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OF 3s feet 3 inches and n depth OF hold
o. "a feet } inches. She had two decks.
two mas's and was schooner rugged.
She carried a crew Of tweuty-six men
and was commanded by Capt. Smith.
The ship has been owend by the Phila-
delphia and Gulf Steamship Company,
A. II. Bull & Co.. by whom she. was
sold in 1909. and q. q. Hampstead & Co.
of Philadelphia. from which concern she
passed into the hands Of the cotton firm
The Evelyn was last reported off
Beachy Head on February Is. and
Shout rave reached the position of the
Borkum Island, where she was sunk. not
more thar two days later. although she
was "A slow ship. II il believed that
she was held W temporarily by the
English.
She pu; in at Rotterdam and then pro-
ceeded up the Dutch coast toward the
mouth OF the Weser. on which river the
city OF Bremen Is located. lnasmuch as
the Germans must have wanted the
cargo OF cotton badly, IL is presumed
hat she had a pilot aboard at the time
she was struck 20 guide her through the
mine fields. At least that il the view
OF her wners, n II is supposed hat
II she was sunk by a mine IL must have
been one that had broken loose. a
danger against which The skill Of the
pilot could not prevail.
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RUSSIANS ATTACK
GER MANS IN EAST
Cars Troops Now on Often
sivc Near East Prussian
Frontier.
BELIEVES DANGER PAST
Special CaJie Despatch 10 Tnr srv

LONDON. Feb. 21.-The Petrograd cor
respondent OF the Daily Mai telegraphs
the following tonight
The lightning blow which the Ger
mans attempted In East Prussia has
definitely failed. They scored a succ. SIS
In clearing their own territory and
gained the uppe hand in several minor
engagements. which nave no doubt
been represented in Berlin as great
and signal victories. but the efforts to
fall upon the Russians with staggering
force missed its mark.
The main body OF the RUSSIANS.
marching rapidly. was soou out Of range
OF the German pincers. which had begun
to close All that official dispatches
have said up to this time is that the
troops were extricating themselves. but
there appears no doubt that the danger
is entirely past.
The Germans have succeeded 20 this
extent. that they compelled the Russians
to e~vacuatc the dreaded Augustowo for
ests. whore at least 10000 OF their COM
rades who fell in September lie buried.
but the crushing blow they hoped to de-
liver has fallen short. They are now
engaged in logged fighting of a recipro-
cal character. hut they are not attack
ing, but are actually being attacked.
Russian reenforcenents. which are
arriving In large numbers. are taking
the offensive and the German advance
has lost its vigorous character. Tn"
German leaders have become cautious.
Their anxiety seems to be to keep near
the frontier. with its excellent service on
the railways. which are scarcely any
where more than ton miles distant from
them
since February 10 the Germans have
made little progress. The country whore
the fighting Is going ON Is certainly
against them, although they ave off
cially stated that they ou;number tho
Russians. Their troops are estimated
as at least 300. Ooo. The country X
broken and ful' Of hogs. The ground
Is thawing and the Germans cannot
Leave the roads. which are themselves Ia
"A very bad condition.
The cncmy's transport OF artillery
is even moro hampercd in this respect
than the infantry south of the Angus
tuwo district. where they are moving ON
LonIt and nssovicc. Upon these points
they are tightly damned with little
freedom OF action and from the direc-
ton Of Lomia they are being hotly at
tackled This has caused them to hring
troops from the north aud to Civ.
up FOR the moment the advance towart
the N!emen whore only their cavalry Is
now operating in small parties.
The German movement toward So,,.
georgieSsk continues. although 1t "a, less
energetic.
In fact all along the line there Is
n noticeable Slackeuiug Of effort. Won
H~'ndenburg's hope Of repeating the vic
tory OF TanncnherG has evapordtcd. He
can claim only a partial local success.
Russian opinion of he situation Is be-
coming much more cheerful"
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NORWAY is
VIII Demand Compensation. Per-
haps Apology, for BeIridge's Loss.
Special Gable Dsspatch 10 Trr euS

