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THE ABIZOMA BE PUBLICAN,
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
20 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. SUNDAY MOKNIXG, APRIL
20 PAGES
.VOL. XXV. NO. 328
PROGRESSIVE
TO LEAD THE
REPUBUH5
United States Senator Miles
Poindexfer of Washing
ton Announces Will Seek
Re-eleetion on the Re
publican Ticket
URGES PROGRESSIVE
FOR PRESIDENCY
Predicts That Progressives
and Republicans Will Con
solidate and Nominate a j
Progressive for President i
Next Year . .
t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH!
SPOKANE, April 17 The sole pro- j
grcssive in the United States senate,
Miles Poindexlor of Washington, an
nounced tonight hp would seek re-elcc-'
lion on the republican ticket. He pre
dicted the progressives 'and republi
cans would consolidate throughout the
country and nominate a progressive on
the republican ticket for president next
yon r.
Poindexter took his seat in the sen
ate as a progressive on April 17, 1911
and his term will expire on March 3,
1017. He arrived home here today, and
after consultation with friends issued
n statement which reads in part:
"The record of the last legislature is
a lively reminder that if we are to hold
consolidate, to use a phrase, the ground
gained in recent years, the division of
the progressives must cease. There
w ill be a concerted and vigorous move
mer.t by the republicans throughout
the country to nominate a progressive
on the republican ticket for president
of the United States.
'"When united the, party -s progres
sive, both in. this state and throughout
the nation. Neither the Aberdeen con
vention in this state in 1912, nor the
Chicago convention that year repre
sented the republican party."
GERMAN MAIL SEIZED
BY ALLIES' CRUISERS
BASIE,"AprlT " 17. F.rltish and
French cruisers have taken from
Italian mail steamers 2,300 bags of
German mail addressed abroad, con
taining letters, postcards, money,
checks and small packages. Bags
oming from abroad intended for
Germany will be rented in the same
way and confiscated.
P.ritish warships recently captured
on a Norwegian vessel confidential
letters from Dr. von Bet'.imann-Holl-weg
the German Imperial Chancellor,
to Count von Hernstorff, the German
Ambasador to the l'nited tates.
n
Missionaries In
China Appeal To
U.S. To Intervene
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
PEKING, April 17. Intervention by
the l'nited States In negotiations now
proceeding between China and Japan
was recommended to President Wil
son in an appeal recently sent him
by American missionaries in this
country. The message of five thous
ad words was cabled to Washington.
It characterizes the Japanese demands
on China as nets of aggression such
as evidently will present a menace to
the I'nitied States. It is understood
here that a Chinese official or offi
cials paid the cable charges on the
message to the president, amounting
to near J000O.
Recalling the fact that Japan has
at present In this country double her
usual quota of troops (amounting to
60.000 men! the missionaries urge
that Japan be notified that .the ex
cess of troops should le removed. The
petition asks the president to demand
of China, not Japan, American par
ticipation in the conferences now
under way. It is suggested ttiat
Great Rritain and other nations be
invited to participate.
More WaterMore Crops
More Population
Is the Slogan for the Forthcoming Special .edition of
The T?epul)lieau As Usual Tt Will IV- a (Jicat
; Newspaper, .
Replete with a galaxy of brilliant features, timely statistics, a com
prehensive handling of the big things accomplished in Phoenix and the
Great Valley throughout the past year, as well as an insight Into the
greater things that lie before us, THE REPUBLICAN'S special issue to
advertise the Valley the greatest newspaper edition in the history of
I'hoenix will be issued during the parly part 'of May.
The Republican needs no flamboyant heralding of this valuable and
, complete edition. It will be awaited with more than ordinary interest
by newspaper readers throughout the entire western country. This edi
tion will be devoted largely to those things that' tend to make for a
bettei Phoenix and Salt River Valley. Hence the paper will be par
ticularly valuable to points outside of the state.
Mr. Business man if you are interested in the future welfare of
Phoenix and the Valley eo-operate with- The Republican in making
this edition the greatest which has ever gone forth to the outside world
to tell a true story of our possibilities. .
TURKISH' TORPEDO BOAT
SUNK AFTER HUNDRED
BRITISH ARE DROWNED
FLY CATCHERS COMING
I BY THE SHIP LOAD
WASHINGTON, April 17.
