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WAR NEWS.
A French aviator Shelled Freiburg,
'Germany, killing six children, a man
and woman.
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Two Zeppelin airships visited the
cast const of England, dropping
bombs on several towns, doing con
siderable damngo to property.
jGermany denies intention to extend
the ago limit, now 15, saying large
numbers of able-bodied men under 45
are still avallablo for the army.
Gormany is sending troops into
Hungary, and strong support of this
kind is likely to have an encourag
ing effect on the Austrlans, whoso
resistance has been described as
most determined.
The Gorman auxllllary cruiser
Kronprinz Wllholm, following tho ex
amplo of the Prinz Eitel Frledrich,
has slipped into Newport News with
the record of having sunk fourteen
vessels since laBt August.
British steamer Wayfaro, a C,000-ton
vessel, which had been in the Liverpool-Galveston
trade for ten years
and had recently been requisitioned
by tho British government, bus been
towed into Queenstown and beached,
with a great rent in its side caused
by a Gorman torpedo.
German Zeppelin airship has raid--ed
the' Tyne district of North-umber-land.
Tho Zeppelin crossed tho
North Sea and dropped bombs on a
nilmber of small towns and villages,
"but no reports have been received as
to the extent of tho damage done, if
any.
Official report from Field Marshal
13ir John French, in command of the
British forces on the continent, places
the British losses in tho fighting
which ended In the occupation of
"Neuve Chapelle, at 12,811, of whom 2,
t27 officers and men wero killed and
5,733 officers and men wero wounded.
Great Britain, in answer to a pro
test by tho Chilean government
against tho sinking of the Gorman
cruiser Dresden in Chilean territorial
Taters by a British cruiser squadron,
lias acknowledged tho charge and of
fered a "full and ample apology" to
Chile.
A prominent British official with
Knowledge of the situation is the
authority for the statement that the
British troops so far put in the field,
Including Canadian, New Zealand,
Australian and Indain units reg
ulars, territorials, volunteers and all
probably amount to 2,500,000 men.
GENERAL.
"Billy" Sunday is to be asked to go
to England to wage a prohibition
campaign among the working men of
that country, according to tho Now
Tork Tribune.
Chief Gunner's Mate Frank Crllley
-went 288 feet under water at Hono
lulu and walked along the top of the
submarine F-4, which disappeared
.March 25. Tho depth is said by nav
al officers to bo a world's diving
record.
Trial of Matthew Schmidt and Da
vld Caplan on a murder charge in con
nection with the dynamiting of tho
.Los Angeles Times bulldiug October
1, 1910, wa3 sot at Los Angeles for
September 1.
It is estimated that 125,000 wage
earners in Chicago wore made Jobless
-when the building trades ordered a
lockout and strike and tied up opera
tions on $30,000,000 work. Besides
tho total of 60,000 unionists of vari
ous branches of the building trados at
least 60,000 more men and women in
.shops and mills that furnish material
for buildings were laid off.
Nolson W. Aldrlch, for thirty years
"United States senator from Rhode
Island and republican leader whose
name was stamped upon tariff and
currency legislation of his party, died
at Now York.
G. Y. Baker, a forest ranger, tho
son of Justice Darius Baker of tho
Ithodo Island supremo court, was
found dead in his room at the Seattlo
Athletic club, having shot himself
through tho heart. He had been in
poor health.
Four hundred and ninety-six ships
passed through the Panama canal be
tween August 15, 1914, and February
14, 1915, according to National Cham
"ber of Commerco figures issued
Tolls wore $2,12G,832.
William It. Burbank, president and
managing director of tho now Hotel
Fontcnelle, Omaha, dlod suddenly.
General VIctorlano Huerta, deposed
and exiled dictator of Mexico, has ar
rived at Now York on tho steamer
Antonio Lopez, direct from Spain.
