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LARGEST SWORN CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN INDIANA FTERMOQM THH I: THhH. IN PI ANA P,.rt!v eloadv ! and mmcvhit i-mrr to night; Friday probab.y show er r. iV'WIIU MIfIIIf;.N. Cloudy mniuht: pr-d'aMy r.nn in extreme west portion. EDITION VOL. XXXII., NO. 98. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915. PRICE TWO CENTS BEN NEWS-TIMES JOFFRE'S DRIV COSTS HEAVILY; IS SLIGHT French Offensive in Woevre District Results in No Ma terial Advances Despite the Enormous Loss of Life. CONCENTRATE FORCE TO CONTINUE ATTACK Wrmy of 200,000 Men Gather ed About Verdun Supported by Artillery Paris Praises U. S. Note. BERLIN. April S. Gen. Joltre's elrive against the; Cermans in the "Woevre district has resulted in cnur auous loss of life, without any ma larial gains for the French, it in Mated in an olticial statement given ut oy the war oltice today. The pres Mire of the French between the Meuse i he Moselle rivers ia Increasing and the lihtiiia in that district is tspe- lally violent. The statement follows: "Fighting between the Mouse and Moselle continues. AH French at- iiicks a! the following points in the "Woevre plain has failed em Combres HI eights near Zeloui.se forest, north of k-t. Mihiel. in Ailly forest, near the forest lying nest of Apreinont, north of Flirey, tml west of and in Priest 'Walil (La Pre tie- forest). "The I n ndi los.-es along the en tire front :ue enormous without their having obtained the slightest success. "A hostile aviator flying from Paris was foreed to land in ur lines and was taken prisoner, lie said that noth ing was known in Faris about the j-'reneh losses in the battles that hae lake-n plaee in the Champagne district. "Eastern theater of war There are i itmiortanf obi-rations to report 3ioiii this sphere. Pad weather und 'l ad roads make moements almost i U mpssiblc." x ;xV1'Ji-:i: ;i:i-:at aiuiv. -vV.VVAl-rd A ast French s i oiy (m mu.h'.h men has been con- ntiatd around Verdun and in the! Woere district (between the Meuse i.nd Mos.dle rivers) for the drive which French are making against the ieriuaris.This army is supported by i.rtilleri which the Prenvh have been moving to the front since Jan. 1. Night and day attacks are being made against the German lines ttretching from the northern part ot ilie Argonne Torest to St. Mihiel and me forest of Le Pi etre north of Ponl--.M'usson ). Military men predict that the Ge-r-jnans will be elriwn out of .St. Mihiel their onlv fooihobl on the western "bank of the Meuse south of Verdun V ithiii the next 1 ' days. It is reported from the front that the Germans are sen. ling HI". UUU jnen to strengthen tlieir armies in the Argonne and in the Woewe district. lerman airmen reported the great oncentration of French troops which led to the mowmcht of (lerman rcin- jiviiit nts. A gigantic artillery tiuel is raging In 'the alley of the Meuse-. Chief interest in the lighting in the -western theater of war now centers .n the allies' right Hank. The French j.re- sabering heavy losses, but a we. -tory there would compel a retirement .f at least three of the German armies jn France. It is reported that Emperor William js going to the (terinan left ilank to inspiie'the Gcnr.au, troops by his presence-. The following olhcial dispatch was Tf reived finisi the Belgian general t tatY: "The W(-! side of the Yscr. in Bel gium in the neighborhood of Drei Grachteii has been completely freed .f Germans. The enemy tkd in dis order before strong Pelgian attacks." Pres't Wilson's me expressing the i itttude of the Fniud States gowrn jnent upon the British ordir in coun- il blockading the German coast, has Veen leeched wit a .general approba tion hv the French press. It is called friendly and favorable." The only adverse critic seems to bo -Foremn Minister Stephen Pichcn. w"n said in an interview today: The purely judicial and commer- i ll .cmples of the Washington gov 4 rnmcnt do not take suttioent note .f r nianv's criminal method of . a sing w ar." No Change A-koel. At the same time. however, M. U'i.dion i-xpnssed lil opinion that the I'lilte.l Slates K" v 'i n 1 1 e n t does not nsk the allies to alter the right char I cirr i'f tlieir MtK'kade. The Matin, in discussing that sectbm ..f t'ae Anierictn ni" which