THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
AND TOMORJROW
Detailed Report. Pit* •
glTTml. ED VOL. 77—NO. 26.
AMBLER HAS
ENOUGH TO
WIN FIGHT
Only Hope of Beating
Him Rests on Slim
Chance of Allegheny
Crowd Splitting
CAUCUS WILL
BE TO-NIGHT
Tour Candidates Opposed to tie Speak
ership Selection of Dr. Brumbaugh
Are Unyielding and Say They Will
Fight to End
The situation on the Speakership
practically became settled this after
noon after the arrival of Senator Vare.
of Philadelphia, and Congressman-elect
John R. K. Scott, who is regarded as
Senator Vare's lieutenant. Senator
Vare said that he is confident of the
selection of Mr. Ambler in the House
caucus to-night, and that he had as
surances of sufficient support to elect
the Montgomery county man.
The Allegheny county members, an
nounced to meet late this afternoon to
take action on the Speakership ques
tion. we're expected to endorse Ambler,
and it was said that Representative A.
C. Stein, of Allegheny, had been select
ed to make the speech in caucus to
night placing Mr. Ambler's name in
nomination. This practically decided
•where the Allegheny men will be found,
and if they vote solidly for Ambler the
Montgomery man will win.
The four candidates for Speaker out
side of Ambler were in frequent con
ference this morning. but had nothing
to say regarding a report that they had
combined on any one of their number to
contest Ambler's nomination. This was
regarded by the Ambler people as an
evidence that the allies could not mus
ter sufficient votes to defeat their man.
A story prevailed that Governor-elect
Brumbaugh would be here to-day. but
this was denied. In a telephone con
versation with Representative Habgood
this morning Dr. Brumbaugh said that
he was awaiting the arrival of Senator
McNichol from the South, and after a
talk with him might have something to
say regarding the Speakership.
Nothing was heard from the next
Governor up to 8 o'clock, and it was
conjectured that he had not seen Sena
tor McNichol up to that hour. It was
also said that Dr. Brumbaugh is not
inimical to either Representatives Hab
good or Williams, his reference to Mr.
Ambler being that he regarded the lat
ter as the "type' of man he would
like to se selected as Speaker.
Senator Crow. Republican State
chairman, said he had nothing to say
regarding the Speakership, and that the
caucus would settle that matter.
The caucus will be held this evening
at s o'c.ock in the House caucus room,
having een called by Representative
Ehrhardt. of Scranton. the oldest Re
publican member in point of service.
Four li.lates for the Speaker of
t le House. besides Charles A. Ambler,
cf Montgt 'rv, who has the endorse
ment of 0 jvernor-elect Brumbaugh,
after repe:. e 1 conference* and lon/
d.stance t;i k- with supporters of the
Republican ket throughout the State,
were this notving stirt determined to
remain in t e tight until the caucus
makes its <-h s.e to-night. They say the
Tesult rests nirely with the Republi
can member- of the House who shall
say wo© sha >e Speaker, aud they
therefore de> ltd to enter the House
caucus to-iHgl ' uid make the contest.
These four iu sidates are Richard
J. Baldwin, ot Helaware. known as
••Fighting Di k-."' K'-.iert P. ilab
good, of M(K« i a prominent newspa
perman :n the i I region aud secretary
of the Pennsylvania Mate Editorial
Association; Ge* rje W. Williams, of
Tioga. a metober >M iu experience in
the House, and H'try I. Wilson, of Jef
fer-on. thrice a m»mber of the House
and former Jourca cicrk of the Sen
ate. with a good ital of experience as
a presiding officer.
When these canldate-* heard that i
Dr. Brumbaugh ha 1 declare I for Mr.
Ambler, they at on. e got into action
and in touch with th> county organiza
tion leaders tlirough>ut the State as
well as with those netnbers of the
House who had not y-t arrive.l, and
what they learned jusified them, they
said, in issuing the 'allowing state
ment. after a final eoiifcrence:
Statement of Four Candidates
"As the result o>f cheated confer-,
ences we agree that tip expression of
the members now in Harrisburg is
strongly in favor of th- election of a :
Speaker by the member of the House
who will most make f>r harmony ,in
every way now and thro ghout the ses
sion. We are in perfect accord al 1 of
one mind and will contin e to stand as
candidates.''