LONDON, Feb. 2l.-A C~hristiania des-
patch TO the Daily Mai! says tho sink
Ing OF the Norwegian lteame' Brlridge
by a German submarine has caused a
wave of Indignation IN Norway. 1t is
presumed that the Norwegian Govern
ment has asked the German Government
for a declaration whether IN destruc-
ton OF the vessel was the result OF a
mistake or deliberate. The CORE
81, "dent adds
"Unless Germany is able to furnish
proof that the Belridge was not tor
pedoed or was ~torpedoed by mlstak T..
Norway Will demand fun compensation
for the loss. II the sinking O the ship
was deliberate an apology also will be
demanded.
1T is premature to ~prophesy what the
action of Norway will be. Her voice IL
not very powerful, but N~prwegians are
confident that they will find a response
to their protest from all the neutral
States. Norway's neutrality (. no negli-
glble quantity.
THE Moroonbidd voices the general
opinion when it says that Germany will
gain neither prestige nor sympathy by
such acts. The German submarines, the
paper says. will not frighten Nor
wegian ships off the free sea-"
The Copenhagen CORRESPONDENT of tho
Daily NeUS telcgraphs that prominent
representatives Of Sweden and Norway
who are meeting 10 discuss the German
blockade order VIII recommend that
a fleet Of Government ships escort Sean
dinavian merchantmen through the war
one, II is proposed to buy twenty or
thirty big traders, mar them with
officers and men Of the navy, paint them
with the naval colors and have them
fly the scandinavian naval flags. The
smallness of the scandinavian naVics
preCludes the idea OF warships convoy
ing the merchant vessels.
II the proposal is accepted. az il is
practically certain to he, Scandinavian
mercantile naval vessels viii cross the
North Sea in little fleets several times q
week with a Government guarantee that
tnoy are not carrying contrapnnd. Inc
proposal is welcomed by the shipping
companies,
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Germans Realize DANGER.

ms Realize Danger.
Indeed, a fact stated by the naval
correspondent of the Times indicates
that the German submarine comman-
uerS themselves realize the possibility
of such an attack and that they by
no means despise the danger. 1T will
have been noticed says the writer in
question. that in every case where
the submarine has appeared on the
surface to overhaul a merchant ship
she has been first seen on the quarter
or abaft tho beam, the in
tention manifestly being to use a tor
pedo II tho vessel overtaken tried to
turn toward her. In other words. the
submarines seem to have been prepared
Tor any attempt to ram
This is deeply significant. II is evil
dent that II a submarine manpuvres 10
avoid an attack she not only expects
such M attack hui fears its conse.
q%uences. 1t is not to he denied that the
merchant vessel which discovered a sub
marine close on her quarter would run
a very great risk IL she then took the
offensive, but II must be remembered
that the war vessel does not spring up
suddenly from the depths into that par
ticularly favorable position.
at should be clearly understood that
the power Of the submarine rests 10 a
considerable extent upon blum That, at
least. In the case when once she has been
spotted She is formidable enough when
sho can creep up and deliver an attack
upon a stationary mark, hut when her
quarry has seen her In time and either
runs or turns upon her she Is the most
Intellectual Of war craft. At the first
Indication Of any intention on the part
OF the merchantmen TO take the often
sive the submarine would probably be-
come Invisible altogether. but IL must
also he remembered that such a craft,
although entirely VI OF sight. may he ny
no means entirely out Of reach. more
especially II the attacking vessel be of
fairly deep draught Although she can
not be seen. She Is there to he ahmed
and the slightest touch will probably do
the business very effectively.
Those on board the merchantmen may
well ignore the fact hat forcible resist
ance, II II should he unsuccessful. may
entitle the other to deal with them as
privateers, for II is practically certain
that II they do not resist they will he
drowned. The choice before them is
that between fighting and possibly
winning and submitting and being MUIR
dered. No man Of spirit would waste
much time in deciding which course to
adopt. We're We engaged viii a civil
Lied and humane foe the ease would be
different. hut Germany possesses neither
of those attributes. She is n savage, and
when one fights with a savage 1t IL a
cave of kin or he killed,
Meanwhile il would certainly he help
full were the Admiralty to issue ins,ruc-
tiors to captains. advising them as to
the best method of procedure wher one
Of these piratical gentry Ia encountered
Such instructions are no doubt in force
~ the navy. and "A little guidance to
the merchant captain would not only be
welcome. hut might he attended with
very satisfactory results
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that the two Empcrors, will con-

ported that the two Empcrory will con-
fer shortly near the frontierf'
The Germans assert they sank n
British war vessel off Newport. The
following despatch ~as received from
Berlin tonight:
Near Newport an enemy ship. prob
ably a mini searching vessel. touched a
mine and sank. Destroycrs of the enemy
disappeared when shclled."
The American Linz steamship Phlla-
delphia, from New York. passed safely
through tho war zone to-day and ar
rived at Liverpool. To avoid any mis-
takes as TO her nationality on the part
Of Usrman submarines the P~hiladel-
phia carried the American flag at every
available spot. She virtually dressed
ship from tafrail to bow with the
stars and stripes. She carried 100 pas
seneers.
The Philadelphia on the last leg OF
her trip passed over virtually the same
course as did the British steamer Cam
bank. which was mi by a submarine
on Saturday at the mouth OF Holyhead
Ray. ffty-ive miles west of Liverpool.
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FRENCH MAKE BIG
GAINS NEAR PERTHES
Paris Reports Capture of hole
Line Of Trenches.

