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1 - AU RAIDS DEADLY S AIEHCANS FIOA[ LONDON SAY UTESTKELEB ISO TO 300 RAIDERS PUINLY SEEN IfirM Attack* on British Capital oa October 18—Gnna Fall to Reach Zeppelins, Which Hovered 8,000 Feet Above In a Clear 8kf—Chorus Girl Ron Into Street. A The American liner St. 'Paul ar rived in New York Sunday (rom Liv erpool with the first eye-witness of the Zeppelin raid over London on Oc tober 13. All accounts agreed that the night was clear, that the Zeppe lins could be seen plainly when the searchlights shone on them, and that there was no cloud of steam emitted by the airships to hide them from view. The shells from the anti-aircraft guns fell short of the Zeppelins, it was said, and caused great destruc tion of property. According to those who timed the visit of the raid, it oc cupied only seven minutes altogether. There were five Zeppelins coming to ward the city from the northeast, but the squadron spilt up before reaching the outskirts, and the units took dif ferent routes afterward. To show their contempt for the British anti aircraft guns the Germans returned to London twice on the night of Oc- « ^tobsr 13 and got away without re- ceiving serious injury from shells The most complete account of the raid was supplied to The New York Times by a passenger, who did not wish his name used, as follows: "As far as can be made out there wore five Zeppelins engaged in the raid, which ranged from Folkestone on the South coast to Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire on the north, and as far west of London as Guildford. Ao far as London itself la concerned, four bom be wqre drop ped in the neighborhood of Aldwych, another fell at the top of Cancery Lane, cloee by Holborn Viaduct Tube station, and others were dropped la the neighborhood of the Mlnorles. "The chief damage in London was around the Aldwych. One bomb drop ped fifty yards away from the Wald orf Hotel in the middle of the road The New York Tribune office is at 43 Aldwych, nest door to the Wal dorf Hotel. Us windows were all smashed, and a piece of shell two tachee square drove right through the office, knocking off the stone coping of the window, tearing a bole through a thick curtain, and making a cavity as big as one's fist la the wall oppo site. a i J "This was Just about twenty min utes past ala*, and only one man, Mr. Keraey. was present at the time. How be escaped was a marvel, for bis chair was Just la the line taken by the piece of abell. which, had he been llttlng In his chair, would have naught him Just about neck high. The probability Is that be heard the noise of one of the other bombs drop ped In the neighborhood and Jumped out of his chair before the bomb fell In the Aldwych. All that he remem bered afterward was falling down stairs with the office boy. "Another bomb dropped by one of the doors of the Waldorf Theatre; another fell close by in Wellington Street, not more than twenty yards away from the Lyceum Theatre. Here It was that the greatest number of casualties In this part of London was caused, several people being killed in a public house in Wellington Street, Just beyond The Morning Post offices, which had a great number of their windows blown out. “A gas main la Welllngtoa Street was shattered and the gas took fire, the flame continuing until about 9 o'clock the following morning. Throughout the darkness of the night the scene was an extraordinary one, the blase from the gas main luridly Illuminating the surroundings. There were cordons of police holding back the spectators, who numbered thou sands. "Considerable damage was also done to the Strand and Gaiety Thea tres by another bomb, which fell close by one of the side entrances of the former building. That side of the theatre was severely shattered and inside the concussion brought down part of the celling. Most of the windows of the Gaiety Theatre opposite were shattered. The dance scene in 'The Scarlet Pimpernel’ was in progress at the Strand Theatre when the first crash of the bomb was heart}. A moment or so later parts of the roof fell in crashing down Into the auditorium itself. A number of people were injured and at least one killed. "At first there was some panic which was increased as several hys terical persons began calling out ‘fire.’ These, however, were prompt ly silenced by those around them, and almost Instantly Mr. Fred Terry appeared on the stage, only dimly discernible through the dense crowds of dust. He successfully quieted the din and gained the attention of the audience. “ T beg of you to get out as quiet ly and orderly as possible and to re member that there are women and children present,' he said. "Instantly the orchestra struck up the national anthem and practically all the large audience stood still and joined In singing the words. At the end they filed oat quietly, walking with difficulty over the heaps of plas ter which Uttered the floor. “The dressing rooms on the top floor of ths Lyceum Theatre at one end wars devastated, but nobody con nected with the theatre received in- furr. < "The scene in the public house al ready mentioned called The Bell, re sembled a shambles. It appears that •the bars «are crowded at thaTlma. " — * one la them escaped Several people were •parts say six. a lag blown off. and in arm and a leg. It Is all that sou Id ha fonfid of him. "la ths other pans of London wbsrs bombs fsU ths material dam age was relatively slight la fact, the malarial daamga ceased la Loa- doa by this raid waa asach tarn than was raased by the raid of SsptsaMmr, when tbn fire la Wood Street wblcb burned down Hyland’s jp to rehouse and several other establishments chiefly given over to manufacture and storage of dry goods, made a heavy total of pecuniary damage. "Several of the outskirts like Croy don, to the south, and Guildord, to the west, were bombed. Six lives lost and about twenty Injured was the toll of the Zeppelin raid on Croydon. A great deal of damage was done to property, but in every case it was a private house and no building which was in any way connected with the national or local government was touched. In the majority of cases also the sufferers belonged to the working classes. "Hitherto Croydon has been consid ered by its inhabitants to be on the verge only of the district threatened by aircraft, and the first appearance of a Zeppelin Just after 9 o’clock caused the greatest surprise and sen sation In the town. ‘‘The reports of distant anti-air craft guns was the first notification received of the wact that a raid was taking place, and not mony minute* after a Zeppelin was seen flying from the direction of London. It was fly ing at a very great altitude, and, af ter passing over Selhurst railway sta tion, returned in the neighborhood of Croydon, but as it disappeared in the distance the flash of falling projec tiles was clearly seen. "Soon after 11 o’clock all was quiet, and the people who thronged the streets were beginning to dis perse, In the belftf that the incident was over, when a second Zeppelin ap peared with startling auddenne«s from the south only a few minutes after the authorities had been noti fied that one was expected. It came In sight, steering along the London and Brighton railway, and its pres ence was first made known to the general public by the dropping of bombs. Obviously the railway was its objective. "Hie sky was cloudless, bat so high was the aircraft that only the keenest eyes coaid discern It, unaid ed as they were by any searchlight*. There were, In fact, no searchlight* or anti-aircraft guns In the district. The engines of the machine were, however, distinctly heard. "Ths remarkable feature of the at tack and one which teatlfiee to the great epeed of the Zeppelin, was the extraordinary rapidity with which the bomba were dropped over an area which extended well over a mile. The first report was heard at 11.30 p. m , and it was well under a minute that the blfhth and last, bomb kas drop ped. They were dropped In almost a straight line, and the sound was as of a battery of heavy guns fired off Ir regularly. Leu than sixty seconds served for an attack which spread death and disaster over a continuous lino which crossed the railway diag onally. to form as It were the teroad line of the letter. The speed of the Zeppelins was roughly estimated at fifty or sixty miles an hour ‘‘The first bomb wrecked two bouses In Kldiidge Road and the next practically demolished another in Beecburst Road. Several people wars Injured In Eldrldge Road, and In the houu In Beeeburst Road two children were killed. Beechurst Road la cloee to the railway, and a considerable amount of debris wu hurled on to the line, although no obstruction was cauaed. “Three bombs were then dropped in the Oval Road dlatrtct. where a tremendous amount of damage was done. The worst sufferers were a row of small house#, which received a double shattering In the aenae that they were first devastated by a bomb which fell in the street and then by another which fell Immediately In the rear of the road. Aa the result a dozen houses have been rendered ab solutely uninhabitable. The bomb which fell in the street wrecked the gas main, and huge sheets of flame lighted up the whole neighborhood. The brickwork cracked from ground at • '•< practically due north of Leadom, sev eral