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IRITIS? INDIANS
;E ADVANCE!
BOMBARDMENT OF ALLIES'
ARTILLERY MOST TER
RIFIC OF WHOLE WAR
HEAVY FIGHTING
IN CARPATHIANS
Fog Interfers With Operations of j
Allied Fleets Against the
Dardanelles
LONDON', March l!!.?Urla'rh suc
cesses of the last few clays were due
to their artillery, which apparently
is superior to that of the Germans,
according to the story of the "British
eyewitness." Issued tonight. The Drit
Ish guns, including heavy howitzers,
opened the way for an advance by the
Drltlsh Indian troops, which carried
them to and beyond the village of
Neuve Chapelle, while airmen, by
dropping bombs on the railways, pre- i
entcd the Germans from bringing
up reinforcement.-'.
The artillery lire Is described a* I
the iiei i esi that bus yet bee n heard lu I
itie war, and confirms what hereto
fore bad olflclally been rumored? \
that the lirltish and French Have
drought up since the battle of Ypres. 1
an enormous numher or guns 01 all
calibres. The German trenched on '
which the artillery tire was directed
are completely wrecked, bo that ex- 1
cept in one or two pinces, which had
virtually been converted into fort- j
reuses, the infantry were able to ad- '
"vance without much difficulty.
Tilt, success has greatly heartened I
the British troopB, who have spent the
winter in the trenches, and gives them
hope thnt when the great general
movement is decided upon they will i
be able to carry all before them.
The Germans, according to reports j
already are sending large numbers-of
troops to Flanders in the belief that
a general oft.'hslve by the allies has
Ucen begun.
The impression horc, however, Is
that the British thrust was only part ;
of the allied strategy, which' aims at1
keeping the Germans busy in both !
fronts, j thus preventing theni^ from
concentrating at any one point.
Concurrently the French continue
their offensive in Champagne and the j
Vosges and lire strengthening the j
ground which they have won in re-;
cent battles.
In the east the German offensive
as fast as anticipated. The Russians
are offering stubborn resistance to !
their .advance, along parallel roads,!
-and. owing to inability of the Germans
against I'rzasnysz is not developing
to entrench in the frozen ground,
have, according to the Petrograd re
ports, thus far had the advantage in
the preliminary fighting. In fact, the
Germans are said to have withdrawn
r' theirjTront to the north of Przasnysz. i
Heavy lighting Is in progress in the i
Carpathians, despite snowstorms and
SS deep drifts.
' Heavy fog has Intereferred with op
W crationB of the allied .fleets against
tho Dardanelles, but the -ships have
-; kept up Uie bombardment of the forts
. at Bulalr, through which reinforce
ments, provisions and ammunition for
the fortifications in the straits must
pass. They also prevented'the Turks
I from strengthening' the forts at the
entrance to the straits and before
Smyrna, which had previously been
destroyed or damaged.
I Tho British admiralty announced
tonight that of.88 British vessels sunk
or captured by hostile action from the
; ..s beginning of the wnr until" MaT&h 10,
-V '22 were victims of submarines. Since
March 10, seven BrltlBh steamers have
. : \ been torpedoed, but three wero not
. . sunk. 'The number of ships tost Is
: ; considered, small in view of the num
^ byrr.Paa^>,Jnr^ to from Hrljjgl? ports.
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(By AsKx-iotod Prr*s.)
PARIS, March 13.?Koch interest
Is manlfdst'-here In th? sinking of the
American,' Balling ship' William P.
Frye by :the Eitel Friedrich. The
newspapers1 all give prominence to
tho incident, and predict that it will
still furtbor open tho eyes of Ameri
cans to Gorman naval war. methods*
disposing thorn to receive more fav
orably than they otherwise might the
reply of ?*rance and England, on that
g?n?ral subject
Papers Make So Comment.
BERLIN, March 13 (by Wlrelevi to
SayvlJIc, N. P.)?Berlin newspapers
give much space to .the report from
?. Newport Newa telling of the arrival
|., there of the. Pria* Eitel.