Npscidl Cdbie DSspntch 10 THf StN.
PARis. Feb. 2l.-A counter attack by
French infantry. following a new as
sault By the Germans In an effort TO
recover the ground they lost yesterday
north of Perthes. in Champagne. re-
suited to-day in one of the most material
successes hat the recent lighting has
produced. Not only was the enemy re-
pulsed. hut the French pursued him back
to his positions and beyond. capturing an
entire line OF German trenches TO the
north and east OF the wooded region.
Another valuable advance is an
nounced in the official communicate
issued by the French War Office to-
night. This was NJ a point north ~
Mesnil. near Terthes. where the Ger
mans lost part OF the trenches and the
French captured 100 prisoners and two
mitrailleuses. The efforts of the French
In this region are directed toward the
capture OF tho railway line running
to the rear OF the German front, which
enemy In moving troops and maintain
ing communication
The Germans continue their ham
mering tactics at Les Eparges on the
heights OF the Meuse. They were driven
from that town on February II. but
they have never ceased their attempts
to ~recapture it. To-day they delivered
the seventh assault since last Wednes-
day, but ii failed decidedly. as have
all the Others The night communicate
follows
From the sea TO the Aisne there
has been intermittent c~annonad!ng,
with some very ettcacious work By
our artillery.
In Champagne a counter attack
by the enemy was brilliantly re-
pulsed, and was followed by an
energetic pursuit Of the rnemy, as
a result OF which We gained pos
session of the entire line OF German
trenches north and east OF the wood,
which We captured yesterday.
ON the rest of the battle front two
other counter attacks have been re-
pulsed, We have achieved new
gains chiefly north of Mesnil, where
we have captured two mitrallleuses
and ia en- 100 prisoners.
At Les Eparees the seventh
counter attack delivered by the Ger
mans in an effort to ~recapture tho
ground We conquered during the last
two days failed just as completely
as the preceding attempts.
The afternoon war office statement an
nounced the recapture of part Of some
renches which the Germans had taken
near Npres, In this encounter the Ger
mans left several hundred dead on the
field. In the Nosges three German at
tacks along La Fecht River were re-
pulsed but the lighting still continues
there, according to the afternoon com
munique. which follows
In Belgium there We're some in
fantry actions. In the sector OF
Ypres we took a portion Of some
trenches which the enemy had oc-
cupied temporarily. II Is confirmed
that the Germans loft several hun
dred men OF the field. our losses
were slight,
In Champagne our gains were
maintained. Two counter attacks
by the enemy toward night yester-
day failed.
In the NOsges W repulsed three
attacks, one on the northern bank
Of la Fccht and two on the South-
ern bank, after which We delivered
a counter attack. The fighting CON
tinucs,
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GERMANS TAKE TOWNS.
Announce Capture Of small Places
In the NOsgca.

RERLIN, via wireless, Feb. Eth
official statement issued by the Ger
nan headquarters staff to-day saws:
on the high q a between Chelu-
weld II Nprcs, on the canal s1uth-
east OF ipycs, we took one of tho
encmy's trenches and a few pris-
oneis.
In tho Nosres our attack made
further progress, In the region
southeast of Sulzern We CAPTURED
H~ochrodberg, the heights near
liochrod, and the hamlets Of Bret
zcl and Widcnth1l.
Eastern theatre No actual
changes have occurred in the dis
trlct northwest of Grodno. North
~ ossowctz, southeast OF Kolno.
and on the front between PrzasnysZ
ana tho Nstula. east IT Flock. the
battles are taking their course
There 'S nothing new from Poland
south of the Nistula,
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RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
BLAMESN NATIONS
Novelist Believes That by Protesting Against German
Invasion of Belgium Foreign Countries Might Have
Brought End to War-Crticises u. S. Attitude.