The "Country Four,"' is they have
come to be known to distngnish them
from Mr. Ambler whose andidacy is
said to rest on the suppor it will" get
('•■tlnufd ob l onrlk p l(t . |
\2 ARE ACCUSED OF FRAUD
J. Grant Richwine and W. Dale Shaeflfer
Are Put Uuder Bond on Charge
Involving fl(N>,000
Warrants charging; conspiracy to
cheat and defraud were served this
morning at 9.50 o'clock on A. Grant
Richwine. president of the United Wa
ter ami Guarantee Company, and \V.
Dale theater, by v ity Detective Harry
White. The papers were forwarded here
from Punxsutawnev, where the charge
was made. Bail in the sum of 11,000
was entered for both men before M ayor
Royal fur t.heir appearauce at a hearing
before the Puuxsutaw ney authorities.
The warrants were issued on infor
mation signed by ,1. E. Pantall, as
trustee. An amount close to SIOO,OOO
is said by the local police to i>e in
volved in the case. Pantall is acting
in the case in the interests of a Punx
sutawney water company.
Both men were entered on the police
blotter as "■clerks." Sheafer's occu
pation is given in the city directory as
"superintendent'' with offices at" 20
North Second street.
AI TO VICTIMS IMPROVE
Funeral of Miss Maugan to Be Held
To-morrow Afternoon
Miss Lillian S wails, T. Klder Cleek
ner and Samuel Weber, injured in the
automob'le wreck ai Front and Walnut
streets. Friday uight, in which Miss
Grace L. Maugan received injuries from
which she died four hours later, were
said to be much improve*l at the liar
risburg hospital to-day. Physicians as
sert that none of them ha-s suffered
fractures. They will probably be dis
charged from the hospital in a few
days.
The body of Miss Maugan was taken
to the home of her mother. 310 Forster
street, this afternoon. Funeral services
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. The Rev. R. H. Hart, pastor
of the Fifth Street Methodist church,
will officiate. Burial will be made in
the Paxtang cemetery.
Coroner Eckiuger will await the re
covery of the injured passengers be
fore tixing a date for the inquest.
M'AFF.K NOT TO (i 0 OX BOAKD
Says He Would Not Consider Position
as Public Service Commissioner
"I would not for a moment cousiier
going on the Public Service Commis
sion. " said Secretary McAfee, to-day.
in response to a question as to the truth
of a story that he is not to be reap
pointed Secretary of the Common
wealth. but would go on the Public
Service Commission as successor to Com
missioner Wallace, of Erie, the oaly
Democrat on the Commission.
"No," reiterated Secretary McAfee,
"I am not going to be a member of the
Public Service Commission."
Regarding his reappointment as Sec
retary ( >f the Commonwealth in Gover
nor Brumbaugh's Cabinet, Secretary
McAfee declined to talk on the groun 1
that it is a matter that obviously is not
for him to discuss.
H. A. BUYER'S SALARY RAISED
County Commissioners Add st»Mi a Year
to Pay of Weights Inspector
The County Commissioners, Isaac S.
Hoffman. Samuel S. Miller an.,! John H.
Ebv, reorganized for the ensuing year
this morning by re-electing Mr. Hoff
man president and reappointing all pres
ent county employes that come under
their jurisdiction, for another year.
Several applications for salary in
creases h»i been filed with the Com
missioners but only one was allowed. It
was that of Harry A. Boyer, County In
spector of Weights and Measurer", whose
pay was fixed at $l,lOO a year instead
of SI,OOO, an increase of SIOO a year.
Harry D. Reel, Mr. Boyer's successor
as City Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures, receives an annual salary of sl,-
2<>o and ha- a contingent fund of S2OO
available. The city's appropriation to
Reel's department for 1915 is $2,-
600.
