Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1915, Page 1

NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Local Showers VOL. XLIV-NO. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 1915 TWENTY PAG On Traing and st = SINGI 8o JE COPY TWO CENTS. MILLION DOLLARS | DAMAGE IN TEXAS | FROM HUGE FLOODS Austin is Heaviest Sufferer with Twelve Persons Known to Have Been Killed. (FAMILIES SWEPT INTO RIVER | Btorm is General Over Nearly All of | Lone Star State and Part of Oklahoma. CITIES WITHOUT NATURAL GAS AUSTIN, Tex., April 23.—Damage of at least $1,000,000 has resulted from yesterday’s Texas rain and elec- | trical storm, according to the infor- mation available up to noon today. Austin was the heaviest sufferer,| with twelve known dead, five missing | and $500,000 property damage. A rain estimated at from six to cight fnches turned creeks about Austin into rivers from halt a mile to a mile wide in outlylng parts of the city. In the dark- mess last night this flood swept several entire families into the river. The known dead are: MARTHA VIRGINIA EZELL, & youns *ELEN G, telephone operatar, TOM _QUINN, 'a fireman MEXICAN WOMAN NAMED CORTEZ AND CHILD. UNIDENTIFIED MAN. FIVE NEGROES. It 1s said that five others who were In ‘the house with the Ezell and King girls "were drowned. Wide Aren Devastated. DALLAS, Tex., April 2.—Twenty per- ®ons, perhups more, it was estimated to- jday, met death late yesterday and last night In a rain, electrical and windstorm general over nearly al of Texas and |eastern Oklahoma. Resultant floods have interrupted communication by rail and wire. ®n some parts of the storm area the wind and rain continued today. Austin felt the greatest fury of the tempest. The death toll at the state capital Is expected to be at least fifteen. The known dead are: Christobal, Tex.: H. C. GOLDWIRE, killed by lightnins. Ramsdell, Te: | W. L. BOYNTON, killed in train wreck caused by moft track. Austin, Tex.: SIX NEGROES, drowned in Waller | creek, The storm was especlally severe at Austin and that city was in darkness last night. Tt is sald about twenty houses had flonted away and were packed egainst a bridge, threatening the struc- ture. Rescue squads were busy all night taking endangered persons t6 higher ground, while the rain continued to fall in torrents. In the Thrall ol field near Taylor, Tex:, “tanks ontaining 150000 barrels of oll wers set on fire by lightning. The loss, it is sadd, would be $75,000. I¥ghtning started a fire in an ofl warehouse in Dal- las, causing a loss of $120,000. In Oklahuma the Canadian river At Chicakasha has cut a new channil two miles from fts old bed and ten passenger trains are marooned there. The Santa Fe | railroad has lost 1,000 fee. of track at Purcell and bridges are threatened at several points on that road by swollen streams. The bursting of a gas main at Alvord, Tex., caused by water undermining the line, has left Dallas and Fort Worth with- out natural gas. It was not known today | when the break could be repaired. Seven Injured by Tornado. { SHAWNEE, Okl, April 23 —Seven per- sons were injured, three dangerously, in: & tornado which last night destroyed the home of 8. L. Whittley, a farmer near here. The property damage in this vicinity was heavy. Senator Grace Goes With the Fish Car (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, April 2.—(8pecial.)—Senator | Jack Grace of Mascot was in the city last night, leaving for Ashland, where he joined the fish car in charge of Commis- | eioner O'Brien, who was taking some | fish for distribution in the direotion of Valentine. Senator Grace took a great deal of interest in securing sufficient ap- propriations during the last session of the | Jegislature to make the planing and grow- | ing of fish in the state worth while., and | makes the trip to get in beter touch with | the work. —_— The Weather ‘ For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vieinity | «—8howers and cooler. Temperature st Omaha Yesterday. | Dey Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Dlean temperature.. [T § Precipitation 0l 131 1.02 00| Temperatures and precipitation depar- tures from the normal: Normal temperature Excess for the day 1| Normal precipitat®on nch | Deficiency for the day ... .1inch Total rainfall since March 1...2.33 inches | Deficlency since March 1 1.19 inches | Deficiency for cor. period. 