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ELMIXG TOiS", 25". C, TUESDAY MOBJiTDjG, DEGM BJ3R: 8 . 1914
WHOLE KUMBER ;1 3,843.
GERMAN
FURY
AT LODZ ZS- CONSIDERED A
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ACCESS
VILU Ai ZAPATA
TO WQRKTOGETHER
OF -GALE Oil
REMARlBMHEmm
COAST IS UNABATED
Severe on Middle Atlantic and
New England Shores.
Report of Fall of UnfcfiG
Suffered Severe:Ltt
and Are in RetrAccor
More Fighting in Same
ALLIED FORCES
PREOCCUPATION TO ASSUME OFFTEWSIVE IN EAST
Advance in Northwest. Believed to Have Ended German Men
ace to Coast Pmi
Left Bank ofYser Canal Report That Cermans
Have Pick of Army Ready to Dash to Pans, s
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Oost Dunkerke, Sr village, in AYest Flajiders, a little m6re than
two miles west of Nieuport, .has been bombarded by the Germans,
whrch announcement in ,the latest French official communications
seems to indicate, a renewal of Germaij efforts to' reach' tiie' Channel
ports. ' ' " ; -V.r V- ' ' . ',',,"'0 ' -
Simultaneously, there has been heavy firing along the Belgian
toast from the warships of the allies, which again "are bombarding
the German positions, and possibly may be attempting t check the
supposed advance in the neighborhood of Nieuport..
The PVench alsoreport advances by the allies in the department
of Somme and the capture of the village of Vertnolles between Beth
ttne and Lens.. Unofficial dispatches; say the Germans- have utilized
their light gunkin place of the heavy artillery because of the condition
' ol the ground owing to .inundations. - .: w,lCj-yfy : r V 4t:
In the $asternf arena- theoccupatioji of Iipdz .byttija Germans is'
considered a .imarkable-achievemen,t
the German lines brily ;.a short time
ians, and an important step in their proposed movement; a gainlt AVar-
sav. the Polish capita. ." . , . -;. -"' -J; '. -
The Austrian Avar office describes fighting in Poland as : not yet
(imsive. although the RUssians have
v:se. in West Galicia,Ja.nd the Carpathians, the series 91 engagements
wmtinues without definite result. , ; - , - V-:l ., v . -Having
received'a 'vote of confidence in the parliament. the Ital-
inn o-ovemment maintains its attitude
ed eight battalions to reinforce troops inLibya and to be ready for
any aggression. - ' ' ' ' .. '
The Bourse Gazette, of Petrograd, estimates that Germany has
lost 100.00U during the past mofith around Lodz. . , : :
That an effort is being made to bring about a resumption of nor
mal conditions in Paris is indicated by the fact that President Poincare
ill return to the capital from Bordeaux, to preside at the cabinet
meeting Friday, and that the Paris Bourse has reopened. - "
Pope Benedict is endeavoring to effect a truce between the bellig
erents during the Christmas holidays. v . v . v
GKRMMS OCCTPYING LODZ. ' .
London. Dec. 7 After a lfT ',oW with the jcreatest tnbborn
the Germans have sneeeeded In occnpylngr ." Xoda,' Poland, an nnfortlned--rity.
According to the Berlin report the Russians snflered severe losses and
re in retreat. , - ' . -'. ; .' . ' -..
ThU success of the - Germana, largely beeaaw, of wfctt preceded It, Is
ronMdered a remarkable; achievement. Leia than a fortnight age the, army.
o whleh thin victory has fallen Was anrronnded by Russians a "t its. way
at only at the last moment; losing great- numbers &t many gnns.'
