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LAW _
PRESIDENT SKINS EIGHT-HOUR
LAW CONGRESS ENACTED
CONGRESS ABOUT OVER
ZEPPELIN DESTROlfED AS
FLEET RAIDS LONDON
With Enough of President Wilson’s
Plan of Legislation Passed to
Avert Natloipl Strike Senators
and Congressmen \ Prepare to
Leave—I .aw May bo Tested In
Court*.
The Adamson eight-hour day bill,
exacted from congress last week by
the railroad brotherhoods as the
price of calling off the nation-wide
strike ordered for Monday, was
signed by President Wilson Sunday
In his private car at the union sta
tion, where he stopped on his way
from Shadow Lawn, N. J., to Hod-
genvillc, Ky. That there may be no
question as to the legality of the
measure as a result of it having
been sfgned on Sunday, the president
will affix his signature again Tues
day. How Tong peace shall reign as
a result of the bill apparently is de
pendent upon developments in the
proposed move to test the constitu
tionality of the apt. • Should the rail
roads take nO action but await 'the
beginning of an investigation of-the
workings of the eight-hour day by
the special commissitn for which the
measure' provides, the brotherhoods
will remain Inactive. The employees’
lenders declare, however, that should
fhe law be held unconstitutional and
tho railroads attempt to restore the-
ten hour day on their lines, a strike
wiir follow promptly.
Ilrotherhood heads in a circular
letter.to their members made no
«cnt~ai
BLE15IIE1DS RACE
They merely pom 1
would not become effective until
next January 1 and that many things
might occur between now and then
which would change materially any
suggestions or comment they might
make.
None of the brotherhood leaders
witnessed the signing of the .bill.
They had expected, according to ten
tative arrangementa made by Secre
tary Wilson, to be^fireaent. but the
president decided /o attend to the
business at the railroad station and
newspaper correspondents gave them
their first information about It. The
four peng used by the president in
signing the bill—one for each sylla
ble of his name—will be presented
to the four brotherhood heads, A. B.
Carretson, W. G. Lee, W. S. Carter
and \V. S. Stone, after being used
for resigning the bill Tuesday.
It developed that the brotherhood*
before being summoned to Washing
ton by President Wilson three weeks
ago had agreed to call a strike effec
tive August 20. The orders they
drafted were used when the strike
finally was set for Labor day. After
having been printed In preparation
for the proposed strike on August 2ft
they sere locked In a vault In New
York. Decision a week ago last Sat
urday to order a strike the next day,
when the majority of the committee
of 040 were leaving for their homes,
was followed by a hasty trip to New
York by two representatives of the
brotherhoods.. The strike date, Sep
tember 4, was filled In with a rub
ber stamp, but the original date of
the call, August 14, was not
changed.
The congressional exodus, after
nine eventful months of legislation
has begun. With adjournment prac
tically assured by Wednesday or
Thursday, scores of members packed
their campaign speeches immediate
ly, after they had saved the nation
from a railroad strike and rushed for
Binthreatened trains bound for polltl-
Kjbl battlefields.
•/‘All that remains on the adminis
tration legislative program in the
Senate is the revenue bill and the
Webb bill to permit American sell
ing agencies abroad. Senate leaders
plan to incorporate the Webb bill
into the revenue bill as an amend
ment in order to assure quick action
-on it.
Informal conferences on Senate
amendments to the revenue bill are
already in progress and a report of
the conference committee will not
require much .time, the leaders say.
The House is practically done with
■everything except the revenue con
ference report and < m- adjourn
whenever Senate lead.rs give the
word.
There are a few odds and ends of
legislation for the Senate to deal
with and a few obstacles still threat
en to prolong the spssion, but admin
istration heads say that nothing
•could hold a quorum longer than
this week. It is probable that the
Senate will take an hour or two to
pass the Puerto Rico citizenship and
election bill, but no other measures
are on the program. Theae are the
corrupt practices and Immigration
bills, however, still on the calendar,
with Senators OiAren and Smith of
South Carolina ready to call them up
If possible.
