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RACING BILL DIES;
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Measure Providing For
Commission Is De
feated In Senate and
Then Recalled
ON POSTPONED
CALENDAR NOW
Senator Oatlin Indicates Confidence in
His Ability to Have Bill, Which
Regulates Betting on Horses,
Finally Passed by Legislature
Horse racing in Pennsylvania was I
discountenanced emphatically to-day by
the State Senate, when the racing com
mission bill was defeated on final pas
sage. Later a sufficient number of
Senators agreed to give the bill anoth
er chance and the vote of defeat was
reconsidered and the bill was placed on
the postponed calendar.
The ultimate outcome of the strug
gle is a question which is interesting
men with sporting proclivities all over
the state. The bill was introduced by
Senator Catlin, of Luzerne, whb is tak
ink a keen personal interest in the
proposition. It creates a state racing
commission and makes general provis
ions for horse rßcing aud also regulates
betting on the races. Catlin seems to
feel certain of getting the bill through.
When the bill came to a vote 'lB
Senators voted "aye" and 15 voted
"no" and the bill fell for lack of the
constitutional majority of 26. Neither
Senators Beidleman nor Martin voted.
Senator Catlin at first voted "aye" but.
when defeat was apparent he changed
to "no" so as to be in a position to
movg to reconsider. Au hour or so la
ter Senator McConnell, of Northum
berland, moved for reconsideration and
Senator Catlin seconded the motion.
Opponents of the motion demanded a
division and the count showed 25 votes
in favor of reconsideration and 7 op-
CoitlnuPd ou Mnt h I'aKe
LOCAL OPTION Bl' IS ')»'■. :
CAMPAIGN P"
The local option bill was reported to
the House this meaning by Representa
tive Vickcrman. of Allegheny county.
The Law and Order Committee yester
day unanimously voted to report the
bill to the House.
Following the report of the bill, Rep
resentative Glenn, of Venango, called
up for consideration the resolution ask
ing for an investigation of money
rcised and expended in the last political
campaign by the liquor dealers of
Pennsylvania. The resolution calls for
a committee consisting of three mem
bers of the Senate and four members
of the House to hold complete investi
gations and authorizes expenditures for
clerks and other help.
Representative Kitts, Erie, moved to
refer the resolution to the Committee
on Elections and there were a dozen
seconds to the motion. Representative
Glen insisted ou a roll call on the mo
tion. The motion carried by a vote of
127 to 36. Representatives Wildman,
Nissley and Young voted with the ma
jority and Representative Swartz was
absent. Representatives Shoop and
Goodyear, of Cumberland county, also
voted with the majority.
Representative Wilson, of Jefferson,
introduced a resolution calling upon the
State Veterinarian to furnish the House
with a rcpo ,- t of the operations and ex
penditures of the campaign of the
%tate Live Stock Sanitary Board
against the foot and mouth disease.
The motion was referred to the Com
mittee on Agriculture.
The Howurth bill requiring the li
censing of barbers and regulating bar
tering was defeated bv a vote of 112
to 48.
The bill to place county officers in
counties having fewer than 150,000
inhabitants on a salary basis and abol
ishing all fees was objected to by Rep
resentative Milliron, of Armstrong, who
led in its defeat bv a vote of 151 to
20.
The Mearkle bill enabling second
class cities to construct and -maintain
subways and galleries in congested dis
tricts and empowering the Public Serv
ice Commission to use the same was
passed finally.
The bill giving foreign corporations
doing real estate business in Pennsyl
vania the right to hold real estate was
also passed finally Shortly after
noon the House recessed until 8 o'clock
to-night.
WILL GRANT A HEARING
ON "SOOTHING SYRUP' BILL
Patent medicine interests got busy
At the Capitol to-day with the result
that the bill introduced by Senator
Plymouth W. Snyder, of Blair, regulat
ing the sale of infants' "soothing sy
rups" and similar medicines, was sent
back to the Senate Committee on Pub
lic Health and Sanitation for a hear
ing. The hearing will be held to-mor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock. The bill
had reached the third reading stage in
the Senate.
The measure forbids the sale of any
patent medicine for infants less than
three years old if it contains any opi
um, morphine, heroin or codeine. It
specifically provides that the act shall
in no way be construed to forbid a
practicing physician from prescribing
any medicine containing any of the
•drugs mentioned.
