THE WEATHER CLOUDY TO-NIGHT FAIR TO-MC iROW OetallN Rrpwt Pace 8 g^ A ? 1 ,%1* D VOL. 77—NO. 96 WORD FROM MR. LARABEE IS RECEIVED Urumiah Horrors De scribed in Cable Mes sage by Soil-In-Law of S. W. Fleming WAY FORCED INTO AMERIC'N MISSION Relatives Here Still Believe That the Labarees Are Safe in Tabriz and That the Information the Missionary Sent Reached Him at That Place Now York. March 26. —All the men at .Julpashan. a large village near Vrumiah. Persia, have been shot by Kur is. t ie women violated, an Amer i an missionary beaten and sixty-five refugees taken from the French and American missions have been hanged 011 -;>ets erected in the mission yards, according to a cablegram received here to-day by t;ie Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mission*. The missionary referred to as hav ing 'Cen beaten, is K. T. Allen, who was born in London. Ontario, and be came a naturalized American. Mr. Al len has been in the service of the board since IS9I. He was sent for the second time to Persia in 1911. S x thousand dollars for relief at Urumiah was cabled to day to the America consul at Tabriz by the Per sian war relief committee. The first information since January concerning the Rev. Robert *M. Labaree, one of the American missionaries to 3'ersia, known in Harrisburg through having married Miss Mary Fleming, <iaugtoier of Assistant Postmaster and •Mrs. Samuel F. Fleming, of tins city, ■was conveyed in a dispatch received here to-day through the Associated Press. Mr. labaree. with his family, had been stationed at Urumiah, Persia, the center of the present Turkish mas fa res. but recently went to Tabriz, some distance away. Although the dis -1 at>-.-i refers to him as being in Urumiah, Mr. Fleming ontinues to-lay to adhere to the relief hit the Labarees still are sate in Tabriz. The cable message received to-dav s from Tiflis. Hussia. and dated " Phursdav, March 25. 3 P. M.. via Petrograd. March 26. 10 a. in.," and says: "Turkish --oops have committed /. rther acts of violence at the Anieri « an mission in I'rumiaii. Persia, accord ing to a message received by the local American consul at Tabriz. "Mr. Paddock transmits a message f-on. Missionary Robert M. Labaree. at 1 rumiah. to the effect that the Turkish <onsul at Urumiah forced his way into the mission compound with a number of Turkish regular troops and removed some Assyrian Christian refugees vho ivere then massacred. •'The Turks also beat and insulted the Ameri -an missionaries.'' Mr. Fleming Not Alarmed Mr. Fleming, when shown the dis- J«tch. was inclined to doubt that Mr. Labaree is ; n Urumiah. He thinks that ■while in Tabriz Mr. Labaree received j information regarding the Turkish \ atrocities from the Rev. Dr. F. S. loan, the hea l of the Urumiah mis sion; Dr. H. P. Packard, the medical doctor at the mission; the Rev. Mr. Allen and the Rev. Dr. McDowell, also stationed at the mission, and trans mitted it to the American consul in Tabriz who in turn seat it to the local viceroy at Tiflis. Mr. Fleming said that of course it is possible that Mr. Labaree has re cently gone ba.-k to Urumiah, where the disturbances are occuring, but he thinks it hardly iikelv as the four above mentioned Americans cquld di- • revt the atTuirs of the mission.' Tabriz is a hundred miles east of ' 1 rumiah, and Mr. Fleming believes ! the information was sent to Mr. Ija baree in Tabriz, who at once gave it I to (. onsul Pad lock for transmission to Tiflis. Tabriz is protected by a strong force of Russian soldiers. Mr. Labaree has been a missionarv in the Persian field for the last thir- ! teen years daring most of whi*h time Mrs. Labaree has been with him. He I spent the first ten years in Urumiah, ■ returning home for "his vacation, and : then went back to Tabriz, where he and bis family—his wife and three children, Robert, Benjamin and Eliza beth—have been for two v-ears. His Brother Killed By Kurds Mr. Labaree was formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church in Dovles town. Pa., but left there to become a missionary. His father was a mission- ; arv at Urumiah, Persia, but died in mid-ocean while on his return home. Ten years ago a brother of Mr. La- Coatlaned am FHtmtk Pace. Judge McCarrell HI Juvenile court was postponed until (Monday on account of the slight illness to-day of Additional Law .Judge Mc- Carrell. He is suffering from a slight cold and remained indoors to-dav on ad vice of his physician. fflie Star- Snkpetikwi > 1 iflli THE REV ROBERT M. LABAREE Son-in-law of Samuel W. Fleming, of Harrisburg. Is Reported by Cable To-day to Be in Zone of Turkish Massacres RETURNS TO WIFE RATHER THAN GO TO PRISON CELL Youth. Whom Court Directed to Make Choice. Announces He Is Ready to Resume Housekeeping and That the Furniture Is Bought Wilson Potteiger, a farm-bred youth now under suspended senteuce on a criminal charge, to whom in January Judge Kunkei gave the choice of going , to jail or returning to his young wife, i whom he deserted a fortilight after the wedding day. told the Judge in court to-day that he has made preparations to go to housekeeping again with his wife on next Monday. Ia view of Potteiger's decision and since the youthful defendant has paid his wife alt the back money due her under a court maintenauce order, th» Judge again suspended sentence, this time directing Potteiger to report at the June quarter sessions. A house lias been rented, a part of the furniture bought, the couple have settled all differences and, Potteiger said, he and his wife will buy the rest jof their furniture to-morrow.' Monday will be his moving day. I Jacob Judy, a R<tValton man, under ' suspended sentence on a charge of as saulting Philip Muto, of Loudonderrv township, barely escaped going to jail this morning because be has not paid the costs of the cant —$62. Muto has paid the $iS costs of a cross suit. In addition, he has paid an SSO verdict which Judy obtained against him in a civil action. Judy complained to the court that i he is unable to pay the costs and Judge j Kunkei remarked: "Well. I guess there is nothing for ! us ,to do but to impose sentence.'' Later, however, the court consented to give Judy until June to pay up. Several dozen defendants in'criminal cases, who got off with suspended sen tenses. report-' 1 to »he court this morn i ing. Some were finally discharged, while in other cases the parole order ! was continued. IS BLINDED BY STEEL CHIP Operation Necessary to Remove Object Which Pierced Eyeball of Pennsy Workman Sidney Snyder, 426 Harris street, a laborer in the machine shops of the Pennsylvania railroad at Enola, was ! blinded in the left eye yesterday aft -1 ernoon when a chi_ off steel he was working on pierced his eyeball and f lodged in the bone surrounding the eve ; ball. The chip measured one and one-quar ; ter inches long and five-eighths of an inch in width. It was the largest piece of steel ever removed from an eye at the Harrisburg hospital. Efforts to remove it with a magnet were not successful , and an X-rav examination was taken. This examination showed the great size of the chip and an operation was deem ed necessary. Specialist's removed it earlv last even- ' 1 ing. The eyeball was lacerated so bad- ! Iv that sight was destroyed and the! eye was removed. While Snyder suffer- i j ed somewhat from shock his condition j was much improved this morning. GOVERNOR N AMES A DEMOCRAT Picks Allen S. Morgan For Philadel phia Registration Commission tiovernor Brumbaugh to-div au- | nouueed the appointment of Allen S. | • Morgan to be a member of the Phila- j | delphia Board of Registration Com- j ! missioners, to succeed William H. j i Shoemaker, elevated to the bench. i Mr. Morgan is a Democrat, and suc j coeds a Democrat, but has not been j identified with either of the Demo ! cratic factions. The Democratic City < ommittee selected three names from which they asked the Governor to make a selection, and the Reorganiz es submitted two names. The Govern- I nor, however, decided he would not recognize either faction but took a man ; who ha* not been active in any of the party disputes. The law requires that this place must be filled bv a Demo crat. Morgans Beach London Safely London, Miirch 2s, 3.16 P. M.— J. I P. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan and the other passengers of the American line i steamship Philadelphia, which sailed ! from New York. March 18, for Liver pool, reached London to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1915—16 PAGES inn TAXASSESSIEIIS County Commissioners Want to Know About 1.750 Uncollectable Charges ALL OF THEM , IN ONE WARD Fewer Than 1(H) of 1,400 of These Charges That Have Been Examined Are Opposite the Names of Actually Registered Voters The County Commissioners an nounced to-day that they have started an inquiry to learn whether the poll tax assessment list in one of the wards of the city has been padded. They de