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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE,
Warship MakefLong1 'Run
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PROPPED ANCHOR
I AT NEWPORT NEWS
(ne in Early This Morning
and Is Reported to Have
Aboard Many Prisoners of
War Maintaining Silence;
May be Interned
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Newport News, March 10.7-The Ger
m auxiliary cruise?, V V&iai; ;. Eitel
Friedrich, arrived here today. : No
one claimed to know the object of Tier
visit further than; henneed-coals and
supplies. She also ; Is sai t jto i ber in
need of repairs and may interne Jtiere
to the war. She is' said to' hare 326
French and Russian prisoners of -war
on board. She was last reported at
Valparaiso, Chile, f . ,
Last night, after dark, the German
ship appeared off Cape Henry, but
iid not enter until after- , daylight,
when she passedguarantine and drop
ped her anchor at .this , port. . All of
her officers preserve the strictest sil
ence, and her captain at once dis
patched a message telling of his ar
rival and the condition of -his ship
to the German embassy at Washing
ton. .. . " ;;"::
No sooner did the auxiliary anchor
than the United States Coast -Guard
ship, Onondaga, went alongside; ajid
took her watch, to preserve the neu
trality of the United States juni.il the
officials of the State; Department at
Washington decide : what ' shall -le
done with the Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
Caused by the red rust and' salt -'of
her months at sea ' the German fauxili
ary was painted white on one rside
and black on the other, . v. '
It was reported in maritime ; circles
that, she had -bei chagetf: - -to - -the
three-mile limit by a British trruiser;
Irat as the German captain had peal
ed the lips of the officers that:'couId
not be confirmed; ,: ' " - ' '' '
Washington, March, lO.According
to the doctrine - laid down'by;the
American government in other cases
limilar 'to the Prinz Ef tel.. Friedrich
case, the collector of customs, at Nor
folk, must give , the commander J 48
lours from the timeV of ; her arrival
to take coal and provisions', t- it the
snip needs repairs she is given a long
er respite, in that case the navy-constructor
at the port will make an ex-!
amination and report what would be
treasonable time to make, the neces
sary repairs and the German "ship
Siven 24 hours in addition to that
ume. Meanwhile the American gov
ernment would keep the-time of.-departure
a secret, so no unfair advan
tage might accrue to hostile ' ships
tnat might gather and wait . for ' the
auxiliary. ' ; . ... -;:,rv, "
Officials here - were tO. ttef 6ififiin.-
at the presence tf. f BrftI5hi kAdf
"encn cruisers closeifeft thftfAflkntfc
cast might influence the German
commander to iriteraeO f How the
auxiliary, managed to "rift QiVoueh the
ne of hostile ships HfU the subject
tv peculation in. naval. cirples.
opufciuon or any prisoners of war
inoiner questiOtf'-It possible
ey may be, paroled: j AmerJcfmyef fir
J als were awaitingl'bfficfalintmft:
on before announcement, oi 4 any, ac
tion, ijiii.-':-, '
SETTLE UP WEEK1S
IDEAS.SPREADING
. Chicago, 111., March . lO'.The su
".url) of Oak Park is ioday . Voting,
""ough the Oak Park Commercial
A sociation, on the proposition to hold
Settlfmn wooVH. - Un
uurmg which time old debts vill bs
iared by business men,' store? keep.'
wb and their patrons. The idea is
1 ellniinate debt from Oak-. Park,
flowing the ' success of a similar
ture at Waukon, Iowa. ; It is ex
Pected that today's vote will be favor
i f vand that tne -'settle u-rwreek
at v placed ln APrH The m,erchants
2 Aim aukon rePrte 4 ihat.i' piore than
" , u'u ouis were paid , during tne
settle up eeW'tte-- m
ICE TO SAFETY
St. Johns, Ni, March 4o .-EleVeii-
Weil Of thu aooKncV onrr.M. 13?
ught in the - ice oft BdV -Bulrfif-
teen miles south- 6f here.'Cairig Ashore
wer the ice - todayv- They ; ieftltheir
ll last night, ;which " has . 120 men
aboard.
pbmpia, Wash.,- March lO-r-To re
RuCn the good cow Brookuna, ; who
lowed a nail and died, the North-
Vest JerSPV RrooHoro', ' . Aeenniatinrt
EI1, present one- of the best of . their
t( Governor Lister. . The unfor
nate Brookuna swallowed a ten-'
jenny iail a. month ago, and the'Gov
tn?r h.er owner, was not to be xom-
ecently vlqv-Spokane; decidedVtc-,
niish a". rn r thf : ,ttl W.-'''-i.rttii
tarted Brookuna.