Much p.rominenco Is given a London
GERMANY WILL
PAY DAMAGES
German Ambassador Believes
Prinz Eitel Case Will be Set
tled Without Difficulty
flly W-wiilicl l'n'?*.)
WASHINGTON. March 13.?Go*
niany probably will repudiate the ac
tion of thd captain of Die l'rinz Eitel
Pricdricli in sinking tlie American
ship William P. Erye. and make rep
aration for the loss of the vessel and
cargo, in the opinion pi German olli
eials here.
County von Hernstorff. the Crernian
ambassador, after a visit to the state
: department today, indicated that he
believed the case would be settled
without much difficulty. He told
Counsellor Lansing what the captain
of the Prinz Eitel had told Captain
Hoy-Ed, naval attache of the German
emba-.sy. 3to the sinking of ihe
American ship; but the ambassador
reserved his own opinion on the com
mander's action, saying *ne had not
instructions from his go?* >rnmcnt.
Captain Thlerlcbons, c. the l'rinz
Eitel, informed Captain Boy-Ed that
t his only guide while at sea for many
[ months ami thus out of communion
I lion with his government, was the
[ Declaration of London. This would
permit the destruction of a neutral
I prize if carrying a cargo more thai,
half of which could be proved to be
contraband, provided it was impossi
ble to take the vessel to a home port
without endangering the captor war
ship.
! Since war's outbreak Germnny has
'.defined its views on shipments of con
ditional contraband and contended
] that foodstuffs must be proved to be
bound actually to the belligerent
?forces of an enemy before they can
;be seized. .
I The German ambassador sent to his
' government a full report of the story
! of the German captain and the rea
sons for the Tatter's action.
It was fcaid on good authority that
in bis report to his government the
ambassador pointed out that, while
the captain acte,d as best be could
[ under the circumstances, being Ignor
! ant of the status of the contraband
] situation, this fact would not affect
I the necessity for the payment of dam
j ages and the making of reparation by
the German government, though it
would he an important factor in re
lieving the commander from personal
liability.
Japan Sends 30,000
Soldier to China
(!!> AKUH-inUit IV.-s.)
I PEKING. China. March 13.?The
Chinese government has official infor
luation to the effect that the second
JJapanese squadron, convoying two
divisions of approximately 30,000 sol
diers, has sailed for China. Arrival
'/ot these troops will increase the num
ber of Japanese soldiers in the gar
risons in China to nearly 60,000.
The now troops will be distributed
In Manchuria, Shantung, Tien-Tsin
and Hankow, where present Japanese
garrisons number nearly 30.000.
Exhibition Game
Ends in Scrap
JACKSON, Miss., March 13.?An
exhibition basebnll game today be
tween Brooklyn Federals and Mill
saps College was interrupted by a
fight in which members of both
teams engaged after five-innings hud
been played. Tho trouble started
when a Mlllsaps player alleged Lee
Magce. manager of the Brooklyn
team, struck him in the face* Police
Interfered and escorted 'tho Federal
players from the grounds.
ipapers Give
i to Eitel Case
\_;
dispatch saying American public
opinion is wrought up on account of
the destruction of the William P.
Frye. ' *
In Uie absent of official informa
tion, no comme..,, on this incident is
made by any of the newspapers.
Renew Inquiry.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. March 13.?
Developments concerning ' detention
by Commander Thlerlcbens, of the
German converted cruiser Eitel
Friedrich, of two members ots ; the
crew of the American ship William
P. Frye; sunk by ?Vb Friedrich, led
t>day to a renewal of the nqulry Into
the circumstances and further nogo
**1cwtiotbd" on pagjb^fourT^
WANTS RESULTS
IN CHARLESTON
GOVERNOR MANNING WIRES
OFFICIALS THAT LAWS
MUST BE ENFORCED
WILL APPOINT NEW
SUPERINTENDENT
Of State Hospital for the Insane.