Thrco hundred Japancso are report
ed to havo been drowned by tho col
lopso of undersea galleries In Uio Ubo
coal mine in tho Shlmonosekl district
The bill prohibiting any kind of
boxing In Cuba, which has been bo
foro the legislative bodies of tho re
public sinco Uio Wlllard-Johnson
fight, has boon passed by the senate
Tho Iowa senate has passed a bill
giving city councils power to force
Jitnoy owners to take out licenses,
establish routes and schedules and
put up Indemnity bonds.
Thomas A. Corbott, brother of
James J. Corbott, the former world's
heavyweight boxing champion, and
himself widely known In tho sporting
world died at San Francsico.
It cost Chicago $0,985,904 to arrest
116,985 porsons during 1914, accord
ing to tho annual report of tho polio
department. The report shows moro
arrests than In any previous year.
Torrents from the nioltlng snows
of the White mountains in Arizona
overwhelmed two reservoir dams on
tho Llttlo Colorado river near St
Johns and drowned eight persons.
A bill intended to not only stop
lobbying before the general assembly,
but to mako professional lobbying a
criminal offense punishablo by a peni
tentiary sentence was introduced in
tho lower house of tho Illinois legisla
ture at Springfield.
"I knew from experience that
whiskey and ammunition makes trou
ble, and I wished to closo those sa
loons so as to removo the one thing
that might make trouble," said ex
Governor Oswald West of Oregon, on
tho witness stand in tho Baker, Ore.,
circuit court, in explaining his action
In closing tho Copperfleld saloons
over a year ago.
SPORTING
Tho Illinois Athletic club swimming
team won tho National Amateur
Athletic union water polo champion
ship at Chicago, by defeating the
New York Atheltlc club team, 5 to 2.
Joe Jeanette of Now York defeated
Sam Langford In Boston In a twelve
round bout. The negro heavyweight
mixed freely but Langford's apparent
lack of condition gave bis 'opponent
an advantage.
President Wilson, several members
of his cabinet and a huge crovd saw
Washington defeat New York, by a
score of 7 to 0, in tho opening game
of tho American league base ball sea
son at Washington.
A racing bill has been Introduced
in the Illinois legislature. The meas
ure would legalize racing in Illinois
and would create a state racing com
mission to be composed of three
members of the state highway com
mission. Motion pictures of. foot ball games
played last season was the first
course prescribed for candidates for
the 1915 foot ball eleven at Indiana
university when Coach C. C. ChildB
began his spring training season at
Bloomlngton.
Jack Welsh, who refcreed tho
Johnson-Willard fight at Havana,
Cuba, April 5, whqn Wlllard won the
world's heavyweight championship,
said upon his return to San Francis
co that Willard could have won the
fight in the eighth round.
WASHINGTON.
Judge McCoy of the District of Co
lumbia supremo court signed an or
der postponing until May 12 the in
junction case of tho Riggs National
bank against Secretary McAdoo and
Comptroller of tho Currency Wil
liams. President Wilson is planning to
make his delayed trip to tho San
Francisco exposition as' soon as his
foreign affairs permit His advisors
are anxious for him to mako a num
ber of speeches in different parts of
tho country before tho opening of tho
next congress.
A hearing In tho case of tho Oma
ha Commercial club against tho An
derson & Sallno River railway was
ordered by the interstate pommerco
commission, to bo held In Omaha be
ford Examlnor Dow, May 12. The
caso Involves lumber rates from
southern producing points.
Announcement that tho Lehigh
railway will soon award contracts In
volving an expenditure of almost
$1,000,000 as a result of "Improved
business conditions at this tlmo" wae
mado in a letter to President Wilson
from E. B. Thomas, president of the
road.
President Wilson announced that
tho route of tho government's Alaska
railroad is to bo from Seward, on Re
surrection bay, to Fairbanks, on tho
Tanana river. Operations will bo
started at once.
FORMER U.S. SENATOR 8TRICKEN
SUDDENLY WITH STROKE
WHILE AT HOME.
