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GA.RHAM CHURCH DIRFCTORY
ft Baptist—N. Main it.—J as. W.
Hose. Pastor.
E Preaching services every first
2* ' and Third Sundays at 11.00 a. m.
W-,. and J. 30 p. m.
K./' ' Suaday School every Sunday at
£ . 8.14 a. m.—C,» B. Irwin, Buperin-
Lif Uranam Christian Church—N. Main
Street—Bev. J. F. Truitt. ,
■PS-" fjreacniag services uvery Sec
ond and Ixourth Sundays, at Li.uO
jg Sunday School every Sunday at
£;■ 10.0# a. m.—K. L. Henderson, Super
intendent.
Sew Providence Christian' Church
KV-- —Worth Main Street, near Depot—
llev. J. G. Truitt, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun
day nights at 8.00 o'clock.
•3" Sunday School every Sunday at
* 8.46 a. tn.—J. A. Bayiiff, Superin
tendent.
■E? ' Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ly _ iog every Thursday night at 7.46.
EljfV"'- Friends—Worth of Qraham Pub
j, lie School—J .Robert Parker, Pas
ifi. - Preaching every Sunday at 11 a.
■gAy-JB. and at 7J# p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday St
10.00 Crisco, Superin-
SSV Methodist Episcopal, Boutn—cor..
J.. Main -and Maple St., H. E. Myers,
) Pastor.
. Preaching every Sunday at 11.00
. a. m. and at 7.30 p. m.
f ' Sunday School every Sunday at
8.45 a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt.
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\s Methodist Protestant—College
I St., West of Graham Public School,
gk c Rev. O. B. Williams, Pastor.
Preaching every First, Third and
J>—--- Faufth Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and J.
every i®rat, Third, . Fourth"
Fifth Sundays s.t 7.00 p; m.
g Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—J. S. Cook, Supt.
Presbyterian—Wst Elm Street—
. Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastov.
tf/r Sunday School every Sunday at
pK #.46 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
| perin tendent.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)—
p; \ J. W. Clegg, pastor.
gSte'*Preaching every Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.30 n. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
'j 2.30 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
j perintendent.
r " Oneida—Sunday School every
I Sunday at 2.30 p. m.—J. V. Pome
rpy, Superintendent.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E * C. DERBY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. C..
National Bank ol Alamance Vl'4'g.
§ BURLINGTON, N. C„
Boom IS. lat National Bank Bulldtng.
'Phone 470
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JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
Office over Natlonnl Bank of Alamance
l j*, s. co o ic,
Attorney-at-Law,
KAHAM, - - • - N. C
Olßoe Patterson Building
Beoood Floor. . . . , .
OK. WILIA KNUR
. » . DENTIST . . .
Graham - - - - North Caroline
in MMONB BUILDING
A COB A. LONG. i. ELMKR LONG
LONG A LONG, >
«.tlom!y, and. Counselors at law
GRAHAM. B. C.
• JOHN H. VERNON
Attorney and Connselor-at-Law
POMES-OSce «M- —Residence 337
BURLINGTON, N. O.
Dr. J. J. Barefoot
omoi OVEB HADLKT's BTOBK
Leave Messages at Alamance Phar
macy 'Phone 97 Residence 'Phone
382 Office Hours 2-4 p. m. and by
Appointment.
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my uiife"
NO OTHCIt LIKC IT.
NO OTHKN AS GOOD
. PuKh*>e the "NEW HOME** >nd ,oo wlfl
have a lift UHt « tb« prick jrou pay. The
elimination ol repair espeaao by euperior work
manabip and best taahty oi material ia*urea
lifc-loa »arvice at visiaaa com.
WARRANTED ¥Of. ALL TIMt.
laeiM on herinc the "NEW HOME". It to
known the world orer lor taperlor eewia« qua!**
tiea. Not aold under any other name.
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.,
■§£.'' ' OaANOC. M*SSACHUMTTa.
*e« mm
! Dixon's Lead Pencils are the '
", I are THB BBST Tr j them |
| and be convinced. Tney are |
r for sale at this office.—6c. |
£OOO 0 0 s
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
AUSTRIA GRANTS
U. S, DEMANDS
v ~ V
Punishes ullicer Who Sank
,'ncona,
OFFERS ;ITV FOR LIVES
Vienna Gives Pledge to U. 8. That
Submarines Will Safeguard Panel*-
gers Ufcleia Ohlpa Flee.