asserts that F,ermanys conduct ":s tainted by illegality and disregard of the prin- iples of war sanctioned by nlight- nrd nations." says: "Americ.i has hroken with the dip- 5 mu,:c tradition whereby language in f-'.b-h i'ocu ments must be deliberately wordeil. It is the act of an honest .i-ni.eracv; it is full of boldness and understands and admires. ecn envies utrpnes of great during, but re provt ami despics bath faith and a artlicv-" ENGINEER TN JAIL ON CHARGE OF SHOOTING MAP.!ON, Jnd.. April s. A. I. frow, years old. an ngineer n the line ralln.ail wa in jail today charged with shooting John Sche l;ell. -10 -ars old. also an Krle ngincer, w fi' m condition is crit ical. The tragedy occurred during a i.u.irrfl in a boarding h:u-e. "when iVovv accused Saotnel of mg jjjii. s".-hoT.el!. P.i'th Crow anti V-loer.i are from Huntington and rr !ro,h"i s-in-la w . Crow claims he ihot in bclf-deftn-ic. Latest Bulletin: From War Zone LONDON, April S. Hostilities between Turks and Pritlah troops have again broken out in Egypt. The government press bureau made the following olticial an nouncement: "A skirmish between Turkish cavalry and forces is reported from the region east of El Kanaro but so far as known there were no casualties on either side." El Kanaro is on the Suez canal. BEPPIN, April S. The (ler man admiralty today announced the death of Commander Otto Weddingen, the hero of the (Jer man navy. Commander "Wcddin gen was in command of the sub marine when she torpedoed and destroyed the Pritish cruisers Cressy, llogue and Aboukir in the North sea. Eater he was put In command of the submarine U-US the loss of which ha.s Just been oiliclally admitted. Commander Weddingen was decorated with the iron cross ifter his famous exploits with the 0. He was married shortly ifter the war broke out. LONDON, Apiil S. A press agency dispatch from Petrograd reports that tho Austrian amy of (Jen. Poerovltch, which is oper ating In th? Carpathians, has been pierced in two places by the Rus sians. Tho Russians have captured Smolensk, east of Eupkow pass. BUDAPEST, Hungary (via Ber lin i. April 8. The loss of three Russian aeroplanes in a light with Austrian aviators over the Car pathian rangers is reported in to day's dispatches from Cracow. One Austrian machine was pitted against three .Russian machines. A shell from a high angle gun struck one of the Russian ma chines, causing it to fall 1.300 meters. Tho air vortex thus created caused the other two Russian machines to fall. CONSTANTINOPLE (via Ber lin). April S. A torpedo boat de stroyer, as well as a cruiser, was damaged by Turkish shells when a squadron of the Anglo-French fleet bombarded the Turkish works at the western entrance of the Dardanelles on Sunday, it was otticially announced today. AMSTERDAM, April 8. A Her man aeroplane which had bom barded Bergues, 10 miles south of Dunkirk, in France, was shot to earth at Stccnwoorde, in Belgium today, and the aviator and ob server were both killed. NISH. Servia, April K. The Austrians are. carrying on n in dustrial intermittent bombard ment of Belgrade. On Tuesday, the Austrians tried to land troops and artillery upon Vitahamka Hand, in tho Danube river oppo site Belgrade, but failed owing to the lire of the Servian artillery. PARIS. April S. Hard lighting is reported from all parts of the battlo front In an official com munique issued by the French war otllce this afternoon. Terrific ar tillery duels between the allies and the Oermans are taking place in Belgium and great activity is taking place in the valley of the Alsne. Past of Kheims the French have maintained their pains against furious German counter attacks. In the forest of Brulo (tho burned forest) the French stormed a German trench. In the Woevro district. between the Meuse and Moselle rivers, the French claim further progress, de spite the stubborn resistance of the Germans. MOTHER AND SON ARE WED AT SAME TIME TERRF. HAUTE, Ind., April 8. While Mrs. Lucy Turpin, UO years old. was being married to "Wilson Watkins, TS years old. in one part of the court house at Ploomtield, Ind., her son, Joe Turpin, was being mar ried in another room to Mrs. Martha Ooley, who a few minutes before was granted a divorce from Frank Ooley. REV. W. J. METZNER IS NEW PRESIDING ELDER K EN DA LEVI LLE, Ind.. April S Tho Rev. W. J. Metzner of Klkhart today is the new presiding elder of the Indiana conference of the Evan gelical association as th.