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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG. Pa.
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1 Co'Jumbla university war honplta! Just formally taken over by the government as a receiving and evacuat
ing medical center. 2 MoJ. Gen. Sir J. E. Copper, 'director general of the British tank corps which Is doing such
efficient work on the battlefields. 80. T. K. Olragonslan, a Boston Armenian, who has offered the government a
"free energy generator," which will be tested by authority of congress. 4 Itulns of a French manufactory, typical
of the way In which the Geimans destroy everything In the districts from which they retreat
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
German Peace Offered by the
Kaiser Slowly Losing Its
German Features.
MICHAELIS PROVES A FAILURE
Lloyd George Says England Will Fight
Until France Regains Alsace-Lor-ralne
Allies Make Another Suc
cessful Drive In Flanders Mors
of Bernstorffs Perfidy Is Re
vealed by Lansing. .
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Kaiser Wilhelin reminds one of the
old-fashioned peddler of notions who
would keep adding packages of
needles, watches, and even silver coins,
to his little bundles of bargains until
a sale was effected. With northern
France and no Indemnities already In
his bargain offering, the emperor bus
added Belgium with conditions and
now It Is reported he and Emperor
Charles of Austrlu-llungury are pre
pared" to throw In Alsace, the price
being peace and the return of Ger
many's colonies. In a word, the Ger
man peace for which the kaiser shows,
to consuming a desire Is becoming less
German every day, and If the allies
Just say nothing and saw wood as
they probably will It may finally take
on an appearance that will warrant
their consideration.
To be sure, Chaucellor Mlchnclls
says that peace Is Impossible so long
as Germany's enemies demand any
German soil or try to drive a wedge
between the German emperor and his
people, but the chnncellor Is hard
pressed to save his political fortunes,
lie and Vice Chancellor IlelfTerlch are
' being bitterly attacked because of the
pulley of fostering pun-Germanism In
the country and the army and at the
same time making promises of mild
ness In return for peace. MIchiHls
was compelled to tell the rek-hstug
that he did not stand for the extreme
demands of the pun-Germunlsts, and
for the time being his opponents were
satisfied; but his fullure us chancellor
is pronounced.
Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmnnn Is
more yielding thnn the chancellor, for
'he told the relclistag that there uow
exists "no. Impediment 12 1'enec. no
jjueatious tlmt couid not b$ seitlea bjf
negotiations, except for the Trench
demand for Alsace-Lorraine." lie
Jjded that Qennnn could, mjkjj p.0
concessions with regard to lliose prov
inces. I I'remler Lloyd George was quick to
take up this challenge of Vou Kuehl
tunnn's. "I do not tWuk that any
statement is more culcuMcd (o pro
long the war," he said. "However
long the wnr may lust, Kngland In
tends to stand by France until she has
redeemed her oppressed children from
their foreign yoke."
Reasons Many and Plain.
The reasons for the kaiser's In
creasing moderation In demands are
not far to seek. They are. found In
the dally dispatches recording the re
peated successful thrusts of the allies
In Flanders; the advances of the Brit
ish In Mesopotamia and Africa; the
shortage of German shells; the grow
ing unrest In the armed forces of Ger
many, reaching the stuge of mutiny
In the fleet; the scarcity of food In
the centrul nations, and, perhaps most
potent of nil, the steady. Irresistible
progress of the United States toward
full preparation for war to a victori
ous conclusion.
Then, too, the kaiser sees added to
the list of his enemies more of the
fast dwindling lumber f those not
hitherto on that roll of honor. "Though
l'resldent Irlgoyen managed to stave
off warlike action by Argentina, I'eru
and Uruguay last week broke off dip
lomatic relations with Germany and
sent away Its ministers.
The European nations thut remain
'neutrnl nre suffering more and more.
Hollund pleads with America for feed
especially, with the open threat that If
It Is not sent, she will have to slaugh
ter at least holf her cattle and. hav
ing no means of preserving the meat,
PLEASED WITH FRENCH GUNS
American Express Appreciation of Ar
tillery With Which- They Are
Constantly Practicing.
