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FAIR TO-NIGHT
AND TO MORROW
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SE£WK ,D VOL. 77—NO. 130.
PRIZE COURT FOR
FHYEISREJECTED
U. S. Note Objects to
Germany's Proposi
tion to Settle for
Sinking of Ship
WOULD INVOLVE
USELESS DELAY
States Destruction of American Vessel
by Prinz Eitel Was a Violation of
Existing Treaty Stipulations Be
tween United States and Prussia
By Associated Prts*.
Washington May s.—The text of the I
American note to Germany declining;
the suggestion that reparation for the
sinking of the American sailing ship j
William I'. Frye by the converted j
cruiser Prinz Kite! Friedrieh bo made j
tliiough a German prize court, and re- j
iterating the representations for in
demnity was made public to-day by j
the State Department. It already has
been presented to the Berlin Foreign |
Dflice in the form of a communication j
from Ambassador Gerard, It follows:
"In reply to Your Excellency 's note j
»f the sth instant, which the govern- I
ment of the United States understands I
idmits the liability of the imperial ;
Herman government for the damages re- i
suiting from the sinking of the Amer
ican sailing vessel William P. Frye by |
the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Kitel Priedrich on January 28. last. I j
have the honor to say, by direction of |
my government, that, while the prompt- I
ness with which the imperial German
government has admitted it's liability
is highly appreciated, my government
feels that it would be inappropriate in
the circumstances of this case and
would involve unnecessary delay to
adopt the suggestion in your note that |
the legality of the capture and destruc
tion. the standing of the claimants and
the amount of indemnity should be mb- I
mitted to a prize court.
Liability of the Germai.a
"Unquestionably the destruction of|
♦bis vessel was a violation of the obli- [
gations imposed upon the imperial Ger
man government under existing treaty j
stipulations between the United States
and Prussia, and the United States gov
ernment by virtue of its treaty rights
has presented to the imperial German
government a claim for indemnity on i
account of the resulting damages suf- I
fered bv American citizens.
"The liability of the imperial Ger-I
man government and the standing of |
the claimants as American citizens aud j
the amount of indemnity are all ques
tions which lend themselves to diplo
ma tie negotiations between the two i
governments and happily the question j
of liability has already been settled iu I
that way. The status of the claimants I
and the amount of indemnity are the j
only questions remaining to be settled
Continued on Ninth Page.
CIRCUS HEREftI MIDNIGHT
Tirst Section Will Arrive at Paxton
Street About That Time—Route
of Street Parade Announced
Announcement was made this after
noon by Dexter Fellowes, press repre
sentative of the Bamum circus which
wiil show under the "big top - ' at
Sixth and Mahantongo streets to- !
morrow afternoon and evening, that !
the street parade is scheduled to start
at 10 o'clock from the show grounds. |
It will be two miles long. The police |
department granted permission for the i
parade to pass to-morrow morning over j
the following route:
Dowii Sixth street to Market, to '
Second, to Mac lay, to Sixth to show j
grounds.
The circus will detrain at Paxton |
street, and the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks from which point the parapher- |
nalia will go through the city streets !
in the early morning to Sixth and Ma- j
hantongo streets.
The circus is traveling in four spe- 1
cij 1 trains, the first of which will ar- 1
rive at Paxton street shortly after i
midnight. By daylight it is calculated j
that the whole circus will have been |
unloaded. The circus is showing in j
Lancaster to-day.
WATCHMAN OUTWITS THIEVES |
By Clever Ruse He Upsets Their Plans
to Rob a Store
(Special to the Star-Independent.) j
Middletown, I'a., May s.—But fori
the timely arrival of Christ Brentienian,
night watchman, the shoe store of Val
entine Baumbach, Sr., it is believed, j
v.iuld have been looted by thieves early
this morning.
The night watchman observed sev
eral suspicious characters loitering in
the business scctiqp. The watchman
walked by, rather nonchalantly, and
created the impression with the crooks
that he had paid no attention to them.
