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OMAHA, . WEDNESDAY MORNING, APBJIT 2$, 1915 FOURTEEN rA(JES.
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ANNEXATION LAIS
DOES NOT PPLY TO
CITY OFjMENCE
GoTernor Discovert Clause in Act
' Begirding Oat Service that He
Holds Excludes Omaha's
Oldest Suburb.
S!S JSSUES NEW PROCLAMATION
Executive Recalls Former Order to
' Election and Issues New One
' for Same Sate.
QUOTES SENTENCE IN STATUTE
(From a. Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nob., April 27. (Spe
cial Telegram.) On account of a
' misunderstanding of the provisions
of 'the Omaha annexation bill,
which provides that only the
cities can come under the annexa
tion provisions which receive gat
service from Omaha, the governor
has revoked his former proclama
tion and has issued the following,
leaving out Florence, which it whs
supposed was affected by the bill.
"Whereas, The city of South Omaha, a
"city of ths firet-clasa. and the village of
Dundee adjoin the metropolitan city of
Omaha, and laid city of South Omaha
and village of Dundee and their inhabi
tants are supplied with water and with
gas and electric light and street car serv
ice aa and in the manner described in the
law of thta state , paaaed aa senate file
No. I and . approved at the 191 session of
its legislature; and.
"Whereas, Thougn fne city of Florence
does itdjoln the metropolitan city of
Omaha, yet neither Ipnor Its 'inhabitants
re supplied with gas, although from
such Information as had been furnished
him ApTl! U. 1OT8, when the undersigned,
as governor. Issued a proclamation calling
. apectal election for June J. 1WJ, in all
the said cities and In said village to vote
npon' the question of their consolidation.
If was erroneously considered and as
svmed that the said city of Florence was
supplied with gas from the gas plant
within the aatd ctty of Omaha and thus
cam within ths provisions, of said law.
"Now therefore, I, John H. Morehead,
governor of the state of Nebraska, hesjby
revoking - and cancelling my said
proclamation of April 14, 1915, do sow
and hereby proclaim and call, by virtue
of the authority In me vested and In
accordance with the said law of this
state, a special election, to be held on
the firs, day ef June. 1916. In the said
metropolitan city of Omaha and In the
said city of South Omaha and village of
Dundee, at which election there shall be
submitted to the electors, of said city of
Omaha. South. Omaha ,-antf. ; village of
ude, tha question of their consolida
tion In the feUowtaar onH.-toWIt: "BhaTl
the stty'bf South Omaha and village of
Iundee be consolidated with the metro
ipolitaji city of Omaha.'" . ..." '
"The ballot to be used at such election
te provide. In the. usual manner, for a
'yea aad W (vote on said question, and
the election commissioner of the county,
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Rfl.Ts "Rnt.P.Q rm Moat c
v TTJ t. mi ...
. are niguer inan on
Other Commodities
CHJOAOO, April ST. The general oon
sentloa' that the western railroads are
now receiving returns amply sdequate
on transportation of packing hovse pro
ducts and fresh meats was advanced to
day at the western freight rate hearing.
before W. M. Daniels, Interstate com
merce commissioner, by WVW. Manker,
assistant .traffic manager (of Armour 4
Co. , .
"Present . earnings on the traffic In
packing house products and fresh' meats
from South Omaha and Chicago are now
paying a muohjgreater revenue per ton
mile than ths average of all commodi
ties," said Mr. Manker. "The present rate
yields 87 mills and the proposed rate
11 mills per tan mile."
. The proposed freight advance on the
icommodltlea In which the packers are In
terested Is 3 cents a hundred pounds.
Mr. Marker testified that the proposed
rl6vance In freight " ratea would cost
.Armour A Co. siS.891.8S a year. on the
trafflo from South Omaha to Chicago
alone and that on all traffic the pro
posed advances would cost the company
H15.7S4.7t yearly.
