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atm&s&msmaa&s sJ IMMIWilflHlilMlmHlfr''- nnroP10 Nldj NIGHT EXTRA .JWl.ortllie Clbe1 tyneis for Vote. t ' Ot jL.rTrK 8 Pettnsylvf iyx iafiai4rMttMtf t rnnt no tym, of doml-L n Un iRsnmu st.-a M M LI VOL. I NO. G8 L I i Photo by 1'aul Thompson. BRIDEGROOM, KAISER'S GODSON, KILLED IN ACTION The wedding of Wilhelm von Chelius a few months ago was a great social event in Berlin. He has received his death wound in a battle on the eastern front in France. He was only 25 years old. COAL SHORTAGE PREDICTED SEQUEL OF LONG DROIMT Mines in Schuylkill District Unable to Maintain Oper ation Distress in Sight as Result. POTTSVILLB, Pa., Deo. 1. Surpassing U records, the long drought Ib gradu ally tying up Industries, north of the Broad Mountain, In the Schuylkill dls Irtrlot. The collieries are suspending be cause It la lmposelble to supply them with water sufficient to keep up steam In the boilers. The water trains are able to keep a dozen operations In water, but the stored supply Is dwindling and It Is Clearly seen that, with freezing weather Approaching, there can be no relief in the drought conditions. Tho spring freshets trill give the earliest water supply, so prominent engineers assert. With the cold months due, when there s the heaviest demand for coal tt Is Jeen that the production will be the smallest In marry yards. The Immense Wed coal banks will hardly meet the Hernando, and late winter may And a coal famine. If there should be a thaw. It hiay relieve conditions temporarily, but (here Js no doubt coal production will be paralysed from the first of the year until March. This means distress even to residents within sight of the collieries. All wash. cries have Jong bean idle because a. water supply cannot be obtained. To day a stretch of five miles of pipe line from a point two miles north of Frack vtlU, at the Mud Run Dam, on the top of the Broad. Mountain, carrying water from that reservoir to the Stanton. Dra per and half a, do-sen other collieries of the Philadelphia and Reading- CoJ nri Iron Company in tho llahanoy valley, was nntshed and this will enable those opera tions (o work while the water supply holds out r Pottsvllle and the towns contiguous to tt have sufficient water to cover all emer gencies. Frackvilla Is supplied with an abundant quantity of water pumped through artesian wells 1000 feet deep. All towna north of the mountain receive a supply of water only a. couple, of hours a day So scarps is It that even passing autolsts are unable to supply their cars. Hundred! of persons are carrying water for miles for domestic use. The situation U hrtirly growing mora ominous. frayera for rain ara the keynote of yery religious service. The big Centralis,' Colliery of the Le- Mfh Valley Coal Company is Idle for want of water. Several thousand men ; and boys are out of employment in con- Sequence. , THE W BATHER fw Philadelphia and vunnity l'iuu4y und usti'.tUd. Continued fug litse m III! u ml I M lljlt I I I, , r i mm i PERSONS AND INCIDENTS Til A T FIGURE IN THE NEWS OF TOD A Y GOEBENANDBRESLAU ESCAPED BY BOGUS ""'ADMiRALTTORDER Admial Troubridge's Rec ords Show Message in Code, Now Declared Dupe. LONDON, Dec. l.-Admlral E. C. T. TrouUrldge, commanding the British Mediterranean squadron at the opening of the war, was ordered to permit the -German cruisers Q6eben and Breslau to escape from .the Straits of Messina. This Is the Information that comes from' an unquestionably authoritative source, which explains how Admiral Troubrldge happened to be acquitted when court-martialed for allowing the German warships to elude htm. The people of Great Britain are still wondering, and probably will continue to do so for some time to come, oyer the escape of the, cruisers. There was much astonishment when Admiral Troubrldge was absolved of all blame In connection with the escape of the Goeben and Breslau. His squadron -was supposed to have the cruisers se curely bottled up in aiessina naroor. Troubrldge had been . called home pre sumably In disgrace. That he would be dismissed from the service. If nothing worse, seemed assured. Ills complete vindication was Inconceivable. Here la the explanation; By means of his log book and the tes timony of his flag lieutenant, his secretary and his wlrelesa operator the admiral was able to prove absolutely