Dr. Strait Informed?Oth
er Capital News
Special to Tim liiirlliMiic*r
COLUMBIA. March 13.?'-'Owing to
Mayor Grace's illness ami uncertain
ty as to how long he will he detained
from office, I am calling on you and
city ollicials to enforce law against
liquor selling, gambling and other
violations. Please advise of your de
termination and when I may expect
results." said Governor Manning in a,
telegram to Mayor.)Pro Tern Henry P.
Williams of Charleston, made public
at the governor's cilice tonight.
"Mayor Grace's favorable condition in
tha case of early return to duty. In
the meantime have instructed police
ollicials to enforce till laws." who the
reply which the mayor pro lent of
Charleston wired the governor.
Governor Manning stated that he
had held up further plans in the Char
lesron situation on account of the
illness of Mayor Grace, hut stated he
now fe.lt that it was time for some
results to be shown. He stated that
he wanted tha city ollicials to enforce
the laws without interference from
him, and added significantly "it Is
time for some results." The governor
made it plain that he is wanting the
laws in Charleston enforced and that
tin v are going to he enforced, and if
the city ollicials do not do so then he
will have to take some other steps.
Sheriff J. Elmore Martin of Char
leston wrote the governor that he is
suppressing blind tigers and other
.lawlessness.
' Governor Manning wrote a letter to
Mayor Grace enclosing a copy of* this
telegram to Mayor Pro Tom Williams
and expressing the hope that he
would have a speedy return to health.
Governor Manning sent for Dr. T.
.1. Strait, superintendent of the
State Hospital for the insane, ani^in
formed him that it is his intention to
appoint another man superintendent
of the asylum and one who is an ex
pert physician in tho treatment of in
sane people. The governor told Dr.
Strnit in order to give him ample
notice and to treat him with all con
sideration possible. Dr. Struit ex
pressed Iiis appreciation of the gov
ernor's ihoughlfulncss. The governor
has not yet selected a new superin
tendent hut has several men under
consideration.
Attorney General Peoples and As
sistant Fred H. Dotutnick returned
this morning from Washington, where
they went to represent the State in
a number of cases before the United
States supreme court. They will have
to go back to Washington in April to
appear for the State against T. U.
Vaughn, former superintendent of the
Odd Fellows Orphanage, who is ap
pealing form a sentence of death Im
posed by the South Carolina courts on
a conviction for criminal assault.
The governor has appointed the
South Carolina Board of Examiners
for public accounts as follows: C. C.
Fishburne, of Columbia, for three
years; ,1. H. Brown, of Spurtonburg.
for 2 years; and G, B. Walton, of
Anderson, for one year.
Governor Manning will go to Mc
Coll, Marlboro ff?unty, on Monday to
make a speech at a big educational
rally. Ho Is expected to discuss the
new local option, compulsory educa
tion law.
Comptroller General Sawyer, with
the consent of the governor, hns ex
tended the time for making income
tax returns until July 1 without pen
alty.
Newhcrry College won the State
championship basketball by defeating
Wofford College bore tonight by a
score of Gl to 30.
See. McAdoo Undergoes Operation.
WASHINGTON*. March 13t?Sccre
(tary McAdoo, operated upon yester
day for appendicitis, was said tonight
by his physicians to be making satis
factory progress'. Mrs. McAdoo,
President Wilson's daughter.' saw her
husband today, end the president
plans to visit Mr. McAdoo at the hos
pital tomorrow or Monday.
Contract for /anal.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, March 13.?
The Slate of Florida has let a con
tract to a Baltimore concern for con
struction of a canal from Lake
.Okeechobco to the St Lucie River, as
a part of .the Everglades drainage
scheme. The canal will bo 2i miles
long with, a bottom width of 24 feet
art1 average, depth" of 14 feet. The
cos* IS estimated at nearly $2,000.090.
FOUR BOYS AND
ONE MAN KILLED
1 Gasoline Tank Explodes Wreck
l ing Brick Building?Boys
Were Playmates
,|iv A^utialni Vir*.)
