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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
CHINESE REPUBLIC
FACES CONSPIRACY
japanese and Russian Agents
Suspected of FOmenting
Conspiracy.
TBY LEASED WIRE.1

SHANGHAI. Dec. 28.-Another con-
spiracy against the republican govern
ment of China and President Yuan Shi
Kai has been discovered and numer-
Gus arrests are being made in Pekin.
The plot, which is alleged to have
been hatched in Japan, aimed to de-
pose President Yuan Shi Kai, turn the
country into constitutional mon
archy and place a prince regent upon
the throne until Emperor Hsuan-Tung
attains has twentieth year. The Jap
anese government and agents of the
Russian government are reported to
be involved.
This is the third plot against the
Chinese republican government dis
covered within the past year. and the
latest conspiracy is evidently related
to the cabal which was put down in
October last.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
UNKNOWN THUG
STRIKES SAuER
WITHOUT CAUSE
Employe of Starr Piano Com.
pany Believes Assailant
Struck Wrong Man in
Court House Yard.

John MeSauer. 217 South c street.
who has been an employe of the Starr
Piano company for 2S years. is slowly
recovering from a murderous assault
made on him last Wednesday night.
Who Sauer's assailant is OF the cause
for the attack is not known. 1t is GER
tain. however. that robbery was not
the motive for after he had been
knocked unconscious his money. valu-
ables and package he was taking
home were not taken.
Sauer said today that to the best Of
his knowledge he did not have an
enemy in the world and he believes
that his asSailant mistook him for
some one else
Sauer said that returning home
Wednesday night at 9 O'Clock he pass
ed through the court house yard He
heard some one coming behind him
and stopped TO wait for him. thinking
the man might be one of his neigh
bors. 1t was SO dark that he was
unable to recognize the approach ching
man, who when he reached Sauer's
side struck him a violent blow in the
left temple without saying a word to
him.
Sauer must have been unconscious
at least half hour for il was about
quarter of ten when he staggered
unassisted into his home. blood pour
ing from the ugly wound in his head
II is believed Sauer's assailant struck
him with pair of knucks. Thursday
and Friday Sauer's condition was quite
serious and he suffered great pain. but
today his condition was much improv-
ed. The case was not reported to the
| police.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
CONFER ABOUT Sewer
Works and Jones Firm to
Reach Agreement.

The board of public works today de-
cided to confer with representatives
of the Jones Hardware company and
the A. II. Bartel company in regard to
placing a sewer in Elm Place from
Ninth to Tenth streets. The board
thinks the property owners should
meet two-thirds of the cost, which will
be approximately $500.
The board also announced that
there would be a special council
meeting Tuesday evening for the pur-
pose of authorizing the transfer Oi
certain funds to meet city expenses
before the close of the year. No i'm
portant matters will be brought 10
councils attention at this meeting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
Soldiers Fire at Hunters
Shooting Ducks on Domin-
ion Side of Niagara River
This Morning.
ONE MAN WOUNDED
Authorities Begin Probe of
Action of Soldiers in Shoot
ing at Citizens of United
States.
[BY IC..SED WlRE.1

