THE WEATHER I FAIR TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW Detailed Report, Pace I ■Sr A ?""" KD 77—NO. 93. iwo msns f CITY WELL LEAVE The Rev. B. H. Hart and the Rev. J. H. Daugherty Transfer red to Other Charges FIFTH STREET MEN PROTEST Bishop Burt Removes Their Pastor De spite Petitions For Reappointment —Trustees to Take Action To night According to announcement made to-day- at the Central Pennsylvania Methodist conference at Shamokin, the Kev. B. H. Hart, pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist church, will be WHffr <-^tk THE REV. B. H. HART At Fifth Street Fourteen Years transferror! to the Pine Street church, Williamsport, and the Rev. John H. Daugherty, pastor of the Ridge Ave nue church, goes to St. John's church, Sun-bury. The new pastor of Fifth Street will he the Rev. Edwin A. Pyles, 1 of Pine Street church, Williamsport, and the Rev. ,\lr. Daugherty's succes sor at Ridge Avenue, will be the Rev. William W. Hart man. The Rev. Mr. Hart and the Rev. Mr. Daugherty have been in this city longer than any of the other Methodist ministers, the former fourteen years and the latter six. A committee of seven members of the Fifth Street Methodist church, which yesterday went to Shamokin to petition Bishop Hurt for the return of the Rev. B. 11. Hart, as pastor of the congregation, wax told by the bishop tli it the Row Mr. Hart would not be reappointed to his charge in this city. A special meeting of the trustees of the Fifth Street church ha.s been call ed for to-night, when it is believed the bishop's decision will 'be protested. THE REV. JOHN H. DAUGHERTY Who Leaves Ridge Avenue Bishop Burt gave no reason for taking the Rev. Mr. Hart from Hai* ridburg, except that he considered the latter's fourteen years of service at Fifth (Street church long enough. It is on this point, according to E. F. Bates, a trustee of the church, that the local churchmen desiring Mr. Hart's return may tfike issue with the bishop, since i there are no 'limitations to the length of a pant orate, and no rules would be broken by the return of Mr. Hart. If the Rev. Mr. Hart is transferred, despite the protests from members of his congregation, the transfer will be an exchange of pulpits with the Rev. Mr. Pyles. The latter is well known in this city. For some years he had charge of churches at Mechanicsburg anil West Fairview. Shamokin, Pa., March 23.—The Central-Pennsylvania Conference of the M. E. church adjourned at noon to day after the announcement 0111 the ap- Coutlnued on Ulfkth l'lft. V ®l)e Star- Mh Jnkpenknt. APPOINTMENTS MADE AT NORRISTOWN CONFERENCE Resolution Endorsing Woman Suffrage and Urging Pastors to Support Bill Is Passed at Closing Session—ln troduced by the Rev. Charles Roads By Associated Prcst. Norristowu, Pa., March 23.—The closing session of the 128 th annual Philadelphia Methodist Kpiscopal con ference was held to day. A resolution endorsing woman suffrage and urging pastors to support the suffrage bill now pending in Harrisburg was passed. It was introduced by the Kev. Charles Koads, of Shenandoah. Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, of Tennessee, who presided while Bishop McDowell was completing thie list of appointments, delivered an address in which he urged the ministers to make the coming year the greatest evangel istic period irt the history of the church in America. Dr. G. H. Bickley, spoke in behalf of the board of sustentation. He said the amounts collected last year were $6,588, an increase of $172 over the preceding year. Dr. Bickley said the conference wants to limit a minister's minimum salary to SBOO per year, and he appealed to the conference to do better work for the sustentation fund. The annual report of the statistician showed that 8,996 Sunday school schol ars were admitted to church member ship during the year. The total num ber of church members in the confer ence is 88,001, an increase of 3,431 over that of last year. There are 403 churches in the conference, and J474, 999 was the total expenditure for ministerial support. The appointments in part follow: West District E. C. Griffiths, superintendent. Ardmore, William Downey. Bainbridge and Falmouth, Russeli Kern. Oharlestown, A. C. F. Ottey. Coateeville, T. W. McKinney. Columbia, Cookman, W..S. Nichols. Coventryville, W. F. Humphrey. Grove, W. H. Zewizi'g. Lancaster, Broad street and Salun ga, E. B. Baker. Leola and New Holland, G. W. To