THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
AND TO MORROW
M*IM Report, Pace 4
RS?FJSRl bd VOL. 77—NO. 73.
W.OJGNSELDES
IR HISp TEAI
Former Attorney Gen
eral of State Suc
cumbs in Savannah
After Long Illness
FOR MAN! YEARS
IN PUBLIC LIFE
Leading Member of Lancaster County
Bar Was Also An Editor and Pub
lisher—Active in Democratic Coun
"ils of State and a Fine Orator
William tiller Hensel, of Ijancaster,
former Attorney General of the State,
widely known in Pennsylvania jour
nalistic and legal circles and prominent
for years in politics, died in Savannah.
Georgia, last night, after a long illness.
He was 63 vears old.
Mr. Hensel was prostrated by illness
several months ago, and it was feared
he would die then, but he rallied and by
careful nursing in his country home
near Lancaster he was in a short time
considered out of danger, although very
weak.
Two weeks ago he accepted the in
vitation of former Senator J. DonaM
Cftineron. who for some time has been
resiling iu Donegal, in Lancaster coun
ty, and who was Mr. Hensel's life-lcng
friend, to visit him on his houseboat,
the Conewago, then in Southern waters,
the object being to restore Mr. Hensel's
health. The sojourn apparently was
beneficial at the start, for a letter re
cently received by Thomas Lynch Mont
gomery, State Librarian, from Mr. Hen
sel, who was then on the Cameron
houseboat "in Florida waters," as he
expressed it, stated that he was much
better but was still very weak. At
the time of his death Mr. Hensel evi
dently had arrived in Savannah where
he suffered a relapse. The body will
be sent to Lancaster.
Mr. Hensel is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. John A. Xauman, wife
of a member of tie Lancaster bar, and
several brothers and sisters, all resid
ing in Lancaster county.
Native of Lancaster County
Mr. Hensel was born in Quarrvville,
Lancaster county, in 1851, and after
attending the Ijancaster schools, entered
Franklin & Marshall College where ho
was graduated with honors in 1870
with the degree of A. B.
In 1873 the degree of A. M. was
conferred on him bv the college. Sub
sequently both Dickinson College and
Washington \ Lee University conferred
ou him the degree of LL D., and iu
1912 Franklin & Marshall, his alma
mater, conferred on him the degree of
Litt. I>. as an honor for his services as
a member of its Board of Trustees, of
which he was president. He was ad
mitted to the bar of Lancaster county
in 1873, having while studying law,
Veen a reporter on the Ltneaster •'ln
telligencer.''
Mr. Hensel through ill his life con
tinued active in journalism, although
Continued on Third rage.
SCHiriIDfINTERESTS BUY
HARRISBURG BAKING CO.
Two Largest Bakeries of Harrisburg
Are to Be Operated by the Capital
City Baking Company, About to Be
Incorporated
The Harrisburg Baking Company,
with a six-oven plant at Cameron and
Swatara streets, was absorbed last'
night by a compuiy of Harrisburg cap
italists headed by Bernard Schmidt,
owner of the Sehmidt Bread Bakery,
at eighteenth and Holly streets.
The management of the {South Cam
eron street plant was placed in tine
hands of E .\V .Manbeck, formerly man
ager of that plant and later manager
for Bernard Schmidt at his Eighteeuth
street bakery. James A. Andrews,
manager for the Andrews Brothers, of
Krie, who operated the Harrisburg
Baking Company, turned over the reins
of management this morning.
Both the Schmidt and Harrisburg
bskenes will be operated by a new
company, which will be known as the
Capital City Baking Company. Appli
cation for a charter for the new com
pany will be made to the State Depart
ment by Fox «!c (Jnyer, Harrisburg at
torneys, on March 22.
Neither plant will lose its individual
ity. according to Bernard Sehmidt. The
different kinds of bread baked now by
the two concerns will be continued. Mr.
Sehmidt said there will be no change
in tiiie size of the loaves now being sold
nor in the price, notwithstanding the
fact that the price of tlour is above
noimal. Mr. Schmidt would not make
public the price paid for the Harris
burg bakery.