cline to sav which ward thev refer to. The decision to make an investiga tion was reached after the tax col lector for that ward submitted a re quest for exoneration from the collec tion of 1.750 individual poll tax | charges which appear on the assessor's ; list. The County Commissioners have examined 1.400 of these names and say that fewer than 100 of them have been found to be the names of regist ered voters. Assessors are paid at the rate of $2.50 a day and the placing on the ! books of the names of forty persons, under the plan that has been estab j lished by precedent, has been regarded |as constituting a day's work for the assessor. For the 1,750 names of sup i posed electors, whose tax, the collector | reports, is uncollectable and for which he asks to be exonerated, the ward as sessor was paid according to the Commissioners. The Commissioners >aid the suggestion that some 1.300 or 1,400 electors in one ward did not get registered and vote appears, on its face, to be ridiculous. The names of a few more than fifty registered electors are contained in the list of 1.400 names examined by the ! Commissioners and the County Control ! ler, and the tax collector will' be asked to make a further effort to get the tas j from those individuals. In the remain ing 1,300 or more cases the electors' I names do not appear in the registra | tion books of that particular ward. | WINTER RETIKNS FOK FLING Weather Bureau Forecasts 35 Degrees for To-night Just after the blue birds, robins and blackbirds got firmly established win ter comes back for another fliug, its coming being forecasted by Observer Demain in no uncertain terms. He fixes to-night's minimum temperature at : about 25 degrees. Satur .ay will be 'fair and continued cold. The minimum of last night was forty | degrees. The big drop in temperature J is brought about bv the eastvyird niove ; meat of a high pressure area which ! was central this morning in South Ih»- ! kota and influenced the weather in the , plain states, the central valleys and western lake region. A temperature of , two degrees bt ljw zero was registered j in Sheridan. \\ yoming, this morning. TELLS WILSON HE'S KIDDIX' Tumulty's Daughter Doesn't Believe President Is Telephoning Washington. March 26.—Miss Miry Tumulty, eldest daughter of the Presi dent 's secretary, was 13 years old Wed ! nesday. Wednesday night the Tumulty . i teiiv hone rang and Miss Mary was ; Waen she said "Hello," a voice on the other end of the wire replied: | "This is President Wilson. I want to congratulate you on your birthday." | " You quit kiddin','' said Miss Mary. I "You can't fool me." "Why, this is the President," the, voice replied. "I trust you do no<t ob-' ject to me calling you on the phone. I merely wanted to congratulate vou."i Mr. Tumulty appeared and immedi- i ately assured his daughter she was i talking with the President of the Unit- ! | ed States, and then Miss Mary dropped ! the receiver, trembling. WHEAT FLOUR EXPORTS HEAVY | Increase of Five Million Dollars Last Month Over February, l»i4 Hy Associated Press. Washington, March 26. —War's con-! ; tinned demand on American granaries ' »a«j shown to-day in a commerce depart ! ment rej>ort of a single sale of flour to : continental Euroi«> which required 12,-! 000 bushel* of wheat for its production and two steamers to transport it from New York. Its value was 1750,000 and i it wfrs milled by a middle western com- 1 pany. The buyers paid for the shipment at seaboard and assumed all transport risks. Wheat flour exports increased from 53,603,282 in February, 1914, to SB,- 1 962,160 last month. DENIES BIGELOW RESIGNED Governor Says Highway Commissioner Is 111 at Home in Pittsburgh Governor Brumbaugh was asked this morning concerning the story that the resignation of State Highway Commis sioner Bigelow had been placed in his twnds. He said there is no foundation whatever for the rumor. "Commissioner Bigelow is ill at his home in Pittsburgh," said ths Gover nor, "and I have heard nothing what ever from him.'' CONDUCTOR KILLED DY A TRAIN IN STEELTON William L. New comet, of This City, Long An Employe of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, Is Run Down By Fast Passenger Engine William L. Newcomer, a freight conductor on the Philadelphia divisiou of the Pennsylvania railroad met in stant death near DF tower, at Frantz's bridge, in Steelton, this morning when he was struck by passenger train No. 1033, going west. His