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I'm la rrn ssmcnt Not Improbn ble.

II Is apprec ated that II would be diffi-
cult for the United states to escape en-
barrassment II IL attempted To take IN
the Turtle Bay matter with Japan under
the circumstances - now understood
The japanese would reply Of course that
they We're merely engaged in saving the
wrecked Asama. To which no one could
object. together with an assurance that
the operation was merely a temporary
one.
II Is admitted also that Japan might
even go So far as 20 say that with re-
spect To the neutrality uf Mexico Il is
difficult To give full respect - tn" neu-
trality of "a country which has not even
n Government 10 express views on the
subject
II has beer suggested that the S:q a
Department might make inquiry of the
de facto authorities nomnally In cou-
troll of the coas, of Lower California as
to whether or not permission had been
granted To the japanese TO establish d
camp az Turtle Bay. As a matter ~
fact the west coast Of Lower California
Is practically deserted and under the
conditions existing In Mexico for the
last four years none Of the central gov
ernments Of the country have attempted
To- exercise any real control over tina;
territory.
The wisdom of making even such an
inquiry IL doubted. on the ground that
e. could lead 10 no good and nigh: re.
suit in making the situation more Diff
| cult.
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IMPORTED CIGARS
TAKE PRICE LEAP
European War and Failure of
Crop in Cuba Given
as Causes.

Those who enjoy imported Havana
cigars will have TO pay more for their
favorite smokes Manufacturers have
increased prices from 10 10 per cent
and many wholesalers and retailers nave
followed suit. while others are planning
TO make advances. The man who
smokes will have to pay from TO
cents more for his cigars. according to
the brand he smokes
The necessity for the increase is at
trbuted to the great shortage OF 'he
1915 crop. that is. tobacco planted III
1914 and cut in 1915. In addition 10
this il is said. the European war figures
TO "A large degree. by reason oil the ere"'
slackening of orders from the countries
low embro!led In the big fuss. The
falling off of European customers re-
suited in "A reduction Of manufacturers
forces and overhead charges by reason
or the decreased demand. TINS pro-
duced manufacturing situation II u
exnlalned that helped when the 1919
/ ,rop of tobacco failed to advance the
cost. The fact that men with STOCKS
| OF 1914 tobacco on their hahds are
| holding IL for higher prices Is also a
contributing element I'm forcing prices up
The United Cigar Stores Company has
| Increased prices on certain imported
| cigars, .,,
A Schultz announced yesterday thai
| mn and after April 26 the following
changes in the price OF imported cigars
| will 20 into effect: =,
! All imported Perfectos will he "a
! cents eac?, and S2l per 100 all I'M
ported puritanos and Panetelas. 3 cent:
each. si3 per 100 all imported Perrec
| cionados and imported Partagas. Bel
,ed.res and Corona Belvcderes. 10 cent?
| oa,,h Sl5 per 100
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u. S. Navy Orders
Three SeapIaneS
Contract Awarded to the Bur-
CESS co. Of Mass. Each Ma
chine Costing 81 .OO1.

v. .r,, ,e co,,r,,,s for
'' -,
''e cols'r"ct'oh VI '"'e'
planes for tho navy, each to cost
slI.Oo5. were awarded to-day to the
p,,ru.... r.o,,,n,,,.,, ~ >,arh,.hoad Mass
-.
oy "ruer u secretary VI 'ne NAVY
Daniels.
Those are iii. Are, contracts of the
t.. ,,,. ,,.~,o ~,
"''' W w t"'" ''"''
the naval Appropriation bill IN tine Ias'
Congress authorizing an expenditure Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
ARREST BOY in
'DEATH0R $500
AST0R THREAT
Secretary DObbyn and PO-
lice Catch Italian at
Grand Central.
PISTOL YOUTH PULLS
WRESTED FROM HIM

John Muriela. 10 year. old. was al
rested In the Grand Central station yes
to-day afternoon for attempting TO en-
tort $500 from Vincent As,or under
threat of death.
lie had selected the information desk
as the place 10 meet the person who was
to turn the money over to him. and
William A. Dobbyn. Mr As,ors secre-
taIH. went there with acting Capt. Tuu-
ney of the detective bureau and Sergt
Batnetl When Muriel,a saw he was
capped he drew a revolver. which Tun-
uey seized.
The boy was taken to Police Head
quarters. where ne broke down and said
he had tried this method of getting
Money because he was desperate. Three
weeks ago he ran away from home. no
said. because he had to work too hard
and since then he has been living in
Bow.ry lodging houses
Two letters were sent to Mr. Aston
demanding the $500. both of them writ.
ten apparently by the same person and
signed pom the Black Handler one.
The first letter was received on March
80 and no attention was paid to H. as
letters asking for money, some Of them
threatening. are not uncommon in the
mail of wealthy men.
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HIGHER TAX FOR SALOONS.
BiII In senate Would Put License
Fees Here to - 900.

