South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 90, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1915 — Page 1

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Vigo County Circuit Judge Put Through Severe Grilling on Cross-Examination by Dist. Atty. Dailey. MEMORY SEEMS BAD IN DETAILS OF CLOZSTON Denies Terre Haute Editor Was Not Given Time to Answer Charges of Contempt of Court. INDIANAPOLIS. Marcti .", I . Judge :i:ii II. Kedman, -who, next to Mayor Donn Roberts, is the most prominent nrr.om,' the -S defendants in the Terre Haute election conspiracy trial, underwent a grilling cross-examination by Dist. Atty. Dailey for nearly two -hours today. Kedman was ejected by 10 votes over Charles Fullian, republican eandidate for Vigo county - ireuit judgeship. At times Ibdman iwamo confused, but most of the time he answered in clear strong i ones. Judije Kedman admitted that his trip t the governor's oillee the day after election to got his ommission indicated undue hate. Kedman acknowledged that the governor declared he haul numerous telephone alls claiming that there had been frauds and irotesting against the isMiance of the commission and Jie (Redrnun) did not receive that hi.s ommission until u few days later. Dist. Atty. Dailey aked Kedman ii bout the bending of Charles ClogMou, editor of a Terro ilauto newsj.aper. to Jail for contempt on asserting that the grand jury impanelled in Terre Haute to probe the election pvas it "j;an;' picked" affair. Kedman admitted that (Moisten was summoned 1o appear within 111 minutes time to answer the charge. Memory r-et-ms Iad. Kedman's memory was bad on manv details of the Clogston case. "Anything particularly wronj our memory today V" asked with Atty. J aiby. Clogston w;ls sent to jail within two Jiours after be was brought before JLedman, but the latter denied that logston was not given ample time to answer the charge. "Why. you know that was a gang picked grand jury called for the one jmrpose of culling government witnesses who bad Hocked to Indianapolis to prevent their records being takn." paid Dailey. Kedman denied this. Daib-y told Judge Anderson that Kedman's grand jury, ostensibly called to investigate) tho elections in Terre Haute, contained three inspectors in the "rotten precincts" one jl "bartender and ne the son of a joadhouse keeper. Had Porter a Attorney. Kedman denied that Frank Fippen, nrrested in Indianapolis on a charge f passing bogus cheeks, was attorney for him, but Dailey showed three documents which were signed by Fipyvn as attorney for him. Kedman subsequently admitted he had been at a conference at tho Denison hotel when Fippen w;s present, and later ncknow ledged that Fippen was the survivor of threo special judges appointed by him to decide his contest 'with Candidato Pulllum. whom Kedman defeated by 10 votes. Dailey caused Redman's face to flush -when ho asserted that he had taken every -possible step to retain his "stolen" otllce. Although he had talked with .Mayor Jbderts many times, Itedman denied the latter pave him a list of election Inspectors. Kedman admitted he iknenv "Three .Shell" Rouse, a pin"bier. but understood he worked ng-alnst him. After denying knowledge that tho shea 'brothers, salooniiicn, we:e gamblers. Kedman was forced to contradict himself and ndcuit having borrowed SL'OO from them. Redman thonght it was all right for an aspirant to the circuit bench to borrow money from gamblers. WANT CASES DISMISSED 3'etithmcr Kcfriond iruMcc and in School Irregularity. Mcji BRAZIL. Ind.. tinners were bein. "!y bondsmen of idleccd defaulting township. asking :ca!nst (7cor'e M. March ".!. IVti- - circulated today James A. Muncie, trustee o Jackson that the cass Rav. Clnrer.ee T. -"nepp. Orville Hendricks and e'liarles Hawkins. of Indianapolis under vh:rvres of Irregularities in the sale of school supplies, be dismissed. The petition provides that the defendants shall reimburse the township for amounts alleged to have been proure: iy ii'l costs fraudulent claims and pay f action and examination. J. W. SCHIMDLER RESIGNS fivcM Fp Work us Deputy ln-xMitir in Mlhavaka. Jolin W. Sbiridler, who h.is l.r-en deputy proseeutinir attorney for ?.!iha v jik.t during the fo-:r years that Pros. Mntit',Tniiury ha.s len hi r.rree, has rcsin-d the position on amount of the pressure of his priato business. The? revi L-r.ation takes effect on April 1. For the present tlrrm the "business of Mlwlmwaka will J. In vhvi- 5f Samuel Schwartz, a d'-puty in the outh Rend oflloe.

