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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
THREE AMERICAN \
SAILORS DROWN
SEAMEN BELONGED TO THE
SCORPION, AT ANCHOR OFF
DARDANELLES.

CONSTANTlNOPLE (via Berlin
and London). March 2.--Lieutenant
Commander William f. Bricker of the
United States converted yacht Scor-
pion, and three sailors named Ford,
Dowell and Leverings, were drowned
on the night of March 20 while at
tempting to reach their vessel in a
row boat. The Scorpion was anchor
ed in the BosphOrus, off CONSTANT
nople, near the Dolmabaghcheh pal
ace. The row boat was swamped in
a heavy sea thrown up by south gale.
Lieutenant Herbert S. Babbitt and one
sailor, also in the boat, were saved.
Lieutenant Commander Bricker ar
rived at Constantinople March l6 to
succeed Lieutenant Commander Ed
ward McCauley, Jr., in command of
the Scorpion.
The Scorpion was purchased for
the navy in 1896. 1t has dispace-
ment of $50 tons and has been sta
toned at COnstantinople for some
time. Lieutenant Commander Brick
er, who was formerly naval attache at
the American embassy at Paris, left
that city February % for Constants.
nople to assume command of the
Scorpion. He was born January 18.
1879, in Pennsylvania, and appointed
to the naval academy from that state
in 1896.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
GALICIAN FORTRESS
OF PRZMYSL FALLS
:CFilCKEN POLICEMAN TO BE
ADDED TO THE POLICE FORCE

Chief Owens will add a new mem
Der to his police force today; he will
be known as the Chicken policeman, -
the name having been donned by Al
derman Dart, and his special duty will
be to arrest and place in the city
pound chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese,
etc, caught running at large in GER
tain limits of the city as prohibited
in an ordinance passed by city council
many months ago, but which has new
er been enforced. 1t has not yet been
announced whether he will be provid-
ed with a cast net, rod and hook,
or just what kind of an instrument
will be used in his work of catching
the fowl, nor has any appropriation
been made for any assistants in the
way of small boys to assist in chasing
chickens
Anyway council has decided that the
chicken ordinance is to be enforced,
notice of the fact being given in spe-
cial notice elsewhere in The News,
and hereafter any chickens, turkey or
fowl of any kind caught running at
large will be placed in the city pound
and it will be necessary for the owner
to pay fee to recover said chicken.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
BOMB KILLED
MADAME PESS0N
ONLY ONE DEATH REPORTED
FROM ZEPPELIN RAID ON
PARIS SUNDAY.

PARIS. March 22--While no one
was killed directly by the Zeppelin
bombs which were dropped in Paris
and its environs early yesterday, they
resulted in the death of Madame
Charles Pesson, who lived in the Rue
des Danes. The aged woman was so
frightened by the explosion of a bomb
in that street that she died soon aft,
erWards.
After Public Prosecutor Lescouve
and his staff had visited all the places
where bombs exploded and examined
several witnesses, he drew up a re-
port TO which will be annexed reports
made of previous airship raids upon
the city.
A city analyst who spent the day col
lecting bombs which did not explode
and fragments of those which did
took them to his laboratory for a
chemical analysis.
From a cursory examination he
found that most of the missiles drop.
ped were incendiary, containing a
mixture of phosphorus, tar and ben.
zine, provided with lighting contri
vance, consisting of wick soaked in
petroleum
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
.F0R1Y.0NE RUNS
SINCE JANUARY |
CHIEF HARRISON AND HIS MEN
HAVE AVERAGED OVER DoZ-
EN- CALLS A MONTH.

If the record established during Jan
uary, February and March is main
tained throughout the year, then the
Brunswick fire department will un-
questionably break all previous rec
ords as to the number of runs during
a year. OF course it is not expected
that there will be as many during the
remainder of the year as has been the
case during the winter months.
Up to last night the department had
responded to a total of Al runs, an av-
erage, if there is just one more this
month, of ID per month.
While most of these blazes have
been small ones, still Chief Harrison
is of the opinion that had not the
auto fire machines been installed the
total loss would have been more than
double what it is. "In many instances, .
said the chief last night, I'VE have
been able, with the auto machines, to
check a blaze quickly, and thus pre-
vent a heavy loss while with the old
horse-andwagon equipment we could
not possibly have done it."
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
INTERESTING SERVICES
AT M'KENDREE CHURCH
LARGE Conoreuation Attended All Of
the Meetinas Held at Revival
Yesterday.

