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m THE WEATHER 1 VT' fasri Petalle mm page YOLOL NO. 11S. UHCOVER PLOT TO 'Ed 11 Scheme Was To Attach Clock work Bombs To Rudders of ShiRS. Departing FIVE ARE INVOLVED, ONE MAKES CONFESSION Lieut. Fay Admits He Came ; To This Country Through Agreement With German Se cret Service With Purpose of Trying To Disable Ships Car rying War Material (ftp On assnrWiil Tnm) New York. Oct. It Detail of plot to hamper the shipment of muni' tlonn of war to the Allies by placing clockwork bomh on the rudder or propellers ff ships, sd timed that the eh I pa would be disabled on their way across the Atlantic were disclosed to day In the confession of one of five men chsrg-d In a complaint filed with a I'nited States Commissioner with conspiracy to violate a Federftl statute Fcllowinz upon the confession of Rnhert Tar. a Meutenant of the lth Saxony tnfantrv. who wild he came to thla country last April, through an agreement' with the Oerinan secret service to Mew, up or delay eteamera laden with war supplies for the Alllea. William J. Flvnn. chief of the aecret service, tonight filed before United Ststes Commissioner Houahton a com plaint In which, not only Far, hut four other men nre charged with promot ing the conspiracy. The heating on the rVderal chsrge wan net for No ember 4. Pay Confesses. Far confessed that while on the hettlefield he tnlked with his superior rfficers about a device to blow up ships, that later hla Idea of romlni to America and carrying hl scheme through was well received by the Oer min secret service, that he came well enouah supplied with money to act on hla own responsibility and that he talken lth Captain Von Papen. mili tary attache, and Capt. K. Boy-Ed. naval attache of the Herman embassy, about the plan, but they had refused to have anvthing to do with It. The confession of Kay, who aaid he had been decorated with the Iron Tons for dc-htlng In France, covera hla arrival tat the United P'atea on April tt last. Ma maklsg of clock- worked bombs since and hla expert tneet1ng wh sroVrsslves slsaia? Ike Hudson river, vnannnn 01 ma in the room occn'nled by Fay. and Walter L. Scholx In weehawken. N. J . and boxes contained chlorate of potash. UHed In making bombs. In a boat house on the Hudson, had been found after the arrest. f these men Sunday. Scholx. a brother In law of Fay. la a mechanic. Two Other Arresla. Two other men were arretted today and another, makins the fifth, waa named In the complaint, but he had not been apprehended. The new ar rests were: Paul Da erne. Jersey City. N J., who said he was a graduate of Cologne 1'nlversltv and came to the I'nited fttatea In 111. Dr. Herbert Kienxrl. 18 years old. manager of a cloak company charged in the complaint with having aided tn procuring explosives materials used by Kay. was coismltted to the tombs for examination on November 4. Vax tirviluntc about whose Identity (Continued on Page F.ight.) PLEADS FOR ARMENIANS rersUa CusweaOeoeraJ Arks This Coon try to Htoci Twrk KissgtiUr. Washington, Oct. 15. H. H. Topak Van, fwrnian foasul general to the Unite Btatea.UuBmitted td Secretary Lansing today an appeal to the United Htatea to do everything In lla power to end the slaughter "and persecution of Armenians by the Turks." In the memorandum Mr. Topakyan declared that the uprisings against the Christian Armenians had resulted In iO.0w persons being driven from their homes, tortured or murdered. It was Impossible to estimate, the Main he aaid. Thousands, he declared, who had taken refuge In Egypt anl Asia Minor, were facing starvation. Secretary Lanaing assured Mr. Topakyan that the government was doing all it possibly could under the circumstances. He said he would present the appeal to President Wil son. Planned. San Bryce. London. Oct. tt. Viscount Bryce. former British ambassador at Wash ington, speaking at Mancteste'r today on tne Armenian Ma assures sua: "The Turkish government mad up Ha mind Immediately after the war started to destroy the whole Armenian populace. Some members of the Turk tab. government avowed that their mo tive was to Insure that there should not be any element throughout the country which was no Mohammedan. Fanaticism had nothing to do with It. "The Turkish government feared to begin its sanguinary work until April when the coarse of the war eon--einee tham that They wptfUTbe -cure front Interference Ka other Incident of the war, de clared Vksoount Brace, could com pare hi magnitude with the horrors of the Armenian massacres. But pro tests accomplish mining. All ..