Germans Make Official Announcement
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 44
' TO UNLOAD GOAL AT
VERBEKE ST. LANDING
Commissioner Bowman to Investi
gate Its Possibilities Along With
Paxton Street Wharf
COUNCIL WILL ACT SOON
Purpose Is to Concentrate Traffic
in Such Way as to Eliminate
Gap in Wall
InvestigaUon of the Verbeke street
river landing will be made soon by.
City Commissioner H. F. Bowman and
City Engineer M. B. Cowden with
«. view to determining just what can
be done by the city toward fitting it
lip for the accommodation of a por
tion of the river coal traffic that is
now handled at Market street.
By passing the ordinance providing
for a coal wharf on the island for the
Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany the elimination of at least 80 per
cent, of the traffic from the Market
street landing is made possible.
The logical points for the handling
of the remainder are Paxton and Ver
beke streets, in the opinion of Mr.
Bowman. His proposed investigation
of Verbeke street will be made for the
purpose of ascertaining what minor
improvements could be made to in
crease the. efficiency of these loading
places for the accommodation of other
firms.
"We will try to get up there in time
to prepare data to submit to Council
I>y next Tuesday's meeting," said Mr.
Bowman to-day, "but if the time is too
limited then 1 shall introduce the nec
essary legislation in Council the fol
lowing Tuesday.
"Is your purpose in offering legis
lation intended to concentrate the coal
traffic at Verbeke and Paxton streets,
for the ultimate elimination of the
Market street dock as a landing place
and provide the way for the closing of
the gap in the wall there?"
"Surely, that is the ultimate pur
pose,' said the commissioner of public
safety.
The Board of Public Works will
meet to-morrow or Friday, it is under
stood, when the opinion of City So
licitor D. S. Seit/. will likely be asked
as to the legality of closing the wall
opening.
By the terms of the agreement
adopted between the city and Stucker
Brothers Construction Company, the
wall contractors, opportunity for les
sening the width of the gap is pro-1
by the construction of five sec
*onß of steps. This will make the gap I
«nly about eighty feet wide.
Dsnied Entrance to U. S.,
He Shoots Himself Dead
Special to The Telegraph
New York. Feb. 24.—After the board
of inquiry at Ellis Island had decided
to-day that Carl ('. Mogensen must be
deported for "admitting an act of
moral turpitude." Mogensen stepped
into a room adjoining the board room
and shot himself, dying instantly.
Mogensen, arriving at this port last
Saturday from Copenhagen, was de
tained at the request of the Danish
consul, who had advices that lie was
wanted in Copenhagen for taking a
bond of 10,000 crowns ($2,700) from
the Danish National Bank, where ho
was employed. -Mogensen denied this,
but said that on a former occasion he
had taken another bond and later re
turned It to the bank. This admission
led to the deportation order.
HAS NOT ABANDONED HOPE
FOR SHIP BILL PASSAGE
Hy Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Feb. 24.—Presi
dent Wilson conferred on the situation
in Congress to-day with Senators
Stone, Simmons and Fletcher and it
was reiterated at the White House
that the President had not abandoned
his hope that the ship, Philippine and
Shields water power bills might be
passed in the remaining seven davs of
Congress.
SENATE MEETS EARLY
fl.v Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 24.—Tn the
effort which is being made in Congress
to clear up all pending legislation be
fore adjournment of the session the
Senate met two hours earlier than
usual to-day in continuation of its
work on the big appropriation bills.
HERE'S THE CAUSE OF MISTAKE
By Associated Press
Cambridge, Mass.. Feb. 24. The
recent announcement of the rediscov
ery of Mctcalf's comet was fin error.
Professor E. C. Pickering said to
day and was due to mistaking the as
teroid lampetia for the celestial wan
derer. Computations have shown
that the comet, would be much less
brilliant than the tiny asteroid.
I THE WEATHER
For HnrrlalMirß nnri rlrlnhty: Haiti
»ncl colder to-night; Thursday
linrttj- cloudy anil cooler.
For Knatern PrniiKvl vnnin t tin In
anil cooler to-night; Thiirnriiiy
partly- clouily nn<l cooler; Inercna
ln« xonth wlnila, khifting to vteiit
to-night.