I 1 SI hi V A 1 ' Mexican Red Cross SendsA j Upbn Such, DepndDevelop.
I UllMU-rtly, ; ; -peal to the American f ments 'the mtt
I ULm ; Mi) I
Thousands , of ; Christians Are
Suffering in Northweitern
. v Persia " -
TALES OF HORROR
Defenseless Women arid Children' Had
to Flee For Their Lives In the Bleak
Of Winter.
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New. York March .lo!--The. horfora
of the . great war .have . now, broyght
sulxenng and- exile to more than i0-
000 'defenseless Christian people, in
Northwestern . Persia, according to a
statement , given", out by a ,-newly-or
ganized sPersianlrWar. Relief -Commit
tee. The invasion of Persia "andv the
capture by vTurk and Kurds of the
ritieBo.Vrumia,TabrUadtMheP cit
ies 'jvrhich had Ween f hld 1 byEusslai
iroops, - arove-j ine$ Assyria- po;Ar-i
menlaa -people, - in;. fear of ..massacre,
e uner i out.-, oi- ine country . mio .Russia
or "ihW OipAiiertcaiw missionary, com-
pounasjF m sajrumia ana yjannz.' i ne
flight! from Urumia began at midnight
on : January . 12nd, vthe "-people having
only ia f ew moments', notice of the
appxoacfif bntlie Knrds'and tne aeed
u. "J-feJ.s.ijbject' under discussion; for the '-ex
-burv'4 Mission of th& Church of Ens:-
. VTr r. X I
, land,; who leftTJrumia lwlthu the ) rei u-j
gees in view - of the. approach of the
Turkish"' troops, writes : "Practically
the entire - Christian population of the
UTumla Plain andx neighboring - dis
tricts were in .flights as iwe Jeft "As
far a8 the ' eye could - reach in both
directions was a constant stream of
refugees, sometimes - so ' dense' - that
the road .was blocked. ! It was a dread
ful sight, and one I- never want , to
see again. Many old people and chil
dren -(id"ppr::( i.; , ;
L, qstj,Qf theTefugeesfviwho ;i fled . to
Rasaa made tneir wayto jtne cuy oi
TUi. .ybej Jongyovirney p,of .therjAou
sands j of , fleeing people"" was.;- made
from Urumia an rttiea depth iof winter
with v no ; provision for the j journey,
afoot ihroughisnow rand ; rain. and cold.
One of the' refugees,; John Mooshie,
a . naturalized ,; American citizen f and
dent!: vf-thftiDavi School a -4n
him ljium4atPfaini4rr'ite! iroiri-Tif hi
'!Duringime-f teni'days tmiey ;e,
Save witnessed a long,;fc"hain of men,
women 1 and children .from' Urumia. to
nift,iif trift&?at - 'them,: walking fill
cold aiiafmudthout - f ood Zr s'hel
ter.l We haVefseehlinariy :"w-omen,and
children- dead" on the:; way, as vthey
could not endure cold land fatigue.
The Christian inhabitants of r Tabriz
and r Saiimas have left, . except those
in : Tabriz whct l are protected 'by the
American Consul." ;: i 3 ::
; From Tabriz Rev Frederick Je3
sup .writes: 'Everyone, is seeking
shelter : with ' us; ' French. , Belgian,
Swede, "Austrian;; German,' Turkish,
Armenian . and even .Moslems. - The
Armenians are, iri great, terror and ev
eryone" dreads the Kurds . and t their
coming. We ' have been advised by
our conulttbdrawif rpm; our pth
err : Rroperties " and ;: -to ' i conceptrate
here jin . the . school compound. - We
fhave. jperinissioa'tp feeeive; Europeans
and our-Own5 people. :amon& iue - ua-
tivesi For!' two Maysg-refugees Uiave
been' doming In. AH our-school build:
ings : are -giy en overi-to them; All the
henr.hes have been- taken: but arid peo
ple ar e omingi all i day long- Uringiiig
rUgs provisions and .bedding, !Somei
rftiqVfrhmT'Maraffhai haveabscl
ViiteN-- 'notbingi i Some have -walked
!ttie0 ioc :6mer ittjhe Winter ,dold
f and5 blizzard leaving : everything, lead-
liigor; carrying children; ' --
The American (Consul. in v Tabriz,
Gordon .Paddocks 'cables r. . , , ' v v
"Appeal Red: Crossnd friends' tele
graph money -aid many thousand ;des
titute-;refugeesfe;Mp;
xThe American; Consul at Tiflis ca
bles:1; .t - .