that he had received a radiogram In the British Ad miralty's secret code, worded and signed in regulation Admiralty torm, oroering him to permit the Goeben and Breslau to escape. Assuming that the, Admiralty knew Its business and that It probably had other plans for th disposal of the German vessels, he did not question the order. If he had, there would not have been time to obtain confirmation from the Admiralty. The wireless meesage was received on the morning of August & Under the laws ot neutrality the Goeben and Breslau were to leave the Italian port that eve ning. There was nothing to do but obey. The German ships left on scheduled time without molestation, later entered tha Dardanelles and were "purchased by the Turkish Government." It was not until he reached England that Troubrldge learned that no such order had been sent him by the Ad mlralty. It bad come from tha Goeben itself, or from some wireless station un der German control The most surprising as well as baffling feature connected with the inotdent Is that only a week be fore the British Admiralty had changed its wireless code, as It always does peri odically more often during wac. times. The "order" Troubrldge received was in the new code. The incident furnishes the most graphic illustration since the war began of the widespread ramifications and the su perb eflielenay of the Qerman spy system. The Admiralty code ocjuld eeareaty have been obtained by the Qefmasa axaept through tha agftoy of a Sjy or traitor high up In the British navy. - l ' ' ii i Detli JPeaalty AJwHsJae, a Oregon BAIiKM, Ore.. Dec l.-The sweedajv't to aMtoti capital ptuUibmett i Oregon carried ly 1W rotas, tt was SBtMBe4 md j. Ths official vote was: AOtrwatlv, i30,aii, oegstiv, m.ms. II .inn. IS! I mil IMM I...IWISSSMSSSSS 11 ll I i. ill Mil. RUSSIAN Princess Schaikowsky or Shakovskaya is reported in a message from Russia to have gone to the front as an army flyer. She will be with the army of the northwest. So far as the record goes, she will be the only woman aviator in service in this war. The Princess learned flying in Germany. She has visited in the United States. FRENCH TAKE ALL VOSGES HEIGHTS, REPORT TO PARIS Germans Evacuate Three Villages in Plight. TAltlS, Dec. 1. The French troops have occupied all of the heights of the Vosges, according to a telegram from Montbellard. The message announces that the Ger mans have evacuated the three villages of Seppolj, Moos and Disci, abandoning a largo quantity of ammunition and other war material. HEAVY'FOG KEEPS' SHIPPING" AT STANDSTILL ON DELAWARE Only One Skipper Bisks Piloting Croft Through Dense Mist. A dense curtain of mist which hung low over the Delaware Blvcr and Bay this morning completely tied up the movements of big steamships and seri ously Interfered with the schedules of ferryboats. Tho fog made the navigation of ferry boats precarious. Several narrow escapes from collisions and close calls from hit ting, bulkheads were experienced. So thick was the mist It was Impassible to see a distance of SO feet, Large steamships scheduled to sail re mained tied up at their piers, and vessels Inbound dropped anchor, and will prob ably remain anchored all day. The steam ships Troutpool and Kronprlnx Olav an chored oft needy Island. The former comes from Gibraltar with a cargo of ore. and the latter from Sydney, Cape Breton, with a cargo of plaster. Captain Moloney, a West coast skipper, ot the steamship Cricket, was the only steamship master to risk collision In the fog. Ills vessel was scheduled ito leave Pier 3i. South Wharves, for a Port Illch mond pier to finish loading for San Fran cisco. Against the advice of rlvermen he decided to make the change. He amazed his advisers by his ability to pilot through the mists, "A little bad weather can't delay me," the veteran shipmaster said, as his vessel waa safely berthed at Port nichmond without the aid of a tug," UNION TRACTION DIRECTORS EVADE HIGH-SPEED ISSUE Declare Regular ?l,BO Dividend Only at Perfunctory Meeting. Mention of the proposed high-speed lines as suggested In the plans ot Di rector Taylor, of the Department of City Transit, was avoided at the Tegular meeting ot the directors ot the Union Traction Company today. The meeting, held in the traction com pany's headuarters In tha Land Title Building, lasted but a few minutes, and, aside from declaring the regular divi dend ot 11.60, according to one of the directors, no other business was taken 4ip. Jeremiah J. Sullivan presided. When reminded or tn demand or the people In all parts of the city for high speed lines, several ot the directors list ened passively, and the usual reply was: "I don"t care to talk about It." SHOT SINKS PRYING BOAT P m ! I W Craft Tries to Enter English Port During Night. 