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VOL. 77 —NO. 34.
HTI FINANCES
H A SOLID BASIS
Gough Reports Enough
Cash on Hand to Pay
All Save $31,000 of
the Bonded Debt
MUCH MONEY
SAVED IN 1914
Controller's Annual Statement Reveals
Assets *848,501 in Excess of Obli
gations—Balance at the Close of
the Year Shows a Material Increase.
If Dauphin County suddenly was
failed upon to meet all its obligations,
including the $421,000 bonded debt,
it could do so to-day with actual caeh ou
hand to within less than $31,000 and
have as assets over and above liabili
ties, buildings, furnishings and grounds
valued at $848,501.43. Dauphin
County will not, however, receive such
a hurry call, but the fact that the
County is almost free from debt, to
gether with other interesting financial
statistics, is contained in the first an
nual report of Countv Controller Henry
W, Gough. copies oi which were filed
to-day with the Court and the County
Commissioners.
Incidentally it can be sai l tha* this
report :s more concise, yet more com
prehensive. than the statements which
heretofore were issued annually by an
audit board. While it w.is filed only
to-day it really was completed on iSat
uriay last, just five days after "he
County's fiscal year closed. Dauphin
County audit boards have in years pone
bv been paid for spending anywhere
from three to five months getting out
their annual reports.
The year just closed will go down in
history as a record one for Dauphin
County finances. With a tax rate lower
than in some recent years, the County
met all its ordinary obligations, ma le
the ro.rular appropriations to the sink
ing fund—s 17,2 71.76—0ut of which
the bonded debt is to be paid; re
deemed J2 4.000 worth of bonds for
less than par value, and erected new
bridges, and male additional improve
ments costing well on to $33,000.*
Balance Exceeds Last Year's
Notwithstanding these severs! heavy
expenditures, the County Controller's
report shows that at the'close of 1914
the county's actual CJS!I balance—the
money with which to tide over the sev
eral departments until the 1915 taxes
begin coming in—exceeds the corre
sponding balance of a year ago by a
trifle more tiian SI,OOO.
During the year, the report further
shows, the County, under a Dauphin
County Court decision, recovered
51.575.76 from the State that repre
sented a part of the money paid bv this
district for the maintenanct of persons
in State hospitals for the criminal in
sane during the five vears preceding
1913.
The County for a number of years
wa< paving anywhere from $ 1.7*5 to
$4.25 a week for the maintenance of
its insane and the Supreme Court sus
tained the Dauphin Countv Court's de
cision that a county is liable only for
sl.i 5 a week for each insane patient.
The issuance of this report reallv
marks the close of Dauphin Countv's
Continued on Sixth Puce.
DR. BRUMBAUGH HERE FRIDAY
He Will Be Guest of Teners and Look
Over the Executive Mansion
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor
elect, will.be in Harrisburg on Friiav
as the guest if Governor Tener and
■will spend most of the afternooD at the
Executive- Mansion, where he will be
entertained by Governor and Mrs. Tener
at luncheon He will leave at 5.30
o'clock the same lav for Philadelphia.
It will be largely a social visit, at
♦he invitation of the retiring Governor
and wife, and is meant to give the in
coming Governor an opportunity to
look over the Executive Mansion.
Durinp the afternoon it is expected
the Governor-elect will find time to
visit the executive offices in the Capitol
building. A meeting with the Inaug
ural Committee also is being arranged
for the afternoon. The final plans for
the inaugural ceremonies will then be
discussed
JACOB BITTERMAX, 80. DIES
Stroke of Paralysis Fatal to Aged Hali
fax Citizen
Halifax, .Tan. 13.—Jacob Bitterman,
80 years old, for twenty years tax col
lector of this place, died at his home
on Fourth street la«t evening from the
effects of a stroke of paralvsis he suf
fered on Monday. He resigned his po
sition as tax collector a year ago.
He leaves the following children:
George and Grant, of Davenport. Iowa;
Mrs. R. P. Miller, of Brooklyn; Miss
Mary Bittennan. Mrs. X. Bogar, Wil
liam and Charles, of this pla/-e. Fu
neral services will be held at his home
Saturday morning at 10 oclock. The
Bev. J. C. Peace, pastor of Jackson
ville circuit of the United Brethren
chnreh, will officiate. Burial will be
made in the cemetery at Rife.