The Aus Irian reply to tluf sec
ond American note on the sink
ing of tlje passenger ship Ancona,
with tlie li.ss of American illves,
states that t.)e commander of the
Austrian su marine has been punish
ed for not suiftciently talcing account
of the panic aboard the Ancona, which
rendered ulsembarkatlon _ more diffi
cult. •
The reply IB forwarded to Reuter's
Telegram company from Vienna by
way of Amsterdam. It says:
"In reply to the second American
Ancona note, the Austro-Hungarlan
government fully agrees with the
Washington cabinet that the sacred
laws on humanity Bhould be taken In
to account also In war, and emphasizes
that It, in the course of this war, has
given numerous proofa of the most
humane feelings. •>
"The Austro-Hungarlan government,
too, can positively concur in«the prin
ciple that enemy" private vessels, so
t■•"-far-WLti-ey do not'fly
ance, shalfuot be Sestroyed bfefefo
the persons aboard are secured.
"Tbe that the United
States government attaches value to
the maintenance of the existing good
relations between Außtrla-Hungary
and the United State 3 is wa m'y re
ciprocated by the Austro-Hungary gov
ernment, which now, as , heretofore,
la anxious to render these relations
still more cor lal."
The Austro-Hungarlan government
then communicates the results of the
Inquiry Into the sinking of the An
cona, which . recently was concln ".ei.
The Inquiry showed "that the com
mander of the submarine from a great ]
distance. In the first Instance, fired
a warning rhot on the steam hip,
sighted at 11.40 o'clock in the fore
noon, which he at first believed to be
a transport ship, at the Shme time
giving a slftnal for the vessel to stop.
As the steamship tried to escape, the
submarine ave chase and fired six
teen shells at her, of which three were
observed to bit The Ancona stopped
only after the third hit, wheretpon
the comr.ianler ceased firing.
Already during the flight. It Is de
clared when at full spee! the steam
ship dropped several boats fil ed with
persons, wtl h at once capslied. After
ths ship stepped, the commander of
the submarine observed that six boats
were fully manned and they speedily
rowed awa v from tbe liner.
Approach n? nearer, the commander
of the s ibnarlr.e saw that a panic
prevailed ah ard the vessel and that
he had him the Ancona, as a
result of W Ich he gave those aboard
more time than was.necessary to leavs
the vessel In lifeboats
At least ten lifeboats 'were still
aboard, which would have more than
sufF.ced to rescue the persons still in
the vessel, but as no other prepara
tions were made to hoist out the
boats tbe commander' declded after
forty-five minutes to torpedo the 'ves
sel In such a manner that It ought
remain afloat a still longer time, in
order to leave sufficient opportunity
for the persons still aboard to be res
cued.
Shortly afterwards, a ship became
visible, which steamed toward ths
submarine. As the commsnder of ths
submarine, wbo believed the vessel to
be an enemy cruiser, bsd to reckon
with an attack, he submerged at 12.85
o'clock, firing a torpedo Into the fore
most cargo hold ot the Aooona. - No
more boats aboard the vessel were
lowered, although persons ware still
visible aboard.
Tbe steamship sank so slowly that
ths submarine commander at first
doubted whether she would sink. Only
st 1.20 o'clock did it go dewn, bow
first.
Price of Coal Rslsed.
Hard on the heels of a denial
Issued In New York city by
the anthracite operators, of an ad
vance In the price of anthracite, came
the announcement of the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal t Iron company ot a
general advance Of ten cents a ton
above the list prices ot September 1,
1915, on all prepared sizes.
Tbe snnouncement came in tbe form
ot a general circular of anthracite
prices.
An offset to the Increase, however,
is contained in tbe announcement by
the company that after January 1, tbe
Pennsylvania state tax on anthracite,
imposed by the set of June 1, 1915,
will not be added to tbe Hat prices.
The compsny says tbat ths recent de
cision of the Pennsylvania supreme
court, declaring Invalid the anthracite
tax act of June 27, 1913, makes the
validity of tbe 1915 act, now In force,
doubtful.
Two Die Coasting.
Two yot:ng women were killed and
a young man was Injured so seriously
that it wss said he could not live In
a tobogganing accident, when a gay
quartet ot yount persona, coasting
down en Inc'lne In Caldwell, N. J,
struck a teleplune pole while attempt
ing to avoid a atanulng automobile.
The dead ore- Mh Winifred Dailey,
twenty years old, kUled instantly, and
ML# He!e:i 'andewater, twenty years
old, died wLiln twenty minutes after
the accldcpt.
William l.iftle, Jr. son of the mayor
of North Caldwell, was seriously in
jured.
•1443 Costs Awarded T. R.
