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BUCHAREST, Roumania, Dec. 1—The Roumanian gov
ernment officials, followed by the entire diplomatic corps, is
moving today to establish the seat of government at Jassay,
moving today to establish the seat of government at Jassay,
that the city is expected to fall into the hands of the enemy
within a very short time.
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CONTINUE DRIVE ON BUCHAREST.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Austro
German forces in western Roumania are continuing their drive
against Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, and the Rou
manian army is retreating as the Teutons move forward, says
n)^official German report today.
ROUMANIANS IN RETREAT.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Rou
manians in Little W. llaehia and before Bucharest are retreat
ing in wild disorder ,/ '>i e the advancing Teutonic forces, says |
a German official report >oday.
RUSSIANS BEGIN ATTACKS.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Rus
sians have begun attacks on the Teutonic forces in many places ;
along the northern Roumanian border and have gained some j
small local advantages, at a heavy cost in life, says a German j
official report today.
HEAVY ITALIAN LOSS. j
BERLIN, Dec.’T.—(By Wireless to Sayville)—The Italian
army lost 20,000 soldiers in a recent battle with Tripoli na
tives, says a report which reaches Berlin today. The Italians
believed that they had bribed the native leader, Ramzea Bey
Cretwi, to be on their side. With the money obtained from
the Italians, the native leader armed liis men and attacked the
enemy, seriously defeating them.
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The defeat
of the entente forces northwest of Monastir, in Serbia, by the
Bulgarian-Teuton troops, is announced by the war office today.
THRONGS VIEW) BODY OF EMPEROR.
VIENNA, Dec. 1.—The remains of the late Emperor
Francis Joseph rest in a silver coffin in Hofburg chapel and
j^re being viewed by throngs of people of all classes, who file
jf t and take a last look at the body of their beloved emperor.
Mcli, poor, gentry and the working classes stand shoulder to
shoulder, awaiting their turn to pay their respects to the la
mented dead. The doors of the chapel are draped in black.
FURTHER DETAILS WANTED.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville)—Germany’s
reply to the American note with respect to the sinking by a
German submarine, of the British steamer Marina, in which
American lives were lost, declares that the German govern
ment is unable to reach a decision on the evidence available.
The United States was informed that the German government
required further details and that it would take the consequen
ces, if the sinking of the Marina was unjustifiable.
UNCLE SAM ENTERS PROTEST.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. l.—ReljabLe reports that
Belgians are not only being deported by 'Wholesale into
Germany, for labor purposes, but that uqppfci ^arrival there,
* they are being insufficiently fed and clothed, has caused Pres
ident Wilson to make grave representations to the German
government, in the form of an official protest.
BRITISH CRUISER SUNK.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The British
cruiser New Castle was sunk hy a mine off the coast of Scot
land and 27 members of the crew were lost, says a dispatch
from Rotterdam today.
BEATTY SUCCEEDS JELLICOE.
LONDON, Dec. 1.—Admiral Jellicoe was today appointed
first sea lord of the admiralty and Vice-Admiral Beatty suc
ceeds him as commander of the grand fleet of Great Britain.
• TAKE MOVING PICTURES. ,
PARTS, Dec. 1.—Survivors of vessels that have been tor
pedoed by German submarines say that, in many cases, the
4ff)ennans take moving pictures of the submarine operations,
especially with reference to the sinking of enemy vessels.
EL PASO, Dee. 1.—The city of Chihuahua is in the hands
of the rebel leader and his bandit gang, according to the offi
cial announcement made yesterday by Carranzista officials.
General Trevino and his troops evacuated the city Monday
afternoon, due to the shortage of ammunition, and soon after
the Villistas entered and assumed control of things.
DETAILS OF CHEMUNG SINKING.
LONDON, Dec. 1.—Details of the sinking of the American
ship Chemung by a German submarine are given by the cap
lain and crew, who were brought to Valencia, Spain, by the
Spanish steamer Giner, that picked them, up from life boats
near the Spanish coast. The Chemung sailed from New York
on route to Naples and Genoa, November 8. On the way, the
ship stopped at Faval, in the Azores, November 20. Upon
reaching a point near Cabo de Gata, the ship was halted by
a German submarine. The ship commander was directed to
haul down the American flag, which he resolutely refused to do.
Whereupon, the crew of the ship was ordered to take to the
life boats and a torpedo sent the ship to the bottom, with the
American colors flying at the masthead. The vessel was owned
and operated by the Hardy Steamship company, of New York
city.
LATEST ABOUT CHEMUNG.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The latest' dispatches concern
ing the sinking of the American ship Chemung say that the
submarine that destroyed the vessel flew the Austrian flag,
instead of a German flag as first announced, and that the ves
sel was sunk by shell fire as well as by a torpedo.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Statistics
gathered by government officials
show that retail prices on food prod
ucts throughout the United States
have advanced three per cent from
September 15 to October 15.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Eight million j
dollars in Canadian gold was placed on j
deposit in New York banks today. The
gold is for the payment of munitions
of war and food supplies for the al
lied powers.
