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WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21. 1915?
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WATCH AND WAIT
TO BE U.S. POLICY
IN SEAWAR ZONE
Stands Firmly Upon Warning
Against Sinking of American
Ships by Submarines.
HOLDS ENGLAND LIABLE
FOR MISUSE OF FLAG
j?o xuriner communication 10 x>e
Sent Either Berlin or London
on Subject.
STUDYING NOTE OF BRITAIN
Rejoinder Regarding Cargoes Seized
likely to Be Forwarded to Sir
Edward Grey to Clarify
Shipping Status.
While standing firmly on its
warning against destruction of
Americans lives or vessels, the
United States government has no
present intention of making a
further move in the critical situa
tion caused l>_v Germany's threat
to wage submarine warfare
against merchant ships entering
British waters.
Officials who know the conditions
expect the W ashington government
to preserve a condition
of watchful waiting until some
overt act impels a decisive course. |
This was indicated in high offi-;
cial cjuarters last night after the
official texts of the communications
had been read. The docu-:
ments will be further examined,!
however, to determine whether!
there is anything in either note1
which, ii not answered now. might1
be construed later as an admission.
Holds British and Germans Liable.
In the ease of the note to Great Britain
objecting to any general use of the
American flag by British vessels, the
communication from England was not
rogarded as altering the original warnlug
of the United States against the
measure of responsibility which would
seem to be imposed on England if any
American vessels or lives were lost as
a result of such general practice, although
the denial of any intention to
make frequent use of the neutral ensign
was reassuring to officials.
The American government already
It was pointed out, has stated in emphatic
language that Germany would
be held to "strict accountability" for
any loss of American vessels "or lives,"
and this warning is construed by administration
officials to be sufficiently
broad also to cover any injury to
American citizens aboard belligerent
vessels.
Think U. S. Should Wait.
Some high officials are urging, and apparently
convincingly, that the United
States having made itself sufficiently
clear in its correspondence with both
Germany and Great Britain, should now
remain silent and observe developments.
The arguments in both the British and
German communications charging violations
of the rules of international law
and warfare, it Is held by American srov
ernirient officials, are of no concern to
the United States.
The breaking down of the doctrines of
international law as between belligerents
does not. in the view of high officials,
here, affect the status of those
rules as between the United States and
Great Brftain and Germany with whom
thle country is at peace.
The position of the United States is
based on the right of a neutral to demand
certain treatment for its ships and
commerce regardless of the respective
actions of the belligerents.
Further correspondence with the
belligerents is opposed by many officials
on the ground that the American
government ought not to be drawn
Into a discussion of the charges which
Great Britain and Germany have made
towmrd each other.
Contraband Note Reply.
There la every prospect, however,
that the long British note replying to
the American protest of December 28
?n the subject of contraband will
bring forth a rejoinder from the United
titates. The discussion therein is one
f the academic principles of international
law, and while officials here admit
that the commerce of the United
states has been treated since much
better by the allies thatl before the
protest was sent, they are unwilling to
set any precedent by acquiescence in
several of the British contentions. I
The State Department of late has
received comparatively few complaints
of detentions and seiezures, and the
opinion prevails among officials that
the American note has had its desired!
effect.
As for the note which Great Britain
sent in the case of the American
steamer Wilhelmina, bound for Germany
with a cargo of foodstuffs, now
held by the British prize courts, the
State Department will enter into no
further correspondence on the subject,
awaiting, as has been the customary
practice, the decision of the prize court!
before making diplomatic representations.
The decision of the court is ex- I
pected, however, to be made within a
reasonable length of time, and if, in
the opinion of the State Department,
there is a denial of justice to the
American owners, a protest will be
entered.
PLOT IN ALBANIA
TO SLAY ESSAD PASHA
PARIS, February 20, 11:52 p.m.?The
Cettinje, Montenegro, correspondent of
the Balkan agency-?8ays that information
which he has received from Durazzo.
Albania, indicates that the situation
concerning Essad Pasha, pro?
visional president of Albania, Is becoming
critical.
It is stated that the report that a
plot had been formed to taJ^e Essad
Pasha's life has been confirmed.
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Bulgarians at Sofia
Menaec Montenegrins
and Serbs, Is Report
BERLIN, February 20. by wire!
less to Sayville. N. Y.?The Over;
seas News Agency gave out to-!
day the following items for pub- J |
lication:
"Reports from Sofla. Bulgaria. .