Should Senator Owen attempt a
filibuster Democratic leader^ insist
that an adjournment resolution could
be manoeuvred to take him off his
feet. There is a chance that the Im
migration bill, which President Wil
son has already, declared he would
veto, may be taken up. Should this
be done, the bill would be forced to
conference and there it probably
would remain when the adjournment
gavel fell."
K, Tho passage of the eight-hour day
■fll relieved members generally of
"an acute strain. Circumstances at-
’lengTnriW TiegfsIaHve -career WE
unusual and the week y* f pasted,
which waa given over almost com
pletely to settlement of the
strike, left leaden of both sidee
tired out. Although the proaldent’s
legislative s^ggeetions for aeetlag
Thirteen Airships Participated In
Hostile Expedition Which Eng
land Says Dtt little Harm.
Thirteen Zeppelin airships partici
pated In the raid over the eastern
counties Saturday night and an offi
cial statement issued Sunday said it
was the most formidable attack by
air ever "made on England. Only
three of the Zeppelins were able to
approach the outskirts of London.
One of these was shot down and the
others were driven off by aircraft
guns and aeroplanes.
According to an official stateunent,
latest reports based on careful in
quiries showed that the total casual
ties were two-persons killed and
thirteen injured. The text of this
statement, which was issued by the
field marshal edmmander in chief of
the home forces, follows:
“Careful inquiries show that the
casualties and damage caused by the
air raid last night were quite dis
proportionate to the number of ships
employed. The number of casualties
which have been reported are as fol
lows: “Killed; one man, one wo
man.* Injured, eleven men and wo-
meq and two children.
“The measure taken for the re
duction or obscuring of lights un
doubtedly rproved most efficacious,
for the raiding squadron instead of
steering a steady course as In the
raids of the spring and of last
autumn, groped about in darkness
looking for a safe avenue to ap
proach their objectives.
“Three airships only were able to
approach the outskirts of London.
One of them appeared over the
northern district about two-fifteen in
the morning, where she was picked
up by searchlights and heavily en
gaged by anti-aircraft guns and aero
planes. After a few minutes the
airship was seen to burst into flames
and fall rapidly towards the earth.
“The ship was destroyed, the
wreckage, engines and half burned
»frf ht,i r fm,n,i at
MANNING RUNS OVER WITH
FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE
VOTE ALMOST COMPLETE
New York Times Man Comment* on
Somme Losae*—Can Nation
Stand It?
It is interesting tot note that the
i British losses for the month of
August have been published by the
government as having been nearly
128,000 men. As the only fighting
which the British have done during
Second Primary to Come .Off Sep
tember Twelve—Cooper liuns IL-j the month of August has been done
OOO. Behind Manning, \Vlio is 22,-
000 Behind Bleaso—C insler and
Fant are to Bun Over.
Later returns from the Democratic
primary of Tuesday, many of them
the official count as made by the
county executive committees, the
on the Somme front, this number
represents the British casualties in
their effort to drive the Germans
out of France. -At first glance this
loss is staggering, and at best it is a
very serious matter.
Great Britain is the only one of
all the belligerents which publishes
' its list of casualties, and she pub
1 lishes this list in full. Every man
. . , . . 1 who Is injured no matter how slight-
otljprs being full or nearly full counts j 8 recorded and reported on. In
for the counties, brought no change order to place any interpretation on
in the results except to add consid-’ the British losses it woifld be neces-
erably to the'hggregate vote. The 8ar y to ha ™, the ,0 ) sse f l of the other
total now, with probably not more an( j e q ua iiy inclusive, so—that we
GREECEjJSTERY
REPORTS INDICATE REVOLU
TION AGAINST GOVERNMENT
ALLIES MAKE DEMANDS
Great Britain and France Deelre |
Control of All Means of Communi
cation—Revolt Said to be In Pro-1
gress in
and
than a couple of hundred votes out,
stands at 135,932.
