The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-02
STA.G Of 38 TO 10 FEET
PREDICTED BY MORNING
LONDON FEARS
BIG AIR RAID
REPORTED APPEARANCE OF zap.
PElINs OVER DOVER CAUSES
PANIC IN LONDON
Raid Did Not Materislize-situsti
In East and West Is
Unchanged.

LONDON. Feb. 1. UO:3O D. nj
Special orders issued by the police
shortly before O'Clock tonight
caused blinds TO be whisked down all
over London, and reports spread that
five Zeppelin diiigible balloons.
sighted over Dover and presumably
making inland. had been fired on by
the forts
Parts OF the city OF London waited
for more than two hours with blinds
drawn. but nothing happened. In
quiries elected the information from
the police that orders TO prepare for
an air raid had been issued by the
war office. But whether because air
craft really had been sighted or as a
rehearsal IL was impossible 10 ascer-
tain.
One message from Dover reported
that the raiders mad been driven Off
by the gun fire. but no details were
forthcoming
This furry served to break the mo-
notony Of the newA from battle fronts,
where none of the armies, either in
the East or the West. has been able
10 deliver a blow sufficient TO cause
any shift in their alignment.
The German submarine attacks on
Pritish merchant ships continue to
be- the paramount topic OF discussion,
and predictions ere made that food
prices, which are already soaring. will
go higher II any more raids are &C
complished.
Shipping Upset
The shipping Of the west coast Is
still somewhat upset. the Dublin steam
packet company announcing tonight
the temporary abandonment OF all sail
ings with Belfast, Liverpool and GIas-
gov. But other schedules are being
maintained as usual.
The chief solace Great Britain finds
IN the German submarine attacks il
that the craft thus used cannot take
part in the regular naval operations.
Out OF the confused fighting in the
Carpathians. which continues TO domi-
nate the military situation. comes
nothing in the way OF a decisive con
iict, and perhaps the most signifcan.
news from the eastern theatre is the
theory enunciated from Petrograd
tnat Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
is planning another general onslaught
on the Russian lines west OF Warsaw.
Artillery duels almost exclusively
aebtip' n, ne ne, ~, measure or the recent
oerman official statement dismisses the
western theatre with the terse an
mouncement nothing to report" The
French record only one Infantry attack
70 the southwest OF Ypres where thev
say German attempt TO advance was
Parliament Rsassembisa
me British parliament Will reas-
aetn1ie tomorrow for consideration of a
number Of important war time ques-
ions. While no contentious IeRislatf0n
VIII be debated. the labor party will
press TOT government action with refer
ence 10 the Increase In the price OF food
allen enemy restT ictious probably will
again be thTeshed out. and there il like
y 20 be a further request for more in
formation on the recruiting situation
The London newspapers are pointing
out the growing unrest In labor circles
and there - a belief In some quarters
that this may necessitatc action by the
government.
Fifthy thousand miners in West York
shire, whose agreement with their en-
ployeH expires In a fortnight are DE-
mandtnE six pence (12 centsD extra In
wages. on the threat Of a strike The
welsh miners also want Increased nav
and better working conditions. while The
railway men contend that their wage
are not IN keeping with the Increased
cost OF living.
The first hing to be dealt with mar
lament however. will BE- finance rho
old year Will be wound up and new astf-
mates determined.