' Vet it was ablequlckly to re-organise, take 'the' Toffenslve and defeat the
Radian defending Lodx. .,; 5' V, ' X V"-'7" -.'--'K ''
ThU was made possible by the net Work of atrtefcle raUvcaya on the
German Hide of the frontier, oyer vrhlc relnforeementa can be sent where
are most needed. The; Russians, on the"ther hand, vlgoronaly : attack-
ed on both wings, were unable to send freat men to stiffen their center ; to
weet the German wedge and were compelled to fall back. ' ,
There undoubtedly will be much more fighting before the campaign In this '
ditrict in concluded. The whole Russian line la' now atralghtened out and :i
win wntest every foot of ground' With the ' Invaders. s - f ; . . ' ' : -
the meantime, taking advantage of the preoccupation of .the Ger- :
in the East, the allied French; Belgian and British forces have negun
offensive movement la the West " They are now. virtually In T possession
"e left bank of the Yser canal, and In Northern Krfmcerartleularly In
neiRhborhood of LaBaaaee, where the Germans hold, a very strong posi
tin, Miles are bearlnnlng to feel their way eastward. v '
T ame process la' being -followed .
tatement r,n)nk. r h .nneriiiritT of
vantage of the French artillery, over that .of ' tie: Germanf; . ; , ''"x ' ; ; ;? , - f ;:,
The advance In the Northwest, has ended for the present at leant, In the
9'non of many, the German menace of. the caast ports. , It jji beUeved; that
lone the Germans are compelled ''.to 'back up theatrena of their .
In the East, they will e nable to assume the offehalye in the West. (
Th-re u a report, however, that the Germans have kep the pick of their;
Um army in the Alsne l valley,' hence, at an opportune moment, they can
"n f aKainst the French llnea and make , another effort to et through to
pariN. ... - - -l ' ' ' '.Vr ? :4V;: ' . - '.'.
hinK Peter, of Servia', who has been RJ formanyrmoths, haaansumed;
"n-nud of the Servian army and according to- a OTshport, kaa! cheeked
advance of the Austrlans,;inllletlng heavy losses on them. Tne Austrian .
reny to tblM i that theoecunatlon of Belgrade hecessltatea the re-grouplng
ur Iron,..
Ti political n.. .f hdiVwia
So that it wan not considered possible anything would Intervene to make
" "'ssary for Bulgaria to change ker policy of atrfct neutrality until next
ftHMAX OKFICTAISTATEMqBNT:
(,'n)i Sut-eessea Around Lods Besidea
p..,,. Taking the Place. ' -'.' :
'ion'. l Dec 7- (By Wireless toLon-
giv' ine German official statement
onLutin Bertin late, today says, in
. --nern Poland .
Dismct to Follow. ' ,."'"C'
4n. vew of
a go were threatened .by the - tluss-:
been, forced to retreat. , Like-
of-neutrality, but.has despatch' !
along the .whole front.
The official
our offensive," and . the "marked ad
tke authoritative1 announcement from
Lpdz,'ln defeating strong Russiarr forc
es stationed to .the northwest and the
southwest; of. that city. .v.--.-;V -?The
text, of, the announcement f 61-
i "No special reports .have (been receiv
ed; from; the Western theatre of war.
Will Maihtain Order in and
g - Around Mexico City.
AND RETIRE TOGETHER
JLBnsanceme&t Pram tke Capital of
jtffHtltt f Much linterMt to OIH
- t ctala at Washington Caa
; Not to Be Reopened.
Washington, Iec. 7.--OITicials here
were muck 'interested today in press
despatches " stating that General Villa
and GenVrai Zapata had met in a su
burb of1 Mexico City and had '"reached
a working agreement which .r would
mean the maintenance oi! order in and
around .Mexico ; City. The official ad
vices; telling of the meeting had not
reached here!vbut the State Depart
mentgave out he suhimary - of a dis
patch which!was,tnled . before the two
chiefs ' conferred It was as follows:
"According ; to an official dispatch
from Mexico City, dated December , 4,
Special Agent Carothers, accompanied
the ..envoys of 'General Villa to Gue,rna
vaca, where they went to- confer with
General . Zapata. .The delegations was
verxc courteously, received -by Zapata
ahdwas 'successful in convincing him
that he and Villa should at once' meet
and come - to.an t Understanding. It
was arrapged that Zapata should come
to 'Mexico . City forj a "conference: Za
pata " has : stated that he desires com
plete harmony, and both he and -Villa
have assured the department repre
eentative that he will undoubtedly ar
range . all matters in a satisfactory
manner"
Official "reports-of the meeting which
occurred at .Xocbjmilco, near Mexico
City, are expected to arrive here to
morrow i ;. , 'J' I"'
- T Secretary Bryan, tok occasion today
to deny ? reports that .Great , Britain is
a.bout: to reqpen ,the rBenton case, y The
Secretary, saJcl-be had been .assured, by
Sir CectUBpf ing-iwce tine : artoUtetirte
kbassaor;- witWftfui laftigw'days' that
new action in thev matte
r ' - , Conditions Reyleu-ed.
