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All the War News The Sentiuol-Kccord prints all the war news up to 2:30 each morning, two hours later than any other news paper reaching Hot Springs. When you read It In this paper you are reading the latest. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN HOT SPRINGS T HAT RECEIVES THE FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT OVER LEASED WIRES. WEATHER FORECAST - ! Washington, Jan. 19.—Forecast for Arkansas: Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday. HOT SPRINGS. ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 20, 1915. vULUME XXXII. NUMBER 281. AEROPLANES RAID BRITAIN THE GERMAN AIR CRAFT DROI BOMBS ON YARMOUTH, ENG LAND. DOING DAMAGE. ZEPPELIN IS BROUGHT OOWf Fire From an English Warship Landi One Zeppelin Not Far From Sand ringham Palace, One of Kin< George's Residences. l.ondon, Jan. 20.-2:25 a. m.—Or man aircraft made long threatened raids on England last night and at tenu>led to blow up with bombs the king's royal residence in Sandring hum. county Norfolk King (leorgi and Queen Mary only yesterday re turned to London from Sandringham It Is not known whether the raid ers were Zeppelins or aeroplanes, but Zeppelins were reported yesterday afternoon as passing over the North sea in a westerly direction and then is an inclination to believe these were the raiders. The night was calm but dark and cloudy, which made it impossible for the people in the towtis over which they passed to distinguish even ilia outline of the raiders, though the whirling of their propellers and the droning of their motors could he heard distinctly. A Zeppelin is reported to have been brought down by the fire of a warship at Hunstanton, a lew miles north of Sandringham. Bombs were dropped in Yarmouth, King's Lynn.n Sadringhain, Cromer, Shertngham and Beeston and every where except at Beeston casualties and damage to property resulted. The first place visited was the w'dely known seaside resort and fishing town of Yarmouth. Two per sons. a man and a woman, were killed, a number of other persons were injured and much damage to property was done by the raiders during their visit, which lasted less than ten minutes. Four of five bombs were dropped in Yarmouth. "’hen the attack began the au thot it if-s gave Instructions that all lights in the town be extinguished and other precautionary measures were taken. Few signs of panic were seen during the raid. Apparently the raiders, after visit ing Yarmouth, flew over Cromer, "here they dropped bombs and then went to Sheringham and Beeston. Turning inland from there, they made for Sandringham, dropping ex plosive missiles there and at King'H Lynn, where a boy was killed and a man and a woman were injured Two houses were destroyed. Tlie damage done at Sandringham lias not yet been reported. It is known, however, liiat the royal pal ace was not harmed At Shering bain a bomli penetrated a house but did not explode. Only yesterday Scotland Yard an thorilies issued instructions concern ing measures to he taken by Hit police and other official in the event "f an air raid Fatalities at Yarmouth. Yarmouth, via London, .Ian. 19.— il iu p. m. -A hostile aircraft passed • ner Yarmouth at 8:1111 o'clock to uinlit and dropped several bombs 'onsidcrable damage to property re suited and it is feared there was some loss of life. One man is re I'eited to have had his head blowi off. One bomb fell in Norfolk Square •I" e to the sea front, and anothei "ii the south quay. A third strucl Hi" York road drill hull, fragment: "l Hie easing of the shell crash ini through the glass roof of the billiari '""in of the headquarters of the na "onal reserve. A fourth missile fel ""in- the Trinity deb"* <;reat excitement prevailed and spr rial i nstahles, the police and th military were called out to calm th neoiile, who streamed out of thei homes when the explosions oocurrec Hi" electric supply was immediatel off and the town was plunge mt" darkness. Hie whirring of the propellers r 'h" aircraft first attracted attentio 10 Then came the explosions an 'h" sound of breaking glass. Th bomb dropped near the reerui hm ground and the others near th h'dl hall, in all. five bombs wet thrown. in After the attack the aircraft saile 1 southwesterly direction. ""e man was found outside home nn st. Peter’s plain. Ills h hen had been crushed. He was identified as Samuel Smith, a shoemaker. A woman, who has not yet been identi fied, also was found dead, while a soldier was discovered in Norfolk Square with a wound in his chest. So far as can he ascertained, thus tar, these are the only casualties in Yarmouth, hut owing to the complete darkness that prevails as a result of tile cutting oft of the electric light service this statement cannot be ac ’ cepted as definite. The greatest damage done by any of the bombs resulted from one that fell in St. Peter's plain near St. Peter’s church, which damaged a whole row of houses, breaking all the windows and littering Hie street wiili slate front the roofs and brick. 