Senator Snyder, who is a retail drug
gist, living in Altoona, says that the
bill will be passed. He agreed to the
hearing as a matter of courtesy. *
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FIREMEN SAY COMPANIES
GET TOO UTILE SUPPORT
Members of Union at Meeting Last
Night Assert They Must Often
Meet Deficits—A. I>. Fatton Elect
ed Delegate to State Convention
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At the meeting of the Firemen 's
Union held in the Mount Vernon truck
house last evening, it was the unani
mous sentiment of those preseut that
more money was needed for the sup
port of the fire department of this
city, each company receiving annually
about $ 1,00k) less than is appropriat
ed to fire companies in other cities of
this commonwealth, known as third
class cities. Frequently say the fire
men they have to chip in to make up
deficits on horse feed, harness supplies,
horse shoeing, and other necessary
items. They are preparing for a car
nival on May 17, to raise money to
help meet these and other necessary
expenses.
The firemen ask for six smoke-pro
tecting helmets, two to be placed on
each hook and laildcr truck. The im
portance of these has been made very
manifest at recent tires, they Ussert.
They also ask for a revised map,
one for each company, showing the
location of all the fire plugs in the
city. It seems that now and then a
plug is changeil from one locality to
another, and that new plugs are put
in without any notice to the fire de
partment.
A. L. Patton, of the Reily hose, was
elected delegate to the next. State
Firemen's convention. Copies of the
new constitution and by-laws of the
Firemen's Union were handed to the
; members. Comments were made upon
j the unusual number of fires in our
I city since the first of January, and
• the small comparative loss attributed |
| to prompt service.
There were no complaints of police ]
I interference since the March meeting,
| and all seems to be harmony again.
I The Firemen's Union did not deem it
j wise to take any action on the propos
! local option law, since no instruc-
I tions from the various fire companies
, on the subject had been received.
It was decided that hereafter when
! sermons are delivered by chaplains to
i the respective companies, that all the
! other fire companies be invited to the
: services. Messrs. Ayars, of the Wash
| ington; Wert, of the Citizen; Rahn,
of the Friendship; Tawney, of the
Royal, and Patton, of the Reilv, were
appointed a committee on social
events.
ITS "4-TO-1" IN BKAOFORI)
Maypr of That City Discusses "Split
Vote" Among the Commissioners
iMavor Spencer D. DeGrolier, of
Bradford, who with the Bradford chief
of police, is iu Harrisburg this week
attending the convention of police
chiefs, said this morning he was much
surprised when he read Harrisburg
newspaper stories last evening of the
! weekly meeting of Harrisburg's Com
] missioners and saw nothing about
"split voting" by the well known "3
to 2" method.
The Bradford Mayor laughingly re-
I marked that the Bradford City Com
j mission has its "ups and down's some
| times, but not frequently," tout he
] added that when all is not haynonious,
j the voting goes "4 to 1." The Mayor
covets the honor of frequently 'being in
i the minority.
PLANETS CLOSE TO ECLIPSE
Will Seem Almost to Touch, Although
About 4OO,OUO,(XM> Miles Apart
j A close approach of the two prin
| cipal plants in the morning sky, Jupiter
j and Venus, will be visible here to-mor
row morning 'between 4:30 and 5
o 'clock. At that hour they may be seen
rising almost due east and wiil be sep
arated from oile another by less than
half the distance across the face of tlje
moon. They will actually 'be more than
400,000,000 miles a>part. The brighter
one is Venus, the other Jupiter.
About 11 o'clock to-morrow they will
begin once more to separate, and by
Friday morning will be five times as
far apart as they will appear early to
morrow morning.
BRUMBAMITMIAIN
CELEBRATESAME BIRTHDAY
Governor Is 58 To-day and the Lieu
tenant Governor 51, and Their
Friends Heap Congratulations Upon
Them at the Capitol
Senate routine was interrupted early
this afternoon when Lieutenant Gov
ernor McClain was in the chair. Sena
tor Spronl, of Delaware, "father of the
Senate," remarked upon the coincidence
that the Governor and 'Lieutenant Gov
ernor tooth are celetorating their birth
day anniversary to-day, the former be
ing 53 and the latter 51.
Senator Sprout presented IMjr. Mc-
Clain in behalf of the Senators with a
vase of handsome "red roses of Lan
caster." The roses, long-stemmed
American beauties, dotting heavy 'banks
of foliage, were borne to the head of the
main aisle bv two pages while Senator
Sprout was speaking. They were set
in a vase four feet high. Senator Sproul
made some congratulatory remarks to
which the Lieutenant Governor replied.
The Senate then took a short recess,
during which the members, attaches and
other spectators crowded aibout the Lan
casterian to extend their good wishes in
iperson.
