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-«. —— KEAN TEDS lAND (Y HOLLAND PLANS TO RE CLAIM MANY ACRES TWO IfEOROES LYNCHED 4- AND BODIES BURNED ATHENS ISifIZEl — ''V.* ’“' h £2 iiNBEKiitii runs xe cm tton u follow*: Greece 1* believed'to be on tbe brink of revolution. With recotnl- U HIM TO BIKE ZUYDER SEA While Her Neighbors ere Pinged Into Destruction Queen Wilhel- minn’s Kingdom Starts Gigantic Project Which Aims at Recovery of 529,575 Acres. * Peaceable, unaggressive Holland has caught the annexation fever. It proposes to annex a twelfth provinca from its old enemy the sea. It proposes to entrust its clever army of hydrographic engineers with the task of bridling the waters of the Buyder Zee, snatching 529,57o acres of agricultural land' from its em brace, and converting the remaining 902,500 acres into a freshwater lake. For the present, the scheme Just embodied in a government bill is re stricted to the reclamation of some 133,050 acres, and is ectimafod to cost a total sum of $44,000,00<b whereas the estimate for the com plete reclamation scheme is $88,800,- 000. It is computed that even the restricted scheme will require fifteen years. In its main outlines the project, which has been evolving ever since the year 1849, is a simple one. The Euyder Zee is a large, shallow arm of the North Sea that breaks into the northern part of Tho Netherlands in southeasterly direction and laps Kentucky Mob Lynches Negro Who ENTENTE LANDS MARINES IN governni^t L of former Premier < Venl- Petrograd Says German Plan Is la Its ALLIES NOW IN FULL CONTROL Attacked White Woman a-’ J One Wl»o Approved Act. - Two negroes were lynched by a mob at Paducah, Ky., Monday and their bodies burned. One was.charg ed'" with attacking a white woman and the other was accused of voicing approval of his action. One negro was taken from the county Jail and the other was seixed| on the streets. Followed by several j thousand persons, the negroes were, taken to the home of the woman, two I miles away. While one of them was presented, to her for identification, the other was taken to a tree, af rope thrown over a limb, his neck encircled in a noose and an antomobile hitched to the other end. As soon as the other CAPITAL OF QREECE GREEKS HISS ADMIRAL — Greek Around * Consternation Followg .fvV Troops Form Cordoi Ruildings Occupied in Older to Prevent Clash Between People and Invaders — Constantine zelos by the Entente, and that gov ernment preparing to send volunteer troops to the Macedonian front in support of the Allies, every royalist in Greece has risen to the defense of Karly Stage—Whole Front U * I Unbroken Battle Line. Petrograd reports: The whole of OF GRECIAN CAPITAL FINAL ACTION PUNNED the King. i Gen. Brusiloffs fronf, from the dis- The 'crisis .has been reached with *‘<V f Kovel-to Roumania presents the presentation of the new Entente an almost continuous battle line with] , • note to the King. This communlca- i arge Rn 88 jan and Austro-German tlonjs of so serious a character that f 0 ™ 6 * constantly engaged in attacks Dtepatch From Paris Says Action of •all inkling of its contents Is tem- ^d counter attacks. each side suc- porarily withheld. Issues Order to Sailors. Fahores of five provinces, widening 'info a big circular basin. itoni ^^Btcross its mouth lies a string of ^Knds which, before the great floods, once formed tbe coast line and tbe limits of tbe sea’s domsln. Some little distance inside this line m massive dike is to be constructed in aim* years lime, from shore ip shore, right across tbe entrance to the bight Starting a few miles below the well known naval base of Den Meider, on the-coast of tbe province of North Holland. It will cross the narrow strait of the Amateldlep to the Island of Wlertngen. thence going straight through the aea northwestward to a spot sear Plasm; on the Frlulaa const. Tt>e entire dike. Including tbe in- , terveolng email Island, will be 3$ mile* ta length, ns compared with the get miles of coast line that It.sup- . armposed (O CO natruci fou( seperv te • **9 •*pcld«T» ' or drained basins, though plants. Out of tbe lake thus formed. It Is only the two smellor ones, the north western and southwestern, located above Amsterdam, are actually In cluded Is the bill laid before parlU meat