The Weather
Comparative Local Reeerd.
llfk mi. IV 1 J 1911
Hlgltest yesterday 83 75 41 62
l.owet yesterday to 46 40 42
Mean temperature tW SO 60 CI
Precipitation .00 '.4 .00 .00
j Temperature and precipitation 'deper
turea from the normal:
Karma! temperatur 5
Elxcess for the day It
Total excess since March 1 72
Normal precipitation 13 Inch
( Itefjctencv for the day 12 Inch
.Total rainfall since March I. .. .2.48 Inches
. reflciemy sine- Xtnn h 1 l.U Inches
fcxeeea for cor. period, 1914... .At inch
fcacess for cor. period, 113. ... 2. vS Inches
He purl from Stations at T P. If.
8tar4on and Htate Trap. High- Raln
of Weather . 7 p. m . et. fall.
Cneyenne. clear tS 7U T
rtavanport. cliax... ....... To 74 .OS
leavir. clear K IX ,0
les Moines, clear 74 W n
I'rxStm tliy. clear W 4 (O
North Flatte, clear m Hi W
Omaha, clear sit 2 u)
I'aptd riiy, rltar 74 73 .on
fherkien. pertly cloudy.. 74 7 .eu
Valeotine, i l-r . TJ kj .us
T Indicates traces of precipitation.
I A. HiUU, Lucal Forecaster.
.
Tsoaperatare at Oimiha Tester--.
Hour. , Deg.
I mlum.'lI a. m ;
I a iT ATT? I I a. m 67
A mlJyi 7 a. m
'1 r- I I a an 81
VfTniy a. ni 64
, Jfc- ' a. m 7
AiTo. ' ""y. 11 a. m
f 7 XV JJ m 7j
'Cr'.V tJSc ( ' P- m 75
V r t p. m T
tTl fll S p. m SO
V I A JP-m... 81
1 iV 1 P- "
I nJl s,l 7 p. ra
i h 1 ' ' S p. m 77
I
LATEST SEA ROVERS0
helm in dry dock at Newport
its propeller and rudder.
HOT-SORE-WHEATH
IS MAN-WANTED
Chicago Witness Who Goes to Lin
coln to Look Orer Alleged De
. faulter Fails to Identify. .
HEARING GOES OVER TO FRIDAY
(From a Sltaff Correspondent.
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 17.-. Fpecian
W. A. Hamilton, a Chicago real estate
r.tan, who arrived here last uWl't fir the
purpose of-Identifying Walter C. Wheat
ley, In connection with the defalcation f
a bank at Americus, Oa.; beHuvcs' that
Whestley is ths Ueor A. Whcettey
wanted, although be d'd not carer to
wear -to- that rtrTholl'"rin)i'hss
been put"! off uiitll Friday, when mu-e
witnesses will srrlvo 'from Amerlct:s.
Whestley Insists that at' tha .time
he .was ' aUeged : to be In Amerlcu
that he was In Indon making records
for ths Columbia Phononfoph ompany
and has asked Commlsslon.r Whitmore
to listen to thev records. -
Kaelly Cleared.
Walter Wheatloy, music teacher of this
city and Uncoln, arrested Sunday at tne
rtate capital on a government charge,
alleging embezzlement at Amerlcaus, Oa.,
declared that the government made a very
bunglesome job of this case, In that the
officers did not make suae' of the man
they were after before arresting him and
giving publicity' to the arrest.
Mr. Whestley makes this statement:
"To prova that I am the wrong man Is
an easy -matter, but to offset the unjust
publicity Is another matter. At tha time
of the alleged embezslement by- a man
said to be George D. Whfatley at Amer
icus I wss leading tenor st the Century
opera house. New Tork C1f? and the
books of that theater will confirm that
assertion. I never : saw ths town of
Americus in my life: My surprise is. that
tha government should cause the arrest
of a man before they know he Is the
man wanted. It Is an injustice. I In
tend to tske the matter to the officials
st Washington and intend to have the
Omaha federal officer, who caused in.
arrest give eji explanation of his
cedure. I realise ' tliat the last name of
the msn wshted Is the same ss mine and
In some respects the alleged .embezzler
resemblei me. but that does not excuse
such bunglesome detective, work."
