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1 ? 1 1 11 . -j VOLUME 1, NUMBER 347. n?kljt E.taWlibed ISM; Dally, to 18, if li. ANDERSON, S. C, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1914. ? PRICE FIVE CENTS ?8 00 pJ^^TOlUM GERMAN FORTRESS AT TSING-TAU HAS SURRENDERED THE FIRST DE VICTORY After Holding Out For Tsing-Tan, the Germ Tung Peninsula in Cl Japanese and British The Part of Allies Is (Bj* Aworiahxl PrcM.) TOKXO, Nov. 7.-(11?2? a. m.)-lt ls officially annonnced thal the (ber man fortress at Tsing-Tan has ?ur rendered to the Japanese and British force?. It 7s officially announce:! that the step ia bringing abont the surrender of the fortress occurred, at midnight, when the infantry charged and oc cupied the middle fort of the llae of defense. In this operation (Iiry took 200 prisoners. The fall of TBlng-Tau ends the inoBt] picturesque of the minor pt.ases of I the great world war now - raging. On two continents and in many is lands of the seas where colonies of the warring nations were planted | combata of more or lesa Interest have i taken place, garrisons have been cap-j tured.and towns occupied peacefully; but in the little German concession oh the. south side of the. Shan-Tung nr-nitmula Af r*Uln* .1.--~ 1-- -^_ j lng on slnco late In August a reduced j scale' of war' that from all accounts-; has duplicated .nearly all tortures of those 'b?ltica in Knrc.no th??* harp fe-'j suited in tho capture of fortified po sitions. I -The capture of Talng-Tau loses to Germany her last fort, of possession] on the Asiatic mainland as well aa. her last strategic ^oaition outside ot the German empire in Europe. For: nearly three months the little -German ' garrison of about 7,000 men hos held' out again the land and sea attacks of the Japanese, of certain British de tachments of both white and Indian troops that found themselves in Chins at the outbreak of the war. What the losses of the garridos hsTe^bccn Ore nnt Wnr.wn. but the official Japanese and British reporta have indicated that Tslng-Tau has been taken at heavy cost of men on the part ot the Allies. It was oh August 15 that Japan threw herself into the European war as Great Britain's ally, after demand ing that Germany withdraw or intern all German warships in Asiatic wat-, era and relinquish possession of Kino Chow. Her demands ignored, Japan pro ceeded cautiously with plans tr. seize the German settlement on the Chinese mainland. The operations have been reduced' to a scale of some 200 square miles bat on that account they have teen bone the leas interesting. Aeroplanes and all other accompaniments of mod ern warfare have figured in both Jap* anese and German operations. Tho strength nf the attacking force as compared with tho little garrison of some 7,000 men ond the few Ger man vessels at Klao-Chow was so disproportionate that at the beginning of the campaign lt was, taken for granted that the German possessions would econ fall. The surprise waa that so small -a force could hold out so long. Reports from various sourc es pieced together indicate that the Allies' loss around Klao-Chow ; has been upwards bf 2,000 and several second rate warships. Detalla of the movements have coen secret but the first general opera tion undertaken by the Japanese waa aweepisg of tho. waters around Klao Chow for German mines. During tho mine sweeping campaign ti least pno OWf*fA*?tX<?>?iiif}^^ ft IT CJKy THOUSANDS OF HEA1 PERISHING IN FLA (By AMocittod PMS.) KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. ?.-Fire, starting tn a pen at the stock yards here and within n few feet of the live isiock exchange building, caused n i Are which late tonight threatened to destroy tho entire yards. Ia to minut?e two square blocke of rittle pena bad been burned and '.he Dre waa opreaCing rapidly. Every. automobile fire company in Kana?? City, Mo., waa called te thc scene and ew*rai companies from Kansas City, Kan. Two peo* of cattle were-burned In tb? first rush ot the fire and about 10.000 h?