TWE WEATHER
CLOUDY TO NIGHT
AND TO MORROW
DftalM Report, Pace 8
VOL. 77—NO. 90.
lIRGEST CLEARED
BY GIAMBIS
They Exonerate Him
of the Charge of In
voluntarily Rilling
Miss Maugans
TEN WITNESSES
ARE QUESTIONED
Son of Former Register of Wills Is
Found Not to Have Been Responsi
ble for Fatal Auto Crasn mat Oc
curred on New Year's
John ,1. Hargcst. Jr.. who drove the
automobile on the of .January t,
last, that crashed against a Valley rail
ways trolley car at Front and Walnut
streets, resulting 111 the death of Miss
lirace Maugans and injuries to throe
other occupants of the machine, to-day
was exonerated by the March Grand
Jury which ignored the charge of in
voluntary manslaughter that had been
brought against him.
Hargest. who is a son of John J.
Hargest, former Register ot' Wills of
Dauphin county, had been arrested aurt
released under $2,000 bail after the
death of Miss Maugans. A Coroner's
jury, following a hearing immediately
after the accident, decided that Har
gest was "negligent in not having nis
automobile under control as it ap
proached the street intersection" where
the crash occurred.
Half a dozen of the ten witnesses, in
cluding members of the trolley crew,
who testified before Alderman Hilton at
a preliminary hearing a week ago. de
clared that Hargest immediately before
the accident had been driving ,he auto
at a fast rate of speed down Front
street. None of those witnesses, how
ever, attempted to fix the rate of speed
at which the car was going.
The Hargest case was one of two
the (tran,l Jury ignore*! this morning.
T:ie jurors report to the Court was re
ceived by Judge Ktmkel without com
ment. The Grand Jury, as is custoniarv.
conducted its inquiry into th, ilargest
case in secret, but check marks opposite
the names of the witnesses on the back
of the blank "indictment" as drawn
up by the District Attorney, indicated
those who testified.
Assistant District Attorney Frank B.
iekersham, who is presenting the
cases to the Grand Jury at this court
term, made the cheek marks as a guide
to himselt. The witnesses included
* ounty Detective James T. Walters, Kd
ward "Btauffer, C. A. Lafever, George
l«onpa-;. Clair Snell, Kdwaol Cooper.
John H. Early. Annie Ganrber, Harry
M. Reeser and Ira Reeser.
Dr. Fred Coover. who attended Miss
Maugans immediately following the ac
cident. apparently did not testify, as n«
mark appears opposite his name. The
words "not found" are opposite the
name of Zacharias Bamberger. To the
right of the names of William L and
Daisy Gamber i> written: "Excused
for March."'
The occupants of the auto, at the
time of the rash, in addition to Har
gest and 'Miss Maugans, were Miss
l.illian Swails, who was severely in
jure I: T. h.der Cleckner and Samuel
W i*.>er. both of whoi were hurt, but not
so seriously.
SUCCESSFUL AUTfImOBILE
SHOW ONJI STRETCH
If Business Continues To-morrow Night
Will Close Record Exhibitions That
Will Be Hard to Beat in the Fu
ture—Small Cars Being Sold
The automobile shows in the West
End are entering on the last stretch of
the most successful shows in the his
tory of the industry in Harrisburg.
Former exhibits have been outdistance 1
in the point of attendance ami real
business. There is not one exhibitor
iu any show who has not had returns
tor the effort expended in making a
pleasing display. The shows will close
to-morrow uight.
To morrow is expected to be a ban
ner lay if the weather man is only a
bit indulgent. Special efforts to en
tertain the crowds will be made. The
winners of the door prizes at each show
will be announced as soon as possible
to-morrow night. This has been an in
teresting side feature all week.
More attention is being paid to the
small cars this season than ever be
fore. The little machines are being
develope 1 to mechanical perfection and j
some of them have real body design. !
The reduction in price of these cars j
and the resulting cheapness of upkeep ■
will make autoinobilists this season in j
great numbers. While the great ma •
jority of people are admiring the big ■
cars at the dual shows they are pavin" I
the attention of a real purchaser to" the !
sniiilier cars on display. The develop- I
men: of this class of automobile is one j
or the features of the 1915 auto pro- 1
duction. All of the best known makes
of small cars are represented at the
two shows.
