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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-03
BLEW UP MAGAZINE
ON KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
British Observer Describes De
struction Of German House
at Messines.
SPECIAL caoi. De.patch to rus suS

LoRpoN, Feb Am account writtoi.
by the official eyewitness" with II
British General siaf. under date q
January 80, and made public by the on
cial press bureau to-day, describes th'
Smelling by British artillery on January
"a of "a house al Messines used by the
Germans as o magazine for bombs and
grenades.
The house was blown up. after which
there WAS a series OF sma. Tor explosions
The British troops regarded the display
Of fireworks as = lifting celebration O
the Kaiser's birthday
The account describes two German az.
lacks on the British lines, on January
90, between La Bassee canal and tho
Bethune road. which resulted In y costly
failure The Germans were repulseG.
leaving 25O dead on the field. whllo the
British casualties were slight
The writer discrcdits the suppositio1
that the recrudesCenCc Of German actiV-
ity on January % was intended to sir
nalize the birthday of the Kaiser on Jan
uary 81 with - victory The attacks o.
the French at Zonnebeke and the Brit
ish at Gulnchy and Givenchy, the ac
count says, were isolated actions, SOP
aratcd by distance OF twonty-eght
miles and without tactical connection.
Letters written by German soldiers IN
which the writer's display intense hatrei
OF the English and advocate that Brit
ish soldiers taken a. priSoners be shot
are quoted.
The German soldiers appear to b.
we'll looked AFTER the report continues
Special care IL taken TO sec that TN,
lowlying trenches are provided with
board floors above the water level. T'ls
men leaving them are made to remove
their boots and socks snd their feet are
rubbed and busted with some kind o.
powder. All the soldiers are compelled
to undergo incubation against typhoid
and cholera. Many OF them we're twins
In England before the war and sorne OF
those captured oppressed an ardent d.
s.ra 90 return"
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MORE BREAD RIOTS.
several Persons Injured In Raid
On Bakeries.

special cable Despatch 10 rHU SUI.
ROME, Feb. Bread riots have &C.
CURED at Sorso, SARDINIA. where the
unemployed attempted a raid on the
bakeries Several Of the rioters were
injured The agitation continues IN
spite of the free distribution Of brea !
by the municipality.
Efforts are being made by the au-
thorities Of Florence and other cities to
lower the cost of bread. The munich
palities are distributing -four, with the
result that the situation is improving.
Tho agitation has subsidized In these
cities since the police arrested and eE.
PEELED the German and Austrian agents
who, besides provoking the agitation,
have been engaged in the expectation
OF contraband wheat,
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delay caused by the explosion was slight
aud merely temporary. The railroads
best train. No. 10. between Montreal and
St John was delayed only twenty min
utes and traffic was resumed as usual
throughout the day. II is understood
mere that the part Of the bridge dam
aged was that owned by the Maine Cen
tral On the United States side. although
Mr.. Smell was not certain of that. The
ST CroiN River empties out Of Deer
Lake, north of Nanceboro Five miles
east OF that town In McAdam Junction.
one of the main connecting points. with
Edmundston and North New Brunswick.
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PLAN CIVIL ACTION.
Canadians Way Attach NJ Military
Significance To offence,

ST. JOINS, y. T.. Feb. THE dispo-
sition OF New Brunswick, as expressed
Tonight by Aforementioned j. B. NJ
Baxter, Is to treat Van Horn. the Ger
man who attempted to blow IN the
Canadian Pacific Railroad bridge over
the St CroiN River as a civil offender
with no military significance attaching
either to his offence or the punishment
for H.
Discussing the case tonight, Mr.. Bax-
ter said In nv opinion Van Horn Is
liable to extradltlon. lie does not ap-
pear to have been In uniform nor to
have been ac,ing under military orders
This man entered Canada purely as
CIVILIAN aDIJpc9 qoment he crossed
the line he became subjec, to the laws
OF this country. His entry was in no
sense an invasion"
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TO TRY KRUGER's GRANDSON.
seventy-one BurEhers Also Are Or.
dered Court-NartisIIed.

PRETORIA. via London, Feb. 2.---Pleter
Grohler, grandson of Paul Kruger AMI
member Of the Union Parliament. has
been committed for trial on a charge of
treason.
II Is officially announced that seventy
one burghors who refused to servo
against the Germans in the southwest
have been ordered court-martialled and
that 500 others who urged various
reasons for exemption will be returned
to their home districts, where their ex-
cuses will be investigated by local
boa rds.
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". CHARVET LOSES SONS.
One Dies In Paris, Another on hat
tie Field.

