fc af-f. iMa USTANGIAt EDITION ' Ite&ger NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA uenmn VOL. H.-NO. 1G1 rniLADELPHIA, MONDAY, MABOII 20, 1016. CoriBtonr, 1010, r ini Pcblio Limki Couriitr. frige omm amsrs GREAT ALLIED' AIR FLEET OF SIXTY-FIVE PLANES RAIDS NAVAL BASE AT ZEEBRUGGE 3qUadr i r J 1 ron oi .orrasn, French and Belgian Machines Take Part in Attack - i L. TT..i.- 1 German rosiuon uu jciuuuiuu Also Bombarded initeon Armored Planes Fight Off fFoea as Raiders Drop Bombs ft and Escapo U. ' ' jjujlish Start Reprisal Policy Follow- K nff Attnc a on iasc tioasc aunaay, Wnen 11 Persons Were Killed. ! Paris Reports Succoss of Air Bat tle -in Alsaco t LONDON, March 20 I At1l.4 nrnnlnna tinmHnfrlnrl ttm ' JjUfc?",,Cl4 OClW.l. mw....vv ...u german naval bnso at Zcobrugge, Belgium, B.1 tho military norodomo at Houltn.de, It . Afflclallv nnnouncod today. ,f The raid, which was tho most ambitious U attempted against tho German posl lions In Belgium, was mado this morning. I Bombs were dropped upon tho munitions iiipots at Zeebrugge ana upon suomarines In Uie namor. All the machines returned Bafely to their iuThe following ofllclal statement was ls- udby the Admiralty: In the early hours of this morning a. combined force of approximately BO British, French nnd Bolglum air and tea planes, accompanied by IB fight ing machines, attached tho German itaplano station at Zeebruggo and the aerodromo at Iloltadt, near Zco- .bniEeo. '1 Considerable damago appears to If tan been done. The machines car- ZuA nn nn nvttrntrn nf 200. TlOUmls of inloslves each. All tho machines re- iturned safely to their base. Only one iBeldan officer was reported to have f'Uea seriously Injured. All tho Brlt- hh machines were naval. f START NEW POLICY. JToday's air rnld on the German sea- wioa base, one of tho greatest sky at- (UcHs made by tho Allies In Belgium In tniaoy months, was also tho first instance la which allied airmen carried tno war to the enemy's air camp Immediately after antair Invasion of England This policy, II Js"understood, will bo pursued In every ease hereafter. Lord Derby mado this de cision Immediately nfter ho nssumed office asjpmofflclal aviation minister," 5t was rcporiou. Ml'was recalled, too., that Col Winston CMfdUl) -former First Lord of tho Ad. wlralty. In, his recent speech in Parlia ment, declared that tho only way to stop Zoppela and seaplane raids was by. counter-raids, destroying German aircraft la their sheds. U Sunday's air laid on England, In which li persons were killed and more than 31 injured, was only one of a number di rected by tho Germans from tho seaplano bass flt KpAbrni?rrp nnlv n fw hours' t1li?ht across (ho Encllsh Channel. lr'Thi report on the raid revealed tho fact that the French War Office has Bent Jcorps pf experienced French nvlators to fi.ngiB.na to nelp protect the coasts. Ono trench machine was engaged In tho aerial battle which followed thn rirnnnlnp nf bombs at Ilamsgate, whore a military hos pital was struck. L"Bombs dropped into Dover Harbor fell Mir a transport loaded with troops. Many projectiles were thrown Into the Dover Harbor from a height of 6000 feet, evi dently aimed at warshlna anchored thara. fr Of the four German aeroplanes which riov part mrae aro believed to hae e&capea back to their base, the fourth was hot down Into thn Vnrth Ron IffBombs wero also dropped at Deal and aureate, vvnero there aro big munitions Plants. $A new kind of bomb, filled with shrap- 's'. was nyneu aown by the German filers. Tho walla of nn nrnhnnnir. wrecked by ono of tho bombs were found to be peppered with bits of shrapnel. Only Continued on fago Four, Column Two Norrlstown's Oldest Citizen Dies Charles Lewis. 