FORMER LEADER OF G. 0. P.
Expert on the Tariff and Finance Suc
cumbs to Apoplexy Following At
tack of Indigestion Daughter Wed
a Rockefeller.
Now York, April 19. Nolson W. Aid
rich, for 30 years United Stntes sena
tor from Rhode Island and Republic
an leader whose namo was stamped
upon tariff and currency legislation of
his party, died on Friday of un
apoplectic stroke ut his homo on Fifth
avenue hero. Ho had been 111 of in
digestion sinco Thursday afternoon.
Until then ho had been In excellent
health. Ho was In his seventy
fourth year. Mr. Aldrlch will bo
burled Sunday In Swaupolnt ceme
tery, Providence, R. I.
Members of Mr. Aldrlch'a Imme
diate family wero hurriedly sum
moned when ho became unconscious
and wero at his bedsldo when ho died.
Mr. Aldrlch hold a soat In the
United Stntes sonato continually from
1S81 to 1911.
Probably tho greatest parliamentar
ian that over Borved in tho senate,
Mr. Aldrich had no difficulty In main
taining leadership of his own party.
While ho gave special attention to tho
tariff and financial legislation In com
mittee, on tho sonato floor his car waB
open for all that was said on nny sub
ject of general importance Ho sel
dom failed to participate in tho dis
cussion of any measure affecting gov
ernmental policies.
Naturally, Mr. Aldrlch's long-continued
supremacy In the councils of
his party and in directing legislation
cnUGed lilm to become the subject of
much adverse criticism. Ho rarely
permitted himself to bo quoted by the
press.
The fact that his daughter was mar
ried to a son of John D. Rockefeller
served to strengthen tho popular Im
pression that Senator Aldrlch was in
some way peculiarly friendly to the
oil magnate and consldorato of the
so-called "Rockefeller interests." Yet
when a friend of the senator onco
asked him for a lettor to Mr. Rocke
feller Mr. AJdrlch replied:
"As I havo met Mr. Rockefeller
only twice In my life, I fear tho letter
would bo of but little assistance to
you."
Born in Foster, R. I., November 6,
1841, ho first nppeared In public of
flco as member of tho common coun
cil in the city of Providence. Ho was
elected to tho Rhode Island assembly
In 1S75 and four years later sont to
congress. After two sessions ho was
elevated to tho sennte as successor
of Gen. Arabroso E. Burnsido.
Having begun his career as a busi
ness man, Senator Aldrlch continued
throughout his public service to dis
play businessllko methods and ex
traordinary capacity for organization.
Upon his election to tho sonato ho
was immediately made chairman of
tho committee on rules and a member
of tho committee on flnanco and in
terstate commprco.
Later as chairman of tho flnanco
committee ho was called upon to as
sumo a largo sharo of tho responsi
bility for all tariff and financial legis
lation before the senate. Ho partici
pated in tho preparation of no fewer
than six revisions of the tariff and
bore tho burden of labor incident to
them. Tho Payne-AIdrlch tariff act
was engineered through tho sonato by
him after many weeks of skillful ma
neuvering and hard fighting.
VIENNA CLAIMS BiG VICTORY
Russians Said to Have Lost Battle In
Carpathians 3,500,000 Men En
gaged In Gigantic Fight.
Vienna, April 19. "Tho most glgan
tic battlo in tho history of tho world
has resulted In tho complete defeat
of the Russians attempting to cross
tho Carpathians," said an official
statement from tho war office on Fri
day. "In tho four-weeks' engagement
3,500,000 men participated. Tho con
flict reached its climax several dayB
ago when the Russian offensive
stopped, entirely repulsed. Tho en
emy's losses wero nppnlling.
Petrograd, April 19. While flooded
jtreams and mud-filled roads aro in
creasing tho difficulties of military op
sratlons in tho Carpathians and hump
jrlng tho advance of tho Russians to
i great extent, more favorable weath
er conditions in northern and western
Poland havo resulted In a renewal of
fighting there after a lull of several
weeks.
