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SCOTT GETS INDIANS
MJREI SHFS
ZEPRUNS DROP
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t i fiEST M ItCUl
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GKNSRAL’S PARLKT SUCCEEDS
WBE* POBCS PAILS.
(TATES BREAK IEC0IB
AIllMUBAt aad Oklahonui
New Record*—Calif oral*
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and Arizona Produce Staple of
Superior Quality—Exact Total of
Ginning Figures is 16,102,143.
The greatest cotton crop ever pro*
Raced in the /United States was grown
in 1914.-- Census bureau statistics,
giving fimtl ginning figures, otlicially
place the 1914'Qrop as a record, with
16,102,143 bales of 600 pounds each.
That is 409,412 equivalen t 600-
pound bales, or 204,121,000 pounds
more than produced in the great crop
e< 1911.
in addition to the great production
of lint cotton a record quantity of
Unter cotton,^ which is extensively
used in the manufacture of military
explosives, was obtained. This cot
ton. delinted from the seeds at oil
mills, amounted to 395,732,000
pounds ana brought the total 1914
crop to 16,893,604 equivalent 600-
pound bales, or 8,446,803,500
pounds.
While the crop was a record one,
the only states to make new records
tu production were Alabama, Louisi
ana and Oklahoma. The other cot
ton states all came close to their rec
ords. .
The 1914 cotton crop of the Unit
ed States aggregated lo,873,UU2 run
ning bales of lint, or 16,102,143
^ T''equivalent bales, the census bureau
^ inounced. ,The department of agrl-
Iture on December 10 estimated
>.966,000 equivalent 500-pound
| hales.
These figures compare with 16,-
./' 982,811 running bales, or 14,156,-
486 equivalent 500-pound bales in
1913, 13,488,539 running bales, or
18,703,421 equivalent 500-pound
hales in 1912, and 15.553,073 run
ning bales, or 15,692,701 equivalent
100-pound bales in 1911, the three
largest crops prior to 1914.
Included In the 1914 figures are
121,451 bales which glnners estimat-
erd would be turned out after the
March canvass. •
Hound bales Included numbered
17,618, compared with 99.962 in
1912, 81,628 In 1912 and 101,664,-
Is 1911.
Sea Island bales Included number
ed 81,598, compared with 77,663 in
1913, 73,777 in 1918 and 119,293 in
till.
The average gross weight of bales
for the crop was 507.2 pounds, com
pared with 506.2 In 1918, 608.0 In
1912 and 604.6 in 1911.
Ginneries operated for the crop
numbered 24,622, compared with
24,749 In 1913, 26,279 in 1912 and
86,849 in 1911.
Unter cotton, not included In total
ginning figures, amounted to 772,270
running bales, or 791,464 equivalent
600-pound bales, compared with 631,-
163 running bales, or 638,881 equiva
lent 500-pound bales In 1913, 602,-
824 running bales, or 609,594 equiva
lent 500-pound bales In 1913, 656,-
276 running bales or 557,575 equiva
lent 500-pound bales In 1911.
f > roductlon of states in equivalent
660-pound bales, exclusive of Unters,
with comparisons, follows:
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RHgadkr O emend Adds Another Bm
cess to His String of Diplomatic
Victories With Opponents.
A laconic telegram came to the war
department Sunday from Brig. Gen.
Hugh T. Scott, chief of staff, at Bluff,
Utah, announcing that he was bring
ing in the four Piute Indians who
recently led a band of their tribes
men on the warpath when the federal
authorities attempted to arrest Tse-
Ne-Gat for murder. The message,
addressed to Secretary Garrison,
said: ^ -
" "SuccessfujJfH&ve four Piutes de
sired by Marshal Nebeker and am, at
their desire, ^ personally conducting
them to Salt Lake City to turn over
to Marshal Nebeker. Am leaving
everything peaceable behind us in
southern Utah. Should reach Thomp
son Tuesday and Salt Lake City Wed
nesday."
Secretary Garrison, gratified and
relieved of more anxiety than he had
cared to confess by the report,'at
once dispatched the .following tele
gram to Gen. Scott: *T heartily con
gratulate you on obtaining success in
circumstances which seemed to make
it impossible. I appreciate your work
In the highest degree.”