- the English people could do was to send all the help possible to the Armenian refugees. - -TOIfOH rOS TAR HEKb Ralph Craven Is Mad CMy Editor of Kcw Tor Ttaas. New York. Oct. 11 Ralph tt, Orsvss. a native of Chapel Hill and a graduate of the State University, suc ceeds the kate Arthur Greaves as city - editor of the Now York Times, ' Cost Rk-a lVeognlBf Baa Jose. Costa Rica, Oct: It. An nouncement was made today that the Costa Ricaa government had officially recognised the do facto government In Mexico. eC which Ueneral Carranaa g. the head. HAi SHIPMENT OFVARlfilTIOriS MELLEN LETTERS GIVE EVIDENCE OF Show How New Haven Road Undertook To Crush Its Prin cipal Competitor REQUIRED PREPAYMENT OF FREIGHT CHARGES Steps Taken To Irrduce Trunk Line Railroads To Route Traffic Over New Haven .n stead of New England Road. Rules Devised, U. S, Con tends, To Injure Competitor lit, th Amar1l1 Pwwl New York. Oct. 15 lettera to nnd from Chnrlee 8. Mellen. which he Identified for the Jury today in the trial of the eleven New York. New Haven and Hartford directors on the charge of monopolizing New Kng laml's transportation truffle, fuminhed written evidence of the steps taken by the Now Haven road to crush lta principal competitor, the Nw York and New Kngland Railroad Company. The letters, dutlng back to lttl and 11(4. set forth the action taken by the New Haven to require the pre payment of freight chargee by the New England on traffic Interchanged between the two roadx at connecting points and the ateps taken to Induce the trunk line railroads outside of New England to route their traffic over the New Haven Instend of over' fhe New Kngland road. "Our bitterest antagonists" wan the appellation given to the New Kngland in one letter from Mr. Mellen to Charles P. Clark, president of the New Haven, tn discussing the question et the business the New Englrnd wss getting from trunk line entering New York. Mr Mellen then wu second vlce-preerfdent In, charge of traffic. new r.HEianu ittovw. "Your whole Intention mi to be to drive ua out of business. If you can. wrote H. C. Randolph,, men gen il traffic manager of the New Eng land, to Mr. Mellen In protesting against, the requirement for the pre payment of freight charges. Mr. Mellen wrote back that "no llroad la bound under any existing law to make joint ratas. hilling or divisions with any other railroad un less lta finds it is for Us interest to do so. What you aim at Is to continue taking business to or from our local inta by absorbing enrftr!tary rate and then expect us to furnish the (Continued on Page Three.) PORTER CHARLTON WILL SERVE ONLY 29 DAYS Rome. Italy. Oct. 2B. (Via Paris) Forter Charlton, the American who has been on trial here charged with murdering his wife in 1110, today was condemned to six years and eight months Imprisonment. The Jury found Charlton only par tlally responsible nnd that there were extenuating circumstances. Owing to amnesty, Charlton will serve only 2 days in prison. Baron Sclacca. the presiding Judge before the case wont to the Jury ask' ed Charlton whether he had anything to add to the defense. With tears In hla eyes. Charlton exclaimed: "I trust entirely In Italian Justice. I can only say that I am a moat unfortunate man." Both the prosecutor and the counsel for the defense made stirring plea. the former for the Imposition of i heavy sentence and the latter, com posed of Signora Uatanso and Mlchelll Picardl, for acquittal on the ground that the