Russian successes in tho Mlawa re
gion and west of tho Vistula river are
announced in tho latest advices from
Grand Duko Nicholas.
Boxer Kills Best Friend.
Now York, April 19. Although ex
jneratcd of all responsibility for tho
loath of Georgo Brogan, with whom
ho was boxing when Brogan mot hit)
death, Arthur StebblnB declared that
ho wou'd never enter tho ring ngniu.
Aeroplane Brought Down.
Paris, April 19. Tho war ofllce
states that a Gormnn aeroplano was
brought! down by tho French. Tho
aeroplane, crashing to earth, fell be
fore tho British lino north of Ypros,
but behind tho German trenches,
PETROGRAD ADMITS TROOPS ARE
CHECKED IN HUNGARY.
Kaiser Said to Be Directing Operations
In Carpathians Seven Corps A fl
oating Austrlans.
Vienna, April 15. "Tho Russian of
fensive sinco tho fall of Przcmysi
along tho wholo Carpathian front has
been brought to n standstill, and by
counter-nttaeks by our troops In sev
eral places tho Russian ljncs has been
effectively broken," says tho ofhclal
statement issued on Tuesdny by tho
Austrian war ofllce.
"Along the wholo Carpathian front
there Is marked calmness. Along the
western section of tho lighting line,
where tho Russians recently tried to
break through with strong forces In
tho Ondnvn and Latorcza valleys and
completely failed with heavy losses,
there has not been any lighting for
several days."
Petrograd, April 15. Great masses
of .German ro-cnforccmcnts still are
attempting to savo tho desperate situ
ation of tho Austrian main army.
Soveral now corps havo been spread
over tho positions from tho Upper
Plllca to tho Dunnjoc to defend the
region of Crncow. Earlier German ro
enforcemonts, who wero too Into to
prevent the Russians from occupying
tho entiro ridge of tho mlddlo Car
pathians from Mozo-Lnborcz to Uzsok,
havo Joined General Lltzlnger'B army,
which is now composed of soven Ger
man corps nnd is supported by Aus
trlans from Transylvania. They havo
begun a formidable attack on tho loft
wing of tho Russian wing invading
Hungary.
Thoro has been terrific fighting
sinco tho end of tho week for posses
sion of the mountain section of Jho
Stryj-Munkacs road. Tho Russians
hold the vlllago of Klzlouvka and the
Immediate slopes to tho nearest road,
but the Germans havo recaptured 992
meter hill. Closo fighting with great
losses continue hero, which Is tho
only section of the eastern Carpathi
ans remaining in Austro-German
hands. Tho local check, however, haB
not stopped tho Russian southern ad
vance. NEWS FROM FAR 1
AND NEAR
Copenhagen, April 15. French nvl
ators bombarded tho Gorman port city
of Hamburg on Monday. Tho bar
racks wero sot on flro and a nunibor
of Germans are reported to havo been
wounded.
Petrograd, April 15. Fifteen men
wero killed by an explosion of an il
licit vodka factory at Volkovisk.
Washington, April 15. Tho United
States exports for tho week ending
April 10 wero $50,333,813 and imports
wero $32,654,560.
Chrlstlania, Norway, April 15.
Ships arriving hero reported having
sighted in tho North sea about ton war
ships. Though tho warships flow no
Hags, they nro believed to havo been
Germans.
Holbrook, Ariz., April 17. Eight per
sons wero drowned on Thursday when
Lyman reservoir, which Impounds tho
waters of the Little Colorado river, 12
miles south of St. JohnB, Apacho coun
ty, broke.
350 VILLA MEN EXECUTED
Women Also Killed When Carranza
Officer Turns Machine Guna
on Foe.