' XKW VOiy.\. March 13.- Four
hoys and on? man were killed ami
several persons injured today In an
C-plosion of a large gasoline tant; in
Brooklyn. The explosion wrecked a
two-atory brich building of the Crew
\ Levlck Company, which, owned Ihe
tank und shattered windows in build
ings two blocks distant. Thy. boys
had just 'left the company's offices
after giving warning of a lead from
the tank. The man killed wu3 the
plant foreman. George] VV". Avery,
who was on his way to repair the
ie.-:..
it developed tonight (that the four
boy victims were pln.vinates. two of ;
them brothers in on,. family ami two
brothers in another. They noticed a j
leak In the tank and{ went to tlie
company's oliices to gjive warning.
SWEDISH STEAMER
HANNA TORPEDOED
Six of Crew Lost?Was Display
ing National Colofs and Had
Name Painted on Sides
HULL, via London.! Marek 13. -
Fourteen survivors of |he crew of ihe
Swedish steamer Huiina torpedoed
by a submarine off Scarborough, on
the east coasl of lOnglaad. early to
day. wer,-? landed hens tonight by a
steamer which picked' up. Six of the
crew were either drowned or killed
by the explosion.
The second mate op the bridge at
the i!nio <>f the attack said tonight
he did not see tlte submarine, which
gave no notice of- her intention.!. He
saw the torpedo approaching, but it
was too late to maneuver the ship so
as to avoid it. The explosion caused
tbp forepart of the deck so as to avoid
it. The explosion caused the forepart
of the deck .to faH.iu, imprisoning
several of the crew in the forecastle.
Tim Uanna was hound from the
Tyne for Ims Palmas, Canary Is
lands. When she was torpedoed she
was displaying her national colors,
according to the survivors and had
her name and nationality painted on
her sides in letters -caching from the
bulwarks to the water line. There
fore, the rescued men declare, it
was ; impossible for her to be mistak
en fo a British siiip.
RETURN TO HOUSE
OF MOURNING
Rockefeller Party Arrive in New
York?Funeral of Mrs. Rocke
feller Sunday
thy Ai&St-intril IW.)
TARtYTOWN. X. Y.. Mrch 13.?
Wearied by a long journey here from
Ormond. Fla.. John D. Rockefeller
returned tonight to a bouse of
mourning?his Pocantico Hills man
son, where his wife lies dead. With
him were his non. John I). Rockefel
ler, Jr.. and the latter's wife. They
had been apeeding north in a speciul
train since yesterday when news of
Mrs. Rockefeller's death reached
them.
The Rockefeller party reached
New York shortly after 8 o'clock and
immediately entered automobiles
which conveyod them to the family
estate here.
Announcement was .made late to
night that the funeral of Mrs. Rocke
feller would be held at ?bc Pocantico
Hills mansion tomorrow afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock. The service will be"
a simple one, attended by only Im
mediate relatives and a few intimate
friend j of the family.,
Although no definite announce
ment was made, It wan expected thai
the body of Mrs. Rockefeller Would
be placed in the vault of John I).
Archbold, in Sleepy Hollow Ceme
tery for a time, to he taken ultimte
ly to Lake View Cemetery, in Cleve
land, for burial.
Rockefeller in Wreck.
RICHMOND, Va., March 13.?John
D. Rockefeller and IiIb son, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.. were passengers on
a Richmond, FredcrickBhurg & Po
tomac Railroad train which ran into
an open awlteh at Mllford, Va., forty
miles north of Richmond, early today.
They wero severely Bhaken, but re
ceived no injuries.
Another train was made up at
Mllford and the Rockefellers pro
ceeded without having left their car.
Something For Nothing.
CHICAGO, March 13.? It costs
western railroads $1,000,000 a year
to provide special facilities to tho
meat packers for the transportation
of m?ats, although this.outlay yields
tho railroads nothing, according to.
F A. Leiand, chuirman of the South
western Tariff Committee, who testi
fied today at the interstate commerce
commission's hearing of the western
railroads' petition for high ratea.
