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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

was put ashore there in 1704 at his own request. It is desolate bit of cliff and mountain rising abruptly from Ithe ocean about 400 miles off the coast of Chili to which 1t belongs. Earlier in the war there were rumors that Ad- nnira1 won Specs squadron had practi- cally appropriated the Island as a base of operations, and a protest on this point was lodged by Chilli with the German government.
 Hid in Magellan Straits.
 It is now apparent that the Dresden,
 some time after her escape from the
 Battle of~the FaIklands, made her way down the coast to the Straits of Ma geHan. There is reason to believe that
 she lay hidden for some time some
 where in the straits.
 The pursuit growing warmer and
 the British cruisers, headed by the
 Glasgow, which had already been op-
 posed to the Dresden in two sea fights,
 closing in, the Dresden's captain ap- EparentIy decided to make for the open Pacific and slipped through the straits.
 probably. in the hope of picking. up
 enough prizes to supply coal and pre-
 visions, and then of ela1ding the Jap
 anese and Australian patrols and reaching the hunting grounds, of the East Indies, where the Ernden had demonstrated the possibilities in those
 waters of the game of hide-and-seek. I He appears to have decided to touch again at Juan Fernandez, where caches of provisions and stores may
 have been left by Admiral won Spec on his visit, and this proved his undoing as the British must have anticipated precisely this move and headed straight for the spot. Once in sight | of the German cruiser, with her speed reduced by more than seven months continuous cruising, counting the time before the battle off the FaIkIands and her engines racked by the terrific strain. it must have been h simple
 matter for the British cruisers to run her down, and an even more simple
 matter, once within range, to end her career.
 The Dresden carried a battery of ten 4.1-inch guns, while the Kent alone aside from the 5-inch guns of the Glas-
 gow and whatever armament may be carried by the Drama, mounts a bat tery of 6-inch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
DRESDEN, LAST SURVIVOR
 OF FOLKL LANDS BATTLE, SUNK IN SOUTH PACIFIC

F 4 N I Tandnn. March 16.-1After a pursuit of more. than three months. the Ger man light cruiser Dresden. the last survivor of Admiral von Specs iH-fat- ed squadron, was caught in the South Pacific Sunday ny tlaree British cruis7 ers and sent to the bottom near lonely Juan Fernandez Island. The official anncunoeEaant of the British sA,azniral- xx fellows:
 .son the 18th oe March. at 9 a. m. H M. s. Glasgow. Capt. John Luce R. Caok John R. Seagrave. R. N. and H. M. s. Kent, Capt. John p: Alden. e B R N. caugh& the Dresden near Juan Hernandez Island.
 An actton ensued. and after five ninutes' fighting the Dresden hauled down her coHors and displayed the white nag. She was much damaged and set on fire, and after she had been burning for some t1zne her magazine exploded and she sank
 saTfae crew was saved Fifteen badly wounded Ger1nans ara being landed at .oasuaatiess and no damage to the shfps.s.ss s e<
 Iong Euded Prsuers.
 The sinking of the Dresden clears up a. mystery which had puzzled the sAdnniraaty since the night when the
 
 sinking wrecks of her mates in Ad- rniraI vons Specs squadron, slipped off into the gloom of 9 stormy night and eIIded nearly a. dozen fast cruisers, the entire strengths In fact, of Admiral Sturdeess victorious squadron
 Since that time the search for her had gone on unremittingly. She had been variousIy reported hiding an small ports and inlets along fae Drugaayan and Argentine coasts. lurking in one of the inunerab1e coves Of Magellen. Smith Sound and the waters around sTierre del F.uego, and even in the North Atlantic, 4hEvings 1t was said, eIuded her pursuers. She also was re- ported as about to efEect a junction with the Karlsruhe for further raids upon British and French commerce
 It was on the Island of Juan Fer nandez that Alexander SeIk1rk, the original of De Foess ssRobdnson Cru soe," lived alone for seven years. He
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
BeIgian omcials Acuuitted.

