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Turks PARADE BRITISH
SUBMARINE PRISONERS

roSsTANTINOPLE, April 24.-Six OIL
ecers and nineteen members OF 'ne
crew of the British submarine
49, Iae, brought to Constantlnople
,od.v The officers and three OF the
wounded rode in carriages while Ihs
other men walked across the Stahooui
bridge 10 the war department with
small escort. The PROCESSION
men uere first British prisoners or war
10 reach the city. There was no dem
onstration. however
Announcement was made last Satur
ds- of the sinking of the Fla py inc
turks in the Dardanelles. 1t was sald
hen that twenty four men we're saved
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FRENCH STATEMENT
PtRIS. April "a:


To the north of Ypres the Germs ms
during the night Of Aprii 90 ana
during Saturday made strenuous et-
forts TO avail themselves of the sur
nrise they had engineered the day
before yesterday with their aspnSA-
,at,re gases Their attempts tailed.
hank of the User. they had sue
,eeded in carving the village oi
I,izerne. The French zouaves ana
Belgian carahlneerS, ho"eNei'
through A vigorous attack' rear
,ured the village, which we soon
In conjunction with the Belgian army
We made perceptlble progress on oul
left. On our right We advanced
more slowly.
we're subjected TO a fierce attack.
They Immediately replied by counter
srtack. the result Of which IS not
VET known. ,,.
In Champagne. on the northeln "a ~
of the BeauseJour blockhouse the
Germans exploded five powerful
mines near our trenches. pespile
the violence of the explosion our
troops. outstripping the enemN; d.
once occupir the excavations, Whiri
uer. about seyenty-five feet in d.
ameter. .I
place in the ALLY wood. where tne
Germans are making desperate el
forts to recapture the 'oe meters
trenches (about half mllel Whicn
we took from them on April
Thus We were forced TO evacuate
this morning section OF these
trenches, but We retook IL uullnS
the course of the day and now hold
In the forest of Apremont and at the
Tete -Vache COWS HEAD lne
enemy shelled our positions Violent
", but there was no further a''ae NJ
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BIG DEMAND FOR CREPE.
Dealer in Paris Wants Names of
U. S. Manufacturers.

A letter was received at the Chamber
or Commerce yesterday afternoon from
dealer in Paris, France, asking for
the names of any American manufac-
turers of crepe He said he desires to
obtain large quantities of this material,
for which the demand in France is
daily increasing. The plants engaged
in the manufacture of the material
have been forced to shut down because
of the which is itself responsible
for the Increased demand
Secretary Grant made number of
inquiries. but was unable to learn the
name of an American manufacturer of
creps.
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Charges Against Roberts.

The vote was taken after day and
a half of hearing testimony concerning
the charges of the council that the
MAYOR had Illegally ordered warrants
drawn to pay attorneys fees in per
sonal cases.
Other charges were that he had at
tempted TO bride city councllmen 10
vote for a boundary ordinance recent
" before the council. that he mad
neglected the city's business by an
sentine himself for long periods that
he had caused persons to be arrested
and held without bond on trivial
charges and that he had been convict
ed of felony
". l.. SiinkarH. Roberts attorney,
said the case will he appealed.
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10000 BELGIAN REFUGEES VOICE
THANKS TO PRESIDENT WILSON
FOR AID GIVEN TO WAR VICTIMS

mission for relief in Belgium. which
has insured the existence of the entire
people, the Relgians now in Holland
beg you to accept this expression or
their gratitude.
Certainly the Relglans in their days
of prosperity loved and respected the
noble American people, but only griev-
Gus circumstances such as those in
which we now live could make more
certain the fun extent Of the friend
ship which nothing can ever terminate
We hope this humble testimony may
be the guarantee of gratitude without
bounds, until the moment when we
may attest upon our liberated soil
that the Belgian people do not forget"
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ADMIRAL Won TlRPITZ
HELD GERMANY'S SAVIOR