Information has reached New York
of the death of two sons of T.. Charvet.
the well known mems furnisher In the
Place Nendome, Paris. His third son,
Etienne Charvet, dropped dead OF heart
disease In Paris In March. His second
son, Raymond. Lieutenant OF Infantry.
was killed in action near Amlens on
September 26
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FLExNER MAY BE HoNoRED.
.. Candidate for Associate OF
French Academy Of Medicine.

PARIS, Feb. 2.---The committee OF tho
Academy of Medicine drew up to-day a
list OF candidates for the honor OF for
eign associate. Prince Albert of Monaco
Is placed first on the list, followed in
alphabetical order by tn names OF DR.
Simon F1exner OF New York. director
OF the Rockefeller Institute 70. Medical
Research Dr. Kitasato OF TOXIC. DR..
Perronctto OF Turin and Sir Almroth
Wright OF London. author Of the system
OF anti-typhoid Ejaculation.
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GERMAN GUNB0AT SUNK.
russian Submarine Also Damaged
small Cruiser, IL Report.

LoNnoN, Feb 3.--The Petrograd cor.
respondent of the Morning Post says:
"A Russian submarine sank a German
gunboat on the German coast, and also
hit and seriously damaged a small
cruiser Of the Gazelle type, possibly the
Ga1ell. herself"
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FEAR DANISH SHIP HIT MINE.
The MarseIisborr. From Norfolk
for Copenhagen, Thought Lost.

LONDON. Feb. 2.---An Exchange Tele-
graph Company despatch from Copen-
hagen says IL Is feared there that the
Danish steamship Marselisborg. from
Norfolk on December 20 for Copenhagen.
has struck a mine and been lost.
The Marselisborg is vessel OF LIS
tons and carries a crew Of twenty-five
men.
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ITALY PREPARES ALL
RESERVISTS FOR CALL
Italians in London Are Mott
fled TO Be Ready to Join
Regiments.

LONDON, Feb. All Italian reservlsts
here have been notified to prepare to
answer a call to join their regiments.
Preparations made by the Italian War
Department reported in frequent des-
patches during tho past two months in
dictate that the military authorities are
ready for general mobilization on short
notice. Several classes Of reservists,
notably Alpnists and mountain artillery.
including soldiers up TO the age Of 80
years, have actually been called 10 the
colors. ostensibly for period OF training
II was announced in December last
that provision has been made for the
calling out OF the entire Italian army
in war conditions, a total Of about $780,
900 men.
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MAY CLAIM IMMUNITY.
II He Is Regular omc.r lie Might
Win Case,

WAsHlNGroN, Feb, state Depart
ment officials said to-day they had re-
coived no report OF the dynamiting Of
the Canadian Pacihc-Maiue Central Rail-
road bridge at 81 CroiN, Canada.
IL IL not eAreptcd the STATE Depart
vent will+he brQusht into tbe case until
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In the woevre district the enemy
delivered an attack OH the western
side OF the Bouchot Forest (noi tn
ease Of Troyon), which was at once
driven back.
There Is nothing to report on the
frost In Lorraine and in the Vosges.
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Germany summons Old .Non-,oms.

BERLIN, via Amsterdam and London.
Feb 2--An order has been issued by the
German military authorities calling upon
all former non-commissioned officers un-
der the age Of 80 years to report for
duty for the drilling OF recruits
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Won KLUCK'S SON FALLS.
Naval Lieutenant Reported killed
In Land Artillery Battle.
Special cdb,e Despotch TO TIM srS

BERLIN, via Amsterdam and London.
Feb. 2, 1910 A. M.-Egon Won Kluck,
eldest son Of Gen. Won Kiuck, who was
"a naval Lieutenant. Is reported TO have
fallen In an artillery battle near Middel-
kerke on January 90.
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KAISER TO SEE NAVY.
Going 20 wiIheImshaven to In-
spect Gcrmany's Naval Base,

BERLIN, VIA London, Feb. 2.-Emperor
william leaves Berlin Tomorrow 'pr
Wilhelmshaven 70 inspect the German
North sea naval base there.
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No Van Werner or Van Horn In
Army Lists.