Ober Again on Prison Board
B. Frank Ober, of Pen brook, for al
most three years a member of the
Board of Dauphin County Prison In
spectors, to-day was reappointed by the
County Commissioners for a full three
year "term. Mr. Ober first was named
an inspector in February, 191 2, as |
successor to Frank Hoof nag Le who re
signed.
£l)c Stor- 4SBBsfe Jnkpetiktit
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IS
AGAIN RISING RAPIDLY
Stage of 18.5 Feet I* Predicted for
Harrisbarg To-morrow Morning-
Flood Which Broke Ice Wis but
12.7—Rnse of 5.5 Feet in Night
Heavy and continued rain in the Sus
quehanna water shed in the last thirty
six hours will again increase the river
depth at this point, a stage equal
to, if not higher than, the flood which
broke the ice on the river being ex
pected. The falling action of the river
was stopped yesterday morning and a
steady increase followed, the river ris
ing 5.5 feet since vesterdav morning at
So 'clock.
Weather Bureau officials announced a I
stage of 10.3 feet at S o'clock this;
morning and forecast 12.5 by that time ;
to-morrow morning. The crest of the
flood which carried off the ice was
reached here at T o'clock last Saturday |
morning and was 12.7 feet. It will'
take but a slight rise to best the first j
high stage of the winter.
At 11 o'clock tins morning the river |
was rising until it was up to the top j
of the river front steps. The first flood
had deposited great blocks of ice atop
the steps, which may be carried off to
morrow. Little damage was done to
the steps. The rail, here was heavier
yesterday an i last night than at any
point in the Susquehanna valley, a pre
cipitation of 1.76 inches being reported
■here after the rain ceased. Previous
to S o'clock yesterday morning this :
same storm had given Harrisburg a fall
of more than seven-tenths of an inch. ,
The storm is passing north along the
Atlantic coast line and was . entral off
New Jersey this morning. The weather
will remain fair and slightly colder.
LOOTING OKLAHOMA BANKS
I
Robbers Get ST.. ">OO at Oerber and Es
cape—Two Men Who Robbed
Terlton Bank Captured
£j/ Attodated Pr«j»,
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. Ijj.—!
Robbers early to-day blew the safe of
the S:ate bank at Oerber, twenty
east of Enid, in Garfield county, Okla
homa. and escaped with $7,500, ac- 1
cording to reports received here. Posses
are in pursuit.
The robbery at Gerber is the four-1
teenth bank robbery in Oklahoma since
May, 1314, eleven of them being day
light holdups. A bill is pending in the
Legislature authorizing the State to
pay rewards of SI,OOO for the capture
of bank robbers.
Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 13.—Two of
the three robbers who held up and rob- i
bed the F*irst National Bank of Terlton,
Okla., yesterday, and killed Robert'
Moore, a deputy sheriff, in a fight just .
outside of town, were captured a few
hours later and are in jail to-lay at !
Pawnee. The third escaped. Most of
the $3,000 taken from the bank was <
recovered.
GIRL PRESIDENTS ARE BARREL)
Class Decides to Maintain Tradition and
Charles Segelbaum Is Chosen
The proposal to depart from prece
dent and permit a sirl to run for the\
office of president of the junior class of
the Central High school, was quashed
in a meeting of a "committee of the;
whole ' that decided only a bov can i
head the class, and to-dav Charles Seg
elbaum was chosen to fill the office. He j
defeated his only rival. Charles Saun
ders, by a vote of 66 to 47. The class
secretaryship, however, went to Dorothy j
Schmidt who got 51 votas. while Doro-1
thy Duncan polled 34 and Clarabelle!
Claster, 28.
Some of the girls tried to induce;
Katherine Thorne to become a candi
date for president, but the proposal to 1
ignore tradition by permitting a girl
to run for the office resulted in a s;e- i
cial meeting of the clase being called
at which it was decided that only a
boy should be permitted to run. Many
of the girls voted to bar girls as presi
dential candidates.
