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MARINE SANK
TUBANTIA,ASSERT
LINER'S OFFICERS
Eight to. Twelve Lives Be
lieved Loatr-One Boat
Hepprted Missing
lSAY TORPEDO WAS SEEN
sThreo Americans on Board.
Dispatches Insist All Saved.
Dutch Start Probe -
THE HAGUE, March 17. It wni
reported today that the Dutch Gov
ernment would send a strong note of
protest t6 Berlin as a result of the
liikinc of tho Tubnntin. This indi-
!,' catcs that the Ministry of Marine lias
feceomo conrinced that the lubantia
wastorpedoed.
LONDON, March 17
t u nnt fifllovfi! Il1.1t from 8 to 12
persons lost their lives when tho Dutch
llnor Tuuanua woa sun in mo nwui
Sa Thursday rnornlnR.
A tolegraft) from AmstTilam quotes
the Dutch Minister of Marine as miyinR'
"It has not ynt been lu-eertalneil
whether the iullanlla wnn mlneil or tor
pedoed, but 'both possibilities have been
mentioned." ,
On thd other, hand, n telegram to the
Telegraph from ItoUerdam says-
"Information Just roccUed Inovei all
doubt that tho Tubantla was torpedoed
The torpedo was sen approaching tho
hip by the lookout. It struck the cscl
exactly amldgtitpa. about threo yard-? be
low the water line, causlnpyan enormous
explosion and' tearing a blrf lioln through
which the witUi'-nourod. raincngcr") ar-
f'rlvinir hero report that sdveral persons
lost their lives trr the explosion anu mai
one of the lifeboats capsized after It had
. been launchod. Tho survivors suffered
terribly front ,tho- cold. The night wn
toggy and raw,"
tiibm tnrn nt least threo American1?
i on board.-Jll at whom are bolleved to
i hitve ocen &waaK iteporis nrouKiu m m
,T "by aurvlvqWnro Confused
', Amonir 'ihe survlvorn landed lit linns
lnla. ITnlland. aro Itlchard Kchllllnp. who
Is said to ho an employe of tho Amerlcin
i consular service, hla wife and daughter:
? Ernest Garcao, Uruguayan Consul at Am
sterdam, and Dr. Salinas Vega, iionvian
Minister W Germany, and hU family.
At Flushing-, where tho tug Holno landed
ss xurvlvoHt. It waa rouorted that tuo or
' three passengers had been drowned and
$ that ono of the llfclioatn had been lost.
Survivors nt Flushing also maintained me
ttct they could see Hcernl searchlight!
nearby. The masts and cargo of the Tu
bantla. were lost.
ft BEUUSVU LiUWUUAl uuat.
II Captain II.IK. Wytsma. master or 1110
Tubantla, expressed, the lieileT mat one or
tho llfebdats.' containing 15 paifcfngcrs.
ft had been smashed. IIo. did lint know how
many of the persqpX"wure piCKeu up irorn
the water bV other boats Captain
TVytama, lie well n other olllcci a of tho
ahlpl believes she was attacked by a Hub
marine. ' AMSTERDAM. March lTs- i:vldenco
elireir br rirflcers of the DtrtLh liner Tu-
tbarltla to "jreprescntathes of the Dutch
Ministry Of Marino is to me eiicci inai
tho ship -was a,ttacKd uy a submarine anu
jrpcaocd wltnout earning
It was nnnounced today that 377 sur
vivors from tho Tubantla had been landed
at various; Dutch, ports Thli irould Indi
cate that at ast 10 aro still missing, as
It waa stated yesterday that the Tubantla
carried 87 papscngcrs and a crew of 300
or more.
Affidavit made bV the first and fourth
cuicers declare, irmi uio wier ,n -:
sedoed, according In an official announce
ment from; me Admiralty.
EXAMINED AT HAGL'K.