American Importers have arrang
ed Willi the British government
for the passage of nearly a ship-
load of "fly catchers," bought
j and paid for in Germany before
I March 1, and now at Rotterdam
! awaiting shipment to the United
J States. The importers secured
j immunity from interference by
I the allied fleets by submitting
I the facts with regard to the pur
' chase directly to the Brtiish gov
I ernrn."it.
: - ,
While Working at Depth of
220 Feet William Louglit
man, Working to Raise
F-4, Narrowly Misses a
Horrible Death
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
HONOLULU, April 17. While work
ing at a depth of 220 feet outside, the
harbor, where attempts are being made
to raise the submarine F-4, William
Loughman became entangled in lines
attached to the F-4 but was released
after heroic efforts lasting nearly four
hours. Diver Frank Crilly, who rec
ently made a record for deep sea div
ing, went to the aid of Loughman.
lioth divers worked strenuously to
disengage the lines to the submarine
from the air tube and the line at
tached to Loughman'x apparatus. Fin
ally Crilly signalled that I-oughman
wa3 clear.
At last reports Loughman was being
brought slowly to the surface, resting
at a depth of ninety feet to avoid a
too rapid change of air pressure.
Loughman was lowered shortly after
ten o'clock this morning and was being
brought to the surface when the line
became entangled. After the diver-
had cleared the lines, Crilly was
brought buck to the surface first,
emerging a lew minutes after two
o'clock. It is said that he suffered no
serious effects but that he was ex
hausted from hard work .
Naval officers said that Criliy.s feat
of releasing Loughman was remark
able. Such accidents as befell Lough
man could not be prevented, it was an
serted, when divers are working at a
great depth.
TYPHUS AMONG TURK TROOPS
ATHENS, April 17. Typhus is rag
ing among the Turkish troops at
Ererum and is reported spreading
npidly. The Turkish forces appar
ently are, short of ammunition.
PARIS BARS TANGO
PARIS. April 17. The tango
was
absolutely banned in Paris today by
official decree. An order of expul
sion was Issued against five tango
professors.
The police are now drafting an or
der w hich will be posted on the walls
of Paris, strictly forbidding the danor.
RATES SHOULD
f ASSOCIATED PRKSS DISPATCH
CHICAGO, April 17. Rasing his
testimony on statistics tabulated in
FATHOMS DOWN !
LU LIU V
UIILII HLMllLl
ANSWERS CALL
SEEKS TO SHOW GOA
Ottoman Craft Which At
tempts to Interfere With
Preparations to Resume
Operations Against Dar
danelles is Sent to Rocks
MYSTERY IN THE
BRITISH LOSSES
Report Says Turk Boat At
tacked Transport. Fired
Torpedoes. Missed the
Mark, But That Hundred I
Are Drowned
ASSOCIATED PRPSS DISPATCH
' LONDON, April 17. A Turkish, tor
pedo boat which attempted lo inter
fere with preparations for tire re
srmption of operations against the
Dardanelles in Asia Minor by attack
ing the British transport Manitou. was
di:en aground on the coast of Chios
this morning and destroyed by the
British cruitser Minerva and British
lo-;edo boat destroyers. An official
statement issued tonight with rel'er-oicc-to
the affair says three tor-
e.iops were fired at the Manitou hut
missed their mark but that a hun
dred men from the transport were
drowned.
TIow this occurred w ithout the
transport being struck is not ex
plained as particulars were apparent
ly not received. This is the only of
ficial statement from the allies on the
land anil sea operations against
Turkey but from unofficial sources it
Is learned warships have been at
tacking the forts at Bulair on the
Ga'.lipoli peninsula while the Turkish
ni.orls say the attacks were made on
the Dardanelles from the outer en
trance and that the Majestic and
Swiftsure have bombarded the forts
tiej.r the G.iba. Tepah.
An admiralty statement regarding
the sinking of the Turkish torpedo
Loat said:
"The transport Manitou carrying
British troops was attacked by a
Turkish -torpedo boat in the Aegian
this tmirnfng. '
"The Turkish boat fired three tor
pedoes at the transjiort, all of which
missed their mark. The torpedo boat
then made off, but was chased by a
British mine remover and British
torpedo boat destroyers and was
finally run aground and destroyed
on the coast of Chios in Kalammuti
bay. The members of the crew of
the TurKisli warship were made pri
soners. It is reported that about 1
men on board the transport lost their
lives through drowning but full par
ticulars have not yet been received."