i "Fifteen -thousand- Persian Chris
tian refueees; Caucasus.' Local' author-
ities .doihg best, but fundaneeded re
turn thAm1 home1 Fourteen thousand
rpfneefts mission' premises ;: Urumia
destitute. -Fifty thousand ; dollars ;ur
isfir aohA "TpTpfirrarb tunds Tab
Fnrv hVer - 75 vears
tiaus have carried on missionary w6rk
fe'f.,'fJV," "'' "'J'' . - V i' ' ' ' 1
rizl '-visttrfiam
M'For1 over - 75 yearsi American,; Chris-
-
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WIUnNGTON
Secretary Bryan Gete Appeals
Jarid Declares State Depart
ment Will v Co-operate Iii
Work of Relief, r X .
' - .Washington; March 1 10. The ' Mexi
can Red Cross "today appealed to the
American Red Cross, through"; Secre
tary of State Bryan, for foQd: for the
starving ' populace " in" kexico";dity.
The appeal' said 'the famine' in . the
Mexican Capital was rapidly1 growing
worse. , 4 - V i ' '."'""
. , Secretary .Bryan said the' State De
partment -would co-operate with the
Red Cross as far ' as possible. '3 1 i : r
BIG COLLEGE f ;:
: . i CONFERENCE ON
r .Madison; ?Wis . , March, 10 :-r A! ?on
ference off leaders -In" university v ex-tension-
education f romV: all ' narts ., of
theTJnUed States opened here today
iii t -wuiversiiy-oi Wisconsin . v 4.ja
colleges which are using the exten--siott"
method- of-'enlargirig their fields
of usefulness to the'l' general'V public
have decided rtbdiscUssv.th61' Verious
phases ,of the work . r- Reports of the
work ; in ?.thej; eastern, "western find
middle; western statesrare" being sub
mitted-and ' the various' '-'degrees , rof
success (are beinff- studied ! The or
ganization of the work is the leading
lensioiiuiaea is -gainings grouna rapia
ly, and many colleges now taking up
the wbrk ' are anxious to ' gam the ex
perience of the pioneers.
? Jowa Day At Frisco Fair. .
San " PYancisco March1, 10.--The
Iowa Building at the - Panama Pacific
International Exposition was dedicat
ed today, in the presence-of thousands
of Jowans ; and . former residents of
the Hawkeye State.- Mayor James
Rolph,. Jr., and President C, C, Moore,
of the - exposition, and several Iowa
officials were t the - speakers , .v. ,The
Iowa ; building will be .the headquar
ters of v all visitors who . hail from
among these people In Northwestern
Persia, and ; for the, last .generation
France has' worked among tnem.-'ine
diaas?ter ' which-has .bxvE falied iup6n
bd people-falls ' upon them : all ? indis
criminately' and1 Inc'lUd'es" many5 ,!M6
lems that ' have' b,eeiii-subjec;te4 to'the
Same- hardships 'and -loss' sr theii4
Christian- neighbots.J Relief funds will
be'ft'distributed wherever' there is
greatest ; need; without - regard ' to sect j
" The American ", missionaries of
Northwestern . Persia are 'all at . their
posts and have filled their compounds
and buildings with refugees. A; relief
committee has been ' organized' in Tab
tit Under r the American Consul and
W S. Vanneman, M. D.; - Rev. Rphert
M. Labaree, of Tabriz, has gone to Tif
lis : to - work with a local committee, of
leading native - Christians. Relief : in
Tiflis. will be supervised ' by - this com
mittee; Mr. Labaree and the Ameri-ban-
Consul. n , v v" ? y
( - Of, alii those throughoutjithels world,
who - are. suffering on account ofrthe
war, none, have suffered ; ,mpre ;or in,
greater innocence than,f these: thour
sands of poof people who have-been
driven from, their homes in , the depth
of; winter- and left homeless and desti
tute. -Tliey must be cared-for ,iu the
cities? to which '.they have fledjaml
howthat the Turks an? Kurdsidap-
pear .to De witnarawmg0 from . Persia
must be, returned ;to -their destroyed
'homes and- enabledi Ifftqre-establisn
themselves. , The need-ia urgent and
appeailp.5 but the amount jaeeded . is
not ' Unlimited r a hundred . thousand
dollars will meet the ' pressing Imme
diate heed
An American 'committee with ;Rob-
ert'E. Speer, chairman, will be - re-
sponsible--for the , prompt forwarding
and distribution pf the funds.' Six
thousand dollars have already : been
forwarded :from ; the Red " Cross and
from the." missionary .societies and
Dr; ; Vanneman - has cabled acknow
edging the receipt of" this - amount
and stating that .$10,000 had' already
been; expended' and that relief would
beredUlred for: several months. Any
t'oreignMission: Boaid twill 'forward to
the" committee ,Hy funds .' designated
for 'T&rsian War Relief."