1 Zeppelin Brought Down. London, .Ian- 20.—2:40 a. m— A dispatch to the Press Association •rom King's Lynn says that definite t news has been received that a Zeppe lin dropped a bomb not far from Sandringham palace, lint that no I damage was done the royal resi dence. GERMAN LINE RUSSIANS REPORTED TO HAVE CROSSED THE VISTULA RIVER IN LARGE FORCE. MAY ATTACK GERMAN FLANK Military Critics Believe Von Hinden berg Will Be Compelled to With draw Near the Prussian Border to Forestall Movement. London, Jan If' II p. m Weath er conditions have become ho severe in France and in Flanders, where there have been heavy Tails of snow that the fighting lias been confined almost entirely to artillery engage ments. There has been an exception, however, to tlie* southwest of Verdun, near Foint-a-Mousson,. where the French are reported to "have ap proached a few hundred yards nearer the German frontier," Military men attach considerable importance to the operations in this region, for, they say, in conjunction with the continued French pressure on the German lines to the west of the fortress of Perthes they will check, if successful, the German op erations against Verdun, around which they have had a half circle drawn since they Invaded France. Of the progress of the battles in East Prussia and Poland the official reports give less information than usual. Loquacity seems to be avoid ed when a big new movement is commencing, such as that which the Russians are carrying out between the east Prussian border and the lower Vistula. In this operation, as far as can be judged from the scant details fur nished, I hi* Russians are making a big sweep, to the west and north, evi dently in an endeavor to prevent Field Marshal Von Mindenburg's forces from forming a junction with the German troops in east Prussia. Pom*- Petrograd newspaper corre spondents credit the Russians with crossing (he Vistula river to the south and east of Plock. If this is true military men say, they must have a very large force and probably are in a position tu threaten the left flank of the German army which has been trying for weeks to force its. way through to Warsaw. In some quarters in London there is a tendency to believe that the tier ; mans soon will retire to their own i frontier in tho tear that a winter : spent on their present line, the com l munieation with which are declared - to be had, would result in a heavy 1 loss of men. Russian troops which crossed the . Carpathains arc reported to have ef* > fected a junction and when the plans j for an advance into Transylvania are i* complete an attempt will he made, it . is said, to invade Hungary from the north and east. i Reports from the Caucasus say the Russians still are pursuing the f remnants of the Turkish army corps u they deviated. These reports say I that even snow does not stop the ,, movements of the Russians, who arc t. harrying the Turkish First array e corps defeated at Ardahan, driving o it across the Chorokh river as well us gathering in more prisoners and ma ,1 teriuls beloaging to the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh corps which are de s dared to have been even more si> ,1 verely handled titan the First corps. LIKE AN UNITY BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE RESO LUriON REVISING CONSTITU TION MEETS FAVOR. MAY MEAN CONSOLIDATION Changes the Executive Committee oL the League to a Board of Governors of Nine Members and Provides For Nominations of Rival Tickets. Action taken voluntarily bv the Business Men':; League last night points to an unity of this organization ami tiie Chamber of Commerce in the near future to the end that ail the 'omniercial interests of Hot Springs may in future work through a single organization. The matter came up when Chair man Strauss of a special committee composed of C. X. Kix, Ilamp Wil liams and Dr. A c. Williams pre seined a revised constitution to the League for adoption. Cn ler the charter of the League tiie matt* r must lay over ten days before it is passed on. hut the man ner in which the report of the com mittee was received last night indi cates that tiie revision will meet with unanimous favor, and that within the near future the constitution of the league will have been so revised as to contain the main element of the Chamber of Commerce constitution, Hfer whi.