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Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05

Norfolk, Va, April 4-Reports of
many marine disasters along the At
lantic seaboard reached this city to-
night in the wake % yesterdays vio-
lent storm.
Five members OF The crew of the tug
Edward Luckenoach are known to
have been drowned when that vessel
foundered off False Cape yesterday,
ard IL others are missing. The Dutch
steamer Prins Maurits is believed to
have gone down with all on board,
numbering about 49. The vessel was
last heard from early yesterday, off
Hatteras, when her wireless calls for
help said she was in q dangerous con-
dition.
No Trace of Vessel.
The British warships, the coast
guard cutter Onondaga and several
other vessels rushed to the Maurits'
aid. The British Warships, one the
C0rOnna, reached the position given by
the steamer at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, but there was no trace of the
vessel
Wireless messages received tonight
indicated that none of the other
searching vessels had been successful
One message said:
British warshirs found no trace
Prins Maurits at position given. Prob
ably sunk.
Another said that all efforts to get
responses from the Prins Maurits to
wireless calls had failed. The coast
guard cutter Onondaga still is search
ing for the setamer.
Reports from the coast between
False Cape and Hatteras tonight were
meagre because of the crippled condi-
ton Of the government seacoast wires.
No news was received from Hatteras.
Large Quantity of Wneckase.
Large quantities of wreckage are re-
ported along the coast from False Caps
to Cape Henry.
The barges Henry Endicott, Nanti-
coke, Georgia and Potomac, which
broke away from the tug Resolute Fri
day night, were towed into port today
with all on board safe. The tugs AL
batross, Resolute and Defiance picked
up the barges so miles off the Virginia
capes.
Lightship Carried to Sea.
Lightship No. 46, stationed off Cape
Charles, which was torn from her
moorings and carried far out to sea
Friday, was found 10 miles north of
Virginia Beach today by the lighthouse
tender Orchid. The lightship was not
| seriously damaged.
The Diamond Shoals lightship drift
| ed for miles from her station, but her
anchors then held and she rode out the
| storm in safety. She is reported to
| have rescued the crew of the M. E
Cressey.
The Old Dominion steamer Jefferson
| from New York, due to arrive here al
| rived up to midnight Agents of the
company said the steamer would arrive
| about daybreak tomorrow.
| Damage done by the storm at Vir-
ginia Beach, Ocean View and Buckroe
Beach is estimated at 100000.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
TEN MEN DROWNED
OFF DELAWARE CAPES
Crews of the Consolidated Coal Com
pany's Barges.

Lewes, Del. April yesterday
coast storm claimed ten victims in
the vicinity of the Delaware Oapes.
They were the crews of the ConsoIi-
dation Coal company's barges, num-
bers 6 and 9. bound from Baltimore
for Boston with COAL and were drown
ed when their crafts struck near Cape
Henlopen and went to pieces in the
gale.
The barges, which were in tow of
the tug Cumberland, broke adrift early
in the day. Despite heroic efforts in
the face of a binding snowstor1n and.
a so mile gale. the Cumberlands crew
was unable to get another line to the
barges which drifted helplessly fer
some time, finally going aground For
hours the tug stood by, but because
of the fury of the sea, found it i'm
possible to render any assistance.
About noon the bargeS broke to pieces
and sank with all hands. The bodieSl
Of Captain johnson, Baltimore; Karl
Larsen, a Swedish subject, and Denp-
sey Jarvis, also of Baltimore, washed
ashore late in the day and were re-
covered by coast guards
Coast guards and life savers from
the LeweS and Rehoboth stations made
repeated efforts to launch a lifeboatI
when the plight of the barges was
discovered, but they found it impos-
stble to get through the boiling surf
A third barge, which also was beinp
towed by the Cumberland, was brought
safely into the harbor at the break
water.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
DRIVEN
BACK BY THE SERRIANS.
Invaders Had Forced Serbian Civilians
to Remove to Bulgaria.