ALBANY. April ls--Legislation in
creasing by one-third the annual excise
license paid by liquor dealers was in
PRODUCED to-day by Senator Wilson of
Ontario. The bill increases Hrs, class
licenses in New York city from 81 200
to $1,000 year, and there Is cor
responding increase In all the cities and
villages of the State.
According to reliable nforina ton
there il a disposition among the Repub-
lcan Senators to pass this bill. although
II Is not considered as the Administra-
ton bill. which will impose a stamp tax
on wines and liquors.
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DOUBLE OF SLAIN GIRL FOUND
Police a. MystiAed as Ever over
victims Identity.

Claudia Elizabeth Hansbury OF Troy
y. Y, Is almost the double OF the girl
found murdered under pile OF stone on
the Astor estate in The Bronx,
Miss Hansbury. who arrived here yes
terday afternoon. was Immediately rec
ognized by nearly all the persons who
had said she and the dead girl were the
same. The police are now as much In
the dark as ever regarding the identity
of the slain girl. Nevertheless they said
last night that Rafaili Piciullo, the
Bronx contractor accused OF the murder
of "one Jane Doe" will be held as re-
suit Of to-days investigation.
Miss Hansbury and Piciullo recognized
each other when she was taken to the
county Jail.
Coroner Flynn and Capt. Wines OF the
Bronx detective bureau will investigate
the story OF Mrs, Theresa Metrask. 100
West 12ist street. who reported last
night that her daughter. Katherine. 23.
disappeared about the time the murder
is thought to have occurred
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
LONDON HEARS
Of FOURTH AIR
RAID ON COAST
Reports From Colchester
Tell of Dropping of
Bombs There.
"ZEPPELINITIS" IS
BLAMED FOR RUMORS
.rww>Ry OF TIE war NEWS.

SUMMARY Vr TVb WAN W." -
Reports from Ipswich, Felixstowe
and Colchester reached London last
nigh, telling of the fourth aerial raid
on England within twenty-four hours,
M, no confirmation Of the rumors
could he obtained German aeroplanvs
few over Canterbury and near' y
,ovns in Kent during the day. drop
ping bombs. withou, doing damage.
The Russian War Office reports the
capture Of two heights in the progress
o, the Russians toward the Czok
Pass. Persistent Austro-German at
tscks near stryi have been repulsed,
the Russians say.
An Austrian official statement re-
ports the repulse of a Russian attack
east Of Petrokow ana the capture OF a
number Of Russian trenches on the
lower Nieder as we'll as the repulse of
the Russians with heavy losses, in the
Carpathians.
The German official statement tells
Of the Commandment Of the Belgian
coast 10y allied destroyers. 1t says
their fire was quickly silenced. 1t
mentions a slight advance at 81. Eloi.
Italy has 100000 men under arms
according 10 dispatches received in
Paris from the frontier. all thoroughly
equipped. Both Government and
people, the dispatches say. are still
hoping that concessions can be oh.
tanned from Austria without Italy:
entering the struggle, but everything
Is in readiness for war II these nego'
tIa,ions fail.
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Pennsylvania K. K. to
Spend S2O,OOO,OOO
fOrNew Equipment
It's Expected to start BIC Buy.
ing Movement by Rail
roads of Country.