prisoner waa totally irres ponsible when the crime was commit ted. Slgnor Heard! declared that no man In Charlton's condition ' could be responsible for hla actions under any law. Porter Charlton killed his wife In tbe4r vilia- on Lake Coma - June- ft, 110. He waa 20 years old and she many years his senior. She. was Mrs. Neville i. Castle, -a - daaghter of Henry H. Scott, -of Ban Francisco. Charlton'a father is Paul Charlton former Federal Judge of the district of Porto Rico. Charlton and his bride were on their honeymoon when be killed her. Plac Ing her body In a trunk he threw It Into Lake Como, where a boatman fouad it. Charlton fled, returning to the United States. He was arrested when be landed at Hoboken and im mediately confessed. . . TRAIN GOES OVER HIM, YET HE WILL RECOVER "I r r w Tkt Jfm an) 01 ill). Rocky Mount, Oct. IS. One of the moat remarkable escapes from death so far as ia recalled by soma of the oldest dtisens hereabouts In railroad history wa that of late rVldT af ternoon at South Rocky -Mount, In which B. B. Gregory, a flagman, sus tained Injuries and savers bruises. The young man was af work, on top of a coal car which; was being shifted, whea in some way, while the train waa moving at a fair rate of speed the dumper doors under the bottom of the car, became unlocked or broke and the car load of coal waa precipi tated under the .train and a. small Quantity, probably a fifth of the car load through the small boles mads by ths V shape In that rsleaao of the floor. It was through the small V shaped bote Chat' the young man waa thrown with great force to the ground, without a wheel striking him, or bo ms mangled In any way by being dragged by the train. The you ns; man waa hasUod) to tho Rocky .Mount . gdnltarlum.whata-.a. careful examination discloses severs nana ewar his entire body while Ma greatest Injury waa in bavins; hut left shoulder crushed While be wHi never aaaM Bar normal use of bis loft arm. aa physicians thrak. they likewise de clare, that ha will recover. MONOPOLY WORK News aed Obs RALEIGH, N. Panama Canal Traffic Absolute! Shut Off By Slides inJSaillard Cut J j ; : tigf Bow "f fraarn Gold mn to tho ton. tv srf " --9 ' ' .' rKi TS. ?: . ' i v v;t it ; Wt -N-;-' - . I -A ; ? ' .r . a'i . .ii,.n ...I , , ..,. , .ii. i yM o ''xfjC'f ti ife''"nH-' wagli,anr,f TfsTfltfT'-,!l,..lA;.AXr.-- : eyvgr. .r - --j-::--.- Narrow channel which These photographs shows the stu pendous work ahead before Panama Canal, can again be opaeedOu Jwrtsae tloa. Thousands of tons of earth and loose rock slid down from Uold Hill at the left sa shown In the upper E .S. Allegations Touching Elections Involve State, Not Federal Questions fly II. E. C. BnYANT) (Washington Staff ('orrfwjxinoVnl. ) ISpartal (o Tim Newt iml iMMrrrrl. Washlngtnu. Oct. 2S. The Depart ment of .Tuatire has not teen asked to lnveatifrate the aliened election Ir regularities In Randolph county in 1914: Senator Overman haa not taken the ma' up with the attorney gen eral, and it is not likely that the con troversy will be brought to Washing ton for settlement.- The allegations, which have been formally made. Involve State but not Federal questions. If the opponents of Senator Over man and Representative 1'atr, ths Demoeratle candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives of the I'nited States Congress, respectively, in the last election, should complain fOf.m.nUx.tfctlheK hii(? bein tlefrsii-i-a out of elections, then Uncle Sam might take a hand If the case presented seemed strons .eiough. The. Depart ment or justice cannot and will not Interfere In State or county electlona Call On Batter For Aid. I AM Hummer, after a compromise. giving the county offices In dlapute to two Republicans and one Democrat- had been agreed to by some of those concerned, an appeal was made to ex Henator Marion Butler, who at that time was rusticating at his farm at Ellott, North Carolina, axkins; for his assistance. Mr. Butler called for more facts. A. B. Cottrane and -Charles H. Redding. Randolph