The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 43, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 February 1915 — Page 1

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U.S. POSSE TRAP HOSTILE INDIANS i Tse-Ne-Gat’s Band Surrounded After Fierce Fight. KO ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES flutes Must Surrender or Be Exterminated Is R e port From Bluff, Utah —Bad Indian, Cause of Trouble, Is With Murdering Sheep Herder. DENVER, COLO. — Reports from Grayson, Utah, by telephone to Dolores, Colo., say that the band of Piute Indians under Tse-Ne-Gat, which fought a desperate battle with a posse ccn manded by United States Marshal Aouita Nobeker, has been surrounded in Cottonwood Gulch, near ’Bluff. Leaders of the reinforced posse expected to renew the attack, unless the Indians surrendered. It was believed that both the original party of redskins with Tse-Ne-Gat and the detachment known as Pcsey’s band, which came to the relief of Tse-Ne-Gat after the battle began, had been cornered in Cottonwood Gulch. Armed Ranchmen Rush to Aid. So far as could be learned at Grayson, there were no more casualties after the fighting Tn which J. C. Akin of Dolores, a member of the posse, and “Jack’s Brother” and an uniden titled girl. Indians, were killed and several wounded. Word has been sent throughout the frontier settlements near the Colora-do-Utah line, and from all sides has come word that ranchmen are arming and hurrying toward the scene of battle. The fight’ started early Sunday morning, when the whites, after several days’ journey by wagon from Cortez, Col., arrived at the camp of Tse-Ne-Gat, a Piute leader, whose aricst on a charge of murder was sought. Tse-Ne-Gat’s Alleged Crime. Tse-Ne-Gat, who also is known as ... Everett- Hpitch, is charged with the mtirtler hist, March of Juan Chacon, a - kb . AtmiLiuuiraa. counts. - Corrado. After his>, the Indian , escaped to Utah, where his father, “Old Polk,” is said to have advised resistance. The band of which Tse-Ne-Gat is the leader is known as an uncontrollable nomadic tribe which has on many occasions given settlers of southeastern Utah trouble. According to the version of three Indians of the Navajo Springs agency. Tse-Ne-Gat met Chacon on a highway. They rode together for half a mile, when Chacon is believed to have con tided in the Indian that he had just received him pay. At a fork in the road Tse-Ne-Gat waved Chacon goodby. Later a shot from ambush felled . Chacon from his horse. JOHNSON-WILLARD GO OFF? Big Juarez Fight Postponed —Johnson Is at Havana. HAVANA, CUBA — Jach Johnson, the pugilist, who arrived at Ha--4 vana from Cienfuegos with his white “ wife, was put out of the Hotel Plaza soon after he had finished his breakfast. He is now stopping with a Cuban family, and while three fight promoters are bidding for his services the authorities are very willing to listen to any request the United States may make for his extradition. Johnson’s proposed fight with Willard at Juarez on March 6 has been indefinitely postponed.. The bidding for Johnson’s professional services began soon after he was installed in his new quarters. Three promoters, all of them ready and willing to meet his terms, said they wanted him to fight Sam McVey. McVey’s manager, Lawrence, declares he has already tied Johnson up with a contract to fight his man in Havana in April or late in March. Johnson boastlngly says that neither McVey nor any others can make him raise a good sweat. montanTto vote on drink Senate Passes House’ Bill for 1916 Referendum HELENA, MONT. — The state sei ate passed the house state wide prohibition bill, offered as a substitute to the senate bill, providing for a constitutional amendment. The substitute bill provides that the question be left to a referendum vote of the people in 1916 to ratify or reject the legislative enactment. Germany 1 Not Blockaded. LONDON — Complaints at the government’s 4elay in enforcing the blockade or whatever reprisals have been decided upon against Germany arc voiced again \jn the morning papers. The Mail sSys the British nation is laboring under the delusion that Germany is bein\ subjected to a strict blockade, while tXe very reverse is the fact. 'Food and. M. materials, the paper says, still are tqing imported into Germany. ___