-h of course there will he no harrier between the unification of the two organizations The report of the revision commit tee as submitted by Chairman Strauss provides that the constitution of the League shall he so changed that the executive committee shall he set aside and a board of nine govern ors ilhall be elected by tiie member ship to have full authority now con ferred on tiie executive committee— which in substance is tiie authority of the organization when the body is not in session Another point in the revised con stitution is that there shall lie ap pointed by the president of the league two nominating committees v.lho shall nominate rival tickets among the membership, the two tickets to tie nominated in ample time for a campaign to be waged in their behalf by friends, and assuring competition in the matter of election of tiie officers of the League in tiie future. 'But one change was made in the original report of the committee on that point. Secretary Bidding be lieved that in the event any other ticket or name should lie desired to be offered for voting other than such as nominated by the committees, on the petition of ir> members such name or ticket could be put out. and tills motion, seconded by Gilbert Hogabooni. was carried. There are o'her changes in the con stitution of the 'League which makes it sufficiently broad to meet all the demands of a commercial organiza tion of this class of city. President Callahan of the Chamber of Commerce authorized the state ment that in the event the changes were made, he believed that every member of that organization would join with the League and would blend the efforts of this organization so as to make it effective in restoring Hot Springs to the patronage it once enjoyed, and also of course looking to the further developing of the patron age of the resort. President M A. Eisole ,of the Busi ness iMen's League has been an active figure in working out the changes in the constitution of 'Ihe League sf. there may in the future he hut one organization. He, with other mem bers of the League, had declared in favor of any changes that would help to consolidate the working forces of the city so that better results could be achieved. Secretary Holding of the League re ported on the matter ot necessary improvements to the building because of leakages in the rear of the build ing, and a committee was appointed to take1 up this matter. The now League booklet issue will he 2hd,fv(Ki in numbers, and will he done by the new process of photo gravure which will make it by far the most handsome thing the city has ever done in this line. The booklets will be reach for distribution soon, and are being purchased at a very low rate considering: t'u* high class o: work that is done on them. These booklets. Secretary Held in je said, ar very much in demand, so much so in fact ithat it is ver> difficult to ke°;i enough on hand to furnish those who are constantly sending for them or (ending in person for them to send to friends. Assistant Secretary TV-nnett r« ported that there are answers com ing i.i from th«• advertising work now on an average of one hundred pet dtj>. making inquiries and soliciting booklets or further information on the iesi*t. and proving the attention that the advertising is getting from the north and east Walter rebel, publicity agent of th» league, stated that the correspond ence being sent nut was receiving splendid spare in the press of the north and east, and that the League was making preparations now to se cure a matrix set vice so that photos a id views generally could he pia-ed to advantage in tile press of the coun try calling attention to the resort. Secretary Bolding called the atten lion of the T eague to tihe tact that .50 n. miters of the Daughters of the American Devolution, including sent" o! the members of the grand lodge, ■would lie there on Kel>ruur> 15, and Mrs. S. K. Dillon had requested hint to place before the League the matter of giving these distinguished guests a tally ho ride. The matter will re ceive the attention of President Kisele and Secretary Bolding. Presi dent Flisele also will deliver an ad dress of welcome to the ladies on re quest of the local committee. MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY BANKRUPT M. RUMELY COMPANY WITH $30, 000.000 CAPITAL IS IN FINAN CIAL DIFFICULTY. Failure to Secure Extension of Cred its Throws Big Concern Into a Re ceivership. In lianaiiolis, Ind.. Jan. 19.