Newspaper dispatches told of Gen.
Scott’s arrival at Bluff with the four
Indians, Tse-Ne-Gat and his father,
"Old Polk," Chief Posey and the lat
ter’s son. The party rode In Just ten
days after Gen. Scott, unarmed and
accompanied only by an orderly and
two Navajo scouts, had started off on
a snow-covered mountain train for
the distant hiding place of the Pi
utes.
Gen. Scott went to the scene after
the Indians had driven off a posse
headed by Marsbhl Nebeker which
undertook to arrekt Tse-Ne-Gat. One
member of the posse and two Indians
were killed In the battle.
Gen. Scott started out cheerfully,
confident of success and scouting the
Idea that he waa risking his life.
Throughout a long and distinguished
career the general has been noted
for his astounding success as a peace
maker both with the Indians of the
West and the fierce tribesmen of the
Philippines.
This is only one of many times
that he has gone unarmed to seek
out and bring Into camp a fugitive
aavage who though willing to fight
for liberty jigalnst a troop of cavalry,
succumbed to the eloquent arguments
of the white chief. Since he has been
chief of staff the general has been
called upon once or twice to exercise
his talents as a doplimat.
Several months ago when a critical
aitnatlon had arisen as a result of
continued firing into American terri
tory by opposing Mexican factions at
Naco, Gen. Scott went down to the
border for personal conferences with
Gens. Villa and HU), commander of
the Carranza garrison at Naco. He
stopped the firing.
TDIII91 TIIFillii f HIT TILL
II ililEI FLEET
AIR HATOERfl ATTACK Pi
DEA DOF NIGHT.
TWO OTHERS DAMAGED
—r »
of Dardanelles Defences Pat
British Battle Cruiser and French
Battleship Out of Action—Light
Cruiser Hit—Three Battleships Go
Down Upon Floating Mines.
WOINDH THKKE CHILDREN.
Alabama.
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
.1,760,281
. 1,495.485
. .1.342,75
.1,716,534
Arkansas.
Florida.
Georgia.
.1,015.674
.1,072.846
,. 792,048
. 939,302
80,963
58.695
62,760
83,388
Georgian Then Takes His Own Life
With Pistol.
George Cheatham. 20 years old.
shot and wounded three children In
their fathea’s store at Macon, Ga.,
Tuesday afternoon. He then turned
a revolver upon himself and fired a
bullet through his brain, that caused
almost instant death.
Cheatham’s child victims are: Lu-
clle Plnholser, 16, shot in arm and
flesh wound over left temple; Sher
wood Plnholser, 4, shot through left
hand; Raymond Plnholser, 2, wouhd-
ed under left eye.
Cheatham had been acting strange
ly for some time. He had no griev
ance so far as known against the Pin
holsers, but la alleged to have delib
erately entered the sttfre and fired up
oq the children, who were In a group
using a shotgun. He ran from the
store a hundred yards and then shot
himself with a pistol. His body was
found an hour later.
2,733.470
2,316.601
.1,776,546
2,768,627
Louisiana.
447,861
443,821
376,096
884,597
Mississippi.
1,244,703
.1,310,743
1,046,41 8
1,203,545
Missouri. ^
81,587
.. ... .' 87,105
:. ... 65,691
f ,808
925,233
tv ... ... 792,545
865,653
...1,075,826
Oklahoma.
1,264,350
/. . 840,387
.. .1,021,250
.. . .. ... . : .1,022,092
South Carolina.
1911
1914
1913
1912
1911
All Other States.
29,891
’ 63j880
32,513
11,402
17,215
r ■ .
1914 ...
1,524,595
1913 ...
1912 ...
<-1911 . . .
Tennessee. “
1914 ...
'. 382.431 “
1913 ...
... 379.471
1912 ...
.... 276.546
1911 ...
449,787
Texas.
1 1914 ..<
4.584,933
1918 ...
:3,944.970
1912 ...
.4,880,21 0
. . : .4,256,427'
\ . ;
Virginia. ,
- lt*4
25,188
1*18 ...
. 28.490
’ 1812 ...
