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CREWS OF s VESSELS b.
DESTROYED ARE SAFE.
oae Man killed and seven Missing
From sixth ship sunk.
sp,ciai cabI, Despotch 10 THr sux

sDeri1i cable Despdtch 10 The SuN.
LONDON, April :.--One British steam
,1p, the Southp3int. the Dutch steam
nip Sch,elaud, three Tyne trawlers and
Inc Norwegian bark Nor have been
sdded 10 N, list of victims of German
l1marin"s Ia all six cases. according
% the reports So far received, the crews
,hem before the vessels were sent TO the
oit,n.
| The sinking of the six vessels seems
70 Indicate an extension of the subma-
me operations from the Channel and
he southwest coast of England and
wales, where the major part of the
damage inflicted ny the underwater craft
hitherto has been done. to include the
North Sea and even extending as far
70 the southwark as Cape Finisterre,
Spain.
The Dutch steamship Schieland. LOO
tons MS sunk by an explosion while
'"en'y Miles of Spurn Head. Yorkshire,
90 April Details of the sinking nave
rot YET u-'u received. but II IL be-
le''d that sh" WAS sunk hy tor
ptdo from a submarine NJ least one
htnoss ~ the crew was killed. Seven
oiherS who embarked in lifeboat are
MsFnG The others were landed at
'rW'hy hv a British patrol boat!
tn southport was sunk sixty miles
on Cape f.uisterTe by the t-.s, accord
Mg 10 - Lisbon despatch to Reuters
agency, Tho crew OF the steamer was
landed Yesterday at Lisbon and II was
reported At first that the Southpolnt had
been lost IN q storm. The steamer Hol-
hhgton picked mp the thirty-six men OF
we crew ana took them to Lisbon.
TT" Lisbon correspondent Of the Daily
Nau confirms the earlier dispatches that
ne steamship S,uthpoint was torpedoed
on March -. but says that the tor
BEDDING occurred sixty miles from
Andy Island. IN the Bristol Channel OF
me b"yuushIre coast Half an hour
was given to tho crew in which to leave
ne vessel Tn" T-2s he says. then
sent torpedo into the Southpoint and
hTed MN" shots into her, and the ves-
81 sank
The crew. I'm two boats. drifted in a
rough .ce for tWenty-four hours be-
| 'o.e ''' were rescued by the steam
chip Houngon.
The Sputhpoint's name was recently
,A'nF'1 % the Eston. She arrived at
Eolio"lun on March | from Philadel-
baa V''G a cargo Of -four for the Bel
gan sufferers. unloaded and crossed 70
rove, England, sailing for Philadel-
pln o' hltrcn 20.
New t-rlc dispatches tell OF the sink
Mg o' i.c three Tyne trawlers, the
'o\,a 90 Jason and Nellie, by the sub
m.'.'' ITO in the North Sea off the
m'u' n' 'Nr rync. The German COM
ma Hd,lcd the crews OF the veg
s"'s f. .I' Off In their boats and 1t was
nor u.'N 'hc boats had left the trawl-
81 o.. do. latter were blown up. The
s'hN ID 20 'l"n tOw"d the string OF small
tot's ."ntri the Tyne until other fish
"' 'g.-"ir came along and took the
ct0s luNrIr.
IT, tt'lde of the German com
ma0n'. '"Nard the fishermen Is dc
Sr."". .. them AS genial, He gave
mem '' coffee and tobacco and ex
pa''.
We ave orders to sink everything
var and England started IT,"
Inc crow Of the submarine told th'
continued on Second Page.
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AMBROSE BIERCE FOUND.
American Author Is With British
Force In Fran nee.

BrooMISGToS, ILL.,. April 2,-The mys-
FERROUS disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
OF New York. author and journalist,
who has been sought by his family for
six months. was cleared to-day by the
receipt of letter from him by his
daughter. Mrs. Helen Cowden OF this
city. This brought Che inforuls ton
that her father is fighting with the
rank of Major for the Allies in Europe.
lie left Mexico early last fall and
has been actively engaged at the Brit
!sh front in France. Major Bterce wrote
that he had escaped injury and was in
good health. The State Department in
Washington has been engaged since last
fail in trying 20 Ind Major Bierce In
Mexico
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
GIFT BY JOHN DIS DAUGHTER
Thirty High school seniors Get
Trip at Her Expense.