—T'.ie ap pointment of Finley P. Mount, an In dianapolis attorney, as sole receiver for the M. Ituniely Company, a $30, pi;0,000 agricultural machinery manu facturing concern, by Judge A. M. Anderson, in the United States dis trict court here this afternoon, was made over the recommendations of ail the cieditors, who asked that Clar ence s. Funk of Chicago, president of the company, ami Stephen B. Flem ing of Fort Wayne, Ind.. he named as joint receivers. The abnormal financial conditions, resulting from the European war and the* refusal of the holders of $1,300, 000 of its debenture notes to grant an extension of the same are held re sponsible for the receivership in a statement issued by Mr. Funk late to day. | "When my associates and I took I the management of the company a year an I a half ago." continued Mr. Funk’s statement, "we reached the conclusion, which we still hold, that notwithstanding the accumulation of an enormous and badly balanced in ventory and the general disorganiza tion. resulting from the great and sudden expansion of the business in 1912. the business itself was funda mentally sound and that under nor mal conditions and provided the hold ers of the $10,000,000 of debentures would extend them for three years and the banks would afford the nec essary seasonal credit, the company could he carried through its difficul ties and its finances readjusted with out a receivership. I MORE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN ITALY SHOCKS CONTINUED ALL DAY YESTERDAY IN SOUTHERN PORTION OF COUNTRY Rome, .Jan. 19.—Italy has not ceased to suffer from seismic dis turbances. Tho> began with heavy shocks in central Italy last Wednes day morning, which destroyed many towns and villages, causing great loss of life. The shocks continued Iasi night when the southwestern ex tremity comprising the department of Calabria, fortunately a compare tnely barren region, was shaken to its foundations. On this latest disturbance Profes sor Martorelli of the seismographic observatory says it was felt in all the recording stations throughout Italy and showed a telluric revival the consequences of which it was diffi cult to foresee. Fifteen additional miner shocks occurred during the da\. GERMAN MINISTER OF WAR SUMS UP THE SITUATION FOR ASSOCIATED PRESS. RIDICULES KITCHENER'S ARMY Says Offensive Movement of General Joffre Has Redounded to the Credit of the German Arms and That Ger many's Position is Good. General Field Headquarters of the German Armies (in France), Jan. 16, via London, .Ian. lit—9:05 p. m.— "More of such offensive (referring to Hie present offensive operations in tile campaign of the aliiesi can only he welcome to us." "The liritish are good fighters, but an army without the necessary offi cers and non-commissioned officers, is scarcely an army " "We are fully prepared lor any at tempt at a landing in Delgium; the sooner it conies the better.'' These are some of the praises, full of quiet optimism, of Lieut, (leu. Erich Von Falkenhayn, the German minister of war. and chief of staff of German armies in the field, who to day granted the Associated Press the first interview given any correspond ent. The general talked frankly of the present military situation and tlio prospects of the war, which he evi dently does not expect will be a short one. General Von Falkenhayn is the man responsible under the emperor for the strategy in the great world war. He is comparatively young as commanders go -the youngest of any o. the leaders of the European ar tnies, with a tremendous capacity for hard, concentrated work. He is at his desk in an old French government building which houses the German general staff from dawn until late at night. He performs the dual functions of minister of war and chief of the general staff, and has little time for exercise or recrea tion. He sleeps at headquarters with his hand, as it wer.e, on the throttle of the big machine, and yet his slen der figure is as erect as the day he flashed into public notice with his memorable defense of the German army in the Zabern debate in the reichstag. Inis war is not a war of aggres sion," General Von Falkenhayn said, taking up the causes of the conflict “It is not a war brought about by a military caste or military party in Germany, but one of self-defense. As a soldier, 1 cannot, of course, talk on the political aspects or the causes of the war, but can speak front a mili tary standpoint. “It was forced on us by the Rus sian mobilization in the face of which we could do nothing but arm ourselves. Russia had been advised and warned by his majesty and through our ambassador, that if she mobilized, we must, in self-defense, order a general mobilization and take the steps necessary to protect our national