county RepuMI- c rumlned additional facts to Mr. Butler. atill Mr. Butler desired mre facta Messrs. Coltrane and Redding are now trying to secure affidavits to support their charges against the Democrats of Randolph. When asked aa to hla attitude to ward the Randolph controversy, Mr. I Butler said I accepted employment (Continued, on rare Two-1, . AT RALEIGH TO VISIT FAIR, NOT WED. SAYS DUKE ISsinHI k Tks Seas smI otannr). Henderson. Oct. ti. "The Idea of marrying 'Miss Blanche Taymr, of Klnston, never crossed my mind." frThls was- the assertion trrflay or TM- ward L. Duke, manager of The South ern News Company, of thin p'sce. In denial of the charree by SheriT Tay lor, of Lenoir county, contained la a dispatch from Klnston several days ago. Which quoted the officer as hav ing Information that Mhsj Taylor had planned to wed tho local man at Ral eigh. . .... ri went Jo Jlalelgh on last Wednes day to see the Governor and to attend the State Fair there." said Ms, Duke. Several days before Miss Taylor wrote ms that aha would attend the Fair on that day. bat I did net see her there. The report that we had plfinp to marry la untrue." --. .. RANDOLPH PROB NOT ASKED OF U C, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1915. be dnaj out every day to photo and completely blocked the canal, which wag It feet wide at thhr poUtT Tho lowsg-"psctlir shteai the' dredgers at work ITsopbw (tor the narrow pa swage which permits a row boat to get through. This Alls 0IEIMIS1C T. E. Cannon, vof Ayden, Disap pears; Possibly Met Foul Play or Accidentally Drowned ( Kj la) to Ttt Km ant nunw) New Bern. Oct. IS. Barly . thia morning a five-paMenger touring car owned by T. E. Cannon, of Ayden. was found hanging over one aide of the bridge of Trent river In the bottom of the car waa a hat which was later Identified as that of Mr. Cannon, aho la a prominent cltiaen of Ayden. Later in the day a party of men from Ayden. who had come over to aid In the search for the miming man. stated that he left there- hut night eh route to New Bern with more than a hundred dollars on hla person. It - is believed that he went to James City for some purpose and was there set upon, robbed and killed and- his tmy Thrown in To the river. Searching parties have dragged the river, but have failed to And any trace f- th-O'-bedy. . - - - Cannon ia known to have been drinking yeaterday before be left Ayden. He haa a wife and several children there. The case la a mys terious one and baffles the police. Ayden Profoundly Stirred. (Sperlii u TM Nava ib4 tUlinil ) Ayden, Oct 15. The entire qlty .f Ayden la stirred to Its depths by a telephonic message received here from New Bern this morning stating that the automobile of Mr. Eugene Cannon, of this city, had been found hanging over the rails of the Neuse river bridge snd that his hat wss found In the csr. but the occupant was not to be found. Later reports are to the effect that It Is thought that Mr. Cannon met with foul play or was accidentally drowned. Mr. Cannon left this dtv lsfe vesterdav aflepiHuMi but It haa not been ascertained whether he was accompanied by any one or Dot. , EDISON'S GREATEST HONOR Invesitor Towchcd By School ChOdiwa. (Hr IM tmnrxumt Pmsk 8a n Francisco, Oct. tt. Thomas A. Edison with Luther Burbank. the naturalist, and Victor Herbert, the composer, today reviewed a parade of school children who marched at the Panama-Pacific Exposition In honor of the Inventor. When the last child had passed Mr. Edison turned to his wife, saying: "It waa the greatest thing that over happened to me." lit M.edals, essays and various other gifts from the children were handed to Mr. Edison. ' : .. . KIbsx Cronos cat VMt s London, Oct. 2Kj King George la la ' France, whither ha haa gons ta visit tho British army. Ha hopes a Was to as sua of the allied treupa. - AUTO ON BRIDGE t row boat passage. every day from ths mud rising la the bottom, duo to the pressure of the bilVs on fhe aids of the cut. . . ' . Tki Whgth of the closWpasaaao m l.ioa feet. When thla la opened to a width of feet navigation will be resumed. THIRTEEN DEAD IN BOX FACTORY FIRE All But One of Victims of Pitts burg Blaze Are Young Women imj tt AanrUtKl I'm) l'ittaburg. Pa, Oct. Ia. Thirteen persons were killed and eight Injured by a Are in a four story building the two upper floors of which were oc cupied by the In Ion Paper Box Com pany here today Of the doad- all were young women employed by the company except one. Many of the bodies wsre so badly burned ss to make Identification difficult. Mayor Joseph Q. Armstrong at once ordered that the police, city.