IeHad‘ihc lilies?
Certainly not. it yon
keep posted through
The Sentinel. i a live
.‘nésraaLrsr-isn 1870
IliREE DEAD A
IN CLEVELAND,
0Hl0, EIRE
Fianies Sneep llrrought the Third
Floor of the foster Apartments,
injuring Alany People
WAIIilESS SAYS MASKED
MAN SIARIED EiilE
lexington, Kentucky, lies a Fire
Which lines $100,000 Damage
‘(HAE‘J‘VICLAN‘AI (Lilarch 2%. «Fire
whiclr ‘swept through an
house in Prospect
day. causing the death of three per-
sons and injury to more than a score.
origin, ‘
of others. was of incendiary '
according to police and detectives
Police early today were holding
three men and one woman at head
quarters. and had established a police
guard at the bedside of 'liessie ‘lteimer
»il Huron rituad Hospital.
“The lteimer girl is as intich under
afield as any" of the other four." saint
‘lietective Farrell "We are convinc-
ed that she knows who started last
night's fire as well as the tire yester-
alay in her room" All of the live
M ere involved in a white slave imesti-
gatioti I few days ago. following w lilt'il
one woman was sent to the work
house. in this case the lteirucr girl
was the allegod victim.
“ Tyre unidentified men and one
ottoman, Mrs. Ethel Seaman. were
burned to death. early today. when
flames swt-pt through the third floor
ot the Foster apartirrenrs.'lit7 l’ros
pect avenue. and destroyed the upper
part of the building.
Police are searching for a masked
man. who according to the story told
by Miss Bessie Reimer. a waitress.
entered her room on the third floor.
bound and gaged her and set fire to
the building.
Moat of those injured were irrirt by
jumping from the third floor windows.
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«)l~ .lrcse three. Mrs. Albert Melclroirf
liwight Emprage and an unidentified
man are fatally injured. Fireman floss
ind Lieutenant Thomas Nestor also‘
apartment ‘
avenue, early toV
EVEN ING
Entered at the South Nor-walk coat
Office as Second Class latter.
EOUTH NORWALK, CONN” TUESDAY. MARCH 28. 1916
u
“Marco is" sun
. norm or illitl
itiii ' RANCH A
: NEAR Bolton
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I
hiished Announcement of love
Creates Sensation in Home
Capital — Church lunensely
Rich-Plait to Convert lreaswes
Into Cash to [indoors Paper
Currency .
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ENGINE 8.” Thy “TING 0" .‘ MEXICO CITY. Mar. 28.7 The pub-‘
“M" of “C“ 0' Cami lislred announcement tlrat the Menu
,cau government wu taking over all‘
and “Irene” to Ki" "EXEC.“ the personal anti realty holdings of
I
i
'the (‘atliolic clergy throughout the
Assist.“ ENC... Irepubiic created somewhat of a sen-i
’iation here this morning. .lrr a spec-
Aial dispatcir trorxr Queretaro, El lleru
Locrata, the official government organ.
AMERICAN IRooPs “quotes both Secretary of the Treas-
ury Cabrera aird ltr. Siroub. goverrrg
l ior irf the state of (luarrajuato, as say ‘
. ting that the measure would be Infidel
4 NE D RAILR ADSLt’lft‘t‘Ith‘ under the old law dating“
.back more than half a rerun; when
__ tcliurcir ediiices were so zed during
4‘ tiic adiiriiiistration of lleimo Juarez.
[Wild Rumor Says Villa llas Taken
A: the times and Mules oft
Clergy lmmenseiy Rich. .
'l‘lre clergy in the state of .\liclria ‘
can. l'trebia, Queretaro
are reputed to be imiiieusely wealthy?
Americans I in jewels, lands. and works of art that
'are held iir trust for the church. it
‘ia said that the move by the gov
Iernment to convert these ‘ ircasurer
B" PASU, Tex, MM“) 3“-"Till‘ri‘l into cash for the redemption of the
was a very noticeable increase in the
tension along the border today fol
lowing the reported raid last night on
Iiit‘ rant-h of C. H. Kelly. former .\i:iy~
or oi iii l’aso. by Mexican bandits.
