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VlULXDELimiA, TUESDAY, APRIL , l!Ho.
I'npimaiiT, Wlfi, nt tiik PnsUa t.rnant Commmt.
PBIOB ONE CENT
?
IS
PEOPLE'S LOCAL
OPTION FIGHT IS
ON AT CAPITAL
Delegations From All
Parts of State Fill
Hall Two Overflow
Meetings.
Resolutions Unanimously In
dorsing Williams Bill and
Cnlling for Special Services
in All Churches of the State
Next Sunday Adopted.
riiiliulelphlnns Parndc in Harrisburg
With Bnnd nnd Transparencies.
Dr. Isaac Sharpless Permanent
Chairman Doctor Tomkins Opens
Meeting With Prayer.
(moil Trr connesroNDBNT
HARJUSBURG, I'a., April G.
A throng of 3000 persons crowded every
Inch of avallJblo space in the hall of tho
Houso of Representatives when the local
option hearing opened before tho Houso
Committee on Law and Order this after
noon. Hours before 2:30, tho time set for the
hearing, the galleries, tho rear of tho
hall and oven tho corridors outsldo were
packed with citizens who came hero
from every county In the State to take
part In tho tremendous demonstration
that Is being held here today In favor of
local option, nnd with delegations of
liquor men who ciimo here to protest
against tho passage of tho Brumbaugh
Williams Iocul option bill.
It was a "near-riot," and only nfter
threats of calling out tho State police had
been made, nnd the sergcant-at-arms had
been sent through the crowd with his
mace to bring order out of tho chnos, so
that Governor Brumbaugh, the members
of the committee and the speakers could
bo seated, wan nnythlng llko order tc
atorcd MEETINGS PRECEDE HEARING.
The unanimous adoption of two reso
lutions, one giving unqualified support to
the Williams local option bill and tho
other renting aside next Sunday as a
day for State-wide prayer for local option
In Pennsylvania, concluded tho first ses
sion of the great temperance demonstra
tion hero today.
Overflowing the Chestnut Street Audi
torium long before 10 o'clock, the hour
scheduled for the meeting, the local op
tion advocates who could not crowd Into
the hall returned to Market Square and
to the Capitol steps, wheio meetings wcro
held.
Simultaneously with the arrival of tho
local option delegates enmo tho liquor
men in a silent parade. They marched
from tfio station' to the Capitol steps.
White they havo chosen speakers for
tho hearing this afternoon before the
Law and Order Committee, they mado no
demonstration this morning.
PJIILADELPHIANS CHEERED.
Tho Philadelphia local option delegation,
coming In special trains, arrived at 11:30
o'clock and inarched linn body to the
Auditorium. I.ed by n band and carrying
transparencies, they weio loudly cheered
s they marched through Capitol street.
J. Denny O'Neill, County Commissioner
of Pittsburgh, opened tho meeting In the
Chestnut Street Auditorium, Introducing
Dr. Isaac Shaiptcss, president of Haver
ford College, who noted as permanent
Concluded on Page Two
THE WEATHER
FA I R
APRIL
April. April,
Lauoh thy girlish laughter;
Then, the moment after.
Weep thy girlish tears t
April, that mine ears
Like a lover greetest,
If I tell thee, sweetest,
All my hopes and fears,
April, April,
Laugh thy golden laughter.
But, the moment after,
Weep thy golden tears,
William Watson.
FORECAST
For Philadelphia and vicinity
Gtnerally fair tonight and Wednes
diVl not much change in tempera
ture; moderate westerly winds.
For details, see page S.
Observations at Philadelphia
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faVr ' bouthwMt, 5 milts
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On the Pacific Coast
fits SuPc"C0 Wthr, cloudy: temp., 52
ea Ditto . .Weajhtr. cloudy; temp.; St)
Almanac of the Day -
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awn ru tomorrow 2:12 a in.
Lamps to Be Liehted
t and other vehicle 8:18 p.m.
The Tides
PflltT nintmnun
RjLb..'W '. . T.2T u.m.