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» . ,i AIDING A COMRADE French Officer Assisting His Wounded Belgian Friend. Photo by American Press Association. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR. Thursday, Feb. 18.—Germany has refused to change her position in consequence of the American note concerning the war zone decree, although expressing the most friendly feelings toward this country. The German reply, a summary of which was cabled from Berlin, asserts that Germany cannot abandon her position, in view of the attempts of England to cut off the food supply of noncombatants and recommends that the United States send warships to protect American vessels passing through the danger zone. The German decree went into effect at midnight. Emperor William has telegraphed to the president of .the province of East Prussia that the Rushes have been completely defeated av.j dri ro from the province. A" off t ial '•ffmftß-aWoS yay*v'itef ttte _lU*ssi&u& havt been defeated in kowiua, where The l \ str SGermari forces have been advancing broCcYiHy? Th'; Austrians have reoccured Kolo mea after a hard battle. A report from thf* Russian war office speaks of ferocious fighting in northern Poland and says that the Russians have won the advantage in several engagements in Galicia. Friday-, Feb. 19.—The Norwegian tank steamer Belridge which was either torpedoed or struck a mine and was beached near Dover in a sinking condition and the Frepch steamer Dir.orah which was torpedoed by a submarine off Dieppe but was towed safely to port by tugs, are the only victims thus far of the German “blockade” since its formal Inauguration. Failure of the German note to reach this government officially prevents officiate here f rom taking any action regarding the situation created by Ger many’s “war zone” operations. Comments based on unpublished reports of the note indicate though that this government intends to stand by its original declarations, especially its determination to hold Germany accountable for the loss of American property or life on the high seas. Saturday, Feb. 20.—The British foreign office has issued its reply to the American note concerning the use of the United States flag by British mercantile ships. The document shows that the government would not bind itself to guarantee that neutral flags will be employed in the future. It declares also that if the obligation of visit and search is not adhered to and neutral ships are sunk without regard to the dictates of international law and humanity, the onus for such action will rest upon the government ordering that such obligation should be disregarded. A dispatch from Cracow says the Russians have begun to bombard Przemysl with new heavy artillery and that they have driven the Austrians back aiong the Krosto-Gorlice line. Severe fighting continues in the vicinity of Annentieres and between Ypres and the sea, where the Germans are vainly continuing their efforts to ; cut the allied lines of communication. | Sunday, Feb. 21.—The U. S. steamer I Evelyn with a cargo of cotton for I Bremen struck a mine off Borkum 1sI land and sank. Twenty of her crew ' were rescued. Washington has in- ' structed the American embassies at London and Berlin to report all facts obtainable. The small Irish steamer Downshire was sunk by a German submarine off the Calf of Man in the Irish ' sea after the crew was permitted to leave the vessel. The Paris war office reports some Benches of the enemy taken in the sector of Ypres and that their gains in Champaign were maintained. Berlin reports further progress in the Vosges and the capture of two towns in the region southeast of Sulzern. The report says there is nothing new from Poland south of the Vi»- , tuU. „

GERMANS IN NEW MOVEONWARSAW ! ‘ " Kaiser Concentrating' Troops For Blow at Pole Capital. HEW BATTLES IN PROGRESS Russ Hurl Back Dual Foe at Several Points In Eastern Battle Front— Turks Abandon Drive at Egypt— Russians Mass For Raid on Constantinople. PETROGRAD — The Germane are making terrific efforts to press on to the great fortress Vovo Georgiewsk guarding Warsawff from the north, it was officially admitted here. Strong bodies ot the kaiser’s troops are passing in a southwesterly direction along the Bohr and Narew rivers toward Przasnyz, where a great German force is concentrating. These comprise several divisions that participated in Von Hindenburg’s campaign against the Russians in East Prussia. New Battles In Progress. New battles have begun southwest of Przasnyz, where the Germans from the Mazurian lakes region have affected a junction with the army moving upon Novo Georgiewsk from the northwest, in the Plonsk region. In official circles the new German drive upon Warsaw is not viewed with alarm, but the grand duke’s forces in this region are being strongly re-en-forced. The fighting around the fortress ot Ossow’iec and west of Grodno continues, with the Ossowiec fortress by swinging around the forts to the north. So close has the enemy approached to Ossowiec that the guns of the outer defenses have been brought |nto play. The fighting her j i and near Grodno, however, is regarded as Incidental to the main Germai movement upon Novo