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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
IRISH STEAMER IS SUNK
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
Crew Given Five Minutes by Kaiser's
Men to Leave Their
Ship.
LAND IN SAFETY AT DUNDRUAI
Bomb Is Placed Amidships Of Cap
tured Vessel, Which Sinks Within
Few Minutes After Explosion.
Engineer Tells OF Incident.

LONDON. February 81 (6:so p. My
The small Irish coasting steamer
Downshirc was sunk last night by a
German submarine OF Calf of Man. In
the Irish Sen. The Germans gave the
crew five minutes in which to leave
their ship. The crew landed last night
at Dundrum. Ireland
The submarine which sank the Down
shire was the U-l2. The Germans fired
three shots before the steamers cap
tain hove to. After the crew of tho
Downshire hnd taken to the boats. the
Germans placed n bomb amidships of
; the steamer and exploded 1t, and tho
Downshire sank in n few minutes.
The chief engineer OF the Downshire
gave the following account OF the sink
ing OF the vessel:
The submarine was sighted two
miles away, and the captain there-
upon ordered me to push my engines all
1t was possible. He stcered zig-zag
course. but the pursuer overhauled us
In short time. and fired three shots
The aim was so good that we stopped
Immediately. The submarine drew I'D
fully above the surface. a hundred yards
away. Its captain told US to get Into
our boats with haste
Then the waste steam began to
blow out OF our exhaust pipe The Ger
man captain got excited at this, think
ing we were trying 10 signal for help,
and ordered us to shut OF the steam.
saying otherwise he would open fire
BOMB PLACED UNDER SIDE
Of BOAT AMIDSHIPs
IT counted nineteen men on the sub
marine deck. When our boats came
alongside the submarine, we waited
there while Ave German sailors boarded
one OF the lifeboats carrying n bomb.
This they placed In the water under the
side OF the boat amidships.
The bomb hoatcd nicely and the
Germans lighted a fuse and then rowed
BACK toward the submarine. Suddenly
there was an explosion. In tho dusk
II seemed to have done little damage
but three minutes later the ship began
to settle and then went down hcaa
first.
Before the submarine departed we
talked with the captain. who was most
affable
why do you trouble about a little
boat like ours we asked him
Why d.d you make war on u.s. the
captain replied.
Why don't you tackle those nshing
hoats?' we asked. indicating trawlers
just visible on the horizon
We don't interfere with fishing
boats; it's commercial craft we are
seeking said the German captain"
The German submarine U-l2 is OF the
class built In l9l0-1l. She IS OF $50
tons displacement. and has n maximum
cruising radius Of 1900 miles. The ves-
SCI has complement OF twelve men.
Her armament includes three eighteen
inch torpedo tubes, and two ne-pound
er high angle guns She has speed
or thirteen knots above water and eight
knots submerged
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
ATTEMPT OF GERMANS Is
TO KEEP RUSSIANS BI,SY

PETROGRAD. February 81 (via Lon
don. 7:2o p. M.).-Russian stafr officers
regard the German offensive, from the
Baltic TO the Carpathians, az merely
an attempt to keep the Russians con-
stantly engaged. and prevent them
from concentrating at any point on the
long 'front.'. Other than this, II liz be-
heVed, the Germans have not clear OBJ
jective-or. II they have, 1t hns not
been fathomed herein making their
demonstration necessary mt Ossowetz
and In undertaking more active opera
uons along the Rzura, in both OF which
regions they have encountered stub
born defense
Information transmitted to Grand
Duke Nicholas concerning the action
In tho neighborhood OF OssowetZ does
not bear out reports that the situa
tion there Is in any sense a siege. 1t
is felt that Russian success in that
vicinity. ms reported Yesterday. efrec-
lively removed whatever menace the
situation contained previously
Referring 10 the supposition that the
German offensive within Russian terri
tory again is being directed toward the
capture of Warsaw. military critics say
that, rs tho Germans failed to reach
the Polish capital after they had ad :
ranced to within thirty miles OF IL.
there appears little chance OF their
covering the eighty miles between the
city and the army attempting 10 ad :
vance from the north.
The slowness OF the German advance
in Russian territory is explained here
as due 10 the diminished effectiveness
OF the German war machine when de
prived of railroad facilities
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
sends Cheerful Letter.