The plant of the Harrisburg Baking
Company was opened in 1908 with
four ovens, and the business has stead
ily increased until two more ovens
hnve been added. Mr. Schmidt went
into the baking business in a small
way on Derry street in 1891. His
Thirteenth street plant was opened in
1900. That plant was destroyed by
fire in 1911 and the construction of
the new plant at Eighteenth and iHollv
Btreets was then started. This plant
was opened April 8, 1912. Six ovens
are operated there and the combined
output of the two bakeries to be op
erated bv the Capital City Baking Com
pany will total 75,000 loaves of bread
a day.
WORK ON THE MEW HIM
PLAST TO START IK MONTH
Announced To-day That Buildings to
Cost Will of Themselves
Occupy Five Acres of the Nine-Acre
i Plot Facing On Cumberland Street
It was announced to-day that the
Hickok Manufacturing Company's now
plant to be erected along the Pennsyl
vania railroad truka near Cumberland
street, will occupy nine acrre and the
| buildings alone will cover live acres.
1 This plant will be built because the oUI
' plant iu the Ca.pitol Park • Extension
j zone lias to be abandoned, having re-
I eently beeu sold to the State for I-10,-
! 000.
j Work on the new plant is expected
to start within the next month, and the
• buildings will be completed early in
the fall. Work will be rushed on every
; part of it. Day & Zimmerman, of Phila
, delphia, architects and engiueers, who
are regarded as experts in this class ot
work, are preparing the plans, which
are almost finished and will hive charge
j of the work when the contract is let.-
The new building will cost about
• SIOO,OOO. They will be of concrete,
! brick and steel. The front part will be
two stories high and contain the offices.
The rest of the plant will be one-story
in height of '•saw-tooth" roof con
struction by which the light will all
! come from the roof.
It is the intention of the company to
move into the new building much oi
the present machinery, but a large lot
of new machinery will be purchased aud
put under the new roofs. The entire
plant will be modern and thoroughly
up to date and with a roof tank for
water for use in the various depart
ments and in case of tire.
The buildings will contain the iron
and bras* foundries, the machine shop,
wood shop, paint shop, blacksmith shop
and modem plating department, all ot
which will be thoroughly equipped with
modern machinery for the manufacture
of the products of this old-established
company.
As soon as the company has moved
from its present location, which was
first occupied by the founder of fhe
firm more than half a century ago, the
State will sell the old building* to the
highest bidder. They will be removed
at once and there will be another big
hole in the Eighth ward.
It is possible that all of the build
in...® will be cleared awav wfthin a vear.
including the manufacturing plant
proper and the old shoe factory front
ing on State street near the bridge
across the Pennsylvania railroad.
5 DROPPED FROM FORCE
OF PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
Three Engineers, an Assistant and an
Inspector Are Let Go Because There
Is No More Work for Them to Do
—Board to Be Abolished July 1
The first cut in tine enginering force
of the Board of Public Works, which
is to be abolished on July 1. or im
mediately after the present big city
improveuients are completed, was made
to-day. when five engineers, assistants
or inspectors, were dropped because
there is no more work for them to do.
Those retiring are Henry M. Gross,
: Lemuel D. Dubois, Joseph Bingam, en
■ gineens; Frank S. Keet, assistant, and
William Hal'bert, an inspector. Only
Chief Engineer Joel D. Justin and his
! stenographer, Miss Sarah Powell, and
. two other engiueers. Elbridge Cowden
I aud Lou Shoafl, are retained.
The reduction in the force was de
j cided upon in a conference between the
two members of the Board of Public
I Works, E. C. Thompson and J. William
Bowman, and William H. Lynch, Com
missioner of Highways. Lynch said
i this afternoon that all of the" engineers
i will be reinstated if their services are
i needed before the Board of Public
Works goes out of existence. He add
j ed, however, that Cowden and Shoaff,
too, will havo to go in a couple of
weeks unless more work develops for
i them to do.