*d were released and turned into alley? in an attempt'to drive OF THE WAR Nearly Three Months, an Fortress on the Shan hina, Has Surrendered to Forces-Cost of Men on Heavy. Japanese minc dragging boat waa blown up. . The next' general-move on the part of the Japanese was to seize the Ger man-owned railway running west from Tsing-Tau into the province of Shan-Tung. ThiB wa? done under violent pro test from the Chinese government, which held that it violated the integ rity of thc Chinese republic. The number of the expeditionary forces has not been officially divulged but it is eald to have been upwards of I 30,000 men. A British detachment of some 800 South Waloo borderers and 400 Indian Sikhs. \ under Brieadier General Nathaniel W. Bernardiston, commander of the North China forces, is said to have formed a part of the center Japanese line in the bombard-] ment of Tsing-Tau. 1 Fighting continued from the ml dole [of September intermittently-until'the I fall of the fortress today. In one of j the most severe of these engagements, on October 3, it waa announced that I the Japanese loss was 1J00 killed lana sop wounded. At various times i German loss?? wera reported up to a score or nacre. j v On the alaht of October 17 tim most ??cr it-us .Ax the Japanese naval h-saes occurred: when the cruiser Takachlho was blown, up by the German torpedo boat S-? J. The German fortresses included! throe llneB of defense.. The Germans \ also had P ve forts exclusively for i rhere defence. r * The heights back of the city are penetrated i^nly by the railway line and it was probably through thia path that the Allies proceeded into Tsing Tau, once the defending fortress had been silenced. An interesting document in connec tion with the fall of Tsing-Tau is the proclamation which the German gov ernment petted on August 22. Ifi this be asid: "Never shall we sur render the smallest blt of ground over ' ?vliich tho German flag is flying. From thia place, where we with 'ove and success have endeavored thc last. 17 years to shape s little Germany across the seas we shall not retreat If the enemy wants Talng-Tau he must come and take it" In taking it the Japanese again haye had revenge for certain phases of their war with China 20 years ago. Victorious, Japan waa forced, at the Instigation cf Germany, to give up Port Arthur-he? main fruit of vic tory-which eventually became Fre sian. Ten years later-In 1904-05-Japan fought Russia and again took Port Arthur. Now,-after another Interval of i ten years, in asso. ation with Brit ish forces, Japan has seized the Ger man possession of Kiao-Cbow, Which has been a thorn lu Japan's aide for two decades. The Germans hoisted the white flay at 7 O'clock Ibis morning a tthe weath er observation bureau of Tsing-Tau. The quick capitulation of the Ger mana waa the cause ot much surprise and Joy to the men of the arrav and navy operatic* agahu ' it and also to the people of Tokio. The charge against the middle fort was a brilliant one. It waa led br General Yoshiml Yam ada at the head of companies of in fantry and eugioeeers. The number of the German and Jap anese tosses which were larga, have not been nnnoanceo. [> OF STOCK ARE MES AT KANSAS CITY them out of rango of the flames. Several thousand - hogs were impris oned and it was not believed they contd bel saved. ooocooeoeoooeooooooo I FIRST WOMAN SENATOR o . - ? o (Cy Associated Press) o VJ PRESCOTT, Ark., Nov. ?-Fran- o io caa Munda, Democrat of Yara psi o *o cc un ty, wi il be Ariaoua'a first wo- o ? o man State senator. In Tuesday's o o election ehe lcd the entire Demo- ol o eratic ticket o O o oooooocoooooooooooo THE GLASGOW Mie BRITISH CRUISER WHICH WAS tri BATTLE OFF CHILEAN COAST GOOD HOPE SUNK j Nothing Has Been Heard Concern ing Whereabouts of Other V?asela Engaged. LONDON, Nor. 6.-It was the Brit ish cruiser Gcod Hope, Rear Admiral ' Cradock's flagship, that foundered af ter being act on fire by shells from the German warships in the naval ?bettle off the Chilean coast last Sunday. The' cruiser Monmouth, which the Germ an/ ? said they had sunk, was badly damaged and it ls possible she is the warship reported ashore today on the coast of Chile. So far as is known none cf the Good Hone's crew survived, j This was tho news given ont tonight by the admirality lust as the British I public was beginning to think Ger-, 'man accounts of the battle were ex aggerated. Tho only bit of satisfac tion for tho British is that their lit tle Pacific fleet chose ts give battle to a very much stronger squadron and waa not overwhelmed until tho ?last possible shot had been fired.. The British cuiser Glasgow, which ? waa with the Good Hone and Mon mouth, also put un a fight against the two German cruisors Leipzig and, Dresden. *ml when her tagger sisters were put out of action managed,to es cane. rv co i Au mi m i v.raoocH. lived UP to , bis reputation a? a follower of that naval school which believes the ene my should be engaged no matter what ^?S-s?rbcrioritv. Ac?'VKSlna tn th? ad rn IrklUv it weis he wbo-brouaht snout If he action, for the German snno^ron i St first was disinclined to give bat tle. It was onlv w*en dnak ???TO? on ?nd tba light waa in their favor that tb? Oarme*?