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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1915.
CoptmonT, 1018, Bt insPoitio Limes Commni.
WON RESIDENTS RESIST
iLONDON EAST END MOB; RIOTS
FORCmBINET TO MEET
Hand-to-hand Battle Rages in Streets.
J More Than 100 Shops Wrecked.
Police Unable to Quell Disorders and
Military Are Called Out to Protect
Aliens.
freaking of Vengeance on Teutons Ascribed to Organ
ized Campaign Austnans, Germans and Turks Are
Attacked in Streets of British Capital Internment
Uf Enemy Aliens Probable, Asquith Tells Parliament.
f 500,000 Petition Such Action.
'" Austrlans and Germans In London have organized for defense. In the
jail End a battalion teas formed, which resisted the rioters In a hand-to-hand
Werf tattle.
premier AsQtilth has summoned the Cabinet In special session to take
MMKrw for ending the antt-Oerman demonstrations. The spread of the riots
$lfeai iV'tematto campaign.
B The Premier announced to Parliament this afternoon that the Govcrn-
, d considering the Immediate Internment of enemy aliens. Petitions,
fUsrlW 100,000 names, demanding such action were presented by Lord Charles
wtcralord.
K. jhe police are powerless to quell disorder and In many Instances show
KjwpaWli with the paraders and rioters, who arc harrying aliens and dc-
'itnylng their property. i ne inuuum uven caitca out to suppress the
'tioriers, which have spread from the East End to Worth London.
LONDON, May 12.
"in the East End tho German and
iutrUn residents formed a defense bat
'tllloa and defied tho police and tho
envdi. A free-for-all street battle fol-
twea that extended for many blocks.
rt. lUkes, chairs, stones ana oiner
Taapons were usca, ana mem m
gjtflg of broken heads.
jThe jcenes of rioting In London today
ttre In the Bowand, Bromley, Stepney,
itHs End, Llmo House, North Kensing
ton, Walthamstow, Poplar, Acton, Cam
tatown and Bethnal Green districts.
"At a meeting of uovent uarcien Drosera
today It was unanimously decided to
lae no further dealings with anyone of
German birth.
JUT of the German-owned restaurants
'm th Strand have been closed, and
tle polke called out to protect them, be-
ciii of the threatening attitude of the
C"crodJ.
KXt to 5 o'clock this afternoon mora
FtttalW shops In London owned by per-
k:i of Austro-German extraction had
i'Uti demolished and looted.
fjier Asquith announced In Farlla
. ant this afternoon that tho British Gov-
kroaent la considering the advisability of
Stamina" all the Germans and Austrlans
gtlo are now enjoying liberty in England.
Sjttltloni bearing 500,000 names nnd de-
uains ox me uovernmeni mai u in
i'.ttre all Germans and Austrlans, of mlll-
Itrjr age, now at liberty, nnd remove
CHESTNUT STREET FIRE
DAMAGES HALF DOZEN
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
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THE WEATHER
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After all, we are nrettv much a slncle-
pJaled people, are wo not? It Is dlffl-
bj- nwuti oociii irujii gencrui uuacrva-
1JSV for us to entertain more than one-
LWttlt at a time. Not an lonir aen a.
ff portion of our community was con-
K" ouernion on Daseoau at tno
pjaks of the season, and there was llt
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& Ome. By the same token the weath-
pju a prjme thought on the occasion of
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Banks' Business College
Rooms Destroyed by
Flames and Establish
ments Nearby Suffer
Heavy Loss.
Banks' Business College, 1016-13-20 Chest
nut street, was the scene of a fire which
damaged half a dozen buildings this
morning at 2 o'clock. The damage by
fire and water la estimated at (130,000.
Tho fire Is believed to havo been caused
by a cigarette carelessly thrown by a
student, according to James Caldwell,
assistant fire marshal. It was dis
covered by half a dozen persons at
tho snme time, and five alarm boxes
wero pulled. An alarm also was tele
phoned from Jefferson Hospital, which
fronts tho burned building. Three alarms
were turned In beforo the fire was under
control, and the fire fighters worked at
tho scene until 7 o'clock this morning.