The 'State- department also made
publicthe following Information about
conditions; in- Mexico '? ' -:- . t
"Thej: Spanish'vlce. consu at 4 Ma
zatlair, who" "has --hadr "certain - difficul
ties " wlthV the riocal;' authorities and
concerning .whom; representations have
been made by the TSpaniijh. embassy inJ
-wasningion. is en.rpuie. 10 oan rran
Cisco on a Pacific mall steamer."'.
. "It' is. -reported - that - General Ed-
uardb Hay has arrived in Monclova
fromsaitino and , that he is .seeking
to persuade- certain officials to remain
loyal to Carranza. . .
. "It- is -reported-f rom Vera" Grus that
15 . bandits robbed-- Six Americans on
a -ranch. After-being robbed tb.e yici
tims walked five miles to IJlburro sta
tion, 144 miles south of.Yera Crux: The
constitutionalists furnished ' them
transportation to Vera Cruz.
"With reference to 1 the. -case of the
Bishop of Tepic and his four priests
the department is informed that
Bishop Segura " was released by the
local authoritites on October 14. Three
of th'e priests left for the United States
on that -date-and -the fo'urth departed
. (Continued on Page Eight".). . .
From American Ports to Eu
ropean Countries.
Arrangements by ? Which Vessels Are
to Carry Papers From, British,
' . Consuls as to Cargoes for
Exhibition-to Warships. -
Washington, Dec. 7.-As a result, of
conferences': between the British ' ara-
bassador and State : Department " 'Offi-U
! ..rot,rv.Brvn announced toi
cials, Secretary -Bryan announced to- i
day that', an
arrangement has oeewis,
made ?to "minimize delys incident to
cptton shipments from American ports.
to European countries, : including all
1elllgerenta. - The " 'British . govern
ment i already 'has : become a party "to
this arrangement and the French am
bassador-lias given assurances that his
government will ; approve
. The. plan ' is to have .the -captain of
a,- cotton, .laden vessel receive from
the- British consul at the port - of de
parture"' a statement ; to be exhibited
i! to the commanding officer' of any war
ship of - he allies which mlgnt speak
for him. . . The British consuls are eir
pected to satisfy tbemselves as to the
character; of v the cargo before a shit
sails'.' -but it' is '-understood- they will
be instructed to accent the '.- assurance
of reputable exporters as to its cnar
acter. : ' '-.-in.''-"-" ',J -' tipt-f-. t W-r: v.- 2'.' ,
A -The State Department Is not to-flgure
fin -these arrangements.,: which are to
he - made between American; shippers;
as Individuals and foreign consular
officers. '- Mr.'. Bryan' -said he was "sat
isfied this method . .would" "afford ' a
means of- moving Americah ; cotton
freely. explained ;th&t it. already
was-: being put into practice; and a
large steamer. will be loaded with.-cot-ton
at. Charleston,; S. C, shortly anvd
be - dispatched to a , con Onernta
p'ean- port -with every prospect -of mak
ing : speedy;, ana-; unmterruptea voy-
TO MINIMIZE. DELAY III
iPBIS OFCOTTOll
Reconvened YetterdayJ After
the Fall RecessJf
MESSAGE TODAY 12:30
No Deftnlte Plans for, Party Confer
encei Kern and Underwood dn
: fer - WltM President 3So Ex- .
' tra Session" Seatiment.
Washing-ton, Dec. t.-Gongress recon
vened today after ' the fall recess.: Af
ter the introduction of bills " and -resolutions
and passage .of formal meas
ures incident fto the. tpening pf a new
Session, both houses adjourned to await
the , delivery" tomorrow of the Presif
dent's annual messag.'" '
While inembers discussed informally
the legislative' programme, ho? definite
plans-were made for party conferences.'
