All International Problems Overshadowed
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 25
SEVEN COUNTRIES
SEND QUOTA TO I
HBG. ACADEMY
South America Strongest With
Four or Five Representa
tives
9 STATES REPRESENTED
New Dormitory Crowded to the J
Doors; Over Fifty Hoarders
at Local School
Representatives from six foreign
countries and nine separate states of
the Union are here in the city engaged
in important business, the most impor
tant business that could possibly oc
cupy their time at this juncture, as you
will agree when you discover what
it is.
The recently erected dormitory of
Ihe Harrisburg Academy, which, under ,
the careful and broad-minded super- j
vision of Headmaster Arthur E. Brown,
is expanding both in scope and pres
tige, houses forty-six boarding pupils
in this the first year of its existence.
Besides these there are five or six
more boarders who represent the over
flow and are living in the cottages
above the Academy. Scattered through
♦ his live bunch of "Tom Browns" a
careful observer might discover the
swarthy complexion of the scion of
one of Central America's greatest fami
lies; the peculiarly piquant features of
one of our Japanese brothers; the
somewhat similarly favored physi
ognomy of a Chinese lad: a son of
France: a number of young fellows
who claim South America as their
home, and Inst of all, "a bloody
1 [englishman." as Rudyard Kipling af
fectionately terms them.
\ Cosmopolitan Aggregation
All of these boys, thrown together
with well nigh a hundred and fifty
red-blooded, active young scapegoats
who are constantly making history for
the Academy on the athletic field and
in the classroom and in other fields of
endeavor, have been taken in and
made to feel at home, and although
with a number of them there is that
natural reserve characteristic of their
race, the strangeness is gradually
wearing off and they are all entering
with enthusiasm into the spirit of the
Academy's activities.
To get down to personalities, it
would he a great pleasure to you to
meet George Cordovez. son of Charles
< 'ordovrx. a prominent engineer of
Ecuador, South America, whose family
has the reputation of being the wealth
iest in that country and whose home
in that wonder land of promise has
more the appearance of an enormous
i astle than an ordinary dwelling. Then
there is Joseph Lee, the 14-year-old
lad from far-off China, who hasn't
time just now to worry as to whether
Yunn-Shi-Kai is going to "get away
with it" in the recent change of his
land from a republic back to a
monarchical form; Young Lee's par
ticular business is to get an education,
and he has been sent here for that
purpose by a well-to-do society woman
in Philadelphia; the young man is full
of life and a "real" boy. And of course
we mustn't forget Luis Alvarado, 17
years of age, of Central America,
whose brother-in-law is the consul
general of Honduras; nor Onofre Cas
tells. from Ecuador, a son of Jaime
fasteHs, who is a big shoe manu
facturer of that country and ships
large quantities of his product to the
United States. The gentleman from
England is a Methodist minister, is
24 years of age, and is paster of the
Methodist Church of Ilummel.stown,
Pa. Percy Boughey is his name.
Many States and Cities Represented
The following states have all sent
their quota to the Academy's halls for
the ensuing year: New York. Penn.
sj lvanla, New Jersey, Maryland, West
Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, In
diana and Michigan; Mnd these cities
are likewise represented: Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh. Clarion, New York city,
Brooklyn. Baltimore, Lebanon. Lan
caster, Altoona, Narberth, Greencastle,
< Chester, Overbrook, Johnstown. Nor
folk, Scranton, Warren and Mifflin,
and, of course. Harrisburg.
\V EST K\l) BOY A HERO
Duncannon, Pa.. Feb. o. Ralph
Campbell, 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Campbell, of this place,
narrowly escaped drowning when he
was pushed into the river by several
companions. Robert Bolden. his
8-year-old cousin, of 1838 North Sev
enth street, Harrisburg, jumped in
*fter the boy and dragged him to
shore.
1 THE WEATHER,
Fur Tfarrlahur* and vicinity:
< loml.v, priihnlily Know 10-nl K |it,
•»nn(ln>- partly cloudy mid colder)
n firmer to-nlrlit with lour>t
temperature about 2(1 dearer*.
For Kaatern I'enaftylvanlai Snow In
northern and cloudy In aouth por
tion to-nlßbti warmer to-nlchtt
Sunday partly cloudy and eoldrr«
frenh southerly wind*.
