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nl I Way's Metal Prices jl A fP Y X t ll T W "VV A"cVvX 4 P. M. CITY EDITION I s:jz, VIJi VLU vi WMVllUtllU I Lead, $3.853.90; Spelter, Strong, $10 WEATHER Utah: Tonight and I ZZIZZIZZ!!ZL FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER I v-"- price: five cents. OGDEN CITY, UTAH. FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 26. 1915. int.d s.Md c,. m.., ... -. ..... I FRENCH TORPEDO GOAT DESTROYER I IS SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC SEA Warship Is Destroyed While Escorting a Convoy With Pro visions for Montenegro Food Supply Successfully Landed by Ships Thirty-eight of Crew Are Lost French Make Demonstration Against Aka bah, Arabia and Put Party of Turks to Flight Swedish Steamer Is Dam aged by Mine. SEVEN BRITISH CRUISERS ARE DAMAGED Cologne Gazette Reports English Warships Lying at Falkland Islands French Progress in Champagne Powerful German Army Is Advancing on Warsaw Move ment Largest Yet Made in Russian Poland , Russians Have Three Lines of Defense Turks Renew Fighting in Caucasus Allied Fleet Destroys Darda nelles Forts. ' GREAT GENERAL ATTACK ON FRANCE TO BE MADE SOONl 1 Genoa, via Rome, Feb. 26, 10:16. One person was killed and many wounded during riots at Ventimiglia, which resulted from a demonstration in favor of the maintenance of neutrality by Italy. A counter demonstration by persons de siring the intervention of Italy in the war led to a serious fight. Police and carbineers interfered but were unable to restore or der for some time. During the fighting several of the police and a major of the carbineers were injured. Deputy Falls Dead. Milan, Italy, Feb. 26, via Rome, 5:26 p. m. Signor Mosti Trotti, a radical deputy, died suddenly today while he !was delivering a speech in favor of the intervention of Italy in the war. Signor Mosti Trotti was addressing a large crowd in the Verdi theater. His remarks stirred the crowd deeply. As he reached the climax of his speech, amid an unusually enthusias tic outburst of applause, he suddenly pitched forward dead: Washington. Feb. 26. Minister Van Dyke at The Hague cabled today it was unofficially reported to him that the en tire crew of the American steamer Evelyn, sunk by a mine, was safe at Bremen. The fate of Captain Smith and one boat loaded with men has been cloaked in mystery. Pmi Fob nfi 1?-1fi n m The lc- I Movement on Warsaw. Iptruetion of the French torpedo boat destroyer Dague in the Adriatic- sea I was announced today by the French ministry of marine. The official announcement follows: I "The French torpedo boat destroy er Dngue. while escorting a convoy with provisions for Montenegro, struck an Austrian mine off the port of Antivari (Montenegro) on Febru ary' 24, and sank. "Thirty-eight of the crew disap peared. The accident did not hinder finishing the work of provisioning and t the return of the convoy. "The French destroyer Dessaix made a demonstration against Akabah (Arabia), on February 23. A landing party aided by the ship's cannon dis persed and put to flight a small band of Turks occupying the village." The Uague was 256 feet long and had a displacement of 720 tons. She was built in 1911 and was rated at a speed of 31 1 knots. Her comple ment was 81 men She was armed with two 3.9-inch guns, four 9 pound ers and four 18-lnch torpedo tubes. Berlin War Statement. I Berlin, Feb 26, by wireless to Say ViHe, Today's official report on the war is as follows: '"Nothing important has occurred In either theatre of the war " Russian Generals Captured. At the war office today the fol lowing statement was issued: "The following Russian generals were captured in the battle of the Mazurian Lakes; "The commanding general of the TwenUeth army corps, also the com mander of artillery and the comman ders of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth divisions of infantry', also the commander of the first brigade of i infantry. The commander of the 1 Twenty-ninth died. "From the third army corps we captured the commander of the j Twenty-seventh division of infantry. I also the commanders of artillery and I of the second brigade of infantry- i 'Frora the fifty-third reserve divi sion those raptured Included the com mander and also the commander of the first brigade of infaritrj Wr "From the first Siberian dilsion of I Cossacks we captured one brigade ( commander." L Britlh Dny Transport