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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-10-28, Page 7HBEE HONODEO DIED IN LAST ZEPPELIN Did Returned Tourists From England Tell Awful Tales of Slaughter in Crowded London Streets. NO SIGNS OF PANIC People Unafraid—Pheasants Sense Canting of Raiders, and Warn O0UntrySide. New York, Oct. 25.—The New York Herald title morning publishes the following: "Passengers who arrived here yes- terday afternoon by the St. Paul, of the American 'Line, said that in the Zeppelin laid on London on Oct. 13 over three hundred people were kill- ed, instead of fifty-six, as the official reports statel. • "Thomas Ewart Adams, of New York city, who is a wealthy automo- bile distributor, is authority for the etatement that three hundred lives were lost by this latest raid. " `I was informed by a friend, who Is in the British Admiralty,' he said, 'that the list of dead in the last Zep- pelin raid exceeded three hundred Persons. .nhe damage was not so much ta property in this raid as to life. The aircraft penetrated the heart of Lon- don, dropping their highly explosive and incendiary bombs in the Strand,' ."IiVom other passengers the re- ports of the raid gave rise to a brutal spectacle of indefinite proportions. Various persons estimated the list of dead as ranging from 150 to 250 persons. P. W. Whitbridge, President of the Third Avenue Railroad Com- pany, stated that the dead were 154, of which number thirty were sol- diers. "One passenger, who desired that his name remain undisclosed, was in the Gaiety Theatre when the raid began. " 'Pour 1:ombs fell in the vicinity of the Miele eteatre Building. That is the headquarters of the Marconi Nyireless Company, and atop of it is large and important station. One of the bombs fell within tan feet of the back wall of the theatre, and, while there Was little panic among 1,, audience, the players, back of the stage, were more confused. 'To- night's the Night' was playing there. The performance had just started when the first explosion told of the presence of the Zeppelins. In Welling- ton street a bomb broke one of the large gas mains, and a roaring volcano resulted when the gas caught fire. It burned for two hours. " One side of the theatre has a great deal of glass in it. When the idle was over not .a pane was left. Otte great piece of plate glass, blown from its position and carrying its -frame with it, went high in the air; When it fell it hit a woman. The glass cut her in two. I mean that lit- erally. The sights were horrible. A man was brought into the theatre with his legs cut off. NO SIGN OF PANIC. '"Through it all the people in the streets kept their heads. The lack OI pante was uncanny. About the only persons to give way to fear were of foreign birth. "Not only was the calm abnormal, but the daring, the impudence oE the Zeppelins was extraordinary as well. They came first at a quarter _past 9 o'clock in the evening. That call last- ed only about, seven minutes. Then they wheeled off and were lost in the night. At midnight they came back, and circled over Woolwich, apparent- ly looking for the arsenals there, Thie time they left without striking a blow. Again they returned at about 2 o'eleick in the morning. . "The raid on the night of the 13th bade fair to bt duplicated on the night of the 14th, but the Zeppelins were driven off on the later occasion by the anti-aircraft guns outside of London." The principal damage by bombs was confined to a small area about the theatrical district along the Strand, it is declared. In a circle of one and a half blocks from the Savoy Hotel there Was nota whole pane of glass. At Hattori Gardens a bomb pierced a Muse from roof to cellar, and there failed to explode. So the details went. Almost every passenger on board the St. Paul added his or her share to the long list of ineldents. "Damnable blackguardry," was Mr. Whitridge's characterization of the Kaiser's method of attacking London from the air. Mr. Whitridge, who. has been abroad since August 1, described the British public as "calm as an oy- ster," and marvelled at their phlegma- tic manner,. • "I did not see the (Waage. I did not Want to, but I learned' that 154 persons died because of that raid," he said. 'The number who Were injured 'Is far greater, A Very dear friend of mine, tui aged geatienean, was walk- ing along the Strand when one bomb fell, hitting him squarely oh the head before it exploded. Alfred It Urion„ the principal morsel for the Chicago Meat Packers, Who has been in London in an effort to gain the release of the vast quan- tity of meat that has been seized by the British and condemned in prize Mitt proceedings, was a passenger. He is going to WashingtOn immedi- ately. ale w011id not (BMWS the sittt- Mien between the British Government and the putters, but told of watching elle Zeppelin raid heft his apartment ANTI-AIRCRAFT 'GUNS USELESS. ;lane of the large aati-aireraft guns ae statenied. near there," Ile said, "bat It seemed powerless against the Zeppe- witiea eleae up from the north. met, There were five of there at 'first, but they preseestly divided, and otily atia readied the heat of London, The nigbtWDS absolutely -dear, and in the light of the searchligate 1 Haw the e.eppelin &Op four bombs. "The hicendittry bonibte leave a pur- ple trait in the Sky. The other a leave nothing to indieate their path. One