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TWO HUNDRED
SEAMEN PERISH
German Submarine Torpedoes
British Cruiser.
EI6HTEEN OF GREW ESCAPE
Found on Raft and Are Taken on
Board by Two Steamers Soon
After the Disaster.
London, March 13.—The Belfast
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
•ays the British auxiliary cruiser
Bayano was torpedoed at 9 a. m.
Thursday off Corsewall point, Wig
townshire, Scotland, and that nearly
800 lives were lost, as the cruiser sank
almost immediately.
The vessel had a crew of about 216
men on hoard.
Wigtownshire is in the southwest
ernmost county of Scotland. It lies
on the north channel, which leads into
the Irish sea from the Atlantic.
The eighteen survivors of the Baya
no were rescued by the Belfast steam
er Balmerino. They were afloat on a
raft Another steamer picked up one
of the Bayano's lifeboats, which was
adrift, and also two of her rafts. The
survivors were landed at Ayr.
The admiralty announces the Baya
no was sunk while engaged in patrol
duty.
In its announcement of the disaster
the admiralty says:
"On March 11 wreckage of the Baya
no and bodies were discovered and
circumstances point to her having been
sunk by an enemy torpedo.
"Eight officers and eighteen men
were rescued, but it is feared the re
mainder of the crew was lost.
The captain of the Belfast steamer
Castlereagh reports passing Thurs
day morning a quantity of wreckage
and dead bodies floating in life belts.
He attempted to search for possible
survivors, but was prevented by the
presence of an enemy submarine,
which gave chase for twenty minutes."
MANY BRITISH SHIPS LOST
Admiralty Issues Report From Be
ginning of the War.
London, March 15.—The admiralty
issued a report giving the total num
ber of British merchant and fishing
vessels lost through hostile action
from the outbreak of the war to
March 10.
The statement says that during
that period .eighty-eight mercant ves
ses were sunk or captured. Of these
flfty-four were victims of hostile
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President
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cruisers, twelve were destroyed by
mines and twenty-two by submarines.
Their gross tonnage totaled 309,945.
GERMAN CAPTAIN
EXPLAINS HIS CASE
Newport News, Va., March 12.—
Commander Thierichens of the Ger
man converted cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich, which went into dry dock
here for repairs needed after six
months of privateering on the Pacific
and Atlantic, submitted two state
ments to Collector of Customs Hamil
ton of Newport News. One stated his
reasons for sinking in South Atlantic
waters Jan. 28 last the American sail
ing ship William P. Frye, with her
cargo of 5,200 tons of wheat, consign
ed to Queenstown.
The other related the length of
time that will be required to repair
bis ship. Collector Hamilton announc
ed that he would forward the state
ments to Washington.
It was learned, however, that the
commander frankly has stated to
American government officials that
he sank the ship Frye because he re
garded her cargo as contraband of
war.
BRITISH GAINING STEADILY
Sir John French Reports on Recent
Operations.
London, March 13.—"We continue
to make steady progress and hard
fighting continues," says a report of
the recent activities of the British
army in the field from the headquar
ters of Field Marshal Sir John French
—one of the semi-weekly communica
tions recently arranged for by the
government—given out by the official
Information bureau.
"Since my last communication the
situation on our front between Ar
mentieres and La Bassee has been
altered materially by a successful in
itiative on the part of the troops en
gaged. Shortly after 8 a. m. Wed
nesday these troops assaulted and
carried German trenches in the neigh
borhood of Neuve Chapelle."
Russian Fleet to Help.
London, March 13.—It is learned
through diplomatic sources in London
that the Russian Black sea fleet is
prepared to start a bombardment of
the BosphoruB forts at once in active
co-operation with the allied fleet
which Is attempting to force its way
to Constantinople through the Darda
oelloa from the south.
Exports Break Record*.
New York, March 12.—Exports from
this port Wednesday exceeded in val
ue $10,000,000, the largest amount
ever recorded in a single day in the
history of the custom house. The
best previous record of 19,000,000
was made one day last week.
