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NIGHT EXTRA PBIOE ONE OEKT NIGHT EXTRA mm VOL, I-NO. 76 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. Cerraionr, 1914, in rai Pcstto LtMza Con Mttr 1ERCE FIGHT AGES ALONG NEW POLAND BATTLELINE .German Army From East Prussia Menaces War saw ' by - Drive From Mlawa Toward Novo Georgievsk Strong hold. Petrograd Admits Renewed Fighting in Northern Po land and Announces Hew Advance on Thorn Cra cow Siege Reported Lifted Warsaw is in peril 'from an attack from the Siorth. German troops arc advancing' from Mlawa toward Noyo Georgievsk, the great fortress which serves as a defense for the Polish capital. Berlin reports hot pursuit of jie enemy south and west of Lodz, tut the Petrograd version is that the Genua n offensive has bech checked in both the Lodz and' Lowicz fields. Admission, however, is made of fight ing along the Soldau-Thorh line. Soldau is but a few miles from Mlawa, where the Germans assert their superiority. From Vienna icome rumors that tjie investment of Cracow has been checked and that the Czar's left wing is withdrawing. The successful advance of the Allied forces at many points along the lines in Belgium and France is'rcpprted lit this afternoon's cammuniaue from the French War Offifie. -Tije 'capture.' of icverai trencnes in tne ATgohne.is.tp; some" erttenf-ofFlcf. by tHel admission that the Germans have succeeded in blowing ilp a French trench in the L Aisne 'region. ,' ' On the Mouse the French artillerv lit maintaining its advantage, and in Concluded on Fane Four 110,000 Tire at Charleston Yard , BOSTON, Mass.. Dec, 9. Fire today de stroyed building; No, 64 at the Charleston Navyyard, and for a time threatened other structures In which were stored munitions of war. Five thousand, roa Jlnes and sailors helped the Boston fire men flsht the fire, for which two alarms were sounded. The loss Is estimated at ;io,ooo. THE WEATHER Father Penn was a pretty disgruntled ; Individual when he opened one eye this ' morning and sized up conditions outdoors Four days of rain, snow, hall and every other unpopular variety of weather on the winter schedule seemed almost enoush. But. Jupiter Piuvlus refuses to et -up his controlling position, and has his hand gripped hard on the rain lever. So, It's, another day of rubbers, raincoats, urn brellcs, red flannel throat poultices and Quinine. If the sun Is ever going- tq shine again there Is no one quite willing to predict wtlcn. Not even tha weatherman, . v FORECAST For Philadelphia and vicinity Continued cloudy and uneetted weather with occasional light" riH fir anovr. , Observations at Philadelphia, Barometer , 80.1 Temperature . . si Win , . .......... .v. ....N, R, JO mile fjwjtslUtlsi iaTzV heats'' ". "'.".. . 'iS Minimum tnipia , . .,. ... rr .& Maximum teaWfafar , . . , tg Qther Malls oh Page t. Almanac ot the Say Sub SM Ban itwa tomorrow ItAun MIS V r q-hemdes ' PORT BlCMOvD. ltjn uw lit m. a- u a. w. 1M w4r Jflffc W4Uf caswiNur strbbt wuw 0p m ASKOT iSLAV wis e 3 t l. .T, Ua-Jv, KHKAKWAfiSR. H a viuar KW sfe - ij,,, b tdmhlMdi i u " OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS Russian. the fighting which developed in the Prsnsnysz-Ctechanow replon 1 still in pt ogress. Engagements nte nltq taking placi in the tldnity Of Ploltokow, whete we had partial succtss. The battle which began on Decemoer S southeast of Cracow oertedcn WMletka and the Uunafec River it in our favor. Afttr gallantly forcing a passage on the riier hi Weu Sanrteo, .Russian refnorccmenls inflicted a stvere defeat upon the German forces In the LOsoiina Valley by throwing an envelop lug force around the German' right wing, We' arc stilt pursuing the offensive. OBRMAS." In the Argonnc forest we gained sev eral places. The 'ranch sutferert heaiy losses in the battle north of Nancy j-c-, ported yesterday. Our losses were coin parattvety small. West of fiie(in a Diilirfiiip flying the Kid Cross flag was bombarded by our troops, who ascertained, by means of photographs taken by' aviators, that be hind it was hldden'a heavy rrench bat tery. No iieto reports 7iatc 6een received from East Prussia. ' fn