ot the high taplOttiVe bombs fall on the Pell public lieuee, whieh was at the corner of Catharine, etreet end the :Strands Thirty pereens wore killed -when the bOinb eitiiloded, Midthe literate was deneOlished." ,Atenther passenger f$i't board the St. Pala was EdWard Ohear80, the NOW • York banker, whodeclared that Lon- don did not realize the financial abYee • hato watch the war was 'Pinging the . World, °I believe, and after careful study," he said, "that thts War will last an- other eighteen months. When Treece . comes, it it coulee thea, .the natione which have been playing at silicate will have spent no less than three hundred dollars, Where will it come from? Who Will make it up? VIII sure I do not know, and I do not think the people of Europe know either. "The langliele are playing a wonder- ful part In the war, They have raised an. army or 3,000,000 meet. One-third of thls armee is ia France, 350,000 are iii the campaign aginst the Davie - Jostles and the remainder are in Eng- land. The navy is inviacible," PHEASANTS' WARN COUNTRY, While the protector e Loudon 410 not .seem to be able to keep the Zep- pelins front flying over the city, the people in the country (narrate are aever at a lose for ample werning against the approach of these destroy- ers,. according to Mrs. M. Cildsealader Jones, of New York, who was a pas- senger, Mrs. Jones had been staying in Hertfordshire, a rolling country, where the pheasants are plentiful and tame. They are now elevated to a station. high above the usual plane of a game bird, for they can sense a Zeppelin , fully half an hour before banma in- genuity can detect one. "I do not anow how to account for - their power," she said, "but anti% a few nights before I left a servant canae run:eine into NT house and cried out that the aheasants were dramiaing, and half an hoar later we looked out to see thee Zeppelin e high overhead." Another passenger on board the St. Pain was Dr. Eiliot Royer, of Kansas City, Mo., who is a nerve specialist. Dr. Royer said be was studying in Ber- lin when the war began, and that be had proceeded as far as London when he was asked to assist in the work of the King George and National Hos- pital. He had been there ever eInce. "At this hospital," he said, "the deaf, dumb and . blind, who have been in- jured by the concussion of high ex- plosive shells are treated. While the cases are pitiful, it is surprising that they yield to treatment, and most of the men so .deafened and blinded can be cured in about three menthe': .•—•••—•-•—•,,••••••-• •••••• ' THANKs FROM ft THE 0[00 .1.1 Lord Lansdowne Acknowledges Ontario Red Cross Gift. Workers Confident Fund Will Reach $1,500,000. Toronto, Oct. 25.—Lord Lansdowne, president of the British Red Cross As- sociation, has replied by cable to the message sent to him announcing the 'result of the campaign for funds hi Ontario. His message, which was re- ceived by Sir Jean S. Hendrie, the Lieutenant -Governor, read: "I desire on behalf of tLe Red Cross and Order of St. John to express through you our grateful thanks to the citizens of the Province of Ontario for their muni- ficent response to our appeal. At the same time I beg to thaak you for the personal help anti interest which you have generously extended to us." Dr. A. B. Abbott, secretary of the Central Campaign Committee for On- tario, was able to announce that he had received on Saturday approxi- mately $25,000 in cash for the fund from contributors outside the city of Toronto. He also got information of additional subscriptions to the amount of $30,000. He reported, therefore, that the total in sight from Ontario, outside this city, was now. approxe .iately $500,00. At the same time, he pointed out that a number of large places, for example, London, were mak- ing collections this week. Thos' who have been engaged in counting and 'ehecking the amounts secured in -To- ronto for the Pritish organizations have not yet finished their task and were able to make no further an- nouncement as to the precise sum do- nated by the citizens, Members of the Ontario and the Toronto 'committee are more than ever confident, however, that the total for the city will reach $550,000, and for the province $1,500,- 000. AN ALLOWANCE Q To Dependents' of Canadian Muni- tions Mechanics in England. Ottawa, Oct, 24,—Word has been received here that all but a few of the seventeen 'mitred Canadian me- ehanics who went to England to work in munition factories have been al- ready placed in positiOns. These mea went over as a result. of the special mission to Canada orrepresentatiVes of the laritith P,oard di Trade. Those who have not been givan eriiployinent are inen for Whom, for various rea- sons, suitable work was net available, ..and the Board of Trade is paying for the return of these men to Canada, A Special allowance is being made for the dependents of those who bave been given Work in the emunition fac- tories. The understanding was tlia.t they would receive the standard wage preVailing in the United Kingdom, with wet beaus, etc. But it was found that Oven ivith this Provision they • would be at a disadvantage as com- pared with the Withal workmen, 'owing to the higher matt of living in Canada. The Board of Trade has therefore) agreed to melte an allow. ance up te lls Gd a Week to the de- pendants in Canada of Worititien tak- en to the British UMW -aft 1/101111, the money •to be paid diratt to the de- pendants in Canada, There Is no pro- vision for dependants outside of the Dominion, MINISTER ENLIa'ra AS PRIVATE, tiantsville, Oct, 2--A draraatic feature et a rousing reeaulting Meeting held here Friday night 'was the. enlistment or Bev. Been 'nervy, or Dorset.'eMr, Henry IPA two brothers and one brother-in-law 'when the Hawk and °massy were torpedo) ed in the North •Sea, tie ritul another brother permanentlY. itivalitiod by the dostruction of the majeetie at the Dar- datieleee. Another brother la now ab a d the King ledwartl. Iiis enlistment as a Private with the 22rd llegtitiontt ciliated a tirefotind impreselort. RITISH AND GERMilk PLAN 18 CONTRASTED Home Secretary Simon Makes Startlingly Clear Hun Brutal- ity to Miss Cavell. NATIONAL HONOR Movement for Whole Gountry to Pay ¶Iibe Inaugurated dn London. LutCdon, Oct. 24.—The Netimal Lib- eral Club Is initiating a movement for the setting wilde of a day to be known as "Cavell Day,' on which elle :melon collectively would pay homage to the memory & Anse Edith Cavell, the English mine executed in Belgium, Sir John A. Simon, British, Home Secretary and foeifier Attorney-eten. eral, in the curs e of an intaMew to• eley, deelared that the fate of Edith easell had, and could have, no para1. lel in the records of Great Britain's ttoitment iE persons' ‘mensed of mili- tary offences, Even in cases of clearly proven es- pionage tireat Britain has, according 10 the Homo Secretary, meted. ntt to v omen no sentence of death. "No woman.," said he, "who has boea tried for any military offence in this country has suffered the ;math penalty sinee the war began, or hes ever beea.sentenced.to death.. In. this country a womanwhatever her na- tionelite, 1.5 always tried by a civil ceurt." The Secretary explained that evi- dent -.Lffeeences existed in conditions in Belgitun and conditions in Eng- land, and that in occupied theritory tikv lielgium the administration of i.he law was expected to be slightly liferen t. NOT A. DRUMHEAD COURT. "But," • he eantinued, "the Cavell case wae not some sudden discovery veiling for a drumhead court-mart:al on the field orbattle. This was Brus- sels, where the Germans claim to have established an orderly govern- ment compaeable with their govern- ment at home, and have appointed there a civil gavernor." . The Secretary said that there had been no cases in England preeiselg similar to that of Miss Cavell, but iff cases on/ espionage, where the proof of guilt WaS itdubitable and over- whehning, the same traditional privi- leges were aliowea the accused. — "fn the last ease involving a wo- men in title Nuntry," said he, "the offender was of German birth, though technically th4 subject of another country' owing to marriage. She was acting in association with a male spy and was detected travelling to various points in Oder to eellect information al.out the navy defences. Tito evi. dente ac ItrD•t :.er was orecwhelming, did not .ten..nd 1 lel/ on withess- es, but also on documents in her pas- esselon and letters written to her and her associate. "Going through the preliminary procedure, she. was tried in Septem- ber by three civil judges of our High. Court and a jury, and was convicted, not of harboring German soldiers, but of deliberate, persistent spying, for the puri»se )1 providing the moms with important information. Her male companion was condemned to death. Slic wee eentenced to ten years' impri_ sonment. CALCULATED INDIFFERENC,E. "The thing which ntrikes English- men familiar with our procedure as most incredible in the Cavell case is the ealeulated indifference with which 'the enquiries of the American and Spanish Ministers were treated. If the excttee is suggested that in war time severe or harsh measures have to be taken, our own experi- ence is enmigh to show that it LS pos- sible to combine regara for the rights ea the ;teemed and respect for hu - inane tqinsiderations with effective punishment of hostile offences of the most earieus kind. 'It would hu 'e Se3Med itnnoa=ible for the Germane to have done any- thing tc inetgase the horror they have aredueed by their behavior in Bel- giumeit would have ,eeemed isepos- sible" also for them to have stone any - Cling which 'e itement more: cloee- lv the bond of sympathy between England and the Belgian population. nut they have accoMplished both s. en in e inip iesibilities by one leerri- bits act of brutality." sprieraN-MOTHEP.'S SYMPATHY. London, Oct. ' 24.—Queen-alother Alexandra has written a letter of sym nathy Lo the Mother of Miss Edith Cavell, the English aurae who was executed by a Gerrie= firing squad. The mother, who • 80 years old, Said in an interview in the Weekly Despatch: "My 'daughter bas died the death of a martyr, and that thought is sustaining me. I3ut 1 am a 3110- ther, with a mother's feelings, and 1 cannot help feeling sorely grieved." PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE. London, Oat 24.—The memorial service for Mies Cavell, the British 'hero who wae eiceeetted by tho Ger- pea authorities in Brussels, which e‘ as Meant to be an unobtrusive tribete, is developing national pro- portiens. Premier Asquith and other mernbere of the Cablue.t have an- nouneed their inteationa 02 beteg prie sent at it. Paul's Cathedral on Fri- day, whee the SerViee Will be beld, and nubile ttehoeie had the leading imspitals throughont the eountry are Sealing delagattoris. '-- NO CONSCRIPTION Earl Derby Says Voluntary Sys- tem Will Be Saved. oi•••••••••1••••••••s London, Get. 24.