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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-18
BOWDOIN SENIORS
CELEBRATE LAST GYM

Brunswick. Me-. March 11.-(Spe-
ctaD.-No more will the Seniors OF
Bowdoin College cringe and tremble
when the long detested word. Gym
is Kissed in their ears Their last
gym is over. for last night, in solemn
conclave, beneath the quiet, stariit
sky, within the sombre shelter of the
Bowdoin Pines with barred heads.
they listened reverently to their class
chaplain. who with a golden halo
lowering over his pastoral locks &c
the mournful strains OF a narmonlca,
read the last sad funeral rites, as the
body of Sir Fencing Foil, the deceased
slave driver of the class, was lowered
TO its eternal resting place within the
cold gray casekt walls. Gt might be
mentioned here that the coffin pore
the name in large white letters" J.
Seezer"
To that worthy soul the Senior class
wishes the scribe TO extend tnelr
heart felt apology for turning him out
of house and home upon such a chilly
night. but they claim their need Tor
the death box was very urgent. AS
the voice Of the chaplain broke and
fa!tered upon the last sad word, the
voices of all arose in weird chant and
iamentation for their departed master.
ong. long the walls OF grief and soT-
row rose TO the starry heavens. bul
at last the body of faithful nourners
filed slowly away to the melancholy
dirCe nj the college hand which had
been procured by them in loving trib-
ute 10 their gone-for-ever ruler.
Here permit the author to draw the
curtain upon this grief stricken scene
and 10 reveal the less sad events pre-
ceeding the above solemn ceremony
At 5 O'Clock the Seniors assembled al
the chapel. From here, preceded BY tbs
college band and a great illumination oil
red fire. they marched down Main street
to the Town hall, where they hailed with
cheers and dance. Then they forme1
anew and proceeded in funeral procession
to the graveyard, where the above buria
OF Sir Fencing Foil took place.
Among the notable whom the author
noticed in the procession were The GOLD
Dust Twins, J. P. Souser. the eXtingujsh-
ed leader OF the band, 4 Scotch Highland
er on his way 10 Tippe7a-y, numerous
fair representations OF the fair sex
shocking, shocking, how the women O.
dress now-s-days>. one German SPY dis
guised as a German, the famous sufra
gette. Mrs. Pant-burs1. Z rangled foot
ball hero. the famed pa:amas chorus AM
the usual clowns.
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GERMAN CONSUL AND HIS
SECRETARY ARRESTED IN THE
US. ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE

company. He declared that Tarrisas-
ky approached him with a statement
that he had information that subma-
rines were being built here for the
British navy, but that he had dealt
with the detective only so far as was
necessary to determine whether Their
was any truth in the report. Murdoch
has ben employed as assistant ship
ping clerk at the plant of the Seattle
Construction and DryGock Co. In a
statement said to have been made TO
the prosecuting attorney he said the
negotiations for the delivery OF the
information said 10 have been sought
by Consul Muller were still pending
when he was arrested. He had orig
inally demanded 1880, ne said, but
later agreed to accept $1,000.
Nine original bills OF ladins were re-
covered from under the mattress Of
Murdock's bedboy a special agent of
the prosecuting attorneys office.
Whether Murdoch really had any
thing ot value 20 offer to the German
consul is not disclosed by the papers.
President Patterson OF the Drydock
Co. says his firm is not building sub
marines for the British or any other
government at war.
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operating on the fringe Of Russian ter
ritory.
By publishing a casualty list tonight
the British admiralty confirmed the re-
ports from Athens that the cruiser Anne
thyst made dash into the Dardaneiles
and was struck by ? number Of shells. 1t
is presumed here that Vice Admiral Car
den sent the cruiser on this risky mis-
sion TO Unmask any concealed Turkish
batteries.
Naval experts say that the bows Of
the Amethyst could be cushioned so
she would receive no damage from
coming into contact with the mines
and in their opinion her success proves
that heavily armored ships could at
the present time penetrate the straits
as guns which could not sink q light
protected cruiser would make little
impression on batt!eships. Her dash
is compared to Farragut's forcing of
the passage of the Mississippi.
There is considerable speculation as
to the negotiations which are reported
to be taking place at Sofa, in which
the King of Bulgaria received the min
listers of the allies. the Rumanian min
lister and Gen. Sir Arthur Paget, who
is returning from a mission to Rus
STA. The possibility of Bulgaria and
Rumania simultaneously intervening
in the war is suggested, the former
accepting the offer which Greece de-
cined
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BRITISH Govt
TAKES CONTROL
OF FACTORIES