-; result of the election yesterday. The district as signments aro "W. J. Metzner, Elk hart, and Rev. J. J. Wise, Indianapo lis. TIE UM1 SERVICE No Street Cars Operate in Au burn and Interurbans Are Hampered. SYRACUSE, N. V., April S. Not a cur wheel turned today on the Auburn U racuso Electric railw ay because of a strike of the Amalgamated associa tion of street and electric railway em ployes, which became effective- today. A few cars were operated on the Syracuse and Lake hore lines, with a deputy sheriff on each car and au tomobiles loaded with policemen ac companying the car. No Eolith Bay cars were running. Union Oltlcers and the men on tho line struck. Tho New York state's railways, to prevent a strike on its city lints', haa refused to allow the Empire lines to run cars over its tracks. A strike also was declared by all tho employes of tho Auburn city and sud urban line. Factory workers in Auburn walked miles to their work. The strikers declare they have the Empire lines tied up from Syracuse to Buffalo. EMPLOYES STRIKE AND MAYOR WELCOMES STATE 'SMITHIES Keller Addresses Opening Ses sion of Muster Hourseshoers' Convention in American Hall Thursday Morning. About l"w master horseshoers gath ered in the American hall Thursday morning In a meeting which marked the opening of th 10th annual con vention of the Master Horseshoers' Association of Indiana. Thursday's meeting opened a two-day session, during which time business of the organization will be discussed tlcers for tb. ensuing years elected. Mayor Keller opened the and will of- be meeting with a few words of welcome to the assembled delegates, who came from all parts of the state. He paid that the city was glad to welcome v the delegates to the convention and to ex tend them the lreedom of the city. The mayor's talk was greeted with cheers and at its close he was accord ed a rising vote of thanks. He was followed by Elmer Shoe maker, president of the local branch, No. 20 4, who also assured the visiting members of the organization that South Tiend wius more than glad to entertain them for the two days of the convention. He promised visits to local factories and other entertain ment. The principal speaker of the morn ing was Ben Koelzer of Milwaukee, national president of the Master Horeshoers of America. He was in troduced by Christ Wumlerlich, state president. Congratulates Meeting. Mr. Koelzer congratulated the members on the tpirit and enthusiasm shown in the present convention, stating that It was one of the best in point of attendance which he had ever attended. He urged develop ment of the spirit and interest dis played, so that In the next few .years the cooperation between members of the organization in different parts of tho state made it almost imperative that all who were able attend the an nual conventions. "We never grow to old to learn." he said, "and horses will Inst forever. Some man is always inventing a new er and more scientific method with which to accomplish the same end for which wo strain our muscles to at tain. It is these thing3 that como up at these conventions that mako them educational and interesting." The morning session closed with a private meeting at which routine bus iness wits the program. N In the aP moon the 1T0 guests were visitors at the plant of the Mishawaka Lubber Co. 800 ALBANIAN INSURGENTS BOMBARD CAPITAL CITY VIENNA, April 8. Six thousand Albanian insurgents have attacked Durazzo, the capital of Albania, and the city is being violently bombarded. Tho residence of Essed Pasha, the self-proclaimed ruler of Albania, has been badly damaged. It is reported that 4 0,000 Moslems are massed west of Durazzo. RAVENNEA, Italy, April 8. Hard fighting is in progress at Durazzo, Al bania between Moslems Insurgents, who are reported to be led by Ger man and Turkish officers, and follow ers of Essed Pasha. The Insurgents are well equipped with arms and ar tillery secured from Austria. HE HAS A "FUSS" WITH BRIDE, WANTS $2 BACK SYRACUSE. Ind.. April S. Leo Rink of this city, :is years old, got a license to wed ls-ycar-old Minnie Wysong. of Goshen, last Saturday. Today Rink appeared at the county clerk's office