- council and tho coroner make thorough Inveatigatlon of the fire. The flames started In a pile of straw lit the rear of the first floor of the building. Win C. Klmbel. gen eral manager of the box factory, at once warned the girls employed on the third snd fourth floors to leave. The-- -flames gained headway so rapidly, however that en-, t, " vji r waya and fire escapes was soon cut ofl Some of the girls ,a,tterppted) jo. go to the dressing loom for trielr hsta sn" e- nen found a. ma jority of the bodies. Srna . Rescues. Joseph U Bash, aged 24, and A. J. Reagle. employed te ... .,r of the building, were about to jump wnen tney were attracted by l.ia screams of glrla tn the window above. The men told the glrki to Jump. One by one as the girls leaped. Baah and neagie raagnt tnem lowered t-e-- es far as they could and then let them drop to the sidewalk. C. K Carlle'e, driver of a transfer wsgon. drove his wagon Into an allay In the rear of the building and threw up a rope to girls In a window above. After making one end fast, they slid down the . ope to safety. Margaret RteigerwaM. aged 17. who was Injured by Jumping .from a third floor window, said ahe and five other girls were trapped In the building - (Con tinned on- Page-Three. -- - CHILD HANGS ITSELF IN SWING, ACCIDENT LaOraage, Oct. It. The Bfteen-months-old child of Mr. Gaiiyla, a tea ant on The farm of Mrs. 7ulla "Bodgaa, was found dead yesteaday afternoon, having accidentally hung Itself In a swing while playing with another I asvUl child. HoawweO rare Hmall AaTalr. (ar av in ii i i rssi. Hopewell. Oct- 15. Superin tend ent - A lie of tho DnPont powder plant aus todsy that earlier reports of but ntrtrfs ftrv tn 'the boiler roont of the factory had been groately exag gerated, the -damage not exceed lnx a few tbowsaad dollars. The nrse is sow not believed to have been caused sy erver E HIS APPROVAL OF PLAN FORI DEFENSE Insures Mobilization of Full Strength of Administration Forces Behind Program CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE COMMITTEE SPEAKS Head of Senate Committee On Military Affairs Had Previ ously Indicated Position As Favorable; Secretary Garri son Delighted With Position of Virginian (Br th Asmiatrd m. Wnshtpgton. tct. II. Mobilisation i.f the full strength of Administration f' rces In nupport of the national ds ferne program apparently was assur l ti.iiiy when Representative Hay, of Vlrslnla. chairman of the House Mili tary AfYnlni Committee, after a con ference wllh Praalilcnt Wilson an nounced hlmrelf In favor of the army Increase plana Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Senat Militury Affairs Commit tee, has approved Ihs proposal to build up a regular and continental army of more than a million men In six years. Formal publication of the pluna will follow Senator Chamber lain's conference with the President next week. The navy 1500,000.00 five year building program already haa been approved by both Hout) and Senate lenders. f-nrrlHou Breaks Silence. The Importanco attached to Repre ftrntative Hay's announcement waa In dicated by the fiirt that soon after tt waa made Secretary Garrison broke the alienee he hii'l maintained aa to army plana ever alnce he received President Wilson' letter directing him to have prepared a comprehen sive revlsw of the nation's military needs and recommendatlona for strengthening the nstlonal defense. Mr. Garrison Issued this statement: "I am. of course, delighted. Thla will insure the best possible results With the aid of Mr Hay's experience and skill In formulating the measures and hla powerful advocacy In support thereof, success In the House Is as sured I understand that Senator Chamberlain, of the Senate Military Committee, takes a precisely simi lar attitude so that there will be heasjy seeps ration and united efforts f;-elwe tm-true.