97 years old, tho oldest resiaent of the town. Is dead. Ho served 1A Town r?A11n.U ,.. u ,j nr.. 141 .IF ana was a director of tho Penn w company, two sons nnd a daugh- r -myiiv I teE WEATHER "yero. calor redlt osslbus." T ,. """", yu mo on ino vergo Kr,....Beaaon when "heat returns to the SS,'l1 Rome, Virgil, Spring Is 'to come rom.y' . P yet wltn 'he wlna and par- U019 Of thftt rlo!o,,,Kl . . X-t- Bny persons it this lata day are hurling tenas B,1 ,he lat0 wundhoar. who, ln. , '"v BI1U a"ow or uanaiemaa IcSi!, ,ecl?red 'hat early spring would" gV.i wiSB lne following six weeks. riSJ. i-l '!? he nuallfled for member- net i -Bo uieaumnuji, no uiu M lr flaeny- Even tho Weather ? .a come t0 hIa aefense. He says fn,i'n Feb"uary '3 to March IB, ftroundhog weather" was not unusually J?. Quoting an average temperature of ifan.tJ :"" ' ueiow normal ana other ltoL-.l8J,re8 that showed that period to rentirelv nnmii .... ..... r n Slid mlr.A -.-" " 5iua Pu(H feonii ,' vuu4eu oeen mrown imo S.mw ls bIamed Ior COM". COUghB, oachltla. grip, pleurisy, catarrh, tonsil Hft Pneumonia and the undertaker. St i ' l0 quote "Tom" Moore, another eu-knovvn spring noet: Prlng would be but, gloomy weather - , nuiaing eisa but apring" Allies Fight Germans for Aerial Supremacy In retaliation for Sunday's raid by German seaplanes on English enst coast towns, G5 British, French and Belgian planes at tacked Zeebruggc, the German submarine base, and the Belgian town of Houltade at nn early hour this morning. Fifteen armored fighting planes convoyed tho bomb-bearing air craft to the Belgian towns, to en gage enemy airmen. Nineteen French neroplnnes took part in the attack upon Gor man positions on tho Rnli'lnn I coast early today. All returned sateiy, according to an ofiicinl statement, issued by the Paris War Office, In the German raid on tho .Brit ish east coast, 11 persons "were killed nnd 31 injured. Four air craft took part in the foray, ono of which was brought down in n duel wth a British nviator. The raiders dropped 48 bombs on Dover, Margate, Ramsgate, West gate, doing considerable damage to homes and institutions. Tho French War Office reported last night that in a great aerial battle over Muelhausen, Upper Alsace, 23 aeroplanes engaged a German air fleet. The French lost four machines and the Germans three. In another raid, in which' Metz was shelled, the French brought down two more German air machines. ML E. CONFERENCE LAUDS GOVERNOR FOR BOOZE STAND Delegates Praise Brum baugh and Smith for Op position to Liquor GET $33,500 IN GIFTS Will Fight All Legislators Op posed to Temperance Reform Today's Program 4 p. m. Pentecostal service in charge of the Rev. C. M. Boswell, D. D. 8 p. m. Anniversary of the Bonrd of Foreign Missions. Ad dresses by the Rev. Arthur C. James, pastor of Calvary Church, Ambler, and by Bishop William F. Oldham, corresponding secretary of tho Board of Foreign Missions. Music by tho St. James choir. Peace in Sight, London Shipping Firm Cables GALVESTON, Tex., March 20. A cablegram from n prominent ship-chartering firm jin Lbndon, received jicre todny, said that im mediate peace is in sight in Eu rope. The message canceled arrange ments for n large amount of ton nage which was to have been ship ped from hero to the belligerents. 10-CEXT SUGAR COMING Refiners Predict Prico May Three Conts Before End of Year Riso Support for Governor Brumbaugh and all State nnd city olllclals who are light ing for prohibition or local option wai pledged today nt tho fifth business ses sion of the Philadelphia Annual Confer ence of the : ethodlst Episcopal Church, at St. James' Church, Olney. Tho members nf tho conference, repre senting more than 300 churches nnd 80,000 members, cnit the unanimous decision to enter the fight against liquor by printing and sending broadcast tho report of tho conference's tempornnco society, presented Saturday by tho llev It E. Johnson, presi dent of tho society. Tho report, which tho members bellexo Continued on I'nKo Two, Column Tivor Tho retail prlco of sugar in Philadel phia today Is Roen cents n pound. It is still going up, nnd no one knows how high It may go Somo refiners say It may go as high as 10 conts a pound beforo the year Is out Itetaltors