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FRENCH ADVANCE IS CHECKED AT VERDUN;
RAIDER EITEL GETS STEAM '
UP READY EOR
GIVES WARNING WHISTLE
"No Chance of Interning Now," Says;
United States Collector British
Ship Captains Still
Held Up.
NEWPORT NEWS, Vh., April 7. "We lire not oven thinking about In
ternment of the I'rlnr Hltel Frlcdrlch now," declared Collector Hamilton
to-day after he hud wnited expectantly throughout the night for the Her
man cruiser to leave this port. Ah tho Collector ipol:e he was preparing
to again rUlt tho ship on orders from Washington, although he had bade
farowcll to Commander Thlerlchcnti and members of his HtafT last night.
Shortly before 3 o'clock tho Elttl
hoisted a lino of aignal flags and blow
har whistle. One shrill blast was
' sounded. Smoke was pouring from
both of her funnels.
One Indication that the Lltel had
, not been Interned curly to-day was
the continuation of the tan on de
parture of nierchunt hlps of the nl
II is.
IJrlt.su merchant shipper were
making trouble to-day concerning the
Norfolk Port Collector's refusal to
permit idiots to take them to sea.
Thev appealed to the No.-folk . '.urn
her of Commerce, ashing it to use Its
influence In their behalf with "United
.States Senators and Government of
ficial;!." Althougn the Lltcl was prepared for
departuro to-day and no cicdencc was
pltccd In the report that she had In
terned already, It watt almost unani
mously conceded by Trvasuty Depart
ment odicluls that a dash for sea In
clear weather would be suicidal for
the converted craft.
Significance wan attached to re
ports that the battleship Alabama
had cleaned for action oil the f,apcs,
Clearing for ctlon" In this case,
however, appeared to have consisted
only of shifting of the vessel's davits
ao as not to Interfere with nor guns.
It la stated that tho Hltt.l'a time
limit cxplies to-day und thcro Is no
probability that she will attempt to
dash to sea in broad daylight after
loslntr tho golden opportunity or last
night, when a heavy mlat hung over
. the water,
' Twcnty-flvo merchant nhlps (lying
the flags ot tho allies, many of them
loaded with horses, were, being held
un here to-day.
Commander McCracken of the naval
vug Pautuxent, on guard over the
Prlnz Eltel Frledrtch at .Newport
News, was quoted hero this afternoon
as announcing he would tiro on an
vessel pausing within sou yards of the
Kltel at night without full running
lichtt. At the Navy and Treasury up
partmenta It was said this attitude
tvik annroved
WASHINOTON. April ".-Assistant
.Secretary of the Treasury Peters said
the ban on departure or iii-msii
French and F.Ui-slan merchantmen
from Newport Now would not im
mrtint1v be lifted despite their
xklppors' complaints, as neutrality
entltlod tho Kltel to a fair chanc e to
escape. Ho Indicated that he aid not
expect the Clennan to sail or Interne
wtthln twenty-four hour, impbing
that tho time limit for a decision hoi
not rxpliPil-
russianTsubmarines
seen out hunting for
GERMAN BALTIC FLEET
COPIINIIAGK.N.' Ap-ii 7 U'niw
ivi-.si.- I. ii t : rklpp'i- nrrivim;
hen- lo.ilay Iv-ought Hinrlrs of my
terloiii vessels engiccd in mine
l.-n-lne u.if rations I'l the Hiltlc Sen.
S'mri'.il ltusuin taibm nines h,i
vwon Mirhtrd moving southward an
appaieutly searching for the Genu in
BATTALIONS WIPED OUT,
DASH TO SEA
Measure for Which Evening-
World Made Two Years'
Fight at Last a Law.
"lor Ul i',Tti K'.nlne WotI 1.1
AI.riANY, April ".The widowed
mother's pension bill, for which The
Kvonlng AVorld has ringed a two-
law this
years battle, was made a
afternoon. It was signed by Gov
Whitman. In tho prcienco of Sophlo
Irene I.oeb and Mrs. William Klnstnln,
who directed the campaign for Its pas
sage through tho legislature. Those
two women are members of tho New
York Htato Commission for the Hellof
of Widowed Mothors,
riio Govornor used seven pens with
which to athx his signature to the
now law. Senator William II. Hill
and Assemblyman Martin McCue,
authors ot tho bill, each reeolvod a
pen. The others nre to be presented
to Mrs. William Itandolph Hearst,
Mrs. William Grant Hrown, Mrs.
