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Daily The sure wy to satisfy your wants is through -ise of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a. Dee want ad. HE THE WEATHER Cloudy VOL. XLIV NO. 274. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, lf15 FOUKTEKN PAGES. Oa Train eat at Botel Slew Bta4a, I SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. r OMAE Bee BRYAN WILL ASK BERLIN FOR DATA ON SHIP SINKING Secretary Announces Germany Will Be Requested to Supply Facts About Torpedoing ot OFFICIAL EETOKT IS RECEIVED Vessel . Has Been Towed Into Crow . Sound, Soilly, by a. Brit- isb. Patrol. CARGO SEEJOHGLY UNDAMAGED WASHINGTON, May J. Secretary Bryan announced late today that he would instruct Ambassador Gerard to Inquire of the German government .for the facts in conectlon with the torpedoing of the American ship, GulQlght, by a German submarine. Consul Stevens sent another mes sage late today, as follows: "Gulfllght towed Into Crow sound, Scilly, by British patrol. Toppedo struck bow. Vessel dowtj by head, head. Freeboard forward, about two feet forehold full. ' Cargo apparently undamaged. Blowing gale from east." First Official Report. The first officii a report of the tor pedoing ot the America tanker, Gulf light, reached the State department in an undated dispatch from Consul - Stephens at Plymouth, England, say ing the attack was made Saturday, but the vessel Aa still afjoat andj that patrol boats were attempting to tow her the Scilly , Islands. Consul Stephens' message follows: "American tank steamer Gulfllght torpedoed of Scilly Islands first in stant. Captain died heart failure, body landed. Two of crew drowned, thirty-four saved. Vessel afloat; pa trol boats attempting: to tow it to Scilly.'" '. Will Reaerv Jodarment. President Wilson will reserve Judgment oil th torpedoing- of the America steamer, Gulfllght, until full official de tails are received. The president Inquired bout the Incident when he arrived from Wllllamstown, Mass.. today, but waa told that eo far ' aa "Whit House offlclels huw im nfflnlal. word haa come. ": On the face of . the . news dispatches hip la a serious matter.: but they in tend that a vary thorough lnveatujatlpn j. hall be mate and that no hasty actipa should be taken. . Identity of Thro Vletbaa. - NEW YORK. Hay 11 The two Amerl ' cans. In addition to Captain Gunter, who 1 lk.j. 14 vu .wtin 4hij - AmATlcu ivo, t steamer Gulfllght waa torpedoed off the Bollly islands, were Charlea fU Short of Chicago, the wireless operator, and Eu gene Cbampaneta of Port Arthur. Ten, a 'seaman, according to a cablegram re ceived here today by the Gulf Refining company, owners of the vessel. The message, a brief one, waa signed. by First (Of fleer Ralth Smith. It said that Captain Alfred Gunter. whoa home is In Bayonne, NVJ., died of heart' dis ease, and that Short and Cbapaneta were loath It la. believed that these were the two men reported yeaterday to have jumped overboard. Short was taken aboard the Glfllght at New Orleans April T. This was bis flrat trip aboard the veasol. Chapanata ahipped at Port Arthur. " Including Is officers, the Gulfllght 'had thirty-eight men aboard, moat of them hailing from Gulf of Mexico ports. Strip and cargo, ac cording to James Kennedy, marine super intendent of the company, were valued at $l.O0u,O0u. Mr. Kennedy aaid he was waiting fur ther advisee before communicating with the State department. A claim for the lose sustained. Including damages for the lives loot, undoubtedly will be filed with ' the State department, he thought. . The Uulflight's cargo. Mr. Kennedy cald, consisted of gasoline and oil, oon aigned to firms In France and not to the French government. Captain Gunter, ' whose death from heart failure was reported, waa 51 years (Continued ouPag Two, Column Five.) The Weather Trmsrrttsn at Omk Yraterdny, v Hours. . Deg & a- m a. m 48 7 a. m U a. m M a. m M 10 a. m &J 11 a. in .' 65 12 ra. ....... .......... SO 1 p. no & 1 p. m bo s p. m 67 p. m ,. 67 i p. ra..: to ( p. m 63 T u. ro 61 I p. ro, 49 ('raparatlve Loml Record. 1915. 1014. 191S. 1912. Highest yesterdav' W 71 68 . 8& lowest yenterday 48 68 . 