An examination of the German Army
Lists for 1915 and the Court Calendars
fails ~ disclose the name OF Van
Werner or n Van Horn MS an officer
Of the German army. No officer OF either
name Is to be found In the lists OF re-
tired or active officers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-03
BUCHAREST BARS ALIENS.
Foreigners without special Per-
mits to He Expelled.

BUCHAREST, via Rome, Feb "a law
has been passed dealing with foreigners.
who are To he expelled unless supplied
with special police permits
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AMERICAN WINS PROMOTION.
Corporal Moriac of Foreign Legion
L. Made Sergeant.

PARIS, Feb. 2,--THE SUNS corre-
spcndent with the American Volunteer
Corps OF the Foreign Legion writes that
Corporal Edward Morlac has been pro-
NOTED TO the rank OF sergeant.
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STURDEE BACK IN ENGLAND.
Victor In Falkland Islands Battle
Returns Home.

I,oNDoH, Feb. 2,--Hear Admiral Sir
Frederick Sturdee, winner OF the cattle
III the Falkland Islands, arrived with
his stan at Plymouth to-day on the
liner India.
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ROCKEFELLER FUNERAL HELD
 AT HUDSON RIVER HOME

TARRYTOWN. March 15.-The fun eral of the late Mrs. John D ROcke- fcller was held at the Rockefeller home yesterday, and was witnessed only by a few immediate friends and the mem bers of the family.
 The remains have been placed in the receiving vault of John D. Archbold pending the determination of the final resting place. The aged flnancier. John D. Rockefeller, who was sojourning in Flordia, was unable to reach the bed side of his wife, before she passed away.
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GENERAL LoN0ShoREMEN'
 STRIKE IN SEATTLE, WASH

SEATTLE, March l5.-What practi- caIly amounts to q general strike of the longshoremen commenced here to- day. The failure to prevent the load ing of vessels coming here from Van couver, where the iongshoremen have been on strike for some time is the reason given. According to the claims or the iongshoremen's union the vessels arriving here are being loaded by scab labor at the instance of local shippers The vessels engaged in the Alaska trade will probably be included in the strike tomorrow.
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JUNEAU, March l5.. The day has been largely given mp to committee meetings. no measure. so far. having been submitted. \ public committee meeting was held this morning for the purpose of considering changes in the medical bill introduced recently by Britt of the First Division The new measure calls for the repeating of the old law and the substitution of the new one now under discussion.
 A joint committee also met to draft a new mining law more in keeping with the needs of all esctions The new measure will also he designed to super sede the mining act of the first legis lature.
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BULLOCK WILL BE
 TAKEN BACK THURSDAY

WASHINGTON, March l5.-John II. Bullock, one of the men convicted of to defraud the government on government coal contracts in AL asia, will be taken to Seattle Thursday to commence the service of the sen tence of one year imposed by the trial court Bullock has been in the capital for some time having came east last fall in an effort to secure d pardon for himself and accomplice, Chas r Hus- ton.
 Bullock has been arrested under a bench warrant issued hy the seattle court.
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IN MANZANllLo DIST.

WASHINGTON, March l5.-Dis- patches from the American consul at Manzanillo state that a condition of absolute anarchy prevails throughout the entire districts of Colina and Guadalajara and murder and rapine are of daily occurance. Tho advfces state that the few foreigners in the western districts have taken up resi- dence in tho city which is comparative ly quiet. So far the lives of foreigners have been respected
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WASHINGTON, March 15.--The preemptory demands of the American government for the lifting of the Car ranza blockade of the port of Proeresso are officially stated to be occasioned by tho high handed methods of the com mander of the Mexican gunboats Be fore the lifting of the blockade the up one American vessel and fired shots across the bows of another. The Mex jeans are also reported to have inter fered with British shipping, detaining several steamers without known cause.
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LAPS PREPARE FOR DECISIVE WAR
 ACTION |N MANCHURIA bUL lETInS

TOKYO. March 15.--It is govern mentally announced that the Japanese have decided to press their dema nis in the Manchuran matter and immed fate steps will be taken to forestall the possibility of the Chinese further prolonging the settlement of the Jap anese claims. The war ministry has announced the sailing of the first con tingent of troops to Manchuria
 The official statement asserts that the forwarding of troops is solely for the protection of the lives and property of Japanese residents in Manchuria
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INFORMATION WANTED.