For governor Cole L. Blease main
tained his lead over Gov. Richard I.
Manning, but still fell. more than
8,000 short of having the majority
would have a true basis of compari
son.
In the absence of such compara
tive data” the British report of cas
ualties is meaningless unless we
were furnished at the same time
■necessary to elect in the first pri- ( with'the proportion of wounded who
mary. i return to the front and the length of
The vote, with practically two^ time they were incapacitated. These
thirds of the counties officially re- data are also lacking, and we are not
ported, and only nine small boxes
missing from the others, stood:
Blease 63,679
Manning 41,013
Cooper 30,696
Lieut. Gov. Bethea, for re-elec-
able to form the slightest idea, based
on anything but a mere guess, what
this proportion is.
Some of the German papers give
what purport to be German data,
and assert that more than ninety per
cent, of the wounded return. This Is,
tion; Assistant Secretary of State,! however, so ridiculous on Its face as
Dove, for secretary of state, . and to be utterly without weight. The
State Treasurer Carter, for rc-elec-. press of the Allied powers is abac
tion, maintain their heavy leads over| lutely silent on this subject,
their respective opponents, the stand-'
to reconstruct certain portions of the
fnrtue work. The large amount of
wood employed in the framework of-
the Zeppelin is startling and would
eeem to point to a shortage of alumi
num in, Germany.
“The other two ships which ap
proached London were driven off ky
the defenses without being able to
approach the centre of the city.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press who was in the eastern coun
ties in the early morning watched
the bombardment of the Zeppelin
which waa destroyed. When first
seen. It waa sailing with shrapnel
bursting all around and search
lights centred on. It. Suddenly the
Zeppelin disappeared in a cloud of
smoke emitted by Itself.
The sky was clear at the time but
the searchlights lost trace of their
quarry. A minute afterward, a light
appeared in the sky like a brilliant
comet which increased in intensity
as it descended. Then the , light
spread into flames, falling gradually
until an altitude of about one thou
sand feet was reached when it burst
into an enormous sheet of flame,
lighting up the surrounding country
for miles. >
An eye-witness who reached the
scene early said the charred remains
of a big German engineer was found.
The hands still were grasping a lever
of the engine, the engin^tr apparent
ly having clung on trying to steer
the ship to the ground. .
Some accounts say that a number
of the crew jumped to save them
selves from burning but those famil
iar with Zeppelins think it would be
impossible. Escape cftuld only have
been made through the exit and the
rapidity of the descent would not
have given them time.
Ing in these races being as follows:
IJeutenant-Govcmor.
TWROj——
Adams ..*» 48,871
Secretary of State.
Dove 73.909
Wlghtman .. * 56,586
State Treasurer.
Carter 75.926
McLaurin .. 54,868
Kail road (’ommiwiioner.
For railroad commiaaloner Canaler
and Fant will make a second race,
with the former leading by about
12,000. The figures In this contest
follow:
Cansler
Fant
Hampton
Kelly
Thrower
Congrebs.
In the six races for
<7,502
35,819
20,859
13,737
J 2,694
The British loa* Is. however, re-
gardles* of the slightly injured,
staggering, and in view of It. it i*
w?TT he pdaaimrpBHIIBWIJ UP ptryi
steally for the British army to con
tinue along their present line*.
Their gains are so far unimpor
tant although they are In sight of
their immediate objective.
It may well be questioned whether
the gain Is not entirely dispropor
tionate to the results achieved. It
la too early as yet to pass judgment.
A situation la entirely conceivable
where an enormous aacriflce la Jus
tifiable for an apparently Insignifi
cant end when It paves the way for
I one very much greater and really
makes the more Important result
possible. We must wait and aee
what the ultimate outcome Is before
taking stock o( the situation. Then
we will be in a position to measure
values.
Thessaly, Epirus,
Spreading.
Reports have reached Rome that
th erevolutlon in Greece is extending
in Thessaly and Epirus which, to
gether with Greek Macedonia, in
which the movement was inaugurat
ed, constitute the northern half of
Greece. Martial law has been pro
claimed in Athens, Piraeus and sev
eral other cities. .
