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j. s. GUT OFF. BY WATER
FROM GREAT BRITAIN
No Ship Will Leave Any American
Port to Cross Atlantic for More
Than Seven Days.
UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS
Liner New York Sails To-Day, and
This Will BE Last Departure for
Some Office Authori.
ties Are Staggered.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch. =.
NEW YORK. March 5.--For tho frat
time since the War Of 1872 tho United
he cut off from communication by water
with Great Britain. II the two CONF
trieR were AT war the commercial isu-
lation could not hc more complete.
No American ships will Leave any
American port to cross the Atlanti,'fo,
more than seven days r's 80
The unprecedented conditions are DUE
to cessation of sailings. from Isurope:
to the diversion Of the few American
ships 10 South America and Panama
tra]S rputcs;to tho commands erinr.of
British liners by tho adrnirnlty. and, to
the menace OF German snbmarines' in
the war zone. - a.t
The. American liner New York sails
for Liverpool Tomorrow with the mails
the last sailing for at least week.
She gets away at noon. and at night
willplay searchlishts on her American
flag and on her, name painted uu her
side. .,t
The great bankers and merchants. n II
the big firms in transoccanic trade. were
in a Juror OF excitement to-day. to
make. this last mail ship with remit
tanccs. checks. drafts and bills of OK
change.
While other ships are scheduled TO
sail for British ports IN ten DAYS or so.
1t is;Glear ia the business community
that theN-may not sail at that time.
GOVERNMENTS POST-OFTICE
- AUTHORITIEs STAGGERED
The government most office authorl-
ties are staggered and are endeavoring
to make arrangements with the Scan
dinavan,- American Line steamer United
States to sail on March IL for Copen-
hagen, to sLop OF a British port with
mails.
In the hist four weeks all vessels
bound for Copenhagen have sbeen
stopped by British cruisers and taken
Into KirkwalI, Scotland: whore tho
mails, ana cargo have been. SEARCHED.
So carrying tho mail Will not seriously
inconvenience this particular steamer =
Priorrto this. foresceing some such
predicament. tie government has been
negotiating with the Ward Line for
ono oflits American steamers, as it, did
in tho Vera Cruz crisis. Nlf" (;
Every; dock "nnd warehouse lin New
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ALFRED HAMPTON NAMED
Appointed Assfstaut Connissioner-
General OF Immigration.

WARRINGTON. March b.-Alfred
Hampton. youngest son of General
Wade Ham pton. OF South Carolina, was
appointed Assistant Commissioner
General OF immigration by Secretary
Wilson to-day. to succeed r. H. Iarncd,
who VIII be transferred for duty Mt
Ellis Island. Hampton now is inspcc-
tor In charge OF the irmigr .tion SER
vico at Galveston. lie has been in
tho government service since 1884,
During the Spa nish- American War
Hampton was second lieutenant in
tho Third United States Engineers, and
aide-de-camp TO MaJor-General NJ. c..
Butler. He was educated at tho Uni
versity Of Virginia. Washington and
Lee. and Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology.
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LONDON March (9:45 =. MO.-
Except in the Central Besktd Pass OF
the Carpathians. where fierce Austrian
attacks have moderated somewhat. tho
Russians are on the offensive along the
whole line from the Baltic Sea to the
Ronmanian border. Appa rently they
have definitely disposed OF tho Ger
man and Austrian attempts to out
flank their two extreme wings, and are
moving slowly westward.
After retiring to the Dniester River.
the Russians again have crossed into
Bukowina. and unoflcially arc .rs-
ported TO be back In Cnernowitz They
already have captured Sadagora, a few
miles northeast OF tho capital. Far
ther to the west they again are in pos-
session or Stanislau. and have crossed
the Lukwa River, forward step
which, In the opinion OF military ex-
pcrts, probably will compel the Aus.
TRANS to evacuatc Bukowina.
In tho Beskid, Tukholka and Uzsok
fasses the Austro- Germans hold stron.
positions. whence they are continually
attacking the Russians; while In the
western passes. especially the Dukla,
the Russians are on tho Hungarian
slopes. where the lighting has degen.
Grated Into trench warfare. The Rus.
slams are sending e-enforcemsnts to
this line
SERIOUSLY PRESSED
ONLY At ONE POINT
In Northern Poland The Russians ara
advancing westward from tho Nisnlen
River. and the Germans are fighting a
rear guard action. AT one point only
ia tho German attack being seriously
pressed. against the fortress Of osso.
wetz.
TO the south. according to RoYlin
dispatch the Germans have evacuated
MSszynieo. on the East Prussian boy
der% northwest of Loinxa, while farther
vFsst sr esr hia@'s, they arc believed Is
hays n. erosRed the porder. nftor = defeat
ct Er snsnyss, The Russians also show
,ss 4. syiys astt IN iCentrai Poland. ana
asy0 e. 4 ssttaeksp tfs Germans eass sf
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MINISTRY OF ,IARIsE
GIVES OUT STATEMENT