Latest Bulletins From War Zone

CuNl.v.s I'i.N'ui'liK, Turkey (via ihrliu and Amsterdam). March Turkish villages on the Dardanelles littoral are being bornb.u-tied by the Anglo-French Ileet, it" is oilicially announced. Aviators from the international fleet arc showing unusual activity in making daily reconnuis.";mofs over the Dardanelles. The following statement wan given out today: "The allied ileet has renewed its bombardment of Turkish villaue.s, firing over the outer fort.s defending the Dardanelles. The enemy's airmen are s -outing dally." A M STL K DAM, March o I. -Rritish warships are attacking the (Joraiun naval base ut Zeebrue, according to dispatches received from Dutch correspondents at Sluis today. They report that tho bound of the bombardment can be heard at Sluis and that the Hermans are mdn armed trawlers and merchant ships in an attempt to drive off the warship. Several Zeppelin idrships were sighted this momin;,' at Vrieland Hying- in the direction of Zeebrue. LONDON, March Jl. Tho Rritish steamer .South Pacific, ::.; 1 tons, which left Glasgow for New York yesterday, collided during the night with an unidentified vessel off the co;ust of Ireland and sank. Her crew was rescued. PKTRO(RAD, March CI. Fifteen German aviators who dropped 100 bombs. Hew over Ostrolenka, Poland, on Monday, it is announced in a semi-orticial statement here today. Tho Germans concentrated their lire against a house which they evidently thought was Russian field headquarters, but no damage was done. Near Jed wad bo, the Russians brought down a German aeroplane capturing two airmen. The bombardment of Ossowiec by German artillery has practically ceased, it is announced. YM 171 DEN, Holland. March ."1. Tho skipper of tho Dutch trawler Hibernia reporte-d here today that his ship had been attacked by a German hydro-aeroplane en Monday. A bomb was dropped which exploded near tho Hibernia, notwithstanding the fact that the vessel was Hying the Dutch flag. A little later two airships, probably Zeppelins, passed over the Hibernia. Then camo a squadron of German warships. An ottlcer from a torpedo boat destroyer went on board tho Hibernia, but linding nothing suspicious, allowed her to continue on her way. VIL'XNA (via Kerliri and Amsterdam), March 21. Russian troops who penetrated Dukla pass and Invaded Hungary aro reported in dispatches received from Austrian headquarters today to ha'-e been cut off by a sudden offensive movement on the part of tho Austrian troops who succeeded in recapturing their lost positions at tho south end of the -pass. The advance Russian troops, who entered the Ondava and Labor valleys, are now attacked by other Austriai forces. Tho battle is being fought under severe weather conditions, heavy rain having fallen for three da vs. BELIEVE WHP SENT French Ministry of Marine Reports Combat Off Dieppe on Tuesday. PARIS, March .Tl. A German submarine was attacked by a French warship off Dieppe Tuesday afternoon and is believed to have been destroyed. The French vessel pursued the submarine, shelled its periscope when it submerged itseli and passed directly above the spot where the submarine had gone down. Tho belief that the submarine was destroyed is due to the fact that upon the surface of the water where it disappeared a large sheet of oil appeared. The following oilicial statement was issued at the ministry of murine today: "In the afternoon of March 30 a warship of the llotllla of the second llirht French squadron perceived a German submarine navigating on tho surface off Dieppe. The warship pursued the submarine and forced it to submerge. Then it bombarded the periscope and maneuvered to approach the enemy's boat. "The warship passed above the submarine at tho moment its periscope o appeared and reported that immediately, following a large sheet of oil appeared at that fpot."

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GERM A NS REP ULSE FOE IN BOTH EAST AND WEST

RERL1N (RV wireless), March 21. Repulse ef Germany's iocs In both the eastern and -west ;rn theaters of war is announced in today's oHlcial . r-oort from the German general staff. It states that the French troops have . suffered heavv losses in tne oevro region near Regnievllle, 11 miles cast Mlhici. while in the righting! of t. in the eastern theater, 720 more Russians have been captured. The general Htaffs report follows: "Western theater West of Pont-Au-Mousson French attacks near and east of Regnievllle and in Priest Wald were repulsed yesterday. The eiiernv's losses were heavy. The onegement ? till continues in only one place In the western part of v, aid. Priest-; "The enemy's threw bomb on aviators yesterday J the T. -siirtan tow n s