Samuel Koenig, Mrs. Klnsteln and
Miss Loob, all of whom helped In thn
pastago of the measure.
Mr. Whitman complimented the
ladles on their splendid work and
gave each of th.m a signed stato
ment in indorsing tho measure.
GERMANS ADMIT LOSS
OF SUBMARINE U-29
She V.i Commanded by Wed-
digen, Who Willi U-9, Sank
BtitWi Cruisers.
nnrtMN (via Amsterdam and Lon
don), April ".-Tim German Admiralty
now admit'- the loss of t!;i submarine
f-20. It Issued thf following rnport
tn-diy:
"Thn submarine- '- has not re
turnrd from Its last cruise. Accord
ing to a report of the Mlitlsh Ad
mlralty of March Jii. this Vfbsil with
her crew was s'-iu to thn bottom. .Sin
tlv.Mi forn mutt ln regarded as lost."
The G-rnian sulnnarlno I - 20 was
Generally liell' ved to have ln-en com-
Mm,;l by ..'apt. Otto Weddlgeu. ho
Iiul cb.irL't- of tlie tT.-Jft When tills
HUb'mersndn sank tho Orulscr.' UonT
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WIDOWS PENSION
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Broker's Record of Domestic
Unities Is Introduced in
Separation Suit.
CALLS IT "PROTECTIVE."
He Declares Wife Said She
Wanted His Skull to
"Throw Things At."
A "protective diary," characterlid
by his counsel as "ono of the most
perfect human documents ever pre
sented In court," was to-day read to
Supromo Court Justice Whltaher by
Henry F. MaeNamarn, Walt Htreet
broker, who Is contesting tho separa
tlon suit brought by Mary It. Mac- !
Namara.
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Tho diary consisted of throe hun-
I drcd page of clowoly written matter
. detailing chronologically thn troubles
I that upi-et tho MacNatnar.i household
for a whole year. Tho namn "pro
tective diary" was given to the book
by MacNamarn, who declared tils
wife's treatment of him was si In
human he was coinpellod to protect
himself In some way and so every
morning he sot forth what had hap
pened the night before.
H. Htanwood Mencken, MacNamara's
attorney, hinted to-duy that a mys
terious yellow envelope on the faco
of which MacNamara had written,
"To bo opened only In the event of
my sudden death," bore out MacNam
ara's statement that while ho live 1
with his wlfo ho was In dally fear of
nlc'','nJ " sudden and violent death.
j i nn envelope inuy ue upunou in couri
later.
Thn "protective diary" was bei?un
by MaoNamnr.i Nov. sn. 1012, a few
days after he married Mrs. MacNam
ara thn third time. On this day was
reemdud tho following:
Hho made a demand for a larger
allowance, i explained my financial
condition to her and told hor not to
make herself unhappy by making de
mands 1 could not comply with. 1
told her she did not earn as much for
mo as for a dog. She said she cared
less for mo than for a dog. If any
thing happens to me, I want tho cir
cumstances of my death Investigated.
She talked nil day about poisons and
how tho authorities discovered their
presenre In bodies."
Other entries In the diary were:
"Nov. 30 Had an awful session at
homo to-night. I ptomlsed to glvo
her birthday present. If she let up
righting.' Wo bud a long peucc pur
ley. Der. 1111 all day. Was operated
on at tho hospital. .Sho e-amo to sen
me. We had a light. She. went homo
to tnolhcr.
Dec. 1'.' Ioft hospital. tfhn mudo
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
The Captain of the llritlsh steamer
Andaluslan, among the wssoIh do
strojed by the U-2!l, was taken on
board Urn German submarine. Tho
face of the f'aptaln was fnmlliar, and
he risked hun If Im wan not Wnldlgen.
