New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1917, Page 10

Green in‘Leading Role. The drama committee of the Y. M. 4 A& B. society is completihg plans {for the coming production of “The 1 nkee Princé,” which will be shown the' Lyceum theater early in May. gh the play is one of the most liMeult ever undertaken by local ama- teurs, there is every indication that it | willk ve to be a success. For the role, that made famous by : M, Cohan, Frederick W. 'Greene, has been assigned and with ¢! abllity possessed by this young 1 ‘Cohan himself may be forced to take & back seat. Other members of the east are aa follows: ‘Whiteside Webster, Joseph Calla- a “Earl of Weymouth,” Gerald c'Steve Daly,” Andrew J. Bas- “‘Mrs. Field- Lillian Lloyd"” Spivans,” Guard, Bernard Waiter, Bobby,, 'George ipbell; Policeman, Butler, James liue; Bellboy, Lawrence Cotter. 1€ carnival committee of the so- reported at yesterday’'s meeting imending holding an out-door af- "at the Landers’ playground April {10 27. Five applications were re- jved for membership, and twelve [endidates were initiated. Mr. Cook jo¥ Torrington addressed the meeting jol the campaign being waged in that '.;i ifor $60,000 for a new home. The L ’s card team will play Daly I of C., in Hanna's hall to- evening, instead of Thursday g as originally planned. Women’s Benevolent Legion. Catholic Women’s Benevolent pn will meet Wednesday evening o'clock at St. Mary’s School hall. " St Elmo Lodge, K. of P. * 8t Elmo lodge, No. 21, K. of P., I ‘have @ whist party on Wednes- evering for members and wives lady friends. Refrestiments will served.’ ‘Wallace Lodge, No. 24, D. O. held a regular meeting on day eyening at' 34 Church Rebekah Lodge, I. O, O, F. * Rebekah lodge, I. O, O. F. ‘The meeting will at 7:30 o'clock instead of F:m be followed by a social i Auxiliary, U. S. W. V. Thomas Roper will entertain " Auxiliary and their friends y afternoon at G. A. R. hall 2 to 5 o’clock. b ] lar meeting of the Ladies’ P ‘will be held Tuesday even- 3 .e 8 ©'clock at G. A. R. hall. ¢ Harmony Lodge. it Masters’ Night” will be fits y observed by Harmony Masonic ‘at fts meeting the night of April masters of the lodge will oc- Jthe chairs and direct the work- L the Master Mason’s degree on “candidates. A banquet wiil eraus representatives of the le fraternity from this city are to attend the annual ball of “temple, Mystic Shrine, in 3 ory at-Martford Wed- night. The occasion will be & the social events of the season. «{w INOR INVITED. b, P ais Executive to Be Asked to At- tend Masonic Ball. erno Marcus- H. Holcomb ~will invited to be the guest of honor § the annual Masonic ball the night f April 13 in the state armory on h street. The occasion will be one j the social events of the season the committee of arrangements sparing neither time or expense have it exceed past occasions. A ntial sale of tickets has ai- dy been reported from Middle- Meriden, Hartford, Plainville, #istol, Collinsville, Southington and nearby cities and towns. One fique feature will be ‘the elaborate corations. fhe Sphinx temple “band ‘of ' 55 tes, one of the two most celebrated he country and generally used to en the ceremonial program of the nal Masonic convention, will give fconcert from 8 to*9 o’'clock under e direction of Captain Alexander of tford. There will be a drill of Arab patrol of 48 men in their ¥ uniforms under the leadership of pmas P. Morgan. The dance pro- n will be until 1 o’clock to music ¥ & thirty-piece orchestra. Refresh- t8 will be served during the inter- City ltems . Grandall is on an auto trip Southern stites. er Jack Lynch of 79 Roberts celebrated his third birthday day by giving a party to his friends. ' Florence Holmaquist of Barnett ®rtertained a number of her ds at a unique Hawaiian party at home Saturday night. Hawailan si¢, some Hawaiian costumes and .some oxtent Hawailan ' refresh- nts featured the evening. NING FOR CONSTABLE. he democratic town committee will tonight in the office of Chair- W. ¥. Mangan, at which time a will be chosen to take the 804 of the late J. A. Duffy. James 3 aning of 45 Union street has K his-candidacy for appoiut- f GUARD NOW |MI 'HAS 106 MEMBERS| BY YOUR UNGLE SAM SUBJECT OF SERMON Mayor (Quigley Defends Move in Public Statement At an enthusiastic meeting in the state armory yesterday afternoon 106 men enlisted as members of the New Britain City Gudrd, the military aux- lllary of the New Britain Rifle club, N. R. A. Many more men secured application blanks and enlistment pa- pers and within a few days it is ex- pected that the City Guard will be recruited up to 200 men. Those who enlisted yesterday for ‘a two year period of service were measured