London, April 4, 1.30 p. m.-The Ser
bian legation in London received to-
day the following official despatch
from Nish:
''The Bulgarian irregulars were driv-
en- back from Strumitsa, the fight was
short. When reinforcements arrived
our advanced posts cleared the Stru-
mitsa, station and the invaders fed
in the direction of Bulgaria
"Our troops, pursing the enemy,
found thirty of their dead and 1t was
presumed that Others were carried
away. We lost fifty killed.
A semi official communication from
Nish to Reuters Telegram company
ed among the Serbian frontier viii
lagos and compelled the inhabitants to
remove to Bulgaria, taking their woods
and cattle with them. 1t is also stat
ed, although not confirmed, that the
invaders set fire to the Serbian block
houses at Plauvolon and Borakli
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05

The Russian army which for months
besieged the Austrian fortress OF
tPrzemysl and finally forced 1t TO ca
ipitulate has achieved another VIC
tory. Starting westward from Ine
EGalician stronghold Immediately after
Its fall the Muscovites now have en-
tered the Beskid Mountains-a range
(which connects the little Carpathians
with the eastern Carpathians and
sforms part of the boundary between
tGalicia and Hungary-and driven out
ithe Austrians who for some time past
shad stubbornly held the passes and
heights
! Brief indeed is Vienna's ac-
acknowledgement that this vantage point,
the gateway to the plains of north
fern Hungary, has been evacuated. 1t
says merely that the Austrians were
compelled to make the move because
tof the presence of large Russian re-
Ifnforcements from Przemysl. TO the
eastward in the CarpathianS sangu1n-
iary fighting is taking place. Both the
tAustrians and Russians are claiming
victories at various points and the
tcapture of men and guns. In the re-
!gion of Virawa, Austria asserts that
1920 prisoners were taken. In the vi
Fcinity of Za1eSZitrOw almost all the de-
TENDERS of a Russian position were
killed by the heavy guns Of the Aus
trians and the position taken. This
admission is made by the Russian
commander-in-ch chief, who, however,
asserts that the place was almost i'm
mediately re-taken by counter-at-
tack -sz~-zs=zs--..-7--
In north Poland a cavalry charge in
the Suwalh district resulted in de-
feat of the Germans, who were driven
away with losses in men killed or cap
itured, according to Petrograd. Ber-
line says Russian attacks near Angus
'towo were repulsed.
/; There has been little fighting in the
fwestern front. The French have TAX
len the village of Regnevil1e, in the
tWoevre department from the Grmans,
Iwhile the Germans have captured
from the Belgians the village of Drei
lGrachten, south of DixInude.
Eemi-officia1 reports reaching Pc
ltFograd are to the effect that the Tur-
ikish armored cruiser Madjidieh has
ibeen sunk by a mine in the Black Sea
on the coast Of Russia. Two steam
ers have been blown up as a result of
the naval warfare. A German sub
marine has destroyed a British steam
er in the English Channel off the
southern end of Cornwall with a loss
of four men of the crew, while a Ger
man steamer has been sent to the bot
tom by striking a mine in the Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
New Workers
in Easter Parade
SNOW FAILED TO DAMPEN ARDOR
OF ANNUAL EVENT..
CHURCHES THRONGED
Photographers Were Busy Swapping
Society in Its Newest Dress-First
White Easter in Many Years.