WOMAHIIFFiCEIATEN
IN THE ROUSE. 204 TO 174;
Representatives, After More Than Ten
Hours' Debate, Reject the Proposed
Constitutional Amendment Giving
the Elective Franchise to Women
Washington. Jan. 13.—After a field!
day in the House, in which woman suf
frage was discussed from almost every
point of view for more than ten hours,
the proposed constitutional amendment
giving nation-wide suffrage to women
was rejected by the overwhelming vote
of 174 to 204. The suffragists fell 78
men short of the necessary two-thirds
vote, with 57 members not voting.
It was nearly 9.30 o'clock last night
when the vote was taken. Immediatelv
afterward the House adjourned.
There was applause in the galleries
when the result was announced bv the
Speaker. The suffragists who had re- ;
mained throughout the entire dav had
apparently been resigned to their fate,
and they uttered no loud disapproval!
but the Antig in the gallery burst forth
in applause.
A feature of the proceedings was the
speech, vulgar in parts, opposing the
amendment, made by Representative
Bowdle, of Ohio. It was roundlv
hissed.
Most of the votes in favor of. the
resolution came from the members rep
resenting States where equal suffrage
is now in effect. Following the leader
ship of Representative Underwood, ma
jority leader, few of the Southern Dem
ocrats voted for the resolution. Party
Cutliul oa Third Pace.
HARRISBBFRG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 13, 1915 12 PAGES.
SLEEPER PHONES
1 THE HUE
Sergeants Page and
Eisenberger Lead
Squad After Early
Morning "Burglar"
6 POLICEMEN ARE
PRIMED FOR HUNT
After Calling for Coppers. Charles F.
Fischer Takes Stick and Goes to
Cellar to ••Slnot" Man He • Saw"
in Upper Hallway of Home
Charles F. Fischer. 227 North Fif
teenth street, saw a "burglar" in his
house when he was dreaming at 4
o'clock this morning, went to his tele
phone, gave that intelligence to the po
lice and with a club went on a burglar
hunt and was diligently searching for
the marauder in the cellar of his home
when he awoke, according to a report
made by the police this morning.
He felt so badly about it after it
was over that lie went to headquarters
this morning and w-anteft \o apologize
to Mayor Royal for calling out a num
ber of his policemen on a wild goose
chase, as it were.
The repor! of "burglars in the
house got to police headquarters just
as the night force was giving way to
the reserves and there was little diffi
cultv in recruiting a big bunch of star
burglar hurters, and when Policeman
Hylan drove away from headquarters
in the patrol he had or. board Ser
geants Page and Eisenbefger and Pa
trolmen Schelhaus, Motter and Boas.
When they drew up at 227, Fischer
was full of apologies, but the coppers
had no ill feeling toward him, for most
of them reside on the Hill and were
then within walking distances of their
homes. Fischer told his story at head
quarters this morning.
"I was walking through the second
floor hallway of my home."' he is quoted
as saying, '"and, seeing a shadow from
an electric light similar to that of the
outlines of a man. I thought it was a
burglar. T yelled to Mrs. Fischer to
get a revolver —I do not keep a revol
ver in the house, so she handed me a
stick—and after calling for the police
I went to the cellar after the burglar.
I was seeking to shoot him with the
stick when I realized what I wis do
ing. I ha I been asleep all the time.
"It was a most unfortunate thing,
and I certainly want to apologize. I
was worried for fear there might be
some expense to it and I wanted to set
it right.''
His apology was accepted for the
Mayor. The reserves reported to the
heals of the department that the police
men went oil the burglar hunt, but no
burglar was found.
LIQUOR LICENSE BONDS ESCAPE
Do Not Require War Tax Stamps. Pro
thonotary Holler Is Advised
I uder a ruling laid down some years
ago by the late Chief Justice Fuller,
of the United States Supreme Court,
Prothonotarv Henry P. Holler has been
advised by Fox Jc Geyer, his counsel,
that he cannot demand that war reve
nue tax stamps b° placed on bonds tiled
in connection with liquor license appli
cations.
Ordinary bonds are subject to the
revenue tax and that fact raised the
question with the court clerk as to the
liquor license bonds. The time for
making application for liquor license re
newals soon will be at hand.
The Supreme Court decision was
based on the war revenue bill passed bv
Congress in 1898. Attorneys here say
the latest law levying a war tax is
identical with the 189S law, in so far
as the liquor license bonds are con
cerned.