Laredo, Tex., April 15. Information
from Carranza officers and soldiers
in Nuovo Laredo, Mexico, Indicated
that 350 Vllfca soldiers, who surren
dered after Monday's battlo botwoon
Villa and Carranza armies near Hula
achito, thirty miles Bouth of tho bor
der, as well as a nunibor of Mexican
women, wero summarily executed by
tho Carranza forces. It wna stated
that a Carranza general ordered ma
chine guns turned on tho party of
surrendering Villa mon nnd women.
The wounded wero bayoneted on tho
field.
RUSS WIN IN CARPATHIANS
Dispatch From Lemberg Sayo Teu
tons Were Forced to Make
Precipitate Retreat.
Lemberg, April 16. In a desporato
attack on tho Russians on tho right
flank of tho Austrian position at Mozo
Laborcz, on tho Hungarian sido of tho
East Beskld mountains, a part of tho
Carpathians about fifty mllos south of
Przomysl, tho Austrlans wero forced
aftor a 12-hour battlo to mako preclpi
tato retreat. Tho wholo main crest in
this district, which tho Austrlans con
sidered impregnable, 1b in Russian
hands.
Avlatrlx to Croats Continent.
San Antonio, Tex., April 19. Miss
Cathorino Stlnson, a nineteen-year-old
avlatrlx, announced hero that slio
would undertnko a transcontinental
flight of 3,000 miles from Now York to
San Francisco, Juno 1.
Turk Railway Line Cut.
Purls, Franco, April 19. Tho French
ministry of marine said: "A French
battleship destroyed tho railway
bridge on tho lino which Joins tho in
terior regions of Syria with tho city
of St. Jean d'Acro."
HOLLAND AROUSED WHES 8HIP
IS TORPEDOED NEAR
HOME PORT.
WAS SUNK WHILE AT ANCHOR
Crew of Twenty-Thret Men Rescued
From Steamer KatwIJk by Light
ship German Seizure of Four
Trawlers Stirs the Netherlands.
London, April 17. Tremendous ex
citement has bcm nrousod In Hol
land, according to dispatches received
here, by tho destruction of tho Dutch
government steamer Kntwljk by a Gor
mnn submarine. Tho KatwIJk was
torpodoed on Thursday at anchor off
Noordhlnder lightship, Holland. Sho
was of 2,046 toiiB, bound for Rotter
dam from Bnltlmoro with corn and
cotton. Her cargo was government
owned,
Tho linking of tho KatwIJk, com
ing on tho heels of tho Boizuro of tho
four Dutch trawlers, tho St Nicholas,
Eontwco, Rynland and another ns yot
unidontlflod, by a German torpedo
boat, which took thorn to Cuxhavon,
has aroused tho Dutch government to
tnko hasty stops to demnnd lmmodl
nto and complote ropnrntlon.
Tho KatwIJk sailed from Baltimoro
on March 27. Sho had been chartored
from her owners, Erhardt-Dokkors of
Rotterdam, for this purposo by tho
queon'B government. Sho was an
chored about seven miles oft Noord
hlndor lightship when struck. Ilor
crow of 23 was rescued by tho light
ship. A German submarine has boon
hovering In tho vicinity of Noord
hlnder for several days, other vcsboI.b
having been attacked thcro.
An Exchango dispatch from Rotter
dam says that tho sinking of tho Kat
wIJk has caused tho deepest resont
mcnt throughout Holland. Even Ger
man sympathizers havo oxpressed dis
gust at tho actions of Gorman sub
marines in disregarding neutral flags.
When torpedoed tho steamer wnB
flying tho Dutch flag at hor masthead.
Tho torpedo tore a huge holo in tho
vessel nnd sot tho ship aflro. . Tho
crow tried desporatoly to savo tho
vessel. A second torpedo put an end
to thoir efforts. Tho men took to tho
boats and then for tho flrst timo ob
served tho periscopo of a submarine.
