fr-siV(5WH 'HWfe (1ffrW'"W11 T"" - a M'Vik''WPWf FINANCIAL EDITION NIGHT EXTRA Cuentnn NIGHT EXTRA j VOL. 1-jVO. J 5)0 PltlJLADEJLPJJJA, F1UDAY, APHIL 2!J, lir. ('l)t'tHIUIIT. 1015. ST THE PtJILIC t.tKOM CoUriNt. PRICE ONJS CENT MW HI' ilWuijMmijtyi PffiJiiffiWi yiib Urtrner I m I -1 t TRADE HALTED AS NORTH SEA BATTLE PENDS I Shipping, to Dutch Ports Stopped "for Time Being," Admir- alty Announces. . London Awaits News of Titanic ! Struggle Between Hostile Vessels English Warships Close in on Foes' Base at Heligoland. French to Co-operate in Attack Upon Enemy Winston iviiurcmn ue turns From Paris After Significant Conference With Minister of Ma rine. England fa awaiting the develop ments of the next 2 hours with out ward calm, reports mm London say, lut beneath the surface there is an element of anxiety that cannot be con ccaled Great operations in the North Sea arc believed by the naval experts to be under way. Traffic between England and Holland has stopped by order of the Govern ment It'ffi only a few exceptions communication with all the cast coast ports has been cut off. These two developments, the naval experts say, are evidence that a great S clash for sea mastery Is imminent, If '' l( has not already begun. While the announcement In Berlin that British submarines have appeared off Heligo land bight has not been confirmed in London, it is generally credited there. LONDON. April L'3 A great battle In the North Sea the most titanic engagement In the history cf naval warfare may be a question of hours. All commercial shipping has been cleared from the old German ocean and all preparations are complete for u trial of strength between the British fleet and the German grand fleet, sup ported by the Heligoland fortress. London is In a fever of excitement In anticipation of the battle. For n week Brli i warships have been operating In the eastern reaches of the North Sea, even under the guny of Heligoland It self A statement yesterday byJheGer- ii man Admiralty said British submarines had lieen repeatedly observed In Hellgo- ..tand Bay, which lies between the island V'fortress and the mainland, and that one , Of these craft was sent to the bottom on April 17. Thla CJermnn statement was passed by the censor tu London without comment und without denial. HOLLAND SHIPPING HAll'KD. A most significant and at the same time most unusual message came, from Amsterdam, quoting an ofllclal an nouncement on behnlf of the British Government stopping nil trafllc between " the British Isles and Holland. This an nouncement wiih not Issued in London, W Concluded on Page Four, Column Sir THE WEATHER UNSETTLED When the weather is fine, And one shouldn't complain, There are those who'll repine, When the weather is fine. Who wilt grumble and whine, And be longing for rain, When the weather is fine And one shouldn't complain. When the weather is poor And the world starts to kick There is always the boor, . When the weather is poor, Who will crack it up, sure. Till he makes people sick, When the weather is poor And the world starts to kick. - FORECAST I For Philadelphia and vicinity day generallu fair: slowlu risina j "mperature; moderate southerly mnas, For details, see page 2. Observations at Philadelphia ,"?!" so.j- il'S . Southet 8J f fcsffflSSttSSSattK ::;;:::::::::;:!T'S On thn InlnM Pa.dI ... "fc V l KS WS?'00' atnr raining, temperature. M) sn piio, weather cloudy, temperature Oil Almanac of the Day En ... . is:" . . A:J6 p. m. SIX-"" tomorrow wn teti tomorrow n.'KJ a, ill. S::i a. m. l.amna in n& I !.I.aI lond other vehicles 1 too i. m. The Tides tee; POrtT RICHMOND. . . 8 02 p. m. . . i 02 a. d. ... OUiOa. m. f uifu ?'. tomorrow ' nr tomorrow. CHESTNUT STREET WIIARK. !'"ra at.r 8 50 p. ni. 3 50 a. m. . 0-18 a. m. Ifii.K Ur tomorrow ... 