FLYN.N DEMOCRATS' CHOICE
Party in Caucus To-night Likely to
Nominate Elk Man for Speaker
The Democratic members of the House
will hold a caucus this evening and se
le».t ea! di lates for Speaker and the
various cle-kship positions for whom
they will vote to-morrow in oi>en house.
The '"Father of the House, - ' Repre
sentative .Tohn F.'vnn, of Elk county, is
the one man most mentioned as likely
to be the nominee for Speaker in to
night's caucus. Mr. Flynn was the
Democratic floor leader at the last ses
sion and his coming from a staunch
Democratic county like Elk gives him
an advantage in the selection of a can
didate for Speaker.
As yet but half a dozen Democrats
are here, but rhey are all for Flynn for
Speaker.
AUTO KILLS GIRL
Coroner Investigates Death of Toy
Mabel Rowe at Williamstown
Coroner Eckinger to-day investigated
the death of Toy Mabel Rowe. of Wil
liamstown, who was struck by an auto
mobile there on Saturday and died an
hour after the accident from internal
injuries.
The automobile was run bv Edward
Bingaman. who lives near Berrvsburg.
Colonel "Bill" Fairman Is Here
Colonel "Bill" Ftairman, of Punxsu
tawney. Pa., uncompromising Democrat
under any ami all circumstances, is here
to look after the Democratic end of the
organization of the Legislature. Colonel
"Bill" was resplendent in his SI,OOO
mink fur overcoat and Prince Albert,
• and hob-nobbed with all political fac
tions. He hae jjiven up t h e i.taa of
being appointed to a consular position
by President Wilson, but because of his
non-appointment he harbors no resent
ment, and his Democracy is sound to
I the core.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1915—10 PAGES.
YOUTH ADITS 4
MORE ROBES
One of Gang of Eight
Now Under Arrest
Makes a ear's'
Confession
TOTAL NOW OF
18 BURGLARIES
Spencer C. Gilbert, Henderson Gilbert,
F. J. Hall, D. D. Hammelbaugh and
Dr. W. O. Bishop Among the Victims
VTho Are Subpoenaed to Testify
1 Joseph Ostmrn. 16 years old, already
'jointly charged with seven other youths
with seventeen entries and fourteen
counts of larceny, knowing that he soon
would have to face the Dauphin coun
ty court, on New Year's Day resolve 1
to go before the court, when the proper
time should come, with as clean a slate
as possible, so he called in City Detec
tive Joseph Ibach and confessed to
four more eases of larceny in which he
took part, implicating companions. De
tective Ibach made public to-day the
facts of the confession.
"Joe," said Osburn in greeting the
detective who went to jail in response
to the prisoner's summons, "'I might
as well make a clean breast of every
thing I took pan in, so I can go before
the judge with as good a record as pos
sible. My mother told me to tell the
truth and I am going to o it."
He then told of stealing a motor
cycle. belonging to David Greentiold,
valued at $341. from a parage on Wy
eth street. This machine was recov
ered by the police in Rutherford. With
Osbtim in this case, he said, were Wil
liam Ashenfelter and Robert Anderson.
The pavilion on Independence Island
was entered, said Osburn, by himself
and Maxwell Fasick and candy anil
boxing gloves to the value of sio were
taken.
Canvas, value.l at $lB, tli<> property
of the Harrisburg Park Commission,
whs taken from the playground at
Fourth aiul Ix>g:ui street? and sold to a
farmer. Milton Schreffler anil Robert
Anderson took part in that theft. Os- ,
burn said. Tennis rackets and white
flannel trousers were' taken from the
quarter* of the Squash Club in the Ar (
mory building. by Osbnrn, Fasick, An
I derson and Paul Schubauer. according
I to the youth's confession,
j All of the boys under arrest in this
I case, which was one of most sensational
handled by the police in recent vears.
are alleged to have expressed a willing
ness to plead guiitv. They will go be
fore the court Monday morning when
the term of criminal court
opens.