Earlier in the day roports reached
London of tho sinking of tho BritlBh
steamer Ptarmigan by a German sub
marine in tho same vicinity as tho
attack of tho KatwIJk. Sho Bank with
in a fow minutes, taking 11 of her
crew of 22 down with hor. Eleven
wero rescued by tho lightship. Tho
Ptarmigan had a tonnngo of 475 net.
Tho admiralty announced that two
British merchant ships, including tho
Harpalyce, wero torpedoed by Gorman
submarines during tho wook ending
April 14, Tho Harpalyco was sunk.
Tho other vessel was to.wcd to port
OPERATE ON MRS. ROOSEVELT
Wife of Former President Under
Knife In New York Hospital Op
eration Announced Successful.
Now York, April 17. Mrs. Theo
dore Roosovolt, wlfo of ox-President
Roosevelt, underwent an operation at
Roosovelt hospital hero on Thursday.
Tho operation waa porformed by Dr.
Howard C. Taylor, and was ontiroly
successful. It was announced that
Mrs. Roosovolt would soon bo on tho
rond to recovery.
Colonel Roosovelt and Thoodoro
Roosevelt, Jr., arrived at tho hospital
a short timo boforo tho tlmo Bet for
tho operation and remained whllo It
was taking place.
JAPS TRYING TO SAVE SHIP
Washington Officials Ridicule Report
That 4,000 Japanese Marines
Land at Turtle Bay.
Washington, April 17. Assistant
Secretary of tho Navy Roosovolt, who
recently returned from San Diego, rid
iculed tho report from Lob Angeles
that 4,000 Japanese marines and sail
ors liad landod at Turtle bay, Lower
California, mined tho harbor and wero
backed by five Japanoso warships. Ho
asserted that the Japanoso undoubt
edly wore attempting to savo tho
cruiser Asama, which ran aground
thoro somo weeks ago.
FUNST0N TO TAKE CHARGE
General Goes to Brownsville, Tex., as
Result of Border Firing by
Mexicans.
Washington, April 1C MaJ. Gen.
Fredorlck Funston, commanding tho
American forces on tho Mexican bor
der, is on routo from San Antonio to
Brownsville, Tox., to take personal
charge of tho situation there, which
has again becomo threatening.
Threatens to Kill Astor, Held.
Now York, April 19. Accused of
threatening to kill Vincont Astor If
ho should rcfuso a demnnd for $500,
John Morlolla, a youth of nineteen,
was arrested at tho Grand Central
terminal.
Will Crown Mikado November 10.
Tokyo, April 19. Tho cabinet hns
fixed Novombor 10 as tho date for tho
coronation of Emporor Yoshlhlto. Tho
diet has appropriated 4,000,000 yon
($2,000,000) for tho expenses or tho
coremony.
GERMAN AIRSHIPS THROW BOMBS
ON FIVE CITIES.
Blyth, Tyne, Wallsend, Beaton Burn
and Cramllngton Attacked by Zep
pelins Little Damage Done.
NowcaBtlo, England, April 10. A
Zeppelin njrshlp mado n bomb-dropping
raid over tho Tyncstdo district in
northonstcrn England soon after eight
o'clock Wednosdny night
Tho cntlro region from Nowcastlo to
tho North Ben coast was plunged into
darkness when tho first news of tho
attack camo from Blyth, clovon miles
northeast of Newcastle, Tho airship
was then heading from tho east at
great spood. As It passed over Blyth
it dropped eight bomb3 on tho out
skirts of tho town.
Aftor leaving Blyth tho giant air
craft changed its course, evidently
intending to mako for Nowcastlo.
Tho pilot obviously was baffled by tho
darknoss. Bombs wero launched from
the aircraft from tlmo to tlmo hap
hazardly, but llttlo damago was dono.