London, March 17.-n145 =. M.b-The
British government intends TO take over
control of the factories in England for
the production Of war material. This
announcement was made today by Da-
vid Lloyd George. chancellor Of the ex-
chequer. al a conference OF labor lead
ers. the representatives OF various in
dustries and the Committee of Imperial
Defence. She Chancellor said
Recent battles have shown the tire
nendous concentration Of artillery fire
recently not only has insured success.
but mas saved the lives OF the soldiers
who made the attacks. Therefore. if the
workmen and factory owners desire to
see the country win, ard are anxious
TO save the lives of the men they must
accelerate tn OUTPUT Of ammunitions."
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and cargoes las IL no blockade existed"
The two together presented. in the view
of the American government, "a proposed
course Of action previously unknown to
International law"
The answers from both Great Britain
and France reveal for the first time that
the Allies officially regard their policy as
blockade" but desire to refrain from
exercising the rights Of belligerents, un-
der blockade to connscate ships and
cargoes as a penalty for breach of block
ade, substituting a procedure in prize
courts and compensation through sale of
the detained merchandise.
The notes record the failure of the
United States to bring the belligerents
into an agreement on the use Of suorla-
rnes and mines, the fixing of definite
rule governing shipments OF conditional
contraband to the civilian population Of
a bell.gerent and the abandonment OF
neutral flag as ruse Of war
The publication Of the correspondence
cleans the slate Of diplomatic notes and
leaves the United States confronted with
the question of whether il will acGuiesce
with the form of blockade announced by
the Allies or make protest. President
Wilson himself has indicated that strong
protest will be made and officials already
are gathering material for it.
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Seattle, March 11.-Dr. William
Muller, imperial German consul at
seattle, and his secretary. B. NJ.
Schulz, were served with notice Of
arrest today at the consulate.
They are charged with conspiracy in
attempting to corruptly influence John
Murdock. an employee Of the Seattle
Construction and Drydock Co, by in
Gucing him to seel business secrets
of his employers.
Consul Muller and his secretary are
accused by the state Of Washington OF
Offering Murdoch a cash consideration
TO supply them with information bear
ing OUT Ambassador Won Bernstorf' =
charge that the Seattle corpora ton
was shipping knockdoHn submarines
to the British government via British
Columbia.
The information against the Ger
man representatives Jointly charges
them and Dan Tarn.sasky. q detective.
with conspiracy.
Consul Muller denied tonight that he
had any agreement with Murdoch or
the detective to purchasing anything.
or that he had arranged to have them
steal papers from the construction
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MAKE PUBLIC THE
NOTES OF j. S. AND
WARNING NATIONS

Washington. March 17.-Diplomatic
notes were made public tonight by the
state department, constituting the en-
tire correspondence Of the last few
weeks between the United States and
Great Britain and France.
The communication revealed that the
United States government realizing the
difficulties Of maintaining an effective
blockade by a close guard OF an enemy
coast on account OF the newly developed
activity Of submarines, asked that "a
radius Of activity be defined
Great Britain and France replied with
tho announcement that a blockade
would not be conducted outside Of Eu-
rcpean waters. including the Mediter-
'rean.
While Germany agreed. it is disclosed,
to abandon her submarine attacks on
mercantile Of any flag. except when they
resist visit or search, provided food
stufs were permitted to reach her civil
ian population. Great Britain and her
aires rejected the proposal.
Furthermore. the documents show that
in message OF inquiry 10 Great Britain
and France, the United States asked
whether the embargo on all commerce
between Germany and neutral countries
vas to be carried out under the rules OF
blockade or by interference with ships
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the WAR news
IN BRIEF FORM