Grief-Crazed Woman
Throws Baby from
Fast Moving Train
ABERDEEN. .8.. D.. .April. .17, (Special
Telegram.) Crazed because of worry over
her husband, whi Is fighting in the
European war, Mrs. Mratcdtto l.viRls. a
Swiss woman, who was traveling from
Elk River, Idaho., to her native country.
threw her S-year-old child . from a car
window on a Milwaukee train near Bow-
die, west of here. Though the trsln wss
going at the rate of forty-five mile an
hour, the child escaped with slight bruises
on Ms face. The woman was tsktn Into
custody here, and will be held for an
examination aa to her sanity.
Incendiary Bombs
; ' Set Fire to Ypres
IONDOS. April IT. Ypres Is In flames,
the .Germans having throw a hail of In-
A I knnAk In. a f H t . iw n thil
graphs ths Morning Post s correspondent
" " I
In northern Franca
"The fighting continues hollv along
thia front," the correspondent ad Is. "The
Germans show extraordinary daring In
bringing up heavy artillery close to their
front line, the guna uaed being mostly
thirteen-lnch Austrian howitzers on mov
able carriages.
"Th Gtrir.sns also are u.lng effect
ively armored trains, carrying 4 1 guns.
For the use of these armored trains, the
Germsns have consolidated and strength
ened the systwn of light railways, unit
ing a number of small towns In the
neighborhood of Tpres. to which tley
have added strategical branch llaea"
it-,H'.r " wTts
y - i - - r- f"v - . 3
.oi-Kron Prim Wil-
News, showing condition of
a
Reed Brings Suit
Against National
TMfTPlitTT nnTTirinTlV
I lUtJllUy UUlUpailV
Attorney General Willis F.. Reed yes
terday began a suit in district court In
wh'ch dissolution of tha National Fidelity
snd Casualty company of Omaha - Is
sought.
An Impairment of capital w-hlch wss
recently aired during a legsl contest par
ticipated In by warring camps of stock
holders, which It Is asserted has not been
remedied. Is assigned as the reason for
the suit In the petition.
. District Judge Redlck signed sn order
requiring the company to show csute
wh,y ' the .."prayer, of the petit Ion should
not be granted, which will bring the esse
t&airnnrDBt - PtWdenT'ArmStrong "of the
company declared It la solvent and t'nat
a vigorous defense will be made.
China Will Submit
Answer to Demands
Of Japan in Weeki
PEKING, April JT.-Presldent Yuan Hhl
Kai and his councillor were tn ennfer.
encs today concerning the dsmands Pre-
tented to the republic by Jspan. No In
formation yet Is obtainable . concerning
the decision reached by them,
The reply of the Chinese government to
tha latest Japanese communication will
be given within a week,, tha Chinese
wishing to give Jspsn no ejreus for a
repetition of - the charge that they arc
procrastinating. '
There are no indication of Japan with
drawing from Its attitude aa already
made known.
Grimsby Trawler ; '
-Recolo is Blown Up
LONDON, April ST.-The Grimsby
trawler Recolo has been blown up In the
North ea. -Seven survivors, some of them
terribly mutilated, were picked Up out of
a crew of, nine. The MiwInM. w.nt. Arm r
vl
""o-jwlth the ship.' f me .)f,the Injured men
died. Opinion differs whetHer the' Recolo
wss destroyed by i oiIm or -a torpedo.
? Frank1 s Appeal . is Based on
Something More Than Doubt
of the Justice of the Verdict. 99
;- . - ----New York World.
Let no one otherwise sympathetic permit his heart to be hardened
by the suggestion that the court's decisions lears no ground for an
appeal for exeou'tir'e clemency for Leo M. Frank. Read what the
New York World says about it:
Frank's Plea for Life.
"Tho .unwillingness until now of
Io M. Frank, under sentence of
j death In Georgia for murder, to as.'t
(for anything less than acquittal hr
j monir.es with his unfailing plea of In
j nocence. A man falsely condemned
naturally seeks liberty and vindica
tion. In his rase, howe.'er, the. It
sue has at last become one of life or
, death,, and if, as thousands believe,
he is the victim of a remarkable com-
blnation of circumstance,- his de
cision to ask for a commutation tf
sentence is practically the only
course left to him.
"Tha plea should have weight with
many people who are not yet pre
pared to bold Frank guiltless.' It
may be granted In fact by ths Pardon
Commission and the governor with
Anyone still desiring- to sign Ths Bee's petition . for Frank or
circulate one may apply for blacks at oar office.
