The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 27, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 November 1914 — Page 1

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i KAISER’S HEIR Crown Prince Frederick la Reported Seriously Wounded. w ; - ■ LA FOLLETTE MAN IS THIBO IN WISCONSIN Republicans Elect Governs? by ; Over 30,008. Milwaukee, Wis.. Nov, 4.—Only scattering reports have been received from the state, but all returns received show Republican gains over 1912 and the candidacy of J. J. Blaine La Follette’s independent governorship candidate, is third in the race. This spells a repudiation by the state of La Fallctte influence in the state where he originated the Wisconsin of prog; essiveism. Phillip. Republican, is elected governor, according to present indications, by about 30,000 as a minimum estimate of his plurality. The state will supplant two of its Democratic congressmen with Republicans. McGovern, Republican, Is running behind Husting, Democrat, for United States senator, but the territory- so far reported is Democratic. CUMMINS HAS CLOSE FIGHT In City of Des Moines Senator Runs Behind Clarke for Senator. Des Moines, la., Nov. 4. —The early returns indicate a close vote on the United States senatorship, and Cum mins may be defeated. In the city of Des Moines Cummins is running considerably behind Clarke, Republican candidate for governor. If the up state districts follow this lead. Connolly will have good chance of reaching the senate. britaiHetslsy WITH TURKS’ FORTS Warships Bomhard and Destroy Barracks on Egyptian Border. I.c de.', Nov. 4. : —Great Britain and Tui y are. at war; Germany has re<ru ..ed an ally in the east. After t ./enty-four hours of uncertainty, during which hope was expressed that the porte might mak6 amends for the incidents in the Black sea, the British admiralty announced shortly befvre 1 o’clock in the afternoon that a Biitish w’ar ship had bombarded and had destroyed the Turkish barracks at Akabah on the Turco-Egyptian frontier. It was at Akabah that Turkish cavalry patrols were reported the day "before preparatory to moving into Egypt. There the British found soldiers, apparently under Germans, serving as quasl-Turks, much in the same manner as the German officers remaining in charge of the cruisers Brerdau and Goeben, and, British officials say, there was no course but to open hostilities. The admiralty announced this oo cun ence as follows: “Upon arriving at Akabah the cruiser Minerva, Captain Percival War* leigh, found the place occupied by soldiers and armed natives. Gne of the soldiers had -the appearance of a officer. “The Minerva then shelled the port and the troops. The town was evacuated, and landing parties from the Minerva proceeded to destroy the forts, the barracks, the post office and the stores. “There was some loss to the enemy, but Do British casualties.” Turks Detain British Consul. London, Nov. 4.—lt is officially announced here that the Turks have detained the British consul at Basrah, Asiatic Turkey, and all of the European merchants doing business there Ma hostages. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of all foreigners now in Asiatic Turkey. Basrah is on the Shat-El-Arab, sixty miles from the Persian gulf, and is a trading city of Importance.

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HEW YORK BACK IN GAP, FOLD Landslide Sweeps Whitman Into Governorship. PENROSE RIDES IN ON WAVE In Massachusetts Democrats Elect Walsh by Reduced Plurality—Rhode ■ Island Is Solidly Republican—Underwood Goes to Senate in Alabama j Returns From Other States. i New York, Nov. 4.—New York returned to the Republican column by a large majority, electing Whitman governor and Wadsworth United States senator. Most Republican candidates were carried to victory in the vote for these two leaders. i The Progressive vote almost disi .appeared. I Republican state committee 1 ndi quarters terms the vote for Whit an i a land slide. ! The assembly will be overwhelmingly Republican. Latest returns give the vote as follows: With 1,434 of the 3.639 distr’ets outside Greater New York in. Whitman's plurality outside the- city was estimated at 223,245. while 1,840 of the 2,031 districts in Greater New York gave Governor Glynn and estimated plurality in the entire city of 53.821, cutting Whitman’s estimated lead down to 169,424. The figures in the senatorial race showed Bainbridge Colby, Dull Moose candidate, as completely out of it. as was Davenport. Returns from 1.003 of the 3,630 outside districts gave Colby only 19.943 votes, while Wadsworth received 157,962 and Gerard 101,778. Landslide for Penrose. Philadelphia, Nov. 4. —Boies Penrose has been returned to the senate from Pennsylvania, receiving practically twice the vote of Palmer. Democrat, and' Pinehot, Progressive, combined. For governor. Brumbaugh. Republican. also is far in the lead. The delegation to congress also will be Republican. One hundred nine districts scattered give Penrose. Republican. for senator, 11,758: Palmer. Democrat. 