The ranch is 32 miles east of here and
ti mile anti a liali from the border
I. .\'. liarker, foreman oi the
Kelly ranch. said he >zrtv it number of
riiotrrrtr-J heart of cattle belonging to
“til." it» ran to a neighboring ranch
house and called his employer on the
long distance telephone here. in the
meantime three of the raiders followm
“It: lht‘ ("ilillt’ went ‘0 the K0”! Nilf'll l exchange witlrorrt the necessity of re-
lrouse and threatened the Mexican as. . wrung to g forniguloiin. The rile/t r
[sir-tam foreman with death if ire in on. already employed in thin dlroc
trerfcred with them. ;tion, including the collection of D8“
* of the custom duties and internal"
paper money now ilooding Mexico
would solve the government's flirarr
cial difficulties. The government's
paper money issue is placed at Euro,
otiirotto pest-tan, with an insignificant
metal reserve for its redemption.
Accumulate Reserve.
The government is making e\cr_v
effort at this time to accuiiiuiate a:
rapidly as possible ”ll nece<sary re
serve in order ”it“ the new issue of
230,600,000 pesos which it purposes.
to put fortlr some time in .\pril filth)"
be sufficiently guaranteed to ntiibiiiae
NEW DEIEIIIIVE-
“AM (If WIEIER
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and Jnlrsc -'
‘ has been engaged and paid by the Po;
.of the last two years, for doing prr‘
Lease against Weller charged with at
(Continued on Page Four.)
JAPANESE iIIIiiIESS Will
I
Committees Appointed to Arrange
for Big Affair iAaite Alterations
to West Ave. Building
‘w ere injured so badly in attempting to-
rescue occupants oi the building that
they may die Both fell from third
Iloor windows.
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
QUASH INCISIMENIS
ASAINSI SiEEi CSMPANIES
YOI'NGSTt'HYN. 0.. March 28.—~
Judge W. Sffiirderson today granted
the motion to quash the indictments
recently returned here against five
.-:ecl companies. charging them wltlr
( onspiring to fix the price of labor and
: teel products.
The indictments against the United
S'eei Corporation .. and E. H. Gary.
head of the corporation.
is the motion to quash did not include
these two defendants. on \‘irom scr-
vice had not been secured. Tire Stee!‘
t‘onipany attorneys attacked the in»
dictnrents as being too indefinite and
uncertain. depriving the defendants of
their constitutional rights.
' MASONS HERE ifPiESiNliD
'i ll tiriirnt corsrsrttt .. . rxrsriit; o
A party of nine Norwalk Masons
. represented this city yesterday in'
Bridgeport at the observance of
.. Bridgeport and Waterbury ‘Day by
imtayctte Corrsistory. A. M. S. R. The
",lwenty-first. twenty-seventh and thir-f
Iy-second degrees were conferred.
There wee 400 people present, and
tithe loco visitors report a most enjoy]
. ‘abe time. A banquet, in the. evening.
..wa.- a feature that pleased exceeding-
;.ly. New Haven day will be celebrat-
,~_ ed on April 12.
, The. local party was made up of: E
2 E. Crows, Arthur C. Wheeler. Edward
,. .' Weed. Clinton K. Hunter. E. N.
g ipperly, Qumran”; Benedict. William
S‘ 0. Holman. I. E. Gorham and Milton
1; Elwood.
it.
still stand..
At a meeting of the committee on
alterations of the Catholic Club. colu-
posed oi John T. Hayes, clrrrirrrran.
John .l. Dorsey, secretary; William
Howard, treasurer; James 1‘.
\ilitll, t‘. M. llorgan, .\l. .l. iloward. Eti'
ward J. Quinlan. Maurice Dcvlno. Ed‘
ward J. Duffy. Daniel F. Toonrey and.
Albert F. llose, held last evening in.
the basement of St. Mary‘s church. the
above committee appointed the follow-:
irrg committee to look after and give
oirt the contracts for necessary work
on the remodeling and redecorntitrg
_oi the clubhouse: John T. Hayes, M.
J. Howard and Edward J. Quinlan.
The matter oi holding a fair iir the
near future came before last night‘s.
meeting. and the committee decided
.that a Japanese Klrmess 'would be
given some time in May. after the re-‘
‘jnvination of the clubhouse was cour-
plete. Tire affair will probably be the
first furrctlon of its kind held in tho
remodeled quarters.
5 Committees were appointed as fol
lows on the kirmcss:
Canvassing—James
P. Sheehan.
Maurice bovine and Dr. J. .l. Millard»
Soliciting—«Edward J. Duffy.
‘ ‘\ Entertainment and Music Rev.
McCrann. .\l. J. Howard. 1). A. Toorn»
Icy. Y. .t. Williams and John Cahili.
t Advertising and, f’rintirrg’E. J.
.‘Quinlarr and Thomas Flaherty.