for uniforms, Any who desire to enlist between meetings should apply to Dr. Frank L. McGuire in LeWitt's block, or E. W. Pape at the Adkins Print- ing company on‘Church street. ~ ° During the recruiting. of the City Guardsmen yesterday afternoon May- or G. A. Quigley addressed the as- semblage, defending the City Guard move. Mayor Quigley’s address, pre- sented in a formal statement to the press, is as follows: ““While it may be possible to com- municate with the gsvernor at once, vet there i8 always danger or delay which might be fatal and cause con- siderable embarrassment.to the city government. I therefore dccided af- ter much thought that a force of 150 vitizens should be recruited as deputles or gaards for use in case of emer- gency. The incéndiary fires of a few weeks ugo hastened my plans and at the February meeting of the common council T roquested authority to pur- chase 150 special deputy or guard badges, which was granted. You will understend that this was before Gover- nor Holcomb received authority frum the legislature to recruit a home guard. “My idea of a force of deputles be- coming known to the New Britain Rifle chib several months ago several members approached me ' with the proposition that a guard unit be formed in the rifid club and that I as mayor ‘of the city swear them in as guardsito protect the city in case o danger. This seemed to be, a hapfy solution of the guard protlem and I very readily assented and agreed that I would do all I could to &l them in securing arms, ammunition and other necessary cquipment. The Home Guard bill ‘was passed a week or ten days later. The understanding at that time was that the Home Guard was to be subject only to the g\'emor‘s or- ders and be liable to duty in any part of Connecticut. The military ~emer- geney board appointed several local men as recruiting agents, I among the number. ‘ “Immediately, a recruiting office ‘was ‘opened ‘in the antec room of the mayor’s office in City Hall. I wrote to Mr. Holden of Hartford of the emer- gency board asking for instructions, enlisting blanks, znd necessary infor- mation. To date I have recelved no reply to my - letter. Later I tele- phoned to Hartford for Instructions, which were given me by Mr. Burpee, brother of one of the membcers of the military emergency board, but we still have not received supplies. In order not to delay enlistment I sent a mes- senger to Hartford for enlistment pa- pers and found that the Home Guard was subject to the governor’'s orders, which was eminently proper, but left the city of New Britain in the same predicament in case of trouhle as be- fore, as regards the National Guard. We still needed the governor's per- mission to call out the guard for lo- cal protection. Nothing was nor s said to recruiting officers in the enlist- ment papers that the Home Guard is solely to protect our city. If such is the case. I as recruiting officer have never been informed, officially er otherwise, to that effect. While doing all T could to assist in re:ruiting the Home Guard, I also determined that New Britain should get protection, so I enlisted the support of several public spirited citizens to raise a fund to equip and arm the City Guard. ‘““According to the military emer- gency board, enlistment obtained of men between certain ages liable for duty in the National Guard was dis- couraged. These men desired military training, were patriotic, wanted to help their city, state and nation, but did not want to enlist in the National Guard until they felt that they were really needed, so they joined the City Guard. It is not the intentlon of the mayor to embarrass the governor or the military emergency board, but T feel that under the circumstances be- fore criticism is offered that the situa- tion should be understood. The arms, ammunition and equipment shall re- main the property of the city of New Britain until paid for by individual members of the Rifle club. Such were the conditions laid down by the men who subscribed to the purchase fund. The men will get military training and will be valuable to the state in case of trouble, as they, the same as any other citizen, will be liable to duty if called upon by the national govern- ment.”” “MR. DAVIS” AND “MR. THOMAS.” New Britain Men Arrested in Red Swan Inn Raid. Among those caught in a raid by the state police on the Red Swan Inn, located - hetweerr Meriden and Yalesville, favorite destination of auto parties from this city and well known for its roast chicken and steak din- ners, early yesterday morning were “F. E. Davis* and “Charles J. Thomas” of New Britain. It was the second raid within two months. Mary A. Stone Hemming, proprietor