Those employes who were dropped to
! day. Lynch said, had been employed
1 recently in preparing estimates on the
' improvement jobs which have not yet
been completed by the contractors. By
July 1, when the several big public
improvement jobs are completed, the
numbers of tine Public Works Board
and all engineers then in the Board's
employ will be dropped permanently
and the department abolished.
Under plans now being prepared by
I the public works engineers, the coal
wharf at Market street and the river
will probably be abolished and the
| eighty-foot gap ir the river waM closed.
, However, the question of whether the
j city can legally close the wharf has
! arisen and City Solicitor Seitz next
| week will be asked to give his opinion
jon that subject. Sholud Seitz decide
! that the city can close the wharf, then
i the Btucker Brothers' Construction
[ Company, which has the contract to
| build the wall, will be authorized to
close the gap.
FIRE IS COVENANT PARSONAGE
S2OO Damage to Home of the Bev.
Harvey Klear
Fire starting in some rubbish in the
bast'.seirP* of the jrarsonage of the
, Covenant Presbyterian church, at 521
Peffer street, did S2OO worth of dam
age at noon to-day. The Rev. Harvey
; Klear, pastor of that church, who re
! sides in the damaged dwelling, is at a
loss to account for the fire other than
| that children who were ["laying in the
basement this morning, accidentally
, kindled the blaze.
, The fire charred the joists which sup
: port the first floor and a good portion
I of the basement. The district firemen
were called from Box 213, Fifth and
Peffer streets, and were in service
twenty minutes.
A defective flue in the home of
George Walters, 1702 Fulton street,
I caused a slight fire lasj evening. An
alarm was turned in from Fourth and
Hamilton streets, but the firemen were
1 not needed.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENINO, FEBRUARY 27, 1915—14 PAGES
OAK TO RITEI
FIT IS LOIS
| Flood Has Washed Out
Fill and Bared Rocks
Between v Maclay and
Relker Streets
»
TAYLOR CANNOT -
ESTIMATE LOSi
of the 13,000 Yards of Dirt to
Be Dumped Under the Con
tract Had Already Been Placed on
Elver Bank by Hauling Company
Damage that may mn into several
thousand dollars has been tone by the
high water in the Susquehanna river,
to the river front fill, between Kelker
and Maclay streets, where loose dirt
from the Pennsylvania Railroad itn
provements in South Harrisburg la-,
beeu dumped iu the last few weeks
The exact extent of the damage, how
ever, cannot be estimated until the wa
, ters recede to a stage below ele>ven feet
which will bring the top of the con
. Crete wall above the surface of water.
The original contract called for
dumping 15,000 cubic yafds of ear h
liu the bank after placing large st ttes
for a foundation. The cost of this to
, the City is to be $-4,000. Park Com
missioner Taylor saii this afternoon
that between 13.000 and 14.000 cul>ic
, yards already have been dumped. H •
said he will be unable to estimate tue
flood damage until the water re edes.
Continued on Fourteenth I'm.
WILOIHAN ELECTED HEAD OF
IHE J THEY 'BUS CCIfIPANY
• Temporary Organization Effected Last
Night of Concern That Proposes
Operating Line of 50 Autos in the
Streets of Harrisburg
Temporary organization of the Jitney
I Transportation Company, a concern
I | which has announced its purrvose to o>p
i erate a fifty-ear auto 'bus line in tue
I city and Swelton, was effected last
i 1 evening. Augustus Wildnian was made
, president; Ross Oenslager, secretory,
i and Owen M. Copeliu, treasurer,
'j Notice of the new company's inten
tion to apply to the Pubuc Service
| Commission for a charter w.U be filed
; on Monday, and on the following dsy
the compauy will meet again to cousid
er plans for the 'busses which p.ans
now are being prepared. A represents
; tive of an auto concern, which is fur
t nishing the plans, has assured the pro
moters that if an order is placed at
once with his firm the first installment
of cars will be ready for shipment
within thirty days or immediately atf e
the time the company expects to get its
; charter.