nsert they make no profits whatever on sugar nnd that re,tnll prices In Philadelphia aro nlways tho snmo ns the wholesale prices The Pennsjtvnnla Iteflnlng Company quotes tho pilco todny for standard crys tallized at seven cents n pound. Other re finers quote G 90 cents n pound Whllo tho rctnllers claim that they buy from dnv to day and Just keep nbrenst of tho market, there ls talk of speculation going on homewhere Tho refineries aro sold bejond their capnrlt, and those In Philadelphia have received orders nt tho loner prices which prevailed somo tlmo ago for about 800,000 barrels, which would be equal to tho supply for Philadelphia for about six weeks Tho assistant sales manager of ono of the largest roflncrles said todny that In tho present condition of tho sugar markot no ono can predict with any degree of cer tainty how high tho retail prlco of sugar may go The situation, ho said, ls largely In the hnnds of tho growers In Cuba, and they may raise their prices so that sugnr would command ob high as 10 cents a pound at retnll. U. S. SOLDIERS ATTACK VILLA, BORDER HEARS Report of a Clash With Outlaw Patrol Eeaches Laredo, Texas BANDITS HEMMED IN Fleeing Bands Believed Trapped in Mountains of Galeana District Unconfirmed reports from Laredo, Tex., arc to tho effect that the Amer ican troops, sent into Mexico to hunt down Francisco Villa, had clashed with the outlow bands. Movement of tho expeditionary forces indicated that Villa and his bands were surrounded in the Guer rero Mountain regions, Gnleann dis trict, Chihuahua State. From the north he is pressed by tho forces of Colonel Dodd, in the lead, and Gencrnl Pershing, closely follow ing. On the west, tho passes into Sonorn, through tho Sierra Madres, aro said to be guarded by Cnrranza troops, while to the south and cast Carranza garrisons at Madera and Namiquipa are said to bar escape. However, tho net is thinly drawn and Villa may QUICK NEWS FOUR ANNAPOLIS MEN DISMISSED ANNAPOLIS, Md., Mnich 20. Dismissal of four midshipmen from the Naval Academy was announced today. C H. Iylc, of Ten nessee, first class, and Thomas II. Davis, of South Caiolina, and Fran cis Kelly, of Nov York, thhd class, wcio dismissed by order of Sec retary Daniels for drinking. Jaruo E. Betts of Iowa, was expelled for jyresit disobedience. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE BULGAR PREMIER ItOMC, Mnreh 20 A Bulgarian postal omployo attempted to assnsslnat Premier Itndnslnvoff. In Sofia yesterday, according to dispatches recolvod here today. Ho llred tvvico at Ilndoslavoft whilo tho Premier was riding In an open carriage. Ono of tho bullets Btruck tho Primo Minister's coachman, but tho Prime Minister escaped injury. NORWAY WOULD AID IN PEACE MOVEMENT CimiSTIAXTA. March 20. Norway stands ready to help tho United States bring about pcaco in nuropo. Doctor Ihlen, tho Foreign Minister, in addressing a deputation of tho Ford pcaco delegates, headed by Dr. Charles P. Alced, said that Norway Is .desirous In assisting pcaco efforts. Continued on l'nicf bit. Column Tno 65 ALLIED AEROPLANES PLUNGE DOWN ON GERMAN BASE IN BELGIUM ' MEAT PRICES RISE TWO CENTS A POUND An Increase of about 2 cents a pound on meats was made today in butcher shops becnuso "America is feeding tho world in wartime" Meats aro usually high at this season, but this year tho incrcaso is greater. Ilctallcrs explain that they are following tho packers In "boosting" prices, and tho packers, iti-turn, say tho largo espoitSnro responsible. No decrenso may bo expected until tho Texns range eattlo aro nvnllnblo for tho trade, a denier said. In somo shops Iamb an pork liavo gradually risen in prices until they aro now.O and 7 cents a pound above normal. SLAYER OF TWO DETECTIVES MUST DIE The Supremo Court today confirmed tho Judgment of tho lower court in finding Jacob Miller, slayer of two detectives, guilty of murder of tho first degree. Tho crime was committed March 2flth Inst whon Miller was arrested for