vey. Washington borough, to be supplied. Northwest District George W. Izer, superintendent. Berrysburg, to be supplied by pastors of Lykens and Wiconisco. Cornwall, William E. Myers. Coxestown, Alfred Harries. Halifax, A. T. Collom. Hunimestown, Percy Bo ugh ey, supply. Lebanon, Centenary, W. E. Yeager. Llewellyn, J. T. Hunt. Manada and Paxton, R. D. Louden, supply. Plioenixville, C. P. Futcher. Riverside, R. D. Louden, supply. Steelton, W. C. Sanderson. Tower City, C. B. Felton. WALTER PRODDEDBYLYNCH Street Repairs Contractor Is Directed to Speed Up in His Work—Says Weather Has Interfered Highway Commissioner last evening sent an ultimatum to Charles P. Walter, who has the contract to re pair the cdty's asphalt streets, direct ing Walter to make better progress with the work or accept the alternative of surrendering the job and consequently his claim to the $3,750 quarterly allow ance yet due on his five-year contract, which expires on April 1. Walter received the Lynch letter late last nig'ht and this morning told the Commissioher that only weather con- ditions will prevent him from going ahead with the work. The response, l Lynch said, was satisfactory and, he I added, that he "now will await re | suits." The Highway Commissioner com plained that Walter was not doing the work as speedily as he had promised ! and this led Lynch to believe that the contractor was not using his best ef- I forts to complete the job. Walter has ! promised, Lynch said, to go on with the | work by to-morrow morning. MARKET ST. GRADING BIDS Stucker Brothers' Construction Com pany Submitted the Low Proposal Stucker Brothers' Construction Com pany was the low bidder when pro posals were opened by Highway Com missioner Lynch at noon to-day for the grading of Market street from Twenty first street to the eastern cit> line. The contract was not awarded. The bids were as follows: Central Construction & Supply (Jo., $5,355; David C. Ott & Son, Camp Hill, $5,350; Stuckers Brothers' Con struction Company, $3,554; William H. Murphy & Son, Chambersburg, $4,- 864.12 1-2; Howard O. Firor, Balti more, Mil., $6,069; 8. W. Shoemaker & Son, $6,143.50. ' _______ • ESCAPE FROM ALMSHOUSE Three Fugitives Break Hole In l;»-inch Brick Wall Notice was received at police head quarters this morning to be on the look out for three fugitives who escaped from the workhouse at the Dauphin county almshouse during last night. Two s of the men, Joseph Belford, who is serving thirfy days, and Levi tjuigg, sixty days, were sentenced about two weeks ago, while Joseph Carroll, who was given ninety days, was only taken out a week ago. The escape of the prisoners was not noticed until 8 o'clock this morning. Upon investigation it was found they made their exit bv making a hole through a brick wall thirteen inches thick. All three men are well known by police, will be on a constant lookout for them. HARRISBTJRG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1915—12 PAGES. WOULD BUY PLAY PLOT MI.OI Taylor Asks City to Purchase* SiteatFifth and Emerald for That Price HIS COLLEAGUES , SHOW SURPRISE Lynch and Bowman Say Ordinance Will Never Go Through in Its Present Form—Fire Apparatus Purchase Delayed A few minutes before M. Harvey Taylor, Park and Fire Commissioner, 'had planned formally to announce this afternoon that he recommended award ing contract for furnishing the cltv with three motor tractors for fire ap paratus to an out-of-town concern in preference to Hie Morton Truck and Tractor Company, of this city, the low 'bidder, the lorton Company sent a let ter to the City Commissioners asking i<» withdraw its 'bids. The request covered the com;any's j proposals on the three tractors and also I on two combination chemical wagons \ which the city proposes to buy. Taylor i then said to his colleagues that the tie- I lay in making the fire apparatus awards | was due to t'he local firm's request to examine its machines. He remarked: "As I had included the Morton v.om pany in t'he recommendations I had pro posed to make to the Commission :o day, I am obliged to announce that I am not now 'prepared to make a recom mendation of an award." Tajjlor Talks of Retaliating Taylor said it would be possible to | make the Morton Company suffer fi j nancially through its action in wtth | drawing, adding that he could, "If 1 wanted to 'be as unfair as they have j been to me." award the contract for J furnishing the two combination wagons | to them, and if they did not accept it, , then the S2OO certified check deposited by the company as an evidence of good fiith to furnish the apparatus could De retained by the city. When a»tted if he planned to do this, Taylor sakl: ''l do not care to discuss the matter furtlher. 