From one end of the long battle
front in Belgium and France to the
other Belgians, French, British and
Germans are fighting bitterly for
strategic points preparatory to the
great effort which is bound to come
when the roads are dry and the mu
nitions have been brought up. The
nature of the more or less isolated
struggles which are now going on can
be imagined from the losses both to
the Germans and British during a few
days fighting around Neuve Chapelle
The German casualties, according to
Gen. French numbered in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. An official list is
sued by the British war Office gives
the number of British officer skilled
in those operations at 112, with 193
wounded or not accounted for. The
losses among the men are believed to
be large numbering. il is estimated
about two thirds of the German losses
French successes are reported in
Champagne. particularly around Per-
thes, where important trenches have
been captured. as we'll as a height
which domi rates a lareg section of
% oAaN' Ia Oil dtScIuPI W regain tillS
height a Landsturm regiment, sup
ported by the Guard delivered vio-
lent counter attack in which, accord
ing to the French account, there were
few survivors.
The Russians in Poland are con-
Quoting an active campaign along
both banks of the OrZyc river, but
they are being met by the Germans
with equally hard blows.
Through the chancellor Of the ex-
chequer, the British government an
nounces that It intends to take over
the factories In England for the pro.
duction Of war supplies.
Three submarines at various times
endeayored to torpedo the Anchor
Line steamer Cameronia on her triI
through the Irish sea from New York
The steamers speed saved her. Ger.
man underwater craft, however, have
succeeded in torpedoing three addi-
tfonal steamers.
A Dardanelles dispatch reports the
los sol three mine sweepers and one
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thought of Jimmy came to NE. and
wondered what will people think Of
me for doing that" She meant, she
exclaimed further. putting him on. on
the street. Not that she would be
blamed for hts injury. but she felt
ashamed OF her weakness when she
should have kept her wits about her
SO as to help her friend
She was shown the bloodsta;ned
house cloth which the state has en-
tered as evidence and asked as TO the
bloodstains. Mrs. Angle said she
might nave USED the cloth to assist in
stopping a nosehleed thta night.
After her nose stopped bleeding and
she was walking up and down the
room she haw the hat, picked it up
and threw it into the cedar chest.
Mrs. Angle was asked many ques-
tons about her conversation with
Chief Brennan in her rooms
Pressed to say whether she had
made the remarks attributed to her
by Chief Brennan, she replied: 1t
might he safest to say l 90 not re-
member
broken cherry wine bottle On her back
veranca by saying she had thrown it
there to get It out OF her sight.
To the state attorney Mrs. Angle said
she had never seen Ballou intoxicated.
Was he intoxicated that night" asked
Mr.. Cummings.
Il should not have called it So" was
the reply.
The state attorney repeated the ques-
ton. seeking a more definite answer.
I'm my Judgment he was not" Mrs.
Angle replied.
To many questions put by the state at
torney Mrs. Angle replied that she did
not remember or could not recall.
The state attorney asked her If she
might not have nnopped up the stairs OF
the halls during one of these lapses Of
memory. She replied that she did not re-
member. but did not think go.
A short recess was ordered and after
leaving the courtroom Mrs. Angle COL
lapsed and tainted. She was revived BY
her father and counsel. She returned to
the courtroom shortly afterward and
took her place again in the witness chair.
Mrs. Angle was asked to affirm or
deny various statements attributed to
her by the police regarding Ballou's
hat She could not remember. She
did not believe che had told Chief
Brennan that sit was all the result
Of drink" and that Baliou was aw-
full drunk" The witness added that
she was positive that Ballou was not
intoxicated.
She denied that ,she had used the
words For. Christ's sake. Bill, don't
show that up to Chief Brennan, in
regard to the bloodstained skirt. She
said she never used that kind OF lam
guaga
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BOSTON & maine TO
REVISE TARIFF RATE

concord. y. H., March 1.-THE Boston
&Maine Railroad has notified the puh-
lie service commission that it will w..
wise the one-way passenger tariff ill.,.
Dec. /. 1914 and now in effect. IN a,,,,-
mate the five cent unit principle r-,aAr
this tariff, rates are construc,as or -
basis Of ID cents per mile, BIZ, ano,m,,
10 added IN each case to make the fare
Invisible by i've When the new ,arin
Is nled by the railroad. fares between
ali stations in New Hampshire. excen-
on the mountain lines. will be upon a
uniform basis Of IL cents per mile for
actual distances for one way tickets ard
mileage tickets will be on the basis OF
2 IA cents per mile
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MRS. ANGLE CONTINUES STORY
OF Death OF WALDO R. BALL GU