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News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
UQUOR FOES MAKE GAINS
Twenty-four Minnesota Towns Vote
to Go Dry—Only Four Change
to the Wet Column.
Only twenty-eight of the 182 cities
and villages in this state which voted
on the liquor issue in Tuesday's elec
tion made a change in their attitude
towards the saloon. Of these twenty
four joined the dry column, while four
which had been dry elected to be
come wet again.
Rochester was the largest city to
vote and an unusual interest was dis
played there, more than 2,000 ballots
being cast. The wets won by a ma
jority of seventy-seven, while a year
ago they had 164 to the good.
Only two towns of any size changed
from wet to dry. These were Wade
na, the county seat of Wadena coun
ty, and Jackson, county seat of Jack
son county. In both the drys won by
comparatively narrow margins. Pine
Island, Goodhue county, went dry for
the first time in its history by a ma
jority of thirty.
In an election marked by the heav
iest vote ever polled in the village
White Bear remained wet. The wet
and dry fight drew to the polls a total
of 452 votes.
The dry towns that went wet are
all small, Adrian, Nobles county, be
ing the largest, with a population of
1,200.
East Grand Forks did not vote.
Proctor, St. Louis county, a railroad
junction and shop town near Duluth,
furnished a surprise by going dry, 327
to 120.
The gains made by the drys, how
ever, were not as heavy as last year
or the year before and the wets main
tained license in eighty-six towns,
which voted not to change, while six
ty-seven dry towns also seemed suit
ed with present conditions. The pas
sage of the county option law, it was
thought, would lead many of the wet
places to oust saloons, but the ranks
held well despite the assaults, and,
although the dry forces gained nine
teen net, this is below previous rec
ords.
PROHIBITION BILL KILLED
Minnesota Senate Defeats Statewide
Proposition.
Statewide prohibition by legislative
enactment as propesed in the Lobeck
bill was decisively defeated in the
state senate by a vote of 50 to 17.
Friends of the measure were much
disappointed, believing it would mus
ter at least twenty-eight supporters.
Senators to the number of nineteen
who favored county option defeated
the prohibition bill and the result is
taken to indicate that a majority of
that faction in the upper house has
decided to give the new law a fair
trial before supporting any more dras
tic temperance legislation. If the
vote is any index of sentiment the
bill proposing a statewide prohibition
amendment to the constitution to be
submitted to the people will meet a
like fate.
Semimonthly Pay Day Bill a Law.
Governor Winfield S. Hammond
has signed the bill requiring all
public service corporations to pay
their employes semimonthly. This
measure has been oi the legislative
calendar for several sessions but all
previous attempts at its passage were
defeated.
Road the "Want" Column.
A higher standard of motor car luxury, economy and service
LARS HALVORSON, Agent for Kandiyohi County
ABOUT THE STATE
WOULD PROBE UNIVERSITY
Resolution Introduced in Minnesota
Legislature.
Charging "reckless and extrava
gant" use of state money and "willful
and flagrant" negligence of duties on
the part of professors a resolution
was introduced in the lower house of
the legislature asking for an investi
gation of the affairs of the University
of Minnesota. The authors were Rep
resentatives L. A. Lydiard of Min
neapolis, Thomas J. Greene of St. Paul
and Carl G. Malmberg of Forest Lake.
No sooner had the resolution been
introduced and notice of debate given
when it was withdrawn by its authors
"for correction." It is understood
that another resolution, minus the
sensational charges, will be present
ed by Representative Willis I. Nor
ton of the University district.
Without a dissenting vote the house
passed the bill authorizing the state
board of control to sell the old state
prison at Stillwater, the money to be
used in the construction of a state
reformatory for women, if, In the dis
cretion of the board of control, this
is the proper course.
W. H. COLE PASSES AWAY
Duluth Man Was Prominent in Range
Development.