American Trnlnlng Camp In France.
Not fur behind the American field
artillery, which has been In training
In a rugged section of France ior the
last two months, have come the men
of the "heavies." They ure veteran
gunners and many are famlllnr with
the big guns at home, and they greeted
must sell It to Germany. Already
Holland has been put on tea and coffee
rations. Switzerland is In better case
for the allies seem willing that she
shall continue her trade with the cen
tral powers In order to obtain coal and
Iron. For Swelen and Denmark and
even for Norway there Is no great
sympathy In the allied countries. Their
neutrality has been mostly a sham.
Mutiny on German Fleet
The revolt on the German high seas
fleet at Wllhelmshaven took place sev
erul weeks ago, but the facts have just
come out AJt least four battleships
were Involved and the crew of one
threw their captain overboard, drowa
Ing him. The mutineers landed, but
were forced to surrender to soldiers.
The crew of the Numbers seized the
vessel and started for Norway, but
were tuken by destroyers. The kaiser
went to Wllhelmshaven himself and
ordered one out of every seven mutl
neers shot, but the chancellor pro
tested and only three were executed
Minister of Marine von Capelle, In
forming the relclistag of the occur
rence, accused three Independent so
cialist deputies of foreknowledge and
approval of the plot of the rebels, and
said the plan of the latter was to re
fuse to obey orders, paralyze the fleet
and force peace upon the country. The
uccused deputies denied any guilt but
Von Capelle said be had documentary
proof,
The fact that Von Capelle did not
ask the relclistag to authorize the
prosecution of the deputies he named
leads to the suspicion that lie was try
lng to use the Incident to weaken the
political power of the Independent so
cialists, but the affair had the oppo
site effect and some of the majority
socialists joined the Independents,
The mutiny on the fleet explains
the delay In the long expected naval
movement against Petrogmd.
In the allied countries the story of
the revolt was hulled as one of the
most encouraging signs of the, year
and It was held thut If such dissatis
faction exists In the German naval
forces, which have not been subjected
to very severe hammering, the morale
of the army must be breaking down.
New Government For Russia.
Premier Kerensky, having virtually
defied the democratic congress, ap
pointed a new coalition cabinet
pledged to restore.order in the repub
lic and suppress anarchy and to re
uew the fighting power of the army.
Kvrensky and several of his colleagues
went to the front to lay their plans be
fore the soldiers, end seemed hopeful
of gaining their support despite the
opposition of the council of soldiers
uiltl Wkmen, jhe rnl.l workers went
Oh strike, but promised not io tie up
the operation of the military railroads,
and Inter were partly appeased by an
offer of Increased wages.
The new government Is determined
to work hard for a universal pence,
but shows no Intention of abandon
ing Its allinnces with the foes of Ger
many. It Issued a declanaion fo that
effect oil Wednesday, saying It "will
extend Its whole strength Id support
of the common cause of the allies, to
defend the country, to oppose every
attempt at the conquest of territory of
other nations and every attempt to
liii)ose the will of others on Itussla."
Allies' New Drive In Flanders. -
Another sledge hammer blow at the
Germans In Belgium was struck on
Tuesday by the British end French
acting In conjunction. In the midst of
a furious rainstorm Hulg's men ad
vanced on a wide front eust and north
east of Ypres, cupturlng I'oeicnpello
and the Gravenstufel ridge and other
elevations that command the generally
(hit country and ure Invuluuble as ob
servation ground. Crown I'rlnce Itup
precht counter-attacked In. desperate
attempts to regain these domluutlng
heights, but ouly south of tho Ypres
Koulers road was he able to push back
the British for a slight distance, und
that at great cost
At the same time the French on the
left flunk of the British line made n
most remarkable dosh forward across
the flooded bog land south of the for
est of Iloutholst, piercing the German
line to a depth of one and one-quarter
miles and -regaining land which the
foe hod held for three years. While
the French guns set up a terrific bar
rage fire, the engineers rapidly spread
great Islunds of cork over the water,
and erected miles of trestle work and
Innumerable bridges, and over these
the troops rushed with such Irreslst-
almost as comrades the monster
French weapons which they are now
grooming for eventual use against the
Germnns,
Some of the guns with which the
American artillerymen are training are
wonderful and ponderous examples of
the French gunninkers skill and dar
ing. They range from the modest but
mwvelously effective "155" up to the
staggering "400" thnt hurls a high ex
plosive missile weighing Just short of
a ton. The 400's nre more potent than
the Big Berthas ever were in their
tf i
Ible spirit that they swept everything
before them. So swift was the attack
that an entire German division whlcb
was Just relieving another at the front
was caught by surprise and decimated.