Georgiewsk. The government and the Petrograd papers made no attempt to conceal frem the public the fact that the grand duke’s army ha'd met with series reverses in East Prussia. It is pointed out, however, that in the Carpathians the RusWins continue a successful de- . "F s.nV'' Hundred Austrians TakelL Repulses of the Austrians and Germans at several points on the western battle front iftre claimed by the Russians in an Official communication. It is stated tlrat in eastern Galicia, southeast of Stanlslau, two brigades of Austrians were driven off with a loss of 1,500 prisoners, including twenty officers and several machine guns. Norwegian Steamer Sunk. LONDON — The Norwegian coal steamer Regin, carrying coal to Bordeaux, was sunk off Dover by a . submarine or a mine. The crew was saved. Turks Retire From Suez. LONDON — The Daily Mail correspondent at Cairo telegraphs: “The Turks now have made practically a general retreat to Damascus. Only unimportant forces remained In Beersheba on Friday. Fears for their lines of communications caused the Ottomans to fall back headlong.” « A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Athens says that the Turks, expecting the entranceof the allied fleet into the Sea of Marmora, have sent troops and heavy artillery to all the islands in that sea. Russ to Attack Constantinople? COPENHAGEN — The Deutsche Tages Zeitung publishes an official dispatch from Sofla, which says the Russians are concentrating large forces at Odessa in readiness to ship them to Midia, on the Black sea, sixty miles northw-est of Constantinople, for an attack on Constantinople. ALLIES RAIDED BY ZEPPELINS Four Persons Killed by Bomb Droppers at Calais. PARIS — A Zeppelin aT ship crossed the allied lines near Sieuport , and dropped bombs upon Cakis, killing four persons. The Zepielin evidently started from Zeebrufge, Belgium, held by the Germart. After shelling Calais it turned ab<st toward Dunkirk, supposedly with the intention of dropping bombs uprt the English army headquarters. 2n route to , Dunkirk several more tembs were thrown from the air shU damaging several houses along tie Calais to Dunkirk railroad. Fusillades from alites’ riflemen , caused the crew of tb» Zeppelin to change their course. Tje big air ship turned her nose seawa l and was lost . to view off Dunkirk. / . I Brig. Gen. Gotfh Dead. , | LONDON — Biiadier General > John E. Gough, who £ok a prominent part in the retreatjfrom Mons and . | who since then has fveral times beer. > mentioned in officii dispatches, has 5 died of wounds reeived last Saturday. , Thirteen of Evel/>’s Crew Missing. THE HAGUE F- ThirteMi missing men from tl/ American steamer Evelyn’s crew hJe not been reportea | from any point / Holland. .... I

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lIHDIANiSTATENEWSi ♦ ♦♦♦»♦ Life Term for Wife Slayer. WASHINGTON, IND. — Clifton H. Baum, who shot his wife to death at the home of her father here Jan. 11, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in t|ie circuit court. The jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment in the state prison. When Amos Hoss, foreman of'the jury, notified the court that a verdict had been reached, Baum was ordered brought into the court room and he appeared smoking a cigarette. When ’ the reading of the verdict had been completed a smile flitted across his face and remained there until he was placed in his cell to await the sentence of the court. feaum had been expecting sentence to the electric chair, it is believed, but a few mo--1 ments before the jury returned, after two hours' deliberation, he said that he would be satisfied with any verdiet. Town Wa«ts Cheaper Gas. SEYMOUR, IND. — The local city , council has taken steps tq require the Interstate Public Service, company to reduce the price charged for gas in this city. The council has decided to appeal to the public service commission to "make an investigation of rates i and service. The gas rate here is $1.50 a thousand cubic feet for illuminating purposes and $1.25 for heating or cooking purposes. It Is the opinion of the council and the city attorney that the franchise under which the company is operating permits a readjustment of rates at this time. Says Victim Annoyed Him. ' EVANSVILLE, IND — Mr. James Handley, thirty-two years old. was shot and probably fatally wounded by Harrison Strodes, seventy-two years ! old, a gardener. The shooting fol- j lowed a quarrel when the aged gard- I enor accused Handley of throwing garbage into his yard. > Handley bruised Strodes with a brick, it is sad, ana the aged man [ I ran into his home,, got his shot map ' j and fired a chargs )ee jito Handle’s . ' neck. . ; . 3 j, ‘ .j. j ‘ f -‘eonldas S‘out Dead. IUD. — MaJcr i Leonidas Stout, eighty-eight . Id, k’/ot.