SUES CONGRESSMAN FOR S2OO
Russell Says He Has Bupley's I. O. U.
—Bupley Asserts He Paid the Money
Basing his claim on an "I. O. U."
dated January 12. 1909, U. S. Russell,
of Mt. Holly, connected with the Cum
berland Clay Company, last evening
brought a civil action in the Dauphin
county court against Congressman Ar
thur R. Ruplev, of Carlisle, to recover
S2OO. Ruplev, who is in Washington,
has been quoted as saying the money
was paid some years ago.
Russell was in Philadelphia to-day
and could not be communicated with
regarding the details of the alleged
transaction. His attorney, however,
said that the deal was an "ordinary
borrow and loan" transaction.
May Call Murder Trial To-jnorrow
Should the trial of Robert F. Scott,
patrolman, accused of murdering a col
ored man in the Eiffhth ward, which
may be opened to-morrow take up more
than three days, county officials fear
difficulty may be experienced in get
ting hotel quarters for the jury that
will decide the case. District Attorney
Stroup hopes to get the case started by
to-morrow. The fact that legislators
and other persons from all parts of the
State are now booking hotel accommo
dations for inaugural week will, it is
believed, overcrowd the hotels.
Band for Each Local Fire Company
The fourteen fire companies of Har
riaburg will each be supplied with a
band of music, for the inaugural pa
rade on January 19, at the expense oif
the inaugural committee, which an
nounced to-day it desires to hav c a fine
showing of firemen in the procession.
The names of the visiting companies
have not yet been given to the com
mittee.
MORGAN FIRM FINANCES
THE CZAR'S GOVERNMENT
IN LOAN OF $12,000,000
Petrograd, Jan. 13, 3.40 P. M. —A
! group of New York bankers, including
;J. P. Morgan & Co., have agreed to
loan the Russian government $12,000,-
000. according to an official announce
ment made here to-day. Tlvis nmounfc
jis subject to draft by Russia at one,
two or thrxv months, at 4 1-2 per cent,,
with a half of one per cent, additional
i for acceptance.
Prominent Petrograd bankers say
! that this is a forerunner of further
credits to bo extended Russia by Amor
j ican financiers. The president of an
I important Petrograd bank has left for
New York, where he expects to confer
with financiers and government officials
with the idea of perfecting Russian ex
change facilities.
I
Now York, dan. 13. J. P. Morgan
& Co., confirmed to-day the dispatches
i from Petrograd in respect to a loan to
the Russian government by stating
that a group of Xew York banks and
bankers had made a "purely banking"
arrangement with Russia by undertak
ing to accept short term dralfts of the
Russian government, the proceeds of
which were to be used in payment for
supplies exported from this country.
It is understood that the National
City Hank is one of the members of
the group.
NAVAL PROGRAM ADOPTED
Two Battleships. « Torpedo Boat De
stroyers and 17 Submarines to Be
Added to U. S. Navy
By AstocuUcd Pi t st.
Washington, Jan. 13. —A naval
building program of two battleships, six
torpedo boat destroyers and seventeen
submarines was adopted and incorpo
rated into the naval bill to-day by the
House Naval Committee. The bill was
reported at once to the House.
The vote for the two battleships was
16 to 4; for the six torpedo boat de
stroyers, 15 to 5, and for the seven
teen submarines. 11 to 9.
besides the larger eraift, the pro
gram includes one oiler, oue transport
and one hospital ship. The bill with
this program aggregates approximately
$ 148,000,000, of which $21,906,000 i" s
for .next year's part of the new con
struction. The committee made no pro
vision for a gunboat, which Secretary
Daniels recommended.
On motion of Representative Ste
phens, of California, it was provided
that eiyht coast defense submarines
shall be built on the Pacific coast,
under certain conditions.
Bayard Henry New Pennsy Director
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. IS. —(Bayard
Henry, of Philadelphia, was to-day
elected a director of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company. He fills the va
, eancv caused by the death of N. Parker
j Shortridge.
IIFiSII
lip PEN.
Records for Heavy Sen
tences Are Going to
Smash in Present Ses
sionofCriminalCourt
JUDGE WARNS
A PICKPOCKET
I *
Harshly Rebukes NegTO Who Comes
Here From Alabama to Steal—Wife
of Man Who Is Robbed Dies on Day
Sentence Is Passed on Crook
Court records have been broken one
after another since the opening of the
January criminal session on Monday.