Former President Theodore Roose
velt wss sllowed $1443.52 against
William Barnes, Repnbllcan leader,
as costs aa-i" disbursements in the
JOSEPH LAMAR
U. S. Supreme Court Justice Diet
In Washington.
Photo by Amtrlgtn Press Association.
recent trial"; to Syracuse? N. Y.,
when the jury dismissed the $50,000
llbfil suit brought by Barnes.
It was agreed by attorneys that Mr.
Roosevelt could have exacted 92000
more because of the extraordinary
length of the trial, but he asked only
the gctiial costs incurred.
~JustJte-»£ndrewß also signed a new
order denylE? trial.
Jail Two For Murder.
At the Instance of District Attorney
Groft, the police arrested MM. John
Elsenberger and her boarder, John
Weaver, charged with murdering the
woman's husband on December 18 at
the Elsenberger heme,- in Lancaster,
Pa.
Elsenberger was found dead In the
morning with a bullet hole In Ms head.
His wife gave out a plausible story of
his having commltteed suicide while
in a fit of despondency. >
Fswer Killed In Hunting Besson.
Reports received by Dr. Joseph
Kalbfuss, secretary of the state gams
commission. In Harrlsburg, for
wardens, show that during the recent
hunting season twenty-eeven persons
were killed and 109 Jnjured In Penn
sylvania. These numbers may be
increased slightly by later reports.
Last year fifty-one pers na were kill
ed and 333 Injured during tbe hunt
ing season.
Confesses Murder, Got Wrong Man.
John Brown, the negro char ied
with having shot and kll'ed M-s.
Susan seventy-six years eld,
at her homo near Mount Briar, Fri
day, confe3.ed to Sheriff !.ond and
the state's Attorney, 8., M. Wolfln
ger, of Ka-erstown; Md , that hn was
guilty. He said he shct t-e wntran
through m'stake for El'as Griffith,
who owed Mm lor work and
rsfused to pay him.
t Justice Lamar Cles.
Joseph Kvker Lamar, ass c'ate
Justice of the supreme court of the
United' States, died at h s home in
Washington, after an Illness of sSv
■era! months.
He was seventy-eight years old and
hsd been on the supreme bench fiv*
years.
40,000 Allied Soldiers Blinded.
Dr. Helen Nolen, whf> has been
working In the American hospital at
Nice, returned to America on tbe
Rochambeau. She saUl that mors
tban 40,000 allied soldiers hal been
made totally blind since the war be
gan.
GENERAL_MARKETS '
PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, $5.25&5-su; city mills,
(6.5006.80.
RYE FJXJUR Firm; per barrel,"
95.26® 5.50.
WHEAT quiet: No. 2 red new,
t1.23Q1.25.
CORN firm: No. 2 yellow, >X'4O
m &TS steady: No. 2 w Ite 509
50% c.
POULTRY: Live steady, hens, 14«
16c.; old roosters, 11612 c. Dressed
stesdy; choice fowls, 18c.; old roos
tsrs, 12c.
BUTTER firm: Fancy creamery,
38c. per lb. /
EGOS steady: Selected, 40542 c.;
nearby, 38c.; western, 38c.
Live Btock Quetatlona
CHICAGO. —HOOB—IOi-15e. lower.
Mixed snd butchers, 95; iro -d
heavy, 9.554(6.95: roush •heavy, I S M
06.60; light, 9« 3S«M.RO; pigs, 95.75
06.25; bulk, 96.50®6.80.
CATTLE—IO® 15f. higher. Reeves,
94.6569.80; cows end heifers, 93.25(1'
i.40; Texsns. 96.50C8.10; calves, 98 50
010.50.
SHEEP —in#??sc hl»i>«r. N'atlve
western, 93-7507.10; lamb . 86.750
».»"
Anotner lnswer to tbe question,
"What sball we do with our for
mer presidents?" Is furnished by
a bill which Senator McCumbet
proposes to press during the > pros
ent session of congress. H«
would give presidents when they leave
tbe White House s pension of 910,000
a year as "retlrM commanders-ln
cblef of the army fnd navy." Tbe
measure would provide pensions ot
960000 a year for widows or presi
dents.
Appendicitis Fstsl to Two Girls.
The home of Frank Smith, In
Shamokln, Pa., was saddened for the
second time within three dsys when
bis six-year-old daughter, Dorothy,
died. Appendicitis was the cause of
death. On Cbrlstmss day anothei
daughter, Mary, ten years old, died
of appendicitis. Both children will b'e
buried In tbe ssme grave.
Bsnk Bandits Get BOOO.
Five men entsred the First National
bank at Heaven er, ok la., and escap
ed after robbing tbe casblsr of 91000.