The latter north sealers sad southeastern pold ire will be situated ea either side of tbe ckaaael throng a which tbe River Yaeel will reach the newly formed "Yssel Lake." sad their reclamation will probably take another 1$ years or so beyond the time listed This Island Inks will also reeel /e the outflow of the other rivers sad waterways et presect emptyta* into this portion of the Zuyder Zee. It will form a basin so low that even when the spring tlds ta beating against the northern outer dike, these Inland waters eaa flow Into It and without prejudice or danger, re main there for a few deys when It is not po'islble to discharge Immediately through sluices Into the see. Aui^ag the various problems aris ing Is provision for the needs of ship ping A broad channel of the lake will still run up to the port of Am sterdam, and In order to preserve communication between tbe two sev ered parts of the Zuyder Zee locks /rj~e to be built on tho island of Wle- A Aqen, while s canal running along inner side of the Frisian sea dike and issuing south of the- enclosing harrier wiil meet the needs wf ship ping between Harlingen. Teycchel- Itug and Vlieland and the enclosed part of the Zuyder Zee. The harbors falling within the lat ter area will have to be deepened, while provision is made for an in demnity of $2,400,000 to'the Zuyder Zee fishermen for the damage in flicted on their interests by the con version of the present opea'soa into a fresh water lake of less than half the size. .. The great question is: Can this great project be made a remunera tive one? in the opinion of the gov ernment and its advisers it can. To set against the total expenditure for the whole scheme of $88,OOP,000, in tho first place there will be the enor mous benefits and saving of money which It will mean to the entire’ water protection and drainage sys tems of the surrounding provinces. The coast line to be defended from the inroads of tbe sea will be shor tened by some 180 miles, and in place of an arm of the North Sea. iu the center of the country, with its sharp ly changing water conditions, there much more settled water level, low enough for a proper draining of the surrounding region. Out of this lake, too, the provinces pf Friesland and ' North Holland can.obtain a plentiful supply of fresh water, a long felt need. 4 • But beyond ’this, there Is the re- * suiting 486,0.25 acres of fertile land; here, where the waves now wash, will appear smiling meadows with brows ing cattle; and the financial yield alone will probably be sufficient to cover the entire cost of the scheme. - Of the two reclarngtlon plans ia- ^fe|uded In the present bill,'the north- ^V^stern or Wlertngen polder consists very good clay ground, and the "southwestern or Hoorn polder of the Terr hast rlsr ml) Moreover, these Vre the moil txvoTfZIlTy tftaafSf ’TOT’* speedy agricultural development. Athens reports via London Tues day: Marines from the ships Of the negro had been ideutifled by the wo- 1 Entente powers to the number of man the process wa_ repeated. The a ] I)OU ^ a thousand have been landed bodies later were taken down and , . . .. burned 1 at P iraeus an ^ have occupied the A mob formed at the jail,Monday 1 railway station at Piraeus and sev- and demanded a negro charged with era i buildings in Athens, an attack upon r, white woman at| limnedlately this became known, her home on the outskirts Friday.! t ^ , ... Police reserves were called and city I the streets of Athens swarmed with and county officials pleaded with the Greeks frantically cheering King Constantino and chanting the Greek national v anthem. Great crowds marched through the streets, thou sands gathering in the neighborhood of the post office square. The war minister, Gen. Dracos, ordered out Greek troops and ma rines to guard every approach to the square in order to prevent any clash lK-tween Greek civilians and Uie French, who occupied that ’section, establishing a complete cordon about the French and taking all precau tions to avoid any Incident or acci dent capable, of starting strife. With the occupation of Athens and Piraeus by marines from the war ships of the Entente powers, a tense situation has arisen ii^Athens. Orest mob to disperse. The mob refused to listen and broke i-ito the Jail. All the