1914..1.30 inches | Excess for cor, period, -9i7 2.18 inches | Reports from Stations at 7 P, M. | ©tation and State Temp. High- Rain- | of Weather. Tp.m. est. fall Cheyen rair » h 9w I Denver, rain W w1l Des Moines rain s T Todge City, vart. clondy & o Lander, cloudy o 6 o | North Platte,” pt. cloudy w % 12 Omaha, clendy 5 7 ueblo, cloudy N 58 S Rapid City, roin a “ Balt Lake (ity, clea W Y Bants Fe, o o 54 ) Sheridan, -loudy 62 62 2 | Sloux City, part. cloudy 70 I 1% Valentine, cloudy - 5 > “T* indicates trace of precipitation. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. i the jury. ROOSEVELT IN THE COURT ROOM—Photo of the for- mer president as he appeared on the witness stand in the trial at Syracuse, JEKYLL AND HYDE IN HIS TESTIHONY Roosevelt Under Cross-Examination Says Plaintiff Had Good and Bad Sides to His Char- { acter. | WISHED TO ELIMINATE LATTER | | Fourth Day for T. R. on Witness Stand and He Still Shows i Plenty of “Pep.” [MORE LETTERS ARE INTRODUCED BULLETIN, l SYRACUSE, April 23.—The trial of Willlam Barnes' libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt was recessed late today until Monday after the colonel had been questioned closely in re- gard to contributions received dur- |ing his presidential campaign, | SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 28.~Dur- | !ing the second day of his cross-exam |[ination in the supreme court here to-| | day Theodore Roosevelt said that ne| LIKENS BARNES T0 People of Trieste D-emand Brcgd and Cheer for Italy ROMT, April 2.~(Via Paris, Aprfl 28.)— Fear is felt that the shortage of food in Trieste may result in disorders of such importance that they will lead to serious trouble here where everything affecting Trieste Ie watched with the closest Inter- est because the population of that Aus- trian crownland fs chiefly Itallan { The people of Trieste now are reported | to be marching through the streets de- | manding bread, “erying ‘‘down with war’” and cheering for Italy. Under the rigld Austrian regulations of the past this proceedurs would have resulted in arrasts as the display of Ttallan ocolors or the singing of the Itallan anthem were prohiblted | Tt the sltuation in Trieste becomes worst it is believed here it may be suf. ficlen* to force the hand of the Ttalian government because of the sympathy and | excitement it would arouse among the | people of this country, | GRINSBY TRAWLER " SUNK IN NORTH SEA }8(. Lawrence is Torpedoed by Ger- | man Submariae and Two Mem- bers of Crew Killed. RESCUE SHIP IS DRIVEN AWAY | GRIMSBY, England, April 28.— | The Grimsby trawler St. Lawrence was torpedoed and sunk in the North ea yesterday by a German subma- rine. Two members of the crew were killed. Seven survivors were “sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who, like other politiclans, had his good sides and his bad ones.” The colonel said he did not, as suggested by Willlam Ivins, eross-examiner, try to sever the ligaments between ‘‘theso Slamese twins of polities.” Quite on the contrary, he declared he endeav- ored to have the “Dr. Jekyll” in thom absorb the ““Mr. Hyde." It was the colonel's fourth day upon {the witness stand and he seemed to be as fresh as he was on the first day. More | letters, tending to show the friendly re- $60.000 KIS CASE IS GIVEN T0 JURY Judge Instructs Jury and Attorneys for Both Sides Make Their Argu- ments in District Court. JUDGE LESLIE WARNS CROWD Mrs, Edith Hicks' $50,000 damage suit against Albert A. Clark, Council Bluffs capitalist, for an alleged forci- ble kiss and attack upon her, was given to the jury at 4 o'clock yester- day. At a late hour last night no ver- dict, had been peached. Resumption of the trial after an inter- mission of one day was marked by the recalling of Mrs. Hicks to the witness stand for half a dozen final questions, the instructions of Judge Leslle to the jury anud the beginning of arguments of attorneys. A crowd which overflowed the court room