767; Pinehot. Progressive, 658; Brumbaugh, Republican, for governor. 12,354; McCormick, Democrat. 1,245. Alabama. Birmingham. Ala.. Nov. 4.—Alabama elected a full Democratic state ticket, a st lid Democratic delegation to congress and Oscar W. Underwood to the United States senate. Goerge Hnduleston, an attorney of Birmingham, succeeds Oscar W. Underwood as congressman from the Ninth district. Charles Render. n of Troy received a majority of all votes cast for governor with Republican, Progressive and Socialist candidates opposing him. Thomas E. Kilby of Anniston, Democratic Prohibitionist was elected Iki nar.t governor. Georgia. Atlanta, C ; a„ Nov. 4. —Hoke Smith has been re-elected United States senator by a big majority, according to tiie announcement of the Democratic state c-mmittee. T. 11. Hardurck, Democrat, was also elected senator. Louisiana. New Orleans, La., Nov, 4.—Eight Democratic congressmen were elected with the usual pluralities. Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 4. —The Democra’s had little or no opposition in the congressional election, all theircandidates being elected. North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 4.—L. s. Overman, Democrat, was elected to the United States senate. There was little opposition. Ten Democratic congressmen were elected. South Carolina. Charleston. S. C„ Nov. 4.—The entire Democratic ticket in South Carolina. including senator and congressmen, is elected. Walsh Wins in Massachusetts, Boston, Nov. 4.—8u1l Moosers returned to the Republican ranks in dioves. and as a result Governor David I. Walsh barely squeezed through for re-election over Samuel W. McCall, the Republican nominee. The indications are that Walsh has a plurality of about 15,090, while a year ago he led Charles S. Bird* the Proi gressive candidate, by 55,612. Joseph j Walker, the Bull Moose candidate for i governor, polled less than 40,000 votes ■ as against 127,655 cast for Bird a year ■' ago. Returns from the congressional . districts are incomplete but show that '■ the Republicans have held all their ; present seats and added three more In the eighth, eleventh and sixteenth i districts and have prospects of wini ning also in the Thirteenth and Four ! teenth districts. I The legislature is Republican by an i increased majority. Thomas Is Re-elected. Denver, Colo., Nov. 4.—Scatterin'? ret in ns at 8 o’clock tonight indicate that Charles S. i Thomas, Democrat, has been re-elected to the United States senate. George A. Carlson, Republican, and Thomas M. Patterson, Democrat, are running neck and I

INDIANA STATE NEWS One Killed; Three Injured. LAFAYETTE, IND. — As the resu.t of an automobile joy ride Clifford Clark is dead and Miss Genevieve Graham. Miss Leonora Rickard and Frank Cruham are in a critical condition in a local hospital. While running at a high rate of speed on North Ninth st.-eet, Graham driving, turned to get our of the way of a buggy. In making the turn the automobile struck a high curt and skidded around and all of the occupants of the car were thrown to the pavement. Clark’s head struck th-? curb, the jugular vein being severed and his neck was broken. He die 1 in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Miss Graham suffered a fracture of the skull and little hope is entertained for her recovery. Miss Rickard received an injury to her spine and internal injuries and Frank Graham was in.u'ef about the head and body. Butts Into Argument; Shot. WINCHESTER. IND. — Hopes are now entertained for the recovery of Hi nry Applegate, thirty-one years old. of Winchester, who was shot in the left groin by a stranger in Union City, O The bullet was fired from a 32 calibre revolver and is said to have taken an upward course. Applegate is confined in a Union City hospital. He will be brought h to hrs home Wednesday. The authorities are searching for a mar. an:’.. a girl, who were masked, but whose identity is said to be known. At tjhe time of the shooting, it is said, Applegate interrupted a quarrel between two men and the girl. More Work for Sob Squad. JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — John Kelljy, thirty-five years old, shot and l.ihod Bert Bare, thirty-two, at Kelly's Lome three miles south of Bethlehem. .. Kelly, who is a farmer, says he arose about 3 o’clock and went to the barn ‘to feed the stock. Returning to the house, he charges, he found,Bare, a hoarder at the Kelly home, and