Decorating—1’. F. Burns. John
‘ Ahearn. -.\f. .r. Tierney, Clifford \Yard.
iJames Ahearn and S. C. Ciintte.
. Rci’reshmcnts~—C. M. Dorgan, F
l Burke, P. J. Leonard and M. J. Lynch.
Booths—ll. Dowd. J. C. Smith, M.
2Carew and Edward J. Mathews.
tan and J. 'l‘. Hayes.
Drawing—A. F. Rose and John Dor- Spring street, put out their gnrbago.’ The PXPIOSAOH- l1‘90?"
. sey.
Sports—«E. Duffy, William J. Powell.
IM. ‘Dowd and John Yost. ’
r Fancy Work-Miss Annie/Sherman.
Mrs. W. J. Tracey and Mrs. M. J.
Howard. .
‘ Dancing—Daniel Farrell. AL. A.
Conneally and John Sheebnn.
Reception—Rev. T. J. Finn. John
Cavanagb. M. J. Riordan. John J.
Walsh. John Malone. J. H. Manning.
.John Farrell. Dr. T. 1". Clone. John
.F. Devine. Dr. William J. Trsuy. H.
Bracken. Edward J. mammal. _J.
Keenan and A. F. Gebebs. ..
; RESPEN SAIIIOUS Siliii'
Shec- I
.revenue taxes in gold. together with
‘tlre national appeal for patriotic sub
:scriptions to meet the issue. hzive‘
rproduced excellent results, Govorrr I
merrt oillcials any that the application
.oi the reform laws of to.- ‘ate nos
lwould speedily solve the problem. t
Premium on Gold. |
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5 Exchange dropped today to 11m.
putting it premium oi more than no
r on gold dollars w hen measured ill the;
ipreserrt paper issue. i
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iii. cursors um
I root l8:601llil Lilli”
The (‘cntury (‘onrpany will prrblisiii
within the next few weeks a new book;
by Arthur Gleason, well known in this"
city. where he formerly resided, cn-I
titled "Golden Lads." 'l‘ttis coniprlzes‘
sketches and observations of an Amer};
'ican stretcher-bearer in the Belgian.
army. I
. Mr. Gleason, whose book “Younni
:Hilda at the \\'ttrs" attracted much
'attcntiorr recently, was for five
‘ months a member of the llector Mun.
:ro Ambulance Corps, which was per-‘
Imitted to work at the front line be—‘
Icause it was under the military lend-‘
oi the Belgian;
Iership of the sort
‘l’rime Minister.
lie carried the cilicinl green pass?
{of the Belgian army, giving tree pas}
'cagc to the trenches. lie was twice
.a prisoner ill German hands. (in these
1occasioirs he was eyewitness of
number of German atrocities. his rec 1
0rd of which has been incorporated in.
the liryce report.
The book will contain a chapter on
."llow War Seems to a Woman." by,
Mrs. Gleason. who has been knightedr
‘by the Belgian King for her gallantry
tas a Red Cross worker.
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I ‘Cily‘ Engineer George A. Sherro
PrrrcirasingAM. J. Howard. E. Quin- describes the manner in which ten-.11" badly
ants on/ibe Raymond property. not
ietc.. as “the most disgraceful condl~
1tion in the city."
1 The authorities, Mr. Sharron says.
?have been trying for a long time to
{have the refuse put out on the side;
lwalks in a tidy maner, but witll'ouI.
results. _ '
At noon today the. city engineer andt
Chief of Police William R. Penningtonr
visited Spring street and warned the:
offenders they would be given but one
more chance
Commissioner Sharron mares but
little trouble is experienced in this
regard in other sections of the city.
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:how many men were in the zone aI-I
CllllESE IlEBElS
Willilii EXIiE IIJAII
IASSES 30MB Ills... m tow!
and intention of ill: lnelvel
Advisers— Latter fer-ed Trait-3
ois President's First Premier?
llrges than to Retire—lapses“;
«mi to mine ilntil lhen ?
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. fill—An ul}
Itimatum demanding the resignation-
.irnd exile of Yuan Sbi Kai and the
rexecution of twelve of his advisers
I has been handed to the Yuan Slit Kai
1 government by the military governorsi
Iof six revolting provinces. accordingI
Ito cable advices to the Chinese Re-'
public association here. The ultiv
,niatum. according to the advices con.
t tained the.tI live demands:
That Yunii Shl Kai resign at a fix-r
red date and leave China. '
t That twelve “traitors" (named) be
_;___
tried and. if found guilty of conspir-
Vflum. of [yihua “IBIS c... I in against the republic, executed.