Monday is generally a bad day for
revivals. but there were three good
services at the Mex Kendree Methodist
church Yesterday. The special chill
dren's services held at 3 O'Clock by the
Rev. Sharp. was well attended for the
first service There were about 70
children present. He took the first
! three letters of the alphabet A. B and
word with A. then r and then G. They
gave him for his subject: ALWAYS Be
lieve Christ 1t was a verv interest
ing time for the children. Tomorrow
thev are to bring text with three
words. beginning with the latters G..
H and J. All the children Of the city
are invited
The evening service was well at
tended. The Rev. Sharp preached on
Isaiah 55: :6-7. He preached the old doc
trine Of repentance. He told the peo-
pie they would have to straighten up
their old lives before the Lord would
come into their hearts" He contin-
ned. God was anxious to pardon and
would freelv pardon aud would abun-
dainty pardon every man of his sins if
he would but ask Him"
Services every day at 10 am. Chill
dren's services at pm. Regular serv-
ice at 1880 pm.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
ASKS RECEIVER
FOR BALL CLUB
PLINY w. BARTHOLOMEW AL
LEGES INDIANAPOLIS FEDS
ARE iNSOlVENT.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March %
Alleging that the Indianapolis Fede-
raj league baseball club is insolvent,
Pliney w. Bartholomew, stockhold-
er, brought suit today for a receiver
He alleges that in addition to an in.
debtedness of $4,000 the club is in.
debted to the stockholders for non.
payment of six per cent dividends on
$4,000 worth of stock.
The petition says the club is losing
money every day and declares the
corporation controlling it is about to
dissipate it's property and assets by
transferring the club to unknown
parties without in any way providing
for or securing the payment of its
Stockholders or dehatcrs sums already
due them.
The case will be heard tomorrow in
superior court.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
The ATTEMPT TO
FORCE STRAITS
REACHES CLIMAX
ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE AROUND
THE TURkISHED FORTS is
DARKENED BY SMOKE OF THE
DARDANELLES FIGHTING.

BERLIN (via London), March %.
The COnstantinople correspondent of
the Wolff bureau telegraphed today
this description of the fighting at the
Dardanelles on Thursday, March IS,
in which the French battleship Bou-
vet and two British battleships were
sent to the bottom:
THE efforts of the allies to force
the straits of Dardanelles, reached
their climax in an artillery duel on
Thursday, March IS, which lasted
seven hours. The entire atmosphere
around the Turkish forts was dark
ened by clouds of smoke from eX-
ploding shells and quantities of earth
thrown into the air by the projectiles
of the French and British warships.
The earth trembled for miles around.
The allies entered the straits at half
past eleven in the morning Four
French and five British warships took
part in the beginning. This engage
ment reached its climax at 1:30 when
ire of the allies was concentrated
upon Fort Hamidieh and the adjacent
fortified positions.
"The attack of modern marine ar
tillery upon strong land forts pre-
sented an interesting as well as ter
rifying spectacle. At times the forts
were completely enveloped in smoke.
At o'clock the allies changed their
tactics and concentrated their fire
upon individual batteries, but it was
evident that they found difficulty In
getting their range. Many of their
shells fell short, casting up pillars of
water, or went over the forts to ex-
plOde in the town.
AT quarter past three, when the
bombardment was at its hottest, the
French battleship Bouvet was seen to
be sinking by the stern A moment
later her bows swung clear of the
water and she was going down. Roar
ing cheers from the Turkish garrisons
and forts greeted this sight. Torpedo
boats and other craft of the allies
hurried to the rescue, but were sue
cessful in saving only a few men.
Beside having been struck by a mine,
the Bouyet was severly damaged
above the water line by shell fire.
One projectile struck her forward
deck. A mast also was shot away
and hung overheard. 1t could be seen
that the Bouvet, when she sank, was
endeavoring to gain the mouth of the
straits. This, however, was difficult
owing, apparently, to the fact that
her machinery had been damaged.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23

litical effect
At the other end of the line the
Russians are advancing in Bukowina
in the direction of Czernowitz. They
now are due east of that CITY on the
line of the river Pruth, and they need
only to cross the river again to be in
possession of thee apithal of Buko-
wilma.
Storms again have intervened to
i've the Dardanelles forts rest, ac-
cording to information given out in
London. A report Of the Dardanelles
fighting of March 18, received from
Constantinople, declares the allies
xessels fired on Thursday two thou
sand shells without siletncing single
Turkish battery.
The recrudescence of Zeppelin
activity with the throwing of bombs
on Paris revived tagging interest in
aerial warfare but little fear is felt
here that the Germans will follow up
the Paris attack with raid on Lon
/ don,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
A SHORT SESSION
OF CITY COUNCIL
ONLY A FEW ROUTINE MATTERS
DISPOSED OF BY soLoNs
LAST NIGHT.