' ORARIAM, N.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 191^
RUSSIAN DRIVE !
NEAR CZERNOWITZ
Bukawiji .i G )'\t Menaced by
t.)3 Rj.Cjfc
CO3ITI«'. E TERRIFIC OFFENSIVE
The 'Czar's Uncle Is Said to be In
BucHzreet to Sway Rumania's
Action,
The Kii s'.ar.s have taken ths
heights u r.luast if Oiornowltx,
the cjp'tni oi. Buicwlna, accord
ing to a Russian oftcstate
ment. T. e- pop u ifch of Czern wltx
is being .iO t rea ly for evacuation.
The tr offensive cf the
Russians It ccntlnu'ti al ng the en
tire front In Ee.w.ia la and South
eastern Ga". la. Tiie lighting around
Csernowlu i.u.i ia el f/r three days.
The olUc al stuteme t says:
"On the Strl. a ircnt the Austr ans
before our a.ta k were f. ced to re
tire on ner p-it;cni. Neir Czern >
wltx in a par.lcularly heavy engage
ment we captured several heights and
took filtee.i offcels and 855 men pris
oners. We cai-ture 1 three ma hlno
guns and ore btmb mor'ar.
"In the Kl/a district a lively can
nonade, In which a German armored
mortar car took part, occurred oh the
Baldon road.
"North of C' artorysk the Austrians
were twice repulsed In attacks on our
fortifications and fell back, with
heavy losses, to their original posi
tions."
The following te'e-j' am has been re
ceived by the Star 'rom It me:
"Oiaud Ouke Fo Is, the line! of
the czar, has aril cl unexpected.y in
Uucha eft It Is rep r:ed that he is
entrusted w'th a seer t mis 1 n In
connection v/lto fius U's plans for the
Invasion of Bulgaria."
The Russian campaign In Bess r>
bia' and ecs'em Gallcta is tbe one
great ml.ltn y ac;lv ly of the p e~ent
stage of the w r The Hu s an, a.e
attacking on a frcnt of abut 3 0
miles. It la es lmat d t):at fu 'y 3,0 JO,-
000 men are n a o', the f. rcea beh.g
about even y dliid* d.
The RUBS ani are ex'ellently: equip
ped and a:e exrendlng their new
stores of imimmiitlcn fre»ly. It li be
lieved that the new l« slan offensive
wKI have on Imp rlanfc Influence on
Rumanian action in the fa kan',
Field Marsha' von Ma'kensen, com
manripr of t' e T-tit-nlc r rres in the'r
sweep thro -trh RerMa an 1 "acedonii,
Is at Czorn"r't7 for the purpose of
threatenln? Rittna-ia and for an ac
tive defenn!v r t> alnst the Russian ad
vance In Gall. Is.
KILLS KIS FATHER
Son Bhot Psrent When He Attacked
J Mo.her With a Pick.
William T. Duff, f -rty-a n« years
old, shot a- d k'l'ed his fa her,
Thomas Du,i», seven y-f nir years
old, 'at a min'm lame'., lour
miles went -f Brldgevllle In a remits
part of Allegheny c nn y.
William v.-a l;el two miles to tho
office of D". H. H. Rl'.ten'r-uso, at
Federal, an-1 fnM: "I have shot my
father, In t'e *n e of my m ther, a-nl
1 want to ,'i!ve r y?el. up."
Dr. RiUtnlULs- d rve to the
Duff home and f'und the old man with
a bullet in his lie k. William sur
rendered.
Mrs. Duff crrro' orates her son.
Both told ho« the aider Duff bad been
drinking ard that he attacked
his wife with a miner's plr-k when the
son fired at him.
Y. M. C. A. MEN DRILL
New York Company Said to be Part
of Plan to Enroll 500,000.
One hundred members of the Baal
Side branch of ths Young Men's
Christian association In New York
have enr I'eJ In a company for mili
tary training, It was announced.
This Is the first step In a plan by
this brsnch to have Jbe more 4hsn
100.000 Y. M. C. A, members through
ths country fo:med Into an army re
serve.
The general pi an for the reserve baa'
been pass- d upon by MaJ.ir General
Leonard A. Wcol, c.mmander of the
department of tbe eiat, II was ssld.
While a considerable portion of the
training work Is expected to be djns
In gymnast ims and arm rles, city au
tboritlea have Indicated th:t streets
snd parks may he made avat'sble.
France Rclsasss Seized Men.
The taste department wss officially
advised that the French g vernment
In respon e to representations by tb«
United St'ten, baa  f lered tbe Imme
diate relea-e of Germane recently re
moved from Ame-l an ships on the
high seas by the French cruiser Des
cartes.