84,898
The census bureau announced that
the statistics of this report for 1914
are subject to slight corrections In
the full report to be published early
in May.
A feature of the crop was greatly
increased production in California
and Arizona, Iwo states where the
cotton growing industry is in Its in
fancy, and where a superior quality
of the staple Is raised. California’s
production amounted to 49,835 bales,
or 24,917,500 pounds, while Arizor
na’s was 7,142 bales, or 3,571,000
pounds.
Unofficial estimates places the
value of the crop, which this season
has been greatly reduced by the ef
fect of the European war, at |570,-
000,00,0 for lint. That Is based on
an average price of 7.2 cents a
pound to producers and an estimate
of 70 per cent, as the quantity al
ready sold with the remainder selling
at an average of 7.8 cents a pound.
On the same basis the value of the
seed is estimated at 8134,"000.000.
These" make the estimated value of
the 1914-15 crop to cotton farmers
8704,000,000.
No Grounds Against Associated Press
Attorney General Gregory has de
cided that there is no ground for gov
ernment action against the Associat
ed Press. President Noyes Wednes
day declared that the members of the
association were highly grateful.
Shot in Both Legs.
WbHs—trying-to. Uka a shotgun,
from her brother, who hsd returned
from hunting Mias Eula Gallagher of
Oruitevllle was Grounded ffi both
legs by the disrhargs of tbo weapon.
Tbs wounds are sarioox..
London dispatches not only con
firm the Constantinople report of the
sinking of the French battleship
Bouvet, but disclose the sinking of
the British battleships Irresistible
and Ocean and severe damage to the
British battle cruiser Inflexible and
the French battleship Gaulois.
Practically alb the 630 men mak
ing up the complement of the Bouvet
went down with the vessel, which
sank within three minutes after she
fouled the mine, an internal explo
sion taking place aboard the ship.
Of the 1,500 men on board the two
British battleships that were sunk
few were lost, the crews being trans
ferred to other warships under a hot
fire.
Th e Inflexible, one of Great Brit
ain’s famous battle cruisers, was put
out of action by shell fire, and drop
ped out of line with a heavy list. The
Gaulois, one of the oldest of the
French battleships, and carrying the
heaviest armor of any of the ships
engaged, also withdrew, damaged by
gunfire.
The Amethyst, a fast light cruiser
of the British service, was sent in to
cut the cables, and in doing so ran
the gauntlet of forts guarding the
narrows. But although she encoun
tered a hail of fire from the forts and
had 23 of her crew killed and 37
wounded, she succeeded In her peril
ous work.
The admiralty asserts that t he
Turks and the Germans set zoatlng
containers of explosives and these
were carried down by the current on
to the allied ships gathered inside the
entrance of the straits.
The British admiralty gave out the
following statement regarding opera
tions at the Dardanelles: ”An ac
count of the operations at the Darda
nelles on the 18th of March:
"Mine-sweeping having been In
progress during the last ten days In
side the straits, a general attack! was
delivered by the British and French
fleets yesterday (Thursday) morning
on the fortress at the narrows. At
10:45 a. m the Queen Elizabeth. In
flexible. Agamemnon and Lord bom
barded Forts J., L., T., U. and V.,
while the Triumph and Prince George
fired at Batteries F„ E. and H. A
heavy fire was opened on the ships
from howltxers and field guns
“At 12:22 o’clock the French
squadron, constating of the Suffren.
Gaulois, Charlemagne and Bouvet,
advanced up the Dardanelles and en
gaged the forta at closer range. Forts
J., U. F and W. replied strongly
fire waa silenced by the ten battle
ships Inside the straits, all the ships
being hit several times during thla
part of the action
“By 1:25 p. m. all the forts had
ceased firing. The Vengeance, Irre
sistible, Albion, Ocean, Cwlftsure and
Majestic then advsneed to relieve the
other battleships within the straits
As the French squadron, which had
engaged the forts in a moat brilliant
fashion, while passing out, the Bou
vet was blown up by a drifting mine
She sank in thirty-six fathoms, north
of Erenkeiu village, In less than
three minutes.
