THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
AMD TO MORROW
Detailed Report, Fife •
VOL. 77—NO. 31.
RSTABI.I«HED
ORr, 4, i«:«.
HIT HIE
FOR 10IIIIUTES
Dr. Wilson, However.
Fails to Give Crowd
of 50 Curious Persons
a Glimpse of Him
SECRET SERVICE
MEN IN FORCE
They Jump Off Train and Surround
Presidential Car When It Stops on
the Way From Indianapolis to
Washington This Afternoon
Woodrow Wilson, President of the
Uni »d States, spent ten minutes in
Ha isburg to-day and during that time
he was not seen bv a single person for
the reason that he secluded himself in
a stateroom of tie private car "Na
tional "" and didn't even look out of the
"window, much less appear on the rear
platform to say "Howdy" to the fifty
or more persons who had knowledge of
his coming and waited in the Penn
sylvania railroad station to try at least
to get a gbmpse oif him. Nary a
glimpse did anybody get.
The President was on his way home
from Indianapolis wiiere laest night, at
a Jackson day dinner, he made a speech
in which he broadly hinted that he will
again be a candidate for President by
saying that "the time may come when
the American people will have to
judge'' whether he is fit to stay where
&e is now—in the Presidential" chair.
Naturally, after that remark, and
the construction that has been placed
upon it'by the American people at large,
it was expected that President Wilson,
in passing through the capital of a
estate Which so loyally smpported him
at the Baltimore convention, would at
least get out on the platform and be
gin his 1916 campaign right off the
reel, as an earnest that he meant
what he said in Indianapolis. But the
"Schoolmaster "President" failed to
show himself. He kept in tne back
ground, and when the train from the
West pulled into the station at 1
o'clock this afternoon, he was not too
the seen.
Secret Service Men in Force
the train stopped half a dozen se
cret service Pinkertons, Sfherlock
tHohneses, Old Sleuths. Hawshaw*. Old
Cap Colliers. Burnses and others well
known as protectors of the great and
good, jumped from mysterious places
and began to pace up and down the
platform beside the car, which meant
that the few carious spectators should
Keep away. They did. Not one of them
had the temerity to approach the Presi
dential presence or even to attempt it.
The President was accompanied by
his private secretary, Joseph P. Tum
ulty, and his private physician, Dr.
Carl T. Grayson. U. S. N., but even
these two kept, themselves secluded. In
an apartment in the rear of the car
were newspaper correspondents repre
senting the New York "Herald."
"World" and ''Tribune," the Asso
ciated Press, United Press and Inter
national "News Service. None of them
had anything to do but get out and
walk up and down the platform for the
President; not being in evidence and
not making a spe«vh, it wasn't neces
sary for them to do anything.
Conductor Ziegler in Charge
The few present stood around and
when any of them got too close to the
car a secret service man eyed him
askance and sized him up to see if he
bore any 0 f the earmarks of an anar
chist or looked like a secret emissary
from Carranza.
At 1.10 the train pulled out in
charge of Conductor C. Ziegler and
Brakemen .1. A. Sibbetts ami C. C.
Snyder, with Engineer W. C. Foster at
the throttle, assisted by Fireman F.
H. Norris. Two years ago, even before
Ae was President, when Dr. Wilson ap
peared here on his way to the Grang
ers picnic at Williams' Grove, there
was a crowd of a thousand at the sta
tion, all wearing nice yellow badges
with "Woodrow Wilson for President"
on them. Somehow that crowd failed
to materialize to-day.
AUTOTRUCK AFIRE IX STREET
Engines Called Out Twice This Morn
ing As Kesult of Small Blazes
Firemen were called out twice this
morning within three hours but only
one company went into service.
The Good Will Comptiny answered a
telephone call to the restaurant of
Thomas Amoutts, 1219 North Seventh
street at 6.45 o'clock. A partition
back of a stove was burning. A chem
ical stream made short work of the
fire, but an excited passerby turned in
an alarm from box No. 47. Seventh and
Yerbeke streets, calling out the district
companies. The loss was trifling.