: say that hostile manifestations
occurred there before the Serbian
I legation and the Montenegrin con!
sulate.
j "In negotiating with England
concerning the use by her ves- !
' sels of neutral flags, the Dutch 1
government repeatedly character!
ized the action of the British as
j an abuse. j
"The Swedish customs authori- j
i ties have taken the strictest
j measures to prevent the smug- |
i I sling of contraband into Russia.
| "Herr Gtvinner, manager of the j
Deutsche Bank, who had made
a trip to Vienna, says that the
linancial and economic accomplishments
of Austria during the
j war exceeded all expectations.
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WARSHIPS RUINED.
CHARGEOFOFFICER
Lieut. Commander Richardson
Believes Steaming Competitions
Are Wrong Policy.
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Ability of the United States Navy to
meet any emergency was vouched for
1 last night by naval officers and members
of Congress in the course of remarks
at the annual banquet of the
American Society of Naval Kngineers
at the Army and Navy Club. There
was one complaint, from an officer of
the service, and that was that the personnel
of the navy today cannot take
care of the equipment as it should be
looked after, but, on the other hand,
abuses it. War College methods were
criticised, and the navy as it really
exists in the eyes of naval officers was
described.
Officers in the American navy today,
.said Lieut. Commander Louis C. Richardson.
U. S. N., in charge of material
at the New York navy yard, make
records and wrecks of the navy. They
go out and do a fine piece of steaming
and make a record, but then their
ships are required to lose six or seven
months' time while the engines are
being built all over again, he said.
He praised the sailor-officers of the
old navy, declaring that they knew
every part of the ship and its materiel.
They knew everything?from the time
to slack off the halyards to the stress
which the mast could stand. They were
masters of materiel from every point
of view, he said. Asking a question as
to what the line officers of the navy
today have done, he declared they have
failed to study machinery and to know
its limitations, and have failed to make
the ship self-sustaining.
Wreck Machinery for Records.
Commander Richardson told of great ;
ships coming into New York yard with '
their machinery wrecked, all in the at- j
tempts to make records. He declared j
that he had sent for chief engineers .
U r? rl aalroH If ftiav n-ura nvnt<<1 nf f V.?
wrecking they had done and the !
answer would be: ^
"Well, we made a fine run." *
He urged competitions in engineering i
which would keep the ships from i
spending six or seven months at the j
navy yards in undergoing repairs, I
made necessary because the engines [
had been overtaxed. By such methods j
enough money will be saved to build i
several battleships, he said.
He attacked the methods of the
Naval War College, declaring that It
failed to teach sound strategy.
"When you go to the college you are
given a fleet of ships and told to work
out certain problems. Invariably the
ships are at the place wanted at the
problem time, but they never would
get there in actual service, because the
question of material is not taken into
consideration.
"The very foundation of strategy is
material." he continued, "and what the
War College has got to do is to let
the fleet maneuver forty days in and
out. with every single unit and kind
of vessel."
Padgett Finds Suggestions.
Chairman Padgett of the Ho use ]
naval affairs committee declared that |
lie believed the thoughts sowed at last i
night's banquet would be the fruitful |
seed for a rich harvest for the im- j
provement of the navy. The thoughts
dropped will carry suggestions for bet- j
terment of the navy, he said.
After criticising the two extremists, j
one who in an attempt to get a bigger j
navy belittles it and the other who believes
that the navy Is so large and
strong that no increase is needed, he
said:
"Our ships are as good if not better,
ship for ship, as any others In the
world. We are not ashamed to place our
ships against those of any other nation,
i Our officers compare favorably. If they
! do not excel, those of any other nation.
not say that we are perfect, because
we are not. But Congress has
not been negligent with regard to the
1 navy, and the navy itself has not been
derelict in its duty. The American navy
has more men per ton than either EngI
land or Germany. They say the personnel
is not large enough. Then there
ought to be a readjustment and some of j
the officers and men taken off the shiDs I
where there are too many."
At some length he reviewed the legislation
relating to the navy acted upon at
the last two sessions of Congress, and declared
that he hoped to see In the near
future not only an organized naval militia,
but an organized naval reserve.
Congress Not Careless.
