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end Now Zealand troops on the lower elope? of Sari Hair, to the north of V , \Tep*?. pf Brit,!,h troops at Cape . Tekeh, at Cape Helles and near Morto i Bay, and of a French fore, on the I Asiatic shore at Kum Kaleh. after a ? reliant attack toward Veni shehr I "During the afternoon of the 2Mh Istrong counter attacks by the enemy ?begsn and hard fighting t.->ok plsr? Meanwhile the di?embarkation of the ajrmy proceeded and was continually favored hv good weather "At daybreak on the 2?th the enemy wua ?till holding the village and posi? tion of Seddul Bahr, which was e labyrinth of caves, ruins, trenches, pits ?nd entanglements. Aided by the gun flre of the fleet, th s position was stormed by the British in frontal at? tack through undamaged wire entangle? ments. Seddul Bahr was taken about 2 p. m., four pom poms be,-,g captured. The situation at this end of the penin? sula thus was definitely secured an 1 the disembarkation of French and British forces proceeded. "On the morning of the 2?th, after repulsing a Turkish attack upon their left toward < ape Helles, the Allied force advanced and at 8 p. m was established in an entrenched line run? ning from a point about two miles north of (ape Tekeh to a small plateau above Deb To'ts battery From this line an advance, since has been made to the neighborhood of Krtthia. Turkish Division Defeated. "Meanwhile the Australian and New Zealand troops at Sari Hair, who pushed on with the utmost holrine's after the landing on the 25th, hod been engaged almost constantly with the enemy, who repeatedly msdr stror.j; cour.ter-attsrks, ?rhieh invariably v. ere repuised. The [Australian and New Zealand troops fought with a t'.ne spirit of determina? tion. "On the morr.ir.g of the 27th a fresh Turkish division was launched aga:-st Sari Bair, preceded by a heavy artil? lery fire A hot engagement followed. The enemy came on boldly time after time, but the Australian and New Zealand troops defeated their every at- ' tempt, and by S p. m. had resumed the offensive. "The French troops at Kum Kaleh also were four times strongly counter attacked on the .'?". i, hut their post on- 1 re hundred Turks, who. in the course of one of three counter attacks, were cut off by the Are of the fleet, were made prisoners. "The operation, of tr.e landing army n the face of modern weapons and in apite of wire entanglements, under sea ?a well as on the land, and of land mines and deep ruts with spikes at their bottoms, thus has been accom? plished. "The sdmlral reports that the fleet ? is filled with intense admiration over the achievements of i'\\r miltarv com rades. "The casualties in the army neces? sarily have been heavy. The casual? ties in the fleet were rot numerous. They appear to have been confined to torpedo boat destroyers and to boats' crows engaged in landing operations. In which merchant captains and officers and crews of transpcfr-t? also have taken part. Queen Elizabeth at Work. "During the operations Turkish war- ] ships from Niagara 'in the Straits) sev? eral times have attempted to intervene, but have always made off directly the Queen F.lizabeth was at hand. "At noon on the 27th, however, a transport of about 8.000 tons was re- ! ported off Maidos, and before she could, escape the Queen Elizabeth opened fire. | The third shot bit and destroyed her. ' She sank rapidly, but whether ahe con-1 tained troops or not could not be seen, "On the 28th and 29th the allied forces rested and improved and consoli? dated their positions and continued the ' disembarkation of stores and artillery. ' All counter attacks by the enemy, which were Incessant on the 28th, but weaker on the 29th. were repulsed. "The fleet, as well as the supporting army, has begun to engage the bat? teries. The Triumph bombarded Maidos, which was in flamea last night, the 29th." To-night's Turkish official commu? niqu?, sent from Constantinople, says: "On April 2* the fire of our batteries damaged the French armored cruiser I Jeanne d'Arc, which left for Tenedos [ in flames. An Lnglish destroyer was' sunk by our shell tire on April 28 at the entrance to the Narrows. "Sixteen armored cruisers attacked our advance batteries at the Narrows on April 27, but up to evening the thousands of shells fired upon our bat? teries and Infantry positions resulted only in the wounding of a number of soldiers. Two transports off Seddul Bahr were struck repeatedly by our i shells and one of them was beached. i We sank some boats and sailing vessels. "The British battleships Majestic and ' Triumph, which had been damaged, had to withdraw from the fighting line. ' For the last two days the enemy's fleet has undertaken no operations ' sgainst the Narrows." HOTitTPoLmCS , IN SHRAPNEL SUIT Washington Officials Think Arms Question May Be Put to Congress. rPraa Ttw Tribun? Barata] Washington, April 80.