BRITISH PRISONERS
INSULTED AND SHOT,
KITCHENER CHARGES
, Commander of England's Armies
Sajs Germans Hare Stripped
and Maltreated Their Cap
tires of War.
MADE TO SUFFER INDIGNITIES
House of Lords Told Wounded Offi
cers Wantonly Struck by
Teuton Conquerors.
NOTHING LIKE IT IN SUDAN
LONDON. sVprtl J7. War Secre-
I lary Kitchener told the House of
Irds today that British prisoners
had been insulted, maltreated and
i even shot down by their German
captors. He made a statement to tha
, house on this subject, in which he
said:
"I have been forced . with re
lucttsnce to accept as Indisputably
j true the maltreatment by the Oer-
I mm erinv nf Rrltlsh nrlanneTB. The
Hacue convention has been fla
grantly disregarded by' German of
ficers. Our prisoners have been
stripped and maltreated in vartoue
ways and in some cases the evidence
goes on to prove that they have been
shot in cold blood. Our oflcera even
when wounded, have been wantonly
Insulted and frequently struck.
i Says Caa't Ht DowMe.
Farl Kitchener said that as a soldier
he hitherto had always held offloera of
the Ifrman army In respect, but "con
vtent fattmony thss has come m, not
onlv from our own escaped prisoners, but
from French, Russian, Belgian ait
American sources, has brought it homo
to all who have sifted the evidence that
lie Inhumanity displayed by the Oermaa
authorities! toward British prisoners pa-
'!. !!' V.vAntr dntiht."
Th secretary quoted articles- from the
L,(liv,nl0n, ,dopted at The Hague relat-
I Ing to the treatment of prisoners of war.
snd sssflited thst they had been disre
garded flsitrsntly by German offloera. He
added-
.' I think It only fair and right to say
that the German hospitals should be ac
cepted In any charges of deliberate m-
Itumsnlty.
''Germany has for many years posed be
fore the civilised world aa a great mili
tary nation. It has abundantly proved It
military skill and courage.
Should Set Standard. .
"But surely It was tor It to set up a
standard of military honor and conduct
iaMtJ.tM reepet U it not thatrt S
nbi. of nations. Instead, It haa stooped
to acts which wilt surely stain Indelibly
Its ihllltsry history and which would rta
lth the barbsrous savagery of the
dereWahea of sitdsn.
"I do not think there as a be a soldier
of any nationality, even amongst tha
Oermsns themselves, who Is net heartily
i ashamed of ths slur Which has been thus
upon ths profession of arms. The
ues gee of wsr have not only been out
raged by the Infliction of croettlea en
British prisoners, but by a contrivance.
' whp" munt h,v rrrtrt yup lordships'
I attention, the Germans havs in the last
! week Introduced a method of placing)
I their opponent! hore ds combat by the
use of asphyxiating gases, and they em
ploy these poisonous methods to prevail
when their attack, according to tha rules
of war, might otherwise have failed.
Won't Forget Record.'
''It la a horrlbls story from every'pAr
tlct'lar one of the blackest spots on even
German methods of war. My object tn
rising is to say with all emphaala and all
deliberation that ws shall not forget and
we ought not to forget this horrible rec
ord of calculated cruelty and crime.
"We shall at' tha end of this war hold
It to be our duty to exact such repara
tion against those who are proved te bo
the guilty agents In this matter as It
may be possible for us to Inflict. I do
not think we would be doing our duty
either to those brave, unfortunate men,
or to the honor of fur country, or to the
plain dictates of humanity, If we should
be content with anything less than that.'
out nullifying g single Judicial act
and be fully Justified by, the doctrine
of reasonable doubt. That there is
room for something more than doobt
of the Justice of the trial Jury's ver
dict has been admitted by the Jot)
who presided and by hundreds of
competent persons who have exam
ined the record.
"The whole theory of executlvo
clemency rests upon the knowledge
that there may be technical guilt tsr
which extenuation may be offered,
and that even by perfectly lawful
processes errors may be committed,
especially by Juries, that cannot
otherwise be corrected. Asking for
life, Frank's sppeal la now to bis fel-low-cltlsena
of Georgia, who. In Jus
tice to themselves no less then to
him, can hardly let it go unheeded.--New
York World.