prison ers previously had been locked in steel cages. The keys were taken from the Jailer, however, and Brack Henley, one of tho prisoners, was marched out of the building and 1 taken to the woman’s home for iden tification. DENOUNCES SECTIONAL APPEAL cessfully defending its positions but * . - . ^ . .. making no lasting progress. The note was brought before the u h „ become eyldent that the ln _ 8 D ersonal attention as the t en ti on 0 f breaking through the Allies have refused to recognize the Qor thern sector of Gen Brusllotf's new Lambros cabinet, extending that jj ne and recapturing Lutsk has been honor to Venizelos, the rebel leader, ^ supplemented since Roumanla’s en- instead. j try j nt0 t ij e war by „ more audacious Every indication is that Greece is, plan—a move at the extreme south- on the verge of a civil war compared' ern flank by the Austro-Germans In to which all the outbursts so far the hope of separating the nussian have been mere brawls. The royal-' armies from their new allies, ists until now have been co confident i To this end the Austro-Germans in the strength of the government have concantrated he vy forces at the that they did not bestir themselves southern tip of Bukowina, where the _. , , , , _ to oppose the outbreaks in various southern flank of the Russians Joins , 6 P®ra°n*l .Plea cf King Constan- parts of the country. I the northern flank of the Rouman-. tine , t0 a number of the most proml- But now, with the dynasty t p- ians, and have begun an advance J**® 1 pling and every hour bringing great- 8 outh of Dorna Watrm, accompanying b restrained, ha « kad » er burdens upon its bending chould-'lkis with a vigorous attack slightly farther north in the region of Koros- Admiral Had Been Prepared by Allied Leaders Who Approved It— New Designs ant Being Made to Protect Harraira. Army. The Allied program with regard to Greece is now nearing the stage of completion. While sullen crowds still fill the streets of Athens the Initial excite ment following the landing of for eign marines has mow died down. WUson Flays Charge That Democrats Have a . Narrow Policy, President Wllso i replied at Indian apolis Thursday to the Republican _ charge that the Democratic party 4e crowd( 0 f royalists have par ded tho a sectional party with the statement >trMU of th9 0reek dptt*!. cheering that “any man who revives tLe laaue th<) K|nj and of 0reek of sectionalism In thta country Is un troops and marines have been worthy of the confidence ot the an-. ahees ilia, railway, stations Uon.' The president came to Indianapo lis to editress meetings of good roads advocates and farmers, review an au tomobile parade celebrating good roads day of the Indiana centennial, and mttend a non-partlsau luncheon of leading Indianians Crowds which parked the atrectJ for blocks greet ed him In his fl>»t set speech he spoke of tbe good done by highways in preventing sectionalism "My fellow nilzena,’’ he continued. "I need not tell you that I did not here to talk politics, but there Is one thing that la pertinent In this ] connec*ion which I cannot deny my self the privilege of saying Any man who revives the Issue of section- • allsm in this country Is unworthy of the confidence of the nation He thowe himself a provincial, he shows that be himself does not know the varloes sections of hie own country. he shows that ha has shut bis own ers, they are beginning to resort to physical force. More'than five thousand paraded the streets of Athdns, according to dispatches, and when their way wds barred by French marines, landed, according to Admiral du Fournet's explanation, to reinforce tho police, which department has been taken over by the Allies, they attacked the sea soldiers, driving them back. It is now reported that machine guns have been landed and that the patrols are prepared to put down r.njr further street demonstrations. It is estimated that more than one thousand men have been landed from the Allied warships at Athens end Piraeus. They have seized the Athens railway stations, the city hall, Caatalla barracks and other etrate- REPLY TO BLACKLIST NOTE Urltitib KevponHe - Its Illegality good effect. The gleaming bayonets of the French marines, who display no hesi tancy in using them, also had a quiet ing effect on the rioters, as has the dissipation of the rumor that a fleet of United States battleships, on the to Protest Denies wa y to protect Greece from further neutrality violations. This rumor, spread by anti-Entente propagan dists, was responsible for much of It has been announced at the state the bravado displayed by the street department that the British reply to crowds. the American blacklist protest had i ..... . . been presented to the American em-' e ’ .t? the , A , ie j ch Ki ne * l ( baasy in London and is now on Its ■‘p 0 ; 1 ® 8 ,’ u “ d * r ‘ h ® , maln lead ®" h ‘? 