Among the prominent persons whose
; houses were entered and who have been
,-übpoenae*! to appear in court are:
Spencer ('. liilbert, Henivrson Gilbert,
Francis J. Hall, 1). D.
and Dr. \Y. O. Bishop. More than SSOO
worth of jewelry. clothing and other
valuables were taken, most of which
has been recovered. Detective Ibach re- I
centlv recovered a vanity case anil a
$45 gold watch alleged to have been
taken by gang.
SINKING Fl'Ml VIELbS $8,325
That Amount Is Turned Over tc the
Dauphin County Treasurer To-day
The Commonwealth Trust Company,
as Commissioner of Daujhin county's
sinking fund, to day turned $5,320!09
into the County Treasury, that monev
representing the net earnings of the
sinking fund during the last year.
There was available in the sinking
fund for temporary investments during
i 1914, according to the 1913 report of
the Dauphin county auditors, approxi
mately $J34,985.26. The earnings real
ized by the county over anil above the
Btate tax and the Commissioners' feej !
an ounted to about 3.54 per cent.
Look wood B. Worden, who as succes
sor to his father, the late James H.
Worden, was Prothonotary of the courts
during 1913. to-day made full settle
ment with the county for tiiat year's
business. Upon retiring Mr. Worden
gave $4,055.06 to the county. What
additional claim the county had against
him only could be ascertained through
the annual audit, which was just com
pleted.
1 That shows Mr. Worden indebted to
the county in the sum of $10,288.53
and his claim against the county
amounted to $6,470.2", leaving a bnl
anee due the district of $3,818 26.
That money represents fines, costs and
jury fees collected by the court clerk.
BIGELOW WILL NOT RESIGN
i Highway Commissioner Says Story He
Plans to Do So Is a "Fake"
State Highway Commissioner Bige
' low was at bis department to-day look- j
ing over affairs that have accumulated '
during the holiday season, and was par
. tieularly interested in the quick trans
mission of the automobile tags to ap
plican ts in order that they may suffer •
j no inconvenience.
Asked about the story that he in- j
! tends to resign. Commissioner 'Bigelow ,
; said very enrphatieally:
"There is absolutely no truth in the |
story that I am going to resign. It is \
just another fake story such as have
been periodically floated."
Planned to Reappoint Schell
Edward H. Schell, a member of the
Board of Health, whose term of office j
expired to day, will be reappointed for
a term under an ordinance to.
j be offered at the meeting of the City'
Commi*rioners to-morrow afternoon.'
The measure will be presented by Har I
j ry F. Bowman, Commissioner of Public
I Safety.
GIVE WORK TO POOR IN AIDING SOLDIERS
Mttr AKINC U*r) 1]
MU. JOHN JACOB AJTCR A
TFCCLONFI LAFAVETTF K-TTT
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iSfir V B
,i >'Uivi tnai <le*erviug women iu New York in need of work may get the benefit of much of the war relief
money expended by the I.afayette F\md that organization has made arrangements with the Vacation War Relief
Committee to purchase all clothing packed in the Lafayette lcits from the latter committee. The Vacation War Re
lief Couiuiittee was founded by prominent women for the purpose of giving work to women who are cut off from
their regular means of employment on account of war conditions. The Fund, organized by Miss Anne
Morgan. Mrs. John Jacob Astor and other well known society men and women of New York, to send "comfort kits"
to French soldiers in the trenches, already lias sent 14,000 of these kits to tbe front. Another shipment of 3,000 kits
will be sent forward soon aboard one of the French line steamships. Each kit contains warm, woollen gloves, socks,
underwear, a sweater, towels, tobacco and other things most desired by men in the trenches. By purchasing most of
these articles from the Vacation War Relief Committee the Lafayette Fund not only is assisting the soldiers at the
front in I-ranee but is aiding many deserving women in New York by furnishing a market for their labor.
ONLY TUNNEUS BLOWN UP
Road Bridges as Well as Railroad
Bridges in th° State of Oaxaca
Also Destroyed
Bu Aaso< iatrd Press.