BUFFALO,, n. Y, Dec. 2S.-Walter
Smith Of this city was shot and in
stantly killed and Charles Dorich, a
lake flremen was seriously injured by
soldiers along the Canadian shore of
Niagara river this morning while
hunting ducks in a row-boat. The two
men, while near the shore at Fort
Erie, Ontario, were ordered away by a
sentry. Dorich, though badly injured,
with bullet wound in his shoulder, is
said to have pulled the boat to the
American shore.
Dorich is at the general hospital.
He may recover. The extent of his
injuries is not known.
Chief Mains of Niagara Falls, Ont,
will conduct a rigid examination in an
effort to determine why Canadian sol
diers assumed authority to deal with
alleged offenders of the dominion
game laws. There is some question
as to responsibility. The soldiers as.
sert they were ordered to shoot over
the heads of the two men in the row
boat, when they apparently refused
to obey the summons to come to the
Canadian shore.
Smiths body is held at Fort Erie
pending an inquest.
Members of the company of soldiers
along the river insist that the men
who fired at the two Buffalo hunters
in an effort to frghten them, acted
within their rights, and assert that
when the hunters were observed iI
the act Of hunting ducks out of sea-
son, the matter was first reported to
the civil authorities, following which,
it is claimed, came word to fire over
the hunters heads. though who issued
this order the authorities refuse to
state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
PRESIDENT WILSON
KEEPS NATAL DAY
Passes Fifty-Eighth Mile
stone in Company With
His Family.
TBY LEASED WlRE,1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Congratu-
latory messages from all parts of the
world were received today by Presi-
dent Wilson, who reached the fifty
eighth milestone in his journey
throug life.
The occasion was marked by no
special observance. Miss Margaret
Wilson and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre
his daughters, spent the day with the
president, and several near relatives
were also at the white house.
The president spent the morning
hours in his office transacting routine
business, but in the afternoon he gave
his entire time to his family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
AUSTRIA.

AOS MA.
VIENNA (Nia Berlin and Amster
damn, Dec. 2S.-An official report
from the Austria general staff says
Austro-Hungarian troops have beer
driven back by the Russians along a
forty-mle front from Rymanow nc
Tuchow. The official report follows:
"The situation in the Carpathians is
unchanged. Our forces in the Galicial
forest lands Of the Carpathians have
withdrawn a little before the Russian
offensive along the front from Rym
anow to Tuchow.
THE enemy's attacks on the lower
Dunajec and lower Nida have failed
The battle near Tomascow lin Pc
land) continues.
"All the territory of the monarchy
with the exception of the unimportant
frontier regions of Bosnia, HerZegno
via and southern Dalmatia is clear o.
enemies.
The Montenegrins' attack on Boch
Cattaro failed and they have beer
forced to discontinue firing. A re
peated bonn bardment of the Cattar(
coast fortresses by the French ha:
been unsuc cessful.'
FRENCH STATEMENT.
PARIS, Dec. 2S.-Both gains anC
reverses for the allies are announced
in an official statement issued here
this afternoon. 1t states that west O.
Lombartzyde the French have gained
a foothold among the sand dunes
along the coast on which the German:
established their line of defense, bu
to the south of Ypres they have los
part of a trench.
Farther south. however. the allie:
have offset this minor loss by captur
ing 800 yards of the first line trenche:
held by the Germans.
The official statement follows:
"In Belgium we continue to ad
vance. To the west Of Lombartzydt
we have actually gained a foothoId OF
the dunes upon which the enemy hat
established his lines OF resistance II
the south of Ypres we have lost par
Of trench. Near Hollebeke. In til,
region Of Lens, and near CArency. th'
enemy has yielded 800 yards o
trenches Of the first line before ou
attack.
In the valley ot tho Aisns. and y
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
MCADO0 F0RESEES
PROSPERITY IN 1915
Believes Country Faces Big
Boom in Business and
Trade.
TBY LEASED WlRE,1

CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-"It is phenom-
email that the United States should
have gone through such business de-
preston without panic" said VIM.
McAdoo, secretary Of treasury, last
night during his stop here on the way
to California to open the San Diego
Exposition January l.
II look for a tremendous era of
prosperity next year." the Secretary
continued. "The tide has turned am
receiving reports from all sections of
the country showing that the freight
rate increase and the organization OF
reserve banks have done much to-
ward steadying business conditions
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
RED CROSS ORDERS
RELIEF FOR MEXICO
1000 Cheap Blankets Need
ed For Refugees in and
About Monterey.
rBY LEASED wIPE.1

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Telegraphing
to the American Red Cross. Consul
General Hanna asks that 1000 cheap
blankets be sent to him at Monterey,
Mexico, to relieve the suffering ma
tives who have appealed for help. He
reports that food supplies are short
Several outlying towns are appeal
ing for help" he continues, "if winter
keeps cold there will be great suffer
ing from hunger and cold
After four years of war this whole
country is short of food. l will make
all supplies and money go as far as
possible"
The large Monterey hospital has
been turned over to Mr.. Hanna to be
used as a distributing station. The
Red Cross will send him supplies as
rapidly as possible.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
BY FRANKLIN p. MERRICk,
Staff Correspondent The international
News Service.