11 ot I way to this country by mail. It wllll PrWnler BrUnd -. of A ’ U, « arrive here next week. Officials would not discuss the character of the reply as disclosed in the embassy's dispatch, but the im pression gained was that.lt was a re- are preparing for final actios In Greece. This action will not abuse the constitutional liberty of tha Greek nation, but la designed to guard the safety of the expeditionary Jectlon of the principles declared by/ orce no on ® r *** *° 11- gloat points. At the municipal them- Acting Secretary of State Polk in his T be recent anli-Entente damon- ter one hundred .and fifty blue- note of July 26 last. He served no- atratlons are declared to be reason jackets, armed with Maxims, have, ties on Great Britain that this gov- enough why no stone should ba loft been stationed, according to a news ernment would not tolerate the con-i untur na<l to protect tha Franca. Run- agency dispatch. city hall and other points occupiedT rnttowtnir rtiel—Hash -^(Ub— -Usa^.ug-aaA by the Entente'forces, to prevent marines, the rioter*, marching In clashes between them and tbe Royal- column formation through the taU. * streets on which tho ancient Aeropo- An unofficial dispatch says Ad- 11s looks down, with Greek and mlrst du Kournet was hissed by the American rings flying at the head of throngs In toe streets ef Athens that) the column, proceeded to the United J Stales legation, where n number do- I tinuance of the British blacklist pol- 8lan Serbian soldiers now ftght- ■ bk _ ling in Macedonia. With large eoe- It Is manifestly out of the ques- Dons of the Greek army, navy and tion that the government of the knit-. reservists denouncing the Alliaa. It la ed States should acquiesce in uch I** 1 that no chances can be taken methods or applications of punish- where the communicatiOLa and, la ment to Its citizens.” {deed, the lives of the soldiers are a detachment of French sailors was driven back by the hostile crowd. It Is Impossible to predict whether trouble can be prevented throughout tbe night. The Gryek government Is fully alive to the fact that Greece’s I P-1 the building at the time, so tho marchers sheeted their protest fats hangs on tbs prevention of fur-1 against the methods employed to Ihrr measures on the part of the “eoeree" Greece, sad continued their Ftench commander. Earlier in the'day a review King t'onslaatine of the sailors be Great Britain, It Is understood, re-'menaced. Iterates that she had Instituted tbe| The Greek government mended the protection of the Amerl-' brack list under her municipal regula-, c i* B Dy demonstrated Its can flag. I lions and that It Is 09! Illegal. A The American minister was not In promise to modify Its' application against ’’Innocent’* American trade Is expected, provided Americans co operate with the British authorities in maolng the act efficacious. I parade behind the entwined Greek bj snd American gonfalons Following] longing to tbe vessels of the Greek aavy, which were taken possession of by the Entente Allios. was made the occasion of aa Immense royalist demonstration, crowds parading the streets hauling life stsed portraits of this demonstration, reinforcements from the warshlpe were hurriedly landed. SOLDIERS ATTACK POLICE haa sntfl- anti-ally policy to be refused the trust and confidence of the Entente when sack serious matters are at slaks. It la fait In Farts. The French marines are now In | complete control ot Athena. Freak I detachments were leaded Wednesday iand were hissed by t. mob, which bo- jgan to clone In around them Tbe « ■ marines preaentad bayonets and resh- Fcvshlag Guarding Against FosalbU- •* t !i2. r ‘ 0l#r ** Wh ° »»»M- | ly. Fiftesa were arrested. The Greek Ity of Surprise