'n attr tomorrow REEDY ISLAND. ( rt water i t?w ter tomorrow 5 30 p. m 12 0 a in. 8 07 a. m. water omorrow SRRIVWITI'R In ,.... '" vi " ( (ISJ3 Sitp in. Ham B ID a. w- Leu ?.'.. "morrow w ' t morrow ... . ARBOR DAY TREES PLANTED IN MIFFLIN SQUARE IgijIlljB Miss Rose Cohen, of the Key School, is shown planting one of the seven trees put in the ground today nt 5th nnd Wolf streets. School children from the Sharswood. Furness, Southwnrk, Tnggart, Rush and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Schools also were represented. BARNES "A DR.JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE," IS JOLT FROM COL. ROOSEVELT Finally Plaintiffs Evil Side Absorbed the Good and Then the Intimate Friends Fell Out, Former President Declares. COUrtTHOUSR, Srncuse, N. Y.. April 33. Damon and Pythlns, David and Jona than were no more devoted to each other's Interests than were Theodore Itoosevelt and William Barnes before the Colonel discovered, he said, that Barnes was a Doctor Jekyll and a Mr. Hyde. When Mr. Hyde got the upper hand of the combination, Itoosevelt and Barnes fell out. The Colonel was Inleresied In Barnes because he was trying to reform him, ac cording to Roosevelt's testimony under cross-examination by William M. Ivlns today. He believed BnrneB above the average politician morally, he said, nnd he wanted to make Barnes a useful citizen. According to the Colonel, Barnes was a Jekyll and Hyde and he wanted to r. -eserve Dr. Jekyll, but Mr. Hyde nb sjrbed him. When Mr. Hyde got the upper hand In 1911 the Colonel and Barnes, enme to the parting of the ways. But letters passed between Baines and Itoosevelt In 159S and 1SS9 showing an extremely friendly tone, and Itoosevelt admitted that ho enter tained Barnes and his wife In the White House nt Washington and the Executive Mansion nt Albany. Roosevelt was still tho hero of the court! oom rrovd as he literally folgtit his way out to luncheon when courtibe cessed. IV1NS RKBUKED BY COURT. The morning's session of the Colonel's fourth day on the witness stand was marked by frequent clashes .with IvinB, Concluded on I'aee Tho, Column Two , SICK CHILDREN SAVED IN TENEMENT FIRE Three Firemen Hurt When Trolley Hits Engine on Way to Blaze. Thirty-live persons were rescued from a burning tenement at 9K Spring Garden street, under quarantine for measles, to day, and three firemen on the way to fight the blaze on Engine No. 17 were In jured when the apparatus was struck by a trolluy car at 12th and Sprlpg Garden ftreets. The fire was started by an ever turned lamp. . , ., Acting Detectives Weckester and Ern est of the 10th and Buttonwood streets station, with the old of pedestrians, carried out most of the occupants of the house. Several children who lived In the tenement have the measles. They were taken to the station house. Weckesser and Ernest were standing on the corner of ltn ana minus uaiu. streets when Mrs. Charles Moid put her head out Oft a lourin-aiurj iii" "' bunding and jelled "Klre:" They . smashed In the front door and fought I their way through smoke-HIIed hallway l0Thls was occupied by Mr and Mrs. ..ff'.V and Mrs. James A. Vie-I pen,' Both Mr. and Mrs. Vlepen were sllihtly burned. They were treated u .'."hnin..nn Hospital, Klr from u.ln. Company No. -o teacneu me buHdlni. fliS? and T found the entire fourth Hnnr flblaie They got the flames under control alter damage estimated at tl0 "Eng'fne" Company No. 17. from 1Mb and VlnS streets, also responded to the alarm. Thee gin was In the lead running east on Sprin Oat den -Irc-U J"Jt ' was crossing Twelfth street a big near-side car shot out of that thoroughfare and rushed Into the engine. Snemeer Albert Duttrldge, Hoseman DanU l SrfW " driver William Roth were pUched to the .treet. Lindsey's back was strained and the other men were merely bruised, but they refused to go to a hospital. The apparatus was rut out of commlMlon. 