Clockwork Bomb in Turkish War'
Office is Set for the Council Hour
PA RIP, April 27. A powerful clock
work bomb was found hidden yesterday
In the ministry of war st Conntentlnople,
according to a dispatch from KaJnntkl.
It was timed to explode at an hour when
the council would be In session. The
meetings of this body are attended by
Knver Pasha, minister of war; Field
Marshal Von Der Colts and General
Liman Von Bandera
An Inveetlaatlon Is said to have dis
closed tlist the bomb was placed In the
room by a sweep who had come to clean
the chimney and who then disappeared.
PLATT WRITES TO
ROOSEYELT OFTEN
Mors Correspondence Between Lata
Republican Boas and Defendant
Placed in Eridence.
RAILROAD BILL NOTE TOO LATE
SYRACUSE. N. Y., April 57. A
telegram, tn which former Unite 1
8tates Senator Piatt urged Theo
dore Roosevelt to sign a bill exempt
ing from the franchise tax bill first, e
crossings of steam railroads and kali
that "our friends of the New York
Central and Senator Depew were anx
ious," was read in the supreme court
here on thta, the sixth day, ColonM
Roosevelt has been on the wltnes
stand In the $60,000 libel suit
brought agalnat him by William
Barnea.
In reply the colonel wrote Senator
Piatt that he bad received tne teTo
gram "too late."
Two other letters hearing on legisla
tion pending at Albany were rend. In a
note to Senator Piatt, the colonel sug
gested that he should "communicate with
Mr. Odell on this subject at once. In bin
reply Senator Piatt .aid he would "tele
graph Odell at once and urge him to line
up tha republican forces unitedly In
favor of the bill."
In tha next letter. Colonel Roosevelt
discussed tha commission which wss sp
polnted to revise the New Tork Uty
charter.
These massages were pnrt of the addi
tional correspondence that passed be
tween Nrtonel Roosevelt and Benator
Piatt, which was presented In court to
day.
A series of private letters that passed
between Mr. Barnes and Colonel Roose
velt wore Introduced Into the record a
These covered a period between 1904 and
U10. They were to be read at ths after
noon session. The reading of the cor
respondence between Colonel Roosevelt
and former United States Benstor Piatt,
tajxjpiohjU etttonel.icetdjr.'diMussAd all
manner of legislstlvs, political and ad
ministrative affstrs, was completed to
day.
Italian Ambassadors
at War Capitals are
Called for Conference
ROME, April Z7.-Vla I'arU.l-The
Italian ambassadors at Paris, London,
Vienna and Berlin have been summoned
to Rome to confer with Foreign Minister
Bonnlno.
In Rome this notion is regsrded aa
preliminary to tha announcement of a
grave and Important decision on the
part of the Italian government.
Big nor Tlttonl, tne ambassador to
France, reached Rome this morning. He
left this oity only a fortnight ago for
Paris.
Marches! Carlottl, the ambassador to
Petrograd, will not -come back becauae
of the' distance and tha difficulties of
trowel under the present conditions, hut
a 'messenger baa been aent him with In
structions. Ship With Women
Peace Delegates
is Given Release
IX5NDON. April n.'-An admiralty order
Issued today released the eteamcfl Noor
dam, whereupon the vessel proceeded on
Its way to Rotterdam. f
The Noordam haa on board the Ameri
can women delegates to the International
Women's feaoe congress st Ths Hague.
It left New York Aprtl IS, but waa held
up In English waters on account of ths
embargo of the British government on
trafflo In the North ra.
U. S. STEEL AGAIN PASSES
DIVIDEND ON COMMON STOCK
NEW YORK, April tl.-Ths United
States Steel corporation today declared Its
regular quarterly dividend of 14 per cent
on the preferred stock. As In the case of
the previous quarter no action wss taken
on the common stock dividend. The total
earnlnga of the corporation for the first
quarter of ISIS were flZ.457.MS, the net in
oome for the quarter waa t6.SH4,B7S; ths de
ficit for the quarter S8.389.M61.
