and a
schoolhouse. Ministers and church
men of the congregations of the ward
were in court in force and the school
board was represented bv D. D. Ham
melbaugh and Dr. F. E. Downes.
Before the case opened however,
Charles H. Bergner, counsel for Mr.
Ebel asked permission to withdraw the
application until the regular license
court In February, 1916. The hotel
man, whose place is .to be occupied
by the capitol park extension com
mission, has been notified that he
need not move before next Spring
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
George W. McKay, a brother of Wil
liam S. McKay, a hotelman of 306
Strawberry avenue, died suddenly at
his home. 114 Chestnut street, shortly
before noon to-day. Death was due
to heart trouble, from which Mr.
McKay had been ill for some time.
F uneral arrangements are Incomplete, j
Biggest Event• of Three-Dag
Celebration Attracts Great
Crowds to West Shore Town;
Success of Affair Surpasses
Fondest Hopes of Commit
tees
Special to The Telegraph
West Falrview, Oct. 2 2.—For flve
minutes this afternoon hundreds of
residents of this old town stood with
bowed heads while the bells in the
church towers peeled forth their tones
in observance of the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of West Fair
view and to honor the memory of those
who helped build the town and who
died here.
Thus was to-day's program, the big
gest of the week, started. At the con
clusion of the ringing of the bells
shortly after 2 o'clock the big parade,
the biggest in the history of the town,
was started on Its way over the princi
pal streets which were lined with sev
eral thousand spectators.
The signal for the ringing of the
church bells was; given by Mr. and
Mrs. George U. Smith and for the first
time the bell of the ned home of the
Good Will Fire Company No. 1, was
heard by the residents of this bor
ough: Mr. and Mrs. Smith donated
the bell to the tire company and they
were accorded the honor of being the
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BELGIANS WILL
NOT BE EXECUTED
Women and Men Condemned
to Death, Pardoned by Em
peror William
By Associated Press
London, Oct. z2. —Emperor William
has notified King Alfonso that he ha 3
pardoned the Countess de Belleville,
Mile. Thulier and the other Belgians
condemned to death in Belgium for
aiding in the escape of prisoner-sol
diers, says a dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company from Madrid.
The Countess Johanna de Belleville,
Mile. Louise Thulier, a school teacher;
Philip Baucq, an architect, and Louis
Zvrin, a chemist, were mentioned in
the official proclamation announcing
the execution of Miss Edith Cavell as
having been sentenced to death by the
German authorities in Belgium. The
proclamation also gave the names of
twenty-three parsons who had been
sentenced to various terms of Impris
onment.
Pope Benedict. King Alfonso of
Spain and President Wilson are said to
have Interceded with Emperor William
on behalf of these persons, and the
emperor was reported to have ordered
a suspension of the execution of the
sentences in order that he might make
p. detailed examination Into the cases.
Miss Cavell Reported to
Have Met Death Bravely
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 22.—The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Dally Express
sends a story concerning t lie case of
Miss Edith Cavell. which, he says, he
secured from an intimate friend of
the British nurse. The dispatch fol
lows:
"She had long been suspected by the
Germans, but always refused to leave
so long as there was a single wounded
man left In Brussels, saying that duty
compelled her to remain where there
was suffering. It is believed that be
fore her arrest she was spied upon.
"Little is known of the trial, but it is
reported that when the president of
the court asked if she wished to add
anything to her defense or to sign a
request for the German emperor's par
don she merely shrugged her shoul
ders and walked out. She was as
brave before the German rifles as she
had been before the court-martial and
refused to have her eyes bandaged.
She pinned a small Union Jack on her
dress."
CALLS RED CROSS MEETING
By Associated Press
New York, Oct. 22.—Miss Mabel T.
Boardman, chairman of the board of
directors of the American Red Cross,
was in New York to-day to arrange
for a meeting to be held In the home
of Mrs. Whltelaw Reld here on De
cember 9 to consider the ■ prepared
ness of the Red Cross.
BRITISH STKAMKHS SUNK
Tendon, Oct. 22. 12:60 P. M, "The
British steamers City of Berlin Auk
and iris, which were detained at Ham
burg at the outbreak of the war, have
been sunk by the enemy." This state
ment from letters Is all that the cen
sor will permit to be published at pres
ent.