Governor Brumbaugh put in the same
kind of a day which has characterized
his entire administration. 'Ho seeming
ly was the only person on the 'hill ignor
ant of his >birthd*y anniversary and
was too busy in conferences about his
local option fight and other matters to
receive more than passing congratula
tions.
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HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1915 14 PAGES.
WILHELM WANTS
TO GO TODRY DOCK
German Raider's Com
mander In New Move
to Take His Ship
From Newport News
AN AMERICAN
AMONG CREW ?
Details of Sensational Sinking of Brit
ish Steamship Bellevue, One of the
Wilhelm's Fourteen Victims of the
Sea, Told by Members of the Crew
By Associated Prifs.
Newport News, Va., April 14.—Ex
pecting permission from Washington to
move into drydock, Captain Thicrfeld
er, of the German commerce raider,
Kronprinz Wilhelm, to-day ordered his
vessel made ready to proceed up the j
James river from her anchorage. The
examining b<iard from the Norfolk navy
yard was due at any time to check up
ou his outline of repairs necessary to
make the ship seaworthy.
The German commander did not
complete his inquiry into the national
ity of members of the Wilhelm's crew
last night, as requested by Collector
Hamilton, but promised to ascertain to
day whether any naturalized Americans
are aboard the ship. At least one
American is believed to belong to the
crew.
Details of the sinking of the Brit
ish steamship Bellevue, one of the Wil
helm's fourteen victims, stated to-day
by members of the crew, reveal that
the British ship was held as a prize
for 16 days before she was sent to the
bottom. The Bellevue was bound from
Liverpool to South American ports with
4,000 tons of coal, 1,000 cages of whis
key and some oxen when she was cap
tured by the Wilhelm December 4,
last She was moored to the Wilhelm
with stroujr cables and stripped of ev
erything ot value after her coal had
been taken aboard.
When the French steamer Mont Agel
was sighted the Bellevue was Jeft in
charge of a prize crew while thf Wil
helm gave chase and finally sank the
Frenchman by ramming. Then, on De
cember 20, after all movable parts
were securely lashed down, in order
I that nothing might be left floating upon
• the surface to give tnc British cruisers
I a clue as to the Wilhelm's whereabouts,
j the Bellevue was sent to the bottom.
. Newport News, Va., April 14.—The
| German commerce raider Kronprinz
j Wilhelm, it was learned to-day, is in
j need of boiler tubes which cannot be
j supplied at this port and must 'be man
! ufactured elsewhere. To procure and
j install the tubes, it is said, would re
• quire at least three weeks.
FUNSTOITIS fIGAINATFRONT
U. S. General Will Take Personal
Charge in Recent Alarming Con
ditions in Mexico
By Associated Press,
Washington, April 14.—Major Gen
eral Frederick Funston, commanding
I the American forces on the Mexican
| border, is en route to-day from San
I Antonio to Brownsville, Texas, to take
| personal charge of the situation there,
: which has again become threatening in
| consequence of the falling of Mexican
I bullets into American territory,
j According to .reports from Mata
moros to the agency here to
day, th« sortie against the Villa troops
yesterday resulted in the killing of 300
of the besiegers and the capture of
many -prisoners, with 200 horses, sixty
mules and four machine guns.
Mexican Refugees Sail for U. S.
Galveston, Tex., April 14. —The
United States army transport Sumner
sailed early to-day for Tampico where
she will take on aibout 300 refugees
w»ho desire to return to the United
States.
SUIT AGAINST THE COLONEL
William Barnes' Complaint Against
Roosevelt to Be Argued Monday
By Associated Press,
Syracuse, N. Y., April 14.—Arrange
ments for the trial of the $50,000 li'bel
suit of William Barnes, of Albany,
against Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
which will be called 'before Justice Wil
liam S. Andrews next Monday, were
completed and aipproved at a confer
ence here last night. Special tables for
use of fifty newspaper representatives
will toe constructed.
Chief of Police Caden announced that
guards will be assigned to tooth Colonel
Roosevelt and (Mr. Barnes.
Misses Bolt, Kills Father of 0
By Associated Press.
Sunbury, Pa., .April 14. F. C.
Schope, married, and a father of six
children, was killed to-day when John
Gaugler,swinging a hammer at the Penn
sylvania railroad car shops, missed a
toolt he was aiming at and struck
Schope on the head, fracturing his skull.