-4Ioratlo W, Bottom- ley. -Liberal member of Parliament, speaking at Urielteey last night, said that he hail dltietted the new reerult- Ing eeheiste with the Bari of Derby, who tHerlit 6i. hint that his eeperlence already bad etetvite h eeint thatthe voluntary SYstetn ft7etrid he saved. The Dare of Derby added, atemeilnk ter the seetteete that Me Was something to be proud of, and that he etnifidently-atitleitiated that by the end of November lie mould nave sufficient reetulte t r meet rktf tfttit111.11. ••••••••,••••••••••,•••••• WARNED RIO IlItS awing Berlin East Side Women Served, With Notice, Berlin, thite 21.-ellecause of the ret' - era, housewives' "riots," during wiled: the women in their t truggles to pur- ellaSe butter and ether similar com- modities broke store windows itad doers, the mithoridem have placarded the east side, the poorer section of Berlin, with Searlet-colered warnings, pointing ou1 the penalties for the via- latica of the imperial statutesregaid- ing mobs and riotings and the regula- tions of martial law under whicb Ber- lin is still governed, The riot law, the posters p01131 out, Provides a anattatun inwrisonment of three months whezt a mob openly as- sembles and acts in violence against persons and property. The leaders and instigators are liable to imprison- ment in the penitentiary for ten years when founa guilty ot acts el' violence against persons or of plundering, de- stroying or damaging property, in vio- lation of the rules of martial. law. HUNS THE SHIP TO RN] OCEAN Said to Have Escaped and Seized • the Zealandia To Attack Liners of the Allied Service, Washington, Oct. 24,—The Naery Department is investigatingl a re- port that the American steamer Zea- landia has beenseized by a party of Germans °et the coast of Merida, and that the German sailors who escaped from the interned German cruisers in Norfolk harbor are now on board the Zealaudia. The Zealandia left Pensa- cola Oct, 3, ostensibly for Tanepico. It is claimed she took on a new crew and a German Captain. Yaehts said to have been secured by Germans are reported to haVe put out from sev- eral ports along the Atlantic coast, including Norfolk, Pensacola and New Orleans, for the purpose, it is claim- ed, of meeting at the same place at sea. It is believed these yachts overtook or met the Zealandia and took charge of her. The naval station at Pensa- cola has been ordered to investigate the report, and the battleship Ken- tucky, now ia Mexicaa waters, will keep a lookout for the Zealandia. No ships were sent from this port to look for the Zealandia, although the 'bat- tleships New York, New HampShlre and several others are a few miles ,off the Virginia Capes, The report received at this station Says the six officer's from the intern- ed cruiser KrOnprittz Wilhelm who escaped on the yacht Eclipse are among those believed to have seized the Zealandia. Government officials, apparently believing an effort is on foot to get as many men as possible to leave the interned cruiser here, has establish- ed a warlike guard over the ships. , ITALIAN MOVE NOT YET HIED Its Import is Not to be Clearly Seen Till Concluded Int Austrians Have Already Suf- • fered Heavily. London, Oct. 25.—A despatch to the Daily New from Milan says: "Magnificent success is attending the offensive that is being pushed along the whole front and Austrian losses have been very heavy. The .prepara- tion for the offensive by three days of artillery fire was most destructive both to the trenches and the men in them, particularly in the group of Austrian defencee nrotecting the Col di Lana. "Until the•Italian offensive ie com- pleted it is impossible to gauge its .1111- portance on the future campaign . but already it is evident that .the Austri- ans along almost the entire length of the front have been driven from their Second line of.defenees which for four Months they have been engaged in for- tifying. The natural difficulties these positions presented were reinforced by every defensive device known to • the ssoldiers. ' "Is significant that the Italian advance is of a nature to prevent the Austrians from taking advantage of strategic routes and moving troops from place to place in support of threatened positions and to fill gape which are numerous -because, in addi- tion to heavy losses .in killed and wounded in two days, Austria's loss ite prisoners totals 2,500. Austria Will now be. forced to draw on trOope in one of her fighting fronts or further deplete her watching force kept near the Ron- manian frontier. • 10- . . HARD WINTERS ••••••••••• French Astronomer Predicts a Series of 26 Severe Ones. Paris, Oct, 25,-41he world's rain oyele beginning in 1902, which the French meteorological authority, Abbe Morettax, director of tire Bourgee Ob- servatory, predicted as the result -of Itis eattly of the sties face, is now, the Abbe says, ended. He forecasts a series, though not perhaps quite -un- broken, of tWentiesix hard wintere, beginning the present year. According to the Abbe, it is impos- sible to say where in Europe the win- ter cold will be exeessive; but proba- bilities are Franee will have to face many rigorous winter seaeone during this period. He bases his prophesy regarding 'coming winter temperatures upon the supposition