The entire ground over which the Brit
ish and French advanced was thickly
littered with dead Germans and heaps
of equipment
A few more such drives In Flanders
and the Germans will be compelled to
retire to the east and south, abandon
Ing the submarines on the Belgian
coast This would mean the almost
utter collapse of the U-boat campaign.
which 'already bus been greatly weak
ened.
There are strong Indications thnt
the allies are preparing for vigorous
offensive movements In the near fa
ture In both Roumnnla and Macedonia.
The positions of the central powers on
both those fronts have been subjected
of late to heavy bombardments. It
was announced last week that the ar
mies of Greece were about ready to
take an active part In the warfare.
More of Bernstorffs Perfidy.
Secretary Lansing reached Into the
upper left-hand pigeon-hole of his desk
lust week and pulled out another neat
little expose of German methods. This
one hit Von Bernstorff again, rounding
out the. revelations of the count's per
fidy while this country and Germany
were still technically on friendly
terms. Three telegrams were made
public, two from the Germun foreign
office to Von Bernstorff Instructing
him to stnrt a big program of sabotage
In American munitions factories and
to finance plans for the destruction
of the Canadian raciflc railway, and
the third from the then ambassador
to the foreign office at Berlin last
September stating that the American
embargo conference needed the fur
ther support of the Geminn govern
ment for the purpose of conducting a
campaign to win a majority of con
gress favorable to Germany in the ap
proaching congressional and presiden
tial elections.
The heavy band of the federal gov
ernment fell on Daniel H. Wallace,
blatant organizer and head of a paci
fist society, last Thursday when a
judge In Iowa sentenced him to 20
years In prison for seditious speaking.
The committee named to Investigate
the charges of disloyalty against Sen
ator La Follette and pass on the de
mands for his expulsion from the sen
ate had no time to perform Its duties
before congress adjourned and so will
report nt the next session. It will not
go beyond or outside of the senator's
speech In St. Paul before the Nop-
Partisan league and there are pre
dictions that the Inquiry" will te a
fizzle,
Pood Control Extended.
In order to prevent the taking of
excessive profits and to stop hoarding,
the government's control of foodstuffs
will be extended on November 1 to
Include about all the essential articles
of diet. .By order of the president,
the manufacture, Importation, storage
and distribution of some twenty prime
commodities will be licehsed by tho
food administration. Farmers, garden
ers and many of the smaller dealer
and manufacturers will be exempt.
The baking Industry wns left out of
this arrangement, but Mr. Hoover will
be ready to regulate It t s soon as he
bus standardized baking flour, baking
Ingredients and either the size or the
price of the loaf.
Secretary Baker Issued a statement
praising highly the work of the many
manufacturing plants that are making
clothing and other supplies for the
cantonment camps. Since the con
struction of those camps began nearly
thirteen million articles have been
shipped to them. In other quarters
there Is much talk of the great short
age of workers In such war plants as
airplane and munition factories, steel
mills, nnvy yards and mines, and It Is
said that conscription of millions of
workmen Is being seriously considered
by the administration. Industrial ex
pnnsion and the withdrawal of about
1.500,000 men from their occupations
for the ormcd services are held re
sponsible for the conditions. In the
aircraft factories thousands of women
are to be given employment
Owing to the present demand for
gasoline, the Standard Oil compnnj
has decided to permit nnrestrlcted usi
of Its Burton process of refining,- b
which almost twice as much gnsolln
Is obtained from crude oil as by othe
processes.
days of great destructlvencss.