1 Firemen rshtln the bUe W' they had difficulty finding their way around in the .rooke-JHled house. The original Interior of the house has been changed to make more rooms and the place la rilled with tortuous hallways and stau-a. Weckesser and Ernest bad difficulty flndlnj the way, to the fourth floor. HARRY TfiAW WINS BATTLE FOR SANITY TRIAL BY JURY Heavy Guard in Court When Slayer of Stanford White Is Granted Habeas Corpus Writ, Which May Mean His Liberty. THAWS LEGAL STATUS SEW YUHK. April 2.J. "If Thaw Is found .sane by the jury that hears his sanity trial. May 7, he ulll go frnc," today declared John if. Stanchflcld. chief of Hafry K. Thaw's counsel. "There is no other action pend ing and no ncu action can be brought that will hold Thaw if he is declared sane," Stanchflcld con tinued. NEW YORK, Apill S3 -Harry K. Thaw has won his long fight for a sanity trial. Justice Hendrlck. of the"'Supreme Court, today handed down a decision granting the slayer of Stanford White a hearing to determine whether ho la sane or in sane. The trial of Thaw's sanltv will be con ducted before a Jury. Justice Hendrlck set tho date for tho trial for May 1. The Jury will be drawn from the tegular panel. TAKES VICTORY CALMLY. Thaw took his victory calmly as he has previous defeats, smiling when the Court handed down the decision, which was a long one, going fully into the mer its of the case. Thaw was heavily guarded while in court and while on his way there, because of reports that efforts, would be mado to rescue him from the authorities If the decision wer. against him. Four nrnied Deputy Sheriffs, led by Concluded on I'ace Tm, Column fllx 5 CHILDREN ATTEMPT RUNAWAY TO 'FRISCO Three Girls and Two Boys, Lured by Glories of Fair, Ar rested at 4 A. M. While West Philadelphia was still shrouded in darkness early this morning, thtee young girls and two boys slipped stealthily from their beds in their homes, and meeting by agreement at the 63th street terminal, started on a runaway "hike" to sen the fair at San Francisco. Within an, hour they were locked In the 61st and Thompson streets police station. Magistrate Boyle later discharged them after notifying their parents. "Never again," they said. The "hikers" wero Iteba Boyer, 17 jenrs old. of 918 North 66th street; Beryl Lewis; 16 years old, of 9S3 North 66th street; Helen Wright, 13 jears old, of KJ North C6lh stteet; Major Roper, IS yeats old, of 80.1 North C6th street, and I.eroy Lewis, IS years old, of 6601 Lansdowne avenue. The runaways were arrested on sus picion shortly after 1 o'clock this morn ing, when they were tcen emerging from the. woods, near Merlon, carrying suit cases, by Mounted Policemen Souders, Winter and McCreedy. i Girl Sfruck Crossing Tracks An east-bound car struck Matilda Poh lig, 19 years old. Just as she alighted from a west-bound Woodland avenue car at 6th street and the Baltimore und Ohio rtaltroad, Darby. She was knocked down and severely cut and bruised. She was at tended by a physician. The girl Uvea at 216 North Front street. Darby. The story of a girl who was An Outsider in society, but who made good through a series of fascinating ad ventures, told by Louis Joseph Vance fautftor o "The Brass Bowl"), be gins in tomorrows , Evening Ledger (One Qent) ATHLETES OF NATION COMPETE HERE TODAY j IN GREAT PENN RELAYS Colleges, East and West, in Track and Field Events This Afternoon and To morrow Pentathlon and Medley Tests. FRANKLIN FIELD. April M.