Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOLUME XVIII.
FRENCH FLYERS HUNG
ON ZEPPELIN RAIDER
LIKE FLOCK OF UMS
With Machine, Guns and Can
- non Fire They Pursued the
Dirigible Until Ammunition'
and Gas Were Gone
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS. Jan. 31.—Five French aero
planes engaged the Zeppelin which on
Saturday night last dropped bombs on
Paris killing 23 and wounding over two !
score of persons ’according to an au- •
thoritative statement Just issued.
The first to attack the German raider
was a machine piloted by a sergeant
who was occupied in patrolling the up
per air. He pursued with savage ener
gy. the statement says, but soon ex- >
hausted al! his stock of cartridges and
was obliged to abandon the pursuit, i
One of two machines, which were armed
with cannon had. however, by this time ;
managed to climb up high enough and
opened an intense fire on the Zeppelin,
which probably was hit but not badly
damaged.
The Zeppelin was next picked up by i
i sub-lieutenant, as it flew over the
suburbs westward. He went up to with- I
in 50 to 100 yards of the airship and j
stuck to his quarry with grim determi
nation sometimes flying above, some
times below, and sometimes on a level in
order t* escape the fire from the Zep
pelin's machine guns.
For fifty-three minutes the chase con
tinued. the machine guns being freely
used on both sides, until finally the ae
roplane’s engine broke down and the
sub-lieutenant was obliged to descend.
SECOND RAID.
Several bombs were dropped by a sec
ond Zeppelin which flew over the out- |
skirts of Paris Sunda ynight. but they |
produced no such deadly effect as on the
occasion of the raid of Saturday night.
The official press bureau gave out the
following statement this morning:
"A German dirigible set out in the di
rection of Paris where it arrived soon
after 10 p. m. It was bombarded by our
special batteries and attacked by our
aeroplanes. Before returning northward
it dropped a number of bombs which, ac
cording to the news received so far. did
no damage.'*
Representatives of the Matin who vis
ited the scene of the raid say that no
damage was done by the bombs. Three
of them fell on a piece of waste ground
and three others in a field. A police in
spector saw the three which fell in the
field. They did not sink deep in the soil.
They were covered with a cotton-like
substance which burst into flames. The
inspecter characterized them as incen
diary bombs.
Little was seen of the Zeppelin, on
account of the weather conditions.
The Matin says that it has received
information from the postmaster of one
of the places over which the Zeppelin
passed that a number of bombs were
dropped together. The inference is
drawn that the Germans seeing them
selves threatened by French aeroplanes,
decided to loose all their bombs at once.
The censors permitted foreign corre
spondents to telegraph whatever details
they could obtain, but the Paris morn
ing papers have many blank spaces.
REPRISALS DEMANDED.
The press is unanimous in demand
ing reprisals for the two Zeppelin raids
cn Paris and also calls for greater
efficiency in the aerial defenses.
“It is cnougn to be indignant at such
tactics, which dishonor war itself." says
the Matin- "Public sentiment expects
something else. It desires reprisals
immediate reprisals.
Spehen Picb.on. former foreign minis
ter. says in the Petit Journal: "The peo
ple of Paris will preserve their calm,
but will not spare any persons who
nay have been guilty, through negli
gence in capacity or lack of foresight of
not employing that mastery of the air
o\er the enemy which the people had
een led to believe France possesses."
Alfred Capus. the dramatist, says in
tne Figaro: "Paris is entitled to a
striking revenge in the near future.
»ne cannot doubt our air service is able
;<• exact it."
At >:4» Sunday night firemen
lashed through the streets sound
ing warnings of another Zppe
lin raid. In a few minutes the capital
was entirely dark. Crowds remained
on the boulevards watching the skies
for the appearance of German aircraft.
The Place de TOpeta, which is gener
ally brilliantly lighted, was suddenly
thrown into darkness, and policemen
carrying poles hurried through tne
streets extinguishing the gas lights.