This t li- t'aptalu admitted, llefcrrlng
to bis n w comand, the t'.29, he salil
It was tlie las' word In German nub-
m.irlii nstriietlon.
sin. dlMdnei'd tons and could
make eighteen knots nn thn surface
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lie of March she madt. a raid In the
"hannel and vwu. su-t-essful in sink-
inr t'-ii1' Hrltihh and one l'lenrh
Me:iniiliip ono in iiaiinig'ng thret
thirty men
re Yon Oolna Rnntht
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60.000 CAPTURED IN A WEEK
IN HUNGARY, RUSSIANS CLAIM
Rostok Pass and Villages South of Carpathians
Reported Taken by Slav Invaders
Other Victories in Bukowina.
-PETKOCjKAD, April 7.. (United Press.) Russian armies rolling
down upon Hungary have captured more than 6o,ooo Austrians and
Germans in the last week of fighting in the Carpathians, according to
figures furnished by the War Office to-day.
An official statement announced, that in the Ualigrod-Uszok pass
secior alone the captives in seven days' fighting totalled 389 officers and
33, 1 55 men and that 17 cannon and
quantities of ammunition, had been taken. Westward, in the fighting
for the Lupkow pass, an equal number of prisoners have been taken,
the War Office announced, but exact figures' were not available to-day.
OlTlclal dispatches to-day report
Important victories for thn Slavs In
tho new offensive against Uukowlna.
They were received several hours
after the War Oltlce announced do
elded gains for the Uushlans by tho
capture of the Rostok Pass and tho
villages of Smolnlk and Orosz Huszka,
the latter town on tho Hungarian sldu
of tho mountains and midway be
tween Hit Lupkow and Uazok
Passef.
lA-adlng smith from Orosn Huszka,
a ;rood road follows tho Cirok.i lllvor
for ten mlls to thn town of Kztake
sin, at thn northern termlus ot an
other railway stretching south Into
tho Hungarian pin In. If a Russian
forco of cunslderabln slzn has fought
Its way through to Orosz Huszka, tho
Slavs arn now menacing two Im
portant railway heads, at liartfeld
and nt Pztakesln, at tho samo time
battling fnr possession of a trunk
linn leading south through Me.o
Iiboro.
Desperate llghtiti3 was reported to
,... n th0 i.upkoA ijb region and
I
aH.war,j toward tho I'sjoK.
"asiw.ir
After a battin that began last
Wednesday the right wing of Gun
lvano(fw m-my capturul tho village
of Okna, ilghtcen mllci northwest of
Kolonien.
"Hy a fill Ions attack with fixed
bayonoU., our detachment captured
tho enemy's positions, annihilating
two llonved huttallons," ald the
ottlclaj etnteuoat. "Wo took at lbt
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101 rapid firers, as well as large
point 21 otllcors, l,ooj men and eight
guns."
The MKtrome left Ing of Ivanoff'a
army, operating northeast of Cier
nowltz, captured tho village of
amouchlnn on Monday, driving the
Austrians back toward thn I'ruth.
HKRI.IN (via wlrelnsa to Hnyvllle,
I,. 1.), April ". Klghting In the Car
pathians is growing more Intenso
every day and now extending over n
wide region, according to despatches
rerehod hern to-day.
Uoth Nldes havn made rftlns imt
without Important rosults. Military
experlH declared In to. day's flerlln
paper tint tlioro Is no Indication
that tho final result will be known
soon.
LONDON, April 7 (Associated
Press) Attention Is conceiitratnd on
tho Carpathian passes, whero the
Russians are bringing up heavy ro-
Infoicrnients to push their attack,
tin; bticccss of wlilrli is expected only
through weight of numbers. Thn
Austrian and German Commandors
.liso aro miking strenuous effort;! to
slieiiKlhen their forces.
Vienna rl.tliii-i a counter (ffeuslvn
movement near l.upkow Pass, whom
the Austrians wport the taking of
evri,i Russian po-utionii with tho
upturn of ".nod prisoners. A enn
sei,itivn intorrrctaUou of both tho
Russian and I'm Austrian teports
b-adti to the bellnf that tho Russian
offensive at l.upkow lia.-i been
cheeked, while they have forced their
way through the Routok Pass, cap-
luring two villages on tno southern
sldv ot tho rauge,
BERLIN CLAIMS
BAKtLY OTtU
PATEJFJALABA
The Cymric Was Within Fif
teen Miles of Other Vessel
When Submarine Sank I ler.
