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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST
Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST
Circuit. Territory Of Hawaii.
In the matter Of the estate of Ger.
trude Elizabeth LAM, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
and accounts OF w LAM, executor Of
the estate of Gertrude Elizabeth Lanz,
wherein petitioner asks to be allowed
$g29.75 and charged With s1605.S1. and
asks that the same be examined and
approved. and that a final order be
made OF distribution Of the remaining
property to the persons thereto enti-
Ted and discharging petitioner and
sureties from all further responsibility
herein:
1t is ordered, that Monday, the 4th
day of October, A. D. 1915, at o'clock
a. m. before the judge presiding at
chambers of said court at his court
room in the Judiciary building, in Ho4.
nolulu, County OF Honolulu, be and
the same hereby is appointed the time
and place for hearing said petition and
accounts, and that all persons inter-
sested may then and there appear and.
show cause. II any they have, why the
same should not be granted.
BY the court.
tSeal) Ak. AoNA.
Clerk
Dated the 27th day of August. 3d.
6253-Aug. %, Sept. 8. 10, II.
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NIPPON MAR U WILL
DEPART FOR ORIENT
ABOUT TEN TONIGHT

. With $50 passengers aboard, the T.
X. K liner Nippon Maru is to arrive
of port about 8 o'clock this afternoon,
and is due to dock at Pier Z shortly
after 4 o'clock. She viii sail at 10
O'Clock tonight for Yokohama and 9th.
ef Oriental ports.
The diner brought considerable mail
from San Francisco. and left there
August q. She will carry nearly 60
.steerage passengers from. Honolulu to
the Orient
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

come on with "Gets-It" It just loos-
ems the corn from the true flesh, easi
", and then makes It come clean
on. Forty-eisht hours ends corns for
keeps. It makes the use Of tape. corn.
squeezing bandages. Irritating salves'
knives, scissors. and razors really look
ridiculous. Get rid Of those c0rns,
quickly. surely, painlessly just easily
with 'Gets-Ity For warts and bun.
ions, too. It's the Goth century way.
~Gets-Itr is sold BY all druggists, 25c
bottle, or sent direct by e Law.
renee G Co., Chicago. Sold IN Homo.
lulu and recommended as the w0rld's
best corn remedy by Benson Smith 3
Co, Ltd, Fort and Hotel SITS. and
H0llister Drug Co.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27
AGETS-ITv FOR C0RNS,
SURE AS SUNRISE
Any Corn, With snefs-ltn on Il, Il an
Absolute nGonerls

Yes, it's the simplest thing in the
world to get rid Of 4 corn. -wllen you
use .Gefs-It. the worlds greatest
|corn-ridder. Really. it's almost q
pleasure to have corns just to see them
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27
NoTIcE.l

Sonntag. den 20 August, 1915, UNI
1900 Uhr Normittags findet IN der
Deutschen gelisch- Lutherischen
Kirche wieder Gottesdienst staff, zI,
dem freundlichst eingeladen wirj.
Herr Pastor Isenberg wird predigen.
6253-2t
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

A, trainman and passenger were
seriously hurt when a New Haven
express eollided with local near
Boston
Thirty thousand farm hands are
needed In the provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada
Independent steel companies in Phil
sdelphia announced an increase of 81
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HARl0R NoTEs