These will not- be" considered until the
President has been heard from. The
message will :be deliverefd personally by
- - -
President. Wilson before a -joint session
in the (House chamber, at 12.30 clock.
Senator Kern and Represe.ntative.Un
derwood, the majority floor leaders.
conferred tonight wtth the President at.
the White House, Mr., Wilson, sent for
them and mt thiero separately,: reading
to them his message and. discussing leg
islation he desires to be considered in
addition to appropriations which will
take up much of the time of the short
sessipn. ; -
"There is nothing "the President has
in' mind,' said' Representative "Under
wood, "with which I am not fn decord,
and I see no reason. why tthe programme
he will suggest should not be carried
out before adjournment. : If . there is
one thing that every. Pemocratic mem
ber of the House -and I -believe it ap
plies to . the Senate ; as well- has : his
mind set against,' it Ts an , extta session
neat year.' I do hot . believe there will
be any." . '.' . .... :; , :'
' ' .' , To Vote' on Hobwon Resolution.
1 Discussing the leigjfslattvfl- progrrenime
Air. Underwood declared that there wm
kbe ...vote- pn the ,6boa-xsoiution for.
tutional amendment for national rohi
bition. ... . . -
According, to both majority leaders,
appropriation bills will be rushed. Con
servation legislation, the Ship-Purchase
bill, and the House Philippine inde
pendence . bill are first ,' o the programme-of
general legislation. . Sena
tor Kern asserted thar there would be
time for general legislation concerning
whlcb there "would be not much oppo
sition.'' ' ''
Spirit of Good Nature. -The
opening session 'in' House 'and
Senate' were marked with a spirit of
' bod nature, -Respite 'the 'recent cam
aign ' which resulted in-great Republi
can gains in .the House,. and , slight Dem
ocratic gains in the Senate for the next
Congress. Members 1 who -will retire
March 4th were on hand. ' Speaker
Clark was given a rousing ovation by
Democrats and Republicans.
Vice-President Marshall "was greeted
cordially, and after the invocation V
milieu oenaioi s iu uuiu an uuui mai i in
ception for several minutes : before he
formally declared the Senate in ses
sion. - ' - . ' ; .
Committees from both Houses were
sent to the White- House-to notify ithe
President that Congress . was In ses
sion 'awaiting his pleasure. - , v
The House named ' Representatives J
Ujvderwpod, Fitzgerald and Mann to
wait upon the President, with Senators
Gallinger and Kern. : 4 ,-r
Then, after resolutions .ot sympathy
on the - death of Represen.tative' E. - A,
Merritt, of .Nfw. york, yjere adopted.
the House adjourned at 1:09 P. M.. un- j
til noon tomorrow. A-Senator-Elect
Thomas W Hard wick,
of Georgia, took- his oath of office in
the Senate late today. He was .escorted
to the Vice-President's ' desk by his
colleague, Senator'; Smith." '"
CONSTITUTIONA5L RIGHTS
V, ' ABOLISHED IN COLORADO
When: Troops Were-Sent ? to Mine Dis
trict, Saya Prof.., Brewster.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 7. Constitution
al rights were abolished by Colorado
State troops when they went into the
coal strike ; zone' declaredvProf.-' James
H. Brewster, of the University; pt Col-
orado. testifying before tjie Federal
Cominissi(n on industrial Relations
- - .. todav. The entire conduct of
the State tropos was a course', of but-
cage ail'dbrutallty, Prof. Brewster
asserted. Not. only had Aujutant; Gen-
eral Chase -i" wiped " put- constitutional
rights, but the miners had'-been robbed
by . the troops, 'he said; the ranks of
the'militfa had -' been vs welled - by? the
enlistment of "scoundrels" and ; the
right of earch had been exercised
by the ' troops - while the courts' were
open. v " :; ; ' ;",;
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HOMICIDE AT. PENDJ.ETO(N ;
Charles W. Robertson Shot:, to Deaths
."' -:'" by Chief-"' of Police. - '
Anderson, S. C.,. Dec. 74 Charley .WVj
Robertson forrnerly astatedettiyevtwweH had gone to aid- the strange
was shot and; kiHed toda atP
In Ahdersbn county, during ;a fevplver
flght With,Chief; Police
to, have existed. ;.tee3f? i,''9'
V Washington. Dec. 7Perpetual right-
of- way; to the Norfolk : Southern .- rail
road . through lands' to : be'.acciuired for
fortification "purposes at ?Cape : Henry,
Vaii 'in-'exchanga or all s of thel com
pany's" lands- lying within the area to
betakeji.f verfQr' the ; fotitiflcatlon
would fbe" ;aUthorised bytthe - WtrlPev
pa rtmenf; under vOfficfalEtimates fub-;
Congressional Investigations
-Seem Inevitable.
