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PRIZE COURT FOR
FRTCISREJECTEO
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
fiu Assunatcd Prt-si.
Washington May 5. —The text of the
American note to Germany declining
the suggestion that reparation for the
sinking of the American sailing ship
William P. Frye by the converted
rruiser Prinz Eitel Priedrich be made
through a German prize cojirt, and re
iterating the representations for in
demnity was made public to-day by
the State Department. It already has
been presented to the Berlin Foreign
Dffice in the form of a communication
from Ambassador Gerard. It follows:
"In reply to Your Excellency's note
»f the sth instant, which the govern
ment of the United States understands
admits the liability of the imperial
Herman government for the damages re
»ultin«* from the sinking of the Amer
ican sailing vessel William P. Frye by
the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eitel Priedrich on January 28. last, I
have the honor to say, by direction of
my government, that, while the prompt
ness with which the imperial German
government has admitted its 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 he sub
mitted to a prize court.
Liability of the Germai.s
"Unquestionably the destruction of
♦l.is vessel was a violation ot' the obli
gations imposed upon the imperial <>er
man government under existing treaty
stipulations between the United States
and Prussia, anil the United States gov
ernment by virtue of its treaty rights
has presented to the imperial German
government a claim for indemnity on
account of the resulting damages suf
fered by American citizens.
"The liability of the imperial Ger
man government and the standing of
the claimants as American citizens and
the amount of indemnity are all ques
tions which lend themselves to diplo
matic negotiations between the two
governments and happily the question
of liability has already been settled iu
that way. The status of the claimants
and the amount of indemnity are the
only questions remaining to be settled
< unflnueri on Ninth I'aitp.
CIRCUS HEREAT MIDNIGHT
First Section Will Arrive at Paxton
Street About That Time—Route
of Street Parade Announced
Announcement was made this after
noon by Dexter Pellowes, pre-* repre
sentative of the Barnum circus which
will 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
parade to pass to-morrow morning over
the following route:
Down Sixth street to Market, to
Second, to Mac lay, to Sixth to show
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
hantongo streets.
The circus is traveling iu four spe
cial trains, the first of which will ar
rive at Paxton street shortly after
midnight. By daylight it is calculated
that the whole circus will have been
unloaded. The circus is showing in
Lancaster to-day.
WATCHMAN OUTWITS THIEVES
By Clever Ruse He Upsets Their Plans
to Rob a Store
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletown. Pa., May s.—But for
the timely arrival of Christ Brenneman,
night watchman, the shoe store of Val
entine Baumbach, Sr., it is believed,
v.i uld have been looted by thieves early
this morning.
The night watchman observed sev
c ral 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 here expect to make arrests.
s!)c Star- 'llHg'lfc SnkfJenknt
MANNING PLANS SUBWAY
ON SOUTH CAMERON ST.
Proposes Its Construction at the Inter
section With Cameron Parkway—
Also Suggests a River Road All the
Way to Middletown
A subway on South Cameron street,
at the intersection with Cameron park-
I way, and also the lt»yiug out of a road
to skirt the Susquehanna river from the
present terminus of South Front street
to the mouth of the Swatara creek, in
Middletown, are suggestions x'or pos
■ sible future improvements made to-day
by Warren 11. Manning, Harrisburg's
| landscape architect. He is here from
■ Boston making his semi-annual inspec
tion.
Mr. Manning made it plain that nei
ther the City oi Harrisburg nor any
! other interested community will im
| mediately "jump in" and do this work,
! 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
such plans.
The park expert this morning eon
! ferred with J. V. \Y. Kevnders, vice
j president and general manager of the
j Pennsylvania Steel Company, and also
with \V. B. MeCaleb, superintendent of
| the Philadelphia division of the Penn
sylvania railroad. He discussed plans
, he has advanced to the City for ex
; tending the Cameron parkway from the
present terminus, across Cameron street
and thence westwardlv to the river and
ContlutUMl on \lnth
'MISS MARIAN ANGELL TO WEI)
! Her Engagement to William Simpson
Godfrey, of Philadelphia, Announced
: Mrs. Thomas Barnhaiu Angeil, of the
| Utter apartments, announced last even*
; ing the engagement of her daughter,
I Miss Marian Clifford Angeil, to William
Simpson Godfrey, of Philadelphia.