-nn of th ■ - ■var JhYsXty-e and Eighty. tir6t volunt ;e< in and left service a is thfe Eight Later promoted to the ra-ife of nrt.iT and was mustered out color,el. Domestic Confesses Double Crime. ELKHART, IND. — Cleo Oakland. twenty years old, a domestic, has been arrested and is said to have confessed setting fire to the house of Joseph Palmater, by whom she was employed, to conceal the theft of two diamond and ruby rings valued at S3OO. She declares Arthur Radtke, a 1 sweetheart, compelled her to give the rings to him and fire the house. The property has been recovered. German Epworth League to Meet. SOUTH BEND, IND. — The annual convention of the German Epworth league of the Chicago district will be held in South Bend next Monday. Two hundred delegates will be ‘ here. The speakers will be Carl Ott. the Rev. B. B. Schlung, the Rev. R. B. Schlung, Mrs. A Mohns, Prof. G. L. Scherger and the Rev. E. F. Guenonther. Accused Man Attempts Suicide. MARION, IND. — Robert Hensley. twenty-three years old, in jail here awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of forgery, swallowed poison in an attempt at suicide and may die. He confessed taking the poison after having hig mother and child called to the jail. Don’t Want Her So Bad Now. COLUMBUS, IND. — Mr. William R’cketts, twenty-three years old, was arrested at Hartsville and was taken to Rushville to be tried on a charge of wife desertion. His wife, with whom he eloped three years ago. is the daughter of wealthy parents in Rush county. Sisters Killed on Way to Church. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Miss Margaret Bacon and her sister, Jaceva of Maysville, Ky., were killed; here when they stepped in front of ar interurban car. They were on their way to attend church services. Warning to Boys. ROCHESTER, IND. — Herbert Myers. four years old, is the second boy ' here within a week to fall from a hay-' mow and suffer serious Injury, his leg j being broken and hip dislocated. Donald Beattie, four, is lying at the point of death from Injuries sustained in a ‘ similar fall. Holland Goes Free. ! PERU, IND. — William flHolland i who was charged with the murder of Guy Shooney of Wabash last August, ' was acquitted in the Miami Circuit court. Shooney died of a fracture of the skull, his head striking the pavement when Holland knocked him. j down.

STATE WILL NOW FEED HIM Lezy Father First to Get Prison Term in Madison County. ANDERSON, IND. William E Mabbitt of Alexandria was convicted in the circuit court here of having neglected his family and was sentenced to one to seven years in the state prison. This was the first conviction in Madison county under the law passed in 1913, making it a crime for a father not to make suitable provision for the support of his children, even though he did not desert them. It is said by Alexandria persons that Mabbitt's case Is on aggravated one, that he refused to work and that his family twice during the winter has been ejected from houses for nonpayment of rent. His six small children have had for food only such ar tides as were given them by the charity associations. IT HAPPENS TOO REGULARLY kokemo, Ind., Seeks State Aid to Ap- (• prehend "Firebug.” i KOKOMO, IND. — Following the destruction by fire of four grocery stores within the last few days under circumstances that are similar. Fire Chief Shauman has asked the i help of the state fire marshal’s office 'in investigating the origin of the fires. All occurred between the hours of midnight and 2 a. m., and in only one of the four cases was there a fire in the building previously. All of the buildings were in flames when discovered and were doomed before the firemen arrived. That a firebug was responsible for at least three of the four fires is the belief of the fire chief. The fire department has made thir-ty-one runs since Jan. 1, a new high | record for Kokomo. .HOOSIER LANDMARK RAZED 500,000 Bricks Tumble as Second Highest Stack is Demolished. ELWOOD, IND. — Over five hunj dred thousand bricks came crashing , to the ground this afternoon when the » 208 foot stack at the old Pittsburgh i glass works here was razed by ;an of dynamite. Oue seci tic-R of the into the root t of. tlie v’av p ot ifcory, half demolishhutldiaaf aV# detag-damage to |fce. extent dollars. fl fl’’- glass ~1 n erected twenty-:!ve , summer the stack was tn£jy times struck by lightning r.nc Ifcare recently declared dangerous. JACK THE DAUBER TO~ PRISON Man Who Smeared Paint on Dresses Cast Into a Dungeon. HAMMOND, IND. — John Mulac, alias Jack the Dauber, who has smeared paint on the dresses of more than 100 Joliet and Gary women, was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the state prison by Judge V. S. Reeter in the superior