* anaamwl the British. ? The bfttleahio 'Canonba, sent to re Infrrj-j ? R?-s~ Almira" CrndocV- dbl n?>i arflva in time to niaee the advantage on tho Br?Msh aide, and tho British transport fUrwnto was of bo value In th? fight ?*a1P??t PTD,o'-wi shins. Renr Admi-m sir Christooer Crad r>nif. who '?'.obahlv w*nt down ' wlOi th? fto* Hone. w?s in .charge of the^. nritli'h Hn+t. in Mexican waters when tim American marine? occupied yera Cr"?? was BU veara old. ' FHr. nhH?<tnhhnr hs? H distinguished ^aeord* and r^^'ved mn nv hnnn?? and fl*en??a?lo??. Trorln* th* Sondar? csm naltrh in 1891 ho served 1n thc, p^u?. .r?o*?; ?no alsft aaw ?ervt"? In China i*> fahrt. Wi eallantrv nt fakn earned him ni*omnt'nn M n eantnlnev. tinrlna 1894-9? R|r Christnnhor was rom tn an rte* of *he Kin?'? Vn^ht. He served a? alde-de-camn to tba kinsrln iftrtft sud becam?! h rear admiral in ?910. He was made a knight command er of the Victorian order In 1912. Ha received a sliver medal from the Brit ish hoard of trade for saving life at sea in connection with the wreck of the Peninsular and Oriental' Line steamer Delhi. LIMA, Peru, Nor. 6.-A German firm here has received a telegram con firming the sinking of the BrlUsh cruisers Monmouth and Good Hope in the naval battle off the coaat of Chilt last Sunday. Nothing hs? been beard concerning the whereabouts ot tba other vessels engaged. LONt>ON. Nov. 7.-2:07 a. m.-A dispatch to the Central News from Lima, Peru, says that the British cruiser Glasgow, which waa In the na val battle with tbe Germans off Cor onel, last Sunday, has arrived at Pu erto Manee, Chile. S?*-* For New York With 1,000 Americans - WPKNHAGE?TVU London, Nov. 6. - (ll: OC p. m.)-Thc Danish steamer Oscar II sailed for New York today with 1,000 Americana aboard. 1' By permission ot tho British ad miralty the ship will ?proceed over the usual course. Approved the Wade ' Cotton Loan Plan (By Annealed Prout.) RALEIGH, N. CV, Nov. 6.-The spe cial committee appointed by th* North Carolina Bankers' association to pasa opon the St. Louis-Wade cot ton luau plan met' here today and. expressed ita hearty approval ot the plan, and VM gratification that lt baa beeil placed under the control of members of the federal rosen?, board. A c-wnmlttee of aeren waa ap pointed! aa th** State committee to se cure the Nbrth Carolina subscriptions tn the loka tuna. QUARANTINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED ? . . WUX TRY TO PREVENT A SPREAD OF STOCK FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE TWO MORE STATES Cattle, Sheep and Hog* Now Can not Be Moved Out of Nine SUtes. (By Aaaocimtrd PKM.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Further spread of the live stock foot and mouth disease caused the extension of .the federal quarantine today to two more states, Massachusetts and Iowa. Cattle, J sheep and hogs now cannot be moved out of Michigan, Indiana, T.llinoiB, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts or Iowa In addition to the states already quarantined, a suspected case exists at Como, Miss., where it is reported a herd owner himself has contracted the disease. The- federal authorities ' are advising State officials to impose a stringent quarantine against infected farms and even to prevent children from leaving the farms to attend school- New cases were found aleo in Pennsylvania and in Illinois. The spread of the disease makes certain ah increased cost of putting down tho epidemic, lt would not sur prise officials if tho cost would be nearer the $2,000,000 expended by the German Gc- mnent to eradicate the disease from among its cattle a few years ago than the $300,000 spent In ".ht!?~ tic IZZZ outbreak, me ex pense ot having inspectors track the various ahipments from infectad can tors will be large. Ten new inspectors were rushed tod?*-to Wisconsin. Iowa and Massachusetts. Department officials have suggest ed to promoters of the Royal Cattle show to be-held ia Kansas City this fsll that the vent should be postpon ed. ?Eilii??rBE tw?UUATE? BY THE W: AMERICAN FORCES Billboards Are Placarded With Proclamation "Citizens, to Arms!" fBv AMOcwted Press.) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 6.