bombs were dropped just before 10 o’clock, to that it Is concluded that this must have been from ths same Zeppelin which came over cen tral London. At Hurtford one. of the bombs fell on the Conservative'Club, killing eight members, one of whom was ths town surveyor. Hertford m. a quiet county town, and is la a6 sense a military or munitions centre, except In so far aa practically every town and village In this part of Eag- alnd is now • place where troops in training are billeted. "The raid on Folkestone was per haps the most successful from a mili tary point of view. Several bombs were dropped on the West Hanger Camp, where some of the Canadians are quartered. Fourteen soldiers were killed and thirteen others wounded, while about forty horses were de stroyed. "I have been told by men upon whom I can rely that information of an Impending raid reached the au thorities in London between 5 and 6 o’clock; In any case it is beyond doubt that between 8 asd 9 o’clock 'n the evening the report that Zeppe lins were on the way was general throughout the central’ district of London. Among the crowds in the street one heard on every side the question, ’Why can’t the government prevent the Zeppelins getting here?’ "In this connection, it is interest ing to note that in a reply given to a question in parliament by Mr. As quith as to whether adequate steps had been taken for the protection of Westminster Abbey and other na tional monuments, Mr. Asquith said: ‘It is hoped that the service presided over by Sir Percy Scott will deal ef fectively with any further attempts at the destruction of property.* This was a reply, and presumably Was written before Wednesday night’s raid. In any case, the premier’s con fldence when I left Lopdon.dld not seem to be shared by tbb general pub lic. "Sir Percy Scott, it appears, was In Paris on the night of the raid, or at any rate was not in London. He had gone over to Paris some days before presumably to study the methods by which the French have kept the Zep pelins off their capital. "Here is certain proof that the au thorltles were aware of the Impend Ing raid about 8 o’clock, for trains coming up to London from the coun try on the Great Eastern were stop ped shortly after 8 o'clock, sod a few minutes after 9 o'clock Liverpool Street SUtioa. which Is the London terminus of the Great Eastern, was closed to the public, end notice given that all trains out were suspended In some esses travellers who were due In London between 9 and 10 o'clock did not reach there until and 1 In the morning, having had to wait for hours in the darknees at local stations.’’ Thomas Evarts Adams, who went to London in connection with n con tract to supply motor trucks to the wnr department, said thst a high of ficial In the admiralty told him 300 persons were killed In the last Zep pelin raid. Other friends In ths gov ernment service. Mr. Adams said, placed the figures between >00 and 300. An Americnn civil engineer, who was a passenger on the 8t. Paul and a friend of Mr Adams, said he was la the Gaiety Theatre on the night of the raid, but did not wish to have his name used because he InlendeM to re turn to London next Saturday ”1 was sitting In ths orchestra stalls.’’ he said, "watching the per formance of ‘To-aight’e the Night.' about 0.15 o'clock, when 1 heard four explosions, which shook the building and blew out every windew In the place The glass fall In showers on the floor and the sashes were blown into the theatre, with a shower of small stones and dust. There was no panic among the audience “The flm art was nearly over and the chorus girls were rhaaglng their costumes for the opening of the sec ond art when the Zeppelin* came along. As the stage and dressing rooms look out on to Wellington Street, they got the full benefit of the explosions spd saw a column of flams to roof—every window and door »hoot up Into the air high as their 184, > iotel Hits la Ploca- URII NOTE OF mmsT T9 EN6LAN9 With Neutral Trade—Bryau Favored Note. dHly,’’" V Whitrldge continued, some friends when I heard Che first bomb explode. It fell some distance away near Somerset dues, but there was no panlc.Ttieffe America’s long-considered protest but they ^'VlU up and I only agalMt BrlUih interference with tArrtfr Hie Fn»iuh Dy hl* inning commerce between the United States hnmh* , and Eur0 P« bas been dispatched to klK women and childre^they hara London ^ ,p * clal me88enger “ d W,U alot of work\to do. The people blown out. Furniture was smashed, ceilings were brought down, and every roof was stripped of slates and tiling. "Many of the occupants were pin ned down by debris and were rescued with difficulty, but only two were