, > The authorized capital stock of the
company is $25,000 of which, a repre
' sentative said, more than ten per cent,
alreadv has been subscribed. A perma
nent organization will not be f it
, was said to-day, until the company is
I chartered by the State,
j City Treasurer O. M. Copelin and Dis
! triet Attorney Stroup, who are inter
ested iu the company, to-day receive!
copies of a San Francisco ne.-. spaper
Continued on Fourteenth Page.
EICHT OF LVIYnicO
LOST WHLN VESSIL W K
1 Washington, Feb. 27.—Minister Van
Dyke at The Hague cabled to-day an
unofficial report that eight of the cre.v
j of the American steamer Evelyn sunk
i (bv a mine in the North Sea had been
i lost.
Yesterday he sent an unofficial re
port that the missing boon load was
safe.
FIVE LINERIsTART FRCM
U.S. FOR BLOCKADED ZONE
— 1
1 New \ ork, Feb. 27. —Five pas-enger
1 liners bound for ports in the war zone
; set by Germany around the British Isles
I were included in to-day's sailings from
; this port. Hundreds of passengers were
! aboard.
The Uusitania, now the largest as
well a* the fastest passenger si*ip trav
eling the Atlantic, had many cabin pas
-1 sengers boofced for Liverpool. The
1 American liner St. Paul for Liverpool,
the Holland-American steamer R rtter
dam for Rotterdam, the Touraine for
Havre and the Kristianifjord for Ber
gen were the other sailings.
Americans flags and the words
i "American Line'' in letters four feet
1 high, were painted on both sides of the
St. Paul's hurl. Two more American
i flags were painted on ber bows. The
1 Rotterdam was marked for identifica
tion by lettering on her hull giving her
name and destination.
Moulin Bouge Ablaze in Paris
Paris, Feb. 27, 9.50 A. M.—The
Moulin Rouge, well known as a center
, of the night life of Paris, caught fij»
early this morning. The entire Q&rffe
partment of the center of Paris was
> called out in an endeavor to put out tue
flames.
"PAPA" DIDN'T KNOW HEW
BABY WASS WEEKS OLD
Wise Auntie, However, Punctured Plot
to Foist Adopted Youngster on
"Dad" When She Remarked Upon
Length of the Little One's Hair
(Special to the Star-Indepenrtent.)
New York, Feb. 27.—Since his mar
riage, fourteen months ago, Charles
Kirk s one ambition has been to be the
father of a bouncing boy, and several
months ago his prett, wife of 20 whis
pered something to him when he return
ed one evening to his home, (55 Chest
nut street. Weehawken, N. J„ which
pleased him immensely, lie kissed her
effusively and told her he was very
happy.
Wednesday evening when Kirk came
from the Tiet.jan & Lang ship yards,
where he is a foreman, his sister-in
law, Miss Dorothy Wrenn, met him at
the door ami whispered:
"It's a splendid, beautiful boy and
he is going to be Charlie, .lr.''
The sister-in-law ha.l attended Mrs.
Kirk, lie was informed, after a Pas
saic physician left.
"She is doing spKndidly," Kirk was
told. •' But you can only have a peep
at the babv now. Don t trv to pick
him un or wake him. It won't do.
: He's too young." •
i So Kirk had to content himself with
t outinued on fourteenth t*nice.
LPCU GIE COCKS HOLD
OWN IN INTMiY MEET
Harrsburg Sports Place Heavy Side
Bets on Bout With Philadelphia
Birds Held Quietly on Neutral
Grounds in Shamokin
Harrisburg s t -orts are talking to-day
of a cock light held in Shamokin on
Thursday evening in which Harrisburg
and Philadelphia game cocks'partici
pated and iu which the result was a
.
draw.
For some time there has beeu much
rivalry between the breeders of chick
ens in Harrisburg and Philadelphia re
garding the pugilistic merits of thet>
breeds, and on two occasions—once in
Philadelphia and a second time in Har
risburg—when the two rivals met, the
result was unsatisfactory, each faction
winning in its home town. The third
bout was fought Thursday on neutral
ground#—Shaiiiukiu—and about a scor«
or more of l'hiladelphians and Harris
burgers were present.