PHrLADELpH'A April l6.--The Penn
sylvania Railroad will go into tho mar
ket tomorrow for $4,000. 900 worth Of
equipment and for material for ears and
locomotives which it will build in its
own shops This is the first equipment
buying Of any magnitude 10y the road in
more than n year
II is believed to mark the beginning
OF an era OF equipment buying by the
rail- OF the country
Tho only equipment orders placed Win
outside companies by the Pennsylvania
Railroad last year were fifty locomo-
tives with the Baldwin Locomotive Com
pany and 1000 freight cars with the
Cambria steel Company.
The company now plans to build ~
locomotives in It's shops at Altoona.
Bids nm be requested for materials Cor
these locomotives. Seventy-six of tho
new engines will he Of the new standard
freight type and sixty-eight will be
shifting engines.
The railroads programme calls Tor &c
all steel passenger cars lids will he
asked tomorrow for building ninety of
these passenger ears, while inquiries
will Oo made on prices for materials "a
the ffty-siN others. which will be built
at the Altoona shops.
Bids also will pe asked Oh 1.G43 freight
ears which the company plans to have
built by outside companies. Bids also
will be asked on materials FOR 2i02
freight cars To he built ~ Altoona.
The freight car programme calls foi
1000 steel bon cars. $500 gondoa cars
/ 4,9lo coal and coke cars. @26 refrigerator
| cars and 1O2 fat cars The company
! plans to build in the Altoona shops l.O0C
| of tine box cars. 1000 OF the gondola:
| and all of the refrigerator and fat cars.
Since 1906. when the company an
nounced that all additions and replace
4 ments in lis passenger equipment would
be Of all steel construction, ii has pro
vided more than 5000 all steel passen
ger cars, not counting the all steel Pull
, man cars In service Oh the system.
The equipment 10 he bought and tina
to ne built ny the company will replac,
other equipment None Of II will b.
addition TO the present equipment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
TURKS LEAVING SMYRNA.
MANY special Trains Take Inhabi.
tantA TO Interior Of Couutr,,

>pec'0 'dbfe fTspdf'N 70 INT Sun.
LONDON. April l6.--The Turks are
preparing TO- tho occupation Of Smyrna
By the allied armies, according to the
Salonica correspondent of the Ddtiy
Nal. Al the Inhabitants OF ;he city
are going into the interior. he declares
and the authorities are providing special
trains for them AZ nominal fares. Not
single Mussulman remains in smyrna %
he continues The authorities are
requisitioning goods OF every desorip-
ton and the creates; misery prevails
The inhabitants believe the Allies
will take smyrna. hence the exodus
Of the Turks numerous garrison
is preparing for the defence and civil
ians are being armed TO assist them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
ZIMMERMAN LEFT 1902, 1882.
AdmtnistratO Say the Amount
COmprises All Of Ills Fortune.

CINcINSATl, April ls.--When the in
ventory of the personal estate of tho
late Eugene Zimmerman was filed last
evening in the Probate Court, giving a
total Of only sSO2,332. great surprise
was expressed at the smallness of the
amount compared with the generally
reputed millions of the Zimmerman
fortune.
The report that there was real estate
still TO he credited to the estate that
would bring IL up to several millions
was contradicted by the administrators,
who announce that there is no real estate
or other property to add to the value
OF the estate and that it really falls
below 100000, as shown in the filed
inventory.
John T.. Bruce, who was for many
wears Ximmerman's legal adviser aud
who drew up Zimmerman's will. when
asked to-day II he was surprised at, the
size of the estate said he was not at
all surprised at the actual size OF the
! fortune. Further than this he would
say nothing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
ZIMBALIST BUYS HOME HERE.
NiOlini.t Joins Permanent Euro
pcan tolOn> IN lOitrd states.

Eirem ImbIlist violiuist and hus-
band of Nine. Alma Gluck Of the Metro
,ul,tan opera Company, uus bought the
i've story American basement dwelling
at $40 West Tooth street The housa
Will be altered 'oy tn" uccupauvs of i's
new Owner. who plans a rear extension
10 he used as a studio. Tn. sale va.
uegot'ated 10y pease \ Eliman for the
owner. Arnold l.. IIein-
Mr. Iimhalist, who = y Russian Av
birth. has been well known In New
NorN for a number uf Years. appoartn.,
at many concerts Wsth Mime Clue.
Mime, Sembrrh and Josef Hermann ~
will give concert to-day az Caruesle
Hall for he Polish Relief Fund
His action IN buying New York
home j. in line with that az other
European artists who have lately an.
nou"ccd the intIutiou OF settling III the
United States
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
SEA RAIDER SINKS LOVE SHIP
German Husls nd In IIobOken Loses
EngIiah wife and $4,000.