Since her coming out four years ago,
Miss Angeil has been one of the most
j popular members of the younger social
| set. She attended the Seiler school and
I finished her education at the school of
the Misses Haden. I'elham Manor, New
j York. Her father, the late Or. Thomas
j B. Angeil, was for years rector of St.
: Stephen's Episcopal church, iu this city.
Mr. Godfrey is a son of Mr. and 'Mrs.
| Lincoln Godfrey. 2009 Spruce street,
j Philadelphia, and is president of Wil-
I liain Simpson Sons \ Company, niem-
I bers of the Philadelphia Bourse. He is
1 a graduate of Harvard, class 1903. and
a member of the Racquet, Morion
Cricket, Philadelphia, Radnor Hunt and
Union Leagf.e Oiubs, of Philadelphia.
Lincoln tiodfrey is identified promi
nently with Pennsylvania banking and
business interests. He is a director of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, of the
Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit \
Insurance Company and of several oth
er corporations.
DEADCfITROUTS
fIQ'SJFFIEIILS
Loud Cries For Disin
fectants From the
Offices of Five De
partments
WILD ANIMAL
VERY NOXIOUS
Pelt From 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
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
j disadvantages. Piled up in Secretary
j Kalbfus' office are huge bales of skins,
j accompanied by certificates and affi
j davits to the effect that they are those
\ of noxious animals. The slayers want
I the bounty on them and the entire of
j fice force has its hands full and its
I time much occupied in examining the
, pelts.
But this morning the "skin game"
i reached the limit. From Clinton coun
i ty, wrapped up in many thicknesses of
: heavy paper, came the skin of a wild
! cat, a noxious ineast ou whose pelt there
j is a bounty of $2. As the office force
removed the wrapper from this bundle
there arose an odor that permeated the
entire room and spread out into the
corridor and into the Forestry Depart
ment, and the offices of the pure food
J division, the economic zoologist and
; far front to the agriculture depart
j ment. All the officials or employes who
j could, found something to do outside
| the Capitol. It was loud and not only
noxious but obnoxious and odoriferous.
The animal from which that hide
had been divorced must have been a
long time dead and his skin was evi
dence of this fact. Taking the data
accompanying the hide, the clerks de
posited it—the skin, not the data —in
one of the metal refuse receptacles in
the corridor and for a while it shed
fragrance of a doubtful character until
the garbage can was removed.
The health department was requisi
tioned for disinfectants and, after a
while, things were better, but the scent
of that wild cat skin remains as one
sent from Clinton county.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1915 12 PAGES.
FIRES ON BU
WICKS WIFE
E. C. Hawthorn, Victim
of Recent Explosion,
to the Rescue Whenj
Woman Screams
THIEF ENTERS
BY BALCONY
"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
thorn, of 2305 Prospect street, is suf
fering from a painful bruise on the side
of her head and a nervous breakdown.
She does not know how the injury was
inflicted; nor how she got scratches
which to-day appear on her throat, ap
parently made by sharp finger nails,
but she believes the burglar tried to
beat her senseless and choke her as she
slept.
Suddenly awakened bv 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.
She gave a loud scream, which served
to drive the burglar through the open
balcony door and a few seconds later
to bring her husband, armed with a re
volver, from an adjoining room. Mr.
Hawthorn hud been awakened instant-!
ly by the scream, and seizing his weap
on had dashed into his wife's room. He
tired two shots from the balcony at i
; random, but could sea nothing of the j
intruder.
Mr. Hawthorn, the proprietor of the j
Mount Pleasant garage, was one of the ■
live men who were seriously burned at j
the explosion of a blazing machine in
the garage on September 16, last. He
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 Carpet
Since the time of his accident his !
wife has been in a nervous condition.