I That Yuan Shi Kai’s property and
-—_-
llas Been Wilmer Viola-
tors in m for TI!
Yoars—ilird hy Police
llAiinD Till—ill coir
fig“. .f I'M—h m; the property of twelve “traitors" be
’connscated to indemnity the revqu
ileieasnd
I Tint Yuan Shi Kai's descendants
.ior three generations forfeit their
l tion.
liltillt‘rl-ll’tiitT, March 2!.—- That he “gm. of citizenship.
PH ' ‘ . '7
1“.“ department for "‘9 greater panieuTcz‘Er‘tr‘o'i or2?d:‘:uii:‘i:r§rf;rr§ii.'
Urged Yuan to Retire.
SHANGHAI, t‘liina, Afar. 2s, Tang
Tsiiao Yi. China's special envoy to the
l'nitetl States in limit. and President
Yuan Shi Kai's first premier. in an
interview today states that he tele-
graphed Yuaii Slit Kai la~t night.
urging him to "accede to the wishes
of a large majority of the people 41
‘t‘hina" and retire from the govern
rut-n1.
Tang Sliao Yi expresses the trptir
ion in tbclirteitlcw that the mandate
cancelling the plair to restore the
morrarchical form of government had
resulted in an accentuation of popular
feeling against Yuan 8hi lKal. He
said the country was headed toward
ruin unless he mnnfully proclaimed
.tl.i Yuen Hi-rrg president. and arr-
‘ nounces that be will use his influence
‘to assist l,i Yucn lleng to maintain
‘ order. iii Ytien Heng is vice president
lot the republic.
I Tang Siriio Yl states that thc situa~
CLAIMS Rm" WIE Etion in Carrion is so strained that the
‘province must Join the republicans
DRINKS Io “BESS or declare its independence in the
shortest order. wbllo Yuan Slri Kai is.
so suspicious of tit; antimonarclrical.
rview of F‘entMluo-cbang, governor
_ Iof Nanking. that he is compelled
Dentist Opposing Alimony “my to maintain outrun troops in Kiangsu
' ,to watch him, greatly hampering the
say: Sh “filth ”p ' BO'ONI operations against Yunnan. He adds
will continue.
. . I that Japanese unrest
ROAIIII Iuntil Yuan Sbi Kai is eliminated.
vatc deter-tire work was the testimony.
on the witness stand in the City court
)t‘thl'tifl) ot a private detective. ”L
cave testimony regarding what he saw
and heard iii Mllthew i". Wielcr's sa-
loorr at No 128‘ Main street in tlit
lowing worniir to loiter iii the base-
ment oi Iris ta;e.
ltnmagrrrg evidence was given by
l'olitenrzrn John E. Barton concerning
the t\iillieli he had seen goiii‘k in and‘
out or" iiit back door of the basement
through an alleyway ofl' Congress
street for seven] nights wt. Only“
seven of the 10 women arrested in the
raid Saturday mm and charged with‘
loitering in a s;.loon, appeared in
court today.
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
NEW YOR'K. \larcli flit—Opposing
his wife‘s application for alimony,
pending a separation action in tht-‘IIIHIRW ARE "URI l
Supreme t‘ourt. Dr. William Jareckicm IN SIRIKE RIOIS
dentist. of so?» “ert ltlni avenue. de-!
t-lztrca his wife drunk to excess ju.~t
before retiring “so that no one wouldl ‘
find out” and line sire referred to .
him in the presence of "courtxiny" its thihes~Blru Scene 0‘ SIX ”Almon-
“ “m" ' strations in Behalf of Shifting
Trolly Alert-Ten Trains the
Faithful to Vowl. .
“As i have been faithful to myt
vows." says the husband, "she brillfiit .
limited-Policemen Go lhrorgli
crowds flattering Head: in
Effort to ilestore Peace .
iiri separation action in tlrclropes
that 1 will permit her to get her:
w'iixrcsTnARm-L March Elli—Lives
trt-edom. ‘ I
Mrs. Jarcckie asked Justice Pinon.
I were jeopardized. ten street cars were
wrecked. and much property was
for son a week alimony. but the'lrus.
band convinced him that his wife was.
well to do. and the application was;
denied.
Idamagcd yesterday by six riots that
‘occurred in this city and the Wyom-
(continued °" Fifth Pull Iing Valley. The peace of the valley
\— i wasdisturbed because of the riots re-I
Mrs. Jareckie. who has been living
sum I the street car men's!