“At 2:36 p. m. the relief battle-
shipe renewed the attack on the forts,
which again opened fire. The attack
on the forts was maintained while
the operations of the mine-sweepere
continued.
“At 4:09 p. m. the Irresistible quit
the line, listing heavily, and at 5:50
o'clock sank, probably having struck
a drifting mine. At 6:05 the Ocean
also having struck a mine, sank. Both
the vessels sank in deep water, vir
tually the whole of their crews hav
ing been removed safely under a hot
fire.
“The Gaulois was damaged by gun
fire. The Inflexible had her forward
control position hit by a heavy shell
and requires repair.
“The bombardment of the forts
and the mine-sweeping operatloits
terminated when darkness fell. The
damage to the forts, effected by the
prolonged direct fire of the powerful
forces employed, can not be estimated
yet and a further report will follow.
The losses of the ships was caused
by mines drifting with the current,
which ‘were encountered in areas
hitherto swept ejear, and this danger
will require special treatment.
“Casualties reported on the Brit
ish cruiser Amethyst were the re
sults of a smart piece of work which
she performed in the Dardanelles,
when she was entrusted with the dif
ficult task of cutting the telegraph
cable connecting Killd Bahr with
Chanak,” says Reuter’s Malta corre-
spOndenf,
The corresnondent continues: “She
cut the, cable undetected and had
started her return journey when shfc
was discovered. She then became
the taget of a veritable, hail of fire.
Going at full speed, although fre
quently hit, she succeeded In reach
Ing the entrance of the straits.”
The French ministry of marine
gate out the following communica
tion: ‘
"In the course of the operations In
the Dardanelles on March 18, the
allied naval forces were subjected to
a very Intense fire and warships ran
against floating mines In the straits.
French and English battleshlmi, vio
lently bombarded Forts Killd Bahr,
Chanak Kalesst and also Forts Soualn
De’-e T'a r daens and Kenhex Point.
—“Th* resulta dariog
Frakh ChitfUl ta
habitants Shrink From Falling
Bombs an<f Fler/ Explosives.
A Zeppelin air raid on Paris, which
brought Parisians to thslr windows
and balconies and Into the bdulevarda
and squares at an early hour In the
morning Sunday takes precedenee in
the war news. Two dirigibles reach
ed Paris, although four started, and
it Is believed all returned safely to
their base
They dropped bombs on the city of
Paris and outlying towns and vil
lages, injuring, so fa ras known,
seven or eight persons, but doing no
material damage. Guns were turned
on the Zeppelins from house tops
and forts and a flock of French aero'
planes started in pursuit. But the
Zeppelins flew high and escaped in
the haze of the upper air.
The German war office, referring
to the raid in its official statement,
says: "To render more impressive
reply to the misdeeds of the
lOiPEBOES fiEnWB
THRU ItFOITLIASETI HIT
MCKHttU
BOMBARDMENT IN VEST
ld-tacb Howtt-
Paris Roporta Gen
sen Are la Service Against Nleo-
port—Allied Ships, Protected by
Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Bombard
Shore Positions at Westeode.
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our
French aviators in the open Alsace
town of Schlettstadt heavy bombs
were dropped by German airships on
the fortress of Paris and the railroad
junction at Compelgne.”
The Zeppeltno traveled at a great
height, estimated at considerably
more than a mile. This and a haze In
the upper air enabled the raiders to
escape.
A bomb that fell at Neuilly set fire
to an unoccupied house near the
American hospital. Dr. Hunter Car
ter of Erie. Pa., on duty at the time,
says the hospital was shaken.
A bomb which fell in a^garden at
Colombes, six miles from Paris,
made a hole ten feet wide by five
feet deep and the garden wall was
overthrown for a distance of 18 feet.
Another bomb which fell on a house
In the Rue de Dames In Paris merely
dented the roof.
Parisians during the attack were
unable to distinguish between the de
tonations of the falling bombs and
the almost continuous gun Are from
the defense. The boulevards and
open places were crowded with spec
tators, who watched the manoeuvre*
of the French aeroplanes but were
not able to see much of the Zeppe
lins.
In all half a hundred bombs. It Is
estimated, were dropped on Paris and
surrounding villages and towns.