The terms of the match were that
six fights should constitute the main, ex
cept in case of tie, whan a seventh
should be fought. The stakes were SSOO
a side, but the side bets were very
heavy. The fight took place in a garage
Continued on Fourteenth l*affe.
TWJ WELSH CLOSE'
OARS PENDING DECISIONS
Ann Street Hostelry, in Middletown,
and the Berrysburg Hotel Will
Have to Stop Sale of Liquor Mon
day Until Court Passes on Them
Three liquor establishments—two ho
tels and one bottling works—that to
day are doing business in Dauphin
county will not open on Monday morn
ing. Tiie hotels will be unable to open
their bars on that day, because the
court has not yet decided whether their
licenses will be renewed. The bottling
works of John Mackert, Lenkerville,
will be closed for at least a year by
reason of the proprietor having with
drawn his application for a new license.
The new license year starts on Mon
day. The St. Lawrence hotel, Berrys
burg, will have to close its bar tem
porarily on that day because the con-
Contlnued on fourteenth Page.
STHOtTP QUITS LiUU >K CASE
District Attorney Withdraws as Coun
sel for Berrysburg Hotel
District Attorney M. E. Stroup, who,
I with Horace A. Segelbaum, had been
counsel for \\ itlam 11. Bowman, pro
prietor of the St. Lawrence hotel, Ber
rysburg, whose application for a renew
, al of his liquor license has been held up
| pending the court's inquiry into the
charge that the hotel has been violating
, the liquor laws, this morning obtained
j permission from the Dauphin county
; court to withdraw from the case. He
indicated that his withdrawal was not
meant in any way to prejudice his for
•mer client's chances of getting a re
newal. Stroup told the court «he
I thought it was the most advisable
1 thing for him to do. He said:
"When I consented to represent Mr.
Bowman there were no oharges of a
violation of the law preferred against
him. Since that time such charges have
; been preferred, and I deem it inadvis
-1 able and inconsistent with my position
as District Attorney—no matter wheth
! er these charges are well grounded or
i not —to represent him in this matter,
and have st advised Mr. Bowman.
With the permission of the court, I,
therefore, desire to withdraw as attor
ney for the applicant."
Judge Kunkel made thin reply:
"We think your action unquestion
ably is pr»[>ei\ As a public officer and
representative of the Commonwealth,
we cannot very well see how you can
lepresent the Commonwealth in criminal
matters and at the same time represent
one wto is charged with a violation of
the law. We will Jlow your applica
tion. ''
PREMIER ASQUITH AND CABINET
CONSIDERING U. S PROPOSALS
■sSHSfIEES
T-wir. Te^janr^Jaica^". .psar.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 27. An indication
of the British government's attitude to
wards the American government's in
formal proposals to Great Britain and
Germany for the removal of dangers
to neutral shipping, officials here
thought would be forthcoming to-day.
At any rate, an answer is expected in
a few days. The German government's
attitude on the issue is already known
to be favorable to making concessions
and as supplying tiie lvnsis for nego
tiations between tho nations involved.
Officials here learned to-day through
unofficial sources that some Kritish
1111 IS
nSIKKUIILE
Mysteriously Shot and
Rilled by One of His
Companions During
the Play
ALL THROW DOWN
THEIR WEAPONS
No One Lays Claim to the One Revolver
With a Discharged Cartridge That
Sends Motion Picture Player to
Eternity
By Astoria ted Press,
" IJOS Angeles, Feb. 7. —An investiga
tion was under way to-day of the death
of Clarence Chandler, a motion picture
actor, who was shot and killed yester
day in the staging of a battle scene in
the San Fernandino Valley near here.
('handler was a member of an at
tacking party instructed to capture sol
diers barricaded in a cabin. Beforfc
word was given for them to begin firing
with revolvers, a single shot was heard
and Chandler fell in tlie midst of his
companions, shot in the forehead.
All threw down their weapons. Xo
one laid claim to the one revolver with
a discharged cartridge. The pistols had
been loaded with bullets in order to
produce a realistic scene in shooting
down the door of the cabin.