WILSON OPPOSES PLAN
Though He Fayora .Fullest Inauirjr by
:jrwiar -Cmnriti ' '
- Objects to "National Seeurity
. Commission" Probe. .
X"' : -v. . v. ; .. : ; . ,
" Washington, Dec. '7. Preparedness
of the United States for war seems des
tined or investigation ' in Congress.
Several ; bills and revolutions bearing
on the subject were Introduced today
kjnd an Inquiry by congressional com
mittees is . regarded at the Capitol as
certain, although President Wilson
told Representative Gardner during the
day that he -opposed'-the, latter's plan
for ah investigation by a National se
curity, commission,. - The President ex
pressed the' opinion that this would be
an 'un.wise way of handling "a question
which might" create" V6ry unfavorable
international impressions.
V; Senator Lodge ' introduced a r resolu
tion' similar ; to' the 'Gardner measure
pending in ' the House-' and asked that
it-lie on the table until . tomorrow. It
would , prqviicle-for a" -"national s'ecur
ty cihlission;,, to be composed , of
three j.jnembers. of the" Senate, three
members, of, the House and three citi
cena to be appointed by. the President.
ter his conference with Representative
Gardner, that he Was entirely in favor
of the fullest inquiry into military
conditions by regular committees of the
House and Senate, and added that there
were no .facts in possession . of the ex
ecutive departments ; which were not 'at
the disposal of those committees,. '
.In Liae With Wilson's Idea.
In lino with this attitude, Senator
James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic
whip, '.introduced -a resolution " which
would direct an "exhaustive inquiry by
the Senate' Military and Naval commit
tees into the' expenditure' of . millions
of dollars appropriated i thej past for
national defeqse. The inquiry will be
directed $o ascertain lust , what has
beejLi prpyided i b.y .the expenditure ; of i.
military;;-conditions.- The .resolution
was.referred to the Committed on Mil
itary Affairs. ,
Another military measare-submitted
by Senator Clamberlain, of Oregon,
proposed the creation of . a council of
national defense to consist of the Sec-retary-of
State as: president; the Sec
retaries ;of.;War; and t-Nayy; i the chair
men" Of appropriation; miHfaryj1 naval
and foreign relations committees of
the"Senate -and 'House, he chief of
staff of the army, and an " officer of the
naVy;and 'heads of the army and navy
war colleges.
Senator Hitchcock had passed by the
Senate; without - debate a - resolution
calling, up- the Secretary of Commerce
for information as to the "extent of ex
portation of arms and munitions of
war from the United States to bellig
erent' foraign nations,-: or to Canada;
existing contracts in this country for
exp6rtation of - such, materials and the
normal ' -condition: of exports ? of such
: ?nih abTi
materials in time , of peaece. Later
which would prohibit the sale of muni-,
tlona of war or materials for use in
such -munitions - during existence of
war", except upon proof that they were
not to be. used against any country
(Continued on Page Eight.) .
T
VESSEL'
IS
Took Refuge From Storm as a
Precautionary Measure.
Captain Bryan Reports That His' Ship
't Has Not Been in, Distress, But
-; AWa Near' Ocean City,, Md.,
: '. Sunday JJight..'. .
. . .. .
. Washington, Pec . .7. The'; United
States battleship Kansas was : iden
tified' tonight as the mysterious yes
sel which "coast guard" official's ? at
Ocean City,. Md., reported i stranded
there last, nfght and, which later dis-'
appeared without leaving a-clue to its
i Identity. - ' ' - - ;.