Being Sunday night the boulevards
were thronged with promenaders and tnu
theaters, moving picture houses and
"afes were crowded. The toll of death
from the raid of the night before had
made no impression on the cool Paris
ians who displayed the insatiable curios
ity for which they are reputed and
flocked into the streets and gazed sky
ward in the hope of getting a glimpse,
of the Invader, unmoved by the possible
prospect of the horrible death from
missiles which might fall from tne
gloomy sky. Nothing, however. was
seen and at 11:15 p. m. the firemen's
bugles announced that all danger had
passed and a number of lights, sufficient
to enable persons homeward bound to
find their way were turned on.
Shi-p Brings News
Os Two Steamers
Lost Recently
By Associated
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—The White Star
tine freight steamship Bovic reported
on her arrival here today from Man
chester that she had picked up wireloan
messages indicating that two steamship*
have been recently lost at sea hereto
fore unreported.
One was the Apalachee, a British tank
er in the government service; the other
an unknown steamer whose crew was
rescued by the steamer Finland.
Villa Reported
Surrounded by
Carranza Forces
(By Associated Frees.) \
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Jan. 31.—Fran
cisco Villa, according to reports re
ceived here today, had been driven out
of the Picachos hills and Santa Clara
canyon and is now surrounded by Car
ranza forces near El Vaile.
MOULD AND METHOD
FOB COUNTERFEITING
LAND YOUTH IN JAIL
|P. Stringfellow, Aged 22,
Caught at 48 Carnegie Way
With Tools, Melted Metal
and Book of Directions
-Watchful waiting" on the part of cer
j tain members of the Atlanta police and
detective departments had beneficial re
sults Sunday morning when P. String-
I fellow. 22 years old, who is thought to
‘ be a counterfeiter of exceptional clever
ness. was arrested in his room at 48
I Carnegie Way.
The youthful offender is now in a cell
at polite headquarters charged with
I •■suspicion," and will be turned over to
I the federal authorities Monday, accord
ing to Detectives Cowan and Gillespie.
' who made the arrest.
The capture of Stringfellow rivals any
. detective film ever shown on the screen.
According to Mrs. E. W. Moran, wife
of the proprietor of the Carnegie Way
j rooming house, Stringfellow. neatly
dressed and affable, applied for a room
I a week ago. He was making a special
| study of chemistry, he said, and also
i intended cooking coffee in his room.
HOUSE WAS SHADOWED.
For several days the rooming house
has been shadowed by both uniformed
and plain clothes men. On Thursday
Call Officers Barfield and Anderson
spent a hungry twelve hours in an effort
to land their man, after getting a tip
that Stringfellow was a counterfeiter.
Mr. Moran, the proprietor, also be
came suspicious and notified the fed
eral authorities, who, in turn, reported
the matter *to the city detectives. De
j tectites Moon and Waggoner were put
to work on the case Friday. They were
in no hurry and wanted to catch the al
leged counterfeiter at work.
Sunday morning the telephone in the
station sergeant's office at headquarters
rang long and hard. Information caine
over the wire that smoke was issuing
idly from a certain room in the house
at 48 Carnegie Way—the very room
which Stringfellow was thought to have
rented for the purpose of making spu
rious coins.
Detectives Cowan and Cillesple were
rushed to the scene. They rapped on
Stringfellow's door and found it lock
ed. They asked to be admitted. The
man inside hesitated, then mumbled
something, crashed something else and
opened the door.
"CAUGHT WITH GOODS."
Occordlng to Detectives Cowan and
Gillespie. Stringfellow was caught with
the goods—he was nabbed "red-handed.”
"You've got me, boys,” he said coolly, as
he caught a glimpse of the badge worn
by Detective Gillespie.
The crash that was so distinctively
heard by the officers Just before String
fellow opened the door proved to be the
mold of plaster of parir which was
found broken and stuffed in a pillow
case. With it were three silver dollars
and one paper dollar. It is not believed
that this is counterfeit money. On the
floor was a bucket half filled with burn
ing charcoal and a frying pan, which
belonged to Mrs. Moran and which con
tained the melted metal used in making
the coins, was found lying up-side-down
in the wash basin.
In the broken mold, the detectives de
clare, was discovered a silver quarter.