River
* The Susquehanna river and all Ita
hranchea will fall slowly or re
mnln nearly stationary. A stair
of about 5.0 feet Is Indicated for
ilnrrlsburjr Sunday motnlnic.
General Conditions
.* disturbance of moderate energy
has moved dowi over the I.ake
nesion and la now central near
Chicago. It has caused snow In
the Inst twenty-four hours In the
Missouri and I'pper Mississippi
valleys, the i.ake Region and In
the Interior of >"ew York State.
A general fall of 2 to 2« degrees In
temperature haa occurred in the
Missouri Valley.
Temperature: 8 a. m., 22.
Sun: Rises. 7:12 a. M.i sets, 5:28
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, l'rhruarv 10
.1:20 p. m.
River Singe: 0.5 feet above low
water mark.
Vesterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, 20,
l.owest temperature. 14.
Mean temperature. 22.
Aomal temperature, 28.
FIERCE FIRE IS
SWEEPING ALONG
SCRANTON BLOCK
Two Theaters and Many Busi
ness Houses in Heart of
City Destroyed
GIRLS NARROWLY ESCAPE
Flee From Caskrl Factory
Amid Burning Paints and
Varnishes
By Associated Press
Scranton, Pa., Feb. s.—Fierce fire is j
i now sweeping t hrough the Casey build- j
ing, on Penn avenue, starting in the
Miller Casket Company. The block is
occupied by several business concerns
and also includes the Lyceum Theater,
which af noon was enveloped in flames.
The loss will be heavy. The entire fire !
department is in service.
The Are spread rapidly and at 1 |
o'i lock only the walls of the Casey |
i building, known as the Lyceum block,
i were standing. The whole building
; was gutted. Besides the theater the ;
1 business places of Allan K. Lawrence, I
pianos; Hotel and Household Supply
I Company, Gately & Fitzgerald and the
Miller Casket Company, the latter oc
i cupying all the upper, floors were de
stroyed.
The Snover block, oefcupied by the
i National Casket Company, and the
Majestic Theater, is now threatened,
'and the firemen are working hard to
save them.
The tire started in the basement of
the Miller Casket Company among
packing material, and on reaching the
workrooms, where varnishes and oils
were used, spread furiously.
Upward of fifty employes, mostly
girls, narrowly escaped being caught
in (he workrooms, and excitement was
intense until all were known to be safe.
The loss at noon was at least
S-itMI.OOO. with the lire still raging.
The fire was under control at 2
o'clock, the total loss reaching half
a million dollars.
Ottawa Munitions Plant
Is Destoyed by Fire
Ottawa. Feb. 3.—Fire of unknown
origin last night destroyed the plant of
Grant, Holden & Graham Company,
Ltd., which has been engaged in
manufacturing clothing for the mili
tary department. Eight employes were
in the building when the fire started,
but all escaped. The loss on the
building alone is fixed at $20,000. No
estimate lias been made of the value
of the stock, but a large supply was
ready for delivery.
FIRE SUSPECT RELEASED
Windsor, Ont., Feb. s.—Charles
Strony, the opera singer, arrested here
last night on suspicion of having been
connected with the fire in the parlia
ment houses at Ottawa on Thursday
night, was released to-day here on
orders from the Dominion govern
ment.
Fate of Wormleysburg
Grade Crossing May Be
Kept Secret Ur'.il May
i Carlisle. Feb. 3.—Viewers appointed
by the Cumberland county court to
decide whether or not the grade cross
ing at Ferry street. Wormleysburg.
should be closed, appeared in court
this morning while attorneys on both
sides endeavored to reach an agree
ment. It is said that a few days ago
, it appeared as though everything had
been settled and that n new road to
the farms beyond Wormleysburg
would be laid out through the private
subway at Walnut street. However,
; some complications have arisen and
■ j the controversy has been reopened,
ilt was hinted shortly after noon to
i day that the court would likely grant
a postponement of the case until the
i 1 May term. If this is not done then
the viewers will make their report in
, court Monday morning, as the result
of the view was made returnable Feb
, ; ruary 7.