WILLIAM srowS. Mass. April a.
Through the generosity OF Mrs. l..
Parmalee Prentice. daughter OF John ID.
Rockefeller. the seniors OF the Williams
town High School have been enabled 10
take their annual trip to Washington.
party OF thirty left here this after
noon for the capital. They will arrive
In New York tomorrow morning by
night boat from Troy and will proceed
Immediately to Washington tomorrow
where they will remain for i've days be-
fore returning to- Williamstown.
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CARDINALS EASTER WISH.
Mgr. Gibbons Prays for Permanent
Peace Before Easter 1919.

BALTIMORE, April 2.-Card.nal Gibbons
issued to-day an Easter greeting in
which he expressed a wish for the "stab-
lishment OF permanent peace in the
entire world before next Easter, Tn"
greeting was:
THE best wish that | can express IL
that before we celebrate Easter, 1915,
the Prince of Peace will have brought
to Europe and the whole world the in
estimable blessing of permanent
peace
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03

There IL good reason to believe that
Admiral fisk"'s relations with S""r"-
tary Daniels wcr- strained almost TO
the breaking poiui last peccmher when
Fisk. testified before tn, House Commit
tee on Naval Aftairs relative to the
condition uf tho navy.
Admiral Fisljc told the House cont
mittee that the American navy was not
1T to 60 to war: shat there was lack
of coordination of effort between the
Department and the fleet. aud that il
was high time the American people were
apprised OF IN" truth
Admiral Fsko was asked 10y members
OF tn. committee whose business II WAS
TO map out war plans aud 10 see 10 t
that suCNpians were practised hv ihc fleet
against the time when the fleet might
be called upon to meet an enemy. His
answer startled tn. committee.
at is nohodys business replied Ad-
miral F'iskc.
Persons IN a position 70 know say
that for the last eighteen months the
aid for operations has h.cn practically
ignored by the Secretary OF the Navy.
II was Admiral Fiskes duty. a. n. saw
1t. TO apprisc the Secretary OF the short
age Of men. deficiencies OF tho fleet and
. otherwise to counsel tho Secretary OF
military questions The aid for opera
tions, Z is asserted. received no encour.
agemeut from IN. Secretary OF the
Navy
ON one occasion Admiral Fiske rec
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ADMIRAL FISKE RESIGNS;
FRIENDS ACCUSE DANIELS
Fought Hard for Stronger
Navy Against Opposition
Of Secretary.

WASHINGTON. April Navy circles
came known that Rear Admiral H. a.
Fiske. who has an International repu-
tation as a naval expert, had rendered
his resignation as aid for operations and
accepted by Secretary Daniels.
The retirement OF Rear Admiral Fiske
from this important post IL the culmi-
nation Of long series of difficulties be-
tween the aid for operations and the
Secretary OF The Navy.
AdmNal Fiske found himself Oh; OF
tune with the present Administration
from the outset. lie advocated u larger
building programme. more up to date
organization. and repeatedly urged the
development Of the service with n vicw
to subordnsting everything to lighting
efficiency.
In the trouble that grew up between
Secretary Daniels and Admiral Fiske
MIR. Daniels made it plain that he re.
garded the navy IN Its present form AS
an efficient fighting organization. and
1t is understood that he resented crit
icisms Of the service made by the aid
for operations.
Navy officers say Admiral F.She rep.
resented the views Of the naval service
as "A whole, which is dissatisfied wit"
the pacific policy Of the present head
Of the Navy Department.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
FREED FROM
MADHOUSE BY
MRS. GLYNN
Frederick Savage. Rubber
Boot Inventor. Set at Lib
erty by Justice Borst.
VICTIM OF BUSINESS
CONSPIRACY. HE SAYS

