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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED

Buffalo, ~ Y. Dec. 81. - An earth
quake shock. preceded by pronounced
treynors for forty -eight hours, was re-
corded on the seismograph at Canisius
College to-day. The quake, which be-
gan at 1880 a. m. and lasted five min
ute. was estimated to be about $500
miles southwest
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
FEED ON PHEASANT

West End Republican Club men,
bers last night enjoyed a South African
pheasant feast. Through a friend.
forty-five plump birds were sent to
the club and last night served as part
of a big dinner. Forty enjoyed the
feast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
SIDE

HARRISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia DIvisIOn-132 crew first
to go after 2 p. m.: 119, ia, 103, los.
Engineer for 105.
Flagman for ia.
Brakemen for ia (two).
Engineers up: Weiker. Yeater, Max
well. w. c. Albright Binkley, Lefever,
kitch, BrubalSer. McGowan, Supplee
Firemen un: Morris, DIETRICH, Shimp.
Hepner. Coble, Smith, Johnson, Fisher,
.Gillums. Minnich.
Flagmen up: Miller, Hartman, Mar
tin. -..... .... ...
Brakemen up: Felker, Dengler.
Wright, Buck.
Middle DivisIon--5 crew first to go
after 2:45 p. M: %, 244, 2S4, 243, 241,
252, 21S, 24S.
Firemen for 5. 23
Conductor for rs.
Flagman for 23
Engineer up: snyder.
Fireman up: Liebau.
Yard Crews
Engineers for second s, IL, IA, is, sec
ond 22, third %, third "a, 62, 81. Three
extras
Firemcn for 6. second s, fourth s, 10.
90, first %, second %, first "a, 26, 2S, 4S,
SO. 62, 64. Three extras.
Engineers up: Blosser, Malaby, Rodg-
ers, J. r. Snyder, 10y. Leiby, Fulton.
Fells. McMorris. Runkle. Wise, Watts.
Firemen up: snyder, Pensyl, Waltz,
Brady, Graham. Fry. Dougherty, b, +.
Eyde, Glassmyer. McKillips, Ewing,
Keiser, Reeler, Berrier, Pieffer, Smell,
Fleisher.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
ISSUES CARDS FOR TEA

Miss Helen VicSery, Cottage Hill,
has issued cards for a New Years
tea to he given tomorrow afternoon
from to 8. Miss Dorothy Wall, her
guest, will be introduced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31

Nothing to Swallow. Comes In
the Form of a Salve, and is
Vaporized by the Body Heat
When Applied Over the Throat
and Chest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
GRIP TAKES HOLD
ON CAPITOL HILL
More People Sick With the
Winter Ailment Than Known
For Long Time

More people con-
nected with de-
partments of the
State government
are sick with the
grip than has ever
been known on
Capitol Hill and
owing to illness
some of the offices
have been working
with small forces.
In one daDarfn1e emf
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
CONKEY SAYS

CONKEY SAYS 80. -.
DON'T WORRY-There is a cure for
repulsive. sorehead (chickenpoX)
CONK EY'S SOREHEAD REMEDY
quickly heals the sores and purifies
the blood. Dealers Everywhere
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
ENOLA SIDE
PhiIndeInhIn DlNIainn-2AN CrI

Philadelphia DivIsiOn--249 crew first
to go after 12:45 o'clock: $50, 2S4, 20S.
229, 209 226. 257, 239, 221, 255. 2S0. PA.
236. 227.
Engineers for 226, 242. 245. $50. 25S.
Firemen for 20S, 230, 2S4, 242, 245.
$50. 257.
Flagmen for 230. 239. 244, 255.
Brakemen for 20S, 209, 221 (two), 221,
229, 234, 236. 255 (two), 251.
Conductors up: Bibhart, Murlatt.
Brakeman up: Smith.
Middle DIvIsion-232 crew first to go
after p. m: 227, 246 229, 221, 2Se,
215. 249. ASP. 2S7.
Yard Crews-To go after p. M:
Engineers for second 124, third 126,
Firemen for 112. 122, 1870. 1O4, first
102, second 102.
Engineers up: King, Smith, Miller,
Turner, Reese, Kepford.
Firemen up: Waller, Ceiling. Fleck,
Cumbler, l.. c. Hall, c. II. Hall, Bick-
hart, Handiboe, Sellers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31