8UNDBHLAND, Eng., Dec t A mys terious moJ.orbrat tried to enter the harbor hers during the darkness early today, ignoring the signals ot a patrol warship. A shot was fired, sinking the motor boat and killing its occupants. MAN DIES FROM ACID BURNS aw aim is 9 Floor Gives Way and He la Immersed la Plery Liquid. HAUMOKTON. N. J., . i.-FUr Kurt, K years old, died tWs suwftlog on (fee KeadlBg BaUway platform last as the express trite, wblofa was to have tsJtMa bin t a PhiladalfbU Hospital cane 1 sight, Kurtt was fearfully burned by ulphunc acid, at tbe W Bklooax & Sou cut glass plant when the floor of tho acM : rooro gave w Toe 8ry liquid paur4 , f v his fi. g.4. boar j PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1914. PRINCESS GOES TO FRONT AS KAISER'S GUNS SHELL FREDH LINES OtfllSNE Heavy Cannonade of Allies' Trenches Continued Night and day Without Definite, Results. Germans Grow More Active Around Arras King George Visits British Troops in the Field. Renewal of the German artillery at tack at several points along the Franco-Belgian lines is reported in this afternoon's official communique of the Paris War Office. The can nonade is especially heavy on the Aisne, where the bombardment of the French trenches is proceeding without cessation. In Belgium also heavy cannonading is reported, but for the time being infantry movements have been interrupted on that part of the line. The Germans have become increas ingly active in the region of Arras, and the belief that the next attempt to break through the Allies' lines will be made at that point is strengthened by recent developments. Many mili tary experts, however, believe that the invaders are simply marking time in the west, awaiting the outcome of the great battle in progress in Poland. Unofficial reports that the Kaiser is send heavy reinforcements from France and Belgium to the eastern front lack confirmation. The arrival of King George In France to visit the British troops is a picturesque feature of the war, espe cially as it is the first time an Eng Jish monarch has gone to the front since George II led his victorious troops in the battle of Dettingen. A Russian dash across the Carpa thians has been blocked on the west ern side by a strong Austrian force. According to a Vienna official report a thousand of the enemy were slain and many taken prisoners. - German first line troops have been rushed to the Polish battlefield. Pe trograd admits that! the fighting near Lods continues, with the Germans of fering stubborn resistance to the Czar's advance. Berlin announces that the' heavy fighting in this region has. had no decisive result for cithjr side. On the East Prussian front di vergent versions of operations are re ported by the rival war offices. Ap parently the Russians are more than a score of miles within the border, but have been icp4ed in aa iaapar tant engagement Reports from t&tevMeo declare that a naval bttk ia imntiiKst i Ute South Atkatfe. The German squad ron which defeated Cradofk's &hip of! the ChUkn coast has arrived in those waters, having eluded the Jap anese fleet and passed through the S u ait oi Magellan A powerful Brit Com Photo by Haln. AVIATRESS WHOLE TOWN QUARANTINED Twenty-seven Cases of Smallpox In Epidemic nt Jamestown. GREENVILLE, Pa., Dec. 1. Jamos town, six miles north of here, hns been placed under quarantine by the State Board of Health, as the result of a serious epidemic of smallpox. Twenty-seven coses of the disease have been reported and tho residents are thoroughly alarmed. The disease first ap peared last September when, It Is said, physicians reported the sickness as chlckfnuoxi' .