Jf. C, AVEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, J915.
!y-4. . .
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JeBey City,:N. J., March" 10 r-Anita
Girsh, : superintendent of the --Jersey
Citv iPoor Fund. wililDrobahlvbeJ the
first -woman to apply f or. appointment
der. the- new - law;: signed:-; by j Governor
nelder:- She has poUce -workftoTdo
in t. investigating - desertions '-of-'Wives,
drunkenness; and brutality.: .to s. wives
and children. - :
itliFl
SUP
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BlilGHlOF
Gattiirlan uDetailsi)rHow He.'pf.-.? waitedron, to.
. Broke Out itnd 'JumSed
t ej : In AutbV-iE ul .
II
Also Tells ,- of. the Escape Witness
Never
jaw Tnaw - txn,D V
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Temper,
y New .York, March ' 10 . More, wit
nesses to .Harry Ki Thaw's sensation
al flight from Matteawan ' testified to
day at his trial on a conspiracy charge
in connection .with his escape from
the, State asylum .there". '.Norwood
Barnum, gatekeeper uatv -Matteawan,
told of opening the gate to' admit
milkman.-u : He v described how, v'when
the.; fagotti, entered, ''ThawJf dashed
through and, jumped into :an ' t auto
mobile.'which sped away in ai cloud
of ;Cdufet df-: Onri cross-rexaminatiott , the
witness ; saidi ne Knew i naw . weir ana
had talked with"! him .-hundreds h ot
times, j jNeverj saw Thawv exhibit :a bad
temper. T ' -' -"..J
JF"y?flie&rjHickey, driver- df- the milk
wagonhgave; .testimony.- corroborating
that '6t Barnuto j "B ef ore - entering i the
gatIIickeyi 'said, he saw 4 a taxieab1
mbviijg .slowly, along j inj; front yef the
bospital grounds, 'v . ;C t
PROTESTS AGAINST
. SEIZURE OF DACIA
.Paris, March -10. E-N.Breitung,
of New York, owner of the Daclav has
entered a- formal protest against seiz
ure of the vessel by the French; Marl
time. . - He has engaged the ' presi
dent of the .French Association ' of
Maritime Law,' to defend his interests.
vThe Xacia' belonged formerly .to the
Hamburg-American ; Line.- , She .chang
ed her, register and became an Ameri
can a ship after the - outbreak of-hos'
tilities: : , , ;-- -
WHITt: ANTS EAT, WALLS -.1-' :
. : AND FLOORS OF, BUILDING
.Manhattan,' Kan., Ivfatch , 10. The
wooden 5 partitions? and floor of - the
Administration - Building- of -.t the State
Agricultural ; College -here :, are to be
torn out and cement floors - and walls
substituted. ; The measure has become
necessary, on account j of the; termites,
or white ants, twhich . baVe ' damaged
he woodwork " - , v
1 "The -termites.' which live,-on' dry
j vegetable- and- fibre substances, have
proved a pest, at the college, and in
other places over' the State, according
to the entomology department of ; the
college': -They-: have damaged other
buildings . at the collage , in the- past .
-Anderson Hall i the Administration
Building of the college, w.ff damaged
last spring. ' The termites work secret
ly, iiaving'a strong-ay ersion to light,
and It is not easy to detect their work
until " too late. -iTheyv .are normally
most at home in tropical climates, but
are -found distributed over theUnited
I States as far north as Nebraska.-
UlAGOiDRVER
SPEEDING ON
)KV'-" -111 i-Ax
Ccriflicting Reports as to Evac
Zapata Said to Have Taken
ControLV . v1 , P
. Washington, "March' UO.The - de
velopment 'In ' the-; Mexican v situation
today . awaited on Carranza's answer
to the American 'note 'demanding im
provement, in Mexico'- conditions.