At Kelker Street Hall
Entering their first show with appre
hension. the Capital City Automobile
Dealers' Association, with an excellent
showing of cars of reputable manufac
turers. wili end it satisfied that thev
have done well. Manager B. R. Johii
sun has a well-appointed exhibit that
i'oaUaud ob Fourth race
' 09)t Stm> oiktij
MRS. WILLIAM J. LESCURE
DIES. VICTIMOF STROKE
l Daughter of the Late Colonel John
| Motter Had Attack of Paralysis
More Than a Ago—Of An
Old Dauphin County Family
I
, Mrs. Alice Motter ljescue. wife of
William J. ljoscure, of the firm of lies
f cure & Snavelv. stock brokers, died at
> ,4.20 o'clock this morning nt her home.
1 SOS North Second street. She suffered
a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday of
last week while at the Commonwealth
Hotel, was taken to the office of her
husband nearby and later to her home.
Mrs. ljoscure was a daughter of the
late Colonel and Mrs. John Motter.
) The family has been among the most
prominent in the city and county. Col
onel Motter was a horse dealer at the
time of the Civil war and was one of
s the most widely known men in that
business iu the ■Mate. He also had an
impoitant place in financial circles in
- this city and large farming interest* iu
the county, near Highspire.
Mrs. Uescure. besides her husband,
left three sons, DeForest, Joh i and
William: one daughter, Alice, and five
sisters. Mrs.J. Howe. Fletcher. Mrs.
,| William M. Ham and Mrs. John Barr
Mi .Mister, all of this city: Mrs. ,1. 11.
, ! Manifold, ot York, and Mrs. J. H.
(Tinker, of Pittsburgh. „
s Mrs. I<es are was a resident of Har
l> J risourg all her life. She had been ae
i the at all times in charity work. Not
1 only was she interested in local chari
table oryatii/ations but her benevol
ence took the form of direct aid to the
1 ■ needy us well. She was a member of
i /ion Lutheran church and of auxiliary
. ! otyaaii/.ations of that church, and of
f ; the Women's Vi.l Society of the Ha»-
1 j risburg hospital,
j Funeral services will be held ou
Monday afternoon it 2 o'clock. The
' Rev. S. Winfield Herman, pastor of
r I Zion Lutheran church, will officiate, as
. ! lilted by the Rev. Ellis N. Kremer,
, pastor of Salem Reformed church.
Diirial will be iu the Harrisburg come
• ter . v -
SCREAMS OF A DEFENDANT
STARTLE THECOURT HOUSE
i Noisy Ma u Quickly Is Silenced Wheu
, County Detective Walters Threatens
to Call the Police—Andrew Sehuta
enbaugh Is Acquitted in Liquor Case
Howling at the top of his voice and
• simultaneously throwing up his hands
: and falling over into the arms of Couu
-1 ty Detective .lames T. Walters, a de
k fondant in the criminal court this morn
• ing caused much excitement in the cor
ridor of the Court House. Employes
in offices ran excitedly from their work
and everything was in a "hub-bub"' for
' a moment.
""What's the matter with that
• man?" asked an angry tipstaff.
' "He threw a tit," said the guartiiau,
Walters.
'' Who is it I''
"Oh, M. Hursh." said the detective.
"What s his trouble?" again quizzed
the curious silencer.
' '<>h, a jury convicted him of stealing
• a suit from' a fellow," said Walters.
' 'and I guess 111 have to call a squad of
police, the ambulance and turn iu the
', firm alarm and— '
J Walters did not finish his sentence.
Harsh hear deverv word and he quickly
1 regained his feet and beat a hastv re
treat.
Am drew Schutzeirbaugh, proprietor
of a wholesale liquor store at Fourth
1 > aud Walter streets, was acquitted on
Continued on Foiirih Pn«-
TO START PAVING APRIL I
Contractors Receive Orders From the
City to Get on the Job—Fast
Work Done on Sewers
Iu line with his plan to have ail
city improvement work in full swing
by April 1, William H. Lynch, Com- 1
missioner 0 f Highways, to-dav sent ad
ditional notice to the Central' Constru
ction A Supply Company, paving con
tractors, directing it at once to assem
ble material for paving sections of
Emerald, Nineteenth and Market'
streets.