Attack. government. It la reported, la pre- I paring to make representations look- isricaa cavalry columns are pa- tug to the release of AMERICAN PATROLS BUSY heart up la a little province end that «ke sovereign and wildly cheering for lbone who do not teek tho special In terests of that province are to him sectional while he alone Is aaiioaal. That la the depth of aatl-patrtotlc feellag “ sd Up In Barracks. PISH BACK INVADERS ■leas Report Trass, ’vaaia Aloag Froat. Roumanian troops kre pushing back the Invading Austro-German forces on the Transylvania frontier. At Fredeal. according to the official Roumanian statement, the Rouman-’ tans drove back Teuton units beyond the border. The Roumanians also 1 claim to have gained ground in the Bran defile. , In the Trotus valley, the statement adds, the Roumanians forced the Austro-Germans to retire and took six hundred prisouers and twelve cannon. Another Roumanian detachment attacking from Goioasa in the Tro- tus area, surprised the Teuton troops and took seven hundred prisoners and some machine guns. remained faithful to thalr oath and cera th# ftnall dl , perwMl and thair country. Ho gars his word w , nt back to camp, that h* would stand by them to the, 0ne .oigie, W ho tried to force his end, against whatever consequences wajr | B , 0 the guard room was shot their loyalty might entail. | through the right shoulder by w The King Issued the following mounted policeman. He will re order of ths day: cover. Another mounted policeman. “Officers! Sailors! In these hours. I who waa believed to have fired the 1 trolling aoutb. eaat and west of Col-'Greek troops on patrol dnty watekod ala, Dublan, field headquarters of tho French scattering the disturbers I the punitive eipedllton. tor tho first offering no oppoeltion. , time since the Carrtsal clash, accord-1 The French commander demanded A crowd of soldiers made a raid •• trustworthy advices brought that tho parliament and uaivsrslty upon the mounted police barracks at. 10 lh * border. j buildings he turned over to the now Colgary, Ala., Wednesday night with' The Americana are reported to landing forces as barracks. Tb«k the announced intention of rescuing kgve eelnbliahed on outpost twenty with the municipal then tar, tbe moat five men, members of n local battal-' ■Haa south of El Vail# for the pur- prominent buildlaga la Athens bdsa Ion. whe had been fined for violation P®**. It •• aald. of preventing aur- been seised by the foreign patrol, of the liquor act, and who In default P rl8 * attack oa small American de-1 The government haa submitted 10 of payment had been loeked up. The tachments by Villa bands reported the demands of lb* French admiral rescue was not effected, snd at tbe a *° V being la the that aa Entente officer bo placed la command of tbo Greek state polios Try to Rescue Five Comrade* Lock the monarch Admiral Damlaaoe. minister ot marines, read aa order of the day praising tha loyalty ot the sailor* | sad complimenting them on their I conduct under most trying circum stances After the ceremony the King ea se mb led the officers about him and ' addressed them personally, express ing pride that they had sebrned ot- _ ___ ^ _ tors ot money and honors and bad | ” rn ",; t '' repr e^nUitTo'nV 0 f"rhe'offl'' vicinity of Namtqulpa w a **-> a 4 et mod #ml#lk#it1 tew f hmi w AmtH mtwt I _ I /’A s W I i ^ VI _ — ^ — — Other reliable reports state that This officer Is acting co-Jointly with Gen. Pershing, commander ot the the Greek prefect of police. Tho punitive expedition, bna ordered n re- Greek cabinet haa also forbid fartbor alignment of his present lines CAMPAI6N AGAINST VILLA {Circulation of ganda and hoc when stricken and with bleeding: hearty each moment from new. 1 wounds deep in our souls, which so I short a time ago were proud In a united and victorious Greece: my got ernment has been obliged to] order you to leave the ships upon wl .rh you brought the news of the fret ,ng of our liberated brothers. You came with tortured hearts and eyes wet with tears; every man , faithf .l to his oath, to the side of ■ our King. • ..1 ..nr, i “I tbank you and congratulate at an expenditure, of about $2,900,- 1 . faithful sailors * I thank 000 annually, not reckoning the ex- ° „ “1 tra expenditure necessitated for