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Till: I'.KK; OMAHA. NA'ITKDAY. MAIM II JO. 1!M." EYELYN MEN TELL STORY OF SINKING IFire Member, of Crew Arriving at , Hew York Describe Experiences When Ship Hits Mine. W LIFEBOAT FOR 36 HOURS NEW YORK, March 19. Details ff the sinking of the American steamer Evelyn after striking a mine In tha North Sea were told tonight tT five members of the Evelyn's crew who retched here today on the steamer Matanzas, which brought a cargo of dyestuffs from Bremen. The five men were occupants of ( one of the Evelyn's lifeboats and had heeji picked up by a German patrol boat and landed at Wllhelmahaven. All the twenty-eight members of the crew, with the exception of one man, a, fireman, who died from exposure, vere saved, the arrivals said, the others being picked up by another patrol boat and landed at Helgoland. Proceeding Carefully According to John Morgan, an oiler on the Evelyn, the vessel struck the mine at 4:05 la the morning. The Erelyn at that time waa seventeen miles off the toast of Germany and was proceeding rauttously to avoid Just such an acci dent. The mine - exploded on the port ride of the vessel, shaking: the steamship from stem to stern. As soon as the explosion occurred Cap tain David Smith ordered the engines re--ersed and sent officers and men through .the ship, awakening the crew. Two life boats were swung from the davits and In them the entire crew desperately rowed ay from the stricken ship. Before the two boats had gone maity yards there was another explosion. A second mine 'ad bit the ship on the starboard side Vorward, blowing up the forward ipart bf the vessel and almost cutting It In two. The twenty-eight members of the crew I remained near the sinking vessel. At Jlrst tt was thought that the steamer Wculd go down Immediately, but after fctnktnc until the upper deck, waa sub Emerged the Evelyn hung In that position lor seven hours, finally going down bow irst - . ' Morgan and his companions remained In the lifeboats for thirty-six hours, when they were picked up by two German pa trol boats. The cold waa Intense and owing to the hardships the fireman auo icumbod. Morgan and his companions spoke gratefully of the treatment accorded them by the, Germans. The Bailor on the pav itrol boat rave up their bunks to the 'Americans and shared' delicacies with ,them. the Evelyn's men said. ' Charge Trees with Oil, Set Woods on Fire, Burn Russians , LONDON, March IS. How the Germans 'employed both fire and water to destroy the Russians In the campaign In the 'Masurian lake district of East Prussia, is related .in a communication received by the Westminster Gazette from Gothen burg. ' "German strategy ', counted ' not only I on water and mire, but even fire," tjke correspondent at Gothenburg declared, i "These engineers have for many years been equipped with a peculiar kind of auger tor excavating the trunks of soft trees such as the Masurian firs. When the Russian army first advanced Into East Prussia, German engineers hastily excavated numbers of trees. "When Russian troops reached the 'Masurian district German engineers at one opened the canal locks, drowning the invading troops. Some Russians reached the forests, but, of course, they had nojdee, that many trees had been charged with gasoline. It was an easy task for the German artillery to set a match to this bonfire aad burn up the, LKussian regiments they bad entrapped." Asserts Ore wpf the Karlsruhe Arrived Home in December COPENHAGEN. March IS. (Via Lon don.) Another veraion of the alleged destruction of the German cruiser Karls ruhe waa issued today by the National Ttdende. This account purports to emanate from a German merchant cap tain, who had served ss a petty officer of the Landaturm in Wllhelmahaven. The captain is reported to have de clared that the erew of the Karlsruhs arrived In Germany on the German liner Rio Negro early in December, but that this fact and the fact that the disaster had occurred were kept secret so that the British cruisers would continue their search for the German sea raider. Early In December It waa reported that the Karlsruhe had evaded the British fleet and arrived in a German port Recently there have been no reports - of the actual movements of the Karls ruhe, which early In the war gained fame a a sea raider, although there have been several unconfirmed statements that th cruiser had met with disaster. TEXAS FARM JSNER TALKS Tenants Never Ask for Screen to Keep Flies Out, Landlord Tells Commission. CHILDREN NEEDED FOR LABOR DALLAS. Tex., March IS. J. Tom Pnaitt. owner of li.000 arres of Texas land, described somo tenant problems on Ms estste from the landowners' point of view before the federal committee on In dustrial .