Story. r The Overseas Agency today gave t out a story to the effect that the I CorrJere Delia Sera of Milan de lares I tht Llovd's Agency hae received a I telegram from East Bourne. In Sus- I sex. to the errect that a British trans- I port ha gone down with 1800 men. I The foregoing dispatch doubtless is another reference to the reported tor fP podolng or a British transport by a Clermau submarine. Announcement to i thin effect has beet) made officially I - n Berlin, but the British authorities I J deny tho story. Petrograd, Feb 26, 12:08 p. m., via London, 1:15 p. m. Members of tho staff of the Russian army comment ing on the recent military develop ments In northorn Poland, agree that from Przasnysz and Novgorod the Germans hope to develop a movement upon Warsaw. (Przasnysz is the town north of Warsaw and about fifteen miles south of the Etst Prussian fron tier, which Berlin declared yesterday had been captured by Germans). This movement is being assisted, in their opinion by the re-commencement of .in enorcetc offensive in the vicinity of Mogehly Against this powerful German ad ance, which evidently has assumed larger proportions than any previous movement in Russian Poland, the Rus sians have three strong lines of de fense. The first runs from Kovno to Ollta, the latter town being on the Nlemen river, thirty milon south of Kovno. The second runs from Olila to Grodno, and the third line is known as the Bobr-Narew line. Germans Advance on Russians. The German udvance against these defending lines is proceeding slowly on account of the marshy country and the precautions necessary in order to keep open communication with Ger man bases. There have been attacks in the neighborhood of Stablne conducted with great energy and daring. This fighting has been virtually uninter rupted and it invariably had seen bayonet engagements, in which the Russians have become very skilful There has been increased activity. BflflflMtlMv in i . i c 1 i r r i flnliri'- Tilnrrr the Germans have been checked in their efforts to reach Halicz. German Officers Say Peace In Sight. According to information reaching the Russian general staff from the front, certain German commanding of ficers are declaring to their men that the Russians will continue retreating; that the Austrian occupation of Gali cia has not been Interrupted and that peace soon "will follow the success of the Germnn army Londou. Feb. 26. 12.50 p. m The impression is gaining ground among British and French inilltar com mentators that German La preparing for a fresh expenditure of energy Id the land campaign along the western front Notwithstanding the recent successes of the Germans In the east, they are apparently encountering as stubborn resistance as at any time The resiliency and recuperating pow ers of the Russian armies, according to theories advanced hern, have oon vlnced the German general staff that it is wisest to adopt the defensive in the Russian campaign, while de livering another blow In the west Allies Well Prepared. ff the rush comes, the allies will be well prepared to meet it. During the lost rev. months a decided change for ili. better has taken place lit thr forces of the allies, with reinforce ments, bigger guns and more com plete equipment, lack of which was felt keenly during the early stages of the war. As against the expectation of a new German general offensive in the west, another theory is advanced in some quarters that the German attack in tho east will be continued, with the main idea of taking Warsaw from tho north. With Przasnysz, fifty miles north of Warsaw now in the hands of the Geimans, according to their claim, it is probable that a battle is now raging along- the river Orzyc, where the Russians are attempting to stay the Teutonic advance. The Turks arc again appearing in the war news by virtue of renewed fighting in the Caucasus. Meantime tho allied fleet has at last demolished the forts at the entrance to the Darda nelles, which is attributed as a pre liminary to a determined effort to force the historio straits. The British admiralty gave out a statement that since February 18, when the German naval war zone de cree went into erfect, there have been 708 arrivals and 673 sailings from British ports of the United King dom and that German submarines have sunk seven vessels. New York, Feb. 26. Investigation of alleged violations of custom laws and of American neutrality