WANT CIVIL SERVICE AND
PENSIONS FOR POLICEMEN
Chiefs Invade Capitol to Appear Before
the Senate Judiciary Special Com
mittee—WiUiamsport to Get Next
Convention—Old Officers Re-elected
Determined to fight for civil serv
ice for police in third class cities of
Pennsylvania and to work for pension
funds for policemen of all classes the
chiefs of police attending the conven
tion of the State Association thus aft
ernoon determined to show the Senate
Judiciary Special Committee at a hear
ing this afternoon that there is a
popular demand for civil service. This
legislation has been backed by the con
vention.
All of the plans for futuro better
ment of police in the state depend on
this issue, according to the policemen.
To remove political control from police
departments would work for a more
intimate co-operation between the mu
nicipal and state police, which subject
was taken upon by George F. Lumb,
deputy superintendent of tin* state po
lice, last evening at the annual ban
quet which was served in the Board of
Trade hall.
He also advocated a state bureau
of identification, similar to one now in
operation in Albauy. This subject was
brought up by City Detective Ibach,
who has charge of the local bureau of
identification.
The convention closed this afternoon
with an automobile ride over the city,
which ended at the capitol. Williams
port was selected as tho place for the
next meeting. The following officers
were re-elected:
President, J. N. Tillard, Chief of Po
lice of Altoona; vice president, Charles
F. Evans, chief of the L. V. R. R.
police of South Bethlehem; secretary,
George W. Harder, Chief of Police of
WiUiamsport; executive committee,
James Robinson, Superintendent of Po
lice of Philadelphia; Joseph B. Hutchi
son, Chief of Police of Harrisburg;
Manfred Narr, Chief of the P. and R.
police of Philadelphia; L. B. Day, su
perintendent of Altoona, and William
B. Thomas, Chief of Police of Jenkin
town. •
SAUL OPPOSES HIS NEPHEW
Says Miss Saul, If Anyone, Should Be
Made the Assistant Principal
Millard F. Saul, member of the
School Board, denied this morning that
he is backing his nephew, Bertram W.
Waul, a member of the Central High
school faculty, for a position that may
toe created of assistant principal of that
school;'
"I am not in favor of Bertram Saul
for the place," he said, "and I am
making efforts to learn where the story
started that it is my plan to place Ber
tram there. If I favor a'nybody for that
position it will toe my sister, Miss Anna
M. Saul, who has virtually been prin
cipal of the Central High school since
Professor Steele was taken sick and
since his death.
"Bertram was a candidate for the
principalshi'p and it is said that he was
given to understand that there was op
position to him. lac first the members
of the board heard of a plan to create
an assistant principalship was last Sat
urday when some directors were asked
to support the suggestion."
HOPE ENGINE IS SENT AW4Y
It Will Be the First SteameT to Be
Equipped With Motor Tractor
Tho first Harrisburg steam fire en
gine to be equipped with a motor trac
tor, under the contract awarded by the
City Commissioners on April 6, will be
that of the Hope company, which was
sent to-day to Hoboken, N. J., to the
factory of the Front Drive Motor Car
Company to be equipped iu that way.
Tho steamer will returned to Har
risburg in ten days, according to as
surances given to Fire Chief John C.
Kindler.
Meantime the Paxton steamer will
be placed in the Hope engine house
and will cover the Hope district and
the central part of the city. Other
steamers will b e sent away as soon as
the Hope engine is back in service.
TWO BIG LEAGUES START.
BASEBALL SEASON TO-DAY
Tener Gives Optimistic Forecast Re
garding the Race in the National—
This Is "Lajoie Day" in Philadel
phia—Fine Weather Everywhere
By Associated Press.
New York, April 14.—For baseball
fans throughout the country this was
the most memorable day of the year,
the day for which they had waited six
long months, the day of the opening of
the bitg leagues season. The Washing
ton weather bureau promised fair
weather to greet the thousands who
were to gather in baseball parks in
the East, and the West to welcome old
favorites and new faces on the dia
monds in the American and National
leagues.
All the disputes and legal tangle
meuts of the winter were temporarily
thrown into the discard so far as the
spectators were concerned at the sig
nal to play ball. In accordance with
the custom, the great game was to re
ceive official endorsement by President
Wilson in Washington, in tossing the
first ball upon the diamond, while
Miayor Mitchell, in New York, aud
other officials in various cities per
formed similar functions.
President Tener, of the National
League, former Governor of Pennsyl-
Coatlaued on Ninth Pace,
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General Victoriano Huerta, dlotntor of Mexico until ousted by the United
States, arrived in New York recently, and declared that he was not think
ing of Mexico, or of starting any revolution to regain his lost control, but
that he came to attend to personal and family business. Despite his as
sertions he was kept under close surveillance by government agents.