killed, an elderly lady, who was kill ed outright, and a young man, who subsequently died in the hospital. A lad had his arm severed at the shoulder, but is progressing satisfac torily. One man who was in the act of opening his door as the explosion occurred was carried through the house on the shattered door and landed half way up the stairs. He is badly bruised, but is recovering in the hospital. ,"The next bomb dropped in the playground of the Oval Road Council school and caused so much damage to the school that It had to be closed. Another fell In the vicinity of the Leslet Arms public house in lower Addlscombe Road and wrecked the house of Dr. Thompson and the front of the public house. A house was damaged severely in Lesley Park Road, and the final bomb demolished two houses In Stretton Road, where two persons were killed. “A curious fact Is that quite re cently the Board of Guardians refus ed by a vote of two to one to Insure their property against such events. It was stated that very few private people were insuring, and one mem ber delivered a speech which attract ed some notice, in which he declared that he did not think the Germans were so bad as to come to Croydon and injure paupers. "One Zeppelin evidently took a shot at Woolwich Arsenal, in the neighborhood of which three bombs were dropped. It is believed, how- dver, by those who have studied the route indicated by the various places at which bombs fell that the German aeronaut had no clear Idea as to where be was, and that the bombs which fell near Woolwich were mere ly part of a plan of Indiscriminate bomb-dropping. It is argued thaf bad be been aware of th« fact that be was over Woolwic^ he would have let off a far larger number of missiles. "When seen ever London the first Zeppelin appeared to be goiag south, and, according to the beet aceosats. made off in eoatbeaat d windows when a big gas main was struck by a bomb. The girls were so scared that they ran oat of the stage door In very light attire, indeed, and when I reached the spot they were attracting more attention than the Zeppelins. "All the windows were broken in the Lyceum Theatre, opposite, and in the Morning Post building, which is at Wellington Street and the Strand. “The hole made in the roadway where the gas main was struck was a large one. and the firemen were some time in getting the blaze under con trol. The pavement was smashed up in every direction by the force of the concussion, and even the heavy gran ite curbstones were broken into pieces by the bombs. One bomb fell In Hatton Garden Holborn, where the diamond brokers bave their offices, and went clear through into the cel lar, but dfd not explode. "The Zeppelins returned at mid night, passing over Woolwich and again at R o’clock in the morning, but did not do any damage. On Thursday night, October 14, three Zeppelins advanced toward , London about 10 o’clock, but were driven away by a squadron of aeroplanes.’/ The civil engineer went on to say that the government suppressed all details of the damage done by shells fired from the anti-aircraft guns at the Zeppelins. "The shells generally went wide of the mark," he said, "but had to fall somewhere. The damage to St. Bar tholomew’s Hospital on September 8 was chiefly caused by shells from the anti-aircraft guns and not by bombs. "I saw a woman cut in two in Wel lington Street by a huge pane of plate glass that was blown out of a build ing next to the Lyceum Theatre. The big audience in that theatre had a harrow escape. One of the bombs fell so near that it carried away the big cornlcestone and part of the por tico. which fell with a loud crash." Frederick W. Whitrldge, president of the Third Avenue Railway, who went away at the end of Joly to shoot grouse on the Scotch moors, return ed on the St. Paul fn a serious frame of mind, he said, because so many of hie friends had been either killed or 'ed la the war injur Ha was in 18 i am the sight of walked about the streets looking up at the raiders, which were about 3,000 feet in the air, and were as calm as a collection ot oysters. "I can. tell you of one incident that happened." As he spoke his eyes filled with tears. "A dear old gentleman, a friend of mine for many years, was walking down the street when a bomb struck him on the head and blew him to pieces. He bad never harmed any living thing in his whole life. It is a blackguard’s Job, this work of the Zeppelins. A dis gusting sort of thing which accom plishes nothing and does not terrify any one.” Lady de Bathe, (Lily Langtry) said she was dining ip a restaurant close to the Gaiety Theatre, and heard the bombs soon after 9 o’clock. The concussion shattered