Mrs. Kelljy in a compromising position. He fired three times, all bullets taking effect in Bare’s abdomen. Bare died sherjtly after the shooting without making a statement. Kelly surrendered to the police at Bethlehem. No Use Fighting Doctors. SHELBYVILLE, IND. — The jury returned a verdict for thd defendants in the $15,000 malpractice damage c -e of Harold Chaney of Glenwood against Drs. Hugh Elliot and John Paxton of Rushville, which had been on trial here three weeks. It iwas alleged the defendants treated the plaintiff for rheumatism when his condition was due to a fracture. The defendants declared they treated for fracture. A few months ago the plaintiff’s father, Carlton Chaney, lost in a suit fcr $5,000 against the same defendants and on similar allegations. Farmer Crushed by Engine. KOKOMO, IND. — Earl Kinder of Fc rest was seriously injured when he vias crushed between a traction engine! and a corn shredder on the Roberts farm in Honey Creek township. Th ? engineer became, confused and backed the engine unexpectedly. Kinder suffered a fractured skull. ' broker, collar bone, fractures of his left arm and three ribs and internal inji.iies. No hope is held for his recoi ery. Board Bars Fraternities. TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Expulsion of Hal Shrofe from the Garfield high school for joining a high school fraternity Was sustained by the board of school trustees, who issued an orde - -prohibiting all high school pupils from joining secret societies. The | bon i also ordered all pupils who are j members of fraternities to withdraw at once under the penalty of expulr Doctor’s Auto Kills Boy. L.'LE, IND. — The nine year c l son of Lawrence Grundhoefer, ’ivirg in the northern part of Spencer county. was killed when run over by an automobile driven by Dr. W. H. Williams of this place. It is said the boy 1 was playing in the road with some ; companions and was running after a ■ ball when struck. Youth Killed Under Train. CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. — The naAgled body of Herschel Byson, eigh- . teen years old, of Melott, was found j oear the Big Four railway tracks east i of Hillsboro. His back was broken i and I his legs crushed. He had been in Veedersburg and it is supposed that j he wa» returning home and fell from a train. Clears, Another Lad. SOUTH BEND, IND. — Robert Barry, eighteen years old, was fim>d sls and sentenced to thirty days in I jail for purse snatching. He pleaded guil ;y and obtained the release <>f ancthqr youth by asserting that he had te<?n responsible for leading the boy Into trouble. Hungarians Lose Lives. TERRE “ HAUTE, IND. — John ' Eerestes, thirty-two years old, and Johk Phurnyaski, forty, Hungarians, : employed by the Highland Steel comI‘auk were killed by a passenger train when they wefe hurrying te cross the Big Four track her*. I

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red cross nurse Duchess of Westminster Looks , After the Wounded Soldiers, i K ” ™ h te Al pboto t»v Amta-ican Press Association — ‘rfeneck for governor, with both sides claiming victory. 1 The Republicans claim Carlson’s election by 12,000. Capt. E. H. Costigan, Progressive, is o|r of the race. State wide prohibition loses by 25,000. Arkansas. . Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 4.—Senator James P Clarkbe, Democrat, and seven Democratic congressmen have been elected. , Rhode Island Republican. Providence, it* 1., Nov. 4. —Everything points to / clean sweep for Republicans all over Rhode Island. The Progressives generally returned to the fold while Democratic workmen out of employment deserted their party candidates. Beekman is elected gc.vernor probably by 9.000. Hopper Defeated in Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4. —From scattered returns throughout the state, the prediction is that Gen. Thos C. Rye. Democratic candidate for governor, has defeated Ben W. Hopper, Republican present incumbent All of present delegation of congressmen will be reseated, is the outlook. T. W. Sims, -who had the only opposition, will win his race Democratic Sweep In Arizona. Phoenix. Ariz.. Nov, 4?Early returns indicate a Democratic sweep The Republicans have probably elect ed one tax commissioner. Republicans Defeat Newlands. Reno. Nev., Nov 4.—-From all indications Newlands. Democrat, is defeated for United States senator, and that Oddie has defeated Beyle, Democrat. for governor. Suffrage May Lose in Bryan’s State Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4.—Scattered returns give such varying gains and losses upon governor that it is imncssible to make any estimate upon the final result. Howell. Republican, is making substantial gains over two years ago, but these are not steady enough to indicate the victor. The first precinct returns on woman suffrage point to the defeat of the amci dment. Even Break in Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 4.