After he had responded thug morning
to her cry. and had at the time seen
no traces 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
i tion.
j In bro.nl daylight, however, there
i were unmistakable proofs that the af
i fair had been more than a dream. The
[tracks of muddy shoes were plainly
; visible ou the door of the bed room,
| leading to and from Xhe balcony door;
i a bureau drawer was found rausicked;
;an open handbag containing a few
1 handkerchiefs was discovered on the
door: a bench was disclosed leaning
' diagonally against the kitchen wall, by
i means of which access could easily be
had to the balcony and most conclusive
j of all the bruise and scratches on Mrs.
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
ed her injuries in a dream, although
she does not know how or when they
were inflicted. She says that although
she had read of experiences like this
morning's she had not expected that
anything of the sort ever wonld 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-
Mberi'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 precautious
to lock all their doors at night. They
add, however, that they will let no
j 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 cal
i endar of the House this morning after
| it had been defeated last Wednesday.
. The bill proposes a two-cent stamp tax
[ on each transfer of SIOO worth of
stock. The vote by which the bill was
reconsidered on motion of "Representa
tive Rininger, of Blair. The bill was
then made a special order of ibusiness
for 8.30 o'clock on next Monday
I night.
The .Tones revenue raiser which pro-
I poses a 4-mill tax on corporate loans,
j collectable at the source, passed in the
House by a vote of 165 to 13. This is
! not an additional tax, merely chang
: ing the manner of collection. Mr.
I .(ones, of Susquehanna, sponsor of the
| bill, said it would bring into the State
Treasury the sum of $1,500,-000 an
j nually for use in construction and
maintenance of public highways. The
i bill now goes to the Senate for con
currence.
The Sproul Senate bill which ex
empted bequests to purely public char
ities from inheritance taxes was strick
ed from the calendar, after W. H. Wil
son, of Philadelphia, said it would ma
terially Teduce 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 27.
TORPEDOED AMERICAN VESSEL CARRIED U.S. FLAG
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. ••••
THE GULFUGHT
Pensance, England, May 5, 3.38 P. M. —At the inquest to-day into the death of Captain Alfred Gunter, of the
American oil tank steamship Gulflight which was torpedoed May I off the Seillv islands, the verdict reached was "heart
failure accelerated bv shock caused by the torpedoing of the ship." Evidence given at the inquest showed that the
Gultlight was flying a very large American flag at the time she was torpedoed.
ADD 24 PERCENT
TO Ml FEES
I
Leaders Agree With
Governor to Cut,
Down the Increase j
Originally Proposed !
BILL AMENDED
THIS MORNING
Passed on Second Beading in the House
on a Basis Which, It Is Estimated, 1
Will Yield More Than
Additional Bevenue
Further reductions in automobile li
cense foes as originally proposed in the
Lipschutz bill, one of the measures with
which Governor Brumbaugh hopes to
help fill the dcpleated State treasury,
were shown when the bill appeared ou
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 OraTted, 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 i
increase over the present rates average
24 6-10 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 Governor
Continued on IMnth I'nite
AUGUSTUS^BAUDER IS DEAD
Betired Middletowu Tanner, Who Was
81 Years Old Last January, Suc
cumbs Early To-day
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletowu, Pa., May s.—Augustus
Bander, 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 on„' of Maddletowu s
most wideiv known citizens. He had
lived here for more than twenty-five
years, having come to town from Bliz
abetbville, in the upper end of tie coun
ty, where he also spent more than a
quarter of a century of his life.
Mr. Bauder was born in Wurtemberg,
Germany, and camo to this country
i when but a boy. He learned the leather
I tanning trade in Halifax, Dauphin
I county, and ofterward conducted a suc
[ cessful business in Elizabethville.
When his big plant in Elizabethville
| was destroyed by tire in 1890 he moved
: to Middletown and 'became associated
i in the tanning business with his cousin,
: the late Congressman John W. Rife.
| Afterward he opened a flour and feed
: store here and was actively engaged in
j that business until last year. Mr. and
i Mrs. Bauder celebrated their golden
! wedding anniversary on September 15,
I 1909.
Mr. Bauder leaves his widow, who is
73 years old, together with seven sons,
as follows: Prank and Br. George W.,
of 'Harriaburg; Aaron, of Chicago, 111.;
William, of Elizabethville; Jacob, of
Reading, and Harry and Charles, of
Middletowu.