Inso the corridor waited patiently from § o'clock until 10:30, a de- lay having occurred fn the beginning of proceedings. Mrs. Hicks' final testimony was given In such a low voice that the court re- porter was required to repeat it to the jury. She asserted that Charles Gunther, a witness for the defense, who had con- tradicted her concerning the date of the alleged kiss, had several months ago at- tempted 'to arrange a meeting with her, but that she had refused to meet him except at the office of Ler attorney. Judge Leslie instructed the jury that in order to recover damages from Mr. Clark, the plaintiff must prove that the alleged attack on her was committed and that she suffered damages as the result of it. The mero laying of hands on Mrs, Hicks in an insulting or insolent manner on the part of Mr. Clark would constitute a legal assault on her, the court told unless the alleged kiss .in the sleeping porch of the Clark house was taken |against her will, according to the courtis statement. The law forbids a verdict for damages for the purpose of punishing Mr. Clark and allows only compergation for damages actually suffered by her, said the judge, Yelser Demands Full Sum. John O. Yeiser, attorney for Mrs. Hicks demanded from the jury the full $50,000 damages asked in Mrs, Hicks' be- half. He asscrted that permanent injury | to & woman's feeling should require as| {large compensation as severe physical in- Jury The question whether & woman's wrongs shall be settled in a lawsult or by a gun s involved in this case,” said Mr. Yelser. “If juries refuse to com- | pensate womer. for damawes of the kind sutfered by Mrs. Hicks no other remedy remains but the gun. “If this jury refuses to give Mrs. Hicks a substantial verdict I ghall never bring a case like this again. Other lawyers will feel the scme.” |Danish Favor Votes for Women COPENHA April 23.—~The Danish Diet today adopted an amendment to the constitution giving the vote to women and conferring upon them the right of election to the Diet. The amendment must be passed by the new Diet next March before it becomes effective. FIVE NEW BILLS AGAINST CHICAGO DETECTIVES CHICAGO, April Five new indict- charging bribery, were returned against John J. Halpin, former chiel of detectives, and William Egan and Walter O'Brien, former detective sergeants. The grand jury's returns sup- plemented similar charges filed against the same men several months ago in connection with an investigation of po- lice affairs. ments, today She could not recover d-mnt{fal to be elected | lations between himself apd Mr. Barnes, { “Dit you ever veto a bill in regard to finances, pasced by both houses and witich' was later passed by the legisla- ture.” “I may have™ . “In 189 and 1900 was the.position of chatrman of the republican stats com- mittee recognized by law? |German Papers Just | vy, it The colonel admitted that he had com- ' 'k W' ) plied with many of the suggestions made Don't Like Wilson's % Wy My BiFnes falpegerd to the : | tiing of offices in the state government Neutrality Speech curive e two vears ne was sovermor i Asked Abdut Printing Plant. AMSTERDAM, April 2.—(Via London) | When court was opened Colonel Roose- —Regarding Secretary of State Bryan's VeIt resumed his seat is by answer to the recent memorandum sent 1“,.',:;:";{:0"2:152 Mr. Ivana, “at- by Count Vo Bernstorff, the German |tontion was called to the annual message ambassador at Washington, to the State |in which vou mentioned the establishment department, Berlin newspapers received |of a printing house. Did you ever do here make the following comments: | tovthing further officlally in regard to The Taglsche Rundshau says: '“‘fé;“m“y i “America takes all possible trouble over | . . Bo. the ammunition requirements of our | “DUring your two years as governor the enemien ostensibly from s loye of neu. [Ususl appropriation bills came %o you trality. It does not trouble about possible food requirements of Germany; this aleo 18 done from a love of neutral-, ity The Vossische Zeitung says in the same connection: - “‘Washington should recognize that such an attitude on the part of America will not speedily be forgotten in