Two Children Burn to Death.
Two chlld.e:i. one tl r«-e yesrs o'd
the other sn Infant,"were burns! te
death In s fire which destroyed the
home of John Roberts st Nsy Aug.
a village near Hcranlon,, Pa. Ths
house rsoght fire whl'e the mother
of tbe cbll'ren wss st a ne'ghbor's
bouse. - ur
Cumberland Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. Grace Green, thirty-four, was
burned to death at Cumberland, Md.
She was a daughtsr or Maglatrate J.
I. Dreasmun.
Child Burned to Death. ;
While playing with matches In hi*
home, William Miller, three yesrs old
of Philadelphia, aet fire tq bis clothe
and waa burned about tbe entire body
He was taken to St. Christopher's hos
pltsl, where be died.
Indian Troops Lssvs France.
A British Indian army corpa fa
corps is 40,000 men), has left F*nc«
for another flefd of operatl n. It w
Officially announced in J.on-lon.
i Mrs. BBSIKA rCHVJIM.VIER
Austrian Pacifist Who Suggested
Fori Mission.
CEN. DOD3E IS DEAD
Dlstingulshe 1 Soldier and Pioneer
Railroad ulldsr Passes Awsy.
Major General Granville Mellen
Dodge, distinguished soMler- and rail
road bullde , died at his home at
Council Bluffs, la.
Two notable services to his country
assure General Dodge a place among
the history makers of the civil war
and reconstruction periods.
, .As a soldier his valor la attested by
the fact that four horses were shot
from under him In the battle ot Pea
Ridge, and that he himself received
wounds In several battles.
As a pioneer In western railroad
building he has tbe Union Pacific rail*
road, whose l!ne ho located and wboas
construction he aperlntended, stand
ing today as a monument to his mem
ory. It was aald of him some years
ago that he was Instrumental la lay
ing more miles of track than any
other man In the United States.
General Di.dge was born In Danven,
Mass., In 1831. He was trained as a
civil engineer and studied at the Par
tridge Military arademy and also at
Norwich university.
J.INER GLENGYLE TORPEDOED
All Passsngers on British Vessel Sav
ed—Ten of Crew Missing.
The British steamship GSengyle,
carrying passengers and bound from
Yokohoma for .London by way of Ge
noa, was sunk, Sunday, by a subma
, rlne In the Me litrrranean, It was an
nounced In London.
I Owners t>{ the Olengyle announced
I that the Olengyle carried a gun. The
ship had on hoard about 120 persons,
passengers and crew. All, with tbe
exception of three Europeans and
seven Chinese, were landed. So far
as Is known, no Americans were on
I board.
The survivors were picked up in
i small boats and taken to Malta. The
Glengyie carried a cargo of foodstuffs
i In cold storage.
. JOBS FOR ABSTAINERS ONLY
, New Rule to Be Applied Under Work
men's Compensation.
, With the workmen's compensation
I act in effect tbe Wllkes-B-irre & Haxle
ton Railway company, the Leh'gh
, Traction c. mpi-ny en I Lie ensberger
t Brothers, b!.? c mtr cto's, at Hcs>
ton, Pa., a .munced that hereafter
they would nut tcko cn any men un
less they should give ile' es to ab
| stain Ir m tie use of liquor.
The law, thus, m>y result In ths
gradra' weeding o it or m iny men In
and abQpt tie xnthreclte mines or the
Lehigh coa! Rol l, as rallrta I and coal
companies will have detectivei to
"sprt" employes euspee'e I cf being
. drinkers.
BOMB IMPimS ITALY'S KING
Aviator's Visrle Kills *everal a Short
Distance Aw..y From S^verefgn.
King ViCor Kmmannel bsd S nar
row erca. e IT m death on Christmas
day, while vl It!:/ trenches st ths
frcnt.
An Au t nn nv'st r flyln - ever tho
Ita"an linn, d ip;el a b mb that ex
plndanl ou'., a short ilrtan e from the
king, lilli.c ail w.undlng several
sold er . :*n tier bomb fell a few
feet fr.' in t. c klur, but f He 1 to ex
plodc.
V rep rt t v at the kin* had actually
been gained currency some
days.
Roote\el"s Ntma on Michigan Ballot.
Co'ouel IU : t-veit wa.i placed In
the rate" ts a candidate for the
llcpul.llf-sn rr sldanrlil nomination,
when petitions b?s*!ng m>ngh
signature* to I :;;ire tha. his name
wli! go on t.e X'c I a p Imariy bil
lot wer ■ t> el ii>» se« r«-wry of
stst». T pe.l I n* wers eiriulatel
In (Je-'-see county by to-mer Pro
gress'vei. r
Bsnd't* Peb HispUl.