PARiS' March. 5;r7-The Ministry Of
Marine today gave out statement to
the effect that a German submarine
or the - type had been nred on by
FRENCH cruiser III tho English Channel
Hes'erunN' The submarine plunged.
ana no further trace OF her was found.
The announcement follows: r.sj
During tho day OF March 4 a French
"arship. belonging to the second light
squadron. cannonadcd a German sub
marine. or the C-2 type in tho English
Channel. Three shots struck the un
dersea hoat. which then plunged and
disappeared; no trace OF her has been
found" jt4'rt
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GARRISON ORDERS. INQUIRY
Hear" That American. oricer. Are serv-
Ing With Canadian Fere..:

WAsHINGToN. March 5.--secretary
Garrison to-day directed ,.Brigadier-
General Tasker II, Bliss. acting chief
OF staff Of tho army, TO investigate
published reports that American militia
officers were serving with Canadian
forces enlisted for,service in tho Euro.
pean war. b''Sfs' >';t.s tN
War Department officials are doubt
ful whether any. Federal law forbids
militia officers to serve with foreign
troops, but none will he permitted to
serve with any Of the helliserents II
means can be- found TO prevent .is. y..,
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CONGRESS BREAKS RECORD
Proceedings FIJI About $1,000 Pases In
Congregational Record,

WASHINGTON. March 6.-The Sixty
third Congress broke all records for
speechmakinG The average Congress
iils about 1900 pages OF tho Congress
sional Record while records of the
siSty-third Congress occupy about
$1,000.
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TWO GERMAN SUBMARINES
SUNK IN BRITISH WATERS
Steam Collier Rams Undcrsea Ro,t
and Quickly Sends II to
Bottom.
ANNOUNCEMENT is OFFICIAL
French Cruiser Fires on Another
Submarine Of the U-2 Type. Which
Flunges and Disappears, No Trace
being Found. j.,

+ LONDON. March u:o6 p M).-Two
German submarines have been sunk in
British waters according to official
announcement here to-day.
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ACTIVE ON WHOLE
LINE FROM BALTIC
SEA TO R0UMANLA|
Definitely Dispose of At]
tempts to Outflank their
Extreme Wings.
UN0FFICIALLY REPORTED
BACK IN CZERNOWITZ
Possession of Stanislau May
Force Austrians Out of
Bukowina.
ALLIES ON ALERT IN WI
DO Most Of Attacking, hut Appare
ly Making Little Prog
rcss.
aking Of Stanislau
Reported by Petrogra,

lard lighting continues bctwce
L tho RuSsiunS and Gcrmnus II
North Poland along tho front he
tween tho Nicmrn md Vistult \
Rivers. and also between tho Brits
mans In the west at Nrrious pIacesl
from the sHntl dunes la Belgium toi
tho crcsts OF the NoSEcs Mountnfnst
Victories tor the allies arc claimed,
In both the eastern mud western
thcnfcrs In the latest reports mntic
by the Russian nnd French war
chRnccllorics. PrOgrcsS for the
MuscOyttcs In the rccapture ufI
ground mt different places on thcI
Niemcn-Nistuln line, and nlso thci
tnkinE RS prisoners 0f numerous
German officers and men, mud the
capture of gums aud war stores, Rrc
recorded by rctrograd.
The nghtinE which has been In.
proErcsS in the CnrpnthInn pasScs
FOR severnl weeks sccmfngIy hns
iesscncd I'm violence. Vienna re-
ports engagements In some SECTIONS,
but sa!S that on the whole the sit-
Hation remained unchanged. The
taking OF StaniSia-,. Gnticia. and the
capture during the cnimpHfEns In
TINT territory Of I5a Grrmhn officers
nnd 1852" men. together with guns.
hOrses mud transport trains. tx re-
corded by retrosrad. ftt
4 newspaper dispatch from Buch-
Arrest. HounnnIN. asserted that tae
AustrinnS cNnrnntcd C,cruowttz,
capital OF Bukouina.
Nothing new concerning thr nj
lied Hrct's attempt to force the Dnr-
dnncifes lH nj hand. Constnntinoplc
dispatches rcitcrute that damage
thus far done To the Turkish f0rtIO-
cations IL not rs great ~ nI,icd re-
pOrts have Indicated. II ~ declared
n1sO that c!cwiturssc~ have re-
ported TINT several aiIrd warxhjp,
have hecn hndly damaged by the
turkish fire. ~
Stiil another German submurln
Is declared to have met with dis
nstrr mt the hands of nm allied shin.
The French admiralty asserts ttnt
"A submarine OF the u. class vvas
struck In the English Channel by
three shells from a French cruiser
and disappeared.
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BRITISH G0L,LEs SENDS
SGHMARINE TO ROTT0M