- "T Ms arroatiaa sCW hearten aa enthuse all these who ar Interested tn seeing thla vital (Continued on Pago Three.) DUMBA DENIES RUMOR HE WAS AVOIDED ON SHIP (Br lta Asncuir rnsil. Berlin. Oct. IS (Via London.) Dr. C T. Dumbs, former Autro-Hun-garlan Ambassador at Washington. who arrived here yesterday from the I'nited States, today gave out the fol lowing Interview. "Aa to the causes which necessitated my return to Vienna I need not go Into detail. The case haa been treated so fully In the press that It Is unneces sary to review It. "But If you ask me If the tales are true which were spread about my trip which reached a clime.; in the report that people on board the eteamer avoided me. I can only reply that the opposite la true. My wife and I felt ourselves under the necessity of con ducting ourselves with reserve toward our fellow travelers. It waa they who approached ua "I can only say that not only the Americans but also the British marine officers on board were moat friendly to us In every respect. During our Isndlng and stay at Falmouth we were treated with every courtesy by British officers." LAH YKRS TO GET THKTR TICKS ON OMNIBI'S CLAIMS (By IL B. a BR Y ACT.) Washington, Oct. St. The court of clalma knocked out section four of the omnibus claims bill passed by the last Oosgxese- by deeienng- It- unconstitu tional. That means that attorneys cannot he limited to a certain per cent In fees for collecting these claims and that the lawyers will get a large share of the money that should have been paid years ago. North is roll na la Interested In many of these clalma PROMOTED TO MtXTENAJfCT. Son of Ir. T. M. Jordan, of RaMgfa, RpcHvrs Raise of Rank, lajlll to Tk Km 4aS Otiiis.l Wsshtngton, D. C, Oci. U.-i-Leslle LaFayette Jordan, of the United States Navy haa been promoted by Secretary Daniels to lieutenant. Junior 5rade. his promotion to date from larch 7th last Ha has finished the third year as ensign. Lieutenant Jor dan waa born In Raleigh August to, list Ha was appointed to the Navai Academy July . ltot, and Is a eon of Dr. T. M. Jordan, San Salvador Follows Suit. (Br insriiani rrcss l San Salvador. Republic of Salvador Oct tt. The government sent a mes sage, by cable today to lta minister at Washington embodying ' instructions respecting the recognition of Genera Carranaa by the Salradorlaa govern ment. - - m - H Kcspbcw of Dreyfns Killed. j IBs las lanmni rtiss ) Paris, Oct. tt. Sub-Lieutenant i Emlle Dreyfus, nephew of Alfred Dreyfua. haa been killed In action with his regimeat the thirty second artil lery. Although enly tt years of age Lieutenant Dreyfus had won the mili tary cross of the Legion of Honor. WUsoet To Address Church CosmriL (Br est Ism ,UI,i rnss.) ' Washington, Oct tt. President Wilson haa accepted an Invitation to go to Columbus, Ohio, December Is. to deliver aa addresa.before the Fad oral eouncil of ths Ch arches of Christ tasUMricsj. : i HAYlAK S KNOWN Best AdverTistof - Medium in North JCiillniii. PRICES iifiT nrnnrniTP in nil i iimPi-Hn i u ii iiu I ii i in I un 1 1 . iii lfinii nr rvnrnTP Things Not Going Well For Teuton Invaders and Bulgars Retire in One Quarter 1 SERBS. PROBABLY, CAN HOLD OUT FOR WEEKS uermans bald 10 Be Having Great Difficulty in Securing Reinforcements; Italian Of fensive Compelling Aus trians To Strengthen Their Lines; French Also Active (r u London. Oct. tl. While the Auetra- I Oerman and Bulgarian campaigns la . nort hern and eastern Serbia are being carried out according to the plan, d spite fierce Serbian resistance, and tho Bulgars who crossed the Ttmok and hold the town of Prahovo are sepa rated