City council met in regular semi
monthly session last night. The full
board, with the exception of Alderman
Cook, was present.
The meeting was a very short one,
only few matters being disposed Of.
One or two minor petitions were
read, etc
The committee on light and water,
to which was referred the resolution
of Alderman Nash. providing for the
installation of 16-candlepower lights
at the intersection of Union and r
and Gloucester and Cleybourne streets
reported favorably on same.
Chief of Police Owens submitted
his report for the month of February,
showing total collection in his Of
flee Of $23560. The report was order
ed filed. Health Officer Abercrom-
bic submitted his report for the same
month, which is published in full else
where
Alderman Luwdig introduced res
olution which was passed granting
Confederate veterans free city license
in the city.
Accounts for the month were read,
audited and ordered placed in course
Of settlement.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23

If this is not done, then said chicken,
or turkey or goose, or whatever it
may be, will be put up and sold at
public Outcry to the highest and best
bidder for cash. Therefore the best
thing for the chicken owner to do is
to stop up all the holes in his fence,
cut his chickens wings and teach
them hereafter to spend their idle
hours at home.
This ordinance, it will be remem-
bered was passed by council some
time ago, after spirited debate. Va
rious petitions for and against were
circulated and generally signed, many
citizens signing both of them. Then,
after it was legally enacted into law
it was never enforced, and the chick
ems have been permitted to take
charge of the various city streets and
squares, which much complaint, has
been made, mostly by those who do
not own chickens.
In order to properly enforce the or
dinance a special officer will be en-
ployed for the work, and he will at
once start out to see that the provis-
ions of the ordinance are carried out
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
REPORT IS MADE
TO WASHINGTON
Shot Fired Over Her Bow at
Ell Moro Stopped the
Steamer.
SHE TRIED TO SLIP OUT
1t Is Believed That the Ham
burg American Steamer Had
War; Supplies Mixed With
Her Cargo.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The
Hammburg-American liner Odenwald,
stopped from leaving San Juan, Porto
Rico, yesterday by shots across her
bow, is being held under the recent
congressional resolution empowering
the president to prevent supplies 60
ing from American ports to ships OF
the European belllgerents at sea.
Secretary Garrison is making
thorough investigation in conjunction
with treasury department officials and
the White House.
Under the resolution the president
was "authorized to direct collectors
of customs under the jurisdiction OF
the United States to withhold clear
foreign, which he has reasonable
cause to believe to be about to carry
fuel. arms. ammunition, men or sup
plies to any warship or tender or sup
ply ship of belligerent nation, in
violation OF the obligations of the
United States at a neutral nation"
1t further provides that "in case
any buGl NtbDti butill utDdIL VI ut
tempt to depart from the jurisdiction
of the United States without clear
ance of any Of the purposes set forth
the owner or master or persons or
persons having charge or command
of such vessel shall severally be liable
to a fine of not less than $4,000 nor
more than $4,000 or to imprisonment
not exceeding two years or both, and
in addition such vessel shall be for
feited to the United States" 4
Officials would not disclose what,
grounds they had for believing that
the Odenwald came under the terms
of the resolution.
This report was received today from
from Lieutenant Colonel Burnham in
command of the Porto Rican regi.
ment:
Hamburg American commercial
steamer Odenwald attempted to leave
this port about three this afternoon
March 21) without clearance papers.
At the request OF the collector of GUS
toms to prevent departure and in
compliance with instructions In your
telegram March 49, warning shots
were fired with machine guns and one
shot across her bow with fiveinch
rifle from FL Moro. Ship then came
to anchor under El Moro. No one
was injured. Ship returned tho her
anchorage in the harbor. In pres
ence Of collector Of customs March
10. | personally informed and warned
German consul and commander Of
the Odenwald that force would be
used If necessary to prevent vessel
leaving without clearance"
It is also learned that when the
Ofenwald was warned she could not
leave San Juan until port officers had
an opportunity for thorough inspec-
tion. permission for search was re-
fused
officials here feel convinced that
thn Odeuwald. while not loaded with
usua'iv are carried by merchantmen
NAV have intended to fit out on the
high seas with guns and ammunition
as an auxiliarv cruiser like the Prinz
FGitel Friedrich, now at Newport
News.
Local officers in Porto Rico sus-
nected that the Odenwald was plan
ming tn take that course and had the
United States consented to her de-
narture under the circumstances. It
was held nv the state department that
it thereby might have created another
Alabama case.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
MANY MOVEMENTS FOR
NEW COUNTIES NOW ON