--Tbst the suit filed in Milwaukee by Samuel Fearson, former Boer general and German sym? pathizer, against the Bethlehem Steel Comp?ny and the Allis-Chalmers Com ?i?ny lor alleged conspiracy to manu acture and snip munitions of war to European belligerents, is part of the German propaganda against the ex? portation of war supplies, is the gin em! opinion in government circles to? night President Wilson, after a discussion ef the question at the Cabinet meeting to-day, ordered Attorney General Greg? ory to make an investigation, to deter- , mine whether there is any federal law involved. The evident desire on the part of government officials waa to permit the question to be settled under state laws, but the President wished to be clearly advised as to whether them waa any possible ground for fed? eral Interference. The point is not regarded as im? portant, particularly from a legal standpoint, but It ia intensely signiti- ? cant from a political point of view. It is believed In Washington that German sympathisers hope to make this a po? litical .issue before Congress meets ?gain, and this suit was brought for the purpose of getting court records to ?how the extent of the shipments of anna and ammunition by these two companies._ NORTH SEA OPEN AGAIN TO TRADE London, April 80. The British Ad? miralty announces thst trade between England and Holland may be resumed, but that passenger traffic is not yet permitted. Another report having to do with naval activity in the North Sea was contained in a press dispatch received hero to-day from Amsterdam. This message ?aid urgent orders had been received at the Hook of Holland for the immediate preparation for service of four Dutch lifeboats and two Red Cross bost?. These eessels were di rented to wait with ?team up. so that they would be sble to lesve at a mo m The" me ??age added that there was no ; ? ?(?nation of this order or "ews of a !?7i*ht but that H ??? expected the ?..es would be instructed to proceed i! ?ha, North Hinder lightship, in the No? Ses, n?r tb. Franco-Belgian j border. ^ FRENCH RUSHES CARRY GERMANS BACK AT YPRES General Joffre's Troops Gain Two-Thirds of Mile at Points. BRITISH BIG GUNS SUPPORT CHARGE Two Lines of Trenches Captured ?Kaiser's Troops Make Big (lain In Champagne. London, April 80. The French have now undertaken the offensive north of Yjires, and have made gains along their whole front of from 1,600 feet to two thirds of a mile. In the mean time the Briti*h on their right have tontine ' their operations to artillery fighting, supporting the French advance. The Germans claim atlll to hold bridge heads on the Yser Canal at Het Sas and Steenstraete. The Allies' of? fensive is indicated in the German re? port by repeated references to the re- '? pulse of allied attacks. The official statement from German Army Headquarters to-day, as received here from Berlin, contains the state? ment that in the recent fighting in the Champagne district the Germans have captured French positions extending over more than half a mile. Two Trench Lines Taken. The French Wir Office statement made public to-night says: "In Belgium, to the north of Ypres, our attacks have progressed on the whole front ot\ a cien!h varying from ,*>00 metres (about 1,600 feet i to one Kilometre 'two-thirds of a mile'. We havo taken two successive lines of trenches and captured a great many ? re." The semi-weekly report from British headquarter* issued to-night follows: "The situation on our front has re? mained unchanged during the last forty-eight hours. The area in the neighborhood of Ypres has been the seen? of great artillery activity throughout the period, but there have been no other operations so far as the British army is concerned. On our immediate left the French made count? er atta-ks to-day, supported by our artillery fire, which made considerable progress. The German