Some were highly explosive and
others are said to have been filled
with inflammable liquids. Three fires
that biased up in the wake or the air
craft were extinguished.
A sentinel at Compelgne, 60 miles
north of Paris, caught ths first
glimpse of the Zeppelins. They were
moving swiftly towards Porta Thla
waa at 12:43 In the morning. With
in five minutes every post In en
trenched Parla had been notified by
telephon of the coming attack. The
Parts firemen, according to a praar
ranged plan, were in the streets a
few momenta later, the department
motors driving headlong through the
streets, with horns giving forth loud
blasts.
The police notified the electric
power stations and gas reservoirs to
turn off the lights. Soon the whole
city was In darkness and gunner*
were at their posts In the forts and
on the high buildings throughout the
city.
The distant sound of exploding
bombs came nearer. All Parla was
awake and on every balcony and
leaning from almost every window
were people waiting tensely
The electric projector*, searching
the sky, brought faltly Into view the
dirigibles. They were In the Etolie
quarter and occasionally flashed their
searchlights. Theye were greeted
with the rattle of machine guns and
the bombing of mortars designed for
use against attack* of thla nature
Bombs fell In both Courbevole and
Neuilly and houses were set on fire
For an hour after the Zeppelins
were clear of Paris the gun fire of
the fortifications and the defense
works far outside the city could be
heard. French aeroplanes, carrying
their distinctive lights, passed ivwlft
ly overhead In the direction' of the
fleeing raiders
The Associated Press gives its sum
mary of ths war Wednesday as fol
lows: V.
Germany has scored again in her
submarine campaign. London an
nounced to-day that the 'British
steamer Flngal had been sank and
the British steamer Atlanta damaged
by torpedoes. The Atlanta’s crew was
saved, but six lives are reported to
have been lost on the Flngal.
Constantinople says only unimpor
tant operations have been attempted
during the last few days by the allied
fleet bombarding the Dardanelles.
Two attempts of cruisers to approach
the outer fortlflcationa are said to
have been frustrated.
* Increasing activity is indicated
along the western end of the Franco-
Belgian battle line. A Paris news
paper says Nieuport has been bom
barded by the.Germans and Westende
by the allies. The Belgians are re
ported to have made soma headway,
capturing positiona in two localities.
The British still are on the offensive,
although their advance apparently
has been checked.
“The enemy la again furiously
bombarding Nieuport, thla time with
16-lnch Howitzers,’’ saya an undated
message from the Petit Parisien ■
war correspondent.
“Thirty sheila have fallen in the
town, making enormons holes and
demolishing several bulldtnga, but no
one was hurt,” he continues.
Belgian troops carried two ad
vanced positions. ' Ths’ lint was on
the Kloonsterhoek farm near Btuve-
kenskerke, while ths second was
line of trsnehes on the rood from
Pervyse to Schoorbakks.
‘Warships snd monitors vigorons-
bombarded Westende. Ths Ger
mans replied feeby, but none of their
shells took effect. Torpedo boat de
stroyers protected the bombarding
ships, shelling a German submarine
which attempted to approach. The
first against tbs shore positions was
directed by aeroplanes.
Official announcement was made In
London Wednesday that the British
steamers Atlanta and Flngal had
been torpedoed. The text of the an
nouncement follows
"Ths British steamer Atlanta, (12
tons, owned by Messrs. J. sad P.
Mcuhlnaon of Glasgow, was torpe
doed by a German submarine off Is-
lahturk. on the west coast of County
Cslway, Ireland, about nons of March
14. Tbs crew was landed on Inlah
turk Island and ths vesssl is now |n
is harbor.
”*lbs British steamer Flagal, of
.668 gross tons (661 net tons)
jwned by the London and Edinburgh
Shipping company of Leith, Scotland
was torpedoed and sunk at 10:50 a
March 16, off the Northumber-
While conditions la Mexico Cliff
have improved with the food and
water supply replenished and the
capital placed In order by the VOlo-
Zapota government, situnUoa*
fraught with difficulties for the Unit
ed States government bare arisen at
Progreao, the east copst port, and at
Manzanillo, on the Pacific.