PARIS, Dec 2S.-Three of the forts
In the outer ring defending Metz on
the southwest are being violently bonn
barded by the French, according to
Rdvices from the eastern end Of the
battle front, and German attacks
against the French lines near Preny
have been repulsed with severe losses.
The German works under artillery
fire are Fort Kronprinz, lying north
Of Dornot, about mile west Of the
Moeelle river; Fort Graf Haeseler,
lying on the east bank of the Moselle
between three and four miles from
Arnaville: and Fort st. Blaise, lying
about two miles south Of Fort Graf
Haeseler.
French aeroplanes which flew over
the German lines to establish the ar
tillery range, were subjected to a hot
fire from the German high angle guns
and compelled to retreat into the
French lines.
VIII Isolate Metz.
It Is indicated that the French may
try to isolate Metz and reduce its re-
sistance by cutting off its lines of COM
munication ON the east. 1t would be
necessary. first, however, to clear the
Moselle valley and to do this the forts
in question must be silenced.
Heavy cannonading is reported from
West Flanders, the district east OF
Amiens. and the Asne. The Germans
have massed an enormous quantity of
artillery in the region east of Amiens
and the French and British forces
holding the allies trenches there are
being bombarded continuously.
The French attacks in upper Alsace,
Lorraine and the district Immediately
east of the Meuse have become so Wig
Orous that the German commanders
there are doubtless demanding more
men to meet the assaults.
The weather between the Aisne
and the Moselle has been very cold,
especially in the Vosges mountains
and the soldiers fighting there are SUB
iected to terrible hardships.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
HENDREN PRAISES
BAYER'S ACCOUNTS

j. c. Bayer received letter today
from Gilbert H. Hendren. head of the
state board of accounts. compliment
ing the sheriff on the manner i'll which
he maintained his records during the
two years he has been in office.
Mr.. Hendren also expressed appre-
citation for the aid the Wayne coun-
~ officer gave him inc establishing IA
new mediu moi sheriffs records in
Indians, Mr. Rsyer's term sf ox&iss
Yiu sxn1es Qae II .
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
GUNS SMASH TOWNS
TBY LEASED WIRE1

Boulogne, France, Dec. 28.-"German
thoroughness" is one of the attributes
of the kaiser's artillerymen, and the
cannoneers on the German front at
Amiens are devastating the entire
country within range of their big
guns by bombarding everything in
sight. A first aid post of the royal
medical corps was shelled and seven
stretcher bears killed by the German
gunners.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
Temperature.

Local Conditions-Unsettle tonight
and Tuesday with snow or rain Tues
day. Warmer.
General Conditions-Higher temper
atures now exist over the United
States east Of the Ricky Mountains,
due to the extensive area of low baro-
metric pressure over northwestern
states and Pacific coast. The coolest
weather OF the last fort weight hours
has been over the New England states
and the St. Lawrence valley. where
the extremely low temperature OF SO
below zero ocurred in Vermont.
", r. MOORE,
----- Weather Forecaster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
GIVE HOWARTh CHAIR.

Wayne township teachers present
ed retiring Trustee James Howarth
with leather chair as a Christmas
gift and as remembrance Of the
work with the teachers for the past
six years. There are nineteen teachers
In the township
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
Allies Hope to Cut Off Ger
man Line of COmmunica-
ton From Fortress to the
East.
DRIVE BACK ATTACKS
Teutons Bring Down Aero
planes Seeking to Establish
Artillery Range for Attack
ing Guns.
[ [BULIETiN.1

GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. %.
Information received from Cor
man sources asserts that two Of
tho French avlators who lombard
ed Metz were killed, they being
shot down by guns mounted on
Fort Mannstein, which occupies
a height to the west Of Metz.
Another report received here
says that bombs dropped upon
Fort Haeseier, one Of the forts
southwest of Metz, near the Mo-
seiIe, hit their mark.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
GERMAN STATEMENT.