a minor offense. A few minutes after his arrest he shot Detectives" James Maneely, killing him Instantly, and Harry E. Tucker, who died several weeks later in tho Episcopal Hospital. Counsel for Miller averred thero had been a technical error in tho trial. Miller Is now under sentence of death, and' will bo executed unless tho Board of Pardons intervenes In his behalf. ' CONSUL'S BODY WASHED AWAY FROM SEASIDE GRAVE WASHINGTON, March 20. Tho body of Robert McNcely, tho American Consul to Aden, Arabia, drowned when tlio PorBla was sunk Bomo weeks ago and later discovered washed up on tho desert coast of Egypt, has again dis appeared, according to a cablegram to tho State Department from Consul Carrels, at Alexandria. Egypt. Tho body when found was burled nearby to await word from McNeelyV" relatives in North Carolina". The cablegram reporting its burial waa received nt tho department February 23. March 17 Garrels cabled that lie had sent VIco Consul Tuck to tho placo of burial, when it was found that heavy storms had washed away tho place of burial and tho body. WAGES OF 1300 SILK MILL EMPLOYES INCREASED AITOONA, Pa., March 20. The 1300 operatives in tho silk mill hero today were notified of a 10 per cent, increnso in wages. Drawp by Dais, staff artist of the Kemno i.edoto Zeebrugge, on tha Belgian const, has been visited by n great fleet of aircraft, all of which returned safely. TWO YOUNG MEN FIGHT SAVAGELY WITH BARE KNUCKLES FOR PURSE U. OF P. TUITION FEES MAY BEJNCREASED FORECA RT IFar Plliltnlnlnhin r,,,l ,,V,'.V., f., Wnllf''i't.?ht.Srob- rt-fr -, uy rum, ot snow j ties mJ al0WJ rtimg temperature; gen- fit T-- fVW VVVIIHJ 4VftWlVrtt ; v uemiM see page 4, Pair Battle Fiercely in Locked Stable Until One Falls Help less After Blow to Heart FANS WAIT OUTSIDE Two young men, ono of them an ama teur boxer, locked themselves In the hay loft of a stable at B10 Pine street yester day and nfter the manner of the famous Sullivan-Kllraln bout of old fight days, fought a terrific battle to a finish with bare knuckles for a purse of $420. It ls estimated that $6000 changed hands as a result of the fight. The agreement vvas that the man who was first to leave the battle arena In the stable would be declared tho winner of the contest. The two men fought It out alone. Standing on the curb on Pine street, near the stable, vvee 50 or mora "fight fans," who vvajted breathlessly for the winner to stagger forth from the stable. The thud of hard knuckles falling on naked bodies and tha shuffling of swiftly moving feet occasionally reached the ears of the fans as unsuspecting churchgoers passed by them on tholr way to the Old Pino gtroet Presbyterian Church. 4 th and pine streets. Tha 3d and Do Lancey streets station house is only four squares away from tho stable, but the police knew nothing of tha primitive battle which was, being wtfsed in tha building The contestants were Charles Schwartz, of the Sherman, HoteL 31? Walnut street, ana aiise jserhowui, oi iutn LOST AND PQUNB M?)-NiR Kivjq Lost' three-stone diamona i3h. w,M loot Id vicinity of ieth and SU l'.t pr near tla Hotel AbbV, 234 SStov SFi.Vt 'STt " rra 0S..1iH- 2lrSfi1,.u,lt e-.eUw bis bo Mr I'.' 0. atubfla. ini IIlIi llamro 1 H fcuT. ,n Zm' ... , - " . J street near DteWnson, kaovvu in, auaUut .stoHa anil white celU, , lust siwiwera lo I " " VW l-t ai yeasi A4t ias"l Provost Smith Says Growth in Expenditures May Cause Raise CjfitluKil n l"ii jo Two. Ctiliijain tj The tuition for all courses at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania will be raised un less the Income of the college is increased. It was announced today by authorities The cost of maintaining the college has Increased noticeably of (ate, according to Provost Smith, and unless the appropria tion from the State and donations from private sources are Increased the Increase In tuition will have to come, the provost said. The advance in rates would affect 7000 students. The college course