GRAND PRIM RACE ON
Thirty-five Entries in Contest Over
Panama-Pacific Exposition Four-
Mile Course
Uy Associated Press.
Ran Francisco, Feb. 27.—Thirty-five
drivers turned up their c.ars to-day for
the sixth Grand Prix automobile race
scheduled to start at 10.30 a. in. on the
Panama-Pacific exposition foui-mile
course. The cars were started three
abreast at intervals of fifteen seconds.
With ideal weather anil a tracjc
which experts declared was in perfect
condition, it was thought a new record
might be made. Two right angle turns
and other irregularities in the course
offered, however, formidable handicaps
against fast time.
Every precaution had been taken to
guard ngai,nst accidents to racers and
spectators. Beside the Grand Prix cup
cash prizes amounting to $7,000 were
the rewards for the successful contest
ants.
At the end of the tenth lap D. Res
ta, in a Peugeat, led. Time, 35.44.
RucksteM, in a Mercer, was second, nine
seconds beliiud. Following were Alley,
Hughes, De Palma, Rickenbecker. Re«
ta's average was 68 miles an hour.
Enrl Cooper was forced out of the
race on Hie second lap by a broke® con
nection rod.
Cabinet members, including Premier
Asquitli, take the attitude that repris
als will be necessary in retaliation for
Germany's submarine campaign, ling
land's allies, including France and
Russia, which have been considering
the American proposals, were said to
be in full accord with her as to what
steps she would take.
The Washington government believes
that, even though these proposals are
not adopted, efforts will not be wasted,
since it will demonstrate to the bellig
erents the sincerity of the purpose of
the United States and the impartiality
of its position.
GE MANSTHRUST BACK IN
PLAN FOR NEW ATTACK ON
WARSAW, [AT RUSSIANS
Petrograd, Feb. 27, 12.01 P. M.,
Via London, 1.55 P. M. —The German
infantry forces are being thrust back
tveros« the river Nieman in Northern
Poland, and the Russian general staff
believeS that another German plan of
attack upon Warsaw lias beeu count
ered successfully.
Relationship is divided between the
stubborn effort of the Germans to cut
railroad communication to the north
from Warsaw and the coincident re-
[ sumption of pronounced activity near
Borjimow, on the Central Poland front
west of Warsaw. To quote the opinion
of a staff officer as deduced from .these
operations by the Germans at widely
separated centers —"evidently the Ger
mans intend to push forward again in
the center. For this purpose they
needed reinforcements of troops on the
Borjimow front. In the Kovno dis
trict, activity is diminishing. Hence
it is evidence that the Germans are
again using their railway system to
draw troops toward Borjimow,
In order that we shall not be able
to do the same thing, namely rush
troops southward to the Bzura and Kaw
ka rivers, the Germans are making des
-1 perate efforts first with cavalry and
then with infantry, to cut the railroad
from Warsaw north to Vilna. Thanks
to the watchfulness of our commanders
and to the indomitable energy of our
troops, the efforts of the enemy havo
been futile.
This officer added that even though
the German plans had succeeded this
achievement would not have influenced
greatly tJi« Russian position at Borji
mow' BO long as the other railroad lines
from Warsaw to the front remained in
commission. He said further that the
success which the Russians are report
ed to have gained at Przasnysz had un
covered the German right llank, operat
ing at Ossowetz, where the artillery en
gagements still remained undecided.
RUSSIANS FIGHT STUBBORNLY
TO REJOIN THE MAIN ARMY
London, Feb. 27, 7.17 A. M. —A
dispatch to the "Times" from Petro
grad says that information has been
received in the Russian capital that
several units belonging to the Twen
tieth corps, which was surrounded by
the Germans in the r etreat from Kast
Prussia, still are fighting stubbornly
and probably will be able to rejoin the
Russian army.