that the tempera - awe curve all over the world ean be calculated On the same prineiples no the world's rain curve, 1111 BEN BURG TAKE Olaiiits to Have 141acW Cittill$ TO - ward the Dvina to the West- ward. of Dvinsic, RUSS LANDING Warships Bombard Courland Coast, and Force Reaches Flank 0 German Besiegers, London, Oct, 24. ---Russian warships bomparded tue Coast of Courlena near tee entrance of the Calla ot Riga, ana landed troops to relieve the letru-pressed defenders or the big Rus- sian seaport, which is partly envels °literary a had Marsbal Von Mutton - burg's armies. The forces landed are described as "weak" by the official statement issued by the German War Office, The naval action is understood by Berlin to sigaify an attempt to tura the extreme left of the German line. As, however, the landing party is stated to -day by the Germane to have re -embarked, wnich circumstance also is indicatee by the Russian. offcial statement, it is believed here more Probable that the landing was intensive as a diversion in the hope of drawing (termini troops- from the Riga end Dvinsk regions, wliere very heavy fighting is 01111 111 progress. There is no news of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's drive toward the therm, southeast of Riga, bet north- west of Dvinsk he has made another tliterillA to reach the river, and claims to have forced the Russians from • their positions, inflicting great loses olliand taking nearly 3,000 prise oie:".1.1.11oulcst, which bas figured prominently In all the recent com- munications, has been captured by the Germans. The persistence with which the Germans are attacking in this region shows the importance they attach to the capture of Dviusk and Riga, and the line elf the DVina River before winter sets in, On the rest of the eastern front the Russian's continue their isolated at- tacks, which are designed to prevent the Germans from establishing a lino of entrenchments such as they stle- eoeded in doing before Warsaw last year, atter the first attempts to take the city failed. The Russians under Gen. Ivanoff during the last few Weeks have. made considerable gains all along the line from the railroad Intersection of Baranovichi down to Czernowitz, the Bukowina capital, re- ported captured by them three day; ago. Violentfighting continues in the south and southwest. The Ruesians continue to be the attackers there, the object being to re-establish communi- cation with the Roumanian frontier now separated from them by the Atte- tro-Ocamans. RUSSIAN REPORT. Petrograd, Oct, 24.—The following official statement was issued by the Russian War Office: "On the western front, on the right bank of the Lower Atte north oi the village of Kaintzem' we repulsed the Germans, In an action near the village of Repe, south-east of Riga, tale °Mamas succeeded in effecting its capture, Near the village alalang- he, north of Rope, we inflicted- enor- mous losses on the enemy by .our sustained fire. On many sectors of the Riga front the artillery fire has been extremely violent on both sides. On the night Of the 23rd a Zeppelin tbrew bombs on many parts of the town of Riga; .the military buildings were not damaged, "On the Dvinnk front fighting was renewed yesterday in many sectors, The enemy concentrated his artillery there with 'particular -violence on the region west of Illoukst, after which 'he launched infantry attacks. The early attacks were repulsed, but to- ward the close of the day the G.er- mane succeeded in Occupying Ilioukst where, be fierce street fighting, they 'sustained ertiel lessee. 'Furious fight- ing continues n the Illoultst district. "An artillery action of great in- tensityaaaaed' all day long yesterday near the -village of Medum, math -east of Novo Alexandrovsk. East of Lake Pruitt and south of Lake DraswiatY we captured several villages by hard fighting. The .Germans, who at first succeeded In entering one of those villages, named }Crumple, were driven out at the point of the bayonet. Near the village of Dula, west of Postava, fighting hes been resumed, tthe .vil- lage changing hands continually, On the Ogiriaki Canal; • south 'of Lake Vegonoff, after a. desperate bayonet engagement, our erecets captured the. village of Vouka. The remainder of the front, to the Pripet River and in tae -region af the left bank of the Styr, is without any cbange. Tu tae region of Novo Alex - 'Mee the 'dewily made several furious counter-attacks, all of whith were Stopped ,by our fire. On the Galicia fteet, south of Novo Alexiniec, there tap been no change. "In the Caucasus on the night a October 22. on the coast front near the mouth of the Arkhave, the Turks, takirg advantage .0 f the fog, tried to teem bitek our advance guards. The Del empt was diseovered in time Mai :!rustrated by our fire. In the region north tend south 01 Lake Tortum, and atee in the region west of Melazghert, there- bave been advanee guar(' aitir- miehes. rem ainder of the front Is st &Unary." COL RFNNIF,NOW Hamilton Surgeon at the ?rout acts a PI omotion. London, Oct. 21. --Tho renewing can- adiasi annointments and promotions are officially announeetiz Canadian Lieut.