and demanded the $2.00 he had paid for the license. "I had a fuss with her." he said, "and there will be no wedding bells for me." Mrs. Wysong sent the following no tice to the newspapers: "Miss Wysong is not married and is going to stay unmarried ft LANDON DRUG COMPANY IS NOW A CORPORATION Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state at Indian apolis Thursday for the Landon Drug company ana th Iewis C. Landan company. According to Mr. London the Landon Drug company is capital ized ut Jlo.OOO. A retail drug busi ness will be conducted at the present site on S. Michigan st. Directors of thi company are Lewis C. LanJo.i, Catl S. Ayres and Georgia. V. Landon. The Lewis C. Iandon company is capitalized at $23,000. This is a new concern and will be devoted to the manufacture of special toilet articles, cosmetics and lotions, patents upon which were obtained by Mr. Landon some time ago. Beginning next week agencies for the new specialties to be manufactur ed by the landon company will be es tablished throughout the west. All states west of the Mississippi will be entered by the agencies. The manufacturing company will be under the direction of the same per sons directing the retail concern. WOMAN IS INJURED IN STREET CAR COLLISION Mrs. Sarah A. Sweeney, N. Eddy St.. was seriously cut and bruised and several Notre Dame students were In jured when two street cars collided at the Cedar Grove cemetery stop on the Notre Ianie line Tuesday night at 6 o'clock. The car In the lead had come to a stop and when the brakes in the car following refused to clutch, the collision resulted. Splintered glass was thrown or the occupants of both cars, all of whom were hurled from tlieir tcatj Irom the force of the collision. TO EARLHAM PASTOR QUITS AS COLLEGE LEAVES PURE SECTARIAN CODE RICHMOND, Ind.. April S. Kx- pressions of regret were heard today following the acceptance by the board of trustees of Earlham college of the resignation of Prof. Elbert Russell, head of the Biblical department and college pastor. The three reasons set forth for his action by Prof. Russell were his op position iV' the college policy of stu dent government; the employment of members f the faculty who are not members or in sympathy with the principles of the Society of Friends; and opposition to the rules regulat ing th attendance of students at Sun day services at the college chapel. Beyond saying that the trustees felt that the college is no longer a sec tarian institution. Pres't Kelly de clined to comment on the matters at Issue. More than half the students belong to other denominations. GRAND JURY TO PROBE BRIBERY CASE AGAINST NEWCASTLE MAYOR NEWCASTLE. Ind., April s. Under special instruction frim Circuit Judge Gause a special grand Jury was sched uled to begin an investigation of the charge made by Oltie Skinner, a coun ty jail prisoner, that he had bribed Mayor J. L. Watkins for protection while he ran a gambling joint and sold liquor without a license. The investi gation also will extend to several county officers, which a local newspa per declared require attention. In an affidavit Skinner alleges lie paid the mayor $10 a week from May until November last for keeping him posted on the activities of the police. BL00MINGT0N GETS 1917 WOODMAN CONVENTION TEERE HAUTE, Inch. April 8. Delegates to the convention of the head camp Jurisdiction of Indiana, Woodmen of the "World, were enroute to their homes today after selecting Bloomington for the 1917 meeting. Among the officers elected are Head Consul Frank L. Muller, Evansville; head banker, Jacob Carmichael, An derson; head watchman, Patrick Biel, Logansport, and head sentry, R. M. Galbreath. Marion. William Leices ter. Elkhart, was honored by selec tion as one of the head managers of committee on degree work. Other head managers named were W. J. Iower, Laporte, and W. E. Filley, Logansport. IB READY TO LYNCH BRUTAL NEGRO SLAYER Peoria in Arms Over Horrible Crime of Brute Who Begged Food and Murdered. PEORIA, 111., April S. While bloodhounds and a posse of deputy sheriffs were searching the country around Peoria for a Negro who as saulted and murdered Mrs. Annie L. Schreiver in her homo yesterday, an angry mob of citizens swarmed about the jail, awaiting news of the fugi tive's capture, and threatening to