He, however, secretly retraced his
steps and hid around a corner. A min
ute later, he said, the thieves made a
rush for the door. Brenenman took up
the chase. The crooks fled. Police
i l»cre expect to make arrests.
Star- Snkpcnknt
MANNING FLANS SUBWAY
ON SQUIB CAMERON ST.
Proposes Its Construction at the Inter- j
section With Cameron Parkway— I
Also Suggests a River Road All the
Way to Middletown
A subway on South Cameron street. |
I at the intersection with Cameron park j
' way, aud also the laying out of a road
to skirt the Susquehanna river from the j
present terminus of South Front street
to the mouth of the Swatara creek, in |.
Middletown, are suggestions for pos- '
sible future improvements made to-day I
by Warren H. Manning, Harrisburg's i
landscape architect. He is here from I
■ Boston making his semi-annual inspec
tion.
Mr. Manning made it plain that nei- ;
ther the City of Harrisburg nor any I
i other interested community will itn- !
} mediately "jump in" aud do this work, I
i yet he pointed out that conditions here |
as they are pictured to him. especially [
with the increased traffic and the grow
ing city, warrant his recommending j
plans.
The park expert this morning con- 1
| ferred with J. V. \Y. Revnders, vice
j president and general manager of the i
j Pennsylvania Steel Company, and also |
with W. B. MeCaleb. superintendent of !
j the Philadelphia division of the Petin- I
sylvania railroad. He discussed plans
j he has advanced to the City for ex j
tending the Cameron parkway from the j
| present terminus, across ( ameron street i
j and thence westwardly to the river and !
C'ontluued on \lnth I'lKf.
MISS MARIAN ANGELL TO WED,
Her Engagement to William Simpson
Godfrey, of Philadelphia, Announced
j Mrs. Thomas Barnham Angel I, of the ! ,
! Utter apartments, announced last eveu- j
ing the engagement of her daughter,
| Miss Marian Clifford Angell. to William i
j Simpson Godfrey, of Philadelphia.
Since her coming out four years ago, j
Miss Angell has been one of the most i (
! popular members of the younger social !
j set. She attended the Seiler school and i
| finished her education at the school of
the Misses Haden, Pefham Manor, New
> ork. Her father, the late Or. Thomas j
B. Angell. was for years rector of St. I
Stephen's Episcopal church, iu this city. |
Mr. Godfrey is a son of Mr. and 'Mrs. j
Tiincoln Godfrey, 2009 Spruce street, i
Philadelphia, and is president of Wil I
I liam Simpson Sons & Company, mem- j
j Hers of the Philadelphia Bourse. He is
1 a graduate of Harvard, class 1903. and !
la member of the Racquet, Merion '
i Cricket. Philadelphia. Radnor Hunt and
j Union League Clubs, of Philadelphia. [
j Lincoln Godfrey" is identified promi-1
j nentlv with Pennsylvania banking and 1
j business interests. He is a director of !
i the Pennsylvania Railroad, of the
Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit &
Insurance Company and of several oth
er corporations.
id car lis
HILL'S OFFICIALS
Loud Cries For Disin
fectants From the
Offices of Five De
partments
WILD ANIMAL
VERY NOXIOUS
Pelt Prom Clinton County, Sent to
Prove Bounty Claim, Makes Pres
ence Known the Minute It Is Un
wrapped in Commission's Quarters
Having the pelts of noxious animals I
! sent to the secretary of the State Game !
j Commission-in order to let him decide
whether the dead animals were really
1 of the kind mentioned in the law on
, which bounties must be paid, has its .