McCarrell to-day definitely settled the
status of beneficiary's claim on a fire
insurance policy when the claimants
wife is part owner of the property in
sured. If the beneficiary states in the
insurance agreement that he is sole
owner of the property and it is sub
sequently discovered that his wife is
Joint owner. the whole policy, accord
ing to Judge McCarrell. becomes void.
Palm had begun an action to recover
$1,000 insurance on his house and
contents which were burned
Final County Inspection of Weights.
Harry A. Boyer county inspector of
weights and measures, day filed his
hnal report for the year with the
County Commissioners. During De-
cember Mr. Boyer tested SIS scales.
sealed 6l2, adjusted 80 and con-
demned 4S.
Daily City Balances Earn S6.SS7.1S.
Daily city bank balances earned the
city treasury S6,SS7.1S in interest, ac-
cording TO the report compiled late
yesterday afternoon by City Treasurer
.. NJ. Copelin. These sums represent
the amounts which were deposited
from day to day in various banks.
Bailey Earns Neat sum for State
County Treasurer A.: II. Bailey yester-
day paid to the State just S22S.53, rep
resenting daily balance interest paid
by local banks for mercantile and
hunters licenses, etc. which had been
accommodating in the county treasury.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
POLICY IS VOID;
FEPART OWNER
Judge McCarrell Fixes Status
of Joint Ownership in In
surance Opinion

In refusing new
trials and overrul-
ing m o t o n s for
judgment de s pite
the verdict in the
action brought by
j o h n ii. p a ! m
a g a | n S t the Ben
Franklin Fire In
surance Company,
Addi ito II al Law
Judge S. ]. NJ.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
HOLIDAY DANCES
SPREADING GRIP

Continued From First Page ]
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28

TO CLOSE y EAMER -GAINIWAIS
How it took the crew of the S. S.
Christopher Columbus an hour to
close the. eight main deck gangways
in August, 1914, was part Of the story
which Victor Olander of the seamen's
union told the corOner's jury late last
night.
ct would have taken only a few
minutes for the boat to sink if the
engines should have stopped in the
trough of a heavy enough sea"
Olander declared. 1.-THE vessel would
have soon filed through the eight
six-foot openings in her hull"
Olander says that he wrote to
Secretary of Commerce Redfeld,
claiming that the inspection service
was rotten. AS an instance of its
Iaxity, he told Redfeld about the
gangways which could not be closed
quickly because bolts were rusted and
holes plugged with paint
Olander says that he thought moth
ing came of his complaint until some
time later when a friendly inspector
told him that Charles, H. WescOtt
had been sent here to investigate.
1.-The inspector told me the crew
had been called upon by the inspec-
tors to close the gangways as soon as
they could.
''The inspector told me it took
them an hour to get the holes closed
and when it was dOneOnlY every third
or fourth bolt had been put into
place.
''Wescott left for his Office, telling
the local inspectors to write when
the work was done, the inspector
said. was the rest Of the incident as
told by Olander.
eff the seamen's law was in effect
when the Eastland dropped her load
in the river, she would have been al
lowed to carry only LOGO passengers,
because under the act which goes
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28

Nockles of the Chicago Federation Of 7
Labor to Edward Sweet, assistant
secretary of commerce, was quoted
by Olander.
1t reads in part: ocean excursion
boats have been called finder boxes, :
but they are not a bit worse than
some of the ones plying out of Chi ,
cago right now. OVercrOwding eXcur. y
sion boats is going to result in a ter
rible catastrophe some day." :
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28
SPEED, CRY ON EAsTLAND

SPEED, CRY ON EASTLAND
Born a greyhound and died
wolf" was the short story Of the
Bastland, as told by S. c. jerks, who
designed the steamer and supervised
it's construction.
Speed was the essence Of the con-
tract" he said. Carrying capacity
was the secondary consideration" a,
He said the tests upon which the
owners insisted were for speed only
and that after this failed to come up
to the desired mark alterations were
made to obtain greater speed.
Vim. Harper, lookout on Theodore
Roosevelt, who saved Is lives, ner-
voUs wreck in sanitarium. a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28
CARRY FIFTH OF PASSENGERS
ALLOWED BY GOVERNMENT

In today's papers the Chicago, DI- 3,
luth & Georgian Bay Transit Co. pub
fishes an advertisement about it's big
steamers, the North American and
South American, inwhich this state
ment is made:
"The management limits these
ships to less than 600 passengers
(their staterOom capacity, less than
one-ffth the number the federal au-
thorities would allow, as each boat
has a recognized carrying capacity %.
Of over 5000 passengers"
It might be interesting to find out
why the management of this COM
pany carries less than One-fifth the
number of passengers Uncle Sam Z
WV perm Inn Inn Inn Inn Inn Inn Inn
would allow 1t might indicate that
the management thinks Uncle Sam is
entirely too liberal for safety first
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-23
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uaty that We everything
W nothing carelessy with Indifference
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any price.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
Philadelphia Produce Market