Body of Chambersburg Man
Taken From Ruins at Shore
I Atlantic City. N". J.. Feb. 5. The
, bodies of Mrs. Thomas Mott, mother
. of Richard Mott, proprietor of the
I Hotel Overbrook, scene of the $150,-
j 000 blaze which yesterday morning
took a toll of six lives, and Paul C.
i Hendricks, of Chambersburg, Pa.,
, were taken from the ruins during the
night, leaving only that of Edward
Phillipsen, of White Plains, N. Y„
■ still missing.
John McCoy and George Brincker,
two of the survi.ors in the city hos
pital, one with a punctured lung and
the other with internal injuries, are
in a precarious condition. All otflers
are out of danger.
Anthracite Miners Must Be
Treated Fairly, Umpire Rules
By Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. s.—Coal com
! panies of the anthracite fields must
protect miners from over-zealousness
on the part of foremen in meeting the
requirements of a six-inch topping on
cars according to a ruling handed
down to-day by Charles P. Neill, of
Washington. D. C.. umpire of the con
ciliation board, in the grievance of
the Shenandoah City colliery men
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company.
The men complained that they were
often the victims of injustice on the
part of bosses who required over
loading of cars without allowing any
extra compensation.
BRAXDEIS' PUBLIC HEARING
TO COMMENCE WEDNESDAY
Washington, Feb. 5. Public hear
ings on the nomination of Louis D.
Rrandeis of Boston, to the Supreme
Court bench will be held by the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee. beginning
next Wednesday.
The first thing to be taken up it
was said would relate to Mr. Brandeis"
forme)' connection with the United
Shoe Machinery Company, and later
| regarding his attitude toward the re-
Ave per cent, railroad rate case.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1916.
Roon, Believed to Be German Raider Which Aided in Capture of Appam
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s s <<Qo*r..
From stories told by captives aboard the British liner Abpam, brought into Newport News by a German prize
crew, it is believed that the German cruiser Roon is a member oC the sea raiding squadron operating oft the
African coasl and was one of the ships which captured the Appam.
TWO OF NINE NEW
GERMAN RAIDERS
SLIP BY BRITISH
Commerce Destroyers Salute
Warships as They Elude
North Sea Blockade.
TELL APPAM PRISONERS,
Masked Highwaymen of the
Atlantic Carry Concealed Bat- j
tcries of Heavy Guns
New York, Feb. s.—lndentity of
the masked highwayman of the At
lantic which captured the British liner
Appam off the Canary Islands on Jan
uary 15 and sent her to Norfolk a Ger
man prize of war was made known last
night by officers of the other British
steamships she captured and sank,
when they arrived here with the Ap
pam's passengers from Norfolk on the
Old Dominion liner Jefferson.
These officers went on board the
raider and had ample time to look
her over from stem to stern. They
agreed, as Lieut. Hans Berg, who took
the Appam to Norfolk lias insisted,
that the captor was the Moewe. But
she was not the surveying ship Moewc
or any other Moewe known in marl
time circles. She was a new freight
steamship equipped with guns, and as
one of the sailors from her in the de
tail to the Appani told Mrs. Francis
Fuller, wife of the Commissioner Gen
oral af Ashanti, who was an Appain
passenger, the raider was one of a
fleet of nine such vessels fitted out by
the Germans to prey on British mer
chantmen, two of which already have
made their way out of the Kiel Canal
to the high seas.
Saluted British Warships
1 Mrs. Fuller said she talked with this
German seaman on the Appani several
times and that he confided to her one
, day about the nine craft, saying that
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BARON MUNCHAUSEN JR. TAKES
WHOPPER OF A HOT AIR BATH
Denies His Anabiosa Killed Him and Tells Amazing Tales in
A'eu> York; Promoted Cold Storage Hotel Here in 1913
Count August Seymour, who in the]
summer of 1913 told a Telegraph re-j
porter that he lived years and years |
ago. and was Petronious, special guard j
to Caesar, and later was reported to •
have died, is very much alive. This j
news came from New York, where I
the Count last night told a thrilling!
tale.
Shortly after leaving Harrisburg
last year, Count Seymour was re- j
ported to have died from an overdose |
of anablosa and contrablosa prepara- ,
tions of his invention used for cold
storage purposes. It was claimed that
a dose of these new preparations
properly taken would permit a man ■
to freeze himself and remain in cold
storage for 1.000 years, and wake up
a rich man, providing he would put j
his money in the bank before going!
in cold storage. The New York Sun 1
to-day says:
"Looking the picture of health, 1
fount August Sliappelysky de Muk
kadel de Castellane Seymore (he
wrote it out himself) came into The
Sun office yesterday to say that the
reports of his death were greatly ex- I
aggerated and to tell a ftory that!
could not possibly be exaggerated. The j
Count, it seems, was not dead, but
sleeping.