.There were, indications 'that the re
ply .would be favorable'."' ' Conflicting
dispatches. 'as to r the evacuation; pf
Mexico, City rduring .the, last - twenty-
four, hoUra, caused niuch doubt. 'A dis
patch-from Vera Cruz.4 dated at 10 a.
m. yesterday; indicated that General
Obregon was still in control."- ' The
vma agency had .a dispatch1' from
Juarez ' saying-, bregott ; troops v evacu
aieu- yesieraay ana tneir places was
taKen byy Zapata trooDs.v- '
. No change, however, has been'made
in the Naval orders, which :arej send
ing .th6.i..battleship'Georgia".'ajid' the
armored cruiser; Washington; 'to' Vera
iruz to reinforce -the - fleet of -l small
craft there, .-' '
Carranza's - reply - to; ther,Ameri'can
note, demanding:. mnrfC nPMtoctfnn-fAr
ua jr. uj , jt l esiijeiji. ,v v. nspnuana nis ,:aa-Visers."-":They
ladeen' MTisedr'un
officilry that the. replyprbbably, would
be favorable. ..-.j. .
Meanwhile precautionary stepsi have
been takenr to ; safe-guard.- American
interests inwMexico-iUnited States
Warships arehoveringclose.io ;the
.Mxacan - shores v to enforce;iif neces
sary; i compliance witJo vthe fAnjerican
demands j-and Americans hr.had V been
warned, to leave because of the-critical
situation' there .v . , . v - i"
fiscal and diplomat! circles here that
Juse of force would not be necessary I
It was the ' opinion among officials
that with the evacuation' of -Mexico
City, by Obregon and its occupation by
Zapata troops, which" a,re counted on
to afford the .proper protection,, the
crisis .soon - will be passed ;
Fifty-Five Were" Recorded
T' .Washington-D. Crf Marclito:
Therei were fifty-five sailingri!eteam
and unrigged vessels, of a 8,629 gross
tons, filed in the United States and of
ficially ; numberdurmg-JjebvV'-ac-cording
v to - the" Department of Com-
merfce
JSIind 86fed Birth, -Sees:
"i-H y ih -ILc Mfll iJoqtf ltU ' .r'
,,Marblead,fMassMarCcft lpr-Miss
ni'TIr' rtcrtt iirirtif r-llis.
.laud- ,Lincoln who rjiasfl passed iher
whole lifetyinj bfindness; fhas J?eenf jre.
stored to ;;sight,' Her. vision coming
Latihe lage pf 4wenty-one,3is attributed
by ther and her. relatives ta the . pray
ers . er jmother : has offered "since her
birth. w C'."" V-
She is the danughter of . Mr. and
Mrs.: William "'P. Lincoln of. Market
Square She was a pupil " at the Per
kins Institute for the Blind in Boston
for" nine - years, and there tphysicians
told herberv case was a rare one, pre
dicting that sight '.might: come to her
at any -time.- A' membrance covered
her pupils, but the doctors and an ope
ration would bring no help.- -- ' 1 -
A Jew days ago, she awoke and ex
perienced 1 a' strange feeling'' in v her
right eye:- She; blinked two ,r -three
t.imeai and was1 astonished tO see "the
sunlight pouring ' in1 1ier room window.
Then She turUed her gaze ; about tbe
room' ajnd realized that she bad ? sight,
in one' eye "for the-first ctime.-,
'' Two. days later she experienced." the
same sensation "-in the left, eye on
awakening in the morning, and.it was
the. signal - for a dear vision; in both
eyes." '- A happier' gir! could1 not -be
fmind in 'the townl'today ni-i
5 ggIlO Cents'la' Rolk " J E.' & J." O
Sharps iPhohe 179 6-J. Advertisement,
mcV 5 mon wed f ri . , , . ' :
GERMAN SUBMARINE TO BOTTOM
London, March 10. -The German sumarine,4 U-20, has
been sent to the bottom, according to a ptatcit Usued to
day by the British Admiralty.'
The submarine,' according to the official announcement,
was rammed today by the British,', torpedo .boat destroyer,
Erial, arid it weritto the bottom; -' The members of the sub
marine's crew surrendered and were saved.
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"-"AMERICAN ISHIP.SUNK.''
. Newport News; Va., March 10.
The German auxiliary cruiser."