Southern Poland our troops arp in toucfi with the Russians, who have'come Ma standstill at Mlcchow (U miles north o( Cracow). righting for the possession of Lowlc:' continues. In Southern Poland the Austro'llun garians have successfully icncwcd their attack. FRENOH, , From the sea to the Lys, dung the day of the 8th, there were artillery duels. In the region of .Arras and farther to the sqiilt, thetc is nothing to report All the positions gained by us in the last two days- have been organize! and strength ened. I In the icglon of Vib Aisiie there were' artillery duels, and with our infantry we made xtpprcclable progress. Scleral Ocr iiinii trenches hate been captured. We hate made progress on all the front 'ex cept at a single point, where the enemy blew uji one of oir trenches telth. a mine. On the heights of the Meuse our artll lertl easily mastered that of the enemy. In that region, as aWo in the ylrflronne we Jiaie advanced' on the entire rout niid taken several of the enemy's trenches. It has been tha same in the forest of he Pretrc. In the Vosgcs we haio repulsed numer ous attacks to the northwest of Btnones. rt the rest of the 'Yosges section the cueni did not make any -serious effort to attack on the Sth 'the positions taken by us last taeei:. In Russia the stubborn attacks of the Germans against the Ilow-Lowlcz.Btry-how-Lods front and a line r mining from north to south six kilometres to the west of Plotrokow have been repulsed, Nevertheless, by reason of the arrow shaped, position of the line, the Russians five felt It necessary to eiacilato Lod:. (This is the first official confirmation of the German claim of Uetory at Lodz.) AUSTRIAN. Fighting in western Gallcia is very stubborn. We attacked and'beat back the enema jronj posttlonS'attobe;vcs and "IVIellctia. uur ni(accsconiinnc, 1 1 ' c-: Thejtusslan-attaoks jouthrof nave everywnere uecn repnisea. The Servian offensive (s succeeding on the whole front. The etieniy is retreating everywhere, leaving f large numbers 0 ptsoner and auns and Quantities of sup plies. We have taken more than iO.OOO prisoners. AUSTRIANS CAPTUflE 23,000 RUSSIANS IN-WEST GALICIA Halt Czar's Advance, Also Gain, Ground In Servia, "WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Austro-Hun-garlan troops were lctorIous In the fight ing In "West1 Gallcia when they attacked from the, south the advancing1 Russians and captured 3,000 prisoners, according to a message from the Foreign Office at Vienna to the Austrian Embassy' here today. The message reads : "Battle In Poland progresses favorably. In West Gallcia Ausfro-Uungarlans at tacked from the south the advancing Russians., and captured 13,000 prisoners. Our troaps gained ground south of Bel gradeirThp enemy with reinforcements continues violent attacks near Aransyel- fbvac Prince Liechtenstein. Austrian uel- gat, and Deputy Fekar, Hungarian dele 'gate, left for Genoa to greet the Amer ican Christmas ship Jason Germany also sent a delegate. Publlo manifests grati tude for this proof of 'smypathy suggested by Americans." LORD ANNESLEY KILLED IN AIR BY THE GERMANS British Earl and Hia Aids Slain in War, LpNDON, Dec. 9. Thef Earl of An nesley and his companion, lieutenant Beevor, who disappeared early last month after starting on an aeroplane flight to the Continent, were both killed by the Germans The Countess of Annesley wastotfied today that her husband and Lieutenant Ueevqr were shot on November 5 while flying over Ostendr ' AIRMAN WRECKS TRAIN Preach, Flyer-.Hakes Sold Eaid In ' Belgian Town. AMSTRDAM Dejj. ,-A French, air man on Stfudayv attempted to raid, the petroleum, and ammunition stores near Felu.y, In the Majglan province of Hauv ault. wbtoh were guarded by a strong German force. ' The soldier opened, a tejrifle fire, and for4 him to asend higher. A German bhjlajie rose and took up the pursuit. The Frenchman 3upd, fcaWpsr dropped a bomb whlefc hit an aBiraunUIoa train. The,o ears re blown, up. NO PEACE PRIZE THIS YEAR ' PwUaBtary Nobel Commlttse W!U Kef Sit tot DUtUbutlM. rJQKOON..ft -? (Paitay Notwd Cotaiptuee vttl et sft thu year tot tb dUUtbuUoa, f the pec litiM, at.. arUn0 to a ow