-('ols. Lorne 1)111111 and tleo, ftoptio mus Rennie to be teMporttry colonels; majors, John Thos. Clark tind Campbell 1:eenart to the temporary lietiteolon. Captains tleorge flew() Philo (Tor- onto>, John Meco)abe, Reginald Hterl- ing Penteeost (Toronto), rrencts W, Wils eon, Robert Mean tied Charles Young to bo teMpoi ttrr maiors. Nursing sisters to matronS: Edith Campbell, Eleanor Charleson, and 'Violet Nesbitt. Northumberland Vusiliers: Ptd, Charles. - A. Hammerjackson to be second lienten- ant, London Regintent: corp. rran- cis Ilathoday and Pte. Itobt, H. C. :Tens kins to be wetted lieutenants. Hoye Engineers: Pte. W. Sayers and Lance - Sprat. Arthur 13. Leans, from Xing Ed- ward's Horse, to be second lieutenants, and Grim C. Betide, 97t11 Regiment, Van - adieu 'Militia, to be second limes -lava of 4110 cnouporter Mibhlia tregiment. FAME!. Y 1 El) --- -- Seven Dead, OW Dying, When Train Nits Auto, • s Detroit, Oct, MentberS of one family were instantly MUNI and tin eighth was fatally injured to -day by a Pumsenger train which struck en automobile at rrazer, 10 miles ,from Petroit. The dead are Mrs. Rachel Stoldt, 47 years old: her five daughters, Pearl, 1,7; Il kiather, 15: azel, 1.4; Mabel, 10, and ti; and 111lsis Minnie Engel, 47 a sister of Mrs. Stolidt, WIUP.UU 8to1dt, a farmer of Troy, welch., Lite husband an.1 Lather was badly mangled, There were no witnesses of the ac- cident. Apparently Stoidt, who was driving the automobile, did not see or bear the approachtng train, and drove the It:acid:le on the crossing directly in front of the locomotive, The train was stopped, and the crew gathered up the bodies, which wore scattered along the right-of-way a distaece of a Quarter of a Dille. Stoldt was the only member of the family left alive, and he was uncon- riotous.' He was talten to a hoSidtal 111 Mount Clemena, where the physicians said he cannot recover front his injuries. fERMANS IN BOMB PLOT Tro Men Caught With the Goods In Big. Conspirauy, Had Whole Arsenal of the Deadli- est Explosives. New York, Oct. 24.—Secret service m en and detectives tp,day unearthed what they declare to be a gigantic plot to blow up mdnitions plants and Steamships. Two men, alleged leaders of the plot, were arrested in a Wood at Grantwood, N.I. At the time tb.eY were testing a small bomb filled with tri -nitrate toluol, the highest and most deadly explosive known. In a series of raids immediately after the arrest of the two men the police captured and confiscated the following: Twenty-five pounds of tri -nitrate 'of tuluol, twenty -flee large sticks of dynamite, five ingenious mines,• bunt to be 'attached to the screw of a steamship, with time -clock attachment, and worth $1,000 each; two hundred cleverly constructed bomb cylinders, u complete chart of New York harbor, showing the loca- tion of fortifications and all steam- ship piers, one high-powered motor/ boat, bne high-powered automobile of foreign make, four hundred percus- sion caps, two automatic places of German make, fully loaded, arid a long knife. The men under arrest are Robert Pay, thirty four years old, and Wal- ter Schatz, thirty-two, who for the past week have been living in the boarding house of Mrs, Walter Hare binson, at 27 Fifth street, Weehaw- ken, From April last up until a week ago the two men lived in the board- ing-house of Mrs. Robert Stuart, on Fourth street, Union Hill, N.J. In addition to the articles mention- ed, the officials captured a score of letters written in German. The en- velopes of each had been destroyed, as had the !signatures. They also confiscated the passports of Pay and Schatz. They, showed that the two men had been in this country for two years. Other letters and papers taken by the officiate indicate that both men are members of the German Wilhelm- strasse Guard. Although they have been in Sesis country but two years, both speak perfect English. Despite a sense - 'Lionel and dramatic. arrest, they were cool and calm when taken to the West Hoboken police station. They declin- ed to give any information about themselves or to discuss in any way the incriminating articles confis- cated. The first information that the two foreigners might be engaged in some kind of plot was secttred more than six weeks ago by Detective Lyons of the Weehawken police • ' Lyons learned that the two men had made three purehases of toluol, two of ten pounds each; and one of five pounds. From whom the ex- plosive was purchased the officials will not say. The enormous quanti- fied of the deadly explosive bought by the same men • first attracted -atten- tion to them. Toluol is usually 'sold Ili ounces. The detectives declare that they caught the two men in the aet of placing A quantity of toluol in one of the small bombs. At a signal they 'closed in on thent. Realizing that they were outnumbered, they did not put tin a fight, but readily accom- panied the detectives to the police station. ' After they had been locked up the detectives went to the two rooms the men occupied on the first floor of Mrs. Harbineoe's home. Here they captured the toluol and the dynamite, which were in one suitcaee, while an- other was filled with bomb cylinders and pereussien caps. THIRD SUSPECT Arrested in Alleged German Dyna - mitt Conspiracy in N. New York, Oct. 35.