The schooner Repeat has sailed from
Grays Harbor for Honolulu. leaving
there two days ago.
Charges Of $1,000 4 ton are now said
to be IN effect on steamship freights
from the United States to Rio de ia
metro. with sailing rates $3.50 ton.
The Matson steamer Lurline Is at
Kahnlui today She win return here
Sunday and sail at O'clock Tuesday
afternoon for the mainland.
The liner Great Northern win be
piloted by Captain Raulsen. until re-
Gently skipper Of the North Pacific
boat Homer. Captain Paulsen has
just been appointed pilot Of the big
steamer.
The Pacific Mail liner Korea win
take mall for the mainland on leaving
here Tuesday morning. The steamer
is due here Monday afternoon, and
win bring mall from the Orient.
While flying the Norwegian flag.
the China tea clipper Fiery Cross was
sslbmarined recently off the Softly
Isles. The boat was built in 1860. and
is well remembered by pioneer ship
ping men mere
with All ner nrst-class CABINS duil
and passengers sleeping in the second
cabins waiting for some Of the first
20 pc emptleQ mere. the FaciLlc Man
liner Mongolia VIII arrive Iuesoay
ieaye Tor Iokonama ana the Orient
that afternoon
-FOUR lake steamers OF the ElIle hali-
leaa EieeL are 70 ne CUT INTO tMo sec
lions ,eacn ana taken 20 the Atlantlc
coast where tney VIII ne neaseemelea
boats are the DsWego, Y. e Brown
Well binenamp5on ana y. e. q ce;ui-
lUch. IS
New strips OF sidewalk are being
laid today on Allen street, at both
sides OF tne present stretcn 70 front
OF the Y. 3. army uispensary and ware
The schooner A. j. West sailed for
New York via Panama at 9 O'Clock last
evening, after laying over here more
than week repairing her auziiiary
engines. She ts carrying 9 cargo Of
valuable Philippine mahogany TO New
York The: three deserters who SKIP
not be found.
The American-Hawaiian offices re-
ported today that the freighter Min
nesotan sailed YESTERDAY from Hilo TOT
Delaware Breakwatef, CARRYING 5000
tons Of cargo, sugar and pineapples.
OF the latter $4,000 cases are 10 the
hold.
Advioes from the American-HaWai-
ian freighter Kentuckian are expect
ed late today by the local agents The
boat was to have sailed yesterday
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

Sales: Between Boards 80, SO Wal
alua %; so Oahu Sug. Co. %: 20, Is
Brewery Is; SO. 100 EVA %: 20, Eva
|:21z: 8 San Carlos 75s.
Session Sales. Brewery IS; 10
Oahu ;Sug. Co. rs.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

Ang. &c. AT q meeting Of the direct
ors OF the Eve Plantation Co. held
this date. an extra dividend Of two
per cent was declared payable on
September 80 next, extra announced
recently was for August, In addition TO
the regular monthly dividend Of one
per cent.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

The steamer Lakeland, which ar
rived at Sault Ste Marie, Mich. re-
ported running through a snowstorm
on Lake Superior.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

Latest sugar quotation: So deg.
test. Al cts, or ss4.2o per ton.
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The Matson steamer Lurline Is at
Kahului today She win return here
Sunday and sail at O'clock Tuesday
afternoon for the mainland.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

The liner Great Northern win be
piloted by Captain Paulsen. until re-
Gently skipper Of the North Pacific
boat Homer. Captain Paulsen has
just been appointed pilot Of the big
steamer
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27
Honolulu Stock Exchange
MERcANTHE. Bid

FRIDAY. Ans. u.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

The schooner Repeat has sailed from
Grays Harbor for Honolulu. leaving
there two days ago.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

The Pacific Mail liner Korea win
take mail for the mainland on leaving
here Tuesday morning. The steamer
is due here Monday afternoon, and
win bring mall from the Orient.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

Charges OF $1,000 q ton are now said
to be IN effect on steamship freights
from the United States to Rio de ia
metro. with sailing rates $3.50 ton.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-27

Hackfeld & Company received
wireless today from the Pacific Mai
liner Korea to the effect that the boa
will be In Monday at noon from thu
Orient, and viii sail Tuesday morning
about or 10 o'clock, depending OF
the time the Mongolia gets in from
San Francisco that day.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
Germany Admits Loss
of the Submarine U-14