A book containing information valuable
to a maker of counterfeit coins was
found by the officers on a table in the
room.
Stringfellow is clean-looking, well
dressed and appears to be cultured. Mr.
Moran declares that he is one of the
most gentlemenly roomers he has ever
had. while Mrs. Moran'speaks highly of
his manners except for his one act in
pouring hot metal in her perfectly
good frying pan.
DENIES PASSING MONEY.
Stringfellow showed no inclination to
be loquacious when seen by a Journal
reporter. He admitted, however, that
the detectives had caught him at work
but declared that he was “experiment
ing.” He denied ever having passed
any bad money.
"I said I was studying chemistry to
keep people from being suspicious,” said
Stringfellow. “It was that smoke that
ruined me. I should have been more
careful.”
Stringfellow says he is a telegraph
operator and has been in Atlanta for
about three months. He said his home
is in Philadelphia. “I have been mar
ried but I'm not now,” he stated. "But
that's all I care to say about It.”
It is believed by the detectives that
Stringfellow has a “pal.” Stringfellow
admitted that he has served a term In
the Federal prison but refused to state
why he was sent there.
Record Jump
Made on Skis
(By Associated Frees.)
KLOSTERS, Switzerland, Jan. 30.
(Via London, Jan. 31.) —Albert Gero
mine of Davos today made a Jump of
51 metres. (167.32 feet) on skis. The
Jump is said to be a world’s record.
WOMAN CURSED MAN OVER
PHONE AN£GOT ARRESTED
When Police Captain Poole went to
the telephone at I’3o o'clock Monday
morning he was accidentally connected
with a busy wire. He started to hang
up, but didn't when he heard a woman
cursing a man for everything under the
sun.
"The words she used were hot enough
to melt the wires, and mean enough to
be an insult to the ears of any one who
heard them," said the captain.
So he got hold of the Southern Bell
supervisor, found out the number of the
woman's phone and her address, 32 Trin
ity avenue, sent two of his men around
and arrested the woman.
She gave her name as Mrs. Willie
Mitchell. She was taken to the police
station in the “jitney bus" and her col
lateral was fixed at 315.75. But she
never stayed in a cell for lack of col
lateral, for the man she had been curs
ing came down and put up the 815.75 in
cash. She was reclased, and failed to
appear In police court Monday morning,
thus forfeiting the money.
British Losses
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. Jan. 31. —British casualties
published during the month of January
totalled 1,073 officers and 19,624 men.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1916.
SIR WM. R. ROBERTSON was
recently appointed chief of the im
perial staff of the British army, a
position to which he rose from pan
try boy through sheer ability.
Wk - A
WGII MAN ON MM
MISSING 0. S. SUBMNRINE
Clarence Wilson, of Moreland,
Electrician on K-s—No
Trace Found of Craft
CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 31—Naval
vessels continued to search the Caro
lina coast todaj' for the United States
submarine K-5, reported missing since
1 o’clock Sunday morning, but, accord
ing to information available here, their
efforts had been futile. The submersi
ble had not responded to wireless calls
sent out from shore stations and naval
vessels, and this led marine men to ex
press fears that the boat had suffered at
least an accident to her wireless ap
paratus.
Clarence Wilson, an electrician, More
land, Ga., is listed at the navy depart
ment as a member of the crew of the
K-5.
A h**vy fog hung over the coast be
tween here and Cape Romain. forty
miles north of here, where the K-5 last
was sighted, and this made more diffi
cult the task of the searchers.
Tht K-5, with three other submarines
of the same type—the K-l, K-2 and
K-6 —convoyed by the submarine tender
Tallahassee, left New York January 27.
en route to Key West, Fla., for maneu
vers in southern waters. The Tallahas
see and the other three submarines ar
rived off Charleston bar last night, but
were prevented from entering the har
bor by the fog.
Arlval of the flotilla and Its convoy
was followed by the Tallahassee’s wire
less report to Washington navy officials
that the K-5 was missing. Shortly aft
er that naval boats In these waters, in
cluding the destroyer Worden, the coast
guard cutters Yamacraw and Seminole,
and the buoy tender Mangrove, were or
dered to begin search.