—Robert ray, who claims to be a lieutenant in the German army, and his brother-in-law, • Walter L. Scholz, who were arrested yesterday while testing explosives near Grantwood, N 1,, were arraigned to- day Wore a justice of the Peace at Weehawken, N. J., on charges of con- spiracy, arid held without bail, for eae amination to -morrow. The arraignment of the two men alaciosed the Met that a third man, Paul Micelle, had been arrested early to -day at his house in Jersey City, af- ter New York and New Jereey pollee had searched the house. Daeehe was also erraigned with Pay and Scholz, and held without bail. Detectives said they expected Daeche to prove a valuable witness, as he had already given them melt important informa- tion. Daeehe said he was 24 years old, and came to thiscountry from Germany in 1912, and was a graduate of Cologne University. Ty 'Cobb may lead the World in Melon bases, but when it conms to slides tbe rap= Canal is lie it eitiee by itselfe`..tifialo IaXprese. • ow-. GUN AlS EIGHTH TIE IN FIVE HIS Were Cut to Pieces as They Left Trenches for Latest Assault Around Givenchy. BRIIISH FRONT Sir John French Reports Compara- tive Quiet On the Lines Held by His Force, Pares, Oct. 21.—For Um eighth time in five days the (lemma:5 at tacked the French positions in the i1ivenchy region last evening, and, ae on ()itch earlier attempt, wore re Masa, The French fire was so ter- rific that the Germans werc cut to pieces as they left their trenches, and they %Nero compelled to give up the at- 101111r1tti Allery fire " points along the,fiTitIleg" lit pague„ eoutheast of Tatters), the. French tire has been effective against Llie enemy's trenches)" and carthworke, as also betWeen the Meuse and the Moselle, to the north or Rignicythe, and iu Lorraine, stbout Atturemenn and Domevre. Continuous artillery firing is reported south of the Somme, in the region of leilionue, Canny aim lioanvraignes, Two .attentnts Dy the Germans to rin*e attacks, one In Artois ami the other in Champagne, were reported ;Saturday. Both Were repulsed; with- out great difficulty, and in the case ot German reconnoitring parties which attempted to seize French positions in the Butteele-Tahure, the enemy was virtually destroyed by the French fire, The other German 01. tacks were made in Artois, on the southern part of tee Bois-entIache and near Givenchy, These attack, also gulckly failed. There was a re• newel of the fighting in Lorraine, the French taking an enemy trench nt an important road junction after a. hand-tehand fight. QUIET ON INUTISH FRONT. In a report issued officially today Field Marshal Sir John French de• seribes brietly the progress of the ea itaniigntli ng ilIleralailstr :three days," saYs the report, "there bas been consider- able artillery activity south or La- iaassee Canal, but no infantry action toifehneerheTan grenade fighting in Ws: "On the 2.2ad four of our airmen had engagementa in the air, and iu each case the enemy's machines -seem either forced to descene or were driven away. One of the German aeroe Planes dived head -first from a height of 7.000 -feet into 0 wood juat behind the enemy's lines. "fin the remainder of the front there was interinittent artillery action and a certain amount of mining and icuoittinit.eesrt-xttsin,ing, without any import-- Germany again is closed from Basel to Ocnstanee to travelers oi every condition. No steamers aro al- lowed to .approach the landings on the German shores of Lake Con- stance. It is assumed as heretofore that the closing of the frontier is to keep intelligeece from escaping of the movements of German troojs. FRENCH REPORTS. Paris, Of1. 24.—Theo following offi- cial consmunicution wee istmed by the War Office this ;Merriam: "The Germans again attempted last night an Week: on our positions in 'the wood of Givenchy - and on our adeaneed posts In the neighborhood of Hill 140. Many of the Germans were even cut down the moment they left their trem;hes, and the survivors were °stupefied to retinin to their N- otions. Daring the past five days we •liave chacicd the enemy eight tilnes in till', region alone. "The artillery struggle remains v_.;Iry active alid 15 ahnost unint1rrupt- ed to the south of the Somme in the regicn of Lahons, Canny and. Boo ratites. Moreover, our batteries by their efficacious fire have succeeded in destroying eeme of the enemy'e trenches and. worke In the Chum- pagne, to the southeast of Tahuro; between the Memo and the Moselle, to the north of Rognieville, and in Lorraine, ilenr Embernietell 'and .Do- communicatien issued tceetight reads as renewal: 'Ther- is 0. :o add to the pre- ceding commuebeition. The Belgian of 11E1;11 eom :nun amnia reports qn let along that front. Allay of the east: Ott Oet. 21 our troops bad an engagerrienit' with tile Eulgarians in the direction of Rah- rbvo. That village, which is 14 kilo. metres (approvimately 9 miles) south of atrinesttse, remelt -is in onr betide Cer losses wore very small." • 10,000 MEN Have Enlisted as a, Result of Miss Cavell's Murder. Londoe, Oct. 24. --The Daily News says: "There is little doubt that the German Court, which sentented the Brititilt nurse. Miss Cavell to death, has been respon- sible already for adding 10,000 to, the strength of the British civilly. rte - trailing Sergeants are unithimous hi say- ing that Miss Cavell's heroic end has made an irresistible anneal to those men who need some strong emotional stimu- lus before taking nri antis, that el:Inmate which M the early days of War WW1 supplied by the overruning ot and the retreat of the army from atons. LIFE TERM FOR PACIFIST, }toile, Oct. 24..