A motor truck, belonging to Brown
& Company, furniture deaJers, 1217
North Third street, caught fire when
the engine backfired at Hay alley, near
Fulton street, at 9 o'clock. Acid was
thrown on the blaze which was out
when the firemen arrived in response
to a call from box No. 24, Sixth and
Cumberland streets. The auto is not se
riously damaged.
Fire Chief's Ant# Damaged
Assistant Fire Chief Edward Hal
bert driving the fire chief's automobile
through the Market street subway yes
terday afternoon at 2 o'clock, applied
the clutch too suddenly and the rear
axle of the auto broke. The car was
taken to the garage. Chief Kindler ex
pects to have it in service again late
this afternoon. He rode on the hope
company carriage in response to two
fire alarms this morning.
Wje Star- JitJtepenftent
CATCHES COLD IN BOUSE;
WANTS TO HAVE IT MOVED
Representative Nissley, Suffering From
Stiff Neck, Says He Will Introduce
Bill For New and Better Ventilated
Quarters for the State Law-makers
Contending that the ventilating sys
tem in the Senate an<l House rooms, iu
J t-he State Capitol building are poor ami
| injurious to the health of the legisla
i tors. John C. Nissley, a local attorney
and new legislative representative from
the Seeond Dauphin district, this morn
ing declared he will introduce a meas
ure, when the Legislature reconvenes,
providing for the construction of an
additional State building for tic ex
clusive use of the legislative bodies.
Another reason there should be a
t new State building. Mr. Nissley con
i tends, is that many State offices now
j are located in office buildings in the
i city not owned by the State and for
which the State must pay rents amount
ing to $6,000 or $7,000 a year. The
Bepresentative declares he will offer a
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a special commission with
power to employ an architect, prepare
plans and receive proposals on the prob
able cost of the new structure.
As a site for the proposed building
he suggests a part of the Eighth ward
tract which the State now is taking
over for the extension of Capitol Paris.
Representative Nissley referred to
the chamber of the House as a 1 ' store
box" and added that he and many
! other Representatives suffered physical
i ly from the effect of the poor ventilat
! ing system.
'' On that one day we were in ses
sion," said Mr. Nissley, "a draft pass
ed over me 1 caught cold, and I have
had a pain in the neck ever since. An
other Representative told me that as a
result of the poor ventilation in the
House, his physician's bill during and
subsequent to the last legislative ses
sion was no less than $l3O.
"The State needs more offices and 1
think it would be wise to convert the
Senate and House chambers and com
mittee rooms into offices and provide a
building for the Legislature else
where. ''
CREST OF FLOODPASSES
Highest Stage Beached Here Is I'J.T
Feet at 7 O 'clock This Morning
—Streams Are Falling Bapidiy
The -water in the Susquehanna river
at this place begar to recede at I
o'clock thiis morniug after a maximum
>"tage of 12." feet had been reached.
The danger stage here is 1" feet. The
vrest of the flood passed Harrisburg
hours earlier than was expected, but
the maximum stage verified the fore
casts. The river had fallen to 12.3
feet when the Weather Bureau official
made the S o'clock reading this morn
ing.
The main river and all of the tribu
taries. from this place, north are now
falling and practically all of the ice
now floating is in the main river or h:ts
passed out to the bay. A river stage
of about 10.4 feet is indicated for Har
risburg for to-morrow afternoon. The
only increases in the stages of branch
rivers in the last twenty-four hours
were reported from Wilkes-Barre and
Sciinsgrove.
Fair weather is predicted for to
night and to-morrow with little change
in temperature. A minimum tempera
tore of 2S degrees is expected here to
night.
Unfilled XT. S. Steel Tonnage Grows
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 9.—Th e unfilled ton
nage of the United States Steel Cor
poration on December 31 totalled 3,-
836,643 tons, an increase of 512,051
over November.
WORK BEGUN TO-DAY ON
INAUGURATION PLATFORM
Force of Carpenters Gets Busy on
Construction of the Big Stand at
Third and State Streets—Tener
Will Bemain for the Exercises
Senator E. E. Beidleman, chairman
of tihe legislative inaugural committee,
was confined to his home to-day with
a slight attack of grip. Preparations
for the inauguration of Dr. Brumbaugh
as Governor on January 19 are pro
gressing v.ery satisfactorily, and every
thing wiH be in readiness by Monday,
January 18.