lynch him when ho is found. So dangerous was tho mood of the mob that the sheriff stationed extra j guards at the jail to protect the Negro I in case he is arrested. Mrs. Schreiver's body was found by a milkman on his late afternoon rounds. The stories of Mrs. .chreiver'3 four children and of neighbors who saw tho Negro in the neighborhood gave the authorities tbpir nnlv rlnivs only to the solution of the crime. The Negro, it was said, visited a number of homes in the neighborrmod asking for food. Mrs. Schreiver pre pared a meal for him in the kitchen and after eating it the man felled Mrs. Schreiver and then cut her throat with a case knife. Bloodhounds from Springfield were placed on the scent. They followed the trail of the Negro into East Peoria and then lost it. All night the sheriff's posse kept up the hunt for the wom an's slayer. A report that he had been captured brought a mob of near ly 1,200 men to the Jail, but after it was found the report was false, the mob scattered, only a part of the men remaining about the Jail. FIVE CITIES SEEKING NEXT NORTH INDIANA METHODIST CONFERNCE AUBURN. Ind.. April S. With five cities asking the next meeting of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Kpiscopal church, the se lection was deferred until Saturday. The roll call at the first session was answered by 15$ members of the conference and 15 probationers. Bishop William McDowell of Chicago presided. The singing of the confer ence hymn, written especially fer this session by T, C. Neal of Marion, was a feature of the first day. The con ference was organized by the election of officers. The cities contending for the next meeting are Fort Wayne. Huntington, Bluffton. Marion nnd Muncle. TWO YOUTHS HELD FOR MURDER OF OLD FLORIST CHICAGO. April 8. Two young men, one IS and the other 23 years old. are formally charged with the murder eo! William "Weil, an aged florist. The police today gave out the confession of Walter E. Weed, which Implicated Albert Hard and a third young man whose name the police withheld. Weed said that he and the other two slugged and robbed Weil early Monday morning. He said his share of the money they obtaineel after killing Weil was J 10. He said they waited in the florist's ehop for five hours for the aged man to come in. and that when he entered Hard struck him over the he-ad and the timers bound and gagged him. "We didn't know that we had killed him until afterwards,' said Weed. RUSSIANS TURW AUSTRfANS'GUNS AGAINST ENEMY Great Stores of Arms and Am munition Captured at Przem ysl Are Used by Czar's Men at Carpathian Front. PETROGRAD. guns, captured b, April S. Austrian y the Russians when Przemysl fell, are being turned against the Austro-Gei ma n armies in the Carpathians. Great stores of captured guns and ammunition are being transported daily by the Russians from the fallen GaLcian strong-hold to the Carpath ian front, where a mighty conflict is raging over a 1-5-mile front. Taking foothill after foothill on the Hungarian slopes of the Carpa thians, the Russians are advancing slowly but surely, their attacks al ternating betweeb furious bombard ments with mountain guns and smashing assaults with old steel. Russian Fortify Height. The. Russians are now fortifying the principal heights ot the Beskid range, which they captured afier a bloody struggle. I. is estimated from official and from unollicial reports from the front that the Austro-German armies in the Carpathian arena of operations have lost from 125.000 to 15u,)o in killed, wounded and prisoners since the pres ent campaign in the mountain ranges began. The Russian losses have also been very heavy, due to the fact that the men had to expose themselves to a ravaging lire in storming fortified Austrian positions. In an official statement today, the Russian war office states that the German attempts to break the Rus sian front on the Rosiouvka front have ceased. Here's Official Statement. ,The following commun.que was is sued: "German attacks in the region of Kosciowa and Rozanka have ceased. There have been no attacks in that district since March l!7. The Ger man operations in that sphere were carried on with a view to breaking our front. They began about Feb. 1, and for eight weeks they vainly at tempted to take our positions, by as sault. The German