BERLIN. June II, by wireless to Say
Vile, N Y.-The Overseas News Agency
today gave out the following:
The admiralty publicly announces
the loss of the submarine U14. Her
crew was captured by the British
In the British house of commons last
week, A. j. Balfour. first lord of the
admiralty, announced that a German
submarine had been sunk and that Six
of her officers and twenty-one members
of her crew had been captured.
The German submarines of the C-14
class were built in 1911-12. Their dis
placement, submerged Is 800 tons. They
have speed Of 13 knots above water
and knots submerged. Their cruising
radius is 1900 miles. They carry three
tubes and a complement of twelve men.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
German Embassy Says Safe
Conduct Was for DR..
Meyer-Gerhard.
STATE Department READY
TO EXAMINE EVIDENCE
Officials Here Without Information
That Government Was Victim
of a Trick.

General denial OF the published
charges that DR.. Anton Meyer Gerhard.
for whom the State Department OBJ
tained from the allies safe conduct back
to Germany as an emissary from the
German ambassador, to explain the at
titude of the United States government
rega riding the note to Germany, was in
reality Dr. Alfred Meyer, a high Ger
man official secretly in the United
States buying war materials, was re-
ceived at the State Department today
from the German embassy at Cedar
hurst. N. Y.
This was signed by the charge d'af-
faires, Haniel Won Haimhausen, and
nothing from the German ambassador
himself had reached the State Depart
ment this afternoon. State Department
officials will decide later whether to
make this telegram public.
White House Without News.
President Wilson. 1t was said at the
White House today, has no official
knowledge of the reports concerning
DIR. Meyer-Gerhard
Another published story was to the ef-
feet that DR.. Meyer accompanied DR..
Gerhard.
State Department officials expressed
much curiosity over the reports. but in
stituted no formal investigation From
one Of the editors Of New York news
paper, an American citizen, came word
that he knew both DR.. Meyer and Dr.
Gerhard. and that he personally saw the
latter June take the boat for Norway.
While the State Department, would ex-
anime any evidence that might be
brought to 1t, nothing thus far indicates,
1t was said officially, that there 10 any
foundation for a charge Of trickery
Evening star., 1915-06-17
Says Gunman Was Innocent.

ALBANY, n. Y. June 17-Rabbi Jscob
Goldstein. a chaplain to Sing Sin,
prison and the Tombs. New York citv
asserted before the bill of rights com
rnittee of the constitutional convention
yesterday that one OF the four New
York gunmen executed for the murder
of Herman,R ,Rosenthal went to his deaf h
an innocent man, and that the district
attorneys Office has admitted as much
IN a communication to Gov. Whitman.
Mr. Goldstein would not name the gun
man, but ne Is believed to have re-
ferred to "Dago Frank" Cirodcci.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE.
Canadian Pacific Liner Montfort
Saved by Steamer Demara.

MONTREAL, June 1.-THE Canadian
Pacific liner Montfort arrived here last
night and her officers reported that
the steamer was attacked by sub
marine when one day out from Avon
mouth. Eng. The Montfort's officers
thought they were due for destruc-
ton. but the steamer Demara came up
il the nick of time and shelled the
submarine, causing it to dive. Before
it. dared to come up again the Canadian
Pacific steamer made her escape.
So hard did the engineers push the
Montfort that her machinery broke
down the next day. She therefore took
seventeen days on trip ordinarily
covered in ten.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
PRISONERS SAFEGUARDED.
Alleged Murderers Transferred tt
South Carolina Penitentiarv.

COLUMBIA, s. c., June 17.-Ernest
Isenhower, James Rawles and Jesse
Morrison, charged with killing Jules
Smith, a negro prisoner. during the riot
at Winnsboro, Monday, in which Sheriff
Mood and an alleged member of the
party that attacked the sheriff also were
killed, were secretly brought to the
penitentiary here late last night for
safe-keeping.
At the capital today 1T was stated the
prisoners removal from Winnsboro was
ordered by Gov. Manning.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
Villa Nova Honors Admiral Benson.