Reports on the 1915 crop of new
county movements indicate that there
are at least three flourishing in south
Georgia, apparently unhurt by the
frosty intimation given by the 1914
legislature that new comfy schemes
would be dropped for a few years.
Midtown, in Berrien county, Pear
son, in Coffee county, and Nahunta, in
Wayne, are all busy on the new coun-
ty plans.
The latter movement has been
launched with Wilson" as the name,
after the president Of the United
States Names for the other counties
will be announced later the adyo-
Gates having several in view.
Coffee county Is almost entirely in
terested in the Pearson movement,
although Clinch and Ware may lose a
small slice to create the county pro-
posed Sentiment in Coffee is report
ed to be favorable to the new county
Willacoochee, one Of tho thriving
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
THREE RUNS YESTERDAY
FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief Harrison and His Men Kept
Well on the Go by the Return
of Cold Weather.

The little unannounced shift in the
weather yesterday gave Chief Harri-
son and his fire laddies quite a busy
day of it. and in all they responded to
three alarms and. while none of the
blaZes resulted very seriously, still it
took some good work on the part of
the department to check them.
The first alarm was sent in at 7:45
am, the blaze being located in a
store and dwelling at 1929 Amherst
street, occupied bwy G. A. Chapman
and owned by Albert Fendig. The
roof was considerably damaged.
The next alarm was sounded at
1880 am, and called the department
to one of the cottages of Mrs Har-
rison, 1923 Union street, occupied by
Mr.. Tennall The damage was slight.
The last call was at 4:10 yesterday
afternoon. and was located in a resi-
dence at Poll Cochran avenue, owned
and occupied by Butler Scott.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
ALLEGED BANDIT ON TRIAL.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March
22.-John Ashley, alleged bandit and
desperate, was placed on trial for the
third time here today charged with
the murder several years ago of De
Soto Tiger, a Seminole Indian. The
first hearing in the case two years ago
resulted in mistrial. 1t was while
his second trial was in progress last
October that Ashley escaped from the
deputy sheriff who had him In charge.
Ashley is alleged to have led the ban
dts who recently robbed a bank at
Stuart Fla. He was captured several
days later.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
RECOGNIZE NO GOVERNMENT.

WASHINGTON, March 22.--Recent
events in Mexico have not changed
president Wilson's determination not
to recognize any government there
which is not the result of orderly
elections. Various renorts of efforts
TO induce the United States to recog-
ri2e General Villa were met at the
White House TODAY with the state-
ment that the presidents policy was
unchanged. and that he had no inten.
ton Of departing from It.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
.OR. A. H. SCOTT
DIES SUDDENLY
PROMINENT MICHIGAN CITIZEN,
VISITING HERE, DIES AT
HOME OF DAUGHTER.