Eventunlly tho nlrship reached tho
Tyno at Wnllsond nnd then procoodod
eastward toward South Shields. As It
drew noar Wallsend bombs wore
droppod. Ono of them fell on n rail
way, narrowly mlsBlnga crowded pas-
Bcngor train on tho wny to Nowcastlo.
Botwoon Blyth nnd WallBond the
Zeppelin passed over Cramllngton nnd
droppod sovornl bombs in tho neigh
borhood. Ono Iioubo was sot on flro.
Altogothor It was estimated tho raid
lasted nbout twenty-flvo minutes. Ono
man wns injured by n shell spllntor at
Chopplngtown.
Fivo bombs woro dropped at Wall
send. Two fell In a field. Thoy were
located by a farihor, who handed them
over to tho pollco.
From Wallsend tho rnidor crossed
tho Tyno, nnd fivo or six minutes lntor
was reported at Weston nnd then at
South Shields, passing eastward. New
castle was missed altogothor. Though
thoro was much excitement, thoro was
no panic.
Ono bomb wns droppod nt Beaton,
within threo miles of Nowcastlo and
El s wick.
W. R. NELSON, EDITOR, DEAD
Founder of the Kansas City Star Suc
cumbs After Long Ill
ness. Kansns City, Mo., April 15. WW
Ham Rockhlll Nelson, editor and own
er of tho Kansas City Star, died at his
homo hero ori Tuesday. For sovora!
months ho had been In poor health.
Uremic poisoning caused his death,
according to physicians. Mr. Nolson
wns born in Fort Wayno, Ind., March
7, 1847. Ho was educated at Notre
Damo university. Aftor a short ex
perience as a youngster in cotton
growing in Georgia, Just after the
war, ho roturned to Indiana and bo
camo a gcnornl contractor. Ho bought
nn interest in tho Fort Wayno Senti
nel nnd dovotod all his timo to Jour
nalism. Ho wont to KansaB City and
Btartod tho Evening Star, Septombcr
18, 1880.
POSES AS OWN BROTHER
Writes Former Wlfo for 20 Years
While Evading Alimony Payment,
But May Have to Settle Now.
Milwaukee, April 17. For twonty
seven years Orvillo B. Collins, who
disappeared In 1888 and was supposed
to bo dead, concealod hlB Identity
from hla formor wlfo by posing as a
brother of tho missing man. Tho truth
camo out when ho was ordered to ap
poor beforo Judgo Eschweller and
show causo why ho should not pay
$6,460 back alimony. Mra. ColllnB got
a dlvorco nnd $20 a month nllmony
In 1888, Afterward Bho moved to St
Joseph, Mo. Soon a man representing
himself on her missing husband's
brother began writing her lettors. Re
turning to Mllwnukoo rccontly Mrs.
Collins wnB accosted by tho man on
tho street Investigation disclosed his
Identity.
15 KILLED IN CAR CRASH
Many Injured When Freight Train Hit
Car Filled With Workmen
at Detroit.
Detroit, April 16. Flftoon porsonB
are reported dead and thlrty-nino In
jured as tho result of a collision be
tween a street car of tho Detroit
United Railways and a freight train at
West Jefferson avenuo nnd tho Do
trolt, Toledo & Ironton railroad on
Wednesday night
Tho street car, west-bound, loadod
with workmen returning to thoir
homes, was struck broadsldo by a
backing freight train. Fow of thoso
on tho enr escaped injury when It
was hurled from tho tracks nnd
thrown, a shapeless mass of wreckage,
at tho sldo of tho crossing.
English Miners May Strike.
London, April 17. Loaders of 10,000
Monmouthshiro miners havo adopted
resolutions favoring a national cessa
tion of colliery work on April 22, un
less tho workors aro grantod an In
crease of 20 per cent
Michigan Mine Pay Raised.
Calumet, Mich., April 17. Wages of
12,000 men employed by tho' Calumet
and Hecla Mining company and sub
sidiary properties have been Increased
10 per cent, according to nn announce
mcnt made.