Af a music center, Omaha
has achieved a reputation
far and wide. ' Our local
musical organizations main
tain the highest standards
and the readiness of our
music lovers to recognize
their art and respond liber
ally with support brings to
us all the leading musical
attractions of the country.
Several minor officials connected with
the ministry of sir have been arrested
on piwp'clnn of bring his sccornllooss.
The police helleve thn plot wss directed
.SKntMit the Young Turks and the Ger
mans. Members of the committee of Union
and Progress are said to have derided at
a meeting In which no Germans were
sdmltted to sdhere "to s waiting policy,"
but to favor the conclusion of a separata
peace with the allies If Germany failed
to provide assistance sufficient to reptiles
an sttsck on the Dar.lanellea
WALSH ANSWERS
ROCKEFELLER, JR.
He Says Women Were Suffocated in
Care While Ballets from Mine
Guards Whistled Orer It
OH KINO OMITS SOME FACTS
CHICAGO. April 27. Frank P.
Walsh, chairman of tne United
State Commission on Industrial Re
lations, returning to Chicago today
from Kansas City, Issued the follow
ing statement In reply to the answer
of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to Mr.
Walsh's comments accompanying the
correspondence tn the Colorado Fuel
and Iron case:
"I note that Mr. Rockefeller, Jr..
denounced roe as a liar. The pub
lished letters which arouse Mr.
Rockefeller's Ire are all admitted by
him to have been written and cor
rectly quoted, so that his voluminous
newspaper assertion is in no sense
a denial of anything given to thi
press by me. Mr. Rlckefeller'a
anger and ' resentment obvloualy
grow ont of ,a misconception as to
ray duties. I waa not appointed to
'allay' or smother the causes of In
dustrial unrest, but to Investigate
them and make them manlfeat to
the world." .
Defender Contradlet Themselves.
"It Is Interesting and ttmustng to note
that Jesse F. Welborn, president of the
Rockefeller companies In Colorado, grvefl
a labored intern ow attempting to show
thst no suoh letters were ever written:
while I M Rowers, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Rockefeller In
terests In Colorado, now at Birmingham,
furnishes his somewhat lame contribution
to the Rockefeller defense by confessing
the authontlalty of the correspondence,
but declaring that it did not amount to
anything and besides It had been uncov
ered by the congressional fmm,lltjeV'....i
Tmust confess certsln degree of dis
appointment, however, wtth Mr. Rocke
feller's statement. lie falls to exp'aln
In any way the amaalng confessions of
Mr. Bowers that, the Colorado Fuel and
Iron compsny leads In fixing prtcss and
conditions of labor. He falls to set forth
the memorandum which he declared In
his letter at July J, 1014. with which ho
was not entirely satisfied, but to whloh
he was to make certain amendments for
Governor Amnions.
"Also the explanation of Mr Rocke-
toiler was frsgementary, to say the least.
In that it did not contain the names and
locations of . the 'friendly papers' to
which the I.udlow msssacre was tobe
given aa suggested In the telegram from
sir. Doaers on the morning after that
unspeakable horror.
Tells Part of Troth.
"I am glsd to note thst the Rockefeller
defense to the Iudlow massacre Is that
the two women and eleven children who
met their deaths upon that awful occa
sion were not shot, but merely smothered
Ir a pit, while the bullets from ths mine
guards of their companies ' were flying
ever the mouth of the pit. Entire candor.
however, should havs moved Mr. itooke-
ftller to sdd the additional detail that hs
mine guards, In the guise of state mili
tiamen, burned down the tents and looted
the victims before and after the deaths.
"Mr. Rockefeller's personal abuse of
myself Is In line with the customary
Rockefeller policy of crushing any Indi
vidual who opposes him In any wsy. I
meet it with composure, however, teellng
sure that this very publicity will create
a sentiment among the American people
which will prevent a recurrence of the
Ludlow horror, perhaps go a long war
toward re-establishing a republican form
of government In those communities con
trolled by the Rockefeller Interests.
"On aocount of pressing duties with the
commission on industrial relations I am
unable to answsr Mr. Rockefeller's attack
In detsll at this time. I shall, however.
make full reply on the occasion of my
next public speech, which will probably
- at Cincinnati, O., next Sunday."