Philadelphia, March 2O-Wheat lower,
No. red spot. export. 1551a a 163: No.
northern, Duluth export, l64@16g
Corn steady; No. spot, export 77@
rs; No. Q yellow, local. SO1s @S1h
Oats steady; No. white, 65 u q66.
Bran firm; winter, per ton. s26.50@
$500; spring. per ton, $2600@26.50
Refined sugars firm; powdered, 600;
fine granulated, $780, confectioners' A,
$50.
Butter weak; western creamery. ex-
ira, 2S a 20; nearby prints, fancy, 49,
Eggs weaker; nearby firsts, free case
$500; current receipts, free case SIS;
western extra firsts, free case, 5000
frsts, free case, $3.50.
Live poultry weaker; fowls, 16m171b:
ROSTERS, II " @12; chickens, 14@17; tur-
Keys, 15Q17; ducks. 15@16; geese, I2
Ole.
Dressed poultry firm; fowls, fancy.
19@z0; average, 16@1Sk; unattract-
I've. 4@15; old ROSTERS, IA; broiling
chickens. nearby, 1908; western, l4m
%: roasting chickens, 1000; turkeys
fancy. 21@22; fair to good, 1S02O:
ducks, 12@1S; geese, 10@I4.
Potatoes steady; Pennsylvania per
bushel 50@55; Maine. 45@50; New York
3S@43.
Flour weak; winter straights. 7.oO@
1926; spring straight, 7.25 a 7.50; do, pat
ent, 7.50WS.25.
Hay weak; timothy. No. large bales.
1900; No. l medium bales, 17500lSOO:
No. 2 do. 15.50@D16.50; No. do, 1900 40
1900. Glover mixed light. l700@17.50;
No. ! do, 10000 1850; No. 2. do. 1850
Q15.50.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
fall FROM BUILDING Fatal
George Swartz, of This City, Dies in
Pittsburgh Hospital From Injuries
Received Last Monday

As the result of injuries which he
received in fall from the sixth story
of the new William Pitt hotel, Pitts
burgh, last Monday, George Swartz,
1914 Berryhill street, this city, died
last night at Pittsburgh hospital. Mr..
Swartz left Harrisburg week ago in
search of work and early last Monday
morning he joined a gang of structural
ironworkers on the hotel. He was work
ing on a swinging scaffold when some
lumber that was being raised Jared
him from the platform. In falling he
struck several beams and was seriously
injured internally.
Mr.. Swartz was 50 years of age and
is survived by his wife and son, George.
The body was brought to this city TO-
day. Funeral services will be held at
his late home Monday afternoon at $50
o o'clock and will be charge of the Rev.
Amos NJ. Stamets, pastor of the Augs-
burg Lutheran church. Interment will
be made in the Harrisburg cemetery.
Both the services and interment will be
private.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
WANTS ACTIVE DUTY IN ARMY
Captain Williams, Retired Because of
Injuries, Seeks Reinstatement

Under a recent act of Congress Cap
tain Robert c. Williams. L. :. A.. re-
tired, who has been ON recruiting sery-
Ice in Harrisburg for the last nine
years, will apply for reinstatement in
the active service of the army and. if
he passes the examination. will be as
signed TO an infantry command with
the rank of Major. The law states
that retired officer may apply for re-
instatement and be subjected to an ex-
animation as to physical and profes-
sional fitness
Captain Williams was company
commander in the Fifteenth U. S. In
fantry, having been graduated at West
Point in 1886. He was appointed to
West Point from the Canton, Ohio. dis
trict by the late President William
Mckinley when the latter was in Con
gress. He served with his command
until 1886, when while on a hunting
expedition in Arizona, he was kicked
by horse and both bones of his right
ankle broken, the injury being such
that he could neither walk nor ride.
For sixteen years he has been re-
tired. and for nine years he has been
on recruiting service, with the excep-
tion of short time when he was re-
lIeyed. Should he enter active service
again ne will be graded to the rank
of Major. During his term as re-
cruiting officer in Harrisburg he has en-
listed more than 5000 men for all
branches of the regular army.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
MORROW TRIED TO-DAY AS
result OF auto death
Driver of One CT the Machines That
Crashed and Killed Ralph wilmer
Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of
Involuntary Manslaughter