New York, April Anew Workers
had white Easter today for the first
time in many years. Despite the snow,
the annual Easter parade took place.
Unusually large numbers of flowers
were in evidence and photographers
were busy swapping society in it's
newest dress.
Hours before daylight today 10000
men were engaged in lifting the
blanket of the ten inch snowfall laid
on this city yesterday in one of the
most furious April storms on record.
Sun Shone Brightly.
They were aided by snow plows and
sweepers put out by the surface car
lines. The sun then came out and
shone brightly all day.
WorShipperS thronged the church,
es for the special Easter services. A
solmn high mass was hel d III st.
Patrick's Cathedral and special servic-
es took place at the Cathedral of st.
John the Divine and other welI-known
editices.
BIockades in Streets.
1t was slushy under foot in most
sections of the city and blockades in
many streets caused delayed deliveries
of Easter flowers but there was a
gradual restoration of normal condi-
tions as the day progressed.
The weather bureau reported that
the thaw was general over the storm
whipped Atlantic seaboard and steam
railroads were running trains acOrd-
ing to schedule once more Traffic
from Long Island and Outlying sec
tions of this city, virtually cut off by
the blizzard, was generally resumed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
RETREAT OF AUSTRIANS
IN THE CA'RPATHkANS.
Reinforced Russians Compel Enemy to
Withdraw from the Beskid Region.

Vienna, April 4, via London, April 4,
4.05 p m..-Retreat of the Austrian
forces in the Beskid region of the Car
pathians, where some of the heaviest
fighting has taken place in the struggle
for the control of the mountain passes
leading into Hungary, was announced
today at army headquarters. The state
ment is as follows:
"The presence of large Russian rein
forcementS arriving from Przemysl
compelled the Austrian army to with
draw from the Beskid region.
I'm the Carpathians, fighting on both
sides of the Laboroza valley continues.
Yesterday we attacked the eastern
mcights and diSlo1ged the enemy from
several strong positions. Russian at
tacks east Of Birawa were repulsed.
TN yesterdays engagements we cap
tured 2,020 Prisoners.
North of Uzsok pass the situation
is unchanged Renewed Russian at
tacks miscarried, after a short fight.
There is no news from the other
fronts"
The Beskid mountains form part of
the boundary between Hungary and
Galicia. They are a section of the
great Carpathian range, the natural
barrier upon which Austria Hungary
relies to halt the Russian advance.
On the mountain heights and in the
passes fighting has been in progress all
winter. notwithstanding the SHOWS and
bitter cold. Recently the Russians
have announced important successes in
this struggle, although these claims
hitherto had not been corroborated in
Vienna The fighting in the Beskids
has been severe recently, as is shown
by the official reports. The Austrian
statement of yesterday said it had been
ascertained that all the Russian di-
visions released by the fall of the
Galician fortress Of Przemysl were now
on the Carpathian front.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
FEARS THAT STEAMER
PRINS MAURITS is LOST
Sent Wireless Call for Help-ReIief
Steamer Unable to Locate Her.

New York, April 4.-Fears that the
steamer Prinz Maurits of the Royal
Dutch Indies company's line had gone
down, possibly with all on board, were
expressed tonight in a wireless mes
sage from the steamer Algonquin
which yesterday went to the aid of
the Prinz Maurits. reported in dis
tress off Cape Hatteras.
The message from the Algonquin
said the last heard from the Prinz
Maurits were the words:
Sinking fast
The AIgonquin's message added:
mo later news was received from
her, but all hands are supposed to
have perished.'
The Algonquin Of the clyde Steam
ship company, which is on her way
to New York from West Indian ports
having left Turks Island on March
80, sent word that she expected to
reach here Monday morning.
The Prfnz Maurits, which left New
York Thursday for West Indian ports,
was commanded by Captain n. J.
Vandergoort. The steamer is Of 1928
net tonnage, 285 feet in length. 38
feet beam and about 20 feet deep. She
was built in Hamburg in 1900.
The passengers who sailed on the
lace Of Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. M1not of Hayti and a Mrs. La
Roche Of Wilmington, Del.
Word that the Prins Maurits was
in distress came in a wireless mes
sage yesterday, supposed to have been
sent by a British cruiser She re-
ported her latitude and longitude and
asked for prompt help. Several YES
sells, including the Algonquin and the
City of Macon, went to her assist
ance. No further word came from her
or from the steamers that had gone
to the rescue until tonfght's mas
sage from the Algonquin.
Tonight's despatch came from A. "A
Boom, travelling inspector of the Royal
Dutch West Indies company who was
on board the Algonquin. in response
to message of inquiry sent from the
company's oce here today. Reports of
the line had nothing to add to the
text of the wireless message except
to state that they had little hope OF
receiving further news tonight.
The Prins Maurfts, it was said by
officers of the line. carried crew OF
40 to so men.
Further wireless advfces from the
Algonquin late tonight said that she
had proceeded 10 the latitude and lon
gitude given by the Prins Maurits in
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
BREECHES BUOY SAVES
LIVES OF BARGE CREWS
Coast Guards Had a Twelve Hours
Battle with Breakers.