But no individual. no matter how JUS
, may be his Indignation. can communi-
cate that Indignation to the German
Emperor. His Government must do that
for hin. And as no Government had
the courage TO protest, to speak sharply.
to brandish the big stick" Germany
exclaimed. I'VE have "A free hand ="
And from bad fastened to worse.
JeOpR rdiycd All <eutrRIs.
From the moment she broke her word
and entered the neutral territory OF
BELGIUM the rights OF every neutral were
in jeopardy. The man who Is false TO
one will be false to another. But the
neutral Powers could not see that. Bcl-
GUM seemed so far away M IN the
United States we were SO entirely sur
rounded by water. so comfortably SAT-"
So although as joint slguers Of the
agreement made at The Hague II was
our privilege and duty to protest. We
said nothing. Nor did any other ncutrd'.
And emboldened By the silence Germany
one after another broke all the rules
OF war.
All war is wasteful. unintelligent. in
decent. But steadily FOR several hum
drcd years the effort has been 20 make
II less inhuman, to limit the death and
suffering it entails to the actual com
ntlhllS. lHt tIbTA mas btfU " Etb
away from the days Of the Huns. who
sacked. looted and raped from the days
Of our Indians, who burned villages d.
ftum the ethics Of I:aisuli. the Moorish
bandit. and the Mexican cattle thieves.
who with threats % death hold up non.
combatants for money. But TO the days
OF these outrag,s Germany has re-
turned.
Instead of neutrals setting tho stand
ard for w4r they allowed GERMANY 10
set IL. They have allowed her to drag
1t back eight hundred years. And guilty
as she is ! cannot see mat those who
stood by while Belgium was dos lated
and children and women killed 10y b Wus
and mines were spread IN the open sca
that belonged TO all of them aIc not
equally guilty
II YOU 70 to = night NJ the Garden and
one of the men strikes below the hclt
you will hear from several thousand
spectators. The spectator is IN no
danger. 40 one - hitting MIN. Ne .~
comfortably. safely seated far from tho
combat. smoking a cigar. Hut still he
yciis Foul '' aud threatens the referee
why Because he is IN dauEc;" No. be
caus" he desires fair play and insists
that the rules OF the gdine ue respected
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The touowino article, protesting
itgcrcnt nations during the present ,odr.
uus |tcrittcn BY Richard Harding DdUis,
the novelist.
In The Deep Purple one of the
character, indignant at some police
outrase. exclaims. But they cant do
that :" and another answers. That :
what your lawyer tells YOU when you're
in JAIL
Long ago. when the Germans in
vaded neutral Belgium. burned Lou
vain, shot the citizens and with threats
Of hanging the hostages they la taken
levied ransom. the whole world ex-
ella med. But they can't do hat It's
against the Declaration of This and
the Treaty OF That and the Conference
of the Other Place its against inter
national Law and the usases of polite
society and civilized peoples. They
cant do IT."
In answer the Germans shelled the
Cathedral at Rheims, from which Red
Cross flags were flying incidentally
killing some OF their own wounded.
But they cant Are on sacred edihces,'
the civilized world explained. MOI on
the Red cross :" And the Pope told
them they could not do that. and archi-
tects. historians. art lovers over all
the world told them.
So the Germans sent airships over
Paris and her monuments and art
treasures and dropped a bomb on "A
lawyer and a little girl The bomb tore
Of the leg u the little girl. When in
tho hospital she became conscious she
said. Don't tell my mother how Sc
rious 1t is :" They sent Xeppelins over
pout-a-M ousson and Nancy. killing
more children, and then with that thor
oughness for which their General STAFF
Is celebrated and that there might not
be more children to confront them later.
At Remiromont dropped a bomb on
the Maternity Hospital.
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GAIN IN GALICIA.
Vussinns Drive German Force
From I~RLIir,Inc.

>pt'ri 'Ibtr bssHdich 10 IHl So
~pErRoGRNp. Feb - tn. Eussiti
stan issued the follow ng u'tic.a
statement this evening
During the last We days We have
captured about a thousand Ger
mans.
In Galicia N. enemy on Fen.
ruary - and 90, after a preparatory
hombardmert OF great intensl't.
o Zaki,ziue. but was repulSed
after three attacks.
The fighting between Mezo Laho-
recz and IN. upper san continues.
with alt rratinG offensive and de-
f.nSiNe.
Fresh German attacks in Two re
g.on ~ Novel;. Rozauki. on ku2lo-
noka Height. were all repuIsed by
our troops Af'er a desperate fight
We captured the heights southeast
OF Tukla
Northwest Of Senetchouva. In
southern Galic.a, our troops oc.u-
pied StaniSlnu.
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TO SAVE ITALIAN SHIPS.
Ordered 10 Display YES
sells Names. Lighted at Wight.