was begun today by the federal grand Jury in the cases of the steamships Lorenzo, Berwind, Prom and Sommerstad. which, it la alleged, carried supplies from American ports to German men-of-war in the Atlantic early in the war. Berlin, Feb. 26, The Bundesrath has adopted a measure by which the num ter of automobiles in Germany not being used for military purposes will be reduced about one-half The pur- sumption of gasoline and lubricant oils and in rubber The order Issued provides that all automobiles, begin ning March 15, must have new li censes These will be issued only upon proof of public necessity The Bundesrath declares "This future limitation has particularly the pur pose of eliminating all automobile-; serving purposes of pleasure or sport." Complete Victory for Turks. Berlin, Feb. 26, via wireless to Sayvllle A dispatch received in Ber lin from Constantinople transmits a report received by a Turkish news agency from a correspondent at a Black sea port who sas that recent fighting In the vicinity of Bortschobo, in Trans-C aucasia between Artvln and Batun, has ended in complete victorv for the Turlts. The Russians lost se verely, according to this information and took to flight. Before this result was obtained the fighting had been I going on for several days. Swedish Steamer Damaged. Amsterdam. Feb. 26, via London ' 1:12 p. m The Swedish Bteamer Svarton from Rotterdam, arrived to day at Ymuiden, Holland, With a large hole in her starboard side near the bow. The captain reported that the Svarton had been damaged on Thurs la afternoon by either a mine or a torpedo It is his opinion that the damage was inflicted by a mine Seven Eritlsh Cruisers Disabled. Berlin. Feb. 26, by wireless to Bay ville The Cologne Gazette has pub lished a letter received from Monte video. Uruguay, in which It is de clared that seven British cruisers are lying at the Falkland islands, in tho southern Atlantic, severely damaged This information has been brought in to Montevideo, the letter Bays, by the officers of an Argentine steamer. Paris War Statement. Paris. Feb 26. via London, 3 "r p. m. The war office gave out the following statement this afternoon: "The Belgian army has retaken a small portion of the trenches which It had lost temporarily "The British army repulsed In Bel gium a German attack and also gained one hundred meters on La Basseo road 'German artillerv displayed consid erable activity in the Aisne valley. "Our batteries reduced it to silence In the afternoon Progress In Aisne Valley. "In Champagne our progress con tinues. We won some ground in tho wood northwest of Perthes and norm of Mesnil-les-HurlUB, The engage ment continues in the valley of the Meuse. In Jumulles-Dorns we de stroyed some machine gun shelters and wrecked the trenches of the en emy. We made fresh progress In Bois Brule In the forest of Apremont. The German-, were driven from several communication parages between trenches The were subjected to heavy losses, abandoning on the field various accoutrements and weapons " Cologne Reports Victory. Cologne, via London, Feb. 26. 11:17 a, m After several days' artillery fighting nd in spite of great numer ical superiority the Russians wore driven from Bojan (Bukowina) which they had strongly fortified, accord ing to a Bucharest dispatch to the Cologne Qasette Their retreat did not end until they had reached a point twenty kilometers (12 1-2 miles) north of the Pruth river. With this reverse, the correspondent says, the final Russian opposition in Bukowina is shattered and the province cleared of invaders. CHARLES BECKER TO PAY PENALTY New Yoric, Feb 26. Charles Beck er's application for a new trial on the Indictment charging him with the murder of Herman Rosenthal was d -Died todaj bj the supreme court. BsVJHHHBHH LEO FRANK CASE BEING ARGUED Counsel Takes Up Allegations of Mob Violence Before Su preme Court Judges. AN APPEAL MADE Right of Release on Writ of Habeas Corpus Contended by Alleged Murderer. Washington, Feb. 26. Continuing arguments before the. supreme court today on the right of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary' Pha gan, the Atlanta, Ga., factory girl, to release on a writ of habeas corpus, Louis Marshall, representing Frank, took up allegations of mob violence at Frank's trial. Mr. Marshall quo ted from the state's brief that "it appears that the agreement of coun sel that Frank not be present at the reception of the verdict was made in the interest of Frank and for his pro tection " "For his protection against what0" demanded Mr Marshall "Against the law? Against the constitution' Against his right to a hearing on his trial? No. For his protection against the consequences of lawlessness, of anarchy, of mob domination Out. - ,-. r f .'