body, which was dragged aibout 300 feet and badily mangled, was removed to on under taker 's establishment in Harrisburg ater Coroner Eckinger investigated the accident. Newcomer was making up his train in the Steelton yards prior to taking it to Harrisburg. He started up the west bound passenger track, supposedly to signal the engineer to cut one more car off the tnain, when the fast lino train came along and hit before he had time to get out of harm 's way. At the place where the conductor was killed the tracks are in straight lines and none of the local rail Toad employes can understand why New comer should have used the passenger tracks to walk on when he could haiy signalled the engineer from the north side of the tracks just as well and would not have been exposed to dan ger. Newcomer was an old employe of the Pennsv and had been conductor for many veirs. He was 57 years old and with "his family resided at 1718 North Fifth street, Harrisburg. He is survived by his widow, Ida; one son, William E.; the following sisters, Mrs. Stephen Dilhally, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. John Love, Woodbridge, N. J.; Mrs. Susan Hightshue, Columbia, and the following brothers, George, Colum bia, and John, Brooklyn, N. Y. IS INDANCEROF EXECUTION Former American Midshipman Charged With Having Large Sums of Spurious Villa Money i By Associated Pre ft. El Paap. Tex., March 26.—Arrivals ; from Torreou to-day reported &at Minor Merriweather, an American and j former midshipman at tihe Annapolis Naval Academy, who is heid in the Saitillo, Coaliuila, penitentiary, on I charges of having iu his possession large sums of spurious Villa money, is in dan ger of being executed by the Mexican • authorities. | Certain Maxtor « oftl ials were to-da* quoted as having declared that if Mer ' riweather is found guilty of the charges j before the Mexican courts, the death ■ penalty will be imposed. TV American State Department has again wired Special Agent George C. |' Brothers. who is in Monterey, to do I what he can to assist rhe American. Gets Order foi l.lbo Tons of Steel The receipt of an order for 1,400 tons of structural steel for the Reniiug »ton Arms Company, of Bridgeport, Cotn., was announced at the Steelton office of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany last evening. This material will be used bv the Connecticut firm in the extension of its large plant to keep pace with its increased business caused bv the European war. ACREES TO MAKE SALE IN 'HARDSCRABBLE' ARGUMENT Major Ensminger Puts Value of His Property at a Figure Which Makes Dinger Think It Is a "Good Buy" and the Transaction Is Arranged Testifying before the board of three viewers, whom the court desig nated to fix the damages and benefits incident to opening North Front street and the wiping out of "Hard scrabble"' homes. Major John T. En sminger this morning declared that his land on the east side of the street, immediately opposite " Hardscrabble" will not be enhanced i>n value by the proposed improvement. It now is worth SIOO a foot front, he said, and it will not sell for more than that, he added, when the properties on the west side of the street are razed. "Will you sell for that!" inter jected Fred W. Dinger, a "Hard .jcribble'' property owner, who will be affected by the improvement and w-ho proposes to testify before the | viewers. "No. But I'll sell for $l5O a foot i front," quickly returned the major. | "I'll take you up," said Dinger. 1 As the hearing progressed. Dinger j had his counsel, B. Frank Nead, pre- ; pare an agreement and when the ma- : jor left the witness stand Dinger ! sought the major's signature. i Come down to my office," said the 1 Major, "and I'll sell." Dinger said he will close the deal this evening if the Major still is willing to sell. This incident enlivened the viewers' hearing, which was attended by a large delegation of " Hardscrab ble" property fcw.iers. Witnesses this morning included Harry Kell, Michael Smith, Elmer Flowers and Major Ens minger. They placed the valJfe of the " Hardscrabble" property—that on the west side of the street—at anywhere from SIOO to $225 a foot front. Besides those who testified, "Hard scrabble" was represented by the fol lowing: "Mayor' Harry J. Berrier, John Yingst. Charles Fisher, Fred W. Dinger, Harry Sourbier, Wesley tJtoey, Mrs. Mary Kell, George W. Spangler, Annie E. Sourbier, William Jennings and Harris Cchen. The viewers will meet