Two ban Us, mat ed and arm
ed, held np th'rty employee cf
St. Luke's ''o pl-e', 'n C lea :o.
and es sped la a tixfc .b wit i an
amanat hf five to b 93?09. Tiie em
ployei were  entered in the basement
of tbe bot-p 'al ad re I ved of ti elr
money while hun Ireils of persons were
passing on tbs street.
Germany Recognizee Mexico.
Germscy I.as extended decognltian
to tbe de fa>*te government of Mexico
headed b» (, neral Venastlai o Car
ran ia.
.... Defaulter Paroled for Chrietmaa
Court at Supbury, Pa., gave an
uiiusual Christmas present, when
k paroled William M. Lloyd, Shamo
kin county treaaurer, during 19U9-11,
who had served slghtssn months ol
a two-year term In Northumberland
county jail, for the defshatlon of 91*.-
427.38, while In office. He left at
once for bis home In Shamokln. Mark
L. Swab. Lloyd's deputy, ts la jail,
serving two years and nine months
far participation In the same crime.
A GENERAL SURVEY Of
THE WAR
s
TUEBDAY.
A Russian expeditionary force, con
veyed on sixteen transports, has ar
rived oft the Bulgarian port of Va na.
on the Black sea, and Is waiting to
land while Rnsslaq warships are shell-
Inc the defences of the port, accord
ing to an Athens despatch.
Teutonic and Bulgarian forces aro
reported heading through Albania
toward Du ratio, supposed y to head
off the Itsllan troops wblch a.e ssll
to have landed there.
Parts experts predict two new Ger
man offensl'.oa In the near future—
one against Calais, Franc?, and the
other directs! toward E y. L
German troops have ga nrd a suc
cess against the BMtiih, southwest
of Lille, according to Berlin.
Petrogra I announces the retirement
of General Kimr.'.y, Russian command
•r on th# northern front, assigning
Illness as the cause. Berlin says s
Russian hss been repulsed In
the Dvtnsk region.
.WEDNESDAY.
The Bulgarian port of Varna has
been captured by a Russian military
expedition landyd from transports.
Berlin beers, that all British troops
which have been quartered on Greek
Islands In the Aegean, hare been con
centrated at Balcnlka.
Parliament, after an aU-nl?ht de
bate, voted to grant the enrollment
of another 1,000,000 men, bringing the
total British military force up to
4,000,000. The new force, It a under
Stood, Is to be made up from Lord
Derby's recrulta. Rumors persist ot
an attempt to oust the Asqultb gov
ernment.
The French war office reports the
capture of German trenches at Hait
manns-Wellerkopf, In the Vosges, bnt
Berlin says part of these positions
have been retaken.
British reports say the Germans
have suffered heavily In mining opera
tions near Armentlerea.
I THURSDAY.
A terrific. artillery engagement, in
whloh more than 1000 big guns are
reported taking part. Is under way
between the Germans and British In
Flanders. It Is rumored that Gen
eral von Mackensen has arrived on
the German front In Aleace with >OO,
000 troops, for a new offensive.
Berlin reports the recapture oi
Hartmanns-Wellerkopf, in the Vosges
The Japsnese steamship Yasaka
Mara, with 120 paesengers and 1M
of the crew, has been sunk by a sub
marine In the Mediterranean, wlthoil
warning, It Is reported. One of the
passengers, all of whom were saved,
was an American.
Unconfirmed reports eay Bulgarian
troops have croesed the Greek border.
A Teutonic offensive against Salonlks
is expected wltbln a few days. Tbe
reported capture of Varna, Bulgaria,
by a Russian expedition, is denied by
Petrograd.
Petrograd announces a Russian ar
tlllery success on the Rlga-Dvinak
front, and says Russlsn troops havt
made progress In east Oslacia.
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FRIDAY.
Bulgarian and German aviators
have dropped shells npon tbe allied
camp near the Greek border. Berlin
is reported to have Informed Greecs
that an attack will be made at ones
In an attempt to drive the Anglo
French trorpe Into the Aegean aea
Fighting between Teutonic and Sert
forces Is reported In Albania and
Montenegro.
Berlin officially announces that the
Germans have completely recaptured
positions on tbe heights of Hartsmans
Wellerkopf, from which were
driven several dsys ago by the French
A Turkish report says an English
aviator wss brought to tbe ground
near tearsh3ba„. In sou'bs n Palls
tins. *
A fight ts reported between Russiac
and pro-Otrman forces near Teberan
Persal.