was arrested charged with violdtion of the excise statutes and was released bonds of $200. Six, including twe women, were arrested on' fréquenting charges and were released in bonds of $10 each. ; X % The raid was made at.12:30 yester- day morning by a squad of state policemen’ in charge of Sergeant MECHANICS WANTED Watertown, Portsmouth and New- port Can Use Good Men In the Watertown arsenal, Water- town, Mass., heavy lathe hands quali- fled to operate lathes thirty-six inches and upwards, boring mill hands, all around machinists, floor and bench hands, and erecting machinists, are needed at once. Wages from $3.12 to $4.32 per diem. In the next three months forty shipfitters will be needed at the Ports- mouth navy yard, twelve of which are needed immediately, as are_ also four anglesmiths of flangeturners. Wages 4.24 to $4.32 per diem. At the Naval Torpedo station, New- port, R. I, 300 machinists, twenty-five machine operators, and twenty ord- nancement are wanted immediately. ‘Wages for all around machinists from $3,36 to, $4,48 per diem, ordnancemen, $2.64 to $3.84 per diem, and machine operators $2.72 to $3. per diem. Application form 1800, may be se- cured from the secretary of the board of examiners at any first or second class post office, frem the board of ex- aminers at/the Watertown arsenal, the labor Doards at the Portsmouth navy yard or the Torpedo station, Newport, or from the secretary of the first civil service district, post office building, Boston. Applications should be filed with the board of ex- aminers at the place where employ- ment is desired. Draftsmen at Springfield. The United States clivil service com- mission announces that an examina- tion will be held to fill a vacancy in the position of mechenical draftsman at the Springfield armory, Springfield, Massachusetts, at a salary of $1,800 per annum. A supervising draftsman is desired, who will be competent to supervise the work of the drafting room and who has had experience in desinging tools and fixtures. Appli- cations for this position must be filed on or before March 30 with the dis- trict secretary. Applications may also be filed with the district secretary at any time for filling vacancies as ti may occur in the position of mechanical draftsman in both the Springfleld armory and ‘Watertown arsenal, the usual entrance salary being from $900 to $1,400 per annum. = Applicants are not assembled for these examinations but are rated on their education and the .sample of work submitted with the application. For application and information apply to the secretary of the First Civil Service ‘District, room 145, Post office build Bosto! ST. QUENTIN SCENE OF MIGHTY BATTLE (Continued from First ; Pla‘e. ) war office announces that tht Ger- mans were repelled, Turks Still in Fight. London, March 26.—Russian de- tachments in Persia, pursuing the Turks, have crossed the border into the Turkish Vilayet of Mosul, accord- ing to an official announcement as forwarded -in a Reuter despatch from Petrograd. French Have Upper Hand. Paris, March 26, 12:06 a. m.—The battle of St. Quentin continues to rage with unabated fury. The honors of the last twenty-four hours’ fighting have been with the French, who.are pushing forward steadily, taking all the precautions that the nature of the operations calls for and in the face of desperate resistance by the Ger- mans. The advance necessarily is slow, on account of the character of the ground. St. Quentin is protected on the northwest by Omignon river, which, although only a brook, like most of the Somme tributaries, runs through a broad valley full of swamps and clumps of trees which greatly in- creases its defensive value. To the west the approaches to the city are over a bare, flat plain devoid of any natural obstacle and with but few vil- lages. Here the French advance naturally is miost rapid, but the plain narrows and ends in a sharp point at 8t. Quentin. At Savy, the most favor- able point, the Germans have bullt their main defensive line. The German right runs from the Omignon river at Vermand to the Holnon wood and their center is at Savy. Against these two sections the French so far have made little head- way, but on the German left they have carried the strong key position on the plateau of Essigny and Benay. This section, extending from the Somme at Seracourt to the Oise at ‘Vendeuil, runs through a gently undu- lating country which offers admirable fields of fire to the defender. The center region is a wide hillock 360 feet high on which stands the vil- lage of Essigny. It is flanked on the southeast by a similar eminence near Beenay, and the definite loss of this strong position French military critics claim, would force the whole German wing back on the Oise, exposing St. Quentin to the south and imperiling the rest of the line as far as the Omignon. It is considered certain, therefore, that the Germans will make determined efforts to retrieve The French also made an impres- sion Sunday on the bulge in their line formed by the lower Coucy forest. Troops which crossed the Ailette and attacked the salient at its apex suc- ceeded in establishing a footing in the Soissons-St. Quentin highroad at Coucy-le-Chateau. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1917. LIBERAL SABBATH i | Rev. W. F. Cook Expresses Views on Present Laws Rev. Warren F, Cook, pastor of the Methodist church, last night preached a timely and most interesting sermon ! on: *“Should we have a more liberal Sunday?” In this sermon the pastor, who is chaplain of the senate, ex- plained in detail the more liberal Sun- day bill new pending. . This bill, he said, would legalize certain recreations and sports on the Sabbath. - Strictly speaking, he sald, every business car- ried on today on Sundey is in direct violation of the law. Motion pictures, Sunday bageball and even the pur- chasing of a cigar, newspaper or ice cream soda is in violation of the law. It is a bad thing to have the existing law thus disregarded so the legislators have thought, many of them, that it would have a better moral effect on the state to legalize certain things. Under the existing conditions the authorities cannot stop one moving plcture show in a city, unless it ls positively indecent, without stopping all. Inasmuch as all shows are run contrary to law it is impossible to discriminate. Not so under the pro- posed law. All forms of amusement would be under the supervision of a council in each place and they could be curtailed more easily. Rev. .Mr. Cook said that while such a Sunday is not the one he would choose' from preference, he did, nevertheless, in view of existing and uncontrollable conditions, favor a more liberal Syn- day. He took his text from the bible and. quoted Christ’'s words when He said “The S8abbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.” Automobile Versus Church. As one argument in favor of a more liberal Sunday and the bill which permits certain recreations after 2 p. m. Rev, Mr. Cook asked the ques- tion of why it is any worse for leading citizens to get into their tour- ing cars on Sunday and drive to their country club where, out of sight of the crowds, they play golf, than it is for the factory worker to go out into a Jot or park and watch an amateur ball . The preacher said t he knew that the automobile does ::n‘re.to deplete the ranks of the church congregations on summer Sun- day mornings than do baseball games, People oftimes go motoring In preference to going to church. In reference to Sunday baseball, how- ever, the- pastor made it very plain that he objects most strenuously to commercialized baseball on the Sab- bath. It is the amateur games that he views with more favor. Following his sermon, which was listened to attentively by ‘a large con- gregation, Rev, Mr. Caok invited his congregation . to make comients. One man in the rear of the church who introduced himself as a travel- ing man, born in New Hampshire of old Puritan stock but now lives in Ohio, spoke at some length. He told of the open Sunday as he has seen it in Ohio, where professional baseball games are permitted. He said he hoped Connecticut would not legalize Sunday baseball as he considered it an encouragement of the liquor habit, “The church in Ohio has been twice defeated on the liquor question alone,” he said. Just so soon as the church begins to loosen up on its Sunday ideas then religion .will deteriorate, the Ohio man said. The preacher asked the man what he would have the people do on Sunday, provided they went to church in the morning and in the evening. Not at all non- plussed the man from Ohio said he thought it would be a good idea if the young men would spend their time calling “op their lady friends” and thinking about the future and the possibility of making a home for themselves. “I'm a traveling man. I'm far from home but I'd like to be at home with my family tonight. I'm lonesome,” he said. Other members throughout the con- gregation rose to air their personal |. view of a more liberal Sunday and of all who spoke it was evident that the concensus of opinion was decided- 1y against the move. One man asked | the minister what his own personal | belief was. While he explained that it would not be the Sunday of his choice were he given the right to gov- ern it, Pastor Cook did not hesitate to state positively that he is