spe- ?,'<•. ,. ' . na cial measures in the interects of the DeDeet bu as the representa ive l of tho fatherland you love so much, to which you have given so much, for which you are ready to give and suf- i fer all. “May our hopes soon be realized and may the hour soon come when you will be able to return to your ships. The liftly Ikons that have pro shot, was chased thr ugh the streets, but escaped. There were only n few mounted policemen at the barracks and n see- loirge Bod lew of Troop* From Chihuahua. nil-En tent# warned tha popalnc* that demonstrations must stop. It is reported that Entente forces | arc being sent 'nto interior of Movtna Drecce, whe.e npriangs arc feared. .The entire country will practically bo tact placed under martial law. | Every act of Vico Admiral da Foar- tlon of the mob smashed all the win-! Arrivals from Mexlctn report large net, commander of the Allied fleet In . of Chihuahua dows In the building and gained en- 1 l ro °P movements out Greek waters, respecting control of trance. • A quantity of clothing, furniture and equipment thrown out of the building was heaped into a pile in the street and burned. ROUMANIAN LOSSES HEAVY City in the campaign against Villa.'the Greek admlnististion, baa been by direction of the Allied govern ments, it is explained in Palis, with the sole object of safeguard the com munications of the Entente armies on the Macedonian front._ According to the view expressed in ‘ nnl- country's defence. For the reeiamation scheme, or at any rate that part of it wh.ch pro-: videe for the ultimate drainage of tbe southeastern polder,- extending right across the southern part of tho Zuyder Zee, must necessarily involve drastic changes in the defenses of Holland’s’chief fortress and capital,! Amsterdam. The government, therefore, an-l nounces that nothing will in any case be done until a separate Ikw has also been passed relating to such require ments, this law again necessarily de pending on the results of a searching inquiry to be carried ou^yhen the war is, over tected you in the pest will protect yod In the future, and the glorious fla^, once more caught by the winds of the Greek neas, will bring hope and consolation wherever Greek hearts beat for nation and King.” The dispatch above left Athens Monday. Another dispatch stated that Vice Admiral Fournot, com- Approximately Two Division- hilated, Says Bdtlin. „ Berlin, via Sayville: The Rou manian second army in its retreat in Transylvania lost approximately “two divisions.” says the Overseas News Agency. “The Roumanian first army and the larger part of the sec ond army have been virtually anni hilated.” whose partisans are said to be in eon- ’ trol of Namiquipa, which was held by the American punitive expedition until its lines were shortened during the rainy season. A former follower of the bandit 1 Salazar, who had Just obtained his Paris, the safety of the Entente release from the penitentiary at Chi- 1 arm l e8 - now fully occupied in the huahua City, said that tho execution campaign against the Bulgarians, has of Villa sympathizers took place be- been imperiled by what are regarded fore the window of his cell and that a* D>e pro-German letnlngs of the from five to twenty prisoners had King, the Cabinet, and thd command- been shot to death there dally since er8 Ibe army and navy. September 16,'when Villa made his surprise attack on Chihuahua City. EXPLOSION ON WARSIIP >e carried outoyrhen the, roa 1 vlce Aamirai rournoi, com- and tbe*<ne\^TOraditions‘mander of the Anglo-French fleet in J > a a. j m I F Vi si \M Vi n rt Vi n *> sxsV FVisv can be surveyed in the light thereof. A considerable period must, there fore, ever now elapse before the Zuy der Zee project eventuates. As a matter of fact, the first Zuyder Zee reclamation bill was introduced as the Mediterranean, has handed the Greek govtrnmeht a new note of an extremely grave character, says a dispatch t y the Exchtuige Telegraph Company from Athens. Following the presentation of the note King long ago as 1877, and otherc of sub- 1 Constantine, itds added, came to the sequent date likewise failed to reach capitol in Waste from the royal resi- the statute book. But the whole of dence at Tatoi. national opinion now seems to be strongly behind the scheme. Moreover, Holland-has