every pane of glass in the Strand within two blocks from the Savoy Hotel to Som erset House, once the palace of Charles II. "1 sAw poor shop girls who had been wounded by flying glass," she said, "and I saw others carried past me on stretchers by the police from Bow Street Station. If the Germans did this to strike terror into the hearts of English men and women they have failed except in the minds of little children, The little ones are terror-stricken. Indeed, and I know of several children who sleep each night in their clothes and rush into the streets screaming when they hear the bomba” Alfred R. Urion. a Chicago lawyer, who has been over to london for sev eral weeks in the interest of the Chi cago meat packers, said he was liv ing in Queen Anne's Mansions. Buck ingham Gate, which la between St. James’ Park and Buckingham Pal ace. From the window of hia apart ment he saw the Zeppelins approach ing from the northeast and heard the explosions of four bomba. "They dropped several tareodUry bombs, ' be sakl. "which could be easily dlstiugulNhed by their purple flame as they shot through the deiA- Mua. The whole of the damage was done, so far aa I could make out, la the Strand, near Wellington Street The Lyceum. Gaiety, Straad. Ald wych Theatres, sad the Waldorf Hotel had all tbelc windows shatter ed, sad one bomb struck the Bell public house at the corner of Cath erine Street, and killed several per sona who were inside. At that time I heard there were .V» parties killed, but afterward the figure" were glvru auywhrre from I (HI to IftO.” Mrs. C. Caldwallader Jones, wl has been abroad since the end of May, In England and France, said that she saw the Zeppelins leaving london on October 13 from Hertford ■hire, fifty miles away from ths me tropolis. where she waa staying nl n country house “The people there told me," sa Mrs. Jours, “that the cork pheasants nrused the Zeppelins much quicker than human brings did asd could I tear the vibrations of the motors when the raiders were half aa hour away. It was a little after 10 o'clock on the night of October 13 when a maid came running to the mistress of the house and exclaimed excitedly ’Oh. please, ma'am, the pheasants are drumming and the Zeppellna are coming!* Shortly afterward we could hear the sound of the motors plainly end a few minutes later we aaw from the lawn a long black cigar-shaped object making its way eastward to ward the Essex coast and the North Sea. Next day we heard what the raiders had done in London." Mra. Jones added that the railroad companies operating from London through Hertforduhlre to the north of England took every precaution to protect their passengers during the raids. Ah soon sh the warning came from the Hea coast that the ZepixMln* had Ktartcd all trainH were stopped for four hoars along the route and the fires in the locomotives were put out so tliey would not give out any sparks or smoke. Soon after the St. Paul left the Irish coast on Sunday in a thick fog a ipessage was received from Paris by wireless saying that a Zeppelin had fallen at Maubeuge and been captur ed after dropping a bomb which went through a big glass factory. CAN’T CROSS BORDER Villa Troops to be Arrested if They Come Into United States. Should Villa troops cross the bor der and attack the Mexican town of Agua Prleta from the Texas side, as press reports from the scene have in dicated they might do, they would be treated as outlaws, disarmed and in T8 SAVEHIR TRADE C0N4RESS 19 F9III9 SELUM OF NATIVE F1IMS WILSON CONSIDERS PUN be presented by Ambassador Page at the British foreign office next week. It became known that the note, which is about ten thousand wofdsi long and cover exhaustively the argu ments of the American government on all phases of the interference with neutral trade, was approved by the president last Saturday and started on its way to London Sunday. Alex ander W. Kirk, third secretary of the American embassy at Berlin, who had returned to Washington, carry ing documents from Ambassador Ger ard, was entrusted with the mission on his return Journey to Berlin The fact that the communication had been spnt was kept secret, in structions having been given to offl rials that no announcement of any kind was to be made about It. Thkt it contains a repetition of arguments made in the note of March 30, which recorded the Washington govern ment’s first protest against the order in council or so-called blockade, is admitted, but no intimation tras given by officials as to what meas ures are proposed in the event that there is no modification of British practices. '~' Not only ddes the latest nommuni- catlon cover the various i_otea and memoranda