; Captain' Bryan, of the Kansas; wire
lessed the Navy Department that his1
vessel took , refuge from the storm off
Ocean - City last night, and suggested
that as no other vessel was in that
vicinity the .Kansas must bave, been
the warship reported in distress:
The ; captain i said1 his ship had not
been 5 damaged and was . anchored
merfely , as a precautionary measure.
The vessel was "not "in distress,- he
saidrT.Captaln Bryaa' ' reported 'from
iDelejware breakwater, wlfefethe Kan
8en. r 6 the revenue cutter Itasca,
sas -arnvea tonignt. za. wireless was
.Norfolk.
i. T??r .r?rJ ,v:
ves-
whlch
kiounrc . -near here yesterday, "was
reported fay the local lafesaving serv-
lce:.about nOon . today tg be no where
isible.. and It was presumed, she : had
freed'' herself -and. proceeded ' seaward.
lilDurlrigJ the :'mornlng; hours : the ves
sel ; had ., continuously sounded her
whistle "..for f help, - and ; Jt " was .;' feared
she was; in - a dangerous ' position- She
had .bpep ' about one an4 one-half-miles
off shreVis-ncl during; the3 ightV the
lifesaving-j crew : unsuccessfully tried
Mrs
ROUS
BATTLESHIP
Steel Corporation Passes Up
Big European Contract.
WOULD BE UNNEUTRAL
Defers to President') View That Such
Business Wonld Violate Neutral
ity of United States -Con--
ference at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 7. President Wil
son today expressed the opinion
through a statement- issued by Secre
tary Bryan that the building of sub
marines for any of the belligerents
of the present1 war would be contrary
to the spirit of the neutrality of the
United States. -
The statement contained
an
an-
nouncement that the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, : of which Charles M.
Schwab is president,, and - which owns
the Pore. River. Shipbuilding Company,
had deferred to the views of the Presi
dent and did hot' Intehd to deliver any
submarines to-the belligerents during
the present war. - . ''
The question of whether Jt is legal
for American, firms (to build submarines
for shipment iiiDarti has no, been
decided. ' High -officials of the govern
ment think,- however; that if the case
.went to the courts they could hold that
the building of any great number of
parts for a submarine is tantamount to
"outfitting' a warship, which is ex
pressly prohibited by neutrality stat
utes of the United States.
'Secretary Bryan said today he felt
sure the President's declaration would
deter shipbuilders from sending parts
of submarines to Canada for shipment,
as has been - reported.' The f ollbwing
statement . :was' .issued." by Mr. Bryan
which he said' -ended the incident so
far as the State Department was con
cerned: "When, information reached the State
Department that the Fore River Com
pany was planning .;toi build a number
of submarines ; for one of the.; allies.
inquiry '' was - made to ascertain .the
rActs.v-.ss a resujt'tHTS jnqwry FLr.
Schwab- -called 'At-, the. State Departs
ment .last week with his attorney and
laid before the " department what his
company had planend to - do, stating
that before undertaking ; the work he
had -secured the opinion of a number
of international lawyers and was keep
ing with the requirements of neutrality
as outlined by them. t
"I stated -to 'him-that the President,
basing Tiis opinion upon information
already obtained, . regarded the work,
as contemplated, a violation of the
spirit of neutrality; - but, tod him I
would - lay his ' statement before the
President and then give him a final ahr
swer.- - , . ' 'v-- V'. , ' ' ;.
"On Friday I had a conference with
the President, and he instructed me to
Inform Mi". Schwab: that: his statement
only confirmed him in- the opinion pre
viously formed' that the submarines
should not be -built. Within a few
minutes after my return from the
White House Mr. Schwab called me by
long - distance telephone and told me
that he submitted to the President's
view of the" subject and that I could
announce that his firm would not build
submarines for any belligerent country
for delivery .during the war. This closes
the submarine incident." .
Building Eight at Frisco. ...
San Francisco, , Dec. .7. -Eight sub
marines are. buildinghere at the Union
Iron Works, in . which Charles M.