The damaged concerns and the esti
mated losses are:
Bank.' Bualnrsi Ccllece $75,000
K. II, Kaufmann, jeweler 10,000
Walter O. Hecker. haberdasher 20,000
Hnrburcer Brothers. Jewelers 10.000
Globo-Wernlcke Company 10,000
O. J. Mnlsno Company, printers' rollers. S.oon
Only the Banks' College was damaged
by the flames. The others were dam
aged by smoke and water. The O. J.
Malgno Company Is located on the San
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NEW CONSTITUTION
BILL BEATEN, 54 TO 122
TONE OF NOTE
TO BERLIN TO
BE VERY FIRM
President's Policy Now
Determined, An
nouncement From
White House.
Executive Busily Engaged on
Formal Message to Germany,
Which, it Is Known, Will
Meet All Expectations of the
Country.
No Initial Warlike Attitude, Wash
ington Oflklals Assort Kaiser's
Government Will Bo Requested to
State Clenrly Future Attltudo
Toward American Shipping.
Hot Debate Ends in Defeat of
Immediate Revision Phila
delphians Divided.
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HARRIBBURG, May 12. Tho Honey
bill, submitting the question of calling a,
convention next January to revise the
Constitution or Pennsylvania, was de
feated by the House of Representatives
by a vote of 64 ayes to 122 nays-, after a
hot debate that continued for an hour.
The Philadelphia delegation was cleanly
split, tho Vare members voting In favor
of tho bill and the McNIchol followers
voting against It. The rollcall showed
this alignment of the Philadelphia Re
publicans: Ayes Cox, Dunn, Fackler, Glass, Gra
ham, Hackett, Ltpschutz, McCllntock, Mc
Dermott, Nleder, Roney, Walsh, Weir,
wlllard, Wilson, wooensmitn in.
Nays Aron. Arthur, Bauerle, Beyer,
Campbell, Curry, Prlnkhouse, Gans,
Gransback, Hefferman, JIcArdle. Perry,
Reynolds, Richards, Rowell, Smith, Stern,
Twlbltl, Vodges-20.
Absent Cummins, Forster, Lafferty,
Lauer, McNlchol-5.
Representative Charles J Rone,y, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, sponsor of the bill, led
the fight on the floor of the House for Its
passage today.
"This is the biggest Issue before this
Legislature, next to child labor and work
men's compensation," he declared.
He called attention to the fact that
since the present constitution was adopt
ed In 1874. many changes have been made
in It.
Opponents of the measure argued for a
delay of two years In considering a new
constitution, and asserted that the cost
of holding a constitutional convention.
1600,000, was too great to be borne by tho
State In Its present financial condition.
They urged that under the provisions of)
the Stern bill providing for the appoint
ment of a commission to study the need,
for a revision, and to gather data and
report back to the next Legislature thai
necessity for a new constitution, thero
would be a delay of only two years. Tho
Stern bill has already passed the House
and Is now In the Senate.
Representative Baldwin, of Delawar.
led the opposition. Representative Stern,
of Philadelphia, also spoke against tho
measure, while Representative Walters,
of Franklin, spoke in favpr of Jt
Representative Roney, In answering the
opponents of the bill, asserted that einc
the present constitution went Into effect.
It had cost the State more than H.000.000
for advertising the amendments alone-
vtrtiu FUdu" oo r T.Utv.
The course of the Admfnljfraflou in
the Lusitanla crisis has been deter
mined and tclll be announced as soon
as it Is proper to publish the note Pres
ident Wilson has now In preparation,
it teas flnnowiiced at the Wfclfe House
today.
It was understood the note would be
transmitted to Berlin tonight or Thurs
day. The note was said to be a firm
one, of a sort which would fully meet
the country's expectations.
The President's policy, it is known,
Is unanimously supported by the Cab
inet. Ills note probably will demand
an explanation of the sinking of the
Lusitanla and the loss of American
lives and Insist that assurances be
given that there shall be no repetition
of such attacks. '
AVASHINGTON", May 12.
"The courso of the President has been
determined. It will be announced Just
so soon as It is proper to publish the note
now in preparation."
This statement was mado at the White
House today by Secretary Tumulty after
a conference with President Wilson. N'o
word as to the contents of the note was
mado public, but It Is expected that Inter
In the day some unofficial announcement
will be made relating to the general tenor
of the note.