Senator Johnson declared that he did
not believe Congress was careless about
the national defenses, declaring his belief
that the national legislative body is
at work on a liberal program. In some
particulars, he said, increases are needed,
and he hoped to see additions when the
naval appropriation bill returned from
conference. He reminded his audience
that Congress represented the public, and
told them that if a bigger navy was
wanted "you will have to get behind the
American people."
Others who spoke were Rear Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N., aid for operations,
Navy Department; Walter M.
McFarland. Jack Armour of New York,
Assistant Secretary Byron R. Newton
of the Treasury Department and Representative
Mann of Illinois.
An interesting part of the evening's
entertainment was the drinking of a
toast to Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark,
U. S. N., retired, who commanded the
battleship Oregon on her record-breaking,
history-making run around the
Horn, from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
The toast also was regarded as peculiarly
fitting because the day had marked
the opening of the Panama-Pacific exposition.
When the toast was called
for there was a series of cheers as
the admiral stood up, smiling.
Homer L. Ferguson was toastmaster.
GERMANS TORPEDO
ENGLISH STEAMER,
KILL FOUROF CREW
Submarine Without Notice
Sinks the Cambank in
Irish Sea.
PLUNGER IS CRUISING
IN ROUTE OF LINERS
Norway Is Investigating Loss of the j
! t Bcindge and May Protest
to Berlin.
BRITISH PATROL BOATS BUSY
Warn Ships of Danger in War Zone.
French Sailor Describes Loss of
Ville de Lille, Blown Up
by the Teutons.
LONDON, February 20. 10:15
p.m.?A German submarine made
its appearance in the Irish sea this
morning and torpedoed without
notice the British coasting steamer
Cambank of 1.990 tons register.
Three of the crew were killed
and a fourth was drowned while
the men were taking to the boats.
This incident was the only one
connected with the German submarine
blockade of the British
Isles reported during the day.
Except for the loss of life, the
sinking of the Cambank was not
in itself a serious matter, but the
presence of a German submarine
near the route which the Atlantic
liners take on their way to and
from Liverpool and along which
many steamers pass daily is
bound to cause some uneasiness.
It is true that this is not the
first time that a hostile submarine
has been in these waters, but the
last one to visit them gave the
crews of three ships which she
sank an opportunity to leave the
vessels before sinking them.
Sailor Tells Experience.
One of the men, in describing: the experience
of the Cambank. said:
"We were bound from Huelva. Snaln
for Liverpool with a cargo of copper.
When outside of Amlwch, on the north
coast of "Wales, we took aboard a
pilot. We had gathered speed when a
periscope was observed about 200
yards away. The engines were reversed,
but while the vessel was turning,
the submarine discharged a torpedo
Which struck us amidships.
"We launched the lifeboats and
managed to pull clear before the Cambank
sank. We had no time to save
anything and most of us were scantily
clad ana much exhausted when a boat
took us in charge and towed us into
Amlwch harbor.*
A steamer which has arrived here reported
that she had been warned by
the Cambank that there was submarines
in the "Tfcinity. She at once
put on full steam and being a speedy
vessel reached port safely.
Loss of Belridge Serious.
The Cambank apparently had slowed
down to pick up iier Liverpool pilot
when she was observed by the submarine
and torpedoes. While the sinking
of this steamer can, however, raise no
diplomatic problems, a serious situation
may arise out of the torpedoing of
the Norwegian tank steamer Belridge,
which, according to the British admiralty,
was struck by a torpedo off
Folkestone.
The Norwegian foreign office has ordered
the Norwegian consulate at Lon
don to investigate this affair and report
Immediately, with the object, it is
thought, of making representations to
Germany if the facts are as stated by
the British officials.
Despite the attacks on these steamers,
the arrivals at and sailings from
British ports maintain their daily average.
In connection with the damaging of
the Norwegian tank steamer Belridge
by an external explosion off Folkestone
yesterday, the admiralty announced tonight
that seven pieces of metal found
aboard the Belridge after she was
beached at Walraer have been examined
at the admiralty office and proved
beyond doubt to be pieces of discharged
torpedo.
Report Sighting Submarine.
ST. JOHN, N. B.. February 20.?The
presence of a German submarine In St.