existence. Russia, nev ertheless, went ahead with its mobil ization while continuing diplomatic negotiations. "If a man comes into your room for a discussion with gun drawn, you can scarcely be expected to wait for him to cock and level it at you be fore reaching for your own to defend your life. "Our present situation is excellent We have no cause to complain. We have carried the war into the enemy's country on both fronts; we are still there after five months of war. Our present lines are very strong; the advantage is all on our side thus far. "If our first advance against Paris,” the general said in response to a question, "had succeeded fully and in all respects, it would have been ■ reckoned a most brillient achievement. As it stands it is an admirable one. 1 can say so freely because I had nothing to do with the conception of the plan of campaign. Rut one cannot expect to carry on war without some checks, and when we fell back we sung over to the present line 0f action, in which we have been thoroughly successful. It is wrong to interpret the opera tions in Flanders as an attempt on our part to reach Calais and outflank the allies' armies. On the contrary, Unit phase of the campaign is the re Milt of an attempt on the part or the French and British to force their way eortli to separate ns from the sea and envelope our right flank ami rear, relieve Antwerp and oblige us to retire from Belgium. "Their plan was a failure; our counter stroke the success of the op erations in Flanders. They have not. outflanked us and we are still there.' "What is your view of Kitchener's new army?'’ he was asked. The of fensive," the German chief of staff replied, "was to begin, according to General .loffres order, on the day ot December 17. So far we have no reason to lie dissatisfied with its re suits. We not only have held our lines successfully. but have even gained ground. .More of such offen sive can only lie welcome to us. "As to Kitcheners army, the Brit ish are good fighters and I have all respect for them, but an army with out necessary officers and non-com missioned officers is scarcely an army, according to present-day stand ards. They may send them over to attack us, but I think we are strong enough to heat them and drive them back with bloody heads. "The proposed landing in Belgium? We are fully prepared for any at tempt in this direction; the sooner it comes the better.” There was nothing boastful in Gen eral Von Kalkenhayn's manner. These statements were made , in stead, in a quiet tone and with confi dence in the preparedness of the tier man army and its ability to meet the situation. What effect upon the German Conduct of the war,” General Von Falkenhayn was asked, has the Brit ish blockade and contra bond nolicy exercised ?” "Practically none at all,” he re plied. "Of food we have enough. I lie problem of feeding the civil pop ulation of Belgium, Poland and the occupied parts of France, particular ly Lille or Lodz, presents some diffi culties, but for ourselves we have enough "As for the embargo on copper,” and General Falkenhayn laughed, "we have no copper under ground, it is true, but above ground we have more than enough for all military needs, if our regular supplies be come exhausted we need only draw on the enormous quantities of manu 1 actured copper already in Germany. In our cables for transmitting elec tricity current, for instance, we have a couple of years’ supply. "British interference with copper shipments, it seems to me, is a heavy blow to America, but for us it is nothing.’’ MU CREDITS IN EECISEATIPN WAYS DEMOCRATS RESUME ACTIVITY ON PROPOSED BILL BUT WITH LITTLE HOPE. Word Has Already Passed That It Will Not Reach a Vote at This Ses sion of Congress. Washington. Jan. 1!). — Although there may lie no opportunity to enact legislation for the improvement of rural credits by the time congress adjourns March 4 next, democrats of the senate resumed activity today on this subject, with a view to reporting a bill in the near future. In accordance with action of the democratic caucus Monday night in declaring it tlhe sense of senate demo crats that a rural credits system hill should lie passed at the “earliest practicable date." a meeting of the banking and currency committee was called today by 'Chairman Owen. The committee will meet tomorrow to take up particularly the bill known In the senate as the Hollis hill, wihtch was framed by the joint hank ing and currency sub committee of the senate and house last summer. Some .ending democratic senators insisted today that an extra session of congress could not lie avoided now. Senator Hoke Smith of Geor gia