Bridgeport, CT, March 17.-1lrs. Heller
". Angle, on trial for !nanslaughter. con
Guided late today her story TO the jur,
OF the night Of June % last when Waldo
r. Baliou met his death. When she Ief
the witness chair to take her seat agar
she had been under questioning, inciud
ing yesterdays session. an aggregate Of
nearly 10 hours. Her closing statement
in reply to a question by Jacob Z. Kle:r
OF her counsel was the emphatic denial
Of having done any injury to Mr.. Balloy
on the night Of his death.
Did you strike Mr.. Bailou with you:
hands or fists O. with any weapon or in.
stTuInsnt?" asked NJ. Klein.
Il did not strike him at ALL" replied the
defendant.
Under the strain Of the long aid per
sistert cross-examica,io ton today Mrs. An
gle's strength gave way and during q
forenoon recess she swconed away as shs
entered the sher:ff's private Office fer T
rest. She was speedily revived and had
apparently regained her self-posssssion
when she returned 10 the courtroom.
4 letter written from South Portland
Me-. by the accused 20 Mrs. Klahre was
offered It thanked the police marion
Chief Brennan and others for their kind
ness to her during her illness while
locked Up.
State Attorney Cummings asked
the defendant how long she waited
after hearing the noise tBallou's falU
IL the hall. She could not tell nor
l0ifS che % 81
after finding him on the landing. Her
the fresh air
The state attorney sought to have
the witness fix the time Of Ballou's
fall down stairs, but she could not.
When she placed Ballou outside tns
street entrance she did not think Of
looking on the street to see II any
one was in sight
She did not recall fixing the door
eek to enable her to return or wheth-
81 she had switched on the hall light.
She had hurried upstairs, but not
rapidly. as she was all upset. and in
4 limiting condition.
AT the thought that your friend
Rad fallen and hurt his hsadr' the
state attorney asked.
AT the horror Of having been down
there alone with my friend, who
might have been dying" the witness
replied.
She WIS going to call Mr.. Guernsey
n the telephone So that he might
help her. No thought Of calling for
a doctor or the hospital occurred to
her. Later. when she saw the blood
on Ballou's hat, she fell in faint to
the floor.
When she came to her senses, she
went to the window to get some air,
She saW tho ambulance
Then. fsaid tho witness. tho
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Bankruptcy Proceedings

Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy
have ben fled with the clerk of the
United States district court at Port
land By:
Herbert H Hovey. Milo Liabilities
gas: assets S275. Principal creditors
listed, John White. Stetson. ard VIII
liam Hurwirz. Boston. Attorney. L. g.
c. Brown. Milo.
George ". Proctor. Exeter. farmer.
Liabilities. 1859: assets s499. Princi-
pal creditors listed. Neal Institute
Portland. John Z. Gray, Co-inEa, and
]. 4. Bean, Detroit. Attorney. T. D.
Dearth, Dcyter.
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LOSS OF LIFE! IN
WRECK OF BARK

Berlin March 17.-By Wireless to
Sayvilie. J. Ian announcement
made today by the over Seas News
Agency indicates tina; q number Of
men lost their lives in the wreckiny
Of the American bark Pass OF Bal
rlana, which went ashore near SILT.
one Of the north Tristan islands The
announcement says that ten members
of the crew were saved by LIE guards
from d coast patro! station.
Shipping records did not give the
complement Of the Pass. q vessel 81
1850 tons. Y Is probable that z ship
Of her size would carry q crew Of
about % men. The Pass was bound
from New York to Bremen with q
cargo Of cotton.
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Think QUESTION OF INTERN|NC
GERMAN CRUISER UP TO THE j, s,

mer members OF the crew of the
American sailing ship William P.
Frye. sunk in the south Atlantic by
the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eitel Friedrich. and who were said 20
be held on the cruiser against their
wills for military service, made a de
position today denying that they were
Being held forcibly.
The men appeared at the customs
house in the uniform of the Ger
man navy and said they considered
themselves refugees from a sinking
ship. subject 10 military service I'M
DER the German flag. which they were
willing to perform.
Rogge holds masters certificate in
the German merchant marine. Frank
is signed as an able seaman.
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DEFENDER OF LIEGE
NOW A Prisoner
REFUSES PARal