Schwab is interested." John A. Mc
Gregor, president of the company, said
it was 'filling ' a' structural order for
the Electric Boat Company. The ulti
mate destination of the boats, he said,
was none of his concern or knowl
edge. ' 7
FRED J. Ol'TEN ARRESTED
For Violation of the Federal Oleomar
. gerlne.Law,
New York, Dec. 7. Fred O. Oetjen,
head of' the firm of ' Fred J. Jetjen &
Co,,' one of the largest, butter dealing
houses in New To-Tc State,-was arrested
today on"a charge of -Violating the Fed
eral oleomargerine law by using oleo
oil in the manufacture of labled butter
from packing stock. - Three employes of
the firm also were .arrested. Oetjen
was released under -bondlof $15,000 an
his employes were, held for examina
tion under a bond of $10,000 each.
! The government charges that Oet
jen's sales o f oleomargerine the past
two; years aggregated $1,000,000 and
that no tax was paid on this business.
BOMB DROPPED IN CROWD
By Tanbe Aeropinne Attempting to De
stroy Railroad Station. -:r
London, Dec. 8.-2:45 a. m. A Cen
tral News correspondent in Northwest
ern France says: "In attempting to de
stroy a railroad station , a Taube aero
plane dropped two ' bombs on. Haze
brouck. The first did no harm. On re
turning the aeroplane dropped a bomb
ift a crowd gathered about a hole made
by . the first missle, killing ten and
poundinsr five civilians. Including wo
men and children." v .
Findlay, Ohio,' Dec. 7 Prohibition
forces won in a local option election
here today. Findlay was placed in the
dry column for three years by a ma
jority of 3t3. Today's; election was
the first held by a city in one of the
40 counties made wet by the recently
adopted home rule amendment to the .
State constitution.-
Denver. Colo., Dec 7. No business-
I was tranaacted. today ' at the opening
session of the - convention of District
No. 15, United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, called to - consider the, - action of
Presldent Wilson in appointing a fed
eral mediation committee to act in the
(TMaraAq coal airiUa.
ABOUT PASSED VIRGINIA
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Conditions Rapidly Regaining formal ;
. There, but Storm Continues tV !
Sweep the Coast Farther ; : ' ' '
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Philadelphia, Dec 7. The northeast
storm sweeping the. Atlantic coast
since Saturday, continued tonight With
unabated fury. Nearly'three and a halt
inches of rain had fallen in Philadel
phia at midnight. Reports fronrAtlan
tic City, Ocean City, Wildwood, 'Cape
May, Rehoboth and other seaside polnta v, "
told of heavy damage by wind and tide: f; ;t'
Several fashionable suburban sec
tions here were dark tonight. ' Ocean . . .-
City, N. J:, has. been cut off from train
and trolley communication although? . 1
an automobile bridge is still open.
Railroads leading to seasnore points,";
were busy . repairing washdut roadr .
beds. Telegraph and telephone service ,
to all points was crippled. . '"t-:"..
- Shipping. from this port w.as virtually
at a tandstill. Among the few vessela .
which cleared . was the Italian linef' f '
Ancona for Naples via New York. ; Of.. . ;;,"
the 1,500 steerage passengers nearly' 1,- . '
400 are , men between 18 and 45 j-ears X
old reported to be relservists returning ; ; '
to Italy. :'- - ' .. . j;..' ;v-V:':
60-MILE GALE ON JERSEY.
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About 970,000 Damage to Property Re-
. Seabright, N. J., DecT 7. Driven by a -
60-mile gale from the northeast, which.
had blown steadily for nearly 36 hours; ' v-'. (
the waters of the Atlantic tonight were - Q;.;P
pounding. alorg . the Jersey coast. Att v
Seabright today the "water broke over
the bulkheads and Ocean avenue wasV i
flooded to a depth of from two to three ; !
feet. Cross-town streets from th '
beach to the Shrewsbury river were JV:, .j
raging torrents. ' - .' ,.-' '".'.