SPI:1:DI:D l:UOM SCL:NI:
Captain Swung Out Lifeboats
and Told Passengers of
Danger They Passed.
tiouvlneeil that only the merest
chance saved them from meeting the
same fate an the passengers of the
H. 8. I-'nlabu, whlrh wan torpedoed
In thn Irish Channel by German
submarine March ii, the passengers
of the White Htur liner Cymric, 145
In all. stopped ashore hern this morn
ing with sighs of deep relief. The
Cymric, Capt. V. V. rioadnell com
manding, left Liverpool .Saturday,
March 27, at 3 o'clock In thn after
noon, and sailed down the Mersey
together with the Pal aba, which had
departed at thn samo hour, hound for
Africa,
Off Holyhead, where the Cymric
droped her pilot, she was a compara
tively short distance ahead of the
Falaba, the namn bont which picked 1
up thn pilot from thn Cymrlo also
picking up thn pilot from thn other
llnr. Then thn Cymric turned west,
while thn Falaba took a more south
erly course, At 7 o'clock the follow
ing morning Capt. Ilnadnell was
called to the wireless room to mad the
following HOH message which the
operator had Just received from the
operator on tho l'alaba:
"German submarine alongside, Ge'
tlng pasongers Into boats, Need as
sistance." The message bad been sent to all
Rrltlsh patrol boat within range.
Captain Ilnadnell ostlmuted that he
was not more than fifteen miles from
thn Falaba at tho tlmo ho rend tho
despatch, but under thn strict orders
of tho llritlsh Admiralty covering
such cases, he was compelled to
proceed on bis course without going
to her assistance.
Putting on full steam, Captain
llenduell ordered the life boats swung
out and sent the stuwards uuiong thn
passengers to explain to them the
nature of thn situation. Tho pus
scugers, 1 of whom were In the
llrst cabin, accepted thn news calmly
anil placed tholr life preservers hundy
In accordance with Instructions.
Thn pasieimnrs worn unanimous in
their praise of Captain lleadnnll for
t h ill taking thorn into bis uuilldencn
anil as a icsult of bis decision to
make no mystery of the possible dan
ger which threatened them, thern was
not thn slightest sign of panic In any
part of thn ship.
Among the passenger In tho first
cabin was luly lliillm-k, wife of Hlr
tleurge Hulloek, Governor General of
llcimudn, who, with their daughter,
Kvclyu, Is letiirnlng to Join hr hus
band. Win had tieen wntlng In Kng
land, hoping that Sir George would
l.r ordered to the tiring lino. Lady
Hulloek was bitter In her denuncia
tion of the German polley nf mil.
marine attack upon defmctlcas vt-s-sols.
BOWIE WINNERS.
RRST RACK -M.iulcn two-yeai-nlds:
folll filll"iv:s. In.-W.uldv, tn'J
IT. McTigg.nti It to ;, !t to to and
3 to 5. won: MiiHtaid. 11'.' (Ilutwelu,
7 to I. ! l-L' to 1 unit 0 to 5, second:
Atoka. iO'.i (MetiNilf), :t In 1. ccli and
I to third. Time n.srn-r.. ,h rry
lr.. 'Prohibition, f.indh and Lewlx
, Upper ,tl I 1,111.
Cochran ntrv.
.SI-X'ONP RACK Three. ..(ir-nld
and up; o 'Hid one-half furlongs. -
I Pied Piper, in;' lllayncs), t; to S, :
to .1 ami 1 to I. llrst; Chaser, 100
(McklailH), U' to I, to t .-iii.l : to I,
second; Norip., P'". (Lilly). IS to 5, 7
to .'. and .1 to third Time, 1.1:2 4-3.
1 Miss McOlggln. Irish General, Sub-
Jtct aud Jack llmnvver also rau. .
FRENCH DEAD PILED UP
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
AFTER FIERCE CHARGES
Berlin Officially Declares the Enemy
Only Reached the Outer Trenches,
but Paris Claims the Capture of
Two Positions.