AMSTERDAM, y. Y, April 2.-Freder-
ick savage's long fight for freedom
ended In victory late this afternoon
when Supreme Court Justice Henry V.
Borst ordered his discharge from the
Ogdensburg state Asylum, to which no
was committed in April. 1912.
1t was contended that his commitment
resulted from a conspiracy on the part
of business rivals who. it was declared.
sought to profit by a patent which Saw
age obtained on a rubber boot Aftsr
getting the patent Savage entered into
a contract with the Hood Rubber Corn
pany to manufacture the boot which he
was to sell.
Differences arose between them, he
said. and caused grca; financial loss TO
him Instead OF taking legal action
Savage wrote the company many letters
and the company later brought about
the commitment of Savage to Mas
sachusetts asylum for the insane. The
letters being introduced as evidence ~
his insanity. lie wa later released
from that institution. but in 1912 Was
committed TO the Ocdensburg Hospital
About forty persons. majority Of
whom have known Savage from boy.
hood have come forward to testify to
his sanity. Three physicians who have
known HIM from hoyhood declared that
he is eccentric but sane. The president
OF the board Of managers of the Hudson
River State Hospital. where Savage was
confined for a brief period. aud atteui-
ants from the ST. Lawrence Hospital
also testified that he is rational
Judge Borst : order says:
The evidence shows that he has done
many things out OF the ordinary. coli
Z lectlnS these and taking them alone they
would perhaps indicate to an alicnist
| that his case lifted one of the tyues OF
I mental arrangement named in medical
works on the disease called insanity.
am impressed. however. with the evl.
dence nj physician who testified that
he knew Nj Savago from his youth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03

The main contentious Of the Amster
committee are that the company Is not
bankrupt and does not face q receiver
ship, that the company can postpone the
expenditure of the millions as recon-
mended by engineers and that without
the use OF further large amounts Of
capital IL can earn tho interest charges
on its present debt and do better I'm
view of the fact that II is no longer
under the obligation Of paying In in
terest 10 the holding companies about
$4,000. 900 \ year.
Robert l., Niles, specialist In Rock Is
land stock on the New York stock En-
change, who is associated with the AM
rer committee, has requested the bust
ness conduct committee Of the exchange
to investigate the recent rise In the
price OF the stock on the ground of pos
sible manipulation. The committee has
been investigating on it's own accoun,
and has traced many sales and pur-
Chases
II is further held by the Amster
committee that the hank loan OF
81. 500. 900 due April 80 can be financed
readily, AZ the securities behind II ar.
worth much more than the note.
The Sheldon proxy committee will an
nounco to-day the names OF the mer
II intends to support for directors at the
annual meeting, The company's book.
for voting closed yesterday.
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HOLD
ROCK ISLAND
AS DUMMIES"
$4,000. 900 of the Stock in
Their Names: Company
Control Hidden.
CLASH OF INTERESTS
TO COME ON APRIL II

clerks employed by the First National
Bank. the Guaranty Trust Company and
other large financial institutions Of Wall
Street appear a. heavy holders of he
s'oc'; OF the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company. the meic1ric
rise Of which was a feature q the weeks
trading on The New York stock En-
change. This fact became known yestcr-
day through an examination of the COM
JAWS books.
Men who appear in the city iii 'ertory
as clerks are recorded as the ownsrs of
$4,000. 600 Of the s7I.353.50O Of the
Rock Island operating company's stock.
George G. Warner, Jr.. clerk In the
bond department of the First National
Bank. appears as the holder OF sl.1o0.000
OF the stock. : l.. Searles and Fred
crick Schopp. clerks IN the transfer de-
partment ofs the First National. are
each down for 100000 par value OF the
stock.
One clerk for the Guaranty Trust
Company who temper ,rily holds great
wealth is Roland Randolph. who appears
as the owner of $4,000 of the 81. Ok.
charles Il. Colbro h. employed IN AN
Office at 10 Wall street, is set down for
$4,000. 900 OF the stock
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Control Remains ~ secret.

HUM eds OF persons in the financial
district, including = number nf bankers
who a; he time or another have taken
part in Rock Island affairs. are keeNly
Interested In finding out whore contru.
of tire Rock Island operating company
stock Hes. The books of the company.
while shedding some light on the owner-
ship Of large blocks Of stock. stop far
short of a full revelation.
one thing made clear. however. IL
that members Of the Mills family. &C.
Coruing to the record. are important
holders Of the stock. ogden Mills. whu
according to the testimony at the In
t"rstate Commerce Commission hearing
on Rock island was believed 10 hold
only sl.0oo."oo OF the stock. appears a.
the holder Of abou, <2.a5O.0O0. Mrs
Whitelaw Reid. Mr.. MilTs's sister. hold.
81 100000 par value OF the stock
The holdings Of the DAME! -. Reid
William H. Moore group are not clearly
shown. II II believed that Judge Moor,
H. the holder Of s3t00.O00 par value ot
tie stock. Daniel - Reid is down Got
loo shares
The rhelps-podge interests appear
only to small extent. Arthur curt H.,
james - recorded as the holder Of onlN
%" shares and James Mclean. prcsi
dent Of tho Phelps Dodge a 60. cor
porttiou. II only ton shares.
IL was generally recognized In ia.
financial district yesterday that tlS
Sheldon proxy committee, which has N,
support Of the l'h-lps-Dn Reid
Moore and allied interests. and the com
pany management commute" will hty'
"A dominant position iu voting povr
over the Amst"r committee at 'hc an
uusl meeting on hpril - II H. believe,
that tho sheldon aud the management
committees will have AZ least 300 .o0'
of the 1885 shares Of stock Of II,
company under control
II is considered as highly proba ble
however. because Of the system q
cumulative voting, that tho .tnst"r com
mittec will succeed in clectiug at loas
one director its a minority representative
OH the board II vas learned y-sterda!
that the Amster committee expects L
be able to swing between $4,000 an'
100000 shares Of the stock through
proxies.
II was said on behalf of y. l.. Nmstcr
who is leading this committee. tina
the committee has no night on any in
terest IN the property, the Reid Moor
group or the Phelps Dodge interest.
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WILL ITALY ENTER THE WAR;