PARIS. February 2l.-Thc Intran-
siacant to-day prints the following let
ter from Sarah Bernhardt TO Nine.
Jane Catulle Mendcs. widow OF the poet
who Is about 10 leave for the United
States:
Ny Dear.-As you perhaps have
learned. they are going to cut or my
leg Monday. They should have done SO
last Sunday. but II seems I was not
sufficiently prepared for that rrst per
formance. The principal artist. my
r!cht leg. had not learned It's role II
now has learned II. and 1t will be
charming
Here are some photographs. May
GOD aid YOU In your voyage. II mat
ters little to me. One can die but once
Good-by my dear / embrace you ten
derly until our early meeting"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
EULOGIES IN HOUSE ON BACON
Several Members Pay Tributes to Late
Senator from Georgia.

WASHINGTON. February 2l.-Eulo-
giles were delivered In the House to-
day on the late Senator Bacon. OF
Georgia. Representative Adamson por-
trayed the greatness OF the position
Senator Bacon held In public life. Rep
resentative Parke reviewed the SEN
ator's achievements. and said he was
one OF the potential figures In American
history and one OF the great consti-
tutional authorities OF Congress and
conspicuous in moldiHg American for
eign relations. Representative Hughes
culogiZed Senator Bacon's character
and personality as we'll as his public
record
Other members OF the Georgia dele
CATION and members or other States
Joined In the symposium OF tribute.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
DOGS WILL HAVE THEIR DAY
Some 1000 Gathered Together VIII
Howl nnd YcIp in Madison Squire.
Specialize The Timcs-Dis

Especial to The Times Dispatch
NEW YORK, February 21-Some
S.o0o-odd dogs will have their day"
tomorrow In Madison Square Garden,
where they Will gather to howl and
yelp welcome to society in the great
american Dog Congress-" to be re-
convened after five-ycar recess Dog
fancicrs from all over America. Canada
and England. including number Of
multimilltonaires and half n dozen
titled personages will exhibit. Jay
Gould will make his debut at the con-
gress as dog judge.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

BATTLE is ONLY BEGINNING
No Further Word Received of
Attack on Dardanelles Forts
by Allied Fleets

LONDON. February 2I-None OF the
official reports OF the land nghting con-
tains important information. although
there arc big battles in progress near
the East Prussian frontier. where the
Russians claim to have stcmned the
German advance: In Western Galic!a.
where the Russians have become more
active: in the Carpathians and in Buko-
wilma. where again the Russians have
been reinforced and are resisting the
Austro oGerman advance.
Petrograd dispatches say the Ger
mans have met an impenetrable bar
rier in the vicinity of Ossowetz. and
that their difficulties have been in
creased by the OVERLOOKING of the Me
men River. They are in great force,
however, and the battle. which is only
beginning. promises to be a severe one.
BATTLE LINES REMAIN
ABOUT AS THEY WE'RE:
There seems 10 be little change in
the relative positions in West Galicia
and In the Carpathians. the battle lines
remaining about AS they were. big
battle Is being fought north OF the
Nadworna- -Kolomea line. in Southeast
err Galicia, and, according to German n
correspondents. the Russians have
brought up large reinforcements from
Stunislau.
The Russian and Turkish forces
again have come into touch in the eau
casus. in the trans-Tchoruk region, but
the result OF the encounters is not
given.
There again has been slackening
in the activity in the west
No further word has been received Of
the attack on the Dardanelles forts by
the British and French fleets
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
BOATS FLYING ITALIAN
FLAGS ARE FIRED ON

BARI. ITALY tvia Rome), February
Fl 1:l5 p. M.).-Members OF the crew
OF the fishing boat Gesu. which arrived
to-day from Antivar. Montenegro, said
tho Gesu and the fishing boat Saturno.
flying Italian flags, had been fired on
by two Austrian torpedo boats.
This report has caused great excite
ment in Rome.
Members Of the crew said the Gesu
was anchored near Antivari, with the
Saturno, when the Austrian torpedo
boats approached. The captains Of the
nshinE vessels ordered their crews to
land and hoisted Italian flags.
Tho Austrians. according to this re-
port, fired on the crews and then on the
vessels, while Austrian aeroplanes
dropped bombs.
No one on either vessel was injured,
but the Saturno was damaged 30 badly
She was unable to sail for home.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
NORWEGIANs INDIGNANT
AT SINKING: OF SHIP