Efforts to ascertain from officials of
the Charleston navy yard if they knew
whether or not the K-5 hafl suffered an
accident proved futile, all inquirers be
ing referred to Washington.
The K-5 was said to have aboard a
crew of from six to eight men.
Navy yard officials have no further
news of the submarine K-5, following
announcement of arrival of the Talla
hassee, with K-l, K-2 and K-6. The
coast guard cutters Yamacraw and Sem
inole and the deStroyer Worden are con
tinuing a search for the missing K-5,
as is the lighthouse tender Mangrove.
The K-5 was lost sight of about thirty
miles above Charleston. A wide radio
alarm has been spread, and all passing
ships are on the lookout. Hopes are
high that the K-5 will make her way
to Charleston safely. The Tallahassee
and three divers now here will await
further advices before proceeding to
Key West. Just now the Tallahassee
is off Fort Sumter, five miles from this
city.
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DANGER FROM FLOOD
SPREADS; THOUSANDS
ALREADY HOMELESS
Vast Areas in Ohio and Mis
sissippi Valleys Under Water
and Rivers Keep Rising as
Rain Pours Down
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Serious
floods threaten the lower Ohio valley,
the Mississippi valley from Cairo, Hl.,
to the Gulf of Mexico, and the valleys
of Arkansas because of the heavy rains
of Sunday In Arkansas, the lower Ohio
valley and the Mississippi valley from
St. Louis to Vicksburg. The weather
bureau today issued the following spe
cial flood bulletin:
"The heavy rains of Sunday in Ar
kansas, the lower Ohio valley and the
Mississippi valley, from St. Louis to
Vicksburg, have continued throughout
the last twelve hours, and, coming upon
rivers already in flood, have created a
serious situation in the river valleys of
Arkansas and also along the lower Ohio
valley and the Mississippi valley from
Cairo to the gulf. Stages Monday
morning were: St. Louis, 31.2 feet,
flood stage, 30 feet; Cairo, 51.4 feet,
flood stage, 45 feet; Memphis, 39.8 feet,
flood stage, 35 feet; Vicksburg, 50.1
feet, flood stage, 45 feet; New Orleans,
17.8 feet, flood stage, 18 feet.
“While warnings have already been
distributed locally to the points in
volved, it now seems probable that by
reason of the continued rains the stages
already forecast will be slightly exceed
ed at various points and that high
stages In the Mississippi from Cairo to
the gulf will be long continued.”
800 People Are Made
Homeless at Hickman, Ky.
(By Associated Press.)
HICKMAN, Ky., Jan. 31. —The West
Hi'kman levee gave way early today
and the Mississippi river is now flood
ing a large area in tne manufacturing
district.
The water is slowly backing up into
the business section. About 800 people
have so far been rendered homeless.
OEMfiNoFMORPHINE
AT POINT OF PISTOL
Stranger Pulls Gun on Drug
Clerk, but Loses Nerve
and Flees
Wearing a long overcoat and with his
face partly concealed, a tall, nervous
man walked Into Jacobs’ Marietta street
store at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon,
crossed to the prescription counter and
demanded a quantity of morphine.
W. T. Thomas, the prescription clerk,
politely told the stranger that he could
not fill the prescription—that it was
against the rules of the store, where
upon the man drew a large revolver and
leveled it at the clerk.
"Yes you will fill It,” he said gruffly.
"I've Just got to have some. If I don’t
get it I will blow my brains out."
The clerk hesitated and then said, “All
right. I'll get some for you.” He im
mediately ducked behind the counter,
leaving the stranger with the revolver
in his hand.
The man in the overcoat evidently be
came suspicious and fearing that he
would be caught, walked rapidly from
the store without waiting for the clerk
to return.
The identity of the dope fiend is un
known and so far detectives working
on the case have discovered no clue.
COLLARED AT LAST. They
have buttoned a white collar
around the neck of ‘'Cyclone”
Davis at last, the they being his
wife and close friends. All his life
the famous Texas congressman has
draped his neck with a silk muf
fler instead of a “starchband.”
