Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-06
News at a Glance

st. Johns, n. F.-The Colonial gov
ernment permitted it to be known to-
day that reports of German sub
marines in the Atlantic had resulted
in the canceling of the dipatch of a
draft OF recruits for the New Found
land regiment which had been plan
ned for the last week in November
Regulations regarding measures for
coast defense have been reimposed.
London. Bitter feeling against
CONSUMPTION was manifested among
delegates to the Australian interstate
labor conference, a Reuter- dispatch
from Melbourne reports.
Amsterdam. Premier Radoslav-
off Of Bulgaria has announced that
Sofia will follow the example of her
allies and mobilize labor for the pro-
duction of munitions, according to a
Sofia dispatch to the Berlin Mittag
Zeitung.
London. - The progressive party
in the Duma is continuing attacks on
| the government, according to a Reu-
ter's dispatch from Petrograd. The
| dispatch says that after q lively de-
bate on statement issued by the ad-
| ministration regarding cabinet
| changes, the progressives moved q res
olution to the effect that as the recon-
stitution of the cabinet is incomplete
and consists rather of a change in in
| dividualS than in a change of admin
! istration, the Duma declares that all
| irresponsible influences must be re-
/ moved.
Rio Janeiro. Extraordinary ac-
tivity has been noted for several weeks
on board the German ship interned
here, according to the Journal. Some
| of the vessels have been receiving
| provisions and coal and others are
! clearing their decks. According to
the Journal there is every indication
that the ships are preparing to set out
secretly in order to avoid requiSition.
Rome. - The Chamber of Deputies
reconvened to-day The people are
waiting with interest the government S
! financial statement and also a report
on the war by the premier. who also
probably will take an opportunity to
deal with a motion presented by the
socialists urging the government to
take advantage of the disposition to
mediate, shown in the United States
and to see If it is possible to find a
way to end the war.
Copenhagen. - The delegation from
the Danish West Indies, which has
been comforting with the parliament
tary committee in regard to the pro-
posed sale of the islands to the United
States on the eve of their departure,
have handed a report to the commit
tee asking for government indem-
nifty for the sufferers from the recent
HuIIlCdue III the event OF the sale be-
ing completed
st. Louis. - The third quadrennial
convention of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America OPEN
ed here to-day. Approximately 500
| S, representing 100000
| communicants of thirty Protestant
denominations are attending.
Washington. William J. BRYAN
and Mrs. Bryan were luncheon guests
to-day at the, White House and to-
night Mr.. Bryan is to be the honor
guest at a dinner given by many
Democratic admirers. 1t is expected
he may make some statement of his
intentions to devote the next four
years to the cause of national pro-
hibition.
Baltimore. - The condition of Fox
hall p. Keene, the widely known
! sportsman of New York, who was
seriously injured yesterday while rid
ing in the annual hunt meeting at the
Hartford Hunt Club near Pennington,
Md. was reported to be unchanged to-
day.