Georges channel, which connects the
Irish sea at the south with the Atlantic
ocean, was reported by officers of
the South African liner Kwarra, in today
from Liverpool. The Kwarra
sighted the submarine two and a half
miles away, in the path usually followed
by ships steaming south from
Liverpool. A half hour before that
Capt. Davies of the Kwarra had been
warned by a British patrol boat that a
German submarine might be somewhere
nearby and the course of the
ship had been changed Immediately.
Describes French Steamer Loss.
CHERBOURG, via Paris, February 20.
?The story of the sinking of the
French steamer Ville de Lille by a
German submarine off the Barfleur
lighthouse, east of Cherbourg, was told
last night by the boatswain of the vessel,
which was sent to the bottom
Tuesday.
The submarine which sank them, he
said, was the U-16, which pursued the
Ville de Lille some distance and
maneuvered in such a way as to prevent
her escape. Then the Germans
hoisted the signal "Stop or we Are on
you," after which the steamer stopped
and the submarine came alongside the
steamer.
"I will give you ten minutes to leave
the ship," said the German commander,
according to the boatswain's story.
The crew complied with the order and
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A PLEA
MARITAL SQUALL
STRIKESPLOTTERS
Henning Divorce Case, in Chi...
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cago, echo ot Lorimer
Scandal.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, February 20.?An echo of
the Lorimer scandal in the United ?
States Senate and the $25,000 Alienation
suit against Clarenee S. Funk, who i
testified to the relations between Lori- I
mer and Edward Hines, the lumber \
magnate, was heard today in the superior
court, when Josephine Henning
filed suit for divorce against John
Henning.
When Lorimer had been ousted from
the Senate, partly through the testimony
of Funk, a conspiracy was ]
formed, it is asserted, to disgrace Funk
in the public mind. John and Josephine
Henning were chosen by the plotters
to play the leading part in the conspiracy,
it is said.
John Henning was a bellboy in a
hotel, and his pretty wife was in t
charge of the checkroom. Certain lawyers
approached Henning, and by lib- y
eral offers of money got him to agree, 8
it was testified. n
Then, through Henning and the per- t
suasion of the lawyers, Mrs. Henning a
was persuaded, it Is said, to take part tin
the scheme, which she was told
would harm nobody, and would never 1
go any farther than the filing of a t
suit a
Suit for $25,000 Filed. J
With the signature of Henning- to the
declaration, and the promise of Mrs. e
Henning's testimony, suit was filed in f
the name of Henning against Punk, de- *
ra&nding $25,000 for the alienation of fl
Mrs. Henning's affections, and naming ?
several times and places where Funk {J
and Mrs. Henning were said te have J,
met. b
But the evidence was so palpably r
manufactured that the Jury took only
eleven minutes to exonerate Funk.
Then Henning and Mrs. Henning were
kept out of reach of officers, and not
until about a year later was Henning a
taken. r
On the stand, charged with con- ,
splracy, Mrs. Henning told everything
and expressed the utmost contrition a
for having been led iritfi a plot to de- o
fame a good man. Henning substan- g
tiated the story of the plot. c
Satisfied with the exposure of the
plot and the public exoneration, Funk 0
did not wish the minor parties to the n
plot punished. They were granted n
Immunity. a
Mrs. Henning charges that her hus-i h
band deserted her May 7, 1912, one day J a
after tneir inira aiuuver*tiry. x lie uc-jc
sertion, she charges, occurred while de- a
tectives were searching the country to r
find Henning, to bring him back to
Chicago to testify in the conspiracy
suit. |
VOTES LIMITED SUFFRAGE. 1
Indiana State Senate Approves c
Measnre Similar to Illinois Law. p
INDIANAPOLIS, February 20.?Limited
suffrage for women was approved A
by the state senate here today. The bill t'
was made a party measure by the t<
democratic majority and was adopted, 1<
under suspension of the rules, within fi
five minutes after it was reported out
of committee. Only three voted against S
the measure, which Is similar to the
Illinois law.
Sills Two, Then Commits Suicide.
JONESBOKO> Ark., February 20.? 9
John H. Darr, aged sixty-flve, a t
planter, residing six miles south of n
here, early today shot and killed his I
eight-year-old daughter and his wife n
and then killed himself. Darr is be- h
lieved to have suffered from an attack &
of temporary Insanity. v
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FOR THE DEPARTMENT C
ROUMANIA NEUTRAL,
SAYS RUSS MINISTER
PKTROGKAD. February 20.?