JAPAJi PERMITS
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Passengers Rescued
From Minnesota En*
ter Robe Under U. S.
Consul's Escort
WRECKED SHIP
STILL ON ROCK
Among Americans Reaching Yokohama
From the Steamer Are Wife and
Children of Philippines Governor
General Harrison
By Associated Press.
Kobe, Japan, April 14.—Because of
the heavy passenger lists of steamers
sailing soon for American ports, con
siderable difficulty is being experi
enced in making arrangements for
transporting to the United States the
persons rescued from the Minnesota,
which struck a rock Sunday night at
the entrance to the inland sea. Sev
eral will sail for San Francisco to-mor
row on tho Manchuria, while tho Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company will pro
vide extra berths for others on the
Tamba Maru, which sails on the 17th
for Seattle.
The German passengers on tho Min
nesota who were brought hero by the
I Oanfp. have been permitted by the For
eign Oflice to land under the escort of
the American consul on condition that
they remain in their hotel until their
departure.
The Minnesota still is pivoted on the
rock which tore a hole in her bow.
The entire bow is visible at low tide.
Only one hold was damaged and the
cargo is being shifted aft. The steer
age passengers have been removed.
Yokaha.na, April 14. —Mrs. Francis
Burton Harrison, wife of the Governor
General of the Philippine Islands, and
her children, who were passengers on
the steamer Manchuria, arrived here to
day. Other passengers of the wrecked
steamer who have reached Yokohama
confirm the previous statements that
there was no panic when she struck
and that after the accident many of
the passengers went to their berths
for the night, while others spent the
night in the salon^ playing cards.
Wilkes-Barre Officials Here
* Mayor Kosek, Finance Commissioner
Bennett and City Solicitor McHugh,
all of Wilkes-Barro, were in the city
to-day to attend tho hearing before
the Legislative committee on the bill
intended to repeal the anthracite coal
tax law.
Warren Van Dyke Named Deputy
Warren Van Dyke, of this city, for
mer secretary of the Democratic State
Committee, was named yesterday by
B. F. Davis, newly-appointed Collector
of the Ninth Internal Revenue district,
as his deputy.
SAVASTATEOFSIECEFOR
AUSTRIA IS NOW APPARENT
Rome, April 14.—A dispatch from
Trent telegraphed from the frontier to
the "Idea-Nationals," quotes an -ofti
_cial who has just returned from Vienna
■as authority for the statement that a
state of siege probably will be proclaim
ed soon in Austria because of the un
rest resulting from the Russian advance
across tile Carpathians. Wealthy Hun
garians are said to be makiug hasty
preparations for flight.
The "Idea Nazionale" correspond
ent says he has learned from the same
source that Emperor Francis Joseph has
decided to cede to Italy the so-called
'"ltalian provinces." This report is
considered in Rome to be entirely with
out foundation.
THE AUSTRLNIFRETREAT
AFTER DESPERATE BATTLE
Lemberg, April 13, Via Petrograd,
April 14 and London April 14, 3.45 P.
M.—ln a desperate attack by the Rus
sians on the right flank of the Austri
an position at. Mezolabercz, on the
Hungarian side of the East Boskid
mountains and about fifty miles south
of Permysl, the Austrians were forced
after a 12 hour battle to make a re
treat.
The whole main crest in this dis
trict which the Austrians considered
to be impregnable now is in ' Russian
hands.
Last 3truggle for Carpathians
London, April 14, 12.45 P. -u.—The
struggle for the last of the Carpathian
passes remaining in the hands of the
Germanic allies still holds the center of
the war stage. In London the critical
importance of the series of fierce battles
being waged along the eastern front
from Bartfeld to Bukowina is so fully
recognized that the activities in other
fields, appear relatively of minor im
portance.
POPE BENEDICT CONTRIBUTES
$50,000 FOR BELGIAN PEOPLE
Rome, Via Paris, April 14. —Pope
Benedict lias sent to Cardinal Mercer
$50,000 for the Belgian suffers from
the war.'Accompanying the donation
was a letter expressing tho pleasure
of tho Pope that rolief committees for
the Belgians had been formed in vari
ous countries.
The Pope also sent $5,000 to the
bishop of Cracow for the Polish war
sufferers.