ROME. Feb. 2l.-The Admiralty has
issue orders that all Italian vessels
bound for England shall fly the Italian
nag and shall have painted on each
side II large rectangular t~r!color, with
the name of the vessel on the port side.
The name is to be illuminated at night.
The captains are instructed 10 lower
a boat and send the ships papers when
they sight submarines.
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FRENCH CAPTURE
LINE OF TRENCHES
Germans Driven Back Beyond
Positions North Of PprthcS,
Paris Announces.
GAIN NEAR MESNIL ALSO
SUMMARY OF THE WAN NEWS.

The American steamship Evelyn
bound for Bremen with cotton, struck
a mine and sank on the German
coast. The captain and crew were
saved. The Irish coasting steamer
Downshire was sunk by a submarine
in the Irish Sea. The crew were
taken on the German craft but were
later released and reached the Irish
IA Berlin heard that a British
transport with troops had beer sunk
IN the English Channel. The Ameri-
can liner Philadelphia reached Liver
pool in safety.
German aeroplanes made another
raid on the east coast Of England last
night, dropping bombs in Colchester,
nfty-two miles from London. and the
nearby towns of Braintree and Cog
ceshall. They flew toward Harwich,
Nobody was killed and little damage
was done.
The French War Office announces
hat the capture Of an entire line of
German trenches north Of Perthes in
Champagne and the repulse Of the
seventh Of a series Of attacks which
the Germans have delivered in an
effort to recapture Les Epargcs on
the heights of the Mouse
A despatch from petrograd says
the effort Of the Germans to a~nnihilate
the Russians in East Prussia has been
definitely foiled and that Russian re-
endorsements are now taking the Of
fensive in northern Poland.
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10 LINERS IN WAR ZONE.
Many Frcighirrs Due In block
adc" Waters soon.

Most Of the big feet OF steamships
bound for ports that can he reached
only through the German war zone are
freIghters. Ten passenger carriers are
on the Atlantic and are due Al their
various destinations within from one
to cicht days from to-day. Cunspicu-
Gus m the fleet are the cuuarder Dr-
duua, duo at Liverpool tomorrow the
frcnch liner Niagara, witch should
r,ach the English Channel to-day the
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EVELYN LOSS 900.
Owners Protected nv Government
Insurance on ship and Cargo.

The Evelyn was bought by the Har-
O. ss-Irby Cotton Company of Oklahoma
about "A month ago and left New York
on January 20 bound for Bremen. with
a cargo OF cotton valued At $3.50, 600,
The ship was valued at tl25,O00, and the
owners are protected against loss of
both the ship aud hcr cargo ny Govern
ment insurance
The EVELYN, which, vas one Of the
few old ron sntus SIN anoa'. wa bull,
in 1859 AT SOUTHAMPTON. England. and
has a many owners. She Was first A
British eh'r. IA" t"tdsworth, bu' event
ual,y passed in'o American hands ara
Tor many year sailed between This ro,t
and the West lnG e. in the fruit trade.
She WAS -1- lcet long, had a beam
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GERMANS TEAR UP U. S. FLAGS.
soldiers NJ iirgc snatch Embicms
rom Grateful BeIginns.

PARIS, Feb. 2l.-The correspondent
OF the journal DIES Debdts AZ Maastricht
says a despatch from a reliable source
has reached the Belgian Government re
lating an incident which occurred at
Liege ON Thursday. German soldiers.
the despatch says. pulled little American
lags from the breasts OF inhabitants
who were wearing the colors as a mark
of gratitude to the United States for
the help sent by America. The Ger
n tore the flags to ribbons.
The population of the city. the des-
patch says, was greatly moved by the
action OF the soldiers.
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NO PROTEST BY OWNERS.
VIII Continue 10 Send Cotton ships
by Northern Route.

w will make no protest to tho
Government In regard to the loss OF
the Evelyn said William Harriss. pres
ident of the Harriss-Irby Cotton Com
pany, last night We will continue to
send our ships to Germany with cot
ton. and We DO not think there IL any
danger 4 the route about the north
OF Scotland is followed,
W have recommended that course
to all our captains except Capt. Smith
We thought hc had gone by the north
"rn route, but We have the greatest
confidence in his discretion."B