Superintendent Ramrbo began to-day
the construction of the big platform at
Third and and State streets with a large
force. The decorations have bean ar
ranged for, and the big platform will
be fairly smothered in national colors
and American flags. The committee has
ordered 35,000 invitations, and they
will all be sent out by Monday as the
envelopes to contain them have been
addressed.
The various military companies to
form the provisional regiment of Na
tional Guard, under command of Colonel
B. Hutchison, have all been notified of
their selection, and will turn out with
full ranks. The Governor's Troop will
look its best under Captain George
Jack, acting as escort for the new Gov
ernor. The detachment of police
to take part in the parade will be here
on the morning of the 18th.
In selecting the route of the parade
it is intended to have the line of inarcto
only through the central part of the
city. The Governor's carriage will halt
at a point near the reviewing stand so
thart the gubernatorial party can reach
fhe grandstand in time to meet the
head of the procession and review it.
Governor Tener has changed his plans
and will attend the inaugural exercises.
In tihe afternoon he will leave for Phil
adelphia.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1915 12 PAGES.
BIOKEI ENDS LIFE
WHEN FIRIR FAILS
Tragic Suicide of G. F.
Stringer, Jr.. Un
known When Failure
Is Announced
DEATH CAUSED
BY PISTOL SHOT
Crash of Firm Attributed to the Sen
sational Rise in *Vheat Within the
Last Few Days—Company Caught
on Short Side
By Associated Press.
\ork, Jan. 9. U. F. Stringer,
Jr., junior member of the Stock Ex
change firm of Stringer & Co., shot him
self and died instantly in his office
shortly before the. suspension of the
firm was announced to-day on the floor
of the Stock Exchange.
The firm of Striuger i Co. was or
ganized May 23, 1912. It consisted of
G. i. Stringer, Sr., and his sou of the
same name. At the time of its organ
ization the younger Stringer had not
attained his majority Recently, after
he had reached the age of 21, he was
admitted as a partner. He was mar
ried.
A few minutes oefore the opening
of the Stock Exchange to-day Stringer.
Jr., left his own ntiice and entered that
of the (Juan Ajuato Development Com
pany, in which the firm of Stringer &
Co. had an interest. When the Ex
change opened the failure was an
nounced. Not long afterwards the
body of Stringei was "found lying on
the floor under a desk in the develop
ment company's office, with a revolver
a few feet away. A physician and a
policeman were summoned. For more
than an hour, how »ver, no announce
ment was made of Stringer's death. He
had shot himself in the mouth.
The firm did a commission business
of small proportions. For some years
it had been interested in Mexican prop
erties, especially mining companies.
The unsettled political conditions in
Mexico, it wa said, embarrassed the
firm linancinih and its suspension was
attributed primarily to this.
C. A 3j>ecker, counsel for the firm,
said that he knew ot no reason why
stringer shouUi kiil himself. Young
Continued on Mmk I*»are.
FIND 50 BTIpilE BOMBS
Police Uncover Deadly Missiles in
Trunk of Young Italian in
Trenton, New Jersey
By Associated Press.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 9. —About fifty
dynamite bombs aud fuses were found
to-day by the police m the home of
Inalle Gabreie. 28 vears old, a resi
lient of the Italian district of this city.
■He is held under arrest and will be ex
amined to determine how he came into
possession of the dynamite and what
he intended to do with it.
The police have been searching the
Italian district of Trenton since t>he
finding of an unexploded bomb iu St.
Joachim's church here last Monday.
A clue led the police to visit
Gabreie's house early to-day and they
placed him under arrest when he re
fused to open a trunk. He told the po
lice he hail lost the key. The trunk
was forced open and the bombs found.
They are about eifcht inches long aud
two inches in diameter.
1,500 FULL PARDONS ISSUED
Wholesale Clemency Granted Prisoners
by Governor Cole Blease
By Associated Press.
Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 9. —Full par
dons to about 1,500 persons convicted
in South Carolina of various crimes,
and paroled since January 1, 1911,
were granted to-day by Governor Cole
Blease.
In addition to that number, who were
included in a . blanket pardon and none
of whom is now in the penitentiary'or
in prison camps, the governor also
granted clemency to thirty-four con
victs in State prison or engaged on
public works. Eighteen were pardon
ed, ten paroled and six were given com
mutations of sentence; seven had been
convicted of murder and ten of man
slaughter.
Ttne Governor haii prepared a special
decree granting full pardons to those
paroled since January, 1911, and with
one sweep of his pen, lie restored citi
zenship to approximately 1,500 men
and women, who collectively tad been
found guilty of violating virtually ev
ery law of the State.
Governor Blcase signed the blanket
pardon in red ink. He accepted as cor
rect the estimate of his office attaches
tliat his action to-day would increase
to 3,165 the total number orf pardons,
•paroles and commutations of sentence
which he has granted since he became
Governor four years ago.
According to information obtainable
here that places Governor Blease's rec
ord for granting pardons above that of
any State Executive. He will retire
from office on January 19. -
Auto Fractures Boy's Leg
George Sheaffcr, 7 years old, 259
Delaware street, received a fractured
leg yesterday afternoon when struck
by an auu>mobile at Third and Muench
streets. The fracture was reduced at
the Harrisburg hospital.
NOT CONSIDERING RAISING
PRICE OF DREAD DERE
Several of the Biggest Bakers Say
There Is No Need to Do So at Pres
ent as They Have Flout Bought at
Old Prices
The rise >u the price of wheat will
not immediately cause a decrease in the
size of bread loaves in this city in the
opinion of local bakers, or result in an
advance iu the price per loaf. For fhe
most |>art they have flour on hand
■bought before the recent spectacular
rise in wheat.
Bernard Schmidt, whose bread-bak
ing business is one of the largest in
Central Pennsylvania, said he is not
considering an increase in the price of
bread or decrease in the size of the
loaves. He said he kuows of no move
ment among local bakers to make any
change for the present, saying the
supply of flour oil hand, bought at'the
old prices, will see them through for a
while.
Mr. Andrews, of the Harrisburg
Baking Compauv, is also of the opinion
that there will be no immediate
changes, sjnee supplies of flour pur
chased at former rates are on hand.
At the Hoffer Flour Mill Company
offices it WAS said that flour will go
up Ave cents a barrel with each one
cent increase per bushel in wheat. It
will ilrop correspondingly with each
drop in the price of wheat.
SMALLER LOAVES OF BREAD
Or Increase in Price Likely as Hesult
of Rise in Wheat
By JtHNH-tatfrf Press.
Washington, .lan. 9.—•'Smaller loaves
of bread or au increase in the price is
oue likely result of the rise in wheat,
in tie opinion of Charles J. Brand,
chief of the Federal Bureau of Mar
kets.
Moreover, Mr. Brand believes the
American farmer will not be a first
'hami beneficiary of the soaring prices.
With good prices and good markets
which have prevailed for the last few
months. !Mr. 'Brand "believes a major
■portion of the 1914 wheat crop no
longer is owned bv the farmers, but has
passed to the hands of the elevator men
and the grain dealers.
No statistics have been gathered to
support that view, but officials of the
department say experience and practice
warrants audi a conclusion.
WHEAT TAKES A SLUMP TO-DAY
Opening Prices Almost Two Cents Low
er Than Yesterday
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 9. —Wheat diropped
t-o-dav as if struck with a hammer.
Opening prices were in some cases near
ly two cents a biwheJ lower than last
night. May sold down to $1.39 as com
pared with J 1.40 7-8 at yesterday's
close.
Fear of the effects of talk of an em
bargo on the export of breadstuffs as
well as on arms and ammunition had
much to do with the sudden decline.
Despite the fact that buying on the
part of exporters and domestic millers
afterward rallied prices completely, the
market seemed to go to pieces in the
final quarter hour of the session. Quo
tations fell a full cent a bushel below
the low point at the start. May selling
as low as sl.3s. Conditions at the
close were much disordered at a de
cline of 2>/ s to 2% aet.