67 Mean temperature 68 64 K 7 freclpitation .00 .00 . .00 Temperature and precipitation depar turea from the nornuil: Normal temperature 58 txoees for the day 0 Total ezcees since March 1 100 Normal pnsclpltaUon 1! Inch Deficiency for the day 11 Inch Total rainfal since March 1 l.tife Inchea lef1clfncy since Mann 1 . . .L0 lochea Deficiency for cor. period. 19irv .lv inch Excess for cor. period, my 2.76 Inches Hrsorli from DUIIm at T P. M Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather. 7 p. in. eat. fall. Cheyenne. . pt. cloudy.. 40 41 .00 lienver. cloudy -....50 at) .00 Ilea Moines, pt- cloudy. .M 71) .64 Lod City .clear 60 - m ..ou lmier. cloudy 40 r 41 .M orth Platte, clear 6! tu voo Tirmlm, pt. cloudy 51 67 .00 Pueblo, ilcsr 66 78 -.30 Rapid City, cloudy o 40 .0,1 Bait Lake City. pt. cloudy Ui 64 .U) Santa r", clear M 64 M) MieiUiun. cloM.ly 44 4 .M t-'loux flty. cloudy 46 it .itl Valentine, cloudy 40 42 .04 U X- Wt-l-SH. Lomi rMMltr. WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIERS arriving at a field hospital " of the men are carrying their now helpless comrades. -4 i i PLANS FOR STATE SEHI-CENTENNIAL " 1 " 1 i State Historical Society Names ComV mittee to See that Celebration is Carried Out. WEBSTER PRESENTS THE CASE (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 3. (Special.) Plans, for celebrating the semi centennial of the admission of Ne braska Ipto the union as a state March 1, 1917, took definite form today at a meeting of the State His torical society. General John I Webster presented Vhe matter formally as president 6f the so- ciety. .and Btahos- Tihw moved the e leption, of committee. t take charga of the celebration, apecifylns that ueov eral Webster shoul dbe chairman. . . ' Webater'a Statement. In presenting the matter General 'Web ster satd: . . , ' The State Historical society should tJko immediate steps to have the semi centennial of the s,dmlsalon of Nebraska into the union celebrated In a. manner suitable to the occasion and with a de gree of munificence thitt will rally rep resent the growth' and prosperity of the state. The admission jaxik plaoe when the nation waa rising upward from the period of depression growing out "of the Civil war Into a new life of prosperity and vigor, from which It has grown to bo one 6f the greatest ' of the world a powers. Some of the renowned heroes of the Civil war and eminent statesmen whose memories Are Imperlshablo took an active part In. having Nebraska ad mitted into the sisterhood of states. - Society Should Act. The initiative In having this historical Incident suitably celebrated properly be jlonga to the Historical society. The legislature, although earnestly requesieu, failed to make an appropriation to cover th expenses"" of the celebration, and It. therefore, seems fitting and necessary that it should be put under the charge. of a general committee, to be seiocten from tho body of the people. With the appointment under the authority of the Historical society its members win nave a Quasi-official position, and auch coitp mlttee can arrange, finance and work out the details of the celebration., ' Onnortwaltlra for Paraelee, "The- occasion Is . one which offers the j greatest possible opportunities, for mili tary 'and clvlo . parada, for pudiic aa- tomu and. for. the writing and reoord- ln of state history. These cau well cover the transition ' from the primeval wlldemeas and- Indian . savagery t the dava ot the discoverers and pioneers, (i om territorial times to statehood, ; and from the beginning-,uf statehood to our present wealth and prosperity. Through these different periods of transforma tion there is that which may be repre sented .in, gorgepue .and brilliant rageantry or dlplayed .in commercial and mechanical exhibits that alll typify the progress from the wilderness of the prairies to t he richnes or our apienr did state. . From the Old the "From ' the past to the present, from hn old to the new. there Is . a domain (Continued on Page Two, Column Three. The South Omaha market ir the third live a tock. center in the world, receiving last year ahipmenta from twenty-six states. It is also the second sheep market, first feeder sheep market and first range horse market in the United States. ' V7 AV' a i if .