official communiqu? re? ceived from Berlin follows: "Last night there was fighting be? tween Steenstraete and Het Sas. Ger? man troops have fortified and hold bridge heads on the western bank of the canal near Steenstraete and Het Sag and on the eastern bank of the canal north of Ypres. Zouaves and Turco? attempted a charge against the German right wing, but this charge > broke down under the German fire. French Attack Repelled. "In the Champagne district, north of Le Mesnil, the French attempt to win back their former positions resulted in , failure. A whole croup of fortifica? tions, 1,000 yards wide and 300 yards deep, has been reversed in its en? tirety and Is being maintained. "In the Argonne district, to the north of Four de Paris, a trench of the enemy was captured. German troops here took prisoner one French officer and thirty men and held the ground gained against repeated P'rench counter attacks. "Between the Meuse and the Moselle French attacks on positions conquered Lv us on the heights of the Meuse re? sulted in failure. Also to the north of Flirev a French charge failed, with heavy losses. In the fighting on the heights of the Meuse between April 24 and April 28 the French lost in prlaontra forty-three officers, includ? ing three regimental commanders and about 4,000 men." GERMAN AIRMEN ATTACK ?. S. SHIP Two British Steamers Victims of Submarines in the North Sea. London, April 80.- The Reuter Tele fram Company has received a dispatch rom ita correspondent at Rotterdam saying that the American steamer Cushmg, from Philadelphia, arrived at Rotterdam to-day and reports having been atucked by German airmen in j the North Sea last Wednesday. The airmen dropped two bombs, but ; no damage was done. The Gushing was flying the American flag at the time of this attack, and her name was displayed on her side in huge letters. The trawler Lily Dale has been sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea, seventy-five miles off the mouth of the River Tyne. A patrol boat picked up the trawler's crew and then went in chase of the. submarine, buit it escaped. The British steamship reported sunk last night by a German submarine off the Isle of Lewis, North Scotland, was identified to-day as the British steam? er Mobile, carrying a cargo of coal. Its crew of twenty-three men was landed to-day. The officers said that the sinking of the Mobile occurred on Wednesday. The crew was given ten minutes to take to the.boats. They drifted about for nine hours before they reached land. Washington, April 80. While no re? port had been received of the experi? ence of the American steamer Cushlng with aircraft in the North Sea, officials are interested in the incident, and ex? pect advices from the American lega? tion at The Hague or the American consulate at Rotterdam. There are no international eonven tiona in force which govern the acts of airmen, but under the general rules of international law, by which neutral vessels are immune from attack of any kind on the high seas, representations I probably will be made promptly if the reporta o? the attack are verified. The steamer Gushing left Philadel? phia April 11 for Rotterdam via Deal. She is of 4320 tons net register, and is owned by the Standard Oil Company. She was formerly the German steam? ship Promethus, and was changed to American registry last November. 150,000 CANADIANS READY Two More Contingents To Be Sent to Front. Ottawa. April 3". Though there has I been no official announcement as to the number of nen Canada will send to swell the ranks of thr Allies, it is understood that according to present plans 1W,00C men will be sent to the firing line, and more if Lord Kitchenrr needs them. Ii tesd of sending the men over in batches as reinforcements v.hen re? quired, the third and fourth contin? gents, it is !