Illvcr
Due to the relatively high liinprri,-
• nrc (luring the imxt twenty-four
hour* nmi rain mil over the
k watershed, nil river* will rine
(o-nlght anil Thursday. A Mtage
of about 5.5 feet IN Indicated for
llnrrlaburs Thurnilay morning.
General Condition*
The distribution of the preaaure
arena are n* followra:
A well developed area of low prea
anre la prngreaalng toward the
Great Lake* and St. Lawrence
Valley region, helna ccntrnl thia
morning over Lake Michigan It
la attended by rain and Ita prn
grraalve movement will prohahlv
continue to cauae rain In the
Middle Atlantic Statea during the
next tvrenty-four hour*.
Temperature; S a. m., s^.
Sun: Illaea, Ui4o a. in.: acta,
p. m.
Mlloni Full moon, March 1, 1 :,1,"5
p. m.
Iliver Stage: fl.ll fee* above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperatnre. 511.
Lowest temperature. .*l7.
Mean temperature. 48.
Aormal temperature, 31.
COMPENSATION IS TO
BE SUPPLEMENTED
Additional Bill Planned to Exempt
Farm and Domestic Labor From
Its Provisions
SYSTEM WHOLLY ELECTIVE
Voluntary Contract and No Limita
tion of the Amount That Could
Be Recovered
When the workmen's compensation
bill prepared by the State administra
tion makes its appearance in the Leg
islature it will make an elective law
covering all classes of employes, but
it is the intention to accompany it by
a supplemental act exempting farm la
borers and domestic servants from the
operation of the law. it is believed
that in this manner the objections to
the act on the ground that such labor
cannot be excluded under the consti
tution can be overcome.
In the event of an attack being
made upon the latter act and it should
be struck down the original act would
stand. It appears to be pretty gener
ally agreed in ail of the conferences
and correspondence on the bill, which
have exceeded that on the public ser
vice act and the compensation bill in
the last administration that such
classes should be excluded and at
none of the public hearings held was
there any demand that they should be
covered. Attorney General Francis
Shunk Brown, who has been handling
the bill, believes that this supple
mental act will overcome any difficul
ties and preserve the law.
The text of the general act, which
will take in everyone on an elective
basis and provide for the insuring of
employers, will be made public in a
few days. The final proofs were read
to-day and it will be sent out at the
end of the week.
One of the points, much discussed is
the constitutional provision prohibit
ing the general assembly from limit
ing the amount that may be recovered.
The attorney general is understood to
hold that the act will provide for a
purely voluntary contract and there
fore would not bring the act into con
flict with the constitution.
ARREST THREE FOR
GETTING BOY DRUNK
Lad Taken From Gutter Uncon
scious Accuses Employer and
Colored Couple
Charged with furnishing liquor to
Joseph Cleekner, a 15-year-old boy,
three people were arrested to-day.
Nelson Graybill, 62H Calder street,
a former policeman, and Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Troyman, of No. 3 Lochiel Row.
were the *hree arrested.
The Cleckner boy was found last
night, in a gutter, at Calder and Wal
lace streets, dead drunk.
Graybill, who is a huckster, was lo
cated at 927 Grand street, and Mr. and
Mrs. Troyman were arrested at their
home. No. 3 Lochiel row. by Patrol
men Buch, Schelhas and Chauffeur
Mehring. After Cleckner was sobered
up at the Harrisburg Hospital he told
his story to the police.
Cleckner said he was working for
Graybill vesterday, and they stopped
at the Troyman bouse. The ex-patrol
man, according to the boy, gave Troy
man money for a gallon of whisky,
and the four drank freely. Cleckner
started to take the huckster's team
home, but was obliged to turn it over
to a colored man. When he tried to
get home, the boy rolled into the
gutter.
Graybill claims the boy stole the
whisky while Mr. and Mrs. Troy
man were at his wagon looking over
some produce. The colored folks say
this story is incorrect and claim that
Graybill bought the liquor and insist
ed that the boy drink. The case will
be heard before Mayor John K. Royal
to-morrow afternoon. Graybill fur
nished bail for his appearance.
Pittsburgh Gets Inquiry
About $2,000,000 Order
fly Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Peb. 24.—Inquiry has
been received here by the Pittsburgh
Foreign Trado Commission from the
Russian Imperial government for a
huge quantity of railroad material for
use in government railway lines and
extensions made necessary by the Eu
ropean war. The authorities ask for
prices on 5,000 pair of axles and
wheels. 30,000 to fiO.OOO ties. 30,000
rough axles and 10,000 rough wheels.