-V iKnii,' f L A A : ,J;") If mm y H t-C AT V CI T Y O f T H tW tST I- .. A F ' Iff' ; Few Firemen and Engineers Affected . by Advancevin Pay CHICAGO, May 8. The Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and firemen after analysing the arbltatton award for three days, today Issued a statement In sup port of their contention that the . wago advancea granted were very small. The increases aggregate, according to these .figures. tlOO.494 a year. The fig ures are for wagea alone and do not In clude the value of compensatory rules or overtime allowance granted. The rail roads contended throughout the case that to' grant every demand made by the men would, cost the-ninety-eight western railroads Involved' 40. 900,000 a year. The men aay the coat would not run over $10,000,000 a year. The a-vard la said to affect engineers on only 1,787 locomotives out of 23,811 In m. The advance, to the engineers total 1X11,111.46, according to the Brother. bonds. -- -.:-' - "- - '. ; : Firemen In 7,008 locomotive- out of CdTl In aorvice . reoolve a total Increaaa of tfiOO.mTO it la calculated, by the BrotUerhooda ' . - Manajrers; of the railroads, assert that the cost of the award will be known only after, the rules have been' put-into effect and the payrolls can be analysed. Chairman of the Brotherhoods. " with their ' grand officers were In executive session here today. It waa stated . that an Investigation by congress Into the ap pointment of Charles Nagel,' former sec retary of commerce and- labocaa a neu tral member of the board of 'arbitration would he requested, United Cigar Stores Under Scrutiny of Attorney General aaMBBBwaawasi NEW , FORK, ' May aThe complnlift filed with the United. Statea attorney general ty the Independent Retail Tobac conist Association of America asking for dissolution of the .United .Cigar Stores Company ot America, as an Illegal com bination under the Hhcrmau anti-trust law, has been forwarded here to Clau'dc A. Thompson, special " assistant - to the United States district attorney for In vestigation. ' ' " The. complaint alleges that the -Ameri can Tobaocp 'company llapoaea. of . IU products only to-the United Cigar Htores Company of- America and .'refuses to sell iv uujocnuciH . ucaieiw; ; ipac ,ine t'nitea. Cigar Stores company Is connected with United Profit ShaHiig'oorporatron, which deala In coupon and gift' enterprises and that the Independent dealers are com pelled to, buy from and handle the gCods of the Tobacco Products . company, In order to use the profit sharlni: coupons. By the u of these coupons .and gift enterprises, the United "Cigar ' Stores Company , of .America has become a mo nopoly. It la alleged. ' Where: to FIHdT WARD. i. e . 3TZ3 Sherman 'Ave. Pot. Train school. th-Hiekory. 7 41li N. 24th. 1 tra Engine S Pullman nolttl, lu-Maaon and Ames. . li corner 16th-Grand. 8IXTH WAKD. i Pet. i 1-r-Klre EngirMf houpe. 1st and Lalui. 1 UH4 N. Mth. '. SHiO N. 'Miti. N, astii (uarn.) 8 IT'.l N. 2'M. 2204 MUllary Ave. Grunt - KEVINS TH WARD. Pel. 1 ariS Leavenworth. tm Park Ave. IW1 Park Ave. 4 J.'lfl Iavcnworth. 4 1X14 Park Ave. 5 Windsor school. I 4H1 Leavenworth. Eiaani ward. Pet r Fir Kiucln house, Mth and Cuming. ltrr Cuming. N. 1UI O. 4 Win Chicago, s N. W. corner Sat and Chicago. Ul Cuming. NINTH WARD. Pet 1-2V Cuming. izrn cuuiIuk. l-Xn Hamilton. 4 W"l t California. 6 Ja? Cuiulog. 4 Bancroft school. 6 a. K Cor, AUi and Center. SUOOND WARD. Pet. i-m sj th. Hi h St. aA 81 241 h St. 4 17Z1 borcaa. s C'astbilar aehool. VAt Vlaton. - T fc-d Roaewater acfcooL ThUO) WAKD, Pet. a. ith. 5- 314 S. Hlli. ll J H. UtJb. 4 11 N. linn, t-ji N. Hth, 4 I-ire EngUie house, Mth and Iaard. FOURTH WARD. Pet llCa) Capitol. I Courthouse, lTth Ma. side. Wl HU Mary a Ave. 4- -JT1U6 'amam. i'it Fa-rnain. 5- UUfh school. 8. W. o ner. ruutement. FIFTH WARD. Pet 1-1140 N. ictn. f 1MB Klterman Ave. 