BehIin. March 16.-A German court at Brussels has acquitted the five Bel gian customs officials who were charg- ed with treason by Gov.-Gen. von Bis sing, who alleged that they had in- dtced other Be1gians in the customs service to go to Holland in an eff fort to join the Belgian army. The men arrested included the Director General of the Ministry of Finance, Ganzels; the Director of Customs, No kodemz, and 9 customs inspector at Iiege named Prejot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
GulIs Saved Al Cruiger.

London. March 16.-Seagul1s per- haps saved cruiser and 800 men from a submarine, says British blue sjacket with the North Sea feet in letter to his family in Hull.
 He says he was standing by his gun when a large flock of seagu11s sud- denly rose from the surface of the wa ter. This drew the attention of the sailors to the periscope of a subma- rine, which the gulls had seen ap- bearing above the water. The war ship turned and made away from the danger with zigzag course.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
Gernnany Sends Rich Away.

Copenhagen, March .16.@The hotels and the better class of boarding houses are crowded with Well-to-do Germans who are ineligible for military service. It is said that these people, responding to an appeal from the Government, are leaving Germany in large numbers in order that there shall be fewer people to feed while the war contin- ues.H
 It. is reported from Sweden and Norway that many Germans of siIni- lar class have arrived in those coun- tries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
Mars HeIps Cupid

London. March 16.-Four German prisoners of war. escorted by an arm ed guard, left the prison ship Royal Edward at Southbend one day recent ly for the Registry Office, where the prisoners were married to the girls to whom they were engaged before the war. After the ceremony the four couples with the armed guards sat down to a. wedding luncheon in a South end restaurant. A few hours later brides and bridegrooms parted the brides to London and the bride grooms to their prison ship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
Letter to Dr. KilIner & Co. Binghalnton, NY.

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do
 For You
 Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,. Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention the Bridgeport Daily Farmer Regular hfty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
Paris Censor Censored.

Paris, March 16.-The latest ca price of the official censor comes to light in the Est. Republican. This paper thought it was fully justified in publishing the official communities ton regarding the Presidents trip in Alsace. The censor. at Nancy, how- ever, discovered indiscretions in the official account of this interesting event and mercilessly censored the Paris censor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
WHAbERs CAUGHT IN ICE.

St. Johns, N. F., March 16-A wire less message today brought word that eight steamers of the whaling fleet had been caught in the ice eight miles off Cape Bonavista, 50 miles from here up the coast. There ap- peared to be no way for them to get clear until there is a shift in the wind
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
WABsHIP sIIENgEs BATTI1RY.

Paris; March a6-several batteries of Turkish field artillery posted above Rum Kale, at the entrance to the Dardanelles, were discovered and sf1enced by British warships after a bombardment Sunday, says q special dispatch from Athens.
 The Anchor liner Cameronda ar rived safely at Liverpool.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
BRITISH STEAMER IN PORT.

New Orleans. La, March 16-The British steamer Wyvishrook. report ed recently as having been seized by Carranza officials at Campeche. ar rived last night at Port Eads from Progresso and will dock here Go day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
60 Greek Families Massacred. ,

Athens, March 16.-According to reports received from the Turkish Greek frontier Mussulnan soldiers have massacr sixty Greek families in the village of Ysnari The report is prominently displayed in all news papers which are in favor of interven- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

The Dutch ship Van Hogenderp sailed from Galveston for Rotterdam with $500 ba2es of cotton, valued at $265, ,063
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

The Italian War Office completed arrangements to become effective in case of war, for hospital accommo- datiops for, 12, 900 wounded in Rome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

why go. limp4ng around with acF1- ing. puffed-up feet--feet so tired, chafed, sore and swollen you can hard Iv get your shoes on or off2 Why don't you get a Recent box of ssTIZ', from the drug store now and gladden. your tortured feet?
 seTIz,' makes your feet glow with comfort; takes down swe1lings and draws the soreness and misery right out Of feet that chafe, smart and burn. ssTIz" instantly stops pain in corns. callouses and bun1ons 4TTZD is glor- io1ls for tired, aching, sore feet No more shoe tishtness-no more foot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16

The New York Cotton Exchange will be closed Good Friday.
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Late WAR news SUMMARY