IS ACQUITTED
ALMOST ENDLESS LITIGA
TION IN SIGHT AS RE
SULT OF VERDICT
OCCUPIES HIS OLD
CELL IN PRISON
Faces Renewal of Determined Ef- j
. forts of N. Y. State to Send
Him Back to Asylum
(By Asi'M-intwl PrcKx.)
NEW YORK. March I St. - Marry K.
Thaw, acquitted today of conspiracy
in escaping from Matteawan, raced
tonight a renewal of tin* determined
effort!) oT Now York Slates to send
him hark lo the asylum. I t his cell
iu the Tombs he was enthusiast!?.
Ills keepers said he was whistling
like a boy and seemed to he the hap
piest man in tho city.
Ahny-.i endless litigation seemed
to Iir in sight as the result of the
verdict. The words of acquittal had
scarcely died on Foreman liailey's
lips when Deputy Attorney (Jetterai
Cook moved to have Thaw recommit
ted to Matteawan. This wast opposed
by .lohn Ii. Stunchflold. chief of
Thaw's counsel, on the ground that
the court already had under advise
ment a motion to return Thaw to
New Hampshire, whence he came to
answer the conspiracy charge. The
motion was reue wed and Supreme
Court Justice Page set .Monday for
argument thereon.
In the meantime Thaw occupies his
old cell in Tombs prison, tho cell in
which he was locked during the
months from the night he shot and
killed Stanford White, nearly nine
years ago. to his reniova. to Mattea
wan .
Thaw's four aides iu his whirlwind
automobile flight through four States
to Canada were acquitted by the
same verdict which acquitted ami
were discharged. Deputy Attorney
General Kennedy, while satisfied
With the verdict Insofar as it relat
ed to Thaw, said that 1,0 had expect
ed a conviction of Thaw's accom
plice;;.
An appeal from Justice Page's de
c.i?io'i in the motion to return Thaw
lo .Matteawan was regarded almost
us a certainty, regardless of what the
decision might be. The case, there
fore, seemed likely to remain in the
courts for mouths before final decis
ion.
Before returning Its verdict ac
quitting Thoiy !,n<1 his codefendants.
the jury labored all night and ujaJUl
12:20 o'clock this afternoon. The
verdict was ranched quickly after
the reading of that portion of Thaw's
testimony which concerned his in
tent in escaping from Matteawan?
as to whether ho intended' to commit
a crime?ami hi; own views us to his
sanity.
The closing proceedings of court
were enlivened by a personal en
counter between John Lanyon, a pri
vate, detective In the employ or the
attorney general's olHco. und Sheriff
Grifenhagcn, of New York county.
Lanyon resented the sheriffls order
boning him from the court as a pri
vate Individual, und, after a dispute,
it Is said, struck the sheriff In the
fare. Lanyon was arrested, but after
th0 Jury bad been discharged, he I
was brought Into court and released J
after he had apologized to Justice
Page and Sheriff Grifenhagcn.
Thaw dined heartily in his cell In
the Tombs tonight. To a warden who
brought him a number of congratu
latory telegrams h? expr?sjed grati
fication at the verdict, but wart jion
'committal when It wan suggested
that he might soon be declared sane
and receive hij liberty.
"I'm not so sure of the outcome
as that," said Thaw, "hut I am going
to make a fight for It."
Pardoned on Arrival
At Penitentiary
(3y Aasocintpd PrcivO
JOILET, 111.. March 1?..?N. C.
Dought?rly, former president of the
National Educational Association,
(Convicted, of the embezzlement of half
a million dollars of school funds
; while superintendent of schools at
j Pcorla, 111., was pnrdoned by Gover
. ror Dunne tonight, an hour after he
had arrived at the penitentiary.
Doughtcrty had served a six-yen;'
term on previous conviction on tho
same charge and the governor held
that he bad been sufficiently punish
ed.
Wants Demands lief used.