In caliber the guns range from tin
short, squat mortars, which sit upoi'
their haunches like giant frogs, U
through the various members of tin
howitzer family to the truly slnlstei
nnvnl rifles with their long, tnperlnj!
bnrrels. The Americans are dellghtoi'
with their French weapons, and er
studying every detull and adaptlm.
themselves to the use of French mate
rial. Most of the heavy gunners ar
men of long experience and do tur
need much firing parctice.
Damaged Warship Returns To Port
Gunner's Mate Ingram, Of Ala
bama, Blown Overboard
By Explosion.
Washington. An American destroy
r on patrol duty in the war cone was
torpedoed by an enemy submarine and
had one man killed and five wounded
She managed to make port In spite of
severe damage.
U-Boat Probably Escaped.
VIce-Admlral Sims cabled a report
of the incident to the Navy Depart
ment Me gave but few details, but it
Is assumed there was no fight and that
the U-boat made good her escape after
launching a torpedo without showing
herself.
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram
was the man killed. He was blown
overboard by the explosion and his
body was not recovered.
None of the wounded were seriously
hurt
In accordance with the policy of se
crecy concerning American naval op
eration, the department did not divulge
the name- of the destroyer or the exact
place of the encounter.
First Warship Hit
This Is the first time an American
warship has been hit by the enemy
since the war began. Destroyers con'
voylng troops and merchantmen have
engaged submarines and are believed
to have accounted for some of them,
and the ships patrolling the European
shipping lanes undoubtedly have had
many an encounter of which nothing
has been heard, but until yesterday
none had been touched by a hostile
shot
Naval gun crews on armed American
merchantmen have not been so fortu
nate. Many of them have had to
abandon their charges and take to the
boats, usually after an unwarned tor
pedo attack, and one officer and 13
men have lost their lives, while four
men now are in German prison camps.
Navy Has Lost 17 Men.
In all the navy has lost one officer
and sixteen men the only men of
America's lighting forces actually kill
ed In action.
Lieut Clarence C. Thomas, com
manding the gun crew of the tank
steamer Vacuum, and four of his men
were the first on the navy's casualty
list In addition to the men lost on
merchantmen and Gunner's Mate In
gram, two naval flyers have lost their
lives at the French front
Destroyer Taken Unawares.
Naval officers do not doubt that the
torpedoed destroyer was- taken un
awares by the submarine and had no
chance to bring ber guns Into play.
They think It probable that the U-boat,
cruising In search of merchant vic
tims, stumbled upon the patrolling de
stroyer and was fortunate enough to
get Into position to launch a torpedo
and dive to safety without showing
more than ber periscope.
It is believed, too, that the destroyer
must have been steaming slowly over
her beat, for at top speed these craft
present an almost unhlttable target to
the submarine.
FORMER ENSIGN HELD.
Wm. J. Dunbar, Detained As Possible
.Spy, Dropped From Naval Reserve.
Washington. Navy Department rec
ords show that William J. Dunbar, ar
rested In New York as a possible spy,
was enrolled as an ensign in the Naval
Reserve In the New York district until
about two weeks ago, when his name
was dropped because Department of
Justice officials round he had made
conflicting statements as to his place
of birth.
It is understood -Dunbar said in his
application for enrollment In the
Naval Reserve that he was born in St.
Paul, when he was, In fact, a native
of Hamburg, Germany.
Immediately after he had been drop
ped from the reserve Dunbar sought
to enllBt in the army and his arrest
followed.
When war was declared, command
ants of the naval districts were author
ized to enroll men up to the rank of
ensign in that service for coast patrol
or other work. Dunbar secured his
rating before a new rule was issued
requiring examinations and commis
sioning by the department-
AMERICA TO PARTICIPATE.
Conference Of Allied Nations To Be
Held In Paris.