The eighth defendant to be sent to the
Eastern Penitentiary was sentenced this
morning; half a doz.en boys have been
committed to the Huntingdon Reform
| atory; about three score cases have
' been passed upon, and the number of
confessions to crime is far in exces« of
j those of other sessions.
Edmond Reed, an Alabama negro,
began working a pickpocket game short
ly after he arrived in the city and aft
er he relieved A. S. Peareon, an Enola
man, of $25, the police got him. Mr.
Pearson's wife, court attaches were in
formed this morning, died early to-day.
Reed was convicted and the court gave
him a penitentiary term of not less
than fifteen months and not more than
three years. Before passing sentence
the court told Reed that if he ever
again comes to Dauphin county he
would better obev the laws.
"You certainly had your nerve with
you," said the Judge. "Its bad enough
for a man to steal in his own com
munity, let alor.e going into another
for the purpose of robbery. Let others
who are inclined to commit offenses
like yours take warning."
On a robbery charge Dick Owens was
Coatlßsed on .Math Face.
TERRIFIC 11
SHAKESRfECITY
Causes Serious Panic
as People Rush From
Their Homes in Ter
ror After Disaster
SHOCK DAMAGES
MANY BUILDINGS
Among Them Is the Palazzo Chigl,
the Famous Column of Marcus Au
relius and Historic Structures on
the Piazza Colons
By Associated Press.
Rome. Jan. 13, 7.50 A. M.« —A ter
rific earthquake, the strongest ever felt
in Rome, occurred early to-day. It
lasted several seconds and caused a se
rious panic, people everywhere rushing
from their houses in terror. Many
buildings were damaged by the shock.
So far as could be Jearned one hour
after the quake, no lives were lost.
Nor was it possible to reach any definite
idea of the degree of the damage suf
fered bv the eitv.
There was coufusiou throughout the
whole of Rome. In some cases it
amounted to terror and bordered ou
panic. The telephone was resorted to
by a number of people at the same time
to inquire of the safety of relatives and
friends and then to learn the extent of
the damage to the city. The telephone
girls did their best to meet the emer
gency. A system of gathering and giv
ing information was hurriedly inaug
urated.
It was learned early in the day that
among the old buildings damaged was
the Palazzo Ohigi, as well as the famous
column of Marcus Aurelius. Historic
buildings on the Piazza Colona. in the
center of Kome, also were damaged, as
was also the famous Farnese palace,
occupied by the French embassy. Here
a piece of the stone cornice had fallen.
The belfry of the church of St. An
drea is in danger of falling and the
building has been surrounded by a cor
don of police to prevent the people
from approaching it.
A large crowd gathered this morning
in the square in front of the column
of Marcus Aurelius. At a point about
half way trp it was <teen that the tol
umn had been broken and twisted. It
was at least six inches from its true
axis. The immense bronze statue of
St. Paul on top of t'he column also in
clines to one side.
The last serious earthquake in the
Rome district occurred July 19, 1899.
Rome, Frascati. Marino and other towns
on the Alban hills felt the shock and
many buildings were damaged) but
there was no loss ot life. Further south
in Italy and in Sicily, however, earth
quakes are frequent and very severe.
Great loss of life and heavy damage to
property have occurred in these regions.
INSURANCE CO. MAY ANSWER
Court Fixes Date to File Reply to At
torney General's Charges
Following the suggestion of Attorney
General Bell, t'he Dauphin Couuty Court
this morning fixed January 27, at 10
o'clock, as the time for hearing the an
swer of the Prudential Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, of Wilkes-ißarre,
to the request to have its affairs placed
in the hands of State Insurance Com
missioner Charles S. Johnson, and the
business liquidated.
The Attorney General charges that
the company is insolvent and that its
further contiuance in business would be
hazardous both to its policyholders and
creditors.
Dr. O. K. Grier, of Wilkes-Barre, is
president of the company, and John E.
\Holt, also of that city, is treasurer. The
offices of tlie company are in the Savoy
building, Wilkes-Barre.