sent by the British gov ernment since March 30, but it also acknowledges and discusses the lengthy note that came from Great Britain in January In response to the first protests by the United States against interference with neutral trade. It was the note now on its way which former Secretary Bryan advo cated sending at the same time the second Lesitania note was dispatch ed to Berlin last June. President Wilson declined to send it at that time because of the fear that the United States might be placed In the position of bargaining for ita rights wttb Germany on the baste of Ha at titude toward Great Britain. Aa prepared originally at tha state department the document waa under stood to be vigorous In ton# and re plete with objections to Great Bri tain's policy No intimation aa to whether the document since has been modified waa available to-nlgbt. BRITISH LOSSES IN WAR Premier Asquith Heuds Stale to He of O British casualties from the begin ulng of the war to October 9 were 493.294. Ths losses were distributed as follows "Western area”: Killed officer*. 4,401. other ranks, 43.051. Wounded officers. 9,149; other ranks, 333,71 fi. Missing officer*. 1.547; other rank*, 41.134. Total casualties In all operation*: Killed officer*. 4.440. othor ranks. 94.992 Wounded officer*. 12,433; other ranks, 72. 177. Total officers. 31,293; other raaka. 372.001. Th* foregoing figures were con tained In a written statement test by Premier Aaqutth to the House of Commons. British casualties up to August 21 as given officially on September 14, were 381.983. This shows a total between that time and October 9 of 111,311 or a daily average of 2,371. Looses between June 9 and August 21 averaged about l,50n dally. The marked increaae in the fall ovar sum mer losses may be accounted for by the heavy fighting on ths west front last month. CAPTURE MUCH MATERIAL Unitqd States troops Officials of the state and war departments made this clear Wednesday night, although no official advices had been received that such developments were in pros- p ec t. ^ Panther Has Close Call, While passing near the proving grounds for big guns near Sandy Hook, the repair ship Panther was narrowly missed Tuesday by a four teen-inch shell. JThe Panther wks engaged in war manoeuvres. Farmer Shot by Pistol. Henry Colvin, fifty-five, a farmer living hear Moultrie, Ga., died Thurs day from a pistol wound received Wednesday night. It was said the weapon went off in his hand during an altercation with his wife. No in quest was held. Twenty School Children Burned. Twenty pupils of St.’John’s Paro chial school were known to bave lost their lives la a Ira that started la the bMementa a few minutes after the moraine session had epeaed at Pea- Bulgarn Report Supplies Taken at Uskiip on Friday. Sofia reports 'Monday: The Bul garian advance in Serbia is being con tinued along the whole front. An account of recent operations was is sued to-day at the war office as fol lows: “Concerning operations on October 29: Bulgarian troops continued the pursuit of the enemy on the whole front. They advanced west of Kor- jezeav watershed between the Tlmok and the Morava. "Southwest of Korjazvac we cap tured after a violent buttle the Tozi- hata Ridge whence roads led to Nish And Bala Palanka. "In the course of the pursuit of the enemy we captured large supplies oMtanununition. Thus far we have found in Uakup nineteen thousand Administration Intends to Protect This Country After Cloee of War— Anti-Trust Law Depended Upon— Underselling, Rebating and Dis crimination to be Forbidden. Elaborate plans for a world-wide campaign for trade by the Putted States are revealed in department of commerce expenditures to be present- d to congress this winter. Through the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, the department proposes to aid American merchants and manufacturers in taking advan- f«ge of opportunities now before taem and in preparing for the strug gle for trade supremacy which com mercial officials are certain will fol- lovir the European war. Reorganization of the staff in Washington and an Increase to about twice its present extent of the foreign commercial service are contemplated, according to a statement by Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the bureau. Appro priations will be sought to provido for extensive investigations of com mercial conditions abroad and for tariff inquiries by the cost of pro duction division. Legislation to aid American mer chants to take advantage of trade opportunities growing out of thu European war and to protect home Industry against ruinous foreign com-j petition upon the restoration of peaco was considered