RECRUITS 18 TO SO
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
VIENNA, April 17 "Owing to the
possibility that the war may last a.
long time," says a war office state
ment, "in order to secure the neces
sary reserves, the untrained Land
sturm men between the ages of
IS and B0 will hereafter be liable to
military service."
o
TO ARBITRATE STRIKE ' '
(ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
CHICAGO, April 17 The first step
toward arbitration of the building
trades strike and the lockout which
has thrown 125,oo wage earners out
of employment, was taljen tonight.
Under the plans announced by the
state board of arbitration, the diffi
culties between the workers and em
ployers will be submitted to the
board of three arbitrators. This plan
has already been accepted by the
carpenters district council.
III
HOT BE ADVANCED
22 exhibits, V. M. Hopkins, former
ly manager of the transportation de
partment of the Chicago Board of
Trade, today sought to prove that
western grain freight rates " should
not be advanced. " .
The principal contentions voiced by
him before W. M. Daniels, Inter
f state Commerce Commissioner, who
U hearing the petition of 41 western
railway systems for permission, .to
advance their freight rates on cer
tain commodities, were that a sav
ing 'equal to the proposed increase of
one cent hundred pounds might be
effected if a more economical meth
od of handling grain were practiced
by the railroads and that grain now
pays more than a fair Share of the
total freight transportation charges.
Illustrative of the present methods
of handling grain which he classed
as uneconomic, - Mr. Hopkins cited
the unsatisfactory character of many
of the ears funrished the shipper for
grain loading, failure to furnish re
ceipts or weighing at initial stations,
and unnecessary delays'' in hauling,
delays at terminals and unnecessary
switching.
"The grain ' movement is highly
remunerative to the carriers," de
clared the witness, "because it loads
to moves from the western fields to
the extreme east and south of the
country."
s
BATTLES III THE
CARPATHIANS
Russians Are Still Attack
ing in Neighborhood of
Uzsok Pass, Near Heights
Commanded bv Germanic
Allie:
COUNTRY COVERED
DEEP WITH MUD
Swollen Streams and Deep
Mud Are Also Interfering
Witli Austro-( Hernia n Out
flanking Movement in Di
ret tion of Strv
associated press dispatch
LONDON'. April 17.-Thc arrival of
, , , - , . .
spring, winch has gtven the aviators:
their opportunity ha brought almost,
to a. standstill the balue in the Carpa-I
thians. The Russians are still attack-1
ing in the neighborhood of the Uzsok ,
pass, the main road through which is
commanded bv the heights held by the;
Germanic
illies, but with the melting
of the snows
and overflowing streams
and river, the whole country is v-
ered with deep mud
Elsewhere little
m
Is reported.
Swollen streams and deep mud are. Killed by Own Men
nl interfering with the Austro-GeH i..RF.DO, April 17 General Macto
man iutflanking movement in the o,!vi Herrera. the Carranza. commander
rection of Stry. Beyond the repulse of t ,u xeuvo Laredo opposite here, was
attacks, the only success achieved on kiUl.(, ,1V his ou men who mistook
either side has been the capture by
Russians of some heights between the
viltiges of Teleapoch and Zuclla. which i
lie on the southern slopes of the Car -
pathians to the southwest of the Lup-I
kow pass. This indicates the Russians
are trying to get to the rear of the
army defending the 1 zsok pass, w
hlch
they have been unable to take framthe,a Carranza train hearing machine guns
north. In the west there have been , canle paMt- The soldiers aboard opened
along tne front but on the whole, the
French seem .satisfied for the moment. HprrPra fn ,vith five bullets through
with the advances they havn. made l"'njs body. The version given out ar
Alsace. Woevie, Argonne, Champagne Xuevo Larcd"0 was that Herrera was
and North Arras, which In the view ot
the British military critics prove tne
allies can advance when they desire. OWn mPn in tllP confusion that fol
A frontier incident which during "- we(i Uerrera's bodv was brought to
dinary times would pass unnoticed oc-. Xl!pvo Laredo and permission asked
uurred on the Italo-Austrian border., for ,,llri., npr,.
It is said an Austrian patrol recenm
passed through Italian territory, jg-
( Continued on Page Seven;,
APACHE COUNTY '
CITIZENS MEET
FLOOD SITUATION
! St. Johns. Arizona. .
j April 17. l'.'ir,. .