-latlons yesterday at Its Amerl run land question hearing here. ' The ragltt rlsce In Coleman county, he said, has twenty-two tenant families ca about 2,000 acres, the remainder being leased to cattlemen. He said his agent prefers to get ten ants with large families of children, be cause the country Is so spsrsely settled that the women and children form al most the only available source of extra labor supply In cotton picking season. Women Help Io the Work. Tho women among his tenants, he said, usually chop, hoe and help with picking cotton. Children begin work In the fields st about S years of age. A tenant, he said, would hae difficulty hiring farm hands because he could not. as a rule, pay their wages until after the crop was sold. Describing housing conditions. Mr. Pagltt said the cheapest tenant house on his place has two rooms and cost $23. while the largest has four rooms, costing $400. None are screened, he ssld. "Don't the tenants want them screened?" asked Chairman Frank P. Walsh of the commission. "They never have asked for screens," Pagitt replied. "If screens were put In they probably would break them out In twenty-four hourj." ' Due tm Politics. Mr. Pacltt described some acts of vio lence on his place in 1912 when some of his tenants joined a so-called socialist party. Its said the trouble was due en tirety to heat of a political campaign and died out completely after election. "Would you object to a tenant who be. Ueved In certain principles of government or reform, advocating them while living or your placer asked Mr. Walsh. "No," replied Mr. Pagltt, "but I would not like a tenant who stirred up trouble by talking at the store and trying to make other men dislike his landlord." Mr. Pagitt said also he would object to a tenant spending time In advocating re. forms when he ought, to be making a crop. "What hours should a tenant spend at work?" asked Commissioner Walsh. "wen," replied Mr. Pagltt, -in crop season soma of them go to work at 4 In th morning, soma at t, and they gener ally work until dark." THIRTEEN FOLLOW "FIRED'JON-SAINT Utah Uniyersity Faculty Member Resijn When Dismissal of Oentiles" is Upheld- NEBRASKAN GETS ONE PLACE Girls and Boys Yet In 'Teens Make Up Chicago Robber Band CHICAGO. March 1.-Three girls and four boys, the youngest IS and the eldest 20, confessed tonight, according to the police, to a number of burglaries and several holdups. Revolvers were found on twq of the girls and In the flat where the arrests were made many bolts of cloth, cigars, rasors 'and a quantity of whisky were found which the police be lieve to have been stolen. Mrs. Ruth Allensport. 20. the police say, told them the girls carried the weapons and toots so that If the band waa arrested rothlng would be found on the boys. "Tou know a copper couldn't search a perfect lady," she said, according to the officers. Catherine Klevka, 18, alias Polly Daly, is said by the police to have told them she stole the cigars and .the whisky found In tha flat from a saloon, unaided, early Sunday in order to prove her bravery and gain recognition from the ban. The police say George Ford, called the Dictionary, because of his superior vo cabulary, and Edward Gags, IS, are tha leaders of the band. SALT LAKE CITY. March 1. Thirteen State- university professors resigned today as a result of the at titude expressed by the board of re gents in a public statement regard ing the recent dismissal of four pro fessors and the demotion of the head of tha English department. Wti They Are. They are Byron C'lmmings, dean of arts and sciences; William G. Roy- lance, professor of history; Charles Taylor Vorhles, soology and botany: Joseph Peterson, psychology; Ralph L.' Byrnes, bacteriology; Henry A. Mattil, chemistry; Frank E. . Hol man. dean Of law; R. Q- Sharp, neu rology and histology; Harold M. Stephens, lecturer In law; George A. Hedger, registrar and instructor in English; Lafayette Lenti Butler, pro fessor of English; F. C. Blood. In structor in English, and Robert S. Lewis, mining and milling.- Other resignations are expected. Bnverai of the mm named have been with the university many yeara Thslr action la a direct result of the attitude of tho regents in upholding President J. T. Kingsbury's dismissal of four professors snd demotion of the head of the English department recently and In declining to make an Investigation of the facts in connection with the president's action. Feellnar Aaalnat Dismissals. Feeling In the state has been strong since the announreinent of the dismis sals was made a few weeks ago. The fact that all the five men affected are non Mormons led to a discussion whether re ligious or political considerations entered Into the situation. Thla waa denied In a statement made publlo by the regents to day. The four mn dismissed recently are A. A. Knowlton, professor of physics; George J. Wlae, professor . ot modern languages; Phil C. Blng, Instructor In English, and Charles W. Snow, Instructor In English. -The regents announce that Joseph F. A. Alexis ot the University of Nebraska has been appointed to succeed Wlae. Rent room quick with a Bee Want Ad. Washington Affairs The Federal Trade commtaalon will make no attempt to advise corporations In advance as to the legality under the trade commission act of any actions they contemplate. 