HONOLULU, March .13.?A Chin
ese mass meeting here today to dis
cuss the . Japanese detnandsupon
China resulted In the dispatch of a
message to the government at Pe
king dnvising that tho- Japanese de
mands be refused even if It result
ed in war.
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SLICEBJ TWO
American Schooner Struck by
Norwegian Steamer and
Plunged to Bottom
NKSWPORT NKWS. Va... March 13.!
Struck on her Btarboard how and
literally cut in two by the Nor
wegian steamer Laly. the American
schooner William J. Quillin sank
within five minutes off Cane Hat
terns lightship al '2 o'clock thi-i
morning. Immediately following the
era all. the vessels swung together
and the captain and crew of seven
on the schooner clamborcd aboard
I he steamer, two of the men being
barely able to get from their bunkt:
lo t'.ie I ,ly before the sailing ves
sel plunged to the bottom. The
steamship was badly damaged above
the water line but was able to pro
ceed to this port, where it landed
the survivors tonight. The schoon
er crew saved nothing and were very
thinly clad when they reached this
pert. Boitin being shoeless and others
without hats.
The Quillin. Capialn William J.
quillin. was bound from Rultlmoru to
i Jacksonville with a cargo of 1,037
tons of coal. The Laly. Captain Mlk
kelseu, was en -<iute from New Or
leans 'o Hol jurg via Newport
News m occurred under
per" rondltions. aecord
ing tc aer's master, al
though hu make no statement
as to wherc e responsibility for
(he accident lay.
Captain Quillin said his ship was
struck by the port bow of the stcuiuer
and it was instantly realized that the
sailing vessel was sliced in two. So
great was the force of the collision?
the steamer was making nine knots?
that the two vessels were thrown
around together, port to stcr'-iourd.
said Captain Quillin. This at'oko of
fortune saved the lives of himself and
his crew, he said, us they were en
abled to climb on hoard the steamer
when the hulls met. With all salla,
sot the wind held the sinking schoon
er alongside the steumer until the
Quillln's crew had left their doomed
craft. Some of the men on the Quil
lin were thrown from their bunks
when the collision came. They hur
ried to the deck in the nick of time.
Two of them, ilcuson and iiog.Uroin,
experienced narrow escapes, the bow
and deck amidships being under wa
ter when they crawled over the stern
to the deck of the ntenmer. Just as
they left the schooner the parted
lialvfe)3 turned over and disappeared.
"If it hadn't been for the wind
blowing tig against the steamer, we
would all have gone down with her,
as there was no time to launch a
boat." said Captain Quillin.
GEN. ZAMOR HAS
BEEN CAPTURED
j Former Chief Executive of Hnyti.
Who Has Been Engaged in
Revolutionary Movement
a Prisoner
(H>- Awx-intcd Pifm.)
PORT AC PRINCK. Haytl. March
13.?General Oroatos Zanior. former)
president of Haytl who has been en
gaged in a revolutionary troops and
brought here a prisoner.
'/mor headed a revolution in Hie
earlier part of 1014 nfter proclaim
ing himself chlor executivo or Hayti.
was elected president-. Later he was
overthrown by Davilmnr Theodore, j
who become president, only in turn
to be driven ou? o office by General
Vilburn (Juillnumn.
-.1?JJ.JUI'J .\U *t.LUU.IJIM.U I- .1 JUX?IJ.HJLMI.MJ.
Seven British
Torpedoed S
(By Anxotinted Prr.<?.)
LONDON. March 13.?The admiral
ty announced tonight that the British
collier Invergyle was torpedoed to
day off Cresswell. England, and sunk.
All the crow were saved.
The admiralty statement says that
since the lnth of March seven Brit
ish merchant steamer.; bad been tor
pedoed by submarine:;. Two of there,
It is stated, were sunk and of two
{others It is said "the sinking is not'
confirmed." Threo were not ?unk.
Tho two steamers officially report
ed sunk are the Invergyle and thetj
Indian City, which was torpedoed off !
tboiScilly Islands on March .12. The
crew of the Indian City was report
ed rescued. ' .