LONDON. April 24.-In dispatch
from Amsterdam the correspondent of
the Exchange Telegraph Company
says the entire German press has pub
lished euloges of Admiral Won Tirpitz.
minister of marine and admiral of the
fleet, on the occasion of the fftieth an
niversary of his entrance into the Ger
man naval service.
Emperor william and other notables
have sent the admiral kilograms of
congratulation, in which he is hailed
as the savior of the German empire. 1t
is understood that the admiral Will re-
ceive an hereditary title.
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THE HAGUE, via London. April "a
memorial addressed to President
Woodrow Wilson, signed by about
forty thousand Belgian refugees row
in Holland. expressing gratitude for
the aid which America has extended
to the Belgian war sufferers was
mailed to Washington today. 1t reads
as follows
Profoundly touched by the marks of
sympathy which the American nation
INCREASINGLY has showered upon the
Belgian people since the beginning of
the war, and especially moved by the
good works of the American com
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guns which was lost on Thursday or
Friday. and sfterward retaken by the
Canadians, was not located benlnd the
lines of Canadian infantry. but behlnd
the French lines. Immediately to the
left of the Canadian rear.
French Driven Back.
The French were driven from their
position by asphyxiating bombs. the
reports declare. and forced back over
the Canadian battery in their rear The
pieces were so heavy that they could
not be moved by horses faster than
walk It was therefore found necessary
to abandon them.
\ message to Gen. Hughes states
that when the Canadian DIVISION
learned that its heavy battery was IN
the hands of the Germans "a deter
mined effort to recover them was i'm
mediately made. The guns We're
brought off and many German prison
erS with them.
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GREECE READY TO AID ALLIES
IN DARDANELLES OPERATIONS

The foreign minister is quoted as
saying that in respect to this ques-
ton the policy of his cabinet is fdenti
cal with that of NJ. Venizelos, the for
mer premier. whose retirement has
been generally understood to have
been brought about by his desire for
participation in the war by Greece
on the side of the allies
1T is clearly a question Of the pro-
pitious moment" the foreign minister
is quoted as sa wing
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URGE THEIR HEARERS
TO BOOST FRATERNITY
Speakers at Meeting of Rejuvenated
Chapter, Sigma NJ Phi. Are
Optimistic.

Celebrating the regeneration of the
Joseph H. Choate Chapter of the Sig
ma NJ Phi Fraternity Of the National
University Law School a large number
of active and alumni members of the
organize alton gathered a a smoker and
buffet supper at Studio Hall. 1919 Con-
necticut avenue northwest, and for
mally gave the fraternity new god
speed The spirit of the evening was
one of optimism regarding the or
ganiza tons future. and several of the
spea kers expressed their confidence
that the chapter would have its own
home by next year.
Advantages of organization We're de
scribed by +. j. Ryan, member of the
local bar. He told of the advantage
which la Dor had derived from organic
ing saying labor does not comprise
la wless men, but that. the other
hand. some of the best legislation in
the country has been secured through
la Dor organizations.
I'm an organization of this sort you
get association. and that is a great
thing" said Mr.. Ryan. There is
great deal to be learned by under
standing the other fellow. Often we
differ with others because we don't
ia Ike time to understand the other fell
low The trouble is we live too much
within ourselves.
ADVICE ana 0TeeCluSs
Prof s. V Proudit. member of the
faculty urged the members to make
the rejuvenated fraternity more
gallant ship than you ever knew be-
fore" Prof Charles A. keigwin, also
a member Of the faculty, extended
greetings to the organization.
Need for unified support of both &C
tive and alumni members in the future
was urged by Edward S. Brashears. He
hot !,
the classes at the school and of the
alumni to have control of the chapter
house, when it shall have been re-es-
tablished. W. w. Smith prophesied
progress for the chapter and the
growth of the fraternity throughout
the country.
Other speakers were Ralph E. Day.
]. Damn Faber, Alfred E. Lowey and
Ralph H. Case c. Keith Carlin acted
as toa stmaster Several songs and reel
tations were given by Arthur Pierce.
Members in Charge.
Those in charge were: R V L.
Stratton. chairman: Edward S. Bra
shears, c. Keith Carlin. Ralph T. Bas
sett and Harry V Rouse. The officers
of the chapter are Chancellor. Ralph
E Day: first vice chancellor, Joseph
NJ Johnston: second vice chancellor.
Alfred r. Lowey: master of rolls. 3.
V Martin: registrar of the exchequer.
John B. Harrell, jr., and crier. Ralph
r. Bassett
Those present. other than already
named. included Edward NJ Eyarts.
". C. Deutt. W r Jones. H. F. Riley,
G. " Griffin. 3. W. Mclaughlin, John
V. Morgan. G. J. Milliron. George A.
Garrett Raymond w. Slough. Sidney
f. Smith. Joseph Hardness. ir.. Earle
j. Church, W. r. Brewer, T. @. Klath.
Clarence NJ kiefer. Roland T. Booth. r
NJ Becker. jr.. Henry W. Draper. J.
Archibald Moriarty, Arthur r. Owens.
John A. Thompson. Ben S. Favorite.
William Wolf Smith. Joseph Y. Reeves.
Roy H. MorrilI. W. B. Swan and n. l..
Waggoner.
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WAR WILL NOT SOON COME TO END,
SAYS GEN. DANKL OF AUSTRIA