LONDON, Marcia . q :O5 r. M).-The
official news bureau today confirmed
the report that the Eritish steam col
hor Thordis had rampned a German
submarine and sent it TO thr bottom.
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WILLIAM S. EAMES DEAD
Wtns WcII-Known Architect and Art
Critic.

ST. LOUIS. March 5.--William S.
Eames. an architect and art critic
known throughout the United States.
died hero to-day, aged sixty four.
Death resulted from a general break.
down. Z
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Death Of Thoma. n. Bnrd.

Los ANGELES, cali, March S.
Thomas K. Bard. former United States
Senator from California, died of heart
failure at Huencme. Cal, to-day.
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LIVE STOCK SANITARY
BOARD Is CALLED

Chairman j. Thompson Brown. OF tn o
State Live Stock Sanitary Board, has
called meeting OF the board for Tues
day afternoon in the Governors off ce
10 map out more comprehensive and
extensive campaign against the spread
OF the footand- disease II is
probable that the board will ask OF
the Legislature, whichtreconvenes next
week TO take up the tax question. an
appropriation OF $4,000 to carry on the
work. former appropriation OF So.
600 Is nearly exhausted. and will be
quite exhausted before the campaign
ends. 1t is hoped that quick and con-
certed action will avert quarantine
against all Virginia by the Federal
government.
Though a third outbreak has occurred
In Frederick County. there is no appre-
hension that there Will he another out
break In Hcnrico County, where the
sianghterins Of the Miller Brothers,
herd Will. II is believed, prevent spread
OF the disease. The third outbreak In
Frederick County has hcen traced to
the same source, in which the disease
originated and infected the Miller and
Campbell herds near Winchester. and
it is feared that there may he further
Infection. Frederick County has been
quarantincd, however. by proclamation
OF Governor Stuart. and it is believed
that adjoining counties will be amply
protected
The State Live Stock Sanitary, Board
is composed OF j. Thompson Brown.
bedford. chg Joseph A. Turner.
Of Hollins; John b. Watkins, OF Ches-
tcrheld: w. c. Shacklcford, OF Abe
marle; j. d. Eggleston, president OF
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and C.
!. Wade, Of Christiansburg, treasurer.
SUPPLEHENTARY ORDER
EXTENDS NTrNB
An order supplementary 10 the quar-
antine proclamation already In force
was issued yesterday by Governor
stuart extending the quarantine
against cattle shipments into this
state 10 the entire State OF West vir-
ginia.
Resides applying to beef cattle. sheep
and hogs, the new order prohibits the
shipment into this State of hay and
all forms Of cattle feed from the In
fected areas in the neighboring State.
Hay and feed may he received from
points in West Virginia not within tho
infected areaH. but such shipments
must be oh,ciany certified to the state
and Federal quarantine officers
Governor stuart, who is expected
here from Elk Garden, RUSSELL County.
to-day, has kept in communication with
quarantine headquarters in Richmond.
and is Informed on every detail OF the
work now in progress. He has been
consulted every day by the quarantine
oficers,
GOyERONOR WILL RECOMMEND
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
1t is expected that the Governor will
send n special MESSAGE to the General
Assembly on March 8. recommending
Continued on Second PaEe,) 49,
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DtTCH SHIP TOnrEDOED
'H| IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

LONDON March t3:a4 4. Nh
AccordlnS 10 the Daily Express, II Is
reported that the Dutch stenmer
Eoordcrdijk. which was returning to
Rotterdam with broken machinery.
after having sailed FOR the United
states, has been torpedocd IN tho Eng
lish' Channel ..s
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Fhc Noordcrdijk. Holland Amer
loan Line frcighter. sailed from Rot
terdam March for New York. Bal,i-
more. aud Newport News. She was
reported turning back Thursday for
Rotterdam. while on ,thefIsle OF Wight
for renairs to her machinery. X
Twice during the last two mon ia a
the Noordcrdijk has gone aground, but
has been pulled or each time. on Jan
nary TX. while leaving Port Talbot.
England for Baltimore. she went
ashore in tho ltarhor She @as re.
nohtcd the next day and proeasdSd.
on her return voyage to RottSrdanf
from the United Ststes she kwsf, d
aground on February .t, near Porter
shayen, In Rotterdam,. harhor.
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HARD FIGHT MADE
TO CHECK DISEASE
Frederick County Farmers Dig
Trench During Binding
Snowstorm.
BURY ALL EXPOSED CATTLE
General Assembly Will Be Asked
for Liberal Emergency
Appropriation.
Especial to The Times -Dispatch.l