-Extras is sued by the afternoon papers say Vera Crux will be evacuated by the American forces within a few days. General Venustiano Carranda left Puebla today for Soledad to confer with C?nido Aguilar, commander of the Constitutionalist troops near Vera Cruz, relative to evacuation, accord ing to an official declaration tonight Billboards and walls were placard ed today with a proclamation, "Citi zens to arms!' These purporting to be signed by high Mexican Masonic offi cials call upon the citizens to drive the foreigners out. An effort to circu late these papera waa frustrated, by the police two days ago bat there waa no Interference today. " The Washington state department Ibas advised the Mexican government that the decree declaring void all min ing and oil concessions granted dur ing the Huerta regime ls net tenable and that property must be respected. General Carranza today Intimated that be might go to Queretaro to car ry on direct negotiations with ?he Aguas Calientes peace convention. Generals Villareal, B?navides ?nd Hay, members of the commission ap pointed by the Aguas Calientes con vention to r.otifv General Carran ca of 1 ficlally of the election of General Eu ilelh> Gutierres aa provisional presi dent, left the capital today to meet General Carranza at Api lacee. NACO, Ariz., Nov. 6.- Cfeneral Ram ton Sosa, peace cornait*cloner from t :.? Aguas Callentas convention, who ar ranged an armistice between.the Vil la and Carranza foices under Gover nor sfaytorena and General Hill, fail ed U obtain a continuance of peace. Hill refused longer to guarantee the armistice or to confer with Maytorcna. Preparations continue for a renew al of the siege of Naco and Agua Pri eta, Sonora. The Latte recently reported at Mad dalena between Hill and Ma yt or on a farces provea to have been between Maytoren:. men and bandits. i J. - j -MEXICO CITY, Nov. ?.-There waa unconfirmed report tonight that a troop train bad ben dynamited by Za pata followers between the capital and Toluea. INT 2 MORE BATTLESHIPS AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY SHOULD DRAW LESSONS FROM WAR IN EUROPE MORE MEN NEEDED Secretaries Garrison and Daniels Preparing Annual Reports to Submit to Congress. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Secretaries Garrison and Daniels In their forth coming annual reports will lay before Congress tho lessons they believe the American army and navy should draw from the war In Europe. No ?xtraord- ' inary expenditures will be tusked, but methods obtaining a mobile and ade quato army and a powerful and effi cient fleet will be discussed in great detail. Secretary Garrison will emphasize the necessity for a definite permanent military policy. Secretary Daniels will recommend two battleships but prob ably will ask for authority to expend a lump sum for submarines. The work of submarines in the Eu ropean war has recalled that last con gress appropriated more* than $4,000, 000 for submarines and specified that one should be a sea-going vessel, prac tically twice thesis? of these used in coast patrol. Such submarines accord ing to naval officers, will bo the most powerful in the world, able to sccom- , pany the'fleet anywhere. European' submarines have been able to make onlv rnmnarntivoly "hort ~ ~"" from their bases. I There is every likelihood that Secre tary. Daniels will ask for a second . submarine of the sea-going type and ^?e usual number sever or eight smal ler submarines for coast and harbor defense. While submarines have at tracted most attention, naval strate gists do not believe there should be any change in the permanent plans of the general board for two battle ships a year and a proportionate num ber of auxiliaries and submarines. The United States already has more submarines than Germany and Japan, and Mr. Daniels and the general board believe In the Mttleship mdt as the necessary line along which the navy should advance. Naval men concede, however,, that Congress will consider using the appropriation usually made Tor ono battleship for building 28 new submarines. . -, ', One of the chief recommendations the navy will make will be an increase in personnel. It is estimated 18,000 more men are needed. More torpedoes also will be asked for. The army will appeal for more am munition. The shortage in shells and other munitions has been emphasised tor many years without congressional action. More field artillery and 16 inch coast defense guns also will be urgently requested. What Secretary Garrison will seek chiefly, however, ls a definite settle ment by congress of the much debated problem of an adequate