"It is most disconcerting to have!
every one think I am dead, said the;
Count earnestly, twirling his Kaiser- j
like mustache. I have to take twenty !
minutes every time I meet a gentle- j
man friend to persuade him I anv alive.
Now if you print that 1 am alive and
all your thousands —hundreds of thu
sands —of readers read it, it will save
me the twenty minutes.
So The Sun assures its readers that
the Count really is very much alive,
even though The Sun printed in its
issue of January 2, 1914. that the;
Count had been hoist by his own pet
ard, had died while experimenting
with a suspended animation serum
which he hoped would prove that
death was easily deprived of its
sting.
What follows is the count's own
story of bow the genie in a little black 1
bottle containing bourbon whisky
charmed him back to life after an un
dertaker had seen his big toe wiggle, i
also an authentic account of his ex
ploration of Tibet, the erocodilephant,
the pelliglraffe, anabtosa nnd contra- :
biosa and other prodigies.
The count's story Is particularly In
J. CLARENCE FUNK
APPOINTED CLERK
TO FEDERAL COURT
Judge Witmer Names Young
Barrister to Succeed
Snodgrass
j I
J. CLARENCE FUNK
Attorney J. Clarence Funk, one of
j the younger members of the Dauphin
i i county bar, has been appointed clerk
l ! to the federal courts for the Middle
• district, with offices in this city.
• | Mr. Funk succeeds Frank Snodgrass,
: ' of the law firm of Snodgrass & Smith.
I : He had served as clerk for the district
for many years.
The appointment of Mr. Funk was
announced yesterday from Sunbury by
' Federal Judge Charles B. Witmer.
II The new clerk to the federal courts
j has figured prominently in the local
t! courts and represented the United
| States government in its anti-white
slave investigations a year or so ago.
! teresting at this time, for within a few
| days he departs, he says, to seek
I Colonel Roosevelt's River of Doubt. In
j the past the count has done marvelous
■ things, such as promoting a corner in
I skeletons, a hotel for suicides, and
1 seeking in vain an American bride to
share a $150,000 inheritance. Hut for
' his story:
"You see. you have printed that Dr.
: I. p. Dai ley telegraphed Mayor 13d-
I ward Stetson Grilling, of New Rochelle
|—T live in Xew Rochelle —that 1 died
in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky on
the first of January, 1914, from an in
jection of anahiosa, my suspender of
animation," he said. "Dr. Dailey
thought I was dead and called an un
; dertaker, but that undertaker saw my
; toe wiggle.
" 'By George," lie said, 'he's alive!'
! and he gave me some bourbon whisky
out of a little black bottle, and sure
i enough. I was alive. Animation had
just been suspended a few hours longer
than we expected, that's all.' My ana
i biosa needed just something more to
make it work properly,
i "Well, 1 went to Tibet—emphasis
on the 'bet,' as In a wager—on the
steamship Empress of China. I ex
■ plored the country—and it is the land
' ol' opportunity. They are 800 years
i behind the times, and all the poorest
workmen wear jewelry, rings, gold,
precious stones everywhere, but to con
! tinue—
"Dr. Dailey and 1 go to Batany, a
town near the coast, and from there
we explore the interior and tlnd ani
j mals. Oh, the most miraculous ani
mals. Listen, and I will tell you.
Oh, Sucli Animals!