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fx Likei. to Involve America in Complications With German Government. WASHINGTON, March ;:i. Much concern was shown in administration circles toaay over reports from London that Leon Chester Thrasher, an American mining- engineer, was among those who went down when the steamer Falaba was sunk, by a German submarine. Oilicial word from Ambassador Page was awaited anxiously, for it was bclie Dd that if the report be true, complications with Germany may develop. Diplomats generally were of the opinion that the case would come directly within the warning sent to Germany by the American government when the kaiser announced his war zone decree. This note, which was made public Feb. 11, informed Germany that the United States would hold the government to strict account should any American lives bo lost through the acts of her naval commanders. The notice was Interpreted by international experts to apply to Americans on British or French ships as well as those sailing under the American Hag, and it is 'believed here that the administration will bo compelled to raise the issue with Germany upon receipt of otticial confirmation of the death of Thrashre. Thrasher carried an American passport issued to him on June 1, 1911, in which his home address was given as Hardwick, Mass. TY COBB, SUFFRAGIST Jackson, Miss., Association .Makes Him McihIht Given I "lowers. JACKSON, Miss., March Ty Cobb, star of the American league, today became a suffragist. He was taken into the Mississippi Woman's Suffrage association and received a handsome bouquet of American Beauty roses from Mrs. Annie Kincade Dent, suffrage leader of this state. NEGROES REFUSED Steamship Companies Decline Offers of Southern Fight Fan. VEYV ORLLANS. La., March 31. Several efforts of scores of negro Hght fans to charter a steamer to take them over to Havana for tho Johnson-Wil-lard Hght Monday, have failed. Representatives of all the steamship lines whose boats touch hore have declined to consider any proposition to carry tho negroes. RUSHVILLE GOES "DRY 99 Prohibition Forces Are Jubilant jn Overwhelming Victory. RUTl VILLL. not., March SI. The anti-saloon ponle were jubilant today becauso Rushville voted "dry" by a surprising majority at the local option contest Tuesday. The "wets" carried but one ward and that by a small margin. Many reputed "wets" did not vote, but the total poll was tho largest on record. The score stood S66 to 68 S. GREYHOUND SUBMARINE GERMANY'S INVENTION HOLLY 1 1 HAD, Wales. March SI. That Germany has developed a "greyhound" typo of submarine, which can skim through the water as rapidly as a speedy merchant ship, was the declaration made hero today by members of the crew of the Flamlnian which was torpedoed by a German undersea boat off Seilly islands Monday. The chief engineer of the Flaminian said that he crowded on all steam, but even the boat could not outdistance the swift German craft. The Flaminian was not sunk until after all the crewhad taken to the boat" Afterwards they were picked up by tho Danish steamer Finlandia and 'brought here. WILL HOLD SERVICES Social Meetings Arranged for Paul's Lutheran Church. St. Services will be held on Thursday night and Friday morning at the St. Paul's German Lutheran charch in charge of the pastor. Rev. Hencch Holle. The pastor will preach on Thursday night and Ernest "Witte, a studdent at Concordia seminary of St. L"uis. will preach on Friday mor . The preparatory service will n at 7 nigh, and the follow at S:l.". the preparatory 4." o'clock Thursday regular . service will on Fridny morning service will begin at 10 o'clock and the regular service at 10:30of Rrugcs. Ghistelles and Court rai without d'dng any material damage. At Courtrai bombs fell near the hosi nital. One Belgian was killed and one wounded. "Eastern theater The Russian! frontier district north of the Memel river has been cleared or our enemies. The Russians who were beaten near Taurogiren retreated in the direction of b'kadwilje. "Kusian forces which during tho last few days which had advanced north of Augistowo forest against the German position there repulsed by the German? h made a short advance t Into the forest and lake district near SeJnv. The number of Russians taken jin the entrat:ement n ar Krar-smopol and northe;ist of there were increased I by r.00, 'Near Klimikia on the ?.kawa river more Russians wero caDtured."