The order is valued at near $2,000,000.
RUMANIAN ARMY PROMISES
TO TAKE FIELD IN APRIL
By Associated Press
Paris. Feb. 24, fi.3o A. M. —Nicholas
Misu, Rumanian minister to London,
soon will return to Kngland, bearing a
note assuring flic British government
that the Rumanian army will take the
field In April, says the Matin's Bucha
rest. correspondent in a dispatch filed
by way of Nish and Malta.
FOUR BURNER TO DEATH
East St. Louis, 111., Feb. 24.—John
H. Stutzman, a grocer, his two daugh
ters and a son were burned to death
when their home was destroyed by fire
here early to-day. Another son, 17
years old. escaped by jumping from a
second-story window.
HANGS RY COAT-TAIL
AT TENTH STORY
Chicago, 111., Feb. 24.—Ten stories
above the street Carl Olson, a 62-year
old asbestos worker, dangled to-day
by his coat-tail until help came. He
fell while working at the City Hall,
. but his coat caught and held him.
HARRISBURG,
FA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1915.
STEAMER OAKBY IS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
British Vessel Struck by Torpedo
and Lost Before Port Could
Be Reached
SHIP'S CREW IS RESCUED
I
Periscope of German Boat Sighted
by Captain of British
Steamer
London, Feb. 24, 2.1S p. m. —The
British Meamer Oakb.v was torpedoed
by a German submarine off Rye yes
terday. Her crew was rescued by a
fishing; smack and landed at Rains
gate to-day.
The Oakbj' was bound in ballast
from London for Cardiff. Wales. She
was slruck on the port side. Her main
hatches were blown off. her decks
were splintered and the binnacle was
hurled into the air. One lifeboat was
swamped oy the great volume of water
thrown up by the explosion of the
torpedo.
The fishing smack Gratia, which was
four miles off felt the shock of the
explosion and hastened to the scene.
I The fishermen arrived in time to take
off the crew of the Oakby, none of the
members of which was injured.
The periscope of a submarine was
seen before th« explosion by the chief
engineer of the Oakby. An attempt
was made to tow the Oakby to Dover,
but she sank off Folkestone this morn
ing.
Germans Lost 50,000 Men
in Attack on Russians
flv Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 24, G.Oo A. M.—At least
50,000 men were lost by the Germana
in their attack on the Russian posi
tions on the Rawka river and in the
regions of Borjimow and Oumbinnen,
j according to Ludovio Naudeau, the
I Journal's correspondent who witnessed
I the operations. He considers the gen
leral situation highly favorable to the
J Russians and says:
| "The Germans are being graduatly
I hut Implacably worn down. Whether
I they attack or merely defend them-
I selves their armies melt away from
j day to day. Their feverish activity and
I their frightful sacrifice or lives show
they realize they are fighting against
Itime."
; POSSES ENTRENCHED
! NEAR 111 CAMP
Mounted Police Now Enroute to
Reinforce Marshal and
His Men
Durango, Colo., Feb. 24.—Tse-Ne-
Gat, the Piute Indian, whose efforts to
elude arrest by federal officers on the
charge of murder have since Sunday
resulted in ths death of five Indians
ane one member of United States Mar
shal Nebeker's posse, was still at largo
to-day, according to reports received
here from Bluff, Utah. Marshal Ne
beker and the main body of his force
were reported entrenched in the rocks
xvest of that place and the fugitive In
dian, with his father, "Old Polk," and
their band of renegate Piutes who
have aided In their fight with the gov
ernment officers, were believed to be
somewhere in the vicinity of Butler,
Wash., about eight miles west of
Bluff.
Mounted Indian police from Ship
rock are reported enroute to Bluff to
reinforce the whites.
Another casualty was added to the
list last night when Havane, son-in
law of "Old Polk" and one of the six
Indians captured Sunday, slipped off
his manacles and leaped through a
window of the temporary prison at
Bluff in an effort to escape. Two
members of the posse detailed to
guard the prisoners opened fire and
the Indian fell with two bullets in his
body. Havane Is' said to be in a se
rious condition.