an. dlsjjitcl) inuu . brUttooa l ,ki mm ruv. .,,! w- -j- rL It "tssj w j vnttvum W4U3 lywwmntinmtm om ot vrt ur tba m&m mm ,,B, ton, MMI jBteM 4fc TWO ENGINEERS DIE IN CRASH OF TRAINS; BRAKEMAN BLAMED Reading Superintendent De clares Switching of Freight, Despite Warning Signal, Caused Wreck. A brakemau yio opened n. switch, with a red Mgnftl showing, and permitted a frclghUtratu to run to.n track where It was struck head on by p. speeding pas senger train near Roycrsford this morn ing Is uthmed for a wreck that cost two lives, by V. II. KefTor, superintendent of the Philadelphia ond Reading Railway Coinpany. KctTor Issued a statement ths afternoon In which ho declared the brakctnnu, Clar ence Snyder, or this city, responsible for tho wreck. He asserts that Snjder said It wns too dnrk for him to see tho color of the slnnnl at tho Junction of tho switch nnd tho passenger track. Sns'dcr also said, according to Kcffer, that ho opened tho switch by orders or the entsltiwi of tho freight train, who was killed in the wreck. Tho other man killed wui the engineer of the passenger train. "If over there wan n case of criminal negligence," said Kcffer, "tills Is one " Coroner William NeMllc, of Consho hocken. Is Im estimating the case. When jKcffer'a statement wns called to his nt- tcntlorl ho refused to make comment on Jt other than that ho wpuld Institute pro ceedings ir he found any cMdcncc of criminal ucgllgcrice. J, P. Dahomey, a rcprcscirtatU o of the State Rnllrond Commission, Is lncstl gattng tho wreck. I SECOND DISASTER AVERTED. , Tho dead nro Joseph Springer, engi neer of the pnssciiger train, of Tumn qua, and Carl Fisher, engineer of tho freight train, of Reading. Tho seriously Injured aro John W. Stnllcr. of Tamaqua, and Paul J.Lcldy, of Port Carbon. Staller wai fireman onf mo passenger cuisine iuiu xjcmy uu mo freight locomotive. Roth are In the Phoenlxville Hospital. Sit other persons, most of them pas sengers, were less seriously hurt and did not go to a hospital. They were treated by phjslclnno hurried to the scene from tho Roersford Hospital and other nearby Institutions. Roth engines wero demolished nnd three cars of each train were derailed, completely blocking the line and halt ing nil traffic over tho road until emer gency trains could be sent out. Another passenger train from Philadel phia was approaching the- wreak and the loss of Ufa wo.ul dhave ,becn greater had It not been for. the presence of mind of Iaa.c Funk, of Phoenlxville, He rpn along tha track with a. rtd lantern and succeeded in stqpplng the auprtKj chins, Ptofrlor-prnirft'Vltlflpj H rum wjllMfi Jimw yuiB vl uiu w(CVt.uBu. Search w&s made in the smokinir ureckago of the' two locomotives for b0dlesfor several hours. The paBsenger train -was njado up of wooden coaches. None d as overturned dr smashed, but all tho passengers wero badly shaken up and many were bruised or cut by flying glass. Springer died at the Phoenliville Hos pital a few mln,utea after he had been admitted rishor'abpdy, scalded nnd mu tilated, was taken from the wreckage nearly an hour after the trains crashed. DEAD HAND HELD "THROTTLE. Tho tinln, an express known as the Ruflnlo, was due at the Reading Ter minal at C:M o'clock. It was Hearing tho Royersford station and was sloping up when It lilt the freight, which was pulling into the main track from a side tracU. Springer died a hero. When his body was discovered the dead engineer's hand, was still grasping the throttle, part of Which was Imbedded In his body. Leldy, fireman of the freight train, showed remarkable grit while he was plploncd under tho locomotive. He di rected the efforts of those who rescued him and asked for cigarettes. He smoked several and when finally extricated was still puffing He was hurried to the Phoenlxville Hospital. It was necessary to amputate his right Teg. His condition Is serious. Staller, fireman of the passenger tialn, will tecover. Responsibility for the wreck Was" placed upon Carl Fisher, the dead engineer of the freight train, by Sny der In a statement made to C. H. Ewlng, general superintendent, and to Kefter. Snder said Fisher ordered him to switch the train to the