"There was the crocodilephant, with
a head like an elephant, a long neck >
and a body like a crocodile. Here, I j
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All Missionaries in West
China Are Reported Safe
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 3.—The American
Baptist Foreign Mission Society an
nounced to-day the receipt of a cable-I
grain stating (hat all missionaries in
West China are safe. [
The cablegram says that the rebels j
have not Interfered in any way with j
the missions, j
FARMERS MEET
IN LINGLESTOWN j
FOR INSTITUTE
Big Attendance and Singing of
Children Feature Opening
Sessions
DISCUSS FRUIT GROWING
Farm Drainage and Water
Supply Is Another Inter
esting Topic
By ROBERT F. GORMAN
Linglestown, Pa.. Feb. 5. —Two liun- j
dred farmers and their wives residing j
in the vicinity of Linglestown, and;
residents of this town crowded intoj
Union Chapel last evening to hearj
the Farmers' Institute speakers sent i
here by the State Department of Ag- j
riculture. The sessions were opened |
yesterday afternoon and a big crowd |
was present at the initial meeting. |
Sessions were held this morning and |
this afternoon and the. closing meet
ing will be held tills evening. One of
the big features of tiie institute is
the singing of the school children of
Linglestown. Tlic three teachers, Miss
Ella Good. John Unger and 11. B. King
arranged the musical program and the
children were greeted with prolonged
applause as they finished each num
ber.
George W. STiriner is chairman of
the local meetings and the Institute
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LABORERS GET RAISE
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Feb. 5. —Five hundred
workmen employed by the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company at Ford City, Pa.,
and by the Heidenkainp Class Com
pany at Springdale, Pa., were to-day
j notified of an increase of 10 per cent.
;in wages. The men affected are prin-
I cipally laborers, of whom there is a
pronounced scarcity in this district.
RIVER BRETHREN
TO EMIGRATE TO
SASKATCHEWAN
Canadian Who Won Bride at
Grantham, Will Take Colony
Back With Him
When Archibald Carmichael returns
to bis home in Kindersley, Saskatche
wan, during the next few weeks about
two score fellow-members of the River
Brethren sect will accompany him to
the valleys of the Canadian province,
jit is understood, with the vifcw of es
tablishing another little colony of the
people of that denomination in Can
ada.
Mr. Carmichael got into print about
a week ago when he came all the way
from Canada to attend the annual
Bible conference of the River Breth
ren at the Messiah Mission, Grantham,
Pa. That was Mr. Carmichael's os
tensible intention anyway. His real
purpose, however, was developed a
few days later at the Dauphin county
marriage bureau when he and Miss
Roxanna Anger, matron of the Mes-
I siali Home, called to get a marriage
license. They were married a day
later.
In various parts of the Saskatche
wan there are many little colonies of
the peace-loving River Brethren and
Carmichael's stories of the Canadian
•land of promise have been so glowing
that the people in and around Gran
tham have expressed a desire to jour
ney into the domain of England's big
fighting colony.
Two Officers of Camp
Hill Council to Quit
When Camp Hill borough council
meets next Thursday evening that, body
will have to be prepared to receive two
I resignations. John C. Orr and Arthur 1
W. Lebo to-day announced they will j
quit. Mr. Orr is president anil Mr. I
Lebo secretary. Mr. Orr has removed I
to 1933 North Third street and Mr.
Lebo has also taken up his residence !
here.
Steps may also be taken at the com
ing meeting to have the councilmanic !
committee on West Shore improve- ;
ments reappointed. Since council re- •
i organized in January the organization j
| ha.« been without that committee.
14 PAGES CITY EDITION
LUSITANIA CASE
FORESHADOWS ALL
PROBLEMS OF U.S.
President and Secretary Lans-'
in# Will Not Begin Discussion j
of Beply Until Monday
SITUATION 1 M P B 0 V E S
Believed Two Governments
Will Be Able to Find
Grounds For Agreement
By Associated Press %
Washington, Feb. s.—President Wil
son and Secretary Lansing will not
begin discussion of Germany's latest
answer in the Lusitania case until
Monday.
It was said that the President al
ready has the proposal from Berlin
i before htm and wants to go over it
carefully before be begins confer
| ences with the Secretary of State.
Officials in touch with the negotia
tionr reiterated their statement that
i the situation was unchanged. There
| was an undertone of expectation that
the two governments would be able to
I find common ground for agreement
iin official declarations Berlin's reply
! has not made the situation any more
j serious.
I President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing carefully went over a new
proposal presented last night by
I Count Bernstorff, the German am
bassador. Until they have decided
[there will be no change in the virtual
| deadlock to which negotiations came
I weeks ago—and perhaps not then.
'Officials were emphatic in declaring
that whatever of gravity there was in
the situation was potential.