again within the next week. They will not make a decision for several months. IWWITS mini His Efforts to Arrange An Agreement Be -tween Italy and Aus tria Have Failed LATTER'S FINAL TERMS REJECTED German Ambassador Says They Were of Such a Nature That He Did Not Consider It Worth While to Submit Them In Rome Rome, via Paris, March 26, 5 A. M. Efforts of Prince Von Buelow, the German Ambassador, to bring about an agreement between the Italiau and Austrian governments regarding the cession of territory, have definitely failed, according to the "Agenzia Na tionale," which says it is informed that when the last courier from Vien na brought to the Ambassador Aus tria's final terms they were of such 9 nature that he did not consider it worth while to submit them to the for eign office here. It is reported that Prince Von Buelow has resigned the role of mediator. Rome, March 2<5, 5.05 P. M., via Paiis, March 26, 5.1-6 A. M.—Com menting upon replies received from distinguished Englishmen regarding their views upon Anglo-Italian friend ship, the "Giornule D'ltalia'' declares the cordial relations between Great Britain and Italy, while based in part upon sentiment are founded chiefly upon political considerations. The paper says that since Italy is essential ly a seafaring tuition, she cannot ignore the special maritime position of England ami its adds: "England, in her turn, having so many interests in the Mediterranean, has felt and we hope continues to feel the convenience of not having as • a hostile power a nation so distinctly Mediterranean as Italy." The "Uiornale D'ltalia'' recalls that for many years Italy 's traditional friendship with England, existed .joint ly with the former's alliance with Germany and Austria. Then the dif ficulties arose to prevent remaining in the triple alliance and still preserving cordial relations with Great Britain. This, the paper asserts, was one of the chief reasons why Italy maintained her neutrality in the war. Von der Goltz Quits Constantinople London, March 26, 12.12 P. M.— The Exchange Telegra'h Company has received a dispatch from Athens saying that Field Marshal Van der Goltz, "who has been in Constantinople for some months past representing German mili tary interests, has left the Turkish cap ital for Sofia, Bulgaria. At the same time, General Liman Von Sanders, the commander of the Turkish forces in Europe, • has left Constantinople for Adrianople. Field Marshal Von der Goltz was the first military governor of Belgium. He was sent to Constantinople from Bel gium t>he latter part of 1914 to advise in the matter of the conduct of the Turkish campaign General Von San ders has been identified with the Turk ish army for several vears. The departure of these two officers from Constantinople, one for Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and the other for Adrianople, the second most important city in European Turkey and not far from the Bulgarian frontier, indicates some sudden development in the Balkan situation which is causing Turkey con cern. A dispatch under date of March 24, from Athens, said the Turks were for tifying Luleurgas, forty-five miles south east of Adrianoplf. and other places in the fear of a possible attack by Bul pria. A Turkish army at Lule Burgas is being trained by German officers. WATER €O. MEN' SUED OX NOTE Raup Seeks to Recover 95,000 From Richwine, Disbrow. Deeter and 801 l A. Grant Richwine, Charles A. Dis brow, J. N. Deeter and Charles S. 801 l are mentioned to-day as defendants in a civil action begun by Kimber C. Raup to recover $5,000, the amount of a note. Interest is demanded at the rate of ,5 per cent., to date from Octo ber 1, 1914. The defendants are mentioned as of ficers of tne Jersey Shore Water Com pany, which is a party defendant. The Sheriff has served notice of the suit on all of the defendants. AFTER BACK SCHOOL TAXES Treasurer Oopeiin Will Adopt Radical Methods of Collecting The list of those IHarrinburg property owners "'ho have not yet paid their 1914 school tax is being compiled by City Treasurer Oopelin's corps of clerks an<l all claims not settled by April 1 will be "sued out" and tlie properties sold- The Treasurer announced that there are severaj hundred of such teases. About a thousand electors have failed to pay their personal school tax and these accounts are to be placed in the hamie of au alderman on April 1, the treasurer said. 2 KILLED, 2 INJURED IN AUTO WRECK AT CARLISLE A. L Thompson and O. D. Bixler Die Instantly After Former Loses Con trol of Car Which Crashes Against a Telegraph Pole (Special to the Star-Independent.) Carlisle, I'a., March 26.