main track and thit he did so In the face dt a red light. When the collision occurred none of the passengers In the sleeper was awake. They were thrown to the floor by the terrific Impact and most of them got out of the car In their night clothes. The baggage coach was of the latest steel type and acted as a barrier for the wooden coaches. In the rear. Many of the passengers were slightly cut and bruised. They were attended by Drs Benjamin A. Tyler, E. M. Vaughn, of Bridgeport, and Dr. Charles Bower, of Spring City. . Reading trains on this line are now being run on the Pennsylvania tracks. TRAIN SMASH IN CITY; 3 HUfjT Heading local Derailed at Hunting don St, by Switchln-j Engine, A switching engine,' pushing a refriger ator car loaded with beef, crashed Into the combination baggage oar and smoker cf the southbound Chestnut Hill local on the Reading Railway early this morning. Injuring three men and shoeklng and bruising a dozen others, The entire train was derated. Thjs Chestnut Hill train had stopped at the' Huntingdon street station when thu era sh occurred. Only one -passenger was seriously Injured, Alfred 'Waserman, qf the Colonnade Hotel. He was given Im mediate medleal attention. Robert U, Stennlek, iU Worth Uth street, fireman of the swItohlBg looomotlve, was severely eat by ln debris George &einvn, the aooJuetor of the train, suffered binges and laseftlsns MISSING FROJHtS HOME -t"i r W asti IwrfuJ Ohfldraa Wait for Vj&qgaas ?Simnsyay. LM vll:r(jPsmSSBB WsWePs jsjlp f HV tractod laotbw May ftetiKjr wU lua the rwturti of W(Ht THsaweriimt, ttf 8i7 Hail itntt who waUhwl saveAi of Zlinmeiuuu KUluu ice Js.l Ate iflgfttlW, bas tasa la dttlwixl courts as a dtteoal- ijt He m affucticd vita tubsrciUucta. tam w t m uutuo 1 later the vMblrsB . Mlaaatf. lo s ajumMHm otr wi .oc wwrfi oi i tsi arttoiteA. Mt PRINCIPALS IN DOUBLE TRAGEDY HsSBBBBBBBBBsl SBBBBsi SBBBBBBBBBBBBsH la T " ' '& Miss Anna Conway, a school teacher, waa shot and killed at her home on South Hemberirer street by Jeffie B. Adams, petty officer on the United States ship Tallahassee, who then ended his own life on the threshold of the front door. PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH BUSINESS MEN ON REVIVAL PLANS Wayne MacVeagh, of Phil adelphia, and Irving T. Bush, of New York, First to Give Ideas. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-Wane Jlac Vcagh, of Plllladelhhla, and Inlng T. Bush, of New York, president of tho Bush Terminal Company, nrrhed today for a conference with President "Wilson. Tho conference, coming on tho heels of tho President's announcement to the business world In this message to Con gress yesterday that It had nothing fur ther to fear In a legislative way, was con sidered significant Mi. Bush was at theWhlte House as tho representative of tllo. New Tori: Chamber of Commerce to ascertain the Prcsfdent's views as to the purchase- of foreign sl)Ipa by Amertcanvcjipita'l; The New Yorker- Vs ''(ihalfman ot 'it special, tonlrrllttee bfllio cha.mlier'lirLvlni- tills matter In ha,rge,-ande5(ressed h.lde, 'sire to get the Administration's views as to the manner In which foreign ships might be acquired. The White House announced Informally today that various delegations of busi ness men from all parts of the country would confer In the near future with President Wilson regarding the condi tion of Industries of the natlpn. A group of Chlcagc&ns will consult with him to day regarding conditions In Illinois, In diana and Ohio, and others are expected In the next few dais. The President desires to get In close touch V 1th business Interests and to give ,all possible encouragement to Industrial activities, secretary or commerce lled Ileld has been In closer touch with the President than any other Cabinet mem ber for the last few weeks, and Is watch ing closely even' fluctuation In the com mercial and Industrial statistics. He la confident that conditions are now steadily Improving. 