The Russian minister to Roumanian
M. Poklevskv-Kozell. in I
a report to the Russian foreign
minister. M. Sazonoff, says that
according- to such Information as
lie has been able to gather Rournanla
will continue her present
policy of armed and watchful
neutrality, taking sides neither
for nor against Russia slid her
allies.
"Russia should not rely upon
the co-operation of Roumania,"
says the minister.
MEREES CONSIDER
DISTRICT MONEY BILL;
Differences Over the "Half-andHalf"
Plan Are Not
Settled.
The Senate and House conferees on
he District appropriation bill got together
esterday afternoon for the first time
ince the bill was passed by the Senate
early five weeks ago. The difference
tetween the two houses over the half.nd-half
plan of appropriating for the
)istrict of Columbia was not settled, i
t is generally understood, however,
hat the conferees will report a dis- j
greement on this matter and that it :
rill be again submitted to the House
or a vote. ]
At that time, it is possible that an j
ffort will be made to instruct the conerees
to place an item in the bill proriding
for an investigation of the
seal relations between the federal 1
overnment and the District by an imartial
commission. An attempt to '
lace such a provision in the bill was <
lade by Senator Gallinger when the 1
ill was before the Senate, but was
uled out on a point of order.
Against Johnson Bider.
The Senate conferees are firmly
ligned against the so-called Johnson
Ider, carried in the House bill, which
estroys the half-and-half plan without
ny investtigation. The Senate by an
verwhelming vote restored the lanuage
of the old law and instructed its
onferees to stand up for that action.
Senator Smith of Maryland, chairman
f the conference, stated after the
limits 6wvu pi ugress naa oeen
lade in the consideration of other Sen- 1
te amendments to the bill, although
e did not specify which had been i
greed to or rejected. He said that the ,
onferees would meet again tomorrow, !
nd hoped to be able to make their ,
eport soon. '
30RTE WIRES JERUSALEM I
rO PROTECT NON-MOSLEMS |
LONDON, February 21, 2:40 a.m.?A <
!airo dispatch to Router's Telegram Com- f
any says:
"Thanks to the intervention of the
Lirerican ambassador at Constantinople,
he Turkish minister of the interior has
slegraplied to Jerusalem, instructing the (
ical government to protect non-Moslems
rom the threatened maasacne.
"The defeat of the Turks along the
uez canal also has had a salutary ef- f
set upon the Turkish authorities." h
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Kaiser Decorates Von Bnelow. J1
BERLIN, via London, February 20, c
p.m.?Emperor William has conferred E
he decoration of the order "pour le
aerite" upon Field Marshal Hans von J
tuelow. commander of the eighth Ger- *
aan army, defending East Prussia, for t
is services in the recent battle of the n
fasurian lakes, in which the Russians t
.rere defeated. I
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Spanish Couple Sues Rockefeller
Institute and Three
Doctors.
NEW YORK, February 20.?Two personal
damage suits for $100,000 each
were brought in the United States district
court here today against the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re- j
search and Drs. Hydeio Noguchi, Vic- j
tor C. Pedersen and Montrose T. Bar-!
rows, alleged members of the operat- j
ing staff of the institute, by Josepha.nd
Reinedios Garcia. The latter alleges
that while she was employed as
a charwoman in the institute "the defendant
physicians and experimenters
corruptly took advantage of her position
and induced her to submit to and
be inoculated with a serum or toxin
which 'caused her to be incurably and
permanently indicted with a malignant
disease."
Once Strong and Robust.
It was also alleged in the complaint
that until Remedios Garcia was inoculated
she was a strong and robust
woman, but that now she is unable to
work, having suffered intense agonies
and pain and a complete breakdown
of her health.
Both plaintiffs allege that in pursuance
of the alleged conspiracy the defendants
prevailed upon them to leave
the United States and procured accommodation
on a steamship for the transportation
of them and their family to
their native country, Spain. ^
Rockefeller Foundation, who was manager
of the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research at the time of the
occurrence complained of in the suits
of Joseph and Remedios Garcia, made
eply:
Complain of Symptoms.
"The plaintiffs In this suit," he said,
'were employed at the institute at the
time referred to, the husband as ?
>orter and the wife as a charwoman,
rhey both complained of symptoms of
a disease, and the ordinary methods
if diagnosis were applied to see if '
they had the disease. As the institute '
lid not at that time undertake to treat
jatients, they were referred for tre&tnent
to a competent physician in private
practice, to whom the appropri- ;
ite drug was supplied.