Ub wttr tomorrow . . . . . .7. . . . . . . 8.8V a-mT
' MSSTNUT KTHHHTP U'lllIlU
Sff' -.-. '!$'
ter tomorrow 7.52 a.m.
UbBDY ISLAND.
IS ' tO.aS n m.
attr lumonow 1131a.m.
lUlf.AKWATKIt.
HX. '' 1M am.
1 j..r unhrrow . 2.08 a.m
Ur lumuiruiJ ,. $14 8.01.
5'IC,mT;r;,i,NT,Ks
Local Option Election Result Closes
265 Saloons.
LANSING, .Midi., April G.-A sweeping
victory for "dry" forces In Michigan was
Indicated today when nearly complete re
turns from 16 counties which scsterdny
held local option elections hhowed t'ho op
ponents nf liquor were winners lit prob
nblv 13 of them.
As a tcsult of the election 2C saloons
will bo closed on May 1.
Hullct in Foot, Walks Half Mile
"LIT Arthur Wine, 15 years old. 4C2
Hawthorno sticet, Frnnkford, Is light on
tho Job when It comoVtn Kanicness. He
Is a student at Glrnrd College, nnd this
afternoon was to return thorn aricr his
Easter vacation. This morning, while,
playing with a 22-cnllhro rifle, ho shot
himself In the foot. He walked half a
inllo to tho Frnnkford Hospital. Ills
mother was away from home when the
accident occurred. The bov "didn't
know tho gun was loaded
BRITISH SERVING A
This intereatinp; picture shows how
loaded. The British have tnken a
GREAT SUBMARINE
SINKS STEAMSHIP
British Vessel Overhauled by
Powerful Undersea Raider.
Another Trawler Destroyed.
LONDON, April C.
A bl(? submarine that dashed through a
heavy sea at Incredlblo speed torpedoed
nnd sank tho steamship Northlands off
Beachy Head in tho KiiKll&h Channel.
While somo of tho crew, landed nt Deal
today, believed tho attacking "untersee
boot" was the famous U-12, others bellevo
It was of a nower and far moro powerful
type.
Word of the sinking of the Northlands
was received hero only n short time be
fore tho crow of tho Grimsby trawler
Agatha was landed nt Dlytb, near New
castle. The Agatha was overhauled and
Bunk by a submarine In the North Sea
after a .short chase.
The Northlands ignored tho lirst signal
from the submarine commanding her to
halt. Her stokers set at worlc furiously
and, swinging In zig-zag fashion, she
dashed toward shore. A gale was rolling
up high waves In the channel, but In a
few minutes the Bubmarlno was alongside
the Northlands and signaled "Abandon
your shin."
The boats were lowered and tho crew
was pulling away when a terrific ex
plosion nearly broke tho steamer In two.
The Bteamshlp carried a cargo of Iron
ore and settled quickly. The submarine
hurried off without offering any assist
ance to the crew who drifted about In
two small boats for nearly seven hours.
PARIS, April 6.
A German submarine has been caught
In the nets placed off Dover and Is doomed
to capture, according to a Havre dispatch
to the Petit Journal. Tho propellers of
the submarine are enmeshed and the craft
will have to submit to capture when It
rises to the surface.
OLD WOMAN BURNED
Victim Dies as Result of Clothing
Catching Fire.
Mrs. Robena Blake, 76 jears old, of
5931 Walton avenue, was burned to death
last night In the kitchen of her home
when her clothes caught Are from a
match which broke as she attempted to
light a gas range- She was alone in the
house at the time and ran Into the dining
room, setting It afire. Her daughter. Mrs.
Charles W. Moore, with her two children,
was attending a church celebration at
the time of the accident and knew nothing
of the death of the woman until they
arrived at their home, when Mrs. Moore
became hysterical and had to be placed
upder tho care of a physician.
Printing House Damaged by Fire
WILMINGTON. Del. April 6.-Plre to
day gutted the building of the Sunday
Star Publishing Company, 3d aad Shipley
streets. The loas .is estimated at W8.0CO.
and is covered by insurance Moit of the
maehlnery was saved There were a
number of State record in the buUdlss
bain prlBtad. and Ue Uo eseapeU Injury.