The ofllcors were- examined at The
Hague. They sworo that they both
clearly saw the walce of a torpedo Just
M before tho Tubantla was struck
The Tubantla a commander, who was
quoted aa saying he bellced tho ship
might have been torpedoed, was to be ex
amined later.
The company's oinces experienced tho
greatest fhfllculty , today In learning
whether all persons nboard the Tubantl.i
were saved. Survivors landed at Klush
lnsr and arriving at the lightship scattered
to hotels .without first getting In touch
w(th tbe company's agents.
WASHINGTON, March 17. Inestlga
tlpn of thi sinking of tho liner Tubantla,
-with Americans aboard, and the report-
l- ed attack (upon the liner Patrla, has been
oracrou uy ills oiuui j-rcjiarimcui, UL-iiuii
Secretary folk, announced today.
The Collector of Customs at New York
and the IMbon" Consul vert asked to re
port what ihe'y know of the Patrla case.
iint n. TfnllAnd bonsai vas asked to nro-
L vide Information on the Tubantla case.
ENGLISH POET VOICES PRAISE
FOR IIOSPJTALITVOP AMERICA
"far Morq Charming Than Her Art,"
Say? Lawrence Housman
'Tr more cliarmlng than either her
petry or her drama Is America's
splendid hbeplultty.'"
This Is one of tho opinions formed by
EAUrenc Housman. the English play,
wrlfht and poet, after a month's stay In
this country. Mr. Ilousman. who Is here
on a, lecture tour, paid his first visit to
Philadelphia yesterday and was Imme.
d lately captured by tho Equal Franchise
Society, hla views In favor ot woman
suffrage being- widely known.
Wbl!e I am asked to talk on poetry
and drama," he said, "I frequently pass
to thi subject of social reform. In which
1 am deeepl Interested "
"Man'a genius for government has
brought us to thin," wa his comment bn
the European war. Equal suffrage, how
ever. Is essentially the cause of peace, of
true democracy and mutual understand
llU, In lila opinion,
"What might not the peaceful effect
"UiBlen J11 Europe had the English P?r-
llanwit granted suffrage 30 years ago,
When, atadston forced tba Liberals to
break: their pledges to the women?" he
, luiked during hla addr'w) at the i astlo
Club lat night
Mr. Jlouaman believed that tho Euro
pean war has virtually upheld all the
argument put forth by the kuffraglsts
ifggjdlaB woman'a value In government
d m an tconomio factor la times of
Vrll.
The French life In the war, ho con.
tiud, brings out the Inttioalo ohar
soirWtica of mm with far leca hate and
nM0 Ltiulnesa and charity in the suldloVs
(HWd far tsw enemy tlwn tnere W wtot
iog LttwatMi the noncorabaunta at heme.
Tnl act, he beltevaa. will eventually
into international ineucunip
vr-
JJoIn V, 8 Army Hers
Uuked StatM rocruUtuR oJSooia at
AwamJftnmt re WVty recvtvloK ap
tuna & preuxt'Ue re-rvUu who ar
,ii4to to d qwmx lift uivl Ui gft Jtet
s3-v;3 u.juj toe opjMtrtiiwty
til tspki... at'-ori.i v.vxa ra0aty4 IWa
Moy 4'M8 '. TPiNU4, ul Ifli lfa(
ii'.lu,: .-- ritaf stiiitsd teAaj; U.04 wm
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GENERAL CHARLES ROQUE
Successor to General Gatlieni n3
French Minister of War.
FIVE ASSAULTS AT VAUX
IIUIILED BACK BY FRENCH
Continued from I'nre One
oners and to Inflict somo losses on
tlio enemy.
Tho night was calm on the rest of
tho front
lllIUW.V, March 17
Two more nssaults have been launched
by tho Trench In nn effort to dislodge tho
Germans from their position on I.e Mort
Homme (Dead Man's Hill). fie miles
northwest of Wrdun, but both wnrp un
successful, according to thu ofilclnl state
ment Issued today by the German War
Olflce
In the first attack somo of the Trench
soldiers succidod in reaching tho Ger
man lines, where llny uere captured, It
was said The second nssiult broke down
under the curtain of fire from tho Ger
man guns
Artillery combats hao been very tena
cious In Champagne and the Wocvre dis
trict Following is tho tet of the ofllclal
rtporf
.Six mines were exploded by tho
lUigllsh south of Loos without any
cess for the enemy.