BATTLE FRONTS
WILL BE SHOWN
Famous Travcloguer to Ex
hibit Recently Made Films
of Trenches
GERMANY FIRST TOUR
Kaiser and Von Hindenburg
Will Be Seen in Realistic
Pictures of War
Germany, in peace and war time,
will be the first country toured in pic
ture by Prank K. Roberson, the world
wide traveler and famous traveloguer,
in beginning his engagement, under
auspices of the Telegraph, at the
Chestnut Street Auditorium next
Thursday evening. Hundreds of feet
of ew motion picture film, secured
on the battle fronts of Kurope within
the last month and a half will be
used in the travelogue.
The Kaiser resplendent in gold
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DID ROYAL FAIL
TO BACK OFFICER?
Police Circles All A-gog Over
Executive's Attitude To
ward Sergeant
Mayor John K. Royal's latest effort
to play peanut politics—unless he has
something up his sleeve that hasn't
developed as yet—is causing a whole
lot of discussion in police and muni
cipal circles.
The tale deals, 'tis said, with the
ride round town that ex-Mayor Meals
enjoyed with the local and Reading
poli"emen some months ago when the
Kerns city coppers came here to play
bail.
Dr. Meals joined the procession
along the route and Mayor Royal so
the story goes, grew very very peevish
about it. He even took Sergeant
Amos Drabenstadt, manager of the
baseball to task about the matter. Ob
viously as manager of the baseball
team Drabenstadt shouldn't have per
mitted the former mayor to go along
at all. Just what the sergeant could
have done under the circumstances
wasn't considered at all, it seems by
the city's chief executive. Howtever
that's only a part of the story.
Mayor Royal's attitude since then
toward his police sergeant is what has
caused the talk in police circl'-i.
Whether or not it might have serious
results in an emergency when the
question of discipline is at stake is a
matter of conjecture.
For Mayor Royal, 'tis said, has even
allowed his peevishness against Drab
enstadt to go the extent of failing to
officially support the sergeant in dis
ciplining two members of the force for
more or less serious Infractions of the
regulations.
Naturally these policemen are grin
ning at their superior officer. But
Sergeant Drabenstadt is helpless.
Municipal and police circles, are re
calling that Mayor Royal only a few
months ago made one of the biggest
grandstand plays of his career In
Council when he mourned—for news
paper publication, of course—the fail
ure of Commissioners Bowman,
I->ynch and Taylor to support his sum
mary dismissal of a police officer "for
insubordination."
After, according to the officer In
question, a fair hearing the man was
dropped from the force, but not until
after Mayor Royal had had lots of big
type and much space of the heart
rending variety.
Mrs. Barbara Conklin
Dies at Church Service
Special to The Telegraph
| Columbia, Pa., Oct. 22.—While
breathing forth a prayer Mrs. Barbara
Conklin, fell back in her pew in the
Salome United Brethren Church, last
evening, and expired a few minutes
later. She was attending a special
prayer service conducted by the new
paßtor, the Rev. P. H. Balsbaugh. She
was 67 years old, and appeared in the
best of health only a short time before.
Dr. Roop was summoned and pro
nounced death due to apoplexy. She
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Abram
Gramm, with w'hom *he lived.
TROOPS RUSHED
TO TEXAS BORDER
FOR PROTECTION
28th Regiment of Infantry Or
dered From Galveston to Har
lingcr by War Office
FUNSTON IN COMMAND
Army Doing All It Can to Leg
ally Check Raids ou
U. S. Border
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Oct. 22.—The
twenty-eighth Regiment of Infantry
has been ordered from Galveston to
Harlingen, Texas, by the War Depart
ment as a result of the renewal of
bandit raids on the Texas border towns.
The troops will be used by General
Ftinston to give added protection to
small posts such as that at Ojo de
Agua, where three soldiers were killed
and eight wounded yesterday morning
in a bandit attack.
The Twenty-third Infantry, now at
Jacksonville, Fia,. In connection with
tilt national rifle matches there, will
be returned to Galveston, where it will
be held in reserve for use on the
border.