| disadvantages. Piled up in Secretary '
Kalbfus' office are huge bales of skins, -
accompanied by certificates aud affi
davits to the effect that they are those
of noxious animals. The slayers want
the bounty on them and the "entire of
fice force has its hands full and its j
time much occupied in examining the i i
pelts. '
But this morning the "skin game" j j
reached the limit. Prom Clinton coun- I i
ty, wrapped up iu many thicknesses of ! ]
heavy paper, came the skin of a wild j i
cat, a noxious ibeast on whose pelt there ; i
is a botiutv of $2. As the otiiee force | ,
removed the wrapper from this bundle i 1
there arose an odor that permeated the
entire room and spread out into the j i
corridor and into the Forestry Depart- i
ment, and the offices of the pure food j I
division, the economic zoologist and ' i
far front to the agriculture depart
ment. All the officials or employes who t
could, found something to do outside i
the Capitol. It was loud and not only (
noxious but obnoxious and odoriferous. 1 s
The auimal from which that hide t
had been divorced must have been a t
long time dead and his skin was evi- j
denee of this fact. Taking the data 1
accompanying the hide, the clerks de- i
posited it—the skin, not the data —in
one of the metal refuse receptacles in
the corridor aad for a while it shed
fragrance of a doubtful character until f
the garbage can was removed. v
The health department was requisi- j
tioned for disinfectants and, after a r
while, things were better, but the scent \
of that wild cat skin remains as one t
sent from Clinton county. b
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1915 12 PAGES.
FIRMM
WHO HS WIFE
E. C. Hawthorn, Victim
of Recent Explosion,
to the Rescue When
Woman Screams
THIEF ENTERS
BY BALCONY
j
"Second-Story" Man Climbs to High I
Porch By Aid of Bench and Ran
sacks Bureau But Forced to Flee
Before Obtaining Any Loot
As the result of an experience with
a burglar in her bedroom at 8 o'clock
| this morning Mrs. Edmund C. Haw
I thorn, of 2305 Prospect street, is suf
l feriug from a painful bruise on the side
I of her head and a nervous breakdown,
i She does not know how the injury was
I indicted, nor how she got scratches
, which to-day appear on her throat, ap-
I parentlv made by sharp finger nails,
I but she believes the burglar tried to
! beat her senseless and choke her as she
. slept.
Suddenly awakened by what she
now thinks must have been a blow on
her head, causing the bruise, she saw a
man crouching at the foot of her bed.
i She gave a lou i scream, which served
j to drive the burglar through the open
I balcony door anil a few seconds later
to bring her husband, armed with a re
volver, from an adjoining room. Mr.
Hawthorn had been awakened instant-1
lv by the scream, and seizing his weap-1
on had dashed into his wife's room. He
tired two shots from the balcony at
1 random, but could see nothing of the
intruder.
Mr. Hawthorn, the proprietor of thei
Mount Pleasant garage, was one of the
five men who were seriously burned at j
the explosion of a blazing machine in
the garage on September 16, last. He i
was in the Harrisburg hospital until j
September 22, in a very serious con
dition. He has not yet fully recovered!
strength.
Foot Prints on the Cfirpet
Since the time of his accident his ]
wife has been in a nervous condition.
After he had responded thg morning
to her cry, and had at the time seen I
no tra.-es of a burglar, he attributed
the incident to dreams. His wife too, !
who was in a dazed condition, was for
the time satisfied with that explana
tion.
In broad daylight, however, there
were unmistaka de proofs that the af- |
fair had been more than a dream. The ;
tracks of muddy shoes were plainly !
visible on the floor of the bed room, |
leading to and from .the balcony door; j
a bureau drawer was found ransacked; j
an open handbag containing a few !
handkerchiefs was discovered on the ;
floor: a bench was disclosed leaning I
diagonally against the kitchen wall, by
means ot which access could easily be
had to the balcony aud most conclusive
of all the bruise and scratches on Mrs. j
Hawthorn were revealed. Nothing in
the room was missing.
Left Balcony Door Unlocked
Mrs. Hawthorn is of the decided
opinion that she could not have receiv- I
ed her injuries in a dream, although
she does not know how or when they
were inflicted. She says that although j
she had read of experiences like this I
morning's she had not expected that !
anything of the sort ever would hap
pen to her, and that she had been ac
customed to keep her balcony door
open without fear of intruders."