4 Prinz:: Eitel Friedrich, which' ar-
rived-' in VHampton' Roads! today, ?
j brought the news' tiatthej-Amer :
tv itdu oiy. vvjuiaui r ty," jaiia ir
fr-ing since last' , November when
4 she left Seattle for Queehstown
4. with grain, had- been sunk -a be'
4 cause she wag suspected : of -carT
4 rying contraband.- - ,
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REPORTS PACT
WITH . ITALY
Newspaper Declares , Germany
Would AlloWAustria to 5 ,
Be Assailed. -T '
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" Rome, March 10. Although : declar
ing : it considers ' ap ' agreement .impose
sible the Idea Nazionale discusses a
report that Germany has agreed with
Italy that ' if .Austria . refuses . territo
rial rights desired by -Italy na' pbjec
tion - would ; be 4 offered by Germany jjtq
an attack upon herpresentsullyprp-
vided Italy dm not enter, into ap; alli
ance with the Triple Entente,, .powers.
The newspaper -calls such a plan
"folly" and says it would' mean -a ;be-
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OFFICERS
Wilmington r-tMan - Among
. i .A v.-;, . - f, -,. i i - :
iNumberT-rew, oern next
-Convention rlace.
' Durham, N.' C. ' March HQ. The
State convention of . the Woodmen of
the world today, elected the following
officers: '
Head .Councillor-C.;' E.- ,Wise,
Greensboro . - v -
i. Head Adviser Z. Ev Grant, Hender-
sonville: r ' t" . ;
"Banker J. W' Fleet, Wilmington.
. Clerk J. H. -Gordon; Concord.
- Es)cprt-Dr . Bdnnijef-s', Morehead
""-wktichma'n-'-J. E.?Giimer' Iidmber-
Gentry- ui LBii Cunningham Tat-
lNew Bern -was selected' as1 the Cony
ventiph city for 1916". . ; -v
. . - j, j, ' if , ' t; - r -- i j i - ;-jMi
ST ktt CO0RT,HE?!iPEllS
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frrAi triFriQiniMQ
' RalehVKMaVch-!10'-the - Supreme
r
Court today .reversed.V verdict,, of 4
jury inNbrtham"ptn county granting
$1,000 damages, to L,. A. warrison, ad
ministrator of the estate of B.f H;' Har
rison, who - was i killed j by a train on
the Atlantic Coast- Line Railroad.
The' reversal was : based . on failure
of the lower court to lay proper stress
upon : contributory t negligence.' ," .:
Because'e , presidmg; judge' oi
Wayne county conrt overruled a , ver-.
dlct of $8,000 damages for J. N. Wil
liams, a ' brakeman, i for personal in
juries sustained while .working . . on
the Atlantic Coast Line, the Supreme
Court' today: granted a new .triaL : , .
.- l-t, . . ' '
Lincoln; Statu? .at G.O. P-f Birthplace
Jackson; Miclr:, "rch 10 .Accord
ing -to IS enator -. Charles E sTownsend,
whose home is in Jackson, ; a statue of
Abraham' Lincoln will be. erected here
to- maker the;, birthplace of the- Repub
lican '.party.-' - The events will be-"-an
interetsing, culmination of the telebra
tion of the 50th anniversary held here
last year .says the S enator ; -.The 'me
morial I, will be. a;Hreplica r of StvGau
dens' 'famous.' statue of Lincolttii ? The
Grand i Old Party was - organized at
an . open-, air mass . meeting in s Jack
son in 154 and it is on that spot that
the Lincoln statue will' be erected ; ?
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Fair, tonight an Thursdar." Not
n;uch change In temperature. Gentle
to moderate winds mostly northwest.
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IMMINENT
London Claims the' : Situation' ;?-.
Is More TavoiIe r Today .
For Allies Than at "Any Oth- ,
, er Time During WarUh-:
."rest in Other Couritrie.
London, ? March'.