William H. Cole, prominently con
nected with Minnesota's iron mining
industry since its inception, died at
Pasadena, Cal.
Mr. Cole was born near Ontonagon,
Mich., fifty-eight years ago.
As president of the Cole and Mc
Donald company and later the Cole
and McDonald Exploration company
Mr. Cole was an authority on mining
exploration work and was directly re
sponsible for the opening of many of
the mines which have made Northern
Minnesota a great mine center.
TWO RAILWAY MEN KILLED
Lose Their Lives in Accidents in
Yards at St. Paul.
Samuel Bunal and Malcolm Morri
son were given jobs in the St. Paul
railway yards the other morning. A
few hours later both were dead, vic
tims of accidents that occurred within
three hours of each other.
Bunal slipped to his death from the
running board of a Northern Pacific
switch engine.
Morrison was run down by a Minne
sota Transfer locomotive while shov
eling snow in the yards.
WOULD RAISE RAIL FARE
Bill Asking Increase Appears in Min
nesota Legislature.
Looked for action by the railroads
of Minnesota to obtain a 2%-cent fare
materialized with the introduction ol
a bill in the legislature by Sen
ator E. J. Westlake to legalize this
rate. The present law limits the
fare to not more than 2 cents a mile.
The Westlake bill would amend the
law to read that not more than 2%
cents a mile may be charged.
NEW ST. PAUL POSTMASTER
Otto N. Raths Is Given Recess Ap
pointment.
Otto H. Raths has been given a re
cess appointment as postmaster of St.
Paul and probably will qualify as the
successor of Edward Yanish, the in
cumbent, in about ten days or two
weeks.
As a matter of routine a form ol
bond will be forwarded to Mr. Raths
at once and upon its return a com
mission will be issued to him.
Saves Mother and Sister.
Leroy Laughan, fifteen yean* of
age, rescued his mother and twelve
year-old sister from their burning
home at Minneapolis. The fire is
said to have started from an over*
heated stove after Mr. Laughan went
to work leaving the rest of the family
asleep. The house was destroyed.
WILLMAR TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. 1915
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Valve-in-Head
A Triump
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ALIVE WITH POWER
MILL CITY MAN ENDS LIFE
Pioneer Restaurant Proprietor Leaps
From High Bridge. I
A leap from the railing of the Mar-J
shall avenue bridge between St. Paul
and Minneapolis to the ground, 115
feet below, ended the life of William
A. Mather, pioneer restaurant man of
Minneapolis.
Mather, fifty-seven years old, had
been in the restaurant business in
Minneapolis for twenty-five years. He
was slightly ill for several days and
a nervous breakdown, caused by the
worry over a change in his business
affairs, is believed to have prompted
the act.
IN FIRST SPECIAL MESSAGE
Governor Hammond Urges Passage of
Economy Bill.
In his first special message to the
legislature Governor Hammond urged
the passage of the efficiency and
economy bill reorganizing the present
system of state administration. The
message touched on the various
phases of state government and
pointed to the increased efficiency
and greater economy that will be in
evitable under the proposed system.
MINNESOTA WOMAN DEAD
AT AGE OF 112.
St. Cloud, Minn., March 15.
—Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, 112
years old, is dead at the home
of her daughter at Holding
ford.
Mrs. Watson was born in
Kentucky in 1S03. She is said
to have been the oldest resi
dent of the state. She lived
in Stearns county thirty-three
years. Her husband died
thirty-six years ago.
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TREATY DRY ZONE EXTENDS
More Minnesota Towns Are Given
Closing Orders.
Under the Indian treaty of 1855 the
saloons of Perham, Otter Tail county,
will be closed shortly. The brewery
there will be closed on March 31.
New York Mills, Richville and Dent,
all in Otter Tail county, also will be
made dry in a few days.
The "dry" zone is gradually being
extended also upon the range. The
saloons at Hibbing, Grand Rapids,
Chisholm and other range towns have
not yet received orders, but it is prob
able they will be closed.
