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TRADE HALTED
AS NORTH SEA
BATTLE PENDS
I Shipping, to Dutch
Ports Stopped "for
Time Being," Admir-
alty Announces.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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. ' ''
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