Charged with having driven his au-
tomobile so reeklessly that he was re-
sponsible for the accident in which
Ralph Wilmer, 8 years old, son of
George and Catherine Wilmer, 905
South Twentieth -and.a Half street, was
fatally injured on November 6, last,
placed on trial in Judge McCarrell s
side of criminal court, charged with
involuntary manslaughter.
The jury was selected after twenty
three talesmen had been called and is
made up of the following: B. Frank
Miller, Seventh ward, city, foreman !;
William w. Bullock, First ward, Steel
ton; Martin E. Crull, First ward, Mid
dletown; William H. Hummel, Rush
township: Charles j. Lundy, Hummels-
town; Adam n. Martin, Lower Paxton
township; William H. Taylor, Susque-
hanna township; Ernest Schadt, Second
ward, Middletown; Charles w. Smith,
Paxtang; Charles w. Sebourn, Twelfth
ward, city; Daniel Pollock, Second
ward, city; James III. Lemon, Upper
Paxton township.
Morrow is believed by county officials
to be the first defendant in Dauphin
county to be tried on so serious a
charge as involuntary manslaughter
due to an auto accident. He IS being
represented by C. H. Backenstoe, and
pleaded not guilty, contending that the
child s death was due to an unavoid-
able accident and not to negligence.
Morrow's car and machine driven
by Edward Il. Miller, 2145 North
Fifth street, colllded at Seventeenth
and North streets on the afternoon of
November 6. With Miller in the front
seat was his brother, Harvey, while in
the tonneau of the machine were the
three children of Mr.. and Mrs. Wit
mer-Ralph, the lad who was fatally
injured, and his two sisters, Helen and
Catherine.
Witnesses declared that the Morrow
ear was being driven at about twenty
five miles an hour and practically de-
molished the Miller machine in the
crash. The Wilmer boy died two days
after the accident from peritonitis,
caused, DR.. Harvey Miller said, by ex-
ternal contusions. District Attorney
Stroup expressed the belief at noon
that the hearing would end late this
afternoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
BROWN TO HEAR MOVIE MEN
Attorney General Goes to Philadelphia
to Probe Exhibitors Grievances

Governor Brumbaugh last night re-
ceived a telegram from the Motion Pie
ture Exhibitors League of Philadel-
phia, protesting against alleged arbi-
trary methods of j. Louis Breitinger,
the chief State censor of moving pic
lures, and asking that Breitinger be
suspended from office pending AN in
vestigation as to his official conduct.
The charges are that the State cen
sor has forbidden pictures to be
thrown on a screen asking people in
the audience to write to their legisla-
tors and request them to vote for the
bill to abolish the offices of the CEN
sors and the consequent censorship of
pictures. They also ask a hearing.
Governor Brumbaugh said to-day
that he had received the telegram
from the moving picture men and had
wired them back that they should take
the matter up with Attorney General
Brown, who will be in Philadelphia to-
day. As to giving the movie men a
hearing the Governor said that it
would depend entirely on what de-
velops before the Attorney General
to-day. The committee in charge of the
bill, he added, will give both sides a
hearing, and if necessary, he will hear
both sides, but he does not propose to
take action of any kind until both
sides are heard.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
TO SEEK A PRINCIPAL
School Board Named Committee to Sc
lect Central High Head

A committee composed of President
Harry A. Boyer, Superintendent Fred
erick E. Downes, Secretary ID. ID. Ham
melbaugh, Chairman of the Teachers
Committee Harry NJ. Bretz and Direc-
tor Houtz, of the Harrisburg School
Board, will select before May l the
man to succeed the late William s.
Steele as principal of the Central High
school,
The board took this action at the
regular meeting last evening. The COM
mittee is authorized to collect all data
concerning the candidates and visit, if
necessary, the candidates in their home
towns. The salary was fixed at $2,500
for the first year, with an increase of
500 for every year until maximum
of $4,000 is reached. The new princi-
pal will be paid for overtime on ac-
count of two sessions at the Central
High school, as has been the present
custom.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
CARLISLE ELKS. ARE AT
IT AGAIN. AT MAJESTIC
Director Leo Mcdonald Directs First
Act In His Shirt Sleeves-Per-
formers Enthusiastic In Their
Parts