court here. Mulac was tried on a grand larceny charge, which had been hanging over him for a year, as there was no other statute covering the offense which he committed. The man has a mania for smearing and cutting dresses of women in motion picture show-s and on the street. He onee served a term in prison at Joliet, 111. MULLENDORE IS ACQUITTED Verdict of Jury Freeing Slayer Is : Greeted With Cheers. DELPHI, IND. — Cheers and waving of hats greeted the verdict of “not guilty,” which acquitted Riley Mullendore of the murder of Grover Cleveland Cook in the circuit court here. The trial lasted six weeks. The struggle which resulted in Cook’s death occurred at the home of Riley Mullendore, near here on Christmas night, 1913, and Mullendore has been in jail since that time. The first trial of the case at Lafayette resulted in a disagreement of the jury. CRACKSMEN MAKE BIG HAUL Inclana Bank Robbers Obtain $5,500 in Raid on Safe. FARMERSBURG, IND. — The saft in the Citizens’ State bank here I was blown during th e night by robbers and $5,500 taken. The robbery was discovered in the morning by the cashier, John L. Lloyd. Connections left in the light fixtures showed the safe had been i drilled with electricity and a powerI ful explosive used to blow it open. I There is no clew. ' JUST “MALES” FOR INDIANA i Senate Knocks Out Suffrage Amendment to State Constitution. £ INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — The twenty proposed Stotsenburg constitu-l tional amendments came up in the' senate. The body favored the amendment which would make it impossible for women to vote in Indiana, 29 to 13. The proposal w-ould limit the elective franchise to male citizens | only. j

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GERMAN SUBMARINES Group of Raiders at Kiel Haven Ready to Start on Expedition. |p ~; 7 “ n' /r\ Kyi fl L MWI ■ -U' I?® - - Ji? :1 - J Photo by American Press AssociationTRADECOMMISSION NAMED BY WILSON George Rublee 1$ Hew Man on Revised Slate.. WASHINGTON, D. C. -* President Wilson nominated the following per sods to be members of the new- United States trade commission: Joseph E. Davis of Madison, Wis., present commissioner of corporations. Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, president of the Illinois Manufacturers’ association. William J. Harris of Cedartown, Gai, present director of the census. William H. Parry of Seattle. Wash.. ' Georg.. 0 .. lawyer. The nominations constitute a slate which has already been discounted in the press. With the exception of Mr. Rublee, who was in competition with George L. Record of New Jersey, both Progressives, for a place on the commission, semi-official announcements of their probable' appointments have been definitely made. Messrs. Davies, Hurley and Harris are Democrats, while Mr. I irry is a Progressive Republican and Mr. Ruoiee a Progressive. A fight will be made over the confirmation of the appointees. BLAZE BURNS OUT 2 PAPERS Dee Moines Register and Leader and Tribune Plant Destroyed. DES MOINES, IA. — The building and entire plant of the Register and Leader, and Les Moines Tribune, afternoon, newspapers, were destroyed by fire. The loss exceeds 5200,000, about three-fourths of which was covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is not certain. It broke out about 7 c’clock, after the night force had left. Gardner Cowles, publisher and principal owner of the two papers, said the plant would be rebuilt immediately. Temporary quarters in the Des Moines Daily Capital offices were accepted by Mr. Cowles, and no issues of either the Register and Leader or the Tribune will be ommitted. Use of Dutch Flag Forbidden. AMSTERDAM — Nieuwe Courant points out that Sir Edward Grey’s contention in the British reply o the American note, that the use of a neutral flag is forbidden by other ccuntries, is not correct, as, according to the Dutch code, foreign skippers sailing under the Dutch flag are liable to imprisonment for one year and a fine up to $l2O. Kaiser’s Relative Slain. AMSTERDAM — A dispatch from Berlin to the Amsterdam Telegraaf says Lieutenant Count von Bas-sewitz-Levetzow, son of the premierof Mecklenburg-Schwerin and brotherinlaw of Prince Oscar, fifth son of EmpeiSor William, has been killed in the eastern zone of war. German Envoy Expelled From Mexico GALVESTON, TEX. — The German ambassador to Mexico, Henrich von Eskardt, accompanied by his suite, arrived here from Vera Cruz. Despite his denial, passengers on the ship said the Germans have been expelled from Mexico by General Carranza. i j French General Dies in Battle. Another of the distinguished soldiers of France has fallen on the field of battle. It announced that General Loyzeau de , Grand Maison had been killed a recent battle. .