—Meager returns from Kansas indicate that the : congressional delegation will have four Democrats and four Republicans. Uncle Joe Wins. Danville. 111., Nov. .4.—The Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, for many years speaker of the house of representatives, has been elected from his old district in Danville. Baldwin Loses in Connecticut. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 4. —Governor Simeon Baldwin of Connecticut is prvbably defeated for United States senator on the Democratic ticket. Late returns indicate the re-election o? Brandegee by a safe majority. Illinois Woman Is Killed. Galesburg, 111., Nov. 4.—Mrs. Margaret Taft was killed and her son and daughter, Oliver and Maude Taft, and her grandson, Albert, were injured near Prairie City when the automobile which Oliver was driving upset while going down a hilt Australia Puts Embargo on Meats. Washington, Nov. 4. —The American consul at Syrney, N. S. W., reported tie Australian government placed an embargo on meat and coal, except to the mother country. o WEATHER OBSERVATIONS, o ♦ Observations at the weather * ♦ bureau, New York, taken at 8 p. ♦ £ m., as follows: £ Temp. Weather. ° £ Washington ....58 Clear o ♦ New York ......56 Clear ♦ :Bc ston 50 Cloudy ♦ v Buffalo 56 Part Cloudy ♦ ♦ Chicago ........ 64 Clear ♦ J. St. Louis TO Clear o New Orleans ...66 Cloudy ° o Weather for Tomorrow. * ♦ Illinois, Indiana, lower Michi- ♦ < uan, Wisconsin and lowa— ♦ £ Fair and cooler. £

WHAT NEXT IN NAME OF LAW? Grand Jury Frees Man Wife Alleges Shot in Heat of Temper. RICHMOND, IND. — After having completed an examination of the witnesses in the case of Joseph H. Brown, a railroad conductor, who shot and killed Morris Walker when he returned home unexpectedly the night of Oct. 19 and found Walker at his home with Mrs. Brown, the grand jury by unanimous vote expressed its desire to hear Brown’s testimony if he was willing to waive his constitutional rights and appear before that body. Brown promptly gave his testimony, an.* the jurymen, by unanimous vote, decided that he had kliled Walker in se’f defease and declined to return an itdictment against him. Mrs Brown, when told of her husband’s release, expressed her delight, and said that she was innocent of any wrong doing; although she supposed the public would never believe this. She said her husband’s quick temper was responsible for the killing. CAN T STAND FCR CARTHAGE Torn Taggart Sues Indianapolis News for Odorous Comparison. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—A suit for $25,000 damages for alleged slander was tiled by Thomas Taggart in the Marion circuit court against Delavan Smith, owner and proprietor of the Indi: napolis News. The suit is based an tn editorial appearing in the edition placed on street sale about noon. The editorial did not appear in the last edition at night. The words quoted in the complaint and on which the suit is based are: “We ask the people of Indiana to meditate on the shame of having their affairs absolutely controlled by Bell, Perm;. Bush. Ed Lyons, Sam Perrott, Dorm Roberts, Tom Taggart and Crawford Fairbanks. These are the men wlm make up our Hoosier Carthage. which corrupts and debauches everything brought within the sphere of its influence.” FIND STOLEN GOODS IN Two Women Arrested as Shoplifters; Man Also Taken. SHELBYVILLE, IND. — William Cartv right and wife and his sister, Mrs Clara Arnold, are held in jail here in default of bond on charges of larceny. The women were charged with shoplifting here and the goods they are alleged to have stolen were found in the buggy in which they had driven here from Fairland. They ■waived preliminary examination and w?.-j bound over to await trial in the circuit court. Armed with search warrants, the sheriff' and police visited the homes of,Will Cartwright and his father, George Cartwright, and a big bundle of wearing apparel for women and child) en was found at the latter place. Mrs. Arnold, who lives with her father, is charged with the theft of the goods found by the officers.