from the Qermans who crossed the Danube near OrsoVa by only fsw miles. In the south things are not go ing well for the invaders. In tho lattar region the French troops have Joined with the Serbs and according to French accounts have Inttlotad a severe defeat on the Bulgarians) at Krivolak, forty miles north of the point where the Salonlkl-Nlch railway Iha D..kn -" m S, . Bulgars Ia Awkward rod li sou This success places the Bulgartaaa who reaehed Istip, Vslea and Uskap In rather an awkward position, for a further advanoo of ttuj allied army would seriously threaten their Hank. advance of the French who ar uouig closely foUowed by tho British haa already caused the retirement of the Bulgars toward Strumttsa. The first desire of the Germane, however, la to open a route through (Continued on Page Bight) J, ONLY FEW OF CREW OF PRINZ ADALBERT SAVED Berlin, Oct. It, via London Only a small nst4 nf fha mar nf lh. Ilu. man cruiser Prlns Ada I Port vunk by a British submarine In the Baltio, waa rescued, according to the following af statt sUlsd Oatwbor it ata tea that, the Carranaa Prina AdaJSert waa sunk by two shots front aa enemy submarine off Libau. ' Unfortunately only a small portion of the crew would be res cued." The complement of the Prlns Adal bert waa tl7 men. TEUTON AEROPLANES RAID CITY OF VENICE Rome. Oct. It Via Paris. Teu tonic aeroplanes last night made two separate attacka with Incendiary bombe on the city of Venice, according to an official announcement given out here today. One of the bombs fed upon the roof of a church and crush ed the celling, which was ornament ed with sculpture. Another missile felt upon the ptaxxetta of the Cathe- SERBIA'S POSITID I arei or m, Mara ant tn front tno - ducal pa la nee. The text of the statement follows: "Enemy aeroplanes made two at tacks separated by a short Interval upon Venice laat night throwing many bombs, some of which were Incendiary. The first stack waa at about 1 p. m. "One bomb fell on the roof of the Church Deglle Schalxt. It crushed the celling which was ornamented, with beautiful sculptures of Tie polo. -An Incendiary bomb fell upon tho planet t a of the Cathedral of St. Mark. In front of the ducal palace, without doing any damage. Five other bombs fell either in canals or upon pis ran In the rltv where onlv alio-ht dajvuLsn was produced - . The aeroplanes returned at about 1 1 p. m. One bomb fell In the court of - an alma house and set tiro to olloa wood. Two other bombs exploded without doing any damage. ro eae waa hurt." Rome la IndJgnaat. X din. via I'.pi. I rt II TkA Rome newspapers express Indignation at the bombardment of the fanfesa Scalxi church In Venice and tho de struction oi me i leuoio rrescoea. xna news of ths raid has stirred the peo ple of Rome to an extraordinary de gree. The Qlornale d Italia in announcing the partial destruction of the edlnosv concludes with ths hope that "tho pious emperor and his faithful arch dukes may bs happy that the weight or meir wram nas zaiien upon UM church." Raided Second Time Rome, Oet. ia. ,a . aria An other air raid on Venice occurred at 1:40 o'clock this morning. Three Aua trlan aeroplanes dropped several bombs on the city.. Three persons wsre slightly Injured. The damage waa In- ' significant. War Summary . Heavy fighting eontlnaea la Balkans) oa the Raaslsa front the Unlf of Riga through t.alMa us) the Aastro-Iisuiaa hne and - ha tho Chaannagne ivsrioai f ssoa, i t- - la the Balkans the Tewussso and atatsaiiana sue gaining - against t. e bat bs the soath the Vech hare ale. rtslvety dot eased the Balgartsues at hrlvotak on the SsJowiki-.Xlsh way. jsjathraat of Vrses, gtitwg cootror of the Dne sosae forty aallra to the north of the Curt frrsntier. v In Ctianvagne the Fvrwch . warding ait Uenaaa : onucr nttnehs agalret a section of aa Imiisilsai aa- . Uent known aa "La Ctaartiae' stuck- the tvenob - CCooUaua4 m Paga "Blghij -. e e - -. . . . .. .- - ... - J: Z .j - 7Tr - . - .is-. fc , ,. i ..
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