There had been no attempted rob
•beri'es in the vicinity of the Haw
thorn home for some time, and the resi
dents of the neighborhood sav that
they have seldom taken the precautions
to lock all their doors at night. They
add, however, that they will let no
doors unlocked hereafter.
REVENUE RAISER RESTORED
Bill Putting Tax On Stock Transfers
Is Revived in House
Another of Governor Brumbaugh s
revenue raisers was placed on the cat- |
endar of the House this morning after I
it had been defeated last Wednesday.
The bill proposes a two-cent stamp tax I
on each transfer of SIOO worth of |
stock. The vote by which the bill was |
reconsidered ou motion of Representa
tive Rininger, of Blair. The bill was |
then made a special order of business j
for 8.30 o'clock on next Monday j
night.
The Jones revenue raiser which pro- j
poses a 4-mill tax on corporate loans, i
collectable at the source, passed in the
House by a vote of 1&5 to 13. This is ;
not an additional tax, merely chang
ing the manner of collection. Mr.
Jones, of Susquehanna, sponsor of the
hill, said it would brirag into the State
Treasury the sum of $1,500,4)00 an
nually for use in construction and
maintenance of public highways. The
bill now goes to the Senate for con
currence.
The Sproul Senate bill which ex
empted bequests to purely public char
ities from inheritance was strick
ed from the calendar, after W. H. Wil
son, of Philadelphia, said it would ma- I
terially reduce the State revenue from !
that source. Mr. Wilson said he had
permission from Senator Sproul to
have the bill dropped from the calen
dar.
May Not Adjourn Till May 27
While May 20 has been accepted
generally as the time the lawmakers
will finally adjourn, yet it was whis
pered in the Senate to-day that the
real getaway date will be May 27. It
was said that revenue bills will take
up so much time that it will be impos
sible to get away before 'May 37,
TORPEDOED AMERICAN VESSEL CARRIED U.S. FLAG
THE &UL.FU '
Pensanee, England, May 5, 3.3S P. M.—At the inquest to-dav into the death of Captain Alfred Gunter, of the
American oil tank steamship Gulflight which was torpedoed May I oIT the Seilly islands, the verdict reached was "heart
failure accelerated by shock caused by the torpedoing of the ship." Evidence given at the iuquest showed that the
Gulflight was flying a very large American flag at the time she was torpedoed.
ADD 24 PERCENT
TO II FEES
Leaders Agree With
Governor to Cut
Down the Increase
Originally Proposed
BILL AMENDED
THIS MORNING
Passed on Second Beading in the House
on a Basis Which. It Is Estimated.
Will Yield More Than $300,000
Additional Revenue
Further reductions in automobile li
cense fees as originally proposed in the
Lipschutz. bill, one of the measures with
which Governor Brumbaugh hopes to
help fill the depleated State treasury,
were shown when the bill appeared on
special order for second reading in the
House this morning, the measure, how
ever, still providing material increases
over the present law.
The bill, as first "drafted, proposed to
double the license fee. As it came out
of committee it provided for a 50 per
cent, advance for pleasure vehicles.
This morning's amendments make the
increase over the present rates average
24 ti-10 per cent. The bill, which is
an amendment to the automobile license
act. will go into effect January 1. 1916.
if it becomes a law.
One thousand additional copies of the
bill as amended will oe printed for the
use of the members over the week-end
recess. The measure was made a spe
cial order of business on third reading
for next Monday night at 9.30 o'clock.
The measure, as it will come before
the House for final passage, was agreed
on at a conference between (iovernor
Continued nn Mntb I'liK?
AUGUSTUS^BAjJDER IS DEAD
Retired Middletown Tanner, Who Was
81 Years Old Last January, Suc
cumbs Early To-day
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletown, Pa., May s.—Augustus
Bauder, a retired tanner and business
man, died at his Main street home here
at 5 o'clock this morning after a brief
illness "due to old age. He celebrated
his 81st birthday on January 19, last.