Artillery activity of a ery tena
cious character has taken place In
Champagne and between thu Mcusu
and Moslle nivor (the Voerc dis
trict). Tho French ngaln attacked the
height of Dead .Man'a Hill. A few
companies succeeding reaching our
lines where tho few remaining un
Aounded soldiers uc.ro mado prison
ers A second nttack was stopped by
our curtain of tire.
BERLIN' WILL DISAVOW
ATTACK IP PROVED
Will Also Compensate Dutch, but Be
lieve Liner Hit Mine
DRItLIN, Marcli 17 The German
Govrnmcnt will make prompt disavowal
of thu act of its U-bnat commander and
pay full compensation. It -v.au stattd to
day, should it bo shown that the Dutch
liner Tubantla was torpedoed nnd did not
strike a mine
Practically all dispatches received here
today from Rotterdam und Amsterdam
agreed that the liner was mined It was
muted thatl though several .persons bc
lloted the ship might have been torpe
doed, no ono- saw a submarine
Admiralty olllclals would not comment
on the pohjlblllty of a German submarine
being in the neighborhood where the Tu
bantla 1 truck.
HONORS FOR DEAD PASTOR
Methodists to Attend Funeral of tho
Rev. Alfred Heebner
Nearly all clergymen now attending tho
Methodist Episcopal Conference will nt
tend the funeral of tho Itev Alfred Hteb
ner. pastor of tho Itidge Avenue Church,
ltoxliornuKh. Cunday Mr Heebner died
yesf-rdny morning aa ho was about to at
tenr the ministers' meeting. Ho suITereM
n 1 troke of paralysis and succombed a
few minutes later.
Services will bo held In the church of
which he was pastor, nt 2 30 o'clock. In
tho afternocn. Interment villi follow In
tho Mt Morlah Cemetery. The llev Dr
George W. Izer, district superintendent.
will ofliclato. Fellow ministers, as well us
members of Melltn Lodge, of the Masonic
fraHrnlty, will be pallbearers.
Mi Heebner was 6B veara old He
livid at 7805 Illdge avenue. A widow,
three brothers and threo daughters sur
ivo him.
Reading Railway Engineer Promoted
IIAItniSBUItG, Pa, Maich 17 It
Iloone Abbott, division engineer for the
Philadelphia and Heading- Hallway, with
headquarters here, has been appointed
superintendent of tho Sunbury Division,
with headquarters at Tamaqua The uiir
polntmcnt became rffectivo today Ab
bott Is president of the Engineers' So
ciety 1 ''entral Pennsylvania
TUT ON brakes;
KEYNOTE IN NEW
GERMAN TAXES
Economy Urged in Budget
to Balance Nation's Defi
cit of .$120,000,000
"THIS IS NATIONAL DUTY"
nEItLIN', March 17
National economy of the strictest kind
was demanded today by Doctor Ilclf-
ferlch, Secretary of Finance when he In
troduced In tho Ilelchslag the new budget
nnd bills providing for Increased war
taxes
"Wo shall put the brakes on wherever
wo can." said Doctor Helfftrlch "This
Is not red tape but national duty It Is
foresight against tho needs of tho com
ing day "
The financial secretary then pointed
out that an Increase of revenues by tnx
ntlon win necessary notwithstanding tho
fact that every -mm belloves that
pence will bring "lal advantages to
tho German Kmp1
After pointing the war expenses
not included in the budget. Doctor licit
ferich took occasion to say that the war
has greatly Increased the Interest on the
nntlonal debt, which amounts to $876,760,
000, against $317,000,000 last year
The budget bslances with n $130,000 000
deficit, which Is to bo covered by new
taxes
ANSwnrts cniTics
Doctor Heiffcrlch criticised sharply cer
tain crltlrs of tho Government, who had
said that the Government had promised
no new taxes would be necessary
'The thing that I did say." continued
Doctor HoIfTorlch, "was thit new tnxes
ought to be avoided as lonj; a3 the regu
lar budget and the surplus provided by
tho national debt balanced them nnd mado
them unnecessary "
Answering other critics, who had
charged tho Finance Department with
showing a lack of originality In making
up new tnxes. Doctor Helrterirh jnid
"I care more for money than original
ity "
UHQES ADOPTION OF BUDGET
Doctor Heiffcrlch urged tho Ilelchstng
to lose no time In adopting tbe budget nnd
passing the taxation bills
Tho new taxation. It Is estimated, will
Increnso tho Government's revenues by
about $2 GOO, 000 n week
Doctor llolfferlch compared the financial
strength of Germany with that of Eng
land and France, saying.