The Carlisle Elks gave pleasing
entertainment at the Majestic theatre
last night. This afternoon and even
ing They're At 1t Again" The pro.
duction is given under the direction
of Leo Mcdonald, of Carlisle, by a
east which has no principals in par
tieular. All the performers are prin-
cipals so far as really good amateur
acting is concerned.
The show is called musical crazy
quilt in three patches with two pieces
in the first patch. Dancing and sing
ing, with clever dialogues, make up a
very satisfying entertainment.
The whole play was full of tuneful
music and plenty of spicy jokes that
kept the audience in an uproar. The
Elks were that eager to have some
thing original that they sent to the
lower regions and brought the Prince
of Darkness back to sing song or
two.
The plot-aceording to the patch
ers, as the actors called themselves
well they did not have any. But the
songs and costumes were there and the
amateur acting was of the best. Leo
Mcdonald who designed the sketch
and directed the presentation, deserves
much credit. His enthusiasm was shown
when he directed the entire first act
in his shirt sleeves. The other actors
showed the same interest. In the sec
ond, as the act is called, the men are
at their best impersonating the good
old Irish.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
FIRE Protection At
ALMSHOUSE Is ADVISED
Grand Jury in Its Report Submitted
To-day Also Repeats Recommends
tions That New Court House Be
Built on Present Site

Suggestions for number of improve
ments at the Dauphin County Aims
house, including the installation Of nre
extinguishers, the organizing of a fire
patrol and the holding of fire drills at
frequent intervals are contained in the
report of the March quarter sessions
Grand Jury which to-day was submitted
to the Court. Besides, the jurors con,
firmed the recommendation of former
juries who undertook to impress upon
the County Commissioners the necessity
for the erection of modern Court
House ON the site of the present "anti-
quated" structure.
The Grand Jury closed its work this
morning after having ignored twenty
three OF the one hundred and two bills
OF indictment inquired into, and imme-
diately was discharged by Judge Kun
kel who remarked that the jurors sug-
gestions, no doubt, Will be carried out
by the proper authorities.
The water power upon the almshouse
property, the jurors pointed out, should
be utilized to generate and supply eiec.
tric current for the poor house build
ings. The Directors of the Poor are
VI Sou W hhu suitaoie uOHfeS lOr VuTee
children now confined at the almshouse,
so that they will be properly reared
and educated.
Both the almshouse and the county
prison, the jurors declared, are in ex-
eellent condition. With respect to the
Court House they said:
''We find the Dauphin county Court
House to be antiquated and entirely
inadequate for its present purposes. 1t
should be replaced by a modern fire
proof building, large enough to accom-
modate the courts and all the offices of
the county,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
QUIET ZONES" AT HOSPITAL
Police Begin Enforcing New Law
Against Unnecessary Noises

The police to-day began enforcing
the city ordinance fixing "quiet
zones" 250 feet each way from city
hospitals. The new law makes an un-
necessary noise within this limit a
nuisance and punishable by a fine of
from 81 to s25 or a term in jail not
exceeding thirty days.
Chief of Police Hutchson sent the
policemen out ON their several districts
this morning to keep children, itinerant
musicians and others from making
noise which would tend to disturb the
patients. The ordinance directs the
superintendent of streets and public
Improvements to place signs designat
ing this zone of quiet.
The arrival of spring-like weather
has brought out the youth of the city
with baseball paraphernalia and the
accompanying shouts and has sent
many complaints to police headquar-
ters. Where there are such complaints
coppers will be compelled to stop ball
playing.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
FINANCE
bethlehem Steel STOCK
makes Sensational Gain
A Maximum Advance of Nine and One
Fourth From Its Low Quotation
of Previous Day-List Manifests
Strong Undertone
By Associated Press.

New York, March 20.-Wan Street
The weekend session was largely
dominated by further rise in Bethle.
hem Steel shares to 6S, gain of 1.2
points, and maximum advance of
. Ia from its quotation of the pre-
vlous day. On the surface the sensa-
tional advance in the stock which was
made mainly on small individual tran
sactions, suggested a drive against the
short interest. Rumor, however, at.
tributed to the high record for this
stock to more potent influences. The
balance of the list manifested strong
undertone, being unaffected by the
latest news from Europe. Motor shares
and some of the department store spe-
elaltles figured to an unusual degree in
the day s gains.
Bonds were steady, except New
York Central s IS which repeated their
low price on free trading.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
late WAR news SUMMARY
Continued From First PAGE.

Continued From First PAGE.
sent a formal protest to France and
Great Britain against naval policy.
The British assertion that in four
days of the lighting at Neuve Chapelle
the Germans lost no less than 1900
men is disputed by the German general
staff. An official statement places the
total German losses at about 5000
men.
A German aeroplane crossed to the
English coast to-day and dropped sew
eral bombs off Deal No damage was
done and the aeroplane was driven off
by patrol boat.
No important occurrences In france
or Belgium were announced in to-day's
official reports. The German War Office
stated that small gains had been made
from the British in the north and from
the French in the Champagne region,
while the French authorities said there
was nothing to report.