BERLIN, Dec. 2S-(By Wireless)-
Warships of the allies have renewed
their bombardment of German posi-
tions along the coast Of Flanders. The
warships shelled the coast in coop
Grafton with the land forces attacking
the Germans at Nieuport. This at
tack was repulsed.
This afternoons official statement
was devoted chiefly to the operations
in the west and cast no light upon the
operations in Poland
The statement follows:
I'm the western theatre of war. the
enemy unsuccessfully renewed his at
tacks at Nieuport He was supported
by firing from ships at sea. This did
not damage us, but killed and wound
ed few inhabitants Of Westende.
"An attack on the hamlet of ST
Georges, referred to in the French Of
ficial reports, also failed. South of
Ypres, we captured trench. We
took some dozens of prisoners in this
attack
Several violent attacks by the enc.
my northwest Of Arras were re.
pulsed. The enemy unsuccessf,llly re-
peated his attacks southeast OF Yer,
dun. He similarly failed In an at
tempt to recapture the height west OF
Sennhe1m (in Alsace) for which We
fought yesterday.
There il no news from East Prus
sia or Poland north of the WEIGH
eel (Vistula). Our attacks are devel
oping on the left wall of the WEIGH
eel. Notwithstanding the unfavorsbls
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
SAVE 100 WOMEN
rRv LEASED WIRE,1

UOROKEN, \. J., Dec. 2S.-More
than one hundred men and women
were carried to safety today by fire
men in a fire which in half an hour
gutted the American hotel. and which
is till raging. threatening the Venus
hotel and Lyric threatrc. The entire
city fire department is fighting the
blaza- ------
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
ALLIES ORDER Steel.
[6Y LEASED WlRE.I

PITTSBtRG. Pa. Dec. .S.--Orders
for $4,000 tons OF high carbonized
steel for shrapnel shells have just
been placed in the Pittsburgh district.
i, was learned today. Fifty thousand
tons 60 to France. the balance to Rus,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
The Weather

For IndianaACloudy tonight; warmer
in south portion Tuesday; unsettled,
probably light rain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-28
Official War Reports

Champagne, there have been inter
mittent cannonades. particularly in
tense. in the region of Rheims and in
that of PertheS. where the enemy has
paid particular attention to the posi-
tions which We captured west Of that
locality.
"On the heights of the Meuse there
has been slight progress by our
troops along the entire front In the
Nosges the enemy has bombarded the
station of ST. Die, but the railway ser
vice has not been interrupted.
"In Upper Alsace. to the northeas st
of Steinbach. a German counter at
tack has been repulsed."
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-19
Hears OF HIS SONS death
Lawrence Janssens, of This City, Re.
ported to Have Received Word
That Boy Was Slain In War

A report that William Janssens, 10
years old, son of Lawrence Janssens,
export manager of the Elliott Fisher
Typewriter Company, was killed in the
battle of the Aisne was current here
to-day. 1t is said that word of the
fatality has been received by his IA
ther here several days ago, but that he
was reticent about it and would not
speak. The father could not be found
this morning to confirm the report.
William, with two older brothers.
Harry, 2 1 years old, and Lawrence, Jr.,
were enlisted in an engineer corps in
Paris at the start of the war and were
sent to the front. All of them were
made non on-commissioned officers, accord
ing to report, and since the start of the
hostilities have received commissions.
Harry was shot in the arm in the same
battle, but the wound was not serious.
Mr.. Janssens resides in Perdix, near
Harrisburg. Although not a native
Frenchman himself, he married a
French woman and his sons were raised
in France.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-19
33 CENTS CAUSE
AUDITORS WORRY
Carelessly Kept Rec
ords. They Say. Are
Responsible for De-
layed Report
NO EVIDENCE
OF ANY FRAUD
Men Who Are Going Over County
Treasurer Records for 1918 AS
sert There Are Many "sIp- -Ups''
In Bookkeeping System