—Two men were instantly killed, another seriously injured and a fourth badly bruised last evening when an automobile in which they were ruling struck a telegraiph pole and upset in tihe Bonnyorook road near Rudy's woods, a'bout one mile from this city. Tho four men were returning to their homes here from Mt. Holly Springs where they had been ou a busi ness trip. The dead axe A. L. Thompson, a coal merchant, who is survived by one son and one daughter; and C. D. Bixler, an auctioneer, survived by a widow and two children, R. L. Karly, a retired hotel man, suf fered a fractured skull and other in juries, but may recover. Kramer Adams suffered painful bruises. Adams, who was the least hurt in ! the crash, said that Thompson, the driver and owner of the machine, I placed his foot on the accelerator in mistake for the brakes which gave the auto a sudden jump forward. This j happened when the machine was going j down a steep hill close to the trolley J tracks ami in a deep cut. When tho | machine plunged forward it ran along a ditch for about ten feet, inclined at j tin angle of 45 degrees. Then crashed 'agaiust the pole. The pole was broken jin two and the car upset. The car was j going about 40 miles an hour when the accident occurred. Part of the steering wheel pierced the heart of Thompson, who died in stantly. Bixler, who was on the front seat with Thompson, was thrown out, | lws head striking the telegraph pole and his neck was broken. Adams and Early were hurled thirty j feet from the car, Adams falling in a sitting position on the knees of Early. I The latter suffered several injuries the 1 most serious being a fractured skull. ; He was operated on last evening. Phy | sicians say he will probably recover. It is believed by Adams that Thouip sou was strieken with paralysis just j before he lost control of the auto, as Thompson was similarly stricken not | long ago. SUBMARINE SINKS BRITISH STEAMER BEIMA TO-DAY London. March 26, 3.13 P. iM.—The | steamer Delmira has been sunk by a i German submarine off Boulogne, in the j English channel. The momuers of the | crew were given ten minutes in which to leave the vessel. Subsequently they landed on tihe Isle of Wight. The Delmira was a British steamer of 2,011 tons net. fShe was engaged in the transatlantic trade and arrived at Havre from St. John, N. 8., on March 14. She was built in 1905 and was under command of Captain Love lace. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Another British merchantman has been sent to the bottom as a result of Germany's submarine warfare. The steamer Delmira was torpedoed in the English channel after the crew had been permitted to quit the ship. Infantry attacks were made by both French and German troops yesterday at various points, chiefly in the Meuse region. Each side reports that the at tacks of the other were repulsed. The status of military operations in Northern Poland remains in question. Official reports give no idea of the operations beyond bare announcements of the results of isolated engagements and little is known except that a battle of importance over a long front is un der way. Petrograd dispatches convey the Idea that the Germans have all but abandoned their attempt to break through the Bussian lines. To-day's of ficial Berlin statement says that the Russians were defeated In engagements to the east of Augustowo. Attempts to arrange a settlement of the differences between Italy and Au stria apparently have met with no suc cess. A Borne newspaper states that Prince Von Buelow, German Ambassa dor at Rome, has abandoned his efforts to bring about an agreement. Austria's final offer of territorial concessions is said to have been so far from meeting Italy's demands that the German Am bassador did not submit it to the Ital ian government. In the Balkans there are increasing signs of unrest on the part of nations which thus far have kept peace. A Bucharest dispatch says the fall of Permysl has increased the popular de mand in Rumania for intervention on the side of the allies. The relations be tween Turkey and Bulgaria also have become uncertain. Field Marshal Von Der Goltz has left Constantinople for Sofia, Bulgaria and General Von San ders has gone to Adrianople, near which defenses are being erected to guard against a possible attack by Bulgaria. Although severe weather continues at the Dardanelles, making operations of the allied fleet difficult, efforts to clear the straits of mines are being made. Turkish forts fired on mine sweepers on Wednesday hut ceased the attack after two British battleships opened on them. No confirmation has come from Au strian sources of the Bussian claim to a great victory in the Carpathians. Ac cording to the Petrograd announcement th* Bussian forces have definitely ob tained the advantage in the battle which has been going on for several weeks. POSTSCRIPT PRICE ONE CENT. 26 PERISH IN SUNKEN U.S SUBMARINE 1?