Woman Jumps 500 Feet
and Is Killed Instantly
Washington, Feb. 24.—The first suc
cessful attempt at suicide by jump
ing from the Washington monument
was accomplished yesterday afternoon,
when Mrs. Mao Varny Cockrell, a
young woman of Covington, Ky.,
threw herself from a landing 470 feet
from the ground, only three floors be
low the topmost tourist floor. The
elevator was up at the time. As she fell
into the pit. about 30 feet below the
groutid level, her fall was fully 500
i feet.
Marine Corps Captain
Shoots and Kills Sell
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—Captain A.
! E. Harding, of the United States Ma
rine corps, shot and killed himself to
day at the Racquet club of which he
was a nonresident member. The po
| lice have thus far been unable to as
sign a cause for the suicide.
I Captain Harding was an aid to
President Tatt. He was born in Illi
'nols in 1873, and was appointed to the
marine corps from that State in 1899.
Second American Steamer
Destroyed in North Sea
London. Feb. 24.—A second Ameri
can steamer, the Carib, has gone to
the.bottom of the North Sea with a
valuable cargo of cotton, and two Brit
ish steamers have been torpedoed in
the last 24 hours. As a precaution
England has closed the entrance to
the Irish Channel, excepting a nar
row strip near the coast, in which
navigation will be permitted only by
daylight. The restrictions are. pat
terned after those enforced in the
English channel some time ago.
BRITISH TRANSPOR T SUNK
SA YS BERLIN ANNOUNCE
\ CALVE'S "SEWING SHIRTS FOR SOLDIERS" )|
New York, Feb. 20.—Mine. Emma Calve, opera singer, is "sewing
shirts for soldiers" just like "sister Susie." She is not only sewing, but pack
ing and shipping warm clothing and other articles for the French soldiers.
"I can do more for France in America than 1 could at home," she said. "I
sang in all the hospitals over there, but here I believe I can create further
interest in the work."
BENJAMIN E. DAVIS
REVENUE COLLECTOR
Lancaster Man Named by Presi
dent Wilson For Ninth Penn
sylvania District
Washington, 1). C., Feb. 24.—At 2
o'clock President Wilson nominated
George \V. Acklin, of Pittsburgh, to be
collector of customs for the Pittsburgh
district.
Benjamin F. Davis, of Lancaster,
Pa., collector of internal revenue for
the Ninth Pennsylvania district.
Melville .1. France, of Brooklyn,
X. Y., United States attorney for the
Eastern District of New York.
State Beekeepers to
Ask State For $50,000
For Apiary Inspection
State Beekeepers at their conven
tion here to-day adopted resolutions
recommending that the Legislature
make an appropriation sufficient to
permit of an immediate inspection of
all apiaries in the State. It was point
ed out that In view of the rapid de
velopment of the bee keeping indus
try that it would be better fo spend
$50,000 in two years than to continue
inspection over ten years. Inspection,
it was recited, had shown beneficial re
sults in every colony visited and had
resulted in an Increased output of
honey. Resolutions were also adopt
ed for legislation prohibiting spraying
of fruit frees while in bloom because
of injurious effects upon bees and on
( thc fruits.
George M. Specie. Philadelphia; Y.
Hoke, York, and A. N. Coons, Couders
port, addressed the convention on bee
keeping, Mr. Hoke presenting photo
graphs to show how diseases of bees
could be detected. K. A. Welmer, Leb
anon, and Dr. E. F. Phillips, Wash
ington, were speakers later in the
day.
Dr. Tl. A. Surface, State zoologist,
was re-elected president, and H. C.
Klinger, Liverpool, secretary.
Victor M. Kelley, of Texas,
Appointed Football Coach
At Carlisle Indian School
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa.. Feb. 24.—Word was
received here from Washington, D. C.,
to-day that Indian Commissioner Cato
Sells had appointed Victor M. Kelley,
of Texas, as coach of the. Indian School
football team for next season. Me will
report at Carlisle In time for the
training of the team next fall. Coach
Kelley was here at the Indian School
in 1908, playing quarterback on the
team of that year. He remained at
the school several months and then
spent some time at Conway Hall and
Dickinson. After that he went to the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas. The appointment came as a
surprise to everybody at the Indian
School.
INTEREST IN AMERICAN NOTE j
By Associated Press
Berlin, Feb. 24, via London, 12 M.