Chamber Commerce. " I
' Phoenix. !
! Thanks for sympathy. Eight
j lives lost and considerable prop- j
erty. We are amply able to j
! handle situation at present time.
I Letter with full particulars fol- !
! lows. I
L. P. GIBBONS. 1
Chairman P.oard of Supervisors. 1
Governor Wires
, Offering Relief
To Flood Victims
Assuring him of the disposition
the people of the state to do anv-
thing possible to relieve those w ho I
suffered in the Apache floods. Gov.
Hunt oi: Friday wired heiuimr rreu
T. Colter inquiring as to what
measures were necessary for their
assistance. The governor's telegram
and Senator Colter's reply, which was
received yesterday, follow:
Phoenix. Arizona. April lfi, lftir..
Hon. Fred T. Colter,
Sprlngerville, Arizona.
The. news of the terrible tragedy
that occurred in your County night
before last when the Lyman reser
voir was destroyed comes as a great
shock, and causes deepest sorrow and
sympathy in behalf of the many
worthy citizens whose families and
property were either injured or en
dangered by the flood waters. I de
sire that the people of your section
shall be assured of my disposition to
do everything possible in furtherance
of any relief measures which they
may advocate.
Geo. W. P. JIunt,
Governor.
Coher, Arizona, April 17, .191"..
Hon. Geo. W". P. Hunt,
Governor of Arizona;
I'hoenix. Arizona.
Yoim- wire of the 16th, in behalf
of myself and people here I desire to
express my deepest . appreciation of
your sympathy and kind offers of
assistance, particularly hi this catas
trophe, distressing in that it is rep
resentative of many obstacles which
have been thrown in the way of the
people who have already exhausted
practically all their efforts, resources
and credit to maintain an existence.
I shall communicate as soon as
thorough investigation is made.
Again thanking you.
Fred T. Colter,
SIEGE OF''
HAS BEEN ABANDONED
BY VILLA FOR PRESENT
The Villa Armv Under (icii-j
oral Rodriguez Has Re
turned to About Forty
Miles West With Rein-
foreements at Revnosa
EITNSTON RETURNS I
TO SAN ANTONIO!
he Head of the American
Troops, However, Will
Keep in Close Touch With
tho Situation Along the
Mexican Border
, ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH I
BROWNSVILLE. April 17. General j
Villa's attempt to besiege Matamoras
has been definitely abandoned, as far.
as the present is concerned. Major .
general Funston and staff left Browns-,
ville for San Antonio. The general ex-!
M , c,,w ,,.
wjth )he ,orier situation. I
Kmili Gar.a, the Villa consul here.j
p,.c(1j(.tpd tnp campaign against Mala-I
m(iras u ol,d be renewed within a few j
VVf rkf! rhfL villa army under General ;
Rodriguez has retired, to about 4i'
,, , or Matamoras. Meanwhile
some of the expected Villa reinforce-)
m(.nt!, trom- Monterey have reached I
Rynosa. sixty miles went of Matamoras.
, hi tnff f- villn troons. ac-n
f.ordin(? to information received by
f. , F,.an jn command of the
1, - , States troons here. I
Herrera. and a member of his staff,
u i. ieul.ned n,,le- niUl taken a position
on ft ,,. SPVeral mileg Komh of xuevo
Laredo.- No battle was in progress but
lfrs of hjs ptaff werp a(fo klIie(J.
woundp(1 Dv the kick of a horse and ;
,atpr Knot ,v
, . . .
bullet from one of his
Washington in Doubt
WASHINGTON, April IT. Official
Washington is still in doubt as to the
status of the battle that has been wag
ed nearly a week between the two big
armies of Villa and Ohregon in the vi
cinity of Ira pita to, Celaya and Quere-
taro.
"Loth sides claim a victory," said
Secretary Lryan, commenting on the
reports received. "I suppose we will
know definite!. after while."
Tli fir-.. 1lj Viann nnmnarittirAlv littlnt
information from the American
solar agents In the battle zone although!
the state department has received va-l
..wine nl'iim.. tf vi.'tnr,. muila -.n hntb !
sid.s. Reports have Cached officials
i,nr iht ,nvvinw hon Rnt
to Aguas Calientes, by Villa.
o
GREEK BOAT TORPEDOED
r ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
THE HAGl'E. (Sunday) April IS.