Monroe Thomas. attorney at law sr Palo Alto. Cal. desires to learn the present whereabouts of Samuel Me Cormick, supposed to have been resident of Nome for fifteen years. Me Cormck is in danger of losing sons valuable property and the attorney states that commensurate reward will be paid for information as to his present location.
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PANIC IN TURKISH
 CAPITAL CONTINUES

LONDON, March l5.--Sofa reports show continued panic in Constanti- nople According 10 refugees arriving over the Bulgarian border the Sultan has decided to move the seat of govern ment to Eski Sheher In Asia Minor, as il is daily expected that the allied fleet Turkish capital. No news has been given out as to the progress of the fleet today.
 Paris dispatches received from Bal
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cARRANzA'S STATEMENT
 ACCEPTED BY
 SPANISH GOVERNMENT

MADRID. March 15.-The Spanish government after an investigation of the charges preferred by General Car ranza against the former Spanish Min- ister to the Mexican Republic has an- nonnced that Spain has accepted the explanation of the Carranza govern ment as to the expulsion of the Spanish representativeand the matter will now be considered t.s closed.
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SENATOR THINKS
 FUNDS CAUSE OF R. R. DELAY.

SEATTLE, March l5.--Congressman Humphrey arnved from Washington today. Speaking on Alaska matters Humphreys said that the ndministra tion is considerably worried by the present financial Stringency and this undoubtedly has much 10 do with the Presidents decision to withhold action in the construction of the Alaska Rail- road
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FRENCH AND GERMANS
 IN BAYONET BATTLE

GENEVA, March 15.-Alsatian dis
 patches describe terrific bayonet battle between French and German
 troops for the possession of the heights of Reich Akerkopf. The Germans stormed the strongly protected French positions and fought furiously only re
 tirlng when min. hundred had been killed and nearly three thousand wounded The French are reported to
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ready been received that the Jepanese are preparing to take forcible posses
 sion of the territory immediately ad jacent to the Korean boundary While Japan has made no definite statement it is thought that the next few days will witness some oVertact on the part of the Island Empire. II Is officially considered that hostlities are almost inevitable
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BRITISH SQUADRON FORWARDING NEAR NiEupoRV.

PARIS. March l5.-Flanders reports state that a violent cannonading is go ing on northeast of Dunkirk and has continued during the greater part ot the day. It is believed that the British squadron is engaged in smelling the sand dunes about Nieuport. probably fin an effort to help the British troops dis lodge the Germans who are entrenched in that vicinity
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Grow of Oil vessel Burned to Death.

PARIS, March 15.-An unknown steamer was suhmarined off Brest where waters were thought safe The vessel carried a cargo of crude oil, which spread over the ocean miles around the boat as she slowly sank. the oil taking afire and many of the crew were burned to death while clinging to life boats and rafts in the burning area, presenting a most hor- rible scene. Suffering observed from afar
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CARRAN "A GUNB0ATS
 HOLD UP J. s. SHIPS

blockade of progresso, the principal Yucatan port of Mexico The Ameri- can demand is said to be based on the fact that practically all the material for harvesting twine used in this coun- try comes from the northern districts of Yucatan and the stoppase of ship ments seriously threatened the binder twine industry in this country.
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ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED
 BY UNKNOWN IN INDIANA

TERRA HAuTE, March l5.---One of the most horrible murders in the his- tory of tho state was revealed today by the finding of the bodies of Mrs. Lizzie Bidding and her five children. Tho skulls of the entire family being crushed in by an axe. The case is puzzling the police who have found no clues to the murder
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have followed the retiring Germans and carried the fight on to the ground occupied by the enemy The fighting Is said to have been the most terrible which has yet taken place in that sec ton
 Send yonr trtonds oh The suLsIds this paper after you have rssa il and he adVsrti ise Nome
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Must Not Fieht on U. S. Coast.

NORFOLK, March l5.--Federal the commander of the Prince Eitle I rederick that foreign warships have Marned the German commander that he must avoid naval battle which might endanger the |. $ shore or shipping interests
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FARMER KILLS WIFE
 AND HIRED MAN

RELLlNGHAM, Wash, March l5- Because his wife had threatened to secure a divorce on account of his violent temper, Samuel Thompson, a w,althy farmer of this district, shot and killed the woman and also the hi9nd man, Hugh Boyd, who attempted to protect the wife from the husbands mrrderous fury. Ralph Thompson, the son of the slayer, was also fired upon
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JAPAN AND CHINA DEADLOCkED
 OVER MANcHURIAN QUESTION.