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ILLEGEO OLIVER SLITERS -
ON TRIAL IT LEESBURG
G. W. and Claude Chance,
Minter Kennedy and Ike
Carter to Face Jury
LEESBURG, Ga., Jan. 31.—The spe
cial term of the Lee county superior
court was called to order this morning
at 9 o’clock with Judge Z. A. Little
john, presiding. The first work of the
court was the calling of the grand jury
that served at the November term of
court, in 1915 and secured the indict
ments against G. W. Chance, Claude
Chance, Minter Kennedy and the negro,
Ike Carter, charged with the murder of
A. D. Oliver, were to be called at a spe
cial term of Lee county superior court
here today. Oliver, who became known
throughout the south through having
served part of a term in a Mississippi
prison through a case of mistaken
identity, and also known because of pub
licity given his banking schemes, was
shot to death on the streets here the
night of February 17, 1915.
The judge, in his Charge to the grand
jury, especially commented on the re
cent lynching that occurred in Lee coun
ty and emphasized the fact that if any
of the mob members were ever brought
to justice that the grand jury would
have to do it. The judge said:
“It is not what the judge can do, but
what you will do. It is a disgrace to
your county and state.”
The case of the state vs. G. W. Chance,
Claude Chance, Minter Kennedy and Ike
Carter was then called. The defense is
represented by Colonels Yeoman and
Wilkerson, of Dawson, and Colonel R. R.
Forrester, of this pjlace; the state by
Solicitor J. R. Williams, Colonel F. A.
Hooper, of Atlanta; J. B. Poyle, solicitor
of the city court, and W. H. Beckham,
of Albany. The taking of the jury was
then begun. The defendants all appear
to be in the best of spirits and confident
of acquittal.
Requisition papers that were granted
for J. B. Williams, a convict in Ala
bama. by the governor of Alabama, were
served, but he declined to come with
the officer. He was wanted in the case
by the state. He was located at Smith
ville at the time of the murder, and
was a witness at the commital trial here
some time ago, when the defendants
were turned loose.
The first case called was that of the
state vs. Claud Chance, son of G. W.
Chance. The defense announced ready.
It is generally supposed that the state
has the strongest evidence against him.
Should he secure an acquittal, it is prob
able that the other three cases will be
nol pressed.
The taking of the jury was then be
gun. J. F. Usry and Herbert Sanford
were accepted by both sides.
MANDAMUS ID FORCE
PARALLEL DF W. & 1.
IS DENIEDJ Y COURT
Judge Pendleton Renders De
cision Monday in Favor of
the State After Hearing That
Lasted Several Days
After a hearing lasting for several
days Judge John T. Pendleton, of the
Fulton superior court, Monday after
noon declined to issue a writ of man
damus to compel Secretary of State
Philip Cook to issue a charter for the
North Georgia Mineral railroad com
pany, which proposes to build a line
from-Atlanta to a point near Carters
ville, and which proposed line, it was
contended by the state, is simply a
scheme of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad to parallel the WosteA and At
lantic railroad.
1» refusing the writ of mandamus
Judge Pendleton declared that in his
opinion the law passed by the legislat
ure last summer which forbids the sec
retary of state to issue a charter to any
railroad that would parallel the West
ern and Atlantic or impair the value of
I that property, is legal and constitu-
II tional.
Immediately after the court’s decision
was rendered Attorneys King & Spald
ing, and Dorsey, Brewster, Howell &
Heyman, counsel for the North Georgia
Mineral railroad, announced their pur
pose to apeal to the state supreme
court. The state's attorneys—Attorney
General Clifford Walker, Judge Horace
Holden, Judge John C. -Hart and Mark
Bolding—were very much gratified over
. the decision and expressed confidence
• that tlje state’s contentions would be
: upheld by the higher court.
Judge Pendleton made his decision
• immediately at the close of the hearing.
He declared that it was the duty of the
' state to protect its property and to see
hat its railroad is not paralleled if such
i would prove injurious to the road. He
, also expressed the opinion that the anti
parallelling act was in effect a general
law.