'r- D;) herrun Are. ( Pharruaa Ave. WiXi4 Sherman Ave. rolls Open at 8 O'clock A. El in Tejny. Note that some I ai j il i I . SUBMARINES SINK THREE MORE SHIPS Swedish Steamship with Cargo of Timber for Hall is Seat to Bot torn of North Sea, ' TWO TRAWLEBS DESTROYED LONDON, May 3.; The Exchange Telegraph Company has received a dispatch from its correspondent ot Copenhagen saying that the Swedish, steamer ElUda, tlmbey laden, from Heletngborg for Hull, has been tor pedoed in the North 9ea by ' a Ger man submarine.' It went to the bot tom In less than three minutes. The sixteen men and two womea on board esf apeflln ptio of the two .small boats, j ' ' Tot Mare Trawler Saak. ABERDEEN, Scotland. May 1 Trawl ers making port today declare that, a Oerman submarine sunk two trawlers Within fifty miles of Aberdeen Sunday, The crews of the two vessels were suc cessful In escaping In their small boats and today they cams Into port. It .would appear as though the sub-, marine ran amuck among the Aberdeen fishing fleet. In addition to sending two to the bottom,-It ohaeod three others for twenty miles. A patrol boat was then seen approaching, whereupon the sub marine submerged. Solicitor General of ' ! Georgia Asks Frank Be Resentenced ATLANTA, Oa., May t-Solloitds, Oen eral Doraey today petitioned the Fulton county .superior : court -for a writ of ha beas corpus commanding the 'sheriff to produce Leo M. Frank befote Judge Ben H. Hill for resentence for the murder of Mary Phagan. The petition, filed despite the fact that the mandate of the supreme' court refusing Franks application for a habeas corpus hearing haa 'not" yat-been received here, ' asserts-that there Is no legal reason why Frank should not now be resentenoed.-.to death,' all 'superseding orders in the -esse having been -dissolved. , . , . . NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN ' ' DIES SUDDENLY , Pnttddclptua, May S. Cor.tr east nan J. A. Ooujdcn of New. York City died sud denly in tho liroad 'street station . of tlie Pennsylvania railroad this afternoon. Mr. Gpiilden had been In , Maryland ,on bustneos and was on his way horn when stricken.. Vote Today. ft aTT37 Davenport. 7 ifitd Kamain. ' I 14 Farnam. -ill 8. 3bth (bm.) TKNTH WARD. Pet. 1 K17 8. 13th. t-U3 LMvenworth. li-nn Loavenwortt.. - i house, lid 4 12. 8. lMh. (1414 8, 13th. - 1JU1 8. loth. ' UL&VE.NTH WARD. Pet. 1 Kire Englno house, 41st - and Ilaiuilton. 5 17 N. 4uth. 8 N. W. corner 4th and ' Farnam. 4 4ia Leavenworth. 4 Kire fcnginti house, Mth and Jackson. 7l Park- Ave. 7 Klre h-ntcln house, I7th and Iavenwurth. . TWELFTH WARD. l:t. 16210 N. th. I t'entral Park School. -UVi Aroea Ave. 4 Monmouth Park school. 44114 N. 24th. 4 24th and Pratt (I'nlver- slty of Ouiaha.) 7 lxthrop at-huol, S. W, corner. baj.-iuent t l.n N, 24tli. if?' Lake truer.) 10 Howard Kennedy school U Ml Ames Ave. - Polls Close at 6 O'clock P. M, TEUTONS Will A GREAT VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS Anitriam Pierce and Break Entire Slav Front in Western Galioia, Say Vienna and Berlin Report, 12,000 MUSCOVITES ARE TAKEN German Capital All Aflutter with Flap in Celebration of De feat of Enemy. CZAR LOSES MANY HEAVY GUNS BERLIN, May . (Via London.) An important Austrian victory In the eastern campaign is announced in the communication issued today from German army headquarters. The statement la made that the Anstrtans have pierced and brokeu the entire Russian front in Western Oallcia. The 'text of the official statement follows: "In the western theater of - the war: 'Yesterday we successfully at tacked In Flanders, to the northeast of the Poolcappelle-Tpres road and took the farma of Fortuln, southeast of 8t Jullen. "In the Champaign dlstriol we In flicted considerable damaaaoa tbs en emy s positions at ourcnen, pouaia ana Perthes by suoceeaful mine explosions. "Between the Meuae and the Moselle there were only artillery duels. "Last night the French made unsuc cessful attempts to attack our position on the summit ot Hartmass-AViBllerkopf. "A French flying machine landed yea. let-day at Hundllngen, to the west ot Saargetnund (In I-arralne). The occu pants were taken prisoners. "A Oerman airship squadron attacked the airship hangar and railway station at Eplnal yeaterday, apparently with good results. Advaaee Into Baltic. Provlnee "Eastern theater: Purlng further pursuit of the Russians, who were flee ing In the direction of Riga, we yeaterday captured four cannon and four machine guns. We also took 1,700 prisoners, south ot Mitau, so that the total number of prisoners wss increased to- S.SOO. "The Russian attacks southeast of Kalwarya failed with heavy losses to the enemy. The Russians were driven back across the fikealnga. They left 830 prisoners in our hands. "Northeast- af Sklemtawloa Up Rus sians also Buffered a heavy defeat, In which they lost a great number In killed snd 100 men taken prlsonera ..