VILLA NOVA, Pa, June l7.-Rear
Admiral William S. Benson, chief of
operations of the United States NAVY.
was given the honorary degree of doc
tor of laws at the commencement exer
c,ses of Villa Nova College today. The
degree of doctor of science was con-
ferred upon Rev. Bother Potamian. f.
s. c., of Manhattan College. N. Y
Evening star., 1915-06-17
FRENCH TROOPS TO WEAR
LIGHT STEEL HELMETS

PARIS, June 17.-French soldiers in
the field soon are to begin wearing
light steel helmets. suggesting in their
design the antique headpieces of men
at arms. In color they will be gray
blue, harmonizing with the service uni
forms which French soldiers have been
wearing for several months past.
The ministry of war has adopted a
design for this helmet after a pro-
longed examination of various differ
ent types submitted. The new helmet
will afford considerable protection to
the head from fragments of shells and
rifle bullets travelling with lessened
velocity. The customary cap will be
retained for service behind the front.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
FOUR YEARS TO BUILD TUNNEL
Last Blast Made on Bagdad Railway,
Work on Which Is Uninterrunted

CONSTANTINOPLE.v via London. June
1.-THE war has not interrupted the
work on the Ragdad railway. which
when 1t is coh 7pleted, is to run from
Konia by way of Adana, Mosul and
Bagdad to Busra. The bridge over the
Euphrates river having recently been
finished, an important link in the line
was made today with the final blast in
the Bagtsche tunnel. running through
the Amanus mountains and connectine
the Plain Of Cecilia with A1eppo. This
tunnel is three miles long and has been
four years in building.
Evening star., 1915-06-17

Victor L. Berger. Wisconsin; ;
Box, Pennsylvania; Arthur J.
Brown. New York; Edward o. Browne.
Illinois: r: Fulton Cutting. New York;
Harris, Illinois: L. L. Hobbs, North
Carolina; George H. Lorimer. Pennsyl-
vania: Henry Odell Lovett, Texas: Sam
B. Mccormick. Pennsylvania: Martin B.
Illinois; Charles Nagel, Mis-
souri,: George A. Plimpton. New York
Isaac Sharpless, Pennsylvania; William
F. Slocum. Colorado: Dan Smiley, New
York; Frederick H. Strawbridge, Penn
sylvania: Joseph Swain, Pennsylvania;
Edwin Warfield. Maryland; Henry St G..
Tucker. Virginia.
Resolutions Committee Named.
The resolutions committee was named
as follows:
A. Lawrence Lowell, Massachusetts,
chairman; Newton D. Baker, Ohio: John
Bates Clark. New York. Frederick N
Judson. Missouri: Franklin H. Giddings
New York; S. C. Mitchell, Delaware
James NJ. Beck. New York: Benjamin
Ide Wheeler. California; Thomas Rae
burn White. Pennsylvania George
Grafton Wilson, Massachusetts; John
Bassett Moore, New York: Charles J
Rhoads, Pennsylvania: Frank s. Street
son, Illinois; William II. Taft. ex-
oficio: Herbert S. Houston. New York,
and T. S. Gasden, South Carolina
Permanent Executive Committee.
The following were named as the per-
manent executive committee:
William Hodges Mann, Virginia; John
Bates Clark, New York; Jacob NJ. Dick
inson. Illinois: Austen G. Fox, New
York; Henry c. Morris, Illinois; Leo
S. Rowe. Pennsylvania: Oscar 8. Straus
New York: Thomas Raeburn White
Pennsylvania: Hamilton Holt, New
York: Theodore Marburg, Maryland
William B. How!and, New York; John
Hays Hammond, District of Columbia
william II. Short, New York; A. Law
renee Lowell. Massachusetts; John A.
Stewart. New York: William II. Taft
ex -officio.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
MEYER-GERHARD IN BERLIN,
Confers with Foreign and Colonial
Ministers TODAY.