. M 1 , . . r-, n , I, ( I - - VUI LUIIiriKiulI lO IIU11 Ml CUIlOf" quence of the circumstances which then existed the character of whlcn was recognized by the presiding judge, law ceased to reign, terror ruled in its stead and fear sat trembling in the seat of lustlce There was no longer a court no longer a trial and no longer did the eourr have any more Jurisdiction over the prisoner than if Judge Roan had been driven from the bench by a mob The court had been superseded by a Judicial lj nching " AMERICAN NOTE BEING STUDIED German Officials Impressed by Friendly Spirit of United States Proposals. THREE VITAL SUBJECTS Mine and Submarine Blockade Use of Floating Mines Entry of Foodstuffs. Berlin, Feb. 26. via London. 12:10 a. m. The American note to Germany and Great Britain on the subject of foodstuffs to civilian populations of belligerents and submarine activities at sea, a copy of which was handed to the German foreign office by Am bassador Gerard the night of Febru ary 22, has been a subject of cxhaus tive discussion for the last two days between the German imperial authori ties concerned and the American am basador. As a result of this close attention the German reply is grad ually taking definite form The cor respondent of the Associated Press has been assured by a most compe tent and reliable authority that the American proposals are regarded as constituting a base for future nego tiation and that they are themselves in many respects, acceptable. Cer tain of the proposals, however" will be subjected to more or less import ant modifications. Impressed by Friendly Spirit. Government circles have expressed themselves as impressed by the friendly spirit in which these proiKDS als have been adanced and the evi dent desire on the part of the Amer lean administration to reach a solu tion of the difficulties inolved in the present methods of maritime warfare, to belligerents and neutrals alike. The American note probably will not be published here until the Ger man response has been sent forward, but there Is good reason to believe that it deals with three principal sub jects, namely mine and submarine DioCKaut 'i couwi me use oi lloallllg mines and the entry of foodstuffs for civilian populations Germany Maintains Strict Censor It is difficult to obtain any authorl tatlve expression of opinion concern ing the Get man point of view on these points from any of the govern mental departments interested in the negotiations or to overcome, the cen sorship restrictions In treating of tins matter in news dispatches sent out from Berlin by telegraph. Judging, however, from a general knowledge of German policy and Intentions, it may be said with confidence that lit tle difficulty will be experienced, so far as Germany is concerned, in reaching a mutual agreement for the discontinuance of the use of floating mines. The attitude of the German admiralty on mine planting along hos tile coasts, however, is at the present time unknown. oo NEWLANDS COMMON CARRIER BILL Washington, Feb. 26 Senator New iaiulR introduced a bill today t.j em! iKiwer the interstate oommeroe com mission to examine all papers of a common carrier, including correspond ence. It would ameud tho law to meet the BUprbme court's decision that the. . i mmi hi did not have pom er to inspect the oorrespondeiv of tlu Louisville and Nashville, FEDERAL INQUIRY IS BEING DELD i German Naval Officers Con nive to Obtain False Pass ports From United States. ATTACHE'S SCHEME i Traveling Expenses and Money for American Wife Promised German for Spy Services. New York. Feb 26. Federal au thorities today were investigating a statement made by counsel for Rich ard P Stegler. the German naval of ficer, arrested in this city Wednesday night, that Captain Boy-ed, naval at tache of the German embassy In Washington, had furnished an Amer ican passport to Carl Hans Lody, the German spy who was put to death in the Tower of London last November. In his general denial of Stegler's story Involving bim. Captain Boy-ed referred to this allegation as "trash." Charles H Griffiths, former