CiiRISTlANIA. February 81 (via Lon
don).-lndiGnation at the sinking OF
the Norwegian tank steamer Belridge
by German submarine nea. Eolke-
stone Is expressed by to-day's nupers,
which discuss means OF demanding sat
isfaction.
We presume the Norwegian govern
ment VIII ask Germany to make q
declaration whether the sinking OF the
Heiridgo was Il mistake or deliberate
action" says the Morgenbadet. Pre-
aumahly, neutral powers In their notes
to Germany made all reservation re-
gardtng compensation for life and
Continued on Second PaKeD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
AMERICAN SHIP is SAFE
The Philadelphia Reaches Liverpool,
After UneventfuI Passage.

LONDON, February 81 tG:4O p. M)---
The American steamship Philadelphia.
which sailed from New York February
la, arrived At Liverpool to-day, after
an uneventful passage. She crossed tho
Irish Sea during the night with all
lights out.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
"cAN DIE BUT ONCE"
Divine Sarah Cheerful In Face of oprr-
alton To-day.

BORDEAUX fvia Paris). February
2l.-Surgeons at tho hospital OF st.
Augustine. Of Arcachon. decided deN-
nitely TO a'nputatc the right leg of
Sarah Bcrnhardt Tomorrow Mime.
Bcrnhnrdt maintains her courage. She
is receiving large number OF telc-
grams from all parts OF the world ex-
pressing sympathy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
BRITISH TRANSPORT
IS REPORTED SUNK
News, Which Is Featured in Ber-
lin, Probably Withheld
in London.
TROOPS ON BOARD ARE LOST
Fishing Boats, Flying Italian
Flags, Fired On by
Austrians.
TROOPS ON BOARD ARE LOS

RERLIN. February 81 tbv wireless to
Sayviilc).--The report OF the sinking
OF British transport with troops and
an accompanying steamer reached Ber-
lin to-day. too late for comment by
morning papers.
All OF the papers. however. feature
the report in frst-parc headlines. to-
2ethcr with reports of the sinking Of
other vessels by submarines or mines.
If as indicated by the foregoing. a
British transport has been sunk. tho
news probably has been withheld in
London.
Although accounts OF the sinking Of
various other steamers by German sub
marines or by mines have hccn passed
promptly by the British censors. there
was no irtimation in London DISPATCHES
OF the destruction of a transport.
An enormous number OF troops. near
ly 100000. according to some esti-
mates. is being transferred now from
the Southern English ports to France.
II has been the English boast that
not one man has been lost. II one Of
the transports was sunk by the Ger
mans. as reported. this movement may
be seriously checked. II not stopped.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
RUINED AS RESULT OF WAR
John Myers, His Fortune Gone, Takes
Own Life.
Especial to The Times Dispa tch.l

Especial to The Times Dispa tch.]
NEW YORK, February 2l.--His for
tune gone. as a result of the war; John
Myers who came here recently from
Australia. asphyxiated himself to-day
In his apartments. He left n note tell
ing how the war had ruined him, left
money to pay the undertaken, and di-
rected that his personal effects be
given to the poor on the city's bread
line.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
DIRK TELLS MURDER STORY
Found Near nody of Foreigner Stabbed
Through Heart.
Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch.l

Especial to The Times -Dispat tchl
NEW YORK, February 21.-A mystic
rious murder was reported to the
police to-day by peddler who STUN
bled over the body OF we'll dressed
young foreigner who had been stabbed
through the heart. long dirk was
near the body. All clues to the identity
OF the victim had been removed, but
n large sum OF money in his pocket
was not touched
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
BREAKS NECK; SAVES BOWL
short Fall Kills Girl. hut Cut Glass Is
Not DnmnEcd.
Especial to The rimes-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times spatch.l
NEW YORK, February 2l.-Although
she fell only sixteen inches from the
second step OF the stairway In her
home. fourteenyear -old Ellen Nopoli
broke her neck. suffered internal In
juries. fractured her skull. and died
to-day. a cut-glass bowl she was
carrying when she fell was not even
cracked.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
"PAUPER" IS RICH MAN
Dies at Poor Farm, While Poxa easing
S4OO,0 200 Estate.
[Snecial 10 The Times-piapatah.l