Mandamus Hearing
To Be Held Friday
The hearing before Judge A. W. Fite,
of the Cherokee circuit, on the petition
of the state for a permanent injunction
1 to restrain the Atlanta, Knoxville and
1 Northern railroad and the Louisville and
Nashville railroad from further adver
tising its intention to build an extension
from Marietta to Cartersville will be
held in the state library at the capitol,
beginning Friday.
Owing to the fact that the attorneys
for the state and the railroads were
engaaged in the mandamus case before
Judge Pendleton, Judge Fite postponed
the hearing from Monday to Friday,
Auto Party Held
Up; Two Killed
And Two Beaten
(By Associated Press.)
BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 31.—Two per
sons were murdered, another probably
fatally injured, and a fourth severely
beaten up in an automobile hold up on
the Orchard Park road near this city
early today. Several hours elapsed be
fore the authorities were informed of
the crime and the assailants escaped.
The victims, prominent Buffalo resi
dents, and members of the same family
Mrs. Agnes M. Telper, aged 67, shot
in head and instantly killed.
Frederick C. Tieper, son, beaten to
death with blunt instrument.
Grace C. Teiper, daughter, skull frac
tured, will die.
Edward E. Teiper, son, beaten on head
and left senseless on road.
The family was returning from Or
chard Park and had stopped the car a
short distance south of the terminal
railroad crossing. There the party was
set upon by the hold-up men. Mrs.
Tieper was killed by the first of four
shots fired. The men then clubbed the
others, and after robbing them of mon
ey and jewelry fled. A farmer living
neary heard the shots and the cries of
the women and gave the alarm.
Mrs. Teiper was the widow of Conrad
Teiper, who founded the Buffalo Struc
tural Steel company.
Police and deputy sheriffs are search
' Ing for a negro who is believed to have
’ committed the crime single handed.
Edward Teiper, who is at his home
under care of a physician, said that his
mother, brother and sister were his
guests yesterday, making the trip in
their machine. He had driven into the
I city with his roadster and when that
stalled he left it by the roadside.
When his guests returned home he
started with them, carrying tools to re
i pair his own car. They stopped beside
the stranded machine.
“I was working on the automobile,"
he told the police, "when I heard my
brother shout. ‘Ed.’ I looked up in time
to ward off a big negro, but he hit me
on the head and I went down and out.
As I did I saw him grapple with Fred.
That’s about all I knew till help came.”
The police found Edward staggering
on the road. The body of Mrs. Teiper
was in the automobie, while that of
Frederick was in the near the
I automobile. Near him lay Grace Teiper.
I taken to a hospital here. At a late hour
' she had not recovered consciousness.
Nomination of
Brandeis Before
Sub-Committee
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.—The nomi
nation of Louis D. Brandeis to succeed
the late Justice Lamar, was referred
| for investigation by the judiciary com
l mittee of the senate today to a sub-
I committee consisting of Senators Chil
ton, Walsh and Fletcher, Democrats and
Cummins and Clark, of Wyoming, Re
publicans.
Senator Chilton, chairman of the sub
committee, said his committee would
hold a meeting soon, perhaps late to
day.
“If the other members of the com
mittee agree with me, we will act
quickly on the nomination,” said Sena
tor Chilton.
Administration senators were grati
fied at the personnel of the sub-com
mittee.
NUMBER 3a.
GRAND DUKE'S ARMY
MOVING FORWARD IN
THE C»US ZONE
Erzerum Surrounded by Rus
sian Forces and Turk Au
thorities Barely Have Time
to Escape With Funds
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Jan. 31.—News has been re
ceived in diplomatic circles at Athens,
the Balkan agency’s correspondent there
telegraphs, that the Russians have in
flicted a fresh defeat on the Turks in
the Caucasus. The correspondent re
iterates the report that the Russians
have surrounded Erzzerum. The Turkish
authorities and the bankers with the
bank funds, he says, left the oity at the*
last moment, barely escaping capture by
Cossacks. Russian artnlery has begun
to bombard the forts of the city.