-Mng-nlflecnt weather greeted the pick of America's college and school athletes when they assembjed here this afternoon to open the University of Pennsylvania's great two-day relay carnival. The light rain which fell In the morning was Just enough to settle tho dirt, and, after It had been lolled, the Hack was faster than ever. Shortly after noon tho clouds disappeared nnd the sun came out with Just the-sort'df heat tho athletes wanted. The first event was not called until 3 o'clock, this late hour being named to permit the local schools to get their athletes nnd rooters on the scene. It was the first time the games had ever been started on Frlda.v, but there iv.u an unusually big demand for scats, and tho stands began to till long before .1 o'clock. This was to be the big day for the local preparatory and high schools, and their students and friends were on hand early to cheer the first appearance of their representatives. Athletes began to arrive for the great carnival yesterday morning. They en me In a steady stream all day. They con tinued to arrive this morning, and every Incoming train brought more and more men. All of the out-of-town teams which compete today, together with the teams which come from a distance, reached the city yesterday. This included the Har vard, Yale, Michigan, Cornell, Missouri, Wisconsin and Dartmouth men. A great many athletes' who do not compete this afternoon visited the field this morning and Umbered up. This nftcrnoon the Coiuludrd on I'nge Tno, Column I'our CHARLEMAGNE TOWER SPEAKS ON NEUTRALITY Former Ambassador to Ger many and Friend of the Kaiser Addresses Scientists. Charlemagne Tower, former Ambas sador to Germany and friend of Emperor William, spoke on questions affecting neutrality this afternoon at the meeting of the American Philosophical Society In Its hall on Independence Square. The title of Mr. Tower's address was "The Bights and Obligations as to Neutralized Territories." . New views of heredity, applied with striking effect to the Btudy of man's eVolut'on, were advanced by world-famoud scientists at today's session. Two hun dred Bavants from many parts of the United States, in convention at the soci ety's hall on 5th street south of Chestnut, heard 1'0-inlnute papers read by a dozen specialists, each describing experiments and observations covering fiom one to ten j ears. Regardless of the number, of generations of human beings that have been Inbred by the Intermarriage of a family, th stock produced by a later marriage out side that family immediately becomes more virile and throws on the deterior ation produced by the mating of relative). This was the application made by Dr. ueorge 11. Shull, or the Carnegie Institu tion Station for Experimental Evolution, in connection with his report on the ef fects of Inbreeding In plant and lower animal organisms. Deterioration results, he aald, from the mating of cousins even of second, thltd and fourth cousins. On the other hand, he pointed out. If Inbreeding between relatives has gone on in the same family for many generations, and the vitality of that family thereby has been decreased, a marriage outside the family produces progeny which Immediately rises above the low level, commonly called degenera tion, which has been brought ubout by the Inbreeding. This doctrine may be ap plied, said Doctor Bhull, to such cases 1.3 European royal families. In which de terioration has resulted from Intermar rlases. Not only Is greater vitality pro duced by mating such degenerate stock; with an outside branch, but In many cakes the progeny of the new union hajs even higher vitality than did the original strain. GERMANS WIN IN NEW DRIVE; YSERCROSSED Kaiser Forces Allies From Langemark and Pi liken, Taking Many Prisoners. New Offensive Compels Allies to Fall Back Upon Ypres. Teutons Only Four Miles From There Both Banks of Canal Occupied by Invaders. Russian Assaults Heavy on Both Sides of Uszok Pass Vienna Ad mits Penetration of Hungary Gateway Galician Offensive Hailed on Dunajec. That th Rteat German drive on the Anglo-Bclglan-Frcnch positions be tween tlm North Sea and Ypres is be ing successfully cairled out today's Berlin report Indicates. The Allies' po sitions, oxtoncllns from Lnngcmarck (I.unshemnrcq). fivo miles directly north of Ypres. to Pllkln, three miles southwest of Langemnrck