Washington. While official an
nouncement is being withheld, It Is
practically certain that the United
States will be represented at the com
ing conference of all the nations at
war against Germany, which probably
will be held in Paris. Secretary
Lansing authorized tke statement that
it had definitely been decided that
there would be a conference and that
the United States was considering
participating In it with the possibility
that It would be decided to do so.
VANDALS IN A TOMB.
Toss Coffins About and Search Dead
Bodies.
Elkton, Md. The attention of the
authorities here was called to an act
of vandalism that has recently been
committed at the Sewell vault, on the
Holly Hale property, just on the out
skirts of this town. The vault Is built
in the Bide of a bank, and the vandala
gained an entrance by digging out one
of the large stones. The caskets were
thrown from their resting places ant
ransacked, probably for Jewelry.
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A
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OF U. S. COAST
Germany May Try to Bring Her
Submarines Here.
U. S. WARSHIPS INFORMED
Reported Intention Of Germany To
Declare Coasts Of the United
States, Canada and Cuba a War
Zone May Be Only a Ruse.
Washington. Greatest Importance
Is attached here to the brief wireless
press message picked up from Berlin
by the British Admiralty asserting that
Germany Is expected shortly to declare
the coasts of the United States, Can
ada and Cuba to be naval war zones.
Past experience convinces officials
here that wireless press messages of
this character previously picked up
have usually been followed by formal
announcement from the Berlin govern
ment of important hostile action. If
this is authentic, It means that Ger
many will try to send submarines to
operate off the Atlantic Coast
When the news reached Washing
ton It was suggested that possibly Ad
miral Mayo, commanding the Atlantic
Battleship Fleet, who has Just returned
from the London naval conference,
may have brought with him some con
fidential Inkling of Germany's inten
tions. Secretary Daniels, when com
municated with, asserted that this
press dispatch was his first Inkling of
such an intention on the part of the
German government. '
The wireless from Berlin ma, be a
naval bluff intended to throw a scare
Into public opinion on this side of the
Atlantic, or may be a war ruse thrown
out for the purpose of trying to inter
fere with the steady movement of
American troop transports to France.
So far as constant watchfulness Is
concerned, the threat will not greatly
alter the situation, for the warships
patrollng the coast have been Instruct
ed to act on the theory that German
raiders or submarines may show ud
most unexpectedly. ' There have been
repeated reports that submarines had
approached the coast. These .have
never been substantiated.
MAIL CENSORS NAMED.
Robert L. Maddox and Edward Slsson
, Orr-Board.
Washington. American censorship
of malls, Postmaster-General Burleson
announced, will be limited to mall pass
ing between the United States and cer
tain countries to be designated by tbe
President, and will not duplicate any
phase of the elaborate censorship sys
tem already operated by the British
and French Governments.
UNCLE SAM'S BIG SHOE ORDER.
Contracts For 7,000,000 Pairs Ex
pendlture Of $32,550,000.
Washington. The greatest order
ever placed for Army shoes has been
given by the War Department through
contracts Just completed, calling for
7,000,000 pairs, at an aggregate coet of
$32,550,000. This enormous order han
been distributed arnong many .factories
throughout the country.
U. S. FLOUR CHEAP IN BRITAIN.
Costs 57 Per Cent. Less Than
In
America, Despite Shfp Charges,
.Washington. American flour In
England, despite the high transporta
tion costs and submarine risks, costs
$12.50 for a barrel of 280 pounds, or 57
per cent, less than the same flour In
the United States. American flour In
this country sells around $13 or $14 a
barrel of 196 pounds.
U-BOATS BAG 19 VESSELS.
12 Large, Six Small and One Fishing
Boat British Loss.
London. Twelve British merchant
vessels of over 1,600 tons were sunk
by mine or submarine In the'last week,
according to the statement of the Brit
ish Admiralty. Six vessels under 1,600
tons and one fishing vessel were sunk.
WOULD EXTEND DRAFT AGE.
Men Between 18 and 40 May Be In
cluded In Next Call.