Athens advices mention that fol
lowing the arrival off Piraeus Of the
Anglo-French fleet the French flag
was hoisted on four German and
three Austrian merchant ships in the
harbor of Piraeus. The names of
the German vessels, which are steam
ships, are the Tlnos, Anatolia, Serir
phos, and Solgalos. Sailors from
the warships also seized the wireless
apparatus at the arsenal.
The Sentente ministers, according
to Reuter's correspondent at Atheas,
have assured Premier Zaimis thgt
the naval demonstration and othdt
measures are not directed against
Greece. They have drafted a note
which was to have been presented to
him in the future. ,
It is said that the Greek govern
ment has sent'a note to the belliger
ent powers asking them “during mil
itary operationa in Greek territory,
as weH as in the event of a aeige
iuimhanlHiaaL W
dent uionumenU and oilier nalio
treaaurea.” . The ancient monuments
and treasures of Greece are situated
principally in Athena. ,
A dispatch to The Petit Parlslen
of Paris fronf Salonlkl, dated Fri
day, says that a Committee of Na
tional Defense, composed of Lieut.
Col. Zlmbrakakls and other promi
nent military men and civilians, baa
been proclaimed as the provisional
government of Macedonia. All the
.w* . ■—T'TJW
HUGE MUNITION
I STOPPED TOE BRmSH BUTE
Supposed Letter Froaa
Parliament Tells of Great
' ' ■"•T'
Blast Behind Trenches
The Universal Presa Association
of New York, of which Mtrcus Braun
is head, gave out SatuMay parts of •
letter purporting to come from a
member of the British parliament,
in which the writer said that some
time prior to August 16 last the
greatest explosion "the world has
ever had” occurred behind the Brit
ish lines in France and caused a sus
pension of the British drive,
which was then under full headway.
The letter was dated London, Aug
ust 22, and was signed “J. King.”
It was said at the officer of the press
association that J. King was a mem
ber of the British House of Com
mons.
The great explosion, the news of
which the writer said, had been care
fully withheld by the British author
ities, resulted, according to “King,”
in a loss of ammunition valued at
about twenty-five million dollars. A
German aviator, he asserted, dropped
a bomb that caused the tremendous
damage, the magnitude of which can
be appreciated by a reference to the
ammunition loss occasioned by the
recent Blpck Tom explosion in Jer
sey City. This was estimated at
about five million dollars, only one-
fifth the amount of ammunition
which the alleged British M. P. wrote
was exploded by the German aviator.
The statement issued by the Uni
versal Press association, in which
that part of the letter which refers
to the explosion in France is includ
ed, was as follows:
“How efficient the censorship has
become In Britain is shown by the
fact that the 'accident' which put a
temporary stop to the offensive
about August 16 last was not known
In this country until September 1.
We quote the following from the leU
ter of a welf known English politi
cian:
we of the bug*
and grave rmponsibilltlei
at the doors of those who have pre
vented discussion, and choken or
throttled opinion, and so have misled
the public in every country. The
military authorities and - military
opinion in every country had been
wrong, had misled the nations, and
rendered things no better from a
military standpoint of view, that Is,
to procure decisive victory, end
gendarme, and cavalry have joined I ^
thla- mrtvomcknt A nfornrip of r*TA-> I BWMLlllS 1116 DfegOtlAtiOIlft, (fOIXI
it
IN INTERESTS OF STATE
Lauren* Candidate Forget* “Wrong
Which May Have Been Done
Him” for His Duty.
The Hon. Robert A. Cooper Wed
nesday night gave the following
statement relative to the guberna-
CAliSED GREAT EXPLOSION *
la small part only.
Domplied with
there will be I
London Reports Successful Allied
Balds I'pon Germans.