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GERMANS APPROACHING FORTS ABOUT VERDUN PARIS. March After wW.n months of continuous effort the Ger-

; mans hae finally i;ot near cnouuh to (Verdun to bombard the forts defending the city. Fort Rouamont. live miles northeast of the city proper, has been violently shelled by heavy guns, a dozen projectiles striking the work". This was oilicially admitted tod;:; by the war office. I'ort Douamont is one of a group of six forts and redoubts north of the Conllans road, defending Verdun on the northeast. PAYMASTER OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT DISMISSED LONDON. March The oilicial Gazette announces that the Hon. Lieut. John Rottomley, paymaster of the lirst Canadian contingent has been dismissed from the army by sentence of a court martial. Final Arrangements Are Completed For Reception of 2,000 Pedagogues. The vanguard of the army ers that is to take the city Rend as its own for three arrive tomorrow morning, they will begin arriving In of a hundred or more and of teach -of South days will Hv noon night tho llrst 1,000 i expected to be registered. Iuring the night and early Friday morning another 1.000 is due to arrive and then the annual convention of the Northern Indiana Teachers' association will be on in full blast. Final arrangements for the reception of the visiting schoolmasters and ma'ms will bo made this afternoon at a meeting of the reception committee at the Chamber of Commerce. Committee members will be provided with badges to distribute among the teachers as the,y register. After each teacher ha.s registered he or she will be given a badge, loaded into an automobile and given a free ride around the city tomorrow afternoon. No program is to be given tomorrow night. Down town streets were decorated today with welcome signs, each light posting bearing a shield with the inscription, "South Rend greets N. I. T. A." Pres't Denny of Anderson and one or two other officers of the organization are expected to bo among the first arrivals tonight. All officers are expected to be present tomorrow morning. The first delegation to arrive will be that from Fort "Wayne. Three hundred strong they will como in a body on the first train into the city early in the day. The largest delegations are expected from the west in tho vicinity of Gary, Michigan City and south to Crown Point. Lake county rural schools are all closing to give all teachers a chance to come. It was announced today that any one desiring to hear any or all of the speakers to appear before the teachers convention may do bo by registering as a regular member of (he Northern Indiana Teachers' association. The fee is 50 cents. GEO. GOETZ APPOINTED Will Be One or Oil Inspector JJehyiiht Ma mi DcputitN in State. INDIANAPOLIS. March 31. Among the L'7 new deputy inspectors appointed by .tate Supervisor of Oil John O. Behymer in the reorganization of his staff are James Cronin. Hartford City; John Keilly, Logansport; William A. Hatileld, Richmond; George I Saunders, Logansport; David M. Murphy, Marion; Fred 1. Feick, Garrett; "William Hangley. Cambridge City: Verl Myers, New Castle; Adams H. Felker. Lebanon; J. H. Jenkins, Peru; George Goetz, South Bend, and Glenn P. Itathson. Indianapolis. The latter is a nephew of the governor. There was about 1.000 applicants for tho "plums". The fees of the deputies aggregate $73,000 annually. George Goetz, when seen by a reporter Wednesday afternoon, stated that he had heard that he had been appointed deputy oil inspector by Inspector Ib'hymer. but that he had as yet received no official notification to that effect. FOUR PLUMBERS APPEAL I:x1oiim of Four Ix'ss Than That of Mi, Say Federal Judge. DKS MOINES, la.. March 1. Upon the suggestion of Judge Pollock in federal court, only four of the :?G plumbers convicted of violating tho Sherman anti-trust law, were sentenced in federal court today. They will appeal. The court stated that the expense would be much less than for the entire of! to appeal. The defense accordingly selected two men for sentence who the government claims are least guilty. Tho defense picked tho two men whom it considered its case strongest. J. P. Cunningham of Kansas City and Georire H. Wentz of Lincoln, selected bv the defense, were fined $500 each. Ilobert Knauer of Pes Moines and H. P. McCarten of Dubuejue. selected by the government, were fined $1,000 each. MISS FILE OF THE NEWS The bound file of The South Bend News, March to October, 19 I 1, is missing. It is supposed to have been loaned to some person for reference. Will the borrower kindly return the tile to this oft ice.