Especial to The Times -Dispato
BINGHAMToN. N. Y, February 21
believed to be pauper. and dying
mt tho county poor farm. James Crimp-
ton. for fifty years n pack peddler. was
to-day discovered to have left nm estate
OF 100000. The money will be divided
among fifteen relatives.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
GRAPPLEs WITH BURGLAR
New Jersey Woman TX Terribly beaten
by Negro.
Especial to The 1'imes-Dispatch. ]

Especial TO The Times Dispatchl
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., February
2l.--Grnppling with negro burglar
she found rining her bureau. Mrs.
George Long was beaten into insensi-
bility, and her skull fractured in three
places. She is not expected to live.
The negro escaped.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
SINKING OF FIVE VESSELS
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED

LONDON, Thursday. February IS (de-
layed by censor).-The British steam
ers Highland Brae. Hemisphere and Po-
taro and the sailing ships Sumatra
and Wilfred have been sunk in the
Atlantic. presumably by the German
cruiser. Karlsruhe. Crows and passen-
gers were landed at Buenos Aires by
tho German steamer Holger
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

The sinking OF these five vessels and
in addition. the British steamer Vis-
count Humphreys was reported from
Bucnos Aires February IS. The Buenos
Aires dispatch, however, said that the
German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelm, and not the Karlsruhe, sank
them. This version probably Is COR
rect. AS II was given by men on board
the Holger
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

'HIEF intercst I'm the unr ccntr~n
~ In the operations or German
submarines In the water. around
the british IsIes. Tie British
stcnmrr DOSnShire hns been blown
up In the Irish Sen. while the Amer
ican stcnmcr Evelyn. with n cargo
of cotton. from New York to Hre-
men, hns been sunk by mine near
RorlSum Island, in the North Sen
From Berlin comes the report Of the
sinking of "a british transport with
troops and un accompanying stcam-
cr." hut the scene of this Incident
IL not given.
Regarding the destruction OF the
Evelyn. the first American vessel to
he sunk since the outbreak of the
war. the authorities at Washington
hnve ordered n full inquiry.
The report Of the sinking OF the
British transport was xent out ON
the authority of German news
Eency, hut neither nerlin nor Lon
don has mndc my official announce
ment concerning the report.
The latest official announcement
from PRri. regarding operations In
the west described considerable
progress made by the allies In the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

Maxim Gorky's restoration 10 the
good graces OF the Russian government
comes after n long period during which
he was at odds with the authorities.
lie returned to Russia about year
ago. after eight years OF exile. lie was
included In nm amnesty conceded by
Emperor Nicholas in 1913. but declined
TO avail himself of It. and did not re-
turn 10 his native land until failing
health and n longing to see his coun-
try caused him to so back.
The career OF the realistic novelist
and revolutionary Dropagandist has
heen stormy one. He was the son
OF poor upholsta'er. Left an orphan
Mt five. he ran away from the man to
whom he was apprenticed. and there
after shifted for himself.
NJ. Gorky has been imprisoned several
times. on account OF his alleged seditl-
Gus utterances. In 1906 the Russian
government charged him with foment-
ing anti Russian revolutionary move
nents abroad. and In 1908, when he
was living in Italy. his arrest was or
dered by the Russian government Hc
was suffering from tuberculosis when
lie returned to Russia, but later was
snid to have recovered. Last Septem-
ber II was reported that he was serv-
ing as n private with the Russian army
in Galicia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

IMPORTED Ia CAROLINA Cherutos, I0c.
L mild. sweet and aromatic smoke.-Ady.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
RESTORED TO GOOD GRAcEs
Maxim Gorky, Socialist Author, IL re-
Icnsed From His Exile.

PETROGRAD February Il (via Lon
on).-The prosecution instituted sew
erai years ago against Maxim Gorky.
the. author. for his socinlistic antigov-
crnment propaganda. which necessi-
'ated his self-cxile for several years.
has been aba ndoned definitely
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

hostile nerOpianc in reported to
hnNe dropped bombs nenr BraIntrcc.
Colchcster. Marks, Tcy. md CoEEes-
hail, English towns virtually within
nifty miles OF London.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

THE yERInEsr WAY To BALTIMORE"
York River Chesapeake Bay. $40 u N.
Only 32co and superior service. 90. e. Main
Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

have checked the German advance
with strong rcinforcements. There
is little change to record In Guiiciu.
the Carpnthinns or nukowina.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