SUNDAY.
The Oerman war office In feerlU
' says the Anglo-French troops tha
were withdrawn from tbe Dardanellei
are being landed st the port of Ka
vala. In northeastern Greece.
Tbe Teuton drive against the al'le
In Serbia has now reached Salonika
Austro-German artillery are bombard
Ing tbe outer poaltlona of tbe city.
France reports severe fighting It
the mountains of Alsace. There b
little doing In other sections of thi
western front.
Petrograd claims another bl ( vie
tory over Persian tribesmen, led b)
Germans, near Tehran.
WALLING SUCCEEDS ELKINS
■Oevemsr Appoints Erie Judge to th«
Supreme Court.
Oovernor Brumbaugh announced tb«
appointment of Judge Emoiy A. Wall
Ing. ef Erie county, to succeed th
late Justice John P.* Elk In on tbe sn
press court bench.
The governor accompanied bis ap
polatment of Judge Waillnt with th
announcement that he ' bad name 4
Captain Edward L. Whlttelsey, ol
Erie coaaty. to succeed Judge Wall
Ing on the Erie county bench.
Judge Waiting's selection as Justict
Elkln's successor wss not unexpect
sd, as be had been strongly urged toi
ths place, and Governor Rrumbaugh
recently said he would make tbe ap
polnUseat before Christmas.
Rev. John S. Stahr Dies
„ Rsv. Dr. John Summers Stsbr, prest
dsat emeritus of Franklin and Mar
shall college, died eaddealy of gea
srsi debility..,.
Hetlefle Ma Hears
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PREMIER SKOULOUDIS
Aged Greek Minister to Retire In
Favor of Younger Man. J
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MERCHANT STRANGELY SLAIN
Mansgee to Reaeh Hie Home, But
Dies on Doorstep.
While on his way to his home In
St Clair, near Pottsvllle, Pa., after
visiting a friend, Joseph Bur hill,
fifty years old, was stabbed and shot
His body was found upon his door
stsp by a member of tbe family wbo
had beard him moaning. Burchlll dlsd
as ths door wss opened.
Burchlll wss a merchant and a mem
ber of the widely-known family of that
name la tbla part of the stats.
Ths entire command of Troop C,
state constabulary, under Sergeant
Harvey Smith, sconred the region for
the murderers snd four aliens were
arrested as suspects and ptacsd In ths
Schuylkill county ]sll. , , '
The crime was committed upon a
corner of a street In the heart of the
town. The police have lesrned that
the men ha 4 been quarreling and
Burchlll left for his home. He was
overtaken by his assailants and at
tacked.
A companion, ot Burchlll, whose
name Is not known, sustslned a wound
in ons ol his legs. The report of ths
shots awoke persona in the neighbor
hood, some of whom srose and went
to the scene, but the assailants had
disappeared.
MME. BERNHARDT VERY ILL
Condition Rsgsrded ss Critical, But
Net Entirely Hopelsss.
Mms. Sarah Bernhardt ia critically
iU, but ber condition Is not entirely
hopeless, according to a message from
Paris received from a motion pictu a
company in New York which has made
ssveral films ot ths actress. Tbe
message read; \
"Bernhardt sinking, but relatives
state condlilon not hopeless although
she Is extremely week."
The message wss In answer to one
sent from here asking for a definite
statement concerning Mme. Bern
hardt condition.
LIBERTY BELL IN COAL
Junketer Snyder Ssnds Glossy Ebony
Souvenir to Friends.
Mrs. Wilson to Stay In Business*
President Wilson's bride has not
discontinued her business relations
with the Jewelry house of Gait
Brothers, In Washington, in spite ot
the persistent rumors that the busi
ness Is for sale.. The.advertising col
umns of the dally press contain the
following announcement: "The busi
ness of Gait A Brother, jewelers sn I
silversmiths, for many years at 1107
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D.
C, will continue an I be (obducted at
tbe same place and under the aims
name for the owner by H. C. Berg
helmer, manager."
TIE 4 PERSONS. STEAL 53500
Thieves Wreck Safe In New York
Theatre in Presence ef Vlctlma.
With cool dellberatenes* twj rob
bers tied up four pers ns In tbe Star
Theatre, In New York, blew cpen the
safe and got away with >ISOO.
Those who were bound were A bra
bam Doursky. Mrs. Hannah Doursky.
Morris Klein, janitor of the thesfre.
and Fannie Simon, a scrub woman
The first two live In an apartment
over the theatre.