TEACHERS' VANGUARD j TO ARRIVE TOMORROW! I

WINEBUHe GUILTY AS WHITE SALVER. VERDICT BF JURY

Clemency is Recommended However, For Ligonier Physician Accused by Seventeen-Year-Old Kalamazoo Girl. CHICAGO, March "L A jury in Federal Judce Carpenter's court early today returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Louis 1'. WineLniry of Ligonier, Intl.. charged with transporting 17-year-old Grace liello Locher from Kalamazoo, Mich., to Chicago for immoral purposes. The jury in Its verdict recommended that the court extend clemency. This was the Jir.st white slave e;ie tried in Chicago in which commercialized vice did not figure. The linding of the jury upheld the charge that Dr. Wineburg used his confidential relations with the Locher family to wreck the young girl's life. Mr.s. Wineburg was with her husband In court when the erdlet was read. Mits Locher utid her mother and sister, Ivturetta, will leave some time this afternoon for Ligonier. Dr. Wineburg will remain here to light against the verdict. His motion for a new trial will probably be madelate today before Judge Carpenter. Ijoclicrs Kojolc Tlie Locher family rejoiced today at the outcome of the trial. "You don't know what it really means to us." said Grace P.elle. "It means everything. You don't know what it was to go down the street and have people neer at you. They accused us of blackmail and everything you can imagine. They nearly drove us wild. It spoiled our home and everything. Now we've been vindicated. The jury has decided that the doctor was really to blame. Now when we go back home it will be different. They wont sneer at us anv more. IJicv will know that I told the truth. 'I want to see him get the limit. I have in) pity for h.m. I feel sorry for Mrs. Wineburg. that's all. Hut sho never was sorry for me either. I laid bare the shameful chapters of my life and my very soul in order to protect other young girls from such men as Yineiburg. I am happy now, but I will be much happier when 1 learn that he has been sent to tho penitentiary. 1 hope he gets 2 5 years."" "Are you going in for vaudeville," asked a reporter. The girl turned her eyes upon him. Says Verdict AVit Compromise. "No, I am not," she said with special emphasis. "I'm going home and hang on to my mother's apron strings for some years to come." John Burns, one cd the jury which convicted Wineburg, declared that ballots were taken before! the final decision was arrived at. He admitted that tho verdict brought in was a compromise. Dr. "Wineburg is hopeful that a new trial will be granted him. Mrs. Wineburg "broke down completely when she heard the verdict but kept protesting her belief in the innocence of her husband. ft J 50,000 BID ISSUE Council Authorized Bonds for Redemption of Two Former Water Works Issuances. Miller A: Co., Inc., of Indianapolis, were the purchasers of the entire $50,000 water works bond issuance authorized recently by the common council of South Lend, according to a statement Issued hy City Controller Manning "Wednesday. Tiie deal was swung by telephone and telegraph. The Miller company are bond dealers and stock brokers. The issuance was authorize by the council to redeem two other municipal bond Issuances of SoKoOOO which will fall due May l and July 1. The extra $8,000 will be made up from the general wate rworks f jnd, thus reducing by July 1 th city's bonded debt some $&0o. The bonds wero sold at par value and with accrued interest. They were 51,000 municipal bonds. HOLD jii:vivals Revival meetings are beintr heh at the Evangelical church this wcek. The Rev. D. McConnell of Terre Haute will be the speaker for this evening and the Rev. C. K. Taylor will have charge of the meeting.

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WILL SPEND $20,000 TO LIFT S UN KEN S UBMARINE

WAKl nXGTO.V. Marc h T. 1 . Sec'y of the Navy Daniels today authorized Admiral Moore at I'onolulu to ex-j pend $20.0110 to raise the hull of the. submarine F-4 which L too heavy to present equipment. The F-4 lies in 15 fathoms f water and Admiral Moore cabled that for a nominal charge of JIO.OmO h tonhl int an apparatus which would lilt the vessel! . . -. . i if. , : . ..... . . i additional P'.00o f..r labor and material. "As stated in this telegram," said Sec'y Daniels, "ami frun previous inlormation already furnished the press -villi rt tranl to the location of th F-l, she is about i.S0' yatds south-southwest of the lighthouse at the entrance I we 'of Honolulu harbor. The plotted location of the submarine on the chart agrees very well with other statements in regard to the depth of water, it is seen from

Air and Sea Fight Near German Base AMSTERDAM, March "1. A thrilling air and sea fight tool; place at the German naval base of Zeebrugge, Belgium, on Monday, in which two German airmen were killed. At the same time Jiriti-h warships fired upon German submarines which were trying to make their way from the naval base to open sea. Armed German trawlers -which were planting mines, were chased into Zevbruge harbor by English lm n of war. News of the operations was received today from Sluis. A hostile aeroplane attempted to bombard a captive German balloon, but was driven off by four German Taubes. Then more hostile aeroplanes appeared and a fierce fight ensued in the skies, hundreds of shots being fired. Ono German aeroplane fell among the dunes and two aviators were killed. The Germans were finally driven oil" and the allied airmen continued scouting along the coat, although shelled continually by bv hidden German batteries.