Officials explained to-day that the
army was doing all It legally could do
to check the border bandit raids. The
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STEEL ME NT IX SESSIOX
By Associated Press
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 22.—Between
400 and 500 of the nation's leaders
in the steel industry are here to-day
in attendance upon the sessions of the
Fall meeting of the American Iron
and Steel Institute which opened this
morning in the Hotel Statler. The
delegates included practically all the
executive heads and operating ex
perts of American iron and steel
plants. Judge Elbert H. Gary, chair
man of the board of directors of the
United States Steel Corporation pre
sided.
PARIS WELCOMES REPORT
By Associated Press
Paris, Oct. 22. - The Paris news
papers welcome Great Britain's re
ported offer to cede Cyprus to Greece,
as a sign that the entente diplomacy
has entered the domain of reality.
BRYAN HERE NOVEMBER 5
Harrisburg. William Jennings Bryan, ex-Secretary
of State, will speak here Friday, November 5, on the "Euro
pean War and Its Lessons."
EXPLOSION DESTROYS TUG
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 22. The tug Natalia of the
Coast and Lake Construction Company of New York City,
after having taken on seven hundred gallons of gasoline at
Delaware City, this afternoon, was practically destroyed
by an explosion. The cause is unknown. It was anchored
at a wharf in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Three
were injured.
ONE KILLED; SIX HURT IN AUfo CRASH
Conneaut, 0., Oct. 22. —Charles Feidler was instantly
killed, C. R. Owens was fatally crushed, and five other men
less seriously hurt, when an automobile in which they were
riding was wrecked just east of this city early to-day. All
the victims are residents of Erie, Pa.
TWO DIE IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 22. Frank Stokus and Michael
Condrack, both of New Philadelphia, were blown to pieces
by a premature explosion of a large quantity of dynamite
in the mine of the Silver Creek colliery of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company near this place to-day.
INVASION COST 60,000 MEN
London, Oct. 22, 2.35 P. M. A dispatch reaching
London from Nish to-day says official announcement has
been made at the Serbian capital that the losses of the
Austro-German army of invasion have reached 60,000 dead,
wounded and prisoners. The Serbians are said to have re
pulsed the invaders.
CARRANZA LEADER PROMISES HELP
Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 22. —An active campaign
against bandits on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande by
General Eugenio Lopez, Carranza commander in Mata
moros, was promised to-day by Jose Z. Garza, Carranza
consul here. Mr. Garza said General Lopez had requested
more troops in order to handle the Mexican side of the raids.
MARRIAGE
John William Caiman, Steeltun. and l.llllan Alwllda Clapper, Oberlla.
24 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
BULGARS DRIVE /
OPPOSING ARMY
OVER THE VADARI
Berlin Announcement May
Mean Defeat of Allied
Troops in Serbia
GERMANS ARE REPULSED
Paris Reports Attacks Unsuc
cessful; Italians Arc Ad
vancing in Austria
Bulgarian troops have driven an
opposing force across the Vardar
river in Southern Serbia, south of
Strumitsa, the German war office an
nounced to-day. •
The Barliri announcement may
mean a defea' for the entente troops
which were reported to have ad
vanced into Serbia at this point on
their way to the assistance of the
distressed Serbian armies, although
other recent advices have been that
the allied reinforcements for the Ser
bians were being held at Saloniki un
til sufficient forces were assembled to
carry out the contemplated operation.
The Nish-Salonikl railroad line ;n
the section south of Strumitsa fol
lows closely the course of the Vardar
river and the reported Bulgarian vic
tory may indicate that the cutt!
of the railway at a new point, not far
north of the Greek border, is eitner
an accomplished fact or is Imminent.
Bulgarian forces have had another
success further to the North, having
reached and occupied Kumanovo. also
on the Nish Saloniki line, about thirty
miles south of Vranys, where the.v
had previously cut the line and about
18 miles northeast of Uskub.
Occupation by the Bulgarians of
Veleze, in Macedonia, where a great
battle was reported to be raging also
is announced by Berlin.
In the North, the Austro-German
forces are pressing on; progress to
new lines of both General Von Koe
vers and those of General Von Galtz.
On the Russian front repulse by
the Germans of attacks in the Barano
vichi region are claimed.
An important advance for the Ital
ian armies invading Austria is re
ported from Verona.
Greece, according to a London,
newspaper report, has rejected Great.
Britain's offer to cede the island oj
Cyprus in exchange for Greek partici
pation In the war on the side of tha
allies.