LATE WARNEWS SUMMARY
The efforts of the German and Aus
trian armies to crumple both ends of
the long Russian front are reported to
day to have been checked. Petrogr&d
states that the German drive at War
saw from the North has be<.n count
ered. The official report from Berlin
says that new Russian forces have ap
peared in Northern Poland and began
attacks. Near Koino, the statement an
nounces, 1,1 OO Russians were captured.
In Eastern Galicia, at thtf other end
Continued on Fourteenth Pan*.
POSTSCMEk
PRICE. ONE OhJtT
BRITISH SHIP
TORPEDOED
IN CHANNEL
Reported That Mer
chantman Meets a
Disaster Off Saint
Valery-Sur-Somme
FRENCH VESSEL
GOES TO ASSIST
Wreckage Picked Up Near Christianla
Indicates That Submarine U-l), Ger
many's Terror of the Seas, Has Met
Fate She Meted to Others
Ry Associated Press,
Dieppe, France, Fob. 27, via Paris, 5
A. M.—lt is reported here that a Brit
i ish merchant ship has been tor|>edoed
in the K.ugJisli Channel off Saint Val
j erv-Sur-Smmmo. A French torpedo boat
j destroyer has gone out from Dieppe to
I the assistance of the British ship.
J Christiania, via London, Pelb. 27,
3.50 A. M.—Wreckage picked np near
t'hristiansand appears to indicate a dia»
j aster to the German submarine U-9.
The German submarine TT-9 has play
| ed an important part in the naval a«-
! tivities of the war. It sank the British
cruisers llogue, A bonk if and Cressy in
1 the North Sea on September 23, an*
I eluded pursuit. On Octaber 25 it sank
i the British cruiser Hawk.
A Dutch steam trawler reported No-
vember 1 that it had met fcho U-9 in a
disabled condition off llaaks lightship
near Helder on the north coast of Hol
land. Its trouble had been caused by
bweomiu.g entangled in fishing neta.
There have been no reports regarding
the U-9 since that date.
FORTY WARSHIPSOF ALLIES
SHELLING TURKISH FORTS
Athens, Feb. 27, via London, 5.12
P. M.—An allied fleet aggregating
forty warshijis to-day penetrated the
Dardanelles straits as far as llortari
and within range of Fort Intepe on the
Asiatic side, according to reliwbc infor
mation reaching here to-day.
Fort Intepe was destroyed. Various
Turkish engagements also were bom
barded. The shijre are now within range
of Fort Danlanos.
A French squadron is cruising under
the t'orts at the entrance to the straits,
which are now entirely dismantled.
Paris, Feb. 27, 11.15 A. M.—The
Athens correspondent of the "Matin"
has forwarded the following:
"After the complete destruction of
the forts at the entrance to the Dard
anelles, the allied licet penetrated th®
straits and shelled the interior forts.
It proceeded down the Dardanelles 14
miles from the entrance."
THE ALLIED FLEET BOMBARDS
INN EH DARDANELLES UORTS
London, Feb. 27, 4.49 A. M. —The
allied fleet has bombarded interior
forts in the straits of the Dardanelles,
according to an Athens dispatch to
Keuter's Telegram Company. The fire
directed upon Fort Dardnnos is said to
have been particularly severe and the
Turk.ish reply feeble.
The Sedd-KI-Bahr lighthouse, at the
entrance to the Dardanelles, is in
flames. The fort of Dardnnos is the
first to be passed after those which
guard the entrance to the straits.
GERMAN SOLDIER SENTENCED
TO DEATH FOR PILLAGING
Reimes, France, Feb. 27, Via Pari*,
5.05 A. M. —A German soldier named
Cart Vogelgesang, of the Twenty-sixth
Haxon infantry, a native of Kisleiben,
has been sentenced here by a French
court martial to military degradation
and death, having been found guilty of
pillpging while under arms, of arson
and of dispatching French wounded.
The principal evidence against this
German soldier were tihe entries in his
own diarv which was found on his per
son when he was searched after having
been made prisoner by the French, the
fifteen of last September. Vogeie
sang denied before the court that he
had killed wounded men. He admitted
tlhe ether charges, however, but de
clared that he was acting under su
perior orders.