The naval department announces it
is informed that the Greek steamer
Ellispontos which left Ymuiden on
Saturday for Montevideo, was tor
pedoed in the North sea. Her crew
of twenty-one with a Dutch pilot were
rescued by the North Hinder light
ship. They will be brought to Hol-
cjinn,'
LAP AIID 6HEHIIA
II
(Speciai to The Republican.)
FLORENCE, April 17 Sustaining
Gov. Hunt's action in granting him
an unconditional pardon, the hoard
of pardons at its meeting here today
voted to recommend Knox Laird for
a complete pardon. Pardon for Louis
Gherna, the Tucson saloonkeeper
convicted of violating the prohibition
amendment on January 1. was also
recommended by the board.
In the light of the recent supreme
court decision, the board today took
the ground that the governor's re
prieve of the five men awaiting ex
ecution could be effective only for
the thirty-day period, recommended,
and voted to recommend the men
for further reprieve until May 2S, the
date fixed by Gov. Hunt. . The thirty
day period suggested by the board
expires tomorrow.
Action in Laird's case was taken
after the board had considered the
prisoner's application for pardon, the
granting of which by Gov. Hunt pre
cipitated a test case as to the status
of the board, and resulted in It being
sustained in supreme court. In its
opposition to the release of Laird, It
is pointed out, the board was simply
contesting the governor's pardoning
power in a friendly way, and its
action at that time had no liearing
on Laird's case. Ijiird was sentenc-
ed in the superior court of Gila
REGOK OED
TAMORAS
BRITISH ARMS BUYS
EIGHTY THOUSAND MULES
KANSAS CITY. April 17. Or
dors for eighty thousand mules
for use in the British army have
been placed with local livestock
.iealers by agents of th British
gcvernment ' according to an
nouncements. The orders are for
delivery covering the. next six
months. The acimals are to be
assembled at Grand Island, Ne
braska, ami shipped from there
to the seaboard in Canada, it is
ars'Tted.
LETTER SAYS
GERIIIY FOR
AH OPEN SEA
Dl
llcinhard Demburg in
a Commmtieation Lays
Stress Upon Fight of His
Countrv for Guaranteed
Fi e- S"ea
associated pruss dispatch
PORTLAND, Me., April 17. A
lctte- (rum Dr. liernhard Dernberg,
fcrmer colonial secretary of Lhe Ger
man empire, was read at a mass
I meeting . here tonight at which the
fOermmi side of the European war
j was set forth. Demburg laid stress
I upon ihe German fight for an open
i sea and asserted that the advantages
! accruing to Germany from perma
jnently retaining the land which it has
taken in Europe could be disregarded
I if all the other German demands,, es
. pecially a guaranteed free sea, were
.fully complied with in making peace
natural commercial relations Belgium
n. v. . I. Kill n vuiisiuriru li mn.
, . ; ,
urn woi-iHuie lunii. .
Dr. Dernburg's letter in part fol
lows: "I can with full authority disclaim
any ambition for my country for
world dominion. She is much too
modest on the one hand and too ex
perienced, on the other ont to know
that such a state will never be toler
ated by the rest. The aim, of Ger
many is to have the seas as well as
the narrows kept permanently open
for the free use of all nations in
time of war as well as in times of
peace. I personally would even go
as far as to neutralize all the seas
and narrows permanently by a com
mon anu etteetiv.e agreement guar-
con-l",uwd. by. aU ,i,e Power
A free sea is useless except com
bined with freedom of cables, and
mail communication. I should like to
,'he c;lblos owned
' v orld mail system oversea established
u.v (-..iit.ii.fii consent.
ine oniy alternative in nn open
sea and free intercourse policy would
be a Chinese wall around each
country. If therefjis no free inter
course every country must become
self-sufficient. Germany has woven
that it can be done. But this policy
would mean very high' customs
barriers, discrimination, unbounded
egotism and a world bristling in
arras"
WEATHER TODAY
WASHINGTON, April 17. For Ari
y.ona. fair, with rising temperature.
TO BE
FOR PARDONS
county in 1913 to serve ten years for
manslaughter. Gherna, who sold a
pint of whiskey to test the pro
hibition amendment, applied' for a.
iK.ruim on tne grounu that it was an
honest endeavor to test the law, and
not an attempt to break it.