Unless the weather and river con-1
ditions prevent it, work wili be begun '
on the river dam; the interceptor sew-'
er protecting wall an.l the Paxton
; creek job during the first week in
April. These jobs will give employment
to hundreds of men. Work on the :
1 smaller jobs, such as sewers, laying of '
| water pipe and street grading, also will :
, f earr 'ed on materially relieving con I
; uitious of unemployment.
William H. Opperman, a contractor
on several city jobs, this week estab- •
lisheu a record by completing within
'our days a 430-foot section of twelve
: inch sewer pipe. Opperman emploved j
; forty-eight men on this job, fully fiftv '
Per cent, more than he would ordinaril'v
engage, and he woundup the work this
atternoon. It was a'sewer in Third
and Geiger streets.
The contractor also completed work
| to-day on the Twentieth street sewer
land on Monday he expects to begin op
, erations on the proposed twelve and
! fifteen-inch sewers in Second and Mar
J ket streets and Market Square,
i T h<' first big paving job to be done
j this year will take in Derry street,
j from Twenty-third to Melrose, a sec
i tion nearly a mile long.
With the Fleet at Target Practice
Lieutenant Commander Nea C. Katb
fus, chief navigator of the Atlantic fleet
of battleships, ami Lieutenant Com
mander Harry C. Brinser, chief engineer
of the fleet, both Harriidiurg boys, are
in the flagship Wyoming in Guantanamo
bay, where the fleet is engaged in tar
get practice. Lieutenant Kal'bfus writes
to friends here that some wonderful
shooting lias been done 'by the gunners
of the fleet.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 19. 1915—16 PAGES
SIT SCHAEFFER
mm 531!
County Commissioners
Reluctantly Agree to
Pay Bill of the State
Superintendent
CANT SEE WH^
KE CHARGED
Dauphin Officials Express Opinion
$5,000 Yearly Salary Ought to Iu- j
elude Remuneration for Making Ad
dress to the City Teachers' Institute
I
" Why should Or. X. C. Schaoffer, I
{State Superintendent of Public Ins;rue- !
tion, who is receiviug mi annual salary •
of $5,000. charge the promoters of
'the city teachers' institutes S3O to I
make one address to the teachersf"
Meintiers of the Board of Dauphin
Count v Commissioners, who, be a use of ,
a legal requirement have paid S2OO of !
the $732.75 expenses incident to the 1
holding of three teachers' institutes in;
the city last year, to-day asked that j
question aud expressed a «ish that they |
i could j revent the payment of Dr. j
N haetTer's alleged claim for S3O. Sim
ultaneously they let it lie known that J
they will ask Dr. P. K. Dowues, City
Superintendent of Schools, one of the
promoters of the institute, to inquire'
i into the matter.
Commissioner Miller was absent from
the meeting today, having gone to
l* v bnnon to attend the funeral of Sam i
uel Riegel. a cousin, but Commissioners ;
Isaac Hoffman ami John 11. Eby de-1
dared that in their opinion it is one of
the duties of the State Superintendent ;
I of Public lnstruetion to address insti- 1
' tutions without charging for it. Tliev I
■ were particularly opposed to the Super
intendent's charge of S3O. they said.
• because he was put to no expense when
lie made the address in this city where
his office is located.
When an effort was made this after- :
noon to get Dr. Schaeffer to discuss the;
subject, it was learned he lia.l gone to
his home in Lancaster.
KILLS BIS SISTER QM STAGE
Algerian Dancer's Brother Then Shoots
Indiscriminately at Entertainers
and Into Audience
tfy Associated Pffts,
•San Francisco, March 19.—An At
gerian dancer, known as the "Princess'
Turkait," a member of a ballet in a!
Russian airusenient concession at the
i Panama-Pacific Kx, osition, was shot
and instantly killed last night by her
j brother. Isaas l>i?.raki. Lizraki then be-
I gan firing indiscriminately at the en
tertainers on the stage and into the j
audience, causing a panic.
The "zone" theatre, in which the
shooting occurred, was crowded when
Lizraki entered, brandishing a pistol.