! er chamber
OF COMMERCE ADDS
700 NEW MEMBERS
First Day of Whirlwind
ClmrinJlirrn fni' P.rnflHnn
i-"-o" -" f -----
oi uity-wide Trade Body
Brings Reward to Work
ers of the Many Teams.
Slurr. than 7io new members were ob-
tallied In two houn today throughout thn
Pity In the llrst day of the whirlwind
campaign for the reorganization and en
largement of the Chamber of Commerce.
Promptly nt in o'clock this morning the
10$ teams of business me.i who volun
teered to solicit new members began their
wnik with n IMng start, and after lush
ing through every section In nutomobllcH,
ii mi urn m imp luurneuu nt ine Aiieipnia month by month The .March reports,
with residts that exceeded the most en- ' nindo public nt the department. Indicate
thusinstlr expectations of the backers of , n return to normal conditions by mldsum
tho plan to make Pnlladelphla's centrnl mer
GUN INSIDE AN ARMORED TRAIN IN FRANCE
I'OPjrlKhl by i iwunwioU at nui'tuiml
the interior of ono of. thp armored cars looks. A rapid-fire nun is heinc
leaf from tho Belpian book and learned the effectiveness of attacks by
armored train.
trade body tho largest nnd most repre
sentative In the country.
Alba B. Johnson, who first announced
the plan u short time ago, presided at the
luncheon when the teams returned to
rnnho their reports. Among those which
came in for honorable mention for their
llrst day's work wero the following tenms
ami captains:
A. li. Berry, team No. 5, 22 new mem
berships: J. Clifton Buck, team No. 11,
22; William Wanamaker, Jr.. team No.
91, IS; David P. Provan. team No. 65. 10;
Krnest Trigg, team No. KJ, 16; David '
Kirschbaum, team No. 41, IS, and H. K.
Mulfoid, team No. to, 14.
On ex cry side the solicitor mot with
warm and enthusiastic welcome. The ob
jects or the now Chamber of Commerce
wcro described In a fow terse words, and
thn solicitors usually left with either a
check In payment of dues, or a pledge
that those visited will become members.
Judging by the reception of Hie teams
the membership will he Increased to 6000
by tho end of the campaign.
As booh as tho preliminary meeting at
the Hotel Adelphla was over and changes
had been made In the teams who began
their work for new members this morning,
the great throng in the Adelphla ball
room, where the meeting was held,
marched down the stairways and gradu
ally broke up Into groups on reaching the
Concluded on 1'affo Two
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP
SUNK IN NORTH SEA
Greenbrier Hit Mine Crew
All
Saved, Reports Consul.
WASHINGTON, April 6. - American
Consul General Morgan at Hamburg to
day advised tho State Department that
the American steamship Greenbrier had
been sunk by a mine lu the North Sea
and that tho captain and ciew are going
to Hamburg.
American Consul General Listoe, nt
Rotterdam, cabled that a message re
ceived fiom the Consul nt Bremen states
that the Greenbrier, under Captain Dal
tou, which sailed on April 1 from lire
mcrhaven for New York with a wfeneral
cargo, was sunk on uprll 2, apparently
as a result of a mine explosion, near the
North Frisian Islands.
Circulation of the Evening Ledger
for March
The follo&ing is a ilalemenl of the circulation of the Evening
Ledger for the month of March, 915, Thh represents the actual net paid
circulation of this newspaper, eliminating all returned and free copies.
March
March
March
March
March
1 ..,,.,,...,., 67,003
2 S... .68,714
3 i,,f. 69,343
4 ,,,.,...., 72,299
5 ..,.,, ,...,69,218
6 65,478
8 72,006
9 70.462
March
March
March
March 10 70,142
March 11 70,268
March 12 70,110
March 13 ,. 71,930
March 16 70,455
March 16 70,163
Daily Average for January
Daily Av.erage for February
Daily Average for March
UK DUOWXKl) WHEN AUTO
'LUNflES INTO OFM. DRAW
I
Five Others Rescued After Fall From
Bridge Into Passaic River.