The American consul at Manmnlllo
reports n condition of anarchy there
and states that Carranza troops are
unable to maintain order. Foreign
ers are apprehensive, he declares,
and the food supply is decreasing,
while Vllla-Zapata troops are investi
gating the town’s approaches. Ad
miral Howard, commanding ths Paci
fic fleet, Is reported as ready to toko
foreigners off If conditions do not im
prove.
Progreso, the port from which vir
tually all the sisal hemp used for
American binding twine is shipped,
has been ordered closed to foreign
commerce by Gen. Carranza. The
United States cruiser Des Moines is
at Progreso under orders to see that
there Is no Interference with Ameri
can commerce.
Stronger representations have boon
sent to Gen. Carranza, but no word
has been received at to his attitude.
In the meantime navy department re
ports from the Dea Moines stats that
ths Mexican gunboat Zaragoza, sent
to Progreso to enforce Carranza’s
dozing order, has been forced to turn
back to Vera Crnz because of bad
weather, and that two American
ahips loaded with siasl hemp cleared
Saturday.
Officials felt relieved over the on-
couraging reports from Mexico City.
The Brazilian minister telegraphed
the following to the state depart
ment:
Ishmsel Palafoz, who was in com
mand of the foreign office of the ooa-
ventlon government, reeumed charge
again. I have placed before him the
full facts in the McManus case and
be promisee everything will be done
Immediately to cause punishment of
the guilty parties and arrangs to pay
suitable indemnity to the family.
It is expected that with the ret ira
of Gen. Palafox, the Convention,
which had been removed to Cuerna
vaca when Mexico C ty was evacuat
ed. soon would be reconvened In the
latter place and that Roque Gonzales
Garza, temporary executive of the
Convention, would bo In charge of the
government
With conditions better in Mellon
City President Wilson has boon giv
ing bis personal attention to the sit
uation at Progreso, as ho has bean
Informed that the entire wheat crop
of the United States might be sertoae-
ly affected by ths inability of farmera
to got harvesting twine.
Secretory TumsUy conferred with
Counsellor Loaning early Sunday
concerning the Progreso situation,
and inter Secretary Daniels wan in
conference with Rear Admiral Flake,
aid for operation*. While no new
orders ware sent. It Is aaderetooi
that ths Des Molaeo was farther in
formed of tbs necessity for freedom
of commercial commasIcatioa with
the Mexican port.
MODIFIES HER DEMAND*.
damage caused by the fire of the
enemy. The English fleet suffered
equally, two of its battleships being
sunk by mines. These losses, pain
ful as they are, will not stop the
course of the. operations.”
Paris reports an Athens dispatch
to the Havas Agency saying “no at
tempt was made by the allied fleet to
develop to the fullest extent Its first
general attack on the Dardanelles
which was launched Thursday
Rrlish officer Is quoted as authority
Two thousand shells were fired In a
six-hours’ bombardment, designed to
force a passage to Killd Bahr and
Chanak Kalessl.
“Fire from the Turkish batteries
was uninterrupted and violet, the
Havas corresnondent says. The prow
of the French battleship Gaulois was
touched by a mine, but the damage
can be repaired 1 na few days.
"The British battle cruiser Inflex
Ible. which was hit on the bow bv
shells, also steamed out of the straits
convoyed by two'cruisers. A shel l
which exploded on her deck is re
ported to have killed 40 men and
wounded many others.
' London reports undaunted hv the
loas of the battleships Bouvet, Ocean
and Ireeslstible. the allies are pro
ceeding with their attemot to force
the Dardanelles, confident of success.
The Turks, however, express confi
dence that the forts and the mines In
the straits will be able to keep out
the allies’ ships.
The French battleship Henri IV
and the B-lflffi' battleships Queen
and Tmnlacahle are on their way to
replace the ships sunk by the mines
and tho*e sh'ns wb’ch were damaged
m.
land coast. Twenty-one members of
her crew were landed at North
Shields, bnt six live* are reported to
have been lost. Including tb* chief
mate and the stewprdeea.
The Over-Seas Agency Wednesday
gave out In Berlin a report from
Athfpa that the British cruiser Ame
thyst sustained heavy damages and
had twenty-eight officers and men
killed and an equal number wounded
during an attack on the Inner forta
jf the Dardanelles In which five Brit
ish ships took part.