Mr. Bauder was onj of Middletown s
most widely known citizens. He had
lived here for more than twenty-five
years, having come to town from Eliz
abeth ville, in the upper end of the coun
ty, where he also spent more than a
quarter of a century of his life.
Mr. Bauder was born in Wurtemberg,
Germany, and came to this country
when but a boy. He learned the leather
tanning trade in Halifax. Dauphin
county, anil afterward conducted a suc
cessful business in Elizabethville.
When his big plant in Elizabethviile
was destroyed by tire in 1890 he moved
to Middletown and 'became associated
in the tanning business with his cousin,
the late Congressman John W. Rife.
Afterward he opened a flour and feed
store here aud was actively engaged in
that business until last year. Mr. and
Mrs. Bauder celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary on September 10,
1909.
Mr. Bauder leaves his widow, who is
73 years old, together with seven sons,
as follows: Prank and Or. George W.,
of Harrisburg; Aaron, of Chicago, III.;
William, of Elizabethviile; Jacob, of
Reading, and Harry and Charles, of
Middletown.
During his residence here Mr. Bauder
was an active member of the United
Brethren church. The Rev. E. E. Lud
wick, formerly pastor of the United
Brethren dhurch here, will officiate at
the funeral services, which will be held
at the home on Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The Rev. I. H. Albright, the
present pastor of the United Brethren
church, will assist at tihe services. In
terment will be in the Mfiddletown cem
etery.
Injured Eye Removed
William W. Good, 12 1 2'4 Walmut
street, employed at the Division street
freight transfer of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, was struck in the
left eye by a bolt this afternoon and
wa« so severely injured that the optic
had to b® removed iby physicians at the
Harriaburg hospital.
BRITISH RETREAT WITH
HEAVY LOSSES AT YPRES:
RUSSIANS ACAIN BEATEN
Berlin, May 5, vis London, 3.55 P.
M.—The statement issued to-day at
the army headquarters follows:
"Western theatre of war: The Brit
ish continue their retreat with heavy
losses in the direction of the bridge
head situated sharply to the east of
Ypres. The Van Heule and Ekstern
est farms, the castle ground of Heren
thage, and the Set Pappotje farm were
taken by us.
"Southeastern theatre of war: An
attack by the allied troops north of
the wooded Carpathians pierced
through the third fortified line of the
Russians who yesterday were defeat
ed along the entire front, retreating
toward the Wisloka river. The magni
tude of the victory may be seen from
the fact that, owing to the piercing
by the allies of the enemy's lines the
Russians are beginning to evacuate
threatened positions on their northern
flank, in the wooded Carpathians
southwest of Dukla.
"The rapidity with which our suc
cesses have been achieved makes it
impossible to give an idea in figures
of the booty taken in this victory. Ac
cording to reports at hand, the number
of prisoners taken up to the present
amounts to more than 30,000."
A RECIPIENT OF TURKISH
TROOPS IS ANNIHILATED
Paris, May 5, 3.55 P. M. —A dis-
I patch from Mvtilene to the Havas
, Agency says that a regiment of Turk
| ish troops was annihilated during fight
ing at the Dardanelles last night and
that the allies transported 1,000 more
prisoners.to Tenedos and Moudros.
The dispatch also that a squadron
of warships of the allies again bom
barded forts at the Dardanelles and
Turkish encampments on the coast.
Pursuing Defeated Turks
Tiflis, Transcaucasia, May 5, Via Pe
trograd and London, 3.30 P. M. —The
pursuit of the defeated Turkish army
under Khali Bey, in the Khori-Dalmon
region of the Caucasus, is being con
tinued, according to trustworthy ad
vices reaching Tiflis.
TO ACT ON SERVICE BOARD
Governor Expected Shortly to Dispose
of All Pending Appointments
It is expected that Governor Brum
baugh will take action soon on the ap
pointments to membership in the Pub
lic Service Commission and a number
of other Tener appointments now in the
hands of the Senate Committee on Ex
ecutive Nominations.