Washington. Jan. 4.—State Depart
ment advices to-day say the only tun
nel on the railroad across the isthmus
of Tepuanteper and several important
■bridges ou the road as well as railroad
bridges in the State of Oaxaca have
been blown up.
The legation at Guatemala City re
ported the arrival of maliy Mexican
refugees, but no Americans.
Two Americans, George Davis and
one Burnlui.ni, and an Englishman
named. Holland have been released by
military authorities at Matamoras and
exonerated of charges of political ac
tivity, according to a report to the
iftate Department from the American
consul there. Nothing further was
known here of them.
CHARGED WITH SLAVING WIFE
Cabaret Singer Saw Her Sitting in An
other Man's Lap and Fired
By Assoi iiiful Press t
New York, Jan. 4. —Mrs. Frances
Col!ii\s was shot and killed'early to-day
at her home, where she lived with her
husband, William, and her two broth
ers. The husband is locked up charged
with murder. Collins, who is a cabaret
singer, and his wife quarreled early in
the. evening. When he returned home
he heard her voice in an adjoining bed
room.
He went to the door, pe»i>ed through
the keyhole ami saw her sitting in a
man's lap. Collins demanded admission,
was refused and. it is charged, fired
through the panel of the door. Mrs.
Collins fell to the floor. fatally wo unit
ed. The man ; n whose lap Mrs. Col
lins was sitting WJS said to be her
brother. George.
Maniac Smashes Things in Jail
Fred A. Weeks, of this city, who was
taken to the Dauphin county jail on
Thursday night, as demented, became a
raving maniac late Saturday niytht and
for more than two hours kept things
in a turmoil in the prison. He was sub
dued r.fter he ha.l broken his bunk and
everything else he could get his hands
on. This morning he was removed to
the State hospital for the insane.
Bridge Company Meeting
At a meeting at noon to lay of the
stockholders of the Bridge
Company all the officers and the mem
bers of the board of directors were re
elected and the usual dividend declared.
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Star-Independent
Calendar for 1915
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The Star-tndependent Calendar for
'1915 Is another of the handsome
series, featuring important local
views, issued by this paper for manv
years. It Is 11x14 Inches in size and
shows a picture, extraordinary for
clearness and detail, of the "Old Cap
itol," built 1818 and destroyed by Ore
in 181*7. It is in fine half-tone effect
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HILL INSIST Oil
AUDIT FOR 1914
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1
Board Decides to De
mand Books, Al
though the Controller
Has Done the Work
HOLD COURT
SO DECREED
!
Cassel, Riegel and Huston Contend They
Have the Right to Fill Out Their
Terms Despite Fact the Work Over
laps That of Gough
J oil u W. Cassel, Francis W. lii<\sf>l
i and Fred W. Huston, constituting tha
I board of Dauphin county auditors, fol
| lowing a meeting in the Court House
: this morning, informed county officials j
I that a formal demand for the 1914 ac-j
1 count books of County Treasurer A. H.
Bailey will be made to the County j
Commissioners on Monday, January IS,!
j just two weeks hence, with which they'
i purpose making the annual audit.
By so doing the auditors will be act- j
| ing ureter tht> advice of their lawyers ;
who have construed a recent Dauphin '
' county court decision to mean that the
auditors remain in office for the full
! four-year term to which Cassel and j
Riegel were elected in 1912 and trans-!
act suj'h business as is presented to ;
them for their consideration despite j
I the fact that there is an overlapping j
| of the term of their office and that of
i County Controller, Henry W. Gough. j
Tlte County Commissioners were at
j their office for a short time this morn
: ing, during which they reorganized l'or
; the coming year, but they hail ad
journed before the auditors hatl decided
upon Jheir course of action. Fred W.
Huston, the minority member of the
audit board, it was decided, shall, on
Wednesday, notify the Commissioners
i of the auditors' decision. •
County to Consult Solicitor
The County Commissioners to-day
, would not say whether the auditors' de
: mand for the treasurer's books will be
I honored or rejected, .one of the Conimis-
I sioners saying:
''Our actions will be guided by the
advice of our Solicitor, Colonel Fred M.
| °tt."