"t'li to the present Germany has floated
Sfl 2"o.O00.onn war loans, whereas Franco
has not raljed oven 52 COO 000.000 nnd
England has floated lers than J1.7DO.000.
000 in wnr loans, of which $3,7C0.000.
000 aro Hhort term bonds
All of Germany's loans aro part of the
consolidated debt "
During January and February tho
financial secretary declared the cost ot tho
war for Germany was reduced to
5500.000,000
SAVINGS DEPOSITS OP.OW
German savings banks now contain
$12ri000 000 more deposits than In 1911
notwithstanding tho fact that SI. 125,000
was withdrawn to apply to tho war loans
"Tho enemy'H campaign of defamation
extends oven into Germany where paid
agents disseminate, rumors In order to
damsge tho wnr loan subscriptions," de
clared Doctor Heiffcrlch
Snitching over to military affairs, the
ofllclal said :
"Just now a great battle is ragirg
around Verdun. Our troops on tho firing
line have the right to espect from us that
we at homo provo worthy of them and
that all of us who remain behind-gives
his share by contributing vvh.it ho can"
The speech of Doctor Helfferlch was
greeted with lnud applause, and us soon
us It was delivered the llclchstag
adjourned
The War Today
German attacks, launched in
rapid succession ft fr a 1 n a t the
French positions at Fort Vnux nnd
tho village of Vnux were broken up
by French artillery. The Germart
losses were very heavy, asserts the
French Wnr Office.
West of the Mouse the Germans
did not renew their attacks on
Dead Man Hill and the artillery
action in this sector slackened.
Repulse of two French attacks
against Dead Man Hill was claimed
in an official statement from the
German War Office. The first at
tack reached the German lines, it
wa3 stated, but French troops sur
viving the German firo were taken
prisoners. The second nttack was
stopped Ty German artillery.
German troops resumed the at
tack northwest of Dvinsk.
The resignation of Grand Ad
miral von Tirpitz has been follow
ed by n split in the Reichstag over
the policy toward the United
States. Tho whole situation will
bo debated next week.
GALLMF, FRENCH WAR
CHIEF, QUITS CABINET
Illness Given ns Cause, but He
Had Long Feud With
General JofFre
PAUIS March 17 General Joeph
Simon Gnlllenl, Minister ot'Wnr, has re
signed because of III health and General
Chnrles Itoque has been appointed to suc
ceed him
General Gatlieni has been Ihe French
Minister of War since October, 1916 Be
fore that he was Military Governor of
Paris. When the war began there had
been n feud of long standing between
General Joffro and Galllcnl With the
declaration ot war they promised to co
operate for the good of their country
There baB, however, been frequent fric
tion between Galllenl nnd the French Sen
nte. as a result of which Galllenl has
mora than once threatened to resign. Bx
Premier Georges CIcmer.cenu, ncao or tn
Senate Army Commission, hns been an
outspoken crltlo of the Ministry nnd of
the conduct of the war. Much of this crit
icism has been directed against alleged
faults in the French aviation sen Ice. "Gen
eral Itoque was formerly Inspector gen
eral of the nlr service and Is nn nuthorlty
on matters of military aviation.