--A Bulgarian military court has convicted 111. Standruliwsity, leador of tho Agraretue, sir anti-Militar. istie Pranagantln, and bas sentenced him to imurisonmerit tar afe. Two other Agrarian denntiest, af. Char. ename and AT. Tortetteff, wore tiled on the seine Charge. M. ClutreoltOff waft settenerd to two years' Imprigontoent and 31. Toriskoff was neguitted. • - 11, ' Luxtmaunws ZiNo OINS, Luxemburg, Oct. Tierlin and Lendon--- The Luxemburg authorities have 'decided to follow the Gerelari anti 'Belgian eettelPiest Mid have 'or- dered Coinage of 200;000 Trans iti five and ien teatitlie Dleees Of time FOOD RU1 Ei Germany Plane -Regulation of All -Neeeesaries of Life, Oct. 25:- tily wirclese to one vale- -'[he regnieilons for putting iiih, Meet the loedeeel floiereireare se a to venire; the distrantlica ana leaves. ef 'fowl tmee been 0141411y eon:patted,. Part of the grain very large, will be used for feeding cattle: Distributieti eritetsree, the eutput of Wilfell aka eeceptionally large, wilt be entrust - el to a el -eclat national bureau, welch will alio fix the nrino% afaxiMunt privet. for milk will be establishea. teal special eare will be. taken- to Imo. vide meg:lies for chialren, mothers east salt person.% '11.e siteCess of the syatem- of issuing bread ticketprobably will lead to. .ttio iessiance of butter tickets. Mintier aleasue es win be taken to inakeeecrs tale a supply of meat for the poorer elasees •at roatromthie prices. Farther regiatitialle regarding the constupp- tier. .of meat are planned. The Federal nuthorities state that tame metentres are intended to pre- vent scarcity of feed in some sections, ehile others are over-eupplteal, and to adapt the induetrial and agrieultnral itetivIties of the nation to preeent con. ditions, HUN CHIMED SUB'S, VICTIM British Undersea Boat Does Good Work in the Baltic, Prinz Adalbert, 9,000 Tons, &Ink Near Libau. Petrograd, Oct. 24.—T1te following official statement was issued here to- day: "A Brinell submarine has sunk a German cruiser of the Prinz Adalbert type near Liban." There originally were two German armored -cruisers of this type, the Prinz Adalbert and the Friedrich Karl. The latter struck a mine in the Baltic last November and was lost with all hands. The Prinz Adalbert was com- pleted at Kiel In October, 1903, and ranked as an armored cruiser. She was of 9,050 tons displacement, 394 feet long. She carried four e.2-1nch and ten 6 -inch gene, and had a speed of 21 knots. Her complement was 557 men. SWEDISfi STEAMER SUNK BY MINE. London, Oct. 24.—A despatch to Reu- ter's trent. Wisby, Sweden, says • that the Swedish steamer Rumina, of 1,4e5 tons, has struck a mine off the east Granton lighthouse. The force of the explosion broke her in half, the for- ward part sinking imMediately. Six or the crew, who "were asleep in the forecastle at the time of the explosion, were drowned. The Rumina had been captured by a German submarine, and - a German officer was in charge. Tbe rest of the crew ana the German offi- cer escaped in boats and lauded on the Island of Gothland. Several of the Swedish newspapers urge that the lights of IVIalmoe harbor be altered because at present they are. a guide to Britieh submarines entering the Baltic. Other newspapers suggest that the Swedish waters of the Sound be closed, on tho ground that the submarines are involving Swedeti in nee trail ty difficulties. HUN VANDALS fig10 VENICE Rome, Oct. 25, via Paris, 4.25 pan.— Teutonic aeroplanes last night made two eeparate attacks with incendiary bombs on the city of Venice, according Ing to an official announcement given ont here to -day. The text of the statement follows: "Enemy aeroplanes made two at- tacks, separated by a. short interval. upon, Venice last night, throwing many bombs, some of which were in- cendiary. The first attack was at. about' 10 Pail - "One bomb fell on the roof of the Church Deglie Scalzi. It crushed the ceiling which was Ornamented with. beautiful sculptureof Tiepola, An incendiary. bomb Sell upon the piazet- ta of the Cathedral of St. Mark, hi front of the Ducal Palace, Without do- ing any damage. "• - • DEATH PENALTY For Belgians Found Having Arms Or Ammunition. Ainsterdani, vi:t London, tact. 25.—A despatch from ilressels to the Tele- graaf says that Gemeeal Situbersweig les tenthecled the population that a prociatnation on Jan. 1 ordereil that all :trims and artiniunittoti be delivered to the Gentian authorities. The gen- eral adds that persous who are found Itt posseseloa of :tone and anununition :titer Oct. 25 will be liable to the death penalty or imprisonment at bard labor for at leaet ten years. Ttesides the punialiment of guilty peteous, coultnitulties where !hey are found will be fined 7,0,009 marks !about $2,5931 for °vet)" ease. TURRET CAPE DISABLED, Detroit, (tet. 'corniiist. down the lalce,4 with a cargo Of gram the steamer Torrent Cape became disabled Saturday, When her Steering gear lot go Just as sho was abreast of Ironuois Prima The tug Sabin 'WWI sent from the to her assistance and towed het into that port, Tho necessary repairs were begun at °nee, and Itis expected that sho ulil get away 80111P time to -night, THE. PRINZ AbALBERT, Petregetel, via Londoh, Oc, 1l.—A semi. official statement refers to the German 'cruiser that vele sutsk minmay tie the Pritie Adalbert. Ateording tO this Ntato. meat, the 'erttiPer Was Mink near Libau by a clever metonym of the Dritinli submarine. The eredsete it is AMA, font - 80 part of A equadrhu end probably wee tharned with a eperial mission.