- -' ' BtaaaUiii' Ioat t'raahrd.' "Southern theater: In the presence of Austrian Commander-in-chief Field Mar shal Archduke Frederick and under the leadership of Oeneral . Colonel Von Mao kenien, 'the allied troops yesterday ' after bitter fighting, pierced everywhere and orushed the entire Russian front in west Qalicla - from the neighborhood of the Hungarian frontier to the Junction of the Dunajec river with the Vistula. "Such of the enemy aa. succeeded In escaping are In haaty retreat toward the east, closely , pursued by . the allied troops. The trophies of the victory can not yet even be aouroxlmatalv u ! mated." - Berlla felebratea. The reports announulng the Victory In the Carpathians led to the entire .city of Berlin decking Itself with flags. Th central telephone atatlons, th newspaper omuvn ana noteis were besieged by crowds seeking details. ' Th excitement began when the au thorities received-orders to fly the flags "on account of a great victory In th CarpathianTi." , . Th details of the reported victory are not yet known here. - " "'', - Klabt Tboasaad Rata Ttkusl VIENNA (via London).. May a-Th Austrian official atatemant Issued today confirms theOerman reports of a big Auatro-Oerman victory along the entir front In West Oallcia, and says (hat S,0M Russian prisoners were captured. The text of tho statement follows! "Ausfra-Ilungartan and Oerman forces yeaterday attacked the fortified positions in West Oallcia and repulsed the Rus sians along the entire front of N alas tow, Oorllce, CJromik and north . of these places. "The Russlane suffered severe losses. W captured I., 000 RuaeUn and took a great number of cannon and machine guns. Simultaneously we forced our wsy serosa the Dunajeo river, (inasd Ualaed. "On the Carpathian front, ths Beak Id situation haa changed. In the wooded Carpathians we gained grouWd to the east of Kosiowka. W repulsed several counter attacks with slaughter, capturing several hundred Russians and taklug three machine guns. "To the north of Oamaloda the enemy was thrown from several holghta with heavy losses. The fighting tn this region la progressing. 1 "On the Russian frontier, between th Pruth and the Dnleater, there Is nothing new to report. More Piatt Letters Are Brought Into Court by His Son SYRACUSE. N. Y.. May 1-Edward T. Piatt sun of tha late Thomas C. Piatt, former I'nlted States senator, was oalled as a wltneas by counsel for Thodor Roosevelt today la th trial of th IDO.OOO libel suit brought against the colonel by William Barnes. Mr. Piatt, who waa called after Michael Dolan. general manager of the Argus company of. Albany, had testified, said ha had brought letters bearing dates be tween Vm and VM that passed between his father. Colonel Roosevelt a.nd Mr. Barnes, lia brought put from a travel ing bag a half dosea packets of letters, yellowed by age. JAPANESE TO SEND CHINA ULTIMATUM a saawaisSSSBS) Action Reported by Tokio Extra Edition of Paper to Have Been Decided On. NIPPON CABINET TAKES 8TEP TOKIO. May I. The JU1 Bhlmpo. a Japanese newspaper ot good stand ing. Issued an extra edition this aft ernoon. In which it made the state ment that Japan would send an ulti matum to China, the Chinese reply to the latest Japanese communication regarding the demands ot the Toklo government being considered unsatis factory. The Japaneee cabinet waa in set slon for six hours, today. A tele- gram was dispatched to M. Hloko. t.im mlnlil.r in Pnklna. 1 Ths Japanese cabinet was la session for six hours today. A telegram was dis patched to M. Kloki, tha Japanese min ister to Peking. The Ihsra News agency this afternoon said that the emperor might Issue an im portant order In a few days. F.arller Raiaor f Settlement. TOKJO, May l.