He began tiring at once and his sister
fell with a bullet through the heart. One
of the male entertainers on the stage;
was shot iu the arm. The spectators
made a rush for the doors. None of ;
tlieni was injured.
; Lizraki had fired a half dozen shots !
| before a group of soldiers from the I
Presidio military reservation seized an.* I
! disarmed him. He was arrested and i
| taken to the police station. No reason
! for the shooting v. a? learned.
WOMAN HELPLESS FOK HOURS
Mrs. Margaret Aruweg, Ml, Lay on:
Floor of Her Room for Two Days
Having fallen between her bed anil
a steam radiator us she was preparing
to retire Tuesday night. Mrs. Margaret
Annveg, Si years old. who lived alone
in a room on the third floor of an
apartment house, 225 North Second]
street, was dangerously near death !
from exhaustion when City Detective |
Ibach opened her door with a skeleton i
1 key last evening and released her aft- i
er forty-eight hours without care or at- ;
; tention.
Mrs. Amweg is the descendant of j
'one of the oldest families in Harris-'
burg, being a daughter of Frederick i
Fen who came to this city from Con- !
neeticut when Harrisburg was but a
j village. She was taken to the Harris-!
burg Hospital where she responded to '
treatment. Her condition is slightly i
i better to-day.
Persons who live in the apaitment|
house became alarmed over not having |
seen her for so long and. discovering
her door locked, sent for Detective
Ibach who released the aged woman.
. Dr. .1. E. Dickinson said she was suffer
ing from exhaustion and recommended
that she be sent to the hospital.
LOOK UP PAI MEB'S EXPENSES
"Strangers" on the Hill Inquire Where
They Can Be Found on File
Inquiry as being made on Capitol
Hill yesterday by two "mysterious
strangers" as to where they could find
the expense bill of former Congressman I
A. Mitchell Palmer for his campaign
as a candidate for United States Sen
ator last year. They were directed to
the State Department, where all ex
pense bills are filed, but up noon to-day
they had not yet reached the State De
partment.
It was suggested that it mav be the
purpose to get hold of Mr. Palmer's
expense bill to examine it in connection
with scrutinizing his record before his
nomination by President Wilson, as a
judge of the' United States Court of
Claims, is passed upon in the next ses
sion of the United/ State* Senate,
WOULD 1 ML
11 HUNK
Attorney General Has
Bill Designed to Help
Solve the Highways
Problem
TO BE OFFERED
NEXT MONDAY
Governor's Legal Adviser Wants State
to Share Mora in Benefits of Ita
Mineral Resource*—Would Replace
Present Law
Attorney General Brown finished the
' preparation to-day of a bill to be pre
sented to the Legislature on Monday
night placing n tax on anthracite coal.
; the only feature ot" it yet to be agreed
' upon being the amount per ton trnat- is
to be levied. This tax will be for the
exclusive use of building new highways
iin Pennsylvania and establishing a
i good roads system throughout the State,
j "I see no reason why Pennsylvania's
j vast mineral resources should not be
i taxed for the permanent benefit of
Pennsylvania " said the Attorney Geu
! eral. "We are standing by and see
i ing the State stripped of her great
wealth to be given to residents of oth
i er States, and it is about time Penn
sylvania. as a State, should claim her
1 share.
"I have a letter from a prominent
resident of Arizona, a man who has
| beeii there foi many years, and he
| complains bitterly of the manner in
which Ari.ona has been stripped ot' her
| mineral wealth until now she is com
| paratively without such resources.
I And. furtluimore. he says that outsid
ers reaped the benefits and Arizona got
nothing.
" Pennsylvania should wake up to
whnt is going oil and demand her share
of her mineral wealth for State pur
! poses.
"The bill will place a tax on anthra
cite coal, and the money raised by this
taxation is to In devoted exclusively to
the making of good roads—not for the
maintenance jf roads, but to the mak
ing of roads."
The opinion expressed by legislators
to-day was that should the bill prepared
! by Attorney General Brown become n
1 law it wil. Ret as a repealer to the
present law taxing anthracite coal, the
i constitutionality of which is in dis
j pute in t'he courts.