in favor of the liberal Sunday ldea under con- ditions ag they exist today. He thought it better to legalize certain things and thus have them closely held to a strict aécountability by law, than permitting these things to exist fllegally @nd having the authorities unable to curtail the activities of the flagrant offenders without admonish- ing the others as well. ‘Majority Would Kcep Lid Down. To learn the opinion of his congre- tion Rev. Mr. Cook asked all who fa- vored a more liberal Sunday to raise their hands. There was a goodly number who raised their hands, in- cluding two members of the church ohoir seated behind the minister, But when the question was asked, who was opposed to a liberal Sunday, an overwhelming majority raised their hands. Last night's sermon by Rev. Mr. Cook was by far one of the most in- testing and far reaching that this popular clergyman has yet delivered. It served to open the eyes of his con- gregation to certain conditions and hag set them to thinking of these things in a fair minded and impar- tial manner. Rev. Mr. Cook said in part: “The circumstances which called forth' this teaching of Jesus was used in the soripture reading. Jesus and his disciples had been going through the flelds and his disciples had plucked the grain and eaten it. They were at once accused of violating the Jewish Sabboth law, not because they had picked the grain but because they had: rubbed it in their hands to 6 TO 9 O’'CLOCK- MONDAY EVENING————6 TO 9 O’CLOCK STEAKS . 1b20c SUGAR ... 51lbs ZZcC | LARD Best Pure TUESDAY Nati . e 35¢ Rib or Loi Lamb Chops Tb 22c Choice Sliced ; o 25¢ gle:tf .(.:?T?.lb 14c ire’s All Porke gg::;:....lt 25c¢ shell or shuck it which was a type ot work forbidden on the Jewish Sab- both. In His reply Jesus reminded them of how David and his followers had eaten the show bread from the altar of the temple which was lawful only for the priests to eat, and then added, “The Sabboth was made for man and not man for the Sabboth.” It would seem that Jesus used this illustration of David eating the sacred bread to substantiate the idea in his statement that a thing is not dnd cannot bé made sacred just by law or -by' custom. A thing in the mind of Jesus was made sacred, and ever remained sacred by the use that could and should be made of it. If a man needed to be healed upon the Sabboth day it was. right that he should so be. healed whether it was against the Jewish Sabboth law or not. The observance of certain rights and customs upon the Sabboth day did not bulk very large in the mind of Jesus. Religion to Him was a far bigger thing than forms and customs, it was not a matter of proper observ- ance upon a day set aside as sacred. To Jesus religion was full and abun- dant life lived every day and under all conditions according to the stand- ards of God. It was a superior thing, in the mind of Jesus, for a man to be absolutely just in his dealings with his neighbor, especially with widows and such' as might easily be misled and cheated; or to be gracious and full of compassion toward those in need; or to take a stand for a great cause even at ones own personal loss—these were nearer the desire of the Father than the ob- servance of a day. “Religion to Him.was not a small compartment of life but all of life; it was not just the perfecting and final saving of the soul but the saving of life, i. e the whole man and in the light of this principle he replied to his accusérs that the Sabboth was not made just to be a sacred day which men should keep and observe, but that men should do upon the Sab- both day thati which would minister to be highest development of all of life. Of course men' will disagree upon what is for the high interest of men on Sunday, but there can not ‘be any doubt but that ‘this’ was the principal of Jesus and is the jtrue Christian standard for the ol&orv- ance of the day.” / Mr. Cook then spoke of the demand for more liberal Sunday laws and said that this demand came from several sources. One demand comes from thoes who have been reared under the con- tinental idea of Sunday, which is far more liberal than our New England ideal. Another source of demand is from an element which sees an op- portunity of large commercial gain from the crowds which seek amuse- ‘ment and receation on Sunday. An- ther demand comes from those who believe that the present attitude of disregard and violation is a bad in- fluence which creates a constant dis- respect for law. They believe that it is better to have laws which may not be so ideal but which can be enforced than laws which are ever so 1ideal which are disregarded and disrepected. Still another demand arises from the new