Several minor matters were taken
up by the board, and a number of
paroles acted upon at a night ses
sion which followed an all-day meet
ing. Frank P. Trott, chairman, and
Attorney General Wiley E. Jones are
the only members present. Prof. C.
O. Case being in the northern part
of the state.
Churches To Feature
Sermons Of Gratitude
Services appropriate to the present
prosperous culmination of the valley's
hopes for a full reservoir, will be held
in a. number of the Phoenix churches
today. At the request of the business-
men of the city, the Federated Broth.-,
erhood. through its officers, L. W.
Coggins and Harry M. . Blair, has sug
gested to the ministers, the plan of in-
terpolating some sort of thanksgiving
JAP CRUISER
OIILY RABID
HARD III ID
Former U. S. Machinists
Mate Visits 'Asama and
Says the Foreign Craft
Does Not Seem to Be
Badly Damaged
WOULD HAVE BEEN
WRECKED LONG AGO
Japanese Officers Decline
Aid of American W reek
ing Steamer on Ground
That Proffered Help Wa
Not Needed
ASSOCIATED PaESB DISPATCH
LOS ANGELES, April 17. Thn
Japenese cruiser Asama is only
rammed on a mudbank. in Turtle.
Bay, Lower California. If the vessel
was as badly damaged aa was gen
erally Supposed, it would have bi-en
wrecked by the sea long before this,
according to a sworn statement hero
by Hubert Kittle, who says he was
honorably discharged in 1909 from
the United States navy, with tho
rating of chief machinist's mate.
Albert Nathan, a newspaper man
who visited Turtle Bay with Kittle,
said Captajn WTiitelaw of the Ameri
can wrecking steamer Greenwood told
him tho Japanese officers declined
his aid. when he steamed into Turtle
Bay to help salvage the stranded
Asama, on tho ground that it was
not needed, although the Greenwood
carried powerful cranes.
No effort was made while he was
there to pull the Asama off the mud
bank, the newspaper man said. He
declared all the tents in tho sailorH
camps on shore were banked on tho
outside and horded on the inside, as
though for long occupancy.
No American warship has been in
Turtle Bay or any place near it for
more than two months. Nathan said
Lieut. Tonioasada of the Japanese
squadron told him. All the Japanese
officers were getting war news al-
most as readily as if they received
newspapers daily, indicating they get
wireless reports from somewhere.
evidently by relays, tho correspond
ent declared.
In his opinion, the number of men
walking about the decks of the war
ship made it plain to everyone that
she carried more than a double crew,
according to the correspondent, who
states that all the colliers had Jap
anese sailors in uniform on their
decks all the time.
The ammunition from the Asam;i
was being taken ashore by a string
of steam cutters and barges, anil
carried back to a camp half a" mile
inland, the correspondent said. When
he and his companion attempted to
spy out the camp, he said, they were
arrested.
0 ;
United States Is .
Anxious For Neivs
From Turtle Bay
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH I
WASHINGTON, April 17. No re
port has been received of late from
Commander Irwin of the cruiser New
Orleans, detailed by Admiral Howard
of the Pacific fleet to investigate
reports alleging that Japanese war
ships have established a base in Tur
tle, bay in Lower California. Secre
tary Daniels stated he had ordered
Howard at Mazatlan to have an
American vessel pay a visit of cour
tesy and report what he found. Of
ficials manifested great interest to
learn exactly what the activities of
the Japanese vessels had been in
Lower California.
While believing nothing of a per
manent character was being estab
lished by the Japanese, American na
val officers have no doubt that big
warships have made a rendezvous of
the quiet watera in Turtle Bay whilo'
engaged in scouring the seas for Ger
man vessels. The bay, it is said, is
large enough for them to anchor out
side the .three mile limit, and still en
joy the protection of jutting land.
SURRENDER TO THE GREEKS
ATHENS, April 17. It i.-s stated tho
commander and crew of thirty of the
Turkish torpedo, boat grounded on
the coast of Chios whpn pursued h.v
the allied warships, surrendered to
the Greek authorities.
services in their programs, so tha to
day will be a sort of general rejolcefut
day.
.Coming at such a late hour, the
. thanksgiving services will not displace
regular ones, hut will rather, be added
as features in many of the churches.
Some of the ministers had already
outlined sermons, touching upon the
happy occasion.
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