-OUelayed la Trans it lesion.) It Is generally be) laved in Toklo . that tha negotiation tn progress at Peking, between China and Japan. have sntered a distinctly hopeful ataga, as a result of ths decision of the Japan ese government to make Important con cessions In Its demaoda on China. Japan, Il is learned, haa agreed to restore to China aba Gorman concession of Klao Chow. If China will accept the Japanese amended- demands. Japan haa abandoned tha clans in the fifth group of the -demands which relates to th Chinese polio administration and the olaus dealing; with armaments is changed- by leaving for future considera tion whether a Japanese arsenal shall be established in Cntna or wnetner muni tions stiall be purchased In Japan. The question of China granting to Japan th right to build railways in southern China has , been postponed pending .discussions between the Japan ese government and the government of other interested powers, A Tektng dispatch. Viler date ot May 1, satd that at the conference In. Peking on Saturday the Chinese deflnltcy had k fused to aooept soma of th clauses em bodied la what la known as group V of ths Japanese demands. Th aonferenc terminated with the J panes asking for another meeting. Growth of Cattle Traffic Increases Profits of Roads CltlCAQO, . May 1 C, ' B. Hatnemaon. assistant traffic' manager of Morris CM.j W. W. Wanker, saalstaot traffic manaaer of Armour A Co.. and J. D. Jackson, president of th Cattle Raisers' association of Texas) were witnesses to day in the' western commodity rats case. They protested that;-th railroads wcrs not justified In seeking higher rates on llv stock from th west awl southwest Mr. Helnemann said that th carriers in seeking advances hav not followed tha scale laid down by the Interstate Commerce commission's ruling In .th Oklahoma City caae although he ssld this seal, by increasing the movement of Jive stocU has- really resulted In Increasing the revenues of the carriers.. Touching on th extant ' to which damage claims' cut into the revenues from this clans of traf flc, the witness said that in a certain sn weeks' period Morris A Co. paid 140,000 In freight charges and that they had. only on damage claim of I7S out of all these shipments. Mr. Mankor testified that a special ef fort was being made by packers of the southwest to stimulate hog raising. H thought that th Interstate Comrnarca commission In making rates should al- wsys consider th rates made by state commisslona JohnR.Cudahy's' Share, of Fathers Estate in Trust CHICAGO. May l.-The will of ths late meat .packer, ' John Cudahy, filed for probate today, leaves tha entire estate to the widow and four children. Th In strument does not mention th value of the est at a. Counsel for th testator es timated it at ti.We.ooo. The bulk of the property Is to b held In trust for seven years, wHen all of tho heirs except John R. Cudahy of Chicago, may take It over.' John R. Cudahy shares equally with the others, except that th trust will retain hi share, during hla life, giving him th Income only In quarterly install menta. ' "My ssld son, John," says ths will. "shall never have any right or power to anticipate or mortgage, assign or oonvey, sny of 'th principal or th Income from his said share under this will." Two More Attempts Made to Burn Big Vancouver Bridge VANCOUVER, B. C. May l.-As th result of two fires which broke out yes terday on th Oranvllle street brldg,' It was reported today that all th bridges of th city would be guarded closely to prevent further loss by fires whioh th authorities declare' to be of Incendiary origin. . s Th first of Suudsy's blase occurreJ shortly before dark snd was discovered befor material damage had been done. Th second fire broke out at 10 p. m. and th center span of th brldg waa enveloped by flam when th fir , d partment arrived. Th fire ' was sub dued with small loss. Three men aaen running from beneath the structure shortly befor tho night fire was discovered are believed by the police to be members of a group of sup. posed Incendiaries, who set fir to bridge In this city last week causkig appro! mately 1300,400 loss GERMAN SUDSEA CRAFT RESUME BLOCK ADE WOP, !