regular army. It Is understood ha will reiterate in greater detail and with moro empha sis, this view, expressed in bia last report: "For some years the army war col lege section of the general staff and officers throughout the service have been working with great earnestness intelligence ard enthusiasm for the establishment of a definite national military policy, the spread of mili tary knowledge among the people and the creation of a military reserve force to the end that there shall be tn all the walks of life an increasingly large number cf men with a sufficient mili tary knowledge to make them better prepared for the service ot their coun try. The purpose and effect of this bas not been to invite war or to en? courage it but to postpone it. "As a peaceful and unmllltary peo ple, we are dimly Impressed with the feet that just as agriculture and com merce are the foundation of our great ?ali?uai prosperity, so are our mill i tary and naval forces its bulwark and defense." Details of the general staff's plsns for a reserve army are expected to bo revealed by Mr. Garrison. Confess Planning Train Robbery (By AaWnted Pit-.) LITTLE, HOCK. Ark., Nov. ?.-Wil liam Ahrtng, expresa messenger on the Hock Island Hot Springs train, held np April t and robbed ot $1.800, to day confessed In federal court to planning to rob with W. W. Dunn, once a Rock Island conductor, and another man. . 't'*sW Ahrlng declared that one of the men boarded the train at Hot Springs and with Ahring's permission bound and gaged him and locked hbn in a trunk. Ahricg said h* met Dunn and the oth er man in Little Rock and divided the spoil* and that he received $500. In Driving Back German Frontier and Defeats trians Below the Rive Won a Victory More 1 viona One. (Dy A-M? intel PTCMO On thc Kure-penn battle front Russia ' claims through Grand Duke Nicholas, I her commander-in-chief, the greatest victory since the beginning of the, wai in tho driving back of the Ger mans to their East PruMslan frontier and defeatr. to the Germans and Aus- j trians below the river Vistula. ? Germany, hpwovcr, does not concur in this statement, saying that there has' been no chango in tho situation on tho eastern battle front . The fighting in Poland, according to Ber lin, has not yet begun due to the slow troop movements over bad roads. It is admitted that numerically the Russians are tho stronger in this re gion but Berlin says it hopes to over come this by advantageous positions. In Austria, according to the Ger mans, the Russians aro continually harrassed by the troops ot Emperor Francis Joseph. In tho extreme western gone, south and east of Yprea, hard fighting con tinua?, hu* wHh neither zliz l.~::r.-, z. distinct advantage. Both the Allies and tho Germans report gaina. On the Aisne the French say they have re-taken the town of Sonnir: scar Vailly, and that east ot verdun they have captured trenches. The Germana assort that they have won important positions -near St. Mihiel and in BO doing inflicted heavy losses on the French. As for the operations by Russians and Turks nothing new has developed. Tbs Turks are &&ld U? be advancing in the Sinai peninsula in the direc tion cf Egypt. Berlin declares that the Ameer of Afghanistan bns sent 170,000 men to thc British India frontier and also that the Sheik-Ul Islam, the head of the Mohammedan church in Turkey, has had spread throughout tho world u decide saying that in the war with Russia, Great Britain and France lt ls the duty ot Mussulmans to be true to their faith. . Greece, it is said .has satisfied a de sire she bad at the CIOKC of the late Bul kan war by taking Eplrus. i Tho British admiralty reports the' foundering of the cruiser Good Hope and expresses tho fear that the cruls- < er Monmouth has bren forced ashore as a result of Sunday's battle between British and German warships off the coast of Chile. A despatch says Germany will move 150,000 fresh troops into Belgium Sunday. British . aviators have dropped bombs on German naphtha tanks in Bruges, killing a number of marines. LONDON, Nov. 6.