'All that remains for the completion of the President's business program Is the nomination and confirmation of his Ted eral Trade Commission of five members. This co-nmlsslon, It Is understood, will be selected by the end of next-weolc. Bo for onl one person s certain of.nppolntment,. Joseph Davis, of Wisconsin, now' Com missioner of Corporations, whose office Is abolished by the creation of the new commission. The present understanding is that the commission will Include two lawyers., of whom Mr, Davis Is one; two business men, one of whom shall have had ex perience In foreign trade, and one high class economist. In recent Interviews the President has let It be known that there will be no preliminary announcement of his selections. His experience with the publicity given the men he wanted to servo on the Fed eral Reserve Board has convinced him, he has told his friends, that it Is best tq say nothing about his selections until the list Is ready to be sent to the Senate. RUNAWAY COUPLE ARRESTED Youth and Girl Stopped as They Board Train in Station, A carefully planned elopement was spoiled today when Mis Gertrude Wei stir, IS years old, of 391S Hellerman street, and Walter Thomas, 21 years od, of VM Plerco street, were arrested In Broad street station aa they were boarding a train for Blkton, Ifd. They were taken tor the Central police station and held for a hearing before Magistrate Itenshaw It Is eald the girl's father had no objec tion to the marriage, but Mrs Welser was opposed. Wfiw she missed her daughter and heard the girl had been seen with Thomas, she telephoned police headquarters and asked that the couple be detained TWO MILLIONAIRES KILLgD " ' Third Mru Seriously Injured Whea Automobile Overturns. GRAND HAP IDS. Mlah.. Dea. S George Brandt, ViM Wjfcfot of the Or fVJt, sMretwrr X tfie vm MuBurao- tvirlus CemoajMr, vwJ mllUoaaiws, wye, kRled today witta thotr auiomaUie -turned at 4 slurp eurve In the Reada Lake ooulevard a Kuttrtr, a tbitt MwKbw of tae rtir. wu sertomly Injured. , SAFSTY A3? Smi JfAVORMJ Fragment's Spajstion "Quickly tka Up Ijy Saapio Cummitta WASHINGTON, Dc f.-RXisioh.Uo of lam Luudou aasty-t-aa. trty waa ktr tuU agrnBd unt br ths itouat VotisP ttliti'jus i'onuaittee thu ttmnM Tbu (uitt-ma i4v,l;. i-ju ta nei uf th trcaUaa' nm jiiU..v t-s it r.Hktla frefwe- Ac ad l tfat Atbtk TEACPR SHOT DEAD BY REJECTED SUITOR, WHO KILLS HIMSELF Petty Officer of U.S. Talla hassee Fatally Wounds Young Woman, Who Dies in Her Mother's Arms. A joung teacher of the James Wilsoti Public School was shot and Instantly Killed last night at her home by a petty officer lit the UnltPd States ship Talla hsssce. whom she had rojectcd. The sailor then ended his own life. The girl was Miss Anna Conway, 221 South ilemberger street, and the man Jefflo B Adams. Sho was 21 years old ttnd Adams a year older. The girl died In the arms of her mother at tho head of the stai.way in their hnme. Adams toppled over the threshold of the front door and was dead when a policeman arrived a moment later. Miss Conway had been a teacher fdr some years at tho James Wilson School, i:th and Wharton ptrcets, Sho had beet) receiving attentions from Adams for noma ,tlmet against the wishes, of, Jier rvfrmi.t fiml fimllv. ami Inst flundnv tilcht 'she promlse'd her mother sho'w'ouli give hira jfp.. A card party waa held at the Conway homo last night. Adams, thcAigh pot n-vltedaccardlng-to other guest:,, appeared white the affair was In progress and wns admitted to the house. When the other guests had gone he lingered to1 tall; to Miss Conway. Sho told him she did not want htm tp call on her again and der dared If he did ho would not be admitted to tho house. An argument followed. Mrs. Conway, whot had retired, heard her daughter ahd Adams quarreling nnd went to the head of the stairway. As she was about to descend sho heard two shots. Adams had whipped out an automatic revolver and shot Miss Conway over the heait. She turned, and started up the stairs. Adams then shot himself through the head, dying Instantly. The girl managed to reach tllo top of the stairs, where sho was caught by her mother and died an Instant later. Policemen Magulre and Andeison and Sergeant Minus, of the ,10th and Federal streets station, heard tho shots and hurried to the house, Thej found Adams dead da the front step, his feet In the hallway, A brother ot the muidered girl Is a member of the Harrisburg team In the Trlstaie League. She was widely known downtown Search pf Adams' clothing brought to iirlit a. natter containing the names ot Mrs. George W. Adams, of Oakland, 311 , who Is his mother. " Another paper showed that he had obtained a five-day leave ot absence from the Tallahassee, which Is at Norfolk. THIRTEEN HURLED TO DEATH IN MINE-BY AN EXPLOSION Dynamite Destroyed Carriage in Which Scranton Workers Were Descending, SCBANTOX, Pa.. De 9.