The note probably will be dispatched
to Germany within the next 24 hours. It
was learned that the note is firm nnd of
a sort which would satisfy the country's
expectations.
A note, vigorous In tone, firm In pur
pose, but devoid of threats or bluster,
will bo sent. It Is clear, calling Ger
many to a "strict accounting" for the
destruction of American lives and prop
erty In the European war zone.
All that Americans feel In the way of
resentment will bo expressed, It was un
derstood, but not In such a way as to shut
the door against any slnccro German de
sire to make amends and give solemn as
surances that such Incidents as that of
the Lusitanla and others which havo oc
curred In the past will not be repeated In
future.
On tho requirement that such assur
ances thero must be. It was stated on
good authority, however, the note will
bo clean cut and emphatic.
Washington believed today that at last
it had at least a fairly accurate general
Idea of President WIlBon's plans relative
to the European war situation.
GERMAN POLICY MUST BE STATED
Ho would call on Germany, It was
deemed certain, for a more accurate def
inition of Its policy toward American
shipping, cargoes and lives In the zone
of hostilities; ho would point out that In
all three respects the United States has
lost heavily and, so far as the evldenoo
Indicated, through Gerjnan operations; he
would refer, In connection with this latter
assertion, to the Falaba, Cuahing and
Gulfllght Incidents, and especially to tho
Lusitanla case; ho would admit, probably,
that tho testimony did not conclusively
prove Germans responsible for attacks on
the Cushlng and Gulfllght, but would in
quire If responsibility were accepted for
them; he would point out that It was,
in fact, accepted so far as the Falaba
and Lusitanla were concerned, and fi
nally, he would ask that assurance be
given against a repetition of such hap
penings In future.
The communication would bo largely In
the nature. It was understood, of a digni
fied remonstrance against German
methods, known and indicated, of Ger
many's method of conducting Its sub
marine warfare In the waters surround.
Ing the British Isles, it would not accept
German assertions that such methods
were Justified by the Allies' policy, and
It would refuse to Indorse the German
view that the warnings given by the
uerman Government, through Its Em
bassy here and otherwise, excused tho
damage done to American property In
terests or tho destruction of American
lives.
The President was said to be hopeful
ITALY TO REJECT AUSTRIAN
CONCESSIONS INDICATED BY
RUSH OF WAR PREPARATIONS
Cabinet Holds Meeting" to Discuss
Final Step in Crisis, But Announce
ment of Decision Is Withheld Teu
tonic Consuls Returning to Their
Home Countries.
Vienna's Proposal Included Complete Transfer of Tren-
tino Factional Differences in Rome Embarrass King.
Violent Demonstrations in Capital Mob at Dual
Monarchy's Embassy Dispersed by Police Allies'
Envoys Active.
Italy ts feverishly continuing its preparations for war, and all indications
arc that tlie offer of concessions made by Austria In response to the Italian
ultimatum will be refected as not yielding enough of the Rome Government's
demands.
The Italian Cabinet held a long meeting today, but no announcement was
made of any decision. In the meantime the cnioys of the Allies are displaying
great activity in seeking lo persuade Italy to enter the war without further
delay. Ux-Prcmler Glollttl, the recognized leader of the nonlntcrvcntionist
party in Rome, has made himself extremely obnoxious to the war party, and a
violent demonstration in Rome teas brought about by the rumor that Glollttl
was seeking to overthrow the Balandra Government.
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Concluded on Page Two. Column Two
ROME, May 12
V?ar preparations aro proceeding with
no apparent decrease In activity, notwith
standing the concessions offered i ester
day by the Vienna Government Another
Cabinet meeting was held this afternoon
N'o announcement was made at Its con
clusion. v
Austrian and German Consuls In towns
of southern Italy aro returning to their
respective countries, nnd thoso In central
and northern Italy aro also preparing to
leave. Dispatches from frontier points
say that, notwithstanding the substantial
concessions Austria has made, the dual
monarchy believes Italy will enter tho
war and ! taking every precaution.