Harry LANCE and his wife OF 100
Hudson street, Ioboken, have not been
any too happy since the beginning OF
the war The reason IL because Harry
Is German and his wife is English.
Their marital relations became less
and less blissful until finally the Kron-
prinZ Wilhelm put into Newport News
Mrs. Laugo then said that every one OF
tho Kaiser's ships ought to be chased or
the seas. Such a quarrel!
Yesterday when I.ange arrived home
he found his wife gone and this note
on the parlor table:
"Tve gore back to England. Nothing
German will ever suit me"
with the note Mrs. Laugc left 90
cents. She said that was an her his-
band was entitled to out of the SO 900
they had saved,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
WOMAN HELD IN BANK THEFT
Charged with Aiding Ralph LOveII
to Escape In aI3O.OOO Robbery.

Charged with aiding in the night Of
Ralph r. Lowell to London, where he
was arrested. and with the larceny u
$3.50. 600 from the First National Bank
OF Edgewater, ~ j., Mrs Lillian Nun
son, 80 years old, was arrested on her
arrival in San Francisco last Saturday
on the steamship Northern Pacific, ac-
cording TO information received here
Yesterday, when the Federal court or
dsred her returned to Edgewater
Lowell was arrested in London on
September II and was brought TO New
York on the American liner ST, Paul
on December q. He is % years old.
unmarried. and lived in Hackensack,
y. ]. He WAS teller in the Edge
water bank when he disappeared,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
MAYOR vETOES COURT BILL.
Think. Act Increasing NRgtStrRtc's
powcr Half Measure.

Mayor Mitchell vetoed Yesterday III"
hyI n,rmittlug "A Mag istrste To sit a. a
CONT of Sn"clal Sessions and othcrwis"
extending the jurisdiction of the inferior
courts. lie termed II a half measure
and said that another hill, introduced by
Senator Mills, provides a better plan for
taking care of minor offences,
In his veto memorandum tha Mayor
said: This bill az proposed would re.
auirc the Magistrate to hold the prls-
oner for some time. have the facts trans
mittcd 20 the District Attorney and an
information drawn. thereby causing a
DELAY which We are seeking to do away
with"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
NAVAL REVIEW ABOUT JUNE 10
Parade VIII Take Place when Ari-
xOnn IL Launched.

SNAsHl SGToN, April i6,--Indicatons
are that the review OF the Atlantic fee:
in New York Harbor will take place
ON or about June 10, The exact date
will he made public by the Secretary
of the Navy tomorrow.
The battleship Arizona, now build
ing in the New York yard. will be
launched on June 10. Secretary Dan
lcls said to-day that the review would
take place immediately before or afte,
the launching of the Arizona. Prcsi-
dent Wilson has given assurances tina,
he will attend the review II public
business will permit.
Abou, June 20 the neet will proceed
southwark for Panama, arriving at tn;
entrance day or 50 before July I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
GREGORYBACKS
RIGGS BANK IN
THE LIE ISSUE
Acknowledgement Won't Re-
tract Statement He Did
Not Hire BrandeiS.
RESISTS PRESSURE OF
TREASURY OFFICIALS

WAsHrNGToN. April 1S. 49, Resisting
strong pressure from Comptroller Will
3ms and Secretary McAdoo. ATTORNEY
General Gregory refused tonight to Ia
sue a statement assuming responsibility
for the discrepancy between the state
ment issued by the Department OF jus
tice and that put out by the Comptrol
Ter regarding the retaining of Louis -.
Brandeis as special counsel for the Gov
ernment in the Riggs National Bank
case
Despite the iusistence of the Treasury
officials the .Attorney-General refused 20
retract his statement made after tho
Cabinet meeting last Tuesday to the e.
feet that Mr. Brandeis had not been en-.
gagged az special counsel by the Depart
ment of Justice until after the restrain
ing order was issued by Justice Mccoy
Of the District Supreme Court
The Internationally statement,
which seemed to contradict f'atly an
earlier statement Of Comptroller will
Jams that the department of Justice ha
retained Mr.. B-andeis several weeks ago.
has It Is understood, been a matter OF
humiliation for the Comptroller
Not only was prominence given to this
contradiction in a statement issued nv
the Riggs bank. but II has been COM
mentcd upon editorially by newspapers
in many parts OF the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
BOY COPIES MOVIE villains.
Tries to Wreck SeashOre Train Ia
Approved screen style.