regiments oper ating1 in tills region, in consequence of tlie enormous losses caused by our stubborn resistance, changed their composition three or fo lr times. "Recognizing the usele -sness of fur ther attacks and alarmed by their heavy losses, the Germans finally abandoned their efforts to pierce our lines. "On April d, the Germans delivered an unsuccessful attack near Ludvin owo, in the region of Suwalksi, Po land. They were beaten back with heavy losses." The war office announces that on April 6 a German hydroplane bom barded tho Russian port city of Libau on the Baltic. It was shot down and the aviator and observer were both made prisoners. PATERS0N MAN "BEATS SUNDAY." BECOMING BILLY'S FIRST CONVERT PATERSON, N. J.. April S Frank Flood of Paterson. "beat Billy Sunday to it" and todav sank upon his knees ami became Sunday's first convert. Sunday has not yet asked for "trail ' hatters. JI1 . lu " m", l WV 1 fel 111 UUS aut'UlOOU. r hidu geo uowu in the sawdust and began to pray. Now he has gone' forth through the workshops of Paterson proselyting fer the gospel that Sunday preaches. Stung by criticims S inday unlim- bered all his pospel artillery last night. He started out with a furious championship of the Jews. "It makes my blood boil to hear a Jew spoken of as a Sheeny or a Then lie spat forth the following fusillade of gospel grenades: "If ever you get to heaven it will be through the blood of a Jew. "You find tm Jews ;n the poor house. You don't see them as hobos, weary Willies or tie-walking bums. "All hail to the Jews. "Most of the fellows who get rich while they are forgetting God think of the coupons they have to clip and holler 'so long God; I'll see; y(,u later.' "You can't pray 'Thy Kingdom Corns' and look at Goct through the bottom of a beer glass. "I am surprised that eiod does as well as he does with the material he has to work -with. "When you ask humbly, e;0.i hasn't anything too good for you. But w hen you get all swelled up like a poisoned pup irood night. "Red whiskey and Christianity do not stay In the same skin. "Graft has a strangle hold on re ligion ami morality. "Free government can't continue if it Is ruled by grafters, special priv illges and the liquor ir.terests. "Crime Is a mo-e prolific breeder of poverty than poverty of crime. "You can't legislate men and wom en out of vice." FORMER PREMIER OF BULGARIA IS ACCUSED! ROME. April S. .Serious political charges involving an aite-mpt to em broil Bulgaria in war with .-"ervia hiA'e been brought against x-Pre:nit r Ghenadieff Of Bulgaria, it is stated in a dispaicn irom f-oua. investigation is being made by a military court. I PARACHUTE FAILS. HE FALLS ON A TOMBSTONE LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April $. When his parachute failed t work. John Henry', an aeronaut giving exhibition at Hepkinsville, fell 10( feet and land ed on a tomb stone In the potters' !idd. It was said today that his in juries probably would cause his death. HOLD UP IMPEACHMENT OF MAYOR ROBERTS TILL AFTER SENTENCE TERRE I LUTE. Ind., April s. Impeachment proceedings against Major D'nn M. Roberts by members of the city council will not be defin itely deeideil upon until alter Federal Judge Anderson disposes of the con spiracy cases at Indianapolis next Monday. This development became known today following the widely dif ferent opinions expressed by local legal experts regarding the title of mayor, some asserting that the jury's verdict automatically removes not only Roberts, but Police Couit Judge Thomas Smith. Sheriff Shea. Circuit Judge Redman and others. A majority of lawyers belie veil that the offices do not become vacant un til sentence is passed, disfranchising t'ne men and declaring puni-hment for felony. Meanwhile all of the officials are transacting routine business with the exception of Judge 'Redman. EXPECT ENGLISH PEOPLE TO FOLLOW EXAMPLE OF KING ON LIQUOR ISSUE LONDON. April S. "There no mandate Issued putting a intoxicants throughout Great will be ban on Britain and the colonies during tho duration of the war. Despite the fact that the government has the authority to enact a law declaring for nation-wide pro hibition, no such action will be taken by the cabinet. cm the contrary an appeal will be issued to the people to abstain 'from using hard drinks