emphasis which has been put upon play and the need of outdoor recreation. We are beginning to see that play is not just a thing to be indulged in as a pastime and when there is nothing else to do. Play and recreation are a part of the normal demands in the development of man. There is still another class of peaple who want more liberal Sunday laws not that we may have more license on Sunday but that we may be able to censor and control what we do have and thus have a better Sunday. They believe that we never can enforce the present law, and that we do not want to enforce it in its minute restrictions; and that we should therefore change the law so that a proper control may be exercised over whatever is allowed on Sunday. Continuing, he said. “Now as a minister I am very much interested in this question. I believe in Sunday and in the church, or I would not be standing here. I sat through the dis- cussion at the capitol last Wednesday and heard such demands for a more liberal Sunday as are stated in the above paragraph, What should be my attitude as a christian minister? Nat- urally I favor the more strict ob- servance of Sunday. It would be my way of observing it. But I realize that we are living in a very different age. from that of our fathers and that from the standpoint of fairness and Justice and finally the ultimate good of all things cannot be just as I or some oth might desire. Our age is an industrial age, and a very busy on at that, which brings its SOc N 2 1bs HICAN AR E ] Medford Prep. a1 I [un Pinu;ple» ..can l 5 c Moh. Pancake Mo problems and larger needs for recrea- tion and sunshine and fresh air. I cannot help but feel that the man who works in the factory six days a week from seven in the morning till six at night and then sleeps and lives in a house none too well ventilated and | lighted and probably not too well kept may need a differnt type of Sunday for his actual religious development, than our Puritan fathers who had the whole of out of doors before and be- hind and around them all of the time. “I certainly think that it is no worse for this man to indulge in tennis or baseball or go to the moving pictures than for the man of more means to take his car and go to the Country club and play golf on Sunday. The automobile is depleting our ¢hurch attendance, in - some churches, far more than is sports or moving pic- tures. I cannot, however, see the value that will come from pro- fessional - sports where admission is charged on Sunday. Here there are but a few who receive the real re- creation, while the rest sit in the grand stand hunched over smoking and eating peanuts and drinking poor drinks. Compare this with amateur sports where the onlookers. stand in the open as a rule and move from place to place and where a great many imore usually take part, or at least where those who take part do so for the real sport and diversion they get from it not for the compensation they receive and it. would seem that this latter form is far superior to the oth- er. ' Professional sports also draw large crowds to one place, and fill the cars to overflowing so that the man who would like to take his family for a pleasure car ride is often deprived of this opportunity, and those who are on the more customery errands of the day are put to discomfort and often embarrassment. I don’t see much ar- gument for professional sports, where admission is charged, except the com- mercial one, which most fair men op- pose, but with amateur sports I think it is different. “When you take the question of the Sunday moving pictures there 18 much to say in their favor. They certainly is one method of reaching the at- tention of men that is far superior to the average method. If their pictures are of a high order it is possible to teach through them, moral lesons that will be far more impressive than can be done through the ear. T know that it will be said that many of these pi¢- tures are not of a high order. But\a picture that is not of a high order‘is just as bad during the week as it is on Sunday. The thing we must do, it seems to me, is not to stop, or try to stop this fine method of impressing truth because it is not now employed to highest advantage but to use all in- fluence to raise the standard until it will serve the end we desire. Jesus said not to root up the tares lest in so doing the wheat be rooted up also. This principle certainly applies here. ‘As to paying for these things on Sun- day I see no vital harm if the picture is not used just for commercial gain. Moving pictures cost and must be paid for by some one. It might be better if we could have municipal pictures of a high order, but the payment of