.Three cottages had been washed ' , ;: T
away early tonight andresidents of alt " -y&
others' had moved out.- It was feared V'V;.
other houseBmarht; o at-the next iAe--f :' ir-1
The SeabrigTit Beach Club ; bulldljife. f p
erected a year ago' at a cost" of about -'
$50,000, .was undermined , and wascx- ,
pected to Collapse., The dam-age here,
thus. far is estimated ,at $70,000. 1 v.; .-
ABATED ON VIRGINIA COAST.
Conditions I.ast Night Rapidly Becom-
. Ing Normal.
' Newport News, Va., Dec. 7. With a
shift in the wind from northeast ; to
northwest, , the - g'ale, which began .Fri
day night and Saturday rolled up the
highest , tide recorded in Tidewater
.Virginia for a decade, abated this, af-
ternoon and tonight conditions ' are
rapidly becoming normal. The tide at
noon todav! however, was almost as
high as on Saturday. , ' ' .
Although damage to the extent . of " ' '
$50,000 is said to have been doner at 'Vv:,?.
Ocean VieV in ' the sweeping away of . !,
a large -part of the bulkhead, under-' "7
mining of , cottages and loss of small : ;
boats, on this side of Hampton Roads , -and
Chesapeake Bay it is thought $10,- .-:yf::
000 will cover the .total damage. -At
Buckroe Beach, a resort on Chesapeake ; .:".'-;
bay near Old Point, the breakwater suf- , ,;
fered considerable damage, being wash- j . 'i
ed entirely .away in some places and v ' r
the bathing pavilion and pleasure pier V;
were senousiy ua.uiu.Keu. x
Fishermen suffered in the loss of
ppols for their pound nets, nearly all
of which were carried away. At Bay
shore, a negro resort adjoining Buckroe"
Beach the hotel, bath house and sev
eral cottages were considerably dam-
aged. - . v'
NEW YORK COAST BATTERED.
By Huge Waves Backed by Mighty
Tide and Howling Gale. " .-
New York, Dec. 7. Huge seas back- ,
ed. by a mighty tide 'and a howling,
northeast 'gale, battered, the New York
coasts today, smashing houses,' wreck- -..
irig boats, flooding villages, deyastat-i
ing summer resorts and torping steam- v
ers to remain outside Sahdjr Hook and
fight the storm: : .
- At Sahdy, Hook the wlha. attained a V
velocity of B8 miles an hourrdriVlng Irt -a
record breaking tide and' makftig It
impossible f or pilots to board Incoming ,'
vessels.. In New York harbor the tide ,
was-, the highest in 13 -years and 'th ..
waves drove- New Jersey ferry boats
to cover and strewed the Staten Island 7,
shore with the wrecks of score's of '
small craft. v ; i ;
The worst" damage in this city was
suffered at Coney Island where the lojss
Within the past 24 hours is estimated, '
at' $200,000. r " . v ',.
Two oV' three fine houses at Seagate -:
were wrecked, despite the fight of v a -small
army of '"workmen to burtd de- .
fenses with hundreds of, sandbags Fif-V,
teen buildings along Coney Island had ,
been damaged tonight, including big
bathing; pavilions and summer cot
tages. . - '.. ' '. ' ' ;".""'-'.
, At Brighton Beach the, board Walk,,
was demolished and much: of the sonj
breakwater was tdrn away. The waves -suTged
around'the Brighton. Beach Ho- j i
tel and wrecked several small build- "r";.'
ings, although the hotel itself escaped ; "t
serious damage, , , v -'v?
Waves broke more than 25 feet over '',,
the, high tide, line at Rockaway Beach, ; . ;
causing heavy , damage to bungalows, :
baths and board walks. At Seaside
eight bungalows and 20 feet of board
walk, were .carried away.' Two hotels .-
at Arverne. were damaged and several ..',''
families were driven from their homes.- ';:.
Point "Lookout at Long Beach- wai
partly washedaway and the wind wa 4
blowing, 50 miles an hour tonight.' )At. J V
Rlyerhe.ad families had been" driven 'to: - i r'?
the upper floors and a number of small - '-
buildings had been washed away.; ', , ' . " 7f
s On the Jersey side - heavy rains and ; .-, '
high winds j continued tonight." . At ,
Sandy, Hook,' '.enormous 11 seas .' w6re ,'.;: .
breaking and part of the government' ,
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