assist ant United States attorney, who was assigned by United States Commis sioner Houghton to defend Stegler, linked the names of the German naval attache and Lody In a statement given out after a conference with Stegler in the Tombs Captain Bcy-ed Carries Through Scheme. "Stegler told me," Mr. Griffith said, "that on one occasion while he was on his wa to keep an appointment with Captain Boy-ed a Dr. Fuehr told him that Captain Boy-ed had carried through lhe scheme that made it possible to obtain an American pass port for Lody and that Boy-ed sent Lody to England where he was exe cuted Stegler also said that Dr. Fuehr had told him Boy-ed was the only person who knew all the details of the Lody pilot because he had I planned 'he whole thing ' Mr. Griffiths said that all of Steg j ler's statements were corroborated ! bj Mrs. Stegler, the young Georgia i woman, at whose suggestion Stegler ' abandoned his alleged plan to go : abroad. According to Mr. Griffiths, Stegler was to have sailed for Eng land to work for the German govern ment in obtaining information a to the whereabouts of an English fleet ol dreadnoughts supposed to be in St. I George's channel. Stegler was to i have gone on the steamer Franconia, according to the lawyer and whpn he decided not to so a young German American, whom he knew by sight, but not by name was assigned to the i perilous task and sailed on the steam B with a bogus passport in his pocket. Planned for Wife's Support The Franconia is due to arrive In Liverpool within a day or two. Steg I I er was Quoted bj Mr Griffiths as Having rain unit ins negotiations with Boy-ed bad progressed to the point where they had discussed money that was to be paid to Mrs Stegler while her husband was in England. According to the lawyer. Captain Boy-ed in a talk with Stegler at the German lub in this city had agreed to pay Mr Stealer 1150 a month while Stegler was in England and had furthermore agreed should the British discover his mission and he I met the same fate as Lody, to pay Mrs Stealer $150 a month so long as she lived. Captain Denies Story. Captain Boy-ed denied all the state ments alleged to have ben made by Stegler The naval attache said he had tried to obtain cmplojment for Stepler and had advanced him money on account of traveling expenses be cause he thought he could place him with a friend in Germany who wanted to employ a good Unquiet. Later. Cap tain Boy-ed continued, he had decided that Stegler was not a suitable per son for the position he had in mind and had asked Stegler to return the money advanced. This Stegler had not done. Captain Boy-ed said Stegler's Story False. "The impression that Stegler wish e9 to create." Captain Boy-ed added, "that the real intention of his tr?p was to act as a spy for the German government is false " Roger B Wood, the assistant United States district attomej who is pre senting the case to the federal grand jury. said. "This department will ct to the bottom of whatever there is to get to the bottom of 1 he rest of the work, if there 1 any to be done, is up to the authorities at Washing ton " Mr Griffiths gave out this after noon what he said were further de tails of Stegler's confession He said that Stepler had refused to accept the mission which Boy-ed had asked him to undertake in England as a spy because he learned that he was tu be made use of as a 'dummy" to deceive the English and that the real spv in the case was to be another man. Received Explicit Instructions. ' Stegler's original instructions were that he was to find out the number nl British ships in St. George's chan nel and all the information of the na s situation that he could, then take a boat to Rotterdam, proceed to the German border, there meet German officers to whom he was to make bim self known by a secret number, deliver his information and then to return to America, Stegler said he had received explirii instructions In the case from Boy-ed, Upon dH o'rlng that S second man was to follow in his footsteps and having beafri that Carl Lody had met his fate in the operation of this two-man spv i in. he declined to go " stegler said further thai the sec ond man in the case had gon on the Franconia and previous to his de parture had asked him for his pass port, Stegler also was told that Lo dy's wife, an American woman now living in Omaha, had received $15,000 from the German government as com pensation for the death of her hus band." Mr. Griffiths added that Stegler had told him the name of the alleged spy, who had gone over on the Franconia. oo PROPERTY SEQUESTRATED. Berne, Feb. 25, via Paris. 