Berlin newspapers are displaying In
terest In the American note presented
to the Foreign Office the evening of
February 22 embodying certain In
formal proposals In the matter of food
stuffs for civilians and of submarine
activities. This note Is now being con
sidered b£ the German government.
CITIES QUERY
MORTON FOR TRUCKS
Negotiations Are Pending For the
Placing of Many Pieces of
Fire Apparatus
In addition to the recent order from
the Russian government for 300 large
tractors received by the Morton Truck
and Tractor Company, Indications for
further heavy sales of tractors, trucks
and tire apparatus are bright.
Negotiations are now pending with
fire departments of twenty-one differ
ent cities for gasoline fire trucks, and
many inquiries are being received
from the western grain states for
heavy farm tractors, it was said by
officials this morning.
Communications from the British
government regarding a large order
for tractors may be expected at any
time.
Plans For Proposed
"Jitney" System Are
Progressing Rapidly
Application for a charter for Harris
burg's proposed "jitney" motorbus
service will be made to the State
March 18 and within the next day or
two the plans of the prospective incor
porators, the stockholders of the "Jit
ney Transportation Company of Har
risburg." will be submitted to the Pub
lic Service Commission and a date will
be fixed for a hearing. Attorney
Charles C. Stroh, is counsel for the
company. ,
The proposed organization was
j widely and favorably commented upon
ilast night following announcement of
| the determination of a number of
Harrisburg's businessmen to provide
the latest thing in city transportation
for Pennsylvania's capital.
The new company, it is understood,
will be capitalized for $25,000.
The question of just where the main
garage will be established has not
yet been definitely settled and while
it Is generally conceded that the ter
minal station or waiting rooms, should
be located in Market Square, it Is quite
likely that a big garage somewherl on
the outskirts of the city will be erected
to house the rnotorbuses.
DIRECT TAX FOR NEW YORK
By Associated Press
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 24.—A direct
tax must be levied this year to meet
State obligations amounting to $lB,-
813,303, Governor Whitman advised
the legislature in a special message
to-day. Me recommended that no ap
propriation bills be passed until a
comprehentivo plan for raising this
amount had been formulated.
OBTACI.ES HAI.T INVASION
By Associated Press
■Berlin, by wireless to London, Feb.
24. 9:35 A. M. Reports are heard in
Influential circles hero that further ob
stacles have arisen to prevent the in
vasion of Russia. The feeding of the
population in the part of East Prussia
which had been occupied by the Rus
sians, Is proceeding with difficulty.
DESPERATE COURAGE SHOWN
Berlin, via London, Feb. 24, 11.30
A. M. —A dispatch received here from
Vienna quoted the war correspondent
of the Vienna Fremdenhlatt as saying
the fighting in the Carpathians has
resolved itself into a series of most bit
ter and stubhornly contested engage
ments. The Russians are ahowin* de»-
Lparate courage. <
10 PAGES.
Correspondent of Paris Newspaper Estimates That Ger
mans Lost 50,000 Men in Fighting in North! Rus
sians Capture 48,000 Austrians in One Month; Ru
manian Army Will Take Field in April, According
to Report From French Sources; Fierce Engage
ments in Progress Along Prussian Border
Along the eastern Prussian border.
In Northern Poland, some of the lierc
est engagements of the campaign in
the east are taking place. An official
statement from Petrograd reports that
In these battles villages changed hands
seevral times. Three German attacks
on Priaanysz, where the conblct is
sharpest, are said to have been re
pulsed. A Berlin dispatch says It is
reported there that "further obstacles
have arisen" to prevent an invasion of|
Russia. The correspondent, of a Paris
newspaper estimates that the Germans
lost 50,000 men in the lighting in the
north.
in the Carpathians the series of de
tached battles continue with no sign of
a conclusion. The Russian war office
announced that Austrian attacks at
several points were repulsed, with
I enormous losses for the attacking
I forces. It is claimed that during the
last month more than 48,000 Austrian®
l have been captured.
It was announced officially in Ber
lin that a British transport had been
| sunk off Beachy Head, England. The
j location and time given make it prob
able however that the Berlin an
nouncement lias reference to the sink
ing of a British naval collier, which
' was made known last night.
A report from French sources is that
! the Rumanian army will take the field
in April. The Rumanian minister to
London according to this unconfirmed
statement, will shortly present to the
British government a communication
to this effect.