CHARGE ALLEGED SPY TRIED ID WRECK LINER Raymond Swoboda Arrested in Paris Accused of Setting Fire to La Touraine. I'ARIS, March 21. Accused tf attempting to blow up the French liner. Ia Touraine, Raymond Swoboda. an alleged German sp.v, has been arrested in Paris and is now held in close confinement at Ilarve. Although Unarrest was made on Sunday it was n; until today that news of it became public. French oliicials declare that Swobotla's arrest will clear up the mystery of the fire on La Touraine on her recent voyage from New York to Havre. According to officials tho lire which broke out upon Ia Touraine while she was on her way to this country with a big consignment of war munitions on board originated from an explosion in the baggage of a first lass passenger. Statements attributed to Swoboda on shipboard led to his being shadowed. The La Touraine carried a number of American nurses and doctors who were on their way to Join tho French red cross and Swoboda is alleged tt have said concerning them: "Germany will carry out her blockade plans even outside of the UrithVi war zone. Doctors and nurses upon this ship may have work to do before reaching the war zone." At the Hotel Majestic Swoboda registered from NewYork and said he wa. a financier. In this respect he was correct for he Is known in Parisian financial circles. After living at the Hotel Majestic for a while Swoboda moved to the Hotel Rcglna, where he v-as arretted. The French secret service assert that they seized correspondence in Germany and they accuse Swoboda of having accepted a commission to destroy the La Touraine. The secret service ngents have not yet concluded their investigation. They are now seekmg to find whether or not Swoboda smuggled an explosive on board the ship in his lugunge. had i;Tit n.(a;(;i: rnmirT. NKW YORK, March 31. Raymond Swoboda camo to the 1 rench line with n letter purporting to be from the Canard line and got a concession to carry extra baggage, according to Treyeoux. general agent of the French line. Treyeoux said that he had heard that Swoboda and a broker In Paris named Morrison bad been arrested, charged with .setting the lire on Ii Touraine. Swoboda had an American passport in his possession when he engaged passage on the La Touraine. It was vised by the French consul on Feb. l'b In hi.s passport Swoboda gave his address as the Manhattan hotel. Xew York. (Jen. Winter of the Cunard line s;ud today he had knowledge of a letter written by him. recommending Swoboda to the French lino. GERMAN SHIP GETS COAL Naval Oflirvr Say Ibat Tal' Tuh-c Oitlinarv Amount. XLU'lHkT NFWS. March An order was placed today for 1,600 tons of coal for the Herman auxiliary cruiser Prinz Kitel Friederich. The loading of the fuel on barges for transportation to the Prinz Kitel began at once. Naval Mtlcers asserted thatthis was double the amount that may be required to take the cruiser across the Atlantic. the chajrt that the depth rapidly falls off from the shore Into L'uO fathoms or more and at the bxation of the submarine fathoms are marked, falling off quickly to no bottom at S6 fathoms. In the space of a few hundred yards In shore the depth rapidly decreased to Z fathoms, 13 fathoms and seven and three-fourths fathoms on the line of bearing stat d. "If then, it were jiossible to moo the suJinuririf over the ocean bottom t icn a few hundred jards the work of diving would be very much facilitated and fhe would then be In a depth where divers could easily rr.a I. her and then surely shackle on line-? to the lifting pads, or otherwise .vlin her for raising. Tho water lagged weight of the vessel is estimated at 2Zh to 200 tons. The department will further communicate with the commandant at Honolulu and offer him any further appliances that he may report to bo needed."