Greater Danger Than War
Petrograd, April 14, 12.35 P. M.,
via London, 2.45 P. M.—The chief of
the Rumanian (ranitarv corps has dis
covered cholera bacilli and other in
fectous disease germs in the waters of
the river Pruth which for part of its
course flows along the boundary be
tween Rumania and Russia.
Cotton Not Contraband Says Britain
London, April 14, 3.15 P. M.—The
British government has decided
against placing cotton on the contra
band list.
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PRICE, ONE CENT.
TURKS OPEN
HOSTILITIES
AFTER LULL
Fighting in Dardanelles
Is Resumed With
Sultan's Forces Tak
ing the Offensive
SAYS RUSSIANS
GET BIG CHECK
Austrian Official States Czar's Troops
Were Given Terrible Setback In
the ' Carpathians, but Denial Is on
Heels of Story
After a prolonged lull In the opera
tions at the Dardanelles, lighting has
been resumed on a small scale. An of
ficial report from Constantinople says
the batteries at the entrance to the
straits were bombarded yesterday and
that a cruiser and destroyer were
struck by the Turkish fire.
Messages from Vienna to Bome
quote an Austrian official as saying
that a state of siege probably will be
| proclaimed in Austria, on account of
| popular unrest occasioned by the ad
| vance of the Russians through the Car
! pathians. It is reported also that Em
peror Francis Joseph has decided to
make the territorial concessions desir
ed by Italy provided that nation will
take up arms for Austria and Oer-
I many. This report, however, is not
' generally credited in Rome.
' The Austrian announcement that
. the Russians have been checked in the
Carpathians is disputed at Petrograd,
| where It is said that further advances
; have been made. Uzock Pass apparent
i ly is the key to the situation, and on
account of the strong forces of Aus
j trians and Germans massed in this dis
i trict, the Russians have been unable
to force their way through. The last
Russian official report, .however, au
: nounced the capture of three villages
and 2,700 prisoners in the fighting
| near the pass.
The British Parliament meets to-day
: for consideration of some of the im
! portant collateral issues presented by
the war. It is expected the liquor prob
| lem will bo discussed and the govern
! m*nt may announce its decision in
favor of a measure to enforce temper
' ance or prohibition. Announcement also
;is expected concerning the govern
; ment's plan for utilizing the nation's
resources for the manufacture of war
munitions.
After a twelve-hour battle the Rus
sians have captured another section of
the mountain barrier between Galicis
and Hungary. A dispatch from Lcm
berg. Gallcia, tells of a Russian attack
on the Austrian forces at Mezolaorcz,
in the East Beskids. The Austrians
were forced to give ground and It is
said the main mountain crest in this
1 section, considered Impregnable, has
passed to the hands of the Russians.
This battle was an incident in a
struggle of unusual severity now in
, progress along a front of more than
100 miles from Bartfeld, Northern Hnn
| gary, to Stry, Eastern Gallcia. Petro
! grad reports that both sides are at
; tacking simultaneously and that the
I losses are heavy. The Austrians In
Bukowina and the Germans in North
|em Poland are making small move
■ ments, Interpreted in Petrograd as in
tended to force the Russians to with
draw some of their troops from the
j Carpathian front. \
In France and Belgium only small
engagements occurred yesterday. The
; official report from Berlin mentions
| several French Attacks in the Meuse
■ Moselle region, where the fighting re
cently has been most severe, but says
the Germans made a successful resist
; ance.
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,; NEW SENSATION IN WHEAT
Prospects of World Shortage Shove*
Prices Skyward
By Associated Press,
Chicago, April 14.—'Prospects of a
world shortage in wheat available for
immediate shipment resulted to-dav in
a sensational bulge in prices. Business
suddenly assumed large proportions in
the last hour of trading and prices
fluctuated wildly, jumping up at the
rate of 1-2 cent between transactions,
i May wheat rose swiftly 6 1-4 going
i 163 as against 156 3-4 at the close
, last night. The advance was to within
[ four cents of the topmost level since
the beginning ot the war.
Increased Woolworth Dividend
New York, April 14.—Directors of
the F. \V. Woolworth Company to-day
declared a quarterly dividend of 1 %
per cent, on the common stock, an in
crease of % of 1 per cent. This
places the stock on a 7 per cent, basis.
WALL STREET CLOSIMU
New York, April 14. —Pressure of
profit-taking became more pronounced
in tlie final hour, lowest prices of the
day then being registered by many
leaders. The closing was irregulat.
Speculation was again extremely ac
tive and broad to-day with all around
gains. These were subsequently reduced
or effected oa extensive realising.