PEkIN. March l5.--Thc negotiations between Japan and the Chinese Re- public in regard to the Manchurian question have practically reached q deadlock and it is feared that serious developments will arise as the Japan ese are most inslstent in their de- mands.
 The relations of the two conntr ! are generally considered as almost at
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LONDON. March l5.-It ia officially admitted that the German submarine T-29 has commenced a career of de struction between Lands End and the Scilly Islands which has resulted i'll the sinking of i've vessels in the last three days The torpedo fleet which is on the lookout has so far been unable to To- cate the vessel
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FITZGERALD ESTIMATES TREASURY DEFICIT FIFTY
 THREE MILLION

WASHINGTON. March 15.--Chair- man Fitzgerald of the appropriation committee estimates that the Treasury deficit will be about fifty three millions by the end of the fiscial year June 30
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JUSTICE WILL DECIDE
 FLAWS FATE TOMORROW

NEW YORK, March 15-Justice Page has announced that he will de- eide tomorrow whether Harry Thaw will be allowed to return to New Hampshire
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Allies Charges RepuIsed.

SArNILE, March l5.--The allies feeble attempts to assume the offensive at La Bassee and Arras has totally failed. Repeated infantry charges re pu sed with comparative small loss to the German trench defenders Allies retire
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Russian Dead Piled in High Mounds

VIENNA. March 15.-The carnage lat Przasnysz is awful. Russian trenches are thickly filled with dead land wounded, piled in high mounds in |open spaces between lines of trenches. Both sides realizing strategical value
 of this point and it's occupation may
 determine great campaign.
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Austrians to Reinforce Germans.

ROME March l5-It is reported here that the Austrians are removing big ing sent against the Russians to rein force the German right wing.
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THREE MORE 8RiTiShE FRS ADDED TO SUBMARINE LIST.

LONDON. March l5.-The German submarines have added three more British merchantmen to the list of dis asters due to the German blockade of the English coast, this time the vessels being the Headlands. Florozora and the Hartdale all being sunk off the west Icoast.
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PALMER CHIEF
 JUSTICE COURT OF CLAIMS

WASHINGTON, March l5.-Mitcheli Palmer has been selected by the Presi- dent as Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims.
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Oil Steamer Torpedoed.

GLASGOW. March l5.--A Scottish chartered steamer Glydebank with Il full cargo of oil is reported torpedoed off north Scottish coast Sunday morn Ing during a heavy fog
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GERMAN CRUiSER DRESDEN SUNK.

LONDON. March l5.--The admiralty announced last evening that the long sought German cruiser Dresden has been sunk by the British cruiser squad ron off the Chilean coast. No details are given.
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Aeroplanes Aid Fleet.

ODESSA. March 15.--The Black Sea fleet opened a grand bombardment on the northern defenses of the Dardan- elies and were aided by a score of na- val aeroplanes who directed the big gun fire.
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Search for Lone German Cruiser.

BERMUNDA. March l5.--A fast British cruiser departs for south At- lantic parts to reinforce big British squadron which is searching those waters for a lone German cruiser.
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Allies Will Keep Peace in Orient

LONDON, March t5-The British government does hot view yesterdays and todays China Japanese develop ments as being serious Allies will keep peace in the Orient at all costs
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Surprised at Turkish Defense.

Rome March l5.--The splendid de
 fense of the Turks at the Dardanelles excites wonder of Italian naval experts after the ancient defenses with a few modern rifles withstand the whole of the allied fleet. aided by a few torpe- does and few German naval onicfls
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German Vessel Will Put to Sea.

NEWPORT NEWS, March l5-Great excitement here following apparent in Frederick to spurn the suggestions of the United States to interne If the vessel puts to sea there is bound to be big tragedy beiore she is ont of sight of the shores of the Y. S.
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U-29 SINKS FIVE
 VESSELS IN THREE DAYS

flee has today issued the order for the maintainanee of an absolute blockade of the German coast to be effective i'm mediately It is stated that measures will be taken to extend the blockade lines and prevent all possibility Of vessels reaching any of the Germa n ports along the North sea coast