The United States has taken firm
stand concerning the rights of American
shipping in unhlockaded waters. In its
note TO Great Britain yesterday it
pointed ont that general use of the
American hag by British vessels would
be highly dangerous 70 neutral vessels
and would be viewed by this govern
ment with anxiety. 1t informed Ger
many that the destruction of an Amer
lean vessel might lead to change in
the hitherto friendly relations between
the two countries.
Great Britain meanwhile is preparing
to take still more stringent measures
TO cut of German overseas trade. In
the House of Commons Premier AsQuith
was asked whether the government
would place all foodstuffs and raw ma
terials used in German industries on the
list of absolute contraband. He replied
that the government was considering
taking measures against German trade
in view of the violation by the enemy
of the rules of war
The cargo of the American steamer
Wflhelmina was seized at Falmouth
to be thrown into prize court.
The British Foreign Secretary, Sir
Edward Grey, said that it would be
useless for the, allies to outline terms
on which they would discuss peace on
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Men Accused of Rob-
bing Friendof Former
Senator Baldwin Ar
rested in Ohio
ATTACK MADE
ON JANUARY 10
Prisoners Are Declared by the Police to
Be John E. Gibb and Albert Heagy.
Both of Steelton-Latter Is Said to
Be Member of Berwick Ball Team

Two men charged with the assault
and robbery committed against J. f.
Higgins, of Austin, Pa. friend of for.
mer Senator Baldwin, of Potter county,
ami of Assemblyman Akoee, of Potter,
which occurred on the night of January
ls, after Higgins came to Harrisburg
to witness the inauguration ceremonies,
are under arrest in Youngstown. Ohio.
Chief of Police Hutchison received this
information this morning.
According to the police these men
are John (. Glib. of Steelton. and Al.
bert Heagy, also of Steelton, baseball
player, who is said 10 have been men,
Der of the Berwick club last season.
Constable Hams, OF Steelton, left for
Youngstown this afternoon to bring the
persons back. The warrants for their
arrest were issued from Alderman Muir.
ray 5 Office in this city.
Higgins story 70 the police was that
on the night of January 19 he met two
men in = Market street hotel and they
offered 10 take him to a mythical Elksi
clubhouse, near Highspire. having ob.
served that he wore an Eaks' charm on
has watch chain. Higgins said the
tho left here on a Middletown ear, get.
ting off at the Whitehouse lane below
Highspire.
When the car went on and they were
IN darkness the men struck Higgins
and knocked him down. He told the no.
lice he was relieved of diamond ring
Continued on Fourth PAGE
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Prize Court to Decide

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE State
Department has concluded that the Viii
helmina case must be allowed to take a
normal course, which involves going to
prize court because of the issue raised
by the British contention that Germany
has justified the seizue of the Viii
helmina's cargo, by its decree appro-
priating the home grain supply.
The ST. Louis commission house.
owning the cargo, and perhaps the VII
helmina s owners, will be represented
by counsel before the court but the
State Department, though deeply in
terested in the outcome will content it
self at present by instrueting the Amer
lean Ambassador at London TO observe
the progress OF the case carefully. The
decision of the prize court is not neees-
sarily binding upon the United States
and it may be made the subject of a
protest. and diplomatic negotiations at
the discretion of the State Department.
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TO RACE ESQ MILES TO
Save The life OF baby
Parents of Child With Grain of Corn
In Its Right Lung Will Speed to
Pittsburgh Tonight to Obtain
Treatment From Specialist

Byrod Baxter, ? 1-2-year-old son of
John Baxter, Pennsylvania railroad
man at Marysville, will undergo an
operation by the famous throat special
ist, DR.. Chevalliere Jackson, at the lat
ter s sanatorium in Pittsburgh, for the
removal of grain of corn from the
child's right lung.
The child's life is in grave danger
and the removal of the particle of corn
is a very ticklish operation. Arrange
ments have been made for the operation
and the parents will take the baby on
its 5o0-mile trip tonight.
While the baby was playing at his
home he picked up the grain of corn
and placed it in his mouth, inhaling it
into his lungs. The parents took the
child to the Harrisburg hospital this
afternoon, where an X-ray examination
located the grain OF corn in the child s
right lung.
When the foreign particle was dis
covered to be in the lung the parents
were advised to take the child to DR..
Jackson, and the throat specialists at
the hospital engaged the Pittsburgh
surgeon by long distance telephone this
afternoon. The parents will begin
their 250-mile chase to save the baby s
life this evening.
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U.S.. WARNS GREAT BRITAIN
and GERMANY ABOUT THE
use OF THE American FLAG