TBI STATE FUNERAL TO-DAY
W. Harry Baker Representing Local
Club at Final League Meeting
\V. Harry Baker, president ot the
' Pennsylvania Exhibition Company,
owners of the Harrisburg franchise in
i the Tri-Stnte League, attended the fu
. neral of the league in Philadelphia to
day
All the bouds of the lifferent clubs.
' except Heading, which was held until
players' salaries were settled, had been
lifted before to-day. A meeting at
which the league's affairs would be
wound up was held in Philadelphia this
; afternoon.
BROWN FAVORS RETAINING
MOTION PICTURE CENSORS
Attorney General Comes Out Flatfoot
edly Against Plan of Exhibitors'to
Repeal the Law Responsible For
Existence of Present Board
Attorney General Brown, Govern
;or Brumbaugh - s legal advisor, let it be
known to-dav that he regards with
scant favor the attempt to repeal the
act providing for a censorship of mov
, ing pictures in this State, and the con
i sequent abolishment of .the offices of
chief censor, now held by Louis Breit
| > n g e f) of Philadelphia, and his assist
ant.
A bill to abolish the censorship is
s now before the House, and the moving
j picture men have been quite active in
furthering its passage. They argue that
there is no necessity for a legalized
censorship as the greatest care is taken
in the making of pictures so that they
' will not offend the morals of the State.
That Mr. Breitinger is worried over
| the situation was seen this week when
| he called on Attorney General Brown
t to ask that he take a hand in opposi
! tion to the attempt to abolish his of
fice.
Attorney General Brown said to-d&v
that he favored a censorship.
"Mr. Breitinger was in to see me
yesterday," said the Attorney General,
"and after I had heard what he had
to say I told him very plainly that his
duty is to enforce the law no matter
what the citicisms or attacks are made
|on hini. The law is there, very plain,
! and all he has to do is to enforce it,
i and that is what I tokl him to do.
"Of course, there should be a cen
! sorship of moving pictures in Pennsvl
| vania. It is so in other States, and" is
Pennsylvania to take a step backward
nowf I don t think so. Mr. Breitinger
may be subjected to knocks, but any
man in a public position must expect
to be knocked. It is part of the stock
in trade of some people to tonoak, and
it is expected by those who are the
subject of their knocking.
"Yes, I .regard the repeal of the
moving picture censorship law in
Pennsylvania as a step backward, and
people in Pennsylvania will not stand
for it.
"There has been a marked improve
ment in the character of motion pic
tures in this State since censorship
WM established her*."
" There has been a marked improve
ment in the character of motion pic
tures in thh State since censorship
WM established here."
NOR WEOIA N GIRL WINS TENNIS TITLE
r p miss
M moll* .
BJUKSTEDt
New York, March 19.—Miss Moll a
Rjurstiklt, the Norwegian oliampioD,
won the women's national indoor ten
nis championship here to-day, defeat
ing Miss Marie Wagner, the American
titleholder, 6-4, 6-4.
Both contestants won their places
yesterday in the final of the wom-
■SUM
FOB RAIN
i
Senator Lewis Depicts
Dire Disaster to
America In the Event
of War
TELLS HOW ENEMY
I COULD ATTACK US
In Address to Missouri Legislature the
Illinois Statesman Points Out the
Weak Spots Where the United
States Would Suffer
B.i/ Associated Press.
Jefferson City, Mo., March 19. —
I Warning that the United States must
I now decide on a definite foreign policy
was given by Senator James Hamilton
i L Lewis, of Illinois, who addressed
I the Missouri Legislature to-day.
Senator Lewis said the United
States should decide whether she would
| retain the Philippines and maintain
jtwo large fleets to resist aggression on
j the part of foreign powers, or the
• United States must decide to leave the
Philippines and return to the tradi
tional policy of isolation.
Seizing of China by Japan
"Should the l T nited States find it
j necessary to make a protest against Ja
pan's forcibly seizing China, Japan
would probably exact of her present al
lies—England, Prance and Russia—
support for her against the United
States," said Senator Lewis. Then
America would be confronted with a
remarkable situation. Should Japan,
in conjunction with China, be forced to
vent the grievance of her people by
war, she would seize the Philippines
and then would seize Hawaii as the
base from which to intercept our fleet
|on its way to recover the Philippines.
Then Russia, the ally of Japan, would
seize Northern Alaska.