WINCHESTER. VA, March 5.--Large
forces OF men arc working tonight In
binding snowstorm 10 complete deep
trenches on the farms OF John W. Lar
rick. Jr.. Rokser Campbell and F.. NJ.
Miller in which to bury upwards OF
200 head OF cattle, sheep and hogs in
fected with foot-and mouth disease.
The Infection results from cattle pur-
chased by Iarrick at the Felker sa lie
in Berkeley County. ". Va. ten days
since being driven here and sold. 1t
became known to-day tha: when tho
cattle were offered for sale, Feikcr's
auctioneer informed every one present
that tho animals appeared sick. Few.
II any. bids were made. and Larrick
got them cheap.
Federal and State guarantees against
Frederick County became effective to-
day. Inspectors making general
canvass reported tonight no new cases.
and the infection is confined to the
three farms. Campbell has thirty-hve
cattle and twenty-five hogs diseased: ::
Larri X. twenty-seven cattle and
twenty-nine hogs; Miller. fifteen cattle
and twenty hogs Each has great
their farm animals will have the dis
Tomorrow
DAIRYMEN ESTABLISH
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE;
jacob s. 1ialdcman and John Gather,
owners OF valuable dairy her1s have
established shotgun quarantinea Others
are doing likewise. Many farms are
guarded by heavily armed men day
and night. q. II. Richards and son,
who visited the Larrick farm TO see the
disease at close range. were caught by
Federal officers and quarantined at
home indefinitely. The entire Eastern
Panhandle OF West Virginia, including
Hampshire. Morgan. Berkeley and JEFF
ferson Counties, is now under rigid
quarantine. The disease has spread
rapidly in the hepherdstown section OF
the latter county. Butler Miller, who
bought four cows at the Felkcr sale,
had to kill twenty-thrce' cattle, twenty
three sheep and ten hogs II in be-
Heved that more than 1000 cattle.
sheep, lambs and swine wifi be
killed in Virginia and West Virginia
territories. Inspectors said tonight
that they Will Kill all stock where any
trace Of infection Is found Many
stockmen who ship regularly to Balti-
more. Philadelphia and other markets
from the Shenandoah Valley have
great numbers OF fattened cattle, sheep
and hogs on hand, and fear they will
lose enormous sums. Shippers OF hay.
straw. hide: and the like are also
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4 newspaper dispatch from Buch.
nrest. HoumnnIN. asserted that ia,
Austrfnns cNnrnntc,f C,cruowttz
capital OF Isukouina. 49,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
ARABIAN NIGHTS
TALES ECLIPSED
IN MILFORD DEAL
Rival Bidders Rouse Farmer
at Midnight and Offer Him
Undreamed Wealth.

Tales of sudden wealth to owners
of property along Beaver Brook creek
at Milford, with deals by right-of-
way men employed by the New Ha-
ven Water Co., which eclipse some of
those told in fiction are afoat in Mil
ford today, following the Farmer s
disclosure of the attempt to condemn
land in THAI section now being made
in the superior court at New Haven
One of the deals involving Bridge
port men and placing a fortune with
in the grasp of Anthony Gamma, a
whi1om farmer and resident Of De-
Won. is authenticated today wherein it
is shoWn that, awakened from sleep at
midnight, under the fiekering glow Of
an old light, the value of his property
took leaps aad bounds as opposing
factions bid for it until a final price
or $50.1o0 was offered for the 16
acres that previously were on the
market for $500.
This is said to be but one of the
startling deals that were in progress
for the possession of the land prior
to the condemnation proceedings that
may yet involve the great Beaver
Brook Dairy farms owned by New
Haven capitalists.
According to the story of attorneys
for Gamma. and for B. f. Snyder, rea1
estate dealer of Devon, who also owns
a. small tract OF land along the stream.
Gamma, and his family were sleeping
soundly one night about a, month ago
when shortly before midnight a, knock
was heard at the door. Representa-
tives of the New Haven Water Co.
owner of the Milford Water Works.
sought entrance.
Mrs. Gamma hastily wrapped a
mans heavy ulster about her scantily
clad form and let them in. Gamma
and his sop were aroused. Eli Whit
ney "a financial power in New Haven,
and president of the water company,
is said to have been among the party.
They sought the Gamma property Of
fering a large amount of money for
its possession.
: Secretly sending his son to the
nearest telephone, Gamma kept the
negotiations in progress while At
torney Abe S. GeduIdig and James
Turner were routed out of bed in
Bridgeport and given Instructions to
hasten to the scene. They did not
know the location of the Gamma. farm
and their only guide was the Devon
station at which an outpost guide was
stationed with a, lantern to meet and
direct their course to the Gamma
farm.
(Continued on Page 2.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
DRUGS USED BY
I ROBBERS SAYS
BOSTON VICTIM
Travelling Salesman Tells
Police He Took Knockout
S Drops on Train.