DR.. A. II. Scott, IA years of age
passed away at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs A L. Church, on Albermarle
street, last night shortly after 9
o'clock While Dr. Scott had been in
i'll health for the past year or two
suffering from heart trouble, still his
death came as a surprise.
The deceased was a resident of St
Joseph, Mich, where he resided prac.
! tically all of his life. For the past
ten years, however, he has been spend
ing the winters with Mr.. and Mrs
Church in the South and during his
visits to Brunswick he has made a
large circle of friends.
The deceased was prominent in Sc
cret order circles; he was past exalted
ruler and a life member of the Elks,
a thirty-second degree Mason, past
master of that order, past high priest
of the chapter and past eminent COM
mander of the Knights Templar. He
has been a practicing physician of
st. Joseph for many years.
He is survived by his widow and
one daughter Mrs. A. l.. Church. Fun
eral services will be held at the res.
idence at 2:30 pm. today, and the re-
mains will be forwarded to his old
home for interment over the Atlantic
Coast Line at 3:55, accompanied by
Mrs. Scott, DIR. and Mrs. Church and
Miss Julia Church. The local lodge
90 11yc hn
name honorary pallbearers today to
escort the remains to the union depot
The News ioins the many other
friends in extending sympathy to the
hereaved family
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
Regret Is Expressed.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Great
regret was expressed by naval officers
over the death of Lieutenant Com
mander Bricker, who was well known
here. Seaman lrven DowelI was from
Annapolis, Md, Charles Ford's home
was in Oxford, Miss. Naval records
here show no sailor named Leverings.
A report from Ambassador Morgen-
thau said the third sailor drowned
was Albert f.. LewerenZ, an ordinary
seaman from Milwaukee. The wife
of Charles Ford lives in Berkeley, Va.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23

towns Of Coffee, has long wanted to
be a county seat It is understood
that an effort will be made to create
the county without designating the
county seat, letting the voters ex-
press their preference, with Pearson
and Wilacoochee the candidates.
Saturday, April 3 is the date Sc
lected for another new county rally
at Milltown, the meeting to be held
under the auspices Of the Chamber
Of Commerce.
A meeting is scheduled at Pearson
this week, and the Wilson county
workers are holding semi-monthly
conferences. II is not believed that
there will be any further additions to
the crop so far as the southern end OF
the state IS concerned.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-23
BACK TO NICKEL BREAD.

CHICAGO, March 22.-Bread prices
in Chicago were reduced to five cents
a loaf, the normal figure, today, by
practically every baking concern. The
price advanced to six cents last month.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
MAI. JOHN 0. SKINNER
RECEIVES HONOR MEDAL
Presented to Him by President VIII
son for "Gallantry in Action"
During Modoo War.
Head Of Columbia Hospital Hero for
Eleven Years-Rescued Com
rAde Under Fire.

Maj. John o. Skinner. U. s. A.. re-
tired. who received from the hands of
President Wilson yesterday afternoon
a beautiful medal of honor. authorized
by Congress. for "gallantry in action"
in the Modoc war in 1873. has been
head Of Columbia Hospital. in this city.
for eleven years. and ranks among the
best known medical men of the coun-
try. The presentation took place in
the presence of distinguished gath
ering of army officers. headed by Gen.
Hugh L Scott. chief of stan of the
army; Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Gen.
Charles Humphrey. Gen. Swan and Col.
Thomas Cruce. President Wilson, in
presenting the medal. a tardy recogni-
ton of the heroism Of DR.. Skinner.
spoke in praise of the act OF the for
mer army surgeon and said it gave him
pleasure to have been authorized to
hand the medal to the recipient.
The honor conferred upon Maj. Skin
ner was an exceptional one of Con-
gress, there being no law granting
for bravery to contra ct
surgeon, such as was DR.. Skinner at
that time. Officials of the army were
loath for a long time to give their ap-
Evening star., 1915-04-07
GERMAN STATEMENT.

BERLIN, April 2, via London, $40 D.m.:
In the western theater Of the war: The
village Of Drei Grachten. which was
occupied by our troops the day be-
fore yesterday, and which the enemy
has bombarded with his heaviest ar
tillery and mine throwers, was, for
last night.
An attack in the Argonne broke down
under fire Of our chasseurs.
Northeast of verdun a French advance
approached only as far as our outer
positions.
To the east and southeast of Verdun a
failed, with extraordinarily heavy
In the Combres hills two French bat
talions were destroyed by our fire.
At ALLY our troops commenced q
counter attack and threw the enemy
back into his old position.
At Apremont the enemy had no sue
cess
The other French attacks at F1irey
likewise completely failed. Numer-
front, and the number is increasing.
owing to the fact that the French
threw those who had fallen in their
trenches in front of our positions.
On the western border OF the Bots lie
Pretre one of our battalions beat
back strong forces Of the 18th French
Regiment after a bayonet engage
ment.
Notwithstanding a heavy snowstorm,
fighting has been going on since yes
terday afternoon at HartmannS-We lei
lerkopf
In the eastern theater: During an ad-
vance on Russian territory in the
direction of Andre1ew, thirty kilo-