A message sent by courier from Trent
states that Crown Prince Rupprocht Is
expected there within a few days to tako
command of tho Bavnrlnn troops on the
frontier, that the work of mining bridges
Is being rushed, that the railways havo
been turned over to tho mllltnry cstnb.
llshments, and that sentries aro posted
night nnd day on tho top of evory hill
and mountain.
Trent advices confirm the reports that
Austria It convinced hostilities are Im
minent, nddlng.
"Tho Austrian Government has sus
pended navigation In the Adriatic and
ordered overy Austrian In Italian ports
to return to their homo harbor at once.
"Trent Is full of roldlers. Evory road
leading to the Italian border Is heavily
guarded. Many residents of the coast and
frontier towns aro proceeding to the in
terior." ALLIES' ENVOYS ACTIVE.
Dally conferences aro being held by
the Allies' representatives here. M. De
Glers, the special envoy sent by Russia
to Italy, arrived today, nnd conferred
Immediately with M. Barrere. the French
Ambassador M. Do Glers was formerly
Russian Ambassador to Turkey
Th -.intending diplomats keep up a
procession to the Foreign Office Prince
von Buelow called last evening, nnd
shortly after he left M. Barrere visited
Foreign Minister Sonnlno. After leav
ing the Foreign Office, M Barrere con
ferred with the British Ambassador.
Violent demonstrations took place here
during the night as a result of reportB
that ex-Premier Glollttl was trying to
overthrow the Balandra cabinet and com
mit Italy Irretrievably to a policy of neu
trality. A mob gatnerca Deiore mo Aus
trian Embassy and hooted but waa dis
persed by tho police. Repeated efforts
wore made by mobs to reach the resi
dences of Glolltl and Von Buelow, but
these efforts were frustrated.
Slgnor Sonnlno wan cheered for an hour
by a throng that gathered at the foreign
office. The Glornale D'ltalla, a Sonnlno
organ, arraigns Glollttl for having Inter
fered at this time, charging him with
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OTTO FLEISHMANN TRIES
TO END LIFE IN NEW YORK
Millionaire Attempts Suicide by
Shooting Himself.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Otto Flelsch
mann, millionaire head of the Flelsch
mann Vehicle Company, shot himself to
day with suicidal Intent and was re
moved to Bellevue Hospital In a dying
condition. He had registered at the Hol
land House under an assumed name.
Mr. Flelschmann wbb a member of the
well known bakery family and was married.
GREECE WILL ENTER
WAR ONLY FOR GOOD
OF HELLENIC STATES
HOW TWO EX-PRESIDENTS
REGARD WILSON'S COURSE
Former President William Howard Taft, addressing the
Union League, said:
'Weighing fip consequences will not prejudice the jus
tice of our cause or the opportunity to vindicate it, and this
the President may be counted on to secure. It is the people's
cause, not his alone, and he does well to allay excitement and
to await the regular and studied action of the people's representatives"
King Constantine Tells
Why His Country Has
Taken Neutral Stand and
What Conditions Would
Change Attitude.
editorial Xotc. Following is the
first authoritative statement of Greece's
position In the world war crisis. It
comes from the King of Greece him
self, the dominant figure in an Old
World monarchy whoso history has
been identified with civilization's prog
ress for centuries.
By HENRY WOOD
Copyrljiit, 1015. by the United Press. Cop
rlEhted In Great Britain.
ATHENS. May 12.
"Greece can only abandon her neutral
ity In the event that the Interests of Hel
lenism a? a whole may nt some future
moment demand it. Tho Interests of Hel
lenism as a whole has been the one and
only policy of Greece to the present mo
ment This policy she will continue to
the end "
In these words, spoken In quick, ener
getic English, King Constantine of Greece
outlined to me tho attitude of his coun
try regarding the great war.
Ho had received me In his study In his
palace, which ho occupied while Crown
Prince, and which ho now retains by
preference. This palace Is smaller than
tho main royal palace and has a more
homellko character and ntmosphere.
There he lives, surrounded by the Queen,
sister of the Knlser, and their six chil
dren three Princes and three Princess
es In perhaps the most domestic life
that any European monarch enjoys. His
Majesty wore the uniform of a Greek
general and his entire manner and con
versation was essentially that of a mili
tary man. At all times he displayed
the quickness of thought and action
which won him a wonderful reputation
In a formal statement at Syracuse, N, Y former Presi
dent Roosevelt said;
" very earnestly hope that we will act promptly. The
proper time for deliberation was prior to sending the message
that our Government would hold Germany to a strict account
ability if it did the things which it has noio actually done."