Washington. Men from 18 to 40 are
to be taken in draft under amendment
to the present law which will be urged
with all the power of the administra
tion upon Congress Immediately upon
the convening of the next session. Tbe
amendments will be introduced by Rep
resentative Julius Kahn, Republican,
of California, ranking member of the
House Military Committee,
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HARFORD SHE
TAKEN OVER
President Wilson Issues Prov
ing Ground Proclamation.
MAY CHRISTEN IT ABERDEEN
The Territory Includes About 35,000
Acres Farmers In the Territory
Will Be Given Ample Time To
Harvest Their Crops.
Washington. President Wilson, by
proclamation through Secretary .of
State Lansing, has taken for an
ordnance proving ground the territory
generally known as Gunpowder Neck
and Hall's Crossing in Harford county,
as a matter or fact, the proving
grounds as defined by metes and
bounds in the proclamation, extends
into Baltimore county.
The exact lines are now Delng run
by the engineers on the ground, for
Secretary Baker announced last week
that this site had been approved by
the President and the issuance of the
proclamation is only a formality by
which the President, through the Sec
retary of War, on next Saturday will
take possession of all the ground
whose owners are unwilling to sell to
the Government.
The land on Gunpowder Neck will
be the first to be purchased, as it Is
concentrated in the hands of a few
owners, who have been willing to sell
and who have already given formal
permission to the officers of the Wat
Department to enter on their lands and
to make the surveys for the railroad
spur which will run from the Pennsyl
vania tracks into the proving ground.
No name has as yet been officially
selected for the ground, but it will
probably be known as the Aberdeen
Proving Ground. It Is not a part ol
the present plan to use the proving
ground as a training school for artll
lery officers, but it may be done incl
dentally as the general plan Is develop
red. At present all the enereies of Uu
War Department will be devoted to
building emplacements for the guns.
and preparing testing erounds and
ranges for the munitions to be tested
The tract includes about 35,00t
acres. It runs Irregularly about 2C
miles from east to west, add Is about
8 miles on the western boundary and
4 miles on the eastern boundary. Much
of It Is water.
While the proclamation fixed Octo
ber 20 as the date on which land which
cannot be procured by purchase wll.'
be taken over by the Secretary of War
there Is no Intention of dispossessing
any residents at that time, fver)
farmer will be given ample time tc
harvest all his crops and remove all bli
live stock, farming Implements and
household goods and all factories can
continue at work on supplies on lands
Indeed, it is promised by the War Pe
partroent that many need not leave
their present homes before December.
The government fully appreciates th
sacrifice It is demanding, and will exen
else the greatest forbearance and patl
ence.
The President's proclamation maker
provision for acquiring the land whos?
owners are not able to reach satisfac
tory prices with the government. A
commission will be appointed by Seo
retary Baker, before which all per
sons whose interests are affected maj
appear to obtain compensation. The
government's agents will be instructed
to deal generously with such claim
ants. When the House of Represen
tatives struck the original appropria
tion of $3,000,000 from the bill, Sea
ator John Walter Smith had it restored
and Increased in the Senate to $7,000,
000, In order that every one who suf
fered loss or Injury of any kind would
be amply compensated. In the event
of irreconcilable differences between
the claimants and the government's
commissioners, the latter will fix a
price, of which three-fourths will be
immediately' paid to the claimant, end
the claimant will be permitted to sue
the government in the Court of
Claims for the settlement of his claim.
PERU AND CHILE MAKE UP.
Diplomatic Relations Severed Seven
Years Ago.
Lima. Peru. The Peruvian and
Chilean Governments are reported to
have arranged for the simultaneous re
establishment of legations at Lima and
Santiago.
A gold palladium alloy which makes
an acceptable substitute for the more
expensive platinum iridium alloy used
In chemists' utensils has been develop
ed by metallurgists In California.
Mutinies In the Austri,-
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navy
Crashes Between Austrian Sail,
and the Crew. Of the Germ,,
ouomanne Fleet At p0a,
Am
isterdam. A mini
man
sailors nt tha 5 1
submarines Is reported by the
gisch
til UHKOiaO. ThO tin...
an
"paper
officer was thrown in(n .
that
it 30 mutlnoor. e,e1
"""' iu iiruges.