Highland. Mass, April 4-After q
twelve hours battle with the break
ers last night and today, three coast
guards succeeded in rescuing by use
of the breeches buoy the crews of
the barges Tunnel Ridge. Co1eraine
and Mannheim, which were driven
ashore off High Head station in yes
terday's storm. The barges were light
and bound south around Cape Cod
when they broke adrift from their tug
about noon yesterday. Fourteen men
comprised the crews.
Throughout the night the gale blew
continuously over so miles an hour.
accompanied by heavy snow, rain and
flying sand, making the work of the
coast guard particularly difficult.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
35 MEMBERS OF AUSTRIAN
STEAMER WERE DROWNED
When She Blew Up After Striking a
Mine in the Danube River.

Paris, April 4, 1904 a. m.-Thirty-
five members of the crew were drown
ed by the destruction of the Austrian
steamer which blew up in the Danube
on the night of March 80, after striking
a mine near Ritopek, according to
despatch from Nish to the Havas
agency. The character of the wreck
age has given rise to the belief that
the steamer was especially armor- :,
plated and loaded with large quantity
of munitions and artillery supplies
destined for Turkey.
Before leaving Sem1in the captain is
reported to have reminded the mem
bers Of the crew that they had an i'm
portant mission to fulfill and each
sailor received a bonus Of 100 francs
($20) in gold
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Villas Siege
of Matamoros
ONLY OCCASIONAL FIRING WAS
HEARD SUNDAY.
MANY OF THE WOUNDED
Are Being Cared for by the American
man Among the Wounded.

Brownsville, Texas, April 4-Easter
Sunday passed with only occasional
firing in the Matomoros trenches,
where Villa forces are besieging the
Carranza garrison. Easter spirit man
ifested itself in the hospitals. where
hundreds of Mexican soldiers are
cared for by the American Red Cross.
Among the wounded is Juan Per
aieska IL years old, a Villa cavaI-
ryman, who has taken part in several
clashes at arms. Today he held a
candy rabbit which nurses had given
him to distract his attention while
surgeons dressed his injured leg.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
FEELED A TREE ACROSS
HIGH TENSION WIRES.
Crippled Traffic on Massachusetts
Northeastern Electric Railways.

Haverhill, Mass April 3.-Wood-
choppers in the town of North Hamp-
ton, N. H, felled q tree across the high
tension wires of the Massachusetts
Northeastern Electric railways yester-
day morning, cutting off the power
which operates cars between half a
dozen cities and twice as many towns
in northeastern Massachusetts and
southern New Hampshire and depriv-
ing thousands of people of their only
means of transportation. The tie-up
continued for three hours and affected
lines operated between the cities of
Portsmouth, N. H, and Newburyport,
Haverhil, Lawrence, Lowell and
Nashua, N. H,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
BURNED. TO DEATH ON
HONEYMOON TRIP
In Niagara Hotel Fire at Toledo, Ohio
Married Three Days.