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FATHER TAKES POISON AS
RIS TWO SONS LOOK ON
Victim Then Sends Bottle Crashing
Through Wife's Picture.
A man threatened with arrest by his
wife because of alleged attacks he had
made on her called his two little boys
Into a room of his home at 106 Pierce
street at noon today while his wife waa
seeking a warrant, drank a large quantity
of Iodine in front of the children and
then sent the bottle crashing through
the picture of his wife He Is Harry
Rambo. He Is now at Mount Slnal Hos
pital. Physicians say he will die.
Mre. Rambo went to City Hall today
after her two sons, Edward, 6 years old,
and Robert, H years old, had gone to
school. Sho told the police her husband
threatened to shoot her Saturday night.
This morning, she asserts, he again
threatened her, this time with a butcher
knife.
The younger son Interfered and
Rambo chased him out of the house, she
said. Mrs. Rambo was absent when the
lads got home from school at noon.
Their father called both Into the dining
room, and told them he was going to
commit suicide. Then he drank the
iodine. Mrs. Rambo arrived home a
half hour later, and found the two chil
dren crying on' the doorsteps.
The Kensingtonlan Says:
Lawrence SuHit'an, of the Cambria A.
C., better known as "Wise Lot," spent his
happy thoughts at Juniata Park last
Sunday.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST Between Broad and Olrard ate. nnd
11th and Thompson, gold watch and lob with
monogram a A. M. Reward If returned to
O. A. Mtlsancr. 188a Thompson st.
LOOT Largo hanCbar. with aluablo paperu.
sold watch, 113 In bills. Hlttenhouae. at, an.l
Garmaniown ave. Howard. Ill 13. Rltttnboua.
Phone.
LOST Monday, 10th. lady's gold breastpin,
cluny of small daUlu. Raward for return.
Phone Sharon Hill 300.
LOST Monday. Masonlo charm, nam Loula
L. uaiiey. m
eward. L. D. Balliv .18th and
mnwgno.
LOST French pear neeklace. diamond clasp!
taaard. Hit W Broad at
QUICK NEWS
AMERICANS REPORTED ADVISED TO OUtT rJFttmw
WASHINGTON, May 12. A lepoit, wholly uiiumfniiiei! lv my
official fcoutce, was current today In Washington that Ambassador
Gerard in Ucrlln has been lequcsted by the Stato Department to
notify Americans In Germany to icturn home as soon as possible.
IP DESTROYERS JOIN ATLANTIC FLEET
NfEV YORK, May 12. Nineteen lorpctlohoat destroyers and the
cruiser tliriitiiifliaiii tattn,il into (lie Hudson IVner tndav in i.i!.i
I'. ti tit IfttTrOwtMV n(' 'lit Atl.mtiL licet liy President Wilson I hi
mubilualion is now nearly complete. Thu famous old erJtl&er JJruuklyu,
Rear Admiral Schley's llajjaliip in the Spanish-American War, is
cjcpcetcil'to joiu the licet tomorrow.
FOUR GERMAN AEROPLANES TRY TO RAID PARIS
PARIS, May 12. A fleet of four Gorman aeroplanes tried to
attack Paris-today, but were driven off by riciich airmen.
FIERCE BATTLE RAGING ON GALLIPOLI PENINSULA
ATHENS, May 12. A Mitylenc dispatch says thnt a ficrre,
battle between the Anglo-French Allies and tho Turks Is raging
between Galllpoll and Maidos, on the peninsula of Gallipoll. The
Turks aie being shelled by the British buperdrcaduoughts from tho
Gulf of Saroat.
. COUNCIL OF NEUTRAL NATIONS PROPOSED
NEW YOflK, May 1.'. A council of neutral nations, financed by th
United Stnte3, to meet at Washington at once, la proposed In a statement
by th? Rev. Dr. William Plerson Merrill, made public today by the American
3-eaguo to Limit Armaments.