1 ' Taylor later threw a scare into his Republican colleagues by introducing l/a measures under which iie proposes to i pay $27,000 to John C. Orr for a play t ground .site at Fifth and Emerald j streets, in the Tenth ward. The ground I fronts 403 feet on Fifth street. 300 on Emerald and 405 on Fourth street. Lynch an I Bowman, Republicans, candidly admitted that they were amazed by the Taylor ordinance. ''That ordinance will ne\\r pass in that crude shape," said one of them. Another of Taylor's measures, intro j ihioed to-dav, provides for the purchase i of almost fifteen acres of ground in ! Hwatara and Susquehanna townships for $4,090. This land he proposes to use to continue the Cameron parkway. | Amos E. Enders is to be paid $1,850 jfor 2.33 acres and the Paxtang Ccme j tery Association is to get $2,240 for j 12.3 acres. Would Buy More Fire Hose The third ordinance offered by Tay | lor carries an appropriation of $ 1,850 | for fire hose. 11 is believed thnt 2,500 j feet of new hose can be obtained far that money. His last measure provides | lor repairs to the Friendship fire en i gine, the cost of which shall not ex ceed SSOO. Agreeing to give the city dairymen an opportunity to be heard "on the sev eral matters in question, Commissioner Bowman this afternoon withdrew the measure amending the Health Bureau's j food rules. The amendments chiefly an j ply to the dairymen, who will meet with the members of the Health Hoard and | Commissioner Bowman to-morrow even ing \. I William 1). Block was reappointed li cense tax officer for the year 1915, at ' t lie salary lie now receives, $1,200 a 1 voa'. Bowman made the nonvnation. Ordinances | as.sed finally include , these: Opening Carlisle street, Holl" ito Derry; regulating the department of the City Forester, and authorizing the purchase of three city scales. ' REDUCE FA HE* FOR iMtMINiS Transportation Companies Authorized to Cut Bates for Clergymen Railroads and street railway com panies are authorized to issue transpor tation at special reduced rates to min isters of religion under the terms of a bill passed finally in the House this morning. The vote was 142 to 22. The present public service law was | construed to mean that lower rates could not be granted to ministers. I PULLS TRIGGER WITH TOE Adams County Farmer's Debts Worry Him Into Suicide By Associated Press, York, Pa., March 23. Worried by ' obligations facing him on April 1, the: annual "settlement day" in this lo cality, William Shultz, fifty years old, an Adams county farmer, blew out-his brains this morning. He tied his shotgun to the bed post and pulled the trigger with his toe. New Jersey Defeats Local Optioj By Associated Picas. Trenton, X. J., March 23.—The mu nicipal local option bill was defeated in the lower nouse of the New Jersey Legislature early t.-day by a Vote of 43 to 13. The measure which was known as the Gaunt bill passed Hie Senate about a month ago. FULL CREW LAW FIGHT ON IN SENATE CHAMBER Hundreds of Railroad Hen Attend Hearing Before Joint Committee of the Legislature, Starting Late This Afternoon The first hearing on the bill to re peal the full crew law passed by the Legislnture of 19t<r was held before the joint Senate and House Committee on Railroads in t'bc Senate chamber this afternoon, the occasion being the presentation by the railroad companies of their side of the ease, favoring the repeal. The railroad trainmen will be heard at a meeting to be held next week. A great crowd of railroad men were present, representing all branches of railroad interests, men prominent in the conduct of the roads and the men who do the manual work on the roads, trains and in the yards and offices. At least 500 were on the Senate hoor and the galleries were crowded. The railroad companies were repre sented by George F. O'Donnell, chair man of the railioud committee made up of officials of the various trunk lines, with C. Stuart Patterson and Wil liam I. Schnfer, for counsel, and the trainmen were represented by the leg islative committees of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors and t'he Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, with .lames