recently by President Wilson. In conference with Secretary Redfleld, of the department of com merce. and Chairman Davies, of thu federal trade commission, ths presi dent favorably received suggestions as to legislation. As a result of ths conference ths commerce secretary will recommend to congress ths enactment of a law making selling by foreign flrtne at luaa than ths cost of production in this country "unfair competition." upnlshable under the anti-trust laws. A similar recommendation will bu mads by the federal trade commission in Ha annual report to congress. | which la also expected to propoaa an amendment to the Clayton aati-tiuet law to legalixu combinations for the operation of co-operstiva selling agencies, sad while no report bu yet been made. It Is understood that tha commission is practically unanimous In favoring an amendment to permit their establishment. in considering proposals for legls- altioa to prevent foreign materials Gooding tha American market with products at prtcue below the cost of prodsetion commerce officials havu rejected plane calling for tariff law amendments. Secretary Rudfleld made It appar ent that he believed the "aati-dump- Ing ' problem could but bu met through changes la tha Clayton anti trust act. Suggesting a tentative plan for an amendment that would cover the evil he said It might be en acted substantially as follows: "(a) L shall be unlawful for any person engaged In Interstate or for eign commerce if Industry to Mil or purchase articles of foreign origin or manufacture in ths uie of which. In the country or origin or elsewhere, discrimination aa to prices is made between different purchasers, where ths prices to be paid for such articles by any American buyer, user, con sumer or dealer, after deduction of all charges Incident to transportation, handling and entry, are materially below tha current market rates for such srticlss in ths country of pro duction. or from which shipment is mads to the United States, in cases these prices substantially restrict competition on the part of American producers of similar or allied articles, or tend to create a nionofioty In the sale of such articles in American markets. "(bl It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in interstate com merce or Industry to buy, sell or con tract for the sale of articles of for eign origin or manufacture, or to fix a price changed therefor, or rebate upon such price, conditioned upon the purchaser thereof not using or deal ing in wares produced or sold by competitors of the manufacturer or seller where the effect may be to sub stantially lessen competition in the production of the United States of such articles, or tend to create a monopoly in ’the sale of such articles in American markets. ‘‘The appropriate penalties are pre scribed In the Clayton anti-trust law.” i^,. e rifles of various patterns, 960 casks of powder, ffteen thousand casks of cartridges and large quantities of other war materials." NO NEW EVIDENCE Government Has Not Yet Fonnd Ad ditional Disclosures. All the evidence obtained by the government against the five men ar rested in New York and charged with conspiracy in plotting to disable steamships laden with war munitions for Allies by placing clock bombs on the vessels' propellers is contained In the confession of Robert Fay, who said he was a lieutenant in the Ger man army and in the explosivb mate rials found In his possession. * r . -r ■'»'■■■ # ig» ^ “Hostile” Ships Were Bonk. A fleet af "hostile” ships were sank in the New York harbor Tues day night when It attempted to go past the forte defending the entrance. Before ranching the forts the attaek- era destroyed the defending fleet. ARMIES NEAR EACH OTHER Invaders From Two Sides of Serbia Almost Together London reports Wednesday: Com munication between the Austro-Ger- man and Bulgarian armies is on the point of being established, and the dispatch of communications to Con stantinople is expected to begin with in a few days, according to informa tion from Turn-Severin, Roumania, sent to the Times by its correspond ent in Bucharest. The dispatch describes the Aus trian occupation of Tekla, which was accomplished after a bombardment lasting many hours, Austrian troops crossing the Danube in eighty-six boats. At four o’clock Tuesday morn ing Kladovo was in flames, the Ser bians having started many fires. .♦♦2 'l Queen of Harvest Jubilee. Misa Bessie McKeithen of George town, waa elected queen of the Har vest Jubilee in the State-wide contest which closed last Saturday. - Elections Cost Million. Elections will cost ths city of Chi cago 91.470,110.55 next year, accord- Ign to the estimate of the election V