ls now $150, as is tha Wharton School course. Tha architectural school course ls J200, Pro vost Smith said he 4ld not know how largo tho increase would be, but that he would have to figure It out to meet the increas ing expenses. "Something must be done boon," said tha provost "expenses are Increasing and professors are demanding higher salaries. We must grant them, too, if we hope to hold our place among the foremost Amer ican Institutions of learning. I am afraid that we are gradually coming to a point where an increase in the tuition rate will le necessary." Man Kills Himself With Gas Jacob Seuffert, CO years eld, of 330 West Diamond street, committed suicide by Inhaling ga His body was found In his bedroom this morning by his house keeper. A boss attached to a sos jet led to his mouth. Friends of Seuffert state that he hadbeen despondent for several months, owlijg to business worries- He was the proprietor of a cider saloon, Re cently ha Inserted advertisements la sev eral newspaper? for employment as a bak. r. It la said ha -received no replies, PLAN TO ADJOURN CONGRESS BY JULY 1 Special Rules Will Limit De bate on Routine Bills Many Likely to Fail By a Staff Corrtftonient WASHINGTON, March 20. Special rules to force through all routine legisla tion with minimum debate are to be re. ported by tha House Rules Committee In an effort to bring about adjournment ot Congress by July 1. That plan was ans nounced today by Acting Chairman Pou, of the Rules Committee. He expects to get Speaker Clark, Democratic leader Kltchln and other prominent Democratic members to support the plan. Chairman Pou said ha did not propose to "gag" the House on new legislation, but on routine measures, such as tha annual appropriation bills, which are much the same each year, it Is proposed to cut "general debate" to the limit. Ordinarily many hours are given to general debate, and as a result the members who get time then do not use It In discussing the measure under consideration, but devote it to the delivery of "home consumption" speeches. Not one of the big annual appropriation bills has been enacted Into law, and Congress has been In session since the first week of December. With H annual ap propriation measures before. It in addi tion to the national defense legislation and such measures as the Immigration bill and rural credits bill, it Is realized "speed-lng-up" methods must be resorted to if Congress Is to adjourn before fall. The special rules will not apply only to " appropriation measures. The general de bate on the Immigration bill will be cut, because that bill has passed both houses of Congress la the Taft and Wilson ad ministrations, but failed to become a law because ofiprtsUantUl vetoJV, SUDDEN RICHES, FAST LIVING, TRAGIC END OF YOUNG WIDOWER Story of Suicide of a Former Railroad Brakeman Who Married Wealthy Woman in 1914 WAS RAISED ON A FARM The tragedy of a country boy, who came into sudden wealth at the suicide of a wealthy widow he had married, and then took his own life at the end what the police say was a red trail of wine, women and races, was revealed today in a tele gram to the father of the youth. "William Murphy," It said, "suicide in Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark. pen niless. Body on way to Philadelphia." The father, John C. Murphy, is an In valid and critically 1.5 at his home, 6$2 North 6 6 th street "Poor Billy," he said. "Poor Billy But maybe it was for the best" In October. 19H, young Murphy, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, married a wealthy widow several years his senior, Mrs. Marlon Barker, of Wayne, Pa. Murphy gave up his job on the rail road and took a palatial home at 61S3 Columbia avenue. Ju;t nine months after the marriage, on June 4. 