Show PROS FIRE U 8 S VESSEL I II N 1 RIP RID Dec 18 A UP-A FebuS LU dispatch rom jh from rom Gijon A Ar Agency gency gency Biscay coast assert- assert r fa ca De Bay ay v of at the nationalist bati bat- bat i VI 4 t toi that a fired on the U. U S. S S. S t I IP e Erie Eric off oft that port t crew on order of ot her here be e officer ran up the then thet n mfg ding ae flag Dag flag the dispatch said e t by their guns for action dit S Espana however turned taud A left the port at full speed cat and dispatch ch asserted heade head- head Ur t s e gebus Sard tag bUS stward rd along the coast tord to- to iJ W f open en Atlantic j rj the to th the dispatch the I Arrived 1 arrived e at Gijon at 8 a a. a m. m C arrived T the Espana Cerday erday and i j d b bour our later Shells endanger Ship v upon its arrival the pitch mediatelY said id the Espana opened I tsP a toward the land and the Erie feral f i snots shots were fired it was wasA A eral before belore the E Espana pana J left ft f II 1 shells which the he Espana fired to- to tod toa Krie the Febus dispatch the Eri e a d centimeters 12 4 were i t e ted Three rounds it was al ale aldo al- al l r. r es fell feIl within feet of the rt e do American gunboat and landed the JaSel market on the water- water ant Dec 18 UP UP- UP f. f Cute state department confirmed toy toI to- to reports of an an- an encounter beera bey bethe be- be y I the U U. S. S S. S Erie and a Span- Span teen era In th the port of Gijon Hi The commander of t the e Erie said saidi saide i e believed the Spanish warship rd its the Espana pana Did Not ot Return Fire I Tie e e Erie did not return the fire e American vessel had put into tie the port for th the purpose of ascer- ascer i g whether any American Americ n na- na nals in the area required assis- assis ti ce Cons Consul l William E E. upman was on n board the Erie at ate O e time dime The Erie incident was the second seconda a Involve American in waters More than two months mails ago the U. U S. S S. S Kane a arr ary irr rr ry destroyer was bombed by a ame ane ane me ne later identified as probably aviator I own on wn by a nationalist L LONDON jONDON Dec 18 UP Private UP-Private Private London today contained I a vices flees s to In as implication that the Spanish fleet may have halted nT Tire fire to and abandoned the n a J Russian government freight off ff Oran on African ACri an coast of ot the itan ARID MARID ID Dec ec 18 UP Attacking P-Attacking launched a fresh drive as Madrid's northern outskirts toT today to- to day aay T in a new attempt to open the theny they say ny y for a fascist offensive from Guadalajara province The lie immediate objective of the assault suit WI was the Madrid Madrid-El Escorial ih ar strategic communications the defenses capital-defenses i sad ts t's socialist concentration in the mountains |