Paris reports Wednesday that
British mine sweeper was blown up
in the Dardanelles Tuesday with the
loss of seven lives when a mine ex
ploded as It was being removed from
the strait*, saya a special dlspatcn
from Athens.
The Athens correspondent of the
Berlin Lokal Anzegier says the Turks
have placed new heavy guns In the
Knm Kale Battery at the mouth of
the Dardanelles, which have replied
fiercely to the fire of a French squad
ron. Two badly damaged British
cruisers, the dispatch says, have been
taken Into Malta. One had been fair
ly struck twenty times.
Constantinople reports via ©erlln
and wireless to London on Wednes
day: Only unimportant operations
have been undertaken by the allied
fleet operating against the Darda
nelles for the past few days. The
activity of the warships has been.lim
ited to demonstrations.
Two new attempts by cruiser* and
destroyer* to approach the outer for
tification* und clear the channel of
mines are reported to have been fu
tile because of the effective fire from
the defender*.
Wilson Sell* Bale for Charity.
President Wilson sold a bale of
cotton Wednesday for ten. cents a
pound which he bought during the
buy-a-bale movement. The proceed*
will go to an Oklahoma charity.
Dropped Bomba onC alala.
Paris report*: "A Zeppelin h*a
dropped some bombs on Calais, aim
ing at the rhllway station. No seri
ous material damage was dona, but
seven employee* rere killed.
Italians KOI 100 Insurgents.
An Italian punitive expedition seat
ont from BegaAl dHtoernad a
this hot day were acquired at the t Thus, within a few day* at the l*t-
eoetof a considerable low. The Bou- *st. the fleet with be as formidable j fore* near Gebadla. Tripoli. The In-
vet was aank following' the explosion 1 as ever, while the Rnssiaa Black 8ea, surgeut loss was 166 killed and many
of a mine. - The Gaulois was appor- squadron Is believed to b* ready to wouaded. Tb* Italians Root 4# klll-
•ntly put out of action by r*a*oa of co-op*rot*. ’ *d and 4( woandnd.
Give*
Japan has definitely modified her.
attitude toward Chian In «onnnetld*
with her demands pre—ted after en^
cupatton by Japan of tbo
concession et Kleo Chow.
_ 14e wiflM *lF**dl V
nese counter proposals to disci
Manchuria and Mongolia separately,
the Japanese representatives have
verbally Informed China they win
forego completely several of their de
mands and are prepared to modify
the clauses concerning the Hanagg,
Tayeh and Plng-Sleng mining conces
sions snd Japanese residents and
traders in Manchuria and Mongolia.
The demands as now presented
have been drafted In the form of a
treaty of agreement between China
and Japan.
Shortly after Japan captured Kleo
Chow, the German concession in Shan
Tung, Japanese diplomats began ne
gotiations at Peking to “determine
the future status of Japanese rela
tions with China and to decide cer^
tain questions concerning the future
development of the Chines* repub
lic.”
Japan presented to China 21 de
mands which have been prescribed us
far reaching, both in political and
commercial aspects. China was ranch
concerned. She protested that the de
mands Infringed on her sovereignty
and conflicted with existing treaties.
The course of theoa negotiations Is
being watched with‘deep Interest in
Washington, London, Bcrl’n end.
Petrograd. Dispatches from Peking
a few days ago said Japan virtually
had threatened China with force un
less she accepted her demands. Mes
sages from Tokyo and Yokohama
said Japan was sending fresh troops
to strengthen the Manchuria garri
sons.
Berlin Rreeri Allowance.
The maglstr/ of Berlin Saturday
issued orders that, beginning March -
15, potatoes must be mixed with
wheat flour. Bread coupons may be
used only to* limited.extent for the.
purchase of flour of which only 1SS
gram* may be obtained on n coupon
good f*>' *60 grams of bread.
' .
Painted Over Ear Name.
With her name pointed oat to
avoid hsr identity
mer Meitoelaa
mah flanday fro*
a cargo of cotton,
•wood by the Lot
arrived at