'Attorneys for several eastern railroads filed a brief In the supreme court in sup port of their contention that the govern ment had Illegally retained some fclo.OQO. 000 due to the railroads for transportation of malls. The brief Is In a test caso to be argued orally April 6. Trsnafer ot some of the government money now on deposit In nattoral banks to the treasury, with a view to re depoHltlng it later In federal reserve banks, has been begun by direction of Secretary McAdoo. About M.000.0U) la now on c'oposlt with national banks which ran be transferred, but so far only a comparatively small amount has been touched. Appointment of a trade committee to promote co-operation between business men and the new Federal Trade commis sion was announced by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United Rstes. The personnel of the committee follows: Harry A. Wheeler, chair mnn. banker. Chicago; Alfred B. Koch, mer chant, Toledo, O. ; Rush C. Butler, law yer, Chicago; W. L. Saunders, manufac turer. New York; Guy El Tripp, manufac turer. New York; Harry R. Heaxer, pro fessor cf political economy, Columbia university; Alexander W. Smith, lawyer, Atlanta, da.; Joseph P. Cotton, lawyer, New York; W. C. White, mining expert, University ot West Virginia. ONE IN TWENTY CHICAGO WOMEN USES CIGARETTES CHICAGO, March 1. One woman In every twenty in this city la a cigarette amoker, according to an estimate today after Investigation by Alice Clement and Mary Riley, policewomen. la the Jewish, Polish and Italian districts the percent age of smokers was smaller, they said. only S per cent of the women using to bacco. "We covered all parts of the city," said Miss Clement. "Very few working girls or girls of the middle clauses smoke. The bsblt does not seem to be growing." Thousands in Vienna Cannot Get Bread VENICE. March IS. Via London. March 19.) Reports received in Venice from Vienna say that some thousands ot the population of the Austrian - capital were unable to obtain bread last Tues day, the new decree restricting produc tion by one-fourth having caused a gen eral dislocation ot the entire trade. Stocks of flour are declared to havs run so low that In many places bakers found it Im possible to make bread at all. French Submarine Lost in Dardanelles LONDON. March 19.-The loss of a French submarine boat. In an attempt to run through the Dardanelles, is do scribed by Rear Admiral Guepratte of the French Dardanelles fleet In an In terview with trie Dally Telegraphs Tene dos correspondent. The attempt ap parently was msde some time ego, al though no announcement has been made of It heretofore. In the Courts Werner Horn, accused of Illegally transporting drnamlte In connection with his attempt to blow up the International bridge at Venceboro. refused to plead before a federal commissioner at Bangor. Ma., and the coiiuiiisiiiorirr entered a formal U-a of not guilty for him A second wilt Of hsbeaa coi-rms. thrnus.il which counsel for Hairy K. Tliaw expert to bring the nuesuon of Ms return t'l Mat'eawan before the appellate division of the supreme court, was signed by Justice Bijur of Hie New York supremo court in the application of John H. fettauhfleld. one of Thaw's attorneys. The hearing on the previous writ will be toaUaued ooe week. Culls from the Wires J. P. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan sailed for Europe from New York on the steam ship Philadelphia. Mr. Morgan declined to discuss the object of his trip abroad. State and federal authorities, who had believed the progress of loot and mouth disease in Kenturky checked, discovered that a herd of 4M catt e and 0 hog. at a Louisville 'distillery had become In fected. The annual report of the United States Eteel corporation for ISM, issued, at New Yolk, offers proof of the depression In ti.e ateel Industry during the ya.r. Earn ing of MS show a decrease of 163,-t-'l.OOO compared with lsli. whin the net income of $4,M0,4ie la a decrease of tOS,- An order for the deportation of twenty two Hindus, issued by the federal Im migration authorities in August, lull, waa tustained by the Sun Francisco I nited States circuit court of appeals in af fornilng a decision of I'nlted rUaUs Dis trict Judge Maurice T. Dooliiui. who de nied the defendants writs of habeas corpus. Immediately fot'owlng the decision of the federal district court at Bos' on. th"t the government suit to dissolve th United Shoe .Machinery company as an unlawful mono'olv under the Fherman act wss not sustained. L'nlted States Dis trict Attorney oeorge w. Andnrson started prepsratlons for an apteai in case the Department of Justl"e decided to take such a tep. 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