JI3ilHY CITY. April 6Gordon K'napp,
son of a wealths resident of Kast Orange,
and Eugono Stephens, 1!) enrs old, and
Clarence Stanton, IS, both of Newark,
were drowned early today when nn auto
mobile. In which they were riding toward
I Newark crashed through the Kntes gunrd
K tilp 0pc ,irnw 0f t1c j,-pW Jersey
bridge over the Passaic Itlvcr and ptunRcd
Into the. stream.
The automobile contained eight passen
gers when the disaster occurred. The
flvo men rescued were William L. BIddle
nnd Alfred Skinner, of Newark: I. I). An
drews, of South Orange; Kenneth H. Hay,
' of Dubois, Pn , nnd one other,
The machine was owned bv Diddle. He
was returning from New York nfter at
tending a banquet of the alumni of Mont
clalr Academy when he plrlud up the
other men.
' Postal Revenues Increase
I WASHINGTON, April 6.-J'ostnl reve-
! nues. which are regarded as an unfailing
I barometer of business piosperltv or d.1-
lirrnAlnn. hnvn hnnti 4tivit1il- Inrrpimlni?
LUBIN FILM PLANT
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Three Buildings at Betzwood
Destroyed Twenty Reels of
"Movies" Burned.
NOItniHTOWN, Pa. April B.-FIre that
originated in tho boiler room at thn ulg
moving picture film plant of tho l.ubln
Company, located at Betzwood, partly
destroyed threo buildings upon the site.
From the boiler loom tho blazo swept
rnpldly to the shipping loom and the
press room and both these structures were
quickly enveloped.
Fortunately the 'several hundred em
ployes at the plant had received warning
of the spread of the flames, and before
the tiro had communicated with the. latter
buildings, all had hurried to places of
safety.
Tho Are spread with such rapidity that
the department maintained by tho com
pany was helpless. Word was sent to
this borough and Phoenlxvllle for help.
The boiler, shipping and press buildings
are destroyed.
In one of the rooms destroyed were 20
reels of film In process of manufacture.
When the tire reached this department
the 20 reels were enveloped as In a flash.
There were a doien girls In this room,
but all escaped Injury. These girls reside
In Norrlstown It Is said that the tiro
started through an explosion of chem
icals, Charles Dickson, of 928 Wishart
street, Philadelphia, was Injuied so that
he was brought here to Charity Hospital
for treatment.
Ills face and hands wero
burned.
S. l.ubln, head of the company, was In
Philadelphia at the time of the fire. He
hastened to the scene In his auto. He
would not attempt to estimate the dam
age. It may be (10,000, or It may be more.
The liisuiauce rairled will probably
coyer the loss,
March 17 74,412
March 18 ...70,240
March 19 , ,79,841
March 20 , ,74,613
March 22 , 70,381
March 23 ,,,.... ,70,085
March 24 , , 70,308
March 25 71,124
March 26 ,....;.. ...74,791
March 27 , ,..,71,650
March 29 70,692
March 30 69,110
March 31 70,822
58,726
; . . 64,015
70J947
THRBK
Rf NQIAN IN HUNGARY
liUIi llN nUMlAM
DRIVE AGAINST FOE'S
REAR AT USZOK PASS
Austrians Menaced on Both
Sides of Carpathian
Gateway Slavs Hold
Four Railroads Leading
to Budapest.
Russians who drove through Dukla
Pass into Hungnry nre sweeping east
ward to attack the defenders nt the
southern end of Uszok Pass. Austrian
forces nre now menaced on both sides
of the Carpathians.
Tho great battle for control of tho
Carpathians rages with unabatcJ fury,
Petrograd nnd Vienna bulletins agree.
Tho Slavs now are concentrating as
saults on I.upkow Pass, with Its via
ble nnssngp nnd railway facilities.