on the Ypres 'nn.il, have been carried. Tho Allies lost heavily In killed and wounded, while the Germans took 1600 prisoners nnd 30 ennnnn. This success breaks n llin through the Anglo Ftcncli frontal tinnches north of Ypres nnd opens the wny for renewal of tho operations In the single formed by tho Vwr Kivcr nnd the Yser Canal Both banks of tho cnnnl nre now held by tho Germans. The Belgian nrtny Is ngaln figuring In the operations, today's report say ing Hint nt the bend of the Yser tho Belgians repulsed nn assault upon Chatenu Vlcogne, north of Dlxmude, Inlllctlnc; very heavy losses on tho enemy. At the Forest nf d'Allley, near St. Millie!, tho French have captured 700 metres ot German trenches nnd 100 prisoners', Including three officers. The Germnns ndmlt dpfeats In this region. In Alsace the French have advanced In their drive toward the Ithlne. Petrogrnd puts nn Interesting tncU cnl Interpretation on the conceded Teu ton offensive In the Dun.ajec and StryJ Vnllpys of Gnllcln. The enemy wns lured on by a strategic withdrawal, nnd then wes routed hy counter at tacks at Gorllce and Stryj, thus halting hostile menaces, ngninst Lemberg nnd the Slav positions on the Galician side nf the Uszok Pass. Penetration of Uszok Pass hy the hammering Muscovites W conceded by Vienna, which officially reports heavy fighting on both sides of the Hunga rian gateway. Kepulse of strenuous assaults at the pinnacle of the pass Is announced. (JERMAXS rAPTDRE ALLIES' POSITIONS ACROSS YSER Success of New Flnnders Drive An- nounced by Berlin. BERLIN. April 13. Marked gains by the Germans in Flanders nre announced In today's re port from the German General Staff. It states that the villages of Lungemarck, Steenstrnate. Hetsas and Pllken were captured Thursday by the Kaiser's troops. At the same time that the General Staffs report announced Impottnnt gains j for the Germans on the western end of tho great battle front, it admits a French gain near St. Mlhlel, stating that troops of the republic penetrated a section of the Ger man front trenches between Allly forest and the forest of Apremont. Part of these forces wero later driven out, but some managed to maintain a foothold. In the recent operations, German tioops have taken 1600 prisoners and 30 cannon from the French nnd English, the General Staff's report adds. FRENCH ADMIT GROUND LOST IN FLANDERS Paris Reports Asphyxiating Rombs Drove Allies Rack, PAIUS. April 23. Fresh attacks by the French troops In the forest of Allly, south of St. Mlhlel, have tesulted in the capture of 7u0 yards of German trenches, the War Office an nounced this afternoon. At the .bend of the Yser to the north CoiirludrU on fuse I'our, Column Tno The Kensingtonian Says: The latest "thing" in ketchup is Eddie Fosbenner. He fell into a barrel of this toothsome condiment In u Kensington ketqftup foundry several days ago. LOST AND FOUND LOST Uetnetn th and Market and 15th und c'bwtnut, a krt4tplu. amelhat ism re. sur rounded by koull rubles, diamond jib J sm eralda of wlu to ouncr. Ions finally uw,. t'Utton, Under lll b rardcd b iimununt atln wl'li M J. Wlldlns- IUW tjarxoni w. LOST- Olt STOLEN-Em.lop containing theck number 21Uq on tb Uank of N'wtto America, urawo to Utarnr for TMm-fite C-'S) dollar, putment upon nblcb baa teen kioppd.PbJladli;lji. April M. I. IS. LUST In taxUab. coming- from Broad Strut 1hatre. on ettalus o the :d, on pair of rubber cpectaclaa and Slmburner caae. floder return and receite rard. 4tt South aid itntt LOST Diamond bar pin, platinum tttnt. II diamond, probably at Broad Strut Sutton about 11 IS p. m April 18. aultabla reward Adthw 18HmI Etata Truat Bulldliif. LOST Fraternity pin. set with Maria. Initial "J U V " on back reward 305 8- Hth t OtAar cltu)lAt4 advirtutmtuli on tag li TODA BOSTON O PHILLIES O liiulolnli and Whaling! Klxey and Klllcfer. ATHLETICS Postponed Wet