- J. BORDEN HARRIMAN DIES AT HIS WASHINGTON HOME Retired New York Banker Had Been 111 Several Months WASHINGTON, Dec 1. J. Borden Harrlman, the retired New York banker, died today at 11:80 o'clock at his resi dence here after an illness of several months. Ho was 50 years old. Mr. Harrlman was brought to Wash ington on a private train about six weeks ago from his country homo at Jit. Klsco, N. T. He had been In poor health for several months, but apparently was on the road to recovery when he suffered a relapse about ten days ago. He sank slowly and for 48 hours prior to his death was unconscious, Mr. Harrlman's sister, Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt, and his brothers, Oliver Har rlman and J. Lowe Harrlman, were at the bedside when the end came, Mr. Harrlman for a number of years was a member of the firm of Harrlman & Co., one of the largest brokerage houses In New Tork. He retired from active business about two years ago. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club of this city, and numerous New YoVk city clubs. i 1500 MORE THIEVES CAUGHT THIS YEAR THAN IN 1913 Superintendent Robinson Commends Police Porce for Spendld Record. The arrest of 1500 more thieves In this city, between January 1 and November U, this year, than during the same period in IMS, has caused Superintendent of Police James Robinson to commend the pel Ice force. "I am well satisfied with the force and the work being accomplished by the men," said Superintendent Robinson today, "Crime Is not finding any haven in Phila delphia as the record of arrests this year shows." Captain Nicholas J, Kenny, .of tha Third Police Division, today received a letter from Superintendent Itoblnaon asking him to extend the thanks of the Superintend ent to the entire personnel of. the Park and Lehigh avenues force tor the re markable record made by them the last month. On June 7, last. Policeman Abraham V, Byers, ot the Park and Lehigh station, was convloted of robbing residences on bis beat. Singe that time the policemen of the district hav united In an effort te remove what they regarded a "stain on their esoutoheon," and their work has been the - cause of much comment In police olrcles. During Novembsr they made Unarrests and recovered stolen articles to the value ot tit), whlsh have been ldmtlfied. 437 LOST IN MINE DISASTER Japanese Government Sends Sojdlers to Scene in Hokkaido. TOKIO, Dec. J. A mine disaster-n Hok kaMo yesterday eost tbe lives of itf rasa. An exptoeWo was the eause. 1fe War Office today setaJled- soldiers for rtttef work at the rabw. EX-MAYOR OBI'S FEDERAL POST Qsftrge Hanapto, of Brtdgetoa, K. J., Takes Oath aa Revect&e CsUMUr. George HamptdB, formerly Mayer of Brldgetou. K. ., was swo in t4-y t bis home i&wti as Internal Bvai pol- Uau, ut u.9 Vut ltrtet vl New -io He !-'j vmteJl ihi uia h a ."" o M TIT, 1014, ITTHftPCBMoLKMni Comuht, iBBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBsSK.lc.dT liiB IMBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBBJjSJBJjSJJBJBJBJBJBJTeyTy,4S JKjTj , Hlja LasssssHsaSssMnHMEBssHIHMIVw T4KK ssssssssssssissssssr ' uha. lnlsaBrsR?Sr' J '(V ' a (1 ' '4t"f - - iSkr- s 4 HssssV iE5jySi, PtJj3wsBbbbsbi. 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Practical evidences of returning prosperity are recorded, the orders which are dally being placed throughout the country amounting in some instances to millions of dollars In the aggregate. In no one particular line ot trade Is the fact more clearly seen that better times are coming for business throughout the United States than In the steel and Iron trade, which may well be regarded as the backbone of industry. Mills are increas ing their forces as a result of both large and small contracts. These come not only from abroad for the contending armies and navies, but from railroads and other concerns In the United States, Inquiries are constantly being received for steel to cover marine work, present and prospective. In the building of coast vessels now under negotiation It Is esti mated that about 0,COO tons of steel plates and shapes alone will be required. Russia and Prance are already prepar ing the work of restoration in sections that have been ravaged by war by the construction ot bridges In the parts of those countries which have been recov ered from the Germans since the high tide of the Qerman advance. The Lehigh Valley Railroad a few days ago placed an order for 6000 tons of rails with the Bethlehem Steel Company, while Concluded en Psxe Tire ANNOYANCE TO CHORUS GIRL COST YOUNG MEN .S7.50 EACH Program Dropped on Stage and Fair Are Fined A program that slipped from tbe fingers