Germany.'" The Lokal Anzeiger says: “I ‘think not.” ““The German standpoint on this ques- | i “was the democrdtic party leader tion s founded on thoroughly established | ). no principles and practice of Intérnational | .1pefate it was David B. Hill, in New law. THe ‘American -standpoint can be {yore it was Richard Croker, with the explained, only by the profits of the |ja¢ter growing in power constantly.” armament firms." “Here is your autoblography; here you The Morgen Post, under a headling |gaid that during the campaign the issue “Reroarkable Neutrality,”. says: “This answer sounds like a mochery of the German standpoint as presented | {by Ccunt Von Bernstorff, although, of | “We'll go into that later." cpurse, this is not Secretary Bryan's in- | “On page 1, continued the witness, tention. Nobody outside the White 1ouse | “I mentioned David B. Hill." belleves that the delivery of arms and | “Did Mr. HUl go to the United States other supplies 1s not a violation of neu- | senate?" trality and that its prohibition would be | “He did." unneutral. But it remains for Mr. Bryan | ‘Do you remember when he retired ™ to proclaim with such cynical frankuess | T think it was in 188" that the weapon trade to one belligerent | Do you kncw he got out of pelities in is real neutrality.” |this state after he retired from the sen- | Die Post makes no comment except for |ate the headline, “America Further Shows ! ° My understanding it directly the was bgtwgen yourself and CroRer. 1Is that right? I¥d you mention Mr. HilI?" “Yes. You look at page —." Its Character.” | contrary.” —— Barnes Not in Book. < “In chopter elght did you refer to Mr, {Publishers Hear Bamest” o | “No. He was not then of the same im- speeches a,nd MuSIG |portance as Mr. Platt and Mr. Odell. Y {However, when I published my auto- { AOTOSS Gontlnen blography in 1913, T though the same of {Mr. Barnes as 1 did when I wrote the = E |article complained of here.” NEW YORK, April 23 —Members of lhc’ “Why did you do that?™' American Newspaper Publishers' associ, “I did not want to make any maliolous tion at their annual dinner here tonight |attack on Mr. Barnes. 1 refused to at- | listened to music and speeches from San tack any man In my autoblography that | Francisco over the telephone. In the T could help. In my statement I wanted {midst of the dinner Patrick Francis|to appeal to Murphy, the toastmaster, announced that | state. |a cornetist in the Bohemian club in San | | Frencisco would render a selection. Tele- | government That This phones had been provided at the places | autobiography.” at the tables. Following the mueical se-| Mr. Ivins read an exerpt that had to s from your lection, the diners listened to speeches do with Invisible government and pub- by James Rolph, jr., mayor of San Fran-|licity for campaign contributions. {clsco; Charles K. Field, editor of the| “Did Perry Belmont start the move- Sunset magnzine, and others in the Pa- ment to require publication of campaign | cific coast city. contributions?"’ i Mayor Mitchel arrived at the dinner| ““He might have I urged such a meas- { while Mayor Rolph was delivering his! ure in congress.’ | speech. He was given a telephope and| “Had you until that time ever called exchanged greetings with the western | the attention of the voters to the dan- executive. The mayor, Dr. Nicholas | gers of invisible government and the | Murray Butler, president of (‘oluluhln“nmtl!fly of publishing campalgn ex- { university, and Henry D. Estabrook of | penses?’ New York addr d the publishers “T did."” “Did (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) vou officially mention eampalgn Superior Saloon ; Issue in Courts | SUPERIOR, Neb., April 23.—(Npecial |Telegram.)