Washington. Feb. 11.-The United
States has warned Great Britain and
Germany that general use of the Amer
lean flag by British vessels would be
viewed with grave concern here, and
that the destruction by Germany of
any American vessel in the newly pre-.
scribed war zone would lead to serious
complications.
1t became known to-day that the text
of the two notes sent last night TO
Great Britain and Germany expressed
much more emphatieally than had been
generally known the displeasure of the
United States at the use of neutral
flags by British merchantmen and its
solieitude over the Implication that
neutral vessels were liable to des;ruc.
tion by German submarines in the wa
tiers around Great Britain and ireland.
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Russian Radical Methods

Petrograd, via London, Feb. II, asa
A, M.-Russis S daily war bill was
estimated at 100000 rubles (s7,.
ooO,000 in the discussion which pre-
ceded the adoption of the budget.
In the debate upon the best means
OF stimulating industries and business
generally, NJ. Msrkoff, one of the depu.
ties of the Right, proposed the expul-
sion from the country of all Teutons
and the donation of their property 10
relieve the families of war victims. If
the government had not tolerated Ger.
man colonization on the Vistula, he
argued, thousands OF Russian lives
would have been saved.
a similar Recommendation was made
by the council of empire, which suggest.
ed that sh Austrians and Germans ex.
cePt those of Slav origin, be deprived
OF their lands and that all war pris.
oners be compelled TO work or farms
and estates with Special consideration
for Slsys.
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dies Soon after HUSBAND
she WE'D So YEARS AGO
Mrs Sarah A. Mcclure Stricken With
Paralysis While Standing at Front
Door-Survived by Six Children
and Eight Grandchildren

Mrs. Sarah 4. McClune. in her 73d
year, died yesterday shortly before
noon, few minutes after she was
stricken with paralysis at the front door
of her home, 220 Harris street. Her
death came less than six months after
that of her husband, Thomas R. Ne
Clune, whose death occurred on August
26 last, after the couple had lived a
most happy married life for a period OF
more than ffty-ive years. 1t was on
May 10, last, that they and their chill
dren met at their house and celebrated
their ifty-ffth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. MeClune felt most keenly the
loss of her husband, and her friends
say her death may have been hastened
on this account, although she maintain
ed her Characteristic cheerfulness after
his death.
Prior to her death Mrs. McClune had
complained but little. Although for the
last three years she had suffered from
rheumatism, yet she was able to get
about and do much of her own house
hold work.
Mrs. McClune was born April 20,
1912. AT an early age she and her
parents moved to Lancaster county, iv-
ing in Washington borough and Colum-
bia. About thirty-five years ago she
and her husband moved to this city.
Ten years later Mr. McClune opened
an art store at 1922 North Third street.
Mrs. Mcclure was a well known res.
ident of the West End, having lived in
the vicinity of Green and Harris streets
for the last twenty-five years.
Surviving her are the following chill.
dren: Mrs. C. S. Shuster, Mrs. s. l..
Duncan, Mrs. j. P. Given, Mrs. H. NJ.
Grove, Edward H. and John S. Me.
clune. Eight grandchildren and three
great-granichildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Satur-
day afternoon at clock from the
house. The Rev. John Henry Daugh-
erty, pastor of the Ridge Avenue Meth.
odist Episcopal church, of which Mrs.
Mcclure was member. will conduct
the services. The Rev. Mr.. Daughertv
will be assisted by the Rev. DR.. Silas c.
Swallow.
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Evacuation of City by
Kaiser's Troops Re-
ported in Dispatch
From Petrograd
WAR BILL OF TIE
RUSSIANS SMELLS
Seven Million Dollars Day Is Estimat-
ed Amount Required BY Cars
Government to Garry On War
Against Germany
Rv Associated Press.