ICE BREAKS AT M'CALL'S
Just in Time to Save Hamlet of Safe
Harbor
By Associated Press.
iork, Pa., Jan. 9.—The ice ou the
M<CaH s ferry dam broke this morn
ing .just in time to save t'he hamlet of
Safe Harbor, on the Lancaster county
shore of the Susquehanna river from
repetition of its disastrous flood of
1904.
The town was partly under water and
many residents had fled from their
■homes when the gorge broke. At
Shenk's ferry on the York county
shore, the flood was 25 feet aibove low
water mark, causing some property
damage.
MT. JOY IS GENEROUS
Town Contributes Total Value of sl,-
087.10 for Belgian Relief
(Mount Joy, Jan. 9.—The total value
contributed bv this town for the relief
of Belgian war sufferers has reached
$1,087.10, a larger amount than that
of any nearby town.
The generous citizens have shipped in
all 175 barrels of flour and $65 .orth
of groceries.
President Pierce in the City
William H. Pierce, president of the
Brotherhood of Federated Railway Em
ployes, came to Harrisburg to-day to
plan the open meeting for railroad em
ployes in Fackler's Hall, Thirteenth
and Derry streets, to-morrow afternoon.
Petitions to be sent to the Legislature
protesting against a repeal of the full
crew taw will be circulated, it is said.
Manager Cockill Visits Harrisburg
George W. Cockill, athletic coach at
Bucknell University, and manager of
the Harrisburg team in the Tri-State
League, was in Harrisburg this morning
on businewe. It was not baseball busi
ness for he did not even know when
the annual meeting of the Tri-State
League will be held.
Physician Dies by Own Hand
By Associated Press
St. Louis, Jan. 9.—Dr. Waldeniar E.
Fiwrher, a well-known physician of Bt.
Louis, committed suicide to-day. The
fear that he was losing his mind is be
lieved to have prompted the deed.
GRAND MEDAL FOR SOCIETY WOMAN
AMfIE T- MORGAN ♦ .
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the late J. P. Morgan, who Is well known
In the social world; Andrew Carnegie, Eugene Brieux. Luther Burbnnk and
Myron T. Herrick will be awarded the grand medal of the new National Insti
tute of Social Sciences, the American equivalent of the grand cross of the
French Legion of Honor, at the next meeting of the institute iu New York city,
on the afternoon of January 15. The meeting will be called to order by Dr
Hamilton Wright Mabie, president, and the principal address will be delivered
by William H. Taft. honorary president. The institute is limited to 1,000 and
now has 840, with 160 vacauctes.
IRITAirS REPLY
IS tOMMI
Friendly Tone Charac
terizes Preliminary
Note Sent In Answer
to Shipping Protest
TEXT NOT YET
MADE PUBLIC
Secretary Bryan and Other Officials Re
fuse to Discuss Contents Before
They Submit the Document to the
President Late To-day
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 9. —Secretary
Bryan and other administration of
ficials were at work to-day going over
Great Britain's preliminary reply to
the American note protesting against
interference with commerce on the high
seas. Awaiting President Wilson's re
turn to the city late to-day, however,
all officials refused airaolutely to com
ment upon it.
When the President returns th/e text
of the British communication will be
laid before him ami he probably will
discuss it with Secretary Brvau and
Councellor Lansing of the State De
partment.
Such study as officials hasp given to
t>he preliminary reply has convinced
them that probably it will be necessary
to await- the supplementary note prom
ised by the British government before
undertaking to continue the negoti
ations so far as they relate to the gen
eral road principles involved in the
American note. That, of course, will
not prevent immediate consideration of
special caaes that may arise in connec
tion with now seizures or detentions,
nor in fact will it stop the State De-
Continued on Ninth Pagt.
LEFT FRITZI HER NIGHTIE
Sheriff Attached All of Miss Scheff's
Other Clothing
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
St. Louis, Jan. 9.—Fritzi Scheff's
personal belongings were attached here
yesterday afternoon to satisfy a judg
ment obtained against her by Henry
Beudal, a costilmer of New York. The
attachment included everything Miss
Scheff has in the way of clothing, ex
cept What she has on her back.