Scarlet, of Danville, aud former Attorney Geneinl John Bell, of Phila delphia, as counsel. Numerous other attorneys representing the roads were in the room. All of the committeemen were present. WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED Representative Maurer Introduces Bill In House To-day Appropriating $2,<MM),04)0 For the Purpose | Representative Maurer, of Berks, in j troduced a bill in the House to-day ap : propriating |2,000,000 of State funds i to furnish work for involuntarily un | employed ami providing for a com i mission consisting of the Governor, | Auditor Geuepjl and Commissioner of Labor aud Industry to carry out the | provisions of the bill. Other bills introduced were: Mr. Milleron, Armstrong—Provid -1 ing for monthly pay for county school j superintendents. ■ Mr. Graham, Philadelphia—Appro ! priating S7j,(H)O for a tract of land for the ui Uit Kaaiei* (wai j tentiary. Mr. Rinn, Lehigh-—'Requiring rail j roads to remove annually one grade crossing for each twenty miles of track under a penalty of a day ! for failure. Mr. Geary. Allegheny—Creating a j State bureau of accounts to supervise , all public accounting in State, county 1 aud municipal oftices. Mr. Swartz,- Diuphin—Repealing : the act of 1906 which required the I examination and licensing of station ary enginemen in cities of the second and third class. The .House took a recess at 1 o'clock i until 7.30 o'clock this evening. BILLS PASSU) FINALLY BY HOUSE OK REPRESENTATIVES Bills passed finally in the House of Representatives to-day included: Increasing the clerk hire allowance ! of Judges of the Superior Court from $1,500 to $2,500 a yeari increasing the number of peremptory ! challenges in felony and misdemeanor ; cases, providing for 20 challenges 111 I oyer and terminer; 12 in felony cases, [ bribery, arson, entbracery and election | cases. Giving district attorneys power to employ expert witnesses in criminal cases with the permission of the court and authorizing the payment of fees out of county treasury. Permitting a Judge to appoint a first assistant clerk for orphans" court. Authorizing counties and municipali ties to unite in providing rest rooms in court houses. OPTION DISCUSSION DELAYED House Lair nr.d Order Committee Will Not Meet Until To-morrow The House Law and Order Commit tee d'd not meet t' day to take up the local option bill as intended, but Chair man \\ illiams said he has called a meet ing for to-morrow afternoon. He was not certain whether anything will be done 111 tile matter of local option, and lie intimated that action will be post poned. "We have a large numiber of bills that have accumulated since our last meeting," said Chairman Williams, "and we will"dispose of tliem in order to get them out of the way for more important matters." A preliminary hearing 011 the merits of the local option bill will be held in the hall of the House 011 April 6. MRS. RKI!,Y IS BURIED TO-DAY Her Seven Brothers Act as Pallbearers In Services This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. lxiuise Harrison Reily, wife of George W. Reily. Jr., were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Reily homestead at Front and Reily streets. They were conducted by the Kev. Dr. C. I. Sco lield, of New York, assisted by the Kev. Dr. Harris Gregg, of St. Louis. Seven of Mrs. Heily's brothers act ed as pallbearers. They are Charles K., Boiling H., Hall, Hartman K., Evelyn, John and Philip Harrison. The eighth pallbearer was 1-iesley Mc- Creath. Following the services at the home, burial was made privately in the fam ily plot in the Harrisburg cemetery. Mrs. Reily's death occurred on Sun da/ morning in Philadelphia. DERIS m BOIL n CROOK Court Will Not Let Mercer Go to Aid New York Authori % ties Without Bond RECORD OF THE PRISONER AIRED _—_ Man Convicted of Forgery Here Has Been Involved in Many Olever Swindles in York State—Helped Prosecutors as Stool Pigeon That H. R. Mercer who with Fred Leßrun is in jail here awaiting sen tence on several charges of forgery, is a notorious crook, confidence man and perjurer and played a skillful part in some daring swindles that have caused almost endless trouble for the New York state authorities, was tho declara tion made in court here last evening by William J. Fallou, Assistant District Attorney, of West Chester county, New JTork. Fallon told Judges Kuirkel and Mc- Carrel that his mission to Harrisburg was largely brought