County officials to-day said that so
| far as they know the work tlhat the
i auditors propose doing already has been
j performed by the County Controller and
Continued on Seventh PaKe
Theatre Man Must Pay $140.54)
Athens Oeorige, proprietor of the
( Victoria, a Market street moving pic-
I ture theatre, whose application for a
retrial on the charge of refusing to ac
j commodate colored patrons, except in
, the balcony of his theatre, was reject-
I ed by bhe court, was this morning sen-
I tenced to pay a fine of SSO and costs,
amounting to $90.50, a total of
$140.50. Security to pay the fine and
costs within ten days was given by
George.
Fractures Arm While Skating
Charles Franklin, 1111 Calder street,
a pin boy at the Casino alleys, fell
! while skating yesterday afternoon and
fractured his left forearm. The frac
ture -was reduced at the Uarrisburg
hospital.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
The capture toy tne French of Stein
toach, a small Alsatian town near
Thann, is admitted in to-day's state
ment from the Berlin War Office. The
advance of the French was preceded
hy an artillery bombardment, which the
German statement describes as " over
whelming,' and which enabled the
French to occupy trenches near Senn
heim, as well as the town of Stoinbach.
These trenches later were recaptured,
the German statement says.
Except for this fighting along the
eastern end of the battle front, there
is little activity, the German counter
attacks apparently having halted effect
ually the forward movement which the
allies attempted last month. A few un
important gains are chronicled in the
French official statement, which says
that an attempt to capture a village in
the Meuse country failed
The German statement makes no men
tion of the severe lighting east, reported
by the Russian mili ary authorities. It
says merely that tr.e situation is un
changed and that German attacks con
tinue.
Violent fighting is in progress along
Continued on Seventh I'nße
TWO NKUKOKS LYNCHED
Bloodhounds Traced Them to Their
Cabin After Farmer's Murder
By Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 4.—Two ne
groes, Ed. and Will Smith, were taken
from the Wetuinpka jail early to-day
and lynched by a mob. They had been
accused of implication in the murder of
R. A. Still we'll, an JJimore county
farmer.
Soon after reports roached the Gov
ernor's office that a 1110b had overpow
ered the .jail attaches at Wetumpka and
removed the negroes, Montgomery mil
itiamen hurried toward the scene in au
tomobiles. However, they were too late
to prevent the lynching.
Stilhvell was shot several days ago
while guarding his barns against,
thieves. Bloodhounds led it
was declared, to the cabin of the Smith
negroes, who were arrested.
Searching parties later found the
negroes' hodies hanging in the woods,
five miles from Wetumpka. Three sup
posed members of the mob are in jail
at Wetumpka but their names have not
been revealed.
Governor O'Neal has ordered a spe
cial session of the Klniorp county grand
.jury to investigate the Ivnehings.
Three Montgomery militia companies
remained at Wetumpka throughout the
day.
SLOW POISON i'KOVINU FATAL
Second Child of Woman Who Admin
istered the Drug Is Dead
By AcHOi iatal Press.
New York, Jan. 4. —The slow poison
administered six days ago by Mrs. Ida
Rogers to her two babies and herself,
resulted to-day in the death of the old
er child, John, aged 2. Lorida, eight
months old, died last .Wednesday. The
mother's death was exjpected.
Lorlys Blton Koi*ers, the lawyer who
was known as her husband to the neigh
borhood in the Bronx where they lived,
still kept his vigil at the sick woman's
toedsi<le. He h&l no comment to make;
nor did Mrs. Annie Roquemore Rogers,
who divorced Rogers in 1909, nor Mrs.
Caroline Giildings Rogers who married
Rogers in 1909, and lived with him till
last October on Riverside drive. Mrs.