The Governor is reported to have in
formed the committee that he is about
to go over the list and when he is
through he will submit his findings to
the committee and it can act accord
ingly.
It is said that there are some mem
bers of the committee who are of opin
ien that until that body takes some ac
tion on the Governor'B letter of recall
of the Public Service Commission nomi
nations the names of the Tener ap
pointees still remain in the committee's
possession to be disposed of.
Millersburg Bridge Bill Passes
The Senate passed finally to-day thi'
bill introduced by Senator Beidleman
appropriating $275,000 to construct a
bridge over the Susquehanna river be
tween Millersburg, Dauphin county,
and Crow's Landing. There was no op
position and it had forty votes, in its
favor. T'he bill now goes to the House
for concurrence, and will be in charge
of the Dauphin county members of that
body.
Jewelry Salesmen Taxed
Geier & Kupersmith and E. J. Greg
ory, jewelry salesmen, who are in the
city temporarily conducting jewelry
auction sales, this afternoon obtained
mercantile licenses at the county treas
ury upon paying S6O each. An opinion
obtained by the Treasurer from Auditor
(Jeneral Powell held these merchant* to
be liable for this tax.
POUCESTSTEIOF
P.OMIED
Vice President Atter
bury Tells Why the
Company Maintains
Detective Force
SPIES TO WATCH
LABOR LEADERS
They Are Also Used to Ascertain and
Report to Officials the Conduct and
Sentiment of Employes and Actions
of Organizers
fly Astoria ted Prrst,
Washington, May s.—Labor condi
tions in the Pennsylvania railroad af
fecting its telegraphers and shopmen,
were inquired into from the standpoint
of the railroad company at the contin
uation to-day of the hearings before
the Federal Industrial Relations Com
mission.
The commission had already heard
H. B. Perham, president of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers, regarding
complaints by that organization
| against the Pennsylvania. The com
plaints charged that the railroad com
pany refused to recognize the tele
graphers ' unions, made every effort to
break up existing unions and prevent
organization of the others.
Pennsylvania railroad officials were
heard on these complaints to-day, W.
W. Atterbury, vice president, being the
principal witness.
Railroad Dominates Altoona.
Perham, as the first witness to-day,
was questioned by R. H. Aiehton, vice
president of the Chicago and North
western railway, on telegraphers'
working conditions. Aishton brought
[ out tliat, telegraphers and signal men
on the main line of the Pennsylvania,
where traffic is dense, work eight
hours a day.
In response to questions by Com
missioner O'Connell relating to condi
tions at Altoona, Pa., where the Penn
sylvania has a large shop, Mr. Perham
declared that the railroad dominated
the city and that employe who incur-"
red displeasure of railroad officials
could not find work there.
The Pennsy's Labor Policy
Mr. Atterbury presented a long state
ment of the company's labor policy and
answers to Perham's dharges of dis-
Continued on Ninth I'IRC.
JITNEY'BUS LINE STOPS
Snavely, of Middletown, Quits Regular
Service, But Will Haul for a Dime
(Special to th«- Star-Independent.)
Middletown, Pa., May 5.—13. IM.
Snavely, who introduced the jitney
business in Middletown, put four autos
into service and once had plans for
obtaining regular jitnev buses- —en-
closed cars —decided to-day that com
petition has made the business unprofit
able. Besides he concluded that there is
not sufficient travel in town and in
'Royalton to warrant continuing a reg
ular scheduled service, so he has aban
doped his plan.
Of course, if any person wants trans
fer service, Snavely says, he will pro
vide it, but the price will not be one
"jitney," but two "jitneys"—ten
cents.
Snavely had planned to ran autos
hourly between this.town and Royal
ton. Several pfcher auto owners started
similar service—in the evenings—and
the competition, Snavely says, is too
keen for a profitable business.