NAVY MEN ORDERED TO CUBA
Kalbfus and Brinser Will Be With Fleot
During Target Practice
Lieutenant Commander Ned C. Kalb
fus, chief navigator of the Atlantic
fleet, stationed on the flag ship Wyom
ing, and Lieutenant Commander Harry
8. [Brinser, chief engineer of the fleet,
also on the Wyoming, both Harrisburg
ers, are with the fleet in New York
now, but will sail with the command
for Guantanomo, Cuiba, on Friday,
where the fleet will engage in target
practice and maneuvers.
They will be gone about three weeks,
and on their return will get ready to
go through the Panama canal on the
way to California, where the big battle
ships will take part in the opening of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San
Francisco in February.
Transfer of Hindenburg Possible
London, Jan. 1 3, 5.35 P. M.—An
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says that travelers
arriving there from Germany report
that in response to a popular demand,
Field Marshal Von Hindenbung, eom-
Uraniler of the German camjwiign against
Russia and the popular hero of Ger
many, is likely to be transferred to the
western front in the spring.
Mercer and Leßrum Called
The case of H. R. .uercer and Fred
Leßrum, charged with trying to de
fraud two lo«»al banks by alleged worth
less checks for $l,O-00 each, were called
late this afternoon in the Dauphin
county court. The defendants were
called jointly.
Washington Hose Meeting
A meeting will be held to-night at
the Washington Hose house for the pur
pose of taking action on the participa
tion of the company in the inaugural
parade.
THIS BOY WANTS TO
BE A SEA FIGHTER
-
Clarence Lnmbart, a bright ttttie
English lad. seven years old. has just
arrived in America to sw bis father.
Colonel Henry L. Lambart, a retired
British officer, now serving as mili
tary at the British Embassy at
Washington. The youngster wants to
be a sea fighter and is itmch dis
appointed because lie had not "seen the
German fleet or beard a cannon fired"
during his trip across
DOVER COAST BATTERIES
SINK GERMAN SUBMARINES
Dover, Jan. 13, Via London, 4.5.>
P. M.—Two German submarines were
to-day fired upon and sunk by tine
coast batteries off Dover, according to
persistent, rumors current in the city.
The presence of hostile airships over
the English channel during the past
night has been reported to-day from
various points on the coast. These re
ports, however, have as yet not bwm
confirmed.
Dover has been assailed by the Ger
mans from tne air ou no less than two
occasions and ships in Dover harbor
are believed to have been the Objective
o>f a raid by German submarines. The
bombs from above never did much dam
age, nor was the attack from under the
water suecessufl.
Three days before Christmas a Ger
man aviator, according to a Berlin dis
patch, flew over Dover, throw bombs
anil reconnoitered the positions of Brit
ish warships. Two days later another
hostile aeroplane appeared over the
city and dropped a bomb which ex
ploded harmlessly in a garden. This
aviator eluded a British airman and
flew safely to sea. The submarine at
tack was reported December 11. That
morning a vessel, supposed to be the
tender of the submarines, appeared off
Dover but retired when fired upon.
Shortly after submarines were seen at
sea. The channel forts opened fire and
kept it up for almost half an hour.
At the same time a flotilla of destroy
ers put to sea and the submarines were
not seen again.
PANAMA FILES PROTEST ON
VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY
Panama, Jan. 15.—The Republic of
Panama has filed a note ol' protest with
Sir C. SmaHet, the British vice consul,
against the violation of her neutrality
last month, when British and Japanese
warships entered San Miguel Bay and
other Panama waters to take on coal
and supplies. The note in question is
couched in friendly terms and is in no
sense aiggressive.
Th,is action by the British and
Japanese warships was part of the
series of incidents which led Colonel
Goethals to ask Washington for
American torpedo boat destroyers to
protect the neutrality of the canal.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
The assaults of the allies against se
lected positions in the German line,
gaining ground for them at several
points during the last week, have led
to German counter attacks in force and
the heaviest infantry fighting for some
time. To-day's official communication
from Berlin and Paris indicate that the
Germans have brought large bodies of
troops into play, have checked the ad
vance of the allies and have themselves
made important gains.
The heaviest fighting occurred yester
day to the east of Soissons. The Ger
mans state that they definitely repulsed
the allies and gained possession of two
of their positions, capturing I,TOO
prisoners and several guns. .Attacks
near the canal of La Bassee, it is said,
were defeated, while the allies were
compelled by German artillery fire to
evacuate trenches near the Balglan
coast, in the neighborhood of Nleu
port.