Annie Rogers has been a frequent caller
at the hospital since Mrs. Ida Rogers
was taken there, but she has declined
to listen to questions concerniui; Rog
ers' Hfe.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
TURKS WIN
OVERFORCES
OF THE CZAR
The Caucasian Army
of the Sultan Con
tinues Its Victorious
Advance
VICTORY GAINED
AFTER BIG FIGHT
A Counter Statement From Petrograd
Says the Russians Captured a Turk
ish Regiment, Taking a Total of
Five Thousand Prisoners
London, .lan. 4. 3.28 A. M.—An of-
I ficial communication given ou' by Turk
ish headquarters is contained in a Con
stantinople dispatch to Reuter's Tele
gram Company. It says:
"Our CatH-asian army continues its
victorious advance. Our troops, which
reaohod Sari Kamysfh, thirty-flvo miles
southwest of Kars, won a linal victory
after a severe battle.
"In the past ten days wo have cap
tured 2,000 Russians, eight cannon,
thirteen quick-firers and a great quan
tity of ammunition and war material.
"Between Sari Kamysh and Kars wa
captured two military trains and de
stroyed the railway. Our troops are ad
vancing further north with fresh suc
cess.
"Trooips advancing from Touschkerd
into Russian territory disposed a Rus
sian battalion which lost 200 dead aud
■IOO prisoners."
Petrograd, Jan. 4.—An official com
munication from the Russian general
staff in the Caucasus gives details of
the fighting in the region of Sari
Kamysh in transcaun-asia. The statement
follows:
'' In the region of Sari Kamysh, on
January 1, the great battle continued,
obviously to our advantage. The enemy,
however, continued to offer an obsti
nate resistance.
"We captured the Fiftieth regiment
of infantry almost complete, including
the commander and fifty officers. The
total of Turkish prisoners amounts to
5,000 soldiers, 40 officers and several
surgeons. We also captured six pieces
of mountain artillery, 14 machine guns
and ammunition.
"The next day the fighting here was
still going on. Our troops recaptured
some positions which Hip Turks hail oc
cupied and took three machine guns and
more than 700 prisoners.
"At one point a company of a Cau
casian regiment was dispersed bv bay
onet charges, while two other Turkish
companies were cut to pieces by artil
lery tire.
''Our troops are operating under con
ditions exceptionally painful 011 account
of the cold and snow in a high altitude.
The morale of our soldiers is good aud
they fight with ardor."
U. S. RED CROSST HEADED
BY SCRANTON MAN. SAVES
MY LIVES AT BELGRADE
New York, Jan. 4.—Work of t'ha
American Red Cross hospital unit in
Servia, under direction of Dr. Edward
Ryan, of Scranton, Fa., has saved many
lives in and around 'Belgrade, according
to -Miss Emily Sinuuonds, a British Bed
Cross nurse, who arrived here to-day
011 the steamship St. Paul. Miss Sim
monds, a graduate of Roopevelt Hos
pital, New York, was sent with the first
British expeditionary force into Franco,
and from there to Servia.
'■• Since the latter part of August I
have been working with the wounded,"
she said. "With seven young English
girls I have worked in the trenches 400
yards from the firing line for forty
oight hours at a time. The coming of
t'lie American unit under Dr. Edward
Ryan, was a Godsend to the Servians,
for at the time of their arrival we were
down to our last bits of bandages aud
dressings anil were living on short ra
tions. The Servians were compelled to
surrender Belgrade because they wero
short of ammunition, lip to the arrival
of Dr. Ryan and his American nurses
the hospital was constantly in danger of
artillery tire. Dr. Ryan's first act was
to unfurl the American flag over the
building. It was instantly resipected and
conditions rapidly improved. Half of
the Servians are fighting without uni
forms. They need medical assistance."
The St. Paul brought six Belgian
families, consisting of 21 persons, the
advance contingent of between 75 and
100 families who expect to settle in the
southwestern part of the United States.
All six families had homes near Ant
werp, which were destroyed. The Duch
ess of Manchester also was a passenger.
WALL STREET CLOSING
New York, Jan. 4.—Demand having
been satisfied, the market became dull
and slightly lower in the final hour,
with another rally towards the end. The
closing was strong.
Various factors, many of favorable
import, imparted a fairly strong and
active tone to to-day's stock market,
gains in representatives shares rang
ing from 1 to 3 points.