Steamship Centric
is Sunk in Baltic
Off Aland Islands
STOCKHOLM. Aprtl 17.-1VU London)
The steamer Centric on Its way from
Stockholm to Helslngbork, Sweden, Haa
been sunk by a mine off the Aland
Islands. The members of the veeoaj's
crew were favod.'
The steamer Centrto was of StO tone net
and MO feet ln. It was built at Port
Glasgow In 1MR It left Savannah March
S for Kirkwall, where it arrived March
27. aaUlng subsequently to Gothenburg.
Russians Begin
Another Strong
Offensive Move
OENBVA. Hwltaerland Vte Paris).
April 27. The Russians have begun an
other strong offensive movement around
j the hela-ltts of t'saok pass. In the Car
I rathian mountains, according to a tele
i gram received by the Trtbtine of Geneva,
j The Austro-Uernian casual t lea there In
tne tasi iwo aays, ma aisueicn says, num
ber 9o,u(m mei
BRITISH PUBLIC
LOOKING TOWARD
DARDANELLES
Landing of Troops on Peninsula
Continues and Russian Fleet
is Bombarding the Bos
phorus Forts.
BATTLE IN FLASTDERS RAGING
Belgian Report Tells of Repulse of
Three German Attacks South
of Dixmude.
GERMANS ADVANCING IN FRANCE
The Day's War News
OKB1MAW RCBII IT Ft. A T4 DFR.
haltee, at least f asaeseat.
Official eommaaleottoaa froas Ibe
tier-ana, frresieli, Hrltleh aad
alan vrnr depart men today
bring- eat this point althnnah It ia
ml eleer whether the allies have
aeeomelteheil aaytblaa" of ia
aortane farther than to eheck the
advance of their opponents.
IT t.I A 4 tMNtMtlxm at Berlin,
Tleaaa and London have , heen
summoned home for a eonfereare
with the Italian foreign mla.l-.ter.
t'NOFFH I 41. ni4F.Y dUpntche.
other attaeh on the tnstrtnas ta
the I'ssok region. ' Anatrlnn and
Uertnaa raanaltlea In the last two
days are estimated at SO.OOO.
TUB BF.I.'.tAM ARMY, once more In
the midst of a farinas straaale, la
reported to have repelled three
saeereslve attacks of the Oertuane
snath of Dlsmade In the great bat.
. tie Mow wader way In Flanders.
Announcement la mnde that the
town of I.laerne, a storm renter, la
the battle, has bee n asjaln taken
front the Vertnans,
LONDON IS BPK, I LATIM1 whether
the fierce German attack marks
an attempt to force a wny tn the
Ragrllsh ehanae or Is ta reality a
felat preparatory to strlklas; a
blow at some other polat the
OOO-mlle front.
IT IS ASSVMBD that load flghtlna
le ! prosxreaa la ronaeetlea with
tha atew attempt of the allies to
tain the Dardanelles and Cea
ataatlaople. Kethlngc Is kae-rrn of
the score of details of these opera,
tteaa beyond the official British
: aaaoaaeesaeat that aa aurasT waa
fcetagr landed oa OaAllaoll peavla-
i aalev.
' BtMiUBTIW.
PARIS, April J7r Frewcbr troops
bare occupied thsy Turkish fortress
on ths Asiatic aide of the entrance
to the Dardanelles. . ,
BULLETIN. . -
LONDON, April 27. An, official
announcement from tha war depart
ment at Constantinople today says
that "the enemy attempted to land
troops at four points " at the Dar
danelles.
The statement adds that the troopa
which landed . at Tekeburun were
forced back and that Turkish at
tacks at all points were progressing.
LONDON, April IT. The English
public, hoping that the most violent
phase of the German offensive along
the Yser canal has been witnessed,'
Is turning its attention again to the
Dardanelles, where the landing of
troops la atlll , under, way. RusBla Is
lending earnest co-operation by bom.
bardlng the forts of the Bosphorus,
where a Turkish battleship is re
ported to have made only a feeble
reply.
No attempt ia made here to mini
mise the Importance of the German
operatlona in Flanders, which have
been declared to be at least an ample
revenge, for the British victory last
month at Neuve Cbapeile. The Bel-
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