An interesting discussion of the history of
the Triple Alliance by an Austrian
diplomat. in next Sun.
days SUN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
THOSE THAT ARE BORN TIRED
World Has Different Ways Of Looking
At Them, According to Their
Station In Life.

Out of the words of some modern
thinkers those who are born tired"
may find consolation. They are the
victims of malady as incurable as
birth itself.
Like many other ailments, and like
certain crimes, 1t bears different
names in different circles Of society.
He of low degree is the "incorrigible
idler" of the police courts, the Weary
Willy" of the comic papers.
More fortunate lotus eaters escape
with an epithet; they pass for
dreamy" or thoughtful" among their
fellowship delicious phrase temper
amental languor.' was recently coined
anent an eminent specimen-and they
acquire actual kudo3 instead Of a
weeks hard labor" for their lounging.
They are commonly great readers,
long sitters in armchairs under the
light Of gIeen-shaded lamps, when it
is assumed that they are revolving
mighty matters.
Often, indeed, they experience the
exquisite pleasure of being begged to
stop working now" for their eyes or
health's sake, and Melanchthon him.
self, after days and nights Of intense
study, never rose from his bench more
crampedly than they, for they are
really tired.
The world holds no such hero as he
who, thus afflicted, conquers his very
nature and works.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
THE LINES
~ WALTER JACOBS MORSE.

"Whisper!"
Jan Worst, burgomaster. leaned
over, seized my ear-for he was
pudgy and short-pulled himself mp
and myself down and murmured an
ominous word.
thrilled. ! started. too. and ten
feet distant the beautiful lady who
was perforce my prospective COM
panion for long and dangerous jour
ney, regarded us both with close at
tention, almost suspiciously.
What Jan Worst had told me an
swered q question l had asked. 1t
related to patient, plodding pack
horse, standing beside the one where
Lady Disdain" sat, superb and statu-
esQue, in the saddle Of more melted
steed. Why l called her SO was, first,
because did not know her real name;
next, because when she was not Sc
cretly weeping over the great anxiety
and surprise that filled her mind she
was cold as ice in her manner. She
suggested the lofty disdain Of a per-
son forced into an unpleasant and dis
turbing situation and submissive only
because circumstances compelled It.
This much only knew concerning
her-she was lady Of high breeding
and the daughter of an affluent Amer
lean family. Separated. they had been
caught in the battle zone. 1t might be
that her parents were dead. for she
had not heard from them. Stranded
in the city where ! myself had beer
halted In my art labors by the prog
ress of the war, an acquaintance. q
native college professor. had become
interested in getting her past the dis
puted frontier.
/, too, was anxious to leave the wal
center of peril. had good frient
in Beirne-the burgomaster, Worst
In fact, he was relative by marriage
; of my brother-in-law. Few and select
ed were those who were allowed t
, leave Beirne, and they PRACTICAL,
, smuggled out. Honest, helpful Jal
came to me one day.
2 MY friend" he said, II have sc
q cured a passport. or rather SAT
conduct through the Belgian HON
, lines for yourself and your wife"
but l have no wife!" l exclaimed
i, You must imagine that you have
!. then" he returned. "A friend Is ir
a terested in getting charming and d.
serving young lady through the lines
have limited influence. have SUI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