Paris, Feb. IL, $50 4. M.-The
evacuation of Lodz by the Germans has
been confirmed, according to Petro-
grad dispatch to the Havas Agency
which states that stores, offices and
transports are being removed hastily to
kslisz.
4 refugee who escaped to Czenstoek.
owa, the dispatch credits with the
statement that the Germans have re-
sumed with redoubled vigor the con-
struetion of heavily fortified lines
which was suspended six weeks ago.
LodE, the second city of Poland, was
captured by the Germans on December
6, when Field Marshal Won linden
burg began his dash for Warsaw, 75
miles 10 the northwest. The Russians
were driven out of the city only after
q desperate resistance according TO Ger
man reports although Petrograd con-
tended it was evScusted for strategic
reasons. The Russians were reported
yesterday TO have assumed the offensive
on the Warsaw front in an effort TO
push back the Germans who are said
70 have transferred many troops from
that region 10 East Prussia.
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Both Branches viii Take Nice Long
Holiday, Beginning Next Week

After the Legislature adjourns next
week it win not meet again until March
1, the object being to honor Washing
tons Birthday, which comes during
the proposed recess, and to give legisla-
tors opportunity to visit institutions
asking State aid and to inquire into
legislation that is about to be taken
up for consideration, which includes
the platform bills.
This will be the longest recess taken
by any Legislature in recent years, and
it is limited that underneath the propo-
sition is some plan that has not yet be-
come public property. There are all
sorts of conjectufes as to why there
should be so mich solicitude regarding
the honoring of Washington s memory
just at time when legislation has been
fairly started and when committees are
loaded down with bills that have been
introduced, and action on which is be-
ing awaited by those who introduced
them.
The Senate wall adjourn on Tuesday
for the long recess, but the House will
not get away before Thursday. The
recess will be for about ten days.
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Croatian Rector of a
Steelton Flock Ex-
plains He Meant No
Disrespect to Banner
w WANTED TO AVOID
POSSIBLE CLASH
Croatians Then Decide to Abandon
Service to Which They Had Invit-
ed Men of Nation With Which They
Are At War

Fearing that few excitable persons
might make a disturbance if the Ser
Wan flag were carried into st. Mary
Roman Catholic church, Steelton, the
congregation of which is composed of
Croatians whose sympathies are opposed
to those of the Servians in the Euro
pean war, the Rev. Anthony Zuvic, rec
tor of the church, refused to permit
Servian banner to be carried into the
editice yesterday when it was planned
to hold special service in connection
with the big CrOatian celebration in
that borough.
The rector made it very clear that
no disrespeet to the Servian flag was
intended. Thereupon, the Croatians
who had invited the Servians to attend
the service, decided that rather than be
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MOVES In CIVIC CLUB SUIT
Trust Co. Asks to Be Made Defendant
to Decide Title to Fleming Property

The suit TO establish ownership of the
Fleming property, at North and Front
streets, instituted by the Harrisburg
Civtc Club, assumed a new phase to.
day.
Mrs. William Fleming left the prop
erty 10 the Civic Club, but there was
some doubt as 10 whether tine clab could
inherit the bequest, owing TO techni.
ealities in the law, and Frank Payne.
the tenant, declined TO pay rent until
the ownership was established. The
tlv;e Club brought suit against Payne
In order 10 open up the entire question,
and Payne filed demurrer to his be.
ing made the defendant, claiming that
the Central Trust Company, of New
York, executor OF Mrs. Fleming's es.
tate, should be the defendant.
To-day the Central Trust Company
filed request that ii be permitted TO
assume the place of defendant insteaa
OF Payne, thus hoping to bring the
question to a quicker conclusion.
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AGREE TO BANK ASSESSMENT
21O of $50 Stockholders Ready to Re-
sumo Schaefferstown Institution
By Associated Pres,

Lebanon, Pa, Feb. ia stockhold-
ers' meeting was held in Sshaeffers-
town last evening, when holders of 210
shares of the capital stock of the First
National bank whose cashier, Alvin
Binner, committed suicide, publicly ex-
pressed their willingness to make up
the s164 assessment which is necessary
to cover the Sal, 200 shortage of the
bank. With only 40 shares to be heard
from prospects for the imme iate re-
opening of the institution are bright.
A committee was appointed to inter-
view the owners of the 40 shares and
ascertain their views on the subject.