FIND BODY IN HOTEL RUINS
Frank O'Brien, Bartender, Minne
apolis Fire Victim.
A body identified as that of Frank
O'Brien, a bartender, was taken from
tbe ruins of the Astoria hotel at Min
neapolis. Police believe other bodies
may be found in the ruins.
A woman acquaintance of O'Brien
and an unidentified Greek are believed
tc he in the ruins. The hotel register
was burned, Robert Mason, proprietor,
says..
M'ADOO'S- CONDITION GOOD
Reported Satisfactory Following Op
eration for Appendicitis.
Washington, March 14.—Secretary
McAdoo, operated upon for appendi
citis, was reported doing well. This
bulletin was issued by his physicians:
"Secretary McAdoo had a fairly
good night and with no complications
should make a good recovery. All con
ditions are satisfactory."
Wiggins Plumbing
is
Good Plumbing
$460
to
$985
Electrically
Equipped
WILLMAR, MINN.
LINCOLN BEACHEY.
Aviator Falls to Death
in San Francisco Bay.
LINCOLN BEACHEY IS KILLED
Daring Aviator Falls Into San Fran
cisco Bay.
San Francisco, March 15.—Lincoln
Beachey, the aviator, was killed while
making an exhibition flight at the
Panama-Pacific exposition. At an al
titude of about 7,000 feet Beachey
began a sharp descent. The wings
of his monoplane collapsed and the
machine plunged into San Francisco
bay. The body was recovered.
Hillary Beachey, a brother of the
aviator, witnessed the tragedy from
the deck of the United States trans
port Crook.. The monoplane fell only
a few feet away |rom the transport.
Beachey's spectacular career came
to its end in the presence of thou
sands of horror stricken spectators.
GREATEST BATTLE
OF WAR IS RAGING
London, March 13.—The battle tak
ing place on the eastern front, ex
perts say, is the biggest pitched bat
tle of the war, no less than 1,000,000
men being engaged in it. The Ger
mans in their official report claim to
have made some advance, while Pe
trograd considers it likely the Rus
sians will have to fall back beyond
Przasnysz, as they did last month,
before making their stand.
It probably will be days before a
definite result is attained in this bat
tle, as with the frozen roads the Rus
sians can push forward reinforce
ments and choose their battle ground.
Meanwhile another German army
has appeared on the Pilica river
front, south of the Vistula, probably,
military observers say, with the idea
of inducing Grand Duke Nicholas to
withdraw men from the north, where
the real blow is being struck.
SAY AGENT STOLE $117,000
Former Claim Chief of Chicago Rail
ways Company Indicted.
Chicago, March 11.—An indictment
charging embezzlement of $117,000
was returned here against Sidney Os
soki, formerly general claim agent
of the Chicago Railways company.
The charge was based on alleged
false death and accident claims.
AMERICAN SLAIN
IN MEXICO CITY
John B. McManus Is Killed by
Zapata Troops.
"OLD GLORY" IS IGNORED
Stars and Stripes Said to Have Been
Floating Over Victim's Home at
Time of His Killing.
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Washington, March 13.—John B.
McManus, a prominent American, in
Mexico City, originally from Chicago,
was shot and killed in his home by
Zapata troopers as they were occupy
ing the Mexican capital after the
evacuation of General Obregon and
the Carranza forces.
Official dispatches from the Brazil
ian minister in Mexico City, reporting
the affair to the state department,
say the American flag was floating
over McManus* house and that his
doors had been closed and sealed by
the. Brazilian consul. The Brazilian
minister's dispatch intimated that the
killing may have been one of revenge,
for it was charged that when the
Zapata troops recently occupied the
capital McManus killed three of their
number.
The fact that the American flag had
been hoisted over the house and the
doors had been sealed by the consul
of a neutral power was taken by offi
cials here to indicate that either 61c
Manus felt he was in danger or that
all foreigners were fearful of their
safety with the entry of Zapataista
troops and took steps for protection.