( Sinking of American Oil Tank Ship Off Scilly Islands Adds Feature to the Newest Form of Warfare. ACTIVITY Df THE DARDANELLES' Unofficial Eeports Say Forces of Al lies Are Advancing Toward ' the Narrows. t GERMANS MOVE INTO C0TT&LAND I ft nav'm War NtW 1 AN IMFOSINU VICTOR V ! A trisa arasa aver the Resale foreea la waatevw Qallrta was " today sr tn Geraaaa waur ffte. SHARP FIGHTING haa been rau ansae! ta flanders. Freaeb., G bis ssa Britten, official . aneata tell af Hlnaia attack naas Hll N. 0 and St. Xnlle, both ta h TsrM'rtlUa. Th Paris and l.endea extra aaanlcat Ion say ' tha 0rsaaa onalaasrht failed, hat Ber lla characterises th iaaaeBts aa aaoeeaafal. . INKING OF THBBB saar ! a ta nana sea ay uanaaua aaw, saaHaaa la their new raaapatga laJ wfare 4oar - Tha Swedish' ' I ww suiiiaa wtii is ia nna, la laa lhast tkm aalaaaa after It was taradad. Tat aaaels ta m rtshlaa flaat laa than fifty sail af Aberdeea wet nak y eaters day. ITALIAN CABINET haa daoldcd aot ta poataon tha assembllaa af Par liament aa' May - IS d it la thoaght la Hosae that Farllaaaant saay asalst tha aablnet la raaehlage "a ateetalaa which appears new ta be almost Inevitable." INFORMATION FROM tha Dara- the hoaahardaaent of th Tarklah farta waa carried aa Satarday and that great damage waa laflletrd by th warships of tho allies., LONDON, May S. Tha week-end hag been marked by relative mild ac tivity in the North Sea and the re sumption of the submarine blockade by German craft, which have, 'de stroyed or damaged three vessels off the Scilly Islands, one of the victims being the American oil, tank steamer Ouif light'. . . No further official announcement have been made concerning fighting In the Dardanelles, but unofficial dl- patches agree that the allies are pro refialng toward the narrows, under cover of their naval guns, which are inflicting great damage 'on the Turk-' ish defenses including the reported total destruction of the town of Dar danelles. ' , Tarka Claim Victory. A late Turkish official announcement claims, a victory near Gaba Tepeh, In th (lalllpoll peninsula, which is said to have resulted In th retreat ot tha colonial British troops to (he shelter of their war ships. This aocount, however, does not agree with th British official report published Saturday, which deolared that the BritlMh were resuming tlie offenalv after a stubborn resistance on th part ot th Turks. . . Petrograd continues to assert that tha advance of Oerman troops tn th direc tion 1 of Riga Is only a raid, but an un easy feeling is growing In London that these Invaders are In fore sufficiently strong serious y, to threaten the Rgtaisjt communications. Other swetors on the eastern front record- only minor engagements, whllo tne . western battle line evidently , ara taking a breathing spell after th atreny usus activity of th last fortnight . British Official Report. LONDON, May S. -Ths re waa given out' today a British official statement dated' May I and reading as follows: .' 1 At 7 p. m. May I th Germans at tacked Hill No. W, aoutheaat of Yprea' snd yesterday evening they attacked In the neighborhood of 8t Jujien. These at-' tacks were both repuTsed. W lost nor ground and w Inflicted heavy casualties' un th enemy In spite of th fact that ha again used poisonous gases, emitted both. from tubes tn the trenches and from es pecially manufactured shells. ' ' "A German aeroplane yesterday after noon waa chased by on of our machines to within rifle rang of our trenohea and then brought down by our fire." ' ' : Preach Official Report. PARIS, May l.-Th French war offlca this af tern ton gave out an official re port on th progress of hostilities read ing: . . , "The Germans yesterday made two at tack a with asphyxiating gases. One was to th north of Ypiea. near St. Jullen, and the other was to the south of Tpres,r near Hill No. SO . Neither one accom plished anything. "There la nothing to report from the rest of the front." PRISON FOR PEDDLERS OF ANY ADULTERATED LIQUOR CAIRO, May 1 Martial law has made It a dangeroua matter for the peddlers of adulterated liquor to attempt business near tha British encampments In Egypt. By proclamation, lieutenant General Maxwell has empowered speciat'otficeis to enter snd Inspect any ' establishment suspected of selling bad liquor within a radius of five miles of any place wher British troops are atatloned. Any per son found selling adulterated or Inferior, alcoholic drinka la liable to Impr'son menl. fine snd loss of license. , Egypt la in ' normal times filled with imitation liquors, wines and beers of auch a poisonous nature that tlie drinkers go Insane. Both the health and discipline of th troops was affected by this menace, now removed, In (he early days of the war.