BELGIANS RECAPTURE
VILLAGE FROM GERMANS.
BbRUN, via wireless to London, April 7 (United Press). two f,
' rrench battalions have been annihilated in the fierce battle now in pro
ress east and southeast of Verdun, according to an official announce
ment from the German war office
Some of the most desperate
on Paris last fall is now going on in that region. The French are throw
ing crack infantry regiments against the German positions with the same
reckless daring that resulted in terrible losses in the Champagne region. .
i Thousands of corpses now cover the
BRITISH CABINET
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Conference Set for Friday, and
"Dry" Forces Have
Little Hope.
LONDON. April 7 (United Piess).
Prohibition advocates lost all Imme
diate hopes for n "dry" England when
the Rrltlsh Cabinet adjourned an Im
portant conference Inte this afternoon
without reaching a definite decision
on thn prohibition (luestlnu.
It was given out that Chancellor
Lloyd George will confer Friday with
representatives of the liquor Interests.
This conference, it is understood, will
result In tho drafting of a complete
measure, to be submitted when Par
liament reassembles next week.
In nearly every quarter the an
nouncement that Lloyd George was
to meet the liquor men to talk com
promise was accepted as an admis
sion of defeat by tho prohibition
forces.
At the Frlda conference the ex
tent tn which thn Government will go
In regulating thn liquor ti-niflc during
the lemulnder "f tho wn probabl
will bo detnrnuned.
BILL TO OUST CORONERS
NOW GOES TO WHITMAN
Measure Which Become liiTective
in 10 is ihn senate by
iltt' ul tn lo.
A LOAN V. April 7 Tho .Stoddard
bill, Intended to abyllsh the office of
Coroner In New VnrU on thn com
peton f th- frms ot the present
incumbents on Jan. 1, I'Jld, passed
the Senate to-day, 35 to 10. It now
oeii tc Q-ov, Whitman,
W il PROM E
WITH LIQUOR MEN
to-day.
fighting since the German advance
ground, said the official War OSce
statement tfils afternoon. Thli li
largely due to tho fact that the
French apparently have ceased bury
ing their own dond and throw Ue 4
bodies out into tho open. f
(A dispatch from Parla aaya
important angagamanta ara bain a
fought In the woods between Var
dun and Pont-a-Mouiaon. Tha s.
claim la made that tha Franah (
carried two Qermjn positions thlr-
tatn miles northeast of Verdun.
On the western border of La Pratrn
Forest, northwest ot Pont-u-Moua-son,
tha Thirteenth French Relmaat
swept forward In closn formation aad
attempted to storm two blockhoBMx
takon by the Germans two weeki
ago, Tho French soldiers rushed on
through tho woods in the face of a
terrible fire. In front of tho aernmn
guns tho charging French clashed In
bayonet battle with the Germans
emerging from tholr trenches, The
enemy was repulsed w Ith heavy
lossos.
The French suffered the hravltst
losses In tho Combros hills, midway
between Vordun and Ht. Mlhlel. They
charged repeatedly against tho Oar
man trenches and two battaHons war
cut to pieces by heavy German ar
tillery aUttonel high on tho hillsides.
At Allly, exst of St. Mlhlel. tho an- i
cmy's ntiflaught were equally anr
getlc, but In each Instance the Qer- '
mans maintained their positions.
In Alsaco a blizzard has been rat
ing for forty-elght hours, but In aplto
of that fact lighting for possession oiC
llartmaunswclleikopf has been pro
ceeding since yestenlny
LOSS TO BELGIASS
IS ADMITTED IN
THH GERMAN REPORT
nKRLIN. April 7, Ma London (As
sociated Press). Tho text of the of
llclal German re pa it to-day t s
follows:
"The ullage of Diei Grarliten (on
tho west bank of tho Vser), which
was nccupiul by our troops tho day
before estcnay and which tho
enemy has bombarded with hla
heaviest artillery and mine throwers
was, for this reason, .is'aln abandoned
by us last night. y
This Incident is mentioned
to-day in the official French re
port.) "An attack in the Arconnc brok'
down under the tiro of our Chasseur.
"Northeast ot Verdun a Frtaali 4-
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