GENEVA. April 24.--Gen. Dankl Of
the Austrian army is of the opinion
that the war will not soon come to IN
end.
This Austrian commander, who has
been active in defending the Carpath-
ian passes against the Russians, ex-
pressed this opinion to Maj Tanner OF
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Shius to Mediterranean.

The scout cruiser Chester. al Phila-
helphia navy yard, and the cruiser Des
Noines. at Guantanamo. have been
ordered 70 sail for eastern Mediter-
ranean waters TO relieve the armored
cruisers North Carolina and Tonnes
see which have been guarding Ameri-
can interests there since last summer.
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MUSICAL |SGNEN
FOR WAR CHARITIES
Home of Mr.. and Mrs. Larz
Anderson Is Thrown Open
to the Public.

Washington society turned out IN
force last night to attend a musical
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Larz Anderson, Els Massachusetts
avenue. for the benefit of the Belgian
relief fund and the Lafayette kit fund
1t was estimated that more than $1,000
was realized.
Professional and amateur artists fur
nished the music. and a number OF
music lovers were atfracten the or-
casion being the first time that Air
and Mrs. Anderson have thrown open
their residence to the public The must
cal took place III the music room, and
the garden WAS lighted with lanterns
affordlng pleasant place TO Iinger
because of the summary weather
one interesting feature of the even
ing was the presentation of n herceuse
written by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
who has assisted Mrs. Anderson in ar
ranging for the musical MIR. Seaels
| telegraphed from New York that h.
WAS Kept there by larynsitis. and his
place was taken OH the program b,
Carmine Sabirdio. a violinist
Among those present were Rear Nd.
mural and Mrs. Gheen. Mrs Thropp
Mrs T. be Witt Talmage Mrs vii
lian +. Draper and Miss Margaret
Draper. Mrs corbir. the Misses Patten
Mrs. Arthur Lee, Charles Page Bryan
former minister to Portugal and his
sister. Mrs Fayne: Mrs. Victor Cush.
man, Mrs. James Hartman. Miss Harri-
man. Miss tiillett. Mrs. roor Mrs Delos
6'odsett br and Mrs. Chatard, Mrs
David JAYNE Hill. wife of the forme,
ambassador to Germany. and man,
others.
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OFFICERS OF HIGH BIRTH
AMONG THOSE IN GERMAN CELLS

LONDON, April 24.-There was re-
ceived here today a list of thirty mine
British officers placed in detention bar
racks, ten of them in solitary confine-
ment. by the German government in
retaliation for the defamation of Great
Britain TO accord honors Of war to
crews OF captured German submarines
This list which was supplied to Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin by the Ger
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Britain Orders Release
of Two Cotton Ships,
But DetainS Another