"At no time was any material in- 1
lected by the institute. The drug ad- 1
-ninistered by the outside physician 1
ivas a familiar compound of a purely '
chemical nature. j
"Later, when the husband desired to j
eturn to his native country, some ot
lis friends at "the institute contributed *
:heir own money to enable him to ?
nake the journey." ]
Mr. Greene said that Dr. Victor C.
Pedersen, mentioned in the damage
LCtions as a member of the operating
iiau 01 nit) maiiiuic, ucvcr was a
nember of the staff.
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BECKER TO SEEK NEW TRIAL. \
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Counsel for Convicted Police Officer t
Notifies District Attorney. '
NEW YORK, February 20.?Counsel t
or Charles Becker, now in the death- e
touse at Sin? Sing for the murder of t
lerman Rosenthal, served notice tolay
upon District Attorney Perkins
hat he would move in the supreme
ourt February 25 for a new trial for ^
The affidavit made in Philadelphia by f
ames Marshall, repudiating testimony p
;lven by him at Becker's second trial, <
ounsel said, is to be basis for the moion.
Attached to the formal papers of c
otification were affidavits, the con- .]
ents of which neither Mr. Perkins nor j
Pecker's lawyers would make public, t
GERMANS RE
IN NORTHEf
PETROGR
Unofficial Telegram
From East Pruss
At ussowet
KAISER'S ENTIRE I
IF NEWS OF DEF1
Austrians and Muscovites Ba!
in Bukcwiaa?Serbs and I
Danube?Aero Hurls
GERMANS RETR1
PETROGRAD, February
The German forces have been
of Ossowetz, twenty miles n<
Poland, after a stubborn artillc
gram from the Russian -genera
The Germans are reported
and are now retreating to the
LONDON, February 20.?An t
tonight says that the Germans hai
sowetz and have been compelled t<
If this news is correct/)he G<
defeat at this point endangers tl
along the East Prussian frontier.
Fierce Fighting: in Bnkowina.
In the rest of Poland and In the Carpathians,
where severe fighting is still
in progress, there has been no change
in the relative positions of the opposing:
armies, while in Bukowina a battle
Is being: fought along- the Pruth
river. Retirement to this position
should^be an advantage to the Russians,
a>s it considerably shortens their
line and enables reinforcements to
reach them more easily.
The Serbians and Austrians are again
facing each other across the Danube,
and have, in turn, been bombarding
Semlin and Belgrade, respectively, and
the positions near those cities. This
may mean the commencement of a new
campaign, or perhaps it is an attempt
by the Serbians to help relieve the
pressure on the Russians.
Cetttnje has been again visited by an
Austrian aeroplane, which dropped
bombs, and, according to the Montenegrin
report, killed two women.
Deny German Claims.
PETROGRAD, February 20. ? The
Russian general staff flatly accuses the
MINERS FIGHT SHERIFFS
One Han Fatally Hurt, Four Seriously,
in West Virginia
Coal Field.
FAIRMONT, W. Va., February 20.?111
a fight between a party of deputy sheriffs,
led by Sheriff C. D. Conaway of
Marion county and striking miners at
Marion county, and striking miners at
injured probably fatally, four seriously
and many suffered cuts and bruises.
The trouble started when miners attempted
to effect the release of two
miners who had been arrested on felony
charges. The miners drove the
sheriff's party into a store, but fled to
the hills when twenty-five special deputies
reached Farmington in a special
trolley car from Fairmont. Constable
W. R. Riggs of the sheriff's party is
in a critical condition. The seriously
Injured are Sheriff Conaway, two deputies
and a miner.
One thousand miners employed in
three mines of the Jamison Coal Company
walked out yesterday because
they alleged the company had put into :
force a new wage scale which reduced
their pay. Company officials say the '
men quit when the company began to ,
charge them for powder used In min- i
ing. The district is unorganized, and i
it is reported the miners have sent for
organizers of the United Mine Work- ,
jrs of America and "Mother" Jones, the <
labor leader. 1
French Newspaper Is Suspended.
PARIS, February 20.?The newspa>er
Libre Parole has been suspended
or two weeks for printing an article (
n regard to the letter of Senator Gau>ain
de Vilaine to Premier Viviani
hre&tening an interpellation unless
he government disavowed the two so- 1
ialist ministers who attended the in- 5
ernational socialist conference in LonIon.