Toledo, D, April 4-The body of
Mrs. John L. Frye of Adrian, Mich
was recovered today from the ruins of
the Niagara hotel which was destroy
ed by fire early this morning Her
husband is missing and is believed to
have been suffocated or burned to
death. They were married three days
ago and were on their honeymoon
The house contained at least 200
guests, many of whom had not been
accounted for tonight. -.---'s-~
Vernon Gates and his son Hal Of
Chicago were burned so badly that
they are not expected to recover
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05

carrier of the allies might leave would
begin at noon Monday. This would
permit the Eitel to make dash for
sea before noon Tuesday.
There has been persistent reports
here that Captain Thierichens had
planned to depart late yesterday. With
storm raging off the coast and the
waiting allied warships reported in
distress, conditions for a dash were
regarded as favorable.
Clear weather prevailed today and
three British warships We're reported
off Capt Henry.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
CHIEF OF POLICE
KILLED BY A NEGRO
Intense Excitement Prevails at Ronce-
verte, w. Va,

Lewisburg, w. Va, April 4.-Intense
excitement prevailed today at Ronce-
verte. near here. following the kill
ing late yesterday of George J. Shires,
chief Of police Of Ronceverte, by John
Stuart, a negro. Authorities express
ed fear of a lynching should Stuart
be captured in West Virginia and an
outbreak between whites and negroes
was not unexpected, according to re-
ports received here.
Stuart, it is said, had been peddling
whiskey from ,Covington, Va, across
the state line from Ronceverte. He
submitted to arrest, but shot Shires
five times while being taken to Jail.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Boy Killed by Auto.

Lowell. Mass, April s-George AT
kins, years old, was killed by an au-
tomobile owned by Guy F. Allard of
Auburn, r. l., and driven by Oliver p.
Morton yesterday afternoon. The boy
was rolling hoop ana did not see the
approaching machine.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
iPRINZ EfTEL REMAINS
AT NEWPORT NEWS.
No Outword Signs of Preparations
For Departure.

Newport News, Va, April 4.-The
German converted cruiser Pr1nz E1tel
Friedrich still was in this port late
today with members of her crew on
shore liberty an dno outward signs Of
preparation for immediate departure.
After the failure of the commerce
raider to take advantage of the "a
hour period which ended at 5.45
o'clock in which no enemy merchant
ship was permitted to leave the port
of Norfolk Newport News, the United
States naval patrol was resumed.
1t was reported that another "a
6our period during which no commerce
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Severe Storrn at Colon.

Panama, April "A severe norther
visited Colon last night, doing much
damage to the west breakwater which
was completed last year at a cost of
$4,000, 900. Hundreds of feet of the
east breakwater, which were had suf-
fered nearly $500. 600 in a recent
storm were blown out. The wind blew
so miles an hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
GERMANS OCCUPY VILLAGE
OF DREI GRACHTEN.
On Western Bank of User Canal-Had
Been Held by BeIeians.

Berlin. April 4. by Wireless to Say
vile, L. 1.-The war office today made
the following announcement: "On the
User canal, south of Dixmude. German
troops occupied the village of Drei
,GIachten, on the " estern bank, which
was held by the Belgians. Several
French charges In the forest of LIE
Pretre were repulsed. Russian attacks
near Augustowo were repuIsed"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
$4,000 Prayed for Peace.

Riverside, Calf, April 4.-More than
$1,000 men and women climbed Mount
Roubidoux, the highest nearby peak,
before dawn today, knelt at the foot
of a huge cross surmounting its crest
and prayed for peace. The service
began just as the sun rose over the
submits of the San Bernardino
range. A chorus of several hundred,
led by singers of national reputation,
chanted Easter anthems. Hundreds
of visitors from the east attended the
soruiraS
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Schooner Lost Rowsprit in Sound,

City Island, N. Y. April 4-Schoon-
er Harry (British) from Perth Amboy.
which passed east April 2, for Hall
fax, N. s., has returned here and
reports that on April 8, at a. m,
when off New Haven. Conn, during
northeast gale. she carried away
bowsprt, jibboom and all headgear at
tached. She will have to make re-
pairs before proceeding for destina-
ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
STORM LEFT DEATH IN ITS WAKE
Ten Lives Were Lost in the Vicinity of the
Delaware Capes
WERE MEMBERS OF CREW OF COAL BARGES