BERLIN, June II. via London, $40
pm.-Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, who
sailed from New Jork June 4 on a mis-
sion to the German government from
Count Won Bernstorff, reached Berlin
last night.
This morning he had protrac cted
conference with Foreign Minister Won
Jagow and Minister Solf of the colon
iaI office.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
BRITISH WARSH|P
REPORTED AGROUND
Vessel of Agamemnon Type
Almost Submerged, Turk
ish Filler Claims.

AMSTERDAM, June IA dispatch
has been received here from Constan-
tinople saying that according to Off
cial announcement a Turkish aviator
reports having observed a British war
ship Of the Agamemnon type aground
in Kefala bay, Island of Imbros. The
deck of the vessel is almost complete
ly submerged.
The Island of Imbros is off the en-
trance to the Dardanelles straits. A
warship damaged in the straits might
well take refuge there.
story was published recently that
the British battleship Agamemnon had
been sunk by the Turks, but this was
categorically denied by the British
government
Evening star., 1915-06-17
Cotton Mills Ordered Sold

MONTGOMERY. Ala, June 17.-In an
amendatory decree issued by Federal
Judge Henry D. Clayton orders were
given to sell separately the two cot
ton mills of the Tallassee Falls Manu-
featuring Company. at Tallassee. Ala.
The sales are to satisfy mortgages os
sl2,OOO,00O held by Baltimore trust
companies The principal owners of the
cotton mills are Maryland residents.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
Ambassador in New York;
Embassy Declares Story
Is a "Preposterous Lie''

NEW YORK. June 17-Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador. has,
according to q statement made by an
official connected with the embassy.
communicated with the State Depart
ment at Washington in regard to pub
hshed stories that DR.. Anton Never
Gerhard. the ambassadors envoy. was in
reality DR.. Alfred Meyer. privy council
or OF the first rank, chief of the DEPART
ment OF army supplies of the imperial
German ministry Of war. Count Won
Bernstorff returned to the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel here today from a motoring trip
to the Catskills.
1t was said in his behalf that he would
make no comment today to the news
papers about the charge. and that the
whole matter was in the hands OF the
State Department.
"Preposterous and Untrue,
Dr. Haniel Won Haimhausen, counselor
at the German embassy, declared last
night that he had sent telegram to Roh-
ert Lansing. acting secretary of state at
Washington. characterizing as "pre-
posterous and untrue" published ac-
counts that DIR. Anton Meyer-Gerhard
was in reality DIR. Alfred Meyer. chief
OF the supply department of the Ger
| secretly
buying war munitions.
Reflection on Ambassador.
DR.. Won Haimhausen said that he act
ed in the absence of Count Won Bern
storff. who was on motor trip in the
Catskills and whose return was de-
layed by the rainstorm. He wanted il
distinctly understood that he was not
speaking for the count.
Il sent the telegram to Mr. Lansing
he said. because l consider the pub
lished stories an attack on the honor
| representative OF the German govern
ment in this country. 1 told him that
| there was not word of truth in the
stories and that they were pre-
posteroUs lies"
Dr. Won Haimhausen declared thai
Dr. Meyer Gerhard was exactly as HI
represented himself while in this coun
try-a representative of the German
Red Cross. He had been here nearly
nine months, DR.. Won Haimhausen add
ed, and in his capacity was entitled t.
protection under the Geneva conven
| ton whenever he sought to return tt
| Germany.
Doesn't Know "Dr. Meyer"
Regarding the report that DR.. Anton
Meyer-Gerhard was IN reality DR.. Al
| fred Meyer of the German army, Dr.
| Won Haimhausen said:
| II never heard of DR.. Alfred Meyer
| There is no man by that name with tn,
| war department Of the German govern
! ment II there was a DR.. Alfred MeyeI
on the steamer United states when il
| sailed from New York he did not sal
| under protection arranged at the re.
! quest of the German government"
| Regarding the published report which
! referred to an attempt by DR.. Meyer tc
purchase discarded army rifles here
DR.. Won Haimhausen declared 1t un
reasonable to think that Germany
| should want to get rifles that the Unit
| cd States no longer wanted.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
ANTI-LIQUOR LAW UPHELD.
Alabama Supreme Court Says Ship
ping Restrictions Are Constitutional.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. June 1.-THE
Alabama supreme court today in de-
cision held that the recently passed
anti-liquor shipping law is constitu-
tional This law restricts the quantity
of liquor which can be shipped to con
signees in the state of Alabama within
periods. This is the last of
the prohibition enforcement MEASURES
to be acted upon by the supreme court.
it having upheld the anti-liquor ad-
yertising law in previous decision.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
FORCED PEOPLE OUT
OF LUS|TAN|A BOATS
Staff Captain Countermanded
Orders of Master to Be-
gin Rescue Work.
LIFE BELTS UNAVAILABLE
ON DECK, WITNESS SAYS
British Goal King" Says Crew Did
Not Obey Orders, But Tried
to Save Selves.