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U. S. SHIP SUNK BY GERMAN MINE ft ts , Steamer Carih Fails to Follow Prescribed Teuton Route. CREW OF THIRTY WAS CARRIED I Disaster Occurs eff German Coast in North Sea—Owner of Ship Is Surprised—German Submarine Torpe- ' dees Norwegian Ship Regin—lnternational Complications May Result. 1 Berlin, Feb. 24.—UVia Ixxudon.) — l The American steamer Carib has gene ; to the bottom on the German coast of i the North sea the result of runs nir gon a mine. At the time of siriki inf the mine the vessel was not fol- : lowing a route laid down by the Ger- . man naval autiaritigs. by Clyde Line. I The was formerly owned by « ' the C/tle line ana. was recently sold I by to Wc.Tker, Armstrong & Co. '| of i&Va'nnah, Ga. She was of 2,280 • tc< burden and left Charleston Jan. ZF for Bremen with a cargo of cotton. Sh* had a capacity of 4,600 bales. Her crew of thirty men. commanded by Capt. E. L, Cole, which manned the vessel at the time she was sold, was retained by the new owners, it was said at the Clyde line offices. The Carib was built in 1882 at Port Glasgod, Scotland.. Owner Is Surprised. Savannah, Feb. 24.—George F. Armstrong of the firm of Walter Armstrong & Co., owners iff the American steamship Carib, which was sunk off the German coast, was greatly surprised to hear of the disaster, as he supposed the ship was outside any danger line. “We bought the Carib a few weeks ago,” said Mr. Armstrong. “We intended to use her in the foreign cotton and frei ht st-vice. It is too early for me to sry what we will do about her tess c* v ?at steps we will take toward rt c. r- ig for her destruction. The I : rib was one of the smaller of. vt ssels, v a have recently purchased.” Another ycut'el Vessel .London, l\b. Another „ Regin was torpedoed in the eha-nnel off Dover tiday. The Regtn sank in less than fifufl minutes. Several channel ships closed^ - in about her and picked up the twen-ty-tw’o members of her crew. They were taken to Dover. The Regin is the second neutral vessel sent to the bottom by German submsrnes since thq Von firpitz submarine' blockade against merchantmen was launched. The first victim, too, was a Norwegian vessel, the Belridge, which was torpedoed off Folkstone on Feb. 19. The Regin was sunk today in almost the same spot, indicating that'the submarine terrors still constitute a menace to trade. Strong Protest Expected. The Regin was en route from New-castle-on-the-Tyne to Bordeaux, laden with coal. She did not'heed the warning of the German admiralty to neutral vessels to take the route around the north of Scotland. Instead, she sailed through the North sea, hugging the British coast. 4 Tlie sinking of |he Belridge last Friday aroused intense indignation in Norway. The second attack upon a Norwegian steamer by German submarines will bring a ptotest lodged in most emphatic terms from the Norwegian government, it was deemed certain here. Norway is not apt to accept the German vlewpoitM that, since the Regin disregarded ’ tlk warning not tn attempt a passage of the channel, she did so at her own risk. Say Ship Was Torpedoed. Dover, England, Feb. 24.—(Via London.) —The crew of the steamer Regin, which was blown up off this port, landed here. The men said they believed the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine. REPORTS EVELYN HIT MINE Washington Gets First Official Report on Sinking of Steamer. Washington, Feb. 24. —The first official statement that the destruction of the Evelyn was caused by a mine was received by Secretary Bryan in a dispatch from Jos. E. Buck, consular agent of the United States at Bremer- , haven, near the point where the Evelyn was sunk. The dispatch was in the nature of a bulletin report of the disaster and was not the result of an exhaustive investigation. Beyond the positive statement that the ship was destroyed by a mine his dispatch did not add anything to the facts already known, either officially or reported in press dispatches. » * Two Dead, Elevei? Hurt. Denver, Feb. 24.—An engineer and a fireman were killed and nine passengers, a baggageman and a mail clerk were slightly injured in •' wreck on the Denver arid Rio Grande railroad fourteen miles south of Colorado Sprimgs. , > v.—r

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