Apparently the stumbling block of
the situation is the word "illegal" as
differently interpreted in this country
and Germany. The Berlin govern
ment's answer proposes instead of a
fiat admission of illegality of the
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Woman Seriously Burned
While Cooking; May Die
Mrs. Katherine McAllister, aged 23
J years, wife of William McAllister, 1018
i Berryhill street, was badly burned at
I her home this afternoon. She is in
I the Harrisburg Hospital in a critical
I condition. Mrs. McAllister was cook
| ing when her clothing caught fire from
paper in the aslipan of the stove.
ARKANSAS CITY INUNDATED
Arkansas City, Ark., Feb. s.—Arkansas City is flooded
deeper than at any time in its history and last night the
water works and electric light plants were out of commis
sion. The entire town is inundated.
HYDROPHOBIA QUARANTINES
Harrisburg. The State Livestock Sanitary Board of
Agriculture has ordered a general quarantine in sections of
Armstrong, Carbon and Clarion counties following an out
break of rabies or hydrophobia among the dogs of those
districts
ACADEMY LEADS YORK COLLEGIATE
Harrisburg—At the end of the first half of the basket
ball game at Cathedral Hall this afternoon the score was.
Harrisburg Academy, 20; York Collegiate Institute, 5.
FRENCH AIR RAIDS ONBULGARS
Paris—An official Bulgarian report forwarded from
Athens to the Temps says that 470 men were killed and mor:
than 500 wounded during the recent attack by French aero
planes on Bulgarian camps.
WANT WILSON TO SPEAK IN SOUTH
Washington, .Feb. 15.—Invitations for President Wil
son to cities in the South arrived at the White House
to-day in !.■: e numbers. Governor Harris telegraphed, ask
ing him to go to Georgia; Senator James invited him to
Paducah and Louisville, Ky., and Senator Sheppard urged
him to visit Dallas, Galveston and other points in Texas.
REPULSE HAND GRENADE ATTACK
Berlin, Feb. s.—By Wireless. The breakdown of a
French hand grenade attack south of the Somme and the
repulse of a British attempt to advance south of La Bassec
canal are announced by German army headquarters to-day.
TO RAISE WAGES AT CENTRAL IRON
Harrisburg—Employes of the Central Iron and Steel
Company will receive an increase in wages effective Feb
ruary 1, it is understood. Just how large the increase will
be. officials were unable to say to-day. "Eight hundred men
will be effected.
MARRIAGE
Ueorit* Smith and Anna TolTna, city.
William Drcltman anil Nellie Devlctor, city.
rlmrlen Walter Springer and Mary RoniHl* Sober, city.
t'liarle* Kdnnrd l.arkard and < hrlntlana Welrlch, Mlddletowa.
Martin I.utker Hoffman and Mildred •Toledo Seldle, city.
OPPOSING ARMIES
ARE DEADLOCKED
ON ALL FRONTS
Decided Lull in Fighting;
Heavy Artillery Play
Continues
RELIEF ARMY STOPPED
British Mesopotamia Unable to
| Make Headway; Bulgars Fall
Back in Albania
There is a decided lull at present
; along the various war fronts. Heavy
artillery play continues along the line
in France and Belgium but neither
here nor in any of the other import
! ant theaters of operations have there
I
been infantry movements resulting in
exchanges of territory worth noting,
so far as the official reports reveal.
In Mesopotamia, the British relief
army under General Aylmer which has
been halted for some time a short dis
tance down the Tigris from Kut-El-
Amara, where General Townshend's
force is beleaguered, does not appear
to have been able as yet to make
further progress. Constantinople de
clares that the British attempting to
•advance from Felaliier were repulsed
by a Turkish counter attack and com
pelled to fall back to their former
positions.
Bulgars Fall Back
In Albania where a mixed situation
j prevails the Bulgarians are reported
to have a hard time of it and to have
been obliged to fall back toward the
j Drin river near the Eastern frontier.
The occupation of strategic points by
the forces of Kssad Pasha and by Ser-
I hian troops who have reformed at
Durazzo is believed in Athens to make
a new Bulgarian expedition toward
the coast difficult.
The advance of the Austrians down
the Albanian coast continues, the
latest advices apparently indicating
that they were some twenty milei
northeast of Duranzzo. The arival of
2,000 Montenegrin troops at Durazzo.
after a fatiguing retreat, is an
nounced.