—The saloon men of Superior met with an obstacle loday wie mhr\ council met in apecial session to grant - o - |licenses for the coming vear || THE:GATE-CITY-OF THE-WES' The dry forces filed a remonstrance | against he granting of license on the || Omaha is not the Federal ground that the ordinance passed by the bank ci b g council on March i of no effect ag || FESEFVE Dank eity, but it is Ithe council had failed to wait a year | not because of failure to {since the people of Superior had voted i the city dry by one vote by the initiuive || P8ke 8 showing of strong land referendum. The supreme court of || banking institutions. Oma- |the state holds that tie crdinance passed || ha's national and state at the May election was invalid, conse- b k d b .ld, . quently the dry ordinance was in effect anks and building associa- The battle s to be fought out along || tions far outrank those of these lines and Monday, April %, was | iti i named as the date for the hearing. The oth.er sities oi.our size, and point of law will be thoroughly gone o\'rl their growth is steady and and taken to the supreme court substantial. ain in IUI probability. the voters of New York | “In your statement you refer to invisible | i Writing Warrants! | Queenstown, whose skipper reports that the submarine fired on his ves- sel while engaged in resculng tha crew of the St. Lawrence. Crew of Greenbler ut New York. NEW YORK, April 25—Captain J Dalton and twenty-flve members of the crew of the American steamer Green- brier, sunk April 2 by a mine In the North Sea, reached New York today aboard the steamer Rotterdam from Rotterdam. . of cotton from New Orleans, the Green- brier sailed March 2 on the return trip. On April 2, members of the crew sald today, occurred near the vessel's storn. The Greeribrier sank like a stone, giving the crew barely time to launch two boats and escape with only the ciothes they wore, Youth With Heiress Given A Dynamite Job NEW YORK, April 2.~Little and big troubles of married lfe, as Max Kleist, chauffeur, found it, were related today' 1o a jury in the federal district court by Kieist in his suit nst his father-in- tung, capitalist, of 26,000 demands for the alleged allemation of big wife's affections. She was Miss Jullet Breltung, the defendant’s daughter. Kielst told today of having been given & place by his father-in-law, who disap- proved of the marriage, in the latter's mine in New Mexico, Among his dutles, he testified, he was required to carry dynamite. He had to set it off with a very short fuse—it was only four feet long, he sald—and consequently had to run fast after lighting It. FHe barely had time to escape, be sald. Two telegrams went into the record, showing that his wife, who remained in New York when he went to New Mexico, had summoned him back east on April 1, 1914, He was toid in one message to Ko to a designated hotel in New Rochelle, register under the name of Joe Baker of Boston and wire her under that name so that she would know he had followed nstructions. The witness said he replied that he would do so. \ It was at this hotel, Kletst sald, on oross-examination, that Jullet told him “it's all off.” The next day he visited her In New York at her request. “She told me then to bo prepared to recelve anuuliment papers,” Klelat testi- fied. “I told her to go ahead, that I would not stand in the way of her hap- piness.” Answering another question, Kleist sald Juliet had tavght him to smoke cigar- ettes, telling him, “you might as well smoke them, because you'll learn some time from me." On redirect examination Klelst's coun- sel endeavored to Introduce a letter from Jullet to Kleist to show that she had ar- ranged the marriage. Judge Hough ruled it out, saying he knew of no law which prevented & woman asking a man to marry her. Auditor Kept Busy (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINODLN, April 2. —(8peclal.)~State | Auditor Smith {s having his troubles ltke some others. His troubles come from the fact that everyone wants their clatm voucher made out first and as & result the office clerks are working like slaves in an effort to alleviate the troubles of {the people Who have clalms covered in the deficiency bills. There are several hundred of these claims running in amount from a few dollars up into the thousands, and it |takes time to get at them. Paying for advertising of constitutional amendments will ont be necessary two years hence, the legislature failing to pass any legls | lation looking to & change in the con- stitution. ' DOUGLAS WOULD SWITCH BRIDGE APPLICATION (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., April 2.