-The Russians TC \ tv rt that, having driven tho Germans j back to their border in the north and j forced their center to retire from Vis-, tub? to the Warthe River, the Russian i general staff bas turned its attention j to the Austrians who have held their I positions ntubbornly along the San i river in Galicia. According to a telegram from Grand Duke r .cholas the Russians have won a victory more Important than any previous one. The Russians say they again have occupied Jaroslau, north of PrzemvBl, capturing 5,000 prison ers. It ls believed here, however, that there will be another big battle on the Warthe before the armies -or Emperor Nicholas seriously threaten Silesia. In the struggle between the Germ- ! ans and the Allie? In the weat there again U? bocU ?Hile if any change. The Germars, twice balked in their' MOST POWERFUL NA^ DESIGNED COMPL1 (By Ajcociatcd Prew.) WASHINGTON. Nov 6.-The largest and moat powerful naval gun ever designed baa Just been completed for the United States navy. It is a 16 tuch rifle and was secretly construct ed at the Washington navy yard. Ita existence became known today when tests were begun st the Indian Head proving prounds on the Potomac be low this city. If the new weapon proves tho suc cess Its trials promise, the type prob ably will be adopted for the main bat tery of the three dreadnoughts au? thorlsod at the last session of con gress. These reseals will bc lareer SINGE OF THE IR A to Their East Prussian to the Germans and Aus ir Vistula, Russians Have Important Than any Pre nt tem pt to reach the French coast, ere preparing for another attack which, like the last, la directed at the line held by the British on both sides ot the town of Ypres, where for a fort night some ot the moat sanguinary fighting of the war has been in prog ross, and where casualties on both sides probably hare been larger than those In such a restricted front in any previous hattie. A Berlin official report claims the Germans have made progress here but thia ls directly contradicted by chinna of the Allies, who say they are hold ing all their positions and h?v? made some advances. Reports come from the Dutch fron tier that the Germana are preparing for retirement, bot military observers here say that tho bringing up of re inforcements proves they have not yea despaired of breaking through th1? Al lies front and reaching either Galala or Boulogne. Elsewhere along the great front there has been a repetition of isol?t, wu encounters, -v The British fleet, according to unof ficial accounts, again has been in ac tion along the Belgian coast, bom bardtnsr Knifes; ss? ?^sbT>i?S&. ws??t the Germans aro understood to bs gantsing submarine bases. Except for the Russian announce ment of their Invasion of Turkish ter ritory from the Caucasus, silence pre vails aa to operations in the near east. /or the present interest In center ed In the possibilities of the Balkan ?tates becomin* involved it* th? WT lt is declared Greece has unnood Bp irus. denied her by the tendon con ference after the first Ba'kaa war. It is said also on good authority that negotiations are proceeding 1er an agreement by which Bulgaria will receive Macedonia, whlcn ts largely Bulgarian, if she will consett to act ively support the Al Ilea. Servia, which won Macedonia by the sword, h eal tat es, it ls said, to give lt up; buf it ia thought here she can hardly turn a deaf ear !*. Russia, wno entered the war. on her account. Further, lt ia said, she would receive compensation' in Bosnia through which she would get a route to Ute sea Big German Steamer Blown Up by Mine (By AMOCWUM ' Xv?M.) COPENHAGEN, Via London, Nov. 6.-(7:05 p. m.)-a. bli German steamer has been blown up south of the Danish island cf Langeland, in the great belt, by a mine. said to have been placed by the Germsns. A number ot her crew were"lost. In the past fortnight two German trawlers and one German steamer have been destroyed tn this region. There are no Danish , mines in these waters as they were gathered up some time ago. Night Riders Burn Gin in Arkansas TEXARKANA, Ark., Nov. 6.-NeWS ws 3 received here today et the born big of a cotton gin at Rodsesa, La?, after night riders bad posted a warn ing not to sell cotton for teas than 10 cents. Such notice? have been post ed on a number of gins in Miller coun ty, Arkansas, and adjoining connues tn Louisiana. VAL GUN EVER ETED FOR U.S.NAVY by several thousand toa?, than-any ship now afloat, bad experts declare they easily can Carry tba heajricr gu?;a. The largest weapon? now used la the American navy are the 14-tnch guns carried by tile dreadnoughts of Ute Pennsylvania, Nevada and New York class. The newest battleships of the British navy carry eight 15 inch rifles. . ' lt is claimed tho l?-!nch gun will have a range of fifteen mile*, and at at least twice the penetrating power ot the famous German Howitzers, which have p'ayed ouch havoc with modern fortification? lu Belgium and Prance