The article was published in de- *
iance of a request made by the censor. t
t
Pastoral Letter Cannot Be Bead. (
HAVRE, via Pari*. February 2a?
he German military authorities have
orbidden the reading of the Lenten
astoral letter Issued by Mgr. Heylan, d
Sishop of Namur. According to in- p
ormation received here, it enumerates c
nstances of indignities which he ac- f<
uses Germans of having inflicted upon 1
he priests of his diocese. e
.4
TREATING
tN POLAND,
AD REPORTS
Declares Teutons
ia Badly Beaten
z Fortress.
JNE IN DANGER
EAT PROVES TRUE
tie Fiercely on River Pruth
Foes Face Each Other on
Bombs on Cettinje.
I AT IN POLAND
20. via London, 9:15 p.m.?
badly beaten at the Fortress
>rth of Lomsha, in Russian
L-xaI. 15 A- _ . - 1
:ry oauic, accoruing 10 a icie- |
1 staff.
to have suffered heavy losses
East Prussian frontier.
inofficial dispatch from Petrograd
ire suffered a severe defeat at Os3
fall back toward the frontier,
irman plans are entirely upset, as
le whole of their line northward
German and Austrian war offices of
making false claims in their reports of
sweeping* victories and thousands of
prisoners taken during the recent operations.
The contrary Is said to have been the
case. While it is admitted that retreats
have taken place from Bukovina
and from East Prussia, It is asserted
that these were ordered for strategic
reasons, and that they were perfectly
conducted and the number of men lost
was small.
"The Austrian communique falsely asserts,"
the report says, "that during
the last few days they have taken
29,000 prisoners. Just how far this invention
is from the truth may be
gauged by the statement that the Austrians
recently announced that in our
recent retreat in Bukovina we lost
12,000 prisoners, whereas, as a matter
of fact, we had less than that number
operating in the crownland. Our actual
losses in the Bukovina campaign
have been seven officers and 1,007 men
killed, wounded and missing. The
same is true of the German claims. The
situation everywhere has been satis
factory to us."
IflVFIK niF TflfiFTM
kVIUlV l/lk I VWUIIIbll
Delaware Young Han Kills His
Sweetheart and Himself With
Poison and Bevolver.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
DOVER, DeL, February 20.?Foster
E. Emory, twenty-four years old, and
Miss May Leagor. twenty years old.
were found dead this afternoon in an
open pavilion In Richardson Park, Just
north of Dover. It was evidently a
suicide pact. The couple had drunk
whisky containing- strychnia, and then
the young man shot the girl and ended
hie own life. A pistol with four
cartridges empty was clutched in his
hand. The affair occurred late last
night, but it was 2 o'clock this afternoon
before the bodies' were located.
The couple were lying on the floor of
an open pavilion facing each other.
The young woman was a resident of
Dover. Emory was a son of Walter
Emory, a farmer near Little Creek,
Del. They had been sweethearts for
a year and had frequently quarreled,
Emory being jealous. Two bullets were
fired into the girl's body, one in the
breast and another in the face. The
suicide and slayer sent two bullets
through his own brain. Emory bought
strychnia yesterday at a Dover drug
store, saying he wanted the poison to
kill rats.
The mother of Miss Leagor. a widow-.
rexusea a year ago to allow her daughter
to live with her and tonight she
iecllned to receive the girl's body. The
oody will probably go to potter's field
L'he body of Emory will be sent K>
:he home of his parents tomorrow.
Indian Leader and Educator Bead.
BOMBAY, via London, February 20.?
Jo pal Krishna Gokhale, an Indian
eader who was president of the India
jongress in 1905, died yesterday. He
vas the representative of the non>fficial
members of the Bombay legisature
in the viceroy's legislative
.ouncil. For twenty years he had demoted
himself to the cause of educaion
among his Maiiratta countrymen
>y serving as a professor in Ferguson
College. He was forty-nine years old.
Embargo on Coffee and Leather.
THE HAGUE. Netherlands fvia Lou- f
on. 8:16 p.m.). February 30.?A decree
rohlbtttng the exportation of copper,
opper wire, driving belts and leather
or belts is expected to be promulgated
mmedlately by the Netherlands govrnment
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