ceeded in securing a pass for Wal
worth Doty and wife 1t is your last
chance. Within forty-eight hours &C.
cess to the whole frontier will be i'm.
possible. The lady and yourself must
60 on horseback. You will lead pack
horse with heavy load. It's to be
delivered at the end Of your journey.
The fact that you are to thus act for
US is the excuse for your safe con.
duct. You will follow to the letter
the route marked out"
But the young lady-has she .
knowledge Of this awkward arrange.
ment?"
Il will confess that she has reluc.
family agreed to It," replied Worst.
She is proud, angered at the treat.
ment she has received in the war zone
and half distracted with the fear that
her parents have persisted. need not
ask you to be courteous. Be more
indulgent. She seems never to have
before experienced the rigors of depri.
walton, nor the horrors Of the scenes
through which she has been forced to
CO."
| The restriction that I should de
liver the pack horse and the heavy bur
den the animal carried had something
| mysterious about 1t. Now that the
nature of that burden was made clear
to me in one ominous, almost terrify
ing word, shrank and thrilled. Fol
a moment it dazed me. Then ! said
VERY well. will carry out your
Instructions to the-letter."
| II was dusk when we started. Al
Worst babe the lady good-by, she
took his hand and expressed her graft
tude tearfully but with warmth. As
he waved his hand towards me with
the words: This is your guide ant
my friend He is brave and gentle
man." she drew up haughtily and gave
me simply a cold. formal bow. Il
rather nettled me, but | said simply
81 will lead the pack horse. You hat
better follow at, say, twenty feet"
She viewed me with a challenging
stare, as though wondering at the ar
rangement
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Giving an Illustration.

A newly enrolled volunteer was
rather alarmed during his first expert
ience of a sham battle, especially as
he heard the cclcnel in command say
that everything was to be done as in
actual warfare. No sooner was the
first blank cartridge fired than the
frightened soldier dropped his gun
and took to his heels.
Hey! where are you running to-?
shouted the captain, as he fled past
him.
oh" said the man. its all right,
sir. am lust doing the same as
would do in actual war.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Iaaal Holidays.

The general (presidendad) election
is a legal holiday in all the states
except Alabama, Arkansas. Connecd'
suit, Delaware, Georgia, Maine. Massa'
ehusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, North
Carolina, Utah, Vermont. Ohio. Kan
sas and West Vir IA
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Tie AMAZON is the worlds greatest
river. The Nile. Mississippi and
Qanges are mighty streams. but in
length. probably. and in breadth.
depth. volume of water and reach of
clear sailing the South American river
leads them all
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Flour To ExtInouIsh Fire,

II should be matter Of common
knowledge. since -four is always with
In convenient reach. that wheat -four
IL the best extinguisher to throw over
q fire caused by the spilling and ignit-
ing of kerosene.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Booked Ahead.

Nov that your son II through col
lege, what are you going to make OF
him" Cant tell for couple OF
years. He went to a coed institution,
and he's booked up for two years
solid to act as an usher at weddings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Making Ends Meet.

Here's a man who keeps a shoe
| makers shop and his wife runs q
hairdressing establishment"
THAT is what ! call going to ex.
tremes."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Daily 1houoht.

Nlneteaths Of the good that is done
In the world is the result not o. laws.
however wise. or OF resolutions how
ever strong, but of the personal infu-
ence of individual men and ~omen--
Sir Samuel Chisholm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Pho sbs's Only Chance.

ests ut Q cat show are not scored
on their rat catching records: there
fDre II would be Of no use to enter
Phoebe. She'll have to he shown IN
q steel and wire trap exhibition
Toledo Daily Blade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Measure Of Happiness.

A woman is happy when she thinks
she is better looking than the lady
cashier at the downtown cafe where
her husband gets his lunches.-Port-
land Telegram
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
cesdit aaIonaa - lahs

n We rightly estimate things. what
n them Is purely owing to nature and
what to labor, we shall find that nine
ty-nine parts of hundred are wholly
to be put n the account of the labor.
II ocka
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
he Same Breed.

than an even bet that the
hshes by your open bed
every morning at $50
10 muller cut out would
DE with his feet IL he were
car
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Generally an Easy Matter.

Even II we have had no love for the
distant deceased relative We can often
gut up a strenuous fight to get bit
of his property.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Reading and Thinkina.

Reading furnishes the mind only
with materials of knowledge; Il ia
thinking makes what we read ours
Locke,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
y Little Mistake.

b has run his car into the
10 sleep and has Just BEEN
a rooster Growing on the
Marveloush car! Marvel
I'm discovering new
61ery day. Never knew till
II thish 1915 model had a