grounds. BOSTON NATIONAL tEA0iu EKOOKV. N CINCINNATI 0 PITTSBURGH Q Q SclMvldcr and Olavlt; Ceepei' DECISION RESERVED 0:T BftlfiGi; 3L07l;.j ' -B0B70N. April 20 After hearing both side In tin- r.iitter nf hnbcao corpus proceedings in behalf o Werner Horn, n German offi cer, who attempted to blow up the international biidge over the St. CioIjc Eivcr, Pedernl Judge Moiton today took tho case under ndviacuient. POLES STARVrKfi. BERLW CiFinAI? rrporr BEKLIN, April S3. Thmisntidc nf feasants in the ir--Ht-n section of Poland aie homeless and on the verge of starvation, ac cording to official teports from Government investigatois who have covered the field of operations. The damage caused by the conflict in Poland is estimated by them at $600,000,000. ZEPPELINS MAKE DAYLIGHT RAID ON ENGLISH ("CYST LONDON, April 23. A daylight raid of English coast towns by Zeppelin airships is reported in a dispatch from Blyth. This states that two Zeppelins ate flying orer the Northumberland coast. C.T, 05YD-GEOUG TO URGE COLONIAL WORKMEN FOR EKf.r rONDONT April' "S3'. Clirii'icelloirLloyd-George will sugcest In Parliament that skilled labor be bectuecl fiom the colonics nnd from America to help in the pioducticu of war munitions. A liee return ticket will be granted each worker who will come to England. ATTEMPT TO WRECK PASSENGER TRAIN JEANETTE, Pa., April 23. An attempt to wreck the fast pas senger train number 42, Pennsylvania Railroad, east bound, in a tunnel, just west of here, failed today. Ties were placed on the track, but ths'forco of the locomotive broke the ties fiom their lash ings to the rails. FORD TO HAVE WASHINGTON PLANT WASHINGTON, April 23. The Port! Motor Company, Detroit, today bought a Pennsylvania avenue corner for $150,000 to $200,000 and was reported about to open a plant here. CABINET DECIDES TO SEND FLEET THROUGH CANAL WASHINGTON. April 23. The Cabinet definitely decided today to send the Atlantic fleet through the Panama Canal according to program, unless a slidH oci'tirs In the meantime. The decision .enables the navy to buy coal nnd supplies Immediately. UANKEIl HEAUS OP Oil EAT NAVAL BATTLE MONTIIKAL, April S3. An evening paper today prints n dispatch say ing that a Montreal banker has received a cable stating that a big naval bat. tie Is raging in the North Sen. .MAHTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED IN PORTUGAL LONDON, April S3. .Muttlul law was proclaimed In Portugal today fol lowing tht action of five municipal chambers In refusing to accept the validity of Government decrees. The chamber of Oportu had to be dissolved. Simitar action will be taken In Lisbon. Tri)ia have been sent to tho other towns nffecttd. JITNEY HURRIES ON AFTER INJURING BOY PLAYING IN STREET A Jitney 'bus that struck 7-v war-old Joseph Itosl, 1775 South 13th street, hurried on and dlsappeuied after the acoiilent and left the boy In such a serious condition that he was taken to St. Agnes' Hospital. The boy had been playing in the street ut Front und Federal streets. Witnesses of the uccldent wero unable to take the number of the oar, but salt! the machine bore a jitney sign. DUTCH VILLAGE SWEPT BY FIRE AMSTERDAM. April 23. The Dutch village of Nlewendyk, near Gorlnchem, was partly destroyed by nr today. Soldiers were sent from Gorlnchem to flsbt the flames and several of them were hurt. WOMAN, JEALOUS QF CHILD, KILLS HER MUSKEGON. Mich., April 83. Jealous of her husband's love for his IZ-year-old daughter Evelyn, the child's stepmother. Mrs. Albert Steel. 3J years old. bound and blindfolded the girl, force poison down her throat and than held her in her arms until she died- Mrs. Steel so confess, today to Prow cuting Attorney Galpm and told him she would" piyatt guyi to a thar of first-degree murder when arroigneo. ' '' itV.ftiBAL sjj.-.. and dibodn.
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