Angered because newspaper said
they ''are bungling the audit" mem
Ders of the Board of Dauphin County
Auditors this morning declared that
the bungling of former county of
clals are now causing us the most of
our troubles and are mainly responsible
for the report on the audit of the
County Treasurer 1918 accounts not
having been issued long before this
date.
The auditors have fixed no time for
ming their report although it is under
stood that it will be ready for presen-
tation to the County Commissioners at
an early date. The auditors now charge
that the official records do not CORE,
spond with the vouchers which passed
through the treasury; that many errors
for which they are not responsible
have delayed the work for DAYS and
weeks and that the notations are in
some instances so ambiguous as even
to cause experts to spend days in cor
recting matters.
County Controller Henry w. Cough
reluctantly made a statement this
morning in which he said he offered, un-
sollc1ted, to aid the auditors in finding
discrepancies amounting to 3S cents.
Mr.. Cough and his deputy. G. Fred
Hoffman, both recognized IS expert ac-
eountlants, said they spent the greater
Continued on Eighth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-19
Big Barn on the George
Woods Farm Near
Carlisle Destroyed
This Morning
AUTO APPARATUS
GIVES ASSISTANCE
Believing of the Animals AS They Tug
at Their Fastenings Is Pitiful-
Firebugs May Have Caused the
Blaze
Especial to the independently


Carlisle, Pa, Nov. 19.-Twenty-
seven head of livestock were burned to
death in fire which at O'Clock this
morning destroyed tho large barn on
the George Woods farm, two miles
south of this place, and damaged sew
eral adjoining buildings. The farm is
tenanted by G. 10y Woods, a son of
the owner, and the loss to stock, crops
and the barn will approximate $4,000,
with $4,000 insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but the blaze is believed to have been
the work of an incendiary. The live
stock burned included eight horses, five
mules and colts, nine cows and five head
of young cattle. Several head of cat
tie that persisted were registered stock.
The tenant farmer did not discover
the fire until the interior of the barn
was roaring furnace. The subsequent
believing of the suffering cattle, whieh
then were kicking and tugging to try
to free themselves, was pitiful. 1t was
a vain appeal to those who stood by
helpless to give aid
The Union Fire Company, of Carlisle
with its motor apparatus, responded to
a call for assistance. Although record
run was made the fire laddies were
obliged to confine their work to saving
adjoining buildings. A small barn CON
tanning 1,400 bushels of corn. was
slightly damaged.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-19
STOUCH CAMPAIGN. $4,000
Estimate of Total Cost Is Made at
Closed Session of Ministers
This Morning

That the total cost of the Slough
evaDgelistic campaign in this city will
be $4,000 was the estimate made IN
the report of the treasurer, L. Z. Wal
lower, at a closed session of the co.
operating ministers held at 10 o'clock
this morning in the Market Square
Presbyterian church. This amount is
greater than the usual ~ of
Slough campaign, because f.Uhe great
er expense of building the tabernacle,
the largest in which Evangelist Slough
has ever conducted meetings
Another piece of business transact.
ed which has been given out for publ.
cation was the setting apart of next
Thursday afternoon, Thanksgiving Day,
for union evangelistic thanksgiving
service at the tabernacle. The meeting
will begin at $50 clock and will in
clude special sermon by DR.. Slough
and appropriate music by the chorus.
The session of the ministers in con
ference with DR.. Slough this morning
was a closed one. The Rev. Mr.. Cart.
wright, of the Slough party, said after
the meeting, which lasted from 10 until
1890 o'clock, that opportunity was
given ministers present ''to unload
and that many varying opinions were
expressed by pastors on ways and
means of conducting the campaign. He
said that there was no dissension, even
though there had been much earnest
speaking.
Gan the minister's said the Rev.
f. E. Curtis. ministerium secretary,
care filed with a unanimity of pur-
pose, and have no differences of opinion
on. the one great object of this cam
paign."