____.__._.
l Militi—
Milli [XPliSlth
at 434 West (inc Hundred and Twen
'srrlting front
lstrike. Thirty persons were injured:
none seriously. .
I Rioters from the various points.
lswooped down about the central part'
rof the city and. almost within the.
Ishadow of the city hall and police
headquarters. defied the rrrun.cip:ri;
‘Illll'l'lFlELD. W. Va» March 28~“Iantlroritle.~t to check their reign (it
An “0103100 occurred this morning in r lawlessness and preserve order. ‘
the east entry 01 ”19 Kins COM Com» Then the mob spirit burst forth.l
Dani"?! mine, at Kimball. near here.ATlrousands of men and boys who were
'Four dead have already been taken ;
from the mine, anti it is feared a num~| (continued on 5th page)
ber of others have been killed. !
Soon after the dead had been MIN ‘— cw.
fected by the blast.
cated. rescuers found four other men.
burned. and brought then-E
to the surface.
The mine has been operated ‘for BARABOO, Win. Burch 28.—Trapl
“’0‘“ tea ”"5- “d ”‘9 workings ex- ped at a sharp curve while walking;
tend fully two miles from the open-i310“g the Chicago & Northwesterni
lng. Ordinarily some. 400 miners are rallron’d tracks. with an abrupt emf;
employed. at one side and Devil‘s his at the,
' other. Ilsa bola B. Whitmore. 22, of!
HOSPITAL NOTES. Utlca. N. Y.. and Miss Caroline Durant
Miss Gussic Tavlin. of 114 Cedar 21. of New York city. were killed by}
street. was admitted yesterday. a train yesterday.
Atlas Minnie Goodrotv, of 140 South.
Main street, was discharged yester-
day. _
said, was
very violent. it was not known innit
ology at Chicago animal”. were. vlc
itiiig here. ~
SEN TINEL ‘
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND/OUR OWN OPERATOR.
IWIESIIII WANIS POSITIVE
‘sington and South Buffalo
-floods in its history.
service was abandoned
'lincs and three schools Were. dismiss‘,
‘iee piled against them. causing
ltPays to
II I mm 5 .
tering the lanes
iiomiir. ‘lhe
iiaelinliaipaper T
Cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
TWO CENTS
PRO0E SUBS SUNII BAAI
lllSASlll0ll8 iron
tuition Bllfllll'
Trolley Car Service Abandoned and
Schools 0isiin’sseil Because of.
llising ilivers l
cabinet Considers Evidence ’ i'
on Sussex and [split-
Iaii Disasteriimm ‘_ ' '
Disclalins llespondhllty -‘
- - -Prlnce Bahra- SI
Missing
lil’Fl’AllO. N. Y.. March 28.—~With
sereral miles of the city in the Ken~
sectronr-.
with the flood '0
All evidence thus far received
lati'ng to the sinking of the
partially submerged
‘wuters of the water from Suzenovin steamship Englishman. and (I.
anti tiluffalo creeks. this city is tlrreat- damaging of the Sussex by an a_
ened “M on“ "f ”w Iélgmigisxig’fl:plosion. with American citizens .
weather today. causing the rapid con aboard, was assembled it “I.
densation of huge. masses of snow,’State Department today ready for
aggravated the situation. Trolley “Elsubmission 9,, the Cabinet. w.
0“ "W“ . dent Wilson and his advisers
ed. Several freight steamers torn ' were to 8° 0"" all Plum 0‘ Ch.
from their moorings along ilulfaloisituation. which is described as
Creek by the ice last night were at avp. ‘
anchor in nrid~stream. The floati‘rg' While a" the evidence It hill;
bridgts to form anJ tracking the flood indicates that the “came“ were
waters up stream. ltyniiiirite was ‘used torpedod without warning with
‘ the probable loss of one American
life on the Englishman and the
injuries to several Americans on
the Sttgscx, President Wilson in‘
awaiting with deep concern re-
ceipt of positive proof before tak-
ing definite action. It is snidflu‘
he i: seriously considering laying
the whole submarine situation be.
fore Congress personally before
making any move that might lead
to the breaking of? of diplomatic
relations with Gamay. _ ,
Ambassador vol Bernntotfl',
“g.