Tho defenders havn been pushed to the
last ridges nnd defiles and bayonet
fighting Is bitter on the southern
slopes. The Petrograd War Olfiee an
nounces capture of the important post
of Clstui on the Gnllclnn side of lliu i
Carpathians, nnd 15 miles from Lup
kow. Tim Slavs also have seized
heights dominating Uszok Pass, pos
session of tho railroads therein being
necessary for prosecution of the ad
vance, on Hudnpcst.
In Iliikowinn, north of Czcrnowltz,
the Russians have tuken 4000 prison
em, the olllclnl bulletin announces.
Austria iinnnuuccH icpulse nf Inviid-
j Ing forces which tried to cross the
Dniester, but Is reticent concerning the
Carpathian slttmllun.
French troops havo begun their
1 spring drive against German positions
west of Verdun and malntulu steady
pressuie on Intrenched lines of the
Kaiser's men in the Champagne nnd
Argonne. Seven army corps oppose the
I advance of tho French, nnd losses on
' both sides nro reported very heavy.
Germans continue to bombard
I Rhelms, nnd the city Is devastated.
SLAVS AIM KKAIt DRIVK
AT ENEMY IX USZOK PASS
Austrian Defenders Menaced on Both
Sides of Cnrpathians.
I'irrilOGItAD. April fi.
ustro-Gcimnn fntcct at L'sxok ai
menaced on both sides of the Carpathians,
latest olllclnl repmls indicate. Tim Itus-
slans who swept tluough DuKIa Pass Into
Hungary havn turned rastwnrd to at-
-. lack the Austrian and German troops at
I'szok In the icar.
This move preclpltntcd n battle at
Mezo Laborer, In which live divisions of
Austrian troops were defeated with
heavy losses and forced to retreat. Pi eas
ing on after thn reti eating enemy, the
Hussions advanced to the Clroka Hiver
about 2i miles from L's.ok. A comlict
Is now raging nlong the Clroka on Hun
garian soil. Fresh Austrian troops on
the eastern bank of the liver am oppos
ing the efforts of the Russians to cross.
Four railroads leading Into Hungary
are now held by the Russians, according
to advices received today from Lemberg.
HELD AS PICKPOCKET
Suspect Declared to Have Offered to
Return Wallet.
The indiscretion of a suspect in offering
to return a stolen wallet was responsible
for his being held for couit in cential sta
tion today.
Isauc Grns, of 21.1 Greon stieot, arrested
nfter a chabe last Thursday, was the pris
oner. Millie Orozlann testified that she
saw him and another man enter a tiolley
car on which Dr. Cnrmlno Napoll, of 908
South 10th street, was robbed of his
wallet.
No evldencn .showing that Gloss was u
paity to the robbery was bi ought out and
It seemed that he would bo released, when
John It. Iv. Scott, attorney for the pris
oner, asked Doctor Napoll:
"You have no reason to believe that this
map took your wallet, havo you?"
"Only this," replied the physician: "he
camo to my homo afterward and offered
to return the wallet If I would drop the
case."
Magistrate Beaton held Gross under $0
ball for court.
APRIL SHOWERS BRING-
Most Anything, Even a Little Sun
shine. Don't be deceived on days like this.
When the sun is shining faintly take an
umbrella with you and have your rain
coat handy. For the smite of the sun
these days Is deceitful, and it only comes
out to raise your hopes before dampening
jour spirit with an April shower. These
Hhnu'prs. which. ItiriiientAlli- mm1 their
initial I9ix iiminranr tuiav. ,irv nm-
astronomlcnl analysis. For Instance, this
afternoon, when everything looked de
cidedly gloomy and a faint trickle
through the air caused a raising of um
brellas, Old Sol poked his face through
the clouds with his brlghest smile and
gae a touch of real May weather.
This lasted about two minutes. He
dodged behind a wall of clouds again and
blinked occasionally through the veil of
grey gloom. And then every few mo
ments, us ,f to tantalize the maid in her
spring creation, there was a faint rain
to add to the general uncertainty.