One of Snavely's competitors on Sun
day declared that he hauled 300 pas
sengers. Not all were at the "jitney"
rate. Some "tipped" the chauffeur.
WHITE HOUSE DRIVER FINED
Tumulty's Chauffeur Pays $5 for Ex
ceeding the Speed Limit
By Associated Press,
Washington, May s.—Secretary
Tumulty went to police court to-day to
testify for a White House chauffeur,
who a traffic policeman testified, ex
ceeded the speed limits while driving
the secretary home from the Executive
offices.
Mr. Tumulty told the judge that the
big automobile bearing the coat-of-arms
of the United States was going as slow
as possible, but nevertheless it cost the
chauffeur $6. {
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PRICE, ONE CENT.
13 MORE SEA
GRAFT SUNK
BY GERMANS
Blown Up by Subma
rines in North Sea-
Feared Others Shar
ed Same Fate
THE CREWS ALL
ESCAPE DEATH
Trawlers lolanthe, Hero and Northwird
Ho Latest Victims of Germany's
Unrelentless Onslaught on Com
merce in Blockade of British Isles
Hull. En gland, May 5, 11 A. M.—
Throe more British trawlers have been
added to the list of those blown up
by German submarines in the North sea
Alonday and it is feared others also
were lost, as they were shelled and
fired upon with rifles by the crew of a
submersible. The crews of the trawlers
lolanthe, Hero and Northward Ho have
landed here, reporting the destruction
of their boats. No lives were lost
aboard any of the three.
A Copenhagen dispatch - states that
while three trawlers were fishing in the
North sea a German submarine ap
peared and ordered them to stop. The
crews then took to their boats and
rowed away, after which the trawlers
were blown by by boarding parties
fioin the submarine. After rowing
about for eight hours, the fishermen
summoned aid by burning articles of
clothing which had boen attached to
oars.
The trawler Hero attempted to es
cape, but after an exciting chase, which
lasted an hour, the submarine got iuto
dose range and opened a fusillade with
rifles, whereupon the skipper of the
fisherman stopped and the crew took to
the small boats
The trawler Portia has reached Hull
after an exciting chase, in which she
managed to elude the submarine which
was after her.
NINE TRAWLERS FELL PREY
TO SUBMARINESON MONDAY
Ixindon, May 5, 1.38 P. M.—Nine
trawlers sunk is the number credited to
German submarines on Monday of this
week in a message received from Hull.
So far as is known no lives were Inst
in these encounters. According to the
crews of the fishing vessels the subma
rine which wrought this damage is of
the newest type. She has an iron cross
painted on her conning tower. She
ran amuck among the fishing fleet oa
Monday and sank seven trawlers in
quick succession. Th« crews were giv
en time to escape, but In some cases
the small boats drifted for hours be
fore they were picked up. Bach man
coming ashore is exhibiting a huge
lump of black bread, given him by the
crew of the submarine which sent his
boat down. The English sailors are pre
serving these pieces of bread as souve
nirs.
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
Further striking victories by the
Austrian-German forces In the East
were announced to-day by the Berlin
War Office. It is also stated that suc
cesses were won In France a-nH Bel
glum. This report together with the
events of the last few days, make it
appear that the Teutonic allies have en
tered into offensive operations on both
the eastern and western fronts such
as have seldom been undertaken simul
taneously since the war began.
It is in Galicia that the most Impor
tant victory is claimed. Following the
successes of the last few days the
Austro-Germin attack was extended
further to the East, into the heart of
the wooded Carpathian section where
the Russians have been struggling for
months to break through Into Hungary.
The German announcement says the
third fortified line of the Russians was
Continued on Ninth Pace.
WALL STREET CLOSINO
New York, May s.—Prices crumbled
in the final hour, advices from the
Orient resulting In heavy selling. The
closing was weak. Fears of a conflict
between China and Japan caused un
easiness in local financial circles and la
duced general liquidation, with man)
severe losses.