A squadron of the Entente Allies’
aeroplanes bombarded the neighbor
hood of Ghent Friday morning, says
a Reuter dispatch from Amstei'dam,
quoting The Echo Beige. The first
bomb was dropped at eight-lwenty
o’clock, and the bombardment had
continued thirty-five minutes when
there was a terrific explosion which
lasted fifteen seconds, shattering
windows throughout the city. It is
supposed to have been caused by the
blowing up of an ammunition depot.
A little later a second explosion,
equally severe, was heard. The
newspaper says it is reported there
were many victims.
An ammunition depot at Meire-
beks also was blown up and a Zep
pelin was seriously damaged
gram now.
That railroad legislation of a per
manent character must follow the
eight-hour bill and temporary ad
justment of the threatened labor
crisis, however, is conceded. Al
ready it looms up as the dominant
subjects for consideration of the next
congress and during recess of con
gress thorough study of the situation
will be undertaken by the Joint sub
committee of the interstate com
merce committee, created ' for the
purpose. Senator Newlands, the
chairman, has called a meeting, of
the subcommittee to be held some
day this week lo consider plans for
the ad inteYCm work.
♦ * ♦
Roumanian AUack rMiccessful
It was admitted frankly by the
Vienna war office in its official com
munication Saturday that^the Rou
manlan forces have been successfu
in their attacks on the Austrians ir.
the Important sector around Orsova
on the Danube, where the frontier;
Wuuglii rWkhUmla I* #wbb
meet, and which since the campaigr
against Serbia has been .the. centn
for the great river traffic betweer
the Central Powers and Bulgaria, ai
endless stream of barges earrylnf
munitions down to Bulgaria anr
bringing beck food and other eup
piles needed by Genaaay and Asa
trln-iJ angary.
appears that but one contest will go COOPER BACKS MANNING
to the second primary, that In the
Third, wh.ere Dominick Is leading j
Aiken, the Incumbent. These two!
rill run over.
R. 8. Whaley Is re-elected la the
First district; James F. Byrnes In,
the secono; Sam J. Nicholls In the
Fourth; David B. Finley In the Fifth,
according to returns; and J. W.
Ragsdale In the Sixth. F. Lever,
congressman from the SeVenth dis
trict, had no opposition.
Solicitor.
Andrew J. Hydrick and Ed C.
Mann will probably make the second
race for solicitor in the First circuit.
The few boxes remaining oe^ln this
circuit will hardly change the re
sults.
In the Sixth circuit Solicitor J. K.
Henry 1* re-elected.
In the Seventh circuit Blackwood
probably defeats HH1, Incumbent.
Stoney and Bryan run over in the
Ninth circuit.
Blackwell and Chaman will be in
a second race In the Eighth circuit.
Smith is very likely a winner over
two opponents in the Tenth circuit.
Solicitor Timmerman, in the Elev
enth circuit, has a big majority over
two opponents.
In the Fourteenth circuit George
Warren of Hampfon, at present a
member of the House of Representa
tives, is elected.
TO HIT ROUMANIA HARD
London Says Yon Hindenburg Ready
for New Foe,
Bulgaria has declared war on Rou-
mania, according to Reuter’s corre
spondent at Salonlkl, who says an
official announcement to that effect
i has been made there.
It Is from Bulgaria, moreover,
.that the great German effort is to be
made against Roumanla, according
to Information transmitted by the
London Times correspondent In
Paris. This correspondent says that
Field Marshal .von Hindenburg ap
parently means td meet the new sit
uation by throwing his full weight
against the new enemy, even if hjj is
compelled to'shorten his line in the
west in order to do so.
Heavy concentration of troops in
the Danube Valley already is going
on, the correspondent says, and the
blow probably will be struck north
from Bulgaria^ either across the
Danube or the open Dobrudja fron
tier.
torial race:
“I am deeply grateful to the many
friends In all sections of the state
who gave me their support in Tues
day’s primary. Notwithstanding the
loyal ‘ siftport of true and tried
friends, I have been defeated and the
second primary -wtti be had wlftrOor.
Manning and former Gov. Blease as
contestants.