CYCLONE Ws
PONDICHERRY
LONDON, Dec. 1.—Three hundred
persons were killed outright, hun
dreds were injured and. great damage
to property resulted, following the
visitation of a terrific cyclone that
hit the city of Pondicherry yester
day.
The fire gong called out many vol
unteer firemen Wednesday afternoon
answering an alarm turned in from
the new government hospital. The
boys made ^ great run but the fire,
caused by an accident by the plumb
ers, did not amount to anything and
was extinguished before the firemen
arrived on the scene.
UTILS TO
WASHINGTON, Dec. T.—President
Wilson has approved the retirement
of Col. Goethals, to become effective
December 15. This will not affect
the status of Col. Goethals as gover
nor of the Panama canal zone.
Col. Harding is prominently men
tioned as the successor of Colonel
Gdethuls.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Presi
dent Wilson passed Thanksgiving: day
with members of his family and took
part in several social celebrations. In
the evening, with Mrs. Wilson, he at
tended services at his regular Pres
byterian church. Thanksgiving eve,
the president and Mrs. Wilson attend
ed a ball for the benefit of the navial
relief society.
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ARE STOLEN
SEATTLE, Dec. L—Two barrels
and 34 cases of whiskey, previously
seized by the authorities, when or
dered to be brought into court from
the storage warehouse, were found to
have been stolen. The warehouse had
beeni'broken into and the whiskey, as
well as other goods, had been looted.
Bert Anderson from Seward is reg
istered at the Hotel Anchorage.
TOKIO, Japan, Dee. 1.—A violent earthquake occurred
throughout the islands of Japan last night, doing vast damage
and injuring many persons. Many homes in Kobe, Osaka, and
Kiota were destroyed. The big railway station at Kiota toj*
pled over and many persons were caught under the ruins and
severely injured. Others were injured by falling roofs and
chimneys. The population in the affected regions are panic
stricken and fear a recurrence of the earth convulsion. No
estimate of the damage has been made, but it will reach a
large amount. So far as known, no one was killed outright, but
hundreds were injured, some of whom will die as a result.
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LITTLE ONES
LOST IN EIRE
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SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—James Sher-!
man, aged ten months, Mary Porter,
aged four years, are dead, and Iriene j
Sherman, aged six years, is at the j
point of death, as a result of a fire
I last night that destroyed the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sherman in Seat
tle. The parents were away from
home for the evening, leaving the lit
tle folks alone. Irene Sherman, the
eldest, attempted to light a fire in the
stove, as it was getting cold, and in
so doing, set the house aflame. With
rare presence of mind, Irene dragged
Mary Porter and another Porter child
out of the house ,but could not rescue
her infant brother, although making
a heroic effort to this end. Upon the
arrival of the fire fighters, two of
. them, Jack Hansen and Jack Conners,
entered the burning building to rescue
the baby. Conners was soon over
come by smoke and was dragged to
, the open by Hansen, who returned and
brought out the child which was so
badly burned that death soon followed
his rescue. Mary Porter died of her
injuries and Irene Sherman cannot
live because of her severe wounds.
SEEKING TO
ARRANGE EIGHT
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Jess Willard,
world champion heavyweight pugilist,
is demanding fifty thousand dollars
for his next bout with a claimant for i
championship honors. Tex Rickard,
the fight promoter, is here seeking to
promote a heavyweight contest.
TO HEAD BIG
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Dr. George
E. Vincent, president qf the Universi
ty of Minnesota, on the first of the
year will become president of the
Rockefeller Foundation, according to
an announcement made here today.
..WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Secretary
of Navy Daniels today awarded the
contracts for twenty-seven coast de
fense warships and two fleet subma
rines.
PASSIAC, N. J., Dec. 1—Five were
killed and seven injured when a pas
senger train on the Lackawanna rail
way system ploughed through a
crowd of 400 employes of the Cana
dian Car and Foundry company who
were walking along the railway track
on their way to a special train that
was to convey them from the plant
to their homes at Hoboken and Jer
sey r'ty Wedi'Asdsjy coning. An in
vestigation will be made to fix the
responsibility .
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—The home of
Henry Lofgeren, on Vashon island,
was blown up by dynamite last night.
Mrs. Lofgeren and daughter, who
were the only occupants of the house
at the time, were perhaps fatally in
jured. Malice was behind the shock
ing crime. The guilty party has not
been apprehended, but there is a
strong suspicion as to the guilty party,
whose name is not revealed.
LAWYER KILLS
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 1.—Da
vid D. Overton, an attorney ana
formerly clerk of the district court,
has been convicted of the murder of
Judge W. T. Lawler, a political op
ponent, and will be sentenced to death
i>y hanging. Lawler’s mutilated body
was found in the Tennessee river,
where Overton had thrown it after
brutally killing the aged jurist.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Presi
lent Wilson and his closest advisors
leld a quick conference this forenoon
ind reached a decision not to suggest
>eace terms to the warring nations,
rhe president thinks that action of
his kind, unless based on some auth
>rity or invitation from the nations
nvolved, would be premature and
vould result in a futile effort.