-Thlrteen miners were Instantly killed early today while descending into the Tripp shaft of the Lackawanna Coal Company. One of the- men dropped to tho bottom of the, cage a quantity ot dynamite which he waa taking Into the mine. One man saved his life by clinging tq an Iron rod on the carriage. ,-. Most ot the dead men are- foreigners. The. law allows onl ten men at one time an a mine carriage. The coal com pany officials, while not denying that there were 1 men on the cage this morning, say that It Is possible that the concussion blew four men from the op posite carriage which waa ascending and was 'about 60 feet below ii - AGAINST IMMIGRATION BILL Senator Reed Opposes He&sjira In cluding Xiteraoy Teat, WASHINGTON. pe. s.-Qn mattoa of Senator SMith, K South Carolina, BbaJ man of thfe Imrstaratloji ComwlU, tie Senate today took Mm for coetdrtlQ the pending linntUralloo QUI with its lit eraoy test Wbtt a muatt Uat the rMdlHg of the bill be dJggwtM with Sauator H4. of Missouri. Mctaj J demand U Mgular q4i. dwilrlq tfeat ad J been In tha Stool eUawswr wa tha moUoflf w 4 t M ua tfaa MU h would ba,va b.Jat4 rlU4By to, Ua beta nnKHVl t Una Uhw. rw reu VJVtate. cuaa for CJUr ui. lu (.oat WW.0W uad ta otfeer for patrol dui In haw ork harbor to uat $1&Oud i (irupOMsd In bi'l in.Uu JU1.6J iKn .rrnoi!i by stuitu Ban.. bd geuatior t-a l-yUeur in Vavunjm, t pajarad hi tba Suat fh,.mt-J today for tlj ini luaaa siumc .Imu, 23 aat H la U heplts ,- .;jo stuatsa v-.t tu4a Lr??f4M io W ittt i' muh.1 Mit II.. i, ti4 ..jiu.j. .. utn tuna ftls FORTUNE TELLER'S ADVICE FAILS TO REVEAL LOST $120 Wife of Austrian Soldier Searches Two Weeks In Vain, After a two weeks' fruitless search, directed by a foftune teller, Mrs. Olga Mnrpuikn. 313 Gideon street, came In grief to City Hall today and asked police to help her find 1120 she lost In Franklin Square Sho admitted the fortune teller must hive been mistaken. Mrs. Marpus ka has been Using alone In Philadelphia over since her husband left to Joint the Austrian army two months ago Tho day nfter Thanksgiving, sho went for a wall; In Franklin Square In her pockctbook was $120 In bill, most of tfie money left by her husband when he sailed for Austria. When Mrs. Marpuska roturncd home she dheq-vcred the moriey was gone. That nlglit she consulted a. fortune teller on Darlcn stroct nnd asked him to tell whero the money wns. "He replied, she says, that four school children who lived near 7fh and Callow -hill strsctg had picked It up Mrs. Mar puska. haunted the neighborhood of "tit nnd Callowhlll streets Until today, when she decided Ihe forturie teller has de ceived hor. Police officials assured her a, cearch would bo made and that they would question the fortune teller. SUBMARINES NO TERROR, ADMIRAL FLETCHER SAYS i They Have Caused "No Serious Dam age" in the War, Ho Testifies. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Krom Ad miral rietcher, who commanded the war ships nt Vera Cruz, tho House Naval Committee today heard tho "submarine torror" riddled. Ho said Europe's war had not shown this weapon a decisive one. and declnred that a "skilful enemy" need not give this weapon tho opportunity to wreck havoc. Ho said that, though spectacular and affecting the imagination of the world, tho submarine waa still lacking tho powe' to dcttrmlno a conflict: battleships wpuld remain tllo deciding factors In a war. v Only ono 'submarine on tho Atlantic coast is In fit battle condition, ho said. Others aro undorgolngv repairs. In case of sudden hostilities, ho added, they could bo whipped Into shape, within two to four weeks. Ho estimated that 40 or 50 effective submarines' on the .At lantic coast and a) or CO on the Pacific coast would answer all needs. The fleet Is In general In a very satisfactory con dition, he said. He considered New York immune from attack. Admiral Fletcher held that if a fleet kept moving, used Its usual guards, aero Planes and searchlights, this would as sist materially In locating submarines. Further than that he would not tell how to avoid the peril, saying that to do so would disclose a military secret. Submarines thus far have done "no serious damage" In tho European War. Ho maintained England could not come to America's large ports with her navy and destroy fleets anchored oft them. Secretary Daniels was scheduled to testify today. GERMAN AVIATORS DROP """ FIVE BOMBS ON DOVER Report of Daring Cross-channel Raid Confirmed. NEW YOIUC. Dec 9.--Five bombs have been dropped by German aviators on Dover, Eng., only SO miles from Lon don. This Information Is contained In malt advices from London. When the Germans announced the raid recently, and It became known that the aviators who made the attack1 had been awarded the Iron Cross, Londoners laughed, believing the reported achieve ment mere fiction. But the real facts aro the Germans actually accomplished the feat, though the damage they did was trivial. Lleutenunt Karl Kaspar arid Lieutenant Richard Qtto made the flight to Dover, starting from a point near Ostend. An effort whb made to bring the hos tile aeroplane down, but It was at a great altitude and none of the shots was suc cessful. CONSTABLE DENIES NEGLECT Did Not Remove Man'u Body Because Not Informed of Death. Constable Thompson, ot Llanercli, to day answered the criticism which has been directed against him Thompson was accused of neglect of duty In fall ing to remove the body of James Galla gher, Cj years old, of Pennfleld, which was found on the road. In the rain, west of Pennfleld station, on Sunday morn ing. The constable said today be was not In his office on that day and waa therefore unable to receive the message, of A. r. Garrett, a milkman, who jays he telephoned to the constable Inform ing him of the case. Constable Thompson said on Sunday morning his telephone was out of order nnrl even If he hat been nresent In his offtce he could not h'ave received Garrett's message. The body of Gallaglrer was removeiJ to the Morgue at tne onby of XJoronei Donnelly, who was notified ot the acci dent1, and vas xnenoe sent norae. non stable Thompson presented his defense to Captain Donaghy. of tho Ardroore pd lice station today, who- ask.df (or an explanation i ii i l , W ' KILLED BY HIS WIFE Contractor Shot by Woman, Who Says She Fired, to Self-defense. PQTT8VJLLE. Pa,, Dec. 9.-Nleholaa Plmldlo, 60. prominent and successful mining contractor, died today aa a re sult of bullat wounds iofllctsd by hU wife last night at their home at Jon town, nea,r hare. According to tba waaaaa's story Dlmldto. who waa Sntoxleatad, Heed at her and the bullet west wide at tbb mark. She. then satxad a vver and Hrd four aou at Ww. DiBUdVwas the tmthw of sv ohu 4n, j oo ot wfeMi is a, student' at the UnlvrlU' of PefHtayivaAlaJ aad a saooivi av DUicHw Law Sahoal at OartWe- R. R. MEN FOiVpMPERANOE IudeiWHSt 0dt jriiai t a 4.b8UnM, , BbAUINU Pa JDc K-HaauluOuoa uadUu tht uiawbar of tho ssoojWy to total nbtuiiice war y4ovtA t e wiimuuii of tu fauAoposaUBt Otuwt or Rallwas trnptoiso too, lu cos tiitiuu "In i.W ?tuln ttttraojn Itloritl, J iwftmiut t ever ul-UftO mJ W Efaatiiiur kutllKa s- i 14 l-i H atrial- .i i.ia ., ..-, ...,., , .... tM Jra so uttiiUj l 4. Ptaotumx; p eaated o Jt.i,j low Maw'dtit if t"uil4l aiiu ajis4 ftv "-iJiii. u. 1 1 M t,,immt imam t- Jt KAISER SEIZED BY PNEUMONIA, BERLIN REPORT Emperor's Illness More Seri- ous Than Reported His Death Forecast by French Prophetess. , BERLIN, Dec. 4. Kaiser Wflhclm has pneumonia anil Is declared to bo seriously1 in. S'ollowlnjf the oTriijiRl, announcement UiSjt tho Kaiser waa Buffering from bronchial, catarrh It was learned hero trie Illness wan mors serious than reported. It was stated earlier In the day that the condition of his Majesty wai satis factory. It was . generally understood yesterday, however, rrom