“Among those who gave me their
support are former supporters of
these two gentlemen and I am not
unmindful of their preferences. I
recognize the right of every citizen
to cast his ballot for the man of his
choice. I know, too, that I have
some friends who think I should
time, and I respect their Judgment
highly, but I cannot and do not pro
pose to evade a stand for what I con
ceive to be the beet Interest of my
state. Without attempting to give
my reasons In detail, I believe I can
best serve my State at this time by
supporting Gov. Manning.
“A man in public life should act
according to the dictates of his con
science and judgment without re
gard to the effect which his course
may have upon his personal political
fortune, and should also forget any
wrong which may have been done
him when what he conceived as his
duty to his State is at stake.
“I do not presume to dictate te
the friends who vote dfor me. They
have a sovereign right to their bal
lot. I make this statement as to
myself for the reasons set forth
forth above and further that I may
not be accused of political cowardics
or of sulking in my tent.”
this movement. A parade of revo
lutionary troops under Zlmbrakakls
took place,* after which there was a
parade of armed civilians and volun
teers wearing the blue and white
uniform of Macedonian Husears.
Popular sentiment In Greece
has been profoundly stirred by the
abandonment without combat of
the Greek forts in Eastern Mace
donia, and has been raised to the
highest pitch by Roumanla’s en
try Into the war, sayi a dispatch
to the Havas Agency of Paris.
Former Premier Venizelos Is quot
ed in a dispatch to The Star from
Athens as having said to friends that
the situation was becoming more
and more grave for Greece. M. Venl-
selos blamed those who had advance
knowledge of Roumania’s intentions
for not bringing about the Intervea-
tion of Greece, at least slmultane
ously with Roumanla. The Star’a
correspondent quotes him further as
follows: -•»
“With the Bulgaria ntroope be
tween the Roumanians and the
armies of the Entente Allies and
with the Russians advancing through
r>nbnuUa,.»ha cgn dnuht
a political understanding, far more
difficult—that by the way.
“ \ . . Parliament rises to-mor
row until October 10. I am glad of
the respite from this place, but I
fear a good deal will be done wrong
which may be at any rate warned
against, or even prevented tf parlia
ment were atttlng, but some of our
biggest mistakes of rtturee are out
side of parliament. Have you heard
the story, which probably has reach
ed you from Germany, that a Ger
man aeroplane attacked behind our
lines and exploded twenty-five mil
lion dollars worth of shells which
were stored In close proximity? They
say that the commands had been
warned against such a huge collec
tion of ammunition. It Is sajd to
have been the biggest explosion tho
world has ever had.* ”
SHIPS SEIZE GREEK HARBOR
Allied
Destroy ere Apparently Fore
cast Heixure of Piraeus.
ALLIES NOT INTERESTED
BULGARS ADVANCE
Occupy Positions on Both of the
Allied Flanks Near Salonlkl.
by wireless: Bulgarian
Berlin,
forces
have occupied Malik, ten-miles w
of the Greek border, a statement
issued at Sofia reports. Occupation,
of territory In northeastern Greece
rontlnuee and further Bulgarian de
tachment* have ranched the Aegean
sea. Replies of a Serbian attack la
ike Moglenlca valley, on the west
ern part of the front
Tell Greek Government They Won’t
Defend Central Thessaly
A delayed dispatch from Athens
says that the French and British
ministers on Thursday evening ask
ed Premier Zaimis how far the
Greek government purposed to coun
tenaoce the Bulgarian advance with
out resistance, pointing out that it
would be of no* military Interest to
the Entente powers to defend Cen
tral Thessaly from invasion, as Sa-
lontkt was supplied-from the sea and
could not be cut off by land.
“The embarrassment of the Greek
government,” continues the dispatch,
trowa ItaitflT la the iaae clJiifimA:
garia will seek to sign
peace with the Entente?
should happen before Greece goes In
on the side of the Entente, It would
mean the burial of Greece.”