SUBMARINES SINK II IRE SHIPS, DAMAGE THIRD

Liners Flaminian and Crown of Castile Are Sent to Bottom Off Scilly Islands But Crews of Both Are Saved. "CITY OF GLASGOW" IS CRIPPLED BY SHEELS Limps Into Port Following Encounter With a German Submarine in Which Darkness Aided in Escape. LONDON. Yuivn M. hj cyct activity which h;is murked thj peralb:i d" German -ubmarines in British vater recently cntiiuieJ. Three more merchant hips have been attacked in the "war .nne" by the kaiser's undersea NuK two of them Miikim; oft Scilly islands, the 'harp huniini: .cronndb" .i :lie "submarines. The hip named in today's reports d the German activities were : Ciown of C.iMilc "i ( ila--vow, sunk oil Scilly ilamK Flaminian oi Glaow. sunk oil" Scilly LlamL. Cilv of Cambridge trom Glasgow, hadh damaged when attacked b a submarine and forced h put in at Livcrpoi d. CAkDIbb. ;!, March 1. The crew d the Glauow steamer Crown o Castile, which was lo? pedoed bv a German submarine oil' the Scilly island earh od.r.' were landed a: Han -. ihi afternoon. All '-'.'ere sixed. UNnN. Mai.li Ai.oiher liritish steamer the Kllnin iti l.n r. Flaminian, has l.i-en i-n j. by (Jerman subniaiiie and Mini, oil th. Hcilly islands. The :;.:,;, tons, bound from tllasyow to ipt Tewn, South Africa. um t th- bottom on Monday, but the ;;ti i;-vs of the t.v; came today when hei if of men ! was landed at Hoh I h id. The dispatch annoum in- tin.- aletv of the sailors ami th loss (; thf vessel gave no i i.l u ma 1 1 : a- in the cause of the Mnkim;. ie;t shipping agents said they iel;-..i she had been destroyed iy a so tmia! l ne. The vessel v.is earring a uem rai earg'.i consigned to s'o:ith Atiiean ports when she ..-! Tiie sailors of i'o xt.-s.-l slab d after their airival at Hd lb-ad tb.it tbt-ii tdiip was torpedoed by a Cb iiuau r- ;binarine. The Flaminian. the -. ml Uritish liner Mink by the l.aiM i s un-der-water trait wdhin three days, was a new boat. ha in; b eii built at Hull in 1114. Sli w.i a st. el steamer engaged in freight tiai!. Sonp timeshe carried pa s; u - r.- is t.. lb-d to have had none on board whn nc left Glasgow on her last trip. It is believed that the elusive ("-:'. which sank the Falabj. also - ink the Fla minian. The Flaminian had succ .-sfuliy filtered the Irish sea and passed through St. (Jeorge's bantu-1 before sin v. a -attacked. Th submaiine t -t i i the liner r.o miles o;t" t ! s. iiu lands on Monday afternoon. The lin r settled s i t:b k!v ;tft.r the torpedo struck ht r ta.-.t the sailors had b art time to take to th boats. Thev abandoned all th ir b. -longlnirs. The -ailors weie picked ;: by the Dar.ish steamer Fiuland:.. which landed them at lhd Head. Thsubmarine made no attempt to molest the Finlandia. "CITY OF CA.MmtllM.r IN A .VAHltOW lCA!i:. LIVFIU'OOL. March Fkidb damaged but able to r.av t-rate. th.. FriUsh steamer "it of '.i m r M rept into port today wih her i... tier ed sides and s'ip r-tr k: t n e jit; mute evidence of the c;tc ti em ss . r Ian attack made by a (brman mj mai i j i ; ?uit aaj v t t iio!, The Citv of Cambridge, .t of 2.S4I tens, hailing inna ;iasgo.'-. attempted to run from the submarine when it w;us sighted, bit was ..-..r-taken about 40 mib s from this j.o:t. "That we were rot s ink was almost a miracle," said Capt. Fry whtn hlanded. "The submarine tried to r-:nk us ftjr an hour, but we finally s'-a;.i when darkness fell. "We lh-.-;t sighted the s!;.f;,..i when ."00 f.t front stalboard. We Uiac'e off at full Speed. bu.t the v.mai n tiretl a sh-ll tb.at struck Us ori the itarboard side. Jt ma-'ud thr plates ailtl peT.etratcd the hull, ui.-tk-lug threo cabirs. "landing tb.at we r.-bl n.t ouif.e.r the submarine, the ship eruis. j abie.it in a circle: keeping in the wa.di of tli. su 'miirine, wbi h kept u; a inntiuiijl T.re. "Several shells str'd' k us b::t fail. to sink us and after an hour w - -.a'.din the tlarkr...--." Capt. . ' ; b- i i . i t ha i:' h had can led a small i; an it w h.tv been al b to -, :.k : hv bmantte. One of the City . d" C.tiobliie boats was i:i:ru w bo :i she ai; i e.: here, st'veral : Iate -re missum i her side, several of h. r -ibti: w t slrevvn with recka-e ,,j tl... a,'r tkek v. t...