(Continued on Fourth l’agnJ
landlord-trims ‘
or our Blitlilflll
The (‘in *lieauliftil an Davenport,
low a. calls it. was described by George
ii. Sherron. with colored pictures, or
the yards and gardens of Davenport”
"before anti after taking," with Mr.-
liaiconr at the Reflectoscope. lust ev-‘
ening at the Xoru'alk Library. Miss
I’inneo. chairman of the Garden Com
iriittee oi the Community Club. told
how the lecture and the slides hap-
pened to come in her way through Mr.
llllworth, and called on Mr. Dilworth‘
to tell what the Rotary Club, which
took up the matter of making the buy
llenutii‘trl is.
Mr. Dilworth lrad taken a great deal‘
of trouble to find otrt just how the
llotigv Club. a men‘s club of haven
port. went to work. and he described
this effectively and concisely. in clos—
ing he called the attention of the
uudicnce to a plan for a Municipal
Flag which is fully described in the
‘American City for March, suggesting
take up this ‘lnatter in which they
would have the cooperation of the
Chamber of Commerce.
.Vlr. Sht-rron was rrrost interesting.
live. enthusiastic. and thoroughly con-
vinced of the value of the Content as
inaugurated, Norwnlk also pioneered
in such a contest. but Norwalk began
at the other end. the training of the
children in cultivating the land, and
:rr some ways she can give points to
other cities.
A substantial silver collection was
taken to defray expenses.
An interesting incident was that
two natives of Davenport were pres~
cut at the lecture.
The gentlemen who gave their time
so willingly and cordially to help
friloirg the movement of :i more beanie;
ful city are hereby heartily thanked.
iiiiiiiiituciri
trons Pillitlilill
William 5.. Clongher. manager of
the South Norwalk branch of tho
.ireat Atlantic & Pacific Company, on
Washington street. has been advanced
in the service of that famous syndi-
cate of stores. Iri r. (‘lotiglrcr has been
promoted to an assistant superintend-
ership. and the territory which he will
have charge of consists of New Ha-
ven and the Naugatuck Valley.
Nine years ago .Mr. Clougher estab~
lisircd the local branch. lts succesn
since that time. llirtlri‘ his moan-pr
ship. has been remarknble. The many
friends of Air. Clougher, in this city.
are pleased with the recognition
shown his salesmanship. His nuc-
cessor will come to this city from
Bridgeport.
__..._..__.—-\— .—
EXPECT IMAMGRATION ”BILL TO
PASS TODAY;
WASHlNG'l‘ON. March 28.——'l'he
House today continued work on the
immigration bill. with indications that
the measure, together with its liter-
acy test provision intact, would be
passed'by an overwhelming vote dar-
ing the day. This was forecast as a
.The worms women. students in se-f remit of the House in‘comlnltine ot‘
the whole yesterday in approving.
225 to 82,-.tlie literacy tent. -
who has been away for several
days. is expected to return today
and consult with Secretary Lhn-
sing over the situation.
It is stated authoritatively that .
if a German submarine fired the
'torpdoes which sank the English.
man and damaged the Sunset,
Germany would disavow the act,
punish the submarine commander
and offer reparation. In this
event, the question would seem
to be whether the Washington
government would be willing to
accept such a declaration. Onythe
other hand. if all the facts are not
deemed conclusive. it is probable
that this government would he
forced to accept a German din-
claimcr and allow the cases of
the two vessels to be placed be-
side that of the steamship Per-
sia, destroyed by some unknown
submarine. . _
Prince Babram. of the "513!!!“
family of Persia. who was a pn-
senger on board the Sussex. din- f
.abled on March 24 by an ex:
plosion. is still unaccountedfor.
at present at Nice. has telegraph-
'ed in the Foreign Office in Lon-
"dbn and to the railroad company's
‘officcs. and as neither is able to
' give bin any information he has
declared that he has" practically
given up hope regarding his son.’
Only outpost skirmishes have
occurred in Galicia in the last
few days. and the victories report-
ed by the Russians on the Dnest-
er were not gained over large
bodies of Austrian troops, says an
official resort from the War Of-
fice at Vienna. The statement.
under date of March 26. followaz‘
“The engagements near La-
tatche. on the Dniester. described
in Russian reports. were merely
vanguard skirmishes. Austmo‘
Hungarian reconnoitcring detach-
ments withdrew to the main ood-._
.tinns when strong Russian forces
1 advanced. . .
“During the last week. the Run- '
l
sians have attempted no attack
nninst the main army of General
Pflan
“Italian front: Italian artillery
shelled Doberdo heights and ting
Bella district, as well as com:
on. the Tyrol front. East ' :
points
. ‘ (Continuedcn Third ruck,
His fMl‘lfl‘, Zillcs Sultan. who in
a
n'._
P
e t.
e .
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