What she had on her back when the
writ was served consisted of one very
beautiful French nightie, for she was
in bed, where she has been since the
unpleasantness which caused her to re
tire Tuesday night from '' The Pretty
Mrs. Smith" to enter t)he movies on the
Pacific coast. Ijast night, wtiile Miss
Scheff steps, a deputy stood guard in an
outer room.
The attachment is to satisfy a judg
ment for $710.62, the balance due on
a $2,800 bill for costumes.
ELOPED WITH SON'S WIFE
Father Is Named as Corespondent in
Suit for Divorce
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 9.—FrankKn D.
Wood, a young hospital ihterne, named
his own father as corespondent in a
suit for divorce from his wife brought
to trial in the Supreme Court to-day.
It was alleged that the young man's
father eloped . with his bride on the
very night of the weddiug and took her
to Chicago. Young Wood's mother
testified in the suit that she had found
her hußband and her son'd wife occupy
i ing apartments together in Chicago.
AUSTRIANS CAUGHT IN TRAP
SET BY RUSSIAN GENERALS
Geneva, Vii< Paris, Jan. 9, 4.55 A.
| M.—The Austrian)* havo been caught
in a trap skilfully set by Generals Ruz
sky and Ivanoff, according to advices
from a Hungarian source received here
without first passing through the hands
of the Austrian censor.
In confoimity with the Russian plan,
the advices say, the Austrian columns,
pushing toward the Nida river, found
themselves stopped by dangerous
marshy ground. At the same time the
Russians attacking Cracow suddenly
abandoned their original plan, but re
sumed their attack in a'totally unex
pected manner.
With the Russiau army occupying
the most important positions of the
| Carpathians from the side of Bosnia,
the Austrian army can advance no fur
; tlier towards Warsaw, for the only
roads across the marshes are mined
and strongly held by the Russians. Ou
the other hand, the Austrians are
obliged to defend Cracow and because
of the Russian maneuvers can only meet
the Russians along the line from Wiel
k'/.ku to Bochnia under the most unfa
vorable conditions.
The Austrian commander, being un
able to discern whether the Russians
| intended to occupy Hungary or attack
Cracow, or both, lost five or six days
and it is now too late, the advices say.
to carry out the movement of troops
necessary to oppose the Russian ma
neuvers.
Paris, .Tan. 9, 4.50 A. M.—"The
Russians have entered Transylvania,"
telegraphs the Petrograd correspondent,
of the "Matin."
"The Austrians have hastily evacu
ated the whole of Dukowina," he adds,
" leaving open new roads for the Rus
sian troops into the Hungarian prov
inces, particularly in the direction of
the city of Maramaros-S/.iget, capital of
the county of Maramaros, at the foot
of the Carpathians, 215 miles north
east of Budapest."
GERMANS REPULSED FN FIGHT
WITH FRENCH CONGO TROOPS
Paris, Jan. 9, 10.42 A. M. —French
troops from the Congo, who have been
occupying Kdea, in . German Kamerun.
have been attacked In force by a mixed
detachment of German and native sol
diers. The Germans were repulsed,
leaving on the field 74 dead and wound
ed, one machine gun and fifty rifles.
This information is contained in an
official telegram received to-day by the
French Colonial Office. The French
losses in the engagement are described
as trivial. The date of the fighting is
not given. I
WILL DELUGE KAISER WITH A
MILLION BIRTHDAY POSTCARDS
Amsterdam, Via London, Jan. 9,
4.40 A. M. —The Prussian Minister of
State, according to a Berlin dispatch to
the "Telegraaf," has issued a notice
that "in view of the seriousness of the
times the greater public festivities,
such as dinners, theatricals and dances,
should be postponed on the occasion of
the forthcoming birthday of the Kaiser.
January 27.
"On the other hand," the notice
continues, ' 'celebrations appropriate to
the significance of the day are contem
plated."
The Cologne "Gazette" says that
the Germans in Vienna are planning
to send by post a million post cards,
bearing Emperor William's portrait, to
the Emperor on his birthday as a mil
lion fold greeting. The "Gazette"
deprecates the idea and hopes its pro
posers will abandon it.