The Tug Luckenbach Toundered Off False Cape, Va-The
Steamer Prnz Mauritz Believed Have Been Lost With
Crew of From 40 to SO Men-Sent Wireless Call for
Assistance But Later Failed Answer Calls of Steam
err Algonquin, Which Was Sent to Her Relief-The
Blizzard in New England Left Many PROSTATE Wires and
Miles of Snow Blocked Highways But No Lives Were
Lost.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
GERMAN STEAMER SUNK
I'm THE BALTIC SEA
Struck a Mines Members of Gret
emsoth's Crew Drowned.

London, April 4, 1853 a. ma Reu-
ter despatch from Stockholm says the
German steamer Gretenmsoth has
struck a mine in the Baltic and sunk
and that rs members Of her crew were
drowned.
The Greteshemsoth was a vessel Of
1854 tons. She was engaged in traffic
between Sweden and Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Woman Frustrates Robber.

Boston. April S.-Miss Florence Law
lor. clerk in q jewslry Office on
Washington street, refused to throw
up her hands at the command Of an
armed man yesterday, but threw the
switch of an alarm gong. causing the
hasty departure of the intruder. Sew
eral hundred dollars in cash and a
large quantity OF jewelry were within
easy reach Of the visitor at the time
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
SUBMARINE SUNK
STEAMER CITY OF BREMEN.
Four Members of the Crew Were
Drowned.

London, April 4, II p. m.-The steam
er City Of Bremen Of Dublin has been
sunk by a. German submarine off Wolf
rock, in the English channel. about 15
miles south of Lands End, Cornwall.
Four members of the crew of the
steamer were drowned. Twelve sur
vivors have arrived in Penzance.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
ANOTHER TRIUMPH
FOR RUSSIAN ARMS
Have Driven Out the Austrians Who Were Hold
inq Pass in the Carpathians
UNABLE TO COPE WITH REINFORCED RUSSIANS

In North Poland Developments Have Favored the Russians
Who Have Driven the Germans Back-There Has Been
Little Fighting on the Western Front-The Turkish
Armored Cruiser Meddieh Has Been Sunk by Mine in
the Black Sea-German Submarine Destroyed British
: Steamer in the English Channel-German Steamer Sent
- to the Bottom by Mine in the Baltic Sea.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
TUG EDWARD LUcRENBACH
SANK OFF FALSE CAPE
Sixteen of Crew of Eighteen Men
Are Reported Lost.

Norfolk, Va, April 4-The tug Ed
ward Luckenbach sank off False Cape
yesterday. Sixteen of her crew of
f8 men are reported lost.
Baltimore, Nd, April A despatch
to the Maritime exchange tonight
from Cape Henry, Va, said it was
reported that a luckenbach tug was
wrecked three miles north of False
Cape and only one man saved. At
least seven persons were believed to
have been aboard.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Two German Steamers Sunk.

London. April 5, 2.G2 a. ma des-
patch from Maine, Sweden" says
Reuters Copenhagen correspondent,
asserts that two German coasting
steamers during the last few days have
struck floating mines and sunk in the
Baltic sea in immediate proximity to
the route between Trelleborg and Sass
nitZ, with which points traffic has been
temporarily suspended. The crews of
the steamers We're saved. Some of the
men have been landed at Sassnitz."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
Despondent Man Takes His Life.

Bangor, Me-, April 3.-Walter R. Fin
son, for % years inspector of customs
at Vanceboro, committed suicide by
shooting himself yesterday at the home
Of his brother, Jerome C. Ffnson, on
dependency occasioned by i'll health.
He was born in Levant 81 years ago.
Mr.. F1nson retired from his duties at
Vanceboro two years ago and has since
lived with his brother.