GOVERNMENT TAKES STOCKS
By Associated Press
Vienna. *— wireless to Berlin and
London, Feb. 24. 9:45 A. M. The
Government has taken over all stocks
of rye, barley, maize and flour pro
ducts. The distribution of bread will
be undertaken in various districts.
AUSTRIAN'S EVACUATE POSITION
flv Associated Press
London, Feb. 24, 3.29 A. M.—Aus
trian troops and artillery have evac
uated the positions they occupied on
the Bukowina frontier, across the
I INCH OF RAIN HAS FALI E 1
\
J fallen. Reports received by the Sta-te Water Supply Com- X
M mission indicated a seven-foot stage on the river tQ-morrow
t morning.
J ARMED CRUISER MISSING j
C London, Feb. 24, 5.25 P. M.—The offici" rmation
C bureau announced this afternoon that the Clan MacNaugh-
C ton, an armed merchant cruiser is missing. Vessel was |
€ last heard from February 3, and it is feared that she has .
% been lost. 280 men lost their lives when th< Clan Mac- (
% Naughton went down. 1 I
f BANK REOPENS J
I Lebanon, Pa., Feb 24.—The First National Bank at F
I Schaefferstown which recer ier com- K
mitted suicide because of irregularities in his accounts, was |
i reopened for .business to-day with W. Russel Ramsey as ,
I cashier, and Thomas Mock as teller. I
l '
! GERMANY TO MAKE ANOTHER LOAN '
Berlin, Feb. 24, via London, 5.45 P. M.—The Imperial \
government will issue shortly its second five per cent, war
loan. This is to consist of 1,000,000,000 marks ($250,000,000)
iin treasury notes, maturing.at an average of five years. J
Geneva, Feb. 24, via Paris, 11.22 A. M.—One of the
iargest and newest of the heavy German guns, which was
being used iji the bombardment of a position of the allies, |
near Thann, Alsace, exploded to-day. One officer and five ,
gunners were killed. (
Washington, Feb. 24.—Official notice of the sinking of I
the American steamer Carib was received at the State De- |
partment to-day in this message from American Minister |
Van Dyke at The Hague. "Carib reported sunk in North C
Sea outside route prescribed by German instructions." I
' Des Moines, la., Feb. 24.—Thirty-six master plumbers i
l who have been on trial here since February 10, on charges '
of violating the Sherman antitrust law were convicted by a '
' jury in Federal District Court to-day. Judge John C. Pol- 1
£ lock wil> pa-is lat t>r -
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i MARRIAGE LICENSES >
K Slwnrt Groniicrr Wtillftrr, I'.nolit, HIHI Kli/nhrlh IMnrffflrHtii lirrlg, city, i
■ William K. Dietrich and Melon IH. Hoffman, l.vkoiu tonnililp. < i
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* POSTSCRIPT
Pruth river from Mamornlta. Riimn.
nia, says a dispatch to the Dally Mall
from Mamornita dated Monday. Th«
retiring forces are said to have moveii
back to Ozernowltz because of the
accurate Russian artillery Are.
Russ Forces Offered
Desperate Resistance
to Advance of Germans
By Associated Press
Petrograd, Feb. 24. The desperate
resistance offered by the Twentieth
Corps of the Ruslau army to the ad
vance of the Germans in Hast Prussia
after it had been cut off from the Tenth
army, is described in an official com
munication issued here last night. The
report is based upon information re
ceived from "various individuals be
longing to this corps who managed to
escape." The Russians claim that al
though these troops were surrounded
by a German army in the territory be
tween Goldap and Kuwalki, they in
flicted heavy losses upon their antago
nists. They repelled attacks on four
fronts, "until their strength was com
pletely exhausted."
Between January '2l and February 21
our army In the Carpathians captured
fifll officers, 47,840 men, 17 cannon and
11 mitrailleuses.
CONDEMNS FLAG USE
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 24, 3.45 A. M.—Argu
ments against the use of neutral flags
by British merchantmen are contained
In a letter written to the Times by
Lord Courtney of Penwith, who con
tends that such a practice can yield at.
the most only a temporary and casual
advantage which disappears when the
expedient is sanctioned as a regular
procedure.
TWO CENT POSTAGE SOON
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 24.—A conven
tion has been concluded between thi
United States and British Honduras
for two cent postage between the two
countries after March 1,-1915.