LONDON, June 1.-THE investigation
into the sinking of the Cunard line
steamer Lusitania May I by a German
submarine off the coast Of Ireland with
a loss of over LOO lives was resumed
in London today under the direction OF
Baron Mersey.
The evidence showed staff Capt.
Anderson countermanded the orders
Capt. Turner had given previously TO
get the women and children into the
boats. number of witnesses testi-
fed that they got into the boats and
had to leave them later on orders from
Capt. Anderson, who was heard shout-
ing: THE ship Is safe"
1t was also testified that no life belts
were available on deck during the
voyage. Bertram Jenkins of New York,
saloon passenger. said he had re-
marked several times to other pas
sengers on the absence Of life belts.
THAT you did not see them | well
believe. but that they we're not there
cannot believe" commented Baron Mer-
sew
Evening star., 1915-06-17
w. R. Brassell Loses Test Case.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, June 1.-THE
supreme court, in a decision today in
the city commission case. ruled that
Walter r. Brassell. now city commits
sioner. could not be a candidate to sue
ceed himself and could not have his
name placed on the ballot This Is a
test case of the recently passed law
revising the Montgomery city commits
sion.
Evening star., 1915-06-17

Of 4,33s tons. was bound from Cardiff
for Archangel, Russia, with a cargo
of coal
Swedish Steamer Seized.
Reuter- dispatch from Gothenburg
says that the Swedish steamer Torsten,
of 1875 tons, from Gothenburg for Eng
land, was captured Wednesday morning
by a German auxiliary cruiser off the
Island of Vinga. The Torsten was towed
southwark, presumably to SwiEemunde
The steamer is said to have no contra
band aboard.
Tank Steamer Sunk.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-THE tank
steamer Desabla, under charter to the
British government, was sunk by a Ger
man submarine off the coast of north
Scotland Monday. according to a cable
gram received by Robert Mitchell, treas
urer of the General Petroleum Company,
from Andrew Weir. British oil financier
Weirs cablegram, which was made pub
lie today, conveyed no news Of the fate
of the steamers crew.
The Desabla was built in 1913 for the
General Petroleum Company. and was
operated for time on the Pacific coast.
The vessel was of 5000 gross tonnage
1t held charter from the Back line but
was rechartered by Weir to the British
government
NEW YORK, June 17.-The Maritime
Register of June II published the in
formation that the Desabla was tor
pedoed June l off Firth of Tay, Scot
land. and that the crew was saved.
Evening star., 1915-06-17
AsroR e1yEs 100000 CHECK.
British Red Gross Subscription List
Opened with Great Sum.

LONDON. june 17.-At a Mansion
House meetink on behalf of Red Cross
funds the Marquis of Lansdowpe am
nounced that William Waldorf Astor
had opened the subscription lis, with a
check for 100000.