Coroner Exonerates Chauffeur
Hnr i- Folndel, a chauffeur, of 20O3
Grant avenue, was exonerated by the Cor
oner's Jury this morning for having
caused the death of 6-year-old David Rlch
ter, 52? North Franklin street. The lad
ran under the wheels of the autotruck
driven by Felndel at Franklin and Spring
Garden streets March 57 and was instantly
killed
The Kensingtonlan Says;
Kenworthy Lord has been seen
around the Wilds of Htl East KilfOip.
don street. What is the attraction?
LOST AND FOUND
LOST- Gry handbag containing; mony sod
cbcks, on l' - !"' o" Wttunlckgn
Drlv. Ch 111U. Jleward. J. 843, LecJ.Cent.
UObT Sllxr mh lug. engraved under cUsp
HU K. P Baward If returned ID M1T.C
Cartxnitr at , Weat Phlladtlpiila.
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BULLETINS
WILLARD GETS NOTHING FOR FIGHT
HAVANA, April 0. For winning tho world's championship
Jeto Wlllarcl will not receive one penny from tho receipts of the
tight with Jack Johnson. Dick Klegln, one of tho promoters, today
announced that tho total receipts would bo slightly undor $70,000,
which Jtlst lueota tho expenses. Johnson gels approximately $421 a
minute for tho fight.
PHILADELPHIAN COMMITS SUICIDE AT SHORE
Despondent ovor financial troubles,, according to tho police,
Robert B. Long, 04 years old, of Philadelphia, ended Ids llfo today
by turning on tho gas iii his apartment at tho Majestic Building, lu
Atlantic City, where ho had been residing for tho last Week. Ho
had careftilly plugged nil cracks about tho doors and windows in
order to uiakc hit; cud sure.
WIFE OF NORRISTOWN PASTOR DIES
NOrmiSTOWN. April 6. Mrs. Alfnd S. Dingee, wife of the paster of the First
Methodist Chutch, died today of quinsy. The Rev. Mr. Dlngec was pastor of th
Cumberland Street Methodist Church, Kensington, last jcar.
ROBBERS WORK WHILE WOMAN SHOPS
Mis. Kate Welsh, of 152 Tire stieit. leturned from a shopping tour today to
find that hei home had been mimicked bv thieves. Jewelry and cash were taken,
A neighbor saw two men emerge from the front dour Just before Mrs. Welsh's arrival.
MAN FRACTURES BOY'S SKULL
A sriewililvrr thrown by nn angry man nt seveinl boys who were snowballing
him, fractuii'd the skull itf one of tho boys. Harr Can oil, 21 ycara old, of J0IS
Whaiiun btrcei, while repnhlng an automobile at Stanley nnd Wharton streets yes
terdny was nnnovml by tho hoys throning nnowbn!ls irt him. In nn effort to dis
suade them, he hurled a screwdilver Into the crowd. It struck Albert Wall, U
cnis old, of .".0th mid Wharton stieels.
ONE CIGAR COST HIM 12.50
One clgnr cost Slgmuud .Incobsou, of I HO Broadway, Camden, J12.50 wheh he
was arraigned beforo Magistrate Beaton this morning, after being arrested at the
Jlorkct street ferry elevated station, Jacobson refused to part wlthVi'8 llRhted
clgur on entering a train, nnd when Station Master Royer remonstrated Jacobson
hit him oer the head with nn 'immclla.
DRIVER OF JITNEY BUS FINED
Russell Ulnse. 1919 Jefferson Btieet. was arraigned befote Magistrate Beaton at
Ccntiol Pollco Couit today nnd lined $12.50 for running a Jitney bus without a
driver's license. Blase paid the fine. Ho told Reserve Policeman Foust, who
arrested him, that he was In the employ of Wl Hams Brcts. Ho showed a paper
he said Mi tat gnw him to penult him tolrlxp the bus.
TENEMENT HOUSE PROPRIETOR FINED .
Thcro was a family In eveij room lu tho tenement house of Michael Hurlvltz,
1137 Pino street, lucoidlng to Arthur IJ. BuchhoU, Chief of the Division of Ten
ement House Inspection, and as a result, Hurlvitz was fined 1100 nnd costs today,
niter testimony had been given against him In the Municipal Court. It wnS t: r
that Hurlvltz couductcd the house without n license. a
FIRE IN WIDENER BUILDING
A smnll flic on tho llfth lloor of tho Wldcner Building caused excitement In
the neighborhood of City Hall shortly before noon today. The fire wns started by
a pot of pitch which boiled over. It was extinguished with Wall loss.