a plentiful The Allies have taken over the Greek battleships Kilkis, formerly the United States battleship Idaho, supply of money at the present time,*! the Lemnos, formerly the Missis- the gold stocks of Us central bank being three and a half times as large w at tho outbreak of war; and the war’s affects both at home and abroad have accustomod people- to contemplating tha expendltura of vast sums'brmoney. The Importance of such a rain- TorteniwH slppi, and the Averoff, says Reuter’s Athera correspondent. Allied crews were put on board the battleships, the correspondent says, and tha Greek crews were landed and sent to Athens. On Octobor 11. the Allies took too. there are good markets, from whence the oaplttl eaa ha la a Dm* by » II aefaxo sr< , over the entire Greek fleet except the aafi^i’a eirirah h im* I amen . sad Averoff This &cJ war Is not measure, it was expUfieO, riftdfT!- I tb* pro- clally was Intended te laser* ■ offer after the war to w» tha tarsi land in peace over looked, nor the open! Jeet wfllof rail Industry and labor. The scheme haa. Datch safety of tho fleet as fears had ♦he hatter of a disturbance et “When the successful attack was made on thc-flrst army at Hermann- stadt by the Austro-German troops the Roumanians planned to cend the second army to its assistance. This plan was learned from repprts of aviators which were foupd. The sec ond army advanced too far to the west and was forced to retreat in haste. Its retreat became a panicky flight. ' “On October 13 isolated detach ments still were being rounded up Captured officers say the army was couiiWeteiy disorganized. It would have been annihilated If Roumanian reinforcements had not been hurried in fhrouvh the Tornzburger and Pre deal passed. ’•'ii-e uoumanlan leaders lost their surety of decision. Brigades and regiments in desperation were moved hastily forward and back on rail- 1 roads and even on carts. Only par tial fragments of tbe army could be rescued from Transylvania. “Transylvania to-day is clear of the Roumanians, except for' small sections aeer the border. At the same time the Roumanians’ hope of being assisted from the people of The entire Transylvania pop a 1st Ion and tho hotter Roamoalaa stament Said *w r —w— to Have Occurre 1 Aboard Italian Veesel. ta Its long hi*- 1 1 J they have Berlin, by wireless: The Asest re ports that an explosion occurred on the Italian battleship Regina Mar- gherita while she was in port at Spezia, Italy, says the Overseas News Agency. . ^ The Italian battleship Regina M&r- gherita displaces thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty tons and 1s four hundred and twenty-six and five^tapths feet long and seventy- eight feet wide. She carries four twelve-inch guns In her main bat teries. She has a complement of eight hundred and ten men. SHIPS FOUGHT BY MISTAKE British and Italian Vessels Shell Each Other. Berlin, via Sayville: “A British end on Italian warship, in conse quence of a fog. collided In tbe Mas sine channel, between the mainland of Italy oad the inland of Sicily. Amslerdem reports.” soya oa item give* oet by the Overseas Newt Agency. “The ehlpe shelled each Such offers- as King Constantine recently made to join the Allies were not trusted. It was felt that to e> cept them might have been to arm and finance a potential enemy, for the King's offers were always condi tioned with money and fighting equipment. About one-quarter of the Greek army's fighting material recently was surrendered to the Bulgarians, and it is regarded .-by the Allies es un wise to provide more equipment-end pay for the troops. DEWEY APPROVES ACT f Says American Warship Oaght Not Hinder Sab. Admiral George Dewey, preaident of the navy general board, asked for a reply to the speech of British For eign Secretary Grey before the House of Lords and reflecting upon the American navy, said: "The opinion expressed by an ad miral covers tbe matter far better than anything I could say. He said: ‘One of our boats was close to a ves sel about to be torpedoed. The U- boat commander told our destroyer commander be wee > bout to torpedo the ship, end, of coarse, the Ameri can »y and wisely, got out of tho ws neither colleiioo no **1 endorse every - 'ViM have A I rn of to heavily If 1 ksnlF way U U he had