General Galllenl first gained general
fame by his resourcefulness In sending
reinforcements tollencral Foch during Ihe
battle of the Mnrne Galllenl, then
Military Governor of Paris, commandeered
enough laxlcabs to rush 30,000 troops
from the capital to the French left wing.
Desert by No Means All Sand
The French, who linvo bejn the great
est explorers of the Sahara desert, hnve
corrected many false Ideas about the
desert The most conspicuous and per
sistent of those enors has been tho no
tion that the desert Is a vast nrca ot
Band The French have proved that this
Is not so. In fact, only about a fifth of
the Sahara Is covered with sand.
44 GERMAN SHIPS
SEIZED BY BRAZIL
Same Procedure Caused'
Kaiser to Declare War
Against Portugal
tlio
LONDON, March 17. Forty.four Oer
man ships, of from 12.000 to 20.000 ions
sire, havo been Kclsted by the Uratitju,
Government, according to n dispatch from
Liverpool today. Tho German vessels
were merchantmen which had been In.
lerncd In Brazilian ports nt the outbreak
of the wnr.
Fourteen of the sel7id ships were In
port nt Illo Janeiro nnd 12 others, includ.
Ing tho Bluchcr, were Interned at I'ernam.
buco ,
It wnu the seizure of German ships br
Portgual that led Germany to declare war
against that country
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
UPHELD BY BAVARIANS
Vote of Confidence Follows
Quitting of Von Tirpitz in
Clash Over America
BUllLIN, March 17 Chancellor von
Ilethmann-Hollweg. whose regard for neu
tral rights caused the resignation of
Grand Admiral von Tirpitz. has received
n voto of confldonco fmm tho Davnrlan
Ministry, according to Munich dispatches
today
Tin- Chancellor, It Is generally under
stood, has n largo majoilty In the Reich
stag This majority will express Itsolf
In emphatic terms during the coming week
If the opposition to iiethmann-Hollwcg
asserts Itsetf.
It Is said today that tho resignation of
Admiral von Tirpitz resulted from his dis
agreement with Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg over the controversies with
America The Chancellor favors a vig
orous submarine policy, but he disagreed
with von Tirpitz over tho desirability of
disregarding the rights of neutrals
nethmann-Hollwcg. according to Mu
nich dispatches, outlined hln policy to the
Ilavarlnn Ministry on Wednesday. Ho
declnrcd at the raino tlmo that Gcrmnny
must hold out for a victorious peace
This hiieech, It Is believed here, fore
shadow s the remarkn hu will mako In his
coming nddress beforo the Reichstag, n
speech that is looked forward to with tho
greatest Interest ,
TROLLEY CREW CENSURED
Assistant Coroner Scores Men Who
Failed to Aid Victim of Accident
Tlio unidentified crew of an unidentified
trolley that killed Hmanuel Newnnn. of
1334 North 10th htreet. was severely cen
sus d today by Assltant Coroner Arthur
Kellers, nt nn Inquest Into tho cause of
Newman's death It was said that on
Fehruirv 21, Newman was struck liv a
trol'- at Somerset and Memphis rtrcetb,
nn-1 was thrown against another trollev
It appears at tho tlmo there was consider
able argument between tho two trolley
crews as to which car had Injured the man
tho most The second car went 011 If way
(wlth the result that It was 40 minutes be-
lore iiip izijureu man couiu do inaen to
tho tlpli-copal Hospital, where ho died
shortlj after his 11nlv.1l
"Leaving a man as badly Injured aM
Newman was, Is the mnt,t Inhuman act I
ever heard of," "aid Sellers
Portuguese Parliament Greets Allies
LISUON, Muich 17. Tho purtugese
Parliament sent u mcbsagc ot greeting" t-j
the Allies today
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