-4, Submerged Yester day Morning atHono lulu. Still Beneath Surface of Water NO HOPE HELD OUT FOR CREW Divers Descend to n Depth of 1!)H Feet in Effort to Locate Missing Vessel and Are Brought to tho Surface Un i conscious By Associated Press. Honolulu, March 26. —Wireless mes sages early to-day from vessels search ing for the missing submarine F-4 which was submerge,! at i'.la a. ni. yesterday and which has not vet reappeared, state that the work is progressing l>ut that there is nothing definite to report. The tate ot the twenty-six men alniard the 1 submarine is still a matter of conjec ture and grave apprehension. The shore off which the F-4 is be lieved to be lyi.:g ou t'e ocean bed is steep and shelves to a precipitous drop. If the submarine lines in tliirty-fivo fathoms of water, it is beyond the reach of divers and it is feared will only work, deeper to the dropping off point. Efforts of Divers Futile Divers yesterday descended to a depth ot 196 feet, which is a local record, and were «'rawn up unconscious. Relatives ot members of tho crew ar*» I frantic for news. James M. Hoggett, i electrician, of Macedonia, Mo., who was 1 on shore leave, is the only member of the crew known to have escaped. Other siibmariies stationed here nr» engaged in searching the ocean bed for the missing F-4, while t.ie naval tug Navajo and other vessels are grappling for the submarine. Shortly after mid night the Navajo am the tug Intrepid rejwrted their lines fast at a depth of thirty-live fathoms to what was be , lieved to be submarine F-4. Other ves sels of the submarine tleot immediately went to the spot to investigate. Was Engaged in Target Practice , The tlotilla of submarines stationed | hero were engaged in target practice ! early yesterday near the harbor en- Contlnneil on Pifti-rnth Piuje. RUSSIAN FORCES BEATEN: | AUSTRIAN OVER FRONTIER Berlin, March 2t>. By Wireless to 1 S.iyville, X. V. —Included in the new* ! given out to-day by the Overseas ' Agency is the following "Budapest reports that Russian forces have suffered defeat in fighting to the north of (Jzernowitz, and that j Austrian troops have crossed the Russian frontier in this vicinity. " IMirazzo, a seaport of Albania, was shelled yesterday by the Alban ian insurgents." COLONKL WILL NOT TESTIFY Has No Information Bearing on Ship' Purchase Bill Probe Bit Associated Press, Washington March 26. Colonel i Roosevelt lias not accepted the invita tion to testify before the Senate Ship Bill Lobby Committee, on the ground that he has no information on the sub ject of the investigation, except such as | is available to the public generally. The committee intended to question the Colonel tomorrow about articles lie lias written bearing on the charge that ! the Administration was proposing to i buy ships of the Kuropean belligerents i laid up in American ports. LAUREL NOT POISONOUS High School Teachers State Flowers Have Never Injured Anybody The mountain laurel, passed upon fa | vorably by the legislature us I'enn jsylvunia's .State flower, but vetoed by 1 t'he Governor on the ground that it is : poisonous, was declared bv botanists at Central High school to-day not to be : poisonous, as they never heard of anv , person being affected by coming in con j tact with it. It was, however, stated that the ; leaves of laurel are poisonous to sheep, | as well as the berries to persons, but | so far as the flower is concerned they i have never heard of persons contracting | poison from it. WALL STREET CLOSING By Associated Press. New York, March 2«.—The strength of Beading and weakness of Bethlehem Steel were the principal features of the final trading. The clos ing was strong. The market lost little of its recent strength to-day despite further profit taking and foreign sell ing.
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