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Fleet Slowly " JJeidng-TowarcIs : , V
t:v - CpRstahtr cpls; toOpen N -'f V i'
IOTAS': .England f -
Uees it1 not.since-the wkViWaV Via.
the; situation; both -n land . Vnd sea, "
been'mnre ' fs-trrnWo in tt,a' uun -""t."
than tflfeprM. ;
wuh? mi auunxiancft in inn. . v .
don.'
v Slowl
allied fleet sweeping on to Constan-
tinople, thus opening' another road to
Berlin., The: retirement of Field Mar-
shal ..ton Hindenberg's . army.; from
North; Poland is said to be immi
. . ... I- T 7-'-
y but sUrel'v: it: Ma 'argued rtJi''V''': '?
by many British observers of' 'affairs.' f
In' the' west, the Allies" claim the ;'. :'
offensive all along, the -line, , although '
no decisive - battle is being fought, v"
while Tn the' Balkans -and in Italy, ac- - , . , j .
cording to British y, interpretation of - ; r
the political view, the majority of the V ; ,
people are . clamoring . for .,interveu- ' 1
tion-on the part of the Allies. ( , ' , - ' ' .
Paris officlallytconfirmed today that ' ' r
the- ;Buper-dreadnaught; i Queep Eliza-"',-;iv
betji slipped -into. - the Dardanelles "a 1 '
proper Monday and bombarded, .the i '"
Turkish- forts,. - another one . of, -which
on tne -European '.side nas peen partly v - , '
demolished. ;, ,v. , -,;;;,:.;: r -
. - Petrograd:. dispatches say :-the ;Ger- i I
mahs failed' to reduce;ithev Ossowetz . .
fortress", which" together wlU: the, re- '1; ;
pleated -.defeat -' at : the - Germans ; at; -Grodno
. and Prsasnysz mean i definite
abandonment, of the German .offensive -
via,- pttft r.roiana'. -y t tn ; . ui,. J
ruin fCentral, Polapd . both "-.the Rus: r
siaos ,and Germans are. attacking al-!i i ?
te?nateiy-witn ; no apparent acnange
ip-jthie, situationNThe .same isTtrue t t
inj.i the CarnathianaJ ' and 1 " Generally ,
sajeng! 'the western-' f remt.'; ; " ;''' , ,
jxo i ''Bombardment' Besumed. ,Vp
f,x-ui,is, smarcu xv,-TjupeaLioH Ui-il."iHiaii"i
AUied4fleet in theTJardahelles, gtoppe4 .yt.t --t
jyesterday 'fmornifig;1 by,' unfavorably
fweatllr, . were1 'resumedl vigorously JUi ,
thtafternob'n, according to an Athens u
dispatch to The Matin. - -
The Varships are reported to have - "
made progress in the Narrows, silenc- . '.
ing" thirty- batteries on; the heights.,
of Renkui, the fire from which proved v - ; (
troublesome. --' -v , ',
Italian Warships For Dardanelles.:
Geneva March .10. A 1 newspaper
here says it -has learned from Vienna, v; : :
that several Itaban- warships have . t
put to "sea, probably bound "for the
Dardanelles..
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it,i'citj I- western Persia. j
; "Tiflis, Trans-Caucasus, i : March :. 10 .
The Turkish forces and Kurds, con ;.
centrated in Khor; Northwestern; Per-' ;
sia, are slowly being forced back; Rus-v
sian forces already have .come In pos
session of several ; villages, in which
Turkish - troops' were quartered. In
formation ; reaching - here from the
South is tiiat.a large number of Ar
menians, wb.o "remained , . In Urumia, ,
sixty miles from Tabriz, - were placed
under the protection of the American,
consul. There is a consulate at Ta
briz. ' iv-'-v,"
''v Armenians' were' locked In - a' church .
at - Urumia ; for safe- keeping. They "
were ill- supplied11 with food and 'many '-
died "from starvation ''and -.disease; ' :
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BREAD RIOTS BREAK :
w. n yj. fNr T ffcririri
v vYry:. v dji - - ;- -
Lisbon, March ; 10 , The increase ! . .
in thepice ot bread, was- responsiblev
fdryolenclashes yesterday between ...
theap9Uee, and iworkmen., ih.the Naval
arsenaV? iTh'e, " police Used their 'weap :, 1
ons.' freely and j many persons .were in,? i.
jured.
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Big - Bowling Tburney. .'.-'.' .
Peoria; 111., March 10 , With near-
ly '60O teams entered," the - annual '
tournament , of the American ' Bowling ,
t Congress, opened here- today with the
' promise of breaking records for y
scores ; and entries. it is tne " iii- y
tefenth annual tourneyr and teatas . are '
entered from all over the middle west.
The cash prizes run up to $30,000..' Bowl-
ing is the one sport' that has pot had
a .Setback this, winter.and many of the
crack " bowlers ' re in , great form tor
Association,; on the. proposition to hold ;.
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