During his residence here iMr. Bauder
was an active member of the United
Brethren church. The Rev. E. E. Lud
wick, formerly pastor of the United
Brethren church here, will officiate at
the funeral services, whieh w-ill be held
! at the home on Saturday afternoon at 2
! o'clock. The Rev. 1. H. Albright, the
I present pastor of the United 'Brethren
church, will assist at the services. In
j tennent will be in the M&ddletown cem
! etery.
Injured Eye Bemoved
William W. Good, 1'2 1 2 , 4 Walnut
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
was so severely injured that the optic
had to be removed (by physicians at the
Harriaburjt hospital.
BRITISH RETREAT WITH
HEfIVYLOSSES fITYPRES:
RUSSIANS AGAIN 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
th.ige, 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 j
through the third fortified line of the j
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 j
Russians are beginning to evacuate I
I
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 j
impossible to give an idea in figures i
of the booty taken in this victory. Ac
cording to reports at lnnd, the number
of prisoners taken up to the present
amounts to more than 30,000."
A REGIMENT OF TURKISH
TROOPS IS ANNIHILATED
Paris, May 5, 3.55 P. M.—A dis
patch from Mytilene 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 wnrships of the allies again bom
barded forts at the Dardanelles and
Turkish encampmeuts 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 HOARD
Governor Expected Shortly to Dispose
of All Pending Appointments
It is expected that Governor Brum-
I baugh will tak<> action soon on the ap-
I pointments to membership in the Pub
| lie Service Commission and a number
j 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 car. act accord
ingly.
It is said that there are some mem
bers of the committee who are of opin
ion that until that body takes some ac
tion on the Governor's 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 th*>
bill introduced by Senator Beidleman
appropriating $275,000 to construct a
bridge over the Susquehanna river be
tween Millersburg, Dauphin county,
and Crow'B Larfding. There was no op
position and it had forty votes, in its
favor. The bill now goes to the House
for concurrence, and will be in charge
of the Dauphin county members of that
body.
Jewelry Salesmen Taxed 900
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
General Powell held these merchants to
be liable for this tax.
HI OF
FIRMIED
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
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 5. —Labor condi
tions in the Pennsylvania railroad af
fect iug 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 iFederal Industrial Relations Com
mission.
The commission had already heard
H. B. Perham, president of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers, reigarding
complaints by that organization
against the Pennsylvania. The com
t 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 theee complaints to-day, W.
W. Atterhury, 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'
workiug conditions. Aishton brought
out ttiat 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 employes who incur-"
red displeasure of railroad officials
could not find work there.
The Pennsy's Labor Policy
MT. Atterbury presented a long state
ment of the company's labor policy and
answers to Perham's charges of dis-
Continued on Ninth Page.
JITNEY'BIS LINE STOPS
Snavely, of Middletown, Quits Regular
Service, But Will Haul for a Dime
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletown, Pa.. May 5. —E. IM.
Snavely, who introduced the jitney
business in Middletown, put four autos
into service and once had plans for
obtaining regular jitney 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 run autos
hourly between this town and Royal
ton. Several pt'her auto owners started
similar service—-in t'he 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 95 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 w*hile driving
t'he secretary home from the Executive
offices.
Mr. Tumulty toOd the judge that the
big automobile bearing rhe coat-of-arms
of the United States was going as slow
as possible, but nevertheless it coit the
chauffeur $5.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
3 MORE SEA
CRAFT 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. England, 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
Monday and it is feared others also
were lost, as they were shelled and
fired upou 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
from 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
close 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 SUBMARINES ON MONDAY
London, May 5, 1.38 iP. 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 lost
in these encounters. According to tho
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 on
Monday and sank seven trawlers in
quick succession. The crews were giv
en time to escape, but In some cases
the small boats drifted for hours be
fore t.hey were picked up. Bach man
coming ashore is exhibiting a huge
lump of black bread, given him by the
crew of the submarinn which sent his
boat rlown. The English sailors are pro
serving these pieces of bread as souve
nirs.
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
Further striking victories by tho
• 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 and 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
j as have seldom been undertaken simul
taneously since the war began.
It is in Gallcla 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
WALL STREET CLOSING
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)
1 severe losses.