-t?t<*d, will be mobilized and sent forward earlier than was at i first in'ended. | King Praises (General at Straits. ?a?wmmmanaWBwamaiBn?BBjBnam?s?B????Bu?Rai Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton. London, May 1. King George has ehael de Koheck. commander of the alii Sir Ian Hamilton, commander in chief lowing dispatch : "It is with intense satisfaction that the face of determined resistance, has tary operations at the Dardanelles. Pie of our Allies, my hearty congratulation GERMANS RAID BALTIC REGION WITH CAVALRY Mounted Force Gets Around Russians' Right in Northern Poland. INVADERS ATTACK ON WHOLE LINE Fighting Extends from Tilsit to Below Vistula?Carpathian Armies Deadlocked. London, April 30. German cavalry, which ?succeeded apparently in getting around the extreme right of the Rus ?i ..s, has invaded the Russian Baltic provinces. There has been no indica? tion in what force the Germans are operating, but it is presumed ! ere that t' cavalry is simply looking over the ground to find out what opposition a force landed at Folangen, in the Prov? ince of Courland, would meet with. In military circles here it is asserted that this cavalry can, however, interfere with the Russian communications and give the famous Russian Cossacks something to do. At the other end of the Russian line the Russians are reported to be con? tinuing to make slow progr?s;; in the Uzsok Pass and to repulse Austrian attacks on their flank in the direction of Stry. The German offensive movement in the north, once more under way, ex? tends along the entire Prussian border, from Tihit to the Vistula River. The advance evidently is aimed at the Bal? tic provinces, which nre rich in crops and other food supplies. For months the military operations on the Prussian border had been limit? ed to scouting parties, isolated artil? lery duels and aeroplane warfare. From Polangen, a town in the Baltic province of Courland, it was reported to-day that an increased number of German cruisers were preparing to as? sist the contemplated advance of the land forces. Thus far the German of? fensive movement has consisted mainly of heavy artillery fire at intervals along thn whole front, which has now been augmented by rapid cavalry ad? vances without infantry support. On the Carpathian front the situa? tion is curiously balanced, the Rus? sians directing an offensive against L'zsok and the Austrians attempting a movement in the direction of Stry. The Austrian forces temporarily are aban? doning their attacks at other point? and aTe being concentrated in an effort to bend back the Russian left wing, with Lemberg as the ultimate Austrian objective. The increasing Russian menace on l'zsok Pass, however, military observ? ers say, has brought this movement to a standstill, since, with l'zsok in Rus? sian hands, the operations of the Aus? trian right wing, deprived of most im? portant support, would automatically collapse. FRIENDS AND FOES SHOOT DOWN GERMANS Havre, April 30.?The virtual an? nihilation of 4,000 (.ermann who crossed the Y perl?e over a bridge near Steenstraate la described by 'I r Vingti?me Si?cle." Belgian heavy artillery destroyed the bridge, while held artillery showered them with ahrapnel. Many tied handker? chiefs to their bayonets snd raised them in sigi of surrender, but Im? mediately their own qulrkfircra, the newapaper aays, opined fire and mowed them down pitilessly. Many survivors were made prisoners by the Belgians. sent to acting Vice-Admiral John Mi? ed fleet at the Dardanelles, and General of the Dardanelles land forces, the fol I have heard of the success which. In attended the combined naval and mili as>- convey to all ranks, including those s on this splendid achievement." BISHOPS ASK POPE TO APPROVE ALLIES Belgian and French Prelates Ap peal to Vatican to Aban? don Its Neutrality. Borne. April 30. Belgian and French cardinals, archbishops and bishops have united in an appeal to Pope Bene? dict for the Vatican to abandon the attitude of neutrality it has main? tained since the beginning of the war. They say they cannot understand how the head of a Church which is founded on principles of right and Justice can remain neutral without protesting at the same time against those who vio? late written or unwritten law. The Pontiff is urged to assume an attitude which would be epoch making in the history of the Papacy. Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Ma? linos; Cardinal Amette, Archbishop of Paris, and other members of the Sacred College have sent memorandums to the Pope insisting that such an oppor? tunity may never occur again for the Churrh to show that it stands above political considerationa, caring or.ly for tin mural and religious interests of its people. ATLANTIC FLEET HERE NEXT WEEK Mayor's Committee Arranges Busy Programme?Review by Wilson May 17. The Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy will arrive in the North River next Saturday afternoon, to be reviewed by the President. The war? ships will remain here until May 18. The flagship Wyoming will anchor of? Seventy-ninth Street, and the New York, the Texas, the Delaware, the North Dakota, the Kansas, the Michi? gan, the South Carolina, the Florida, the I'tah, the Virginia, the Georgia, the Khode Island, the Nebraska, the New Hampshire and the Louisiana will lie to the north, with the flotillas of de? stroyers on the west shore of the river opposite the line of battleships. The submarines will anchor off 134th Streit. .'here will be approximately sixty ships present. The cnmmitteo appointed by Mayor Mitchel has arranged an elaborate pro? gramme. The principal features are as follows: Saturday, May I Mayor Mitchel will call on the admiral in command at 11 a. m.. and at - p. m. the admiral will land at West Twenty-fourth Street, and, escorted by a squad of police, will go to City Hall to return the Mayor's call. Sunday Church services in various parts of the city, and from 8 until 11 p. m. the fleet will be illuminated. Monday, May 17 Review of the naval brigade by the President from the stand in front of the Public Li? brary, the parade to start at 9 a. m. from West Twenty-fourth Street, and to disband at West Eightieth Street. At 12:.;o President Wilson the guest of tlu city at luncheon. At 3:"0 review of the fleet by the President from the Mayflower, and at 8 p. m. the illumina? tion of the fleet. Tuesday The fleet gets nnder way at 10 a. m , and proceeds to sea. On other dars there will be recep? tions, dinners, theatre parties, athletics and similar entertainment. FRENCH PROVE HOLD ON ALSACE HEIGHT Associated Press Correspondent Permitted to Visit Summit of Hartmans-Weilerkopf. Paris, April SO. To settle the con? troversy caused by the contradictory statements of the French and German war offices as to which army holds the summit of Hartmans-Weilerkopf, in Alsace, the French nulitarv authorities permitted the correspondent of The ? Associated Press to-day to visit the po? sition. The inspection of the summit by the correspondent was announced to- ' night in fhe official communiqu?, which stated that the Germans had not at- ? tacked the height for two days. j LLOYD GEORGE'S LIQ?OR POLICY ANGERS BRITISH Whiskey Finds Champion in Virtually Every Man in the Kingdom. POLITICAL TRUCE NOW TO BE BROKEN Price of Popular Brand To Be Increased by 50 or 60 Per Cent. I*T OHM? t? Th? Trlbnn? ] London, May 1. The government's proposals for a further restriction of the liquor traffic, as outlined by Mr. Lloyd George, have caused an absolute furor throughout the country, and are now the sole topic ot discussion. The salient feature of the situation is the practical unanimity with which the whole nation is rising against the ! proposition to curtail liquor selling. Two millions of the flower of British manhood have volunteered to fight the nation's battles. It is the greatest record that any country in the history of the world has even shown. And the 44,000,000 who remain at home rise as one man to save their whiskey. There is no doubt that the political truce established at the beginning of the war wiil now be broken, and it will take a great effort to re-establish it. Regardless of the speeches made in Parliament, the declarations of re 1 sponsible men, the statements of Cabinet ministers and great employers of labor, the average man talks him? self hoarse in argument. He is being absurdly penalized, he says, by pro? hibitive taxes placed on liquors on ac? count of the faults of a small section of the community, which even then is earning wages sufficiently high to per 1 mit of buying the whiskey, which he, the average man, will henceforth be u:i i nble to aff'ord. Consequently, the old party schisms have broken out afresh, with the Tories tacitly hostile, the Labor party aggrieved and the Irish enragea. Distillers Are Reticent. Th* liquor interests, however, are stsngely quiet. The principal distillers held a meeting to-day to discuss the situation, but no report was issued, and one and all refused to make a ?state? ment on the situation. The big brew ; ers are taking the same line, but there is good reason to befeve they are mar? shalling all their tremendous forces to prevent the proposals from becoming law. To some extent the scope of the ' Chancellor's chang?e can be judged from the statement made