Cleary Is Sent to Prison.
William V. Cleary, former town
elerk ot Haverstraw, N. Y.. who was
acquitted, of the murder of bis
young sottdnlaw, Eugene B. Nets,
man. about a year ago, was sen
fenced to not less than three years
and not more than six rear* and four
months In prison. He was convict
ed of forgery a few days ago.
- Miner Found Frozen, Dies.
John Marko. a Sandy Run miner,
was found badly frozen on a str e"
st Free land. Pa. He died short'*
after being taken to the borough
building. It Is believed that he be
came confused In the stora on bis
way home through the snow.
™ Wage Increase for 3500 Men.
The Reading Iron company an
nounced a readjustment ot the wages
la all departments which will mean
an advance of fro as five to ten pet
cent. About MOO men are affected
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NO. 47
CONSUL AMONG
PERSIA DEAD
McNeely I'st Seen Fighting
ir. ili 3 Water.
SUNK WST WARNING
Death Li«t. in Latent Submarine Hor
ror Is 245, Including Seventy Wo
man and T..irt/ Children.
ID tbe fi HI lijt cf K,5 survivors
received ty t..e Peninsular and
Oriental I'.ue, o. London, owners of
the ateamiii.il> I'trjla, which wt-a tor
pedoed aud sunk iu the eastern Medi
terranean, tue name cf Kohert Ney
McNeely, American consul at 'A len,
Arabia, dais not appear. ,
In addition to Mr. McNeely, it 1* ;
noted tbat the namea of Colonel Lori
Montagu of Beaulieu and Colonel the
Hon. Cllve Blghsm, son-in-law of Lord
Mersey, are not In the list of survi
vors. Out of the elgnty-seven women
passengers only seventeen were sav
ed. Apparently all the thirty chil
dren on the Persia were drowned. It
Is established that the Persia's pass
engers and crew made a total of 440.
Tbe arrival of the survivors at Alex- #
andrla was told in a message from
Alexandria received at Lloyds. This
stated that 185 survivors of tbe Per
sia had raacbsd tbe Egyptian port.
The party landed' at Alexandria con
sists of flfty-nlne passengers, Incln i
lng the seventeen women saved, thir
ty-five Europeans of the crew and
fifty-nine Lascars. On the assamp
tloa that these are only survivors, it
is estimated tbat tbe death list of the
Persia is 245 men, women and chil
dren.
Only four boas are known to haws
•been cleared away. The capee'ty of
each boat was sixty persona, and the
tetal of 155 rescued is considered a
fair proportion to have escaped under
the difficulties with which the boats
In all probability were launched.
It is understood that rtoDert P. Skin
ner, American consul general la Lon
don, received Information from au
thoritative sources that no warning
preceded the torpedoing of the Persia.
One of the Americana on hoard,
Charles H. Grant, a salesman, has
Men saved/ His name appeared fan
the first list of survivors received.
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING
Believe Austrian Submarine Torpe
doed the Liner Persia.
The British ateamshtp Persia was
torpedoed without warning by an on -
dentlfled submarine and sunk in tve
minutes with a loss of 245 lives, a.-,'
cording to an official despatch to th«
state department In Washington
front, Arthur Carrels, American con
sul at Alexandria, Egypt.
Charles H. Grant, of Boston, one
of the Americans on b>ard, was sav
ed. Robert Jfey McNeely,
consul at Aden, Arabis, was las: sees
struggling in the waters and it believ
ed to have drowned.
The state depirtmeot ive out the
following paraphrase r i the official
despatch:
"The Persia sank Jo«i miles north
wast of Alexandria, at Ave minutes
after one o'clock on the afternoon ot
December to. The steamship sank In
Ave minutes. No submarine was seen
bat an officer of the Persia say iu
wake. One hundred and fifty-five out
of 400 passengers and crew were land
ed at Alexandria, January 1. Charles
H. Grant is among the survivors, hot
Robert N. McNeely was probably lost,
aa he waa last see* in the water."
Receipt of this official news dissi
pated say hope that extenuating cir
cumstances might be found for the
Persia disaster. Tbe sinking of the
vessel without warning and with such
heavy loss of Ufe is considered sec
ond only to the tragedy
aa example of premeditated maritime
murder.
The deepeich from Mr. (".arrets was
Immediately sent to Robert i
secretary of state, aad a copy was at
oece forwarded to President Wilson
at Hot Springs.
la view of statements by Count von
Berastorff that ad German or Turkish
submarine has been operating in the
Mediterranean, it Is accepted as cer
tain that aa Austrian submarine sank
the Persia.
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