Paris, March l7.-5.5 A N.-tIeiles". :
man. Belgian defender OF Leise. no'
prisoner in Germany has refused !" !,
cept his liberty under 2 parole
the Germans have offered hin
ing to a letter received BY one
friends, a major in a Belgian ehsS'
corps. ~
General Len,an replied 10 the ON.
a parole. he wrote his friend. 'h
nrst act on obtaining freedom "e1.
to offer his services TO Belgium az 1
king. He added that the wound u
foot which had troubled him 50 ions
al last healed.
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sailing vessel and considerable dam
age to a British cruiser in the ngnt-
ing in the Straits. The British aoml-
ralty announces that % men were
killed and 81 wounded on board the
cruiser Amethyst last Saturday night
and that the battleship Ocean lost two
men killed, while several Of the other
vessels engaged had slight casualties
in men wounded.
American citizens In Austria are
said to have requested Secretary OF
State Bryan to take steps to secure
the safe passage to Austria OK an
American ship loaded with foodstuffs
for them.
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ALLIES INFORM
JAPS OF DANGER
OF DEMANDS

Pekin. China, March i1.-Otfcial infor-
nation reached Pekin today that the
Russian and British ambassadors at To-
k.o called upon Baron Takaah Kato.
japanese foreign minister. on Saturday.
and informed him that if Japan uersisted
in pressing upon China demands bepond
these contained in her original communi-
cult for Japan's allies to negotiate dip
fomatically with her in the future.
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DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. THURSDAY, MARCH Is, 1915.
AIR, WATER AND UNDERSEA METHOD
CHECK GERMAN ADVANCE IN FRANCE

first was on the Kloosterhoek farm
near Stuvekenskerke. while the Sec
ond was line Of trenches on the
road from Pervyse to Schoorbakke.
"Warships and monitors Of the al.
hes vigorously bombarded Westende
The Germans replied feebly but none
OF their shells took effect. Torpedo
boat destroyers protected the bonn
harding ships, shelling German
submarine which attempted to ap-
praoch The fire against the shore po-
sitions was directed by aeroplanes.
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WITNESS SAYS SHE TURNED AWAY
REPEATERS AT TERRE HAUTE POLLS

Indianapolis. Mach l7.-M-s. s. c.
Stimson. prominent suffrs gette OF Te-re
Haute, the first OF a number Q: women
who will appear as witnesses for the
government. at the trial in the Fedora!
court here of . -.rre Haute men charg-
ed with election fraud conspiracy last
November testified that she held poll
book at precinct A OF the sixth ward.
in the red light district. from 81 o'clock
election morning until after the polls
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Paris. March 17.-"The enemy is
again furiously bombarding Nieuport,
this time with Is-inch howitzers." says
an undated message from the Petit
Parisien's war correspondent. who
adds:
Thirty shells have fallen in the
town making enormous holes and de-
molishing several buildings, but no
one was hurt. Belgian troops. profit
ing by a slight recession Of the waters
in that district they occupy, carried
two German advanced positions. The
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ing alleged repeaters turned away, but
more often failed.
She testified that the Republican chal-
lerser was never permitted TO enter the
voting room and that Jack Hines. q
Democratic worker and one Of the 81
VINO have pleaded guilty told her that
the vote OF the city was light and that
it would have 10 be- made up in the
sixth ward.
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Washington, March I..-Naval Of
ficers who me, Commander Thieri-
chens of the Prinz Eirel al the launch
ing OF the dreadnought Pennsylvania
yesterday. returned here with the i'm
preston that the question of intern
ing the German auxiliary cruiser will
eventually have to be decided by the
United States by fixing a time for
the ship to leave or intern.
Commander Thierichens is said TO
have remarked that if he commanded
the Pennsylvania he would hesitate
to sail il the face OF the squadron OF
hostile cruisers waiting off the Viz
g.nia Capes.
Newport News, Va. March II
Charles Frank and Robert Fogge, for
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REPORT OF BREAK BETWEEN
AUSTRIA AND THE GERMANS

as compensation for Italy's neutral
~ informed the German ambassador
~ vienna to seek other bases for an
understanding with Italy.
Perhaps the negotiations VIII DC re-
sumed in order to gain time, out EN-
peror Francis Joseph is oooura'e'
Prince Won Buelows halt to Italy mas
failed. If Italy wants Trieste anu
Tren, while the Emperor lives she
will have to fight for them"