-, DOG UPSETS AN AUTOMOBILE Two Persons Badly Hurt in Queer Wreck at Indiana Farm. DANVILLE, IND. — A big farm dog was the cause of three persons almost losing their lives near here. Taverner Neal, superintendent of the com ty home, with his daughter and a girl companion, was returning from Brownsburg in an auto when the dog ran out and snapped at the machine. The dog became tangled up in the front wheels, upsetting the machine into the ditch. Mr. Neal and daughter were pinned under the car. but the other girl was thrown clear of the machine. An Indianapolis party in another car lifted the machine off of Mr. Neal and daughter and found them unconscious. A Danville doctor administered first aid. Mr. Neal will recover, but his daughter is in a serious condition. ELECTION OFFICER TO JAIL Registration Inspector at Terre Haute Must Do Five Days. TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Harry Barker, Taylorville registration in- • spector, was found guilty of contempt j by Judge Cox in the superior court and was sentenced to five days in the coutty jail. After efforts to stay ex-i ecuLon of the sentence by offering i appeal bond had failed attorneys for ( Barkei sought a writ of habeas corpus from Judge. Charles M. Fortune, j but this plan also failed. Barker is charged with violating an j ordo.- restraining Democratic officers ’ from unseating the Republican watch- j ers on registration day. AUTO CRASH FATAL TO TWO; Aged Couple Move to Town and Are Killed by Train. VALPARAISO, IND. — Mrs. Fletcher White, sixty-eight years of age, was instantly killed; her husband, seventy-one, suffered fatal injuries, and their auto was wrecked when White temporarily lost control and ■ the machine crashed into a Wabash railroad engine at a crossing near Chesterton. They were pioneer settlers and two years ago retired from a farm ami moved to this city. Mr. White died of a fractured skulk

GERMANSCHANGE CALAIS RAID PLAN — 'Fighting Mong Ystr Covers Ai my I'icYoc. RUSS ORDERED AGAiKSTTIBIS : B:\Leh Ship Takes City Held by Turks —Turk Charge Is blobbed by Russ Clerkc-—German Crown Prince Repotted Shot—Austrians Report 2,‘70G Captured. Tne French official announcement cays the Germans would appear to have completely abandoned xhe left benk of the Yser belcw Dixmunde, anu that troeps of the allies have te-cccupied points on the river. | The fortified town of Akabah in Arabia, cn an arm of the Red Sea, has been Shelled and occupied by the British cruiser Minerva. I A dispatch from Tiflis, capital of the Russian government of the same name in Transcaucasia, to Reuter's 3 eh gram company, says: “It is anno:rxed that the emperpr has oraertd the Caucasian army to cross the frontier and attack the Turks.” A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Cairo, Egypt, says: “The Turkish troops are reported near the border, which they have not crossed. The British are fully prepared to repulse an invasion, thanks to the r-easures taken by the government. The public in Egypt is cafm and not even aware of a "i urko-Russian rupture.” For several days rumors have drifted into Bas e l that Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany had been wounded in the fighting in France. These reports could not be verified, but trav e |ers arriving here from Sti'assburg insist that they are true. They say the prince is seriously, though not mortally, wounded. Rumors persist, says a Borne, Switzerland. dispatch, that a wounded man i taken recently to the palace at Strassburg is the German Crown Prince. A telegram from Budapest states that . in ths engagement fought near Twrka, Gaticia, the Austrians "took 2.7 CC prisoners, among whom were many Tartars and Mongols. I LONDON — “Heavy fighting Is reported along the River Yser, apparent'y tn co'-er the movements enlarge i bodies of troops moving in a southerly airi.ctten.” says a Rotterdam dispatch ‘ to rh" T’mes. “fibe Germans, with ammunition i wagons and guns, marched from Brugi es to Courtrai,” the correspondent continues, “and there is pronounced activity among the British airmen. “It is stated that three German office; s were killed by a bomb dropped at Thielt, fifteen miles southeast of Bruges. “Following the fierce attack against the British along the Yser the German main force is evidently mltkin ; a desperate effort to break through to Calais by a more southerly route.” Seek Route to St. Omer. Ti e German objective appears to be the rente to Saint Omer, in the department of Pas Calais, twenty-two miles southeast of the port of Calais. A supreme effort under the personal direction of Emperor William to break the line of the allied armies is forecast in an official report of the battle in France and Belgium by the Belgium war office. This says that the German emperor is expected by his troops in South Flanders and that the chief point of attack is between Ypres and the River Lys. Desperate. Battle Sunday. “One of the supreme battles of the war was waged on Sunday,? says the correspondent of the Daily Mail in northern France, “when the Germans concentrated their forces In a mighty attempt to capture Ypres. . Under cover of a furious cannonade they bulled vast masses of troops against the allies’ lines. .