The killing of the American is de
scribed in the official dispatches as
having caused the greatest excitment
and emotion in the foreign colony.
The Brazilian minister reported
General Salazar, the Zapata com
mander, has promised to find the
guilty troopers and punish them. The
official dispatches telling of the kill
ink did not contain great detail, but
indicated that there was a dispute
over whether McManus or the Zapa
ta soldiers began the shooting.
THAW ACQUITTED OF
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
New York, March 14.—Harry K.
Thaw, brought back from New
Hampshire under a ruling of the su
preme court of the United States to
face a trial on an indictment for con
spiracy to interfere with the ends of
justice, was acquitted by a jury which
had had the case under'consideration
for eighteen hours.
Roger Thompson, Richard J. Butler,
Eugene Duffy and Thomas Flood, the
four men who assisted him in his
spectacular flight by automobile from
Matteawan to Canada, also were ac
quitted.
Immediately after his acquittal his
counsel moved for his return to New
Hampshire, the state from which he
was extradited, on the ground that
the conspiracy»charge on which he
was brought back having failed it is
obligatory on the part of the state of
New York to return him to New
Hampshire.
Justice Page, before whom the case
was heard, will hear argument later
on this point and in the meantime
Thaw was remanded to the Tombs.
COUNT SERGIUS WITTE DEAD
Former Russian Premier Conducted
Peace Negotiations With Japan.
Petrograd, March 14.—Count Ser
gius Witte, former premier of the Rus
sian empire, is dead.
It was he who was given the un
pleasant and delicate task of conduct
ing the peace negotiations at Ports
mouth, N. H., by which the war be
tween Russia and Japan ended. By
his tact and his insistence when big
points were involved he consummated
a peace that avoided the payment by
his country of any indemnity to Japan
and that ceded in land only part of
the convict island of Saghalien.
FIVE VICTIMS OF BLAST
Four, Boys and One Man Killed In
Gasoline Explosion.
New York, March IB.—Four boys
and one man were killed and several
persons injured in an explosion of a
large gasoline tank in the East New
York section of Brooklyn.
The explosion wrecked a two-story
brick building at the Crew Levick
company, which owned the tank.
LINER SAFE AT LIVERPOOL
American Ship Had Lifeboats Out
Toward End of Journey.
Liverpool, March 15.—The Ameri
can line steamer New York had an
uneventful voyage. The captain of the
vessel had prepared for eventualities
by having the lifeboats swung out and
ready for lowering.
The passengers were interested in
reports received by the steamer's
wireless of the operation of subma
rine boats off the Scilly Islands.
MRS. ROCKEFELLER.
Wife of John D. Sr., Dead
at Pocantico Hills, N. Y.
AGED WIFE OF JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER IS DEAD
New York, March 13.—Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller is dead at the Rockefeller
country home at Pocantico Hills, just
outside of Tarrytown. While Mrs.
Rockefeller has been an invalid for
many months her death came rather
unexpectedly. She was seventy-sis
years of age.
Her husband, John D. Rockefeller,
and her son were at Ormond, Fla,,
and were advised that Mrs. Rockefel
ler had taken a critical turn for the
worse.
Mr. Rockefeller and his son imme
diately engaged a special train and
started north. Mrs. E. Parmalee Pren
tice, Mrs. Rockefeller's daughter, was
the only immediate relative present
when she died.
The woman who shared Mr. Rocke
feller's fortune building and money
giving was a schoolteacher. She was
Laura Spelman—a schoolmate in
Cleveland—who fell in love with the
hardworking young man long before
he was recognized as an heir presump
tive to the throne of fortune.
Dr. Gustaf D. Forsaell's massage
treatments given with greatest' suc
cess for old Stomach Complaints and
Rheumatism, Ruble Bile, Wlllmar
Mlniw—Adv.
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