1915, his bride shot herself through the brain. Nervous prostration Is thought to have been the reason. All her fortune -was willed to her husband. The sudden riches within the grasp ot the youth who had been born and raised on a farm in Farmlogton, Del. were too much for Murphy, who, according to his sister, Miss Florence Murphy, had never until then really known the meaning of "plenty." "The lure of riches w spend on BRAZIL'S MINISTER SILENT ON SHIP SEIZURE REPORT RIO DB JANCinO, March 30. Dr. Lauro S. Mueller, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, today refused to deny or confirm Liverpool advices stating that many German ships interned in Brazilian ports had been seized. Ho said, howover. that tho Government had been working ever since tho war began for a solution of tho navigation problem, and that ho hoped for united action by all tho countries of America. 1 800,000 FRENCH CHILDREN FATHERLESS THROUGH WAR PARIS, March 20, KIght hundred thousand French children have been mado fatherless by tho war according to a statement made by Senator Jenovrier In a debate in tho Senate, Trls number exceeds by 10 per cent the average total births in France. Half the childhood of France, lie estimates, will be brought up without a paternal guide, BRITISH SAILORS RESCUED FROM ARAB TRIBESMEN LONDON, March 20. Ninety members of tho crew of the British armed steamship Tara, who wero captured by Senussl tribesmen when the ship was sunk by a German submarine off tho Egyptian coast last November, have been rescued by British forces, it was announced today by tho Admiralty. BERLIN'S FOOD ALLOWANCE INCREASED BERLIN, March 20, Increased food supplies aro granted to tho people of Berlin by regulations that went into effect today. The allowance of butter "was Increased to 135 grams a week nnd potatoes to ten pounds for 12 days. AH purchases must bo made by ticket. The Overseas News Agency stales that this measure is only temporary, being adopted until general distribution plans cat, be formulated. NAMUR AMMUNITION DEPOTS BLOWN UP LONDON, March 20, A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports that three ammunition depots were destroyed by a series of explosions In the German forts at Namur. i NURSE GETS $4812 FOR CRIPPLED ARM LANCASTER, Pa., March 20. After 31 hours' deliberation, the Jury today rendered a verdict for 14812 against Dr. Newton Bltzer In favor of Miss Rosa Hergenrother, a professional nurse, who suedi for damages on the ground that tho defendant had treated Improperly her broken arm, which left It crippled. PRINCE OF WALES IN EGYPT LONDON, TMarcH 20. "The Prince of "Wales has arrived in Egypt on appoint ment as staff captain to tho general officer commanding in chief the Mediterranean expeditionary force," says an. ofllclal statement Issued last night The present corn-, mander-in-chlef of the Mediterranean army is Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray, who vvus succeeded by Sir "William Robertson as chief of the Imperial General Staff. Ills headquarters are in Cairo, PRINTERS OF MERCIER'S LETTER ARRESTED , BERLIN, March 20. German authorities In Brussels have arrested a printer and four employes, who printed the pastoral letter Issued by Cardinal Merder, Primate of Belgium, on his return recently from Rome, as the Initial step against them for violating an order of the Governor General forbidding the publication ol any matter not submitted to the censor. In the pastoral letter Cardinal Mercier said that, while at one time he doubted the prospects of final lctory, his faith had been restored as a result of his conversations with North Americans and South Americans, who had. Inspired him with unshakable confidence Jn Belgium's victory. FORMER ACADEMY STUDENT WINS PAINTING PRIZK Miss Eisa Laubach, former student of the Academy of the Fine Arta. nam a resident of St Paul. Mlrn. has been awarded the gold medal given eaah i'tf by James J Hill for the most noteworthy canvas displayed t tm St Pwa Institute- It is considered a high honor. Hiss Laubach received two. Butobmus 0aUaataa 7ae Xwa. Csfcuaa Om Ewwiirsnips vcuo a, ttuaont at ma academy la jm City, , ffl I 11 it 4