ATLANTIC CITY. ". j.. April To-
Emulating train wreckers. whose ex-
ploits he had seen flashed upon tho
screen in movie houses here, Charles
Foreman, ~. made an attempt to-day
to wreck one of the fast electric trains
from Camden. lie piled scrap iron on
the rails on the meadow side of the
bridge at the entrance to the city,
A dispatcher In IA signal tower, Noticed
him and telephonsd to police headqunrJ
ters. Three detectives jumped into
an automobile. caught the lad and
cleared the tracks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17

It was written on a telegraph blank
and read
MIR. VINCENT Aston: will like TO
sec YOU At the Grand Central Terminal
tomorrow afternoon Mt 80 +. NJ.
sharp. Take with YOU Five Hundred
Dollars So YOU can give them to me.
The money or your life. I'll be by the
information stand.
Muriella said after his arrest yes
terday that he had gone to the station
with the revolver in his pocket on March
81 and waited some time The second
letter was received on April Is and was
written on a cable blank At the bottom
was sketched a rude skull and cross
bones. II read
II sent you "A letter before and ] did
rot see YOU where | told YOU to meet
me. This will be your last chance "a
sock out Five Hundred Dollars or your
lfe III he at the Grand Central Ter
mnal Information stand at . 40 o'clock,
April l6. reading an evening paper.
After the second letter Mr.. Dobbyr
was told to turn the letters over TO the
police Acting Capt Tunney arranged
for MIR Dohbyn to meet Mur!ella, while
he and Barnetz lowered in the back
ground Barnett is the detective VIII.
was dressed as an elderly man will
whiskers in the Cathedral bomb roundup
and Yesterday he was disguised as d
traveller with a big valise
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
SCHOOL BIBLE BILL ADVANCED
Measure Attacked In senate as
Fo~terinc Religious Disputes.

ALBANY. April l6.--By a vote OF -
to the Senate advanced to the order
OF final passage Tonight senator 'irei-
ner's bill providing FOR the reading OF
the Bible in schools every day. II
gives the local boards of education su-
thority To SAY what shall he read.
senator Thompson attacked the hill,
declaring it was fathered by the Guar
dams of Liberty. society which fus-
tered the rel. g.ous issue IN the campaign
last fall and which was "incepted in
lies and lives In falschoo1'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
TO MAKE SUNFLOWER BUTTER.
Germans Have New scheme TO OBJ
tain Food Supplies.

LONDON. April ls.-The EXchauge
Telegraph Company's correspondent at
Amsterdam hears that the German
authorities are taking up the cultiva-
ton OF sunfowers with view to making
a substitute for butter from the seeds
According to the correspondent the
Prussian Ministry of Railways has
ordered all station masters 10 plant sun
flowers in all available ground around
stations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
British Hold swedish ship.


STuCKItoLM, via London, April Ia
AstonIshmeut and rcpyuhation Of the
British naval authorities are expressed
here ts Il result OF the taking into
Mddleshrough of the swedish steam
snip Sir Ernest CHssel. loaded with IRON
ore. Tho action ~ regarded as threat
cnng the expectation of iron ore from
sweden, The newspapers ana public
alike condemn the action and accuse
Great BRITAIN OF acting in defiance II
international law
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
MARK LIMIT OF KLUCK DRIVE.
French Erect Monument Where
Dash ON Paris Was stopped.

|V'''UT H'T' FtNU"1'H 7" NV sIN.
PARIS. April l6.--The first monument
commonwealth the war has been
erected al the point wher, Gen. Won
kluck's advance was stopped between
Barcy and McauX. twenty-five miles east
OF Paris.
IL consists Of truncated pyramid set
on cement platform and is Inscribed:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
NORWEGIAN SHIP SEIZED.
The >orInud Is Brought Back 10
UnrtIcpooi h. british,

l.pNpoN, April TIN" Norwegian
steamship So'laul has hccn brought into
iartlcpool rs a prze and her cargo IS
hcing discharged.
The Sor,and sailed from 'lartlepool
for GothcnburE, sweden. and II Is sup
posed that the authorities had reason
to believe that her cargo was TO go To
the enemy,