The Trench statement admits that
the allies were driven back near Sois
sons, being compelled to yield ground to
the Germans.
In the Argonne, where desperate
fighting has been in progress for some
time, the opposing armies temporarily
have relaxed their efforts. There, as
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ALLIES ARE
FORCED OOT
OFTRENCHES
! German Troops Capture
Two of the French Po
sitions and Take 1,-
700 Prisoners
GET CANNON AND
MACHINE GUNS
Fierce Artillery Duels at Palinsburg.
Suburb of Nlenport, Result in
Evacuation of Allies' Strongholds-
French Attacks Repulsed
Berlin, Jan. 13 (by Wireless io lin
den, 0.25 P. M.)»—-German victories
in several engagements on the western
front are announced in to-day's state
ment from the War Office. It is said
that the allies were compelled by Ger
i man artillery to evacuate trenches near
tlin Belgian coast in the neighborhood
, of Meuport and that attacks were re
pulsed at other points, with the capture
• of 1,700 French in one instance. In
the war with Russia there are no de
velopments of consequence. The state
ment. follows:
i "In the western theatre of war
I fi ol " L 'e artillery duels took place in the
neighborhood of Nieuport. They re
, suited in the evacuation of the enemy's
trenches at Palinsburg, a suburb of
Nieuport. The enemy's attacks near
the canal of La Bassee have been finally
> repelled.
"French attacks at La Boisselle and
the hill of Touvron were repulsed. Yes
terday's unsuccessful attacks on the
hill near Crony were followed up by a
German counter attack, which ended in
the complete defeat of the French and
the clearing of the hills northeast of
Bussie and north of Crony. Our troops
. took possession of two French positions
( and captured 1,700 prisoners, four can
. non and several machine guns.
( "An attack by French sappers in
( the neighborhood of St. Miliiel has beeu
successfully repulsed. Our troops took
possession of the hills north and north
east of Crony.
"The situation in the Vosges remains
, unchanged. In the eastern theatre of
i the war the situation has not undergone
j any change.''
TURKISH ARMY OCCUPIES
PERSIAN CITY OF TABRIZ
AS RUSSIANS WITHDRAW
1 j London, Jan. 13, 1.15 P. M. —Bcu-
Iter's Telegram Company has received a
j I dispatch from its correspondent from
Petrograd saying that an advance de
tachment of the Turkish army lias oc
eupied the Persian city of Tabriz.
Tabriz is in northwestern Persia and
| after Teheran, the largest city in the
1 country. It is 100 miles to the eust
of the Turkish frontier. Tabriz was
garrisoned by a Russian force, it beiir^
> situated i" that part of Persia undo'
' the domination of the Russians in tiio
' j satno manner as the southern portion of
, Persia is considered to he within the
] sphere o>f influence of Great Britain.
I | The town has been evacuated bv this
! j Russian force, according to a rep. rt
. j sent out by the Turkish government
j I and published last night in Berlin. Tlio
! announcement from Constantinople add
ed that the Russian garrison had re
r ; treated to Djulfa where the Russians
were said to be assembling in strong
force to defend the passage of tba
Araxas river.
, Germans Capture Swedish Steamer
lj London, Jan. 13, 12.50 P. M. —Tht
I j Exchange Telegraph Company has re
-1 ceived a dispatch from Copenhagen
saying that the Swedish steamer Vega
has been captured in the Baltic, by a
German torpedo boat destroyer anil
taken into Swinemnnde. The Vega was
from Rotterdam and is said to have
been on her way to Stockholm with a
cargo of margarine.
American Under Arrest in Scotland
Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan 13, via Lon
don, 5.13 P. M.—Adolph Dietze, claim
ing American citizenship and in pos
session of an American passport, was
remanded here to-day on the charge of
violating the aliens restriction order.
WALL STREET CLOSING
New York, Jan. (3.—Attempts tc
market small amounts of stock disclosed
an absence of demand, and prices weak
ened in the late dealings. Tbe closing
was heavy. A further halt in the re
cent rise of stock was recorded to-day.
Trading was lighter, with indications
->f moderate liquidation in the interna
tional list.
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