—(Spectal | Telegram.)—Douglas county has two ap- plications on file in the office of the ! State Board of Irrigation for state aid bridges and has asked the state board to switch its application calling 'for | bridge at Yutan to one for a bridge at Valley over the Fikhorn river. The rea- won given | that the bridge over the Flatte at Yutan will rest one end on | Baunders county and as that county has | | recently helped to build two bridges the | Douglas county board is fearful that it | would have trouble and delay in getting |the Yutan bridge so desives to shift the application to the one at Valley. The board has taken no action yet, After discharging at Bremen its cargo | an oxplosion caused by a mine| MILLIONS OF JEWS STARVE IN POLAND Live Upon Potato Peels and Garbage Left by Armies in Eastern Europe. | WHOLE POPULATION SUFFERING | LONDON, Aprfl 28.—8even mil- | lon Poles, of whom 2,000,000 are | Jews, are in dire need of food. Thh{ | statement was made today by Her- | mann Laundau, a Jewish philantho- | pist associated with the various Jew- had regarded Willlam Barnes as .i‘bronzhl here today by the trawler i.h charities in London. “Of these sufferers, 5,500,000 are | east of the Vistula river and 1,600, 1000 west of the river,” Mr. Laundau |said. “The Jews are even poorer | than the Gentiles, because of the boy- | | cott against the Jews in parts of Po-l land before the béginning of the! war, which impoverished thousands | who would otherwise have been able to provide for their families. Live on Fotave Peels. ! “Political and religious prejudices against the Jews render their condition worse, In parts of Poland evacuated by the Germans many Jews are living on potato pecls and garbage left by the | army. “The citizens’ committes 1t Warsaw s the only large agency for affording relief for refugees. Alth.'igh the membership of this committee conslsts of four Jews and six Gentlles, it has veen impossible to employ workers who would deal fairly with the Jews. Consequently, another committre has been organized ander the | chatrmanship of Barop Gunzsurg to ad- minister rellef without regard to religious beliets. ‘“‘Several hundred refugees from Poland who are well-to-do made thelr way to London by way of Pétrograd, Finland, Sweden and Norway. They brought ter- rible stories of the sutferings of the Polds in the ruined cities and devastated coun- try. Suffer in Galicia. “The Russian government has been con- slderate in ita treatment of jews in the portions of Poland occupied by Russlan troops, but tho Jews are suffering greatly from persecution in the portion of Gal- fefa which Austria still holds, as Austria suspects all Poles of disfoyaity. “I hear that Americans are rallying to ald the Poles, and T know that thelr needs will be supplied when the world realizes how terrible s their plight. Communica- tlon with Poland and Gelicia is so diffi- oult that it is Impossible for the world to learn fmmediately of the awful suffering there."” Lumber Plant and Large Sales Barn Burned at Atlantic ATLANTIC, Ia., April 28.—(8pecial Tel- egram.)—The worst fire, in this city in years was that which broke out shortly after midnight last night In the old Walker livery barn at Second and Chest- nut streets, used as a horse barn by Paul Perry and Charles Morgan, horse buyers, The blaze spread across the street north and destroyed the Green Bay Lum- ber company’s big shed and fine stock of lumber and did damage to plate glass, ete, before it had spent its fury. Thirty head of horses and a cow were burned in the barn, twenty-seven head being the property of Mr. Perry, who lost $3,400, with $500 insurance, and three head and a cow belng the property of Charles Mor- gan, whose loss is $500, fully covered. The barn was owned by M. C. Cardio, his loss being $1,000 with $500 insurance. The Green Bay company’s loss is $50,000, | with §36,000 {nsurance. Manager B, F. Wasson of the company and Auditor H. M. Finkbine watched the blaze last night and wstated that they would rebuild at once wtih a fireproof bullding. The burmed building was buflt in 189, The firemen kept the fire from a large frame elevator and another bullding near | the Green Bay yard and owned by A. A. | Mickel, Modern Woodmen i Appeal Dismissed SPRINGFIELD, April 28.