Tobacco For Prisoners Free of Duty
Madrid, Spain. Jan. 9, via Paris,
11.45 A. M.—Tobacco sent to Germany
for French prisoners of war will be ad
mitted free of customs duty. The .Span
ish embassy in Berlin, which is looking
.after French interests, received word
to this effect to-dmy from tihe German
authorities.
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POSTSCBIPI
PRICE, ONE CENT.
FRENCH SAY
GERMANS IN
ALSACEWIN
Kaiser's Troops Reoc
cupy Burnhaupt-le-
Haut, Allies Admit
in Official Report
LATTER SUCCEED
IN OTHER FIGHTS
In One Place the Trench Oain Consists
of Three Lines of German Trenches
and at Another an Advance of
Five Hundred Yards
Paris. Jan. 9, 2.4 0 P. M.—Successes
of greater or less importance at various
points along the battle lino in France
are claimed in the official report on tlu
progress of the fighting given out by
tho French War Office this afternoon.
A German victory is admitted in Al
sace, where the troops of Emperor Wil
liam reoecupicd Burnhaupt-le-Haut.
In one place the French gain con
sisted of three lines of German trench
es; at another they advanced 500
yards; elsewhere lesser gains or the re
tention of positions are recorded. Tha
French artillery also has been active
with results declared to be advantage
ous. The statement follows:
"To the south of Ypres we have
damaged the trenches of the enemy and
reduced to silence the mine throwers of
I the Germans. In the region of Arrarf
and in the vicinity of Amiens there
have been artillery engagements re
sulting advantageously for our bat
teries.
Palace of Justice Set on Fire
"In the region of Soupir wo yes
terday morning occirpled " very bril
liantly 'Hill 132.' Three times during
the day the enemy delivered violent
counter attacks. Each time they were
repulsed. Our gain is represented by
three lines of German trenches along
a front of 600 metres. The enemy,
not having been able to recapture that
which they had lost, bombarded Soia
sons and set fire to the palaice of jus
tice.
"To the south of Laon and of Cra
onne our artillery demolished a camp
of hats covering some machine guns,
reduced to silence the artillery of the
enemy and destroyed some trenches.
French Masters of Village
"In the region of Perthes the enemy
delivered an attack to which we re
sponded immediately by a counter at
tack. This movement on our part per
mitted us not only to retain our posi
tions at 'Hill 200' west of Perthes,
but also to take possession of 400
yards of the trenches of the enemy be
tween 'Hill 200' and the village of
Perthes.
"Furthermore a direct attack deliv
ered by us on Perthes at the same time
that we were making our counter at
tack <;n 'Hill 200' made us masters of
the village. We installed ourselves in
Perthes and we have advanced beyond
the village boundary. Our total gain
in this locality is more than 500
yards.
Victory Costly to Germans
"Along all the front between
Rheims and the Argonne our artillery
has inflicted noticeable losses on the
enemy. This has been attested by
prisoners. In the ATgonne we were
subjected on our right to a lively at
tack by the enemy, to which we re
plied, with a counter attack which
brought us back to our point of de
parture.
"In the Woevre district, to the
northwest of Flirey in the forest of
Aillv and in the forest of Lepretre we
made some progress.
"In the region of Cernay we main
tained our position. Further to the
south the enemy strongly reinforced, re
occupiehl Burnhaup-le-Haut at the ex
pense of heavy losses."
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
The French advance In Alsace ap
parently has been checked. Both the
French and German official statements
of to-day tell of the recapture by the
Germans of Burnhaupt-le-Haut, tha
town south of Stelnbach, capture of
which by the French was announced
yesterday.
In the Argonne violent fighting is
again in progress. In one charge the
French lost a number of men as the
result of a trap set by the Germans,
who permitted them to occupy a trench
and then blew it up.
Fighting has been resumed In th«
Aisne region, where the allies claim
to have captured three lines of Ger
man trenches covering HOO metres of
the front. The German statement, how
ever, says that French attacks in this
region were repulsed.
German armies are again striking at
Warsaw, from two directions. Alonf
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