Believing that he was a victim of
knockout drops while on the way
from Boston to this city and that he
was later relieved of ss5 in cash, a
gold watch and platinum chain, gold
knife, a keepsake worth $500, his
overcoat and baggage check, H A.
HeaIey of Boston. a travelling sales
man for a Massachusetts, jewelry firm,
walked into police headquarters this
morning and complained to the police
authorities.
He also said that while travelling
to this city on the 1928 train from
Boston last night he encountered two
men, one named David Hurlihey Of
Medford, Mass, and another whose
name he cannot remember. The last
.Healey can remember is getting off
the train in this city accompanied by
Hurlihey and the stranger. The party
of three. went to the Strathe1d hotel
and upon, awakening this morning
HeaIey discovered his loss
Detective James A Bray was given
a description of HurIihey and the
stranger and at II O'Clock he arrest
ed Robert Upton of ESQ Hanover
street, and Hurlihey,i both alleged to
have robbed Healey of his belongings
On Hurlihey's person were found the
gold knife and wallet containing the
money stolen from Healey- but the
prisoner refused to admit the theft,
and said that he would leave it to the
courts to decide upon his guilt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

TAKES UP
BIG TASK
SixtY-Fourth Session is Be-
gun at Noon With Formal
Organization of Both
Branches of Body.
Champ Clark is Again
Speaker of House, and
Senator Clarke is Re-
elected Senate President.

Washington, Dec. '6.-Congress reas-
sembIed att noon today for what prom
ises to be the most important and his
toric session of generation.
Proceedings in both House and Sen
ate were brief, being confined entirely
to organization and formal introduce
ton of bills and r, solutions In ac-
cordance with custom both House and
Senate adjourned and sent a commit
tee to formally notify President VIII
son that Congress was in session
Tomorrow, the real work of the ses-
sion begins when President Wilson de-
lfvers his annual address to a joint
session assembled in the hall of the
House.
In his opening address to the
House, the Speaker paid tribute to Re
publican Leader Mann and predicted
q practically continuous session here
after.
II am profoundly grateful to you
at the high honor Of the Speakership,
thrice conferred by your friendship
and partially" he said. IT thank the
Democrats for their personal good
will which has attended me all my
days here. By reason of the amaz-
ing growth OF our beloved country
and the bewildering increase of bus
mess the time is in sight when the
Congress viii remain practically in
perpetual session. s. L nope ILLS Con
gress will go into history as a work
ing Congress-'
The Senate floor and galleries pre-
sented the usual scene James M.
Baker, the secretary, called the ses-
sion to order and the chaplain pray
ed for divine guidance for the preser-
vAtion of peace at home and its re-
skoration abroad
NThfrty-tvO nept1y elected Senators
then were sworn in Each was es-
corted by his colleague
s Speaker Clark was reelected ana
sworn in amid cheers from the door
and galleries. In the Senate, the Or
ganization was perfected by the re-
election Of Senator Clarke of Arkau-
sas as president pro-tempore- Vice
President Marshall was not In the
chair for the opening.
After swearing the new members IN,
the Senate recessed until 213Ot O'Clock
in the House, meanwhile. bills and
per at the clerks desk National de-
Tense measures predominated and
there were many proposals for various
investigations
There wene many bills for rural
credits, rAver and harbor improve
ments, extension of the rural mali
service and a large number OF the So
called private bills. Many never will
get further than the stage OF introduce
ton
The business of introducing bills did
not deter some of the old times from
holding receptions: Former Speaker
Cannon. Representatives Hill, Long
worth and Mckinley and others as
well as the leaders of both houses
Were among the groups Of latest ar
rivals.