Washington. Offlr-1,.1 ,ui
patches received here report nJ
" "n wavy and clasho
tween Austrian sailors .n,i ... J
the German submarine fePt bd
iu wiutn onicers on both
have been killed and who are M
have been In collision
to change the base of the Gel
flotilla. Despite the attempt, J
Austrian Admiralty
news, it reached here, conilnr brl
cuic. me Austrian crew
emu io nave revolted under ill
ment of officers and had
the clash with the Cerraan .ub'rol
wicwB was causea by the overbc
conduct of the latter.
The dispatches say the tonslnJ
tween the Austrian and r.o.. j
became so alarming that extraordl
measures were taken to prevent
recurrence or the fighting bet
them, which Included the deelslt
move the German submarine n
from the Austrian base at Pni J
omer point further n.,ih
. .
Adriatic. The fighting between
two sets of crews Is deseiiiii
ing been sanguinary.
The news of mutiny In th a..
Navy, received In the canlt.il .
at the same time as the Amstel
aispatcnes reporting further mu
In the German Navy this tim. .1
submarine crews created a prcJ
Bensation among American navaa
cers and among other offlclali
have been watching the situation
expectation since the first mutini
the German'fleet were reported al
days ago.
The first signs of mutiny In the'
man fleet were regarded as moflj
nlflcant, slnce.'unllke the armv.il
endured little of the hardship of
palgnlng. Dispatches from ab
however, confirm the opinion of A
can naval officers that It nrobablv
due, In part at least, to the dnd
of seamen for submarine creJ
service which has come to hold tef
for the German seaman because d
Inflexible British policy of never
Ing any announcement whatevJ
the fate of captured or lost cH
the German submerslbles. This
pense as to the fate of comrades
go out never to be heard of again
expected to undermine the moral
the navy.
Clashes between German and
trlan crews are regarded in naval
cles here as adding much sagnlflcj
to the situation, particularly when
sldered in the Unlit of the em
situation of Austria, whose let
forces are at the point of exhau
GERMANS SOON RECAPTURE!
Two Escaped From Angel Island
tentlon Camp In Bolt
San Francisco. Two German
who escaped In a boat from i d
tlon camp on Angel Island, u
Francisco Bay, were captured will
few hours after their dlsappesri
The men, officers of seized merdJ
vessels, were returned to Angel l
They were Capt. C. Drauch M
renzo Lau, an engineer.
WINTER HITS THE NORTHLAj
Railroad Traffic and Wire Comi
tlon Interrupted.
Fareo. N. D. Railroad traflc
tol ncrra rH anA tolpnhnilfl
Hon In North Dakota was ser'i
hampered as a result of the 4
hlnnprl hv a strong Wina. '
......... V ' !
pro rennrteit from four W '1
hours late. The shortage of ci
some cities was declared to be h
CONGRESSMEN GO TO EUM
Ffir.lal ViHt
i cn ucvo rwr
Allied Capitals and Fron
r., l, m ...nmhers 01
wasmngion. ieu nn....
gress, traveling in uiiui""" j
but carrying special passporij
..niAiai
rangea ior oy me vi ,.,
are on. the way to Europe i
war fronts and fraternize with
liamentary representatives
Allies.
U. S. ARMY PATROL FIRE"
Mexicans Shoot Across Ri 0
. . . . a mmIcsW
Marra, Tex. Armou . m
upon
an American army i
Jose
60 miles south oi j
Grande, according to 1
Rio
here
i. The nre ws Mfl
was known to have M
one
SECRETARY LANE
Attack Of CrlPH
. Train. I
Selzed With
Trenton.
terlor Franklin
lKiin i. ; ...
way from
was token
suaaeniy i" . rt
train Just
nf srln on
In a thin rltv
and when
he Immediately
returnee j
ton. Earlier
lier in ' ol
. k a flHT J
Lane had
erty Loan
worxers " -