LONDON, April 24.-The admiralty is
sued orders today for the release of the
steamers Neneiro and Montenegro de-
tanned by the British authorities at Gil
braltar
Both these vessels have on board Amer
lean cotton consigned to Swiss firms,
through Italy. Although this cotton has
not been confiscated, in accordance with
the cotton agreement, representations
were made to the foreign office that the
detention of these cargoes would seriously
cripple the Swiss cotton industry and con-
seQuently permission was given for the
vessels fo proreed
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TERRE HAUTE MAYOR OUT
City Council Impeaches Roberts,
Who Is Serving Six-Year SEN
tence at Leavenworth.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April "a
Mayor Dom NJ. Roberts. recently found
guilty with twenty-seven other Terre
Hauteans of conspiracy to corrupt, the
election here November 3, 1914, was
impea ched today by the city council by
a vote of : to 3. Roberts was not
present at the trial. being in the fed
eraI prison at Leavenw orth. Kan, serV-
ing a six-year sentence fixed by Judge
A. B. Anderson in the federal court al
Indianapolis.
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PARIS, April 24.-Christakis Zogra-
phos, foreign minister of Greece, is
quoted today by the Information as
declaring that Greece was ready to
unite with the allies in the operations
at the Dardanelles. if invited to do So
The Information says that NJ. Zogra-
phos made this statement to Hubert
Jacques, a correspondent of this news
paper Up to the present time, he said,
Greece had not been asked to cooper
ate with the allies.
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PARIS. April 24.-The reply of Sec
rotary of State Bryan to the note OF
Count Won Bernstorff, German ambas-
sador to Washington, regarding the at
titude of the United States toward the
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FRENCH PRAISE REPLY OF THE u. S.
TO COUNT Won BERNSTORFF'S NOTE

belligerent nations is characterized
says the Temps, by the dignity and
serene reason pervading it"
The newspaper adds that the note re-
veals, the admirable strength of Presi-
dent Wilson'S position.
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the Swiss army who is also CORE
spondent of the Basel Nachrichten He
declared that the war would last for a
long time. and said he could not fix
even an approximate date for its end
He said also that the Swiss govern
ment had preserved Its neutrality
splendidly, favorins neither side.
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Roberts Says Nothing.

LEAVENWoRTH Kan. April "a
II have nothing whatever to say, de-
clared Nayor Dom NJ. Roberts. when
Informed this afternoon of the action
of the Terre Haute city council IN I'M
peaching him.
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Effect of Flattery.

From, the Houston Post.
II Won succeed in convincing girl
MA, she has beautiful hands. her
mother will have TO do the dishwash
ing thereafterward
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Two Banks Torpedoed.
Danish Steamer Captured.

The Danish steamer Nidaros. 631 tons
net. has been captured by a German
warship in the North sea and taken to
port at the Island OF Sylt, one of the
North Britain islands. The Nidaios
sailed from Aarhuss. Denmark, for
England with cargo agricultural
prOdlIcTS
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How to Get Thin.

Wren asked to give his recipe for
reducing weight Mr. Taft said Welt.
one must refrain from eating sugars
and farinaceuus foods. Then lie must
not eat fats and must take plenty Of
exercise. After the proper weight is
obtained il is not necessary to exer-
else SO Frequently. and then one must
not take two helpngs.'
Mr.. Taft said that he does not play
golf so often as he did when he was so
heavy. md then told of the very active
life he lives as a professor at Yale.
You know | am not a professor at
the law school," he explained. AS Is
commonly reported. but at Yale proper,
as my professorship anticipates the es-
tablishment of the law school 1t is
true that I lecture at the law school
twice week, but ] am not officially
connected with it. NV duties at Yale
take up two days each week. and the
other days l lecture at the leading
colleges and universities in the coun-
try. ] have lectured this season at
Dartmouth. Amherst, Harvard and
other institutions.
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Musical Program.

Inc musical program was follows
J. ta) Vision Fugitive" tHerodiade,,
Massenet; Oh mnsette, seventeenth
century French: Co LII Jetais roi."
Cui; Mr. Sabirdio
'ai e est rextase laneoureuse
FantacheS. pehussy. DO Dune Prison
Hahn: &c, 'J'ai pleure en- reve," Hue;
Miss Teyte.
3. Duet. 'Donte de lumiere," Thomas
Miss Ieyte and Mr.. Sahrdio
tab 1mmer Lesser wtrd mein
-schleimmer, Brahms; chD "Botschaft,"
Strauss, Co "Traum durch die dam
merung. Strauss; I'd, "Fruhingsnecht, :"
Schumann: te) when 7 Bring Thee
Colored TOYS" Carpenter; Mrs Frank
lin Townsend.
). Drei Zigeuner Lieder. Dvorak;
a Mein Lied ertoent: b Ais die alte
Mutter: Dorf des Folkes Schwineen
d Der Fruehling naht. Boehmaninoff. Mr.
Sabirdeo.
s, Duet. Butterfly, Puccini, Miss
Teyte. Mrs. Townsend
= To Daisies, Quilter; b Lullaby.
Scott: c Until, Sanderson. d An Omen
Secret. Woodman. Miss Teyte.
8. Duet. Sully, .au clair de la luna.
Lous Ia tenetre. Schumann, Miss Teyte,
Mr. Sabirdo. Mr.. Verd at the piano.
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Hopeful for Business Future.