Representatives at Athens of Gregt
Britain and France Saturday night
presented to the Greek government
a note demanding control over the
Greek posts and telegraphs, and in
sisting on the deportation from
Greece of agents of the central pow
ers. The note reads as follows:
By order of their governments,
the undersigned ministers of France
and Great Britain have the honor to
bring the following communication
to the attention of the Greek gov
ernment: v
“First. The two Allied govern
ments having from a sure source
learned that their enemies receive
information in divers ways, and, not
ably through the agency of the
Greek telegraphs, demand the con
trol of'the posts and telegraphs. In
cluding the wireless system.
“Second. Enemy agents employ
ed in corruption and espionage must
^immediately leave Greece, not to re
turn until the conclusion of hos
tilities.
“Third. Necessary measures must
be taken against such Greek sub
jects as rendered themselves guilty
of complicity In the above mentioned
corruption and espionage.”
The note formed the subject of a
conference between King Constan
tine, Premier Zaimis and Dr. Streit,
a former minister of foreign affairs.
It Is understood that there will be
no obpection on the part of the
Greek government to the acceptance
of the Anglo-French demanda.
' A later dispatch to The London
Times from Athena states.that King
Constantine has Informed the En
tente Allied ministers that as a re
sult of the entry of Roumanla In the
war he is disposed to reconsider the
Greek policy.
lar resentment againsf the Bulgarian
Invasion. The Venlsellst organs
criticise the Inaction of the govern
ment. the Cretain declaring that the
boor baa come for action similar to
that taken in 1909.
“M. PachlUh, former Serbia* pre
mier. has arrived here on hi* way to
Ships of the Entente Allied fleet
■ German submarine Saturday
a separate f mornlng'oT? TheTdrolT im flABBed
If thie | by Entente military officers that the
undersea boat had received Its sup
plies from the Austrian and German
ships which were seized in the har
bor of Piraeus Saturday by French
sailors.
A number of destroyers of the
Entente fleet made a careful recon
naissance of the neighborhood of the ,
arsenal Saturday afternoon and let
down anti-submarine nets. It Is cur- -
retly believed that the Entente fleet
desires to establish a naval base at
Piraeus as a base of supplies for the
Entente Allied armies’ west wing In
the Macedonian front, which conld
be more easily supplied by rail from
Piraeus than from Saltonlkl. Should
this action prove to be of military
value to the Entente powers, the
Greek government, it is understood,
will not objeet.
The seizure of the Austrian and
German merchant ships at Piraeus
and the occupation by Entente troops
of the Greek wireless station Friday
night threw the Austro-Gennan resi
dents in Athens and especially the
agents of the German government,
into a panic.
Diplomats of the Entente Allies
demand that Baron von Schenk and
sixty co-workers In behalf of the
•central empires be expelled from
Greece. Several arrest* already
have been made, those taken into
custody including the officers of the
interned Austrian and German ships.
Von Schenk is believed to have
escaped.
Francisco Madero Sr. Dead.
~~ Francisco Madero, father of the
late President Madero of Mexico and
one of the largest land mine owners
fiMhat .CQUajLX7,.J«ae_f0und dead In ogne with Director Lobmann
Tied at tbs home In New 'YbYXTtttBT-
day from heart disease. He * was
sixty-seven years of age. Mr. Ita
tero fled to New York, after the as
sassination of his two sons, Francisco
Jr., then president of Mexico, and
Goatsro, who
ngeat for the rvrolatioaist* to
nary. lilt.
BREMEN ON ITS WAY
i
Berlin Reports by Wireless That Sec
ond Sob Has Departed.
Berlin, by wireless to SayvUie*-
According to the Cologne Gazette,
as quoted by the Overseas News
Agency, the German merchant sub
marine Bremen la now on her way
to the United States with s cargo of
dyes. ——,
Berlin reports via London: The
Tageblntt in an interview had In Col
to CoL
of
company oditog
Bremen, In which be Bays the Bre
men is already on her way to Balti
more, and that trad* by means *f a
submarine fleet will noon be
•d
All the
been that
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