—The appeal of the Modern Woodmen of America from a decision of the lower courts, which held | that incressed rates voted by the Chicago | {head camp in 1412 were excesstve was | | @ismissed today by the supreme ocourt. | The rates In question have been with- | {drawn by the head camp and the su-! preme court held there was no longer | any reason for the prosecution of the | appeal. SECOND SHENANDOAH MAN MISSING FROM HOME SHENANDOAH, Ta., April 2. —(Special.) A second disappearance mystery became known today when relatives of A. C. Allen, % years old, were unable to locate bim. He left his home near Summit Tues- day night to g0 to a nearby grain ele- | Yator and hus not been heard from since. | He was overseer at Joe Auracher's farm and leaves a young wife | Mrs. C. M. Christenson, wife of an em , ploye of a sewing machine company, yes- | terday morning recelved a farewell letter from her husband mailed at Omaha, stat- ing that he was going to end his life in the Misgouri river because of financa! ‘lruuhle No trace of him has been found BIC BATTLE FOR POSSESSION OF HILL CONTINUES German Forces Are Again Bombard- ing the City of Ypres with Missiles from Seventeen- Inch Guns. LOSSES OF LIFE ARE HEAVY Struggle Rivals Attempt of Teutons to Break Through British Lines Last Fall. BOTH SIDES ARE REINFORCED The Day’s War News ASSAULT OF DARDANELL hus heen remewed, although it s not parent whether the allled forces are ready to be the expected meneral attack. POMBARDMENT OF TURKISH forts at Smyrnn, Asia Miner, also is be. leved to have been resumed. A LONG CONFERENCE between the Ttallan foreign minister and the Austrian ambassador at Rome Is e t nemot are still ander way hetween . Awustria and Ttaly. OFFICIAL REPORT from HRritish hea: re on the sea says the Germans were persistent in their efforts to win back Hil} No. 80, the position near Ypres which the British captured recently. PETROGRAD DISPATCH aa that Russian aviators dropped bombs Plock and Miawa, Russian Po- Several German boats on river were atruck and German trenches were maged. CAPTURE OF NEARLY half a mile of German trench the man wedge, have been attempting for several weeks to force back, 18 gunounced today in the official communica- tion from Paris. TWO MEN WERE KILLED by the blowing of & British trawler in the North Sea by a German subma- rine. ATTACK BY RUSSIAN Black Sed fleet on the Turkish coast near the Russian border s said in Petrograd to have resulted in the demoralisation of Turkish forces. OPINION WAS EXPRESSED by a prolmnent Italian statesman that Italy’s participation in the war at Pprecent was unlikely. LONDON, April 23.—The British forces have shown no. disposition un- der the repeated rushes of the Ger- mans to relax their grip ox Hill No. 60, near Ypres, and the figting in this locality today shows signs of de- veloping along the wide nt with increasing intensity, even rivaling the attempts of the Germans to break through the British lines last fall. Bombarding Ypres The city of Ypres, whoae historic struc- tures were shattered by German projec- tiles last October, again is the target of heavy shells. Huge seventeen-inch mis- olles are now being used, and unless the civillan population has fled or is taking to its cellars, the losses among the peo- ple must be heavy. There has been a lull in the German counter attacks, according to the Brisish official report, given out this morning, but it is mssumed that both sides are being strongly reinforced, and the tone of the British communication indicates that the lssue has not yet been finally decided. Sea Moves Mysteriows. No officlal explanation is forthcoming of the stoppage of traffic between Kng- land and Holland. One theory ™s that this is a stroke almed at spies, and an- other that the area ls being cleared for & naval action. The latter explanation seems incomplete, however, in that if steps were being taken to clear ships from a marine shell zome, vessels run- ning to Scandinavian ports also would be held up. 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