The two steamers vi, ose reported
I sinking ! s not yet oalclnlly confirm
ed are the Florazan, which Was tor
REPEAT DEMANDS
il TO GEN. VILLA
UNITED STATES ASKS PUN
ISHMENT OF MURDER
ERS OF M'MANUS i
MEXICAN CAPITAL
REPORTED QUIET
State Department's Summary of
Conditions in Other Parts
of Mexico
(Hv Aiwiriateil PrpM.)
WASHINGTON*. Mrch 13.?De
main]? by the United State? upon
General Salazar. Zapata commander
in Mexico City, for the punishment
of soldiers who murdered John B.
I McMunus, an American citizen, and
adequate reparation to . McManus'
family were repeated today to Gen
eral Villa.
"As Villa and Zapata," said Secre
tary Bryan. "hav? been cooperating.
I thought it was a good idea to make
representations to Villa aB well so
that tho offenders would be punish
ed."
As General Villa has been practic
ally in control of the finances of. tho
Vllla-Zaputa government, the ques
tion of an indemnity to the family
of McMaaus, it is believed, will be
settled by the northern chief. Gen
eral Salazar already has promised
to punlHb McManus' sluyers.
Mexico City was reported quiet
lato today. The state department's
summary of conditions in other, parts
of Mexico said:
"The department is informed that
the occuption of Pedros Negras by
the Villa faction giveB It complete
control of the coal region of Cou
hulla. Good order has been estab
lished in Picdrus Negras and mer
chants have reopeaed .their stores.
Communication will not be open from
Peldras Negrua for a few weeks on
account of a number of bridges be
ing dynamited by the CarranzlsUuw
"A dispatch duted March 18 from
Vera Cruz stated that General Car
I runza has announced that the gun
I boat Zaragoza at Progreso will de
I tain any vessels found discharging
or loading cargo and that he expects
to occupy the port, operating by
land and sea. Tho Constitutionalist
authoritlse at Vera Crus aanounce
that the Ocampa also has been or
dered to Progreso.
"The department is in receipt of a
report dated March 8 covering tha
'general political Situation in the
Nogalas district. It is stated that
Governor Maytorcna has dispatched
a large force to the south to repel
the reported advance of Carraazistos
under General Iturbe.
"It Is said that the phase of the
Sonora situation now most serious
seems to bc the scarcity of food,
"It 1b suld that the army of Gen
eral Juan Cabrai, in its march from
Chihuahua across tho mountains in
to Souorn, lost 1,200 horses from
starvation and exhaustion. Several
men also died, us dhl many of the
X00 women and children who accom
panied tho expedition."
Enrique C. Uorente, Villa's repre
sentative here, Issued a statement to
night regarding tho McManus case
which says In part:
"There arc certain features about
the McManus case which give rise
to a suspicion that the \ decreased
might not have beea entirety without
fault. If, as stated, he was guilty of
having-killed three Zapatistas when
the latter entered Mexico City some
months ago |t is equally possible that
he might have been detected In snip
ing on Wednesday lest when the
same troops again entered the capi
tal, in that case he may have been
shot by way of reprisal, which cir
cumstances would tend to relieve the
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Steamers
Since Mar. 10
pedocd at the mouth of tho Bristol .
Channel on March 11, all of bor crew
being landed at Mllfordhavea. with
the cxpoctlon of one fireman, and the
Andaluslan. which was nttoked -off
the Scllly Islands on March 12. The
crew of the latter vessel Is. reported
rescued. . ' '
The Andenwad woo torpedoed in
the English Channel March 11 and
I has since been towed into . 'Cher
bourg. Her crew was lauded at Brls
Ham. The steamer Headlands was
torpedoed March 12 off tho Scllly Is
lands. It is reported that her crew
was saved. The .steamer. Hartdalo
was torpedoed March 13 ofT South
Rock in the'Irish Channel; Twenty-'
nine members of her Crew ' were
picked up and two were lost.
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