BODIES OF DEAD AMERICANS TO BE BROUGHT HOME
XHW YORK, May 12. The Cunard Cqmpany announced today that it waa
making arrangements to bring back to the United States the bodies of all
Identified Americans who perished on the Lusitanla. The company will stand
the expense.
RIGGS BANK CASE CONTINUED TO MONDAY NEXT
WASHINGTON. May 12. On motion of Samuel Untermyer, counsel for
the Treasury oftlrlals, the case of tho Rlggs National Bank of Washington
ti gainst Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, Comptroller of the Currency "Wil
liams and Treasurer Burke today wns continued until next Monday In tho
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
4 000 ROYALISTS SEEK TO OVERTHROW PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
LISBON, May 12. Tho moat teriouB political riots that have occurred since
the Royalist attempt was made to restore Manuel upon the Portuguese throne
took place here 'today. Many persons were hurt, some of them fatally. Scores
of arrests were made and a declaration of martial law is threatened. Four
thousand Royalists took part in the hostile demonstration against the Repub
lican Government.
HUNTER FINDS BODY OF WOMAN BURIED IN WOODS
HACKKNSACK, N. J., May 12. The body of a well-dressed woman, be
lieved to have been murdered, was found by a hunter In Johnson's woods,
Rochelle Park, today. The body apparently had been burled In a shallow
hole, but the left foot protruded above the ground, Into which tho head had
been forced.
NAVAL REVIEW PROGRAM UNCHANGED
WASHINGTON, May 12. The great naval review at New York and In
Narragansett Bay arranged for next week will go forward as originally sched
uled, Secretary of 'the Navy Daniels said today. He said that the Lusitanla
Incident would not affect the plan to hold the maneuvers.
GUNMAN'S CONFESSION CAUSES INDICTMENT OF 34
NEW YORK, May 12. "Dopey Benny" Fein, for years the moat feared
gunman on the East Side, kept his threat and "squealed." Today detectives
were busy arresting 31 persons, Including three "strong arm women" who were
indicted by the Grand Jury as a result of Fein's confession. The 31 Include
labor leaners and gunmen. Fein alleges the labor leaders hired the gunmen
to lntlmidute employers and to wreck shops when union labor was discrimi
nated against.
TERRIFIED OCEAN PASSENGERS SAFE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, May 12. Two hundred and flfty-slx passengers, whp had
been terrified by the news of the sinking of the Lusitanla'and the knowledge
that they themselves had a narrow escape from death, arrived Jn port today
nn the Cunard liner Saxonla from Liverpool. The Soxonia, which sailed on
May 4, passed the Lusitanla 36 hours before the latter was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine.
ANTI-GRADE CROSSING BILL BEATEN IN HOUSE
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12. The Rlnn bill, requiring the railroads to
abolish each year at least one grade crossing In every 30 miles of road, waa
defeated in the House today by a vote of 77 to 88,
BERLIN SAYS ENGLAND SHOULD ALSO APOLOGIZE TO U. S.
BERLIN, May 12. A temlofflclal statement Issued here today declares that
the need for making an apology for the loss of American lives on the Lusi
tanla such as Germany has already made should be plain to England.
DESPONDENT RAILROAD MAN SENDS BULLET INTO BRAIN
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 12. In a fit of despondency, John Farrell
assistant yard foreman of the Pennsylvania Railroad, shot and killed himself
today. Mrs. Farrell, awakened by the shot, found her husband lifeless on tha'
floor of the living room, with a bullet wound In bis right temple.
$60,000,000 ROAD LOAN RESOLUTION IN SENATE
HARRISBURG, May 12. Senator Sproul, of Delaware County, today ln
troduced in the Senate a resolution to resubmit to the voters of Pennsylvania,
an amendment to the Constitution providing for a $$0,000,00(1 loan to be used
on the roads of the State. It Is planned to have -the resolution pass both this
Legislature and the Legislature of 1917. It will then be submitted to the
voters at the polls In November, 1918.
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RUSSIANS SINE THREE TURK SHIP.S
PETROQRAD, May 18. The Russian Black Sea fleet. his-sunk three largs
Turkish ships near Sounul, according to advices rectiv&ijiiere, today from
Sebastopol. " .'t
Souiurul la on the Turkish Black Sea coast about 160 miles east of tha
Bosphorus. , "
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