The correspondent adds that th*
Turks are hastily fortifying the towns
of Angora and Sivas, capitals of th*
vilayets of those names, situated, re
spectively, 215 and 425 miles east of
Constantinople.
Italy Decides to Keep
Up Fight for Albania
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Jan. 31.—(8y Wireless to
Saville) —Italy has decided to continu*
the campaign in Albania, according to
Vienna advices given out today by th*
Overseas News agency, atid i-s said to
have landed an additional infantry di
vision and several batteries of heavy
artillery at Avion.
“Italy will not give Albania,” th*,
news agency says. “She conisders an
effective defense of the southern part
of the country as a military and politi-i
cal ncesssity. Other reports state that
Italy, lacking sufficient troops of her
own, has asked for help from England
and France.”
French Repulse German
Attack at Hill 140
(By Associated Press.)
FARIS, Jan. 31.—G-rman forces last
night delivered two attacks with hand
grenades near Hill No. 140, both of *
which resulted in failure, according Jto
the French official announcement given J
out this afternoon.
The text follows:
"To the north of Arras the enemy
last night, at a point southwest of Hill 1
No. 140, delivered two attacks with hand
grenades, both of which resulted in fail
ure.
“In the Champagne district our ar-’
tillery bombarded the German trefiches
to the north of Prosnos. During thia
action there were observed explosions
at four different points of the enemy's - I
front.
"In the Argonne there has been fight
ing with mines at Haute Chevauche. We
responded to the explosion of a German
mine by a counter mining operation
which destroyed an underground gallery
occupied by the enemy.
“There has been intermittent artillery
firing In the other sectors of the front.”
Germans Hold Captured
Trenches Against Attack
(By Anociated Prois.)
BERLIN. Jan. 31. —(Via London.)—
The French have been making repeated
attempts to regain the ground recently
lost by them near Neuville, army head
quarters announced today, but all their
attacks have been beaten off, the Ger
mans still holding their newly won
trenches.
Today’s official statement eays:
"Western theater of war: Our new
trenches In the region of Neuville have ’ |
been held against repeated French at
tacks.
"The number of prisoners taken north
west of the village of La Folie has in
creased to 318 men and the booty taken
has Increased to eleven machine gun*.
“The French made several surprise i
firing attacks against the positions cap
tured by Silesian troops south of the
Scmnrte on the 28th.
“Fighting activity has somewhat died
owing to the misty weather. Wlsman
on the River Aa, west of Riga, broke I «
down under our infantry and artillery
fire.
"Balkan theater: The position is un
changed.”
Turks Expect Food From
Teutons and Vice-Versa
(By Ag«ocla.ted Press.)
LONDON, Jan. 31.—The Balkan oor
respondent of the Dally Mall In describ-
Ing conditions in Vienna says that there
“as everywhere else In the Tuetonlo i
war zone the food question Is ths chief ’• 3
topic of conversation.”
The humorous side of the situation,
the correspondent says Is that while the
people In Turkey expect to get food J
from Austria and Germany the people
ii? Austria and Germany expect to get
food from Turkey.
At one of the largest hospitals In 3
Vienna the correspondent visited two
halls filled with wounded who were
bl'nded by rock splinters caused by
high explosives on the Italian Isonzo
front.
There were 70,000 Austrians blinded
within six months owing to these rock
fragments.
The Austrians are confident that tn -.1
addition to the new port of Antvari, on
the Adriatic, they will secure Venice
and northern Serbia. The dispatch
concludes with the declaration that de
spite the victories in the Balkans the
ancient hatred of the Russians is just
as strong in Austria today as before
the war. ~ *
Operation Costly
To Turk Sultan
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—(Via London, Jan.
31.) —The Turkish sultan's aide-de
camp. arrived In Berlin today with the
fee for Dr. Israel, the surgeon who re
cently operated on the sultan. The fee
amounts approximately to 830,000.
In accordance with the Turkish cus
tom the sultan, as well as numerous
princes of the royal family, sent in ad
dition to money, many presents of a
uniquite and valuable character to Dr.
Israel and all the members of his fam
ily-