4:15 p. m. A Wolf agency dispatch from Brus sells says that the German governor general, Von Bisslng, has authorized the sequestration of all business en terprises in Belgium owned by sub jects or citizens of nations with which Germany is at war. oo POLICE DISCOVER CLUES TOMURD ER Old Woolen Glove and Heavy Piece of Gas Pipe May Solve Mystery. Aurora, 111, Feb. 26. An old wool en glove and a piece of heavy gas pipe were the clues upon which the police today pinned their greatest, hope of solving the mystery of the murder of Miss Emma Peterson, whose body was found lying on a sidewalk in a fashionable section of this city last night. These nrticles were found today within a half block of the spot where Miss Peterson was struck down. The younc woman's handbag, open and rifled was found a block and a half away. The police believe the pipe was used to crush the girl's 3kull By means of the glove they hope to give bloodhounds a scent Miss Eliza Calkins, who lived near the scene of the murder, told the police she heard Miss Peterson scream, saw a man stoop o.er her a moment, then pick up something and run. She gave a description of the man. Before noon today forty-two per sons, twenty-five of them negroes, had been picked up for investigation The police continue to hold John Mahon, an old man, but said they had about reached the conclusion that he knew nothing of the crime. A man 60 years old, described a being an eccentric, was held under arrest by the police today in connec tion with the murder of Miss Emma Peterson, who was found with her head crushed and jaw broken half a block from her home last ntght It was the third mtte.rious murder of a woman in urora in twelve month. In ench case the victim has been slugged to death In no case has the murderer been caught. I Theresa Hollander, who was club bed to death in a cemetery on ihrt night of February 16. 1914 Tony Petras, a former suitor, was twice tried on a charge of having slain her and acquitted. Jennie Miller was clubbed to deal 1 in fflfchurch yard on the night of Xo- veniuer iv, ian. swam bttcmib were made but the crime was never solved. Emma Peterson was found clubbed to death near the residence of former United States Senator Albert J. Hop kins. The man under arrest. John Mason, does odd jobs at St Joseph hospital for his board He had been under arrest earh last night after he had seized the arm of s young woman a block from the spot where Miss Pe tersen s body was found. The pirl complained that she had been seized by a man in the vicihit tne night be fore. Her father followed her last night and trapped Mason The DO lice, after questioning him. released him. Two hours later the body of Miss Peterson was found. Mason, according to the police, ad mitted that he sometimes iiad carried a strip of rubber hose filled with shot but the sisters at the hosp tal asked for his release, declaring that he was a harmless eccentric. Not positive that Mason Is the m in they want, the police placed trained bloodhounds on the case today, hop ing to reveal the course taken by tne murderer in making his escape. Neighbors returning home found the body of the girl lying on the sidewalk. Miss Peterson, who was '2 years old. had been living in the home of a wealthy retired farmer for the last three vears. The police are working on the the ory that all of the three murders of the last twelve month- have been committed by the same man WHEAT PRICES FALJJAPIDLy Excitement Over Fall of Dard anelles Causes Drop of 14c Below Last Saturday's Level. Chicago. Feb J6 Excitement over war changes at Constantinople that seemed to imply the altering of the entire world supply and demand sa nation as to wheat smashed prices for that cereal today to a level, l-i I bushel below the values current on Saturday last before news came of the beginning of n determined new attack on tho forts at the Dardanelles May wheat at one time today touch ed $146, a fall of 7 5-8c compared with last night, but closed nervous at sonuthMi of a rally with the price $1 A'. 1-4, a net loss of 4 8-8. July deli very which was more largely tra ded In. dropped 5c io Si 20 1 4 and finished 3c off for the da;.. 