“The imperial order was to take Ypres at all costs, and the German commanders were prodigal of life in their endeavors to fulfil this imperial command. The battle raged during the whole day, but Ypres is still un takei . “it is reported that the German em yeror himself was present to stimulate his troops.” Turk Charge Is Mobbed. PFTROGRAD — Charge d’Affaircs Fareddin Bey, with the entire sLiff of the Turkish left for Finland. This action followed the emphatic rejection of the partial apology offerer’ by the Turkish grand vizier for Turkey’s warlike acts. There was a sensational incident In con vection with the departure. The embassy staff employes demanded payment of their wages, which were four months in arrears. Fareddin Bey declared that he had no money. The staff still insisted. Then the charge dee.a’ed h< would pay just as soon as the Turkish fleet took Odessa. This enraged th ■ clerks, who were Russians, and hey assaulted the Turkish representative, one of them striking hixu ft violent.blow on thejajr..

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KAISER SHE T ! Crown Prince Freder ck Is Reported Seriously Wo nded. N.H. HEADS FACE JAI TERMS Twenty-one Milionatres Ar.. Indicted Under Sherman A< t. NEW YORK — An idictment - charging a criminal c.onspir cy to violate the Sherman anti-trus law was hmiced down in the United dates district court against twenty ine men, directors or former directi ?s of the New York, New Haven .Hartford railroad. The pena.ty on :onviction carries a jail term of one } ear. Joined to these tv . nty-o e are the names of forty-five mere m n also directors or former director who are designated as “co-conspir: iors” but they are not indicted. Ar ang them are names of men long sin< s dead. The complete list of the a indicted is as follows: William Rockefeller, Tb odore N. Vail, George F. Baker, ( harles F. Brooker, William Skinner, . Newton Barney. Robert W. Taft. J. res S. Elton, James S. Hemingw y, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Charles M. I att Henry K. McHarg, A. Heaton obertson, Edward D. Robbins, Alexa: ler Cochrane, John L. BiHard, Thom s de Witt Cuyler. George McCulloch I iller, Edward Milligan, Francis T. M ixwell. TURKS TRAPPED. SINK > SHIPS Cheat Allied Fleet of . Capt: re In Tohesme Bay In Asia M nor. AMSTERDAM, via London — A dispatch received here from '’onstantinople byway of Vienna says “According to reliable lews .■ an Anglo-French fleet entered Tohesme Bay, Asia Minor, about f< ty miles west of Smyrna, where the nail Turkish gunboat, Berak Reis, and tha Turkish steamer, Kanißi-At la, were anchored. “The commander of the Tu kish guuboat sank the steamer an: blew up his own vessel to prevent their capture by the allied fleet.” POPE AWAITS GREAT JATTLE Peace Encyclical Not to Be Issued Until Decisive Clash Has Oc urred. ROME. — The forthcoi ing encyclical on peace is now rear z, having been translated from the ‘ atin. It has been submitted to seve al cardinals and fully approved, but - will not. be issued until a decisive I ittle has been fought, since Pope Ben diet XV. fully realizes that it is usel ss to appeal for peace while the eff- iency of the belligerents is undimini hed. Nip Plot to Blow Up C< nal. WELLAND, ONT. — Se ret service men employed by th United States government have dis< vvered a plot to blow up the Welland anal and the Toronto, Hamilton and Bi Talo railway tunnel at Hamilton, acc rding to formation received by the lominion government. The canal has seen under guard of dominion troops since the outbreak of the war. Platura Is Released. WASHINGTON — One c: se causing differences between th British and United States ents regarding maritime tra ’< wit neutral countries has been di reset of with the release by Great 3rita‘ i of the Standard Oil tanker ” itu v which had been detained at £ aai ay, Scotland.

Bulgaria Mobilizing ?cono Line. LONDON - ch to the Exchange Telegraph comp iy from Rome says: “A message recel 'ed here from Sofia says that Bulgari has ordered the mobilization of it second lino of troops. The first line t -oops already have been mobilized.” Armistice Granted in South Africa. LONDON — The Durba correspondent of the Daily Mail ays the government at Pretoria has granted General Christian De Wet, t ie rebel lei der a five days’ armistice, presum-, ably in order to arrange peace. Martial Law In Egypt. WASHINGTON — Mart al law has been proclaimed by Grea Britain throughout Egypt. An offic al notification by the British charge i'affairs at Cairo v%s delivered to ? merican diplomatic agents there.

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