Asked his views concerning the re-
turn of prosperity to this country, Mr..
Taft became very serious. There was
not semblance of that broad smile
that was present during most of the
talk when he said:
Il have no prophetic vision. but we
should be hopeful, not too hopeful At
the end of the war there Will be
decided reduction of some exports ire
ferrlnS apparently 10 the munitions
for the belligerents), but there should
be gradual return of business
lie indicated that he did not believe
there will be any big boom in this
country at the end of hostilitieS
Further than that Mr.. Taft would
not go in discussing the war or poll
tics.
Evades Comment on Roosevelt Case.
What DO you think of the expos-
ures brought out in that trial at
syracuse" was asked Mr.. Taft
Il have not had time to follow the
case he replied with a hearty laugh
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WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.

At some points near 'zsok Pass heavy
artillery engagements are proceed
ing, with some Russian day attacks,
which Were repulsei. Russian night
attacks along and west Of the Turka
road failed with great losses TO the
enemy.
NfherWise the situation Is unchanged
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GERMAN VESSEL
SUNK BY BRITISH
Bayovar Sent to Bottom Off
the Coast of South
America.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER
HITS MINE AND is LOST
Two Banks of Same Nationality Are
Destroyed by Teuton
Submarines.

LONDON. April c4-The British
steamer Orcoma has sunk German
merchant steamship near Bayovar &C
cording to dispa tches from Lima, Peru.
1t is also stated that the British cruis-
ers Kent and Drama have received coal
from the British steamer Eggesford at
the port of Bayovar.
The last report received from the Or
coma was that she had arrived in Liv-
erpool February IS from Valparaiso 1t
is possible that since then she has
been armed and sent back to South
American waters.
Norwegian Vessel Lost
The Norwegian steamship Caprivt.
which sailed from Baltimore April s
for Christiania. by way of ArdroSSan.
Scotland. struck a mine at a point fif-
teen miles northeast of Tory Island
last night and sank. according to dis
patch received here today by Lloyd's
Agency from Inishtrahull. Ireland
The crew of the Capriyi was landed 1t
lnishtrahull today.
Two Banks Torpedoed.
The crews of the Norwegian barks
Oscar and Eva We're landed at Dury
Island. Scotland. today by the steam
ship Anna, flying the Danish flag. A
German submarine overhauled the
barks about 40 miles northeast of the
Longstone and allowed their crews ten
minutes to board lfeboats. The sub
marine then shelled the abandoned
vessels.
Subsequently. the German submarine
stopped the Danish steamer Anna and
ordered her TO take aboard the crews
of the Oscar and Eva. The banks We're
bound for Scottish port, and were
loaded with nit propS
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May Avoid Difficulty.

Negotiations are proceeding for the Gre
alton in Switzerland of an organization
similar TO the Netherlands Overseas Trust
Company in Holland. through which the
swiss government may accept consgn-
ments and guarantee that they will not
be reshipped to Germany. Until such an
organization IS perfected shipments for
switzerland will be subject to rigorous in
Eestigation by French and British off,
Gals.
The steamship Maria, from Galveston
for Malmos. Sweden, with cargo of
cotton. is being detained at KirkwalI,
scotland. pending the purchase of her
cargo by the British government under
the cotton agreement
The steamer Livonio, from Galveston
for Copenhagen, is being held at Fall
mouth, England. pending an investiga-
ton of her cotton cargo
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Wilhelmina at Cardiff.

The American steamer Wilhelmina,
whose cargo Of food supplies has been
bought by the British government, has
rea ched Cardiff from Falmouth She
Will now discharge her cargo, which
was originally consigned TO Hamburg,
at Cardiff