WOMAN WHO FELL AGAINST STOVE MAY DIE
Bums received from falling against a stove lu her homo, 752 Federal street,
Camden, aro expected lo cause the death of Mis. MUlan Cunningham. JIrs, Cun
ningham wus tuken to tho Cooper Hospital this afternoon for tho fourth time In
three days, each time for injuiles iccelved In an attack which she suffered.
BLACK HANDERS WRECK CHURCH RECTORY
WIl.ICES-UARRK, Pa.. April 6. The rectory of the Lithuanian Polish Catholic
Church at Edwardsvllle. occupied by the Rev. J. Kurdlrkls, pastor of the church,
was wiecked by a dynamite explosion early today. The explosion is a Black
Hand outrage.
SAVES WIFE AND CHILD BUT LOSES OWN LIFE
FREDERICKSBURG, Vn.. April 6.-WIUIam Snelllngs. a merchant of Kalmouth,
Stnfford County. Va., was burned to death early today after-saving his wife and
child lu n flic whh.li destrojed the home of Dr. C. I.. Bradshaw, pf that village.
The Brndshaw house was occupied by Doctor Biadsbaw and Snelllngs and lila
wife and child.
DYESTUFFS NEEDED TO SAVE 4 00,000 JOBS
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Moro than 400,000 men In 28 States will lie thrown out
of work In from SO to bO dajs, unless the Government persuades England to per
mit America to Import German djestuffs, according to a delegation which appealed,
through Secretary Tumulty, to President Wilson today for relief.
JAPAN OFFICIALLY
TOKIO, April 6. Reports originating
China nnd Japan were officially denied
DR. NEIL NAMED UMPIRE IN CAR STRIKE
WIl.KES-BAItllE, Pa., April 6.-l)r. Charles V. Neil, who has acted as umpire
In several cases on which the Anthracite-Conciliation Board- Jiob been deadlocked,
was agreed upon today by the 3.V5 striking carmen of the Wllkes-Barre Railway
Company and the traction officials as umpire on the arbitration board. If Doctor
Nell accepts, and It Is. exptuted that he will, the strike, which has been.nn for
six ilaa and which baa cost about 110,000 In loss to the men and company, will
come to an end tonight.
FRENCH. AVIATOR CHASED BY GERMAN AEROPLANES
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 6.-A French aviator from Belfort was chases!
by two German aeroplanes today and forced to land ion Swiss soil, where he was
Interned.
PERRY COUNTY JUDGE DIES
HARHISBURG, April 6. Associate Judge I C. Wox, of Perry County, died this
morning at his home. In Marysville. He was 71 years old. and had been III for
some months.
GERMANY WANTS PROBE OF ODENWALD CASE
WASHINGTON, April 6. The German Bmbassy today announced that it hit
requested the State Department to lnvesjgate the detention of tie German strum
ship Odenwald at San Juan. P. R. The embassy oJiarges that the Odenwald u
tired upon without warning, end attributes lo a "lucky chance" the faet that no
human life was lost
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BUSINESS STILL JMPRQVJNG, SAYS WILSQN A ,
WASHINGTON, April 6,Conttnue4 improvement In the business gr,U'J
evident, President Wilson today Indicated In his talk? with visitors, lilj riwt
have given renewed confidence that prosperity was coming
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SERVIANS BLAME TURK FOR RAID
N1SH. Servia. April $ Mustapha. Kffendl, former PoUee Oonimssuw4r ul O"
stantlnijple. organUtd the force of Bulgarian Irregulars wb layoilad Sl, Mfj
tng to dispatches received here today. Goventmejit etfM) iM thy ted report
that Himaph.4 was in the pay of the German.
DENIES WAR REPORT
in Berlin that war hus broken. out between
today at the Foreign Office.