by a member of the firm of Buchanan to The Trib? une correspondent last night, when, while refusing to discuss the general question indicated that the price of ! ordinary whiskey will be immediately increased by two shillings to two shill ; ings and sixpence a bottle, that is to say, an increase of 6? to 60 per cent. He added: "What case has Mr. Lloyd-George made out against the workmen? Can he prove that work stoppages are due i to drink solely, and not principally, or even partly, to the fact that enlist? ments amv/ng the workers have beer, so numerous that fourth rate '.abor has [ had to be engaged men who are physically unable to do more than three or four days' work weekly, men who normally wouldn't get even the smell of a job. Why isn't he specific instead of vague in his charges? At the same time he is threatening to annihilate a trade employing, directly and indirect? ly, two million people." "A Teetotal Pedagogue." H. G. Robinson, secretary of the Li? censed Victuallers' Defence League, said: "The scheme outlined by the Chan? cellor of the Kxchequer resembles the : plan of burnitig down a pigsty in or? der to obtain the roast pig. Mr. Lloyd (ieorpe has taken up the attitude of 1 the teetotal pedagogue." Nor is the speech greeted enthusias I tically by the temperance party. Alex ? ander Thomson, the principal figure In the United Kingdom Alliance, in an interview published to-day says: "Those who listened to the Chancel ! lor would incline to the belief that his ; speech was too strong or his proposal? too weak." With a reception like this it beeomes increasingly obvious that the govern? ment will have to use all its strength and influence to put its proposals actu? ally on the statute book. Hiram Maxim Severe on British Workman [Bt Casts to The Tribu? e ] London, April 30.? Sir Hiram Maxim, , ' interviewed by The Tribune regarding | David Lloyd George's speech on the , liquor questiun, said: "I think the Chancellor has made out , his case. I have had enormous experi ! ence with these British workingmen, ' and this drink question is the -ery devil. Their lack of patriotism is sim? ply astonishing. Patriotism to them is working just long encugh to procure sufficient alcohol to make beasts of Ambassador Page On Band Wagon. IB? r?hl? la T?* Tribun* ] London. April 30.?Ambassador Page has followed King George's ex? ample and henceforth no liquor will be served In his house In Grrtsvenor Square. Cuesta *t the ambassador'a residence noticed several days ago ? he disappearance of the usual wines and wondered about It. Now It be? comes known that the ambassador has decided he and his household shall abstain, though whether for the duration of the war only or forever is not known. I themselves. The greater their prosperity | the greater drunkards they become. "I have employed highly skilled en gineers at top wages and unskilled la? borers at much lower rates. My export ence has been that engineers drink i three or four tint! as much as labor ? ers. Moreover, their homes were noth? ing likt) as good as those of the labor i ers. When they were paid on Satur? day they often went with their wlv? i on a drunk until Tuesday. Then they began work again to get money for next werk's 'souse,' while their homes consisted of a few old sticks, tit only for firewood, and a few rags on the floor. Drunk for a Week. "I once took a gun worker, a highly skilled man, to France to test a new gun. I made him swear not to touch alcohol, and did all in my power to de? prive him of the opportunity. Despite 1 this, and despite the importance of the work, he managed to procure sufficient drink the first night to get hopelessly i drunk, and drunk he remained for I eight days. I had to do entirely wlth | out him. I thought I had appealed to everything good in his ature, but al ! cohol was too strong. "It is the same at thii present time. The F.nglish workman can't even think of patriotism when it is a question of , getting his drink. Apart from drink, I nothing else in life really matters to . him. He cannot stop to think that Fng I land is fighting for her life. The time ; has now come when only drastic meas i ures can prevail. Mr. Lloyd George is proceeding in the right direction. I ? am not politician enough to know whether he would be better advised to 1 come out for prohibition right away, but I do know that every time he makes a workingman put more water with whiskey through making whiskey dearer he is doing England the great? est service posiible. Once drink is cut off, there should be no difficulty what? soever in making either guns or muni? tions." Laborite Defends Supportera. J. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the . Labor party, in an interview sought by I The Tribune correspondent criticised '.Mr. Lloyd George's speech as making ! unmerited aspersions on worklngmen. ; "We want to know whether the Chan I cellor's charges are based on an ex? haustive examination of all munition factories and shipyards," he said. "If they depend solely upon the ex parte 1 statements of isolated employers, then it is ridiculous to base thereon either charges of this character or drastic i legislation. "When the debate is resumed in the I House of Commons next Tuesday we hope to be ready with figures disprov? ing Mr. Lloyd George's statements. One can't play with this question; it is too serious. If only 75 per cent of the Chancellor's indictments of the habits of British munition workers is within the truth, then his proposals cons'i tute an anti-climax. On the other hand, speaking for labor, I car. say . that the statistics he has supplied, J ', coming as they do from anonymous employers, carry with them no value, j I If we are going to have accusations ' t against even a substantial minority of workmen, then the names and places I ahonld be *-iven so that they can be checked. I wouldn't think for a mo- ' 1 ment of protecting any man or body of ! men who can be justly described by some of the phrases used by our Chan? cellor of the Exchequer, but it is the duty of those who make themselves re i sponsible for the charges to give every one a chance of knowing exactly and , definitely against whom the charges are made." James O'Grady, M. P., speaking to? day on the same subject, said: "No case has been made out for ascribing thj loss of working hours in bhip yards to excessive drinking. The j books of an approved national as ? surance society whereof I am chair ? man are tilled with men on the sick j list, not because of drink, but because : of physical .xhaustion." ? ARMENIAN MASSACRES Kurda Again Active in Vicin? ity of Lake Van. Julfa, Transcaucasia, April 29.?A re i newal of the recent massacras of Chris? tians in Armenia is now in progress in | the whole district of Lake Van. Conflicts between the Armenians and the Kurds are daily becoming more ob? durate. An exceptionally fierce engage? ment is occurring to-day at Shatasch. Boston. April 30. Officials of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, on learning to-day of the reported renewal of massacres of Christians In the Lake Van district of i Armenia, said that they felt no appre? hension for the safety of their mis? sionaries there, t) they were regarded as neutrals and not likely to be at? tacked. Dr. James L. Barton, foreign secre? tary of the board, said that during the massacre of 1896, ten thousand Ar? menian refugees, who had sought pro? tection in the mission compound, were not disturbed. Founded JtXKXMs 1S26 Lord & Taylor 38th Street Fifth Avenue 39th Street Annual May Sale Lingerie, Negligees, Silk Tetticoats, Porch Dresses & Corsets. Commencing Monday May 3rd \a/ 564-566 ~. 560 ?\U\tJhvf nxit.^r 407 *?o *?? ?FS? 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Wide assortment! at $3 and $5. $4 Sixth Avenue, corner Nineteenth St. SHOOTS HIMSELF ON MOTHERS GRAVE J. Hunter Brooke Suicide in Media, Penn.?Became a Father Week Ago. Philadelphia, April 30. J. Hunter Brooke, a prominent member of society in this city and Garden City, Long Island, was found dead to-day upon his mother's grave in the Media Cemetery. A loaded revolver, one of whose cham? bers had been fired, was lying beside him. He had shot himself through the mouth. The body was found this morning by A. C. Broadbelt, superintendent of the cemetery. The dead man's hat, coal \ and umbrella were near by. Mr. Brooke was secretary and treas? urer of the Weyman-Bruton Snuff and Tobacco Company, of New York, and lived at Garden City. He was about ', forty-three years old. Last Juno ho , married Miss Elizabeth Hepburn Ball, 1 of Germantown, Pcnn. Mrs. Brooke became the mother of a baby girl a week ago. His relatives are unable to account for his suicide. 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