about by District Attorney Perkins, of New York coun ty. It was fur the purpose of obtain ing, not the freedom but the custody of Mercer, so that the defendant could be taken back to New York State and used as a "stool pigeon" and in other ways to gather evidence in prosecut ing a lawyer named O'Neill and bis al leged understudy, a man named Peck. Peck, Fallon said, are 1 men who, the New York authorities expect to show, trumped up damage suits against railroad companies/ and other industrial corporations and, by means of artifice, obtained big ver dicts, —one a $75,000 decision said to be the largest ever rendered by a New York jury Hints at Penitentiary Terms Mercer himself escaped a prison •term in New York state in 1909, after j having been convicted of grand larceny in the second decree, only because he 'aided the then District Attorney of I New York in the prosecution of several j other criminal cases, Fallon informed the local .judges. Mercer now is under indictment, 011 a somewhat similar charge, in New York county and while Fallon said his plan is to requisition Mercer from Harrisburg to New York county, Mercer immediately is to be turned over the the West Chester coun ty authorities to appear against O'Neill. Peck is under indictment in The Bronx. Judge Kunkel, Judge and District Attorney Stroup all thought it unwise to let Mercer go scot free on the charges upon which he has been convicted here, all saying that to ex tend clemency to Mercer as a courtesy to the New Yorkers would be doing so at tltc expense of Pennsylvania justice. Judge McCarrell several times hint ed at the court's intention to.send both Mercer and Leßrun to the penitentiary, I suggesting to Fallon that he could ably i carry out his plans and set the custody jof Mercer by obtaining a writ of habeas corpus to permit Mercer to go to New York to testify, on the peni tentiary warden, and later return him ' to that penal institution to finish serv | ing his sentence. But that idea didn't appeal trf Fal lon. He said by way of suggestion to the court: "Do not suspend sentence, but place the defendant in my custody, as an of ficer of the New York Commonwealth." Fallon's plan was not agreeable to the judges, however, in view of the danger of Mercer escaping. Local Court Demands Bond Subsequently the court postponed sentencing Mercer and Leßrun for*two weeks, saying that if Fallon produces a ?2,500 bond to guarantee Mercer's return to this state for sentence on the charges upon which the crook has been convicted here, a motion to suspend sentence temporarily might be consid ered. As Fallon and other prosecuting of ficers of New York City are acting in directly in behalf of railroads that suf fered at the hands of alleged swindlers, the local Judges pointed out to Fallon that those "clients" possibly would furnish the necessary bond. Judge Kunkel declared point blank that he is inclined to let the law take its course unless the New York au thorities furnish the required bond as one of the evidences of good faith in their promise to return Mercer. The Judge was opposed especially to "free ing" Mercer since a New York Judge once granted the defendant clemency and directed him to leave the state of New York. I Mercer did so antf, according to the authorities, has been causing Pennsyl vania people of trouble ever since. President of Wilson College Resigns By Associated Press. Chambersburg, Pa., March 23.—Dr. Anna J. McKeag, president of Wilson College, to-day resigned to become head of a new department at Wellesley Col lege. The resignation is to take ef fect on August 1. Wife of Morman Church Head Dies Salt Lake City, Utah, 'March 23. Mrs. Sanuh Ellen Richards Smith, wife of President Joseph F. Smith, of <he Mormon Church, died yesterday. She was born in this city in 1850. Three Inches of Snow in Texas Long View, Texas, March 23.—Thres inches of snow jver the ground 'here to-daf. This is the latest date snow has ever fallen in this section. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The latest Russian invasion of Oer -1 many is said at Berlin to havw met with the same fate as its predecessors. To-day's official German communication contains the announcement that the Russian forces which captured Memel, at the northern end of East Prussia, have been driven back and that Ger man troops, pursuing them across the border, have captured the Russian town of Krottlngen. No confirmation has been received from Russian sources. The Russians are still on the offen sive in Northern Poland, but so far as the day's dispatches show their at tacks have been attended by no im portant results. The German war of fice asserts that the Russians have been driven back in every iilstance. Apart from a few small movements such as have been in progress for sev eral months, the initiative in France and Belgium yesterday was left to the I airmen. Aviators of the allies attack ed Ostend and German aeroplanes dropped bombs on Rheims. The Ger- Continued on Seventh Pave* Sweden to Tax Profits of War Copenhagen, via Ixnidon, March 23, 3.21 A. M. —The " Politiken " says that the Swedish government is pre paring a bill which provides for the imposition of heavy taxes on all tlioee whose profits have increased as a re sult of the war. Heavy Reduction in Milk Supply Venice, via March 23, 3.38 A. «M.—Advices from Budapest say that the daily milk supply has fallen ; froVn 50,000 gallons to 20,000 gallons I and that the ministry of the interior | has forbidden cafes to serve coffee aft j er 10 o'clock in the forenoon. ' Wants Room for Dardanelles Wounded Valetta, Island of Malta, March 23. —The Governor of Malta has appealed to local residents to take convalescents from the hospitals in their homes, thus i making room in the hospitals for the ; wounded who are expected from the I Dardanelles. AFTER THE SCALPOF FOUST Philadelphia Politicians Are Trying to Have Cassidy Put at Head of Food Commission Philadelphia politicians are after the job now held by James Foust, of Blair county—that of Pure Food Commis : sioner—and will ask Governor Bruni i baugh to appoint Harry P. Cassidy, of I Philadelphia, to tike place. Cassidy was ! formerly an agent of the Pure Foe' di- I vision and worked in the eastern part of the State. •Mr. Fonst has been connected with the Agricultural Department as head of the Pure Food division for a number of years, and lias bceu instrumental in obtaining some stringent pure food laws. Under these laws, he has col lected for the State tines aggregating many thousand.! of dollars. Foust is a personaPfriend of Governor Brumbaugh and comes from t.ie Juniata Valley. His friends will contest any effort to have him displaced. POLICEMAN LOSES IMS UNIFORM "Pat" Hylan. Ambulance Driver, Dis cards Coat and Cap to Get Fugitive The capture of Clarence Boos, the I'2-year-old colored lad who escaped from the police station yesterday where he was held for juvenile court next Friday, cost "Pat" Hylan ilriver of the ambulance some uneasiness when he lost his coat and cap in giv ing chase to the lad. "Pat" had determined to play reg ular detective, and in order not to arouse suspicion took off his t coat and cap and chucked them into an auto mobile standing in front of the Harris burg bakery plant 011 South Cameron street. In the meantime the owner of the machine, Bernard Schmidt, c:une out of the bakery, jumped into the car and drove away, leaving "Fat" with out his coat and cap for more than an hour and a half. The lad, finding himself cornered, at last gave himself up, being captured in an old stable on South Cameron street. Clarence was again returned to the basement of the police station, where he will be held until Friday, there being no detention house where juveniles can be placed. WOOD BLOCK STREET SIGNS E. B. Hoffman Gets the Contract to Furnish 1.100 Index Boards A wood block street sign, havinig three-inch ib>lack letters and a steel background, tliits afternoon was adopt ed by the City Commissioners as the logical index board to be used in Har risburg. Consequently the contract for 1,4(M) of that type of signs was award ed to E. B. Hoffman, of this city, at his bid of 50 cent* each. Upwards of 500 of these signs are now in use in the city and City Com missioner Lynch, who recommended this particular sign, suggested that ali can be preserved by repainting. Bids on enamel signs run from 24 to 32 cents each; tilg, $1.25 each; copper, $ 1.82; 'castiron, 48 to 55 cents. An appropriation of $2,500 has been made to cover the cost of these street signs although it is believed th-at less than that amount will be needed, since the cost of erecting the signs will not be extremely heavy. CHIPPEWA INDIAN, 105, DIES Woman Was Last Known of Native Ohio Redskins of Pull Blood By Amociatcd Press, Toledo, X)., March 23.