while the war is in progress. This will put the English people on its honor an. I will have more effect than would an edict compelling the people to stop using intoxicants." This statement was made today by a higli otlicial in the British govern ment. He predicted that the people would follow the example of King George and other government leaders and bar the use of intoxicants in their homes, while? the country was in the throes of the greatest war in its his tory. ITALY PREPARING GREAT NAVAL DEMONSTRATION GENEVA. April S. Italy is pre paring for one of the biggest naval demonstrations in the history of the kingdom, according to information re ceived here today from Rome. De spite rumors of an agreement be tween Austria and Italy, the Italian admir alty is cemeentrating a mighty lh et in potts adjacent to Adriatic waters. The warships assembled at Spezia. Gaeta and Magdalena have been er dered to Aagusuta, (Sicily) and Tar a nto. The real object of this mighty con centration of Italy's naval strength is not known as the admiralty in Rome is silent and the censors refuse to allow press messages containing speculation to pass over the wires. ITALY AND AUSTRIA REACH AN AGREEMENT PARIS. April 8. That Austria and Italy have at last reached an agree ment which will assure the continued neutrality of the latter country was the tenor of private advices received here today from Rome. According to this report, pressure from the German government compelled the Austrian government to .pledge itself to cede Trent to Italy. At the same time Italy is still taking precautions for any eventuality. .More than 12. 900.00.1 bushels of wheat were imported into Italy during February and the first three weeks of March. OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE KILLS PHYSICIAN'S WIFE NEW YORK. April of morphine, taken hv S. An overdose mistake', caused the death early today ed Mrs. .Mar garet Eising. 2G .wars obi, wife of Dr. i:. H. Rising. Before- her marriage' she was Margaret Shannon, daughter of a wealthy merchant. She- had re cently be'en in poor health and mor phine had hen prescribed to enable her to sleep. She miscalculated the dose; and her death resulted. CALL TWO CONFERENCES ON DIXIE HIGHWAY ROUTE CHATTANOOGA. Te-nn.. April . C. 11. James, president of the Hixio Highway assoi iation. announ d loday that the association had selected part of the route for the proje ' ted road from Ohio to .Miami. Fla., and that a call had he-en issimd for two eonfer fnces to de'termine the location of the remainier of the highway. The f:rst conference is to be held hero April IZ and th- second at Chicago April 2 DIE IN GARY HOSPITAL Burns and Inhalation of Gaseous Fumes May Cause Two More Deaths. GABY. P d . April V Bi.rns and inhalation e.f gaeius fumes and the blasts from molten metal were held responsible- today for the l-athts of three st't-1 workers w h.j died during the night at the- Emergency hospital of the e'.ary works e(f the Illinois Sti-e 1 e "o Tw o oth -rs w i- lep.'rie-d to V ding today and several others wire .-lightly injured. Th" b"dhs ef Patrick leer. J.hn Galahasky anil John Nemish, em ployes ed th'- sinie-nng department of the steel works, were taker, to the Gary undertaking -ompanys .noigue. An official statement regarding tho ae tdent w ill b- made today by Gen. Supt. W. P. Gb as..n. lirslM-S BLOCK Itl KNS. A I A M S. Ma.. April V The f.u:r story brick Collins block, the ber business structure in the town, suf fered $7i,uv0 damage by lire today. THREE STEEL WORKERS HIHZ EITEL IS K YARDS Daniels Orders That German Vessel Whose Commander Gave Notice He Would Not Attempt Dash be Dismantled. CAPTAIN'S ACTION NO CAUSE FOR SURPRISE Washington Expected Thicr chens Would Not Attempt to Elude British Warships Lying in Wait Outside Port. W ASI II Ne ;T N. April V The iu-ws thai the German erui-r I'uiu Lite I Friederich would intern at the Nor folk nav yards until th end of tn War caused llo surpr.se lo administta tion officials today. While reports ir tn Newpott Nes. indicated that the .-hip would l.t and the Filed'? oiiici i s persisted in saving they would eiasli lor the Ma, OltK ials here, pa 1 t b u I a l 1 y llioe v. lo. hae seen the Pit l. K pt t then -lief thai the vessel would intein. Willi her spt d greatly dinnnislo-d cripple-d engine s as .i result of her bng voyage-, it was not Lli'ed that sii. would attempt to i.iak through tin cordon of British and l iem li (tui.