"This would divide our army and
pavy. England, because of her alliance
with Japan, could render no aid to the
United States in Canado or Alaska—
nor would she dare to Jto so in view of
English possessions and English citi
zens in Japan and China.
"Central America, which has a
grievance against us because of the
claim that we forcibly took Panama,
might lend itself to aid our foes by
destroying the Panama Canal to pre
vent our fleet in the Atlantic and Pa
cific from joining.
But One of Two Courses
"It is plain that the United States
has but one of two courses. Either we
must come out of the Philippines and
remove any governmental interest from
the Far East or we must maintain- an
Atlantic fleet large enough to cope with
combined Europe and a Pacific fleet
large enough to combat the combined
Orient." '
AUTO IN DrTCH 4 DAYS
Machine Stolen in Philadelphia Recov
ered Near Dauphin
A Ford automobile which laid iu the
culvert east of Dauphin from Thursdiy,
when it ran over the bank, until Sun
day was sent to its owner in Philadel
phia to-day. The machine-was stoleu
last Wednesday at Fifty-first and Mar
ket streets, Philadelphia, and the fol
lowing night was badly damaged when
its driver ran it over the bank near
Dauphin. '
The machine was taken out of the
culvert by a local auto dealer on Sun
day and to-day sent to its owner. Four
Philadelphia boys arc believed to have
atoleu the machine.
en 's national indoor championship
tenuis tournament at the Seventh arm
ory. The Norwegian girl defeated Miss
Alberta Weber at 6-2, 6-1, in her semi
final. Miss Wagner, playing more
easily, disjiosed of Miss Florence Shel
don. of the Montclair A. €., at
6-3, 6-3.
2 MORE BRITISH VESSELS
TORPEDOED BY GERMANSIN
ENGLISH CHANNEL TO-DAY
i Glasgow, Scotland, March 19, Via
London, 3.45 P. M.—The British
| steamer Hvndford was torpedoed to
; day in the English channel by a Ger
i man submarine. It is reported that
t one member of her crew wna killed,
j This steamer was torpedoed in the fa
| voritu hunting, ground of the tier
submarines off Beachy Head while she
! was proceeding for Jjondon under her
own steam.
London, March 19, 4.07 P. M.—Tho
j British steamer Bluejacket, with wheat
j from Liverpool, has been torpedoed by
| a German submarine off Beachy Head.
The crew took to the boats. The
steamer, although badly Jumaged, re
mained afloat.
The steamer Hyndford was of
2,775 tons net burden. She was 376
feet long and was built at Port Glas
gow in 1905. She was owned by the
Scottish Ship Owners' Company, of
Glasgow.
The Bluejacket was of 2,271 tons.
She was 336 feet long, was owned by
G. Ballet, of Cardiff, and was built at
Sunderland in 1904.
Beachy Head is a promontory on the
south const of England, projecting into
the English channel about 20 miles east
of Brighton.
Britain Mobilizing Women For War
fLomlon, March 19, 1:2.4-3 P. M. —
The government is proceeding with the
plan to mobolize women to replace men
needed in the war. Upward of 700
women willing to substitute for men
have been registered during the past
twenty-four hours.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
The new Russian invasion of Ger
many apparently has led to the occupa
tion of Memel, an, important Baltic
port at the northern tip of East Prus
sia. The German official report of to
day indicates that Kussian forces have
entered the city.
Petrograd believes that Field Mar
shal Von Hindenburg has decided to
launch a new attack on Warsaw from
the west. Russian military authorities
assert that the Germans have aban
doned their attack in the north and are
concentrating forces south of the Vis
tula where heavy artillery fighting al
ready is under way.
The developments of yesterday on
the western front were a repetition of
the local engagements such as have
been usnal during the winter months.
Minor successes are claimed by the
French in Northwestern France and in j
the Argonne. The German statement
mentions several attacks by the allies
but asserts they failed.
The Russian army which Is Invading
Continued on fourth Pace
Old Printer Suffers Stroke
John Felker, 74 years old, a well
known retired printer, was stricken
with a stroke of apoplexy in the store
of the Scheffer estate, 21 South Second
street, this morning. He was taken to
bis home in the "»olice ambulance. His
condition is serious.
POSTSCRIPT I
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ItyuE, ONE CENT.