of some one In the Forrest Theatre and was carried by the vagrant breezes over the footlights, where It struck a chorus girl, cost two young men, Osgood Welsh, 8d. ot 2231 Spruce street, and Louis B. Banks, a University of Pennsylvania student. Y7.S0 eaoh today. The young men were arraigned before Magistrate Rooney at tho 15th and Locust streets station. They testified they had been quietly watching the performance last night at the theatre when aoate one dropped tbe program. Both strove earn estly to keep it from striking the lady of the chorus, but In vain. Special Policeman Reiliy, ot the tbtatxe. told a different story. He said about X Penn udeU were at the theatre and were aUghttag tbe show by trying te pr vWe tbetr awn food ttane. JERSEY CENTRAL INDJCTEQ TJ. fi. Grand Jury at Treatosi Returns SU Charging Sebatteg cm 0sL StMrrOH, Dee. t-Unites Kates At- ftihfwAv TlajaAm tfista. aanMmuLl the Mn tt the yt4Al tfemnd jury iuti. jur CeotwU RaiUttatd iTumvai. .( Sv "PITTrnm Ci". i T" F - - v- v-lsftcg jniTfhfe UclignWco rom 'crowds that evi , fOTmance In Sh"'f the benefit P1 starving JtaUie,. my ot Music v to from all J en at the f 1M iurs. ' it mril vcntiori &tt tho typical etween tn same oro-'I gathering Int lonal , ambit 1 1'cn Its' nt rhoto Underwooa Underwoch' WIFE IN WAR UNIFORMS ?' in the trenches before Lemberg his.srs. Mrs. nee E 'WIS MOW FIVE MEN AND ONE rs J?" rairt .? WOMAN ARREST BHeltf act causa AS BLACKMAILS D.i: i i r-i . oenevea to oeiong 10 y 1110- irunk morra and Accuser . on, :U1 Dynamiting and of 4"? TL 1 T . 'r?-'t her ing 1 hreatenmg Let-.CSan mt Vr. peoi vnnn- t- -.. . . itt& , e """, t., jjicu a. aieroDers or v, ( RrntM nnlliA an Innnl h.1I.ub.. ,ji1 v1 h.k.w wxhw .,u iv.v. yiiidiicit; iaiucu.1 rendezvous In this city last night arrested Samuel Campanello, his wife e.and L , . T...IhIa1. f w...n.tl... T I.. .a M... Mrs. stefano Sarvo and Salvatore Camorra Society of Black Handers, ). Sicily, with having sent threatening icrs 10 icnoiaa Aioreuo, a zenow Cor il tryman, and dynamiting his store a, uwciiuii,, near ut Business centre ne. on November 3 last f Five kits of burglar tools of all descrl tlons and a large quantity of valuabt including rugs. laces, silks, furs and tit tains of extra quality, admitted by one ot i, "1 uw psrnuna as sioien, were unesnnea. ' Suspicion ot the premises at q Cc dorus street, thought to be the locxi headquarters of a gang working out of New Tork, resulted from the actions of Samuel Campanello. Joe Catalamo and, '' j on uampaneno. xne two latter wr held for court in connection with ths dynamiting at a hearing held last week. At that time the elder Campanello war overheard to remark that e would "toe" Morello. When the police entered that I. uoaorua street nouse ana took castes' nello Into custody, a large gun ad, re-)' volver belonging to Sarvo were feu ml. t and all the inmates ot the bouse win'1 arrested. After the accused were brought t ' I .- City Hall. Stefano admitted to I'rtvatiSCU Lewis. D Troon. State Pollen if trattx. 1 vllle, that some of the plunder had Veil" 1 1 where tt waa secured. The- Stale Po lice say they have evidence to show thAt all of the prisoners, including MerelM, came from Cattallca. Sicily, and ta longed to the notorious Camorra. 8 clety. Sam Campanello, It Is nald, serwM. JS years in Italian prisons on sis fttttv ent convictions. Since the dynamiting ilorello relrwl anotner inreafenirig ieer. oHBiwmit money. He infonned his brother Www It, contrary to the ifvitruetloa 4T tei police, and their pUns te make & ii ture failed. Msrefls bveipwM has; ba ruined and he and bin fiwnliy have- hum sent to tbe oounty heme. Morelte wsate to return to Italy. FOO OLOAKSKWT0Bg TUXm Tag ColUdM With sHft UgWf J NHW YORK. Bee. L-T5ie tl.kt f4t Of tbs season t4ay tlankrtl Vm harbor and i s4Jeeent watefsv We BBiBrina- almost to a staasfiMB, Mfm log tbe upper and !-sw - to iak' bedlam of sirens and tog whleU!, Ow going 4o today ws hm dios aftcnor ottesMe the fcsrbi, - sends of oosiars were cJey4 s tL - - .l.l.H.r ....Mn tfa. MlwV. ? -- K " Bten' esW-Dng wits Uxt tee-u- H GCk'W Or. fcMcJjnl H, BsM. DfU.)lii at Umw , 5fc Ivwti ft ma tettBssr Tj (,hiirat$ -i- but. colorless' I !H !es wl; n, p-d-4 as evil on prlrf the samojl nllltant us o t4 i Smnftysni si V Swat ' . Wmj . 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