-ei-that were on guard off the Viigii.iu tapes. Today the lutel's -iuiiit-s will ! lendercd useless by the i nioal "I lio ionncling roU. Tlo- l. . b im k: of her guns also will be icmoe-d. Order- hi I iite i ncel. S-c'j of the Nav Dallieis todas .. d'i'l Admiral I'bti hei. m vommand of the- Atlaiitb . 1 od 11 eio,'t..i. Roads, lo issue insl i net ion-' ibal llo eferman auiliaiv .iui-.i I'm ;'. Etli lri-dei: h I" intiimd nr. imd ia i I at the- Noiioik nay aid. Admiral Ibatly. in eommand nf Mo nay yard, w t have .! 1 1 1 i.- 1 n 1 1 n i the I lit I Fi l.-b-i ;. ii ami !;! otb- i The' degree- d hbetty to '. . gii-n tle-m will real large.iv with !b admiral. Their vessel will iloir bona- so !.nj as the- I'eiuaiil in. .llolli.:U w;-t-'"-. and conse.j .i.-j.' v :!..- nr-s m ilo- n r" ii.es will not w hoP. t i n 1 1 1-!.-. i. With the inieriimcr.f :!o Citti I'rieilelicil, fh" eoinjol 1 1 i I f j -- ereisid oel lot tlo ti'a'iv dpuM inent ceased and -lie bi-.m- tl i haii; of tlo- nay de-pa t t m i-i.l . NEWP HIT NEWS. '.i.. Art i! He-r raiding elas o i. tlo to i man auxiliary cruis-r Pun. Pit el Pro-tie t i h, which has ix-en iniern-d s.-itii th end ed the- war. was 1 1 r ma !1 turned eer to the custody ed' the United States government todav. The v. eik ef re-moing tlo- onm-. i im rod.. . the engine s, so that the essi 1 could not ste-al uvay to se a w as uhib l I . n at once. The bieeh locks of tho cruiser's guns ar-- :i.g lem-cid to render them useless. One of the til st acts of e'apt. Tbi- i -ii hens was to surrender to '"o:nmai:d r McCrackem eif the- naval t ,g Pau textent the thre Germans who joiue -a his t rew since the Kited cnt-r d this port. Admiial Hi In: said be- bad wiled te. the nav h-pa ri m M at Wa -hi nut on. making a report of the- tit b poe-nt up to elate anl asking for ai: lur-tbe-r i list ructions that S-e' pan? Is mi-ht bsire to give' him Asst. Se-e'y e.f t b e Tre-a-"iry I'etel gaw Ul the.' Joliowmg lefte-r jeceivid b e'.diector ed' i ' m: - Hamilton Ne-wport Nt'U iiom th.- e f .;n in a n d ; of the- ,i i man war ws--l: "1 inform oa that I lnte-ml to wi fe ru S. M. S. Prn.: Eitel Pr i.-d rich The- ie lie t expe-e'e d appe ars nM to haw arriwl in time-, so tlo mimbe-i and force of th enemy's i;;i-ar waiting eoitsbb- the' bay makes it a-m to me impossible- f-r the dash for the open i.i to bo made- -; f b ar hope Of s'lccess. "I haw ib cid d r.oT to i i 4 . r Mi" cre-v.- ar.el ship to a lr ;rb"-- and er tain eleath. "I am greatb .. bilged lor ti r cnor t . i e k h o u 1 1 t i t i ; I " a i t ' i starts authority. '"I await e.;:r order. "I have comma nic-tted ;h -s.ime mes-ag! to the- comm nde-r .f Mi P. S. S. . la bain a. " I ;e-?p- df'ilb -.. j: TiiiEEi' "ti ;;.s olle-ctor Hamilton Kimndi-itil; v.ire-d the- ih.-ws of tho Prin Kite 1 eomnia nder'.-i at tbn to A--. Si tlw Tn-.tMiry r-?'-ts, - ".t- m ch;u'.' of the CUs' in W.!.-h;p..;'d.. Iri--iit Trajiir I ignro. In (iinmuni atibg to i i tor I la mi It on his intention to i t ! n t re. -niand"r Thie rb hrn pr .-.ted a tragic figure. His wai.- a.io-- : . oc'-ans strewr. with th sharier.o hulks of his im r haul pwv. he ., d-se-rted at tl.- last mil: .!- th--ships lfejin which l.e- had pct.J aid. Stark defeat met Juir; lai to for the hrsl time- when ' ! ! ; -r Hamilton handed him thi- n.'- "Cefmmander S .M 1 T i a:. , Erie d rich : "'Sir: By direction , n, depart ment I haw to aeivp-e ;;); if th Pnnz Eitel i'red-tb h tie part fit-in thi- port by 12 .. . ! '. :;ii'!i.:;l:t of this elav. Api;l 7. P-G'.. hb h - the time limit pres. r.c. d r-. tlie go-. -ernme-nt of the Cmted st.tic- wbn i she rnii't depart or oTh-i w..-.- .-- g.i d. r the- necessity ev. a-a -ptmg intern ment within Arm ru an j ir'.-di- Tu n during ther eontinux r.c- of the war '-i which your country ; n-w r;:;i:n!. " Will V-e- JH-i e-S:iry fe-r h. I to de-pa ii from thri- territorial w...!e:s ,.f th Pr.itetl States bv i ..'.i... ',: ... tu. April s. 1 '. I 'Ibis i- imi'.rtir- "N'bkMA.N ' I V M ! LT' N. oib ctor." ePtancing ow t ?b- ' (-. ''onu- ayi eler Tbb-riche t m. re !;-. -aid. I f. d . r '..ollv. t o d ; pnen glad to g... but 1 had think of my men." 3 RDERED NTERHED