TURKS SINK
BATTLESHIP
FORFRENCH
Turkish Statement
Says the Bouvet of
the Allied Fleet Is
| Sent to Bottom
SHIPS HEAVILY
SHELL THE FORTS
Task of the Mine Sweepers In the Dar
danelles Boing Made Difficult By
the Enemy, Whb Arc Continually
Launching Floating Mines
< oustantinople, Hv Wireless to Her*
lin and Lonifcu, .March 19, S.IB A. M.
—An official statement issued from
Turkish headquarters says:
"Our fleet early to-day bombarded
tho shi|> yards and maneuvering place
of torpedo boats west of Theodosia
(on the Black Sea in Crimea, a port
of Russia) and set. the building* on
fire.
"An allied enemy fleet heavily
shelled the forts of the Dardanelles,
which replied effectively, sinking the
French battleship Bouvet."
The French battleship Bouvet. which
is reported in a Turkish official state
ment to have been sunk in the Darda
nelles wa£ a vessel of 12,000 tons dis
placement, laid down in 1893 with *
complement, of 621 men. Ilor arma
ment consisted of two 12-inch guns,
two 10.8-inch, eight 5.5-inch; eight
3.9-inch; ten 3 pounders and ten 1
pounders, besides two torpedo tubes.
Allied Fleet Blocks Out Horizon
London, March 19, 3.03 A. M.
Tho allied fleet literally blocks out the
horizon between the island of Tene
dos and the main land, says the "l>tily
Mail's" Tenedoa corresrv ndent. The
** iteWTtigiiii.l flags, tho flush-
the heliqgraphs and the waviug
Textile semaphore* the fleet a
gala appearance.
The task of the mine nweepers, the
correspondent adds, which are eleven
miles up tho Dardanelles, is being
made difficult by tho fact that the
Turks aro continually launching float
ing mines. The mine sweepers are be
ing assisted by waterplancn.
Turkish Shells Hit Warships
Paris, March 19, 1.30 A. St.—An
artillery duel in tho Dardanelles be
tween Turkish shore batteries and war
ships protecting allied mine sweepers,
lasted from midnight until 2 a. m. yes
terday says an Athens dispatch to the
iHavas Agency, based upon informa
tion from Tenedos. The warships are
reported to have 'been struck b v sev
eral shells but the damage done was
slight. Two shore batteries wero silen
ced.
ZEPPELIN BOMBS DROPPED
IN CALAISKILLj PERSONS
Calais, Via Paris, March 19, 5.10
A. M.—A shower of shrapnel from
French artillery greeted the Zeppelin
which raided this city Thursday night
and dropped bombs, which killed seven
persons, without damaging rne railroad
station, at which they were aimed. Tha
Characteristic throbbing of the Zeppe
lin's engines gave warning of the air
ship's approach between midnight and
I 1 a. m.
I The rays of powerful searchlight!
were turned upon the clouds in an ef
fort to locate tho aerial invader, but
! the German craft, flew high above the
' banks of dark clouds and for some time
| was invisible. Finally, however, it
came into view and the artillery was
i trained upou tho airahip. Notwith
standing the bombardment, it dropped
several bombs, which missed their tar
gent, and then made off as rapidly ai
possible.
HURRY REPAIRS TO EITEL;
BRITISH CRUISERS WAI
Newport News, Va., March 19.—Ma
chinists of her crew are working da\
and night on the German auxilihn
cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, but s<
far Commander Theirichens has madt
no formal reply to Collector Hamiltoh'i
repeated requests for a definite state
ment of the time he wants to put hii
ship in condition for sea.
Meantime British cruisers continm
to lie off the Virginia capes in wait foi
the Germain raider, and the belie
grows Hiat the Prinz Eitel eventual!]
will be interned.
No arangements had yet 'been mad*
to-dav for disposing of' the 76 unde
fiirable immigrants which t>lie Prinz Ki
tel took from the sunken French lino:
Floride.
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press,
New York, March I».—New point)
of strength developed in the final hour,
with greater activity in the Pacifies
and other railway issues. Bethlehem
Steel increased its gain to five points.
The closing was strong. No traces of
the reactionary tendency recently
manifested by the stock market wer«
visible to-day, the entire list moving
upward.