the tone of the announcement ot the Kaiser's Illness that he would not be able to return to the front for some time. Ho has been cither on the eastern or western front with his troop3almost con stantly slnco the war began. Rls'present Illness Is attributed to exposure In tha twlntei1 weather, which has prevailed on both fronts. The Kaiser has done almost all of his traveling by automobile, and has been accompanied by his staff physician. LONDON Dec. 9 An Exchange Tele graph agehcy dispatch from Amsterdam says: "Berlin dispatches state that tha -Kaiser's condition Is described as serious and that ho Is suffering from pneumonia, combined with nervous depression, as a result of overexertion, and continual headaches. He la extremely violent to ward thoso around him, and has been advised not to return to thd front." The Illness of Emperor Willlani, -which was announced oMdally by Berlin last night, was prophesied months agq by SIndame Thebes, a Paris woman who Is reputed to possess the power of second Bight. At tho same time, Madame Thebes predicted that the Illness ot the Kaiser would end In victory for the Allies with in a year. Phe said the Kaiser would be HI this month. Official announcement from, Berlin states thnt the German Emperor waa suffering from d feverish brohclilal ca tarrh, and has been obliged to' postpone ftir some days his return to tha front. Which Was arranged for yesterday. !Xbo Parisian -woman. In h prophcci. ' stated that he Kaiser's Illness would be Just such ft condition as has come to pass. She said, however, that, his Nines would be caused by exposure from re maining In the damp trenched for ions periods. What caused the Kaiser to be stricken by the bronchial affection has hot -i announced, but bronchial troubles .. usually the outcome of a severe; cold, Tho Kaiser, despite severe winter weather, has Insisted upon visiting bis soldiers In thj trenches In both the Kast ern and Western theatres of war. Madame Thebes said that Emperor William's Illness ultimately would causo hs death. On numerpus occasions has Madame ThebeB prophesied tho coming of dis asters to nations and persons. While theso catastrophes have not faUen upon tha day named by tho Parisian prophetess, their closeness to the time such events actually happened drew widespread at tention. At the time Madame Thebes made her prediction about the mammoth ptrpggla in Europe, the tide was In favor of tha Allies. It was but a few weeks after the opening of the war when the French were sweeping everything before them In Alsace and Lorraine. The Germans were, then before Liege, where a handful of Belgian soldtera kept at bay an entire branch of the German army Little attention waa then paid to her prediction, and It had almost been for gotten until jesterday'a news ot the Illness of the Kaiser. To Parisians tba prediction of Madame Thebes stand as an Iron-bound promise. REAL CHINESE PUZZIE Celestial Sailors Won't Go to Sea Again, Yet Hust Not Land. Jt a Chinaman sailor Is thrown into state of fear after a heavy storm and refuses to return to his duty while the law ot the land forbids his landing, what Is h to doT And what are hi euiploj era and the Immigration officials tp do This puzzling problem now confronts nine Chinese, sailors and ibe, captain of the ship Fhyra. Menler. just landed in this port from Baltimore after a voy of six days over a courea, which uaaaUy is traversed In a. day and half Captain Johnson said this. juurHln M Chinese satlora were so frightened by the raging -wind and rolling waves- that they declared they would never fro to tea again. The immigration offlalal will not per mit them to land, the captain earn, and he dare not use force to makfe tfaa perform their duty. Iftrank Seutansed to, Be Hng4 ATLANTA, Ga,, Dec. 1- Lo M Frank waa today swilMKed to be htngad Vudy, January M, xa&t as mxrsrn AMB K.W AWFtUJS aaa rmud gawmw" i beam- ; a aa ftw-M & Tbm i at UN Jr. niM, z&n&sumft m i' l'J: jo! ;s-44 en mi 0tai4v.il.. 5 tj 1 Mtt tt V.U T4CT-fiE A (. h ui. "f"1" --w " w- 1 - "la. . i .W -B . r i - J all "i nAr muh w Jftilg,,jgLyEL STtU M-ldSTK WMS Jfs I4ML l? &Tfir icw t. M VjUl4 . w;4 a a VK