openly declared that an extra ses sion in the spring or summer was “absolutely pertain.” Relieving this to be the case, some of Phe democrats argue that there is no necessity for immediate action upon appropriation hills and rural credits legislation be taken up before March 4. This plan will be urged at a party caucus in t'he near future. President Wilson sug.gestel in bis annual message that there would not be time for rural credits legislation at this session. The president told callers today that it was his under standing that the senate democrats did not mean to infer that a rural credits bill should be rushed tlhrough at this time. The Hollis hill would establish a rural credits system under general control of the federul reserve board VILIi AND GUTIERREZ NORTHERN LEADER ACCUSES FLEEING PRESIDENT AS A TRAITOR TO THE CAUSE. Will. LIGHT ALL FACTIONS Villa Says He is Ready Now as Al ways to Fight For Mexico and Her Interests and Renounces All Pub lic Positions and Offices. El Paso, Texas, .Ian. 19.--General Villa. under dale of today from Aguas Calientes. a city north of the capital, sent the following statement to the Associated Press "On the sixteenth Instant, coming from Juarez where I had arranged satisfactorily, and In a decorous man ner for tlie country and for our cause, the conflict regarding the at tacks made on Naco by the conven tion forces, 1 was surprised on the way south to learn that Sulallo Gu tierrez, provisional president of Mex ico, elected by the convention, in company with Generals J. Isabel Ro bles, Lueio Hlanco and Mateo Al manza, had fled during the early morning of that day from the capital city without any permission from tha honorable assembly, taking with them ten million pesos from the na tional treasury and looting every thing and leaving abandoned all in terests, lives and honor of society en trusted to their care. "Details contained in later tele grams informed me about conditions and the alarm and panic existing among the inhabitants of Mexico City when they learned of the atti tude of the first magistrate of the nation and his companions. I was further surprised upon learning that some forces belonging to the fugi tives Intended abandoning the capital to march in the streets in disorder and permit all sorts of abuses and outlaw acts. •'Fortunately the forces under my command in the city at once took up tlie tusk of re-establishing order and kept tile soldiers who wanted to leave believing In the hoax in some of the barracks, and giving the peo ple ample guarantees. Therefore, I have the honor to notify the republic and the world that not a single act was committed against life and inter ests of the inhabitants of Mexico City and that the forces of the liber ating army (the Zapata forces), to gether with those of the division of the north, kept order. ' This had hardly come to pass in the capital when a message from an other locality gave me new particu lars Through this 1 learned that Gutierrez had addressed the military convention in an attempt to ignore it, and turning against it, defrauding the hopes of ’the country which had been left with him, had turned traitor to the public aspirations and those of the revolution. v wuuai; IU an pwiuivai l)Ut'MIUUb and having only the desire to do my duly, I at once called a meeting of all generals with me and all those aV*. companylng me, in order to take iif*^*^* the matter. They, like me, resolved to support the convention and to fight the enemies of the country until we could establish in the country the revolutionary principles which shall save the republic. My opiniou was upheld by all of the northern divi sion. by the liberating army under General 15. Zapata and by the several other well known revolutionary chieftains. I can state that the major part of the forces remain loyal to the convention and are ready to aid in the pacification of Mexico and the re-establishment of constitutional order. “I believe it opportune to let the Mexican people know that now, as ever, 1 am ready to fight for their interests and honor and that I shall fight the enemy, without seeing their number or their i>ower. On doing my duty 1 have consulted no one. | only my conscience, which I protest to be subject to all the reasons of the convention. Again I renounce all Public positions, as my only aim is the happiness of the country and its people. “FRANCISCO VILI-A. "General in Charge of Operations.” --a-— BOMBS AT YARMOUTH, Yarmouth, via lamdon, Jan. 19.— 11:20 p. m.—-A hostile aircraft passed over Yarmouth this evening. It dropped several bomba, doing a great deal of damage to proj>erty aad caus ing some loss of life.