1: FRIENDLY LIES !j LIVE INTERROR Band Found in Desperate Con dition Through Cold and Lack of Food. TEMPORARY RELIEF Indians Fear Hostile Band and Are Eager to Leave for Reservation. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 26. Friendly Indians encamped northeast of Bluff are suffering through lack of food and are living in terror of the hostlles, according to a dispatch from Bluff today. Indian Agents Creel and ! Jenkins located the band, numbering 115, mostly women and children. They were found to be in a desperate con dition through lack of food and the recent deep snow had so reduced their horses that the Indians were unable to move from their camp, None of these Indians ever lived on a reservation, but they now express themselves as anxious to be taken to the Ute reservation in Colorado, where they may obtain food. Their want has been relieved temporarily and they will be moved to the reser vation as soon as their horses are able to travel. The Indians appear to be living in great fear of the hos tlles under Polk and Posev and are. anxious to be away from the scene of hostilities. The body of Chicken Jack, the Piute Indian killed by the posse Sun day, which was supposed to have been borne away by the Indians was found in Coltonwood wash by John F. Tavely 'oday The body was almost completely submerged. An Inquest was held, finding that he was killed by a bullet fired from the posse and arrangements have been made to bury the body. Mancos Jim, the friendly Ute scout. Teports that he believes the joint force of hostiles under Polk and Posey numbers onl about fourteen warriors, the rest of the band being made up of squaws and papooses Denver, Colo., Feb 26.- News ad vices from Bluff, Utah, today indicat ed that there had been no further fiehting between United States., Mar shal Aquila Nebeker's posse and the band or Piute Indians protecting Tse-Ne- Gat from arrest on a charge of miirder. Negotiations, for the surrem der nf the Indians still were going on but w ith no indication as to the prob able outcome ALLEN LINE SHIP CALLSFOR HELP Steamer Mongolian, Bound for Scotland, in Distress and Calling for Help. New York, Feb. 20. The steamer Mongolian of the Allen line, bound from Philadelphia tor Glasgow, Scot land, is in distress 40o miles off Cape Race, according to a message receiv ed here by Powering and company, steamship agents. The Mongolian was said to be calling for help and leaking badly The lied Cross liner Stephano is about 416 miles from Hali fax and Is rushing to the assistance of the Mongolian. A message to Powering and compa n , agents for the Stephauo. from J R Bennett, acting premier of New Foundland, said that the Mongolian had 200 passengers aboard. It was upon the premiers request that the Stephano was instructed to go to the Mongolians assistance. Mr Ben nett's message read as follows: ' I rgently request that the Stepha no be sent to assist the Mongolian Leaking badly and heading in for Hal it a I Consider action most urgent" The Mongolian was reported by wireless t egraph yesterday to he re turning io Halifax iOr repairs It was said that she began to leak when 1000 miles off the coast of New Foundland The Mongolian stopped at St. John's on her way from Phlla delpbia to Glasgow and it was be lieved in maritime circles here that i.a ,,C7,- i,ijr.l.-ii lir at St John's The Mongolian -ailed from Phila d Ippla in Januarj 29 and from St 1 John's on February l". She is : ves sel of 174X gross tons register and ' is 324 long Jj When the Mongolian, which is in command of Captain Hatherly, ar rived at St John's Fehniar :! It was announced that sin- was leaking. She left St. John's but put back on Febru ary 7 H pairs were made and she again left St John's February 13 It nraa believed that the steamer en countered ice and that the leak had I been opened again. Dowering & Co. said thev believed that unless the Mongolian was taking in water fast, the Stephano would be able to tow her into St. John's. Washington, Feb. 26. The coast guard shin Seneca reported late to day bv wireless via Cape Race that Bhe was convoying the steamer Mon golian Into Halifax and that the ftcamer was leaking badly. -oo Sterling Colo.. Feb. 25. John Brunke. 24 assistant cashier of the Farmers State bank of Haxton, a villige 37 miles east of here was shot ami instantly killed late today by a robber The robber was captured near ibe LOW-D after :i battle with a I Rse of citizen. H" Rave the name oi la; Thorn psoo.