money on Sunday is not in itself a sin. We do it in our churches. Of course the amount given ir voluntary, but nevertheless it is a means of sus- taining the thing we are trying to do. “It seems to me that the whole mat- ter is taken care of in the words of Jesus which I have taken as text. The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. Whatever is for the highest interest of men upon that day is right, whether it agrees with the way we have been taught or not. And I must believe that what is right for one man in this age of specialization may not be the thing that is good for all men. If Jesus were to come among us I think He would surprise a great many by His attitude on some of these matters. I have no doubt but that many would insist that He was wrong because He differed from the Puritans and others. I do not doubt but that many would declare that He was an impostor just as they ‘did when He lived. To me the great thing Jesus wanted to 'do was to get men away from the idea of sacred days and sacred things and to teach them that all life is sacred and religion was in living all life in its every relation and aspect up to the high standard of God. If this type of unselfishness and willingness to sacrifice, if this attitude of co-opera- tion and service, if this thought of re- ligion as not a thing separate that can be attended to better on one day than upon another but rather the high privilege ot doing ones full duty in all things and at all times—if this was our attitude I think .the question of the proper observance of Sunday would well take care of itself.’ But ?'e the pl%qent‘ it seems to me that 3 o R 4 & S POTATOES BEST MAINE we need not s more liberal but a different type of laws gov: Sunday so that we can haVe a Sunday.” Y ¥ Berlin leeMg‘ot S » | , of U-Boat Campaign » Berlin, Sunday, March 25, By W less to Sayville.—The sinking twenty-five - more steamships, teen sailing vesséls and thirty. trawlers, with an aggregate | tofynage of 80,000 in the last few is announced by the admiralty, statement ' follows: “In additie the losses of ships already Ha! in March, German submarines. the last few days, sank ti steamers, fourtean sailing thirty-seven trawlers, .with | &ross tonnage of 80,000. O 9 a:German submarine annih cannon fire a British biplane ), Channel, The ships were K are: 85 . British, 3,649 to) armed; Denpark, British, 1 ), ith the i N,-34 in tov:h, Glynyn i 394 tons; Memnon, Bri tor i h l!l.‘: ton: x; tish ing vessel, eighty-four . tons;, Rivend, . Gessamine, . Gratia, Lo Lilty, 2 ‘nog | Melly Me-Not, Try, Arnace, trawlers; B French Ships, ‘The following French sunk; Scully, bark, 2,649 tons; H Eugene, Ajbert, Anais (13 Madeline, Davoust, schooners; Va. (8¢ tons), and The American, Martha, Yvonne pilat schooners; Pettit Jean, Louis, Djeu de Garge, Nozal, R Louls XIV, Pentileau, Acide ‘Mati Juliette, Gamille, Emile, L R.—% L R—1329 Madeline, cite, donna.and Entente.Cordial, tral Ve Norwegian and e “The following Italian vessels. whk sunk: Medusa, steamer of 11,000 tona. " “The following Norwegian ves were sunk: Soleferina, 1,165 U Wilifred, 1,120 tons; Girda, 1,824 T« Blaamanden, 964 tons; Ronald, ’, tons; Expedit 860 tons; Frisk 1, tons; Einar Jarl, 849 tons; s Efgeu, salling vessel of about 500 not listed. American Steamers. “The following American st were sunk: Illinois, 5,225 tons" City of Memphis, 5,262 tons. Othér Vessels. “The following Spanish steame: sun: Vivina, 3,122 tons; the .fo ing Dutch gteamer was supk, . Campine, 2,696 tons. “Ships destroyed, the mnames . which are upknown either b they were not identified @ night attack or because they name on side. are as follows: “Unidentified steamer, with about 8,000 tons gross, sunk by pedo in the midst of & convoyi British steamer of about 3, steamer of about 3,500 tons;§ steamer of about 3,000 tons; of _about §000 tons; Noi steamer of about 2,506 tons masted schoont of 300 tont 4 three British and two French fis] cutters. “With these ships, so far as known yp to this time, were d stroyed among other things, 34, tons of coal, the greater . part which was on the way to.France 3,000 tons of kerosene oil, 3,300 ton of ore from Huelva to West Hartl pool, 3,200 tons of graln and tons of provisions, besides fish with trawlers.” sl re A German submarine made an successful attempt to torpedo ' tH British hospital ship Asturias oft i vre in Februpary of 19156. Quick v neuvering by the captain enabled- vessel to avold the torpedo. s quently the qarlun government ‘sil the vessel had been mistaken % troop ship | expressed n the attack. The hn& admirait nded that under circut 0 :l‘::n could have been no o ?w of such a mistake. o 3 b