Fishing honts nyinS the italian
fnE have been fired on by Austrian
torpedo boats rat Antivnri, Monte
negro, according to the crew of ono
Of the bonts. which hns arrived mt
bari. Italy. Austrian ncroplnnes,
the fishermen added, attempted to
drop bombs on them, md ono of the
italian vessels 'rns badly damaged.
A free fight broke up meeting
In Rome, called by parties favorable
to italian Intervention In the war
and those nEninst II, at which
speeches were to hnSe been mndc
setting forth tho respective Views.
Many persons were wounded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
AMERICAN STEAMER
EVELYN BLOWN UP
Chief Interest In War Centres
in Operations Of Submarines

Champagne district, and the rcpuisc
of the Germans ut various points
ntonE the southern end OF the linc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

The reference in rhe message from
American Consul Fee TO the destruc-.
tion OF the Evelyn at Borkum was in
terpreted In some quarters as fneani,s
that the vessel was within the terri
torial waters OF Germany when, sho
struck tho mine. Consequently, somo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
BRISCOE COMPANY
 BUILDING RACERS

That Benjamin Briscoe president of nriscoe Motor company of Jackson, Mich. has had a staff of engineers for sometime engaged in the building of three high Towered racing cars which will make their first appearance sometime in July, will be news even to the folks who are usually very close to what is going O, in the Jackson plants of the Biiscoe. These racing cars are to be the fastest in their class; two of them are within the 200 cubic inch classification, capable of D speed of 100 miles an hour while the third is of 19o horse power and has sustained speed of 120 miles per hour.
 These racing cars, says MT. Briscoe
 are being built entirely in our plant No ,. want to make it clear however. thai they will not appear before the public as so many other racing cars do. in th- guise of so-called stock cars, but vii be frankly racing cars built for the fastest kind of work of which a motor driver car is capa ble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

mer at the Powell. This will be the only elementary school open this summer, and children from any part of the city who need special work from the fourth grade to the seventh will be taught there. Teach CTS in the summer school will have an opportunity in this school to observe methods and administration for elemen- tary grades
 For the teachers studying for state ex- animation there will be instruction in the studies required. Teachers preparing for life certificate examination will study the Work of the Rural School,r History Of Education" and School Hygiene Lee lures and study on each of these books will be given. The physics laboratory will be open and MT McGlathery, head of the science department at Central High school will teach this subject. The other subjects will be taught by principals who have specialized in the branches they will teach.
 This preparation for examination forms the routine of the summer school and yet 1t has been noted that the school ia rema rkably free from the spirit of ora ming that Is likely to be felt. There is such diversity of school interests. so much genuine interest in different phases of school life, so many ideas to be worked out for school activities, and altogether
 
 school to do good work that an excellent spirit prevails. It is one of the gratifvins things about the schools that this is true that it is not for work alone. for stndv alone, for examinations alone, hut also Tor professional development. for general culture, and with some features for recre- ation. too.
 The course of the summer school Is the result of thoughtful planning-nlannins with the idea of offering what is really needed and wanted in the community in the citys educational circles. and in the county's school system It is planned to meet all needs of the teacher in cIass room work, in school extension. and in community progress, for the teacher of today finds that all of these things como under her guidance She must know how to fill the important place that onens "a her when she accepts a school and she must know how to. use the opportunities that come to her, opportunities to develon character. 10 improve tfe physical hains or the children in her school 10 eneour7 age community activities of many kinds and to make the school a real factor for progress io'
 1t reflects credit on the officials of the city school system that it is possihla to cor duct here summer school of tb,s cnaracter, It is indicative of the charac- ter or work done in the schools here and IL Will do much toward raising the s,ard- ards of schools and of school work wba. ever It's influence extends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
MAY HAVE 1000
 MILE RACE SOON

The Indianapolis motor speedway s proposed $100000 10000 mile race may be held in the fall of 1916 or 1917. in stead of in place of the regularly scheduled 50o- mile event in the spring. as originally planned.
 Race fans argue it would be a shame to disturb the regular sequence of 500- mile contests. now the worlds great est mortoring feature. for even so great an event IS the thouand miller. The latter, they state, looks sufficicnt- iy attra ctive to make a hit as an extra venture. any time. Official action on the proposition has not yet been taken. though 1t is thought an announcement will he made soon.