—Mrs. Vic toria Cadaract, aged 105, died last night in Ottawa county infirmary, near Oak Harbor. Mrs. (Cadaract was a Chippewa Indian and was the last known of the native Ohio Indians of the full blood. Until ten days ago she lived alone in a cabin near Curtice. She was found there unconscious with a hip dislocated. t i 11 i i i i POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. FINAL SCENE IN PRZEMYSL SURRENDER Aus t rianTroops Fought Desperately in Last Battle Before Giving Up Fortress 100,000 MEN IN THE GARRISON Russians Now Preparing for Violent Offensive in Carpathians, and With Force of 750,000 Men Will Attempt to Break Austrian Line London, March 23, 2.55 A. M.—Ac cording to the Petrograd correspondent of the "(Morning Post" the Przemysl garrison oponed negotiations for sur render on Saturday, but nothing came of this. Then during bhe course of the night, of March 20-21 a sortie was at tempted. This was the last straw. Throughout Sunday negotiations for terms proceeded and the surrender was effected Monday morning. The garrison consisted of 100,000 men, tfhis eorre spondent says. A Petrograd dispatch to the "Daily Telegraph" says that- simultaneously with the capture of Memel, the Germans were expelled from Tauroggen and flung back to their frontier. Gigantic Battle Expected Soon Information from an Austrian source to the "National Tidende" of Copen hagen says the Russians are preparing for a violent offensive in . the Car pathians. They have assembled 750,- 000 mr>n for this purpose and will make an att * ',r• *h f l itrian line. A gigantic Uii_,.e is expecud, as Aus tria is bringing up all possible relu forcements to meet t'he attack. The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd cor respondent says: "The end ca.nie quickly after a fight, on Friday fpr'jos .session of a hill 40(J feet high, over looking the fortress of Prx.emysi. The Austrian troops foug'ht desperately un til 2 o'clock in the afternoon. They were then hurled back, leaving 4,000 prisoners in the ha nils of the Russian! as well as hundreds of dead." Description of Last Battle Petrograd, via London, March 23, 8.21 A. M.—Events which preceded the final desperate sorlie of the tie leagured garrison in the Austrian for tress of Przemysl, designed to break through the encircling ring of Russian troops, are described in an official com munication issued here last night. The statement savs: "During the last days before the final sortie the garrison received in creased rations. Kach soldier was given biscuits to last five days, warm, new clothing and new boots. Officers were instructed to explain to the troops bliat if they returned to the fortress an in gloriius fate awaited them and conse- Coßtlnurd on Seventh Pale PART OF WOUNDED SOLDIER'S BRAIN REMOVED; HE LIVES Paris, March 23, 4.50 A. M.— An operation performed by Dr. Guipen by whidh a part of a wounded soldier's brain removed without the patient suffering serious consequence was de scribed before the Academy of Sciences last night by Dr. l«avarain. The soldier, Dr. Lavarain said, was taken to a military hospital with a penetrating wound in the occipital re gion of his cranium. Splinters of bone caused abscesses to form in the left cerebral hemisphere. These were re moved but fresh ones formed and Dr. Guipen was obliged on two occasions to remove portions of the brain winch protruded from the wound. Thus the patient lost at least a third of the left cerebral hemisphere, but shows no particular signs, either of mental or [»iy«ical trouble. v CONTRABAND AMMUNITION IS FOUND ON BOARD THE FINLAND . Naples, via Paris, March 23, 7.35 A. M.—Contraband ammunition was found on board the steamer Finland Dy officials here, according to dispatches printed in Naples newspapers. It is said that six customs guards arc accom panying the steamer to Genoa for a thorough search there, as it is believed the cargo contains more contraband tilian was found here. The Finland is a steamer of 9,572 tons, which sailed from New York Feb ruary 27 for Gibraltar, where she ar rived March 9 ami then cleared for Naples and Genoa. WALL STREET CLOSINQ By Ansin ialed Prcnt. New York, March , £l.—Buoyancy characterized the final dealings, Read ing, Steel and Amalgamated extending previous gains. The closing was strong. Very active trading at the highest av erage level of the year attended to day's market operations. Standard shares were most prominent, with sub stantial advances. *
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